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LUNCHEON AT HOME.

have Of coming events, but never imagined
that it was going to be as bad as this. At
the worst l simply thought we might be
blown up In q dynamite explosion
used to read the accident list, and really
got morbid on the subject
Then, when the opening took place,
sort Of forgot about my fears; but they
came back. Oh, yes, they came back
The woman wiped away furtive tear.
THE other morning Husband sort OF
balan ced himself on his toe and said;
do you know. Smith was telling me
that he's coming home 10 lunch since the
The sun., 1904-11-06

You really do get "to Harlem in fifteen
ninutes"-if you are lucky.
No longer need the man who lives top
Jde- in New York. as the Chinese call that
lection of Manhattan, have to explain that
Harlem begins the next street above the
one in which he lives, making OF that To-
oallty mere matter Of opinion. No longer
can the Harlem family. moving to Brook
lyn for the winter. speak OF spending the
cold months in the South.
All that is over and done with. The SUBJ
ray has more than strange odors, glaring
scenic effects and mysterious rumblings TO
make the Joy of it's advent questionable.
II has to face the indignation of COM
munty used to the Harlem joke and strenu-
ols in regard to its rights. 1t is the subway
that will be blamed. and rightly, by the
habitue of vaudeville for the death OF that
sterling gag.
But about the most vital change OF all
In the habits Of an entire community estab-
Hshed in it's fixed routine little has been
The sun., 1904-11-06

nearly million yards Of waterproofng
He Is talking against time.
AYou must see 1t. 1t will be my proud
privilege to show 1t to you first. Come,
we'll go up home to luncheon. Surprise
wife. Oh, my dear old chap, she'll be
delighted. The most perfect housekeeperr
In New York, bar none. When you've once
tasted her coffee, you'll change your views
about matrimony."
In the subway he points out the objects
Of interest. ITO my taste, think 1t would
have been improved by having kind OF
scenic railway effect, pictures from the
poets or changing oinematographio views.
Dear old chap ia exchanging stares with
o pretty girl. .'
BY jove. she's got complexion: kind
OF queer weird effect. wonder how she
does iti' ..f.
The sun., 1904-11-06

sNays to be introduced by many prelimi-
naries.
of course, I don't object to It on general
Principles she asserted. but when q man
is ~ lost to all sense OF honor as to use II
20 come to lunch think the courts ought
10 interfere. Here's my case:
Husband is healthy, never had a days
Sickness in his life. never even had his face
smashed with football. Absolutely, he's
ohgustingly sound, Incidentally. we live
on Harlem income and do my own
work.
None OF your French breakfasts for
The sun., 1904-11-06
The Ignorance Of His Teacher.

From Nt PHftburo POSI-.
We'll. johnny" asked Mr.. McRoblnson.
how do you like your new teacher? Pretty
smart ian I she;"
Nav" responded Johnny sourly. "ehs
sint" $50
How do you know"
-she wuz tellin' Ne to-day that Jeffries was
an English Judge"
sNheu, wnht Trohg wth thatt x
Il thought everybody knowed that Je{ffies
wut the American champeen pugihst Il The
world.
The sun., 1904-11-06

every night you've walked with him.
Thers is no trace OF lunot con. Spouse
puts baby In the cradle and pays no at
tention to his cries. It's q serious thing
for man to leave the Battery, and take
that trip simply to hold the baby. but Busy
Wife had told him to come home and he has
come.
By the time abe returns he has had slice
OF bread and butter and bit OF cold beef.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
FEW RAILROADS
FAILED In 1903.
FIGURES AS GIVEN BY RAILWAY
AGE TO-DAY VERY Low.
Only Nine Small Roads Go Into
Hands of Receivers and Only Thir-
teen Sold Under ForeclOsure-These
Were Cases Where Roads Had Long
Been in Difficulty.

Railroad receiverships in 1903 were
not many. The. Railway Age says that
no railways of importance became in
volved. Most Of the nine appointments
The roads for which receivers were
appointed had aatotal 1920 miles, a
bonded debt Of $40, 235, 600. and a cap
ital stock of $8,588, 900. and total bonds
and stocks of $l8,S23, 000s The only
northwestern roads were the Dakota,
Wyoming & Missouri River and the.
Muscatine North & South.
The Age gives the total for twenty
eight years as follows: Number of
roads, 652; mileage, ia 1856; bonds
and stocks, s6,415, 055,000.
Foreclosure sales in 1903 repre-
sented reorganiZations, for the most
part, of companies whose insolvency
was confessed years ago. The sales
involved thirteen roads. 555 miles; a
bonded debt of $8,813,000 and total
bonds and stocks of $15,885,0OO. Five
of these roads were in Pennsylvania,
two in Illinois, and one each in six
other states.
The year 1903 takes the palm for the
smallest, record. of foreclosure. sales in
every respect-number Of roads, mileage
bonded debt and capitaT stockAin any
year since the Railway Age began the
record twenty eight years ago. q. Since che
year Of greatest activity in bringing bank
rupts roads to- the block 1886, when the
sales included fifty eight roads, with 13, 73O
miles Of lines and 81 ,15O, 200, 900 of bonds
and stocks, the decrease in foreclosures
| has been constant and remarkable. The
summary, commencing with 1876 is as
follows: Roads, 1877; miles, 112,374; bonds
and stocks, s6,S21, 269, 900.
The number Of railways remaining; in
the hands Of receivers is now very, small
hardly more than a score, mostly short
roads,, and there is little material. TO,
foreclosure sales and little provocation;fol
receiverships at present in sight.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
IN THEEPRIZE RING

i EAs "a result Of the outcome of. the champion
ship featherweight battle Tuesday night at San
boxers will be arranged within a short time.
Young Corbett, the victor in the mill, will I'M
do1btedly sign articles Sto meet Jimmy Britt,
Champion lightweight of the Pacific coast, while
all signs point to Terry McGovern as Eddie Han.
Ions next opponent in the ring, Corbett said
In taking on Britt, Young Corbett would not
be going out Of his real class. Corbett, tho
holder DTS the featherweight title, has difficulty
in, getting below $50 pounds and fights at about
1873, technically the lightweight limit. Britt
can do 100 pounds, and followers of pugilism
said to-day that Young Corbett and Britt would
be matched at about that weight.
McGovern and Han1on are also logical op.
moments each being at his best at 1926 pounds.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
GouIds Get p. 3. g. W.,

La Crosse. Jan. Wv. w. Cargill an
nounced .to-day.t the sale Of the Pine Bluff
& Western railroad to the Gould interests
went into effect Yesterday. The road is
forty-two miles long. and runs from Pine
Bluff to. Benton, Ark.g4.It: was reported
some time ago. that the road had been
sold Ito the Rock Island Esys tenn
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
ELLIOTT RECEPTION,
That toAN. r, President Will Be INF.
- ..,noItants Affair.". *

Wv ) portant. Affair." SzS
The reception Friday evening, Jan.
s, at the ST., Paul commercial club for
Howard S. Elliott, new president Of
the Northern Pacific, will be the larg-
est thing of the; Kind ever Held in
the two cities, Delegations from
northwestern cities will be present.
James J. Hill will speak on Relations
of~the Railway othe Commefce Of the
Northwest" Archbishop IRELAND will
speak on THE Northern Pacific Rail-
way" J. b. Cotton of Duluth Will
take as his subject Commercial In
terests Of the Northwest" J. G. Eliel
Of Minneapolis will talk on "Jobber
and the Railroad in the Northwest"
speakers. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
Troop transportation.

The transportation of government troops
to the Philippines west OF, Denver, will
be divided between the Union and the
Southern Pacific, the lowest bidders. East
of Denver the traffic will be divided be-
tween these roads and the Northern Sc
curities group, the bids being the same.
Passengers wifi go by way Of San Fran
cisco and by way Of Puget sound. The
rate varies from $175 from New Y ork to
SIPS from San Francisco.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
Banquet to Loree.

4 "A banquet was given last night at Bal
timore to G. F. Loree, retiring president
of the Baltimore &; Ohio, at the same
time the new pier at Locust Point, the
largest, on the. coast, was inspected. The
dinner was served on the first floor Of
the pier. Oscar G. Murray, the new pres
ident, was present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
MINNESOTA TRANSFER GROWS
Trackage Will Be Increased Soon rs
Per Cent

The Minnesota TRANSFER is to be en-
larged5 rs percent insstrackage. The
old stock pens have been removed and
the ground will be covered with TRACKS
It Is expected that this will prevent
point. The new tracks will be used
for switching, but it is expected that
new industries will be located near.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS

The athletic managers at the University of
wisconsin are contemplating several thousand
rdollars' worth of Improvements on the .univer-
ssity athletic field, Camp, Randall. The foot
bali gridfron is to be raised two feet or more
and the baseball diamond is to be made level and
high. The gridiron is wanted always solid
ands dry, as wi sconsin teams have usually been
light and fast. such as play best on dry fields
and are handicapped on wet. muddy or heavy
fields, The baseball diamond has usually been
lin bac condition most of the season and will be
made SO as tos withstand heavy rains The uni
versity regents will be called upon to put up hall
of the money required for the improvements
as the athletic association is practically stranded
financially. y. ~ .F - I. 3. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01

Barney <Dreyfuss owner of the Pfttsbnrg base
ball, club whose winter home is in New York,
Will so to California next Monday to attend the
meeting of the baseball commission. Mr.. Drey-
fuss is. busy arranging a National. league sched-
ule, he and Bbbetts and Hart being the schedule
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01

The .case ,of1 Infelder4 Charles Donahue, who
league. club by the national baseball commission,
has been ,reopened. The contention in the fist
place was between the St.%Louis Nationals and
the Chicago Americans, both clubs, claiming the
Splayer.4t2 4. t.S,EE
President Williams Of the Spokane club, with
whom Donahue played last season, ha IS submitted
traditional evidence, and the national baseball
commission has referred the case to itthe Ma
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01

rsSS4.Neyer before have we had such a promising
lot of material for a track team as now
This was the statement made by. Captain F.. J..
McEachr6n of the University of Wisconsin track
for freshmen individuals he was full of hope for
lsthe cardinal in the coming season. Continuing
! I'VE will have every one of our last years
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01

team back. r do not bank on these so muck as
do on some ref our freshmen.sa OF course, "a
man with experience is, valuable to-. a team
If not single pne of our freshmen pans out,
I am willing to wager good hat that we come
out no worse than second. We will not be weak
in any special department.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01

If there was, ever a specific for any
one complaint, then Carriers Little
Liver Pills are. a specific for sick
headache, and every woman should
know this.e Only one pillsa dose. Try
| them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
MINNEAPOLIS 4
ST. LOUIS r. r.

aEx. Sunday. Others Daily.
Watertown and Storm Lake
Express ................,
Omaha, Des Moines, Kan
sas City. Mason City and
Narshalltown ..........
Estherville and Madison.
seNORTH STAR LIMITED"
Chicago and st. Louis.
Peoria Limited ..........
Omaha and Des Noines
Limited ........ss.......
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01

Kenyon, Dodge Center, -. q
Austin, Lyle, Mason City, 40 ami $40 pm
TT. Dodge, Co. Bluffs 800, M l#**f a
and Omaha (. .....l 4 q 40 PM 80 am
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01

Eek. Sunday. Others Daily. in,polis Min polis
bayfield,. Mcintyre, 7Delwein,l Is 40 ami 1895 pm
Dubuque, Chicago and 500 PM 7:55 am
East 1O:45spm lis ON
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
Minneapolis, ST: Paul { SAUL ste. Marie

B:45 ami. =. Pacific Express. daily. Is 100 pm
e:35 pmk. Atlantic Limited. daily 80 I'm
Depot. 9th and Washington avs n.
$40 pm. q Dakota Exprsss, daily 80 am
500 ami. Ainelander Local. ex. Sun. 6:05 pm
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01

Cedar Falls, Waterloo, MARI 1000 ami $40 pm
shalltown.s Des Moines,I 500 pm 7:55 an
st. Joseph. Kansas City. i 1O:45 PM 1:15 pr
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01

Red Wing; Rochester, Usage, 1900 am +5:S0 pm
Northhtld, Mankato . 4:55 pml 10 :55 am
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
CHICAGO l1REAI WESTERN l{I,

City Ticket ofice, 9th and Niconet, Minneapo
Depot. sWasbingto and 10th av S. Tel. N. 262.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-10
CAUSED NO DISTURBANCE.

No disturbance whatever was caus-
ed in the money market by the first
canal payment. Rates showed no
change though in addition to Secre-
tary Shaw's official circular ordering
Immediate preparations for the $780,
100000 payment to the republic of Pan
amc. there were on the same day an
nouncements of exports of gold to Ar
gentina aggregating $1,25O,OOO.
The payment of $50,0O0,000 to Paris
account for the stock of the Panama
Canal company will not be made be-
fore March 25 and then the subtreasury
will, it is said, pay sSO,O00.0OO OF. the
amount AS it furnishes only $4,000
900 of the S10,000,000 payment to Pan
ANA the present transaction as draft
on funds now in bank is nearly as i'm
portant as the larger payment will be
later, taking $S,O0O,00O from the banks
whereas the heavier transactions will
take $10,000,000.
Perhaps the chief reason for the al
most total disregard by the money
market of the recent order calling for
about $S,000,O0O of government depos-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-10
DOCKING HORSES TAILS.

Just why the Iowa legislature
should halt over the proposition to pro-
hibit the docking of horses tails in
this state is not at all plain. There
can be found no good reason, humani-
tartan or Otherwise, for. such prac-
tice and in fact all such reasons are
added testimony in favor of it's pro-
hibition. At this time it will be we'll
to remember that just before his re-
tirement General Miles issued an or
der forbidding the docking of the tails
of army horses. The following pro-
vision was included in the order::"Any
alterations in the shape or length of
the tails, names or forelocks of public
horses by docking. banging or clip
ping is hereby prohibited, and only
such reasonable trimming and pluck
ing as may be necessary to prevent
shagginess of appearance will be per-
mitted." The army provisions also pre-
vent the purchase of docked-tail
horses. Tha state of Iowa surely
can afford to do nothing less than
this.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-10
DALzELL AND RECIPROCITY.

In a recent speech in the house of
representatives. Congressman Dalzell
Of Pennsylvania set forth the policy of
the republican party regarding the
reciprocity part" He served notice
that free trade propositions would find
no place in the platform of the repub-
lican party, but that the doctrines to
be advocated in the campaign of this
year would be in keeping with the reci-
procity ideas SO ably championed by
Blaine. Mckinley and others "Reci-
procity in non-competitive products"
Mr.. Dalzell declared that the real
reciprocity of the republican party
party must be a reciprocity of protec-
tion" If the United States is to admit
articles free of duty in exchange for
admitting certain products of the Unit
ed States free in other countries it
must be done with articles which we
do not produce.
Congressman Dalzell's conception Of
reciprocity is in perfect harmony with
that expressed by President Roosevelt
and in which the American people
thoroughly believe. 1t is the only
kind of reciprocity which American
citizens want.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-10
ATHLETICS IN THE ARMY.

Lieutenant General Chaffee in Out
ing A soldier should be physically
prepared as well as mentally educat-
ed to perform his duties. A regular
course of physical culture, now recog-
nized as highly beneficial to men in
any walk of life is of still greater i'm
portance to the soldier on whose phys
ical constitution depends the success
of a campaign. Military training is
wasted if it cannot be present at the
fight; a good sound physique will take
it there; to acquire this necessitates a
we'll arranged course of calisthenic
and athletic instruction, intelligently
applied. Athletics should be feature
of the military training of soldier,
and persuasive policies to induce him
to participate in athletics has no place
in the relations of officers and men,
and should give way to orders prescrib-
ing proper instruction. Athletics will
make the service more attractive to
the men, will increase the number of
~e.enlistmentsl and will make the army
more efficient.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-10
WAR NEWS EXCLUSIVELY

Extra! Extra!
A Jap. Commander took, today,
Revenge in an inhuman way;
He herded into trembling group
Two Thousand captured RussiaN
troops;
Then forced each man his words to
swallow
1t beats the water cure. all hollow.
Extra! Extra!
A Trans Siberian army train
Was wrecked last night with scores Of
slain.
The ground was strewn with killed and
MANNED;
This said a section foreman named
Dimetrii Karabanoyaskski
Had left his last name on the trackskis
Extra! Extra!
The Russian army hollis with wrath
Because the Chinese block their path
And now the Cossaeks threaten -
Starve out the, valley Of Chefoo
BY letting loose million cats
To eat up last years crop of rats.
Extra! Extra!
A dozen Japs We're hanged as spies
In camp this morning at sunrise.
Their punishment was so severe
Because their colonel CHANGED to hear
Them ,sneezing with a concussion;
He. thought that they were talking
Russian.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-10
THE$FARMERs AND THE cANADI
AN IDEA.

Cedar Rapids Republican.-Judge
Prouty, the champion of Canadian rec
iprocity as expounded by Governor
Cunmins, traversed the rural districts
of Polk county and in every speech
that he made to the farmers, bore
down. hard on this newest iowa Idea"
When the ballots were counted it was
found that he had not triumphed in a
single, rural precinct in Polk county.
There could be no fairer test. per-
haps, than this. In Des Moines, it is
conceivable that the reciprocity idea
was subordinate to some other things.
Captain Hull had done much for Des
Moines, and he had a right to expect
much from the citizens of Des Moines.
But when it came to the farmers of
Polk county there the matter of prin-
ciple. had a fair hearing without any
thing to divert attention from it, and
without an exception the farmers re-
pudiated the Canadian idea.
A similar result may be anticipated
whenever the Canadian reciprocity
proposition is tried out before the, ag-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-10

riculturists of the state on its merits.
The farmers of Iowa are intelligent.
They always have been. They stood
like rock for protection when the
towns were going for free trade twelve
ana fourteen years ago, although every
possible effort was put forward to win
them to the free trade side. They
knew then that if we sent our work
abroad to have it done, there would
be that much less demand for food
products here at home. And though
they might be persuaded that they
would feed the European workmen,
they knew enough to knew that the
European workmen, even in times of
prosperity. We're not half as good GUS
toners, man for man, as the American
wage earners are.
But this Canadian proposition is so
plainly against the Iowa farmer that 1t
scarcely needs to be stated in order for
the farmer to appreciate where his IN
terest lies. Canada is largely an agri-
cultural country and it is potentially
one of the greatest agricultural coun-
tries in the world. The proposition is
that we shall let these Canadians
come into our market on equal terms.
They have the advantage over the
American farmer in the matter of
transportation. The farmers of, east
ern and central Canada could send
their foodstuffs to every lake city a
great deal cheaper than the Iowa far
mer can send his products to the same
points. The Iowa farmer knows
moreover, that if this great American
market is opened up to the Canadian
farmer on equal terms with the Ameri-
can farmer, thousands upon thous-
ands of acres of Canadian land now
uncultivated would be put under the
pillow, and that the increased produc-,
ton, if nothing else, would lower the
price of farm products, which lower
ing of prices would speedily be follow
ed by reduction in the price of Amer
lean land. And where would the COM
pensation be? Judge Prouty told the
Polk county farmers. that they would
whereat the farmers, remembering
what free traders told them in 1892
about what fine thing it would be
to feed all Europe under a free trade
policy. shook their heads and voted for
the stand patter, Hull.
The Canadian reciprocity idea is the
most asinine proposition that has ever
been put forward in this state. Iowa is
nothing If it is not an agricultural
community. We have few cities, and
such as we have depend largely upon
the farmers. Anything that would
hurt the Iowa farmer would strike at
the prosperity of the entire state. The
Canadian reciprocity idea put into ex-
ecution would inevitably put the Iowa
| farmer at a disadvantage in the Amer
lean market The American farmer
knows this; his common sense teaches
him that it would be so. He will have
none of it.