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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15
RAILROADS.
WILL SELL THRU TICKETS
PERFECTED BY
RAILROADS AND LAKE STEAM
SHIP LINES WILL SAVE TRAV-.
ELERS MUCH TROUBLE.

The lake steamship men took an
effective way of securing representa-
ton with the railroads of the middle
west and south. Hitherto the rail-
roads have felt that not enough bust
ness for the lake trips would be Sc
cured to pay for printing the coupon
tickets and doing the work. The
Western Passenger association meet
ing has just been held at Houghton,
after a lake trip, and the result Is that
practically all the lines will sell thru
tickets, thus freeing the traveller from
the nuisance Of buying steamer tick
cts and transferring baggage at the
head of the lakes.
The presence of southern line rep
resentatiVes was secured, including e.
L. Stone of the Louisville & Nashville,
S. G. Warner of the Kansas City
Southern and George Nicholson of the
Santa Fe. The management or the
campaign was vested in George Hlb-
bard, general passenger agent OF the
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic.
The question of homeseekers rates
to the northwest was passed up at
this meeting. The continuance OF the
clergymens bureau was concurred IN
and present arrangements will be FOR
1905. 1t was decided that person
may travel on his ticket dead or alive
no matter at what rate bought. A
corpse must be accompanied by full
paid ticket passenger, however, as be-
fore. The rule requiring a body to be
carried on full paid ticket does not
apply to a person dying before the
ticket is used up. -~-.-.
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of the Monday club and the Writer'S
league, and frequently attends the
meetings of both, as we'll as of the
Territorial Pioneers.
The celebration of ninetieth birth
day anniversary is not an very-day
happening in Minneapolis and Mrs.
Bostwick was overwhelmed with con-
gratulations today. During the after
noon she received her friends infor-
mally at the home of her son and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank G.
O'Brien on Fifth avenue S. The rooms
We're bright with nasturtiums and
sweet peas arranged with ferns in
bowls and vases. The group of assist
ing women included Mines. E. j.
O'Brien, H. B. Wood, r. D. Button,
J. A. Harris, Stevenson and the Misses
Pindell. The arrangements were in
formal and Mrs. Bostwick entertained
her guests with "reminiscences Of the
time when both she and Minnesota
were young. Mrs. E. J. O'Brien sang
several delightful songs.
In the evening the members Of the
Writer'S league came to offer their
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15
DEPENDING ON CROPS =
G.. WIS Vice President Talks of
Roads Earnings.
Special to Tho Journal. ~


Special to Tho Journal.
New York. July 15.-Ansel Open
helm, vice president Of the Great
Western, has returned to New York
after a visit to the northwest. Most
of his time was spent at st. Paul, the
northern terminus of the system.
There has been much perturba-
sion," he says, because the railroads
at large have been showing losses Of
q or s per cent In gross earnings. That
will soon be over. When the new
crops begin to move, the losses will
DO quickly made up.
1.-THE Great Western Is doing pref
" we'll In considering our gross
earnings, as recorded week by week,
1t Is we'll to remember that since Jan.
/ the road has been operating eighty
nine miles less road than formerly.
We leased that mileage to Mason City
& Fort Dodge, and it has not been
operated in the income account Of the
Great Western. In spite of that we
are showing very well in gross. For
the year we shall show a good in
crease. Until the crops begin to be
reflected in tonnage movement we
shall not expect much. After that it
will be made up.
II have nothing to say about the
rumors of a change Of control of the
Great Western.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15
BOSTWz7CK CAN
STEP A JIG At NINETY
The Vigorous Old Lady Cele-
brates Her Birthday With 9th
er Pioneers Of the City.

When Mrs. Eliza Bostwick entered
the pavilion at Minnetonka Tuesday
there was general chorus of welcome
from the Territorial Pioneers, who
We're at the lake for their annual pic
mic.
Give us Jig, Grandma Bostwick,"
called some one.
And the active old lady. who is
celebrated her ninetieth birthday an,
niversary yesterday, took her dancing
steps as lightly as a girl. Mrs. Bost-
wick not only went to the picnic. but
she stayed all day and was up to an
early breakfast with her family the
next morning. Her energy is endless
and she Is more active than many a
woman Of half her years.
She gives the credit Of her longevity
and spirits to her Irish ancestry, for
she was born In Wexford, Ireland.
When only II years of age she had the
courage to cross the ocean alone to
try life In the new country, and her
spirits never tagged, even tho the voy-
age was long and stormy and every
one of the twenty days was fraught
with discomforts, for ocean travel
seventy years ago was not what it Is
| now.
In 1S43 she married Lardner Bost-
wick in Toronto, Can, and went with
him to the little settlement of Chicago,
which boosted not $50 inhabitants, In
dams included. Mr.. and Mrs. Bost-
wick came to st. Anthony in 1850, and
their house was built from the first
lumber cut in the vicinity. Mr.. Bost-
wick became prominent in public af-
fairs and was made judge of the pro-
bate court. He died in 1886.
The descendant Of Thomas Moore
on her mothers side, Mrs. Bostwick
inherited a love Of poetry from her
distinguished ancestor, and at the age
Of So she wrote a pastoral entitled
Natures Working" Her knowledge
of the poets is comprehensive and she
can repeat poem after poem from her
old favorites. She is as interested in
the world today as she was when she
left her old home in Ireland to see
what fortune had for her in the new
world. She is an honorary member
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15
CONCESSION TO MHLERS
Railroads Reduce Charge for Trans
ferrinp Cars.

The Minneapolis millers have Sc
cured concession in switching
charges from the belt lines. The rate
for transferring the cars from the mills
to the railroad yards has been thought
excessive. The roads have agreed to
base the rate on a tonnage basis. The
rate Is 10 cents a ton and the roads
will absorb switching charges at COM
pettive points. .- -.
The belt lines affected are the Min
neapolis Western of the Great North
ern; the Minneapolis Eastern of the
st. Louis and the Railway Transfer
company of the Milwaukee and the
Omaha. The, concession is the result
Of a petition submitted to the roads
in February.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15
G. P.'S BIG EARNINGS
First Week Of Fiscal Year Establishes
Record.

Record.
Special to The Journal. ~.
New York, July 1b.-Canadian Pa
cific started the fiscal year 1905 with
a record week Of earnings. In the
first week of the year the road earned
S1,O12,OOO, or $4,000 more than in
the same week of 1908. The record
for July, 1903, was a record for that
week in the history of the company
until the publication Of the earnings
of 1904.
The officials say there is no one
particular cause for these earnings.
They say that all classes of freight
and all classes of passenger business
show increases. There is also a heavy
movement Of colonists' effects into the
northwest, .. -.
The main cause, however, seems to
be that Canadian Pacific has spent,
out of it's capital account, since 1899,
something over $52,OO0,000 on the
railroad. The money has been wisely
spent and is now making returns. If
the $52,000,000 paid only per cent
to the company, the increase would
average $2.0O0,000 a year, or $4,000
month. It appears that in reality
the increase in net is hardly that
high as compared with 1889, so that
the showing Of the road is not alb
normal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15

shipped 20, 944. The Minnesota Transfer re-
ceived 1851 cars and forwarded 1882 cars.
The local st. Paul terminals received 11,96S cars
and forwarded 10,730 cars. South st. Paul re.
ceived 500 cars and forwarded 232
The Rock, Island has renewed for five years
it's lease of the Burlington tracks from Cameron
Mo-, to Kansas City, including use of the Han.
nibal bridge and entrance to the union station.
The Northern Pacific stockholders adjourned
again yesterday in New York without holding
their annual meeting Several adjournments
have been made because of the Northern Securi-
ties litigation.
J. G. White & Co., of New York have ac-
copied the contract to survey the route of the
Marshalltown Electric & Interurban company S
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15
AS THE BIRD FLIES
Minneapolis g. Rainy River Survey
Makes Bee Line for Winnipeg.

There is marked similarity between the
proposed route Of the Minneapolis &
Rainy River railroad and that surveyed
by the Minneapolis, Superior, st: Paul s.
Winnipeg railway. It will make the short
est line between Minneapolis and Koochi-
ching and, if pushed on to Winnipeg, al
most bee line will be established.
Articles of Incorporation have been filed,
with Charles H. Hackley of Muskegon,
Mich; Fred A. Bill, Healey G. Akeley and
Franklin c. Gerhard of Minneapolis, and
William T. Joyce of Chicago as incorpor-
zators and directors.
The officers are: President, w. T.
Joyce; vice president, H c. Akeley; gen
eral manager, F. c. Gerhard.
1t is evident from the makeup of the
board that this new line will not have
to ask for outside money, and that, if 1t
is the intention to build a thru line to the
Rainy river, the scheme will be carried
out
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15
RAILROAD NOTES.

Beginning July is, the Pere Marquette will
cease to interchange traffic with the Michigan
Central at st. Thomas Ont, and will operate
its own line to the Niagara frontier. Direct
will be made at Suspension Bridge
with the New York Central. West Shore, Erie
and Lehigh Valley; at Black Rock with the
Lackawanna and thru the New York Central via
SUSPENSION Bridge. with the Buffalo, Rochester
& Pittsburg and the Pennsylvania.
The Union Pacific will double Its line from
Kansas City to Topeka Construction will begin
soon. The of the tracks by the Rock
Island has made the additional rails necessary.
J. Chamber of Commerce statistics show that ST.
Paul received 32,42S of freight in June and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15
Every Tuesday

The finest steamer on the Great Lakes,
the Northwest, sails from Duluth at
1880 pm, making direct connection
with the Northern Pacifics Duluth
Short Line train, the Lake Superior
Limited - Reserve steamer berths
on this or any Of the Great Lake
steamers at the Northern Pacific city
ticket office. T#N
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15

Light Weight Clothes for Men.
25 per cent off. Barnaby's. Alfred
Benjamin & Co., makers"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15
Edwin HawIey Coming.

Special to The Journal
New York, July 15-Edwin Hawley and
Frank Davis. his partner in the broker
age firm of Hawley & Davis, have gone to
st. Paul and Minneapolis and will make
those cities their headquarters while they
tlloroly inspect the roads they have ac-
auired in the northwest-Iowa Central
Minneapolis st. Louis and the Fort
Dodge road.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15

tribute in the form of a life member
ship, beautifully embellished by Miss
Fannie FullertOn.s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15

Women with pale, colorless faces,
who feel weak and discouraged, will
receive both mental and bodily vigor
by using Carriers Iron Pills, which are
made for the blood, nerves and COM
pleXion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15
81. SO Shirts, 81
Outing Suits, 1886.

~StSAA-3 ~shASS3 kY~'SSs
Suits of flannel, wool crash and
homespun, all quarter-lined with al
paca, hair cloth, shape-retaining
pants. Trousers are regulation out
ing style, belt straps and cuff bot
toms. Suits that represent the best
values possible at their regular prices
of $40 and $12. Special tomorrow,
1885.
Great Basement salesroom
Mems SIS Suits, $3.50.
Odd lots from upstairs-plain
blues, serges, fancy cheviots and un-
finished worsteds-all sizes, from "a
to AZ. Choice $3.50.
Great Basement Salesroom.
So Mems Pants, 81.
Plain blue and black cheviot; black
cords, guaranteed fast colors; fancy
cheviots and worsteds.
Great Basement Salesroom
Soc Overalls, 25c.
Light weight denim with apron
front and suspender fasteners; also
blue checked and striped jumpers.
Great Basement Salesroom.
Mems Underwear, soc.
Odds and ends of high grade un-
dergarments, fancy balbriggans in
plain colors, pin stripes and checks
and solid blues and blacks. both
shirts and drawers in all sizes. Gar
ments worth up to 81, now go at 39c
Great Basement Salesroom.
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line from Marshalltown, Iowa, to Grundy Gem
ter, and will send an engineer to begin work In
few days.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15
Cheap Round Trip Rates to Colorado
from st. Paul and Minneapolis via
Chicago Great Western Railway,

$26.4O to Denver, Colorado Springs
or Pueblo; $3S.40 to Glenwood
Springs; $3.50 to Salt Lake City,
Utah. Tickets on sale every day to
Sept 80. Good to return until Oct.
81. Two magnificently equipped trains
each way every day, making connec-
tons in Union station, Omaha, with
western lines. For further informa-
ton apply to L. G. Rains, General
Agent, corner Nicollet av and 5th st,
Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15
Chamois Glove Sale
Basement Salesroom
81 Serge Goats, $2.95.

81 Serge Goats, $2.95.
All wool blue serge, guaranteed
fast color; all regular sizes up to A..
soc and 75c washable coats, 25c.
$3.50 black alpaca coats, 95c.
Great Basement Salesroom
Negligee Shirts, soc.
Mems negligee shirts in fancy
striped percales and madras cloth,
odd lots from upstairs, not all sizes
in each color, but all sizes in the lot.
Regular 81 shirts for only 39c.
Great Basement Salesroom.
Mems Hose, &c.
Mems black and tan cotton half
hose, all sizes. Regular 15c quality
for &c.
Great Basement Salesroom.
Work Shirts, SOC.
Work shirts Of drill denim and
cheviots, in colors and black and
white stripe. Saturdays price 39c.
Great Basement Salesroon1.
So to So Felt Hats, soc.
Any soft or stiff hats in our base
ment hat section; S9c sizes from 6A
seasons shapes; most Of them from
our main floor department; values up
to So. If you are in need of a hat you
cannot afford to overlook these snaps.
Great Basement Salesroom
Children Hose, SC.
Plain black ribbed cotton stock
ings; all sizes; 15cs hose, SC.
Great Basement Salesroom
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Plain white lawn waists, trimmed
with lace insertion; also lot of fancy
madras waists, black and white col
ors; values up to 81, for 49c.
Great Basement salesroom.
Children's Hose, 1916.
Black cotton 2x1 ribbed hose, dou.
BILE knees heel and toe. Regular csc
grade for 12Ac.
Great Basement Salesroom.
Silk Petticoats, $3.49.
About $50 dozen all silk petticoats
just received; there are all colors and
plain black; 3-rufae fiounce skirts,
worth SIS. for. only s3.4s.
Great Basement Salesroom.
Pique and Linen Skirts, $1.95.
A new lot just in this morning:
7-gore skirts with lace insertion yoke
and seams. Regular So skirts for
$1.95.
Great Basement salesroom.
Ladies Vests, 19c.
Fancy. cotton and Isle, low neck,
sleeveless undervests in white, pinR
and blue; all sizes. Regular Soc
grade for Ice.
Great Basement Salesroon.
Muslin Drawers, 25c.
Women's white muslin drawers
trimmed with lace; tucks and hem
stitching. Regular soc quality for
Csc.
Great Basement salesroom.
N.~11~%
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-24
Postmasters Appolnted.

Washington, March s.--tspecial)-Wil. liam L. stucky appointed postmaster al Carrallton. Pickens county, vice Harvey B. Upehurch removed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-24
 ORGANIZATION PERFECTED.
Huntsville Baseball Association Is Get
 ting Down to Business.

Huntsville, March 2s (speeial) of the largest meetings. of the baseball en- thusiasts ever held here attended last night the organization of the IIunts4 vile Boseball association which will be immediately Incorporated with a paid in capital of s15Oo The shareholders elected directors as follows: o. j. Brooks, J. W. Davidson W. R. Van Valkenburgh. Erie smith B. H. Grosser. J. W. Matthews, Roy O'Neal. NJ Watkins and II. D. West moreland. The directors immediately held meeting and elected officers as follows: w. R. Van Valkenbnrgh president Erie smith first wee president E. II. Grossner second vice president J. W Matthews treasurer Roy o'Neal secretary, W. M. Watkins manager
 Articles of incorporation are being drawn up and the association will be reg ularly incorporated under the state laws within the week. No time is being lost in collecting players and contracts have already been forwarded to players in va rious parts of the country who are con sidered eligible to serve on the Huntsville team,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-24
LOCKS LARGE ENOUGH.
Constructor Jesse Lowe States His
 Opinion on the Matter.

Tuscaloosa, March (special) )-Dur- ing the Hobson- -Bankhead debate here some days ago Jesse Lowe, who had charge of the construction of the locks below Tuscaloosa on the Warrior river, was quoted as having stated that the locks were too small. The following let ter will perhaps be of interest to many peci le of the Sixth district:
 "Office of Christe, Lowe & Heyworth.
 Berry Station Office. March 2l, 1904 Hon. John H. Bankhead, Fayette, Ala Dear Sir: l am Informed by friends in this and Tuscaloosa counties that in the public debates between you and Captain Hobson the latter has said, in effect. that it was my opinion that the locks of the Warrior river were too small. Such state ments nave been made without authority from me. l have written Captain Hobson, under date of March 20 1904 that .n my judgment '"That locks as designed and built by the United States engineers are as large as they should be for navigation of the Warrior river"
 ''I write you because I want you to know my real position in the matter.
 'Yery truly yours,
 JESSE IOWEp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-24
STALLINGS SPEAKS
 TO SELMA AUDIENCE
LAUDS PARKER AND GoRMAN AND MCCLELLAN AS PRESIDEN- TIAL CANDIDATES HIGHEST ENcoMlUMs FOR HEARST.

Selma. March 2s.-(speeial.) )lThe Hon. Jesse F. sta1lings addressed a 'lage au- dience which filled the court house to- night. Fully three hundred persons were present and the crowd would probably have been larger but for a misunderstand- ing that there would be no speaking. Mr. stallings was in excellent condition and for two hours held the attention of his auditors
 He lkened the party to the Hardshell Baptist religion and frequently referred to the bolters coming into the church and taking the front seats and praying in pubic.
 He euloglzed Parker. German and Me- Clellan in few words. reserving his highest encomiums for Hearst. He. how. ever, expressed a personal preference for Mcclellan His speech was splendidly re- ceived throughout frequent applause and laughter punctuating his periods At it's conclusion he was heartily applauded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-24
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Rail.
 road Company-"The New Way"

!. The undeyeloped resources along the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City rail- road are perhaps superior to those of any other railroad in the south; the timber is practically inexhaustible, consisting of the highest grades of long yellow leaf pine, short leaf pine and a variety of hardwoods. The line also traverses one of the finest farming and agricultural sec- tions to be found in the south Corres- pondence Is solicited from those contem- plating the location of any kind of man. ufacturing enterprise or who may be prospecting for a superior field for the purpose of tilling the soil. In addition to the merits of this section for the products of the soil which are staple, we would call especial attention to the peculiar ad- vantages which obtain in favor of fruit and vegetable raising, splendid transpor- tation facilities to the best markets at reasonable cost Information cheerfully. given on request to L. B. Sullivan Gen eral Freight and Passenger Agent, Mo- bile, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-24

pairing of mail bags in prisons and offered q substitute which was agreed to- pro- Vlding that hereafter no contracts shall be entered into by the postoffee depart ment Tor the purchase of materials or supplies to be manufactured by convict labor."
 MT. Moon of Tennessee moved to strike out the entire provision appropriating si42'f2s for special mail facilities on trunk mes from Washington to Atlanta, and New Orleans, but it was lost 80 to Ss
 An amendment by MT. Robinson of 1n- alana to strike out the provision of s25,- GOO for special facilities on trunk lines rom Kansas City. Mo. to Newton, Kan, also was lost 6 to Gf The bill was then laid aside and at 510 o'clock the house adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-24
MONEY FOR MAILS IS SCALED DOWN South Gets Special Transpor-
 tation Facilities, FAIR PROGRESS IS MADE Amendment Is Adopted Which Limits the Length of Service of Mail
 Cars to Fifteen
 Years.
FAIR PROGRESS IS MADE

Washington, March 23.-When the house adjourned today some progress had been made in the reading of the postoffiee ap- propration bill for amendment but only SIX pages were disposed of. The appro- priaton for the railway mail service was carefully serutinized and in the ease of in- land mali transportation by star routes the appropriation was sealed down from ss150Oo0 to $6S5o.oOO. The question SIS to the length of time q postal car may be used before 1t becomes unfit for service was settled by the house when an amend ment by Alr. Tawney of minnesota was adopted, providing that no part of the ap- propriation shall be used for the rental of the cars which have been ill service for more than fifteen years.
 An unsuccessful fight was made against the appropriations for special facilities oyer trunk lines south from Washington and west from Kansas City.
 Soon after the house convened eonsid- eration of the postoGice appropriation bill was resumed An animated debate was precfpitated oyer an amendment by MT Overstreet reducing to SS5o000 the ap- propration for inland mail transporta- ton. Mr. Rixey of Virginia, declared that no effort had been made by the department to better the star route ser vice and inquired why .nere was so much difference in the pay of rural car rlers and star route carriers.
 Because" mterjeeted A4r. Griggs of Georgia. a member of the committee, the rural free delivery service has grown into vast political machine"
 Star route carriers, he asserted, re- ceYe very much less pay
 No Effort to Better Service.
 Nlr Maddox of Georgia, maintained that until the rural service was estab lished and put in operation the depart- ment made no effort to better the star route service at all. But for the rural be running a one-eyed mule or a Texas pony all over the country and no mem Der of congress would admit to a for eigner that that was the United States mail.
 After some discussion the Overstreet amendment was agreed to.
 An amendment by Mr Snapp of Illi- nos was agreed to after considerable de- bate, providing that out of the appropria- ton s. 200 000 for mail messenger service, $l00, GOO shall be allotted to the under ground system of Chicago after satis- factory preliminary trial.
 Representative Hughes of New Jersey offered an amendment limiting the appro- priation for mail bags so that 1t shall not be available for the purchase or re- pair of mail bags rade in prisons or by conviets.
 MT Gardner of New Jersey declared