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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
"A RUSSIAN MISER
Only Man Except Cecil Rhodes to Give
Whole Fortune to the Public.
- l. Windsor MAGAZINE

r . Windsor Magazine.
: There Is only one other case on rec
ord of a multimillionaire with anything
like Mr.. Rhodes wealth leaving all his
fortune for public purposes. That in
stance occurred in Russia, just before
Solodovnikoff, was a Moscow million
'aire, who had made his immense for
tune chiefly by colossal speculation on
the bourse, and partly by the immense
appreciation which has taken place in
7 the: value Of real property in Russia.
He was one Of the largest shareholders
in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT railway prior
to its purchase by the crown, and made
enormous profits out of this railway. NJ.
|,Solodovnikof was also the biggest
shareholder in the MoscoW-Kazan rail
way. He held shares in so many diff
ferent undertakings that it was said
the handling of coupons alone gave con
slant employment to ten girls. NJ.
Solodovnikoff was miser. He lived in
surrounded by rotting furniture. He
lived a life almost altogether locked up
in himself, spending nearly all day at
home, and half Of it in a. dressing
| gown. He had been abroad and knew
western European life, and, like Mr.
! Rhodes, had journalistic ambitions, once
actually going SO far as to buy the Rus
sian Illustrated Gazette. He carried
on negotiations with various journalists
| and had arranged everything, when or
the day the contracts were to be signed
! he. drew. back, fearing the risk of los
! ing a few hundred rubles. Moscow per
/ petually rang out with anecdotes of the
! penuriousness and at the same time ex
! traordinary business capacity of Solo
! dovnikoff. q Toward the end Of his lift
he aged rapidly, and was fond of sit
! ting In his ancient salon telling his Wis
itors of the celebrities who had sal
on his dirty, threadbare sofa.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
AGED NATURALIST
IN ALMSHOUSE
Friend and Associate of Great
II Men of Science Sick and
:. s.. - = in Want.

San Francisco, Sept. 10.-old, decrepit
and forlorn; helpless physically and
mentally beneath the weight Of his
ninety years, long ago bereaved of
wife and children, George Washington
Dunn, naturalist, in, his day the friend
and associate OF the great ones Of the
scientific world, sat in a.. chair in the
ing to be taken to the almshouse. - =. !
Yet in his rooms, at 364 Beach street,
he has an chronological and 'botan-
zeal collection which, at naturalist 8
estimate, is worth 800, 900, if not more.
This helpless old man, now reduced to
poverty, took first prize in the Chicago
exposition for his chronological collec-
now growing in the celebrated British
botanical gardens at Kew were sup
piled by him.
For months past the old man has
had no money to pay rent, scarcely any
with which to buy food. OF late, too,
he has become almost too helpless to
care for himself in any way, and his
ly bear to stand. All in all, the land
lord of the premises deemed it neces-
sary to call upon the authorities to
care for him. r. =. -. :. --:;..
The old man made no objection to
anything whatever that was Proposed
4 IOr Qlm. LIZ udQ Oily one pldlul, IL sc
it could be called. HI am SO cold, SO
cold,' he repeated over and over
again, not complainingly, or bitterly
but insistentlY, sometimes adding pa:
thetically, "I'l do anything, you want
if you III only put me in a warm place.
A little bit Of pride would manifest
itself at times in the rambling talk in
which he would indulge in reply tt
d questions asked.
ooh, yes, 1 know. DR.. Baehr," he
said, g and Lord Cholmondeley, the
English naturalist, and many another
that I might name. I collected speci
mems, too, for Baron Rothschild, anc
for other noted men. Oh, yes, L was
somebody once. But I'm broken nov
! -broken!' added the old man, sadly
: as his head sunk upon his breast.
There were others present who were
able to corroborate what he had sail
Of himself, and to add to it. For dec
ade after decade, since he was IL years
4 old. he had lived but to collect and tt
. study, beginning, his Efework in hi
native state, New York, and later wan
dering far and wide, to settle fnall,
: in San Francisco in l849. The state
ment was made that even in his ex
, IRENE old age the wealthy Mrs. Shilla
| Der had sought to induce him, by tn
promise of bearing all the expenses
to make a: complete tour of the worl,
, in the interest of the advancement o
.. his branch of science. But amid al
) the mplimentary talk about him tn
I Fold man, wrinkled, silver-haired an
< white-bearded, sat silently in his chai1
: waiting to go to the almshouse.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
WHEN CREDIT Is DUE.

Don't you think a man deserves a
great deal Of credit for practfcing until
he can execute the masterpieces Of music
on the violin ~ Ii
no" answered Mr.. Huskins testify.
THE people who had to listen to his
practicing deserve the credit"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10

The total number. Of British troops in South
Africa is n 500, and their annual cost amounts
to $50, 100000.
The Swedish town of Hafanger has estab-
lished a graduated tax on all stout persons
weighing more than 135 pounds.
a proclamation has recently been made IN
Rhodesia prohibiting the practice of sorcery.
Including the throwing Of bones, the use OF
charms, any manner Of COMPUTATION and trial by
ordeal. M
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
PROVISIONS

CHICAGO PROVISIONS, Sept 1o.-Trading
in provisions was exceedingly dull. Scarcely
enough business was transacted to make mar
ket. Prices were about Yesterdays closing quo
tious, January pork and lard being up 2tac at
$12.55 and .S7.20 respectively. Kibs were I'M
changed at Sc 80.
Close-pork, September $10.72a; October
$40. So@10:s2h; January, $12.471a. Lard. Sep
TENDER, 81; October. 7 U5; January, $7121a May,
$72o. Rips. September, 81 80; October $7.574 u !;
January, $685..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
IN THE COMING ERA.

Mrs. Strongmind- Well, we. have made
a vigorous campaign.
Mrs. BallotboN-Oh, yes; I'm just send
ing out strong appeal for workers to
women the polls on election day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10

MIDWAY HORSE MARKET, Minnesota Trans
rerort that large number of horses We're sold
to the s. Graldin farm, Blanchard, d II was
try for several years. The North Dakota farm
ers are looking for the better grade horses aa rs
rule Values: Drafters extra, $1S5 to 1928;
drafters choice $3.50 to $185; drafters, COM
mon to good, 1925 to $3.50; farm mares, extra,
-$135 to $3.50; farm mares, choice, $115 to S135;
farm mares. common to good. $50 to S115.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
GRAPEs-Coneords, basket. 22e.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Cod, ,brl, 81,
Observation-Disclosures each, 1oQ2oc: canta-
loups, crate, Sis; gems, 1:3,bu basket. 4OG
SWEET aPoTATOES-Virginia, brl, $500; sJer-
seys, brl, $3.50. So, IS. 1921
BANANAs-Jumbo lunches, $685. large
punches, So 50@2.75; medium lunches, $2@2 q.
NEW vEGETAgLE les Beans, string. bu, 7Sc;
beans, wax, bu. 75c; beets, bu, soc; carrots, bu,
s5e corn green doz, s@1oe eucumbers, do oz
$i5o@175; lettuce, doz, 15e; lettuce, heads, S5a;
mint, doz, 4oc; onions, doz punches, lbM s2s
round, doz punches, 15@20c; SQUASH, doa, $40
81. 25; tomatoes, fancy, Blu, $1.50; rturnips, bu,
e0c; watercress, doz DOC; garlic, 1S915c; celery,
25@S0c.
CHICAGO PRODUCE, Sept. 1o,,,-:Butter, steady
to firm; ,creamerles, 14@19c; dairiess, 12h @16c.
Eggs. firm at mark, cases included, 541sg17e.
Cheese, firm; daisies, 80 @9c twins, Sc; Young
Americas, sia@ac. Poultry, alive, steady; tgr,
keys. lie; chickens, 11Ac; springs, l23ac. Po-
tatoes, atrong; burbanks. red and white stock,
55@6oe, track Veal, steady; 80 70 To- 6 =
so to 125-lb weights, 7@9hc
NEW YORK PRODUCE, Sept. 1o.--Butter-
Steady, unchanged; receipts, $780, Cheese
quiet; unchanged, receipts, $3.50, Eggs-Firm,
| unchanged; receipts, 1888.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
BOSTON MINING STOCKS, Sept. 1o-Ad-
HIDES, FUR, TALLOW, WOOL

REVIEW OF THE MARKET BY THE NORTH.
WESTERN HIDE AND FUR co.
Hides are coming, in more freely now; We
advise hpsss not to hold hack their hdes as
especially since the settlement Of the packing
house strike in Chicago this week
Tallow is unchanged; the strike being over
may have tendency to weaken the market ere
fes are in afve nqnd at n Prices
Furs-It is too early to say what the prices
will be. In the next thirty days, the dealers
season. except on muskrats. which will be con
siderably lower, as they met with, several heavy
,,, Noo1;; No;
$:s:% : :s!ts$ SS E5t hide s5S:s &
Green salted long haired kip........12 1917
Green s Sasa dsasoPs each kin @
Green Gre saltei branded, lie per Id less than free
| of brands.
Green sailed horse or mule hides ~ , ~
cfe ssse sailed horse or mule hides 900 zz0
Green Hsa's sated horse or mule hides 1'oo 80
| small .. ...-........ ........... Ito LOO
Dry hiot Montana. oregon. Washing.
n6 5nP nad b 5ahs0 and ndeS fallen hides 1h
Dry flint Minnesota. Dakota, Wiscon-
pr sin a 1ad cali itn skins 1S @ 19h
Green salted peits, large to small
Dry sSt Hint territorial peits, h. al -
! Tallow, in cakes .........-......... Az 81
TalIow, in brls ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .:':S
Grease, light OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3R
n Minnesota Wool -.t.
Wool medium, unwashed ............19 AL
Mool, coarse 49,. ;........... .1S UZS
EFeathers,y goose. @45
Feathers. duck ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 80 GAO
eaCHerS. chicken 4 u 0g f52
u Feathers, turkey MISUNDERSTANDING. 37aW
II Dry ginseng root i. 6o@e.T5
Green, for planting ..... :: >. ...... f.75@
Seneca root, dry per fb {. ......... .o40 .5t
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
GENERAL PRODUCE

Produce Exchange. corrected ID up to T. pn M,
Saturday, Sept 1o.-Butter, firm. Eggs,
steady. Poultry, firm. Veal, firm.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10

NEW YORK PROVISIONS, Sept. 1o-Beef.
steady. Pork, quiet. Lard, steady; prime west
ern steam, ST Coo.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10

Railroads entering the yards reported receipts
for the day by loads follows: Chicago Great
Western, 2; Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, 4;
Minneapolis g. st. Louis. 4; Chicago St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha, 3; Great Northern, IL;
Northern Pacific, 81; Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cifc, g. Total cars 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
souTH. oMAHA TTyEsTocr,

SOUTH: OMAHA LIVESTOCK, Sept, 10
Cattle-Receipts, 100; market nominally steady; ;
native steers, $4M6; cows and heifers, $2.25@
2.75: calves $3@5.25.
e Hogs-Receipts 5000: market shade to SC
higher; light So 5o@5.60; pigs, $4,75@5.25; bulk
! of sales. $5.30@5.50 S -, .
Sheep - Receipts 100; market unchanged;
sheen, $2.25@3.75; lambs, $4.75@5.55. :
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heavy hogs. which, were quoted steady. Re-
e es Frd %Sdei TceS ga than
Good o0f &c Choice igSt and 0q me
d alr Welght hogs quotabe from $3.50 to $780,
to $3.50, and common heavy, common mixed and
rough packing sows from $3.50 to $3.50.
g. H?gH Ss 80 s5h 5os eS $5 81 A. IL lbs
5 42 s. fjs 81 s 25 lbs $685. 81 go lbs $780,
$50 $50 5 H. u.s. s. $50 lbs $3.50; a.
GTLER r. fairly liberal for Saturday
butcher grades sold steady with the weeks ad-
offerings was fair. Bulls and veals steady.
spSnssrs sf Dsr Sd sts SSsH VIZ VIZ
lbs $40; : i:l4e lis, S. 49, gov, ''0'
1ss$ i's ST. IL 7!s !' & SSs ri lis ESQ.,
lbs a 1855 Ps i0! Sac l9 Ss, $6 800
Butcher Bulls, 1,4lo lbs, 1925; t. 1880 lbs,
S. 90 ci ,bs s. To- 100 y !Ss 1875 lbs
MS szs e9w cow 2ns ss3 SP5:"ss'ss cows s4o
Sheep, and lambs: steady with Friday. Arrivals
/ included twelve loads of western ewes and
wethers which unsold at late hour.
| ASIuSAo
1 Killing Sheep and Lambs-24 lambs 65 lbs,
ST. IA lambs, 81 lbs, $3.50; Is lambs, SO lbs,
$4.25; 10 lambs. la lbs, $2.75. = =
| Stockers and Feeders lambs. ~ lbs, $3.75;
III ewes 81 lbs, '$2.75. $50. + -.
Among the shippers on the market were Exert
! & W., Northwood Iowa; J. Hegerle St. Boni-
facius; Barnett & W, Lousdale; NJ H. Gilbert,
/ West Concord; J. G. Johnson, r. e. Peterson, N
swenson, J.: Peterson, B. Olson, o. Feland, A.
| Fergsuon, R. Olson. A. A.. johnson, Sims N.
D.; G. H. Merrill, Big Sandy, Mont. I..-
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK, Sept 1o-Cattle-Re.
eeipts SOC; steady good to prime steers $3.50
fsedsrs s22a@3 90; 6 eows $15o@4.s5 heifers
calves, So. 50M650; Texas fed steers 36l; west
ern steers. $2.75@4. 60. Il !
Hogs-Receipts 1000; Monday. 25, 900; marbet
&c lower mixed and butchers, SIS. 3OM5. IS: GOOD
to choice heavy, $5.49@57 rough heavy 81 az
@5.35; light, IS. 45@5 30; bulk Of sales, So As
5.65. r' - =
+ sheep-Reesipts. 5000; sheep and Il lambs
J steady: good 20 choice wethers $350@4.15; fail
to choice mixed, $3.2503.6O; western sheep. 4;
GALS; native lambs, $416.25; western lambs
: 81. 5o@5.75. = :,
SOUTH. OMAHA LIVESTOCK, Sept. 10
5 Cattle-Receipts, 1907 market nominaily steady
= native steers, $4@6; cows and heifers, 81 25m
: 275: calves, $3@5.25.
8 ts Hogs Receipts. 5000: market shade to s.
higher; light, So. 5O@560; pigs, $4.75@5.25; bull
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ST.: LOUIS LIVESTOCK, Sept 1o-Cattle-
1o and heer sseasy essf steers
,Hogs--Receipts, 8, 800; market strong higher;
PIGS and J. Lights $5.3o@5s5; butchers and best
osheepsaaReeeipts, 600; market steady; natives
$3.500D3.85; lambs, $3.75@5.S5.
So so 03.S5; lambs $3.75@5 90 -! :
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1. Sheep-Reesipts. 5000; sheep and ;, lambs
steady good choice sd s. Wethers fair
"a 70; native lambs, $4@6.25; western lambs
$450@5.75. - -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-21

Many a man would bet.
ter go without lunch at all
than eat the hurried lunch
which forms the MONDAY
meal of many a business
man. Hasty eating, foods
hard to digest, and no time
allowed for digestion are
the cause of many a case
of stomach "trouble."
Disease of the stomach
seriously threatens the
health of the whole body
and should be promptly
cured. DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery cures
1.rAaeAA &c A. a
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-21
THE METROPOLITAN
MAGAZINE.

The publishers of this magazine in.
form the Journal that the enormous
increase in the circulation of the
periodical in December and January
has made it impossible, even with
their large facilities, to deliver
promptly the copies for the two
months named. The December edition
Of over 200, 600 was entirely exhausted,
leaving some 10000 subscriptions I'M
filled
The January number will be late to
some subscribers. For any who do
not receive that numbery the pub
fishers of the Journal will make an
extension of their subscription TO and
including the January number of 1905,
although the promise was to and in
Guiding the December number of
1904.
This early delay and deficiency is a
fattering advertisement OF the supe-
rior excellence OF the magazine The
disappointment or annoyance some
subscribers will feel is matter for
which the Journal is not primarily at
fault, but is one for which the pub.
Usher of the magazine as we'll as of
the Journal, will do what can be done
to make amends.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-21
THE LATEST BLUFF.

The latest attempt of the Demo-
cratic press to make the country be-
lieve in an organized opposition to
Roosevelt in the Republican party has
William Fl. Taft, the newly appointed
secretary of war, for the central figure.
The story goes that the anti Roosevelt
men have organized, with Senator
Hanna for leader, for the purpose of
preventing the Presidents re-nomina-
ton. 1t is said they believe Secretary
Taft is the most likely man for an OPP
position candidate, inasmuch as his
record as Governor OF the Philippines
has given him credit with the public
and he is, Furthermore, acceptable to
the commercial and financial magnates,
to some of whom Roosevelt is not.
1t is admitted by those who present
this scheme that there is one imp ort-
ant element lacking-the consent of
Secretary Taft. Mr.. Taft is now on
his way home from the Philippines to
take up his duties as successor to Mr..
advisers. 1t is thought that he knows
moth ng of the talk about himself as
candidate and that when he learns of
it he will at once declare he will not
run against his chief. 1t has been
largely through President Roosevelt
that Mr.. Taft has been brought into
prominence. This last act of the Presi-
dent in naming TAFT as cabinet Off
Ger shows personal regard for his
abillty which has been stated before
in words. But SO the report goes, the
anti Roosevelt men, though believing
that Taft will refuse to become a
candidate, still believe they can go
ahead and nominate him and force
him to accept They believe politics,
similar to those which scared Blaine
a nomination, can be played success
fully.
The story has but little likelihood of
ever being anything more. President
Roosevelt has known of the plans of
the opposition in his own party all
along. If they dared, the opposing
forces would present Senator Hanna
as candidate, but they feel it would
be hopeless The attempt has been
made to get first Secretary Root and
then Secretary Hay to consent to run,
but to no avail This talk OF Taft is
last attempt to divide the admins
tration against itself. The President
has full confidence that NJ. Taft will
not consent to or oountenance any use
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-21

was left under the seat in the thea
tire | had everything my hat
was on my head and my overcoat
and muller were on my arm. while l
had my program in my hand. My
sister now remembers very little Of
what happened but the smallest de
tail is impressed on my mind for
ever, | think. When we reached the
street most Of those who had been on
the stage were mIngling with the
crowd in 'front.' their costumes and
make-ups looking weird and CHASTITY
in this scene of horror.
| went back into the entrance to
see if could assist anyone in getting
out, but willing hands had already
carried out those who could not go un-
aided. [ did not then realize what
was happening overhead about the
time l re.entered the corridor. |
thought the balconies and gallery
were emptying themselves through
other exits. The real facts were that
those stairs were blocked at the top
with struggling, dying humanity /;
blocked so that very few ever got
through. Those beautiful winding
stairways were deserted. while at the
top, the very beginning of the descent,
people were afterward found twenty
deep Those in front had stopped the
passageways with their fallen bodies,
and those behind persisted while try
ing to climb over. Some were found
still sitting in their seats with faces
turned toward that deserted stage, But
what a shifting of scenery had they
witnessed On what sort of stage do
they now gaze
When so great disaster happens
in so short time, we cannot at once
adjust our minds to the fact 1t all
seems to me now like dream, or some
awful calamity of which have read
or heard. But when, the night after
l was with our friend, Mr.. earn,
when they brought home to him all
that was left Of his wife and two
beautiful boys, and when 1 think of
the hundreds of homes like this one,
left desolate, then it becomes An
awful. tangible, ever present reality,
and say that for once the papers can
not exaggerate, and tongues cannot
describe this calamity of Dec. 80,
1908.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-21
AWAY WITH IT.

The officials of the ST. Louis Ex-
position have thought of another
scheme by which they hope to induce
Vermonters to put their money into a
building at the fair Turned down by
the Legislature, they were not salts
fed. Defeated in their attempt to get
Governor Mccullough to call special
session for their benefit. they were
still not satisfied. They have now
the audacity to come before the poo.
pie of Vermont with the proposition
that individuals, by subscription, do
what the State has decided was un-
wise to do by any method.
The new proposition is that por-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-21
THE GIN.

Little by little we gain
In clearing the wrongs away;
Little by little we push along,
Though gold is mighty and greed is
strong
But, God, what price to pay
Little by little we ceave
The mountains of selfishness;
Little by little we push ahead,
But 0 the innocent lying dead
And the past that is pitiless
Little by little the ones
To whom we are calling heed;
Little by little the madness dies
The madness that looks out of selfish
eyes,
The merciless plague Of greed
Little by little we gain,
But scattered along the way,
The awful way through which we
have come,
Are the heaps of innocents, still and
dumb
o God, what price to pay
S. e. Kiser in Chicago Record.
Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-21

Probably the most surprising bit of
news in connection with the recent
meeting of the Democratic national
committee is the statement that the
convention went to St. Louis because
a majority of the members of the COM
mittee feared that, if it went to Chi
cago, William r. Hearst would capture
the nomination for President. The
committee is not in favor of Hearst
but it is reported that it is begin
ming to take his candidacy very seri-
ously and realizes that he has an Or
ganization started throug hout the
country which must be reckoned with.
In Chicago he is especially strong,
with one of the great newspapers
which he owns to back him and with
much OF the labor element of the city
declaring for him. IL the convention
went there the leaders feared that by
demonstrations his followers might
stampede it to him. Hearst men now
declare they will have a newspaper in
st. Louis within thirty days, and will
be ready for anything before July.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-21

The Democratic national committee
gossip is to the effect that Bryan has
lost control and that German more
than anybody else can lay claim to
the position of the most influential
Democrat at present. Among the
committeeman the majority of the con
servatives appear to be in favor OF
Parker for a candidate. however, and
the conservatives are said to have
control of the organization. The
Southern men would hardly listen to
any Cleveland talk and Olney's
strength appeared to be confined to the
East