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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23
LOW INSURANCE TO
TOTAL ABSTAINERS
Leading Life Insurance Companies
Undergo Change in Attitude
Toward Temperance.

New York, Nov. 23-Total abstainers
in the matter of spirituous and malt
liquors are likely, in the near future, to
be given special low rates by the lead
ing life insurance companies. The in
surance companies never issue policies
to immoderate drinkers when the cir
cumstances are known, but for many
years numerous authorities have
claimed that the average span of life
was longer among persons who were not
total abstainers and the underwriters
have never taken a decided stand in the
matter.
Now, however, it is stated that num-
Der Of actuaries and medical direet ors
have been working on statistics running
over period Of several years and from
the records of large number of life
companies several Of the authorities
have come to the conclusion that the
total abstainers as a class live longer
by from twenty to fifty per cent than
the moderate drinkers as class.
There are number of details to work
out before the policies in contemplation
are actually offered to the public. One
of these is the danger that man who is
total abstainer when he, takes out the
policy may become moderate, or per-
| haps immoderate, drinker in the future
which will upset the figures Of the com:
pany if this should happen to many OF
the holders of such policies.
1t is believed, however, that this
problem can be solved in several ways
One Of these is that the application fo]
the policy should contain warranty
that the applicant would never there
after become a drinker of alcoholic o!
malt beverages, the effect of which
would be that if he violated the war
ranty the policy would be void.
The companies also have discussed
plan of including a provision that if tn
man should become drinker tn
amount payable under the policy shoul'
be such a sum as the amount o
premiums paid would have purchase
if the man had not been total alb
| stainer y - -.- - -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23
INDIANS AT THE ALTAR
Bride Was Gowned in White and
Crowned With. Orange Blossoms.

Special to The Journal.
Bayfield,. Wis, Nov. 23.-One of the
largest Indian weddings celebrated here
in years took place on the reservation
at Red Cliffe this morning. The bride,
Mary Obedosh, is one of the few full
blooded Indians left in the Chippewa
tribe, She was married by the full
Catholic service, was gowned in white
6slil' in place by wreath Of '' orange
blossoms. .-- ....~. .. ~
After the ceremony the guests re-
paired to the home Of the bridegroom,
John j. Gordon, a halfbreed, where the
wedding breakfast was served. At
o'clock a banquet was served in the
public hall, a typical Indian dance and
pow-wow following. -.=-.s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23

the Chief Quartermaster, Department Dakota,
st. Paul Mimi, Nov %, 19O4.-SEALED PRO
PoSALS will be received at this office until II
nishfng and delivering 5000 box lockers more
or less). Samples and specifications riay be
seen and blank proposals with full instructions
had, upon application here. H. b cHA ARER-.
LIN, Q. NJ.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23
GATHERED IN
IOWA BANKER SAID TO HAVE EN-
BEzzLED 100000 IS REDUCED TO
S1.65. 49,.

Chicago, Nov. 23.--Arnold Beuthen,
until two months ago cashier and one
of the large stockholders in the saw
Iowa, was arrested here today, charged
with ENFORCEMENT of 100000 Of the
bank s funds. 49,. ......>..
Beuthen is said to have invested
heavily in a Chicago Amusement com
pany and other ventures. His invest
ments proved Improbable, and his OWL
money and money of the bank was lost
The banks were closed and the cashier
fed from Iowa, coming to Chicago.
When arrested he had but $1.65 il
his possession. -....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23
KISSED GIRL SEEKS DEATH
Impulsive Man Statutes Her and She
Takes Poison.

.Hoboken, N. j., Nov. 23.-Mary
Cortes,~ IT years, old, drank carbolic
acid today because man nj kissed her.
She is now dying at ST. Mary's hos
pital. .s,,.. s..
William Streibenger,, the man who
kissed her, was arrested, but investiga-
tion proved. that his conduct went no
further than to steal a kiss from the
girl when they met on the stairs.
Miss Cortes is of foreign birth and
had been taught by her parents that it
was disgrace to be kissed by a man
unless engaged to him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23
FARMER TURNS R0BBER
SHOOTS A BANK CASHIER IN NE
BRAsKA WHEN DENIED MONEY
MOB WANTED TO LYNCH.

Platte Center, Neb., Nov. 23.-Wil-
liam Holden, a farmer. entered the
Platte Valley bank, demanded the
bank s cash, and, on the refusal of
Cashier Barney Schroeder to surrender
Holden was pursued and later cap
tured by Sheriff Carrig, after the rob-
Der had fred at his pursuers.
The robber was taken back to Platte
Center and Sheriff Carrig had hard
work to save him from mob violence.
He was positively identified by
Schroeder, even tho he had changed
his his clothing lot and removed gla?s eye
shooting. ..--... III
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23
SCOUT ACCIDENTALLY
KILLED BY DAUGHTER

Touchwood, N. w. T., Nov. 23.-To
be killed accidentally by his own
daughter with his own rifle, after he
had escaped death on many occasions,
was the fate of John Cotton, an old
Custer. s. .-- e9-#
Cotton met his tragic end at Kut-
wa, near this place. He had returned
from hunting and placed his rifle on
the table. His daughter picked it up
with the intention of putting it away,
when she accidentally dropped it and
it's charge entered her fathers back,
killing him instantly. ~ #.#
Cotton came to Canada two years ago
from Sioux City, Iowa. He is survived
by a wife and four children.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23
To Ga1if0Tnia

Y The Crock Island'' offers the quick
est tourist car service to Los Angeles.
A wide vestibuled tourist car leaves
Minneapolis every Wednesday at 9:l0
am, arriving at Los Angeles the fol-
lowing Saturday afternoon. Only 3h
days en- route: Our folder, Across
you all about the trip. Call or write
for one. ..".- =. .. - s- -. A.. ,.- IS.
H. J. Cobb, Excursion Agent. A. L.
Steece, City Passenger Agent, 1922 Mic
ollet av, Minneapolis, MINI. +
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23
GIVES TO SCHOOL FOR POOR
J. s. Kennedy Donates Quarter of a
Million to Charity.

New York, Nov. 90. ohm S. Kenne-
dy, who erected the United Charities
building, today donated securities val
ued at nearly a quarter of a million
dollars and yielding an income of $40,
by Of The Charity organization society.
The school is devoted to practical work
among the poor. It consists Of a full
course with many instructors, and the
donation will put it on a sound basis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23
SMALLPOX SCARE
Three Deaths at Billings-City Council
in Special Session.

Special to The Journal. -, IT, 49,. :
Billings, Mont, Nov. 23.-Billings is
thoroly aroused over the prevalence Of
smallpox. AS a result Of the scare
several public meetings scheduled for
this week have been called off, and at
a special meeting of the city council
last night, called for the purpose Of con-
sidering the situation and taking steps
to stop the spread of the disease, the
mayor was empowered to take any &C.
ton he might deem advisable. The
ministerial association has decided to
abandon the plan for a union Thanks
giving service. Three deaths have oc-
Cured and there are about score of
cases in the detention hospital.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23

The Great Livestock Show at Chicago
Opens Nov. &c, closes Dec. 3. If you
wish to visit Chicago, the North est
ern line will sell you tickets, twin cit
les to Chicago and return for $40, Nov.
20 to 26 inclusive with return limit of
Dec l. For tickets and sleeping car
reservations, call at 600 Nicollet ave-
nue.. MINNEAPOLIS. za ~ a,-5 Il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23

Roosevelt Day at Worlds Fair.
President Roosevelt will be at the St.
Louis Worlds Fair Nov. Goth and 9th.
The Minneapolis & St. Louis road will
continue the $1,000 rate for tickets to
St. Louis and return. Two trains day
right to the Gates of the Fair. Tickets
at 424 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23
$1,000. st. Lo

$1,000. St. Louis and Return. $1,000.
From Nov. IA until Nov. 26 the Rock
Island system will sell tickets to st.
Louis and return, first class, for $1,000,
Passenger Agent, 1922 Nicollet av, Min
neapolis, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23
last Chance of The Season.

Chicago and return. $1,000
St. Louis and return. $1,000
Via Wisconsin Central Railway. Tick
cts on sale until Nov. Goth and good to
return Dec. 1st. For full particulars
call on or address ". G. Russell, G. P. &
T. A., 230 Nicollet Ave-, Tel. N. W.
M-35. T.. c.. 1856.
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sellers of the day, which are next day
forgotten. A literary man sometimes
lodges in an editorial writer's chair,
as George Cary Eggleston and David
Graham Phillips did for years upon the
World, but the news department has
small use for him. Neither the news
papers nor the magazines permits a
divided allegiance, and the casual con-
nection now with one, now with the
other, which was possible when
'Willie" Winter was the life of the jo-
vial gathering at Pfaff's beer stube
after the paper had gone to press, is
not now consistent with the greatest
success in either. Even Julian Ralph,
to this day remembered as the best re-
porter that ever struck New York, was
unknown in magazinedom until he deli
nitely broke with the newspaper press.
His articles afterwards appeared in pa
pers, but only as London correspondent
or in letters from the Transvaal, and
these break precedents.
Winter Is now the dean of the dra-
matte critics. He is small, shrunken,
bowed figure, gray of hair and beard,
whose face is lighted up by a wonderful
pair of eyes. OF the other critics best
known to the city most are under 40
years of age.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-05

cavalry o!hcer. For Hepburn was 4,
member Of Phil Sheridan's star and
he was one of the best fighters III the
federal army. He has a great record
TO look back upon bothIin the field and
II the halls of legislation, and it is not
to be wondered, at that he becomes
sometimes intolerant of restraint and
breaks out of the reservation when the
humdrum of Washington politics
doesn't go exactly to suit him.
. Hepburn; wants to destroy the civil
service commission. He seeks to smite
it hip and thigh. He believes it is a
thoroughly vicious institution and that
it has absorbed the powers of patron.
age to such an extent that is past all
endurance. He would like to- amend
the civil service laws So that each de.
partment might select it's own clerks
after passing a suitable examination.
and so that the head of a department
could summarily dismiss a clerk if he
pleased without preferring formal
charges. In word, he would 70 back
to the old: spoils system with a few
improvements. ru.
There are good many members of
congress who agree with him, but he
is about the only one who is willing
to make a fight.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-05

title was expected; but aristocratic So
ciety did gasp, q little when the beau
tiful American woman led to the altar
the bankrupt earl OF Stanford, descend
ant of that Admiral Byng, who was
hanged for losing q sea fight.
The noble earl was 20 and had led a
gay life. He was q helpless paralytic
and could hardly drag himself about,
His lettering ,helplessness at the we'd
ding was generally, remarked. It was
as generally assumed that he had done
well to secure an attentive nurse-for
the position of a countess is several
shades better in society than that of a
countess dowager. %;se2la4ss n:sg.42
However, the earl, who was in a CON
dition peculiarly llable to- accident, was
within a year run over BY train. The
desolate widow, I'M need of distraction.
went to India, and there Id the splendid
barbarice spectacles that marked the
"durbar" of Curzon Of Kedleston and
his Chicago wife, the young widow met
Mr.. Kennard, to whom she was welded
the other day. Their engagement was
protracted by an accident Which PROS
tratod the countess, but I think it is
not much more than ten years between
Cora Smiths first marriage and her
third She IS still q girl in appearance.
almost girl in years.
OWEN LANGDoN
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gress first began, but it may be doubted
whether Spooner, in his own field, has
ever been surpassed.
He is little fellow, hardly more
than five feet five, and that seems to
add to his effectiveness, for he is a
bundle of nerves and brains.
He made a speech the other day in
defense of the Panama policy of the
administration which Plat, of Connec-
ticut, declared to be the greatest speech
he had ever listened to- And Plat has
been in the senate rs years, is over 70
years old and is not addicted to ex-
travagance of statement.
Spooner's speeches are always sur
prises. He never knows five minutes
before he speaks whether he is going
to say anything or not. OF course he
is always prepared when great ques-
ton is before the senate and his great
ability as lawyer enables him to put
himself in condition for emergencies.
But he never wrote out speech in his
life and probably would not know how
to do it. He stores himself with fact
and argument and then depends on
the inspiration Of the moment to give
him the impetus. Once on his feet
there is no stopping him. He is like
a whirlwind and carries everything be.
fore him. He is profound, pungent,
brilliant, witty, quick as flash and
| dramatic.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-05


several thousand saA
dollars and the end is not yet.
1t is all because of the law passed
by the last congress forbidding the sale
of alcoholic liquor about the capitol.
When the house of representatives put
that amendment on the immigration
bill it was done for buncombe and no.
body was more surprised and shocked
when the senate forgot to strike it out
than the men who first proposed it.
OF course they were sorry to lose
the occasional opportunity for dram
at lunch, but there was one result Of
their legislation which no one of them
seems to have thought of at all. That
was the circumstance that the entire
profits of the restaurant were derived
from the sale of liquor, just as is the
case in any first-class restaurant in
any town. Without the liquor privi-
lege the restaurant cannot help falling
behind. The most wizardlike finan-
cial genius on earth could not make
both ends meet.
So the question has come up to I'm
Gle Joe Cannon for decision. Shall the
restaurant man be held to his con-
tract and obliged to continue there's:
taurant at a great financial loss to
himself? Shall the house take hold Of
the business and run the eating es-
tablishment direct, paying all bills and
taking all risks, or shall the restaurant
be abolished altogether?
To abolish the restaurant is out of
the question. Even temperance rep.
resentatives. must have something to
eat in the middle 6 the day, to say
nothing of the hundreds of visitors
who crowd the capitol. To run the
business is rather undignified for a
great legislative body. It is out Of the
question to make the unfortunate res
taurant man suffer for the acts Of
the other party to the contract. It is
a problem that Speaker Cannon has
got to solve in very short time and
a similar problem will come up at. the
other end of The capitol for solution
before the close of the session.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-05


a ladys maid, or more than one of each
if there are grown-up children, gov
erness and nursemaids if the children
are small, one or two footmen, a COM
panion if there is an elderly person in
the house unable to partake in active
pleasures, a coachman and groom-hos-
tier, or two, a chauffeur or frequently
more than one.
If it is country house, add to the
stables staff and to the Automobiles
indefinitely; but these hardly count as
house servants, as do the city coach
man and groom.
may have forgotten one or two i'm
portant links in the chain of domestic
service in this hasty list. Now, that
think of it, many smart" ladies have
private secretaries to keep track of
their social engagements. And there
are in very large houses special seam
stresses, though in more ordinary cases
the lady's. maid, who has probably
graduated from a milliner's or hair
dressers studio, is handy enough with
her needle for ordinary repairs.
The Life Romance of Mrs. Kennard.
Of the American women who have
married foreign noblemen, Mrs. NJ T.
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matter of fixed dls-
tom here as it is in
England; still, a
great house will be
apt to have a
h o u S e keeper, a
butler, supreme in
the pantry, posi-
bly, an assistant
butler, a chef, more
apt to be English
than French, two
or three assistant
cooks, as many up
stairs girls, who
serve as chamber
maids and run err
randS a valet and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-05

man as one-tenth Of the whole number
of home, ind it almost impossible to
get servants of any sort, even incompe-
tent. Meanwhile in such a city house-
hold asIthat of Elbridge Gerry, for in
stance, 33 perfectly trained ones are
employed. There are enough hands I'd
make light work, and there is in such
a small village of serving people under
one roof enough individual variety to
ensure friendships for all. There is,
moreover, the conviction that the
skilled oversight of the upper servants
constitutes a real training in domestic
matters: Such places are eagerly sought
and those young girls who have ever
worked in the great houses, or who
have relatives in them, turn up their
noses, naturally enough. at the smaller
employ of the general servant" The
two-or-three-servant households are
not equally attractive. The number is
not enough to insure complete authori-
ty below stairs and the girls quarrel.
But even that is better than the deadly
monotony of loneliness. ~'- '.-
W ~OuA % IA0 wages pdlu III Tic great
houses are better than ordinary house.
wives wish to pay, though they are
getting educated up to the necessity.
The great rush of newly rich to New
York, the number of "show houses
that have been erected, intensifies the
demand, SO that few smaller places can
have such problem for the house.
keeper of moderate means.
Not the high wages alone make trou-
bic for the economical housewife of one
servant. The more easy-going of the
very. rich are introducing the English
"tip'' system with more than English
lavishness. Christmas season at such
house as the Mackays' at Harbor Hill,
Roslyn, means gold for every servant,
and guests are beginning to find in this
country as in England that to pay the
expected tips at country house
costs more than to put up at a hotel.
What wonder that when such en-
gagements as this are offering, with,
good wages, with the chance of as
much more in presents and with plenty
of company under one roof, plain jobs
do not '1ook so good" as ten years ago
they did?
How a Great House Is Organized.
The organization of the staff of
great house is not yet quite so much
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ton to egg Tillman on AS soon as he
sees the South Carolina man listening
intently he seizes intuitively upon a
line of attack which he knows must
rouse the southerner to rage. Tillman
never fails to respond. But Tillman
in debate is a blusterer. He never
recognizes the rules of parliamentary
controversy. He Yields his pitchfork
on every occasion and so he falls an
poised eloquence and the keen, in
cisive thrusts of the little giant from
Wisconsin.
Spooner invariably throws Tillman
into perfect rage.
And yet personally Spooner and
Tillman are the very best of friends.
They have been drawn to each other
ever since they first came together,
for, after all, both are manly fellows
and likeable. Spooner has a way of
telling people his frank opinion about
them and he did this with Tillman
very soon after the South Carolina
man arrived in Washington. Tillman
ignored the advice, but he liked the
man who gave it.
Tillman, with all his uncouthness in
public, is one Of the best educated and
most charming men personally to be
found in public life. His private talk
is filled with classic reference and lit
erary allusion. He has command of a
vivid and picturesque English vocabu-
larry Of which any man might be en-
vious. He is thoroughly good fellow
and there isn't man in the senate
who doesn't like him. He refuses to
throw away his pitchfork because he
believes that he owes his success to It.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-05
The Lo- bies Are Deserted

Inc Lo-o'es Are Dessred the big hotels.
But. this year it is altogether different.
One reason for this is doubtless the
general understanding that the pres
ent, congress, is not going to make
heavy appropriations. There is little
here now to encourage the presence Of
a lobby. Schemes involving the ex-
penditure of money by the government
have been placed in cold storage to
await the coming of better day.
There is no tariff to receive attention
from the friends of various industries.
In short the lobby is out Of job this
winter and the hotels suffer in con.
sequence.
This is going to be famed among
congresses for it's economy unless; all
signs are at 1ault. The legislative ap-
preparation bill was brought in from
the appropriations committee without a
single item of increase over a, year ago.,
in spite of the recommendations of the
departments for greatly enlarged
forces. That is something unprece.
denied since the beginning of the gov.
eminent. OF course the senate will put
some additional items: on the bill, bdt
even then the result will be I'M strik.
ing contrast with former years. III ~
The reign Eof economy has. begun
The day of. the claim AGENTS. not now
It is hard On n t! the p hotels. but the .peo-
pie will like it. '.;s: - =: 10. "a. B.
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE
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The latest craze in London society
Is to make a pet of the small green
French frog, numbers of which are
being sent over from Paris for frog
parties. The frogs, after their educa-
ton has been perfected, are placed
on table, and in front of each frog
is placed small ring, not much larger
than wedding ring, and then, with
out the slightest prompting, the frogs
commence to Jump through the rings,
and continue their performance as
long as there remains a ring to jump
fhrottgh
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-05

The mosquito plant" a species of
basil, is attracting great deal of at.
tention in England just now. An army
officer who secured one of these plants
ia Nigeria says it is we'll known as q
mosquito defense there, and the ra-
tfves use an infusion of it's leaves to
cure malarial fevers. AS soon as a.
hedge of this shrub was planted about
the Victoria gardens, Bombay, India,
the workmen, who had previously been
almost unable to work because of the
swarms of mosquitoes, had no further
trouble