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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
GLORY A.PLENTY
FOR VAN SAINT
How the Anti Merger Plank Was
automatically Nailed to
the Platform.

A rare joke on the Dunn men of
the late republican state convention
Is the strong antimerger plank in the
platform. 1t was expected that UNI
der any circumstances there would
be some Endorsement Of Governor Van
SAINT and a reaffrmation on the mer-
ger, distasteful as 1t would be to some
of the interested parties. But no one
was prepared for the vigorous decla-
ration finally passed.
Credit for this is due to Senators
r. 3. Thompson Of Preston and Sam
uel Lord of Kasson, who were on the
resolutions committee. They drafted
the plank with care, and the language
Of it is all that the most ardent ad-
mirer of the governor and his course
against the merger could desire.
The plank came near meeting with
grief in the committee, where some of
Mr.. Dunns friends wanted to
eliminate the subject entirely. They
were plainly told that If they voted it
down, the matter would be carried on
the floor Of the convention with a mi
nority report. This bluff settled it.
The Dunn men did not care to have
tated in the convention before the
nomination for governor was reached
They subsidized, and swallowed the
plank in it's original shape.
So the republican party in conven-
ton assembled has babe farewell to
Governor Van SAINTS administration,
with language indorsing and COM
mending him, and thanking him for
instituting the megre litigation,
coupling his name with that of Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
DOG IN AGONY
TRIES SUICIDE
Tortured by Curbstone Loafers,
the Animal Seeks Relief in
Death.

Three times yesterday afternoon a
handsome stray water spaniel attempted
TO commit suicide by throwing himself
beneath the wheels of Hennepin avenue
street car at Washington avenue
Each time he was pulled away, and
the third time Patrolman Charles Hall
man, whose beat is at Washington and
Hennep1n avenues, took the dog to the
rear OF Donahues saloon, where he was
tied.
A crowd Of curbstone idlers, searching
Tor amusement Of any kind, had caught
the poor, homeless brute and applied a
liberal quantity Of highly irritating
chemical to the creatures body. For a
time the dog rolled about the pavement,
bowling with pain. Seeing an approaching
car, and beside himself with the pain,
the sufferer sought to end his agony by
throwing himself in front Of it.
Street car men pulled the dog away and
the car passed.
The poor brute, literally crying with
pain, waited until another car >came, when
he again tried to plunge beneath the
wheels. Again he was rescued Still a
third time he sought death, and finally
Patrolman Mailman tied him up until the
Irritating effects Of the chemical had
ceased
The young rowdies who tortured the
dog escaped before the officer arrived
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
MURDERED GIRLS
HAT IS MISSING
ABSENCE RAISES QUESTION AS
TO sCENH OF MURDER.
The River and Both Banks Have Been
Thoroly Searched, but No Trace Of
the Hat or of the Girls Stock Has
Been Found.

Was Ruth Teachout murdered at
the spot where her purse and parasol
were found?
If she was murdered there, what
has become Of her hat and the white
stock which she wore beneath the
fatal ribbon?
These are the questions which puz-
zle the officers detailed on the nys-
ferrous murder case. Many believe
that the unfortunate girl was stran-
gled at another place, probably in
the woods at the top Of the bluff, the
body concealed until after dark and
then placed in the river, the parasol
and purse being left on the big rock
to mislead her friends If search be-
gan before the body was disposed Of.
To bear out this belief, the police
point to the absence of the girls hat
and the white turnover which she
wore about her neck beneath the rib
bon with which she was strangled.
Neither Of these articles has been
found, and the officers construe this
as signifying that the murder was
committed at another place.
Miss Eva Teachout, 4202 Second
avenue S, a sister Of the murdered
girl, says that when Ruth left home
she wore the fatal blue ribbon, and
beneath 1t was a white turnover. The
ribbon was first drawn across the
and brought to the front again,
where 1t was tied in a bowknot and
pinned with the cameo pin which be-
longed to her mother. When the body
was found the ribbon was drawn
from the back and tied in a double
square knot under the chin. The
turnover was missing and has not yet
been found.
Ever since the murder was discov-
| cred, rivermen have kept a sharp out
| look for the hat and turnover, but
have not found them. Every pile of
driftwood below the spot where the
parasol and purse were found has
| been carefully searched without re-
suit. 1t is said that the articles would
undoubtedly lodge somewhere if they
are in the water unless they were
weighted so as to sink.
Howard Taylor, the erstwh1le friend
of the murdered girl, has received
much notoriety in connection with
| her death, but as yet the police have
not found a single thing to connect
him with the affair. He says that he
was at the Dewey theater the after
| noon of the girls disappearance, with
James E. Kidder, 4315 Fortieth ave-
nue. S, who lives near the river bank
about two miles from where the I'M
| fortunate girls effects were found
No one else, however, has been found
who saw Taylor on that fatal after
noon except Minnehaha streetcal
conductor, who thought he saw him
on a Minnehaha car.
The police are loath to believe that
Taylor was in any way connected with
the tragedy, despite the fact tina
members Of the Teachout family have
voiced suspicious that he knew some
thing Of the girls disappearance
The only reason that can be giver
for connecting his name with the af
fair is the fact that he took her tt
Chicago over year ago-an act tina
caused his wife's suictde-and that HI
had desired to escort her to some
place Of amusement today She ha(
recently become engaged to marry an
other man 81 ~ ".
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
ANIMALS ON PARADE
Gentry Brothers. First Display Witnessed
by Large Crowds


by Large Crowds.
When the glittering chariots containing
the Gentry Brothers hundreds Of actor
dogs came rolling down Nicollet avenue
from the show grounds this morning, ev-
the downtown streets. Many Of the or
phans who Will be the guests Of the gen.
erOus showmer tomorrow afternoon, were
also in the crowds to get their first ideas
Of what they will sec at the circus.
Leading. and preparing the way for the
dogs, ponies, elephants and monkeys, was
O. platoon Of Chief Conroy's finest. Fol-
lowing the mounted bluecoats came the
GENTRY Concert band. A great steam cal
Hope reeled off selections from Carmen"
and. ut one point. touched upon "There'l
BE fot Time in the Old Town Tonight
Nero" the greatest Of the elephant
herd, whose painful molar caused such
CONSERVATION in the animal college yes
terday, felt well enough to make the jour-
ney this morning, but he is still feeding on
matted milk.
What pleased the crowds especial'v
were the several tiny Shetland ponies that
followed their mothers all along the pa
Tade route. Interest also conferred In the
smiling kitamuras-the family Of royal
Japanese acrobats and foot jugglers
Genuine Arabs, from Egyptian chimes,
swayed to and fro between the humps of
great camels, and the sacred cattle from
Tibet followed on. Screechng monkeys
from Brazilian jungles fought savagely in
their strong cages for the possession of
peanuts fed them by hundreds of boys and
WED witt the latter In their efforts to
produce a noisy Fourth. This afternoon
the great tents near Thirteenth and Mic
olet avenue are crowded with parents and
children. Tomorrow will be orphan day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
FOUR MILLIONS
IN INSURANCE
BOARD OF CONTROL PROTECTS
STATE INSTITUTIONS.
One Million on the New Capitol-An-
nuaI Premium at IA Per Gent, $685.
25O-Board Plans to Prevent Fires
in Reformatories and Hospitals.

The state board Of control has just
completed deal for placing $4,500,-
900 insurance on the buildings of nine
teen institutions Of the state, for
which an average premium for three
years Of IL per cent will be paid.
$56,250.
The writing Of the insurance was
engineered by S. w. Leavitt Of the
board, and the low rate-much lower
than was first thought could be OBJ
tained-secured by direct dealings
with the Minnesota and Dakota board
Of fire underwriters and with the large
insurance companies, leaving the
agents and their profits out of the deal.
The total amount Of insurance here
tofore carried on state institutions was
$3,700,000. The planned increase in
this total, is entirely in the amount
carried on the new state capitol.
This building is in a much more ad-
years ago, when the state insurance
was written before, and therefore the
increased amount Of insurance is
deemed ESSENTIAL. It Is proposed to
make the total amount Of insurance on
the new marble state house $1,000,000.
There Is now 100000 written on the
building. Already 100000 Of the new
insurance has been written on the
capitol.
The insurance on the respective
buildings Of the state university now
Is in separate policies. It Is proposed
in the new writing, to cover the uni
versity buildings with $1,250,000 pro-
lection, written in what is known in
insurance circles as "the general
form"
The insurance on the state institu-
lions especially in charge of the board
of control-1nsane asyluns and hos
pitfalls, and institutions Of correction
Va wit tha nj
insurance expires. All the new insur-
ance will be written SO that 1t will ex-
pire at the same time-Aug. /, 1907.
Some thirty "old line insurance COM
| panies participate in the writing. The
rates are different at different institu-
state capitol which is Of fire-proof
construction, but SO arranged as to
| make the average, as above stated,
| IL per cent.
Walter I. Fisher of Minneapolis, Sec
rotary Of the Minnesota and Dakota
board Of fire underwriters, has just
returned from a personal visit to every
state institution, where he made de-
tailed inspection and diagrams OF
every building for the purpose of es-
| tablishing the rate. He has suggested
many improvements Of a minor ma
| ture, towards preventing accidental
fires, and their prompt extinguishing-
carried out by the board Of control
These desired changes include the
placing of iron doors at certain
places, additional f1rehose, more by.
drants. better water supplies, etc. Ir
| addition, the board of control has un.
derway the flreproofing Of the Roches.
ter, ST. Peter and Fergus Falls hospi.
tals-which work is almost completed
While these improvements helped
the board to get lower rate than
they otherwise would, the board de-
sires to have 1t understood that their
primary object is to secure the great
err personal safety for the various in.
4 stitut1on inmates. g.safgsr A.r.,-{
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
CITY NEWS.
THE WEATHER

ENTHUSIASTICALLY fair tonight and
Tuesday; westerly winds
Upper Observation-Disclosures in east,
partly cloudy in west portions tonight,
Tuesday fair; cooler tonight, fresh west
erly winds.
Wisconsin-Partly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday, with probably thunderstorms in
east portion this afternoon or tonight;
cooler in east portion tonight; brisk south
west to west winds.
Iowa--Generally fair tonight and Tues
day; cooler In southeast portion tonight;
fresh westerly winds.
North Dallota-Generally fair tonight
and Tuesday; cool in south portion to-
night; northerly winds.
South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; var1-
able winds.
Montana--Generally fair tonight and
Tuesday, except local showers In north
west portion, cooler in southeast portion
tonight; variable winds.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
TOO MUCH RAIN
In THE VALLEY
GRAIN CROP IN SOME PARTS
WILL BE SLIM.
Some Fields Have That Sticky Yellow
Look and Others Are Overrun with
Weeds-Corn Is Not Growing Well,
but Will Probably Do for Fodder.
Special to The Journal.


Grand Forks, N. D., July 4-The Red river
valley is getting too much rain, and the crops
are showing it's effects in yellowed patches and
fields covered with weeds. For three weeks the
weather has been showery, and in a few sections
there have been occasional rains ever since
spring opened. Outside of the belts that were
flooded there has been little complaint until
the past week, but the continued showery wealth.
er, with the temperature ruling rather cool, has
delayed growth, discolored the grain, and has
had q general bad effect. Taking the valley
whole, the damage thus far has not been
great, but what is needed now is bright, dry,
warm weather and lots of 1t.
The valley is spotted and it is impossible to
give fair idea of the conditions by general.
izing. Northwestern Walsh county, along the
Walhalln une gives promise of an abundant
crop. Farther north evidences Of too much rain
are to be found on every hand. From Cavalier
north to Walhalla the valley crops are poor.
Water is standing in all the low places, fields
are weedy, and there many fields which have
Similar conditions prevail the Neche line.
and the Northern Pacific near the boundary.
This belt OF wet territory reaches into Mime.
sofa, and, while there Is a fair acreage OF
wheat, the yield will be slim.
South of Grand Forks there is a like variety.
Belts few miles in width have been injured.
while intervening strips doing WELL West
ceptable.
The farmers have little to fear now except hot
winds. few hot blasts when the grain is in
milk will ruin 1t utterly, and If excessive heat
comes when the grain Is, in the dough stage,
while it will not be entirely ruined, it will be
shrunken and of grade
This is not proving good corn year. There
Is still time for the corn fodder crop to make
good growth, and the greater part of the corn
In the state Ia raised for fodder.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Lewis e ofs a. e. ana block PARK ADDITION
Mrs Mary IhF lot IS block s,s
5nsStfS seSIs "a & soss 'f'f Penn @
xans os g. g. Hass
bsvld W Parsons ssa wife s se harsuer.s' M.
sections e nna ae efc wiz sS Mary Dr'yma' in
Anna ehuea an Us SSS to sss Hale
Merrill in sest as2 ;2s.S4 5000. =. ~
william III Seth Sota and as wta t9
Harriet P. N. Smith to Sarah Ellen Leighton.
Sfes '1 Sos ks s. Lake s'sh
osEeSs Ta ysS to Michael nnlund block
Ssas 4 wsse: a. t 5s sa'sss sss y;
L@ = Tn,sy 8 BE- and sss'Bs + ss as;
ssssss T. lot g. ss1se e. ss s asg5
5Hs sos Naf Rss S sgsan Moore
lot IS, block 2, A: T: Aakeny's addition, $500
ct al. let g stetson Page Smiths subdivision.
ete &s1 s1S,oq g An..n, to on.r,.s e,r,,
lot BLOCH %esssra avenue M 'G ADDITION.
ROBERT N. Ankeny to Charles n. eorhsm ct al,
keny's addition. 5000. - D''A a. y NH'
Thomas S; Bnekhap apd wife t. Charles N,
addition, ETC.. si5, 900. ''' D''0sft0A Se'0nu
Charles p. Carlson and wife to Gabriel Carl
som lot Of, |. block 10 wrisht's addition, S. 600
Lake Of the Isles addition, 5000.
block 49, second division q heminssan PARK;
$500.
s sy95 lot l. block J. Washington Yale addition
Martha A. Cross and husband to Charles N.
Gorham ct al; lot "A, block 2, A. T. Ankeny's
Anthony Drzymalla and wife to James Quinn,
in section 31-119-A, ETC., $4,000.
ss7s Of lot T. block 49, Bakers Fourth addition
Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank to
land Park addition 81, 800
Charles ". Bailey and wife to Frank J, Cur.
s sisF lS5s s4,S a. 2s block H. Rollins Second
and 2 block SO, sherburne & Beebe's addition,
Girard Investment Company to AIDA O. Eaton,
in section 15-2s-24. $1.400.
~ Eean9 ore a A. Nat Mathews to Charles T. GsEham
ETC., $780,
George 7. Halbert to Charles N. Gorbam ct
a.; iet o Ia dock 1B, B. s. Wrights addition
NJ a. Hegerle ct al to william Smith; lot
4; block 2, Hegerle Gothmann's addition.
William Lennox and wife to Carlos Church;
part OF lots and 10. block Z, Mill Company's
Ten minor and unpublished deeds, $s7, 5s1.
Total, 46 deeds, $114,999
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
RAILWAYS WILL CONTEST
GREAT NORTHERN AND NORTH
ERN PACIFIC DECLINE TO RE-
PLACE UNIVERSITY AVENUE
NE BRIDGE.

Both the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern railway companies have decided
to oppose the demand Of the city that
the bridge over the railway tracks at Uni
versity and Twenty-ninth avenues NE
shall be replaced at the expense Of the
companies.
In its answers the companies deny the
sufficiency and the legality Of the con-
domination proceedings Of 1892, by which
the city opened road over the tracks
OF the railway companies. ,
They also produce the agreement be-
tween the city and the companies by the
terms Of which the latter were to build
the first bridge, but the crossing should
ever afterward be maintained at the ex-
pense Of the municipality.
The main contention however, will be
based on the point that the railroad was
there first and has the right Of way for
all time; wherefore 1t Is the duty Of the
city to assume the expense of keeping the
crossing in proper condition.
While this Is an old question In the
railway history of the state, City At
torney Frank FIealy says that the point
has never before been squarely before
the supreme court. The court proceed
ings consequently will be Of the highest
Importance. ...-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
: The Grandest Trip in the World

The GrandesG Trip in the World
Is the trip to the Yellowstone National
Park. The trip can be made this
season cheaper and more comfort
ably than ever before. The round
trip rates are greatly reduced and in
clude all your expenses atthe hotels
in the park. Two new hotels have
been completed this season; one OF
them, the "Old Faithful Inn is the
is built almost entirely of pine logs.
If you will send me list Of your
friends who would be interested in g.
personally conducted tour of the yell
lowstone Park during the latter part
Of July will send them the itinerary
of such trip. G. r. McNeill, City
Ticket Agent, Northern Pacific Ry.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
W00DMEN'S SHOW OPENS
THRILLS AND FUN PROVIDED
FOR EVERYBODY BY THE
MUNDY ATTRACTIONS.

Woodmen's gala week opened aus
piclously this afternoon with big at
tendance. The grounds at Seventh
street and Second avenue N have
been inclosed with a canvas wall and
within are over a dozen tented shows
arranged in a circle with as many
more side attractions.
The most notable Of the shows is
called the Royal Hippodrome and the
entertainment, which lasts over an
hour, includes some first class tumbling
and posturing by the Mangean family
of acrobats, feats of strength by the
Francellas, a man and a woman, con-
and a lightning drill by the Muncie
zouaves who are marvelously perfect
in their various movements. At the
finish they scale a wall twenty feet
high like SO many cats.
The death trap loop proves to be
quite as sensational as promised and is
even more thrilling than the feat
which was the feature Of the Elks'
carnival last year.
The trained animal show includes
performances by three groups Of ami
mails including lions, leopards, pan
theirs and hyenas, which take place in
a big steel arena. The show is excel
i lion wrestling with his keeper, and a
fight for life" in which a huge Afri-
can lion puts up a. show Of ferocity
that is startling.
In the open air Bigney made a sue
cessful high dive, and the leila trio
performed on trapeze sixty feet from
the ground.
Among the other shows are electric
al and fire dances by Lolita, an illus
tration called Creation, a London
ghost show, a cave Of the winds and
laughing gallery, and several freak
shows. Gondolas, and q Ferris wheel
are also among the amusement de-
vices.
The Mundy shows appear to be ali
that is claimed for them while the
properties, seating arrangements and
general arrangements are excellent.
Performances are to be given each
afternoon and evening for the rest Of
the week. The electrical illumina.
ton at night is promised to be very
elaborate. Confetti will be allowed
within moderation, and with the music
Of two bands and four pedestrians the
scene Is bound to be a lively one into
which the element of fun will enter
more largely than at any previous
fairs Of the kind held in Minneapolis
Tomorrow and Wednesday after.
moons are to be devoted especially tt
children Tomorrow night there vii
be a parade at o'clock in which the
Woodmen drill teams, and severa
companies of militia are to participate
A unique feature is to be the appear.
ance Of a full grown lion riding in az
automobile.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
Shot Thru a Window.
TO SHOW WOMEN'S WORK
HANDIWORK OF WOMEN TO BE
MADE PROMINENT AT THE
NEXT STATE FAIR.

No department Of the Minnesota state
fair has made more rapid development
than that devoted ito tho, handiworlx Of
women. Formerly this division was
slowed away in small corner of the
main building. It. has so far outgrown
housed in the large building, which not
many years ago held the entire agricul-
tural and horticultural exhibit of the fair.
B. F. Nelson Of Minneapolis is super
intendent Of this division Of the fair, and
has his assistant Mrs. M. L. Luther
of 52S Forest avenue, Minneapolis, who
has charge Of all the details and who has
given the premium list this year a very
careful revision. In general way the list
Is divided into two classes. Class Is is
devoted to all kinds of needlework, en-
broidery, china painting. tapestry paint
ing, beadwork, baskets, burntwood, leath-
er and velvet, clay modelling, Designing
Woodcarving and drawing. Besides these
and many other things, making up some
100 separate titles, there are premiums
for the best industrial exhibit from any
school in Minneapolis and st. Paul.
The other division of the women's de-
partment is devoted to cookery, and in
cludes all sorts of bread, cake, jelly and
jams, as well as pickles, candy and canned
fruit. Exhibitors are required to file with
the superintendent Of the women's build
ing at the time of making entry and a
recipe or formula for making the article
exhibited.
It is desired by the management Of the
fair that there be a very representative
exhibit by the women Of Minnesota and
those who have any interest whatever in
the subject are requested to send for
premium lists and entry blanks to Sec
rotary e. W. Randall at the fair grounds
and in due time to make their entries and
exhibit their articles.
The women's building will be enriched
this year by the exhibition Of various ar
ticles which have in recent years been
shown at the women's federation quarters
in the clubhouse on the fair grounds.
The fair opens this year on Aug 2s
and closes on Sept 8. Half-fare rates
have been secured on all railroads
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
SURPRISED THE THUG
A Highwayman We'll Beaten by His In
tepSed NEctIp,

A Highwayman We'll Beaten by His In
tended Victim.
Clayton Little, II years old, was the VIC
tim of an attempted hold-up yesterday
morning and the robber was the victim Of
a complete surprise. Little is driver for
a grocery firm and had just left the barn
after unhitching the horses. There was a
call to hold up his hands and a revolver
was thrust in his face. The hoTd-up
stopped right there. Little seized his as
sailant and they rolled over together. The
fight lasted several minutes, and Little
was badly out UP, his eyes being black
ened and his nose broken. However, the
robber was much worse and, tearing him
self loose, made his escape.
Little picked up the hat and revolver
Of the assailant and reported the affair to
the police at the South Side station.