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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
WILSON HOMESTEAD SALE
Pro- Cathedral Site Deal Largest of the
Year Thus Far.

Evidence that sometimes the best
sales are not the quick ones is found
in the closing Of the sale of the Eu-
gene M. Wilson homestead, on Haw-
thorne avenue, to the Church of the
Immaculate Conception as pro-
cathedral site. This is the best sale
of the month, and, in fact, of the year.
The consideration was 100000.
Messrs. David P. Jones and Wallace
H. Davis have been negotiating the
transfer for a year or more. Much
diplomacy was required, owing to the
fact that it was not a sale between the
dividuals but between individuals and
members of the largest church parish
in the city. 1t was necessary to Sc
cure a site that would be pleasing to
the members Of the church, to the
building committee, and one which
would meet the approval of Arch
bishop Ireland.
Aside from the large sum involved
in the transaction, the sale is bound
to have far-reaching effects on this
old residence neighborhood. Property
will naturally increase in value from
the building of the large and mag
nificent cathedral which will orna-
ment, the site. The church will act
as an anchorage for the stability of
this district of the city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
Real Estate
CHANGES
ARE RIPE NOW
SIGNS OF ADVANCES IN THE
NEAR FUTURE.
Eastern Holders Who Have Been Will
ling to Sell Are Canoeing Orders
with Agents and Will Hold to Their
Property for the Rise.

Many a sleeper will wake from his
Rip Van Wrinkle dream some day to
find that Minneapolis has outgroWn
him. Some of these sleepers are real
estate owners who fail to realize that
values are going to go up rapidly in
the near future and others are persons
who expect to buy some day, and fail
about to pass. 1--WE get hundreds of
letters month in our Office" said an
agent this week, from outside owners
who tell us that we need not sell their
property in Minneapolis as it is now
considered favorable investment. If
faith in their own town as fasteners
have in it, they would wake to the
realization that local real estate is a
good investment just now"
Just what is the matter with the
market at this moment is hard to tell.
Naturally on account Of the long
winter the spring activity will begin
later this year than last. February,
1908, was one of the best months of
| the year for some of the agents. This
year the registrations Of deeds are for
small amounts only.
~ Home-buying has fallen off to some
extent. Inquiries for residence and
business property are numerous, but
the home-buyers are looking for cred
it, This is believed to have resulted
| from the fact that almost all the cash
buyers, or those who had money saved
up, bought last year and took up the
snaps.
But, altho the market is slow, prog
ress is being made in clearing up what
has been for years considered hope
'-cs property. These old vacant cor
,ers have been a bad suggestion tc
che public; reminders of the old days
of the collapse. These out of the way
an incubus will have been removed.
The Prudential Insurance corner, a
Fifth avenue S and Fifth street, ha:
been a drug for ten years, but it i:
soon to be covered with manufacture
ing buildings. Thomas A. Jameson
has secured some important industrie:
for the corner which will employ {
great many people.
The automobile is to play an impor
tant part in the real estate, bushes!
this season. A great many deals will
be completed right on the spot instead
Of in the office, Last year Thorpe
Brothers had in commission an electric
machine with which they carried theil
customers "to and from" T. A
Jameson is among the number wht
will employ the "auto'' with effec
this year. a. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
Well known Firm Changes.

The firm of Lauderdale & Co. will
hereafter do business under the name
Of De, Lauderdale Company & Sloane.
The company was established In 1879
by William H.. Lauderdale, and soon
after his son, Frank w. Lauderdale,
was taken into the business. j. W.
Lauderdale was an active member OF
the firm at one time.
James R. Sloane, for several years
head bookkeeper for the Security
bank, took a one-third interest in the
business in 1901; but the name of the
firm was not changed at that time
Lauderdale Company & Sloane will
continue business at 355 Temple
Court, where they have been estab.
lished twenty years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19

The above apartments have just
been completed and the inside ap-
pointment and finishing not only ex-
cells anything in the twin cities, but
will compare favorably with the
apartment houses of Chicago and New
York.
Mr.. H. l.. Day, who owns the prop
erty. has spared neither time nor ex-
pense in the matter of finishing these
apartments in order to make them
complete in every detail. Convenience
and healthfulness, the most desirable
features of any home, were certainly
uppermost in the mind Of the archi-
tect that made the plans.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
CITY REALTY CO.
2O5 Boston Block.
Property
Especial Bargains

$3,OOO-2717 Stevens av. This is a
neat home Of rooms, with large
grounds, 103x128 to alley. All
modern conveniences except fur
mace. Open plumbing, gas, sewer,
hardwood floors down stairs. In
spection only by permit.
$5,OOO-2726-2728 Colfax av S, COM
pletely modern, hardwood floors,
good barn, lot 60x128 to alley.
This is a double house. It affords
an excellent opportunity to own
a south and-east front home in
a pleasant neighborhood with
rents from the remaining house
sufficient to carry the entire prop
erty. This property could not be
replaced for less than $500.
81 ,6OO-3332 Clinton av, east front,
good house, rooms, lot 45x128
to alley. Pleasant neighborhood.
81 ,65O-2O21-2O21k 4th st N. Two
good houses, always well rented;
large lot, east front. This is sure
f0 ric IN TIC
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS,

John Dick and wife to John P. and William
NJ. Nash; part lots and Z, block 113, Nelson's
addition, So, $50. trs.sya.z
Florence B. Loring and husband to Rufus
A. Converse; lots 5, and z, block SO, Rem
ington's Second addition, $3.50.
Amoskeag Savings bank to Herman w.
kixmoeller; lots and 4, block 10, Gales sub
division So. 100
Drusiila S. Baldwin ct al to Norah e. Leon
ard ct al; lot 81, block 2, Hennepin Avenue
addition, $780,
Isabel Halvorson to Hans O.. Nafstad; lot IL,
block Il, North Minneapolis $1,000:
Stricken: lots 5, 6, Is and is, block 10, Pills.
bury addition, 5000. 70 -rt:g11atttbt
Florence A. Bunce and husband to Martha
S. Thotlund in section 19-29-24, $3.50.
Catherine Brandt and husband to John Hooper
ct al; lot 3. block s, Oswald addition, $4,000
Mary G. Quitman ct al. to Belle s.. Mosier;
lots Is and A., block Al, Calhoun Park, $3.50.
Edward J. Edwards ct al, executors to Lucy
" Bates; lots 8, block /, Crum's addition
$4,000.
George D. Dayton and wife to Waldo F.
Corbett; lot II and part lot 13, block l, Day
tons subdivision, $4,000.
George f. Perkins, administrator. to Joh1
J. Collins; lot 27, block 5, Rosedale Park, 5000
Four minor deeds, $50.
Total, sixteen deeds, $25 4S3.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19

dimensions, electric lighted. In the
winter it is Enclosed with glass and
is entirely screened in the summer,
making it equivalent to another room.
The Ochiltree Is a decided improve
ment for the corner of Nicollet and
Grant street. Notwithstanding the
building has just been completed, a
number Of the apartments are already
occupied, some of the tenants having
moved in before they were finished.
The rental agency for these apart
ments has been placed with the Alex
ander Campbell Company, ground
floor of the New York Life building.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19

In the first place, their location
could not possibly be improved upon,
situated as they are within easy walk
ing distance Of the business center,
but far enough away to escape the
smoke, SCOT and dirt. The First ave-
nue. car line, which is conceded to be
the best service in the city, there be-
ing a car every four minutes, turns
on to Nicollet at this point.
The building is not crowded by any
other building, which affords ample
opportunity for sunshine, light and
plenty of fresh air.
Upon entering the building, one is
surprised at the exquisiteness and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19

completeness of every detail of con-
venience. They are not alone thoroly
modern in every particular, being
steam heated, lighted by electricity,
but each fiat is equipped with side
board, plate rail in the dining-room;
the kitchen has sink, laundry tub, gas
range, refrigerator and kitchen cabi-
net. The bathroom is fitted with open
plumbing, porcelain bath tub, lava
tory, all fittings and fixtures being
of nickel; towel racks, medicine
chest, etc. Besides containing a large
storeroom, the back porches are a
novel feature, each apartment having
it's own private porch Of spacious
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
It has been suggested that in view of
ESQ Temple Court, Minneapolis, Mimi.

It has been suggested that in view Of
recent developments in ionic investi-
cation all matters maybe composed
of single mother substance, protyle.
This protyle is supposed to be manu-
featured by destructive processes from
concrete matter in the Crookes tube.
Russia's latest acquisition, Mon
golia, is more than three-fourths as
large as Russia and nearly as large
as Manchuria, while Mongolia and
Manchuria together are more than
half as large as the United States,
exclusive Of Alaska and outside pos
sessions.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
Calculation, confirmed by expert

Calculation, confirmed by expert
ment, has shown that, weight for
weight. pine wood is stronger than
steel in both transverse and tensile
strength. 1t is regarded as doubtful
if any metal could be made into a
hollow rod equaling it in weight. In
structures Of wood the weak points
are always at the joints.
In foreign office report on the
trade Of Marking, it is stated that
such is the value placed on literary
degrees by the Chinese that during
a period when hundreds Of the inhab-
itants were dying daily from cholera,
no fewer than 1900 students visited
the city to compete for 200 vacancies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
Business Property

$7,50O-s23 Washington av N, corner,
55x153.
25,OOO-Three-story solid brick block,
Nos. 232 to 242 10th av N; month
ly rental, $193; 8 flats, store
and large hall for lodge purposes.
16,OOO-Nos. 1208-1210 4th st S.,
corner, 132x165, including 2-story
brick building, barn and sheds.
$16,5OO-Corner Of Washington and
9th avs N; 82hx165, trackage;
splendid warehouse property.
6O,OOO-Corner Nicollet av and 18th
st, 118x128.
$40, OOO-91 feet front and good depth,
surrounded by alley and street,
on LIST av S, near Washington.
$2,OOO-2404-24O6 Riverside av, so
feet front; two stores, flats on
second floor. Always we'll rented.
Owner says must sell this spring.
Make offer.
$1,5OO-2420 Riverside av, 2-story
building, renting for SIS per
month. Make offer. Must sell
this spring.
Residence Property
$2,5OO-No. II N 18th st; modern
house of rooms; east front, ex-
cellent neighborhood; rented at
$27 per month. This is within
easy walking distance of shopping
district and is certainly a great
bargain.
$1,25O-516 18th av N, valuable lot
and a good Groom house.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19

ALL new schools in Switzerland have
a portion of the ground floor appro-
priated for baths. Each class bathes
about once q fortnight, summer and
winter. Soap is used and a warm
bath is followed by a cooler one. Sick
children and those having skin dis
eases are excluded.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
BUILDING PERMITS.

F. B. Benson, 324O Irving avenue; dwelling,
SO, 900.
4. L. King 2e1s Chicago avenue; dwelling,
SIS, 600.
to dwelling, $4,000.
nue.; alterations, $170O.
F. B.. Wells 2119 Park avenue; alterations
and addition, $4,000.
Eleven minor permits, 81, OPS.
Total sixteen permits, $2S,225
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
Minnetonka Property

The "Octagon" cottage and grounds
at Breezy Point. This beautiful prop
erty overlooks both Big Lake and
Wayzata bay, with frontage on both.
The cottage is large and has running
water from lake to kitchen, newly fur
nished last year, and also new addi-
ton made to cottage. These grounds
can be subdivided, making two sites
if desired. Owner says sell this spring.
Call for price and terms.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
Begin with a Lot
End with a Home

$65-16th av S bet. 39th and 10th SITS.
Easy terms.
$S5-16th av S bet. 9th and 3Sth SITS.
Easy terms
$1OO-Bloomingt av and 3Sth st.
Triple corner for $500.
$125-Snelling av, cor, saith st.
Easy terms.
$175-30th av S bet. Lake and 31st SITS.
Easy terms. No interest.
$175-soth av bet. 9th and 28th SITS.
Stone walk.
$175-29th av S bet. 2sth and 29th SITS.
$2OO-2Sth av S bet. 9th and 28th SITS.
Next to corner.
5000 Chicago av bet. 38th & 39th SITS.
City water and walk.
$3OO-Longfellow av bet. $50 and
34th SITS.
Large east, front.
$55O-15th av e, double corr 32d st.
improvements in street.
$55O-16th av S, cor. 25th st.
All improvements.
$25O-13th av bet. 9th and 2sth SITS.
City water, stone walk.
$275-2eth av S bet. 22d and oath.
| East front.
$8OO-1Sth av bet. Franklin and
22d st.
Lot 64x123.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
CRIME SEEMS IMPROBABLE
Police Investigate Mats Death
Denutv Coroner Saws Alcoholism.

The police are still investigating the
circumstances attending the death of
William G. Mats, at st. Barnabas hos
pital, Tuesday evening, from a cere-
bral hemorrhage. Mats was mixed
up in a saloon fight March 3 and re-
ceived a blow, some say on the cheek
and others on the back of the head.
He was momentarily dazed, but was
quickly on his feet again. His wife
took him home, examined his head
carefully, but says she could find no
sign of a bruise. He had been drink
ing heavily, and for several weeks
had been suffering from nervous
disorder. He rarely slept more than
three or four hours at night. From
the time of the trouble in the saloon
until the night he went to the hos
pital, he was about town and kept on
drinking.
An autopsy was held Immediately
after Mats died, and Deputy Coroner
Irvine says that death was due to
alcoholism. The examination did not
reveal marks of violence. The man
who was fighting with Mats has not
attempted to escape.
Police Superintendent Conroy said this
morning that he would have the investiga-
ton continued altho he was quite sure
that there would be no ground for arrests
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19

Mrs. Thompson B. Ferguson, wife
Of Oklahoma's governor, is dean of
newspaper women in that territory,
having been actively engaged in jour-
nalism for number of years. Her
husband was away from home when
a telegram arrived announcing that
President Roosevelt had named him
for governor of the territory. Mrs.
Ferguson promptly wired his accept
ance. When he arrived home in the
evening she had his grip packed and
he left on the night train for Wash
ington, where he was commissioned at
once.
It is reported from Johannesburg
that new and unexpected source of
wealth has been discovered In the ter
ritory Of the late Boer republic. Near
the eastern border Of the Transvaal,
on the ledge of the lofty South African
plateau, three valuable lodes of tin
ore have been found, and the deposits
are apparently so extensive that pre-
dictions are heard that the new colo
ny may prove to be as rich in tin and
copper as it is already known to be
in gold.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-26

One hundred thousand troops, who
have embarked from Japanese ports, are
reported bound for Port Arthur or Dali
ny, where it Il is possible they have landed,
and the great port may be in danger. The
cable between Port Arthur and Chefoo
has been cut and all transports have
been pressed into service. Mobilization
is to be ordered in the cars dominions.
Mexico has officially declared her
neutrality in relation to the war in the
far east.
Russia has issued a proclamation say
ing she was unprepared for hostilities
and denominating Japan's attack at Port
Arthur an act of treachery.
Possibility of war with Great Britain
was openly discussed by Russian mill
tary officials, who count on ~Germany's
support.
Russian troops were reported ad-
vancing on Seoul, the capital of Corea.
The Japanese captured two ore ships
and seized Elliott islands, a strong
strategic point.
A British steamer vas fired on by
Russian forts at Port Arthur and de-
tanned in spite of protests.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-26
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO AN
NoUNCE PERSONNEL SOON.
Body to Be Composed of Seven Mem
bers-Three Are Already
Chosen.

Washington, Feb. %. - President
Roosevelt has selected the men who are
to constitute the new Panama canal
commission and formal announcement
of the personnel Of the commission Will
be made as soon as the treaty with Pana-
ma shall have been ratified next Tues
day. AS heretofore chronicled by the
press, Rear Admiral John w. Walker,
who is president of the existing 18TH
milan canal commission, will be a mem
Der of the new commission, probably It's
head, and Gen. George w. Davis also
will be a member. In addition to those
two Col. Frank G. Hecker, of Detroit,
who, during the Spanish-Amerlcan
war, was director of transportation for
the war department, has been chosen
for a place on the commission. He has
indicated his acceptance of the appoint
ment. The commission is to be composed
of seven members. The other fOur have
been selected, but no indication is given
as to who they may be, except that one
of them is a prominent man of LOuisi-
ana. He will be the southern man on
the committee. 1t is understood to be
quite certain that Former Senator
James X. Jones, of Arkansas; Former
Gov. Savers, of Texas; Isham Randolph,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-26

The work Of clearing the streets in the
burned district of Baltimore has been
completed.
Washington officials fear that the
United States will clash with Russia be-
cause Of sympathy for the Japanese
here.
A large part of Seaside, N. j., a fishing
settlement, has been burned.
Frank Mcnamara, of Elgin, H., shot
and killed George R. Jennings in the lat
ter's Office in Brooklyn, N. Y. Jealousy
is the supposed cause.
The state department has accepted the
resignation Of w. E. Buchanan, the
American minister to Panama.
Fire destroyed the buildings Of the
Greensboro IN. CO. female college, the
loss being $125, 900.
At Denver, Col, Frank G. Senter killed
himself and wife, having been driven
insane by her devotion to the faith heal
ing cult.
The census bureau has begun the work
of gathering statistics Of special classes
Of population, including pe~ntitentiaries,
aims houses, insane asylums, etc.
At Hanover, N. H, Dartmouth hall,
built 10 years ago, the Oldest building
at Dartmouth college, was destroyed by
fire.
Official announcement is made Of the
union Of the Presbyterian and Cumber-
land Presbyterian churches.
officials in New York say they have
unearthed a system Of extensive natural
ization frauds.
Over $4,000 persons passed through
the auditorium of the chamber of COM
merce in Cleveland and viewed the re-
mains of Senator Hanna, lying in state.
The American Newspaper Publishers
association has adopted a resolution
requesting the president and attorney
general to bring suit against the paper
combine.
Grover Cleveland's magazine appeal
for democratic unity is regarded as a
definite consent to become a presiden-
tial candidate.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-26
UNDERGOES HEROIC TEST.
Brooklyn Milk Dealer Secures Verdict
for Damages Against
the City.

New York, Feb. PA Brooklyn
milk dealer has secured a verdict of
$4,000 against the city after undergo
ing a remarkable test before the jury.
Hot irons were applied to one arm and
a leg and the flesh was pierced with
surgical instruments to prove that the
plaintiff had suffered injury as claimed.
The milkman, while driving through
the street, fell into an excavation
which had been open several weeks.
He claimed to have sustained chromat-
ic neuritis Of the nerve and muscles
Of the left side. In order to convince
the jurymen, red hot irons were ap-
piled and sharp knives pierced deeply
into the flesh repeatedly, but the milk
man showed absolutely no evidence Of
pain and the verdict in his favor was
Immediately returned.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-26
twenty-five DIE
IN AN EXPLOSION
CAR LOAD OF DYNAMITE BLOWS
UP IN UTAH WITH AWFUL
RESULTS.
DISASTER CAUSED BY
FREIGHT COLLISION
Everything Within Radius of Half a
Mile Is Wrecked and the Sound Is
Heard at Ogden, Eighty-One Miles
Away.

Ogden, Utah, Feb. 22.-Twenty-five
persons were killed, Is others were in
jured, several, it is believed, fatally,
and a great amount of railroad prop
erty destroyed, the result of an ex-
plosion Of a car load of dynamite Fri
day afternoon at Jackson, a telegraph
station on the western end of the Great
Ogden-Lucin cutoff of the Southern
Pacific railroad. The explosion was
caused by a collision between two
freight trains, due. it is said, to the
failure of the air-brake apparatus to
operate. Eight of the dead and five
OF the injured are Americans, the 9TH
ers are Greek laborers.
The dead: T. w. Burke, section
foreman, his wife and three children;
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-26
TWIN CITY MARKETS.
Minneapolis. Feb. 20.

Wheat-No. I northern, s1.o1; No. 2
northern, csc; May, $1.osAc oats-No.
8 white, 4oc GorI-No. s, 4ae Rye
No. 2, Gle. Barley-No. 2, 4oc.
Flax-Si.13. Butter-Creamery, ex-
tras, 2s@24c; creamery, arsts, 21@22c;
dairy, fancy, 5000 Poultry-Tur-
keys. 9@Ioc; Chickens, rose. Hay
up1ands, fancy, BLDG.
st. Paul, Feb. 90.
Cattie-Steers, So. 40 3. 90; cows.Se.7 Is
@3.oo. Hogs -$4ss0@5.15. sheep
Imuttons. SO. 90; lambs1 $500.