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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
A PAVING MONOPOLY
Assistant Engineer Says It's Hidden in
Powers Specifications.

From the city engineers office comes
a protest against the attack of Alder
man Powers on the specifications for
creosoted wood-block paving, which he
alleges were prepared in order to IA
vor the local. company. Assistant City
Engineer E. r. Dutton declares that
the specifications which Mr.. Powers
produced at the council meeting last
evening were drawn in New York for
the purpose of giving a monopoly to
a certain creosoting company of Perth
Amboy, N. j. ga
It is not charged that Mr.. Powers
is favoring the company in question,
as no one has any information that
it intends to compete for business in
the local field; but the specifications
are said to be unfavorable to fair and
>open competition. Mr.. Dutton insists
that any company interested in the
creosoting Of paving blocks has an
equal show under the specifications
prepared by the city engineers office.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19

Extending Club Lease-Secretary r.
J. Westlake is about to sign lease
with the Andrus building management
for a five-year use of the Commercial
club rooms, dating from May, 1905.
Will Attend Iowa Encampment.-
Chief Deputy Sheriff Arthur Jones has
received an invitation to be guest
and to deliver an address at the Iowa
G.. A. r. encampment at Mason City,
Iowa, June Z, and 9.
Park Extension Progress-Deeds
for more than three-fourths of the
land in the Loring park extension are
now nDossessiOn Of the park board.
The only considerable tract not yet
obtained Is the two large blocks
owned by ). B. Bassett lying just
north of Spring lake.
City Engineer Rinker Is Better
City Engineer Andrew Rinker Is
much stronger and spent the greater
part of the day out Of bed. There has
been no return of the hiccoughs since
Wednesday evening and Mr.. Rinker
hopes to be at his desk again Monday.
Board and Council May Clash
There may be some conflict Of au-
thority between the city council and
the park board as to the formers
right to establish uniform level for
Lake Harriet. The board controls the
whole shore line Of Harriet and may
resent the interference by the council.
The matter will be considered later.
Saloon Man Made Good-August
Johnson, woodsman, reported at po-
lice headquarters this morning that he
had been robbed Of SIS while drink
ing in Cohen's saloon and engaged in
conversation with one of his mates.
A detective was sent to the saloon
with Johnson and after some parlying
the loss was made good by the propri-
etor.
No Special Rusl1in Hall Collector
The officers Of the Ruskin Hall guild
wish to call to the attention of chari-
tably disposed people that they have
no authorized collector Of funds for
their work, outside Of the women who
are officers and members of the So
ciety and no general soliciting is done
for this work. A boy about Is years
old has been imposing upon people by
going about asking for subscriptions in
the name Of the guild.
Address on "Ideals''-P Preston W.
Search Of Worcester, Mass, will ad-
M. G. A. tomorrow afternoon. Mr..
Search is a lecturer and traveller of
considerable note. He has visited
every part Of the world, lectured in
every city of Importance in the United
States, and is q speaker of unusual
force and ability. His subject will be
"Face to Face with Great Ideals"
Sheibley's orchestra will furnish the
music. which will begin at s:15
o'clock.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
BAD ROADS CAUSE
A SMALL MEETING.
OBJECT LESSON FOR HENNEPIN
GOOD ROAD PROMOTERS.
An Important Meeting, but Poorly At
tended, Because County Members
Couldn't Get In-County Surveyor
Cooley Emphasizes Wisdom of Ac-
quiring Convenient Gravel Pits.

Bad roads so seriously interfered
with the meeting Of the Hennepin
County Good Roads association in the
county commissioners rooms this
morning that not one-fourth Of the
members were present.
County Surveyor George w. Cooley
took this as text for his little talk.
He had found that If anything Of a
public nature was to be done. the pub
lie generally had to get up and do 1t.
Mr.. Cooley said it was UP to the
various boards of town supervisors to
see to 1t that the best was made of
every opportunity to improve existing
conditions. One thing that the boards
would find to their advantage was to
get material for road building that
would last. Gravel was the best and
handiest, and there was plenty Of it.
when we first began to build roads
Systematically in this county," said
Mr.. Cooley, there were but two or
three gravel pits in sight. Now have
in my office samples from a hundred
good pits in this county. Most gravel
pits can be obtained by condemnation
proceedings and the town boards
should get possession of them"
It was also the business of the town
boards, Mr.. Cooley urged, to comply
more fully with the law requiring the
placing of sign boards at highway
crossings, to see that when a road was
opened the full sixty-six feet was in
cluded in the right Of way, that farm
ers do not pillow up the side bitches
along made roads, and that steel Gull
verts should rapidly replace the old
wooden affairs.
The association adopted new con-
stitution, similar to that Of the state
association, and almost a counterpart
Of the old county association constitu-
ton, except that it provides for 9
vice president from each town and
village. These vice presidents are to
be selected by the people Of the towns
and villages within the next two
weeks.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
O., b. & Q. PAYS
Gross Earnings Tax for 1908 Oerti-
fed to State Auditor.

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
reported it's Minnesota gross earnings
for 1903 to the state auditor to-day.
The earnings We're 341,244.s2, on
which the per cent tax is $40, 237.35.
The Great Northern paid another
$4,000 to-day, making $4,000 paid
on account Of 1903 taxes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
WHERE SYMPATHY BELONGS
Mems Club of Park Avenue Church to
Debate Question.

The Mems club of the Park Ave-
nue. Congregational church will have
a debate in the church parlors Tues
day at 8 p. m. The affirmative will
be taken by L. A. Condit and DR.. S.
H. Baxter, and the negative by Judge
Daniel Fish and Charles L. Sawyer.
The question is: Resolved, that the
sympathies of the American people
should be with the Russians in their
present struggle with Japan" This
is the second open meeting, and a.
large attendance is expected.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
PHOTOGRAPHERS CASE
Set Forth in Printed Statement
Meeting Called Tonight.

Quiet prevails in lithographing cir
Giles. Word has been received from
Chicago that the men employed in
some of the shops, the proprietors Of
which are not members of the employ
ers' association, have quit work rather
than handle the overflow work which
came to them as a result Of the shut
down of the other shops. The local
photographers have caused to be print
ed a statement Of their side Of the
case, which is being mailed to all who
ask for prices on work or for it's
delivery. These statements outline the.
situation as it has been given in T he
] o n a l. The workmen will hold
a meeting tonight, but no announce
ment Of their plans has been made.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
STUD AND WATCH TAKEN
DR.. F. G. Lee Held Up at Hanley Falls,
N1inn.-LOses $3.50.

DR.. F. G. Lee, a Minneapolis dentist,
was held up at Hanley Falls, Mimi.
Wednesday night and robbed of a
$40O diamond stud and a $50 gold
watch.
The doctor stepped off the train to
walk along the platform for exercise.
Near the rear of the train the plat
form was dark, and one man held a
revolver to the doctors head while
the other took his stud and watch.
The depot agent saw the two men
afterward, and said they took a freight
train for Minneapolis. The case was
reported to Police superintendent
Conroy, and two detectives are work
ing on the case. The doctor gives
a good description of the men.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
AUDITORIUM
COMES NEARER
More Than One Fourth the Nee
essary Insurance Is Already
Subscribed.

The half-nillion mark has been
passed by the auditorium committee.
A. c. Paul, the chairman, feels high
1y encouraged by the progress made.
The fact that in less than three weeks
work over 100000 insurance has
been secured one-quarter the total
amount necessary to insure an audi
forum, shows that the people are now
waking up to the opportunity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
LOOKS LIKE VILLAGE STORE
Seed Shipments Gives PostoffIce Package

seed shipments Gives PostoHIco Package
Window Rural Aspect.
Individuals usually go to the nearest
mail box and deposit their letters, while
corporations send a messenger to the post.
office with the firms bundle. This morn
ing the package clerks at the postoffice
smiled YEARLY when a delivery wagon be-
longing to one of the local seed firms
backed up at the Third street entrance of
the building and unloaded ten or twelve
bushels Of packages. The packages were
all small and when the baskets were piled
up in front Of theh package window they
lent a decidedly rural aspect to the place.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
Trophy of a Sportsman.

Sam F. Fullerton received a photo
graph to-day Of which he is very
proud. It is the only photograph ever
taken Of a Rocky mountain goat in
it's wild state, and was sent by John
r. W. Sargent Of Chicago, who took
the picture before bringing the ami
NAL down with his rifle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19

For fear that the cat would not come
back Charles P. Jameson, a bookkeeper
in the employ Of the William Lorenz
trunk factory, locked tabby In the fire.
proof safe in the store one night recently
and then went home. He was not aware
that the cat was in deposit until he opened
the safe the following morning. Puss is
said to have been none the worse for its
adventure. --...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
WANTED THE KEYHOLEs
scandtnavians Who Had Boush

Watches of an Auctioneer.
Three Scandinavian woodsmen
asked Police Superintendent Conroy to
raid a Washington avenune S auction
store where they said they had been
cheated. The superintendent asked
an explanation and they said that the
auctioneer sold them two key-winding
silver watches for IS apiece, but that
when they got outside they discovered
that there was no keyhole thru the
back of either case. The chief turned
watch expert, showed the men how to
open the cases and convinced them
that they had not been swindled.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
GOT HER PAPA BACK

ST. Paul Child Means Of ReunitIng Es-
tranged Parents
An estrangement which eliminated in
divorce granted two years ago was over
come by the pleadings of a little girl, and
last night Mr.. and Mrs, Charles N. Meter
berg of st. Paul were married for the
second time. The little lady who was the
cause Of the reunion was the happiest per-
son at the ceremony because Of the fact
that she had her papa back after losing
him for nearly two years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
i HIS THIRST DESTROYED

First Graduate from Workhouse Course
Says He's Cured.
Superintendent Frank McDonald's Jag
cure at the workhouse is a success, &C
cording to the statement Of John Jones
of Chicago, who is the graduate from
the works since the treatment was in
stalled He said this morning that he
hadn't the slightest desire for liquor of
any kind and believed that the alcoholic
poison was thoroly eradicated from his
system by the treatment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
SCHOOL COUNT
EXCEEDS 100000
March Admissions Make a new
High Mark for Total En-
rollment.

More than 10000 children are now
enrolled in the Minneapolis public
schools. The exact number is 40,175.
The mark has been reached by the
261 admissions for March.
Enrolled are 1878 boys and TO- 56
girls. Boys take precedence in the
birth returns, but they begin to drop
out Of school at an earlier age than
the girls in order to become providers.
There are 304 children still on half
days owing to the evercrowded condi-
ton of some Of the schools. These
are distributed as follows: Garfield,
81; Holmes, 35; Lyndale, 43; Mar
garet Fuller, 8; Sumner, so; Washing
ton, 80.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
HANDY 3O0-YEAR CALENDAR
Issued by w. b. Chandler Good from
100 to 1000.

w. B. Chandler, tourist ticket agent,
has issued 3OO-year calendar in
booklet form. BY it's use one can
readily refer to "date in the distant
past or future It is good for the
years between 100 and 1000, and will
therefore last life time. The little
book contains only twenty pages, yet
despite this compactness the instruc-
tons are so simple that there is not
the slightest difficulty in using the cal
endar, and the type is large not neces-
stating the use of a microscope.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
Appraisers Are Named.

Appraisers to fix the value of prop
erty to be condemned in opening Riv-
erside avenue, from Thirtieth to
Franklin avenue, were named by
Judge c.. B. Elliott this morning. They
are Samuel G. Gale, Lester B. Elwell
and Elwood c.. Corser. The case was
appealed from the award Of the street
opening commission. Hallum & Oh
son, real estate men, are the principal
DIRECTORS. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
WILSON WILL NOT RUN
THIS rs UNDERSTOOD AT RED
WING TO BE THE DECISION HE
HAS REACHED.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Red Wing, Mimi, March 19.-Frank
M. Wilson will this afternoon issue
a, letter stating whether or not he will
be q candidate for attorney general.
It is understood that he will decline
to rum.
Burglars broke into the Great West
ern station here, but got nothing. They
then broke into the Milwaukee station
at Wacouta and took, So.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
TURNING IN MONEY
February Receipts of State Institu-
lions Paid into Treasury.

Miscellaneous receipts Of state insti-
tutions for February have been turned
into the state treasury by the state
board of control as follows;
Anoka asylum, $21.65; Hastings
asylum, $172.10; Fergus Falls hospi-
tai, $246.77; Rochester hospital,
$35s.19; st. Peter hospital, $239.46;
Faribault school for blind, $36.75;
school for the deaf, $152.44; school
for feeble minded, s651.s3; Owatonna
public school, $3.50; Red Wing
training school. s157.17; st. Cloud re-
formatory, $1,291.6s; Saltwater pris-
on, r$7,S15.14; Duluth normal, $66.44;
Mankato normal, $246.65; st. Cloud
normal, $141; Moorhead normal,
s245.45;; Winona normal, $331.55.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
CHIEF JUSTICE BACK
He Heard Merger Decision Read by
-, Judge Harlan.

Chief Justice c.. J. Start returned
to-day from his winter vacation. He
spent about two months in Florida
and is looking and feeling much bet
ter. Judge Start stopped two days
in Washington and heard the North
ern Securities decision read in the SUI
.preme court.
Next week the Justices will get to-
gether and select a successor to the
late II. 3. Stevens as member of the
statute revision commission.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
New Typhoid Cases.

Seven new cases Of typhoid fever
were reported to the health depart
ment for the twenty-four hours end
ing to-day noon. There have been
no deaths since last Wednesday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
GARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our heartfelt
thanks to all the friends who so kindly
rendered assistance during the illness and
at the burial of our dear parents.
Daniel r. Peck,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sulley.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
BRUTAL HUSBAND
Threatens Mother Whose Newborn
Child Has just Died.

Child Has just Died.
A woman lying i'll at home after
giving birth to a child, sent to the
police last night, asking protection
from her drunken husband, who, she
said, threatened to throw her and the
child, which had died early in the
day, into the street.
Under these conditions, the friends
Of Mrs. Andrew Kittleson, 2015 Two
and-a-half street, te1ephoned to head
quarters. The husband had been on
a prolonged spree.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
NEW INCORPORATION.

The Consolidated Home company Of ST.
Paul incorporated with 100000 capital. j.
A. Haas is president; Ransom M. Lawton,
vice president, and T. w. Hauenstein, Sec
rotary and treasurer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
New Incorporation.

The Morgan Farmers Elevator
company of Morgan, Redwood county,
was incorporated to-day with $4,000
capital.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
SWANSON CHOSEN
Will Represent Postal Clerks at St,
Louis Meeting.

Lively balloting over the selection
of a delegate to attend the national
convention at st. Louis, in September,
marked the meeting Of the local
branch Of the United Postal Clerks
held last night. There were three
candidates and on the sixth ballot E.
Swanson was selected.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
CLoRE Is ARR.AIGNED

Valves Examination and Is Held to
Grand Jury.
Joseph Clore, colored, who has Civ
en- the police much trouble, was ar
raigned in police court this morning
for burglary. He was held to the
grand jury. Clore is thought to be
the man who robbed S. F. Sellers resi-
dence, 1921 Pillsbury avenue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
SWAMP LAND PATENTS

State Becomes Fee Owner of 25,5OO
Acres More.
The state auditors office received
patents to-day on 25,500 acres Of
swamp land, from the federal land of
fee at Washington. The tracts have
been claimed for the state for years.
and the claims have not been dis
puted, but the patents have just been
issued. The land lies chiefly in st.
Louis and Itasca counties.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
THE UNIVERSITY
MILITARY HOP PLANNED
CADETS OF THE STATE UNIVER-
SITY WILL GIVE A VERY Sc
LECT PARTY.

At a meeting Of the commissioned
and non-commissioned officers Of the
university cadet corps this morning
plans for military hop were dis
cussed, and committees were ap-
pointed. Invitations will be sent to
Governor Van SAINT and staff, the Off
GERS at Fort Smelling, the cadet Off
GERS Of the College Of Agriculture, and
the Minneapolis companies of the Ma
tional Guard. The date will probably
be April IL.
The senior play was read before the
class this morning. None but seniors
was admitted. The play is "a sort Of
comic opera" called 'The Apple Of
Discord."
A petition signed by 1000 students
of all classes and departments
asking that steps be taken to
establish sick benefit fund has
been presented to the faculty commit
tee on student health. Dean F. S.
Jones, chairman, said this morning
that the committee was much in favor
Of the plan and was now formulating
a recommendation to the regents.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
CITY NEWS.

4 Extending Club Lease-Secretary p.
J, Westlake is about to sign lease
with the Andrus building management
for five-year use of the Commercial
club rooms, dating from May, 1905.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
WANTED SOME COMPANY
Edward Schannce Steals a Graphic
phone, but Doesn't Enjoy 1T Long.

Edward Schaunce stole a graphophone
to cheer his leisure hours. He was
enjoying a concert last evening when a
policeman called with warrent. He
pleaded guilty in police court this
morning and was given sentence of
SIS or fifteen days.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
HAS CONFIDENCE IN POLICE
Judge Dickinson Doesn't Think Ugly
Dogs Needed by HOuseholders.

Judge Dickinson has faith in the
Minneapolis police force and doesn't
think it necessary for anyone to have
vicious dog to guard property. A.
J.. Henning was in court this morn
ing charged with keeping surly can
inc. He said he hated to kill the dog,
which was a good house guardian.
I'VE have policemen for that said
the court. $50 get rid Of the dog
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-06
BRAHMAN PROVE RIBS.

lie that comlntteth no evil hath
not Nc 10 fear
Mix kindness with reproof and rea-
son with authority.
OF much speaking cometh repentance,
but In silence is safety.
The first step toward being wise is to
know that thou art ignorant.
Envy not the appearance of happi-
ness in any man, for thou knowest not
his secret griefs
Indulge not thyself in the passion OF
anger 1t is whetting n sword to wound
thine own breast.
Consider and forget not thine own
weakness, so shalt thou pardon the
faiiings of others.
The heart of the envious man Is gall
and bitterness. The success of his
neighbor breaketh his rest.
This instant Is thine The next Is in
the womb of futurity. and thou know
est not what it may bring forth.
As a veil addeth to beauty. so are Il
mans virtues set off by the shade
which his modesty casteth upon him.
As the ostrich when pursued hideth
his head. but forgetteth his body, so
the fears of a coward expose him to
danger.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-06
Need of Unity.

The onslaught being made upon
trades unionism from one end of the
nation to the other is entirely without
moral If it does not teach worklngmen
that the time has come when they
must stand firmly together, shoulder 10
shoulder. in the battle for better eondl-
lions or they and their magnificent or
CARNATIONS are lost.
1t is evident, in the first place, that
the unions have nearly reached the
point where they can enforce their de-
mands and thus secure for their mem
bers the things that are and always
have been labor's just share in produc-
ton. Heretofore they could only plan;
they were scarcely ever able to exc
cute. They might and did render them
selves more or less obnoxious by spas
medically refusing at inopportune
times to stand for lower standard of
living for their members, but it gener
ally resulted in their defeat
The real battle will not begin until
the workingmen themselves awaken to
the facts and the significance of II all.
nut Duttle III VIII DC tueu, ana, Ill
though wise men and scholars have
seen it coming for years and have fore
told 1t many times, it Is doubtful II
even small minority of those most
actively concerned on either side have
realized 1t before nor do they In Its full
ness even now Tobacco Worker.
A life and death struggle FOR trades
unionism in Utah is on. After con
ference the other day in the office of
Governor Wells the operators gave out
this ultimatum in the words of Presi-
dent Kramer:
The operators will never agree TO
recognize the unions. We will close
the mines permanently before union
Ism shall obtain foothold in Utah.
There are too many dollars in eastern
capital invested In these mines, but
after long consideration Of the subject
We have decided to fight to the last
ditch against unionizing our mines. We
shall never recognize the unions, and
this is final"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-06
An Odd Collection.

An entertainer who visited the Fiji
islands and gave his performance be-
fore the natives had the following re-
ceipts for one night: Four sucking pigs,
800 cocoanuts, 1000 of a common class
of moonstone collected on the beach,
40 pearls, % model canoes, 200 yards
Of native cloth, AZ Fiji costumes, 8
whales teeth, hundreds of sharks
teeth, one or two cart loads of beauti-
full coral war implements. such as
spears, knobsticks and knives, native
mats and pillows and grog bowls.