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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
.B0ARDERS ROUTED
OUT BY A FIRE FRI J
EARLY MORNING BLAZE CAUSES
SNIALL-SIZED PANIC.
Many Escaped Into the Chilly Out
doors Clad Only in Their Night
Clothes-Fire More. :, Than Half a
Mile from Nearest Hydrsint. :"

An early !1norniug fire in the board
ing house of G. w. Dorset, Spring and
0 streets Me-, routed the inmates who
were able to Escape without saving
completely destroyed the house, en-
failing a loss Of $4,000 on building and
1880 On contents. The loss is. partly
covered by insurance: = HHrsteEi
The fire started from the furnace at
o'clock this morning and when the
roomers were awakened s::sthe - entire
structure was blazing 'merrily. "A hasty
alarm was given iarousing. several @of
the sleepers and all hurried out into
the street without stopping to secure
their clothing or belongings ~. Fright
ened women, clad only in their night
clothes shivered in the cold while men,
rudely awakened from their :slumbers,
made their way to neigh boring. houses
where they borrowed; clothing. =:
The clearinghouse was .oWned- by
G. W., Dorset; and maintain ed, for the
acc comm datien Of thee employees in his
|lbakery. near BY All of the :roonfers
were working. people and, mot one
of them saved a thing. 49, Mrs. Clara
Delaney lost in,cash,-t jewelry and
thing I'D Lewis, lost $500 in cash,
his. WATCH and all Of his :. clothing.
The sothera boarders also lost. various
sums. ard nine watches were burned.
All of the. losses of the boarders are
not covered by insurance. =. -..o.-
AS soon las the fire, department ar
| rived; AN attempt was made to save
| the house.: but as it was; necessary to
lay 5000 feet of hose in ;, order, to
reach the nearest hydrart, it was
! found that there was no use to try to
save the house ana. the attention OF
I the department. was ,deVode ed at9; ssaYing
the barn and ad lis houIseeS,a gsss.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11

To Sell The Hermitage--The Hermitage
property. occupied by the late Major G. B.
Halsted. at Lake Minnetonka, will be sold
at auction at the courthouse at 10 a. m.
March 8. No bid of less than $4,000 will be
considered
'Scruboioey va. Theo.ogy'-AtN the Sal
walton Army hall. ZIG First avenue S, to-
night. Adjutant III. G. Crawford will de-
liver a lecture on "Scrubology VS.. Theol-
ogy, Or How We Do 1t, Practically De-
monstrated.'' The Salvation Army brass
band will play.
More SalycIlc Red Llquor-Three down.
town saloon men were fined s25 and costs
in police court this morning for selling
blackberry brandy containing salycilic
acid. They We're John Bauman, J. G.
Thielen and o. J. Hawkins. Samples have
been taken from other saloons in the bust
ness district and more arrests are prom
ised. ... 49,. .s.
A Change In the r. M. S.-ThrS, re-
assignment of chief clerks Of the railway
mail service J. W. Cook Of La. Crosse has
been assigned to Minneapolis as chief
clerk in charge Of lines heretofore under
the control of George Bradford. Chief
Clerk Bradford has been assigned to duty
as a travelling chief clerk, with headquar-
tiers at st. Paul. The change was made
yesterday, Mr.. Cook taking charge Of the
local office. Mr.. Bradford will not leave
for st. Paul for several days.
Enlarge Lowry ResIdence-The Thomas
Lowry residence at Groveland Terrace and
Honnepin avenue. already one Of the finest
homes in the city, is to be enlarged In the
spring at an expense Of about $40, 900.
Architects F. 3. and L. L. Long are draw
ing plans for a one-story music room adj
dition % by So feet, with full basement
This will be built on the downtown side
of the house and will be of red brick.
New porches are to be built also with
Portage stone corners and columns.
Second Warders Awake.-The Second
Ward Republican club held rousing
meeting last night In preparation for
active participation in the coming cam
paign. The club voted. to indorse the
Roosevelt administration. and II. B.
Chamberlain, W.. c: Bailey and James
EIverington were named to draw resolu-
t1ons. Officers were elected for two years:
President John c. Sweet; vice president,
p. s. Nelson; secretary, H. N. Allen;
treasurer, c. S. Dever ..~ ~
New Uniforms Ordered--A general i'm
provement in the appearance Of the street
car conductors and motormen will be no.
tioeable between now and March Is, or
many faces familiar to street car patrons
viii be missing after that date. The an
nual order requiring street car men to
have new uniforms by March ID has been
posted In the car barns in Minneapolis
and ST. Paul and in consequence many
employees will have to invest $14. about
ene weeks wages, in new clothes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
The New Independent Company
Will Build to Saltwater by Way
of White Bear Village.

Another electric line from Minneap-
oils to Saltwater has been projected
by the Minnesota Power and Trolley
company.
AS already laid out, the line will
run almost as the crow flies from Min
ineapolis to the north shore Of White
Bear lake thru White Bear village and
ON to Saltwater. 81
2 With the addition OF this .line,s the
system proposed by the new company
will be gigantic lottery with its base
at Minnetonka and the two arms di-
verging from some point in Minneapo-
lis to st. Paul on the right and to
White Bear and Saltwater ON the left,
Another line will run to ,Anoka. ...ssrff
Apparently no plans are being laid
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
TAILOR FROZEN To- DEATH
THOs. ZELENKA PROBABLY FELL
IN A. F1T-WAS. FROZEN STIFF
WHEN FOUND.

Thomas zelenka, CT. years old,
whose home is at; 113 s&Twenty-frst
avenue S, was. found frozen to death in
the rear of q tailor shop insElk River,
Mimi, where he was employed.
Zelenka was working there as a.
tailor and slept in the shop. When
the proprietor went to the shop this
morning he. could not find Zelenka,
altho his clothes were on the foot of
his bed He then went to the wood
shed in the rear of the shop and found
the mans frozen body. He had evil
IDENTIFY gone out late last night for fuel
and had been taken with an epileptic
fit, such as he was subject to.
Zelenka's' family lives in Minneap-
~ - 4 =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
Sues Street Railway.

Because Charles Al. Demeules was for
chilly put off a; Bloomington avenue car
last August, without cause as he claims,
and injured thereby. he has sued the Min
neapolis Street railway company for Sc, 900.
The defendant company alleges in it's an
swer that the plaintiff was intoxicated.
boisterous and disorderly and refused to
pay his fare. The case is on trial before
Judge Harrison. -""'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
! FIGHT OVER HAY MARKETS
Rival Proprietors Argue Their Claims
Before the Court.

A dispute between James Duffy and
William D. Lynes, each proprietor
of a wood, hay and live stock" mar
ket in the western division Of the city,
occupied the attention Of Judge Pond
this morning. Duffy is the plaintiff
in an action begun recently to restrain
Lynes from running a market in said
division of the city on the grounds
that the city had conferred upon him
the exclusive privilege Of conduc ting
a market in that sect on.s%5 IN the de-
murrer argued and suh11l itteelg this
morning the defendant attacked Che
CONSTITUTE orality@ Of the -ordinance Hn-
der which Duffy was accorded this
privilege.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
The Enthusiastic Traveller

Has been created by the evolution in
railway passenger train service. To
travel well is to enjoy life thoroughly.
Thousands Of constant and enthusi-
astic travellers have been made by
a single trip between the Twin Cities,
Milwaukee and Chicago on the Mill
waukee's Pioneer Limited the ia
nous train Of the world. s. s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
THE E; UNIVERSITY
HARD LINES For EDITORS
WRITERS ON @tsa UNIVERSITY
STUDENT. PUBLICATIONS. FEEL
WEIGH OF p TILE FACULTY's
~ $3.50 ssa:,% So -

The hand Of the faculty is resting
heavily upon: the editorial boards of
the university publications at present
and men who's have allowed their liter
airy work to. interfere with their
studies find it, hard to persuade their
Instructors that the neglect is JUS
titiable. s,.,r =, Ell, "A
+, The literary editor Of the. Minnesota
Magazine, has. been Informed that his
registration has been Cancelled be-
causeof unsatisfa ct Dry work and p. G.:
|0'Brien, managing editor Of the
Gopher, has announced that ne will
Eresign the position in order to, haye
time to meet the demands Of his
classes. ~. ~:
!, This state of affairs naturally causes
some complaint. E, Some instructors
hold that a man, who lis doing good
work upon a college publication
should be leniently dealt with IN class,
reason for holdings the student editor
stosa. stricter accounting, ~.~..,.r..s %.aal.":
l. tt probable that the men connect.
led with the, various student publica-
tions will unite in demanding that the
plans of giving credit to: students for
|;follomedz at many ,ofsthe leading insti-
stutionss of i the country, be. adopted at
Minnesota. .--x.
:. The basket. ball game with Iowa.
scheduled- for SATURDAY. night, has been
called. off, Thesi$Agricu1turai sch9ol
|.notified Manager. Deering yesterday
/ that they could not. meet the IoWans
las had been planned and after a vain
i,attemptto obtain a, game at Red Wing
her to find, an open, date for a SECOND
! game between iowa and the varsity,
| The game was Cancelled, as the. receipts
from one game would not, pay the ex-
penses IF bringing the haWleeye quint
! from Iowa City. ~ sa;z s~,:s e :
:,wfte,s a: long and sheated session. Of
I tlfeyss officers Of suthee 81, Universal
1sPressf clltl, last zeyening, 1T Twas an
Enounced ethati the .pa e1Abers YoHld held 6, ID
1 "a stTHhe17 oneFTigay elNnffRing,s Feb,, I 3,
tain ding ng-eare9yiIN ghsrded pership
Eclausesss aa1d, CAREFUL vprestTFi pI1}gf IN e
rules of cQnduct of the. 1n 1{tI PEI! III
elubs meetings. was pro@n1r1ulga 7IEe
: The e work Of constructing a, cage. for
1basehall practice in. the, armlory was
/ begun this. morning and by the first
i Of next, week. the varsity pitchers will
! be busy, developing. ,in-shoots: and out
Iareps Of great potency and power.
~. -. Senator james +. wyman has of
fered thru the department of political
Escience,E a prize Of SIS to the. under
graduate student of the university who
l.produeesstae best essay on the subject
] ':The1 Labor Question in Farming
! .Co1nrnu nities.,''' -...-~ -, < $s1.z
At a meeting Of the directors of the
Minnesota. Daily corporation today
to fill the place left vacant by the
resignation Of S. G.. Collins from5 the
! hoard '3iSS : -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
GOING AFTER HER MONEY
Ida Iverson- Will Try to Recover Her
Stolen Cash,

Stolen Cash.
Thomas Olson, arrested in Aber-
deem, Wash, a few weeks ago for Min
neapolis authorities, who wanted him
upon a charge Of embezzli.lg $500
from Miss Ida Iverson, a Fargo girl,
and who was later turned over to the
Moorhead authorities on charge OF
grand larceny is in Jail at Moorhead
having been held to the grand jury
When he was arrested Olson had $40
of the money secured from Miss Iver-
son, and this was turned over to the
sheriff of Clay county to be given tc
Miss lIverson. 1t now appears that the
girl cannot secure the money without
legal proceedings, and she will go tc
Moorhead at once to attach tbs
money.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
The Entertaining Traveller

The Entertaining Traveller @
Interests his fellow passengers with
tales of his many trips and Journeys.
He is fully conversant with the rail-
way and steamship routes of and be-
tween all countries. When he tells
about the splendor, and magnihcence
of. the Milwaukeess famous Pioneer
-Linited--the famous train of, the
world he never: fails to hold his
listeners spe1lb
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
The Nervous Traveler,

Having a railroad trip in contempla-
tion,. chooses the route which fur
nishes the service best suited to his
physical condition. The smooth road
bed Of the Milwaukee line and the
comforts and conveniences afforded
passengers in it's Pioneer limited
the famous train of the world-suit
all travellers between the Twin Cities,
Milwaukee and Chicago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
The Conservative Traveller

The Conservative Traveller
Selects his route judiciously, always
taking into consideration roadbed,
equipment, safety, comfort and ex-
pense.
All conservative travellers in their
trips between the Twin Cities, Mil
waukee and Chicago use the Milwau-
KEGS famous Pioneer Limite d-the
I famous train OF the world.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
ONLY FORTY FOUR MEN
eos Of the e52 Minneapolis Public School

eo8 Of the e52 Minneapolis Public School
Teachers Are Women. .f
A revision Of the list of public school
teachers, which was completed to-day,
shows that the total number is now 952,
or II more than at the beginning Of the
school year. Ofsthis. number, ~ are prin-
cipals, supervisors or special teachers in
cooking and manual training, leaving SIS
actually engaged in teachtng the common
school branches. Including principals and
special teachers, there are "A men con-
nected with the teaching staff, leaving 9OS
-of the weaker sex TO fill out the list.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
THE PANEL" GAME
TWO Harrys Arrested on Charge Of
Grand Larceny.

Harry Jones and Harry Taylor were ar
rested last night by Detectives Grumpy
and Brown on charges of grand larceny,
it being alleged that they worked the
panel game on one Nicoli Johnson in
room at 302 Fourth street S, where a
woman named Nettie johnson had induced
him to come.
johnson says Jones got the money from
his pocket and passed it on to Taylor.
The money was found in Taylors shoe
some time later.
3 Taylor was arraigned in police court
on a charge of grand larceny, His case
was continued, and he will probably be
examined with Jones.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
BANK CLEARINGs UP
Gain or More Than $3,OOO,O0O Over
Same Week in 1908.

Minneapolis bank clearings made
gain of $3,03O,244 last week, the total
being $13,374,561 as against $10,344,-
This is surprising gain in view. Of
the facts that wheat receipts have
been much lighter every day than a
year ago, and that the temporary clos
ing of the mills made the, flour output
light. I; 81 .s-,.
i Bankers say it indicates a gratifying
increase of business in other lines
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
RELIEF ASSOCIATION WINS,
Judge Harrison Dismisses Suit to Col
lect Doctors Bills. -,

IeCC DOCLOfS BlIIS. -.
Judge Harrison this morning dis
missed the case, on trial before him,
Of Joseph Legault against the; Min
neapolis Fire Department Relief as
ISOLATION. , Plaintiff held several doc
tors bills, incurred thru the sickness
of Fireman Irwin Brown, and sought
to collect $500 from the defendant
association. The court ruled that
there was not sufficient scope or pow
er conferred by the articles of incor-
poration to allow the association or
any Of its officers to employ medical
attendance except from the regular
surgeon, and that said employing was
ultra wires, and therefore Vofd. IT,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
TWO Divorces FOR DesertIon.

T - IVY 0'VoIoes tVs 0eseTe1otI'
| Judge Cray this morning granted
divorces to Rose Des Jardin from Ernest
Des Jardin. on the grounds Of desertion and
inhdelity, and to Clara l.. Spilane from
I John w. Spilane, also proved to have de-
serted his wife.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
NEUROLOGICAL

MICHAEL ScANLoN died Wednesday
at 4:30 p. m, aged 81 years. Funeral
from the family residence, 515 York street,
st. Paul $40 a. m. Saturday, at st. Pat
rick's church at a. m. ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
Hill Is Not Guilty.

~ Hill Is Not Guilty.
Fred Hill, indicted and brought to trial
on the. charge Of passing a forged check,
was acquitted by a jury in Judge Brooks
court yesterday ...- -..... .... r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11

x MRS. CAROLINE r. MOORE-Funeral
from Hennepin Avenue M. q. church. p.
m, tomorrow. Brief services will be held
ut Crittenton home at noon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
CHRIsTIANsoN GOT DRUNK.
Does Not Support Family and Gets Int

Ed Christianson, mechanic, was in po-
lice court this morning on a charge Of
drunkenness, preferred by his wife who
the fannily's support and spends it fol
liquor Christianson pleaded guilty and
was, given a sentence Of $40 or ten days.
A neighbor found the family in desti-
tute circumstances last week and reported
the matter to the Humane society which
found the wife and children hard pressed
for food and fuel.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11

All Ready. Come and See It.-ttHoff.'''
Hats 81, So, IS. Hoffman's Toggery
Shop. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11

D. DANIEL E. JONES.-Funeral services
natsresidences 3l7~ Ninth street Sc, Sunday
ut 2 p. m. Interment at Jay, N. Y.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11

JAMES MATTISON, an inmate Of the
soldiers home was found dead in bed this
morning. Coroner Williams was sum-
1noned and decided that death resulted
from natural causes. ~ O.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
CITY NEWS.

property. occupied by the late Major G. B.
Halsted. at Lake Minnetonka, will be sold
at auction at the courthouse at 10 a. m.
March 8. No bid Of less than $4,000 will be
considered.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11

At a meeting Of the directors of the
Minnesota Daily corporation to-day,
Benjamin F., Drake, %Jr., was chosen
to fill the place left vacant by the
resignation of S.. G. Collins from the
board - :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
GRAND LARCENY CASE ON
Frank Meyers, Alleged Diamond
Thief, Is Placed on Trial. -

Frank Meyers, accused OF stealing
diamonds worth $1OS from 429 Nicol-
let avenue, was placed on trial for
grand larceny in the first degree be-
fore Judge Brooks this forenoon. A
jury was secured shortly after dinner
and the evidence, will probably be in
troduced before night p. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11

New Shop. IsReady, Come In. In. g --':sHoff. .
Shirts 81, 81. Hoffman's TQggery Shop.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11

~ =. >. Senator James r. wy1nan has of
fered thru the department. Of political
science a, prize Of SIS to- the: under
graduate student Of the university who
produces the best essay on the subject,
s'':Tlaer Labor Question, IN IN. Farming
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11

"Scruboloey VS.. Theology"-At the Sal
walton Army hall. ZIG First avenue S, to-
night, Adjutant III. G. Crawford will de-
liver a lecture on "Scrubology VS.. Theol-
ogy. Or How We Do 1t, Practically De-
monsuated'' The Salvation Army brass
band will play.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11

: The work of constructing a cage for
fba sehall+ practice in: the, armofys vas
begun: this morning and BY the first.
Of next, Week the varsity pitchers will
be busy, developing in-shoots: and out
drops Of great potency and power. Il
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-04-01
DEMOCRATS WIN.
w. G. Sears Chosen Mayor of siou.
City Over w. E. Cody by 1910
Plurarity,

Sioux City, Ia, March 30.-A demo-
cratic landslide, one which. in general
features, never before has figured in
the municipal politics of Sioux City, oc-
CURED in Mondays election. w. G.
Sears. the democratic candidate. was
Overwhelmingly the choice of the people
for the office of chief executive of the
city, and was accorded the handsome
plurality of 1,24O. With MIR. Sears,
George Whittemore for city treasurer
Sam Page for police judge n Joe NJ.
Lewis for city engineer were elected
with majorities ranging all the way
down the gamut.
Not only were the democrats success
full in waging their campaign for mayor
but the political stripe of the city coun-
Gil was changed, and enough democrats
are already positively elected to war
rant that at least five. and perhaps
seven, Of the new aldermen will be
democrats.
The result OF the election was a ire
mendous surprise. and the terrific land
side in favor of the democrats almost
overwhelmed the management of that
party and caused CONSERVATION in the
republican camp,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-04-01
;INSIDIOUS SWlNDLER
CAPTURED AT HURON
Had Been Residing in South
Dakota for Some Time Pos
ing as Stockman.
iE HAD UNIQUE SCHEME
Said That in Oklahoma He Frauduiontly
Through an Express Company,
Swindled an Old Man Out of
s2,ooO-once Stole $4,000.

Huron, S. D., March 29.-J. ID. Berry
of Kansas City. general inspector for
the United States Express company,
Third division. in company with Sheriff
Bratton of Grant, county, Oklahoma,
left here this morning having in custo-
dy James Nj. Franklin, arrested here
swindling. Some months since he made
the acquaintance of w. H. Perry. &c
years old. of Trenton, Mo-, who was on
his way to Lexington, Okla. From the
old man FRANKLIN learned that he, Per-
ry, had sold his farm and made a
deposit in a Lexington bank, over
$4,000 in all" He told Franklin that If
he found anything in farm lands in
Oklahoma that suited him he would
buy, and to that end a advised Presi-
dent Gilmore of the bank to express
the money to him should he wire for
1t. Franklin went to Jefferson, Okla,
where he formed the acquaintance of
Sheriff Bratton, who gave him inform
alton concerning lands in that locality
S1rable farm and arranged for its pur-
chase. all the while doing business I'M
der the name of w. II. Perry, the old
man he had met in st. Joe. In that
name he telegraphed the bank at Tren-
ton, Mo, n received s1,125 of the old
mans money. From that time Frank
lin was not seen in the Oklahoma
town. Next heard of him was on his
return to ST. Joe, to which place he
was traced by Inspector Berry, who
had been given a description of him by
the old man, Perry, who also gave him
a card upon which Franklin had writ
ten his name and address. From ST.
Joe Franklin went to Pierre, S.. d.,
where he represented himself as a
missouri stockman. also having a large
herd on the reservation. He went to
Council Bluffs and married Mrs. Anna
Stewart, a grass widow with three
children, whom he brought with him to
this place a week ago, having been
laundry to this place. Franklin was
Immediately recognized by Sheriff
Bratton as the mar with whom he be-
came acquainted in Jefferson. Okla,
and there is no doubt in the minds of
the officers who nave beer trailing him
but that he is the same person who.
swindled a Kansas City bank out Of
$4,000 a few months since.