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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
BICYCLING

which had been kept up during the night, the
Dussot- Mazan Palmer-Agraz and Downing Lin.
berg teams We're compelled to abandon the con.
at Madison Square garden today. The last two
of these teams had dropped hopelessly in the
rear last night and during tile early morning
lost lap after Jap, leaving the track from time
to time; 1t is not at all unlikely that tie
Keegan-logan team will be forced to retire dur
ing. the day. At 8 am. today the Vanderstuyft
stol and Root-Dorlon teams had covered 2.15s
miles, 3, laps; the Sanluelson Williams team
2,liS miles. laps: the GouSoltz- Brenton, Kee
gan-Hogan and Krebs-FogIer teams 215S miles
= laps and the Turville-Mettling team 215i
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
APPEALS TO PRESIDENT
Nellie Mathews, Counterfeiter, Seek
Clemency from Chief Executive.

Nellie Mathews, Minneapolis wo-
man sentenced in March, 1902, to five
years in prison for counterfeiting, has
appealed to President Roosevelt for an
unconditional pardon. The papers have
been referred to the Minnesota federal
court officials for investigation.
The woman was convictedmof raising
a one-dollar bill to ten-dollar bill. She
declares in her petition she was the vic
tim Of man who "doctored' the bills
and used an evil influence over her to
get her to put them in circulation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
BOXING

Charlie ,Neary of Milwaukee and Kid Good
man of Boston fought fast siX-round boxing
bout before, the Badger Athletic club at Mil
Waukee last night, resulting in a draw. Walter
Smith of Chicago was knocked out in the sec
ond round Of six-raInd contest by Jack Dough
erty Of Milwaukee. ~ -
Austin Rice and kid" Abel of Chicago Tough
ten fast rounds at Peoria, ILL.,, last night. I
was agreed that draw should be declared i
both men were on their feet at the close ant
both went the ten rounds, Rice having the bes
Of the milling. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
SCHOOL CHILDREN EXPOSED
Pupil in Madison School Dies of Black
I Diphtheria.

!. 4 quarantine has been placed on the
teenth street, where there has been one
death from the malignant form Of diph-
liberia, known as black diphtheria. The
victim was Irene Leitz, the 11-year.old
daughter. It was not known that the
child was suffering from the disease for
and the other children continued to at
tend the Madison school. It is not be-
heved that any serious results will fol-
low as the Leitz children were rarely in
The sickroom, and have been treated
with antitoxin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
BASKET BALL

The girls basketball teams of Central High
and DruI1rnond Hall played last night on the
1atter's floor and after exciting contest the
Central girls won by a score of % to r. Good
basketball was played The teams played in
the following order:
Central High Position Drummond Hall
Wales. .......... Right forward. ...... .Mathey
Rosenstein. Left forward. ...... .Swenson
Bremen Right guard. Christensen
LELAND. ........ Left guard. Johnston
The university team got it's first tryout of the
season this afternoon. when Coach Deering lined
up. his boys against the alumni team at the
university armory. Play began at o'clock.
In the first Intercollegiate basketball game
of the season, played at Ithaca, N. Y. last
Dartmouth college by the of Sc to p.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
STATE IRON ROYALTIES
They Will Amount to $48, 1869 in Pres
emit Calendar Year. ...-.

In the present calendar year there
have been mined from lands owned by
the state 199,324 tons of iron ore, on
which a royalty averaging 25 cents a
ton has been paid to the state, aggre-
eating S48,969.91.
All state mines operated this year
have been in st. Louis county. But
six state mines have been worked and
five companies have done the operating.
The Mountain Iron company has done
the most operating during the calen-
dar year just ending, having taken
l03,993 tons Of ore from state land in
section SO, township So, range 21.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
Prizes for Clever Little Stories About
SeThe North WESTERN I,imitad, >,

Have you ever made a trip in this
beautiful electric-lighted train? Have
you. ever thoroughly inspected it?
Which Of it's many comforts appeal to
you most strongly? We want to hear
any bit of romance, gay or pathetic,
which made any trip you took on this
train memorable. We want to know
in in q bright, breezy way, your opinion
Three prizes will be awarded for the
best three stories submitted. First
prize-One Round Trip to Chicago on
20 The, North Western Limited,' includ-
ing berth in compartme emit sleeper,
breakfast on diner into Chicago, dinner
on diner out. of Chicago, Second prize
Round Trip to Chicago on the
"North- W estern7 Limited''' with COM
partment. Third .prize-Round Trip to
Chicago. -. 49, "-2 =, z3.'s@ +
Stories must not exceed 800 words
and right is reserved to use stories sub
mitted. Contest will close Dec. is, 1904,
and stories will be judged for orr gina1-
itty and general excellence. Address
all stories to T. W. Teasdale, G. P. A.,
c., st. P, M. & O. Ry., st. P ul, MINI,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
Faculty vs., Varsity.

A change was made in the plans for
the faculty-varsity basketball game
schedule for tonight in the university
armory. The game was played d:
clock this afternoon. ! :. -S-.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
WILL PLAY BASKETBALL
Varco and Leach Find Time to Get Into
the Game.

Hugh Leach, last years captain, has
decided to rejoin the basketball squad
and there is joy among the enthusiasts
Leach at first feared that he could not
arrange his work. Ray Varco will also
again take part in the play.
The presence of these two men will
insure Minnesota winning team, as
Varco and Leach have no equals in
western collegiate basketball.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
Gymnastic Exhibit Award.

A silver medal awarded to the gym
nastic exhibit of the university at the
world 8 fair has been received by Dr..
Cooke, physical instructor. The exhibit
will. be placed in the gymnasium. It
is a Photographic exhibit -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
Cadets First Dance.

The first Of series Of military after
noon dances was given this afternoon in
the armory. After inspection the cadet
corps took possession Of the armory, ex-
Guiding from the floor all who were not
in uniform, and a regular dancing pro-
gram was carried out. ...,..-, I,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
Christmas Exc11rsion R.ataa~

Christmas Excursion Rates.
The Wisconsin Central will on Dec.
"a, rs, 26 and 81, 1904, and Jan. and
2, 1905, good to, return Jan. 4, sell
tickets to any point on it's system and
return at one and one-third fare for the
round trip. Ticket office $50 Nicollet av.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
.v1ND1cAT1oN FOR STUDENT:
Correspondent Expelled Over City Press
Publication Is Reinstated.

New evidence was admitted yester-
day in regard to the article recently
published in city paper rejecting on
the moral tone of "Dame Fire Fl w.
This convinced. the university faculty
that the student correspondent for the
paper, expelled from the. university
Tuesday,, had been. too. severely dealt
with. Action was taken revoking the
faculty order and reinstating him as a
member Of the university. r,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

j. L. Garland Of the Tasmo and Nicollet bowl
ing teRms, rolled perfect. score yesterday, the
feat being accomplished at the Cooperative al
leys. Garland has rolled perfect scores severa
times during the past two years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

See Stockwell soon-That life insur-
.ance-The Penn Mutual, Andrus Bldg.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
Can /
Y | gu
ind
" ' hat Is
!. I na47

This young traveller
has lost some of his be-
longings. Can you help
him find the four articles
missing in the picture?
After you have found
them, outline them in
ink and send them to
Puzzle Editor, The Jour-
nal, by Wednesday, De-
cember "a. For the neat
/ est and. best solutions
prizes will be given as
follows:
LIST Girls Gold
filed locket.
I'd Girls - P earl
knife.
LIST Boys Club
skates.
I'd Boy's-Magic Ian
tern.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
TIMBER LAtDo or MEXICO.
immensely Valuable Tracts Still
Standing in Ths. Country. ,%

immensely Valuable i Tracts Still
Standing in Ths.. Country. %.~
: The te-Ietion Of forests in. the
United States is the cause for the re.
cent attention which has been given
to timber lands in Mexico. n This
country has vast tracts of valuable
timber which only await the. advent
of the railroads to. make them OF
enormous commercial value. In the
southern part Of the republic the hard
woods, such as mahogany, ebony and
cedar, have long been exploited and
the supply is growing very. limited
within the access Of transportation
facilities. Large forests of such tim.
Der still exist, however, in the more
remote sections. In the central and
northern parts of the republic there
are large tracts of soft pine, oak and
miscellaneous varieties, especially on
the western slope of the central
mountain range, where there are as
yet almost no transportation facili-
ties, and along wide strip of land
extending westward from the gulf
coast.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19

into the settin' room an put some
wood in the stove"
Marietta stopped chopping cabbage
and filled her arms with wood from
the wood box. She looked very nice
in her best black dress and lace
trimmed apron. The warm kitchen
had given a flush to her cheeks and
the pink ribbon at her throat was
very becoming.
She went through the dining-room
and into the sitting-room. Aunt Nan
cy, listening intently in the kitchen,
heard the sudden dropping of the
armful Of wood. my sakes alive!"
she said whatever shall I do. They'll
both get mad an go home most like
ly. Dear, dear, what did Pa go an
ask him for?'
In the sitting-room the wood lay
on the rag carpet at Marietta's feet
She stopped to pick it up. but Silas
was already gathering the sticks to
gether. In some awkward way their
hands touched, and they looked al
each other.
"Marietty.." he said, "can't we over
look the past? Can't we be friends
again. His earnest dark eyes we're
looking into hers with the old look
Marietta held out her hands, and he
caught them in his. The next mo
ment his arm was around her and she
was crying softly upon his shoulder
He was smiling at her in the old
:ol, n I1 IN
her until that misunderstanding came
between them. He took her hand
and led her into the sunny kitchen
where Aunt Nancy was about to take
Uncle Isaac to task.
The good old people started in as
constituent as Marietta and Silas en-
tered hand, in hand. The lovers look
ed ten years younger.
Aunt Nancy" said Silas Plummer:
you an Uncle Isaac have made q
real Thanksgiving for me-
AN me tool" chimed in Marietta
with blushing cheeks. ''Oh, Aunt
Nancy, we've made it up an were
as good friends as ever!'
She looked proudly up at the tall
figure at her side. Love was in hel
eyes-love and pride. And in the
face of Silas Plummer was look OF
happiness which had long been
stranger there:
The dinner was great success
The big turkey was roasted to de
licious brown, the cranberry sauce
was rich crimson, the mashed pota
toes white as snowdrifts, and the
Hubbard squash a golden yellow. The
mince pie was Aunt Nancy's best
and the coffee was of her famous
brewing. It was glorious dinner
and Uncle Isaac said so after the
guests were gone.
"But land, Nancy! l believe them
two wouldn't have known the differ
ence if it had been plain salt pork an
Johnny cake. My! my! to think what
a. good matchmaker am. It's just
amazin', amt it?"
And Aunt Nancy smiled serenelJ
and said it was.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19

1.-The New York presbytery, the local
Governing board of the Presbyterian
church. voted against the establish
ment of a separate presbytery for Afro
Americans by an overwhelming ma
jority at meeting there Monday. The
vote followed two hours debate, In
r-hich Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, John
Cox Robert Booth and others partici-
pated. The presbytery has 1876 mem
bers. and of these only three voted in
favor of a separate organization for
Afro Americans All the presbyterles
in the countryaare now voting on the
same question, and when the vote is
complete the matter will be taken to
the national body II: L -. i. RIA
B ave fail to be able to understand
how these people can fatter themselves e
they are Christians who do not accept
gs9a brotherhood of man as we'll as the
56zivinity of God, who in his word de-
8: res Of one blood he made all the ne
q 1t ionssof earth. Many of these 50. So
"a lied Christians who seek separa ton
Of the races on earth vii find when en-
they 60 to hell that there is no sepa-
ration there.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
Gondolas and GondoIiers.

A tourist writes: Like most char
acteristic objects appertaining to Ven
ice, the gondola is suitable to the
place. Even as the hanson cab suits
London or the 'rickshaw suits japan
or the jaunting car suits Ireland, so
the gondola is the vessel for Venice.
You cannot separate the lagoon from
the gondola. One completes the 9th
err" The gondolier is man given to
many oaths and imprecations, of
which the most terrible is, '"Thy saint
is a rascal who does not know how
to make a decent miracle" The gon-
doliers are not as much given as they
used to be to the singing of the sonor-
Gus verses of Tasso by moonlight in
their musical patois. Occasionally an
outburst of melody is secured by
travellers coins and there is always
singing, playing and dancing at The
inevitable fiesta.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19

The constitutionality of the Day
bill. which prohibits co-education of
white and Afro-American pupils in
Kentucky. was attacked this week by
John G. Carlisle upon demurrer to
an indictment found against Berea col
lege The case was only partly ar
gued when by agreement, leave was
given to file briefs, and the case was
set for the February term Of the Madi-
son county circuit court.
Berea college. it is said, is not now
receiving Afro-American pupils, but at
the beginning of the school year they
were admitted and the, college was in
dicted. 1t is expected this will be as
test case and will go to the court of
appeals.
Berea was founded for the benefit OF
Afro-Americans, and for many years
there was no trouble on the score of
color. but recently the whites have
been trying to crowd the Afro-Ameri-
cans out The idea of going them
selves seems never to have entered
their heads. -. =
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
Privileged Guest.

Of a prominent lecturer of London
an acquaintance says: ION one occa-
sion he was the guest of friend OF
mine, a busy Liverpool merchant, and
when the popular lecturer returned
from the hall he asked for all sorts
of impossible dishes and liquid con-
coctions peculiar to abstainers-a de-
mand which somewhat upset the rou-
tine of the household. When in bed
his nervous temperament was tried;
he could not bear the ticking Of the
clocks, so he paraded the house in the
small hours of the morning and
stopped them all. In consequence OF
this the servants had to be reused
by violent bell-ringing; but the guest
was not to be distressed, so he arose
again and ordered the servants back
to their rooms and locked them in and
then went back to bed"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19

lUncle lSaac's Matchmaking

We'll" said Aunt Nancy, "that's
real good of Marietty. There'll be
quite lot of work fxin' the vege'
! tables an such, an I guess she can
help me quite little. I'm real glad
she's comm, poor soul!"
The next morning when Uncle
Isaac, in his Sunday clothes, came
into the kitchen and lifted his chin
high so Aunt Nancy could adjust his
collar button and necEtie, the dear
old lady said: IF l was you, Pa, Ia
look all over the meetin -house an
pick out the lonesomest-lookin' per-
son there-anybody you think amt
invited nowhere to Thanksgivin' din
ner-an' ask. 'em to come along home
with you"
"Anybody.' asked Uncle Isaac.
Did you say anybody, Nancy?'
Aunt Nancy started swiftly toward
the oven door. LAND sakes! I be-
lieve that turkeys boilin' dry" she
said, as she opened the oven door
with a clang and poured hot water
into the sizzling roasting-pan. Her
rosy face peefed Tito tl1e~big; savory-
smelling oven.
'Yes," she said, TASK anybody you
think looks lonesome"
U1:le Isaac drove off to meeting
with a merry jingling of sleigh bells.
He chuckled to himself as he drove
along. 81 shouldn't wonder if Silas
Plummer would be lookin' kind of
lonesome to-day" he said. Great
guns! Who'd ever think I'd take to
matchmakin' at my. time O. hfe?"
When the Thanksgiving sermon
had been preached and the last hymn
sung, the congregation moved toward
the doors. Silas Plummer buttoned
his overcoat and prepared to go his
lonely way. But Uncle Isaac, unhitch-
ing the old white horse, called to him.
Hold on, Silas,' he said, don't
you want to ride along with me? An,
say, by the way, Nancy said she'd like
irst-rate to have you eat Thanks
giyin' dinner with u.s.
Silas Plummer hesitated-and was
1ost. Much obliged, Uncle Isaac, "
he said; you and Aunt Nancy are
very kind, but 1 was calculatin' on
goin' to the restaurant for my din
ner.'
.sRestaurant nothin'!" cried Uncle
Isaac. jovially. Come, pile in here
an we'll be goin'. Nancy'll be jest
tickled to death!''
But privately Uncle Isaac wasn't
so sure of that. "Merciful Moses!" he
thought, 'mebby I've gone an put my
foot in it. But we'll wait an see
how it turns out. If Nancy scolds,
I'll tell her the poor fellow looked
lonesome, an sure enough he did,
The cutter stopped at the side door
with a Jingle of bells. Aunt Nancy
came to the window and looked out.
'.Of all things!" she said to herself,
! what in the world possessed Pa to
go an do that! My land! what shall
I do? Here's Marietty an there's
silas, an they won't speak, know
they won't!"
Marietta was in the kitchen chop
ping cabbage, and did not see the
newcomer. who was ushered into the
sitting room by Aunt. Nancy. whose
hospitable soul was filled with con-
ficting emotions. She resolved upon
a desperate move. "Marietty,". she
said when she returned to the kitch-
en-, '.I guess that cabbage is chopped
6ro enough nov. WOn't*yOu Jest step
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
BEGINNING OF NOTABLE ELM,
Fine Tree From Slip Planted by Revo'
Iutionarv Hero

Fine Tree From Slip Planted by Revo.
Iutionary Hero.
magnificent elm tree on the Wal.
ter Wellington estate, in the east part
of Lexington, dates from 1882, and
was planted by the father of Jonathan
Harr- ngton, who was small drummer
boy in the revolutionary war. The
boys father was G farmer and sold
his produce in Salem. On returning
home from market one day the horse
was weary and tagging in his gait; so
to urge him along Farmer Harrington
plucked small sapling elm from the
roadside to encourage a swifter gait
When he got home the sapling was
so straight and evidently alive that
he put it in the ground. The switch
has become the great tree that at
tracts notice for it's size and fine pro-
portions by every sightseer who comes
to this historic town.-Boston Tran.
script.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
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Onlv One at Home.

Philip Verrill Mighels, the writer,
being in London not long ago, informed
Mrs. Mighels one morning that he
had several errands, and would not
he hack for several hours. He was
going to see a lawyer, doctor, and a
literary agent, and after his business
was attended to, he would crafty an
old wish of his and go to see Gold
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Rod, to Mrs. Migheps surprise, he re-
turned. "Why,'' exclaimed his, wife,
chow did you accomplish SO much in
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and the literary agent were all out.
The only one in; was Goldsmith