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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30

EFORE the Six O CLOCK club and
the Commercial rclub this
~ week. Warren Fl. Manning of
A~ Boston, the well-known land
scaDe artist and park expert,
read a paper on the subject: SHOULD
Minneapolis Acquire More Park Land,
or Improve Only What 1t Now Has,
and How"
Mr.. Manning was several times
most plimentary in his comment
on the park system as it now exists
and is managed, and spoke enthusiasts
tically of the promising possibilities
here for one of the greatest urban
and suburban park systems in the
world.
After describing the increasing ne
cessity and value of parks. resulting
from the change in Industrial condi-
tons and the congestion of popula-
ton, he paid a high tribute to the two
park systems OF Boston-one within
the city and one connecting some fifty
villages around it's outskirts. These
he regards as among the finest in the
world
OF the local park systems he says:
1.-THE essential features Of, in many
respects, quite as comprehensive a
city system, are already being &C
uuired by the twin cities, not, how
ever, the result of a carefully con-
sidered and comprehensive plan, but
because the character of certain topo-
graphical and landscape features is so
pronounced as to almost compel their
requirement.
How Much Land for Parks?
"Now, as to the city Of Minneapo-
lis, acquiring more land within it's
present limits. The Investigations of
George A. Parker Of Hartford, the
best authority on park statistics, have
led him to state that one-twentieth
of the city's area should be reserved
for parks and squares. That there
should be a playground 500 feet
square to every square mile, and in
densely populated sections more than
one; also four other small squares of
at least one-half acre each. One-third
of our cities exceed this requirement.
One-twenty-fifth of Minneapolis area
is held for park purposes, and within
Its present holdings it would very
nearly be able to meet the above re-
quirements for Fairgrounds and small
parks.
'He states also that there should be
not less than one acre of park to each
200 Of population and that eighteen
apolis has one and one-half acres to
each 200 population. He finds that
for each 200 people so cents per cap
tia is good average for maintaining
an acre Of park without policing and
lighting. The cost Of maintaining
parks in Minneapolis is 32 cents pei
capita. The per capita cost of the
total expense of cities is from SIS tc
$40. In Minneapolis it Is about $14.
Comparing the acreage Of Mime
apolis parks with that of other cities
having a population Of under 100000.
1t would appear that she stands first
In total acreage and second in per
capita acreage.
ut would appear from all this that
Minneapolis needs but little more park
lands and that her parks are being
maintained at low cost II the main
tenance of the traffic road, Lyndale
avenue. burden the like Of which is
not carried by other park commits
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30

now that I was face to. face with
thinkin' how it would feel to have the
cold sand creep up-creep up-me
with my head r'ared back: to keep goin'
as long as possible; then the line get
tin up to my nose spite of all
would do: then breathin' in sand an
water an chokin'; then no air at all
well, I'll tell the truth. I
went crazy an thrashed an foundered
aroun like a cat in a fit.
OF course, T only got sucked down
deeper for that; that's one of the real
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30

you fight the quicker you go down.
Then T come to, all a-sweat an
a-shake; an I says to myself: Come,
Billy. You're a grown nan-this
amt no way to act. An I. took stock
Of my chances to%get out. 4: s3sE
1t didn't take long to figure EN-. I
thought of everything a man ':could
think of, an all it come to was this:
Unless somebuddy showed up I had
about an hours dyin' ahead of me,
with as low down am miserable, a
finish as a man that stands six foot
in his socks. could exnect.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30

Then i. hollered for help, you bet;
ans any buddy that heard me would
know bys the sound that I'd got my
self into pretty serious trouble.
There's somethin' in the voice Of man
or animile that's been slammed up
agin the worst of it that you can't
mistake: :a = r..
Pardner,-,I laid back my ears an
yelled for fair, tho I didn't = believe
there was the least use In it, as no
one had any business within five miles
of where I was. =,
could fancy heard NV cr<.
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of good brny people
End good thins have RRs
continually Offering readers RARE AND UNUSUAL
This special consider
made Pc not delay in matter Immediate
answer at 10000 REWARD viii be paid to
IN the paft years ad not do fTGy ] Ne hcE
condition. 10 pay big gold cash
We circulation
dollar magazine world In this publishers
money only get talked
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these lines by do actually spell the names
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10 give away 'AASSdH SUMS
names and addresses Of q few
people we have recently
PRIZES: Mrs. ]. M. Lachlin,
Twenty-third Street, Pitts.
burg, Pa, $4,000; Nj. o. +.
Alderman. Hill, n. H., $126. 90;
Mrs. Fred Peace, t46 Atkinson
Street, Rochester, n. Y,
1880; Mr.. George Corbett.
csnsds ssis e. e. HoS 9. H ssssl a.
Wisconsin Avenue, Colum.
bus, o., 81, $4,000 (this includes
right Piano.; "; Kettle, %ot
Carson Street, Fttsb1rg, Pa,
$1,000; Miss Martha Gregory,
4Park Street, NorwAlk, Conn,
$1,000; Mrs. John Just, Box.
Enfield, n. H., s110.0 90. We
could go on and point to hun.
dreds Of names OF people who
have gained large sums OF
money from our contests, but
only give q few names, as we
desire the space to tell you all
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30
THE PARK PROBLEM
OF THE FLOUR CITY
Manning of Boston Outlines Question Discusses
Factors Before the Six Clock
Present System and Points Way to Improvement and


EFORE the Six O'Clock club and
- the Commercial tclub this
week, Warren Fl. Manning of
A~ Boston, the well-known land
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30

OW? Oh, yes! There's
alluS more r, or less
V y queer cusses in a COW
camp said Billy, the
"a cook IAN I usually
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-01-29
The Legislature.

The almost unanimous vote of the House
in favor of the Mcdonald bill appropriate
ing ST., 900 for the support of the Confed-
crate Home gives evidence that partisan
ship has no place in Kentucky's recogni-
ton of the value of the service rendered
the State by the men who wore the gray.
Out of respect to the memory of VIM.
Goebel there was no session of the House
Wednesday.
The Governor has signed the bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the Kentucky exhibit
at the Worlds fair and the money is now
available.
A bill is pending in the Legislature to
reduce street car fares to cents in this
State and to require street railways to pro-
vide separate coaches for colored passen-
gers.
CoAL.-We are sole agents for the
celebrated Mountain Ash Jellico Coal,
See us before buying.
STUART g WooDFoRD,
Opposite L. & N. freight depot
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Railroad News.


The Queen & Crescent Route has ORDER
ed three new postal cars to be built by the
American Car & Foundry Co., Jefferson
vile, Ind. One Of the cars is to be sixty
feet long and the other two fifty feet. 1t
is necessary for them to have these new
cars, on account of the United States
Railway mail service requiring two mail
cars on the Queen & Crescent fast Florida
and New Orleans trains.
In addition to the above equipment,
they have also ordered FIVE new switch
engines from the Baldwin Locomotive
Works to be delivered in one month.
The Chattanooga shops will also be
enlarged to three times their present
capacity. On account of the extensive
improvements this lineais making, it will
be necessary to employ at least 500 addi-
tional men in the operating department.
The equipment of the Queen & Crescent
Route is to be changed and is to have high
speed brakes. These brakes are of the
highest efficiency and consequently en-
ables the engineer to stop his train in the
least time and distance, thereby increasing
the safety of travel for both passenger
and train men. The work will be done in
the Ludlow and Chattanooga shops.
The Ludlow shops of the Queen &
Crescent have just completed new
dining car. seating thirty-six people equip
ped with steam heat aud electric lights for
use on the Chicago 6 Florida special.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-01-29
No Tiresome stops at Way stations

In Cincinnati-New York through-train
service of the Pennsylvania Short Lines.
Passengers have the advantage of going
via Washington on Philadelphia and New
York tickets at same fares as direct route,
and privilege of ten days stop-over at the
National Capital; also at Baltimore and al
Philadelphia. Apply to c. H. Hagerty,
D. P. Agt., Louisville, KY.
The Gentlemen's resort Hot roasts.
Everything good. The Central Bar.
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LIVE STOCK, CROP, ETC.

= The wheat crops in several sections
are reported to be very unpromising.
Sid Ardery sold his crop of $4,000
pounds Of tobacco, at 10 cents, straight.
Miller Ward bought of o. P. Clay,
200 shocks of fodder at 20 cents per
shock.
Hog cholera, it is officially announced,
is spreading rapidly in Missouri and neigh
horing States
-Abnee & Mussinon bought of Bud
Berry, Of Hutchinson, crop of new
tobacco, at 8 and 4 cents.
r. E. L. Warren, of Elizaville, has
delivered to H. B. Cushman, 5000 pounds
of tobacco, at az cents straight.
The cynthiana Times truthfully says
that free turnpikes have about killed the
erstwhile famous Kentucky court-day.
Tobacco IS being delivered by the
farmers and it will not be long until quite
an amount of money will be put in circu-
lation.
The acknowledgements says that
about two hundred thousand pounds of
tobacco has been sold in Robertson county
at from to II cents.
AT Georgetown, the valuable yearling
bay flly by the $4,000 Handspring, dam
High Society, by Oneka, owned by A. L.
Ferguson, is dead with pneumonia.
"A prominent grower on the Clark and
Bourbon line refused thirteen cents for his
crop of tobacco Saturday. He has an ex-
ira fine crop and is holding for more.
The tobacco growers of Webster
county have taken steps to abandon the
crop of 1904 in order to check-mate the
trust.
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HEMP SEED. have lot of Pure
Cultivated Hemp Seed. The kind that
will raise good crop of hemp
STUART e WooDFoRD,
Opposite L. & NJ freight depot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-21
FAY TINCHER AT HOME.
Topeka Girl Now Has a Part in the
SHOTGUN

Moo Zoo-May," one of the Sing
Song girls of the Shotgun company,
which has just closed its season in
Chicago after run Of u weeks. was in
town last night and for a few hours
this morning. In Topeka 'Moo-Zoo-
May is better known as Miss Fay
Tincher, who formerly lived here
daughter of George w Tincher, ex-
councilman from the Sixth ward, now
proprietor and manager of a catalpa
ranch at Wnsey.
Miss Tincher studied elocution and
vocal music in Topeka, took part in
amateur theatricals and wanted to go
on the stage. When she was gradua-
ted from the high school here her faith
er sent her to Chicago where she stud
led elOcutiOn and dramatic art in the
Chicago conservatory. While she was
still in the conservatory she was offer
ed a role in Willie Golfers ~On The
Quiet" but refused it in order to com
plete her course in eIOcutiOn. Her am
bition was for the legitimate rather
than for musical comedy but when she
had finished her course and received
her diploma she was Offered a place in
the chorus of the Prince of PilSen,"
then at the height of its popularity in
Chicago. She accepted it and was later
promoted to aspealdng part in the chrous
and got her name in the programme.
She staid with the Prince of Pilsen'
company two seasons, touring the
country with it, and when Henry W.
Savage produced the new George AIDE
Gustav Luders Japanese opera, The
Shotgun" she was given her present
part that of "Moo-Zoo-M May" the Gel
sha girl, who gives a dance in the sec
ond act which is one of the hits of the
performance.
The "Sho-Gun' has had a 12-weeks'
run in Chicago and has now closed I'M
til late in July when it will reopen in
Boston Miss Tincher is therefore hav-
ing her vacation She was in Topeka
last night the guest of Miss Rose Pres
colt, 912 West Seventh street, and left
this morning for Wilsey to visit her
parents. She will return here in a week
or two and spend a few days with Miss
Prescott on her way to Boston to Join
the "Sho-Gun'' company. Next season
they expect to be in Boston, New YORK
and other eastern cities and are book
ed for London in the spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-21
TAME HORSES IN AUDITORIUM.
That Is the Scheme of Prof. Gleason.
''IIorse Expert

Prof" Gleason, who claims to be a
horse expert has applied to the public
buildings committee of the city coEn-
Gil for permission to use the Audito-
rum for two weeks. The committee
held a meeting this afternoon and vot-
ed to allow the professor to have the
building at the rate of $50 a night for
two weeks. The deal has not vet
been closed
Prof Gleason makes a specfaItv of
tanning vicious horses. He is said to
be a wonder in this business He does
not have any horses of his own. hut
he sOlicits horses in the community
where he works. He breaks them in
q ring before an audience, and charges
admission to the show. 1t is said to
be as thrilling as a Mexican bull fipbt
In case Mr.. Gleason decides to use
the Auditorium, he will fix up the
arena as it was fixed for the indoor
circus. He has just finished a sis,
weeks engagement at Wichita
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-21
STRIKE IN 80 DAYS.
BuckaIew Says Boilermakers and
BIacksmiths VIII Quit.

San Bernardino, Cal, June I'll
1.-The boilermakers and blacksmlths
on the entire Santa Fe system will be
out on strike inside of 80 days II the
present machinists' strike is not set
tied before that time"
The above statement was made by
J. D. BuckaIew, third vice president
of the International Association OF
Machinists, who arrived in the city
from Needles on a tour of the Santa
Fe system, making a personal inves-
tigation of the conditions prevailing
among the strikers and with the rail-
Vice-President Buckalew is in
charge of the present machinists
strike, being one of the most active
leaders in the machinists organiza-
ton. He takes a very cheerful view
of the situation and says the machin-
lists are bound to win the struggle,
though he does not set any date for
the settlement. He says the union
months without work, if necessary,
and will hold out to the end.
In explanation of the statement
that the machinists would soon be
joined by the boilermakers and black
smiths he said the latter trades dis
liked to work under the present con-
ditionS, and they intend going out to
save the union shop idea. In other
against the open shop, which the
Santa Fe company is trying to adopt
upon its system.
Buckalew has visited every point
this side of Topeka, visiting the men
and inqufring into the conditions. ''I
find the men out on strike are cheer
full and determined to fight the thing
out The company is in sore straits,
not having skilled labor sufficient to
keep up it's motive power. Dead en-
gines are all along the line, and the
shops at every point are overrun with
/ crippled engines. In order to handle
/ its beef cars many of them are being
hauled on the passenger trains. Lit
/ tie freight outside of coal and oil cars
and the refrigerators is going over
/ the line, because they have not the
/ engines fit for use to haul it
Owing to the heat at Needles the
machine shops have almost been
abandoned by the new men, says
/ President Buckalew. He finds the
/ conditions here as good as anywhere
4 along the line.
The machinist official went to Los
| Angeles last evening, but. will return
] here Sunday to remain about ten
days. During his stay here next
week he will address a public mass
meeting in behalf of the striking ma
chinists. The local leaders are com
pleting arrangements for the meeting.
to which ladies will be invited, and
they hope to have a large attendance.
The date and place of holding the
meeting will be announced later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-21

year. In this way the regular annual
deficit will be avoided.
According to Fire Marshal Will
martins estimate, the cost of running
the fire department during the cur
rent fiscal year, including the cost of
new steam fire engines and equipment
Will be nearly $4,000. When it is
realized that this represents nearly
half of the total income of the city
from taxes, it can be understood why
a deficit occurs.
'"But we have to spend money on
the fire department" said William
Green last night, Sin order to try to
satisfy the fire insurance companies.
If we cont spend money on the fire
department, they will take it out of
the city by raising rates.
''They will do that just as long as
you let them bluff YOU said City At
torney Spencer.
1.-The reason our taxes are high, p"
said Councilman Howe. SIS not be-
cause we are extravagant in our cur
rent expenses. The heavy expense
comes from other sources. The school
board spends $4,000 a year, which
is much more than is spent by the
city for running expenses.
The only other matter of business
taken UP by the committee was the
petition from North Topeka people
asking for the construction of per
manent span at the north end of the
Melan bridge. The matter was re
ported back to the council with the
recommendation that a committee OF
three be appointed to confer with the
county commissioners
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-21
PLUMBING CONTRACT IS LET.
johnson & Beck VIII Install That in
the Quincy School

At the adjourned meeting of the
board of education last night the
contract for installing the plumbing
and sanitary closets in the new
Quincy school building in North To-
peka was let to Johnson & Beck, of
Topeka, for $3,7S5. The orher bid
ders were Conklin & Gustafson, Of
Topeka, $4,000, and F. p. Edison, of
The closet system in the new Quincy
building will be the American latrine,
the same as is now in use in the high
school, Sumner, Polk, and several
other buildings. Conklin & Gustafson
were the successful bidders for the
closet systems for the manual training
building, which was awarded at the
regular meeting in June.
In the receiving of bids for both
the manual training and the Quincy
school, Lewis & Kitchen, the manu-
facturers of the American latrine
system, did not submit bids and the
the contest. This system is the one
which some members of the city
board of health objected to some time
ago, but failed to show that the sys-
tenn was not good
The high school basement is now
pretty well torn up by the contract
ors, Lewis & Kitchen, who are in
StalIing a new system for the distri-
button of heat which will not en-
danger the building from fire. The
old Smead system, by which the hot
air is carried between floors and cell
ings, will be taken out. This system
has been operated by about a dozen
separate hot air furnaces. to be dis
posed of. The board decided to utilize
these furnaces in other schools, but
not to install the Smead system of
distributing the heat The furnaces
Will be used to supply heat for differ
ent systems of diffusion and distribu-
ton In the Madison and Monroe
schools some of these furnaces will be
used, and the rest will be kept until
needed in some other school build
ings. The furnaces were repaired and
made almost new about three years
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Notes and Personal Mention.

Mr.. and Mrs David Overmyer, Miss
Amy Overmyer, Miss Grace Overmyer
and Mr.. David Overmyer, IT, VIII
leave the first of next week for St
Louis to attend the national Demo-
cratic convention and visit the expo
sition.
Mrs. Franklin Metzler, who was the
guest of Mrs. David Norton, left this
morning for Kansas City to visit her
brother before returning to her home
in Colorado Springs.
Mr.. Harlow Hurley will leave this
evening for Chicago to join his
father, Mr.. James e Hurley, and serve
as page at the Republican national
convention
Mrs. c. c. Stillman, of Morganville,
is the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. D. Mcfarland.
Miss Rosalie Brent Lanyon, who is
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. w L.
Newcomer, will return to her home in
Pittsburg Wednesday. Her father,
Mr.. Arthur Lanyon, comes Tuesday to
accompany her home.
Miss Julia Larimer will go to st.
Louis Thursday to visit her aunt.
Miss Marjorie Davis, of Kansas
city, who is visiting her Topeka
friends, will go home the latter part
of the week.
Mrs. c. e. Judd left today for
| Grand Rapids Mich, to visit her
F. Hughes and her children, who are
leaving for Nashville, Tenn, as far as
st. Louis
! DR.. Eva Harding will go to st.
Louis next week.
Mr.. J. F. Close, Miss Mary Close
and Mr.. Jay Close left today for st.
Louis.
Miss Della Merbarger left today for
| St. Louis to spend a week
Miss Anna Pound, who has been the
guest of Miss Faith Andrews. returned
Monday to her home in Blair, Neb.
Mrs. Mary Goddard and Miss Caro-
/ line Goddard went to Kansas City
Sunday to stay with little Caroline
Jolley while her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E M. Jolley, are at the St. Louis fair.
Mrs. Frances Sutherland will leave
! Saturday or Sunday for Pennyan, N.
/ Y, to make an extended visit
I Carl and Edwin Menninger went to
/ Dickinson county today to spend the
summer with their grandmother on
her ranch near Abilene.
Miss Beulah Tatman, of Dallas
/ Tex. is the guest of her brother, Mr
4 E. w. Tatman.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Beck are expect
| ed home next Sunday from St Louis
| and Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mr.. Harvey Parsons will leave To
/ peka the last of June for his ranch
/ near Boyd. Okla, to spend the sum
mer for the benefit of mis- health.
/ in town for two weeks returned tC
st. Louis Monday night.
| Mrs. ". S. Kale and her niece, Miss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-21

sister, who has been attending school
at st. Mary's academy.
Mr.. Joseph E. Johanson return to
Little Rock yesterday after spending
a week here with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. DANIEL, of Kings
burg, Cal, who are on their way to
St. Louis, will be guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. J. Johanson for a few days.
DR.. w. c. Hamilton and wife have
returned from st. Louis, where they
attended the exposition.
Mr.. Clarence Miller and Mr.. Lee
Gage left this morning for St Louis
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
Congregational church will give
thimble party Wednesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Thos. B. Mayo,
$40 Polk street