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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10

Kansas City. kan. May 10-The Mcr-
camille eIub last evening took up the
matter Of securing better street cars.
Dr.. A. Handles spoke at length on the
matter. He said the Metropolitan com
panE's franchise promised to give Kan
sas City the best cars. The ears now
run. he said. were FAR behind those
used IN Kansas City. No. The matter
was referred to the transportation
committee Of the club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10

The sale OF books owned by mem
hers Of the Baker family. which is in
progress at the southwest corner Of
Sixth and Topeka avenues. is attract
ing much attention and great bargains
are being obtained The list com
prises books OF travel. history. art.
religion. fiction photography. science.
etc and the volumes are IN excellent
state of preservation school teachers
and others interested in educational
matters viii hnd several editions OF
the proceedings Of the National Edu-
cationaI association There are fifty
volumes OF the report OF the auditor
Of Price raid claims. a Century die
rfonary. and the best magazines.
bound and unbound In fact com
pIete libraries offered at very low
prices. which we're placed upon them
b~ a competent book buyer The sale
viii continue for week Al early
visit should be paid to get the best
selection
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Berlin. May 10.-Cautafn Daunehal-
er. the correspondent in German south
west Africa OF the Lokal Anzeiger. ca
bIes from WIndhoek. that the number
OF sol Iiers suffering from typhus in
the hospitals at Otjihaenena. Wind
beck Okahadya and Karihin is rs
London. Nay 1o-The Daily Mail this
morning says il understands 4 British
advance on Lhassa Is now inevitable.
and that preparations to that end are
progressing
New York. Nay 10-Edward Erskine
Gwvnne. nephew OF Mrs Cornelius
Vanderbilt is dead in this city from
acute gastritis. kidney troubles, and
complications affecting his heart, aged
35 years
New York. May 10.-Thfrtv thousand
worlzrnen in the shops of this city Eo-
boken- Staten Island and Shooters Is
land. are threatening 10 strike IN aid
of :. Gee bOilermakers who have gone cut
in an effort TO enforce their demand
for the closed shop.
Columbus. O.. May 10.-Word has been
received here from wilson, Kan, that
George Fields an Associated Press op-
orator who has worked in Cincinnati.
Cleveland. Springfield Chicago and
Philadelphia. dropped dead while walk
ing dADlE LLlE streets VA -AA@ @Dtf - 2 -
terday-
London Nay 10--John p. Young
MANAGING editor OF the san Francisco
Chronicle and Mrs. Young. after a tour
OF Egypt. the Holy Land. the continent.
have arrived in England They win
return to the United States May %
Washington. Nay 10--E- A Lane Of
BINGHAM Mass. has been appointed
assistant secretary Of the Isthmus a.
nal commission
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10
BOOK BINDERS STRIKE.
Eight Hundred Employees of Chicago
Concerns Go Out

Chicago, May 1o.-Eight hundred
bookbinders struck today in shops Of
the Chicago Typothetae- Sympathetic
strikes of the women binders. blank
bookbinders and rulers are threatened
If an effort is made TO run the shops
with non-union binders
r. r. DonueIIy & sons and Rand.
McNally & Co, who employ a large
number Of non-union bOOkbiuders-
continued to operate today practically
free from trouble. The union ordered
the tie-up Of the bindery Industry in
other shops to compel the typothetae TO
force these two members to employ
only union bindery men
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10

Emporfa. KAN May ion the
probate court here Fred Newman
executor Of the VIII of Mrs Sue s
Cross fled a petition to have ap-
praisers appointed TO appraise the
value OF the Cross homestead, which
IS for sale The estate was left TO
Mary Cross and the viii gives the ex-
ecuter power to sell The appointm eut
Of appraisers viii prevent any objec-
uons to the deed given by the execu-
tor Some offers have been made but
none accepted so far
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10
USE ALIENS FOOT EASE,

A powder TO be shaken into the shoes
Your feet feel swollen, nervous and
damp, and get tired easily II you
have aching feet, try Aliens Foot
Ease It rests the feet and makes
new or tight shoes easy Cures aching,
swollen. sweating feet. blisters. and
caIlous spots Relieves chiIbIains, Germs
and bunions Of all pain, and gives rest
and comfort Try IL today Sold BY
all Druggists, 25c- Don't accept any
substitute Trial package FREE adj
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10

Where they play Wednesday:
SedaIia at Topeka
Joplin at lola
Springfield at Pfttsburg-
Fort Scott at Leavenw0rth-
Fort scott viii not do President
ShiveIey, in one Of his interviews sald
he knew that Hornaday would not
come to the rescue Of the Giants ull-
less they soon struck winning galt-
1t is about time for the nero OF
angel TO take a hand II ever an
aEgregat ton needed revision, revannp-
ing. revising. and several other thln%-s
with sr in front Of it, Whlch means
do the whole job over, IE Is the OFT
Scott team Not that they are so pad,
as such but such as they are in COM
parfsOu with the other league teams
IS what counts. But the residents OF
the cliffs down at HOrnadayvIlle have
already passed their verdict on the
team They have an anvil chorus that
can be heard in every team in the
leagu@ft is so loud and ferOciO'1s-
They're knockfng-and knocking hard
why we wouldn't waste our time to
go out and watch that gang" is what
some Of the . carat disciples say whom
the subject is preached to them A few
words further and they land on Jake
Bene. the manager "How.s that3 Is
the question '-HoW's that" yeIIs back
the man with the SD degree stamp on
him. HoW's that2 Why Beue went
down to St Louis and picked up q lot
OF fellows from or the corner lots and
brought them out here to win that pen
nanL" Last Sunday the patrons OF the
game, and there were only 200 there
instead Of the four figure crowds OF
other days Even these. had out their
hammers In the fourth inning there
was Just a shade Of a show for Fort
Scott TO do something The Giants
braced and really tried to get into the
game for all they were worth Like
a bucket of cold water came a long
drawuOut yawu from the grandstani.
'Oh. Topeka, hurry Up and beat EN-
Touu do IT anyhow before the things
up"
1t is up TO President Shiveley to do
something about getting in official
scores At one game played in the
league last week. the official scorer
had s hits. one newspaper man had IL.
and an expert old time fan had s. Who
was Tfght2 The six went in. and some
of the players h0wled the next morn
ing when they read the morning paper
They are hearing Of Olson round
about This from the Kansas City
Star olson Of the Topeka team has
all the earmarks Of a conner He is a
fast fielder. a splendid base runner and
good hitter The Topeka team. as 4
whole. has been showing remarkable
form in its early games.
Now come rumors Of a big change
in the LeaVeuworth lineup. a real
shake. Ell Gates is said TO be in it
somewhere He is to pitch for the
Orioles this season Gates is to be
made manager and it is said that he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10

arrived here last evening The con-
ventiOu viii be held today The Pro-
hibitionists do not believe in wire
pulling and were standing about in
groups talking about the weather and
the crops. and a little politics Two
candidates for governor are talked Of
Last night o. w Stewart of Chicago
made an address to a large audience
He is the national chairman of the
Prohibition party
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10
Appraisers Report on stratton Estate.

COLORADO Springs. Colo Nav To-
Judge J. A. Elston, appraiser for the
Stra ton estate. today dIed his report
on the appraisement of the property
OF the dead nuIrfnfIIionafre mining
man Judge Elston Ends that the
total value Of the estate At the time
OF the death of Winfield Scott STRAIT
ton was S6,3O7.166 and that the
amount due to the state under the in
heritance tax law is s362 s4431
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10

Ny mother has been sufferer for
many years with rheumatism says ~.
IT. Howard OF Husband, Pa AT times
she was unable TO move a. all. while at
all times walking was painful present
81 her with bottle OF CharuberIaElfs
Pain Balm and after few applications
she decided II was the most wonderful
main reIiever she had ever tried IN fact.
she Is never without il nov and IS at al
times able to walk. An occasional appli-
cation Of Pain Balm keeps away the pain
that she was formerly troubled VITA
For sale by all druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10
The knights Ten1plar az wichita

Wichita. Kan, Nay 1O.-Many Of
the officers Of the grand commaudery.
Knights TempIar of Kansas. are here
TO attend the conclave which ends this
evening. Mr. Webb. the grand COM
mander. and Bestor G. Brown Of To-
peka were among the first to arrive
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10
Colorado and Return Via Union Pa
ciRe S1z.5n.

Every dav from June LIST TO Septen-
her S0th- inclusive with final return
limit October 31st. 1904 From Topeka
Be sure your ticket reads over this
line Inquire Of J. c. Fulton depot
agent. F. A. Lewis. city agent. so
Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10

Dodge City. May IA Loyal Tenn
perance League" was organized here
this week by the scholars of the Third
ward school. with Ottfe Beeson as pres
ident AID Miss Maud Ragland as cor
responding secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10
ProIlfbitfonists at Emporia.

EmpOria. kan. May ia large
number OF the delegates to the state
convention of the Prohibition party
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10
Oklahoma City and Return s1O.O5 via
santa Ee-

Account q c. T. Iickets on sale
Nay T. and q. Final limit returning
Nay 1s-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10

Jake Bene is donning the padded
clothes again and getting out on the
field to help out his Fort Scott Giants.
II is too bad that he cannot play at
about five of the places, for he needs
himself at about that many.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10

in the Leavenworth lineup, a real
shaEer. Ell Gates IS said to be in it
somewhere He is to pitch for the
Orioles this season Gates is to be
made manager and it is said that he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-10

don't exactly like the personnel Of the
team. Nothing definite however is on
tap beyond the usual amount Of dope
and that may be all there is in this
Furnor.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-16

side of Minneapolis and st. Paul, had
great difficulty in securing credit. The
region was too remote from eastern
markets, and communication was so
uncertain that it was not worth while
for eastern jobbers to extend credits
into what they regarded as a wilder
ness. But Il good many of the larger
Minneapolis dealers weathered the
panic successfully and were able tc
carry large stocks Of goods. To these
the country storekeepers turned in
their difficulty. At first they would
drive in with their teams and buy
small supplies for cash. Later they
We're able to show themselves worthy
of credit and obtained goods in larger
quantities. 1t seems that the first
wholesaling was more of an accommo-
datiOn than anything else, but the idea
took ready hold, and in few years a
number of the leading general mer-
chants of the village We're doing both
Il Wholesale and retail business. This
continued for a long time, and it was
not until after the war that any ex-
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-16

avenue would not he felt. The retail
business of the central part of the
city has now grown so large that it
can not he confined to Nicollet avenue
and both Hennepin avenue and First
avenue south with the cross streets
from Washington to Seventh are rap
idly filling with retail business. The
outlying centerS are also to be reckon
ed with. \ large business is done on
Cedar avenue in the vicinity of Third
and Fourth streets. Another center is
on Central avenue OH the east side:
still another on Washington avenue
north and Plymouth avenue and at
Twentieth avenue north. These To-
calities are bound to develop more and
more as the city continues to grow.
The rise of the department store
has. of course. been the most pictur-
esque feature of the past % years
in Minneapolis retail business. as it
has in every large city. The depart
ment store has not only come to stay.
hut it has been followed by most
logical development-tha of the spe-
cialized business. This is the age of
the specialist: not only in the profess
Sions hut also in business. The de.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-16

besides flour and lumber and was
making them in great quantities; enl
ploying more capital in these diversi-
fed manufacturing industries than in
the two old staples on which her repu-
tation had been built. The phrase,
The mills that made Minneapolis
famous is one to be proud of-much
more so than the similar phrase that
has become familiar in connection
with city not many hundred miles
away-but Minneapolis is destined to
be famous for more than her mills, be
they lumber or flour mills.
"A reputation once acquired is diff
cult to shake off; but the world is now
rapidly learning that Minneapolis is Il
great general manufacturing city, and
that her flour and lumber, while still
leaders. are by no means the only
things in which she eXcels.
The general conditions which have
surrounded and fostered the manufac-
turing industries of Minneapolis have
been potent> in developing the whole
sale business of the city. The COM
mercially strategical position of the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-16

\ little lumber was sawed in the
old government mill which was built
at the Falls of st. Anthony in 1921,
but the real beginnings of lumber man.
ufacturing in Minnesota We're when a
saw mill was built at Marine on the
ST. CroiX river in 1880. About the
same time saw mill was built at
St. CroiX Falls, and in 1913 one was
put up at Saltwater. The industry
had quite a foothold OH the st. Croix
before any attempts We're made to
manufacture at Minneapolis. But st.
Anthony Falls attracted the industry
irresistibly.
The site of Minneapolis was ideal
for lumber manufacture. Stretching
away to the north, almost from the
falls themselves, extended the largest
body of pine timber to be found in
one watershed on the continent Tie
greater part of northern Minnesota
was covered with magnificent growth
of white pine and nearly every log
which was cut could be floated directly
to the falls through the Mississippi and
it's tributaries. Nowhere in the east
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-16

had been found such mighty logging
stream or better timber.
.Jobbers in lumber in Minneapolis
have increased in number and volume
of business very rapidly of late. Pa
cific coast lumber manufacturers are
more and more establishing agencies
or branches here. And in addition
the Zine yard" business has conferred
here as it developed to large proper
tons. This is the business controlled
by firms owning many individual
country lumber yards which they
manage from central city Office. BY
owning many they are enabled to buy
much cheaper in large lots and to
manage the business at minimum
expense Minneapolis being the nat
ural market for the Northwest. the
business has gradually centered here.
The line yards also deal in building
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-16

wheels and generators capable of Pre-.
ducing from 5000 to 10000 horse
power.
When built this was, regarded as
one of the finest and most interesting
of electrical power plants in the coun-
try. But the great increase in the
business of the Twin City Rapid
Transit company made still more pow
er necessary, and the plant of five
years ago is now overshadowed by one
which has five times it's capacity.
No other city has made the change
in so short a time, and no other city
has such a group of thoroughly mod
ern and perfectly equipped stores as
Minneapolis. AS Nicollet avenue grew
in Importance, the store rooms We're
remodeled, new fronts We're put into
the older buildings and modern An
lures and fittings We're added. This
movement is still going on, but it has
progressed so far that Nicollet avenue
is known as the fienst retail street in
the country.
On the other hand the concentration
Of business ON upper Nicollet avenue
led to two natural results-a great
advance in property values and re-
action in favor of side streets, and the
building up of retail centers in other
parts of the city where competition
with the beautiful stores of Nicollet
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-16

minneapolis came to be known in
"Merre England"
Charles \. Pillsbury, the founder of
what is now the Pillsbury- Washburn
our Mills company, Limited, came to
minneapolis in 1860. and at once
bought an interest in the present Min
neapolis mill, then owned and operated
by ]. Welles Gardiner and George w.
Croker. The mill had daily capa-
city of about $50 barrels, and from
that small beginning grew the present
Incorporation. which turns out more
than 100000 barrels of flour each
year, and which has made the name of
Minneapolis known all over the civil
lied world.
Minneapolis has the greatest grain
elevators in the world The Peavey
system, the largest of all the elevator
companies. has it's headquarters in
minneapolis. The total storage capa-
city of this company is 37.7OO,OOO
bushels, about 800 men are employed
and the total number of bushels Of
grain handled per annum is from
75.vvo,OOO to 1OO,OOO.0OO.
In addition to the above, F. H. Pea
vey & Co. own controlling interest
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-16

elusive jobbing business was to be
found in the city.
From some of the best established
of the village stores of the pioneer
days great jobbing houses of the pres
ent have grown. The oldest iobbing
business in Minneapolis is that founded
by Governor John S. Pillsbury in 1856.
Governor Pillsbury-then plain Mr."
started retail hardware store i'm
mediately upon his arrival from New
England He was the kind Of man
who never failed. and he survived the
succeeding panic and gradually OK.
tended his business. After a time he
began to sell at wholesale. and in 1874.
having become extensively interested
in milling and numbering. sold out his
interests. The business has continued,
however, without break, the iobblng
department being now the firm of Jan
ney, Semple. Hill Il Co, the largest
wholesale hardware house west of Chi
cago.
This list of good bargains in real cS-
tate is but the beginning of what
might be made story of great length
The would-be purchaser can today find
property offered in the real estate
| agencies ut prices that safely net II
to % per cent Bargain hunters are
turning down - per cent offers for OH
erS of higher profit. thus proving that
! the DAYS of good fortune in MinneHp-
oils real estate are not all historical,
but are in good part the days to com"
One of the factors in the uphuilding of
city values and the rise of the real c>-
tate business in Minneapolis during TIL"
past few years is the Minneapolis Real
Estate Board. Il body now composed of
upwards of one hundred Minneapolis
real estate dealers. The board has
been active during the past three
years and especially 50 this year.
Minneapolis is not only the largest
lumber manufacturing point in the
world, but the principal market of the
Northwest and the center of an "nor-
nous business in forest and lumber
products. building materials and other
closely related articles of trade. \ saw
mill was the first commercial manu-
featuring enterprise ut the Falls of
ST. Anthony, and the numbering indus
try has ever since. been one of the
prominent and picturesque features
of Minneapolis business life. Though
never reaching as great money totals
as the grain and Touring mill indus
tries, it has always been more con-
spicuous as part Of the business of
the city and has usually given employ
ment to much larger number Of peo-
pie. Until the rapid advance Of flour
milling some 25 years ago, Minneapolis
was known as lumber town. The
name Flour City" had not been in
vented then.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-16
THE IDEAL CONVENTION CITY

"Cead Mile Failthe.' So say the
Irishmen by birth and Irishmen by
adoption of Minneapolis to the dele
gates assembled at the A. o. H. Con-
vention in st. Louis, hoping that Min
neapolis, the queen city Of the north
west, may be the next meeting place
of the National Convention of the the
organization.
minneapolis, both from standpoint
of natural beauty and the resources
given her by her progressive citizens,
is one of the most ideal cities in the
country for the meeting of the dele
gates in national convention of such
q great society as the Ancient Order of
Hibernians.
Minneapolis says a writer, is
one of the remarkable results of the
last half century of Development In
1854 an Indian reservation, in 1904 a
city of 235,0O0.
minneapolis is the product of what
has been called the Age of Electric
tty'-a name which is applied to the
latter part of the nineteenth century
suggests the period of the worlds his
tory in which the greatest and most
rapid advances have been made in
invention, commerce. education and
social conditions.
"In no other half-century of history
could such city as Minneapolis have
been built; in no other period could
there have been such transition
from the wilderness to the highest
state of commercial and social life
within the space of fifty years. When
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-16

than "Pillsbury;;" no flour more highly
regarded than "Pillsbury's Best The
name, in itself, is guarantee Of ex-
cellence, and it has been made so by
a quarter of a century of honest deal
ing and competent management, the
two prime essentials in any industrial
endeavor.
About 20 years ago a distinguished
visitor came to Minneapolis. He was
a member of the British parliament,
on a junket to this country to look
into Americas manufacturing develop
ment, which, even then, had begun to
attract considerable attention abroad.
Arrived here, he was taken to see the
Pillsbury mills, the show place of in
dustrial Minneapolis.
Now this NJ. P. was victim of alb
sent-mindedness. On occasion he had
been known to forget his own name,
and he was at once seized With a dread
lest he forget the name of the city
in which he was being entertained. \
hasty search through his pockets dis
closed not even a scrap of paper. But,
if absent-minded, he was also quick
witted, and he hit upon Il scheme to
solve the difficulty.
IN the packing-room of one of the
-..sbury mills he saw hundreds upon
hundreds of barrels of flour, all neatly
labeled: "Pillsbury's Best, Ainneapo-
lis, Mimi" Obviously it was out of the
question to carry barrel off With
him, but the label was a different mat
ter. Carefully he gathered the skirts
of his frock coat about him, gently he
sat down upon newly stamped barrel,
and calmly he smiled as he arose. TAX
ing with him highly colored imprint
of the information he sought. And
thus it was that Pillsbury's -four and