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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
PINK TEA CHATTER,
FOXY FOX; OR HOW HE WAS TRAPPED HIMSELF
from

two weeks and thought it time was doing ~. ~
something I replied secretly glad, that would be
happy to render service in way could I4sat at
the door listening to the tne of teacups and the old
ladies who were chattering like magpies their
tea. Every and then a loiterer in and with
him a gust of wind and talked to of
them and altogether had quite interesting chat
Presently one of my friends came in. She mis-
chief but did not know it or would have been
led into the trap. She stopped moment and then
told go enjoy myself with She said
she would stay at my post Unsuspecting, thought to
myself "You unsehsh girl" Well did enjoy myself, but
when was called and discharged my folly. The
instant the door closed behind friend had syly
slipped out and left my chair empty.
Seventh Grade. -Inez Lipscomb
Chatfeld, Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
Shea,
Perham, MINI.
A MOVABLE BEARD.

This is the story my uncle, who was gatekeeper in
one Of the depots Of large city told me: IT at
the gate usual The rush for the train
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
Ray Darffer,
Fairmont, MINI.
THE COURAGE OF A WAIF.

On very hot day in August while was
tending the Fargo railroad gates, was very
much amused to see a little yellow dog
sitting on the front of heavy freight
engine. He sat there looking around, first
to the right and then to the left, as if
searching for some one and did not wish
to lose any time as the train came slowly
In. My interest in the little dog was so
aroused that I inquired of the brakeman
how he came there. The brakeman said
that few stations back his master had
boarded a passenger train and the dog was
determined to follow his master, but after
pursuing the passenger for four or five
miles this freight train caught up with him.
The brakeman thought he would not kill
the beast and pushed him off the track;
but he Immediately climbed upon the engine
and that is the way he happened to be
riding. After the train came to a stand
still this little dog jumped off the train,
and wagging his TAIL ran to every man as if
saying, do you belong to me or do be-
long to your Marie Fuller,
Sixth Grade. Hawley, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
J, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, MARCH 10 1904

1t was about time to out. Just then I noticed
short, stout man with eyes and black beard
running as fast as he could. A dog happened in his
way and it carried a couple feet and then
yelping down the street.
The man ran to and taking out box
handed it to me saying, There's just ticket in
there, and started toward the train not to
be tricked.e Catching the by the collar, with
quick movement opened the box It empty!
Just then he struggled to get away and-wondeI
upon wonders His beard off! Then knew him,
He was a famous crook and had sWindled many people
in the large cities I knew him because I had
his photograph in the paper The company res
warded me by promotion and the detectives who had
been trying to get him splendid purse with
four hundred dollars in it. -Othnar Schaefer,
Seventh Grade, I'll 9Th S,
Washington School. st. Cloud, MINI.
THE PRICE OF DISMISSION.
While I was visiting the Chautauqua grounds
went down to the well get drink of water. my
way back stopped to listen to the the gaekeeper
was telling few who standing around He
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
A SMALL BOY BAND,

One day when was out walking with the gate
keeper of Boston asked him for story this is
what he told me: II tending gate at the fair
grounds where of ball going on, when T
saw two old Germans who had little boy with them.
Every time he saw person going by he would say,
Who is that, grandpa?' If he didn't get n
he kept asking till he did,. Soon the band
menced to play and he took out his little horn and
played, too He made such noise that it threw them
out of tune they had to take his horn away. The
little boy cried said he wanted his
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-02
FIGHT AGAINST SCHOOL.
The Indians of Oklahoma Want None
of 1t.

For several weeks Indian agency Po-
Ucemen have been riding through the
reservations In Oklahoma 70 bring from
their hiding places Indian boys and girls
Of school age. Many parents hook upon
this school captivity with no less bitter
ness than the children.
Despite their reputation for stoicism,
the Indian father and mother bestow the
utmost affection upon their children and
many Of them live in dread OF the day
when the long summer of camp freedom
aud happiness must end and the tepee
be without the prattle and laughter Of
the children So reluctant are sor1e In
dian parents 70 give mp their children,
that the Indian agents withhold ratons
and annuity money till the children are
placed IN school Often the children are
secluded ill hunger forces the parents
10 comply with the school regulations.
The tepee poles and the camp equip
age ,rp .yaded into wagons, the ponies
are har.fessed. and the family starts foT
IT,, agency school followed by pack OF
the nondescript dogs that infest every
Indian camp If the child has never be
fore been in school. aud especially II il
n boy. there is a heart-breaking cere-
moDy.
His mother has dressed him in his I'm
est buckskiu suit and beaded moccas'ns.
His long black hair hangs in two & ,sy
braids down his back. He is the son OF
warrior and wears the garb Of one,
and he stands silent and disdainful in
she presence Of the school superintendent
The latter believes that the quickest way
g. ,,,.La a white nov NJ him IL 20 atr; Ia
him of everything thar suggests the In
dian. He brings forth a pair OF scis.
sors and the mother and son begin weep
Ing. The long braids are seized and cut
close 10 the scalp. The boy bursts into
a paroxysm OF grief and reaches for his
mothers arms Then his bucksldn suit
and moccasins are removed, and in Plaet
OF them he wears shirt, coat, hat
stockings and pair OF coarse shoes, and
his misery is complete
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-02

The late Golden Rule" Jones left an
estate valued at 1854. 112, according to
papers filed in the Probate Court at To-
ledo. Ohio. OF this amount 1882. 600 is
in stocks and Jonds.
The Treasury Department has ordered
the collector OF customs at Norfolk. Va.
to collect duty on Persian and Turkish
valuables brought TO that port by naval
officers on the collier Hannibal.
Amades Herville, one Of the supreme
judges OF Tahiti. has been denied the
privilege OF passing through the United
States on his way TO France because he
was found to be afflicted with consump-
ton.
At the concluding session OF the Inter
national Sunday Rest Congress at St.
Louis an organization TO be known as
the International Federation of Sunday
Rest Associations OF America was CON-
pleted. with Rev. William s. Hubbell of
New York as president.
Quo warranto proceedings were begun
By the Voters Civic League in Pittsburg
to vacate The charters OF the Philadcl-
phia company. Pittsburg Street Railway
| Company and the Grant and Liberty
Street Railway Company. alleging frsnd
in the passage of the franchise ordi-
nance.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-02

The fishing fleet from Hull. England,
was attacked by the Russian Baltic
squadron In the North Sea shortly
after midnight Friday night. Two
fishing boats were sunk by shells and
two Others We're badly damaged, but
remained afioat Two fishermen are
known to have been killed, and it is
believed that the entire crew of anoth-
er, the Wren, persisted when their
craft went down, as both boat and
crew are missing.
The vessel known to have been sunk
is the steam trawler Crane. Captain
Smith and Mate Leggett of this craft
We're beheaded by a shct. and it is
said that every member of the crew
w2s wounded. Eighteen wounded men
are in Hull under treatment.
Hulls Riddled by Shots.
The news was brought TO Hull by
the steam trawlerS Moulmein and Mino,
which arrived at Hull Sunday, seri-
ously damaged by shots. the latter
having sixteen holes in her hull.
The news created an intense sensa-
ton and Indignation in Hull. The
Moulmein arrived with her flag at half
mast. Her skipper states that the
trawlers We're fishing about go miles
east by north Of Sntrn Had a+
o'clock Saturday morning. the weather
being hazy, when the outlines of sever
al vessels, apparently war ships sail
ing in line, were dimly seen.
While the crew were watching the
war ships searchlishts were flashed
upon them. in the glare of which the
Moulmein's crew observed what they
took to be torpedo boats approaching
APPARENTLY with the intention of board
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-02

ing the MouImein. They steamed away
however, and soon the fishermen were
Mortified to find they were being fired
upon.
First one and then another trawlsr
was struck by flying shot. What seem
ed to be a round shot went through the
MouImein's galley The Mino, lying
near by. also was struck with many
shots. but fortunately the damage was
above her water line and none of her
crew was struck
Warships Sail Away.
The bombardmeut lasted about
twenty minutes. When it had ceased
the fleet sailed southwark, and some
of the trawlers sent Up rockets. The
Moulmein steered in the direction of
the rockets. Soon cries were heard.
and the Crane was found sinking with
another trawler taking Off some Of her
crew. Those seriously injured were
removed to a mission ship and the
bodies of Smith and Leggett were
placed aboard the Moulmein. The 9th
60 men with minor injuries were put
aboard the trawler Sea Gull.
No Mistake Possible.
According 10 other reports the affair
occurred 200 miles Off Spurn Head.
The Russian ships were steaming In
line The leading ship passed without
incldent, though most of the vessels
turned searchllghts on the trawlers
long enough to prevent any mistake
as 10 identity. After the bulk of the
squadron had passed it opened fire,
nearly all participating in the firing.
The Crane was struck below the water
line aud raked above deck. Skipper
Smith and Leggett had their hea's
carried clean away by shot. ma! of
| the crew being seriously wounded
No motive can be assigned for the
extraordinary procedure of the Rus
sian war ships.
A. NJ Jackson & Co, solicitors for
the owners of fifty Hull fishing boats,
have notified the foreign office and ad-
| miralty of the attack ON the fishing
/ fleet
From interviews with members of
| trawler crews II appears that the al
miral OF the fishing fleet burned green
flares to show that they were harmless
| fishermen, but these signals were ig-
nored
British wrath has been aroused to
the bursting point and talk OF war
with Russia IS on the tongues OF
crowds that have thronged Downing
street since the news came. The Cars
Baltic fleet has fred on the British
flag 1t has shed British blood. Its
victims were steam trawlers and their
crews, all defenseless and engaged in
TIE peaceful occupation OF hshlng in
! the North Sec.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-02
War News in Brief.

The BlacA Sea fleet may join the Bal
tic ships
Gen. kuropatkin is holding his center
and right to allow the left to retire.
Bosh armies are waiing for fine wealth.
er TO make further carnage practicable.
The japanese are working out some
fanking mI~emeuts that may be heard
from soon.
Every one of the Cossacks command
ed by Capt Tourgenieff was wounded,
and the captain fatally.
The Baltic feet will go East in two
divisions. by the way Of the Sue7 canal
and Cape of Good Hope
The Eighth Russian army corps is re-
p5rted TO have reached Mukden sud Ku-
roPatkiu wiz begin new plans,
A correspondent with the Japanese
army tells something Of the progress OF
that army to its present position at Port
Arthur
japanese estimate Russian casualties
at 60,ooo and they admit about 10000.
1t is thought the total may be for both
armies $1,000.
The japanese protest against the use
OF Chinese clothing by the Russians has
reached Washington and been forwarded
20 s.. Petersburg.
The German Red Cross Society will
offer TO establish a hospital at Irkutsk
and equip a train. aud a similar offer
will be made To Japan.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-02
Some WireIen. Yarn.

They tell some funny yarns about the
operation Of wireless telegraphy in the
present war. When Admiral Togo was
at his island shelter, some miles from
Port Arthur, he was the victim of what
might be called Russian" joke. The
Russians knew that Togo's ships were
equipped with wireless apparatus, so the
Russian wireless station at Po.t Al
thur sent the following message: Rus
sia's fleet coming OUT and signed the
name Of Rear Admiral Dewa. Togo came
rushing up. with his whole fleet, forced
draft. four boilers, four bells, hppity
split anxious to get there in time TO in
tereept the Russians In the meantime
the Russian joker was leaning against
a fertilization, laughing in his beard,
aud uttering strange sounds Of mirth Ad-
miral Togo did not consider it much of n
joke at all. according to Chefoo rumors,
and the same afternoon blew the top
OF Of a prominent hill near the signal
station
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-02

A remarkable spontaneous street dem
oxlstration in favor Of the United States
occurred in the west end of Lrndon af-
ter midnight Thursday morning. 1t arose
from an unpleasant cause. An lntoxl-
Gated sailor belonging to the American
cruiser Olympia was arrested by a pa
hccman in Leicester square, the oniook-
ers say needlessly, as he was giving no
trouble The sailor resisted and in The
struggle both he and the policeman fell.
The sailors head was badly cut.
crowd of several hundred persons gath
ereI and lema nded the sailors release.
Other Police came to tine scene and the
crowd, which continued to increase, ac-
FUSED the police Of brutality aud hooted
at them. Suddenly the h1ots gave way
- cheers for the United States navy.
They continued 10 increase in volume I'M
til the police station was reached, where
a hig force OF men scattered tic crowd.
Several spectators who wished to testify
against the police were refused admls-
sion to the station.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-02
LIFE TERM FOR THUGS.
Chicago Resurrects an Old Law to Ap.
ply TO "Hold- Up" Men.

imprisonment for life is the new REM
edy for the 'hold-up" evil in Chicago.
Within a week no fewer than nine con-
v1cted robbers have received life SEN
fences in the Cook County Criminal
Court.
That the nefarious business of the
hoid-up man and the man guilty of muir
derous assault with a revolver or other
deadly weapon has received a severe
blow IN the new departure" whereby
life sentences are inflicted, is freely pre-
dicted in police circles and among the
attaches of the States Attorneys office.
Lawyers also are of the opinion that
the life sentence will have whole
some effect upon the footpad and cause
him to stop and think before he ventures
to risk passing the remainder of his life
behind prison bars as the penalty for
assaults or rObberies in which deadly
weapons are used as the means of hold
ing up the citizen whose money or other
valuables are sought or obtained with
the aid of armed force or violence.
II is the recrudescence or resuscita-
ton of an ancient and forgotten law,
that has brought this new weapon with
in reach of the courts for the punish
ment of hold-up men. Under the Illi-
nois statutes ordinary burglary is pun
ishable with Imprisonment for from FIVE
to twenty years, and ordinary robbery
with Imprisonment for from one TO four
teen years. But it has always been the
real law, under the statute now resusci-
tated, that the robber or burglar who
commits an assault in connection with
his crime, or has deadly weapons on his
person at the time, could have been pun
ished with Imprisonment for his natural
life. He was not so punished in recent
years and it is the revival of this legal
proviso, which had been suffered to be-
come obsolete that the authorities and
citizens in general are at last finding
what appears to be an efficient remedy
for lettering the further development of
the local hold-up industry" if, indeed,
it does not effectually solve this most
perplexing problem of the Chicago police
in these latter days.
When the constant menace to society
and the public safety that obviously re-
suits from the presence of an armed
horde of thugs is considered the extreme
penalty OF life Imprisonment does not
seem too harsh. 1t will always be in
the power OF the board of pardons to re-
lease men for whose reform there is
hope. The other conyicts, those whose
deeds of blood and terror show that re-
lease would mean only renewal of
crime, can be safely kept out of temp
tation under this new enforcement Of an
old law, so long as life remains to them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-02

Of this gigantic crop, the value of which
this year will be between $500.000,00O
and 100000 600. has resolved itself into
fight between the spinner and the &c
tual producer, and the world of finance
will watch with keenest interest and
anxiety during the next few weeks to
see the outcome of the struggle.
Heretofore the producer has had little
or nothing to do with the fixing Of the
price of cotton. The struggle has been
between the spinners of Manchester and
Fall River on one side and market ma
nipulatOrs on the other. But this year
the manipulators have not secured pos
session of the crop. The farmer himself
has become the manipulator. ana posi-
lively refuses TO sell unless he can get
his own price for it.
In other words. the farmer declines to
sell his cotton unless he can get 10 cents
per pound or better. This is what he
thinks it is worth, and he does not intend
TO take less. The movement is general
throughout the South. From every State
in the cotton belt within the past few
days have come reports that farmers
who hauled their cotton to town and
could not get 10 cents per pound prompt
~ hauled it home again, or else stored
it in warehouses to await an advance
in the market
And, for the first time in history, the
farmer can afford TO do this. He is pros
porous. He doesn't need money. Sew
eral good crop years have made him in
dependent For the first time since the
war the cotton planter is free from debt
and has money in the bank. His obliga-
tons are no longer pressing.
The total crop will be in the neighboc-
hood OF 10.500,0O0 bales.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-02
| New York.

BradStreets trade re-
Now V0rk port for the week has
-- 49, 800 this to say:
Good feeling, in some instances
closely approaching optimism, domin-
ates the general trade situation, but
the undertone is withal one of conserv-
atism, and there is a general desire
to avoid overtrading. Past reports Of
good wholesale trade are reflected in
an increased speeding of the wheels
of industry, but, except in portions Of
the West and Southwest. where cool
weather has helped retail distribution.
and in the South, where good prices
for cotton induce free marketing Of
the crop, there is a disposition to re-
gard the weather as too warm for best
results in final distribution. Railway
earnings turned the corner in August
the roads of the country showing a
gain of q fraction of / per cent in net
over 1903. Collections have continued
to hold the improvement noted Last
week. being especially good at the
South.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending Oct. 70
number 227, against 1876 last week,
216 in the like week in 1903, 1914 IN
1902. 223 in 1901 and 161 in 1900. In
Canada failures for the week number
80. as against is last week and 70 in
this week a year ago.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-02

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
$500 to S6.25; hogs. shipping grades
$3.50 to So 40; sheep, fair to choice, y. q
10 $3.50; wheat, No. 2, S1.16 to Sllo
corn. No. ., 53c to soc; oats, standard
29c to Sic; rye, No 2, Tie to 79c; hay
timothy. $3.50 to $3.50; prairie. 5000 to
Sf1.5O; butter. choice creamery, loc &c
21c; eggs. fresh, 16c to ioc; potatoes
soc to SIC.
dianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 tc
Sc 90. hogs, choice light, $500 to 500
sheen. common to prime, $3.50 to $500
wheat. No. 2. $1.16 to S1.lS; corn, No.
white. 53c to soc; oats, No. white
30c to Bic.
ST. I.ouis-Cattle $3.50 to 1928; hogs
$500 to $40: sheep, $500 to "a. 10
wheat. No. 2. S1.13 to $114; corn. No. ,
4oc to sic; oats, No ., 2Sc to zoe; rye
No. ., zoe to Tic.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to $3.50
hogs. $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
S3.25: wheat, No. 2, $1-2l to SIP
corn No. = mixed. S5Sc to SOC; oats, No
mixed, gle to &c; rye, No. ,, Sic to
Sic.
De+roit--Cattle. $3.50 to s4.s5; hogs,
800 to $3.50: sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat. No. >. S1.19 to S1.21; corn, No. !
yellow. SIC to 5ec; oats, No. white. Bic
10 33c: rye. No. 2, S3c to soc.
Nilwaukee-Wheat. No. ? southern,
116 20 S1.1s: corn. No. 2. 5Sc TO 5tci
cats No. > white. Sic to BE; rye. No. l,
S0r to soc; barley, No. 2. 52c TO Ole
pork. mess, $1,000
Toledo-Wheat, No. . mixed, Sl.16 to
81 10. corn. No mixed. 58e to 3Ic'
oats. No. > mixed. soc to SIC: rye. No ?
sac TO sic; clover seed. prime, SI.45.
Ruffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
400 10 S5.T5; hogs. fair to choice, $4.eo
TO $500; sheep. fair to choice, $500 &c
81 IL; lambs, fair TO choice, $3.50 to
$500
New York-Cattle. $3.50 to $40.
hogs. S4.OO to $3.50; sheep, $500 70
40. wheat. No. 2 red. S1.lS to S1.2o;
Germ. Nc. ?. 5Sc TO COO; oats. No. ? White,
csc to 3Tc: buster. creamery, l9c to 2ici
eggs, western, &c TO &c.