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The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-07
TOPSY.TURYY WORLD
AS SEEN BY IOWA BOY

Special to The Journal.
Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. The world
appears upside down to Paul Taylor,
aged 8, Of Lake View, Iowa. When he
sees things he sees them standing on
the wrong end; He writes from right
Il he is is in &c good health and seems to SUI.
fer 70 Inconvenience.
The case is being discussed among
members of the medical profession.
"By constant training said DR..
George Park, "his condition can be
cured Just as by training left-handed
person can learn to write right-handed.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-07
Silk Petticoats.

Silk Pettic0ats.
A Special .Purchase-Made of best
quality taffeta, with deep flounce,
two extra rows of French ruching,
group of fine tucks; colors royal
blue, navy blue, light blue, pink,
browns, tans and black, also brown
and black changeable. The hand
soonest petticoat every offered in
the Northwest; a O. L. mn
good 81. so value, at ~OuVO
EiderdoWn Robes.
Made of finest quality pure wool
ripple eiderdown, full length, deep
sailor collar, pockets, frogs, satin
bound, all colors and sizes; special
cut price, Thurs On 0E
day, each. ....... ~OaOO
Eiderdown Sacques.
Fitted back, shell edge; colors, red,
gray, pink and blue, sizes 80 to
46. Special for Thurs % a.
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The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-07
Groceries Always Cost Less Here.

kk~ & H. Green Trading Stamp
y. partment- Telephones:
POWERS best xxx Patent Flsur, per
98.Ib. sack. special 50. 10.
Buckwheat Flour, New Wisconsin. 1O.lb.
Fancy @ Ceyion Tea. regular coo grade, extra
special. h., 500.
Fancy Shelled Pop Corn, guaranteed 10 pop.
per lb. Col 8 lbs. for 26O.
Cider, pure and sweet, per gallon. 26o.
Choice Navy Beans, per quart SO.
Best Boiled Oats, ~ lbs. for 26o.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-07
GAVE WIFE MONEY
TO HELP HER ELOPE
Special to The Journal.

Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. Preston,
Jackson county, is stirred up over the
elopement Of Mrs. Amelia Harris with
a youth half her age named Miller.
His family and the husband Of Mrs.
Harris have repudiated the couple. Har-
ris admits that his wife con6ded in
him her intention Of eloping syda With MI. IL
which to travel on when he found he
could not dissuade her from her pur-
pose. She permitted him to retain their
two young children.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-07

The North Star Blanket product this
A slightly damaged one wears as we'll as
a perfect one and you save one-third or
more on the cost. Is North Star Woolen
Mills Co., Third avenue and Second
street, Minneapolis-one block from
Milwaukee station.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-07
NEW SCHOOL FOR RUSHFORD
Citizens in Mass Meeting Declare for
Expenditrre of $4,000.

RUsHFORD, MINN.--A public meeting was
held last night to get an expression Of opinion
large enough to shelter the grades and high
school under roof The sentiment favored a
building not exceeding in cost $4,000, to be
built on the site OF the present central building,
and Of native stone: The board will take official
steps to prepare for the erection Of the new
building the coming sesson:--The Eastern Star
has elected, the following officers: ". NJ. Mrs.
George d. Kirkpatrick; conductress, Mrs. A. L.
Tyler: assistant !, Miss Josie Olson.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-07

Short Line to ST. Louis and Hot
Springs, Ark.
The t'Rock IslandO is the. popular
route to st. Louis and Hot Springs.
Double daily service with Pullman
Standard Sleepers via Albert Lea, Burl-
ington and Hannibal. For literature
and tickets apply to A. +. Steece, City
Passenger Agent, 322 Nicollet avenue,
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-07
A Hudson Bay Route.

With the financial independence
which provincial status will give them
the new provinces are sure to launch i'm
mediately into large public undertak-
ings the very first Of which will be the
construction Of railway line to Port
Nelson, on Hudson Bay. .
gate the northern seas, this route will
enable the wheatgrower Of the Cana
dian northwest to lay his grain on the
Liverpool market several cents cheaper
than any competitor on this continent.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-07

TRACY, M1NN.-The Odd Fellows elected:
N g., g. a. Peterson " g. F. p. Starr; Starr; sec sec, ;.
Rebekah lodge elected Mrs: j. NJ: Wardell,
n. G.. Mrs. schman, V. G.; Mrs. D. Bates, Sec
retary and II. A. Bates, treasurer.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-07

WELCOME, MINN.-The Times Of this place
was sold today to Edward r. Deebach of Man
kato Mr. Deebach was editor of the Times
two years ago, but has lately been foreman Of the
Western Guard Of Madison.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-07

CLARK, s. D.-The December term Of circuit
court for Clark county convened yesterday, Judge
Marquis presiding There sixty cases on the
calendar. Q <-@.t> r.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-07

CRooKsToN, MINN.-Fire. water and smoke
ruined Winans q Maxwells stock Of millinery
Paul Haswell pleaded guilty to a charge Of
horse stealing,
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11

and he should have quit his job very
shortly after sixty. OF course we
know that jays, jackdawes and mag
pies will lug of and hide gold rings
or hairpins aud even ten penny nails,
for which things they can have no
use whatever. But Godlike man
with his noble reasoning faculties
should know better than to indulge
in such fooleries. At about sixty
years Of age, or sooner, every sensible
man should analyse his motives, re-
wise his opinions, question all his
earlier conclusions and take general
inventory Of his needs and worldly
effects. He should say to himself,
'Have l enough for my own reason
able wants and for those dependent
on me? Is it likely that l will really
benefit my heirs by leaving them
great wealth after | am gone? Can
| make better use OF my time from
now on than in pushing and yanking
this muck rake back and forth, as
have been doing to the exclusion OF
nearly everything else fol something
like forty years of my past life? Is
there anything worth knowing that
l have been too tusy to learn? Is
there anything worth seeing that |
have been to busy to see? Is there
any duty 1 owe to myself, to society
and my fellcW man that / have been
too busy to PERFORM Why should l
keep on raking all this trash together
anyway? Can l use it while | live,
and if not can l take'lt with me
when l die:'' For we know very
we'll he can not and that even when
my friend Sage slips Off this mortal
coil which he certainly will do pretty
soon now. some day between dark
and daylight, and curious people are
asking next morning, "How much
did the old man leave" some cynical
wretch will be sure to answer "Oh
everything never took thing with
him. And that will be the end
of the chapter
III weaved ambition, how much art
thou shrunk.
When that this body did contain a
spirit,
A kingdom TO: it was too small a
bound
But now, two PAGES Of the vilest earth
Is room enough
-sATIRICUS.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11
; Mr.. Q. G. Satiricus
! Eulogizes a Friend

l notice in reading the papers that
my old friend Russell Sage has at
last retired from the active manage
ment OF his business affairs. am a
little surprised at 1t too, for 1T has
been only a year or two, at most,
since he told one Of the reporters
that he should keep right on in his
sacred calling until he died in the
harness Now that was grand con-
ception Of the glory and dignity of
labor, as Mr.. Sage understood it: but
it all depends, as l take it, on the
kind Of harness you wear. For in
stance, one man may" hitch his wagon
to starr another may trot in tread
mill, and third may harness him
self to manure cart. However. my
friend wro says he never in his long
life took vacation has reconsidered
the matter and has virtually retired.
Mr.. Sages birthday occurs some
time this month, when, unless the
Lord should suddenly call his faith
full servant home, he will be SIS
years OF age. He has no children
perhaps from necessity, but most
likely because lie and his good wife
were poor and had to work very hard
aud felt themselves therefore unable
to bring up family. In fact, Mr..
Sage has always been conscientlously ly
devoted to his duty, AS he saw it,,
and as one Of his warm admirers has
happily expressed the matter, The
wealth that has beel piling up about
him all these years has never been
diverted from the business of pure
money getting to the qualification of
extravaganza and display Thus
we see how impossible it has been for
Mr.. Sage to waste either time or
money on such expensive and useless
luxuries as children often prove to be.
II was ever eager observes Mr.
Sage, "to advance in business, and l
could never see how could do this
by wasting valuable time" rs it
not absurd" continues this sage
philosopher the pun ito
suppose that man can WORK for
eleven and half months. and can
not, as we'll, work the whole year?"
doctors may recommend vacations
for sick people; but why be sick?
Sickness" concludes Mr.. Sage, sis
an irreparable loss of time. And
so this busy man never took day
of for more than nifty years. Busi-
ness, in short, has been his employ
ment, his diversion and his religion.
A sort of ''Podsnap' religion; and
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11

we may be sure with "Podsnap''
rules for getting up in the morning,
"close shaving" breaklasting," 40.
ing down to the city," and 'coaaing
home'' and dining at night.
Some good judges estimate his
wealth at a hundred million dollars,
and others at mere begRarly pit
tance Of only ten or twelve million.
And notwithstanding his remarkable
success, 1T is pointed out to US less
fortunate people that in all his busi-
ness relations whereby this great
wealth has been acquired, he has
been the very soul of honor But
when it comes to that, there are
different conceptions and standards
OF honor. Some gamblers pride
themselves on playing square
game. The high-toned saloon
keeper refuses liquor to the man al
ready drunk. There is even a sort of
honor among highwaymen and
thieves; and we know that John D.
Rockafeller actually worships God.
We all have our notions of honor.
and are apt to draw the line where il
will accommodate our virtues rather
than condemn our besetting sins.
Now my friend Sages particular
point OF honor consisted n keeping
mis- word and always meeting his
business engagements. At one time
in his career things went very bad
with Russell and everybody thought
he was ruined. He lost five million
dollars in one little slump in the
market. Bat WHEN his creditors be-
gan to rush in on him with his paper
he simply shut up his big office door,
opened q window, and taking his
stand facing the crowd, while his
secretary sat at his desk behind him,
paid every dollar he owed as fast as
the claims were presented. But on
another occasion when a gentleman
stood between him and certain death
through dynamite explosion ex-
pressly intended for Uncle Sage. and
was terribly man2led in consequence,
he wouldn't pay the poor man dol
lar until judgment had been entered
up against him by the courts. With
a different code Of honor we could
hardly understand Mr. Sages line OF
conduct in this particular instance.
But on the other hand, knowing the
mans theory OF ethics, the matter
becomes PLAIN as Holy Writ. There
had been no 'promise to pay"
But what l set out to say, and
what l really cared most to say about
my friend Sage was this, that he
should have retired from business
twenty or thirty years sooner than
he did. He had enough to keep the
wolf from the door long time since
Enough also to indulge him self with
what few luxuries his abstemious life
and habits had fitted him to enjoy,
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11
Cheap Round Trip Rates for Vacation
Trips.

from Omaha via Chicago Great Western
Railway sl2.50 to st. Paul or Mime
apolis, sl6.5o to Duluth, Superior, Ash
land or Bayfield,. Equally low rates to
al summer resort points in Minnesota.
Tickets on sale every day to September
30th. Good to return to October 3lst.
Two magniticently equipped trains each
way daily via shortest line. For further
information apply to any Great Western
agent or j, p. Elmer, G. p. A. Chicago
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11
PRICE, FIFTY CENTS

Setting Cabbage
Greeley Beet Sugar Factory
pages "Gimpse of Greeley each 10 inches
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11


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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
NOW AW AITINC
ENDEAVO ORERS
Special Train Carrying the
Southern California Dele
CATION Starts NOrthward
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SANTA ROSA, June 27.-Trains have
already started from Southern Califor-
MIA to the annual session of the Cali
fornia Christian Endeavor Union.
which will be held in this city, begin
ming Wednesday and continuing for
five days. At II o'clock this morning
the delegates from San Diego departed
en- route to Santa Rosa.
More than fifteen hundred delegates
are expected to attend the convention
from every place in the State The
special train from Los Angeles will
stop a few hours in San Jose as the
guests of the members of the society
in that city. The San Joseans will en-
tertain the Southern California dele
gatiGn royalty and will follow them in
a special train to this city. Another
special train will come from Alameda
County, reaching this city about 6
o'clock Wednesday evening, the open
ing date of the convention.
Each of these special trains will be
met by a committee of young ladies,
headed by Miss Bess McMinn and Miss
Carlctta McMinn, and each delegate
will be presented with pretty floral
souvenir of the City of Roses.
The chorus of more than a hundred
voices, which has prepared music for
the convention. will have its last re-
hearsal at the Atheneum Monday even
ing at 7:15 o'clock For this the Man
DARN quartet and Miss Alice G. Nc
Millin and Miss Gertrude Freitag. the
latter the solcists of the convention,
will attend.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
LOOMS DEAD
is THE THEORY
English Police No Longer
of Belief That Missing
Man Landed ut Plymouth

LONDON, June 2S.-The mystery sur
rounding the disappearance of Kent j.
Loomis continues to attract much at
tention from the London newspapers,
and all the papers this morning fea-
ture the case
The police of Plymouth now say that
Loomis was drowned and that he must
have fallen overheard before the vessel
reached her anchorage. After a most
exhaustive search and the investigation
of every clew they are confident that
he did not land at Plymouth.
There is no confirmation of the report
sent to the Central News from Ham
burg that the body of Loomis had been
washed ashore near Cherbeurg, France.
* dispatch from Hamburg says moth
ing is known there of anything which
could give rise to such a report.
Nowhere, neither in London nor Ply
mouth, has anything developed throw
ing the slightest light on the situation,
and where it was at first believed that
a few days would solve the question of
the whereabouts of the missing man,
the gloomiest view is now taken.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
Champion BootbIack Dead.

Cornelius Lyons, long known as the
champion bootblack of the coast, ."
died yesterday morning at 34S Ere
mont street He was a familiar figure
around his stand at l Brook street.
the short thoroughfare running be-
tween Market and Geary streets. and
he always wore a broad leather belt,
upon which WAS the word champion
in relief. II was his boast that he had
a standing wager of $1,000 that he
could outshine any bootblack in the
United states. He came to this city
in the early '70's from Cork, Ireland.
and at one time possessed consider
able money earned at his trade, but
he lost il in stocks. He leaves wild
ow. one son and six daughters. The
funeral will take place from his late
residence, 34s Fremont street. at $3.50
p IN. to-day. thence TO st. Brendan's
Church, where d requiem high mass
will be celebrated.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
CAVALRY \ SURPRISE.
Brown HOrsemen Easily Hold Their
Own With Famed Cossacks.

LONDON, June 2S.-The Standards s
Toxic correspondent says Field Mar
shal Marquis Oyama, who recently
was appointed commander in chief of
the Japanese forces in Manchuria, and
Lieutenant General Kodama, his chief
of staff, will leave for Manchuria on
July s.
Not the least interesting revelation
of the war" says the correspondent,
is the unexpected efficiency of the
japanese cavalry, which hitherto has
been regarded as the weakest point in
the army. Actual operations have
proved that the, Japanese cavalry is
not only able to hold it's own against
the Cossacks, but in several instances
it has shown itself superior especially
in the hilly districts"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
RussiansG Go F orth
Singing to Meet
the Enemy.
Kuropatkin's Big
Army Begins Its
Advance.

TATCHEKIAO between Kiachou
and Haicheng. Liaotung Peninsula)
June IA great battle seems to he
impendius A portion Of the Russian
army has assumed the offensive against
the japanese forces commanded by
General Olu. and it is reported that
General Kuroki is moving along the
Russian left flank against Haicheng.
According TO a high parsonage General
Kuroki's army is strong enough 10 take
the offensive. and he presumably is
anxious for q decisive action before the
rains begin.
Sharp firing was heard ia the hills
yesterday at oaybreak and severe fight
ing is reported 10 he ia progress near
The village Of Tonchen. An officer who
galloped in yesterday evening reported
that the Russians we're gaining the up
per hand and driving back the enemy.
This. however. has not yet been con-
6rmed.
All day yesterday Russian troops
were hurrying southwark from Tatche-
kiao. and as night fell battalions were
continuously moving out briskly to the
accompaniment Of their battle songs.
Clouds Of dust hung over the marching
columns. and the chorus Of the in
fantry singers was occasionally inter-
rupted by the rattle and clang of guns
drawn al a smart trot and followed by
gaIloptng sqUadrons Of cavalry. 1t was
a stirring spectacle TO see the Russian
army eagerly Fastening, singing. into
battle. The old battle hymns last heard
in the Balkans resOunded among the
hills and valleys as with bayonets glis-
tenins in the sun the regimental cOloTs
were borne majestically forward For
hours after darkness fell over the scene
one could still hear the rattle of NOV
ing guns. the creaking Of commissariat
wagons and the tread Of marching
men. while occasionally in place Of the
war songs Of the soldiers homely melo-
dies recouning the joys Of village life.
which carried the minds Of the men
back TO their distant homes in Russia,
echoed through the air.
AS this dispatch is filed news has
reached here that General Kuroki is
marching upon Haicheng.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
AMERICAN WOMAN MAKES
A REMARKABLE TRIP
AT the Head of Her Own Caravan
She Crosses MeneliI1's Country
From West to East.

LONDON, June 27.-Mrs. w. N.
Macmillan of st. Louis reached Lon
don to-day after traversing Abyssinia
az the head of her own caravan. This
American is the first white woman to
cross Emperor Menelik's country from
west to east. She accompanied the
expedition organized by her husband
in November, 1903, so far as Pokum,
at the base of the Abyssinian hills.
Then Macmillan started for Lake Ru-
dolf and his wife went to Ads Abeda,
the capital of Abyssinia, where she
had a special audience with the EN-
peror. Mrs. MacMillan's caravan took
four weeks to journey from Pokum to
tIe capital.
The American met with every cour-
tesy by the Abyssinian chiefs while
on her way, and, although she
traversed country supposed to be in
habited by hostile tribes, she saw no
sign of unfriendliness. On the con-
trary, hundreds of supposed hostiles
gathered and formed a guard of honor
for the caravan for miles along the
river banks.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
WOULD LURE KUROPATKIN.
Japanese Retreat a Feint to Entice
Russians Southwark.

ST PETERSBURG, June 27.-The
japanese have evacuated Senuchen,
apparently with the object of enticing
General Kuropatkin southwark In the
meanwhile General Kuroki is advanc-
ing on Haicheng, ready to attack the
Russian left, and is again moving
troops north from Fengwangcheng.
The Russians lost eighty-one men in
the recent fight north of Aiyangpien-
men, about sixty miles northeast of
Fengwangcheng, on the Mukden road.
Not since the war began has such an
air of excitement pervaded the War
Office and Admiralty. The news re-
ceived during the next few days is ex-
pected to largely determine the fate of
the present campaign on land and sea.
The spirits of the Russians have appre-
ciably risen at the prospect that, after
all, the sortie of the squadron of Rear
Admiral Withoeft, in command of the
naval forces at Port Arthur, while it
may have resulted in the loss of some
of the Russian ships, has been success
full.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
MEN DROWNED LIKE RATS
IN An IMMENSE CONDUIT
Water l. Turned on While Laborers
Are at Work and Thirfy-Three
Perish

q KINGSTON. Jamaica, June 27.-Thir-
ty-three persons were killed by an ac-
cident which took place near Spanish
Town. ten miles west OF Kingston, this
morning in the main conduit of the
West India Electric Company. which
operates the street cars from Kingston
and the shareholders of which are prin-
cipally Canadians.
Nearly one hundred laborers had been
detailed 10 remove sand from the enor-
nous pipe. which is a mile long and
which conveys water from the intake
on the Rio Cobre to the turbines of the
pOwer-hOuse. The work had practically
been completed when orders were given
10 allow a small quantity Of water to
enter the conduit.
Through Misrepresentation, accident
or carelessness the full force Of water
was turned on, and a mad struggle to
escape by means Of the manholes en-
sued, with the result that thirty-three
persons were killed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
ARE NOT REAR ADMIRALS
Secretary Moody Settles MoOted Ques-
ton by Ordering Enforcement Of
Attorney Generals Decision.

WASHINGTON. June 27.-The
question whether every naval bureau
chief should be known as rear ad-
miral has long been moOted in naval
circles. Secretary Moody to-day di-
rected the Bureau Of Navigation to
put into effect the Attorney Generals
decision upholding the law which de-
clared that the chiefs of bureaus of
supplies and accounts, medicine and
surgery and construction and repair
should be known as paymaster gem
eral, surgeon general and chief con-
structOr respectively.
Officers who have been retired while
holding those positions as well as
those now holding them will not
therefore be entitled to the use of
rear admiral before their names.
The question Of captain acting as
chief OF the line bureau with the rank
and pay Of a rear admiral is not so
definitely disposed Of.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
FIGHTING ON LAND AND SEA.
Dispatch-Boat Reports Continuous
Firing at Port Arthur.

Dispatch Boat Reports Continuous
Firing at Port Arthur.
CHEFU, June 27.-While cruising off
Port Arthur on Saturday morning the
, Chicago News dispatch boat Fawan
heard continued firing from to 6
o'clock. 1t was concluded the Japanese
were making another reconnaissance.
AT o'clock that afternoon a Japanese
cruiser, four destroyers and four tor
pedo boats approached from the east,
but retired at o'clock without ac-
tion. One of the destroyers evidently
had been recently in action, as two of
her tunnels were patched and knocked
out of line. The cruiser sent a boat
TO board and search the Fawan. An
officer said the fall of Port Arthur was
expected at about the middle CT next
month. He indicated that the shore
fighting was progressing steadily. He
said the Russian cruisers Askold and
Diana were injured in the fight on
June %.
Intermittent firing was heard from
behind the fortress all Sunday as the
Fawan cruised off the coast. The at
tack appeared especially heavy be-
tween and o'clock in the afternoon,
after which it ceased
The Fawan found a mine adrift near
Miaotao Islands. On examination it
proved to be Russian electro-contact
mine. The japanese mines are en-
tirely different
Several bodies of Russian sailors
came ashore on the islands within the
last few days. 1t is supposed they
came from the battleship that was
sunk in the naval fight last Thursday.