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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
SOUTH DAKOTA
MAIL LOOTED OF
$1,000 IN. Cash
UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES
- PUZZLED BY THEFT.
e. = O. 81
Mail Sack Containing Registered
{ Package Cut Open as It Was Lying
! on a Dray at Romona, Its Destina-
, .tion-Nots Clue Of Importance to
Work Upon. T-tE ,:9tS

Sioux Falls, s. D., Jan. 2.--The authorities are
greatly puzzled over the mysterious disappear
ance Of registered letter containing 81 900 in
cash. r''',t@ *
The letter was sent by the First, National
bank Of Madison, and consigned to the Bank OF
Ramona. At Ramona the matlsack containing
the letter was delivered by Agent Northrop to
the Ramona carrier and placed on dray prepar-
atory to being taken to the postoffce.
The mailsack containing the registered letter
remained on the dray between five and ten min
utes before the carrier took charge and con-
veyed it to the postoffce. The robbery must
have been committed at that time --.
the mail, the postmaster found the official let
ter of advice, but the package was missing. The
next morning che discovered that the mailsack
had been cut open. - - -
l. Between two warehouses near the railroad sta.
ton the registered envelop was found. 1t
still contained five So bills which evidently
had been overlooked by the thief in his haste
! Further than this, not the slightest clue has
been secured 1t is thought the robbery was
committed by someone who was aware Of the
shipment of the package, and who probably was
on the same train which carried it to Ramona.
| 81; Parnley to Be Warden.
| Rumors which have been in circulation that
q change in the wardenship of the penitentiary
has been decided upon by leaders Of the repub-
flican party, have been conf1rmedS
1t is said that in the closing days of the ses
sion of the legislature, probably the last week
/ in February, Harry T. Parmley Of Sioux Falls
will be appointed as the successor of O. S
Swenson, the present warden of the penitentiary
! Mr.. Parmley has been resident Of Sioux Falls
for score of years and has been prominent ii
political circles for years. =
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

engrossing clerk, John Andrews, Richland; bill
clerk @. J. Olson, Fargo;. sergeant-at-arms D.
Ramsey; gallery doorkeeper, E. r. Kennedy,
Dickey; journal clerk B. F. Lee, Pembina; as
sistant clerk, 4. S. Norgaard, Cass doorkeeper,
Amos La France, Rolette; messenger, Ole An
derson,' SARGENT postmaster, y. j. Freeman,
Ransom; proofreader, w. H, Pray, Barnes; chap
lain, Rev. o. F. Jones, Burleigh: janitor, l..
Miller, Mcintosh; watchman Frank Bohn, Ward:
b1llroom clerk, George Game. Stutsman; general
clerks, NJ. A. Shirley Of Nelson Krater Magnus-
son of Pembina, Earl Gilmer Of NcHenry and
Sam Crouthers Of Glass; H.
+ -. Percy to Be Speaker.
r George Percy, who lives at Pingree, Stutsman
county, will be speaker lof the house of repre-
sentatives.
He was given clear field early Sunday NOR
ming, when Representative George W. H. Davis
Of Ramsey county withdrew.
Representative Davis had been given the sup
port Of the friends Of Representative Hugh
Ryan OF Grand Forks and Representative e. H.
Shields of La Moure county, and when the band
wagon scramble began the Piercy compact had
twcnty-e1ght signatures and that of Mr.. Davis
twenty-one. -ez...,
t National Committeeman Mckenzie, Colonel H.
NJ Creel and several prominent members Of the
senate took an active part in the campaign that
was waged fercely after 9 O'Clock Saturday
night, until early Sunday morning. 1t was at
midnight that several members Of the house
visited the Davis headquarters and asked that
their names be marked off the list, assuring him
their support for speaker. Two names went off
at the first onslaught and then there were several
removals. 7S+'.r'*!*:
!, It at this juncture that Representative
Davis was given the ghosting that resulted in
hhis relieving his friends, of their promises and
publicly announcing his withdrawal from the
race, giving Representative Piercy clear field.
|. Representative Davis COMES from Ramsey coun-
ty. the home of Senator H c. Hansbrough. 81"
When it was shown to Mr.. Davis that he was
conducting campaign that would, in all likeli-
Hhood, have some effect on the senatorial fight
-four years hence when a successor will be elect
led to Senator Hansbrough, he promptly with
drew. 80 ~ r1w:A%s T." 81. r. a. =
Z Representative Pierey lis engaged in farming,
ibut years ago was admitted to the bar, after
taking full law course:h He practced at Grip
Eple Creek Col, and otheS points in that state.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
McCu1nber MHa WALK,

I Senator p. j MccamBH win be selected to
succeed himself OH the fist caucus ballot. Con-
gresham Spa1ding says is not what may be
termed candidate for the honor, that he is not
making fight for the place He is receptive
candidate, at any rate. and has assurances from
Shts friends in the sente that he will receive a
good vote in that body. III. f', -.' " ~''
+ Nearly a hundred republicans have signed the
ecall for a republican caucus tonight. Senator
,McCumber's friends say that Congressman Spald-
ing will not be able to muster more than fifteen
rOfn In hof1, hroy
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-01-10
FAIRY TOWER is FINISHED.
Marvellous japanese Pagoda Of King
Leopold of Belgium Glory
Of Blue and Gold.

Burssels.-The wonderful Japanese
tower which King Leopold has built in
the royal park at Laeken is completed.
The tower cost 100000, and is intend
ed as a retreat to which Leopold may
retire when he is weary of the formal
files Of palace life.
1t is approached through pavilion,
richly carved. The doors were the chief
ornament of the Japanese building at
the Paris exposition, and cost $4,000.
The pavilion is decorated on scale of
unequaled magnificence.
A staircase 80 feet wide, covered with
q thick red carpet and bordered by
dwarf Japanese plants, is lighted by
blue and gold stained glass windows, on
which are painted a series of pictures
representing battle scenes in Japan
Above the windows are contrasting pic
lures Of the delights of peace. Fine eleez
tric globes formed like insects and but
terfies repose among water lilies and
illuminate the interior at night.
y From the staircase the visitor enters
the reception room and thence the tow
Ter itself. This rises to height of 125
feet above the pedestal which forms
the foundation, and at night is lighted
by no fewer than 1000 electric lights
apart from the brilliant arc lamps. The
effect Is dazzling.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-01-10
FINE FUNERAL FOR CANINE
Owners Have Pet Animal Embalmed
and Buried by Leading
Undertaken.

South Bethlehem, Pa.-"Tom," a pet
fox terrier of Maj. A. B. DeSaulles, SUI
perintendent for the New Jersey Zinc
and Iron company at this place. died
from natural causes the other day, and
he has been given burial comparing ia
yorably with that of some people who
confess and call themselves Christians.
4 The animal has been the especial pet
Of Mrs. DeSaulles, and as she maintains
belief that dogs and horses not only
possess intelligence and reason, but
souls as we'll, the body of the animal was
treated with unusual care.
4 The leading undertaken of the town
was employed to embalm deggies corpse,
and the casket containing the remains
& was lined with silk. Burial was made in
grave dug in a pleasant spot on the De-
-S6ulles lawn, and dozen fine carna-
tions were placed on the mound by Mrs.
De Saulles.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. DeSaulles are
great lovers Of animals, and say the
dead terrier was the best friend they
ever had.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-01-10
SCORES GREAT RAILROADS.
President schurman Of Cornell De-
clares That Big Combinations
Breed Monopoly.

Fitchburg, Mass. on Some
Unsettled Problems Of Public Policy"
at the annual banquet of the Fitchburg
Merchants association the other night,
President Jacob G. Schurman, of Cornell
university, declared that the great rail-
road combinations are the breeders OF
monopoly and that President Roosevelt
voiced the demand of an outraged pub
lie when he favored public regulation
to secure just rates to all shippers.
II have no faith in socialism which
seeks to remove the inequalities, injus-
tees and hardships resulting from our
present economic system OF individual
capital and free labor by abolishing the
private ownership of property" said
DR.. Schurman. "This doctrine would
take away the strongest motives to in.
dividual initiative, labor and self-sac-
rifice. Everybody agrees that it is the
unchecked and arbitrary power of mo-
nopolics that has caused an unrest-the
formation of so many gigantic combina-
lions or trusts that have increased the
cost of the necessaries of life The great
railroad combinations are the breeders
of monopoly among the industrial
trusts and President Roosevelt voiced
the demand of an outraged public when
he favored public regulation to prevent
discrimination and secure just and
steady rates to all shippers"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-01-10
FINDS RARE INDIAN RELIC.
Pennsylvania Youth, While Flowing
on Fathers Farm, Turns Up
a Fine Flint AK.

Doylestown, Pa.-While blowing in
field on his fathers farm recently. FL
wood Barnes, of Doylestown township,
picked up curiously shaped stone which
has since been founo to be valuable
Indian ak. Barnes had picked it up
with tue intention of throwing it at a
crows nest, when he remarked its pc
culiar formation and cleaned it off. He
realized that the find was unusual and
kept it.
The stone is cut from piece of beau
tifully marked flint, five and one-quar-
ter inches long, two inches broad, and
one inch thick, with circular hole
through the thickest part. 1t weighed
four ounces. The front part is con-
cave and convex and is marked with
seven notches. The blade has IL
notches. The stone is a fine example
of Indian workmanship.
A local authority says there is but
one other stone of the same character
known at this time, and that is deposit
ed in the Smithsonian institution, at
Washington. A cast is in the collection
of the Bucks County Historical society.
While the stone resembles hatchet,
it Is said to be a memorial stone which
was worn suspended from the neck. BY
some authorities it is said that the
notches denote the number in the tribe
or family.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-01-10
STEALS KISS; is BANKRUPT
Citizens of Hammond, Ind, Boycott
Merchant and He Is Forced
to Quit Business.

Hammond, Ind.-One kiss, just one,
caused the downfall of d. Breskin, Of
this city, and now he is a bankrupt
The worstofitis, from Breskin's stand
point, that he is not of particularly am
orous disposition, and that the one kiss
he stole was taken on the impulse of the
moment and from girl-pretty, he adj
mits-whom he had never seen before.
But that one kiss caused the women
on Breskin's store.
The tragedy, for it is that to Breskin,
however humorous it may appear to the
young men of Hammond, had it's Begin
ming few months ago. He was in his
store when pretty girl entered
and wanted to buy some silk ribbon.
Breskin showed her the best he had, and
even made a lower price on it than usual,
for she was really pretty girl.
Then an audacious idea was born in
the brain of the shopkeeper, and would
not be downed. 1t was that he kiss this
fair customer. Never before had such a
thought crossed his mind, but it was
most insistent now thati it had come, and
he promptly carried it out.
The pretty customer, unlike many
pretty girls, objected most strongly. Sc
much so, indeed, that she fled from the
store and told all Hammond of what had
happened.
Then began boycott that put Breskin
out of business. The women refused to
trade with him and the men laughed al
him. Between che two his tSade was
ruined, and he was forced into bank
ruptcy.
Meanwhile Mr.. Breskin ponders ovel
the power of love at first sight.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-01-10
DYNAMITE TO KILL SNAKES
Explosive Is to Be Hurled Into Rep
tiles Den on Rawhide Creek,
Wyoming.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-Representative w.
G. Curtis, of Torrington, reports that
plans are being made to exterminate the
great den Of rattlesnakes on Rawhide
creek, near Torrington, by the unusual
method of blowing them up with dyna-
mite.
The den is in the form of cave,
which is made winter rendezvous by
the reptiles. Each fall the snakes come
from all directions to seek the protection
of the cave and in the spring again scat
ter over the country. tits estimated that
the number in the cave during the win
ter is several thousand. They form great
tangled balls, curling around each other
for warmth.
Some idea of their number can be
gained from the fact that several hunts
have occurred during the. past few
months without materially diminishing
the number, although on recent hunt
375 were slain during single afternoon
and the hunters finally desisted from
sheer exhaustion.
The den is on the ranch of H. j. Hub
bard and he is trying to exterminate the
reptiles by the use of dynamite. 1t is
proposed to place several large charges
in the cave, which will be set off stimuli
taneously, demolishing the cave as rem
devious in the future. In addition to thu
Rawhide den there are several Other
large dens of snakes in this county, nota
bly, in the hills near the mouth OF Horse
creek, and if the efforts to get rid O
| the snakes at Rawhide are successful
| the same method will be adopted
other places. During the migratory pc
| Rod the snakes greatly annoy the ranch
men in the vicinity of the dens. as the.
are discovered in houses and stables AM
! prove menace to the families OF tn
ranchmen.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-01-10
KINGS GUARDS ARE LESS.
More Precautions Taken to Protect
Life of President Than That
Of British Monarch.

London.-The cabled reports of the
extraordinary precautions to protect
President Roosevelt on his trip to the
st. Louis exposition created much COM
ment in England.
Here King Edward goes about Lon
don, except on occasions of state, abso-
lutely unattended. Formerly bicycle
policeman preceded the royal brougham,
but even that guard has been removed.
The king and queen drive to the opera
at night without an escort, although
Scotland Yard, despite the kings oppe,
ssition, persists in following the royal
carriage with cabs containing detec-
itives.
!, There are fewer sentinels on duty al
Buckingham palace than there are po-
1icemen about the white house. Queen
Victoria maintained large number OF
sentinels, but King Edward dismissed
most of them. Ordinarily there are two
sentinels at the chief gates of Bucking-
ham palace, and the guard is not doubled
at night
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-01-10
TAFFY TIES UP A RAILWAY.
Made in the Boilers Of Locomotives
It Soon Puts Them Out Of
Business.

Wheeling. W, Ya.-Twenty-fve tons
Of New Orleans molasses was dumped
into the railroad water station tank
at Fair Point. Ohio, in mistake for water
the other morning by gang of Italian
laborers. On account Of drought the B.
B. O. railroad has been running water
trains to keep the water station supplied.
The water is hauled in oil tank cars, and
tank containing molasses got mixed
up in the train. The Italians unloaded
this molasses into the big tank at Fair
Point.
The engineer at the pumping station
did not discover the presence Of the mo-
lasses for hours, and in the meantime
several locomotives stopped and took on
water" None Of them got very far un-
til the heat of their boilers began to
make taffy out Of the molasses, and the
engines were rendered useless. When
the fires were let down the sweet and
sticky mixture began to CONCEAL.
Traffic between Wheeling and the Hol-
ioway terminal was handicapped until
the mix=up was Strengthened out.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-01-10
FINDS TRACE OF OLD RACE
Startling Discoveries by American
Scientist stirs Russian
G9yernment.

st. Petersburg.-Prof. Poempeiiy, 81
the Carnegie Institute, in Pittsburg, has
just made important archaeological dis
coveries in The trans Caspian district.
The discoveries are Of such startling
nature that the Russian government has
taken hand in the excavations.
Prof Poempelly began work with the
approval of the imperial Russian arehae.
illogical commission. and prosecuted il
for several months with little result.
Finally he undertook extensive excava.
lions in Kepet paga. near Askabad, all
at his own expense, In the conviction
that he would make discoveries Of great
value.
To show the accuracy of his surveys
he has just unearthed large store Of
ancient arms and munitions of war be.
longing to an almost forgotten age. lE
addition Prof. Poempelly has uncovered
a vast system Of irrigation that was II
use by the race that peopled the distria
long ago.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-01-10

,-..',:l a.,re,i tc?" asked
the old man, as he peeled banana and
began to eat it.
Scientists say morbid appetite is
one that don't know when it has got
enough. Dad likes coed things, but he
wants all there is on the table. Now,
at New Orleans, before we came home,
dad and l went in restaurant to get
some oysters, and you know the oys-
tiers there are the biggest in the world.
When we got there dad was hungry,
and the thought of raw oysters on the
half shell made him morbid. He had a
blue-point appetite, and ordered four
dozen on the half shell, for himself,
and one dozen fer me. Well, you
would have dropped dead in your
tracks if you had been there. Six
walters brought on the five dozen oys-
tiers, and each oyster was as big as a
pie plate Six dozen oysters would
cover this floor from the door to the
icebox. Dad almost tainted when he
saw them, but his pride was at stake,
and he made up his mind if he didn't
cat luem d1l luG WdileIS sWOulU luluh
he was tenderfoox and SO he started
In. The first oyster was as big as q
calf's liver, and nobody but sword
swallower could ever have got it down.
Dad cut one oyster into quarters and
got away with it, and after awhile he
murdered another, and after he had
eaten three he wanted to go home and
leave them. Then is the time his little
boy got in his work. told dad if he
didn't eat all the oysters the walters
and the people would mob him, that II
was a deadly offense to order oysters
and not eat them, and that they would
probably kill us both before we got out
of the place. He said: 'Hennery,
don't like oysters like used to, and Il
seems to me couldn't eat another one
to save my life, but if, as you say, We
are in country where mans life 1,
held SO cheaply, by the great horr
spoon, will eat every oyster in thu
house, and the Lord have mercy OF
me- I told him that was about tn,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-01-10
TO ERECT MEMORIAL
MOVEMENT TO HONOR MEMORY
OF VIRGINIA DARE.
Was First White Child Born in Amer
ica-saw Light of Day on Roam
oke Island, North Caro-
lima, in 1887.

Norfolk, Va.-Announcement of the
fact that the grave of Virginia Dare, the
first English child born on American
soil, is practically unmarked and I'M
cared for, has aroused interest in a
movement here to have erected suit
able memorial to her.
1t is probable that H. L. Maynard,
representative in congress from this dis
trict, will be asked to petition congress
for an appropriation to cover the cost
of suitable monument, to take the
place of the wooden slab which now
marks the last resting place of Virginia
Dare on Roanoke island, North Caro-
lima.
Roanoke island is an isolated spot
Comparatively few persons inhabit the
island. which is occasionally visited BY
hunters, especially during the winter
season, when duck and other game are
plentiful in the waters surrounding the
spot. 1t was upon this island that colon
lists from Plymouth, under command of
Gov. John White, the grandfather Of
Virginia Dare, settled in 1887.
Owing to the recent connection by
cable communication between Norfolk
and the island has become more fire.
quent, and the heretofore isolated spot
has been brought into some prominence.
Traffic to and from the island will prob
ably increase, owing the new transpor-
tation facilities, and it is probable that
4 the burial place of Virginia Dare will
soon become Mecca for tourists.
The only mark designating the grave
of Virginia Dare is weather-beater
board, placed there by one of the island.
ers, who happened to be conversant witt
/ the facts in the history of Virgins
! Dare. The grave is located on the south
ern end of the island, at point neal
where stood the pioneer cabin in which
Virginia Dare was born. Only few
| persons outside Of the residents OF thu
island know of the existence of tn,
grave.
An early history Of North Caroline
records that fact that on August 1S
1887, Eleanor Dare, daughter of Gov
John White and wife of Ananias Oar
4 Tor Dayre), one of the governors as
Bistants, gave birth to girl, the frs
English child born on American sol
at Roanoke island, North Carolina. TIL
child was named Virginia, and on tn
Sunday following her birth she wa
christened. There is no reference as t
who performed the baptismai rite, no
is there in the list Of colonists any nam
having prefix or suffix such as woul'
denote that there was minister amoni
them.
With her birth and christening tn
history Of Virginia Dare begins an
ends. History records that soon ate
her birth her grandfather sailed 70
England for supplies. and that upon hi
return no trace Of the colonists whom
he had left behind could be found.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-01-10


HOUSE" 81 2 - :
dow and trembled and yelled for the
police. A policeman rushed into the
store, and when he saw the snake he
backed out of the door,
ARREST that boy with the snake,
said the groceryman.
Come out of that wild your menag-
erie" said the policeman, shaking his
his club. ~
Come in and get the snake If you
want it," said the boy. II don't want
It any more, anyway" and he took the
stuffed snake up by the head and
laid 1t across his lap, and began to
shake the rattles, and laugh at the gro
ceryman and the policeman and the
crowd that had collected in front OF
the store. The policeman came in
laughing, and the old groceryman
crawled out of the show window, and
all breathed free again, and finally the
policeman went out and drove the
crowd away, and went on his beat
again, after shaking his club at the
boy. and the boy, the, groceryman, the
spake and the cat remained in the
store. The groceryman took a swig
out of a bottle of whisky to settle his
nerve, and the boy took up his snake
| and pushed it towards the cat, which
ran up step ladder and yowled.
Put that confounded old stuffed snake
in the ice box and sit down here and
and tell me something. saw your
father on the street yesterday, and he
is sight. His stomach is twice as big
as 1t was, and he looks troubled What
has got into him."
We'll, I'll tell you; dad has got what
they call morbid appetite. Whatever
you do. old skate. don't you ever get
a morbid appetite"