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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

!
tsThat will do, my friends, - I said,
when each man had saluted the magic
ring in turn--it was engraved with a
pentagram. Nov, if I give you some
money, how long will it take you to
procure some bottles Of good wine7',
A grunt Of pleasure welcomed this in
quiry. I heard word which sounded
like canteen. Then one of the men rose,
in obedience to a nod from the chief.
Cheni will fetch it in five minutes, !"
said the old man,
placed a double handful of gold in
his outstretched palms. A perfect sal
70 Of approving cries greeted this MUM
fcence.
j. + +
While we were waiting for the wine
to appear I offered an account Of my.
? self which appeared to be quite salts
factory. I said was Pole, Of gypsy
descent thru my mother, that I was
engaged in plot to bring about gen
eral rising in the event of war between
Austria and Russia, and that I was
specially engaged to secure the support
Of the numerous gipsies along the from
tier, who were to watch the movements
of the two great belligerents on our be-
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frontier, and running almost parallel
with the highroad, was grassy drive
or lane, about ten feet wide, and suf-
fciently free from underground to adj
nit the passage of an army.
With my heart humping against my
ribs, and almost holding my breath in
my excitement, stole along this path,
which revealed, by a hundred tokens,
that it had recently been used for
heavy traffic. I followed it's windings
for should think mile and half,
when I found myself brought up abrupt
~ by post and rail fence, the posts
being painted yellow on the side which
faced me. and black on the reverse.
This fence was the boundary between
the two empires. A narrow footpath
bordered it on each side, so that the pa
troll might pass along it each day on
his rounds.
As for the artillery, it seemed to have
disappeared, to have been swallowed up
by the earth.
looked round me in all directions.
The woodland road by which I had
reached the frontier stretched away on
the other side of the fence. This was in
itself a suspicious sign. It scarcely
seemed likely that two independent
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

Francis Joseph threw me displeased
look. ILL.,
II regret that .you should have per-
mitted Yourself to speak to me in that
way, monsieur. Be good enough to
remember who I am. I do not employ
servants without paying them. Your
former services give you a claim
to consideration your position :. and
character entitle you to be treated
seriously;. and am not going to
reject your present request: You
may consider yourself retai ed to
make this Investigation. Have you
This acceptance Of my offer, gla-
cial though it was, consoled me for
the rebuke by which it was accom-
panied. Nevertheless. as I left the
enperor's presence | regretted that
cence which provoked ..this CORE
spending reserve on his majesty s
part. But the result might have
been unfortunate.
II It will be noticed particularly that
although the emperor had practically
admitted that it was his intention to
yaeate the throne, he had refrained
, from giving me the smallest hint as to
!. the date Of the abdication.
- l took my way, towards the Galician
frontier in the character Of British
tourist, armed with sheaf Of the
coupons Of Messrs. Cook. I was
aware that this disguise would serve
better than any other as a cloak for
prying and impertinent questioning.
Galicia, [ need hardly say, is that
part Of Poland which fell to the share
Of Austria in the famous partition of
the eighteenth century,. Bitterly as
the Poles hate the Russians, the two
peoples are allied in language and
blood, and Russia LAS always looked
I: forward to inc1rpoT ting the whole
Of the ancient. realm nf the Jagellons
in her own dominio,s in course OF
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New York city is to have truans
school. The buildings will be modelled
after the st. Charles home for BOYS
near Chicago. on the cottage plan, and
will be placed ON the Graretson farm.
Jamaica, L. !.
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"Exactly. Ny colleague, the war
minister
Let me see if / clearly understand
your excellency. The emperor of Aus
tria has giventhe czar private notice Of
his intention to abdicateg The czar has
promised to preserve friendly atti-
tude7 Nevertheless, the war party in
the ministry, with or without the czar s
connivance, are secretly preparing to
take advantage Of the situation in some
way9 Your excellency, knowing this,
and disappearing of their plans, desires
to put the Austrian emperor on his
guard, in order that the scheme may
miscarry9"
i. + +
M. Witte punctuated this speech with
series of mods.
"And whyq" I demanded bluntly,
throwing myself back in my chair.
The Russian looked at me for a min
ute, as though trying to make up his
mind whether lit would be of any use
to offer mes false. excuse. I prepared
to listen to something about the obi
cations Of international honor and good
faith.
"Suppose I were to tell you that I
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VIII.

n AM now going to relate the story Of
what is, perhaps, the most ex-
traordinary mission on which |
4 have ever been employed. It will,
I think, come as surprise. to
many of the best-informed politicians
on the continent, including the highly
placed, personagess whose schemes l
feating.
I am now going to relate the story Of
what is, perhaps, the most extraordina-
~ mission on which / have ever been
employed. 1t will, I think, come as a
surprise to many of the best informed
politicians on the continent, including
the highly placed personages whose
schemes I was the means of detecting
and defeating.
It was during the war between the
British and Beers in South Africa, at a
more particularly, that had the honor
to receive a request to proceed without
loss of time to Petersburg, and wait
minister's unjust dismissal that has
provoked me to make this disclosure.
I was particularly gratifed at being
sent for by the greats Russian minister,
because his action was aedemonstratlon
of the high confidence reposed in my
loyalty. Altho I was known to be a
Pole by descent, and the favorite and
confdant of the German emperor, who
had constantly employed me to combat
Russian intrigues, yet M: Witte felt no
fear in int1usting me with the secrets
Of Russian statecraft.
The moment 1 arrived in Petersburg,
I went without waiting to change or re-
fresh myself to wait on my client. Our
interview took place, not at the minis
try of finance, where NJ. Witte would
have been surrounded by spies, but at
a small private house in a suburb Of the
Russian capital.
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M. Witte, I must beg you to be
plain with me. I never consent to act in
the dark. What is your true motive in
making this strange proposal to me?
think I have already told you,0
the minister returned with perfect cool
ness. The man whom I am. combating
is Count Lamsdorf. -
Your colleague9'
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GOVERNMENT
WINS ITS POINT
General Paper Company, an AL.
legged Trust, Must Produce It's
|, Books in Court.

Milwaukee, June l9.-The General
Paper company, sued by the govern
ment to determine whether it is a trust
in restraint of trade, has lost it's con
tention before the United States circuit
court that it should not be compelled
to produce, tits books to supply evidence
in response to the prosecution g search
for evidence. ~
United States Circuit Judge Seaman
made the decision.
Attorney James D. Flanders, repre-.
senting the paper company, says he will
carry the matter to the circuit court OF
appeals without delay. ~.
The government is completely vlcto'
rious in it's contention, except that the
books which are to be produced under
the court s order shall not pass out OF
the possession of the defendant, save III
case of pressing need.
The decision, If upheld by the higher
courts, will have an important bearing
upon future fights against all trusts
The power to produce the books or any
corporation, to learn it's innermost Sc
crets and to compel answers from OF o.
fcials to all relevant questions VIII pe
all important in future prosecutions az
well as in the case at hand.
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LAKE MINNETON.KA

GGzsagasn y zws MMi2 ss Rstha miss
Golfer, Miss Mary u. Golfer, Mrs. ".
Miller, st. Paul; Fl. A. Bliss, Newark;
Julian G. Hall, West Hoboken, N j.;
Miss Stebbens, st. Paul; George J..
". g. Flint, Morgantown, Mo-; W. y.
Louis: u. H. Smith, New York; S. s..
Thorpe, S. G. Confer, Mrs. Alice T..
Cook, Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Kreibs. A..
HaMi sa yo 6 Tohey Miss Dan a a. TobeG
+. Daugherty, Nj. and Mrs. J. r., Cos
i tello, d. A. Mcknight, John Mark, G..
+. Linsmayer, w. "A. Williams, John
Stewart, Mrs. A. X. Ford, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Delanger, Mr. and Mrs. u. Nash,
John T. Kean, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Gregory, G. E. Thomas, Minneapolis.
Accidents with out fatal ending,
but resulting in ruffed tempers and
quarrelsome dispositions in some cases,
are recorded off and on around the
is at Spring Park for the summer, who
goes back and forth in his automobile.
After leaving the city at o clock Sat
urday, all went we'll until past the Min.
ikahda club, when a mudhole caused
delay. Soon the mudhole was, forgot
ten in the delights of spinning across
the road out to the lake. Once past
the Lafayette club progress became
slower and slower until the driver and
his man companion found themselves
| caught deep in the mud covering the
wheels of the automobile.
J They reached home at $3.50 am.
Another night one Of the Tonks
launches went on strike against the
rain. The trip from Minnetonka Beach
which, under ordinary circumstances, is
not very long, took the greater part OF
the night. The men on board counted
thirteen stops, and not until the four
teenth start was made did the engine
consent to work. AS these stops oc
CURED in the middle of the lake, while
the rain poured in buckets from above
ing day in explaining the event.
W. M. De Veaux of Carrollton, Mo.
arrived at the Sampson house Friday
Mr.. De Veaux is the first of the Car
rollton party which makes a visit every
summer at the hotel. Immediately upo1
his arrival he made fishing trip, re
turning with a string Of beautiful ,blacl
July 1 and the other members of tn
Missouri party will come before thu
end Of July.
Miss Virginia Stewart Of Moberly
Mo-, is at the Sampson house.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lewis and MI
and Mrs. Morgan w. Beach were guest
at the Sampson house over Friday. -
Rev. and Mrs. G.. L. Morrill,, D. W
Morrill, and Miss Ruby Elliott were Fri
day guests at the Sampson house:
| G. +. Irwin, Mrs. Irwin, Mr.. and Mrs
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Great Falls, Mont, spent yesterday fishing at
Mound.
Tom sheylin is home from Yale college for the
summer.
Miss Gertrude Massolt was the guest of
Miss Ida Purchase over Sunday.
J. Mac Martin and Vernon Martin We're at
the Hotel Donaldson over Sunday. ~--...
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl W. Perkins have gone
to Tonka Bay for the summer months.
Harold Paris and Walter Paulson spent Sun
day with Stanley Brooks at the Beach. r
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T.. lowering have opened
their handsome summer home at Westpoint.
Miss Rachel HoldridSe of Blythepoint has
returned from trip to Carleton college, North
field. 5grs~E q ! o. go 1850
E. Longyear and family have taken one of the
Brown cottages at Carman's Bay and moved out
for the season. > e|1st.'
Mrs. s. B. Lovejoy and Miss Marjorie Love
joy came out last week and at the mickey
house, Excelsior. -s.-..r1-
Miss Evelyn Perkins has returned from Chi
cago, where she attended the marriage of Miss
Forgan and Mr.. orr. 5-..--
Mr.. and Mrs. f. B. Kremer spent Saturda,
and Sunday at the lake and were guests al
| Shady Grove. Excelsior.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lippert will be the guests
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While the rain and wet weather have
put damper on many of the lake pleas
ures and entertainments, the Minneton-
ka fishermen have found no cause to
complain, for fishing, according to their
accounts, has been good. Fine strings
of fish have been caught right in Spring
Park bay and the secludede quarters
only known to certain favored ones,
have been the source OF great Joy to the
charge of the lighthouses at Spring
Park, and who returns with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hopkins every year from Califor-
MIA, has equipped dozens OF fishermen
of late, and all have brought in good
hauls Of bass, croppies and pickerel.
Mrs. Hall of st. Paul, who is one OF the
regular summer guests at Hotel Del
Otero, has had the most interesting ex-
perience in the fishing line OF late, and
takes credit for having caught a fine
eight-pound pickerel without a bait
Mrs. Hall while out rowing to fishing
point saw large fish perform the most
ridiculous antics in the water, and SC
came to the conclusion that the fish was
in hurry to be caught. Before she
had time, however, to throw out hel
own line she discovered that everything
was ready to land the fish. Some one
had thrown line, and the willy pick
erel in his struggle to free himself hac
broken away from his enemy with rec
and rod, and so fell a victim to Mrs
Halls skill in landing a rebellious OBJ
ject
Francis J. French of Rochester, N. Y.
who made his debut as a Minnetonka
fisher and who arrived at Hotel De
Otero on Friday, brought home good
sized string, and thinks for fishing
there is no better place than the upper
lake of Minnetonka. Messrs. Boles
Chicago; A. Rartke, D. A. McNaught
Wilson, T.. H. Smith, w. E. Field, DR.
Gerber and John Morell are on the. lis
Of those who have been very successful
within the past few days.
The st. Paul Elks will hold a larg'
| picnic at Spring Park Wednesday. II
the afternoon there will be games ant
sports followed by a dinner at Hote
Del Otero and dancing i'll the new pa
vilion later.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Heller celebrated
their fifteenth wedding anniversar.
very delightfully."- at their summer hom
| at Summerville Saturday and Sunday
when they entertained sixteen guest
at a houseparty. Saturday Afternoon
there were games Of cards with hand
somely appointed supper and yesterda.
dinner was served in celebration O
the anniversary. The tables were beau
tifully decorated with peonies an
maidenhair ferns and early summe
Recent arrivals at Hotel del Otter
and over-Sunday guests were: Georg
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r. Wells and daughter and Mr.. and
Mrs: y. ]; Pollard /, are j, g party Of ST.
7 Louis visitors e. me Sampson house
convention Of the Freight Agents as
ISOLATION and are spending a week at
the lake. Mrs. Pollard was d visitor
at the lake five years ago, and is plan
ming return trip later in the summer.
Robert Muldome of Washington,
Rn est e ST. 5 FamPson Mo- eoui has
been a guest at the Sampson house. Mr..
and Mrs. T. j. Noonan were his guests
over Sunday.
Saturday and Sunday guests at the
hotel were: A. M. Geesaman, Colonel
z: ~. Murphy, General 4 \. E ! "; Oliver T
S. Richard, G. M. Day, w. NJ. Cowan,
d. W. Fletcher, W. G. Rath, G. s. Brush,
W. d. Wing, Miss Emma Macintosh,
B. W. Harms, L, P. Chute, T. B. Chute,
G. 81. Ingram, Mrs. r. w. Schaffer, G.
A. Dennis, Henry Howard, M. Hender-
son, B. Howard, J. 8. Kearney, s. A..
Grubbs, John Powell, !, Y. =. Peterson,
G Gearss ru heanGZy Smith, M a and
Mrs. John Mcleod, Miss Alice Still
man, Miss Cynthia Myer, Miss Ester
Erickson. B. S. Sheldon, Ernest q. Wa
mons. p. Cain, Miss Lizzie Cain, L. B.
Hopper, Miss Kane, Minneapolis; Thorn
! as Gibson, SDuluCn.h ~
Thomas E. Wardell, William Kemp
and William Compton of Macon, Mo-,
are at the lake and are enjoying a few
! days. fishing. They live on board the
launch Florence and are, touring all
over the lake. Their Headquarters are
lies will come later for the summer.
M. and Mrs. Parry H. Ruby will come
'u Dr. M. E. Fuller Of St. Paul will
come for a several weeks visit to the
White House tomorrow.
C. w. Stuck Of Eau Claire, WIS, Is
snending two weeks at the White House
0pR. G. Sheldon of Minneapolis, one OF
The regular guests of Manager Sander.
son. was the last to register IN the
fail. and thru some coincidence his
name is the first to appear on the list
. of guests for the season OF 'O5., a; y
Dannenbaum was also among the last
rivals at the Sampson house were: z
| G. Hay, New York; A. L. Brown, =. G
Hern. Chicago; J. G. jacobson, Crane
| Ranids. Mich: Mr.. and Mrs. O. E. Jas
SOW, Mr.. and Mrs w. A. Mahoney, Miss
| Fife Crawsha, Mr.. and Mrs. w. y
Armstrong, Minneapolis; Miss Mabe
Reed, Cleveland. sa#.
| HOTEL La raul IS one OIL tne mOSI pop
ular retreats for bridal couples am
within the past week no less than 81,
Hiust married. couples have been a
the hotel. In many cases their identit,
leaked out in spite of all efforts at con
cealment and very amusing was littl
incident which caused no end of merri
ment among the other guests. On
rainy day a young man, who was unde
suspicion of being a bridegroom, rushe,
back to the hotel for an umbrella.
he opened It on the veranda to protec
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Hartman and Clark Friends,

Relations between himself and E. H.
Hartman, as to railroad affairs, are
defined by Senator w. A. Clark in a
signed statement from Butte as fol-
lows: "There has been mo disagree
ment between Mr.. Hartman and my
self, and our relations have been of the
most harmonious character. A dis
agreement between the traffic mana
Interchange Of business s"' in '' southers
California will be considered, in New
York very soon by the executive com,
mittee, and 1 am confident will be ad.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-19
RAILROAD NOTES,

The Great Northern road has made a traffic
agreement with the Graham & Morton Transport
fatton company whereby 1T Is enabled to offer
n rail and lake route between st. Paul. Mime
ppoiis and Chicago. The rates via the new
route will be based upon q rate Of 80 cents for
erst class. Freight will consume about four
lays in transit. 49, r. -, -. ~
Arrangements are being made by General
fral railroad and E. P. Bicknell Of the Chi.
cago bureau Of charities for the free transpor.
tation of about 500 Of Chlcago's poor men, wo
tnen and children to points along this line for
summer outings of one to two weeks.
mare extension of the 500 line in Minnesot,
and North Dakota are Thief River Falls, War
ren Ardoch, Forest River, Conway, Bisbee
Omemee, Kenmare and Lansford. The new
Nations will be Junction, Viking, Radium, Al
varado, Oslo, Medford, Lankn Searles, Fair
dale, Nekoma, Irene, Alsen Gallo, Egeland
Hylo, RoIette Overly Cardena. Kramer Rus
sell, Eckman, Cyrano and Tolley.
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the young lady from the heavy rain, a
shower Of rice came rafting out Of the
folds and there was nothing to be done
but to make clear confession. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas J. Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs.
John E. Playtes, Mr.. and Mrs. j.: NJ.
Hogan, Minneapolis; Mr.. and Mrs. j. D:
Swanson, Huron, S. D., and Mr.. and
Mrs. M. H. Fisher of St. Paul. were
among those who claimed title as bridal
couples.
Among the recent guests at Hotel La
Paul were: F. T.. Stett, Kansas City;
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Britain, Lewis s..
Britain, st. Joseph, Mo-; G.. J. Cow
rette, Mary Benson, J. j.. Jackson, St.
Cloud; S. M. G. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs,
F. H. Forbes, Harriet Forbes, Miss
Mary Benson, Miss Edna Dickerson,
Mrs. Joseph Allen, Joseph Allen, Mr..
and Mrs. John E. Playtes, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. M. Hogan, j. A. Brant. T.. r..
TONKA WAvELETS.
Miss Carol Knight, MISS Jeanette Hodson of
st. Paul, James Knight and Henry Ashford Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-19
To Portland, Oregon,
Through Scenic Colorado,

The Northwestern Line is now sell
ing excursion tickets to Portland and
return at the very low rate Of $4,000.
with stop-overs, thence via huntington
with 200-mile ride along the famous
Columbia River, "The Amazon of North
America" greater in volume than the
Mississippi and more beautiful than the
Hudson. Choice Of returning via the
same route or via Northern Pacific.
Great Northern or Soo-Pacifc. Get full
information at 600 NicolIet Ave-. Min
neapolis, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-19
Canadian Roads Deficit.

The annual statement of Intercolo-
NAL railway finances in Canada will
show a deficit of from $1,5OOOOO to
100000, June 80. It is att ributed
to winter storms, the competition Of
the Canadian Pacific road on thru traf-
fc and an increase of $750,O00. in
wagese. The Intercolonial system ex-
tends from Montreal to- ST. Johns, Hal
flax and Cape Breton, with branches,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-19
RAILROADS
THE NEW WISCONSIN Law
The Omaha Road Describes It's Pro-
visions as to Passes.

Representatives Of the Omaha road
have received circulars defining the ac-
Zion Of the new Wisconsin railroad law.
Ehe act aboIishes the commission. Here
after no pass will be honored between
WISCONSIN points, nor can a citizen Of
the state ride on a pass from a Wiscon-
sin point to point outside the state un-
less he be a clergyman, agent OF char
Bonafide railroad employees are exempt:
Complimentary passes to officials of
other lines have been called. in and
will be stamped: "Good between points
in Wisconsin, -
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To Ruild Road in Iowa,

The st. Paul & Des Moines road has
biuid north from Iowa Falls to the state
line. Headquarters will be Iowa Falls.
The incorporators were E. S. Ellsworth,
William Weldon, w. J. Souder of Iowa
Falls; w. Fl. Tyler and G.. A. w. Dodge
of Boston,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-19
Telegraphers Parleying Again.

Following settlement of dispute BE-
tween the Grand Trunk road and it's
telegraphers, H. B. Perham, national
president of the Order Of Railway Teleg-
faphers, arrived in st. Paul yesterday
to confer with the management Of the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
roads. MI. Perham considers the ia.
Eorable settlement with the Grand
Trunk road great victory for the Or
der
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-19

of Mr.. and Mrs. T. W.. Hall at their Spring
Park cottage for the coming three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Crittenden and Miss
Ruth Crtttenden have taken the Kremer cot
tage, Mt Birch Bluff for the remainder of the
season.
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Snellinger spent
Yesterday at the upper lake visiting friends.
They are On their way to the Portland exposi-
ton and will come back for short visit In
August before going to their home in Milwaukee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-19
j. M. Davis Promoted,

J. M. Davis, superintendent of the
Minot division Of the Great Northern
road, has been appointed assistant SUI
perintendent of the system with juris-
diction over the Minot, Dakota and
Montana divisions and the Montana
Central, 1000 miles. The appointment
will be effective July 1,
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Low Rates to California and Return
Via Chicago Great Western Railway.

Tickets on sale during the months
pf May, June, July, August and Sep
fember to San Francisco, Los Angeles
rood ninety days. Choice Of routes may
BE had. For further information apply
10 r. n. Heard, General Agent, corner
Micollet avenue and Fifth street, Min
1eaQpliss -.