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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17
Young Women's Club.

The Young Women's club of Hope
Chapel was organized Friday evening
in the second chapel, the object being to
provide for the social and intellectual
development of it's members and to aid
the chapel in any way possible. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Miss Belle Stangebye; vicepresi-
dent, Miss Emma Huxman; recording
secretary, Miss Agnes Mulvey; corre-
spending secretary. Miss FRANCES Sea-
born; treasurer. Miss Marion McAllis-
ter. After the business session short
program was given. Mrs. J. E. Bush
nell sang, IT Can It Help Loving
Thee s7The World and His Wife, .
and "Mighty like Rose Miss
Gratia Countryman spoke on club work,
and at the close Of the meeting the
following classes of fifteen members
each We're formed: Art history, Mrs. J.
B. Phelps director; travel, Mrs. J. B.
Gilfllan. director; cooking, Mrs. Law
renee director; Shakspere, Miss Grace
A. Williams director.
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Officers Elected.

The e. Lsaies' Au5iiarz to G Glan Coz
hall Thursday evening and the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Mrs. Joseph Cochran; vice president,
Mrs. ]. I. Mckay; chaplain, Mrs. Eliza
beth Cochran; secretary, Miss Ina Muir
ray; treasurer, Mrs. D: 7. Mcintosh
conductor, Miss Jennie Murray; guard,
Mrs. III. w. Shaw; sentinel, Mrs. Hill.
A vote Of thanks was extended to Clan
Gordon for its assistance in the ar
rangement Of the meetings. The next
meeting takes place Thursday evening,
Dec. %, in thensame hall. 'l
Hennepin Court No. 2, Royal Ladies,
has elected officers as follows: Royal
princess, Mrs. Carson; royal peerless,
Mrs. Grace Smith; royal chaplain, Mrs.
Fanny Clark; lady Of ceremonies, Mrs.
McName; first and second lady coun.
cilors, Mines. O'Brien and Kane; lady
recorder, Mrs. Switzer; lady of the ex'
chequer, Mrs. McNaught; guardian
Mrs. Cederstrom; sentinel, Mrs: Mary
Anderson. The installation will take
At the last regular meeting of U. S.
Grant Circle, Ladies Of the G. A. r., the
following officers were elected: Presi
dent, Eda M. Eastman; senior vice
president, Fedelia Hill; junior vice
president, Nellie Grenier; chaplain
Lizzie Weymouth; conductor, Margaret
Dorsey; guard, Mary Guyett; secretary
Katharine Beden; treasurer, Margare
Elliott; delegates to the convention
Mines. Dorsey and Beden; delegates TT
union of circles, Mines. Pease and Hill
installing officer, Catherine Hoyt. In
stallation will take place Jan. 3 il
Richmond hall. --
At the regular meeting of Flour Cit,
Court No. l, Royal Ladies, the follow
ing officers were elected: Royal prin
cess, Mrs. G. A. Morgan; royal peerless
Mrs. W. W. Little; royal chaplain, Mrs
H. w. West; lady of ceremonies, Mrs
aae sha rst lazy 1eXv coune,i3T Mrs.
E. M. Schug gen; lady recorder, Mrs. A
L. Cahaley; lady of the exchequer, Mrs
A. White. -. .I.......
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tree, which will be laden with presents.
The children usually write little letters
to Santa Claus before Christmas, and
the home and friends usually manage
to get each tot something he wants
very much, besides the ordinary treat.
Bethany home will have open house
all day, with the regulation Christmas
dinner at noon and a tree in the even
ing. There will also be a program by
the fortytwo children in the home.
the finest Christmas dinner that can
be provided and suitable gifts for the
old, old ladies who are at the home.
Needless to say there will be no tree
but one year there was a jolly Christ
mas pie which contained filling of gifts
for the old ladies and created much
merriment.
At Drummond hall the Sunshine So
ciety will dispense good cheer and dis.
play the .yule tide spirit. The Humane
society is planning to make specia
on any Of the charity lists. These are
mostly working girls on salaries Of from
So to 81 a week who are under the pro.
lection Of the society. .
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Cincinnati; Miss Jeanette Miriam Gold
berg, Jefferson, Texas; Miss Evelyn K.
Aronson, San Francisco; Mrs. =. Eek
house, Indianapolis.
There were q number Of delightful
social gatherings in connection with the
triennial. Mrs. Solomon entertained the
delegates and officers at a reception at
her home on Michigan avenue and a re-
ception was also given at the University
Of Chicago. The Jewish institutions in
Mrs. l.. A. Meter and Mrs. Charles
Moss represented the local council at
the triennial.
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Council Of Jewish Women,

The triennial convention of the jew
ish women which was held last week in
Chicago was most harmonious gath
ering and the officers were all reflect
ed without any contest at all. Mrs.
Henry Solomon, WHO is the founder of
the council, and has held the office of
president Of the society for twelve con-
secutive years, refused to allow her
name to go before the convention for
another term of office. She was after
ward unanimously chosen for honorary
president, and the other officers elect
ed are as follows: --.-- -#s
President-Mrs. Hugo Rosenberg, Al
legheny, Pa; first vice president, Mrs
Martin Battle, 3153 Prairie avenue, Chi
cago; second vice president, Mrs. Ma.
Ida Pappe,. Sioux City, Iowa; recording
secretary, Mrs. Eli Strouse, Baltimore;
corresponding secretary, Miss Sadie
American, New York; treasurer, Mrs
J: B. Judah, Louisville, Ky; auditor
Mrs. Caesar Misch, Providence, R. l.;
directors for six years, Mrs. Julius An.
drews, Boston; Mrs Ben Lowenstein
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17
SENTENCE. SERMONS

Faiths fervor is more than efferves-
cence.
The lights Of the world are not adver-
Using signs.
He can easily be fearless who dare not
make foes.
Loves music is never perfect without
the chords of pain.
He knows no good who boasts he does
no harm.
in your teeth.
Obstacle is often only another way Of
spelling opportunity.
\
brothers burden.
The fear of reputation is often taken
for the love of righteousness.
You cannot cure your sorrows by TAX
| ing them out in wheelchair
!.
| niggardly purse in the pocket be-
comes a thorn in the side.
T.. !. =
| Many man thinks he is mellowing
| when he is only getting moldy.
|
Tears over today's broken toys blind
| us to tomorrow's treasures.
| \
When folks get to fighting over creed
| the enemy takes his forces to another
part of the field. Henry F. Cope. =
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me wedding of Miss Julia Selcer,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. Selcer, and
Norris Kurstin, will be solemnized this
.Vening at Z O'Clock in Maccabee hall,
Bloomington and Fifteenth avenue S.
Rabbi Silver will read the service in
the presence of 200 guests. The hall
will be deliberately decked with Christ
mas green's and palms and festoons of
evergreen will extend from huge star
on the ceiling to the walls.
A full string orchestra will play the
wedding march as the bridal party ap-
proaches. Charles Selcer, A. Strauss
berg, of Chicago, and A. Rivkin as
groomsmen will lead the procession, and
will be followed by the brides at
tendants, Misses Rose Friedman, Min
ME Friedman and Ida Rivkin. Miss
Ruth Selcer will be her sister IS maid Of
honor, and Harry Rosenfeld Of Chicago
will be best man. The bride will wear
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AFFAIRS OF THE CLUBS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND IT'S VICINITY
two boxes of oranges and donations

two boxes of oranges and donations
will be gratefully received.
Washburn Home will fairly overflow
with 10y Christmas Day, for besides the
big dinner at noon there will be q
Christmas play, "The Revolt Of Santa
tree will be lighted with electric lights,
trimmed and hung with presents, some
thing for each Of the 106 children from
the home and from the friends, besides
candy.
Sheltering Arms will have Christmas
spread for the thirty children in the
home. In the evening all the members
Of the large family. will march down
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17


a handsome gown of white crepe de
chine, fashioned with bertha of valen-
ciennes lace and panels of applique.
She will carry a shower boquet of bride
roses. A wedding supper will be served
in the hall after the ceremony, and
later in the evening there will be re-
ception at the home of the bride s par
ents, GOAL Seventeenth avenue s. As
sisting the young couple to receive will
be Messrs. and Mines. s. Selcer, J. Sell
Ger and Kurstin. Among the out-of-
town guests will be Mrs. Ida Winner,
A. st .-usberg, Harry Rosenfeld, Mr..
and Mrs. Kurstin, ST., Sam Kurstin, Joe
Kurstin, Charles Friedman, of Chicago;
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Mendelsohn, Sioux City,
Iowa; Jacob Sidenberg, Mrs. Della
Grill and the Misses Grill, New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Kurstin will be at
home after Christmas on Smith avenue,
st, Paul.
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Thomas, 1920 Portland avenue. A pa
per on |tKing Henry W. will be read
by Mrs. Farmer. Mrs. r. L. Tiestrail
will conduct a quiz on act one aid two,
and act three will be read as the char
acters have been assigned.
:. The Political Equality club will meet
Tuesday Y evening in the directors, room
Bright will speak on tThe Status Of
Women in the United States.'' DR..
Fannie Allen Anderson will present cur
rent events.
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Club Notes.

E. Fagenstrom will speak at the four
o'clock vesper service Of the Young
Women IS Christian, association this
afternoon. Miss Jane Webster will sing
and Miss Nellie Odegaard will give
piano numbers, $z*,E
The Ladies Shakespeare club will
meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. H. E.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17

In color the squirrel fish is brilliant red,
sea as it darts here and there with quick alert
movements. The body of the squirrel fish shows
q few stripes and is well covered with sharp
spines.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17

man IS club, California, have set on foot
movement to introduce the French
language into the public schools of San
Jose.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17

nephew, William Chase, also a volun-
teer from Minnesota, was active in the
organization of the post and thru his
efforts the post received its name. The
daughters Of Dudley P. Chase are Mrs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17

$685.
a member Of Minnesota company Of
sharpshooters, and was mortally
wounded in the battle Of Chancellors-
vile, 1868. He died few days later
in a hospital in Washington, D. G. His
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17

p. R. Parkins, formerly Julia B. Chase,
Excelsior; Mrs. A. L. Moody, who was
Ruth 7. Chase, Excelsior; Mrs. w. s.
Frear, Clara E. Chase, Chowan, Mimi;
Mrs. Rebecca P. Serrell, 422 James ave-
nue. N, MINNEAPOLIS.
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L'Alliance Franchise. 80.
The Minneapolis branch Of L'Alli-
ance Franchise met Thursday evening
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17

An interesting feature Of the meet
ing Of Chase corps, Tuesday afternoon,
will be the initiation of the four daugh-
tiers of Dudley P. Chase, for whom the
post was named. Dudley P. Chase was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17

Extraordinary Bargains In Fur
Scarfs-Fine Eastern Mink, Royal
Ermine, Baum Marten, finest silky
M sss's Foxes :..:. for ...$25.OO
Scarfs, Storm Collars and Throws
Exceptional bargains at $500,
$12.5O, 1915, GN or
So. 80 and. ...........p ID
Genuine Mink Scarfs, 80 inches long,
day, worth $500, at..........@t.O O
Muffs Of all descriptions to match the
Fur Scarfs, at $3.75 $500, Cor m
$1,000, $500, $500 and 80. PoO'OO
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spzzal Sale F,1r-Lined Coats. Muffs and Scarfs

Ladies' Broadcloth Goats, SO inches
long, lined with Siberian Squirrel,
collar of Marten; good coat that
you can't equal elsewhere at 500;
our price 900 In
Fur-ined Broadcloth Coats, collar Of
Sable or Gray Squirrel, very good
$40 coat, GOO En-
Monday .............spZOoOO
Finest Fur-lined Coats-Linings Of
genuine Mink, All Gray Squirrel or
White Squirrel, for, % l0.UU
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:eesss...ssee

Great Bargain In FINE SILK, Lace,
Chiffon and Crepe de Chine, regu-
lar selling price S. 81 OK
to $1O-Monday. YT'Oo
Special Sale Of Lace and EN-
broidered Neckwear- En
75c and 81, for. ........,SSS
Fine Lisle, Lace Stripe and Silk
Embroidered Hosiery A.
75c and s5c, for. ........ 1oS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
FOREIGN.

A battle south of Mukden was caused
by an advance on Kouropatkin's part to
secure the fords of the Taitse River and
resulted in disastrous setback, although
the japanese losses were heavy.
Anarchy prevails throughout entire
Russian Transcaucasia; rioting, arson
and pillage at Baku, Batoum, and half
a score of cities; hundreds of persons
were killed. Warsaw has been isolated.
The North Sea commission in Paris
decided that Admiral Rojestvensky' 3
Baltic feet was not justified in firing on
the Hull trawlers, and that there were
no hostile torpedo boats about at the
time.
An attempt has been made to assas-
sinate President Morales of San Do
mingo. Washington regards the news as
indicating the outbreak of new revolu-
ton, and American marines may be
landed.
The Gar has rejected the peace over
lures made through the Washington gov
'errment by Japan, and will risk one
more battle in Manchuria, where q gen.
eral engagement between Oyama and
kuropatkin may be expected soon.
The trial of thirty-one Christians ac-
cused of the murder of Jewess named
Spiwok during the anti-Semitic riots was
concluded in Kishineff with the acquittal
of nine Of the defendants, while twenty
two were sentenced to months impris-
onment
Long Acre, the center of the motor
car and carriage industry of London, was
the scene Of disastrous fire, resulting
in damage estimated at $1,25OOO0. Hun
dreds of automobiles which had just
been returned from the exhibition were
destroyed.
| Rome is on the verge of bread fam.
inc, according to a dispatch from that
city. The strike of bakers has become
general, and the government has ordered
| the army bakeries in the barracks of the
garrison to prepare bread for genera
| consumption in the city.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02

thieves. Wickley is wanted for the
shooting of deputy marshal over year
ago.
President William r. Harper Of the
University of Chicago is afflicted with
cancer. Such is the revelation made by
the operation performed at the Presbyte-
ran hospital in that city, and the loca-
ton of the malignant growth barred the
surgeons from attempting its removal.
An Official bulletin says there is reason
able hope" that the course of the disease
may be checked.
The demand for farm hands has al
ready begun and Supt. Jslnison of the
Kansas free employment bureau is re-
ceiving requests every day for them. A
man who owns truck farm west of Ar
gentinc sent in a letter in which he asked
Mr.. Jamison to save him some straw
berry pickers. He expected good crop,
he said, and wanted to put in his order
early so as to get choice pickers.
The heavy ice gorge in the Ohio river
at Maysville, KY, was dislodged Friday
afternoon by a rise from the Kanawha
river. The steamer Big Kanawha was
torn from her moorings and foated down
with the ice. A quarter of mile down
the ice tore hole in the hull Of the
steamer. when she sank. Captain Ed
ward Williamson and the crew had mar
row escapes. The steamer Tacoma was
also badly damaged by ice. The total
damage cannot be estimated, but will
probably go into the thousands.
Floating ice in the Kaw River has
completely wrecked the pile bridges Of
the Kansas City Belt Line and the Rock
Island Railroad in Kansas City. The
material of these structures has been
saved, but the railroads have not yet
decided whether they will rebuild the pile
bridges or hasten the construction of
steel bridges. 1t is said that the rail-
roads may be enjoined from rebuilding
the pile bridges, as they are considered
menace to other property. The Kansas
City Belt Line now has no connection
with the packing house district and the
Rock Island will have to use other roads
TO move freight from the west bottoms
to Armourdale.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
CHICAGO.

Business activity derived some stim-
illus from the improved weather in the
last few days, d a closer approach to
normal conditions has brought recov-
cry in distributive lines, but the adj
verse effects of recent storms and I'M
usually low temperatures are seen in
further lessened marketing of farm
products and coal famine at various in
terror points. Grain and live stock re-
ceipts make an unfavorable exhibit,
and; though there was much general
freight and passenger carrying, rail-
road earnings present a smaller per-
centage of gain.
These drawbacks, however, now are
being rapidly remedied. and it is reas-
surfing that the snowfall provided am
pie protection to growing crops, the
position of wheat and rye. being re-
ported good
Leading retail trade quickly revived,
and the buying was sharply increased
in foodstuffs, apparel and household
needs. Visiting merchants arrived in
fair numbers, considering the discour-
agements of travel, and satisfactory
progress was made in the jobbing lines,
the bookings in dry goods, millinery,
clothing and footwear indicating that
country requirements for spring deliy-
cry will be large. Frequent recorders
appeared for urgent shipn ents to sew
eral points where winter stocks had
fallen low and replenishment was i'm
perative. The demand for groceries
and collateral lines was steady, and
hardware forwardings for farm use
were large.
The strike of teamsters having been
settled and deliveries assured, trade
at the lumber yards again became
brisk, material for building purposes
here and on the outside being in strong
demand.
Manufacturers had no trouble in get
ting necessary raw material and fuel,
and plants were run steadily, some OF
them employing more hands. Pig iron
sales remained quiet, but there was
strengthened demand for rails and 9TH
er finished forms. Some of the princi-
pal factories gradually are working
into enlarged productions, and these
have bought more freely of supplies.
Grain dealings were largely specula-
tive. spot transactions being limited,
and aside from a manipulated rise in
wheat valuees closed but slightly high
er than a week ago. Receipts of grain.
3,O59.6O3 bushels. compared with 4,345,-
37S bushels for the same week last
year, and the shipments aggregated
1,74O,74S bushels, against 2.1O1.619
bushels, the total movement exhibiting
a surprising shrinkage.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict numbered 80, against "a last week
and 33 a year ago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
SOUTHERN.

Galveston is to have a northern set
tiers congress on April 81, % and %.
Governors Of surrounding States are to
be invited. Railway men state rates
will be cut almost to nothing.
Col. Charles s. Arnal, one of the best
known insurance men in the South and a
distinguished citizen of Atlanta, commit
ted suicide at his residence by shooting.
No reason is known for the act.
The Illinois Central terminals at New
Orleans, covering nearly a mile of river
frontage, with fifteen cottages, hundreds
of cars and immense quantities of mer-
chandise, were burned, with a loss that
may exceed $5,000,OO0.
An investigation committee yesterday
reported to the West Virginia Senate
that Gov. White and Senator Caldwell
had Withdrawn the charges they had
matter was ended. The Senate tabled a
resolution refusing to permit the with
drawal of the charges.
Twenty-three miners are supposed to
have lost their lives by an explosion in
No. l shaft of the United States Coal
and Coke Company at Wilcoe. w. Va.
and it is possible the number of dead
may be much larger. The cause of the
explosion, which shattered glass in win
dows mile distant, has not been deter
mined.
Berea college in Richmond, KY, was
fined $1,000 for violation of the law
passed by the General Assembly of Ken
lucky at its last session, prohibiting the
co-education of the white and colored
races. To test the law there was a
technical violation, and the college as a
corporation was indicted The conviction
and fine followed as a matter of course.
Reports of large losses of cattle as a
result of the recent billiards., snow, rain,
and sleet storms are received in Dallas,
Texas. kilograms from Amarillo, San
Angelo, Ell Paso, Howe, Mesquite, Tex
arkana, Mabank and Grogan, covering
approximately the entire cattle range dis
trict from east to west and well down
into central Texas, show losses aggregat-
ing many thousands of head. Many
horses that were running free on the
range were frozen to death. 1t is esti-
mated that not less than 10 per cent of
the range cattle will die, and if mild
spring weather does not set in within a
short time the losses may reach % per
cent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02

John Arlex, a Russian miner, acct.
dentally shot and fatally injured himself
while hunting near Clinton.
The Castalian Literary Society has
been organized by the young women
students in Moores Hill college.
About 200 people living near Harts-
vile, Hope and Newburn took part in
the first fox chase which has been held
in this county for years A large gray
fox was routed out shortly after the drive
began, but this animal made good its es-
care, and no others were seen.
Sparks ignited a pool of oil on the
banks of the Wabash river in Terre
Haute and the flames menaced the plant
Of the Citizens Gas Company for some
time.
As a result of threatened investiga-
ton by the grand jury and the crusade
started against the gambling element,
the gamblers in Rushville have taken to
their heels and places where gambling
has been carried on have been closed.
A jury in the Circuit Court in Marion
found John Vance guilty of charge of
stealing fifteen chickens and fixed, HE
,e.l,ense at from one to three years in
the State penitentiary. Vance was con-
victed on purely circumstantial evidence,