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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04
LARoR NOTES.

st. Cloud quarrymen went on strike Aug. l.
Secretary D. s. Woods of the United Unioa
Label council has been instructed to notify all
unions whose delegates fail to attend the meet
ings Of the council.
An open-ar meeting will be held at the home
Of Mrs. Frank Rogers 1904 Stevens avenue,s
next Wednesday evening, under the auspices
of the Woman's Union Label league.
The Federation Council has sent out a request
to unions having business agents in the twin
cities that they be allowed to assist in the
work of organization in saltwater, where the
session Of the State Federation will be held
next year.
There will be a joint meeting of the Minneapo-9
lis and st. Paul Metal Trades Councils at Column
bia hall, in the Midway district the latter
part of the present month. Committees are at
work on the arrangements. The proposition
came from st. Paul.
A. G. Batnbridge and John Durker spoke at
Shiloh Presbyterian church Monday evening. the
| former having as his topic The Benefits of Or
| ganzed Labor" while Mr.. Durker spoke on
1.-THE Relation Between Capital and Organized
Labor. :" The addresses were followed by
general discussion and vote of thanks was
rendered the speakers.
Journeymen Horseshoers' union No. q, has
elected the following officers: President, p. W.
MofEan; vice president, p. O. Pittinger; secre-
tary-treasurer. J. w. Cuthill: financial secre-s
/ tary = Hinzie: corresponding secretary, A. e..
Raymond: trustees. p W. Morgan. j. w. Cut
hill and A. H. Raymond; sergeant-at alarms. f. J..
Navratdls DELEGATES 10 the Trades Assembly. +,
b McGGlGan and r.. O. R1ttinger.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04
DUTIES ASSIGNED
BY WELLINGTON
COMMITTEES NAMED FOR TRADES
ASSEMBLY WORK.
New Committees Prepare for Effective
Work-Live Questions to Be Dis
cussed at Meetings of the Assembly
Hereafter - immigration Was De-
bated Wednesday Night-Twin City
Labor News.

A. E. Wellington, president of the
Trades Assembly, announced commit
tees for the present term at the regular
meeting Wednesday night, as follows:
Organization-L. H. Ford, Leslie Stin-
ton, Samuel Spurrell, William J. Martin
and w. Hamblin.
Observation-Disclosures Mogan, Granville
w. Deacon, Louis Lund, w. H. Brown and
A. Olson.
81 Resolutions. w. Shepard, w. II
Rogers and Miss JEANNE Mercer.
n GrieVance-A. G. cambridge, Thomas
McCourt, Patrick Hurley, B. R. Bake an6
e. g. Hall.
PressRev. W. o. Wallace and c. T
Frye. E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04
PLEADS FOR AITKIN
Labor Commissioner Talks on Behalf Of
Flood Sufferers.

F. E =
Labor Commissioner w. III. Williams
is actively engaged in an effort to inl
terest the labor organizations of the
twin cities in the raising of funds to aid
the flood sufferers in Aitkin county.
He appeared before the last meeting Of
the ST. Paul trades assembly and told
of the conditions existing among those
who live in the flood district, and urged.
the delegates to present the matter to
quest that subscriptions be taken among
Che membership.
Mr.. Williams was present at the meet
ing of the Federation council last week
and brought the matter up there. "A
committee has been appointed by the
trades assembly Of st. Paul to handle
the collection Of funds, and John i.
Krieger has been selected as treasurer a11 +
70 bring the matter before the Mime
apoIis Unions in the near future, and it
is expected large sum will be realized.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04
EAST SIDE NOTES
BIntlIH Building Almost Completed

Bintllff Building Almost Completed
The factory which Bintliff Bros Man
ufacturtng company are putting up on
Central is almost ready for occupancy.
The plasterers are now just finishing
their work. The building is to be used as
a factory for holdings and frames.
Change In U Library-During the
summer the partition between the Y. w.
G. A. room and the accountants office
has been changed and a larger part Of
that room has been converted into a
vault, where the safe has already been
installed.
Bank BulIding.-The new exterior has
been completed on the St. Anthony Falls
bank building, and the blind is being
torn away The castings and doors will
go in next.
Social Success.-The ice cream socia
which the Tennis club Of Loyalty Baptist
church gave Tuesday evening on the laWr
of Dr. Kelsey, 2301 Central avenue, was
great success. A fortune teller, the or
chestra and quartet added to the inter
est and helped to attract large crowd.
Wheel StoIen.-A wheel, PRACTICAL!
new belonging to Clarence Olsen, wa:
stolen from the shed last Thursday nigh
while the family were all in the house
| The thief left no clue, and as yet the pc
| lice have not been able to find the iden
| teal bicycle tho they have recovered tw'
or three An older wheel was standing
on the outside of the shed, tho this wa
passed by and entirely ignored. Thi
fact shows that the thieves had planned
the robbery and knew where the whee
was stored and its value
| A. o. U. w. Blds.-The plans for tn
A. o. u. W. building have been com
pletely changed so that the cornmitte
is not able to consider the bids whic
have been submitted
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04

A communication has been received
by the Painters and Decorators union
bearing upon the holding Of an interna-
tional convention this year. The ques-
business for the meeting Of Tuesday,
Aug. Is, and full turnout Of the mem
beTship is then desired. Local officers
assert that the vote in Minneapolis and
st. Paul will be heavily in favor of
holding convention, but the country
districts are expected to go as strongly
against it. The conventions are held
in December, and the place will not be
decided upon until it is determined
whether one shall be held.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04
TEMPLEMAN TO SPEAK
President Of State Federation to Be
Orator at Spring Park.

William Templeman, president of the
Minnesota State Federation of Labor,
has been chosen to deliver the Labor
Day address before the Minneapolis
unions at Spring Park, Minnetonka, on
Sept 4. A committee from Minneapolis
visited Mr.. Templeman this week and
invited him to come here on Labor Day.
Frank Hynes Of the Typographical
union, "A. g. cambridge of the Painters,
Thomas McCourt Of the Carpenters. and
IS. G. Spencer Of the Building Trades
Council.
81. C. Ives Of st. Paul has been asked
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04
new constitution will come up for con

new constitution will come up for con-
sideration.
held a well-attended mass meeting last
night at Central hall, st. Paul. ]. p.
Gardner, former twin city business
agent; Cal Wilmarth and A. E. Ireland
were the speakers.
John P. Gardner was recently elected
district president Of the Great North
ern system, No. 81.
A ladies' auxiliary to the st. Paul
machinists' unions was organized last
Wednesday evening by A. E. Ireland,
special organizer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04

Bridal Veil lodge, D. Of H., No. .2O3,
won the piano which was offered as a
prize in the contest between the east
side lodges to get the largest number
of votes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04

players, has issued a challenge to any
team in the state composed of union
men engaged in one line of business,
and a big prize will be hung up for the
game.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04

J. G.. Lilley, 821 Twenty-ffth avenue
NE, drew the slumber robe given by the
Minnehaha thimble bee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04

The Shiloh Presbyterian church held
a social in the church parlors
Wednesday evening in honor of the
new members Of the church, and to
give the old members an opportunity to
become acquainted with them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04
BAKERS TURN OUT
General Invitation to a Saturday Night
Mass Needing,

Tomorrow evening at Alexander
hall. a mass meeting will be held under
the auspices of the Bakers union. An
Invitation TO attend has been extended
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04

Mrs. r. G.. Topper and Miss Kathryn Pennock
left last evening for Wabasha to spend several
weeks visiting friends in Wabasha and Lake
City.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04

Mrs. M. E. Lloyd entertained at din
ner Wednesday evening in honor Of her
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Red
dington of Kansas City, Mo. Mr.. and
Mrs. Reddington will be in the city
about month. The table, which was
spread on the lawn underneath the trees,
was decked with golden glow and red
roses. Covers were laid for eighteen. -,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04

Mr.. and Mrs. %. D. Lougee enter
tanned a party at an al fresco supper
on their lawn Monday evening.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04

afternoon. The ladies of the church
were happy to meet Mrs. Clement c..
Clark, for whom the age limit was sus-
pended.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-04
Vote on International.

arranged to make the single trip il
one hour and fifteen minutes.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
EXPERT ON LIARS SWORN.
One Whose Testimony Was Sufficient
to Outweigh That of an
Eyewitness.

A Kansas City lawyer tells of the
use of expert testimony on lying lie
says:
Il was prosecuting attorney for
Finney county in 1881 and had fellow
up before Squire N. c. Jones on the
charge of horse stealing. He hired
Mike Sutton to defend him, and when
the ease was called I proved beyond
question, by a witness who witnessed
the theft, that we had the right man.
After the prosecution had rested SUIT
ton introduced Buffalo Jones as a
witness and gravely informed the
court that he intended to prove by him
that my witness had lied.
buffalo took the stand and swore
that, while he had never seen nor
heard of the witness before and knew
nothing at all about the crime commit
ted, he had had a great deal of expert
ence with men and could tell pretty
certain when they were lying. Then
he proceeded to tell how men acted
when they were lying and gave expert
opinion that my witness had sworn to
lies from the word go. | protested
against such performances. but Sutton
made the judge believe he had as
much right to introduce an expert on
liars as he would have to introduce an
expert on medicine or any other sci
ence, and the result was the thief was
dismissed from custody"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
JEWELS OF VAST ANTIQUITY
Discoveries Of Earliest Examples In
the Ancient Temples of
Persia.

Remarkable discoveries have been
made in the ruins of the temples at
Susa, the ancient capital of Persia,
where marvels Of jewelry have been
brought to light, the earliest examples
ever known Of that country. ,
The jewels Of gold and silver are
the first Of those countries and those
ages which have come down to the
present day. In this they present q
great interest Unfortunately, 1t Is not
possible to assign a precise date to
each Of them. AS the cylinders and
the seals which form part of the finds
belong to all periods from the fortieth
or flftieth century B. c. down to the
date Of foundation, 30 It Is with the
jewels. There are some Of every age.
The rings of hllgrse work and the
scepter with the lions head seem TO
be more recent than the statuettes Of
gold and silver, which have q frankly
archaic appearance. but one cannot be
sure of this appreciation. Have the
discoveries not been surprised by find
Ing rings which, II their origin had not
been certain, would be attributed BY
the most acute connoisseurs to -hs
Greek or Etruscan epochs!
Before the discoveries at Dashur
nothing was known OF the Egyptian
jewelry. The opening of the tombs Of
the princes of the twelfth dynasty was
a revelation. 1t is the same now as
regards Elan.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
FRAUD ON LIFE COMPANIES
Death Cleverly Simulated by Gill
Who Was Insured in Uncle's
Favor.

A fraud scheme at the expense Of life
insurance companies was carried out
three times successfully as long ago as
1880. A young woman with an eXtraor-
binary power Of Stimulating death had
for a confederate an elderly man, who
passed for her uncle Twice in different
parts of England she insured her life
in her uncle's favor, went into conyul.
sions and to all appearances died The
third time the game was played with an
ingenious variation. The uncle went
to life insurance company. explained
that he was in financial straits and
wished to borrow money on his niece S
estate.
To compensate for such loan, he
would have to insure her for its value
but could not afford to have this insur-
ance become known as 1t would expose
his financial condition and ruin his
credit. The company, therefore, agreed
to write the insurance under a bond OF
secrecy. AS usual, the young woman
went into Commissions and died. Before
her funeral she lay in state for all the
world TO see. Her uncle was pros
trated.
He did not try to collect the insurance
for some months. and when he did the
company paid him in full with expires.
sions OF real sympathy. So did nine 9th
er companies, which he bad silenced by
the same ruse, and he joined his niece
on the continent with very impressive
fortune.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
CABLE HOLDS WHALE FAST
Submarine Wires Hold Monster Of
the Deep Until Death
EnsueS.

The submarine cable between Valde'
on Prince William sound, Alaska, an(
,Sitka, Alaska, was suddenly interrupt
ed after it had been in successful op
Grafton for a month and the cable shiI
proceeding to the point Of the trouble
found the cable had become fastened
securely, the officers thought, unde'
a rock. The ship was accordingly ma
neuvered to loosen it.
Heaving In was slowly continued
when the carcass Of a whale appeared
with q loop of the cable fastened
around the lower jaw. The loop wa!
twisted as well, thus securely holding
the whale. The carcass was badly de
cayed and the stencil made the tasl
of loosening the cable from the jaw
most trying. During its struggle thu
huge animal had badly twisted anC
torn the cable in Its vicinity, making
several breaks in the conductor, thus
interrupting communication.
The steel armor wires, with the ex
ception Of three, were broken at The
twist Of the loop and had the cable no
possessed great tensile strength 10000
pounds) 1t would undoubtedly have
been broken A splice was soon made
ard Communication between Valde;
an, Sitka restored.
One theory as to this peculiar acct
dent is that the whale in feeding along
the bottom was swimming slowly with
jaws open. The cable being suspended
on irregularities of the bottom, It came
across the whales open mouth and the
animal, in It's endeavor to disengage
itself. threw a hoop in the cable. The
whale was 80 feet long. The depth al
the place where 1t was found is Sc
fathoms.
One other case Of interruption Of a
cable by a whale is on record. This
occurred in the Red sea many years
ago and was caused by loop OF the
cable being caught around the whales
tail.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
SHARK CAUGHT BY HAND.
Large Fish Landed by a Marylander
in Very Short Space
of Time.

DR.. e. E. Tull, the motel gyneeologist,
lately came to New York from the
eastern shore Of Maryland, commonly
supposed to be part of the Garden of
Eden transplanted. One day a shark
appeared in the shallow water under
the pier of the Wa-Wa-Yanda club ON
Cap Tree island. In less time than It
takes to write ii, reports the New
York Press, DR.. Tull shed his clothes,
leaving on nothing but his shirt, and
was wading in the direction Of the
monster, tiptoeing so as not to disturb
him. The tiger Of the sea appeared 10
be hypnotized. Hand me a gan" the
Marylander whispered, and a small in
strument, such as we fishermen save a
seven-pound bass with, was passed to
him. The water was just up to his
knees. When within five feet Of the
shark he drove the gaf into its neck,
at the same time plunging forward ald
grasping 1t by the tail. The struggle
lasted three minutes, then Mr.. Shark
was dragged ashore. 1t measured "A
feet
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
STORIES OF BEAU BRUMMEL
Spoke Lightly Of His Humble Birth,
But Once Met His
Match.

An English paper prints number OF
storoes of Beau Brummel some Of
which, perhaps, are not generally
known. At a pavilion at Brighton he
ordered the footman to empty his snuff
box into the fire because a bishop had
taken a pinch unasked. A man whom
he had met at dinner offered him lift
in his carriage to Lady Jerseys ball.
Thank you, exceedingly" said The
Beau, but how are you to go? You
would not like to get up behind, and l
cannot be seen in the same carriage
with you"
He made no secret of his humble
birth, and when asked about his par
ents declared that "the poor old crea-
lures both cut their threats years ago
eating peas with knife"
Once, at least, Brummel met his
match. He was playing hazard at
Brooks, when a well-known alderman,
a brewer, was one of the party. Come,
Mashtub," said Brummel who was the
caster, what's your set?" Twenty
five guineas," was the reply. well,
then, have at the mayors pony" said
Brummel, who proceeded to cast, and
by a run of luck won the stake IL times
in succession. Pocketing the money,
he thanked the brewer and promised
that in future he would drink no one's
porter but his Il wish, sir" replied
the brewer, that every other black
guard in London would tell me the
camnn
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
WOULD IMPROVE WHEAT.
British Millers Making Important
Experiments to Raise
the Grade.

A plan to improve the quality OF
British wheat has been reported to the
department of agriculture by its Eu-
ropean agent. The report says that
during the last two years experiments
likely to result in important practical
results have been carried on by the Ma
tional Association Of British and Irish
Millers looking to the improvement OF
the quality of wheat grown in the
United Kingdom.
The decline which the industry In
the United Kingdom has long been un-
dergoing, not only in quality of prod
uct, but especially in extent Of area,
has for years attracted wide attention
and the solution of the problem is
chiefly to demonstrate by experiment
the practical ability of improving ma
tive wheats in the property Of strength.
BY this means it is asserted that the
declining industry can be revivifed,
successful competition with the best
imported wheat made possible and the
business of wheat growing in the
United Kingdom ultimately restored to
its formerly prominent economic posi-
ton.
The introduction and testing of seed
wheat from foreign countries has been
carried on on a large scale. The gen.
eral result has been that with few ex-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
ANT WHICH CUTS LEAVES.
Species Of the Tropics That Destroys
Whole Groves of Quinine
and Coffee Trees.

In the tropical countries there Is
species OF ant known as the leaf-cut
ter. 1t is the habit of these ants to &c
forth each day and cut the leaves from
trees and plants that grow In theiI
vicinity. In South America these leaf
cutters have been known to destroy
whole groves of quinine and coffee
trees by stripping them bare Of theii
foliage. Orange and mango trees also
suffer greatly from these ravages.
But those who have made the ant
and his ways of life study say the
little insect does not work such de-
struction through mere wantonness
Leaf-gathering is the means OF his
livelihood, as is the fruit and grain
gathering a means OF sustenance to
man.
After cutting the leaves the ants car
ry them to their underground dwell
ings, where they bite them into small
bits and stack them in thick, close
layers to ferment. This process OF
fermentation goes on sometimes in the
dark, damp place, and then there
springs from the rich leaf mold tiny,
tender fungus. This crop of fungus is
carefully watched by the ant farmer
and when it is ripe 1t is cut and stored
away for food.
AS the ants are extremely fond OF
this diet, they work constantly to keep
an inexhaustible supply Of rotting
leaves in their fungus fields. Often
when the ant settlement is large one
they are obliged to go long distances
to obtain leaves enough to supply
them, and it is wonderful to see the
splendid roads they make through the
forest. These roads are laid out as
straight as chalk line and are kept
clean and smooth by the busy little
travellers.
The leaf-cutter knows no obstacle,
for he goes around nothing that hap
pens to stretch across his path. II
log or stone interferes with his road
way he goes over it-never around 1t.
If a stretch of unfit ground is ap-
preached he tunnels beneath It, but
goes as straight on his way as II he
were held in by stone walls at either
side.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
Modern SURF Accomplishes What
Was formerly Deemed
Impossible.

Modern surgery's great achievements
have been in the abdominal region. Fol
q generation ago fear Of blood-poison'
ing kept the surgeon out Of this terri
tory. Here disease iRtrenched itself
and bid the surgeon defiance, says Les
lies Magazine. But now the surgeon in
trepidly enters diseases former strong
hold, routs 1t, and in 70 doing performs
life-saving feats with the organs that
seem absolute miracles to the onlook-
ing world.
Take the stomach. II It IS too large
the surgeon enfolds a portion Of the
wall and sutures (stitches) the edges;
IL a part of 1t is diseased, say with can
Ger, he cuts it out, sutures the edges, and
If necessary, cuts new opening for the
head of the small intestine and sutures
1t into place; If the esophagus Is OBJ
structed SO that food cannot be taken
naturally a tube is inserted through the
abdominal wall into the stomach, and
when the man is hungry he merely drops
a premasticated meal into the tube; or.
in case a cancerous area be so large as
to demand such a severe operation, the
surgeon may remove the entire stom-
ach and suture the esophagus to the
duodenum.
Contrast this last operation with the
working principle Of the '7O's, that 10
enter the stomach is death, and you see
how far surgery has Travelled In gen.
Grafton. This last operation Is, Oh
course, rarely performed even now, but
there are to-day few stomachless per-
sons in the world Zone returned to work
within two months after the operation)
attending to their regular duties, TAX
ing a special diet, and apparently just
as happy as II their stomachs were not
In jars on laboratory shelves.