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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
VETERAN FIREMEN ELECT
Former Volunteers Plan for Their An
nual Anniversary.

At the annual election of the Mime.
apolis Veteran Volunteer Fremen's as
ISOLATION the following officers were
elected: Matt Walsh, president; J. B
Gilfllan, first vicepresident; Chris
GoehHringer, second vicepreasidegnt; r
N. Snyder secretary;. J. G; Scanen
Ter, John Fewer, Emil Farrant and G.
T.. D. Baxter, trustees.
A committee consisting Of G. w. Cur:
tiss, O. M. Bachelor, Louis Hoffen
brodel and John w. Horton was direct
ed to prepare plans for observing the
association 8 anniversary on Jan. "a.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
CONCERT COST SIS
University Glee and Mandolin Clubs
Disappointed Over Deficit.

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Disappointed Over Deficit.
AS result Of the recent concert Of
the University Glee and Mandolin club,
a deficit Of SIS faces the business man
agement Of the organizations. Altho
the Minneapolis concert OF the clubs
has never been a great financial success,
the showing this year is decided dis
appointment to members Of the clubs,
and it is possible that another concert
may be given at the university after
the Christmas holidays in an effort to
make up the deficit. -.--
The annual December smoker of the
university pan hellenic symposium, an
organization of all the university fra
ternities, will be held at the aNicollet
hotel this evening. Alumni of the uni
versity interested in the plan for pre-
serving the open campus at the univer-
sity will be present and an effo will
be made to enlist the fraternity men
| in the campaign now being made for
funds. ,,.,. g.. .*... - Il
/ Last evening at the Alpha Delta Phi
| fraternity house freshmen fraternity
men at the university organized club
which will be conducted on the lines
of the Trinagle club, organized last
| year by freshmen fraternity men. The
| new organization will give ball at the
Auditorium some, time in January.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
GIFT ACCEPTED.
Reasons for taking MT. RockefeIlcr's Donation.

Boston. April 13.-A statement was made public today by the prudential committee of the American Board of Commissioners for foreign missions, which yesterday voted to accept $10O,- 900 offered the Board by John D. | Rockefeller.
 Two weeks ago the prudential com | mittee adopted the report of a sub-com- | mittee recommending the acceptance of the money. but Tn view of the strong protest made by the Congregationa al ! clergy. final action was deferred until Tuesday when supplementary report was made by the subcommittee. This 1 report together with that of two weeks ago was adopted. Supplementary re- port. which was made public yesterday, takes up the objections of the protest ants and assert that they are no suf- ficient to prevent the board from ac- cepting the money.
 One of the principal points in the re- port is the claim of the committee that the American board cannot now legally return MT. Rockefellers money because the decisions of the highest court are to the effect that trustees who have once accepted d gift and assumed cer- tain obligations have no power to re- turn the gift and to absolve themselves from those obligations. The commit tee holds that by returning the gift as suggested by the protesting clergy men, the American board would be made responsible, not only to those for whose benefit the gift was designed, but also to the present officers success sors. This statement refers to the fact that the board has already used one half of MT. Rockefeller's gift, which was actually accepted on Feb. II.
 The committee holds that the action by the protestants, namely, the return of the gift, would have been wrong, for it would have expressed "disappro- bation and condemnation of a man when he was doing an act of benevo- lence." The committee says: This would have been to confuse the issue and to act contrary to the Christian spirit. To prevent any man from doing
 good is wrong way in which to con
 demn him for doing evil. It is as
 wrong to condemn when he is doing a good deed as to commend him when he Is doing bad deed"
 The Committee also contends that the Board is not organized to decide questions of temperance, economics or socialism. An attempt at this, it says, would be an assumption of authority outside of its charter. It is held that the return of the money would be the passage of the judgment upon the character of the donor and the busi- ness method he Is alleged to have used and that this would be wrong to the church of which he is a mem. The Committee adds: "Any accusation against fIm could not in Christian courtesy be acted upon until the case had first been tried before the church which endorses him a member in good and regular standing"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
AMERICAS EQUAL CHANGE.
Strange Story of Two Clerks in the Pension
 Office.
Washington Star

Washington Star.
 That no form of government yet adopted by civilized man Is more beneficial to those who live under it than that of the United States is instanced in the daily life of every one. The opportunities for every man to make of himself what he will providing nature has endowed him with the brain ele- rnent of success. are greater in this country than anywhere else earth. It has never been questioned by students of the Consti- tutior, yet seldom is such a striking case discovered as one in the pension bureau.
 Some eighty years ago a French refugee landed on one of the islands of the West Indies. where he set himself up in busi- ness as small planter. Success attended his diligence. and he acquired competence and a number of slaves. few years prior ko the Civil War he sold out his business and came to the United States to make his home. One slave whom he brought with him he freed in Baltimore. securing for him an occupation. After the death of the Frenchman. who left small family. the negro continued to prosper along the lines he had set for himself. rearing a family and sending one son to war for the Union. Two of the sons of his old master also fought for the flag in a Maryland regiment
 After the war these, young soldiers settled down to retrieve their fortunes. reduced by the conflict and enforced neglect. It was a hard struggle, but they did fairly well. The sequel of the story is this: Today, at the same work, in the same office. a grandson of the French refugee and a grandson of the slave whom he freed in Baltimore years ago are employed by the Government they helped to save, and the story of their lives is known to few, even of the clerks who work with them. They are both rated as good clerks and the fact of their both be- ing there maintains the original statement of equal opportunities for all men born under the banner of the great Republic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
ChappeIle-Broderick Dispute.

Rome. April 13.-The Vatican au- thorities are greatly annoyed about the
 dispute between Mgr. Chappelle the archbishop of New Orleans and Mgr.
 Frederick. formerly auxiliary bishop of Havana and other attempts to avoid
 the decision of the Vatican to which they agreed when in Rome. namely to abandon respectively the delegation of the antilles and the auxiliary bishop ric of Havana now that the decision is definitely confirmed and also the withdrawal from Mgr. Broderick of the
 mission to urge the collection of Pet CTS pence.
 Instead Mgr. Frederick will have an allowance of $100 monthly from his in- come at Havana If he continues to protest, 1t Is added at the Vatican. his titular bishOpric of Giuliopolis will be withdrawn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
Ment Prices Go In.

New York, April 13.-Prices of all kinds of meat have begun to rise in New York because of a reported in- creased cost to dealers of about cents a pound. This advance in dressed beef by the packers means a corresponding increase of from to cents per pound at retail on the average grade of sir loin steak, porterhouse steak and prime ribs of roast beef.
 Meetings of the Retail Butchers and Meat Dealers Protective Association will be held in all the boroughs, to take action. The Brooklyn branch of the association already has met and discussed the situation. Several speak CTS bitterly denounced the packers who were alleged to be taking concerted &C., tion. It was declared that the raising g of prices was entirely unjustified.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
DRAGGING SKIRTS.
Tight Lacing Less Harmful Than Dresses
 Sweening PaYements.

Sweeping Payements.
 Lady Henry Somerset's London Cable Letter.
 It Is impossible to tell when the dia- tribes against tight lacing first originated, but pr. Evans researches in the Island of Crete shows us that 1,600 years B. C., when the Island of Crete was the stepping stone over which civilization crossed from Asia into Europe. the. frescoes recently dis covered prove that corsets were a part of the dress of the dancing girls in the Court of King Minos. and from that day to this women have been warned. but appar- ently warned in vain. for tight facing has survived, and the natural figure continues to be distorted. But 1t would appear that a far greater danger to health lies in the apparently harmless custom of wearing trailing skirts.
 We are always under the impression that we none of us allow our skirts to drag, but if we are honest We shall be bound to admit that now and then, in spite of all precautions, long skirt does touch the pavement either while we are dismounting from the car. paying our cab fare. or opening our purse. We are only now be- ginning to understand the importance of the fact that dirt is an absolute factor in disease.
 There is campaign which has been opened by almost all municipalities. and es- pectally in New York, against the hideous habit which makes our streets a positive source of danger. It has been proved be- yond dispute that consumption Is infectious, and we are all aware that there is nothing in the world which can contain the number of bacilli that can be deposited on a pavement by one sick individual who cross- the street.
 have often shivered when I have watch ed nurse. with her dress touching the pavement all the way. wheeling a child in perambulator. and remembered that aha @ hon tIn with her the germs of the most fell diseas SC. It is strange that this is not sufficiently en- forced upon the notice of parents Again. I have seen a hospital nurse doing pre- cisely the same thing while she is out for her afternoon airing. She will take back to her sick room something worse possibly than the disease the patient is suffering from at that moment. It is curious that women are so slow to grasp the danger of the situation
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
ARRANGEMENTS INoPERATIvE.
Cunard Line Unable to Carry Out
 Provisions.

Liverpool. April 13.-At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Cunard line here today Lord Inverclide, chairman of the company, announced that the shipping combine had inti- mated its inability to carry out one of the most important classes of the set clement recently arrived at and con sequently all tentative arrangements between the Cunard line and the con tinental lines and the combine were imperative. Lord Inverclide was unable to say If the present rates would be maintained. He considered that the policy the Cunard line fol- lowed in the past was the only possible one and believed that the Atlantic shipping combine was aimed directly against the Cunard line.
 Beyond the loss of revenue caused by the rate war, Lord Inverclide stated that he did not regret a single step taken. There was at present no agreement between the Cunard line and the combine. The only effect of the tentative agreements was that pas senger rates were restored to thier old levels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
His Ready Excuse.

A good story is told of peppery old of- ficer who plays over the links on the south coast When he foozles a stroke he is in the habit of falling upon one of the spec tators and blaming him for putting him off his stroke. so the other day, when he was badly bunkered. all his companions held their breath and never moved an eyelid. The colonel made the stroke. but only dug up fine piece of turf, and looked around for some one to blame. No one had stirred, so baked in that direction, he glared round the horizon, and finally burst out: How the deuce do you expect a man to play decent golf on these rotten links with all those beastly ships passing up and down the channel?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
TarIr Reformers' Statement.

London, April 13.-The members of parliament in favor of tariff reform held meeting today a the House of Commons under the presidency of Joseph Chamberlain and unanimously adopted a statement expressing the views of the reformers. A deputa tion headed by MT. Chamberlain was appointed to present the statement to Premier Balfour.
 This was the official report given out after the meeting, which was private Those present are said to have pledged themselves not to disclose the terms of the statement It is understood, how ever, that it suggests a compromise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
DISCRIMINATION ALLEGED.
Kentucky is Asking for Lower Freight
 Rates.

Washington. April 19.-A petition was filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission today by the Railroad Com mission of Kentucky against the Illi- nois Central Railroad Company and the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Company, alleging dis crimination of freight rates on grain from certain points in Kentucky to At lanta, Ga. The petition charges that the defendant corporations discriminate in their grain freight charges against Morganfield and Uniontown, Ky, in fa- vor of other Ohio River points and that the rates charged shippers from Nor ganfeld and Uniontown are excessive and irreparably injurious to these ship pers.
 The Interstate Commerce Commission Is asked to investigate the charges and to institute such proceedings as will prevent the defendant corporations from charging more than % cents per 100 on grain shlped from Morganfeld and Uniontown to Atlanta.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
JAIL FILLING RAPIDLY.
Suspected Conspirators in Poag Mur-
 der Placed Under Arrest.

Memphis, Tenn. April 13.-A Com mercial-Appeal special from Scnatobia' Miss, says that the jail there is rapidly filling with prisoners who are suspected of having had hand In the murder of Sheriff Poag of Tate County by masked men yesterday. It is now reported that as many as hfty men composed the mob that stormed the jail bent on lynching James Whit a prisoner charged with murder. Posses are still out and other suspects are being brought in.
 The original six men alleged to have taken the initiative in entering the jail are now all under arrest Norman Clayton, one of these, voluntarily sur rendered. Sam Howell who bears a slight wound, is the remaining member of the suspected sextette.
 The body of Sheriff Poag was inter- red today at Thymatria, large crowd attending the burial. Several of the prisoners have been taken to Hernando and Batesville for safe keeping Con- siderable excitement still prevails at Senatobia. but trouble Is not looked for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
"OId Clock" No More.

New York. April 13.-Thomas Butler born in Queenstown, Ireland, in 1900. is dead at his home here. He came to America when twelve years old and for eighty years was identified with wharvcs and shipping at Canal Street. It is said Butler attended church every morning for sixty years and so reg ular were his habits that he was known in the neighborhood as old Clock" Ills used tobacco all his life, but had abstained from liquor since .1S41. Of his seven children only two survive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
ACCIDENT AVERTED.
Divers Discovery on Hull of Battle
 ship Connecticut.

New York, April 13.-During the process of placing the new battleship Connecticut in dry dock at the navy yard here today, what might have proved a serious accident was averted by the action of the officer in charge in sending down a diver to make a thorough examination of the hull be- fore the water should be pumped out and the vessel lowered into the keel blocks.
 The divers discovered a heavy timber stuck fast to the hull on the port side of the keel where 1t had adhered to the rough plating while the vessel was on the ways and had not been released in launching. A failure to have discov- cred the timber. it is said, would have resulted in the buckling or crimping of the keel and lower frames when the vessel settled on the blocks. The tim Der was removed and the docking was completed without mishap.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
Dynamite Explosion.

Nashville, Tenn, April 13.-At a late hour tonight a heavy detonation was heard here accompanied by a shaking of houses that suggested an ei%h- quake. Investigation showed that 5,J00 pounds of dynamite and 600 kegs of powder had exploded at Bakers Sta tiOn, seventeen miles northeast of here on the Louisville and Nashville Rail road, where tunnel is being con- structed. Half an acre of ground was torn up at the spot where the explosives were stored and people in that section were thrown from their beds by the shock. It Is not yet known If any lives were lost
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
Grazing Lands, Lennc.

Frederick, Okla, April I3.-On rec ommendation of Governor Ferguson of Oklahoma, Congressman Stephens of Texas and others interested, who held a conference here today, all the com mercial clubs of Kiowa, Comanche and Caddo Counties, in the new country of Oklahoma, will be asked to pass reso- lutions to be forwarded to the Secre- tary of the Interior asking that the 4S0,000 acres of public grazing lands be leased for period of one year rath- CT than three.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
NO ONE KILLED.
Only Two Injured in Y. and M. V. Rail-
 road Wreck.

New Orleans. April 13.-A special to The States from Vicksburg, Miss, says:
 The ditching of northbound passen- ger train No. 12 on the Yazoo and Mis- sissippi Valley Road at Hardees Sta tion, sixteen miles north of here at midnight, was caused by the opening of a switch leading to a spur track. The turning of the switch was evidently the work of some miscreant who plan ned a wreck.
 Though early rumors were of many deaths and injured. no one was killed and only two were injured. James Decoureney, express messenger had his leg broken. Adelaide Smith a negress, had her knee spraIned. The train was running forty-eight miles an hour. The engine and tender plunged into a ditch and the baggage car passed over. Both engineer and fireman escaped.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
GarrIson's Peculiar Death.

New York, April 13.-William Gar rison is dead at his home in Canton. N. J.. from a peculiar injury received while playing ball. Last Saturday Garrison made swing at a pitched ball. He missed and his momentum was so great that he spun around three times
 Apparently Garrison felt no ill ef- fleets until several days later, when he was taken i'll and the physicians found one of the main blood vessels of the stomach had been ruptured. Noth- ing could be done then to save his life
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
ANXIOUS TO MEET TOGO
(Continued from Page one.)

perial rescript addressed to the minister of the interior creates a special com mission under his presidency to dis cuss questions relating to peasant tenure of land which is described by the rescript as the main foundation of national welfare. Measures will be elaborated. first, to afford peasants better means of working their lands to good advantage; second, to assist emil grafton between districts, helping peasants to increase their holdings through the medium of a peasants bank and third. to devise measures for fix ing the boundaries of all holdings in order to show their inviolability and to instil more conscientious views on the subjects of private property.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
Officers in Control.

Memphis, Tenn, April 13.-A special to The News Scimitar from Senatobia, Miss says that while the excitement runs high over the killing of Sheriff Poag by a mob of masked men, 1t is believed the officers have the situation well in hand. Sam Howell, who was wounded by the sheriff when the mob entered the jail to secure a prisoner has been captured. Six men are now under arrest and they will be taken to some place nearby for safe keeping.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
Pig Iron ConsumptIou.

New York, April 13.-Consumption of two million tons of pig iron in March Is shown by the monthly statistics of The Iron Age. The output of coke and anthracite pig iron during March was 1,936,O00 tons To this must be added about 34OOO tons of charcoal iron. Taking into account reduction in the stocks of merchant furnaces, the extraordinary total of 2,O0O,OOO is reached
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
Street Car troubles Ended.

Pittsburg. April 13.-The troubles of the street car employees were settled tonight when at a called meeting of Di- vision No. S5 of the Amalgamated As sociation of Street and Electric Rail- way Employees the ultimatum of the Pittsburg Railway Company was ac- cepted.
 The men asked for an advance in wages and an arbitration board to set tie disputes. Neither of these was granted, but a number of minor con- sessions were made by the company
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14

New York, April 1.-The New York American says: Bonds aggregating $790. ,OOO. the greatest railroad issue ever made, must he marketed by the Union Pacific to cOnsummate it's mer- ger with the New York Central system and the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad according to details of the underwriting made public yesterday for the first time. The total mileage of the system will be 36.244. The plan of consolidation is all underwritten and the promoters are merely waiting a favorable time to announce the scheme
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
Causing Lively Debate.

Paris, April 13.-Discussion of the detail of the bill for the separation of the church and the state Is giving rise to lively debates in the chamber of deputies. The governments support CTS firmly uphold the committees text, having rejected by large majorities numerous amendments to the first paragraph. The second section con taining the fundamental principle of the bill that the republic neither re- cognizies, provides stipends for, nor subsidies any religion" was adopted today by vote of S37 against 223.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
NIT. Hnx,n Condition.

Nervi. Italy, April 13.-The condition of Secretary Hay improves daily. He re- ceived visit today from Ambassador White who stopped here on his way to Rome. Mir Hay discussed the pricipal question interesting Italy and America. chiefly emigration matters and King Victor Emmanuel's proposal for the es- tablishment of an International cham Der of agriculture giving verbal in structions to Mir. White on the subject.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
To Show Lincoln Home.

Peoria, Ill. April 13.-Fred Hand. son of Judge Hand. of the Supreme Court. and one of the Illinois commissioners to the Lewis and Clark exposition, said in an interview today that the com mission was considering the reproduce tion of the home of Abraham Lincoln as the Illinois building at the exposi- tion. It is proposed to use some of the original Lincoln furniture The amount of $1O,OOO will be expended in reproducing the nome"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
RowIIng Record broken.

Chicago, April 13.-The Chocos of the Lake View Bowling League have shattered all existing bowling records for team averages by counting 1,-0S4 2-S against the Steris. The scores in the three games were 1,132. HOS and 1,lO4. This is also the first time on record that any team has rolled two f,100 totals in one series. The pre- vious recognized worlds record was 1.O61 2-3.