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

%7 N%.t $995,OOO In 1908 it
fell to $975,OOO, but 1904 shows total
equal to that of 1902. The figures cover
only sums sent by postal money order
by ma1l-checks and registered letter
Is as great as that sent by, money order.
MT. Bordewich warns all Norwegians
against sending money in ordinary let
ters,, as money in these letters are
stolent every year. Recently postal
lrifing the mails. 1t was discovered that
he had opened and destroyed In two
years more than 1900 letters from
America, all with money in them. An
other postal clerk was convicted the
past summer. He had opened and de-
istroyed more than 1000 letters from
Perhaps a majority of letters to Nor
yway from the United States contain re-
imittances, and if they are not regis
tered or if other precautions are not
ken, the temptation to the postal
ks is increased correspondlngly.
l.. Bordewich s home, in this country,
Is at Renville, MINI.
Reports received here from Receiver
Baird of the First National bank OF
Faribault indicate that the trust is
being closed up in the ordinary man
= standing accounts is
Faribault May concerned. 1t is be-:
ff&<. lieved that in a
z. Expect short time another
Ss:~.--..,- dividend will be de-
= New Dividend. declared, amounting
- to about 10 per cent.
The first dividend, declared a few
, months after the bank failed, was for
100 per cent of the outstanding. claims;
Further payments to the creditors OF
this bank depend largely upon the re-
suit of the suits which have been in
5stituted against the directors IN an en-
deavor to fix upon them the, respon,,
sibility for the losses sustained by. bad
loans to companies in which President
element was interested. They will come
to trial some time during the coming
winter, but it is believed that the de-
icision of the trial court will not be
accepted by either party, IN which
event the cases will be taken up along
United States. Should the final decision
be against the directors, the creditors
viii be paid large percentage OF their
claims.
W. NJ. Hays, assistant secretary OF
this week for the purpose Of packing
up his household effects and bringing
them. with his family, to Washington.
He is. expected to reach Washington
with his family Monday -.}g>.:
Congress- may be asked to appropriate
money sufficient to build a train of
private cars for exclusive use OF the
president. Railroad men who are. in
the city say this is the, only logical
way Of meeting the
Federal Train question as to who
.-..- e 49, is to- stand the
Planned PRESIDENT tra ave
a. ing expenses. The
for President. matter has been re-
u vivedI by a recent
public alton that after a railroad had
set p price of $50 a day, to carry out a
schedule submitted by Secretary Loeb,
ed having been told that this amount
was considered exorbitant, the company
then said the only alternative was to
charge. It is known that the president
was annoyed by the publication that he
travelling expenses Of his Colo RADIO trip.
It is understood that he thinks dis
tfnction should be made between jour
jig, as president.
The American Roentgen-Ray society
closed it's sixth annual convention in
Baltimore today with demonstrations Of
the latest appliances in the hall Of
Johns Hopkins university. At this til
pathological and physiological effects Of
Roentgen rays' was read by DR.. J.
Rudis!jicinsky Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
P. V. DeGraw, fourth assistant post
master general, promises to decide in a
few days whether mail order houses
and jobbers generally in. big cities may
have permission to address their adj
e VertlSing matter to
De Graw to Pass patrons of rural free
49,. delivery routes by
on Rural the numbers on the
delivery boxes in
Mail Box Numbers. stead Of by name.
...-..s..,rz If this permission
is granted it will be unnecessary for
these big jobbing houses to know the
names Of persons living along rural
routes. All they will need will be list
4 Of the mail boxes, which anyone may
have for the asking, together with their
numbers. It :, is understood that Mr.
De Graw does not see how this per-
mission can be withheld and that his
ruling is likely to favor the jobbe1s
and mail order people. Postmaster Gen
eral Cortelyou and the legal officers
will pass upon the De Graw ruling be-
fore it is promulgated.
& Official society is turning toward the
capital and the arrival of the president
and his family tonight will hasten the
return of all members of the cabinet
Secretary of State Elihu Root will be
at his desk Monday
Official Society morning, and viii
probably have with
Turning him the new assist
z@ ant secretary, Rob
Toward Capital. ert Bacon. Secretary
&@'.' Taft of the war de-
partment will arrive in time to be al
his desk Tuesday. Secretary Bonapartt
returned to the navy department today
Secretary Hitchcock arrived severa
days ago and was preceded by Secre
tary Metcalf of the department of com
merce and labor. The postmaster gen
eral arrived yesterday. Secretary Shaw
who has spent rather more of summer
81 in Washing ten than has any other MON
ber. Of. the cabinet, will also be here.