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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05

To the Editor Of The Journal:
I use the cars great deal, and often
get impatient over the way the gates
fer points or when narrowly missing a
car. Still, I believe the arguments in
their favor outweigh those against
them. They might be source Of add
tional danger in a certain class of
accidents, but in the regular operatio,
of cars, day by day, they make for
Guilty for person to get seriously hurt
on streetcar, and that fact is surely
worth the occasional delays that occur
because Of the gates.
The objection based on the few min
utes that might be saved i'll getting to
one s. work In the morning, or from ii
at night, has it's 1udicrous side when
one considers how many times as much
time is wasted in other ways every
day by even the most industrious per
son. It is one of our peculiarities that
in matters of transportation we are
always in hurry. To catch train
with thirty seconds to spare seems te
the average man a great saving OF
/ time. To get to his destination an hour
ahead Of some other train is counted
a great gain, even tho he loaf around
hotel lobby half the ensuing day
Until we learn to combine speed will
safety it won't hurt us to be obliged tt
take little more time getting about
even if it should average up as much a.
five minutes a day in the course Of s
year. "A; Q: Anderson,
107 Highland avenue.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 4.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05
WHAT JOURNAL BALLOT FOR TWO
DAYS SHOWS.
A Years Time in the Aggregate Can Be
Saved Daily in Minneapolis if Only
Two Minutes Waste Of Time Is Elm
mated on Average Car Trip.

The street railway management does
not undertake to deny that there is a
great waste Of time occasioned by the
time occupied by the stops at crossings.
One of its officials recently did not
dispute that at least one-ffteenth of
the time might be saved, only his rem
edy was to have the passengers more
e: in getting on and off. No;
tees requesting passengers to signal
the motorman when block from their
stopping places and to be on the back
platform ready to <aight when it does
stop are to be posted in consequence.
This Is In a measure true, but the
clumsy and dilatory gates have inf1u-
enced the people of the twin cities to
be slow. People do not hurry, for they
know that they will have. to wait for
remain there is little hope of time saw
ing from this expedient. '.s&
|, What this loss of time in streetcar
stops amounts to in the aggregate can
be coniectured by a simple calculation.
1t will be an average rapid trip for a
car that travels an hour and makes
between sixty and seventy stops. if it
IN stops. The number Of cars making
round trips Of an hour g. duration eight.
cen times every twenty-four hours car
| be put at $50. If only two minutes OF
the time can be saved by each car triL
each way, this will amount to thirty
six minutes q car, 1920 minutes. o.
twenty-seven hours in the aggregate.
| Add to this loss the time wasted BY
people who miss cars because the gate!
shut. them out, and the time lost OF
days when the travel is greater, multi
ply the twenty-seven hours by the mum
Der of days in the week, month ant
year and that by the number Of peopl,
in Minneapolis who make two streetca
trips & day on the average, and an ag
gregate waste of time is shown tha
should be appalling to a man out of
job. r., 81 -. -
/ The streetcar company, remember
will not admit that time can be save,
by me Ing tine gates Watch tn
from your own experience, and the
vote your conyictions-that' all r h
Journal asks you to do. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05
SENTENCED, SHE SAYS:
MERRY CHRISTMAS

~ Z. : .- = p. 81. =
"Merry Christmas chirped Flor
ence Litz when G.. Il. Smith gave her
a straight sentence of forty-fve days
in the Workhouse today,
Judge. Smith was about: to reprimand
her for the apparent contempt OF
bitter arraignment of her husband, who
she said had caused her to become a
drunkard. She told Of her poverty and
Of the abuse that had been heaped on
her and asked that she be given a
chance to obtain work and straight
en- up ssFzs
81 have never had such a chance
since they first began sending me to. the
-workhouse,' said Mrs. Litz. They
have been sending me there right along
and no one has ever offered to help
me. - The court relented at the con
clnsion of her story and overlooking
her 'effrontery, granted her stay of
sentence for six months.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05
THESE ARE HOT TIMES
IN WATER DEPARTMENT

Officeholders, clerks and everybody
in the city water department. office
would like to take a vacation for few
days while the shufoff crews finish their
work. Of the $4,000 subscribers Of the
department, about 1000 are delinquent
in their water taxes. The cutoff crews
are out shutting off tn edrink and as a
result more hot -tempered and angry
people may be seen in and about the
office than can generally be found In
the entire city. 49,
Not only must they pay all arrear-
ages before the water is turned on
but there is also a So penalty which
has to be paid before any liquid can be
eased from the kitchen tap.
With Christmas only three blocks
away, the amount looks exceptionally
large and important to the delinquents
The political allies are the worst, be.
! cause they all labor under the delu.
sion that they should be treated with
special consideration. The men who
can be ''licked' by one or two of the
force cause no worry, but the big ones
and the irate ladies Of all sizes precip
itate stampede. Everybody waits
for somebody else to talk to them
The cutoff crew has finished the East
Side and began on the north and wes
| divisions today.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05
MOURN FOR MURDERED
Jews Pay Tribute t.
= Brethren Slain in Russia.

It was a day Of mourning for the
Jews of Minneapolis yesterday. In
common with all the Jews in America,
they held memorial services for their
countrymen slain in the Russian mas
sacres. The fast began at sunrise and
few of the stronger brethren touched
food till sunset.
At the Kenneseth Israel synogague
1000 persons were assembled for the
evening service. AS Rabbi NJ. s. Sill
yer told the sad story Of the killing Of
$4,000, and the woun'ding Of 100000
Jews in Russia, the congregation wept
bitterly. At the close Of the meeting
resolutions Of protest were adopted. The
collection for The benefit of the surviv-
sors, added 800 to the $500 already
raised in Minneapolis. r.. =.
Five hundred members Of the Rou-
manian congregation met in their .syna-
gogue on the South Side. The building
was draped with black. H Friedman
presided. The speakers were Rev. A.
Riekin, S. Friedman, S. J. Shallett and
M. Juster. "a communication from the
Jews of Odessa was read. It said that
the. only safety Of the Jews lay in the
Zionist movement and that only the or
ganized young men Of the Zionist 80,
ciety stood between the mand violence
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05
y CRAWFORD's CRIME
Shot and Killed Heine I.undeen in Box


< !. g.
. Crawford's crime, expiated on the
scaffold this morning G., was one Of the
most cold FLOODED murders recorded in
the criminal annals Of this state. It
was committed in a Northern Pacific
box car. attached to a moving freight
train, near Big Lake, in the early morn
ing Of Nov. 20, 1904. -s...,.z. -. a-~-
Heine Lundeen, the victim, with Maui
rice Freeman, H. He, Kinner and O. M.
twin cities. Crawford and his pal,
Arthur Lossee, alias George Palmer, oc-
cupied berths in the same lodging house.
When the four young men were asleep
the two bandits srosey quietly, pulled
their revolvers and loudly commanded
the sleepers to awake and hold up their
| hands. All but Heine Lundeen obeyed.
| The rnlucky lad slept on.
".Get up - you or I'll Shoot
cried Crawford. This aroused Lundeen
and he moved drowsily, but not speedi-
ly enough for the robbers. "Shoot
him, - commanded Palmer and Crawford
leve1ed his gum at the young man and
deliberately pulled the trigger. Lun-
deem fell back dead 53s& sE5
Then the living and the dead were
searched and the men who had escaped
the rapidly moving freight -~ The body
jumped from the trafnr about: Four miles
outside of Aneka sanddSSsscaped into the
The alarm .y vas , given and a search fol-
lowed. EARLY Sunday morning Sheriff
Ward of Sherburne county and Deputy
Sheriff W. M. Tiff, located their men at
Roger g. Siding. They found them asleep
in rooms of the hotel and captured them
there without resistance. Articles be-
longing to the robbed men were found
on the prisoners and they were at once
bound over to the grand jury and
brought to the Hennepin county Jail on
November p. Crawford remained in
charge Of Tailor Nels Clausen from that
date, with the exception of the time he
was on trial, until Sept. II, 1905, when
he was taken to st. Cloud. =, .~,r-
Crawford was placed on trial for muir
der in the first degree at Elk River
April 5. He was convicted April II
and ON April 10 was sentenced to be
hanged. His execution was set fol
Aug. Is. Lossee was found guilty OF
murder in the second degree and was
sentenced to thirty years in the peni
Tertiary. Es.;-..o .r'f.-~. 49,. -...N.,.
> Barely week before the date ixec
= for Crawford g execution a stay was Sc
I cured. A motion for new trial proved
, unsuccessful and Dec. 5 was fixed as thu
. date of execution by Governor johnson
o. An application for a communication Of
:, sentence was denied by the pardon
: board last month and yesterday the las
7 effort to save Crawford from the gal
: lows by. a writ Of habeas corpus re
: suited in failure. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05
HE NEVER CAME BACK
Trustful Mr.. Flanagan Let "a Stranger
Take $40 to Change.

James Flanagan, proprietor Of gro
Gerry store at 700 First avenue S, was
the victim Of a swindler yesterday, who
obligingly offered to take $50 bill out
and get it cashed for him.
The man had made some purchases
and rendered a small check in payment.
Mr.. Flanagan could not cash it and
Then the stranger offered to go in Elan
nigan g place So the latter could attend
to. the wants Of his customers. The
stranger did not return.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05
DEBT RAPIDLY FALLS
EXCELLENT CONDITION OF Fl
NANcEs OF MATERNITY HOS
PITAL SURPRISES EVEN THE
DIRECTORS.

Rejoicing was prominent feature Of
the meeting of the directors of Mater
nifty hospital today, when it was DIS
covered that the total indebtedness or
the institution does no amount to more
than $500. Of the $4,000 indebtedness
incurred by the recent fire, only about
$1,000 remains unpaid. The manage.
ment is highly elated to think that the
debts of the house proper are not
greater. The institution depends upon
the generosity of it's patrons and some
times the funds come in SO slowly
there is occasion for alarm. However
the appeals for aid during the past
year have met with generous response
and some Of the directors have been
surprised.
The hospital is doing s. splendid work
caring for the sick. aiding the unfor-
tunate and sheltering the homeless, sc
that the directors feel that uncertainty
in money matters may be endured TO,
the sake of the good accomplished. AT
the beginning Of the year there were
thirteen patients in the hospital. Sixty
five were admitted, eighty:one were
seventy-one infants. making tota
of $50. .S.-...- n
The number of patients previousl5
cared for is $3.50, the total up to date
reaching 3,4s0. Of the patients in tn,
hospital during the year, five infants
and one adult died. This was the frs
adult the hospital has lost in years.
Officers were elected as follows
President, Mrs. F. Fl. Welcome: frs
vice president, Mrs. G. H: Trabert
second vice president, Mrs. II. J. Bur
ton; secretary, Mrs: G. NJ: Haywood
general treasurer, Mrs. w. NJ. Law
renee; auditor, Mrs. R. 8. Smith; mat
ron, Mrs. Mary I. Burnett; physician
in-charge, DR.. Martha G.. Ripley. Va
cancies on the board of directors wer
filled as follows: Serving for thre
years, Mrs. A. T. Rand, Mrs. G. F
Bennett, Mrs. G. M. Way, and DR.. Ar
nah ..Hurd; two years, Mrs. Merri]
Bartlett; one year, Mrs. F. H. Nye an
Mrs. L. A. Page. -.
After the business session the maj
ron, Mrs. Burnett, entertained, th
board of directors at luncheon in til
pretty dining-room Of the hospital.
social hour was spent by the wome
united in the work, who feel that th
coming year will see much good don
by the institution. .~.> :. Or
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05
SOUTHERNERS ELECT
B. q. Bowman of Minneapolis Chose1
President of State Organization.

B. G. Bowman of Minneapolis was
elected president. Of the Southern club
Of Minnesota, last night. at the annua
Aberdeen hotel, st. Paul. William D
Rea of Minneapolis is the new secre
tary and Paul s. Hendrickson of st
Paul, treasurer.
About sixty members were in attend
ance. The retiring president, Judge
Kelly of ST.. Cloud presided. r. J. Men
denhall, William Passmore and W. P
Cockey of Minneapolis and G. fancy d
S.. Paul were the speakers. VI. Al
bert and Alexander. Horn Of ST. Pau
and George A. Hughes and James Ful
lerton Of Minneapolis were elected t.
membership. 80 az @ r q 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05
The Gates a Big Handicap.

H@S~~>s>~SetSs
To the Editor of The Journal.
OF all the nuisances suffering
public ever endured the gates on our
streetcars are certainly the worst, and
if T Journ a succeeds in getting
them removed every man, woman and
child in the city should enthusiastically
join in erecting a monument to I
j urn a !. f. -.
We have a finely equipped streetear
system and might have as fine service
as any city in the United States, but
on the contrary, we certainly have the
very slowest and worst, due to the
gates and the determination Of the man
agement to crowd all of the people into
the fewest possible number of cars
With gates removed and few cars
added, we could have fine service and
even those who now stand for gates
would so soon realize and appreciate
the greater efficiency and convenience
that they would not have the gates re
turned under any consideration. Success
| to you. Very truly, :, ..~.'
=. Herbert Williams.
| MinneaDolis Dec T. ~
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THE REVENGE OF
A NEWSPAPER
Continued From First Page.

with Crawford till o'clock and re-
turned again at midnight. After his
display Of grief Crawford became al
most jovial, and when, the death march
began, at 1:42 O'Clock, he appeared al
most iovial. Sheriff Ward and Father
Goebel walked beside him. to the scat
fold, where the sheriff quickly per-
formed his task. : Crawford appeared
to be the least affected of anyone.
By, the request Of the condemned
man, his attorney. E. S. Cary, did not
witness the execution. When those per-
sons authorized by the sheriff were in
the Enclosure, the entrance was closed
end deputy sheriff remained on guard.
Quite crowd collected outside, and
after the body had been removed, many
were admitted to see the scaffold.
Father Goebel took charge Of the
remains and the burial will take place
here. * H'l."t -..1.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05
HUGE new STRIKE
CALLED in RUSSIA
Gar About to Flee, Is Rumor
Country Drifting to Die
tatorship.

Warsaw, Dec. b.-The executive COM
mittee of the railroad employees union
has telegraphed to all stations OF the
gin general strike at midnight unless
the sentences Of death passed by, the
courtmartial at Samara on Soko!oH, an
engineer, and on other local leaders OF
the recent railroad strike at Samara
are reversed before that hour. ~.
Will the Gear Flee?
st. Petersburg, Sunday, DEG. ., VIA
Eydtkuhnen, East -Prussla.-lt N r.
ported from the Kronstadt that Ger
man squadron has been sighted In tho
Baltic sea near the Russian coast.
Rumor attributes the appearance or
the squadron as preparatory to the
fight of the Russian imperial fam1lE.
Agrarian and anti-Jewish outbreaks
are reported to have occurred N the
governments of ChernigoH, Ierek,
Kursk and Kasan.
Capital Is Quiet.
st. Petersburg remains quiet, but e1-
IRENE tension PREVAILS. Armed patrols
of cavalry and infantry are IN the
streets, especially in the neighborhood
of the telegraph office. The telegraph
and postal tieup remains complete. Sol
diers and employees Of other depart
ments are being used to denver poT
tions Of the vast accumulation or mali
The telegraph operators met yester
days threat to discharge them toua1
unless thew returned to work by reso1v
ing to prosecute the strike until thel'
demands are satisfied.
Like Provisional Government.
The League Of Leagues, which is is
suing DEGREES like veritable provision
al government, has openly deted tn
projects warnings to walking dele
gates and agitators that any attempt
to persuade employees, to leave incl
the imposition of fine OF sou. ana
Issuing q counter proclamation warnln
not only the Russian but the Dams
operators to work at their peril.
The authorities profess confidenc
that the strike will be broken in a fey
days, but the basis Of their optlmlsl
is not stated.
The immolation Of Interior Mln1ste
Durnovo seems to offer way or II
treat for the government. This il
wolves another surrender before tn
victorious proletarlat.
Count Whites Plans.
Count Witte is now convinced thu
the emperor, by acceding to the a.
mand for universal suffrage, may sLl
find a common ground on which tn
government and the moderates and til
extreme elements can stand. If tn
fails to stay the heading march {
events, the proclamation OF a read:
made constitution might be the la
card.
Then nothing would remain exce]
the proclamation Of Dictatorship.
Competent judges of the situation b
live that a dictatorship, while it migl
restrain the rising flood temperate
would only increase the dimensions
the cataclysm, and when the dam goe
sweep the government and dynas1
away to common ruin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05
AT TRINITY CHURCH
Il. S. Woodruff and Miss Ednah Hall VIII

H. S. Woodruff and Miss EdnaF1 Hall VIII
Give Recital Tonight.
H. S. Woodruff and Miss Ednah Hall
will give a recital tonight at the new
Trinity Baptist church, Lincoln and Bry-
ant avenues. Mr.. Woodruff will play sew
eral beautiful numbers on the large new
organ and Miss Hall will sing several of
her most popular selections. The pro-
gram is as follows:
Prelude and fugue In E minor .......... Bach
Henry Seymour Woodruff.
Suite Gothique-Chorale, minuet, prayer.
~ toccata .,......,r ..,.,..,.. B0ellmann
Mr.. Woodruff.
''The Sorrows of Death e.Hymns Of
.sea PralSe } 3.........,.........M enQel660hn
Miss Ednah Hall.
Andante cantabte NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. WidOr
Intermezzo .................... .Callaerts
Mr. Woodruff.
Faniare Z. Lenhhens
Gavotte .......... .Ardite
Mr.. woodruff.
..Wheneer You Walk" 'semele'') 80. Haend
.Ecstacy' Mrs. H. ii. a. Beaci
"a Miss Hall. II;
Marcn III u nsti w ely
Anegretto cantabile ...... Z. Wely
Mr.. Woodruff
Introduction To third act. tLohengrin'' .Warrel
Mt. Woodruff a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05

to enacted as will make the legisla-
tive intent clear and afford a remedy
for evils complained of. 1t is claimed
the legislative intent Jas to what grain
should be inspectedsis in. doubt. Also
the section limiting the charges Of ele-
svators in the city Of Superior and the
section making the law applicable to
points in the state outside Of the city
of Superior, should the commission
think it expedient and practicable to
do SO, are in violation Of the state and
federal constitutions.
At the end Of the reading Of the
message. and the governor s announce
ment of his intention to accept the
United States senatorship, the senate
retired from the. joint#session and the
governor had an informal reception
on the speakers rostrum, the members
and visitors fling before him and
shaking his hand. Both houses then
adjourned.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05
BREAKERS AHEAD!
Some Coffee Users Hit the Rocks Hard

The experience of a hard working
minister illustrates the grave dangers
into which coffee drinking leads the I'M
conscious victim.
Deranged nerves, clogged liver and
disturbed heart action are rarely at
tributed by the sufferers to the right
cause, and the aid Of powerful and dan
gerous drugs is sought to give the relief.
Opium, in it's various forms, is the COM
suit, too frequently, that as the use Of
the coffee is continued, the ailment
grows worse, and larger and larger doses
of the drug are demanded.
Then comes day when the victim
realizes with horror that he has become
the slave of terrible habit, the most
difficult to overcome Of any known to
their graves every year because Of drug
addictions, and the proportion Of those
who recover is very small indeed, for
to break the chain that binds the suf
ferer strength of will power is re
quired of which the drug has already
robbed him. 49, e -
Very few, perhaps, ever deliberately
make choice of indul gence in hypnotic
drugs. In the majority Of cases the use
Is begun merely as a temporary expedi-
emit, and with no thought of it's continu
ance; but with each dose the power to
resist the appetite it creates grows less.
And those who do not understand the
cause of that very ignorance, the more
easily led to the verge of moral as well
as physical shipWreck. III ....s
The clergyman referred to- says that
he had been a coffee drinker for 20
years, and that as time went on he be-
came semi-invalid. cit made me so
nervous and dull and stupid that I Of
L ,4ol l.. 4 /. -.
sleep or to enable me to make, the nee
essary preparations for the pulpit
A clergyman is expected to preach
good sermons, and when he finds his in.
tellectuar faculties have grown so
sluggish that he cannot properly prepare
himself. it may be readily seen that the
temptation to use a stimulating drug to
overcome this inertia and quicken his
powers might prove fairly. irresistible
The time came. to him when he real
lied his dangerous condition. It must
be serious for religious teacher to
drift into such a state; he states that
about that time he went through the
Postum factories at Battle Creek and
saw how Postum Coffee is made .anG
when he went home he determined tc
make the struggle for freedom. He
found it easy to rid himself of the cot
fee habit at once for Postum gave hin
the hot delicious beverage he wanted
for breakfast and no drug, but rather
the strong rebuilding food elements
Thereupon his natural sleep returned
& the pains in head disappeared and tn,
old lethargy left and he says the growth
in his vigor and strength has BEEF
most remarkable. A true and happ.
return to. natural conditions and perfec
health. It s worth while. Name givel
BY Postum CO., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the littl
book, The Road to Wellville, q in pkgs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05
ELECT OFFICERS
II. J. Dahn Chosen President by Min
neapolis Retail Grocers' Association.

Members of the Minneapolis Retail
Grocers' association last night showed
their satisfaction in the present admin
istration of the affairs Of the organ1za'
ton by re-electing all the old officers
The only new men named by the heavy
vote were A. Wood and A. G. Ekelund
as directors. Aside from the election
no important business was transacted
Plans were made for banquet, but, the
date not decided. The customary pei
capita tax for the national association
was levied and $54 in addition raised
The officers are /, as follows: H
j. Dahn, president; H. M. Pryts, vice
president; L. J. Petersons. treasurer
A. Wood, John Powell, J. T. Williams
Fl. W. Preston, A. G. Ekelund and M
| G. ZipoY, directors.