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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

so believing the submarine to be the
warship Of the future, she has been
laying these craft down rapidly. To-
day she has sufficient submarines to
sink any vessel that tried to 60 up or
down channel in time of war, and some
Of them have cost her 100000 apiece.
Nations have been struggling one
against the other to secure the secret
of these latest submarines, but France
does not mean to be caught mapping
again. =.
The destroyer is French idea; and
so again is the coming tower, which
is one of the strongest points about
the twentieth century battleship, and
it has played a great part in the naval
warfare in the far east. France, too,
gave us the periscope, the little instru-
ment, which, fitted to submarine, en-
ables the crew to see all that is going
on above the water, and to detect the
presence of hostile ship in the vicin-
ity At present the French are work
ing on two ideas which will give their
fleet great advantage over it's enc
mics. One is connected with their
latest submarine, the yNorval. The in
ventor has now perfected a boat which
will become completely submerged
within two minutes of the start of
maneuvers, and will get up at once
a running speed under water of eight
knots an hour with $50 horsepower.
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Mont Pelee as 1T Appears at Midnight

city Of the dead. The moonshine Of the
tropics can do wonderful things. It can
transform swamp into garden and
shabby buildings into palaces, but it
cannot make ST. Pierre anything but
what it is-the skeleton Of an organism
once vivid with life, thing of rags and
tatters, of wreck irretrievable, sur
charged with horror and melancholy.
It is too dim to discern details. One
sees Jagged strip Of ground with short
uprights that recalls cemetery, bare
bluff behind, the shape here and there
of blasted tree, and higher, the ridges
about Morne Rouge where the area of
life again begins. The last glimpse is
of young banana leaf waving slowly
in the ashen waste, suggesting the time
when nature, in it's insistent irresist-
ible way may fertilize the dust and
disintegrate the basalt and cover the
ruins with bloom.
Midnight was past-the cross had be-
gun to bend. Lights appeared again on
the sea level, and cluster farther on,
for which we made. One in front-a
beacon-dazzled us with it's brightness,
and then the chains ratified, and we an
chored off Fort de France.-St. James
Gazette.
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The French Nauv
IN HE FRENCH fleet as a go-ahe;

IN HE FRENCH fleet as go-ahead
I concern is second to none. It
has always been to the fore in
/ taking up new ideas for increas-
ing its power. Take the case of
the submarine boat. The French
adopted the submarine two years be-
fore the rest of the world, and today
they possess not only better subma-
rines, but more of them: Some of
six hours under water, and can under
certain conditions recharge their ac-
cumulators, and SO travel for greater
distance unassisted The French have
about thirty submarines in service
and eighteen building. Most of them
could beat the best British easily in
point of speed. ="
1t will come as an eyeopener to most
people to learn that the French origi-
mated the ironclad. The first effectual
irOnclad was built at Toulon, France,
in 1860, and was named the Glorie. It
was wooden vessel covered with iron
plates, which at that time were quite
stout enough to protect the vessel from
shot at reasonable distance. But three
Years before that the French had built
three ironclads protected with four
and-one-half-inch plates. France has,
however, tried to take short cut to
naval power by another way. It was,
Of course, useless for her to compete
against England in numerical strength,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
Morn1ons MAY Control Kansas To1un

faiths in that city. Every Mormon is
supposed, at some time in his life, to
make pilgrimage to Temple Lot, and
there is not Mormon who goes there
who does not put pebble in his pocket,
or pluck a leaf or twig from a tree,
to keep as sacred memento. And as
sacred to the Mormon is anything
which is a physical part of Temple Lot
as would be piece Of the true cross to
the most devout Catholic. ssrs.
But. not all the pilgrims return to
their homes; that is, to remain. It is
said that during the past year fully so
percent of them have, upon making a
visit, decided to move their families to
Independence. 1,-' "
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An English Joke

During the hearing of a claim at
Clerkenwell county court on Saturday
against builder whose men were said
to have been unduly long in doing re-
pairs to the interior of a house, the
plaintiff wife said they took posses
sion of every room, and not only did
they mix up mortar on her sitting room
floor and fix up carpenters bench in
her bedroom, but they took her kettle
in order to make their tea
Counsel-You thought this was TAX
ing too great libertyf
Witness-Rather, and I told them So.
Counsel-But they could not very
well make tea without kettle.
Witness-I don't know. have seen
them make it in a beer can. laugh
ter.)
Counsel-The beer would flavor it q
little. Iaughter.)
Judge Edge-The British workman
can usually adapt himself to circum-
stances.
Witness-But he had no business to
adapt my kettle when I wanted it.
daughter. )-London Daily Mail.
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Church Of Latter Day Saints Of Jesus
Christ, the Salt Lake branch adopting
the name "Organized' Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints. r.
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But Independence, especially Temple.
Lot, still remained to all the cherished
site for the City of Zion, and every
Mormon firmly believes that it will be
only a short time until Smith s prophecy
will be fulfilled. ..
Already subscriptions are being raised
by both the rival branches, and land is
dst DdHn he iowa IN al bp a5ts of On
templating moving it's headquarters
from Lamont Iowa, within the next
few months, while the Mormons in Utah
will retain Salt Lake as their head
quarters until after they shall have
erected a tabernacle on Temple Lot. 49,
The Utah Mormons hold title to a
tract of twenty-six acres in Independ-
ence, while the others own about fifty
five acres there. But Temple Lot, tho
most cherished spot Of all, is in Iltiga-
ton. Jane Cowdry, Mormon woman
to whom it was decided in the early
history of the church, having died in
testate, the lot was sold under the ham
msr for Or taxes tax The Hedriekitea, a
PoAuOlCo ouI1HS COSGpu- Slu1Cn 1ilC-
time, bought it in. However, it is
said that the Mormons will purchase
the lot, if they are defeated in the
courts, and to this end both branches
a'5 5a now G &. bpfSRin, president of the
Central States Missions with headauar-
tiers in Kansas City, is the principal
worker here for the Utah branch, and
both divisions are making systematic
canvass of every state in the union
j. !. !.
The question Of annexation to Kan
sas City is by no means impractical, In
dependence being in reality suburb,
altho it is the older city. The distance
between the two is only eight miles, and
for years they have been connected by
trolley lines. independence is the coun-
ty seat Of this (Jackson) county, altho
Kansas City, by branch system, does
most Of the court business, having five
divisions of the circuit courut in session
nearly all the time, while the real coun-
ty seat has only one, with sessions COW
ering not more than half the year.
The population Of Independence is a
little over 10000, Of which $500 are
Mormons. Two years ago the Mormon
population was less than 1000, but ac-
QUESTIONS from other states have aug
they may soon be in the majority.
The Mormons are among the best
people Of Independence. OF the whole
number there is not one pauper, and
there are not prosperous. They have
organized business institutions until
they are able to provide employment
for all Of their sect who immigrate,
and they hold high place in Indepen-
dence society.
It is said also that pilgrimages to
Temple Lot are becoming more numer-
Gus by Mormons from other states, and
arousing the fears Of people Of other
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Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 81.
TIME recent rapid strides Of the two
rival branches of the Mormon
4 church in their effort to gain a
4 controlling influence In lndepend-
= enee, Mo-, and eventually to erect
foretold by Joseph Smith, the prophet
and founder Of Mormonism, has alarmed
the Protestants Of that town to such an
extent that they are advocating annex
alton to Kansas City. During the past
few weeks the situation has been
pointed out by almost every Gentle
minister, and the business men Of In
cuss the ACCESSIBILITY Of annexation. Be-
coming part of Kansas City is believed
to be the only means which will prevent
Mormon predominance in the municipal,
social and business affairs of the town.
Thus far the Reorganized church,
whose headquarters are at Lamont,
Iowa, has been the most successful in
Independence, altho the Utah branch is
fast gaining strength. The Iowa Nor
mons have an elegant church there,
while the Utah members come to Kan
sas City to worship.
But to all, Independence is sacred,
and the one which finally succeeds in
erecting the tabernacle on Temple
great victory tory WV" This lot"a tract Of
three acres-is to the Mormons, Of
on earth. They believe that it is the
center Of what was vaee the Garden Of
Eden, and the very place where Joseph
Smith found the golden plates.
ttTemple Lott it is certain, was the
site which Joseph smith, the prophet,
had in mind, when he revealed to his
people "what God had revealed to
revelation, as given by Smith, is as fol-
lows: &c..
"Hearken ye, Q we elders Of Ny
church, saith the Lord your God, who
have assembled yourselves together to
My commandment, in this land which I
have appointed and consecrated for the
gathering of the saints, wherefore this
FOR the city Of Zion: behold, the place place
which is now called Independence, Mo-,
is the center place and spot for the
temple; it lying westward upon spot
which is not far from the courthouse
Temple lot was acquired in 1881 by
Joseph Smith. He had short time
previously established a settlement in
his colony Of 1000 were run out Of the
country. the people charging them with
being guilty of conspiracies and with
fomenting trouble. The colony was ac-
tually forced to leave at the muzzle of
rifles. One woman was killed in the
rout.
The quarrel between the Gentiles and
the Mormons of Missouri lasted until
1888, when Gogernor Boggs proclaimed
officially that the Mormons must leave
the state,
They were driven first into Illinois,
ana aha+ two years later were forced sa to Leave
to Utah, where they obtained foot
hold. Later the Iowa branch was organ
lied under the name of the Reoraaaized
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

Is ,Cne 1nScrlpIlOn On INC SEC
III ond gasolene motor car which
III has Just been constructed in
the big shops of the Union Pa
ciic at this place, and which, at its trial
rails at speed Of fifty seven miles an
hour with the ease of a bird and with
less Jar and noise than is experienced
in a Pullman car going at one-half that
speed.
Car No. /, built last winter and fin
ished in April of this year, was an ex.-
pertinent; car No. is a commercial
success, and has demonstrated that it's
builder has revolutionized suburban
and interurban traffic, as we'll as solved
the problem Of giving, fast and fire.
roads, thus making money for the rail
road and giving the patrons good and
cheap service. '~
No. l was driven by 50-horsepower
engine; No. 2 used horsepower en-
CINE, and No. 3, now under construction,
will require the services of 200-horse-
power engine. But No. will be for
carrying one or two trailers, and will
be complete train in itself.
.n. i. !. +
Tt is a new and wonderful thing, this
gasolene motor train which w. R. Nc
Keen, Jr, superintendent Of motive
not yet appreciated, altho railroad men
from almost every road Of size in the
country have iourneyed to Omaha to
inspect the inv<ntion personally, and
men Of science from all the great
laboratories and colleges and workshops
have been here to ride on the new ma
chine. Experts from the American
r No.
company, from the Westinghouse Ma
chine works, and places Of this kind.
have spent days going over the plans
OF the new motor cars, and then have
returned to their own plants, wonder
ing why some of their kind had not
found this thing out years ago. Many
Of the great railroads, and especially
great cities, have asked for terms on
which they may acquire some of the
new cars for use on their lines, but as
yet the Union Pacific has not had time
to build cars for other roads. This is
pfesg tba ts,a AND probability, as we'll
Scientifically and commercially the
greatest feature Of the invention is
the demonstration of. the practicable
ity of the gasolene motor as a trans
portation medium. McKeen has de-
veloped it from a mature toy to a val
liable utility.
4 !. i
At first glance the motor car looks
like a big: streetcar.;: Then points of
difference begin to strike the eye, and
in about minute it is perfectly plain
that the gasolene motor is not at all
like an electric motor. It has per-
sonaEty of it's own-a distinctive at
mosphere that defes comparison with
the streetcar.
verted yahct-a racing yacht. It's lines
are SO constructed as to offer the least
possible resistance to the air, and the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
A Man Who Was Made Admiral BY Error

TN the obituary column of the daily
press appeared recently notice OF
1 the death in Philadelphia of Cap
rank of rear admiral for period, but
was reduced to lower grade for no
fault Of his own. He was probably the
only man who was made rear adj
miral by mistake.
Briefly, his remarkable history, is as
follows: In 1861 Joseph Feaster Sc
cured employment at the old Philadel
phia hayward as a shipwright. Soon
afterward he was sent south with a
number of mechanics and employed in
Mississippi river. They not only built
them, but they manned and fought
them. At the end Of the war he re.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
Women Cheuffers Groru

There are about ten times as many
women chauffeurs in New York now as
there were two years ago. AS the au-
tomobile becomes more common, wom-l
en- are gaining in confidence of their
own ability to run it. Last summer,
there were not half dozen of the light,
runabouts operated by women to be.
seen in all New York, but this year
they have been numerous.
It is not unusual now to see woman
alone in a little runabout Or victoria,
steering it on crowded Fifth avenue or,
Broadway or dashing thru Central
Park. Out in the country, where the
road has long sweep, they try their
cars Of twenty horsepower and more. !,
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the war, and that all the fighting he
had done was as, a civilian employee
who had not been sworn into the serv-
ice. And he was further informed that
in correcting the error he would here
after be ranked as captain on the re-
tired list.
He was forced to refund about $1,000
of excess pay, and, altho the depart
ment expressed regret at the hardship,
there was no remedy for him except a
bill in congress. James Rankin Young,
then the member from the fourth dis
trict of Pennsylvania, drew bill, but
about that time general order, is
sued by the secretary Of the navy, for
ington to urge LEGISLATION Of any kind.
and Feaster Withdrew the bill and went
to his grave captain.
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ceived discharge. a1tho he had never
been enlisted. After the war he worked
as a shipwright in the employ OF the
secured an appointment as assistant
naval constructor. and in due course
was promoted until at the age Of re-
tirement, 81 years, he had reached the
grade Of captain.
He then forwarded his discharge pa
pers received in 1865 to Washington,
and, in accordance with the terms of the
retirement act, which provides that Off
GERS having seen service in the civil war
shall be retired in the next rank above
the one they hold, he was retired as q
naea thai vf thera Was
official record of his having served in
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the other islands, but one broad base
swelling into a single needle-like peak.
The impression Of solitude and grandeur
which it impaired was not modified as
other peaks, farther south, came into
view. The base but broadened and the
summit rose, dwarfng them all in the
majesty and austerity of their profile.
sky with the sharpness Of a photo
graphic negative, like many tropical
peaks at night when the air is free from
the cloud which the heat and the wind
of the day develop. There was nothing
to indicate the activity of the forces that
still exist and rage far below these up
per heights.
Along the coast, lights cleaned from
the hamlets among the palm groves,
but as we passed to leeward and entered
the shadow. of the land we, approached
glimmerings became fewer, and then
ceased. The sea was dead calm, with
phosphorescence streaming below the
surface We steamed SO silently that
the engine power seemed muffed--we
moved as things do in dream. And al
ways skyward stood out the lonely peak
environed by the beauty and mystery
of the night.
As we looked, there came a swift
movement on the summit, and column
of steam, white and ghostlike, swirled
up and rose high in the air. The eff
feet was startling in it's suddenness, in
the contrast which the flying vapor
made with the dark, inmmovable rock,
and one gazcd with fascinated expect
ancy, not knowing what might follow.
The cloud went squirting upwards, but
towards the top, where the pressure
lessened, it also spread slowly out with
a putting, rolling motion. For a mo-
ment it caught glow as from some
strange fire beneath, and for the mo-
ment it took on the likeness of a cross
Redeemed with blood. Then it collapsed
and became a mass of shapeless mist
that covered the peak and hid it from
view.
The moon-clouds broke, and beam
of light, soft and beautiful, shot down
and rested upon the mountain side, and
by and by the whole land was illumined
and revealed. We saw that the ground
assembled to the peak in long hollow
slopes. There was no appearance, as
in the other islands, of rounded masses
of vegetation or serrated ridge, but only
of clean, fintlike surface, adamantine
and barren. One felt the cool wind
that always blows off these islands at
night, but here it came u,nscented with
the fragrance of the woods. The light
shone on the aretes as on smooth
], quartz, but left the canyons black and
impenetrable. One Of these, the River
Blanche, extended up to the peak, and
one could imagine he saw, in the high
er folds, the crater which opened that
fair Ascension morning and shot out
the incandescent blast that annihilated
st. Picrre.
st. Pierre! There it lies along bend
in the coast at the foot Of the southern
slopes, soundless because sheltered from
the surf that rolls and beats upon the
Atlantic side, dreamless because 1t is q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

VII E SAW Mont Pelee at midnight
Nal and from the sea. The steamer
NM had threaded it's way thru the
w tangle Of islands to the north,
each beautiful in form and
color beyond expression, and had come
at last to Dominica, perhaps the most
perfect Of all. It is but stone g throw
from Martinique, the focus Of fire and
destruction, but as we cleared the road
stead Of Rousseau at shutdown it looked,
in the warm light, like a picture of
land into the sea to the high mornes
that caught the clouds it was green
with verdure and afame with flower.
The heat haze Of the day simmered
about it, airy and iridescent, and the
atmosphere was still with the intense
stiffness that follows the dying away
of the sea wind. One is not long IN
the tropics before he realizes that the
quietude is the prevailing note of ma
ture there; it interpenetrates the gor-
geous phenomena Of the day, and it
repose. To it this region Of the world
owes much of its healing power, and
not little of it's glamor and mystery.
For day will follow day, and night sue
coed night, in even procession for a
decade, and then paroxysm, as fierce
as it is sudden, will seize it, and change
the fair heaven of its appearance into
desolation as Of hell.
4 + i.
AS the vessel steamed into the open
sea the night came, serene and clear,
and radiant with stars. At intervals
silent lightning fared up from some
quarter beyond the horizon. moment
arily flooding the seascape with violet
Later, over the port bow, in the far dis
tance, appeared confusion in the sky
where the moon was rising behind
clouds, unseen, but aureoled in olive
Straight ahead there rose an uncertain
mass. darker than the night, with the
Southern Cross, not yet erect, shining
above. When it took more palpable
shape we saw, sweeping up from the
sea, in vast, magnificent outline, the
form Of Mont Pelee. There was no hud
ding of SUBMITS and shoulders as il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

steel, the car is wonderfully light,
weighing only $4,000 pounds, and is
said to be Is per cent stronger than
cars weighing twice as much. The
steel stills and bracing, the steel carlins
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
..1sSS5ssSESSSSE Ir'7aS
Es.HIII 2-11;S

rThe following description of the Union Pa
cifc's new motive power for branch and sub
urban lines is of peculiar interest because Of
the fact that the Great Northern is understood
to be figuring on the use Of gasolene motors for
its Minuetonka service. Other northwestern
roads. including the Northern Pacific and the
500, are looking into the gasolene motor solu-
ton OF several transportation problems.]
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Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 81.
TNHE recent rapid strides Of the two
rival branches Of the Mormon
church in their effort to gain a
controlling influence in Independ-
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st. Pierre! There it lies along bend
in the coast at the foot Of the southern
slopes, soundless because sheltered from
the surf that rolls and beats upon the
Atlantic side, dreamless because it is a
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-05-15

Houses for rent are in demand
just now.
\. R. Corbitt spent the after
noon at Waverly.
-:
FOR SALE OR RENT-Six-
room house in good location. In
quire w. f. Cummings, 112 East
street, city.
Mrs. w. Hauer of Upper Wells
street, has returned from a few
weeks visit to her husband, who
is employed in the Texas oil field.
ThOs. Trischler has made some
noticeable improvmnts OH his
property at the head of Wells
street, occupied by Foster Robin,
son.
|
Mrs. w. E. Seal of Paden City,
and sisters, the Misses Thomp-
son of Darlington, Ohio, were
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arlie
, Locke. t.,
e.. -
A. c. Jackson, E, a. Durham,
Harry Work, Robert Mccormick
and w. L. Armstrong returned to
the city this morning from a bust
nesss mission of ten days to Gulf
port Miss.
-. -
| Mrs. Oliver r. Shaw of Pitts
burg. who has been here for a few
weeks. the guest of her mother,
Mrs. Levi Stoner. and sister,
Miss Lulu Stoner, of Hill street.
departed te.lsy for her home. J