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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21
RADICAL CHANGES
IN REGULATIONS
BUILDING INSPECTOR HoUGHToN
FINISHES ORDINANCE.
Regulating the Height of Buildings
City to Control Illuminated Signs on
Streets-Closer Watch on Elevator
Shafts and Cars-Concrete Blocks to
Undergo a Rigid Inspection.

James G.. Houghton, building IN.
spector, has completed new building
ordinance, in which radical changes
from old regulations have been maze.
The new ordinance will, it passed, BRING
building work under complete control
of the city. -,
ings not freproof shall not be more than
four stories high. The ordinance for
merly permitted six stories. This pro-
vision was decided upon after thoro
Investigation as to the merits OF the
plan Suggested of having sub-fire
district in the heart of the city where
all buildings would have to be Of fire
proof construction. 1t was thought
this would hinder the development OF
that part Of the city and the height reg
ulation was substituted.
Illuminated Signs.
AS Illuminated signs are often the
they shall be hung only by a licensed
sign hanger under bond of 5000. Signs
that by special permit are allowed to
project more than three feet over the
sidewalk must be at least twelve feet
| high. Signs on buildings not fire
proof must be made Of metal and the
same rule applies to signs on buildings
more than four stories high.
Will Examine Blocks.
Concrete blocks will be examined boy
the inspector before they can be used in
construction, and if they are not up to
the standard, may be destroyed. Ce
ment used in their manufacture must
| be up to the standard set by the Amerl
can Society Of Civil Engineers.
As the owners of large signs are get
ting a privilege not entirely author
lied by law, the ordinance requires
that the lights in all illuminated signs
shall be lighted during the same hours
ing. This will prevent the owner iron
turning off the lights after the crowd
have left the streets. The city need
the light, according to Mr.. Houghton
and this seems to be a good way O.
getting it.
Wired glass, by the new provisions
will be used in all windows opening Oh
alleys or where the windows face an
other building. In eastern cities Wlret
glass has been found an important FAC
tor in preventing the spread Of flames
After the Elevators.
Builders of elevators and elevate
shafts will be held to more rigid RUE
. TOP floor, will be required and tn
weights will have to be fastened int
: the frame that carries them. Severa
accidents have been caused IN recen
years by the jumping of the weights.
Other provisions control wiring an
lighting systems. The ordinance wi
! be presented to the committee on fire
> and ordinances next week and wi
. come before the council March 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21
GETTING AT. TRUTH
IN ROBERTS, CASE
TWO MEN TURNED STATES EvI-
DENCE TO-DAY.
William Austin and Ludwig Larson
Tell What They Know of the System
in Vogue by Certain Employees of
the T. M. Roberts Supply House
Came as a Surprise.

Complications in the. cases Of the
eight men arrested for completely in the
Supply Company nueyy We're en1 removed in po,
lice court today, when William Austin
and Ludwig Larson, two OF the. accused,
turned states evidence. This makes
it possible for the state to prove that
even the purchase Of goods, at a re-
duced price. from the foreman OF one
department by an employee in another
department was a conspiracy, to rob.
The first intimation of this turn OF
affairs was given when Henry Roberts,
colored, charged with the theft Of a
buggy, was having his preliminary hear
ing. William Austin told Of overhear:
ing conversation between Roberts AMI
Frank Blixt relative to the purchase at
a greatly reduced price. This was fol
lowed by the testimony Of Larson, who
told Of taking the buggy from the ware
house and delivering it to Blixt.
With this testimony the state now has
strong cases against the accused.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21
MUST BE MISTAKE
Record of Council at Variance with
Castner-Duryea Pamphlet.

Aldermen Frank Cashier and j. H.
Duryea have issued a pamphlet setting
forth the advantages Of the pure water
supply by means of artesian wells, as
suggested by Professor N: H. Winchell.
The aldermen open with the state,
ment that they are against the bond
issue, which they claim was voted down
by the people. 1.-THE undersigned, y
saws the article, "were the only mem,
beers Of the council to vote against the
resolution to have the legislature vail
date the bond issue.'
This is causing some, controversy
among the other aldermen as the rec
ords of the council show that Aldermen
Duryea and Cashier both voted for the
bond issue. The official vote is printed
on page Sc of the council proceeding:
were twenty-five yeas and one nay. AL
derman G. A. Westphal cast the ONT
vote against the bond issue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21
SURVEYORS IN THE FIELD
Great Northern Is Running a Line
from Devils Lake to Aneta.

Special to The Journal. E.g e.." Fl.
Devils Lake, N. D., March 21.-.A
party of Great Northern surveyors are
camped south of this city and are at
work surveying line from Devils
Lake to Aneta. The survey crosses the
lake at Pelican point bridge. From. the
bridge the line crosses the reservation
in southwesterly direction to the
Sheyenne river, following on the north
side to Aneta. While authoritative in.
formation is hard to obtain it is be
lieved that the extension will be built
this year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21
VOTING IN WISCONSIN :
Primary Elections in Progress Under
the New Law.

La Crosse, Wis, March 21.-The pri-
mary elections under the new law,
which has been an issue in Wisconsin
for ten years, were held in many cities
Of the state today. -.
In La Crosse a heavy vote is being
polled with sharp contests on most OF
the Offices. The primary is conducted
almost precisely the same as an cleo
ton under the Australian ballot sys
tenn. Indications point to the nomlna
ton of George W. Bunge for mayor by
the republicans and the denomination OF
Mayor William Torrance by the demo
Gratis. 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21
EXPERTS MAKE WINNIPEG PAY.

Special to TIC J0urnaI'
Winnipeg, Man., March 21.-some in
teresting figures appear in the report OF
the financial committee which was
passed last night by the city council.
The account Of Professor Jordan,
typhoid expert from Chicago, amounted
Ito $1,237.60, while Professor Hazen, g
sanitary en- ineering expert, charged
| 81. 659.l8 for his services.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21

County Treasurer C. w. johnson this
morning presented the county commits
sioners with steel engraving Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, suitably framed. The
picture will be hung in the board meet
ing room.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21

Nv friend, look here, you know. how
weak and nervous your wife is and you
know that Carter Iron Pills will re-
lieve her. now why not be fair about it
and buy her box?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21

JAMES WATERS.-Services for the late
James Waters who died at 621 Sixteenth
avenue S., March IS, We're held today at 4
pm. Interment at Cedar Falls, Iowa.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21
PAuPITATloN OF THE HEART

Somerset (Ky.) Republican.
George Smith has a severe case of heart
trouble on account of losing his best girl.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21

Charles Desmond lost 3-year- old heifer
the other day by it getting in hole on
her back
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21
NECROLOGIC

kNUTE JOHNSON, a member OF the
carpenters union and of Cedar Camp, NJ
w. A., died at his residence, 2941 Seven
teenth avenue S. Monday. Funeral serv-
ices will be held from Bethany Norwegian
Lutheran church, Twenty-lifth street and
Franklin avenue, Thursday at pm
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21

"We Clean, Press Clothes; 81 Month. -
M 81 J. Hoffman's Toggery Shop.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21

Highest Quality Means ''Hof's Shops
Shirts So. Hoffman g Toggery Shops.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21

OSCAR A. CROONQUIST: aged 20, died
of consumption at I'LL Ninth avenue 5,
Monday. Funeral from the residence
Wednesday at 2:3O pm. Interment at
Lakewood.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21

MRS HANNAH WoLCoTT died at the
city hospital today, Of nephritis and
uremia, aged 81. She lived at 1920 Sixth
street Sc Funeral notice later.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-21

Custom Tailors $50. Shirt Tailors, So.
Shoes, SIS. Hoffman's Toggery Shops.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-06
"FoOIw LenisInffou.

There Is at least one fool in every leg
lslature. He imagines himself a re-
former. He slips in his bill and trades
and log rolls for its passage. Thus In
Nebraska the reformer wanted to pro-
hibit women from wearing corsets and
boomers. This was clearly class leg
islaton, for the title made no mention
or men. In Pennsylvania he wanted to
prohibit treating. In Kansas he wish
ed to repeal the constitution and enact
the Decalogue In its stead. In Indi-
ana he desired benevolently to change
the mathematical ratio OF 3.1410 to BIS
because II was easier to Calculate"
And I'm Michigan be wished to forbid
the wearing of tights in circuses and
theaters and the use Of every language
except English on the menus OF hotels
and restaurants. This last bill had its
origin In the woeful experience of a
country member who visited Detroit
for the first time. He confessed that he
could not read the menu at the hotel
whittier he had resorted for his dinner.
So he blindly ordered twelve dishes.
"and I'll be hanged IL seven of 'em
weren't potatoes" he divulged as he ex-
planned his reform bill. In Arkansas
three years ago the fool member actu-
ally succeeded in passing drastic an
thrust law which prohibits any corpo-
ration which is member of any pool
or trust in any part Of the world from
doing business in the state. The mem
bers who passed this all reaching
measure probably formed a posse COM
itatus to insure Its efticiency.-S. p.
Ortiz I'm Atlantic.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-06
The Dogs Memory.

John Burroughs, poet and nature stu
dent and friend OF both Theodore
Roosevelt and Alton B. Parker I'm an
Interview in the Philadelphia Ledger
said:
Thompson Seton writes absurdities
which, as he avows himself. he wishes
TO make people believe implicitly. They
are very charming, but he ought not
to try TO disguise them I'm the light of
truth. For instance, the imaginary in
cident of fox that is pursued by the
hounds jumping upon n sheep's back
and riding there to escape themI You
don't catch Kipling doing things like
that. His animal episodes are always
true to natural history, however re-
markable.
psychic life. He has no intellect. He
has only what the psychologists term
sense memory-tbat is, memory by as
ISOLATION. The dog has become half
human from ages of association with
man, so you can affirm almost any.
thing OF him except the faculty Of
thought and of abstract memory.
My neighbor up In the country had
a dog that was always 'scrapping' with
my dog. One day my dog died. After
that, whenever I walked abroad and
met my neighbours dog, he never failed
to look all around me for his late enc
my, as much as to say: L don't see
your dog. Where Is your dog? What
has become of your dogY That was
memory by association"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-06

The biggest tunnel in Europe Is I'M
doubtedly that OF the new Jungfrau
electric line which is TO reach the sum-
NIT OF the mountain. According TO re-
cent reports the tunnel, which is now
In construction, has passed the altitude
OF 5000 meters 1.S miles). As the
road Is entirely underground after
reaching the altitude OF 2,400 meters
Q.O4 miles) IL may be safely affirmed
to be the highest tunnel in Europe.
The work, which commenced over ten
years ago, is very slow. The second
station, that OF Rothstock, was opened
to the public on the I'd OF August. 1890,
and the third, the Eigerwand station.
not until the LIST of July, 1908. The
next station, that OF Mer de Glace,
Will not be opened before next sum-
mer. and perhaps only in 1906. The
great length OF time needed for the
construction lies ia the, fact that the
rock is especially hard, aud e rs I'M
possible TO use quick working drills.-
Scientific American.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-06
MODERN BIG GUNS.
Their Wonderful Destructive Powers
and Accuracy of Aim

Speaking of the development i'm the
defensive powers of the modern guns
OF the American navy, as illustrated at
the Washington naval gun factory, an
experienced machinist and advanced
worker said TO q reporter:
This general development is not due
alone to improvements i'm guns or DOW
der or projectiles, but to the simulta-
neous and progressive development of
nli three.
Less than half a century ago the
heaviest gun known was the sixty
eight FOUNDER. This gun was about
nine inches bore and fred a sixty-eight
pound projectile, with a sixteen pound
charge OF gunpowder, but was power.
less against four and n half inches of
wrought iron. Our battleships today
are equipped with twelve inch guns,
which. with charge OF 400 to 425
pounds of smokeless powder, are capa.
BILE of driving an $50 pound projectile
through fifty-one inches of solid
wrought iron. In olden times IL re.
CURED nearly four minutes to load and
ire one of the now obsolete sixty-eight|
Founders, while the new and terrible
twelve inch guns can be loaded and
fired In about fifty seconds with per
feet safety.
III projectile from one of the old
sixty eight Founders hit its mark IL
was due to good luck rather than To-
good management, but 1t is matter
or proud record that our modern
twelve inch guns have scored seven
hits in less than six minutes at target
practice, while our six inch gun has a
record for nine shots and nine hits in
one minute
The statistics OF n modern twelve
inch breech loading rifle, as turned out
by the naval gun factory, makes an in
teresting showing. It's weight is 1c1.
300 pounds or over 40 tons. Its total
length is SO feet inches. The greatest
diameter Of gun body Is 40 inches; to-
tai length of bore, 1920 inches; capac.
ity of chamber, 1908 cubic inches; to-
tai capacity of BORE 81, 1855 cubic inches;I
travel of projectile, $4,000 inches:
weight of charge, service velocity, 425I
pounds; weight of projectile, $50
pounds; ratio of projectile weight to
weight OF gun. lilo; chamber pressure.
10 tons; muzzle velocity (service). 2.1ooI
feet per sccondi thickness of steel
which shell will perforate at muzzle.
241G inches; at 1,500 yards, 20.9I inch
es.-Washington Star.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-06

A cap worn at rakish angle Ia N,
sure sign OF a riotous disposition, bu
some persons think IL Is. The bettel
way Is TO take me- chances, and II on.
Is willing TO regulate his cap-and 9th
er things-by good authority. he ma,
probably heed these rules which In,
president OF n New England railroat
company issued TO his trainmen:
Don't wear your cap over your car.
Don't wear your cap tilted dowr
over your eyes.
Don't wear your cap on the back OF
your head.
Don't wear your cap askew.
Wear 1t firm and square on the top OF
your head.
Keep your shoes polished like a mir
ror.
Wear linen collar, and keep Il
clean.
Wear a dark necktie.
Crease your trousers.
Brush your clothes.
Wear a glad smile. and live up to It.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-06
MARINE MONSTERS.
The Sea Serpent Ia Not n Joke-r
nnnIIr III

The Sea Serpent Ia Not n Joke-He
Really Exists.
There is n belief current that the sea
serpent has been laughed out OF ex-
istence. But this is not the case. Evil
dence has been suppressed because Of
the mocking, incredulous hearers. But
today science has weighed, measured
and photographed sea monsters. and
their reality is established at last.
Half century ago kraken was
stranded on the Danish coast. and the
scientific world heard OF IL. From that
time. year after year, these creatures
have been noted In 1861 the warship
Affection pursued one for three hours.
lighting all the time. 1t was killed at
length, but it's carcass was lost In at
tempting TO draw 1t on board. The
size was roughly estimated at eighty
feet from tip to, tip. A clergyman
measured an arm, which three New
foundland fishermen secured as a tro-
ply in 1873 after a hand to hand fight
with one OF these monsters. Six feet
had been cut from It in the struggle.
and ten feet remained upon the body
The intermediate portion was nineteen
feet long. One measuring fifty-six feet
was actually landed soon after, and IL
now lies in the museum at st. Johns.
The New York Aquarium has fine
specimen taken in 1877. Its body is
o feet inches long and Z feet In cir
c1spt farapaa ond tho an ,-yao ctxatol, efxtx,
feet from tip to tip. Bigger specimens
are recorded-largest OF all that taken
in Logic bay and anchored to the shore
by grapnel-a single arm measuring
not less than forty-five feet In 1875
some Connemara ifs lermen saw one of
these monsters asleep and assailed 1t.
though they had no other weapons
than their knives. The fight lasted two
hours, till the men, keeping out of
reach, had cut Off its limbs one by one.
The tentacle proved TO be thirty feet
long, the eyes fourteen inches In d.
ameter and the beak four inches long.
1t was sick or wounded before the dis
covery or probably the tale would new
er have been told.
Any one who sails in small vessels
around the shores of tropical coun-
try may see hundreds OF snakes. In
the Brazilian seas they have been.
caught thirty feet long. The crew OF
a vessel which was sailing in the In
dian ocean saw three large sperm
whales come into view. One OF them
was seen to be struggling in the grip
OF gigantic serpent, the coils of
which appeared to be eight or nine feet
long, the head and tail being both visi-
BILE. The struggle lasted about fifteen
minutes, when the serpent sank with
its victim.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-06
TOBACCO POULTICE.
Said to he Good For Rheumasi,
Snrnins and SxraIIi..

Said to he Good For Rheumatism,
Sprains and sweIIings.
Last summer 1 was taking a spin
one day in a light trap out in the coun-
try, and In attempting to pass farm
er's wagon on a narrow road my trap
was overturned and was thrown
heavily to the ground. sustaining a
badly sprained ankle" George Max
well says. The farmer came running
up to assist me, and when he found
what was the matter returned to his
wagon and came back with few to-
bacco leaves under bis arm. IF you'll
let me make poultice out OF these
and place it on your ankle it will be
all right In the morning, he said, and
as was about five miles from a doc
tors Office, with the pain in my ankle
something fierce, told him to 20
ahead. 1t couldn't do me any harm,
thought and 1t might have slightly
cooling effect while i was driving back
TO town. He dipped the leaves in the
water OF creek near by, then bound
them tightly around my ankle with
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-06

Would you imagine that something
like $50,00o.OO0 could be spent yearly
on the game of golff To begin with.
there are $40 golf clubs in England.
ECO in the United States. 632 I'm canny
Scotland, 134 in ireland, 43 in Wales
and 63 In different parts of the conti-
nent There are, all told. probably not
less than 1900 organizations devoted
to golf playing.
These clubs, counting their grounds,
buildings and preliminary expenses,
represent n permanent Investment Of
$40.oooooo or S50,oOoO 900, and compare
lively few of them can be run Mt a
yearly expense OF less than $4,000. The
average membership is about 200, and
the average yearly subscriptions OF
these 100000 golf players amounts TO
nearly $20.0O0O0O. Each OF the play
ers is equipped with an outfit that
costs on an average about so, and the
yearly purchase OF golf clubs all over
the world amounts, therefore, to sew
cral millions OF Springfield
Union.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-06
Grandmosher Ixneyv.

The lore of grandmothers exceeds
even that of mothers, for they have
the experience of two generations in
stead of one. a certain Massachusetts
grandmother has grandchildren In
Honolulu and last winter, musing over
their daily life, she said to her daugh-
ter at home:
Il must knit those children some nit
tens"
Mittens, mother!" cried the younger
woman. "Mittens for that climate?
When are they going to wear them?'
Il can't help the climate" said the
grandmother placidly. Climate has
nothing to do with it. All children like
mittens, and all children should have
them. shall take them up tomorrow"
She did take them up, knit and
bound them off and sent them to Hon.
olulu.
She was justified by the event, for
the children's mother wrote her on the
hottest day of the year: at must tell
you, though in this heat I have hardly
the energy TO hold my pen, that. al
though We grown people are torpid un-
der the infection OF the weather. the
children have demanded their mittens
and are parading up and down. wear
ing them and very little besides. No
matter how high the mercury climbs.
IL Is evident that those mittens are
pound to be an unfailing low"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-06
FREDERICKSs SURG
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.

=. steamer will leave Pier Q Light Street
mari; baltimore. every Tuesday and Satur-
Gay at y. m. for the following pointa.
Mlllers, Bromes. Bacons or Porto Relic
0rasons, Lewisetta, Bundicks, Cowarts Wal
nut Point. CUan. Kinsale, Mundy,s Point
lodge, Adams. Piney Point, Abells Leonard.
Town, Howaids, Stones and Cobrums TUES
DAI trip will extend to Lancasters. Rush
WOOD; riverside, GlSmont, Alexandria and
xv hhet9rning, steamer will leave 9Th Street
wharf, Washington, ID. c.. every Thursdav 81
p. M, weather permitting, stopping AT land.
Alexandria; Glymont. Riverside, Bushwood.
Lancaster's, Howards, Cobrums and Stones
wi VII als0 leaye Leonardtou every Monday
ana FRIDAY st a. IN. Abell's. Piney PoinY
Adams, Lodge: Mundy's Point. KinsaIe. ~
noon, Coap, Walnut Point. Cowarts. Rim
dicks, Lewisetta, Grasons, Millers. n. m
Bromes and Bacons p. M, arriving in I3alti.
more early Tuesday and Saturday morninvs
FIeieht received at pier . Light St. BaIti-
more, daily except Sunday.
M, W THOMSON. Pres. Baltimore Nd
l. MURDOCH, GEM Fri. and Pass. AEt.'
STppuENcoNy g mo baltimore, Md.
W. NJ hEARDoN, Agt,, Alexandria. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-06

devote our means. our time and our
labor 20 the task OF proclaiming the
glad tidings OF great Joy which have
come TO all people?
May this be the happiest and glad
dest Christmas OF our lives. May IL be
the time when we see anew the face
of Jesus and tell OF his love. his re-
deeming love. wherever we may go.
He Is faithful that hath promised an
he'll surely como again:
He'll keep his tryst wi me. at what hour
dlnna ken.
But he bids me sim to wait an ready
aye to be
To gang at any moment TO my ain coun-
trie.
SO I'm watching aye and singing o. my
hamc rs | wait
For the souning o. his footfa' this side
the gowden gate.
For his bluid hath made me white, and
his hand shall dry my e'e.
When he brings me name at last to my
ain countrie.