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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
WOULD ABOLISH
FINAL REPORTS
JUDGE DICKINSON SAYS THEY
HAVE NO AUTHORITY IN Law.
Points Out that Grand Juries at Times
Damage Characters Of Citizens With
out Indicting Them for Crime st.
Paul Judge Emphatic in Disapproval
Of Move to Do Away with Grand
JurieS

If. the interpretation Of the statutes
as given to the grand Jury this morning
in Judge II. ID. Dickinson charge IS
lived up to, the time-honored custom Of
making . final reports Just before the
done away with. These reports are not
favored by the Judge, who said:
Our statutes contain provisions which
provide that you shall report by one Of
two ways-either indictment or present
ment Our laws provide for no other
form Of written reports to the court. Yet
it is not uncommon for grand juries to
hand to the court voluminous written re-
ports, amounting to accusations of crime
against citizens, in which, tho not named
as defendants in any Indictment, their
Identity may appear plain. And these
communications are given to the public
press and thereby reach the public, and
thus some mans character or standing in
the community is placed in jeopardy.
Now, there is no warrant for this under
our laws. Even in cases of presentment
no indictment being found. the law has
thrown about persons who have been un-
der the consideration Of the grand jury
a shield of secrecy for the protection OF
their reputation and standing. "
Judge Dickinson charged the new in.
quisitorial body in the usual manner
and beyond the statement quoted, gave
| 10 luuSudl luStfuCG1OuS nc stated
that there were no matters of vital pub
lie interest to which he would call the
jurors attention and took occasion to
congratulate the city upon the pros
pective administration Of Mayor D. P
Jones. -
Sixteen members of the jury reported
They were Benjamin L. Perry, J. O.
Davis, George r. Piper, Henry Goth
man, Thomas Girling, Frank w. Drew
man, Walter L. Badger, Alexander
Campbell, L. F. Sampson, G. w. Sex
ton, Robert Pratt, William E. Albee
Samuel A. Harris and Jacob Rauen.
Samuel A. Harris was appointed fore
man. After being in session few min
utes the jury adjourned, to meet agail
Wednesday morning. But four jail case
await the jury S consideration, and tn
term criminal work bids fair to b,
the lightest in some time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
BIG SALE MADE
ON FIFTH STREET
8. T. MCKNIGHT BUYS A CORNER
LOT AT SECOND AVENUE s.
The Property has lot Feet Frontage on
Second Avenue, by 1872 Feet Depth
The Purchaser Now Holds -Four Of
the Good Business Corners on Fifth
Street.

The year starts proptiously for tho
real estate market. The sale to the S.
Of Fifth street anr Second avenue S,
diagonally across from the New York
Life building, is announced this morn
ing, altho figures are not obtainable.
Mr. Mcknight has been one Of the
heaviest buyers on Fifthstreet as well
as in the entire city. He owns corner
at First avenue, another at Fourth av.
enue and another at Fifth avenue, the
latter having been recently improved
with an automable factory and repair
shop.
The latest purchase has a frontage
Of 157 feet on Second avenue and
depth Of 1872 feet on Fifth street. The
sale was made by Thorpe Brothers.
An interesting fact In connection
with this last Mcknight purchase is.
that the property is an exact counter
part Of the Deering corner at the
Fourth street side of the block and on
which 100000 bank and office build.
ing, to be occupied by the Security
bank and others, is to be built at onae.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

Receptions Of civic character to pro-
mote interest and pride in q municipal
institution are rare. One such was given
at the opening Of the public library, and
another will be given in the same place
tonight. Many have taken advantage Of
their privileges and use and enjoy the
fine building and collections of books
provided for them. OF this number many
only know the delivery room Of the IL
hrary, and g. visit to the stackrooms,
art book room and picture gallery would
be revelation.
Tonight from s to 10 o'clock the library
board will throw open and light the en-
tire library building, and urge all citi-
zens to attend and inspect the plant
The members of the board will receive
in the directors room, and the library
staff will be in their places turnout the
building to give information and call at
tention to the various interesting features
A walk thru the stackrooms, in which
are housed $4,000 books, will give {
new idea of the resources of the library
and Of the generous provision made by
the city for study and reading.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
AROUND THE TOWN

Burglars Go Thru Resldence.-Burg-
lars broke into Mrs. H Nelson's residence
at 1000 First avenue S last night and car
ried off several articles OF clothing. The
entire house was ransacked.
New Torrens Observation-Disclosures S. Nc
Laughlin has been appointed by the dis
trict judges as one Of the examiners Of
title under the Torrens system. Mr.. Nc
Laughlin has been Judgment clerk under
g. N. Dickey. =
Boy Thieves Plead Guiity.-Harry Cain
aud James Desmond, who were arrested
last evening by Patrolman Dahl and
charged with gambling with dice, were
arraigned In police court today charged
with the larceny Of silverware from a
downtown hardware store. They pleaded
training school.
Took Trading stamps.-Burglars who
entered the Harris grocery.at Tenth street
and Nicollet avenue last night crumbled
up several boxes Of fine cigars and
strewed the fragments over the floor. The
cash register contained no money, but the
thieves secured about SIC in trading
stamps. These were numbered and
marked SO that it will be difficult to dis
pose Of them.
Had Stolen Coat.-Albert Anderson who
recently served nine months In the county
jail for larceny, was arraigned in -police
court this morning charged with stealing
q valuable fur coat from @. H. Petit He
pleaded not guilty and his trial was set
for tomorrow. The coat was stolen early
in December and when Anderson was ar.
rested the garment was in his possession
He also had several other coats that has
been stolen during the fall, and If this
tenarge fails he will be prosecuted or
4 Others. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
METEOROLOGICAL

RAo<FEL o. WRIGHT, aged II years.
died yesterday at her home, IS Eleventh
street 8, after q weeks illness. The de-
i ceased was the widow OF William Wright,
! who died in Minneapolis nineteen years
ago She is survived by two sons-Wil-
liam NJ. and Charles B. Wri9ht-and by
one sister, Mrs. j. F. Raymond, also Of
Minneapolis. The funeral will be pri-
waite and will be held at pm. tomor-
row from the residence.
WILLIAM w. HILL, pioneer resident
of Minnesota, died at the residence Of his
daughter, Mrs. A. j. Smith, 1880 Fifth
street N, after short illness. He was
10 years old and had lived in Minnesota
for thirty-four years. He is survived by
q widow and ten children. The funeral
will be held from the residence Tuesday
at 2:30 pm. Immediate friends of the
family are invited.
ALBERT CHEESE died at the family
residence So Cedar Lake road, early this
morning. He had been ill but few days.
having contracted pneumonia last Thurs
day. He is survived by a widow and six
children, Mrs. c.. A. Kwp of Portland
Ore, and Mrs. Mary scherer, Emily, John
Will and Henry Cheese Funeral an.
nouncement later.
c. S. FAY, the well-known lumberman,
4 member Of the firm Of Fay & Moss.
died last evening at o'clock of heart
failure, at his residence, 1912 Clinton ave-
nue.. He was IS years old. The widow
and three daughters survive him. Flu
neral notice later.
MAGGIE BELL NICHOLS, wife of S
Schuyler Nichols, died today at her home
1920 Mary place, Of cerebrO spinal men
nights. Funeral private.
JOHN WEST BRONSON, age months
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Bronson, Titus
vile, Pa, formerly Of Minneapolis, MINI.
died Dec. 80.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
FAvORS GRAND JURIES
St. Paul Judge Hopes Legislators Will
: Not Abolish Them, ...

in his eiar e eh the grand Srfo o ke
portunity to express his disapproval of
the move recently made toward doing
away with the grand iuries. He ex.
pressed his views in emphatic language
and expressed hope that the legisla-
ture would not take such a step. He
declared that he had firm belief in
the efficiency and value of the grand
to the attention of the :iurymen the re-
cent sensational -utterances of Frank
Haskell, who alleged that he had been
offered bride of $1,000 if he would de-
sert the Clapp forces in the senatorial:
fight. 3d.. ...-. E..E~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
RAINY DAM DELAYED
canadian Officials Would Reduce
Height Of Structure.

Delay in development Of the water
power at international Falls has come
thru objection of the Dominion gov
eminent to the height Of the dam , which
4 lpolis wish to erect for thestorage of
water for power.
The public works department. with
holds approval Of permission to build
dam to the height indicated by the
500 bench mark; The. government
wants to reduce this by six feet. Holi-
{ lay time and other circumstances con.
i,pired to delay further consideration
ov the government.
E. W. Backus is quoted as standing
For the 50O-foot mark and Mr.. Brooks
said this morning that this height would
! be insisted on and that the company
assumed responsibility for the overflow
The company 8 engineers say that the
additional cost would be only $4,000
or less than 10 per cent Of the total
cost, but that. Is per cent more power
would be added. It is believed that
he overfowage damage would be
.rifiing. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
, DEATH RATE LOW
Minneapolis Beats the Record that Made
St. Paul Famous. |

Minneapolis has death rate for 1904
which makes the st. Paul rate for 1908
look large by comparison. On the
strength of a death rate of S.92 thou
sand st. Paul posted the st. Louis fair
grounds with cards proclaiming it the
healthiest city in the world. Mime
apolis this year has rate Of only S.48
and thus surpasses the best record of
is extremely unlikely that St. Paul will
equahthis figure or even it's own for last
year.
The number Of deaths was 1880, as
compared with 2,45S for last year. The
number Of births was 1929, as against
1922 for last year. -, .- - 49,,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
Thomas linen sale next week.
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS
Temporary Organization Is Formed
Another Meeting Tomorrow.

The new board of education met
this morning and effected q Temporary
organization by the selection Of John
A. Schlener as chairman and w. X.
Hicks as secretary. On account of the
absence from the city of Director Fred
B. Chute it was decided to postpone the
meeting until tomorrow morning at 9
o. clock. No business was transacted
It is the understanding that Robert
board and w. e. Hicks as secretary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
Building Commission Meets.

The new municipal building commits.
sion held it's first meeting this morning
Nothing of Importance was done and no
announcement of appointments will be
made until later in the month. All the
old employees will remain on duty I'M
til the first Of February.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
Thomas linen sale next week.
TWO BUILDINGS SOLD
One Will Be Occupied by New Furni-
- ture Company. :-

Douglas A. Fiske has made another
Building ais2as First avenue n, occ ae
pied by the Nichols & Shepard Thresh-
ing Machine company. 1t has a
frontage Of 70 feet and depth of 157.
The sale was made by Moore Brothers
& Sawyer. 49,. ~
That company has also sold the Cor
nell building, 1888 Fifth street S, to 7.
NJ Winslow and William Ruff Of St.
Paul. James Leck has the contract to
enlarge the building to four stories and
build a shipping room in the rear. These
men have ninety-nine:year lease on the
ground and under the name Of Winslow
& Ref Furniture and Carpet company,
will establish a new business here.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

The records Of the day-deaths,
births, marriages, hotel arrivals, rail
road time tables, real estate transfers,
building permits and other information
Of interest-will be found together with
want advertisemen on page II Of this
issue. ~" J
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

Money deposited Jan. 8, and 5 at
the Farmers and Mechanics Savings
Bank will draw interest from Jan. 1. Z.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
HAYNES SIGNS FRANCHISE

One Of tho last official acts Of Mayor
James g. Haynes was ss, to sign ths Or
chise to the Minnesota Power and Troll.
ley company. He put his name to the
ordinance this morning. There had been
no requests to veto the measure except
from some public ownership snthusi-
asts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

ending the aspirations Of half q dozen
candidates now in the field. .
The ninth caucused this morning and
Endorsed j. B. Thompson Of Henning,
Otter Tail county, for engrossing clerk.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
Temporary Apprentices.

Colonel O. T. Trowbridge, custodian>of
ary appointees who will serve the house
Of representatives for the first ten days,
according to law. There are four pages
at $3.50 day, Eugene Cary, Thomas
W. Koch and Carl Ford Of st. Paul, and
George Cohen of Minneapolis. The other
appointeces at So, a day are: Cloak
county; S. H. Simondson, Mower county,
and August Anderson, Hennepin; door
keepers, w. E. Poe, Goodhue, and
Charles Truax, Ramsey; gallery door
keepers, Hugh Wilson, Hennepin, and
Julius Schover, Ramsey.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

Thomas linen sale next week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

Thomas linen sale next week
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
RECEPTION AT LIBRARY

Thomas linen sale next week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

MAGGIE BELL NICHOLS, wife of s.
Schuyler Nichols, died today at her home,
1920 Mary place. Of cerebro spinal men
iusitls. Funeral private.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

s JOHN WEST BRONSON, age months,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Bronson, Titus
vile, Pa, formerly Of Minneapolis, Mimi,
died Dec. 80.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
Fraser Wins in First.

The first district caucus was lively,
and resulted in w.. r. Fraser winning
out over his colleague, Ed :, flaming,
and securing the district Endorsement
for Albert H. Spring of Rochester for
sergeant-at-arms. As the eighth has
already Endorsed E. D. Claggett Of
Princeton, this means a clash. How
ever, it may be settled by switching
the first district man to postmaster,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-18
RAILROAD ISSUES NOTICES.

Many Old Settlers Must Move to Make
 Room for "Cut" Improvements.
 The railroad company issued notices yesterday to those who are now occu- pying houses which are standing on land which the railroad company has purchased and which is to be used in the enlargement of the railroad 'cut." "
 The notices affect a number of old residents who have lived in their pres ent location for years. One old lady on Hamilton street, affected by the mo- tices, has lived in the house she is now occupying for over sixty years. She was married in the house, which is at 232 Hamilton street, raised her family there, and also buried her husband from the same residence. This is one case in many, however
 All those receiving notices took them cheerfully, however, because they have had ample preparation in which to make a change and also appreciate the fact that the work of progress must go onward,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-18
FAIL REGATTA SATURDAY.
Races to be Held on Lake Whitney.

Races to be Held on Lake Whitney,
 New Features Added This Year.
 This years Yale fall regatta will be- held next Saturday afternoon on Lake Whitney In preparation for this race, the float and boat house have been put into commission for the various crews which began practice on the lake yes terday. The crew management desires to make the regatta as successful as possible, since the fall practice is a great factor in developing the raw ma terial for the spring crews.
 The special feature of the regatta is the race between the academic and the Shelf, freshman crews for the cup presented by MT. George St. John Sheffield. This was put up for the first time last year as a permanent trophy to be contested for annually by the crews. representing the freshman class es of the academic and scientific de- partments. The winning crew each year will have it's numerals engraved on the cup, which will be kept on ex- hibition in the trophy room of the gymnasium. +* ~5e,. Individual pewter cups are offered for the class championship to be row ed in two preliminary and one final heat So many men are trying for the different positions that the manage ment is offering individual cups to the members of the club crews also. These crews, made up of men who could not | make their class crews, are an import | ant feature, as they enable twice as many men to compete in the regatta | this year, For the first time the fresh
 man class will be represented in the | championship race. The eight, will be composed of the academic and sci- entific departments, but will not in- l elude any men on the crews competing | for the Sheffield cup.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-18
GRAND LODGE, K. OF P.

Officers Elected at the Annual State
 Convention.
 Waterbury, Oct. 1.-The annual con- vention of the grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, came to an end here at 6:3O this evening. The following officers were elected and installed for the en- suing year:
 Grand chancellor, William E. Thoms of Waterbury.
 Grand vice chancellor, L. P. Turney of Bridgeport.
 Grand prelate, Thomas W. Mitchell of New Britain.
 Grand keeper of records and seals, Horace o. Case of Hartford.
 Grand master of exchequer, William N. Potter of Willimantic.
 Grand master of arms, Henry D. Stanton of New London.
 Grand inner guard, Louis E. Jacobs of New Haven.
 Grand outer guard, David Muller of Waterbury.
 Grand trustee for three years, John F. Osborne of Ansonia.
 Supreme representative, Howard G Benton of Hartford.
 The next annual convention will be held at Middletown the third Tuesday In October, 1s0s. .. ..s
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-18
BOLT OF LIGHTNING.

l Welded a Broken Rail and Saved
 -Trainload of People.
 l When the S:23 limited pulled into | Wheatley, in this county, last evening Il it was discovered that one of the rear II wheels on the last coach was broken, I a piece having been split off from one I side so that there was a slightly fiat \ place on the wheel, and, as 1t was fear | ed, the broken wheel in pounding over l the track had broken a rail. Only by a miracle was the S:56 local saved from being wrecked.
 Three miles, south of Bently the flat | tened wheel had broken out section of rail about seven feet long-broken it out so badly that it was torn from the spikes and lay across the rails, where it was found, five minutes before the local was due, by Willy Schultz, a boy of fourteen years, who lives on farm nearby. The lad knew that the local soon would be along, and he was frightened. He put the piece of rail in place and then started down the track toward the approaching train, running as fast as he could. He had not gone twenty feet, however when there came a binding flash of light ming from dark cloud that covered the sky, and he was struck down uncon- scious and nearly bereft of life
 It must have been ten minutes before he regaine'd consciousness, for when he did so he saw the train coming to- ward him at great speed. He stag gered to his feet, the remembrance of the broken rail still in his mind, and waved his hands, but the engine did not stop, and just as it was about to crush him he stepped from the rails and the train sped on.
 But the engineer at the last mo- ment had seen the boy step out of the engines. way, and throwing over the lever, stopped the train, after it had run several hundred feet beyond the break in the rail.
 When the engineer jumped down and came running back to see what the trouble was, young Schultz told him and showed him the place where the rail had been broken, but now it was perfectly sound The flash of lightning that struck Schultz down spent the main portion of it's force on the track in the immediate locality where the fracture was, and had evenly and per- fectly welded the broken rail in place at both ends. The track was as safe and solid as it was the day it was laid,
 The company will take Up the mirac- iulously welded rail and exhibit it at Portland this summer--Le Sueur cor
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-18
respondent of The St. Paul Pioneer
HOUSING EVERY PARENT,

There is danger that Governor Rob- ert La Toilette of Wisconsin, who gained so much popularity in his state. that he rode into the United States Senate on the wave of it, may ere long become the most unpopular man in the country. Why? Because he has associated his name with a movement to make children pay fare on the rail- roads. ! .#. <t
 As everybody knows. it is a custom of railroad conductors all over the United States to let small children ride free. Except in the case of a few very careful old conductors, no in qudry is made as to the age of the child who does not look more than 10 years old. Though children who are more than 5 and less than F are supposed to pay half-fare, it is sell dom that any fare is demanded of a child who. appears to be under 10 years of. age. As a matter of fact plenty of children of II years are ac- customed to travel free on the rail- roads. The people appreciate the leni- ency and probably it costs the rail- raod nothing in the long run. A strlcter enforcement of the rule might in many instances keep the parents at home, and in case of a crowd children can be squeezed into small space.
 But Governor La Toilette champion ed and had passed by the Wisconsin Legislature a railroad law which re- quires, among many other things that every child of from 5 to F years of age should pay haf-fare, and every child over that age full fare, and sub jecting both the railroad and the con ductor to heavy fines if the require- ment was not obeyed. Fearing the fine, the roads have instructed the conductors to collect fare in the case of every child above years. There is much gnashing of parental teeth all over Wisconsin, but the railroads can not help it. They dare not disobey Governor La Follette's law.--New York Evening Mall. =~ <.