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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-02

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-02

PORTLAND. ore Sept z-Ths
state commissioners Of the t.gwtn
ara Ciark expositian met this aftar-
noon 70 Investigate the clsuess %
arsft naasfa against ~. u. IIarat1. snc-
rotary 10 ths director Of exhibits,
Colunsi paHch. Hafai wa asspariu-
tendcnt OF exhibits az the Onsaha
exposition Anaena hts nrrmnnrs n
Edward RSsswatar. saiter Of the
Drnaha Bee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
QUANTITY
OF WATER IS USED
YEARS FIGURES ALLOW SIXTY
FOUR GALLONS PER CAPITA.
Minneapolis Consumed Over Six Billion
Z. Gallons of Water In 19O5-Elimina-
3, ton of Waste Makes Total Less Than
That of 1904, but Record Is Still
High.

Every man, woman and child was
entitled to use sixty-four gallons of
water a day during the year 1905, or
23,35l gallons for the entire year. At
least this was the average per capita
consumption Of city water as shown by
the annual report Of Supervisor }. H.
Mcconnell.
The total number Of gallons pumped
by the two upper stations thru the year
reached the enormous quantity Of o.
118,1l3,64O, which means an average
daily: consumption Of 1921, 1854 gal
Ions. This 10 a. considerable reduction
over the daily average Of 1904. It Is
somewhat of an anomaly that the city
should use less water now than few
years ago when the population was
considerably smaller, but this Is ex-
planned by the fact that in times past
there was an extravagant waste Of
water which, to a large extent, has been
eliminated.
There is a difference of about two
million gallons between the daily con-
sumption in winter and lin summer, in
dicating that this amount is required
for street and lawn sprinkling each
day. @r". -, -
The amount Of water delivered by
the two upper stations during the past
year, by months, is as follows: a..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
IMPORT S FOR YEAR
!, ARE OVER 4 MILL ION
CUSTOMS HOUSE
COLLECTS LARGE DUTY.
Heavy Importations Of Canadian Wheat
in January and February Brought
Total Up-Total Amount of Duties
Collected Was $548, 1925, Breaking
: ALI Previous Records of Office.

Minneapolis imports for 1905
amounted to $1,6O9,S15. This is not the
total value of the imported goods con-
sumed in the city, but only for the
goods which were shipped here in bond
and which paid their entrance tax at
the local customs house. The total
amount Of customs duties collected on
these goods was $54S,732.15 These fig
ares show a heavier business than in
any previous year. The next highest
year was 1904, when the duties col
iected amounted to 1926, 272.6s.
The big increase for the year Of 1905
vas due to heavy importations of Cana
dian wheat in January and February:
The importations for the past year by
months were as follows: January,
$53O,76O February, $6S,142; March,
$56,63s; April, $77,4o5; May, 1896;
June, $90,757; July, $93,OS3; August
s153 $50; September, $4s,3sS; October
s1l4,s77; November, $139,S39 and De:
,ember, $4,000 (estimated.
These figures were compiled by CIR
Cooley, deputy collector in charge OF
he local customs office, and, with the
exception Of those for December, which
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
GOOD RESOLUTIONS +
ARE NOT LONG-LIVED
Cigar and Liquor Men Laugh a
.e4 "Swear OFF, Custom. =

sswear OFF, Custom. :.
The coming Of the new year attended
with the firm resolve on the part of
many Minneapolis citizens to "swear
off, has little terror for the cigar and
liquor dealers of the city. In fact the
purveyors Of smoking articles and
drinks have little faith in the good reso-
lutions Of Minneapolitans and they ex-
pect little decrease in trade during the
month of January as result of New
Year promises.
According to wholesale and retail
cigar dealers the number of men who
swear off smoking with the new year
is decidedly small and the majority Of
those who do swear off are again en-
rolled in the ranks Of the smokers be-
fore the first week of January is gone.
Several of the retailers state that trade
falls off slightly during the first week
heavy trade latter in the month more
than makes up for the temporary slack.
According to the cigar dealer it is the
who decides to forgo the luxury Of
smoking.
The same situation applies in meas
ure to the saloonkeepers, altho the effect
Of New Year resolutions is undoubtedly
felt more in the liquor business than
by the cigar trade. Many Of the sa.
loon men say that the affect Of the
swearing off period is felt for ten days
or two weeks, but they claim, with the
cigar dealers, that the trade during the
last part of January more than, balances
the light business during the first part
of the month.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31

sand, as against 1925 a thousand for
the previous year. The increase, for the
year, tho, is 22l, but the percentage is
cut down by the great increase in pop
uIatioa shown blythe last census. The
number OF male children born during
the year exceeded the females by 165.
Two hundred and fifty-six more mar
riage licenses were taken out during
the year than were taken out in 1904.
There were about four hundred appli-
cations for divorce filed in the district
court and about two hundred and fifty
granted.
The following table shows the mar
riage licenses, births, deaths and causes
of death, month by month, for the past
year:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
KEEPS FULL STAFF

Henry c. Hanke. Just appointed treas
urer of Hennepin county to fill the unex-
pired term Of the late Colonel Charles w.
Johnson. gave the employees of his office
a very acceptable New Years present last
night when he called them all together
at the closing hour and handed them
commissions for their reappointment to
their old positions. The new treasurer
has some ideas Of his own about running
the office, and as an Introduction to the
presentation of commissions he made
some remarks that show intended re-
forms in the management of the office.
The staff as it will be during the COM
ing year is: Charles T. Nicke1s, chief
deputy: Willis A. James, second deputy;
Miss Imogene e. Rockwood.; cashier;
Charles G. sFenger, accountant; Harry A.
Montgomery, Edgar i. Richardson, Mrs.
Hattie A. Warde. Mrs. Susan p. Thomas,
John w. Campbell and Hobart G. Kelsey,
statement clerks. 80 sss9s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
tax certificates are void If sixty days
notice is not served and certificates

tax certificates are void If sixty days
notice is not served and certificates
filed with the register of deeds within
seven years from the date Of the en-
trarce of the tax Judgment. Fully a
hundred Of the papers fled today have
been certificates of this kind and even
at that and with the record Of the past
few weeks there will be many tax GER
tifcates void on account of 4 failure to
comply with this law. That is of course
if the law is held good, on which point
there has been considerable doubt ex-
pressed. There will without doubt be
tests made Of the law and the supreme
court Of the state will probably be
asked to pass upon it in the not very
distant future' ......
The rest of the papers filed yesterday
were deeds. In the event of trans
fer of real estate not being recorded and
the deed filed before last night it can
not be filed until the taxes of 1905
have been paid. This fact, as it does
every year, caused rush to the regis
ter's office yesterday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31

are estimated, are taken. from official
records. Few persons realize that a
tremendous import business is done in
Minneapolis, and the collection Of tariff
dues is generally associated with sea-
port and frontier towns. While this is
true to degree, many goods are con
signed direct to the consumer in inland
cities, and pay duty there. Minnea po-
lis is the port Of entry for the greater
part Of goods shipped to the northwest
from abroad. -...-. 80. 49,. =, =
Canadian wheat is heavy item in
Minneapolis imports, but the greater
part of the total is made up Of textile
fabrics and other valuable wholesale
goods. Millinery findings and orna'
ments are a heavy item in the year Z
list Of imports. : I5....$ T.. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
TAXES POUR IN
Last Day Brings Rust, to County Treas.
urer's Office.

There was real 1ast-day- of-the-year
rush on at the county treasurer's office
yesterday. The fact that all unpaid staxes
would be subject to an additional per
cent penalty after last night appealed to
many tax payers and as a result nearly
$4,000 in taxes was paid in at the
cashiers window yesterday. From hasty
summing up of the tax books, it now
looks as tho 95 per cent of the current
tax had beer. paid. This is an unusually
large percentage and breaks all previous
records,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
WHAT. CITY ENGINEER
DID DURING THE YEAR
PAVING, SEWER AND BRIDGE sYs-
TENS GREATLY INCREASED.
New Pavement Laid During Year
Would Make Street 81 Miles in
Length-9,4 Miles Of Sewers, Is
Miles Of Water Mains and 1910 Miles
Of Walks Laid. -

Since 1890 Minneapolis has expended
about $16,500,O00 thru the city engi-
neer's office for special improvements.
The principal items were for sewers,
water mains and paving. The amount
for this year alone will run upwards Of
one and quarter millions.
OF paving there have been laid 1885,
OOs square yards, which, reduced to, an
average street of 81 feet In width, will
equal 81 miles. The total cost has
been $270,592, discussed as follows: ".
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31

TWO THOUSAND MORE ARRESTS
MADE THAN DURING 1904.
New Attitude Of Police Toward Intox-
icated Persons Is Responsible for
Marked Increase-Four Persons Ar
rested on Murder Charges I'M
Improvement in Handling Police
Fund.

Nearly 1000 more arrests were made
by the police in 1906 than in the pre-
ceding year and the annual report
shows many Interesting comparisons.
The figures here given may differ
slightly from the more accurately COM
piled later.
The total number of arrests for the
year Is 1870 and 1929 Of these were
for drunkenness. The reason for this
increase is the new attitude Of the DO!
lice toward the intoxicated person. Of
ficers who have been on the force for
many years have become convinced that
many lives would be saved annually if
every. drunken man could be arrested.
This theory has found favor with Su-
perintendent J. g. Doyle and now the
drunken man is locked up as much for
his own safety as for that Of others.
This has resulted in decrease in sac-
eidents to intoxicated persons and in
several cases men have been dragged
from the tracks in front of speeding
cars and many would have frozen to
death had it not been Aor a lucky ar
rest. g. = 's--... 49, -" - 80:
=, 6.952 in 1904. $50 70 -
The total number of arrests for 1904
was $3.50 and Of this number 2,724
were for drunkenness. / In 1905 there
were 178 arrests for grand larceny and
279 Tor petty larceny, against 215 for
grand larceny and 800. for petty lar
ceny in 1904. Fifty-four persons have
been arrested in 1905 for gambling
IyxyL, iv,1 h,,%
the same offense. The police have ar
| rested 70 persons for violating the
liquor laws this year, while but 4s per
sons were charged with that offense in
1904 49,. ,s'."
It has been rather notable year for
murder arrests, James Rivers, John De.
vine, James Webb and Mrs. Stella
Brennan being arraigned in police court
on that charge. -. = r. = ..
| There has been a great Improvement
in the handling Of police finances. The
department began the year with an an:
preparation Of $254,000. OF r this
amount $240,000 was allowed for sal.
aries, $4,000 for expenses and $4,000
to apply on the deficit Of last year
The total deficit was $7,9O6~ and thru
careful handling Of the expense &C:
count all but 5000 of this deficit has
been cleared up. :
| X 242 on Payroll. s..>..
The payroll has contained 24s
names. Aside from keeping UP the ex
penses of the department., $4,000 has
been spent for new equipment. All ex
penditures have been made only OF
written orders from the mayors office
and an absolute check has been kept
on all accounts.
The board Of. tax levy has made al
I appropriation allowing twenty more pc
licemen and these men have already
been appointed to begin duty to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
FEDERAL COURT BUSY
One Hundred and Forty Bankruptcy
Petitions Filed in Year. ~

The federal courts which sit in Min
neapolis have done a heavy business
in the year now closing. In the United
bankruptcy petitions, voluntary and in
voluntary, have been fled. OF these
1872 have been heard before @. G. Mer-
riman, the local referee in bankruptcy.
The court calendar shows that sixty
seven cases have been set for trial be-
fore the district and circuit courts.
Nearly all of. these have been tried in
open court, but few have been set
tied out Of court or decided by the
judge in chambers Some are still
pending.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31

Another interesting feature Of the re-
port shows to what extent the waste of
water has been reduced and at the same
time how the revenue of the water
works department. has been increased.
A comparison between the years 1900
and 1905 Is as follows: ...
IT,. .--- .r-~ts 1900. 1 1905
Total water pumped. g. s63, 1856 200 6.118.113 $40
! Reduction Of waste annually, 100000, 900 gal
Ions. - 49,. it,. 49,
Collections. ......,. s212,9s9 SITS, 240
Increase Of receipts, 500 5000. -. r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
PAPERS POUR IN ON
:: REGISTER OF DEEDS
New Tax Certificate Law Causes Rush
that Breaks Records.

:. Yesterday beat all Hennepin county
records for the number of papers fled
in the register of deeds office. From
early in the morning until after 5
O'Clock last evening there was rush
Of persons with deeds, tax certificates
and other papers to record before the
the Inconvenience and the penalties at
tached to neglect or oversight. AS a
result there were filed during the day
504 papers, over hundred more than
on any other day in the history of the
office. .r~r-s ~ = :
"The principal cause Of this in
crease is the new law regarding the fl
ing of tax certificates that goes into
effect Jan. IT, said Register of Deeds
Merrill. "The law provides that all
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
CITY NOT SO RICH
Treasurer Hubert Has Lower Cash
Balance Than in 1904.

At the close of business yesterday
hand $55s,sls,4a which is the city;s
credit balance with which to open the
cash books for 1906. A year ago there
was credit balance on hand Of $685.
855.56. The receipts for the year from
taxes and other sources aggregated
SIS, 400, 234.12, making the available re-
sources $6,187 ,0S9.69. Of this sum
there was disbursed q total, for all
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
Minneapolis Healthiest
City in All the World
1905 Death Rate Only 1888 Thousand, Compared with
Rate Of s.75 a Thousand for 1904, Which Broke All
Previous Worlds Records for Cities Of Over 10000

Minneapolis has again demonstrated
a clear title as the healthiest city Of
the world. The 1905 death rate will
be only 1913 thousand as againsss n
rate Of S.75 thousand for 1904. There
is an advance Of II in the total number
of deaths this year over that Of last
year. The 7.38 rate for 1905 is secured
after deducting the deaths from vio-
lence and non-residents and babes under
l week of age, as was done last year in
establishing the 8.75 rate, which broke
all previous worlds records for cities
Of over 100000.
The greatest number Of deaths from
any individual causeYere from pneu-
monia, which led the list with 277.
The deaths from the same cause in
1904 were 200. There were many deaths
from tubercular affections, but the rate
is about the same as in previous years
A marked falling off is shown in the
number of deaths from typhoid, the
total this year being 50 as against 103
in 1904. The lower pumping stations
have not been used this year, which in
a measure accounts for the falling off
in the typhoid death rate In March
Of 1904 there were 20 deaths from ty-
phoid, caused by water from the lower
stations, or three times as many as
occurred during any month of 1905.
It is peculiar coincidence that the
number Of suicides is the same for the
two years, averaging almost one each
week. -.a 1922
Birth Rate Lower.
The birth rate for 1905 is slightly
lower than 1904, being 1928 a thou
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
INSPECTOR REPORTS
T. ON HIS YEARS WORK
Figures on Milk, Bread, Etc, for 1905,
Highly Interesting.

Inspector W. D. Mccall of the health
department., who has general charge Of
cries, creameries, restaurants, milk and
bread wagons, water wagons and the
collection of water samples for bac-
Theological and chemical analysis,
presents an interesting summary Of his
work for the past year. The report
speaks for itself and indicates that
Mr.. Mccall has not been idle. The re-
Tort is as follows: 20:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
sprinkling Cost $126,588.

The street sprinkling for which 21s
teams were used during the year, cost
the taxpayers. $12e.5sS. The expenses
for street grading and street sweeping
are not available, but the two items
will greatly exceed 100000. Very lit
tie was spent on bicycle paths, Of
which there are about 81 miles in the
city, but nearly $17 900 was expended on
the so-called good roads system.
The total assessments for the year
1905 aggregated $679,341, for the col
lection Of which It was necessary for
the city engineer to enter 62,692 de-
scriptions on the assessment rolls. ~
. Summarized the city engineers work
for the year 1905 appears as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31

- It is not to be assumed. from the
above that granite paving can be laid
for 25 cents a square yard: In this in
stance thes granite was provided by tho
interested persons, who also bore the
expense. of having, the street graded
and prepared for paving. The above,
expense is simply for laying the blocks.
= -: o. Miles of Sewers. ...5
: There were constructed 9.4 miles of
sewers, including several costly trunk
lines. The construction cost the city
$210,903 and increased the total sewer
mileage in the city to: 1904 miles. - =.
OF water mains 81 various sizes there
were laid Is miles, at a cost Of $129, 1859,
which increased the total length Of
mains in the city to 1905 miles. '.s-'
Of the 67.37 miles Of sidewalks in the
city 1910 miles were laid in 1905, and
the total cost of this work was $79, TAB.
The curb and gutter work cost $29,077,
there having been set 1873 miles Of
curb, which gives total in the city Of
21O.2 miles. 80 .-.s,-; s;>.
Only three new bridges were con-
structed during the year, and these
were all small except the one across the
river at Thirtysecond avenue N, which
was completed at cost Of $6S,0O0.
About $4,000 was spent on the work
of widening the Washington avenue
bridge, which will be completed next
spring. The new bridges were across
Bassett's creek, at Dupont avenue and
across Minnehah creek at Nicollet and
Cedar avenues.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
Birth Rate Lower.

The birth rate for 1905 is slightly
lower than 1904, being 1928 a thou
The evening world., 1905-10-19
Threatened Barber.

Giacono, the barber in Third street,
has received several letters threat.
ening death and des. ruction unless
he gave up $500. This was a month
W. Two weeks agJ a young maq
bovish In appearance, called upon hin.
and said he was The agent of tne BLACK
Hand lie led the barber into a rear
room and told him that he had been
marked for death and had better give
up, as the BLACK Hand bad already
taken a vote on him.
Giacono let him hot air for a VIII T.
ana sail he would 60 get The money
The barber went into the frDlE Of tao
shop and told his workmcn Iaey Cd.
went into the back room AMI fell upon
the Black Hand" agent. Who they
finished with him they kicked hin int
the street, a wreck. Then hey tod rhc
police.
Last night on the description Dc,oc.
tive Petrosini arrested Gcrbase. tn.
barber and his workmon Identified him
as the nan who called and wa bcate.l
VI by them.
Gerbase sayfs on Tuesday morning,
when the attempt was made 20 blow uy
Che pla2e where he lived, he reached
home i few minutes after B o'.IDsk All
he knew u the cXplosI1a, Ae said, Va.
what "A woman m tIu I.usu solo a...
lie says he cOmcs from Chicago, aul
on the morning ir question He was g..
a saloon.
When the bomb was exploded at So
IS Stanton street a boy, though, 10 b
about seventeen years Did, was seen [.
run across the street ana into No j.
Stanton street. Re was seen Boy q WON
an and by John O'Hare, a waiter, on hl.
way home. That was Just at . O'Clock
Gerbasc IN the dark might be mistaken
FOR a boy,
The prisoner says he IS a stone ma
The evening world., 1905-10-19
TWO LAWYERS
ARE INDICTED
IN FAKE" CASE
One Of Counsel for Confessed
Damage SWindIers Arrested
on Bench Warrant.

WHITE PLAINS. n Y, Oct l9.-The
Wes,chester County Grand Jury to-day
handed up 10 Supreme Court Judge Ke-
osh indictments against W. New York
lawyers VINO are accused Of suhorna-
tioll of perjury In connection with the
case Of Albert and Mae Woods, VINO
We're sentenced yesterday atISr plead
ing guilty 70 the charge OF perjury.
The indicted lawyers are Altheus s.
Frank, OF No. l4g Broadway, and Frank
NJ. H~arlenbruJk, Of No. 10 Broadway,
New York iCty, Statements made by
Woods and his wife are said to have
furnished the grounds for indictments
Bench warrants were issued and Frank
was arrested in New York and taken
10 Police Hesduuaryr there,
Hardenbrpok wkas here to-day but re
turned 10 New York.
Frank ana Hurdanbrpok represented
MIS-. Woods in a suit against the New
YORK iIty Railway Company for DIM
ages for injuries alleged TO nave been
received by falling from a car In New
IYork.
Both declared that a fake case had
been fixed by lawyers who had sup
ported them p,nding trial.
The evening world., 1905-10-19
NABEEO WHILE TRYING
THE BLACK HAND GAME.

George L. Berry, twenty four gems
old, who was arrested in Greenyillo yes.
dav charged with sending threatening
BLACK HIND letters 10 a merchant of
Jersey City, was held On Sjo0 bail IN the
Second Criminal Court Of tha, city to-
dab.
The young man said that he had read
and talked a great deal about Black
Hard" Matchmaking and decided to try
Il myself to see how il worked. On
Tuesday evening he throw a letter into
ne tea store Of j d ". Cahill, at No.
POS Ooean avenue, In which he de.
handed 800, ana threatened to blow No
the store If he did not get II. He said
the money must be paid to a young mail
who, wearing a black suit, would lOlK
IN the Hludow of the store. He was
iabbed while looking In the window.
The evening world., 1905-10-19
TEN MILES OF SHIPS.
Japs VIII Put Captured Russians
ut Head In Mig Review.

TOXIC, oct. lG-Though the program
has not been officially announced. It Is
expected that az the naval review To
be held oct % in Toxic Bay, the ships
will be arranged in seven columns ex-
ending fromtending from Yokohama 20
Haneda, a distance Of fully ten miles.
The captured Russian ships VII head
the Inc. The vessels which win take
a part in the review will be equipped
as they are for active service.
Thu Emperor will be on board the ar
moied cruiser Adsuma. After the re-
view the feet Will dispense. There will
be no barQuets for the officers or crews.