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The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
LIKE THE VIRGINIAN
Picturesque Young Plainsman Gets Into
the Navy, Tho. -..|

A young Lochinvar blew out of the
west and into the navy recruiting
office yesterday. He appeared suddenly
at the door, crushed an extra broad
sombEcro in his gauntleted hand and
made a bow which looked like para
graph from "The Virginian.' The
salute acknowledged, the visitor from
the, unfenced. prairie minced across the
floor on his high -heeled boots and broke
the news that his name was Ironton
Grenville Smith. With the ice broken,
he disclosed desire to enter the navy.
He gave his age as 17,@his residence
as Jamestown, N. D., and admitted that
in his more tranquil moments he oc-
casionally indulged in cattle-herding.
The preliminary examination proved
satisfactory and Ironton Grenville
Smith proceeded to divest himself Of
his picturesque habiliments for thc
physical test. When he was done the
collection Of red bandannas, spurs,
boots and artillery on the floor would
have outftted an entire patent medicine
wild west show. 49,
The physical examination proved the
candidate remarkably fit and he was
enlisted as an apprentice seaman and
will be sent east shortly. where he will
undoubtedly attract attention as the
first marine rough rider in the annals
CT naval warfare.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
WOMAN. TO WALK
/. AROUND WORLD
W. J. GEER AND WIFE PLAN LONG
JOURNEY.
Minneapolis Man Who Pushed Wheel
barrow Around Globe to Take Young
Wife With Him on Similar Trip-Will
Leave Without Money, Depending on
Charity and Sale of Trinkets.

W. J. Geer, the Minneapolis young
man who has once walked around the
world and who holds the record for a
walk across the United States, is pre-
pairing for another of his long tramps
around the globe. Within few weeks
he and his young wife, who is barely
19 years of age, will start on their
journey. AS did Geer on his previous
trip, the couple will leave Minneapolis
without money or property, aside from
the clothing and utensils they will carry
in a miniature prairie schooner, which
they will propel by their own muscles.
"We are only waiting for some big
advertiser to furnish us with the small
and inexpensive schooner that we will
need.' said Mr.. Geer today, "and with
that in sight we will start Immediately.
We are not begging for the wagon as
we believe the advertising that we will
carry will pay for the cost of the out
fit. We will not wait for warm day,
either, after our wagon is built, but will
start out in any old kind of weather.
l have been thru every imaginable cline
and my wife is willing to go anywhere
I do.
Our traps complete, and we will
head directly west thru the Dakotas
and Montana for the Pacific. We will
sail from some coast point for Honolulu
where we will spend some days on land.
From there we will 90 to Australia and
then to Asia. Mind you we will start
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about. that. It is more pleasant to speak

about that. It is more pleasant to speak
OF the kindness with which I was
greeted everywhere by the Americans [
frequently met in those far-off lands.
81 was great attractions, but with
my wife will be much greater one
The idea of taking her suggested itself
in La Crosse. Of course get fine news
paper Write-ups everywhere and Mil
Waukee papers were in line when I
reached the beer city. 1t happened that
l. was showing a woman and her little
girl to her hotel when a scribe came up.
He did not consult me, but in his paper
said that my wife and kid had been
with me on my long journey. When I
arrived in La Crosse the reporters were
waiting and the first question they
asked was about my wife and child. It
tipped me to what an attraction a
years, both of us holding out, we will
be able to satisfy the curiosity of La
Crosse, when nearing home after a
tramp that will set a new world s
record.'' ."...
On his first pilgrimage, Geer pushed
wheelbarrow on which was his trunk
He took no extra clothing, merely car
rying the trunk for the hundreds of
curios, some Of which are highly >valu.
able, that lie picked up on his trip. In
! his record walk across the United States
for the Police Gazette, some years ago,
he also pushed a wheelbarrow. On his
coming tour he will push a four-wheeled
miniature prairie schooner Only the
closing Of an advertising contract and
the completion of his wagon delays his
departure, which will be made from,
The. Journal building.
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the same thing happened on the other
track. ..a@ 81
Some Other Kicks. &1r
On the lnnterurban cars coming from
st. Paul the chief complaint Of the pas
sengers was that the car will not stop
at Nicollet avenue before crossing it,
but stops midway Of the next block.
If there were nogates any active man or
woman would be safe in stepping off
the car, which invariably is going at
low rate of speed.
There seemed to the reporter that
there could be no question that much
time in the aggregate is lost at the
transfer points because Of the gatese,
If there were none, it was apparent that
people would be dropping off as the car
slowed down without danger to them
selves, and much time would be saved
in unloading. Nearly two minutes ap
peared to be consumed on the average
by cars going from Washington avenue
to Third street, one block, including
stops. Without the wait for gates to
open and shut one minute would be suf-
fcient. Many miss their transfer cars
thru this cause.
10 Some Individual Expressions.
w. H. Rendell--The abolition of
gates, ] believe, would make saving of
at least 10 and maybe 15s per cent in
the time it takes a car to make round
trip, and more than that to passengers
in great many misunderstanding shut
out when you could easily get on, if it
weren It for the confounded gate, and
not another car for fifteen min'utes, for
instance. This happens hundreds of
/ times a day, mind you.
George, H: Rentz-The gates are a
good protection for the street railway
company against damage suits and a
nuisance for the public. .'
Fred R. Salisbury-Minneapolis is a
city of such size that it seems to me de,
| lay in the handling of streetcar traffic
is serious question. Other cities of
our size won It stand for them I shall
have to be convinced that the necessity
of this, protection from accidents is
greater than I think it is before I shall
Ezbe in favor of retaining the gate sys,
| tenn.
Judge D. r. Simpson-My personal
preference is that the gates should be
taken off.
W1HldHl NMC0ldCu--- iludy NSuG i
was on a Lyndale car that was stalled
for four minutes on the railroad tracks
at Twenty-ninth street with the gates
closed. If a train had come along
don It understand how we could have
gotten out of the car. There is some
risk of accident :ip having gates, il
+ seems to me- i "a . .,-....
F. G. Nimocks-Mrs. Nimocks
stepped off q car that was in, motion
in Denver. awhile, ago and got, a .fal
that broke two ribs. I, an. in favor OF
retaining 5theng gataspv1 ora 3a a2sf ,r4,
F DR.. H.. S.'"Nelson7aI ofnd the ) gates
cause for much annoyance, and loss Of
time. Doift 5belieya there MS aany ex
cuse for them. 4 4,.
J.'"C:: .Joyslyn-I lam against being
penned in the cars by gates.27 .. .'.s""
+ J.E.C.' Haynes-While there seems t<
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Gates Regarded as Constituting
a Protection for the Company
From Damage Suits and a
Nuisance to the Public in the
Way of Wasting Time.

board taking on passengers and myself
locked in on the Interurban. The car
moved SO slowly I could have easily
alighted at any moment had the gates
not held me in and as the other car
pulled out | stood close to the gate and
was unable to induce the motorman to
allow me to get out. When the gate
did open it was done SO unexpectedly
and with such jerk that [ fell head
long on the pavement, bruising both my
cheek and my forehead painfully and I
was obliged to look like principal in a
prize fight for more than a week be-
sides having to withstand the shock Of
the fall and the pain Of very sore
cheek. Had the gates not been there !
might have alighted with ease and
avoided much unpleasantness. M.
Minneapolis, Nov. 25.
2 Safety Should Be First Considered.
To the Editor of The Journal.
T h e j ournal is so uniformly On
the right side of questions concerning
the public welfare, that your editorial
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
LET YOUR STOMACH
HAVE ITS OWN WAY.
Do Not Try to Drive and Force it to
Work When it Is Not Able or You :.
. Will Suffer All the More. - {:

You cannot treat your stomach as
some men treat a. balky horse; force,
drive or even$ starve it into doing work
at which it rebels. The stomach is a
patient and faithful servant and will
stand much abuse and ill-treatment be-
fore it "balks," but when it does you
had better go slow with it and not att
tempt to make it work. Some people
have the mistaken idea that they can
themselves. They might cure the
stomach that ay,3fbut it: would take
So long that they would have no use
for a stomach when they got through.
The sensible way out Of the difficulty
is to let the stomach rest if it wants to
and employ a substitute to do its work.
Stuart Dyspepsia Tablets will do
the work of your stomach for you and
digest your food Just as your stomach
used to- when it was well. You can
prove this BY putting your food in q 2
sufficient water and you will see the
food digestel in Just the same time as
the digestive fluids sof the. stomach h
would do 1T. That will satisfy your
mind. Now, to satisfy both your
mind and body take one OF Stuart 8
Dyspepsia Tablets after eating eat all
and what you want--and you will feel
IN your mind that your food IS belng
digested because you will feel no dis
turbance or Aweight in your stomach;
in fact, you will forget all about hav-
ing stomach, Just as you did when
you were. a healthy. boy or girl. Ssg
Stuart s Dyspepsia Tablets act in a
natural way because they contain only
the natural elements Of the. gastric
juices and other digestive fluids Of the
stomach. It makes no difference what
condition the stomach is in, they 20
right ahead Of their own accord and
do their work. They know their bust
ness and surrounding conditions do not
influence them in the least. They thus
Srelieve~the weak stomach of alls it's bur
dens and tgive it its much-needed rest
and permit it to become strong and
healthy.
# Stuart s Dyspepsia Tablets are for
sale. by all druggists at so cents, box.
They are SO we'll known and their
popularity is so great that a druggist
would as soon think of being out Of
alcohol or quinine as Of them. In fact,
physicians are prescribing them all
over the land, and il your own doctor
is real honest with you. he will tell
YOU frankly that there is nothing on
earth SO good for dyspepsia as Stuart g
DygDeDSia'f Tab cts "A SO
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
MGNT new streetcar regula'

A MGNT new streetcar regula-
IA tion, about to be promulgated,
a A requiring passengers to be pre-
pared to alight from a car when it
stops. The Journal Thursday re-
marked editorially:
Now if the street railway company
will take off the gates and throw them
On the scrap pile they will do some
thing that will contribute still more to
the handling Of their business than the
new rules against passengers paying
calls on their way from the front to
the rear of the car and visiting while
the car waits for them to alight. - '& -
A street railway official, seen yester-
day, took exceptions. to- T h e ) Il T.
n Is suggestion also that the "gates
are largely responsible for the habit
of Minneapolis people in taking their
time to alight from the streetcars.
He would not admit that there is
any time lost because of the opening
and shutting Of the gates. He would
admit that this operation consumed
some time, but claimed that it was more
than made up in crossing a street.
"The motoneer,' he said, els as
sured that when the gate is shut there
will be no passengers jumping on or
off and consequently he will send his
car along much faster than otherwise.
"We have had gates on our ears now
about ten years. he continued, "and
they prevent the majority Of accidents
incident to streetcar travel-those that
occur thru people s recklessness or care
lessness in boarding, or leaving the cars
while in motion. We couldn It think
Of taking the gates off. AS for losing
time, we settled that by tests on the
interurban line before we adopted the
gates generally.
''The gates have not only prevented
accidents, but they have eliminated a
class of damage suits that were very
annoying and expensive to us. We
would be sued by people who would
claim they had received falls because
of the starting up of the car just when
they were leaving it, having one foot
on the ground and, the other on the
car. The first intimation that we would
get that. there was such an accident
would be the fling Of suit some weeks
later when it would be impossible to
gather evidence to the contrary.'
t''Why haven't other cities adopted
gates for theirScars, if they operate So
nieely?' was asked him.
''Some of them have,' he answered.
"Omaha, Council Bluffs, Des Moines
and several southern cities have fol-
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it was augmented by boys, who arrived
late and. hurried after it or who liver
near the university.
Starting at the Journal building the
newsies paraded down Nicollet to
Bridge square with the band playing in
front. The line Of march was along
Central to University avenue. The lads
were jubiland, but orderly. Arrived
at the field, their delight knew no
bounds. For many Of them it was the
first, big football game they had ever
seen and they enjoyed every minute Of
it. Their cheering was continuous and
vociferous and they stopped only at
such times as they were reanested 10
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

from this city practically broke and
trust to the generosity of the people we
meet for food and lodging. We will
have many hardships, but in foreign
lands where persons Of our kind are few
we will make a good living thru the
sale of our photographs and knicknacks.
The curios we will pick up in one land
and carry to another. in addition
have learned the gold wire trade and
will make something from the sale of
wire trinkets. 1t will be easy sailing
after we shake the dust off this coun-
try. Over here the walking graft is
played to death. q 81 S >s@9
"This will be. the first time that a
woman has attempted to walk around
the world Men have made the circuit
afoot and women have gone by bicycle
but never has woman gone around on
foot. To add to the record she is only
l9 years old and you can bet she is one
of few Of her age who would attempt
such long walk; for when we start it
will be to walk clear around the old
globe.'
Geer walked around the world in
twenty y-eight months and thirteen days
He would have completed the long jour
ney in less time had he not been sick
three weeks in, Ohio. AS had been the
case during the entire trip he was pen
niless when taken down with fever anc
was compelled to test the, generosity OF
a farmer when he became: sick. It was
crucial test, but Geer says the ma
:iority of humans are humane, the worl(
over and especiallvzin America.
"During my trip I visited the capi
tails. or biggest b9rggs of thirty y-seyer
foreign Countries said Geer. ''The
sights I saw were great. I remembe,
the good-looking. things more than the
hardships and there were not a few Of
the latter. Japan was the best country
crossed. The people are kindlier, tho
roads better and the country the pret
tiest on the face Of the globe. For tho
other extreme, Russia and China take
! the cake. In China I was hampered be
cause I was foreign dog and in Rus
sia I was stunned and guyed as al
anarchist.
- "I, had numerous encounters witt
bandits and other lawless 'ruffians ant
managed successfully to plow thru al
the troubles, but I do not want to bras
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
1000 SMALL BOYS ARE -.
THE JOURNALS GUESTS

Two thousand small boys were made
happy by T he urna yesterday.
Assembling in front of the Journal
building at l o 'clock they marched,
headed by the Journal Newsboys band,
to Northrop field, where they, were Civ
en- two full sections of the best bleach
.er seats. - - 80 = - c'..">'~ - .-~.
The scene in front Of the Journal
building was liveely one as the hosts
Of newsies gathered to take in one of
the treats Of their lives. Wher the
procession started it was fully 1900
strong, and all along the line of march
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do so by DR.. Williams.

do SO by DR.. Williams.
The "Little Red band' took it's post
at the right Of the grandstand, just be-
yond the Northwestern musicians, and
did much to add to the harmony of the
occasion. They attracted much atten-
tion from the Northwestern contingent
Between the halves the newsboy musi-
clans paraded the field with the college
mands and called forth a generaus
share of the applause. =
1t was a red letter day for 200 small
boys and, their .undisguised pleasure
was, a delight to all those who assem-
bled to see the last big game of the
season
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
SEND IN YOUR OPINION.

The journal proposes further
to test public sentiment on the sub
ject of the abolition of gates on the
street cars.
II you desire to express your opin-
Ion, write TO the editor of h
j Journal rot later than Thursday
for publication in next Sundays
journal.
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lowed our example with satisfactory re-
suits. - i5s:@ u.
A Canvass of Passengers.
While the street railway company is
apparently satisfied with itself and is
inclined to resent the assertion that the
gates constitute a nuisance, the major
lty Of people who travel on the ears
daily, and thus speak from experience,
seem to believe to the contrary. Sew
eral communications on the subject
have been received by T h e j Journa l
which speak for themselves. In addi-
tion, Journal reporter yesterday made
a canvass on three cars which can be
taken as fairly representative of pub
lie opinion, and in addition interviewed
score of business men who travel on
the cars daily and who can be depended
upon to be perfectly candid in their
expressions.
On Monroe and Bryant car No. 1926,
going east, twenty-one occupants of the
car said that they thought the gates
unnecessary and a cause of much de-
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
THE STREET RAILWAY CON-
PANY.. .CEAlMS

First-The gates keep people from
getting on and off cars while In mo-
tlon and thus prevent accidents.
Second-Annoyance from a class of
damage suits has been entirely
eliminated.
Thlrd-The gates cause no delay
This was demonstrated before the
gate system was adopted.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

urging that the gates be removed from
our streetcars came as an unpleasant
surprise. The only argument adduced
in favor of the proposed change is that
one dear to all American hearts, viz:
it would save time. It may not be
entirely out Of place to suggest that
even a saving of time may be bought at
too high price. One of the defects
of our national life is the almost insane
tendency to "hurry up" There are
ever, than by going on dead run. Ad-
mitting that time would be saved were
the gates not used, let lis consider the
price that must be paid for this gain
in time
First-The limbs, sometimes the lives,
of our boys who cannot resist the temp
tation of "fipping' on cars not pro-
vided with gates. p
Second-Parents would not dare to
allow their children to take the street.
cars unattended as they now do.
Third-A constant succession of ac-
cidents, more or less serious, resulting
from attempts to get on and off cars
while in motion.
All the time saved by the proposed
change would be as nothing to parents
whose child is killed or MANNED thru
lack of protection now given.
The streetcar company is distinctly
right in guarding, by every possible
means, the safety of it's passengers. 1t
is good business, to be sure, but it is
also public benefit. The writer is not
theorizing. After living for twenty
|
out gates-New York, Cleveland, Chi
cago-he is profoundly convinced that
the change proposed in your editorial
would be decidedly inimical to the best
interests of the community. Respect
fully yours, Latham A. Crandall.
Nov. "a, 1905.
Not in Des Moines Glass.
To the Editor of The Journal:
! I want to endorse most heartily your
editorial about taking the gates off the
street cars. 1t seems to me that we
have been annoyed by these things in
this town about long enough. There is
no other city of consequence in the
country that l know of-and | travel a
good deal-where gates are used.
think they are used in Des Moines, but
Minneapolis is not quite in the Des
\, Moines class.
l suppose that the street railway COM
pany figures that it saves something in
the way of damage suits brought by
people who trump up manufactured COM
plants and lay claim to injuries which
were never inflicted, but / do not think
the saving can be. very much. What
ever it is, it s proper. charge to place
to the account Of operating expenses
and should not be taken out of the time
of the people Of Minneapolis. ] am
sure that the street railway company
could handle it's business very much
more expeditiously and perhaps with
the same number of cars, could run
them so much more frequently as to pro
! vide nearly everybody with seats, if
they would take off the gates which oc
casion so much delay. 1t makes me
: ashamed of Minneapolis when go away
and see how expeditiously street cal
/. passengers are handled in other cities
and I feel that we are imposed upon
: when I come back and am subjected to
) the annoyance and delay which we suf
fer here. Think the public bodies OF
Minneapolis ought to take this matter
: up and make it an issue. 1t is not a
small matter, by any means.
, " --~ .-~ $780,: e. J. Phelps.
Minneapolis, Nov. "a. 1905.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
MUSIC AT o11vET CHURCH.

There will be special musical servs
ice at Olivet Baptist church, Fourth
street and Thirteenth avenue Sc, this
morning A selected chorus will be as
sisted by Misses Emma Loe and Mar
garet Lawson and John Ravenscroft..N .
p. Stewart is .organist. ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
PLENTY OF COMPANY.
New Yc-k Sun.

3 q @-1.I IS New YC-k Sun. b.
Old Iady-Aren't you lonely
Johnny &c Kota-Oh, no. mama comes to see
ne on Mondays and Tuesdays; papa on Wcdnes-
days and Thursdays. Fridays and Saturdays thr
gentlemen who want to nlnrry nia.la como. and
ON Sundays the ladies who want to marry papa
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
journal Canvass Shows that
Public Sentiment FavOrs Alb.
clifton of Gates in the Interest
Of Improved Facilities for
Handling Street Car Traffic.
A Canvass Of Passengers.

lowed our example with satisfactory re
SUITS = t'5s: r.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

the same thing happened on the other
New-York tribune., 1905-08-03
J. II. HEGEMAN IN SMASH.
Not Held on Complaint of Man
Hurt by automobile.

John r. Hegeman, president Of the Metro
poIltan Life Insurance Company and three
styhshly gowned women. in a big red auto
mobile, were taken to Mount Vernon Police
Headquarters yesterday by Patrolman Springer.
on complaint Of H. W. Davis, who alleged that
the motor had run into and overturned his
wagon, Davis told Sergeant Clarke that he was
driving into his stable in Stevens-ave when
the machine ran into him and he was thrown
violently to the pavement. The chauffeur Of
the machine gave his name Joseph T. Brady
and said he was its owner. 1t bore license No.
Il $50.
When Mr.. Hegeman, who owns q large country
place on Orenta Point, Mamaroneck, to which
place he was bound. heard Davis's complaint. he
said; You are not telling the truth. 1 want
10 make a charge against you for reckless driv
ing. You did not try to get out of our way and
placed the lives Of us all in jeopardy"
Davis did not know what kind of complaint
TO make against the automobilists so Sergeant
Clarke released all hands and told them that If
they had any complaints TO make they could
go to court in the morning. The wagon smashed
the lights of the motor
Mr.. Hegeman, after leaving the police station,
continued his trip to Orienta Point. DR.. George
c. Weiss was called last night TO treat Davis.
who was thought to be injured internally.