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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
DOG LED THE DETECTIVES
BAWMANN' FRIENDSHIP FOR A
ST. BERNARD MADE WORK EASY
FOR THE SLEUTHS.

Members of the police department
are in favor of petitioning the police
committee of the city council to pur-
chase certain large St. Bernard dog,
owned by Mrs. Hoffman, 113 Jackson
street NE. The dog led Detectives
: Morrissey and Stavlo to the home OF
Axel Bawmann, night Waterman at the
Hardwood Parquet Floor Manufacture
ing company, who was arrested yester-
day afternoon for forgery. After
little special training, the officers think
the dog would work on highwaymen,
eembezzlers and thugs as well as on
forgers.
Bawmann is said to have passed a
forged check for $50 in the saloon of
Olson & ,Fiellman, on Washington ave-
nue. s., He was accompanied by dog,
and yesterday, when the detectives AM
Mr.. Fjellman started out to find Baw-
mann, they saw the dog and followed
the animal to 115 Central avenue,
where they learned that he was owned
by Mrs. Hoffman. From Mrs. HOLD
man they learned that the dog had
been with Bawmann the day the forged
note was passed. Bawmann was found
at his home, 1014 Eighteenth avenue NE.
Bawmann waived examination in
police court this morning and was held
to the grand jury in $500 bail.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
FOR BUILDING FUND
Boys Department Of Y. M. G. A. Plan
Lecture Course

Lecture course.
Opportunity of helping good cause
and at the same time to have personal
enjoyment is offered Minneapolitans
who are in sympathy with the work Of
the boys department of the Young
Men s Christian Association. Five lee
lures Oh travel are to be given in the
association hall at reasonable prices.
The dates and lectures are as follows:
April 7, 1.-THE Alhambra,'' w. II. Eus-
It's; April IA, "The Apostle of Alaska,'
y. W: Alexander; April 81, "Oxford
and Cambridge" Professor C. F. Me
Clumpha; April 2s, yellowstone
Park" G. F. Mcneil of the Northern
Pacific railroad; May 5, Rev. DR..
Marion D. Shutter On a subject to be
announced.
The members of the department have
undertaken to raise 1000 towards the
erection of boys building. Of this
amount the boys have pledged $634
With the course of lectures and river
excursion later in the spring it is eX-
pected to raise the remainder. The
course tickets are to be sold, beginning
April 8, at the Metropolitan Music
store, for 81, with so cents charge for
reserved seats in the first five rows of
the main floor and first two rows of the
balcony.
The patronesses are: Mines. Cyrus
Northrop, E. G. Gale, J. s. Porteous, W.
X. Morrison, J. T. Garland, c. G. Ly-
ford, G. M. Way, William Passmore, T.
E. Holton and F. F.. Towle. 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
MISS CROSMAN ON
. EXERCISE FOR WOMEN

Henrietta Crosman, who is soon COM
ing to this city in "Mistress Nell,'
is an enthusiastic advocate of active
out-of-dOor exercise for women. She
maintains that physical exercise in con-
siderable quantities is absolutely es-
sential for women of the stage, not
alone for health, but for grace Of poise
and movement. First on the list in
the number of advantages it yields,
Miss Crosman places fencing. She
holds that this exercise imparts more
bodily grace than any other, and to
derive it's benefits to the full she says
It should be practiced out Of doors.
Next to fencing, Miss Crosman places
walking. She is persistent pedes-
trian, and every day last summer at
her country home at Lake Sunapee she
took daily walks that averaged eighi
miles. One. day. she covered fourteen
miles. Miss Crosman's indulgence in
walking is not limited to seasons in the
country. tit frequent habit Of hers
to walk home from the theater after
the play: She bundles her maids and
eoachman start the horses toward
home, while she PAGES griskly alongside
Sometimes two or three blocks will sat
isfy her, when she halls the coachman
and enters the carriage; again she
walks the. entire way home. This bit
of exercise, she declares, is the best
tonic after the fatigue and excitement
Of her wearing work in the theater,
and insures a sound and refreshing
nights rest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
CITY NEWS
DIVORCE EVIL
A GROWING ONE
APRIL TERM CALENDAR CROWD
ED WITH CASES.
Judges Look Forward to the "Divorce
Grind'' with Distaste-Of Present
List Awaiting Hearing Are Eighty
seven in Which Answers Have Not
Been Filed.

Divorces are increasing more rapidly
than marriages in Minneapolis. in the
three first months of 1905 457 marriage
licenses have been issued-a low rec
ord. On the April-term calendar Of
the district court, now in the printers
hands, are l07 divorce cases. Of this
number, eighty seven are default cases,
ties having evidently agreed to dis
agree.
The divorce industry in Minnesota
courts Is increasing to an extent that
will, in time, put the state in a class
with New Jersey, where one-sixth of
the entire adult population is divorced.
In the April term in Hennepin county,
divorce suits will make up one-fourth
OF the court business. There are but
cases on the calendar. The total num-
Der of actions is 395.
To handle the divorce calendar alone
requires the major portion Of the work
Ing time OF one judge, one deputy clerk
and one deputy sheriff. The services
OF only one man is needed to issue all
the marriage licenses, in addition to
which he issues naturalization papers,
witness and jury vouchers and does a
variety of other work.
For the judge to whose lot falls this
calendar, it furnishes anything but
pleasant work. The "divorce grind, -
as it is called, is always looked for
ward to with distaste. The Judge in
charge must sit hour after hour and
listen carefully to stories of desertion,
cruelty, drunkenness or infdeHty. The
unhappy side of life is ever uppermost.
That this work is increasing at a
rapid rate is regretted by the district
court judges, but under the statutes as
they now stand, and with human nature
as it is, there seems to be no chance
for a betterment
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
AT THE THEATERS
1yceum-"camlIIe."

Love. sin, suffering and death were all
given due Importance in Florence Stone 8
representation of Camille at the Lyceum
last night. 1t is the same world-old story
or Woman's sin with it's consequent
tears and anguish and it's less common
expiation by self-inflicted torture and
DEATH None of it's innate power and pa
thos is lost in the telling.
Z The story "befogs moral perception
and perplexes all sentiments of right and
wrong" The auditor is forced to pity
and admire where he cannot respect
lie IS impressed with the great lesson
that to feel love that ought not to be
1elt, to accept a love that ought not tc
be accepted inevitably prepares the way
for bitter misery.
Despite the limitation of her support
Florence Stone rises to real artistic
heights in Camille. She is at her best
IN her interview with Armand Duval's
1ather, who personifies fate, and in the
parting with the son, who personifies love
and happiness. She Is the image Of mag
nlhcent wretchedness in the ballroom
scene where she remains true to he,
promise to the father in spite Of the
pleading, suffering and imprecations OF
the son, whom she loves more than life
itself. In the death scene her sufferings
are d Urine TOO long drawn out for Ly-
ceum audience, but'she compels pity and
forgiveness and her expiation Is com.
plete. r.lI#
Dick Ferris essays Armand with indif.
1erent success. His personality is never
submerged in that Of the lover. His
love scenes give a promise of sincerity
but he seems hampered by a fear of ar
unsentimental gallery, that last nigh,
gave signs Of lack Of appreciation anc
tendency to make light Of any franz
expression of the grand passion. In the
ballroom encounter he acted with rea
spirit.
AS Count de Varville. the polished, per.
slstent and detested rival of Armand
Lawrence Grattan is effective. The 9th.
er characters are unimportant, except tt
form a setting for Camille and thew ner
form their duties acceptably.
Merton e. Harrison,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
Let the Examiner In.

The bill to give the public examiner
power to examine the books and ac-
counts of the city of Minneapolis is a
bill in the interest of the taxpayer.
1t is remarkable fact that, tho the
city has been in business for more than
forty years, not until the current year
has it had a system of bookkeeping
worthy the name, nor has it ever struck
balance. The city now has system
Of accounts and has a ledger which
shows how much the city has cost and
what it is worth Now would seem
to be the opportune time to invite a
periodical examination of the books by
experts from the outside, who, having
none but professional interest in the
result, would have no other incentive
than to serve the people by rendering
a true account of what they observed
1t would complete the system which has
been instituted and give sense OF
security to all public officials who are
manfully doing their part, and, what
is more important, would induce sense
of responsibility in those who might
otherwise let politics interfere with
the proper discharge of their duties.
Minneapolis has lost money in the
past by her loose way Of doing bust
ness. Money was lost in the poor de.
partment which need never have dis.
appeared had there been any proper
check on. expenditures Perhaps the
money was lost, but large portion OF
an account was lost thru the dubious
methods of handling the revolving
fund. Had there been an outside &C.
countant looking at this item, the city
officials would have had their attention
called to numerous errors Of judgment
and bookkeeping which, corrected
would have had tendency to keep
that fund intact.
1t is difficult to see how there could
be an objection to such examinations
and it is hard to perceive how there
could be a better system Of scrutiny
devised than to have the public exam.
liner of the state step in from time tc
time and examine the books.
The Hennepin delegation will be ex
pected to pass the bill.
1t is understood that the change in
the management Of the insurance com
pany does not affect the status of the
Auditorium-not for the present at
least 1t belongs to the company, SC
an officer of that company states, and
will continue to be company property
so long as the new management may
see fit to hold it as company asset
This affords some assurance that it will
not fall into the hands of the theatrical
| trust.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
SHOULD BE. PAID BY THE PEOPLE
Rochester Bulletin.

III,
The theory that public officials should
not be beholden> to railroads or other cor
poration interests FOR favors, as a single
proposition, is unanswerable On the other
hand, however, a member Of the legisIa-
lure finds railroad pass a very con-
ven1ent thing, as it enables him to reach
his constituents from time to time and
TO spend Sunday at home with his family
ana perhaps another day or two of the
week with business. This he could NOT
afford to do were he compelled to pay rail-
road fare. The object Of the railroads in
giving free passes is, Of course, to create
a friendly feeling toward them among
tne legislators, and thus prevent the en-
actment OF radical laws against railroad
interests While the Bulletin believes tha +
upon questions Of Importance it would re-
qu1re more than free pass to corrupt the
vote of the majority of men e1ected TO
tne legislature, a; free pass Is nevertheless
IN the nature Of a bride and should be for
hidden by law. The people had better nav
their representatives reasmab Bile com.
pensation for their services and pay it d.
rectly' than to pay it indirectly thru the
railroads. 3 Z. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
HOW A TRUST CAN DODGE

Until Jan. of this year the beef trust
owned the icing plant at Jersey CITY. and
the re1c1ng OF every refrigerator car that
passed was in the trusts hands, saws
Charles e. Russell in Everybody's April
1nstallment Of 1.-THE Greatest Trust in the
World Knowing exactly what cars
were shipped by any competitor, it was
able to omit ice from such cars and in
1ure or ruin their contents I know of
one instance where 1t played this pleasing
game on a competitor and was subse-
quently forced to pay the entire value of
the Shipment. But that was where the
omission was detected and proved.
Nobody knows how often the practice
has failed Of detection, and practically
every refrigerator car that goes thru Jer-
cey City bound east or north must be re-
iced there. These ,interecting facts were
developed at the interstate commerce
hearing in Chicago. They seemed likely
to make people mad. A representa- tive Of
the trust fastened from the hearing and
speedily effected the sale. real or nominal
or the icing plant to- the Pennsylvania
ra1lroad.s Now there is a mystery as to
just who does the icing at Jersey City. hut
the trust representatives are able to swear
smugly that the trust at least does not
own the plant"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
FOR STATE AID
Alumni OF School of Agriculture Appeal
to Legislators.

The alumni association Of the Mime
sofa school of agriculture, at a meeting
this week, adopted resolutions urging the
legislature to levy general tax of one
fifth Of one mill for the benefit of the de-
partment of agriculture at the state uni
versity, and that appropriations of 81. 900
each be voted to the Minnesota Field
Crop Breeders association and the Min
nesota State Farmers club.
1t Is asserted that yields of field crops
are abnormally low in Minnesota and the
Crop Breeders association is endeavoring
to correct this by disseminating informa-
ton regarding soil culture, rotation of
crops and similar subjects, by holding
meetings and organizing auxiliary soci-
cites. The association could greatly in
crease its field Of usefulness by the use
of some money, and as the state reaps
the benefit a small appropriation would
be proper. The same arguments apply
to the bill for an appropriation for the
Farmers club.
The association also adopted resolu-
lions thanking President Roosevelt for
naming Professor Hays as assistant sec
rotary Of agriculture.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
Tax Reform in Sight.

The state senate has agreed to the
"wide-open' plan for a taxation
amendment to the state constitution,
and has passed the bill practically as it
came from the house.
The senators are to be congratulated
on having seen the light. Now that
they have accepted the modern idea
of tax methods and restrictions, it may
be in order to remind them that, by
rejecting that idea at their first session
in 1908, they deferred the adjustment
of the tax problem in this state by
two years. The amendment they have
agreed to this year is substantially the
which the senate rejected and on which
1t stubbornly refused to yield after re-
peated conferences. The amendment,
as now agreed on, is so much better
than the one submitted in 1902 that it
is really a good thing the proposition
failed to pass at that time. The wide
open amendment was worth waiting
four years to secure.
, Without doubt the amendment will
be accepted by the people next year,
as with the separate ballot a full ex-
preston can be secured. The constitu-
tion will then permit an income tax on
credits, an inheritance tax to a reason
able amount, and will permit different
rates Of taxation on different classes of
property. It, will allow Of a registry
tax on mortgages, which would avoid
the present plan of double taxation,
as the MCGOWAN bill, now pending, en-
aeavors to do.
/ In a word, the adoption of the amend
ment as agreed on by the legislature,
will give succeeding legislatures a free
hand in revising the tax system Of the
state. The Legislature, however, needs
the benefit Of expert knowledge and
advice, and the action now taken will
not be complete unless provision is
made Tor permanent tax commission.
The real traction question in Chicago
: is whether IT will' can attract MINES
wheat.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
Women and the Stage.

Henrietta Crosman, in advising young
women to go on the stage, has the sat-
isfaction Of knowing that she is giving
advice that will be needed, rather than
the continuous chorus Of "no that
greets every young woman who says
she wants to be an actress. #
And is not Miss Crosman's advice,
the more sincere? If a woman has
talent and wants to act, why should
she not9 The usual answer is that
the stage is fatal to the moral char
acter Of women. This is a personal
problem and not one Of acting. No.
one will deny that it is possible for:
young woman to act and still remain
a member of society. She should un-
derstand, however, that it is infinitely
harder there than it is teaching school
or keeping house. If any young woman
with talent for the stage is willing
to pay the price in self-denial and
labor, she can probably succeed on the
stage. If she does succeed, the money
rewards are large, and for the woman
who has legitimate ambition to use
money for the assistance of those de-
pendent upon her or for her own edu.
cation or for the good Of mankind gen
orally, the stage is an attractive career.
The problem Of the elevation Of the
stage rests very largely with the actors
and managers. One Of the first steps
toward solving any problem is to rec
ognize the problem, and this can only
be when people are. willing to speak
the truth about it. The truth about
the stage is that it is hard drudgery
for ninety-nine out of the hundred
actors and actresses. 1t means evanes-
cent fame for the one hundredth. 1t is
today a dangerous profession for
women, but great deal of the extra
hazard can be removed by the estab-
lishment Of standards by those who
are already in the business.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
PETER mccoy, HUM0RIST
BROUGHT PAVING COMMITTEE TO
TIME BY A THREAT OF sECEs-
SION.

Alderman Peter McCoy's facetious
threat to have the ninth ward secede
and join ST. Paul, brought the paving
committee Of the council to time yes
terday and Central avenue will be
paved this summer from Eighteenth to
Twenty fourth avenues. When the
paving fund was being divided the com
mittee was inclined to pass over the
Ninth and let Central avenue go for
a year until Mccoy made his blood
curdling threat.
The hint Of insubordination by the
jester had the desired effect and the
members gave Mccoy the paving asked
for. The twelfth and thirteenth wards
did not come in for any of the fund.
Paving will be laid in the other wards
as follows - .'..- .
.-- FIRST WARD.
Marshall street from Fifth to Eighth street
tbrick). Main street NE from First avenue to
Second street (macadam) ....=
a.' SECOND WARD. ~
Undecided. $4,000 made available. 80
THIRD WARD.
Fifth street from Third avenue to Fifth
avenue Sandstone On concretel.
Plymouth avenue from Lyndale to Dupont
Twentieth avenue N from Lyndale avenue to
Penn sandstone on SANDY.
Second street from Tenth avenue to Ply
mouth (sandstone upon sand1. ny.
| Second street N from Third avenue to the rail-
way bridge Sandstone upon sandy.
FOURTH WARD.
First avenue from Seventh street to Grant
(creosote).
Fourth avenue S from First avenue to Third
avenue Sandstone upon sand). 80.
Ninth street S from Hennepin avenue to First
avenue s (creosote).
Twelfth street from First avenue to West
ern (brick).
Twelfth street from Hennepin avenue to
Hawthorn (brickl.
Eleventh street from NicolIet avenue to First
avenue (creosote)
First avenue from High street to First street
Sandstone sandl.
FIFTH WARD.
First avenue s from Seventh street to Tenth
(creosote).
Fourth avenue from Tenth street to Frank
lin (creosote).
Clinton avenue from Grant street to Franklin
avenue cedar blocks)
Tenth street S from Park avenue to Chicago
First avenue S from First to High
| Sandstone sand).
SIXTH WARD.
Riverside avenue from Twentieth avenue to
Twenty third avenue Sandstone SANDY.
| EIGHTH WARD. .
Alley between Franklin and Twenty-second
| street and Fremont and Girard avenues (briSk).
NINTH WARD.
Central avenue from Eighteenth avenue to
Twenty fourth (brick).
-. ELEVENTH WARD.
Eleventh avenue S between Eighteenth street
and Franklin avenue fcreosote).
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30

Mrs. Thurston was born in Cork, in the
south Of Ireland. Her father was the late
Paul Madden, several times mayor of
Cork, and a well-known Parnellite.
Strangely enough, Mrs. Thurston had not
written at all until after her marriage to
Ernest c. Thurston, a London journalist
and playwright. Five" years ago the idea
of writing had not even occurred to her.
1t is interesting to learn from the authors
best friend that her success as a novelist
was once foretold by palmist-a predic-
ton secuted at the time by Mrs. Thurs
ton
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
War Costs Money.

European fnanciers, who are watch
ing the war between Russia and Japan
with an interest intensified from day
to day, have recently been figuring over
again the cost Of it all, and the rate Of
accumulation Of debt by the two coun-
tries. They have found it necessary
to raise their figures, for as the war
proceeds the cost increases, and where. a
while ago it was estimated at $40 ,OOO,-
600 week to Russia, it is probable
these figures would now have to be
raised to $12,00o,OO0 or about $2,OOO,0 900
ifor every ordinary business day. That
war is expensive. business is the oldest
Of truisms, but, when the present con-
filet began, no one thought the totals
would roll up to the big figures now rep
resented. In this connection the Off
clal figures of Russia are not to be too
closely followed. The last BUDGET
stated the war expense for 1904 az
$573,OOO,OO0 partly disbursed, but best
private reports agree that the expense
now is at the rate Of at least $5OO0OO,-
900 year, if indeed it has not been
that high all along.
This cannot continue much LONGER
without rolling up an enormous debt on
both sides. Four years Of civil war in
our country put upon us a debt of
$2,5OO,OOO,OOO, and the present conflict
is Piling up debt at rate almost, if not
quite equal to that of our period of
strife from 1861 to 1865. IL
The bond issues made SO far bv Rus.
STA and Japan do not represent the. cost
Of the war by even a fair part, for
much Of" the expense, especially in
Japan, has been provided for by inter.
nal means. So far about 100000, 900
OF Russian and Japanese bonds have
been sold to European and American
investors. So - - = 4 s,.e,s :,
The Russian minister of finance re-
Gently offered the London Times the
privilege of sending a. representative
into the Russian treasury to prove be-
yond doubt that the great Russian gold
hoard. $50 long existent, is still intact,
and that Russia is still III good financial
shape. In Russian finance all thought
IS Of maintenance of credit, and to
aate there has been no general lack of
confidence in the ability Of that country
to make good finally, despite her terri
bic defeats and enormous losses ins;men
4 and money.
In Japan there is note of regret,
blended with the pean of victory, and
the japanese consul general, Mr.. Uchi.
ga, rejecting, no doubt, the higher
financial and commercial sentiment in
has country, says Japan will take great
pains to keep free from another war and
j would gladly see this one ended-with