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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
C0NR0Y BRIDAL TOUR -
AN IMMENSE SUCCESS

Eddie' Conroy, erstwhile car Of
the Minneapolis police force, has taken
a bride unto himself, Mrs. Nina Walsh.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A.
Humason, 1866 Carroll street, st. Paul.
If there is anyone between st. Paul
and Chicago who is not aware of the
fact that Mr.. Conroy has entered the
rank of benedicts, the former chief
is prepared to present medal. There
Murphy, John Ryan and Max Zeimer
were the committee on advertising.
Conroy thought that, it'll all the
subtlety he had imbibed from the Sc
friends would be easy. With per-
fectly innocent air he stepped out Of
the carriage at the st. Paul union sta
ton about IL O'Clock last night and
asked in a ter-of-fact tone when
the train left for Chicago and which
one it might be. He was not kept in
pulled in from Minneapolis and his
friends jumped off. They were accom-
panied by hobo band. The sleeper
was covered with posters yards wide
announcing that the great chief was
on his bridal tour and that every one
was invited to drop in and see him.
The happy ca couple were then
showered with bushels of rice, old
shoes and flowers. With a rush they
were carried on their train and depos-
tied in the stateroom. With a sigh
Of relief they said that it must soon
be over. But it WASH It. kilograms
the couple a sendoff, and they were
met this morning at Chicago by every
one in the windy city who ever heard
of Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
A Useful Vanderbilt.

Cornelius Vanderbilt, the millionaire
inventor, has beer given letters patent
on an. improved locomotive boiler, which
it is: claimed will make a great saving
in fuel to the railroads. Mechanics
are at work at the Rogers locomotive
works turning out locomotives with the
Vanderbilt generating appliance. I'M
portant railroads have agreed to give it
a trial. This is the second or third
time that young Vanderbilt has made
a successful appearance at the patent
office.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is the eldest son
Of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, and
should have inherited the major por-
tion Of his fathers vast estate and the
headship of the house, but because of
his independence in marrying the
woman he loved against the wishes of
his father, he was passed over, and the
Vanderbilt cash and honors went to his
younger brother, Alfred. Cornelius
fell heir to a millionx or two, and his
independence, which was worth more
to him. While Alfred Vanderbilt was
perfecting himself in the ways of So
ciety, and in the speeding of automo-
biles over the persons of pedestrians,
Cornelius has been working in rail
road Shops, tapping wheels, greasing
engines and learning all, about their
construction. AS result he is an in
ventor, and useful citizen. He bids
fair to become-a Vanderbilt who would
never think Of saying tile public be
ID" and who will never be
damned by the public, s. 80. y.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27

E L (. 4 Z y \
An absent-minded citizen of New York
sold for $29 a safe which happened to con-
tain $4,000 worth Of stocks, some valu-
able jeWelry and rare coins. When he
found what he had done, his hair stood
up like telegraph poles on moonlit night,
his eatworksS refused to bulge and his
general feelings were feverish, with signs
OF mental strabismus. Fortunately, he
had kept the combination when he sold
the safe, and by. buying UP all the second.
hand safes in town he finally came into
his own again, and found the contents in
tact. He is eating once more and his
hair is being gradually pressed into a, re-
cumbent position. So far as safes are
concerned, if he sells any more it will be
only after they have been turned inside
out and blown to pieces with dynamite.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
GETS RID OF POLES
TO FACE BILLBOARDS

With the coming of the trolley line,
Lake street has several serious ques-
lions to dispose of. There are the poles
OF the Northwestern Telephone com
pany and the Minneapolis General Elec-
trio company which have been standing
nulsances for years, the changing Of
curb, sidewalks and trees and the ap-
pearance. of billboards which are ap-
Pearlng IN large numbers, particularly
toward the Minnehaha end:
The pole. question has been partially
settled. At conference between the
aldermen Of the Eighth, Seventh and
twelfth wards, the Northwestern Tele-
phone company voluntarily agreed to
remove its Lake street line as far down
as Chicago avenue. This concession
was great relief to the aldermen, who
are disposed to commend the telephone
company highly for its action. It will
cost at least $4,000 to make the change
and instead Of being benefit will
place the company at disadvantage.
General Manager A. M. Robertson of
plan which he hopes will take his poles
from Lake street. .-.-.. -. ...
Z The aldermen have decided on road
way fully fifty feet wide from Hennepin
to Minnehaha avenues. In the Eighth
ward this crowds the space between the
curb and the sidewalk to six inches,
which is entirely too narrow for the
poles.
What to do with the billboards is an
other question, but the people will
probably have to accept the inevitable
like the patrons of the two other inter
urban lines. Bill boards are permissa-
BILE under the state law and the council
has no authority to pass ordinances
abolishing them. So saith the city at
torney. An effort will be made with
moral suasion on the owners of vacant
property to refuse to lease their lots for
signboards. .-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
LAKE CITY FARMERS
HOUSE UNDER FIRE

Bullets from the rife range at Camp
Lakeview have peppered the house of
a farmer near Lake City till he actu-
ally lost patience and complained to
the commandant Of the regular army
battalion which has been camping at
the national guard quarters. Major B.
l.. Billiard Of the Twenty eighth infan-
try, who was appealed to, was incred-
ulous, for the farmer s house is nearly
mile back of the targets and on much
higher ground. He visited the house
and was soon convinced by several
bullets from the Krags striking its
framework. He ran up the white flag
and later gave the order to abandon
the range.
AS result of this incident the reg
ulars are not likely to make any more
visits to Camp Lakeview, but viii use
the new rifle range being equipped near
Fort Smelling. The march down the
river and the target practice has been
a fine outing for the regulars, who are
10th to give it up.
The embattled farmers case will now
require the attention of the national
guard authorities, who will have ia
protect his family and livestock from
the reckless shooting of 'frookies' at
this summers encampment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
Cortelyou Means Business.

Postmaster General Corte1you issues
his instructions to postmasters in a
way that may be understood. Inform
William A. Evans that it is the opinion
of the department. that if he wishes TO
retain his position as assistant post.
master he. should retire from member
ship on the republican state central
committee of Kentucky" is the way
he addressed the postmaster Of Louis
vile. The state central committee Of
Kentucky had been actively engaged
in campaign and the assistant post
master had been active in raising
money for the committee. The impro-
priety of a federal official involving
himself in such work should have APP
pealed to the local Office, but as it did
not, the postmaster general gave the
above hint, which, no doubt, was suf-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
NEW 500 BOOKLET
Primer 16 Gives Pictorial Description
> Of Route to Pacific.

!. 500 line advertising issued in book
let form by the passenger department.
has assumed the proportions of small
library. Primer is has just come from
the press, entitled, "Hotels and Hy-
dros-Soo- Pacific Route" It is up to
the Galloway standard as to matter
and is bound in attractive form. The
first picture is that of sunrise in
Minnesota and the last that of sum
set on the Pacific. The forty pages
are full Of information, pictorial and
descriptive, concerning the attractive
hotels in the famous tourist points on
the northern route from Minneapolis
to the coast. A few pages are devoted
to pictures Of the Lewis and Clark ex-
position buildings.
w. Il. Galloway, general passenger
agent, will advertise his line thoroly
and will at the same time entertain
waiting passengers at the principal sta,
tions with stereopticon views of scenes
along the road. He has ordered stere-
opticons from England and will place
them at leading points. "
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
CITY NEWS
ARE SCREENED FROM GAZE
ARRESTED PERSONS PROTECTED
FROM HUMILIATION BY Po-
LICE, UNDER NEW PLAN.

The Minneapolis police department IS
the only department in the state that is
strictly obeying the law requiring pris-
oners under arrest to be kept from pub
lie view from the time they are arrest
ed until they are either discharged or
committed to the workhouse. Other
police departments attempt to carry
out the laws, but the local department
IS the only one that obeys it literally.
OF the legislature, provides for covered
the arrested person from public view.
The day the law went into effect, the
Minneapolis department was provided
with covered patron wagons. But even
then the law was not obeyed in all
particulars, and there were times that
prisoners wer exposed to public view,
especially when being taken from the
wagon to the police station and again
when taken to and from the wagons at
the muicipal court.
This disobedience Of the law has been
overcome by the installation Of the new
central police station. Now when a
man is arrested, he is placed in COW
cred patrol wagon and taken directly
into the basement of the new city hall
where he is placed in an elevator, and
taken up dark shaft to the new lock-
up, six stories above. When court con-
venes. he is taken down private stair
way that leads into the courtroom, and
as soon as his case is disposed Of, he
IS led back to the lookup where he is
held awaiting the departure of the
Black Maria, - if he is to 90 to the
Workhouse. Then the elevator works
the reverse way, and the prisoner is
lowered into the basement, loaded into
the g Black Maria,'' also covered
wagon, and taken to the workhouse.
From the time he is arrested until
the workhouse doors close behind him
the only view the public has Of the
prisoner is the brief moment he is in
police court. And if the prisoner is
a Juvenile, even this brief glance is de-
med the public, and the trial is held
behind closed doors. ~. ~ '
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
WILD PETS IN PARK
MCNEIL Lecture Will Show Many Views
of Yellowstone Animals.

MCNEIL Lecture Will Show Many Views
of Yellowstone Animals.
Few people know that the Yellow
stone National park, beside being the
greatest natural park in the world and
government reservation, is in reality a
huge game preserve for it is the refuge
Of all sorts cf the wild game of the
Rocky mountains. It is no uncommon
sight for the park tourist to see bands
of wild deer, elk and mountain sheep
wandering on the mountains or in the
valleys, while the bears are quite famil-
lar.
Park" to be given tomorrow even
ing in Y. M. G. A. hall, G. F. McNeill
has paid special attention to the ami
mails and has many interesting pictures
showing their haunts and habits. In
addition to views of the park, Mr.. Nc
Neil has many slides Of the Lewis &
Clark sexposition
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27

agant for d man in his position. Its
furnishings, including few good pic
lures and a collection Of choice books,
approximate 100000. Not one thing
about his private conduct or his home
life betrays anything but the admira-
bic. Ambition gained the mastery and
led him on until it was too late.
But what wretched failure he has
made, for himself and for his family!
With a legitimate income sufficient to
provide not only every comfort, but
every luxury that reason could ask for,
he was willing to jeopardize all that he
had, including his good name and the
honor Of his family, in the hope, not
of adding anything that was needed,
but simply that his overmastering
greed, for money and the power that
money gives might be-not satisfied,
for that could never be-but might be
gratifed. How deplorable that some
worthier ambition might not have en-
gagged the energies and the talents of
this capable man! That he should not
have been able to take juster and a
saner view of the real object Of life!
All the higher and nobler and worthier
possibilities Of his existence have been
thrown away that he might seize one
great prize which has eluded his grasp
at last, and left him disgraced and
ruined by his effort to reach it. 3
The greatest pity of all is that the
world is full of men like him.: They
do not all fail as he did, nor do they all
employ the dishonorable means that he
used, but they waste their lives in try
ing to realize an ambition no higher
than that which tempted Frank G.
Bigelow to his ruin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
A Low Aim.

1t rarely happens that when a man
prominent in finance goes wrong, the
full truth comes out in the first reports.
ramifying moves of man laboring I'M
der strain and seeking to avoid dis
closure that means ruin, make it hard
to follow the trail back; and, more
over, there is the natural disposition
on the part Of conservative business
men to tone down as much as possible
the first accounts, that the shock upon
the community may be lessened. Hence.
altho the report that Frank G.. Bige-;
low, president of the First National
bank OF Milwaukee, was defaulter
in the sum of $1,500,000, was news that
staggered all who read it, later devel-
opments show that only half the truth
came out. Mr.. Bigelow's total defal-
cations will run much heavier than
this. The full amount may reach
$3,OOO,OOO. ...
Here was man trusted with the
management of great bank, and whose
name appeared on the boards of other
large companies, as the Northwestern
Mutual Life, the Milwaukee Electric
Railway g. Light company, besides a
number of less prominent Corporations.
Additional to this, he was trustee and
administ rhtor and had the handling of
much property I, in <mortmain, including
tina. Of the old Brodhead estate and
Of the. late Henry e. Payne, recently
postmaster general, The Payne estate
is. found to. besittle affected, if at all;
but$aMr. BigeloW owes a round sum to
thesBrodhead estate Additional to the
81, 100000 due the First National Of
\ Milwaukee, there are five other Mil
waukee banks with claims for consid-
cradle sums, three New York banks,
one in Chicago and one in ST.. Louis,
the aggregate of this other bank in
debtedness. being 1857, 900. A number
of small claims appear amounting to
$66,OOO
Mr.. Bigelow IS private accounts are
found to be in state of confusion
that, to those. who were familiar with
his methodical mind, appear at first
almost inexplicable. The reason, how
ever, is not hard to find. Bigelow was
specializing and there were many things
that it was dangerous to commit to
writing even in memorandum form,
least some one should accidentally see
them and discover the secret. Hence
grew the habit of carrying large af-
fairs in mind only. Latterly circum-
stances forced him to reveal his secret
to three men in his own bank, and he
must have realized that discovery was
a question Of time only. This feeling
no doubt prompted the last desperate
plunge for recoup that would make
everything square. It failed and utter
ruin is the result.
The case is highly interesting for
I many things that ordinarily come to
light after such crash are not found
here. Bigelow was a gentleman. No
wine or women affairs appear. He was
devoted to his family. His home rep
xesents value Of $40. oo0not extray-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27

CHAT !
THE i Y UlNExsY CHAIR

.9H Il. III. ROGERs'r sERvcE &To MARK
Worlds Work for Nav els
for the first time the story of Henry II q
Rogers service to Mark Twain. II began
long before the Standard Oil man knew
Mr.. Clemens. Once, years ago. Mr.. Rogers
read .'Roughing It," He not only read II.
again, but he read It to his wife and to,
his children. He said, ''If / ever have the
chance to help the man who wrote it.
will" And the chance came. Il
When Webster & Co. COZ which Mark
Twain was member) failed, every asset
of the famous humorist, including the
copyrights Of his books, went down iii
the wreck. It was what is called "a,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27

Henry Essler, for number of years a.
farmer near Retreat, Wis, is dead. He
was 1o7 years old and was cutting his
third set of teeth. He was perhaps the
oldest as well as the Oldest man in the
state, his ways being decidedly primitive
He usually slept III the barn rolled up in
a blanket. His menu consisted of bread
and potatoes, with several cups Of tea.
This seems to show that it is not the diet
that makes the man. 1t is what the man
does to his diet >.E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
HE ENJOYED HAWAII
John De Laittre Returns After Winter
Spent in Islands.

Former Mayor John De Laittre, has
just returned from Hawaii, where he
has lived thru the winter months with
his daughter, Miss Corinne. Mr.. De
Laittre is enthusiastic about the won
derful climate and the scenery, which
excels anything he has ever seen in this
country. He also says that the bust
ness conditions of Honolulu are most
prosperous, the main industry being
exported about 4,25O,OO0 tors a year.
This brings into the islands $32,O00,00O
annually. The largest sugar mill is To-
Gated about twenty miles from Homo
lulu. It is made entirely from steel,
and has capacity of. 100000 tons a
year. The principal capitalists of the
island are Americans and English.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
The Smelling Line Assured.

The license to the street railway
company to extend Its lines into the
Fort Smelling reservations has after
some vexatious distractions been
granted and work on the line will be
pushed to completion.
The line into the fort will be great
gain to the government as well as a
substantial accommodation to the Off
GERS and men stationed at Smelling.
Heretofore to reach Minneapolis they
were obliged to 90 to st: Paul or take
a bus. to Minnehaha Falls from the
reservation! The government will
gain an inlet. and outlet for the moving
Of troops and the people Of Minneapolis
will have secured the boonsof going to
Fort Smelling whose associations are
historic, without footing it over a mile
of sand hill. 81; Il !. 49, IL.
The development Of trolley lines in
and about Minneapolis is but begun.
The Lake street line, which will give in
time a new interurban route, and the
building of the. line to Lake Minneton-
ka, are beginnings Of the usefulness of
the rural trolley. There are many
other directions in which quick com
munication is needed and in which it
must be provided in due season.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
VETS TO VISIT BIJoU
Party from Soldiers Home Will Be
Entertained SATURDAY.,

Two hundred civil-war veterans from
the state soldiers home at Minnehaha
will be guests Of the Bijou theater man
agement Saturday afternoon, at the
performance Of "Me, Him and ], /" by
Hays. By the courtesy of General
Manager w. J. Held of the Twin City
Rapid Transit company, all will be
given free transportation from the
home to the theater. The trustees and
management of the home have ex-
pressed their appreciation of this kind
attention on the part of Mr.. Hays and
treat eagerly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
BOOMING HAWAII
Secretary of Promotion Committee Here
Talking Business.

Edward NJ Boyd. secretary of the Hawaii
promotion committee of Honolulu, is in Min
neapoIis preaching the gospel of 1.-THE garden
isles of the Pacific
1T is a fervid religion with u.s.. said Mr.
Boyd today, land we preach 1t as a faith.
There has been no one In the islands this Win
ter who has been too busy to join hands with
the committee In its endeavor to teach the
citizens of America that their possession in the
Pacific is the most beautiful spot in the world
There have been many Minneapolitars with US
this winter. and they are as enthusiastic as
.sThe most striking thing that has been done
is the extinction of the mosquito. She has
gone. Petroleum and cleanliness did it. No
one regrets her departure. With the mosquipo
gone. the islands are perfect"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
THE MAGAZINES

The g Railway sBgautiful. Katherine
Louise Smith in the May BookIovers' Mag:
lazlne, says:
For some time energetic persons have been In
terested in making the city beautiful; and today
the railroad beautiful is beginning to loom the
horizon with the possibility that. bare tracks
and uninviting waiting rooms will disappear. A
strangers first impression of d city is gained
from the railway station at which he alights,
and from its environment. Too often he has
arrived at a wooden structure absolutely devoid
of architectural beauty and surrounded with a
dreary expanse OF uncultivated ground. That the
Identification Of railroad where it trayerses q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27

Ex-President Cleveland's declaration in
the Ladies' Home Journal that women's
clubs are harmful in way that menaces
American homes" and nuisance gen
orally, makes his ultimatum to, Great Brit
ain look like a mild compromise, and his
stand for the gold standard appear posi-
lively timid.-Kansas City Times. =: p = :
There is that about Grover that even
the ladies must admire. Wrong or right,
you know where to find him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27
FOUND HOME AGAIN
Aged Woman Who Went to Police Sta
tion Taken by Stepdaughter.

Mrs. Emeline Smith, the aged woman
who was given shelter at Central police
station, Tuesday night, after having
been refused admittance to the home Of
one of her relatives, will live with her
step-daughter, Mrs. Parker Smith, 80
RoyalstOn avenue.
It was Mrs. Parker Smith who
placed the old lady in a carriage to
send her to the home of relative, Lee
ander Smith, SIC Beacon street Sc,
where she was refused admittance. The
step daughter, learning that the mother
had been refused shelter, fastened to
claim her.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27

city and Its suburbs. should be considered the
duty Of the management just as much as the care
Of Its rolling stock may at hrst sight seem the
cream OF an idealist but in specific cases this
mas been shown to be paying Investment.
The writer's article bears evidence OF
the desire of railroads to beautify their
lines, In numerous halftones showing some
things that are being done.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27

Wellington was, behind a tree praying
vigorously for night or Butcher, when an
orderly rode up. tits all right, general,
if Butcher don't come, rye got Senator
Morgan to take the floor for the remain
der Of the session."
You meant well,'' said Wellington,
'but sometimes think I would rather
lose the battle '1s 80 -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27

When the mothers of Minnesota learn
that Warden Wolfer will not allow his
tenants to be contaminated with the yell
low journals, they may begin to realize the
chances they take on Sunday mornings.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-27

The Times records withapprovalAthe1r e-
turn to old-fashioneed English involved. IN
the report that Bigelow "stole'' 81 $780,
900 of the Milwaukee banks money. The
Times may be right, but now that 1t is
three millions, there will be a tendency
to dignity the Importance of his feat. "