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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
MINE HOST LEFT
PATRONS IN LURCH.
COMING TO DINNER, BoARDERs
FOUND NOTHING DOING.
They Charge that the Proprietor Col
lected What He Gould in Advance
and Then Departed Without Notice,
Leaving Help Unpaid and Nobody in
MISREPRESENTATION Probable.

,fEmpty is the table, papa 8 goine, -
sang chorus of hungry boarders yes
terday noon at the hash emporium for
merly operated at 108 Seventh street s..
Breakfast was served as usual, but
when the hungry boarders, hundred
strong appeared for dinner at noon,
there was nothing doing. The proprie-
tor had been reported i'll for several
days and a few simple ones at once
quent events tend to prove, tho, that
he was much more lively specimen.
The tragedy is given touch of nature
by the fact that the erstwhile pros
Prietor had been busy for some days col
!ectlng advance board from such of the
boarders as would pay. He departed
W W. the roli thus acquired, according to
ers, who place the amount of the CAPT
ltal thus secured at about $500. -Four
young men of the crowd of star board
sers compared their experiences, and
own to a loss of $50. :...s.s ~
According to one Of the boarders who
went dinnerless, the lady of the house
removed from the city about a month
continued by the husband. He collected
all the advance board possible and dis.
appeared, leaving the help unpaid and
no dinner for the boarders. It is be-
!ieved that he has Joined his wife, who
is believed to be running Minnesota
country hotel. -, .
Investigation has shown that the fur.
nlshings OF the place were practically
the property Of installment houses and
that the proprietors had but a stall
equity. The servant girls, it is said
were left with varying amounts due
and nothing to live on. The house kept
a few roomers, but most Of the business
was in table board, the patrons being
drawn from the department stores and
downtown offices. - -.
cit was a mournful bunch bumped
into when l went for my dinner" said
one of the victims. 1After a while
they got wise and then they were like
Gagged lions and wanted to burn the
place. There WASH It a scrap to eat
and some Of the girls were hungry and
ready to cry. Part Of the, crowd laughed
but it was serious matter to some of
the girls who had paid in advance and
had nothing left. It cost me $780, sc
T pinched drinking cup as a memory
logger
To make sure that the noon affair
was not Joke few returned fol
supper and breakfast today, but found
nothing doing. The casa will be lai6
before the county attorney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
REVENUE FUND Is LOW
STATE FUND NOW s1,8o0.ooo oVER-
DRAWN - AUDITOR IvERsoN
SAYS CASE rs NOT UNUSUAL.

The state revenue fund is now over
drawn nearly $l,S00,000. There are
warrants held by banks, which will be
redeemed next February with 4 y per
cent interest, amounting to $1,576,000.
In addition the revenue fund is drawn
on other state funds to the amount Of
$217 1925. This condition is normal for
the time of year. The main part of the
state Is revenue comes in between Feb
ruary and August. In the latter part
of the year, the fund is low, owing to
heavy calls. The shortage is rather
heavier than usual now. Last year in
terest amounting to 81 ,114 was paid on
warrants handled thru banks, but that
amount will be exceeded this year. The
revenue fund may be overdrawn on the
other funds to the amount of 100000,
but that is never enough, and the sys-
tenn OF call loans on warrants has been
followed for twenty-five years.
1T is the settled legislative policy
OF the state,'' said Auditor S. G. Iver-
son today. FWe are in good shape
and will have million dollars surplus
In our revenue fund by April. Rail-
road taxes on the per cent basis which
come in February, will amount to 3d.,
will be $780, 900 more. The policy, and
| think it is a good one, is to tide over
the, short season of stringency by loans,
rather than to levy the extra tax and
take the $1,750,000 from the people that
would be needed to give us a credit
balance all thru the year,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
BEER CITY FIGHTS
GRADE CROSSINGS
GOOD PROGRESS rs BEING MADE
THERE.
Agitation Is New, but Already Many
Danger Spots Have Been Eliminated
Efforts to Put Electric Wires I'm
der Ground Meets Support from the
Companies Themselves.

Milwaukee is engaged in vigorous
crusade against grade crossings and
overhead wires, and is making most
gratifying progress. When the Min
neapolis aldermen visited that city a
few days ago, the results that had been
accomplished were pointed out by Stan
ley E. Cze1winski, commissioner of
public works, who is an avowed enemy
Of these two sources of great danger
to life and property.
only half year, but, like the proven
bal new broom, he sweeps clean and
has entered on his duties with de-
votion and energy which stamps him
as q coming man in the civic improve
ment Of Milwaukee.
We do not anticipate any great re-
sistance on the part of the railway
companies he said to the Minneapolis
visitors. 'tIt is natural that they
should object somewhat as the work is
them big expense. While the sep
aration Of the dangerous crossings may
not move as rapidly as some Of the
people may wish, the reform is progress
sing steadily and we are quite satisfied.
The Northwestern road has met
the city half way and has already done
much. It is more favorably situated
than the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
road, as its tracks extend along the
natural depressions or valleys. Sever
al streets have been bridged within a
short time and other crossings will be
taken care Of in the immediate future
as the matter has been taken hold of
with firm hand and there will be no let
up. -.s.sssas b.. .--.
"The railway company is required to
do all the work of grading, ETC., and
when this is completed the city places
the street in the same condition as it
was before the improvement was begun
The city also pays the damages to abut.
ting property caused by the change of
grade. understand that in some cities
efforts are made to compel the railway
companies to bear the entire expense of
this work including the damages to
property. Possibly this can be done in
Milwaukee, but we find it more conven,
lent to cooperate with the railways in
the work. In the main our plan is
generally satisfactory.
Is not as favorably situated as much
of it's trackage is on low, fat land over
| which the tracks must be elevated con
| siderably in order to permit the streets
| to 20 under. While the problem is q
serious one it will be met in time.
| Milwaukee has had less difficulty
than was anticipated in forcing the
wires underground. The telephon,
and electric companies appear almos
as anxious as the authorities to have tn,
pole lines abolished. They realize
that. the wires are constant menac,
and that the long lines of poles in tn,
principal streets are unsightly. Will.
! the first expense of the conduits is grea
the system is more economical in tn,
long run and is more satisfactory t,
the. companies themselves than tn,
aerial system. The local telephone com
pany Is earning the good will of tn,
season me in ao bur2ns has d Ha1Ssss
| wires.'' '@' -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
DISCUSS TEMPERANCE
Seventeenth District w. G. T. U. Holds
Interesting Mid-Year Institute.

The mid-year institute Of the seven
teenth district w. G. r. U. was held to-
day in the Park Avenue M E. church,
and the district was represented by
delegates who took an active part in
the discussions. "
An interesting feature Of the morn
ing session was the rollcall, responded
to with temperance news items. A
symposium on "'What the w. G. T. u.
Has Accomplished was conducted by
Mines. Jones and Thompson for the ma
tional Mines. Kercher and Powell for
the state and Mines. Neal and Hoover
for the local organizations, Rev. wv.
VALENTINE gave Bible reading.
80 At the afternoon session there was a
series of talks on different phases of the
work. DR.. Ethel Hurd discussed ''The
Progress of Equal Suffrage and Rev.
S. B. Roberts addressed the delegates on
"Why the w. G. T. Us'@
The evening session will be devoted
to grand gold medal contest under the
direction Of the superintendent of con-
tests, Mrs. Sfaro. The following will
contest for the prize: Misses Hattie
Reilly, Nettie Smith, Virginia Newhan,
Marion Richardson, Mabel Mason and
Frank Kelly. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
WILL TAKE A BRIDE
TO AFRICAN FIELD

When Rev. G. H. Maxwell leaves the
passionate Of Linden Hills Congrega-
tional church for the mission field Of
Africa,' he will not go alone. His COM
panion will be the young woman who is
now Miss Katherine M. Sullivan, who
will 20 as his bride. She lately joined
the Linden Hills church.
Behind the simple announcement of
the approaching marriage there lies. a
gether by religious devotion and of
sacrifices made for religious convic-
tions. Miss Sullivan was reared in
another church and had always been an
enthusiastic, sincere member Of that
denomination. However, about . two
years ago she began studying with a
view to satisfying herself on certain
points which she could not understand
in the doctrines Of her own church. The
course of her inquiry brought her into
contact with Mr. Maxwell and the
friendship ripened into deeper feeling,
which will have it's elimination in the
Sullivan is now as firm in the Congre-
gational faith as she was in that of the
church in which she was reared 70 the
change has involved heroic sacrifices.
1t is the plan Of Mr.. Maxwell to leave
Minneapolis about Jan: 1, going to the
Hartford Theological seminary, where
he will deliver course Of lectures, last
ing about one month. i. ~
Two weeks more will be spent in out
fitting for the trip to Africa, and he
will then sail with his bride for his sta
ton in the southeastern part of the con
inent about twenty milese from Durba1
in territory fought over in the ,Boer war
Here he will be identified with a theo
logical seminary at station calico
Adams, where the institution is doing 6
successful work in> training natives FOL
the ministry. His special work will b.
as superintendent of native churches.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
"A HUMAN sPINCUsHION
Medical Witness Says Carrie Waller
Cannot Feel Pain.

& DR.. William B. Murray, on the stand
in Judge T. G.. Brooks court today,
testified that Canie Waller, the plain.
tiff in a $4,000 personal injury dam
age suit againstytL r. Ross, is, from
the knees down, a human pincushion.
The witness swore that the woman
had lost all sense Of feeling thru pa
ralysis and that he had stuck pins in
of sensation Ths Condition s IS said
be the result Of being struck by the de-.
PENDANT IS awning. The defendant s.
counsel denied the truth of this testi-
sm0ny and this afternoon sent doctors
of their own to examine the plaintiff,
who is unable to be in court.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
FREE PUBLIC SKATING Kinks
NOW OPEN s -.G
Loring Park.
Powderhorn Park.
Lake Of the Isles. T..
Lake Harriet. ~. y
Van Cleve Park. .
In WANT. he STEALS
PENNIES OF THE POOR

Hungry and suffering for want Of
warm clothes, Luther Danford, colored,
forgot that there were other poor be-
side himself, and stole contribution
om p ene e. s to B fhH sonare A
houses. ~ 49, < x .5>s5 sr-.s = sd s.5y .st
After tramping the streets for hours,
Lanford says he could find no work nor
anything to eat and the discovery of q
box full of coins tempted him. He took
the box and spent the contents for food
and clothing. ~.>. -uz% = IN.
His story, however, did not satisfy
Judge G. L. Smith In police court today
and Lanford was sent to the workhouse
for sixty days, where he will have
plenty to eat. -. -,..y.. d, ..-.s:. Il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
MINNEAPOLIS WOMEN
ARRESTED IN ST. PAUL

Shoplifting as pastime seems to
have caused the downfall Of two Min
neapolls women. arrested today at st.
Paul. The two were arrested in a dry
goods store, and when searched were
found to have silks and small novelties
worth about 800. They gave the
names of Mrs. Bertha Clark and Mrs
Mary, Hawkins, both believed to be
pseudonyms.
Mrs. Clark Immediately notified her
husband, said to be a man recently in
9 prominent public position. He pro-
fessed the greatest surprise and stated
that their circumstances were such that
theft was probably prompted by pure
love Of excitement
Both women deposited bail and their
cases will come up in police court to-
morrow. 49, a&rSt%s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
.SWITCHMAN IS KILLED
IN MILWAUKEE YARDS

Benjamin Dinham, a switchman en-
ployed by the Milwaukee road, was
killed in the yards at Eleventh avenue
s and Fourth street this forenoon.
He was experimenting the switching
of some loaded cars, and while making a
coupling missed his footing and was
pitched between two cars. The bumpers
crushed his chest and he was dying
when his friends picked him up.
The South Side patrol wagon was
summoned to take the man to the city
hospital but he died on the way, and the
body was taken to the county morgue
Dinham was about As years old, and is
survived by his wife and two daughters
He had been In the railroad business 70,
many years. He lived at sos Eighth
avenue s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
WILL TEST POINT
IN TORRENS LAW
ACTION TO. PREVENT REGIsTRA-
TON OF TITLE INTERESTING.
Decision Will Determine Whether
Company Can, Upon Judgment and
Title Secured Without Owner IS
knowledge, and Thru Error on Coun-
ty Books, Register Title to Property.

In bringing an action to prevent reg
istration Of title, to vacate Judgment
and to reopen the case of the Mime
sofa Debenture company against Jul
dith A. L. Baird, brought to. quiet title,
Hugh n. Allen, attorney for the de-
PENDANT, has raised new and knotty
question under the Torrens law and
one that will be Of great interest to
land owners and dealers thruout Min
nesota.
The decision will determine whether a
company or am Individual can, upon a
judgment and title secured without the
knowledge of the original owner Of
property and thru an error on the coun-
ty's books, register title to this proper
ty and thus make good his title and put
the damages, if any, upon the state.
done, but up to the present time there
has never been defens put in AID the
question has never been tested.
The property in the present case is a
lot on Jefferson and Twenty-sixth ave-
nues NE. Ia was owned by Mrs. Ju-
dith A. L. Baird Of Ripley, Ohio. Thru
some mistake in the treasurer's office
the tax Of 1914 was not marked "paid''
on the tax books. In 1900 the lot was
by the Minnesota Debenture company
In 1901 the debenture company be,
gan suit to quiet title, secured service
by publication and decree and judg.
ment followed in October, 1901: A
short time ago the plaintiff made appli.
cation for registration of title under
the Torrens law. The examiners report
showed that the company was probably
entitled to the registration, but re-
CURED that notice of the application
be sent to Mrs. Baird.
| = This ia c1aime1 tO he the f1rst motif a.
| ever received by the defendant and the
herself had any title to the lot. She
turned the matter over to her attorney
who has secured an, injunction temper
arily preventing registration and has
begun an action to vacate the Judgment
| Tt is alleged that the defendant s
address could have been easily procured
and that the papers in the suit to quiet
title should have been sent to her. Mrs.
Baird also alleges that she has con,
tinued to pay her yearly tax. on the
| property. up to date and now has all
| the receipts for the same. She alleges
that the plaintiff company has allowed
her to pay this tax and that all that
has ever been paid by the plaintiff is
the $345 for the 1894 taxes. She al
leges that she can show that the county
officials found, after the sale, that there
had been a mistake in the books and
rendered the. plaintiff refund Of $345
but that this was refused. It is also
alleged that. no notice Of the expiration
OF redemption was. ever published Of
|served upon the defendant
The plaintiff company claims that al
long as the defendant did not answer
within year of the securing Of thu
Judgment giving it title, she has for
feited all her rights. .r-'> -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
Weather Conditions.

A rainstorm IS in progress in the
southeastern states, including Tennes-
see, Alabama, Georgia and northern
Florida, due to low-pressure area evil
has increased over the northern parts
of Michigan and Minnesota, in Mani
toba, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas
and Saskatchewan, but there has been
very little precipitation so far. Snow
or rain was falling this morning in
the north Pacific coast region. The
high pressure areas continue in nearly
the same positions as yesterday morn
ing, but a very small and slight depres-
sion has appeared over eastern South
Dakota; this low is causing increasing
cloudiness in this, vicinity, but little or
no precipitation is expected tonight or
Saturday, and as the "low' passes
eastward it will be followed by falling
temperature. p. s. Outram, p
Section Director.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
RATES FOR BOND
STILL TOO HIGH
SECURITY FOR CITY TREASURER
rs EXPENSIVE.
Council Committee Rejects All Bids, De-
claring Them Excessive-Bo nding
Companies Say Risk Demands High
Rate-License Committee Votes
Against Opening the Old Columbia
Theater.

Surety companies ask too much for in
surfing the city treasurer and all the bids
for bonding G. s. Hubert for 100000
were rejected by the council committee
on bonds Of city officers. The lowest
bid was $4,000. The aldermen deemed
this too high in view Of the low premi-
ums paid on the bend Of the county
treasurer. The representatives of the
surety companies argued that ordinarily
city treasurer was a very bad risk and
the only reason they were allowed to
submit bids was on account of Mr.. HUI
bert s. well-knoWn personal integrity
and his financial and social standing.
AS the bond covers loss by fire, bank
failure or the dishonesty Of employees
theyssaid the rate was unusually low.
The aldermen did not take the same
this evening that all bids be rejected.
The council may decide to advertise for
new bids in the expectation OF getting
more satisfactory terms.
The application of w. M. Robb for a
theater license at the old Columbia thea
ter was refused by the committee on
licenses today. The aldermen believed
that Mr.. Robb would be unable to main
tain respectable place in the old dive.
1t is certain to be approved by the c0un-
Gil this evening. a@
The ordinance creating the office Of
overhead wire inspector to be attached
to the city engineers office will be pre-
sented this evening. Such an officer is
desired by the Electricians union as a
protection to the inemen who are con-
stantly exposed to danger from crossed
wires. Wy .-s.
An attempt probably will be made
this evening to rescind the council reso-
luton requiring all city printing to
bear the union label. The Typothetae
are making war on the label and as sew.
eral non-union shops have submitted
lower bids, on recent work than union
shops they have decided to see the for.
mer thru, even if it is necessary to ap.
peal to the courts. r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
SALT AND SNOW ROT
HORSES HOOPS OFF

Salt mixed with street snow is said
to be prolific cause Of hoofrot among
horses. A delegation from the Team
sters union today waited on officers
Of the Minneapolis Humane society and
requested that something be done to
prevent the sprinkling Of salt on the
streetcar tracks.
The teamsters are organizing to stop
the practice if possible Hoofrot IS
dangerous to equines, and when once
well started, it is claimed, nothing can
prevent the rotting off of the hoofs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
OFF TO CALIFORNIA
Sunshine Route Popular-Tourist Cars
from the Twin Cities to Los Angeles,
California. ~ -.a. 80 ...'

Sunshine Route Popular Tourist Cars
from the Twin Cities to Los Angeles,
California.
To accommodate the large and in
creasing tourist travel to California, a
through tourist sleeping-car line has
been established between st. Paul and
Minneapolis and Los Angeles via the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul and the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railways,
the Sunshine Route. .s..-
Leaving Minneapolis at 1920 am.
every Tuesday, st. Paul $3.50 am, the
tourist has daylight ride through one
Of the most populous and richest agri-
cultural sections of Minnesota and
Iowa. Kansas City is reached at 1920
am. the next day. The car attached
to the Santa Fe train leaves Kansas
City at II am. Wednesday.
During the afternoon the train passes
through some of the most thriving
towns in Kansas-Lawrence, Topeka
(where stop Of twenty-five minutes is
made for dinner), Ossage City, Empo-
ria, Florence, Newton, Hutchinson, see
mic Colorado being entered during the
night:
The next morning at an early hour
La Junta, in Southeastern Colorado, is
reached, and at this point the first view
train skirting the eastern foothills and
entering New Mexico near Ration. Will
liams is reached at noon on Friday.
This Is the junction with the line to
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, and
stopover may be had here if a visit
to the Grand Canyon is provided for
in the itinerary Of the tourist.
From San Bernardino until arrival at
Los Angeles at 1925 am. Saturday, the
tro in r,,pc thr011oh fha rdap cnof of
Southern California.
..Reasons Why
Briefly stated, the advantages offered
by The Sunshine Route from the north
west consists Of the shortest line to
San Francisco and vicinity; great
scenic attractions, including the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado river in Ari-
IONA; route less affected by snow than
those through the more northerly Rocky
Mountain passes; an easy grade, consid-
ering that the continental ranges must
be surmounted; equipment complete in
all appointments, and delightful eli
mate.
For each double berth Cone berth
will comfortably accommodate two per-
sons) the price is $6.75 from st. Paul
or Minneapolis to either Los Angeles
or San Francisco.
Tickets and Berth Reservations
For The Sunshine Route your tickets
SHOULD read via the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railway to Kansas City,
thence via the Atchison, Topeka & San
ia Fe Railway and connections to Ari-
IONA, New Mexico and California des-
tinations
For tickets, berth reservations in
frst-elass or tourist sleeping cars, adj
dress w. B. Dixon, Northwestern Pas
senger Agent, 365 Robert street, St.
Paul, or G. r. Lewis, g. r. & T. A.. 1913
Nicollet avenue. Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
JAKEY'S, SCARE STORY
Small Boy Says Bad Men Carried Him
h. .-..f.- Awav -.,. ~ -.

Police officials are investigating
story of kidnapping which NJakey'
Goldberg, aged II years, who lives with
his parents at Grand avenue and Twen-
ty-seventh street, maintains is true. /.
According to the tale, Jakey was
walking near his home about 6 pm.
Tuesday, when two men came along
with a buggy, seized him, and drove off
with him to St.. Louis Park. They took
him to an old shack, took 40 cents away
them hem left hin him. ~ About II G p.m JaRey
managed to work himself loose, and
found his way home:
Jakey's parents join with the police
in doubling the lads story, but the
boy sticks to it and cannot be shaken
from what he has said.