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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-25
SAILORS FAITH IN OMENS.
Sea sunerstitions Are Picturesque
and Many Of Ancient Date.

sea SuperStltlonS are picturesque
and Many Of Ancient Date.
Sailors superstitions are usually
picturesque. Many Of them are very
old and many Of their beliefs are COM
mon the world over. To break look-t
ing glass on shipboard means shat-s
tered compass. A sneeze invites mis-
fortune unless you sneeze to the right.
The man at the wheel under any flag
will tell you that he can not steer
straight If there is a cross-eyed pas
senger aboard.
Women are considered extremely
unlucky on a warship or merchant
man and are supposed to bring squally
weather and dangerous gales. Away
back in the early sos, 1t was custom
airy for a captain in the navy to take
his wife and family with him on long.
voyages, but to-day the women are
left at home.
st. Elmos light are another source
of uneasiness to the sailor. They are
usually seen in the tropics and are
probably due to electricity, but they
certainly present spectral sight on a
dark night at sea, when the little
globular, greenish-blue flames are
seen floating and pickering above the
yardarms, jumping at bound from
topsail yard to topgallant yard or dis
appearing there. only to reappear on
the truck Of the mainmast. These
phenomena precede storm and be-
come visible during a calm that is
generally followed by deluge of rain
and an electrical display of unusuak
brilliancy.
Originally Known as Corpus Cristf
lights, the sailors have corrupted the
name to "corposants" and believe item
to be the souls Of departed seamen
appearing to presage misfortune. ugss.-
ally the loss of the ship. 1t was for{
nerly a hard task to get a sailor intd
the rigging while 'corposant was
a,c,-c-.-S alcfk
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-25
CHAPTER X.
The Cashiers Return.

Eight months had slipped away
since the mysterious disappearance of
Vane Hamilton. and in all that time
not one word of tidings as to his
whereabouts had been received.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-25


reach of Hutchinson who have served
in the islands General Wilder S. Met
calf of Lawrence is one Of the ma.
tional officers and is urging the Hutch
inson soldiers to get together. The
object of the organization is much the
same as that of the G. A. R.
Blue Grass Seed.-For the past two
years several farmers have been try
ing an experiment in raising English
blue grass on the white soil near
Hallowell. Last year they raised a
fair crop, but this year 1t has gone be-
yond their expectations and they have
proven that there is big money in
blue grass in Cherokee county. Mr..
Ardman, who has a field of 16 acres,
threshed his crop and realized IA
bushels to the acre. This is consider
ed a big yield. Several of his neigh
bors have pieces that have threshed
from 10 to Is bushels.
Invention Of a Farmer.-Frank Fur
guson of Republic county has perfect
ed threshing machine operated by a
gasoline engine stationed on the sepa-
rator, which promises to eclipse any
thing before invented. 1t requires
only one man to run the entire ma
chine. 1t is said that Mr.. Ferguson
has refused $4,000 for his patent.
For Fort Hays Normal.-A Topeka
contractor was given the contract to
build the gymnasium and boiler house
at the Fort Hays Normal School His
bid, was s12.535.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

r, MARION CRAWFORD VERY ILL.,
F.. Marion Crawford, the
American author, iszvery Ill IN LONDON
with pleuro-pneumonia. His doctors adj
NIT that his condition is serious.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
CITY NEWS
A PUZZLE
WANTED A sToRMDooR ADDED
TO THE AUDITORIUM AND HAD
HER WAY.

The Odin club has received a gracious
telegram from Olive Fremstad of the
Conried company expressing her thanks
for the beautiful flowers sent to her
room at the Auditorium during her re-
cent visit to Minneapolis.
When Miss Fremstad arrived in Min
neapolls h said in an authorized In
terview that when she last appeared in
Minneapolis, at the exposition building
she left with a sore heart because many
OF the people among whom she had
lived had m%isjudged her. She assured
the interviewer that there was nothing
vain or "stuck up0 in her nature.
Possibly it was the remembrance of
prompted Miss Fremstad to send the
gracious telegram after she reached the
Nebraska city.
Miss Fremstad seems to be a puzzle
to her friends in Minneapolis. The
artistic little storm house over the
Auditorium stage door was put up at
Miss Fremstad's request. AT least
Miss Fremstad said. she wouldn't sing
unless the protection was put over the
door. 81 dom know what Miss Frem'
stad was so particular for said q
stage hand, commenting on the differ
ence in temperament Of other leading
singers, Nordica, Sembrich and Homer
"Her dressing room was OH the other
side. Then there was this heavy doo1
and a doortender at the outside door tt
keep it shut. Anyway she was not 6
bit like the others.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
The New Canal Commission.

The president has cleared the way
for his vacation by appointing the new
canal commission. Contrary to expec.
tations Messrs. Burr and Parsons are
not ~reappointed. The only member Of
the old commission retained is Mr.. Har-
rod. The new members are Mr.. Shonts
who will be chairman, Judge Magoon,
who will be governor Of the canal zone,
Rear Admiral Endicott, who was a
member Of the Nicaragua commission
Of 1895, Colonel Ernst, who had charge
of the work Of deepening the entrance
to Galveston harbor from twelve to
twenty-six feet-an immense engineer.
ing work, which may be presumed to
have given him the kind Of experience
wanted in the canal work-and General
lP. G. Hams, whose particular abilities
are not noted, but which are no doubt
existent. Mr.. Wallace is retained as
chief engineer.
The president has presumably sought
for men who would work together har.
moniously. He has a worthy ambition
to see the construction Of the canal well
started during his term Of office and
with a good commission he is in a fail
way to see something accomplished be
fore he leaves the presidency. -Four
Iyears will not dig the canal, but it vii
60 50 far towardit that the administer
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
Biiou.-"Yon Yonson."

It's a great pity that Gus Heege couldn't
have lived to enjoy n participate in the
perennial successes Of lyon Yonson."
Heege was a bright actor and early con-
ceived the idea that the public would well
come a new type in character comedy to
take the place Of the hackneyed Irishman
and the overdone Dutchman. He stud
led his Swedish fellow countrymen closely
and produced as his first trial sole
Olson" In spite of it's dramatic short
comings it made a great and instant sue
cess. Heege appeared himself as the
Swede, and it was his droll acting that
made it go. After a season or two, Heege
turned out "Yon Yonson." a much better
play in every way, and it has been popu-
lar ever since. 1t is now on it's fourteenth
annual visit to the Bijou and bids fair to
find many new friends as we'll as interest
the old ones. .~.-
David Brattstrom now appears in the
title role, succeeding a long line of actors.
He has about the best dialect since Heege
himself, and while preserving the stolid
traditions Of the role, contrives to make
the comedy go with more ginger. He is
a. violinist of ability and his Interruptions
on that instrument are better than his
vocal efforts. The supporting company Is
on the. whole adequate, with the possible
exception of Thomas .O'Brien, who fails
to make a very good British tourist
Jennie Morris, the book agent, is bright
and alert and her work helps to make
things go. Violet Holmes is good as the
heroine and Elizabeth Chester extract:
much fun from the part of the %strenuou:
widow. The other roles are in goot
hands.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
PRAISE COMES FROM
ACROSS THE DIVIDE

Spiritualists of the twin cities held
an all-day session yesterday in the. 4.
Of P. hall in the Masonic Temple in
honor Of the ffty-seventh anniversary,
of the famous CHICHESTER knockings."
The knockings marked the birth of
spiritualism. The meeting was called
to order at 1920 am. and lasted until
nearly midnight.
j. H. Mcdonald delivered the invo-
cation in the morning and made a short
address reviewing the progress of spir.
itualism; Other speakers were Sanford
Niles, Mrs. J. P. Whitwell, Mrs. S. M.
Lowell, Mrs. G.. Tryon and Mrs. Tai
colt and Miss Alice Wickstrom.
Several greetings were received from
those who have crossed the great divide.
Among those receiving messages were
Mrs. Talcott, pastor of the Progressive
saciety; Mrs. E. A: Sauer, Mrs. Peake,
Mrs. M. White, Mrs. Gummerson and
Mrs. MAXWELL. The messages congrat,
ulated the workers in this world on
their progress and implied that the
senders were keeping in close touch
with the affairs of the mundane sphere
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
MAN HE BEFRIENDED
BETRAYS A DESERTER

Betrayed by a friend he had shell
cred, E.. J. Smith, a colored youth,
whose right name, officers at Fort
Smelling say, is j. D. Davis, lies behind
the bars at Fort Smelling. Davis was
q soldier in the Philippines, but on re-
turning to this country, deserted the
army at Fort Harrison, Mont, for the
more lucrative position of shine boy in
a st. Paul barber shop.
While in army life Davis had a
friend with whom he. shared his hard
ships and pleasures. Not long ago
this friend turned up in st. Paul, much
the worse for. wear, and accidentally
met Davis. Davis rescued him from
the street and; it is said, disclosed the
manner of his leaving the service. Evil
IDENTIFY the reward of $50 offered for the
deserter was too much for the friend,
and in a few days the erstwhile soldier
was dragged to the guardhouse at Fort
Smelling. Davis maintains strongly
that he has no other name but Smith
and that it is all a mistake.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
A CLEVER BEGGAR
G. H. Betz, a Professional with a Rec
ord, Comes to Town.

Professional beggardom in M%inneapo-
lis has received a new addition in the
person Of G. H. Betz, one Of the shrewd.
est operators in the great world of
graft. Betz has several aliases, among
them Charles H. Haney, John H: Jones,
c.. H. Bell, most Of them having the
initials &C. H.
Betz has been known to charity or
CARNATIONS turnout the country for a
long time and when inquiries were made
at the Offices here, his record was at
hand. His present scheme of getting
rich quick is to tell a story Of a sick
wife and starving children; He then
asks for a sum to buy a pseddler's outfit
and is usually successful in obtaining
At first he denounced the Associated
Charities, saying. that they would dc
nothing for him: When he found that
this did not work he adopted the policy
of declaring that the Associated Chair
ties are helping his family until he car
get work. ....''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
tion that comes after will have nothing
to do but to hasten the work and open.
the canal to the vessels Of the world.

Representative Landeen's bill for q leg
islative reference department in connec-i
ton with the state law library grows in
Importance as it Is looked into. One Of the
evils Of the present system Of state legis-
lation is that each state acts without
reference to the legislation of others, even
bordering states. The members have no
source Of authority where they can lear,
how other states have handled like prob
lens. The bureau contemplated in the
Landeen bill is in operation in Wisconsin,
where it collects information as to the
statutes and systems Of other states, and
furnishes many valuable ideas to the Wis
cousin lawmakers. The adoption Of such
a system by every state would tend to
produce uniformity in state laws on SINH
lar subjects, and do away with present in
congruities n confusion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
DICK FERRIS PLAYS HOST
TO THE PRESS GANG

Another "trust buster" has ap-
peared, in the person of Dick Ferris of
the Lyceum, who purposes to establish
a line of houses thru the west. Satur-
day evening, after the final perform
ance of Cleopatra, Mr.. Ferris enter
tanned the Press club with an informal
banquet or the stage of the theater.
Ralph Wheelock, as president of the
club, presented MI. Ferris a souvenir
album made up of gems of thought
concocted by the members of the club.
While a few had the ring of the anvil,
most of the contributions We're most
fattering. Mr.. Ferris, in his reply,
stated that he and Miss Stone would
leave Minneapolis for a time but not
for good; , linn % honso.
thru the west" said Mr.. Ferris, "and
in spite of the theatrical trust, hope to
make a 20 of it. The headquarters of the
project will be in Minneapolis and Mr..
Towers will be general manager
Following the banquet, members of
the Unique company gave vaudeville
turn, which were most vociferOusly APP
plauded. The entire thunder appara-
tus used in the fifth act of "Cleopa-
ira was turned loose under the skilled
and careful management of the press
agent of the theater and the church
editor of one of the papers. The affair
was a complete success.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
Rogers Defense.

n. H. Rogers statement in defense
Of the Standard Oil system illustrates
wildly the value Of the policy of silence
for the 'system.' His acknowledge
ment that the Standard Oil company
took rebates so long as there was no
law to prevent it justifes not only the
charge that the Standard Oil has no
moral viewpoint as we'll as the drift
toward enactment of drastic legislation
to curb the Standard and other kindred
organizations. Their own acknowledge
ment that they will do anything that
there is no law to prevent can be
answered only by a demand upon con-
gress for laws that will anticipate the
Immoral methods by which trust for
tunes are built up and prevent their ac-
emulation.
A few months ago when Lawson was
at the height Of his frenzy, Rogers pro
posed to Rockefeller that they should
bring him into court and Rockefeller
promptly told Rogers to go away back
and sit down. 1t would have beer
better. for the Standard if Rogers had
stayed sat. He has done nothing but
expose the cruelty of the Standard Oh
system by his recent defense.
AS the kaiser remarked to anc 1T!
l.,S N6o,1o,oO
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
REAL BABY WAS LEFT
In RAG DOLLS PLACE

A baby boy arrived Friday evening at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. W.cP. Har-
mon, 1905 Penn avenue s, having been
left in a basket supplied by Mrs. Har-
mon. She didn't know that the boy
was coming, but had prepared a little
April fool joke on her husband by
means of a basket and a rag baby.
Friday was Mr.. Harmon's birthday
and in response to invitations a group
OF friends had gathered to spend the
evening. Having carefully prepared
her surprise basket, Mrs. Harmon ar
ranged with one of her friends to ring
the bell, when she would come out and
discover the supposed founding. The
doorbell rang, Mrs. Harmon ran to the
presence Of the expectant gathering
threw aside the coverings. disclosing
mot the rag baby she had put there, but
a real, live "meat" baby. Mrs. Har-
mon recalled afteward that she had seen
a carriage drive hurriedly away as she
stepped out on the porch.
It is possible that the baby will find
La permanent home thru its adventure.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
Gamblers and the State Fair.

"I wants you, my honey, yes I do,'
is the song the gambler sings every
time he looks at the state fair grounds.
The biennial pool bill has arrived. It
provides that it shall not apply to the
selling Of pools in the Enclosure of any
agricultural society during the time of
a fair, but it would make it possible to
let loose an alleged race meeting on
the fair grounds at other times during
the year. Taken in connection with
the Hickey bill, which would change
the mode Of electing the directors OF
the state fair, it would make a most
effective link in restoration Of the dis
graceful days of 1894.
Minnesota does not want pool sell
ing either on the grounds of the state
fair or anywhere else. This is wei
understood, but the interests back o:
this form Of gambling are powerful
and tireless. They must be watched
or legislation Of a backward tendency
will creep in.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
LAWS AT BANQUET
Senior Night Glass Has a jolly Time at
the NicolIet.

The senior night law class of the Uni
versity Of Minnesota was the defendant
and the Nicollet hotel proprietors APP
peared as the plaintiff in an exciting case
argued in the banquet rooms of the hotel
Saturday night. The class were required
to show cause why they should not have
the time Of their lives and to bring with
them one large. unwhetted appetite and a
massive, keen, trenchant intellect. c. r.
White acted as POSTMASTER and T. Frank
Courtney was court jester and leader OF
the revels.
The list Of orators read as follows:
"Quare Clausum fregit; or How 1 Butted
In" 1. C. Peterson; z Delicto, or the
Devious Road to Virtue" o. Thorson;
larson, or A Hot Time in the Old Town
Tonight" J. H. K. Humphrey; "Bigamy,
or the More Lady Friends the Better"
]. Frank Courtney; "Tres-pass-on-the-
case, or It's a Shame to TAKE the
Money" ]. R. Current; "Mal-Administra-
ton, or Graft in Office" H. A. Will
loughby.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
THE MAGAZINES

Jack, Frost's Raids at an End.-The mar
grows oranges in the south need no
longer be afraid Of Jack Frost. The paS-
oscope has been invented. The pa6oscope
is an instrument that predicts frost. Inc
orange-growe therefore, Will only AVE
to consult his pagoscope, and, II ne nnds II
SAYS there is to be frost in the night, go
out and. start fires in his orange groves
and shoe away MI. Frost. Perhaps the
wheat mar in the northwest who Is afraid
for his ripening grain, will be able to use
it. too. Doubtless there are many poiltl-
cal candidates who wish they had mad
horoscopes before fell certain "frosts
which they can well remember.
The invention, by the way, Is that OF a
%Frenchman, M. Bernel-B ourette. It is
described in The Literary Digest for April
but it is no joke. t.
The Cotton Mill Slavery OF South caro-.
Una.-Elbert Hubbard, under the title OF
u%Slaughter Of the s1nnocents," In the
American Federationistafor April, says:
/ know the sweatshops Of Hester street, New
York: I am familiar with the vice, depravity
and degradation Of the Whitechapea district; !
have visited the ghetto OF Venice; l know the
Bot OF the coal miners of Pennsylvania, ana l
know somewhat Of Siberian atrocities, but Tor
misery. woe and hopeless suffering have never
seen anything to equal the cotton-mil slavery
Of South Carolina-this in my own America, the
land Of the free and dhe home OF the brave!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
FOUGHT NEGRO RoBBER
Thief Broke Into st. Paul Hospital and
Resisted Arrest. >,

DR.. Fred Bordwell and DR.. Steve
Williams had a narrow escape from
serious injury in a hand-to-hand fight
with a negro robber, who broke into
St.. Joseph hospital, St. Paul, Satur-
day night.
The inferno quarters had been robbed
frequently, and Saturday the doctors
were in waiting for the marauder.
When the negro pn entered I1ea,t the am apartT TSen
he Jumped thru q window to the street.
He felt on his face and when he had
gained his feet he found the doctors
had followed him. Drawing a razor
from his pocket, he threatened to kill
both Of them. His pursuers stepped
back when the shining blade CLEANED
and the negro turned and fed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
AT THE THEATERs
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

EN
There is nothing distinctive about the
Orpheum bill this week. There Is Moth
ing to cause one to hold ones breath with
wonder, unless it is the Indian club Jug
Cling of the five Mowatts. This is sensa-
tional at times n carried the Sunday
night audience by storm. Some of their
work Is wonderful.
Cole and Johnson were somewhat weari-
some at the start Of their act. The af-
fectation Of Paderewski composition, when
the public wants ragtime from colored en-
tertainers, caused the lack Of interest.
Later, when they reached the topical part
of their stunt, the audience showed
greater appreciation. Draka's sheep and
dogs put the house in a good humor.
Those who have associated with sheep
were lost in wonder when Drake made
them do anything but the wrong thing.
To turn sheep nature right about Is an
achievement, and Drake has accomplished
1t. His high-leaping mound made a SEN
sation. e
Paul Nicholson and Miss Norton have a
pointless sketch in 1.-THE Ladies' Tailor
and waste their talent in a poor playlet
It has neither connection nor wit, and
the specialties, which are really good, are
badly introduced.
The Dahlias introduce French acrobatic
dancing, the best of the kind seen this
season. Their whirlwind act is a pleasing
one. Hayes and Healey-tall and short
have 1.-THE Bellboy and the Clerk" This
is the only scream" o. the bill, thu
physical contrast Of the players being II
itself sufficient to start the fun. Myle:
Mccarthy 81 Co."-the Co" being az
unnamed actrefs-give "The Race Tout:
Dream" a fit vehicle for the promenadint
of the v~ernacular of the paddock and thu
betting ring. 1t is cleverly written so ia
as effect is concerned and goes with
rush. A group of New Jersey whistler
and the 'bombing" of a Hackensack gov
ernor of Siberia-on the kinodrome-clos
the show. j. H. Richie.