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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
City News
BITCHES TO COST
ABOUT 100000
ENGINEER RALPH WILL SOON
FINISH DRAINAGE SURVEY.
Finds About 100000 Acres Of State
Land Needing Drainage, Which Gan
Be Reclaimed at q Cost Of $1.50 an
Acre-state Should Spend 100000 a
Year. +

There are 2,e00, 000'-acres Of state
swamp land. to, be benefited by. drain
age, according to the estimate Of George
A. Ralph, state drainage engineer, who
is completing the state survey Of swamp
lands. s.I. er}
Tho main bitches needed, which the
state must build, will cost an average
Of $3.50 an acre for the land benefited,
according to Mr. Ralph 8 estimate, OF
100000 in all. Drainage will in.
crease the value Of this land several
or more eventually, into the funds to
| which the lands belong.
There are also about 100000 acres
Of land under private ownership that
will be helped by the bitches, but
many lateral bitches will have to be
|.put in, and private land will bear the
tchief expense of these. rce-r s7=s
Is The survey will be finished in about
i six weeks, when Mr.. Ralph will prepare
q comprehensive report to the state
drainage board. He says the northern
country is being gridironed by railroad
surveys and the lines to be put in vii
structing the lines the railroads have tt
do considerable ditching, but they built
no main bitches, and only run the waite
off the right Of way.
"When we begin drainage work un
der a comprehensive system,' said Mr.
Ralph today, ttthe state appropriate,
should be about 100000 a year. Thi
would keep about as much going on a
the state engineer could well look afte
and would develop new country abou
as fast as needed. The present ex
penditure, Of $4,000 is doing some goo,
work, but it ought to move faster, an,
it only keeps an engineer busy abou
onesquarter of the time. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
E. c. SWIFT DEAD; WIFE
... In RACE ACROSS SEA

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Boston, April 5.-E. G. Swift. Of Chi,
cago, a member Of the packing firm. OF
Swift & Co., died early today Of pneu-
monia.
Mr.. Swift was taken ill March 2.
He had come here from his country
estate at Beverly Farms in order to be
near his friend and business associate
n. E.. Hollis, who was undergoing an
operation.
The crisis was reached yesterday
when alarming symptoms made their
appearance. The patient became un
conscious and remained in that condi
ton until the end.
5. Mr.. Swift s widow was travelling in
Europe when her husband was stricken
and it is thought she is now on hel
way to America. Mr.. Swift was borr
in Sandwich, Mass. He went west in
boyhood and with his brother, Gustave
did much to develop the packing indus
try. One Of the prominent features OF
his work was the perfecting of the re
frigerator- system. *-E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
David HARUM'S HAUNTS
Where the Winters Are Cold and tn,
Shows Deep.

Writing from the vicinity David Ha-
1 rum made famous, g. man says that he
was an habitual coffee drinker, and, al
though he knew it was doing him harm,
was too obstinate to give it up, till all
4 at once he went to pieces with nervous
weakness and a generally used-up feel
ing, which practically untitled him for
his arduous occupation, and kept him on
g couch at home when his duty did not
call him out. ~ .
Isl While in this condition Grape Nuts
{ food was suggested to me, and abandon
Ing coffee, began to use it. Although
the thermometer was often below zero,
my entire living for about six weeks Of
severe exposure was Grape Nuts with a
& little bread and butter and cup Of hot
water, till I was wise enough to make
Pc stum Food Cereal my table beverage.
After the first two weeks began to
feel better and during the whole winter
Frequently being on the road seven or
eight hours at time. The constant
marvel to me was how person could
do the amount of work and endure
the fatigue and hardship as did, on
so small an amount Of food. But
found my new rations so perfectly salts
factory that have continue d them
=
every meal, and often they comprise my
entire meal. All my nervousness, irri-
liability and insomnia have disappeared
{ and healthy, natural sleep has come
back to me.
But what has been perhaps the
s greatest surprise to me is the fact that
with the benefit to my general health
has come remarkable Improvement in
my eye-sight.
If good appetite, good digestion
good eyesight, strong nerves and an
active brain are to be desired, / can say
)ssf from my own experience that Grape
Nuts and Postum will supply them,
There a reason. Read the little
book, The Road to Wellville, - IN
packages.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
CHINESE WILL NOT
YIELD TO RUSSIANS

Picking. China. April 5.-The Russo
Chinese negotiations appear to have
reached a deadlock; M. Pokotiloff,
Russian minister to China, and Tong,
Chinese commissioner to Russia, have
conferred only two or three times dur
ing the last month regarding northern
Manchuria. - IN
Russia has the upper hand, because
she holds nearly all the privileges she
contends for, while demanding that Chi
ma officially grant them. The Chinese,
however, were never SO determined to
withstand foreign encroachments. Both
parties are trying to keep the details
a secret, as was the case with the Chi
nese-Japanese treaty. .....
One bone Of contention is believed
to be the meeting and other conoes-
sions which the Tartar generals in
Manchuria gave to Russian corporations
and which Russia wants the Chinese
government to ratify. The Chinese,
however, insist that their government
never sanctioned these concessions and
that therefore they are%invalid. u
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
AERONAUT FOUGHT
! DEATH FOR HOURS
j, =,
Nocquet Escaped Air Perils to Die
in Morass-Probe
y Ordered.

New York. April ga coroner's in
vestigation into the tragic death of
Paul Nocquet, the young sculptor and
aeronaut who persisted in a Long Island
salt marsh Tuesday night, after he had
safely landed from perllous ascension,
will be made tomorrow.
To determine the exact cause or his
death an autopsy will be held. It is be-
lieved that Nocquet died from heart
failure, following complete physical ex-
haustion and the mental anguish he
must have felt when he believed he was
being carried to sea by the big balloon.
The theory that he was crazed by
fear was strengthened by additional
facts concerning his flight which were
last night That his balloon became
3 partly unmanageable, perhaps several
hourse before he landed on the ocean
beach appears from information which
he shouted from his car while passing
over Garden City, Long Island.
IT have been trying for long time
to make q landing,' the aeronaut
s shouted, "but my graphing anchor was
tree. I have been trying to get down
ever since but cannot. -
Fought Against Death.
Nocquet's tragic journey across
creeks and thru marsh and mud, often
sinking to his knees and again swim
ming across broad pools, must have
lasted from 10 pm. Tuesday until am.
yesterday. -"- -'
At that hour he crossed fourteen
/ Of the many little islands of the lagoon.
j His heavy overcoat. soaked with water,
!, he discarded and with scarce strength
enough to stagger he plunged into the
water to cross stream 100 yards wide.
His cork lifepreserver kept him afoat,
but when he had reached Colts island,
hlindly he. CROPPED his way a few feet,
then drank the last drops Of whiskey
i in the small flask he carried. -
The dying man, with last despairing
effort flung the flask from him and sank
on his face. They found his body on
the fifteenth island, his hands crossed
before his face and the empty flask only
i six feet away. .~.
The Aero club Of America, under
whose auspices ballooning has become a
society fad, was organized in this city
Oct. 16, 1905, at the rooms of the Auto
mobile Club Of America. of which it was
really an offshoot. .-<# =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
WEALTH COMES TO GIRL
IN A PRISONERS DOCK
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service
New York, April 5.-The same hour
in which she was arrested at the resi-
dence of Miss Ella Marsh for the theft
of $3.50 worth Of clothing on Tuesday
night, Elsie Eldridge, II years Of age,
3 domestic, fell heir to 9 fortune Of
100000 thru the death Of her father,
owner of large chicken farm at Ches-
terfeld, Conn.
News Of the fortune was conveyed
to the girl in letter she received
just before she was arraigned before
Magistrate Pool in the Yorkville court,
and the letter was handed by the girl IS
attorney to the magistrate. -.
IT don't care to press the charge
against the girl,' said Miss Marsh,
after the letter had been. read. "The
clothing she took was found in her
room by the detectives.'
'HMake a charge of being moor
rigible,' ordered Magistrate Pool; eve
will hold her on that until her mother
can come here.' ...,s.s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
Motor Iifeboas

The Rescue " Of Sandy Hook is the
first motor lifeboat used in the United
States life-saving service. It Is equipped
with sails as well as an engine. Both
the bow and stern are decked over.
much as those Of motor boat of the
racing type. The hull is built on the
lines Of the oar-propelled boat, so as
to be able to withstand heavy seas. The
crews will have to be as brave and
fearless as ever, but the strength Of
the men will not count for SO much, as
the engine will take away the hard
labor Of propelling the boat. Strength
and health comes to the daily user OF
golden grain belt beer. Its purity and
healthful qualities recommend it to all.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
MURDERER OF WOMAN -. -.> :
is HACKED TO PIECES
journal Special Service,

Journal Special Service.
Atlanta, Ca, April 5.-Enraged be-
cause she went for a walk with her
husband and refused to procure a d.
Svorce from him, l.. B. Wilmouth fatally
shot Mrs. Carrie Bryant, tried to kill
her mother and brother and then fed.
He was pursued, however, by the broth
er. Walter Hightower, who overlook
the jealousy-crazed lover and literally
cut him to pieces.
Back Of the tragedy was Wilmouth IS
infatuation for Mrs. Bryant, a pretty
woman Of good family. Last night
. Mrs. Bryant entered her mother IS home,
where she found her mother, brother
Your husband shall not have YOU
cried Wilmouth, as Mrs. Bryant en-.
tered. and began shooting at her. She
fell with a bullet in her breast. Will.
mouth then aimed at the mother and
brother, but missed them and fed, Wal
ter Hightower, the brother, pursued
He fred at the fleeing man until his
pistol was empty and then followed
knife in hand. Wilmouth stumbled and
before he could recover, Hightower waf
on him and cut and slashed him in q
frightful manner.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
SENTENCED TO QUIT
SMOKING CIGARETS
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Philadelphia, April 5.-ttUnder the
solemn obligation Of an oath, I, Charles
Hollister. Jr;, Belmont, n. T., bind and
stain from the use of cigarets for the
period of one year from this, the 4th
day Of April, 1906, inclusive
Having sworn and subscribed his
name to the above pledge before Clerk
John j. Flaherty Of Quarter Sessions
court, No. /, and having promised to
report once a month for q year by let
ter to the court, Charles HOLSTER, Jr.,
age 26, was discharged from custody
He had pleaded guilty to three bills of
Indictment charging false pretences.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
PLEADS GUILTY TO
A SERIOUS Us; CHARGE
PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN
CREATES A. SENSATION. -
Linden Hills Mock Court Tries Church
Treasurer for Crime of DESERVING
Burton Circle and in Face of Over
whelm1ng Evidence Admits ACCUSE
tion-Neighbors Are Jubilant.

Linden Hills Congregational church
was the scene Of mock trial last eve
ming, in which G. L. Bostwick appeared
as defendant on a charge Of DESERVING,
not his family, but the Burton circle,
described in the Complaint as "a beyy
Rs neE asfsnaed Ssysns Cool
orously prosecuted by A. G.. Finney.
After the EVIDENCE was all in. Mr..
because Of the mastery piling
up g Of !. testimony against him
by Leroy Goodspeed, the vet
eran detective, formerly / Of the
Union stockyards. Mr.. Goodspeed told
q circumstantial story Of his chase Of
of his final arrest in London. Of his
return to America and of his THROWING
up all the facts on the home voyage.
Collateral Evidence. ~=
The detectives evidence was fully
corrob0rated by telepathic' suggestions
from John F. Gage, who tried to testify
that ne was a reputable business man,
but this was ruled out as not the best
eeYldence on the point, and by H. W,
positive and crushing to the effect
that the defendant, whom he was glad
to say he did not know and had never
SEEM before, was guilty.
The state rested and the defense put
| on the stand Mrs. De Forest Alfonso
Simmons, who testified that she was II
| had known the defendant forty years
and never knew him to do anything OF
anybody. Mrs. A.. l.. Smith, president
OF the Burton circle, also testified that
so far from DESERVING, the defendant
had in his CAPACITY as church treasurer
hung about the meetings of the Burton
circle looking for funds until it hat
been necessary to drive him away will
kind words and promises.
Weakens on Stand.
The defendant also took the stand
and on cross examination confessed tina
he was not only church treasurer, bu
/ a. director in several financial instit,l
tions and member of the Chamber O
Commerce. His counsel was visibl,
affected by these admissions and hast
guilty. - :
In sentencing the prisoner, the cour
remarked that Mr. Bostwick had Ion,
been. an evil influence in Linden Hills
He had habit of appearing on hi
lawn and working at unseasonabl
hours, thus causing the wives Of othe
! men to hold him up as an example t
be followed The court was please
that his true character had been i'm
masked and that other householder
would hereafter be- allowed to sleep o
smoke, as seemed their duty, notwith
standing Mr.. Bostwick's perniciou
4 activity with rake and spade. Severa
men on the Jury expressed their indie
nation that the case had been take
away from them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
SLATE AT SALTWATER
Democrats Of the New Council Select
Their Officers.

Special to The Journal
Saltwater, Mimi, April 5.-The
council have held caucus and selected
a slate to be ratified next Tuesday eve
ming. If it goes thru the officers will
be as follows: Alderman James Bren-
nan, president; John Riley, street COM
missioner; Peter J. Stadler, chief Of
fire department; John Clearly, bridge
toll collector; Charles CHASER, assistant.
Lake st. Croix is opening rapidly.
and steamboat men are making repairs
on river craft for the beginning Of nav
igation. The ice above the bridge has
gone out
John G. Wise. IT,, of Mankato, dis
trict deputy of the Elks, was here last
night and installed the new officers of
the. order.
Company K will hold its twenty third
annual reunion at the Sawyer house
tonight. All old members of the COM
pany and the city officials are invited.
A banquet withsa toast program will
be the feature. Judge Nethaway will
be toastmastex.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
EXAMINE YOUR URINE

It's the infallible test of kidney trouble.
II your morning urine, on standing stin
"a hours, contains sediment Is cloudy.
or shows floating particles. your kidneys
are seriously diseased and must be treated
at once.
There is only one remedy that can be
used with absolute safety and confidence,
Warmers Safe Cure, put up for years at
Rochester, N. Y, by the Warmers Safe
stores, 30 cents and 81 pa a bottle.
Warmers Safe Cure Is used by leading
physicians, and In hospitals, as the one
certain cure for all diseases Of the kid
neys, liver, bladder and blood-the rem
edy that cures when all else fails, and
leaves no bad after effects. Get bottle
today; II will save you years of suffering.
Safe Pills move the bowels gently
and aid speedy cure.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
MANY VIEWING PHOTOS

That the Photographic saloon in the gallery OF
the public library is attracting widespread atten.
ton is shown by the daily attendance which
breaks all previous records. and promises to 70
far toward accomplishing the aim OF the Fedora.
ton Of Camera Societies to.3engender everywhere
desire to partake In the creation Of pictorial
democracy.
That individuality Of artistic expression IL
possible with the camera is clearly demonstrated
by even a superficial examination Of the pictures,
as the work of each exhibitor shows plainly the
stamp Of his own personality both in the choice
Of subject and in the arrangement and handling.
The exhibition will be open daily until April
II, from 10 am. until pm, and Friday evening
from to 10 O'clock
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
WANTS STATE TO PAY
4 FOR sANA1olRIUNIS SITE
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington. April S. The house pub
lie lands, committee has authorized q
favorable report on the Nelson bill
granting Minnesota forty acres Of land
near Cass Lake as a sanatorium for
serted requiring the state to pay $1.25
an acre for the land and to get q fee
patent for it. ,.4s ia
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
ANOTHER FAMINE IS
IMMINENT IN INDIA
journal Special Service.

journal Special Service. 1.e,st, (
London, April 5.-Reports from India
say that owing to the failure Of rain.
crops are in such bad condition that a
famine is imminent. Already the price
Of corn has risen and in some districts
there is no fodder for the cattle. Eng
land is naturally anxious that no fam
inc of the historic sort, such as has
visited India in years past, shall now
blight the most populous part Of its
empire, and there is much talk at pres
emit about ways and means to avert it.
One Of the most striking assertions is
that there never has been famine in
India when there was not within its
ple and that the famines were really
caused by the fact that the people had
no money with which to buy food.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
DEATH TURKS IN SICK KIDNEYS

The kidneys are the weak link in the
chain Of life, and are daily carrying thou
sands of victims to untimely graves.
Ninety men and women in every hundred
have kidney trouble and don't know 1t.
because it's only when the trouble reaches
an advanced stage that it's recognized al
kidney disease.
We imagine we have dyspepsia. heart
disease, nervous prostration and a hun
dred and one ills. but nine times out Of
ten the real trouble is that the kidneys
are so weak and diseased that they are
| utterly unable to carry the waste matters
out Of the body, and the uric acid accu-
| mulates in the system, and slowly but
| surely paves the way for Bright's disease.
| diabetes, blood poisoning and a horrible
death In commissions. Ask your doctor
| If this IL not good, solid common sense.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
Mystic Shriners' Excursions to Cali
fornia.

On account of Shriners' Convention
the minneapolis r. & st. Louis ! R. R. viii
sell tickets to San Francisco and Los
Angeles from April 25th to May 9Th
limited to July 31st, for return trip al
rate of 5000 from st. Paul or Mime
apolis. Tickets good going via any
route, returning via any other direct
route, or will be routed one way via
Portland at rate Of $$72.40. Stop over
privileges granted. For further par
ticulars, call on j. G.. Rickel, City
Ticket Agent. 424 Nicollet Ave-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
|ADNA R. CHAFFEE
MAY RULE POLICE
Retired General Reported Slated
to Succeed New York's
Commissioner. .,.>
10 N
! MEh;RgEF
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
New York, April 5.-It is reported
at the city hall that Police Commissions
or Theodore A. Bingham had been
slated to go and that his successor
would be Lieutenant General Adna r.
Chaffee, retired.
This found practical confirmation
in dispatches from the west, which
stated that General Chaffee in q letter
had admitted he had been offered a
high official position in New York It
| is said that he will assume the office
of police commissioner about April Is
To his friends and superiors in the
Sam ssd 70 hsve peen Bn
ment,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
FIRE In MINE CAUSES
WILD PANIC AT CALUMET
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Calumet, Mich N sh April s S- = Ire Ct the
Kearsarge branch of the Osceola Con-
solidated mine early today caused a
wild panic among workmen and rush
of nearly four hundred men to the sur
face. The fire started in some empty
powder boxes and old rubbish and was
discovered by the men after finishing
their lunch. There are smoke and gas
in the workings, but the management
expects that conditions will permit the
resumption Of operations tonight.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
HUMPHREY WAS INVITED
Judge Who Heard Beef Trust Case Did
Not Butt In.

Some speculation having been In
dulged in as to how Judge Humphrey
came to try the beef trust cases, Will
liam Furst, attorney for the Armours
in Minneapolis, says that it was by in,
vitation Of Judge Kohlsaat and Judge
Bethea.
Both these Judges were SO busy that
they could not hear the argument and
requested Judge Humphrey of the
southern district Of Illinois to come to
Chicago and take that work off their
hands. This, Mr.. Furst thinks, should
settle the matter.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
M'YEY, WHO KILLED AN
OFFICER, BREAKS JAIL
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Hayfeld, Mimi, April 5.-Frank Nc
Vey, sentenced yesterday to life i'm
prisonment for the murder in the sec
ond degree, for killing Ole Havey, vii
lage marshal here, on Dec. 30, escaped
at midnight last night from, the closet
Of the county Jail and searching par
no trace Of him has been found.
It is believed he has drowned himself
in the river. This was his second at
tempt to escape since he was arrested.
He is a desperate character and if
found will probably not be taken alive.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
How's This?

We offer $1Oo reward for any case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarfh Cure.
r. r. Cheney & Co., ToleGo. Ohio.
We the undersigned have known F.. j.
Cheney for the last 16 years. and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions.
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by his frm.
wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. act
ing directly upon fhe blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 7Sc per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pulls fo< constipation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
SPURN CARNEGIE'S GIFT;
CRY OF TAINTED MONEY
Special to The Journal.

Guthrie Center, Iowa, April 81.
Three hundred women voted here yes
$4,000 Carnegie library and it was de-
feated by 81 votes. Out Of total of
GIG votes cast, SOC. of them were cast
by the women.
The one cry Of the opposition was
that the town should not be improved
by the use of tainted money! This
Is the third time the proposition has
been turned down at Guthrie Center.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-05
PREPARED FOR DEATH
Nocquet Left Letters Directing Dis
position Of Pronertv

New York. April 5.-Nocquet made
preparations for death before starting
on his last voyage. A letter was found
plete directions as to the disposition
to be made Of his property in case he
should be found dead. The letter gave
the names Of his friends in this coun-
try, of his relatives in Europe, and
spoke of his mother in Belgium in en-
dearing terms: It provided that all his
property should go to his mother.