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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-27
RATE DEBATE MUST
COVER ALL ISSUES
MAYOR IS UPHELD
| BY SUPREME COURT.
Patterson Lighting Contract Must
Go to City Executive for
Final Action.

Mayor David P. Jones has been sus-'
tanned by the supreme court in his
fight against the Patterson Street
Lighting company and in his position
that the lighting contract must be
awarded by formal resolution instead
of by motion, as has been the custom
since 1898. .ss-.-
Last November the city council
passed an omnibus motion awarding
contracts to the Minneapolis General
Electric company, the Minneapolis Gas
Light company and the Patterson
Street Lighting company for street
lighting for the year 1906.
! The motion did not go to the mayor
for review. and the first official knowl-
edge he had of the council s action was
when the contracts came to him for his
signature. He refused to sign them on
the ground that he had been deprived
Of his veto power by the method Of
awarding contracts, which, he declared,
was contrary to the provisions AT that
time he expressed his willingness to
sign the electric and gas contracts, but
stated his conviction that the rate fixed
in the Patterson contract for incandes-
cent lighting was exorbitant. The coun.
Gil was requested to pass upon each con-
tract separately and by formal reso-
luG1Ou, DIS pIONluOu LII GuO SAoA VOL AAAs
the council declined to do.
49, Mandamus Proceedings.
AS the mayor refused to recede from
his position, the Patterson company
brought mandamus proceedings in the
district court. The court sustained the
position assumed by the mayor and an
appeal was taken to the supreme court
= Tn accordance with the decision OF
the court the council will now be obliged
to re-award the three contracts by re,
solution. It is believed that it will be
difficult for the Patterson contract to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-27
LID ON GIFTS TO
CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
Senate Committee Reports Favor
ably on Bill Prohibiting Cor
poration Contributions.

Washington, April 27.-The senate
committee on privileges and elections,
by unanimous vote today authorized
Senator Foraker to report favorably
the Tillman bill to prohibit insurance
and other corporations from contribu-
ting to campaign funds.
The bill was amended by a subcom-
mittee consisting of Senators Foraker,
Knox and Bailey, and was made to ap-
ali elections for presidential and vice
presidential electors, for Legislatures
where United States senators are to be
chosen and for representatives in con-
gress.
It makes offending corporations sub
iect to fine Of $4,000 and an employee
Of corporations, subject to fine Of
$1,000. The measure does not apply to
persons receiving such contributions.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-27
FORMER INSURANCE
PRESIDENT INDICTED

New York, April 27.-William A.
Brewer, .r., formerly president of the
Washington Life Insurance company,
was today indicted by the grand Jury
on a charge of perjury.
made to the state superintendent Of
insurance in 1908. regarding the condi-
ton of, the company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-27
FRANKLIN CEREMONIES
ON IN PARIS TODAY

Paris, April 81. The Franklin cele-
bration preceding the unwilling today
of the statue Of Benjamin Franklin,
presented to the city of Paris by John
H. Harjes, the American banker of
this city, was held i n the palace Of the
Troccadero this afternoon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-27
ROLL HUGE SAFE THREE
BLOCKS, THEN ROB IT

Columbus, Ohio, April 27.-Robbers
entered the general store Of Becker
Brothers last night, removing the safe,
weighing 1000 pounds, rolled it along
a road three blocks away, pried it
open and took $500 and certified
check for 81 900.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-27
BLISS, Jn., WEBS MISS COBB.

Journal Special Service.
Washington. April 2T.--Miss Zaidie Cobb wax
married at ST. Thomas Episcopal church yes
terday afternoon to Cornelius Bliss, Jr., of New
York. The ceremony was performed by the
rector, Rev. C. Ernest Smith, and later there
Eas q reception at the home Of the bride.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-27
bEwEY IN suEz CANAL.

Port Said, Egypt, April 27.-The United
States drydock Dewey, on her way to the
Philippine islands in tow, entered the
Suez canal tod09,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-27

Tihis, April 27.-A band Of robbers in the
guise Of soldiers have robbed the treasury at
Dushet, near Tifis. OF s117.500
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-27
ROOSEVELT, JR., WELL AGAIN.

Journal Special Service.
washington, April 27-Theodore Roosevelt
Jr left Washington last night for Boston, on
his way to RESUME his studies. He has fully
recovered from an operation performed on ibis
right eye.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-27
Senator Tillr1lar,

VIII tell Of the honesty Of the
senate in next Sundays
Journal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-27

Better than ever this season.
They'll start April 80. g
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-03-16
Mrs. Arson ca,rnbell Of Ashley was il

Mrs. Arson Campbell of Ashley was in
the city Tuesday OF this week.
f. Brant AMI wife are the guests of
their daughter, Mrs. Osborn, at Riverdale.
Mrs. Harvey Evans and child went TO
Elsie 10 visit with relatives three weeks.
Mrs. David Duncan of Ashley spent
Sunday at the home of Geo L. Duncan
Mrs. Chas. Corwin and little son Leon
visited in Ashley the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dryer of Homer
made a two days visit at the nome of
John Snyder the first of the week.
Mrs. Geo. Fullerton, who is at Brain
erds hospit al, i, reported as improving
since having an operation performed last
week.
Mrs. A. Mckinley and little daughter
returned Monday from two weeks Wis.
it with the formers daughter, Mrs. Curt
land at Lakeview.
Mrs. Belle Baumgarten or Ithaca wa.
the guest over Sunday of her daughter
Miss Kate Baumgarten, who teaches in
the public schools.
The Misses Wisegarden and Brown lief,
Monday for their home in Toledo, Ohio
after few days visit at the home o
ohm Wright.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-03-16

WOOL.---I want your 1906 clipping of
wool. Highest market price guaran-
teed. A. w. Brock.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-03-16

Mrs. Andrew G'Boyle went to Forest
Hill Tuesday to visit a week with rela-
tiyes.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-01-13
WALKED 5000 MILES IN YEAR
businessman Who Performed the Feat
Easily.

tAH'AANa~A@~h VIM eaaOA sAtoN hhe = 49,
Easily.
On Jan. /, 1903, | conceived the idea
Of walking 5000 miles before the ex-
piration OF the year, says writer in
Outing. The object WAS not to achieve
any unusual feat nor to accomplish any
conspicuous performance. The under
lying motive was. rather. to insure a
plan by which regular and systematic
exercise could be obtained.
10 travel this distance 1t was neces-
saiy to cover an average OF IA miles
a day. Now, Is miles for a days walk
is well within the compass Of the ordi-
nary man. But an occasional walk Of
this length Is one thing, the sustained
effort day after day through the year,
is another.
Let me answer the question by say
Ing that at the end of the year had
miles daily average Of 14A miles.
The stipulated 5000 miles were nm
ished on Dec. 10. but an additional 200
miles were covered in order that each
OF tho 81 weeks OF the year might
claim an average distance traversed Of
100 miles.
set out upon my enterprise with the
knowledge that It was incumbent upon
me to maintain a daily average OF IA
miles. and made 1t rule when prac-
ticable. OF keeping about the average,
so as to have something in hand to
meet the emergencies which were al
most certain to arise. That they did
arise was shown by the fact that for
10 days In the year, owing to sick
ness, lameness and railway travelling
no walking whatever could be INDUCED
in. The inability to utilize these IL
days was equal TO II loss OF over 2Ot
miles. 1t will, therefore, be seen that
under the circumstances named, 1t wal
imperative on many occasions, to ex
coed the distance OF IA miles dag
in order to preserve the average.
At the beginning Of my walk my
weight was 1872 pounds in street
clothes, while at tho end OF ii my
weight was ITS pounds. This loss OF
IA pounds was in every way accepta
BILE. The avoirdupols lost was only re
dundant weight, and felt as result
more active. stronger and harder. Ii
the matter OF health. | felt decidedly
better than | had done for severa
years
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-01-13

The value of newspaper publicity is
both indicated and impugned in the
story below, which comes from Mad
anne:
The man who approached the edi-
tors desk was visibly excited.
TITS all through your wretched pa
peru he spluttered.
whats the matter now?" asked the
editor without looking up from his
leader on the Chinese boycott, for he
was used to excited gentlemen.
why, you stated the day before
yesterday that a thief had entered my
room, broken open my desk and stolen
a sum of money. but that fortunately
he had overlooked the gold watch
which usually lies In the lower small
drawer"
WELL" said the editor, weren't the
facts stated correctly7
Correctly" the excited gentleman
repeated, derlsively. Eyes. That's
just the trouble. 1he man came again
last night and took my watch, and
he'd never have known where it was
II you hadn't told him"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-01-13
AN UMBRELLA INTERVIEW.
Russell Sage and "Free-Lance'
Newspaper Mans Exchange.

Russell Sage and "Free-Lancev
Newspaper Mans Exchange.
In an article on Writing for Liv-
ing in The Worlds Work, ellison VIII
lets tells the following anecdote of a
memorable interview with Russell
Sage:
In that early morning of my writing
life and In the evening of my day l
interviewed Russell Sage. The editor
who gave me the assignment had said
Persistence and impudence will do
It." l rang the bell at No. SOC Fifth
avenue. Mrs. Sage opened the door
and behind her l saw the gaunt form
Of Mr.. Sage. "Well, well, what is it?'
he asked, rubbing his hands as If they
were chilly. l told him what want
ed and he replied: you must excuse
me-" Putting on his weather-beaten
derby he added: 81 am going out"
told him that would go out with
him. He smiled as he buttoned his
faded overcoat and stepped out. 1t
was raining. l asked him to take my
umbrella, for it was larger than his,
and as we turned into Forty-second
street we exchanged umbrellas. He
was going, he said, lust down the
street, to DR.. Paxton's Presbyterian
church to prayer meeting. At the
church door he said "Good EVENING"
We part here"
But l, too, went into prayer meeting.
When Mr.. Sage bowed his head so did
l. The meeting over, l rejoined him
at the church door. l had prayed in
that meeting and now my prayers
were answered. For, as we walked
back through the rain to his house,
Russell Sage answered my questions
"for publication" We both forgot
the exchange of umbrellas and the
skeleton of his umbrella is still in my
attic.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-01-13
CHEESE AND SALAD.


should They BE Eaten Together, Ac-
cordinx to the Custos.
The habit OF taking cheese with sah
Rd is, according to the best authorities,
wholly American in origin, says the
New York sun. The French make
cheese special course at the end OF
the meal, following the dessert
In England It Is served after cOf-
fee, as sort OF savory, although it
does not take altogether the place Of
the heavy cooked ssvories. which are
sometimes a surprise when they are
put on table after long dinner. As
salad in England, when a typical Eng
llsh meal Is served. has no dressing
on 1t, II can scarcely be taken Into sc-
count here.
The American habit OF taking the
cheese with the salad seems good
enough to Americans. although persons
In the habit OF eating In the French
way complain very bitterly that the
two courses do not go well together
and In fact are fairly sure to spoil
each other. To American taste the
cheese 10 very much better with the
salad than the salad served with the
chicken, as the French invariably serve
II.
The best plans seem TO be for fam
lily dinners TO serve two plates with
the salad and cheese, so that the per
son who wants both may not have the
salad taste In the cheese and vice
versa. Except in the case Of Csmem-
bert. pont reveQue and some OF the
finer cheesss, the taste OF cheese does
not mingle badly with that Of salad.
The old time nuisance OF making the
toasted crackers taste OF cheese by
spreading n thin layer Of chess over
the English water cracker after It had
been toasted is no longer necessary.
They are made now, ready to eat as
soon "a they are taken FROM the box.
thin crisp crackers covered over with
delicate and thin layer OF cheese.
They are usually better than tina
homemade article. because the. crack
ers are thinner than ti.s amateur can
make them and erispor than any ordi-
nary cook can toast them without
burning.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-01-13
POPULAR BELIEFS.
Ignorance as to the Law In Every
day Occurrences.

Ignorance as to the Law In Every
day Occurrences.
1t is an American prediction to be-
lieve the outre and freakish stories
that are based solely on hearsay testi-
mony and to reject often the COM
mOnplace matters of fact. A list of
the cheerful lies that are commonly
believed would fill a volume. Only a
few of them are given below:
How often have you been inflicted
with the story of the man who was
overpaid when cashlng a check at the
bank, and the cashier telling him that
no mistakes would be corrected after
the customer left the window? Ac-
cordlng to the story, the cashier laid
down the mandate before he knew the
mistake was In his favor. 1t makes an
excellent yarn, but diligent search dis
closes that 1t never had any founda-
ton In fact. Banks have no such rule.
If customer is underpaid or overpaid
the mistake will appear when the bal
ance is struck at the end OF the days
business, and the error will be cheer
fully rectifed. But the majority of the
public believes the fictitious story of
"how the fellow got the best of the
bank" simply because 1t is a good story
and they like to believe 1t.
Probably the most common error on
the part Of the public is the belief that
when a dead body is found no one has
right to touch or move the remains
until the coroner comes" There never
was any such law, is not now and
probably never will be. The citizen
who is of an lnquiring turn Of mind
has a perfect right to examine dead
bodies he runs across In the course OF
his travels, to move the remains and
even search the pockets Of the de-
ceased, provided, OF course, that his
motives are honest. That is all that is
necessary.
There Is also a prevalent belief that
a note signed or contract entered into
on Sunday is void and that either par
ty can plead the fact of the sacred day
to get out of a bad bargain. This is
not true. If a man enters into con-
tract or signs a note on Sunday he is
legally bound and can have no de-
lenses that he would not have II the
transaction had occurred In the mid
die OF the week.
Il had my back against my own
house when l struck this man." says
the defendant in police court. He be-
lieves that his proximity to his castle
gives him more rights than he would
have II he were in the street. This
belief has been the cause Of much can.
tankerous litigation, and it has ever re
suited In the ruling that a man has q
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-01-13
WHEN A PILOT WAS KING.
story of n Great Steamboat Race oi
the Mississippi.


the Mississippi.
The Girardeau's hittin good lick
tonight"
Huh. Twelve miles an hour at the
best. And down stream at that. They
don't make boats to run these days"
long train OF freight cars crawled
noisily along the crest OF the stone
levee. The man who had referred to
the steamer turned and looked fiercely
at the snorting locomotive.
What's the user he asked, lndicat-
Ing the remorseless rival Of the river.
None on earth" returned the other
But In Its day the Robert f. Lee was
the swiftest thing that ever cut
through the daddy Of waters All.
There was a boatl Six high-pressure
boilers, triple steel engines, a tiller that
obeyed a whisper and a prov like an
eagle! Nothing that moved could throw
smoke on her deckv'
Two ancient mariners were standing
just outside the engine-room of the
Sidney street ferry Florence. The sub
ject was introduced by the passage Of
the steamer Cape Glrardeau on her
southern trip The first speaker was
oliver G.. Richey, head engineer of the
Florence. The second man was Cap
tain Jesse T. Jamlson, aged "a. retired
river man. Captain Jamison was chief
pilot on the Robert e. Lee from Cairo
to st. Louis In her spectacular race
with the Natchez. July "a. 1870. He
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-01-13

said. Every night, mind you Not once
now and again, but every hight. That's
the reason why came home. The ghost
has left off coming now"
This f. truly wonderful"
What did he'd 0 II forT' asked David,
angrily. He'd got my land. Well, as
for--as for-what happened, my score
wasn't paid off by that"
What did happenT
"Never mind. He'd got my land still;
and | was a tramp What did he want
to get by III"
you don't mean, David, that your
uncle deliberately haunted you every
night? No one ever heard Of a living
mans ghost haunting another living man.
A dead mans ghost may haunt a living
man. perhaps. though | am not prepared
to back that statement with any expert
enceS Of my own. Perhaps. too, a living
mans ghost may haunt a dead man; that
would be only fair. Turn and turn about,
you see. But for live uncle to haunt
a live nephew-no, David, no."
He Is crafty enough for anything.
/ don't care who done il" said David,
ut was done. Every night II was done.
And that's why / came home again.
And since he's fetched me home on a
FOOLS errand, he's got TO keep me-"
"But It wasn't his fault that the ghost
came Man alive he wanted his own
ghost for himself Consider. he couldn't
get on without NJ
"He brought me home, and he's got
to keep me-" said David. doggedly. Then
he slowly slouched away.
"He is going to the inn." said George.
"Will there is something uncanny about
the man. Why should he have this hor-
ribe haunting dream every nightT'
"Remorss for a crime which he wished
he had committed, perhaps An odd com
bination, but possible. If he had muir.
dered his uncle he might have been
haunted in this way. Wishes he had
murdered him. you see. Imagination
supplies the rest"
frn IL oonttnuail
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-01-13

II never saw two barges emptied
quicker The coal beavers swarmed
over them like ants and the coal melt
ed away almost while the passengers
and baggage were being rushed across
the planks
That was on the morning OF the Sd.
Enoch and never saw a bed until
noon the next day. The fog shook
hands with us at Devils Island. We
supposed as a matter OF course the
Natchez would tackle It, and we never
thought Of doing anything else. At
that stage OF the game a bl0wup
wouldn't have been worse than to have
trailed in behind.
The uncertainty OF that night turn
ed my hair gray We hadn't a ghost
Of an Idea where the other boat was
and dreaded every moment that we'd
hear her blowing through the gloom
ahead OF US"
That's what you'd "a heard IL j.
Bennett had been there" said Richey,
as he looked out the side window to
see how close they were getting to the
st. Clair wharf. He'd a made you
ducks look like roustabounts on a sand
fiat Jack was an engineer, a born en-
gineer, but he was the crossest man |
ever saw. When he got in dead earn
est his room was hot enough to run the
engines without.the boilers"
Andy Pauly, wasn't slow" insisted
the other steersman, but he was safe.
Still, we thought he'd run that fog and
we kept agoln' upstream, cuttin' the
current in long. oblique slices same's II
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-01-13

right to defend himself in reasonable
manner II he is attacked whatever
may be his geographical position, and
the incidental contiguity of his home
"cuts no ice" In the case.
Doctors agree that the public is
wrong in the popular conception that
burglars sometimes chloroform the In
mates of a house before committing a
robbery. The usual story is that the
anaesthetic was squirted into the sleep
Ing room through keyholes. A Kansas
City surgeon who has had occasion to
administer chloroform or ether 500
times says that chloroform admins
tered IN this manner would put
quietus on the burglar, as well as the
inmates of a home. Physicians have
tried many times to administer chloro-
form to sleeping persons, and have met
with very poor results. The first effect
Of an anaesthetic is not to lull to in
sensibility, but to arouse all the men,
tai and physical vigor of the person to
whom 1t is given.
The public has great confidence in
the magic No. 3, and without any rea-
sonable basis for the belief. 1t is COM
monty believed that If drowning per
son sinks for a third time he is gone
for good and all. The facts contradict
this. Many persons die on the first
sinking, and If one has the strength
and the vitality to rise to the surface
of the water twice 1t furnishes an ex-
cellent presumption that he will be
able to do so again. In an eddy or
rapidlymoving waters people have
sunk from sight a half dozen times
and lived to tell the experience to their
grandchildren.
Then there is the third congestive
chill, commonly believed to be fatal.
Most people who die from this cause
succumb to the first or second attack.
II a man succeeds in weathering two
of them the odds are in favor Of his
coming out victor in the third. Almost
every community possesses a citizen
who boasts the fact that he has a sill
yer plate in his skull. Surgeons say
that very few attempts were ever
Hldue at Sucn an operation, ana all or
them were failures. There does not
exist a man who has a silver plate in
his skull, although many men honest
ly believe that they are carrying this
species Of paraphernalia in their crani-
ums. The bone of the skull cannot
live and be healthy In the presence Of
foreign body. 1t is said by surgeons
to be physical lmpossibility, but this
serves in no way to overcome the COM
mon and erroneous belief.
The medical fraternity has another
false belief to combat in cases Of
shingles" The disease consists of a
skin eruption always following affect
ed nerves, and commonly appearing on
the body. 1t Is very common belief
that II the shingles" completely sur
round the body and strike a meeting
point the patient will die instantly.
The belief Is untrue. - Kansas City
Journal.