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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12
MILLION FOR MANDAN
Northern Pacific Will Make Exten-
sive improvements. .
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. II - -.
Mandan, n D., Oct. 12.-The Nor
thern Pacific expects to spend approx
mately 100000 in Mandan. during
the coming year in increasing it's yard
facilities and making other improve
ments.l .,~-fl5. + @::qH$
The city council has just accepted a
proposition made by the company4t thru
Assistant General Superintendent Boyle
to construct subway from Main
street, which will not interfere with
the established grade Of the street, and
to build a roadway under it's tracks
thirty two, feet wide and eleven, feet
high. Iron pillars are to support the
center and four-foot walk is to be
constructed on each side. The sub
way is to be lighted with electricity
and to be maintained without expense
to the city. ~. 49, %a. l. :. =.
The company, it is said, intends to
raise it's tracks considerably at each
end and make the yards here what are
termed "gravity yards This .sys-
TEN will greatly increase the amount Of
!, work which can be handled with the
present yard force and equipment. s. *
/ T. Later on it is the intention to con
| struct a subway at the east end FOR
team traffic and another thru the mid.
die of the yards for the benefit Of en-,
| ployees. ssz
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12
TO TUNNEL BELLE ISLE
Canadians See Hope Of Reaching New
= foundland Dry shod.

Special to The Journal.
st. John 8, Newfoundland, Oct. Ia
A railway to Belle Isle and thence by
tunnel under the straits and across to
this colony is the project which is re-
ceiving a considerable amount Of at
tention. Negotiations are now in prog
ress between certain well-known and
financially. strong English concerns, in,
terested, along with the Newfoundland
government, in the development of Lab
rador and Newfoundland and the Que
bee & Lake st. John railroad.
These negotiations have been carried
on for some time and it is believedssa
successful solution Of the problem has
been arrived at. The Quebec g. Lake
St. ohn railroad will extend its sys-
tenn to "Bel1e Isle, on the north shore OF
the st. Lawrence and thence tunnel I'M
der the straits of Belle Isle, distance
Of twenty miles, to Newfoundland
a.; The protected works wops shorter
1.-The Atlantic voyageato Europe by Eve
fsprs three days and would ehmiMa teathe
5SmCst dangerous part of thessVo wage
The old project Of damming thai stfaits
ssof Belle Isle is also coming III foE 6
considerable amount Of attention. This
would be done, not only fpr;the purpose
ofItmaking a roadway across the straits
! but also for the purpose. Of yhetter1ne
the climate Of eastern fGanadaESas@i
E.would prevent the ice from foatin gsul
1.-The ST.. Lawrence. - ~ Ss$#t
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12
kensington Suits.

IT rs by a painstaking care for detail-by
the constant striving for q still higher
standard Of clothes building and the alb
solute resolve to. be satisfied with nothing
s short Of perfection- that Kensington
Clothes have come to be recognized as the
best ready for service Mems apparel. Price
range $3.50 TO $35. 90. S. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12
TROLLEY TO SKIRT LAKE
ROUTE OF MINNEAPOLIS-DU-
! BUQUE ELECTRIC ROAD TAKES
I'm 5ToNKA NORTH SHORE. sssSsaa.sp''

( -.
81 The ;~-ssproposed Minneapolis Dubuque
electric railway will not leave Mime
apolis by way of Fort Smelling and
Mendoza, as was first intended.
At the .annua meeting Of the stock
holders and directors, held yesterday in
the office of William Peyton Mason in
the Columbia Heighths building, it was
decided to construct the road along the
north shore Of Lake Minnetonka, tax
ing in Wayzata, Long Lake, Mound
and Spring Park. Thence the line will
turn southwark to- Chaska and Fari-
bault. It was also decided to leave
Cresco, Iowa, off the company's map, in
order to avoid paralleling steam rail
way.
The next meeting Of the directors
will be on Wednesday.
4 Arrangements for taking over the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12
lRAlLAo ADsI M 8Es.k

The Rock Island has; :, a neHnced the estab-
lishment Of thru Pullman sleeping car service
between Chicago and Mexico City,. effective
Monday. The car will leave Chicago daily at
$3.50 I'm, arriving at Mexico City at II AS
am. the fourth day. = It,. will leave Mexico
City at7:4o pm, arriving at Chicago at 1925
pm. the fourth day. e q 3 ~ ~
.Eighty-five ,,boilermakers twill get advanced
wages. from the Northern Pacific road. After
q conference for two weeks with a representa-
ton Of, eight men the schedule was granted.
Bodlermakers east of Mandan will get 80 cents
an. hour and west of Mandan 40 cents. *:
= Lake service to Minnetonka will be Withdrawn
Sunday by, the Great Northern road. Hutchin-
son train, No. s15 will leave Minneapolis at
sos pm, and mixed train will leave at
$3.50 "a t--:.-
The new passenger station of the North
Western road in Chicago will cost $40, 900. 900
and will stand on the West Side, between Madi-
son,g Lake, Canal and Clinton streets The
station will be ready. to use In two years:
Ornamental 4archways will shan the two streets
which the station will cover . : 81. ~. AZ
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12
PUTS ON NEW TRAIN
Great Northern Spokane Express Will
Relieve Oriental Limited.

The main feature of changes to be
made in passenger service by the Great
Northern road Sunday will be adds
and Spokane to take UP: the local serv-g
icesscarried by the Oriental Limited and
Fast Mail. The train numbers will be
% and "a. LIVED .ss i
The west-bound train will leave Min.
neapolis about midnight, reaching Spo.
kane the third day at, s10.sa,m. The
east-bound train will leave Spokane at
| 5 pm. reaching Minneapolis the third
day about 11:30 am. The overflow
], and 4 will be handled by the.
new trains. s 5sas
The route viii probably be hy war
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12
HILL BUILDS TO- PoRTIiAND5:
Hartman Is to Have Still Stronger
Competition from Northern Roads.

Journal Special Service. -
New York, Oct. 12.-The first for
NAL statement Of the plans Of the
Portland & Seattle railway, which is
being built down the north bank of the
Columbia river in Washington by
James J. Hill, is contained in the an
nual report Of the Northern Pacific
railway. The new line traverses after
ritory thru which the Hartman lines
claim a right-of-way. H. W.
The Portland & Seattle railway will
give the Hill roads new line into
Portland and will be SO constructed
! that it can handle traffic economically,
and make the Hill roads still stronger
competitors of the Hartman lines for
thru freight. -. ST.
The details of this new g line show
! that the road will run from Portland. to
j Spokane and Texas Ferry, Wash, con.
Meeting at Spokane with the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern and Texas
Ferry with the joint line. owned ..sby
the Northern Pacific and Union Pa:
cifc. ~ ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12
a DUEL IN THE AIR
Balloonists Pop Away at Each othe,
e. Above. Paris. -

The strangest duel on record, beyond
doubt, was that fought in the Franco
Prussian war between two balloonists.
One was French and the other Prussian,
and they fought from their balloons in
midair in full view Of all Paris. The
Prussian at first showed the French
colors, but when he had filled his op-
ponent's balloon full of holes, he broke
out black and yellow standard amid
yells from below of "Treason! Trea-
son! - The outcome of this strange
duel, as we'll as other balloon adven-
lures, will be told in The Journal s Sun
day Magazine next Sunday,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12

Of GAINESVILLE, .Crookston and Grand
Forks. Fargo will be. off the line. I'M
provements ~ on the .Willmar division
have been completed so that on Sunday
trains which have been going by way
of st. Cloud ~to-get Willmar will
RETURN to-: the Original s>route. Trains.
3, 4 and 9 will 20 direct to Willmar. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12

Minnesota & ! Iowa electric line will
then have been completed, and the
route settled upon will. be 246 miles
with about So, 100000 involved. The
final survey will begin Monday, and it
is expected to have the line in opera
tion as far south as Rochester, at least,
sby thesc1ose sof 1907. II. r :;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12

SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY.
Buy your Groceries at wholesale and
save middleman's profits.

save middleman's profits.
Celery, large punches, bunch lac;
Red Globe Onions, peck lOc; Cape
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Sweet Potatoes, 10 lbs for zoe;
Fancy Wealthies, Ben Davis or
Gano Apples, peck zoe.
Fancy Colorado Peaches, 1A-bu
crate 9Uc
italian Plums, per basket soc
Fresh Roasted Peanuts, 8 lbs 25c
New Shelled Waluuts, pound. BIC
Apitezo, same as Grape Nut, lOc
pkg only DC
Egg-O-See, Honest Oats or Vigor,
3 pkgs for :. ...... ...- 2Oc
Rice, very best Japan, S lbs for SOC
Best Shredded Cocoanut,@2 lbs Csc
Uneeda Biscuits, 4 pkgs for. ..l5c
Macaroni or Spaghetti, l0-lb
boxes only SOC
| Sugar, Best. Cane Granulated,
Best Cube Sugar, 10 lbs for. .5Sc
Diamond G Laundry Soap, the
best soap in the market, 100
bar box 1885; 10 bars. .26c
-Wolpert s or Sunlight,
Best Patent, guaranteed to be
as good as any on the market,
( 98-lb sack go. ~. So. ID
COFFEE-Our Cofees are roasted
fresh daily. Try our famous
Java and Mocha. It's quality is
! unsurpassed. Others charge you
/ soc and 35c pound; our price,
/ 2h-lb can; for. ...... SOC
BUTTER Just received, 500 jars
/ extra fine Creamery. For Satur-
day, l5lb jar for $1.15. You
must try this to appreciate it.
FISH AND MEATS.
4 Spring Chickens and Fowls, per
| pound .12Rc
/ Oysters, solid meats, quart. .4Oc
/ Best Rib Roast Beef, lb... .... Zoe
/ Pot Roast Beef, h.. sc
Round Steak, h.. .............-9c
Sirloin Steak, Id. .l2c
Whole Goldfish, lb. Sc
Is choice Breakfast Mackerel Csc
Morrell's Bacon, ID. .......... lSc
3K Norway Herring, new, pail Use
Veal Roast, lb. ............... 1OC
Leg or Loin Veal, lb. ..14c
Ri Good Hams and Bacon, ID. lac
Mincemeat, per pound. ...:... 1Oc
BOTH PHONES
III T. C. 1851. n. W. 406.
Your Orders solicited. We guaran
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funded.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12
NOW THE NORTHWESTERN
Another Big System Reported to Have
Coast Ambitions.

Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. IA Port
land, Ore, railway man who is at pres
emit in Milwaukee, is authority for the
statement that the Chicago & North
Western railway will build an extern
sion to the Pacific coast. The line
ending at Lander, Wyo., the present
western terminus, will be extended to
Coos Bay, on the Pacific coast, direct
ly across the arid region of Oregon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12

Your Orders solicited. We guaran-
tee all our goods. Anything not
satisfactory, money cheerfully re-
funded.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12
Railroads
GREAT NORTHERN
EARNS $40, 259, $50
Annual Report Shows Year Of
\ Greatest Prosperity in History
= Of System The Figures.

y New York, Oct, l2.-Figures from the
annual report Of the Great Northern
We're made public yesterday, and they
show that the system has had pros
porous year. The gross earnings show
an increase over the previous year of
i$6,903, 42S. While the operating ex-
penses have increased So ,l99 ,491. the net
earnings have increased $2,TO3.e39. s.
Following are figures from the report
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1906:
Gross earnings SAC, $50 500 $780, asSo i22
Operating, expenses and ,.a-s.
" Net earnings :s21, $50, ees $1ss1e7 31
To St. p. M & NJ Railway . j.
Guarantee interest on '1.-Ils. Z.
Guarantee 8 per cent ~.
dividend on stock. 80. 100000 1900, 900
Maintenance and Operatn 1855 6,005
To Eastern Railway Company of Minnesota
Guarantee, interest on ,-~N,..,a t>=t
bonds and 6 per cent
dividend on stock. 81, 895 900 81, 1891, 300
Other rentals 1855 s., . 81 I'll
Totals rentals ...... $e24eo17 se,1so. s21
Less dividends received
by Great Northern Ry 2.13s,e22 s2,129, 2e6
Net rentals -. = ,1o7, o95 81, oo1 ,555
Total Improvement fund 6.130, $40 :. ,O0O, 900
Total deduction ...... 0,238, 005 " 1901, 500
| Balance transferred to IL, =: i -.
Income account IL. 2S2,663 t11.Sl5, 116
Other increase 2,2O2,3O2S 2,oSu, ooU
! Interest sterling loan 151,S75 264, 500
Balance applied to divi-.s :. ~, 80,
oends Il 555, ny S'SSa'o ooo
Dividends ;-..............- BIAS. 521 8,693, $3.50
Profit and loss balance. !, 1S4,569 5,137 ,3It
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-04

Of Deaths by Railroads
in Fiscal Year Ending June
3, 1905 Was 9,7o3
MANY THOUSANDS INJURED

yf
The railroads of the United States
killed 9,7O3 people an average of 20
a day-and in uredl86, O08 an average
of 238 in every each twenty four hours
in the fiscal year ended June 80,
1906. These were the official figures
made public Friday at Washington
by the interstate commerce commits
sion. Of these the passengers who
met death numbered 537, while those
who we're injured totaled 1O,457. In
the previous year AL passengers were
killed and 9,111 injured.
In 1905 one passenger was killed
for every 1888 carried, and one
injured for every 70, 665 carried, while
in 1904, 1,622, 267 passengers were car
ried for one killed, and 70, 523 passen-
gers carried for one Injured. In 1905
one emp1oye in every All was killed
and one employe in every21 injured.
With regard to trainmen-that is,
enginemen, firemen, conductors and
other trainmeu-on traiuman was
killed for every 133 employed land one
injured for every 9 employed.
The figures Of the casualties among
railroad employees according to classes,
are as follows: Trainmen killed.
u, 900, injured, 1883; switchmep and
watchmen killed 1876, injured 885;
other employees killed 1925; injured
50, O97.
The number of persons other than
employees and passengers killed was
5,805; injured, 8,718. Of these deaths
of trespassers numbered 1905, and
injured 5,251.
The total number of casualties to
persons other than employees from be-
ing struck by trains, locomotives or
cars, was 1869 killed and 4,163 in
jured, divided as follows
At highway crossings Passengers
killed, /, injured, 10; other persons
killed, 1877, injured, 1,564
At stations Passengers killed, "a;
injured, 90; other persons killed, 381;
injured, 571.
Atother points along tracks Pas
sengers killed, s; injured, 81; other
persons killed, 8, So; injured, 1891.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-04
COMMENCES SUIT FOR SIS, 900
Mrs. VIM. DeBerge Sustained In
juries in Boarding Car

In the circuit court Friday Mrs.
William DeBerge through her at
torney, Wallace Ingalls,, commenced
a suit for SIS, 900 damages against the
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Rail
way. Plaintiff alleges that in June
last she was boarding car of defend
ant in the city Of Kenosha; that the
car was started before she got on;
that she was thrown violently to the
pavement of the street andssthat her
back and spine were sosbadly injured
that she has not been able to get out
and de-anything since.
Care1essness and neglect on the
part of the corporation employees is
charged. This is the first damage
suit brought against the company
since it has been in operation in Ra-
cine and Kenosna counties.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-04

I'VE sidewalk displays of some of
the merchants are gradually creeping
towards the edge of the walk and if
they keep on appropriating the space
which property belongs to the public
somebody will have to invoke the city
ordinance on the subject against
them. Ordinarily there could be little
complaint against moderate side
walk display but when the crowd
comes out on Saturday nights, for
instance, every inch Of space is needed
40 accommodate the people and there
wonld be none too much room if the
crowd had all of the walk. AS it is
abe people have to go out ir the street
to pass certain points.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-04

THE city should insert and enforce
a clause in every sewer and paving
contract requiring the contractor to
keep the street crossings in good re-
pair while the work is being done. It
is bad enough to have the streets inn
passible for vehicles without leaving
abe crossings in such conditions that
pedestrians have to wade knee deep
IN slime and muck to get across them.
1t would cost very little to keep the
crossings clear, but most contractors
who work for the city carry the idea
that the public has no right IN the
streets while they are using them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-04
Jason Lathrop to Give the First
Baptist Church Property as
Memorial to His Father
FIRST MINISTER IN KENOSHA
Property Offered to the Church is
Valued at $4,000 and There Will be
no String to the Gift Old Por-
trait for Church

Following his gift of an organ to
the First Unitarian church as me-
mortal to his daughter, Jason Lothrop
on Wednesday notified the trustees Of
the First Baptist church that he
would make a gift to that church
which would be a memorial to his
father, Elder Jason Lothrop, Of
blessed memory The gift to the
church will consist Of a parcel of land
now owned by Mr.. Lothrop and sit
uated north Of the city. It is valued
at So, 600, and when it is turned over
to the church the trustees Of the
church will have the right to dispose
of it IN any way they may see fit, only
it is to be understood that the fund
raised is to be a memorial to the
father of Mr.. Lothrop. Mr.. Lothrop
has also promised to turn over to the
church a handsome portrait Of the
Elder Lothrop. painted in the pioneer
days, and it is planned to have this
hung in the parlors of the church
Elder Jason Lothrop, for whom the
gift is to be a memorial, was one Of
the best known of the early pioneer
settlers Of Southport. He was the
pioneer minister Of Southern Wiscod-
sin, ard probably did more e aid ii
the Establishments Of churcheS tn thi>
section of the state than any otnrr
one nan His rugged ctrar acf
brilliant intellect made Hn 1-l. -
revcred by al of sas .,tt5cIs, and his
work III adyanclng the church left a
distinct mark on the history of early
Kenosha county.
Elder Lothrop was one of the first
Baptist ministers in the state, and he
presided 1t the dedication of the First
Baptist church i'll Southport. Elder
Lothrop was the son of a Vermont
farmer, but early in life he removed
school teacher for number Of years,
after which he entered the ministry
of the Baptist church.
In 1885 Elder Lothrop joined the
stream of pioneers moving to the
westward from New York, and in
August OF that year ne lanQeQ IN
Southport. At that time there were
but three houses on the present site
of Kenosha. The new arrival staked
off claim and built cabin near the
place where the Wells machine shop
now stands. He resided there for
many years and later went on to a
farm in Lake county. He returned
to Kenosha later in life and died here
in 1870.
No early religious history of Keno
sha would be complete without the
life Of Jason Lothrop. He was con-
nected with every religious movement
in the county and divided his time
between teaching the children and
ministering to the wants of the
pioneer congreg ations. He aided in
the famous expose Of the Spiritua-
lists in the county and was for years
one of the leaders in the fight against
Spiritualism.
The trustees of the church will un-
doubtedly accept the gift and suit
able memorial will be set up to the
pioneer minister.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-04

KRNosHA county has no objection
40 The raise in its assessment made by
the state tax. commission, provided the
rest Of the state is given proportion
ate boost, but there is no general de-
sire here to have this county shine
alone in its glory as the only county
IN the state having close to a full
value assessment, while most of the
other counties are lodging taxes on a
sixty or seventy per cent assessment
The raise makes little difference in
the total amount of our taxes at pres
ent, but the time may con1e when it
will count for a good deal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-04
THE ICE TRUST

The officials Of the Knickerbocker
Ice company which is the ice trust,
are disposed to put all the blame for
all the short weight deliveries that
have caused such general complaint
this summer on the shoulders of the
Consumers themselves. 1t must be
admitted that if their statement Of
conditions is accepted as gospel truth
the officials make out a good case for
their company. AS they look at it,
| the matter of weight is question be-
tween the drivers of their wagons
| and their customers, after the wagons
leave the depots. The iceis carefully
| weighed before leaving the barns and
after a certain percentage is allowed
for waste the drivers are required to
account for every pound of it. Ifthey
return with tickets or cash for the ice
taken out, the company claims its re-
| sponsibility ends there. Long expert
ence ena b1es the officials to figure the
waste to a nicely and If the drivers
are doing business with any Gus
toners of their own ION the side" they
must make the ice they sell out Of
the consumers. And if they do that
the company figures that it is the con-
sumers own fault if he is cheated in
weights. The scales used are care
fully tested and soldered to the wagons
so that they cannot be tempered with
and the buyers certainly have the
right to test the scales and check the
weights as the ice is taken from the
wagons at any time. It is impossible
to have a responsible official check
every delivery, and if the consumer
cannot protect himself tits impossible
for the company to protect him at all
times. All the company can do is to
investigate complaints and unless the
consumers complain directly to the
officials, which is seldom done, they
are powerless to right matters. The
officials Of the ice company claim that
they are even more anxious to check
the giving Of short weights than the
consumers and on the face Of the re-
turns, SO to speak, the facts of the
case seem to bear out this assertion.
AS to the price Of ice, the crop was
short all over the country last winter
and the consumer is probably lucky
that he paid at the rate of six dollars
instead of eight this summer. The
ompanybregulates that absolutely.
The laws of supply and demand and
of competition do not apply in this
case for there is now practically no
competition in the business and the
trust is in a position to regulate the
demand according to the supply. The
amount on hand is figured out every
spring and the price put at point
where the consumption will just clean
out the houses by the time the new
crop is ready. IF the amount on hand
is small the price is put high to check
the demand, if large, the price is
lowered to stimulate consumption.
The trust is in command of the situa-
ton in Kenosha and il only remains
to the consumer to pray for mercy.
He pays the price set or he does not
get ice, but it may be some satisfac
ton to him to know that the company
allows him the privilege Of seeing to
it that he gets the number of pounds
he pays for.