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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
COMsTOCK LOSES PLACE
Art Students Get Uncle Sam to Drop
Him as p. o. Inspector.

New York, Dec. 29.-Anthony Com
stock has lost the second round. of his
battle with the Students league. A
telegram from Washington announces
that the art censor has been deprived
Of his position, as postoffice inspector.
>. Members Of the league went to WASH
ington with complaints that the presi-
dent of the Society for the Suppression
OF Vice was abusing his privilege as
postoffice inspector. It was urged that
it was not right that Mr.. Comstock
should be able to walk into any post
office and examine the mail addressed
to any individual or corporation, break
ing the seals of letters as he saw fit.
An investigation was ordered.
For more than thirty four years Com
stock has held the position Of postoffice
inspector, which enabled him. to OBJ
tain possession Of many secrets of
He was notified, however, that he
would be reappointed as inspector and
carried on the payrolls with salary of
$1,000, per year, and daily allowance
OF So, if he would quit all other en-
.ployment. AS president Of the Society
for the Suppression Of Vice, he draws
an annual salary Of $4,000, and he has
perquisites. ,,, 0
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
NEGRO ATTACK
STIRS FL RENO
Supposed Trooper Attempts to
Rob I;aundr Shoots a
Chinaman.

sEl Reno, Okla, Dec. .29.-Resisting
an attempted hold-up in his laundry at
$40 last night, Lee Sung, a Chinaman,
was shot and dangerously wounded by
an unknown negro who wore the uni
form of the United States army.
The assailant escaped. Soldiers from
Fort Reno, the sheriff s force, police
and many posses Of citizens are search
ing for him.
The numerous outrages perpetrated
by negroes believed to be discharged
soldiers Of the Twenty-ffth infantry,
have aroused the public to an intense
degree.
7 The negro was dressed in the full
uniform Of the United States army, but
IT is not known whether he is q mem
Der OF the negro troops now stationed
at Fort Reno or one of the discharged
soldiers. Some Of those dismissed for
participation in the Brownsville riots
carried their uniforms away with them
at the time of their discharge.
,,-.. .. Penrose Silent.
Major Penrose, commanding officer
at Fort Reno, when asked what action
ne had taken and whether the roll call
called, refused to discuss the case. =
II am getting sick Of this business.,'
he said: Every time crime is com
united it is laid to the negro soldiers.
-! won't tell anything about what
has been done, further than to say that
we are doing all in our power to aid
in the apprehension of the guilty.
Major Penrose tonight refused to
make any statement regarding report
that he had clue to the identity and
whereabouts Of the person who shot
B. Macklin week ago. It is believed,
however. that he has secured definite
information and that the assailant will
be in custody within short time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
So
Orpheu1n-

O4pAcu1u-
Not one of the vaudeville features
which the .Orpheum theater will usher
IN the New Year has ever been seen
at the local house.
Heading the bill will be the Empire
City quartet, which has been the most
popular singing organization ever
known to vaudeville. The quartet for
this season s piece de resistance. are
singing the Cooper Brothers ode to
optimism, "Cheer Up, Mary"
One Of the handsomest women on. the
stage is Patrice, the comedienne who
with her supporting company will ap-
pear in IA New Years Dream"
Eight of the smartest little men that
ever came out of the mikado's empire
are the Kita Banzai Japs, who have
added to their gymnastic work
scenic setting whose background is a
$4,000 piece Of embroidery stretching
across the stage.
Musically, the feature of the bill
will be Eugene Barker a dramatic So
prano who was formerly with the Carl
Rosa Grand Opera company. =.
"A duo of vaudeville favorites who
nave not heretofore appeared before
the local public are Mazuz & Wilson.
man and woman in juggling and bar
rel jumping, and the kinodrome IS films.
"The Villain Still Pursued Her. will
make up the sum total of the New
Years vaudeville attractions.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29

The advantage to be gained from the
governors reply to Manahan is the
quietus this is likely to put upon the
aspirations of noisy fellows who seem to
think that the thing to do always is to
play to the gallery. The matter Of rate
reduction is serious business PROPOSE
carrier and the shipper are to be con-
sidered carefully. and candidly, and the
cause Of the shipper cannot be promoted
in any other way. -.. ::
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29

The impure food manufacturers have a
fine field for work in the states that have
no laws against impure food. The ma
ftional food law would not permit any of
the foods to be shipped out of state, but
it cannot restrain them In the state If
they are manufactured IN that state.
New York's very large population easily
supports many factories catering to the
state and city trade alone, and thus the
Inhabitants of that state are not protect
ed by the national food law.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
Railroads;
EAU CLAIRE PLANS
TROLLEY TO RIVER Y
Movement Started to Build Elec-
" trio Line to Winona and
La Crosse. :.., .
Special to The Journal.

special to The Journal. '.~ g.. :,
Eau Claire, Wis, Dec. ga move
ment is under way for the building Of
an interurban electric line to connect
Eau Claire, Lacrosse, Winona, and
towns along the proposed route, C. J.
tiers, has succeeded in arousing the
interest of business men of Lacrosse
and Wlnona. Monday he will come to
Eau Claire and be the guest of some Of
the Leading business men Of the city.
The route would lead from here al
most in a direct line to Mondovi.
twenty-five miles. This portion Of the
route is feasible and besides giving the
residents of Mondovi and Vicinity A.
handy route of travel would open M
good country. The plan also would be
to make the line from here to Mondovi
paying by carrying freight as well as
passengers. =. =. =
, From Mondovi the line would follow
the banks Of the Beef river to Gilman
tons eight miles, thence along the river
T., rev miles further and across the
bluffs into Little Waumandee. Engi-
neers who have surveyed this route
before say that no tunnel Would he
necessary in crossing the bluffs. From
there 1t would be an easy matter to
select route to Winona and Lacrosse.
The people Of Waumandee have al
ways been anxious to have better tray-
cling and shipping facilities and at any
time would have given big bonus to
q railroad entering there Railroad
companies have at different times made
surveys of the section but never took
definite action. It is one Of the richest
farming sections in the state and the
residents are wealthy.
!. At the meeting in Eau Claire Monday
u IS expected that definite action viii
pc taken. Several men from Lat Grange,
a a1el, VINO make speciality of building
with members Of the local Commercial
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29

.. Some of the smaller places in Italy are
suffering from American money which
prosperous emigrants have sent to their
relatives. The result in many cases is
shown by a lack of industry and a lapse
into drunkenness. Complaint is also made
from northwestern Spain. Villages have
been known to emigrate en- masse to
South America from Spain, taking along
even the municipal authorities. One Span
ish city,; Bejar, has dwindled by emigra-
ton from city Of 10000 people to a
town of less than 10000. There are two
sides to the immigration question on both
sides off, the ocean. IL = =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
Those Insurance Indictments.

The Indictment of George W. Per-
kins and Charles S. Fairchild for their
share in the New York Life legerde-
main in connection with the "Prussian
loan' was reluctantly found by the
grand Jury and will not appeal to the
public as being of great Importance.
It may permit District Attorney Je-
rome to "point with pride,' but that is
about the extent of it's significance.
Public resentment against officials of
the big insurance companies has been
aroused by their disregard of the inter
ests of the policyholders and their ex-
travagance in spending the policyhold
ers' money. The bit of regeneration
by which the New York Life evaded
for time the demand of the Prussian
government that it sell its stocks and
buy bonds instead, so as to comply
with the Prussian law. and resume bust
ness in that country, involved perhaps
technical crime. But it is nothing
at all compared with the real crimes
against the American polcyholders
brought out by the Armstrong investi-
cation.
What the insuring public would like
to see is the bringing to Justice of the
men who played duck-on-the-roc with
it's money in hundred different ways.
Some Of these men have been forced
into retirement and into financial down
fall by the revelations. Some Of them
have died But there has never been
any adequate punishment visited on
most of the coterie Of insurance mag
mates that maintained for years at AL
bany bribery lobby, with Andy Ham
iHon in charge, and paid it's expenses
with the policyholders money. Com
pared with matters of this kind, the
'1Prussian loan'' affair is mighty
small potatoes. =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
DROPS FROM SIGHT ri.
ON EYE OF MARRIAGE

Appleton, Wis, Dec. 29.-New Lon
don authorities are agog over the mys,
FERROUS disappearance Of Frank Kel-
logg, proprietor of a laundry Of that
city, on Christmas eve. He was to
have been married. on Christmas Day.
But those who know him, best are
firm in their belief that he has been
foully dealt with and give no cred!
ence to the rumor that he left the city,
having decided not to become "a bene-
dict. Relatives believe he els the vic
tim of foul play. 4 y..4:l -
Kellogg's faneee is at a loss to ,un-
derstand " his disappearance and de-
clares he was cheerful the last time she
saw him. -; ".,'. 49,; ID. :. D.;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29

Brazil is clamoring for Japanese labor
There Is proposition among the coffee
planters to > ask the authority of the
Brazilian congress for the introduction of
10000 Japanese atonce. Japanese agents
are Investigating the possibilities of rice
culture in one Of the states of Brazil A
few years ago scare" was out that
Emperor William was about to attack us
thru Brazil This SCARE has been re-
tired in favor Of the Japanese scare.
They are equally silly. Is. .o.. t.. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
CONSPIRACY CHARGED
Baltimore Men Arrested for alleged Plan
.~ to Defraud Government.

Baltimore; DeeA 2s.-John Fl. Seward
Of J. H. Seward & Co.. importers of for
eign fruits at this port; Robert NJ White
ford, a .weigher in fthe United States Gus
field and j.: A. Little, Jbookke epersi for the
Seward FIRM Stephen Evans, Thomas
Jackson and George Lewis, colored en-
ployees Of the same concern were ar
rested today by the United States Off
GERS: All were charged with conspiring
to rob the United States government by
fraudulent practices in connection with
the weighing of foreign fruit sent under
bond to the Mount Clare yards of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad to be weighed
by 'Whiteford. Seward was" released in
$4,000 bond, and the others in Sc, 900.
All are'1to appear before commissioner
Rodgers on Jan, IS, 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
GOVERNMENT IssUEs BOOKS.

Washington, Dec. 29.-Herbert Putnam
librarian Of congress-, today announced the issue
sIndex to Fortraits'' and the other other prelm.
mary list Of headings and subheadings for an
index to the fedsral statutes The drst work
tribution. The second publication consists OF
800 pages and is being prepared under author
ity Of congress Interest in this work lies In
the adoption of both. scientific and consistent
procedure in the indexing and digesting In
general Of the federal statute law.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
France and Religion.

The French statesman who is alleged
to have said that ttFrance has Jesus
Christ on the rum and will drive him
out of the country is surely a poor
reader Of history or he would not have
said it Or thought it. France did drive
Christianity out of the country once.
The revolution not only conquered the
nobility but it submerged the moral
sense. Of the country and extinguished
for time its devotion to religion.
But century after the revolution
Christian institutions are re-estab.
Hshed in France. Moreover, the gov.
eminent has been trying by civil en-
actment to get back to the Christian
idea of a day Of rest in seven, the
revolution having abolished this super
stition and substituted one feast day
in ten. 81.
The efforts Of the scientific men Of
the revolutionary period to establish a
better order of things supplemented by
the efforts of the violent men of the
revolution to cut France loose from all
the ties that bound it to Christianity
have proved abortive.
Today France is in the throes of an
other battle. Her fight for the indie
pendent and interdependent existence
of church and. state has aroused the
attention of the world, which must see
that neither state church nor
a church state meets the wants of a
growing civilization. But if the strug-
gle in France is based, upon an idea
that Christianity OF ought to be
driven forth it is only necessary to
read French history to see what mis-.
take. is being made. ~ -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
Lyceun-

,Lan1gdon Mccormack IS pastoral COM
edy, Out of the Fold,'' will be pro-
duced at the Lyceum next week. Pathos
and comedy are combined in this play.
and the comedy is of the good, whole,
- In the village school scene, comedy
prevails from start to finish. Toby Hop
klns, Buck Smith. and Willie Cobb are
saroe eharaGters in this scene that are
a ast h9I9 !, Prejudice gains it's strong
fact is eccentuated in the play.
An erring. girl, not wholly guilty. is
seeking eexpiation among the Strangers
Of the rural village where the scenes
OF the play are laid. Finally she is
wooed and won by the village school
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
*YACQUIs MURDERERsi ::
Sixteen Americans Their Victims in Two
go, - =. -; Months, g. ~. !.

Phoenix. Ariz..,, Dec 2s.-Bus1ness men
Of Sonora, Mex, recently arriving here,
say that within the last two months six
teen Americans have been killed by Vac
Qui Indians at, one. point or another in
Mexico. Most of them were settlers who
fed three years ago during Indian trou-
bles, but recently returned, believing the
railroad building had progressed to a
point where they would be protected and
be safe from theHrnurderous bands. They
state the recent news or the Yacqui
murders there IS not surprising In fact,
they say, 1t is not, news below the line.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
81 y E173 - & a., -
Crow Goes to New York

W.. r. Grow, general northwestern
freight agent for the Erie road, twenty
four years a railroad man at st. Paul.
left yesterday for New York, where
ne = VIII have headquarters. as foreign
freight agent. Mr.. Crow has handled
export e3p grain and flour, in Minnesota,
he was Erie freight agent in Mime
apolis and has held his last position
seven years. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
Dewey

Dewey
The burlesque organization, the Bal
timore Beauties, which come to the
Dewey for the week commencing with
the Sunday matinee, has made a .repu-
tation for general excellence. Among
the musical novelties are the Irish Bows
Rubes, march numbers, soubrets, bath
ing girls and burlesque boys. The great
Murray Slmons is an extra attraction.
The management will give an anna
1 teur night IN conjunction with the regu-
lar performance every Thursday
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29

Hicks, the weather prophet, predicted
a cold snap between Christmas and New
Years. AS the weather had been phe-
nomenally warm, this looked on it's face
like a pretty safe prediction, but the.
climate will have to hurry little or the
planetary theory of weather will be hand
ed meteorological lemon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
SHERIFF." HAS A VISITOR

Wild Talk Of 1908 Because Hearst's
Man Dropped In.
Special to The Journal.
Milwaukee, Dec. 29.--Louis F. Loper-
gan, press agent for William R. Hearst,
was among Mayor Sherbie Becker Is
callers today.
The visit started political tongues to
wagging. Some of the wise ones assert
that Mr.. Hearst is looking for a run
ming mate in a race for the presidency
in 1908 and that he sent his lieutenant,
Mr.. Lonergan, to feel out the fearless
young mayor on the vice presidency.
However, friends Of the mayor insist
that he will not be candidate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
SAW GAS TURNED ON
Herman Bellek Tells Startling Story
in Chicago Case.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Herman Bellek,
Jr., the son Of the man now under ar
rest in connection with the six deaths
in the Vzral family yesterday informed
the police that he saw Mrs. Vzral turn
on the gas their home with the
intention Of sufocating two of the
children, Ella and Bertha. The boy
said he heard his father give Mrs.
5Vzral directions for the act. The two
shoth 1919.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
Minneapolis win Prone,

Other railroads are expected to follow
the, lead of the Milwaukee road lin
adapting itself to the rate reductions in
Minnesota ordered by the Minnesota
state railroad commission and concurred
in by all of the lines in the state. Chi
cago men expect that Minneapolis will
reap; benefit from the general reduc-
ton. SIS f5 n Re sz55- n =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29

Mr.. Hartman states that anybody Is
better! than Roosevelt. Mr.. Bryan would
not fully indorse this sentiment, but he
might perhaps agree that he knows a
certain party who would be better than
Roosevelt,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
Change of Time
Via Northwestern Zine. {

The Following Changes take effect
December 30th:
6 Day Express to Chicago-Leave Min
neapolis 1885 am. instead of 1850 am,
st, Paul 500 am. instead Of $3.50 am.
PAY EIprsss K m11sn Mssc9ns6n and
instead of 7:25 am, st. Paul $3.50 am.
instead of $40 am.
No changes in departure Of other
trains via North Western Line to Chi
cago, Milwaukee, Fond du. Lac, Ash
land, Duluth, Huron, Redfeld, Sioux
Falls, Mitchell, Des Moines, Sioux City.
Omaha or Kansas City.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
RULES FOR SHIPPERS
Wisconsin Railroad Commission Comes
to an Important Conclusion.

Madison, Wis, Dec. 29.-Railroads
must ship freight by the shortest and
least inexpensive route possible, and
shippers may properly demand that
they be charged no, more for shipments
than the tariff over the shortest route.
This is a determination which the rail-
road commission announced yesterday.
This question frequently comes before
the commission @
It is an exceedingly important opin-
carrier to transport freight over the
shortest possible route and charge the
shipper no more for the service than
the rate over the shortest or least ex.
pensive route. =. = j.. HIs.@~' -. +. .5e
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
Unique

Unique
Many clever entertainers are sched-
uled to make life merry at the UNIQUE
during New Years week. Albani, will
lead with one Of the most ingenious
acts in vaudeville. The three Masaueria
Sisters feature is Italian in tone. in
Producing the songs and dances peculiar
to the streets Of Italy. A musical com
edy act will be put on by Ethel Vane
q company. Irene Little will appear
with a new song. Bright music and
Ia!uyghable kinodrome comedy end the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
IRoQuoIs FIRE VICTIM s DIES.

" Chicago, Dec. 29.-Aftera suffering for three
years, lacking, two days, from injuries re-
,ceived In the Iroquois Stheater fire, Mrs. Carrie
kuh, wife Of wealthy: business man Of this
city died today Mfs Knh vas burned severely
death for several weeks was partially cured
by skin graz ting. The shock. hewever, left her
an invalid, and, a1tho it was believed that she
was on the road to ultimate recovery, her
strength failed and she died. II d 4 5
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29

Secretary Taft's friends announce that
the secretary is now Sin their hands,
SO far as the nomination for the prest-
dency goes. A weight like this is likely.
to be something Of a strain before 1908.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29

Colonel Santa Claus Mann of 1.-THE hard
described him, was acquitted Of perjury,
but the public is well "onto'' the value Of
criticism in Clown Topics
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
BURIED IN A SNoWSLIDE
Man and Horse Live Thru Frightful
- Experience in Montana,

Special to The Journal. :-z,-
Dillon, Mont, Dec. 29.-John Evans
OF this city was riding near the top Of
a rugged peak in, the Ruby mountains
when the weight Of his horse started a
snowslide. Both himself and horse
were swept over a steep cliff and down
the steep mountain side for almost a
The mountain was swept clean of
trees and boulders by the force of the
slide. Near the bottom Evans was
covered by a great mass OF snow. but
dug himself out after great exertion.
The horse was found half buried a few
hundred yards farther on. Neither
sustained serious injury, but both were
covered with bruises and scratches.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
HE LACKS MORAL SENSE
Mrs. Germoud Says Her Husband Is a
&. Degenerate.

Journal Special Service. .%,Gg3 j..
New York, Dec. 29.-After having
remarked her husband to reform him,
following the annulment Of previous
ceremony by her parents, Mrs. Marie
Josephine Germond is now suing for
an absolute divorce. She alleges that
he is absolutely without moral sense
and cannot distinguish between right
and wrong The defendant, Philip G.
Germond, is son Of the late Rev. DIR.
Germond, who was long prominent in.
the Methodist church.
Germond has apparently disap-
peared. Mrs. Germond lives with her
mother, Mrs. Opitz, in this city. She
was married to Germond in 1901, when
she was only 10 years old.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29

The new year is SO near that it might
be we'll to brush the dust from last years
resolutions and see if they We're fractured
anywhere. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29

Discontinuance Of Sunday Trains
to Lake Minnetonka. The Minneapolis
& st. Louis railroad has discontinued
the train which heretofore left for
days and returning leaving Tonka Bay
at 5 pm. u
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
THAT KIND NEVER HAS ENOUGH
Chicago News.

More land frauds have been discov-
cred in western Kansas. Uncle Sam has.
been SO generous in giving away the
public domain that II would seem as If
the land-grabbers ought to be satisfied
to remain inside the regulations. &