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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
BOSTON BANK FAILURE
" AGITATES NEW ENGLAND
Prominent Men Withdrew just Before the Crash by Which
Depositors Lost $500 000-Mnisters in War on Roller
.~.-
:. Skating Craze-Maine's 4O0-Pound Woman Dead
Other New England Stories of Interest.
BY r. q. LARSEN,

religious liberty, and the result Is
pretty squabble with the mayor as the
storm center.
Ex-Governor Douglas announced this
week that he was out Of politics for
good, which is taken to mean that he
will not be can
What Massa- date for con-
gress. At din
chusetts Politicians ner he gave to
the state commit
Are Doing. tee, however, he
expressed strong
hopes of making Massachusetts demo
cratic. One Of the Incidents of the
dinner was the refusal Of Congressman
John A. KeHher and W. T. A. Fitzger-
aid, president Of the democratic city
organization, to attend, altho they were
at the business meeting which preceded
It. When governor, Mr.. Douglas re-
fused to appoint Mr.. Fitzgerald police
the first break he had with the Boston
machine. Josiah Quincy has been
made chairman Of the state democratic
committee. He has also become ad-
visor Of Mayor Fitzgerald.
Still more changes are being made In
official circles here. Governor Guild
has appointed Thomas E. Grover as dis
trict attorney for the southeastern dis
trict Of Massachusetts to succeed Asa
P. French, who has been made United
statese attorney, but it has beer ar
ranged that Mr.. French shall continue
the prosecution Of suits against the to-
bacco trust, which have been attract
ing a great amount of attention. Mr..
Grover has been trial justice at Can
ton and counsel for number of the sur
rounding towns. Hugh Bancroft, son. Of
Gen. VIM. A. Bancroft, was one Of the
youngest and most successful assistant
district attorneys ever in office, and
will now engage in private practice.
1 His successor is a son of the late
George R. w. Scott, Congregational
clergyman who died in Berlin, Ger
many, while serving as a delegate to
the national council Of Congregational
churches. Dana Malone of Greenfield,
the new attorney general, has named as
his first assistant Walter Perley Hall
Of Fitchburg. Mr.. Hall was born in
Manchester, N. H., studied law in Wor-
I cester, and has lived in Fitchburg since
1894.
The social sensation Of the week has
been the separation Of Mr.. and Mrs
William Basset, who have home in
Brookline. Mr.
Wealthy Banker Basset is veal
thy banker and
and Wife clubman, is &c
years of age
Separate. They were mar
: ried less than
: three years ago. Mrs. Bassst is about IS
, years of age and was the widow Of
Z Elias Milliken,, a rich lumber. dealer Of
> Augusta, Me. Her marriage to Mr.
Z Bassett was her fourth and Mr.. Bas
| set 8 third. They had known eacf
t other thirty years, and the wedding
' was attended by number of very
$ prominent people. Three months aftel
: their marriage Mr.. Basset failed il
t business, but soon again became active
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

to us here In the west should be that
our money can be kept at home to our
advantage. ..s.
Why should western money be
poured into the vaults of these big in
surance companies controlled by the
Standard Oil magnates9 Why continue
to furnish the east the money for it's
speculations and consultations and
mergers when we need it at home and
can use it In our business9 We have
Insurance companies worthy of our
confidence and we can soon have more
If we need them. Nor are insurance
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

. While the Armstrong investigation
has shown extravaganza Of manage
ment, the waste has been mere baga
telle in comparison with the vast sums
handled which have not been shown to
have been loosely cared for. The
money is there safe, held in trust for
the premium holders.
Extravaganza Of management, the
paying of exaggerated salaries, the
waste In maintaining useless retainers,
can easily be corrected and guarded
against in the future, but the great
lesson Of the Armstrong investigation
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

~ HE accompanying cartoon which
shows a gigantic cow being
e. pastured In the Mississippi val
ley and MIXED in the east, Is intended
to illustrate one way in which the ma
ton g wealth is being conferred in New
York. In this particular instance the
cows fodder represents the immense
sum of money collected from the peo-
pie Of the west and paid to eastern in
surance companies In the way Of pre-
miums.
: The premiums on insurance paid to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
Miss Catherine Roosevelt, Miss Alice
Bolt and Miss Mollie Eliot.

Senator Henry E. Burnham, Joseph
w. Fellows of Manchester, and Ira A.
Chase eff Bristol have been chosen to
represent New Hampshire as delegates
to the, divorce conference to be held in
Washington.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

Stations. The hotel bars are now all
open, but the only one expected to
have trouble is the Essex, opposite the
South Terminal, which is selling under
its old license, and the proprietors are
ready&to fight.
The roller skating craze has taken
hold of New England, The old Provi-
dence depot in Park square has been
- transformed into
Ministers in "a rink, and not
rs, ...s1. even in the early
War on days Of roller
S>, 4 skating were
Roller Skating there such crowds.
.a ~. Il In some places
the > ministers have already begun to
protest, one Of the most vigorous be-
ing the Rev. Arthur j. Telling, rector
Of st. Mary's church, Lynn, who has
placed a ban upon roller skating, or
dered those of his pensioners who
have children under their care to keep
them away, and threatening expulsion
from the schools of those who do not
obey.
There is not New Highlander who
at some time in life has not visited
Austen & Stones, in Scollay square
Prof. William Hutchins is still on deck
describing the freaks in language
which no other lecturer anywhere has
ever been able to approach. The pro
lessor observed his 18th birthday this
week. He still has the flow Of Ian
guage which brought him fame in the
days when he was P. T. Barnum s
| lightning calculator.
The society season in Boston has
reached it's height, or at least the
period when the debutantes have come
.-.-... out. The frs
Boston Society Of the assemblie
was held at thu
Receives + Somerset hotel
and the guest
Many Debutamtes were received b,
| @ Mrs Francis
Amory, Mrs, Roger Wolcott, ST., Mrs
Winthrop Sargent, Mrs. Arthur Blake
Mrs. Charles Head, Mrs. Phillip Sears
Mrs. Henry Hunnewell and Mrs. Rober
g. Hooper. The affair was one Of tn
most notable Boston has had in year
because Of the prominence of the FAM
lies Of the young girls who came out
Mrs. Meyer, wife Of the Russian an
bassador, is here this winter, and he
two young daughters, Misses Julia an
Alice, made their debut on this occs
sion. Others were Miss Mary Amory
Miss CShristine. Hunnewell, Mis-
Elizabeth Gray, Miss Alice Thorndik'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

II HE Golden Cow that is Pastured in the West
| and MIXED in the East---The Vast Sum Of Over
Forty-tWo Million Dollars Paid Annually by States
in the Mississippi Valley to But Three Eastern lnsur-
ance Comprehensive Lesson Of the Armstrong In
vestigation to the. West Should be to Turn the Cow
Around Far Enough that She May be MIXED on this
Side of the Mississppi---Wester Insurance Com
panies, Western Banks and Western Business
Should Benefit by this Immense Investment of the
West in Life Insurance Policies Il"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

the charter Of the Breeders associa-
tion does not permit pool selling:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
special Correspondence of The journal.

w OSTON, Mass, Jan. 1.-THE saw
r. ings banks commissioners of this
N state are under fire because Of
their failure to have proper supervision
over concern known as the Prov1dent
the failure Of which over 5000 deposit
ors have lost about 100000.
Y The company had been doing business
since 1902, among the officers being
some of the most prominent men in Bos-
ton, including former Adjutant General
Samuel Dalton and Colonel Sidney M.
Hedges, all Of whom got out Of the con-
Germ before the crash came. The COM
pany did business by distributing metal
banks, which depositors took home, and
in which they placed their loose change
until they had enough Of it to deposit.
The names Of the. directors seemed to
be sufficient guarantee Of the stability
of the concern, and the number Of small
depositors grew rapidly. Under the laws
of the state the company could not use
the word savings, but it seems to have
got along famously without it. The
savings bank commissioners paid very
Nttle attention to it, and when the end
was reached it was found that the com
pany was largely in the hands of office
boys; that it had been formed to finance
schemes Of the Shenandoah Irrigation
company, and that all sorts Of compli-
cations had resulted. The offices Of the
company have been besieged with de-
.positors, many Of whom have gone to
the statehouse to make personal appeals
J TO Governor Guild. The public has be-
come SO much stirred over the. matter
that the savings banks commissioners
have been placed in an unpleasant posi-.
!; tion, and preparations are being made
to guard against companies Of the kind
i doing business in the state in future
Its name was so like that Of the Provi
dent Institution for Savings, one Of the
! very oldest and soundest Of the savings
! banks, that there came near being run
on that institution.
Mayor Fitzgerald has begun his agi
tation for a buster Boston in a most
energetic manner, and has already
turned his atten
Beston's Mayor tion to the New
York, New Have1
Stirs & Hartford rail
road, which he de
Things Up clares does no
give Boston prope
representation in It's management. Thi
road has practically a monopoly Of tn
business in the east, but It's headquar
tiers are in New Haven, and bushes
men have been complaining for year
about the service between this city an,
New York.
The mayor has also created sensa
ton by refusing to allow a religion
sect called the Holy Jumpers to hay
meetings in Boston. While it is ad
mitted that the meetings held by thes
people were not as orderly as most re
figious exercises, the men and wome,
Going thru all kinds of contortions, i
was not until the mayor refused to allo,
them to meet that much attention wa
paid to them. Then as slergymen Of diffe'
ent denominatloPs set up q protest abou
tssss4 !
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

religious liberty, and the result Is
pretty squabble with the mayor as tn
storm center.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

Worn out by overwork, District At
torney Moran has been unable to be
at his office for more than week, and
as q result there have been fewer SEN
stations. The hotel bars are now all
open, but the only one expected to
have trouble is the Essex, opposite the
South Terminal, which is selling under
it's old license, and the proprietors are
ready6to fight.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

and evidently made up his losses, for
the couple started on tour around the
world, from which they returned last
May. The cause of the present trou-
BILE has not beer made known.
Mrs. Sarah Robinson, perhaps the
most noted woman life prisoner this
state has ever had, died this week after
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

The roller skating craze has taken
hold of New England. The old Provi-
dence depot in Park square has been
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

Sensational suits for libel brought
against the Rev. Robert Goldman, bishop
Of the Episcopal diocese Of Maine, and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

The Eastern Steamship company,
which controls most Of the important
lines along the Maine coast, has added
to it's list Of smaller lines the Portland
and Rockland Steamboat. company,
which owns number Of valuable rights
and franchises.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

Mayor Fitzgerald
tation for a buster
energetic manner,
Beston's Mayor
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

has begun his agi-
Boston in a most
and has already
turned his atten-
tion to the New
York, New Haven
& Hartford rail-
road, which he de-
clares does not
give Boston proper
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

The society season in Boston has
reached it's height, or at least the
period when the debutantes have come
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-19
TO TICKLE HAZERs.

The hazing trials at Annapolis. fol-
loved By the long discussion Of the
subject In and out o. Congress. have
served % widely advertise the AcSd-
emy. and. as result. there has been
an unusual rush Of applications from
ambitious young men who aspire % be-
come a6nirals Many II the applicants
breathe 3edance 10 ali hazers and re-
cite Instances q their physical DOW
erE 20 demonstrate their fitness for ap-
polntnenf One II the letters recently
received az the Navy Department ran
a. follow
i play football. have been captain 81
the basketball team these last two
years. ] am also an expert with box
lax gloves. and woui6 like 20 have
some 81 the Annapolis fellows try their
nazlng tricks on Ele. ! imagine they
would have 20 get real busv n fhey
tries 20 stand noe On M head and
make ne eat soap"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-19
Still USE DASHER CHURNS.
Even in this Day of CreamerieS, But
ter Is Made in the Good Old
Fashioned WAY.

The chances are ten 10 one or better
that the butter you buy ~ the grocery
store now was made in a creamery. for
the great bulk Of the butter consumed
in this country is made in milk estab-
hshments But there Is SIN some but
ter made by hand. and we still sell
churns right along
The greater number or the individ-
ual churns now sold. said a churn
manufacture in Chicago recently. in
speaking Of the growth OF the cream
cry business. are Of the cylinder type.
operated by a crank. turning within
the churn a wheel with paddles. some
times like the paddlewheel OF q steam
boat. but Ne still sell as well. churns
81 the oli-fashioned type. such as our
ETandmothers used. and such As their
grandm0thers used before them.
might add that the ol6-fashioned
dasher churn Is still. as IL has always
been. painted blue
Who srill buys these old styles hand
churns in the day OF machine made
utter, Why. 50 20 speak. the oldest
people and the most modern. too
They are bought by small farmers
keeping only one or a few COWS. who
naturally continue 10 make their own
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-19
FENCES AND GATE POSTS.

Is possible TO obtain from them fences
constructed entirely Of metal az small
cost
While the unproEreSSive farmer Is
content 20 have few bars 10 let down
IN order 10 admit OF the passage Of
teams OF wagons. DO fence is complete
without an entrance. and therefore
without a gate. fcr az best bars are
only makeSniftS and 8 loss OF both
time and temper. IL is surprising how
common they are when excellent and
serviceab,e light gates can now &c Pur-
chased very cheaply aa6 even where
the lack CT money is an obstacle 20 this
a handy man can. with the aid OF an
axe. 8 hammer and some nails build
and hang q strong useful gate with no
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-19
JOE, THE INDIAN DOG.

From sunset
Did be ever make friends with the
battery boys?"
No" said Sergeant Wright. he new
ct did. understand dogs. and know
that our dos Joe died Of a broken heart
al Fort Stevens. AT the mouth OF the
Column bia. and we gave him a sort OF
informal military funeral and buried
him where the moaning OF the bar is
always heard.
There had been a battle near the
Yellowstone. and the Neg Perces had
gradually had 20 give way and retreat
as the dusk drew down 10 hide the
damage Of the day. But all the war
riors did not go. Among the rocks up
the cahOn, nine 81 them lay IN one
heap. seven in another. az rest az last
Four dogs were there doing the Casa
blanca act. and a soldier lassoed one
81 them in form and color like a fox.
and brought him into camp.
Joe was tho name given him. and
day after day he was led by some mem
Der OF the company until the long ff-
teen-hundrei- march was ended
he tolerated the portion OF the ratiOns
handed him. but never smiled in re-
turn. and merely ate 20 live He con-
formed 90 constituted authority as a
matter OF common sense. and on the
long steam boat trip down the Missouri
10 Omaha. across by rail 90 the Pacific
and up the coast 10 Oregon DE- was the
same dignihed dog. always with an ear
askance. anticipating the footstep Of
his Indian cOmrade
But o. never came.
No soldier had learned 20 love him
but all respected him for fidelity 20 his
dead master.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-19

IL viii be better and a saving OF time
N the timber after being cut up for
the gates is given a couple OF coats OF
paint before being put together. After
the gate is completed and hung. IL can
be given final coat The first or
printing coat should be very thin: in
fact, may be nearly all raw linseed oil.
The second and last coats will Of
course. Dc little thicker. and in order
TO dry hard. and with a little gloss.
should contain a small quantity OF tur-
peutine aud boiled oil. While tastes
may differ as TO color. results have
shown that white seems 10 give the
most satisfaction. while the iron work
painted black will make a slight con
trast, adding 10 the improved appear
ance OF the gateway
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-19
I8fMIGRdTTON LEGTSL4-
TION

The Committee on immigration Of
the House % Representative has re-
ported bin raising the head tax on
aliens from s. 70 s.. requiring each
male adult 90 possess not less than SIS
and each female SIS. providing that
every immigrant over Is years shall
De able 20 read and write ia some Ian
guaSe. and placing in the excluded
class mbeciles. the weak-minded and
manual laborers OF poor physique The
Department OF Commerce and Labor
IS given discretion 10 admit or exclude
immigrants under Is years OF age
coming 20 this country alone The
proposed law. IL is stated. would sift
out good many undesirable persons.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-19

butter. and who make il. OF course.
with a hand churn- Some o. these
farmers might make more butter than
they would require for their own use;
and the surplus they would sell. as
they would their surplus eggs, 10 the
country store
And you find larger farmers. too.
farmers perhaps keeping many COWS
and selling the bulk 81 their milk 20
q creamery. stin continuing 70 make
the butter that they need for them
selves and making IL. a. they have Al
ways done. in a hand cEurn
Such churns are sold 10 people liy-
ing ID suburban or country homes and
keeping cows. who make their own
butter because they prefer 10. anyway,
and they are bought BY various people
everywhere Who want sweet or IN
salted butter and who make IL for
themselves 30 hand churns
America exports churns 70 the West
ladies and South America and 20 New
Zealand and Australia and 20 dairying
countries in various other psrts Of the
world. but We stu supply our own
people with the oid-fashioned dasher
as We did twenty years ago
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-19

4 FllEAsssc FEScE or TTNBER AID PoULTKY wIRE.

quite separate aud distinct frOxn Any
psssss aset ip the construction Of the
fence. as a better effect - obtained
without additional trouble n they are
slightly higher than the uDrights in
the gate and higher than the fence
posts adjoining the gateway. The
EEaln entrance 70 the farm and also the
gateways arounc the ewelling may b.
stu further improved n q little add
tIonal tr0Bbie 81 taken 80 square the
gate posts and round OF the tops.
No gate can be said 20 be finished
GDtiI II is painted. for not only does
painting aid IL g1viag tidy appear
ance, but proloDgs the lie Of the wood.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-19

. use posts made Of
- eOen as Is row done
"a keature o. \ rzl fence
p1r1tiFely short panel. INT
- u. IN the majority OF
h. place % the rail. e.
tether as many posts
as was the case when
ose1- Eecent tests were made
Rlkah experiment station 20 de-
T-o1 Pc best method % con
p fence One point considered
her = fence constructed with
- As efficient and durable
Sncted enrireiy with posts
u1Ger consideration was
pun b,e- @ posts required
tio1 OF Al e-drieut and
Ken c7oppsrs are USE
E the droDpeT r.
The dro1per Is
- 10 Strengthen
between posts As
edly more durable than
ror VAS mace 10 obtain
metal tr0rpe-. bit with
soRSER POS - LOW.
farmers sometimes
~ fence Is that they
ports OF struts 200
- post. and c1uEe-
Er<zf an angle with the
10. 50 that when the wires
- lightly The pos Is pulled
- ground. Notwithstanding
n1wl6erE are piled against
or hung on III. il AZ encesFDr
~ IA The ground One fence
as been found &c prove very
.Ory consists q square posts
rAxf. with three u- four roWs
sire fastened on the outside
7As posi-. instead % through
Ksd IN tn- uprighIE To these
fssfe2e.3 Ordinary poultry net
SAY. an inch AID a-half o.
r1esh- TblE netting nay be
rk<T tfgAf and viii Ne as Sat
I'D. tte APPEARANCE Of AVE fence
sreby CRAFTY improved
T. 4be use Of tsSrb-wlre u TIE
Z 80 % t-noes IL regretted. oW-
3 N injury which II soUetiDes
Is = = TIE I've stock. there IS DO
. It's employment under Ger
- tcEk pr0io1gE Ire lie q 3
kerrlng stock from rubbing
Enc u1culy sgraiDing ths
y nae been argued that
SO UNDERSTAND how CzD-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-19

farm implements from one field 20 an
other. Where some fields are planted
wiki small green crops from which the
farmer desires 20 keep his poultry 10 is
thought best that the bottom raj q
this gate should b. within an inch o.
The ground 90 that the poultry cannot
crawl under. The gate p0sts should &c
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-19

other outlay than the expenditure OF a
fex hours labor and certainly IN less
time than Is required II the continual
putting down and Up q the bars
Experiment has shown that II IS ad-
vfsable 10 have the openings Of the
farm gates Is feet Ef5@ ur thereab bouts
u order 10 admit OF the transfer OF the
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-19

oepletion OF the timber lot and
S<on9 decrease in the supply OF
49,. With the con$ ouent increase
- cost q WOOD. qpASe the erection
- "a 20 far-n q matter % con-
b landholdcr heretofore has
on wood rs a proper material
constrnctioa OF an effective
tai-that Is. fence wire-has
irely replaced the rails which
8e were considered necessary
SsEce stockport We still
that timber Is. in most
cheapest material Tor
Vagh the supply avail
- scArcer each year.
Ssible that in The future
hecesszry IN every section
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-19
TO the LANE
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