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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-21
Weather Conditions.

Yesterday has e moved olet to the central
Mississippi valley, attended by rainy
weather from Louisiana to southern
WISCONSIN, and from Wisconsin to the
New England coast, and snow during
the past twenty -four hours in northern
wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and at
Kansas City, Helena and. Wiliston:
The rains in the middle Mississippi
sphis reporting $40 inches in the past
twenty-four hours and 1922 inches in
forty weight hours. 1t is colder along
the Atlantic and gulf coasts, and in
western Kansas and parts Of Alberta.
Elsewhere there has been a general
rlse. The Mississippi valley storm will
probably cause snow in this vicinity
tonight; Thursday will be partly
cloudy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-21
City News
THE WEATHER
The Forecast.

I'D Enthusiastically cloudy tonight
and Thursday, with snow in eastern
portion tonight
Upper Michigan--Rain or snow to-
night and Thursday.
8 Wisconsin-Rai or snow tonight and
possibly Thursday; colder in eastern
portion tonight.
Iowa-Partly cloudy and colder to-
night, with snow in eastern and CEN
trial portions; Thursday fair. -
North and South Enthusiastically
fair tonight and Thursday.
sSs ,Montana-.Probably snow tonight or
Thursday night. .... l..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-21
SKATING OPENS
Park Board Permits Use of One Small
# Lake Today.

Skating under the auspices of the
park board began at Van Cleve park
today. The rink at ,Loring park will
be opened in a few days and it is ex-
pected that the skaters will be given
the use Of Lake of the Isles in a short
time. The ice is strong enough to bear
a man, but it ought to be little
thicker for rink. Warming houses
are being installed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-21
SPEEDWAY PLAN UP
Park Board Will Take Up Horsemen' $
Proposition.

meeting Of the special committee appointed
the Lake Of the Isles Driving club for the main
tenance of speedway in the Parade is called
tor tomorrow afternoon. There is Opposition tn
devoting any portion of the Parade for the
purpose, on the ground that the space can not
o.. spared. The horsemen argue that speed
way is a recognized feature of every metro
poHtan park system, and contend that there Is
no other place in the city where sufficiently
long driveway be secured,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-21
TRAINMEN ASK MORE

Minneapolis & st. Louis Employees
Figure on Higher Pay.
The conductors and brakemen EN-.
ployed on the st. Louis road have asked
for hearing with General Superin.
tendent D. G. Noonan, when the matter
OF wages will be considered. The time
will be set soon. The enginemen on the
st. Louis entered an agreement last
spring and will not take up the cues
ton Of wages at the present time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-21
FIRE IN A CLOSET

spontaneous Combustion the Source of
Flames in a Residence.
Spontaneous combustion in medi.
cine chest started fire today in The
residence OF 4. w. Mcmillan, GIG Bry.
ant avenue S. =, ),
The flames were confined to a closet
and the loss was nominal. The d.
Partm[ent; had no trouble in extinguish-
ing the blaze. A1O-A
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-21
LID PUT ON WHISTLES
st. Paul Aldermen Pass Ordinance
Shutting Off Some Noise.

The st: Paul board of aldermen, in
session last evening, passed the ordi-
nance Of Health, Commissioner J. Ohage
prohibiting the blowing of steam whis-
Ties within the city limits. The ordi-
nance went thru with a vote of to 8.
1t prohibits the use of little whistles on
with the footing Of locomotive and fac
tory whistles The ordinance will come
before the assembly tomorrow evening.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-21

Weather Now and Then.
Il Today, maximum 81, minimum IS de-
grees; a year ago, maximum 4S, mini
mum 20 degrees.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-21

d MISS ANNA ULVEN, age % years,
died yesterday at the Swedish hospital.
The funeral will take place from the
Franklin avenue, tomorrow at pm.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-21

8 DOUGLAS B. DoRNBERG, young
ssst son of Fl. B. Dornberg Of Cottage
City, died from diphtheria at San
Diego. CAL, yesterday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-21

IS PEARL ISAACSEN, age years, died
Monday at the home Of her parents,
ff2021 .Fwenty-ffth avenue s, Monday
morning. Funeral from the residence.
Thursday at p.m., and from the Be
thania Lutheran church at 2:30 pm. In
aterment at LaYman's cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16

known as the Clinton House. and p. w.
Dorsey's Hotel was at the corner of 1 street
the wagon yard extending to Sth street.
On 9Th street was the marble yard of
Thomas Berry. and the homes of Mrs
hurtz Purser Charles Murray, United
states navy: Mrs Holland Mrs Hoioran,
Thomas Collins. Joseph Dove and Z. Ellis.
carpenter. between G and II streets and
Robert Allen. carpenter: ID. ID. T. Leech,
John Ferguson and @. w. Fales clerks;
Mrs. E. Becker. dressmaker and Michael
keardon, court bafliff at 1 street George
Harvey. painter: s. Harrison Taylor. brick
layer: Mrs. Baker and John williams las
Ia Smith long Of the city post Office and
the Fugitt family on Sth street
On 9th street. east side. were the houses
of DR.. L. Watkins and John Nelly, teach
ers; John Tretler, bookbinder Mrs. Thomp-
SON. Thos. L. Moody. w. B. Jones. VIM.
Daley. clerks, between @ and II streets: T.
Farouhar. O. f. Henry, F. n. Roach. reg
isfer of wills: Rev. DR.. G. W. Samson and
X. j. A. Culyerwell. between IL and I
streets: John u. Moulder. cierk: Thomas
French and A Claxton. between 1 and X
streets. On street were the homes of III.
Crittenden. E. Barnard and l. A F1euty
On street were the homes of Adam Cavis,
E. Burnett. William Jones. carpcater; Jas.
II. MARI. clerk; j. W. Moorehead and John
Scrivener. On HI street Isaac Clarke at sth
street: Miss Queen. H Il Mcpherson.
Frank Hume. T. L. Noyes. Taylor Page. @.
Harvey, James Towles K. Davis and r.
Nalley owned property
JAMES CRoGGoN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
The Transvaal Constitution.
From the London Spectator.


The test by which the constitution of the
Transvaal should be tried is, in our opinion.
the democratic test. When self-goyernment
is given to any part Of the British empire a
true democracy should be established. But
it is the essential principle of democracy
that the will of the majority shall prevail.
1t should be, then. the business of the pres
emit government Ia promulgating self
governing constitution for the TransyaaI.
to introduce system which secures
that the will of the majority shall prevail.
Owing to the way in which the populate
is distributed in the Transvaal that is no
doubt an exceedingly difficult task (granted
that the principle of proportional repre-
sentation cannot be applied), but It is by
no means impossible.
Adopting this democratic test, what are
We to say as to the constitution announced
by the government in both houses on Tues
day? If the adult males in the Transyaal
are considered, the British are in ma
Jority of over twenty thousand on a total
of about ninety thousand The constitu-
arranged that the British majority of
twenty thousand should be more or less
faithfully reproduced in the representative
assembly, and SO the predominanee of the
majority OF the population secured I'm
happily. the plan for the distribution of
electoral power under the new constitution
cannot be said to stand this test success
fully. 1t Is even possible that it will give
a majority of two or three to the Boer
most that it is likely to do for the British
majority In the country is to give them
majority in the representative house Of
three or four.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16

Mr.. Zietlow's way. and with the growth
OF the Dakota cities his exchanges became
| more numerous and his toll lines more ex-
teasiye. until nearly the whole state was
covered-b the Independent wires. Former
Gov. Harreid became one Of the officers,
and the enterprise which Zietlow had de-
Tended during SO many trying years was
well along on the high road to prosperity
Now, to look back at the coming Of Ziet-
low to South Dakota. It was in 1888. He
had tree claim adjoining a town. which
he thought was destined to be the chief city
of central Dakota. He proposed to cut his
claim into lots and retire in a few years
when all his holdings were needed either
for costly residences or mammoth indus
trial plants. But the boom collapsed and
the curtain was dropped and the lights ex-
tiIrguished on the towns fair prospect.
Prior to this Mr.. Zetiow was resident
of Saltwater. Mimi. where he held re-
sponsble position with a manufacturing
company that operated its plant by means
of convict labor. He had become interested
in telephones and electrical devices and pro-
jects. and made the acquaintance of pris-
oner who had genius for mechanics. The
two worked together as opportunity was
given them and eventually they made a
crude telephone and other apparatus. The
patent of an inventor of the name OF Ries
w;ls improved upon that IT became the
backbone OF the original company, which
Mr.. Zietlow had at Aberdeen, and was
called the Emner after another inventor,
rather than after the Minnesota couvict
who was really the man who made 1t
BILE to transmit mechanical sounds over
wires with some success Mr.. Zieflow and
| his prison friend found that by turning one
half way round a certain insignificant look
ing screw of the Ries device, the sounds of
the human voice could be projected long
distances.
1t may be said In conclusion that this
convict was no ordinary prisoner and by no
means belonged to the criminal classes. He
used the money of his employer, but had
| not train bearing him funds been stalled
in the snow he would have paid his obliga-
ton and no one would faveEbee the wiser
Exposure beat the train ahd his enemies
never desisted until they saw him on his
way to the penitentiary. After serving
in Washington. ID. c., and became promi-
nent and successful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
EASY MONEY CLERKSHIPS.
Funny Ways in Some of the French
Public Offices.

Special Csblegram to The Star.
PARIS. September l5.-Many stories are
being told Of the sarcastic remarks made
by M. Clemenceau, the minister OF the in
terror. on his discovery Of the many sine
curists whom he intends to dismiss from
the government service when his Carlsbad
holiday Is over.
On going to the home Office one day he
saw clerk fast asleep at his desk at 2
o'clock in the afternoon. The chief clerk
OF thedepartment. who had seen the min
lister coming. was going to awake the man
when NJ Clemenceau stopped him, saying,
Don't wake him. he has been here nearly
half an hour already, and If we disturb
him he will CO." -
In one OF the public Offices large cistern
had been turned into a swimming bath for
the recreation of the attaches during the
many hours of ieisure-a fact which was
discovered by the minister by accident.
One young man nearly drowned himself.
and his frightened colleagues were rush
ing for a doctor when they met M. Glenn
enceau In one Of the passages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
GREAT GROWTH OF
LOCAL PRINT CONCERN

ness for themselves and formed copart-
nership under the firm name of Judd & Det-
weller The firm name is still the same.
although Mr. Detweier and Mr.. Judd both
died some years ago. and the head of the
business is now Mr.. George H. JUDD. son
of one of the founders of the business.
Starting in a small third-story room on
18th See. With two antiquated job presses
and a few hundred pounds of type, they
soon had to seek other quarters, and from
a payroll of ST 50 a week have gone as high
as $3.50 d week.
For tie past quarter of century the firm
has pria ell the records of the Supreme
Court of the Unitei 6 ates well as of
u%S,ourt of ApIe-ls sir.e ITS existence. and
have turned out all sS-+g and sizes CT work
from a one-page record /, one that nearly
touched the 100oo-page mark-the ceie-
brated Gaines case.
The firm has had a building built Tor
Its especial use that is filed with ali the
latest improved machinery, ana has not
only built up its own business, but
business that Washingtonians are proud or
Mr.. George II. Judd was educated under
the tutelage Of the firm and has had an
experience of over thirty years. He is
thorough and progressive printer and bust
ness man.
IL has been the boast of the firm during
its many years of existence that 1t has
Tey-r failed to pay every cent due to every
,-rh,ate ON every Saturday night and that
II H.. lever had "A piece of work too nib or
too difficult To turn out and to turn out on
time. :.
Judd ts Detweier Is firm name wen
known In the south, Mr.. Judd Is sincerely
interested IN the Greater Washington move
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
PUNCHED THE PREMIER.
Austrian Policeman Mistook Him for
Burglar.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
VIENNA. September 15.--Baron Won
Beck, the Austrian premier was a few
days ago the hero of an amusing adven-
ture while staying with his mother at her
chateau in southern Syria
A neighboring villa. belonging to Count
Salm- Salm, had been rif1ed by burglars
and the premier on the night of his de-
parture. rode over with servant to house
at which gendarmes were posted to prevent
an expected second raid. The premier's
object was to ask the gendarmes to keep
special witch over his mothers chateau
Two young ladies occupying the house
heard the horses approach. and the premier
conversing with his servant. They Instant
ly threw UP the windows and reused the
whole neighborhood with shrill cries of
Thieves
The gendarmes and servants rushed upon
the two visitors, and, in spite Of their pro-
tests, pulled them off their horses and
dragged them into the house. Only then
was the premier recognized and released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
CURSED BY MURDER.
Swiss Family Being Gradually Wiped
Out.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
GENEVA. September 15.-The mysterious
murder of Ernest Settler. the son of a
wealthy farmer, is engaging the attention
of the Swiss police.
SETTLERS body-bound, gagged and mutt
lated-was discovered inside two sacks on
the edge of a pond near the village OF
Often. where he had apparently been en-
ticed by the murderer.
1t Is a curious coincidence that Settlers
eldest brother was murdered in exactly the
same manner and near the same spot two
years ago. while another brother was MUIR
dered In Guatemala q year before The
mtnrterers were never discovered
The fourth and last son is now the heir
20 the Settler estates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16

Cars for the Hospice of st. Bernard

Cars for the Hospice Of st. Bernard
Special Cablegram to The Star.
GENEVA. September 15.-The Grand st.
Bernard monks made their first trip this
week from Martigny to the st. Bernard
hospice with their new motor transport
car. which has been specially constructed
to carry heavy weights on steep gradients.
The car, which is of forty horsepower. is
fitted with special tire coverings to grip
the snow and ice. Six monks from the
hospice recently went to Milan to learn
the art of driving a motor car, and are
now expert chauffeurs.
Two monks. wearing the usual habit and
cowl, drove the heavy car loaded with pro-
visions and firewood up the mountain road
to the hospice without the slightest diff
Guilty
Next season the monks will start a mo-
tor-car service for tourists from Martigny
to the hospice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
ROYAL ExILEs,
Heather Potentates Whom France Has
on Her Hands.

Heather Potentates Whom France Has
on Her Hands.
Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS. September 15.-The four royal
exfles who are under the control of the
French colonial Office are to be reduced to
three, for the sultan Of the Comoro Islands
Is to be sent from Reunion back to his own
realm. and will be allowed to take part In
the government Of the republic.
The other three are likely to remain
where they are. Queen Ranavalo of NADIA
gascar Is very comfortable at Algiers, and
the King OF Dahomey is quite contented at
Bhdah. Indeed. he would think twice be-
fore wishing to go back to Dahomey, for
his life would hardly be safe in the hands
of his subjects.
Han Nghf. King Of AMMAN, has consoled
himself during his exile in southern ALGERIA
by marrying very charming French wom-
an. VINO has made him SO happy that he
has quite ceased to dream Of the past de-
lights Of power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16

Thirty-eight years ago two journeymen
printers who had filed in at various stages
of the business from the proverb;al print
er's devil" through all the various routine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16

ap to compostors. proofreaders and fore
men in various leading offices. conceived
the idea of em5arking In the printing bus-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16

one-fourth that valuation, and no actual
sales for purposes of improvement, appear
to have been made till after 1872.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
Similar Ancient History.

Similar Ancient History.
The square west of the above described
has a somewhat similar ancient history, for
the same names appear. with those of
Thomas Turner. who owned six of the
twelve lots in 1903. Mr.. Covachiek bought
lot on Sth street in 1897, which twenty
years after, through VIM. Brent and A.
Suffer- passed to VIM. Greer. The improve
ment column on the tax books for a num-
Der Of years is blank, nothing showing up
till the thirties. In the twenties there are
transfers. showing that Count D'Menou
owned the lot at the northeast corner of
9th and 1 streets, which afterward went to
John Pickrell: Ulysses Ward, j. Wilkinson
and John Scrivener owned property on 9th
street; P. A. Jay. at the corner of 9th and
K streets; Harvey Crittenden. on K street;
P. A. Jay and Semmes and Pickrell. on Sth
street. The ground was in the thirties val
ued at 5 cents per foot. and the improve
ments were listed to Martin & Eastman,
81 500. on I street: J. Wilkinson, 800; u
Ward and John Scrivener, $500 each. and
F.. Atkinson. 500. on 9th street; Jane Eyre.
500 on K street: John Scrivener. $500: u.
Ward s., 500 and $500 on Sth street.
Among the residents of that section in the
twenties were Dickey Wroe. as he was ia
miliarly called, the patriarch of the brick
layers of that name: John Hoover. one of
the first butchers Of that day, whose de-
scendants are well known among the mar
ket merchants: William Gallant. a carpen-
ltT Uuiluci, WHoSc sui IOuOWeu MIN In
the business, covering nearly a century:
John and r. R. Golden. John Bailey and
James Kennedy of the post Office on G
street
Owned by Mrs. F. s. Key.
In later years Professor Joseph Henry
Of the Smithsonian Institution. Capt A
v. Frazier of the revenue service and
Mrs. F. s. Key, widow of Francis
Scott Key, who wrote 1.-THE Star Spangled
Banner" were owners of property in the
neighborhood of Sth and G streets.
At the northwest corner of 7th and G
streets was Valentine Harbaugh's drug
store. and north of it Joseph Bonds leather
store, Samuel Magee's bakery. w. chase's
blacksmith shop. Nardens wheeiwright
shop,J. G. Robinsons tailor shop. McPher-
sons grocery and feed store. II. Ritchey's
tin and stove store and the residence OF
John T. Towers. afterward mayor Of WASH
ington: Farquhar & Knoblocks grocery and
feed store, Ailer & Thyson's grocery and
general store, Mrs. Alters variety store. r.
D. Spencer and p. Lyddanes shoe shops. A.
Basseff's sadd1ery, s. C. Espys drug store
and the farmerI headquarters afterward
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EOuuoeO OTpudu Asylum.
In 1920 John Hines had lease on part
of the last-named lot, as did also Noah
-Stincheomb, and the following year Paulus
Thyson and George Ailer bought part of
the lot north on part of which was the
Washington City Orphan Asylum. This
asylum had been organized in 1915, for
supporting and instructing orphans, MAIN
ly through the munificence of Mrs. Van
Ness. the sole heir Of Davy Burns. the
land owner. Over this she presided till her
death, about 1892. and was associated in
the work with Mrs. Gales. Mrs. Lee. Mrs.
Brown, Mrs. E. B. Caldwell. Mrs Commo-
dore Tingey, Mrs. Joseph Wheaton, Mrs.
Joseph Mechlin, Mrs. B. l.. Lear. Mrs.
Ramsey and Mrs. Larned. Mrs. Layinia
Stone was the resident governess.
The institution was here located till the
erection of the building near the site of the
old Burns burial GROUND, on H street be-
tween 9th and 10th Streets referred to in
son was assessed $50. and J. W. HAND
500 on lot 1, corner 7th and H streets. and
Gen. Van Ness, 1880 at 7th and streets.
John MacAleer blacksmith, about 1880
sold his brick house on lot 3, the north
east corner of 9Th and H streets, long the
site of the Isaac Clarke residence. The
ground was assessed in the thirties for 10
cents on the 7th street corners down to Z
cents In other portions of the square.
The old Potters' Kiln square, as 1t was
known from about 1880 to 1850, was also
building up about that time. The lois
twelve in number-were valued at one cent
per foot, but were cut to half cent in the
early years. and in 1924 they had appreci-
ated to two cents per foot. Up to that
time the only improvement known was a
$500 one, on lot 8. about midway on H
street between 9Th and 9th streets assessed
against the Burns heirs. In 1888 some Of
the ground had reached a six-cent value,
and the assessments were for improve
ments In the names of Semmes and Pick
rell $500, and Libbey and Marden, 5000. on
9th street. and Gen. Van Ness, $400 and
500, on 1 and Sth streets. A. Nalley, a
carpenter, leased that corner in 1922, hav-
ing his residence and shop there, and
Richard Butt leased lots and in 1927,
and for twenty years engaged in the pot
terry business. This ground he bought in
1888, and in 1871 sold his business to Enoch
Burnett, who continued the business down
TO war times.
No Smoke Law Then.
1t is needless to say that the city had no
smoke law then, and the burning of the
kilns created such volume of smoke as
would threw a police court into fits. There
were numerous attempts to reduce the
amount of smoke, however and the city
authorities were importuned. as were also
the courts. but the kiln was there before
the complaining neighbors. and the busi-
Of afS xxyftf1 ia aNr f,rr1-