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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
.TELEGRAPHCH NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
THE PEOPLES CONTEST
Struggle for the square Deal, as in
Lincoln't Day, Is Against Privilege.
Chicago News

Chicago News.
This is essentially a peoples contest.
On the side of the union it is a struggle
for maintaining in the world that form
and substance Of government whose
leading object is t. elevate the eon md
from all shoulders; to clear the paths
of laudable pursuit of all; to afford all
an unfettered start and a fair chance
in the race of life.
In these words did President Lincoln,
addressing congress, which ne mao
called into special session on July 4,
1861, to assist in saving the union, de-
clare for a square deal. The rare in
sight that enabled him to riddle with
unanswerable logic the deliberately,
wrought sophistries on Which, 4 4ha
secession movement disclosed to
was at war with equality. He
drew inspiration from the significant
fact that while m%ultitudes Of officers
of the army and navy, trained at the
nations expense and intrusted with I'M
portant commands, left their stations
and went over to the side OF the rebel
lion, not a private soldier, not a COM
mon sailor, turned rebel. instlnctlveIy
those who had never tasted the sweets
Of privilege remained true to the cause
of the masses. >.
Slavery and the enormous power of
privilege based upon that institution
were wiped out together. Yet the peo-
pie now, as in Lincoh's day, face the
problem of staying the hands of privil-
eye, of lifting artificial weights from
all shoulders, of clearing, the paths Of
laudable pursuit for all. Lincoln1s
words in his first inaugural address,
10 4hoeo Who hol 4o1,oo ~ orpoo orQinSt
the government, are as true in this later
struggle as they were forty-fve years
ago: "You can have no conflict with
out being yourselves the aggressors.'
Lincoln asked nothing of the slave
holding element except that it stay in
the union and conform to the laws Of
the union. Today corporate wealth
has come into collision with the gov:
eminent because it has been guilty of
d lswleS 4ho sgg sssgesa;ons n 1t or aas to on5 y at az
peace,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
S443, 800 FOR FIVE ART FANS
Fans of Blades: of Ivory, TOO Heavy for
a Woman's Hand.
Chicago Examiner.

George A. Kessler bought the art
fans Of Alexander B~lumensteil's collec-
ton for $43 800. These art fans were
the most interesting works of the col
lection's sale at Mendelssohn hall in
New York in the view Of many persons.
In the view of many other persons
these art fans were execrable. They
said that these art fans were neither
art nor fans. They were artificial
c~lassifcations Of sketches by painters
Of contradictory schools. They were
discords. ,. ..
They were not fans at all. They
were large and long blades Of ivory,
TOD heavy for a woman's hand. They
were tipped with gold, mounted on gold
and spread around a semicircle as
sticks of fans are, but they could not
be folded.
They were spread under glass in
.semicircular black frames. The aucl
tioneer announced that the buyer Of
the first art fan had the privilege of
buying the four others for the same
price. The first fan brought $500
Mr.. Kessler waived the privilege. He
paid 5000 for that second art fan
$500 for the third, $500 for the
fourth and $4,000 for the fifth. Thus
he saved 5000. But the fan for which
he paid, $4,000 had no more artistic
value than the one for which he paid
S $4,000. r., -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
RoLLA HOTEL MAN ARRESTED
Watkins Charged with Selling Liquor
to Indians.

FARGO. N. Deputy United States Marshal
Stout has arrested e. r.. Watkins, q hotel man
at Rolla, on q charge of selling liquor to
Indians Watkins was held to the grand jury.
Alex Ell and James Virier Of the same place
We're arrested on a charge of introducing liquor
on the reservation. y
Deputy Marshal Quist went to Portal where
he arrested G. H. Langdon on a smuggling
charge. Langdon is a resident of Williams
county and it is, said he brought some sheep
across the line: He was held to the grand jury
term of the United States court in Fargo.
The school board at Grafton has elected c. c.
Gray superintendent. Professor Gray is principal
Of the Fargo high schools. He was science
teacher for two years and last year was elected
principal and had just been reelected. He
gained rerutat ton for his ability as an organizer
and a disciDlinarian.
h Norwegisns Of this city had an oppor-
tunity yesterday afternoon to listen to an ad-
dress by ErlinE Bjornson. a son of the poet. He
is making a lecture tour Of the state and is
billed for several Of the larger towns. He
made an inspection Of the bauta stem at the
agricultural college, erected in. honor Of his
father q year ago. by the Norwegians of this
state, the stone being brought from Norway for
the special purpose N.Y. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
ARIZONA
The Far West Territory Rich in For
ests, Minerals and Fertile Soil.
g M Hall in the Ont West.

S. M. Hall in the Out West. 81
Arizona has the largest and most val
liable forest in the United States
probably the largest unbroken forest
area, in the world, covering 10000
square miles. She has the largest tract
of agricultural land west Of Kansas,
and, with the completion Of the Tonic.
reservoir (the largest artificial lake IN
the world), will have under cultivation,
with ample water, as much land as is
farmed in all southern California from
the Tehachepi to- San Diego.
The Investigations Of the government
reclamation service have shown that, in
spite of the tradition of her impenetra-
Bile mountains and barren deserts,
nearly one-half the land in Arizona IS
capable Of cultivation, and with water
would be immensely productive.
g.. Various water storage projects Will,
in time, create rich and valuable farm
ing districts in regions now given over
almost wholly to grazing and mining;
but the utmost now projected will leave
great areas still unreclaimed-and to be
reclaimed only by ONE means now un-
foreseen, as In the beautiful valley
below the town of Naco on the Ell Paso
& Southwestern railroad, a constantly
charging tract is irrigated with the
water that is pumped from a mine some
miles distant, and the resulting farm
is one of the finest in the territory.
The underfow water Of Arizona is
practically unknown and u~ndevelOped,
and it may be hoped, will play no small
part in the agricultural development OF
the future.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
JURORS PAY FINE
IMPOSED BY THEM
EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT IN
FEDERALCoURT AT GREEN BAY.
Poverty Of the Defendant, Who Cut
Timber from Indian Lands, Appeals
to the Sympathies Of the Men Who
Tried Him and Money Is Quickly
Raised and His Release Secured.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Green Bay, Wis, April 8.-The first term of
the federal court held in this city since terri
forial days closed with an unusual incident. In
the case of Joseph Landwehr, charged with cut
ting timber off the Oneida reserve, Judge Quar1es
imposed the minimum sentence, of a S25 fine, AND
the jurors, feeling that they had done their
duty in finding the man guilty, still were moved
by sympathy of his poverty and Immediately
started to raise the necessary sum among them
selves, attorneys, marshals and court attendants.
They raised SIT and Landwehr made up the
balance.
An important question was brought up by At
torney ]. A. Kittell, who questioned the author
ity of the government to prosecute the cases of
Hill and Stevens for carrying liquor on the
Oneida reservation. Kittell held that by reason
of the granting of citizenship to the Indians
they are amenable only to the laws Of the
state. A decision on the issue will be made
later.
At a banquet given in honor of Judge Quarles
of Milwaukee by the Brown County Bar asso-
citation to celebrate the return of the federal
court to this city a movement was made to
strengthen the association by recognizing and
also adopting a new set of bylaws. An annual
or se1niannual banquet will be held in order to
keep up the interest.
A prohibition conference for Brown county
will be held in this city on Tuesday. Oliver
H. Stewart of Chicago will deliver an address
on Law Enforcement as Applied to the Sa-
loon.' -r 'k
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09

of the ballot, 1t liz urged, is regarded as a sacred
thing, to protect which we devise all sorts of
expedients, and the entire Australian ballot law
is predicated on the idea that the votes alone
has "A right to know for whom his vote is cast.
Hence, reason the defenders Of the secret vote
in convention, the delegate should vote in secret.
This reasoning does not appear to have great
weight in the state, us 1t seems to he fully un-
.derstood that while the individual voter ut the
polls acts for himself alone and Is answerable
to himself alone for the manner In
which his vote is cast, the delegate in conyen-
tion is tile agent Of the people who sent him
there, and his principals are entitled to the full
est knowledge concerning every act Of their
agent, that they may know whether or not he
has faithfully performed his work.
b. p. O. e. installations.
John Dinnie. district deputy exalted ruler,
installed the officers of Grand Forks lodge 255,
B. P. o. E., Saturday night, following the
initiation of u large class. Officers of James
town lodge will be installed Friday night and
Of Fargo lodge Saturday night.
Forty-four of the lightweight applicants who
took the quarterly teachers examination two
weeks ago were successful. Seventeen secured
second grade certificates and twenty-seven re-
ceived third grade certificates.
At an adjourned meeting Of the board of edu-
cation J.. Nelson Kelly was reelected super
intendent of the public schools. He has served
in that capacity twelve years. The board re-
elected the old staff Of teachers in its entirety,
the first year in the history Of the school
that no changes have, been made in the faculty.
,Ftfty-two teachers are employed in the four
public SCHOOL buildings.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09

SCOTLAND. s.. D-Mrs. y: q. Haynes died d
her home in this city last night.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
PRETTY GIRL ARRESTED
Appropriated Another's Money to Pay
Fare to Old Home,

WINONA, MINN.-Emma ortmann, a pretty
girl Of 1S, was: arrested here last evening on
telegraphic instructions from Sanborn, Mimi,
and taken back by Marshal Pine. .
It Is alleged that she stole $50 from the
family with whom she was boarding while at
tending school.
Her home is In Milwaukee and she became SO
homesick that she decided she could remain away
no longer. She begged ~pitifu1ly to be permitted
to continue to Milwaukee,, promising faithfully
to work hard to earn the money taken and re-
turn 1t to those injured.
On the first Of May Winona will have a board
to control the waterworks and the sewerage
systems, and these two municipal departments
will then be taken out of the control Of the
city council. Winona has come into the class
Of cities above O,00O which may have a board
for this purpose as provided by the last session
of the legislature.
Mayor Latsch must appoint six members on
the board, three republicans and three demo
Gratis. This board will elect q secretary who
Will perform the duties now attended to by. the
water commissioner.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
BARELY ESCAPED WITH LIVES
Discharged Employee Thought to Have
Burned House at Belle Fourche.

BELLE FOURCHE, S. D.-The twostory
frame house of Dora bufran, a house of i'll re.
pute, burned this morning. A dozen inmates
barely escaped with their lives. 1t was found
that5sa shed in which coal oil is kept had been
set afre. The house was practically new and
well furnished, but the loss is covered by in.
surance. A man. by. the name of Redding, who
was once employed in the house, but recently
discharged, was arrested on the. charge of arson.
1t is said that he. had threatened revenge for
his discharge.
The contract for the new operahouse has been
let to Jay O'Banion. The building will be
40x1O0 feet, and will have a seating capacity
Of 800. The stage will be 20x40; with four
dressing rooms and ample room for scenery and
baggage. -.
q. Ralston, for over seven years manager of
the Belle Fourche Bee, has resigned and the
paper has passed into the hands Of a stock
company composed of well-known business men
The new manager is J. B.. Smith.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
ART EXHIBITION AT MANKATO
Annual Display Of the State Art So
Getty Opened.

MANKATO, MINN.-The third annual exhibit
ton Of the Minnesota Art society is in progress
here. The exhibit is displayed at the new
Carnegie library building, where a hundred oil
paintings BY leading artists are on exhibition;
crafts. ~
The exhibition will continue for two weeks.
1t was opened with a reception from s until IL
o'clock. An orchestra furnished music. and brief
addresses were made by President G. II. Cooper
of the State normal school. President Robert
Koehler Of the Minnesota Art society. and Gen
era1 J. H. Baker. r.
Nine boys, ranging in age from 10 TO- IL
thievery. All admitted having stolen articles
Of some value. Sentence to ten days In jail iwas
suspended upon condition that they report once
a week at the police station, do not assemble In
groups Of more than two, remain indoors after
Z O'Clock in the evening, and attend school, all
until June L. $50. '
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
PASS HAT FOR COURTHOUSE
Bangor Will Build One as Scheme to
-, - Hold County Seat.

PIERRE, S. D.-Articles of Incorporation will
be FLED soon for the Waiw t County Building
and other Bangor citizens as incorporators. This
organizat ton is the outgrowth Of the county seat
were captured and taken from Bangor to Selby.
At the timess2the records We're removed the
old building used as a courthouse at Bangor
was demolished, and when the court decided
that the records must be returned to Bangor, no
building was to be found to hold them. The
county commissioners refused to, erect one at
county expense at Bangor, and the corporation
is formed to provide a structure for that pur-
pose.
Governor Elrod, on recommendation of the
state board of %pardons, has committed the sen
tence Of Michel Andrea from life Imprisonment
to ten years. Andrea was sent up from Cod.
ington county on a life sentence on a charge OF
murder. -" =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
LODGE rs STRENGTHENED
Grand Body Of South Dakota A. ,. wv.
& Awards Prizes. y"

ABERDEEN, S. D.-Beginning with Nov. 1
and ending on April 1, the grand lodge A. o.
r. W. Of South Dakota conducted a contest for
Membership. among the various subordinate
lodges Of the state. The lodges were divided
Into three classes, according to membership, and
a prize banner was offered by the grand lodge
for the lodge securing the most new membership
in each Of the three classes. When the contest
was ended the prizes were awarded to Water
town lodge No. 8 at WATERFOWL, Mitchell lodge
No. SO at Mitchell and Alpha lodge No. 10 at
Miller. As a result of the contest the order
has added several hundred members In the South
Dakota Jurisdiction and is in the best shape 1t
has been in for two or three years.
Seven apprentice seamen, one fireman, second
class, and one coalpasser were accepted for
United States naval service by the recruiting
officers at Aberdeen during their weeks stay
here. - r-..- r
The memorial service Of Aberdeen council,
U. G. T., was held on Sunday morning, Rev.
c.. F.. Bronson preaching the sermon. The Aber-
deem council lost one member the past year,
William P. Armstrong, who died Of tuberculosis
In. California.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
LEAVING THE OLD HOME
Farewell Reception at Whitehall for
Judge and Mrs. Odel1.

WHITEHALL. WIS.-Judge and Mrs. Robert
A. odell of this city. who are going to Call
fornia to reside. were given a farewell re-
ception BY citizens and old settlers Of Trempea-
leau county. About 100 guests from all parts
of the county gathered to show their regard for
the couple.
At a dinner, R. E.. Freeman of Galesville,
Wis. 70 years old. acted as POSTMASTER. and
Joshua Rhodes Of Trempealeau, Wis, also 10,
responded to the toast. ''Wives and Lasses."
A handsome gold-headed cane was presented
to the judge as a token of love and respect.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
., s.. KILLED AT: MINE
Dump Car Falls from Trestle with Two
> Men.

CHISHOLM, .MINN.-Two men were killed at
the Monroe mine when a motor engine and a
victims were thrown to the ground below.
George Dinko and Stephen Lucas, the dead
men, were operating the motor, and car from
the mine toward the end Of the trestle. AS
the engine approached the end Of the ~trestle,
Lucas pulled the lever, but instead Of turning
off the power, as he thought, he turned 1t on
at full speed and the engine, dragging the
car on which Dinko was riding, plunged over
the end of the trestle. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
- I1faVH 1o1Is @1ASSHH"
Strong Cooperative Society Organized
- @ at Iowa Falls.

IOWA FALLS. IoWA.-One hundred and thir-
ty farmers are represented in the organization
Of the Farmers Cooperative Elevator society
Just perfected here. The primary object is to
build and operate an elevator here for handling
grain and other products. W.. r. McCord, is
president; n. M. Kelly. vice president; w e.
Carpenter, secretary and Andrew Times, treas
urer. - Er.r--.. .-- --
Mrs. Nellie Stewart Frost died at the home Of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard E. Stewart
in. this city. "h
Mrs. Esther Ashley, mother of Mrs. D.. Wing,
The campaign will soon be opened by those
seeking the nomination for district judge. It is
conceded that the present judges, W. D.. Evans
Of Hampton, ]. H. Richards Of Webster City
nominations, while P. NJ. Wright and William T.
Chantland Of Fort Dodge will be candidates.
Mr.. Wright is said to represent the Perkins
faction in Webster county and Mr.. Chantland
the Cummins Element. '"- ~.t. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
Secret Ballot Unpopular.

Another fea ture which has been unfavorably
commented upon, and which is extremely I'M
popular, is the provision Of the law which calls
for a secret ballot in convention. All state
candidates are to be nominated in the state con-
%vention, but no one may know how the delegates
to the convention vote on the nomination OF any
candidate. Attempts have been made to Justify
this provision by comparing the delegate in con-
vention with the voter at the polls. The secrecy
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
BATTLE WITH SNAKES
Workmen Slaughter Reptiles Found on
'-E. an Iowa Farm,

( BURLINGTON. IOWA.-Werkmen tearing
down an old porch on the farm Of J. F.. Deems,
near this city. had a desperate battle with
snakes. in. which sixteen Of the reptiles were
slaughtered. There were no casualties on the
part of the workmen. The snakes were discov-
cred in an abandoned well, which was nearly full
of various varieties of the reptiles. The battle
lasted nearly two days, and some Of the snakes
killed measured FIVE feet In length. They in
cluded blue racers, black snakes, water moe
casins and other varieties, some comparatively
harmless. while others were of the most venom
GUS kind.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09

n sPR1NGFIELDs s. DIR. F. Osborn, onesof
the most popular young men I'm town, died last
night.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
Dog Finds Body.

While two boys were fishing in the river yes
terday forenoon north of the Sixth street bridge
a dog belonging to one of. them swan out into
the stream. and grasped with its teeth what ap-
peared to be floating clothing. This was turned
over by the. dog and the boys saw it was the
body of q man.
The police were notified and Chief Nelson iden-
titled the remains as those of Sven.
In the pockets of the dead NAH was q bank
book, with the writing almost obliterated, by the
action Of the water, a little over 81 in cash, a
pocket knife, a pipe and an empty tobacco sack.
The theory is that Sven walked or fell into
the river on the evening Of his disappearance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
THOUGHT HOTEL WAS ON FIRE
Man Hurt by Jumping Thru Window a
Winnipeg junction.

WINNIPEG JUNCTION, MINN.-Henry An
derson, a young man from. Ulen, on the way to
Dakota, met with a serious accident at a. hotel
in this place where he was spending the night.
ton and found his room full Of smoke. Be-
lieving the hotel to be on fire the young man
broke a window and leaped out. In breaking
the glass he cut several arteries In his arm
and nearly bled to death before medical assist.
ance reached him. The smoke was from a de-
fective stove. = r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
BODY OF SVEN IS
TAKEN FROM RIVER
MYSTERY AT SIOUX FALLS is
CLEARING.
Chicago Detective Worked Upon the
Case Several Weeks and as a Result
of Evidence Of Foul Play Secured by
Him Many Arrests Were Made-Ac-
cidental Death Probable.

Sioux Falls, s. D.,.April 9.-The mystery sur
rounding the disappearance in this city on the
evening of Feb. / last of Chris Sven. a farmer
whose home was near Humboldt, was solved
yesterday by the finding Of his body in the Big
Sioux river in the northern part of the city.
The city authorities made persistent efforts
to unrayel the mystery surrounding Sven's dis
appearance, and several weeks ago the county
commissioners engaged Edward ]. Hargrove, a
Chicago detective, to work on the case.
AS the result of evidence secured by the detec-
tive after about two weeks effort, on March 5.
twenty-four residents of Sioux Falls. twenty
men and four women, were arrested on suspicion
of knowing something concerning the supposed
murder Of the missing man. They were put thru
the sweating process, but nothing tending to
throw light on the mystery could be ascer-
tanned, and the authorities released the, sus-
norfS e. r##--.ar# -"- . - ~ n.y..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
NO FEAR OF ASSESSMENT
Fraternal Orders at Mason City, Iowa
Will Not Be Taxed, -.

MASON CITY. aIOWA.-The common council,
the assessment levied against the $4,000. 900 or
more OF reserve funds held in the banks here
by the Modern Woodmen and the Modern
Brotherhood. The assessment was included in
the tax rolls by Assessor A.. s. Clark, who
was acting under Instructions from State Audi
tor B. F. Carroll. r.