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The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-05
70 NINNEAPOLlTANS were sur
~ prsed, about year ago. when

~ NINNEAPoLiTANs were sur
~ priseo, about year ago, when
- A 1t was reported, shortly after
his death. that Albert Johnson had ac-
cur1ulated fortune of more than. a MIL
lion dollars Few Knew MIR. johnson,
and fewer knew of his great wealth. He
never moved in society did not have.
a summer home. at the lake, nor an auto
mobile nor even a horse and carriage.
In fact, he was recluse and spent his;
declining years In small, poorly fur
nished room In one of his many down.
town buildings. at the corner of Fourth
street and First avenue S. But every
body who reads the news spapers knows
now who Albert johnson was. Added to
the statement of his riches was the story
OF their inheritance by a distant relative,
a young woman stenographer, who lived
and worked In Chicago, tho she had spent
much time In this city nursing her bene-
factor during his Illness.
There is another man in Minneapolis
"Elder" SteWart-whose somewhat eccen-
trio mode of living In homely little cot
taee on one OF the most valuable down.
town corners, and whose periodical OBJ
jectlons to assessme ents (reveaIIng as Of
ten the secret of his wealthy have marked
him as a conspicuous character. Every
body who has seen or heard of him has
amassed by: shrewd operations in real
estate-or rather by buying and clIngng
to promising property-but few save those
In the same business understand just how
1t happens that he Is so wealthy.
These two are not the only men who
have reaped handsome profits from Min
neapo!Is real estate. Many others have
shared In the benefits of the rise of
prices, tho their activities In other lines
Of business have broadenend the field OF
their credits, and their mode of living
made them more part Of the society OF
the city, and therefore less solitary and
conspicuous.
The story of the founding of these
many fortunes is here told by c. L. Saw
yer of the real estate board of Informa.
tion. With the accompanying photo.
graphic reproductions Of the buildings or
Some Of the profitable sites, 1t is the bes1
possible testimony OF the investment
value of real estate In Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-05
BOOM IN ANCIENT CAIRO,
STARTED BY AMERICANS
Realty Prices Soar and Press Blames
Yankee Adventures - Crash May
Come at Any Time.

Yankee Adventures - Crash May
Come at Any Time.
BY Publishers Press.
London, Aug. 4.-American "adven-
turers," as the Cairo press puts it, are
land speculation in Egypt which has
lately come to occupy a great deal Of
attention in that country, and on all
sides it forms a constant subject for
discussion. Never before has the value
of land in and around Cairo attained
such height as it has today, and, altho
the more cautious are shaking their
to believe that !" Slump" is possible
in the near future, and continue to buy
property at an ever-increasing rate.
| Every day one hears of cases in which
the lucky speculator has sold at a
profit of from SO to 100 per cent; and
(! land which was few years ago bought
at SIS square meter is constantly be-
ing sold for $50 and more.
A step to offset these "booms' has
! already been taken by one company
which has bought large area Of land
in the desert to the northeast Of the
town, where there is an excellent water
supply, where the air is exceptionally
dry and fine, and the situation is fal
removed from the unhealthy neighbor
hood OF the Nile. 1t is now more thar
likely tn that this this example ann sT1ha will be fol
spring up under similar conditions il
other directions. 1t is hard to say what
effect such schemes would have on the
value of property in Cairo, but It seem:
! probable that spectators would deem i
wise to get rid Of land for which they
had paid excessive prices while they
and once this happens slump" il
bound to set in. It is impossible al
ways to- foretell the reason for
g slump,1 and the crash may come a
any time, while on. the other hand th
g boom I, may continue for a consider
n able period; but things have certainly
Il the opinion Of some men of long expe
rience to the contrary, it is difficult +
!. believe in the permanency Of these goo
s times.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-05

thirty years. We think it IS fair to say
that this property, if vacant at the
presentYtime, would be worth $250,OOO,
but upon the supposition that its pres
gure sae at WHICH, Hn + f7SG1SDFe Mcknight rented sa
the corresponding corner on First ave-
nue. S and Fifth street-Mr Gale, had
he held the property until this time,
would have realized a profit of over
|-22 900 per cent, or an annual profit for
the thirty-nine years Of over $50 per
cent year, T. = ~ '@< '.
-,: 5000 Per Cent a Year.
t'Nor are these all Of the instances
which increase our astonishment as we
consider the past. In 1866, lot 8, block
|,81, town of Minneapolis, located on
the corner Of Fifth street and Nicollet,
extending east from Fifth street 165
feet, was offered for sale at $1,000.
Following out the same course Of rea-
soning with respect to this property,
and again considering the actual figures
estimating the property worth at the
present time $4,000 per running foot
for the Nicollet avenue frontage-its
present value would be $495,000. In
fact, we think it is fair to place the
being true, the profit that has been re-
allied on this property since that time
is. Al ,566 per cent, or an actual increase
Of over 1000 per cent each year.
"Many more instances Of similar op-
portunities for profit might be shown
by an examination of the records and
but we will mention only the following
In 1864 lots and 5, block 81, town
Of Minneapolis, known as the Macky
Legg corner, being two quarter acre
. lots with a frontage of 165 feet on
Nicollet avenue and 1872 feet on Fourth
street-now occupied by the Hyser and
Rogers hotels, and the Associate Realty
!. small wooden house located upon them
for $500, and it was difficult at thai
: time to find taker at that figure.
Figuring the Nicollet avenue front
age worth at the present time $4,000 6
front foot, which we believe to be {
fair estimate, Judging from the sale Of
the corner diagonally across the stree
foot, on this basis the property woult
be worth now $660,000 This woult
show in the period Of forty-two year,
the enormous gain Of 131 900 per cent
!, or something over 5000 per cent eacl
5 year.
j "The foundations Of many fortune
? were laid in these early DAYS by trans
i actions of similar kind. Is there an,
/ line of business that could have beel
: pursued by the citizens of that da,
e which would have yielded a better O
i, even an equal profit? 1t might be tru
: that the investor at the present tim
81 cannot look for profits to multiply i
i, an equal proportion, but it is never
t theless true that, looking forward owe
gil a lilse term Of years, there. are number
0lless pieces Of property in this cit
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-05
PRIZE ENGLISH BAND HERE.

Asbury Park, n. J., Aug. Ain the
Casino here today the famous "Besses
o. tn Barn. band gave the first con-
cert Of its American tour. The band is.
known thruout Europe as the champion
band Of England. because of the many
prizes It has won since it first came into
prominence in 1913, during the reign Of
George LII. One Of the first prizes
was captured by this organization In
the procession celebrating the corona
lion Of George IV., and another at the
time Of the coronation of the late
Queen Victoria. In 1892 it held eyesy
shalenae Gun in GEeat Bxitain =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-27
BURTON A MINISTER.
So Registered, According to His
Own Statement

a register is kept at the city jail upor
which is recorded the name and occupa-
ton of unfortunates who are required to
sotourn there even though the sotourn
be of ever so short a period.
When making this record the officers
have to depend absolutely upon tho say
so of the sojourner and therefore tho
register may not always contain castlron
facts.
Each time tho question has been put
TO A. Chadwick Burton, and he has been
asked his name and occupation twice. he
gave his calling az that OF minister"
and so it stands on tho record book.
1t will he remembered that when Bur-
ton was on trial in the Hastings Court
one OF the witnesses testified that no
told him Qhe wltness) that he was not a
minister--only an humble member of
IJpworth Methodist Church. There seems
to he conflict In the two statements.
AT my rate he Is not little minister
for he stands six feet. two In his Stock
inss aud weighs over 200.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-27
HAVE NO MORE
JUNKETING TRIPS
Senate Declares Against Usual
Method Of Visiting Public
Institutions.
HOUSE HoNoRs JOE. wheeler
Adjourns in Honor of His Mem
DRY and Sends Message Of Sym
patty to Family.

The feature OF the legislative session
yesterday was the animated discussion
In the Senate over the Joint resolution
offered in that body regulating the vista
ticns to l,l made to the various public
institutions of the State by the commit
tees of the General Assembly. and after
prolonged debate, tho entire scheme
was overwhelmingly defeated.
Mossrs Maehcn. Pattoson and Wick
ham, led the fight against the resolu-
ton, and occasionally there were refer
cnccs to the existing situations at the v.
NJ. j. and v. L. /.
Senator Patteson declared that If what
had been said concerning these institu-
tons was true, they should be looked into
by special committees, and not merely
visited in u pcrfunctory way by the usual
committees OF the bodies
The matter which comes next in public
interest on the Senate side was n bill
offered by Mr.. sadler To increase the per
diem OF members of the General Assem-
bly, from 81 to s..
The House held a prolonged session,
and AT 2:i5 +. NJ. adjourned out OF re-
spect to tho memory OF the late General
5Jcseph Wheeler, and directed the clerk
to express the sympathies Of the body TO
the bereaved family.
'rhe bill abolishing the positions OF
school examiners and inspectors was re-
Iported favorahy. and bill was passed
no provide for the contingent expenses
lof the General Assembly.
/ Uncle Sam Powell tried to get his
an,i-foot-ball bill up out of its order. but
the House refused to discharge the COM
Inttee from its consideration.
INSERT SENATE HERE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-27

Southwest to DO taxed was something OF
n novelty, and he commended that 1t was
not sought to tax people In Southwest
Virginia, 50 much as foreign purchases.
He thought both should BIO taxed, and
he, therefore. opposed an amendment of
fered by the patron, practically putting
all tho tax on the purchaser. He. there
fore spoke for the bill in It's original
form.
The amendment offered by Mr. Cation
was rejected. and those offered by the
patron shared the same fate.
Mr.. j. l.. Taliaferro made some In
Guries of Mr.. Byrd, as to the effect of
tho bill, and when their little colloquy
was over, Mr.. Person advocated the bill
in a brief speech, and 1t was ordered
to its engrossment.
The House at 2:45 p. NJ. adjourned until
noon to-day
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-27
ch-Postponed Trip.

United States Marshall Morgan Treat
has again been disappointed about his
cruise on the Chesapeake Bay to nvea-
tigate the oyster fleets In tho Virginia
territory of that tempestuous body Of
water, lie was notified by telegraph
Yesterday that revenue cutter Window
had again boon called off on other impersl-
tive duties and his voyage would have To
he postponed until the first or second
week In February,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-27
A|cARp.

I.swishurS. w. Va. jan A. tsCd
frhn Saith Premier Typewriter Co., RIch-
niond, Va;
Gentlemen. Several years before my old ma.
chine Discarded kept my eye opatis as I
Went in tho various offices and stores where
typewr!ters We're used tested many Kinds
my needs Tho result was that determined
that ths Smith Premier would do Tloro thingr
wanted n machine 10 do than any other
Haccrely yours. clIAS. @. STANTON.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-27

add to it's amendments by striking ont.
section 8 of the resolution providing for
the employment OF an accountant. etc.
This left the committees to mike simply
q general inspection. The amendments
OF the committee were adopted The
Machen amendment was lost The An
derson resolution as amended was then
taken up and rejected by majority
NJ two-ayes IL. noes %
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-27
Richmonders in New York.

Especial to The Times ispatch,l
NEW YORK, January 2S--Brcslin, j.
Cans; Savoy, Mrs. w. B. Nelson; Im-
perlal. II. Campbell J. Binford. Jr,. W.
s. Mayo; Sinclair, r. w. Weintcld: Hofr-
l.. o. Miller
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-27

st. John's Cemetery Committee.
Tho ST. Johns Cemetery Committee hold
a short meeting at the keepers office In
tho cemetery late yesterday afternoon.
and quickly transacted the usual monty
business. This was merely to pass upon
and order paid tho bills for month,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-27
No Executive Session.

For the second or third time. Judge
Phlegar attempted to secure one execu-
tive session for action on the nomiiia-
tons of Governor Montague of members
for the various State boards.
II hope the Senate will face this cues
ton of an executive session squarcly,
said the Montgomery senator.
A motion TO adjourn wac made and
withdrawn temporarily to permit the in
PRODUCTION of several new bills and the
presentation of the report of the
Finance Committee. After this the mo-
ton was renewed. Mr.. Sale. of Norfolk
declared that the senate had beer in
session two hours and that important
committee meetings were TO be held early
In the afternoon. The motion to adjourn
prevailed Judge Phlegar demanded the
ayes and noes and the roll call showed
n senator's for adjournment and 10 mem
bers opposed. The Phlegar resolution
calling for an executive session lay on
the clerks desk UNDECIDED.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-27

ties for failure to comply with the
provisions of this act.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-27

Senator Sears yesterday introduced a
bill providing that in view of the cnerous
duties imposed upon the second auditor by
the management of the literary and the
efficient manner in which that fund is
being handled, the second auditor shall
be allowed commission of one-half of
one per cent. upon all money passing
through his hands on account of the lit
erary fund. the same to be paid by order
of the Board of Education. as in case
of all other claims upon the literary fund.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-27

Objection came from many ouarters Arr
Maclen. of Alexandria, declared that the
committees could not possibly within Tho
lic,its prescribed investigate thoroushly
md make report that would he OF any
value. He suggested that the committees
no allowed to sit in vacation, and that
their report be made to tho next General
Assembly. This suggestion he later em-
bodied In an amendment. Replying to Mr..
Mower County transcript., 1906-10-10
Hats on or off in Church,

When the preachers disagree on the
subject of allowing the ladies to wear
hats in church who is it to decide?
Some of them insist on having hats
taken off during the services but we
note that young women members o
Christ Episcopal church, Waukegan
III have incurred the displeasure of
the Rev. w. E, Toll, the rector, by
going bare headed to church.
This custom, the rector declares, is
forbidden by the following passage
from the New Testament:
Every woman that prayeth or pro-
phesieth with her head uncovered dis
honoreth her head; for that is even
all one as if she were shaven.
For if woman be not covered let
her be shorn; but if it be shame for
q woman to be shorn or shaven, let her
be covered. l Cor, xi. 56.
The women say st. Paul's advice
does not apply to Waukegan, but was
intended only for the women of Cor
inth. The pastor, however, has re-
Quested them publicly to wear hats or
bonnets when in. church.
Mower County transcript., 1906-10-10

,orSright some wrong the railroads un-. ~ 4
der our present law don't hav to do 1T
right off but the railroads can dillydaliy
III courts and stave off the enforcement
of tsthe commissions orders until the
complainin' farmer or small merchant
has used up his farm or business laWln'
the big corporation in vain attempt to
get justice. Republican Cole sees lots
of things that are faulty in our present
railroad laws and he's showin' EN- up
in stereopticon clearness. lust want
to say that any farmer VINO votes for
j ohnson after the dirty trick his board
of equalization has just put up on 'em
ought to liv with the hogs. Last week
the board appointed by Gov. johnson
raised the tax valuations of farm lands
and structures s24,875,884, while they
reduced the real estate valuation of
Minneapolis $6,O0OOOO. No wonder
they were banqueted and trolley rode by
the Twin city schemers.
FARMER BEN.
Mower County transcript., 1906-10-10
The Primary Law.

The primary election law was enact
ed simply to allow the members Of
either political party to choose their
candidates by direct vote.
It was not intended for republicans
to dictate Democratic nominations, or
vice versa, as was the case all over this
state on Sept. 18th. -.5=
In many counties democrats called
for and voted the republican ballot.
In other counties republicans called
for and voted the democratic ballot.
The next legislature will have to
amend the law SO that this wrong will
be corrected, or the people will be ex-
tremely dissatisfied with its workings
in the future. Redwood Gazette.
Mower County transcript., 1906-10-10
THE WESTON IDEA
Which has Created a New Form
Of Municipal Government in a .
City Of the South.

'"The most Important experiment in
civil government Of the last quarter
century in the United State" lis de-
scribed by George K. Turner in the
October McClure's. Galveston;
Business Corporation is brilliant ar
ticle on Galveston's new form Of city
government. Mr.. Turner tells how
Galveston tried the Did systems, and
how they failed. Then a great disas-.
ter fell upon the city, a terrible crisis
confronted the men and women of Gal
weston; and the people turned, not to
the mayor and aldermen whom they
had elected, but to body called the
Deepwater Committee, business or
ganizatioD composed Of representative
citizens And this body met together
and founded the present government
Of Galveston--a Commission of. five
men, each o2e heading a department.
of municipal Service and managing it
! according t, business m 5thods.
Mr.. Turner tells how the Commission
found the city bankrupt, and raised
her credit above par; how it found her
town of vice and license, and created
order; how 1t found her unclean and
unhealthy, and cleaned and lighted her
streets and stamped out disease.
The Galveston Idea-the idea of rut-
ting ''the splendid, brutal vitality of
great business organization" into the
institution of city government is dis
covery whose success may mean the
hope of the American citizen. After
the 'shame of the cities" must come
their rehabilitation. Does Galveston
point the way?
Mower County transcript., 1906-10-10
Railroad Rates Greatly Simplified

Our view of the possibility of max
ing railroad rates simple and easily
understood is confirmed by the advance
proof of a complete Minnesota sched-
ule of all class and commodity freight
rates Of the Great Western, between
stations in the state of Minnesota, COM
piled by President A. B. Stickney
which has been received. ,-- w., ~
This schedule when filed with the
state railroad and warehouse commits
sion, will take the place of over 1870
separate schedules and amendments
now on file with the commission, and
in such shape that only an expert can
determine the actual rates. From the
new Great Western booklet, any man
of ordinary intelligence can determine
for himself the rates between any two
points in the state on any kind of a
shipment.
The Great Western in thus simpli-
flying it's schedule has set an example
that the other roads may follow.
1t is a compact booklet of only seven
pages. President Stickney intends,
when any rate is changed, to have the
entire booklet republished, so that at
all times the rates shall be found in
one booklet.
On each Of the seven pages is table
of rates between one of the seven job
bing centers of the state on the Great
Western line, and every other point on
the Great Western within the state
These seven jobbing centers are: The
Twin Cities, Winona, Red Wing, Man.
kato, Faribault, Austin and Rochester
There is also table of distance rates
to be used between stations, where both
stations are in the state of Minnesota
and neither station has termina
schedule of its own.
The class rates are all on percen
tage basis, each class rate being some
fixed per cent Of the first class merchan
disc rate. Taking the frst-class mer
chandise rate as 100 per cent, the second
class rate is 8375 per cent; third, 662s
fourth, so; fifth, carloads, 40; and A. b
c. D. and E., car loads, respectively, 45
35, 80, 25 and 20. This is a neat, syste
matte innovation, that makes The
whole schedule very simple.
Mower County transcript., 1906-10-10
Roosevelt Flags Corporation Law
yerS.

At the dedication of the new Pennsy(-
vania capitol at Harrisburg Thursday
President Roosevelt delivered the prin-
cipal address of the day. The presi-
dent used the following plain language:
"Each generation has it's special and
serious difficulties; and we of this gen.
GRAFTON have to struggle with evils
springing from the very material sue
cess of which we are so proud, from the
very growth and prosperity of which,
with justice, we boast.
"Many of these evils are of such ma
ture that no private effort can avail
against them. These evils, therefore,
must be grappled with by government
al action.
"If we fail thus to grapple it, we
show our impotence and leave ourselves
at the mercy of those ingenious legal
advisers of the holders of vast corpor-
ate wealth, who, to serve the ends OF
their clients, invoke the law at one
time for the confounding of their rivals
and at another time strive for the nulli'
fcation of the law, in order that they
themselves may be left free to work
their unbridled will on these same
rivals, or on those who labor for them
or on the general public. In the .exer
else of their profession and in the ser
vice of their clients, these astute law
yers strive to prevent the passage OF
efficient laws and strive to secure judi
cial determinations of those that pass
which shall emasculate = them. They
do not invoke the Constitution in order
to compel the due observance of law
alike by rich and poor, by great anl
small; on the contrary, they are cease
lessly on the watch to cry out that the
Constitution is violating whenever any
effort is made to invoke the aid of the
national government, whether for tbs
efficient regulation of railroads, for the
efficient supervision Of great corpora
tions, or for efficiently securing obedi.
ence to such a law as national eight.
hour law and similar so-called Tabor
statutes " <:... =.
"The doctrine they preach would
make the Constitution merely the
shield Of incompetence and the excuse
for governmental paralysis; they treat
| it as a justification for refusing to at,
tempt the remedy of evil, instead OF as
the source of vital power necessary for
the existence of a mighty and ever:
growing nation.