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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-10
Funeral of J. F. shannon

The funeral of ]. F. Shannon, who died
of heart failure at the government print
ing Office Saturday, will take place tomor-
row morning from st. Aloysius Church at
10 o'clock. The deceased was a member
of Washington Council of the knights of
Columbus. from which organization the
pallbearers win be chosen this afternoon.
Mr.. Shannon was also connected with the
National Guard of the District of Columbia
and the Washington Light Infantry Corps.
The interment will be In Mount Olivet
cemetery.
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cigarettes, writing paper, envelopes. chew
Ing gum and q package Of tea and the
Christmas numbers Of the leading maya
zines.
Talked to q Clergyman.
The Rev. s. d. Robinson. pastor Of the
First Methodist Church. has visited Gillette
a great number OF times since the latter
was locked up in the local Jail.
Gillette is no fool" said Mr.. Robinson.
The is possessed with the intelligence that
marks the average man, and in some re-
spects he surpasses the latter. While there
Is no doubt that he lacks moral integrity,
yet with all his early contact with the
world has given him spirit of self-satis-
faction which has prompted him to slip
around rather than to overcome obstacles.
What would have stopped any other fell
low hindered In no wise Gillette. 1t SEEM
ed to bother him little when he skipped a
board bill in the west and still less when
at Utica he went away from the hotel with
out Offering to pay for accommodations
that had been furnished. This seif-satis-
faction had much to do, / believe, with
his taking the stand and testifying in his
own behalf. 1t was Gillette's plan, rather
than the urging Of counsel. that he told his
story.
During life he has seemed to cater to
every within, and to me he admitted that
his early life and environment had much
to do with his actions In later life, which
he realizes could have been bettered In
MANY ways. ne mas Ecdu COusiOcEdUly anu
has absorbed much knowledge in that way.
About the time the Grace Brown letters
were read In court Gillette stated to me
that he had read for an hour without think
Ing of himself. My opinion is that his
manner on the stand gives indication Of
guilt rather than of innocence since in all
the circumstances Of the case he seemed
while testifying to be utterly devoid Of
feeling.
AT times he appears like one who fully
realizes the situation he Is in and il recon-
ciled to the worst fate that may come to
him, although l know he hopes he will be
able to escape death in the electric chair
He told mo az
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John 6. Brain, formerly captain in the
confederate navy. who died at Tampa Sat-
ur{lay from paralysis. commanded the
Roanoke and the st. Mary the civil war.
He blew up the St. Mary OF Port Antonio.
jamaica, IN june, 1855. when he learned
from Admiral Sir william Seymour that
Lee had surrendered.
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Appointments Of Confederate veteran

Col William H. Stewart. grand COM
mander of the grand camp of Confederate
Veterans of Virginia. has announced the
appointment Of the following aids on his
personal staff: Capt. William c.. White
of Norfolk. Robert r. Henry Of Tazewell
county. Thomas Smith of Warrenton and
Thomas Shannon of Portsmouth. The APP
pointment of Capt. E. " White of Ports
mouth to be inspector general of the grand
camp for the second district is also an
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Plans for Bridges.

The railroad company has submitted plans
for the bridge on which 18th street will
cross the railroad, and the same have been
approved, with a few notifications. 1t will
be the only one of the bridges that will:
carry street-car tracks, but they have all
been designed of sufficient strength to carry
tracks should future events demand Them
The plan for the 18th street bridge is typ
fca1 of all three Of the structures, and pro-
vides for a concrete-steel bridge So feet
wide. The streets crossing the bridges will
be provided with 40-foot asphalt roadways.
S-inch granite curb and S-foot cement side
walks, so that the whole surface will pre-
sent the appearance Of regular city street
on an easy rounding grade.
The District engineer department has ap-
proved the plans and specifications for the
bridges, but only after an agreement had
been reached that the cement to be used
was to be tested and accepted by the Dis
trict inspectors and that the actual con-
struction was to go forward under the OBJ
servation of inspectors selected by the En-
gineer Commissioner.
The nature of the work along Maryland
avenue is such that the neighborhood will
be in an upheaval while 1t is in progress,
yet it is declared when the whole project is
completed no section of the city will be
more benefited by the changes made.
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Width of Width of Width of Width bel

Eighth street. at which point there will be
no change of grade, will be closed.
Ninth street will be divided into two road
ways, the eastern one rising from the pres
ent level and turning into c street. and the
one to the west will fall and go under the
railroad tracks.
Tenth, 18th and 18th streets will cross the
railroad on bridges, and to such structures
especiai attention will be given by the Dis
trict engineers. their maintenance after
completion will devolve on the city.
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Denies Annoying President.
The police of the West 126th street sta
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General Summing Up

In summing up what has been done by
the department In the past year. the Post
master General says:
During the year special attention has
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Three other Centennials.


THE first talk of cardinal for the do
~cese of New York came during the adj
ministration of Archbishop Hughes, and
under peculiar circumstances From the
commencement of the civil war Arch
bishop Hughes gave his active and en-
thusiastic support to the cause of the
Union. and this to such an extent that
President Lincoln requested him to visit
Europe as special envoy of the govern
ment. to do his best to counterfeit the in
fueEce of the confederate agents, who
were appealing fer European interference
in behalf of the south. In spite of the
protests of some of his brother prelates.
Archbishop Hughes accepted the mission
suggested by Lincoln and spent nine
months In Europe. interviewing diplo-
mats and heads of governments for the
purpose Of explaining the political situ1-
ton in this country.
ION Archbishop Hughes return from
this political mission he was given pub
lie reception by the municipality of New
York. while President Lincoln is asserted
to have shown his appreciation of his
services by intimating to Pope Plus TX
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-22
What Other People Think
q "a ,Notable Improvement.


To the Editor Of The journal.
I II the initiatory work Of Theodore
Wirth,, the new superintendent Of the
city parks, is a fair specimen OF what is
to follow IN his administration. the city
Of. Minneapolis is to be congratulated
most heartily.
], refer more, especially to the driveway
just completed on the west side of the
river, from the Franklin street bridge tc
the, Lake street bridge, where 1t con-
meets with the driveway along the same
side Of the river, extending to the falls
Of Minnehaha.
Having passed over this territory sew
eral times during the progress of the
work and since its completion, / give II
as my judgment that it is the best piece
of road building I have yet seen in our
entire park system, and Furthermore,
think the location Of this driveway shows
excellent judgment and a fine artistic
taste. 49, -.
The money spent for this splendid i'm
provement has been wisely used, and it
is to be sincerely hoped that the park
board will be able, in the immediate fu-
ture, to extend this driveway over the
short distance between the Franklin
avenue bridge and Riverside park, and
also to make an equally good driveway
on the east side of the river from this
bridge to the United States government
dam and lock No. 2. Both of these i'm
provements are very desirable, the first
to complete the park system on the west
side of the river, and the second to
properly connect with the st. Paul drive
way, now being rapidly constructed on
the east side of the river to extend to
Fort Smelling. Arthur E. Haynes,
&<.,4 State University.
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Durand's Successor.

The increasing Importance of Wash
ington as post for diplomats is illus
trated by55the discussion now going on
about the successor to Sir Mortimer
Durand, the British ambassador soon
to retire. 3 Heretofore Washington has
stood; about seventh in the eyes of
diplomats, being preceded on the list
by PARIS Tendon, Berlin, St. Peters
burg, Vienna and Constantinople. In
France Madrid has been held as rank
ing higher,s too, and when M. Cambon
went from Washington to Madrid, he
was looked on,,as receiving a "promo.
tion.''i The reason for this, however,
was French propinquity to Spain. But
the entrance Of the United States into
world politics las a result of the war
with Spain has been followed by other
events calculated to enhance the i'm
portance:, of = the post in Washington.
The; diplomacy Of John Hay and Of
Elihu Root has been Of character to
arrest t:the worlds attention, while
Roosevelt exploit in bringing about
the treaty of Portsmouth, ending the
Russo-Japanese war, added immensely
to our prestige. J,
The entente which now exists be-
tween England and America; based en-
tirely on good feeling and not formally
recognized, is of immense Importance
to British diplomacy. Downing street
recognizes the necessity of maintain
ing and even: strengthening it. For
this reason, the gossip that so great a
man as! Lord Curzon; former viceroy of
India; Admiral Lord Charles Beresford,
or James Bryce, author of ''The Ameri-
can Commonwealth may be sent to
Washington is interesting. ..->"A ~
The Westminster Gazette makes a
singular statement in this connection
when it asserts that Baron Speck Won
Sternberg, Germany's ambassador to
the United States, has been of great
use to his government by reason Of his
close personal relations with President
Roosevelt. The two were friends be-
fore either reached his4present position.
The Gazette asserts that this. friend
ship had some Influence on the attitude
Of the United States at the Algeciras
conferencee1on the Moroccan question.
This, Of course, is absurd, but yet may
have some: weig in 5deciding the Brit
ish; government to send us a big gun.
That would tend to-, make Washington
diplomatic post of greater impor-
lance than any save those Of London,
Paris and Berlin. .s{.,:s :. A. : I
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-22
THE SUPERFLUOUS FINGER
The Thinking Machine Solves the
Strangest Problem Yet.

jacques Futrelle, author of the
Thinking Machine stories which have
been SO successful a feature of the Sun
day Magazine Of The Sunday journal,
presents tor next Sunday 1.-The Prob
lem of the Superfuous Finger" Just
think OF an attractive young woman
visiting a prominent doctor and de-
handing of him the amputation Of the
first joint Of her .foretinger. There was
not a thing wrong with the finger and
the surgeon, finally becoming incensed,
declared that he would not perform
the operation for any sum that she
might mention unless first convinced
that the removal Of that finger was alb
solutely necessary. Then the woman
intimated that she herself might get
rid of it, even shoot it off, but she first
wished the promise Of the doctor that
he would dress the wound. That is the
way the case came to the Thinking
Machine. What in the world did q
woman want to mutilate her hand fora
But the plot soon thickened. Hutchin-
son Hatch the very next day after the
episode in the DOCTORS office, laid be,
fore the Thinking Machine the stranger
part of the problem. In a well TODD
apartment house woman was found
poisoned and murdered. Both the doe
tor and the Thinking Machine were
quite positive that she was the woman
with the superfuous finger, but when
they came to- examine the corpse they
found that the superhuous finger in this
Instance had been removed several
years before. Here is certainly mys-
terry that demands for its solution the
utmost skill The Thinking Machine
was equal to the emergency, and in a
short space of a few hours he demon
strated exactly why the doctors client
wished her finger off.
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ties to the public which How from.
this principle is that Of an impartial
and just service as between the va
rious units that make up 3thafpuhlic.
When an official or employee Ola pub
lie service cooperation becomes fHanss
Gladly interested in one of The units to
(which such service is being gfvenysys he
becomes incapable of Just and impair
tial treatment Of other and competing
units IS ~ n I. VI
This principle has not yet found it's
way into expression in the law Of ths9
land. But tits officially sound ahd
should be made Legally effectiye. The
objection will doubtless he made that
it isSimpossibleato forbid a5Inanst in
vest his money as he:pleasea That's
his right, SO long asahe does not in
vest it in unlawful enterprises. But,
on the other hand, the law may and
should declare that such. investment
by officer or employee Of public serv-
ice corporation renders him ineligible
to hold such office or employment &If
a railroad man is going into the eleva-
tor business, it is time for him to, quit
the railroad business. - f,t.z,-ss.y,..s E.
Mr.. Hill IS emphatic declaration is
evidence that he recognizes the true
relation Of the railroad to the public
more clearly than the average captain
of the railroad industry.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-22
The Delay in Grain Movement.

The testimony of Mr.. Heffelfnger be-
fore the interstate commerce. commits
sion yesterday showed very conclusively
where the trouble is in the mark eting
! of grain. The fact that his firm has
100000 of storage capacity at Min
neapolis standing empty states the case.
It is a fact that grai IN loaded for this
market in Septe'Nber! has not yet
reached this city. 1t: appears to be. not
. SO much question Of cars as Of mo-
tive power. The railroads are made
quately equipped: &$} - =
1t is question as to how much
blame should be fairly laid upon. the
railroads for this conditions Of things.
They cannot, of course, move all the
freight. or even all the grain likely to
be offered along their lines without
some delay,; but they are bound; to move
all kinds Of freight with reasonable ex-
petition, and when they are not able to
do that they are, not properly equipped
for their business. The obligations
which they have assumed toward the
public they are not prepared to meet,
and the public has a legitimate COM
plant, one which calls for remedy
which will redeem the situation. 1t 8
question whether the. state has not
the right and the power to compel a
public service corporation to equip it.
self for the rendering >5&of. Z ,reasona bic
service. ';%<%:'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-22

Messrs. ,Houghton, Mifflin &c co.
announce that they have undertaken for
this year of the two ahhndredth anniyer-
sary Of; the birth Of Benjamin Franklin
"a commemorative edition of shis autobi-
ography, aiming to embody in fit and
adequate form the authentic narrative,
%the #ipsissima Verba Of franklin. In this
edition the "a autobiography will not be
coupled with any Of the, numerous con-
$t1nua atoms which have: been constructed,
and which have often tended to blur it's
/ ffectiveness as a human document. It
Will be printed from the only authentic
text, that established In 1857 by the Hon.
John Bigelow thruy fine discovery Of
Franklin's autograph manuscript Save
for brief photographed introduction,
the book will thus contain nothing but
the actual story of his life as 1T was
penned by. Franklin, himself.
/ ssTfhe illustfas ions#ip tifsa edition are
being rspfeductisa dssthe 'f Earl grey
portrait recently PRESENTED to this :coun-
try. and nov il Washington. This is the
first time that the portrait has ever been
reproduced for book publications.
H.'f fhe same firm will issue among. /: it's
J Riverside Press editions this fall. The
ldylls of |Theocritus translated by
Charles Stuart Calverley,' 300 numbered
copies; The Song of Roland, translated
by Isabel Butler, 200 numbered copies; a
Bibiliograph OF, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
by George sB.sIves,, 500 numberedxeopies.
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Railroads s. True Function.

James J. Hill makes. a most inter-
esting witness. His testimony before
the interstate commerce commission
yesterday was apparently: frank and
candid. There was perhaps an inten-
tion discernible to lay stress on his
eternal friendship for the farmer "a;
friendship which has its roots in SELF:
interest, but which is genuine for all
that. One significant statement Of Mr..
Hill, however, is worthy Of comment.
He declared with great force that no
Great Northern man had any interest
in elevator property along it's lines.
Moreover, he added, no Great. Northern
man can own stock in anything along
the lines and hold his job. eff he
does,' said Mr. Hill, f'he must leave
my employ, even if he. were my own
son. ..ls ,:=s.; - ~ ~. =, >...,..-... :
1t wastthe fact that numerous Penn
sylvania railroad: officials owned stock
in coal e companies and that they con
sequently favored ssthe companies in
which they were interested in prefer
ence TO- compe EDITORS, that led to the re-
cent railroad scandal. : Mr.. Hill does
not: intend to permit the breath Of any
such scandal to smirch the Great
Northern management. i
The. real: significance of this is that
the true; function of railroad as the
creature and the servant Of the public
is coming to be more and more clearly
recognized. Public service corpora
tions, such as7railroad, streetcar, light
ing and telephone companies, are char
tered by the public primarily for the
purpose Of having certain services to
the public performed. The. public
might elect to furnish the equipment
and hire servants to discharge these
functions itself, but it prefers to char
ter companies instead and in payment
for the service permit q reasonable
profit TO be made. That is the basic
theory son which: all such corporations
are founded. Among the various du-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-22
Canadian Tariff Sentiment

The Canadian, parliament meets: to.
dayS:and among the matters tosWhiich
its attentions was called at an early
date is an address which will be, pre-
scented by the master Of the Dominion
Grange, president@of the Ontario Farm
ers' association and president and sec
rotary of the Manitoba Grain Growers ;
association. This address: is in The
nature of an appeal to; parliament: in
favor of lower: tariffs. It is a farm
zers' movement, They. declare { that
the protectionists in Canada are de-
handing more protection than they are
entitled to or. than they asked for in
the beginning when their indus tries
were smaller than they. are now. ! IIt
was a case of infant, Industries in; the
first instance: but now, according to
this address, the infants Of that period
have grown to mammoth concerns, and
if a halt is not called at once the con.
dltions in the country will become in.
tolerable and the population divided
into classes, the manufacturers being
OF 'Daronlal rank and the farmers the
serfs Of the soil.
Attention is called to the fact that
Canada is particularly an agricultural
country, that the farmers of the east
and the west are producing a great sur
plus of agricultural products which
must find a market outside of the coun-
try. The market, however, lis NOT "a
protected market: and the farmer of
Canada finds himself, burdened with a
protective tariff for the benefit Of his
home manufacturer while everything
he has to sell must be sold in the open
world market. For this reason he is
not inclined to submit patiently to any
further advances Of the tariff. !, ms
deed, he will insist upon substantial Vi.
auctions.
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FATHER PRAYED TOO HARD
Detroit Journal.

Happy st. Joseph, Mich, once the GEN.
ter of the matrimonial activities of four
states, now boasts a minister of the COS
pei who combines a Spartan fortitude
and fine sporting spirit with the eff
cacy of prayer. To his halfback son
Rev. H. S. Roblee sent this stirring mes
sage as the son stripped his sweater over
his head and rushed upon the football
field: f.. --cs.- -. -~. !, =s,.,.>-z5..
/ e E stGod bless you my boy; play. hard;
will pray -. :, -
S. Whereupon Rev. Mr.. Roblee & Prayed.
Whereupon, also, R6blee Jr.. 'tore
holes thru the : Saginaw line that
let the quartet of his sides backs
thru, tackled like a. fend and laid out the
favorite halfback Of the Saginaw team
with a: desperate lunge at his knees,
which. dropped him in his tracks,, }s;:s
Manifestly:. there is such a thing as
praying too hard for a halfback that will
take divine inspiration as literally as
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-22

& The. story shows painstaking care in
its preparation, and it issbased largely
upon fact, as the author himself says
In a literary note the publishers say that
sMr. Doyle gave them a list. of the books
The had gone thru in PREPARATION of the
story and that it would form. a COM
Eplete library :; for any historical stu
dent The ] reader may, therefore,
have the satisf action of knowing that he
is not getting a false picture of the times
OF which the story treats, a picture sure
to be fixed in the mind by the stirring
interest and excitement, to be found in
the reading Of the book
Mcclure, Phillips & Co., New York,
- $1.5O, -.
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]: 3 3 o &! Q K S
||sasy, w. p. yissG

!, !. NJ a$SsRy w. r. sRss
go Nan. sDoNLE's Isl RNleEL."-I
is q Vivid ptcture OF lifas iasathe four
teenth dentg1Iys that Coallati, aSdsle gives II
Sir Nigekss Other roma sshave been
written Of ths period, ls 4hsy Have beer
stoes folnantic hand TOOK lesg historical
This is not aFfault to Bed onnd with Mr.
Doyie's novel, He has given a picture
OF life in which there is romance and
,eelhivalry, it is true, but he has not for
Igatten the halfssavagery, the ruthless
Ress and mercileSsness of the time. That
lR |'s ssftfEissg Period s,sasRiasK dtte1gwofS
: st LANCE were mighAef an thsss PIN
and stir ., andasssaction ae M tSenk air
.fun measHre. Those VINO HIVE i fsadss "TIis
White i'WgI g0mpany,'' saw, tliaE ssir sNigela
As' not sosgood. Not hYins cad the for
mer, we are unable to make comparisons
put we hardly see how the reader Of such
tales of adventure and daring and love
making could ask for more in that line
or for better telling.
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
NOV. %

l41-Piot perfected fors the coup
{ dsetat OF Elizabeth of Russia.
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a17a5.
l Il B as5fa-T homas Pym Cope, who es.
falhMlshed the first line Of packets be.
tween Philadelphia and 4lverpool,,
died Born Aug, 2e, 1885, "a 81
1ss7-Jefferson Davis returned 10
RtchBof1d, Va. I. y..ES. gssss 3. -, :.
1s71-stsamboat City Of london
nu' neo nearSyNo rvsich, Conn; seven
teen lives fpat.s 81 Si4ss 81 s. :.
1se2-lnternationaI monetary con-,
ference met In Brussels. 81
1eopPresIdent kruasr landed at
Marseliies and given siastic
reception.
1e02-Frederick A. krupps ~ isteats
German gunmaker, died. sss