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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-27


Williams has begun suit for divorce
from Ella D. Williams. Desertion is al
legged.
Service at Fowler Church-Holy
communion will be observed at Fowler
church at o'clock this evening as a
part Of the rally week services: There
geometry, the pastor, will preside.
Accused as Horse Thieves.-John
Reakman and James Howe, charged
with horse thefts in Southeast Mime
apolis, were arraigned before Judge
Waite today. Both men waived exam
ination and were held to the grand
Boy Must Face Grand Jury.-George
Klein, charged with an assault on George
Miller, who was shot Tuesday after
noon, was arraigned in municipal court
today. He waived examination. and
was held to await the action of the
Gr:tad jury. Miller's injuries are not
serious.
Fine Dwellings Planned.-Permits
were taken out yesterday by E. s.
Woodwork and L. H. Harrington for
fine dwellings. The Woodwork house
will be built at 2210 Pillsbury avenue
by Pike & Cook and will cost $4,000.
The harrington house will be erected
by the same contractors at 2026 Stew
ems avenue, and will cost $4,000.
Back to Observation-Disclosures G. H
Swanstrom, commanding the Swedish
corps Of the Salvation Army which is
stationed near Seven Corners, made his
farewell last night and will leave at
once for Helsingborg, Sweden, where he
will visit his parents, whom he has not
seen since he came to this country eigh
teen years ago. He will be gone SIX
months.
Wood Contracts Let.-Contracts fol-
1900 loads of wood were let by the
board Of charities and corrections at its
meeting last evening. The BIB. Fue1
company secured the contract for SOC
loads of Minneapolis wildwood at 1925
a load and 400 loads Of Wisconsin slat
at $685. The Elliott-Skellet Fuel com
pany was awarded the contract for loo
loads of Wisconsin mixed at $3.05. Il
was decided to continue buying coal or
the open market.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-27

EQUALITY Is Hoff's Game Of Success.
We pay $50 Dozen for our SO Hat.
We pay $3.50 Dozen for our SOC Ties.
"Boston' SOC Carriers we sell 900.
Hoffman's (3) Stores and Laundry.
81 So 4th st, 1856 Henn., Is Mic. House.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-27

VS. Minnehalla chapter will hold thimble bee |
at the home Of the worthy ma tron Mrs. Susan
Hand, 2S3s Fourteenth avenue s, tomorrow aft
erno0n. III sS4s 3s3 9Ss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-27

The Philharmonic Social club will give an
informal. dancing. party JSn turday evening In
McElroy hall Robert McDonough Will be mas
ter Of ceremonies. 4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-27
ROBERTS rs ENDORSED
Public Ownership Candidate Backed b.
Independents. 4

Thirteenth warders deny the allega-
ton that no candidate was ind orsed for
independent republican candidate for
alderman at the mass meeting held
Tuesday night at Thirty,eighth street
the public ownership scandi date, was
unanimously indorsed and re ommitt tees
were appointed to line up thesward vote
in favor of Roberts as against Van
Nest, the regular republican candidate
for alderman. I 81 II rs KS 4sSs
Miss Annie Hawley, who has been at home
on a short visit after d years stay iii Europe,
will leave Saturday evening for Memphis. Tenn.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-27

Pullman Tourist Berths 90 to Chicago
Via wisconsin Central.
Pullman tourist cars have been put in
service, in addition to Pullman stand
ard sleeping cars, on Wisconsin Central
evening train. leaving Minneapolis at
1905 pm. and st. Paul at TAO p.m.,
with double berths for only 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-27
AROUND THE TOWN

Divorce Action Begun. A.
Williams has begun a suit for divorce
from Ella D. Williams. Desertion is al
legged.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-27

Service at Fowler Church.-Holy
communion will be observed at Fowler
church at s O'Clock this evening as a
part of the rally week services. There
will be special music. DR.. J: s. Mont
geometry, the pastor, will preside.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-27
Weather Now and Then.

Today, maximum IS, minimum A de-
grees; a year ago, maximum 80, mini
mum 50 degrees.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

"HE fury OF Blackstone Swift
when he arrived at Euston Sta
tion precisely two minutes late
for the midnight express was
not appreciably diminished when the
ticket seller informed him that
there was no other train he could
possibly catch on any railway running
out OF London that would land him in
Liverpool in time TO take the steamer
for New York the next morning. He
pondered seriously as TO whether a
British jury in the circumstances.
would consider the assassination Of the
porter at the Hotel Cecil. who had told
him that twenty-five minutes was am
PIE time TO get from the hosiery to
fhe station. as justihable homicide
lie had finally determined that al
though the punishment would beNen-
tirely inadequate he would drive
directly back to the hotel. beat the
porter TO within an inch Of his life and
then see that the man was discharged
without a character. when he realized
that he would look surprisingly fool
fsh should he return and let the half
dozen New Workers whom he had bid
den a somewhat ostentatious farewell
half an hour before know that he had
missed his train and his steamer. OBJ
viously the thing for him to do was
10 avoid the Cecil, cable that business
Liverpool as inconspicuously as pos
sible until the departure Of the next
boat.
When Blackstone had paid his
hotel bill that evening and found that
he had only f24 and a few shillinRs
left whereby TO transfer himself to
New York, he was rather Rratifed than
otherwise, because, while he would
rather be short OF money on the voy-
age across he would be able to demon
strate 10 the clients he had represented
IN the deal he had just successfully
negotiated how accurate had been
@he estimate he had made beforehand
81 his expenses for a months visit to
England. As matters had stood when
he left the hotel for Euston station he
would have arrived at the Cunard pier
IN New York with just money enough
10 pay his cab fare home, leaving him
self 3 cents for carfare 10 his once. and
he would be able TO boast forever after
ward that on his first trip abroad he
had gauged his expenses 70 a dollar.
Now. however, that Blackstone was
compelled to make recast Of his plan
Tof expenditure he was not quite so
cheerful about the condition Of his ex
checuer It was Wednesday night-or
rather Thursday morning-and he
would be obliged to remain in Liver
pool until Saturday, when the next
steamer would sail.
lis resources now. outside OF the two
ten pound notes that must go for his
passage. were four sovereigns in gold
and six shillings in silver. and this
amount would have to suffice for all his
expenses until he reached New York.
After paying the third class fare to
Liverpool and sending three word ca
bic that he had been detained he would
be left with little more than sixteen
dollars TO live upon for two days in
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

/, they had masks on their faces. and just
as 1 got my first look at 'em they were
doin' up the last of them big bundles of
silver just like this bundle you see
here, sir, which they left behind 'em
when they ran When they'd got the
stuff all tied up of them climbed
out the windwo and the chap that stayed
behind passed two of the bundles out
to his pal. 1t was all SO quick that l
hardly knew what was happenin' be-
fore 1t was done. sir. While the chap be-
hind was handin out the second bundle
rushed out at him and tried to grab
him, but he was too quick for me. He
followed his bundle out through the
window, and when 1 cried for the po
lice he turned and fired his revolver at
me. fortunately hitting me only on the
tip of my little finger, and disappeared
around the corner with his pal and
the two bundles.
Grirmins Reld out his right hand and
showed his little finger. the fieshy part
of which the bullet had plowed some
what deeply.
He was in the street when he
fired?' asked Dawson.
yes. sir; out by the curbstone. SIR"
said Grimmins.
And then what did you do?" asked
Dawson
II walked up Mr.. Hammond, sir, and
told him of the circumstance" said
Grimmins. first closin the window, sir,
and lockin' it against their comm back
for this"-pointing to the third pack
age.
II was already awake put in Ham
mond. The pistol shot brought me
out of my dreams in a minute"
Mr.. Hammond came downstairs at
once, sir, but wouldn't let me send for
the police because he said he wanted
to see you first, Mr. Dawson" continued
Grimmins, and that's the way II all
happened sir"
Dawson Immediately began searching
the room for the bullet.
There 1t is, SIR said Grimmins.
pointing to a small hole in the wall
opposite the window at height of six
feet from the floor.
Close inspection proved conclusively
that Grimmins' story as to the shot was
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

Liverpool and pay his minor expenses
on the boat. He determined to carry
himself through on this amount
Having locked the two ten pound
notes in his valise, with his watch and
scarfpin, Blackstone left that recep-
tacle in the station cloakroom with his
steamer-trunk and hatbox. having made
up his mind to find the cheapest kind of
a cheap sleeping place and go to bed
in his underclothes, so as to be ready
TO take the six o'clock train for Liver
pool in the morning. The four pounds
in gold and six shillings in silver he
carried with him.
There were plenty OF comfortless
lodging houses along the Euston road,
and Blackstone, in condition of rage
with himself that extended to all
things, animate and inanimate, in Lon
don and -the-rest of the universe, made
up his mind that in spite Of the condi-
tion of his finances he would attempt
the subjugation of his emotions by the
application of a whisky and soda be-
fore he chose his habitation for the
night
In order adequately TO appreciate
subsequent events, wherein a reputable
New York lawyer was led TO conduct
himself as he ought not. Il should he
borne in mind that, the day Just ended
having been his last in London. Mr..
Swift had INDUCED his carnal appetite
more than was customary with him.
He had had three or four friends TO
dinner with him, and they had con-
sumed few cocktails before that re-
past, a couple of magnums of cham
payne with II, one or two liqueurs af-
terward, and several whisky and sodss
later TO help pass the evening.
Consequently one drink in the Euston
road had sufficient effect upon the gem
tieman TO decide him, regardless of ex-
pense, 10 take another, after which the
happy thought struck him to have a
third and TO pay for it by walking the
streets all night instead of going to the
useless expense OF a bed to sleep in.
since he would have five hours for re-
pose on the train to Liverpool in the
morning and forty-eignt hours TO sIeep
after he arrived there. After this third
drink the conservation of wealth did
not strike Blackstone as being such a
commendable practice as before.
When Blackstone Swiftenext came 70
full consciousness he found himsalf
fully dressed. lying on the outside of a
bed in wretchedly furnished room.
into which the light of early morntnr =
was creeping. The sound of unmnsical
snoring in proximity informed him
that he was not alone in the room.
ana, turning cautiously about and peer
ing over the side Of his couch, he dis
covered on the floor beside the bed a
bearded man clad in a peajacket ana
corduroy trousers whose face seemed
vaguely familiar. Then there came TO
him a dim and interrupted recollection
of having hobnobbed with that same
hirsute person in the public house in
the Euston road the night before
Thus reminded OF his misfortunes.
Blackstone felt in his waistcoat pocket,
where he was in the habit of keeping
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

cfvknA Me hukt pdDpha onsvfae deeply.

the Powhattan. where. ten minutes later.
on time to the second, Dawson also ap-
peGed-
wish you'd tell me how you knew
by the use of that" Dawson an
swered, placing his finger on his right
eye Why. my dear fellow, it was a
cinch. How do 1 know that cab is
standing out there in the street?" he
added, pointing at a hanson out by
the curb. why, by looking at it, of
course. l don't need to have a fact
which is clearly perceptible to the
naked eye blasted into my head the
way Scotchman gets his jokes
through But come along; Hammond is
waiting for us"
What's the object in keeping it out
of the papers?" 1 queried as we went
along.
"Threefold," said Dawson I'm the
first place, these financiers of the Ham
mond stamp don't like the public to
know that anybody's got the best of
them; 1t hurts their credit; and, in the
second place, II we called In the re-
porters they'd print diagrams of the
interior arrangements of Hammond's s
house, as a sort of ground plan for
other burglars to work on later. In
the third place, it's always easier to
catch the guilty party If he thinks he's
got pienty OF time TO escape. IL makes
him rather rash. Hammond has an
idea that he has a better chance 10
get his stuff back with me working
quietly on the job than If he put 1t
into the hands of the police, who, fol-
lowing out their usual practice, would
begin explaining all their theories for
publication, so that the burglar, by the
simple process of investing a cent in a
yellow journal extra, would know just
what his pursuers were doing"
BY this time we had reached the
Hammond residence, and within we
found everybody keyed up to a high
pitch of excitement. Mrs. Hammond
was verging close on that attack of
nervous hysteria which Dawson had
predicted.
BY thunder" Hammond cried
angrily. IF my house isn't safe from
this sort OF thing with all that modern
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

science can do to keep out thieves, who
the devil Is safe? I've got every blessed
appliance known to commerce to make
this shanty impregnable, and the first
thing l know in walks Mr.. Litter as
easy as you please and gets away with
enough swag TO keep him in aff1uence
the rest of his days. If it hadn't been
for good old Grimnlins here I believe
the cuss would have taken the furnace
and plumbing"
Grimmins, now become quite a hero,
smiled deprecatingly-
TT wasn't nothink, SIR" said he mod
estly. I'm only too sorry I didn't get
down in time to save the missing ar
ticles. sir
How did 1t happen. Grimmins? ??
asked Dawson with an admirins
glance at the old man.
Well sir" returned Grimmins. II
don't deserve any too much credit for
what 1 done. sir. Ny discovery of the
fellow was yshelly a9St ridaat in tae
aF,ar FIRST place; ,n.s; had kped' g SsT +
tried to go to sleep sir, but I couldn't I.
l was sufferin' from nasty headache,
sir, which 1 frequently am OWN to a
lack OF exercise and a bilious dispo-
sition. About o'clock in the morning,
sir. it ached so bad l thought I'd go
downstairs, sir. to get glass o. vichy
10 sort OF settle me up, and on my way
UP from the icebox on the kitchen floor
1 heard some very queer sounds in the
dining-room. I stood outside the door
in the dark o the hallway, sir, and
listened for a minute and heard very
plainly the whispering voices of AT
least two men, with bit of a chink
sir, that gave me the idea that they
was handlin' the silver rather familiar
like. Not likin' the notion of my silver
bein' treated that way by strangers
tiptoed around through the door at the
end of the hall that opens into my pan
try, sir, from where. through the
swinging door leading into the dining
room, was able to see what was goin
on inside. The swinging door opens
very quietly and in a couple of minutes
I'd got in behind the screen that hides
it from those sittin' at the table. There
was two of 'em in the dining room, sir;
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15
By F. VI. Wbifos.

Reaching into the flower pot Black
stone brought up a handful of gold
bearing dirt and carefully put it into
the side pocket of his coat. Three
times more he hurried1y dipped into the
pot before he had cleaned up all the
soil from the bottom. and then, satisfied
that he had left none of his gold pieces.
he fitted plant and earth back into their
place and left the room and the house
while the bearded man slept on.
Swift found that the house in which
he had spent the night was In one of the
narrow streets running out of the Eus-
ton road, near the station. He paid for
his third-class sicket for Liverpool with
one of the sovereigns he took out os
the dirt in his coat pocket; but, as time
was pressing, he deferred cleaning out
that receptacle and making sure thar
he had recovered the full amount of his
original loss until he should take his
place In the train.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

Alone in a compartment Blackstone
reached into his side pocket to take
stock of it's contents. Two Soverei9ns
came up in the first handful of dirt and
one in the next. and he realized that he
had salvaged all his coin He then
turned the pocket inside out. in order
to free IT of the rest OF the soil he had
taken out OF the flower pot, when. 60
his utter amazement. four more goid
pieces rolled out upon the floor of the
carriage.
He sat back in his seat and gasped as
the truth flashed upon him. The flower
pot had been the bearded mans bank.
and Blackstone had unwfttfngly robbed
the robber OF "a.
Blackstone occasionally tells this
story among his more intimate friends.
and he always declares that he is as
smart as they make EN-. because the
only time he was ever, robbed he got
the best of the transaction.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15
HE

his gold. and found that the four SOW
ereigns he had had with him when he left
the railway station were missing. He
went through his other pockets. moving
on the bed with the utmost caution in
order not to rouse the sleeper on the
floor beside him. and ascertained that
he Was penniless save for two or three
silver coins and a few coppers.
At this point Blackstone remembered
a vision that II seemed to him had Wis
tied his recent slumbers. In this dream
he had seen two tsen, one with black
beard and another whose features he
could not clearly distinguish from his
point of observation because they were
his own, struggling up two flights of
stairs in fraternal embrace, OCCASION
ally slipping back one-or two steps or
pausing to rest with arms about one
another's necks. who. after overcom-
ing many difficulties superimposed upon
them by the law of gravitation and its
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

in the peajacket had evidently
brought him from the public house in
the Euston road to his present quar-
ters, doubtless the others lodgings
Blackstone rose noiselessly from the
bed and as noiselessly approached the
window. In two of the flower pots
sickly geraniums were growing, and
dead stalk rose from the soil of the
third He found that he could raise
the window without noise. and. after
the withered plant and the dirt about
it's roots from their terra Gotta en-
vironment he caught the CLEAN of gold
in the loan at the bottom. His dream
had been real.
THE fellow went through my
pockets while he was helping me up
stairs" said Blackstone to himself
"and he thought that / was so much
engrossed in holding myself down on
the bed that didn't notice his visit to
the window
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

corolaries, had entered a small room
that was then unfamiliar to him.
The room in the dream was lighted
very dimly by the reflection from
street lamp across the Way, and 1t had
but one window. In which three flower
pots were silhouetted. Blackstone had
particularly remarked the flower pots.
because in his vision he had seen the
man with the beard, after assisting
his companion to the bed. step quickly
to the window, open 1t hastily and
seize one Of the plants by the top,
which he lifted-soil and all-from it's
receptacle, and then. after apparently
putting something into 1t. hurriedly
replace the plant and close the window
Blackstone looked toward the win
dow to ascertain whether, by any
strange chance, 1t contained vegeta-
ton and discovered there were three
flower pots on the sill outside. He
grasped the situation now. The man
Morris tribune., 1906-06-02
I S I
A WISE FARMERS RULE.

A farmer who has had his fair share OF
buying gold bricks tells The Daily News he
never got bitten yet but that it was buying
some article that wasn't advertised
"The first time" he says, twas lightning
rods, that bought by the foot and paid for by
the inch. Next time it was patent gate [ got
soaked on. The agent said they sold it on such
close margin they couldn't afford to advertise.
I've bought encyclopedias and sofas, and if |
ever bought one thing that had not been adver-
tised that held together over night, don't re-
member it.
"Now when agent comes ask him
where his article was advertised, and if he can't
show me anything but handbills, the deal is off
right there"
It is certainly rule that has reason under
it. The manufacturer who advert1ses persist
emily in responsible publications is investing
heavily in building up reputation. 1t would
be rankest folly not to back the reputation with
goods that would sustain it.
A strolling dealer may sell worthy goods,
but if they don't turn out we'll he is not coming
back to give an account of it. Goods handled
by the home merchant or advertised by reliable
methods have got to be as represented.
1t is better to be safe than to be sorry.-N Min
neapolis Daily News.
Morris tribune., 1906-06-02
DIRT AND THE HOTTIE.

A lady received the following reply from
a neighbor In answer to the question why she
allowed her children and husband to litter up
every room in the house, and the sentiment
will find lod gment in the heart OF every home
loving person in the land. "The mark of the
little muddy feet upon the floor can be easier
removed than the stain when those little feet
90 down into the highways of evil The prints
of the little fingers on the window pane cannot
shut out the sunshine half SO much the
shadow that darkens the mothers heart over
the one who is but name through the comm 6
years And if my John finds his home re-
fuge from care and trouble and his greatest
happiness within it's four walls, he can put his
boots in the rocking chair, and hang his coat
up on the floor every day in the week. And if
can stand it and he enjoys it, L cannot see
that it is anybody else's business"
Morris tribune., 1906-06-02
A DEFICIT in DOCKAGE.
neapolis Daily News,


One of the first rules of the grain trade as
lit applies to the buyer for line elevator is that
he must not be short in his weights In some
remarks upon the ways.of the grain trade re-
Gently published by The Daily News, that cir
cumstance was brought out.
If the buyer lays heavy hand on the scales
when he is buying, his employer expresses
mild disapproval but if his own weights come
out short he is lucky if he does not go to Jail.
Not many days ago NJ 7. Sand, an elevator
buyer in Fergus Falls was pulled up for short
age amounting to 1881, and criminal charges
were preferred against him.
Sand protested that he had not stolen a
grain of wheat-he had been too easy in dock
ing. His neighbors believed him, believed in
him so thoroughly that they made subscrp-
drew it's criminal charge.
That is a tribute to this Sands char
acter and to the quality of his neighbors.
People do not assume such burden for the
benefit of any man who has yellow streak.
And grouchy community does not extend
such fellowship 1t is refreshing transaction
in the midst of commerce that groans with
friction.
This same transaction points directly t.
one of the chief causes of friction. The buyer
who does not take enough dockage faces ruin.
It is pitfal most buyers sedulously avoid and
learn in their anxiety to provide liberal mar
gin against leakage also and accidents in tran
Sit all at the farmers cost.
The lesson was Thoroughly exploited in the
discussion in The Daily News, to which this in
cident furnishes additional point.
The farmers only surety is to take the
whole business in their hands and bear
the losses and gain the benefits. The service
costs them then exactly what it costs, without
vexatious Minneapolis Daily News.