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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-25
Weather Conditions,

e s. *
Cloudy weather is general this morn.
ing over much of the country, except
along the gulf coast, in the ohi9 val
lev, the middle and southern Rocky
mountain region and southern Califor-
MIA, and there have been rains during
the past twenty-four hours in saskateh-
.-.,,,ri' Arkansas, eastern Kansas and
Oklahoma the heaviest Of which were
EOS inches at Duluths 1853 inches at
Milaca, Mimi, and 10 at Montev,deo,
MINI. The temperatures are slightly
higher than they We're yesterday morn:
ing in North Dakota, Minnesota and
the lake region, and they are falling
in Montana and the western British
possessions, due to the eastern move
ment of the high pressure area which
overlies the northern Rocky mountain,
region. The eastward movement OF
the Montana high pressure is expected
to bring cooler weather in this vicinity
tonight and Sunday, and showers TO-
night. i. 3. Outram,
Section Director.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-25

Judge Won Meden Of Hamburg who re.
Gently disappeared while on his honeymoon al
Hanover. and was found wandering in thu
streets Of Zurich. has now been declared IN
sane. Among papers found on him was lette,
from his wife. On the envelope he had writ
s ten: II did not know man could be so happy
am so very happy that i think shalt &C
mad ~ -~c
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-25
NECROLOGIC

JAMES COLLOGAN.-The funeral
Of James Collogan, who died Aug. 20
aged II years, was held from the home
Of his son, J. W. Collogan, 2940 Bloom
ington avenue, on Wednesday. Mr..
Co1logan was resident of Minneapo-
lis for thirty-two years.
MRS. LILLIAN G. RONDECK, wife
of G. A. Rondeck, died Saturday at the
city hospital The funeral will take
place Sunday at pm. at the under
taking rooms Of f. M: Dauphine & Co..
6l3 Eighth avenue S. Interment will
be at Sank Rapids.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-25

Weather Now and Then.
Today, maximum 70, minimum SO d.
grees; a year ago, maximum 80, mini
mum SO degrees.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-25

S New York city has to bear about one-thirty-
third Of the entire fire loss of the United States
aud Canada. In June its loss was S424, 900 as
compared with a total OF $13, $50, $50. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-25
Insurance Reform.

Action in conjunction with the in
surance reform forces already in the
field rather than independent effort
was the suggestion made by Charles F..
Libby Of Portland, Me-, in his report
as chairman Of the committee on uni
form Insurance laws. The major part
Of the report was given over to a re-
view Of the work already done to Sc
euro uniform insurance regulation. In
his recommendations Mr.. Libby pointed
out, in behalf Of his committee. that
there WAS great need for standard,
uniform policies for both life and fire
insurance. 7-- -
Other committees were called on at
the morning session, but, with the ex-
ception of the. committee on CONNER
cial law, either failed to report OF
asked that their report might be de.
ferred to later time. e.
Negotiable warehouse receipts were
the striking feature sof the provisions
Of the law Of warehouse receipts re-
ported by this committee. In draw
ing up this law Professor Samuel Will
son of the Harvard law school and Bar:
ny NOLAN Of Washington, the men EN-.
ployed by the committee, endeavored to
make it simply an embodiment, Of
usages and customs Of the commercial
world with references to warehouse re
Ce1pt6, ~. zs2 - II. g&,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-25
UNIFORM LAWS TO
COME BY DEGREES
NATIONAL ! COMMISSION MEETS
TODAY IN ST. PAUL.
President Eaton and Other Officers Re-
view Work Of Year Along Line Of
, Uniformity Of State Laws - Much
As' Good Has Already Been Done by
National Congress. TssSss

Assembling quietly and opening their
session without ceremony, the commits
sioners on uniform state laws began
their annual conference in the senate
chamber of the new state capitol today.
Governor John A. johnson was intro
duced by President A. M. Eaton as
soon as the conference was called to
order and he welcomed the commits
sioners in behalf of the state,
After acknowledging the greeting of
the governor, President Eaton began
the reading of his annual address,. In
it he reviewed exhaustively the vari-
ous federal laws tending toward greater
uniformity, commenting at length upon
the rate bill pune food bill and
naturalization bill. 4. ILL.,
81 Some Suggestions.
Criminal, VITAL, judicial statistics,
according to President Eaton, offer a
large field to the conference and he
urged the necessity of securing state
legislation looking toward uniformity
ing data on these important subjects. :.
AS indicating the forward movement
Of uniformity, Professor Eaton pointed
to the recent insurance convention.
Divorce Congress. : II
He reviewed briefly the work done
along the line Of insurance reform and
went into the divorce question at
length. e
Taking as his illustration South Caro-
lima, which allows no positive divorce,
he pointed out the need Of just and
uniform divorce laws; laws which would
promote public morality by granting
divorce when necessary and preventing
divorce by collision or strategem.
Reviews tho Year. p,
President Eaton concluded his ad:
and encouragement received by the
conference in the last year and a trib:
ute to those commissioners who had
died. s...- +.-,
At the conclusion Of the reading of
this address it was referred to the ex-
ecutive committee with recommends.
ton that action be taken with regard
to the suggested reform as to stats.
tics and pure food.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-31

A writer who once saw Lord Tenny-
son on the platform of a railway sta
ton says of him: "He would have been
tall, but his shoulders seemed some
what bent His hair was long; so was
his beard. He wore an ugly Inverness
cape and large SLOUGH hat He looked
like a bandit in a melodrama, and
thought him some poor actor who had
come out In some of the stage proper
ties. He seemed so sad / felt quite
sorry for him as l watched him walk
mp and down the platform"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-31
THE GOLDFlNCH.
Changes In Plumage That Are Puz-
Fling to the Novice.

Most every one in America is &C
ouainted with the goldfinch, but many
people know the bird by the name of
lettuce bird, on account of its bright
yellow color. Goldfinch is very appro-
pirate name, as the bright yellow OF
the male, when in breeding plumage, is
like FURNISHED gold. The female gold
finch is more modestly dressed than
her mate. The changes in plumage OF
the male are very interesting and TO
the novice somewhat puzzling. Until
the student becomes acquainted with
the bird he may wonder why he sees
no males during the winter. The truth
is, at this season the fiocks of supposed
female goldinches are really of both
sexes, the male bird having assumed
in the previous fall, usually by the end
of October, plHmage closely resem-
bling that Of the female and young
bird of the year. The male retains this
inconspicuous dress until late in Feb
ruary, when one can notice a gradual
change taking place in some of the
birds. This renewal of feathers is ac
lively continued through March and
April and by the 1st of May our re-
splendent bird is with us again. The
song period with the male goldfinch
continues as long as he wears his gold
and black livery, for it commences as
early as the middle of March and ends
late in August Goldfinches are very
cleanIy in their habits and battle fire.
quently. Their nests are exquisite
pieces of bird architecture, the inside
being lined with the softest plant
down. The mother bird is the builder,
her handsome consort during the nest
building time devoting most of his eff
forts to singing TO cheer his industrious
mate.-Philadelph Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-31
LAUGHTER.
Even if 1t De Emotional Insanity,
Let Us Have Plenty of 1t.

Lei Us EA&tVG richly "a AAs
Some English scientist has reached
the conclusion that laughter is insan-
ity. He regards a fit of laughter as an
emotional insanity of short duration.
All right. then, give us little more in
sanity. There is not laughter enough
in the world-at least the right kind of
laughter. We will let the Englishmen
keep their faces straight if they want
to. but it BELTS the American civiliza-
ton better to break out into laughter
once in awhile. Laughter is good for
the facial muscles. It develops the
muscles of the neck as well as the face.
1t makes the corners of the mouth turn
upward instead of downward 1t gives
the wrinkles of the face q pleasing out
line, quickens the action of the heart
and gives new life to the nerve centers.
Yes, we can afford to let the English
man look wise and idiotic if he wants
to. He can stare with fish eyed big
otry whenever q joke is perpetrated,
never allowing ripple of merriment
to disturb the placidity of his counte-
nance. He can do all these things that
he wishes to, but let US go on laugh
Ing. This kind of insanity mixes very
well with sanity and prosaic life. A
little burst of emotional insanity breaks
nicely the monotony of facts and fig
ures-Medical Talk.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-31
LiNCOLN'S DISPOSITION.
ordinarily Cheerful, 1t Held n Strain
of Deep Melancholy.

of Deep Melancholy.
Hopeful and cheerful as he ordinarily
seemed. there was in Mr.. Lincoln's dis
position a strain of deep melancholy.
This was not peculiar to him alone, for
the pioneers as q race We're somber
rather than gay Their lives had been
passed for @enerations under the most
trying physical conditions, near malaria
infested streams and where they breath
ed the poison of decaying vegetation
insufficient shelter, storms, the cold of
winter, savage enemies and the cruel
labor that killed off all but the hardest
of them had at the same time killed the
happy go-lucky gayety of an easier
form of life They were thoughtful,
watchful, wary; capable, indeed, of
wild merriment, but it has been said
that although a pioneer might laugh he
could not easily be made to smile
Lincolns mind was unusually sound
and sane and normal. He had cheer
full, wholesome. sunny nature, yet he
had inherited the strongest traits of the
pioneers, and there was in him, more.
over, much OF the poet, with a poet's
capacity for joy and pain. It is not
strange that as he developed into man.
hood, especially when his deeper nature
began to feel the STRINGS of ambition
and of love, that these seasons of de
preston and gloom came upon him
with overwhelming force.-Helen Nico
lay in st. Nicholas.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-31
Fiction.

Legitimately produced and truly In
spirited, fiction interprets humanity. in
forms the understanding and qulckens
the affections. 1t reflects ourselves,
warns us against social follies. adds
rich specimens to our cabinet Of char
acters, dramatizes life for the unimag
NATIVE, daguerreotypes 1t for the I'M
observant, multiplies experience for the
isolated or inactive and cheers age, re-
tirement and invalidism with an avail
able and harmless solace.-Tuckerman
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-31
THE BARK OF TREES.
Natures Provision For the Relief OF
the Growing Plant.

the Growing Plant.
The practical cultiyator understands
that nature makes provision for getting
rid of the bark of trees as the trunk in
creases in size. On the growth of the
past season may be seen small olive
spots. These are formations of cork.
From year to year, in subsequent de-
velopment. these little patches spread,
really eating their way through the
bark. This is the provision which ma
ture makes for finally rifting the bark
in each species of plant. These cork
cells have their own special lines of de-
velopment. and this is the reason why
each kind of tree has its own particular
bark The characteristics are so prom
inent that clever observers can select
different kinds of trees by their bark
even at midnight As it is the evident
intention of nature TO get rid of old
bark, it is great help to the tree to as
sist nature in this respect, aud any
wash or treatment which aids the
plant in getting rid of it Is prac-
teal advantage. Soapy water wash or
I've water is useful, and even scraping
has been found of great advantage.
In a rough sort of way lime wash is
frequently used, the only objection be-
ing the white and glazing color 1t is.
however, the cheapest and the best Of
all bark treatment
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-31
The Fiddler Crab In Winter Quarters

In winter, when the surface of the
ground in which it is accustomed to
burrow may become frozen or covered
with ice, the fiddler crab bores deep
into the mud or sand and stays until
spring. The black or mud fiddler fairly
riddles the meadow banks along the
salt creeks. 1t bores in. usually hori
zontally, and it may be as far as six
or eight feet from the face Of the bank,
and then down into the mud at various
angles until 1t gets below the level of
the tide, which rises and falls through
the loose mud, in the fiddler crabs
burrow. There are myriads of the
black fiddiers, and they so honeycomb
the bank that sometimes under the
added weight of ice gathered upon the
top of it the bank breaks down.-New
York Tribune.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-31
Iittln uiIlie,s snrnrise-

Mr. and Mrs. Blank recently moved
from the city TO the suburbs. The first
night in their new home their five-year-
old son climbed into bed as soon as he
was undressed.
willie" said his mother, haven't
you forgotten to say your prayersT
"Why. mamma" he replied, sis God
way out here too?"-Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-31

Man never fastened one end of a
chain around the neck of his brother
that COD did not fasten the other end
round the neck of the oppressor.-La-
MARITIME.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-20
ROYAL AlRcANUM oFF1cERs

Hartford, April 1S.-The state coun- ell of the Royal Arcanum at its annual session in Hartford yesterday received reports showing that the membership was 72S7, one year ago, and at the pres ent time it is 5S15. This compares fav- orably with other grand jurisdictions. These officers were chosen;
 Grand regent, Walter E. Garfield, Norwich; grand vice regent, Horace S. Savage, Meriden; past grand regent Charles F. Brayton; grand secretary, Carleton E. Hoadley, New Haven; grand treasurer, Burton c. Bryan, Wa terbury; grand orator, William F. Holt South Norwalk; grand guide, John M Burr, Norwich; grand warden, E. F. Pride, Bridgeport; grand chaplain Oscar L. Burdick, Stamford; grand sentry, A. H. Barclay, New Haven; su- preme trustees, w. A. L. Hatfield Bridgeport, Carleton E. Hoadley o1 New Haven; alternates, w. G. Gun ming of New Haven, one year, T. H Patterson, Bristol two vars.
 The new officers were installed by Mayor Francke w. Dickinson ot Springfield, who was assisted by a Massachusetts stat eorator, James B Shaftoe of Springfield. The annua, meeting next year will be held in the city.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-20
ORIENTAL SOCIETY.

Session Comes to an End Decided to
 Let Nippur Controversy Alone.
 The American Oriental society has just closed its annual session in this city after deciding to take no action as an organization on the Nippur con troversy and Prof. Angelo Heilprin. He has many friends in the society and some of them would have been glad had the society passed a vote vindicat- ing him. The society has voted, how ever, to ignore the matter which came up before the board of directors for ac- tion, but did not get any further.
 Before adjourning it's annual session, which has been in progress for two days, the society voted to hold it's next annual meeting in Philadelphia, begin ming April 4, 1907. It will consume two days of the Easter vacation next year,
 One of the most valuable of the pa- pers of the closing session was that of Prof. C. T. Toy of Harvard. the presi- dent-elect His subject was "The De- cline of Totemism,' Prof. Lyon of Har- yard arrived in time to give his paper on Female votaries in the Days of Hammurrabi," during the closing ses- sion.
 A feature of the days sessions was the lunch given at the Graduates club by the New Haven members of the so- ciety to the male delegates and a lunch at the New Haven Country club to the female delegates by the wives of the New Haven members.
 This city Is largely represented in the membership, having twelve enrolled In the society and the editors. Profs. Tor rey and Hopkins, the librarian, Prof. Hans Oertel and the treasurer, Prof. Frederick Wells Williams, are all Yale men resident in this city.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-20
Local weather Report
Brief Mention.
High water to-day, 9:2s p. m.

High water to-day, 926 p. m.
 Everybody's Magazine for May at The Pease-Lewis Co.'s.
 The Westville ball team will play the Greenleafs at O'Connell's lot Saturday afternoon. On all Saturday games the teams playing on O'Connells lot will receive all the proceeds of the game.
 The Lombard street engine company was called out to, Bishops gate, East Rock park, yesterday to extinguish a grass fire which started near State street, and was eating its way into the park preserves.
 The spring practice of the Yale foot ball team began yesterday at Yale field; nearly thirty men were out and more are expected out for the rest of the practice, which will consist of long passing and kicking for the most part.
 Harwood Ingham Turner of Fair Ha- ven, bookkeeper at the Seamless Rub Der company, is the happy father of a little daughter, born on Wednesday, and Frank E. Turner, the genial sex ton of Trinity F. E. church, is being congratulated on having become a grandfather.
 The board of compensation is to hold
 
 a meeting in city hall Tuesday evening when the benefits resulting from the extension of Crown street to Wooster will be considered. The board has al- ready heard property owners upon the question of damages that may result from the project.
 Yale is likely to have a special in- vestigation of the San Francisco dis aster from her professor of geology, Dr. Herber E. Gregory. He went to southern California last month for a few weeks vacation for his health, and is now there. He will be in position to make an exhaustive study of the phenomenon.
 Herbert c. Fuller, secretary of the Security Insurance company of this city, said yesterday: "The company has had an office in San Francisco only a year and to the best of my knowledge has sustained no heavy losses. Our risks are well scattered throughout the city and we anticipate no serious loss.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-20
ENTERTAINMENTS.
Hyperion TheaseH

By many students of the drama Mary Shaw is regarded as the best actress we have on the American stage to-day. Her superb work in Ibsens master piece Ghosts" a play she starred in successfully andgalso for her character ization of the role of the mother in Ben Hur in that famous play, together with many other notable contributions to histrionic art has prompted the Messrs. Shubert to launch her as one of their stars in a modern comedy dra- ma from the German, entitled "The Love That Blinds" Supported by Henry Jewett, Katherine Grey, George s. Titheredge and Eileen Anglin, Miss Shaw will be the attraction at the Fly perion on Saturday, April 21. Seats sell ing now.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-20
BEEN HTER. i"

The many recent gigantic undertak- ings of the progressive firm of Klaw & Erlanger, make it apparent that an ambition to be considered first amonf the producers of the day was the un- dertaking motive in this Ben Hur'' undertaking and though there was, un- doubtedly, the anticipation of large pe- cuniary profits, there was as well, a sincere desire to enlist the critical ap- proval of their endeavors in the direc- tion of theatrical art. Another Ben Hur" season is scheduled for this city. The great religious drama will be pre- scented at the Hyperion April 30 and May and 2, and it is safe to predict that the same patronage which marked the former engagement will again be duplicated. -..t,.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-20
NEW SHE'LL IS HERE.

The new she'll made by Ward, of Cambridge, has arrived at the Yale boathouse and will be tried out to- morrow. On the result of this trial will depend which shell Is to be used in the Harvard race at New London, There are two shells under condition that which was made at Kings Bridge and has been used thus far in the practice by the varsity crew and the new one which has just arrived from Ward.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-20
FUNERAL OF GRACE GOODWIN
Many Beautiful Floral Tributes from
 Friends.


 Friends.
 The funeral of Grace Goodwin, daugh- ter of James and Mary Goodwin, took place yesterday morning from the resi- dence of her parents, 2 Gilbert avenue, at SSO, and at o'clock from St. Johns church, where a high mass of requiem was celebrated by Rev. Father Ford, who, at the conclusion of the mass, spoke very highly of the deceased, whose sad taking away in the prime of life was indeed to be deplored. Miss Goodwin was a patient sufferer during her illness and had fully resigned her. self to her Creator. She leaves, besides her parents, to Anourn her loss three sis ters and two brothers, Mrs. R. H. Burns, Mrs. F. J. Carey, Nettie Good win and Joseph and Edward Goodwin. Among the many floral offerings which surrounded the casket were pillow of lilies and roses from her parents; a wreath of carnations from brothers and sisters; heart of lilies and roses from niece and nephews; cross of carnations and roses from MT. and Mrs. George Lamb; bouquet of carnations from Miss Genevieve Walsh, of Bridgeport; spray of tulips from D. A, Heavren; bouquet of carnations from George Cahill; spray of lilies from Frederick and Miss Irene Raycroft, of Bridgeport; spray of tulips from Mrs. Louis Hurley and family; carnations from Miss Kitty Granfield; bouquet of lilies and carnations from John and Nellie Callahan, of Bridge port; carnations from Miss Jennie Richter; wreath of fern with white roses, James Feeley and family, of Bridgeport; carnations from Mir. and Mrs. Oscar Edgerley; mignonettes and carnations from Miss Argnes Butler; mignonettes and carnations from MT and Mrs. Rogan.
 The pallbearers were Daniel Heav- ren. Ronald Williams, William Shay, Frederick Rock, Charles Goodwin and James O'Donnell. The flower bearers were Frank Keenan and George Cahill. The interment was in St. Lawrence cemetery.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-20
Biiou Thenter.

Commencing Monday, April 2S, will be the last week of the stock company's engagement for this season. They will present for that week the beautiful comedy drama entitled "The Senator's Daughter" A play of social life in Washington D. c. The play was one of the great successes of this company on the road. The performances of Madame Sans Gene this week are being thoroughly enjoyed by the pat sons of this cosy playhouse The sing ing of little Mabel Miller this week Is one of the enjoyable features of the performance. Matinees are given daily
 Friday matinee, souvenirs to the ladies,