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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01

or that some strange phantasmagoria
had deceived not oneS:mind, but two,
which an illusion does not often do. 80.
But the strange experiences of the
watchers had not ended IN the morn
ing, when the casket was moved, there
was round hole burned thru the floor
on the spot where the casket stood. A
heap Of old papers underneath the
floor also had been burned. Had fire
found its way underneath the build
ing to this spot in the mass Of paper,
and so up thru the floorq Perhaps.
The freaks of the real are often as
strange as anything we attribute to the
unreal. But several things must be
noted. If the fire came in under the
floor from without, it. escaped setting
fire to other debris in it's progress.
Moreover, the appearance of the hole
and the area Of burned paper seemed
to indicate that the fire had burned
from above downward, like the ray Of
a burning glass: How did the fire come
to burn this hole under the casket,
which, 1t must be explained, rested di-
rectly upon the hoor7 d
A few nights later, the faculty of
the institution sat in the office of DR..
! Gardner, the president, discussing the
rcceut mystifying J events. Suddenly
their discussion was terminated by a
tremendous racket just outside the
door. Waiting a moment in the hope
1T would cease, DR.. Gardner threw open
the door. The noise ceased instantly
All was silent and dark in the hall
| Whoever it was had taken himself of
with a rapidity that was astonishing.
Three times more the noise was re
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
COLLEGE CHORUS AND
BAND START ON TOUR
Miss Loe Of Minneapolis to Accompany
Musicals of Luther College, DEBORAH,
on School Advertising Trip. 49,
Special to The Journal.


DEBORAH, Iowa, June 30.-The Luther
college band and chorus, with Miss Loe
of Minneapolis, left today on their con-
cert tour to the Pacific coast They
will give a concert Sunday afternoon
and Monday evening in Mabel, MINI.
On July 4 they play in Rev, n. J.
Strands Congregation near Albert Lea.
They will then give concerts in North
wood, Lake Mills, Somber, Bode and
Forest City, Iowa. From there they
go to Wells, Belview, Sacred Heart,
Granite Falls, Willmar, Benson, Morris,
Starbuck, Barrett, Elbow Lake. Roth.
say and GAINESVILLE, Mimi. They will
then go to Fargo, Kindred. Hillsboro,
Grand Forks, Portland, Mayville, Minot
and Ray. n. D. ~ ~. ga
From Ray they go to Spokane. Wash,
where they give concert on Aug. Z;
they then go to the coast and give the
first concert on the sound in Everett.
From Everett they go north to Silyana,
Stanwood and Bellingham. From
Bellingham they go back to play in
Seattle, Tacoma and Falkland, Wash,
and then go to Portland. Silverton and
Astoria, Oregon. 49,. go,
They will make a pleasure trip from
Pacific. They will then go back to
Tacoma, where their leader, Professor
Sperati, will lead the Pacific singing
societies which hold sangerfest'
there on Aug 25, 26 and 81.
There will be forty-three gentlemen
and two ladies, Miss Loe and Mrs:
| Sperati, in the party. The trip will
| be. great advertisement for Luther
| college.
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FAME Of IOWA MAYOR N Az! -.
EXTENDS TO GOTHAM
Ingledue of Marshalltown Is Jol-
lied in Characteristic FASH
ion by the Sun.
Marshalltown, Iowa, June 30.-Mayo,

Marshalltown, Iowa, June 3o.-Mayor
o. L. Ingledue of Marshalltown is
gaining fame in the east. He acquired
some when he first was elected by pub
licly announcing that in order to en-
courage matrimOny he would make no
charge for performing ceremonies. i
Later he put another fea Their in his
cap by taking up the paving contro-
versy which threatened to involve the
settlement, alike advantageous to the
property holder, the city and the as
phalt company. Then he got himself
talked about to some extent by sen
fencing vagrant to shave and hair
cut and ten days. work on the stone
pile.
His latest move, however, when he
announced his intention to sentence
petty criminals, DRINKS and vags to dig
dandelions on the courthouse and
library lawns, put him into the New
York papers. The New York Sun COM
ments as follows:
They have great brains out in Iowa
There, for instance Is the mayor Of Mar
shalltown, whose name is Ingledue. II
Is a sylvan sort Of name. One thinks OF
dewy rnorns and ingledells, where g
weary hobo might loaf and invite his soul
Not bit Of it. Hobos are hereby warned
| tIlaC w. L. lHS1euuo OF MdTSEdlllOWn IS
. foe to the wanderlust. an enemy to thai
simple life In which one is content with
a haymow for a couch and back steI
dining table with "anything ye happen t
have, lady" for a repast.
o. L. Ingluedue Of Marshalltown ha:
devised a new and ingenious discourage!
Of the simple life above mentioned. Fl.
drags up all the tramps who get within
smelling distance of Marshalltown ant
puts them to work-digging the dande
lions out Of the lawns which sweetly en-
bosom the courthouse and the cit!
library.
With O. L. Ingluedue 1t Is war, war t,
the knife, against both the dandelion an.
the tramp And the smart mayor o
Marshalltown has solved the difficult.
by putting the knife into the hands Of tn
tramp and setting hobo. and dandelion t.
fighting each other. An admiring nation
takes off its hat to o. L. Ingledue Of Iowa
Another thing that made the mayo
talked about is his resemblance tosTon
johnson Of Cleveland, not only in hi
vigorous and advanced methods Of ad
ministration, but in looks. Among tn
boys he is known as "Big Chief"
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Special to The journal

op0ShoA
=, Nashotah, Wis, June 30.--At com
logical seminary, stronghold Of high
church Episcopalianism in the west,
you will hear a strange story which
concerns the man who not only founded
the work here, but was also the pioneer
of the Episcopalian establishment at
Faribault, Mimi. At this point is the
theological seminary and three miles
away at Delafeld is the military acad-
emv, st. Johns, which constitute the
group Of schools the Rev. William Lloyd
Breck began in Wisconsin. The group
lacks the girls school, which completes
the triad at Faribault, and, tho older,
the theological seminary Is not so large
at the Seabury Divinity school. But
Seabury, Shattuck and st. Mary g have
no ghost story to set over against the
weird tales they tell you in Nashotah.
Rev. William Lloyd Breck was known
as "The Pioneer Of the Church, in
Episcopalian circles. After he had
founded the Seabury mission, he went
on to California, where he established
St. Augustine's college for boys, and
st. Mary's of the Pacific for girls. al
Benicia. He died and was buried there
| Several years later, the Wisconsin
church asked that his body be trans
ferred to the scene of his early labors
and it was exhumed and brought tt
Nashotah.
After it's arrival the casket contain
ing the remains lay for time on thu
ground floor of one of the seminary
buildings, where each night watcher
sat with it until the time for the cere
monies attending the reburial shoul'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
SAGE Of HUDSON HAS
! seen :. ! WEST DEVELOP
Matteson Visited St. Anthony
Falls When No Dwelling Was
On West Side.

Hudson, Wis, June 30.-Elon J. Mat
teson, the Usage of Hudson" has been
a resident of Wisconsin since territorial
days, settling within it's borders in
1914. He is SO years old, but seems
to enjoy life as much as the average
boy or girl
, On a pleasant afternoon one is almost
pine before his door, meditating, read
ing or chatting with. some pioneer
neighbor. His figure is tall and stall
wart, his face white with a snowy
beard. is stern with thought and resoll.
ton, but the clear, blue eyes have a
genial twinkle that invites friendly
approach and discourse. ~,
: Mr.. Matteson' was born in Genesee
county, New York, June IA, 1928. He
vile, Wis, in lS4s,, and they have a
daughter, now Mrs. Emma Haycox of
Hudson. With his wife and babe Mr.
Matteson sailed up the Mississippi river
and the St. Croix, intending to land at
Houlton, Wis, opposite Saltwater, but
the st. Croix was freezing and there
was SO much ice on the Wisconsin side
that the boat could not land there, sc
Mrs. Matteson and family had to get
Nov. 49,, 1850. They remained at Still
water, several weeks till the ice be-
came so firm; that they could walk
across the St.. Croix to Houlton, where
there were then two houses, one Of
them occupied by the family Of Stepher
Matteson, an elder brother of Flor
Matteson. In those weeks Of waiting
Mr.. Matteson explored the country OF
the Minnesota side of the st, Croix
visiting among other places st. Pau
and St. Anthony, which were then mer
hamlets. Says Mr.. Matteson: ....
IT stopped over night at q new hote
called the St. Charles, I believe, whicl
stood on the east side Of st. Anthem,
falls. When I got up in the morning
I watched with keen interest a littl
sawmill at the falls and the west side
where. there WASH It a single dwelling
I should like to take claim over ther
on that level plat said to the land
lord, but he shook his head and an
swered that that plat was an India,
reserve,
Mr., Matteson remained at Houlto
the winter of 1850 and 1851. He live
in the house Of his brother Stepher
who was a farmer, and spent his tim
chopping wood on the st. Croix. O.
April 10, 1851, he removed to Hudson
The venerable pioneer has Away
been keenly interested in public al
fairs. He was mayor Of Hudson in tn
70s, has been alderman for severe
terms, perhaps thirty years in all, wa
register of deeds Of St. Croix count
in 1865 and 1866, and clerk of court
few years later.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
THIRSTY FLIES
DRIVE DEER TO CITIES
Creatures of the Forest Also Seek
Rivers and Lakes in Their
Torment.
Special to The Journal.


Special to The Journal. -
Eveleth, Mimi, June 30.-This Is
the time of the year when the antlered
denizens of the forest are found on the
outskirts and even within the limits
of towns inc the north country. 1t is
the time of the fierce deerfies and
horsefies, the large, nagging "dip-
ed country almost impossible and al
most drive horses and cattle in pas
lures to obstruction. ~,
Maddened by the flies, the deer and
moose seek the open places andZwander
without fear into the city streets. They
also seek to free themselves from the
pests by swimming in the lakes. many
instances now being reported by fishing
and boating parties. = ''-
Saw Moose and Seven Deer.
While at a lake near Colby Charles
Nelson and B. C.. Christianson. hard
ware merchants of Aurora saw one bull
moose and seven deer in the course Of
morning s fishing The moose was
swimming in the lake and had no fear
whatever of the boat and men. At one
time it was within a few feet Of the
men, who were not at all DESTROYS of
having it nearer. The deer were seen
in twos and threes on the banks Of
the lake.
At Long Lake a canoeing party COM
posed of Leo Shapiro, cashier of the
Miners National bank; G. B. Hoel, Ed
Hatch, Alex King, Jack Pasternacki
and several young ladies', saw a fine
buck swimming.
whats that with the .fuzz on?"
cried one of the girls. The buck swan
near them and then away. AS he
reached the ground he shook himself,
looked calmly around and disappeared
in the forest.
The season for deerflies is short.
There are at least. two species both
possessing the same general characteris-
ties, but one larger than. the othel. ~ TIC
larger species haunts the thicker pine
woods. Bulletin No. 90 of the, state
agricultural station, Professor T. L.
Washburn has an article upon protec.
tive measures against the flies -.
Thousands Of Firms Celebrate.
The weather favored the celebration
of midsummer day, by the Finlander.
and the gathering at the grounds thi:
side Of Virginia was something i'm
mense.
Eveleth and Ely entered the band
and athletic contests and Eveloth wor
the first prize. The singing contest wa.
abandoned for lack of full teams. II
Eveleth, Ely and Hibbing participated
in concert in rFay's hall, which wa!
crowded. <E..
The celebration next year will be hell
at Hibbing, and will last two days. TIL,
central committee to make arrange
ments is composed of Leanier Hero O.
Hibbing, presidents; Conrad Mattson o.
Virginia, secretary; Olivia Laulaia O.
Hibbing, assistant secretary, and Jacol
: Penttila of Eveleth, treasurer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
MITCHELL MAY GO FREE
Dementia Caused by Accident Thought
to Have Impelled Him to Kill.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The journal.
Des Moines, Iowa, June 30.-Becauss
skull, sustained prior to his crime, may
have been responsible for temporary
dementia, George Mitchell may secure
pardon from Governor Cummins. Ply
sicians at the Fort Madison peniten-
tiary have trepanned Mitchell IS skull,
and it is said his mind is beginning to
clear up. He killed John Parks at
Keokuk two years ago. Friends say
the deed was the result of pressure on
the brain.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
GOOD YEAR FOR MINING
More Activity in Montana s Industry
: Than Ever Before.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Helena, Mont, June 30.-Never in
the history of Montana has there been
such great activity in mining as at
present. ,, In the past week half a
dozen new companies have been organ
lied to operate in that field with an
aggregate capital of more than $4,000
900. Among these are the Butte. &
Anaconda, the Eighteen Ninety, the
Copper City and various others. =
So great has been the number of
mining companies Incorporated that the
receipts in the office of the secretary of
state the last quarter were the greatest
on record, and those for June are. the
greatest of any month in the year. with
nearly "a week for additions. The
Helena district, the Libby district, the
Lump ,Gulch district. and in fact every
mining county in the state reports un-
usualactivity. - -: p
In the Libby district, the Snowshoe
which has yielded more than $1.000.00C
from ore taken between the grass roots
and the 200-foot level, has been devel
oped toaa depth of $50 feet, and is still
In ore.a.ae Good ore has been found il
the Molly Gibson, Silver Cable ant
other properties.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01

Fine Reception at Bismarck for
the Grand Army Bodies
of the State.
Special to The journal,

Special to The journal. IT,. -,,..
Bismarck. N. D., June ,3o.-,AI recep;
ladies of the Relief Corps at which
Governor Sarles made an address, after
which he and the past and present
offic ers of the two Grand Army bodies
received the people.
Officers were installed today in joint
session and Commander Bigelow ap-
pointed DR.. H: J. Rowe, Of Casselton,
his adjutant general.
The ladies of the Relief Corps pre-
sented the Bismarck schools with a
large flag, the presentation being made
by Governor Sarles. This closed the
formal proceedings and most Of the
department will take it's regimental
band to the national encampment in
Minneapolis and hundreds of veterans
from this state will attend.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
EPISCOPAL MINISTERS
CLOSE ST. PETER MEETING
One Afternoon Was Spent in Fishing
and Boating on the Classic Waters of
Lake Emily.
Special to The Journal,

ST. Peter. Mimi, June 3o-Episcopal
ministters of the Faribault convoeation,
who held their midsummer meeting in
st. Peter, adjourned after session Of
two days. At the first evening session
the sermon was delivered by Rev. G.
Herbert Shut of st. Paul, Who spoke
on: "What Is a Churchman7 Why T
Am One.'
The topic under discussion the first
day was the needs Of the town church,
Rev. Charles l.. Slattery of Faribault
reading paper on "The Sunday School
Institute," and Rey: A: E. Fillmore Of
Mankato one On 1.-THE Church Club"
In the afternoon the clergymen were
taken to Lake Emily, where they fished
and boated, and at night the final SEES
sion Of the eonvocation was held in the
Church of the Holy Communion. The
topic for general discussion was:
"The Town Church, the subordinate
subjects being handled by the follow
ing. Its Men, Rev, J. s. Budlong,
Hayes, Northfeld, cts organiza:
tions," Rev. ". A. Dennis, Inverne; ;
It's Spiritual Life," Rev. W. H.
Pond, Wilder MINI. 49, 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
DENTAL OFFICES ROBBED
Burglars With Speciality Invade
Northern Wisconsin Towns.
Srecial to The Journal,

Special to The Journal.
Appleton, Wis, June 30.-Burglars
who have been raiding dental offices
in this part of the state were in Apple
ton last night, when DR.. w. T.. Cobke y' 3
office was entered and $50 worth of
gold taken. From here they went to
Kaukauna where they robbed DR.. Sui
Ivan of $500 Of the same material.
They also stole gold from dentists
Offices in Manitowac, Sheboygan, Men
asha and Oshkosh.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
SLAUGHTER OF FISH
Tons Of Carp and Bullheads Removed
that Bass May Flourish.

Special to The Journal.
Faribault, Mimi, June 3o.-Over if
teen tons of carp, bullheads and buffalo
fish have been removed from French
ard Roberts lakes in this B Vicinity by
ISOLATION. Some Of the carp weighed
twenty-five pounds and over. These
lakes have been stocked repeatedly with
young bass, which have been destroyed
by the rough fish. .s.s..G., r.
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Butte, Mont, June 3O.-Every indica-
ton points to the development of new
copper district in the Rainy Creek Sec
tion, F1athead county. Much work is
being done there and indications are
that copper will become an important
factor.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
PRISONER TURNS INVENTOR.

Special to The Journal.
Milwaukee, June 3O-Johna s. John
son, who killed Patrick Doyle here two
years ago and was given life sentence,
ble-polishing invention and has made
enough from it to get new trial from
the supreme court, He hopes to be ac-
quilted. WIZ
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
TRAIN FOR THE GRID1RoN
Lawrence Students Keep Hard as Nails
In the Harvest Fields.
Special to The Journal

Special to The Journal.
Appleton, Wis, June 30.-Lawrence
university students will respond to the
call made by Governor Hook of Kansas
for harvest hands. Three have gone
and others will follow at once. Those
who left early have written that they
tbs work IS hard they BEL" Believe It VIII M be
excellent training for them to get in
foAdition for football in the fall.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04

And now is the season for word regarding
the starting place of this habit which is caus
ing such to-do The school room is the nurs
cry OF the trouble In a little more than a
breathing space after session is called all the
ttlest tots, and all the seniors as well, will be
comfortably settling themselves with one leg
over the other, and the teacher can say nothing
for fear some observing scholar will point out
the beam-the error in his position.
DR.. Bede talked long and earnestly upon the
great necessity of correcting this habit in the
school room. He argued that the School Boards
make sitting cross-egged an offense punishable
by demerits and finally by expulsion if persisted
in He claims that by doing this the health of
the pupils will be greatly benefited and not
only will the chances of the scholars falling vic
tins to appendicitis be lessened many fold, but
that the general health of the students will be
much better if they are taught to sit properly.
He showed that sitting cross-legged impeded the
circulation, cramped the organs, distorted the
limbs Of the growing child and marred the grace
of his carriage.
At the conference it was concusivey proved
that irritation or inflammation of the appendix
was greatly aggravated by sitting in the position
so much talked against and that it had ten
dency to make the sitter take a doubed-up,
cramped position unless he tilted his chair And
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04

one leg over the other, when she is in the
privacy of her boudoir or quite alone in her
own sitting room.
Fortunately for our mental growth, where the
country shelters ten such rigid sticklers for
correct form" there will be found as many
hundred women-not to mention the men,
who allow themselves much latitude in such
matters. But these are the very ones who lay
themselves open to trouble in that little part of
the human anatomy which seems to have no
mission but to double mankind up and give the
surgeons work.
Really the world, the American world at least,
is slave to the sitting cross-legged habit.
Look around in all places and on all occasions,
formal otherwise, and note the devotees to
this injurious form of Comfort" Take man
at his desk. Ten to one he won't be seated five
minutes before back will go his chair and over
will go the right leg on top of that long suffer
ing left. while he unfolds his paper and settles
down to a period of solid comfort--or so his
distorted idea of the matter, OF his ignorance on
the subject-so the doctors say-claims the posi-
ton to be. Did he but know it, to quote those
same NJ. DIS, he would be much more comfort
able with all four chair feet planted firmly on
the floor and his two likewise on terra
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04

it is safe betting that it is an unusual day when
you will find single member sitting still fol-
two consecutive minutes who had not nonchant
ly thrown the burden of one leg upon the other
Indeed, this will lead you merry chase
in and out of business hours if you are deter
mined to catch him sitting plumb in a chair.
Be he carpenter, lawyer, college professor or stu
dent actor, sailor or jack of all trades, his posi-
tion in this respect, is the same and the effect
upon his physical well-being matter of the
disposition of his appendix
So much for the man and the habit.
When you attend your next sewing bee, sound
the warming note and swish swish will go every
skirt present and down on the floor will come
one suspended foot of every sewer Watch
yourself when you are attending to the weeks
mending 1t will take you weeks, months per
haps, to keep that right foot--or maybe it will
be your left that is the offender-where it be-
longs, according to all rules of health, upon the
floor. \ rocking chair and novel will mean
a crossed Leg cup of tea alone with a chum,
ditto; little friendly chat in neighbours parlor
is apt to bring about the same result
Drop into restaurant and glance down after
you are seated and you will see men and women
with their feet in the most ungainly positions
and two-thirds of the women will be sitting
cross-legged.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04

firma, while his body was settled back in his
chair in scientific case.
When the paper fails to interest and the man
at the desk is ready to commence upon the
duties OF the day, he will come down to the
floor with thud and casting aside the news for
the pen will wind one leg around the other and,
all hunched up, organs cramped and abdominal
space injuriously contracted, will work away for
hours, thinking that he is comfortable in this
position so irritating to the touchy appendix,
which pretty soon begins to consider itself i'll
treated, and the man at the desk is obliged to
take a few days off while he has that little,
abused organ removed.
But before this happens watch him when he
settles himself in the train or electric car and
you'll catch him in that same crossegged posi-.
ton. Perhaps he will conform to the dictates
of good form" long enough to sit like sensi-
bic human, and not like monkey, while he
dimes at home. but that meal over and the
library lamp lighted the sleuth following him to
confront him later with proof of his slavery to
the cross-legged position will have the satisfac-
ton of seeing him repeat the posture of the
office and the car as he settles himself for a
quiet evening at his own fireside.
Or if he slips down to the club, keep your eye
on him; indeed, look at every Jack man of 'em
around the tables or seated at the windows, and