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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-10
CIVIC ACTIVITIES

To rid London of its smoke nuisance
and make it the sunniest capital in, the
world is the ambition OF Arnold Lupton,
practical engineer and member of par-
lament. His plan contemplates the
bringing of electric energy, into the city
from the midland coal fields for light,
heat, power and cooking and to do away
entirely with the burning Of coal within
the limits. A plant to cost $17,000,o00 Is
needed for a beginning. -
. Can a mushroom raise up an asphalt
pavement is; the question that IS
sagitating indianapolis. Investigation Of
certain bumps III the pavement have rec
vealed mushrooms under them. Stats
5Geologist Blatchley, who has been COM
suited, Is Of the opinion that If the paw;
ing had been, properly laid the vege-
table growths would not have disturbed
IT. It appears to be case Of a mush-
room paving rather than mushroom. Il
~ Water Commissioner Ellison of New
York has decided.upon a s12,oOo,ooo sand
filter to overlay the whole Of the Jerome
park reservoir. = .st# 81
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: Private Judgment of Electors.

Justice Greenbaum of the New York !
supreme court has been making an ef-
fort to determine the political stand
ing of certain newspapers in New York.
It stands to reason that the justice did
not voluntarily undertake this difficult
and elusive task. It was brought to
him in 'a>legal way. The board Of cleo
tions Of New York, charged with the
duty of sending out election notices, is
required to, spread them thru four
newspapers which advocate the princi-
ples Of the party which cast the high 4
est: number of votes at the last election
and four which advocate the principles
Of the party which cast the next high
est number of votes. The republicans
cast the highest number Of votes and
the board selected the Mail and Ex-
press, Globe, Press and Tribune for
that party without debate.
But when it came to selecting demo-
cratic paperssthe board named the
World, Sun, Times and Stats Zeitung.
Objection was made that these papers
|edo not represent democratic principles
and the learned Justice declares. them
|Eout 2of the democratic party because
Isthey do not advocate the election Of,
~ MIR HearstS for governor his seems
rattle stte narrow the field, eo,lrt,
justified It's course with reasoning like.
this. The word advocate in the statute
is in the present tense and designedly,
50. T.. The law has nothing to do with
newspapers which formerly advocated
the principles Of a party. It is with
the present voter the law has to do and
| the tduty,of the elections board is: to in
form him whether he is democrat or
a republican. If republican he must
be Informed thru a newspaper which is
now republican,; if a. democrat thru a
spaper5 which is now democratic As to
what constitutes, democratic principles
The court holds that the democratic. con-
Ivention was the judge Of that matter.
Jas to what constitutes advocating dem
4socratic principles he holds that an es-
Isentia1 element is the advocacy Of. the
fe1ectiona of the candidate for governor
s|{because the candidate for governor, If
4 elected, is clothed with the executive
4 power and the veto power. In the
4 latter capacity it becomes his duty to
8 Yetos1egislation which contravenes the
ssfprinciples of the party which elected
q him, and thus he becomes the guardian
Il Of the party principles.
q This may be good enough reasoning
.llupon, which to base the selection Of
Newspapers for advertising purposes
eIfbut it must appear all too narrow fol
: the purpose Of fixing anyone's politica.
status. 1T violates the. right Of pri
vate. Judgment in every line. It says il
a republican or a democrat finds an i'm
proper candidate on his ballot, he can
not scratch that name without ceasin&
TO be arepubliean; OF a democrat. 4
: goes esenaa farther f "a man elected
: governor as o democrat fails to vett
: legislation which contradicts the demo
a cratic pIatform, he likewise ceases t,
!, heea democrat. IS 3: q. u, S !.
q This sort Of reasoning would breal
down our whole political system, whicl
is based upon the right and duty Of tn
81 voter to scTutinizs his ballot and vot
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CHAMBERLAIN THE CENTER
Milwaukee Makes River Town Impor-
| w.; . tant Division Point. @ar-
Special to The journal.

Special to The Journal. 80
; Chamberlain, s. D., Oct. 1O.-As re-
suit of a tour of inspection by Presi-
dent Earring over the extension of the
Milwaukee system westward from Cham
berlain to the Black Hills, some impor-.
tant changes in railroad affairs have
been made. E. H. Barrett has been
appointed division superintendent, with
present = headquarters at Murdo, the !.
present terminus. of train service vest
of the river, and Chief dispatcher Bow.
der has also been transferred to that
place. Other changes also have been
made which will hereafter make the
White River Valley Railroad company,
as the extension is known, a separate
and distinct division in all respects.
All train crews from the east will
hereafter run only to Chamberlain, and
all train service and crews for the west
will be made UP at Chamberlain, max
ing this point d division point for lines
east and west of the river. This new
order went into effect at o'clock Sun
day morning, and it is announced that.
the condition will be permanent At
rangements are to be made at once FOL.
materially extending the railroad yards
at this place, enlarge the ronndhonse
and otherwise provide for the handling
of the. enlarged train service at this
point,
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shown at the annual meeting here yes
tsrday. ii. Lawrence Maxwell Jr., couns
sci for Mr.. Morgan, explained the
steps that had been taken, and, the wis
creased value of the parent line, he
said
!; After the meeting Mr.. Maxwell said |
it is true there are negotiations pend
ing between Mr.. Morgan and the Kley-
bolte interests for a settlement of the
big bond claim now in the courts grow
ing out of the Pere Marquette pur-
chase. The deficits which grow out Of
the interests and the rentals is 81, 147,-
630.70, but from the earnings and other
income was paid the large sum. noted
above for Improvements Of which the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton stood
badly in need.
The old board of directors was re-
elected without change. The shares
voted by the Hartman interests num-
bered 2,201,5S8. ~
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B q OK S
BY w. pix.

.5i. n S&5s - : = ~ gs4s sE3 49,
! a BOOK TO LINGER OVER LOVING
LY.--That best. describes. from one point
Of view at least Troy 4 Rolfe Gibson's
Katrina. Katrina June at the beginning
Of the story is bit of school miss.
She, her father, her mother, who tho
dead dead yet speaketh, and Larry McRae, a
newspaper written old enough to have
been beer. a lover Of K BE as mother, are all
book IS, in. brief, sttaae story Of the friend
ship OF Katrina d and larry. n But#sif the
story laclts q Dag cant Of characters it
does not LACK 2. IN 9Th Of grip upon
the sYn1p sa thles The !. reader It is full
OF the W.flams ies and fan cies for which
the aHtnors .e sefYsssto he, and doubtless
somei day Will be- u farnous. al In his own
way Mr.: ellison lis almost as interesting
an interpreter of Child. life as Mr.. Barrie.
and IN tI,a Sba
70 - ~ stie sotii S
- i1.y one IS prone
70 call II ,that IT. seems SO natural to the
writer. *. res & :. 80. 4 ~ .|l
The reader sa,1ds@ himself ia reading On
from cI,anta ~ AZ ~,
-, ~. fhsit es ~
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WORKS TOWARD CHICAGO "
La Crosse and Southwestern Road Plans
Important Extensions.

La Crosse, Wis. Oct. 1o;-The la
Crosse & Southwestern Railway CONS
pany is making surveys with. the idea
of extending its lines to Madison, WIS
This announcement has come from the
Offices Of the company in this city tt;n 49,
The proposed route is. to continue ~
southeast from Viroqua, crossing the
Kickapoo Valley branch. of the MllWau-
kee road between Reedstown and VIOLA.
then continuing in the same direction
and meeting the Milwaukee's Rlchiand.
Center branch at Richland Center; from
which place the road could build to-
Madison, connect with the Milwaukee.
FOR Madison, or build a short distance.
farther south or southeast, meeting the.
illinois Central at Dodgeville; That
would be the; shortest route the road sp
The Southeastern Illinois Central line
from this city to Chicago, where At IS
eventually expected to run. will; IT tt -
figured. be about twelve miles longer
than the Northwestern and about e1gnl
miles shorter than the milwaukee,.
Among the places on the line would De
La Crosse, Coon Valley, Ontario and
Rockton probably Prairie du Sasc,, nj adj
i i Monroe, Freeport, Rockford and
Elpin. tS -
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Books for the Young.

From the publishers: ~ -, p, -..,. 49,.
Harding of St. nTimothys.sr By Arthur STAN
wood Pier, author Of 'sTtre Boys of ST. limo
my s.. lllustratedrsfs Boston,: sHoughton, lMif-
This is a story Of the best and most
wholesome schoolboyi life: IN America
just as Tom Browns School Days set
up a manly ideal for English: boys, so
this story shows what a courageous
youngster can ad6sforc himself and other
boys in an American school Of the same
class as Rugby or shefborne:$. - sto1
The Rai1Way children 5h NsSbipt; thor
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Tie ,MaeBaIll ar tofhpSsy. a1$i S%
tfhlodghhtful " story' e # tie "deghtfl
ebilaren!eof a. delightful. family.s told tAvith
| more skill than usually goes into ,1sobks
for young fol Tx. THE children are s1ovaple,
but full Of life; and their doings arg as
interesting to. old sasv TO young ~. ,T<y,
| Janet; Her Winter in Quebec. BY Anna, Cha,
pin: Ray, author of the Teddy books ILLUS
| trations by Alice Barber Stephens Boston
The second, volume in the new and
| popular Sydney series BY the. author
Of. the famous. Teddy, books, Sidney
Stayre and Ronald Leslie and his sister
Janet, are among the principal characters
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| ture in the North sea and in China. BY 81" G
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author Of s'The Deeffoot Series" etc. Illus
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The pictures in t1ispabook for children
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We'll, here's hoping Taft will be home
In time to regulate Halloween. >. -
The, River Convention.

Mr.. John A. Fox Of Arkansas, repre-
senting the executive con1mitteezof the
national rivers and harhors: ohgress,
pointed out at the river Improvement.
convention last, night the fact that, the
expenditure Of $1s,0oo,oo0 on the i'm
provement of the waterway afforded
by the Great Lakes, which expenditure
was centered chiefly at the 500, had re-
suited in q saving on the cost Of trans
portation Of the products Of the north
west during the past ten years of over
500, 100000. In other words, 81 spent
for cheapening transportation has
brought back to the producer 81 in
money saved on the cost of transporss-
ing his products. II! tiG>.s. f 50 33ss
Estimating the cost ofEplaciagsthe
Mississippi from the falls 10 he gsstllllff !,
the Ohio from Pittsburg to the is.
sissippi and the Missouri from 11r Omaha
to the Mississippi in satisfactory condi-
tian for economical river transport ation
at $155, 100000, he calculated the. an
nual saving Of freights from the in
terror to tidewater or: the products Of
the Mississippi valley at $1oo,Oo0,oOO,
the. $13,000,OOO expended on. the lakes
and the $155, 100000 expended on the
river would constitute permanent in
vestment producing these results con-
tinually, with such ncidental expense
I for maintenance as may. Be necessary;
but which canno tssa1nonnfz TO ansimpar:
tant consideration ia eempa risop WITH
the benefits TO- be derived ~ ~ IN
Mr.. Crocker;, III his address To; The
convention, called 5attention TO the enor
nous expenditure made by sstthe, GOV ern
ment upon the army and navyy com
pared with the amount apprapriated sfol
river and harbor improvement, the pro
portion being. about one 80 tho lutte,
to ten for the former. 3 :5s ~
These ara a;'few facts swhi6hS "a &
emphasize the signif eance Of this five:
convention, and, in view. saf plan
OF the governnent@to make Minneapo
lis the actual head of nayigatti 81, Wit
a six-foot channel, ought 10 81 iinnpres
upon the business men off I'll this city IL th
Importance Of this movement 10 Min
. 49, ~
neapolis. And yet, it must BE adnitte
that the attendance has 8.been eh.iieaa,
from outside, from other towns an
cities. where the movement IS NOR
thoroN understood and more highly ar
preciated. AT the same time VIE. are max
ing progress ii MINI eapo is. Zen gear
ago it was almost imp possible gsH
decent hearing FOR any prop osition looI
4 ing to the use Of, the Mississippi rive
from this point as d means of transpol
tation or as any kind Of factor in gu
internal transport atipn system. .roda
the heaviest shippers are beginning |
realize the possibilities Of the rive
and what service it is capable Of re,
dering 10 The whole northwest.
Hhis jsnprovsnsnt 10 taking on edds
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ILLINOIS CENTRAL REPORTS
Big System Earns $51, use, 400 Gross, or
Total Net Income Of $1O,s62, 300. ~

Chicago. Oct.ss10.-The annual report
of the Illinois Central railroad for the;
fiscal Xea ended yune g e. s he 1 gross
e esgss e operaton and aSss o it,
ing to $36, 437 800, leaving a net income
from traffic above the cost, Of opera
tion and taxes Of $15, 198,90O., The net
income from Investments and miscel-
laneotls profits amounted, to $3,357 900,
making the total net income Of the sys-
tenn $1S,445,90O.. :. After the payment
of fixed charges ,theatotaI net sincome
of the road was $40, $4,000 = : - !.
The. amount, paid out in dividends
during the year was $6,652,800 and for
betterments on the system Sd ,164,700.
The amount Of $1;313,826 was carried
forward to the surplus dividend fund of
next year. Il, r. ,n --,....~.,,
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Ia New Star in Politics.

:: The New York campaign has demon
strated the fact that not all the char
acters of politics are Tammany men.
Hearst has discovered and made chair
man Of the democratic state committee
one Corners Of Buffalo. Corners is a
character even as Murphy is a charac-
ter and as the Sullivans are two char
acters. Corners rose from the position
of dockrat to- that of stevedore, to that
of ward boss, to that Of newspaper
proprietor, to that of state chairman.
If Hearst is elected Corners will ask sk
for something, for Corners is eager to
be respectable. 81
It Is nothing against Corners that he
rose from the ranks. 1t is not against
him that he has made money. Mr..
Hearst has money, too. But it Is held
against him that when he was head
stevedore on, the docks he opened a sa-
LOGON and compelled all the men who
worked for; him to- buy their {. drinks j. $
from him; that he issued to them brass
checks good only at his saloon, and
that at the end Of the week what little
there was left over and above the
"score =. was paid in cash at the Com
ners groggery. This is not different in
principle from, compelling the men to
trade at the company store. Corners
borrowed the idea from the railroads
and from the mines, but lie carried it
to greater lengths. He sold riot while
they sold food. He sold nakedness and
want where they sold clothing and sus.
tenance. = ,-
| With this low start Corners became
rich, bought two newspapers and a
quart of diamonds. He spread the dia
monds all over his person until he was
taken aside and informed that it was
only the flash gentry who wore many
"stones.'O3 Corners yearning to be re
spectacle was SO great that he tool
/ off all the diamonds, except one resplen
| dent: ring, This he kept that in cas-,
his social campaign went bad it nigh
t light him back whence he came.
! Corners is said to be unscrupulous
I His career does not belle the charge
| He will go as far as the law allows t.
| help Hearst. He may be tempted to e.
| farther. The republicans have a corp
of men watching Corners. They hav
hopes that he, may try some Buffal
work in the state. They have planne
!; to put him off at Sing Sing. .5r
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THIS DATE In HISTORY
OCT. TO-,

OCT .1o.,!
175s-BenIamfn West, "a m1rlcan
painter; born Died. March u /, 1890.
eoo-Attempted ssassInatIon Of
Bonaparte. IS, i: ;s! s s3sS 81 Il
1906 Battle 81 81 ali iii III saxony;
PrHssIans defeated by French.
182s-sanaaeI y. Randall, Pennsyl-
vania statesman, born. Died April
IL, 1890. Il
1s5s-Henryss AIDE Hogsrs, Ameri-
can educator, Born :iss4sEssss
1seT-Dr. N hansen; I N fNeuIan Arc-
tic explorer born. & y = = - .!.sss
1862 Confederate cavalry under
General Stuart entered Chambers
burg, Pa. 3. t'ss sS
1868 Beginning sof Cuban struggle
for Independence.
1872 lillian Ii. Seward, American
statesman, died. Born May 16. 1901.
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! Railroads.
NEW INTERESTS
CONTROL CENTRAL
Annual Meeting Brings About
Changes in Management, but
Foretells No Absorption.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Milwaukee, Oct. 1O.-At the annual
meeting Of the stockholders Of the Wis
consin Central road yesterday the com
pany was turned over to the new inter
ests headed by George NJ. Cumming Of
New York. T. Z. Chadbourne, yr., John
T. Hill, p. p. Dewey, Harry G. Starr,
the places ofgsW. L. Bull, II. F. Whit
comb, Howard Morris, John Crosby
Brown, ]. G. Colgate and G. Z. Hoyt,
resigned.
Officers slated for election by the d.
rectors today are: President, w. A.
Bradford, Jr.; chairman of the board
Of directors, George NJ. Cumming;
chairman OF, the executive committee,
z. d. Chadbourne, Jr.; general counsel,
Godkin & Chadbourne; general solici-
tor, T. H. Gill; treasurer, w. R. Han
No Absorption Intended.
Mr.. Bradford made the following
statement; Is, ..,Esz.s.5...Es
A.There is no intention whatever Of
consolidation or combination between
the Wisconsin Central and any other
road ld. and all reports TO the effect that
}5this1 property is to be absorbed con-
solidated with, OF IN any manner placed
lid pOSlbIOH5 Dyz WHICH II JlOSSS s1lS 1uth-
Fifty and individuality. as a separate and
distinct railway System, are without the
| least Efoufld ation. The new owners, who
are now in control Of the; property,
Ehave no idea Of any such change. The
fact that : happen to be president of
| the Chicago, Cincinnati & louisville
road has no significance whatever in
the changes in the Wisconsin Central. -
| At the annual meeting of the old
! board the report was presented in which
la paragraph regarding new lines was
included, as follows: :. Go, ~; go s.
= Progress Of New Work.
Gin the last annual report reference
was made to the projected line from
Owen to Ladysmith, which already had
been put, under contract. This line was
practically completed during the, last
fiscal year, but operation did not begin
until Aug. 6, 1862
Reference also was made to survey
| which had been made from Ladysmitf
to Superior and Duluth. In October Z
contract was entered into for the con
= struction of this line. At the presen'
time. 93 per. cent Of the right Of way
acquired and the balance is under con
demnation, and 76 per cent Of the LAM
for terminals in Superior and Duluth
,, has been acquired and the balance j
Il under condemnation Seyenty-fve pc
cent Of the clearing, so per cent of tn
grubbing, 40 per cent, of the gradin
and 20 per cent. of the. pile driving ha
: been completed.
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An unusual book has just been issued
by Houghton, Miff1in: &. Co. entitled the
"Ecclesiastes in the. Metre Of Omar" by
Rev. William B.. Ferbush, - D. This
paraphrase Of the old Hebrew book in the
familiar quatrains Of ;Fitz Gerald will be
especially interesting to lovers Of poetry
and to Bible students. DR.. Forbush is
widely known for, his, active participation
IN. the organization Of: the boys clubs.
Last summer he4left the Madison Avenue
Reform church In New York city to ac-
cept a: call to the Woodward ,AverUe
Presbyterian church il Detroit '@ S~>s =. a.
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The comparative summary for. the
GLYDoN WORK EXTENSIVE
Northern Pacific Completes Double
Track-Will Work All Winter. =
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. - - z-.ii
Glyndon, Mimi, Oct. 10.-The North
ern Pacific railway has completed it's
double track from Moorhead to .Glyn-
don, excepting the ballasting which is
now being: done. ork is being rushed,
in the big Watts reservoir with orders
to continue the same all winter. This
when completed will be a small lake to
furnish water for the Northern Pacific
engines, the proposed lake being TWEEN
ty-one feet deep, 600 feet wide and half
a mile long. The Northern Pacific is
spanning the Buffalo river and valley
tributary to it by a. trestle ffty7five.
feet high at its highest point. The
trestle is being filed in with dirt for
solid roadbed.
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Importance and significance because fof
It's relation TO the Panama canal. The
Improvement Of the river is the next
step toward the realization by the in
terror of the great benefits which that
canal is calculated to confer upon the
commerce Of the country. When Min
neapolis and San francisco and Mime
apolis and New York, to say nothing
Of important foreign ports, become con-
nected by practical routes Of water
transportation with only one breaking
Of bulk, the subject becomes interest-
ing and the possibilities are well worthy
of consideration.
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$ FARGO NOT ON 500 MAP
Plans for Coming Year Do Not Include
/ Z, North Dakota Metropolis. -.

Special to The journal. ~, ~,
Fargo, N. D., Oct. lO.-The 500 will
not reach Fargo this year and the 1907
outlook is not much more encouraging,
despite the recent rumors Of the intens
tions OF, the company to come into this
city,. ~ 81: -. 3 n =.
There have been SO many reports that
some Fargoafs had come to regard the
extension assured for the Immediate fu.
ture. Recent semi official statements
put a .damper onto the. enthusiasm here.
The officials have SO many other plans
in view for extension work that they
haven = seriously considered the Fargo
proposition, altho friendly to the city
and intending to Come here some time.
The Commercial club is expected to
impress on them the necessity Of get
ting, into Fargo, and offering induce
ments that will not only bring the line
into the city, but insure extension thru
the state to other lines Of The road
now in operation.