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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
MANAHAN CURIOUS
ABOUT STUB ROAD
MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS AUDI
TOR BEFORE COMMISSION.
Commodity Rate Hearing Devoted to
Investigation of Financing, Building
and Operating Of Line from Win
throp to New Ulm-Answers Turn on
Questions of Bookkeeping.

L. &. Scott, auditor of the Minneap-
Oils q st. Louis road was the witness
examined at the general commodity
rate hearing at the capitol TODAY, His
testimony was nearly all relative to
STATISTICS: He was subpoened by
James Manahan, attorney for the Min
nesota Shippers association, who made
special inquiry about the 20.6 miles Of
road from winthrop to New Ulm, built
IN 1896 bv the Minneapolis, New Ulm
and Southwestern company. The re-
ports on file in the office of the state
railroad commission showed that the
100000 in bonds to build the line were
issued in 1896, and due 1926. These
sold for 100000, which was $4,000
discount.
Under the head of "cost, equipment,
and permanent improvement, the re-
ports showed the expenditure for the
line to be $274,O9s.16.
"By what ri ght,' asked Mr.. Man.
ahan, "is the $4,000 discount at which
the 100000 worth of bonds sold,
charged to cost and equipment.'
Mooted Question.
"That is disputed question:" was
the reply,' but I have always main
ta1 me- that that it is SO charged rightly
$4,000 should be taken from the cost
figure to make it read 234,09s.16. The
attorney then inquired into the man
ner in which the Minneapolis & St.
Louis secured the Minneapolis, New
UIm & Southwestern, and secured an
admission from the witness that the
Minneapolis & st. Louis paid $500 900
in bonds for the road, which cost to
construct only 1924, O9S.16.
Bonds Absorbed,
"What became of the 100000 in
bonds of the Minneapolis, New Ulm 50
Southwestern7'
81 can't say" answered Mr.. Scott.
"they may have been refunded and
taken up. They don't show in the
present reports Of the road.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
RETURNS COME SLOWLY
NINE COUNTIES STILL TO RE-
HEARD FROM BY THE STATE
BOARD.

No complete figures on the contested
congressional districts are in the
hands Of the state canvassing board,
as nine counties are still to report
The board has opened all the other
returns and they are being entered up
by the clerks. None of the legislative
results as given in The urnaI
last week have been changed so far.
Complete returns are in from the
first and third districts. Congressman
Tawney received 14,404 votes for re-
nomination, and Congressman Davis
got 9,465 in the third against six votes
marked scattering.'
All the second district is in but
MOBILES county. Supplying the Mobiles
second district is as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
RoWp W WITNESSING THE BOXING BOUTS
RESPECTABLE MOB
RACED IN ATLANTA
MINNEAPOLIS MAN TELLS OF
RACE RIOTS IN SOUTHERN CITY.
Negroes Kicked and Beaten to Death,
or Hanged to Trees by White Men,
Who Seemed to Have Gone Insane
with Rage Over Attacks on Women,

Arriving today from a visit in At.
lanta, where he was present during the
race riots in which twenty-five negroes
were killed and the city plunged into
reign of terror, F. G. Mason of l24
Fourth avenue NE, a travelling expert
of the American Bank Protection com.
pany, talks Interestingly of the things
he saw in the city.
MI. Mason was in Atlanta when the
trouble commenced Sunday night, and
saw the lawlessness at its height
1T was a dreadful thing,' said
Mr.. Mason, Ito see 5000 men surging
thru the streets, working up to a
frenzy at the sight Of any negro. It
made no difference how unoffending
the !colored person might be; if he
fell in the hands of the mob he was
brutally kicked and pounded to death
and his body left lying in the streets.
In barber shop a colored bootblack
made remark at which, white man
took offense. Kill him!' yelled some
one: The boy was shot down on the
spot.
"What impressed me most was that
the mob was made up of the respect
able people. They were not drunk.
they were not toughs, they were not
even all of them hot-headed youths.
MANY Old men were out on the streets
Northerners have no idea Of the fury
Of a mob in the south. When the
southern temper gets aroused in a
crowd, the crowd becomes insane.
'There are a large number of
northern people in Atlanta. These had
no sympathy with the mob and took
no part.
What did most toward stirring up.
the race hatred were nosters issnad Nv
unknown committees urging the whites
to take drastic measures toward put
ting an end to outrages on white WON
en-. These, following the attempted out
rage Sunday, started the mob.
| saw some awful scenes. Around
IL Kendall hotel, where the fighting
was worst, the sidewalks were splashed
with blood, and negroes were hanged
to trees on front lawns of the finest
residences in the city, and left hanging.
S'The race question is certainly a
big problem there. I believe that
there will be even worse riots in At
lanta soon.'' - -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26

dubbed next week "homicide '' week. *:
in the district court, and from a casua
survey Of the calendar, with eight
homicide cases set for trial on the first
five days of next month, it appears that
the name has been appropriately
chosen. Never before in the history
OF the Hennepin county courts has
there been such congestion of import.
ant criminal cases, and the county at.
torney's force has been busy night and
day, preparing them for trial.
Not all Of the cases can be tried, but
there will be two judges to take them
up and they viii be disposed as fast
as they can be reached. Mr.. Smith
will himself conduct one trial for the
Blar, accused Of running down and kill.
ing Frank A. jerome with his automo-
bile-and the first assistant county at.
torney, John A. Dahl, will probably
prosecute Stephen Shurba, accused of
numbering John Hamornik in a Wash
ington avenue saloon on July 4. Both
of these cases will probably be taken
up Monday morning. Charles Daily,
attorney for Stephen Shurba, has filed
an affidavit of prejudice against Judge
Andrew Holt, who has charge of the
criminal calendar, and this case will be
heard by one of the other trial Judges
Judge H. D. Dickinson.
The cases against Alex McEwan and
Julius Haffner, accused in separate in
dictments Of killing Frank Grain in a
disorderly house, are set for Tuesday.
but will not be reached until later in
the week.
John E. Layne must face trial on an
Indictment. charging him with man
slaughter in the first degree, commit
ted by striking Henry D. Stevenson.
an old man, who later died from the
effects Of the blow.
Emil Olson is alleged to have stabbed
Albert Doree, who died from the effects
of the wound. The stabbing was the
result of fight that took place on
July S.
DR.. William A. Mann and Mrs. Har-
riet Hatch are facing manslaughter in
dictments and are the last of the many
baby-farm cases that the county attoSs
1ney has so successfully prosecuted. DR..
Mann is alleged to have performed a
fatal criminal operation upon Eliza
beth Engsdahl, and Mrs. Hatch's al
legged victim was Mrs. Mile Robinson
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
NELSON OPENS AT ADA
SENIOR SENATOR BEGINS CAM
PAIGN MONDAY-CoI.E AND JA-
CoBsON SPEAK TOGETHER.

Senator Nelson will open his speech
making tour Of Minnesota next M onday
night at Ada. His other dates for next
week are: Oct. 2, Twin Valley; Oct.
8, Fertile; Oct. 4, Thief FLYER Falls;
Oct. s, Lake Park; OCT. 6, Hawley.
Senator Clapp will speak Oct S at
Wlnona and OCT. 6 at Rochester.
A L. Cole and J. F. jacobson speak
together at Owatonna Oct. / and at Al
bert Lea Oct. 2. Mr.. Cole speaks at
Winnebago City on the afternoon of
Oct. 8 and in the evening at Fairmont
with A. o. Eberhart On Oct. Messrs.
Cole and Eberhart appear at Heron
Lake. NJ jacobson speaks Oct. at
Wells and Oct. 4 at Mankato.
Oct. 5 Messrs. Cole and jacobson
join each other again, speaking in the
afternoon at Mountain Lake and in the
evening at Window. Oct. 6 they ap-
pear together at st. James.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
FLOWERS IN DANGER
Weather Man Says Frost Will Rest on
the Pumpkin,

Ear-muffs and overshoes will be the
proper garb for all sweet peas, asters,
pansies and tender garden truck to-
night. It will also be advisable to
blanket the pumpkin crop and keep
an oilstove burning in the tomato
patch.
T. 8. Outram, section director of the
weather bureau, has issued bulletin
announcing "Fair and cooler tonight,
with frost; Thursday fair.'' He says
In explanation that the weather man
has colder written over it in charac-
tiers which can not fail to catch the
eye of anyone at all skilled in meter
illogical lore and that the same signs,
read crossways, spell "fair.' Tho to-
nights temperature will not fall much
below 40 degrees, but the combination
of cloud sky and cold air will result
in frost.
Yesterdays storm was more formid-
able in action than it is on paper. Ac-
cording to the official rain gauge only
O.96 inches Of rain fell despite the
noise like cloudburst' made by
the storm.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
ROCK ISLAND PARTY HERE
B. E. YOAKUM AND OTHER HIGH
OFFICIALS ARE MAKING THEIR
ANNUAL INSPECTION TRIP.

Rock Island railway officials visited
Minneapolis early today on an annual
inspection trip of the system. They
travelled in a special train Of two COM
partment cars, dining car and a pri-
vate observation car. B: F. Yoakum,
chairman of the executive committee
Of the holding company and resident
Of New York city, headed the party.
G. II. ubbell Of Cedar Rapids, gen
eral superintendent of the northern di-
vision, was in charge Of the train,
which contained MISC D. q. Reid Of
New York, chairman of the board; r..
U. Nudge of Chicago, SECOND Vice.
president; s. T. Fulton of Chicago, as
sistant to President B. L. Winchell;
John Sebastian, passenger traffic man,
a az 18TH The railroad men left early in
transfer, where the train picked them
up and carried them to St. Paul. The
party has to cover 1915 miles to in
spect the entire system and will be
carried from one end Of the country to
the other. The Rock Island is one of
the biggest systems under one manage
ment
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
HEAVY DOWNPOUR
| STALLS THE CARS
SAND AND EARTH CAUSE TROU-
BILE FOR MoToRMEN.
Many Streets Become Knee-Deep
Ponds and Gallant Firemen Don
Rubber Boots and Wade to Rescue
of Fair Passengers Who Can't Nav
igate to Curb.

Thousands of pedestrians were in.
convenienced by the heavy downpour
Of rain shortly before 6 O'Clock last
night and many were from one to two
hours late for their evening meals.
Streetcar tracks were flooded and
the sewers seemed to be of little help
in carrying off the excess water. In
some places the catchbasins were
clogged and the streets were flooded
by the water that collected in low
places and by sand that washed on
the tracks.
Firemen as Ferries.
nues NE the water was nearly two
feet deep, but the cars were able to
ford the pond by running slowly. Pas
sengers who desired to get off at
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth ave.
nues were carried to the walks by
1lremen from Engine company No. Is.
Downing their rubber boots the fire.
men stationed themselves at the two
streets and carried passengers from
In the southwest part of the city the
roads were flooded and large piles OF
sand were washed into the middle OF
the street: In many places teams were
stuck, and the hose team from engine
company No. %, Hennepin avenue anc
Ihlrty-fourth street, was stuck while
running to fire near Lake Harriet.
.,oome trouble was reported to the
city engineering department. Sand and
earth were washed into the sewer
trenches that are being built. This
WILL cause a setback Of several days
Loring Park Unframed.
Lorlng park withstood the downfall
or rain without serious washouts. The
lake was filled to the brim and the
low ground was made into little lakes,
but the steps leading from Fifteenth
street. to the park were left intact,
altho IN former years they were washed
out by any heavy downfall such as
came yesterday.
Grant street sewers have never been
able to take care of the rush from a
neavy and sudden rain, as water drains
into the street from all directions with.
In long radius. AS a result, Grant
stTeet becomes an open sewer seeking
relet into Loring park. The result
mas been tremendous washouts which
the water tore in the gravel walks in
the rush to the lake.
Yesterday, altho Grant was a mighty
rushing river for half an hour, the new
concrete runway in the park and the
underground tunnel took care of the
excess water and carried it safely into
the lake. The park ducks made a
rush Tor the inlet and gorged them.
selves on the refuse which was swept
INTO the lake, stirring it up from the
bottom and into a muddy noo1.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
RALLY WEEK AT FOWLER
Communion Service Held Thursday and
Social Friday Evening.

This is rally week at Fowler M. E,
church and numerous services are be-
ing held. The forces of the church are
being assembled and an aggressive
church campaign is being inaugurated.
The fourth quarterly conference will
be held this evening at 8 O'Clock at
which Dr.. S. P. Long, the presiding
elder, will preside. The various off.
Gals and committees for the year will
be appointed. Thursday evening at 8
o'clock DR.: j: s. Montgomery, the pas
tor, will administer holy communion in
the auditorium of the church. The
quartet choir will render special music.
On friday evening church rally So
clal will be held. A splendid program
of music will be given and refresh
ments served to all. On Sunday, DR..
Montgomery will preach sermons appro-
pirate to the occasion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
ALIENS HURRY TO
RENOUNCE KINGS
EARLY INCREASE IN NATURAIJ-
ZATION FEES THE REASON.
With ALI Naturalization Work in
Charge Of the Department Of Com
MERGE and Labor, It Will Be More
Difficult for Foreigners to Become
Citizens.

American citizenship has suddenly
Increased in value in the eyes of many
aliens in Minneapolis. to Judge from
the records Of the office of the clerk of
the United States district court for the
last three days. Saturday was the last
day upon which final papers were is
sued, but the office has been thronged
this week with men anxious to get
their first papers before the new natur-
alization law became effective.
Monday twenty-f five papers were is
sued. Tuesday thirty took their first
step toward citizenship and up to noon
today twelve had declared their inten-
t1on OF renouncing all other allegiance
for themselves. AS a rule those who
are rushing in at the last minute have
lived in this country for some time,
but have neglected to take out their
papers. Many Of them, tho of long
residence, speak little English, and are
unable to sign their own names.
Tomorrow the new law, placing all
naturalizations under the supervision
OF the bureau Of immigration Of the de-
partment Of commerce and labor, goes
into effect, and then the fees will be
higher and the proofs required more
difficult. Aliens will still be natural
lied by courts Of record, but certified
copies Of the record, in prescribed
form, will have to be forwarded to the
naturalization office. Proof of resi-
dence and character will have to be
made by witnesses appearing before the
court. Certificates of naturalization
will be more carefully drawn as the
Identification Of the holder, and will be
registered. A petition must be fled
with the court thirty days before final
papers issue.
All this will serve to prevent illegal
naturalizations, check the transfer of
certificates and enable the immigration
inspectors to prevent the naturalization
ct aliens illegally residing in the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
AROUND THE TOWN

Ohurcnmen as Hosts-The men Of
Christ church will give an informal re-
ceptton on Thursday evening, begin
ming at O'Clock, at 3440 Blaisdell ave
Ascension church, Saltwater, will give
an informal talk on his travels abroad,
and Light refreshments will be served.
Thousands Of Baths.-High water and
q backward season tended to curtail
the bathing season at the Gerber baths
this summer, but nevertheless the num-
season was AZ ,5iS. Dr.. P. NJ la Han IV viii
use these figures when he appears be-
fore the board of tax levy to urge that
provision be made for enlarging the
baths.
Church Buys a Lot-The trustees of
St. Paul g Episcopal church at Frank
lin and Bryant avenues, have bought a
lot facing Aldrich avenue and at the
occupies on Bryant avenue. 1t was pur-
chased from Charles w. Drew for $4,000
and will be used in an extension Of the
new church plan which has already been
announced.
Will Argue for er.-Members of
the Crystal Lake Improvement associa-
ed by W: T. Coe, president of the asso-
citation, to be present at the meeting
of the board of tax levy in the room
OF the county commissioners, court
house. Thursday at 2 pm. The ques-
ton of sewer on Thirty third avenue
n, between Fremont and Irving ave-
nues, will be taken up.
Farewell to Pastor-The members OF
the First Baptist church gave fare
vel! reception last evening for Rev. L..
M. Waterman, assistant pastor for the
past two years, who leaves this week
to assume the passionate Of the Baptist
church at Bottineau, N. D. Resolu-
tions were adopted by the church ex-
pressing appreciation of the unselfsh
and capable service given by Mr.. Wa
terman, regret at his departure and
the hope that even greater success NAV
attend his new work.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
NOMINATED UNAWARES

sylvester G. Brown may have received
the democratic nomination for senator In
the thirty-ninth district. He did not file
his affidavit of candidacy, but some one
In the Ninth ward gave him one vote ant.
as there were no other Candidates he ap-
pears to be nominated. The canvassing
board has decided not to give him a
certificate of nomination, but will refer
the matter to the county attorney
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
APPLEBY APPEALS CASE

DR.. T. E. V. Appleby Of st. Paul. has
filed another appeal in the state
contest of his wife's will. This time
he appeals from the recent decision Of
the Ramsey county district court, up
holding the ruling of the probate court
that DR.. Appleby must abide by the
provision giving him $4,000 a year
income, unless he marries. He demands
the family home and $4,000 year
more to maintain it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
FISH HATCHERY FLOODED
storm Does Damage by Filling Ponds
With Dirt.


The ponds at the state fish hatchery
near Indian Mounds park. st. Paul. were
washed out yesterday afternoon by the
severe storm.
Back of the fish hatchery are hills, slop-
ing into gully, where originates a good
sized spring which flows thru the ponds
on the hatchery grounds
This little stream yesterday became a
torrent. 1t washed tons Of sand and stone
from the hills on to the hatchery grounds.
IL tore thru the upper ponds, cutting for
itself deep channel. extending thru the
ponds and on to the river some distance
away.
Fortunately, the lower pond is protect
ed by screens against such floods and the
Try In the ponds which would otherwise
have been washed away were saved
Today crew Of seven men with spades
and wheelbarrows has been digging out
the filled-fn ponds and rebuilding embank-
ments and walks.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
EIGHT HOMICIDE
CASES NEXT WEEK
SEVEN MEN AND ONE WOMAN
MUST FACE TRIALS.
County Attorneys Force Never So
Busy with Such Number Of Import
ant Criminal Cases-Two Judges
Will Take Up Murder and Man.
slaughter Trials.
HOMICIDE WEEK IN
THE DISTRICT COURT

Monday, Oct. 1.-Stephen Shurba,
murder, first degree.
Peter 7Iar, mansIauahter, Sec
ond degree.
Tuesday, Oct. 2-Alex McEwan, man.
slaughter, first degree. 81.
Julius Haffner, manslaughter,
first degree.
Wednesday, Oct. 3-John e. Lane,
manslaughter, first degree.
Thursday, Oct. 4-EmII Olson, MUIR
der, second degree.
Friday, Oct. 5-Dr. William A. Mann,
ransiaughter, first degree.
Mrs. Harriet Hatch, mansIaugh-
ter, first degree.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
City News
THE WEATHER
The Predictions.

Minnesota-Fair, cooler tonight with
frost; Thursday fair. Wisconsin,
Fair, cooler tonight, probably light
frost in north and west portions;
Thursday fair, cooler in east portion.
Iowa-Fair, cooler tonight, probably
light frost in north portion; Thurs
day, fair. North and South Da-
kota-Fair tonight and Thursday;
warmer Thursday west portion. Mon
tana-Fair tonight, warmer north
portion; Thursday, fair and warmer.
Upper Mihcigan-Fair, cooler tonight,
with frost in exposed places; Thursday,
fair, cooler in east portion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
DIETZ SETTLEMENT BRUITED

Special to The Journal.
.Osceola, Wis, Sept. 26--Oliver Oar
win of Black River Falls and Jack
Ryan of Chippewa Falls went to Win
ter last night and will visit John F.
Dietz and try to effect settlement.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
GUESTS IN DANGER

Special to The Journal
Emerson, Man.. Sept. 26.-Early today
sixty guests of the Strathcone hotel lust
escaped death by the destruction of the
big three-story building by fire. The
property loss is $4,000 The proprietor
and his servants and patrons escaped in
their night clothes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
ENCORE.

A member Of the faculty of Yale tells If q:
student from the west who last year was econ
ditioned." 1t appears that his family were
him for particulars when he came w for ex.
animation. - =
In reply the young man wired his father as
follows: - 1854 - 80 =
Exams splendid. Professors enthusiastic,
They wish for a second in October" r E -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
GOOD MEETING AT RENVILLE
Special to The Journal,

Renville. Mimi, Sept. GA. L.
Cole, and Senator Eberhardt spoke to a
Both speakers made good impression
and helped the party
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26

Weather Now and Then.
Today, maximum 81, minimum So de-
grees; 8 year ago, maximum "a, mini
mum IS degrees.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-26
A Wise Northsi1e7.

He who saves his family "lots', Of
trouble, secures that lot in picturesque,
park-like, peaceful Crystal Lake Gene
terry on partial payments.