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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
HURRAH FOR THE BALD!
FEW BEHIND THE BARS
Inmates of Prisons and Insane
Asylums Usually Men 49,.
with Hair.
New York Herald specia! Gable Service. Col

New York Herald Special Gable Service. Copy
right 1906, by the New York Herald.
London, April 14.-Simultaneously
striking testimonials to the virtues OF
the hairless head. 1t is stated that
first, there are no bald criminals, and
second, there are no bald lunatics.
Neither statement is laid down AS
absolute or Invaluable, but it is asserted
that there are only just sufficient ex
ceptions to prove the rule.
The authority regarding the first
statement is J., T. Riley, magistrate
that he had met with only two bald!
experience.
the Rev. S. NJ. Nieid Of Bradford quotes
the head official Of the Trainshill
asylum, who assured him that he never
would need the hospitality Of that in
stitution. as he was quite bald. It was
difficult to find authorities in London
who Fundamentally bore, out these two
theses A man who frequently visits
Bethlehem hospital for the insane, in an
official capacity, said to representative
of the Daily Mail: -.
HMy impression of lunatics / meet
here is that they are usually shaggy
race
An experienced police inspector bore
out to a great xtent Mr.. Rley's state
ment about the lack of bald-headed
criminals, but he advanced "a common
place explanation. - =.
:" Criminals, - he said, fare a motor:
iously short-ived race. l admit /
have seen very few bald-headed men in
the charge room, but by the time. 9
criminal Reaches the bald-headed period
of life he has either died or has re,
formed'' 49,. .4.- s.. e..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

It is stated that on one occasion,
when his temper had been bit ruffed
Peter drank pint Of brandy, bottle
of sherry and eight bottles of sack that
he might put himself in good condition
to take a night off at the theater. He
had a prodigious appetite as well.
Peter stayed only month at the
Buckingham street house. Then he
moved into a house adjoining Deptford
Evelyn, the author Of a diary hardly
less celebrated than Pepys' work. In it
he bewails the ruin which the car and
his suite wrought in his garden. It is
said that Peters favorite recreation
there was trundling wheelbarrow
clean thru holly hedge. His sojourn
there was much more highly apprecia-
ted by the proprietor of a neighboring
public house, which the car and his
attendants used to patronize. It was
hn PSterI lo Pggn years "a afterwards as
picture Of the great Russian ruler.
However, if Peter did not astonish folk
by his enormous capacity for slowing
away both solid and liquid freight, he
did not neglect the business which
brought him to England For three
months he was, a daily visitor at the
dockyard and in that time,. made him
self a thoro craftsman and mastered
navigation, too.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

Special Gable to The Journal.
Z ONDON, April 14.-Another inter
esting historic link with the Lon
don Of the past is soon to dissap-
pear. The fine old mansion at the foot
Of Buckingham street, near Charing
Cross, where Peter the Great lodged
when he came to England in 1898 to
study shipbuilding, will be demolished
in few months to make way for
modern office building. 1t now fronts
the Thames Embankment gardens, but
it stood right on the river bank at the
time Of it's occupancy by the most
famous of the cars, and from its win
dows, he could pick up. many wrinkles
in maritime matters. It was for that
reason, no doubt, that the house was
chosen as his temporary residence.
Opposite it, in those days, lived Samuel
Pepys, author of the famous diary.
Peters visit was no secret one, but
at his own request, he was received only
as a private individual. He was placed
in charge Of the Marquis Of Carmar-
then, and it is recorded that he and the
nobleman used to pass most of their
evenings together at the Buckingham
street house drinking " hot pepper and
BRANDY The marquis had the rep
utation of being able, to carry his liquor
like gentleman, but in this respect he
was no match for the strenuous, mon
arch. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
LOSE TRADE Of RICH
FOR VOTING LIBERAL
Boycott of Merchants Who
Dared to Cast Ballots as
They Desired.
Special tc The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
London, April 14.-since the general
election, which resulted in such a
sweeping liberal victory, numerous in
stances have occurred of small trades
men being boycotted by their rich pat
rons because they dared to vote for
liberal candidates.
A typical case has just come to light
in the town Of Wareham, East Dorset
shire. A fshmonger there named
Churchill, assuming that, as free-born
Englishman, he had the right to exer-
else his own Judgment in political mat
ters, worked and voted for the liberal
candidate, and had the satisfaction of
seeing him elected. A few days after
wards he received a letter from one Of
his best customers, Mrs. Radcliffe, stat
ing that she had decided to get her
fish elsewhere, her reasons being
summed up in the concluding sentence
of her letter: cit. has got to seri-
GUS pitch now, and conservatives must
hold together and~support each other. -
Was Serious Loss.
The loss of her patronage was a seri
Gus matter for the fishmonger. He
wrote the naughty dame a respectful
cision and called attention to the fact
that he had served her household for
many years to her entire satisfaction.
"You are not only doing me injury
by stopping your trade with me- ne
said, "but also my wife, who is so i'll
that l want all the trade and work 1
can get to be able to get the nourish-
ment she requires.
That did not touch Mrs. Radcliffe.
She was prepared to make any sacrifice
of others to the tory cause. She conde-
scended to acknowledge that she had
always found the poor fshmonge1
"civi and oblging,' but as to recon
sidering her decision and helping him
to make a living for his sick wife
"why should I do SO, as you not only
voted but worked hard for man who
has bound himself to increase the taxa
ton on landowners and to do his best
to do away with the church l like to at
tend.''
Want Legal Redress.
AS the instance is by no means an
isolated one, the publication of the
correspondence has aroused much in
dignation against those who employ
such tactics. Boycotting is the last
thing that is likely to rehabilitate tory.
Ism in the eyes Of country which has
SO Enthusiastically shown it's preference
for liberalism. More votes will be lost
than can possibly be gained by it, but
in individual cases, such as that of the
fshmonger, it causes great hardship an6
suffering, and it is probable that bill
will be introduced in parliament which
will enable the victims to obtain lega
redress. .:.-> ..;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
KING Bees POPE TO
GRANT HIM DIVORCE
Frederick Would Marry Again if
Louise Would Repeat For
-,z.->-.. mer Statement.

Dresden, Saxony,- April liking
Frederick, notwithstanding denials, is
endeavoring to obtain from the pope,
the ecclesiastical sanction for a divorce
from the Countess Montignoso in order
to be able to marry again. This will
be possible if the countess is willing to
declare under oath that her parents
forced her to marry him while he was
in a somnolent condition, which she af-
frmed after her flight from the Saxony
capital.
Lately, however, the countess refused
to swear to the statement so as to pre-
vent the king from remarrying. It is
understood that recently the pope has
been strongly opposed to the wishes Of
the Saxon. king, and has been compar-
ing his case with the precedents in
which marriages were dissolved by the
church.
The Countess Of Montignoso was for
merly the Crown Princess Louise, wife
Of Crown Prince Frederick, now king Of
Saxony In 1902 she eloped with Pro-
fessor Giron and has since been living
in Italy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
LONDON SWELTERS IN
SUMS BURNING RAYS
Thirty Soldiers Stricken on a
Thirteen-Mile March-Two
Deaths Already.
New York Herald Special Gable Service. Co
right, 1906, by the New York Herald.

New York Herald Special Gable Service. Copy.
right, 1906, by the New York Herald.
London, April 14.-If not absolutely
sweltering in heat, London has been
very near it during the past week and
several cases of heat apoplexy, two hav-i
the hospitals. Thirty men out of ITO
of the first battalion of the Bluffs regi-.
ment were bowled over by the heat dur
ing a seventeen-mile march on Thurs
day and had to be conveyed to hos
pital in ambulances.
Never cloud has been seen all the
week thru, and men have discarded
their overcoats in the daytime and
donned their summer clothing, while
the hatters have been driving a great
trade in straw hats.
The women appeared in light gar
ments, many using parasols, and the
demand for Panama hats is already SO
great that prices have gone up at a.
bound. The increase is due to some
what unexpected revival in favor of
this light summer headgear.
IA Panamas Expensive.
eve were warned of the increase
early in the season. said the manager
Of West End firm of matters. Since
the great boom three years ago the
price has remained steady and it will
be practically impossible to buy gem.
uine Panama hat at less than guinea
($5), and it will be a poor article at
that.'
The extraordinary burst of summer
like weather has had a remarkable eff.
feet on the bookings by rail and boat
for the Easter holidays. Seldom has
there been such marked migration. In
deed, only the confirmed cockneys and
a few men welded to their clubs are to
be seen. st. James street is as empty
as in August and Pail Mall is blank
space save for some stragglers and the,
police. Twenty years ago very few
habitual Londoners went away for
Easter; now practically everyone de-
parts, except the devout who prefer the
observe the holiday season under the
spiritual guidance Of their parish
clergy. -
The steamships going to the conti-
nent have been crowded as they have
never been before. There has also been
record number Of bookings to the
nearer saside resorts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
THIEF OF MILLIONS
COMPLETES LONG TERM
Jabez Spence Balfour, Former NJ P,
Who Swindled Poor of England, Re-
leased from Parkhurst Prison.

London. April 14.-Jabez Spencer
Balfour, formerly financial magnate
and a member of parliament, who was
sentenced to fourteen years imprison-
ment in 1925 for extensive frauds, was
released this morning from the Park
hurst prison on the isle of Wight
For two years Balfours had acted as
librarian Of the prison. It is said he
probably will return to the Argentine
Republic from whence he was extra
dited before his trial, and where it is
said that he holds considerable inter
ests in trade concerns.EsIt is estimated
that the poor middle class of England
lost about $4,000 by Balfour's swim
ding operations.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

charge Of foreign affairs. Later he
became a member of that powerful
body, the privy council.
If Aoki has any speciality in diploma
cy, it is treaty-making. He has ever
been firm friend Of this country, and
the regard in which he is held by Amer
leans In Japan led them to give him a
1884.
The Viscountess Aoki is a German,
and was woed and won by Aoki while
he was stationed in Berlin. Their only
child is the Countess Hatzefeld Of Ger
many. The viscountess is accomplished
and undoubtedly will play prominent
part in the social life Of the national
capital. She and her husband usually
address each other in German, the Wis
count being profound German scholar.
Both Aoki and his wife speak English
fuently.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
EXPOSITION OPENS IN
va MARsEuI.Es TODAY
Minister Of Colonies and Other Promi-
nent Officials to Attend Opening of
the Colonial Show.

Special to The Journal. > r.
Marseilles, April IA. The minister Of
the colonies and number Of other
officials Of state are in Marseilles to
attend the opening of the colonial ex-
position tomorrow. The exposition,
for which preparations have been going
forward for more than year, is intend
ed to illustrate the resources, industries
and and intellectual progress
of the French colonial possessions thru
out the world. The affair will con
tinue thruouts the summer and judging
from the interest. already displayed it
will be largely attended.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
sAvACERY IN STRIKES
ALARMING TO FRANCE
Dynamite Used to Wreck Homes
of the Men Who Will
Work. =
New York Herald Special Gable Service.
rirht. 1906, by the New York Herald.

right, 1905, by the New York Herald . +
Paris, April 1--we are in a period
Of workmen s lunacy-a labor crisis. Not
only the miners Of Pas de Calais and
LIE Nord have Judged it proper to add
to the catastrophe Of the Courrieres
sufferings by strike, and to condemn
themselves to starvation because l,2oO
of their comrades were killed in the
mine, but they hope to profit by the
general emotion to wrest from the COM
panies concession to which the latter
cannot consent. .-s-.,
But the strikers have INDUCED in
veritable acts Of savagery against such
of their comrades as desire to work,
dynamite. explosions devastating the
miserable dwellings Of the miners, con-
tinue to increase,
On Wednesday train containing
Belgian workmen was attacked ny
showers of enormous stones by crowd
of 600 strikers.
It was forced to stop and was taken
by assault and the workmen it con-
tanned were violently assaulted.
These intolerable acts call for repres-
sion, the more SO because they are mis-
represented by leaders. Thus, the Basly
deputy, who foments the entire disor-
der in order not to give way to an
other pushful individual named Breat-
chouX, addressed a dispatch to Clemen-
ceau to complain that the gendarmes
had assaulted the strikers with blud-
geons.
Good Work Harmful.
The minister of the interior replied
proving to him that there was not a
single word of truth in the whole story
| that his witnesses had been confound
ed, and requesting him in the future
to refrain from giving currency to such
absurd stories.
| A few more such proofs Of energy
and governmental vigor will render M
Clemenceau unpopular among thu
workmen.
/ There was very good sitting Of
the chamber on Thursday and very
fine declaration by the minister of for
eign affairs, M. Bourgeois, who ex
/ planned the attitude of France at tn.
conference at Algeciras, which sepa
rated April Z, applauding the results
of this conference, which safeguardet
our interests and left in the midst Of
/ Europe fecund germs Of peace ant
! calm. The declaration was SO wei
drawn up that it was applauded AM
not discussed:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
DIVERS WORK UNDER
HISTORIC CATHEDRAL
Removal of Peat In Regeneration Work
Causes Rush of Water and Human
Fish, Are Employed. t 81
New York Herald Special Gable Service. Copy
RIGHT 1000 h5z the New, York Herald =,

New York Herald Special Cable Service. Copy
right, 1906, by the New York Herald.
London, April 14.-The men who are
repairing the ravages which time has
wrought in Windsor cathedral have had
to call in the aid Of divers. The work
of undermining has been going on for
some time in the crypt, owing to the
subsistence Of the peaty stratum above
the gravel soil on which the cathedral
is built, and this peat lis being removed
entirely and on the solid bed of gravel,
bags Of cement and gravel are being
placed.
Unfortunately the water rushes up
thru the gravel as the peat is removed
and floods the excavations, SO divers
are employed to remove the peat and
put bags Of cement into place, and when
this is set the water will be pumped
out and the masonry will be built upon
the solid foundation thus made, and
then this historic old building will for
the first time rest upon solid founda-
ton.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

Special Cable to The Journal.
Toxic, April 44.-Viscount Siuzo
Aoki, ambassador to the United States,
who is Oh his way to Washington,
is one of Japan's leading statesmen and
diplomatists. He comes from the prov
inces Of Choshiu, the home of the ma
jority Of Japan's greatest statesmen,
diplomats and councillors. He was born
in 1914. Aoki was twice minister to
Berlin, after he had mastered the Ger
man language he was dispatched thither
as secretary of legation in 1873, and
shortly after he became minister. He
has also been minister to the court Of
St. James.
Aoki was minister of foreign affairs
at, the time the attempt was made to
murder the czarevitch (now the czar)
travelling in Japan. His grief over the
outrage led to his resignation. During
the Boxer outbreak he was again in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
SHIP ABANDONED AT SEA.

Delagoa Bay, South Africa, April "A.
The British ship George T. Hay Of
Parrsboro, n. S., was abandoned at sea
while on a voyage from Rosario, Argen-
Captain Spicer and the crew of the
Hay were rescued by the German bark
Pestalozzi. The George T. Hay was a
wooden vessel Of 1,647 tons.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
LOO HURT IN LONDON
AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC
Accidents in Past Three Months Fur
nish Subject for Consideration by
House Of Commons.

New York Herald Special Cable Service Copy
right, 1905, by the New York Herald.
London, April lahore than seven
teen hundred accidents were caused
in London by automobile traffic during
the months of January, February and
March, according to statment made
in the house of commons by Herbert
Gladstone.
Motor omnibuses were accountable in
January for 211. February 235, March
331, a total of TT; automobiles and
motor cycles, January 301, February
1858, March 3s5, making total Of $40.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
.P0ST0FF|CE CAN CARE
FOR HUMAN PACKAGES
England's Metropolis Now Con-
ducts Thriving Mail and
Messenger Service.
New York Herald Special Gable Service.
right, 1906, by the New York Herald.

New York Herald Special Gable Service. Copy.
right 1906, by the New York Herald.
London, April 14.-It is now possible
to send a person to his destination by
post; indeed, it is a privilege that has
But the postoffce is not the only organ
ization that delivers people when re-
quired; the district messenger company
does quite thriving business in guild
ing strangers and children about
London. On Thursday, the company IS
railway stations, meeting the school
boys coming home for the holidays and
conducting them safely to the paternal
roof.
Another afternoon a sprucely-dress
young woman was piloted thru the
may traffic by a we'll set up messenger
boy, who must have been at least a
corporal, from his carriage and who
was evidently proud of his charge.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
BULL FIGHT IN FRENCH !
TOWN CAUSES PROTESTS
Six Starving Animals Furnish Poor
Kind of Excitement Future Combats
May Be Prohibited.
New York Herald Special Gable Service. Copy
right 1906, by the Now York Herald

New York Herald Special Gable Service. Copy
right. 1905, by the New York Herald.
Cannes, April IA bullfght was
held here on Sunday, which was real in
every respect except that the bulls were
not actually killed. They were six
miserable little beasts that had been
seven days on train without much
food and hence, were not able to do
honor to the Spanish standard of
ferocity.
Many residents and visitors are MAX
ing strong protests, appealing to the
It appears that the bullfght managers
have secured three-years license from
the Cannes municipality, after they
were fatty refused by Nice.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
SPRING WEATHER FOR
PARIS THIS EASTER
Parks and Brightens the Gay Metrop-
oils
New York Herald Special Gable Service.

NOW IVTH I1eIaIu opeClaI CdUIe 0erV1C6, COpy-
right, 1906, by the New York Herald.
Paris: April 14.-Spring weather
spring leaves and blossoms, spring NOV:
ing, even spring fever prevails, and tbs
heart of old Paris gladdened and re-
juvenated thereby. Holy week has
been almost too pleasant for church
going. Indeed, the crowds in the
streets, parks and public squares would
give the impression that the entire pop
a church. It is soft, enticing atmos
phere that is breathed over the capita
these days, with sort Of dreamy haze
hiding distant spires. y
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-09-19
"THls Is NY e1sT BIRTHDAY,
Ethan Allen Hitchcock,

Ethan Allen Hitchcock, who has
been secretary of the interior since
early in 1899. was born in Mobile, Ala,
September 10. 1885. He is a great
grandson of Ethan Allen. the leader OF
The Green Mountain Boys" AS a
young man Mr.. Hitchcock settled In
st. Louis and engaged in mercantile
business until 1860. when he went to
China as representative of a business
firm In which he soon after became a
partner, He always took an active
part in politics and in 1897 he was ap-
pointed United States minister to Rus
STA, which post he resigned to enter
the cabinet of President Mckinley. Mr.
Hitchcock is very democratic, though
a man of great wealth, and all in all
may be regarded as an excellent rep
resentative of the enlightenment
progress and industry of the great
west beyond the Mississippi
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-09-19
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1906
COUNTING THE COST.

An official Of the United States treas
ury has been making some calcula-
tons as to what government owner
ship Of the railways would cost and
as to the prospect of paying for the
railroads alone. He asserts that the
purchase Of the railroads would neces-
state the purchase Of all vessels en-
gagged In Interstate transportation and
all pipe lines. He points out that it il
now moro than forty years since the
close Of the war between the states.
and that despite the unexampled pros
perity we have not been able to pay
Off half the debt of two billion dollars
contracted during that war. To pur-
chase the railroads would cali for the
expenditure Of at least ten billion dol
lars. Even il such a debt could be
floated the annual interest charge at 3
per cent would be 5000, zoo, O00
II 1t has taken the government 40
years to pay one million of debt" says
this official. "at the same rate 1t would
require 400 years to discharge the debt
created by the purchase of the rail-
roads. But that would not be all. Ar
the country develops more railroads
will have to be built, so millions would
be added annually to the nations
burden" 1t Is time to think seriously
along these lines before jumping to the
conclusions Mr.. Bryan would like the
people to ACCEPT. 1t Is a scheme OF
hnanciering that would startIe the
world.