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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
SAVING SEASON WAITS !.
FOR FIRST LOG DRIVES

Conditions do not point to a. heavy
lumber cut for the Minneapolis saw;
mills this season. On the contrary, the
conditions are somewhat serious and
point to short season and small cut.
After eating their cake in the shape
Of logs in the late saving season last
fall, the sawmills have none now, and
must wait for new logs for the coming
season. There is practically no timber
in the pockets of the city mills, it will
take several weeks for logs to arrive,
and at best the opening Of the season
will be. late. r., Be- 49, ~. IT,.
The c.. A. Smith mill at Camden
Place has begun saving, but is work
ing on logs shipped by rail thru the
winter and spring. Other companies
are hoping for an early drive and are
getting their mills in shape and hiring
crews. Stocks are low and there is a
brisk demand for lumber at stiff prices,
but with no logs the companies can only
wait and admit that they are up
against it.
The nearest logs in any quantity are
at Little Falls, 100 miles above Min
neapolis by, river. The boom company
Of logs between Little Falls and Brain
erd that were frozen in last fall. A
little timber is in the river below Little
Falls but no attempt will be made to
move it until it is picked up with the
advance drive: The company is getting
its booms at Little Falls in shape and
expects to begin sorting logs Saturday
In ten days or two weeks the advance
drive may be started and It will be
three weeks at best before they reach
the Minneapolis mills, ..,'. - f.~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
PRISONER Is FREED,
!. BUT RETURNED TO JAIL

Thru a technicality William Ken
So, was discharged, and a verdict or
dered by the court finding the prisoner
not guilty. The prisoner was then
placed under bonds of $4,000 and will
be tried at the next general term of
court on another indictment, one for
raising a 81 to a $40 bill.
The sudden ending of the case this
morning resulted from the court s rul:
ing on point which he himself raised,
that of the admission of secondary evil
dence given yesterday by Captain J. w.
Lawrence Of the secret service, the off
Ger who had worked the case up for
the prosecution. F, Z
The court objected to the fact that
the raised silver certificate could not
be produced in court. He held that the
instrument on which the crime was
based should have been produced. The
court ordered the clerk to prepare a
verdict for the defendant and discharge
the jury. 1.-THE proof in this case
should have been gotten,' said the
court, ssit certainly ought to have beer
gotten.
Attorney for Kendrick desired tc
have his client Immediately charged or
the indictment still pending, but as al
the Jurors had been discharged it was
impossible to get a jury. Kehdrick has
been in jail six months awaiting trial
and will now have to remain, In iai
till ext'October. This will make prac
tically a year in Jail, as he is unable Il
give bond. - -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
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GAS ARBITRATION is:
TO BE ABANDONED

It may. be taken for granted that
the council at it's meeting tomorrow
evening, will formally abandon the
movement for arbitrating the price Of
gas and will adopt the report Of the
special committee recommending that Il
pc authorized to negotiate directly with
tne gas company for reduction in the
price of gas. - :. :: :.
Should the desired authority to deal
with the gas company be given the spe-
cal committee, a meeting will be called
early next week, as the committee will
pc limited to two weeks in which to
make a report. The matter f prices as
compared with other cities. as we'll as
the cost Of gas production, will be thor.
oily Investigated. : .
Minneapolis is said to have Al, nm
sually stringent gas ordinance. A can
ole power OF 70 as a minimum is re
CURED, and this necessitates the pro
duction Of a much better gas than is
required IN many other places. -.
Another point is the distributing. In
this city, which is widely scattered, the
capital involved in 8 distributing sys
tenn Is considerably greater than in :
more compactly settled town.
The company will doubtless endeayo,
to convince the aldermen that the pres
Sent5s rates are as low as the conditions
will warrant, but many Of the city
fathers are convinced that substantial
reduction in the price will be obtained
within comparatively short time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
STUDENT BODY IS
SCORED BY mag
DISHONESTY AND POLITICAL
TREACHERY ARE CHARGED.
Minnesota Daily staff and Athletic
Board Are Directly Attacked and
Members Of Both Are UP in Arms
Magazine Declares for Faculty Con-
troll.

Taking the position that Minnesota
undergraduates are not qualified to
control even their own affairs, the Min
nesota Magazine, the senior monthly at
the university, has declared for clos
or faculty control over student enter
prises. In leading editorial in the
current issue of the Magazine, misman-
agement, corruption and selfshness in
the control Of student enterprises are
held responsible for the present condi-
ton OF affairs, and undergraduates are
charged with dishonesty and political
treachery.
The editN.ial is the most scathing
denunciation of student methods that
has ever appeared in a college paper,
and members of the Minnesota Daily
staff and of the athletic board, who
are made the direct targets of the edi.
torial, are up in arms. 1T is charged
that the editorial expresses the belief
OF only one man on the magazine board
the managing editor, and that it was
never submitted to the magazine board
for approval. E&2s.| ~
After arraigningethe Minnesota Daily
staff and the athletic board Of contro
for stirring up student sentiment in op
position to the faculty the editorial
states that the writer IS distrust in the
ability of the students to govern them
selves has been confirmed by Gan OBJ
servation of four years of mismanage
men meat, corruption and selfshness in stu
when repeating is tolerated at thu
polls, continues the. editorial, "ant
elected to positions of responsibility a.
a reward for political influence, or be
cause they have no other college hon
ors, when the barb frat line is the only
issue in student elections; when person
al popularity is the measure Of man 4
merit; when :yellowness is the test 0.
acceptable college journalism; when tn,
surest way to win fame and honor is tt
malign the name Of Alma Mater; whe1
the easiest way to opulence is to b.
those conditions exist. the Magazin,
INSANITY ~. - =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
"CAPPERS" TO BE !.
MADE TO SUFFER
PROPOSED ORDINANCE WILL
TREAT THEM AS GAMBLERS.
Men Used to Catch the Unwary and to
Watch for Police VIII Be Liable to
Arrest if Ordinance Is Passed.-Law
to Check Boilerworks Recommended.

'"Cappers and "lookouts and 9TH
er outside men attached to gambling
establishments are to be treaAl as
hereafter. At the meeting of tie coun-
ell committe on ordinances today it was
voted to recommend the passage of an
amendment to the present ordinance
prohibiting gambling, which would au-
thorize the arrest of all persons who
laid or abet, directly or indirectly. in
the maintenance of gambling re-
sort. -
The new measure is aimed directly
at the class Of men used by the gam
ing fraternity in bringing III the suck
ers" and who keep a lookout for the
police.
Alderman Perry Starkweather anti
gambling ordinance. authorizing the
people to enter any place where they
suspect that gambling MAJ be con-
Quoted, was considered, and action was
deferred. The members Of the commit
tee thought that the provisions were too
sweeping, as it gave too much leeway
for annoying and harassing respectable
citizens simply for spitework. 1t was
decided to have the ordinance redrafted
so as to require municipal Judge to be
responsible for the issuance of "a raid
ing warrant.
The committee recommended the pas
sage. of an ordinance prohibiting. the
erection of boilershops or other iron
works where excessive noises are crea-
! ted, unless permit had been secured
| from the city council. The measure
i was prepared by the Hawthorne I'm
| proyem,ent association to save the resi-
| dents from any additional boilershops
! in their neighborhood.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
Weather Conditions.

The large low pressure area central
over the southern Rocky mountain re-
gion yesterday morning has moved
slowly eastward to Kansas, and it's in
huence extends from the crest of the
Rocky mountains to the Mississippi
river and the western part of the lake
region, with rain falling this morning
in northern and western Minnesota,
North Dakota, eastern South Dakota
and Colorado, and showing in parts of
Saskatchewan, eastern Montana, Wyo-
ming and northern New Mexico, with
higher temperatures on the east slope
of the Rocky mountains and thence
eastward to the Atlantic coast, except
in northern Michigan. A high pressure
area over the north Pacific coast region
is causing lower temperatures as far
east as the Rocky mountain crest, with
this mornings temperatures about 80
degrees in northern New Mexico. Utah
and eastern Montana, and below 80 de-
grees along the western slope of the
Rockies. With the northeastward move
ment Of the low pressure area, rain is
expected in this vicinity tonight and
Friday and the eastward movement of
the high pressure area will cause lower
Temperatures on Friday.
IT. s. Outram, Section Director.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
DECLARES THE JUNGLE" I.
IS NOT 0YERDRAWN

Conditions in the great centers of the
meat-packing industry are not over
drawn as depicted in "The Jungle
Upton Sinclair's, novel of packing
house life and its influence and effects.
This is the opinion of President Michael
Dohnelly Of the International Meat Cut
tiers union, which covers the packing
house industry. Mr.. Sinclair s novel
has attracted much comment, and those
who take exception to the work, class
the author with the "muck rakers'
against whom President Roosevelt is
now moving. - -
Zone has but to make complete in
spection day after day for reasonable
time to find out the facts,'' says Mr..
Donnelly.~ Everything goes into the
mix somewhere and somebody eats it.
The small portion of any animal that
goes thru the modern packing plant
and is finally cast. away as refuse is SO
small that it cannot be found. -:
Mr.. Sinclair. has onl y taken Incl
dents of clearinghouse life and TOLD
them as they are. I will admit that
much good could be said on some lines
he describes so wildly.
One Of the worst features Of the
| system is the work that women ani
! girls are made to do, For man it i!
bad, worse than almost anything else
but it is far worse for a woman. W.
are. trying to better conditions and tt
stop the working Of women in place.
unfit for them. Our unions are. con
stantlly working to help their member,
ana an IN doing that they are beneftins
Mr.. Donnelly does not actually ad
nit the probability Of another and
greater strike of the packinghoust
unions, but intimates that there is {
tendency toward an open break. Whe1
it comes, the organizations will be bet
ter prepared than ever to meet it.
While here, Mr.. Donnelly visited tn,
plants at South st. Paul and conferred
with the twin city unions. Last nigh
he addressed a union meeting of twill
city members Of the Meat Cutters
union in Alexander hall, telling Of tn
work of the international organization
and it's hopes for the betterment of al
branches Of the craft. The meetin,
was followed by banquet and smoker
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
new n PO'WlE l PLAN
FOR MINNEAPOLIS
PLANTS ON RIVER AT CLEAR
WATER AND MONTICELLO.
Mississippi River Power Company Has
Dam Project, with st. Cloud Banker
in the Scheme and Big Construction
Work Involved Also In an Ohio Gaasss
! Deal. @ 3sis

The Mississippi River Power com
pany,s recently incorporated with $780,
900 authorized capital, is planning to
generate $4,000 horsepower by dams at
Clearwater and Monticello for trans
mission as electric power for sale in
the twin cities. Altho the. plan is still
in it's infancy, George A. Moore Of st.
Cloud says the company expects to get
a head Of twenty nine feet at Clear
water and thirty feet at Monticello.
Several St. Cloud and eastern capital
lists are back Of the plan. One Of the
moving factors is E.. F. Moore, presi-
dent Of the First National bank at ST.
Cloud. 4 r, s&as$ s
Plans are not ready. yet and no con:
tracts have been let, but it is likely
that at least one Of the dams will be
built within nine months. ~
E. F. Moore, Archibald White and
their associates in the eastern syndicate
which is backing the Monticello and
Clearwater power deal, are said to be
prime movers in the pending negotia
tions for the lease Of the Cincinnati
Gas company, a transaction which will
involve millions of dollars.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
PLANS FOR Big 5 s.
1 DEBATING LEAGUE
81 : $3.50 ~ ss-.- .,-.-s-
UNIVERSITY HAS SCHEME FOR
ENLARGING CENTRAL LEAGUE.
Professor McDermott Attends Meeting
in Chicago, Where Effort Will Be
= Made to Change Present Orgaliza-
: :tion, Which Is Not Regarded as Sat
isfactory. IS -. -@a35z.s

Professor E. E. McDermott, repre-
senting the University of Minnesota in
the Central Debating league, will at
tend the meeting of that organization
in Chicago Friday night. 1t is made
up of the universities of Michigan,
Wisconsin, Chicago and Minnesota. The
present arrangement is not altogether
satisfactory, however. The manage
ment of the affairs of the league in the
University Of Wisconsin has not been
acceptable to the University Of Mime
sofa, and it is understood that Chicago,
Michigan and Northwestern are, con-
gular combination with view to hav-
ing Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa
grouped in a like way. g---- -
This plan, however, will not be salts
factory to Minnesota, and Professor
McDermott will propose the organiza.
ton Of new league, consisting OF
eight of the larger western universities
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin. Iowa
Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern ant
Chicago. He has new plan which
he will urge upon the representatives
of the different universities. 1t con
templates the organization of two
instance, from "Ao university would
visit ."B' and debate the home team
there, while team froms"C' univer
sity would 90 to GA to debate will
the home team. In this way each uni
versity would have one team at WORK
at home and another one contendins
with some other university. In the enc
each university would have contested
twice with each other, university. ont
team taking the affirmative and tn
other the negative question.
Professor McDernott and his asso
,ciates in the University Of Minnesot,
think it is good scheme and will urg,
its acceptance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
DEATH IN MONTANA
HAS LOCAL INTEREST

81 At the request Of Coroner Marsh of
Missoula, Mont, the police are search,
ing for two persons, one ''Jlm' and
the other Ella F. A. Ewing, chief
clerk to superintendent Boyle of the
Northern Pacific, died in Missoula
Tuesday morning. =,
A mystery seems to be connected
with the case, and the, Montana cor
oner asks the Minneapolis police to as
sist in unraveling it. It is said that
Ewing was formerly in the brokerage
business in Minneapolis. Letters from
Minneapolis persons and signed jim -
and ella were found among Ewing s
effects
The cause Of death was heart failure.
For some reason, an attempt was made
to keep the news Of the death from the
newspapers. 1t was learned, subse-
quent to the first news of the affair,
that after Ewing had died, morphine
bottle was found in his pocket. 1t is
suspected that he committed suicide.
The coroner is ,reticent concerning the
s case. ..-.s'~ s...- -. r. sr-s$
Ewing is supposed to be member of
q prominent family in st. Louis, and it
ID believed that another Ewing, prom
inent Washington politician who com
mitted suicide in Butte short time
ago, was his brother. l-.-a .-...,.. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
OMITS GOOD FRIDAY
FROM THE HOLIDAYS

- y =. I . ! : - . = E.
Good Friday is not legal holiday
under the revised statutes, and there
is no provision for adjournment of the
public schools on that day. The school
laws formerly specified days on which
no school should be held and teachers
still receive full pay. These included
besides legal holidays, Good Friday and
Thanksgiving day. The section is
omitted from the code, and if schools
take a holiday on Good Friday teachers
will not be able, it is believed, to draw
pay for full week.
The code carefully distinguishes the
two days from the legal holidays, which
New Years, Lincoln IS birthday, Wash.
ington's birthday, Independence day
Labor day, the day Of general election
and Christmast. Elsewhere the code says
that notes, contract and bills Of ex
change due on Sunday. Good Friday
Thanksgiving day or any legal holiday
shall be payable or performed on the
day following.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
GENERAL" VAIL IS In
HIS OLD FIELD AGAIN

Owen B.. Vail, the head of the Chris
tian Warriors, is again on the trail thru
Minnesota. &F~s. + .e*sz.r. #
A letter from Captain Brean Of the
Salvation Army, received at the pro-
vincial headquarters today, reports that
the warriors, represented by Vail and
female companion, have been active
in Blue Earth. "General" Vail and
his "army' arrived in Blue Earth just
after Captain Brean left for short trip
up the line, and finding the vineyard
the harvest. So -.
Both the "general' and his compan-
ion were dressed in garb which close
ly resembled that of the Salvation
Army and when questioned said that
they did not belong to the army, but
were a sort of auxiliary force, and had
,, come to conduct a special series Of
licit contributions from the business
men and by the time Captain Brean 8
return drove them to the road they had
rounded up good sum.
Reports from Ortonville, Mankato
and the western counties would indicate
that "General' Vail has been conduct
ing a tour of considerable magnitude,
EBrigadier Cousins believes that Vail and
his companion are the mysterious ','Sal-
walton Army workers who made some
cash and a getaway in Minneapolis a
| few weeks ago. g.. 3~.'t-E.' :.
| Vail has led a tempestuous life of
late. First an irate Minnesota farmer
appeared in Denver, where he had gath
| cred a considerable following, and OBJ
| jected because he had led his sister to
desert her husband and follow his for
4 tunes. There was a mix-up in which
the Minnesotan drew d revolver from
1 which Vail fled, only to find himself
Wallis organization, the Christian War:
riors, purports to be a Nebraskan cor
! pOratiOn. 1920 - :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
"THUNDERING" GORDON
AND WIFE LOSE SUITS

Both sides lost by decision today
in the counter divorce actions of Mr..
and Mrs. H. L. Gordon at Los Angeles
Cal. Each litigant charged the other
with infdelity and the showing in court
denied both petitions. Mrs. Gordon
will continue to live in the family man
sion, enjoying the income from d prop
erty worth $4,000, which she secured
from her. husband before the estrange
ment. Mr.. Gordon will continue to Re
side at his office in his Los Angeles
office building.
AS laundering Gordon, the hus
band in this case was once very promi
nent in Minnesota politics. Since hi
les, he has figured in one shooting af
fray with his wife g brother, and ther
have been extended interviews pub
lished from both sides. tS n.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
REGANS TO HAVE BIG
NEW LUNCH ROOM

Having operated lunch counter at
50 Fourth street s for twenty years,
Regan brothers are preparing to move
across the street to No. 43, in Nav.
When Laramee & Grain have moved to
their new store building, the quarters
they ,vacate will be fitted up at once
for the new lunch room. The Rerafs
will have 22x157 feet on the first floor.
and the rear Of the basement and sec.
ond floor. The changes will cost 81 500.
J. NJ. Regain has gone to Chicago, St.
Louis and Cincinnati to look np the
latest things in cooking utensils, etc.
The room will have only lunch
counter. This will seat $50 at one time.
The fixtures will be handsome. every.
thing about the place will be sanitary,
all the cooking and serving appliances
will be Of the latest pattern. Mach of
the cooking and carving will be done in
the oval formed by the lunch counter
and in sight Of customers. Gas and
steam will be used for cooking and
/ keeping dishes warm. The dish wash
ing will be done by machinery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
SHOOTS WOMAN
And KILLS SELF
HERMAN KoENIG CENTRAL FIG
uRE IN "A TRAGEDY.
Mrs. Boothman Is Wounded in the Face
and the Man Who Shot Her Is Dead,
Self slain-Woma Is. Not Expected
to Survive Her Injuries.

Mrs. s.. E.. Boothman wounded in the
face. fatally, and the would-be MUIR
derer, Herman Koenig, dead from q
shot in the temple, fred by his own
hand, is the brief record Of a tragedy
which occurred about 2 0 CLOCK today.
" The shooting occurred at ~ Ninth
street s. The house is a boarding
house,. and Mrs. 'Boothman rented the
upper floor a few days ago. Koenig
rented room from her.
Koenig rang the street bell Of the
upper fat, coming in off the street, and
when Mrs. Boothman answered the call
he fred point blank at her face. The
ball entered at the chin and came out
near the eye. The woman will die.
The woman is about 26. years old and
is supposed to have a husband in Mich
igan. The man is about go. The rela-
tionship between the man and his VIC
tim is not known, and other tenants
either know nothing about the couple
or refuse to talk It is said that the
woman received telegram from some
one this forenoon. f
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
DAMAGE MAJ s surf in WAR
:. OF RIVAL BARRIERS

"A lawsuit for $1,000 damages for al
legged false arrest, and imprisonment
growing out of the rivalry between the
courthouse and cityhall BARRIERS is on
trial today before Judge D. F. Simpson.
George Tubman, formerly employed
with Fred w. Herman, proprietor of the
cityhaH barber shop, is the plaintiff
and charges that he was arrested by
the. defendant, .Patrolman Alfred John
son, thrown into jail, and kept there
for four hours for no reason whatever
unless it. was to vent a spite. -
The trouble arose originally over the
action Of r. S. Rediker, the courthouse
barber, who placed his advertising
cards in front Of the cityhall shop. It
Is alleged that Herman took these
cards down and wrote across them thn
word Scab. This was not to the
liking of Rediker, who is said to have
secured Patrolman johnson to arrest
herman and with him his employee
Tubman. - GO
Herman admits writing on the cards
but Tubman denies having anything to
az with it. The men were arrestei
without a warrant and were held in iail
until they could produce bail monev
When: they appeared in the municinal
court Judge Waite dismissed the case
ana ordered the return Of the bali
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
City News
THE WEATHER
The Predictions.

Minnesota-Rai tonight and Friday;
colder in south and west portions FRI
day; high easterly winds, shifting to
northwest Friday.
Upper Michigan Rain tonight and
I friday; warmer in east and south por-
tions tonight; increasing easterly winds.
Wisconsin, Showers tonight and Fri
day; warmer tonight; cooler in west
portion Friday; increasing easterly
winds. .s--ze.-s
Iowa-Showers and thunderstorms
\ tonight and Friday; warmer in east and
central and cooler in northwest portions
tonight; cooler. Friday.
ss North Dakota = Threatening. with
rain or snow tonight and in east por-
ton Friday; colder tonight.
South Dakota-Rain tonight, possibly
rning to, snow Friday; colder; winds
lifting to high northwest.
Internationally fair tonight and
Friday; colder in east and south por-
tions tonight. F.. 81. =. H.