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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-17
City News
THE WEATHER
The Predictions.

Minnesota Snow tonight and Sun
day; colder tonight and in east portion
suWVdsy high northTesf e wl aad code,
tonight and Sunday.
Upper Michigan-Rain turning to
snow tonight and Sunday; colder Sun
day and in west portion tonight; high
southwest to west winds.
Iowa-Snow furries tonight and
Sunday; colder tonight and in east
portion Sunday.
North and South Dakota-Snow to-
night and Sunday; colder tonight;
high northwest winds.
Montana-Snow tonight and Sunday
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-17

weather NOW and Then.
Today, maximum 80, minimum 26 de.
grees; year ago, maximum so, mini
mum 81 degrees.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-17
Resolutions Adopted.

Resolutions referred out by the COM
mlttee on resolutions and acted upon
were as follows :. - - -
A resolution by Delegate Pfeiffer of
me IN International United Brotherhood
OF Leather Workers on Horse Goods.
asks as that all leather goods required BY,
the government in the postal, army or
navy departments be made in govern
m N shops and arsenals; that 1egisla-
ton to this end be secured on the
ground that these. supplies, made out
SIDE under contract, are inferior and
no cheaper, and are made under unfair
conditions. Resolution adopted.
Another resolution by the leather
WORKERS IS a protest against working
regulations in the Rock Island arsenal
with reference to grading, and urges
the appointment, Of an Investigation
committee to report and make sngges-
adopted + ltd :, :, - -
A resolution by Delegate Ream Of the
Iowa Federation of Labor, asks an
amendment of the postal laws to BRO
vide for carrying small parcels in the
mails, and instructs the executive coun-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-17
PERRY ADMITS HE
|. COMMITTED ARSON
DENIES HE INTENDED TO BURN
2 YATES STORE.
Refusal Of Accused to Admit Intent
Prompts Judge to Deny Plea of Guilty
and to Order Case Tried Prisoner
Shows Effects Of Confinement and
Burns. e..fr -.

Weakened by long imprisonment and
crippled from the terrible burns re-
ceiyed when he either Intentionally or
accidentally set fire to the building at
7OS Third avenue NE, Erwin A. Perry
appeared before Judge D. F. Simpson
today and entered plea of guilty to
arson in the third degree. Asked if he
mad anything to say before sentence
was passed, he said that he could only
fire that burned the building.
'Then you did commit the crime to
which, you have pleaded guilty, and
you should Withdraw that plea and
stand trial. said the court.
:Perry's attorney argued that his
clients insistence upon his lack Of in
tention was not borne out by the evi.
dence and that owing to the fact that
a jury would almost certainly find him
guilty, he had advised the aged man to
plead guilty.
Judge Refuses Plea.
.'Unless he will admit his intention
this court will not receive his plea of
guilty. said the judge, and Perry said:
II must tell the truth. did not in.
tend to set the fire when I returned
to the store that night. I lighted a
match and the explosion followed"
Under order of the court the plea
Of guilty was thereupon withdrawn and
Perry will be brought to trial.
Perry is the man who turned state 4
evidence in the case against Emma
Yates and Emma Anderson, the women
who operated the store that was burned
and who were indicted and convicted
Of arson in the first degree. The An
derson woman was given a new tria
and the Yates case is still unsettled
pending an appeal to the supreme court
Judge Simpson today sentenced John
Reakman, convicted Of horse stealing
to the reformatory, and James Riley
convicted of similar offense, was sent
to the penitentiary for term Of fou,
years and nine months.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15
STAHL TO QUIT BASEBALL?
Ex-Manaser of Washington May Yield
to Family

Urbana. H., Nov. 15.-It is believed
here that Jake Stahl, late manager of
the Washington ball club and a former
Illinois baseball and football star. who
has been coaching the football team
here for Il week, has made up his mind
TO retire from professional baseball
Stahl left for his home in Elkhart to
visit his parents. The impression
gained by his friends and fraternity
mates here was that he had almost
made his determination to cut out the
diamond. This idea seems to be held
by all of his friends. 1t is known that
his parents are opposed to his con
tinuing in the game and that they
want him to enter the law business.
Stahl is a graduate of the University
of Illinois College of Law. He joined
the Boston Americans in June. 1902.
just after graduating and for the past
two seasons has managed the Wash
ington club.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15
READY FOR FRAY
All Participants in Condition for
the Battle in Davenport
Torigbt.[
HOUSE WILL BE A BIG ONE
Gardner FaVorite Over Dougherty-
GaIIigan Knocks Out kenney in
A Whirlwind Battle.

Prospects are that the house will be
sold out for the big boxing bill at tht
Burtis, Davenport. tonight All the
men who will participate are on the
ground and in condition. Jimmy Gard
ner is the favorite over Jack Dougher
t. in their 15-round mill. though the
latter will enter the ring at AS pounds
several points heavier than his oppo-
nent The other bouts are: "Packy'
Mcfarland of Chicago VS.. Young
Morris of Kenosha. Johnny Coulon VS..
Kid" KriegeI, both of Chicago, and
Kid" Brewer of Ottumwa VS.. Young
Whitney of Cedar Rapids.
C.aIIignn knocks Out Kenny.
Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 15.-It took
Joe Galligan only two rounds last night
TO put a crimp in Eddie Kenny's pugil-
iStic aspirations. though the trick was
practically turned in the first, when
Kenny went down from terrific left
hook to the jaw. He would have been
counted out had not the gong saved
him on the count of eight He came
back lively, only to run into perfect
fusiIade of blows which literally beat
him to the floor. 1t was all over and
he could not have resained his feet in
anything like the count of 10.
1t took Gallisan only few seconds
to take his mans measure and then he
began to land at will He missed two
vicious uppercuts, but got in a stiff
right TO the head that Jared Kenny
An instant later he whipped across
another hard right to the jaw and fol
lowed with a wicked left full arm
swing to the body. Those terrific
swings of GalIigan's frightened his man
and forcing Kenny to his own corner
Galiigar got in the left hook that sent
Kenny down.
In the second Galligan fairly rained
rights and lefts and uppercuts on
Kenny who could make no resistance
and finally went down badly beaten.
Mcmsic Knocked out Ncary.
Los Angeles, Nov. 15.-George Mem
sic of Chicago knocked out Charles
Neary of Milwaukee in the second
round of their scheduled 2O-round fight
here Tuesday night.
WaIcoft and Rhodes Matched.
Boston. Mass, Nov. 15.-Joe Walcott
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15
ME ANS Line HERE?
New Bridge for Iowa Central at
Keithsburg Taken as Fa-
vorable Omen.
TAKEN WITH C. ]. & X. C.
Rock River Traction Company Calls
Meeting to Decide on Issue
of Bonds.

Coming with the organization of the
Chicago, Joliet and Kansas City Rail.
way company, which shows good evi
dence of intentions of building through
Illinois and crossing the Mississippi
river at Keithsburg, is a well anthem
ticated rumor that the Iowa Central
has closed arrangements to issue
81 100000 bonds to rebuild its bridge
across the river at the Mercer county
town. The old bridge has been con
demned for years, and its rebuilding
at this time indicates that there is a
connection between the Central and
the new company that will probably
mean much for the counties to the
south and may eventually result in a
new line to Rock Island.
shows signs of Life.
a special meeting of the Rock Riv-
er Traction company, which is project
ing an interurban line from Sterling
by way of Geneseo to the tri-cities, has
been called for Dec. 10 for the purpose
of considering the proposition to Gre
ate bonded Indebtedness not exceed
ing two million dollars to be issued
in such parts as may be determined
by the directors. 1t is specified that
the interest shall not exceed six per
cent paid annually or semi-annually
with provisions for refunding any part
Of the issue at not to exceed five per
cent premium and one year extra in
terest. The franchise, real estate. per-
sonal security or other property of the
is to serve as security for
the bonded debt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15

Gotch Will Wrestle PardeIIo.
Frank A. Gotch wires from Buffalo:
If Pardello is sincere in his challenge
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15

to me for the American wrestling
championship. catch-as-catch-can style
let him post forfeit of $500 and he
can have an early match, as my man
ager Will cancel engagements and we
will come to Chicago in order to wres-
lie PaiIello, say about the 23d, mattel:
10 be for $500 a side, the wrestlers'
share of the gate receipts and the
championship title Pardello Gas chal-
lcnged me repeatedly, and this is his
opportunity to get match if he
wants it."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15

L. s. Yards, $40 a. m.-Hog market
strong to &c higher.-Light, $3.50 G.35
mixed and butchers, 6O0MG.40; good
heavy, 5.G50G.40; rough heavy, 5.G5@
5S5.
Cattle market steady-Beeves. 3.S5
OPS; cows and heifers, 1.3004.00
stockers and feeders, 260@4.50.
Sheep market strong.
Hog market closed strong.-Light
$3.50 6.35; mixed and butchers coca
Gao; good heavy, 5.G5@6.4O; rough
heavy, 5.65G5.S5.
Cattle market closes steady
Sheep market closed 10c higher.
New York Stocks.
New York. Nov. 15.-Gas 90A, T. p
1S45s, L. S. Steel preferred 105 Is, L. S.
Steel common Az, Reading 147. Rock
Island preferred G77s. Rock Island com
mon 3O1a, o. e w. 1914, Southern Pa
cific 953s, n. Y Central 12Sa. Mis-
souri, Pacific 93$4. l.. &c n. 1855, Smelt-
ers 155M, C. F. l. 52H, Canadian Pa.
cific 1861 Illinois Central 17334, Penna
1895. Erie Az, c. & o. 5334, B. r. T.
Tx, B. & o. 1177s, Atchison 99A Lo-
connective 1884. Sugar 1899 st. Paul
1897, Copper 111%. Republic Steel
preferred 9S, Republic Steel common
351a, Southern Ry. 341s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15
$500; lambs, 800 to $3.50.

$500: lambs, 500 TO $3.50.
Hogs-MiXed, $3.50 to $6.25.
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn, new, 42c to 43c; oats,
CSC 10 sec
WOODLAND. per load, $500 to $3.50.
Forage - Timothy hay, $13 TO So;
prairie, $40 TO $13; clover, mixed, S12
to s13; straw, $500 to $500.
Coal-Lump, bushel, l5c; slack, per
bushel, Sc to SC.
We owe the young people of this
country the best example and teaching
that we chance to know. That's good
advice.-Take HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea. Tea or Tablets, 50 cents. r..
II. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15
Provisions and Produce.

Provisions and Produce.
Live Poultry-Spring chickens &c to
Ice pound; hens, per pound, &c to SC; ;
ducks, per pound, 10c; turkeys. pc:
pound, 15c; geese, per pound, lie.
Butter-Dairy, &c.
Lard-10c.
getables-Potatoes, new, CSC.
Eggs-Fresh. &c.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Steers, $3.50 to 5000; cows
and heifers, $500 to $500; calves $3.50
to $500.
Sheep-Yearlings .or over, $500 to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15

and Billy Rhodes have been matched
TO fight 10 rounds at the Lincoln y. Z.
in Chelsea on Thanksgiving night for
the weiterweight championship.
.IcfFrics to Referee Fight.
Los Angeles, Cal. Nov. 15.-Jim JEFF
fries has been offered the appointment
as referee of the O'Brien-Burns fight
which takes place in this city ON
Thanksgiving night, and the big fellow
has given Manager McCarry TO under
stand he will accept the offer. JEFF
fries is to receive $1,000 for his serv-
ices as referee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15
"euck" Ewing Left s2o,4oo.

Cincinnati, Nov 15.-The will of the
late William Ewing, the great catcher.
has been filed for probate. The estate
amounts to $4,000, largely in real es-
tate. and is to go to the widow, to be
hers so long as she remains unmar-
red In case of her remarriage or
death the estate is to be divided be
tween their two children, Arthur and
Florence. aged IL and 10 respectively.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15
Go to Muscatine AGAIN.

The Rock Island Centrals will play
"A second football game with the South
Muscatine Athletics at that city next
Sunday. The Rock Islanders in the
previous match defeated the Iowans
to o. Last Sunday Muscatine won
from the 2600's of this city and they
now consider themselves strong
enough to take care of the Centrals
also.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
Today's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock, Feed and Fuel.

Rock Island. Nov. 15.-Following are
the wholesale quotations in today's
market:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15

A novel feeling of leaping, bounding
impulses goes through your body. You
feel young. act young and are young
after taking HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea. Tea or Tablets, So cents.
T. II. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15
WEEKLY MATCH OF BOWLERS
Rock Island Bowling Club Rolls Fair
Scores at the Harms Alleys

ONO' a. tiIS fNiiSJS.
The Rock Island Bowling club met
last evening at the Harms hotel and
some good scores were rolled. The
highest individual score and highest
total for three games. 474, was made
by Kammerer. The scores are as fol
lows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15
THE M1RKETS.

Chicago. Nov. 15.-FoIowing are tn
market quotations today.
Wheat.
December, "A, 7415, 1885, 741k.
May. 1875, 1919, 7s1z. 1895.
July, 77A, 1873, 774k, 1915.
Corn.
December, 421a, 42%, 421a. 425s.
May. 1875, 43%, 431a, 43%.
July, 441s, 441s. 441s. AS.
Oats.
December, s4ss. s45s, s4ss, s41k.
May, 351s, S5ss, 351k, 1855.
July, 1895. 331a. $685., 331s.
Pork.
January, 1850. 14.65, 14.42. 1850.
May, 14.65, 1880, 1857, 14.77.
Lard.
January. $50, $40. S.55, SO.
May, $50. $50. $50, s.57,
Ribs.
January, $50. 7.S5. TT, 1872.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15
EAST AND WEST TO
MEET ON GRIDlRON
Michigan Goes to Play Pennsylvania
and Carlisle Comes to Battle
With Minnesota.

Ann Arbor Mich, Nov. 15.-ThreC
thousand madly enthusiastic students
gathered at the Ann Arbor station last
hight to give the team a sendoff on its
way TO Philadelphia They were ac
companied by the band and fully
equipped with cheer leaders. They
crowded the roof of the station and
the tops of all the box cars in the
yards. If thorough support by a large
body of rooters can do anything for
the Michigan players, they surely
ought to win from Pennsylvania Satur-
day. The entire scrub team enabled
to attend the game by the generosity
of the students who subscribed the
necessary amount, will leave this ev-
enins in charge of Rheinschild, the
veteran but ineligible guard.
Indians Meet Minnesota.
Carlisle. Pa, Nov. 15.-The Carlisle
Indian football eleven, with II substi-
tutes, left Carlisle yesterday for Min
neapolis. where they will play the Uni
versity of Minnesota's football eleven
on Saturday The early morning prac-
tice was extremely light and calculat-
ed only to keep the players in good
condition. II speaks well for the new
game of football that the IL Indians
who have played in practically all of
the teams games will be in the lineup
against Minnesota. 1t is probable ne
gotiatiens will be completed by the In
dams TO play Vanderbilt university at
Nashville on Nov. %. The Indians
feel much fiattered over the fact Pres
ident Eliot of Harvard one of the
foremost opponents of football. APP
proved the style of play in last Satur-
days game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-15
May, .92. 1885. $50, 7.95.

Receipts today - Wheat. 80; corn
1GS; oats, IS
Hogs, 10000; cattle. 1000 sheep
$4,000
Hogs left over, 5000.
Hog market opened steady TO q
shade higher.-Light. 5.900G.35; mix
ed and butchers, 5.95@G.35; good
heavy, 5.60@ $50.
Cattle market opened steady.
Sheep market opened strong.
Hogs at Omaha. $500; cattle, 5000
hogs at Kansas City, 5000; cattle, 5.
OOG.
Holbrook argus., 1906-02-03
Staggers a London Waiter.

He was a sad-faced American tour ist and as he seated himself in Lon don restaurant he was immediately at- tended by an obsequious waiter.
 T want two eggs," said the Ameri- can, lone fried on one side and one on the other"
 "Ow is that, sir?" asked the as- founded waiter.
 1.-Two eggs-one fried on one side and one on the other."
 Every well, sir."
 The waiter was gone several min utes, and when he returned his face was study.
 Would you please repeat your hor- der, sir?"
 q said, very distinctly, two eggs one fried on one side and one on the other"
 This time he was gone longer and when he returned he said anXiously:
 "Would it be awsking too much, sir, to lave you repeat your horder, sir? I cawn't think I lave it right, sir, y know"
 1.-Two eggs," said the American, sad ly and patiently, 'one fried on one side and one on the other"
 More oppressive silence and another and fainter, "Very well, sir"
 This time he was gone longer. When he returned his collar was unbuttoned, his hair dishevcled and his face scratched and bleeding. Leaning over the waiting patron he whispered be- Seechingly:
 "Would you mind tyking boiled heggs, sir? I've lad some words with the cook" ."-Baltimore American.
Holbrook argus., 1906-02-03
The Frigate Bird.
Note that small blue point in tho

Note that small blue point in tho heavens. Happy the serene region, which has rested in peace far above the hurricane! In that blue point, and at an elevation of ten thousand feet, royalty floats a little bird with enor- nous pinions. A gull? No; its wings are black. An eagle? No; the bird is too small. It is the little ocean, eagle, first and chief of the winged race, the daring navigator who never furls his sails, the lord of the tempest, the scorner of all peril-the man-of- war or frigate bird.
 Here we have bird which is vir- tually nothing more than wings; scarcely any body-barely as large as that of the domestic cock-while his prodigious pinions are fifteen feet in span. The great problem of flight is solved and overpassed, for the power of flight seems useless. Such a bird, naturally sustained by such supports, need but allow himself to be borne along. The storm bursts; he mounts to lOftier heights, where he finds tran. quility. The poetic metaphor, untrue when applied to any other bird, is no exaggeration when applied to him literally he sleeps upon the storm. When he chooses to soar his way seri- ously, all distance vanishes-he break lasts at the Senegal; he dies in Amer ica.
Holbrook argus., 1906-02-03
LIFE OF THE GYPsIEs.
A Picturesque One in Hungary
 Their Numbers Growing Less.

Down in some grassy valley about an open wagon the family has its camp, and here the mother sews and putters over the cooking while father and sons fell the giant Lombardy pop lars that make beautiful this section of gypsy land, says Felix J. Koch in the Pilgrim. These trees, be it said to the shame of Croatia, the government is now selling to the gypsies at an av- craze price of $2 apiece, for the mo- mads to fell and cut up into timber, to be sold to manufacturers of wood- en wares.
 Picturesque, indeed, are these men. with their long hair braided across the top of the head, so that, approaching them from the rear, as they repose for moment from their labors, it is diff ficut to tell the men from the women. Others are horse traders, as are the most of their kin in Turkey proper (not a few are itinerant smiths be- sides) whom one meets travelling the roads with long trains of steeds that take one back in fancy to the Arabs of the desert, or with a portable bel lows like those seen on the New Eng land bikes. Now and then the wom- en come into the villages to beg or barter, or, as the village folk hint, to steal; telling fortunes to those who may harken, as incentive to other busi- ness.
 Seated on one of the crude rock walls that hem in the flats of corn land in the shadows of the Lombardy poplars, these gypsies, men and wom- en, smoking their pipes and chatter ing in their curious lingo, ever tempt the much-abused camera. For back ground there will be some old Magyar castle, it's turrets peeping through the aisle of trees, and with the sentinel at its gate-a soldier in uniform, but a gypsy at heart, for, while they pay no taxes in Hungary, they are forced to do military serv- Ice, much as they rebel against it.
 Less and less each year grow the numbers of the gypsies, less and less frequent their visits, until it will doubtless not be long before, like the Arabs, they will have folded their tents for all time and silently stolen away.
Holbrook argus., 1906-02-03
Railroad lns md Outs.

It is estimated that labor receives 41 per cent of the gross earnings of American railways. Fuel and oil ab- sorb about per cent. When one stops to consider the original cost, the in cessant expense for new equipment, the wear and tear, taxes, insurance, extensions, etc., it is easy to under stand how 1t is necessary to have enormous gross earnings if dividends are to have any show at all. The rail- roads earn annually, in round figures, says the Railroad Record, $1,90O,000,- GOO, while the dividends average only 2.7O on the invested capital; capital aggregating over ,244,OOO,OOO.
Holbrook argus., 1906-02-03
Origin of n Big Business.

A well-known candy business which now employs hundreds of persons and has shops in the large cities through out the country had its origin in a children's party which was given In Greenwich village forty odd years ago. About half a dozen of the small folk of the neighborhood were asked to celebrate the birthday of little chap whose father was the proprietor of a small bakeshop. In order to give va riety to the feast, the mother made some taffy, "old fashioned yellow taf- fly" 1t is now called: She made much more than the youngsters could eat, and the next day she placed the sur plus in the window of the bakery for sale. The merits of the taffy had been exploited and the supply soon went. A demand for yellow taffy had been created, and gradually other home made candies were added to the stock. The descendants of the original maker of the yellow taffy now carry on the business.-New York Sun.
Holbrook argus., 1906-02-03
French Novelist at Work.

The house of Mime. Daniel Lesueur, whose "automobile novel," Forces of the Past" appears in Tales, is in the rue d'Aumale in Paris, where she and her husband do their daily work at two large tables placed side by side before a window giving on the street. She loves large and well-liglted rooms, and there is always on the table be- fore her vase of flowers, whose per fume, however strong it may be, is never disturbing, but rather acts as an incentive. She has her whole story laid out perfectly in her mind before she sets pen upon paper, and when she begins to write her thoughts flow so fuently and correctly that her first draft needs few corrections. A pecu- liarity worthy of note is that she al- ways writes with copying ink and thus has two copies of each of her manuscripts.
 Mime. Daniel Lesueur is also an es- sayist and an economic writer of stand ing. The predatory sketch with which she introduced her translation of By rons poems is masterpiece of appre- ciative criticism and her discourse on "The Evolution of Woman," delivered before the congress of women in Paris in 1900, and subsequently published, was praised by many publicists for it's generous and eminently practical wis dom. It was shortly after it's appear ance that George Leygues, then French minister of public instruction, opened the Legion of Honor to women for her, decorating her as a novelist and poet.