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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19
Oath Annual Reduced-Price Sale.
The Great Plymouth Clothing House.
ROBBED, BEATEN
AND. LEFT NAKED ! Z
III - @ =
Aged Man Of Springfield, Ill.,: Tot.
ters Into Iowa City in Pitt
able Condition. -"

Iowa City, Iowa, Feb. 19-Attacked and
robbed and left nearly naked at Des
Moines. This in brief is the story told
by William Morris of Springfield. Ill,
95 years Of age, who walked here from
Oxford, distance of fifteen miles. He
was in pitiable condition, his features
bruised and his body bearing marks Of
rough treatment. -.:
The aged man says that he was at
tackled by highwaymen who, after beat
ing and stripping him, robbed him Of his
gold watch and about $500. He said he
managed to secure some ragged gar.
ments and a little money for railroad
fare which gave out when he reached
Oxford.
Morris says he is a. prominent Odd
Fellow Of Illinois and his wife is head
officer Of the grand lodge Of Rebekahs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19
PRESIDENT IS FOR
/. THE ! ] !. LOCK 0 OK. CANAL
-. Ct.',s7.g.-..rI| -. a.a~
Sends to Congress All the Reports
Bearing on Type OF
Waterway.

ii washington, Feb. 19.-President
Roosevelt today transmitted to con-
gress the report of the board OF con
sulting engineers on the Panama canal,
together with the letter Of Secretary
Taft, the reports of the isthmlan com
mission and a letter by Chief Engineer
Stevens. The president says, !
"Both the board Of consulting engl-
neers and the canal commission divide
in their report. The majority OF the
board of consulting engineers, eight N
number, including the five foreign en-,
pineers, favor sea level canal; and
One member Of the canal commission,
Admiral Endicott, takes the same view.
Five Of the eight American members
Of the board Of consulting engineers
and Ave members Of the isthmian canal
commission favor the lock canal, and
so does Chief Engineer Stevens.
s1The secretary of war recommends
lock canal, pursuant to the recommen.,
dation Of the minority Of the board OF
consulting engineers and of the malorl-
ty Of the canal commission. After care,
/ full study of the papers submitted and
| full and exhaustive consideration OF the
whole subject, Ieoncur in this recon-
lmendation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19
GIRL SLAYER OF
CADET ON. TRIAL
Berthe Claiche Faces Court as
Killer of the Vilest Man
in New York. /"

New York, Feb. ls.-The trial Ct
Berthe Claiche, 22-year.old FRENCH
girl, on the charge of shooting, and kill
ing Emil Gerdron on the night of July
Is last, was scheduled to begin to-day. IN
the court of general sessions The case
is an unusually pathetic one and an
element of mystery is attached to 1t.
: Berthe Claiche asserts that Gerdron,
who was, a young giant, standing oyer
six feet tall and weighing, nearly 25O
pounds. had made her his slave Tor SIX
beat her and forced her upon the streets
to earn living for him. So impressive
] was her story that money for her de-
!, Tense has been largely supplied by CON
4 tributions from women of New York
city.
Altho; the girl admitted r. that she
killed Gerdron, the circumstances sur,
rounding the shooting were so unusual
ha they have nG 91gs to bad Ih nrged
the girl on. i Gerdron was shot while
under arrest and walking along the
i street In the custody of three ofhcefs.
Il It is now asserted that $500. which
i Gerdron is said to have had on his
person at the time, was missing, when
the contents Of his pockets We're turneo
over to police Headquarters.
= Berthe Claiche said that derdron
brought her here from France When
she was 10 years, old and forclbly mage ade
s; her a woman Of the streets. On ting
! night of July she ran from her room
and complained to three officers whom
she met: that Gerdron had beaten her
and that she wanted him arrested.
Threatened the Girl. ,-''
When she was making the complaint
0erdron himself came. up and was
placed in custody. It is alleged that
he then turned upon the girl
!!exclaiming: "I'H kill you. You VII
have me arrested, will you? Well. you
iare as good as dead now =
A moment afterward, when his bach
was turned, Berthe Claiche shot MN
three times, and as she gave herself ul
to the officers she cried: II am glae
81 killed him and I would do It twenty
times over. He made me his slave
but be win never raise his hand against
another woman -, -,
Immediately after the calling OF the
case it was adjourned until tomorrow
owing to the illness of Assistant D1s
trict Attorney Ely, who was to conduct
the prosecution. = 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19
LOCAL INTEREST KEEN
Minneapolis Millers Are Directly At
fected by German Conditions.

There is an acute local interest in the
German tariff question. For a long
time there have been tariffs against
American products and a duty that, on
flour, amounts to $1.75 to So a barrel.
AS long ago as when Prince Henry of
Prussia visited America, William II.
Dunwoody, who met him in New York,
talked over the matter and the fact
that Minneapolis -four, barred out d.
rect, finds egress in some quantity thru
Antwerp and other non-German ports,
was brought out, but naturally, with
conditions SO against her, Minneapolis
-four trade with Germany. :~
The tariff, already so high as to
make business almost impossible, would
have been utterly prohibitive by the
increase to 81 barrel, which will be
effective March l, unless, as indicated,
the bundesrath rescinds the matter, or
postpones the operation of the bill for
a year. 81.
by company, says it is improbable that
the mills will suffer any material loss
in total export business in any case, as
it has always been difficult to get much
Minneapolis -four into Germany.
A. G. NORTH Of the Chamber Of Com
merce, who has influential German con
| nections, and is well informed with
alitical affairs, believes the action OF
Prince Buelow in bringing the matter
up in such way as to leave it open fol
modification or annullment, to be due
not alone to policy of expediency, and
desire to molify the social democrat
! ic element but in part to the turn OF
affairs in Russia. There is the posi-
bility Of a later development in the
matter of food supply and prices II
Germany that might prove unsettling
No one can say to what extent Russia
has suffered, but that her. crops were
! reduced considerably last season is Ger
tain. Russia is Germany's immediate
! source Of supply. The less favorable
supply condition I'm Russia developed
since the passage of the measure to in
crease the tariffs On American imports
and to have higher duties effective sim
ultaneously with lessened food sup
ply from a principal source would b
other considerations, Mr.. NORTH says
entering into the matter, with refer
ence both to Germany's internal poll
tics and her foreign relations, but tn
crop decreases in Russia while not ger
orally considered as being an inauenc
to action, really are consideration Q
first Importance. Germany might post
: pone the operation of the higher TART
for a year, in which time Russia woul
probably recoup herself, and thus Gel
, many would be secure from having t
turn to America, under conditions sell
, imposed, and adverse to German COZ
sunners, for foodstuffs she might not b
, able to obtain in Russia. 49,. H. -,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19
AZ STATES IN The
DIVORCE CONGRESS.
Pennypacker Opens Conference
Which Will Seek Uniform
Laws on Separations.

Washington, Feb. 19.-Governor sam
uel W. Pennypacker of Pennsylvania
was chosen president OF, the congress
on uniform divorce laws which con-
called BY Governor Pennypasker last
summer, the Pennsylvania state legis-
lature having appropriated $4,000 to
defray the expenses Of the gathering.
The membership is national In scope,
all but three of the states Of, the union
being represented. About 100 delegates
are in attendance.
I the objects of the congress 9 the secur-
Ing, as nearly as possible, uniform stat
utes upon the matter of divorce thru
out the nation.'' The initiative had
been taken in Pennsylvania, he said
when the governor had been authorized
by the legislature to communicate with
the governors Of the several states re-
questing them to cooperate IN the as
sembing of a congress to discuss the
subject of DIVORCE, go ~
Almost Unanimous. -. I, I"
Forty states and the District Of Co
| lumbia, he said, had sent delegates. Con
tinuing. Governor Pennypacker said:
| "Of the three states which are un:
| represented, one of them, South caro-
lima, does not permit divorce fol, any
| CduSt, duOs tLcIo1OIos ouAl, %" " " -
forty-fve states have failed to- lndl
/ cate an appreciation Of the significance
4 Of the movement upon which you have
embarked. The dissolution OF the mar
riage tie has become so~common as tc
be regarded as an ordinary event, aWak
ening no comment and meeting witt
little or no 'disapproval. There ar
more divorces granted annually in the
United States of America than IN any
| other country upon earth except Japan
| GA writer who has investigated th'
subject declares that at the time o.
the census of,4l900 there We're !9o, 9l=
divorced persons living in the Unltet
States; that there were nearly 7O,OO'
| divorces granted in 1908, and that tn
proportion of divorces to marriages l
increasing with alarming rapid1ty.
! #'5 Degeneracy in Morals.
"We may we'll regard such degener
acy in morals as loss of that fibe
which gives character to nation wit
the gravest apprehension. ..
eff you can do somewhat to llml
I and check stream which promises er
long to be flood, you may we'll o
content. What is recommended In tn
way Of legislation ought to. be the out
come Of careful deliberation and Wis
consideration in order that it may con
mend itself to the prudent and though,
full in all Of the states and avoid CRIT
icism and opposition;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19
TAFT TO MAKE FOUR
SPEECHES In. WEST

Washington, Feb. 10. Secretary Taft
left Washington last night for the west,
where he is scheduled to make at least
four important speeches this week. He
goes first to Detroit and Bay City,
Mich. Then he will got to Chicago,
where he will deliver an address be
fore the Union League club, in which
it is said he will cover the traffic rate
question and other pending administra-
can't speeches, however, will be made in
st. Louis at the dinner of the Western
Federation Of Yale clubs, in which it
is rumored he will be put forward for
the presidency as Yale g favorite
SON. candidate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19
DAILY TIMBER FRAUD
" r GASES ARE DECIDED

Washington, Feb. 1e:-The supreme
court of the United States today de-
scided the case of the United States VS..
the Bitter Root Development company
and other assignees of the late Marcus
Daily Of Montana, involving the charge
of unlawfully cutting $2,000,000 worth
state, against the government, but it
was stated by Justice Peckham, who
read the opinion Of the court. that, as
the government has secured new evi-
dence, the decision is without prejudice.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19
LUMBERMEN IN MONTANA

Minneapolis Men Go to Kalispen to
=. Look Over the Field. :.
Special to The Journal.
Spokane, Feb. ID. Lamert Of the
Lamert Lumber company, W. D. Calvin
of the Rogers Lumber company, and j,
p. Fullerton of the Fullerton Lumber
company, all Of Minneapolis, are in
Kalispell, Mont, interviewing lumber
men and looking up supplies Of lum:
ber.- n d. &c.. So
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19
ACTOR KILLED IN CHICAGO.

Chicago, Feb 1s.-Joseph T. Osborne,
an actor of Boston, was killed today by
being accidentally thrown from a train.
Osborn was standing inside one of the
baggage cars near the door, which was
opened, when the car jumped the track.
He was thrown to the ground striking on
his head.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19
q "A r. CHAPLAIN SINKING,

Chapman, Kan. Feb. 1s.-Father J. F.
Leary, national chaplain of the G. A. R.,
who has been i'll for a week with pneu-
monia complicated with other troubles,
continues in a serious condition. a
hemorrhage last night further weakened
mih. but he is partly conscious. y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19

a Seize the Pleasures of the Day. -
They were planned for your enjoyment.
e ons that you " s4ssd nsys R miss s i
you good. &.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19
{ For Federal Control.
snI

Washington, Feb. 1e.-In the results
of a poll Of 5000 associations and in
idividuals in the United States, Senator
John F. Dryden Of New Jersey. has re-
'eeived a strong expression of public
sentiment favorable to the federal con
troll Of insurance. > Senator Dryden is
president Of the Prudential Life Insur-
,ance company and author Of a bill for
the government control of insurance
business.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19

Is one Of the constitutional
diseases. It lnanifests itself
in local aches and palms,
inflaTned joints and stiff
muscles,-but it cannot be
cured by local applications.
IL requires cons titutional
treatment acting through
the blood, and the best is a
course Of the great medicine
Hood sSarsapar'ina
which has permanently
cured thousands Of cases.
For testimonials Of remarkable cures
band for Book on Rheumatism, No. z.
c. ]. Hood Co.. Lowell. Mass.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19
NO GAMBLING IN TERRITORIES.

Washington, Feb. 19.-The house today
passed bill to prohibit gambling in the
territories. Its consideration resulted In
a sharp clash between Delegate Mark
Smith of Arizona and Mr.. Little1eid.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-01

throughout the city are interested in
reading what your meeting accomp-
fishes. Churches, public committees.
and organizations of every kind can do
much to build up the Teller by keep
ing us posted on what you are doing
If there is an accident on the street
it might escape our attention. If you
would tell us you saw the accident
we could send a reporter to get the
story.
We have said that we enter the field
with no affiliations, and with no pur-
pose to accomplish save the dissemna-
ton of news. This Is true. However,
il there is one service for which We
will make a greater sacrifice than any
other it is for the obtaining OF news.
Our friends who bear us in mind, and
help us to keep informed upon the
happenings about us will find us ever
ready to do all in our power to repay
the kindness.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-01
THE OUTLOOK FOR 1906.

The business outlook for the Lew
promising. There are evidences on
every hand of rapid industrial devel-
opment. The resources of the coun-
try have been we'll advertised and cap
ital is coming in to exploit them, and
the actual development in the next
IL months promises TO exceed any like
period in the history of the country.
The transportation problem has been
the chief hindrance to the country's
development, but the new lines under
construction and the ones projected
will in great measure relieve the sit
uation and lead to fapd develop
ment to the resources If the country.
The railroad down the Snake and the
one tapping the interior country are
lines of immediate value to Lewiston
as they center the traffic and COM
merce of the Clearwater country at
this point But the indications point
to a more important railroad develop
ment for central Idaho and that is the
building of new transcontinental lines
across the state, opening up new ter
titory and making it possible to eX-
plot resources now lying dormant be-
cause too far removed from transpor-
tation facilities.
But Idaho's chief development north
and south for the next year will be
in the irrigation projects that are to
make marvellous improvements in the
state. The Lewiston country wNl come
in for a large share of this develop
ment. Two companies of great mag
nitude will be in the field throughout
the year and before its close at least
10000 acres of lands will be brought
under irrigation and their productive
ness increased one hundred fold.
The increase means orchards and
vineyards where there are now broad
grain fields. 1t means a hundred homes
Who're now there is but one, and thrift
and plenty for every home. Ter
thousand acres of irrigated lands II
close proximity To Lewiston thrown or
the market in 1906 is the opening
wedgA,to great industrial development
1t is the -Aeginning of new era o
prosperity saN
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-01
IDAHO Is OUTRAGED.

The murder of Ex-Governor Frank
Steunenberg is one of the most henious
crimes in the annals of the west The
people of the state are aghast at it's
atrociousness, and will uphold the state
administration in its prompt and Wig
orous action in apprehending the per-
petrators of the dastardly deed. Gov
ernor Gooding voices the sentiment of
the people of Idaho when he expresses
determination to use every effort in
his power to capture and punish the
criminals engaged in planning and ex-
ecuting the outrage. Justice should be
both swift and sure for the credit Of
the state and the honor of the people.
The state had no more honored and
respected a citizen than Ex-Governor
Steunenberg. He served the people
honestly and faithfully at time when
1t took courage and resolution to meet
the situation in hand. He stood for
law and order and the protection of
life and property. He did only what
was his sworn duty to do. but he did
it unfiinchingly and with rugged
courage that won him the respect and
admiration of the whole body of law
| abiding citizens of the state
! In performing his duty Ex-Governor
Steunenberg made many bitter ene-
mics, and suspicion points to them as
the originators of this cowardly crime
but it is difficult To conceive of any
one fallen so low as to use this method
of murder as a revenge for a fanciet
wrong. But it is not for the peopl,
of Idaho to sit in judgment, but to ac
with energy and dispatch to apprehent
and punish the cowardly. heartles
murderers.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-01
Will Locate Here
Decides Lewiston Is Place for Him
After Noting Metropolitan Com.
p'eteness Of Owl Drug Store.

Great town. remarked a stranger
IN the city the other day. after he had
oent nearly week looking over Lew
iton, her places of business, and the
1asources of the surrounding country
You have some institutions here
that any city could we'll be proud of.
l have followed the drug business N.Y.
SELF and am especially impressed by
the excellent showing made by the Owl
Drug Store. Their stock is complete
n every department. / looked over
their shelveS,I examined their manner
OF filling prescriptions. and it is really
surprise to find so complete AN es-
tablishment any place but in one of the
large cities.
Il find that there is hardly a drug
preparation in the market that is not
on their shelves. Every manufacturing
drug house of any note is represented.
find that their manner of filling per-
scriptions is as modern as the eastern
cities. Every prescription is checked
and re-checked, making the method
known as the double check system. and
eliminating the possibility of a mis-
take
Il enquired into their method of buy
ing. and found that contrary to the es-
| tablished custom of drug houses in the
smaller cities they buy direct in every
case. The advantage of this is that
everything on their shelves is as fresh
as the same article can be had in any
city, and the price is better than If the
article had to carry a middle mans
/ profit.
THE scales used are air tight and
protected against any possibility of
mistake. This is an essential thing. in
| the drug business. but I found that
| this store had the very latest scales on
the market.
THE significant point about the
whole institution To me- continued the
/ speaker lis the fact that the country
has practically built up such an in :
| stitution. When first looked over this
| magnificent store. | imagined that some
| capitalist had spent Il lot of money here
/ trying to make creditable institution.
+ or one that conformed with his IDEAL
Upon inquiry find that the store start :
/ ed In small wav. DIR. John T. Raw
the present proprietor of the store. and
who supervises all of the work per-
sonally. opened up in small way. and
by careful attention to the business has
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-01
ONE REQUEST.

In presenting an evening paper to
the Lewiston and Charleston people the
editors wish to make one request. We
believe you have a pride In your COM
munity and wish the paper to be the
best showing we can make We be-
lieve you want to see all of the news
printed in the columns of the daily
paper. The gathering 81 news is not
as simple thing as it may SEEM
There must be a source from which our
information comes This source must
be the residents of our community.
The completeness of our local news
service is dependent to a great extent
upon our readers. We want you to
visit our office and become acquainted.
We want you to remember that we
want everything of interest that hap
pens in the community reported to the
office. 1t is a matter of very small
trouble to go to a telephone and call
up the Teller office.
We do not ask you to get the news
for us. We only ask you to let us know
of things that might escape the atten-
tion of our reporters. If you will smp-
~ call us up and tell us the item, we
will see that it gets into the paper II
1t is a matter of importance. a Teller
representative will be dispatched al
once to look up all the facts in the
case.
If the lodge of which you are men,
Der is to hold a meeting we would like
to know it. Members of the same lodge
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-01
uilt ITO this magnificent institution

built up this magnificent institution
1T Is the story of the prowth Of ,
little country store 10 q .ra,t modem
metropolitan establishment. The store
now does g wholesale business. and has
It's travelling representatives make the
territory adjoining Lewiston at regular
intervals. In my estimation this store
alone Is undisputable evidence of the
enterprise end thrift ~ the community.
1t is true DR. Raw deserves the credit
for the growth of the institution hut
the community that will support such
man and such n store is good enough
for me. and Lewiston is going TO he
my home in the near future.
Il will at least know that my family
can have the best drugs in the world
if they need them.''