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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
SMALL HOPE IN GOAL 81 |
| PRICES GOING BACK
CONSUMER CAUGHT, AS USUAL,
+ BETWEEN MILLWIIEELS.
Experience Of the Last Big Strike Finds
Repetition in the Discrimination TO-
Reduce Cost Of Anthracite from the
Winter Rate of ss.75-conference to
Be Held Monday. - ~~sss:,r>-' >ats

Even, should the coal strike be set
tied Monday on the old wage basis OF
1908, there is little prospect of the con-
sumner getting the usual spring reduc-
ton of so cents ton from the winter
price of anthracite. ''But the opera
tors may reduce the price, y said coal
man yesterday, ~ can't tell. The
expense getting additional, storage to
prepare for a probable strike, that it is
not likely they will feel justified in
making the spring reduction. At any
rate it would be only DO cents, as the
first 10 cents advance would have been
made May l. ,,-..,.~.. ,.~-,-s,.
Coal consumers remember that when
the new schedule of wages was made,
at the time of the last great coal strike,
q ton to $7.75 ton was not allowed.
Before that. coal had started in every
spring at $7.75 and was advanced 10
cents month until the full schedule
price of 1926 had been reached. The
people who bought in April have been
paving the so cents a ton towards the
miners wages ever since and 10 cents
additional each succeeding month until
August. The winter price has been
1915 and the spring price 1926, with
an advance of 10 cents ton month
ton every SPRING" said the coal dealer,
sis to induce the people to lay in coal
early. If it came to moving at one
time the 7O,000,O0O tons of hard coal
used every year, it would prove an i'm
possible task For that reason the
operators tried to induce people to buy
early and have their stocks delivered
at once. In other words, they were try
ing to borrow storage Of the people.
> 's.Altho the coal sold at 1925 ton
cost the operators the full circular, price
or they paid the same wages to the
miners for mining the 1926 coal as fol
the 1915 coal, by borrowing the stor
age and getting the money for use, they
did not lose anything, but were saving
interest. -
'fNow that the first month has passed
the people cannot expect more than g
Accent REDUCTION in the price, Of thei1
coal. even if the! operators decide tt
grant that: A good deal depends upor
what is done at the Monday confer
ence. too
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06

Data was hard to procure and the
writer's assigned were not familiar with
the authors profession.
Different individuals were asked to
write all they knew about the differ
ent phases of school life or work they
were interested in. Committees met at
the home of the different writers and
manuscripts were carefully reviewed
and criticized and memories racked for
new material and dates of events,
At, such meetings the different foot
ball, baseball, basketball, etc: scores
| were verified and names of individuals
on % old photographs were discovered co,sas -
lack of finance, or the slowness Of the
editors. Still the struggling authors
struggled on. Difficulty after difficulty
was overcome and North Minneapolis
| was placarded with circular poster ad-
vertising until the whole. Of North Min
neapolis begun talking. about Walla- IA
Zoo. The North Side Commercial club
endorsed the project and still the book
did not appear. In the high school
4 fairs the "Story Of WaHa-Ka-Zoo -
came in for more than. its share OF
witticisms. But the loyalty and de-
| termination of 8 the alumni and North
i Side business men that gave the high
. school and athletic field would not al
!, low the souvenir once projected to fail.
| It had to be published and the ad
vantages of the North high, school as
an educational institute set forth; 49,
Altogether the "Story Of Walla TK tas
Zoo,,' is a. departure from the usual run
of school and university souvenir
4 books. It was the purpose of it's au-
I, thors and promoters, they say, to pro
duce a work Of. interest not only TO
the undergraduates but to the, alumni
and the educators Of the country.
=. To Graft F. Wolfe, the compiler, land
to Mrs. Laura Tinsley, editor-in-chi
! the hardest share of the work in get.
ting out this souvenir history.
4 The alumni of the school started the
4 project in 1903, and the three years
work, has been so thoro that the book
would be- a credit to older publishers
and writers. lis 49,. ia. ..s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
L.OWRY's LAND OFFER >-,+
NEVER ACTED UPON
Proffer of Tract for Filtration Plant
Site Never Withdrawn, but Must Be
Accepted or Rejected. 49, IT.;

Now that Thomas Lowry has re-
turned, after winter in the southwest,
his proposition, to deed to the city fifty
acres Of land for a filtration plant is
about up to the city council, which must
soon indicate it's attitude as to accept
7ance or rejection: Two years ago Mr..
Lowry offered to give to the city suffi-
Joining the reservoir site. There was
no restriction whatever, The city was
requested to take whatever was needed.
Acting on this, the pure water COM
mission, consisting of Allen Hazen Of
New York, Andrew Rinker and F. w.
Cepplen, selected about fifty acres i'm.
mediately adjoining the reservoir site
on the west side and recommended that
it be secured for a modern filtration
plant.
=, The. council thereupon submitted the
question of issuing bonds to the amount
Of $1,0O0,000 for 81 filtration plant. Ow-
ing to the construction. sof@the law by
which twas held that the bond propo-
sitions must have two-thirds of all the
votes cast at the election, and counting
all the unmarked ballots in the mega
tive, the bond proposition was declared
defeated in spite Of the fact that it
actually registered on the question.
An effort was later made to have the
bonds Iegalized. by the legislature, but
this failed, as the public. had forgotten
all about the: typhoid fever epidemic
the year before. #.e-.
So now the proposition stands without
having been acted. upon. The land is
growing rapidly in value and is prob:
ably worth in the neighborhood Of
100000, if not more. - ~4 80
: It is understood that the. city authori
ties will take steps in the near future
to ascertain the wishes of the public.
The waterworks committee has re-
Gently caused to be planted about three
hundred elm trees along the reservoir
boulevard. This will make the thoro
! fare, an attractive drive, as it is ma
cadamized along it's entire length. The
members of the committee as well as
the, other aldermen feel that the lanc
should be accepted, but cannot do any
thing without the support Of the pub
He. - :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
SEEING Minneapolis
SERVICE IMPROVED
THREE 2o-PAssENGER AUTOS
WILL MAKE REGULAR TRIPS.
Tours Being Arranged to Include ALI
Points of Interest in and Around the
city-oars Will Meet Trains and
Garry Visitors to Hotels Freedom
pany Incorporates.

Three twenty passenger sightseeing
automobiles, of the latest and most inn,
proved design have been added to tho
Journal "Seeing Minneapolis service
and on June / the big cars will make
their initial trips along the routes
mapped out as the 1906 offering of the
Journal service. The cars and SEIZED
ules now in operation will not be af-
fected by the addition to the sight-see-
in conjunction with the present service.
The traffic on the journal route last
year showed clearly the need of enlarged
facilities for handling the people who
wished to take advantage of the chance
to see Minneapolis by automobile, and
anticipating the most eventful season
in the history of Minneapolis, the
Motor Service company, operators OF
the Journal tours, placed an order with
the Packard Motor company of Detroit
for three cars, which will be added to
and seats for twenty passengers, and
operated on schedule time, it is be-
lieved that the three new machines viii
give Minneapolis the best sightseeing
service in the west,
Guide and Megaphone.
In addition to chauffeur each Of tho
new cars will have a guide, who,
equipped with megaphone, will point
| out the places Of interest along the,
routes and answer the questions Of thsl
passengers in regard to Minneapolis!
! The system has proved successful in
other cities and the guide will be per.
manent feature of the Journal tours.
Two different trips in the twenty.
passenger cars will be offered: One OF
them, 7FSeeing Minneapolis, will in
elude a visit to Fort Smelling, Lake
Harriet, Minnehaha falls, and ride
along the boulevards of the city. The
exact. routes are being carefully ar
ranged and when the sightseer has
a passing glance at least Of the most
apolis and vicinity. --s.
/ In connection with the tours the three
automobiles will meet incoming trains,
SO far as possible, and passengers wild
be conducted to their hotels without
charge. This plan is a part of the
scheme to "boost - Minneapolis during
the coming summer.
Many Of the large wholesale houseg
Of Minneapolis have already subscribed
for tickets for the Journal tours as a
method of entertaining out-of town
customers and showing them Minneap-
oils. Tickets will be sold in, advance,
good for either one Of the trips offered,
and the schedule Of running time for
the big cars is now being drawn up.
| - The Motor Service company has be-
come a corporation in the last week
with paid-up capital of $4,000 The
4 incorporators are F. L. Loomis. III. E,
Pence, w. w. King and B. G.. Baker.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06

thirteen years, continues the history of
the work and advancement OF the
school to date. Professor Hobbs has
prepared an excellent article on the
subject of education. - =
/, The history of the. Chrestomathian
ton to school work is told by Miss Eva
Sardison, instructor Of English and
critic Of the debating society. "The
Manual Training Department and Its
Work. is the subject Professor De
Cloise. Glasbyqtreats of. Lee Galloway
writes on music, glee clubs and singing
:, C. GA. Olson is the historian of the
alumni association. Mr.. Olson also tells
all about the Minneapolis Journal and
|. German American Bank Prizes and the
prize winners = G5%3,'& St,.'" r.
Miss E. H. Foss contributes an .arti-
@cvle an the Science club; Carl Baehr
tells about high school politics. Miss
Nadine Crump1 gives a history Of the
social life and functions at the North
high. Miss Catherine Hawkins writes
on the life and pleasures Of q high
school student. s5'EIsS ~ -.
the high school lunc hcounter, where 700
sutes and explai Hsa howzA the l., 2 and
5-cent lunch ntained by the stu
dents and: teachersaa4s So !
~ Mrs. f! itM:fe Hall * deserves special
scredit7for her assistance to, the. editors
writing on the social side Of school life
nit took Arnold Guesmer three years
to complete the history. Of the sports
1t is complete history Of this feature
! of school life-int sixty.six pages. =. = $" :
~ The alumni Of the. North schoo
started the project Of getting out {
souvenir history in 1903 when com
mittee consisting Of George Armstrong
G. O.: A. Olson, W. y. Gallagher, Car
Baehr and George Nye sent circular
letter to the alumni and public asking
! help in the research for historical dat;
to- sthe end that the finest historical
sketch ofAan educational institute eve
! publishedeshoulds be a souvenir histor,
! Of the North high e. - ~
10 From the first it was hard sledpinp
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
INSURANCE COMPANY
MUST USE ECONOMY
State Department Finds Minnesota
Mutual Has Paid Too High Expense
Rate for New Business.

/. The state insurance department has
completed an examination of the Min
nesota Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany of St. Paul, a former assessment
company which has been reorganized on
the old-line plan.
In his letter transmitting the report,
Commissioner O'Brien makes some
criticism of the company for the large
expenditures last year for new bust
ness. He finds, however, that there
was some excuse for special effort at
that time, and that the company is in
sound condition. It's officers have prom:
Used a more economical policy in the
future.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
TOWNS
COMING IN STRONG.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO FRISCO FUND
ARE OVER $4,000.
=.
St. Paul Continues to Count Everything
But the Minneapolis Fund, and so
Swells It's Total-state in All Has
Given Close to STAG, 0OO-A Amounts
Given Past Week in Smaller Cities.

b - p
Minnesota cities have sent $22 $4,000
to the California relief fund, thru Gov
ernor johnson and the twin city treas
urers, without counting amounts sent
direct from Duluth, Winona and other
cities The Minneapolis contribution
amounts to- more than $4,000, and st.
Paul s is about 100000, so it is esti-
mated that the whole state has donated
between $135,000 and $4,000 to the
sufferers from fire and earthquake. ~.
st. Paul continues ito count the out
side contributions with her own, includ-
ing some sent to Minneapolis and mere
ly turned over to the, general treasurer.
In this way St; Paul was able, to count
up $50,997, As yesterday, but Of that
amount .$20,733.60 had been received
from outside: communities. ICES i a.:
Contributions sent from Minnesota 8
smaller cities during the past week are
foil oII,e. IN" r. @,S5E' X
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
NEEDS OLD MAGAZINES
Public Library Will Accept for Files
.s.;. -.r All It Can Get.

Are Minneapolis people reading more
than they. did lats year or are there
more people in the city to read? The
reports Of the public library for the
month Of April show that $500 more
period last yeaer, making total in.
crease so far this year Of 26,5OO vol.
umes. 5E
s The library can use any number OF
old magazines, and the busy housewife
who comes across big bundles of the
periodicals in cleaning out the attic,
can find no better place for them than
the public library, where they will, be
used in filing out sets for the branch
libraries. or sent on to the state library
commission.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
one Fare Plus So to Des Moines; and
i Return,

Account General Assembly Presley
terian church, May 26-29, the Minneap.
oils & st. Louis railroad will sell round
Return limit May 81. Two superb
trains daily to Des Moines without
change. Call on J. G. Rickel, city
ticket agent, 424 Nicollet avenue for
full particulars.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
EXTREMES.

- Doctor said the patient upon
whom the hospital surgeon had just
operated for appendicitis, you re the
same surgeon that amputated the first
finger of my right hand when I had it
crushed in railroad accident a few
months ago, ain Y you u =
80 Yes, - answered. the surgeon.
80 Well, you got my index then, and
now you We got my appendix. hope
you are satisfied.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
MEErrNes wEL1. ArrENnrn

/. J. w. Olsen, state superintendent Of public
meeting Yesterday at Hutchinson. He reports
ia remarkably full attendance Nearly ali the
teachers Of the county were present, and out of
260 school officers LIS attended. g. q. Schulz
assistant superintendent. attended q county
meeting at Dodge Center yesterday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06

recommend. that new specifications be
prepared and bids advertised for. -" =
The committee will also consider the
matter Of advertising for bids for lamp
heads with incandescent attachments,
as. proposed by Alderman F. H. Cashier.
# the city owned its own lampheads, as
Is done in Cleveland. Baltimore and
other places it is believed that thous-
ands of dollars could be saved annu-
ally in street lighting. -s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
Coin SEEMS BOGUS;
!. PROVES TO Be 1. GOOD ||||
TESTIMONY OF, SECRET SERVICE
=, AGENT FREES PRISONER.
Man Passes Disreputable-L cooking Quar-
ter on saloonkeeper Who Has Him
Arrested as Counterf eiter-Captain
Lawrence Examines Coin on Witness
stand and Declares It Good. r..

Captain J. W. Lawrence Of, st. Paul,
Of the United States secret service, has
returned from Yankton, s. D.. where
he was called to be the star witness for
the prosecution in preliminary hear
ing. of J. C. O'Connor, charged with
counterfeiting, but where he was in
stead the means Of having the prisoner
discharged unexpectedly in the middle
of the hearing.
O'Connor was arrested for passing a
counterfeit quarter dollar on saloon
keeper. The testimony as to O'Connor
being the man who had tshoved" the
quarter seemed led, con &c and It
admittedly intoxicated at the time Of
passing the coin.
When Captain Lawrence was called
to the witness stand he was handed the
quarter and asked to give his opinion
as an expert as to the value Of the
quarter. Lawrence looked at it care
fully for a moment and then replied.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
Coin Is Genuine.

"That is a genuine United States
coin. It looks as tho it has been thru
9 fire.. is bent and cracked and won It
On this surprising testimony the
prisoner was at once discharged.
aPafd, I I'M awful glad you came,n
said the prisoner to Captain Lawrence
after his discharge. ..T
1*tfThat's all right was the secret
service mans hearty reioinder, but
hereafter take my advice and don It
drink any more liquor. Then you IL be
able to tell yourself that the coin YOU
handle is all right and won't get You
into trouble.
I" Captain, I'll never drink another
drop, was the sincere reply.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-06-28
Melha In n Temuer.

When Nine. MeIba first tasted the
sweets Of fashionable life Boston
woman Of fashion captured her for a
dinner. The Boston woman loaded her
guest with attentions. and after the
dinner she said to Media, you will
give US q little song tonight, dear Nine.
MelbaY" But the songstress refused
The Boston woman pleaded and said
petulantly: Il am quite sure my guests
will be disappointed. Really you are
quite unkind" This Infatuated the
high spirited singer, and she answered:
my terms as dinner entertainer are
$1,000. You may see my manager II
you want me to sing for your guests"
Then Melba got her wraps and went
away In frenzy Of anger.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-06-28
Annual Flowers.

Annual plants are those that you
must SOW every year. From seed to
seed Is only year or less. Annual
plants probably comprise half the
Towering plants Of the world. They
quickly take advantage Of the moving
seasons, grow, blossom and die before
they are caught by the blight Of winter
or by the parching dry season. They
are shify plants, now growing here,
then absconding to other places. This
very uncertainty and capriciousness
make them worth the while. The
staid perennials 1 want for the main
and permanent effects in my garden,
but I could no more do without an
nuals than I could do without the
spices and the condiments Of the Ia
bic. They are flowers Of a season;
like the flowers Of season.-Country
Life In America.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-06-28
How the Sculptor oeiIini Was Cured

How the Sculptor Cellini Was Cured
Benvenuto Cellini, when about to
cast his famous statue Of Perseus, now
in the Loggia del Lanzi at Florence,
was taken with a sudden fever. In
the midst Of his suffering one OF his
workmen rushed into his sick chamber
and exclaimed: "Oh, Benvenuto! Your
statue is spoiled, and there Is no hope
whatever Of saving it| Cellim said
that when he heard this he gave
howl and leaped from his bed. Dress
ing hastily, he rushed to his furnace
and found his metal leaked" He or
dered dry oak wood and fired the fur
mace fercely, working in rain that
was falling, stirred the channels and
saved his metal. He continues the
story thus: after all was over / turn
ed to a plate Of salad on bench there
and ate with q hearty appetite and
drank together with the whole crew.
Afterward l retired to my bed, healthy
and happy, for 1t was two hours be-
fore morning, and slept as sweetly as
If had never felt touch Of Illness"
His overpowering idea Of saving his
statue not only drove the idea Of Ill
ness from his mind, but also drove
away the physical condition and left
him we'll. 1t was triumph Of mind.
Success.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-06-28
Turtle. Tenacious of Life.

The way cats cling to their proverbial
nine lives is well known, but the aver
age turtle will make a tougher stand
than nine ordinary cats. Perhaps boil
ing will kill a turtle at once, but any
other method seems hopeless.
The severed head of swapping tur-
tie will bite for an hour after separa-
ton from the body. But more wonder
full Is the Indifference Of the green tur-
tie Of the West Indies to mutilation.
A party Of naturalists lately returned
give an account Of an experience which
proves beyond doubt that the green
turtles Indifference does not lie in its
head.
A green turtle found on the beach
turned and made for the water. One
Of the party severed its head with an
ak and turned the body around. The
headless turtle ran. then stopped and
turned toward the water again.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-06-28
THE TOWN OF YAFA.
Famous In History and the Most ine
teresting Spot In Palestine.

Famous In HfstOry anu the mose nv
terestins spot In Palestine.
fafa Is a little town that was many
times destroyed alike by Jews, Assyr-
ians. Egyptians, Greeks. Romans and
Turks. 1t was to Yafa that Hiram,
king of Tyre, sent the cedar wood IN
fiotes" which from there Were taken
to Jerusalem for Solomon's temple.
Jonah sailed from this little town to
Tarshish when fleeing from the face of
the Lord. 1t was in Yafa that the
humble Dorcas lived her life of good
deeds and upon her dying was raised
to life by Peter. To this shore the
great Richard Ceur de Lion swan,
girded in armor, fighting for Christen-
dom, and won a victory for the cru
saders over the Arab Bonaparte left
a memory Of his cruelty here by his
massacre OF several thousand prisoners
and the poisoning Of some persons al
flicted with the plague. - non the tan
ner's house, where PEI learned that
all nations were acceptable before
God. is one of the few sights to be
seen in Yafa. In the courtyard there
is a large we'll of spring water, and
from the roof Of the house a most
beautiful view of the surrounding
country presents itself. Another site
Of interest in the tomb Of Tabitha,
which stands In the garden Of the
Greek monastery, close to an old foun-
tain, among the orange groves and
fruit orchards. OF all towns in Pales-
tine, Yafa is one of the most interesting
for Its antiquity and its strange mix
ture of the oriental In its most primi-
tive form with European civilization
gradually admitted.