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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
BARRELS OF BIDS
FOR FOR SALE GIRL
millionaire Among suitors Of
: Stenographer Who Would
+. Sell Herself. r.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Chicago, Oct. l7.-Elizabeth Magic,
the Chicago stenographer who decided
that typewriting at $40 a week was
hell, - as she expressed it, and offered
to sell herself at auction to the highest
bidder, is not washing her own cloth
ing this week, according to a personal
letter, not intended for publication,
which she has sent to her mother in
Washington $50
She has received barrels Of tfbids,,
to her . for. SALE, advertising ~ hich
did not get into the: advertising columns
Of. q Chicago paper because Of the
alertness Of the front counter boy,'
but resulted in her getting all the space
she wanted and starting on the first
page OF. the newspaper instead Of in the
want ads on the sixteenth page The
and range. downward $50. H.
The letter to her mother threw. inter
esting side lights on Miss Magic s
character and shows many, noble traits.
1t lis as follows: T., :. ~, 49,. i.
:, :" There 8 something. doing. I am it..
Things. are coming my way. g. By one
fell :sWoop ]. have arrived. : I can have
anything want, from foreign titles to
$i,000,O0O cash, place as a servant, a
dlme.museum freak, or star. I have
Hldl11dSe proposals Dy the bushels, from
men who have discovered in me their
affinity, publishers want me to write
books, newspapers want my services,
everybody wants my picture. I have
been interviewed by dozens. I have
laughed over some Of the letters, and
cried over others. An auctioneer has
sent me. his card Wash It that Joke 2
But I have cried over letters from poor
| girls who are having the same hell of
a time to live as I had. I will stand
by the document but I am to say
which is the highest bidder. It will
be an honorable one, you can bank on
that. ,
Don't worry, about me, dearies.
am the same old girl, out for honor,
truth and square deal all around. Til
stand by the document but I won It
vouch for, interviews.
~ have received some excellent ex-
pressions Of commentator and appre-
citation from those who readily under
stand. Upton Sinclair, the author of
9 The Jungle, says that my letter is
wonderful and that I have in me the
making Of a revolutionist.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
M. o. TOWN IN DARKNESS
Lights Turned Off when Bond Issue Is
Voted Down.

Cleveland, Oct. 17.--Within an hour
after it was known in the suburb Of
Lakewood that the municipal light
plant bond issues had failed to carry
at the special election yesterday, the
village was plunged into darkness. Ev-
cry light in the village was turned off
by employees of the municipal light
plant.
The city owns lighting plant, but it
was not success financially. The
Cleveland Electric Illuminating com
pany offered to buy the plant and OPP
crate it under a franchise. The be-
levers in municipal ownership opposed
this and proposed that an issue Of $685.
900 bonds be authorized to pull the
plant out of the hole. This proposition
failed at the election and the lights
were turned out by the disgruntled ad-
herents of the cause Of municipal own
ership. IS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
Destruction Of Blacks College Blamed for
lncendiary Fire That Wipes Out
Town Of 1000.
Lack Of Fire-Fighting Apparatus Leaves
Citizens PoWerIess to Curb Devas-
tating Conflagration.

Greenville, S. G., Oct. H.-As a re-
suit Of the race troubles, Seneca, S. G.,
is in ashes. The work is claimed to
be that of incendiary negroes, seeking
revenge for the dynamiting Of the ne
gro college here last Friday night.
The fire broke out about l am. and
burned rapidly, consuming the entire
business section of the town, which has
a population Of about 1900.
No fire-fghting apparatus was availa.
Die and the citizens were powerless to
stop the flames. AS last resort dyna.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
TAFT PARTY NEAR HOME
Battleship Louisiana Passes Virginia
Capes as Storm RACES

Norfolk, Va, Oct 1.-THE battle
ship Louisiana, bearing Secretary Taft
and party homeWard bound from Cuba,
passed in the Virginia capes this morn
ing, accompanied by the battleships
Virginia and New Jersey. The Louis
lana and her sister battleships, which
ing thirty six miles an hour on the out
side and a very high sea, proceeded at
once to Hampton Roads to transfer the
party, in very stormy weather, to the
dispatch boat Dolphin, awaiting to con-
vey them to Washington, where they
will arrive early tomorrow morning. The
battleships Louisiana, Virginia and New
Jersey will 90 to Lamberts Point to
coal. ,...
The Taft party had a rough trip up
the coast after running into the north
easter, which followed them into Hamp-
ton Roads. IS @
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
vENGEFUL CAROLINA NEGROES SET TOWN AFlRE
KING OF AMMAN A CANNIBAL
Had Body of Tortured Wife Cooked and Served tc
f Encourage.

stepped in and made a prisoner of
Thanh Thai, who has been adjudged in
sane by DR.. Dumas of the French colo
NAL staff.
The royal guard has been disbanded,
the palace has been placed under the
protection of $50 native soldiers, and
the terror-stricken inmates Of the pal
ace have been rescued from further suf.
fering. The majority Of the latter were
ing fortunes. Some Of them were ter,
ribly mutilated, their faces being
slashed and their tongues cut out, while
others had been suspended by pinchers
attached to the feshy part Of their legs
to increase their agony.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17

Marseilles, Get. 1.-THE mail advices
which reached here today from Indo-
China brought another and more re-
voting story of the doings Of King
Thanh Thai Of AMMAN, showing that
he went to the extent of cannibalism.
After killing one of his wives he
caused the body to be cooked and
served up for dinner forcing his en-
tourage to eat under pain of death.
Some of the kings wives were
bound and burned with oil and sub
iectcd to other cruelties, while naked
women were thrown into the, cages of
wild beasts, where they were devoured
before the eyes of the king. 49,
Finally the French authorities
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
MUST MOURN THREE YEARS
chlnese Minister Resigns, Hearing News
i. of Mothers Death.

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE Chinese
munster, Sir rChentung LANG Cheng.
mas just RECEIVED e, news Of his mothers
that Chinese custom requires that he
should retire from official life and be
IN mourning for a period of three
years, the minister telegraphed his res
lgnation Immediately upon receipt Of
the intelligence. The government, how
ever, considering it best not to change
It's diplomatic representative at Wash
lngton at present, has ordered him to re-
tain his post.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
FISH STILL RULES
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Harriman's Proxies Turned Over
to Road President at Stock
holders Meeting. -

Chicago, Oct. l7.-As soon as the
meeting of the stockholders of the Hi.
nois Central was called it became evil
dent that there would be no fight for
control of the road, as William Nelson
Cromwell, acting for Nj. Hartman,
turned over to stuyyesant T: Fish. presi-
dent Of the road, all the proxies for
stock held by. Hartman, and -Mr.Fish
was empowered. to vote all. the Harri-
man stock in the meeting. ,. .@ (. =.
+ AT the meeting 708,613 shares, of
stock were represented, and Of these
Mr.. Fish. held, after receiving the Hair
riman stock, 690,657 shares; 16;067
shares were voted personally by their
owners. $500 - e, - ']''':->S .1.'}-' p.
President Fish nominated J. w. Cut
ting Of New. York. to. serve. for. two
years as the successor of the late w.
NJ. Grinnell. The three retiring direc-
tors, Charles M: Beech, J. r. Harahan
and Cornelius Vanderbilt, were nomi-
mated to succeed themselves as directors
for a term Of four years =. Ks. Rs. o.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17

mite was resorted to in an effort to
stem the march of the confagrataion.
The superintendent Of the Seneca
cotton mills, who was an eye witness,
brought the first news to Greenville.s He
says it is a matter of common belief
that the town was fred by negroes.
Among the buildings burned are two
hotels: and hardware store. The
hotel people were all saved.
The fire was controlled at a am.
Everything is quiet today, altho some
feeling is still shown by the negroes.
No arrests have been made.
The. loss is estimated at $4,000,
with insurance of $4,000,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
MRS. THAW NOT WORRIED
Threat to Indict Another for White
Murder Fails to Move Woman.

New York, Oct. 17.-Mrs. Harry z.
least worried: by the intimation made
by District Attorney jerome yesterday
that another person in addition to Har-
ry &Thaw may be indicted for the MUIR
der of Stanford White.
Mr.. Peabody, of Thaw 8 counsel, said
that Thaw was considerably perturbed
when he first learned of the intimation
made by Mr.. jerome, but he felt that
the facts in the case could not possibly
warrant the indictment of another per-
son.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
.HEIREss" MAIL STOPPED
Federal Authorities Hold Up Letters In
Matrimonial Game.
Special to- The journal.

Special to The Journal.
Washington. Oct 1.-THE postmaster
general has issued fraud order against
Annie Baker. go MacKubin street, st.
Paul.
Report Of the Inspector indicated that
the woman was living at address given
as wife Of man named Rust, and at the
same tipae was trying to OBTAIN money
from matrimonially inclined gentlemen.
She maintained that she would receive
an Inheritance of $1,000 In a few months
and being broke" would be glad to re-
ceive financial assistance. reimbursement
to come thru marriage when the In
heritance was received.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
DEPosITORs GET REWARD
Keeley Turns, over Stensland Purse to
Wrecked Bank.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Chicago, Oct. 1.-THE Chicago Clear
ing House association has settled the
identity of the captor of Paul o. Stems
land It paid over to J. Kelley, man
aging editor of the Chicago Tribune,
the reward of $4,000 offered by it for
Of Cook county of the fugitive presi-
dent Of the Milwaukee Avenue State
bank.
Mr.. Kelley, acting for the Tribune,
Immediately turned over the money to
the depositors of the wrecked institu-
tion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
HURRICANE KILLED NINE
Recent Storm in Nicaragua Wiped Out
Village.

New Orleans, Oct. l7.-Nine lives
were lost in the hurricane which swept
the eastern coast of Nicaragua last Sat
urday, according to advices received
here today. The loss Of life was in
the village of Pearl Lagoon, which is
reported to have been entirely de-
stroyed.
Today's reports say that the full ex-
tent of the damage is not yet known,
but that the hurricane covered an area
of several hundred square miles. The
wind was followed by floods from ex-
cessive rainfall.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
HUMANS GET sPRING-HALT
Jersey Citizens Afflicted with the
''Third Rail High Step.'

Journal Special Service.
.Pleasantville, N. j., Oct. 17.-Doctors
in this little city, who have worried
over tho appearance of a new affliction,
resembling spring-halt in horses, and
causing the natives to use an abnor-
mally high tread, has diagnosed the new
disease as "third rail Ugh step,' the
streak of DEATH which runs thru the
city to carry current for the cross-state
trolley.
Men, women and children are re-
ported to be affected by the disease,
which is also reported to be spreading
along the line of the trolley in both di-
rections. ...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
THROWS SELF UNDER TRAIN
Baker Kills Woman and Then Commits
81 3. -~s'@ Suicide - ~ -

Maysville, KY, Oct. 17.-Thomas
O Regain. baker. late last night shot
and killed Mrs. Becky Bradford and
later threw himself in front of nov.
killed. Jealousy is supposed to: have
caused the tragedy. r. -. -. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
ToMCAT SHOOTS TWO
Pulls Gun Trigger While Playing-Babe
Fatally Wounded.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Harpster, Ohio, Oct. 17.-Charles I'll,
zel's baby has been fatally injured and
his aged mother seriously, wounded IN
an accident caused by their pet cat.
The cat, which was OF the black tom
variety. attempted to climb up the
curtain of the window in the kitchen,
caught its claws in the cloth and in n
it's Struggles one Of it's paws struck
the trigger of shotgun, which 1izel
had left leaning against the, wall near
the window. The gun was loaded and
cooked and was discharged. part OF the
charge striking the baby in the back
of the head and some of it lodging IN
the arms, breast and face OF Mrs. T1zel
who was kneading bread in the Kitchen
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
SHORTAGE IN sUBTREAsURY
Accountants Find $4,000 Missing in
st. Louis-Akins Is Silent.

ST. Louis, Oct. ia shortage of
SCI, 900 has been discovered in the
United States subtreasury here by ex-
pert accountants delegated by the
treasury department at Washington to
count the 500, 100000 in the vaults.
United States Subtreasurer Thomas
J. Atkins admits that expert account
ants were at work in the treasury, but
until their investigation is completed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
LOBBY / OF PEOPLE
TO WATCH CONGRESS
Approved by President and Sup
ported by subscriptions, Pub
lie Eye VIII Work.
Non Political Body viii Toll in
Interests Of The Entire
Nation.
RylWaW. ssiernrane.

Washington, Oct. The people Is
lobby is to be put into operation with
the oncoming session of congress. Pres
ident Roosevelt has given it his ur-
qualified Endorsement, and more than
100000 already has been subscribed
Of the half million which the organic
ers think it neeessarysto insure the per
manency Of the movement
A governing board, composed. of
some of the most prominent, men in the
country, has been selected, and is to
meet in Wa shingto on early, next week
for purposes Sofs organization. A law
yer Of ability and character, who is
familiar with ongressional procedure
active charge Of the work Of looking
after measures pending before the two
houses of congress-, and from time tc
time it will be his duty to- report wei
ascertained facts Of various kinds tC
the newspapers Of the country, using
chiefly the corps of Washington cor
respondents for that purpose. In this
way the good legislat ton is to be siftec
from the bad,.and the public advised
& TO BE Non Political. IL
The idea of the peoples lobby origi
mated with Henry Beach Needham
one Of the younger magazine writers
Of the country, who spent severa
months in Washington during the las
session Of congress-, looking .on Will,
the rate bill, the meat inspection bill
the pure food bill and various other i'm
portant matters We're runEing tn,
gauntlet of the two houses: The idle,
was first given publicity in one Of TIN
magazines which he represents, but il
no sense is the peoples lobby to b
used for theG advertising of that, O
of any other ma gazine. or, individual
The. lobby is to be disinterested, nor
political and devoted to the best in
terests of the country as a whole. 1
is to have no axes to grind, and in tn,
familiar language of the old tim,
speaker, emo friends to reward Or enc
mics to- punish. sTt viii have: head
quarters at onsssaf Tie big hotels o.
Washing and ifss agents will arriv,
in the city with the opening Of con
gfess and remain until It's close. They
viii attend important com mittce hear
i1gs atSthe capitol, talk with member
Of these committees, and also with wit
nesses appearing before them. make. :;
sizeup of legislative situations, ant
then report to the press. The executive
committee will hold occasional meeting
here during the progress of each SEES
sion of congress, andr3decide regarding
particular lines of action. w. ~ ~
4. Like Voters Leagues. s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
Auro cRAsH Fatal . 10 TWO.

| Providence, r. l.. Oct. 17.--An automobile in
| broker, and his son, Grafton II. Wiley Jr.
were riding was struck by a SapidIy moving
/ electric car It y feared both were fatally.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
COUNTESS LEAPS TO DEATH
italian Nobleman Jumps from High
/. Bridge Family Troubles the GAUGE.

bEIuge-f AMY Tf0ubles the GAUGE.
journal Special Service.
Milan, Oct. 17.-Countess Pauline
Barni SCorrado of Bergamo committed
suicide yesterday by throwing herself
from a railway bridge near Palermo into
the river AIDA height Of more than
eighty meters. Family troubles are said
to have been the cause. The countess J
husband, Count Carlo Barni Corrado,
is ill. She was the mother of Ave
sons.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
/. Like Voters leagues.

On: the large national field, the peo-
|iple's lobby will do the work which
for years has been so well done, in
many Of the cities Of the country by
voters , leagues and kindred bodies of
patriotic citizens who have become dis
satisfied with the. loose and extrava.
CANT way in which municipal matters
/ have been handled in city councils,e and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17

r. JAP BUDGET TO BE LARGER. -
London, Oct. 17.-The Daily Telegraph's cor
respondent at, Toxic estimates that the next
Japanese budget will exceed the present one
hv SIM GOO 600 81 = T.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-04-26
POLICE SIDE OF HOLD UP

After an investigation of the story Of
Mrs. Minnie Commerford, who claimed
she was robbed by two men who crawled
from under her bed Tuesday night In her
tat at No. BOG Montgomery street, the
police have practically abandoned the
search for the alleged robbers. The in
yestigation was made by Police Captain
Cox and Sergeant Lrs. IRE pslice say
that some person accompanied her TO her
apartments; that they have ascertaired
that Mrs. Cummerford was heard turn
ing the key Of the door leading to her
fiat on her return home and that voices,
one of which was supposed to be her
own, were heard inside the fat. The po-
lice have told Mrs Oummerford that If
she will not tell the name of the man
who accompanied her home they will re-.
fuse to waste time trying to run down
the alleged robbers. She claims she was
robbed Of $500 and two valuable dia-
mond rings
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-04-26
SAN FRANCISCO
VICTIMS HERE:
1T.
Cherry Blossom Company
Wrecked In California
Comes Ia At P. R. R. esa-
tion 49,
E..ss-sas' asssl1.s5~
Ton ssSE..sss "a
THEIR SORRY PLIGHT
AFTER ALL SORTS OF TRIBULlA-
TIoNs THEY REACHED CHICA.
GO, WHERE CoNDuCgoR WAL
TER SMITH sEcER-ED THEIR
TRANSPORT EAST

About thirty members of the Cherry
Blossom" theatrical company. who lost
all their possessions, even most of their
clothing, in the great San Francisco
earthquake and frse disaster. arrived on
Pullman train at the Pennsylvania de-
pot this morning. Nest of them live in
New York; some Of them in Boston.
where they We're found penniless and
only half clothed Some Of them wore
no shoes. In San Francisco they had
been stopping at the Hotel Roland
From there they took refuge in the Plaza
and were Obliged eventually to take ref
uge in the Goldsn Gate Park, where
they endured all sorts of tortures. They
finally got out of San rFaneiSco and man
aged to reach Chieago. They got little
at the hands Of the Chicago Relief Com
mittee. Seeing their plight, Conductor
Walter Smith, of the Pullman train
above alluded TO, took them aboard his
train and teEegraphsd to various cities
ahead for the relief of the sufferers. At
South Bend. Indiana, and other cities.
citizens had food and clothing ready for
them. Only at one stop was money de-
manded for food and that was at Sayre,
Pa Forty sandwiches and twentytAhree
hard boiled eggs had been ordered ahead.
by the time the train reached this cityt
the members of the theatrical company
were rather respectfully clad, but the
clothing was mainly secondhand. A
number of the male members wore high
halls, some Of which viii be discarded
before they appear on the ''Rialto." The
women Wore some rather seedy looking
Easter bonnets.
Even thus fixed up their general ap-
pearance indicated that thev had passed
through terrible experience.
On the train collection was taken up
and each female member of the troupe
was given $40. Five Of the women were
May Hendrey, Alice Wallace, Floe Far
mer, May Zunne and May Collins.
The courtesy expended by Conductor
Smith was highly appreciated by the
refugees, and they gathered about him
before taking their leave to cross the fer
ries and almost shook his hands off in
their appreciation. His action was ais
commended by the Pennsylvania Rail
road COMPANY,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-04-26
HERR RMANN.HIMsE

Miss Gertrude Helena Hinse. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman G. Hinsc. os
No. G6 Clerk street, was married yesteg@
day to School Commissioner L. Il Herr
mann, Jr., of No. A PearsaIl averue. in,
st. Pa!rick's Roman Catholic Church by
the Rev. c. NJ. Carroll. Miss Altagra Il
E. Hinse. sister of the bride. was maid
of honor, and Mrs Daniel H. Carmody,
of Boston, Mass, was matron of honor.
The Misses Louise Mettlach, Elizabeth
J. Wilcox and Minnie Isbilio. all cousins
of the bride. were bridesmaids.
Mr.. Laurent J. Tonnele, of Metuchen.
\. J.. was best man. The ushers were
the MeSsrs. John G. and Richard p.
Hermann, brothers of the bridegroom,
and Howard S. Kennedy. Andrew ].
steelman, George W. Rurode and Her.
man Mettiach. Both the church and the
BRIDES home were handsomely decorated.
The wedding reception was ATTENDED by
more than two hundred relatives and
friends. The Lawyers Club gave Mr..
Hermann bachelors dinner last Sat.
urday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-04-26
FROM A TOY TO A NECESSITY

A little over thirty years ago the tele-
phone was hardly more than an interest
ing toy. then it became a matter of 'eci-
entific interest, later commercial pos
sibility and household luxury. To-day
it is a worldwide necessity and its use
is as commonplace as riding on a trolley
car or writing letter. There are mil
lions of stations from which billions of
messages are sent and interchange of
speech has become more frequent than
that written word. Most hotels have
telephones in every room, department
stores have them on every counter, and
residences have telephone stations at
various convenient points. Truly this is
a day of time and labor saving
Brunswick Home News.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-04-26
VETERAN FIREMEN ACT

The Veteran Volunteer Firemen's AS
sso!sf;oa, Of Jersey City, organized three
r2o1ltaS ago, will hold an important meet
ins on the first Monday in May. The
asxooiat ton Is composed principally Of
cid volunteers who ran with the ma
chine" prie7 to 1871, when the consolida-
ton CT Jersey City, Hudson City and
Earson took place, but who had not
scrve6 tho prescribed length of time to
entitls them to membership in the Ex-
enpt Tiremedsss Association. The new
organization was formed mainly for So
ciai advantages. The officers are: Will
lis1n Howeth, president; Edward O'Don-
nsa.. vice-p president; Benjamin Manning,
sscrsfary:: Lewis afsr:asah, financial Gee
rsta n, and Elred II. Farrier, treasurer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-04-26
MERELY
MENTIONED

Political workers are complaining that
they are net given the recognition their
services warrant When appointments
are to be made they are overlooked and
men who Wouldn't take the trouble to
vote if the weather was not what they
thought it should be- get the plums.
1T seems" said a, disappointed work
er, 'qhat only men who have money and
who know how to keep it are eligible for
appointment nowadays