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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-07
CHURCH IS 50 YEARS OLD
ST. PAUL's EPIsCoPALoF . WINoNA
WELL. HAVE A CELEBRATION
RUNNING THRU THREE DAYS.
Special to The journal.

Special to The Journal ,a...,v ,..,e, ~s-;,- ~
( Wtnona, MINI, May 7A-1nvlta tons have been
issued by St.s Pauis Episcopal church ct this
city for the celebration of its fftieth annlver-
sary May 10 to IS, 1906.
Z The program will open on Thursday evening
from $50 to 6. with strawberry supper FOL
lowed at o'clock by addresses and music. On
FRIDAY at 4 pm. there will be an AFTERNOON
tea, and "reminiscences relating, to st. ,,Paul's
parish by Rev. Charles II. Plummer OF Lake
City, Rev. W. H. Knowlton Of st. James, Rev:
e. J. Purdy Of Minneapolis, with Bishop Edsall
presiding. In the evening there will be SER
mon by Bishop Edsan and the rite OF contrma-
tion will be administered by him.
The sermons Sunday will be delivered by
two former pastors, in the morning by Rev.
Theodore Payne Thurston OF Minneapolis and
In the evening by Rev. W. Fl. Knowlton of
st. James. The society has a fine church prop
erty, Including stone church and parish house.
also modern rectory, all free from debt and
partially endowed.
District Epworth League.
The annual convention of the winona district
Epworth league will be held at, Spring Valley
on June Is, 16 and IT. A meeting of the
district cabinet was held at Rochester on Sat
urday to make arrangements for the gathering.
1t is expected that one OF the chief features
of the Epworth Herald. Professor A. r. Kent
superintendent Of schools at Mabel, Is the pres
ident of the district Epworth League.
L,anesboro Company Bankrupt.
/ William Burns. referee in bankruptcy. has
formally adjudicated, bankrupt the Lanespore
Milling company Of Lanesboro. in whose case 9
petition to have It declared bankrupt was re-
Gently made by G. Q. Oliver of Warsaw, lnu.,
the s. Y. Hyde Elevator company of La crosse
and the Miller Publishing company of Mime
apo1s. ,,
No appearance was nads by the Lanesbor:
Milling company at the time set for hearing
! and this was construed by the referee as al
admission Of bankruptcy. The liabilities art
placed at SIT 900. 49,. ',,.- 90, -,
After the creditors have met on may 80 an'
| a,en+od q trustee to look over the books eXac
figures as to assets can be given. AT presen
| II can only be said they are somewhere net"ee'
81, 900 and $4,000
$4,000 sewed In Dress.
| Probate Judge D. E. Vance will name a guar
! dian for Matilda Haas. who was recently con
| mitted from here to the Rochester asylum
| Tho attendants found sewed In her dress cas-
and securities to the value Of about S3ooo'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-07

MARQUETTE, MICH.-A stone hammer, an ex-
ceedingly fine specimen presumably relic from
prehistoric days, has been, found at Pressure Isle
by Robert Hume, custodian of the park.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-07
MINISTER'S DAUGHTER SHOT
Accidental Discharge of a Revolver
| Kills Miss Ruth Armstrong.
Special to The Journal

Special to The journal. e.
D.A,, =. sssy.I
Devils Lake, N. D., May Ruth Armstrong,
II years old. was accidentally shot and killed
last Saturday. Just how the accident happensd
probably never will be known.
The girl was assisting a younger brother.
who was preparing for hunting expedition
and In the handling of a 3s-caliber revolver the
weapon In some manner was discharged. The
bullet entered her stomach and perforated the
liver
Miss Armstrong was brought to Mercy hos.
pital where an operation performed but
without avail. She was the daughter of Rev
]. Il. Armstrong, the Presbyterian minister at
Webster. Her parents were away from houe
when the accident happened.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-07

GREEN BAY, WIs.-Governor Davidson has
appointed Superintendent c.. W. Bowron of the
state reformatory, G. Kustermann president of
the state board of control and William Finne-
gan of this city to represent Wisconsin at the
annual conference Of Charities and Corrections
at Philadelphia, May TO 16. ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-07

MILLER, 8. D.--Chsrles Shea a young single
man, went into we'll and was killed by gas.
This was the third fatal accident in the family
In q short time
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-07
Young Man Tries Suicide.

Because he without , money and had no
employment James Yula, Il years Of age, at
tempted to end his life by taking carbolic acid
Immediate medical attention saved his life.
The young man was found sitting in the rear
OF u saloon with the empty: bottle, which had
contained poison, by his side. He uncon-
scious He here about a week ago in
search Of employ ment. His mother resides a
farm uesr Snarta. Wis 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-07
FIRES BALL. THRU HEAD

GAINESVILLE, WIS.-Meader Perrig. 80 years
old, is dead He fought In the war Of 1872.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-07
County High School Contest.

The villages Of this county held an p Hea
village high school discriminatory contest al LEI
ming ins and New York Mills participating Miss
t7rjeda Nelson of Rattle Lake won first honor
and Homer Hursh Miss Josie Te 2eaend th aRf
"a fourth respectively. The contest was at
tended by sixty persons from Battle Lake ant
large delegation from New York Mills
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
HeliaoIand Disappearing.

Recent news from Heligoland, &C
cording to the London Standard,
speaks of further Entertainments by
the sea on Heligoland, in the North
Sea. Since the island was ceded to
Germany, in 1890, in exchange for
Zanzibar, 1t has lost considerable
area, not alone through the collapse
of the sandy cliffs which surround it's
shores, but also through definite
sinking on the south side. Engineers
have been at work since the ces.
sion in continuous endeavor to safe.
guard the island from demolition, and
considerable work has been perform
ed in filling crevices in the rocks
while breakwaters have been built to
break the force of the sea. 1t has
been found, however, that the very
sea floor on which these are con
structed is without stability, and it
is believed that the work can only
serve to delay the encroachment OF
the sea on the friable cliffs. 1t has
now circumference of a little less
than three miles, as against three and
three-fourths in 1890. The island has
little Importance and is known chief
ly as watering place. Its population
numbers about 1000, and the natives
of Heligoland are creditably known
among the North Sea and Baltic pi-
lots.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
The GuileIess Housemaid.

ut is no wonder to me- said men,
Der of the detective force the other
day, that the fake telephone linemen
and other sneak thieves find Washing.
ton an easy mark. had a fine ex-
ample of that few days back. There
had been family robbed over in
Georgetown on the fake telephone
game, and was sent over to look in
to the case. The maid met me at
the front door, said her mistress was
busy at the moment, but would see
me in little while. Then she walked
off and left me setting in the hall for
twenty minutes. She did not know
me from basket of walnuts. l had
On plain clothes and my badge was
inside my coat. But she took my
word for who l was and left me alone
long enough to have cleaned out the
entire lower floor, if l had been so
minded. This, too, after the family
had been robbed.
We'll, when her mistress came
downstairs told her gently and dip
lomatically what thought of her SER
want. OF course she had to admit
was right, but it was the first time
the case had occurred to her in that
light. People ought never to allow
strangers in their house minute out
of their sight. Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07

One Of the most popular theories
with respect to the North American In
dinns Is that they are the lost tribes
of IsIael who wandered across Asia
and encered America by Bering straits
But now new idea has just been put
forward, for 1t appears that Turk
who is living in Mexico was very much
surprised, when out walking in the
country near the capital, to hear the
native speaking in language which
greatly resembled his own. He spoke
to them In Turkish, and found that they
understood him perfectly and that he
could make out what they said.
The case has been submitted to an
American professor of philology, and
his report is awaited with some inter.
est, as 1t will be curious. to say tho
least of 1t, II he can establish an anal
ogy between the dialects of the Mexican
Indian and the Turks.-The Sketch
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
A Homesteader in the ouicksands.

A Homesteader in the Quicksands,
"The movers wagon" canvas-cover.
ed and travel-worn, is always pictur
esque. The travelling home for q
family and all their worldly goods
from furniture to poultry, is stu a
familiar sight on Western roads. The
spirit of dissatisfaction and longing
for newer fields that turks under that
broad-brimmed hat is a spark of the
same fire that has been the theme
of our history. By some stream UNI
der the cotton-woods of an evening
you may sometimes see this half.
gypsy, and the fire with It's accom-.
panying smell of bacon and beans OF
the song and accordion will suggest
as you drive by, why the rowing has
always its destinations.
There are, however, the long dusty
days of travel, and sore-backed
horses; the occasional swollen fords
and always present, though seldom en-
countered. are the quicksands Of the
dry bottom streams. They are indis
tinguishable and silent. The shall
low ribbons of water flow over them
as over all the rest of the river bed
but once fairly in their grasp there
is remorseless, certain settling
which struggle only hastens and
which ends in an everlasting disap
pearance. Cattle and horses are
caught in 1t oftenest and If seen in
time can be pulled out with a rope
and horse, but into it's hungry NAV
have gone horses, wagons and men
and even a locomotive going through
a bridge has been know to disappear
in this bottomless mystery.-Aller
True in "The leaning of the West
in the Outing Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
But He Swung His Lantern.


tells tale of the days when he was
counsel for railway line.
At one point on its line the com.
pany had stationed an old negro
Waterman whose duties consisted in
warning travellers. when train APP
preached. One night wagon belong
ing to farmer was struck, resulting
in bad accident. The company
was sued for damages and the old
colored man was the principal wit
ness for his employers. Among the
questions was one as to whether he
was sure that he had swung his
lantern across the road when he per-
ceived the train approaching. The
negro replied:
Il shorely did, sah!"
The trial resulted in a verdict for
the company, and Mr.. Williams, as
counsel took early occasion to COM
pliment the aged negro on his excel.
lent testimony, to which the latter
replied:
"Thankee, Marse John, but was
sorely skeered when dat lawyer man
begin to ask me about dc lantern.
was afreaed for minute dat he was
goin' to ask me If 1t was lit or not.
De oil done give out some time befo'
de accident! Success.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
Facts About the Russian puma.

The qualifications necessary III
members of the Russian Imperial
Duma are outlined In an article by
Charles Johnston in Harper's Week
ly. The four hundred members of
this important body must be able
to speak Russian and they must take
the oath of allegiance on qualification.
They will draw Ave dollars day
allowance during the session of the
Duma, and mileage at the rate of
two and half cents a mile to and
from the capital. The method Of
electing the members was some
what roundabout one as at first plan
ned, says Mr.. Johnston. Groups OF
electors were to be chosen from the
three great classes Of Russian 30
clety: the landowners, the village
communities, and the municipalities.
The first extension of the scheme ad-
mitted large numbers Of the artisan
class; the latest development of the
idea seems to admit everybody in
GLIDING the army and navy. 1t Is
worth noting, says Mr.. Johnston, as
showing that Russia is still vast.
growing village. that of four hundred
members to be returned to the Duma,
only twenty-eight will represent
cities.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07

The final trade statistics for the
year 1905 confirm the figures Of the
preliminary forecasts and show a phe-
Iomenal degree of prosperity through
out the country. So enormous was the
product of farm, mine and factory that
had 1t been moved at one time 1t would
have filled 33,lS4.S57 freight cars, A..
100000 more than would have been
required In the prosperous year OF
l0O4. Thirty three million freight .cara,
II made up into one train of fabulous
length, would extend for n distance of
224,4OO miles, or would girdle the
earth about nine times at the equator.
If this mythical train, with the 5000
locomotives which would be required
to haul 1t, had Travelled out into space
on trip to the moon, the leading mo-
guls would have been putting through
the valleys Of earths satellite before
tile conductors buggy had rumbled out
Of the freight yards at the starting
point Merely to store. the cars and
engines In such train would require
the use of nearly all the railway mile
age In the United States.
One of the most striking examples
OIL the vast Increase In the volume Of
business for the year is to be found In
the western livestock industry. During
the summer and in the fall of 1905 the
tourist on any of the big western trunk
lines caught flying glimpses of stock
pens filled with long horned, ferocious-
looking steers, flocks of huddled sheen
apd carloads of horses and mules. All
these pens were filled and emptied
many times during the year, each con-
tributlng its quota to the enormous
total of livestock that was ship.
ped from the trans Mississippi ter
ritory to the markets of Chicago, Kan
sas City, Omaha, and st. Joseph, n
total that approximated 3S,OOO,OOO
head. This multitude of animals con.
stituted G7S,360 carloads, 10000 more
than We're required in 1904 and 10000
more than in 1902.
In the grain trade the American
farmers are still increasing thair out
put and adding to the strength of our
claim to be called the granary of the
world. The reports for 1905 from
twelve private primary grain markets
show that there has been poured into
them from their tributary territory the
enormous quantity of 100000 O,N
bushels of grain, to be distributed from
these primary markets to all corners
Of the globe. American grain to-day
Is fighting to supplant rice among the
AsIatics and has already partly dis
placed rye as the food staple of the
peasantry of Europe. Within q few
years, at the rate our crop is increas
Ing and with the extremely low RAE
the railroads give OH grain for export.
American loaves will be, indeed. the
staff of life In every country of Europe.
A comparison Of the amount of grain
received during eleven months of 1868
at few Of the primary markets with
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07

The head is sheathed with bony
plates and armed with sharp points.
which are rather hard to distinguish
at first. as they lie quite fiat against
1t. When caught they erect all their
spines, and inflict very painful
wounds on those who try to handle
them. The pectoral fms are little
more than half as long as the body.
and may be extended like fan when
in use, or folded quite close together
when on the bottom, thus giving them
the name of butterfly fish,"
The rays Of the tail may also be
much extended to look like Jap
anese fan.
The color of this peculiar fish is
brownish yellow over the back and
sides and cream and white below.
The pectoral fins are deep orange
color, with blacklist marking toward
the tips, crossed all over with little
dark brown lines and edged with
light yellow orange color. The lower
jaw and sides are light orange color;
the eye is beautiful turquoise blue.
edged with vein of brassy yellow
American Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
the amount received for the whole year

the amount received for the whole year
of 1904 brings out clearly the remark
able Increase In grain traffic. Chicago,
the greatest primary grain market.
received 220.T59,215 bushels in 1904.
During the first eleven months Of 10O5
tho receipts were $50, 1873, &c. bushels.
l1ouisvllle's record for 1904 was 23,555,.
I61S bushels. while up to Dec. 1. 1905.
&3016,3lO bushels had been received.
The receipts at Kansas City for 1864
were 5S,S30,900 bushels; for the eleven
months of 1905 they were 6O,121 ,700
bushels.
On the Pacific coast, where fifty
years ago few gold-mad prospectors.
acting as an advance guard for eastern
civilization. carried on desultory
warfare with Indians, there are to-day
thriving, hustling towns and thickly
settled farming communities. One Of
the most important factors In this
prosperity Is the huge lumber 'ra'lic
that originates in the vast forests oil
northern California, Oregon and Wash
ington. Annually for the last three
years more than 1,OOO,O0O,O0O feet OF
redwood, pine and fir have been taken
from these almost inexhaustible timber
tracts and shipped to California coast
points. During the year just past the
arrivals at these same points averaged
icore than 10O,O0O,O0O feet month, a
record that no former year can surpnss.
In 1904 lumber shipments from Wash
| ington to Oregon reached total Of
606,000,000 feet, 1876, 100000 feet of
which went to foreign markets. The
completed figures for the lumber trade
of 1905 from these two States have not
been Issued as yet, but as more than
iGt.o00,000 feet passed into domestic
and foreign trade from Tacoma alone
| IL is taken for granted that IN this
Industry, as in all the others, there has
been the same astounding gain.
Not only do the United States con-
tribute more than their share of food
stuffs. to the world, but they furnish n
large percentage Of the coal to cosk 1t
with. Americas coal resources, an
thracite and bituminous, are among her
greatest assets and have contributed
more than any other single pro !ucs TO
make the United States the leading in
dustral nation of the world. 1t meade /,
G1 100000 tons Of anthracite to keep
tie wheels of American commerce sp.I-
ming In 1905, while only 57,5OO,OOO tons
were needed In 1904.
For many years raw cotton has play.
\ Cd leading part in American indus.
trial affairs. Indeed, the Interest In
this important crop is worldwide and
on 1t depends the welfare of the cot
ten manufacturers of England aud
Germany. Formerly the commercial
distribution of this staple was along
fixed lines from the cotton fields in the
south. north to the Atlantic coast.
Within comparatively few years, how.
ever. the southern business men have
awakened to the fact that cotton can
be manufactured in the south rs profit.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
Chicago Tribune.

of money In the election of the upper
house. Its members are chosen not di.
rectly by the voters at large, but by
county and city authorities. The cleo
ton of these county and city officials
is conducted according to graded SUI.
frage laws based upon value of prop
erty or size of income.
BY means of this arrangement many
thousands of voters are In the hands of
wealthy men and business corporations
in single community. A few rich mel
or couple of corporations can thus
entirely control the situation In mum
Der Of communities and decide the cleo
ton of county officials wholly after
their own will,in spite of the opposing
votes of the rest of the population.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
lndIscrlmInate kls,lnu.

Careful mothers, who have for
long time recognized the danger to
which baby is exposed through in.
discriminate kissing, will sympath-
lie with Queen Maude's troubles in
Norway, now that she has attempt.
ed to stem the wholesale osculation
by which women and children of ev-
cry degree have desired to show their
fealty to the little Crown Prince
Olaf There is great liability OF all
sorts Of dreadful diseases being con-
veyed in this way. and 1t seems
pity that the good people Of Chris
tiania cannot comprehend this A B
9 Of hygiene without the necessity Of
the gardens Of the palece being closed
ssaiBst them. whiIs the crown ppihoe
takes aia aslly Enthusiastically Wiz
nsss,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07

| ably as 1t can be grown, with the re-
suit that cotton mills have sprurk up
all over the south. especially In the
carolinas. These southern mills have
Brought about decided change In the
lines of commercial distribution and
| have likewise stimulated competition to
such an extent that cotton prices are
soaring, to the intense satisfaction Of
| the southern planter. The Inc elsed
activity of the gulf ports within the
last decade has been another large fac
tor In contributing to the present pros
perity of ten southern States. OF last
years cotton crop Of 10,271,612 bales
the gulf ports received 6,692, 761 bales,
or two-thirds, while the Atlantic ports
had to be content with only 3,57S,s51
bales. Figures of the export trade In
cotton show that SO per cent Of the
crop sought foreign markets.
Different factors have contributed to
this era of plenty. The first, undoubt-
edly, Is, the marvellous resources with
which this country Is blessed. Naxt
| as n factor in Industrial greatness
comes the business ability of Ameri-
cans. In inventiyeness and aptitud, to
adjust himself rapidly to changing con-
ditlons and willingness to discard old
and obsolete methods for those new aud
uhtried, in Imagination to see Indus
trial possibilities and courage to act
on his convictions, the American bust
ness man is without peer.
The American railroad Is another
factor, and by no means small one,
In the country's Astounding prosperity.
Ever since the first steel rails, the pre-
cursors of civilization, pushed their
way slowly cross the prairies of the
middle west, climbed the Rocky Noun
tains by tortuous paths and came to a
stop only when the waves of the Pacific
confronted them the great problem Of
railroad managers has been to develop
the country, to Increase traffic and to
cause two blades of grass to grow
where but one has grown before. That
| they have succeeded beyond all hopes
| is proved by the commercial reports
and the industrial statistics of the year
Just passed, and this success has been
won under a system free from onerous
government regulation. 1t has not been
necessary to submit every emergency
| rate to government commission for
approval or condemnation nor to con-
duct business according to rates fixed
by body Of laymen chosen by the
president, possibly for political reasons.
The experience Of European countries
whose railroads are under government
control gives reason for the assertion.
made by competent authorities, that il
American railways were managed as
are those in old world lands American
railroad managers would not have been
called upon to furnish facilities for
moving more than 33,00O,0OO carloads
in 1905 nor would the new cars and
locomotives ordered in the first forty
one weeks of 1905 be equal to the en-
tire number ordered In 1904.