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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

Journal Special Service.
Toxic. Jan. 2O.-The old theory Of
the trinity Of horrors-that is, belief
that war, plague and famine go hand
in. hand appears to have found con-
frmation right here in Japan.
Japan is going thru the throes Of real
suffering. A committee of foreigners
was recently formed to devise ways and
means for the relief Of the sufferers by
the famine. This committee now states
that the three northern provinces with a
population of 2,821,O 900, are confronted
with the worst famine known since the
deadly one of sixty years ago.
The report adds that the investigation
shows that sentence Of death hangs
over a quarter Of a million people in the
Miyagi province alone. In Fukushima
province 100000 people are on the edge
Of absolute poverty. In Iwate 100000
cannot live without speedy and pro-
longed aid. It concludes that out Of
the total number Of people affected by
the famine 100000 are in extremes.
All of the foreign newspapers are re-
ceiving subscriptions. One report even
goes so far as to state that unless eff
fective measures are taken the famine
will be more expensive to human life
than was the war, with Russia. The
statement is made that the authorities
appear to be keeping the famine under
cover, actuated by a false sense Of ma.
tional pride. Is.
q. AS for the plague, the latest advices
are that the cases at Osake, Kobe and
in western Japan already run up into
the hundreds. On behalf of the govern.
ment it should be stated that the au.
thorities have taken drastic measures
to stamp it out.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
CHICAGO AROUSED BY
NEW GRAFT CHARGES
Scheme Worked in Offices Of
Court Clerks Declared to
Have Reaped Thousands.
BY Publishers Press.

BY Publishers Press.
Chicago, Jan. 2o.-The citizens of
Chicago have been stirred up again by
charges that another and wholly unex-
pected graft scheme has been working
for several years past in the Offices of
the clerks of superior and circuit courts,
the amount of which may reach $780,
900. This amount, it is alleged, has
been stolen from Cook county funds
thru systematic padding of pay rolls
and other methods said to have been
permitted by Circuit Court. Clerk John
A. Lynn during the years he was clerk
Of the superior court.
A general oyerhauling Of pay rolls
in both the offices, which are said to
be Hstuffed'' with the names of many
political dependents of Clerk Lynn, and
am inquiry into the alleged manipula-
,tion of fees, will probably begin at
once.
The sensational assertion was made
today by one Of the investigators that
the inquiry is likely to spread to the
officers of the clerk Of the circuit court,
county clerk, the probate court clerk,
the. criminal court clerk and other
county officials who are at the head, of
Offices which take in fees from the
public.
T Carelessness was revealed in the use
Of the seal Of the superior court clerk
Office. Employees on small salaries are
said to have had free access to an in
strument which was essential to the
collection of fees ranging from 81 to
5000.
Superior Court Clerk Vail and Cir
cult Court Clerk Lynn are declared to
have assumed since December, 1904, the
right to pay their employees themselves
out of the fees taken in by their Offices
and to report to the county board only
once in six months.
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New York Herald Special Service,

New York Herald Special Service.
Washington, Jan. 20.-Altho Miss
Roosevelt is, to be married to Congress-
man Nicholas Longworth in a month,
plans for the ceremony are still in q
tentative state. For one thing, there
is the, matter of invitations to con
slider. Mrs. Roosevelt believes that the
personal friends Of the two families
should receive adequate reorganization,
and that Miss Roosevelt s hosts in the
past in various cities should not be
counted out. Miss Roosevelt has been
so sstrenuously entertained that, were
none but these families to be invited,
they would fill the allotted space.
Miss Roosevelt g desire is for an
official wedding. She is particularly
anxious that Mr.. Longworth IS associ-
ates in the house of representatives
| shall be first considered. She contends
that they will all be anxious to see
their colleague married and that they
| ought to be asked.
| Miss Roosevelt wishes to be courteous
to the foreign powers and to ask their
representatives to this country to be
present-the ambassadors and minis
ters,. with their wives. She wants the
judges Of the supreme court also. Of
course, the membership of the senate
would be, included with that Of the
4 house. Then there, is the Philippine
! party, the members of which Miss
Roosevelt. and Mr.. Longworth wish in.
4 vited for reasons Of sentiment.
With a few Of the most intimate
/ friends of thes bridal couple added, this
| list would be, almost excessive. Just
what decision will be reached is mat
ter of conjecture; but it is safe to say
! that the wishes Of the bride-elect prob
ably will prevail. s..
The ceremony will be performed in
the middle east window alcove Of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
SELLING GASOLINE ..S
STOVES TO ARABS
Edgardo Perera Is Said to Be, supplant
ing Stored Camp Fires. -.

Desert camp fires of the Arabians, SC
frequently made bright spots in bril-
liant word-pictures Of novelists who
choose the wastes of the Sahara for
background or scenes in their books
will exist only for fiction in a few years
If the present onslaught on these Gus,
toms continues, and to farsighted
Minneapolitan will be due this remark.
able change. It is said that Edgardo
Perera, a well3knoWn Minneapolis man
who is now in the regions where camels
are still the common carriers and where
long pipes filed with fragrant tobacco
and camp fires are the order every even.
ing, is fast making traditions Of these
same fires and supplanting them with
the less picturesque, but more modern
and reasonable, gasolene stove.
Edgardo Perera has three staunch
friends in the city who hear from him
periodically. In none of his letters has
he said that he is now engaged in sup
planting the historic fires with stoves
but friends know that he has had such
schemes and firmly believe that he is
now realizing upon them to the great
benefit of his pocketbook.
When last heard from Mr.. Perara was
in Cairo, Egypt. He had left Italy
his fatherland, some time before. Tt
all appearances he is now conducting
modern ideas and commercialism on 8
march thru the desert that will leave {
devastation of camp fires equal to the
wide swath cut by Sherman on his mem
orable march to the sea.
Such attempts as have been made tt
introduce gasolene stoves have beer
highly successful and his friends ex
pect Mr.. Perera to return heavily lader
las the result of his supposed invasion Of
the camps Of camel drivers and souvenir
statesmen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

adornment of his home and at his
leisure hours he goes about the house
rearranging the pictures, changing the
position Of ornaments, giving some lit.
tie artistic touch here and there.
The great. interest shown by visitors
to Washington in the forthcoming
White House wedding is manifested by
the frequent visits Of observation auto
mobiles to the vicinity Of the Long
worth home. Residents of the neigh
sborhood half q dozen times, day hear
the hoarse cry Of the bankers: ION
the left is the home Of Representative
Nicholas Longworth, who is to marry
Miss Alice Roosevelt. This house will
be the future home of the president IS
daughter
At first this daily incident was anus
ing, but now it is proving extremely
annoying to Mr.. Longworth and his
mother, to say nothing Of the other
residents Of that aristocratic section.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
ELOPEMENT rs EPIDEMIC
Third Daughter to Flee for Marriage
Is Pursued by Papa.

Special to The Journal. -. n. y
S Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 2o.-An cpl.
demie Of elopment seems to prevail in
the family of John Thornton, of this;
place. Two Of his daughters have al!
ready found husbands in this manner,
and when his youngest daughter, 16
years old, Fannie Thornton, disappeared,
In company with Ed Williams, the
pair is said to have been located in
Iowa Williams courtship'
was brief. He is employed by a gas
lamp company Of Kansas City, Mo-
and conducted his courtship while in
stalling machine in the Thornton
home. Williams is handsome and had
little difficulty in convincing the girl
that he was her Lochinvar.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
EMPLOYEES SHARE PROFITS

Birmingham, Ala. Jan. 2O.-The Bes-
semer sewer pipe works. owned by. N o.
Nelson. the ST. Louis philanthropist, has
declared dividend of 6 per cent on the
stock held by the employees and an adj
ditional dividend of Is per cent on the
wages earned by the employees last year
The plan has been in operation two years
and the factory does an immense bust
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

If plans of the Friede Globe Tower
company are carried out, Coney Island
will soon present to the world it's crown
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
MERIMAc SURVIVOR DEAD.

Oskaloosa, Iowa, Jan. 2O.2Thomas
Jackson. survivor of the Merrimac bat
tie with the Monitor, was buried here to-
day. AS Jackson was not an enlisted
man he was never able to secure a PEN
sion. He served as stoker on the Mont,
tor. He died in poverty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

Great Britain and Ireland export ev-
cry year about $25,0O0O0O worth of
linen goods, of which one-half is shipped
to the United States.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

Following the collapse of Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew, it was learned to-
day on unimpeachable authority that
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

New York, Jan. 2o.-Tell it softly:
Hetty Green, richest woman in Amer
lea, and the oldest feminine fnancier in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-05
SMATHERS' CASE IS
BEFORE BOARD
OF REVIEW
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Horsemen in
large numbers gathered about the cor
ridors of the Murrayhill Hotel today
prior to the opening of the winter
meeting of the Board of Review of the
National Trotting Association.
At the meeting Of the board were:
Major P. P Johnston of Lexington,
KY, president; w. H. Gocher Hart
ford, Conn.,, secretary; J. NJ. Johnson
Calais, Me-; George Campbell Brown
Springhill, Tenn, and John H. Shuts,
New York.
Major Johnston was asked by J. j.
Adams, of counsel for E E. Smathers
when his case would be heard. After
some discussionft was set down for 10
o'clock tomorrow.
II should like to know" said Adams,
If you have issued subpenas for either
G. K. G. Billings, the owner of Lou
Dillon, or for Murray Howe of the
Memphis Racing Association"
No, we have not" the president re-
piled. You know we have affidavits
from both. Anyway, you know, Mr..
Adams, this is a new CASE
THAT is just what want to get at"
answered the lawyer. Now, as I un-
derstand it, there is no charge against
Mr.. Smathers pending before this
board, for, as 1 recall, the board of re-
view on the Sd of May last dropped
the charges against Mr.. Smathers."
Smathers was present as an inter
ested listener to the preliminarries in
his case, and about were, besides
Adams, long army of legal talent,
among the lawyers being E. P. Coynse,
John S. Wise and Carruthers Ewing,
Memphis lawyer, who is a member. of
the local driving club of Memphis, of
which Billings is also a member.
Billings was not present, but his
personal counsel, Lawyer Meagher of
Chicago. and George W. Spear. his
former driver, who is declared to be
mixed up the case, were there.
The so-called Smathers Memphis gold
cup case grew out of the match race
between Lou Dillon and Major Delmas.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-05

Starter Hoffman released the barrier
and sent the field on its way, threw
Z Jockey Fisher. The race developed
into a fierce stretch drive between
Judge Denton, the second choice, Sea-
sick and Merlingo. Denton stuck his
snoot out in front at the wire, while
Seasick; which stuck it out better. than
usual, speared the place in front of
Merlingo.
Jockey J. Harris showed the way
in the fifth race when he rode ]. F.
Donohoe, the to 10 favorite, to vic
tory. Retropaw was second and Mar
kie was forced to a drive to beat the
$50 to 1 shot, Baldo. out of the short
end of things. Baldo was well sup
ported for the show and his hackers
had bad heart failure when he came
so near and yet so far.
Judge Hamilton suspended Jockeys
A. c. Koerner and W. Fischer for a
week for rough riding. They can
ride for their own stable.
Jockey Kent was suspended by
Starter Hoffman, but Jake refused TO
say for what reason
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-05
CRESCEUS FILLY Is
STAR OF THE
APTOS SALE

A bay filly by Cresceus (2:o2A), the
champion trotting stallion of the world,
was the star of the sale last night
Of the harness horses bred at Aptos
Stock Farm. This FLY, which is a
daughter of Venus II, fell to the bid
of c. A. Harrison of British Columbia,
who secured the royalty bred miss for
1925.
Dione (2:07A) brought the next
highest price, $500, at which figure she
was purchased by S. II. Cowell. The
daughter Of Eros is thirteen years old,
but carries her years lightly.
Hulda, the most famous mare of her
time in all America and now in her
eighteenth year, was bid in by Rudolph
Spreckels as a matter of sentiment.
The famous mare will end her days in
peace at Aptos, where she was foaled.
The sale was held at the yard of f.
H. Chase & Co. The sale in detail re-
suited as follows:
T r FOR SALES
Foas e gsdiPg BY Sppd
shrayier, 500; chestnut O geId dh BY Dexter
Prince, n. Eisner, si95; bay FLY by Cupid.
STEPHEN ., e5aps $50 bay an ally b g-n Cupid
Ruble. $50; chestnut gelding By Cupid, G. Rule,
$500 bay ally by Cupid, stephen Crane. $3.50;
Drown My Dexter Irlnce, .. H. OOWeli, 3EVOs
chestnut flly by Cupid. S. II. Cowell, s24o;
brown FLY by Aptos Wilkes, Dr. Cain, $3.50;
bay fly by Cresceus (2:04A Venus II (2:1l12l,
c. A Harrison, British Columbia, $525.
Feals of 19o2-Black gelding by Aptos Wilkes,
]. Rolph, S1s5; bay FLY by Dexter Prince, G.
Gray. $500; bay gelding by Altivo, A. Ma
Brood mares-Christina, by Chris Smith, R.
McCluskey, $780, Lady Aptos, by Aptos wilkes.
G. Stader, sos; Erosine, by Eros. II. Schottler,
$40; Sunrise Jr., by Aptos Wilkes, A. Olson,
prinoaSc nv T.
Stone, $780, Lady Aptos Jr., by Cupid, G. S.
Dunn, $3.50; Erwin Davis Jr:, by Gus, r. Rich
SIS; Miss Valensin. by valensin, G. widemann,
$50; Neonta, by Steinway, ]. Pendleton, S45
Hulda l2:os19). by Guy Wilkes, Rudolph Spreck-
Morrison, $50; Oracle S. Jr., by Dexter Prince.
H. Olson, $3.50; Zarina, by Dexter Prince, DR..
johnson, $3.50: Lilly S Jr.. by Altivo. D. Sulli-
van, S155: Drone (2:o7A), by Eros S. H.
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work right away" don't seem to
have any more effect, and you are
forced to realize that your health
is gone.
Every time you take a drug to
force the stomach, liver kidneys or
heart you hurt them-you actually
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every dose you take is reason for
taking another, because they are
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one can see that in time, by steady
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Electro-Vigor is q girdle of dry
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your waist while you sleep. 1t is
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generates its own power constantly.
You don't have to bother about
charging it in vinegar or acid. The
exhilarating sensation is felt with
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-05
CAN CIRCUMVENT
LAW BY USE OF
TELEPHONE

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Dec. 1.-The
Supreme Court decided today that the
Missouri. anti-pool selling law does not
prohibit persons from selling pools on
races to be run in this State when bets
are registered by telephone in another
State. The case decided was that Of
Charles Oldham of Kansas City, who
was convicted of keeping booths for
selling pools on races at Elm Ridge
(Kansas City, MOI race track from
which bets were registered in Kansas
City, Kan.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. THE Elm
Ridge race track In this city will un-
questionably reopen in the spring with
a running meeting as the result of the
decision handed down today by the
State Supreme Court upon the anti
pool selling law, according to an oper-
ator of the Elm Ridge Jockey Club.
The Elm Ridge course cost $500, 900
and is one of the finest in the country.
When the anti-pool selling law was
passed the track was closed and the
Oldham test case was fled.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-05
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL GAMES
WILL NOT BE THROWN OUT
Executive Committee of the League
Decides to Allow the Scores
to Stand

The meeting of the executive COM
mittee OF the California Association
Football League last night was very
quiet affair. Many had expected a
stormy session. The case of the non
registered players came up for con-
sideration. 1t was found that the men
were on the teams of the San Francisco
and Vampire clubs, and as both of
these clubs had lost their games it
would be an injustice to the winning
teams to throw out the contests. So
the games were left to stand. 1t was
announced at the meeting that all the
players were registered and there
would be no more trouble in that line
The case of Elliott came up for con-
sideration, but as his case is under
consideration by the Association Foot
ball Union, which is higher authority
than the league, the latter was not in
a position to take any action until off,
cially notified of the stand the union
has taken in his case. There were
some chances of the league having to
consider the case as the San Francisco
club had filed a protest against Ell
lott, but at the meeting last night
the protest was withdrawn. The
registration committee will meet to-
morrow evening and the Elliott case
may then come UP.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-05
JOCKEYS WHO MET
DEATH DURING
SEASON
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

NEW YORK, Dec. An the racing
year just closed in the East, but being
continued on Western and Southern
tracks, sixteen jockeys met death on
the turf, a gruesome record and a
frightful average. The record applies
to racing throughout the United States
and may yet be increased before the
end of the year with racing going on
at New Orleans, Los Angeles, Oakland
and elsewhere 1t is remarkable, too,
that the majority Of the fatalities was
confined to fiat racing, in view OF what
is regarded as the more hazardous
branch of the sport, the steeplechase.
Comparatively few of the riders of the
timber toppers met with death. al
though a number were injured. Only
two riders of steeplechasers were killed
in the racing year.
Several Jockeys died natural deaths
old knights of the pigskin whose
appearances in the saddle were few
and far between lin recent years.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-05
Entries at Ascot

First race. five furlongs, two-year-olds. sell
ing-(s) Montaiban no. (20l Nappa Ito. Coz
Hatton Jos, Rosemary d l07, Isl Prolific l03
(2l) Blue Bottle 10l, Sixfull 101.
Second race. seven furlongs, purse-Aucassion
III Critic ITO, Capias no. My Choice 10 C0)
Ampedo 101, t20j Judge Nelson 101, COZ Mil
Third race one mile. seling-us) Prince Mag
net 10. Dazzle 1o7, :. v; Kirby 1o7. .d3) viona
l07 Netting 107, Cotillon 107. (23) Colonel
Bronston l05. d5) AvontelIus 1o5 ui Salina
102. l11l Rosi NJ III 102, u1) Colonel Jewell 1922
Fourth race, six furIongs. selling-(24D Sails
ia, (9l Kinsman i12. tlS) Linda Rose 100, d3)
Prince Ching, 100, QS) Willie Gregg 100, QS) Ali
Black 100, (1S) Search Me los, C1s) Prince Fred
erick 103
Fifth race. five and half furongs. three
year-olds and upward-Eva Pyro Ito. (2sl Sea
sick 107 Phiz 107. Redan 107, l13) Pink Garter
10T, t9l Elfu King 1o9 (13) Dolly Gray 107
t29 Lady King 1903, f25l Succeed 103, (13) Lolita
Gladstone lo3, Easter Morn 103, 90 Joe Kelly
100. Silicate 102.
Sixth race. Futurity course, purse, maiden two
ar-olds--t30) Treasure Seeker los. tI0) O. L.
Stone los, Zehus 100. t22) San Alyiso 100, 90
Happy Rice 81, Eleancer 81.
Figures in parentheses index aumbers