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CHAS. o. ELWOOD & CO..

CHAs. o. ELWOOD e CO.,
71S Guaranty Loan.
s1,1O0-Fine lot on Portland and 34th st.
S6OO-Fiye lots on Oakland and 3Sth st.
81 OOO-Double corner University av Sc,
So, OoO-Two lots on Chicago and Oath ST.
Prospect Park.
esOo-Lot SO feet, Lake Harriet, Linden Hills
district.
We are Offering the above for the first time
1t these low prices to settle estate.
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ss4 ACRES, 81 MILES FROM LUCK, A
thriving town in Polk county, Wis. 81 miles
from Minneapolis, Straight lake and river
Clay loan soil, considerable hardwood saw
timber and large amount Of cordwood; excel
lent pasturage; just the place for good pay
ing sheep ard stock ranch; price $3.50 an acre
is very cheap; adjoining land sells up to s12
and higher; 81 an acre down payment is SUI
fcient A. E. johnson Co., 1OQ Washington
Minpea no1is
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SHARP & LINDQUIST,
800 Century Building.

Real Estate, Fire Insurance.
We have plated and put on the market
two beautiful additions to Minnetonka. Rose
Hill Point, our latest addition, contains some
beautiful lots. They are high and slightly,
with fine slope to the lake, nice view Of
Casco Point and the Islands, five minutes
walk from Spring Park station; price $275;
easy terms.
we have a number of high and slightly
lots, one block from Spring Park station,
with right Of way to the lake shore; will
sell at $3.50. These are cheap.
Buy Minnetonka property this year and
thus take advantage of low prices, for values
are sure to rise very rapidly in the future.
We solicit listings of Minnetonka and subur-
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WANTED-REAL ESTATE

us; we have cash customers waiting; rs
cash customers for good lots. Blichfeldt &
Cotton $50 Temple Court, =
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OWNERS, LOTS, HOUSES,
duplex and dat buildings; we have parties
A wanting good investments. Elwood Il Co, 718
Z, GUARANTY Loan, s.8s4 5aa35G ~
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HAVE your SEWER AND WATER PUT IN;
also plumbing and heating; BY w. g. Bay
lar 8 Sons. 8o37 Nicollst Az. Both phones.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18

fact, that It Is only In certain places
that one team can pass another with
out considerable manOeuvering. II all
the labor expended upon an American
country road we're to be concentrated
upon a narrow track only wide
enough for a farmers wagon, great
improvement In results would be
noted. for II is Of course much cheaper
to lay the foundations, build UP the
body, and surface a road fourteen
feet wide than to put into shape
highway which, at Its narrowest point
the ambitious Americans have extend
ed 10 forty feet. This. in itself, Is q
point which II intelligently adopted
would in many places solve the CUES
ton OF a practicable roadway upon
which Ia all kinds OF weather and az
all times OF the year a single team Of
horses could haul a profitable load to
market
The English farmer uses cart up
ON which single horse draws any
where from one to two tons OF dead
weight The tires OF the wheels are
from four to eight inches in breadth,
thereby cutting no ruts and each pass
Ing vehicle adds to the solIdity and
smoothness OF the road In that its
serve as effective rollers.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18
ERUPTION OF ERAEATOA.


hausted. The waves were then. strange
to say, reflected back from their point
of conveyance to retrace their steps
to Krakatoa. Starting from Central
America, they again described a series
OF charging circles, until they EN-
braced the whole earth. Then, adj
vancing into the opposite hemisphere.
they gradually contracted until they
had regained the Straits OF Sunda.
from which they had set forth about
thirty-six hours previously. Here was
indeed, unique experience. The air
waves had twice gone from end to end
of the globe. Even then the atmos-
phere did not subside until, after some
more oscillations of gradually fading
intensity, at last they became evanes-
cent.
But, besides these phenomenal nn-
dulations, this mighty incident at
Krakatoa has taught as other lessons
on the constitution of our atmosphere.
We previously knew little, or | might
almost say nothing, as to the condi-
tions prevailing above the height of
ten miles overhead. We were almost
ignorant of what the wind
might be at an altitude OF, say, twenty
miles Krakatoa drove into those
winds prodigious quantities Of dust.
hundreds of cubic miles of air were
thus deprived Of that invisibility
which they had hitherto maintained |
With eyes full Of establishment. men
watched those vast volumes of Kraka-
toa dust start on a tremendous jour
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18

ney. Westward the dust OF Krakatoa
took its way. Before the occurrence
Of that eruption no one had the slight
est suspicion that far up aloft. twenty
miles over our heads, mighty tempest
is incessantly hurrying with a speed
much greater than that OF the awful
hurricane which once laid so large q
part of Calcutta on the ground and
slew SO many of its inhabitants. For
tunately for humanity, this new
"trade-wind" does not come within
less than twenty miles of the earth's
surface. We are thus preserved from
the fearful destruction that its unin-
termittent blasts would produce
blasts against which no tree could
stand and which would. In ten min
utes, do as much damage to city as
would the most violent earthquake.
When this great wind had become
charged with the dust OF Krakatoa,
then, for the first and. may add, for
The only time, It stood revealed to hui
man vision. Then 1t was seen that
his wind circIed round the earth In
he vicinity OF the equator and COM
oleted its circuit In about thirteen
lays
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18

the sward. The American hailed him
and with the usual freedom and In
quieitivepess of his nationality asked
many questions as to the conduct OF
affairs In such an establishment aD
the gardener was connected with.
Tell me-" he said to the gardener,
show do you mike lawn like thig.
| have a place IN America and l am
trying to make lawn around the
house, but 1t doesn't seem to do we'll"
The old gardener scratched his head
and, looking doubtfully at the Ameri-
can, he said: You must have good
eubsoil, and a good surface soil and
the sod must be well laid. Then You
must roll 1t, and cut It and water IL,
and keep on doing this until It's
right"
A CENTURY TO Mako A LAWN.
The American agreed with him
that the process was simple, and then
asked, How long will have to do
this before the lawn is like that onef"
The old gardener again spoke doubt
fully, but finally gave 1t as his opinion
that IL his directions were followed
for anywhere from fifty to hundred
years the results would be all that
could be desired.
This same idea might also apply to
the roads and bridges throughout Eng
land, for much of their excellence Is
due TO the fact that their foundations
were laid scores OF years ago and
generation after generation OF work
ers has been sinkering at them ever
since In fact, the roads built by the
Romans now serve as the foundations
for some of the best known English
highways, and to the south OF Lon
don, east and west through the beauti-
ful county Of Surrey there Is q road
now greatly patronized by the owners
OF motor cars which In Its beginning
was the highway beaten hard by the
eandaled feet of the early Britons as
they toiled to the east coast from
Wales with their back-breaking bur-
dens OF tin. This same road was az
forwards improved In Its texture and
grades because of its being the high
way for the pilgrims of western Eng.
land en- route to Canterbury. 1t Is
still shaded In places by the yew trees
planted perhaps a thousand years ago
to furnish bows the sturdy British
erchers.
ENGLISH ROADS VERY NARROW.
In the first place the English road
e generally narrow, so narrow. In
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18

tional Association of Police Chiefs re-
Gently said: IF the police forces of the
country today adhered to the methods
and practices of ten years ago they
would not be prepared to contend with
the criminal and disorderly classes.
1t should not be forgotten that in this
period those agents of the people who
are chosen to combat crime must more
than ever before have higher intelli-
gence, more accurate training, greater
courage, both moral and physical, in
order to cope with educated, clever,
unsupported professionals who have
succeeded the goldbrick man of days
gone by. In time the bank burglar
with his can of powder and drill has
given way to the yeggman who uses
nitro-glycerine; the faker who delight
ed the citizens with cheap gold rings
has given place to the gentleman"
who sells cheap gold mines and three
card monte has gone over the divide
and "bucketshops'' and "sure-things"
prevail. The charms of rapid life have
produced embezzlers, checkTaisers and
forgers."
1t is fact worth noting that the
King Of Counterfeiters is at large, but
is under surveillance of secret service
men. This old and skiIlful operator
Is VIM. Il. Brockway, and he lives in |
". 7. He has done penance for his
offences against the statutes Of the
United States, but though now old, yet
so great Is he as a maker of counterfeit |
money that the secret service men
never lose sight of him. Brockway can
make money which any banker in the
country would accept as genuine.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18
BRIDGE CROSSING RAILROAD

lDGEi CNOSSlNG kAlLkOAD lKA1h.
| 1t Is not due to any peculiar advan-
tnge OF soil, and certainly not TO any
advantages OF climate that English
roads arc better than American roads,
for II one leaves the highway In the
| English country, the lanes will be
found, by travelling American, to
have most homellke appearance in
their rutted condition, and very
great contrast In the matter OF holes,
boys and boulders to the highway left
behind. No climate could be more
threatening to the solidity OF a road
way than the moist and changeable
weather of the British Isles.
STURDY APPEARANCE OF THE
BRIDGES.
In the matter OF bridges. soildity
seems TO be the purpose in view. The
arches aud retaining walls are built
OF stone, approaches are gradual. and
when once the finishing touch is put
upon one OF these structures, 1t Will
With little supervision and care out
last even to many generations the men
whose handiwork II IL. The solid ma
Bonry arch, the heavy stone-cappcd
wall dAA lue hAAAuAA list VI LIE EOdO'
way to the centre OF the bridge are
entirely unitarian In the minds of
the builders, but they possess a GER
tain sturdy character of their own
which Is form OF beauty welcomed
by the eye. Time softens the colors,
Ivy creeps over the stones and In
short space, even II newly built, one
Of these English country road bridges
takes permanent place In the land
scape giving the impression OF always
having been there and OF intending
always to remain.
THEIR vALUE TO THE TEAMS
TER.
Aside from the beauty, strength and
durability of these macadam roads
and stone bridges, they possess en-
economic value which plays largo
part In the conduct OF an English
farm where the margins OF profit are
email, and there Is no reason TO be-
neve but that the American farmer,
especially in regions where the cult
vRtion Of the land is more or less In
tensive, we would find similar roads
and bridges Of enormous value
through an appreciate increase IN
his ability 20 reach his market in the
shortest time at the minimum ex-
pense and with the least motive power.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18

FEITERS.
Because Of the comparative isolation
of Hawaii, its large foreign population
and the amount of silver in circula-
ton, it seems that the coming In.
dustry has been active there. Chief
WillSie of the Secret Service has an.
nounced that arrangements have been
made for the establishm ent of a branch
OF the service at Honolulu. where In
dications have pointed to the develop
ment Of coming enterprises and it is
hoped that the contemplated measures
of suppression may be effective
Another reason why the past year
has been difficult one with criminals
is that there has been an increase Of
cooperation between the police depart
ment of the various cities, and gem
eral Improvement in criminal identi.
fication and police work. AS Richard
Sylvester. major and superintendent Of
the police department OF Washington,
D. c., and president of the Interna-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18

In some violin experiments ia q
menagerie the influence of the instruA
ment was greatest on the puma, which
became much excited when lively
music was played, but was soothed by
slower melodies. Wolves showed an
interest. lions and hyenas
were terrified, leopards were uncon-
cerned, while monkeys stared IN Won
der at the performer.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18
BAD FOR COUNTFRFEITERS.
Secret Service is Hard Pushing
this Dangerous Glass of
Criminals.

Detectives Kept on Alert to Cope With
Clever and Brainy Schemes for
Passing Illegal Mouey-The King
of Counterfeiters.
This has been bad year for crimi-
mails. This statement IS based on data
brought out at the convention of the
Police Chiefs Association of New York
State, an address delivered by the
president Of the international Associa-
ton of Police Chiefs and by
the operations of the var ious police
bureaus of the United States govern
: ment. The secret service division OF
the Treasury alone caused the arrest OF
5S2 persons charged with serious
crimes. OF those taken into custody
| forty-one were arrested for counter
feiting the currency, fifty-two for max
| ing alterations in the currency, 344 for
counterfeiting coin and the remainder
! for various violations of the United
States statutes. or the $50 alleged Of
| tenders, 392 were native Americans,
forty-tw0 were Italians tsome of whom
were naturalized) and thirteen were
Austrians. The largest number Of ar
rests were made in Pennsylvania where
those apprehended numbered ninety
four. New York followed with seventy
seven arrests, Ohio with thirty-hve,
California with twenty-nine, Missouri
with twenty-three and in the remaining
Instances every state and territory with |
the exception of Alaska was represent |
ed
As compared with last year there
was decrease in the amount of count |
erfeit currency seized by government /
officers and an increase in the amount |
Of counterfeit coin confiscated. The |
total face value of the notes seized was
SS6,S34, against $44,350 the preceding
year, and of the spurious coin, $24, ITO /
as against S16,419 the year before. The
number of plates for printing counter
felt bills captured by the government
was 165 and the number of dies and
molds for casting and stamping count
erfeit coins was 454 Nearly all this
stuff was seized by the Government
before it had been placed in circula-
ton. Nine classes of counterfeit notes
were placed in circulation and of these,
In the opinion of the Treasury of
ficers only four were cleverly enough
executed to be called dangerous.
RAISING SMALL BILLS.
The feature of the work of makers
of false money this year was in raising
the denomination of bills. There was
rather a remarkable increase in this
Illicit industry and the raisers we're
particularly busy in circulating these
altered obligations In Ohio, Indiana.
Illinois and other states of the middle
west 1t Is believed by the officers of
the secret service that the leading Of
tenders in this division of criminal
work were captured, though there is no
doubt that many altered bills are still
passing from hand to hand in the chan
nels of trade. Counterfeiters in the
United States do not restrict their
operations to the manufacture of Amer
lean money, and one of the skillful
pieces Of work done by the secret SER
vice men was the apprehension OF
three groups of counterfeiters who
we're issuing fraudulent obligations Of
he Austro-Hungarian government.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18

There is an old story which will
bear telling again as It illustrates go
well the disadvantages to be over
come In a new country. II is OF an
American travelling In England who,
when out walking one day stopped IN
front OF an old English mansion to ad-
mire it and its surroundings. What
particularly impressed him was the
magnificent sweep OF velvet lawn
which extended without naw or
blemish from the hedge along the
roadway up TO the very steps OF the
house. An old gardener was at work
on the place and at that particular
time was pushing lawn mower across
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18
ENGLISH LANDSCAPE.
Their Roads and Bridges are Sub-
gfanffaI. Enduring and
Picturesque.

In Comparison With American Rural
improvements They Convey The
Idea That We Think But Little OF
Posterity.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18

Detectives Kept on Alert to Cope With
Clever and Brainy Schemes for
Passing Illegal Mouey-The King
Of counferfeiters.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-05
BOSTON SEIVERS IN ICY GALE.
Canada and New England StorInbound-
Shipping Suffers Damage.

Boston, Dec. 4.-The storm Of yesterday. COM
paratively mild it passed over New England.
was bowling gale when it reached the prov
inces. In its wake here however. 1t dragged
after II the stiffest cold wave of the season.
which caused three deaths. The storm reached
blizzard proportions in the Eastern Canadian
provinces. The wind in New England to-day
reached nearly a gale. Block Island reporting a
forty -four-Inile blow.
Reports from Eastern Canada tonight indi-
Gated that the storm almost as severe as
mat OF four weeks ago, when nifty lives were
lost 4 heavy fall of snow along the railroads
IN the maritime provinces stalled trains and
blocked highways Several small schooners were
driven ashore along the Nova Scotia coast, the
crews escaping. All through trains arriving
here were from TO two hours late.
To-day was the coldest December in Boston
for thirty five years. the thermometer dropping
to ! degrees.
An unknown British barkentine Of about 800
tons hao q narrow escape from being wrecked
to-day on Little Round Shoal, but the northwest
gale blew the craft through narrow channel
uhtil az dark tonight she had cleared all the
stioals ana was riding at her anchors we'll or
shore and with good chance OF working out 10
sea Ali coastwise shipping suffered.
The old training ship Constellation, moored
in a little cove well up in Newport Harbor,
parted one OF her moortng chains, and her crew
had hard work TO keep her from being blown
ashore.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-05
NEW BUNCO GAME.
Terdn Thought He Vas arrested,
and Gaze Up Pin and SO.

What Police Captain Schlottman. of the Ten
bunco game was successfully worked on Mon
day night on E, A Watzeul- OF San Antonio
Tex, travelling freight agent Of the International
Great Northern Railway. who is staying at the
Elks Club. Pabst Building, Columbus Circle
1dr. Watzem went TO Jefferson Market court
yesterday and made his complaint TO Magistrate
Wahle. He said that he having an alterca-
ton with man on 42d street on Monday night
when q man in policeman's uniform grabbed his
arm and informed him he under arrest. Mr.
Watzem said the supposed policeman took him
TO building about three blocks away, where he
was told he would be locked up all night unless
he could furnish bail. Mr. Watzem told the
magistrate he gave the man SIS and diamond
pin worth 5000 and was then released. with in
structions to appear in jefferson Market court
at II o'clock in the morning.
Magistrate Wahle had his clerk examine the
returns for the name of John Wilson," which
Mr.. Watzem said he gave when he was sup
posedly arrested 1t could not be found. Cap
tain Schlottuaan was then informed Of the occur
renee, and all yesterday afternoon detectives
accompanied Mr.. Watzem while he tried to To-
cate the supposed police station. The search
was unsuccessful, as were attempts made by the
Texan 10 identify the policeman who arrested
him among the men attached 10 the Tenderloin
station.
to doubt Mr.. Watzem's story, he soon became
convinced OF its truth, and expressed the opinion
that some crooked genius had sprung q game
new TO the police
New-York tribune., 1906-12-05
BEATING ALL RECORDS
Receipts for Performances of New Attrac-
tions Highest Ever Known.

All records for attendance AID financial receipt,
al any indoor place OF amusement are believed 70
nave been broken by the Hippodrons with It's dou-
Die production OF Pioneer DAYS and ''Neptuns'x
daughter On the opening day OF the sale ths
aaVance receipts taken in at eight box Offices
stno1A.sd 20 SS-,vo0 The first night house, with
many invited guests present, figured a total OF
SS,ilS 90 The next day was Thanksgiving and AZ
the matinee the receipts were SS627 and a. ths
nIsht performances SS6Ss So making the remarkaols
HeFSd' II any other amusement place, and II ex-
Sseus Ihe pest record for days receipts ever
fflday nearly a thousand people were turned away
uhaoIe 20 obtain tickets and the receipts with &
as tne highest price, amounted TO AIS Monday
nlgnt and last night every in the Hippodrorns
was SOLD, and the absolute capacity S5527 was
S5ain S5i reached Al the matinee yesterday hun
- - eus Ct PS0pie were again turned away. unablo
20 OBTAIN tickets The indications are that "Nssr-
tunes daughter and Pioneer Days will play 10
aoSolute capacity for many weeks TO come and as
tlaI means gross receipts OF $4,000 week il can
saSI'E oe seen t1at Shubert & Anderson have a
sSd mine IN the HippOdrorne instead OF tbe vyhr,
e4ePhant some people thought they had
New-York tribune., 1906-12-05
ALIENS MANAGER Up.
Said to Hare Promised Jerome Let
ters in Gambling Case.

Albert A Falk. manager for The Allen. II was
learned yesterday, had a conference with District
Attorney Jerome at his home. No. Rutgers street
Monday night, John Henneberry. Mr.. Jerone's S
chief clerk, present at the conference. II was
said that FaIk promised 70 produce some much de-
sired letters for the District Attorney.
II said also at the District Attorneys offcs
that subpnnas would be issued for the patrons OF
poolreorns At every raid made by the police they
take the names and addresses Of men found in the
places. The list OF names has been turned over 70
Mr.. Jerome. There more than seven hundred
names en- the list and Mr.. Jerome will issue sub
poanas for MANY OF these to-day TO appear
before the grand jury. Soma subpCenas for men
prominently ntOned in connection with the gam
bling crusade have been issued but IL is not known
when they Will be returnable.
Mr. Falk was an early arrival at the Criminal
Courts Building. He was accompanied by hts at
torney, Emil Fuchs. Falk taken Assistant
District Attorney Murphy's office, and from there
the grand jury room, where he was sworn. The
witness was then returned 20 Mr.. MUrphy's room
New-York tribune., 1906-12-05
E. R. THOMAS DISCHARGED.
Charge of Speeding Auto Last Sunday
Dismissed.

E. r. Thomas was discharged yesterday
by Magistrate Breen IN the Harlem court, where
he had been arratgned for driving his autorno-
bile above the speed limit. Mr.. Thomas seemed
to be much pleased at the result. He smiled
and shook hands with the court policemen
The arrest was made last Sunday night be-
tween 2O6th and 211th streets In Broadway At
the hearing on Monday the policeman who made
the arrest said that he was able to time the
machine by means OF stakes which he had
placed AT measured intervals.
Alfred Lauterbach. counsel for Mr. Thomas
said that he had inspected the course and had
found no stakes. He showed that the topog-
rdphy or the district made II impossible for a
man standing at 206th street to see an autono-
bile at 2l1th street Mr.. Thomas then took the
stand, ana said that at the time of his arrest
MS speedometer showed he was going at
the rate OF eight miles hour. Mr Thomas >
chauffeur, who was in the at the time cor
roborated his employers evidence