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The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
WONT PEACH ON PALS
SAYS FLOYCE, BURGLAR

t:I will die in prison, but all the
policemen in America can't force me
to make three men serve sentence
that one can serve,' said James Flovce
today to detectives who tried to get
him to 'peach - on the pals who helped
him to blow the safe in the American
Linen Supply company's building last
Friday. Since his arrest Floyce has
been put thru long and thoro sweat
ing process, but nothing can be learned
from him that will aid in finding the
other men. "You might as well quit, -
he said, "for 7 amt the kind Of a
man that will give up my pals. It
wouldn't do me any good, for I am
sickly and won It live long anyway. Be-
sides, they are well out of your reach
and you can never get them.''
Floyce was measured by the Bertil-
lon system today and will be arraigned
in police court tomorrow on a charge
of burglary. He says. he will plead
guilty and take punishment. "I'm
square, I am," he said, "and I won It
make any trouble when I know I'm
sloughed. If I had had one more she'll,
tho, I wouldn't be here today, and
you fellows would be looking for a
murderer instead Of safe-cracker.' -
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
UPPER NICOLLE1
At Sl,5OO A FOOT
F. TOURTELLoTTE BUYS So
FEET FROM q. D. DAYTON.
The Property Is Between Eighth and
Ninth Streets and Was Bought by
y MIR. Dayton in 1899 for $31, ,0oo-It
Has Carried Itself and Pays Big
Profit. 2r - .a

George D. Dayton sold today the
property at S14-8l6 Nicollet avenue to
DR.. Jacob Tourtellotte for $92, 500. The
sale is made on basis of $500 front
foot. Mr.. Tourtellotte is a heavy hold
er and buyer in Minneapolis real estate
and is said to be turning his stock in
vestments into real estate investments.
The purchase includes real estate
with q frontage Of So feet and a depth
Of l25 feet. and a three-story modern
brick building. Mr.. Dayton bought
the land in 1899 at $1,000, and It is
said by competent authorities that the
rea! estate and building will be worth
$125,000 in five years. Since Mr.. Day
ton acquired the property he built the
standing structure, which has carried
the property in the meantime. The
building was erected in 1901, and is
practically new. -,
For the reason that this property
goes to a Minneapolis man, it is a 81
nnificant sale that Mr.. Dayton has made.
It calls attention to the fact that Min.
neapolis people are investing in Min
neapolis, and that they have the mon
ey to invest in good real estate. This
is regarded by real estate men as
very favorable condition.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
GORGE FORMS AT ANOKA
Town Is Troubled by Water That
Hourly Grows Higher.

Anoka is food bound and tied up
and ready to fly to high ground at 8
moments notice. Another ice gorge
has formed in the river below tie
mouth of Rum river and extending
some distance above the town. AS a
result, the little Rum is on a tear. Two
flour mills have been obliged to close
down. If the gorge should break sud
denly and the heavy mass of back
water go out at once it is feared that
the bridges might be carried out and
other damage result.
The gorge has been forming for days
and is in the Mississippi river. It is
steadily growing because the high wa
ter above is breaking up the ice and
sending it down on the gorge. Some
water is escaping below the gorge and
a little is going over. It is hoped that
the weather will remain warm long
enough for the water to wear a chan
mel thru and start the gorge to break
ing up gradually.
The Rum river running thru Anoka
is free of ice, but as it's mouth is choked
it is coming up and now is above all
previous high-water marks. Tho mott
fed Of the danger in the case Of a
sudden breaking up Of the gorge, the
fatters along the river in Minneapolis
refuse to be alarmed.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
HEFFELFINGER AT HELM
CHOSEN BY PRESIDENT GARDINER
TO HEAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS COM
MITTEE OF COMMERCIAL CLUB.

w. w. Heffelfnger will head the
Minneapolis publicity movement for the
coming year as chairman Of the Com
merclal clubs public affairs commit
tee. Herbert r. Yerxa will be the vice
chairman OF the organization, and in
a rev days the formal announcement of
the personnel Of the new committee
VIII come from G. w. Gardner, presi-
dent OF the club
The board of directors will meet
Wednesday, and President Gardner will
announce the appointments and they
Will pc ratified by the board. The other
appointments s will probably be ready at
the same time. "->s Vi.
Since the growth in scope and i'm
.portance of the public affairs commit
tee's work, the position Of chairman
mas become one which demands ex-
Geptlonal ability and much attention.
Inc retiring committee had as its
c9alfman g. f. Nelson, under whose
admln1stration affairs have prospered
MT. Hettelhnger has been closely iden-
titled with the important projects un-
dertaken by the committee, notably the
Armour and Butler enterprises. It is
planned to have the vice chairman
more active than heretofore, and MI
Yerxa, who takes the place, is also
we'll acquainted with the public affairs
committee work. He has been active
IN the projects it has undertaken and
last summer was chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee that had entire
charge OF the Grand Army encamp-
ment s=
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
A PAST0R'S DAUGHTER
IGNORANT OF BIBLE

That Minneapolis children are being
brought up practically ignorant Of re-
ligion, and that the fault rests with the
fathers and not the mothers, was the
statement made by DR.. G. NJ. Jordan,
superintendent of schools, at an ad-
dress made this morning before the
presbyterian ministers meeting at
Westminster church on Christianity in
public schools. So
Ignorance Of pupils on matters per-
tanning to the Bible is perfectly appal-
lng,' said Dr.. Jordan. "Test essays
written on biblical subjects show an
alarming lack of knowledge, and one
OF the poorest papers of this character
-! have examined was written by min
ister's daughter.'
In criticizing the fathers, DR.. Jordan
said:
II don It know of one father in nv
minutes a day with his children to
teach them the things pertaining to re-
ligion and Christianity. The father
says it is the mothers business. But
l say it is not! 1t is the business of
the man. :"
'.'To bring up children to be honest,
upright, and clean must be the mission
OF Christianity in the schools. The fact
that the use Of the Bible in the public
schools is forbidden does not mean that
Christ is excluded; nor does it mean
that Christianity is not desired in the
public schools. Christianity in the
schools means other things than formal
religious teachings. The teacher can
handle the children in these teachings
not by textbooks, but in thousand
and one different ways.
=" We are willing, we are anxious, we
are trying to make Christians of our
boys and girls. But we. are getting no
help. We must have aid +.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
FAIR CANYASSERS
BROUGHT TO GRIEF
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES EXPOSE
DOUBTFUL ENTERPRISE.
Young Women Selling Tickets for Con-
cert to Be Given for Benefit of Van
Doren Home for Children Are
Stopped and Ordered to Refund
Money Collected. II

Minneapolis is a bad town for the
professional promoter of charity con
certs, but the Misses Karges, who claim
to represent Mrs Ida McKabe, did not
know it until today. They were can
Vassing the Lumber Exchange with
tickets for concert to be given in the
johnson hall for the benefit Of Mrs. L.
|: Van Doren's Children g home, 2919
Fourth avenue s. In one office they
preston that their project had the in
dorsement Of the Associated Charities.
A telephone call brought E. D. Solen-
berger, manager Of the Associated Char
tiles, and M. E. Saunders Of the Twin
City Investigation bureau to the scene.
The canvassers were found in an Of
fee on the tenth floor.
Between them the men had the COM
plete history of the exponents of that
charity which stays close at home. The
women were driven from one subter-
fuge to another. They attempted to
assert that the "home'' was a char
liable institution in that it took cases
from the Humane society, but it was
pointed out that the Humane society
had always paid the board of all chill
dren placed in Mrs. Van Doren s care
and had not placed any with her for
the last six months. An examination
failed to show that the women had any
other means Of support than the COM
mission they got for selling tickets.
Their assertion that they lived in st..
Paul was countered by the fact that
they had quarters in the library apart
ments. They were finally turned loose
with the injunction to refrain from fur
ther canvassing and refund the money
already taken in.
Work in st. Paul.
The party, said to consist of Mrs. Ida
MlcK,abe, soloist and manager, Mrs.
Stanley, her daughter, who is an elocu-
zionist, a Mrs. Moore, function un-
known, and the two canvassers, is not
unknown to the organized charities Of
the twin cities. They made a contract
with the officers Of the Union Veter-
ans union in st. Paul, which was re-
pudiated by the organization after it's
character was exposed thru the Asso-
ciated Charities, and the Minneapolis
people have since been looking out for
them
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
GIRL GETS NEW l'E SCALP
Operation for ssin Drafting Success.
fully Performed,

Alice Keegsn, an employee. of the
Bemls Bag company has sacrificed
eight inches Of her skin in the attempt
to give Anna Sheema,t the girl who was
injured In an accident at the factory
last summer q new scalp. The opera
tion was performed today. at the city
hospital and when. Anna Shema recov-
ers from her injury she will have a
scalp made up Of the cuticle of four
people; her father, Frank T. Burns,
Edith Haltgren and Alice Keegan.
Miss Shema, who has been greatly
weakened by the operations which have
resulted from her injury, went thru the
ordeal today without taking an anes-
thetic, and 1t is thought that her case
1s the first in the country in which
skin grating fas successfully per-
formed without the use Of ether or
chloroform. She is resting easily and
it is thought that no further operation
will be necessary.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
POLES REMEMBER POLAND
Services Are Held to Commemorate
Revolution of 1S3O-31.

Services in commemoration of the
Polish revolution Of 1S30-31 were held
Sunday afternoon in the assembly hall
of the Church of the Holy Cross, Sew
enteenth avenue and Fourth street NE.
The hall was filed to it's capacity and
the services were of a particularly in
teresting character. Naturally, the
orators gave high praise to Kosciuszlzo.
the great Polish warrior and patriot
whose fame in this country is almost
as great as it is in Poland. i.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. Wisniewski.' who called to preside
the Rev. Henry Jaieski. Inspiring mu-
sic was rendered by the Polish orches-
ira, and by a choir and children IS cho-
rus. accompanied by Mrs P. Meka.
Misses E. Jezewska and w. Gorna gave
patriotic recitations.. a...-
The speakers were George T. Kozlow-
ski, Peter Sczech, Frank Markiewicz
and the Rev. Father Jaies]zi. The meet
ing closed by the audience joining in
singing "God Save Poland.'
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
CLASH THURSDAY
OYER |. R. 0. SITE I.
FINAL HEARING rs CALLED BY
SECRETARY SHAW.
Treasury Officials Had Decided to
Purchase Block 40, the Window
Block, on Washington Avenue S,
When Gardner Wired Protest and
Deferred the Hearing.

Secretary Leslie M. Shaw of the
United States treasury today post
poned until Thursday his decision re-
garding the purchase of postoffce
site in Minneapolis, and wired the
Commercial club, Chamber of Com
merce and all other interested bodies,
to have their representatives in Wash
iin!gton, TN time for a final hearing
as the result Of numerous letters and
kilograms received after the treasury
officials had made up their minds to
accept block 40, and if on Thursday
the opponents Of that block are not
prepared to submit some proposition
as good as that made by its friends,
block 40 will be chosen.
The department says it has no right
to wait until an effort is made to In
crease. the appropriation in congress.
1t is also opposed to postponing action
for thirty days, because the desirable
options secured by William Henry Eus-
tis on block 40 will have expired by
that time; in fact, they will begin to
expire Thursday.
A Washington dispatch to The
journal says: ~
"It may be said on reliable author
tty that if the folks who are to be
here on Thursday do not have some
definite and tangible proposition to sub
nit In favor of some other site, some
proposition practically as good as that
Mr.. Eustis has prepared for block 40,
the decision Of the department will be
made at once and block 40 selected.
cit was telegram from President
caused Secretary Shaw to arrange for
a. final hearing Thursday afternoon. He
had decided that block 40 was to be
purchased.'
Gardner's Telegram.
eoie The teleggFsm 9gpin.,: frcm n SECRETARY Shaw
location is unsatisfactory to practical
ly all citizens. Building there would
growth would render it still less con-
venient. We are Joining with other
public bodies to secure site acceptable
to local interests and fully as satisfac-
tory to the govorr2ment. We ask time
to perfect plans.'
When Mr.. Eustis was shown this tele-
gram he questioned the accuracy of
the statement it contains, and said he
would prove his assertions at the hear
William Wiseman, 224 Washington
avenue s, owner Of the Window block,
reports today that all but % per cent
Of property in the block has. been
p1dceu uHuor OpC1Ou. SHOULD IL De I'M
possible, to get the. owners Of this %
per cent to give a favorable price, Mr.
Wiseman says that it can be condemned
and that still the government will have
money left over out of the appropria-
ton Of $3.50 900 after it has paid for
the block. Mr.. Wiseman owns eighty
four feet Of the block frontage, and
Charles Sodini owns sixty-eight feet,
including the Clarity block adjoining
the Window block.
club had received no direct word from
Washington that hearing would be
held Thursday. What the club will do
in the premises is problematical, but
Wallace G. Nye, secretary Of the public
affairs committee, said that If it were
deemed feasible that a representative
should be at the Washington hearing
Thursday he would probably be sent.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
WINNERS PREPARE FUN
southtown Glee Club Ready to Provoke
Mirth.

The Winner Glee minstrels are busy
with rehearsals for the great minstrel
show to be given Dec. and s at DANA
hall. The work is in charge of Profess
sors Harris and Sax, who expect, with
the array of talent, to present one Of
the strongest and best-arranged min
strel shows seen in Minneapolis in many
a. day.
Among the fun-provoking comedians
will be North, Moe, Van Prage, Meyers,
De Beers, Jonasen, Cromley, Hanson,
Ostman brothers and Lundy, also sweet
voiced soloists, such as Palmer, Rollins,
Manthie, Moss, Weed, Lindgren, Foss..
berg, CadWell, Jonesen and Berg;
wing dancing, clog dancing, tumbling,
acrobatic work, monologues and musical
specialties. The Winner club will start
on two weeks northwestern tour
after the Minneapolis engagement.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
MINNEAPOLIS HAS I. ECoRD
Fire Horses Shod Cheaper Here than
. in Any American City.

Dan G. Brown, city controller, has
received a brief report from Samuel
3: Williams, controller Of Rochester,
N. y, on municipal horseshoeing, in
which he gives the Minneapolis fire de-
partment the credit of doing this work
more economically than any other city.
8. Chicago is charged So for a set Of
new shoes, but this high rate is sup
posed to be warranted by the fact that
fire and police department. horses must
be attended to the moment they come
into the shop instead of waiting their
turn.
The prevailing prices for horseshoe.
ing are So and $3.50 set. Louisville
pays $1.60 and Providence $3.50. The
average cost a year for keeping a
horse shod in different cities is as fol-
lows: Chicago, $36; Denver, $86;
Rochester, $33.11; Buffalo, $32.42;
Providence, $3l:;66; Detroit, $27.12;
Cleveland, $25.96; Jersey City, $25.50;
louisville, $25.4S; Indianapolis, $2O.62;
Toledo, $19.l7; Minneapolis, 1851.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
Weather Conditions.

Saturdays low pressure area over AL
berta has moved to the St. Lawrence
valley during the past forty-eight hours,
and has been attended by rain or snow
during the past twenty-four hours in
Manitoba, Minnesota and thence east
ward to the Atlantic coast; also in the
Ohio valley and Tennessee. Rain is
also reported in the southwest attend
ant upon a shallow depression in that
region. The pressure is high over the
gulf region and thence northwestward
to Minnesota. Zero temperatures
are reported in Manitoba and
north Of Minnesota. A low pres
sure area over Alberta this morn
ing will move to the Dakotas during
the next twenty-four hours, causing fair
weather to continue tonight in this
vicinity, with higher temperatures, but
possibly rain or snow Tuesday and
warmer
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
City News
THE WEATHER
The Forecast.
possibly

Minnesota-Fair tonight, possibly
snow Tuesday, warmer.
Upper Michigan-Gene fair ex-
cept light snow near Lake Superior to-
night, Tuesday fair and warmer.
Wisconsin-Fair tonight followed by
increasing cloudiness Tuesday, cooler
south portion tonight, warmer Tuesday.
snow Tuesday, warmer Tuesday.
North Dakota-Rain or snow tonight
or Tuesday, warmer tonight and in east
portion Tuesday.
South Dakota-Fair tonight. rain or
snow Tuesday, warmer tonight.
Montana-Rain or snow tonight, fair
Tuesday, cooler Tuesday.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
TODAY IN THE DISTRICT COURT

Judge .. F. SImpson-EmIi Olson
convicted of manslaughter in the
first degree for the fatal stabbIng
Of Albert Doree last July. Emory
Withers on trial for grand larceny,
alleged to have been committed by
robbing the store of the Winters
JeWeIry company.
John Day Smlth-case of Grace
Stocking VS.. Goosman Palace sta
bIes given to Jury. Case Of Ed
ward r. Meyers, father of Charles
Meyers, We. Minneapolis Transfer
company for $1,000 damages for
personal Injury to boy; on trial.
Judge F. c. Brooks-Jury, Juvenile
court and minor chamber matters.
Judge Andrew HoIt-Grand Forks
Mercantile company VS.. J. A.
Wright, suit to recover $1,000 on
promissory note; still on trial.
Judge r.. D. Dicklnson-John F. Els
well VS.. John G. Lund, suit for
$4,000, involving possession Of
New Store stock; still on trial.
JUDGE r. 3. Brown-Minor divorce
q and other court cases.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
DAY OF BLESSING
Marked Results Attend Services {
First Baptist Church.

IF one were in attendance at the
First Baptist church yesterday morn
ing or last evening, he would not doubt
that a revival was going on there. Sell
large and at night the house was filled.
At the morning service the hand Of fell
lowship was extended to number Of
new members and later, when the dea-
cons and pastor met those who were ap-
plicants for church membership, they
found ten awaiting them, nine for bap-
tism and one with g. letter.
M. G. Martin, the singing evangelist,
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
TRINITY BAPTIST CLEAR
Church Raises Almost ALI the Money
to Pay Off Debt.

!, Trinity Baptist church is practically
free from debt. At yesterday g service
of the $4,000 mortgage against the he
church property, and # IS expected that
the $500 indebtedness now standing
will be paid off during the coming
month.
The cost of Trinity church was $780,
900. All Of this amount was con-
tributed except $4,000, and mortgage
for this amount was contracted. The
mortgage was reduced to $4,000, and
Yesterdays contribution practically OBJ
literates it. The fact that $4,000 was
raised in ten minutes yesterday goes to
show that the church will soon be free
Of debt,
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
MANY SAILORS FOUND
Minneapolis Proves Rich Field for Re
cruiting for Navy.

cruiting for Navy.
Five hundred young men of the
northwest have enlisted in the United
States navy since the naval recruiting
office was opened one year ago TODAY.
In that time about 1000 men have ap-
piled either in person or by letter. Of
the number actually taking the physi-
cal examination, 60. per cent have
proved fit.
Lieutenant Ivan G. Wettengel and
Robert A. BacKman, examining sur
geon, who established the office here q
year ago. are still in charge.
In the number Of men enlisted, the
Minneapolis office, with it's substa-
t,ons e. ranks ,I,k sixth h in the United States
pared with the population of the tribu-
tory territory, the Minneapolis station
would rank among the firSt
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
CHOKED TO DEATH ,

Pantorium Employee, Attacked with
T.. Quinsy, Dies Suddenly.
John Clarke, % years old, choked to
death at his home, 2S13 Fifth avenue
S, early today as the result Of an at
tack Of quinsy.
The young man was taken ill
Thanksgiving day, while working at
the, Pantorium, Mary place and Elev-
enth street. The disease itself was
not considered dangerous, but early to-
day. he began to choke and died before
q physician could get to him. Mr..
Clarke was single and had worked for
w. L. Waldron for the past ten wears.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03

Plans for Alliance.-At the Meth
Avenue church today Professor g.. r..
Innis of Hamline university spoke on
Christ and the Law Plans were
made for the meeting of the Young
Peoples alliance in the first week in
January.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03

Change of Time to North Wisconsin.
Commencing Monday, December Sd,
train now leaving Minneapolis via the
Omaha road at 1885 am. will leave at
1925 am. for New Richmond, Spooner,
Duluth and Ashland. ~. ~. :
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
WAR ON WHITE PLAGUE
Western tuberculosis Conference to Be
~a,> Held Here in January,

EARLY next month Minneapolis will
be the scene Of the annual convention
and exhibition Of the western confer
ence On tuberculosis. The convention,
which will be attended by delegates
from eight states, will be in session
two days, but the exhibition will be
open daily for two weeks.
All sorts Of tuberculosis fighting ap-
pliances will be exhibited by the health
department., the state board of health,
the city laboratory, and the anti-tuber-
culosis committee Of the Associated
Charities.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03

CHARLES BRUCE WILSON, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. @. Fl. Wilson, 1884 Sixth
street N, died Sunday, aged 5 years.
The funeral will take place Tuesday at
9 am. at the Church of the Ascension :;
burial at st. Mary's cemetery.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
OLD WE'LL CAVES IN
Plumber Has Marrow Escape from Be
..... ing Buried.

Fred Hammes, plumbers helper,
had a narrow escape from serious in.
jury at the Central police station, st.
Paul: He was called to repair some
plumbing: While at work, the ground
In the excavation began to sink. Off
GERS at the station seized his arms and
hauled him to safety, just in time The
ground where Hammes had been stand
ing sank ten feet. Investigation showed
that the excavation had been made just
over an old well, .s.-. =
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03

CHARLES @. HUMES Of Altoona,
Pa, a brother of Mrs. F. G. Winston
of Minneapolis, died last week at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam S. Humes. He was 26 years old.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03

Talked About Islanders.-Professo
A. E. jerks Of the University Of Min
nesota spoke on the "Peop1e Of the
Philippines at the Baptist ministers
meeting today.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
ILLNESS FOLLOWS ACCIDENT,

Mrs. M. Ramsey, who was knocked down by A
streetcar at Selby and Summit avenue in St.
Paul about two weeks ago, is critically i'll at
st. Joseph's hospital in that city. Following
the accident two toes Of the right foot had to be
amputated. The foot became infected and her
present condition is the result. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-03
NECRoLoG1C

REV. JOHN LLOYD LEE, formerly
pastor Of Oliver Presbyterian church in
Minneapolis, is dead in New York. Mr..
Lee took the pastorate of the Minneap-
oils church in the spring Of 1899. He
remained two and one half years, going
to East Liverpool, and then to Phila-
delphia. He succeeded Rev. DR.. r. E.
Sample, formerly of Minneapolis, also
as pastor Of Westminster church in
New York, where he was serving when
he died. Mr.. Lee was a graduate of
Worcester university.