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Free press., 1906-04-28
NOTABLE WOMAN SINGER.
Had No Great Career Because She
Was Devoted to Home.

Mrs. Julia Houston West notable
church and oratorio singer in Boston.
a generation ago, died in the Brattle-
boro retreat. at the age of-.73. She
was long the soprano of the new Old
South, and her voice, brilliant and
powerful, would have given her great
career, had she not been devoted to a
home life. Her especial public dis
tinction was the singing of 1.-The Star
Spangled Banner" at the peace jubi-
lee in Boston in 1869, where Patrick
Sarsfield Gilmore had gathered his
chorus of 10000, his many bands and
orchestral force and against that back
ground and an organ added, with bells.
cannon and other noises to assist.
Julia Houston pitted her superb voice
and made Veritable sensation. She
married James F. West, of HayerhilI.
twenty-five years ago, and afterward
occasionally sang in oratorios and con-
certs. Shortly after Mr.. Vests death.
in 1903, she became insane, but her
hallucinations took the shape of ap-
pearances before applauding audi
Free press., 1906-04-28
RUNNING SORES ON LIMBS.
Little Girls Obstinate Case of Eczema
Mother Says: "Cuticura Rene
dies Household Standby"

dies a Household Standby"
Last year, after having my little
girl treated by a very prominent
physician, for an obstinate case of
eczema, l resorted to the Cuticura
Remedies, and was so well pleased
with the almost instantaneous relief
afforded that we discarded the plrysi-
clans prescription and relied entirely
on the Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Oint-
ment, and Cuticura Pills. When we
commenced with the Cuticura Rene
dies her feet and limbs were cover
ed with running sores. In about six
weeks we had her completely well.
and there has been no recurrence OF
the trouble. We find that the Cuti-
cura Remedies are a valuable house
hold standby, living as we do, twelve
miles from a doctor, and where it
costs from twenty to twenty-five dol
lars to come up on the mountain
Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas, Fair
mount, WaIden's Ridge, Tenn, Oct
13. 1905"
Free press., 1906-04-28
Guarding Against the plague.

The fact that the steamship Burrs-
field, from Bombay to Philadelphia, is
detained at Reedy Island. In the Della
ware river. with a mysterious dis
ease on board. thought to be the bu-
bonic plague, has awakened the very
active interest of the marine hospital
service in Washington and the Phila-
delphia quarantine officials No Asia
tic disease is more dreaded than this
one, and ali possible precautionary
measures will be taken by the govern
ment to prevent its graining q foot,
hold
Free press., 1906-04-28
Hartman to Spend 5000, 900.

Omaha, Neb.. April 24.-E. H. Har-
riman, on behalf of the Union Pacific,
the Oregon Railroad and Navigation
Company, the Oregon Short Line ami
the Southern Pacific, authorized the
expenditure of 100000 in relief work
in San Francisco.
Free press., 1906-04-28

by local apple atons they reach the dis
eased portion of the There is only one way to
cure Deafness and that is by remedfes
Deafness is caused by an fnfamed condition of the
mucous lining OF the EustachIan Tube. When this
tube is infarled you have arumbling sound or i'm.
perfect hear and when it is entirely coseo Deaf
ness is the result and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored its normal condi
ION, nearing viii be destroyed forever; nne cases
put OF ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing
out an innamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We Will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of
DEAFNESS lcaused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
oy Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. j. CHENEY CO., Toledo o.
SOLD by Druggists, 15c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Free press., 1906-04-28
$500 Tents sen4

Philadelphia. April 2I.-Pursuant to
the order issued by Secretary Taft of
the war department. the quartermas-
ter department in this city shipped to
San Francisco $500 conicai tents, all
that were available in the Philadelphia
dan0f
Free press., 1906-04-28
DIRECTS RED CROSS WORK.

DR.. Edw. T. Devine Goes to San Fran
cisco at Once.
New York, April %. = DR.. Edward
T. Devine, secretary of the New York
City charity organization society, and
professor of sociology at Columbia.
left the city to take control of the Red
Cross work in California. He was
nominated for this Office by the New
York state executive committee of the
city. and was Immediately appointed
by Secretary Taft.
Free press., 1906-04-28
cALIFoRNIANs GOING HOME

Chicago, April 23.-Every train leav-
ing Chicago for California is crowded
to the limit with half-frantic residents
OF San Francisco. In addition to the
people from California who are hast
ening home, there are hundreds of peo-
pie from the east and from Chicago
and vicinity, members of whose fami-
lies are in San Francisco, and all of
them are trying to start west at once
Free press., 1906-04-28
King Courts secIusion-

The itinerary of King Edwards com
ing cruise in the Mediterranean is to
be kept as secret as possible. This
says Truth. will save his majesty
the receptions and ceremonials. and
the intolerable nuisance of the Vic
toria and Albert being dogged by the
yachts of pushing snobs."
Free press., 1906-04-28
said of President FaJIieres.

President Fallieres of the French
republic, is a combination of farmer,
lawyer and politician. In the fore
noon he takes a health walk of i've
miles. When hungry he not infre-
quently toddles into a bakery for a
roll and eats it standing in the shop,
or walking in the street.
Free press., 1906-04-28
Rejected the Proposition.

Indianapolis, April 23.-The inter-
national executive board of the Uni
ted Mine Workers of America reject
ed the proposition OF the operators of
western Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indi-
ana and Ohio. who are opposing the
payment of the 1903 wage scale to
coal miners
Free press., 1906-04-28
Warships uniniured.

Washington, April %. = The navy
department received a telegram from
Rear Admiral McCalla, commandant
of the Mare Island navy yard, stating
that the warships under construction
at the Union Iron Works are unii-
iured
Free press., 1906-04-28

A0.B soy .. - AAN
from a horse first
weakened my back
and affected my kid
neys. 1 became very
bad, and had to go
about on crutches.
The doctors told me-
l had a case OF
c h ME rheuma-
tism. but 1 could
not believe them.
Free press., 1906-04-28
Navy Yard Suffered LlttIe.

Washington. April 21.-A telegram
received at the navy department from
the commandant at Mare Island navy
yard, sent since the earthquake, re-
ports that 81 900 will cover the dam
age done there
Free press., 1906-04-28
stockton Escaoed.

Stockton, Cal. April 21.-Faping to
reach San Francisco authorities by
wire, Mayor Gardner. of Stockton. left
here for San Francisco to personally
offsr StocktOu's aid. Little or no dam
age was done here.
Free press., 1906-04-28
Fairbanks stak p E.;.

Washington. April Is. Vfce-Presi.
dent Fairbanks made the opening ad.
dress at fair. given by the Knights
cf Pythias of the District of Columbia
which began here. The vice-president
was introduced by Thomas A. Bynum.
the chairman of the fair COMMITTEES
Free press., 1906-04-28

and finally began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills for my kidneys. First the
kidney secretions came more freely,
then the pain left my back l went
and got another box, and that ton-
pleted cure. have been we'll for
two years."
. Sold by all dealers, SO cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Free press., 1906-04-28
Nc communicated wfth seattle

Seattle, Wash, April 21.-There is
no communication between Seattle
and San Francisco. 1t is impossible
to stop the fire raging ON the south
side of Market street, the city's chief
thoroughfare.
Free press., 1906-04-28
Volcanic Ash FaIIInu.

Naples. April 23.-volcanic ash is
again falling at Santa Anastasia and
Garcola in such quantities that the in
habitants who had returned to their
homes have been Obliged to leave
again.
Free press., 1906-04-28

Model Rifles for Troops. = A con-
signment of $500 Springfield rifles of
the new 1903 model arrived at Fort
Leavenworth for the troops station
ed there
Free press., 1906-04-28
snoneor for tiia nannh4er

Washington. April 1s.-The unusual
spectacle OF father moving the ad-
mission of his daughter to practice in
the supreme court of the United
stafAs was witnessed In that court
Free press., 1906-04-28
Red cross Takes Actinn

Washington. April 21.-The execu-
tive committee Of the American Red
Cross has decided to make an imme-
diate appeal for aid for the San Fran
cisco sufferers.
Free press., 1906-04-28
Frisco,s Big Relief Fund.

New York, April 24-From reports
received it is seen that the relief fund
for San Francisco will aggregate
SIS. .OOO. 600
Free press., 1906-04-28

If love would only remain blind af-
ter marriage-but fudgel
Free press., 1906-04-28

No man can hope to shine in socf1>
ETY. unless he can say nothing and
make it sound interesting.
Free press., 1906-04-28
People wouldn't lie Aalf as much If
they ought to.


In Pinch, Use ALIENS FOOT-EASE.
A powder. 1t cures painful, smart
ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all druggists. 25c Trial package,
FREE Address A. S, Olmsted, LIE
Roy, N Y.
Free press., 1906-04-28

Don't spoil your clothes. Use Red Gross
Bah Blue and keep them white as snow.
All grocers, cents a package.
Free press., 1906-04-28

The more man owes the more
he's apt to be sought after.
Free press., 1906-04-28
CAN'T sTRAIGHTEN UP.
Kidney Trouble Causes Weak Backs
and Multitude Of Pains
and Aches.

Col. r. S. Harrison, Deputy Mar
shal, TIC Common ST., Lake Charles
Free press., 1906-04-28

The arrival OF new girl baby
means another domestic cry-sIs.
Free press., 1906-04-28
DowlE DEscENDs ON ZION.
He Will Soon Hold Services in Shiloh
Tabernacle.

Chicago, April 23.-John Alexander
Dowie's return to Zion City will take
place soon. Dowie and his coterie of
faithful followers who travelled with
him from Mexico to Chicago, will rest
over night in Shiloh house, Dowie's
Zion City residence, and will hold SER
vices in Shiloh tabernacle in the morn
ing and again in the afternoon.
Free press., 1906-04-28
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

When a woman has an ideal hus
band it is only dream.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

Many kind words have from time i'm
memorial been spoken OF the dead, but
few have received such universal
praise and been so generally mournel
as Miss Hattie May Williams. whose
demise was recorded last week. She
had been an active membe- Of the
choir OF Shorter church and OF the
younger social set, who feel her loss
keenly. Floral offerings wee given by
the young men OF the Denver Club in
the shape Of harp, pillow, Our
Friend" by several young ladies; a
wreath by the Nota Bone Club. pillow
by the Williams family, wreath by
B. w. Fields. with other offerings by
the choir, the laymen, Mrs. Abernathy
and Mrs. Holmes. Resolutions were
adopted by the Nota Bene Club as fol.
lows: ~. n, y
The statesman., 1906-04-20

La Junta, Colo, April 16, 1906.
The Easter services were something
grand, the most elaborate that have
ever been given in La Junta.
Program: Song, choir; prayer, pas
tor; address, Mr.. Mack knight; song;
recitation by the little folks; solo.
Mrs. NJ. Berry; paper, Miss Western;
song. choir; paper, Mrs. Fannie John
SON. solo. Mrs. Nellie Clemins; re-
citation. Mrs. NJ. Scott; duet. Mrs. VIM.
Love and Mrs. NJ. Berry; closing re-
marks, by pastor. The church was
beautifully decorated with flowers OF
all kinds. The ladies' will give an
Easter social Tuesday night.
Mrs. c. F. Smith and her twin
daughters, Madaline and Adaline, OF
Trinidad, are the guests of Mrs. Mel
l.e Clemins.
Mrs. John Lawson left Saturday
night for Topeka, to visit friends.
Mrs. Bush left for Dodge City for a
short stay.
Miss Fannie johnson is looking fine
since she has taken her ----
treatments.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

Washington. April l0.-The Presi'
dent has to-day restored to the army
rolls as a second lieutenant Henry o..
sian Flipper. formerly lieutenant in
the Tenth United States cavalry, and
who left the service about thirteen
years ago. Flipper is colored man
and a graduate of West Point Military
Academy. He is well known in this
territory and in this city, where for
several years he was stationed as a
translator with the United States
Court OF private land claims.
The statesman., 1906-04-20
Ascent Of Monte Rosa.

The Monte Rosa has heretofore
been ascended mostly from the Swiss
side, the Italian side having presented
almost insuperable dimculties. The
Italian Alpine Club has now under.
taken to erect huts and place chains
in the stsepest places. so that 1t will
be possible even for ordinary climbers
to ascend the mountain from the ltal.
Ian town Of Aacognasa.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

Whereas, it has pleased the Al
mighty God to remove from our midst
on April the 9th, 1906, Miss Hattie May
Williams, who sweetly fell asleep in
Jesus, a gentle and loving daughter, a
true and faithful friend.
We, the memberes of the Nota Bene
Club, wish to extend our heartfelt SYM
pathy to the bereaved mother and rel
atives of the deceased.
MRS. MAY LAWRENCE,
MISS GRACE MONTGOMERY,
MRS. SUSIE NEWSOME,
MISS IDA GREENLY,
MISS OLLIE HENRY,
MRS. SALLIE STILLS,
MRS. MAE LAWRENCE,
MISS MABEL. LEWIS.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

In Springfield, Massachusetts, Pri-
mus Parsons Mason has left in his will
100000 to a charity home to benefit
his race. The home is for aged men.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

Harry West, messenger in Wash
ington. won point for the race when
he caused the committee Of the House
affairs to force all the elevator con
ductors to treat all servants alike.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

Hearing the Brooklyn Howard Or.
phan Home for young Negroes needed
money. Peter Wycliffe, white gentle
man. sent a check for 5000.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

In New Orleans because Negro
nurse was sick In the hospital the
other white nurses struck when asked
to attend colored patient
The statesman., 1906-04-20
REMEMBRANCE OF hattie MAY
WILLIAMS.

The suffering ended with the day,
Let lived she at its close,
And breathed the long, long night
away
In statue-like repose.
Illumined the evening skies,
She passed through Glory's morning
gate.
And walked In Paradise.
MRS. KATIE B. CARPER.
The statesman., 1906-04-20
STRAWS
THAT
TELL
Progress Of a race shown by the
trend of individual effort.

Mrs. Martha S Girlow. president OF
the Southern Industrial Association OF
Alabama. says there are in the state
1000. 900 illiterate whites.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

In Monroeville. Alabama, because n
Negro appeared to be Juror he was
severely beaten. Judge Loo Sland is
nov investigating the case.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

Josiah Wilson is justice OF the
peace In Charleston township, Indiana.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

Hon. Andrew Carnegie hls con
sented to give $4,000 to Wiley Univer.
sity. Marshall. Texas.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

Charles Lee OF Kansas City, Kan.
sas. has invented pneumatic cushion
wheel for automobiles which was pat.
ented January 10th.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

Salem. Massachusetts,. has a colored
man TO leave $4,000 In his will to ben.
eft the Negroes OF that town.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

81 Bridgeton. OF st. Louis county, Mis-.
souri,. has elected q Negro member to
the school board
The statesman., 1906-04-20

The Negroes OF Washington. d. c.,
have organized a company TO build a
,heater costing 100000.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

Negroes have been imported to West
Seneca. New York, to work In the steel
factories there. They are brought from
the South.
The statesman., 1906-04-20

The Negroes Of indianapolis are
managing successfully dry goods
store which needs the services OF six
clerks.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
POSING As A GOULD
SCAITERS CHECKS
Atlanta Entertains Young Man
Denounced as Fraud by
George Gould.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
New York, Oct. 17.f e Kingdom, my
son, is with me here in our home. The
man who uses my sons name in At
lanta is a fraud. -
So said George Gould when he was
asked about the report that his son was
in Atlanta, flying high in society.
Atlanta dispatches tell of the appear
ance of a young man there who spread
his name on the register at the Pied
mont hotel with wide flourish that
threw ink on the clerk IS white vest.
am a son Of George Could the
youngster is said to have announced.
'fMy father is in Mexico, and : shall
wait here for my private car, then go
further south to hunt BY the way,
FER, I IN trife short today. [ guess
you will cash check for metz
All Atlanta began cashing little
checks and the young man had a fine
time. With him was one de Bressles !"
whose name suggested nobility to At
lanta folks.
The two fellows lived gaily and
talked much Of hunting with 5000 guns.
Fashionable families in Peachtree
street invited them to call and they
called promptly. But the cashing Of
checks is said to have been the chief
diversion Of the two - - ~ s:z55%S i !.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
FIGHTS FOUR BANDITS
AND is ALMOST KILLED

La Crosse, Wis, Oct. 17.-Terribly
cut in hand-to-hand battle with high
waymen on lonely road, Fred Keil, a
farmer, may forfeit his life as the cost
of saving 5000 he carried in a wallet
inside his vest. - y ..'5r .'&r
Keil was returning from town after
collecting the money on hay contracts,
and near a deserted abattoir, two miles
from home, four men leaped into the
road and grabbed his horses heads.
They brandished knives, and when
Keil sought to beat, them off there was
a hand-to-hand encounter in which the
farmer-was terribly wounded.
The highwaymen were unsuccessful in
their effort to secure money and fed,
while Keil's horses ran to the barn
yard, where the wounded man was
found by his son. He is in a critical
condition. ........
Four young men living in the vicin-
ity are suspected, but no arrests have
been made. ~,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17

Look for stFoot- Schulze' and
HGlove" trademarks on your winter
overshoes. They mean Standard"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
CHINESE BUILD RAILROAD
Resume Construction of Canton Hankow
Line as National Enterprise.

Resume Construction Of Canton Hankow
Line as National Enterprise.
Journal Special Service. '.*"-
L. New York, Oct. 17.-According to a
communication received in this city
from Canton, the Chinese seem to have
taken up the Canton-Hankow railway as
a national enterprise and are about to
push it to completion. ," g.. ,,..
This railroad, it will be remembered,
was controlled by J. P. Morgan & Co.
some time ago,and was sold with all
franchises to the Chinese. The Chinese
had got the impression that it was not
an American institution, or at all
events, that before Mr.. Morgan &C.
quired additional stock it was held by
the Belgians in the interest of Russia.
A good deal of feeling was developed
and it became impracticable for the
American China Development company
to 90 on with the work. s:,. @.-,..s -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
Mail Orders Promptly Filled at Special Prices Quoted All
coRTELYoU FOR sHAW's JOB
Postmaster General Refuses to Discuss
Report Of Change.
Journal Special Service.

Washington, Oct. 17.-Postma
General Gortelyou declines to discuss
the story which has been repudiated,
that he will become secretary Of the
tary Shaw. It is understood that Mr..
Shaw will retire next March, at which.
time he will have served five years in
the cabinet. Several times the day for
his retirement has been set, but it is
now believed that he will leave the
cabinet in March.
For a long time It has been believed
that President Roosevelt will transfer
Cortelyou to the treasury, as it is
come the financial head Of the govern
ment. IS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
BRIDE Is KIDNAPPED
New Husband Politely Informed Wit
Will Be Kept Two Days.

new HUSBAND Politely INFORMED Wife
Will Be Kept Two Days.
Journal Special Service.
Columbus, Oct. l7.-Practical joking
at the expense Of the bride has been
carried to the limit here at the wedding
Of John M. Joyce and Miss Mary Nc
Gam. Immediately after the wedding
breakfast a closed carriage drove up to
the house where the wedding party was
being held, and with the assistance Of
ticed the bride away from her husband.
thrust her into the carriage and carried
her away. ~ ~ ... . 49, ~ - -. ...-.:
The surprised bridegroom was .coolly
Informed that he would not see her
again for two days. He had arranged
for a wedding trip, but started out in
search Of his bride like knight of old.
With the assistance of friends he man
aged to discover her and they were able
to leave on their wedding trip as ar
ranged, ...:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
MRS. HOLMES IN ASYLUM
Woman Who Annoyed President Roose
welt Committed as Paranoiac.

New York, Oct 17.-Mrs. Elizabeth
M. Holmes, wife of William M. Holmes
Of Brooklyn, who was arrested in Wash
ington last January while attempting
to secure an interview with President
Roosevelt, has been committed to
Bloomindale asylum as paranoiac on
the application Of her husband. :<
Several doctors testified that Mrs.
aSM s n 5ee Gd. that ~ Of
plot to protect a lawyer by whom she
believed she had been sWindled.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
e e q KILLS THE GERMS
o.9.o, OF SCROFULA

The and hd fixed nvariable Parents who
family blood their children form Of
Serotua Swollen glands
eaciated bodies weak
in check during young spell
system
the disease will become manifest and sometimes into Consumption
s. s.
kills and completely the disease changes the quality
fluid with rich qualities s is vegetable
poorly noused scrofulous
'cal aoSace Tree. THE sWFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA. "a.
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Very Low Rates to the West.

The Chicago Great Western railway
will sell tickets to points in Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada
Oregon, Utah and Wyoming at about
daily Aug. 9th to Oct. 31st. inclusive.
Get full information from r. H. Heard,
General Agent, corner Nicollet ~ and
9th st, Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
MONKEY IN CEMETERY?
Citizens Excited Over Report Of Burial
ss Of Simian.
Journal Special Service.

- ----- = -------- = .
Bloomington, ILL.,, Oct. 17.-Gibson
City residents are much excited over a
report that monkey, which died there
last week, belonging to a carnival COM
pany, had been inferred in local Gem
etery. The owner purchased an expen-
sive coffin, child's size and is said to
have buried the animal in the cemetery.
An investigation has been ordered.
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Home Visitors Rates

Rates equally low to other points in
Ohio, Indiana, western s1; !, Pennsylvania,
no Tbe North th Star Limited (d dali to
Chicago) affords unexcelled service.
Electric lighted sleepers, splendid buff
fet cars and the best dining service.
For full information call on j. G.
Rickel, @. p. and T. A., 424 Nicollet
3{.s45