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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
ADJUSTMENTS ..
Metropolital1--s'I,and Of Nod


To make the Gland of Nod, modern
inventive genius has taken the familiar
characters Of nursery rhymes and won
der tales, reshaped them and mixed
them up with some equally :incongruous
modern .personages. 1t is a pretty.
story, told in pretty pictures, and even
the costumes and scenery suggest pos
sibly an oft-told tale, the music runs
smoothly and the dancers trip their
way gracefully into the favor of the
audience. The company now at the
metropolitan is not thickly studded
with stellar talent, but the patron of
days has. ceased to expect ttoo much.
The story. Of the piece is. that Of the
!ittl girl, Bonnie, who falls asleep and
is transported to the Land Of Mod,
where she encounters all the characters
she has heard about, and then some.
The Sand Man, who makes little girls
sleepy, is seen in the flesh, While the
King and. Queen Of Hearts, the April
Fool. the Weatherman,s Knockout Drops,
the Man. in the Moon and his wife,
Rory Bory Alice, bob in and out Of the
Lnella Drew as Bonnie is a delig
ful little personage, who looks entirely
CAPABLE Of mapping. al sfresco in1iuvenile
fashion and who sings as tho she had.
However, in her song. 'Come On, Let IS
TwozStep, with William Norris as the
Man III the Moon, she carried &:hers full
share of the comedy. The big hit OF
the production, however, is made, By
the madcap ballet, which goes at its
the audience right off it's feet AS sfo1
the rest of. che show, it s all told in
the name and the words musical sex.
travaganza. -''.~.'' ST..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
Promoting Insurance Deals.

Without reference to the allegations
in the pending insurance case in the
local courts it cannot be denied that the
uncontradicted testimony of the defend
ant indicates gross alaxness of super
intendence in this state, at former
period. = When items Of business in
volving the disposition of 100000 of
the polieyholders' money could and and
were carried out without being detected
by the examinations of the company
one might say that 5oversight. was futile.
That is if there was any reason to sup
pose that such transactions went on
without guilty knowledge on the part
ofSthe employees Of the state.
The promotion of insurance compa-
MES appears to have developed into as
expert a business as that of promoting
railroads. The railroad promoters
would project a line on paper and then
90 to the towns and farmers along the
proposed right-ofsWay, and ask for
B bonds and notes to start the enterprise.
When they had obtained these they
would place them in the money cen
tiers and build piece of road. This
with its equipment and earning capa-
city they would use. as a basis forssleans
to build more road IF the. road was
success it was usually consolidated
with another and the consolidation be
came the excuse for issuing more. bonds.
The promoters sold to themselves at an
inside. price enough Of ,each Ito, control
the property. and sold the remainder to
the public for fancy price. With the
proceeds they built more road as a
basis for more consultations and more
inside deals in bonds. I'm this way the
capital stock Of most of tie leading sys-
temsshas been enormously inflated. The
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
HODSON'S GREAT LUCK.
NEARLY HALF A MIL LIo n
CLEARED UP IN THREE
MONTHS.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Goldfeld, New, May 1.-THE story
of the sudden acquisition of large for
tunes made in mining enterprises is
usually one of hard struggle, weary
searching and untold suffering, then
came the reward, but here is one lack
ing all of those elements, and for quick
action is without equal in any camp
or country and could happen only In
Nevada. Briefly the story is thus:
About three months ago, j. L. Hold
son, practical miner of Boise City,
Idaho, was attracted to Nevada by
reports of the finds at Fairvlew. he
went into that camp and located the
following properties:
Pyramid group, which he has sold
for $240,000.
The Lookout group, which he has
sold for 100000.
The Nevada Hills group lin which
several other parties are interested
with him) and that has been organ
lied into company, Hodson selling
16. 666 shares to Sherwood Aldrich OF
Colorado Springs for $16,666. He still
retains 100000 shares of the stock for
which he has refused $125,00o IN cash.
This figures. up as follows:
Cash received from sales, $3.50, 666;
interest retained, valued at $125.000;
a total of $4S1 900.
All this in three months. This Ito
use Hodson 8 own expTession) rs sure
going some I" In. addition to tins ne
owns an interest in the TOWNSHIP and
several more claims, which puts him
far above the half million mark.
A story of the fortunes that have
been made in Nevada mines in the
last five wears would fill several col
umns of The Journal and would
NOT be. believed by it's readers, but the
facts are, the gold is here, and 1t Is
where You find it. The country has
not been half prospeeted and will not
be for the next five years. New camps
are being discovered almost every
week. and new mines opened up and
added to the shipping list every day.
Fairview is going to make good and
! be one of the largest camps in the
state Manhattan has already made
good. The Manhattan Consolidated
| bids fair to outrival the famous Mont
| gomery-Shoshone at Bullfrog, which
! made more than one millionaire. There
| is no question AS to the value of the
properties in the Bullfrog. Goldfeld
and Tonopah camps. Then there is
Ida, Gold Mountain, Tokop, Cuprite
| and others yet to hear from.
You cannot all expect to have He'd
son IS luck, but the man who is willing
| to work has no business to be working
| for few dollars week when anyone
who can turn a windlass or pound a
| drill can get from 81 a day up-the
4 living is but little more expensive
/ than in the east. Capital is wanted;
\ muscle is needed, and brains at a pre-
MUM. If YOU possess either OF the
/ three, come to Nevada and she will do
| the rest
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
Railroads
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
THREATENS TO CUT
MERRY RATE WAR LOOMS ON
PASSENGER HORIZON.
Great Western Offer Of SIP Round Trip
Chicago to Minneapolis for B'Nai
Birth and Wisconsin Central Cut to
So for saengerfest Moves Big Line
to sect Even"
Jou. i. .specia, Service.

Jou-..-- Special Service.
Chicago, May l1.-After several
cases Of ignoring rate agreements on
steamship and excursion business, the
Chicago Minneapolis lines are on the
brink of a rate war. The ultimatum
was served Yesterday by Passenger
Central at meeting Of the executive
committee Of the Western Passenger
association. Mr.. Hanson 8 message to
the roads was to the effect that if the
rates are not restored to their agreed
basis at once he will, make a. 81 rate
to the twin cities for. the B'nai Birth,
which meets in Minneapolis May 10.
Passenger traffic officials heard Mr..
Hanson's ultimatum with dismay.
Some of them have been struggling
h hard to keep the rates to the twin cities
hp owing to the volume of commercial
traffic, but their efforts so far have ap-
peared to be in vain; and now they see
a disastrous cut threatened. They will
do everything in their power to prevent
the cut, but some of them believe that
the rate will go in in spite Of their
efforts.
How Trouble Began.
/ The trouble was started by the con-
test for, the business of the meeting of
B,' mai Birth. It was at first agreed to
make a round,trip rate Of SIG for the
meeting. The Great Western broke
away and quoted rate of $12. Other
roads, met the cut, but were greatly
dissatisfied with the action of the Stick,
ney line. -.
|. Then came up the matter Of making
rates for the meeting of the Saenger-
fest at st. Paul, to be held in July
Another effort was made by the strong.
er lines to keep this rate up to SIG
But today the report became current
that the. Wisconsin Central had .con.
tracted large part OF this business at
a rate of So FOR the round trip.
Something to- Think Over.
Passenger Traffic Manager Hanson
of the Illinois Central concluded that
| these cuts erescoming little too fast
and decided that it was about time fol
him to, give his. competitors a lesson il
rate-cutting. ), Accordingly, in the ex
ecutive. meeting yesterday he Informed
the representatives Of the other lines
! that inasmuch as one line had shaded !
| SIG rate 81 and another line had gone
! 81 better and made a SIG rate only So
| he was seriously contemplating cutting
off another 81 and quoting a rate Of S.
for the B mai Birth, to be on salt
| Mays Is: ~ ~ ara
| / While Mr.. Hanson would not declare
that he would put in the rate, he init
mated strongly that if the $16 rate il
not mmediattely restored, he will ia. TAX
sufh sStbVVn. 3s+sst4a sss2A
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
Minnesota Politics
Active and Well Organized Campaign
for Cole in Progress Friends Of
Other Candidates Asked to Consider
Elm as Second Choice. u,

Some of the hardest and most effect
i've campaigning of the preconventionl
period Is being done in the interests OF
a. u. Cole, who is advertising on a
broader scale than anyone else, He is
regarded by the people Of the timber
owing to his activity for drainage and
good roads. the Deer River News has
namad him "the man with the shovel. y
One Of the Cole boomers said tyester-
day that they expected to show up with
200 votes on the first ballot, and their
votes would not all come from northern
Minnesota. 1t is as a second choice
candidate, however. that they hope to
nominate the Walker man. They are
pot getting into: fight with other can;
dldates anywhere, and are satisfied
where another man seems to be strong
IT they can secure second choice prom
Uses from the men WhosWir be delegates.
In this, it is claimed Sthey have been
very successful. S Y ss 81 e & ~ q
Reports from Grant Stevens and Ira
verse counties, which constitute the
north end Of the seventh district; say
will have all three delegations, but that
the general understanding is that Cole
will be the second choice of the dele
gates. There are men in those coun-
ties, favorable to Block, Lord and Han.
son, but they have given up any
idea Of carrying the counties.
There will be "a contest in stew
ems. but it win be- between the friends
OF L. 9. Spooner and William c. Bick-
nell Of Norris, the rival candidates for
the legislature. sS e
The Anoka Union put in a hard
knock on Julius Block some lineage,
claiming that he: had not treated Anoka
right in the old sylum fight. Granville
3. Pease has seen a new light, and says
this week: ~ =
Upon investigation the Union is com.
peiled to admit that it's objections to
II. Block arose from a misunderstanding
and should he receive the nomination fol
governor he will have the sincere an6
hearty support of the Union. - -.
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
Crop Conditions.

There was some effort yesterday
without effect, to get out of, the govern
ment crop report reasons for depressing
the stock market. The May bulletin IS
of GREAT Importance. 1t affords the first
opportunitv to get a valuable hint as to
the condition of the winter wheat. crop.
In December the government gives the
fgures covering the: acreage sewn to
winter wheat. In April of the year fol
lowing, it gives the condition OF, the
crop. In May it gives the condition.
and an estimate Of the acreage aban-
doned since the fall sowing. hence the
Nav report is of great influence upon
all that has to do with values, not only
in Grain. but in securities Of railroads
and other companies depending for
earning capacity, in important degree,
upon the tonnage drawn from the Win
ter wheat fields.
: The fact that since December last,
1,71S,0OO acres of winter wheat were
plowed up, as unpromising, and either
allowed to lie fallow or put to other
grains, was basis for the argument that
the report was bullish in the grain
market and bearish in stocks, but lit
tie careful examination of the full re-
port, now at hand, shows this Eldea44to
be superficial and erroneous.
There was an area Of 81, 34l 900 acres
seeded last fall 1Itmnever fails that
some part is abandoned before May fol
lowing the fall work. This year THE
percentage given up is only G. per cent
This leaves an area Of 29,623,000 acres
The acreage harvested last year was
29,S64,OO so that the present area Ii
only 241, 700 acres, or about 1 per cent
less. ':'
The condition is 81. A year ago i
was 90. This difference Of poin
really means nothing. The fact is tina
there is a large acreage, and that thu
condition of the crop at 81 is 2 point
higher than it was April 1, Showing
Improvement thru April instead O.
deterioration too often noted, and
points higher than the average Ma,
condition Of IS, for ten years. 1t is
splendid prospect.
The spring wheat reports are ia
vorable... There is some territory wher
progress is even yet delayed owing t
extreme moisture, but relative to tn
whole it is not important. Offcia
spring wheat figures are lacking, but
is aprobable the acreage will be littl
larger than last year. and certain tina
much more Of it will be macaroni whea
Weather conditions in the northwest ar
now very favorable. ~ -.
The whole crop, exhibit of this dat
is highly Favorable, and makes for COZ
fdence in big fall tonnage for the raj
roads and general business, activity an
prosperity. 49,. -. H..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
IOWA LINE ON MARKET
Crooked Greek Road May Be Sold and
Made Electric.
Special to The Journal.

0pSClal 70 Inc journal.
Fort, Dodge, Iowa, May 11.-Persis-
tent rumors have it that the Newton &
North Western road, which is engaged
in building line into Fort Dodge,
which will connect swith its main line
and be electrified from this city to Des
Moines, is entertaining negotiations
with the, Crooked Creek road for the
purchase of, that road. Il.
. The Crooked Creek road gave an OPP
tion to I'll. w. Seaman of Chicago a
year ago, which expires the LIST Of next
month. Mr.. Seaman made two differ
ent attempts to sell the road to some
one Of the trunk lines that wanted an
entrance into Fort Dodge. He has
failed to complete any Of his negotia-
tions and his ru1nored movement with
the Newton s North Western road is
the latest move on his part in attempt
ing to sell the road for its owner, A.
K. Hamilton of Milwaukee.
The Crooked Greek road runs from
Webster City to Lehigh and connects
at Webster City with the North West.
ern and at Lehigh with the, Chicago
Great Western. y e s..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
PLAN NEW LAKE LINE :s%
500 and Green Bay Transportation Com
+ pany May Work Together.

Warren G. Schilling, manager of the
Green Bay Transportation company, is
in Minneapolis to consult with the Off
GERS of the 500 Line regarding the es-
tablishment of freight, traffic line. be-
tween Green Bay and the east.
The plan is to transfer: the freight
from the east for the Green Bay ports
at Gladstone, Mich. It is thought that
eastern freight handled by the two lines
will be little less costly than by the
Lackawanna line operated between
Buffalo and Green Bay last season.
If the deal is closed new boat will
be put into service BY the Green Bay
Transportation company. .as
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
By W. r. K.
BY w. p. X.
MCCLURE OBSTRUCTION MAY RE-
suit IN THREE NEW MAGAZiNES.--

MCCLURE DISRUPTION MAY RE-
suit IN THREE NEW MAGAZINES
Three new magazines are looked for as
result Of the disruption of the S. S.
Mcclure company, publisher of McClure's
Magazine, which j has just been an
nounced. One, which probably will see
the light next fall will be backed, 1t Is
reported. Nby several wfdters who have re-
tired from the staff OH McClures, among
whom are Miss Ida M. Tarbell, Ray STAN
nard Baker and LINCOLN steffens. An
other will be "a Ii ne SSS periodical along
novel lines, published by Mr. Mcclure
himself and the third it is understood,
will be backed bysJ ohm S. Phillips.
The announcement is that Mr.. Mcclure
has urchased the; stock held by Mr..
Phillips. both inssths IS. S. Mcclure. COM
pany and the book publishing house Of
Clure, Phillips q CO. si
Differences Oft opinion regarding the
policy: of the mag zine are said to have
been responsible for the parting of these
two men who have been closely associ-
ated in business for twenty years
In addition to the sother changes 1t Is
announced that }Robert Mcclure has Sc
cured control ofstRublic Opinion, which
he will publish under the direction OF
Is. s.: Mcclure.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
THIS DATF.sIN HISTORY.
i; ss s.9e.s. MAY II

Forty eighth anniversary Of ad-
mission Of Minnesota.
1647-Peter Stuyvesant arrived In
MISUNDERSTANDING. s-..s s
1792-columbia river discovered.
1903 Charles w. abdicated In favor
Of Napoleon.
1sos-Mathew vassar, founder Of
Vassar college, born.
1s1e-The American Bible society
organized.
1886 First Issue OF the Dubuque
NoWa) Herald.
Observation-Disclosures, inventor Of the
linotype, born.
1853 Minnesota admitted into the
union. 81
1ee2-lroncfad sMerrlrnack destroyed
by confederates to prevent capture.
1a67-c Compilations OF Siberian rail-
road to mouth Of the Amoor river.
18z8-Attempted assassination OF
| William |. at Berlin.
2 1ses-Attaol< on torpedo boat Wins
low at cardenas. Cuba.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
RAILROAD NOTES.

The Omaha road has announced fishing rates
day. -. = '-'~eN
franchise has been granted fog the Chi
cage. Anamosa & Northern line to enter Water
lop. Iowa. The road expects to reach Austin
this summer. sss9.g. u !
: 9IheE Omaha road has issued the 1906 summer
book with descriptions and etchfngs of the woods
OF Minnesota Wisconsin and Illinois. The book
Of 100 pages will be of value to the summer
pleasure seeker. rNs -.
The state railroad and warehouse commission
has decided that the traffic at Hadley, Murray
county. does not warrant an order to the Omaha
road to move the station to the main line
The inspection was made yesterday. The station
Is On sidetrack at present. d. - - :
T. The st. Paul Transportation league will or
ganize baseball team for the season and will
endeavor to repeat the success of last summer
meeting will be held tonight in the New York
Central Office. =<-0f
The second Northern Pacific crop report shows
that small grain seeding in the northwest is
well along except in n few spots where cold
weather and rain has hindered work. In some
parts of Minnesota the wheat is already above
ground and shows good color. No reports have
been received of frost damage.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11

Speaking of campaign contributions the
Omaha World Herald calls attention to
the fact that Julius Cesar once presented
the consul PaMlus with $2sO,00O merely
as a token Of, esteem and. coupled with
the hope that Paulus would do the: right
thing in a certain political matter that
was pending. The argument was effect
i've with Paulus, and neither he nor
Cesar suffered any in popularity. So it
seems that public opinion is more sensi
tive now than it was in the first century.
Oh we are gaining 49,. ., - 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
BELIEVE LINE ABANDoNDED ?
Hampton and Mason City People Cues
re- ton Building Of Short Line. :. >,
Special to The Journals

Special to The Journal s&zd1f 8$ss
iowa Tails, Iowa, May 11..sHasz the
Des Moines Short Line abandoned it's
line between Hampton and Mason City9
Tbs question is being asked by those
living between the two places, and the
affirmative is inferred wien it is stated
that the St. Paul & i Des, ,Moines com
pany, which is building the line north
from here, has; allowed the options it
has on the right-of way to lapse.
j Last fall, number Of options were
taken by the right-of- way agents be-
tween Mason City and Hampton. but
these expired the first Of May. The pro
posed line north from Hampton; was
parallel with the Iowa Central and some
are inclined to think that the short. line
will secure an entrance into Mason: City
over the Iowa Central by arranging FOR
trackage rights and the use Of the Iowa
Central terminals in Mason City,
The work on the line between here
and Hampton is progressing rapidly,
and will be in operation early this fall.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11

1.-THE LADY OF THE DECORATIONS
is the title Of the story of a bewftching
little, Kentucky widow who goes to teaoff
in a. Japanese mission school partlY to-
support herself, partly to escape from the
world which knows. too we'll the: ira gedy
of her wifehood and widowhood. At4first
she does not herself know that her Esad
little heart is all Jack tick who has
worshiped her fal1ssShis life. It's only
when she thinks that Jack has grown
tired, Of waiting that she comes to under
stand that it II rot: homesickne alone
which makes life stn al foreign lands so
lonely There sSSnothing under Gods
sum- she pours Sher heart once, "that
can repay wofrfan for the loss ,sof love
and home. It's all right to love humanity,
but I was born a specialist.
She gets hersfitie from an ename1ed
watch she wears which is mistaken by
the Japanese children for decoration
/ The story II In letters, but they
are letters that grip hard and fast the
attention of the reader, and give him
swift changes Of emotion. It has been
long since we have found book which
could quite so quickly shift one from
laughter tostears and back gain.
The Century company, New York. 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
Will Ask 500 to Join Mileage Deal.

I The state railroad commission wants,
an; interchangeable mileage book sold
that will be good on the three north
ern lines. The announcement made by
the Great Northern. and Northern Pa
cifc of a book to be sold at a 2seenEss
rate, good on both: lines and on the
iron range roads, is all right. as far
as it goes, but. the commission wants
the 500 to join in the arrangement.
The 500 is putting out book of its
own. 1t is understood that the other
two lines are willing to join with the
SEQ in mileage book, and the com
mission will confer with 500 officials
in an effort to bring it about.
If this is done, the entire state may
be covered with two books, one for the
northern and one for the southern
lines. u