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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23

= Miss Sally Seaton has been confined to- her
apartments In the AshmOre on account Of ILL
ness for the past month. - i :ai1.E-..' !"
Fred. Bonness 80 Fourth street Sc, left yes
terday afternoon for Saltwater, where he will
visit his sister, Mrs. Game. 8 $ ttSi, r
Mrs Ross Hazard. 22s Central avenue, has
been confined to the house for the past three
weeks on account Of illness. ~. :. =
Sc left yesterday afternoon for Johns Hopkins
university where she will study medicine. y
Miss Frances Chamberlain. SIT Eleventh. ave-
nue. Sc, will return early next week from Cali
fornia, where she has been spending the past
month. =
Horace Haldeman of 7O1 University avenue
Sc left for the northwest Wednesday morning
to enter upon his duties with the United States
railway mail service. ..... g. -
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athletes ever developed in the Mime
sofa high schools; he took part in all
branches Of interscholastic sport and
was one of the surest point winners that
East high ever had. He played on the
football team three years and on the
basketball, baseball and track teams
turnout his four yearsa record sell
dom. if ever, equaled.
h His football ability, both as player
and captain, are well known, and on
the diamond he developed into q pitch
er, brilliant and resourceful. For one
season he captained the track team
and did excellent work IN the low hur,
weight events. Last year he won both
the shotput and the discus events, in
the latter breaking the interscholastic
record. On the athletic board of con-
troll he has been one of the most ac-
tive workers and was two years a dele
gate to the Northwestern Interscholas-
tic Athletic association. K
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23
STILL ROBUST THO IS
COLLEAGUES ARE DEAD
DR.. Theodore Secor, Only SuruiUor of Sixty nine
Members of Constitutional Convention That
Framed Wisconsin's Organic Act, Is a Rug
ged Citizen of Minneapolis.

time after reaching Racine in engaging
in business and identifying myself with
affairs Of the territory. Everything
was primitive and crude. There was
not a railroad in the state for many
years after. Milwaukee was no more
than rude frontier village;. Racine
surpassed it in population and was be-
lieved to be the coming city Of the pros
pective new state.
s'The Wisconsin constitutional con-
vention sat in Madison in December,
1S47, and finished it's work in February,
1S4S. All the delegates went to Madi-
son by team and most Of them drove
long tiresome distances and put up with
all sorts Of makeshifts in getting to
the capital The convention met in an
old stone building used as the capitol
of the territory. Breaches had been
made in the foundation Of this building
and stray pigs would take re:uge from
the cold and storm therein. Sometimes
in our discussions we were almost
drowned out by the squealing OF the
quarrelsome animals.
":The Racine county delegation, Of
which I was member, was the largest
in the convention. A dollar was a
whole lot Of money in those days and
our ambition to be careful and saving
looks absurd and ridiculous today. In
our parsimony we fixed the salary Of
the governor at 81 ,250 year and made
| an amendment necessary in years to
come. We had to send to Albany for
our stationery and supplies and it, was
almost with fear and trembling that we
voted ourselves $40 each for this pur-
pose.'
Members in Convention.
Twenty-Five counties were represent
7 ed in this historic convention in Wis
consin, the membership being as fol
lows: >-..- .-.-.... F.. s-.z..s. -sa. ~
Brown-Morgan L. Martin.
Calumet-G. W. Featherstonaugh.
Crawford and unprecedented G.
Fenton. - H. -
Colum bia-James T. Lewis.
Dane-Charles M. Nichols, William A
Wheeler. William H. Fox.
\ Dodge-Stoddard Judd, Samuel w Ly
man, Charles H. Larrabee. @
! Fond du Lac-samuel w. Beall, War
rem Chase.
Grant-George w Lakin. John H
Roundtree, Alex d. Ramsey, Orsamu
Cole, William Richardson.
Green-James Biggs, William mcdowell
Iowa-S p. Hollenbeck, Charles Bish
op, Joseph Ward. .
, Observation-Disclosures Prentiss Mil
Jones, Abram Vanderpool Jonas Folts.
Lafayette Dunn, Allen War
, den, John O'Connoc.
; Marquette and Winnebago
> Reed.
Milwaukee Byron Kilbourn, Ruff
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PERSONAL MENTION,

j. E. Crawley has returned from ex-
tended trip in the east.
Earl Brown Of 925 Sixth street STE is in
California with Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Gillian.
HIS. Abbott Of 900 Sixth street Sc, has re-
covered from severe illness Of several weeks.
DR.. H. N. Mcdonald of COL Fourth street SD
is in California for a few weeks on vacation
trip. -
P. D, Mcmillan and his son. Dana, left
Wednesday for Mexico. They will be gone four
weeks. ~. %i4lszs - -
: Mr. and Mrs: Frank Lane returned yesterday
from short trip to Anoka, where they have
been visiting friends.
DR.. A. ]. Frost will preach in the Olivet
Baptist church Sunday morning on 1.-THE 81
lences of the Bible
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23

university was POSTMASTER. sIhe rooms
were decorated in the national colors
The annual meeting of the Women g
Christian association was held yester-
day afternoon in the rooms Of the First
Congregational church. The regular
business reports were made and plans
for the coming year decided upon. The
ladies Of the parish served light refresh
ments. :,
The orchestra Of the First" Congrega-
tional church is working hard and are;
determined to place the organization
on par with any in the city.
Tonight the members Of the Ollyet
banquet in the church. Supper will be
served from 6 to pm. A patriotic
program of music and speeches will be
given by the Mems club. DR.. Il. j.
Cooke will be POSTMASTER. G. A: Elton
will make comparison between Wash
ington, Lincoln and Roosevelt; w. d.
Lowell will speak on Washington as an
render cornet solo. REGULATIONS and nd
songs, both serious and humorous, Will
be given.
The program and entertainment to be
given at the Loyalty Baptist church
Tuesday, Feb. 81, will consist of the
following selectlons: v1olln SOLO, Joe
Billman; vocal solo, w. NJ. Terrin; read.
ings by Mr.. Nelson and by Misses Berry
and Waterman; piano solo, Miss Rat
tan; vocal solo, Miss Shield, and selec-
tions by the church quartet and orches-
ira. -
The Home Missionary society of First
Methodist church was entertained at
the home Of Mrs. Nash, S14 Eleventh
avenue Sc, on Wednesday afternoon
finished, a delightful program was
given, the subject Of the lesson being
hIndians. The society will be enter
tanned in March by Mrs. B. F: Nelson
Mrs. W. H.. Jordan will have charge
Of the program.
The Junior league of First Methods
!: held Washington social in the churcl
parlors Thursday afternoon. This organ
ization, under, the management Of Mrs
! numbers and interest. In connection
: with the league Junior Sewing societ,
) has been organized for the girls, and
: gymnasium is being organized for tn
b. bows.
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The Dudley T. Chase corps, No. 10,
presented an interesting program at the
close of it's last meeting. Mrs. Eliza
beth Whitman had charge of the pa
memorative Of Washington and Lincoln.
A large number of posts and corps,
with their friends, were present. Light
refreshments were served.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23
ar INNEAPOLIS is the home Of
II the last surviving member

At INNEAPoLIs is the home Of
ne the last surviving member
4 Il of the constitutional con,
yention which met in the territory OF
Wisconsin in, December, l847, and
framed the organic act under which the
state exists and is conducted TO-DAY:
There were sixty-nine members OF
that convention, and Dr. ineooore
Secor, who makes his home in a hat
at ITO Ninth avenue s, has lived TO
see his sixty-eight colleagues join the
Hinnumerab1e caravan The last
death in that distinguished body Of
state makers was that of James Il.
Lewis of Columbus, Wis, former gov
ernor of the badger state, about two
years ago.
DIR. Secor was. born June g.. 1914, at
Greenville, near the Hudson river IN
Greene county, New York. This was
the Clermont, piled the Hudson and
MANY wears before the invention of the
telegraph and other. events of. a like
nature. which have exercised vast IN
4nence ON the development of the
American nation. His father was of
French extraction and was accounted
wealthy man by his acquaintance,
altho. as the venerable doctor now says,
"he was never worth over $40, O0O."
There was a large family of boys and
girls all of whom, excepting DR.. Secor
and one sister, died many years ago.
The wife of DR.. Secor and some OF his
children and other relatives are buried
at Spencer, Iowa., where his own re-
mains, he contemplates, will be placed.
He has a son who lives at Armour, .. u.
He makes his home in Minneapolis with
two granddaughter who are teachers
in the city schools. .-a..
Practiced Only a Few Years.
Graduating from school Of medicine
1 in 1887 DR.. Secor practiced only a few
years, and, coming west entered the
: general merchandise business.
'sThere was too much dogma in medi
cine to suit me,' he remarked to 8
Sunday J Journal representative, who
was given a CHEEKY welcome to his
apartments. CT felt that I didn 4
know enough to be physician and the
!, practice in those early days was too
strenuous to hold me. r'"
III went to school with the sons OF
Martin Van Buren, and. have distinct
recollection Of meeting that famou.
politician on several occasions.
knew Seward and Governor Dewitt
Clinton and many others who wer,
prominent politically.
'sIni 1910, when I was rs years old
Il struck out for the west. Racine wa
then the largest and most promisin,
point in Wisconsin. I believed tn
state had bright future and lost n
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23

The First NJ E. church is planning
an entertainment for the evening of
Feb. 26 in. the church parlors. B.. A,
Roses orchestra will furnish the music,
Light refreshments will be served
Tickets are 10 cents , -s,.' $50 . :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23

A Jolly party Of East siders enjoyed
a basketball game in Drummond hall
Tuesday evening. After the. contest
there was an informal dance, and light
refreshments were served. Two hun
dred and fifty were present. 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23

Mrs. j. B. Berentsen will entertainn
the ladies of the Nature Study club at
her home. 6lO State street, Wednesday
afternoon. The preceding meeting Of
the club was held with Mrs. A. B.
Choate of sol Washington avenue. -.
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King, Charles H. Larkin, John L. Doran,
Garrett M, Fitzgerald, Mogritz schaef-
Ter. Albert Fowler. - y /
Portage-William H. Kennedy.
Racine-Theodore Secor, S. r. McClel-
an, Horace T. Sanders, Frederick S.
Lowell, s. A. Davenport, A. B. Jackson,
Albert G. Cole James D. eReymert. I'll
Rock-A. NJ. Carter, Ezra A. Foot. Ed
ward " Wilton. Paul Cranda1l, Joseph
Colley, Louis P. Harvey.
st. Croix-George w. Brownell.
Sheboygan and Manitowoc -~silas
Steadman. ~ .-,-, -. ..5
Walworth1zJames Harrington Angus
tus G. Kline; George Gale, Experience
Estabrook, Hollis Latham, Ezra Milford.
Washington Pentony, James
Pagan, Harvey G: Turner. "
Waukesha-Peter D. Clifford, George
Scagel, Squire s. Case, A. L. Castleman,
Emulous P. Cotton, Eleazer Root
Most Of the trainers of Wisconsin g
constitution were young men of good
native ability, and it was perfectly nat
ural that they should grow with the
state and become important factors in
it's government. Many Of them, in
Guiding DR.. Secor, served in the early
legislatures. Two, James T. Lewis and
the lamented Louis P. Harvey, were
first secretaries of state and then pro-
/,
while governor, was drowned at Pitts
burg Landing, whittier he had gone to
superintend the care of Wisconsin s SOL
diers who were wounded in that en-
gagement. Among the officials who &C
companied him and who afterwards as
sisted in the search of the waters Of
the Tennessee for his body was DR..
Secor. VS.. ..--.r ........~. .,
49, -Four Became Judges. ~~ -.
Cole, Wilton, Larrabee and Gale were
advanced to the bench and the first
named had a particularly long and dis
Nnguished career as a Justice of the
supreme court. Beall was lieutenant
governor Of the state, Estabrook an
attorney general and Root superintend,
ent Of public instruction.
| Wisconsin, last of the five great
states formed from the territory north
west of the river Ohio, was admitted
in 1848. It's. population was then only
ESQ, 900. By: an error Of surveying the
St. Croix river, instead Of the Mis-
boundary and Wisconsin lost to Min
nesota a goodly district, which now
contains the city Of st. Paul, belonging
to her territory. Vs. ss 81 )
DR.. Secor has voted for every. repub
/ lican candidate for the presidency sine,
the days of John Charles Fremont. H,
was delegate to the national con
vention which met IN Chicago in 1866
and nominated Abrahama Lincoln. H
Esa al1 Nv fa+hor nj ~, ~ relatives WOW
democrats in the early days and Tough
the wings I first voted for a presi
dent in 1882, when Andrew Jackso,
was running the second time. ) wa
but Is years old, but it was no mis-
s demeanor in those days to vote befor
one was Of legal age. In 1851 vote
for Van Buren and four years later
did what I could for his reelection
But the hard times. Of 1887 and <there
abouts were all charged to him, an
William Henry Harrison 'Tippecano
) and Tyler TooD, the wing candidate
went in. / supported Polk, democra
Z in 1874 as against Henry Clay.
Then Becomes Republican.
5 stThis was my last vote for dem
cratic candidate for the presidenc
The accession Of vast and unoccupie
territory by the successful war Wi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23

DR.. and Mrs. J. G.. Armand Of 414
First avenue SE entertained thirty
friends at Washington party last eve
ming.
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The M. A. s.. club was entertained
yesterday afternoon by Mrs. F. B. Nor.
gan at her home, 7O5 Seventh street Sc
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EAST SIDE SOCIAL

Rev. and Mrs. s. B. Purves of Holy
Trinity church entertained the Episco-
pal clergy Of the city at the rectory
Monday evening. -"'.
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Wednesday Mrs. S. B. Purves will
her home, 4OS Fourth street Sc. r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23

M and Mrs. Leon G. Warner will
entertain at cards tomorrow at their
home, III Fifteenth avenue Sc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23

Miss Alta Smith gave a Washington
party for group Of friends at her
home, 813 Delaware street Sc, in hon
or of Charles Sine of Moose Jaw.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23
AVE.
CONCERN GROWING
N. w. SCHOOL SUPPLY COMPANY
HAS IMMENSE BUSINESS.

S150,000 Invested In Retail Bookstore
and Wholesale House - Company
Ships School Supplies Turnout the
Northwest Excellent East Mime
apolis Trackage Gives Firm Good
:, Control of Big Field.
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Then Becomes Republican.

cratic candidate for the presidency.
The accession Of vast and unoccupied
territory by the successful war with
Mexico stirred the antislavery senti-
ment of the country as it never had
been stirred before. Van Buren, be-
came a leader Of that sentiment, and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23
EAST SIDE CHURCHES

Last night the women of the First
Congregational church gave Wash
ington banquet in the church parlors
President Cyrus Northrop of the state
were decorated in the national colors
and covers were laid for $50.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23

COFFEE-Fresh from the Rooster
The Yale expositor., 1906-12-21
SIDE LIGHTS
On MICHIGAN
ANOTHER OPERATOR SHOT AT
BY SOME UNKNOWN
PERSON.
VERY NARROW ESCAPE
WaterVliet Scene of Another Attempt
to Kill a Telegraph operator-No
Known Cause.
Similar to the Dynes Case.

An iron lever attached TO the train
signal DETECTING a 3S-caliber bullet and
thus saving the life of Fred Blinkhorn,
Pere Marquette operator at Water
vliet, who was in the act OF sending a
message at his desk in front of the
window through which the bullet
crashed, prevented a murder parallel
TO that Of Lloyd A. Dynes, the Michi
gan Central operator in Galien, in Sep
TENDER.
The Galien crime and the shooting
at Blinkhorn both occurred at 2:30 on
a Sunday morning, and it is believed
that the motive of both crimes was
the same, viz, TO put out OF the way
the only man awake in the little town
and the only one who might thwart
plans OF yeggmen to blow the banks
safe. Dynes, too, was sitting at his
desk sending a message and there is
nothing in either OF the two crimes TO
indicate that the motive behind the
firing OF the shots was other than wan
.tOn murder to further bank robbery
plans.
The bullet was speeding on a dead
line for Blinkhorn's head and was
within is inches of him when it struck
the iron lever and spent its force in
the wall.
AS in the Galien murder there is alb
solutely no clue The shot is so abso-
lutely clouded in mystery that Sheriff
Tenant has not even investigated it,,
having been discouraged, it Is said,
over the failure to solve the Dynes
murder after weeks of vigorous work
Blinkhorn came there two weeks
ago from Grand Rapids. He knows Of
no enemy who would want 10 shoot
him His wife is suffering from scar
let fever and quarantned and she has
not been told of the attempt on her
husbands life
The Yale expositor., 1906-12-21
MICHIGAN IN BRIEF.

Kalamazoo is to have a six-story fire.
proof hotel. to cost 100000.
Ten indictments have been issued
by the grand jury for Niles liquor
men and Three Oaks drug store men.
Mrs. Thomas p. Grimston, said to
have rich relatives in New York, died
in the Pontiac poor house of pneumo-
mia.
Miss Frances Keller, a New York
newspaper woman charged with Grim
inal libel for her efforts to reform a
city department, was reared in Cold
water.
On the third pay day of the season
for the Bay City sugar factories $310,.
200 was paid out, making about ST..
100000 the farmers have received this
season for beets.
Two children of Frank Lewis. of
Kalamazoo, have died in a week of ty-
phoid fever. Two more are seriously
i'll at home and two in Borgess. hos
pital of the same disease.
f. VI. Murphy reports that nearly all
the stock for the new Pontiac hotel
has been taken by prominent business
men and the construction of the build.
ing will be begun in short time.
Battle Creek stockholders in the de-
funct Record Printing & Box Co., who
Rave been nearly ruined by paying the
company's debts, are now sued for
$21 ,241.7S additional, said to be still
due to creditors.
Cuts received by Mrs. Humphreys
of Casnovia, in an alleged attempt to
commit suicide with a razor will cause
her death. She has been Respondent
since the death of her husband few
years ago She is 40 years old.
Lancaster, Pa, capitalists have pur-
chased $50 acres of state land in AL
pena for quarry purposes.
Overcome by an epileptic Mt while
carrying a lighted lamp, Mrs. Susan
Sutton. of Sault Ste. Marie. was so
badly burned that she died Thursday
Five of the crew of the steamer Col.
spie, wrecked near Michipicoten, De.
cember 4, had legs, feet and arms SO
badly frozen that several amputations
will be necessary.
The and 6-year-old children of Rob
ert Elmy, of Caro-, threw powder on
the stove for amusement. The house
was set on fire and they were badly
burned. but will recover.
The Yale expositor., 1906-12-21
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

The house of representatives voted
20 increase the salaries of the vice
president, speaker and cabinet mem
bers to $4,000 a year, but refused
to raise the pay of congressman.
President Roosevelt gave up his eff
forts to champion the cause of simpi'
fed spelling in his official capacity,
on account of the opposition OF the
house, and rescinded his order to the
public printer calling for the adoption
of the change.
President Roosevelt sent to congress
a special message on Porto Rico, in
which he urged full American citizen
ship for the islanders, favored keep
ing in the field a regiment of native
troops, praised the rule of Governor
Winthrop and urged that provision be
made at once for the dredging OF san
Juan barbor.
The senate confirmed the nomina'
tons of William II. Moody, of Massa-
chusetts, to be an associate justice oil
the supreme court OF the United
States; Charles ]. Bonaparte, OF
u ne dlNOl my oNAAN+ 90 ,
Victor H. Metcalf, of California, to
be secretary of the navy, and Oscar
S. Straus. of New York, to be secre-
tary of commerce.
Senator Burrows demanded the un-
seating Of Reed Smoot as the repre-
sentative Of an organization that prac-
tically is reasonable.
Secretary Taft in his annual report
Of the war department declared the
United States had hard time keeping
the army up to requirements; deser'
tons increasing and recruiting de-
creasing.
The house by a decisive vote adopt
ed a resolution opposing simplitied
spelling in congressional documents.
Senator Dubois directly charged
President Roosevelt with aiding the
Mormon hierarchy in Idaho by sending
Secretary Taft there to make a politf
cal speech.
The Yale expositor., 1906-12-21
A Stranae Will.

A disputed will case Of an unusual
Kind terminated in the Branch county
circuit court Thursday. In 1896 Chris
TOPPER Shaffmaster, a wealthy retired
Bronson township farmer, made a will,
leaving the larger part of his property
10 his wife, the balance going 10 a
son and daughter. For over 10 years
he suffered from malignant cancer in
his face, dying last June. His will
when read was found to have a clause
ADDED in 1905 practically cutting out
his former requests to his wife, leav-
ing her the use of the village residence
and of so acres of land without build
ings so long as she remained his wild
ow. A, her death the daughter was TO
get the property. while the son got
$4,000 to $4,000.
Mrs. Shaffmaster. 20 years of age,
was surprised at the announcement,
and Immediately began a contest
which resulted in the jury sustaining
the will.
The Yale expositor., 1906-12-21
THE POPE.
Anxiety and overwork Compel the
Pontiff to Rest.

Pontiff to Rest.
The troubles OF the church In
France and the keen anxiety felt over
the outcome have told on the health
of the pope, which has never been
strong since he became pontiff. His
holiness, who has remained up late
night after night receiving and an
swering dispatches, is now obliged to
remain in bed and secure a much
needed rest.
His indisposition, it is reported, Is
not serious, but it is thought best
that he remain in bed until his
strength is recovered. At the vatican
it was said that no alarm was felt
over his condition.
The pope is rejoicing that the hap
penings in France are not so serious
as had been feared He had express
ed the hope that the good sense OF
the French people will end in their
finding a way to triumph over the
present difficulties.
The pontiff received Cardinal Sa-
TOLL, who was formerly papal dele
gate in the United States The card
inal explained the situation with Cath
olicism in the United States where
there exists real separation between
church and state, saying the benevo-
lent attitude of the state towards re-
ligion resulted in the complete and
dignified liberty of the church.
That" exclaimed the pope, 'is
really a regime of progress"