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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

$5OO-Bryant Ave. s. and 41st
st. A very fine and slightly
double east front corner, S9x134.
Lies high and is cheap.
$35O-Will be considered for a
fine high lot, 42x12s, on Bryant
Ave. S., between 35th and 36th
SITS. City water, gas and stone
walk. Easy terms.
SIS to $125 for one of those
bargains on Sheridan, Thomas or
Plymouth AYES. N. Only SO
cash and IS per month. without
interest. Full size lots. Call or
write for plat. - &c..
S25OO-Has been asked for No.
, 80 9th Ave. Sc, but owner now
wants an offer; house is 8 rooms,
modern, and the lot Is 60foot
front; only half block to Inter-
urban car line; look It over and
make us an offer. VIII consider
very reasonable terms.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
The Home Eurnisher.

?: The day of green oak has somewhat
passed, Yet, without regard to fashion,
it remains the most satisfactory set
ting for the most Of tapestry papers.
Part of the prejudice against It may
have been due to the fact that the
stains used have too often been an ex-
ceedingly cold green, but not too deep
green with little yellow in it is charm
ing. Next to the stained wood, soft
deep olive paint ssdesirable. a<>
Scarfs to lay upon the dining. table,
in the intervals Of the meals, are en-
broidered on heavy gray linen or crash
in colors harmonizing with the decora-
tion of the room.# The scarf crosses the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
BY special arrangement with Glenn

BY special arrangement with Glenn
l.. Saxton, architect, 1912 Andrus
building, complete set OF plans and
specifications of this house, including
one set Of blue prints, will be fur
nished at MIR. Saxton's office for SIS.
These will be complete In every de-
tall. Mr.. Saxton will also furnish to
The journal readers for ST a beau
tofuI, practical and helpful book OF
plans, entitled "American Dwellings,"
Of houses ranging from $500 upS
Portfolio No. 2, of residences costing
| from $1,000 to $50 ,ooo, Soc; portfolio
| No. 8. of stores. banks and churches;
SOC. A church portfolio will also be
given free to any reader of The
journal upon application to the
| architect. :".~ IL. o..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

This is a well-arranged and practical
house to build. The large airy living
room is an attractive feature. The first
floor rooms open up we'll together; the
passage. from the reception hall to the
kitchen is particularly convenient. The
second story has three good rooms, all
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

width of the dining table and may hang
over or stop a little short nf~the edge.
For round table square or circle is
used. a. 81. 2
An exclusive New York decorator
makes great use of blue gray, in connec-
tion with fumed oak furniture, in Elem
ish styles. For a dining room he COW
ers the walls with a gray-blue paper in
two tones, against which he sets quaint
china cabinets with loaded doors, filled
with blue china. The rug in such a
room is an oriental one in dull tones of
red and blue, rich and somber. There
is no upholstery in the room and the
high lights are supplied by silver and
cut glass Such rches room ae ai%sndf e%
brandt prints in Flemish oak frames are
hung at intervals. -,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

will be- found othe-most satisfactory in
the long rum sHape, the 1nattress<neither
too. heavy nor tooolight. If the former,
bed-making becomes burden. If the
latter the mattress will have to be
made over very frequently \. 4llEiH ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
WILL GET BUSY
Hennepin Avenue Property Owners VII
Meet Tomorrow Evening.

Property owners on Hennepin avenue
are urged to meet in the basement of
Grace Presbyterian church, Twenty
eighth street and Humboldt avenue S,
Monday at 7.A5 pm. The object is to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
woRK1NGMAN. ANSWERED
Can Man Save Money By Building His
. 49,. Own Home7 u.s.: j.

To the Editor of The Journal
T now and then see advertisements in
your paper, urging the poor man to be-
come his own landlord and that by do
ing SO he can save money. But can he's
I have a good lot in sight that can
buy for 1915. I can get one and one
half story house with four rooms and
hall on the first floor (and leave second
floor unfnished) for $1,091. This in
cludes painting. water connection to
shed 4 for 51 c maf sss total
cost of $1,3S6. Now what I want to
know is, how much will my taxes be
regardless Of sprinkling or sidewalk
taxes? "A Poor Workingman.
Altho, without the exact situation of
the lot. is impossible to give the exact
rate of general tax, an average Of 81
mills is a fair one. Taking the as
sessed valuation Of the property, cost
ing 1886, at $500, and the rate of 81
mills, the tax would be 1880. Fig
uring rent on this property at $l5 a
month, were ga poor workingman -
renting instead Of owning the property,
he would pay out $3.50 a year, practi-
thing like paying premiums on a fire
insurance policy. Protection is afforded
only during the. life of the policy, as
shelter is; afforded by the house only
when the rent is paid. At the expira.
! ton Of the policy, or of the rental year
the amount paid has vanished.
a On the other hand, figuring the in.
4 terest on the capital invested at pei
cent the owner of the house will be
paying out for his protection from
the elements $S3:l6 a year. Adding
the taxes Of $1s 90 the total is $1O2. 66
as compared with $3.50 a year under the
rental plan. In the one case the owner
has his property left and in the othe,
the tenant has nothing but the salts
faction of having had temporary
! home.
It was suggested also by real estate
men to whom this communication was
shown that on such a property the re
pairs would be almost nothing for sew
feral years, SO that the depreciation Of
the capital would be practically mini
4 mum.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

Cost to Build, Exclusive Of Heating and
Plumbing, $1,soo-By Glenn L. Saxton,
Architect, Suite 731 and 732 Andrus
Building.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

BY Building $50, 900 tons of shipping
the Clyde has broken it's previous year
ly record, SIT 900 tons, in 1902. ~
New-York tribune., 1906-10-25

t1rernent by being placed IN charge OF the dis
trict a few weeks AS soon Inspector Cross's
transfer became known yesterday. report was
started that he had been sent to the Tenderioin
as means of driving him out Of the depart
ment.
AS far as know now. 1t is only a temporary
assignment" General Bingham said. declining TO
give any reason for the transfer of Cross. except
10 say that he wanted the district in charge OF
an inspector
1t Is up 20 Inspector Cross to make good"
General Bingham said when asked IL the slfd'
was to be kept on in the Tenderloin.
Cross was tried and dismissed from the force
as captain OF police in 1894, as a result OF the
revelations by the LexOw committee, but he was
reinstated by the courts and was promoted to be
an inspector during the Van Wyck administra-
tion. Early in the Low administration he was
tried and dismissed again. but the courts again
reinstated him. Two years ago he was assigned
as a borough inspector 10 Brooklyn. His trans
fer TO the command OF the Sd District reduces
him 10 the rank OF district Inspector
New-York tribune., 1906-10-25
LONG SERVICE ENDED.
Francis Upshur, Tribune Bureaus
Negro Messenger, Dead.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau.I


Washington. oct. 24.-There passed to his rest to-
day Francis Upshur. venerable Negro who since
1859 had served messenger Of the Tribune bu-
reau and who almost a landmark in Washing
ton. of the notable survivors of the old News
paper Row.
Tpshur was born a slave about sixty-1ve years
ago the property of the Upshur family of Virginia.
His early days were spent near Norfolk, and on at
tanning maturity he employed in the Ports
mouth Navy Yard. During the early days of the
war he came to Washington and found employ
nent in the National Hotel where he waited on the
table at which the justices Of the Supreme Court
took their luncheon. AS a result or tins service
he came 10 be we'll known by Justice Davis. of
Illinois; Justice Swayne. of Ohio, and number of
others. who always exhibited strong regard for
the faithful and respectful man.
When the Impeachment proceedings against An
drew Johnson were instituted. in 1865, Frank was
employed as special messenger for the counsel for
the President and the respect OF the eminent
lawyers who defended Mr.. johnson, so that among
his cherished possessions was warm testimonial
of the high estimation in which they held his SER
vices When the Impeachment case was closed
PRANK came TO the Tribune bureau. where ever
since he had served with ah fidelity ana a dignity
which could not have been surpassed.
When The Tribune published the text or the
treaty of Washington. its two correspondents we're
incarcerated in the sub-basement in the Capltol
for contempt OF the Senate because OF their re-
fusal to disclose the source of their information
and 10 the imprisoned men fIdHh piNFeN " Ne
q. dark angel He indefatigaole IN MS atteh-
ton performing the combined services or valet.
steward and nesserg ger. His pride In the loyalty
of his superors to their informant knew no bounds
and although he was doubtless aware or the lden-
tity OF tba7 informant no device OF the sergeant
alarms served TO extract from him the slightest
intimaton regarding the manner IN which the
treaty obtained .-.,
Newspaper Row and chatted over state secrets
with their chosen correspondents FRANK was the
repostorJ az many condolences, the bearer OF many
important messages. but never did he betray his
trust. while he won the respect anu regard OF dIi
President ctarheld employed Frank" TO carry .
New-York tribune., 1906-10-25
GOOD md BAD SPRINGS.
ErH Surroundings Nay Transform
the Former Into the Latter.

What has thus far been said in these columns
anent the drinking of spring water while the pres
ent malehc conditions prevail in New York's water
sheds, might without further explanation mislead
the reader into the belief that the waters of all
springs that find their way the surface from
great depths heathful. Generally speaking this
is true in far as natural conditions and their
result to he considered though there is one
notable exception to the rule-the spring the waters
of which have Uttered through vast limestone for
nations, ana are therefore hard; these waters may
be entirely germ free and yC- unhealthful. for
sons with which all are doubtless familiar. Only
against springs like that Pine HilI, in the
thirty-IOur hundred feet of debris from the max
ing of q world as Prudden terms it. that
alternating beds of shaie ana sandstone, the best
fltering medium, ana contains, according the
United States Geological Survey. only two
limestone bands.
But natural conditions, however good are far from
being the only things to consider in selecting 4
drinking water; man. in his ignorance. careless
neicence, has sought to accomplish. For example:
At a popular resort there is located the
hotel fine spring. the waters of which
perfectly clear, colorleSS and soft, and therefore
supposed TO be perfectly healthfu and safe.
especially as the hotel stables etc, placed
distance below the spring. 4 gentleman MAX
ing a SOjOurn at this resort enthusiastically
patiating the excellence of this spring TO a
friend, q scientist well known 4 water EXPERT,
and was trshtened half out of his wits by the lat
ter's peTemptoTy warning to Let that water
aloner' and by the statement, in explanation that
though the hotel stables. etc below Che out
let of the spring, Its waters from source
much beneath the level at which thev We're erect
ed" and tEat as the underlying strata incline
from the stables TO the underground waters that
lesson of which is that only the springs which like
the one mentioned earlier in this article have no
human habitations, and none of mans works any
where near them are absolutely safe even though
D
New-York tribune., 1906-10-25
MILK BOYCOTT FEARED
NorthfeId Dealers May Be Forced
to Discontinue Business.

milk boycott IS threatened in the Mortified
section OF Staten Island unless the officials of the
Board of Health extend the time allowed for reno
waiting certain daires in compliance with the law.
The greater number of the independent milk dealers
of Staten Island, who have for years conducted
dairies near the pasture fields, have been forced
out of business during the the result
of the activities Of Dr. John T. Sprague. the dis
trict health officer.
During the last week the three dairies at Chelsea
which supply. the population of Port Richmond.
West Brighton and the greater part OF the former
complete numerous improvements to discontinue
doing business November ?
The three concerns which most affected have
an output OF more than three hundred gallons OF
milk day. The cost of rebuilding their daries in
the revenue that the dealers considering the
advisabiity of closing their places when their per-
mts expire.
While the Health Department and the milkmen
wrangling the situation, the residents de-
they assert. are gradually driving the individual
dairieS of business. At the time they
wondering how they will be supplied If they
patrOnize the large which have recently
been established in the borough. 1t is said that
the plants far from the affected districts, and
that wagons Will have to haul the milk six miles
TO supply the homes of laborers who employed
in the Linoeumville and Chelsea factories and in
the shipyards.
1t will be impossible To have the new dairies
ready before Christmas if they are built accord
irs, to the sanitary rules. The old barns. where
from twenty to fifty cows have been housed We're
vigorous crusade will drive every dealer from
the island.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-25

went Went about bout to excuse their faqtes Latimer Ser
mon, by the advice Of his father. was anointed
d6 cheer % nq waS by dn 5Ree was an Wh5h{ d az 3
Wont be =. no more.",-The double negative
IS common in old English--ct There mas no dore
that he mold heve Of hare" C'There was not no
door that he would not heave off its hinges y
'Yis."-How that yet he should hear all this
Or they espy hit. o yis ys.' ="
For by the none she selgh hit wei with allie
...Chaucer, Legend of Good Women" II, 1o7
UdalI, .'RaIph Royster Doyster,' i;''' '. 6
hard Tsr did did not scd affirm m 1t to be true yet
Latimer Firth sermon. ''''''0
an And forth issued, as on the ready floor
%Troth "-''Troth both."-Ben Jonson. "sejanus,'
Bst.'w"oId BET. :, l?ls. simple form" Ssss cqep;2
wG20gus Wayke Ben 4f the oxen in my
pl!o?Ew;"mChaucer. p!?E:". knights Tale" %.
%aE TAnd thou great Anna whom three realms obey
Dost sometimes counsel take and sometimes % eth I ay
You You lovers axe now this question
g"t Gt5e Earl OF es Surrey we find heat
rhymes with great. and no doubt it was true
Of our countryTnen-at least in the west country
Eng9R Eng T6ngue es page ia Fhiol0sS OF the
,s ,sleg Rrss days slsP he al on-on"-"old
Deserves" - :, DRYDEN usually prints, sterve
pronounced starve and desarve"-W. D. Christie
Globe edition of Drydens Poems, page 270.
'Murther' (Modernized to murder in most
editions of Shakespeare. ).-'Murther most foul,
the best it is."-Shakespeare, Hamlet" l. tv.
''Aize-Aizy."-(See ''p1aize."=
he peasant and the post that at all assays,
The ship boy and the galley slave have time 10
take their aize."
Surrey.
"Whatsomever."-'In the sixteenth century we
often find whatsomever.' Morris, Elementary
I
''Rayther"-"The rayther lambs ben sterved
with cold (''The early lambs killed with
cold. ')-Spenser. Shepherds Calendar"
New-York tribune., 1906-10-25
DANISH KNIGHT IN FIGHT
Strikes InUentor in Face, but Latter
WhhdrazcS Complaint.

"Details of a brawl on Tuesday between two
well known men at Centre and Duane streets
came out in the Tombs court yesterday. when
George Kirkegaard, a civil engineer, who lives
at No. 123 Lenox Road, Brooklyn. was ar
raigned before Magistrate Stenert on a cha roe
OF assault. His accuser was Gustav Koch an
inventor. who lives at No. l West 11th street
Carl Fischer Hansen. who appeared for Kirke
gard spoke OF him ''the foremost Dane in
America" Mr.. Fischer Hansen said that Kirka
gard had been knighted a week ago by the
King of Denmark.
Koch said the trouble between himself and
Kirkegaard dated back six years, when he in
trusted to the care of kirkegaard a model of an
invention he had designed for a bottle stopper
The men have been in litigation the owner
ship of this patent for four years.
According to Koch he was walking along Cen
tre street, at Duane. when Kirkgaard came up
to him, called him a vile name and struck him
In the face Kirkegaard said Koch had done
the calling Of vile names, but admitted he had
lost his temper and struck him.
MI Fischer Hansen had a long talk with
Koch and then Koch announced that he was
willing to withdraw the complaint.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-25
JOHN WANAMAKER

number of messages on the evening before his
inauguration, and Horace Greeley, John Hay. PreSt
dent Grant President Hayes and many others
EQUALLY prominent in public life. never failed 10
acknowledge the salute OF the venerable old man
whom they knew and liked
In the thirty-seven years or his service as mes
sAnger of The Tribune Bureau there many
changes in the force of correspondents. but
Frank served each with equal fidelity. and of
late years he had been wont TO Hken himself to
Tennyson's brook. often saying: Men may come
and men may go, but seems Ike dis ole mans
gon TO eber."
Frank was twice married. the first time IN 1866
and the last time in 1888 He leaves a wife and
three children. For upward OF thirty years he had
been a vestryman of st. Lukes Protestant Epis-
copal Church, the leading Negro church In Wash
ington and In 1t his funeral will be held Friday
afternoon, at O'clock In the truest sense OF the
term, Francis Upshur was a gentleman.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-25
Wanamaker " Red Leaf"
Black DRESS SILKS

THESE the Black Dress Silks America
only they the
absolute perfection
hgestgrade silk only Woven with
tachable selvage bearing Red
They
Black Chiffon Dress Tafetas Ioinh, 81; 22-inch, ST.
26inch SI25 and SI5o; 3onch, IS; 36inch
Peau de Soes and Luxons, 2o-nch, SIPS; a4inch
SI5o; 26-nch, SI-75; 36-inch, S..
showing Lining and fur
white black These guaranteed
seasons inches wide, yard SO wide
$125 yard.
yards 36inch Innings
and foundations, 75c yard, worth ST.
Silk
New-York tribune., 1906-10-25
Sc Is,
The illustrated
Outdoor News
kSDC
Blue Ribbon Number
l55C

The November number biggest
brightest most profs illustrated magazine devoted outdoor sports
printed and sold at any price.
There nearly 300 fine illustrations the
large e ch printed paper
these illustrations shown in their greatest perfection.
special feature Of this number is series of articles and
magnificent illustrations devoted the
the No other publication has this
portant phase of outdoor life attraCtvely.
There than 20 finely illustrated articles the
of heatu recreaion addition the
Motoring, fishing shooting, football the kennel and all
other subjects in this field treated in the Illustrated Out
door News in other publication.
Get the November number to-day Your dealer have sold
THE OUTDOOR NEWS COMPANY
ST, New York
New-York tribune., 1906-10-25

We have recently had occasion TO refer to the
Storm raised IN England by the Times" Book
Club. which insists upon doing things that the
publishers do not like Pretty nearly every
writing man in the kingdom seems to be taking
hand tn the controversy and, Of course Mr.
Andrew Lang does not fail US. But he takes the
matter up only TO ask, What is the quarrel
between the Times and the publishers? Who
are right and who wrong?" He waves the
mystery away with these neat lines:
The Public and the Publisher were walking hand
ssid they, The conduct Of The Times is obviously
But what on earth they mean by it. we do not un-
cerstand"
II seventy clerks with seventy pens should iaoouF
Nc" 60 you think" the Public said. that they
.y could make II cIearT'
/ e9uot T." said the Publisher. 'Tt seems ex-
ueInely queer"
Looking through LORD Roseberys little mono
t'sph, Lore Randolph Churchill" Nondon:
arthur I. Humphreys), which was recently
treated al length In these columns by our Lon
r'h correspondent we find some vivid bits OF
personalia. Lord Rosebery first his friend
e' Eton. Churchill was a small boy in an ex-
usinely disreputable hat Now. the hat" says
-ro kosebery, was at Eton in those days al
most as notable sign OF condition as among the
spanish nobility. Moreover, his appearance was
1Hless; his companions seemed much the
.sile; he was, IN a word. but a pregnant word at
~ scug. His elder brother had left Eton
New-York tribune., 1906-10-25
CROSS TO TENDERLOIN.
Nay Be attempt to Force Inspect
Oy'S Trial.

Police Commissioner Bingham yesterday trans
ferred Inspector Adam A Cross from Brooklyn
10 the Sd District OF Manhattan. which includes
the Tenderloin. This is the district OF which
Inspector Schmittberger had command before
he placed on trial for alleged neglect OF
duty. Inspector Druhan was forced into re-
New-York tribune., 1906-10-25
NEEDED a DEFT HAND.

The farmer already had purchased number OF
shares in oil well. lightning rod. and guam
tity OF green goods But the man with the gold
brick down. The Old guy tbs
picture OF despair" QUOth he TO himself. but,
like many another picture. he will stand retouch-
ing by real artist. fanoy."-Puck-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-12
SALOONS CLOSED
INDEFINITELY
Mayor and Police Commissioners OF
San Francisco Revoke All
Liquor Licenses.

San Francisco. May n.-That the au-
thorlties here have no intention of loosen
ing the rens which have held the liquor
dealers in check since the city suffer-
ed Its great disaster, was made plain to-
day by emphatic declaration from Mayor
schmtz that all drinking places will be
closed for an indefinite period. He at
trlbuted the remarkable absence of crime
ard the exceptional order which has pre-
vailed since the eonfiagration to the fact
that the edict against the selling of liquor
had been rlgldly enforced
The stand Of the Mayor was emphasized
when the board of police commissioners
met and unanimously endorsed a sug-
gestlon made by the Mayor that all
saloon licenses be revoked. The commits
sioners were unit that the future well
fare of the city would be enhanced by
fewer drinking places. number OF
saloon proprietors have In course of con-
structlon temporary buildings. TO these
the commissioners issued a warning, ad-
vising them that the number of saloon
licenses to be issued in the future would
be greatly curtailed, and that 1t was un-
wise for them to incur any expenditure
in the way of temporary building OPP
erations
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-12
TWO ARE KILLED
MANY ARE INJURED
Electric Car Collides With Railway
Train In Chattanooga--Motor-
man Seems to Be at Fault.

Chattanooga. Tenn. May ll.-(Special)-
This morning at 6 o'clock passenger train
No. of the Chattanooga Southern and
a trolley car on the Lookout Mountain
line coded resulting In the death Of
two passengers. the serious injury of
almost a score. Passengers say that the
conductor gave the signal to stop. which
was not regarded by the motorman. The
trolley car was splintered The dead are:
Milton Rankin. a contractor.
w. S. Perrlgo. foreman Central Manu-
featuring company.
Fatally injured:
Fred s. Fry, injured internally.
Bart Justice. injured internally.
Badly injured are:
Jack Bethel, head bruised
Ben Randall, nose cut off.
r. ]. Hamlin head and legs hurt.
]. NJ. Brown, brakeman passenger train.
foot injured.
Marshall Galloway. head and face man
gled.
William Mcneil, chin cut off.
George Collins. face and head scratched.