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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-28

MULES AND HORSES: CARLOAD FROM THE
country; all good and cheap: sale Monday,
the 26th. Tierney & Schaefer, wholesale hay
and grain, Plato and South Robert sts St.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-28

FOR sALE-CHEAP, TWO GOOD 1,3o0-LB
farm or delivery mares; will take good driv-
ing rig Or two good In exchange.
L. c. phone 4155. 300S Pleasant av.
FOR sALE-oNE LARGE DRIVER 1877
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

Foolish and unenlightened mani" an
swered Clancy. ''Them's savage ways,
and he's doing like he done in his prim-
original habitation."
But he's In New York now." Casey
argued. "'Tis time he's wasting. when
planes is to be had just UP Columbus av."
And such questions he would ask as:
Sure. who's that stuffed lad with the
billiard cue on his nose?"
IT'S the narwhale."
Casey was grateful for information, and
asked the same questions over and over
But 1t was Clancys impressive figure
that caused the mischief. There was to
be a grand masked ball at Ballyloo Hall
Clancy was thinking Of his figure and
how to adorn 1t. when he paused before
one Of the Alaskan tribesmen. And an
idea must have caught upon him, for he
stood so long before the case full of spe-
eimenss from the polar regions that he
caught bad cold in his head. It was the
savage's suit of light fur that tempted
him. If he could but wear this suit to
the ball Della O'Gorman would be the
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

phone just to see II the thing would
work, put the hair curler to his ear and
began talking into the dynamo. There
was no response, so he pushed button
and nearly ruined his left ear. 1t was
natural mistake. In Europe anything
attached to wall Is liable to be a tele-
phone.
On the whole. think our telephone sys-
tenn Is superior to that of any foreign
cities. Our telephone girls have larger
vocabuIaries. for one thing In England
the hello is never used. When an Eng
Hshman gathers up the ponderous con-
trivance and fits it against his head he
asks: "Are you there?" If the other
man answers mo" that stops the whole
conversation.
Travellers throughout the world should
rise up and unite in a vote of thanks to
whoever 1t was that abolished the upper
berth in the newer boats Mahomet's cof-
fin suspended in mid air must have been
CHEEKY and satisfactory bunk compared
with the ordinary upper berth. Only a
trained athlete can. climb into one Of
them. The woodwork that you embrace
and rub your legs against as you strug
gle upward is very cold. When you fall
into the clammy sheets you are only atolt
six inches from the ceiling In the early
morning the sailors scrub the deck Just
overhead, and you feel as if you were
.
phagus Is built deep. like trough. so
that the prisoner cannot roll out during
the night. 1t is narrow, and the man who
is addicted to the habit OF "spraddIing''
feels as if he were tied hand and foot
In nearly all Of the staterooms of the
new boat there were no upper berths. and
the lower ones were wide and springy-
they were almost beds. and a bed on
board ship is something that for years
has been reserved as the special luxury Of
the millionaire.
We really had on board the daily paper
the gymnasium, the florist the bureau Of
information, the manicure parlor and
other adjuncts of sea going that would
have been regarded as fanciful dreams
ten years ago. Next to the elevators the
most novel feature of the new kind Of
liners is the la carte restaurant. 1t
was on the Kaiser deck. The topmost
deck was called the KAISER" to indicate
that he ranked next to the heavenly
bodies in general Importance. The old
names of upper deck" promenade
deck" main deck and 'Iower deck"
cannot be applied to one Of these new
tangled monsters. Next below the Kaiser
deck came the Washington deck, then
the Roosevelt deck, then the Cleveland
deck. then the Franklin deck. and after
that lower deck and several more that
did not concern the passengers living in
the upper stories
The restaurant was forward on the
Kaiser deck-a gorgeous pocket edition
of Sherry's or Delmonico's in New York.
the Carlton in London or the Ritz In
Paris. Formerly on the North Atlantic,
and especially during the winter season,
the only persons who dressed for dinner
were misguided Englishmen. who would
rather take a chance on pneumonia than
violate any of their national traditions.
The new type of steamer is housed in
and steam heated. and all the people
who dined in the glittering restaurant far
from the common horde of the main DIM
ing saloon were attired to the limit The
usual Hungarian orchestra played hur-
rah music, and what with the Swiss wait
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

After inspecting the boat and approving
Of IL, I selected q room with southern ex-
posure Later on. when We sailed, the
noble craft backed into the river and
turned round before heading for the Old
World. and I found myself on the north
side OF the ship. with nothing coming in
at the porthole except a current Of cold
air direct from Labrador.
This room was on the starboard or port
side OF the ship-I forget which After
travelling nearly one million miles, more
or less, by steamer, I am still unable to
tell which Is starboard and which is port
I can tell time by the ships bell If you
let me use e pencil. but -starboard"
means nothing TO me. In order 10 make
It Gear 10 the reader. viii say that the
room was on the 'haw" side of the boat.
I thought was getting the gee side
as the vessel lay at the dock. but I for
got that IL had 10 turn around in order
to start for Europe. and / found myself
'haw," I complained to one of the off,
GERS and said that I had engaged state
room with southern exposure. He said
they couldn't back UP all the way across
the Atlantic just to give me the sunny
side OF the boat. This closed the Incl
dent. He did explain, however, that If
remained In the ship. and went back with
them 1 would have southern exposure all
the way home.
The unexpected manner in which the
boat turned around has suggested to me
g scheme for a revolving apartment
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

by the museum wall, returning his bum
die. and who would be the wiser. as
Casey again dressed the plaster savage.
Clancy was a littleslate In reporting
for duty the next morning. Still.
twenty minutes or so did not seem to
justify the wrath with which the cura-
tor confronted him.
Can you tell me what is the mean
ing of this2" the angry curator de-
manded.
Sure, the Alaskan lad must "a, got
civilized over nightw he managed to
blurt out, and then was quite overcome.
for there at the door was an aequaint-
ancc Of the night before crying:
Where's Clancyo Clancy, you took
the wrong bundle In the dressing-roon.
last night Come here and take your
heather and hairy togs and give me
back my dress suit the rents running
UP on"
For tho Alaskan was wearing it like
a society mani Very imposing he
looked In the dress suit, which was as
strange a garment as his own native
costume to the night watchman
This is why Clancy is ne- sitting I'm
the park, waiting for the snow to fall
SO that he may earn something.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01
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would forget all about the new improve
ment and would run up and down stars
in the old fashioned manner instituted by
Noah and initiated by Christopher Co
1umbus.
This boy leads a cheekered career on
each voyage. When he departs from New
York he is the elevator boy. AS the ves-
sci approaches Plymouth, England, he be-
comes the lift attendant At Cherbourg
he Is transformed into garcon d'ascen-
seur. and as the ship draws near Ham
burg he is the Aufzugsbehueter, which is
an awful thing to call mere child.
Goodness only knows what will be the
ultimate result Of present competition
among ocean liners. AS our boat was
quite new and extravagantly up to date,
perhaps some information concerning It
will be of interest. even to those old and
hardened travellers who have been across
80 often that they no longer set down the
run of the ship and have ceased sending
pictorial post cards to their friends at
home.
In the first place. telephone In every
room, connected with central station.
The passenger never uses 1t, because
when he is a thousand miles from shore
there is no one to be called up, and II
he needs the steward he pushes a button.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

proud girl to be escorted on his furry
arm.
Casey" said Clancy that evening.
tbs you that is beholdin' to me for
much of your education. I'm not hold
ing 1t up to you, but it's meself has i'm
parted much learning to you; so now
you know the difference between a con-
dor and buffalo in three guesses: and
It's no more than right to expect a
small favor in return from you"
Tis true for you" answered Casev
Me present intellectual advancement
is due to your instructions and no one
else. Call 1T by what name you want
and It's done. whatever It is,'
Then said Clancy, twill be this
evening I'll be by the east wall. Here
is the key fer this case, and will you
slip me out this uhattractive but re-
splcndent lads togs?"
i VIII" said Casey.
So, without difficulty, Casey disrobed
the Alaskan. and, making the garment
into bundle, slipped 1t out to Clancy
early in the evening. That Clancy's
captivating agure in its unusual cos
tune was most successful and a prize
winner need not be dwelt upon, and
long after midnight Clancy was again
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01
- By GEORGE ADJ a-S

think of the tremendous increase in reve-
nuesi l explained my scheme for a re-
volving apartment-house to a gentleman
from Saint Joe, Mo-, whom 1 met in the
smoking room. and he has agreed to give
II financial backing
Our ship was the latest thing out To
say that II was about seven hundred feet
long and nearly sixty feet beam and A.
600 tons displacement does not give
graphic idea of it's huge proportions. A
New Yorker might understand If told
that this ship, stood on end would be
about as tall as two Flatiron buildings
spliced end TO end.
Out IN Indiana this comparison was un-
availing, as few of the residents have
seen the Flatiron building, and only a
small percentage OF them have any desire
TO see ii. So when q Hoosier acquaint-
ance asked me something about the ship
l led him out into Main street and told
him that it would reach from the railroad
to the Presbyterian church. He looked
down street at the depot and then he
looked up street at the distant Presby-
terian church, and then he looked at me
and walked away. Every statement that
l make In my native town is received
with doubt. People have mistTusted me
ever since 1 came home years ago and
announced that I was working.
Evidently he repeated what 1 had said.
for in few minutes another resident
came UP and casually asked me something
about the ship and wanted to know how
long she was. I repeated the Presbyterian
church story. He merely remarked. 81
thought BIZ was lynn TO me-" and then
went his way.
II Is hard TO live down a carefully ac-
quired reputation. and therefore the state
ment as 10 the length of the vessel was
regarded as a specimen outburst of ma
tive humor. When went on to say that
the boat would have on board three
times as many people as there were in
our whole town. that she had seven decks,
superimposed like the layers of a jelly
cake; that elevators carried passengers
from one deck 10 another; that a daily
newspaper was printed on board and that
a brass band gave cohcerts every day.
to say nothing OF the telephone exchange
and the free bureau of information then
all doubt was .dispelled and my local
standing as q dealer in morbid fiction
was largely fortified
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

but they listened and tried to keep
straight faces, then broke out and be-
gan 10 laugh. Seeing that was set down
as hopeless liar, went on and invented
a bowling alley. billiard hail and a
Wednesday night prayer meeting without
further compromising myself.
The chief wonder of our new liner (for
all of US had a proprietary interest the
moment we came aboard) was the system
of elevators. Just think of it! Elevators
gliding up and down between decks the
same as in q modern Office building. Very
few passengers used the elevators. but 1t
gave us something to talk about on board
ship and 1t would give US something to
blow about after we had returned home.
Outside of the cage stood a young Ger
man with blond pompadour and a jacket
that came just below his shoulder blades
He was so clean he IooKeu as II he had
been scrubbed with soap and then rubbed
with holystone. Every German menial
on board seemed to have two guiding
ambitions In life. One was to keep him
self immaculate and the other was TO
grow a U-shaped mustache, the same as
the one worn by the Kaiser
The boy in charge of the elevator would
plead with people to get in and ride.
Usually, unless he waylaid them, they
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

ers and the candelabra, the fresh caviar
and other luxuries OF high living 1t was
difficult for one to realize that he was
riding on the high seas at the most in
clement season of the year. 1t was all
very Fifth avenue-even to the check.
On the steamer / met an old friend
Mr.. Peasley of Iowa. We first coIlided
in Europe In 1895, when both of US were
over for the first time and were cropping
our way about the Continent and pre-
tending to enjoy ourselves. About the
time first encountered Mr.. Peasley he
had an experience which In all probability
is without parallel in human history
Some people to whom 1 have told the
story frankly disbelieved 1t, but then
they did not know Mr.. PeasIey. 1t is all
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

But 1t is there-a real German telephone,
shaped like broken pretzeL and any one
who has telephone in his room feels
that he is getting something for his
money
can can use a foreign telephone. All he
has to learn is which end to put to his
/ ear and how to keep two or three springs
pressed down all the time he Is talking.
/ In America he takes down the receiver
and talks into the phone. Elsewhere
he takes the entire telephone down from
a rack and holds it the same as a slide
trombone.
In some of the cabins were electric hair
curriers'. A Cleveland man who wished
to call up the adjoining cabin on the
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

- ERHAPS you have wondered what
has become Of Clancy. On week
days you were impressed with the
ft Of his uniform, as from glass
a cases he fiicked dust with his
feather duster; but IL you saw him on
Sunday you must have found him mag
nihcent- He stood at the entrance Of the
museum OF Natural History and answered
questions with a naughty wave Of his
hand TO the right or to the left. and was
as greatly admired as old Tip himself.
or even the plaster dinosaurs.
And. Casey was the night watchman.
Casey knew that a bird in the hand is
worth two IN the bush, and that is all
that he had known OF natural history be-
fore coming TO the museum. Especially
did he marvel at the specimens Of AlasI
kan tribes In the hall Of ethnology, made
hfe-sized by plaster. and attired in their
native costumes, some Of them shown at
work at typical acts Of camp life.
Said Casey: Sure. what's that lad
-seraping with a old stone for, when
plane would do the lob easierT'
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

MONTH before sail
ing I visited the
floating skyscraper
which was to bear US
away. II was hitch
ed to a dock IN Ho-
boken.. and it re-
minded me of q st.
Bernard dog tied Dy
q silken thread. It
was the biggest skin
ahoat, with an OBJ
servatory on the roof
and covered perches
running all the way
around. 1t was a
very large boat.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01
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house. The building viii be set on gigan-
tic casters and will revolve slowly. so that
every apartment will have a southern
expocure at certain hours Of the day. TO
say nothing OF the advantage Of getting
new view every few minutes. 1t is well
known that apartments with southern ez-
posure and overlooking the boulevard
command a double rental. When every
apartment may have a southern ex
pOsure and face the main thoroughfare,
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

How about the skating rink?' asked
the druggist.
There is no skating rink. but there
is large gymnasium supplied with me-
chanicsl horses and camels, so that a
passenger may take a long ride before
breakfast"
Garry any vet'inary. surgeons7''.
mo; but two doctors. Also there Is a
book store and florists shop"
1t was gospel truth, every word of IT,,
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-18
PERSONAL POINTS.

Mrs. J. T. Shields and Mrs. 3. Bre-
heny are visiting at Philadelphia, Pa.
Joseph Valentine of the Central hose
company, departed this morning for a
weeks visit at Denver. Colo.
Mrs. L. Simon has returned home
after spending the summer at the
lakes and at Mt. Clement, Mich.
Mrs. Will Hall and children. who
have been visiting in the city, have
returned to their home in Racine. Wis.
Miss Emily G. Anderson. $40 Forty
sixth street. departed this morning for
Chicago. where she will spend a week.
Miss Josephine Mirfield leaves to-
morrow for Ann Arbor. Mich, where
she will take up her studies in the
University of Michigan.
W. d. Hadfield. Peoria commercial
agent of the Toledo, Peoria & Western
and c. H. Stevens of st. Louis, trav-
cling freight agent of the Chicago,
Peoria & st. Louis, were in the city
yesterday and today calling on rail
way men.
Mrs. Thomas, wife of the late II. F.
Thomas, who was once treasurer of
Rock Island county, is 81 years of age
today and members of the family are
having a reunion at the old home in
Hampton. The children are Mrs. F. c.
Hemenway of this city, and Mrs. S. S.
Crompton, Mrs T. d. Wheelock and
H. F. Thomas of Moline.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-18
ONE OF TWO HOTTEST
PLACES ON WEATHER MAP
Rock Island Has Distinction, Together.
With Phoenix, Ariz.-Maximum
90 Degrees.

Cooler weather, that is. weather
cool enough to be comfortable, still
fingers across the divide in Iowa. They
are still having it in the Missouri val
ley and lots of rain with it. but here
it continues to be on the sweltering
order. A consultation Of the weather
map shows that Rock Island and Phoe-
nix. Ariz.. were the two hottest places
in the United States yesterday with a
maximum of 81. The warmest wealth
or Of the summer was but couple or
degrees above this point. For the be-
ginning of the last half Of September
this is pretty fierce and we are not
ashamed TO holler.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-18
OBITUARY RECORD.
Was Merchant Here.

Abe May, whose death occurred at
Grand Rapids, Mich, last week. follow
ing an operation, was formerly a mer-
chant in this city. as a member of the
firm of May Bros, dealers in wholesale
and retail crockery. The firm retired
about twenty-five years ago. Mr.. May
was very successful at Grand Rapids.
He was a brother of Mrs Joseph Ros-
enfield. formerly of this city. now of
Chicago. He is survived by his wife
and several children. A brother, JOS
eph May, is the only surviving mem
Der of the firm that existed here in for
mer years.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-18
STOPS A RUNAWAY HORSE
Colonel Durham Distinguishes Himself
on Lower Second Avenue.

Colonel c. w. Durham of the local
| engineers office, stopped runaway
horse this noon, Notwithstanding the
handicap under which he gets about.
Colonel Durham was about to board a
car at Eleventh street and Second av-
enue, when he noticed the runaway an
imal dashing toward him on Second
avenue, from the west. Colonel Dur
ham went behind a telephone pole as
quickly as possible. and when the
horse neared him he shouted whoa"
several times, and the horse stopped.
The colonel received many congratula
tions at the Office in the federal build
ing this afternoon.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-18
On SimpIified SPELLING.

The subject of simplified spelling has
received such widespread notice that
the office of superintendent of docu-
ments at Washington is being flooded
with requests for information regard
ing it. To meet the demand, the public
printer has issued publications consist
ing of a pamphlet, a small pocket bro
chure. and wall card containing the
800 words for quick reference, put up
in sets, and offered for sale by the
office at 25 cents per set. Sets are not
broken.
Remittances should be made by pos
tai money order, express money order,
bank draft. or certified check. payable
to the Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office, Washing
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-18
THE M4RKETS.

Chicago, Sept. 1S.-Following are tn
market quotations today:
Wheat.
September, 7O5s, 7116. 7O9s. 713s.
December, 1875, 1884, 727s, 1884.
May. 767s, 77A, 7G7s, 775s.
Corn.
September, 4G5s, AIS, 1865. 477s.
December. A17s, 4212, 417s, 422s.
May, 42al, 431s. 42ss. 49,.
September. 80. 331s. 327s, 331k.
December, 325s. 333s. 329s, 3S1s.
May, 34H, 347s, S41s, 34A.
September, closed 1862.
January, 12S7. 1890, 1910, 1870.
Lard.
September, $50, $50, S.72. S.72.
October. $50. $50. SO. S.75.
January, 7G2. 1862. 7.57, 7.57.
Ribs.
September, S.S7. S.95. SS5. sos.
October, $50, $50. S.47, $50.
January, 6.9O, $50, 6.S5, 6.s7.
Receipts today-Wheat go; corn
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-18
WANT The CONVENTION
Rock Island Delegates Invite Next
Liquor Dealers Meeting.

NJ. d. Rosenfield. a. D. Huesing. Au-
gust Lift. John Ohlweiler. Simon Nc
Mahon, and Louis MiZer of Rock Island
and Emil Van Kirkhover and Oscar
Larson of Moline. Martin Sievcrs of
Coal Valley and Louis Rains of Gene
SEQ. delegates to the state convention
of the Retail Liquor Dealers assUcia-
ton. departed this morning for Gales
burg TO attend the sessions which
opened today and continue until
tomorrow evening. John Brady
and Emil Van Coulter of Kewanee.
were among the other delegates who
represent this district
The main business Of the convention
will be to devise a campaign to meet
that of the local option forces. Bloom
ington and East St Louis are Rock Is
lands opponents in the contest to Sc
cure the next convention.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-18
TRIAL IS BEGUN
Jury in Contest of Will of Dean
Thomas Mackin Being
Selected.
ALLEGE UNSOUND MINE
Plaintiffs Charge Defendants With Un
due Influence-Case Will Occupy
Several Weeks.

In the circuit court today the trial
of the case brought for the purpose of
breaking the will of the late Dean
Thomas Mackin of this city was COM
menced Owing to the careful ques
tioning of the jurors, considerable time
is being given to the selection of the
jury. The first four selected this af
ternoon were John Carlstedt of Canoe
Creek; August Kranz of Drury; l.. p.
Nelson of Moline; and Mike KehOe of
Black Hawk.
AIIege UnsOund Mind.
The suit in which the plaintiffs al
sound mind when the will was made.
and that undue influence was used by
the defendants, is brought by Patrick
Mackin of Tullinwall, Ireland, a broth
er of the testator. Catherine McCardle
of Hearshey, Neb., sister, Matilda
Mcmahon of this city, Ann DOxie OF
Cable. and Patrick Crummie of Tul-
linwall Ireland, children of Mary
Crummie, a deceased sister of Father
Mackin: John Crummie and Rose
Crummie of Presumption. children of
Michael Crummie, a deceased son of
Mary Crummie; Mary Amy McCaffrey
and Bridget McCaffrey of Tullinwall
Ireland. minor heirs of Mary McCaff
rey. a deceased daughter of Mary
Crummie. The defendants of the suit
are Mrs. Mary Plamondon of Chicago:
Mrs. Sarah Dolly of this city and Dan
iel Mackin, the executors. the Sisters
of Visitation, J. b. Murphy, William
McEniry, and Miriam Mackin, the de
visees of the will.
Attorneys i'm the Case
The will which is contested was
dated Dec. %, 1904. The attorneys
for the plaintiffs are KenwOrthy &
Kenworthy and Sturgeon Stelck &
Sturgeon. Hon. William McEniry, NJ
J. McEniry. and Jackson, Hurst &
Stafford represent the executors and
legatees of the will.
1t is expected that the trial of the
case will occupy the court for over
two weeks. as a great bulk of evidence
will be introduced. The original pro
bate of the Will was set aside in the
county court, and ii is TO set aside the
second probate of the will that this
suit is brought.