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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
new lake BOATS TO
|. Be WIADsPL|TTERs"
FIFTEEN MILES AN HOUR WILL
BE REGULAR SPEED.
Six Fast Express Steamers Being Built
in Minneapolis Shops for Minnetonka
Service Next summer-Win Be Sew
enty Feet Over ALI and Models of
Beauty and Convenience.

tWindsplitters' will be an apt
term to apply to the six fast express
steamers that the street railway COM
pany is building in its Minneapolis
shops for the Minnetonka service next
summer. These boats will be operated
in conjunction with the trolley line to
Excelsior and will make regular trips
to all points on the lake to collect and
distribute passengers.
Fifteen miles an hour is the speed
that these cutters will make in their
hourly journeys about the lake. The
bulls will be on the finest lines, with
the modern torpedo type stern now
used on all speedy power craft. The
boats will be seventy feet over all and
fourteen feet six inches, in the beam.
They will be Of considerably deeper
draft than the older boats on the lake,
giving them greater stability. Tsis
deep draft will not interfere with
their operation, as they will make land
ings only at the company's special
docks and the large public docks about
the lake.
Steam will be the motive power.
Modern up-to-date marine engines, cap
able of developing from It's to 200
uoIoO pOW0I WILL ul1NO GhOu e1V q LII
teen mile speed in all sorts Of weather.
About 400 revolutions minute is the
estimated speed of the propellers.
Spacious, comfortable cabins will
shelter passengers. The superstructnre
will be similar to the big cars now be-
ing built for city an suburban use.
Drop windows that can be lowered in
pleasant weather will make possible
The enjoyment Of the breeze and open
air and in cool or stormy weather the
| cabins can be snugly enclosed and rem
| dered perfectly comfortable.
Great care and attention. has been
paid to securing pleasing artistic lines.
The finish will be the best in every
detail. The boats will be kept with
the greatest care and refnished each
/ season as necessary. A specially con-
structed car will be used to carry the
boats from the Minneapolis shops to
the slip at Excelsior and can be used
in bringing them, into the city when
extensive repairs are necessary.
i The company is planning an improve
ment in its city lines which calls for
j the removal of all center trolley poles
The work is already started in the
downtown district on Hennepin ave
/ nue. and will be extended as rapidly a.
:. possible. The side poles will be used
:, leaving the center of the streets free
Z from the obstructing center poles
: which are not only unsightly but con
, stantly present a possibility of accl
dent.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
EYES AND Teeth ARE
BAR TO ENLISTMENT
MINNEAPOLIS YOUNG MEN SHOW
MARKED DEFICITS.
Examining Surgeon Of Naval Recruit
ing Station Says Men Run in Groups,
Five or Six in Succession Passing the
Examination and Then Equal Number
Fail Test.

Defective eyesight and poor teeth are
the prevailing defects among the young
men of Minneapolis. according to DR..
r. A. Bachman, examining surgeon at
the naval recruiting station in the fed
eral building. Weight and acute dis
ease are next in the order of disqual-
flying causes. Cigaret smoking puts
few men out, tho the majority of the
applicants are devotees Of the "pill. -
cit is a peculiar fact, !" says the doc
tor, 'fthat the men run in groups. Five
or six will pass in succession and then
an equal number will prove defective.
Even the defects come in punches. I
have found four successive cases of de-
fective eyesight. You can tell little
about man until he strips. Specimens
which look scrawny prove to be almost
perfect in development, while many of
tho big men are mostly clothes.
"There is vast difference in the
way men face the examination. Some
regard It as joke, while others act as
if they were being tried for their lives.
Men with slight defects will beg with
tears in their eyes to be let in. Anxious
mothers frequently come to the office
and try to convince me that their sons
are all right and tell how well they
have stood hard work and exposure in
spite of constitutional defects. They
regard rejection as an insult to thei,
children and look upon it as an evi
dence Of personal illwill.
"The most impossible men will try
the hardest to get in. We had one
eyed man who put up great bluff whe1
it came to the eye test and almost made
good. He had fair idea Of how tn,
letters were arranged on the chart, bu
got his lines mixed and went out. Som
men will repeat in the hope that the,
will succeed on the second trial, Thu
they failed at the first.
"Jumping reveals the candidate
character better than anything else
Mark Twain says, in ttPudd 'nhead Wi
son." that no two men have the sam
thumbmark or jump alike. The last
certainly true. Cue man, who wante
to ship as a carpenter, was all RICH
except that he would not lift his fee
from the floor when it came to jumpin
he only shook his body. He was to
ley for the navy. On the other han,
some men are so ambitious that the
try to break the broad jump record. -
OF all the applicants for enlistmel
about so per cent are physically fl
This figure includes those who are su
fering from some temporary disabilit
which prevents their immediate enlis
ment, but will not hinder their passir
the examination later.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
TOLD TO find WORK,
BOY shoots himself
ST. PAUL LAD INFIIcTs PROB
ABLY FATAL WOUND.
Guy Cook, 10 Years Old, Is Informed
That He Must Earn Ills Own Liv-
ing, and, Unable to Secure Employ
ment, He Attempts Suicide ON Street
Corner.

Told by his father that the time had
come for him to get out and earn his
own living, and Respondent because
he could not find work, Guy Cook,
19-year-old boy living at SO East
Twelfth street, st. Paul, attempted
suicide by shooting himself last night.
He made the effort to end his troubles
on the sidewalk at the corner of Cedar
and Minnesota streets.
The ambulance was summoned by
the police and the lad was, taken to
the city hospital. DR.. Moore, the po-
lice surgeon, examined the wound and
found that the bullet, which was fired
into the body a little below the heart,
had glanced along the ribs and lodged
in the back. At first it was thought
that Cook would live, but the injury
proved more serious than indicated by
the first examination and his life is
despaired Of.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
Myrtle, aged z.
Esther, aged s.
Photo by Miller.

I would have despaired Of life itself. That
my husbands memory should be so hon
ored and his bravery appreciated is the
greatest comfort to me Of all.
Those who have helped in saving our
little home for us can feel assured that
this is doing for us what my husband
most desired. He appreciated the risks
that he ran as a fireman. and while he
did not seem to fear for himself, he was
worried often on account OF the children
and myself.
I wish that it could have been Gods
mercy that he should have known before
he closed his eyes In death that he had
not left us helpless.
On behalf Of my husbands memory, my
little children and myself, thank all
who have given us kindly thought and
have helped us to feel that we have
friends upon whom we can lean In GU,
hours Of darkness and sorrow. -
Mrs Laura Berwin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
INSURANCE COMPANIES
MUST PAY PROMPTLY
Insurance Commissioner T. D. O'Brien
Inaugurates Reform in Paying Taxes.


Inaugurates Reform in Paying Taxes.
Insurance companies will soon find
Minnesota is this year taking new
method Of collecting taxes due the
state from these corporations. It has
in previous years been the plan for in
surance companies to file their annual
reports early in the year with the in
surance commission, and then sometime
later, practically at their leisure, to
send to the insurance commissioner
checks for their respective taxes, based
on the reports filed. g1
These checks are generally made out
personally to the insurance commits
sioner, sometimes ITO the state treasur-
err, and less frequently made payable
to the state Of Minnesota It has
been the custom for the insurance COM
missioner to deposit these in some bank
in his own name and at the end Of each
month make a report of the payments
Of the state auditor and with that re-
port send his personal check covering
the total.
Insurance Commissioner T. D..
O'Brien believes this is clumsy way
Of doing the state s business, is un-
business like, and places too much re-
sponsibility for large sums Of money
on the shoulders Of the commissioner.
Accordingly he has arranged that
this year the taxes shall be collected
from the insurance companies thru the
office Of the state auditor and in the
same manner as are the railroad taxes.
| The insurance commissioner will make
brief report Of the business for the
past wear Of each insurance company to
the auditor, showing the amount Of
tax due the state. The auditor will
then make an immediate draft on the
insurance companies, thus having the
money. paid into the state treasury
| without its ever becoming personal
burden and responsibility to the insur
ance commissioner.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
DAVE" CLOUGH HERE
Former Governor Talks Over Old Times
with the Politicians.

Former Governor David NJ. Clough,
now citizen of the state of Washing
ton, arrived in Minneapolis today to
remain five or six days. During his
in-law, ". E. satterlee, 224 Fourth
street Sc.
Mr.. Clough is general manager for
the Clark Nickerson Lumber company
at Everett, WASH, and is doing UNI
usually we'll. On his arrival here he
fastened at once to the Merchants
hotel, st. Paul, where he was wont. to
meet his friends when he was one Of
| the leading politicians Of the state,
and there he found some Of the old
time warehouses; ready to talk over the
old days.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
WHO WAS 1T?

Tearing thru the crowded waiting
room OF the union station, scattering
devastation In his wake, short,
stout man, Identity unknown,
brushed by the, astonished gatekeep-
er at ISIS pm. yesterday, and madly
pursued a departing train into the
dusk. As the train which the stout
unknown person pursued, and finally
tackled successfully, was pIastered
with signs bearing the legend "Auto-
mobile Club Of Minneapolis" and the
same words were consplcuousy dis
played on his suitcase, the presump-
ton is that he was beIated member
of the party departing for the Florida
races. Aside from this Incident the
departure OF the "Fiorida Special
was without hitch or mlsadventure.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
DID GONG RING?
That Is Question In 500 Suit for Death

That Is Question In 500 Suit for Death
of Dog.
The case of Edward Harper against the
st. Paul City Railway company, in which
the plaintiff demands 500 for the killing
of setter dog. aged 10 months, will be
taken up again in St. Paul tomorrow by
Judge Hallam.
The story of the plaintiff is that his
dog was fighting with another dog on
the tracks Of the Smelling avenue line and
that the motorman, who could see the
fight from "A distance. wilfully kept on
and ran the dog down, cutting off two
legs so that it was necessary to kill the
animal
On the other hand, the witnesses for
the railway company testified that the
dogs were playing near the track and that
Just before the car reached the spot, got
on the tracks, and so the accident could
not be avoided.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
COLD WAVE TODAY
At Least, that Is What Observer Z. s.
; Outram Says.

A cold wave accompanied by snow is
predicted by the weather bureau for
by Yesterdays weather map and de-
cided fall in temperature at midnight
last night it would seem that this
prediction would be verified. s.
Snow and low temperatures were re-
ported from all Manitoba and North
Dakota points and from Moorhead In
Minnesota yesterday, and the tendency
ward the southeast, Minneapolis should
get its share Of arctic climate today.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
DOESN'T WANT GARBAGE
Street Commissioner John A. Hanson
Prohibits Dumping on Lot.

Having discovered that much Of the
ashes dumped in the low grounds near
Eleventh avenue s and Twenty seventh
street contained kitchen garbage and
other offensive matter, John A. Hanson,
ward, has prohibited any further dump
ing there. There is. a great deal of
land below grade at this point and
there is much need of material for fill
ing. but the stuff which has been
dumped lately is worse than nothing,
FOR it will have to be hauled away IN
the spring.
Mr.. Hanson is anxious to discover the
identity Of the persons who have been
depositing garbage within his bailiwick
and has been on the watch for several
nights, but without making any cap
lures.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
This Is Doing for Us What My Husband
Most Desired" Says Mrs Laura Berwin
BERWIN MEMORIAL FUND.

For the wife and four young chill
dren csf Captain John Berwin, the
fireman who heroically sacrificed his
life In a successful endeavor to save
Mrs. B. D. Barlow, at the West no
tel fire. The fund will be token
of recognition from the city Captain
Berwin SO faithfully served.
SEND MONEY TO
THEJo URNAL.
The various funds now stand as
TIE JOURNAL. 81
Previously reported ......$1, 1928. 35
Employees Equipment Shop =.
Northwestern Telephone
company .......s.. ..... 70
Unknown woman ......... 2 90
Journal total 81, 1884 go
OTHER SOURCES.
Previously reported ...... $50 90
Chamber Of Commerce /. -. 1866 90
City council committee -. 40 90
Miss Helen e. Wood -. 100 90
Other Sources total -. So, 296 90
Grand total, all funds $3.50 go
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21


rewarding the valor Of her husband
and those who suggested the memorial
say when her letter has been widely read
more purses will be opened and the.
$4,000 mark will be easily reached. The
letter from Mrs. Berwin follows:
To tho Editor Of Tho Journal.
want to thank your paper for the in
terest you have taken in mychildren and
myself, and to ask you to express my
heartfelt gratitude to those who are COM
tributing to the fund that is being raised
to provide for us.
Please voice also, for me, my apprecia-
ton for the expressions of sympathy that
have come to us not only from friends
and neighbors but from SO many whom
we have not known personally.
MY husbands tragic death has simply
overwhelmed me and am at a loss to
express my deep gratitude. But for the
kindness and sympathy we have received
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

Returns to st. Paul.-D. II. Moon,
formerly of the firm of Allen, Moore &
Co., wholesale grocers in ST. Paul, has
returned to st. Paul after an absence
of fourteen years, and altho he has ac-
cun1ulated wealth, will be actively en-
gagged in business as treasurer Of the.
,narood Shoe company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
Total ..... a, 661
4 q ~

IOtuI .1,UVI NVI,ott
AS June is the. favorite month for
weddings, August appears to - be the
favorite for birthdays as shown by the
following summary of births by months:
=: January, 3S1; February, 33s; March,
1868; April, 1874; May. 1896; June, 405;
July, 1914; August, 43o; September, S3s7;
October, 1888; November, 1872; Deem
Der, SIS Total, 4,561. .s-s,% I.M IT..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
LAKE SHORES BEATEN
victorias of ST. Paul Defeat Them
bv 10 to 8.

The Victoria hockey team last. night.
defeated the Lake Shores of Mime
apolis by 8 score of 10 to 8 at the
Micmac rink, st. 8 Paul. The ice was.
very slow and slushy. the game being
more. shinney than hockey.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
KISSES MARRIED WOMAN
Now ST. paul Man Must Stay Away from
Her House.

Joseph suppen, a St Paul liquor house
agent, was arraigned in the st. Paul
police court yesterday on the complaint OF
Mrs. Nellie Coster, of 4s3 Lafond street
who charges that on Jan. 8, suppan en-
tered the Coster home and kissed her
against her will. The technical charge
is assault and battery Suppan pleaded
not guilty and secured a continuance of
his case until Wednesday,. and was re-
leased on, his own recognizance, the
Judge exacting a promise that he stay
away from the Coster home altogether.
The sun., 1906-01-31
REPORTS S3.OOO ROBBERY.
". -. Furn,an Says Jewel Case Was Taken
From His Wife'S Room In Boarding House.

A $4,000 robbery was reported at the
Tenderlon police station last night shortly
before mldRght by n man who said he was
W s. Furman. living at the st. Cecilia
boarding house, 81 West Thirty-second
street.
Furman said that he had been out OF
town for several days and when he re-
turned last night was informed by his wife
that jewel case containing eight diamond
rings and brooch set with diamonds had
disappeared from her room on the second
floor during short absence Monday night.
Furman said that neither he nor his wife
had any idea how the jewels had been
taken. He said that he would offer $500
reward for the return of the rings. The
police believe that the robbery was an
"inside Job" and detectives were at once
detailed to question the servants at the
boarding house.
Furnan refused to discuss the robbery;
saying that he was acting on the advice of
the police. At the boarding house it was
said that nothing had been heard of the
robbery,
The sun., 1906-01-31
CASE AGAINST DEUEL..
Evidence COllated for Use II He Decides
MOI to NcSlRn.

Several employees of Torn Topics were
examined by Assistant District Attorney
Hart yesterday in connection with the
perjury charge against Col. William d.
Mann. The handwriting experts also made
some experiments with Col. Manns writing
and the 20. X. w. ID. NJ" on the Count
Reginald Ward letter.
Assistant District Attorney Mott has
completed the job of going through all
the evidence in the Hapgood trial con-
cerning Justice Joseph M. Deuel. of Special
Sessions. Mr.. Mott will have it in shape
so that District Attorney Jerome can pre-
sent it to the Appellate Division when he
returns from Lakevile on Monday, should
Justice Deuel. not resign in the meantime.
Mr.. Mott is said to he of the opinioh that
there is enough to remove Justice Deuel.
Justice Deuel. said yesterday that he
would have nothing to say until he was
ready to give out public statement, which
he is now working on and which he expects
to have ready to-day or Tomorrow.
Comptroller Metz has cut Torn Topics
from the list of publications which received
advertisements of bond sales and other
financial announcements from the Finance
Department. He added, Il am also going
to cut off several other small periodicals
which have been getting financial aid from
the city. In future papers will get city
advertising not because they need the
money, but because Of their standing.
The sun., 1906-01-31
TO JAN TO SAVE 4 THIEF.
Refuses to Betray Confidence Given Under
Pledge by Express RObber.

MEMPHIS Tenn. Jan. 3O-On November
o, 1905. a $4,000 money package was stolen
from the office of the Southern Express
Company at New Albany Miss. A few
days later the thief sought DR.. NJ F. Rogers
and. pledging him to secrecy, returned the
package intact. The doctor turned the
package over to Express Detective Burns,
stating that while he knew the thief he was
bound by honor not to reveal the name.
The Grand Jury sought to force from
DR.. Rogers the identity of the thief, and the
judge threatened a heavy penalty should
he persist in refusing to divulge the name.
DR.. Rogers said to the Court: May your
Honor please, do not desire to show any
disfespect to this court. but | am in honor
bound not to disclose the name of that one
who returned the money to me. You may
deprive me of my liberty but you can't take
from me my sacred honor.
Despite the efforts of his friends the
doctor will probably have to serve prison
term for contempt
The sun., 1906-01-31
UOI' 'Lp INV VESTIG iTE INTER-NET.
Aldermen Ask for s2S 900 to Spend In
McrgCr inquiry.

The Aldermen are apparently bent on
invest igatng. Already some half Il dozen
invest igatng committees have been APP
pointed two new ores yesterday. Borough
President Coler of Brooklyn introduced
resolution calling for an investigation Of
the Inter-Met traction merger Included
in the resolution was clause asking the
Board of Estimate to appropriate $4,000
to pay the expenses of the inquiry.
Alderman Mulligan on. o. offered reso-
luton for the appointment of Il special
committee 10 investigate the conditions
under which the Stcinway tunnel is being
const ructed ard ascertain If the attempted
steal of u Franchise worth sl0,0O0,000 is
being carried on with the aid of official per-
mits for blasting and erecting sheds and
other Instructions in Forty second street
Both resolutions were adopted, but some
doubt of the jurisdiction of the Aldermen
was expressed. When the last board began
an investigation Of the holdup of the Port
Chester franchise witnesses refused to
answer and it was decided that the Alder
men had no authority to insist on answers.
The sun., 1906-01-31
SWIMMING IN THE SOUND.
January Records Being Made at Two
(luhhOuSes.

MOUNT VERNON, n. Y, Jan, 80. As a re-
suit of the unusually mild winter in West,
chester county all kinds Of happenings are
being reported At the Iarchmont Yacht
Club and New York Athletic Club at Travers
Island clubmen are making new records
by going swimming in the Sound in Janu
ary.
Yesterday at the athletic club Capt.
Hanley of the polo team and three other
cubmen swan from the clubhouse float
to Little Germany on Glen Island and back,
about two hundred yards, in the presence
of large number of the members who
gathered to see the performance. The
clubmen wore tight wooden bathing suits.
and after returning to the float had a rub
down and declared that the water was
fine.
At I.archmont Alfred Wilson and a friend
accepted a challenge from some yachts
men and went swimming in the Sound.
The sun., 1906-01-31

Negro Assaults and Cuts the Throat OF q
NrdT OF q Few Months.

ATLANTA. ID, Jan. 3O.-More than a
thousand citizens of Atlanta are chasing a
negro who this afternoon assaulted Mrs.
Nina Duprie, wife of few months, cut
her throat and left her dying. At 8 o'clock
the posse was close on the track of the
ne gro and if he is caught the formality
of trial will be dispensed with.
The crime was committed at the home
of Mrs. Duprie, in the residential portion
of the South Side. About l O'Clock Mrs.
Duprie, who was alone, went into the dining
room for luncheon, where she was sud-
denly confronted by a negro.
The brute left his victim lying on the floor
with her throat cut, A friend who came to
visit Mrs Duprie found her barely alive.
Doctors restored the young woman 80 that
she could gasp out partial details of the as
sault. There is no chance for her recovery.
Mrs. Duprie is the second woman assaulted
in a month.