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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30

Rise in the Metal Cannot Be
Explained by the Treasury
~ Men.
lew York Herald Special Service. !

Washington, Sept. 29-The upward
movement in the price of silver is the
most interesting problem now confront.
ing the officials Of the treasury depart
ment. How far it will 90 and what eff
feet the rise will have upon the none
tary situation in this country and IN
our island dependencies1 cannot now he
silver today is higher than it has been
since the step was taken by the governs
ment curtailing The use Of silver as
STANDARD money naturally causes some
speculation among the officials a.af Is
how much higher it will 90. s. 81
| . The records show that while The
world s stock of silver has not materi-
ally increased, so far as the annual pro
duction is concerned, during the 10 St
ten years, that is, in nothing like the
ratio Of the increase of gold proa,lc.
larged use of silver by some Of the orr.
entail countries, and by the minis Of
India, it has such a tendency to boost
upward the price of silver, that it is
coming to be an interesting question
how much the rise is likely; to be with.
in the next few years. 3:s !. s!s sSzs
Congress authorized, in a law passed
at the last session, the recoinage Of the
. silver in. the Philippines. This. action
was made necessary by the rise. in
the price Of silver which caused the
Philippine peso to. be worth more !. as
bullion than rs coined.
Several months have passed since
this legislation by congress, but itSsdoes
not appear that the Philippine. authori-
ties have taken steps to carry thes1aw
/ into effect. It is reported that con
SITUATIONS have been held by correspon-
dence and otherwise, and it is assumed
that an effort is being made to deter.
mine what ratio shall be employed in
the proposed recoinage.
It is claimed that the advices re
ceived at the treasury do not indicate
that the greater utilization of gold I'M.
der the new Mexican policy of the gold
standard has detracted from the use
of silver in Mexico, SO far as the current
exchanges are concerned, except as the
greater use of gold for bank reserves
has created greater tendency in that
country toward the use Of paper money.
It is the opinion Of the treasury Of
fcials that the price of silver will tend
upward.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30

Special Gable to The Journal.
SEL London, Sept 29.-It is nothing unu-
,sual lin these days Of infant prodigies
for a young girl to write a book and
get it published. But that a young
girl, before reaching her eighteenth
critics, writing without any knowl-
edge that, it was the first attempt Of a
youthful ,authoress,r should pronounce
one of the B literary 3 sensations of the
year, is something decidedly d, unusual
and makes the feat a. noteworthy, one.
To none has 1t caused Ggreater surprise
than to the. .authorcss herself, Miss
Marjorie Bowen, who has suddenly
7 hG!3 into fame with .ssThe Viper Of
~ was encouraged by my publish:
reception Of my book, but my mother
and I. have been simply astonished, at
the kind notices of it. which have APP
peared in the papers. Until about a
year ago i scarcely read fiction at all.
| was learning to draw and paint here
and in Paris, and that took nearly, all
my time. But T. was always fond OF
reading history. and a passage in Hal
lam set me to work on this, my first
historical romance. When I began
writing I had no idea Of publication:
course, but thinking it would be bsta
for; my health, would not let me dc
much fSit of an evening. = S;tsSa5f5 5zs
IS. Miss Bowen s romance is full Of dra;
maties incid ent. alive with imagination
and exciting from beginning 10 end
t;Her theme is broad one-the strug
H|gle5 for the control of the Lombardy
OFF the rnid-fourteenth century be
| tween Mastino della Scala and zGean
! Viscanti, the Viper Of Milark Isoyt
Lis not Its absorb bling theme Ind seht
/ beaten track the novelist is ffurthel
/ disregaTded IN the ultimate triumph q
+ villafny over virtue, as often happen.
i, in. histery, which is no respecter, OF, the
\ conventions shat demand happy*end
!, ing. The novel abounds jn local color
which lis all the more remarkable be
1 cause Miss Bowen has never been ii
! Italy. III 81 RE. i, E"H IS 9 Us
I ~ : While. shrinking from the respon
II aaai5t "haihns. new genius in his
f5t ooHiea fo1nance, >, writes one reviewet
ssstWHes shall not be surprised If Mis-
i Bowen ga ter SO suspicious a start
/ climbs 10 the! very top Of the tree. S.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30

folk inviting them to little after
noon affair. On the bottom of the
cards, which were the best specimens
of the Weekly Scorpion IS fine engrav-
ing work, were the words CLIP Bug !
in Old English type. ~t3 -: =. !:
Is Roulette Layout. H.:
On the day Of the reception the
guests came early. Mrs. Steppacher
did not keep them in suspense. After
passing around the. trapped mescal she
intro duced the ladies to her mother
and then led them into the library. In
the middle Of the room stood a rou-
lette layout without the wheel. There
were chairs around for, the guests and
stack of chips in front of the bank
er's place. 80 s:@1ss.,s.. =
The wondering guests were each
asked to buy in, blue chips costing
four bits and the reds and the whites
IN proportion. Most of the women
had come well heeled; the others
down a and mrs steppac 6ep th moth be1
produced flip bug. -
"The bug, which is beetle about as
big as 3months- old cochroach, is a
very peculiar insect. When caught in
draw ali Of its muscular legs up close
to it's abdomen. When placed on a fiat
surface the bug remains apparently
dead until prodded in the rear. Then
! it will suddenly leap about two feet
in the air, landing two feet or so away.
sometimes on it's back, sometimes on
its feet. ".at'
clip Bug Game.
In the new game og ''dip bug, /" as
introduced at Mrs. Steppacher's recep.
ton, the bug is placed in the center of
the board. There he stays, curled up;
! while the players make their bets. One
can bet on red or black; on numbers,
odd Or even; and on whether the flip
bug will land on his back or his feet.
This last chance gives an added zest
| to the game. - 80
When all bets are made the banker
gently pokes the flip bug He Jumps.
Where lands, there the banker pays;
I the banker also pays on whether he
! lands right side up or not. Bets are
then cashed, the flip bug is coralled
and a new round Of bets is made. When
the bug jumps off the board altogether
the banker gets his percentage. If the
j flip bug shows signs Of fatigue new
one must be substituted upon MAORI
ty vote. Of the players, exclusive of the
banker voice.
Mrs. Steppacher' IS first fip-bug party
was o. 0uCCcoS.ts VuTS. IlOughluS
began to win steadily at the start and
kept her lead until the flip bug jumped
{. off the board and thru the pattern of
her peekaboo waist. Then Mrs. Hodg-
1 kins went into Mysteries and the game
was delayed. Nine. Champlain played
steadily on "legs and back,o safe,
conservative game with chances even,
4 and she won.
I Gas matter Of course flip bug be-
4 fcAme the race Ynma social set.
Every afternoon for weeks there was a
fip-bug party. Popular patrons of the
town sent their little boys out on the
mess hunting for flip bugs. Certain
danes treasured their flip bugs as they
/ would a Mexican hairless dog, and car
i ried them everywhere they went in lit
tie acages made Of cork and pins and
4 suspended on their chatelaines Big
gambling debts began to be contracted
4 by. the unfortunate and heavy orders
for dress goods were sent to- Los An
/ geIes by the lucky ones. ss L
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30

company tears up and down Main
street guided by a foreigner who does
not understand English. The hideous
machine has no fender at all, front,
back or sides, and shares with yard
engine No. 81 Of the Canadian North.
ef1l the grim title of The Mankiller.o
Two little messenger boys have had
their arms torn off recently by imper-
fectly Tended cars. Employees of the
road have suffered considerably, most
ly by banging their heads against posts
too close to the track and within the
week conductor slipped between mos
tor and trailer in frantic endeavor to
gather all fares and lost both legs, dy-
ing later in horrible agony.
On Tuesday the company received
stiff rebuke from the 7eorener's jury,
tho not stiff enough, says the public:
The management pursues its way with
royal Indifference and its endeavors to-
modernize it's rolling stock are not at
all apparent. ~ SO
There are practically no complaints
regarding the number Of cars as the.
service is frequent and prompt in the
l2business districts, but what has aroused.
public, indignation is the persistence
of the company in undermining its
4 cars and not providing proper safe
:. guards for life and limb of its. en-
! ployees and patrons, s-z7--s-s s
The civic political pot is beginning
to boil and with it has aroused senti-
ment among the substantial business
men for a more brainy and representa-
tive council. This year the aldermen
have come in for more rebukes, scath-
4 ing roasts, sneers and. public: Tepri-
tmands for their mistakes-their name
j is degion--thaa ever before in year
in Winnipeg. The citizens are demand
ing wealthy, hard headed business
i man for mayor and they want an intel
l.ligent board Of aldermen. 1t is said
| that the citizens ticket will demand
j chat the deadWood, consisting of the
incompetent and the alleged CRATER,
j be removed and that shrewd men Of
business take their place in Deeember.
Much surprise is manifested at the
council IS action in accepting the Ca
madam Pacific railroads offer by Sir.
Thomas Shaughnessy of 100000 to-
. ward supplying an adequate water sup
ply for Winnipeg. Sir Thomas alleges
that the tourist trade is hurt, by the
stories of Winnipeg s bad water, and
hence the company's magma inlity.
4 Whether the public is right. or wrong
it looks with some suspicion on such
unusual generosity in a corporation, es-
pecially the Canadian Pacific railroad,
4 and it, wants to see the terms Of the
5fdeed of gift before it accepted with
unalloyed Joy. -"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
CHAMPION CRlCKETER HABANDONS
BAT FOR THE SCEPTER OF A JAM
Romantic Story Of the Indian Prince Who After Being Dsheried Will Return Ascend
andCon "a Revenue Of

prove 4 far more enlightened Jam than
any of his predecessors His long ex-
Verience Of the cricket field, where mer.:
it clone wins, and the best batsman or
Ties off the honors, has converted him
to democracy. Among his staunchest
friends is, John Burns, the representa-
tive Of labor in the cabinet and him
ability. ssGS..s5
Something over three years ago the
liberal and radical division Of the Wal
thamstoW division asked . the prince 70
contest the seat in ,their4sbehalf at the
next parliamen tary election. Had he
consented, there. IS no doubt that he;
would have been elected, but he pre-
ferred to stick to cricket. That is not
the only form Of sport in which he has
distinguished himself He is a first
class shot and has gged several lions
and tigers in India as well as no end
Of grouse on the moors of Yorkshire
and Scotland. He is an excellent rid
er, too, but has fought shy Of polo,
because that is game which requires
long purse. -.
Must Have Several Wives.
The matrimonial question is the one
that is likely to cause him the most
trouble in his new role. Ranji is "a
monogamist. But Jam etiquette res
quires Jam to take unto himselfNat.
least half a dozen wives, and maintain
well-stocked seraglio in other re:
spects. Ranji has another motive. for
sticking to- the one-man-one-Wife sprina-:
ciple. He is in love with "a peer
daughter. The peer has heretofore
looked coldly on his suit, and the lady
| herself has given no strong proof that
7 she reciprocates his affection. Butt
is suspected in many quarters that it
was Ranii' IS limited income, cher than
his complexion, which caused him to be
classified as IAN 81. ineligi $ Els
fellow countryman,, Prince Victor Dhn-
stacles, despite the fact, that he, is "a
shade darker than RANT, when he APP
piled for the hand Of the earl Of Gov
entry's daughter. But Prince Victor
had a good bank account. AS the Jam,
Ranji will enjoy the same advantage.
It will be interesting to note whether
his suit will now prove equally success
full. Cash is a most; powerful factor, in
overcoming social prejudices and caste
distinctions 3:ssI,s* ,5-s.z :<>;.
And tho same thing may be said Of
cricket. OF that Ranji's own career
here has furnished striking proof. 4 The
Hand knows, u has little prejudice
I or s: They freely eat and e1ri )
4 them and no saloons, restaurants = ol
! theaters exclude them, as. they do il
7 America. ~ But in. the so-called bette1
I circles the color line is often drawn
Il especially against the dark skinned
4 man who. is not supplied with an album
'Hdance Of money. low, Prince RaElit
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
rW1xT LOVE AND DUTY

The prowess of Ku1aai shri Ran
jitsihji in the cricket field has
made him a popular idol In Eng.
land, and won for him the social
recognition that his birth and long
aristocratic eastern lineage would
never have gained. Was once asked
to become a candidate for, paraa-.
ioyment of his new role lies In the
fact that he is monoganlist, and
in love with a peers daughter,
while jam etiquette and custom re,
quires him to maintain a harem aud
at least half. dozen wives.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
GRATING IS PUNISHED
Printer Who Paid Clerk for Orders
Must Repay Latter IS Employer ]:
BY w; W: %J Jt

....,.T..,,. BY W W: Jermane -
Washington, Sept. 29.-People who
get business by the graft method will
perhaps be interested in the following
report, from Consul General Guenther
at Frankfort, Germany: '.--.- 90:
GA printing establishment at Ber-
linz says Guenther, chad regularly
received the printing of a certain Ber-
lin department. store, and had paid the
work about 81 month. The clerk
was discharged and the departme nt
store sued the printer for damages.
The suit was appealed three times and
now the decision has been given that
the printing establishment has to pay
the amount overcharged, with interest,
in all $685. ~. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30

a shakedow7n, OF. It's best. social set. It
is all due to5Mrs. Isaac Ssteppacher g
mother. Sonora Chiquita Salvadores y
gasabianea ofs Maygda1lena, state o!
bug of the Majave desert. " =:
Sonora Casabianca is a Mexican of
the old !; Castillian lineage. The flip
bug is "a: species Of beetle. Sonora
zCasabianca's chief Characteristic is a
love for rare forms of gambling. The
fup. bugs only Interesting feature is
his peculiar ability to jump about two
feet. in. the, air when prodded with a
toothpick.. ~ =
About two months ago Sonora Casa.
blanca came up from Magdalena to
pay a visit to her daughter and he1
'son-in-law, Ike Steppacher, who is the
"well Unknown and popular night clerk .
in the Golden Eagle hotel near the
railroad station. About week after
Sonora Casabianca arrived. Mrs. Step
pacher sent out cards to the society
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30

while register of Kings county and
which he announced before his election
would be devoted to identifying the
city. ~ ,, = ,s.zs:
g, Fhe statue is the work of H M.
Sharady. 1t shows General Washing
ton on horseback during the trying
days at.Valley Forge. Horse and rider
stand seventeen feet from the gound.
The entire statue weighs 1000 pounds.
or some 1900 more than any other
bronze statue in the city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
MONSTER STATUE OF -.
! WASHINGTON UNVEILED

/, New York, Sept. 29.-This afternoon
occurred the unwilling Of colossal
bronze equestrian statue of George
Washington on the Brooklyn plaza of
the Williamsburg bridge. The memo
rial is gift to the city from ex-Con-
gresham James R. Howe, being paid
for from the fees which he collected
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
SIS, coo FIRE AT WINN1pEG..

6pecl0I TO TIC y ouTnaI. ~
Winnipeg, Man. SEPT. oe.-The old Fort
.-.-.ry park >grandstand. was destroyed by fire
last night The park has been used Of late
years by the Canadian Northern railroad MS
part OF it's rolling stockyards and the stand
was used ms q storeilorse by the Hudson Bay
company. The latter company LOSS is $1,000
an immense quantity Of fine china and crock
cry stored IN the lower part Of the stand. The
total loss 10 $4,000, covered by insurance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
'FL|P-BuC' GAMBLING ).
SOc|ETY's NEW CRAZE
Tiny Beetles Stunts Backed by
Cash at Arizona 49,: ) i
- =,
a.: Parties, -: =
,

Yuma, Ariz., Sept. 29.-The high So
ciety Of this town is all torn up over
the evil effects of the fip-bug craze.
N OF since Bill Baker ran off to Sonora
with Bonesy Swan s wife and Bone
sy's four children has Yuma had such
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30

It is in the cemetery at Granny, Mass. The owner,
Cad G. Preston, had to both sides to record the
of all his dead wives. There six of them
On the front of the stone the inscriptions read:
Erected to the Memory o 49, s
Electa Barton, died March ID 1924, years.
Theodoca Church, died April O. 1910. aged years
Mary Wood Sept. &c. 1845. aged years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
: A -Streetcar Grievance.

The people of Winnipeg deep down
in their hearts are bitterly incensed at
the Winnipeg Street Railway company.
That company has antiquated guards
on its motors and prehistoric trailers
behind them. The work train of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30

folk inviting them to little after
noon affair. On the bottom of the
cards, which were the best specimens
of the Weekly Scorpion IS fine engrav-
ing work k, were the words CLIP Bug 1
in Old English type. IT, -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30

Lucy w. Alden Aug 20. 1884, aged 40 years
L. 1913, AGED IS wears.
500 All Wives of G. Preston
Ephriam A.. c. Olive L. Preston died July
8l4e a25, 1S47. aged 8 months. go
The Inscriptions the back Of The tombstone ares
Cad Clark Preston died Feb: IA 1876, aged 81
$50 Mary B. Drnck, died T. 1870. yyfel.
Glarissa Preston, Nov. 80, 1863, aged ID
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-31

the Hamlet man stating he had provfd-
ed hut one. The strangext part Of il
all was that the breath OF rumor even
reached Bennettsville. s. c.. and from
that distant point an undertaken start
ed 10 make the trip with his death COW
eTing wares in wagons Young Mr..
Brovn-Fab Bvowu-~tells \ graphic
story Of the removal Of the two Ell
gines. once powerful forces Of steam
driven energy Of iron and steel that in
their removal we're 50 closely and ter
rfbsS iaterlocksd by the death dealing
impact were moved on and away as
one BODY He described the noises
made BY the misplaced metals "a they
ground together ainleSsly. as IL very
sroan. responsive to the agony x those
whose bodies lay dead. and cumming
ling wlth the Eruans 81 those 80 dsz-
pe-ately wounded tha; death sssned =
bonn
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-31
OCEAN STEAMERS COLLIDE.
Both Vessels Outward Hound When
Collision oCcurrSi->cithcr Ns-~-cl
Seriously Damaged

New York. July Ca collision be
tween the TWO OCEAN steamship com
pany's steamers. the City of Memphis
and Chattahoochcr. in the Savannah
river Monday afternoon last was re-
ported today on the arrival uf he Clty
Of Memphis at this port The C!tN of
Memphis was not seriously damaged
The extent OF the damages 10 the Chat
tahooChce sustained is not known as
that vessel proceeded on her voyage To
Boston.
Both vessels We're outward bound
when the Chaftaho3ch-~ apparently
struck shOal water and lost her steer
way. She swung around and struck
the Cify Of Memphis on her port quar-
ter. carrying away about twenty feet
Of the after rail and dcntinE - plate.
As soon as the vessels got clea- e
age. Captain Dreyer. of the City ~
Memphis said today that his vessel
would be able To sail on her regular
trip Saturday.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-31
BASEBALL AT THE FORT
Enfield Team Won Two Out of Three
Games-Came Up From the Fort
Last Night and Will Return Home
Today.

The Enfield baseball team came up
last night from Fort Caswell where
they had been to play series Of games
Of ball with the soldiers. They came
to the city in a launch and will leave
this morning for their home
In the game Wednesday the score
was ; to in favor of the Fort Cas-
we'll team. The game the first day
was not fair test for the men were
quite tired after their trip and hence
We're not in fit condition to play fast,
snapy bali. Yesterday they We're in
fine trim and the soldiers went down
III defeat in both games. One game
played IN the morning and the other
IN the afternoon. In the first game
the Enfield boys had a walkOver, the
score being II to l in their favor. The
last game was very close the score
being to in favor of Enfield.
Members Of team expressed them
selves as having had a nice time at the
Fort and expressed regret that they
could not stop over in Wilmington and
have game with one of the local
teams
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-31
FIGHT WITH tHICkEN THIEF
Aroused Prom Hrst Mr. 7. Sp~nC~ In
ga=s~~ ""uli-t>, Fowl Eobtsrr In
Combat.

While peacefully slumbe-iag n bsi
IT his home near ktas,oa. "a hounzs
men should do. Mr.. T. Spcacs was
awakened in the wee snA' hours 90 ths
morning. by his brother. wao -o,4
him someone VAS 0obb.ng his hcnro4r,
Reluctantly releasing himself from taa
embrace Of Morpheus. Mr.. Spence wsa:
"ut - the chicken ya-d and sur"
enough negro VAS gathering the
fowls unto himself and placing ,hcm
IL sack preparatory to carrying Them
of for 4 toothsomc meal
Grabbing up an axe Mir. spence I'd
vanCed on the robheT and the lar.ar
Snatchcd one OF the npoSttns poles
from the chicken house and engaged
Mr.. Spence in uOmbat Mr Spen ?
was struck several times and got one
lick 1t the thief with the axe which
he thinks will assist in his capture. a.
h. thinks he left = mark on him Tho
negro got of. however without hens
recognized. but left the sack ot chick
ems which he had extracted from AIR
Spcnce's roost-kin@uou FREQ Press.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-31
MAY SECURE HER A PARDON
a Child Born in Prison to Mrs. Stella
Brennan. Serving Life Sentence
for Murder.

St. Paul, Mimi, July ga daughter
was born today to Mrs Stella Brennan
in the state prison at Saltwater Mrs
Brennan is serving a life sentence for
the murder of her step children in Min
neapOlis about a year ago. The child
will be sent to Mrs Brennan's mother
who lives in Michigan
Mrs. Brennan committed on Novem-
ber 4, 1905. the crime for which she
was sentenced to prison for life. Her
husband, James Brennan, stood by his
wife during the trial An effort was
made to secure an acquittal on the
ground that Mrs. Brennan was not
responsible for ner acts owing to her
physical condition. The fact that
Mrs. Bremen expected to become a
mother, it is said, Influenced the Jury
to bring in verdict of murder in the
second degree in order that she might
thus avoid being hanged. Governor
Johnson spoke very strongly when he
learned today that the child had been
born in prison and intmated that Mrs
Brennan's case might come before the
pardon board.