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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
DULL FOR The PICKETS
BOYCOTT CAUSES LITTLE STIR
Secretary Of the Cooks Union Says
the Use OF Force Is Not
-, COuntenanced.

Quiet reigned both outside and inside
Ye Sings boycotted restaurant yesterday.
The pickets of the cooks union are still
at their posts and their. efforts are hav~
ing an appreciable effect on trade Re-
garding, the use of force2by pickets to re-
strain customers from entering the place.
james WestfaM,e secretary of the union.
said to-day. that such tactics had not been
employed by any Of the pickets nor by the
authority or consent Of the organization.
The union believed that force was not
necessary to successful picket duty If
hands had been laid on prospective pa
irons it was done by overzealous bystand-
ers who would not be permitted to con-
tinue to display sympathy in that fashion.
Mr.. Westfall says ~ !,.. - g.
Before this thing started. we were very
careful to find out what We could do legally,
and have been keeping within the lines Of the
law. : The cooks try to keep the sidewalks
and entrances to the Chinese places clear.
This can, do most Of the time A few
times, however, the police did good work in
keeping them clear. g.. . q
Now this thing has been done in this city,
where white, American-born citizen was
the interested party. The case was taken to
the courts and the boycotters were released.
The police did the they are doing
in the present case. We Sing is no better citi-
zen than native American. 1T Us silly to
hear him talking of being a naturalized
American citizen. All know why Chinaman
gets naturalized - not for the love of the
country, but for the lust of gold: How many
Of the naturahzed Chinese answered the call
for volunteers when this government was in
need OF men for the battlefield? / will ven
ture to say not one. r.. D."
Now we are satisfied with results. We have
the sympathy Of the public and most of the
business men of the city, and about the only
trade that the Chinese get is from the floating
population from the woods, and that element
will soon be out at work again, and then we
will have it easy, and as we have been forced
to start this thing, we are prepared to carry
it on indefinitely.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
SPENCER IS NOW FREE
HIS PERJURY CASE IS NoLLED
He Is Then Examined as to Guaranty
Fund of the M. F. & NJ. NJ. /.
Company.

Charles H. Spencer, late secretary Of
the defunct Minneapolis Fire and Marine
insurance company, is free from the tolls
OF the law. The perjury case against him
was nolled by County Attorney Boardman
before Judge Pond yesterday. 1t was be-
lieved to be impossible to convict Spencer
in view Of the fact that former Insurance
Commissioner Austin was prepared to
swear that Spencer had made out his re-
ports in accordance with instructions
from the insurance commissioner office.
Mr.. Spencer wanted to go west to locate
permanently, and as he positively re-
fused to give any information to Receivers
Dwinnen and Sweet regarding the bust
ness Of the insurance company while the
criminal charges We're pending, it was
deemed best by all to dispose of the case
at once although it had previously been
continued to the April term.
Immediately after the case was nolled
and the bondsmen discharged, Mr.. Spen-
Ger was taken into Judge Brooks court
room where he was cross-examined at
some length by Receiver DWinnell The
latter wanted some specific information
regarding the guaranty fund of $780, 900,
which eight or ten of the directors raised
by putting in their notes for $4,000 each,
which have disappeared.
Mr.. Spencer produced the stock cert. IL
cate book in which it was noted that the
directors each had $12,50 interest in
the guaranty fund. While no actual GER
tificate of stocks was issued for these
amounts in the proceedings, the entry is
said to have amounted to the same thing.
1t has been contended that no such book
as the one produced in court this morn
ing ever existed. Mr.. Spencer testified
that he had other records of material
value to the receivers and promised to
turn them over before he left for Seattle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
PAUPERS SCANDALIZED
They Didn't Want to Associate With
Charles SiversOn.

AHSS DAuh wait 10 AssOc1aSe with
Charles SiversOn.
Charles Siverson is one of those unfor-
Inmates for whom there is no room in this
big, wide world. He can't stay in Jail, the
poor farm officials won't have him around,
his friend don't want to support him any
longer, and Judge Harvey knows of no
place to which he can commit him. Siver-
son was examined for his sanity a week
or so ago. but though shown to be i'm
provident and helpless, he certainly was
not in the opinion Of the commission In
sane. Judge Harvey directed Siverson s
friends to take him to the poor farm. This
raised a row. The other inmates were
scandalized by the thought that a man
suspected of insanity should be forced
on their exclusive society They bounded
Superintendent ,Coburn with their i'm
portunings and their complaints and ap-
parently pesteled Siverson. -
At any rate he found it convenient tc
leave the poor farm. Some workmen al
the thresher works saw him lodging
around the shops and he was sent back to
the farm.
Then the poor farm boarders howled
again over the disgrace and yesterday
Superintendent Coburn brought Siverso
into town and turned him over to the Jail
er at the county jail.
After waiting until this morning for
some one to swear out a complaint against
the man and receiving none, Judge Har-
yey ordered his discharge.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
CROSS BOYS ARRAIGNED
ON TWO COUNTS FOR FORGERY
They Plead Not Guilty and Their
Cases Go Over the
Term.

James A. Cross and his brother, Fred
erick, were arraigned before Judge Pond
yesterday on two counts for forgery.
Both pleaded not guilty and their cases
were continued over the term. Bail in
the case of James A. Cross was fixed at
$1,000 and in the case Of his brother at
$1,000. =, = -
There is no allegation as to any amount
secured by the boys by means Of the
method Of swindling said to have been
adopted by them. tSs'..-, =
The charges are simply that they forged
an order to the Germania bank directing
that institution to honor all checks signed
for the Scan1on-G ipson Lumber company
by ]. A. Cross. This order, which was on
the company's regular letterhead, purports
to have been signed by the Scanlon Clip
son Lumber company, by H. E. Gipson,
secretary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
MRS. BURDETTE HERE
The President of the California Fed
Grafton at the West Hotel.
TRAVELS WITH A TYPEWRITER
Her Correspondence Makes Heavy
Demands ON Her-To Meet
Local Club Women.

Mrs. Robert J. Burdette, president OF
the California Federation of Women
Clubs, and in that capacity chief hostess
of the General Federation OF Women s
Clubs, that will meet in Los Angeles in
May, arrived in Minneapolis yester-
day from St. Paul and, registered at the
West hotel. 80 -. .-es.....
When Mrs, Burdette was met alighting
from an interurban car, she carried in her
hand a small, typewriter case. She 'eS-
planned that her correspondence is, SO
large that she does not, dare to get Tar
from her machine. This business that re-
quires such unremitting attention is con-
cerned chiefly with club affairs and al
truistic work. She is a woman of attrac-
tive personality, enhanced by. cordial
and animated manner, and this morning
by smart costume whose dainty touches
were very feminine. She. is firm belieV-
er in making the home, life paramount
and in husband and wife holding all i'm
portant interests in common. This eX-
plains her presence in the city, for she
accompanies Mr.. Burdette on all his lee
ture tours and interests herself in all
that he is doing, and, in turn, Mr.. Bur-
dette is wont to claim that he is as good
a club woman as his wife. He frequently
speaks for the club gatherings in which
Mrs. Burdette is interested, as he did
in ST. Paul Yesterday and he is a prime
faVOrite with the club women. .
Since Oct, when Mr.. Burdette's pres
ent tour began, Mrs. Burdette has visited
club women in twenty five states Speak
ing of her experiences in these meetings,
both public and, personal, Mrs. Burdette
| said: .-..,.< ,..,.
l believe I am the richest woman in Amer
lea, as a result of what have learned and
enjoyed in meeting these women. I have seen
all kinds of clubs and all kinds Of clubwomen
but what interests me especially is the iso-
lated club that brings its influence into lives
that otherwise would be narrow and cramped
and have seen many such this year.
Perhaps no other woman will be as we'll
prepared to. understand the questions to
come before the biennial convention of
the general federation and to sympathize
with the opposing views of all sections
of the country as Mrs. Burdette, for. in
her travels this year she has visited all
sections. Unoficially and unobtrusively
she has investigated the color question
and reorganization sentiment everywhere
She expects a struggle at Los Angeles but
has so much faith in the breadth and good
sense of the trained clubwomen that she
fears no serious, consequences to the or
ganization from any decision that may be
reached. r.. H.. ... ..
Yesterday in st. Paul the club recep-
ton at the Commercial club as attended
| by 500 women. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Bur-
dette spoke and a delightful musical pro-
gram was given. -, s-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
A new TONTINE Co.
Western Agents of the Minneapolis
Concern Will Organize.
THE PLAN IS POPULAR THERE
Since the Trouble of the Local Con-
Germ Western Men Have Been
COnferring.

Western agents Of the Tontine Savings
association, the "get rich quick concern
which>had its headquarters In Minneapo-,
lis, and whose charter was recently de-
clared forfeited by Judge MCGEE, have Sc
ceded from the organization and are at
tempting to form company OF, their own.
They held meeting in Portland, Ore,
this week to discuss the situation; and al
that time organization was agreed
upon. The new company is to be moor
porated under the laws. OF Oregon, and Is
to have as it's officers the men, who nave
heretofore represented the Tontlne asso-
citation in the western field. 49,. o. 4.
Since Judge McGee's decision was made
public, the western agents have not com
municated with the main office mere.
This fact first aroused the company's
officials; and when they could not get re-
plies to kilograms sent to the coast, they
began to make inquiry Through other
sources. This developed the fact that a
secession had occurred. o.
Whether or not the western agents. sue
ceeded in organizingy their action Will
probably cause much trouble. The Ton
tine association did large business
throughout the coast states. 1t is said
that Seattle alone has more than 1000 OF
its contract holders, and that the other
northwestern cities are filled with people
who invested their money in diamond fu-
lures. There are 500 contract holders in
Butte, Mont, and in San Francisco, one OF
the coppany's strongholds, the number is
severaN times that, The state Of Califor-
MIA has furnished the company more bust
ness than has been secured in any other
state in the union, not even excepting
Minnesota, where the company original ed.
The fiveyear diamond contract plan was
also very popular in, the east. The city
of Detroit proved a fertile field for Ton
| tine agents and many contracts are held
by residents in that city. The company
put UP a wonderfully good front, and sue
ceeded in making people believe that it
was really selling diamonds on time, and
at only fraction of their value.
Local officials are very reticent regard
ing the future plans Of the association.
They admit that their western agents
have left them; but they expect no further
secessions Whether not any attempt
will be made to reOrganize the company
here thew refuse to state
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
CITY NEWS

The n. II. Clear Again-Local repre-
gentatives Of the Northern Pacific yesterday
received word that the line was clear ana
business will go through as usual, peslnnlns
tonight.
Fifth Ward Burglars - Burglars
broke open window in wood office at Chl-
cago avenue and Fourteenth street Thursday
and robbed the prepayment telephone till or
o small sum. The Windows in laundry at
735 Tenth street S were found broken thus
morning. but nothing was missing from the
building.
$4,000 Contract Let-The contract
to complete the annex to the Home for Chill
dren and Aged Women at 5000 Stevens has
been let to H. E. Selden. The architect Is
William Charming Whitney The foundation
was put In last spring TT The completed struc-
ture will cost about $4,000. -.,s ...
Committee DendlocISed The rail-
road committee of the council is still dead
locked on the ordinance granting the Great
Western Railway company the right to oper-
ate additional spur tracks across Second
street S. The vote was three to three in the
Nelson continue to stand out against grant
ing the privilege desired unless the company
win consent that all its property in the city
pay special assessments.
A Hard Task Finished-One Of the
three settlements required by law to be made
each year between the state and Hennepin
county aaS just peen coHpIeteu Inc eeIue-
ment is for four months, from Nov. to Feb.
rs. 1t is an awkward system Of accounting,
but the law Is there and must be complied
with. During this period there was collected
in taxes $S22, OF, Of which $7o,642. 80 repre-
sents the states share. The collections on
state school lands in this county amount to
S609.S2. which will be apportioned between
the permanent and general school funds.
A Coryphee Fined Della Smith
pleaded not guilty to two charges in the
police court this morning. She arrested
have been tried yesterday, but she Jumped
her bail and was brought in court this NOR
ming with an additional charge Of contempt OF
court Of which she was convicted and SEN
tence suspended. The evidence showed
that she had been a chorus girl at the Park
theater, and had earned a precarious living.
Judge Dickinson did not deem this sufi-
GENTLY moral living to free the girl from
the vagrancy charge. and she was fined $50
or thirty days.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
FIREMAN DEAD IN HIS CAB
NONE SAW THE ACCIDENT
The Engineer Knew Nothing of 1t
-. TIL the Train Had
~. stopped. +' ~

When the Burlington train from Chicago
rolled into. the union depot yesterday
Fred Grey, the engineer jumped from his
lofty seat and noticed for the first time
that his fireman Fred Busacker was lying
motionless on the floor of the cab.
Busacker was dead. 7 20 : f.~~-~. -.
The top of his head was crushed in
and he had evidently been instantly killed
by some bridge girder while looking out
his window. -. - --.s .r-s.- -. re t--
The engine was one of the large type
and the boiler projecting back into the cab
prevented the engineer from seeing the
accident. -: -
Busacker was "a years old and a single
man. He resided on Euclid street, St
Paul. The accident is thought to have
happened after the train had passed
Fifteenth avenue Sc. . ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
WOMEN ON JURlES
What the Chinese Minister Told
Washington Law Students.

Washington Law Students.
p New York Journal.
Washington-Wu Ting-fang, the Chinese
minister, paid his respects to American wom-
| anhood at banquet Of the Washington Col
lege of Law last night, when he responded to
the toast, 'The American Woman Both
men and women students of the college were
present.
q will say said Mr. WI, "that my pres
ent opinion of womanhood has undergone a
great change since, the time l first came here
as the representative Of my country.
What more evidence do you want that
woman possesses great intellectual powers
than that before your eyes tonight? After
listening to the speakers who have preceded
me, . I have no hesitancy in saying that
women, American women, in eloquence and
in intellect, have demonstrated their super
iority, or at least their equality, with men.
81 want to enter strong plea for the adj
mittance of women on the juries Of the vari-
Gus law courts of the country The disad-
vantage, Of the present system was brought
home only recently when a woman was placed
! on, trial charged with murder. .--
| This Woma n was, 4 believe, from the evil
dence produced at the trial, guilty of the
crime which was brought against her. Never.
/ theIess, because she had the advantage OF
eminent counsel and because she was young
and abrasive, she was allowed to go scot
free. 81 EstftSH :.
ga woman told, me that she would have
rendered an entirely; different verdict. l think
that when "a woman is placed on trial, If not
the judge, at least the jury, should be COM
! posed Wholly of women, Let each try
and convict the members or their own SEX
Minister WI then warned, women who en-
| ter a. profession against the evil of becon1.
! ing unsexed. 49,. i, = 80
RETAIN your CHARMS he said, "retain
/ your genEeness, and remember that although
you have q fession, you are sstill WON.
an - Z -. -
Mr. WI believes that medicine and the law
| are good SheIdsfdr the ambitions of women
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
THE MODEST MR.. MARCONI.
Success,

Guglielmo Marconi does not regard him.
self as man of destiny, except, in that
he has a deep conviction that he must
work out his system of communication
until it has accomplished all the good
possible for mankind. He does not want
any honor which belongs to Others In
deed, he is slow to accept the praise
which has been SO heartily given him.
Few know him as aE2linguist, but he
speaks and writes several languages. Few
know him as musician, yet he plays sew
eral instruments admirably, having stud
led under master. AS an athlete he is
of the all-around type. He rides bley-
Gle, is an excellent swimmer and boat
man, and has recently added AUTOMOBILE
ing to his sports. AS a general good fell
low. there are few more compan1onable. :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
THREATENED TO STRIKE
Union Men Mt City Hospital-Nev
Engineer Il Nop-Unionist.

1t appears that the city hospital en-
gineer controversy is not yet settled after
all. Yesterday afternoon Engineer Tan
sey Of the workhouse reported at the city
hospital for duty, while Engineer Nc
Conville took his place at the work.
house, according to the arrangement made
by the board Of corrections and charities.
McConville dropped into his new position
easily enough, but Tansey, being asked
to produce his union card by A.W. Tur-
ner, the other engineer at the hospital,
answered that he was not member of the
union. Turner thereupon told him that
If he insisted upon working the other
help at the hospital would strike. Tan
sey then retired from the scene. He will
make application for admission to the
engineers union at once. -. u
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
RIGHTS IN SPACE

N. w. phone Co. Sues Twin City
.. Co. to Determine Them.
The papers in the suit brought by the
Northwestern Telephone company against
the Twin City Telephone company to de-
termine what rights the two companies
have in space above Minneapolis, have
been filed in the district court. The de-
mands of the Northwestern company are
for injunction to restrain the Twin
City company from maintaining any wires
between the wires of the former company
and the ground, e. d.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
;AsPAUsE IN THE SEARCH.

[iI1AodoaS LILY rotdI
& She was a tattered black midget sitting
on the tie In the Burlington yards. A
night engineer spied her in the early
morning and asked:
. "What are you doing here?"
Sc huntin' pa
81 How long have you been hunting him %
IS 81 'Ises zeen a :huntin' three days this las
time. He amt been jes' right since ma
died, las menfh."
-: .tcY ousWant to be careful around here
Or you'll get run over by a switch engine.
What did you sit down on the track for?"
"Oh, I yes set down minute to light
cigarette" and taking it out of the fold
of her apron she puffed veil of smoke
over her little tear grimed face.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
$ NO POISON USED
Little Tommy lannon's Death Due

DR.. Benz of St. Paul. filed his report of
the examination Of Tommy Harmon, s
stomach to-day. The boy was the fourth
child; to die in the" Harmon family, and
the death was sudden. DR.. REM found no
trace OF any poison. ...' 49,.
I'VE have concluded that the child died
from natural causes" said Health Com
missioner Ohage to-day. 1.-THE cause OF
death will be entered as heart failure"
The conclusion Of this exhaustive ex-
animation of the stomach practically
closes the case. For nearly two weeks DR..
REM has gone down the catalogue OF
poisons, those of common kind and the
most unusual, without finding the least
sign Of any having been used.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
ROBBED A SALOON
Murderers of Mayer Charged With
- Another Crime.

The three men who murdered Policeman
Mayer in st. Paul are believed to be the
men who operated in southern Mfnneso-
ia, before coming to the twin cities. The
police are certain now that they are the
same persons who robbed a saloon and
blew the safe fifth nitroglycertn at LIE
>sueur Center on the night of Jan. 49,.
Citizens of the town who saw the men
hanging about for several days before the
robbery say that the pictures Of the
murderers sent out In circular form by
the St. Paul police are Of those men. The
murderers, who were traced to point
some 200 miles out of Sioux City, have
now disappeared as completely as If the
earth had swallowed them up, and the
police have almost abandoned hope of
capturing them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
DRANK CARBOLIC ACID

Jennie Thorsen. Was Despondent
Through Ill Health. ~
Miss Jennie Thorsen, aged 20 years,
committed suicide to-day at the home OF
her parents 14OS East Eighteenth street
by drinking carbolic acid. She arose at d
late hour, and after making only part
of her toilet, drained the contents Of a
5-ounce bottle. A few moments later her
mother was attracted by her screams and
found her dying. DR.. Haggard was called
but it was too late.
Miss Thorsen had been in i'll health and
Respondent for several months but had al
ways refused, to- have medical attendance
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
A VENAL oFFENsE.

; :
A little girl. finding threaded needle
on Sunday, commenced sewing with it.
Her mother, coming in, said: Why;
Jane, are you working on Sundays? Don't
you know it's wrong to do that 2?
+ suppose said the little girl, "God
knows T m only using Blasting thread
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
A COMMON MISFORTUNE.
wy -, ~ ~ r>x,ss G q n,

Gall Joshua wants, said Farmer Germs
tossel, sis chance to show what he
can do"
EYES," said the farmer. Il s'pose SO.
Josh is one Of these people who never
seem to get chance to do anything ex-
cept something they can't do
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
ADJOINING PROPERTY SOLD
Bank OF Commerce Building Change
Hands for $2SO,OOO.

Hands for $2SO,OOO.
]. V. McHugh, recognizing the in
creased value of the Bank of Commerce
building as a result Of the lease of the
adjoining property to the Northwestern
National bank, on Wednesday purchased
the structure from the Equitable Securi-
ties company of New York for $3.50, 000
He made the deal through J. w. Gilger
of this city. An architect reports that
the building will carry three additional
stories, but no plans have been yet made
for remodeling. -.
The Bank of Commerce building was
erected in 1888 by the National Bank of
Commerce and was sold Ave years later
to J. w. Johnson. who In turn three years
ago made over the property to, the Sc
curities company through the agency of
Mr. Gilger.
/, TIE offices are constantly rented. The
ground floor on First avenue and two
rooms in the basement are still occu-
pied by the bank which erected the build
ing