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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
WASHINGTON

President Roosevelt will deliver the diplo-
mas at the graduating exercises of the. naval
academy at Annapolis on May 2, the advance
date set in order to relieve a dearth in COM
mi ssioned officers.
Chairman Cannon objected to the appropri-
aticn In the sundry civil bill recommended by
Secretary Root. to build spur to the rail-
road and storehouses at Fort Smelling Sec
rotary Root asked for $4,000 for this purpose.
Mr.. Cannon objected to it. but $500 was
finally allowed. The amount will be increased
in the senate. =
Representative shafroth of Colorado has
introduced a bill prescribing the size of. tine
field OF the United States flag and the arrange
ment of stars. The stars of the thirteen orig
inal states are to be in circle surroundings
the stars of the thirty admitted states in the
form Of a star, with the stars Of the last tive
admitted states (Wyoming and Uah) Temporal
rily one on each side OF the interior star,
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'Revanche" Policy Very Much Alive in France

Paris, March 29.-Interesting govern
mental disclosures are expected as the
outcome of speech delivered by ex-
Minister Bourgeois at Chatou fortnight
ago. The speaker laid special stress on
the Importance of keeping the forces Of
France in a high state of efficiency, max
ing yelled allusion, it was thought, to
Alsace-Lorraine. The next day a we'll
known political writer in explaining the
allusion declared boldly that NJ Bourgeois
wanted France to have an army which
would be able to restore Alsace- Lorraine,
which had been coniscated, to the ma
tionality it preferred Questioned by a
colleague on this point, the writer stated
that he had occasion to see NJ. Leon
Bourgeois, who was then president Of
the council, at the very time when En-
peror William II. had addressed a tele-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

available gymnasium space is given over
to ping pong tables. Wall street has got
it hard. Many Of the large offices have
established nets, and it is said that the
moment the Stock Exchange closes, there
is mad rush for the tables. In the
offices of one of the big firms a match for
$500 side was played last week and it is
said that about $1,000 in outside wagers
changed hands the result. Everybody
has the craze. You see men on street
cars and the elevated trains with the lit
tie paddle-llke bats in their hands, on
the way to play at the club or at some
ping pong party. And the women are as
wild about 1t as the men, many Of them
ranking high as experts. Verify, we are
taking our latest pastime very hard.
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is to be neither praised nor blamed, but SIM
ply understood. Editors here suggest, and
they ought to know, that there is no need Of
gentleman in this country, and they are GER
tainly interpreted to the public as lot Of
embroidered, dancing, aimless tops, who have
no necessary place in land where every
one is expected to work for his living. That
is more or less true, for politics is closed
to man who Will not seek votes in the
Irish slums; and it is not easy to see why
people of Independent means remain here.
America is intensely interesting, and, as an
industrial and inventive center, its educa
tional advancement is great. l would not say
word against it in any way, though why
Travelled people of independent means SHOULD
remain more than week in this country is
not readily to be comprehended. -.-- .0,
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she had gone directly home from Brooks
office, arriving about O'Clock. A con-
ductor on the Brooklyn trolley line that
goes to her home swore that she was on
his car, home bound, between II O'Clock
and midnight Of that night. That is the
case against Florence Burns. 1t is con-
ceivable that if she had been man and
evidence so strong had been woven around
her she would not have been held for
, trial? 1t may be that on trial the evil
dence would have been found not sum
cient to prove beyond doubt her guilt, but
1t would certainly seem to/the non-legal
mind. that enough had been proved TO IN
dictate the girl as the probable slayer OF
Walter Brooks. Men have been not only
indicted, but convicted on evidence less
damning.
The most distinguished feature of the
whole unsavory case is that two theaters
are vying with each other to secure Flor
ence Burns and one Of the witnesses in
the case who claims to have been en-
gagged to be married to young Brooks, as
ATTRACTIONS" ~
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Policy Ring Struck by the Panic of Prosecution

Panic has struck the Policy Ring. So
secure has this powerful organization,
which makes its money from the meanest
and most dishonest Of gambling games,
become, thanks to its control Of the po-
lice, that not until very recently has it
realized its danger. Now, however, it
has learned that every effort is to be put
forth by the District Attorneys Office to
send the leaders of the gang to Jail. The
word has gone forth among the policy
crowd to "saye the old man." The old
man is AL. Adams, known widely as the
Policy King; known almost as widely as
1.-The meanest man in New York. He
comes to trial soon, probably this week,
and it is said that the case against him
as It will be presented will be unprece-
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Who'll Pay Damage Made by Subway Cave-in

Peaceful residents are casting the eye
OF suspicion upon Park avenue and it's
vicinage. It begins to look as if one might
better live in the crater of a volcano Of
the path of an avalanche than In the re-
gion of this Inflated thoroughfore. First
there was the subway explosion, that
wrecked everything near by. Then came
the Park Avenue hotel disaster. And now
the very earth is falling away from under
tho feet Of them that own property there
abouts. It seems that the rapid transit
tunnel ran into a section of what is
known as rotten rock" The rott en- rock
behaved after its kind and caved in.
Then the houses above the stratum of de-
cay showed signs of ennui. They leaned
up against each other. Some Of them
doubled up and spawled forward. Others
found 1t too much trouble to st and I'D and
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Franco-American Dispute in Tientsin

Since that cession the American missions
have purchased some property, less than
two acres in extent, bordering On their
own land, and occupied previously by UNI
desirable Chinese. The property, how
ever, is claimed by the French, who are
levying rents and taxes on 1T, and have
stopped building operations upon the land,
placing policemen there.
= The other day the American. consul. Mr..
Ragsdale, protested, and then hoisted
American flags over the disputed prop
erty. The French consul retorted that he
would hoist the tricolor, but this he did
not do. Mr.. Ragsdale remained firm, and
the affair is now in the hands OF the re-
spective minister's
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KILLED BY AN
IOWA WOMAN
Mrs. G. B. Walker Resented
the Fourth Attack of
y. + =. +, s. Judd. ::
Startling Occurrence at a
Health Resort in New
Mexico. ..
Handsome Slayer Surrenders
and Is in a Special Of
ficer's Charge. r
Now York Sun 6nocaaI Servxco

Las Vegas, N. NJ, March 81. S. Judd,
formerly of Chicago, was shot and killed
by Mrs. G. B. Walker, a health seeker
from Miles, Iowa, in her apartments here.
Mrs. Walker says Judd attacked her. No
one saw the shooting. Judd drove to
town from the Montezuma hotel at the
hot springs. He went to Mrs. Walker 8
apartments, ostensibly to procure some
Photographic negatives she had borrowed
from Mrs. Judd.
A few moments later there was a shot.
Mrs. Walker came down stairs, handed
her revolver to her landlord, told him
Judd had attacked her, and she had killed
him. Then she telegraphed her husband.
who is farmer living at. Miles, that she
at once. Mrs. Walker is calm. She
says this was Judd's fourth attack upon
her, and that, being alone with no one
! within call, she had no alternative, and
shot to protect herself
The murdered man was IS years of age.
one of whom is chief surgeon at the Mon
tezuma hotel and sanitarium. Judd and
his wife were guests of. this son. They
had been here for months: Mrs. Walker
! was here alone. She is IS years of age
| and remarkably handsome woman, g
brunette, extremely tall and graceful, with
brilliant eyes. She came from her home
in Iowa last fall. For time she main
| tanned apartments in the same residence
where Mr.. and Mrs. Judd were quartered
! Had Judd's Negatives.
When she moved from this apartment
house she carried with her some photo.
graphic negatives belonging to Mr.. Judd
Her apartments now are over photo
grapher's gallery near the heart of the
town. Two young women shared he
| apartments, but neither was present Whe1
Judd called. On entering her rooms sht
| says he asked if she was alone, and wa!
| to her bedroom to procure the negatives
| and that he followed her. He threw hi.
! arm around her, she says, and she strug
! gled with him until she reached her re
| Volver, which was on a table near tht
bed. She. fought with Judd, pressed TIL
I revolver against his head and fired. judo
I fell to the floor without cry or move.
| ment
An excited crowd answered the revo1v
er's report by rushing up the stairway
Mrs. Walker anticipated them. Befor
the first reached her room she rushe'
! down stairs and had given herself an
/ her revolver over to her landlord. Sh
was placed in charge of a special officer
Her room bore evidence of struggle
The coroner's inquest has been postpone
until Walkers arrival. Mrs. Walker
attorneys have ordered her not to talk.
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denied for completeness. Loyalty among
MS followers is quality that Mr.. Adams
does not inspire, but they will have to
stick by him for more selfish reasons.
The Tammany district leader who runs
the political end of the policy game has
notified them that IF the old man goes
up the game is queered," and an effort
will be made to sacrifice some of the un-
derlings to save the chief. Those who
go to jail to protect him will be taken care
OF when their term is up. But it is doubt
full If NIL this will avail. The tip has gone
forth and District Attorney jerome will
himsel conduct the case, and what
he doesn't know about the game and it's
political bearings isn't worth knowing.
Hence the evil days of fear for the writ
ers of the three figured slim -
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Experiment in Communal Life Made in Berlin

weekly. A bill of fare and all other mat.
ters of interest connected with the estab.
,ishment will be posted up in the hall
For food daily charge of one mark will
be made. Whether so moderate charge
will be increased later remains to b{
seen. There will be good library and
a common drawing room, writing room
working room and dining room Ar.
rangements are also being made for
common playground and garden. Thu
community will consist at first Of fort,
persons. mostly engaged in literary and
artistic pursuits
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Most Effective Ally for District Attorney Jerome

In his preparation for the case Mr.. Je-
rome has had the advice and assistance
OF the best of policy fighters, Captain F.
Norton Goddard Captain Goddard got
his hatred for policy from his East Side
observations which began in 1896, when,
desirious of interesting himself in some
thing outside his business life he took
apartments on cross street somewhere
in the thirties east of Third avenue. 1t
was his purpose to study life as it is
lived there, to become acquainted init
mately both with the people and the in
Auences which surrounded them. He soon
learned that large proportion of the pow
erty suffered by his neigbors was due to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

Berlin, March 29.-An interesting ev-
pertinent in communal life is to be tried
in the Schlachtensee suburb of Berlin. A
large house, containing thirty rooms, sit
uated in extensive grounds of twenty
acres, has been rented by a community Of
mutual acquaintance. among whom are
both married and single. A monthly rent
of firm Is to 20 marks will be levied for
each room occupied. The housekeeping
will be in common and the kitchen also.
One lady and one gentleman will be elect
ed to take charge of all the concerns OF
the house. These officers will be changed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

will be presented to parliament imme-
diately after Easter, the purpose of which
is to give the government authority to
control wireless telegraphy and make
uniform rates. The bill prescribes that
no more than 20 to rs cents shall be re-
quired for the transmission of wireless
telegraphy messages. This isoto be the
first step toward the formation of an in
ternational wireless union which the Ger
man navy proposes to initiate. Emperor
William is also taking hand in tta fight.
There IS no intention here of infringing
upon the rights of the Marconi company,
but it lisa sserted that various governments
may take control of wireless telegra phic
communication so as to make common
laws and be able to give international
concessions which will oblige Marconi as
we'll as Slaby-Arco and other competing
companies to take each others messages
without discriminate
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gram to President Kruger with regard to
the Jameson affair. At the conclusion of
the visit, as the writer asserts, Mr.. Bour-
geois said: "You are a patriot, Well, I
may tell you what will be known later.
We have just raised again the question of
Alsace-Lorraine. Were M. Bourgeois
disclosures confined to this?" the col
league referred to inquired. Eyes, was
the reply He added nothing more.
But everybody is aware that when our
government was sounded by Emperor
William II. with view to its co-opera-
ton in joint action against England, our
prime minister refused, declaring that
nothing could be done in company with
Germany as long as the question Of AL
sace-Lorraine existed" There have been
hints of this before, but the alleged cpl
sode has never been related in so bold
and precise a manner. -
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Passing of Brevoort House, Ancient Landmark

One more landmark Of old Gotham
passes this week. The guests Of the Bre-
WORT House. at Eighth street and Fifth
move out Immediately, as the old hotel
has changed hands and is to be rebuilt.
1t is said that the proprietor of the Cafe
Martin, which recently moved with q
great splurge of magnifcence uptown to
the site formerly occupied by Delmonico's,
will put up a new hotel and restaurant
there. New York can i'll afford to lose
the Brevort. It is distinctive. The
happiest Characterization of it that I have
ever heard was from an old New Yorker
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London, March 29.-zAlthough the French
regard with much seriousness the land
dispute between the French and Ameri
can missionaries in Tientsin, it is be-
Heved. that. owing to the prompt action
of Consul Ragsdale Of the United States
in bringing the matter before the United
States minister at Peking, all dangerous
developments have been cut short. It
seems that the English Methodists, the
London Missionary society, and the Amer
lean Board (CongregationaD and the
American Methodist missions have prop
erty which is. comprised in the French
extra concession claimed in June, 1900.
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who used to live there and who described
it as "well-bred hotel" It was quiet
and clean and homelike and fashioned,
In the stir and glitter Of metropolitan
hotel life it dropped out Of notice and has
been far from successful for several years.
lived there for so many years, They will
find no other hotel with the same atmos-
phere, and If they wish to escape the
somewhat meretricious righteousness
which Is the hall mark Of the high grade
metropolitan hostelry they will either
have to fall back on the pallid round Of
the boarding house or move to PhiladeI-
nh
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sat down. The Inhabitants fled in con-
siderable surprise and even distress Of
mind, pursued by vagrant bricks and
sections of roofing. Now they are anx-
iously inquiring who Is to pay for the
damage. The city explains that it isn't
responsible for the decomposing strata
and the contractors say they didn't know
it was there. What Is of more general
interest Is that they don't know how
much more of it there may be. Perhaps
the whole line Of the tunnel is lined with
it, and as the work goes merrily on
across Forty-second street the laborers
will be harassed by an atmospheric pre-
cipitation of en-story buildings. A tun-
mel lined with interesting ruins would be
something that tourists would doubtless
travel miles to see, but from any other
point of view it would afford decided dis
ADVANTAGES.
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general scheme to sell while there yet is
time some of the popular issues listed in
the stock exchange. In other words, the
rise had very little significance. 1t GER
tainlX does not Indicate a general boom
market this spring If such a thing is to
result of news from the wheat fields later,
when the truth whether it is reported or
not, may be known.
Money, which has been rising now for
two weeks, will surely hold high for some
time to come, and may go still higher.
Big bankers do not expect period OF
stringency but the associated banks have
been SO near the legal limit that, only
government payments prevented the rwip-
ing out of the reserve margin. - p
Another more menacing development Is
the quiet little struggle that is going on
in Washington over the attitude OF the
administration toward the large railroad
and financial interests of the country. l
happened to be in Washington last week
SO that it is possible briefly to state the
outlines Of the situation. The president
is no populist; he is not an antitrust man
and he has no sympathy with those peo-
pie who hate wealth because others pos
sess 1t. On the other hand, he is not a
rich man; his friends are not rich men
he has no sympathy with the ''hoggish'
prOcliVitieS Of capital. About the laws to
restrain railroads from pooling and capt.
tai from forming trusts, he expresses no
opinion, saying that he needs none. The
laws are laws, and his simple duty is to
enforce them. If they are ridiculous or
unjust, the enforcement will show that.
Reinforcement will throw contempt not
only on these laws, but on laws in gen.
eral, and in the end will increase the silly
wrath against capital by giving the people
sense of the Importance Of the govern
ment when opposed by Wall street. In
other words, the president thinks the
government will win in the Northern Sc
curities contest, but that whether it wins
or loses, nothing but ultimate good can
come out of the trial Of the case. So he
refused to "let up" on the trusts and
pools in spite Of the strong appeals of 1Aen
who put up the money" to elect Nc
Kinley. .-. Duane.
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Selections From European News Scrap Pile

and Reesen the merchants who were ar.
rested on suspicion of being concerned /,
the recent diamond frauds. An investiga
ton showed that the diamonds 1t wax
supposed they had ,misappropriated were
bought. Their creditors asked for the
release of the partners
London, March 29.-Dr. Addyman, who,
it was said, had cured case of cancer by
the use Of the X-rays, writes to the press
disclaimiug any discovery and saying that
his announcement has been misunder-
stood. He, however, does not deny hay
ing effected the cure
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England Becomes Involved With
Germanyin the War Upon the
Marconi Telegraph.

London, March 29.-The Daily Mail
states that Cecil Rhodes bequeathed the
bulk of his fortune, outside of some per-
sonal and family requests, to promote a
vast imperial scheme of education The
project embraces every part of the British
dominions. 1t aims at the intellectual
the world and the fostering of imperial
sentiments The details will be published
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Message Of Peace to the Industrial World

Sydney, N. S. w., March 29.-The COM
pulsory industrial arbitration court, whose
membership includes representatives of
employers and employees, which was re-
Gently established here, will open in
April Speaking to-day at a picnic
which the government rendered to the
delegates of the industrial unions, Justice
Cohen, a member of the arbitration court,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
BLACK VOTERS BARRED
Net1 York Sun Special ServfcS

Nstr York Sun Special ServfoS
Richmond, Va, March pa plan has
been adopted by the Virginia constitu-
tional convention under which it is be-
lieved the colored vote of the state prac-
tically will be eliminated. while but few
whites will be barred out. 1t provides
that all who become voters prior to 1904
must be. able to understand and explain
the constitution Of the state. After that
term a poll tax Of $1.50 is provided and
an educational qualification. All con-
federate soldiers and their sons are ex-
empt from the understand and ,educa-
tional feature. 1t is believed that all
the whites will become qualified voters
before 1904 and the majority of the
negroes will be barred out. ,.- =.
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expressed the opinion that the courts es-
taIblishment would prove to be message
of peace to the Industrial world. Labor
leaders spoke in similar strain. The
attorney general, Bernard Ringrose Wise,
asked the employers not to put the arbi-
tratton act to full strain Immediately,
but to be content to ask the court to
deal with the most important questions,
such as he limitation Of the hours of labor
and child labor,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
ORDERS BY WIRELESS
Practical Use OF MarcOni's System on
Neso Yor,s Sum Special !sea.uioe

Neso Yor!e Sum Special Seavioe
New York. March 29-The first public
announcement that the Marconi system
of wireless telegraphy has reached the
stage of practical and general usefulness
on land was made yesterday by Gardiner
Matthews of A. D. Matthews &, Sons, the
Brooklyn dry goods house. Mr. Matthews
declared he has begun negotiations with
Dow, Jones G. Co., the financial hackers Of
Marconi, to establish station on the
roof Of the Fulton street store and a
point near the New York postof1ce. Mr..
Matthews said: --....
That will be only the first step to establish
our station In the heart of the financial dis
trct. AS the development of the system
goes on-for I believe it is certain to go on
to ultimate perfection-we shall have in
Simultaneous connection with all the towns
and cities within hundreds Of miles. We shall
receive our orders daily Shy wireless tele-
graph.
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Banquo McAuliffe Positively Refuses to Dow

flying of the police records and the ar
raignment in court of a man who pre-
tended to be McAuliffe. A reward of $4,000
has been offered to the ''dummy' if he
will come forward and tell what he knows
of the case. 1t is improbable that no
will do so. If he does, he must either
leave the city or run the considerable risk
of being "found dying" as was McAuliffe,
from a fractured skull.