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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
TOO MUCH FOR
WHITFIELD
Suicide of President of West
ern Baseball League at
Kansas City.
Breaks Down Under Strain
Of Getting the League in
Proper Shape.

Kansas City, April flames Whitfield,
president Of the western baseball league
and for many years sporting editor of the
Kansas City Star. committed suicide at
his home here early TODAY.
Mr.. Whitfield was we'll known in sport
ing circles throughout the west. For the
last ten years he has been in charge of
was one of the organizers of the original
Western league and was it's first presi-
dent. In 1885 his presence at the Ma
tional league meetings in New York and
Chicago won for Kansas City its first and
only franchise in the big league. Whit
field was made secretary of the club.
In 1883, Mr.. Whitfield again acted as
Kansas iCty's representative, this time at
the American Associations meeting and
he was again successful in securing a
franchise for Kansas City. That was his
last active appearance in baseball until
he was elected president of the present
Western League at st. Joseph last winter
! The work Of organization Of the new
| league proved very great. Recently the
| tax upon him began to tell, and for the
past two weeks he has b1en under {
physicians care. On March % he wai
compelled to take to his bed. Last Sat
urday he was ons@the verge OF nervous
prostration and on Sunday he was out Q
his head part OF the time.
Early this morning he arose and dresse'
himself and then without making an.
remark, stepped to the next room an
fired bullet into his right temple.
was dead when members Of his famil
reached him.
Born in England forty-seyen years age
/, Whitfield came to Kansas City in 1888
and with the exception Of one year, whe
he was proprietor Of the Referee, a sma
! weekly, he has been with the Star sine
that time.
It is not known here what effect, If an!
Mr. Whitfeld's death will have upon tn
Western League. J. II. Manning and MI
Nichols, owners of#the Kansas City clul
are out of the city, Mr.. Manning being
the east and Mr.. Nichols in st. Louis.
He had lived in st. Louis. Peoria an
Pekin, ILL.,, and was married in the latte
city
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
FINAL DAY
For Defendants to File Re
turns In Government
Merger Suit.

ants might file returns in the government
antitrust suit against the merger. This
morning service was acknowledged by at
torneys for the following defendants:
For the Northern Pacific, c. W. Bum of
st. Paul
For the Northern Securities company, ]. j.
Hill, W. P. Clough, Willis James and John
S. Kennedy, by Attorneys John w. Griggs
OF Paterson, N. j., and George ". Young Of
st. Paul.
For ]. Pierpont Morgan and j. w. Bacon
Francis Lynde Stetson Of New York
mo returns had been received from the
Great Northern at noon. N. D. Grover,
the general council is out Of the city.
The attorneys shave until the first Monday
in May to file their answer to the COM
plant.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
WRECKED
Accident to Great Northern
NO One Thought to
Have Been Killed.

Spokane, Wash, April THE Great
Northern Passenger train, No. 4, east
bound, was wrecked this morning at Win
chester, 1873 miles west OF this city.
Railway officials here refuse to make
any statement except to assert that no
one was killed.
The best advices obtainable are that a
high wind this morning threw a freight
car out on the main track The passen-
ger train struck it at full speed. derail-
ing the engine and seven cars.
The fireman is reported as being
badly injured, and it is believed many
passengers were hurt A wrecking train
carrying doctors left here about 9 o'clock.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
TO The COURTS
Papers Served in the SQUAD
BILE for Office at Hay
ward, Wis.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The journal.
Hayward. Wis, April IAN in-
functional order issued by Judge O'Neil
of Eau Claire was served on the claimants
to Office, including Colonel R. y. 3McCor-
mick, d. s.. Peck, Pat Mclaughlin and
others. compelling them to return the
keys to the former incumbent Of the
clerks Office, William Fuley, and also re-
straining them from interfering with the
transaction Of business by the old officials
This means that the case will go into
court and be fought to finish.
There has been no riot or any attempt
at any The people are orderly and OBJ
servant of laws. The militia has not been
called and there has been no necessity
for it. Some reports sent out from Ash
land in the early stage of affairs were
highly colored and unreliable.
Adjutant General Boardman is still
here, but leaves to-day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
DAIRY EXPERTS
Senate Amendments to OIeo Bill Be
ing Canvassed.

Senate Amendments to Cleo Bill Be-
Ing Canvassed.
From The Journal Bureau, Room. 45, Post
Building, Washington.
Washington, April Representatives Of
the dairy interests are gathered here for
consultation as to the effect Of the senate
amendments to the oleomargarin bill. They
include II. c. Adams, dairy commissioner of
Wisconsin; George L. Flanders, dairy and
food commissioner of New York; F. H Cracks,
his assistant in Greater New York, and James
Hughes of the dairy and food department Of
Maryland. They will meet late to-day or
tomorrow to pass on the bill with Charles
H. knight, secretary of the National Dairy
Union.
None Of the dairymen had heard of the
plan to defeat the bill in the house by send
ing it to committee instead Of asking for a
conference. Mr.. Knight said the committee
stands II to 6 in favor of the bill and it
would be reported back promptly if referred
to 1t. w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
AT SMELLING
stevens Getting in Touch With the

Stevens Getting in Touch With the
Secretary as to improvements.
From. The Jo,sr,,al bureau. Room Is. Pee
Building, W0sIingtoa
Washington, April 7.-Representative
Stevens will endeavor to reach an agree
ment with Secretary Root as to extent OF
improvements at Fort Smelling between
18th and 18th Of this month. The secre-
tary went to charleston with the presi-
dent to-day. He will return Friday and
will remain until the 18th, when he goes
to Cuba Mr.. Stevens will go to st. Paul
on the oath or the 25th for an indefinite
stay, SO he must do business with the
secretary In the few days they will both
be here.
The plans submitted by Col Pond for
the Improvement Of FIT. Smelling contem-
plated the expenditure of $180,000 in the
next fiscal year and an ultimate expendi-
ture of half a million dollars. Col. Ponds
plans have been approved by the Quar-
termaster General and it only remains for
the secretary to indorse them to insure
the beginning and completion of the work
Mr.. Stevens hopes to secure this before
the secretary goes away. rs
w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
CLUTCHING
At SIRAWS
Drowning Democrat Fran
tic Search for Campaign
Fodder Goes On.
Howl Raised Over Alleged
Suppression Of a Philip
pine Report.

Washington, April THE hearings by
the senate committee on the Philippines
were resumed to-day with Maj. Gen. Nc
Arthur on the stand. Senator Culberson,
democratic member of the committee,
called attention to the omission of the re-
port Of the civil governor of one Of the
Philippine provinces included in the report
to in the correspondence between Gen.
Miles and Secretary Root.
Senator Culberson said that Gov. Taft
had promised to supply these reports to
the committee as they should be received.
He added that the report In question had
been received by Gov. Taft while he was
before the committee. It was evident that
this report reflected on the military ad-
ministration Of the Philippines and he
moved that the chairman Of the commit
tee be requested to procure and present it..
it.
He, understood the report had been with
held for the purpose of procuring state
ment to be presented with it calculated to
parry tt. He objected to what he termed
the attempt Of the secretary OF war to
control the action of the senate Senator
Lodge replied that he had known moth
ing of the report being withheld until he
had read the statement quoted in the
Miles-Root correspondence and he had
| then learned that it had been referred to
Gen. 'Chaffee for his comment upon it
Undoubtedly, he said, the secretary had
| thought that the charge against army Of
tcers should not be sent without an ex-
PLANTATION.
Senator Culberson shanged his resolu.
tlon so as to call directly upon the secre:
tary OF war to forward any information
he may have from Gen. Chaffee and in thi;
form the resolution was adopted
| Gen. Macarthur then began his state
ment. He said that after complete stud,
of the situation he had concluded tina
permanent American occupation of tn
islands was advisable
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
VOL VERINES ELECTING

Municipal Contests On In Various
Parts of Michigan.
Detroit. April THE principal interest
in the city and township elections In
Michigan to-day is at Grand Rapids,
where Mayor George r. Perry, democrat,
is seeking reelection to a third term.
The death Of Arthur R. Rood, the repub-
lican candidate, is said to have considera-
bly, increased the chance of Mayor Perry S
reelection. A strong fight has been made
against Perry because of the water sup
ply scandal. The issues at stake in the
various cities and townships are purely
local.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
WAR TAX REPEAL
Conferees Agree, the Senate
Receding in the Matter
of Bucketshops. s

Washington, April THE conferees on
the war revenue repeal bill to-day reached
an agreement, the senate receding from
it's amendment, which retains the tax on
bucket shops. It was stated that taking
into consideration the repealed sections Of
the tax law, it was doubtful whether the
senate provision would stand and also that
it was quite likely that the provision
would permit members of stock exchanges
engaging in the business which the
amendment would prevent among So
called bucket-shop dealers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
NEW PEOPLE
1900, Including 5000 American

1900. Including 1000 Americans,
Entered Manitoba in March.
Special to The Journal
Winnipeg, Man, April British immi-
grants have been arriving in the city at the
rate of about 300 day the past week. Dur
ing March the hotel arrivals from all parts
numbered 1900 and of these 5000 were Ameri-
cans, and 1000 Of them passed over the 500
road and located in Alberta.
Many eastern farmers are moving west.
Some days last week as many as from seven
to ten big tranloads Of these settlers with
their effects came in. Land Is also selling
at an enormous rate to settlers in all parts
of Manitoba and the northwest territories
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
NORTHWEST ELECTIONS
of Register Up fol
Endorsement at Bismarck.

Special to The Journal.
Bismarck, N. D., April THE city election
for the choice Of four aldermen is in progress
here to-day. The present city administration,
under Mayor Register, is asking Endorsement
from the voters Of the city on its record for
the past year, and it seems probable that a
majority Of it's candidates will be elected. Ex-
Mayor Patterson is candidate for election
as alderman in the fourth ward, and is OPP
posed by George w. Beaver, who is running
by tickers Frank Reed is also a candidate
for alderman In the second ward against H.
L. Reade. NJ. P. Slattery and John White
are opposing candidates for alderman IN
the first ward, and Walter Shelton and J. T.
Jackson are opponents in the third ward
The weather is raw and cold and there is
no especial excitement.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
Washington Small Talk.

Representative Burke of South Dakota was
to- day admitted to practice before the supreme
court, on motion of Senator Kittredge. Mr..
Burke has recommended DR.. George w. Potter
for member of the board of pension examining
surgeons at Redfeld.
ID. H. Beecher, the Grand Forks banker who
has been spending some time here, left to-
day for jamestown, N. Y, whence he will go
home.
w. W. Washburn has resigned the postmas-
tership OF Spring Valley, Mimi, and Mr.. Taw-
ney has recommended e. w. Thayer as his
successor.
c. NJ Grimm was to-day appointed post
master at DE Kalb, Decatur county, Iowa.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
BUTTE VOTES BONDS

100000 to Be Spent for Public
School Betterments.
Special to The Journal.
Butte, Mont. April THE school election
Saturday was quiet and w. McWhite, Charles
Lane, W. E. Weirick and j. L. Clinton, re-
publicans, were reelected trustees, having no
opposition. The citizens voted to Issue 800,
900 in school bonds.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
SHELDON DINED

Upper Peninsula Congressman Meets
Constituents ut Ienolninee.
Special TO The Journal
Menominee, Mich, April IA reception
and o'clock dinner were given last night at
Postmaster Kerns home for Congressman
Sheldon, who was on his way to Washing
ton. He stopped off here to confer with the
new commercial club as to the river and
harbor bill, in the senate, which con-
tains all appropriation for widening and
deepening Sturgeon bay, canal. Mr.. Sheldon
said he thought the bill would be passed
and next year the appropriation would be
greatly increased.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
SICK BUT A FEW HOURS
Death of Rev. e. L. Tolonen, Promi

Death of Rev. r.. L. TOI0nen, PrOmi-
nent Finnish Lutheran.
Special 60 The Journal.
Ishpeming, Mich, April REV. E. L. Tolo-
men, one of the best known Finnish Lutheran
ministers in the United States, died at his
home here last evening after few hours ILL
ness. He preached to his congregation at
the morning service and was taken with pneu-
monia He was prominent in the establish
ment of the Finnish seminary at Hancock
The worst blizzard of the season has ragged
here since yesterday morning. Snow has
piled up from three to five feet in places
Street cars are tied up and all trains are late
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
SARLES' STOCK UP
North DakOtans Predict His Election
rs Governor.

rs Governor.
North Dakotans in st. Paul say that
new man will be elected governor this
year. He is E. Y. Sarles of Hillsboro,
a well-known banker and leading repub-
lican. He has never held office, but has
stood high in party councils, and is a
successful and respected business man. If
he can. secure the delegation from his
home county, of Trail, they say, his
nomination is assured. He is not an
avowed candidate yet, but a strong SEN
timent has been worked up in his favor.
White lost ground by his wabblng atti-
tude toward the merger proposition, and
is slated for retirement.
Dave Bartlett of Cooperstown, now lieu
tenant governor, has aspirations to sue
coed White, but Searles is said to be the
fayOrite,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
CHICAGO BEcKoNs DOM PAU

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Chicago, April Mayor Harrison to-day
forwarded to Paul Kruger at The Hague an
invitation to visit Chicago, according to the
wish of the city council. Accompanying the
Invitation are resolutions preceded by a pre-
amble expressing sympathy for the Boer
cause. They are elegantly engrossed on vel
lum and bound in seal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
Nothing for st. Louis Fair.

Special to The Journal
WATERFOWL, S. D., April Tt is not prob
able that the county commissioners Of Cod
ington county will appropriate any money for
an exhibit of the state at the st. Louis ex-
position Owing to heavy expenditures for
new county buildings last year, the commits
soners do not feel warranted in making even
a temporary outlay of money for an exhibit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
OH LAKE CAPTAIN IS DEAD.

Milwaukee April Captain Edward Save
land, aged SO years, died to-day after long
illness. He was we'll known in marine cir
cles, having sailed the lakes for forty years.
Word was received here to-day OF the death
at Cleveland, Ohio, Of Louis SLIDER, formerly
well known Milwaukee business man. He
was at one time grand treasurer of the grand
lodge Of Wisconsin Odd Fellows.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
PROFIT IN WISCONSIN
Receipts and Losses of Insurance
Companies In Badger State.

Special 20 The Journal.
Madison, Wis, April 7.-Wisconsin people
paid S., 475 SO7 for fire and marine insurance
premiums last year, that amount being shown
by the annual report of Insurance Commits
sioner Giljohann, Just out to have been re-
ceived for premiums by the ISL fire and
marine companies doing business in the state
During the game time these companies paid
for losses in the state $3,75S,1t6, the ratio of
losses paid to premiums received being 6S62
per cent. The whole amount of insurance
written in Wisconsin during the year was
sos
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
SUMMER RESORTS SOLD

Property at Lake Halle, Wis.,, to BE
Improved and Reopened.
Special to The Journal.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, April Capt. A.
M. Sherman, Of Eau Claire, has purchased
the Lake Halle famous summer resort,
midway between Eau Claire and Chippewa
Falls, from John 'Ure for $4,000 The
property will be improved and reopened.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
MERRILL WILL CONTEST !.

Complicated Questions Before Wis
consin's Supreme Court.
Special to The journal.
Madison, Wis, April THE contest over
the will of the late s. S. Merrill Of Milwau-
kee, in which several complicated lega,
questions are involved, occupied most of the
time of the supreme court to-day and the ar
gument will not be finished until tomorrow
noon. The supreme court to-day denied the.
motion for an order, directing subpoena to
be issued requiring Henry Stein to produce
certain records in the Plankinton bank case.s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
vice President Burns Succeeds.

Denver, April Id. C. Packard. owner Of
the Denver baseball club in the Western
OF James Whitfield, said that his death would
in no wise affect the future of the league,
whose affairs are in. good shape. Thomas
Burns, of Colorado Springs, vice president,
unnecessary, Mr. Pc kgafd says, to call, a
special meeting at once to elect a successor
to President Whitfield.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
DEPARTMENT. OF COMMERCE

Material Changes Being Made In the
Measure.
washington, April THE house commit
tee to-day began final work on the bill for
a department of commerce and labor. Tenta-
tive amendments were made, one including q
bureau Of insurance and another emitting the
bureau OF labor. The opinion and votes to-
day indicated that the changes will be made
before the bill is reported.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
Engineer Lamed for Life
Special to The Journal.

jamestown, N. D., April 7.-Engineer NAL
lick of the Northern Pacific will be lame for
life as result of an accident. He slipped
from the tender of his engine and fractured
his knee-caD in four places. He has been
sent to the hospital at Brainerd for treatment
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
CroWsWere Around Lost Body
Special to The Journal.

Sp 5 -
The
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
JAMAICA GINGER
Arrests Cause Fighting Between
Rioters and Police.

Kingston, Jamaica, April There has been
riotng at Montego Bay since Saturday night,
owing to arrests by the police. In a fight be-
tween the police and rioters many on both
sides were wounded. Troops have been dis.
patched to the scene.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
LOCOMOTIVE AND POST

Bones Was Caught Between Then
and Met a Horrible Death.
Special to The Journal.
Anaconda Mont, April michael Bones
was killed here Saturday by being crushed
between an air locomotive and an iron post
at the Washoe1 smelter He was on the
railroad track and trying to get out Of the
way when the engine caught him. He was
still alive but horribly mashed when taken
from between the post and locomotive. He
died shortly afterwards. He was unmarried
and % years old.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
ONLY A SELL

Lawton, Okla, April THE story OF
negroes being run out of Lawton is canard
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-14
HE FEARS FOR
CO-FDUCATION

DR.. Edmund ]. James president-elect
of the Northwestern University in pre-
senting his first communication to the
board of trustees on the subject of CO.
education says: There are many signs
of a marked reaction in the public mind
on the subject of coeducation. Friends
of the movement may well view it with
some concern. The tide seems in GER
tain ways to have ebbed. A pronounced
reaction has set in. Not only has the
system ceased to make new converts,
but there are indications that it is
losing ground in the very territory
which it had SO completely won.
THE grounds of discussion have
changed entirely in the last generation
The old objections have lost their force
and entirely new ones are now to the
front. The notion that women are in
capable of doing college work, so COM
monty urged a generation ago has COM
pletely Disappeared The objection that
young men and women cannot be trust
ed to observe proper relations in their
social intercourse has lost its force, in
view of the plain fact that the moral
tone of CO-educatiOnal institutions is
distinctly higher than that of the com
munity at large, and is certainly not in
ferior to that of schools for one sex
alone.
But on the other hand, one hears
oftener the claim that the increasing
number of women tends to feminine tine
institutions where they are, i'm some
cases to such an extent as to discourage
the attendance of men. 1t is urged with
increasing persistence that the socia1
distractions and designations, with their
widening invasion of the serious pur-
pose that should go with school life,
form a very serious problem; while
others emphasize the fact that the
broad difference in the future careers
of the two sexes should find a more
adequate recognition in the cSllege cur
ricula."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-14
TO- RECLAIM LANDS
BISHOP ESTATE PROPERTY TO BE
FILLED.
Material to be Pumped From the New
Slip-Railroad Being Constructed to
Further the Work.

The Bishop Estate is having a small
railway constructed from Kukuluaeo
past the Union Feed COmpany's ware
house to a point near the Iron Works,
to aid in refilling some of the Bishop
lands near the old gasoline warehouse.
The intention is at the present time, to
have some of the debris which comes
from the slip now being constructed,
pumped to the lands Waikiki of the
sewer outfal pumping plant. The lands
on the mauka side of the Beach road
will be filled in according to the amount
of debris which is secured from the
slip.
The debris is now being pumped
across the road leading to the Channel
wharf onto a small piece of low land
which is to be used by the Inter-Island
company as a site for workshops. As
soon as this land shall have been re-
claimed, the remainder of the debris is
to be pumped onto the other lands ly-
ing beyond the outfall sewer pumping
plant. About ten or twelve acres will
be reclaimed by this means.
The dredger will pump the debris as
far as possible toward this land. The
railroad is being constructed with a
view to hauling the debris onto the
land, If the stuff can not be pumped the
entire distance. After the land shall
have been reclaimed. the railroad Will
be used for the transportation of lum-
Der to Allen and Robinson's yards and
for hauling other freight A small
wharf is likely to be constructed in
that vicinity.