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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
RULES MUST CHANGE
Chancellor Day of Syracuse Threat
ems the Football Team.

Syracuse, N. Y. Nov. o4.-Charcellor
James r. Day of Syracuse university
caused sensation in the chapel by stat
Ing that unless the football rules are radi-
ca!ly changed to abolish mass plays.
he would go before the board of trustees
and ask them to disband the team at Syr-
acuse another season. He said:
TO SEQ two bodies of men line up
against each other and smash together
with all the brute force they have. and
then to see three. four or five men lying
on the ground. one man running this way
after pail of water and another that way
after. doctor another chafing a mans
arms. others rubbing bruised muscles and
still others pumping air into man to get
him on his feet. only so that he may get
back into the same bullfght again, puts
the game on a par with bullhght, on a
level with a degrading prize fight
Il have always supported football, but
the time has come when find it difficult
to defend the game. When, before the
season is two-thirds over, half the mem
bers Of team have been in the hospital
and some of them compelled to leave the
game permanently, when men have been
killed throughout the country and scores
upon scores have been ma imed there
must be something wrong with the game"
New York, Nov. 24.-While playing half
back for the Bloomfield Y. M. c. A. team
at Lyons Farms against the A. c. team
of that village. Robert Mckinney % years
old, OF West Orange, was downed and re-
celVed injuries resulting in conclusion Of
the brain. from which he died.
Norfolk, Va. Nov. 24.--In the game be-
tween the University of Virginia and Car
Isle. Fuilback Williams, the captain of the
Carlisle team. was carried from the field
In the second half seriously injured. Ply
sicians state that his spine was badly
hurt.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
SUES FOR $4,000 :.
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Damage Case Against James E; Nc
Grath Of Saltwater on Trial.
)ecial to The Journal

Special to The journal.
saltwater, Mimi, Nov. 24.-The petit
jury was called in circuit court this fore
noon and the case OF Thomas Morrissey
against, James E. McGrath for $1,000
damages entered upon. Morrissey was
employed in one Of McGraths camps and
was thought to have been exposed to
smallpox. Thereupon' McGrath had Off
GERS take him to Aitkin and hold him for
week or more. The disease did not de-
Velop and Morrissey now seeks damages
for the alleged indignities offered him.
Alexander Nelson, is years Of age. was
in municipal court this morning charged
with theft. Judge Doe lectured him and
on. promise to behave and go to school de-
cided to let the boy off.
District Deputy James W. Foley and
twenty members Of the Elks' lodge left
for Albert Lea this morning to assist in
inst1tuting lodge of the order in that
place. ~,..-
Surveyor General Masterman's crew OF
scalers and tallymen will finish the sea-
sons campaign tonight. The business
amounted to about 240, 100000 feet, COM
prising logs which entered the boom and
were brought in by rail.
Mills along the St. Croix are generally
operating. There was ice in the ponds
yesterday and to-day, but not enough to
retard the work. o.
New and improved cars have been
brought from St. Paul for the Saltwater
street railway. ~ -.
The Saltwater football team won from
the. Merrimacs Of St. Paul yesterday by
score of to O..
The funeral Of Mrs. Nicholas Peterson
was held from the family residence yes
terday afternoon, Rev. Mr.. Edwins offici-
ating. The burial was at Fairview ceme-
tery.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
THE SCENE OYER AGAIN
French Authorities Compel De Ryd-
zewski to Show Exactly How
Gore Accident Happened.
[Other details Of the Ellen Gore case will be
found on Page Of this paper.]

[Other details Of the Ellen Gore will be
found on Page Of this paper.]
Paris. Nov. 24.--The French officials
having the Ellen Gore case in their charge
decided unexpectedly to hold the ''recon-
struction Of the scene this afternoon in
stead of waiting until tomorrow. This
interesting formality occurred in the room
where the tragedy took place. De Ryd-
zewski re- enacted the details of the fata
scene and submitted to the cross -examina-
ton of the officials at every step.
The only persons admitted were the
examining magistrate, the commissary OF
police, DR.. Socquet, who performed the
armorer; De Rydzewski and Lawyer Crup-
pi. A representative Of United States
Consul Gowdy. M. Paquet, applied fol-
permission to be present. but the magis-
trate refused on the ground Of require
ments of the law. The party arrived at
the house at o'clock. De Rydzewski was
in cab and was accompanied by two
police officers. He had handouts on and
looked pale and emaciated. He shielded
his face from the gaze Of the crowd at
the door and, followed by the magistrate
and the officers, mounted the stairs tC
the room to where the fatal scene was
re-enacted. There Is every reason to be-
leve that the accused reiterated his story
as first told. that Mrs. Cores death was
the result of accident.
M. Paauet, in behalf of Mr.. Gowdy, ap-
piled to the magistrate for possession OF
the body and the official offered every
facility. He ordered that the remains be
turned over to the United States officials
the only reservation being that, owing to
the requirements of the French law they
be not removed from the morgue until
after the second autopsy Thereupon the
commission Of American doctors arranged
to perform their autopsy at the morgue
to morrow morning.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
OUT OF A JOB
Colombian Revolutionists Go Over
Into Venezuela and Are
Whipped,

Willemstad. Island of Curacao, Nov. a.
IA new invasion Of Venezuela from
Colombia occurred recently when 2,20(
|revolutionists. Venezuelan and Colombian
liberated as the result Of the surrender
or General Uribe-Uribe and commanded
by Generals Rangel Garbras and Espiritu
s3nto Morales. entered Venezuelan terri
~H. On Saturday last, after a severe
encounter at Las Dantasn with Venezue-
ian troops. commanded by& President Cas-
tro's brothers, the revoIutionists were
checked. Colombia is generally regarded
as being innocent of the movement though
the government at Caracas insists that
Colombia is responsible.
Caracas, Sunday, Nov. 23.-General ve-
lutnt. the representative of President
Castro in the eastern provinces, will leave
Tomorrow for Barcelona and Ciudad Boil
ivar. with $500 men, to inaugurate a cam
paign against the revolutionists. To-day
General Velutini said:
The revoutionists have a thousand men
at Barcelona, but I do not believe any
hard fighting will be necessary to capture
those troops. command the Andinos
who will enter the combat with the pres
tige of victory. With the fall Of Barcelona
and 'Ciudad Bolivar, the revolution will be
ended and Venezuela will enter on a long
period Of peace. A new revolution is not
feared. There can never be another Ma
tos supported by foreign capital, leading
military conferences, warshlps, ten thou
sand men and plenty of ammunition
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24

HUNTER, THE ASSASSIN
Will the U. S. Surrender Him for
Trial in the Guatemalean
Courts?
Ne,c Fork SUI, Special Se,.vtco

Washington. Nov. 24.-Although the
state department has not yet decided to
surrender Godfrey Hunter, who shot and
killed William A. Fitzgerald in Gaute-
mala City on Friday, to the Gautemalan
authorities, it is thought that this action
will be taken II it is learned upon further
investigation that he was culpable.
There Is no way In which either young
Hunter, Mr.. Bailey, secretary of the
United States legation in Guatemala City,
can be punished except by the Gautemalan
authorities. They cannot be punished in
the United States for crime committed
in Guatemala. AS members Of the m inis-
ter's household they are immune from ar
rest by the Gautemalan authorities. But
the United States can waive this right,
and it is thought here that Secretary Hay
will not hesitate to take this course should
he decide that Young Hunter was to
blame. ....-.
Guatemala appears strangely Indifferent
as to whether or not Hunter is punished.
The Gautemalan minister here, Mr.. Ar
riaga. has received nothing from his gov
ernment in regard to the case. But even
II Guatemala does not make request for
the delivery Of the offenders, they will be
liable. to prosecution on the complaint OF
friends of Fitzgerald, in case the United
States valves its protection over the al
legged offenders. Nearly all other coun-
tries have laws which provide for the trial
In their own country of legation attaches
charged with misdemeanors. d
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
CITY PAPAS AWED
The Dazzling Magnifcence Of the
New Council Chamber I'm
presses Them Greatly.
Nevertheless Aid. Lars Rand Has
the Temerity to Suggest Some
Improvements.

The council chamber in the new city
hall has great fascination for the city
fathers and many Of them visit the room
every day to watch the work. Fair prog
ress is being made. Although it 8
doubtful if the chamber will be completed
by next Friday, the work, will be so far
advanced that 1t will be possible to hold
a meeting.
The new ROOM with its vaulted ceiling,
highly colored decorations, its lavish dis
play Of gilt and especially the glittering,
golden chandeliers, makes a dazzling
spectacle. The chandeliers are too much
entirely for Alderman Rand
It's all right to put those chandeliers
over republicans, who are accustomed to
ostentatious display Of opulence, but it's
hard on the democrats" he remarked this
morning.
The chandeliers, of which there are
eight, cost $3.50 each, and greatly heighten
the decorative effect in a room which is
already brilliant In color.
Alderman Rand urges, however, that
the windows spoil the harmony of the
decorative scheme. The vast expanse Of
white and clear glass, he says, may be
suitable for a greenhouse or a country
church, but poorly becomes a room other
wise so ornate. He calls attention to the
stained glass windows in the rooms of
the park board as a lesson. The hand
some windows designed by local artist
and obtained at comparatively small ex-
pense, complete a picture that is entirely
satisfactory, while the council chamber,
in spite OF the great expense for decora- :
tion, will always remain inartistic and un :
satisfactory until the windows are brought
into the general scheme. 1t was part of
the original design to have stained glass
for the council chamber, but if it is not
forthcoming, Rand promises to introduce
a special resolution ordering it.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
"B0B" TAYLOR IN TOWN
Ex-Gov. of Tennessee Here in Y. M.
C. A. Entertainment Course
Story on Teddy"

Former Governor Bob Taylor, who is
to give an entertainment entitled 1.-The
Fiddle and the Bow at the Y. M. c. A.
building this evening. Is at the West
Hotel. When he was last here he was
accompanied by his brother, with whom
he carried on a dialogue which will long be
remembered by those who heard them
The brother is still on the lecture plat
form, but. as the governor says, he doesn't
make extensive tours because he hates
to get too far away from OF Tennessee.
Governor Taylor is known Familiarity
throughout his native state as plain
Bob" Taylor, and it is doubtful if any
man who ever figured in the public life
of the big bend state ever welded
more potent influence in its politics. Sew
eral times governor of Tennessee, he has
stumped the state seven times in the in
terests of the democratic party, while his
brother has labored as zealously in be-
half Of the republicans.
But I am not talking politics on this
trip said Governor Taylor. my mission
is to try to give the people of the north
and west who are not well versed in the
traditions of the south some idea of the
typical life of the south and of the quaint
characters to be found in the mountain
Gus districts of my own Tennessee.
LAS to my lecture, it's just a little
nonsense I've picked up here and there
hot air., you might call it. An old fellow
whom 1 overheard pass Judgment on my
lecture in a small town recently had me
sized up right.
"'How'd you enpoy it, sam?' asked
friend.
"'well, he didn't say nothing, but. 1
liked it, was the reply
. Governor Taylor is telling a "true
story on President Roosevelt. When
one oof the veteran hunting dogs stirred
uneasily in its sleep. on the presidents
recent hunting expedition in Mississippi,
the president asked the guide for an ex-
PLANTATION Of the dogs restlessness.
Hes just dreaming, Mr.. President
replied the guide; you just put a chip
on his left ear and then put it in your
pocket and you'll see plenty Of bears in
the next twenty-four hours"
The president looked pretty tired the
next morning and when the guide asked
him how he felt he replied: -.
Il had a very bad night; l deamed I
chased a bear all over the state of Mssis-
sippi." ~
Governor Taylor says the republican
party Is gaining ground in the south, and
he predicts that the lilly white" repub-
J 'lican vote will cut a big figure in the
next election, especially in North Caro-
lima. ~ 80
The new Industrial south is developing
so rapidly that men who all their lives
had voted the straight democratic ticket
are now championing a protective tariff.
AS it is now q question Of personal inter-
est, the race question is not alone suffi-
cient to decide the politics of a merchant
or manufacturer. ~ &.s
t'The lilly whites,''' . said Governor Tay-
lor, significantly. are advocating repub-
lican principles with the negro left OUT
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
ROBBED A FARMER
Masked Robber Searches a House at
the Point of a Revolver.

Special to The Journal
Mason City, Iowa. Nov. PA masked
ropber, supposed to be a former hired
hand, slugged Farmer Willis Whpple at
his barn last night at Owen Grove while
he was putting away his team, robbed
him of SIS and then searched the house
at esne point q revolver for supposed
sum of money. The scare was unsuc.
cessful and before Whipple regained con-
sc1ousness the robber escaped
A double header crashed into the ca :
boose at Dodson on the north end of the
Iowa and Minnesota division of the North
WESTERN Both engines We're smashed
into scrap iron and the caboose and sew
,eral freight cars into kindling wood. For
tunately no one was killed, but Firema n
Martin Of this city and two travelling men
were seriously injured.
Former Superintendent S. M. Braden of
the Iowa and Minnesota division of the
North Western, was presented with a.
Templar signet ring last evening by his
TQrmer employees.
Mrs. A. H. Shepard. president of the
library board and prominent in social and
I literary circles, died last night at the
age of 55.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
| KILLED The COINS
Mrs. Nerling Murdered the Aged
Woman With a Hammer and
Then Shot the Son. =.
Double Murder Had Been Charged
to the Lone Bandit Who Robbed
the N. P. Train.

Special to The Journal. - -.
Butte. Mont, Nov. 24.-Mrs. Hank ~Nerl-
ing. who is believed to be demented and
who is being held in the prison hospital
at Phillipsburg on suspicion Of being the
murderer Of Mrs. Patience Conn and
James Conn, has made a confession to her
physician. it is alleged. She declared she
killed Mrs. Conn with hammer and then
shot the man.
At the time the bodies Of the Conns
were found the woman was also discov-
cred near the house where the killing oc-
CURED and her actions aroused suspicion.
She had made her homo with the Conns
and twenty years ago. while in \ rage,
she shot and killed her husband, but was
cleared on the grounds of insanity.
The murder Of the Conns was thought
to have been committed by the lone bandit
who held up the Northern Pacific train at
Bearmouth, as the Conn ranch is near the
scene of the robbery. s., :, =
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
CHARGED WITH ENTICING
Mrs. Manning and John Roach Of
Rugby. N. D., Taken Back.

Special to The Journal.
st. Cloud, Mimi, Nov. 24.-N1rs. James
Manning and John Roach, both Of Rugby,
N. D., were taken from a Great Northern
train here yesterday on telegraphic advices
to the effect that they were elopers. The
sheriff Of Pierce county. N. D., arrived to-
day with a warrant charging Roach with
enticing Mrs. Manning from her happy
home. Roach waived all formality and
went with the officer, Mrs. Manning also
returning to clear the young man, as she
said.
The Mannings and Roach once lived at
Elk River, Mimi Manning is a section
man at Rugby and Roach worked for him.
The couple left early Saturday afternoon
and were not missed by the husband until
about o'clock. Mrs. Manning had two
children with her. and her mother Mrs.
John Paul of Elk River, now has them in
charge.
Mrs. Manning asserts there was no
elopement. She and her children left to
visit their relatives at Elk. River she says,
and Roach simply accompanied them.
III. Knickerbocker. drillmaster at the
state reformat tory and member OF the old
Thirteenth Minnesota regiment. has gone
to Richmond, Ind, and will bring home
bride.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
A MOVE OF BANKERS.
Small Associations by Congressional
Districts Are to Be Formed
. in Minnesota. ~ "
The Plan Becomes Feasible Since
the State Is Filling Up
So Rapidly.

Joseph Chapman, Jr., secretary Of the
Minnesota Bankers association, has is.
sued a call for the annual meeting OF
the executive council, to be held Dec. s.
In addition to selecting a place for the
next annual meeting Of the association
the council will arrange the towns Of the
state into groups for the purpose Of form
ing small associations by congressional
districts. Each district association will
meet at least once a year. The plan is
followed in Iowa and Is successful, bring
ing the bankers of the neighborhcod
closer together and In advancing the in
terests Of the different Institutions
The banks Of Minnesota have been wide
ly scattered, but now that the state is
settling up rapidly, it is believed the small
association plan will be successful. OF the
625 banks in the state. $50 are affiliated
with the state association 1t is expected
that accessions to the membership of the
association will follow the establishment
Of the new plan.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
WAGES And RATES
The Rewards of Labor Are Increased
With Trumpet Accompaniment
- by Certain Railroads.
The Freight Rates Are Increased
by the Same Roads, but
!. in Whisper.

Fro,, The Journal Rureau. Room Is. Post
Building, Vashsngfon.
Washington, Nov. 24.-COncurrently
with the announcement that certain lead
ing Morgan railroad properties are raising
the employees wages comes the announce
ment that these same roads are to make
increase in the freight rates. The freight
announcement Is made in lower tone of
voice than the other, and with less display
of banners, but it is made. and the net re-
suit of the whole affair is that the public
will be compelled to put it's hands in its
pockets and make good the vaunted gen.
erosity Of the railroad magnates.
1t is believed that the news Of freight
tariff increase raise was not intended to
get before the public right away.
Primarily it is said that the increase in
wages was intended for effect on congress
when that body gets ready to consider the
anti trust question. The nlagnanmous
spectacle of the great trust railways of the
land voluntarily raising their employee s
wages was expected to have a quietng
effect on both houses congress- But
the news Of the freight increase came out,
and so the jig is probably up.
The public will pay the increased salaries
and that will be the last Of the matter
w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
TWO FULLERS OF M'P'L'S.
People Who Sign Their Names This
Way Are Arrested for a Post
Office Robbery.
Nss1 Yor1 Som Spsoisg Service

Nss1 York Sesss Spsois1 Service
Chicago, Nov. 24.-Under guard of CEN
trail station detectives and United States
secret service men, two men, said to be
brothers, were held prisoners all Of last
night in a room at the Wyoming hote
on Clark street They are believed to be
the men, or at least members Of the gang
that robbed the Chicago postoffce las,
year Of stamps and money to the value
OF: $1o0, 900. --; .. IT.,
The men,, both Of whom are said to
have held responsible positions in Chicago
at the time of the postoff1ce robbery, ar
rived in Chicago Friday. They regis.
tered at the Wyoming as p. H. and E.
B. Fuller of Minneapolis, and said they
were brothers.
, On Saturday E. II. Fuller, who former
ly was employed with A. Booth &. Co., il
said to have approached members Of that
firm and endeavored to dispose Of $1,50(
worth of postage stamps. The firm, sus-
pecting that all was not right, notified
Inspector Stuart, who at once detailed
detectives on the case. In the meantime
mysterious kilograms were almost hourly
being received at the hotel. These Chief
Clerk Charles B. Gomez. on the advice Of
Inspector Stuart, intercepted and turned
over to the detectives.
son who signed only his first name, and
told of having disposed Of the 'swag" and
Of being westward bound with a big sum
Of money to be divided.
The last telegram received was dated
a short distance east of Chicago and stated
that the writer would arrive here Sunday
morning.
Upon receipt Of this message the force
of detectives at the hotel was doubled.
Yesterday afternoon a stranger ap-
preached the desk, looked carefully over
the register, and on scanning the page
containing Fridays arrivals, registered
his name. He had no baggage. aside from
a small hand bag, which he placed care
fully on the counter.
In paying his bill in advance he dis
played a large roll Of money, the smallest
bill in which, Clerk Gomez declares, was
of a $40 denomina ton.
The man seemed laboring under some
excitement, and after glancing around the
hotel lobby. picked up his satchel and left.
Shortly afterward the two Fullers came
down stairs. They hurried over to the
register and glanced over the arrivals.
When their eyes fell on the newcomers s
name they started, then called for their
overcoats. Before they could leave the
hotel they were placed under arrest.
In the meantime two detectives had
quietly left to shadow the third man.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
DESPERATE H0MESTEADER
He Burned His Cabin and Blew 0ut
-" His Brains.
Special to The Journal,

Special to The Journal.
Bayfield,. Wis, Nov. 24.-Bob McCon-
nell, a homesteader, single and aged As,
at Bark Point, twenty miles west on the
lake, placed the muzzle Of a rifle to his
chin and blew out his brains. On Fri
day afternoon he charged Andy Shields,
a neighbor, with stealing $500 from his
cabin and then beat him badly with a
club. Shields walked barefooted to a
lumber camp near by and remained all
night. In the morning he returned home
to find the cabin a heap of smoldering
ruins, the work of Mcconnell. ..1
Mcconnell made will, leaving the bulk
OF his property to woman at Herbster
Recently he sold pine Off his land for
$500 cash. He was of a quarrelsome dis
position and is believed to have been in
sane. He has no relatives so far as
known. Shields Is not dangerously hurt