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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
TWO SENT TO ST. PETER
John W1man Protested to Fea1
Wife's Strange influence.

John W1man Protested to Fear
Wife's Strange influence.
John D. Wiman, aged Al. was committed
to the insane asylum at st. Peter, Saturday
Wiman labored under the delusion that his
wife exercised some strange influence over
him, and that he was completely subject to
her wishes He was rational otherwise.
Billy Bragdon, formerly of Champlin,
Hennepin county, whose family lives on
Second avenue N, was again committed to
the ST. Peter asylum, this morning. He was
only recently released He created a sensa-
ton some time ago by jumping from the
third floor of building on Seventh street.
Nathan F. Comstock, aged 80, who has been
acting strangely for several weeks past way
brought to the county Jail this morning from
319 Second avenue 8. He WILDE examined in
the probate court tomorrow. He attempted
to escape from the patrol wagon yesterday
and officer Foresam had rough fight be-
fore he could get Comstock under control
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
SHAKESPEARE A COMMON NAME.
Antiquarian.

1t may come as surprise to some folk
to find how common a name that Of Shak
spere not only is, but was long before
the birth Of the poet. At least three
thirteenth-century Shaksperes are known.
and there is a possible fourth In the
next century there are notices of bearers
of the name at Penrith and Nottingham,
where John SHAKESPEARE was a plaintiff in
1857 against Richard de Cotgrave, spircer,
for deceit in the sale Of dyewood, and re-
covered damages; in Warwickshire-
''Thos. Shakspere, felon, who had left his
goods and fed"-at Youghal, Colchester,
Pontefract and elsewhere. Fifteenth
century occurrences of the name are also
fairly numerous, and when we come to
the succeeding age, Immediately preced-
ing and partly including the poets own
era, Mrs. Slopes shows plainly that there
were Shaksperes all over the country.
The frequent occurrence of the name is,
Of course, a warning of the valuelessness
of the attempts which have been not in
frequently made to connect the poet with
this or that family on the grounds Of SIM
ilarity of name or age.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
SHE is .CIRCUMsPEcT
s'Thelma" Speaks In Riddles Re
garding Townsend's Insurance.


garding TOwnsend's Insurance.
'"Thelma' the clairyoyant said to be q
contestant for the life insurance Of Marc
Townsend, is beautifully circumspect. All
of her inguisitors have been unable to
learn from her whether or not she was
the wife OF the deceased Townsend,
whether the Mrs. Townsend who lives in
Everett, WASH, Is divorced. whether the
insurance left by Townsend Is made out
to her or to some one else, or, in fact.
whether there is any insurance at all She
says:
The personal effects Of Mr.. Townsend are
In my possession. He did not direct any
other disposition Of them. I understand by
the papers that Mrs. Townsend, who seems to
believe that she was the legal wife of Mr..
Townsend at the time Of the lattsr's death.
has instructed the police to hold Mr. Town
send effects No officer has called for them.
They will have to prove that their right to
the property Is greater than mine before I
shall let them so. Now, II the insurance
were made out to me, it would be foolish for
any one else to attempt to secure it, wouldn't
it? And Il the insurance were made uut to
any one else, you'd bs yszyl foolish % try
ltSaoolIect, wouldn,t IT s ss!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
:.
THEY WON'T APPEAL
County Commissioners Consider thu
s--. Wheeler Tax Case.

County Commissioners Consider the
Wheeler Tax Case. =
The county commissioners decided yesterday
not to appeal from the decision Of Judge Holt
in the Wheeler case, in which the plaintiff
had been charged with interest on delinquent
taxes of 1900, where the property had not
been sold at regular sale. Wheeler claimed
that he had been unjustly assessed and
brought suit to recover s4S interest on the
delinquent taxes.
The contention Of the county commission
ers was that having paid the interest volun-
tarily, Wheeler was not entitled to recover.
The decision not to appea! will pave the way
for other litigation along the same lines and
will probably cost the county from $1,000 to
$1,000.
DR.. G. M. Kistler, the county physician, re-
ported that he had encountered ffty-eght
cases of smallpox in the country districts
of Hennepin county during the month. While
smallpox was more prevalent than ever before
in the country. he believed it to be under con-
troll .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
COULDN'T FILL The ORDER
The Postoflce Stamp Mans Stock
Was Too Low.

| d
Notwithstanding the astonishing growth in
stamp sales at the Minneapolis postoface, it is
only "about once in lifetime that call is
made on the Office that cannot be filled. The
other day a man wanted 20, 600 2-cent stamped
envelopes. The order could not be filled;
word was sent tc Washington, from whence
Instructions issued to try St. Louis. st. Louis
is subagency which supplies Minneapolis.
st. Louis declined the offer with thanks
didn't have the envelopes. AS forlorn hope,
application was made to Postmaster McGill
In st. Paul. who forthwith produced the $500
worth of envelopes.
The envelopes called for were OF unusual
size, and within a few days several calls had
! been made for the same kind, creating scar
city.
Auditor Wesley is provided against runs
| Of an ordinary nature. A million each of the
| 1 and 2-cent denominations are kept on hand.
| OF the regular run of stamped envelopes an
| order for 15O, 600 could be filled at moments
| notice. Demands for 81 600 worth of a single
denomination are not infreQuent. The audi
| tor hands out the merchandise without a
blink OF the eye.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
OF VALUE TO CIGARETTE SMOKERS.
Philadelphia Record

A piece of information that should be
interesting to boys who smoke cigarettes
is that, in the majority Of the depart
ment stores Of this country, the employ
ment department men, before engaging
boys, look at their hands for the yellow
stains of nicotine. I'VE wouldn't think
of taking to a lad who had the cigarette
habit, you know a manager said the
other day, ''fOr boys who don't smoke
have better hearts and stronger and can
do more work than those who do. Besides,
a smoking boy nearly always develops at
20 or SO into a drinking man. but the
nonsmoker is apt to be total abstainer,
and that is the sort of person we mer-
chants want to laLdle our money for US.
Look first the applicants fingers for
cigarette stains'-tfat is the rule with
every employment department manager
in the country. OF course, We are some
times fooled by boys who wash the stains
away before applying for positions to us. q"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
The BURNETT CASE
It Attracts Much Attention Among
Local Attorneys
UNDER WHAT Law CONVICTED?
Provisions of the Common Law
Would Cover Case-Peculiar
Massachusetts Case.

All mofDlG persons who are contem-
plating double suicides-not daring to
take the leap in the dark alone-should
take warning from the experience of DR..
Oryllle S. Burnett of Chicago, and make
sure work of it, or, continue to bear the
"sl1ngs and sorrows Of outrageous for
tune" e<.
SO lar as known the conviction of DR..
Burnett, who is to be sent to the peni-
Tertiary for fifteen years for .'being .ac-
cessory before and after the fact to the
death OF Mrs. Charlotte S. Nichol Of
Nashville, Tenn, even though it was ad-
m1tted by the prosecution that she had
committed suicide, is the first case Of the
kind on record.
The point the state sought to establish
was that Burnett and Mrs. Nichol agreed
to commit suicide together, and that the
man weakened, allowing the woman to go
to her death alone. a >
The case has created interest among
Minneapolis attorneys, some OF whom
were at loss to know under what law
Burnett could have been convicted. The
question asked at the courthouse this
morning was: How could person be
charged with murder in case where two
persons had mutually agreed to die to-
gether?''
AL ]. Smith, assistant county attorney,
! looked up the law and concluded that
Burnett had probably been convicted
| wlthstandtng the unusual circumstances
surrounding the case, he was clearly
| guilty.
| The common law holds that 'If two mu-
tually agree to kill themselves together
and the means employed to produce
death take effect upon one only, the sur
vlvor is guilty Of the murder of the one
who dies"
| Under the penal code Of the state of
New York, "a person who wilfully, in any
manner, advises, encourages, abets or as
slsts another person in taking the latter's
LIE is guilty OF manslaughter in the first
degree"
A Massachusetts Case. -
AS precedent for this, the New York
law cites as leading case that of Johna-
than JeWett, who was to be executed in
Massachusetts for the murder of his
! father. A prisoner named Bowen who
occupied the cell next to Jewett repeated
ly advised and urged him to commit sui
eide JeWett was disposed to hang onto
lie as long as there was hope, and was
inclined to let the law take it's course
Bowen persuaded him that there was nc
chance for him to escape the extreme pen
atty and pictured to him what good joke
1t would be on the. sheriff and those who
had secured reserved seats for the hang.
ing to cheat the gallows the day before
the execution was to take place
Bowen kept at JeWett SO PERSISTENT!
that the wretch finally did as directed ane
on the fatal morning was found hanging
in his cell. On the testimony of othe
prisoners Bowen was convicted Of tn
murder of Jewett
In treating Of suicide in the singula,
form the law seriously concludes tina
although suicide is deemed grave pub
lie wrong. yet from the impossibility 0
PREACHING the successful perpetrator, nj
forfeiture is possible Cd. ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
AN ALLEGED BRASS THIEF
John Day Charged With Robbtne
Great Northern Cars. .sf

John Day Charged With Robbtng
Great Northern Cars. ...I>
John o. Day was in the police court
this morning charged with grand larceny
by F. w. Herrick, the special officer of
the Great Northern Railroad company.
Day will be given an examination March
7, and is held in $500 bail. He was &C
cused of stealing some thirty journal
brasses from freight cars in the Great
Northern railroad yard, the value of which
was about SIS. The railroads have been
much annoyed during the few months
past by men stealing these brasses from
the cars. The loss Is not only consider
able from the standpoint of cost of re-
placement, but it Is still greater from
the inconvenience and trouble which it
causes. The cars cannot be used until the
brasses from the journals are replaced.
This takes some little time, even after
the theft Is discovered. One man with q
crowbar and a few hours of time can
make enough trouble to keep the repair
crews busy for days. -s, 1864 ."54...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
ALL FOR THEMSELVES
The Returns From Journal News.
boys Band Concert.

Next Wednesday evening The Journal
Newsboys' band will present a program OF
high class music at the Lyceum theater
Ever since the boys have arranged to give
this concert they have all worked hard to
sell tickets and to make the concert sue
cess, because it is all for their own benefit
not for the band, nor The Journal
Miss Clara Williams, soprano, and the Tenn
pie quartet will assist. Tickets may be had
at the Metropolitan Music company's store,
or at The Journal Office business
counter. Any courtesies shown the boys will
be appreciated. Last season the boys played
a number of times for different societies and
causes and received no pay for their SER
vices, and now they have come to point
where they will appreciate a return of favors
The program will consist of selections from
Bohemian Girl, Martha Holy City,
and other numbers of like character.
The boys have had their pictures taken by
Miller. the photographer, and will be grouped
at the concert as they are in the picture
shown in the Plymouth Clothing House win
dow. which will have a place in the band S
new room.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
LAUGH ON THE LAWYER
An Un.cheduled "auiz' and It's I'm

expected Termination.
When John D. Smith, the attorney, visited
the university law school recently, he asked
q student IN the constitutional law class, II
he was entitled to exercise the right of suf-
frage. Receiving an Affirmative answer he
asked the student by what authority
By virtue Of the laws OF the United
Statss,' was the prompt reply.
Under what special provision?''
More particularly under the amendment
to the constitution which entities a man to
vote Irrespective Of race. color or previous
condition OF servdtude.', answered the stu
dent. a twinkle In his eye.
s Does that apply TO you 2" continued tho at
tornay. following up his attack.
The young man hesitatsd before commit
ting himseaf. Then he replied: mot me;
does It eoysr your csss7' /, 81 rs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
MANUFACTURERS EXHIBIT
Commercial Club to Push State Fat1

COmmefC10l CluO 10 rush state Fair
: Plan-Warehouse Proposition.
Secretary Randall of the Minnesota Agrf.
cultural society met with the manufacturers
committee Of the Commercial club to-day
to formulate plans for Minnesota manu-
facturers' exhibit at the state fair It is
the intention Of the committee to make an
effort to secure a list of local manufacturers
who wilt exhibit their products at the next
state fair. 1".ets
The jobters' committee Of the Commercial
club which has the handling of the propo-
sition for a bonded warehouse for Minneap-
oils will begin work coon. The new chair
man will be named shortly which will again
put the committee in good working form
Those who have the project in hand purpose,
If proper support is assured, to make the new.
warehouse one of the best In the west. AS
srrances that the warehouse will be we'll
I,atronized Is all that Is asked from the
business men. It is the intention to squip
one portion Of the structure for cold storage,
another for general storage and still another
for government bonded merchandise.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
FEBRUARY MORTALITY
Only 124 Deaths in the City for En-
tire Month.

tire Month.
The month just, closed was one of the
'slowest" from undertakers point of view
In the last ten years. The health department
records show total Of only 1874 deaths from,
all causes, which is the smallest number re-
corded for any month since June, 1887, when
the number 121. The mildness of the
weather, coupled with the absence of tn.
usual number of cases of contagious diseases
appears to have been responsible FOR the re-
suit. There were only six deaths from diph-
liberia and only two each from scarlet fever
and typhoid fever. On the other hand the
deaths from pneumonia were about up to the
average for the winter months, twenty Ii.
number.
A peculiar feature was the exceptionally
high mortality among aged people. The rec
ords show sixteen deaths of persons more
than 70, and seven were over 80. 1vo Mrs
Ruth w. Kimball and Enoch Horton, were
81 and 81 respectively.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
FRYE's CHANCE
At Last 1t Comes and He Speaks 70

At Last 1t Gomez and He Speaks 1OF
His Beloved Shipping Bill.
Washington March s-Mr. Frye spoke In the
senate to-day in favor of the shipping bill.
He reviewed the condition Of American trade
and pointed out the small amount which was
carried In American ships He said tho coun-
try had prospered under protection AMI every
industry had been protected except An erican
shipping. Should war occur between the
great ocean-carrying nations of the world,
like England and Germany. the farmefs. the
mechanics and the producers OF America,
through lack OF facilities for transportation,
would lose more than either OF the contend
ling nations. III SD A.;
There 10 only ono thing declared sena-
tor Frye, that is responsible for this con-
dition OF affairs, and that II American waxsa. q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
WILL BUILD AT ONCE
Encouraging Response to Appeals
for MOney;to Finish. Church.

encouraging Response to Appeals
for Money5to Finish. Church.
The appeal or-funds with (which to
complete the new Calvary Baptist edifice
received such an encouraging response at
yesterdays morning service that the trus-
tees feel justified In proceeding at once
to let contracts. The society needs $4,000
for it's work and pledges were given yes
terday for $4.G5O, though not more than
one-half OF the membership Of the church
has yet been heard from. 49,.
An interesting incident of the pledge
program was a donation Of a gold watch
by a new member of the church. She had
no money to give, but insisted that the
society take her watch. The pastor finally
consented to accept the Offering. Imme-
diately prominent member Of the church
jumped to his feet and declared that he
would be one Of ten men to put in S. each
to redeem the watch for the owner. In
stantly others were on their feet and in
three minutes the watch had been pur-
chased from the pastor for $3.50 and handed
back to the donor. ry.,..r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
HE DIDN'T M REPORT
A Pawnbroker Pays Dearly for His
SecretivenNas

A PaWnbrOKer FayB Dearly Tor HIS
Secretiveness.
A. Shapiro, the pawnbroker who was
arrested last week for failing to enter a
report Of purchases, was in court this
morning. His attorney decided that
things looked a little dubious for his
client, and so changed the plea to guilty.
When the judge calmly pronounced the
sentence SIS and costs or eighty days in
the workhouse, the pawnbroker nearly
fell off his chair But his discontinue
was still greater when he was presented
with a bill OF costs which brought his
fine to $99.40. It seems that it was neces-
sary to summon witnesses from Still
water for the occasion. These were the
deputy warden of the penitentiary, John
Glennon, and the man Anderson who stole
the shoes in the first place and then
pawned them to Shapiro.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
ASK FOR AN ACCOUNTING
Members of a Company Dealing in
100 North Dakota Lands

w. H. Schoonmaker, c. A. Kaye and
others, who constitute a company for the
Improvement of North Dakota lands, have
brought suit against one Van Rolfe in
st. Paul in which they ask for an ac-
counting and the dissolution of the COM
pany. The company, which was organized
by the defendant a year ago, invested
$4,000 as partial payment on 191, 584
acres Of land in North Dakota. The plain
tiffs now say that Van Rolfe was the paid
agent Of the Northwestern Land company
from which the tract was purchased, that
he was to receive SIT 900 for engineering
the deal. and that he has failed to &C
count for $4,000 received from several
sales which he has made since the incor-
poration of the company
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
Federal Court Tomorrow.

Federal Court Tomorrow.
The March term of the fedarl courts open at
lQ a.. m. tomorrow. Several cases will be
considered by the grand jury, including those
OF Mrs: Nettie K. Matthews for passing raised
bills, Bertrand Olcott for using the mails
With wrongful intent and Mrs. Brown for
passing counterfeit money. The circuit cal
endar Is short. One case thus far is ready for
the district court, that of Hans B. Strand, in
dicted in March, for perjury.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
BRIGGS DISAPPOINTED
The PardOning Board Declines
Grant His Petition.

The state board Of pardons held .spe-
cia1 meeting at noon yesterday and once moro
turned down the application OF Fred Briggs
for pardon from the Minneapolis workhouse.
Pardons were Issued to Sam F1shbedn serving
ninety days in the Hennepin jail for assault
and battery, and to Matt Kelly, serving thirty
days In the ST. Paul workhouss for drunk.
snnsss.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
MAY SEEK DENOMINATION
Aid. Merrill May stand for Retur,

Alderman A. e. Merrill Of the fourth ward,
who has been included among the probable
candidates for the republican senatorial
nomination next fall, Is being strongly urged
by his friends to become candidate for
denomination for alderman, and 1t il said
that he Is inclined to fall In with the plan
In the event that he is q candidate for
aldermen It ii understood that r. b. Boutell
will renounce his own aldernAntn ambitions
end support Mr. Merrill Ia
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
POWERS LlGHT-F0OTED
Alleged Anti-Goebel Conspirato1
Safe in Honduras.

Middlesboro, KY, March S.-John Powers, a
brother OF ex-Secretary OF State Powers. and
under indictment charged with conspiracy in
the assassination OF Governor Goebel has
gone to Honduras, Central America, Powers
has been gone several months, but it was
not publicly known until to-day. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
METEOROLOGICAL
MRS. WINTHROP. S. GILN

MRS. WINTHROP S. GILMAN. the
mother of MIS-. Daniel R. Noyes and Mrs,
Charles P: Noyes of St, Paul, died at the
home Of her daughter. Mrs. K. Davenport
in Washington, y. c., Sunday. Mrs. Gil
man lived IN st. Paul from 1890 TO 1893. The
funeral service will be held Wednesday at
the Brick Presbyterian church, New York,
Of which church MIR. and Mrs. Gilman were
members for many years. ..-,
HERMAN KRUMWIEDE, a brother Of
Police Captain Henry Krumwi EIDE OF Min
ueapolis, is dead at Jordan, Mimi, OF small
pox. Mr.. Krumwiede was a carpenter and
had been working at Wilno. He was AZ years
old, leaves a wife and two children at Jor-
dan, and was member of the Sons OF Her.
mann.
MARY KIRBY MAYOCK, wife of Pat
rick Mayock, Is dead at her late residence,
1913 E TWenty-second street. She LIS survived
by husband, a son and two daughters
Miss ]. E. Mayock Of the Minneapolis public
schools and Mrs Edward Atkins. The in
terment will take place Wednesday morning
at Prairie du Chen, Wis. -.'
MRS. AUGUST GIEsMANN, aged g.
died Friday night at her home Rosetown,
Ramsey county. s4She OF the terrific
rial pioneers and the mother OF Mrs. Louis
Gluek. Funeral to-day, at 10 o'clock, from
the home. s,5s'-.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
CITY NEWS

Orphans Home Has Surplus = Fred
b Chute, treasurer of the Catholic Orphans
Home fair held recently, reports a balance on
hand of $3.50 after paying a mortgage and
bills amounting to $9,216.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04

Where Is G. c. Edwards3-C. C. Ed
wards. 1903 Central avenue, Is reported miss
ing He is 40 years old and a carpenter by
near Hawthorne, Wis, but left there on Feb.
20, intending TO come to Minneapolis by way
of Duluth. He has not been heard from since