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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-13
new BOSS FOR TAMMANY
LEWIS NIXON SUCCEEDS CROKER
HUT This Arrangement May Proveyto
be Only Temporary In
Eject.

Z New York, Jan. 13.-Richard Croker.
Saturday announced his retirement from
the formal leadership OF Tammany Hall.
The announcement was made at the
executive meeting. at which@the plan
OF organization for the year 1902 was
agreed upon. Lewis Nixon was chosen as
Mr.. Cookers successor as the chairman
OF the finance COMMITTEES. This position
by long usage carries with 1t the leader
ship of the organization. Mr.. Croker
said that the appointment OF Mr. Nixon
to the craftsmanship OF the finance com
mittee had his full approval and he hoped
that Mr.. Nixon would receive the same
consideration and good will which had
been extended to himself.
Lewis Nixon was born in Lessburg, Va,
April Z, 1861. In 1878 he was appointed
midshipman and in 1882 he was gradu-
ated from the United States naval
academy, at the head Of his class In
1884 he was transferred to the construc-
tion corps oil the navy. In 1890 he de-
signed the battleships Oregon Indiana,
Massachusetts, and then resigned from
the navy to become superintendent con-
.structor OF the Cramps shipyard in Phila-
delphia In 1896 he started the Crescent
shipyard at Elizabethport, N. j., where
he has built 100 vessels in six years,
among others the torpedo boat Holland
and the monitor Florida. In 1898 he was
appointed president of the East river
bridge commission by Mayor Van Wyck.
Shipbuilding company, and president OF
several Industrial companies.
Mr. Crokers' retirement is not taken
seriously. = It, is believed that when the
next campaign comes he will again be at
the head OF Tammany.
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MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 49, 1902
CHARGES ARE FALSE
supt. Tompkins Puts In a General
Denial.
HE WROTE oNELETTER, HOWEVER
Thought Mrs. Tompkins Would OBJ
ject and So Had Reply Como
to a Friend.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Valentine, Neb., Jan. 1S.-W. n. Tomp-
kins, late superintendent Of the South
Dakota reform school, accused Of i'm
proper relations with the inmates, said
here to-day:
The charges against me are absolutely false,
who are sexual peryerts to indulge in Great
them, but ought not to be permitted in an
ments to be almost always untrue, tried
to suppress while at school anything Of this
character. yet it was always being agitated
by the girls in connection with officers who
were there before ne.
The only charge with the least particle of
foundation is the one in which am accused
OF recommending officer who was once an
inmate, but was released, and had been for
some time serving as an officer for me, to
continue in such capacity for Superintendent
Young. My letter to her was in answer to
one from her requesting me to Secure en-
ployment for her elsewhere, as she would
not stay at the school. Honestly desiring to
help the young woman, who had 10 relatives
who would help her, and knowing that Mrs.
Tompkins would not approve Of my writing
to any Of the woman officers, I committed the
indiscretion of requesting her to write me
regarding the place for her in care of a
friend. This she did, think three letters,
and this was the only indiscretion on my
part, and I intended no wrong.
There is too little common sense and truth,
and entirely too much personal spite and
politics in these charges. e& -
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CUBA AND PHILIPPINES
Belief Expressed That Our Own Pos
sessions Should Be Treated as
Well as Cuba.
.p.,v York. s..,. speosa, servies

;N~.o York. sun Special Servtes
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13-The committee on
ways and means will on Wednesday begin
hearings on the Cuban reciprocity Ques-
ton. The committee will hear both sides
to this question, but it has been practi-
cally decided that the bill shall be re-
ported giving the Cubans a reduction of
25, or 30 per cent from the Dingley rates,
or give the president the authority to pro-
claim such new rates when the Cuban gov
eminent provides for a reciprocal. tariff
with this country.
The business distress in Cuba is 50
threatening and the sentiment in the
country so strong that some Of the tariff
leaders are already preparing to go even
further than this by providing to have the
reciprocal tariff go into effect at once,
with the military government acting for
Cuba The Cubans are willing to have
the arrangement made in this way and
some of the most obstinate opponents Of
Cuban reciprocity have come to the con-
clusion that they might as we'll settle the
whole question in this manner. VA
The interview with Secretary Root, OPP
posing all reciprocity with the Philip
pines, may complicate the situation by
raising opposition to any concessions to
Cuba that are not given to territory
owned and controlled by the United
States Those republicans who insist on
closer commercial relations with the
Philippines insist that the government
shall be consistent in the treatment of
these two important questions. They do
not oppose tariff concessionssto Cuba, but
they do oppose giving. closer commercial
relations to a foreign government than
congress is willing to grant to a govern
ment created by congress, and which the
supreme court has decided to be domestic
territory Of the Unit ed States. They be-
lieve that closer commercial relations
should be given to the Philippines.
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MADMEN AND MAVERICKS
MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR THEM
Publication That Will BE the Ofhc1ai
S.. Organ of, All Sorts of
Lunatics.
Ns,o York SUI. .speosa, servsos

NesO York. Sun Special SerU5os
st. Louis, Jan. ia monthly maya
zine edited for lunatics is about to be
issued from Owane county, ILL.,, IN the
interest of the "Lunatic Trade Its name
will be the Lunatic Herald. AS the OH
cial organ Of that most unfortunate class
Of human beings who are really insane
and the no less fortunate class whom the
supposedly sane consider insane, this
unique publication will depend for It's ad-
vertising support on those who cater TO
the insane wants of the ostracized IN
sane, their conservators, and their nos
pital keepers, hoping to Increase the CIT
culation with the spread of the disease,
insanity, which IS said to be catching
like the smallpox or itch.
The editor protector, proprietor ana
general Windworker" is General A. B.
Leeper, a member of the G. A.. r. and
self styled "f1rst-class lunatic,' who after
spending five terms in the Illinois central
hospital for the insane at Jacksonville,
looks forward fearlessly to the possibility
OF being compelled to take post grad
-uate course" The general claims 10
have been ''misrepresente and lied on
more than any man or woman on eartn'
except ST. Paul and Mrs. Mary Baker e.
Eddy.'' ~
The contributors to the Lunat1c Herald
will be lunatics exclusively. Already
General LeeDer has opened negotiations
with prospective correspondents IN al
parts of the United States. The motto OF
the new. paper will be: "Peace on earth
and good will to men, women, chllaren,
mavericks, heretics and lunatics mcst
asnnciall y ''-#tir 5:sT .&rs
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CRITICAL
Stormy Times Ahead for the Ger
man Chancellor.
RETIREMENT MAY BE NECESSARY
Emperor VIII Compel Won Buelow
to Disavow the Anglophobe
Outbreak.
Nov Ns-k San s.soxal ss-vlos

London, jan 13.-The English cor
respondents in Berlin represent Chancel-
Tor Won Buelow as being in difficult po-
sltion. They believe that although he, for
political reasons, did not desire to offend
Great Britain. he felt compelled to make
some concession to popular opinion among
his own countrymen, not realizing the
results OF compromise.
The Daily Nails correspondent predicts
fresh outburst OF indignation in the
reichstag, of which the chancellor him
self will probably be the victim. The
correspondent claims that there is good
reason to believe that the emperor Will
not allow the chancellor to make any
more concessions to the gallery. If, says
the correspondent, Count Won Buelow
does not make a firm stand, once for all
disclaiming all connection with the
sAnglophobe outbreak, it will mean his re-
tirement. His successor, who is already
knocking at the door, will enter gladly
and try to better interpret the emperor's
wishes.
The Morning Posts correspondent says
there can be little doubt of the chancel-
slor's inability to swim strongly against
the rising flood of Anglophobia. There
is reason to believe, however, that he will
make an effort before the end of the
budget debate to prevent the complete
success of the AnglOphObes.
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RECORD EXPUNGED
Full Text of the Resolutions Adopted
a.".. at PlankintOn.

Special to The Journal.
Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 13.-Following is
the full text Of the resolution adopted by
the state board of charities and correc-
tions to expunge from the records of the
board a previous resolution commencing
the administration Of w. H. .TOmpkins as
superintendent of the reform school at
Plankiuton: @
Whereas, on the 18th day of September,
1901, this board adopted resolution COM
mending the conduct of Former Superinten-
dent W. H, Tomplins of the reform school at
Plankinton and his administration of the
affairs of said school, and l..
Whereas, reports have come to this board,
since the adoption Of said resolution, reflect
ing upon the conduct of said Tompkins while
superintendent of said institution; and
Whereas, an investigation of such reports
has been made, and from such investigation
it appears from the sworn statements made
by one Of the employees in said institution and
by several of the inmates therein that the
general conduct of said w. H. TompkiDs
while such superintendent and his administra-
ton Of the affairs Of said institution were
not such as to merit the commendatory reso-
luton adopted in his behalf; therefore, be it
Resolved, That said resolution commend
ing w. H. Tompkins' administration of the
South Dakota reform school, adopted by this
board at it's meeting of Sept. II, 1901, be and
the same is hereby rescinded and expunged
from the minutes Of this board.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-13
FOR MURDER OF WIFE
Lane Case to BE Tried at Hardin
COunty's Term.

Special to The journal.
Iowa Falls, Iowa, Jan. f13.-The January
term Of the Hardin county district court
convened to-day with Judge ]. R. Whit
.aker Of Boone on the bench The leading
criminal case is the state vs. James Lane,
who is charged with the murder OF MS
wife near Alden last fall and the attempt
to kill his son-in-l law. Other criminal
cases are the state VS.. v. A. Biggs OF
Iowa Falls, L. NJ Toilet of Eldora and
John Hoskins OF Alden on the charge OF
perjury These cases grow our. OF the
late tax ferret crusade in this county.
The town of BOWS is having red-hot
fight over telephone franchises, and in
tense interest has been aroused IN tn'
question of granting the right to two or
more companies to use the streets ana
alleys for poles and lines. The fight has
eliminated in an election which drew
the lines very closely and in one instance
resulted in the defeat Of granting fran
chise by one vote, the other proposition
being defeated by larger majority.
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CHIPPEWA TIMBER
Two Bills Brought Forth by Rep
resentative Eddy.

Wa shington, Jam, 10 -Representative
Eddy will present to-day his bill proyid
ing for the cutting and sale of the pine
on the ceded Indian reservations in Min
nesota. 1t is similar to the Morris bill,
except in that provision relating to the
construction Of mills on the reservations.
Mr.. Morris leaves 1t discretionary with
the secretary Of the interior whether OPP
orators all be required to erect mills for
manufacturing lumber on the Indian
lands. The Eddy bill leaves it discretion
airy with the purchasers in the matter of
mill construction. Mr.. EDDY expresses
the opinion that if the operators have the
right to elect whether they operate mills
-on the reservation or not, that it will in
crease the value CT the timber at least
20 per cent. He regards this feature Of
his bill as important, and will insist that
it shall be Incorporated in any legislation
that is passed.
Another bill. which Mr.. Eddy will in
troduce, provides for the cutting of tim
Der on the diminished Red Lake and
White Earth reservations. 1t limits the
cut at White Earth to ten million feet a
year. and nine million feet at Red Lake.
1t fixes the minimum price at IS per thou
sand feet, board measure, This bill failed
Of passage in the last congress-.
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JOYCE WILL BE THERE
Jubilee Week for Two Churches at
sl Cedar Rapids.


sl". Cedar Rapids.
Special to The Journal s .,
Cedar Rapids; Iowa, Jan. 13-This is a
festival week for two Of the largest
churches in Cedar Rapids,-the First
Methodist and the First Presbyterian. The
Methodists began a week of jubilee Sun
day, with sermon by Rev. H. o. Pratt
Of Manchester, a former pastor of the
church, and this week there will be in the
city ell the pastors who have filled the
pulpit since the beginning of Methodism
in this city sixty-two years ago. Bishop
Joyce is also to be here, and the week
will be taken up with social and religious
meetings, eliminating with a grand jubi-
lee service In which a mortgage and notes
representing over $4,000 Of old debts will
be burned, every dollar Of the debt which
has been hanging over the church FOR
years having been paid. $685..
The First Presbyterians have with
them Rev. Henry C.. Minton, D. D., mod
orator of the general assembly, and DR..
]. S. Mcintosh of Philadelphia, who will
speak at the annual dinner of the Men s
association and conduct special services.
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WOOLLEY GETS BUSY AGAIN
Large Union Audience Hears Him at
Fergus Falls.
ia,l to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Jan. 13.-John g.
Woolley addressed union meeting IN
this city Sunday evening on the subject,
'My own Country" The lecture was
the first that Mr. Woolley has delivered
since his trip around the world, and the
church was crowded to suffocation. He
began by a general statement to the ef-
feet that his observations while abroad
had convinced him there was no such
country as the United States and that ne
believed the people of this land wire sew
eral generations ahead of those OF any
other nation.
He then. called attention to the Two
great evils threatening the nation-the
Worship of the dollar and the liquor
traff1c. He touched on political corrup-
ton, and appealed to the people to bring
the standard of political life up to that
of the home.
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PERHAPS A STRIKE
railroad Machinists Demand a Nine.
Hour Day.

Special to The Journal.
Chicago, Jan. Il. Railroads in every
part of the country are threatened with
serious trouble as the result of the an
nouncement of the intention of the ma
chinists employed in their shops to
strike next spring. Preparations for the
strike are we'll under way. Announcements
OF the intention of the machinists was
made yesterday by Vice President Con
Ion of washington. In an address in Mil
waukee he declared the men were de-
handing nine hour day and the adop-
ton Of a union scale which would vary
with the various districts in the country
In another month the demands OF the ma
chinists are to be submitted to the rail
roads, and unless agreed to a strike VII
follow May i.
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CIVIC. FEDERATION
Mr.. GOmpers on the Result of the
Recent COME rence.

Recent Conference.
New York, jan 13.-The Central Fed
Grated Union of this city has received a
letter from Samuel Gompers, president Of
the American Federation of Labor upon
the proposition to secure referendum
vote upon the work Of the National Civic
Federation The letter says:
The action of the central federated union
to refer the work of the national civic fedora
ton, with a resolution of condemnation Of
said conference, to referendum vote Of
affiliated unions does not appear to me to be
entirely one which can be conductive Of a
fair Judgment of the members of the unions
affiliated with the central: labor union The
only resolution before them is one, Of con-
demnation and even should that not be de-
feated, it would mean that the purpose of
the conference has not been condemned, which
is at least negative result. e
Mr.. Gompers submits resolution in
dorsing the conference, which he sug-
gests should be referred to the unions
for a vote tFs
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BRIGHTER FOR PORTO RICO
Happy Contrast With the Depression
of Two Years Ago.

Kalamazoo, Mich, Jan. 13.-The burial
of Father Joseph Ebert Of the local dean
cry marked the close of romantic career.
Once a dashing Bavarian army officer,
Father Ebert renowned war and became
priest. He was born in Wallerstein,
Bavaria, in 1S49. He studied theology and
philosophy in Munich. In 1866 he entered
the Bavarian army during the war with
Aust ria, and for bravery in battle was
promoted to the rank Of captain. In 1859
he became papal zouave. Soon after this
he deserted army life altogether and be-
came a priest, being appointed chaplain
'of St. Peters, in Rome. Afterwards he
was sent as missionary to this country
and official ed in the diocese of Detroit.
While in Michigan one Of his offices was
the editing of German Catholic paper.
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CHILD ACTRESS STOLEN
aottie Richards, Acrobat, Disappears

Lottie Richards, Acrobat, Disappears
in St. Louis. &
St. Louis. Jan. 13-Lottie Richards, II
years old, known in theatrical circles as
a member OF the Kline family of acrobats,
who are temporarily living in this city,
disappeared Friday. The child, who is the
second member of her family to disappear
in six months, was sent to neighboring
grocery to buy articles for the midday
meal and failed to return. The little girls
mother Mrs. Laura Richards, says that
she believes her daughter has been kid
mapped by some person who desires to
make the little girls theatrical engage
ments a source of profit
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MIXED PHONE SITUATION
LATE Do1NGs ON THE MEsABA
Four Companies in the Field-City of
Virginia Asks to Be Deliv-
= cred From One.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. -
Duluth, Mimi, Jan. 13.-The telephone
situation on the Mesaba range is decidedly
complicated. For year or two long
distance and local service there was by
the Duluth & Iron Range railways private
phones. This was bought a little while
ago by the Bell company as an adjunct and
strengthening influence for. its Duluth
system, which was suffering severely from
antABell competition.
The Duluth anti-Bell company an
nounced the commencement of a system
of lines to the range. Then the Iron
Range Telephone company, an independent
concern with lines in the northwest ern
part of the state, began building toward
Duluth via the West Mesaba. 1t put
phones into Hibbng and is now said to
be building to this city. Now comes the
Peoples Telephone company and incor-
porates, asking franchises at Mesaba
towns. Last week it was refused by Vir-
GINA the right to erect poles, but did
put up two or three in the night and
strung wires connecting two residences. 1t
now seeks to extend this line and is in
fact already doing so. The city brings
suit for an injunction to prevent the work
and a hearing was had to-day,
BY reason of the ownership by the Bell
company of all systems on the east and
central Mesaba, phone use between all
three towns is free to subscribers with a
charge to Duluth, but there is already a
charge between these towns and Hibbing
and a double charge from Hibbing to Du-
luth. -
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DOUBLE-TRACK CHANNEL
Plan to Solve the TranspOrtatfoh
Problem MT the 500.

+ Chicago, jan 1s-The project for
double-track channel In the 500 passage
between Lake Huron and Lake Superior
will be pushed before the Lake Carriers
association, which begins it's sessions in
lutions calling upon the government to
make this Improvement will be presented
and will doubtless be adopted by lake yes
selmen in their yearly conference.
The project is to cut a new channel in
the west Neebish. Then one channel will
be used for up-bound boats and the other
for down bound. The dangers of block
ades from collisions of passing ships would
be thus done away with.
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ELEVATOR DESTROYED
American Mailing Company Sustains
Heavy Loss. {

Heavy Loss. &
Chicago, Jan. ia loss estimated at
nearly $3.50, 900 was caused by fire that
broke out early this morning in the plant
of the G. F. We'll branch Of the Ameri-
can Mailing company. The property is
situated at Fifty-second street and
the Panhandle railroad tracks.
The fire started in the elevator,
a structure $50 feet high, cover
ing an area 300 by 200 feet, and having
1t was filled with barley almost to it's
capacity. The building was destroyed,
and its contents is almost a total loss.
Several freight cars were destroyed, and
j. Wells pickle factory damaged. Fully
ING ) Il
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{ CHIEF BY RIGHT
Young William HoIe-in-the-Day Ar
rested for Forgery.

. rested for Forgery.
Special to The journal.
white Earth, MINI, Jan. s13.-William
Hole-in-the Day, the young Indian who
was recently arrested in st. Paul on the
charge Of forgery, and whose trial Is set
for o-day. belongs on this agency, and
is rightfully the hereditary chief OF all
the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota. His
grandfather, Chief Hole-in- the-Day, In
1867 made a treaty with the United States
on behalf of his people for the thirty-six
townships now comprising the White
Earth reservation. Young Hole-in- the
Day has attended government schools for
several years, and has borne an excellent
reputation. S.
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MTSHAP ON THE ROCK IsI,AND

= D..
O'Keene,. Okla, Jan. 13.-A Rock Island
passenger train ran into a construction train
here to-day, killing two and injuring eight
The passenger train ran into the work train
on a siding. A misplaced switch caused the
wreck. H. K. Baer Of Wichita, Kan, and
E. A. Colfy of Galway. Kan, were those
killed. =s.s .,s..-
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TO LAUNCH YE DOMAINS

New Presidential Timber Discovered
In Iowa. .i
Special to The Journal.
d Sioux City, Iowa. Jan. IA Sioux City
politician who returned from Chicago yes
.ferday says that several leading Iowa
democrats will within q few weeks launch
j. %. Yeomans OF Onawa, formerly of
Sioux City, as Z democratic candidate for
president. &C.
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WOOLLEY INDICTED
'ormerly Grand Chancellor of the
Minnaanfa k nf p -.

Formerly WFHHu CHaHceIIOr OF the
Minnesota X. of p.
New Ulm. Mimi, Jan. 13.-The Brown
county grand jury sprung surprise by
indicting West W. Woolley, former grand
chancellor Of the Minnesota knights Of
Pythias, on a charge of embezzlement
1t is alleged there is shortage in his
accounts of $82, principally upon collec-
lions made at Sleepy Eye. "
Woolley was married only week ago
to Lydia May Plummer of Minneapolis,
the ceremony being performed by Rev. J.
S. Montgomery Of Wesley NJ. E. church.
He now resides at Grand Rapids, MINI.
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