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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
10 j: 0. CALL /: ! co. PRIMARIES
REP. COMMITTEE MEETS SOON
Convention Will Number $40 Dele:
- gates and Will Choose 113
for State Convention. ,--

chairman Matchan expects to call a
meeting of the Hennepin county repub-
lican committee Friday evening, May l6,
or Monday evening, May 49,
The county convention to select dele
June "a. This date was fixed by the state
committee. The county committee will
nix time for holding the primaries. They
may be held the evening of June 90, on the
eve of the convention. This would be
perfectly satisfactory to the city, but the
country towns may object, as this will
leave only night between primaries and
convention. Saturday night would not
suit any one, so If a prior date is taken,
it will be Friday evening, June 20. -,
It is predicted that the Hennepin coun-
ty convention will indorse Van SAINT. for
denomination, and will send 113 delegates
to the state convention pledged to Van
SAINT for governor and Ray w. Jones for
lieutenant governor. -
The county committee will probably de-
eide to continue the system used in 1900
by which the campaign committee is
built up from the ground. THE repub-
lican voters at each precinct caucus select
three precinct =. committeeman. The
chairmen of each precinct committee
represents it en- the ward committee and
helps select, representative from the
ward on the county committee. IA
Precincts will be represented in The
county convention on basis of one~dele-
gate for every twenty-five, votes cast fol
William Mckinley for president in 1900
This will make aF5convention of $40 dele
gates. :r8
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
GR0CERS MEAN BUSINESS
Propose to Prosecute All VioIators Of
Sunday Closing Law.


President Fred Davis of the South Side
Grocers' association. denies using the
strong language attributed to him in
He admits having said that grocers
violating the Sunday closing law had re-
celved fair warning, but insists that only
mild measures were to be used.
Notwithstanding Mr.. Davis declaration
that the association will pursue pacific
policy, it developed to-day that the asso-
citation has actually adopted operative
measures and is undertaking to force vo-
lators of the Sunday closing law into line.
The second notice. sent out by the
association to the offending grocers, uses
strong language and threatens to bring
the lawbreakers into court if they con-
tinue to keep open on Sundays.
'sThis is final warning" reads the sec
ond notice. "and if they do not comply
with the law hereafter we will see to 1t
that they are prosecuted and pay fines in
the Minneapolis municipal court, every
time they violate the law in this re-
spect."
The notice goes on to observe that laws
rangements have been made to secure
evidence in all sections Of the South Side.
All grocers VINO keep open tomorrow are
to be arrested and prosecuted. The asso-
citation purposes to secure evidence on all
succeeding Sundays until "every retail
grocer on the South Side obeys and re-
spects the state law requiring them to
close their places of business on Sunday"
''This is no idle threat the notice con-
tinues. Eve mean business, and we mean
that you shall have warning, but if you
persist in violating the law after this
notice, you can expect prosecution and
arrest"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
ACRES IN THE HOLE.
N. E. Minneapolis Residents Are
Out to Stop Quarrymen.
A BIG TRACT ALREADY STRIPPED
The Area Is Left in Such Shape as
to Prevent Improve
ments.

Residents OF northeast Minneapolis,
north of Central avenue and between
Eighteenth and Twenty fifth avenues, are
up in arms over the increasing encroach-
ments of the stone quarry companies.
More than ten acres of unplatted. land in
that locality have already been stripped
ct the depth of ten feet in the past few
months, and the residents Whereabouts
are now engaged in taking measures to
prevent the stripping of fifteen acres
moro The upper sell is being used by
the Wisconsin Central railway company
to fill In Boom Island. The ledge of
rock runs down to depth of from 20 to
Sc feet and 1T is only question of time.
the directors say, when the stone COM
panies will have cuarried the rock all
out and made the land worthless for
building improvements of any kind. BY
an agreement with the stone companies
and the city the. companies are under
bond to refill the unopened streets.
In the course of the operations of strip
ping the cuarries a track was laid across
one Of the city streets without permits
sion from the council. Yesterday Alder
man Mccoy, of the Ninth ward, who is il
tensely interested in the matter: caused
the arrest of the offending company: The
case was set for trial for next Friday.
At the last council meeting, he sue
ceeded in getting a resolution through
extending Lincoln street from Thirteenth
to Sixteenth avenue, with the further
purpose of preventing further stripping
operations into new territory. If the
people interested can keep the railway
tracks from entrance into the territory,
it is said stripping operations will be i'm
possible and the district saved from the
uuarrymen. II necessary 1t is the in
tention of the Drotestants to ask the
council to extend other streets in that
locality with the object of still further
hampering the operations Of the quarry
men. ' --
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
BOOTHS SELL READILY
Space for Industrial Exhibits ut Ellxs
Fair Is Snapped Up.

The first week of the sale of space on
the Industrial Street at the Elks' Fair
to exhibitors closes to-day. One half of
the space has been actually contracted for
and assigned and a number of reserya-
tons have been made besides
= The Ell1s feel much encouraged by the
enthusiastic way in which the leading
business firms have thus substantially
contributed to the success Of the fair.
Because of the immense amount of de-
tell work it is almost impossible for the
booth committee to visit personally the
different firms. Business men and manu-
requested eithereto call at=the Fair Head
quarters, Sixth street and Henne pin ave.
nue., or to telephone N. w. M-861 or T. G.
1907, so that the diagram can be sent to
their addresses:
In addition to the names of firmsawho
have taken soace, already printed, s the
following have contracted.for booths: c..
D. Holbrook & Co.. machinery and en-
gires;;, Monitor Manufacturing company,
J. H. Barrett. music publisher; Globe
Iron Works; Guy IIutchins, cigars; Glen
wood-Inglewood Water Co.; AdolDh Rel
ner, furrier; E. Kayser. wall paper:
Fairbanks, Morse G Co.; Minneapolis Pa
per company; ]. Pauly, CIGARS Menden-
hall, the florist: Josie A. Wanous, drug
gist; Gardner Hardware Co.; Bintliff Pic
ture Co., F. S. Goodfellow & Co., dry
goods; Nicollet Clothing company
Kimball Piano company; Cable Piano
company; Northwestern Telephone com
pany; w. S. Conrad, cigars; Benz & Co.
Dewey Theater; Tooze Rogers; Ginter
Grocery company; C. w. Johnson, florist
North American Telegraph company; O.
H. Peck company; c. Taylor, wall paper,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
NEW TORT. CONF MON
s. .. ..-t e. ~
Issue of a Million and a Half Au-
thorized.
MR.. LOWRY BACK FROM MEETING
He Says No Further Extensions Are
Projected For This

Financing the improvements to be made
this year was the principal business trans
acted at the annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Twin City Rapid Transit
company in Elizabeth, N. j., this week.
A special to T e ] ur n a from New
York says that it was decided to issue
$1,000, 900 of common stock, the new isuse
going to the stockholders at par, and the
amount realized to be applied to the i'm
provements9 now tinder way, equipment
and building the extension to the South St..
Paul st ockyards.. The circular covering
the proceedings Of the meeting is now be-
ing prepared" and will be issued In few
days. TO- f&"F .'-. - IA IL .
President Thomas Lowry of the company
returned this morning, from the east. He
would not discuss the details Of the pro-
posed stock ISSUE, Saying that whatever
was done by the meeting would be made
known in the circular issued within the
next few weeks. He said that no extern
sions had been planned for this year. The
stockholders reelected the old board of
directors. : ,;-s} = 81, : !. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
DR.. COLE is SW|NDLED
spiritualists Fleece Minneapolis
IN Physician Out of $4,000.

( DR.. A. L: Cole of Minneapolis, is one
of the principals of a case in Chicago
which has more than usual interest. He
has been the victim of the scheming of
number of spiritualists and as result
lost $4,000 before he realized that he was
being duped. His swindlers have been
arrested and are in Jail.
s;The leader of the gang is a woman who
conducted regular spiritualistic seances
at. her residence, 1875 North Clark street,
! which were attended by DR.. Cole. He
was advised by the spirits to engage in
the; stock business and as result spent
his money in purchasing instruments
to be used in manipulating market re-
ports. 81
The medium was aided in the scheme
by two confederates, who manipulated the
wire tapping machine in such way that
any question would be answered in just
the way it was. desired. The confederates
have been arrested in New York. All
three have been indicted by the Chicago
grand jury and the matter will meet with
thorough investigation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
Mimi. Conferences Will Be Handled
by Bishop Acknowledgements
League Plans. a;

Bishop I. W. Joyce has returned from the
conference of Methodist bishops at Chat
tanooga, Tenn. His assignment is to
eight conferences in Nevada, California,
Arizona and New Mexico. He will leave
in August. To the two Minnesota con-
ferences and some German conferences
was assigned Bishop Andrews Of New
York. Bishop Goodsell of Chattanooga
will have charge of the two Wisconsin
conferences and those in the two Da-
kotas. To Bishop Hamilton of San Fran
cisco was allotted the state of Iowa.
Bishop Joyce has received a letter from
the officials of the Wisconsin Epworth
league stating that If assured that the
national biennial convention were to be
held in Minneapolis in July, 1908, the
Wisconsin league would postpon it's
meeting for next year. The bishop re-
piled that until the meeting Of the COM
mittee which decides he could not give
this assurance. ..'. ~ ..-e -,
This national committee will meet May
81 in Chicago, at 81 Washington street.
the headquart ers Of the Methodist Book
concern.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
THE "BIG MITT" LEDGER
Some Startling Figures on Income
and Cost of PrOteCfinn.

What purport to be figures from the
November balance sheet of the big mitt'
combination have been published Soon
after Howard and Edwards were arrested,
package was sent to the latter by his
wife. This was intercepted and found to
be a book of accounts. The November
entries indicated that the total receipts
for the month were $1,000, of which
$4,000 or 40 per cent, was paid the ..'steer-
ers" who brought in the victims and
ing $4,000, the gang, is charged with pay
ing $1,120 for police protection, which left
$1,000 as the net profits of the big mitt'
managers for the month. Money is re-
ported to have been paid to various police
officers in weekly amounts ranging from
SIS to 500 week. A go-between is also
credited with $50 a week.
1t is presumed that this account book
was one of the bits of evidence consid-
cred by the grand jury.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12

of one of the larger "seas'' is sometimes
50 conspicuous as to be visible to the
naked eye. 1t may be seen by compar-
ing from night to night during the prog
ress of lunation the relative brightness
of the seas which the old astronomers
dignifed by the names of Fertility, Seren-
ity, Nectar and Vapors. The smallest
telescope brings this out, says Prof. Pick
ering.
The "Seas'' Not Seas ut All.
i Although he claims that water exists
On the moon, the Harvard astronomer
denies that the "seas" were ever covered
by that element at all. cit does not seem
at all proba ble,'' says he, "that the moon
was ever world teeming with animal
and vegetable life, like our own planet,
as it is sometimes pictured to us, but
rather that it was, even in it's palmiest
days, comparatively dry and barren
waste. For various reasons it is improb-
able that the moon ever possessed a
very dense atmosphere, for even if it
possessed it., it could not retain it; and
it therefore follows necessarily that it
would be almost impossible to maintain
large free liquid surface upon\it, on
account of the excessive evaporation at
ordinary temperatures.
but independently of theoretical rea-
scning, the same result has been reached
from my observations; for 1 have searched
very carefully for indications of the action
of water upon the maria (seas), but
hitherto entirely without success. The
markings which with low powers seem
to indicate water action, under high pow
ers look more like the action of heat,
melting or partially melting the craters
and earlier formed surfaces
Strange Acting Rivers.
If then the Seas never contained
water where on the moon did it appear
This query Professor Pickering answers
| by pointing to the deep red cracks in the
surface called rills. These rills are al
ways wider at enc end than the other and
the wide end always terminates in a
pear shaped craterlet. Further one end
is always higher than the other and it is
the wide end which is the higher This
means -that the lunar rivers took their
rise in lakes and flowed forth into deserts,
gradually becoming smaller and eventual
ly disappearing. The origin of these
| lakes Professor Pickering attributes to
hot springs and geysers formed by vol
| canic activity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
CELESTIAL INJUNCT1ONs
All Chinese Restaurants, but One,
LEGALLY Protected.

Injunctions have been issued against the
members of the Minneapolis Cooks Pro-
tective and Benevolent association requir-
ing them to stay, away from Chew Sem S
restaurant at 204 Hennepin avenue, and
Wong Chong's restaurant at 213 Nicollet
avenue.
The injunctions are identical with the
one from the federal court in another
case. The cooks and their pickets are to
remain at least seventy-five feet away
from the restaurants within which area
they are not to distribute any cards, or
advertising matter designed to injure the
business of the Chinese rest aurants. They
are not to interfere with the patrons or
the employees. of the restaurants.
All the Chinese restaurants in town, ex-
cept that of Ye Sing, on First avenue, are
now provided with injunctions against the
cooks At present the other labor unions
have not taken up the cause of the cooks
and no attempt was made to have the in
functions directed against any others.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
BOUGHT BY OLAF SEARLE
The Old First National Bank Build
ing CHANGES Hands j.

The Old First National Bank Build
ing Changes Hands.
8 Olaf o. Searle, secretary and treasurer
of the A. E. Johnson company, has con-
tracted to buy from the First National
bank the old bank building at Nicollet
avenue and Washington The price is
about $4,000 and the deal will be COM
pleted June 1.
This purchase is a personal investment
by Mr.. Searle and he plans to expend
$4,000 in putting the building in modern
shape. 1t is probable that the first floor
will be lowered to the street and that
the upper two stories will be made over
The johnson company and the Peoples
bank will remain as tenants. The Wash
ington avenue front takes in about two
thirds of the block occupied also by the
Richards block. The frontage on Me-
ollet is so feet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
Believed to Be in Today IS, Batch of
Fifteen Indictments.
TWO MEN SAID TO BE AFFECTED
The Grand Jury Signifies an Inten-
tion Of Continuing It's
Work.

Some police officers have been indicted
by the grand jury, but it is not believed
that the number included in the report of
the jury this morning is as large as was
expected yesterday. = Fairly conclusive
evidence has been. furnished against at
least four members of the police Depart
ment, but there is reason to believe that
only two indictments have yet been pre-
sented to the court, these being against
two plain clothes men. There are reasons
why it would not be advisable to return
indictments against the other two to-day.
There were about fifteen papers In the
bunch which The grand jury turned over
to Judge Simpson this morning, mostly
against the ordinary offenders. HOW
many Of the others were for the police
force would be impossible to say. 1t has
been intimated that several indictments
would be returned against each man TO
make conviction sure.
When Judge Simpson asked If the jury
was ready to be dismissed, every one
smiled as the foreman responded that it
was not. = '- = .!""> go. - - :
49, : Absentees Looked After. .,
80 Complaint was made in court this morn
ing against the absence of certain jurors:
Judge Simpson stated that several had
been excused on account of sickness
while Messrs. Clinton Morrison and
George F. Eve were reported out OF the
city. If either were here" he would soon
have an opportunity to explain why ne
did not answer the jury summons.
The jury held a two hour session this
morning. Charles Howard, one Of the
principals in the ''big mitt" gang, was
called down from Jail and spent some
time in the inquisition room; s3s-1..
Detectives "Shorty'' Wirtensohn and
Bracket were waiting for call from the
jury this morning. They have been sum-
moned, but knew of no reason why.
1t is understood that there will be no
arrangements until Monday. .. -..::,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
"PUGGERY WEE" PRIZES
Awards to Painters OF the Comic
CoIored Pictures. -

: The ."Puggery Wee" picture, to be
paint ed for prizes, published in last Sat-
urday's. Journal, evidently interested q
great many young people. our :
a ! office has been flooded during the
past week with painted 'Puggery Wee"
pictures. Some Of them were very nicely
done and the decision as to prizes has
been a rather difficult one to reach. On
the whole, however, it appears that the
first prize of So should go to G. Winifred
Bartlett, Pipestone, Mimi; the second
prizo Of 81 to George Bowler, 340S En-
erson avenue S, Minneapolis. The next
five prizes, of ST. each, are awarded to
Helen Givens, Grafton, N. D.. Emma Lit
! tie, Rural Route No. 1, Good Thunder,
Mimi; Gertrude Martins, Big Stone, S. D.;
]. J. Lawlfs, 1902 Sixth street S, Mime
apolis, and Paul Shoemaker, Mountain
Lake, Mimi, Rural Route No. 1. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
THOUGHT IT ENDLESS.
Chicago New

Doctor-Nothing serious, I assure you.
Your wife merely had small ulcer on
the end of her tongue.
IS Enpeck-Say, doctor is that fact?
Doctor-Certainly,s sir! hope you don't
think l would nisrepresent the case?
Enpetk-No, but your discovery that
her tongue really had an end seems too
good to be true.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
A LITERARY COMMENT.
Pa1timOre American

.'My friends asserted the vain dam
sci, Say that my walk is the poetry of
motion - z::tsz
All" musedfthe listener, there is: so
much amateur poetry nowadays.
evidence, we readily deduce the fact that
he referred inssome way to the feet OF
the poetry, and as corollary to that de-
sduetion we dednee again that the .damsel
was from Chicago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
HANDS TIED WITH WIRE
Constable Arrests Two so-Cal1ed
desperate Characters"

"Desperate Characters"
H. H. Harris and John Olson of Golden
Valley wore brought to the city yesterday
by Constable o. Johnson who arrested
them on the charge of fishing in Keegan's
Lake with nets, contrary to law. When the
trio appeared at the central police station,
Olson was handcuffed and Harris had his
hands securely bound together with a
piece Of fence wire, while the officer was
armed with a heavy bludgeon.
Johnson explained that they were des-
perate characters and that Harris had
not been captured until three shots had
been fired at him.
Both men declare they are innocent of
violating the law and resent the treat
ment they have received at the hands of
the officer. They were taken to Golden
Valley this afternoon for trial.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-12
CITY NEWS
FIRST THOUSAND IN
One Weeks Record for the Park
Music Fund.
NEIGHBoRHooD WORKERS NAMED
Committees Selected From the VII
cinity OF Each PnrlS-TO-day's
Contributors.

Within six DAYS the citizens commit
tee which is raising funds for free, open
air concerts in MINNEAPOLIS, parks this
summer, has secured more than $1,000;
and thar, too. without resortlns 10 per
sonal solicitation. The total amount re-
ceiyed ~ to noon to-day was 81, O4GbO,
showing which the committee considers
highly creditable to the city.
Mayor Ames has contributed $500 to the
fund, and among the other large contrl-
buttons received recently are Wyman'
Partridge Co., 500; VIM. Donaldson & Co.,
$50; Powers Mercantile Co.. $50; VIM.
Donaldson & Co.'S employees. S4".65; 500
railroad, $25 and John Leahy, $50. How
ever, the committee does not so mucn
rely upon large as upon small contrlpu-
tons 1t is hoped that every man in the
city who can afford it will give something
to the fund if it is only 10 cents. $50
At the request Of people living in the
neighborhood of parks, and to interest
Still others whose homes are within
short distance of the city's beauty spots,
Chairman c. A. Quist has appointed the
following local committees:
Glen Gale-George w. Jones, 1928 Hillside
avenue; George Brimhall, 1922 Hillside ave-
nue.; Nels Clausen, 1927 Twenty second ave-
nue. N; Thomas Voegel 1514 Hillsdale ave-
nue. G.. q. Riddell, 23l6 Twenty-second ave-
nue. N.
Minnehaha--Captan James Compton, Sol
" dders' Home; Elmer E. Foster, corner Fiftieth
and Forty second avenue S; F. E. Blssel,
Soldiers Home ]. r. Hartzell 5o06 Forty
second avenue S; ]. w. Swinburn, 1910
Thirty ninth avenue ).
Window Park-EX-A Alderman NJ. B. Lloyd,
25O5 Buchanan; Frank Ring, 23l4 Buchanan;
Aaron Carlson 1917 Adams NE; John Gorme-
~, Twenty fourth and Central; H. c. Fearce,
1902 Buchanan. g..
Logan Park-E. F. Comstock, $50 Madison
street; P. c. Anderson, 1926 Jefferson; E. H..
St. Clair, Kasota building; Eric Rhode, l5zO
Adams; John M. Hay, Temple Court
Riverside-Thorwald Nelson COZ Twenty
sixth avenue S; G. J. Keller, 1880 Eighth
street S; c. Jorgensen, 1904 Eighth street s.;
C. Stephenson, 250S Eighth street S; y. A.
Dorff 2501 Riverside avenue.
Farviow-Howard DeLaittre, 2647 Lyndale
avenue N; A. Olson, 2637 Lyndale avenue NJ;
A. w Benson, 1881 Third street N; E. R.
Williamson, 2639 Lyndale avenue N; Theo-
dore johnson, 1925 Lyndale avenue N.
Van Cleve-J. T. Elwell, 1868 Thirteenth
avenue Sc; c. B. Leonard, 1867 Fifteenth
avenue Sc; c. M Way, 1919 Nineteenth ave-
nue. Sc; S. J. Borge, 1923 Eighth street Sc;
S. S. Reynold, 1918 Eight street Sc.
The chairmen of these, committees are
expected to call meetings shortly and to
divide the work UP among committee
members each Of whom has been author
lied by the committee to collect money
for the fund. Committees to canvass
other park neighborhoods will be named