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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-15
CITY NEWS
WEATHER NOW AND THEN
Minimum Temperature To-day %
Degrees; a Year Ago. II Degrees.

4 Rev. Mr.. Purves tli-ReV. STUART p.
Purves Of Holy Trinity church is Ill at
st. Barnabas hospital, but not dangerous
~ He may be able to officiate at the
service of his church next Sunday, if not
other arrangements win be made.
Drank Chloroform-Alfred Williams,
aged "a years, residing at the Youman
hotel, sos Second avenue S, attempted to
commit suicide last evening by drinking
chloroform. Physicians saved his lie.
He was respondent over the fact that his
fiancee had broken her engagement with
him. :
A Small Boys Mlshap-Arthur Hop
kins, the little son Of Arthur II. Hop
kins, who has just left the city to take
a position in Chicago, fractured his leg
below the ankle in two places yesterday
and twisted his knee seriously. The &C
cident will delay the removal OF the fam
lily to Chicago several weeks. =
Robertson Tickets on Sale-FIank Rob
erson opens the New Century lectures
Saturday evening at Plymouth church
with his lecture on the West Indies and
Mont Pelee, and tickets for this event
may be obtained at the Metropolitan Mu-
Sic company's store. The sale Of course
tickets continues at the same place.
Room Scarce In City Hall-Complaint
has been made at the new city hall that
there is too much room in that side OF
the public building, but when custodian
Frank Gaylord and Alderman Harry Nc
Iaskey undertook to find quarters yes
terday for r. II. Whitney, city sealer
of weights and measures, every other
city official declared that he had no room
to spare. No other desk room Offering
1t was finally decided that, Mr.. Whitney
should share the office Of the newspaper
reporters.
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NOLAN HAS "CAYED
Admits That He and Two Other
Men Held Up Numerous
Victims.
He Confesses One Robbery for.
Which Martin Ryan Is
Now Held.

BY confessions made in the sweat box
involving Edward Ditmore, also under ar
rest, Joseph Nolan, colored, has convinced
the police that they have in custody two
Of the hold-up men who have committed
SO many robberies in the past few weeks.
Ditmore protests innocence, but Nolans
confessions are so complete that there is
likely to be no difficulty in conyicting both
men, They will be arraignedr to -morrow
Nolan confesses that he and Ditmore,
with another man who has not yet been
arrested, sugged and robbed Arthur Brin
near Tenth avenue S and Eighth street
last Friday night. He further confesses
that they held up T. J. Sargent and W.
j .Sullivan on the Plymouth avenue bridge,
and Louis Hubert on the Fifth avenue N
viaduct last Monday night. Property.
stolen from each Of these persons was
found in their possession. ~>-''"
Harley Brown, a colored boy about II
years old, was arrested in company with
Ditmore yesterday afternoon, and when
he was searched at the Central station a
gold watch, which had been stolen from
Arthur Brin, was found in his possession
He claimed that he had received the watch
from another colored man and that he did
not know that it had been stolen. Nolan
confessed that he had given the watch
to the boy with the understanding that it
was to be pawnsd. Young Brown was
brought into municipal court this morn
4li6 cllu upOl1 A4AOlAOll VI tllc COuACy dtIOI-
ney, was discharged from custody. >
Nolan's confessions brings about a COM
plicated state Of affairs so far as the well
fare Of one Martin Ryan Is concerned.
Ryan was arrested Monday night by Of
ficers from the North Side police station,
charged with robbing T. J. Sargent on the
plymouth avenue bridge. Sargent ap-
peared in court the next morning and
positively identified Ryan as the man who
searched his pockets. Judge Dickinson
held the prisoner to await the action OF
the grand jury, and in default of $1,000
bail he was remanded to the county jail.
Now Nolan says he and Ditmore, assisted
by third man, who has not yet been ar
rested, held up Sargent, and that Ryan
did not have anything to do with the
case. He further states that he does not
know Ryan. ''E-
Denny Pine was arrested late this aft
ernoon by Detectives Hicks and Smith
and is supposed to be the third man i'm
plicated by Nolan's confessions. He has
not yet been charged with highway rob:
berry, as the officers are not through in
vestigating the case. -.
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RECEIVER FOR ESTATE
at Saltwater Upon Re-
quest Of the Heirs.

special to lie journal.
Saltwater, Mimi, Jan. 15-Judge VIII
llston has appointed A. G.. Hospes as re-
celver of the estate Of Isaac Staples, which
is soon to be partitioned by the district
court. An action, to which all Of the heirs
We're agreed, was commenced in court g.
lew days ago, and they requested the ap-
polntment of receiver, who will take
charge of all affairs connected with the
estate until the partition is made. Mr..
Hospes gives a bond in the sum Of s25 oo0,
Uriah L. Greenough, convict. coach
man to Warden Wolfer, has been sued
for divorce by his wife, Mary a. They
were married at ST. Cloud in 1888, 5i7S.s2's
The two lodges of :Foresters Jointly In
stalled officers last evening, C. r. Irvine.
high chief ranger of Bell Plaine. and High
treasurer 'Snacke of ST. Paul having
cnarge OF the ceremonies, which were fol-
lowed by dancing party.
Inc remains Of Henry King found dead
IN bed on Grey Cloud island in the Mis-
slsslppi, We're buried here to-day at coun-
ty expense. He was a middle-aged man
and nothing is known of him or his rela-
tives. He had been employed as a wood
chopper. IT,
The Rex team took three games from
the Bon Amis last night in the bowling
tournament. 49,
The funeral of Mrs. e. H. Berestrom
was held this afternoon. The in.erment
was in Fairview.
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TO MEND OUR WAYS
The Minnesota Good Roads Associa-
- ton Meets to Discuss Meth
VI. DDS and Means.
A. B. Choate Takes a Hard Fall Out
of Legislators for Their
= ~ 1850, Attitude. s..

George w. Cooley Of Minneapolis pre-
sided this morning In the city council
chamber, st. Paul, at the annual meeting
of the State Good Roads association. His
address attracted equal attention with
that of another Minneapolis delegate, A.
B. Choate. -,
Mr. Choate vigorously criticized the leg
islature for the way in which, he said. it
had blocked every effort Of the association
to obtain a better supervision Of high
ways. On all other subjects the legisla-
ture exercised a reasonable degree Of in
telligence and wisdom But in the matter
of good roads the lawmakers seemed to
lose their senses. Safeguards were thrown
around the expenditure of money for
school purposes, but for road construction
the money was parcelled out without re-
gard to results. The Legislature was DR..
Jekyll with the school fund and Mr. Hyde
with the road and bridge funds.
A state highway commission should sup
plant the county committee system. AS
to the plea that, the legislature is con-
sistently opposed to, commissions of all
sorts, a list might be read Of certain state
commissions already existing. Mr.. Choate
then AIMED nearly thirty such bodies that
the legislature had been willing to create.
The present system Of road supervision,
he concluded, was nothing but a corrupt,
illegitimate raid on the state funds
HreSlOOnC.
and plenty Of them. Discussing the pro-
posal that, convicts be used for building
roads, Mr.. Cooley quoted the opinion OF
expert penologists against convict labor ir
road building But he himself thought
that the convicts might be employed
probably and safely in the preparation Of
material for roads, this material to be dis.
tributed fire. among the various counties.
Mr.. Cooley approved bill that has al
1u ed In 1o Lac oil fylro f,p
bill imposing an annual state tax of one
twentieth of mill per cent to increase
the internal improvement fund, so that
the combined amount might be expended
under the supervision Of a state road COM
mission. - ..--
Minnesota might yet profit from some
laws passed by congress-, such as the
Brownlow law. which gives national aid
for permanent highways to the extent
Of half the total cost. .'~ .
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Mrs. Cuttings Stories of Married Life


Esq On Saturday T h ] our a will begin
the publication of one of the most charm
ing series of short stories that have zap
peared in long time. The collection. en-
titled 1.-THE Happiest Time is by Mary
Stewart Cutting and although each story
is entirely complete in ITSELF some Of the
same people reappear in several of the
stories.
# Better than sermons on How to Be
Happy Though Married. Z are these little
tales of married life, because in delightful
manner they give a sane view of mutual
duties and mutual love and confirm one
in the faith that happy marriages did not
die out with the good old times Of our
forefathers.
@ Mrs. Cutting has discovered what hap
pens after the wedding. She begins where
other story -telers leave off. Marriage is
a very general experience. and the mar
r1ed in actual life seem as much alive rs
other people; but in literature they gems
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-15
ON THE FREE LIST
Anthracite Is Placed There by the
Action of CONGRESS.

Washington, Jan. 15.-The bill provid-
ing for a rebate on duties on coal for a
period Of one year is practically law.
It passed both houses OF congress yes
terday and requires only the signature OF
the president. ...~ ...
The bill was amended in the senate so
that anthracite coal virtually is placed on
the free list.
The bill was passed in short order by
the house by practically unanimous vote
-25s to S. " Those voting against 1t were
Messrs. Cushman and Jones Of Wash
ington, Gaines of West Virginia, Mondell
of wyoming and Patterson OF Pennsyl-
vania- ALI republicans. The bill was con-
sidered under rule which cut off oppor-
tunity to amend. The only opposition
came from members representing coal
states who expressed fear that the admis-
sion Of Chinese mined coal in Canada
would injure the coal industry of their
vania and Mr.. Payne Of New York, the
republican leaders, expressed the opinion
on the floor that the bill would not relieve
the existing distress. They said it would
satisfy public demand for action and show
the disposition Of congress to do what it
could. The democrats, although all sup
ported the BILL took the view that it did
should go on the free list, and when the
bill came back from the senate with a
provision which virtually placed anthra-
cite coal on the free list they applauded
vigorously. Mr.. Dalzell said there was
practically no anthracite coal in the world
except that in the United States and a
little in Canada. The senate amendment
was adopted without division.
The senate passed the bill unanimously
without debate, a few minutes after it
was brought over from the house.
Mr.. Aldrich offered committee amend
ment adding new section to the bill
providing that the provisions of paragraph
AIS Of the Dingley act shall not be con-
strued hereafter to authorize the imposi-
ton OF any duty on anthracite coal. Mr.
Aldrich asked immediate consideration.
Mr.. Vest remarked that he hoped the
bill would pass without single dissent.
ing vote. AS amended, the bill passed
unanimously.
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orally pass out Of any existence worth the
name when the ceremony is performed.
In the very heart of domesticity Mrs. Cut
ting finds moving crises and clin1axes,
Tperils and triumphs. Why not? Domestic
affairs make or break the daily existence
of most people. Her stories have a pecul-
iarly American quality, for the American
home is their field; at the same time
they are especially rich in those touches
of nature that make the whole world kin.
The author of the stories lives in East
Orange, N. j. She was born In New
York fifty years ago. Her father was
General Ulysses Doubleday. In as5 she
married Charles Cutting. who died several
years ago, leaving his widow small in
heritance in money and q. large family to
support. For the past seven years Mrs.
Cutting has worked hard at the profession
Of writing and she has at last made a
noble success in these stories of married
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-15
LABOR HOLDS CARDS
Union Men May Be a Factor in
- the Distribution Of
II = ~ / 49, &c.
r.. (t01tr
secy. Carlin Says They'd Welcome
:.7 ~ an Opportunity to Prove "
: =. ..= Their Gratitude.

: AS a means Of proving its gratitude 10
the public for it's sympathy during the
great coal strike, organized labor through
out the country is said to be back of a
movement which will facilitate the move
mcnt Of coal to the ,remotest parts Of the
United States If the coal stringency
should become much more acute through
any disposition of the railroads in moving
other freight first, or if the roads which
own the mines should not distribute coal
as it should be. freight handlers and other
branches of organized labor that could
materially affect the situation one way
or the other, may be drawn into SYM
pathetic action which will force the COM
mon carriers to see that fuel Is shipped
and delivered promptly: It. is believed
that if the railroads would give coal pcec-
edence over all other freight much Of the
suffering might be averted. - : ~ -,
If public sentiment should demand such
q stand against the coal-earrying roads
!. in order to relieve the situation" said
Secretary Phil Carlin' of the Trades and
Labor Assembly, II am confident that it
could command the grand army Of labor
throughout the United States. Every
union man In the country would take off
his coat and work or decline to work it,
by adopting either course, he could put
an end to the -frightful conditions now
obtaining through the greed and utter in
difference of the coal barons and the roads
on winch the movement of coal depends.
| "One thing that the public should un-
derstand is that organized labor fully ap-
| preciates the generous treatment the min
| ers received from the; MASSES, both in
! the way of financial assistance and OUT
spoken sentiments in their behalf. One
good turn deserves another and organized
labor would no doubt be glad Of the oppor-
tunity.sto pay back the debt it owes the
American people in helping win the great
l. est victory in the history Of OUR cause.
any. one will. doubt the svalue of or
! ganized labor as a. MEANS of preventing
soulless corporations from an croaching: too
far on the rights of the people, 10. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-15
A LIST OF TRAGEDIES
The Coroner Investigated an Average o
One Case Day Last
Year,

One Case Day Last
Year. -
In the year recently ended, Coroner U.
G. Williams was summoned to investi-
gate 366 deaths, an average Of one a
day. He found sixty mine deaths accl-
dental, while forty-four were suicides.
The accidental deaths are classified as
follows: - ~- ..s~ss' ~
Railroad accidents, Fl; drownings, II;
burns, 7; APPROPRIATIONS. 8; caving OF well,
1; falling downstairs, 4; falling from
buildings, 4; falling from wagons, 4; struck
by falling pole, /; in freight elevator. l.;
from wrestling 1, and exposure, 8.
The forty -four suicides were by the fol-
lowing means. ,....s',* .:s.,.., - 49,
j Gunshot, 49,. carbolic acid, IL; hanging,
Scouting throat, 4; opium poisoning, 8;
drowning, q corrosive. sublfmate, 1; burn
ing, 1; jumping off bridge, l.; decapitation
by engine, 1. 49, = "-' ~
Three murders were investigated and
two inquests held.
The coroner found s5,4S5.ee upon the
bodies, and this was turned over to the
relatives. DR.. Williams says that severa
accidents have been due to nothing less
than criminal negligence. ~
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SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSE
DR.. w. w. Folwell Urges Its EARLY
Establishment at the "U." +

DR.. w. W. Folwell is creating a strong
sentiment among university faculty mem
bers and students, in favor Of establish
ing a new course in social and political
science. If large appropriation is CIV
en- by the present legislature it is proba-
BILE that the regents will be asked to es-
tablish such q course. -.-... =. -
The universities Of Wisconsin and Mich
igan have such courses with large en-
rollments in each and the courses are
becoming more popular each year. DR..
Folwell favors the establishing Of the
courses at once and has delivered several
lectures upon the subject in various parts
of the state.
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ARCHBISHOP SAYS NOT.
He Fiat'y contradlcts, the Report
Changes In Immaculate Con-, =.
ception Parish. - ...s<

Archbishop John Ireland last evening
denied that there, was any truth in the
published report that the diocese Is to
have a.. coadjutor. bishop, that the new
church of the Immaculate Conception in
Minneapolis will serve asa procathedral,
that the ground at Sixth and st. Peter
streets, st. Paul, on which the cathedral
stands, has been leased for commercial
purposes, and that it will give place to
a new cathedral next. summer. .4e:.. =
At some future time, he said, the old
cathedral property might be leased and a
new one erected No negotiations are
now pending, or likely, for lease Of the
property. <. If it were possible to secure
a. lease ''at a good stiff figure" he added,
plans for a new church might possibly
be considered. 80 r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-15
MOS ON GROUND FLOOR
Government Architect Decides Point
as to Minneapolis Postofice.

Special to The Journal
Washington, Jan. Is. - Supervising
Architect Taylor has decided not to wait
for, Postmaster w. D. Hales arrival in
Washington to make changes in the plans
for an addition to the Minneapolis federal
building. but has gone ahead and placed
the money order office in the corner of
the ground floor. where the postmasters
room is now. This was required by the
postoffice department, and there was
some question whether there would be
enough space left for all the requirements
of the clerks and carriers. The super
vising architect expects. to have the con-
. tract on the market by the first Of Feb
Tuary as he promised Representative
Fletcher. --...
1s.ys w, w. Jermane
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-15
CONDE HAMLIN PRESIDENT
The Minnesota Commissioners for the St
81 Louis Exposition Perfect Their
~~,:a4 ..t Organization. .-..s.

Minnesota's commissioners to the ST..
Louis exposition met in the governors Of
flee this afternoon and organized. Condo
Hamlin of St. Paul was elected president,
J. M. Underwood Of Lake City, vice presi-
dent, and Theodore Hays of Minneapolis,
secretary. ..e4s. z
No superintendent was selected to-day,
but it is understood that c.. S. Mitchell
of Alexandra is slated for that position
Governor Van SAINT will accompany the
commissioners to St Louis in few days
for a preliminary survey of the situation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-15
PLEASANT HUNTER RECEIVED
The New York Presbytery Arranees for
@-n~':: His Installation on =:

The presbytern Of New York at its
January melting on Monday, received Rev.
Dr. Pleasant Hunter, the former, Mime
apolis pastor, who was recently called
from Chicago to succeed the Rev. DR.. J..
Wilbur Chapman at the Fourth church in
New York His installation will take
place Feb. 4. Rev. D. E. Russell will pre-
side and the Rev. Dr. Chapman will
preach, the Rev. Drs. Arson P. After
bury, D. F. Gregory, r. r. Sample. j. B,
Shaw, D. r. Fraser and D. G. Wylie TAX
ing other parts of the service.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-15
NEW PosTMAsTERs.

Washington. Jan. 1.-THE president yesterday
sent the following nominations of postmasers to
the senate:
Minnesota--William Gallagher, Carlton: Axel
Hammarsten, Cokato
North Dakota-rrank Sims, Willow City
South nakota-John II. Dobson Alexandria
Wisconsin-Edwin p. Cans, Alma; Charles p
Brechter. Fenninore.
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wll,lam sIackman pleads Guilty.

William Blackman this morning pleaded
guilty to a charge Of forgery in the sec
ond degree, having uttered forged
check. He pleaded not guilty to a sec
ond charge involving the same check.
He yas remanded to Jail for sentence In
the first case and the trial Of the sec
ond was set for Jan. q. Bail was fixed
at $500.
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Philadelphfa-John Weaver. present district
attorney OF this city, was to-day unanimously
nominated by the republican city convention
1 1or mayor to succeed Samuel II. Ashbridge
The democratic convention was held last night
Francis Fisher Kane was named for mayor
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NUMBER 1875
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AGED RESIDENT DIES
Mrs. Ellen l.. Barber, Who Has Lived
r. Here Forty. seven years, Passed
Thin M0rnlnH.
Mrs. ElIer


r. Here Forty.seven years, Passed
Away This Morning.
The many friends and particularly the
old residents of the city will be panied to
hear of the death Of Mrs. Ellen L. Bar
Der, who passed peacefully away at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. John Bige-
low this morning. Mrs. Barber was 70
years of age and had been a resident OF
the city for forty years. During the
active years Of her life, she was prominent
in the social life Of the city and was noted
for her kindly and charitable disposition.
She was a member of Plymouth Congre-
gational church. since it's organization.
Her husband, Daniel r. Barber, whose
death occurred in 1886, was one Of the
first merchant millers of the city. Mrs.
Barber is survived by her daughter, Mrs.
Mater John Bigelow, and son. e. r. Bar
Der. The funeral services will be held at
2:30 o'clock p. m, Saturday from her late
residence, 929 Hennepin avenue.
GEORGE BARTLETT died in this. city
Sunday at the age Of 6S years. He was
born in Maine but removed ito WILSON,
sin" in. his. childhood days and later to
Utica, Mimi, where he was married to
Mrs Eliza Cook. He was the father Of four
children, one son and three daughters.
There were also three step-sons in the
family. Five Of seven children are still
living. During the past twelve years Mr..
Bartlett made his home in Minneapolis
with his daughters, Mrs. Hoffman and
Mrs. Schlink. Winona papers please copy.
ANDREW NICOl, who had been a res
ident Of Minneapolis since 1888, died at
the residence Of his daughter, Mrs. H. e.
Olbrich, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Jan. IL,
at the age of 30 years. The funeral was
held from the residence of his son, James
B. Nicol, 1910 E Twenty first street, to-
day at p. m. Interment was at Lake.
wood. 's>'.'' 49, ..* -
MRS. M. H. GERRY-The funeral of
Mrs. NJ. H. Gerry, who died Wednesday
morning, will be held from Vine Congre-
gational church, Lake street and Twen-
ty-frst avenue 8. Friday, at 2:30 p. m.
Short services will be held at the home,
1888 Cedar avenue at p. m. All friends
invited.
LEWIS BARNEY, aged 40 years, died
last night at his home, 727 Twentieth
avenue N. The funeral will be held Sat-
urday from the Baptist church at Anoka.
Mr.. Barney was born in Maine, and re-
sided in ,Anoka before coming to Mime
apolis. He is survived by a. wife and
two children: ...-, -
MRS. r. 3. COLEMAN, formerly Miss
Laura Brennan, sister Of Mrs P. j.
+ Ryan and Mrs. c. B. Taylor of this city,
Funeral notice later. .~..,-
MRS. MAY II. GERRY died at her home
yesterday morning. The funeral will be
held from the Vine Congregational church.
Date will be announced later.
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Divorce for Mrs. Paul.

Judge Cray granted a divorce to-day to!
Mathilda H. Paul from Charles E. Paul.
The charge was cruelty and desertion and
the defendant did not appear
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a. =. Kelley Furnishes Bail.

Bonds for s3. 900 have been filed by, A. F.
Kelley and the defendant is now at lib
erty. G. II. Smith, 3. a. Thayer and a
local surety company are on the bonds.