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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
CASE OF GENUINE NEED
Young Frank Talmage Had to
Work to Help Support :
Himself. ~ f..

Mrs. Mary Talmage was arraigned
in the municipal court this morning,
charged with failing to keep her 49,
year-old son in school..It was claimed
by Truant Officer Davis that the boy
was compelled to support himself by
working in the chemical laboratory at
the state university 81. :z.siS@: y
The mother brought witnesses from
her own neighborhood, who testified
that the family was in reduced cir
cumstances and that it took all that
the two could earn to pay their ex-
penses. Mrs. Talnage said that she
wanted her son to attend school but
under the present conditions it was
impossible for her to At him out with
suitable clothing. The boy, she said
only intended to work long enough to
save money for this purpose and
would resume his school work as soon
as possible. e.. 49,. !, Fl, )
Police officers are. administering
treatment daily to persons afflicted
with the garment stealing mania.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
BETAS COME TOMORROW
District Convention of that Frater-
nifty Will Last Two Days
- Junior Ball Row. ~.

The first session of the Beta Theta
Pi eighth annual district convention
and reunion which is to be held in the
city tomorrow and Saturday. will be
held at the local chapter-house to-
morrow afternoon at 2:30. Delegates
will be in attendance from the follow
ing chapters: Michigan, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Northwestern, Chicago, Illinois,
Nebraska, Beloit, Purdue, Knox and
Iowa Wesleyan.
A dancing party will be given for
the: visitors at the fraternity house to-
morrow evening and Saturday after
noon the fraternity men will attend the
football game in a body. The con-
vention banquet, will be held at Hotel
Nicollet Saturday evening, plates be-
ing laid for seventy-flve. Judge E. A.
Jaggard of st. Paul will officiate as
POSTMASTER.
Members Of four fraternities at the
university got together this morning
and formed an organization for the
purpose of giving Junior ball." The
which all male members of the class
are privileged to join, will be formed
some time next week. ...
e In a caucus which was held two
weeks, ago to make! up the slate of
officers, severaI&of the fraternities
were not represented in the list of Of
ficers and it is these who held the
election this morning. When the Of
fetal organization is formed, a prop
sasition will probably. be made TO the
.aisgruntled faction by which their rep
sGesentatives will be given representa-
zion among the list of officers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
DOUBTED BY THE POLICE
They Receive a Report Of a Plot
p to Dynamite Flour F.. ... =
III. f.: Mills. =.

John Norburn, whose home is in
South Park, near st. Paul, came to
police headquarters this morning
greatly excited and told the officers
that his wife had overheard a con-
versationa between two men, of such
a nature that she believed that they
were plotting an attack upon the Min
neapolis flour mills with dynamite. He
gave a description of the men.
" If there is anything in Norbunl' S
story, it is evidently not the strikers
who are concerned, for their policy
from the first has been to avoid all
acts of violence. & The police believe
that if a plot has been laid to dyna-
mite the mills, it has been done by
some hot-heads,- acting on their own
motion.
According to Norbunl, his wife Wis
tied the Union block, at st. Paul, a
few days ago on a business errand
and while waiting for the elevator she
overheard two mSn conversing. She
gathered from what she heard that
the plan was for one Of the men to
secure employment In the mills and
place the explosives.
rs The police are not disposed to re-
gard the. report very seriously, but
will userextra precautions so as to be
on the safe side.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
G. ERNST in COURT |.
The st. Paul Capitalist Is Charged
with Embezzlement and
Forgery.
He Is Released Under Heavy Bail
Pending Preliminary Hearing
Nov. a12.

Casper Ernst Of ST. Paul, owner Of
the Ernst building on Wabasha street.
capitalist, business 1nanand promoter,
was arrested late yesterday. There
are two complaints, each sworn to by
Rev. father John B. Metzeler of the
Catholic diocese Of wisconsin. They
charge him with embezzlement and
forgery III the first degree.
The embezzlement charge is that
he. appropriated to- his own use 5000
intrusted to him by the complainant
july IS, 1901, and on this charge bail
Was fixed at $1,500.f
The forgery charge is that Mr.. Ernst
falsely certified, on July 81, 1903. that
j. b. Metzeler acknowledged the ex-
ecution CT a certain power Of I at
torney. which instrument and the &C
Acknowledgement thereto were registered
in the office Of the register of deeds.
The alleged forgds Instrument sets
forth, that John B. Metzeler assigned
a mortgage made and executed by ST.
mon MuIh and Agnes Muth to Casper
Ernst. Lee. 20, 1901 and registered
krantz addition, authorized, Albert
Mueller to foreclose on the m ortgage
Hr. Ernst was represented by 0. E.
Holman, and pleaded not guilty to
both charges. 4s. q. .s.,.
Judge Hine declared it beyond his
power to grant bail on the forgery
charge, and Mr.. Ernst. was taken be-
fore, district court judge, who fixed
it. at $4,000. .t.s. 49,,
a. Bail was furnished on both charges
and a preliminary hearing on both
charges will be held in the municipal
court Nov 49, go - 0c
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
LOCAL MEN BIDDERS
Councils Special Committee Hears
Propositions for Installing New
- System Of Accounts.
G. A. Nimocks and F. H. Wendell
Are Among the Applicants
- I. for the Work. ....@ T.

At the meeting this afternoon of the
city councils special committee to
which was referred the matter of re-
forms in the municipal accounting
system, bidders were present from
home and abroad. 1t was generally
understood that outside accountants
would get the work and the whole
appropriation of $4,000. The local
talent, however, decided to come in
with lower bids. ~s
Among the bidders were G.. A. MINI
ocks and F. H. Wendell, Of this city,
who are familiar with the city books,
cial assessor ents Of the revolving fund.
They offered to install on Jan. 1,
1904, a complete system based on the
best features of the Chicago, Detroit,
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Buff
falo, Cleveland. Indianapolis, WASH
TENS, and to furnish all the ordinances
required. They agreed to eliminate
all duplicate accountings and they
guarantee that there will be no addi-
tional expense to the city by the in
stallation Of the system, nor any need
for more clerks, which will be re-
quired by other systems The point is
same laws, a system which is effective
in another city will not necessarily be
satisfactory or available in Mime
apolis., :. -, <.,.....,ss , 4:4.s.t ?. ,.-
Messrs. Nimoeks &, Wendell agree
to install the new system for $4,000,
with the proViso that the system for
one year or more shall be under the
supervision of, and be audited by, Mr..
Wendell, who shall be paid two thirds
of his regular per diem charges for
rendering similar services, to private
firms. the total not to exceed $4,000 a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
.ENFORCES THE LAW.
Public Examiner Compels County
Officers to Keep Free from
Contracts.
Law Does Not Apply to Officers
Making Contracts with Other
Departments.

Public Examiner Johnson believes in
strict enforcement of the state law
against public officials interesting
themselves in contracts over which
they have influence. In view Of the
investigation by the Hennepin county
grand jury, the public examiners con-
struction of the law is Of interest. He
is charged with careful watch on
the acts Of all county officers in the
state. He was asked to-day how the
state law applied to such cases as ex-
ist in Minneapolis.iis1hey5 replied: ,3
Section $685. of the. general stat
utes Of 1894, being section 372 Of the
penal code, comes into the every day
work Of this department., sometimes
possibly to the hindrance of public
service; but on the whole it is a whole
some and necessary regulation. That
section reads:
"A public officer who is authorized to
sell or lease any property. or to make any
contract in his official capacity, or to
take part in making any such sale, lease
or contract who voluntarily becomes In
terested individually in such sale, lease or
contract. directly or indirectly is guilty
| of a misdemeanor.,
There are times when the public
service would be greatly benefited by
an official being allowed to perform
public service for compensation, out
side of that for. which, he was spe-
c1fcally elected, but so seldom is this
the case and SO seldom is the public
service, injured by an official not be-
ing allowed to perform such service,
that such instances only prove the
rule as to the value of such a law.
"In the county and state administra-
ton this law is not intended to be al
lowed to become a dead letter, and so
far as, this departm ent is able to do
so, it is enforced to the letter. I do
not believe, however, that the law
could be construed as meaning that a
member, for instance, Of the city coun-
Gil, could not sell goods Or things Of
value to another department of the
city government, over which he has
no possible jurisdiction. For instance,
the fact that the park board Of Min
neapolis should do business with an
alderman, or a school board member
with the park board or general city
departments is not in my opinion a
violation Of this law, and parallel cases
occurring in the counties have not
been held to be a violation" s,''~{s@
Systems of Accounting.
Mr.. Johnson was asked his opinion
on the action of the council in appar-
emily limiting competition to one sys-
tenn Of city accounting. He said:'
IT do not believe it possible that any
member of the city council is willing
to go on record as believing that there
is only one accountant or firm in the
United States capable Of installing a
neapolis. There being no patent al
lowed on such systems or upon, brains
by the governm ent there are no doubt
many other accountants equally as
capable as the one who has been men
toned as the favorite." -. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
A SHOELESs SNEAK MORE TRUE BILLS
Fled from the West Hotel When
Detected by Night Watch
man.
Later There Was Similar Incident
at the National
Hotel.

An attempt to rob sleeping guests
at the West hotel last night was pre-
vented by the Watchfulness of the
night Waterman, who found man ir
his stocking feet prowling about the
second floor. He summoned the pc.
lice and an effort to close all the ways
of egress and trap the intruder proved
futile, as the man got out by way OF
the fire escape.
About two hours after, man an
sWering the same description was
found on the second floor of the Ma
tional hotel, Bell boys, porters and
clerks gave chase, but he escaped by
walking along a plank which he had
placed from the window Of an ad-
joining building to a window in the
hotel.
THE police, think that the intruder
was the man who committed several
thefts in the Andrus building a few
days ago and whose speciality is tc
rob hotels and large office buildings.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
LITTLE low ANSGLAD.
No School in Four Towns Because
Teachers Gone to Min
neapolis.'
A Party Of Sixty Pedagogs Here to
Inspect Ideas and
.~ "Root."

Sixty school teachers from Iowa In
|'vaded the city to-day to look over the
public school system of Minneapolis
in the search$so information. They
will not go to ST. Paul, but expect to
attend the Michigan Minnesota foot
ball game and root" for the gophers.
Most of them came over the Mime
apols & st. Louis railway, but the
Rock Island brought twelve from Ma
rengo and one from West Liberty.
This party, is making it's headquarters
at the Brunswick.
The other and larger party, includ-
ing representatives from GrinneM,
Montezuma and Kellogg, is at the Ho-
tel Hyser, and habitues Of that hos
telry are quite overwhelmed by the
sudden influx Of schoolma' ans.
ne day was spent most profitably
to all the visitors. Most of the grade
teachers went to the Irving school and
thu high school teachers to the East
high. while the primary teachers hied
themselves to the kindergarten class
at the Sheridan school. All the Wis
1tors express themselves as much
trip to Minneapolis will undoubtedly
prove very instructive even If the
guphers lose the football game H.
To- morrow the Iowa pedagogs will
visit the other high schools, the Mon
roe school kindergarten class and the
various grade schools. -
II. tn" visiting party are the follow
ing:
From. Grinnell-Superinten D;~-A
Thornburg, Misses Nettie Bailey, Kate
Zimmerman. Emma Bradley, Maud
Thomas, Myrtle Thomas, Lena Gordon,
Mabel Dunbar, Elizabeth Kelsey, Blanche
Snider, Ruth Fields, Elizabeth Fisher,
Nancy Wells. Lillian Bray, Louethel Lynn,
Ida Sayre, Sara Nichols, Gertrude Rev.
Helen Thomson, Bessie Fellows, Maud
Bortell, Ida Woods, Flora Smith, Edna
Davis Lizzie Davis. and Sadie Alexander,
and P. A. Mcmillan.
From Montezuma--Superint c. E.
Douglass. M. 0. Roark, manual training
instructor; r. M. Hays. Misses Ollie For
cum, Farmer Katherine Harden, Inez
Warner, astoria Durham, Ida J. Mckee
and Mrs. Underwood. -
From Kellogg-Superintend F. M.
Phillips. Ernest Martin, Misses Emma
Bobgin, Effie Clawson. Bessie Johnson,
Bertha Craven. - ~. 81
Chaperones-Mrs. J. W. Bryan and Mrs.
Farmer. Montezuma; Mrs. Fred Spauld-
ing, Grinnell.
From. Observation-Disclosures c., H.
Carson, Everett Couch. H. w. Speidel,
Misses Allie Childress, Hattie Crenshaw.
Kate Fowler, Mary Hall, Minnie Smith,
Gertrude Crane, Ressa Dansdill and Mrs.
l.. c. Dewey.
From West Liberty-Miss Violet Starr.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
AM. BRIDGE co. SUES
Wants Accounting on the sGilettes'
=@t& 3C5ati%E% sF.E;t: Ss1Iri ~, - e-. ~
. Profits Because They Re-entered
Structural Iron Business.
Complaint Alleges an Agreement
- that the Defendants Would !.
II, 1t'.'" 5.fa1--cE. 81. 49, = .i,..E - F.,
.,' 49, Keep Out. .s.:s..4. z ,@sa1.

The American Bridge company Of
New Jersey has brought suit in the
United States circuit court against l..
S. Gillette of Minneapolis to secure an
injunction compelling the defendant
to observe the terms of contract I'M
der which, as is alleged, Mr.. Gillette,
a .stockholder of the. Gillette-Herzog
Manufacturing company of this city,
agreed, when the manufacturing com
pany was sold,, not to- enter upon the
business of bridge building. or the
making of structural steel during a
period of twenty years. He is said,
nevertheless, to- be now interested in
such Industries as a partner in; the
Minneapolis Steel and Machinery com
pany. The complaint further de-
mands that Mr.. Gillette shall account
to the plaintiff for his profits resulting
from the alleged violation of the con-
tract named. 7.ss =
A similar action has. been begun
against George M. Gillette. ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
''B00GlE MAN" IS FINED
Ed Flake Attempts to Get Child and
Pays for Disorderly -. H.
...@- Conduct. r., ..

An effort to gain the custody Of his
9-year-old daughter, <Tootsie, brought
Ed Flake, a laborer, into police court
this morning on a charge Of disorder
ly conduct. He pleaded, guilty, and
Judge Holt fined him $40, which was
paid. =. ..-. -.....-
Flake and his wife separated a few
months ago by mutual agreement, and
as neither believe in divorces their
case never reached the courts. There
Is one child, a girl about 3 years old,
which has been kept by the mother at
her home, 211 Plymouth avenue.
Flake was not allowed to see the child
and from time to time wrote protest
ing against such treatment. Mrs
Flake at last changed her mind and
told him that he could call OCCASION
ally to see the little one.
!, Yesterday morning Flake called and
was invited inside. AS soon as he saw
the girl he grabbed her and started
for the door. Mrs. Flake caught hold
Of the child and the man dragged both
the child and its mother to the front
porch. - Patrolman Gust Anderson
was near and arrested Flake on a
charge of disorderly conduct.
1.-THE boogie man gWabbed me and
I gwabbed mama and the boogie man
dwagged us bofe out the door," ex-
planned the child to the court. Il
guess mama was hurried, for she
cwied." gs.# .r.-
| New Cigar in Town.
Philadelphia Special, &c. Sold every
where.
49, tsss Buy Shoes Friday 3.
At the Nickel Plate and get 8 stamps
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
WOLF BOUNTY CLAIMED
Johnny Travis Application Causes
Lydiard Read Up Statutes.

City Clerk L. A. Lydiard is porting
over the statutes. The wolf cub killed
by little Johnny Travis at Lyndale
avenue and Forty-ninth street was
brought down to the city clerks Of
flee this morning. Johnny is after the
81 bounty, but before he can obtain
the money the town clerk must GER
tify to certain facts and attend to
other details. ~
Mr.. Lydiard is the nearest approach
to a town clerk in the city. The whole
wolf must be brought before him with
an affidavit as to the facts of the ami
mans death. The hide must be re-
moved in the presence of the. town
clerk and two witnesses. = 6 ~ - ~
It further appears that the city
clerk is entitled to a fee of rs cents
for. acting as master of, ceremonies at
the SHINING bee and for filing the
certificate, and this fee must be paid
by the party claiming the bounty.
Johnny will thus get only rs cents
for killing the7wolf. Had he killed q
full grown wolf he would have re-
ceived $3.50 minus the clerks fee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
STILL HELD. THROTTLE
Knocked Senseless by a semaphore
Engineer Meyers Still Sat at
His Post.

Robert Meyers of Minneapolis, an
engineer on the Minneapolis & st.
Louis road, was struck by a: sema-
Sphore near the Westminster bridge, st.
Paul,,Sthis morning. His skull was
fractured. t3.yts
4 Robert Leyton,e the fireman
stretched the unconscious man on the
floor of the enginee,cab and ran the
train into the st. Paul union station.
Meyers was taken to ST. Joseph S
hospital, where the doctors began an
operation &on. the. skull. Z There sis lit
tie chance for recovery. Legion was
looking out one side of the engine
while Meyers leaned from the other
window. When the fireman turned
around he found Meyers unconscious
with blood flowing from aWound in his
head, but still grasping the throttle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
MRS. GROVE AGAIN IN COURT
She Is Charged with Poisoning q
| Neighhor's Calf.

Mrs. Della Grove, 1913 johnson
street NE, who gained notoriety a few
was again in police court to-day. This
time sheEis charged with giving poison
to two calves belonging to William
Moritz, neighbor. She pleaded not
guilty and her case was continued UNI
til Nov. 3. ,ss a5 1850 -'''
A few days ago two calves belonging
the effects Of poison; twas thought
Mrs. Grove might have administered
the drugs because OF her troubles with
her neighbors. Yesterday her daugh-
ter left the house and was found by
the police this morning in a lumber
yard, where she had spent the night.
OF Mrs. Grove. Detectives Hansen
and HELM have Investigated.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
STUDENTS ARE SUSPECTED
Somebody Is RifIing Lockers at the Uni.
* = i q verslty Gym.

g. Sneak thieves are again operating at
the university. this time at the armory
where the gymnasium lockers are located.
IN the past week over a dozen thefts have
been reported by students who have had
their lockers ransacked. One student had
Sl9, stolen from his trousers pocket while
she was out on the football field. Before
going out, of the locker room he had Sc
cufelyfastened the paddock on his locgker.
butnupon returning he found that It had
been unlocked with a duplicate key. An
other. student lost a considerable sum of
money yesterday, afternoon. Numerous
thefts have been reported Of pocketbooks
fountain pens, knives and other small arti-
cles of value.
( Investigation showed that thefts hereto
fore, were not committed by university
students, but in the present case the jan
1tors and attendants of the building at
tribute the losses to the work Of students
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
YOUNG. MAN HANGS HIMSELF

Betcher of Lake City Fad Been Despon-
. dent for sone Time.
Special to The Journal.
Lake City, MINI, Oct. 29.-John Betch-
er, aged "a and unmarried, hanged HIM
self this morning. He made his home
with his parents. and had been respondent
for some. time. a5 n
Members Of the blue lodge, A. F. and
A. M, celebrated the fortieth anniversary
of their organization last evening with
a program and supper. Only two of the
charter members are living, and one Of
them, G. w. Smyth, was present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
STATE CAPITOL.
HATCHERY SITE BOUGHT
Game and Fish Commission Starts
III: Work on the Land Bought
.. at GlenWood. -. 49,. 1872

The state has purchased the ground
for: the Glenwood fish hatchery. The
deeds have been executed at the
agreed price, and approved by the at
torney general. Executive Agent Full
lerton, with D. w. Meeker of the game
and fish commission were at Glenwood
yesterday and putt crew at work
clearing up the underbrush. A hatch
house and house for the superintend-
ent will be built this fall, so that the
new hatchery canslbe Hput in service
next spring.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
BASKET BALL

Public games Of basket ball by teams
of young women at the Indian Normal
school at Terre Haute have been forbid
den by unanimous vote of the faculty.
President Parsons says: (.
Basket ball as a game for girls is very
proper, helpful and stimulating, but play
ing by young women Of different colleges
in public does not bring the best results.
Many times the men who attend games do
not give attention to the features Of the
contest, but notice especially the costumes
OF the players, and when they got on the
streets indulge in improper remarks.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
NO TROUBLE THERE
Business Agent Of. Shoe Workers. Union
Reports on North Star Factory.

Business Agent OF Shoe Workers Union
Reports on North Star Factory.
In answer to a dispatch in I. h O u r.
al of Oct. q, saying that the shoe mer-
chants of Saltwater would be asked tc
boycott the goods Of the North Star Shoe
company of Minneapolis and other shoe
companies, c. E. James, business agent OF
the Boot and Shoe Workers union, writes:
i9ioI notice in your Issue Of Oct. n an
item from your Saltwater correspondent
stating that the North Star Shoe com
pany. is on the unfair list. In justice tc
that firm, I would say that while the
North Star shoe factory is not union
factory having the use of the union
stamp, yet there is no trouble in that
factory at this time and the North, Sta1
Shoe company occupies the same position
to organized labor as any other manu-
facturer who does not run a union fac.
tory $3.50. ''+''f - 49, <...'