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plan" said Mr.. Morton, drawing his
hand slowly over his stumbled chin.
Both under one general manage
ment, suppose?"
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
STORY OF BERGER
Detention Hospital Superintendent
Tells of Conditions While Judge
Was Patient.
Says Health Commissioner Seldom
Called-Other Witnesses
Take the Stand.

From May 1 to Jan. 1, 1908, there
were from fifteen to twenty-five per-
sons in the Minneapolis detention hos
pital continually. In that period
Health Commissioner p. M. Hall vis-
tied the hospital five times, DR.. Tun-
There were no nurses or attendants
except Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Berger and
q 20-year-o old hired man. That is the
substance of Oscar Berger's testimony
this morning in the suit of Annie
Judge, against DR.. p. M. Hall, for
$4,000 for the death of her husband.
Berger was in charge of the hospital
called and testified in essentially the
same strain but from a less intimate
knowledge of conditions.
Mr.. Berger stated that his time was
taken up almost entirely In driving
back and forth to the city for patients,
in attending to the gasolene engine
which had to be kept@in operation, and
which was at times very "balky,' and
in doing other work around the hos
pital, and these duties prevented him
from being Of any service in the line
of nursing or waiting on people con-
fined.
weather Observer T. S. outram was
called and testified to the coldness OF
the weather at the time Of James
moned this morning were Henry Berg
man and Paul c. Haering, both former
smallpox patients. The latter testified
that he had had a very severe case OF
| the disease and that DR.. Hall was al
the hospital once during his -four
weeks illness, and that there was ne
nurse or medical attendant while he
was there.
The plaintiffs case will be completed
this afternoon.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
NOW HAS A NAME
Minnesota Power and Trolley Com
pany Incorporated by staub
and Kiichli.
Articles Give It Right to Build Lines
or Use Water Power Any
where.

The Minnesota Power and Trolley
company is the name Of the corpora
ton organized by the promoters Of
the electric lines to Anoka and
Shakopee. Articles of incorporation
We're filed with the secretary of state
to-day. The incorporators are Charles
O. Straub, who is named as president; !;
Charles j. Swanson of Fridley, vice
president; Joseph l.. Kiichl, secre-
tary; Charles F. Stremel, treasurer,
and Matthias Schulenberg. The COM
pany is capitalized at $500, 900, and it's
Indebtedness is limited to $4,000, 90.
The place of business will be Min
neapolis.
The objects stated in the articles
give the company great latitude in it's
operations. 1t will develop and Inn
prove water power on the Mississippi
river and other water courses" indi-
eating that the promoters have not
only the Elk river water power in
view, but may take up the Coon. creek
proposition so long held in allegiance
by Mr.. Lowry. The power obtained
is to be converted into electrical en-
ergy, light, heat, etc. which may be
disposed of for any purpose. The
company may also run electric street
railways anywhere in the state, and
transport freight and passengers. This
leaves things open SO that the COM
pany could run it's own lines into Min
neapolis, and possibly construct a
rival system in the city. The articles
give it power to acquire right of way
and any real estate needed for dts use.
The articles were drawn and filed
by John Lind and A. Ueland.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
LOWRY PLAN DISCUSSED
Park Board Committee Favors Prop
osition and Use of the Ger
tifcate Plan.

Thomas Lowry's park proposition
was fully discussed this afternoon at
the meeting of the park boards COM
mittee on designation of grounds. 1t
has been understood, for some time
that the members of the committee, as
we'll as the board generally, favor the
proposition.
The committee will probably recon-
mend that the park board adopt the
certificate plan of acquiring the land
over which Mr.. Lowry has no control.
This win first necessitate the appoint
nlent of a commission to determine the
values. The certificates will be paya-
BILE in ten annual installments, the
revenues being derived from assess
ments against the property which the
commissioners deem is benefited by
the park If precedents are followed,
the assessments will extend back from
the park for distance of four or
five blocks.
Some difficulty is expected in ac-
quiring the holdings of j.. b. Bassett,
who owns the two blocks directly
north Of Spring Lake. It has trackage
facilities and on that account the
owner may insist on a better price
than the figures of the estimate. 1t
is understood, also, that John C. Os-
wald, who has extensive holdings in
Bryn Mawr, is opposed to the assess
ment plan.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
LETTER MEYER CAME
T. M. Farrell's Mind Gave Way
Under the Strain Of
Awaiting It.
Under Assumed Name, He Worked
as a Common Laborer in
Minneapolis.

With $1,000 bill in his inside
pocket, T. M. Farrell, owner of Wash
ington, timber lands, worked in a Min
neapolis street gang. Unused to such
q form of manual labor, he assumed
the name Patrick Sullivan. Every day
at the noon hour he haunted the post
office, asking if "it' had come yet.
Again at the afternoon quitting time"
he made further inquiry, and finally
the postmaster sent tracers out after
the registered letter which never came.
From Minneapolis, Farrell drifted to
Iowa and hired out as a farm hand at
Metz. The failure Of the registered
letter to arrive preyed on his mind.
He sent multitudinous registered let
ters to Washington. He told of own
ing valuable tracts Of timber land in
washington and said that swindlers
| had cheated him out Of it. They
thought him raving and he was locked
up yesterday at Des Moines, where he
grew more violent and incoherent.
But when he was searched by his
keepers the $1,000 bill was found and
there were papers indicating that he
had been very we'll to do at Aberdeen,
Wash. Also, it was fairly we'll estab-
lished that the pine land story, thought
to be the creation of disordered
mind, was true.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01

Cold Storage Co.'s Creditors Meet
Creditors of II. Burton Strait, the Jordan
banker. and of the Minneapolis Cold Stor-
age company. met yesterday at the office
OF o. G. Merriman, referee in bankruptcy,
i'm the Corn Exchange. Claims We're filed
in accordance with the usual procedure.
Peculiar Non Support case.-Henry
Ditzler was in police court this morning
to answer to charge of nonsupport pre-
ferred by his wife, Maggie Ditzler The
arrest was made on the grounds that
Ditzier refused to furnish both food and
medical attendance for his wife and fam
lily during their illness a short time ago.
He entered plea of not guilt and his
case was continued until tomorrow morn
ing.
A New 'Cellist.-The acceptance by
Carlo Fischer of an engagement with the
Cincinnati symphony orchestra has made
it necessary for the Minneapolis SYM
phony orchestra, pending the engagement
of a permanent soloist, to bring a solo
'cellist for each concert from Chicago.
Carl Schoeffling, solo violon 'cellist with
Theodore Thomas orchestra. arrived this
morning and will participate in the pro-
gram to be given this evening at the In
ternational auditorium.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
MRS. PARKER IN COURT
Sensational Story Expected from Former
Minneapolis Girl.

SENSATIONAL story expected from r FOFmer
Minneapolis Girl.
New York Sun Special Service.
New York, Dec. with the arraign-
ment to-day Of Mrs. James Parker. de-
scribed by the police as queen Of forgers" {"
before Recorder Golf, sensational stories
are expected revealing a sceheme by which
her husband and James Reed hoped to
make fortune by drugging the woman
and forcing her to copy signatures of veal
thy persons.
Since her imprisonment Mrs. Parker has
said several times that she would be will
ing to be sent to the penitentiary for a
long term to save her husband
AS foster daughter of T. j. Preece OF
Minneapolis, Mrs. Parker received many
advantages. According to her own story
she was in an ursuline convent when she
met Parker. She left the convent to
marry him. Parker it is alleged had
served term in the Elmira reformatory
previously. They lived an easy life, the
girl writing occasional magazine stories
under the name of Mabel Singly.
II could copy signatures she said
"and I passd my time doing that AND
drawing pictures According to the po-
lice Reed would steal letters. The woman
lwho is only II years old now, would copy
the signatures on checks and Parker
would cash them. Almost $40, 900 in cash
it IS alleged. was secured from the Lincolr
National bank and other concerns, includ.
ing stores
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
BAUER PRAISES ORCHESTRA
The Famous Pianist Lauds the New Or.
qaniZaton.

Harold Bauer the pianist who plays to-
night at the International auditorium. re-
hearsed this morning with the symphony
orchestra. He was warm in his praises
of the orchestra's work under Emil Ober-
hotter. He said: Il like to play with
the orchestra very much. 1 heard the
symphony this morning. Why, this is the
first season Of the orchestra. too, isn't it %
The virtuoso seemed much surprised when
he heard it was to be only the second
concert
II never have been better accompanied
"a my life" Mr.. Bauer continued genially.
I'VE went thru the Saint Saens concerto
without stop the repeating of a
single line. I think that is perfectly
splendid.
The program of the concert which the
symphony orchestra gives this evening in
cludes several new selections. The or
chestra will play Egars 'Pomp and Cir
cumstance," Dvorak's New World SYM
phony,' a minuet for strings by Bolzoni.
Tshaikowskfs "Dornrochen" and the
Iannhauser' overture by Wagner
Harold Bauer will play the great Saint
Saens concerto in G minor with the or
chestra and a group of Chopin selections,
including the ballad in A fiat the taran-
telle. nocturne and the etude in C sharp
minor.
Seats are to be obtained at the Metro
poiitan Music store or this evening at the
box office of the International auditorium.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
BIG BUILDING YEAR
Permits This Year Already Exceed
Total Number for Any Year
Since 1889.
Value Of Building in November
Nearly Double That of Novem-
vember 1902.

The past month was the busiest No
vember for the city's building inspec-
ton force since the halcyon days of
1889 when building was the principal
occupation Of Minneapolitans In the
month which closed last night the
building inspector issued 242 permits
for structures which in the aggregate
the 10 permits and an aggregate cost
of $269,310 for November of 1902 the
increase is almost phenomenal.
The present year has been marked
by an unusual activity in home build
ing. To this activity is due the fact
that the building record this year is
492 permits ahead Of the record for
there have been issued 4,O1S permits
which exceeds the total figure for any
complete year since the high water
mark OF 1889
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
STRONG ON The JOY
Saturdays Football Jollifation Will
Be Something That Fans
Can't Afford to Miss.
The Team Will Be There, Also the
Rooters-Get Tickets
Early.

Tickets for the Saturday night
blowout for the university football
squad are now in easy access. The
public may obtain them at the Com
mercial club. at Fishers cigar store,
at Cox & Harris, at the University
tional bank, at Voegeli's drug store,
at Yerxa's, and Chamber of Com
merce men may get them at Watson
& Co.'s office, next to the trading
floor. telephone message to Secre
tary Wallace G.. Nye of the public
affairs committee, main 2O13, and
Twin City ATS, will also secure tickets.
If you are going, you must get your
tickets before tomorrow night. They
are 81 each, and worth twice that
Minnesota's eleven is going to have
a rousing reception Saturday night.
The old iron rafters of the great
Shrine room in the Masonic Temple
will ring with college yells. will re-
sound with college songs and will vi
brate with college hurrahs. The at
fair is to be absolutely an outburst Of
man out will be a university man that
night. While the Commercial club is
sponsor for the affair, every man in
Minneapolis interested in football is
invited.
Enthusiasm is growing as arrange
ments proceed. The entertainment
committee of the Commercial club
meets daily. Chairman Henry Deutsch
reports that everything is going
smoothly.
Chairman Colonel F. NJ. Joyce Of the
subcommittee on program is keeping
very mum about the entertainment
proper. He gives out few hints here
and there as to what the program will
be, but his main tips are knowing
winks and chuckles.
The new store will decorate the big
hall. Maroon and gold and the ma
tional colors will be the theme of the
design.
1t is surprising how many are buy
ing tickets just to get a close look
at the heroes Of Northrop field. The
names of Germany Schacht, Sig Har-
ris, Captain Rogers, O'Brien and OF
the other heroes of the squad have
been banded about glibly by discuss
ers of the game, but the opportunity
to get face-to-face look at the men
| is being accepted eagerly.
There are several things which no.
! body knows about this stag smoke
| social. Nobody knows, or will say
what the souvenirs to the players are
going to be. Nobody knows, or will
tell, just what the vaudeville program
is to be; but every one is willing to
take the guarantee of the two commit
! tees that the affair will be done well
and that it will be thoro training
breaker" for every one in the way OF
eatables and smokables.
Not enough tickets will be sold tc
crowd the floor in any way, SO thai
the wise man will get his early. Sec.
retary Nye was busy this morning an.
swering replies to the notice cards
which We're sent out.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
SURE IT WAS MURDER

Friends of e. e. seaburg Can Offer No
Other Explanation.
Friends Of e. E. Seaburg who was
found dead in a, refrigerator car yes
terday, are unable to account for the
circumstances surrounding Seaburg's s
death, especially the fact that he was
found on an incoming train. When
he left last Monday evening he said
he was going to his home at Amery,
Wis, to spend the holidays, and said
that he was we'll fixed for money.
His friends say there was no reason
why he should attempt to go on a
freight train. His fellow workmen at
the Glass block are confident that he
was murdered and thrown into the
car to avoid suspicion. They say he
could not possibly have been fooled
and taken the incoming train at some
junction..
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
STATE CAPITOL.
MAKES RULING ON SYRUP
Commissioner Will Require AL I'm
pure Goods to Be Labeled
by July /.

w. w. P. Mcconnell, state dairy
and food commissioner, has given
notice that he will enforce rigidly the
pure food laws with reference to
maple and other syrups. He will re-
quire all syrups not made of the pure
juices to be labeled with statement
of all the ingredients. He will give
jobbers until Jan. to get their goods
properly labeled, and the re-
tailers will be given six months longer,
or until July 1, to dispose of their un-
labeled goods, and after that time
they must comply strictly with the
law.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
DUSTY, AND NO WONDER

The Month Just Ended Was the Drlest
November Known.
Last month was the driest November on
record It was a sunny November as well,
tho somewhat cooler than usual The
amount OF moisture that fell was only 81
OF an inch. But the average rainfall for
November since the records began. four
teen years ago, has been exactly one inch
The wettest eleventh month came in 1896
and brought $50 inches of precipitation
The highest temperature last month was
IS degrees, observed on the I'd; the low
est was zero, recorded on the 26th
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
MISS CoUNTRYMAN TEsTIFIEs
Tells of Purchase of Stock in Hunter
Creek Company.

Gratia Countryman, librarian elect
Of the Minneapolis public library, was
the principal witness for the plaintiffs
this morning in the case against the
officers and directors of the Hunter
Creek Mining and Milling company be-
fore Judge Cray. Miss Countryman
testified that thru the representations
made to her by Mrs. Brain, she was
induced to invest in 5000 shares Of
the company's stock at 20 cents a
share. She stated that she had never
realized anything from her invest
ment and that she wished she had her
money back.
Affdavits were read showing that
the opinion Of certain experts was to
the effect that the ore taken from the
mine was not worth more than $40
per ton and that the representations
made by the defendants in regard to
the richness of the property were
false.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
MONROE SCHOOL BENEFIT
Good Music, Recitations and Picture Pre-.
sentatIons VIII Be Features.

An entertainment for the benefit of Mon
roe school will be given Thursday evening
at S:15 o'clock in the South High school.
The program will be one of unusual inter-
est, for Miss Clara Williams, Miss Mynn
Stoddard and Frank Forssell will sing and
Hamlin Hunt will be the acconpanist.
Mrs. Marie Gjertsen Fischer, who will
leave shortly with Mr.. Fischer for Gin
cinnati, will give two readings, one in cos
tune. A feature of the evening will be the
ipresentatio of two pictures to Monroe
school, one won in the October contest of
the Fine Arts society and the other in the
weekly Journal contest. and w. K. Hicks
of the school board will accept both.
The entertainment is given to raise
fund with which to purchase many needed
things for the new building A restroom
has been planned for teachers and children
and an iron fence to take the place of the
hedge, which has not been satisfactory,
is another improvement which Miss Wes-
ton and the teachers have in mind.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
HELD UP A WOMAN

A Lone HigIwayman Takes $40 from
Miss Grace Tierney.
Grace Tierney, young woman liv-
ing in the eighth ward, was held UP
and robbed by a lone hignwayn1an
while on her way to st. Stephens
Catholic church at 8 o'clock last night.
She encountered the man at Third
avenue S and Twenty-fourth street.
He threw his arm about her neck and
gagged her with his 1nitten to prevent
any outcry. She lost $40. There is
no clue to the highWayman.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
ERNST A BANKRUPT

Declaration Made Yesterday Upon AppIi-
cation Of Alleged EmbezzIer.
Upon his own application Casper. J.
Ernst, the st. Paul banker now In Jail,
awaiting trial on indictments charging for
gerry and embezzlenent, was yesterday de-
clared bankrupt in the United States
district court
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
OFFICIALS CONFER

State Treasurer and Auditor Meet with
Public Examiner.
Public Examiner Johnson's recon-
mendations for complete check be-
tween the Offices of the state auditor
and state treasurer were discussed to-
day at q lengthy conference in his
office. 1t was attended by State Audi
tor Iverson and his chief accountant,
Bombach. State Treasurer Block and
Deputy Treasurer Pettijohn. The
proposed changes were discussed in
formally in an endeavor to reach a
satisfactory basis.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
CASE CONTINUED

PubHc Examiner Wasn't Notified OF
Great Northern's Action
The Great Northern has been
lpurged Of the charge of contempt.
While Vice President Harrington
failed to appear before Public
Examiner Johnson yesterday, a
continuance was arranged for bee
tween NJ. D. Grover and Frank H.
Griggs. assistant, attorney general.
Mr.. Johnson was not notified of this
action for several hours, and it was
supposed that the subpoena had been
ignored. The hearing will come up
again Friday.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
CUT AND UPPER CUT
Miss ReIquist Says knepper Hit Her
Because She Had Ignored

f. L. knepper, a saIoonkeeper at ST
Washington avenue S, was arraigned in
the municipal court this morning on n
charge of assault and battery pr9erred by
Selma Belquist, who charges that Knep-
per met her in the room above the saloon
and after some alteration struck her and
knocked her down. Miss Belquist says
Knepper persistently forces his attentions
on her and claims that the man struck her
because she ignored him.
Knepper entered q plea of not guilty and
his case was continued until Friday morn
ing.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
TAX RECEIPTS INCREASE
Records for May and October, 1908
Much Ahead Of Those Months
in 1902.

That Hennepin county is growing in
population and wealth is Indicated
most plainly by the taxes paid In to the
county treasurer this year as COM
pared with those of last year. A
statement of the money paid into his
office in May and September. the two
leading months in the tax paying cal
#endar, has been prepared by County
Treasurer d. C.. Bell. The excess in
1903 over the preceding year amounts
to $154.676.02. The figures are:
May 1903 ............... ST, 1886, ,22a, o.
Nav 1902 Observation-Disclosures. 1,577, ,2~E.12
Excess 1903 ss............. S57 eco s5
October 1909 ............... 800. .5lS "a
October, 1902 .................... 793,S126I
Excess. 1903 ................ s967o62I
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
DIED IN HIS SLEEP.

julius Keller, aged 46 years, chief en-
gineer for Lindeke, Warner & Schur-
meier for several years. was found dead
In bed at his homem. $40 Lafayette ave-
nue., st. Paul, this morning. An investi-
cation showed that death had resulted
from stroke of apoplexy.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
TWO ToUGHs GONE
Wright County Sheriff Takes Two Of
Gang Away for Trial.

Jailer Nels Clausen was. relieved of
two Wright county prisoners this
morning when Sheriff Young took
Joseph May, charged with numbering
his uncle, and Bert Coffeld, indicted
for forgery, to Buffalo. where they will
soon be brought to trial. There are
still ten Wright county criminals In
the local jail and they will be taken to
trial singly or in pairs with the idea
Of preventing any concerted break for
liberty.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01

THOMAS MAHER, aged 81 years, died
last evening at his residence, 1705 Seven
teenth avenue S. Funeral from Holy
Rosary church at q. m. tomorrow
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01

ERNEST MARTIN, teamster who was
injured in a collision with a street car
several weeks ago, died at ST. Mary's
hospital last night.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01

The Journal printed yesterday near
ly SO per cent more paid want ads
than any other paper in Minneapolis.
People must like Journal want ads.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01

Al-Ki Makes a Perfect Skin.
Heals chapped hands, frost bites,
chafes, rash, hives, eczema, cuts bruis-
es. burns. Use after shaving. &C. Drug
gists or mail. Al-ki Chem. Co., st. Paul.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01

MAX FREUNDE-The funeral of Max
Freunde who resided at 222 Plymouth ave-
nue. N, will be held from Diedrick's hall,
Plymouth and Washington avenues N, to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock. Mr.. Fre-
)unde was a member of the A. o. u. w.
lodge.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01

The Journal printed yesterday near
.ly SO per cent more paid want ads
than any other paper in Minneapolis.
People must like Journal want ads.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01

Mlnnetonka Club Meetlng.-The annual
meeting of the Minnetonka club will be
held this evening at s o'clock at the office
of Theodore Wetmore in the West hotel.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01

''You Will Enjoy It''-Sale Dec. g
Hoff has leased more room; sale will
last one month. Hoffman's Toggery
Shop.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01

Fur Jackets, Stoles and PeIerines.
The Plymouth Fur Mfg. Section.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01

FRED w. HEckRIcH, JR, aged SO,
passed away early this morning at his
home, 1923 Aldrich avenue N, after lin
gering illness. He leaves wife and child
mother, father, two sisters and brother
to mourn his loss. Funeral notice later.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-01
TOO LATE 10 CLASSIFY

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wANTED-To BUY HORSE AND LIGHT
wagon for delivery and light hauling. Apply
Immediately. l. c. Speers, Lyceum Theater