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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
TWO men FACING
MURDER CHARGE
MINNEAPOLIS MEN ARRESTED ON
COMPLAINT FROM ANNANDALE.
Ole Larson and Joseph Knittle Accused
of Doing to Death Henry Fashant,
Whose Dead Body Was Found on the
Railroad Tracks Last Sunday Morn

Ole Larson and Joseph Knittle, two
Minneapolis laborers, were arrested late
Yesterday afternoon by Detectives Helm
and Hanson on a charge of numbering
Henry Fashant of Annandale, MIMI,
whose dead body was found lying by
the 500 tracks near there last Sun
day.
damaging. Larson and Knittle were
with Fashant the night he was muir
dered and w. H. Cutting, attorney for
Wright county, says he has strong
evidence showing motive. What this
is he refuses to say.
Larson and Knittle went to Amman
dale on hunting trip last Saturday.
They took in the town with Fashant
and when last seen the Annandale man
was in the company of the two suspects:
The next morning his body was found
3, lying across the tracks as tho placed
there for a train to run over. No
trains had passed, however, and a
couplingpin covered with blood was
found few feet away. The Mime
apolis men spent that day helping hunt
for the murderer, and after being close
ly questioned, were allowed to go. New
evidence caused warrants to. be sworn
out and the men we're taken back to-
day.
Larson is man of family and has
always born good reputation. He
lives at 624 Penn avenue n. Knittle,
on the other hand, is well known to the
years ago by what he called a "fake
holdup0 of F. T. Moore Of the Moore
Heating company, at Sixth avenue S
| and Sixth street: He convinced the
court that he thought Moore was his
roommate and held him up for joke.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
LOVELY SAYS
It WAS JUGGLED.
SUPREME JUSTICE COMPLAINS
OF CONVENTION METHODS.
Writes to Accept the Democratic Nom
ination, and Says that in Republican
Convention He Was Defeated Out Of
His Rights-Judge Brown Also Ac-

Justice John A. Lovely of the SUI
preme court today sent a letter to the
democratic state committee accepting
the nomination. He makes some sensa-
tional statements about the action OF
the republican state convention. He
says in part: ..rr#
''When the previous republican con-
vention met and down to the time
when my name was there presented, it
was generally conceded that endorse
ment would be rendered me. No one
disputed this fact; it was taken for
granted. BY reason of the seating OF
the contesting Hennepin delegation
Judge Elliott became candidate and
received the support Of 1l3 votes from
his county. Thru arrangements with
other delegations opposition was ar;
received a majority of votes over
Judge Elliott, when thru trades of less
than thirty votes made after the roll
call was ended and the balloting closed
on the Judicial nominations, was de-
feated out of my rights.
In the proper way in which nomi-
nations are made, I received sub
stantial ajority in the republican con
vention, but by the jugglery of votes
thru which over seven hundred mem
bers OF the convention were, by the
change of less than thirty, deprived of
their right to express and have their
wishes acted upon, I have been denied
a certificate to enable me to present my
claims to the voters Of the state. This
your nomination accords. .-,
1 "The high character as citizens ant
sterling qualifications as lawyers pos
sessed by the men you have associated
with me as candidates for the highest
court Of the state must merit unquali
fed approval. It would be high homo
to aid these eminent men in the admin
istration of justice, and if your course
is approved by the suffrages Of the PEG
pie, the character of the court of which
I am still a member will be maintained
| "Believing that the people of thi
commonwealth appreciate the necessi
ties Of an independent judiciary and re
gard it as the best protection of ibert,
and right, it is my duty to accept you
nomination. -
Justice Brown, who was nominate
by both parties, also accepted the dem
ocratic nomination today:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
FOUR YEARS FOR
AN EMBEzzLER
s. GILBERTsON SEN
FENCED BY JUDGE HARRISON.
Long Time in Saltwater Awaits Several
Lawbreakers Sentenced This Morn
ing-William Walker Was Unsuc-
cessful in His Attempt to Conceal
His Past Record. NJ %@

The old story Of borrowing an en-
ployer's money to speculate was told
by Gilbert S. Gilbertson in Judge A.
NJ. Harrison s court this morning. The
young man, who has just passed his
twenty-frst year, stood before the bar
to be sentenced for embezzling $l2,OOO
from A. Booth & Co. He had pleaded
"What did you do with all that
money7' asked the court.
.'I lost it in speculation, was the
reioinder 81 became acquainted with
man named Munroe and he made me
believe that 1 could make my fortune
with $4,000. I lost that and had to
take more to try and win it back.
crime was inexcusable and that there
was something radically wrong. with
the makeup Of man who would APP
propriate money intrusted to him. On
account of the defendant s youth, how
ever, he was sentenced to Saltwater
for but four years. =.
"There's awful justice in that, y
grumbled William Walker, another pris-
oner, whom his honor had just sentenced
to five years hard labor for burglary in
downtown china store. Walker swore
that he had never been convicted OF
crime before The county attorney
thereupon introduced his picture from
the rogue's gallery and the .recorC
showed criminal record. This was
enough to get him the limit.
Other guilty men were sentenced al
follows: John Moberg, grand larceny
five years; John Mcintosh, grand lar
three years; Michael Smith, burglary
five years; George Lanx, forgery, si1
years; James Roach, grand larceny
three years. Andrew haustad, mali
cious mischief, six months in the county
| Jail.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
MIND WRECKED
BY CLAlRVOYANT
DISTRACTED HUSBAND APPEALS
TO POLICE FOR ASSISTANCE.
Wife Is Mentally Unbalanced and
Roaming the State-TIer Actions the
Result of the Predictions of g.
Nicollet Avenue Seer'-Husband
Fears Wife May Commit Suicide.

Robbed of her reason by the dire
prediction Of a clairvoyant, Mrs. Hilda
Miller, 425 Seventh avenue S, is today
fulfilling the last prophecy Of the
soothsayer, that in. time she would
leave her husband and become avian
derer. She disappeared from her home
Sept. Is and has been wandering from
town to town in the northern part of
the state.
D. H. miller, her husband, is dis:
tracted and has offered a liberal reward
to the person who will find her. She has
been mentally unbalanced for several
weeks, and he fears suicide.
According to his story his wife be-
gan visiting a Nicollet avenue clair
voyant about three months ago, and
several times each week would return
of the mans weird and wonderful
prophecies. He tried to persuade her
to put no faith in the man, but her
neighbors had the craze and when they
called for her to 90 she always
yielded. N . a.4s&
About month ago she returned one
evening crying and said that the seel
had declared that her husband was not
true to her and that she would sooner
wanderer. From that day on she was
never the same and seemed to be brood
ing. On Sept. Is she quietly stole
away, drew 5000 Of her own money from
the bank and started on the Journey.
Mr.. Miller learned that she had gon
to Duluth and registered at a hotel a
"Mrs. Hanson from Nowhere. - He fol
lowed only to learn that she had taken
zigzag trip across the state. She still
has a large bank account, but the hus
| band fears she will run out Of none,
and attempt to end her life,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
PROTESTS BY JUDGES
Election Officials Say They Worked
Faithfully Without Soldering.

Several Of the election Judges, par
ticularly those from belated precincts
in the seventh and ninth ware DIS, take
exceptions to the published intimations
that the precinct officials were exceed
ingly deliberate in counting the vote
and wished to swell their fees. They
admit they were slow, but cite the fact
that never in the political history, of
Hennepin county were election Judges
confronted by more heroic task.
Tho speaking for. the fourth precinct
of the ninth ward, lone OF the Judges
really voiced the sentiment of all to-
HAs one of the Judges, wish to
make most emphatic and decided pro
test against this unfair suspicion against
| the honorable men who in many cases
were really induced to act as Judges and
clerks ON Tuesday and Wednesday last
There were many men who served IN
these capacities who are possessed OF
have been unchallenged as to their
moral integrity, and by those who
know them best are still above re-
proach.
"The average citizen, without pre-
vious experience, can have little idea
of the amount Of work which awaited
the Judges and their clerks at the clos
ing of the polls Tuesday night. OF
course, there may have been some un
necessary delays and some biennial co coli
hunger,' but my co-workers are will
ing, after weeks rest, to. match
themselves against any other five who
might be chosen. And we were not
possessed of unusual ability.
GAS to the money in it-several Of
the officers with whom I served were
hourly at a monetary loss by consent
ing to absent themselves from theil
regular employments. To my mind
such adverse criticism of able and con
scientious Judges is apt to drive goo
leave the positions at the mercy o;
grafters. -
r. F. Miller of the seventh ware
offers similar protest to the criticism
made Wednesday, and says that thel
preliminary report was in at 8 pm
| Wednesday, and their total bill onl,
$1,000. a.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
MAKES IT EASY
TO FIND BOOKS
OPEN SHELF ROOM OPENED AT
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Thousands Of Volumes Have Been
Placed on the Open Shelves Where
Readers Can Dip In and Select What
They Want-The New Departure
Keenly Appreciated. +"

The open shelf room at the public
library was opened today and met with
prompt appreciation from the throng
of Saturday book borrowers who rev
elled in the opportunity to chose their
hapa yad e dreT aecese
BILE to the Minneapolis people thru, the
new room and the many cases hold a
generous variety of books on every sub
ject from abbeys to zoology.
The old art bookroom has been used
for the new department., ana it n, has $
walls have been covered with a warm,
yellow paper, which is delightful with
the the 'I bic tables ana the chairs and
couches, which invite the visitor to tar,
ry, are all in mahogany, of a beautiful afa
grain and finish. There is q huge. tire
place in which a gas leg viii furnish 5 81 a a
gether the room is a most attractive
place in which to while away an hour,
to do a bit of reference work or to
browse among the new books while de-
Gliding which one to carry home.
Hhfs are re tSs ast tho rsa or
for the people of Minneapolis, and they
will be on honor not to abuse their
privilege. It is known to the library
people that books have been slipped
from the old open cases by greedy read
ers who wanted more volumes than they
had cards for, and some Of them have
openly boosted of taking advantage OF
the freedom given them. The library
is generous in it's distribution of cards
and the opening of the new room shows
it's confidence in the public and it i
earnestly hoped that this confidence vii
not be abused.
Lighted with six arc lights, the room
will be as enjoyable in the evening as
during the day. It will be furnished
with the popular magazines as we'll a.
with books to relieve the congestion II
the old readingroom. =,
Changes have also been made IN the
circulation-roo The long counter
has been continued until it runs the ful
length of the room and there will be tw!!
charging desks. The registration desl
has been doubled in size and the graf
ings which have been placed in the win
dows where books are returned wer
made necessary by the carelessness O.
the people who too often threw tn
books in upon the card trays, to tn
discontinue of the librarian. The oil
stackroom and the new, which is rapid
" nearing completion, will both b
served by the two charge desks, altho i
is expected that the one near the oil
stackroom will soon be used as an in
formation bureau, where any question l
relation to the library or books may b
answered.
These changes make wonderful in
provement to the library. The ope
shelfroom was pet plan of Miss Cour
tryman's for several years and sh
made it reality as soon as the remove
of the art bookroom to the floor abov
left the necessary space.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
CITY NE VS.
THE WEATHER

Minnesota-Fair tonight and Sunday,
except showers in northeast portion to-
night; cooler tonight; northwest winds,
becoming variable. Upper Michigan
Showers and cooler tonight; Sunday fair;
brisk northwest winds. Wisconsin-ShoW-
ers and cooler tonight; Sunday, fair with
cooler in east portion; brisk northwest
winds. IowaAFair tonight and Sunday
except showers in east portion tonight;
cooler tonight; northwest winds, becom-
ing variable. North and South Dakota
Generally fair tonight and Sunday; cool
er in east and central portions tonight;
variable winds. Montana-Partly CLOUDY
tonight and Sunday with possibly snow
ers in west portion; warmer In west por-
ton tonight; variable winds.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
L0WRY'S FORMAL OFFER
CITY CLERK RECEIVES CoMMUNI-
CATION IN REGARD TO FILTRA-
TION PLANT SITE. rr-

Thomas Lowry has made formal Of
fer to present to the city a tract Of fifty
acres, adjoining the reservoir, as site
for the proposed filtration plant, on con-
dition that it be used for such purposes
for all time, and that all the land not
In his communication, received by the
city clerk this morning, Mr.. Lowry re-
minds the city council that the agree
ments attending the transfer to the city
Of the reservoir site have not been kept
One was that the city should maintain
a macadamized boulevard from Central
the roadway has been macadamized, nc
boulevard has been attempted, and not
even tree has been planted.
It is believed that Mr.. Lowry's con
ditions will be readily complied with.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
DECISION OUT OF DATE
CASE CITED BY NELSON DID NOT
APPLY TO THE PRESENT TIM
Der TREsPASS LAW.

Senator Nelson overlooked something
in his speech at Madison, Mimi, last
evening. In his defense Of R.. G..
Dunn 3 record as state auditor, he cited
decision of the supreme court to show
that it is impossible to collect moro
than the actual value of the timber.
This decision was not made with ref
erence to the law of 1895, but the case
came up under the old law, and it was
the old law that the court construed.
The decision was in the Shevlin- Carpen-
recurring double value for unintentional
and treble value for wilful trespass,
has never been successfully attacked.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
TO HONOR DR., NORTHR0P
FACULTY AND ALUMNI PLAN RE-
CEPTION IN HONOR OF BIRTH
DAY OF THE vARsITY's PREsI-
DENT. ~.~

Next Friday, President Cyrus North
rop will be 70 years old. The members
of the faculty and prominent alumni
have planned a reception in his honor.
The following statement has been given
out by Dean Downey, chairman OF the
committee:
"A1l who wish to greet and congratu-
late President Northrop on the triple oc-
casion Of his birthday, his wedding an,
niversary. and his entrance Oh the third
decade Of his most successful admins
tration of the university, are invited by
the faculties and alumni Of the various
colleges to participate in reception to
him. and Mrs. Northrop, Friday, Sept.
80, in the university armory,. from to
10 in the evening. This is in recogni-
tion Of his great work and at the same
time to give expression to, the esteem
DR.. Northrop has been president for
twenty years and it is largely thru his
place in the front rank. This is the first
time that such a tribute has been
planned, and the idea has been received
with enthusiasm by students, faculty
and alumni
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
SENIORS ELECT MITCHELL
Glass Election Was Held at the "U'
Today.

The spirited campaign in the senior
class at the university eliminated in
the election of officers today.
H. P. Peterson withdrew as can
didate for the presidency, leaving the
S. Mitchell. The fourth man, Murray
Davenport, withdrew last night.
The ballot resulted in the election of
Mitchell 1913 to 80.
John Adams was chosen vice presi-
dent; Bessie Healey, secretary and Ell
mer, Bisbee, treasurer.
manager of the Minnesota Magazine.
He was the only university student to
pass the Oxford examinations for the
Cecil Rhodes scholarship.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
FOUR MILLIONS
ARE ASKED FOR
BOARD OF TAX LEVY HAS BIG
JOB ON HAND.
Various City Departments and the
County and State Submit Their Re-
quests, Which Exceed Last Years
Several Hundred Thousand Dollars.

More than $4,ooo,oo9 will be asked 4
of the board of tax levy next week
by the heads of the various municipal
departments, the municipal boards, the
county and the state. The increased
appropriations demanded will aggre-
gate several hundred thousand dollars
and the task of trimming down the
estimates is q monumental one
The list of wants has alarmed the
Commercial club which is expected to
give the board of tax levy some plain
talk on the tendency of officials to ask
for more than is needed.
The school board will make its esti-
mate next Tuesday,. Otherwise the de-
mands are about as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
DAVID P. JONES GJERTSF;N
DR.. u. G.. Williams Certifes to Birth
Return at Health Office.

David P. Jones Gjertsen, a recent
arrival at 21O9 Twenty sixth avenue
S, should have a political future, in
view of the many political features at
tending his advent. His arrival is
dated Sept. 3, 1904, when politics., espe-
cially in his neighborhood, was at a
Gjertsen, was candidate for the dis
trict court bench and was also a stanch
supporter Of DR.. U. G.. Williams, can
didate for republican nomination for
mayor.
The Gjertsens had expected to chris
ten the little, one U. g.. Williams, but
decided to await the result Of the pri-
mary and testify their loyalty by nam
ing their boy after the winner.
. The return received this morning at
the health department is signed GU.
G.. Williams, M. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
STATE CAPITOL
LOCAL BANKS INCREASED
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION RAISES
THE ASSESSMENTS OF TWO MIN
NEAPOLIS CONCERNS.

The assessment of the Clarke Ma
tional bank Of Minneapolis was raised
95 per cent by the state board of
equalization this morning. The Swed-
ish American National was increased
Is per cent.
The action may be altered, as the
hearing next Friday. when all bank
ers interested are invited to appear.
An increase of Is per cent was voted
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24

IOtal. '@f' Aoo'ooo
Monday morning. The members are
Fred Il. Barney, chairman board of
county commissioners; Hugh R. Scott,
county auditor; James G. Haynes,
mayor; A. E. Merrill, chairman of coun-
ell committee on ways and means; John
A. Schlener, president board Of educa-
ton; A. S. Adams, president park
board Alderman Merrill is the chair
man Of the board.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
Weather Conditions.

It is considerably warmer than it was
Yesterday morning in the lake region,
Ohio valley, New England and the mid
die Mississippi valley, and it is cooler
in the British possessions, the Dako-
tas and Montana. This mornings tenn
peratures are below 40 degrees in north
ern Montana, Assiniboia and Saskatche-
wan. Rains have fallen during the past
twenty-four hours In the lake region,
Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, eastern Ne
braska Kansas, Oklahoma, northern
Texas the middle Rocky mountain re-
gion and on the Pacific coast.
IT S. Outram, Local Forecaster.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
A FIGHTING CHANGE
Miss Lubey's Recovery Is Possible,
Physicians Say.

Miss Katherine Lubey, who was shot
by James Gafney while riding from
Golden Valley to Minneapolis, is still
in a critical condition at the city hos
pital. No complications have appeared
and the physicians say that if she
makes as strong fight as she has ever
since she was wounded, she will be out
of danger in a few days.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
Will Attend Convention.

Public Examiner Johnson leaves to-
1end he eg gahegng gr Of the As
ISOLATION lon Of Bank Supervisors, Sept. 27,
28 and 20. Mr.. johnson has twice
been it's president and is now chairman
of it's executive committee: He will
read a paper on "Supervision and
Supervisors. E. A. Merrill Of the
Minnesota Loan and Trust company will
read paper on "The Relation Of State
to National Banks. },..h.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
Lennon Was Nominated.

A complete count of the vote in the
first county commissioner district gives
the democratic nomination to- Lennon.
The full vote was: Lennon, 1858;
Townsend, 665; Young, 554.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
NEUROLOGICAL

MRS. EUGENE sTARBIRD-Funeral
services of Mrs. Eugene c. Starbird, for
merly Gail I. Hammond, who died in
Kansas City Sept. IA, will be held at the
home of her brother w. D. Hammond,
3349 Irving avenue S, Sunday at
o'clock.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
ONLY S32 90 To California

Save $1,000 BY going via the Min
neapolis & st. Louis before October
18th. Through tourist cars every
Wednesday and Thursday. For reser-
vations and tickets, call on J. G. Rick
ell. City Ticket Agent. 424 Nicollet Ave.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
Weather Now and Then.

Today, maximum, &c degrees; mini
mum, SO degrees; year ago, maximum
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24

PETER THOMPSON - Members Of
Valhala Grove, No. 43, U. A. 0. D., are
requested to attend funeral at 1870 pm.
tomorrow. Services at Swedish Broth
ers' hall, Eighth avenue S and Fourth
street.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24

RENNIE NoDELL, son of Andrew
Model, of Richfield, who was acct
dentally killed Friday morning by a
runaway team. will be buried from his
home at 10 am. Sunday morning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24
AROUND THE TOWN

Rev. J. c. Byrnes to Speak.-The Uni
versity Catholic association will meet at
345 pm in the library building tomor-
row. The meeting will be addressed by
Rev. J. c. Byrnes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24

on the assessment of the Scandinavian
American National bank Of st. Paul,
and several banks in outside towns were
raised. The changes were made on
recommendation Of the, banking COM
mittee, which took for it's basis 50 per
cent Of the capital stock and surplus on
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24

The German telegraph department. is
successfully using in its cables artificial
gutta percha. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24

Duplicate Key Worker Agaln.-Peter
Faber's hardware store, I'll Plymouth
avenue, was entered by burglars last
night and cutlery to the value Of nearly
$500 was stolen. The thieves entered
with a skeleton key and tempered with
the cash register but were unable to
force it open.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24

r. w. RANDALL-The funeral of r.
w. Randall, who died on his way to
Spokane. Wash, will take place Sunday
at 2:30 from the First Methodist church.