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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
PATROLMEN. QUELL A
4 FOUR.CoRNERED FIGHT

Patrolmen FERN and Zalusky put an
end to an exciting dog fight, quelled
small riot and acted as judge and Jury
in an assault and battery case, all IN
about five minutes time last night
The officers were called to the colored
settlement in the rear of 1913 Third
street S, where one Of the colored men
had shown his prowess by thrashlng his
neighbor's wife. When they arrived the
man and woman were quarreling, White
their two dogs, a spaniel and a. Scotch
terrier, were fighting it out.
= Zalusky picked up the spaniel be-
longing to the man, and FERN took the
terrier, the woman IS pet; The pets,
however, refused to arbitrate, and while
the officers tugged at the dogs .the re-
spective owners attacked the polio emen
for abusing the poor things. The, WON
ans attack on FERN was so Eyicious
that3he was compelled to resort to- force,
and Zalusky had to. do. the same with
the colored man. Then they beat back
the crowd that had started things and
turned face to face to think over the
situation. They then discovered that
they each had dog tucked under his
arm. >. : .@@
The dogs still chung to each other
threats, and determined to make a clean
Job of it. Fern took his club and in a
moment the snarling pets were uncon-
scious beside their PROSTATE owners
The four lay side by side for several
minutes before they came to-. AS the
policemen strolled .leisurely out Of the
alley the dusky spectators expressed
their opinions Of the trouble in whis
DerS.. ~ i y RI ~ = ~ y: s.es.stsa5f
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
ONLY FOUR WITNESSES
Mrs. Toomey's Case Rested-What the
- Defense Will Prove.

The plaintiff in the $4,000 breach
of promise suit Of Mrs. Eleanor NJ.
Toomey against DR.. j. w. Bettingen in
st. Paul, rested it's case yesterday af.
ternoon, when but four witnesses had
been examined. Mrs. Toomey has testi-
fed as to the alleged promise to marry
and many other things. Her New York
friend, Miss Fleming, said she had
heard the promise to marry thru the
closed bedroom door, Twelve-year-old
Elsie Kruger, employed by Mrs. loom
ey, said she saw DR.. Bettingen go with
Mrs. Toomey to her room. William T.
joyce, waiter at Magee s, testified
to overhearing a conversation in pri-
vate room between Mrs. Toomey and
the doctor, wherein the doctor had told
of Mr.. Toomey's being untrue to her.
This is the substance Of the testimony
which Mrs. Toomey hopes will bring
her $4,000 reward or major part
thereof-in addition to the advertls-
ing she is getting. ri
Attorney Dur1nent, for the defense
didn't mince matters in his opening to
the jury. He declared that the plant.
iff IS main object was to get notorlety
which would advertise her for a stage
career, which she contemplated resum
ing. He declared, too, that Mrs. Toom;
ey had been an inmate Of an immoral
resort, and had even visited such 9
place twice since the suit was begun
These things and others he said ne
would prove.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
CHANGE TO BE
The POTENTATE.
HAILING SIGN OF GET-To-GETH-
Err BROTHERHOOD.
# Anyone Halls You Familiarly with
Hello Bill Take It as the Pass
word Of the Big City Scheme
Unique Plan to Catch Everyone in
Dragnet.
CENSUS BUREAU CALLS
NorthWestern-Main 3726.
Twin Clty--Courthouse 2,

- m i; Bill, have you been counted
yetY and What's your number,
Bill'' will be the password to Mime
apolis citizenship on the streets next
week. The citizens census committee
will start the word going bright and
early Monday morning, and will keep
it up. day and night,, the purpose being
the state census. After the word has
been passed few times the army Of
questioners will grow at the rate Of a
thousand minute.
Whenever a victim is encountered
who has not been enumerated, the
questioner, according to the rules of
the game, will be entitled to the priv
ilege Of running him to the nearest
telephone, and! making him call up the
name will be taken and special sent
out to do the formal enumerating.
Altho the count so far has been 60
ing along well there are still many who
have escaped. Unless the census bu-
reau is given the assistance Of the pub
lie, many will be missed. 1t is esti-
mated that there are at least $4,000
people in the city who are residents,
but have been missed. With the CO
the city these names can be secured
and Minneapolis needs them. With
them Minneapolis should make re-
markable showing. Without them out
side cities will haev chance to make
iosh-mark of the city and say that
Minneapolis has been blowing about
something she did not have:
Registration blanks have been dis
tributed about the city and the mem
bers Of the "Have You Been Count
ed'' order will find them when needed.
They can be filed out with the names
liceman encountered or mailed to the
census bureau. Members of the order
will be the best people in town. To
be a member the candidate must be
sure that he has been enumerated, and
to be third-degree member he. must
get some other person g. counted a N 49,: A
counted, and the member who makes
the most degree before midnight OF
June 80 wins. - r-1-, 20.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
LAWSON MAY MAKE
A. FLYING VISIT

It is not safe to say that Thomas
Lawson, of Boston, he Of the "Fren-
zied Finance fame will not be in
There IS every proba-
bility that heEwill be here for few.
hours at least as the guest of the Com
mercial club, who will entertain the
vigorous writer and the governor of
the state as. guests Of honor.
the morning of July .13 and will be the
guest of GoYern9r Johnson; Unless the
present. plans miscarry the two will
be in Minneapolis part of the day.
The club, has been quietly working agg
and has all but secured a promise OF
a short visit. The original invitation
to Minneapolis never contemplated a
lecture here. The St. Paul interests
back Of Mr. Lawson's lecture there
have been plugging the game strong
and has given it out that the visitor
would not leave the sanity city, the
purpose being to boost the evening lee
true there. The Minneapolis Press club
the first organization Of the state to
invite Lawson, has had no word from
the financier. d t
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
HOW NEY RULING
AFFECTS OIL men
INDEPENDENTS !, FIGURING saw
ING BY CHANGE OF RATES.
Railroad Commission s Decision Puts
Them in Position to Compete with
the Oil Trust, but There Is Some
Fear that the Latter Will Open a
War Now.

Independent oil dealers are duly
grateful over the reduction in freight
rates on oil ordered yesterday by the
Minnesota railroad commission. 1t
will enable them to compete with the
Standard Oil company with some
chance Of doing business. The margin
between the rates afforded the indie
under the ruling, and the rates which
the STANDARD people secure by shipping
refined oil in tank cars, is now SO mar
row that it is question whether the
trust can maintain the delivery serv-
ice which it has established in the
country and get a profit which would
be considered of much use in helping
at at 6 @sek olV'o p1' On q STOCK quoted
The commission IS ruling reduces the
third to fourth rate. The Standard
people ship at the fifth classification
and the independents have been com
PEELED to pay third rate on less than
CARROTS. The freight alone was a good
profit. The Standard Oil company has
been shipping tank cars to destination
chasers. The independents on small
er line Of business have shipped In
barrels with delivery: at the station.
The difference on 100 pounds be-
tween fourth and fifth classification
is about 10 cents, while between third
and fifth it has been 20 cents. The
gain is therefore about 10 cents a
hundred to the country. retail dealers:
AS an instance of the working Of
the ruling, it is said that the freight
on a barrel Of refined oil to Morton,
MINI, has been about $1.20. With
the new rate the freight is cut to 80
cents, making a difference Of 40 cents,
| which is considered a good profit on a
barrel Of oil. Customers Of the indie
pendent companies in the. country will
| call at the railroad station for their
shipments, while the STANDARD Oil
company if it maintains it's standard
of service, will have to continue the
expense Of teams and men to deliver
it's product with the margin Of profit
reduced 40 cents, more or less, on each
barrel. 5&
However, some dealers, familiar
with the Standard methods and its
that the trust will devise a scheme of
retaliation. ,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
WILL COMPLETE BIG DITCH
State Drainage Commission Votes Aid
for Crow River Canal.

The state drainage commission today
decided to furnish free the services
Of State Engineer George Ralph and to
appropriate $4,000 Of state, drainage
funds to. complete the Grow river ditch
in Kandiyohi and Meeker counties.
This action was taken at a special
meeting called to meet delegation Of
interested parties from Kandiyohii
the Kandiyohi County Drainage associa-
ton; John Feig, county commissioner;
Henry Feig and B. F. Jenness.
The Grow river ditch for long time
has been in an incomplete condition.
To finish it will mean a total invest
ment Of $4,000 to $4,000, the greater
part of which will be furnished by
Kandiyohi county, whose lands will be
most benefited.
The drainage commission this morn
ing also received petition from East
Grand Forks asking to have the Morals
ditch in Polk county enlarged. Because
Of lack of further funds, the board was
unable to grant the request at this
time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
TOOK FATAL POWDER
TO STOP HEADACHE

Mistaking strychnine for headache
powders, Mrs. Jessie Lacey, l7l4 Lin
den avenue, took several grains of the
poison last night and died ten minutes
later. :,
Mrs. Lacey had been suffering all
day with a headache, and in the even
ing she opened a small package, which
she thought contained the headache
medicine, and took it. In a moment
she was in agonizing pain. She ran to
her sisters apartments in the next
fat and told her that she thought she
had made mistake. A physician was
summoned, but the woman was dead be-
fore he arrived.
The poison had been purchased for
the purpose Of destroying rats and was
placed on the same shelf with the other
medicine.
Deputy Coroner Irvine decided that
death was due to accidental poisoning
The body was removed to Amor's un:
dertaking parlors on Second avenue s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
CONFESSED TO PERJURY
CASHIER OF CLEMENT BANK
TELLS OF JUGGLING WITH THE
ACCOUNTS.

The defense seemed to have some
what the best Of it today in the trial,
in St. Paul, of Thomas B. Clement, the
aged president of the defunct First Ma
tional bank Of Faribault. s. M.
Whitney, cashier had testified to falsi-
flying the currency reports of the bank
for June 9, 1904 and Sept. 6, 1904 on
direct order Of Mr.. Clement. Counsel
for the defense then took the witness
in hand He found Mr.. Whitney
could not remember the language used
by the president in ordering the falsi-
flying. Whitney thought he had been
told to reduce the cash item and add a
corresponding amount to the gold re-
serve. This is what he did, at any
rate. Mr.. Whitney then admitted he
had perjured himself by swearing be-
fore a notary the figures in the report
were correct.
edo you expect to be prosecuted?'
asked Attorney Baxter. " [st=
tNo; I do not" was the answer,
t'because I don't believe have done
anything wrong
HHas there been any promise by
the district attorney that you will not
be prosecuted? pressed Attorney
Baxter
No; there has not: replied Whit.
Whitney was clearly nervous under
the severe cross fire of Mr.. Baxter
The rest of his testimony related, to the
detailed manner of making out the
bank IS reports. Court adjourned early
this afternoon to permit witness pres
ent from out, of the city to go to theil
homes for Sunday. = " y H. ST 5 4.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
PLUM TREE Q!UlYE|RlNG
MAYOR WILL ANNOUNCE APP
POINTMENTs MONDAY. 49,

Mayor D. P. Jones next Monday will
announce his appointing to the board
of charities and corrections. vacancies
created on July by the expiration Of
the terms of DR.. r. r: Woodland and
John Crosby. DR.. Woodland swill retire,
as he has served OH the board con
tinuously since it's organization, twelve
years ago. If Mayor Jones appoints. a
medical man to the position, it. is taken
for granted that DR.. J. Clark Stewart
will be the one. There have been inti-
nations that the place would go to J..
R.. Kingman,. but Dr.. Stewart is the
fa'vorite Of the prophets. John Crosby
will be reappointed.
Of the heads of the three depart
ments only w. P. Barton, superintend-
ent of the poor, is sure to succeed him
self. Frank Mcdonald, superintend-
ent of the workhouse, is a possibility,
and had he not been such a. strong
partisan i npolitics he would !, stand
better show: John O'DonneH, J late La
Dor commission, is mentioned as a more
probable appointee. itA Z
Regarding city physician there is
much uncertainty. syyfi II i...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
THREE GOOD SALES
Realty Deals Aggregating $S6,50t
Were Put Thru Today.

D. D. Webster has bought from the
Cook estate the three story brick store
building at Seventh street and Henne-
pin avenue occupied by the De Raiche
Drug company, for $50 900. The Hen
nepin avenue frontage is AZ feet and
the depth 80 feet.
The Minneapolis Brewing company
has bought from Christian Richter the
two-stor:y brick store building at 81
frontage is % feet and the depth 100
feet.
The Gluek Brewing company has
bought from E. B. Vandewater, the
property at the southeast corner of
Twenty-first avenue-N and Washington
for $4,000. The lot is known as IA,
block Is. town Of North Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
NAIL TUBE men
LOOK CITY OYER.
POSTMASTER EXPLAINS WHERE
HE WANTS RAPID TRANSIT.
Little Assurance Is Given by Experts
that the System Will Be Installed
Here Soon, as the Appropriate Will
Not Build Thirty-hve Miles Of the
Pneumatic Subways. II !,
Tube or not Tube
That Is the question.
-shaksapere,

Postmaster W.@D. Hale, accompanied
by j. M. Masten, j. H. Crew and il. w.
Vaille, the pneumatic mail tube experts,
is inspecting feasible tube routes be-
tween Minneapolis postoffice stations
today The. experts are extremely non
that the new system would be a great
timesaver in dispatching Minneapolis
mails, give but little encourag cement
that the system will be installed soon.
The annual appropriation made by
congress for the entire country is $780,
900, and as it. costs about ST 900 a
mile to lay the tubes, some Of the cities
Minneapolis will be one of$Fthe first
cities to receive part Of the benefit will
be decided at Washington. Congress
will take UP the question of an in
creased appropriation at the next SEES
sion. At present Philadelphia has the
most complete system. 1t was Installed
in 1893 and additions have been made
every, year.
It is practically certain that the tubes
will not connect st. Paul and Mime
apolis, as the streetcar mail service IS
considered adequate. Postmaster Hale
especially desires tubes between. the
postoffce and the st. Anthony, River
side and Chamber Of Commerce sta,
lions and between The, postofiffses s
Of the wagons, as SO per cent Of
the mail could be shot thru the tubes,
The great advantage would be that the
mails would not have to be sent to the
railway stations until ten minutes be,
fore train time: -,
The report Of the tube experts will
be made to the second assistant post
master general at Washington some
time in October. Mr.. Masten is assist
ant superintendent of mails at Wash
ington. Mr.. Grew occupies. 1.-The same
position at Portland, Ore. Mr.. Vaille
is connected with the department at
Washin rton ..- -. '"a-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
BANK SPECIALIST TO "
DESIGN FIRST NATL

Robert W. Gibson Of New York city
bank as architect Of the building which
it will erect on leased ground at First
avenue s and Fifth street. Mr.. Gibson
is a specialist in this line, and it is
expected that he will design a build
ing for the use Of the First National
which will be a distinct credit to the
city, from an architectural standpoint.
He will proceed at once with prelim-
mary sketches. >.
MI 4Fgs+ IN the e as
architect of the New York clearing
house, the United States Trust company
building, the Greenwich Savings bank,
all of New York. He designed also
the Bank Of Buffalo, the Onondago
County Savings bank of Syracuse and
the Utica City National bank building.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
AMERICAN HUSTLER
HERE FROM MEXICO

J. A. Robertson, newspaper proprie.
tor, railroad man, street railway and
waterworks franchise owner, and gen
e1al business is hustling American,
but makes his home in Mexico. He
has not as yet surrendered to the eter-
nal monyana Of the tropics, which
of mots Americans who: seek fortunes
in the tropics.
"Mexico,O'. said Mr.. Robertson, els
experiencing wonderful development,
owing to the introduction of American
capital and methods. The Mexicans
seem to be perfectly willing that
Americans or any other foreigners
should improve their country, There
ceeds Mexico in point Of natural re-
sources, easily convertible into wealth.
These are being developed by Ameri-
can capital.,' -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
CITY NEWS
THE WEATHER
The Predictions.

Minnesota, North and South Dakota
md ENTHUSIASTICALLY showers to-
light and Sunday; variable winds.
Upper Michigan Probably showers
tonight and Sunday, cooler in north
Illinois-Fair tonight and probably
sunday, slowly rising temperature, east
10 south winds.
Wisconsin--Probably showers tonight
Ind Sunday, except generally fair
weather. in southeastern portion; warm
sr tonight, light to fresh southerly
winds.
mowers Sunday and in northern and
western portions tonight, cooler in
northwestern and warmer in extreme
eastern portions tonight, variable
winds.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
BURGLARS opal" NABBED
Police Think Adrian Hyler Was with
J. j. Lane.

Adrian Hyler, known to be com
panion of j. j. Lane, who was caught
trying to rob the store Of the Paegel
Jewelry company, % Third street S,
last Saturday night, was arrested yes
terday, and will be charged with COM
For several weeks prior to the at
tempted burglary, the two men roomed
together on Washington avenue S.
Saturday evening they went out to-
gether, and Hyler returned alone short
~ after midnight. The next day he
left without paying his board bill.
The detectives say he was with Lane
when the alarm was sounded, but that
he escaped, leaving his opal to his
fate.
Hyler was arraigned in police court
today, charged with burglary in the
third degree. He will be given an ex.
animation June &c.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
CARD OF THANKS

We herewith desire to express our sin
cere thanks and gratitude to our many
friends and neighbors for the kindly as
sistance rendered and for the many beau
tiful floral tributes bestowed during our
recent sad bereavement.
j. w. Dreger,
Edmund Eichhorn,
Helma V. Stremel,
Alvin A. Eichhorn,
Arthur E. Echhorn. =
To our kind friends and neighbors we
wish to extend our sincere thanks for
their kindness and sympathy during our
late bereavement. 2sus%&
@.- H. F. Kersten and Family.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
LARS WOULD REPEAL
Rummor Says Alderman Rand rs
Against Clark Ordinance.

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It is reported that Alderman Lars M.
Rand will soon move for the repeal Of
the Clark ordinance providing for the
revocation Of liquor licenses and the
forfeiture Of the license fee in certain'
cases. It was charged at the time. of
the. passage of the ordinance that it was
tremists in closing the saloons on Sun
day.
The LIQUOR men point to the action of
Rev.sB. j. Thoren and his associates in
South Minneapolis as proof of the as
-sertion made at that time, and insist
that the Home Protection association
will continue the crusade elsewhere In
the city. As every alderman who voted
for the measure .disavoWed any such
taking the position that they can not
refuse to vote for tha repeal Of the
Clark ordinance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
SUMMER SCHOOL WORK
Assignment of the Tutors and the
Schools Made Today.

Vacation schools will be opened Mon
day morning at the Blaine, Sheridan,
Madison and Monroe schools, under the
direction of d. H. Painter. In addi-
ton, nature study classes will be con-
Quoted at the Jackson school. Instruc-
ton will be given in manual training,
cooking and Sewing The teachers and
the schools to which they are assigned
are as follows:
Manual Training IT. B. Brown, Blaine
and Sheridan schools; G.. A. Moore,
Madison and Monroe schools.
Cooking Grace, Rollins, Madi-
son and Monroe schools; Miss Nellie
Richards, Blaine and Sheridan schools.
roe; Miss E. "a. Stacey, Madison school;
Miss Catherine Ryan, Blaine school;
Miss Emma Hood. Sheridan school,
Nature StudyMiss Blanche Atkins.
Jackson school.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
CASHIER CHANGED FIGURES X
He; Declares, Tho, that He Did It on
Clements Orders,

Charles N. Whitney, cashier Of the
suspended First National bank of Fari-
bault, testified yesterday afternoon in
St. Paul at the trial of Thomas b. Glenn
emit, that he had changed the figures ein
the teller's cashbook,s from which the
amount of cash on hand was reported
to the controller Of the currency, and
that this was done under the express
direction of the banks president, Mr..
Clement. 49,. -. ~. - 4
This testimony was lgiven under the
fourth. count int the indictment, charg-
ing Mr.. Clement with having made a
false return to the controller. ~. >.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
NEyCRoLOGIC

MARY L. WILCOX died today of
heart failure at her home in Richfeld.
Funeral services will be held Monday,
at 2 pm. from the Baptist church at
Richfeld. Miss Wilcox was born in
Greenwich n " ian and IN 1873 sane fasp to
year in Minneapolis, where she attend
cd high school, the family moved to
Richfeld. where they have since lived:
Mary Wilcox has always been very ac-
tiev in the work Of the Baptist church,
where she taught a class in the Sun
day school,, and was corresponding
secretary of the Christian Endeavor
society, and also of the Ladies' Mis-
sionary society, in the work Of which
she was especially Interested. In her
work as teacher in the public schools,
she met with, great success, and had
planned to return to district No. 100
next year. In Miss Wilcox the. com
munity mourns the loss of sincere
friend and faithful helper in every
good work. Her unfagging zeal and
wiling service have es Sgrnly ear earned tor
the many who sorrow for her loss yet
rejoice that she could 50 we'll re-
spond to His summons "Come up
higher.''. r...,.5.~..-ii. - 80. E,.s.s d. = .
MRS. LAURA E. sPRAGUE died
. last night at the family residence, 1921
Fifteenth avenue S, at the age Of As
years. Funeral from residence, Mon
day, at 2 pm. Interment at Layman''s
cemetery. ..l.- 81. >...a. - :
I HARVEY MANsKE, years old
died Thursday, June %, at the family
residence, 1911 Ninth street S. Funeral
from the residence Sunday at pm
Enterment at Lakewood. L fEs !:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
RELIC OF WRECK
Burned Draft from Mentor Wreck
Reaches Minneapolis.

A draft for $1,000 is waiting an
owner at the postoffce The draft was
in one of the four partially burned let
ters returned to Minneapolis from the
fast mail wreck at Mentor, Ohio, last
Wednesday. The letters all contained
commercial paper. The draft is burned
at both ends and the signature is lost
It is thought that it belongs to an in,
surance company, and it will be re
stored today if the owner can be found