The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08
NEW ENGLAND LETTER
By r. G. LARSEN.

who began to introduce Shiloh methods,
requiring the children to pray for
schoolbooks and other things needed, all
of which appeared miraculously in
answer to prayer. It is expected, that
if Sanford is sentenced for man.
slaughter the colony will be short-ived.
as he is man of great personal mag
netism with tremendous influence over.
his followers, many Of whom believe he
is the second Christ.
Here in Massachusetts crime and pol
itics have been for several months mon
opolizing public attention to- the exclu-.
.~.<# sion of everything
Crime Mysteries else. Following
Absorb death Of Mrs. Jen-
- ME P. Chase Of
Boston Attention Swa m p O. t, a
II. ~ : member of the
Phillips family of millionaires, and
whose brother, David K. Phillips, COM
mitted suicide last spring, the finding
of dress suit case containing the torso
Of what is believed to have been a
beautiful woman, has kept the papers
filled for weeks with sensational news.
Mrs: Chase, who had something like a
Chase, who soon after the maria ge, is
said to have induced her to adopt his
son. This made the son. heir to her
property, which otherwise would have
gone back to the Phillips estate. The
son is in very delicate health, and is not
expected to live many weeks. Mrs.
Chase was found in the kitchen of her
home with the gas turned on, and her
husband with another physician worked
her relatives what had happened. In
fact nothing was known about her con-
dition until after her death, when her
brothers,, who were at first ready to
believe she had committed suicide be-,
cause of a note in her own handwriting
telling of her intention, demanded an
investigation, and the police became
active. The case attracted a great deal
Of attention until it was overshadowed
by what has become known as the suit
case mystery, now well known to read
ers of the telegraphic news of Amer
ica's daily newspapers.
: George Won L. Meyer, ambassador to
st. Petersburg, returned home this
week. He lives. at Hamilton, where
Mrs. Meyer has
Meyers Ambition been all summer,
overseeing extern
Is to Gain sive change
......- which have given
Seat in Congress what has always
been a very beau
tiful estate, more of an old-world at
mosphere and appearance. The great
success which attended Mr.. Meyers ef-
forts in connection with the peace ne
gotiations has resulted in his receiving
considerable attention since his. return
after a two-years absence. It is known
that he is ambitious to 90 to congress.
He thought seriously of contesting for
the nomination two years ago, against
the present congressman, Augustus P.
Lodge, but as he was then American am
bassador at Rome, he decided to retain
that post. 49,. ~.
Thomas W. Lawson continues to be
considerable of an enigma here, and
there is considerable speculation as to
whether he is able
Thomas w. Lawson to = command as
m u h. attention
Still with his frenzied
~. finance crusade as
. .... months ago. His
personal affairs have been receiving
more attention than his reform work
Because he neglected to pay back taxes
on his Back Bay residence amounting
to about $4,000, the property was re-
Gently sold at public auction, but was
bid in by one Of Mr.. Lawson agents
who appears to have been equally back
ward in making payments, for he die
not appear at the city collector S office
with the money until the time had al
most expired. Mr.. Lawson, after his
tour Of the west, now proposes to start
crusade in Madison Square garden
New York, against the insurance compa
MES. I'LL.
the late Patrick A. Collins, mayor OF
Boston, who died few weeks ago has
resulted in an out
money subscribed pouring of sub,
scriptions from all
for classes in the com
| munity. Few me1
Collins Monument were more greatly
admired and re-
spected than this gifted Irish-American
and there has seldom been a more gen.
erous response in Boston to call of this
kind. Nearly the entire $4,000 asked
for was subscribed in little more than
a week. The form of the memorial and
its location has not yet been decided
upon, but there is a general sentiment
in favor of having it somewhere in the
Back Bay Fens, near the splendid mon
ument erected there to the memory OF
John Boyle O'Reilly.
James Madison Barker, an associate
justice of the supreme court.of Massa
chusetts since 1891, was. found dead in
his rooms at the Union club in this city
Monday morning. He was j born II
Pittsfeld, and previous to his appoint.
ment to the bench was very prominent
as a lawyer. His son John Barker is
now engaged in practice, and he has
four daughters, two Of whom are at
the home in Pittsfeld, one in Smith col.
lege and the other the wife Of James
Day, of New Haven.
HOW THEY ARE CAUGHT.
Chicago News.
F Do you really believe that one can
catch germs from a telephone9o asked
the young man who had been reading