The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24

Did Hartman tan system to
Belmont and a
Force story went
around the offices
Sale to Belmont? to the effect that
E. 81. Hartman
had proved the master hand in the
deal. When Mr.. Ryan was on the
stand in the insurance investigation he
declared he had borrowed $2,5O0,00O to
purchase the stock of the Equitable
from James Hazen Hyde. It is said
that after Mr.. Hartman read this
statement he smiled and in less than
forty eight hours had arranged with
several bankers who had made the
loans to call them This, it is said was
done SO quietly and effectively that it
placed Mr.. Ryan in a position where
he did not require very much urging
to part with his stock and bonds Of
however, laughed at the story, and one
OF them, who is in position to know,
declared that the Equitable cost him
nottingham he made by the deal the
$2,50O,O0O he gave Hyde for his hold-
ings.
Burton Mansfield, a wealthy import
Ell, who was found unconscious from
fractured skull in front. of the Union
Square hotel early Tuesday morning,
died today at Bellevue hospital.
The mystery surrounding the manner
in which Mansfield received the fatal
injury has not been solved, as he did
not regain consciousness. It Is be-
lieved, however, that he was hurt by
a fall after being elected from a hotel
With showers of confetti, big brass
band, and the galleries filed with
pretty women, the brokers Of the Stock
,''-. s. Exch ange en-
Brokers Revel joyed their an
nual Christmas
! Amid revel at the close
of the market at
Confetti Showers noon today. The
big exch ange
room was decorated for the occasion
with masses Of evergreen and immense
Christmas bells of red immortelles. The
trading posts and galleries were all
decorated and over the telephone
booths a platform had been erected on
which, half hidden by forest green, the
band Of the Seventh regiment dis
coursed sweet melody. The public gal
leries and the members galleries were
thrown open to the friends Of the brok-
ers, and many women came to see how
their fathers, husbands and brothers
can forget the cares of business at the
festive season. There was no formal
program, but the members pelted them
selves with confetti, and the great push
ball, seven or more feet in diameter,
was showed about the floor to the i'm
mense cOntentment Of the crowd. The
members of the Consolidated Stock Elk
chanage also kept the holiday with a
band and high jinks. Traction merg-
ers and amalgamated pools that sub
merged their makers were alike for
gotten in the fun and fellowship due to
the season. 49,, w.
In the reorganization Of The Roose-
welt Home club it has developed that
scores of cash subscriptions toward the
purchase p of the
Scandal in Move presidents birth
place at % East
to Buy Twentieth street,
and its preserva-
Roosevelt's Home tion against the
/ encroachments Of
commercialism, never have been &C.
counted for. It also has been found
that a strenuous effort was made to
realize $4,000 on Henry G. Frick 8 note
for $4,000, given some time ago con-
tingent upon the club acquiring the
property. The extent of the alleged
embezzlement is unknown, but will
reach into thousands. The organization
was started two years ago by men liv.
ing in the vicinity. It rented the third
floor Of the house in which the president
was born for it's meeting place. The
original organizers did not know much
about running a club. While things
were in this chaotic state there ap
. peared among the members L. P. Glazel
Glazel was busy person and seemed
to know all about running club an6
some other things. Glazel has beer
expelled from the club and charges
have been brought against him which
he has been called upon to answer be
fore the meeting on next Tuesday
might. His papers have been seizet
by the reorganizers, and they are try
ing to decipher them and find out JUS
T. how much money has been collected
If the reorganizers find that the money
g has been misappropriated they vii
take steps to recover it.
! Some interesting testimony wa
!, brought out this afternoon in the hear
ing in special sessions in Colonel Mann
suit against Col
q Mann Tells How ier's Weekly fo
!, criminal Ii b e !
Vain Rich Mann was agail
f on the stand an
v Paid for Puffs told under Jane
W. Osb orne'