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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
0UTW|TTED BY A
DEPUTY SHERIFF.
MINNEAPOLIS TRAVELLING MAN
HAS TO COUGH UP"
Officer with Attachment Papers to
Serve Meets His Victim at Depot and
Gets His Hands on Salesman's Sam
pie Case Traveller Goes Down Into
His Jeans.

The ingenuity displayed by Deputy
Sheriff Fortier yesterday while serving
some legal papers in an attachment
proceeding resulted in the quick settle.
ment Of the civil suit, and in all prob
ability averted the beginning of Sc
rious criminal action against the de-
PENDANT.
A female relative Of Minneapolis
travelling man had a claim for $40
against him, alleging that he had OBJ
tanned the money from her thru fraud
ulent means. She sued out an attach
ment against him and the papers were
placed in the hands of Mr.. Fortier for
service. He met the defendant as he
was on the way to one Of the passenger
one containing, wearing apparel and the
other his samples. The officer was anx-
ious to secure possession of one or both
of the grips, but he knew the law did
not permit the use of force to obtain
property in civil suit. In a tone in
dicating great surprise, the drummer, a
well dressed man, declared that he could
produce written proof that he owed his
relative nothing. ..r-
fProduce it, then,'' said the officer,
whereupon the salesman deposited his
samplecase on the ground in order to
reach into his. pocket. Quick as a flash
the officer picked UP the grip. His ruse
had worked successfully.
"What do you want with that grips'
asked the knight of the road, his face
showing the chagrin that he felt. "That
SIR" said the officer, sternly, els now
in the hands of the law. And it will
remain there until this claim is salts
fed.'
The salesman tried to induce him to
exchange grips with him. ct can get
along without my clothing" he pleaded
"but cannot sell goods without my
samples. Furthermore, if my house
finds out that those samples are seized
1 will lose my job at once.'
The officer informed him that he did
not want the clothing, because the law
exempted it from attachment for debt
"There is but one thing for you to do, >
said the deputy, t'and that is to dig u1
the amount Of this claim, which is $40. :
| Without further words the drumme,
went into his pocket and produced the
cash, which was returned to the sher.
! iff g office to satisfy the claim. His
=, samplecase was returned to him, and az
| he hurried off to catch his train he re
fected over how he had been stupid
enough to permit himself to be made 8
victim Of a legitimate, legal holdup.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
DEGENERATE OF LOWEST
TYPE, WAS MARY ROGERS
Detective Bahan Knew Woman. Exc
cuted Friday, In Bennington, vt.


cuted Friday, In Bennington, vt.
Mary Mabel Rogers, the young wo-l
man who was hanged at the state peni-
Tertiary of Vermont Friday for the
murder of her husband, was always
considered as a degenerate OF the low
est type by the residents OF Benning
ton, the historic town in which she
lived.
Detective George Bahan of the South
Side station was a resident of Benning.
ton until he came here and was well
acquainted with the Rogers family. He
said that the entire family had pc
culiar traits bordering on the crimi
nal and that Mary when a young girl
showed many vicious and cruel IN.
stincts. The mother of the murderess,
Mrs. Josie Sullivan, moved to Benningi
ton when Mary was a child and from
the first they were stunned by the
residents of the town. The girl, how
ever, had some attractive manners and
in later years managed to conceal heI
more vicious traits.
Those who knew Marcus Rogers were
surprised, however, when he became In.
fatuated with the woman and it was
commonly predicted at the time OF
their marriage that there worlld be {
tragedy before many years had passed
They were not surprised to learI
that Rogers had disappeared and The
moment Mrs. Rogers announced the
fact she was suspected of foul play
When the trial was over and sentence
passed the people Of bennington tool
no part in the agitation to save he,
from the gallows. Many men had beer
hung in Vermont for murders that were
less revolving and they thought sh'
should pay the same penalty. The,
not only refused to plead in her be
| half but asked the legislature to SCI
that she went to the gallows.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Small Towns Won't Tolerate Cat.

S8p
To the Editor Of The Journal.
Gates on streetcars are nuisance
which even small cities refuse to toll.
crate.
The metropolitan activity and CONNER
clal progress of city the size of Mime
apolis certainly should not be subject
to such an Imposition. L. - =.
In regard to safety, T fail to see how
any great amount of security is derived
from having gates, as people are often
caught by gates closing too quickly and
are penned like rats in trap when gates
are closed. -
Delays in making trains and In rapid
transportation from one point to another
are unavoidable under such system,
People who are accustomed to the
rapid transportation of other cities rili-
Guile. our snaillike system and frequently
remark that we are far from being up
to-date r, @>%&
Having without doubt one Of the best
equipped streetcar system in the world,
with this one exception, why not rectify
this one fault and place ourselves on
equal footing with the most progressive
cities in the world as regards rapid tran
sit.
I, for one. am heartily in favor Of abol-
fishing gates ana thereby relieving a
long suffering public. Hoping you will
succeed in arousing enough public inter-
est to carry this measure thru, am
.,- IS. Q. Snyder.
| MINNEAPOLIS. Dec g. 1905
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
CALVE WILL ARRIVE
IN ST. PAUL TODAY
Famous Songstress Left Chicago Last
Might in Her Private Car.

Nine. Calve left Chicago at 10 'clock
last night and will arrive in st. Paul
this morning. She will spend today
and Monday resting in preparation for
her recital at the Peoples church, St.
Paul, Monday evening. Wednesday
evening she will open the "all-star"
course at the Auditorium. The man
agement of the "all-star' course pays
tie great diva $4,000 for her one ap-
pearance.
Nine. Calve is accompanied by a
retinue Of servants, including three
maids, chef and a footman. She also
brings her, private secretary. her IA
nous Scotch collie and thirty-six trunks
containing her wardrobe.
She travels in her special car, which
is named "Carmen' in her honor. Nine.
Calve will probably remain in her -pri-
vate car, where her meals, prepared by
her own chef, are served. He is an in
disrensable adjunct Of the diva's exist
ence and has been with her for years,
always accompanying. her, and prepar:
ing her viands whether in his own
kitchen or in that Of the hotels where
she may be quartered.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
FOUR. TO ONE FOR coates OFF,

children, who cannot realize the dangers
OF streetcars, etc. Let us take, for In
stance. q baseball game at Minnehaha
park on Sunday.
When the old trailers were in use the
"kids" would line up by the track and
would jump on and off the cars, no mat
ter how fast they went. Attic don't
know Of any fatal accident from that
cause. have seen several children
severely hurt.
Now. again. think Of the ladies and
children on Sunday at some OF the
parks around the city. There Is nearly
always large crowd, ready to pile into
a car when it pulls UP to the stopping
place. If there were no gates the men
and boys would line UP along the tracks
and would jump on and fill the car be-
fore lady would get chance to even
hope for a seat.
AS far as can see, the gates are a
necessity and should be retained at least
until the streetcar management can over
come the crowded car problem Yours
truly, III. G. Oustad.
Minneapolis, Dec. 9, 1905. ~,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
SOLDIERS PUNISHED
Findings Of Fort Smelling Court Mar
tial Are Approved.

FINDINGS Of the Fort Smelling court
martial last week have been reviewed
and sentence passed by the department
pany K, Twenty-eighth infantry,
charged with quitting guard. drunken
ness and violation Of the thirty-third
article of war, was found guilty on the
last charge. Private Arthur J. Burnett,
Seventh battery field artillery, and SEQ
,ond Glass Private James D. Chapman.
United States Military academy de-
tachment Of engineers, were found
Kan, and West Point. Burnett must
serve two years and Chapman eighteen
months, bith at hard labor. Both arc
discharged and all pay forfeited.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
ELECTS OFFICERS
Minneapolis Lodge No. ~, A. O. U. w
Holds It's Annual Meeting.

Minneapolis lodge No. IL, A. o. U. W
last Thursday evening held its annua
election, at which the following officer
were elected: Past master, S: Boffe
meyer; master workman, c. Bezine
foreman, J. V. Wallace; oversee
George Meyers; recorder, R: seeb5ick i
ie atiG guide G. Whitman inside watcf
W. Brunnell; outside guard, P. Cannon
Trustees, W. B. Mccormack, J. Barney
A. W. Gardner; Medical examiners, s
Friedlander, T. Torkelson, s. J. Singer
U. G. Williams, J. Hynes grand lodg
representatives, S. Boffemeyer, w. i
Lawrence, O. D. Hoffman, E. G. Smith
J. P. Clark, J. Holcomb, N. J. Robel
George Collins, E. Owens, G. Hyatt, s
Friedlander.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Minneapolis, Dec. 8, 1905.
No Gates and Softer Toned Bells.

To tho Editor Of The Journal.
am glad you have taken up this mat
ter Of abolishing gates on streetcars.
To my mind they have always been very
Objectionable from many points Of view,
and wholly opposed to our general Amer
lean spirit Of freedom.
For one thing, it is an uncomfort-
able sensation to be penned In a crowded
car with gates shut, just as cattle or
hogs are crowded into freightcars, with
no means of escape until the motoneer
sees fit to open the gates.
Then again many time a person in
a hurry could catch and board car with
perfect safety even after it has started,
if there were no gates. Now he has to
stand disconsolately on the corner and
often misses an engagement ten or ff-
teen minutes, that-he could have kept
on time had it not been for these gates
You can have my vote for no gates
and softer toned bells.
John A. Johnson.
Minneapolis, Dec. 5, 1905.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
FAIR AND WARMER
Canadian Northwest Will Not Send
Weather Today, Says Observer.

The cold weather which greeted Min
neapolitans yesterday morning was not
the forerunner of cold wave but the
wave itself. There is a little cold
weather up in the Medicine Hat, Cal
gary and Qu'Appelle districts, but a
Strenuous hfgh-pressure area in. North
ern Wyoming is debating the weather
at present and the Canadian northwest
has little chance to unload it's climate.
The forecast for today is" fair, with
a slightly rising temperature. Two
Northern Michigan are so feeble as to
be put out of business by contiguous
high-pressure areas. Down on the
South Carolina and Georgia coast there
is low barometer which indicates hur-
ricane weather and is causing heavy
transforms thru the south Atlantic
states. "
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
GRIGGS TO RETURN
Teachers Club Completes Arrangements
for Another Lecture Course.

Arrangements are being made for an
Howard Griggs under the auspices Of
the Teachers club. At meeting of
the club in the Y. w. G.. A. building
yesterday afternoon it was announced
that the arrangements were practically
completed for the additional course.
A large part Of the meeting was de-
voted to business routine and the re-
ports Of committees. Resolutions on
the death of two former members, Miss
Katherine McMurdy and Miss Jennison,
were adopted.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Gates Are a Necessity.

TIE the Editor Of The Journal
have heard people tell Of waiting
five or ten minutes for the gates to
open. but I've been on the cars several
times when they have been delayed for
some reason or other. and not once have
/ seen motorman refuse to open the
gates il somebody took the trouble to
push the button, I,
4 Even tho we let that go against the
gates, let us look to the interest of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

pany was trying to serve the public
until some genius got up those unsightly
trap-doors.
I can recall several instances when
have come up on Washington avenue
car, when could easily have got off IL no
gates had been there and got on
to First avenue car, but by the time
the car gets across; the avenue (and
sometimes halfway to Nicollet) the First
avenue car is gone, and a person has got
to star "a there until another car comes
along. Andrew p -
Minneapolis, Dec Z, 1905. ~ Il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Easy to Save Time.

To the Editor Of The Journal. r..
The gates control the number OF pas
sengers to a carve want to avoid the
jumping on (and of)-referred to by
contributor in last nights Journal.
From personal observation see the
gates are opened before the car is stopped
and consequently where they waste time
is beyond our understanding.
,-.-... ... Harry T. Lincoln.
Minneapolis, Dec. Z, 1905.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

Mrs. Charles Smith of Jimes, Ohio,
writes: [ have used every remedy for
sick headache could hear of for the
past fifteen years, but Garter IS Little
Liver Pills did me more good than all
the rest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Gates Prevent Saving a Life.

TO the Editor Of The Journal.
/ am indeed glad to have a chance to
cast my vote for gates off, for many diff
ferent reasons. In one instance, about
two months ago could have saved the
life of a little girl II gates had not been
in my way. AS passed Fourteenth ave-
nue. s and Seventh street I noticed a
little girl, her clothes on fire. I pressed
the button to stop, but for some reason
that I had no time to ascertain, the car
did not stop until too late. BY the time
got back to the girl the fire had done
it's deadly work, and she died three days
later. IT, John S. Norman.
Minneapolis, Dec. 6, 1905. .s>
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
tCIIct I Oh lIIC1ICC
Slayton, Mimi, Dec. 6, 1905. ---.v
Calls the Gates Trap-Doors.

Calls the Gates TrapDoors.
To- the Editor Of The journal.
want to congratulate you on the stand
you have taken in regard to the question
Of gates or no gates on the street cars.
I have been riding on the street cars
almost every day for twenty years and
used to think that the street car COM
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
What the Company Gives Us.

- "HaG the Conpany Gives Us.
To the Editor. OF The Journal.
! say remove the gates from the cars
by all means. 4. \
We as a city give the company the
right to- use the streets of this city and
get in return a whole lot of inconveni-
ences thrust upon US. w. N.
Minneapolis, Dec. 5, 1905.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Gates Hold People on.

: : :
To the Editor Of The Journal.
am a Minneapolitan, tho absent. For
one, want the gates on the street cars
I've often had to stand on the platform
If there were no gates I'd be pushed off.
So would other women. If platforms
were larger. they would be still crowded.
Time was when there were no gates
for railroad crossings. Think of the time
saved. Peopleacould drive halfway across
while a train was passing. Think OF
the accidents, too.
OF course, Minneapolis Is ahead Of
other cities having gates on street cars.
Minneapolis has taken the lead in other
things, too, but that is progress, not
something to be criticized. -
-Estella Parmenter.
Slayton. Mimi, Dec 6, 1905. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
remarkable Expression Of Public
Opinion on a Feature Of Our Street
Railway Seruice---7he Company
Should Profit BY 1t.

car were struggling to get out and the
people outside Of the car were struggling
to get in This very performance can
be witnessed ever time the car gets at
a transfer crossing. 20. r. Baehm.
Minneapolis, Dec. 6, 1905.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Gates Public Nuisance.

Te the Editor of The Journal.
Hope the anti-gates will win out for
they are public nuisance. =
q. D. Washburn.
Monticello, MIMI, Dec. 8, 1906.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Remove the Prison Bars.
&c the Editor Of The Journal.

Tc the Editor OF Inc journal.
BY all means have those prison bars
removed from our street cars. They have
long enough been a nuisance and
hindrance to rapid transit The writer
alone has lost his train connections
dozen times and thereby that many i'm
portant engagemen sduring the past halt
a dozen years simply on account of these
very gates. s-F ~
In Boston and other large centers they
did not have such gates-some years ago
but the traffic was larger, travelling
much more easy and think accidents no
more common than they are In this city
The gates may have been of some use
in disciplining our people to act more
properly-in traveling-but I think that
lesson has been learned-by this time-by
all such as are amenable to instruction
and therefore I think that we may safely
do away with the taskmasters. and allow
travellers some initiative in avoiding
danger and also in reaching their desti-
nation on time. For consider this gate
system the greatest menace to our
travelling public. It is a wonder that
more accidents are not reported from
the operation Of the gates. It certainly is
a great relief every time one escapes
from the clutches Of the car gates I'M
crushed. ,"',.f>r.5 =. ..-. "A. E. N.
Minneapolis, Dec. s, 1908.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
STRAW VOTES IN THE
DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS

AS a further test Of public sentt-
ment canvasses have been made
Of number of office and public
buildings and clubs frequented by
business men, with the following
result:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Sample Of How Gates Operate.
!, the Editor of The Journal.

To the Editor of The Journal. 3
Fifteen people were waiting on the
corner Of Washington avenue and Hen
nepin, east, to get the Lake Harriet
car going west. On Hennepin avenue the
motorman stopped the car at the east
side Of Washington avenue. Five cars
ahead of him were standing at the west
side Of Washington. First he thought CT
such a thing is POSSIBILITY to open the
gates. Then he changed his mind and
went across the street, but being blocked
ahead, he had to- stop right in the
middle Of Washington avenue crossing
Of course all the patient waiting street
ear patrons followed the car as it was
moving inch by inch. The car ahead
being filled he started at once to clear
the track. The motorman turned on the
current and followed these care ahead Of
him until all Of sudden the conductor
by the bell reminded him that he ought
to stop. The car stopped as it was
about to cross Third street and Henne-
pin. Talk about laughing stock!'' I
was not the only one who, had tears in
his eyes from laughing About twenty
five people were chasing the car. holler.-
ing, swearing (some praying) for this
car to stop. The people inside Of the car
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-28
OSLER'S FAREWELL.
He Urisfs the Fusion of the Several
 Medical Colleges.

Baltimore, Md, April 28.-In his farewell address to the medical profess sion of, Maryland before leaving for his post as regius professor in the University of Oxford, Dr William Osler urged the fusion of medical colleges in this and other cities of the country.
 Medicine gives more hope for human ity than anything else, he said, and combination and reciprocity are the great needs. Reciprocity between the state boards also should be extended, he believed. So that a doctors activi- ties should not be limited in moving from state to state.
 ''It is time," he continued, "that the homeopathic brethren were coming into the fold. A difference in drugs should no longer separate men with the same hope. The original quarrel is ours, but the hOmeOpaths should not allow themselves to he separated by q shibbOleth that is inconsistent with their practice to-day.
 ''The most dangerous foe to medical science is apathy. Thirty-five per cent of deaths in community are due to apathy. which goes to counterbalance the advance of medicine in the last century,"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-28
BARRED OUT.
hcAdoo Says Sight Seeing Autos Must Stay Away
 From Chinatown.

New York, April 2S.-Big sight-see- ing automobiles will be barred from the streets of Chinatown hereafter by: order of Police Commissioner McAdoo. who recently expressed himself rather freely on the subject of summing. No attmpt will be made to prevent the sight-seers from entering Chinatown afoot. but they will be compelled to leave their conveyances a short dis tance away on the Bowery.
 The commissioner holds the cars are So large that fire fighting apparatus cannot pass them in the narrow streets of the celestial quarter and that in case of fire lives would be endangered by the presence of the automobiles. N
 Officials of the companies conducting the tours declare they will test tho commissioners order in the courts,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-28
REFUSED AID.
Capt. of Fruit Steamer Ig. nored Presidents
 Yacht.

New York, April 28.-Because he considered the yacht in no immediate danger, had perishable cargo which would make any delay on his own part dangerous, and had no towing gear, are the reasons given by Captain Hotville of the fruit steamer s. Oteri for his failure to go to the assistance of Presi- dent Roosevelt's yacht Sylph when she was lying disabled south of Bodie Island. The Oteri arrived here to-day from Banes, Cuba, and for the first time since the incident Captain Hot vile had an opportunity to give his version of the affair. He said:
 We were steaming along under full headway when sighted flare lights on n vessel ahead. This vessel was about eight miles off the land and sixteen miles south of Bodie Island. The night was clear and the weather good. As we approached pulled the bell to stop the engine, the wire broke and before could communicate with the engine room We were out of range of hearing. AS soon as the wire broke l made ready to hail the distressed craft A hail came, will you tow us? I an swered, No, I cannot; drop ydnr an chors, you are in fourteen fathoms oi water. I'll report you at Cape Henry.
 "I reported the ships distress to the pilot and told him to send a tug. We had perishable cargo on board the yhcht was in no danger and as I had no tow ing gear I did the best thing l could under the circumstances"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-28
TO CHANCE
 THE NAME.
German Govern
 ment's Protest.
American Chamber of Com. merce at Berlin Will Ac.
 cede to Request-Reasons for the Change.

Berlin, April 2S.-The German gov ernment's wish that the American chamber of commerce here should change its name has been so firmly expressed that the directors of the chamber determined to-day to recom- mend that the name be changed to the American Association of Commerce and Trade.
 The reasons as set forth by the di- rectors in letter to the members are in part as follows:
 MT Tower, the American ambassa- dor, has had occasion several times to talk with Baron von Richthofen, the German secretary for foreign affairs, about the chamber. The ambassador found that the German government was definitely and unalterably opposed to the name American chamber of con- merce. The proposition, as explained to the board, is that the German gov ernment has no objection whatever to an association of Americans devoted precisely to the objects for which the present chamber of commerce was or ganized, but that the chambers of com merce in Germany are government in- stitutiOns chartered by the state and have certain defined government priv ileges that cannot be conferred upon a foreign institution within German jur- isdictiOn."