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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15
DIVORCED IN VISION,
| DECLARED THE WIFE
Remarkable Story Of Hallucina-
ton Is Told by Wealthy
Denver Man.

Denver, Col, April l5-Lester P.
Merriman, a wealthy resident of Den
yer, who is interested in mining and
agriculture, told strange story in
Judge Palmer's division Of the district
court recently. He was on the stand in
divorce proceedings against Mrs. Ella
:; 9Merrlman, now a resident of San
Francisco or Palo Alto, her daughter
being a student of Stanford.
The plaintiff said that his wife as
serted ten years ago that she obtained
a divorce from heaven in vision.
Merriman is nearly go years of age,
and told his story in a pathetic man
ner and trembling voice. He deplored
the necessity Of seeking his release.
Mrs. Merriman,' he said, "became
deeply interested in religion. Her re-
searches in this direction, I imagine,
fired her mind with desire to explore
the mysteries Of the universe, and we
suddenly. became aware, that she was
delving into pagan forms Of worship.
q Her theories of religion were va
ried and intricate. I did not become
alarmed until one day, in 1895, she de-
clared that she had been given divorce
from me by God. I tried to pursuade
her that she was wrong. in accepting
this to be an inspiration from heaven.
but she held to her course In 1901
she left me and went to California,
where she continued to advocate he1
religious ideas. On her return she
treated me as a stranger, altho we
spoke. She seems to be fully convinced
that she was divorced in heaven, SO I
can see nothing else to do than have
the%courts declare our union; dissolved. -
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will make up the star inheld. A couple Of
will also be on hand for
team will be given hard battle II they expect
to win. The game will be called at O'Clock
Ktnkle. catchers; Murname, Bond. !Goff, pitchers;
Williams first base; Hoke, second base; L1nde,
Kehoe, short stop; Bush, third base; BeecheI;
center field; Avery, right field; sMetcalf left
The st. Thomas baseball team opened its
school and the game viii begin. at 8 o'clock.
ieaguers next tuesday and the game is looked
to be. fast as the Duluth team has made fair
snnch ss sad asd T ap the has
orders Hebron. catcher; Rooney and Miller,
Pshes short stop ES9
o'Reilly, LETT field; stapleton, center field; Har-
rington, right field. S".>
Minneapolis Business College team by a score
s %se a ssa IL * ssEs ss E T. s4ss
three fast players in Roy Converse, Fhyle
Crookston team Of the Northern league for the
first part Of last season and finished the season
recerd a Phye pehed
Williams cycle Go: and Hopkins teams last
year losing six out Ct @ games AN but
on account Of his heavy hitting. With Converse
and Reese the Lunds will have one Of the
Kinkei viii take care Of the catching depart
ment, assisted by Frank Ventura. Day Lyons
will cover third base and is one. Of the best
in his class, also good batter and coach. The
Lunds will open their first game Of the season
with the AEonss team Of Rsnvs in two weeks
Mcleod & Smith team this afternoon at Broad
way and Central avenues. Heinz is doing the
twirling and Flaherty the catching for the
bdotmakers. ~ = .24 g@t
The Watkins have organized for the season
and desire games with Is or 16-year old teams
in no eff ADD RDrn
2oO1 Bloomington avenue s. :.
The Minneapolis Grays and the Bistodeaus will
line up tomorrow afternoon at Bryn Mawr,
Laurel and Dupont avenue N. The game will
be called at 8 o'clock. Kranitsky and PEBBLE
will be the batteries for the latter team
battery work for the Grays. The Bistodeaus
would like to hear from fast city or out-of-
town teams. Address Emil Lissak, 1929 Wash.
inrtnn 0vepue -
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PLAN A BIG ASSOCIATION
TWIN CITY CHUFFERs TALK OVER
OUTLOOK AT SMOKER IN SAINT
IY CITY. u; s

Twenty members Of the Minneapolis
Automobile club took an official run to-
St. Paul last night and were guests of
the ST.. Paul club. Altho the joint
smoker was designed to be social, a
great deal Of business of Importance in
the history of automobiling in the west
was rushed thru.
It is planned to unite Minneapolis,
st. Paul, Chicago and st. Louis in one
associations, which will be at the head
Of an all-American club. B. A. Ledy
of st. Paul was deputized to confer
with the Chicago and st. Louis clubs.
If the passage Of the Thompson bill in
the state legislature can be opposed by
honorable means, the clubs Of the twin
cities will make a fight, but in the
words Of Dr.. G; q. Dutton of Mime;
;Gustave Schole Of St.. Paul said that
under the bill any farmer could stop a
machine by raising his hand, and if
farmers are opposed to the sport there
will be an end to it.
The following members Of the Min
neapolis Automobile club were present:
H. E. Pence, Colonel F. NJ. Joyce, R, J.
Smith, DR.. G. E. Dutton, Warren T.
A. E. Paegel, DR.. A. P. Walrath,
George w. Dulaney, Philip Brooks, R.
J. Smith, J. A. Hoskins, W. E. Robey,
%. G.. Blair, George Seeley, F. A.
Foque,, E.@Von Ende, G. j. Blythen and
A. f.. Chase. < "a,
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MILLERS HEADING
FOR COLUMBUS
Close Spring Training by Defeat
ing the Collegians at
Champaign.
Special to The Journal.

6peclAl TO Inc journal. -
Champaign, ILL.,, April 15.-.M.inneap.
tice season with Illinois by a score of
6-3 yesterday afternoon. It was one
of the best Of the twelve gaines played
by the two teams, seven of which were
won by Minneapolis. Craig, who pitched
for Minneapolis, seemed to have little
trouble in retiring the Him when a
hit would have scored one or more runs.
game for Illinois, holding the millers
down to six hits. These were well
punched, however, and, coupled with
Bushnell s spasms of wildness, gave the
visitors their six scores. -. Fl
Captain Rothgeb of Illinois distin.
guished himself by making five clever
catches hea in center enter, hela. Greminge1, s
liner, double play executed by Free
man and Captain Fox's excellent work,
were other features of the game. Free
man is the favorite of the university
fans, who like his ready and brilliant
fielding and good hitting qualities:
two singles for Minneapolis. Two er-
rors by Dicke, who played shortstop
for Illinois, two singles and Pitcher
Bushnell's wildness enabled the Amillers
period: In the the fourth Schmidt Sch 4Re was
given free pass to first, was sacrificed
to second base by Oyler, completing
the circuit Of bases when Coulter
slammed out his second single. Coul-
ter's two base hit. followed by one out
and Gre1ninger' IS single in the fifth inn
ing, added the final tally to the millers
total. Singles by Dicke, *Schober and
Taylor in the second inning, Melted
Illinois two runs. The third score
came in the fourth inning, after Dicke
had singled and had reached third base
on wild throw to first by Craig. He
scored on Taylor 8 infeld out. ~ ~ !.
Manager Watkins and the yannigans
departed shortly after 6 o'clock this
morning for Springfield to play two
games. Captain Fox and the regulars
left about one hour later for Fort
Wayne, Ind: The. teams meet Monday
at Springfield, Ohio, and by that time
will be reinforced by Duff, Marshall
and Stovel. Chappell has departed for
Minneapolis to. get his arm into condi-
tion and will join the millers on their
return from their eastern trip. W:
Yesterdays score: >>'s'5 -
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MINERS STRIKE
GAINS MOMENTUM
six Hundred at Buhl Mimi, De-
mand Higher Wages and
Walk Out.

Duluth, Mimi, April l5.-Over eight
hundred men walked out at Jordan,
Myers, Chenango, Monroe-Ten Leon
ard and Morrow mines and eighty
dropped their tools at Drake g. STRAIT
ton g stripping contract at Chisholm
yesterday afternoon, fearing violence
at the hands Of striking miners from
Hibbing. Nearly six hundred also
went on strike at Franz, Yates,
Grant, Kinney and Sharon mines at
Bull yesterday, asking for 1925 a day
instead OF 81 cents car for loading
ore under the contract system.
Porter Brothers resumed their strip
ping operations at Hibbing last night
with 200 men, and it is announced that
work will continue at the Burt mine,
which Is being protected by deputies
under Sheriff Bates.
Shortly after it had been decided to
visit the mines a delegation of miners
from Bull came into the hall and re-
ported about six hundred men on a
strike to force the companies to pay
day wages at the rate Of 1925 for nine
and ten hours work.
The news was received with cheers,
the spokesman saying there was no
| doubt of winning out if all the mines
are closed.
One shot was fred in the afternoon at
the Leonard mine, but no one was in
jured. There were no other demonstra-
TONS
The fourth day Of the strike finds
nearly two thousand men out Of work
the loss in wages being estimated at
from $4,000 to $4,000 a day. Indica-
tions are that the ranks will be swelled
| TODAY.
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AUToISTS DEFY
CITY REGULATION
Pittsburg Drivers Employ Attor
neys and Prepare for a Bit
ter Fight.
New York snn Special Service.

Pittsburg, April 15.-The board Of
governors Of the Pittsburg Automobile
club, at a meeting held yesterday after
noon, decided not to comply with what
they claim is the unreasonable laws Of
the city and the state regarding licens-
ing and taxing Of automobiles. To
that end Congressman Burke has been
retained to look after the interests Of the
clubs members. who will probably be
arrested for their failure to obey the
laws. 1t. is desired that an arrest be
made as soon as possible, SO that the
matter may be. tested in the upper
courts. -s@ ..%%s &
The board Of governors claim that the
bill which has been passed by the legis-
lature last week and which is now in
the hands Of the governor for his sigma
ture, discriminates against the owners
of the machines to an unreasonable de-
gree The laws already in effect were
most stringent, while, in addition,
ordinances have Just been passed by the
city councils which impose heavy tax
and compel all owners Of machines to
carry numbers. - -
W. I. Smith, secretary Of the club,
this afternoon sent out notices to all
members Of the organisation, informing
them not to take out city licenses, until
the matter has been settled in the
courts. H. G. Prick is one Of the
prominent members Of the club.
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Buy Minneapolis Real Estate.
Read the offerings by leading real
estate dealers in today's Journal.
To. the Stockholders Of the Goodso1
Eloct,io Golxran;zinc.

To the Stockholders Of the Goodson
Electric Galvanizing Company
You, and each of you, are hereby no.
titled that the annual meeting of the
stockholders Of the above named cor
poration will be held at the office of
said corporation, No. 2429 University
avenue Sc, in the city of Minneapolis,
Minnesota, on May LIST. 1905, at 5
O'Clock PM, for the purpose of elect
ing board of directors of said cor
poration and transacting such other
business as may properly come before
said meeting
You are further notified that at said
meeting an amendment, to Article six
(6) Of the Articles Of Incorporation of
said company, will be proposed for
adoption and will be voted on and that
the nature of said amendment will be
to change the number of directors of
said corporation from three (3) to
five 60.
By the Board of Directors of said
Corporation.
IS. s. Small, President.
Geo. A. Goodson, Secretary,
James A. Peterson, Treasurer.
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LUCK STICKS TO
SWIFTWATER BILL
Notorious Character Takes a Lay
Near Fairbanks That Will
Yield Him a Fortune. 6

:. Tacoma, Wash, April 81 Swift
water Bill'' Gates will clean UP at least
$4,000 above all expenses this spring
from lay on Cleary Creek, Tanana
district.
After losing his Klondike wealth,
Gates went to Fairbanks last year to
wrest another fortune from that camp.
Finding town life dull, he went out
on the creeks and secured options for
he hired men and began working a
stretch on Cleary creek, which is prov
ing very rich for Tanana district. He
has taken out a large dump and will
commence slpicing before the end of
April.
Gates has announced that he will
keep the next fortune that he makes.
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WOMEN'S GOLF DATES
Western Association Awards Cham
pionshtp Play to Homewood.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, April 15.-Directors Of the Women's
Western Golf association decided today to hold
the championship the last week in August,
providing the dates will not conflict with any
local open tournaments. The. event was awarded
the Honewood Country club at the annual meet
ing. The selection of the Sdates SO late in the
year was with view of allowing the COM
pletion Of the team schedule in the group
matches. The schedule of dates for the team
matches will be discussed later.
Mrs. r. H. Donnelly presided In the absence
Of President Mrs. A. TssH. Brewer, who is
still the sick list. 1t voted to retain
Mrs. Brewer as president, -altho she notified
the directors that she intended to be away a
great part Of the year. The work will be
divided among the directors. sS,S
vEs The resolution to admit all clubs into the
association, tive of their anliation with
other organizations. adopted. The women
are enthusiastic over the prospects of the sea
son. The schedule for the group team matches
will be announced at the next meeting, when
the point system of scoring will likely be
adopted. 4. id s& sl5 n sSs Es3s
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ATHLETICS AT FARIBAULT
Seniors Were Victorious in High Schoo
Field Meet

FARTBAULT, April 15.-The High Schoo
Athletic Association held its annual field NEE
today The honors were won by the senior
who are credited with 43s points; class of 'O6
8; 'O7; 49,; 'OS, 81. Events were won as follows
5O-yard dash-Burton Grandy LIST, 6 is Sec
Chas. Hutchinson I'd; G.. Rasmussen Sd.
100-yard dash-Angus Grant LIST, 111s sec.
Mae Grant I'd; Chas. Hutchinson Sd.
mile run-Clem Hutchinson LIST, 1888 3-5
T. H. Loyhed I'd; Chas.a Robilliard Sd.
Shot Put-Mac Grant LIST, 81 It. in.; Jess,
Hatfield I'd; VIM. Wokers 3d..
Broad Jump-Chas. Hutchinson LIST, II it.
22o-yard HurdiesT e, H. Loyhed A1 ist, 81 A.
Sec; Burton Grandy I'd; Chas. Robilliard Sd.
Hammer Throw-Mac Grant LIST, 11S IT,; VIM
Woker I'd; Jesse Hatfield Sd. as.,Et
High Jump-Lucius Smith list, s IT,; Ma
Grant "a: Chas. Hutchinson Sd.
440-yard Dash-C1em Hutchinson list, 62 Sec
Chas. Hutchinson 2d;:Angus Grant Sd. :.;|
Pole Vault-Page Trip LIST, s 1T. 8 In; VIM
Woker Cd: Jesse Hatfield Sd.
Relay race, Won by the seniors.
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WILL@PI.AY INDIAN
West Pointers Not on the Princeton
Schedule This Year.

WEST POINT, MY April 15.-Cadet Nor
row, manager Of the football team, gave out
the schedule Of games arranged for the coming
ton is missing, owing to inability to arrange q
satisfactory date Yale and Harvard play a
week apart. The. date on Nov. 10 is still open
team, for whom "a minor college will be sched
On Nov. IL. the Carlisle Indians face the
cadets. This is; the first time the redme1
have ever played the. soldiers. All the games
will take place at West Point, as usual. with
played, at Franklin field, Philadelphia. Seized
ule follows:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Oct 81, Har:
yard Oct. %, Yale; Nov. 4, Vermont; Nov. IL
Carlisle Indians; Nov. %, Syracuse.
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whole country, and the competitions are the
important event of the year in outdoor amateur
athletics. We held the senior and junior cham
be possible for Chicago to crowd them int
one day.
There has been no meeting Of the nationa
committee to fix the date Of these champion
ships or to decide upon the city in which they
may be held. They will probably be done by 8
mail vote, as has been the custom. It is like
~. as given out from Chicago that President
Thompson has succeeded In pledging four OF
the seven necessary votes to insure the choice
of Chicago, and hope he has.
1T was an error to, ascribe these events tt
the Central A. A.. u, as was done in some
Chicago papers, as the events are NATIONAL
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This rs
Your. Portrait
You Are
Entitled to a
Prize of 81.
Exclamation of Plan.

j These photographs are selected
at random from number taken
each day by The Journals pho
tographer on the principal bust
ness streets.
Those whose pictures are pub
lished will receive a prize Of $1.0O
by calling at The journal office
and being identified before 6
o'clock p. m. Of the second day.
following the day of publication
of the picture.
No claim will be considered
that is not presented before 6
o'clock pm. on the second day
after the publication of the pic
ture.
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WITH THE AMATEURS

The medic team Of the interdepartment league
of the university yesterday afternoon defeated
the dental department team in an uninteresting
game by a score of 10 to 3. Harmon. Walstrom
ana Boerner the dents pitchers, were freely hit
and errors gave the NEEDLES considerable assist
ance. II An interesting game is this afternoon
between the laws and academies,
Manager O'Dea, Of the Duluth Northern League
team. Is bracing the weak spots on his team
by fast professionals and for the laststwo days
has been .telegraphing for men and sending
transportation to several who will do good
work for the White Sox team. Carlow and
Billy Head have already been signed BY Duluth
and, both are on their way to Minneapoliss Both
men together with lille and Manager o'Dea
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CHINESE MISSION
PRESS IS BUSY
Big Output Of Presbyterian Plant
Shows Progress Of Work
in Orient.
Special to The Journal.

special 70 1n0 JOURNAL
New York, April 1.-the annual re-
China, shows to what an import.
ant place in missionary work the print,
ing press has attained. This Shanghai
Press, which is one of a number main.
tanned by the Presbyterian board at va.
rious points on the foreign field, com.
pares favorably in size and in quality
of output, with many Of the important
printing houses Of the United States.
Press and machine men number forty;
Chinese compositors thirty -four; Eng
lish compositors thirty-six; workers II
the foreign bindery twenty-two; in the
foundry, twenty two; statesmen, office
ers four; carpenters eight; messengers
gatekeepers, ETC., fifteen; binders OF
Chinese books, eighty.
Further indication Of the size of the
establishment is gained from the record
llof a years output. This was, last year
Y, 405, 048 pages in ,814, 100 copies Of
Chinese works; and 8,717,670 pages il
102,720 copies Of works in English anG
other languages. A total Of 81 ,122, 71s
pages. s@ss
: Altho the Shanghai Press is a Pres
fined to the missions Of that body. II
the; past year work has been done fol
twenty-five societies and missions, in
Guiding American. British, German, Nor
wegian and Swedish; while al regards
religious bodies, the patrons Of tht
Press included Episcopalians, Baptists
Congregationalsts, Methodists ant
lPresbyterians.
The North China Tract society. wa.
one of the customers. This, organiza
ton is working to replace the mission
ary literature destroyed during thu
Boxer troubles few years ago. The
Shanghai Press has recently moved init
new buildings erected for It outside tht
city, and has just built twenty-five
workmen g houses close to the works.
AS indicating the progress being
made in China along educational lines
the largest number of pages in anv item
printed in Chinese last year was fo]
educational books. There were 35.735.
O56 pages Of textbooks for schools ant
| colleges, and works on history. civiliza
ton, etc. The next largest number o;
works and is stated as 19,469.2 84 page
Of commentaries, hymnbooks, cate
chisms, and works on theology. Chris
tianity, the spiritual life, etc. Of tn,
scriptures ther were printed GASP sol
pages. The largest item of EnrIis ii
printing was 2.12O,6OO pages Of dict;on
aries Of the Chinese language. An,iten
almost as large was that Of educationa
textbooks. '1o-t'
The directors Of the Press saw Their,
Is constant demand for literature !,
Chinese -<iainly of an educational char
acter, and that while certain parts o.
emma are more progressive thar Others
due perhaps to more enlightened off
| clals, progress IS everywhere apparent
and for China ever again to % back
ward seems now impossible.
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FOUGHT A DRAW
Yanger and Mowatt Cautious Turnout
- Twenty Rounds.

New York Sun Special Service.
Kalamazoo, Mich, April 15.-Benny Yanger
and Tommy Mowatt, both Of Chicago, fought
twenty rounds here last night to draw. The
men fought every inch Of the way. The de-
OF S APE 0er WAS ne
The boys fought along cautious lines, neither
daring to take. much of a chance against. the
ment for the vanquished one. In the opening
round. in head-on collision, Yanger butted the
opening bad cash, which: continued to bleed
profusely thruout the whole battle, the Slash
er" cutting off the coating Of collodion at meas
blood from the wound too long.
The battle leaves the lads about in the
same relative positions they occupied before they
crossed guards tonight, and a second twenty
round endeavor here is already being talked Of.
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BOWLING

Woolley leads in the handicap bowling tonrna
a mens at the alleys last nights
Scores scores oe1ng below his mark. Those having
90 Roy Woolley, 800; F. Brandt s41: I. Pbil1ips.
~; X. n Hitchcock. 1923: Ed. Newcomb. si5:
u; u, y: IS Garland 81: Tenvoorde. 500: W s. Fin.
all, POS; D: r. Mcknight, sO5; Scholer, 79e: ].
ems q sl gsnae se7 z7 doe ,t Apal 1872 swain Isl
Mcclure. $50; Frederickson. 774 u. Hnnt oon
176; r. w. Farr, 1852: W. H. Barnes. 721: ]. Tn.
gan; III; A Mueller. 727; NJ. Nobis, 72p: R.
Bud1nger, $50; Gilbert 729; johnson, 727: G1ea .
Son son t4S; Meyers, 1872 E. c. Collom. 1885, Phil
EIGHTH WARD LEAGUE,
Sehtrdl S22 $50 S54
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ROOFING FOR CHICAGO y 81. !
Illinois Athletic Club Would Manage
the Amateur Games. i.
], York sun Special serYi,

New York Sun Special Serviee -
Milwaukee, April 15.-..I hope that Chicago
will get the annual championship events of the
A. A. w. said President Lightner OF the Cen
trail Association A. A. U. yesterday 1.-THE
new Illinois Athletic club under the efficient
OF William Hale Thompson, will
be well qualified to have the management OF
such undertaking, and no doubt would Sc
cure some admirable field for the purpose. ::
The only time that these events We're held
in the west previously was whens we held them
In Milwaukee in 1908 in connection with the
state fair. Then they were successful and added
much to the attractiveness OF the fair which
without them would have had comparatively
little of interest to outsiders that year.. These
events are open to amateur athletes OF the
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NORTHWESTERN GAMES

Yankton. S. D., April 14.-sioux City base
ball team Of the Western league crossed bats yes
terday with the local college team, the game he
cold weather which prevailed. with the league
team two scores to the good Both teams played
costly error gave the leaguers two scores and
the game was called: The interest IN baseball ball
Yankton college promises to have frst-class
team. There is little dou1 Of the success of
the season. E.rt..'':s.s. 80.
Lyle. Mimi, April 14.-The Lyle baseball
team defeated the second team yesterday after
noon by a score of s to 8. ~. r.