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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
EUROPEAN MISSION a
:-. FOR LYMAN L. PIERCE
Graduate Of q. Of M. is to Be Y. M.
+ #sa-. @. A. Envoy. -

Special to The journal.
Washington, Dec. 3o.-The Wash
ington Alumni association of the Uni
versity Of Minnesota last night gave
dinner to Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman L.
Pierce, the former of whom has just
resigned the secretaryship of the local
Y. M. G. A. Guests of homer included
Congressman j. Adam Bede, Albert
Shaw, editor Of the Review of Re-
views; DR.. Fl. Z. Hosmer, formerly
city librarian of Minneapolis, and
Professors Anderson and Schraeper of
the university. Mr.. Pierce has been
invited to go to Austria Hungary to
organize a Y. M. G. A. movement in
that country, and it is probable he
will accept.
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her to remain in .the house, warning her
that advantage Saight he taken Of her
absence to throw into the street her
personal effects and close the, doors on
her. - - -, -. .s:@f ''@'1s'1
Mrs Yerkes' position was strange
She was misunderstood when she de-
clared repeatedly during his last sick
ness that she would not visit him at
the hotel. She believed that the ap-
peals for her to come. to him were
merely to try and get her out of the
house. Worse than this, she knew with
q woman $ intuition who would be the
next Mrs. Yerkes and the next mistress
of the Fifth avenue home, if once he
succeeded in his plans for divorce. She
knew that her own marriage to Mr..
Yerkes followed on the heels Of the
divorce obtained by his first wife.
Sought Second Divorce.
When Mr.. Yerkes returned from Eu-
rope last August with Miss Grigsby, he
announced his intention to divorce Mrs.
Yerkes. From that time to two weeks
ago she was obliged to stay behind
locked doris. .4.
Many times she has been asked by
telephone to come to the Waldorf. On
Sunday she finally consented. It is said
that she learned that Miss Grigsby was
calling on the sick man and she then
refused to see him. -a
Yesterday she once more left her
handsome jail and when she returned
the man whose legal machine she feared
was dead. .,.. IT. -" +- .
The pretty mistress Of the Park ave-
nue. house could call upon him only. oc-
casionally, for complaints had gone to
| the hotel management.
Body Hurried Alvey. ...---.-.
After death the body was bundled
out hurriedly, that the living guests
might not be disturbed or led to re-
Elections. I'LL. s@ ~. ... ..~.
Even after the body had been laid
in the magnificent marble-walled hall
of the Fifth avenue house, troubles
were not settled. From what house it
would be taken to the grave was such
question that it was a surprise when
it was announced that the place would
be the very place where the widow
lived. @ i
But who will attend the funeral
How many Of the women would attend
the funeral7
It is known that the interment will
be in his great marble and bronze maui
soleum at Woodlawn cemetery.
! There is something Of grim irony
that he provided two richly wrought
sarcophagi, one for himself and the
other for his wife. When he built il
/ the wife he had in mind was not the
divorced wife in Philadelphia, but the
wife on Fifth avenue.
| And by his actions last summer il
was evident that he then hoped the
i beautiful sarcophagus would be fol
still another woman.
! Mrs. Yerkes' Messages.
Mrs. Yerkes, the widow, would SET
no reporters today, but she telephonet
to dozen Of her friends, explaining
4 to them the reason for her failure t.
4 visit her husband. To nearly everyon'
the news that she had been prisone
d in the mansion came as a surprise.
Mrs Yerkea felt called upon to d,
this, since her action had been inter
preted as due to unforgiving animosity
Il even in the presence of death. The ct
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
STRIKE OF 5000 TO +.
MAKE $4,000 IDLE
Housesmiths and Bridgemen of
New York Declare Battle for
Increased Wages. ~.
New York Herald Special Service.

AS>~N S~~>s~~~ ~h~S>~>
New York, Dec. 30.-Following a vote
taken in all locals of the Housesmiths
and Bridgemen's union today, a gen
eral strike was ordered to 60 into effect
Tuesday morning. It is expected that
about 5000 men will refuse to 90 to
work, and if the strike continues it is
expected that $4,000 other mechanics
will be forced to cease work before the
end Of the week. When iron workers
go out, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers
and others are soon forced to quit, be-
cause there is nothing for them to do.
This strike is strictly, for an increase
of wages. No question Of hours OF
union recognition is involved. The iron
workers for the last year have been re
ceiving $3.50 a day. Three months
ago they made a demand for SIS, and
the matter was being arbitrated when
the union ordered a strike on Post &
McCord' s jobs, and the union was ex-
PEELED from the Employers association.
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POISONED CANDY SENT
YOUNG SOCIETY WOMAN
Carbolic Acid Used in Attempt on Life
Of Iowa Girl.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Clinton, Iowa, Dec. 3O.-An attempt
to poison Miss Melia Christensen, a
young society woman Of this city, was
made today, the would-be assassin us
ing a box of candy in the attempt to
carry out the plan.
as soon as it was opened, suspicious
smell put the young woman on her
guard. An investigation was made and
it was found that the sweets had been
saturated with carbolic acid
Ihe matter was Immediately put in
the hands of the police but they have
been unable to obtain a clue to the
sender. 81
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MYSTERY IN ARMY
OFFICER S ABsEN CE
Lieutenant Otis Missing and Wife's
Search for Him Fails.
By Publishers Press.

By Publishers Press.
Junction City, Kan, Dec. 3o.--After
weeks Of fruitless search in which no
trace Of her husband has been found,
the wife of First Lieutenant Ri
[. Otis, Fourth cavalry, has returnod
to relatives here.
Lieutenant Otis was undergoing
treatment in New York for nervous
troubles about three months ago. He
partly recovered and was ordered back
to his post at the Preside at San
Francisco. Since that time neither his
family nor the army authorities have
heard from him. According to army
regulations an officer who does not
report within three months becomes a
deserter. Otis will have been absent
three months tomorrow.
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tending for what is now Illinois, Mich1-
gan, Ohio and Indiana. Great Britain
honorably retired. r..
Quite naturally, the Canadian govern
ment is opposed to the removal OF the
hulks, and diplomatic correspondence Is
passing. Mr.. Burton has engaged emf
nent counsel and will make a strong
case. He believes that he has already
established proprietary rights, thru
ownership Of adjacent lands. The case
promises to be of international interest
and will be eagerly watched by all pa
triotic Americans.
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DEATH IN RUNAWAY

W. 1ro"Heus OTTO III SerIouS Cohulrlor,
as Result Of Dash.
Appleton, Wis, Dec. 30.-Two drowned,
one in serious condition and fourth
saved after strenuous efforts on the part
of physicians, is the result of runaway
here this afternoon. Peter Dietzen and
his nrne-year-old daughter, Lizzie, of Blu
chanan. are the dead: Title, 1e-year-old
daughter, is in a precarious condition
while a niece Mary Nabbefeldt, of this
city, is now out Of danger. The horse
driven by Dietzen took fright at a switch,
engine and ran off the John street bridge
carrying all four occupants OF the sleigh
with him.
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Holiday Rates
via
Chicago Great Western r.

Chicago Great western Railway.
Only one fare plus third for the
round trip to points in Arkansas, Col.
orado, illinois, Indian Territory, Iowa,
Kansas Z Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska,
December %. "a. 25. 30, 81 and jan
uary 1st, 1906. Final return limit Jan
,uaTy 18th. For further information, ap-
ply to R. Fl. Heard, G. a., 9th and Mic
ollet Ave. Minneapolis. MINI.
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FATALLY HURT IN PLAY.

Special to The Journal.
Shenandoah, Iowa, Dec 30.-Two lit.
tie boys, Pat and Vincent Rogers,
brothers, going home from school, were
playing by throwing sticks at each
other. Vincent was hit behind the ear
and dropped into Inconsistencies, dy.
ing twelve hours later.
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Low Bates

To all points on the 500 Line for the
HOLIDAYS. Tickets on sale Dec. 22d to
Jan. l6t, 1906, good to return until, Jan.
Cd, 1906.
For further particulars call at ticket
Office. ll9 Third street 8.
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Not one in twenty is free from some
liver. Use Carteris Little Liver pills,
The result will be a pleasant surprise.
They give positive relief.
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GUILTY, VERDICT
IN BRENNAN CASE
Continued From First Page.

raised her tear-reddened face, shook
back her veil difantly and turning tc
her attorney, said: "And aren't we GO.
ing to get another trialfn He an
swered, "yes,'' and the defendant
stood up, facing the gaping crowd un-
binkingly. .:r.,f
The jury was discharged by tie
court who thanked them for their pa
tient and faithful service and compli-
mented them upon their "just and
righteous verdict The defendant
was escorted out of the courtroom and
down the hall. When she was in the
Jail elevator she cried again quietly,
but did not speak. Taken to her room,
she continued to cry for little time
and then grew perfectly calm again.
Ate Hearty Supper.
Visited about 6 clock by Jour
n representative the convicted woman
had just finished hearty supper. She
was attired in lounging robe and her
redeemed eyes were all that spoke Of
her great sorrow. She greeted the re-
porter courteously, but had little to
say. Questioned, she finally
cit might have been worse. perhaps,
but I dom see how it could have been
worse for nothing"
"Then you insist that you didn t
do its''
"I certainly do. I didn't do Ii. I
hope I can get new trial. But If the
courts and the public misjudge you
there is a power above that never
will.'
The verdict Of the jury means that
on the morning Of Nov. 4, 1905, Mrs.
Stella Brennan, armed with a loaded
revolver, shot and killed Elizabeth
Brennan while she slept in her bed at
1922 Fifth avenue N. The evidence
that proved this fact showed that on
the same night and at about the same
time this defendant, urged on by jeal-
ousy, killed two other sleeping Bren.
nan children, shot Tommy Brennan
thru the face and wounded herself in
the breast.
Out Twenty Hours.
The verdict shows that the jury be.
| 1ieves that she did not commit this in.
| territorial murder with generalization
| The jurors were out about twenty
hours. What went on Ii the iuryroom
| is a guarded secret, but it has leaked
out that the time was spent in argIl.
ment and that the twelve men were
only divided as to whether the woman
was guilty of murder in the first or in
the second degree, and that the fin Al
agreement was in q measure com
promise.
1T is just verdict" said County
Attorney, Al j. Smith last night. 11That
verdict will show that this community
will not allow a terrIule crime like
that to go UNPUBLISHED, that fake in
sanity defense cannot be foisted upor
our common-sense jurymen, and it will
stand as most salutary lesson to those
who do now or may in the future con
template crime. We had no doubt OF
the defendant guilt and she could
never have walked out of the Henne
pin county Jail free woman until shs
lad been acquitted on all of the foul
| indictments we had against her,
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To Raise Hulks of
Vessels Perry Sunk

England's Wooden Walls Which Went Down
in the Historic Battle on the Great Lakes
Nearly a Century Ago, Brought from Their
Graves
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King Philip ". of Spain collected
dwarfs, and many diminutive specimens
of humanity were sent him on his birth.
DAYS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-30

Phenomena Of Chemical Reactions
Is there q wireless telegraphy In
chemical reactions? In one of many
recent experiments tending to give an
Affirmative reply, large quantity OF
a chlorate and sugar mixture was pre-
pared, little of this was placed in
basin and while the rest of the mix
ture was held behind the operator In
large mortar, strong sulphuric acid
was added to the former, causing 1t to
ignite in the usual way. Immediately
afterward the rest OF the mixture
blazed up, although it was impossible
that sulphuric acid could have touched
it. 1t is thought that violent chem
1cai reaction may convert the space in
its immediate vicinity into medium
that will accelerate or even induce
chemical activity. If it be true the
Importance of the investigation can
not be overestimated. The prepare
tons and violent reactions that go on
from Cay to day in laboratory may be
altering the molecular arrangement OF
of the demonstrative benches. Those
in charge of chemical laboratories
testify to the unaccountable a1tera-
lions in certain substances. Again.
does weather influence the communi-
cation between one chemical reaction
and another? The results of the ex
periments changed from day to day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-30
AUTOMOBILE Rates at Tonopah.

"Tonopah is the place where money
circulates," remarked r. E. Mulcahey,
stock broker. 81 was over there the
other day with several friends, and at
4 o'clock in the afternoon we engaged
an automobile to take us to Bullfrog.
We could have taken a train as far
as Goldfield the next morning, but we
didn't want to wait. 1t is a twelve
hour trip by automobile from Tono-
pah to Bullfrog, and we decided we
would be able to stand the strain.
So we summoned the automobile.
Whats the tariffG 1 asked the
chauffeur as we were about to start.
Three hundred dollars he said.
"'Ha, ha. Pretty good joke 1 said.
Now, seriously. what the charges?
Three hundred dollars he re-
peated.
And I'll be baked for a lobster IL
that wasn't the charge 1t was the
regular tariff, and he wouldn't come
down a nickel. And as we had to be
in Bullfrog the next morning we paid
the $300."-San Francisco Chronicle
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garden, and nowhere he is. Get
your rocks, boys, and let f1y!"
Cyrus who was known in the army
as the rife stone thrower, threw his
piece of granite like a bullet. 1t
struck the gamecock square in the
head. Down he fell, and down leaped
the trio, bent on finishing the bust
ness. They hammered the ROSTERS
head into the earth with the edge of
a thick board, to make his death
double sure. Then the author threw
him over the fence into the doctor s
garden, saying: I'm no niggard; the
doctor can have him for his dinner"
The twins again ensconced them
selves in their brothers study.
A half-hour had elapsed, when Syl-
vanus' voice was heard under the win
dow:
Boys" he called, in tone of awe.
They looked out of the window.
"See therei" he explained, pointing
down the garden.
There was the veritable gamecock
strutting about as lively as ever.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-30
DARNs STOCKINGS ON MACHINE.
Invention of Denver Woman Will Net
Her Much Money.

Invention of Denver Woman Will Net
Her Much Money.
The inventive genius of a Denver
woman promises to revolutioniZe the
process of stocking darning.
Mrs Agnes G. Maynard is RESPONSE
BILE for the invention. The inspiration
for the invention which those who
know say will net Mrs. Maynard al
most 81 ,OOO,O 900, came to her one day
while she was working at her sewing
machine.
Suddenly said Mrs. Maynard, 81
began to wonder If the same scheme
could not be applied to stocking darn
ing. had always darned table cloths
and napkins by stretching them
across the hoops, and then. with finest
cotton thread, had worked the ma
chine back and forth until the hole
was entirely closed
The stocking darner is a small band
of steel about three-fourths of an inch
thick, and in circumference is about
six and a half inches. One edge has
tiny prongs which hold the material
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-30
Purifes the Water.

A recent invention of California
man is an apparatus for purifying wa
ter, and one which can also be used
for aging liquids which have already
been bottled. The liquid is subjected
to electrolytic action for removing all
impurities, whether they be in suspen-
sion or solution, and the liquid heated
and any air within the bottle exhaust
ed. In the illustration is shown a coz
tainer, which can be of glass or SIM
liar material, having an electrode in
the bottom. The electrode is in the
form of platinum wire, which is
nodded in the bottle. The neck of the
bottle is closed by a removable cork
stopper, an electrode extending
through the center. This electrode is
also made from piece of platinum
wire, and has it's inner end, which is
within the bottle, coiled, so that it can
be adjusted to any length by stretch
ing or contracting the coil. the wire
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-30
Had Mania for Stealing Pipes.

Recently Partisan shoplifter was
arrested and searched. To the amaze
ment of the officials her plumber was
not articles of feminine adornment,
but several costly meerschaum pipes.
When her apartments were search
ed no fewer than $500 pipes were
found, some of which were handsome
ly colored.
Although for a while she stoutly
protested her innocence, she at last
broke down and confessed that she
was addicted to the use of tobacco
and suffered a form of kleptomania
which led her to steal every hand
some pipe which she could make away
with without discovery.
She made nosattempt to dispose of
her pipes for profit, but kept them in
cabinets in her home. Not one of the
pipes, she admitted, had been paid for,
but she declared that in taking them
she was only obeying an irresistible
impulse and was not morally respon-
sib1e for her crimes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-30
COUNSEL KNEW HIS BUSINESS
Simple Appeal to Jury All He Needed
To Make

Simple Appeal to Jury All He Needed
To Make.
A story is told of the. late Baron
Bramwell, when sitting on the Crown
side on the South Wales circuit.
Counsel for the defense asked leave
to address the jury in Welsh: the
case was a simple one, and permission
was given without demur. He said
but very few words. The Baron also
did not think much comment was req
uisites but was somewhat startled
by prompt verdict of acquittal.
what was it, he afterward inquir-
ed, that M. L. said to that jury?"
ooh, he just said:-"Fhis case, gen.
tlemen, lies in a nutshell. You see
yourselves exactly how it stands. The
judge is an Englishman, the prosecut-
ing counsel is an Englishman, the COM
plainant is an Englishman. But you
are Welsh, and 1 am Welsh, and the
prisoner in Welsh. Need 1 say more
l leave it all to you"
Baron Bramwell, it was said, formed
higher opinion than he had previous
ly entertained of M. LIS acumen and
resource; but he did not allow the
experiment to be repeated of address
es to the jury in vernacular which
he did not understand.-Weekly Scots.
man.
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Tree Frogs.
twenty to thirty minutes, when they.
come to the surface for air. Their
worst enemy is the large fish. In
ponds where fish are also raised the
fish live entirely on the frogs.
Another popularity of the frog is
that it will seldom touch a dead car
cass. The beetle or other insects
must move before the frog will touch
1t.
There is one species OF the eat
able frog that is known as the spring
frog. 1t grows in the springs on farms
and ranches and is considered to be
more palatable than the bull frog, but
is smaller. Farmers who have these
frogs in their springs refuse to allow
them to be killed. claiming that they
purify the water. This makes them
harder to get and they are more ex-
pensive than the other variety.
The tree, or marsh frog, it noted as
being one of the best weather proph-
cts that lives. He always cries be-
fore rain. He is about three inches
In length. but is not fit for food
Some are sold as weather prophets,
but the demand does not pay one to
raise them.
Inc iand frog, or toad, is a we'll
known species and is good for nothing
that is known of. 1t served its pur-
pose when it inspired Mark Twain to
write THE Jumping Frog" There
are many superstitions about it,
though. One is that If you step on
one you are sure to stump your toe
later. Another is that If one is touch
ed with the hand a wart will grow
where the human and frog skin come
In contact. They build what is known
as the devils umbrella" 1t looks
like mushroom. but is poisonous.
In certain sections of the country it
has been known to rain frogs
The last of the common species is
the horned frog. 1t lives in the South
west on the dry, arid regions of Art
iona, Utah and New Mexico, and lives
on desert mice and insects. They
have never been known to drink water
and. like the toad, Ia good for nothing.
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She Was Waiting.

He was one of those dapper little
Amashers'' who fit about downtown
chophouses and dining rooms trying
to fiirt with the stenographers and
office girls who drop in about noon
for lunch. Approaching a young lady
who was sitting alone, he lifted his
hat and said suavely:
81 beg your pardon, miss"
'Wel1?" Intercepted the girl calmly.
ssWhy, er-you see, it is this way.
I answered a personal in the paper
and made an engagement with young
lady whom 1 have never seen to meet
her here Now, are you waiting for
met"
The girl smiled queerly.
ct might be waiting for you" she
said.
"Ah, indeed" responded the masher,
delighted.
Eyes. You see, ordered lobster,
and It hasn't come yet."-New York
Globe.
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and along the marshes of the Great
Lakes. 1t is said that there is more
trouble and less money about frog
farm than there is about any other
business.
The better class of frog farmer has
from two to six ponds where he
breeds and raises his frogs. In this
way he can keep the frogs of different
ages in different ponds.
Frog eggs are about the size of pin
heads, and are laid in Shiny, jelly
like substance that partially protects
them. From 400 to 800 eggs are the
spawn of a single female. The eggs
hatch the tadpole OF pollywog. This
In turn becomes baby frog. Between
the time of change from tadpole to
frog about a year elapses, and 1t
takes the frog about two and half
or three years to grow large enough
for market. They are better around
the age of five years than at any other
kline; after that they become tough.
1t is a very hard matter to separate
the frogs at different ages for. they
must have mud in the bottom of their
pools or they will not hatch, so no
floor can be placed there. and they
easily dig under any wall that can be
built.
After he is big enough to market
the frog is caught with . bulls eve
lantern. This is flashed In his eyes
at night, binding him long enough to
be captured. In the daytime the ami
NAL is shy and will not allow a person
to approach, but when he is once
scared from a place it is safe to say
he will return there as soon as the
person has gone. When caught and
worried or leased he will cry almost
like baby.
In a hard season when small fish
land insects are scarce, the frog eats
his own families, it being a case OF
the biggest frog getting the most to
eat. 1t is no uncommon thing to
catch a bullfrog that has another in
its stomach half its own size that il
has devoured in a hungry moment
They can stay under water from