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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27
LEFT Her FORTUNE
TO DEAD, not LIVING.
Requests for Monuments and
Charity Cause Lawsuits
in New England.

y Boston, May ga settlement put an
end to the contest over the will Of Miss
Maria E. Wilkinson Of Beverley. aged
5T,sand daughter Of the late Captain
Richard Wilkinson, which was partially
heard by Judge Hammond in the SUI
:preme court yesterday.
Shesleft about $4,000. She also left
a lot Of valuable ric-a-brac, and the
contest was made by her brother, James
III. Wilkinson, California forty miner,
who had lived in Keene in that state
She, left him nothing. He testified that
he had sent to her and his other sisters
from 5000 to, $50Oaa year. But she
willed the bulk Of her estate for monu-
ments upon the graves Of her relatives
buried In Beverly. She left $500 to. the
I city Of Beverly for flowers and care
of the family lot in Central cemetery,
and the portraits of her father and her
aunt, Hannah Hill, who started the first
Sunday school In America, to- the Bev-
erly Historical society. Her brother
contested upon the ground that she
was not Of sound mind. :; I; =. 7 $s.3:& .:
3 Charles +. Moore, q druggist. Of
Rockland, Me-, Is contrasting the will
Gowen, Of this city, who left an estate
Of the value Of, $4,000, and Judge
Grant was hearing the case in the SUI
folk probate court yesterday. - :,
By her will and codicil she gave him
only $10o, and like amount to her
nieces, Helen Smith and Elbina Crosby
Of this city, and her nephew, John Rich.
ardson. She left $4,000 to her execu.
tor, Frank A: German, and his wife;
1900 to George Brown, and gave one:
half the residue to the Cults consump
tives - home, and one-quarter each to
the home for aged women and the home
for children and aged women in this
city. The bulk Of her estate is, there.
fore, willed to charities. . 49,. r
The grandson claims she was not Oh
sound mind, and was unduly Influenced
He says she was childish and forgetful
Other witnesses said that she had suf
fered shock some years ago, and that
she afterward attired herself in cloud .
dresses. The hearing is not finished.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27
LONDON IS sWAMPED
BY YANKEE TOURISTS
Large Hotels Unable to Accom-
modate Visitors - Amusing
Incidents at Restaurants.
New York Herald Special Cable Service. Copy.
right, 1906, by the New York Herald

right, 1905. by the New York Herald.
London, May 26-So great. was the
influx of Americans to London this
week that the larger hotels have been
unable to provide accommodations for
all the visitors. Many Of them have
been compelled to seek lodgings in less
desirable parts of the city.
Tourists from the states, who are not
familiar with the English menus have
been having more than the usual quota
of difficulties in procuring their favor
tie dishes. Complications resulting
from misunderstood orders at. restaur-
ants have been productive of many
amusing incidents. - =
, ~ = Got Canvasback. 81
At one hotel the other night, an
American visitor wanted eanvasback
duck, which is an unknown delicacy
here The order went the rounds Of the
persons in authority and finally was re-
ferred to the manager, who adopted the
rather novel experiment of attaching
ordinary duck and serving to the ex-
acting epicurean A plan has been de-
vised, tho which will put an end to
these complications. For the demand
for American food, several of the larg-
er hotels placed orders in New York
for consignments of various viands
most likely to satisfy the palates of
visitors. The first shipment containing
terrapin, canvasback duck and other
| delicacies, is en- route here on the Kali
serine Auguste Victoria and will be
reserved especially for. American visit
ors. > ...-. - - 80
Automobiling to nearby points has
vantage of the pleasant weather the
last two days to make short tours.
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GOVERNMENT PROBES
HARD COAL TRUST
Secret Inquiries Are Already I'm
der Way in the Anthracite
Field.

louisville, Pa, May 26.-An investi-
CATION secretly carried on for several
weeks in this part of the anthracite
coal region is now believed to have been
conducted by the government, and 1t is
declared by independent operators that
important evidence has been secured
against the hard coal trust. 's sak ~.
There is no pretense that the distribu-
ton Of cars in the anthracite region has
been influenced by. the gift OF stocks
and money, such as has Just been I'M
covered in the soft coal fields by the
interstate commerce commission, but
the evidence is believed to be all the
stronger on account of the omission Of
petty graft. IT, is said that the EVIL
dence discovered illasdenonstrate the
manner in which the trust sets the
price Of coal to suiteitself, regardless Of
the g., wishes of Deepen dent producers.
ing the information, Individual opera
tors have freely furnished data to a
New York legal firm, now believed to
be in the employ of the government, re-
garding the absolute cutting of of cars
whenever the coal trust DEGREES sus-
pension Of i. mining. = Whether u they
wanted to or not, the independents have
been compelled TO close their mines
whenever ordered to do 80 by the trust
on account Of the latter g control Of
the supply of cars. This, feature,
brought out by the inquiries, is re:
garded as significant, for, now that the
labor troubles are settled for three
years, it is almost certain that a sus.
pension will be ordered by the trust the
latter part of the summer. Nv H.
The fact that considerable soft coal
is brought from far-away points ia
louisville and then hauled from here to
charged for anthracite is a point
strongly dwelt on by the independents
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AsToR, SENIOR, TURNS
RELIGIOUS, IT'S SAID
And He Threatens to Retire to His
Mysterious New Place Outside Tun-
bridge Wells. -. ."r- -,

Special Cable to The journal.
London, May 26.-The new Mrs. Wal
dorf Aston means to be leader Of So
ciety. The Astors have not been
especially ambitious in the past for
social success, but that is no reason why
the bride should not shine. She will
practically have her father-in-law 8
mansion in Carlton House Terrace at
her command as well as Cliveden, 50
she certainly has every facility for
entertaining. -.
Mr.. -Astor, senior, threatens to retire
into private life and will in future
spend much Of his time at his new
place outside Tunbridge Wells-a some
what mysterious establishment sur
rounded by high walls after the style
Of a monastery. Some Of Mr.. Aston 3
friends say he has turned "religious
and that the new house is a place in
which to mediate. It is certainly a
charming oratory wherein the religious
pictures and Objects darts are. worth
nearly 100000. - -
The papers have been gushing over
Mr., Aston s. satisfaction at his son g
marriage. F. Ks a matter Of fact, it was
a very great disappointment to him,
the best proof Of; which is he would not
lection was that his son was marrying
4 woman who already had a husband,
and Mr., Astor is "dead" against
Q1VOrce. e.. --a.,-.. -n-.. a.,s 81 d.
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HOLD STRIKERS AT
T = BAY WITH AMMONIA
Manager Of Sheridan Furnaces and
Clerks in His Office Defy Angry
Hungarians. .5'~ -. ..:=

Lebanon, May 26.-Armed with only
a few quarts Of strong ammonia hastily
secured in the laboratory, 8. II. Ohauve-
net, manager Of the Sheridan Furnaces,
and half q dozen clerks today resisted
twenty-five striking Hungarlans who
sought to break into the office at Sheri-
dan for their pay. ss5&s... 49, s7..>a@-
Without previous notice the men,
who were employed as filters, struck
for more money, leaving the fur
mace in the midst of Charge Men
employed elsewhere at the plant ef-
fected cast and the furnace was then
banked.sRendered desperate by drink
and failure to force the management
into a. hasty acquiescence, the Hun
garians warned everybody to keep
away from the place and then appeared
at the office and demanded their
wages, which were refused, as the man
ager feared greater violence if the men
got more money to spend for rum.
The strikers threatened to break into
the place. but the office fore held them
at bay with ammonia until Sheriff Car
penter arrived and drove FIVE Of the
ringleaders from the premises. The
others, it is expected, will resume work
tomorrow, as the strike movement was
not popular at the outset.
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ANGLO -sAX0Ns ARE
letter.: WRITER'S
Statistics Show They Are Greater
Correspondents Than Other
Races.

Special to The journal.
Washington, May 2e.-Consul Nc
Nally writes from Liege that the
publication Of the world g postal stats
tics by the Universal Postal Union, at
Berne, develops some interesting facts
from which he deduces that from the
amount or nature Of country's cor
respondence one cannot estimate its
commercial activity or development
along other lines.
Following is the arrangement in the
order of their Importance of the num-
Der Of letters and postal cards passing
thru the postoffice for 1905 of coun-
tries having over twenty per head:
Great Britain 1873 per, head Of popula-
ton. United States 67.6, New Zealand
66.3, Switzerland 59.7. Germany $50,
Denmark 41.6, Austria 38.2. Argentine.
37.2,. Luxembourg, 34,6. Holland 31.l,
Belgium 29.4, Sweden 1854, France 26.2,
Norway 20.5. f. sss,..@ .ss. ~, ).
It is evident that the development
of instruction cannot be seen from the
greatest correspondence, for countries
having compulsory education, such as
France, Denmark and Norway, hold q
mediocre place, while other countries
noted for the percentage Of illiteracy
are we'll in the front. It is singular to
note that the citizens Of Austria and
Denmark write more letters than DO
those Of France. Belgium ranks
eleventh in the list. A commercial
status or other development does not
figure, or both France and Belgium
would hold better position. It is
seen that those Of Anglo-Saxon blood
correspond more frequently than do
those Of the Latin races. ~ ~ ~ =
Great Britain derives the greatest
profits from her postal system, netting
annually about $2s ABS 1927. the second
country being Russia with $20,595. 595
profits. Russia is not considere da let
ter,writine country, and its printed
peculiar system it derives good profits
The Russian postoffice department en-
ploys IS, 187 persons, while Germany
employs 263, SIT. Japan employs 61,436,
or almost as many as Russia, but ltd
profits are comparatively small.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27
ST.. PAUL

Robert A. Smith Of Dawson & Com
pany is enjoying life in the Black Hills
at present.
A. o. Bailey of St. Paul has purchased
10000 buffalo skins at Miles City,
Mont, this season.
w. R. Merriam and family are NOV
ing into their elegant summer home at
White Bear lake.
George B. Boyd and Mrs. Anna Hinde,
daughter of A. 8. Ames, were married
the other day by Rev. s. Commons.
The Duke of Switzerland and party
departed this morning at o'clock
Well pleased with the capital OF Min
pesota. r. 20
Judge Burr OF the municipal court
had a skunk today-in business. we
mean. Not case was brought from
police headquarters for adjustment
when court opened. - -
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HonoR,ne~ THE NOBLE DEAD
Preparations Of G. A. r. to Decorate
Graves Of Their Comrades

Preparations of G. A. r. to Decorate
Graves OF Their Comrades.
The preparations of the Decoration
Day exercises are complete In the
morning the marshal and his aides,
members of the G. A. R. and ex-
soldiers, orator Of the day and chaplain
form in front Of Armory hall at
o'clock and march to Maple Hill ceme-
terry On the East Side At the Central
high school the scholars from the East
Side schools join the procession sup
piled with wreaths and flowers anu
participate in the ceremonies at the
cemetery --. e.. A.H.- -
In the afternoon the procession will
form on Twelfth street in the follow
ing order: - q: -.-s 49,.
Platoon of police. ~ .-.-
Marshal D. NJ. Gilmore and aides.
Light infantry corps, Captain J. p.
Rea commanding. -s- r. ID -
! Zouave band - .--t-r s:--- 3.
zouaves, Captain A A. Ames COM
handing. .>-sE..-.S-es :
G.. A. r. and ex-soldiers. - -~. =
Governor, members Of congress.
orator, chaplain and city council.
Teachers and pupils Of public schools
and citizens generally. = 49, -
At Iayman's cemetery the exercises
will consist of the playing of America"
by the full Danz band. prayer by Rev.
DIR. Beatty. selection by the Zouave
band, Introductory address by Vice
Commander D. M. Gilmore grafton by
Professor o. ". Tousley. decoration of
graves. Ili q - :.-.-s ~. 80 s-5 80 r.
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AsouT THE STATE

Perham has new paper. 1t is called
the Journal and is six-column folio.
The Hermann and Ortonville stage
has been discontinued from Hermann
to Graceville.
A. ]. Underwood. the pioneer editor,
has decided to publish semi weekly in
Fergus Falls; the first number has al
ready been issued. 1t Is bright and
newsy.
A couple OF bears are committing
idepredations in White Bear township,
carrying of pigs calves and poultry. s..
The Redwood Gazette notes the, dis
covery OF vein of Ignite coal on the
Minnesota river bluffs, four miles from
the town.
A stage will be run between Maple
Lake and Crookston on Tuesdays and
FRIDAYS
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ABOUT THE CITY

81 i e.
Lewis Maish addressed the a. A. r.
last might. 5Esa@ 1t -. ~. ..-..a
Robinson & Meade, who run what
sprlnkling there is done in the city,
pay $50 per cart water tax. ~ -
The daily crying of the New York.
Herald and the Chicago Times upon
our streets Is quite an innovation.
number of new street cars labeled
Western Ave. street and Broadway
Me- were unloaded in the Milwaukee
yards this morning. Eastsiders rejoice.
The remains of the late DR.. A. E.
Ames have been removed with six
other deceased members of the Ames
family from Layman's to Lakewood
cemetery. 49,. -. - ..s-. : JILL =.
During the nine years since Eustis
Bros. first opened their store at their
|: present location they have steadily
prospered and Increased their business
until it is one Of the most complete
jewelry houses in the west. ..=
'Dofph Haynes, driver Of car 16,
whose horse made such havoc by
running away yesterday, is exonerated
from all blame. He Is known to be
one Of the most careful drivers in the
country. The horse had blind staggers.
: Two years ago when Joe Hofflin be-
came associated with Henry Gerrish in
opening a drugstore at Miles City
Mont, their stock was valued at 81, 500
Recently Mr. Gerrish has purchased Mr.
Hofflin's interest, paying therefor in
cash s7.7s2.
At a Joint meeting Of the board OF
health and the council committee on
hospitals, held at the office of DR..
Salisbury the imminent need and ne
cessity Of g. city hospital was discussed
and resolution was passed asking the
city council to proceed at once.
The race between Henry Seeleys
brown gelding Starlight" and Pat
sullivan's brown mare Brown Linda"
for 5000 a side was won by Starlight"
Brown Linda went dead lame in the
first heat and was distanced, Star
light coming under the wire in 2:50A
George Nash Of st. Paul. s. B. Love-
joy and julie Myers of Minneapolis
acted as judges.
There is a great deal OF complaint
in regard to the running of trains on
the Breckenridge division of the ST.
Paul. Minneapolis & Manitoba railroad
There Is only one train out in the
morning and one train back in the
evening. Passengers from the east on
thru trains and desiring to go west on
the Breckenridge division are delayed
seventeen hours under the present ar
rangenents.
The Clark House has changed hands,
F. A. Atwater has completed the sale
to II. F. Flanders and A. W. Danes,
both Of whom are lately from Nc
Gregor, Iowa. The sale Of the house
nets Mr.. Atwater over and above the
purchase made about eight months ago.
$4,000. Everything Is in applepie order
electric bells are In every room and gas
will probably be put in soon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27
CAVE cANEM
Which Means Look Out for Miller. the
Dog Catcher. ....-. 80. +

Which Means Look Out for Miller. the
Dog Catcher. ....-. ~. +
Last evening Miller, purveyor. of
CANNES, roped George R.. Newell.s pet
dog and was rapidly putting it under
lock and key when the porter of the
store interfered. In the discussion
words were used which the spirit Of
the naughty Miller could not brook, and
he gave the porter such hearty cuff
on the cheek that he called for help
- Newell appeared and entered his pro-
test-the dog was licensed and he
would have shown his license II Miller
would have waited, but he would not.
Officer Nolan escorted him to the sta
ton accompanied by Mr.. Newell. the
porter, and a procession OF gamins half
a block long Chief Munger gave the
roper-in Of dogs a lecture, the dog was
returned and the show was over.
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PERSONAL MENTION

Fred KEGS and wife have gone to
housekeeping on Harmon place.
w. H. Jacoby,, the skilful photog-
rapher is erecting fine summer house
at Lake Minnetonka.
Freeman P. Lane returned yesterday.
from trip to Flandreau. It might as
well be stated that he has a new hat.
Calvin G. Goodrich, Jr., and wife are
now snugly ensconced in their neat new
home on Nineteenth street and Fifth
avenue 8.
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STORAGE

MINNEAPOLIS TRANSFER AND STORAGE
Co. has best facilities for handling and stor.
ing household goods; expert furniture packers;
satisfaction asbured; cut rates to Pacific coast
and other points our specially. 122 9th st s.
Both phones. - =; 81. :. g.,
CAMERoNs TRANSFER AND STORAGE
Best facilities for moving and storing house.
hold goods expert packers. Office, 200 Nicol-
let Both phones 1908. Res. phone T. c. 1924.
floors and basement, SOx75 for storage OF
;. factory purpose; central location. 90 West
ay.z .--y-z. &C.,. j.. ...s--.. = ~
F1REPRooF STORAGE, CLEAN, SEPARATE
rooms; packing and shipping. 100 1st av N.
NEW WAREHOUSE ~ FURNITURE STORED;
inquire bakery. 18th st and 3D. 'av s. -
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, DAKOTA DOTS

Fargo Is talking of. procuring a townt
ship organization.
A 10000 hotel Is to be put up at
Mitchell. ,5ts--E
Bismarck continues to improve. The
latest important addition to its indus
try is a keno room. ~, :
Fargos waterworks are already as
Stunning metropolitan proportions. The
people have commenced to find fault
with the water.
The Presbyterians OF Madison. Lake
county. propose to erect a $500
. church. .=
Frank winship, formerly of the St
Paul Dispatch. win issue the first num-
Der Of his paper, the Acton News, this
week. 8. 49, +
The Tower City Herold presents
three wood cuts showing the growth of
that town from one house in May, 1879,
to half dozen in, May. 1880. and
finally to flourishing village of six or
eight hundred in 1881.
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At Paris Hotels.

the Hotel Continental. = Z
Mr.. and Mrs. H. s. Stanley of. Chi
cago, and Colonel Arthur Gleeves and
family of Detroit, are at the Hotel
Slanterne at Antwerp. Burton Holmes
is at the Hotel Royal, Naples. Adolph
Ochs of the New York Times is at the
Hotel Regina, Rome.
The latest arrivals at the Continent
al hotel. Munich, include Hugh T. Pat
rick of Chicago. H.. = 800
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27
cARMAoK AS DARK HORSE
Senator May Be Named as Governor
| Of Tennessee. * III q.
BY Publishers Press.

5y FubNsheTs' Press. . = = -
Memphis, Tenn, May 26.-Tennessee
democrats will meet in convention Tues
day for the purpose of selecting
party nominee to succeed Governor John
t. Cox. The avowed candidates are
Governor Cox and Congressman NAL,
colin R. Pattison. Of the instructed
delegates it would seem as If Cox had
a slight advantage but all the larger.
counties are contested. There is talk of
Senator E. W. Carnack, recently de-
'feated for the democratic nomination
for United States senator by Robert
L: Taylor. as dark horse. H, Clay
Evans, formerly consul general at Lon
don, will be the republican, candidate.
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ONLY TEMPORARY.

i uChicago, Tribune. -, = :
~ The British had captured. the city of
o'":'Of course, they said, "we don Il
expect to hold it long. AS soon as the
trusts find out we re here we shall have
to move out. But we II give them some-
thing to remember us by <.,,4., y e
Accordingly, they set fire to the capt
tol and made q swift sneak. l .5.s.' :,
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=. Colonel C1owry, the western superin-
tendent Of the Western Union Tele-
graph company, says that when his
company takes possession Of the North
western in this region he will give the
newspapers frst-class service, and
he put this down in dates. "Good for
you, Colonel"
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SUMMER. RESORTS

SHORE LOTS AND ACRES FOR SUMMER
homes at Reserve. on Lac Court O'Reilles,
. largest inland lake in northern Wisconsin.
Low prices; cash or time. Fine fishing, mus
calonge bass, pike, trout; cartridges, ducks
and deer in season. Picturesque scenery. Five
connected springfield lakes; pure, water, sandy
low cost. For illustrated booklet and de-
tailed Information address Geo. NJ. Fuss Land
&c
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official figures show that during the
year 1880 Minneapolis mailed 2,54s, s72
letters, sor. an average of 1898 to each
inha bitant, and st. Paul 2,706, 316,I an
average Of 1854 to each unit of popula-
ton. st..-Paul appears to be ahead In
the matter of correspondence. j
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

~N~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~C
r;S dt f Block Wiz r. f snf
Anna ma and l Sarl A. FsrxstAa to :; j: y Mel VOW
= son; lot 3, block /, $. c. Cutters. $50
Lena and Martin W. Berg to Mary Und-
helm; lot 6, block 70, Menage's Sup
=, plement East Side addition ::...:. 1926
berger lot %, block l, Hamische's
Union onFo La aaa'ton Improvement comnanv to 2So
i, Nels Weberg; lots 10, 49, block 90,
J. West Minneapolis ................. 40
Frank W. Forman and wife to Carl A. Pc
terson; lots 8, 10, II, block 2, Flour
lin non and .S %fs; lot H. block H. Fair
Western Realty Company. to victor, r, r. = =,
i. Carlson; lot %, block l. Fair Ground y,
Charles H. Decd Robinson and wife to %
William $. jenkins and wife; lots ~.
/. 20, Interlachen, Lake Alinnetonka; also
Andrew Eesler and wife ct al. to Grin r.
Burrows; lots to 12, block 3, Cleye. ,o-
MahaIa and R F. f Pisousy to ooi
a: johnson, lot ?, block 1, Gilbert g. 49,
smtn s add Rfe to Hets r.
ham; lot 10, block 5, Demons atldi-
gtion North Minneapolis and lots / TO 4.
! Laird's Rearrangement In Demons adj
Hannah N. kingsley to Edward s. Bur Bur: '''''
kee; lot 8, block 2, kingsley's add
! Lon, anu Par, " 10y - Inock, az.
5acent to lot ., ~ feet VIDE; also SOLO, lot
vision. No. 10 49,. ..::....: 1000
Yale Realty company to Cara ': Bow
!: nan, . Az 1eet OF 10 ts, olock II, Cal .
i h0un par 6ebenture com;ony 70 ;,a;d
McKinnon, lot Ia, To- block 49, Walton -.
Grace +; and John N. Norris to Stella I
Is p; Atkinson. lot H. block II. Bakers ,-,o
additlon ...........I 49,. sou
Josephine ana lvar Hansen 70 Eugene
addition ::...........:,. ..:.....:.. 1850