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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
Full Gravity of the Seizure of
Mitylene Brought Out.
ARMENIAN BUTCHERIES
For Three Months Have They Been
in Full Swing.
sULTAN'S CONDITION FRIGHrFUI
EpileptIc ury That Keeps Turkish
Ministers I'm Terror of
Their Lives.

Constantinople. Nov. 9. - The sultan's
yielding to the French demands brings out
the full gravity of the French seizure of
Mitylene upon the crumbling edifice of
Turkish despotism. The whole of Euro
pean Turkey is seething with disorder In
Armenia the annual butcheries have been
in full swing for the past three months
and in the remainder of the empire there
is the perennial violence, corruption,
waste and lawlessness. From the army
down to the magistracy every part of the
machinery of government is in a hopeless
condition. In the opinion of the diplo-
matte body at Constantinople. any at
tempt at patching things up will be mere
~ futile effort. The news of the French
Intervention was suppressed at Constan-
tlnople for three days, but the sultans
cabinet being in constant session showed
that serious crisis had arisen.
The sultan has been in a condition of
epilepttc fury and his admirers, who live
In perpetual terror of their lives at his
hands, were helpless and afraid to do or
suggest anything. 1t is believed in Con-
stantinople that Russia is behind France
in this business and it is felt that the
present trouble is inevitably destined to
lead to developments in the eastern Ques-
tion in which England will be powerless
TO make her influence felt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
IN RED WING NEXT YEAR
MINI. TEACHERS
Convention at Rochester Brought to
CIOse-KassOm Man for
President.


Special to The Journal.
Rochester, Mimi, Nov. 9.-The South
eastern Minnesota Educational association
completed its program at noon to-day and
adjourned, spending the afternoon in Wis
iting the state hospital.
D. Williams. of Kasson, was elected
president and Frank Mcintyre, OF Rush
ford, secretary and treasurer. They and
I. y. Boraas. of Red Wing, and Miss
Sprague, of Winona. Will compose the
executive committee. The next annual
meeting will be held at Red Wing
Two of those on the program for this
forenoon, Inspectors George B. Alton and
A. w. Rankin. did not respond, and pa
pers scheduled for the afternoon were
read before dinner The speakers of the
day were Superintendent J. A. Termey,
Winona, Supervision of City Schools" /;
superintendent Julius Boraas, Red Wing,
Supervision Of Rural Schools; Superin-
tendent G. A. Franklin. Manual Train
ing in the Public Schools; Dean William
M. Liggett, Scientific Farming" and
Professor J. H. Lewis. ex-state superin-
tendent, ITO What Extent Should Foot
ball Be Encouraged in Our High
Schools" The program was an excep-
tionally strong one, and the addresses
bristled with good things.
Governor Van SAINT made a short ad-
dress to the teachers last evening and
was followed by R. c.. Barrett, state sup
erintendent of Iowa, who lectured on "Our
School Systems Over three hundred
participated in the banquet which fol-
lowed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
WI DISLIKES GOING
Chinese Minister Attached to This
Country.
RESIGNED TO RECALL, HOWEVER
neIIef That His Government Thinks
He Is Altogether Too In
dependent.


w. 1T
washington, Nov. 9.-Minister Wu Is
viewing MS possible recall to China with
pnlIosophic resignation. He admits tacitly
mat ne does not want to leave Washing
ton, where he has formed connections of
social, official and business character
"nicn nave proved not only interesting
and delightful, but profitable. He saws.
however, that he will obey the cali of his
government without a protest and that
just as soon as he receives official notifi-
cation that he is expected to return TO
PeKlng he Will go back. The only expIa-
nation for the Chinese governments atti-
tude toward Mr.. WI that can be conceived
is that the popular minister has been alto
gelner TOO independent; that his ideas are
TOO advanced and that by making himself
popular In the United States he has Gre
ated a supicion at home that he is not
attending strictly to the business of his
native government
washington will be sorry to lose Mr.
WI. No other diplomatic representativs
OF recent years, oriental or Christian. has
nlled such large place in the hearts of
omc1als and the people as Mr. WI. His
conouct throughout the trying period of
the Boxer uprising year ago last sum-
mer was naWless. He was the first person
10 OBTAIN accurate information about the
SAFETY OF the United States minister Mr.
Conger, and his diplomatic colleagues. He
did more than any other living man to
aid the Christian powers to save their
representatives from the horrors of death
at the hands of the fanatics Of his own
country. Then, too, Mr.. WI is a progress
I've, ambitious and enterprising Chinese
he nkes our enterprise, our methods and
our habits. He says we are the great
people of the world Mr. WI would like
to 1nculcate American ideas in China. hut
he fears that he task of attempting to do
so would be greater than he could accom-
plish.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
FOR MORE SOLDIERS
New Expedient Contemplated by
Great Britain.
ENFORCING OLD BALLOT LAWS
Swell the BayOnet-Bearing
Ranks.

London, Nov. 8. - During the cabinet
conferences this week the question of re-
enforcement of the old ballot laws came
up for discussion. Many of the cabinet
ministers were strongly in favor of put
ting in practice this form of conscription,
for which certain obsolete laws already
provide. Thus new legislation would be
obviated The war secretary. Mr.. Brod-
rick, has already caused guarded feelers
on this matter to be circulated in the
press, for it appears to be almost impos-
sib1e to keep the home forces up to ade-
quate strength and supply the necessary
reinforcements for South Africa on the
volunteer system of enlistment alone. So
strenuous a measure. however doubtless
will cause storm of disapproval in Great
Britain and it will not be enacted unless
the war situation becomes graver. What
changes have come over the state of the
country in two years can be judged from
the fact that the war Office has closely
examined the old ballot laws and has pre-
pared an elaborate plan by which they
can be sprung upon the people at mo-
ment's notice.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
CABINET CHANGE TALK
THREE MEMBERS SOON TO RETIRE
nut Washington Says That the stOra
Is Not Correct as TO Sec
retary Gage.


Washington, Nov. 9.-The most sjsn;a.
cant statement that has yet been made
public regarding the probability of q re-
organization Of President Roosevelt,s cab
met is published in a New York news
paper whose editors are known to enjoY
confidential relations with the president.
according to this newspaper Secretaries
Hay, Gage and Long will retire from the
caplnet very soon after the opening OF
congress. 1t attributes to them a desire
10 retire to private life voluntarily and
says that they would have done so fmme-
dlately after the death Of the late presi.
dent II President Roosevelt had not earn
estly requested them to remain with .ktru.
However true this statement may *
so far as it concerns Secretaries Hay and
Long, 1t does not truthfully apply to Sec
retary Gage. The secretary of the treas
ury does not want to get out On tho
contrary, no man in the government serv-
ice is so desirous of holding his position.
The story is taken to mean that the presi-
dent has decided upon changes of his own
election, that he is desirous Of surround.
ing himself with men more nearly OF his
own temperament and habits Former
Secretary Wolcott of Colorado is believed
to be slated for cabinet place. He has
paid several recent visits to the White
House and received such marked attention
from the president that his friends are
certain that he will succeed to a port
folio.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
.ELEPHANTINE EXECUTION
JUMBO III. is TO BE PUT TO DEATH
Great, Vicious Beast, HOnOred in
War, Is Too Dangerous to
Be Kept Alive.


Buffalo, N. Y, Nov Slate this after
noon Captain Jumbo H., the huge and
vicious elephant of the Bostock animal
show at the Pan-American exposition
will be executed in the stadium at the
exposition grounds. He will be electro
cuted and wonderful are the preparations
made to insure his speedy and painless
end, for the Buffalo Humane society has
insisted that the immense beast be put
to death with as little suffering as pos
sible.
Immense sponges will be capped on four
parts of the elephants body, acting as
electrodes, and he will be given at the
first shock the highest voltage that the
Buffalo General Electric company can sup
ply probably seven or eight times the
current sent through a murderer's body
in the death chamber in Auburn prison.
where Czolgosz was executed
Jumbo ii. has manned so many nersons
and shown such a dangerous streak in
his disposition that Manager Bostock de-
cided to do away with him before he kills
somebody. The elephant is said to have
done magnificent fighting in the English
army in the Indian wars and was dec-
Grated by the late Queen Victoria for his
ability to carry destruction and terror
into the ranks of the dusky rebels.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
ORE OPINION A SECRET
r.. r.. COMMISSION STILL MUM
They Decline to Make Anything
Public Till They Have Digest
ed 1t Themselves.

Members of the railroad and warehouse
commission are still "digesting" the opin-
lon furnished them by Attorney General
Douglas in the ore rate case. From the
length of time it has taken, the document
does not seem to agree with them.
Not word as to the contents of the
opinion. or the intentions Of the commits
sion, would any of the three vouchsafe
to-day. Commissioner Miller had not
seen the papers till this morning, when
he took them home for perusal.
The hearing is set for Tuesday Before
that time the commission must come to
a decision as to its course. This they
will probably do Monday.
The withholding of the attorney gen
erals opinion from the public has brought
some adverse comment on the commits
sion. They are public servants, and the
opinion is furnished them by the attor-
ney general in his official capacity In
case Of such Importance the public
wants to be fully informed, and is en-
titled to know what is being done.
The only inference to draw from the
length of time taken in the digestion of
the opinion is that it has not ''set well''
upon some of the members. 1t will com
pei them, If they follow it. to bring an
action to test their authority over the
iron ore rates.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
She Attempts to Dodge the
Monroe Doctrine.
APPROACHES COLOMBIA
Seeks a Coaling Station on Shor es
of Caribbean Sea.
USES GERMAN STEAMSHIP CO.
Effect of the Move Being Considered
by United States COaIinE
Station Expert.



Washington, Nov. 9.-Finding it impos-
sible to secure coaling station on the
shores OF the Caribbean sea by direct ne
gotiations, Germany has apparently at
tempted to evade the Monroe doctrine by
obtaining control of territory for this pur-
pose through one Of her subsidized steam
ship lines.
An official report was received by the
state department from James Bowron.
United States consul at Cartagena, an
nouncing that the Hamburg American
Steamship company, owners of the Atlas
line, which plies between Central and
South American ports, had filed an appli-
cation with the Colombian government
for the right to establish a coaling station
near the port
Immediately upon receipt OF this infor-
nation, Secretary Hay referred it to the
navy department, and the effect of the
application is now being considered by
Rear Admiral Bradford, chief of the
bureau OF equipment and the coaling sta
tion expert of the service.
A coal pile near Cartagena would be OF
immense value, as a fleet using it as a
base would, if sufficiently strong, be able
to dominate the Caribbean sea and the
eastern terminus of the isthmian canal
The strategic Importance of a coaling sta
tton at or near Cartagena is hard to over
estimate. The application of the Ham
burg g-American line is regarded, not only
In official but in diplomatic circles. as the
thin edge OF the wedge intended to split
The Monroe doctrine.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
MOVES TESTIFIES
Judges Stoay of Nome Gre.
ates a Favorable I'm
preston.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
San Francisco, CAL, Nov 9.-Judge
Noyes took the stand this morning in the
contempt hearing. His story opened with
history Of how he came to seek the
1udgeship at Nome. He had considered
being candidate for the district bench
IN Minneapolis, but had been assured he
could get the appointment for Nome easier
tnan the nomination in Minneapolis. He
nrst saw Senator Hansbrough. then Sena-
Tor Spooner, both of whom he knew per-
sonalIy. Both had told him that he must
nrst get the Endorsement of Senator
Davis. He had seen Davis and secured
his Endorsement and Davis presented his
name to President Mckinley. He had
Deen 1ndorsed by senator's, congressman.
judges and members of the MinneapoIis
bar
Mclaughlin asked Noyes if he knew Nc
henzle at that time. He did; had known
him for many years, and considered him
personal friend. McKenzie had been in
washington during the securing of the ap-
pointment and had used his influence in
his favor. If Mckenzie had spent $50 900
to secure his appointment he must have
used it on Senator Davis. which. of course.
was absurd He did not believe that Nc
kenzie ever spent a cent 1t was not
necessary. The story then continued on
through Seattle, the trip to Nome the
appointment of the clerk and deputies and
the duties of these officials Judge Moves
told his story in a straightforward man
ner, free and easy, and with confidence.
he made favorable impression.
After disappearance covering nearly
year, Charlie Braslan, formerly of Min
neapolis recently of Nome, and who has
found it best to stay away from Nome
this last year, appeared at the trial for
few minutes. He did not stay long and
will not be a witness Braslan has fe
ured in the Noyes- Mckenzie scandal fo
considerable extent. He was one If
the first to greet Judge Noyes at Nome
claiming an acquaintance. At first he wa q
friendly and introduced Moves to ex-
Judge Johnson and others Of the Lane
and Pioneer attorneys. Braslan Later
came to the states and acted as advance
agent for the Nome scandal. making Wig
orous attacks upon NoyeR. go
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
MARINES WELCOMED
Inhabitants of the Island of Mitylene
Were Made Glad.

Paris. Nov. 9.-Admiral Caillard has
telegraphed particulars of the seizure of
the customs at the principal port of
Mitylene. He says that in consequence
of the sympathetic welcome extended to
his squadron he landed only a single COM
pany OF marines, who were received with
marked confidence by all the inhabitants.
Telegraphtc communication between
Constantinople and Mitylene is now re-
established The latest dispatch from
M. Bapst, councillor of the French lega-
tion at ConstantinOple, notifies the French
government that the porte has handed him
the drafts on the customs covering the
entire Lorando claim, and payable month
ly from Feb. l. 1902, to May /, 1903.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
FOR HUMANITY's SAKE
London Paper DenOunces the Com
centratiOn Camp Policy.

London, Nov. 9.-hTe Daily News today
exhaustively reviews the concentration
camps in South Africa with the following
conclusion:
The truth is that the death rate in the
camps is incomparably worse than anything
Africa or Asia can show There is nothing
to match 1t even in the mortality figures Of
the Indian famines, where cholera and other
epidemics have to be contended with.
Statistics are produced in proof Of this
assertion. The governments advertise
ment for teachers for the camp children,
setting forth that "the term of employ
ment will be one year certain, is promi-
nently displayed as evidence that the au-
thorities have no Intention of ending the
wholesale destruction of human life"
The Daily News urges all humane men
not to wait for official reports, but to in
sist ION the camps being broken up and
the people distributed among their friends
or removed to districts where a fresh at
tempt can be made, under competent or
ganiZation and with some regard to the
preservation of life-that, or extermina-
tion and an eternal stain on the name
of England"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
ANOTHER 'PINO DEFEAT
GOOD STROKE BY COL. WALLER
tiOn After Desperate
Engagement.

Manila, Nov. 9.-Advices from Catbalo-
gan, capital of Samar island, report that
Major Waller attacked a force Of insur-
gents occupying strong position at Sol
ton, two three-inch guns being used to
she'll the rebel stronghold. Throughout
the first day the insurgents held the place,
but yesterday Major Waller renewed the
attack and, after a desperate engage
ment, carried the position. Two marines
of the attacking force and twenty-six in
surgents were killed. Major Waller de-
stroyed the Quartels and seventy houses
General Smith has isued orders forbid
ding the purchase of hemp in the island of
Leyte except in small quantities, which
purchases must be under the supervision
of the military authorities. All the ports
of Leyte are closed and traffic is forbid
den where 1t cannot be supervised by the
military
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
This, 1t Is Said, Will Be Marked by
the Conclusion of the Northern
Pacific Settlement.
Directors to Meet Wednesday to
Consider Plan and Announce
ment Will Follow Soon.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
New York, Nov. 9.-Further conferences
IN regard to the Northern Pacific situa-
tlon were held yesterday in Wall street,
but the details of the agreement are be-
ing carefully guarded. 1t is not expected
that an announcement will be made be-
fore Nov. IA. In the meantime the law
yers are working upon the plan while
brokers' representing both sides of the
syndicate are stimulating values in the
stock market. The Northern Pacific di-
rectors will meet next Wednesday to con-
slder the plan. All of the Morgan stocks
were strong yesterday. Southern Railway
sold up to 34%, while Union Pacific on
transactions of nearly $4,000 shares, was
one of the strongest stocks on the list.
The advance in Southern Railway was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
FIRST HALF

Minnesota Second Team O
North Dakota a
North Dakota met Minnesota on North
rop field at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon
In order to save the first team for the
Wisconsin game and to outwit any Wis
consin lookouts, Minnesota played It's Sec
ond team. The fact that the flickertail
men had always given the gophers game
fight, and the additional circumstance that
1t was the last game of the season on the
home grounds, drew forth fair attend
ance. The roofing was all one way and
would have been, even though North Da-
kota had stood the ghost of a show OF
winning, as there were no rooters present
from that state.
Before the game Coach Tweet and
Manager Blair of the North Dakota team,
while conceding defeat, were confident
in the face Of tremendous odds, and did
not look for Minnesota to roll up big
score. Two of their best men have been
incapaciated as result of recent games
and were not in fit condition to play In
addition to this handicap, there has prac-
cally been a reorganization Of the team
during the past two weeks, four new men
having been pressed into service.
Manager Blair has worked hard to get
the team in shape for the game, and he
says he has lost a whole lot of sleep as
result He declared there was nothing
in the report that because his team had
been defeated by the Agricultural college
at Fargo, there was fear at Grand Forks
that Minnesota would drop the university
in favor of the farm school team in the
1902 schedule.
Tweet, right tackle of the Minnesota
team of 1900, was reported to have given
the visiting team line on Minnesota for
nations last year, some of which, it was
expected, might be introduced. Tweet
was nom -comm1ttal as to how big score
would be made against the men who have
been receiving the benefit Of his expert
ence. Said he:
"All l can say is that the team is an
uncertain quantity. There have been
some important changes in it's makeup
in the last few weeks and I am not pre-
pared to say whether we have strength
ened it or not. We have some good men
in the line l tell you. There are none
better than Flanagan, one OF the best
fullbacks the east ever saw
Minnesotas second eleven was in good
shape for the game.
The North Dakotans are considerably.
lighter than their opponents, and 1t was
believed that they would be unable to
keep DR.. Williams big men from scoring
several points in the first half
"a walkaway," was the verdict.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09

due to report that as soon as the North
ern Pacific matter is out of the way, Mr..
Morgan will undertake the consolidation
of the Southern railway, Louisville &
Nashville and Seaboard Air Line. His
plan is to extend the community of inter-
est idea to the south, where competition
has been very keen In the last four years.
1t is said in Wall street that the rela-
t1ons between Mr.. Morgan and Mr. HilE
are not of the most amicable character,
Notwithstanding the interests at stake.
Mr.. Morgan has found Mr.. Hill, it is said,
the greatest financial burden of his career,
and it is said he does not care to carry
him any longer. Notwithstanding his
great wealth, and influence in the north
west, 1t is said that the Northern Pacific
settlement will mark a parting OF the
ways between Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Hill.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
MORE ROBBERIES
Two Banks in Iowa and One
in Minnesota Blown by
Cracksmen.
Special to The Journal.

Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 9.-Four burglars.
armed with Winchesters and nitroglycerin.
blew the doors of the Turin bank, at
Turin, Iowa, picturesque little town of
o0o on the Little Sioux, in Monona county.
The cash was in an tnrers compartment
with a time locA. The .rS65ers rad time
to get only $50, when the people, aroused
Oy the explosion, focked to the bank. ,.a
When the robbers saws the people ap-
proachlng the bank they opened fire and
began chasing the citizens. pursuing them
Till, terrified. they entered a house and
locked the door. The robbers fired several
bullets through the house, but hurt no
one, and retreated from the town, firing
back as they went. The citizens did not
emerge from the house until long after
the last shot.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
NEW IOWA TOWN
Auction Sale of Lots at Garden Cit1
Well Attended.
Special to The Journal

Special to The Journal.
Iowa Falls. Iowa. Nov. 9.-The birth Of
the new town of Garden City, the second
station south of here on the Des Moines.
Iowa Falls & Northern road, was auss
picious and the auction sale Of lots. held
yesterday was largely attended. About
$4,000 worth Of lots were sold.
Will L. Hanna returned last evening
from two years so1ourn in the Klon-
dixie. He wes formely in business here.
The program has just been Issued for a
big teachers melting for Franklin, Grun-
dy, Hardin and Butler counties Among
the leading features will be an address
by President H. H. Seerly OF the state
normal school at Cedar Falls. The meet
ing will be held at Ackley, Nov. "a and -,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-09
PETITION FOR posroFF1cE CHANGE.

SpeclaI 10 -IHe JOufnaI.
New Ulm, Mimi, Nov. "a petition signed
by all but Ave of the voters of Harska, ask
ing that the postoff1ce be changed from its
present location to one more central, has been
sent in to the postmaster general at the
request Of Congressman McCleary, who has
promised a change. The moving OF the office
to its present location was a piece OF spite
work, in an attempt to draw trade from the
farmers cooperative store.