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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
Will Bring Suits Both Civil
and Criminal.
OTHERS THAN MACLAY
Those Behind Him Are Also to Be
Prosecuted.
NO SHOW FOR NAVAL CLIQUEs
Attorney Rayner Gives an Inlxline
of What the Public Is to
Expect.
Resv YORK Su., sDecEas service

Baltimore, Md, Dec. 23.-Admiral
Schley's counsel, Isidor Rayner, intimates
that both civil and criminal suits would be
begun in the admiral's behalf. The case
is bound to go to the courts and action
will be taken not only directed against
Maclay, but the principal efforts will be
directed against the men who, it is al
legged, are behind him. Said Mr.. Rayner:
So far the navy department has had every
thing its own way. Secretary Long has had
his day. Now, l think, we will have ours.
l have advised Admiral Sohley generally as
to the course that ought to be pursued, and
when we meet this week we will outline the
plan of action. Naval clQues will have no
more show before any criminal or civil tribu-
nal than the humblest suitor in the land. We
are now, We hope. on the right track of an
important discovery which will give absolute
jurisdiction to the courts. The author Of the
Naval History and his sponsors can be
prosecuted in any Jurisdiction in which the
libel made it's appearance. Ny advice will be
to prosecute the matter until the conspiracy
is revealed and every one who is party to
it is brought to his reckoning before unbiased
judges and impartial juries.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
PAPAL OVERTURE
Once More Is Archbishop Ee&
land Talked Of for
Cardinal.

Rome, Dec. 23.-The vatican Is becom-
ing decidedly more hopeful that the
Unit ed States will yield to the pope's
great desire and appoint diplomatic rep~
resentative to the vatican. So anxious is
the pope for the success of his projech
that he would be satisfied at present with
a semi-official represent ative in the hope
that he would be eventually turned into
a minister or ambassador. Washington
is not unwilling to discuss the matter and
the vatican has intimated in return it
desire to meet American wishes in Cuba
and the Philippines, and possibly create
another cardinal in the United States. The
pope is somewhat opposed to the latter
step while Cardinal Gibbons lives, but he
may compromise the matter by creating
Archbishop Ireland or Archbishop Corri-
gan cardinal of the Curia, entai1ing livs
ing in Rome.
The pope to-day received the cardinals
who offered him their Christmas greet-
ings The pontiff made length by address
in which he condemned what he charac-
terized as the excessive liberty of thought
indulged in at the present time. He
sharply criticized socialism, agitation for
divorce and hostility between different
sections of the church and urged a. union
of the Christian churches.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
NOT FOR CRANE

Governor of Massachusetts Declines
to Be Secretary of the Treasury.
Washington, Dec. Ex-Governor Crane
of Massachusetts has declined the treas
ury portfolio rendered him by President
Roosevelt last Friday. 1t was officially
announced at the White House to-day that
he had declined for business and domestic
reasons. The announcement of Gov
ernor Cranes declination followed a con-
ference between the president and Senator
Lodge after the latter had communicated
with Governor Crane.
The only name suggested ut the White
House to-day was that of Colonel Myron
T. Herrick of Cleveland. Colonel Herrick
is at the head of one of the largest saw
ings institutions in the country and has a
wide experience in financial affairs. He
was a warm personal friend of the late
President Mckinley and, it is understood,
was promised a foreign mission.
Boston. Dec. Ex-Governor Crane gave
ternoon:
l have felt obliged to decline the appoint
ment of secretary of the treasury rendered by
the president on account of illness in my
family and inability to arrange my business
at such short notice.
1t is understood his reference to illness
in his family is based upon the fact that
his mother is an invalid and on that ac-
count he does not care to leave his Dalton
home
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
MELLEN WILL STICK
Reasons for Believing the NOrtheru
Pacific VIII Not Change President.


Pacific VIII Not Change President.
Special to The Journal.
New York, Dec. 23.-The New York
Commercial quotes a man who has in
innate knowledge of matters connected
with the combination Of the Northern Pa
cihc, Great Northern and Burlington an
saying:
1t is silly to suppose any change can be
made in the Northern Pacific presidency un-
less all interests identified with the three
lines are satisfied to have it done. While
do not believe any such move is contem-
plated, If it should occur, Morgan, Harri-
man and Hill will have to be a unit on the
question, and a man will be selected who
cannot be controlled by any one Of these in
dividuals. The reason is obvious. No one
had close Identification with their respective
properties or interests My Judgment is
that if Mellen wants to remain at the head
OF the road he can do SO and 1 also believe
not only that they want him to stay but that
he will It is my opinion that all this
talk about displacing him is inspired from
sources which would like to worry Mellen
into resigning. He may have offered his
resignation, but he has done SO on former
occasions and 1t does not follow that it will
be accepted now any more than before. AS
for Hill debating the removal Of Mellen or
forcing his resignation, that is absurd. Hill
will not undertake to do anything Of the
kind, certainly not at the present stage Of
affairs, and doubt that he will try 1t here
after Mellen has made a great showing as
president and his work will be appreciated.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
HARD FIGHTING
British Lose Heavily in With
standing Determined
Boer Charges.

London, Dec. 23,-Lord Kitchener, in a
dispatch from johannesburg sends reports
of sharp fighting in the Orange River and
Transvaal colonies. TWO hundred mounted
infantry in the neighborhood of Begin
deryn, divided into parties, were search
ing farms when they were attacked by
800 Beers and forty armed natives under
Commandant Britz. The Beers charged
determinedly in overwhelming numbers.
Beyond the fact that the British casual
ties were severe, no details have been
received.
Lord Kitchener also reports that during
General De Vets attack on the British
force commanded by General DartneI and
Campbell at Langberg Dec. 18, the Beers
charged bravely and fought desperately
for several hours. De Wet was driven off
with the loss of twenty men. There were
twelve British casualties.
! Dec. 20 NJ. Botha with 800 Beers sur
| prised Colonel Damant's advance guard at
| Tafel-Kop, Orange River colony. The
Beers rushed kopje commanding the
main body and the guns, but Damant ral-
lied his men and drove the Beers from
| the kopje. The British casualties were
! heavy. Damant was dangerously wounded,
| two officers and twenty men were killed
and three officers and seventeen men were
wounded. The Beers left six dead on the
! field and dispersed. The British pursued
the enemy and captured a number of pris-
oners, including Commandant Keyten.
Later the Beers, under a flag of truce,
asked permission to remove their dead.
| They admitted having buried twenty
| seven men.
| London, Dec. 23:-The News special
| correspondent in South Africa states that
the peace movement among the Beers has
| broken down and that the object of recent
meetings was to make fresh plans for con-
! ttnuing the campaign. descent on
Natal through the Drakensberg is contem-
! plated. De Wet is to be the chief actor
! in this move and General Botha will CO.
| operate with him from the north Swat
! duplicity has resulted in arms ammuni-
| tion and correspondence from Europe,
getting across the border and the Beers
are well mounted and provisioned.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT
That Recourse Still Left-GIad Hour
for CIiQues.

Aat INGCOuESC StA1A AOAN--UAAO
for CIiQues.
From. The Journal BtsroGu, Room 80, Post
BsGtSdt5Ig1 WGsht1sgt07t
Washington, Dec. 23.-AdmiraI Schley
still has the recourse of an appeal to the
president His friends are divided as to
the advisahlity of taking this appeal The
general impression is that the president
would approve the findings of the court Of
inquiry. Some politicians think it would
be a good thing for the admiral If the
president should stand by the majority of
the court and Secretary Long, on the
ground that he would thus be putting
himself against public sentiment.
The enemies of General Miles in the
army, men who worship at the shrine Of
Adjutant General Corbin, are gloating
over the reprimand administered to the
general. There had been Indications thf1t
the president intended to restore the gen
eral to the authority he should have in
the war department, but this episode
probably makes that one of the impossi-
bilities during this administration.
Altogether it is a happy hour for the
clique in the navy department and the
clique in the war department. From nu-
merous sources comes the information
that the president and his political ad-
visers are declaring that the controversy
must be stopped, but how is the question.
One of Schley's friends remarked to-day
that it may be possible to close the
mouths of employees of the government,
but there was no way of preventing peo-
pie from expressing their opinions. The
censure of General Miles will tend to
arouse congress on the subject of taking
some action. Already constituents of the
members of the naval committees are in
sisting that the resolutions introduced
shall not be pigeon-holed.
W. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
PRODDING A CONGRESSMAN
Mr.. Foss' Political Future Depends
Upon His FavOring SchIey.

special TO Inc journal.
Chicago, Dec. 23.-Unsatisf1ed with the
utterances of their representative, con-
stituents of Congressman Foss, chairman
of the house naval committee, continue to
demand that he declare in unequivocal
language his attitude concerning the reso-
lutions submitted to congress on behalf Of
Admiral Schley. Republican leaders in the
district openly declare that Foss cannot
secure another nomination If he votes
against the resolutions. But the majority
of his constituents are not inclined to
threaten their representative with dis
pleasure They declare that when the
time comes he will obey the wishes Of his
friends and political hackers. Their con-
fldence is said to be on the wane, how
ever, and it is expected that a movement
against Congressman Foss' denomination
will be inaugurated in few days unless
he makes a declaration of his int entions
Friends of Congressman Foss are agreed
that he can never secure the support Of
the state senator's and representatives
from his district as q senatorial candi-
date unless he votes for the Schley reso-
lutions.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23

ciates in the Union Pacific were convinced
of the good faith of Morgan, but Hills
actors were an enigma.
For several days Wall street brokers'
with close connections with Union Pacific
leaders had been looking for some kind of
an attack. They did not know just what
form it would take, but while Hills
statement angered them it was the gem
eral opinion it would not seriously affect
the price Of stock, though they acknowl-
edge 1t might frighten timid speculators
and cause some run to cover in the be-
lief that the whole controversy would be
actively revived. Morgan will, it is be-
lieved, take prompt measures to assure
the financial community that the fight
Is not to be started anew and that he has
nothing to do with Hills attack upon the
Union Pacific. Hartman and Kuehn re-
fuse to say anything for publication con-
cernirg Hills statement
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
Mr.. Hill Hints at the Crucial Point in
Ills Defense Acting as
individuals"
Two important Decisions That the
State Will Quote to Overthrow
Hills Contention.

There is one clause in President J. ].
Hill's address to the public that points
to the legal defense that he will make
against the state in behalf of the Northern
Securities company and the joint owner
ship of the two northern roads. That
clause and defense is this:
Doing what we clearly have a right to
do as individuals"
The application is this: The United
States supreme court Q61 U. S. 646)
knocked out Mr.. Hills former attempt to
consolidate the Great Northern and North
ern Pacific corporations, on the ground
that the laws of Minnesota prohibit one
railway corporation from owning, con-
trolling, or consolidating with another
owning a competing and parallel line
Being prohi&fed from consummatng this
consolidation as a corporation, Mr. Hills
present plan is to accomplish practically
the same result in another form, the
stockholders and officials acting not in
their corporate capacity, but as indi-
viduals.
So Mr.. Hill. in his arraignment of Gov
ernor Van SAINT, proceeds to say:
Until myself and friends have, by our
efforts and with our own money, relieved
the northwest, not as a rival and COM
peting railway, but doing what we clearly
nave right to do as individuals or
working together for greater permanency
and security as financial corporation
There is little question that the point
raised by Mr.. Hill is the main fighting
ground on which he and the state will
meet in the forthcoming legal battle.
Those familiar with the legal preparations
being made at the state capitol on the
part of the state. know that Attorney
General Douglas and his associates, as
we'll as President Hill and his attorneys,
look upon this point as the crucial legal
issue at stake.
Corporate Versus Natural Persons.
You have prohibited me as a corporate
personality from consolidating the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific railways,
says Mr.. Hill in effect, but as a natura
person, as an individual citizen, l can bu,
and sell my railway stock, form new cor.
porations, and thus accomplish the same
main object, and your laws governinf
railway corporations cannot touch me
and as to this Northern Securities com
pany of New Jersey, organized to take
over the stock and other property of the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific rail
ways, we are doing clearly what we have
a right to do as individuals
Consequently Mr.. Hill and friends are
turning over both Great Northern anC
Northern Pacific stock to the Northern
Securities company, the so-called $780,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
NUMBERING NATIVES
Lord Kitchener Repeats His Charge
Against the Beers

London, Dec. ga dispatch has been
received by the war office from Lord
Kitchener forwarding further instances of
alleged murders of natives by the Beers.
Most of the cases rest solely upon native
testimony, among them being a horrible
story of burning alive a Kaffir named
Franz. He was the driver Of a wagon
forming a part of a British convoy cap
tured between Pretoria and Rustenberg
a year ago. Two Beers, 1t is alleged,
wrapped him in buck sail and piled bags
of oats upon him. They then poured
paraffin upon the heap and set fire to it.
The total number of Kaffirs reported from
Kimberley as having been murdered is
thirty-seven There seems little reason
to doubt that the Beers adopt the prac-
tice of shooting any natives that they NAV
think conveyed or would be likely to con-
vey information of their movements to the
British troops.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
IE MAY GET IT YET.

100000 New Jersey trust-but they are
doing it as individuals.
President Hill of the Great Northern
becomes the president of the Northern Sc
curities company-as an individual.
Vice President w. P. CIough of the
Great Northern becomes director and gen.
eral counsel of the Northern Securities
company-as an individual
Secretary and Assistant Treasurer E. r..
Nichols of the Great Northern becomes
secretary and treasurer of the Mort hern
Securities company-as an individual.
John S. Kennedy, who next to Mr. Hill
himself has perhaps the largest block of
Great Northern stock and large voice in
Great Northern management, is elected
hrst vice president of the Northern Sc
curities company-as an individual.
N. Terhune, the New York transfer
agent of the Great Northern, and also
Messrs. Hill, Clough, Nichols and Ken
nedy, elect themselves directors Of tho
Northern Securities company-"dotno
clearly what we have a right to do as
Individuals
What Can the State Do:
And now say Mr.. Hill and friends
officers, directors and stockholders of tbe
Great Northern railway, to the state OF
what are you going to do
about it? We are not doing this as q
corporation-we are Individuals
Has the state a legal remedvq
| That is what the courts will soon have
an opportunity to determine
! Are there any legal precedents?
There are at least two directly in point
there are others that have a bearing.
To which side did the decision of th.
court go in the two cases in point? TT
the side of the state. 1t was held tba
the corporate officials and stakeholder,
acting nominally in their capacity as in.
dividuals consummated in effect a cor
porate act, and the technical defense wa,
cast aside and judgment rendered on tb,
basis of the actual results accomplisbe,
and the practical effect from a publi
standpoint
Ohio Oil Trust Case.
The leading case is that against tn
original Standard Oil trust in Ohio. do
cided in 40 Ohio State, 137-1S9. State e,
rel versus Standard Oil company.
The application of the state was for ,
writ of quo warranto to oust the defend
ant trust from its franchises as an Obi,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
MACLAY SAITH NOT
''HfstOrian" Will Be Given Time. but
Go He Must.

Washington, Dec 2S.-Nothing has been
heard at the navy department from His
torian Maclay in response to the depart
ment's request for his resignation Under
the rules an employe is allowed three
days grace in which to show caused why
he should not be dismissed; and although
this rule having been made by the execu-
tive authorities may be disregarded at
its pleasure, 1t is believed that Maclay
will be given reasonable time to quit
the naval service, for it is certain that he
must go.
In line with the determination already
reached to stop the further discussion OF
the Schley case SO far as the executive
branch of the government is concerned
the navy department has decided that ii
will ignore the reported recent utterances
of Rear Admirals Brown and Belknau
somewhat in the lines Of General Miles
interview.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
PERHAPS SHAW
Iowa's Former Governor Re
ported Chosen as Secre-
tary Cages Successor.

New York, Dec. 2S.-The Evening Post
says word was received in banking cir
cles here to-day that Ex-Governor Les
lie NJ Shaw of Iowa had been selected to
succeed Mr.. Gage as secretary of the
treasury.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
ANGERED BY HILL
His Attack Upon Union Pacific Stirs
Up the Hartman Party.

HIS Attack upon union Pac1nC St1rS
Up the Hartman Party.
Special to The Journal.
New York, Dec. 23.-The Hill statement
was read with much dissatisfaction by
Wall street men. In some quarters the
prediction was made that If Hill continued
to keep alive the feud with Hartman,
Kuehn & Co. and other Union Pacific in
terests. he would be thrown overheard by
Pierpont Morgan. The outburst from him
was not unexpected by the Union Pacific
people. One of them, who took a leading
part in the fight against Hill and Morgan
last May, remarked three days ago that
Hill was not keeping faith with them in
pursuance of the agreement reached at
the last meeting of the directors of the
Northern Pacific. when 1t was decided to
retire the preferred stock and give the
control of that road and the Great North
ern to the Northern Securities company.
The same man said he and his asso-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
CHILE AND ARGENTINA
Diplomatic Resources ExhRuted, Yet
Hope of Peace Remains.

Washington, Dec. 23.-Secretary Hay
has received a cablegram from Minister
the report that the resources Of diplomacy
had been exhausted in the effort to settle
the dispute between Chile and Argentina.
and that diplomatic relations had been
broken off through the withdrawal from
Chile of the Argentine minister. Touch
ing the proposition emanating from the
Argentine side to refer the dispute to
Great Britain, the Chilean representa-
tives claim that this was their own orig.
inal proposition. This being the case Ii
is believed there is a way open for a
peaceful adjustment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
DISSOLVED
End Of the Injunction Against
Retirement of Northern
Pacific Preferred.

New York, Dec. 23.-Justice Scott in
the supreme court to-day dissolved the
Injunction obtained by Wolff Bros. and
others, restraining the Northern Pacific
railway from retiring the preferred stock
of $75, 5,OOO, 900 on Jan. l.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
Letter in a Cheese Corner
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23
PAPER PLANT aONE
Loss of Upward of a Million Dollars
in an Ohio Fire.

Hamilton, Ohio, Dec 2S-The fire in the
Champion Coated Paper works that
started late last night was not under con-
troll until this morning. The loss is placed
at from $3.50, 900 to $10OO,0 ,0OO 1t was the
largest plant of the kind in the United
States and employed over 400 persons. A
stock of $250O00 worth of enameIed book
and magazine paper was wholly destroyed.
There was also a loss Of a great quantity
of valuable machinery. The fire was
caused by the explosion Of can of gasc-
lene.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23

IOWA SCHOOL BUILDING BURNED.
Special to The Journal.
Marshalltown, Iowa, Dec. 23.-The publ,
school building at Kellogg, near here, wa,
burned. The loss is total about $4,000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-23

ANTI-TURKISH DEMONSTRATION.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec. ga revolutionary
demonstration against Turkey took place hera
last night.
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Ohio Oil Trust Case.

Continued on Second Page.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-12-17
Religious.

Rev. Vaught. formerly of this city,
preached a sermon at the Methodist
church, in Danville, last Sunday, his
subject being "Dead Flies +"
The G. w. B. M. of North Middle
town, observed g. w. B. M. Day at the
Christian church in that city, on Sun
day morning. The sermon was preached
bv Rev G. w. Dick. There was a
special service in the afternoon.
President B. A. Jenkins. of Kentucky
University, delivered lecture at the
Christian church, Friday night. on "The
American Spirit for the benefit of the
Public Library fund President Jen-
kins' known reputation as an orator
and scholar drew good crowd to hear
him.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-12-17

Rev. E. H. Pearce, of DanvilIe, is a
visitor in the city to-day. DIR. Pearce
was Chancellor of the Wesleyan College
at Winchester, but resigned about a
year ago on account of failing health
He is one of the most talented members
of the Kentucky Conference of the
Methodist Church South, an able eduea-
tor and very popular man generally.
Mrs. Pearce and her two daughters are
now in Italy, where the latter are taking
a course of studies. Two sons of DIR.
and Mrs. Pearce are residing In St.
Louis, one of them a successful practi-
toner of law, the other engaged In COM
mercial pursuits. There is not a
brighter or more interesting family in
Kentucky than the Pearces.-Lexing-
ton Leader.