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The age-herald., 1902-01-01
GOVERNORS PLAN TO
 DEFEAT THE MERGER
Suits Will Be Brought In Minnesota and 1t Will Be Fight to
 the Finish.

Helena Mont December 3.-A definite plan of action to defeat the proposed consolidation of the Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Burlington railroad systems was today unanimously agreed upon by the governors and attorney gen. erals of seven northwestern states in which those roads have mileage. Legal action will be instituted immediately in Minnesota courts with this object in view and, to quote Attorney General Douglass of Minnesota, "The thing will be fought to a finish" Just how when, or where these suits will be brought neither Gov ernor Van Sant of Minnesota, or Attor- ney General Douglass would state. The conference adjourned late this afternoon l after adopting resolutions condem ming the proposed merger as contrary to sound public policy and pedging support to any proper legal action which may be brought to test IS validity. Other res olutions adopted call on congress to in vestigate the subject and favor the grant ing of power to the interstate commerce commission to fix maximum rates upon interstate business. The first resolution is as follows:
 Contrary to Public Policy.
 "In our opinion the consolidation or threatened consolidation of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Burling- ton railroad systems, in the several states through which they run as parallel and competing lines, is contrary to sound public policy and, with the exception of Idaho is in violation of the constitu- ton and laws of said states, and mind ful of the obligation which the law im- poses in such cases upon the officials of the several states here represented, we hereby give our unqualified approval and endorsement to any proper and suit able proceedings which may be instituted in any court having jurisdiction by the sovereign state of Minnesota, or any oth- CT state affected thereby, designed and intended speedily and finally to test and determine the validity of such consolida- tion, or threatened consolidation and to co-operation; and further we unanimous ly protest against any combinations or consolidation which restricts or stifies free competition in the trade or commerce of the country"
 This resolution was unanimously adopt ed.
 Governor Herrid of South Dakota left for his home before action was taken, but rough drafts of the resolutions were presented to him before he left and it's understood he favored them. The second resolution, which was substitute for the one offered by Governor Hunt of Idaho along the same lines. was as follows:
 The Second Resolution.
 'whereas. A consolidation of the great trans-continental railroad lines has been accomplished or threatened, which in the opinion of the members of this conference is inimical to the public welfare there- fore be 1t
 Resolved. first. That the Congress of
 fCapffnsaaa or, Eo<~rnd
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
TRUTH IS THAT NEITHER
 HA5 CONTROLLING VOTES
In the Meantime the Political Battle. ground Has Shifted to cincin- natl, Where Numerous Con-
 ferences Are Being Held

Columbus, O., December 31.-While the friends of both Senator Foraker and Sen ator Hanna are each now claiming that they have the votes to organize the leg islature, the truth Is that neither side has them, though neither is short more than four votes of having majority of the caucus. Representative Willis, of Harlin county is claimed by both sides. but he asserts that he has not placed Himself in either column. There are nine members of the House who have not taken a position, and that upon their atti- tude yet to be announced, depends ths result of the organization in the Hou >< Every possible influence 10. being brought to bear by both factions upon these doubt full members, who admittedly hold the key to the situation.
 Foraker is Satlsfled.
 Senator Foraker in a talk over the tell ephone with one of his lieutenants here. expressed the greatest satisfaction with the present situation, and appears to have the utmost confidence in the final outcome.
 Senator Hanna on the other hand, is equally confident of the ability of his friends to organize the House. It Is announced here that George B, Cox, of Cincinnati will come to Colum' bus Friday and take the field for Prics for Speaker Price is the Foraker candi data The potent influences behind Pricsl e a,dacy are Senator Foraker. George ' T.. Cox, Charles L. Kurtz and the State 1 i-r wers' Association. besides Congress man Beidler and Burton of Cleveland. l Nevin of Dayton, and Kyle of Troy. the latter of whom is to reach Columbus today to take up the fight of Sheriff Scobey, of Miami county, the Foraker cano idate for Clerk of the Senate.
 It Is claimed that the four Lucas Coun- l ty delegates now stand two for Price. one for McKinnon and one doubtful and that if Denman joins Jones and Frazier l then Denman will be asked to abide by | the previous action under the unit rule.
 It is generally understood that the Nam | ilton County delegation will endorse Ar l cher for President pro tenn of the Sem l ate Scobey for Senate chief clerk, Price | for speaker and Speelman for Chief Clerk I of the House and others on the same | tickets.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
CHINESE TO PUNISH
 GUILTY OUTLAWS
MISSIONARY AND A NUMBER OF CHRISTIAN CONVERTS ARE RE- PORTED TO HAVE BEEN MAS SACRED

Pekin, December a.-The Gazette pub fishes an edict recounting the massacre at Ming Sha Foo in Kan Soo province (where a missionary and number of Christian converts were reported to have been killed, supposedly by troops under the command of General Tung, and or dering Chinese officials to pursue and punish the guilty outlaws.
 It is undoubtedly true that Belgian missionaries with Chinese converts occupy fortified villages in the region about Ming Sha Foo and according to an unconfrmed report which has reached the Belgian legation here, another missionary near Ming Sha Foo has been murdered.
 A second edict degrades the magistrate and other Chinese officials within whose Jurisdiction the massacre occurred but retains them in office until the murderers shall have been secured. Unless they succeed in apprehending the guilty parties they are forbidden in perpetuity to hold office. This edict will doubtless result in the punishment of somebody whether guilty or not.
 Conger Ends Sensation. Pekin, Decem Der 31-The brief diplom- atic sensation caused here by the cabled announcement that the United States would reduce its Chinese indemnity claim by Sl800000O has been ended by a dis patch from Secretary of State Hay to MT. Conger, the United States minister here, saying the report to this effect was fabrication.
 Secretary Hay said also in his message that the American claim is moderate and just, but that the United States was willing to waive its prorata share If necessary.
 Pekin, December 31.-The Chinese court will proceed by train from Pao Ting Flu for Pekin January '.
 The Russian minister to China, M. Paul Lessar. has informed the Chinese pleni- potentiaries, Prince Ching and Wang Wen Sac, that the Russian government will refuse to amend the Manchurian treaty; and the situation is practically a deadlock.
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-05

! naent, and it seemed TO me that he
was gulping down fit of Mysteries as
| we shook hands. I did not much Won
I der that the hotel people were afraid
of having a suicide.
You look run down. l remarked,
/ whats the matter?''
1.-The matter? The natter" he said,
/ rather wildly why man, I'm rejoic-
ing. I'm a free man, pretty nearly for
/ the first time since l can remember"
/ "You look it / said. stop it,"
! He had burst into a roar of dis
( cordant laughter, rolling in his chair.
/ and he kept it up till l emptied the
/ water pitcher over his head. Then he
( sat up dripping, and looked at me more
/ sanely.
/ Thanks" he said. seriously THAT
was what ! needed. But you've no idea
how badly I've wanted help or advice.
say, you've got to come with me. 1
can't tell you here; you'd never be-
lieve it. VIII you?"
Half an hour later we were on an
evening train for Limestone, where we
spent the night Glenny was excited
/ and moody by turns, but he would
give me no hint of the cause. Next
morning we hired two saddle horses
and rode up a very devious trail into
the mountains, for nearly two hours.
This brought US to a little valley where
stood the rude buildings Of what might
have been a mine There was an en-
gine shed with tall smokestack and
an enormously long belt that ran over
a couple of intermediate pulleys to a
small galvanized iron house so yards
away. We tied the horses under the
pines, and Glenny led the way to the
house. There seemed no living being
about the valley and he unlocked the
strongly fastened door,
The single room seemed to have been
designed partly as a laboratory, and
partly as a dwelling place. There was
an iron bed with other domestic ar
rangements at one side, while along
the other under three large windows,
ran a long bench Uttered with strange
instruments in brass and glass, quite
incomprehensibe to me. Disaster
seemed to have been there, however,
some of the apparatus was broken,
and fragments of glass had been ac-
tually melted into little pools on the
burned table.
Nothing here said Glenny, inn
patiently This is just my workshop.
Step on here and Wen go below"
Then 1 observed that in the center
of the floor was a movable platform
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-05
ABSOLUTE ZERO.
Rv Frank Lille Pollock.

BY Frank 1lllle POLLOCK.
Copyright, 1901, by Frank Lille Pollock
For many years Mr.. Augustus Kear-
nahan had been a guiding wheel in the
machine" that misgoverned one of
the long-suffering cities of the middle
west. The police department was his,
and he used it much as a German
Baron of old might have used his mer-
cenaries, but his end was at hand.
The municipal elections were near, and
the citizens reform league were strain
ing every nerve to put up a descent
ticket, and incidentally (not success
fully) to collect evidence of the mis-
doings of the present holders of office
It was in the latter work that 1 had
part, acting as one of the leagues spe-
oiai detectives, for which 1 was quail
fed by some experience with the gov
ernment secret service. 1t was not
long before we found good reason to
suspect a most astounding state of
things: Kearnahan himself seemed to
have been in cOllusion with one or
more gangs of "high-class" safeblow-
ers and counterfeiters. AS yet we had
1iOL SuAiClcnL pibDl ~ NOiANAc1 - N'N'N
TO serve as a campaign weapon, so we
preserved an awful silence and had our
man shadowed wherever he went.
Thus, when he left town, ostensibly
for ST. Louis, l was detailed to follow
him. He spent several hours most in
nocently in that city, and then took
ticket for Denver, still in my unsus-
pected company AS we left the depot
at the destination, however, l lost him
in some unaccountable manner and
could not pick up the trail. ! could
not well call on the local detectives for
help, but I went through the city
as scientifically as ! knew how and al
forwards visited Leadville, Colorado
Springs and Pubelo. without finding
any clew. 1t was most mortifying, for
his adroit disappearance strengthened
the presumption that he was engaged
in shady transactions. Nearly three
weeks / spent in rushing about the
state and finally returned. discouraged
and disgusted, to Denver.
At the hotel ] glanced over the reg
lister for some time back, as is my
habit and found a name which inter-
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the act. Greatly to my surprise, he did
not have me arrested, but after long
talk over a revolver barrel, he let me
go.
That was the beginning. Nobody
can think worse of Kearnahan than
l do. but he had more foresight and
shrewdness than any other man
ever. knew. l was arrested a month
later for another affair. and he bailed
me out and then told me to Jump my
! bail and go north, where he would look
after me. 1t seems that he detected
my scientific bent before l discovered
it myself, and he sent me to a good
school, where they hammered mathe-
matics and elementary science into me,
and finally matriculated me for Chi
cago University, where you saw me. i
don't want you to fall in love, take to
drink, make any friends or get reli-
gion, he said to me. Outside that you
can do as you damn please and call on
me for the price. l know you've got
the head for what I want"
1T seemed that had. You remember
the way | went through practical and
theoretical physics. l seemed to have
a peculiar knack for the work, and
never was happier in my life, except
for his prohibition against making
friends. l felt too much gratitude,
I however, to disobey him in anything,
DuL never COulu understand the Ied-
son for it, or for his befriending me at
all-till l graduated.
"Then he sent for me to his own
city, where he had just got himself
appointed chief of police, and / found
that he had been quietly collecting evi-
dence of all my youthful misdeeds,
enough to get me a good 20 years in
the prisons of two or three states. He
said blandly that he wouldn't bring
these things to light just at present,
though, as he had some work he want
ed me to do and he proposed to estab-
lish me in a laboratory of my own in
St. Louis.
"Of course I jumped at the opening.
1 had hoped to spend my life in scien-
tific work, and 1 would rather have
faced death than twenty years of pc
nal servitude just then But it wasn't
long before l discovered what sort of
scientific labors were to be imposed
uopn me. Kearnahan made no bones
about telling me that he was inter
ested in the enterprises of half a dozen
gangs of expert safe crackers and
counterfeiters. and he wanted to apply
modern science TO these industries. He
never accompanied the gangs on their
raids, you understand, but he supplied
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-05
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-05

like that of a freight elevator. Glenny
had lighted a long candle and gave it
to me to hold while he manipulated
the rope that controlled the counter
poise, and we went downtown a dark
shaft, 20 or 30 feet. Then the earth
walls changed to stone, and in two
minutes we touched the bottom.
We were in a chamber perhaps Is
feet square. hewn and blasted from
the solid rock. At one side stood a
small table holding physical apparatus,
among, which l noticed number of
delicate thermometers. An iron shaft
ran down, apparently from the room
above, and connected with a small
and complicated-looking machine in a
corner. Close to this was a boX-like
trench, resembling a shallow grave,
cut in the rock floor. Its massive
metal lid was raised, and in the cavity
lay some long object covered with a
blanket.
That" said Glenny solemnly, rs
my evil angel"
1T looks very harmless" said. more
carelessy than l felt. and pulled Off
the cloth.
shall never forget the shock.
hardly know what i had expected to
find-perhaps a corpse But there lay
a marvellous statue of a man in solid
somewhat spongy- looking, but abso-
lutely perfect. Every hair, every
thread of the clothing was duplicated
in the precious metal that glittered in
the candle light. But at the moment
l scarcely realized the miracle of its
workmanship and material. for the
form and features We're those of Au-
gustus kearnahan.
I'm heavens namel" / calculated
rs this mine? Do you mean to say
that you cast that statue yourself? DO
you know that it's the most wonderful
thing ever done?"
Il dare say" said Glenny. Il knew
you wouldn't believe unless you saw
IL. But it isn't a statue: it can't be
called anything but corpse-at any
rate it's all that remains Of the man.
Do you know him?"
II know the face" l cried. But this
Is gold"
Yes" he said, "In tell you all
about e. I wanted you to see for
yourself. You probably didn't know
that was once something OF a cracks
man, did you?'
Il certainly dld not"
1T WAS before ! was 90. and I was
quite success al IL. That was how /
came TO know him. pointing al the
golden Image that regarded the roof
with e yellow stare. He kept a gam
bling house in New Orleans then. and
oue night ] tried 10 get into bis safe
WITH some tools Of my own invention.
az a he came down and caught me In
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mobile, as he supposed It to be mt,
he had come UP to it. N"tl
He was astonished enough wbao
found that a tiny giant had sun-,,ls rt ns
the motive power. P'ea
But to me the most astonishins 49,,
is that the cord did not bpeaI5 ing ,l!ils
such strain on it. Twelve lust, LN wiN
must have weighed close ON r. 9VSs ,c.s
pounds, and the cord was the sort tSoa ttVv'
you use in sewing up bales with 'Aa'
"What'll you take for the giant,,
said the liveryman to Gilbert.
Hes not mine to sell, and anvho.
l don't believe in selling people. Tn,
taking care of him, but he belongs ta
himself" 70
"Weil. you could make fortnr.
showing him.
That may be-" said Gilbert, loft,v
but I'm not in the show business 7
make enough money selling bluehs,
ries."
I'm getting sleepy" said the sian,
Lets have a tug of war, and then
I'm going back to the barn"
The tug-of-war was soon arrapeo,
Some one found loose serand of u,
barbed fence wire and the bows all ar
ranged themselves along one end NJ il
while the tiny giant took the otber
end in one hand, carelessly whigtlins
all the while.
Ready" said the liveryman and N.
tug began. 1t seems hard to believe
but, although at the first minute ~
boys drew the tiny giant along for saw
eral feet, he soon stopped whistlins
and took a brace. That is he tooI,
hold of the wire with both hands turned
his back on the boys so as to get tbs
line over his shoulder and, then watch
ing his chance, he put all his strenetb
into a mighty pull just at a moment
when the boys thought they had won
and so had relaxed their efforts. SLOWLY
but surely he pulled them from
prone to an upright position and then
he began to run. Faster and faster
he went, his little knotted muscles
working up and down like an angry
spider in it's web, and the bows wsr.
forced to sprint to keep up with him
Never in their lives had they skinned
over the ground in such lively fashion
The liveryman nearly split his sides
with laughing at the queer spectacle
A dozen stalwart boys being pulled
over the ground by what looked like
piece of rigid wire, for the giant was
so small that to the liveryman's near
sighted eyes he was out of sight.
~ " lIle Alilio " NIllDeTl mouse
they went at the mad pace that the
giant had set. and he never stopped
until they were all in the BARNARD
where they sank breathless.
whats the matter, boys?" asked
the little giant, as cool as If he had
just come from a nap on cake Of
ice. You seem to find it hard to
breathe"
He Skinned lightly up stalk of dock
and balanced himself on the top The
stalk swayed back and forth with his
weight, but not more than the pres
sure of bumblebee would have caused
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ested me. though it was not that of the
man l sought. Years ago 1 had known
Carl Glenny at the University of Chi
cago, where he was one of the most
brilliant men in physical science they
ever turned out, a devourer of scholar
ships. He had made no friends,
scarcely any acquaintances, owing to
curiously stand -offish manner he wore,
tt seemed to me, against his real ma
ture. / believe l was the only man
with whom he had any intimacy, and
he never invited me to his rooms, and
always met me with something of the
embarrassment of shy lover keeping
a tryst 1t was not a question OF pow
erty He seemed to have plenty OIL
money. The students simply consid-
cred him queer" and let him alone,
as he seemed to desire. 1 had never
heard of him since leaving college,
and here he was at the Hotel Denison.
do you know whether Mr.. Glenny
IS in?" l asked the clerk.
I'm pretty sure he is" was the re-
ply. Are you~ friend Of his?" look
ing at me with some interest.
''Why, used to know him pretty
well" l said. cautiously.
"We'd be glad to see any friend OF
Mr.. Glennys," continued the clerk, still
looking at me curiously. "He seems to
be a stranger in town. He's been here
for two or three weeks, and to tell the
truth we'ere getting a little uneasy
about him-not afraid of his bill. you
understand. But he don't seem quite
right, somehow: hardly ever seems 70
eat or sleep. and seldom leaves the
house. Maybe he's sick, but he looks
well enough. Anyway, something seems
to be troubling him badly aud we'd
hate to have anything happen In the
house. You'd better so up and see
him. Don't tell him that l said any
thing"
SO ] went up. A bellboy showed me
the room, and knocked.
"XVho is IL? / can't see anybody
said a voice.
TITS Billy Kirkman," I said, Don't
SOU remember me. Glen, at varsity"
A crack was opened and an eye APP
peared. then Glenny swung the door
wide, dragged me In and slammed II
after me.
Lord kirlman, I'm glad 10 sec
youl" he cried. and repeated II. ANY
friend--t never needed one morel
swear I couldn't think OF a soul on
earth 20 call on"
lie had changed greatly, and looked
older, J thought. than he should have
done. Tie had been "A big. handsomely
built man, but he was stopped. his
head showed patches of gfizzlc. and
hif face was pitifully lined. Moreover
his nerves were clearly In rags. re
ceRid net at OF stand still Tor q mo-
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the capital and acted as fence and
got hold of most of the profits.
4 rebelled, OF course. but what could
l do? I've often wondered since what
l ought to have done. The prison
blocked every road but one. In
short l succumbed and went to work
and nice work it was, There was no
sort of lawless implement that didn't
handle Moulds and dies for coming,
chemical erasers for bank notes and
checks, electric drills and blow pipes
for safe cracking-I had them all. L
did good work, too, and | am ashamed
to say that ii wasn't very long before
the scientific side of the work began
to eclipse the moral, in my mind. 1
had plenty of time for private expert
menting besides, and Kearnahan
bought the costliest apparatus for me
without a kick. He said l was worth
$4,000 year to him, and in fact be-
lieVe that some of the cleverest rob-
berries of that period owed their sue
cess to me.
But the more l came TO know of
my master the more l loathed him. He
never made any pretensions to piety
even in his public life. you know; he
posed as a sport. but his private life
was thing to turn the stomach of a
beast. He wallowed in every part of
vice, and how he managed to keep his
wits so clear | can't imagine. He used
TO come to my laboratory and talk
Lord! / sicken TO think of it,"
You never seem to have heard of
the thing called states evidence" 1
remarked.
Yes; but had no direct proof, and
he had 1t all straight against me. Be
sides, / knew that the influence of his
ring extended even to the courts, in
greater or less degree. Wen, 1t was
cowardice, / confess, but l daren't risk
II. AS I got 10 know the breadth and
depth of that mans unholy power
was half cowed. and I tried to think