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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-30
SEDIIl0US
Irish Member of Parliament
Says, Bring On Your
Troopsl

London, Jan. 30.-Dispatches from Dub
lin contain alarming reports of reign
of terror in Roscommon county. Tenants
who are suspected of paying rent are Wis
tied at night by armed men, notices are
posted threatening death to traitors and
midnight meetings are of nightly occur
renee, the people being assembled by bea-
con fires.
John O"Donnell, member Of parliament
for South Mayo, is reported to have adj
dressed a midnight meeting at Paramount.
at which he challenged the chief secretary
for Ireland, Mr.. Wyndham, to come into
the open at the head Of 5000 or 10000
men, either soldiers or police. If he (Mr.
Wyndham) would give the men of Con-
naught a month to prepare, Mr.. O'Donnell
said, they would meet them even at great
numerical odds and settle the land ques
tion for good.
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STOCKMAN KILLED.
Three Others Injured in q
Milwaukee Road Wreck
in Wisconsin.


Chicago, Jan. 3O.-In rear end cqlli-
sion between two freight trains on the
Chicago & Milwaukee division of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road at Deer
field, Wis, early to-day, one man was
killed and three badly injured. The dead:
HUGH COZE, aged 25, of Kansasville,
III.
The injured:
A. e. Mckenzie, Elkhorn, Ill.
Michael Gaffney, and John McManus,
both of Kansasville.
The men were stockmen riding in the
caboose of a train that had stopped at
Deerfield for water. According to a
statement issued by officials of the COM
pany, the block signal operator by mis-
take admitted dead train into the
section with the freight. The caboose
was demolished.
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KIND OF SCHWAB.
Offered to Give Up the Head
ship Of the Steel Cor
poration.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. - -
New York, Jan. 30.-According to trust
worthy reports Charles M. Schwab, presi-
dent Of the United States Steel corpora
ton. recently cabled from Monte Carlo
an offer toresign the presidency Of the COM
pany providing j. Pierpont Morgan and
associates deemed such action expedient
or necessary. This was result of cable
grams which passed between officials of
the steel company and Schwab during his
visit to Monte Carlo based upon reports
OF Schwab's attempt to break the bank
there. 1t is understood that Morgan and
his associates have decided upon no def
mite action. 1t is said that Schwab is
likely to continue as president during the
current year, but it is intimated that his
position is not altogether permanent. The
trouble is due to Morgan's extreme SEN
sitiveness to public criticism -
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Miss Stone a Matter of Sec
ondary Consideration.
HER COMPANION CHIEF
Abduction Was for Revenge Upon
Nine. Tsilka's Husband.
HE TILTED A FORMER FIANCEE
Arnauts and Not Turks Or Bu1gar.
ianS Declared to Be the
CaptOrs.
New York Sun 5pscxaI Ss-Hk5s

H0W York Sun 8pOCkaI S0PHk00
Boston, Jan. 30.-According to letters
received by several young Bulgarians
studying at Harvard university, the case
OF Miss Stone, the captive missionary,
interests the people of Bulgaria but very
little. The letters come from Kortcha.
Albania, and they state that the adbuc-
ton plot was not fostered with view Of
spiriting away the American woman for
ransom, but to get possession of Nine.
Katharine Tsilka, her companion.
It is stated that the cause of all of Miss
Stones hardship is the fckleness of Gig
lor Tsilka. student at the Union Theo-
logical Seminary in New York three years
ago. Previous TO his dc parture from AL
sbania. Tsilka is said to have fallen in
love with young Arnaut girl to whom he
became engaged. Upon his representa-
lions after reaching America the girl was
allowed by her parents to come to New
York, but before she arrived there the
theological students ardor had cooled
through meeting he had with another
Albanian woman, the present Nine. Tsilka.
When the young Roman reached New
York all Tsilka would do was to get her
employment and she finally went to Provi-
dence. Then Tsllka married his present
wife and upon returning to Kortcha with
his bride he found feud raging between
the several families. Relatives of the
Tilted girl sought revenge upon Tsilka' s
family in several ways and he was locked
up for time upon charge of breach of
promise.
Then came the capture @of Nine, Tsilka
and Miss Stone, and the letters state that
the seizure of the latter was not thought
of until the plot was arranged. The ad-
vices say that the abduction was conceived
by the father Of the Tilted girl in Kortcha
and that Arnauts are the captors, not the
Turks or Bulgarians. Tsilka has not had
the courage to return to his home since
the capture and the Tilted girls relatives
are reported to be boasting openly of
their success. 1t is stated that the
Turkish government does not dare inves-
tigate the act of the Arnauts.
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Prior to 1898 amendments to the consti-
tuition were required to receive only a
majority Of the votes cast either for or
against, to carry. In 1898, however, the
law changed an amendment being adopted
recurring for the adoption of future
amendments a majority of all votes cast,
whether or not all voters voted for or
against the amendment itself. Since then
but one amendment has been submitted to
the people and it failed to carry. This,
in itself, proves little; but further ex
animation of the figures shows that of
the sixteen amendments adopted between
1892 and 1902, only one would have passed
had the present law existed during the
whole Of that period. The single excep-
ton was an amendment permitting the
taxation of unoccupied railroad lands. 1t
was devised to legalize the Anderson bill,
a measure that was very much in the
public eye and that was much desired by
the citizens Of the state, fact that is
proved by the affirmative vote of 235,585
cat of total of 337 ,229 only 29,530 voters
casting their ballots in opposition.
From consideration of these facts 1t
follows that there is little reason to eX
pect the adoption of the proposed amend
ments to permit much needed changes in
existing tax laws, unless the people can
be shown conclusively that their own in
terests compel them to vote on the ques-
ton submitted. In no way can this be
attained more effectually than by follow
ing out the suggestion already made in
T b e ournal, relative to the proposed
tax law. T ournal' s suggestion
was that the law be passed, substantially
as presented by the commission, but that
it be declared to go into effect in 1908;
and that the constitutional amendments
necessary IL further tax reform is to be
attained, then be submitted to the people
at the next election, the present tax com
mission being continued in Office and in
structed to make supplementary report
In ease the amendments carry.
C0nceding that the proposed laws will
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SECURES ATTENTION
Tillman Launches a Fierce Diatribe
Mt Republican Senator's.

Tillman Launches a Fierce Diatribe
MT Republican Senator's.
Washington, Jan. 30.-When the Philip
pine tariff bill was taken up Senator TILL
man took the floor. He spoke on the
services of South Carolina in the Spanish
war. Several senators engaged in CONVEX
sation among themselves To this Mr..
Tillman objected because of the Interrupt
ton and he requested those SO engaged to
retire to the cloakrooms. For once he
was, he said, making speech for home
consumption. He added:
OF course, the senators on the republican
side are not interested. I could hardly hope
to reach on such subject the minds and
hearts of the calloused majority-the cam
mercialized, money grabbing, money-loving
majority as such q subject is not in con-
sonance with the miserable, canting, damn
able attitude which that party is now assum-
ing
BY the time he had concluded this lin
guistic diversion, Mr.. Tillman had the at
tention of all the senator's present.
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Constitutional Amendments Fore.
doomed to Defeat if Left to
Stand Alone.
Can Prevail Only Under Some Such
Circumstances as The journal
Proposes. -.

work an injustice in some quarters, then
certainly the voter is provided with a
vital reason for making his mark oppo-
site the proposed amendments; and in
this way, more certainly than in any
other, TIE desired results will be attained
OF the various constitutional amend
ments submitted to the people during the
adopted under the present law At the
last election a constitutional amendment
was proposed concerning the state school
fund. 1t received l0S,6S1 Affirmative and
30,16O negative votes; and would have
been declared carried under the old law.
However, the total vote that year was
314, 181, and as 175,340 people did not vote
on the proposition at all, the amendment
was beaten.
In 1898 four amendments were submitted
to the people and all carried. However,
the vote for sovernor-the total vote-was
favor of an amendment was 71,7O4. The
highest combined vote, for and against,
recorded on any one Of the amendments
was 1864, or less than one-half of the
total vote. Had the present law pre-
vailed at that time every amendment on
the ticket would have been defeated.
Eight amendments were voted upon in
1895, and all carried However, only one,
the amendment providing for the taxation
of unoccupied railroad lands, received
anything like half the total vote cast. OF
the others, three received combined vote
fo1a and against, in excess of the required
majority, and three only.
At the election of 1894 an amendment
was proposed taxing inheritances, and
was carried, receiving 108, 294 affirmative
and 41,242 negative votes, out of total
vote of 296,249. The combined vote, for
and against, was 1854, or only 1,449 in
excess of half the total vote.
In 1892 two amendments were proposed.
One carried and one was defeated. The
one that was adopted, however, received
a combined vote for and against equiya-
lent to less than one-half of the total
vote.
Until this year constitutional amend
ments have been placed last on the
tickets; and this fact has undoubtedly
| operated to some extent against heavy
| vote. The present legislature, however
| passed law giving amendments first
place on the official ballot, but it is doubt
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-30
IN WALL STREET
Gossip on Merger Possibili-
ties and Minneapolis
& St. Louis.

Special to The Journal. r..
New York, Jan. 30.-There are indica-
lions that large stock operators have been
preparing for more speculative activity.
Representatives of the great syndicates
have been borrowing money as if funds
were wanted under conditions which
would not affect unfavorably the reserves
of the New York banks It is possible
further, that legal advices regarding the
Northern Securities situation may not
inspire confidence enough to make lead
ing interests begin to advance the mar
ket in anticipation of decision permit
ting the Northern Securities company to
remain undisturbed and allowing other
corporations of the same class to carry
out the purpose for which they were char
tered.
The decision of the supreme court in
the trans Missouri case declaring that
any contract which was in restraint of
trade and commerce was therefore vio-
lat1on of the antitrust law, was not the
unanimous decision of the bench but a
majority decision with strong dissenting
views. 1t is within the possibilities thai
this decision will be modified so as to
make distinction between contracts.
Such decision might have very i'm
portant results.
Rumors as to St. Paul.
Among the rumors on St. Paul is one
that pool or syndicate is privately treat
ing for block of stock amounting to
some thousands of shares at price con-
siderably above the market. No serious
credence is given this, rumor nor to full
fill suggestions still heard that the com
pie who have studied the st. Paul situa-
ton have satisfied themselves that no
special developments of any kind are i'm
pending to affect prosperity and that be-
yond moderate amount of investment
purchases of stock, the dealings are main
ly professional. The company is still
spending money heavily on the road.
Busy With M. & st. l..
The report is again current Of pend
& ST. Louis read which will give rights
to the present stockholders for capitaliza
ton of 2S5 miles of road, upon which are
now outstanding only construction bonds.
There is also rumor Of the consolidation
trail and Illinois General. st. Paul pre-
ferred stock, which is not a speculative
issue, advanced yesterday on the favorable
earnings statement. St. Paul common was
Influenced by bearish operations Of the
traders pool.
Hill and his followers have turned their
attention to Erie and are buying all the
stock they can get.
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DULUTH SORE
Protest Against Discrinina-
ton by Twin City-Chi-
cago Lines.
From Tho Journal B.sreass, Room. ES, Pos6
Building, Warrington.

From, The Journal B1rea.3, Room. kS, PosS
Building, Washington.
Washington, Jan. 30.-A. N. Marshall. of
the Marshall-Wells Hardware company. of
Duluth, is in Washington with prominent
shippers both of Chicago and St. Louis,
who are protesting against discrimination
in rates on the part of lines running from
Chicago and the Twin Cities to the Pacific
coast. They appeared before the inter
state commerce commission to-day. It is
charged that the Southern Pacific and
other roads are discriminating in their
rules against shipments in less than car
load lots, rates for less than that being
vastly out of proportion. Marshall de-
clares that because of this discrimination
his company has been forced to establish
depot at Portland, Ore, in order to meet
the competition of heavy shippers who re-
ceived the benefits of discriminating rates.
No decision was made to-day
Norris Timber Bill.
The house commit tee on Indian affairs
will hold special meeting Wednesday
to hear Representative Norris and others
on the Morris bill for amending the Nell
son Chippewa timber law. 1t is expected
that all interested will be represented
and that Clifford Pinchot will outline his
plan for the application of scientific for
estry to Minnesota lands. The commit
tee will be urged to take prompt action
on the bill in order that it may be put
through this session.
w. w. Jermane
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YES, NO

Miss Stone Is Released, but Is Still
q Prisoner.
Neso York. Sun Special Service
London, Jan. 30.-A dispatch to the
Times from Soma says that Miss Stone was
liberated Wednesday morning on Turkish
territory, the brigands having received
the ransom at end of last week.
Washington, Jan. 30.-The state depart
ment intimates that the negotiations look
ing to the release of Miss Stone have
failed, and attributes it to the newspapers.
The recent arrangements for her release
have completely miscarried, a body OF
Turkish trOupes, guided, it is stated, by the
finger of the press, having appeared near
the scene of che place arranged for sur
render and caused the captors to seek
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-30
WON'T HELP CUBA
Tax Reduction. 1t Is Argued, FOrbidS
3, - Duty-LOwerfng.

Washington, Jan. 30.-It was yesterday
that the republican members of the COM
mittee on ways and means reached an
agreement that settles two points of
great public interest in legislation.
First, that there will be sweep
ing reduction or an entire elimination of
the war revenues (about $4,000, 000J and,
second; ~that there will be no concessions
to Cuba on her products brought into the
SUnited States. w.
There are close relations between these
questions. If the reductions in revenues
are made, it will be impracticable to
grant concessions to Cuba on SO important
revenue producing importations as sugar
and tobacco. For this reason, the COM
mitteemen, having decided that so far as
the house is concerned there will be no
movement toward granting concessions to
Cuba, it is regarded as reasonable in the
light of the present state of the public
revenues. to make heavy reductions in the
Spanish war taxes.
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IN FOR LIFE
Jim Howard Convicted of the
Murder of Governor
Goebel.

Frankfort, KY, JAM 3O.-The Jury in the
case of Jim Howard, involved in the muir
der of Governor Goebel. returned verdict
OF guilty to-day and fixed Towards pun
ishment at life Imprisonment.
This was Howard's second trial, the
first one having resulted in death SEN
tence. new trial was granted by the
court Of appeals. Howard will appeal
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CARNEGIE's GREATEST
Institution bearing His Name Coz
Dletes ORGANIZATIONS.

pletes ORGANIZATIONS.
Washington, Jan. sO.-The Carnegie in
stttution completed it's organization to-
day by election of the following executive
committees: Abram S. Hewitt, DR.. C. G.
Gilman, Secretary OF War Elihu Root, DR..
]. S. Billings, Carroll D. Wright, DR.. S.
Weir Mitchell, DR.. G. A. Wolcott. The
trustees adopted resolution acknowledge
Ing the generosity of the giver, Mr.. Car
negie, expressing concurrence in the scope
and purposes stated in his deed of trust
and accepting the donation and the re-
sponsibilities connected with it.
The erection Of an administration build
in9 here q contemplated. S.
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q BELIEVE IN CHRIST"
Prof. Pearson Makes a Statement ri
Chapel.

Chicago, Jan. 3O.-Professor Charles w
Pearson of the Northwestern university,
who recently created much comment by
his attacks On the Bible, to-day caused
surprise at the chapel exercises of the
university by asking to make statement
before the students. The occasion was
the observance Of the day of prayer Of the
American colleges. Just as the exercises
were ending, Professor Pearson arose, and
on being given permission to speak, buried
his head in his hands moment and then
said:
This may be the last time that will have
the opportunity of addressing you on a SINH
lar occasion. This is my reason for desir-
ing to make a few remarks. believe in
Christ. believe in prayer and / believe
in the power of the Holy. Ghost. Anything
have done or said was for the benefit Of the
Christian religion. l think that it has doee
some good. do not care to retract, and 1
regret nothing I have said or written.
The students at once took Professor
Pearson's meaning to be either that he
would resign or that he was being dis
missed. But both he and members of the
faculty said no such action was contem
plated.
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From The Journal B.orsau, Room, IS. Pest
Washington, Jan. 30-When the war
tory to passage, Tawney OF Minnesota had
bill pending -levying prohibitiye tax
on mixed -four. This was in the interest
of pure food and was Endorsed by millers
Of the country generally. The only way
.Tawney could get his bill passed was to
make it a. rider to the war revenue
bill.
Congress intended, however, that this
legislation should be permanent, and so,
to-day, when the ways and means COM
mittee decided to favor the repeal of the
remaining war revenue taxes, it was will
ing, at Tawney's request, to except from
repeal the mixed flour section. This is
the explanation Of why the exception was
made. ~
w. w. Jermane.
Effective July 1.
Washington, Jan. S0.-The house COM
mittee on ways and means has unanimous
ly authorized Chairman Payne to report
a bill repeating all the Spanish war rev
enue taxes except the tax on mixed -four
The repeal is to take effect July l, 1902
except the duty on tea, which is to take
effect Jan. l, 1903. Chairman Payne made
statement showing that the total reduc.
ton would be $77,OOO,0OO annually The
delay in the repeal of the tax on tea is
for the purpose of enabling those who
have stocks on hand to dispose of them
before the repeal takes effect. Mr.. Payne
says theseountry will start upon the mex
fiscal year with 4 $174,000,0 900 available
cash. Gf2sS ;4EgS:sf fs : :
An amendment was offered by Mr.. New
lands to except from the repeal the tax or
petroleum and sugar refners and by Mr.
Richardson to repeal the customs duties
on trust-made goods. Both were defeated
by party votes. Mr.. Newlands' amend
ment also provided for tax of one tenth
of per cent on the gross receipts of al
corporations whose annual receipts ex.
coed $10,000,000.
The repeal will affect the remaining
special war taxes, viz, on bankers, brok-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-30

Cleveland, Jan. 30.-Edward and John
police. They are held responsible for a
large number of daring burglaries in this
CITY, Edward Biddle has served time in
the Ohio penitentiary and at the Indiana
penitentiary in Michigan City. Said
Chief Of Police Corner to-day:
tsThe Biddle brothers are bad men.
They probably are the most daring
burglars that are known in the profession
to-day
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Norris Timber Bill.
ENJo1NEp FROM LIQUOR SELLING.

ENJOINED FROM LIQUOR SELLING
Special to The Journal.
Jesup, Iowa, ia. 3O.-J. c. Hile was yester-
day served with an injunction restraining him
from selling liquors.. 1t has been many years
since this place had saloons. The temperance
sentiment is strong. and it is only BY the
strictest secrecy that 'holes in the wall -
able to operate
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-30

An examination of the figures on ::
file in the Office of the secretary of !:
state, giving the vote on constitu- !:
tional amendments proposed with {:
in the past ten years, proves con- !:
: clusively that unless some special !:
and potent reason exists for their !:
passage, constitutional amend !:
: ments are foredoomed to defeat ::
: at the polls. !:
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"a Communication of sentence to life impris-
onment. When the governor learned that
1T was reported that Mrs. Soffel was the
woman who visited him, he gave out
statement denying that his visitor was
she.
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NOT THE ONLY
BiddIes Were Befriended by Another
Woman.

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 3O.,A mysterious
woman recently called upon Governor,
Stone and pleaded with him to pardon the
Biddle brothers. The woman was about
% years old, dressed in the height Of
fashion, and made a special request of the
governor not to disclose her name. The
executive declined to pardon the brothers.
but granted respite that their cases
might be heard by the board of pardons
Wednesday, next, on an application for.
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Lady Evidently Unba1nnced.

The friends of Mrs. Soffel believe that
when she. aided in the escape of the Bid
dies For years she has been an invalid
and year ago she was sent to a sana-
forum. She came back much improved,
but the long and painful illness is believed
to have weakened her mind. Her hus-
band devoted time and money for the re-
lief Of the suffering of his wife, but it is
said that she never has fully recovered
her health and at times was melancholy.
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