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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-27
CUBA IS A REPUBLIC.
American Colors Hauled Down by
Gov. Gen. Wood.
BIRTH OF NEW NATION AT HAVANA.
Ceremonies Attending the Relin-
Quishment of Control by the United
States and Inauguration of
Palma as President.

Havana, May 21.-senor Palma, at
noon Tuesday, attached his signature
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mouse lai New Orleans, May 20.-The steamer
very enjosMount Temple cleared Monday for
the societEape Town with LOOP horses.
sum
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-27

hopes for the stability and success of your
government, for the blessings of peace, JUS
tice, prosperity and ordered freedom
among your people, and for enduring friend
ship between the republic Of the United
States and the republic of Cuba.
(Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
President of the United States.''
Palma Signs the Document.
Senior Palma attached his sigma
ture to the document, as president
OF the republic. after an exchange of
congratulations, and the old veteran,
Gen. Gomez, assembled to the roof of
the palace. He was instantly recog-
nized and met with great demon
stration of welcome. Gen Wood, him
self, undid the -halliards from the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-19

as a matter of strict legal right to but
one change Of judges. - T. :
''Second-If the defendant in a criminal
case is compelled to be witness against
himself before the grand jury it is viola
ton Of the guarantee of the constitution
that no person in a criminal case shall be
compelled to be witness against himself and
it is the imperative duty of the court in
| such a case to quash the indictment found
against him although his name is not in
dorsed thereon as a Witness
| Third-The constitutional guaranty not
only protects a person from being COM
PEELED to give direct evidence tending to
establish his guilt but also from giving
any circumstance or link in the chain of
evidence which may tend to convict him of
a crime.
"Fourth--The affidavit. upon which the
defendant herein based a motion to quash
the indictment for the reason that he was
compelled to be aw illness against himself
before the3grand jury considered and held
to be sufficient to require the state to
traverse it. and the court to determine the
motion on the merits.
. 'F1fth-The defendant was indicted for
accepting a bride upon the agreement or
understanding that he would not, as a
police Ofhcer, arrest or prosecute the con-
1dence men from whom he received the
bride, but would permit them, without
arrest or prosecution, to ply their swim
ding games in the city of Minneapolis,
and that he would influence the police
force OF the city to permit them to do So.
Held, that the indictment properly alleges
that the defendant was an executive Of
fcer; that the subject Of the corrupt agree
! pent was a matter which might be
brought before him in his official capaci-
ty; that 1t was not necessary to allege
that he intended to keep his promise, or
that he knew that the men from whom
the bride was received had or intended
to commit any crime. and that the in
d1ctment charges a public offense
"Sixth-It was not error for the court
to receive evidence tending to show that
the defendant carried into effect the
agreement on his part. His acts and dec
larations in the premises and those of
the persons from whom the bride was re-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-19
LAURA BIGGAR'S CASE
ATTEMPTS to Unravel Severe Mat
rimonial Tangle.

Freehold. N j.. Dec. 19.-Dr. Hendricks.
one of the defendants in the case against
Laura Bigger others for alleged con-
spiracy to get Henry M. Benefits estate,
was one of the witnesses at the trial to-
day, He said P. J. McNulty and Attorney
Watterson of Pittsburg called at the Bay
onne sanatorium to see Miss Bigger re-
garding the Bennett estate. The witness
said his only interest In the viii. was to
have it probated and that at the time Of
Mr.. McNultys call the question was dis
cussed whether Miss Biggar would be bet
ter off as common law wife Of Mr.. Ben
nett than in her present condition.
Willis Biggar, son of Miss Bigsar and
her former husband, J. w. Mcconnell, an
actor, testified that his father, Mcconnell,
come from the west to see Mr.. Bennett
before the lattcr's death. P. J. McNulty'
testified as to his part in employing a
Pittsburg detective to unearth the alleged
conspiracy.
Laura Biggar took the witness stand
this afternoon and swore that she was
married to Bennett fourteen or fifteen
years ago. On Thanksgiving day she said
Mr., Bennett proposed to her. He in
sisted there were no obstacles in the way
of their marriage. Letters passed be-
tween them nearly every day and she
finally accepted him. She said she con-
scented to q quiet marriage because she
did not want the public to talk about her.
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HOMES FOR HIS men
Practical Cooperation Fostered by
G. M. Way of the Minneapolis
Bedding Company.
This Year A. G. Monson Receives
the 81 900 Gift for a Home
Investment.

Co operation that counts is that put
in practice by Charles M Way of the
Minnea polls Bedding Company Fifth ave-
nue. and Division street Sc. Although Mr..
Way owns most of the stock of the COM
pany, none of which is held by those in
subordinate capacity, the latter are yet
made to feel in no insignificant way that
they have a vital interest in the financial
success of the factory.
Three years: ago Mr.. Way decided that
each succeeding year thereafter, until the
list was completed, the heads Of the diff
ferent departments. in the order of their
length Of service should receive a Christ
mas present of 81, 900 each The recipients
Of such a handsome gift We're not to re-
ceiVe 1t with the idea that such a sum
could be devoted to any purpose which
might suggest itself,
The first consideration Of every man on
a salary, argued Mr.. Way, in seeking to
advance the interests of men who had la
bored long and faithfully with him. was
to secure a home for himself free from
every incumbranee. He had figured out
that true co-operati ton consisted in an
employers sharing his prosperity with his
lieutenants and his ambition has been to
make each of them a householder.
There are eleven heads of departments
! under Mr.. Way, and as Andrew c. Mon
son, of the Mattress department. had been
last thirteen years, he is this years bene-
ficiary of his employers generosity. The
express condition under which the $1,000
is delivered over to the recipient is that
it shall be applied toward the final pay
ment of the amount due on a home. Hav-
| ing already paid $4,000 toward a hand
some residence on Fourteenth avenue Sc
near Como, Mr.. Monson now holds the
| title free from any legal strings, to the
house and lot which he now calls home,
| Albert D. Maeder, bookkeeper, who lives
at ia Third avenue NE, was the man in
line for 81 900 last year.
| Il believe said Mr. Way, that the
men who have made my interests their
own, and who have labored faithfully
through long years, not only for their owr
| material advancement, but also for the
| Development of the interests of the factory
which furnishes them, their support are
| entitled to a fair share in it's profits.
| decided, in arranging to give $1,000 to a
| head of department each year, that in
no better way could this company show its
| appreciation Of the conscientious devotion
to it's cause Of the men who have mapped
| out hteir life's work between our walls
| Such an incentive gives them something
| to work for and look forward to-. and as
sures to each man who gradually reaches
| the head of a department the prospect OF
some day receiving a substantial return or
his investment of labor and the determine
| ton to give us the very best of his ability
as skilled worker. With this goal ahead
no man in our employ can feel that patient
| merit will not triumph , over the un.
WOrthy' 49, :.-..-., -
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BISHOP HARE INJURED
Venerable Head Of thess. Oak. Epis.
=. copal Church Suffering From
=. a Runaway Accident. **

Special to The Journal. = 80.
Aberdeen, S. D., Dec. 1e.-Right Rev.
W.. II. Hare of Sioux Falls, bishop of
South Dakota.s arrived in Aberdeen last
night, suffering from injuries received in
a runaway in the country west Of Abcr-
deem, where he had been holding services
He had made a trip to the st. Elizabeth
Indian mission and school and this neces-
STATED much driving. He abandoned
other services and same directly here
for medical attendance.
No bones were broken but the venerable
bishops suffers pain from internal in
juries, the nature and severity of which
have not been fully determined. He is in
st. Marks rectory.' in this city under the
care Of physicians, and it is believed that
a day or two will determine the severity
Of his hurts. 80
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ceived. of which he had knowledge, were
admissible in evidence against him, but
it was error to receive evidence of the
acts and declarations Of such persons and
of members of the police force. with which
it was not shown that the defendant was
connected
"Order reversed. Start, e. j..
Error In Fitchette. Case.
The opinion in the Fitchette case is by
Judge Lovely. The reversal is based Oh
the one ground that it was error to admit
evidence Of another separate crime. The
evidence Of defendants bargain with John
Long is recited, and the court says:
1.-The effect of this evidence if credited
was sufficient to establish every sub
stantive element of the crime for which
defendant was prosecuted, but after evil
dence to support these relevant and ma
terial facts, which were denied on the
part Of the defense, further testimony
was received against defendants obJec-
ton, tending to show that six months be-
fore the Long incident, defendant bar
gained for appointment for position
on the police force with another applicant.
and accepted 500 to procure the same FOR
him. The effect Of this evidence was pre-
sumably Injurious to defendant.
:It seems clear that the defendant was
deprived of his rights to a fair trial by
the introduction of material and preju-
dicial testimony" :-
/ sThe law in he case Is briefly laid down
in. the syllabus, as follows:
''Staet of Minnesota, respondent, Us. John
Fitchette, appellant.
First 1t is improper general rule
on the trial Of a person charged with
criminal offense to show that he has com
nitted other crimes independent of and
having no connection with the one I'M
der investigation.
'Second-This general rule applied to
the record returned in this case. and
held, that after the introduction of evil
dence tending to establish every element
of the offense of receiving a reward for
procuring the appointment to a public
office of another person under section
1894, Gen. ST., 1894. it was improper and
prejudicial to show that the accused
defendant had committed a previous Of
Tense of a similar character.
Order reversed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-19
WAGE STATEMENTS
Coal Company Unable to Giye Exact
= Number of Men Sharing !,
One Salary. s'T
Non Union Men Present a Large
Number of Strike Out -
RACES To-day.

Scranton, Pa, Dec. 19.-Chairman Gray
when the strike commission opened it's
session to-day, recalled the incident of
Wednesday. when the accuracy of the
wage statements Of two men employed by
the Pennsylvania Coal company was cues
toned. The lawyers for the miners chal-
lenged the good faith of the general man
ager of the company, and Chairman Gray
said that II the company could not show
how many men figured in the wages hand
ed to the commission. it might shake athe
faith of the commission in the wage state
ment.
| Chairman Gray said that he has since
been Informed that the auditor of the
company notified one of the assistant re-
corders when the figures were handed
| in that the company was unable to give
| in. fall cases the exact number of mer
sharing in the earnings.
The chairman said he did not wish tc
convey the impression that the commits
sion impugned the good faith Of the com
pany. -..E ..a
The first witness to-day was George w
Bowen a coal inspector His testimony
developed nothing new.
Strike Outrages Considered.
| The lawyers for the non-unon men then
called James E1ldas of Scranton. who tes-
| titled that an attempt was made to blow
up his house. The building was consid-
tIdDly udllldSSu dllu HIS VIE was gSc1lSl
by the wives of strikers. Counsel for, the
non union men then. submitted lists OF
boycotts against merchants in and about
Wikesbarre, which counsel claimed were
instigated by the strik lng mine workers.
| Eight witnesses were called up to the
noon recess. AL! OF. them We're non-unior
men who testified to the methods pursued
by strikers. One man said a, union minel
attempted to blow up his house, and an.
other said he was beaten and threatened
with ducking in the river if he did moi
stop work. Another said his boy was
laid off by the druggist he was working
for because the druggist was warned tina
his place would be boycotted if he die
not dismiss the boy. Another man, MOI
a mine worker. said he was mistaken fol
a non union man and beaten SO badly thai
he was laid up for two months. 20.
/ Testimony was also given that boycotts
Of all kinds, intimidation and violence
were committed by the strikers. +
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-19
The OFFICIAL VOTE.
The State Canvassing Board Com
pletes Its Review Of the Min
nesota Returns.
Total Registration for the Late Elec'
ton Was s47,ss1 Men and
-, > 29,274 Women. ~.

The state canvassing board completed
it's labors this afternoon, and will certify
the following total vote cast for candidate
on the state ticket: ..-s..
Governor--Van SAINT (rep.l. 100, Si9:- Rosins
(dem), 90 62: Meighen (pop.l, 4.s21: Scanon
(pro.). 5,7Gl; Nash mo party, ., SCI; Van Lear
(soc-lab. 2.570; scattering, i. - ~
Lieutenant Governor--Jones lrep.), 151. $50;
Smith tdem. 81 1885, HOmpe (pop. 1856; Aakes,
~(pro.), 1912; Bnttland (soc.), 5.143. -
Secretary of State-Hanson (rep. J. 1l59, 165
Odel (den), S3,1S1; Lanman (pop. u. 8 81
Loyeless tpro), 1858; Morledge (soc. -, 500,
(dem.), S5.250; Carlson (soc), 1o,129 =
State TRANSFORMATIONS (rer.), 159, 800: Shirley
(dem.). S2.G46; Knetyold tpop), 11,l53; Kanne
(pro.l, S.1Q0. e.. ">~' -
Attorney General--Donglas (repl, 165, IA
Larrabee (den.). 90. $40. ".-.~
Clerk Of Supreme Court--Tidseon .trep.) >, 1856
$50: Jones (dem.l. SS,o7S; lmsdahl (pop.) },
11.554. 49, =;
Railroad Comm ssioner--staples (rep.). 15I.
The total registration 347, SS1 males, 20
PA females. I'd. = -
The total vote cast and counted was 27607
males and 1871 73 females. = - =
Constitutional amendments to carry had tc
receive 1SS.036 affirmative votes The vote on
the four propositions follows: ~
-Four per cent gross earnings bill: Yes $50, 522
no, 1903 -.
School loan amendment: Yes, 116,666; no, q, ;.
Road and bridge amendment: Yes, 114969; no.
33.912. te-I-'
Taxation amendment: Yes, 1884, s4: 10, 81, >.
251.
The gross earnings bill fell short by
7,514 votes -
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NEW COUNTY ARGUMENTS.
The Polk County Division Is Taken
Under Amusement.

Governor Van SAINT and Attorney Gen.
eral Douglas heard arguments this morn
ing on the county division proposition A.
r. Holston of Crookston appeared for the
Clearwater county people and no opposi-
ton appeared. On the advice Of the at
torney general Governor Van SAINT de-
cided to issue a proclamation declaring
the county created. g. :~"N5 'H",.s2s . y.zsszs-
G. S. Ives of ST. Peter and H. w. Stark
of Mcintosh spoke for Columbia county,
while H. w. Childs Of St. Paul and ia.
Hendricks of Fosston appeared for Mel
son county. De- Forrest -BuckIin OF
Crookston. spoke on behalf of the people
who arc opposed to all division of Polk
county. This question was taken under
adViSement. w 49, -" ,..'-rs
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A CONNECTICUT MURDER
Mrs. Julia A. Wilson Said to Have
Been Poisoned by Mrs.
Leila sMonson.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service. &
Willimantic, Conn., Dec. 19.-The little
town of Ashford, twelve miles from here,
was greatly excited bythe arrest Of Mrs.
Leila Monsoon, who is suspected of hav-
ing poisoned Mrs: Julia A.. Wilson, an old
and well-to.do resident of that town Mrs
Wilson had been i'll for several months,
and during her illness Mrs. Monsoon has
been caring for her, and it is said that she
has become infatuated with one of the
dead woman's sons, and wanted to get
control Of the property, which is supposed
to be considera BILE.
DR.. H. H. Converse: Of Eastford was
called to- see Mrs Wilson about a month
ago: He found her suffering from con-
tinual vomiting, and her lower limbs par
tally paralyzed., He was not called again
to see her until Monday which was two
days after her death. He was asked to
give certificate Of DEATH but refused, as
he was suspicious that all was not right.
The coroner then investigated the matter
further. The suspected woman told con
Trajectory stories and the coroner ordered
her arrested pending the investigation She
is in Jail. 75. @5.1
Medical Examiner DR.. G. A, knight said
that he had learned that Mrs. Monsoon had
purchased an ounce of arsenic July last,
under the name of Mrs. Julia Filson.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-19
Imports Into Exports From
United States United States


the United States to Germany are of
course, corn, wheat and wheat flour. The
value of the corn exports to Germany
during the last decade have ranged from
s2,794,00O in 1893 to s17,3O5, 229 in 1901, the
1902 exports of course being small be-
cause of the shortage in last years corn
production. Wheat exports ranged from
s2,569,0oo in 1893 to 1851, 900 in 1901, and
s14 1884, 200 in 1902. Of wheat flour the
figures in 1898 were $1,O11, 900, and in
1902 $2,773,000. OF provisions. the most
important items in our exports to Ger
many are lard, oleomargain, bacon and
sausage castings. The value of lard ex-
ports from the United States to Germany
was, in 1898, $6,429, 900, and in 1902. s16
$4,000; of oleomargarin, in 1893, $2,371.-
600, and in 1902, $2,573, 900; of bacon, in
1893, @s67S,273, and in. 1902, s1,675, 900, and
Of sausage castings, in 1898, $537, 527, and in
1901 s1,143,000. ..@ N. .s..%S.4<z.
49, Sf&-W. w. Jermane,
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VALET FOR A BEGGAR.

New York. Dec 1e.-Gaston Gilliwcz of Re-
port J.. l., has been acquitted Of grantd larce,y
in tho county court in Brooklyn. He In
tiicted for stealing $500 from Emily Konicke, Il
fortune teller, on Oct. 23 When asked who ne
was. he said he had formerly been IN the ice
business, but before that he had been a valet
.'Valet for whom?,' asked Assistant District At
torney Roy. ---....-
':For a beggar,'' was the reply.
"a beggar.'' exclaimed Mr. Roy.
eyes sir. The man had no arms and dressed
and addressed him ard took care of him. l get
$40 a week for it,
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THEREON. oF:.TERRoR
TIE rGlS1s vt = It''Ho'' 2.
Non -Union Men Testify to Their Troubles
During the Strike.

Scranton Pa, Dec. 19.-The coal strike
commission listened yesterday to further
testimony tending to show that a reign of
terror existed in the anthracite coal fields
during the five and half months Of the
mine workers, strike. - w >
Chairman Gray said the commission was
not bound by any strict rules of evidence
examining. witnesses as far as possible to
direct evidence. He said it was too diff
cut in trying to = prove that
boycotts "A exist, > to get informa-
ton. The commission, wanted to
know whether a reign of terror existed
in the anthracite region and it could not
get that information if the strict rules of
evidence were applied. -
1.-The coward who will go to the store
keepers" he said, "and tell them not to
sell the necessaries of life to a poor WON
an usually seeks the obscurity that, the
law of evidence throws around him. If a
girl is discharged from her position in
store, because she rode in a street car in
Indictment weather, while a street car
strike was on, the coward who discharged
her is coward enough to refuse to testify
|; He recognized, he said, why some mer-
chants will not. come forward and tell
who forced them to refuse to sell neces-
saries of life to certain boycotted persons
but if he chairman Cray were a store
keeper, ne tnOuSnt ne would risk his all
in order to assist in. breaking up the COW
ardly business
August Scheuch of Hazleton who work
ed for the Lehigh Valley company through
the suspension, testified that he was at
tackled by a mob while he and his son
were going to. work, and that he was Sc
verely injured by being hit by rocks that
he was stabbed three times and had five
ribs broken Among those in the crowd
and assisting in beating him, the witness
said. was Squire McKelvey of Hazleton
His son corroborated the testimony of the
father.
| Others testified that their wives were
insulted on the streets, the children were
beaten by other children and could not be
safely sent to schools; that local unions
requested storekeepers to 2refraina from
selling goods to any one related to q man
working in the mines; that their houses
were stoned, that they We're stoned, shot
at and hung in effigy and that lives were
generally made miserable for them and
their families. Most of the witnesses con-
nected strikers with the offenses alleged
i The. lawyers for the norl-union men said
they would continue calling witnesses to
prove that q reign of terror existed dur
ing the strike. The commission will ad :
journ at about noon on Saturday and
will reconvene in Philadelphia ON Jan. 5.
i J ~.. ,. 80
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SCHOOL CONCERT
Fine Program at Washington sc,oo! In
-. der Direction of Thursday Mu-
ST.. sicaJe Committee. re. r. -.

The educational committee of the La
dies Thursday Musicale gave fine pro-
gram yesterday at p. m, at the Wash
ington school, under the direction of Mrs.
Ada Adams Lockin. Mrs. A. P. Thomas
played the following piano numbers:
..Bouree,'' Bach; "Gavotte," Dreyschoc1;
"Polonaise, Chopin; "Mazurka.' Maso;
Hungarian Dance" Brahms; Nor
wegian Bridal Procession Grieg Miss
Edna Patterson sang my Redeemer and
My Lord" by Buck, and can Open Sc
cret.' Woodman, and Miss Augusta
Schacht sang Dreams" Strelezki and
MY Lady's Bower Hope Temple. The
concert was heard and appreciated by 900
pupils. 81
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MENOMINEE'S SUGAR PLANT
Officers Elected and Work to Be
<i Started at Once. -. =

Special IN4 y ;
Menorninee, Mich, Dec. 1s.-The stock
holders of the Menominee River Rect
Sugar company met last evening and
formed q permanent organization as fol-
lows: Directors, w. o. Carpenter, S. M.
Stephenson, A. Spies. John Henes and
Benjamin BouteH of Bay City: president,
w. o. Carpenter; vice president S. M.
Stephenson; treasurer, G.. "A. Blesch; sec
rotary, G. II. Law. The company is cap
italized at ss25,000, and 10 per cent of the
stock is called in. The work, of erecting
factory begins at once. 1t will be the
fourth largest in the United States and
the largest in Michigan. - b
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TRADE With GERMANY
Imports From and Exports to That
Country During the Last
*.-~s..<s& '7S, :, = -,ss. - >; e2svSnseSs
- Ten Years. =
= : -sFT ,877'lG75zs or c., :.

Z .sF.s 3 7};z5ss q < 9, :" =
From The Journal Bureau, Room 49,, Post Build
ing, Washington.
Washington. Dec. -19.-The recent 1egis-
lation In, Germany. by which an increase
is made in tariff. especially on bread
stuffs and provisions, lends especial in
terest to some tables prepared by the
treasury bureau of statistics, showing the
commerce Of the United States with Ger
many in each year during the past de-
cade.
The total imports from and exports to
Germany during the years 1893-190 have
been a follows.