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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
BURIED
Avalanche and Fire Kill Two
Hundred Work1nen in
Japan.
Special to The Journal,

Special to The Journal
Tacoma, Wash, March 24-The steam
ship Duke of Fife, which arrived last
night, brings news of an unprecedented
disaster at the Ohio petroleum works, the
big refinery established at Katsun osawa.
Japan, which involved the loss of fully 200
lives.
The works were located under the brow
of steep HILL and there had been a heavy
fall of snow. Suddenly a huge avalanche
Numbered down from the sheer height of
600 feet, crushing and burying the oil
works, buildings, tanks, reservoirs, offices
and work peoples dwellings. Part of the
place was completely submerged; in an
other portion the roofs were crushed in
and buildings shattered.
This caused an outbreak of fire, which
reached the Oil and spread with awful
rapidly through that part of the build
ings less heavily buried. Up to the time
of the latest kilograms received at Yoko-
hama eighty bodies had been recovered
and four persons had been dug out, ter
ribly injured. The superintendent of the
works placed the number of fatalities at
not fewer than 200.
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That same day kilograms came to st.
Paul from Seattle. announcing that he
was lost. A little inquiry discovered his
whereabouts.
1t was announced at the Merchants to-
day that Mr.. Stratton had left, but it is
believed he is still in st. Paul.
Complying with the rule of the SUI
preme court, notice will be given to the
officers of the Northern Securities COM
pany that the suit is TO be filed. This
notice will be given in q few days. The
action, it is believed, will be closely
modelled after the one brought by Min
uesota. - ~
Another Minnesota Action.
Meanwhile Attorney General Douglas
will go after the merger in the state
courts Papers are now being drawn.
and will be filed in a few days. 1t will
not be directed against the charters of
the railroad companies, but will be an
injunction suit against the officers and
directors of the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific.
Attorney General Douglas has received
Senator Nelson's reply to his second let
ter, but refuses to make the correspond
ence public. The first Douglas letter and
the reply have been printed as senate
documents.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
FRED BARROWS
COMING HOME
His Transfer From Manila to
Fort Leavenworth Prison
Is Ordered.
Will Be Released on Habeas
Corpus Pending Supreme
Court Action.

Iron, The Journal Basreau. Room AS. Post
building, Washsasgto1.
Washington, March 24.-Represe
Fletcher was advised to-day that Secre-
tary Root has ordered the military au-
tnorities at Manila to transfer Captain
Fred Barrows from Manila to the prison
at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He should
reach this country about July 1, when
1t Is believed his friends will have Sc
cured counsel and arranged for an appli-
cation for his release on a writ of habeas
court on the question whether the court
martial which tried him was regularly
constituted.
There is little doubt that he will be re-
leased. as the same action was taken in
the case of Captain Read. who was con-
victed of the same offense as Captain
corpus pending decision by the supreme
Burrows.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
MESSMER
Wisconsin Prelate Offered the
Nomination as Arch
bishop of Manila.

New York, March 24.-According to ad-
vices received here from Rome, the pope
has offered the nomination of the arch
bishopric of Manila to the Right Rev.
Sebastian Gerhard Messmer, bishop of
Green Bay, Wis. The Spanish archbishop
Of Manila, Monsignor Nozelada de Villa,
has resigned and will retire to Spain.
Bishop Messmer is well known Ger
man American leader in the Catholic
church. He is 81 years old and was pro-
lessor Of canon law in Seton Hall college
and seminary when, in March, 1892, he
was made bishop Of Green Bay, to sue
coed the Most Rev. Frederick Xavier
katzer, promoted to the archbishopric Of
Milwaukee. s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
PHILOSOPHY
OF MERGERIIES
Wall Street Figuring Out a
Good Thing in Govern
nnent Prosecution.
ST. Paul Road Is to Preserve
It's Attitude of Alert
independence.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
New York, March 24.-An impression Is
spreading in Wall street that after all
the governments action in filing a bill
against the Northern Securities company
will prove in the end a fortunate thing.
. 1t is admitted that it served to brighten
away the speculative public and it also
is admitted that several big interests in
the street are awaiting eagerly the time
when they can market their holdings.
Had the legality Of the railroad merger
not been questioned, methods to create
an artificial market would have been fol-
lowed and the result might have been dis
astrous.
AS it is. the floating supply of stocks
has generally been decreasing rapidly
So, finally. when the litigation ends, the
bankers will have a clear field in which to
sell big blocks of stock that are now
locked up.
The St. Paul Remains Independent.
1t is said on high authority that there
is not at present the slightest evidence of
any deal involving the control of the
st. Paul road By any other property nor
is there chance Of developments of an
internal character likely 10 change the
status of the company's stock. Unless
the Judgment of well-informed people is
at fault, the stock has simply been picked
out by speculative interests as having
more desirable qualities as market
leader than any other stock tried in that
capacity.
The interests which control the st. Paul
road are determined that the road is to
remain independent Of all combinations
made so far and it is financially In po-
sition to take advantage Of whatever op-
portunities may occur through the mis-
fortunes of other combinations in the flu
tufe. Meanwhile the most conservative
policy is to be pursued as regards its
finances.
Steel Stock Manipulation.
1t is probable that the United States
Steel directors will meet early this week
and will issue call for stockholders to
meet and consider the proposed plan for
the conversion Of a portion Of preferred
stock into bonds and for the sale of $780,
900 bonds for cash. Large capitalists
interested have bought some 30o,0
shares of preferred with the purpose of
anticipating the adoption of such a plan.
It is generally expected that detailed
statement will be made as to the pur-
poses for which the new money is to be
raised. The greatest interest Is evinced
in this. 1t is hoped by many that the
company needs the money for something,
besides more investment for existing
plants. If it should prove that this is the
only purpose for which the money is
raised, there will be much disappoint-
ment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
LONDON SKEPTICAL
Old Birds That Can No Longer Be
Fooled by Chaf.

Old Birds That Can No Longer Be
Fooled by Chaff.
London, March 24.-There is little dis
position in London to regard the news of
the Boer governments visit to Pretoria
any too hopefully. Official circles express
the doubts held throughout of the ability
of acting President Schalkburger and the
other civilian leaders of the Beers to in
duce such men as Generals De Wet and
Delarey to surrender. Possibly, they
think, the representatives of the Trans
yaal government are DESTROYS of suing
for peace, but there is nothing to show
that they have authority to impose sub
mission on the commanders in the field.
The most hopeful sign they see is the an
nouncement that Lord Kitchener permit
ted Schalkburger and his companions to
proceed to the Orange river colony. the
contention being that unless the Brit
ish Communicated chief in South Africa.
who is on the spot, recognized the pos
sibflity of fruitful results and believed
in the good faith of the Transvaaalers.
he would not have permitted the visitors
to continue their pilgrimage to the lad
quarters Of their Orange river colony al
lies. The same cautious reserve perme-
ates the newspaper utterances and the
comment in well informed circles
Some significance is attached to the
fact that in approaching Lord Kitchener.
NIL OCldlhpuFSer ana those associated
with him have carried out to the letter
the advice given by the British foreign
secretary, Lord Landsdowne, in his reply
to the peace note of the Netherlands gov
eminent, that the quickest and most sat
isfactory means for arranging a settle
ment would be by direct communication
between the leaders of the Beers and the
British command n-chief in South
Africa. This is no sign, however, that
the Transvaal mission received any man
date from the fighting generals or that
the latter are prepared to recognize the
authority of their acting president, Mr..
Schalkburger, to negotiate terms for
peace. Presumably, the latter satisfied
Lord Kitchener that he had certain clear
~ defined proposals to submit to his ally,
President Steyn, but the best information
from South Africa deprecates any belief
in the likelihood Of simultaneous sur
render of the burghers still in the field
on the order Of the Boer government
Almost the best to be hoped for is that
the present overtures will modify the sit
uatlon so as to bring peace nearer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
STRIKE, MAYBE
Civic Federation All That
Stands Between Miners
and Idleness.

Shamokin, Pa, March 24.-The United
Mine Workers convention to-day adopted
a resolution declaring for strike to
take effect on a date to be fixed by the
district executive boards, providing a
final effort at reconciliation with the
operators through the medium of the Civic
Federation proves unavailing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
DEMoNsTRATIoNs

to Help Form u Rift in
the Coronation Lutte.
Netc York S,tfs Special Se4'Otce
Brussels, March 24.-Dr. Leyds, the dip
lomatic agent of the Beers, is about to
organize an international demonstration
by American and continental sympathiz-
ers on the day King Edward is crowned.
All pro-Boer societies will be asked to
display their flags of the Transvaal and
Orange Free State, and to telegraph Mr..
Kruger
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
NAVAL CADETS

There Are More and More of Them,
Including Minnesotans.
Special to The Journal.
Annapolis, Md, March 24.-The Span
ish- American war has marked tendency
to increase the number Of candidates OF
the naval academy. There are vacancies
now in the first, second, fifth and seventh
districts and of South Dakota at large.
Appointments for Minnesota have been
announced as follows: Ray Francis
Smith, second district; Herbert Rieche,
frst district; Arthur Remey Joyce, fifth
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
How Scheepers Died
Special to The Journal.


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following behind When
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
q STICK"

Secretary Hitchcock Not ResigninE
So Very Fast.
Washington, March 24.-Secretary
Hit chcock has returned from St. Louis.
He denies that he has now or ever had
any intention of .resigning.
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Victim of Bedroom Gymnastics

with
the
to DEATH $500
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TAKEN BY BOERS
Capture Within Thirty

aHiVoFtaHt Cs1PtuHc Whit III J
Miles of Cape Town.
New York, March 24.-2ev. H. D. Won
broeckhrysen Of Pretoria, who is in this
country in behalf of the Bocr cause
asserts that he has received advices
privately OF the capture by the Beers o1
Rievek West. town of 1900 inhabitants
only thirty miles from Cape Town, Cape
Colony. .--@
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
ANGLO-DUTCH NOTES

Their Transmission to the Beers
Perhaps the Only object.
The Hague, March 24.-The acting
president, Schalkburger's arrival at Pre-
toria was complete surprise to Boer
circles here. 1t is surmised that the
step taken was connected with the in
structions sent to Lord Kitchener to COM
municate the text of the Anglo-Dutch
notes to the Boer leaders.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24

EDWARD TO CIRCLE HIS COAST.
London, March 24.-King Edward will start
on yachting cruise around the English coast
on Thursday. 1t is believed he will visit the
Channel islands. If he does. he will be the
first English king to set foot in the old Nor
man 6ef of the crown since the days Of King
John.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
what Goodnovv Has Done.

have been enabled during my time here
to DO some things of which will give you
q few. In 1898 in Canton I tried an American
for numbering a Chinese, with such eminent
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-20

Miss Lo"khaFt, of Pontotoc, was
the guest of Miss LewIe Crockett
last week.
The citizens of Oxford and the
University who enjoy classical
music We're highly entertained by
the Caieas0 Gee Club in Cnlvei.
sity Chapel last night.
u a recent meeting ofthe Y. ".
q. n the following officers were
elected: L. T.. Sloglf, president:
Il. B. Mitchell, vice president: :.
L. Field secretary: V. K. How're.
treasurer; l. ". Fulton, pianist.
Messers- Hogan and Fulton were
chosen as delegates TO the Y. VI.
g. A international Convention.
which meets in Toronto Canada.
FEB. 26th To March lad.
The editors Of ~Ole Miss are
actively at work, and an unusually
fine college annual is expected
this year.
Our charming cueGs should not
have their feelings hurt by the
heartIeSs attempt of the law max
eFs 10 put them cut of the Univer-
SHY, east and west. north and
south seem To have met on com
mon ground and opened fire upon
eo-edacatIoE. Our Mississippi co.
eds may console themselves with
the thought that they have compa-
n IN being told they are not
wanted.
The chancellor and six other
members of the University faculty
spent the greater part ofIast week
IN jackson, working for the inter
ests OF eo-edueation aud needed
appropriations for this institution
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-20
II AXES We GRIND.

Familiar as all are with the
story Of tie little boy who turned
The grind stone for the hard heart
ID man who oaii him in abuse.
most OF Us serve our turn at the
same improbable occupation. and
come Ct e Keep it up until old
ge puts a veto upon The grinding
business.
How many of u have cause to
remember Tom. Dick ard Harry.
whom We helped through grade
alter grade, il school days, and
aad oar reward il knowing that
- ranked lower in cur reports
han the ones We coached.
IN later lite. there we're poIit-
cal aud social axes Of al varieties
and sizes winch We aided in Grind
II. bit fr@ We're ever used to
eie4r away the forests OF aliicul.
aies wAieA stood between Us AID
success.
Axe grinding : beiieved to be
he iayorIte pastime OF the festive
country editor. Mrs. TepIofty
vii sdy: My dear Nr. Write ~.
| thought | would help YOU out
his week, by writing You a page
4 locals. do so love to aid aad
encourage the struggling
The few pages are lengthy
descriptions Of Mrs. TopIafty ;
dinners and entertainments. in
which SIZE aud family figure prom !.
nently. Is the editor never gets
a taste OF the dinner or peep n
tie entertainment, perhaps the
seii-wrIte up IS necessary. but as
the great Iads's rame doesuft
adOrn the editors SUBSCRIPTION
tist, or appear in a paying adver
tisemeat. the sole re nuneration
Tor the free puff Is the experience
gained III axe griaiJng.
Then there i Mr.. Highflver.
whose profession adorns him. but
who wants the world to believe
that lie Is ad9Fnihg a profession.
lie pays a dollar a year for sub
seriptIon 70 his county paper. but
leaves out his card because. he
assures bis friends. he is So well
NH0wn tha5 advertising would he
a useless expense. Nevertheless.
he industFi0usly serapes up e
item that concerns him and his
wife and bis soE John and his wife
dnd those four and no mOre.r and
tries To bullGeZe the editer into
keeping them before the public
gaze. Ii he fails to get his *
ground, he denognces the paper
as no coed, aat signs for a real
I'VE organ that ear exist on air.
and eau blow a hurricane the wear
around for ore great big dollar.
paid for itty-two copies of the
paper.
III any one feels inclined to de-
ny the assertion that the country
editor Is an expert axe grinder.
We cordially invite them to take a
turn themselves.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-20
\ sLAyDERgR CORRECTED

Oxfcrd, Miss, which il GENERALLY
Little more than a garbage heap j.
20 De regenerated- -Four hdA-s of the
town have decided that it must De in-
proved and sill begin work. with the
nelp Of the American League fer Civic
Improvement. on tie Did square
which at present Is in such C ndition
That ~eve the mules object 10 being
ditched there"
The above Is clipped from Home
aad Flowers. 4 monthly magazine
published by the Floral Publish
ing To. Springfield. Ohio.
We 10 not know the author of
this %searrIl0us uit OF fiction. but
10 not hesitate to say that no
lady or gentleman would ~ guilty
at asserting SEch an icftmoGs
faiseA0od. Oxford Is tie seat u
the State CaiveIsIty-the Athens
OF NiSsiss ppt. Her citizens ar.
cultured. refined men and women.
bear ng 70 Trace OF the -rarbagr
heap above mentioned. There
are evils and vices ex sting in our
town 1t i true. but they exist in
every community. and VII pr1ba
bly, never De entirely extermina .
ed from an earthly abiding place.
Three-fOa-th> Of the citizens of
or town. az least. are law-abidinc
church going and consistent III
their lives.
We have a tew draw backs 70
the be uty Of our town 10 the way
otstae walks. crossings and street
ost As long as the mate gentlemen
iat gentiewomen Of our state wax
hem, there IS no danger of them
OF anything else abOat the to-E
becoming garbage heap Ouf
local papers from time TO time.
ca l. the attention OF the public
10 the needs Of the town. and sag
-est improvements. but there l.
not an organ IN the place that
dea.s IL pusiilaaimOus aud insult
ing mad singing. Tie ladies
Nho propose TO DO tais regeaera-
ing must surely have mistaken
their calling. "a their efforts a,
reformation are not desired unit.
they can Learn 10 speak the truth.
even Ia regard to the much abused.
d1wH-trOGaen South. Then too.
We have q strong suspicion thai
they are not ladies' Al all. a. rae
ERIN i applied IN tie south. but
Just PLAIN females.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-20

1t Is predicted by Rev Samuel
Collins. who says that he has been
4 minister since 1869, that there
will be an earthquake in Missis
sippi March 19th, next, when AL
the wicked in the commonwealth
Will be destroyed The reverend
gentleman, who lives at Enter
prise, has taken refuge on tho y
ground" which he says is at YORK
Ala. II you are in anyway inter
ested about the predicted disturb
ince a postal card TO him at the
latter place, We presume, will get
all the Information you desire Oh
the subject
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-20
CO-EducaIion.

Our citizens will be glad Ia
earn that co education has moi
been abolished from the ULiver
sIty by the SoloBs at Jackson
This is a matter of vital interes.
to the friends of higher education.
Throughout the State. For nearly
20 years the young women Of our
State have enjoyed equII advant-
ages with their brothers and the
University has sent out as nany
brilliant and thoroughly equipped
young women as any institution
If the South.
The educated Southern woman
Is TIE best type of citizenship and
we believe she should have an
equal chance with her brother in
obtailing "a free education. 1t Is
mainly teachers who seek the nd
vsntages of a University training
and there is occasion to rejoice
that Mississippi still stands to the
'front.' IL the educ ttion Of her wo-
men.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-20

The following exquisite little
gem of devotion was composed by
tie famous Robert Louis Steven
son:
-The day returns and brings us
,he petty rounds Of irritating con
Germs and duties. Help US to play
the man; help US to perform them
sith laughter and kind faces; let
eheerfulness abound with industry
Give Us courage TO go blitheIy on
our business all this day, b-ing us
TO our resting beds weary and
content and undishonored, and
grant US in the end the gift of
sleep Amen
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-20

THERE Is no more reason why
those who serve the city or the
state or the general government
should be pensiOned than there Is
that those VINO are employed by
firms or corporations should be.
They get good salaries and if they
do not choose to put by a part OF
their earnings for old age they
ought to take the consequences.
The pension system IS pregnant
with evils and promises to be
come extremely troublesome.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-20
Saved Hsr Chiid's Life.

"In three weeks our chubby little
boy "a changed by Pneumonia al
most TO a skeleton" writes Mrs ",
y atkins, OF Pleasant City, D. IL ter
rible cough set in that, III spite OF a
good Doctors treatment for sevsra
weeks, grew worse every day. ".
then used Or. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, and our darling wa
soon sound and well. We are sure
this grand medicine saved his Iife.i
Millions know IFS the only sure cur
for Coughs, Colds and ali Lung dis
cas- :. r.. + Chiffon & Co. guarantee
satisfa ton. zoe, 81 co. Trial bottles
free.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-20

y Boston man has entered sui
for $4,000 against a Western pat
ent medicine firm for having uset
his photograph In "5ef9re taking
aud -af.er taking advertisements
lie alleges that the use Of tn.
pAot0 was unauthorized. and tha-
while the after taking picture i:
2 good one likeness. he has neve
been sick and never looked Ink,
"3efore taking cut.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-20

Our commercial rivals in tie
old world would like nothing bet
ter than 20 see US handicap our
selves with a large army and navy
for thus we should contribute to
the removal OF some of the dis
abilities under which they labor
by putting this country more
nearly on their footing There is
some danger that with all the talk
of the United States as the world
powers though it had not al
ways been a world power-we maj
gradually drift into the ways anc
methods of 50 called world pow
Sra And thai would be a caIam;tv
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-20

The Texas anti truSt law il
rather more effective than the
Sherman law. The brewer1es that
have been prosecuted under II
viii confess Judgment and pay
s9l 800 in penalties. Perhaps an
attorney general from Texas could
show President Roosevelg how to
reach combinations in restraint Of
trade.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-20
Unclaimed Letters.


List of unclaimed mail matter LET
in the Oxford, Miss, PSss-Orice 70
the week ending FEB. Is, 1907:
l Brown, i.
, Barnes, 1Iiss Emma.
3 Clayton, Dick.
4 Buiord, Miss Nancy.
D jones' Mrs q. ".
s Anderson, q. \.
q J1husSn- AIRS. L. 4.
S Woods, john.
. Poe, Augustus.
10 Thweatt, w. +.
II Moody, Mrs. Be5ucser.
u Liggins. Miss Orieml.
Il Howord, Rsase.
Ii Eerreli, Mrs. Jennie.
Is Hudson. Miss Matte.
Is Smith, Waiter.
II Davidson, JEFF.
IS Gorden, Harry.
Is Gilmore. George.
20 Jones, Irs. Marian.
n Clars, Mile.
2: Duncan, Miss Saliie Belle.
q Williams P. e.
u Buford, Mrs. $. p.
IS Orr Miss Elsie.
- batsman, Dr. e. ID.
y Ivy, Robert.
IS Nix. Miss Almory.
% Stewart, Miss Bessie.
80 Wyatt, rev L. III.
81 Porter, Jerry.
81 Duncan, Hiss Mary.
" hen calling for the above please
give No. OF letter and date advertised
E. 8 PIERCE, p. u.