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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-30

E'ro,, The .yo,srnas Buream. Room, 40. Post
Warrington.
Washington, April 30.-It is noticeable
that strenuous efforts are being made
by J. J. Hill and other influential CAPT.
talists and corporation magnates to create
the impression that the presidents trust
policy will unsettle business conditions
and have disastrous result on trade
generally and that therefore he should
not be nominated in 1904
Mr.. Hill has talked this a great deal
since coming to Washington few days
ago, and echoes Of it are heard daily
from Wall street. 1s
This talk is evidently based on a mis-
conception of the presidents purpose and
the country at large will not be misled
by it. Anything that interferes with the
plans Of the trusts will necessarily be
construed by the trusts as hostility to
business interests, but it will be another
thing to convince the public that the
president should be punished for oppos-
ing those interests when they are in
imical tothe public veal. The president S
course is highly satisfactory to western
and northwestern representatives. They
all see that they will have to face the
trust issue in the next campaign. Ihey
had warning of the coming fight in the
last campaign. The president is helping
them in most practical way. They will
be arraigned by the democrats for the
failure of congress to enact antitrust
legislation. They will reply that a repub-
lican executive is enforcing existing legis-
lation. SO the western and northwestern
congressman are encouraging him to &c
ahead with the good work They say tina
the best thing that could happen for him
would be for the word to get around thai
the trusts are to attack him.
w. w. Jermane.
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Mr.. HILL |. |. s
BUSY DAYS
He Is Putting in His Time
With Congressman and
Officials.
The Philippine Question May
Keep Congress in Session
All Summer.

:, From The Jomr,,a1 bureau. Room 10. Pos
BUttdin0, sWushin0to,l. t's
Washington, April 30.--James J. Hill is
busy man in Washington, if the cur
rent newspaper rumors may be trusted.
He denies himself to all reporters and
correspondents and puts in his time visit
ing prominent members of both house of
congress and interviewing officials. Every
night he gives dinner or is himself
dined.
Yesterday in these dispatches it was
said that his chief purpose in coming
here was to see what could be done to
get together" with the administration on
the merger question. There is to-day no
reason for thinking that the statement
is incorrect.
1t is also said, and perhaps with some
truth, that while here he is booming irri-
cation matters and quietly knocking the
pending bills to increase the powers Of
the interstate commerce commission The
railroad world is sadly divided on this
question and Mr. Hill represents the
wing that believes in letting we'll enough
alone.
The Philippine Question.
Senate democrats, under the leadership
OF Senator Dubois, are trying to force
the administration to summon Aguinaldo
and other Filipino leaders to the United
| States for the purpose of testifying be-
| fore the senate committee now investigat.
ing Philippine affairs; and failing that tc
| have committee visit the islands fol
a more thorough investigation than car
be had at home. The Philippine question
may keep congress in session most Of the
summer. All the appropriation bills viii
be out of the way before June 1; in fact
most of them are now passed; but con,
/ gress will be kept in session because the
| democrats want to make good their effor
to galVanize the Philippine question int
| life as the political issue for 1904.
Senator Dubois has precipitated hi
scheme on the Philippines committee o
the senate, but no action will be takel
until the republican members of it hav,
opportunity to- confer. Should the com
| mittee by party vote, as is likely, refus'
to grant Mr.. Dubois's request, it is sal,
Dubois will carry it to the floor of tn,
senate. He may ultimately carry hi
| point in favor of summoning Aguinald
and his friends to the. United States, be
| cause a committee would not care t,
brave the hardships Of The long trip t
the far east, most OF its members beill
old men. Obviously it would be easier il
/ the end to grant Dubois request than tt
/ give satisfactory reasons for refusing
I Aguinaldo is under restraint in Manila
| Mab1ni is a prisoner in Guam, and Slxt
Lopez is supposed to be near Boston.
w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-30
PROOF OF THE TRUST
Kansa. City Pnckers Have the Evil
dence for 1t.

TNansa. City. Packers Have the Evi-.
dence for 1t.
Kansas City, Mo-, April 30. If Attorney
General Crow wants evidence OF the ex-
istence of beef trust. say the retail
butchers, he will have no trouble In md
ing 1t in Kansas City. They hope that
they, as well as the packers who have
been summoned, will be called upon for
testimony in the coming supreme court
hearing.
The strongest evidence Of the existence
Of an agreement between the, packers. ac-
cording to the butchers is the uniformity
of the wholesale price OF beef at all of
the houses, and the fact that the advances
in quotations take place simultaneously
on certain day of the week. Another
evidence, the butchers say. is the black
list system, under which q dealer who
misses the regular weekly payment Of his
bill to one packing house is unable to buy
any meat from another until that bill ID
paid. While his credit may be extended :
short time at the house to which he IL
obligated, they say he becomes entirely
subject to that house in the price he pays
for meat. NJ. & s q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-30
FREE FLOUR sTORAGEATB BUFFALO
The Lake Flour Shippers Said to BE
Fighting the Roads on 1t.

The Lake Flour Shippers Said to Be
Fighting the Roads on 1t.
Special 10 The Journal
Buffalo, April 30.-Lake flour shippers
are making strong fight against the
trunk lines in the matter Of free flour
storage here. For a number of years
previous to last season, the lake flour
shippers enjoyed free storage and handling
of shipments here, besides free space for
their flour packers and power to run them
Local millers complained Of this especial
1y as it was greatly abused, the lake ware
houses sometimes carrying western flour
through the winter here to the amount of
several hundred thousand barrels. Appeal
to the Interstate commerce commission
was not followed by action on its part,
for the roads announced that they had
granted this privilege only because they
had never been able to agree on the point,
but that there was now full accord to cut
the privilege off. When this was done
western shippers refused to store any
more -four here and last season the lake
warehouses were empty.
Now the roads have granted twenty
days free storage. AS they will cut off all
through billing, the shippers still refuse
to hold any flour here and are trying to
boycott the roads and break down the
new rule AS Buffalo sometimes handles
more than 12,OOO000 barrels of lake flour
in season, anything like successful
effort to reduce this amount materially
will be very injurious to the roads. West
ern shippers are already calling atten-
| ton to the fact that the lake trade is
very dull, and say they will do what they
can to reduce the Buffalo handling.
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WI |. FANG
" I'LL COME
The Chinese Minister Will
ing to Make the Trip
to Minneapolis.
The Chinese Restaurant Boy
colt Here Still Engages
His Attention.

From. The Journal Bureau, Room 45, Post
Building, Washington.
Washington, April 3O.-Minister WI
Ting fang informed The Journal CORE
spondent to-day that in all probability
he would accept the invitation Of the
John A. Rawlins post to visit Minneapolis.
He is in doubt, however, regarding the
best time for the visit. During May he
will be very busy with official matters,
and in June the weather will probably be
too warm for receptions and indoor
speeches. It is his judgment that he
should go in the fall, although, Of course.
point from members of the post.
1t is not true that he has declined an
tinvitation to deliver the commencement
Grafton at Milledgeville, Ca, college. He
did write facetious letter to Senator
Clay regarding certain speech in the
senate by Mr.. Teller, in which he was held
up to ridicule for going about the coun-
try speechmaking, but that does not mean
that he will not go to Milledgeville, OF
that he will stop making speeches.
Minister WI would be glad to have
some definite word from Rawlins post re-
garding the best time for him to go to the
northwest.
He has had several communications
from the state department regarding the
Chinese restaurant boycott in Minneapo.
lis to the effect that the matter is being
Investigated and that satisfactory prog
ress is being made. The matter is in thu
hands of Governor Van SAINT, who is di
recting the inquiry.
In a later interview Minister WI say:
| he will write a formal acceptance of thu
Minneapolis invitation as soon as officia
business will permit. He says there il
no hurry and assumes that Rawlins Pos
will be. satisfied if it hears from hin
within the month.
incidentally it may be said that the
re-enactment of the Geary law means thu
Fret ention of WI as the Chinese minister
Had congress passed the drastic bill pro
posed by the house, WI would probabl
have been held accountable by his gov
eminent and called home 1t is now Ger
tain that he will remain Indefinitely. H
came to the United. States in 1897.
| Torp
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PACKERS A. ] ! | / S;
GET A SHOCK
Meat Business Is Given a Re
rnarkab1e and Crafty
ing Setback.
The Demand for Dressed
Meats Falls Off 50 rs Per
Cent in a Few Days.

Chicago, April 30.-The business of Chi
cago packers has been staggered by the
refusal of the people of the country to eat
meat at the prevailing high prices.
The demand for dressed meats In the
last few days has fallen off 50 1-3 per cent
and the discharge Of men in the packing
houses is general.
Packers are forced to admit that the
government agitation of the dressed meat
combination, backed by the consumers in
all parts of the country who refuse to pay
the high hgures,is already proving d1sas-
trous. The shipments of dressed beef
from the yards have decreased during the
last ten days that cars are piling up In
the railroad yards with alarming rapidly.
THE U. S. GETS CHEAP MEAT i
The Packers "Unloosen, When
Uncle sam Buys.
Washington, April 50.-Inquiry at the
war department has disclosed the fact that
despite the great increase in the price Of
beef, the army is now making contracts
for the next fiscal year by which it will
get beef at number Of military posts at
lower rates than it has been paying under
the contracts arranged year ago.
Dealers in some of the big cities have
offered to furnish beef to nearby army
posts at prices lower than those of last
year, and in most cases where there is an
increase it is very small. In some cases
the Increase over last years prices is due
not to any of the causes given by the beef
men, but to the fact hat chilled beef has
been substituted for freshly slaughtered
beef, which is, of course, cheaper.
Figures taken from the official records
OF the subsistence department furnish q
striking comparison with the prices de-
manded OF private consumers.
Contracts have already been made for
| supplying with beef three posts near New
York city, and in two Of thes there is a
YORK city, and in two of these there Is a
year ago. At Fort Wood, on Bedloss
Island, the price for the coming fiscal year
will be 1893 cents pound against g. IS
cents for the year to end on June 30. At
Fort Wadsworth, on Staten Island. the
price just fixed by contract is TIA cent 8
against@7.19 cents under last years con-
tract At Fort Columbus, N. r. harbor,
the price will be increased from 1853 cents
] to 1887 cents.
In Washington, where there has been a
marked rise IL the price of beet to private
consumer rs the subsistence department. Of
\ the arms has made con tract v 18th a local
dealer to Furnish beef to, the Washington
4 barracks at7ai.4 cents a. pound against Z. Z
fcents under last years contract
The official records show also that beef
1 dealers are now offering to furnish sup
plies at lower rates than last year to
army posts near the cities OF Atlanta.
Pittsburg, Baltimore, Troy, New Bedford
and New Orleans, while the contract
prices have been increased for posts at or
1 near Providence, Boston. Mobile, Augusta.
Charleston WATERFOWL. West Point and
Plattsburg.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-30
EXPORT RATES
ON FLOUR
An ArraHgenent Brought
About by the Financial
Interests Of N. Y.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The journal.
New York, April 3O.-Recent protests Of
northwestern millers against export rates
on flour are said to be in fair way to
bring about a more satisfactory condi-
ton. This is the result Of negotiations
conducted by Presidents Hill of the
Great Northern and Mellen of the North
ern Pacific with the management of east
ern trunk lines.
An understanding has practically been
REACHED under which it will be possible
for northwestern milling interests to have
their export output carried to Duluth by
the Northern Pacific or Great Northern,
thence by boat to Buffalo and by rail to
New York, where it is to be given to the
steamships in the merger recently eff
fected by Morgan
This arrangement is not altogether due
the kindness of either of the rail or lake
lines but to the influence of the financial
interests in New York that became
alarmed by the threat Of the millers to
find an outlet for their product via the
gulf ports. Such an arrangement would
involve lake and rail lines in tremendous
loss.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-30
RECIPROCITY
Senate Committee Reports
Some Treaties Favorably
House Must Agree.

Washington, April 30.-The senate COM
mittee on foreign relations to-day agreed
to report favorably all the reciprocity
treaties except with Argentine and the
one pertaining to Jamaica.
= The favorable reports. are on treaties
with France, Nicaragua, Ecuador and
Dominica and four with Great Britain,
covering Bermuda, Barbados, British
Guiana. Turks and Coicos islands.
All the treaties are to be amended by
the following provisions:
This treaty shall not take effect until
the same shall have been approved by
the congress-" .-a.e....r..
The effect of this is to require the house
as we'll as the senate to act. The defeat
of the treaty with Argentine was due to
the large quantities of wool produced in
that country, while the opposition to the
jamaican treaty was on account of citrous
fruits and sugar.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-30
THE CURTAIN FALLS

Funeral of Sol Smith Russell at
Washington To-day.
From. Tho Journal B.Drenu, Room Is. Posi
Building, Wnshin0ton
Washington, April 30.-The funeral OF
Sol Smith Russell to-day was largely at
tended, large number OF actors now
playing at the local theaters attending.
The wife and daughter Of Mr.. Rus
sell will take up their permanent resi-
dence in Washington, His son, who lives
in Minneapolis, was anxious to have them
return to that city, but they preferred
% stay in the east.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-30
GENERAL SMITHS TRIAL
Lucban Found to BE Very Bad
Malay.

Lucban Found to BE a Very Bad
Malay.
Manila. April so.-Lieutenant George
Shields, Jr., aid de camp to General j..
H. Smith, testified at to-day's session
of the courtmartial. which is. trying the
general The lieutenant said he knew
well the signature of Lucban. the insur-
gent leader who was captured Feb. %
by Lieutenant strebler's Philippine
scouts on the island of Samar. The or
der to poison the natives spears was un-
doubtedly signed by Lucban. The witness
also said Lucban confessed to him that
he was the author of the proclamation
setting forth that German warships were
bombarding vigan and that the Filipino
navy was blockading Manila. which was
issued to encourage The Filirinos.
The defense then rested its case and
the court adjourned until Saturday.
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DELAREY STILL FREE
i Report Tint He Had Surrendered
IL Denied.

London, April 81. There is no truth in
"a report circulated in the United States
to-day that General Delarey with three
Boer commands has surrendered to the
British in South Africa
The war office received dispatches from
Lord Kitchener to day but he made no
mention Of any surrender
Operators on the stock exchange we're
busy with peace rumors, but they were
also very intangible.
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INFECTED MEAT
New York Aldermen Make serious
Charges Against the Trust.

New York, April Following their
action of last week. when they strongly
condemned the beef trust and called for
the intervention of federal and state au-
thorities to put an end to the conspiracy,
the aldermen at their: meeting yesterday
adopted resolutions in which the alarming
charge is made that not content with ite
extortions the beef trust IS shipping %
this city carloads of infected meat
The menace to the health OF residents
Of New York is pointed out, and the board
of estimates and apportionment is urged
to set aside an additional 200 for the
health department to enable 1t to engages
more meat inspectors. At present, It Il
declared, the health board is seriously
handicapped in its efforts to prevent tho
sale of infected meat owing to the small.
ness of its staff of meat inspectors. IS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-30
WHIST CONGRESS OPENS
Twin City Women Are Entered i
Contests mt Boston.

Boston, April 3o.-Nearly 400 women.
from all parts of the country. are as
sembled in this city for the fifth annual
congress of the Women's Whist league.
Play will continue all this week at the
Hotel Somerset.
Miss E. Lane and Mrs. A. J. Loescher
of St. Paul are paired as No. IL team in
the Philadelphia cup contests. Their
trick score for the first session was minus
seven, the winners standing IL tricks
plus.
Mrs. L. S. Gillette and Mrs. G. M. Gil
lette of the Ladies Whist club Of Mime
apolis, are No. team in the Philadel-
phia cup contest. Their trick score fol
the session was plus III.
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WHITE STAR LINE TRUSTED

London, April 30-rhe Morgans, who had
until to-day the option OF confirming or
withdraw wing from the provisional agreement
by which the White Star Line was to enter
the Atlantic shipping combine, have notified
that line of their intention to carry through
their part of the agreement.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-30
THE CUDAHY CODE
Secrets of the Beef Men Revealed by
New York PAPER

New York Paper.
New York, April 3O.-The Herald this
morning reproduces portions of the secret
Geographic code book Of the Cudahy Pack
ing company, copy Of which it has OBJ
tanned. Extracts given show new proofs
OF the operation of agreements among tho
beef trust houses to maintain prices in.
harmony with each other and to regulate
the, supply and demand by common con-
sent. The code book completes chain Of
evidence, the Herald declares, which
shows that P. =. Hughes, eastern manager
Of this trust house, has acted in agree
ment with other managers of the beef
trust in New York
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KILLED BY FEAR
Five Girls Leap From a Win
dow Because Of a False
Cry Of Fire.

Philadelphia, April; so.-Five girls are
known to have been killed and more than
a score injured during a panic at the cigar
factory Of Hamburger, Homman & Co.,
Tenth street and Washington avenue, at
1915 this afternoon. The company en-
ploys over 600 girls. At the hour above
named a workman employed in the
building was slightly Injured by being
caught in an elevator. Some one cried
fire. and Immediately there was rush
for the stairway Of the building. The
crush was so great that many of the
girls turned back and rushed for the win
dows. Before they could be restrained,
a score or more had hurled themselves to
the street, several being crushed to death.
Ambulances were quickly on the scene
and the dead and injured were hurried to
the hospitals.
TIE section of the city where the acct
dent occurred is densely populated and
nearly all the employees lived in the
neighborhood. The families of the dead
and injured were quickly on the scene and
the screams of the mothers and sisters Of
supposed victims were heartrending. The
officials say those who were killed were
crushed to death in the jam on the stair
way as they made a mad rush to gain the
street. Hundreds of girls were packed
in the hallway leading to the street and
those who were killed, tainted and were
trampled and crushed to death by their
excited comrades. Already there have
been twenty girls and one man admitted
to the Pennsylvania hospital, where the
physicians say several are fatally injured.
Ten more girls were taken to theaHahene-
mann hospital but none is believed to be
fatally injured
b 1t is now said that deaf and dumb
boy employed in the factory caught his
hand in the elevator and in his effort to
make his mishap known, he rushed into
the midst Of a group of girls excitedly
waving his hand from which blood was
dripping. Then followed the cry OF
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-30
IN COUNCIL
Standing Rock Sioux Meet
the Commissioners at
Fort Yates.

Special to The Journal.
Fort Yates, N. D., April 3o.-Three
thousand Indians are here to council with
Commi Jones concerning land leas-
ing and allotments. A big feast was held
yesterday.
Mr. Jones interviewed the chiefs and
others regarding their grievances. He is
popular with the Indians
Inspector Nesler has completed the in
vestigation of the charges against
Agent Bingenheimer. General opinion
favors Bingenheimer. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-30
MEAT EATERS QUIT
Upper Peninsula Consumers TRY 1.
Get Even with the Trust.

Get Even with the Trust.
Special to The Journal. iss sss:sss 4.
Marquette, Mich. April 2o.-Reports from
various portions OF the upper peninsula show
that the consumption OF meat has fallens on
from 20 to 90 per cent in consequences Of the:
Increase in prices, which, in this section
averages about 8 cents q pound. Tho price
OF board and meals at restaurants has bsen
materially raised.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-30
Wheat Oats Corr

OF the South Dakota territory covered
eight counties have not yet made returns
They are: Campbell, Brown, Walworth,
Potter, Kingsbury, Aurora, Charles Mix
and Lincoln. Unlike the report for Min
nesota, the South Dakota report shows
that there will probably be a considerab-
ly increased wheat acreage in some To-
calities, Hyde, Beadle and Douglas coun-
ties reporting more wheat planted than
last year. Marshall and Grant counties
have not made returns az yet on corn, and
the corn percentage is figured for thirty
four counties. The figures in detail for
the thirty-3ix South Dakota counties that
have thus far reported are as follows, on
the basis of 100 for the acreage last year:
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Seven Girls Are Dead.

At las p. m the police report that seven
girls are dead as a result of Injuries re-
ceiyed in the panic, three are dying at
the hospitals, and twenty are under treat
ment for injuries. They say that 200
girls were employed in the factory.
During the excitement the fire alarm in
the corridor of the factory building was
struck and the arrival Of the engines on
the scene added greatly to the terror Of
the panic stricken girls.