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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-24

London, May 24.-Although some dount
has been recently expressed conc ,rniug :hc
announcement made in Brussels that the
middle section of the Cape to Cairo rail-
road would turn west through the Congo
Free State and not east through German
East Africa, it is nevertheless true that
the Anglo Belgian company has the right
from King Leopold to traverse the Free
State with the connecting line.
The agreement was signed in Brussels
April IA, and by it the Congo Free State
grants to Robert Williams, the well-known
African mining engineer, a concession to
construct a railway between the northern
borders of Rhodesia across Congo State
territory to Lake Kasali, on the navfgable
waters Of the Lualaba, one of the head
reaches of the Congo. According to King
Leopold's decree the president and two
directors are to be appointed by the king
personally, and the vice president and two
direct ors by Mr.. Williams.
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Another Link in the Cape to Cairo Line

) This has already been done. the English
portion of the board comprising Mr.. Will
liams as vice president, with c. J. Ley
land and Tyndall White as directors. The
president is NJ. Heyvasrt. of the Brussels
court OF. appeal and ex-governor Of western
Flanders, while MN. Louis Cousin. and
Dutillieux, engineers, are the Belgian di-
rectcrs. 1t is provided by the contract that
40 per cent of the plant of the railway
shall be purchased in Great Britain. Ne
gotiations are in progress with we'll
known firm of contractors for dispatchins
a railway survey party at an early date.
So far as the connection of the new line
of railway with the Rhodesian system is
concerned, it is understood that Mr.. Will
liams possesses written permission from
Mr. Rhodes to connect the Mashonaland
line with the Congo Free State section,
thus establishing direct communication
between Cairo and the Cape, via the Lua-
laba, upper Congo, Lake Albert and the
Nile
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CAME TO Us FOR MONEY
MATsUKATA's MISSION IN u. S.
Former Prime Minister
Would Negotiate a Loan of
Hundred Millions.

Special to The Journal.
Tacoma, WISH, May 24.-Count Matsu-
kata, former prime minister of Japan,
with other high Japanese officials now on
the atlantic coast, came to the United
States for the purpose of negotiating
a loan of s1c0,ooo,ooo with which to build
ships and rail ways and carry on mining
enterprises in. Japan. ...s.-..,... +. H..
This statement is made by Theophile
Collier, an attache OF the Belgian lega-
ton in Toxic, who arrived here yesterday
on his way to Brussels. Collier says it
was fully understood in Toxic that Mat
sukata ard his colleagues came to this
country to raise large loan. They are
among. the most eminent statesmen in
Japan and have authority to give ample
security that interest and principal will
he paid in gold: Probably 6 or 7 per
cent will be paid. ~ #
Z Collier believes Count Matsukata was
Invested of his official connection with
the government as part Of the plan to
raise funds here, 1t being thought he could
negotiate the loan to better advantage Is
a private citizen. sa., - -,,-.. . 49,.
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The italian Brigand Writes a Remark
able Story Of His Murders, Claim
ing Divine Protection.
He Turns a Neat Trick With the Pub
Usher, Getting 100000 Francs
and 20% Royalty.

ing? Christ. Who else but Christ. I have
but the strength Of the average man, know
nothing Of building and dsrnantling of build
ings. Christ taught me all; he endowed mo
with superhuman powers
When we ran away my feet and legs were
red with blood from innumerable cuts by
stones and thorns, yet felt no pain. felt 10
apprehension of danger either for L knew
that no bullet could reach me since was n-
nocent, since Christ himself judged me SO.
Four days and four nights we spent wan
dering ere Aspromonte was reached. There
the story of our flight had preceded US and the
brothers Of Zocali, my deadly enemies, were
hunting for me, Was 1 going to pc MUIR
dered, after suffering unjust imprisonment
argued with myself: Christ died for the
whole world-for the bad and innocent alike
I myself was ready to die for the cause Of
the innocent, but not for such as the brothers
Zocah. r.. .-:--.A
I had my gun strapped on my back when
Angelina, the accursed spy, showed up Next
thing I knew was looking into the barrels
of his rife. 'stop,' thundered, 'if you
to eat another meal. Mussolinos gun never
fails, but yours might. That made him drop,
his rife He fell on the ground, put his
arms round my knees and begged for his
life. I said: "You richly deserve death, but
will take pity your six children. You
shall live, carrying a souvenir of Mussolno
stand against tree while 1 retired a hundred
PAGES and peppered his legs with brdshot-
This is Mussolino's report on the shoot
ing of one of his many victims among
the soldiery:
The fellow had sent one bullet past my
ears and was about to shoot again, when I
cried: For the love Of God, let me pass.
Don't shoot. I am not going to hurt you
In answer l heard the whiZzing of second
bullet Don't force me to kill you I
pleaded again. <.
Pshaw, the fellow wore uniform and had to
do his duty. 1 much regret his death. When
L think Of his father and mother. feel like
crying. All, haven't forgotten that l buried
my own parents!
True it Is, I killed Sarazena. He was a
spy, a despicable tool of the police killed
him face to face, as did Romeo Cesares. AS
! to the story that ambushed these men-I
would blush to defend myself against vile
an accusation, or against the other that
| robbed the body of ZoeaH of money. Such
Infamous fabrications enrage Mussolino, but
| can not tarnish his reputation.
| The author of the remarkable. book
| calmly admits the dozen or more murders
| laid at his door, and at the same time
| shoulders the entire responsibility for all
unlawful acts committed by his band Of
| four accomplices. They were Musso-
| limos tools, bound to him by oath, and
firmly believing in my heavenly mission"
says the brigand. -.
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CAPITAL CULLiNGS-

Representative Stevens of Texas introduced
resolution aimed at the tender of a monu-
ment Of Frederick. the Great to the. United
States. ~ -. - r. ..- 80 *
by his speech in the senate this week. At
the close he was warmly congratulated by
some Of the most passive members of the re-
publican side. Is. " -
Governor Van SAINT will not come to. Wash
ington until the early part of June, it is
said. He has made arrangements for a
speech in the state on Memorial Day, May 30,
and cannot leave, before that, time - .
A dispatch from Greenwich, Conn, says
that President W H. Truesdale,. of the Della
ware, Lacka wanna & Wes.ern railway, for
merly a Minneapolitan, has purchased for
$50 900 "a beautiful summer home at Indian
Field, Greenw ich. : ,..@:5 *...+
Representative William Alden Smith; of
Grand Rapids, has been chosen to preside over
the republican state convention Of Michigan,
at Detroit, June %, and Representative Wal
ter D. Smith. of Council Bluffs has been Sc
lected to perform a similar duty fol-: the re-
publicans of Iowa. =
AS result of the passage by the house and
senate Of bill that has been pending for
many years, a >sanatorium for disabled SOL
diers of the United States will be erected at
Hot Springs, S. D. The bill carries an appro-
priation Of $4,000 SCI
In the house yesterday, Mr.. Loud of Cali
gone beyond, the point of reason and had be-
come. a disgrace. He said is was physically
impossible for the committee reporting these
bills toconsider them carefully, as 1,165 had
been reported and passed within a total OF
twenty Eight hours Mr.. LIQUIDS remarks
brought out several emphatic protests.
1t is believed that F. C.4sBarrows sailed
from. Manila either May or May Is, and he
should therefore reach San Francisco, June
/ or June Is. The government will probably
order his release at once, provided the de-
eision of the supreme court in the Demine
case has been certified to the war department
by that time. If it has not been, it will be
possible for Barrows' friends to secure his
release at once a writ of habeas corpus.
At the statue unveiling to-day, President
Roosevelt spoke Off hand. II have made
so many speeches lately he said to a group
of newspaper men at the White House the
other-day "that have not had time to think
about my Rochambeau speech. I shall talk
without previous pre- paration.' This shows
that the president is making Roadway in the
art of speaking off-hand an accomplishment
in which he did not excel when he came tc
the presidency.
temperate and carefully prepared speech
was delivered in the senate yesterday on the
Philippine bill by Mr.. Dubois of Idaho. He
confined himself almost entirely to a discus
sion of the commercial and industrial aspects
OF the Philippine question:, his purpose being
to show that 1t would be a"dsadvantage to the
people Of this country to retain. the islands
This governments action in the Philippines
would also serve to arouse China from 5he1
lethargy. an, once aroused, the dragon would
deyour the trade of the world. Mr.. Beveridge
denied this contention
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Rome, May 24.-Mussolino, the brigand,
allowed correspondent to make the fol-
lowing extracts from his memoirs, the
Italian rights of which he has just dis
cash and 20 per cent royalty, the highest
ever paid for book on the continent of
Europe. Even Victor Hugo, who was as
sharp as any author ever dared be, never
knocked a publisher harder. Though he
got as much cash as the brigand for one
or two of his books, he had to sell out
right, receiving no percentage OF the
sales. Mussolino knows that and IS very
proud of his bargain. The book opens
with this broad statement: ~.
/ have killed many, but never knitted any
body from behind his back. My murders, SO
called, were duels--each man had chance
to fight for his life, whether he deserved it Or
not. And never robbed a living soul, never
laid hands on the weak.
Repatriation and Punishment robbed me of
the sweetest JOY of life, woman's love. /
might have attainedthat happiness. but at the
price of virtue. It would have been Infamous
of men to accept a wcman's love while a
fugitive from justice, 'wanderer on the
face Of the earth
During Christmas night 1 dreampt I was
standing at the brink of great precipice
while a strange voice whispered behind my
back. Turning, I saw tall figure that spoke
follows: What are your thoughts, my
son?'' ..-... ....- a.-.. -.-E r..
Il am thinking OF my troubles, and whether
there is an unhappier man In the wide, wide
world And 1t pains me to think that animals
act more honorably than most men. Thou
sands would be ready to murder me if
moved from this place e. ~. - =
Thereupon the spectral body said: LAS long
as there is life there is hope, Mussolino. Pray
to God and he will succor you -..... -. =.
made answer: II don't believe in spirits, -
whereupon the stranger said: You will be-
lieve in me when I tell you that you shall de-
part from this place and take revenge on
your enemies - -. ~. -. &. liz
Next morning, when I told my cellrnate OF
what had happened he laughed and called me
fool, but said:L"It's worth working for
anyhow. 1 will try to break through the wall
at the very spot where the specter appeared
If succeed will know that Christ is watch
ing over me, and that the messenger came
here by his bidding" ..s -.
Well, I did get out-not by my own efforts
though The part Of the wall I undertook tt
den1olish, was formed by an immense block o
stone. How could l hope to move these sew
eral tons Of rock without divine aid? 1t wa:
far beyond ordinary human efforts. Yet
succeeded after working three days and tire;
nights almost necessarily. go.
I ask all good Catholics: Who gave mt
power to do so?' Christ: Who slew thu
guards and keepers with temporary blindnes:
that they might not observe what 1 was do.
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Special to The Journal.
New York, May 24-The New York
Evening Posts Washington correspond
ent has written to his paper a story
about J. Adam Bede. AS an eastern
point of view OF Minnesota's unique and
interesting philosopher, it will possess
interest for readers Of T h ur |.
It says:
J. Adam Bede, whose candidacy for con-
eress in the Duluth district of Minnesota has
been widely announced, Is a quaint product
of American life A few years ago he was a
wide-awalke young reporter on the Washing
ton Star; but the confinement of a busy city
and the cut and dried ways of the east did
not satisfy him, and he migrated to Duluth,
where he established a newspaper called the
Citizen. Duluth however, soon took on too
many of tht airs Of metropolis to suit him,
and he removed to the town of Tower, where
he set UP little weekly called Bede's Budget,
filing it with his own humorous and semi
humorous philosophizings He soon became
immersed in politics a democrat and was
recognized as one Of the brightest stump and
platform speakers Of his party in that part of
the country.
When Mr.. Cleveland was elected president
a second time, there were two pretty promi-
nent citizens desirous Of appointment to the
United States marshalshp of Minnesota. Bede,
on the principle that what is worth having is
worth asking for. put in a little petition on
his own hook. 1t written by himself, in
characteristics form and language, on a sheet
of white birch bark-an appropriate medium
for the assurance with which he concluded It,
that if the president did not choose him for
the Office, he was still quite able to paddle
his own canoe" He evidently had little idea
Of getting the appointment, and was probably
as much surprised as the older politicians Of
the state when a Geographic dispatch ordered
him to qualify preparatory to the issue of
his commission
This in February, 1894. In October OF
the same year, when Representative Baldwin
was running for reelection to congress, Bede
wished to take part in the campaign, but
found himself confronted by the president s
order forbidding :officeholders to- interest
themselves actively in politics. He. there
fore without a molnent's hesitation, wrote to
Attorney General Olney resigning his mar
sbulship, and adding: -
II do this because the party to which I
have ever given my allegiance, in whose prin-
ciples I have an abiding faith, this year is
being maigned by knownothings and mounte-
banks, and charged with evils that come from
others crimes.
We're the conditions different and the bat
tie an easy one. / might rest supnely in, a
birch bark tent, but believe the time is ripe
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SLABS AT GENERAL MILES.

sWasning ton, May 24.-Whether General
Miles will retire from the army or show his
resentment lin such a way as to further widen
the breach between himself on the one hand
and the president and the secretary of war on
the other, are questions that are being asked
in connection with the issuance of an order
which prevents the comma landing general from
acting as secretary in the absence of Mr.
Root or Assistant Secretary Sanger. Another
order issued by the executive is understood
to be aimed at General Miles. It depriges
Colonel Ward, adjutant under General Miles,
of the duty Of acting as adjutant general Of
the army in the absence of General Corbin
This assignment will hereafter be filled by
the assistant adiutant general.
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The Danger OF Yellow Napoleon Suggested

yellow Napoleon find his officers and an
administration
In speaking Of the Anglo-Japanese al
lance, he said: eff effective, it gives
England an army in the far east. and this
is matter Of no slight Importance. The
Japanese appeared to me to be very brave
and we'll disciplined, and their army was
perfectly organized. Japan is force, but
an army of $4,000 Japanese in Manchuria
would not be the equivalent of Russian
army. The Japanese generals are still
wanting in knowledge of strategical
movements -
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A Hitch in the NEGOTIATIONS With the Beers

night at the dinner of the volunteers. He
said the government was determined not
to purchase temporary immunity from
trouble by sacrificing permanent peace IN
South Africa.
The Telegraph says that the interchange
of views between the British and Beers
has been so incomplete that Mr.. Balfour
cannot make a statement in the house OF
commons on Monday.
The Times concurs in the statement
that there has been a hitch in the nego-
tiations because some OF the points raised
were regarded as inadmissable.
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New York, May 24.-While the public
interest in the new shipping combina-
tion is not as intense here as it is in
England, still there is deep apprecia-
ton of the possible significance of the
ombination in the development Of Amer
lean trade and the American merchant
marine. AS has been announced, the new
company is to be capitalized at $1,000, 900
preferred stock, 6O,OO0,O 900 common stock
and $50 600, 900 bonds, the sales Of the lat
ter to supply the cash needed for the
contamination of the deal The three
american lines are bought at fixed prices.
The purchase price of the two British
lines is to be satisfied as to rs per cent
in cash and as to IS per cent in per cent
preferred stock, with bonus in common
stock equal to 371a per cent of the price.
The exact amounts of cash and stock to be
paid the different lines In the comblna-
ton and to the underwriting syndicate
have not been announced, but the follow
ing calculation was obtained to-day, ana
is probably a close estimate:
Preferred Common
Cash. stock. stock.
White Star and
Dominion s12, 800 600 S3S, 100, coo s1e, 200 900
American and .... =.
Atlantic Trans
port ......... 15,s44ooo 1s,914,ooo e,157 200
Capital account ........ ico,Voo o,o4o'VVo
New tonnage in *
terest, etc.. 9.62OOOO ........
Syncicate's COM -
mission -....... -2,otO,00o 2o,UuUO
Totals $50, 600 900 $50, 900, G0G $50, COO 900
The White Star line goes in on basis
of a price fixed ten times the amount of
its net earnings in 1900. These earnings
are not given, but in shipping circles here
they are estimated at s4,oo00oo. On this
basis the White Star will receive 100000
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New York, May 24.-Miss Maggie Brain
ery of 108 Passaic avenue, Newark, is in
the isolation hospital in that city with
mild case of smallpox and two recent vac
cination scars, one Of which is on the tip
of her nose. A little over week ago one
of the members Of her family was
stricken with smalIpox and she was vac
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-24

Hamburg, May 24-One cannot pick up
a German daily, weekly or monthly Win
out finding the feuilleton full of American
short stories, American novels and arti-
cles from American magazines. scientific
and otherwise Mark Twain is among the
most frequently robbed American authors.
The late Bret Harte was another. The
list of robbed authors and authoresses
includes every old and new success in the
realms of American literature. As mat
ter of fact, Germany would have to go
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London, May 24.-Yesterday's meeting
of the cabinet ended in hitch. Beyond
the fact that there had been desire to
assent to everything that would make the
appearance of peace possible, nothing is
really known After the cabinet dis
persed there was less sanguine feeling
at the stock exchange. 1t is understood
that the hitch, which undoubtedly oc-
Cured, involving probably some days dis
pute, is not of nature to prevent con-.
tinuance Of the negotiations.
Secretary OF War Broderick spoke last
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Colonel Marchand of Fashoda obloquy
has returned to Paris after his tour of
China and Siberia and has said certain
things for publication on the situation in
the Far East He thinks that China has
beer, definitely mastered and will never be
DANGEROUS until she has an administra-
ton, hierarchical organization. ''She is
a gigantic body without spinal column or
nervous system, and is incapable of obey
ing a single impulse. If a yellow Ma
poleon were to arise he would find sol
diers. The Chinese are already good
soldiers and brave, but where would tho
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-24

New York, May PA curious detail OF
the coronation preparation has been re-
.yealed at the South Kensington museum,
says Tribune dispatch from London. j.
Pierpont Morgan Is said to have presented
to the king large tapestry for which he
paid $500, 600. This tapestry will be used
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Pearson Threatens to Attack British Muleteers

New York. May IA special from
Washington says that General Pearson.
the Beer agent, has virtually dehed the
Roosevelt administration He announces
that inasmuch as the administration will
not stop the British governments opera
tions a. Port Chalmette. near New Or.
leans, he, General Pearson, intends to do
so. He declares he will take action in
the federal courts to compel the govern
sasHt to do as he thinks 1t ought to do,
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She Was Vaccinated Twice but Had Small pox

cinated on her left arm. ANday or two
later she accidentally transferred some Of
the virus from her arm to the tip Of her
nose, where drop Of acid had removed
the skin The vaccine virus took upon
her nose as we'll as upon her arm, but 1t
her physicians say that her case is one
Of the lightest: 81 81
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Presbyterians Going Into EvangeIization

New York, May 24.-Evangelistic work
Moderator Van Dyke now declares to be
1.-The keynote of this general assembly,
The tributes to Mr.. Converse at the meet
ing on evangelistic work in the Fifth Az
enue Presbyterian church by Rev. DR..
Cha pman and Rev.. DR.. Carson were very
warm. There is every manifestation of
interest in this subject among the COM
missioners of the assembly. From every
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part of the country there is call for
evangelists. The demand is for men OF
culture as we'll as adaptability, of brains
as we'll as conservation, men who are
specialists in this line Of work. 1t
seems to be in the air that as soon as
the Presbyterians have settled their creed
dispute they will enter into widespread
and aggressive campaign of evangelism
ton.
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PRICE OF MEATS STILL cL1MB1,

Chicago, May 24.-Choice steaks and roasts
continue to advance in price, During the last
week the best grades Of beef have advanced
from II to 4 cent pound The latest quota
tons are liz to z cents. Scarcity of good
beef cattle is the reason assigned Lower
prices are not expected in the near future,
and it is even predicted that the schedule Of
prices may be further advanced in few
weeks. The prices of the lower grades of
beef may fall, but the cost of the best grades
will stay w
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j. Pierpont Morgan Makes the King Present

for decorative effect in the. abbey at the
coronation service. If this information be
accurate 1t is a Spanish tapestry about
twelve feet square with crimsors and
blues Of exceptional beauty and richness
and great deal of gold thread is woven
with the colors The tapestry is now In
the museum. No one is allowed to see e
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CABLE FLASHES

Manila-English will be the official language
OF the courts and customs Offices
! Port n-Prince-Antenor Firnlin, former
EIaitinn Minister to France was accorded a
cordial reception here and the fear Of civil
war Is lessened. IL ss