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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
AFTER THE COMBINES
Chicago Abuses to Be Taken Into
Court by the United States
District Attorney.
Ne1s York. Sun Special Serpfoe

NeU York. Sum Special Se1pfoe
Chicago, Sept 13.-Persons who claim
to have been made victims of trade COM
binations with headquarters in Chicago,
have begun campaign against such or
Plantations, and United States District
Attorney Bethea has told them if they
will furnish the evidence he will take the
cases into the courts. They have made
complaints against the electrical supplies
companies and Master Plumbers associa-
ton. Yesterday formal complaint was
made against the American Tobacco COM
pany and it is expected to secure judg
tnent against the concern in the federal
court
The government attack is really to
reach also to the packers combination now
forming. While Mr.. Bethea will not COM
nit himself, a recent statement by Spec
tal Caunsel William A. Day, and strength
ened by the remarks of other government
prosecutors, indicates that contempt pro-
ceedings may be started against the Or
ganizers under. the rule issued by Judge
GrOsscup last May.
District Attorney Bethea has promised
that he will take up the charges, incor-
porate them in a bill for injunction under
the Sherman law and forward the docu-
ment to Attorney General Knox for ap-
prevail. He insists that in each case the
so-called victims shall fortify their com
plants with something tangible. This
must be either a written contract showing
an agreement to control prices and shut
off competition or strong verbal evidence
A complaint was made to Mr.. Bethea re.
Gently concerning the methods of certain
book publishers. The. caller was loca
book dealer. He said an eastern house
had refused to sell him any more stock be
cuase 1t feared he was acting as SUD.
ply agent for a competitor in New York
Evidence was also presented concerning
the operations Of the elleged electrical ant
plumbers combinations and in the latter
cases the evidence was sent to Washing
ton for advice. -,, -
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give slight element Of elasticity to our
otherwise inelastic currency system:
= His position as regards increasing cir
culation is perhaps best expressed in a
letter, which he recently wrote q banker
that had been already buying bonds and
which he has consented to- make public
It is as follows:
Treasury Department. Washington, Sept 10,
1902.-My Dear Sir: Your letter of the Sth is
received. find it well-nigh impossible to convey
the purport Of my request even to the banks of
whom have the request, much less to the pub
lie. .5..s. : H.. ..- ~ a.. ... -
First-In case of imminent danger or actual
disaster, would be compelled to use govern
ment deposits to buy increased circulation
Second desire to have from fifteen to TWEEN
ty millions additional circulation printed pre-
paratory, SO that it can be issued In four days
instead Of forty. 1T -. -..,. = .--.'.. ...-.
Third will be glad to have the banks hold
ing deposits arrange if they can to borrow the
bonds. ...rt -- : g.. +.-.- ~ra.'
FOURTH desire to send no bank into the
market to buy bonds at the present time
Fifth do not care to have the currency is
sued unless conditions make it well-nigh impera-
tive. ~ & 3 Z Z 49, ~ Il r. -, - = 81
l am making no demand upon any bank. The
amount of their circulation must be determined
by their directors, but inasmuch as the public
holds the secretary of the treasury somewhat
responsible for existing conditions I deem my
self justified in using the public funds now held
by various banks on deposit as think best for
the public good, and in case Of trouble may
think best to these to buy increased circula.
ton. the banks now holding such funds having
preference. -.----..--
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
MRS. STEWART KILLED
The Senator'S Wife Is the Victim of
-. Automobile Seorchers.

San Francisco, Sept: 3. Mrs. w. M.
Stewart, wife Of Senator Stewart Of Ne
vada, was thrown from an automobile
and killed at Alameda,sCa1. 80
Mrs. Stewart was enjoying a ride with
her nephew, Henry F'oote, son OF w. w.
Foote, an attorney, and H. B. Taylor.
They were going along Santa Clara ave-
nue. in Alameda county, Taylor
guiding the machine and sending it along
at high speed. A vehicle approached and
Taylor swerved the motor in order to
avoid a collision. He lost control of the
steering apparatus orsmade a miscacula-
ton. The auto ran into a telegraph pole
and the occupants were thrown out, Mrs.
Stewart struck her head and was carried
in an unconscious condition to a sana-
forum in the vicinity, where she soon
died Foote and Taylor escaped with
slight bruises. -.ss..s r..
Taylor is a cousin OF Frederick Bene-
dict, who recently was crushed to death
under his own automobile in New York
Mrs. Stewart was visiting her sister, Mrs
Louis Aldrich. who lives in San Francisco
Washington, Sept. 13.-Senator Stewart
and Mrs. Stewart, since the sale of their
old home Dupont circle to Senator
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he circuit court to-day, If it Is sustained

the circuit court to-day, If it is sustained
by higher court.
The case was for an injunction asked by
Waite, Thorburn & Co., against promin-
ent commission houses in the recent July
oats corner.
The most important ruling is that the
Chicago Board of Trade loses the power
to pass on property rights where margins
are involved. The boards authority to
discipline members for refusing to put
up called margins is denied.
A Blow at the Board of Trade.
The decision is far-reaching one. Not
only does it end Corners" but it strikes
at the very life Of the institutions as
now organized. The directors have had
their powers so curtailed that they can
not longer adjudicate upon property rights
of the members. Judge Chytraus goes
even farther and says that under the
charter of the board Of trade there Is no
provision for, succession Of. membership
and he asks the pertinent question:
What should become Of the corpora
ton when persons now composing the
original board would be dead?"
REGARDLESS of the fact that the COM
plainants agreed to be bound by the rules
the court ruled that they were not bound.
that the arrogating Of such a body was
against public policy and that ut would
be introducing sovereignties within SOW
ereignty for the function of constituting
| law"
The court speaks to some length Of the
| operations upon the board of the benefits
| to the community from the institution
| and of the great influence it exerts upon
| commerce. It holds that as corporation
| not for profit, the board possesses gov
| ernmental disciplinary powers over the
| members not possessed by stock cor
porations where money or property rights
| are directly involved. The general power
| to pass upon the right of property in the
margins in question, however, S held a
| judicial power, which never can be dele
gated. 49, - s. -1..e. --..--....r -
4 THE ordinary courts Of Justice said
! the court. Constituting one Of the
branches Of our government ought not tt
be and should not submit to being ex.
cluded or ousted Of jurisdiction by In.
tendment." .... .- -.
With some sarcasm the court adds
'tThe mastery ingenuity Of the plar
contrived to prevent appeal to the com:
mon law courts of the states commands
our admiration. Think Of the long time
/ of operation. that has proved the scheme
i a successful one. The loser who may fee
| himself aggrieved and who may know
| himself to have been gronged by the
/ operation of a corner or otherwise at law
i can only sue to get his money back
Eve nthat remedy is by the resource
4 fulness of the scheme abridged. For it /!
l possible for him to do even that onl.
4 after he has an award or adjudication
4 against him by this board OF trade com
I mittee or tribunal
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Washington, Sept. 13.-Secretary Shaw
to-day issued the following statement:

Washington, Sept. 13.-Secretary Shaw
to-day issued the following statement:
Secretary Shaw has made arrange
:ments to release about 100000 of the
treasury holdings. He has had a list pre-
pared of those national banks throughout
the country which held free or pledged
bonds at the date of their last report and
has made inquiries for others. After max
ing allowance for changed conditions
since the last report, he expects this will
release at least $4,000,O0O He has sent
notice to all such that if they will send
these bonds to the treasury Of the United
States in sums of $4,000 or more, they
will be designated as temporary deposit
tories and the face value of the bonds
will be deposited with them to the credit
of the treasurer of the United States"
HE has pursued this course in prefer
ence to designating repositories in the or
binary way, which compels them to buy
bonds in. the market at large premium,
thus. paving out more for the bonds than
thew get from the government. The GUS
toms receipts are extremely heavy at this
particular season of the year and the cash
balance of the treasury has been gradually
increasing. -.~.T ~.
"He has also decided to anticipate in
terest amounting to about 81 100000 and
with this in view orders have been issued
to the various subtreasuries to cash such
counofs as may be presented for payment
and the treasurer of the United States has
hoen instructed to mail checks for the in
terest.
s.All this was decided upon some. days
,eo.and letters and kilograms prepared
for to-day. 10 a.s-s. s-.5 s...-....r, e r.-t,
."rhe secretary sees in present condi-
+ions no cause for alarm. He calls atten-
tion to the fact that there is no evidence
Of a currency famine, present or prospect.
i've elsewhere than in New York, ant
even there the rate is not high for com.
mercial paper, and for commercial paper
he has the greater solicitude. He is wei
90 +isfied with his efforts to increase cir.
cniation. which he decided upon in the
early summer, when present conditions
were plainly visible, and has the presses
busy preparing to meet an emergency
which he does not expect, but which HI
thinks 1t is wise to provide against. Thu:
far he has made requests only of sucl
banks as hold large deposits and have
very limited circulation, and he is not ask
ing these to Increase to the maximum
nor to increase at all for the present HI
does not desire to force the banks int
the markets to buy bonds at rate highe
| than the government is willing to pay. H,
does desire to make the best possible us'
! of the free bonds now held by the banks
| Incidentally he likes to encourage banks
to hold free bonds during the dull months
| believing it is much better to hold bonds
| that will yield II per cent even than t,
| make call loans at 20 per cent. He is
| therefore, giving the banks that hole
these free bonds an opportunity to- us
them to most excellent advantage. Thi
| method. II pursued by the banks. wonlt
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
4 DELICATE TASK
The President Calls a Conference of
All Shades of Opinion on
l., a. ~ the Tariff. ~ -. !.
It Will Consider What Ought to Be
Said by the President on His
f. Northwestern Trip.

Building, Washssgto".
Washington, Sept. 13.-The conference
of several leading senators, among them
Aldrich, Hanna, Lodge, Allison, Spooner
and Plat (Connecticut) with the presi-
dent at Oyster Bay, next Tuesday, win
determine what the president shall say Oh
his northwestern trip regarding tariff re-
vision. The president knows that that
section is strongly in favor of revision,
and feels that he should not visit it with
out saying something straight from the
shoulder on a subject in which it has such
a great interest. At the same time, he
does not want to speak without taking due
counsel with the party leaders.
In selecting the six senators named
above the president has taken all shades
Of opinion. Senator Aldrich represents
the ultra protection. view, while Senator
Hanna may be placed among the con-
servatives who will Iookat the question
from a political as well as a business side.
Senator Allison is from the hot bed of
tariff revision. while Senator Lodge is
the spokesman Of New England inter-
ests which have always indicated will
ingness to extend the free list Senator
Spooner Is northwestern man whose
judgment is given great weight by the
president, while Senator Platt of Con-
nect1cut' is another ultra protectionist.
If Representative Babcock is invited
as it is said he will be he will represent
the. element that wants the duties on
steel and other trust-made manufacture
ers removed in order that the pro-
ducts OF the trusts may be sold as cheap
ly in the United States as, they are
abroad. , ~.
|. The president will have to exercise con-
siderable caution in his utterances in
the northwest because while he wants
to be popular with the tariff reformers
there, he cannot afford to offend the
protectionists Of Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island and other high tariff states. The
problem is one that demands the most
careful consideration and it is not sur
prising that he has called the conference.
-E.- y -,-.,Es~ II w. w. Jermane
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
SOFT COAL 50 A TON
The Chicago Price Suddenly Ad-
vances From $3.75 on. "
September l. w.
Hard Coal When It Can Be Found
Brings $25 for
.. Ton.

Chicago, Sept. 13.-The price Of soft coal
In Chicago has risen to SO a ton, as COM
pared with s3.75 on Sept. l.. Anthracite
is practically understandable, and is quoted
by some dealers as high as $25 ton. The
sudden advance is attributed to the de-
mand caused by the cold weather which,
while not severe in ITSELF has aroused
householders to a realization that their
bins are empty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13

Clark of Montana, had lived in the winter
time in the old-fashioned residence on F
street. In the summer they. spent more
or ess Of their time at Ashburn, a village
in Virginia, where the senator had estab-
lished large dairy farm, which he ran
on scientific and sanitary principles. Mrs.
Stewart before her marriage, was a
Miss Foote, the daughter Of Henry Stuart
Foote, governor and United States SEN,
ator from Mississippi before the civil
war, and who, during the sos, spent some
years in California. .--...':~. a..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
THE REAL THING.
Chicago News.


sis this your writing?' asked the merchant,
as he glanced over a written list Of goods want
ed.
NO." replied Mr.. Meeker, my wife wrote
the list"
well she certainly knows how to handle a
pen," said the merchant. "Her diction is alb
solutely perfect"
Yes, 1 suppose her dicton's all right re-
piled Meeker, with a deep sigh, 'but It's nothing
when compared with her contradiction
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
Let Them Enjoy Themselves.

the treasury department said to-day:
If the men who are bullling the market
in Wall street are so DESTROYS of con-
tinuing that bull campaign that they are
willing to, pay 10 per cent for money
with which to buy stocks, why should
they not be allowed to do SOP
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
ANXIOUS TO DO RIGHT.

Chicago Post.
The children had quarreled and Willie had
struck Tommie Instead of returning the blow,
Tommie turned and down the hall.
where are you going, Tommie? p asked his
mother.
what for?"
.sYou said il anybody was mean to me to heap
Goals of fire on his head, an I'm goin' for the
GOALS"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
THE RACE FOR PUBLICITY.

Washington Star.
ST shall never trust him again., said the
statesman, bitterly.
:But he has never failed to lend his infu.
en Nevertheless, he is a false friend"
1What has he done p
"snatched fame from my grasp I told him
original before had chance to see an inter-
viewer
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reserve of the banks was decreased dur
ing the week by SCISSORS, leaving it at
$715,075 in excess of the 25 per cent of
deposits required by law. During the week
loans were decreased Sc, 900, and there
was a decrease of deposits Of $14, 628,900.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
rHREE KNOTS AN HOUR.

.urhree knots an hour isn't such bad time for
Clergyman snilingly said the minister to
himself just after he had united the third
couple
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
SENSIBLE VIEW.

Chicago News.
..Say, Pat. why dom t. you go on strike for
more wages?' asked the inquisitiye man of an
Irish laborer.
Faith replied the son of Erin, ..an' eff iver
OF 90 ON a stroke twill be whin Oi'm out Of q
tnh an have 80 r. isa fer do. - ~ !
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
IN THE SAME BOAT.
Philadelphia Record

n Ph1IadeInh1a RECORD.
81 have here,'' announced the canvasser, "a
book on Prehistoric Races. y
.Shake. partner genially exclaimed the man
with the horseshoe pin, - we got a book on the
New Orleans races myself
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
NO MORE CORNERS
IN CHICAGO PIT
.-# -
If the Higher Courts Sustain Judge
Chytraus' Ruling in the
Circuit Court. ~. .
Chicago Board Has No Power to Pass
on Property Rights Where Mar
gins Are Concerned.
The Boards Authority to Discipline
Members for Refusing to Put
Up Margins Is Denied.

Chicago, Sept. 1s.-Corners in grain are
rendered practically impossible by a de-
cision handed down by Judge Chytraus in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
SHAW RELIEVES
MONEY MARKET
A New Plan for Releasing at This
Time About 100000 of
Treasury Holdings.
Interest Amounting to About 81
100000 Will Also Be Antici-
pated at Once. -. <'..~ -
The Secretary Says He "Sees in Pres
-. ent Conditions No Cause
for Alarm" -.-... \

New York, Sept. 13.-Ehe weekly state
ment Of the clearing house banks of New
York issued to-day shows that the surplus
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
ACCOMPLISHED.

Head of the Firm Ito new Office boy)-Can
you do anything else but whistle and loaf
..Yes, sir. I can play craps
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
TRACY MAN HELD FOR THEFT.

Special to The Journal
Mankato Mimi, Sept 13.-Ray Roe
Of Tracyzwas bound over to the United
States grand jury last evening on a
charge of stealing s14 from H. &C. Tur-
rel, railroad postal clerk, while the
latter was absent from his car on the
Chicago & Western road last Feb
ruar,. He admits the theft. q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13

Victoria, B. c., Sept. 13.-Immense
brush fires are burning in the districts
surrounding Victoria. The town Of AL
berni is threatened, several houses have
been burned at Sooke and the aeral
tramway and ore bins of the Tye mine
are in danger. The blue jackets had hard
work to save the naval hospital.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13

Everett, Wash, Sept. 13.-Forest fires
are raging along the Great Northern be-
tween Skykomish and wellington. Tel
egraphic communication between here
and Seattle is cut off. Freight and pas
senger traffic is demoralized from the
east by the burning of a bridge at AL
vim, near the Cascade tunnel. The Great
Northern is patroling the line with en-
gines fitted with fire fighting pumps.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-04
WILL WRITE WESTERN BOOKS
Mrs. n. p. Kinney, Formerly CT This City
Gathering Material for Volume.

The many friends of Mrs. NJ. Z. Kin
ney in this city will be pleased tC
learn of her success as a literary
writer. Mrs. Kinney was born and
brought up in Grand Rapids and at an
early age evinced liking for litera-
ture. She was favOrite in the social
circles here and her clever produc-
tionS OF verses and short stories were
always enjoyed by her readers. Mrs.
Kinney is sister Of Edward MahOney.
of this city.
The Chicago Chronicle had the
following to say concerning Mrs.
Kinney, Nov. %: Mrs. NJ. P. Kin
ney. one of the wittest women of
Sioux City, Iowa, is travelling in the
west in order TO gain material for a
oOok OF western stories. Mrs. Kin
ney has won considerable local notice
by reason of clever verses and short
stories and is always the life of any
gathering of which she happens to be
q part. She is now visiting the prom
lnent points in the west and will
travel along the Pacific coast for some
time in search of incidents and local
c0lorlng for her literary work. Mrs.
Kinney IS very prominent in church
Work, being one of the best known
and hardest workers in the cOngre-
cation of st. Thomas Episcopal
church."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-04
NEW WEATHER STATION
INSTRUMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
Records 10 be Kept at Court House-Fore-
casts Communicated TO All Telephone
Stations in Wood County.

The County Board, at its last session
| toOk steps TO secure a station here fOl
| recording observations on the weather
and receiving by telegram the Govern,
menu forecasts, and appointed the
| Court House committee to look after
the matter and make all needfuI
arrangements
The committee has already re.
celyed from the Weather Bureau q
| maximum and minimum thermO-
meter and rain-guage; to these will
De added a barometer and weather
cock or Vane. and the usual signal
flags.
The booth for the instruments has
already been erected, and full record
of the weather will be kept there
hereafter by the janitor of the court
house, and frost, storm and cold wave
forecasts will be communicated to ali
telephone stations in Wood county.
free Of charge. that are willing to Get
the usual signal flags. The instru-
mentS are for the most part, furnished
free of charge by the weather bureau.
ana they remain the property of the
United States, ana any tampering
with them will be subject to the same
DIS UdllDtIlDG with LIE
United States mails.
IhlS will be what is known in the
weather bureau as volunteer weather
station. The Government assumes
no expense outside of loaning the
instruments. There is no actual
Government weather observatory in
Central Wisconsin, and hopes are
entertained that a bureau of that type
will be fixed upon later. and the
establishment OF a station that would
be conducted and managed by trained
expert. But whether this can be
accomplished or not the volunteer
weather station will be of great practi-
cal utility to our people. We will get
weather warnings from six to twenty
four hours earlier than we have been
getting them by mail. 1t is of practi-
cal utility to persons to know when a
cold wave is coming, to know when to
look out for tOrnadOS and rain storms,
ana very many OF our farmers would
be benefited by knowing before hand
of killing frost. Besides this a
record covering a long series of years
Will teach us when TO look for the
late spring and early fall froSts, and
we can TO some extent arrange with
certainty as to the planting and
harvesting Of our crops, with reference
TO the practical obServances of years.
We can ascertain as to whether parti-
cular kinds of crops can be grown in
our county, as for instance, it is con-
tended now, that the soil of Wood
county is we'll adapted to the growing
OF tobacco, and it is Stoutly maintained
by some that our seasons are quite
long enough. This question could be
settled with high degree of certainty
II we knew about when the late spring
and early fall froStS occur here.
The actual cost Of this to the county
will be but trifie; 90 expense has as
yet been incurred, and probably all the
expense that will be incurred during
the first year will be not to exceed
fifteen dollars