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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-10
ANOkA ALL AG0G
Citizens There Promised Another
Line to Minneapolis.
TO BE IN OPERATION BY MAY /
The Minneapolis, Anolxa & Suburban
Railway Company Seeking Con-
cessiOns at Anoka,

The Minneapolis, Anoka & Suburban
Railway company project has recently
been revived and it is asserted that the
company is now ready to do business.
Before going any farther, however, the
company wants to be assured of the CO.
operation of the citizens and city off,
Gals of Anoka, and to that end a mass
meeting in that city has been called for
Saturday evening at the city hall. The
company wants the use of the bridge
across the river near Champlin until Aug.
l, when it promises to have bridge of
its own completed. It also desires a
right of way through Anoka. Granted
these concessions, the company promises
to have the road in operation by May 1.
The right of way between the Mime
apolis terminus at Robbinsdale and Cham
pion has nearly all been purchased.
The company proposes to use COM
pressed air as power. This would indi-
cate that there was connection between
the new company and the Twin City
Rapid Transit company.
Those most actively interested in the
enterprise are E. E. Stewart Of Seattle
and E. H. Fuller and J. J. Elliott of Min
neapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-10

For the first time in the history of the
Minnesota legislature the 189 members Of
the house and senate have been, supplied
with passes on three transcontinental
roads during an off year. It has been the
regular thing with most roads to supply
the legislators with free transportation
Just before the regular sessions OF the
legislature. The present distribution is
undoubtedly in anticipation Of the coming
extra session
b Contrary to Its usual policy the North
,ern Pacific is one OF the moving parties
this year. Heretofore, It has only been
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-10
SPECIAL SESSION PASSES
Legislators Already Supplied With Railroad
transportation P.'s Unprecedented
lberaIity.

upon the special request Of legislators.
and after going through a certain amount
Of red tape, that the Northern Pacific has
put them on the free list even in regular
session years.
One Minneapolis member of the senate
who has been in the legislature for de-
cade was greatly surprised upon receive
Ing the Northern Pacific complimentary.
ITS the first pass they ever gave me,
he explained. 81 never asked them for e
pass but once before. and was turned
down on that, although they took my a..
plicatton IN roundabout way.'.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-10
THE TAX COMMISSIONS REPORT

The Journal prints beginning Page OF this issue,
the complete REPORT Of the STATE TAX COMMITS
SION and the accompanying TAX CODE filed with Gov
ernor Van SAINT to-day. In view of the great impor-
tance of these documents they printed complete
and unabridged, just they will go before the extra
session of the legislature
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-10
HITCH IN CHINA
French Minister Pushing the
Claims of His Gov
eminent.

Picking, Jan. 1O.-The French minister,
M. Beau refuses to present his credentials
unless China fulills certain demands of
the French government. The joint audi
ence of the foreign and new Chinese min
listers which had been arranged has been
postponed because of Mr.. Beau's action.
His colleagues are discussing whether to
support him or not. A repetition of the
Turkish incident is considered possible.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-10
KEELING NOT GUILTY

Harrington Hotel Man Acquitted of
Assault at Hastings.
Special to The Journal.
Hastings, Mimi. Jan. 10.-Thes jury in
the case of tho state VS.. A. j. Keeling,
indicted for assault in the first degree
upon H. j. Smith, shooting him in the
mouth with a revolver on July g., returned
a verdict to-day declaring the defendant
not guilty. Keeling is the proprietor of
the same place.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-10

. s''' ~
$: It may be stated with authority
that the attorney general feels
that the time is rapidly coming
when there must be government !:
supervision of railroads and that !:
he already favors this as a solu-
ton of the railway problem. ::
The president in his message ::
advocated enlarged powers for the ::
interstate commerce commission, ::
and he, too, thinks that govern ::
ment supervision in some form ::
must be the ultimate result II ::
railway combinations are to con- !:
tinue a. s.- m s%:..s.. Il ...-@..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-10

London, Jan. 1O.-The release Of Miss
Ellen M. Stone by the brigands who have
held her in captivity since Sept. 3. is be-
lieved to be only a question of few
hours. An official telegram received in
London this afternoon, which was dis
patched from Constantinople after mid
day, says the release Of Miss Stone is
Imminent
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-10
$200,000,000 Coal Combination

Pittbug
he new
iou of amostS2
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-10

The fact that engineers, firemen, con-
ductors, switchmen, brakemen and Sec
tion foremen on the Northern Pacific have
been writing to the heads of their sew
eral brotherhoods explaining these things
and asking that something be done to- pre-
vent the accomplishment Of the merger is
believed to have had something to do
with yesterdays conference at the White
House. Indeed, it is said that labor lead
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-10

II: Back Of the conference is the !:
fact, now we'll established, that ::
the trainnen and employees {:
generally Of the Northern Pacific ::
81: railway are greatly disturbed over ::
the merger and predict that, I'M ::
less 1t can be prevented there ::
will be general shading of wages ::
to correspond with the existing
schedules and practices of the
Great Northern railway.
Mr.. Hill is president of the :
(: Northern Securities company and
e: labor on the Northern Pacific road
5: fears it is his plan to reduce it to !:
the level Of the men working for
the Great Northern.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-10

Continued ON Second Page.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-10
President Roosevelt Confers With
Labor Leaders and the Result May
Prove Of Great Importance.
Railway Employees Everywhere Fear
Subsection to Hills Methods
on Great Northern.

cordingly invited to the White House
when they made known that they had
something to say to the president bearing
on the attitude Of labor to the merger.
The attorney general was present to
throw light on any legal questions which
the conference might develop, and the Sec
rotary of agriculture was there to speak
for the great body Of farm labor, which
under high freight rates and discrimina-
ton, would be unfavorably affected.
The conference resulted in nothing
tangible. Indeed, it was not intended that
it should. --
President Befriends Employees.
The ground referred to was gone over
carefully, each Of the labor leaders freely
expressed his sentiments. The president
put himself on record as not wanting to
see anything done in the world of traffic
which would cripple labor and reduce the
earning capacity Of the Individual, and
the conference closed with mutual ex-
rressions of confidence and good will.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-22

recess, which will cause an adjournment on
Monday The message is almost completed. but
some points of 1t are yet to be written finally
and the whole is to be revised
President Roosevelt arrived here at o'clock
this morning the Southern Railroad. A
small crowd at the station to welcome him.
AS he left the train he shook hands with the
engineer and fireman. and thanked them for the
safe they had made. The President and
Secretary Corteyou We're driven direct to the
White House. Before 10 o'clock the President
reached his office in the Executive Building and
began at to dispose of a mass Of business
which had accumulated in his absence. Prior
TO the meeting of the Cabinet. which had been
called for II o'clock the President found time
TO hold brief interviews with Senators Burrows
Scott and Lodge.
Every member OF the Cabinet was present at
to-day's meeting 1t comparatively brief,
lasting only about an hour. At its conclusion
ii said that business of serious COnse
quence was transacted. although some subjects
of importance were considered briefly. Secre-
tary Hay brought with him some documents re-
lating to the Panama Canal treaty. He reported
the status of the negotiations. and 1t is said
that the President will not be able to tell Con
gress in his message that he is ready to submit
g treaty with Colombia in accordance with the
Spooner act. Some portions Of the Presidents
message were considered but as the features
arise have not been prepared definitely. ana
will not be until the President has had time 10
discuss them further with the leaders in both
branches OF Congress-. little respecting the mes
sage was accomplished
Secretary Root remained with the President
for time after the other members of the Cabi-
net departed 1t is understood that they dis
cUssed matters relating to the War Department.
Press of work I'm connection with his annual
report, which is nearing completion, has com
PEELED Secretary Moody to abandon his trip TO
Phila delphia with the President tomorrow. The
Secretary TO have spoken before the Union
Le9gue on Saturday night on THE Influence OF
the American Navy on Foreign Navies-"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-22
CLERKS MISTAKE KILLS TWO
GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDSON KILLED
BY POISON SUPPOSED TO
BE MEDICINE.

As the result it is alleged, of a drug clerks
mistake Mrs. Vincenzo Orlando, sixty years
old of No. 40S West Sixteenth-st., is dead In
her home, and her grandson. Joseph Caputa,
seven months old, is dead in the New-York
Hospital from drinking what they supposed
was a mixture of castor and almond OIL but
which is said TO have contained cyanide of
potassium.
William ]. Rogers, eighteen years old, Of No.
362 West Nineteenth-st., who is employed in the
drug store Of Theodore Rennenberg, at No. 0o3
Ninth-ave. is under arrest. having been ident-
fed by two Of the dead woman's grandchildren
as having sold to them the mixture which caused
the fatalities. Rogers, the police say, is not a
licensed drug clerk, but is employed to help
around the store. He denies selling the MKT
ure to the children. and says he does not re-
member ever seeing them.
Mrs. Orlando lived with her husband her
married daughter and the latter'5 husband,
Luigi Caputa, and their three children
on Thursday night, Mrs. Caputa told the po-
lice one of the children, Jennie, was sent TO
Rennen bergs drug store to buy some castor ana
almond oil mixed, to be taken internally. She
had a small glass in which TO bring back the
medicine When she returned Mrs. Caputa says
she noticed peculiar odor to the bottles con-
tents She then sent Jennie and her sister Mary,
she declares back to the store to tell the man
who had sold the medicine that there was some
thing wrong with It The children soon re-
turned she says, saying that the clerk in the
store told them il was all right
About a. m. yesterday Mrs. Orlanda poured
some of the mixture into teaspoon and gave 1t
TO Joseph Then from a larger spoon. she took
some of It, In less than five minutes both were
writhng in convulsions-
Dr. James Shea, Of No. 333 West Fourteenth
ST. was called. but when he arrived the woman
was dead lie Immediately called an ampu-
lance from the New-York Hospital ana 'he
child was taken there, but in spite OF the ef-
forts oe the bospital surgeons the child expired
in few moments. -. ,,.,,,,-
Tr shea examined the glass and It's contehtS
and said he thought the mixture hau N
cyanide of potassium A+o,,o Who
The husband of the dead woman Antonio Who
10 yearly ninety years old and blind, does NOT
know of his wife's tragic death, ana the i neisI
bors are reluctant to tell him ne I'M hndy
81 snds hy the side of the bed where the pouS
&c Ivine passing his hands over the cola race
and caIIing on his wife to speak to him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-22
A SETTLEMENT UNDER WAY.
STRIKE COMMISSION TO ADJOURN FOR TEN DAYS AND OPER.
ATORS AND NINE WORKERS DISCUSS TERMS.


present without the aid of The companies ths
tables of wages, and there are so many condi-
tions peculiar TO each mine that it would bs
virtually impossible for the commission to pass
on each satisfactorily.
MINE WORKERS AGREE AT ONCE
In view of these circumstances 1t was de-
eided that 1t would be the most businessliks
plan to arrange for discussion of the condi-
tions between representatives OF each side and.
as recognition of the union Is not involved, to-
come to terms on the other question. When the
plan was suggested 20 the mine workers there
was an immediate interest, and they not
lcng IN agreeing that IL was an excellent one
They desired to know what terms the operators
would offer, and those quoted were proposed
They are not final, however; they were merely
suggested to see how well they covered the
ground. The mine workers viii argue for 10
per cent instead of 10. and eight hour day In
first a discussion between the attorneys for each
side. and then. if there are questions which are
still in dispute. 10 have conference with the
members of the Strike Commission Il is under
stood that now in New-YOrk conference Is
being arranged. Attorneys for the mine work
ers may be asked to go there to discuss with the
each side in this city is awaiting news from
SOME CRITICISM.
There is some criticism of the plan among
those who have followed the strike and it's de-
velopments. They believe that it would be bet
ter to allow the commission to settle the ques-
tions finally, because the settlement would serve
a working basis in future labor disputes
Wayne MaCVeagh Is one of those concerned in
the settlement He went to New-YOrk Tues
day night and returned yesterday Last mid
night ne. President Thomas of the Erie and
eral OF the operators attorneys were in confer
ence in the Hotel Jermyn, in this city. Some
what earlier President Mitchell was sent for by
the Strike Commissioners and was in conference
with them. 1t is believed that President
Mitchell then understood what was afoot. He
will not speak about It. Mr.. MacVeagh and
President Thomas left here last night for New
York Mr.. MaCVeagh is expected back here to-
morrow with news Of the developments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-22
THE HEALTH OF THE MINERS.
LOOKS AS THOUGH HE WERE
SEVENTY
Try TELEGRAPH To TIE TRIHr-Nr.I

Scranton Penn. Nov. 21.-The strike commits
sion this morning heard the evidence OF Drs-
r. H Gibbons and E. ]. Butler on the general
health of the miners, the diseases TO which they
subjected. and the conditions at the mines
for the care of the injured They went into the
questions in more detail than did the physicians
heard yesterday. Dr. Gibbons condemned the
ambuIances used by the coal companies They
are little better than covered lumber wagons"
he said. They do not contain sterilized blank
cts. and are not themselves steriIized- They
kept in stables with animals. and are thus
likely to become infected They are punches OF
infection. Every ambulance carries death and
disease to every miner placed in it,
He described the injuries from which mine
workers suffer The fractures. he said. wers
recognized as being of the worst kind The
burns were very severe and usually fatal There
were numerous cases of fractured skulls and
broken backs.
DIR. Butler said that the lungs of some miners
were SO filed with particles of coal dust that
they would not float would the lungs OF
other men when taken from the body at post
mortem examinations. but sink. He said that
a man who worked in the mines for a few years
was not good for anything else that his lungs
were so affected that he had no staying power
As Instance of this. he told of getting work
farm for four able bodied miners. but they
were discharged by the farmer. who said: They
have wind; they have 10 stop work every
once in a while to get breath"
Fifty-fve years. he said was an exceptional
age for man to reach in the mines and after
he had worked to that age he looked as though
he were seventy years old
Bishop Spalding asked if the old miners who
got work in the breakers lasted long
"A very short time" replied Dr. Butler They
have not much vitality. The miners as a class
are weak and enervated because their fathers
and grandfathers have worked in the mines be-
fore them and been affected by the conditions
l want, however. to except the foreigners They
came here from farm and forest in Southwestern
Europe, and were strong and hardy with good
lungs. They are just beginning to be affected
by asthma and kindred troubles. They are able
TO remain in the mines longer"
Mr.. Darrow. attorney for the mine workers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-22
WANT A CHINESE HOSPITAL
ONE MAY BE ESTABLISHED HERETO
CURE BY ORIENTAL METHODS.

The steps taken yesterday by DR.. Chang, Of Nos.
p and % Mott-st., for obtaining from the State
Board of Health a permit to practise medicine
the first toward carrying into effect
a desire among the Chinese of this city to have In
Chinatown a hospital fov Chinese conducted by
Chinese doctors on the Oriental plan This hospi-
tai if it is established, will be distinct oddity in
this country. as there has never been any like
II in this city, nor far s be learned. In
San Francisco. the other centre of Chinese popula-
ton in the United States.
There are at present in Chinatown three or four
practising physicians but as they have official
connection with the Board Of Health, and as their
instructions sometimes conflict with those of that
body they have not thought II wise To advertise
and have been content with a quiet practice. But
there has been growing among the merchants OF
Chinatown a desire for regular hospital prop
ery incorpora ted, and 1t is in pursuance Of this
end that Or. Chang has made his applicato II he
succeeds I'm passing the examinations IT is expected
that he will be the first head of the new institu-
ton, which they desire to locate in Park-st near
Mott-st
DR.. Bon Chang. who mas spent some years in this
country, is well educated in the Chinese science
of healing He received common education at
the College of Hut So. In Canton, and was gradu-
ated from the mechanical school At Hot Yok Tong.
after which he served in the hospitals of Ding
Shong and Shallow. He has had a wide prac-
tice. and considers himself thoroughly proficient
in the science Of healing The hospital would be
by him I'm a fashion thoroughly Chinese as
possible under the circumstances.
Healing among the Chinese is decidedly homceo-
patfic No heroic remedies used, medicines
being largely decOctions of herbs and FE3cts, and
the knife is used only in case of necessary ampu-
tations similar troubles Large doses OF reli-
gious consolation also administered. some
what after the manner of the Christian Scientists.
and there IS much burning OF joss and driving
away OF devils with tom-toms and cymbals.
The Oriental spirit would be shown. too, In the
administration of the business affairs OF the in
stitution. Instead Of charging the sick for treat
ment 1t would have a large number Of sub
scribers,' who would pay certain amount week
ly. said payment to be suspended when they be-
came sick. II would then be the interest on lie
hospital authorities TO cure them rapidly as
possible. There many. however. among the
liberal merchants of the city. headed by Choi Su
Kan, the organizer OF the New-York branch Of
the Chinese Reform club, and composed chiefly OF
members of that body. who desire different
kind of hospital They have lost faith i'm the
joss sticks and root teas of the mandarins. and
desire that the place be run by Chinese. but by
Chinese who graduates OF American medi-
cal schools and capable OF operating on American
lines. These men mention DR. Thoms the best
head for the new hospital
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-22

FOOTBRIDGE EALLs AND sMAsHES
"AISIThleHnon,Se I4ns n,%n,ss HOTEL

Hundreds ff persons fire last evening in
Ffth-ave. bd tween Nineteenth and Twentieth sts,
when six-in&h gas main that had been broken by
the fall Of a temporary bridge Ignited and sent
a sheet of hafne twenty feet I'm the air. Two hours
and--r>half 2fterward employees of the Consolidated
Gas CohSp/ny shut off the gas. The Fire Depart
ment wa1>SaIled but could do no more than play
water on the Y sphalted pavement and prevent it
The fire N~-S the result Of the falling of a tenn
porary sidewalk. a wooden bridge over an
vation at Nos. 129 and l31 Fifth-ave. where nine
story annex to the store of Lord & Taylor is being
constructed Part of the sidewalk i'm front of No.
127 Fifth-ave. had to be braced account of the
excavation, and the stoop of the building at that
number had to be shored up. At the southern
end of the bridge stood tool shanty, used by
the night watchman, S W. Seeey. Of No 22l East
One -hund ed and -tWentieth-s
About $50 p seeley had just left the shanty.
when he heard creaking sound, and felt the
bridge give slowly. There three other men on
the bridge at the time, and, shouting to them to
run he jumped the street. The others reached
the sidewalk the furthest end the bridge just
q $ il fell with a crash.
The supports under the sidewalk of No l27 Fifth
ave. gave way. and the stoop sagged about
six feet. When the bridge crashed in the
tool shanty in which Seeey had been resting only
a few minutes before, toppled to the bottom of the
excavation twenty-five feet below. One of the
heavy beams supporting the bridge, in falling
struck siX-inch gas main directly under the side
three inches wide.
Seeley to Wallaces Hotel at No l2l Fifth
ave, and the proprietor, w. II. Dunn, back
to the excavation with him. The odor of escaping
gas there almost sckening. Mr. Dunn in
formed the Consolidated Gas Company of the
cident and the Buildings Department of the sag
gng stoop
The gas company sent a repairer, John Nc
Carthy, to look after the leak. and in the mean
time about hundred people had gathered in the
street. Gas and electric lamps in the neghbor-
hood had been extingushed, and the lights in the
buildings were burning low.
policeman discovered that electric light
pole had given away with the bridge and the wires
had been broken. He warned everybody away from
the excavation for the wires splitting sparks.
making a miniature pyrotechnic display. When
Mccarthy arrived he would not permit the re-
paIrer to climb down TO where the gas leak
ing for fear of the electric wires. Mccarthy then
telephoned his company to send the street gang
to open up the roadway.
Mccarthy had scarcely left the telephone when.
with a tremendous roar. the broken gas main
caught fire, and shot flame twenty feet high in
the air The flame small at the break, spread out
like balloon It rose in the air. being six feet
Three causes were given for the igniting of the
main. One was the laf'p of a passing automo-
Group that swift-working. alarming enemy OF
children nearly always be vanquished Win
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