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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-13
LUNCHEON WITH THE KING
The American Generals Eat at Buck
ingham Palace.

London, Oct. 13.-Ambassador Choate
and Generals Corbin, Wood and Young
were the guests of King Edward at a.
luncheon at Buckingham palace to-day
in honor of Lord Kitchener prior to the
latter's departure for India, where he Is
to take command of the British forces.
General Corbin delivered to the king a
message from President Roosevelt ex-
pressing the hope that King Edward
would lend his assistance In creating in
terest in Great Britain in the st. Louis
exposition. The king replied that he
would answer the message personally in
the same kindly spirit IN which it was
sent
At the conclusion of rather elaborate
luncheon. his majesty arose and proposed
the health of President Roosevelt. The
king spoke in most admiring terms of the
president, and expressed his delight at
seeing such distinguished Americans pres
ent. Before any other toast could be
proposed his majesty announced an ad-
journment to the smoking room, where he
had a long talk; with Generals Corbin,
Young and Wood, and personally ex-
pressed to them his gladness to see them
in England, because" he said, 81 feel
that we are not only. friends, but erela-
tions.'' .45,tFs -
The king asked many questions about
the American army -
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;'MR. MORGAN IS
DOING SOMETHING
he Sent for Secretary Root and
Spent Saturday Comforting
With Him.
He Then Sent for President Baer
and Spent Sunday With
Him.
Hopes for Settlement of the Strike
Are Now Strong-Many
Plans Given Out.

New York, Oct. 13.--It was learned early
to-day that President Baer of the Phila -
delphia g. Reading company was called to
New York on Sunday and that he spent
the day in close conference probably with
J. P. Morgan over the anthracite coal
miners strike. Secretary Root had spent
Saturday with Morgan.
The greatest mystery was thrown
around the movements of President Baer.
He left his home in Reading. Pa. on a
special train at ., o'clock Sunday morning
and arrived In Jersey City at 1920 o'clock.
From that moment until he stepped from
a ferryboat at II clock IN the evening
absolutely nothing certain is known OF his
movements. At Ills o'clock he boarded
a train for Reading BY way Of Philadelphia
and Is said to have stated that he did not
expect to be in New York again to-day,
The Herald publishes the Following:
u. p. Morgan's yacht Corsair lay at
anchorage in the North river off thirty
fifth street all day Sunday. Mr.. Morgan
was aboard. Three men were said to De
in conference with him from early in the
afternoon until after 10 o'clock at night.
About o'clock q launch was sent to the
Erie ferry bearing a servant with bag
gage check, and he returned to the Cor
sair a little later with satchel.
''-At quarter past 10 two men came
ashore and entered a cab that had been
waiting for them for more than an hour.
They hurried into the cab without even
giving any directions and the driH er start
ed UP, About a block away he leaned
over to find out where his passengers
wanted to go. In the dim light the oluer
Of the two men appeared to be George r.
Baer president Of the Reading company.
DISPATCHES from Wilkerbarre are to the
effect that announcement Is momentarlly
expected there of settlement Oh 'le
great strike
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FOOLED HIM.
But in the Pleasant ways of Peace

Good thing some men are married.
Their wives keep a sensible watch over
them, and have way to help overcoms
their troubles
Mr.. E. Lewis of Shaniko, Ore, was
located for several years at various points
in South America, and fell into the ma
tive custom of frequently drinking coffee.
He says: 4 took to using it the same as
those nervous, excitable people in South
and Central America. They make very
black coffee and it becomes more or less
an Intoxicating beverage. At the end OF
about four months began having severe
sick headaches and nervousness, but sup
posed it was from the tropical sun. At
last my wife became alarmed at my head
aches and stomach trouble. She tried to
induce me to quit drinking coffee, laying
nv trouble to that, but I continued to
use it. -.i
She read of Postum Food Coffee, and
ordered some from the states, but kept it
a secret from me. The very first time she
made it, when I came In for my coffee
and roll, noticed that peculiar, pleas
ant flavor of Postum, and asked her what
it was. She said it was new brand Of
coffee and asked me how liked it, I tried
two cups Of it with rich 'Leche de-
Cheua,' which is used by every one as
milk in Panama, and thought it excellent.
After couple of days my headaches
stopped, and in short while my nervous
ness disappeared as if by magic. have
been using nothing but Postum for the
past year, and have been completely cured
and my wife has also been cured of con-
stipation by changing to Postum. and We
shall never go back to coffee again.
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UP TO THE BIG ONES
Morgan and cassatt Are Expected to Set
tie the Strike.

Morgan and cassatt Are Expected to Set
tie the Strike.
Ne.o York Sun Special Scrvice
Washington, Oct. 13.-The interview
Senator Quay had with President Cassatt
of the Pennsylvania railroad company
Saturday. and that which the Senator mad
with President Roosevelt yesterday. are
said to point to a new move which will put
the coal strike up to the highest possible
authority in the coal carrying business
The PENNSYLVANIA company controls the
Reading railroad, which Is the chief coal
CARRYING road in the anthracite region
President Baer of that road has been the
most stubborn among the operators In
refusing to agree to any terms. President
Roosevelt, Senators Quay and PPlatt and
Governor Odell have come to the conclu-
stand in the way Of a settlement, and they
have put the question up to the two chief
men in the control Of the great combina
ton Of mine operation and coal hauling, J.
Pierpont Morgan, who financed the roads,
and President Cassatt of the Pennsyl-
vania company, who is the real executive
head Of the Reading. These two men
must fish or cut bait. They must settle
the strike or accept the consequences.
The Pennsylvania company cannot afford
to defy the United States congress, the
Pennsylvania legislature and the governor
Of New York. Close friends of this oresi-
dent believe that the strike will be sJttled
within a week.
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TOO READY WRITER
How President Baer Was Induced
-. to Make One of His Fatal
Mistakes.
Wrote a Letter Telling How Divine
Providence Had Put the Coal
in His Hands.

From, The journal Bureau. Noon. IS. Post
Building, Woshi'.gton.
Washington, Oct, 1a!.-If President Baer
of the Reading railroad had not been such
a ready letter writer he might have saved
himself much newspaper notoriety and an
noyance. 1t was his indiscretion in writ
ing to an utter stranger which resulted in
the publica ton of that statement about
his being trustee appointed by divine
agency, of the mining properties. 1t seems
that there was pious photographer living
in Wilkesbarre. who heard that Mr.. Raer
was, like himself. a pillar in the church.
and the heart Of the photographer went out
to his fellow Calvinist in this. his time of
tribulation. He felt sorry for the poor mil
liOnaire and would gladly have had the
federal troops go to- the collieries and drive
the miners back to work at the point of
the bayonet So he sat down and wrote to
Mr.. Raer,. telling him what he thought
about it, and exhorting him. On the re-
ceipt of this letter Mr.. Baer was COM
forted in spirit 1t was not the kind of
letter he had been getting of late. Most
of his mail was full Of profanity and he
found that hundreds Of people were con-
signing him to a worse place-if possible
than his coal mines. So he singled out
the photographer for reply. He thanked
him for his timely sympathy, and went
on about being vicegerent on earth of
divine providence with a special commits
sion to operate the coal fields.
The photographer received the letter by
due course Of post, and, in the eXuberance
of receiving reply from so divine a man
began to show it to his sister, his cousin
and his aunt. That afternoon there wand
cred into his shop the cub reporter of the
Hvilkesbarre Daily Bazoo,' 81 something like
that, and, in the course Of the canvass for
items, the photographer alluded to the
letter. The cub was not so slow. and soon
there was copy of it in the BaZoo type,
and soon after that it was in the evening
edition on the street.
Now it CHANGED that. there were about
two score Of special correspondents and
exclusive commissioners from the New
York and other dailies encamped in
Wilkesbarre, working and waiting-chief1y
the latter. When they saw that edition
of the Bazoo they made frantic grabs for
the shears, and soon the telegraph wires
were humming with the letter. 1t went
in all directions, and it turned up in so
many places that it was worse than the
plague.
Brother Baer started to head it off. He
began getting all kinds Of kilograms,
questions, advice announcements, pleas to
deny and kill it, But it was over his
signature, evasions were futile, and his let
ter went everywhere, and was made the
subject Of more editorial comment than the
presidents message. And it stands to-day
a monument to what a supposedly shreWd
man will sometimes do.
w. w. Jermane.
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A $4,000 OPERATION
DR.. Lorenz Of Vienna and His Blood
less Orthopedic Work.

Chicago, Oct 13.-"It is all over. It is
quite finished and --" with a char
acteristic shrug of the shoulders) Il think
1 know, indeed, that it is entirely sue
cessful.'
In this way Professor Adolpf Lorenz Of
Vienna declared that the operation on
little Lolita, daughter Of j. Ogden Armour,
had been performed, and that he was con-
vinced the little girl WILL in a few short
weeks, enjoy the use of her legs and be
as other children are.
The operation, to perform which Profess
sor Lorenz, the leading orthopedic surgeon
in all Europe, journeyed from Vienna to
Chicago, was carried out at the Armour
home, 1924 Michigan avenue.
Extraordinary precautions were taken
to insure the success Of the operation and
after it's performance, which consumed
two hours, Professor Lorenz declared that
the little girls hip, which has been dis
located from birth. will soon grow into a
thoroughly normal condition.
1.-The operation he said tonight, in
describing the matter, consisted simply
of wing the limb down so that the
femur or hip bone came below the socket
of the hip into which it ought normally
to fit. Then it is pressed in, until the
femur rests against the socket as it
should. Formerly, and, indeed, until quite
recently, it was necessary to accomplish
this result by lnclSlOnS into the HeSh, and
by removing enough bone from the socket
to insure the femur fitting into it, After
more than 800 such operations which !
performed I conceived the plan of ac-
complishing the same results without any
incisiOn. and of relying on nature to ac-
complish results which had formerly been
achieved by means of the knife alone
I now use weights and pressure to force
the projecting femur into line with its
socket If the socket Is not properly
shaped to receive the femur, rely on its
growing into shape by means of my spe-
cially contrived appliances.
DR.. Lorenz's system of bloodess ortho-
pedic operations is new to the surgical
world, and is being eagerly inquired into
by the scientists and practitioners of both
continents. 1t is reliably reported that the
fee he receives for the operation just COM
pleted is $50, 900 kroner (S15O OOO)
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THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD
New Strike Believed to Be on an
Extension of the Glasgow
and Dundee.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Boise, Idaho, Oct. 13.-News has reached
this city of another big strike on Profile
creek, in the Thunder mountain district
by N. K. Franklin, who was sent into the
gold fields by P P. Shelby of Weiser.
MIR. Franklin, who has been in that dis
trict since early last spring, has discov-
cred and located what is believed to be
the extension of the Glasgow and Dundee
claims, which H. L. Hollister has under
bond. There is one claim between them
and the Franklin locations, the Ora Smith.
Franklin also located the Lafayette Fac
ton, Immediately above the Ora Smith.
He named the two extensions claims the
Perry and the Decatur. Everything had
been staked solidly around the claims, but
for some reason the claims located by
Franklin for Mr.. Shelby had been passed
over without attracting attention. De-
velopment work traced thefledge for 5000
feet. ~ :. Z
The ore from the locations prospects we'll
in gold and it is the intention of Mr..
Sheldby to do extensive development work
during the winter.
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work pending arbitration by a tribunal satisfac

work pending arbitration by tribunal satisfac
tor" to both the parties in dispute.
Second-That this tribunal should consist Of
either Mr.. Morgan Mr. Perkins, acting his
representative, ON behalf of the operators; John
Mitchell. representing the miners and either Car
dlnal Gibbons or Archbishop Ireland as indepen
dent member. This committee would convene IT
once and arrange a permanent basis OF settle
ment
Mr.. Root took this program to Wash
ington and laid it before President
Roosevelt, who is now considering 1t.
Secretary Root was at the White House
last evening to report on his conference
with Morgan yesterday.
An Authority on Trusts.
Professor J. w. jerks, who prepared the
report on trust combinations for the in
dustrial commission and Marcus A. Marks,
New York lawyer. also had a conference
with the president. Professor jerks Is
one Of the highest authorities on trusts
and trust legislation in the country. He
is also warm personal friend Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. What was the purpose Of
the conference with jerks is not known.
He declines to reveal the purpose of his
visit to Washington.
STRIKE NOTES.
started their Lattimer colliery with a force of
about 12' men, the majority of them laborers and
special officers.
HAZletOH, Paine local armOry, where Colo
mel Bowman, OF the First regiment, has his
headquarters. was stoned during the night. The
sentry responded with three shots.
HazIeton. Pa.-Elmer Airey, night watch
man. failed to heed the challenge of q sentry as
he approached headquarters and the soldier was
obliged to shoot over the mans head. He gave
satisfactory explanation of his presence.
adelphia-President Baer, of the Phila-
delphia & Reading railway, was at his office in
this city at the usual hour this morning. He
had nothing to say for publication regarding his
visit to New York yesterday or the coal strike
situation. ,-3%s
Pottsyille Pa.--As the result of last week 8
mining at the I;rookside colliery. 30 gondolas
containing over $40 tons were shipped to market
this morning. Good Spring colliery also made a
small shipment. did Kalmia washery. AL are
operated by the Philadelphia & Reading COM
pany
Albany. n. Y.-Gover Odell has had under
considera ton two three plans for relief. One
OF these Is said to be no less than appropriate
tion of 81 900, 600 to be used to help work the
mines in Kentucky, lately offered by a woman
owner of that state. Another scheme is said to
be an appropriation to pay the duty all foreign
coal used within the state Of New York.
Portland, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES presidents and
thirty-one representatives Of presidents of the
local unions. at meeting held here. decided by
n unanimous vote to support the cause of the
PENNSYLVANIA miners. The unions will be re-
uuired to contribute to the fund at least one
DAYS nay for each member. BY this means it
Is expected $50, 900 will be raised.
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Kelley Gives Himself Up.
Editor Kelley surrendered to the poles
vt 1870 a. m. to-day.
STRIKE IS OFF !
A Basis of Settlement Reached in
the New Orleans Strike.

New Orleans, Oct. 13.-The strike of to
street railway company's employees, whidk
has effectually blocked traffic Of all tbs
city lines for two weeks, was settled to-
night by the men almost unanimously &C.
cepting the governors ultimatum.
The basis of settlement is that the men
will go back to work at 20 cents and ten
hours, with a minimum Of seven and one
half hours a day. nor is any discrimination
to be made against any of the men under
charges and as many to be taken back as
are needed for the operation Of the COM
pany' lines. The hitch was on the taking
back Of the men under charges, but the
company finally conceded this. consenting
to allow the courts to decide this. ,-z
There is much rejoicing in the city over
the settlement of the strike. It began two
weeks ago. Not a single passeSSar has
been carried on cars since It begSS, and
no passenger cars had moved more than
five blocks from the barns.
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n. P.'S GREAT YEAR.
General Manager Thomas Makes His
Annual Report to President
G. S. Mellen.
An Increase in Net Ton Miles of
Nearly 0ne-third-0ther
Large Gains.

General Manager Thomas Cooper of the
Northern Pacific says in his annual report
to President G. S. Mellen, pamphlet copies
Of which were received to-day that
operation last year was attended with I'M
usual difficulty. 1t was impossible to
supply adequate equipment to handle the
business. A scarcity Of labor, delay in
receiving supplies and materials, and the
fact that 100 new locomotives were
months behind in delivery, all contributed
to the embarrassment.
Yet the company was able to achieve
a result looked upon with admiration by
railroad officials. There was an in
crease in net ton miles of 1873 per cent,
and in passengers carried one mile of 81 I
per cent, the greatest in any one year in
the history of the company.
Another thing the company was able
to show was a material increase in net
tons per train and in net tons per loaded
car. The figures show these results.
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FOREIGN MISSIONS
Three States Represented at the
Meeting at Austin.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Austin, Mimi, Oct. 13-The nineteenth
annual meeting of the Minneapolis
branch of the Methodist Woman's For
eign Missionary society is in session here.
1t comprises Minnesota. North and South
Dakota. About fifty delegates are pres
emit from the three states.
The missionary sermon yesterday morn
ing was on "Everlastfng Gospel by
Mrs. Mary G.. Mind of Detroit. Mich, for
merly of Minneapolis. The afternoon and
evening were devoted to addresses by for
eign lady missionaries and Mrs, /. w.
Joyce of Minneapolis. MS ~ ~ z es
Miss Helen Ingram of India and Miss
Anna Stone of Kul Kiang, China, gave
addresses The president Of this branch
of the work is Mrs. M. c. Landes.
Others on the program are Hattie
Jones, Mrs. George Taylor, Mrs. J. M
Totten, Mrs, r. F. Nelson and Mrs. Will
liam love. EH
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Pains in the Back

Are symptoms of a weak, torpid or
stagnant condition Of the kidneys or
liver, and are a warning it is ex-
tremely hazardous to neglect, so
important is a. healthy action of
these organs.
They are commonly attended by
loss Of energy, lack of courage, and
sometimes by gloomy foreboding
and dependency
Il had pains in my back, could not
sleep and when got up in the morning
felt worse than the night before. I began
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla and now I can
sleep and get up feeling rested and able
to do my work. I attribute my cure en-
tirely to Hoods Sarsaparilla." Mrs j. N.
Perry, care of H. S. Copeland. Pike Road,
Ala.
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A BUSY SUNDAY
Quay Sees the President-Root's Visit to
Morgan.


Morgan.
Washington. Oct. Ex-senator Quay Of
Pennsylvania came to Washington yester-
day by appointment. had an hours con-
ference with President Roosevelt and re-
turned Go Philadelphia at noon.
Secretary Root also was non-communi-
cative regarding his interview with Mr.
Morgan. 1t is stated on good authority
that the secv2tary carried message to
Morgan, but It was not a request. Pres
ident Roosevelt has made no requests of
Mr.. Morgan. Whatever his message 1t
was relating to something he intends to
do to end the strike if there is not an
amicable settlement arranged by the op-
orators and the miners. The president is
still representing the third party to this
controversy. the American people, and he
insists that they shall have coal.
Secretary Root smiingly resents the
idea that he carried stick of Official
dynamite with him when he went on
board Mr.. Morgans yacht. Mr.. Root will
not give hint as to what he said to Mr..
Morgan.
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= "a : " Net Tons
Single Shipments.

ShIn9le shipments.
Lumber and shingle shipments from
the Pacific coast increased from 29155 to
40, $50 car loads" says the report ''rhere
being no corresponding increase in west
bound traffic, this resulted in an unavoid-
able increase in empty car mileage. which
last year was 25.99 per cent, and this year
27.35 per cent of the total car mileage"
The mileage operated was 5,07771.
Mr.. Cooper calls attention to the vast
amount of betterments for the year.
Within the year $50 bridges were replaced,
u by timber structures and $50 in per-
manent form either by entertainments or
in steel or stone construction Since the
work Of repla temporary bridges by
permanent structures was commenced in
1885, 1884 miles of bridges have been re-
placed. 1t is estimated that the work will
require nine years more. A large number
of new freight depots and passenger sta
lions. shops, ETC.. have been built A vast
amount of work is being done on Wharves
owned or controlled, and in filling tide
lands for switch yards. At Tacoma the
company is filling fifty acres and % acres
have already been filled. The company
has 1876 locomotives in SERVICE 103 of
which were purchased within the year.
The company owns 3O,961 freight cars,
with an average capacity of 274 tons
an increase of is per cent
SOTnS oTlkiH9 lSuISS'
There were carried in the year 4,192. ia
passengers. This was an increase of $685.,
1872 passengers over the preceding year,
or 27.O8 per cent. The company has never
shown so great an increase. The total
passenger earnings were $10529, 540-an
increase of $2,O4S.751. or PALS per cent
While the number Of passengers has
increased nearly % per cent, the earnings
have increased only "A per cent. The
average amount paid per mile per passen-
ger was 212 cents, decrease of .O1 per
cent Passenger earnings per mile of
road were $2,097.79, an increase Of 26.16
per cent. Passenger earnings per train
mile were $1.54 per mile, an increase of
Sal per cent. a.
The number Of tons of revenue freight
carried for the year increased 26.01 per
cent. The tons Of revenue freight carried
aggregated 11,0S0,1O1, an increase of
2,2S7, 219 tons. The total freight earnings
were s3O,27, 013. an increase Of $6,745, 300
or 2S.73 per cent. Average receipts per
ton per mile of revenue freight were .O09,
decrease of 4.66 per cent Total freight
earnings per mile of road were Sc, 02209, an
increase of s1,417.96 or 1880 per cent.
There was also an increase in total freight
earnings per train mile, the earnings be-
ing $3.17A. The ratio of operating ex-
penses to earnings was 51.4 per cent, an
increase of $40 of 1 per cent. $780,.