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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-17

tition within narrow and unimportant linn
it's, because the control of most railway
properties will be merged in a few indi-
Viduals, whose common interests impel
them to act in concert. :..- -.
while this will insure, as probably
nothing else can in equal degree, the OBJ
servance- of published tariffs and so
measurably& remove some Of the evils
which the act was designed to prevent the
resulting situation involves consequences
to the public which claim the most serious
attention. A law which might have
answered the purpose when competition
was relied upon to secure reasonable rates
is defnonstrably inadequate when ~ that
competition is displaced by the most far
reaching and powerful combination. So
great change in conditions calls for cor
responding change in the regulating
statute ,...... 49, e.. -.
The commission reafrms it's recon-
mendations for amending the interstate
commerce law and urges the grave neces-
sity for legislation. e-.. - = 49,
-. The Secret Rate Cases. -
The reports say that the fact that no
convictions have yet been obtained nor
indictments found in the cases Of the
roads which were shown by an investiga-
ton last winter to be giving secret rates
to grain shippers emphasizes the fact that
the criminal provisions Of the present
interstate law are practically dead let
ter. -.-. |.sE- -. - - :
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Everett Warren, one Of the operators
attorneys, on cross examination, tried TO
show that this was not the case. Both
men promised to take the girls out OF the
silk mill.
After the witnesses left the stand,
Chairman Gray asked for an explanation
from the Pennsylvania Coal company,
which is controlled by the Erie road, re-
garding the wages of the men. The wages
mentioned by the company were handed
to the commission some days ago and did
not indicate that more than two persons
figured in the distribution.
w. A. May. general manager Of the
Pennsylvania Coal company, was called to
the witness stand and explained that be-
cause Of the system in vogue in the COM
pany's mine it would be difficult to show
in every case how many men shared in
one pay.
Company Figures Unfair
c. S. Darrow, for the miners, said the
miners had no confidence In the figures
submitted by the company and added that
the way they were handed in was unfair.
The deputy factory inspector for the
Scranton district, examined regarding
child labor, said that 1,400 boys and 1000
girls between the ages Of IS and Is are
employed in the mills in this vicinity
Chairman Gray suggested that the Penn
Dylvania legislature be petitioned to i'm
prove factory inspection laws regarding
child labor.
The state mine inspectors were unani-
nous in saying that the mining companies
In their district had no rules requiring
miners to stay in the mines all day. One
inspector said the miners in his district
did not average five hours work a day.
The same witness said most Of the ac-
cidents are due to the negligence or mis-
judgment Of the workmen themselves The
inspectors In reply to questions asked by
the commissioners said they sometimes
were accompanied by company officials
and many times they visited the workings
alone. AT this point recess was taken.
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Yesterdays Late Testimony.


Late yesterday Henry D. Lloyd, for the
miners, renewed his attempt to get or
the records the matter of the alleged ex-
tort1onate and discriminating freight rates
OF coal carrying railroads, and the fact
that monopoly existed.
Chairman Gray said the commission felt
that the issues must be reasonably con-
fined. The claim that extortionate freight
rates are charged and that a monopoly
exists may or may not be true. If the
commission did go into these phases, il
would not affect the matter one way OF
the other. He said:
If we did go into it, the question OF
the justifiab leness of the miners demands
still remains. If hereafter it is made nee
essary to go into those wider fields the
commission will not deny the right OF
the miners to be heard
The miners presented a chart showing
the fluctuation in the production Of Goa
Tor ten years. The production last year
the miners claimed, was abnormal, be-
ang 10 per cent above the average.
Gompers on the Stand.
Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer
1can Federation Of Labor on the stand
gave the history of the Federation of La
Dor and a brief sketch Of the progress anC
influence of organized labor.
The hours of labor generally Throughout
the country. he continued, have been ma.
always been advantageous to both the
workman and his employer.
Chairman Gray, who takes an especia
interest in boycotts, asked Mr.. Gomper
what he thought Of such methods.
The witness he would boycott any per
son who is unfair to his workmen. bu
would not boycott a man who chooses t.
do business with the person that is boy
cotted.
Mr.. Gompers said that employers mad,
q mistake when they refused to recog
nize organized labor. The employer, 4,
said has no moral right to refuse to con
fer with committee Of his employees II
reply to Bishop Spalding, Mr. Gomper!
said he would not favor Incorporation fo
unions.
Mr.. Gompers was cross examined b,
James Torrey, counsel for the Delawar,
& Hudson company. Mr.. Torrey asket
the witness if he did not believe tina
members of the United Mine Workers O
America should be y years of age ant
able to read and write before they wer,
admitted The witness replied:
Yes; ten years from now, and when tn
companies stop bringing illiterate foreign
ers to this country. They are brough
here by the companies and the labor uniol
must protect them and see that they ge
their rights
Mr.. Torrey asked him if he could prov
that coal companies were guilty of sucl
n thing, and the witness replied that h
felt certain it was true, because he ha.
seen copies of circulars sent around south
ern Europe asking people to come int
Pennsylvania; that there was plenty O
money to be earned in the mines.
Mr.. Torrey asked if steamship compa
MES were not the authors Of those circu
lars. to which Mr.. Gompers replied tina
he had seen ten, twenty and thirty me
huddled together in huts in the anthra
cite fields and he noted that it was no
long after they arrived that they wer
given employment in the mines. He of
Tered to give to the commission the nam
OF q man who could give the facts.
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The TENDENCY
TO COMBINE
Report of the Interstate Commerce
Commission on This Striking
Feature. "
Progress of Consolidation Brings
About the Elimination of -
= Competition.
Amendment of the Interstate Com.
merce Law to Meet the Sit
uation Is Urged.

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE tendency to
combine continues the most significant
feature of railway development, according
to the annual report Of the interstate
commerce commission issued to-day. The
report says:
1T is not open to question that the COM
petition between railroad carriers which
formerly prevailed has been largely sup
pressed, or at least brought to the condi-
ton of effective restraint. The progress
of consolidation, in one form or another,
will at no distant day confine this compe
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-17
TRYING TO DRIVE
A HARD BARGAIN
Senior Herran's Coarse Work With
the United States State
Department.
It Is Said Now That He Will Not
Consent to a Yearly Rental ~
Under $1,000, O0O. ="
A Feeling That It May Yet Be Nee
essary to Go Back to
Nicaragua.
New York Sun Special Service. :

Washington, Dec, 1.-THE Colombian
government is driving a hard bargain
with the United States over the proposed
cession of control 6f the strip of land
through which the Panama canal will run.
It is not believed that Senior Herran, sue
cessor of Minister Concha, will consent
to a rental of less than s1,500000 year.
He has presented to the secretary of state
figures showing that Colombia for a num-
Der of years has derived an income of
between 100000 and 5000, 900 a year from
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SHARP PRACTICE SUGGESTED
A Bogota Newspaper Makes Statement
.5@ Regarding the Canal.

Panama, Colombia, Dec. lila Patria,
a newspaper of Bogota, makes the follow
ing statement on the canal question::
THE last Colombian congress did not
give it's final assent to an extension OF
time for the building Of the canal, but
the late President San Clemente signed.
on April %, 1900, "a protocol providing for
the grant Of a new extension. Two days
later a contract was entered into for
a six-year extension from Oct. 81,
1904, Colombia receiving in payment
from the new Panama Canal company
81, OOO, 900 for the same privileges that they
now ask the United States to pay $40 00D, :
900 for" (
The elections for representatives viii
take place on the second Sunday in March.
Congress will probably meet in the latter
part of April or the beginning OF May.
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The operators yesterday submitted
wage statements showing that one of
these men and his laborer received
81, 661 and the other and his laborer
were paid S1.40O last year. John Dem
ko. father OF one Of the girls, said that
four and sometimes six men figured In
the division Of the S1,400. The
other miner claimed that four men
divided the $1,000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-17
FLOODS IN MINING REGIONS.

Philadelphia, Dec. II Rep received to-da.
from the mining region are to the effect thai
the waters are fast receding and the damage t.
mines win not be so great as was first expected
A few mines in the Pottsville and Hazleton re
gion were slightly damaged BY the, high water
Of abort duration The Susquehanna and Schuyl
XIII rivers, which rose rapid night and il
many places overlooked their banks, are falling
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from Kiel a statement that the German
cruisers Ariadne, Amazon and Niobe are
again being equipped for departure to
Venezuela, but the correspondent of the
Associated Press is informed officially
that no such orders have been given and
that it will depend later upon the demands
of the blockade whether additional ves-
sells will be sent.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-17
SHAKEN TO PIECES
The Town of Andijan in Russian
Central Asia Destroyed by =
an Earthquake. ~
It Had Population Of 3O,O0O-Tht
Number of Fatalities Is Not
Yet Known.

Ashkabad, Russian Turkestan, Tuesday.
Dec l6.--The town OF Andijan, Ferghana
government, was totally destroyed by an
earthquake to-day
The number of fatalities is not yet as
certained.
The population is threatened with star
walton. Shocks were. felt In New Mar
ghelan and surrounding villages, and a
railway at Andijan was destroyed for a
considerable distance. Food and clothing
are being sent to Andijan.
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ANXIOUS TO PLEASE UNCLE SAM
Both England and Germany Show Great
-. Anxiety on This Point. =

New York Sun Special Service. w.
London, Dec. 17.-There is a momentary
subsistence of public discussion respecting
the Venezuelan affair. The point which
excites general prejudice is that the Brit
ish government has been committed vir-
tually to support the German claims.
which are believed to be a miscellaneous
lot-good, bad, and indiffernt-yet there
can be no withdrawal by either ally except
by mutual agreement. This hard and fast
agreement, which did not operate well in
China. is regarded by many writers with
uneasiness since the German emperor is
cynically suspected of the intention Of Gre
ating an estrangement between England
and the United States.
The fact that Count Metternich's pro-
posal for joint action was not made until
midsummer, when the clear understand
ing existed last December between Ger
many and the United States respecting
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-17
ROCKEFELLER WINS A s1rrT

Columbus. Ohio, Dec. Thames Corrigan of
Cleveland. by u decision of the supreme court
to-day lost his suit for 100000 against John
D. Rockefeller. Corrigan sold 2,5OO shares of
Standard OIL stock to Rockefeller and claims
Rockefeller took advantage of him in the deal
not paying what they We're worth at the time
SUIT was brought by Corrigan in the Cuyahoga
county courts, which decided against him and the
supreme court affirmed the. decision.
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him support. There is no local opposition
to Baker, as has been reported, but the
delegation is enthusiastic in its support Of
Mr.. Hanna. --.- - a.@s-
The Endorsement of the latter is re-
garded as a serious blow to the interests
of Senator Hansbrough, as Hanna is
thought to be the only available man on
whom all opposition to Hansbrough car
unite: Hansbroughs supporters say thai
he has enough votes pledged to win with
out the Cass county delegation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-17
CASS COUNTY IS
OUT FOR HANNA
Legislative Delegation Of Twelve
Pledges Support to Fargo .
Man for Senator e
Contended That He Is the Only Cam
didate Upon Whom the Fac
lions Can Unite. u
Hansbrough's Supporters Assert He
Is Perfectly Safe Without
the Vote of Cass.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Fargo. N. D.. Dec. LIT the meeting
Of the Cass county delegation in the leg
islature a resolution was. adopted in
dorsing the candidacy of L. B. Hanna of
Fargo for United States senator. This
gives him twelve votes as a starter in the
republican caucus when the Legislature
assemblies. ..
Mr.. Hanna is chairman of the repub
lican state central committee and has been
a member of the legislature. He is a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-17
THE SEOUL ELECTRIC R. R,
Built by Yankees Who Cannot Get
Their Pay-The U. S. Minister
Makes Demand.

st. Petersburg; Dec. lit is announced
from Seoul, in Ccrea, that the United
States minister has demanded the pay
ment of $1,500,000. due to the builders Of
the electric railroad
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-17
THE GOVERNOR BA 1

Topeka, Kan, Dee. 1.-THE 200 women In
the United States and Canada who have written
Governor elect Bailey and proposed marriage will
have to seek elsewhere for husband The new.
governor hns notified his friends that he win not
marry, and that his secretary, with his family,
would occupy the executive mansion.
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nephew of United States Senator Mark
Hanna.
The meeting did not formally indorse
the candidacy of Thomas Baker, Jr., for
speaker Of the house, but the members
of the lower house signed a paper request
ing him to be a candidate and promising
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-17
MIR. Mc1NN1s GOES TO MoNrREA1

Montreal, Dec Nv. r. McInnis has been
appointed freight traffic manager of the Cana
dian Pacific railroad, with offices at Montreal.
Mr.. McInnis was formerly assistant freight
traffic manager OF the western lines, with of
0ces at Winnipeg. III H.. --+.....
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Hansbrouoh Is UndIsturbed.

: Senator Hansbrough is in Minneapolis
to-day but declines to discuss the Hanna
candidacy further than to say that he is
confident of reelection and that Mr.. Han
mas Endorsement by Cass county does, not
disturb him at all. The senator expected
Cass to indorse Hanna.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-17

London Dec I'm
the
o
wha
his statement Of
debts
British subjects
o thu leader,
premI
S
1--WE
-.
published
thing
Evidently
WHAT WAS REGARDING STATE OF WAR;" , =
b. = ~..r~
t
g .r" -
blockade United States Great Britain
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GERMANY's REPLY TO. ARBITRATION

Proposal Called nadequaThe Blockade Notification Likely
: Issued Tomorrow
s to if
notm ofc tarede
the
be
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Testimony of the Fathers of the
Little Girls Who Worked in
the Silk Mills.
John Demko Shows That Six Men
Shared in His 81 400 a
Year.
The Other Miner Claimed That Four
Men Helped Him Get Away
With 81, 900.

Scranton, Pa. Dec. 1.-THE miners to-
Jay put on the witness stand the fathers OF
two of the little girls who mad testlhed on
Monday that they worked all night In silk
mills.
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Andi1an is a town Of Russian central Asia,
seventy three miles from Khokand 1t had a popn:
lation Of about 30 600 souls.
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The BLOCKADE OF VENEzUELA'S
COAST TO BEGIN At ONCE
PREMIER BALFoUR ANNOUNCES IT IN PARLIAMENT TODAY
-. AND INTIMATEs STATE OF WAR"
- .@.E = ALREADY EXISTS.

The Premier Says That He Believes There
No Such Thing Peaceful BlockadeHe Adds That
Inmation Of the Blockade Will Shortly the
The German Foreign Distinctly
Be No Occupation of TerritoryCastro Arbitration Proposition
Still Under
zuea Seem to Be Growing. ~. 49,. F., -
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] u,,rrn : rHE spl11FFERENuE LIES,

-71s-a# Boston Transcript. ~
When we are interested In 1t 1t is com
5bination when the other fellow 40 and we are
not 1t 10 q trust. 5sss<s 81,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-04

Chamberlain Cough Remedy is in
tended especially for coughs, colds,
Group, whooping cough and Influenza.
1t has become famous for its cures OF
these diseases over large part of the
civilized world. The most fattering
testimonials have been received. giving
accounts of it's good works; of the ag-
grayating and persistent coughs it has
cured; of severe colds that have yielded
promptly to its soothing effects, and OF
the dangerous attacks of Group it has
cured, often saving the life OF the chllo.
The extensive use of it for whooping
cough has shown that it robs that dis
ease of all dangerous results. 1t is es-
pecially priced by mothers because it
contains nothing injurious and there is
not the least danger in giving It, even
to babies. 1t always cures and cures
quickly. Benson, Smith & Co, whole
sale agents, sells it,
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as chairman; band; address by Acting
Consul Okabe; band; reading of con-
gratulatory address to Emperor by Mr..
Inouye; national anthem, sunb by au-
dience with band accompaniment; con-
Guiding with banzais for the Emperor.
The government band was stationed
near the fencer's pavilion, and played
the greater part of the afternoon for
the fencers, changing over to the I'M
migration grounds later when the
children's sports were held.
The fencing brought out the most
skilled masters of the art in the Ha-
waiian Islands, the finest exponent be-
ing a wiry little fellow from the big
island who successfully beat off four
men who attacked him with their
bamboo slaves. Each fencer wore ar
NOR, consisting of bamboo breast
plate, padded hip guards, and gloves,
and cloth helmet with steel grated
mask. With lightning-like strokes the
hands, bringing them down on their
opponents heads as hard as possible.
The exhibition evoked cheer after
cheer Mr.. Shioda, president of one
of the local banks. was often in the
arena, using at times the stave, at
others the short curved stick from
which hung weight attached to a
string, and at others long pole. Su-
suki and Takahashi were two of the
/ best matched men in the pavilion, and
their combat was one of the longest
and most desperately fought of the
day.
The children's sports consisted Of
apple, sack, lantern, needle, and wafer
races, prizes being distributed to the
winners by Mrs Iminishi. There were
refreshments of many kinds. The en-
tire afternoon was most enjoyably
spent
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-04

the club house, by the members of the
business community.
Altogether, the celebration was one
most suspicious, and everyone under
the red suns shadow enjoyed the mem
DRY of his island home and the birth
day of his sovereign.
JAPANESE FENCING AND WREST-
LING.
Praise for the Emperor of Japan in
speeches and in anthems, followed by
a splendid exhibition of ancient Jap
anese fencing tournaments, were fea-
lures of the exercises held yesterday
afternoon from 1870 to : o'clock at the
Japanese primary school, off Nuuanu
street. Hundreds of Japanese men and
women thronged the enclosure 'front.'
ing the school structure, and a way
was made from that to the Immigration
Company's premises, thus giving all
the room needed for the sports.
Gay with sunrise flags, bunting, and
dll ulduuGT VI ueCOTdllOuS III COhSu VI
the Emperor's birthday, the two places
were truly a holiday spectacle. In the
school yard a space was made with
flag stats and partly surrounded by
barriers of bunting, and in this the
fencing bouts were given. The school
rooms were decorated, and photographs
! of the Emperor and Empress occupied
a conspicuous place behind the chair
mans table. Mr. l. Iminishi, of the
Yokohama Specie Bank, presided, max
ing laudatory address of the Emper-
or's high qualities as a ruler and as
one who held the patriotism of his
people so strongly. The addresses
were listened to by a large audience,
and were frequently interrupted by
bursts of applause. The program was
! as follows:
! National anthem; address by Mr..
Shioda; Introduction of Mr.. Iminishi
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In a corner of the old baseball
grounds in Makiki, near the Kaahu-
manu- school, a gaudily decorated pa
vilion marked the place where the
wrestlers displayed their skill, and set
their muscle, cunning and skill to the
highest notch for the championship
honors. Hundreds of Japanese congre-
gated early. A pavilion in the shape
of an Sd" had been erected, and in
this the women were privileged to sit
apart from the men and view the
sports. The pavilion, prettily decor
ated, was greatly enhanced in it's at
Effectiveness by the daintily attired
japanese women, who took lively in
terest in the display of skill. Stands
from which refreshments were served
dotted the place, and judges stand
was shown by the numerous cloth PEN
nants floating from tall posts about it.
The square place in which the wrest-
lers appeared was filled with sand to
prevent anyone from being injured by
hard falls.
On the posts were bamboo sacks filled
with salt, and no wrestler went into
the arena without first taking a pinch
of salt into his mouth, sprinkling some
upon the sand, and dividing his por-
ton with his opponent. This salt GER
emony, intermixed with water, was
, strange to outsiders who did not fully
understand its import, and it seemed
to be full of meaning for the Japanese
for they viewed the doings with deer
interest. Oftentimes, pair of wrest-
lers. after mixing salt and kneeline
before each Gother, would rise and get
another pinch and then resume their
positions. Some splendid specimens
of men came before the audience, and
the strength and skill of some was ex-
traordinary phere were humorous
! features about the sports, especially
the announcements of the various
events.
| Strings of lanters were festooneo
about the enclosure, and the sports
continued last evening. Refreshments
/ were passed about the crowds and the
wrestlers so that none had to leave
/ the premises.