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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
VICTORY FOR The
UNITED STATES
The London Advertiser Says the
Boundary Tribunal Will Concede
the American Contention.
Members Of the Tribunal Attend
Notable Pilgrim Banquet in
London.
Other Sources Deny the Decision Has
Been Reached, but Admit Its
Likelihood.

London, Oct. 16.-The Morning Ad-
yertiser announces that it regrets to
learn from a source which it regards
as beyond question that the decision of
the Alaska boundary tribunal virtually
comedies the American case. The pa
per, which appears to be thoroly salts
fled with the reliability Of it's state
ment, says the news will be received
in Canada with CONSERVATION. 1t gives
a map and a detailed explanation
showing how the decision will, affect
Canada, and adds that those who have
followed the arguments have been
thoroly satisfied with Clifford Sifton's
preparation and presentation of the
case.
The Associated Press, however, has
the highest authority for saying that
the announcement made by the Lon
don Morning Advertiser to-day is en-
tirely true. The commission, thus far,
has reached no decision and no vote
has been taken ven in the private ses-
sions which would indicate Chief JUS
tice Alverstone's position.
It is quite true that the general
trend Of opinion among those con-
nected with the TRIBUNAL, aside from
the commissioners is that the ultimate
decision will be in favor Of America,
but there is as yet not the slightest
warrant for saying it has been reached.
Confirming the statement that no
decision in the Alaskan boundary ar
bitration has been reached, the ST..
James Gazette this afternoon adds:
There Is, however, growing
pessimism in Canadian circles
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16

to South America for the establish
ment of these colonies and will not
permit the Monroe doctrine to stand
in the way"
Representative Dayton is the Sec
ond republican member Of the naval
affairs committee. He has just re-
turned from an extended study of
naval affairs in Germany, England
and France.
'The Germans are looking toward
America" Mr.. Dayton continued. Il
have heard Of the report that they
the s11ipbuilding, which will give
them thirty-eight modern battleships.
That is not true. The fleet will be
built by 1910. More efforts are being
made in Germany for the upbuNding
Of the navy than for any other serv-
ice. The prevailing idea is that the
new colonies, deemed so important a
part of the national development,
will have to be. protected by power.
Germany Is making rapid naval
progress. England is standing still.
France, with poor naval administers
ton, is indulging In fotsam and jet
sam experiments with torpedo craft
and going backward all the time.
They all admit that our new 10000
ton ships of the Louisiana and Con
necticut type are the acme OF fighting
ship construction.
Il return to this country highly
satisfied with our American navy. But
we must not relax vigilance. The
navy bill for the next year should
provide at least four or five new bait
/ tleships, and not one of them should
be less than 10000 tons. We must
build battleships Of the finest quality
and we must burn up vast amounts
of money in target practice to de-
velop the highest accuracy and rapid
lily Of fire and the greatest facility in
handling guns"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
A NOTABLE DINNER
Great Men of the Anglo-S Saxon Race
Gather at Table.


Gather at Table.
London, Oct. 16.-The dinner given
by the Pilgrims society to the Alaskan
boundary commission at Claridge's
hotel last night proved the most not
Americans and Canadians ever
brought together. in London. In adj
dition to the members of the com
mission the British cabinet ministers,
the American ambassador and the
most prominent representative of
English public life were present.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts pre-
sided. On his right sat Anna bassador
Choate and on his left Lord Chief
Justice Alverstone. Lord Lansdowne,
Sir Louis Jette, Sir Stanley Clarke, the
kings equerry, and Secretary Elihu
other guests were distributed at small
tables around the room. The Eng
lishmen present wore their decora-
tons and orc rs, Lord Lansdowne and
Lord Roberts. having the blue riband
of the Order of the Garter.
The other guests, numbering in all
about 150, included Archdeacon Sin
clair, Lord Stanley, United States Con-
sui General Evans, Sir George Taub-
man Goldie, Stanford Newell, United
States minister at The Hague; C. T.
Yerkes, Lord Mount-Stephen, Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir j. Puleson,
Lord Claude Hamilton, Lord Strath-
coma, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Fairfax,
Lord Jersey and Lord Hamilton, Henry
Phipps Of New York and George KEEP
pei.
Lord Roberts proposed the health of
King Edward and President Roosevelt
in united toast which met with a
cordial reception. He then proposed
the Alaska boundary commission, h." to
which Lord Alverstone replied, saying
that the meeting of the commissioners
would stand as monument Of the
feeling evidenced in America and
Great Britain to settle their differences
by common sense method Elk
United States Senator Turner and
Clifford Sifton, Canadian Interior min
lister, answered for their respective
countries, the latter saying that nc
greater crime could be conceived
amidst human nature than trouble be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States.
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DISTANCE

treated and that men who took part in
the mutiny preferred to make an at
temptsto escape and face death rather
than remain and endure torture.
Attorneys for the United States in
troduced several witnesses to disprove
the charges Of improper treatment at
the hands Of the penitentiary off,
Gals.
Gilbert Mullins several months ago
escaped from the Jail at Junction City,
to which institution he had been
transferred.
In the mutiny twenty-eight prison
ers escaped after a fierce fight with
the guards during which one guard,
Waldrupe, was killed and several Of
the convicts were shot.
All but one Of the convicts were
finally captured, altho several of them
We're shot in engagements with posses.
In his instructions to the jury, Judge
Rfner said that the fact that the men
Were felons Underlying punishment
for crime should count nothing for
nor against them in determining
the weight of their evidence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16

CONVICTED
Leaders Of Leayenworth Prison Muir
tiny Found Guilty Of Murder
Sentenced for Life.
Their Victim Was Guard Waldrup
Shot at the Time Of the
Escape.

Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. 16.-All
five leaders of the Fort Leavenworth
prison mutiny of November, 1901,
charged with killing Guard Waldrup,
were found guilty Of murder by q jury
in the United States circuit court here
this morning without capital punish
ment and will be given life sentences.
The prisoners are Gilbert Mullins,
Turner Barnes, Frank Thompson,
Fred Robinson and Robert Clark, all
desperate men. Mullins and Robinson
had practically finished their terms at
the time of the outbreak and the 9TH
ers were short term men.
All are from the Indian Territory.
The defense set UP the plea that pris-
5oners in the federal prison are cruelty
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
POSTAL APPOINTMENTS

New Postnasters and Carriers APP
pointed and Routes Established.
From The Journal Bureau, Room 49, Post Build
ing, Washington
Washington, Oct. 16.-Po stmasters
were appointed to-day: Minnesota,
Dora, Otter Tail county, Edward van
Atworth; North Dakota, Rosehill, Cav
alier county, John HI. Goertz; Wiscon-
sin, Rockheim, Dodge county, Herman
Martin.
Minnesota rural routes were estab-
lished to commence Nov. 16 at Chi
sage City, Chisago county, routes 1
and Q; and Montevideo, Chippewa
county; additional service routes
and 5.
Leon E. Brown has been appointed
carrier at North Branches and car
riers have been appointed to fill vacan-
cies at Wheaton, Thomas Hanley, and
at Holloway, Otto Puste.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
PLACE
OFFERED EUSTIS
But Advices From Washington Say
That Mr.. Eustis Has Re-
fused It.
The Place Not One That Would At
tract Him-He, Declines
to Talk.

The fact that an appointment to the
position recently vacated by Captain
Henry A. Castle had been offered to
former Mayor William FL. Eustis has
been known to his friends here and in
Washington for several days and his
decision to decline the office offered
him, of which information came to-
day from Washington, will not occa-
sion much surprise.
Neither the salary paid the auditor
of the postoffice department nor the
character Of the work, nor the posi-
ton, official and social, which it would
give MIR. Eustis In Washington, are
such as appeal to him. And the re-
cent mention of his name in connec-
ton with the appointment Of Eugene
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
NEGRO IS LYNCHED
Accused Of Shooting a White Boy
He Is Strung Up to a
Tree.

wickliffe, KY, Oct. 16.-Tom Hail.
alias Douglass, a negro, charged with
shooting Crockett Childress, white
boy, last Sunday at Kevil, was taken
from Jail here early this morning by
a mob Of 100 men and hanged to a
tree in the Jail yard.
Hall denied that he wounded Chill
dress and placed the blame on Jim
Rivers, another negro.
1t was feared that the shooting of
Childress would cause a race riot, but
all the negroes left Kevil last Mon
day. Hall was brought here for safe
keeping, but the mob got him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
ROBBED OF $4,000
Streets of viborg, $. D., Patrolled
by Armed Bandits While Safe
Was Looted.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 16.The
Bank Of Viborg was robbed last night
of $4,000.
81 The robbers were seen by citizens
who did not care to venture on the
streets, which We're patrolled by
armed robbers.
Half of the money stolen was in
gold. The robbers escaped on a hand
car.
sack and took fight on a handcar.
Citizens secured another car and gave
chase. The men were seen at Violin at
o'clock and were then headed to-
ward Yankton. The bank is protected
by insurance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
'COLORED CROKER
SHOT BY FRIEND
Leader Of New York's Colored Dem
ocracy Is Killed by a
Follower.
New York Sun Special Service.

NeW YORK gun opeclaI befv1ce.
New York, Oct. 16.-Caleb A.
Simms, president of the United Col
ored Democracy of New York, known
among politicians as the "Colored
Croker" was shot and killed at the
clubhouse of his organization at 342
w Fifty-fourth street last evening
after quarrel with Alma Pardo, one
of his followers. Pardo was locked
up.
In an effort to shield Simms from
the shots fired, Jacob M. Jones, a
servant of the club, threw himself In
front Of it's president and was wounded
in the breast.
Witnesses to the shooting say it was
due to an argument over financial
matters of the club.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
MRS. POTTER PAL MER Ill.

Chicago, Oct 16.--Word OF the serious
illness Of Mrs. Potter Palmer In Paris will
cause Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant to leave
Chicago to-day to hasten to her sisters
bedside. Potter Palmer, Jr., left Chicago
for the same reason on Monday and sailed
from New York yesterday for Southamp-
ton on the steamship Philadelphia Mrs.
Palmer was attacked by typhoid fever
more than week ago in her apartments
in Paris whittier she had gone after the
wedding Of Honore Palmer to Miss Grace
Brown of Baltimore.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
COUNTERFEIT SO BILLS

Secret Service unearths limitations Of the
Series OF 1901.
Washington, Oct. 16.-The secret service
announces the discovery of a new cel1n-
.terfeit $40 United States note It is Of
the series OF 1901, Lyons register. Roberts
treasurer, with portraits of Lewis and
Clark. It is well executed photographic
production, printed on good quality of
bond paper, without any attempt to imi-o
tate silk fiber. The color Of the seal,
numbering and large .sx" with superim-
posed Ten on the face of the note is
pink instead of carmine.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
M. D. PURDY Is BUSY
Former Minneapolitan Has His Work
Cut Out for Him.

Cut Out for Him.
From The Journal Bureau, Room IS, Post Build
ing, Washington.
Washington, Oct. 16.-M. D. Purdy
of Minneapolis, who was appointed as
sistant attorney general at Mr.. Knox
request, is to have prominent part in
the prosecution of those under in
ldictment for postal frauds. Attorney
General Knox, Mr.. Purdy and Special
Attorney Charles Bonaparte had a
long conference with the president
yesterday at which postoff1ce cases
were discussed and a plan Of prosecu-
ton outlined.
Purdy also has practical charge of
the naturalization frauds developed by
special agents recently and he also has
a part in the prosecution of the gov
ernment's side Of the Northern Sc
cl,rities case.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
PREACHER Is DEPosED
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Pittsburg, Oct. 16.-Bishop Arnett of
WHEREFORE, Ohio, presiding over the Afri.
can M. 3. church conference yesterday
announced that Rev. III. J. Williams, for.
merly of Duquesne, Pa. had been dropped
from the conference roll because he had
permitted a cakewalk in his church.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
The Saturday Journal
A Veritable Cornucopia Of Good
Things!

To-morrow's Issue Will Contain:
MORE OF THOSE FUNNY COMICS IN COLOR.
Be- Raising
ANOTHER INCOMPATIBLE EMMY LOU" STORY
No. All Doctrine
THRILLING RAILROAD YARN BY SPEARMAN
:
A CANADIAN LETTER, ILLUSTRATED
A BIG SPECIAL CARTOON BY BART"
PHASES OF LIFE ON BERING SEA.
Editor Unique Eskimo
FREDERICK VILLIERS WAR STORIES
o n
THE ART OF BEING AGREEABLE.
in
HILDA LARSON IN EUROPE.
Another of the Quantity Humorous This MINES
oft the many max
it's
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
DYNAMITE MAY COME NEXT

Unpaid FLIllp1Uyt IS. IIT6stCc1I C1IG OOSCIy
Works at the 500.
Special to The Journal.
Saulte Ste. Marie, Mich, Oct. 16.-
The Evening News has received a
letter from former workman Of the
Michigan-Lake Superior Power COM
pany, threatening that unless the men
are paid soon something will happen
beside which the riots in the Cana
dian 500 We're insignificant.
The watchmen at the head gates
of the canal and power house have
nightly seen men prowling about the
premises, who openly make threats
against the works. The officials fear
dynamite may be used.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16

man who had been travelling in Iowa has
hit upon an odd use for corncobs. He saws:
II made trip thru a big part of Iowa recently,
and found several ever. grain. shipping towns that
would think about it cobs make a pretty good
sidewalk They are a little rough at first but
when the cobs become trampled down the walk is
smooth E9s9S
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
WE MUST PREPARE
TO FIGHT K IsER
Member Of the House Committee on
Naval Affairs Makes signiti-
cant Statements.
Says German Navy Is Progressing
and We Must Build to
Meet It.
Predicts That America Will Have
Predicts That America Will Have
to Fight for the Monroe
Doctrine.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
washington. Oct l BY .sss In Germany
theEword has gone forth that the j
fatHerland must have 81 navy as strong
as any other power, and that colonies
must. be founded to drain off the
surplus population without Donation
alisn,', said Congressman Aston G.. i
Dayton Of. West Virginia. my inn
preston is that Germany is looking
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16

She sings like a lark
't.And she plays like gem 50
'tNes. she's very musical even wears an
accordion plated skirt now.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16

sAIike,'' said Flooding Pete, what would you
do if you owned railroad? ~
Same as usual, = answered Meandering Mike,
I'D wake uQ.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
! Others Would Accept.

This announcement will create and,
in fact, has created, something Of a
stir in republican circles.
Last night and to-day Congressman
.Tawney, G. b. Buchanan, Fred G. Stew
ems and G.. r. Davis were comforting
over the latest developments.
IT was stated a few days ago in "a
special to The urnal from
Washington, that Minnesota could
name the successor to Captain Castle.
AS soon as this was published L. P.
Hunt, postmaster at Mankato,
entered the field and thru Congress-
man McCleary is seeking Endorsements
from the state delegation in congress.
The house members do not feel like
giving any Endorsements until Sena-
tors Nelson and Clapp can be con-
suited, and, in view of the fact that
the tender was made to Mr.. Eustis
without any consultation or cor
respondence between the department
at Washington and the, senators and
representatives, it is doubtful If any
united action will be taken.
It was intinated to-day that M. G..
Fosnes, the present head of rural free
delivery service, would succeed Cap
tain Castle.
Mr.. Fosnes is a Minnesota man, hay
ing been appointed many years ago to
q position In the pension bureau by
Senator William Window.
The place pays $4,000 and is one OF
great responsibilities.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16

Hay to the board Of general appraisers
of the port of New York would make
it still less likely that a position which
does not rank with that given Mr.. Hay
and does not carry much more than
half the financial inducement, would
attract Mr.. Eustis.
AS both of the offers made Mr.. Eus-
tbs have come entirely without his
solicitation and even without his previ-
Gus knowledge, he is not made to APP
pear in the guise of an officeseeker.
In fact, in the case of the New York
city appointment, he stepped aside in
favor Of Mr.. Hay.
"Some of my friends here know as
much about the matter as do, and
I have nothing to say for publication, y
said Mr.. Eiustis when asked about the
offer9this morning. eff your informa-
ton comes from Washington, you still
know as much as do and still have
nothing to say"
The tender of the appointment to
MIR. Eustis came from Secretary OF
the Treasury Shaw, who wrote that
the president would be glad to have
him accept.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
Visitors Say They Will Surely De-
feat the Gophers in Satur-
days Game.
Minnesota Men Are Not frightened
and Think Victory Will
Be Theirs.
To-morrow's Lineup

Time OF game, 2:3O p. m. Place, Northr
cid Time of halves, thirty-fye minutes.
The independent., 1903-09-03

banks government credit In the shape
OF bank currency ct the rate OF one
half per cent per annum. but this does
not satisfy them. They are now de-
manding authority to make their own
credit into money, that shall have no
security but the assets of banks. The
conditions of this proposition under
laws that already exist will make the
money of depositors security for all
such currency issued. 1t Is an infam-
Gus and villainous proposition, con-
cealed under the pretense OF desire
and necessity for an elastic currency
something that never has and never
can exist.
FLAVIUS J. VAN VORHIS.
indianapolis, Ind.
(Men are occasionally inclined to
sneer at the statistician, but Mr.. Van
VOrhis in this article shows what an
expert can do in the way OF detecting
'skullduggery," as the late Brick Pom
cry would say. BY careful analysis OF
the reports, Mr. Van Vorhis shows
conclusively that something is wrong.
Suppose he should take our first page
article as supplementary to his figures
suppose he should proceed on the
theory that Secretary Shaw has un-
lawfully turned over to the Wall street
banks that $150,0O0,0O0 gold reserve,
and that the bank books are being
falsified to cover up the crime: Might
not he be able to account for some Of
the discrepancies to which he calls at
tention?-Ed. Ind.)
The independent., 1903-09-03
BANK CONDITION FAlSiFIED
Many Men Have Suspicions that Facts are
Masked-Descrepancy Between bank
and Clearing House Reports

Editor Independent: There seems
20 be no improvement in the New York
stock gambling arena. The headlines
in the daily press continue each week
to announce unsatisfactory bank
statements.
It is difficult to find grounds for be-
sief that these reports OF the New
York clearing house are honest state
ments of actual conditions. On the
contrary, there is ample cause for sus-
Uicion, at least, that the actual state
of the clearing house banks is covered
up.
The lowest amount of loans and de-
posits. since February %, was on June
73. Between these two dates there
was a decrease in loans of SAG, 1874, 300
and a loss of deposits of $69, 9,476,70O as
shown by the weekly statements OF the
clearing house. On last Saturday,
August 20, the statements. If true,
show that since June 13 the clearing
house banks have increased loans $19,-
z89, 800 and recovered of lost deposits
832. 1894. 200. This reduces the stated de-
crease Of loans in six months, ending
August 20. to $27,O44,S00 and loss OF
Deposits to s36,0S2,50O. At the same
time there is said to be an increase,
during the six months, OF surplus from
IS. 5.951 900 to $20,677 ,920. Notwith-
standing this reported increase of
loans. recovery of deposits, and the
substantial increase of the surplus,