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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-10
PARTITIONING STAPLES
ESTATE IN SALTWATER
Heirs Begin AmicabIe Action for APP
pointment-of Receiver. ~

The heirs of the late Isaac Staples have
begun an amicabIe action in the district
court to partition real estate, valued at
about $25O.000. and to have a receiver
appointed to take charge of the property
until final distribution Is made. All of
the heirs were agreed to the plan, not
Wlthstandlng some are named as plaintiffs
and others as defendants.
Rev. Sprlngling. of Salem's German Lu-
theran church, conducted the funeral of
Frederick w. Schendel. held from the
family residence on South Third street,
yesterday afternoon.
+ Coal dealers in Saltwater continue to
complain of the scarcity of anthracite
coal. and the same complaint Is heard
from consumers, many of whom have
given up all hopes. of securing coal this
winter.
The standing committees announced by
Chairman W. s. Soule, Of the board of
county commissioners, are: Printing and
purchasing, Soule Grandstrand and Luh-
man; roads and bridges, Grandstrand,
Noltimer and SolIie: poor farm, Luhman,
Grandstrand and Schaffer; taxes. Schaf-
fer, Noltimer and Luhman; claims, Mol
timer, Schaffer and Sonle.
Senator E. w. Durant spent yesterday
at his. home in this city He says he
looks forward to a very busy legislative
session, and that many important bills
will be introduced
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-10
Western Railroad Authori-
ties Explain the Cause of
the Recent Advance Such
Is Customary at the Begin
ming of Each Year--Ex-
tremely Low Rates Of 1902
Wiped Out.
Special to The Globe.

Sp6Clal TO Inc GLOBE.
CHICAGO, Jan. s.-ConsiderabIe
misrepresentation apparently exists re-
garding what Western railroad manage
ments have done in the way of increas-
q ing freight rates. In order that the
situation may be understood from the
view point of the executive officials
In charge of traffic, the following ex-
-pressions have been obtained:
Darius Miller, first vice president in
charge of traffic for the Burlington
system: ut is the practice of the rail-
roads to revise their lists of special
commodity rates at the beginning of
each year, and that custom has been
carried out this year and rates adjust
ed to a normal basis where circum-
stances seem to justify. A great many
commodity rates published since March
25 have been restored to the normal
basis. In general way rates have not
been advanced except to what might
be termed the regular tariff"
II. X. Mccullough, third vice presi-
dent of the Northwestern in charoa
OF traffic: Our tariffs for the trans
portatlon of freight are about on the
same basis as existed one year ago,
For some time we have been revising
and relSsu1ng, as is customary at the
close of each year. If anv tariffs have
been issued the western roads that
make any material increase in their
charges above the normal basis of one
year ago, it is not in the territory sery-
ed by the lines of the Chicago & North
Western road
A. c. Bird, third vice president of
the st. Paul, in charge of traffic: 'It
7sXy
at the close of each year to revise
their special or commodity rates and
eliminate or advance rates which are
no longer necessary This process has
been going on for some weeks, but in
addition to this usual procedure a
considerable number OF abnormally
low rates were issued since the latter
part OF March. 1902, and these rates
have in a large part been Cancelled or
advanced. There is no probability of
an attempt to advance regular tariff
rates above the figures in effect ian.
l, 1902, although the great increase
in wages, prices of materials and sup
plies and the cost of operation would
justify a reasonable advance of stand
ard tariff rates.
H. Cover, assistant freight traffic
manager of the Rock Island: During
the last year a good many reduced
tariffs have been put into effect and
these in turn have bred others, some
of which were made operative without
consultation with other roads. This
went on until the entire Western terri
tory was ripped open, SO to speak, clear
to Colorado. These reduced tariffs
were not necessitated by commercial
conditions. All we have done SO far
is to take out these reduced rates, and
even now we are not back upon a nor
NAL basis of tariffs"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-10
GOING FOR COAL
DEALERS HARD
Those in Chicago to Be Tack
led by a Special Grand
Jury.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Jan. "A spe-
c1al grand jury viii meet in Chicago
tomorrow to investigate the alleged
conspiracy between certain coal op-
orators, railroads and coal dealers te
increase the price Of COAL Attorney
General Hamlin left tonight for Chiz
cago and will lead the investigation
lie. took with him evidence which he
claims will show a conspiracy exists
Small dealers are not the mark at
which the state aims. While the
names on the list of witnesses were
withheld, it is known that they are
those of mine owners and wholesale
dealers in coal.
Swift & Co. as PhiIanthropists. !
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-To alleviate tbe
suffering among the poor owing to the
scarcity of coal, Swift & Co. announced
today that they were going into the
coal business at Chicago, ST. Louis, st.
Paul, Kansas City, ST Joseph, Mo,
and Omaha. They will sell coal to
all who apply for it. The firm has a
contract for the whole output of a
mine, and has been selling coal at cost
to it's employees. Having more coal
than 1T requires, the surplus is to be
placed at the disposal of the poor. No
one can obtain more than a busheI at
time. The prices will be: One
bushel, 20 cents; half a bushel, 1Oc;
a peck, cents. Coal will be sold
wherever the firm has a plant.
Burning Fruit Trees.
MARSHALL, Mo-, Jan. "a coal
famine prevails in Marshall and the
nearby towns. Many families are
burning their fruit trees and shade
trees. Cut wood is selling for So a
cord and is very scarce.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-10
GOBLIN ENLIGHTENS
THE COAL COMMISSION
Non Union Men Close Their case-op.
orators Will Open Today.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 9.-After
occupying eight days and presenting $50
witnesses, the non union men who are a
party to the arbitration agreement closed
their case today before the coal strike
commission The coal companies will omen
their case tomorrow, and according to the
plans Of the operators. the companies will
present their case in the order of the geo
graphical location of their mines. The
Delaware & Hudson company whose col
ieries are farthest north, will first pre-
sent It's witnesses. and the others will
follow, concluding with the Philadelphia
d Reading Coal and Iron company. which
Is in the southern part Of the coal fields
The principal witness before the com
mission today was Lieut.. Gov j. r. s.
Goblin. senior brigadier general of the
national guard of Pennsylvania. Gen. Co.
bin was in command Of the Third brigade
during the time the troops were on duty
in the hard coal fields. He gave q recital
of the conditions as he found them in the
territory covered. He was on duty from
July 80 until about Nov. I or 2. From his
observation and from reports made to him
by his officers, it was his opinion, he said
that an excited state of lawlessness' ex-
listed in the regions; that disturbances
were numerous; that the presence Of the
troops was necessary to preserve law and
order. and that it was difficult tc main
tain the law even after all the troops
in the state had been placed in the dis
turbed territory.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-10
DAYS NEWS SUMMARIZED

| Weather for st. Paul and vicinity: Fair
today; fair and warmer Sunday.
DOMESTIC
sociation.
| ours at Fargo, N. D.
Special grand jury in Chicago will take
up coal dealers cases.
Forty-eigh Indiana girls are going to
North Dakota to marry men they never
| saw.
Henry Phipps, of New York. gives
$S00,OO0 to establish an institution in
Philadelphia to eradicate tuberculosis
from this country
Several men are injured in collision of
| passenger trains on Big Four road in Illi-
nois
Crusade against negro federal office
holders in Mississippi spreads.
German Ambassador Won Holleben will
not return to Washington He will be
succeeded by Baron Speck Won Sternburg.
LOCAL
Grand jury returns four indictments
| and resumes its session.
Albert Kelsey, the Philadelphia archi-
tect, discusses the requisites of 1.-THE
Model City,
Poultry show opens under the auspices
OF the Minnesota Fanciers' association.
Supreme court holds void the will of a
catholic priest leaving money in trust for
the education Of priests, on the ground
that 1t violates the law of 1875.
Extreme cold weather causes a vain
/ rush to local fuel offices for hard coal.
Norm King begins serving sentence
and men whom he sent to the PEN may
conspire against him.
Fire in flats at Fairfield and South Rob-
ert streets renders several families home
less.
Health Commissioner Ohage warns the
public that smallpox is treacherous dis
ease and may become epidemic.
WASHINGTON
Richardson, of Tennessee, Democratic
leader in lower house of congress. will
leave that body. J. S. Williams, of Mis-
slss1ppi and Champ Clark. Of Missouri,
are candidates to succeed him.
Republican congressman are not enthu-
siastic in backing president in his anti
trust efforts
RAILROADS.
Great Northern is looking for record
breaking immigration movement
Alton firemen may not vote in favor of
strike.
Officials of Western roads explain why
freight rates were abandoned
1t is declared in Chicago that demands
for Increase will be compromised and no
strike will occur.
BUSINESS
Trading in grain continues light but
wheat and corn close higher.
Wall street has its busiest day for many
months. Strength and activity mark
trading from beginning to end.
Business Of new year opens aggressive
ly and prices are higher than for two
years.
SPORTING
American and National league peace
committees meet in Cincinnati
George E. Lennon. owner of st. Paul
baseball team, will make a fight to hold
the Saints in ST. Paul
Minneapolis Y. M. c. A. basket ball
team defeats the Foresters, of Milwau-
kee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-10
To CLEAR COUNTRY
OF TUBERCULOSIS
Henry Phipps Gives $500, 900
to Found an Insti-
tuition.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. s.-Dr. T..
F. Flick, president of the free hospital
for poor Consunptives here, announced
tonight that Henry Fhipps, cf New
York, formerly a partner of Andrew
Carnegie, had contributed 100000 for
the establishment of an institution in
this city for the treatment and study Of
consumption.
DR.. Flick said he would introduce the
Finsen treatment, now in operation at
Copenhagen, which is II new method Of
treating the disease by sunlight and
electric light. The object of the insti-
tuition is the eradication of tuberculosis
from this country.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-10
COLORADO REPUBLICANS
SORELY DISTRAUGHT
State Committee to Meet to Try and
Harmonize the Factions.

DENVER, Col, Jan. 9-Chairman D.
B. Farley. of the Republican state cen
trail committee, today issued call for
a meeting of the committee in Denver
Monday, Jan. 10. This is in response to a
request signed by seventeen members who
wish the committee to attempt to har-
monize the two factions of the party, now
divided on the senatorial question. 1t is
said that an effort will be made by the
Wolcott adherents to oust Chairman Fair
ley.
Frank C. Goudy, one of the leading Re-
publican candidates for the senate to
succeed Henry NJ Teller, today issued a
statement to the voters in which he de-
clares that some of the members of the
legislature who were pledged to him have
been won away from him by misrep-
resentation. Mr.. Goudy says the present
situation in Colorado is lone of the
strongest arguments ever presented to the
people that United States senators should
be elected by popular vote
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-10
DEATHS OF A DAY

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Jan. 9-Herry
M. Pillsbury, secretary and treasurer of
the Land, Log and Lumber company of
this city, was stricken with paralysis to-
day and died this evening. He had been
In failing health a year, suffering with
Brights disease.
Mr.. Pillsbury was well known through
out the state, and was at one time asso-
ciated in business with the late William
II. Bradley. He was fifty years old.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Jan. 9.-Capt
w. E. Gleason, regimental quartermas-
ter of the Sixth infantry, United States
army, died at Fort Leavenworth today of
pneumonia.
CHICAGO. Jan 9.-Prof. Gabriel Bam-
berger, head of the Jewish Manual Train
ing school, died at his home here today,
aged fifty-seven years. Prof Bamberger
was one of the best known Jewish edu-
Gators in the country.
BELLEFONTE, Pa, Jan. 9.-Former
Gov. Daniel Hardman Hastings died to-
day of pleuro pneumonia, after an illness
of four days.
WESTFfELD, N. Y, Jan. &C. w.
Putnam, aged eighty-four years, proba-
bly, the Oldest postal clerk in the country,
is dead at his home here. He was ap-
pointed during President Lincolns first
administration and held that position
continuously to his death
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-10
From Globe Washington Bureau.

From Globe Washington Rureau
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Ian
President Roosevelt's efforts n 1aoa
a ,rough-rider charge of Ieeisla+ic,1
AGAINST the trusts are not meeting with
the success which he hoped. He and
attorney General Knox are three-ouar-
lers OF the way up the hill. but +ha
congressional regiment is back in tba
chapparel. The bill drawn by the de-
partment of justice and heralded as tho
administration measure proves to he
modlhcation of the interstate commerce
law. placing all kinds of new and dras-
tic regulations on railroads. Trusts
ana railroads seem to be regarded bv
ne administration as Identical. About
All that the administration asks is
urdsuc ant1-t trust legislation.
members OF congress in both branch
es are doubtful as to the Justice of
cohnnlng trust legislation to the COM
mon carriers Notifications OF the in
terstate law have been considered for
months by both senate and housa of
committees dealings with interstate
commerce legislation, but Representa-
1--WE HEPBURN and Senator Elkins have
ooth concludeds after many hearings,
that pending bills would probably have
to go until next session.
Nelson's for One.
Senator Nelson is the author of one
Dill and Representative Wagner of an
other. Both have been studied careful
~ by attorneys and by members of
the interstate commerce commission.
IL Is regarded as remarkable that
congress should now be asked to pass
over its own efforts to develop this
legislation and take up a bill drafted
by Attorney General Knox and an
proved by Mr.. Roosevelt. Congressman
say this is an unwarranted at&annpt
by. the executive department to dictate
to the legislative branch
1t was discovered today that scaree-
ly a member of the judiciary commit
tee from which the Knox bill came
Is IN FAVOR of it. Littlefield was at
work on one of his own. Jenkins
thinks it unreasonable. Overstreet re-
CARDS it as impracticable, and so ON.
Meantime Mr.. Roosevelt Is telling ey-
erybody who comes to the White house
that this bill must be passed or there
VIII be an extra session; neither of
which events, think well-informed sem
ators, are likely to happen.
Bill Agreed Upon.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. g.
AS result of extended consideration
OF the various pending antitrust bills
the subcommittee Of the house iu-
dietary committee, of which Represent
at1Ve Littlefield is chairman, has prac-
ucally agreed upon an antitrust bill. |
1t has not yet been adopted formally, /
but it is said to meet the approval |
OF all members Of the subcommittee. |
1t will be laid before the full commit /
tee tomorrow, when it is expected it I
will be made public. 1t is understood
that 1t provides for publicity, not
through a new commission to be Great
ed but through the interstate COM /
merce commission, and it covers the
administration suggestions for anti !
trust legislation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-10
MORE DEATHS FROM
PLAGUE AT MAZATLAN>
Fatal Consequences of Refusal to Go
to Lazaretto.

MAZATLAN, Mex, Jan. 9.-Thirty-
seven people are in the lazarettos and
six deaths occurred today, one entire
family having died of the plague.
Many people have left the city and
gone to live on the islands near here.
A number of Americans also have de-
parted. 1t has been decided to disin-
feet the entire city at once The char
ity commission will pay for the houses
that have to be burned and for all
clothing destroyed.
A man attacked by the plague was
found on his way to Ell Castillo. He
was brought to the city to be sent to
a lazeretto, but he died on the way
there.
woman, in order to save her son
from being taken to a lazaretto, put
him in bed at home. His father and
she herself were in consequence attack
ed by the plague and died within a few
hours. The house has been burned by
the authorities. The people seem to be
afraid of being taken to the lazaretto,
preferring to remain at their houses
when attacked by the plague, but the
authorities are constantly hunting up
sick people and taking them in charge.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-10
RICHARDSON TO
LEAVE CONGRESS
John Sharp Williams and
Champ Clark Candidates
for Democratic Leader.
From Globe Washington Bureau.

From Globe Washington Bureau.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 9.-Rep-
resentative Richardson, of Tennessee, the
Democratic leader of the house, and long
connected with the most important leg
islation of congress, may retire from pol
ttics and from congress. For some time
Mr. Richardson has been urged by his
Masonic friends to devote his entire at
tention to the duties of the office of
grand commander Of the supreme council
Scottish Rite Masons.
Il am still considering the subject" "
said Mr.. Richardson today. "If 1 should
decide to give all my time to the office
now hold in Masonry, 1t would involve
my retirement from politics.
MI Richardson's friends in congress say
that While his statement seems to Indicate
oniy tentative consideration of the sub
3ect. they believe he has practically de-
cided to retire from politics, and that
ne Will not be a factor in the contest for
the leadership of his party in the next
mouse. So general is the opinion that he
VIII retire that many of his friends who
would have supported him for the mi
norlty nomination for speaker in the
next next congress, which carries with it the
Ieaqersh1p of the party in the house, are
contest that will arise over that office.
John Sharpe Williams, of Mississippi,
ana Champ Clark. of Missouri, are the
nomination. The Missouri delegation is
one of the largest delegations in the house,
ana ana Yields a great influence in that body.
MI MI lie ArInon, of Missouri, who one time
thought of becoming the minority candi-
gate gate Tor speaker, and the rest of the
MNIlssour1 delegation, have indorsed Mr..
Clark. The fight will be between Mr..
Wllllams and Mr.. Clark, with another
Mr. Williams, from Illinois, appearing as
a compromise candidate if the two prin-
clpaIs threaten a deadlock The Missouri
Mr. Clark. Mr.. Williams, of Mississippi,
was earlier in the field, it is said, and
mas strong backing among Southern Dem
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-10
ROBBERS sKILLFULLY TRACED.
Four Men Await Examination for Holding
Up Burlinqton Train.


LA CROSSE, Wis, Jan. 9.-Passengers
and prisoners on the train they are al
legged to have held up six months ago at
Marcus. Ill, four men who are believed
to be of the six who robbed the Burling-
ton train at that place were left at Sa-
Vannah ILL.,, by the train last night and
were taken to Mount Carroll the county
seat, where they will be arraigned on the
charge of holding up the train.
The story of the findings Of clues and
their subsequent capture is interesting.
Pinkerton detective, Charles White,
visited every nook and corner on the Mis-
sissippi river between here and the place
where the robbery occurred to find the
person of whom the robbers bought the
boat which was found sunken with sand
IN the river, near where they had tenn
porafily buried their booty 1t took him
three months, and he was not successful
until he reached La Crosse, when, in
company with Detective William Lyman,
of the local force after two weeks of m
remitting work, they located the man
from whom the skiff had been purchased.
He and his wife went to Chicago Wednes-
DAY night to identify the four alleged
The robbers, so the detectives found,
went down river in the slxiff taking four
Gays to make the trip, and were joined at
party six in number. One of these rob
Ders wore pair of shoes just purchased
IN Dubuque, and he was the one who was
killed and served to identify the gang
and which subsequently led to their can
ture and arrest in Louisiana a few days
ego on another charge.
IT develops, from the story Of one of the
robbers, who told the tale to a pal. that
the dead robber had been killed by their
own party: They had a secret code Of
signals which they were to use. The dead
robber, in coming around the train, did
not give the signal and was shot by one of
the robbers. He was not killed, however.
for, after the. safe had been blown open
and the robbers unhitched the engine,
they put the wounded man on board. One
OF the party said to him: "Can you talk
yet?'
:, He replied, eyes" whereupon one of
the party shot him through the head,
Killing him Instantly. They had a dis
cussIon as to whether to burn the body
IN the firebox, but decided to throw it
f out OF the engine cab, which they did
Ihey abandoned the engine and got into
the skitf, went across the river, buried the
money and sunk the boat Several half
collars which fell from the pile of 81 200
they secured. were found in the sand.