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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07

s - fJt : (
the men Withwhom talked with sin,
gle exception) Thought the decision in
the Northern secnrit Hes case good thing
on the whole. Several of them pointed
out to me that this decision had itself
brought on a sort OF pause or breathing
spell. Said one conspicuous figure in the
financial world: ss IS
1.-THE st. Paul decision has had a most
wholesome effect. It put a stop to sew
eral proposed comb nations. It chilled
the ardor Of some OF the p1ungers. It took
the country out Of Wall street. 1t acted
as a sort OF warning to all sorts and con-
ditions of men who were going 1t bit
too strong. We may liken it to cloud
far down on the horizon, which caused
the farmers to hurry their cut grain under
shelter. The cloud passes and the storm
which they feared does not come. No
harm Is done. but the grain is safe. More
over, the farmers stopped cutting till they
could take good care Of that which they
had already cut. don't think 1t neces-
sary to explain my smile; it speaks for
ITSELF
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
FIERCE NEW MAN KILLER
Powerful Musket Evolved by Army
Officers Is Adopted by the
u. S. A. Board.

Washington, May THE army board,
which has been for months considering the
merits of the new service rifle or musket,
has finally declared in favor of a weapon
with a barrel only twenty -four inches in
length, using a 80 ball.
The new gun is a remarkable weapon,
according to the ordnance officers, for
while it Is four inches shorter than the
Krag, and only two inches longer than
the carbine, it Is more powerful than
either, with a higher initial velocity and
hatter trajectory. It can easily penetrate
twenty-four one-inch pine planks. It is
pound lighter than the service rifle
which Is consideration in the tropics
A new feature Is a complete encase-
ment of the barrel in wood to prevent
burning the hands of the marksmen when
the gun is rapidly discharged. The weapon
was evolved by United States army Of
fcers and is not patented. It Is asserted
to be the most powerful musket in the
world.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
not a fixed wage, but in some degree set
ties by results.
M Homes for laborers

The thought of asking the working
man to risk his savings in the ,nanufactur-
ing or any form of business was always
discarded by us as too dangerous for him.
He was advised to buy a home instead and
save his rent. 70 facilitate this, money
to build homes was lent to the employees
who had the ground clear of debt. Their
savings up to $4,000 each were taken by
the company and placed in a special trust
fund. entirely separate from the business.
Interest ate6 per cent was allowed to en-
courage the workman to save part Of his
earnings for old age. The funds received
were lent snpon mortgage on real property,
generally to- such Workmen as wished to
build homes 1t was believed that this
was the safest and therefore the wisest
use Of their savings, which workmen could
make The most convincing proof Of the
steady march OF laborsto recompense more
and more, based upon profits, and In forms
drawing capital and labor into the peace
fill bonds of mutually, is to be credited
Btothe United States Steel corporation, the
largest of all industrial corporations and
for which it deserves unstinted praise, as
proving a genuine interest in the work
men and sagacious thought for its own.
ITO this step I invite your earnest at
tention, for it may well prove of surpass-
ing Importance and mark an epoch in the
history of the relations Of capital and la
Dor. 1t may even be looked back to as
having furnlShed the SOllQ 1OunOdL1On TOT
the solution of the most troublesome ques-
lions between them"
The Combine VS.. the Partnership.
Perhaps may be considered much too
sanguine In this forecast, which no doubt
will take time to realize, but as the result
OF my experience / am convinced that the
huge combination, and even the moderate
corporation, has no chance in competition
with the partnership which embraces the
principal officials and has adopted the
system of payment by bonus or reward
turnout It's works. The latter may be re-
| lied upon as a rule to earn handsome div
idends In times OF depression, during
which the former. conducted upon the old
plan, will incur actual loss and perhaps
| land IN financial embarrassment.
1.-THE idea Of making every workman a
| capitalist and of sharing large percentages
of the profits among those rendering ex.
! ceptional service will probably encounter
4 the opposition of the extremists on bott
sides, the violent revoutionist of capital.
| istic conditions, and the narrow graspine
employer whose creed Is to purchase his
| labor as he does his materials, paying the
price agreed on and there an end. But tti.
opposition will, we believe, amount to lit
tie. 1t will even speak well for the new
idea If secuted by the extremists and com
mended by the mass of men who are or
neither dangerous edge but in the middle
where usually lies wisdom
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07

sailed for Europe. Now a curious thing
has happened Confidently with Mr..
Morgan's appearance in London the Brit
ishers are beginning to take more
cheerful view Of Americas future. They
are actually buying our stocks again. Evl-
IDENTIFY Mr.. Morgan Is a prophet to Whom
is accorded honor in many countries.
For a long time European bankers and
financiers have had a hobby. 1t was that
America was soon to go to smash Moth
ing could convince them to the contrary.
We were going too fast pace We
were wild eating. The result was in
evitable. Sooner or later we must pull up
with a dull thud. And land all in heap.
AS Mr.. vanderlip said to-day, Germany
and France have for. two years been
awaiting our downfall. For, a year Eng
land has been doing the same thing.
Month after month they have been looking
for the crash and month after month
wondering why it did not come.
Now Mr.. Morgan goes to London and
Immediately London begins to change it's
tune. For a year or two English and con-
tinental philosophers and spectators
have been bears on America; predicting
all manner of trouble and incidentally
selling d few Of our stocks. This is one
reason why the boom In Wall street has
been postponed from time to time Every
advance was weighted down with foreign
selling. That London should now begin to
take a brighter view of our future is re-
garded as significant. Perhaps in time
even the Germans and the Frenchmen will
become less pessimistic and. admit with
Mr.. Morgan that American prosperity is
founded on the rock of actuality and not
upon the sands of speculation and inf1a-
ton. One of the most difficult tasks in
the world is to convince a man that he
is a bad prophet. He always calls time
to his aid and takes refuge in a shake OF
the head and his oft-used remark: well,
just you wait" If the European prophets
of American trouble wait long enough
of course they will be indicated. But
from present indications they will have TIC
wait a long time.
Other #Flnanclers Agree"
..What is the outlook for long con
| tinuation of the remarkable prosperity
which this country has enjoyed for -four
or five years?''
| For answer to this most interesting
question have consulted a number Of
| leading men in New York finance, among
| them George w. Perkins, the remarkable
/ young man from Chicago, who is at the
head of the Morgan house in the absence
| of his chief: ex- Secretary of the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage, president of the United
States Trust company; Frank Vanderlil
/ of the City bank Rockefeller): Norman
IB. Ream, a representative of Kuhn, Loci
/ & Co., and others. None OF these genue
i men cares to be quoted for they see n,
reason why they should rush into print a
i this time But there is no harm in sayin,
i that they all agree with Morgan. The,
all believe our prosperity Is here to sta.
for a considerable time. They are no
i worrying and while they, of course, do no
4 think we can go on forever at the higl
l.pressure Of the last two years and realiz
4 that some time or other the country mus
Il na1se for breath they feel no anxiet
slconcerning the next year or TIVE. All o
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
THE sANDuskY SUSPECT
Kennedy, Who Is Under Arrest, Tells
Conflicting Stories.

sandusky Ohio, May 6.--With the ac-
quittal Of Rev. Father Walser of the
charge of having murdered Miss Agatha
Reichlin at Lorain, attention has been di-
verted to Frank Kennedy, the only sus-
pect, who is under arrest here.
Chief Weingate to-day received q let
ter from Avon saying that man answer
Ing Kenedy's description had been there
Thursday at noon with a short, stout
companion. They left Avon for Lorain
In the afternoon. Every time the Reich
lin murder was mentioned to Kennedy he
asserted that he coud prove an alibi The
mans shoes were literally spattered with
some dark substance and had been pol
ished hastily.
Kennedy was arrested at o'clock, FIJI
day night He gave several conflicting
accounts of himself but in all Of them
said he came from some point west OF
here. He said he could prove he had moi
been near Lorafn.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
NYE,s CLOSING ARGUMENT
1t Was Followed by Applause From the
Audience

1t Was Followed by Applause From the
Audience.
Frank M. Nye's friends say that his
address to the An1es jury was one of his
most impressive efforts. The close was
particularly effective and ELECTED lively
rounds of applause which the officers of
the court could not suppress. Judge
Elliott was extremely angry over the vio-
lation OF the rules of the court and
promptly ordered the courtroom cleared
of all persons who could not find seats. It
was intimated that the applause was pre-
arranged by the doctors friends, as such
a demonstration might have some effect
on the jury.
Mr. Nye tried to read from the statutes,
but was interrupted by the county attor
sney, who made formal objection to the
court. In response, Judge Elliott notified
Mr.. Nye that the jury would be fully in
structed in the law affecting the case.
A point scored by Mr.. Nye was with
reference to the Ray Harris case. The
evidence showed that the fine had been
paid on Nov. II, 1901, whereas DR.. Ames
had not returned to the city until Nov. IS.
At about thiss stage Mr.. Nye opened up
with the best he had on Irwin A. Gard
ner, maintaining the attack for fifteen
minutes Gardner, he said, was "a whelp.
with slippery, Shiny hair parted in the
middle. down over his baby cheeks, who
from the city. Yes, you have paid the
debt you owe. Oh! you vile one. who has
partaken of the aims Of your. benefactor.
You have purchased your freedom, but
1t has been with the lifeblood of your.
kindly berlefactor.
Even IL his story were true, he is a.
cowardly wretch to tell It; a vile thing.
even il it was true, even to save his own
neck, he is a double dyed hyena, a das-#
tardly villain, to come into a court of law
to tell it.
IN his final remarks Nye said that Dr..
Ames had been brought to his present
position by drink and politics., twin foes
of man and morality" He declared that
200, 900 men, women and children were
standing behind DR.. Ames waiting for
those most blessed of all words, not
guilty. =
The Courts Charge.
At the close of Mr.. Nyes argument,
Judge Elliott proceeded at once to deliver
| a clear, concise and scholarly charge to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
WASROBBERY THE MOTIVE
Police Turn to It in the Reichlin
Case, Now That the Priest
Is Free.
New York SIM special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Lorain, Ohio, May THE theory that
Robbery was the motive that led the mid
night assassin to the home of the Reich
Inns was the first one advanced after the
discovery of the murder. It is the first
one to which those who are following this
deep mystery turn now that the Walker
theory has been thoroly exploded. The
police are now working upon this basis.
In a safe in the living-room Of st.
Joseph's parish house, Rev. Father Reich
lin kept the parish plate. This may well
have tempted an experienced crook also
to crack a strong box and undeterred by
thoughts Of sacrilege, desperate enough to
do violence If disturbed at his work or
murder If need be to escape.
All Father Walser said he saw was a
man Of oversize wearing small mus
tache and a SLOUGH hat He had no time
for close observation as the stranger left
the door at once.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07

built the retailers took up the question
and after considering it at some length
offered to contribute $40, 900 toward new
building.
In reply to this offer of the Retailers
association G. G. Goodrich, vice president
of the street railway company, sent a COM
municatiOn to the association thru it's
president, w. J.. Harris submitting a sub
stitute proposition which means a Eceat
deal to Minneapolis. Mr.. oGodrich's letter
is as follows:
A Generous Offer.
MIR. w. L. Harris, President of the Min
neapolis Retailers Associations:
Dear Sir-Since my conference with
your committee we have carefully consid-
cred the rebuilding of the Harriet pavilion
and will make the following suggestions,
which, If agreeable to your committee and
the park board, we will be pleased to carry
out.
eff I am correct your committee stated
that they would be willing to invest $780,
600, towards the rebuilding of the pavilion.
Our company do not care to consider this,
but will rebuild the pavilion at our own
expense if your committee, in connection
with the park board. will put in a like ex-
penditure in bath houses at Harriet and
we will give all our title and interest in
the pavilion to the park board on condition
that they will operate it as follows for
period of ten years.
1All revenue from the boats pavilion
and bath houses after maintaining same
shall be used for entertainments, the char
acter of which shall be dictated by a COM
mittee of three, one appointed by the park
board, one by your committee and one by
the Twin City Rapid Transit company.
This is just suggestion and If the park
board will appoint a committee think
that we can arrange something that will
be satisfactory to all parties concerned,
| Your truly,
&C g. Goodrich, Vice President
Retailers Like the Idea.
This proposition by. the street railway
company was forwarded to the park board
| by President Harris accompanied nv a
communication In which Mr.. Harris in
dorses the plan and expresses the belief
that the Retailers association will glad
| ly raise the $4,000 for carrying ont the
suggestions of the street railway company.
Says Mr.. Harris:
Mr.. j. A.. Ridgway, Secretary Park
| Board:
| Dear Sir enclose letter handed me
this day by Mr.. Goodrich with reference
to the rebuilding of the Harriet pavilion,
(which is se1f-explanatory. It seems Mr..
1 Goodrich is willing to enter into three
lcornered arrangement for the erection and
maintenance of the pavilion and bath
! houses. which arrangement, while have
no definite authority at this moment te
lspeak for the Retailers association, ]
i have no doubt can be carried out SO fan
las we are concerned, on the basis sug-
gested by our committee. viz, of advanc-
4 ing money to the board, any sum up tc
$4,000, to be repaid in yearly install
i ments.
4 1.-THE idea of combining lighthouses with
4 the pavilion strikes me favorably. With
the lighthouses and boats available as q
lsource Of income continuously, day and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
KINGS NURSE IS DEAD
Hannah Anderson, Who Attended
Edward in His Infancy, Passes
Away at Elgin, Ill.

Chicago, May IA dispatch to the Rec
ord Herald from Elgin, ILL.,. says: Hannah
A. Anderson, a former nurse to Queen
Victoria and later to Edward, now King
of England, is dead here at the age Of SIS
years.
!. She was born in Nordkapena, Sweden.
Skill in her profession aroused the interest
Of persons in court circles and she was
called to England. where for years she
ministered to members of the royal
family.
Prior to her immigration to this coun-
try she was a nurse in South Africa,
where she served under the British flag
for eleven years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07

Barstow, Cal, May I. President
Roosevelt who entered California last
night, made his first speech in this state
here this morning. The stop here was for
ten minutes and the presidents address
was necessarily brief. Secretary Of the
Navy Moody and BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler,
president OF the University of California,
will join the president at Redlands to-day
and go thru the state with him. Gov
ernor Pardee will also meet the president
at Redlands and will. formally welcome
him to the state.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
new PLANS FOR
LAKE HARRIET
Street Railway Company Offers to
Cooperate With Local Bust
ness Interests.
idea Is to Construct a Big Amuse-
ment Plant on New
Lines.
Baths Would Be Provided and the
City Would Own the I'm
provements.

Comprehensive plans for q public
amusement scheme at Lake Harriet were
submitted to the board of park commits
sioners this afternoon and Informally con-
sidered. The matter has been earnestly
agitated by the Minneapolis Retailers as
ISOLATION, who are impressed with the
absolute necessity of maintaining public
places for recreation. When the street
railway company announced that the
pavilion at Lake Harriet would not be re-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MEET,

Chicago. May THE sixteenth triennial con-
veltien OF the Congregational churches of the in
terror began yesterday with 100 ministers and
layrnen present The following officers were
elected
iMcdei ator r. n. Jenkins. Chicago; assistant
moderator, Rev. g. Rogers, Mason City, iowa:
assistant secretary, Rev. F. r. Bush, Bangor,
Mich 50 s5sss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
MORGAN PROPHET
OF PROSPERITY
Says: "our Prosperity Is Solid, Not
Fictitious It Will Stand
Long Time.
Other Financiers Agree With Him
and scof at Foreign Predic-
tions Of Disaster.
Liken Merger Decision to a Small
Cloud Advising Prudence Against
a Threatening Storm.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, May s7.-Walter Welln1an In
New York special to the Record Herald
says:
''The>present prosperity Of the United
States will continue for several years.
see no clouds upon the horizon Our pros
perity is solid, not fictitious. It will stand
a long time
Thus spoke j. Pierpont Morgan to the
writer. It.was shortly before Mr.. Morgan
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
HE CRITICIzES PRINCES
Deputy in Swedish Rigsdag Moves
That They Be Deprived of
Army Commands.
Special to, The Journal.

Stockholm. May Tn the Swedish
rigsdag to-day a democratic deputy, Mr..
Hedin, caused a, sensation by offering a
resolution declaring that no prince Of the
regal house be permitted to hold command
In the army and that those princes now
holding conrnsnds be deprived OF their
ranks. He said they were frauds and
humbugs because. their advance Is too
rapid for them to properly learn the
science OF war. The resolution was fin
ally rejected 1928 nays to 80 ayes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
TUNNEL CAVES
Fifteen Persons Buried in a Virginia
Mine Eight Dead Bodies
Taken Out.

Huntington, w. Va, May IA tunnel
at Eggleston, Va, canved in to-day,
burying fifteen persons. Eight dead bods
les have been recovered.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07

evening, and high grade entertainments.
In the pavilion, the people ought to be
pleased, and / believe such a
combination would be generously patron
lied. The idea of devoting to entertain
ment all moneys received, also strikes me
favorably. Mr.. .Goodrich's suggestion Of
the appointment of conference COM
mittee has our Endorsement.
'As merchants and citizens we are in
tensely interested III the erection and
maintenance in a thorogoing manner of
creditable resort at Lake Harriet for
the people, and will do everything in our
power to assist you In same. &,
you can count on us to assist you in
any way In our power in this matter.
Yours faithfully,
w Harris presjdeuf' -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
Some Unique Ideas

In connection with the baths some new
and attractive ideas are likely to be
worked out II the plan is adopted. One
suggestion is that the bathing pool for
those inexperienced In the water be en-
closed in a quadrangle Of pontoons, the
floor of which shall consist Of Stats. BY
partially submerging the pontoons, any
desired depth can be obtained. Expert
,enced swimmers would be permitted to
battle in the main lake and dressing rooms
would be provided on the pontoons.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-16
!. e s
for the masculine sex as is gathered
this season upon the counters OF the
popular New Store. 81 :.ss ss9E.5

for the masculi ne sex as is gathered
this season upon the counters of the
popular New Store.
There are house coats and smoking
jackets without end, fine silk umbrel-
las, gloves of all descriptions, shirts
OF every sort, and neckwear to please
the most fastidious. s.-..
To brother you might give halt q
dozen hose, or nice hand-painted
box: of handkerchiefs, or pair Of
special holiday suspenders; even night
robes, pyjamas, underwear, are not
out of place, where the relationship is
close. .@' ~ s
OF course, one of the hardest things
In the world is to know what to do for
the small boys. We mention caps or
shirt waists, or sweaters, gloves, nit
tens, hosiery, suspenders, underwear,
collars, cuffs, or any of the other
small articles to be found in such rich
selections in the children's depart
ment. It is hardly necessary to men,
ton that suits, little trousers, REFERS,
or overcoats, are things with which
wise and economical mothers make
the little ones happy, and in this con-
nection it mi ght be we'll to mention
suits and overcoats.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-16
BOOKS!

Pfeferle's barn and appropriated four
fat turkeys. He was caught with the
birds in: his possession by Officer Jos.
Weissenborn at an early hour in the
morning and the following day made
partial confession and rendered the
owner Sc in payment. This arrange
ment satisfied Mr.. Pfeherle but the
grand jury looked at it differently and
on Friday he was indicted. Sheriff
julius arrested the man on a bench
warrant and his bonds were fixed at
81, 900. AS he was unable to furnish
that amount he was remanded. The
accused was arraigned Monday morn
ing and pleaded not guilty, Attorney
Albert Steinhauser being appointed
by the court to conduct his defense.
Much to the surprise of New Ulm
people, charges were preferred against
Carl Baltrusch and his sons, Chas,
Baltrusch, Jr., and Herbert Baltrusch.
It was the very general opinion that
the Baltrusches had been sufficiently
punished for their failure to thrash a
local newspaper man but the jurors
regarded their introduction of false
testimony as more serious offense
than their original crime. They ac-
cordingly brought back three indict-
ments for perjury and on Monday
Attorney Albert Steinhauser, counsel
for the defendants, submitted a plea
of not guilty.
During the week, it is understood,
the grand jury also investigated the
facts surrounding the death of Ray
Armstrong and looked into the Home
white cap case. For the former almost
the entire Chute family was subpoenaed
to give evidence but in neither did
there seem to be ground for judicial
interference. -.-