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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
A CASE OF ROBBERY
The Independent Coal Companies Hold
Up WASHINGTON

Washington, Jan. law. A. Baum of
the J. Maury Dove Coal company was the
principal witness yesterday before the
senate coal famine investigating commit
tee. He said SO long as the company had
coal on hand from last year it had not
charged to exceed 1925 per ton; also tina /
the price for Reading coal never had ex-
ceeded that figure but that on independ
ant companies coal 1t had been necessary
to charge more. The company. he said,
Is selling coal that cost SO. "a per ton at
&12. He said the delay In securing coal
was due to the lack of railroad facilities
In Washington.
In reply to questions from Senator
Stewart. as to what forced the price OF
coal up. Mr. Baum said that the indie
pendent dealers had forced the advance.
1T was a stand and deliver process, -
suggested Senator Stewart to which the
witness responded that he himself con
sldered the advance a case of robbery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
TILLMAN'S ARRANGEMENT
The Fault Lies at the Door Of an Inactive
Administration.

The Fault Lies at the Door Of an Inactive
Administration.
Washington, Jan. 14.--Soon after the
senate met to-day Mr.. Hoar (Mass.) in
troduced a, concurrent resolution calling
upon the president to inform the senate
what government is existing in Guam and
through what executive department. its
powers are now administered as well. as
the number of inhabitants as we'll as
what authority Mabini, the Filipino chief,
is being detained in Guam. The reso-.
luton went over until tomorrow.
Mr.. Timan's Speech J..
The Vest resolution regarding the re-
moval of the duty OH anthracite. coal was
then considered. Mr. -rilinan Is. c..
said that Mr.. Aldricll since the resolution
came up. had become more strenuous and
had exhibited more feeling and earnest.
ness than he thought him capable. Of. The
energy of the venerable and brilliant sem
ator from Missouri, Mr.. Tilman said. had
put a spur to the tagging horses in, the
house and: senate who have been cold
bloodedly contemplating the condition OF
affairs for month. His only wonder,
he said, was that in these trying times Of
death and distress mobs are not taking
steps to show monopolists that in the last
resort men will neither starve nor freeze
to death but W ill throttle the law if nee
essary and take it into their own hands
and seize supplies. III.
He criticized those who claimed that
there was not now sufficient authority to
remedy the evils and said that we may
load down our. statute books with laws
but unless the sworn officers of the law
discharge their duties fearlessly and hon
estly every effort to protect the people will
fail because of their dereliction. -
Attorney General Has Done Nothing
Effort have been made,' said Mr. TIL.
man, proof has been filed, pleadings have
been had, petitions to the attorney gen.
,eral filed, warning and begging him to
protect the people against the impending
danger, but he has sat quietly. in his office
and done nothing. Rich and poor alike
are freezing because Of the fact that 4
monopoly does exist because the lawyers
have failed to interpret the law in the in.
terest of the people, r.. 81. 81. -,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
WOES OF THE CHILDREN
Miss Jane Adams, on a Recent Trip.
Finds Southern Factories
Full Of Them.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, Jan. 14.-Following the din.
ner of the Chicago Lawyers league, given
last evening at the Chicago Business
Women's club, Miss Jane Adams gave
an account of her recent trip through the
south In the interests of child labor.
The factories of the south are filled
with children. a great many of whom are
not over 10 years old, and hundreds who
are less than a. said Miss Adams, and
in some Of the factories that visited
found children of 5 years old operating
looms. Many of these children, by rea.
son of being made to work so hard before
they have sufficient physical strength to
endure it become victims of a peculiar
disease, similar to dropsy
The effect of child labor in the south
has been to materially change the usual
social and economic conditions In many
instances the child is the bread winner.
and the hardest work that the father IT
a family does is to carry the children
their lunches at noon
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14

Ing with the .company's lines along the
road. The injunction Is made permanent
The decision as handed down recites the
following United States statute enacted
July "a, 1865:
ANY telegraph company now organ
lied or which may hereafter be organ
lied under the laws Of any state, shall
have the right to construct, maintain and
operate telegraph lines over and along
any of the military or post roads of the
United States which have been or may
hereafter be declared such by law, but
such lines OF telegraph shall be so con-
structed and maintained as not to inter-
fere with the ordinary travel on such
military roads,
All railroads are declared by law to be
post roads. The defendants may now
take the case to the court Of appeals
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
FLYER NO. 4 IN COLLISION
Engineer and Fireman Severely In
jured in Great Northern Wreck
at GAINESVILLE.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
GAINESVILLE, Mimi, Jan. 14.-Flyer No.
on the Great Northern collided with
freight No. 215 in the yards here this
morning.
w. c. Hudson, engineer on the freight,
had his leg cut off. and George Weppeler,
his fireman. lost his right foot and was
injured about the face.
The engine, baggage, mail and express
cars of the flyer were badly wrecked and
the engine and several cars of the freight
train were smashed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14

rule resulted ayes 1a6 noes 10, a party
vote with the exception of Mr.. Perkins
(Rep. N. " and Mr. Gaines Rep.E w.
Va who voted with the democrats.
A roll call was demanded and the rule
was adopted, LA to 113, Messrs. Perkins
and Gaines voting with the democrats.
Mr.. Richardson said that neither he
nor any of his colleagues was opposed
to the bill. rs = 81
Mr.. Payne IN. W in support Of the
measure, sketched briefly the emergency
which made its passage advisable. He
did not believe its enactment would re-
suit in the in1porta ton of much coal or
in much reduction in its price. -.
Mr.: Maddox (Me:) denounced the whole
proceeding as a piece Of l1unbug. .....s.r
The Bill Passes 49,.
The bill then passed, 25S to s. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
Mr.. NELSON is TALKED OUT
He Is No Longer the Unfinished Business
OF the Senate.

TIC 10 no Longer Ilc OHTIHISnSO 1uSlHSSS
OF the Senate.
Special to Tho Journal
Washington, Jan Ex-senator Nelson
Is no longer "the unfinished business of
the senate" to quote Senator Frye. his
long distance speech on the territories bill
having been finished. MIR. Nelson is now
editing the speech for pul,icat ton in the
Congressional Record where 1t will ap-
pear In q few days. filing large number
of pages. Pending the delivery Of this
speech Mr.: Nelson was unable to devote
any thought to other matters and lie Is
now hustling o'catch up with the pro-
cession, first Of all getting into fresh
touch with matters affecting the north
west.
To-day he and Senator Clapp had
luncheon In the senate restaurant with
Mayor Kratka. Of Thief River Falls for
the purpose Of devising ways and means
of securing ratification of the pending
Red Lake treaty. oBtr senators think
the treaty has prospects Of getting
through safely.
Mrs. Maria J. Blaisdcl1. "the Minnesota
Blizzard.' has reappeared in Washing
ton, and from this time on will make
things lively for Minnesota members in
both houses.
w w Jeruspe
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
EDISON VS.. SONS COMPANY

New York, Jan. 14.-Thomas A. Edison has
circuit court against the Thomas A. Edison, Jr.,
name, which is his commercial trademark. by
others who have paid his son, Thomas A. Edison,
Jr., for permission to use it on their wares. The
inventor began suit to-day in the United States
Chemical CON pany Of Delaware, asking that the
Chemiral Company of Delaware asking that the
defendant be permanently restrained from pro-
ducfng or initiating his signature in connection
with electrical apparatus sold by them. He also
asks for an accounting,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
RURAL TROLLEYS
HEADED THIS WAY
Electric Lines From Here as Far
r South as Viroqua, Wis, "
- ..a@ Promised.
Three Lines Already Projected From
La Crosse Aiming for the
Twin Cities.
Winona Is Also Interested in Elec.
trio Road Connection With
This Point. g.. -

The subject Of steam railroad building
has so absorbed attention during the last
twelve months that one important trans
portation development has been lost sight
Of That is that Minneapolis will soon
be connected as far south as Virouua,
Wis, with electric lines, if plans under
development do not fail ---S.'
La Crosse, 140 miles south, is just now
the center Of active electric construction
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
WRECK ON THE BURLINGTON

st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 1.-THE ST. Paul passen-
ger train on the Chicago Burlington & Quincy
road, due here at 5,5 p. M, and running fifty
miles an hour, was wrecked last evening by
spreading rails FIVE miles northeast of Alton Ill.
killing the engineer and injuring six persons The
engine was overturned, the baggage mail. ex-
press and passenger cars. four in all were
thrown on their sides. and the Pullman sleeper
and remaining coach. left the rails.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14


to-day
the S
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
The Royal Colonial Institute Hears
an Interesting Paper on
the Subject.
One More Chain TO Hold Together
the Informal Anglo.American
r.. Confederation.
Lord strathcona Says That Ameri-
cans in Canada Become Excel.
lent British Subjects.
Now York Sun speci.l \ Service ~,

New: York Sun specisl Service. s~
London, Jan. "a The Royal Colonial In :
stltute was. entertalned ed on cold, blus-
tering night. by a bracing account Of
northwest Canada from the pen of W. Al
bert Hickman, who has made an exha ust-
i've study of the literature on the sub
ject.- - Z il" CO. ~
The audience smiled when he described
the region as having been more consist
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
Nelson "Blew First"
Special to Tho Journal.

Special to Tho journal.
Washington, Jan. 14.--Amid the noise
and confusion that has arisen over the
coal tariff question in congress, it Is we'll
to remember that the first bill introduced
providing for the removing Of the duty
was introduced by Senator Nelson of Min
nesota on Jan. s. the day congress recon-
vened after the holiday recess. The blu
went to the finance committee. which has
since been considering it.
w w .Ier9na
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
HAS THE TIME COME FOR THE
GOVERNMENT TO SIEZE THE
COAL AND THE COAL ROADS?
WESTERN UNION WINS
The Pennsylvania Road Must Not
Interfere With Its Tele-
graph Lines. -

Trenton, N. j., Jan. 14.-In the United
States district court, a decision was filed
to-day In favor of the. Western Union
Telegraph company, restra lining the
Pennsylvania railroad from interior
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
TWENTY UNDER ZERO
This Was the Coolest Day Of the Win.
ter at Cumberland,
Wis.
special to The Journal.

Cumberland. Wis, Jan. i 4.-This morn
ing was the coolest of the season, the
THERMOMETERS registering 20 below.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
WHERE Is THE ST., LOUIS

New York. an. I.-Up to noon to-day the
steamship st. Louis. which is several days over
due. had NOT been sighted. At the American line
Office it was said no wireless report Of the vessel
had haan racaiYed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
IT KEPT HIS LEGS WARM

A Man Who Stole Coal Was All Wrapped
UP In Paper Money.
New York. Jan. 14.-Joseph Gotsch. who
IS serving sentence In the Jail at White
Plains, N. Y. for stealing coal, was found
by the warden to have strapped around
his legs over 1920 in bills. Asked why he
did not buy coal with his money. he said
the dealers refused to sell to him and 50
he stole. and that. as he did not believe
in banks and had to carry the money. he
thought he might as well use it to protect
himself from freezing ra'"-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
A Momentous Question Asked by
the Judiciary Committee of
. the House Today. "

The Committee Asks the House for Authority to
Express Its Opinion on the Power Of Con-
gress. and, if the Time Has Come for the
Exercise of Such Power, for Authority to
Report a Bill Exhausting the Powers Of
Congress in This Regard. ... ~.sc
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-14
COAL is coNFiscATED
The Mayor and Citizens Of an Ohio Town
Compelled to Act. ss#

Bellevue, Ohio. Jan. 1.-THE fuel situa-
ton reached an acute stage yesterday and
a. conference of the mayor, councilnen
and coal dealers was held. 1t was learned
hat there were eight cars of anthracite
GAL in the local yards of the Wheeling &
--7 C,ontinued on Second PaEe,l
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-06-19
SIMONETTA TO START
A FILE FACTORY
italian Count Believes His FiIes
Can Sell in the American
Market.

Count Rodolfo Simonetta of Turin,
Italy, who recently married Miss ALI
man. one of the leading society ladies
of Massillon. has decided to remain In
this country and establish large file
manufactury. He has succeeded In in
teresting number of Canton, Massil-
Ion and Akron capitalists and COM
pany has been formed which Is look
ing for location. The Akron cOntin-
gent In the concern is making great
effort to secure the location of the
plant in that city. So far as known
Canton has not made any effort toward
securing 1t.
Simonetta's family has been manu-
featuring files of rare quality 1t is said.
in Italy for many years, using some
secret process for hardening them that
Is unknown to other file makers. When
Simonetta was in Canton shortly after
his marriage he submitted several files
to workmen in the Diebold works, the
AuItman shops and others, and they
were found to be Of unusual quality.
1t Is said that the count has an in
innate knowledge of how to make the
files and will be made the manager oi
the company. Ex-Treasurer t. Harvey
Smith Is one of the prime movers ir
the project. The Canton parties inter
ested are not as yet known to the
public.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-06-19
P|CKETS' WORK
IS IN Vain
President Lynch Says
no Molders are to be
Imported,

No settlement of the difficulty be-
tween the Aultman Co. and the mold
ers has yet been reached and none is
in sight. The situation is practically
the same as 1t has been for the past
four days. Pickets are still on duty
but have had nothing to do. William
A. Lynch. president Of the company
denied Tuesday that the company had
sent for any molders from outside of
the city to take the place of those
discharged
I'VE did not do so." Mr. Lynch said
when asked about the matter. "A set
tlement has not been reached and no
conferences have been held between
us and the workingmen. The mold
ing department is still idle with no
prospective settlement of the trouble. u
The work OF pickets waching trains
for supposed imported molders has
been in vain according to Mr.. Lynchs
statement. The alleged lockout Is caus-
ing no end of comment and interesting
developments are looked for.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-06-19
JUDGE HARC|S
ON THE STAND
Leader Of lnsurgent Fac
ton Tells Of Mar.
pcum's Murder.

Jackson, KY, June 16 = The most
interesting witness this morning in
the Jett case was County Judge Jim
Hargis, the head of his faction He
saw Marcum and Even in the court
house door and heard the shot. He
saw Even spring from the door and
Marcum sink and fall. He saw Judge
Blanton and DR.. Kash go to Marcum
and saw the .asn carry him across
the street. He saw White standing in
the middle of the street and in ten
seconds after the shots were fred he
saw his nephew, Curtis Jett, at the
corner of the court house yard near
the barber shop. He said Even did
not look but ran straight across the
street. He sent for Even he said,
and told him to make search of the
court house.
Commonwealth Attorney Byrd sub
jected Judge Hargis to rigid cross
examination lasting almost an hour
He asked: "Did you see Jett at the
time the shots were fired?" Hargis
answered.: mo, sir, | did not"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-06-19
A GROOM,
DAUGHTER A BRIDE
Peculiar Situation Over Double
Wedding Of Sparta People
"A Family Affai-.

A double wedding has been planned
by Sparta people which has an unusual
feature The father and the daughter
will be married at the same time. the
father getting new son-in-law and a
bride at the same time, while the
daughter will acquire husband and
a step-mother. The prospective
grooms were in Canton Monday and
secured the necessary licenses from
the probate court.
Walter Ems aged 4S. was granted a
permit to marry May Nichols, and Ar
thurSnyder "a. and Alice Ems 1s. were
licensed to marry. All the parties are
residents OF Sparta.
Other licenses granted were as fol-
lows:
Lawrence ]. Yowther 26. and Dora
M. Conrad 10, Alliance.
George Robinson 2S. and Letha
Speakman 2l. Alliance.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-06-19
Hartmann SENT TO
MASS|LL0N ASYLUM
M IN Who Ran Amuck at Buck
Hill Adjudged Insane =. He
Thought He Owned tho
CA. Line.

John Harman the foreigner who was
captured by Officer Zimmerman near
Buck hill Sunday. was pronounced in
sane by Judge Aungst in probate court
Tuesday morning and in the after
noon of the same day was taken to the
Massllon state hospital for the insane.
People near where the man was cap
tured we're very much excited, fearing
that he would do injury to some one.
Harman has been a resident of Can
ton for some time past. He worked
also at OsnaDurg. He is an Austrian
by birth, having been in this country
but short time. He is single. He had
delusions of persecution and also that
10, was possessed of great power. A
short time ago he became imbued
with the idea that he had control of
the Canton-Akron Electric railway
and went to the Office and notified the
officers that he would take charge. He
left, however, without making any
trouble.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-06-19
RUNAWAY.

Last Friday while John Hanem, wife
and daughter of Paris. O.. were driv-
ing along the highway in a top buggy,
the harness tore and the fractious
team became unmanageable and upset
the buggy. throwing the occupants to
the ground. The horses broke loose
from the buggy and ran several miles
bsfors being earsht- No one W
isrit>s1t 'i>,urta . Z
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-06-19
MINERS DECIDE TO
DODGE COAL STRIKE
Convention at Scranton En-
dorses An Action OF Execu-
tive Board Relative to
coneiliatopy Conn mIttee.
ecripps-McTtae Telegram

scripps-McTtae Telegram
Scranton, June 1G. - The mine
workers convention convened this
morning and endorsed the action OF
the executive board in electing dis
trict presidents al, the miners repre-
sentatives on the board of conciliation.
This is believed to avert all chances of
a strike.
The delegates to the convention of
mineworkers were slow in assembling
this morning; there was noticeable
falling OF in the amount of strike
talk. The committee on grievances
held a short meeting prior to the ses-
sion Of the convention for the purpose
Eof peffecting its report. The report
when read made the recommendation
that the executive boards action bt
! endorsed. The report Ras unaninlous'
~ sdsbtsd ( 3. ,..' ',''' = Y, E
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-06-19
Are Buried With Scant
Cere mony at Hepp-
ner.
HUNDREDS OF CORPsEs
6eried in Slime and Wreckage
are Recoversd - Relief
Train Arrives Upon
the Scene.
scripps-McRae Telegram.

Scripps-McRae Telegram.
Portland, Ore, June 16. = Hundreds
of men this morning resumed the
work of recovering the dead from the
debris in Heppner. Three hundred
bodies had been recovered at day light
and it is estimated that 200 more lie
underneath the slime and wreckage
that have been washed to out OF the
way places not yet explored by the res
cuers.
Only two houses remain standing in
Lexington.
A relief train, with doctors, nurses,
drugs and provisions on board arrived
at Heppner this morning. Owing to a
lack of proper facilities and warm
weather, the dead are being wrapped
in sheets and buried in common crates.
Dozens of bodies were found lodged
among the bends of Willow Creek. In
SOluc places lHey WSIe uedpeu ONeT
one another The buildings which were
not carried away were moved from
their foundations or toppled over.
Hundreds of horses, cattle, sheep
and hogs that had gone into the creek
bottoms for water perished.
News of the calamity did not reach
the outside world until late Monday,
all the means of communication hav-
ing been cut Off AS soon as possible
news was sent out by courier to the
nearby towns. The Oregon Railway
G. Navigation Co. started a relief train
with physicians and supplies. The cit
izens of Portland started a relief fund
as soon as the news Of the disaster
spread over the city and within few
hours $4,000 was raised.
A messenger who arrived at lone
last night said that wall of water
20 feet high rushed down Willow
Creek into the gui..- in which Hepp-
ner is situated, carrying everything
before it.
The food came with such sudden
ness that the inhabitants were unable
to seek places of safety and were car
ried down to death by the awful rush
of water
Almost the entire residence portion
of the town was destroyed but some
of the business part, which is on high
er ground, escaped
Huge boulders weighing a ton were
carried down by the current and many
people were killed by being dashed
against the rocky bluffs.
Early in the Afternoon a thunder
storm occurred, covering a wide region
OF country, and later a heavy rain
storm set in, many of the smaller
streams overfowing their banks in a
short time. Bridges were swept away
like straws. While the storm was at
its height the great wall of tater
smote the town without warning.
AS soon as possible after the flood
had subsided the work of relief was
commenced by the citizens.