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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
WASHINGTON NOTES
Wisconsin Alumni Meets-Se1iator
Spooner Elected President. 81
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.

~o-'' :
washington, Dec. 1.-THE Univer-
sity of Wisconsin alumni of this city
had a reunion last night in honor of
Charles r. VanHise, the newly elected
president of that institution. At the
business session which preceded the
feast Senator Spooner was elected
president of the association.
4. Frank McNulty, formerly of Sioux
City, Iowa. and now of Nome, Alaska,
is here for q short visit.
DR.. John G.. Greenfield of Avon has
been recommended for appointment
as pension examiner surgeon at Tyn-
dali. S. D., vice DIR. HI. b. Scofeld, re-
signed.
The; following fourth class post
masters were to-day appointed:
:.gIowa--Metz, Jasper county; Peter
Fl. Farley, vice j. III. Clement, re-
moved: Ohio. Webster. county Darwin
South Dakota 81 Artas, Campbell
county, Earl T. Atha, vice Frederick
w. Boettcher. resigned.
| Wisconsin-Peet Burnett county;
Annette Ciare, vice Ida M. Nichols,
resigned.
| At to-day's meeting of the house
! committee on irrigation arrangements
We're made for a, joint meeting of the
senate and house committees on irri-
cation to hear f. II. Newell. chief OF
the reclamation service. explain the
| progress Of the work of his service
from the passage of the law. to date.
It is expected a stenographic report OF
| the. hearing will be made and printed
for the use of members.
! Fire in the basement of Senator Al
| lisons house last night did slight dam
| age. The senator put out the fire
| himself before the fire department. ar
rived. rs
| Unexpected opposition developed to-
day5at the meeting of the independent
tobacco manufacturers against the
| TaWney Often bill prohibiting the re-
demption of tags. wrappers and bands
! Rural free delivery will be estab-
lished, commencing Jan. Is. as fol-
| lows: ota-Hardwick. Rock
Ecounty, length ofgroute 26 miles. popu-
lation $50. houses LOG: Reading.
| Mobiles county. length of route 257s
mile. population, 500. houses 101. AT
! Fisher. Mimi. Edward Dietrich and
Oscar Olson We're appointed substi-
tutes to fill vacancies.
w. w, Jermaue
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11

to Great Britain She can use her power
to force reciprocity ON the states: she :can
use it to stimulate emigration and food
production in countries other than the
states or she might use it to pave the way
for a trade alliance between the English
speaking people Such an alliance would
mean a worldwide dominion OF the Eng
disappearing peoples We may live to see
two great world empires, the Russian and
the English-speaking.
II would guard against the United
States, They have good qualities, althn
they have sometimes descended to sharp
practices. Long and often I have advo-
Gated a friendly alliance between Great
Britain, Canada and the United States and
that is why I advocated reciprocity with
the United States, and I desire the Britt
ish zollverein a s a step in that direction,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11

Washington, Dec. 11.-Preparations
are being made by the war and navy
departments to meet the possibility
of hostile demonstrations by Colon
bia against Panama. Orders were is
sued yesterday for the training ship
Prairie, which has $50 marines on
board, to proceed from Guantanamo,
Cuba, to Colon, and these orders were
followed by others to the command
ant of the marine corps to assemble
another battalion of marines as quick
ly as possible.
According to the. Colombian repre-
sentatives here, none of the kilograms
received by them indicates that Col
ombia contemplates any hostile move
ment. They assert that. on the con-
trary dispatches received to-day from
Bogota are of a pacific" nature and
are, therefore, inclined to believe that
the final instructions of General
Reyes, the Colombian special envoy
here to make no movement against
the isthmus until further instruction
from him had been obeyed by the Col
ombian troops of which he was then
actually and is now nominally the
commander-in -chief.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
CAMPAIGN FOR
UNION Tons
Chicago Unionists Will Refuse to Pay
CarsFare to Men Not Wear
ing Them.
This Provoked Yesterdays Riot and
Further Serious Trouble
yss Is Expected. &
New York Sun Special Service,

Chicago, Dec. "A the close of
a day marked bysa more violent out
break against noll-union employees Of
the Chicago City Railway than at any
time since the strike ended, the Chi
cago Federationa of Labor issued a
call last night to the unions of the city
as folloWs:
Resolved, That the Chicago Fed
Grafton Of La Dor. hereby recommend
to all union menof the city of Chi
cago to ride onllyfon. cars where the
conductor and motorman wear union
buttons. thus showing to the employ
ers class8sthat we4 not only wear the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
CRIMES INNUMERABLE
Abscontiing Embezzler and Biganist
Found Guilty of Murder

Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 11:-A verdict
of manslaughter in the first degree
was found yesterday against Charles
A.. Thorn, confidential man with the
Radcliff- Watland Carriage company
of Sioux City. Iowa, who absconded
two years ago with 4 large sum OF the
firms money, deserving his wife and
child. Hescame here and soon mar
ried again, deserted again. married
again. and was arrested. charged with
en1bezzlement. desertion and bigamy.
While in jail here last May. a re-
yolver was Struggled to him by, a
woman, with which he killed his
jailer, J. j.. Emerson. and escaped.
He was shot by the dead jailer's wife,
and found suffering from the wound q
1s-ealy la az
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
SENATOR CLARK
A VERY SICK NAN
Had a Bad Night and the Operation
Was Only Partially
Successful.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
New York, Dec. 11.-Senator Clark
is reported very much worse to-day.
After the operation Of yesterday, the
senator rallied, but during the night
was restless, and his temperature
went up.
DIR. Curtis. after an examination OF
the wound to-day. decided that it must
be reopened at once. Curtis was in
Clark's apartments several hours and
no definite statement of the patients
condition could be obtained. How
ever, there is believed to be cause for
serious anXietN.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
GUNBOATS TO MAINTAIN PEACE
Panamans Assured of Cooperation of
United States Forces.

Panama, Dec. Interpretations are
being made by the junta to call a con-
Vention and to proceed with the cleo
ton of members Of the house of rep
resentatives. etc. Efforts are being
made to hold the convention Feb. 3,
three months after the declaration Of
the independence of Panama. Fed
lerico Boyd, on his return from the
United States. resumed his place on
the junta. Senior Espinoza, temporarily
appointed in his stead retiring. Sew
eral of the Panaman scouting par
ties have gone to watch the move
1nentS of the Colon bians.
A Panaman gunboat and United
States gunboat have proceeded to-
sether to David, near the western end
of the Isthmus of Panama, for the pur-
pose of giving the people Of that dis
ytrict evidence OF the fact that the
United States forces are cooperating
with those Of Panama in maintaining
peace on the isthmus. vs*Est ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
HAD DEBRALLs
TWO OFFICES?
Incident Which Indicates That He
Had Second Office in the
Globe Building
Elevator Man in Globe Building
Thought He Recognized Him
as Tenant There.
If He Had, Then the Question Is.
Had He Still Another
Alias?

Did j. 3. Carlisle or j. j. Debralls
operate two sets of offices in differ
ent buildings during the early part of
October? This is the question
prompted by the experience of two
elevator operators the second week of
that. Month.
Edwin Brenna, elevator operator in
the Bank of Minneapolis building, was
at. work one day. when Irving F. Far
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
PREPARED FOR
WAR In PANAMA
Marines Ordered to Colon as Pre-
cautionary Measure Advices
Are Pacific.
Representative Government to Be In
augurated on the Isthmus Co
lombians Getting Apathetic.
Elections i'm Columbia,

s.. Bogota. Dec. 1.-THE presi-
Dental elections have passed off
quietly thruout Colombia. Gen
erals Reyes and Gonzales Valen-
cha are considered as leaders in
the contest. 1t will be some days
before the result can be an
nOunced a.. ,.sr :.s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
GRAND vIzIER COMING

Persian Notable Is to Pay Us "a
Visit.
San Francisco. Dec 11.--General
Isaac Kahn. Persian minister to Wash
ington, is expected here in a. few days
with a party of friends to await the
coming of the grand vizier of the Shah
of Persia. who. with his suite. is on
Els way from the orient and is due
here on Dec. Fl. The government has
already advised the local secret service
agents of the coming oe the s.slistin-
gnished visitor and has instructed
them TO seesto his safety while here
and Ell route to Washington.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
THE zOLLYEREIN
And RECIPROCITY
Canadian Minister of Trade and Com
merce Says One May Lead
to the Other.
Predicts the Rise Of Two World
Empires The Russian and
English Speaking.
George Foster Declares Canada Will
Soon Supply British Empire
with Wheat.

Toronto, Ont, Dec. HIN a speech
TO the Young Liberal club, Sir Rich
ard Cartwright, minister of trade and
commerce in the dominion govern
ment. said:
1 think Chamberlain means more than
his critics give him credit for. He sees
the extraordinary power the selfish policy
of the United States has placed in Great
Brltaln,s hands. Three courses are open
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
CAss LAKE RESERVATION
Bill Introduced to Provide for Making
Homestead Entries.
From the Journal Bureau, Colorado Building


Washington.
Washington. Dec. 1.--Representative
Marshall to-day introduced a bill for the
secession Of the Devils Lake Indian reser-
walton. 1t provides for opening to set
Element and entry under the homestead
law by proclamation of the president.
Settlers are to pay $50 per acre for the
land in installrnents; 81 to be paid the
first year and so cents per acre each year
thereafter. The bill also provides for the
payment of $780, 900 to the Indians for sec
tions 10 and sc. which are to be patented
to the state. Under this provision the
state will get land which will net $150.0Oo
when sold under the state laws.
Another provision is that the bill shall
become law Immediately upon its passage
and approval by the president. thus doins
away with the necessity Of securing the
consent of the Indians
w. ". Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
ANOTHER GOBLET ALLIANCE
Robert GoeIet's Engagement to a PhiIa
delphia Beauty Likely:to Be
Announced.

Announced.
Newport. r. l.. Dec. 1.-THE announce
ment of the engagement of Robert Goelet,
brother Of the Duchess of Roxburghe. to
Miss Elsie Whelen, the Philadelphia beau
ty, says private letter to Newport will
be made as. soon as the u. Ogden Goelet''
matter is cleared up.
s AT Newport last. season. Robert Goelet
and Miss Whelene We're so much together
and he showed her such marked atten-
ton that their engagement was several
times reported.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
STRIKERS ARE ARMING
Further Conflicts with Guards May Occur
at Any Time
Nav York Sun Snecial Service

Trinidad. Col. Dec. 11-Many Italian
and Scjliun strikers are in town buying
revolvels and ammunition, and threaten
ing further assaults. Conflicts between
the strikers and camp guards may occur
at any time The double funeral OF Vel
ano and Desants, who were killed at Sa-
sundo Monday night, Pa ssed without trou-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11

Maails--Governor Taft. it has been decided.
will continue 10 act i'll his official ca,acity until
after mis- arrival in Washington.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11

union button but patronize its wear
ers.'
= The resolution was sent to every
trades union in Chicago, asa in num-
Der, and is expected to cause trouble.
1t may result in the. refusal Of union
men to pay their fares to non-union
conductors, which yesterday led to a
serious riot
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
W11L coNrEsr REauEsr no HARYARn

Boston. Dec, 11.-Gordon Mckay of Newport
r. l.. bequeathed several millions to Harvard
university: His will was fled in the Suffolk
county probate court here yesterday. Nettis s.
Ab,ott, distant relative and a resident of New
HAMPSHIRE intcnus contest it,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
STATE CONVENTION CALLED
Iowa Prohibitonists Select Boone as Piae.
and May "a as Date.

Special to The Journal.
Des Moines. Iowa. Dec. 1.-THE pro-
hibition state central committee, in ses-
sion here. decided to hold the state con
vention at Boone on May II. The reports
show $4,000 raised for Iowa's portion OF
the national campaign fund.- Negotiations
are pending for the sale of the Iowa
Commonwealth. the official prohibition or
gan, to Chairman w. d. E.lWeil of Anies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11

Manila -Naio. General Leonard Wood :. has
proclaimed in Moroland an aatf-slnyery law
passed in October LASTLY the icgislative council
nf the Moro provinces.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11

From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-10
OTHERWISE UNNOTICEn

THE deeper the probe goss In tost1s
Kansas City (Kas.) school board graft
ing the hotter II gets.
Aurora, Mo-, will give srafters and
fakirs q warm reception II ;taey. at
tempt to do business there during the
carnival next week. 4.
The Yelled Prophets parade in st.
Louis. Tuesday, night, was the most
gorgeous yet, electricity having been
drawn upon to illuminate the floats.
Miss Lucille Chouteau. daughter Of
Pierre Chouteau, was queen OF the
Yelled PROPHETS ball at st. Louis Tues
day night.
Christian Feller is dead al Avena.
ILL.,. following his wife, son and q
daughter, all Of whom have died Ill the
last few months.
Gov. Peabody Of Colorado announces
that he will convene court-martsas to
inquire into Colorado militia frauds.
The dividends on United States Steel
corporations common stock have been
reduced one-half as a result OF reduced
! business.
Miss Anna Mitchell, II years old, was
killed by the falling of a cornica from
q new brick hotel at Vandalfa, Ill.
The Western Association of Butch
| ers adjourned their meeting ut WASH
| ington, D. c., to meet in St Louis July
c5. 1904. Walter Pfeifer, OF - Louis.
was elected president.
An electric car ON an experimental
line in Germany has attained speed
of 1z5 As miles an hour, without dam
age to machinery or tracks.
Japan, while processing to hope for
an amicable agreement with Russia on
all points of difference, is fully pre-
pared for war, IL that should come.
Three more lines have withdrawn
from the Shipping trust in rs far as
the compact applies to first and second
cabin passengers. A merry rate war is
predicted.
The Architectural League of America
elected VIM. B. Ittner of St. Louis as
president and selected Pittsburg, Pa
as the place for the 1904 convention.
The descendants of John Sewer, the
first governor of Tennessee, are prepar-
ing. to perfect claim to great tracts of
land alleged to have been granted the
pioneer.
A statement filed in the suit of the
Delaware Indians asserts that every
member OF the Dawes commission Is in
, terested in promoting companies in the
. Indian territory.
An apparent shortage Of $4,000 in
: the accounts of trustees in charge Of
, property belonging to Mrs. Florence
. Maybrick is disclosed by the proceed
| ings at New York in which the IA
nous English prisoner demands an ac-
counting. \
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-10
POINTS AND OPINIONS.

What is Attorney General Knox
doing nowadays with the antitrust
law? We wonder if the president
knows.-Rochester Herald.
with the capable assistance of
Cas- Addicks, the administration is
making itself las clean as hounds
tooth. th."-Binghamton IN. " Leader.
Help wanted Is a queer sign for
the Massachusetts, republicans to be
hanging out; but unless observers are
mistaken, they are going to want all
the help they can get this year.-Albany
Argus.
One John III. Clarke has called
Senator Hanna Joshua" AS this
Joshua cannot make even the New York
Sun be still, it is plain that the senator
is only being 'joshed. OBJ
server.
MIR. Roosevelt's address ON the
Antietam monument was largely ser
mon urging fidelity to ''c1vic honesty
and 1.-The immutable laws Of righteous
ness" "Amen!" shouts Brother Ad-
dicks, from the deacons' 'corner.-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
The report of President Roose-
velt's brief Richmond Hill address made
1914 nonpareil lines, and there were
ten "I's'' in it. The combination OF
"spectacularist" and "egomaniac" is
certainly q strenuous one in this distin-
euished Observation-Disclosures Constitu-
ton. s.-45. =. -. a
The president asserts that he
knew nothing about Mr.. Payne's ap.
pointment of successor to Miss Todd
to suit Senator Alice, In Delaware. But
| did he know anything about his own
appointment OF District Attorney Byrne
twice rejected by the senate Pitts
burg Post
/ The republican organs are pre-.
dieting victory in Ohio with the in1lec
ton and emphasis and vituperation thai
Indicates their disbelief In their .owr
lpredicuona.-The Commoner.
Patronage is the root Of two
thirds Of the troubles and scandals 8
our politicak life. The AZ must be lalt
to the roots. but they are far spread ant
the tree Ii Of the stoutest. However. /
Ii politically safer to use the AZ than 4
..stand pat" since ! scandal whose pro
portions al can see u less dangerous I,
Il ID administrations than one that + cor
cred IN. with everybody guessing Il Il
| lumidcati Ions. = Boston Transcrtpt
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-10

We are glad to add that, though
still bound by a bigcted tariff at home.
the idea of fairer trade abroad has now
disposed our own government to OBJ
tain the opening Of new ports on the Ash
attic coast. not to the exclusive trade OF
the particular power in control. but to
the trade of all the wcrld. This policy, as
exemplified by the present administra-
ton, is also the best world policy. 1t
minimizes the chances of conflict be-
tween the natural desires OF Russia
whenever the manner Of their execu-
ton is contrary to the interest of the
Teuton states. Our leverage in world
politics-for the United States is q
world power--means no exclusive indi-
yidual ambition, but conciliatory ad-
iustment on all sides for the preserva-
tion of what is best in trade. And that
is called the open door. Only that will
prevent a possible armed conflict one
day between the Teuton and the Slav.-
Outlook.
why Mr.. Roosevelt chose Mr..
Payne for the cabinet becomes more and
more evident. Somebody was required
VINO COUlu 90 the ugly WOTh ASSCSSoAy
when a presidential aspirant wishes to
peddle Offices to q machine. Somebody
was needed who could, for instance. ap-
point persons not personally and par
ticularly obnoxious to the bosses. Mr.,
Payne was we'll qualified, having had
large experience in that sort of prac-
tical politics. and he has justified Mr..
Roosevelts selection.-St. Louis Re
public. -,
1T ii hardly creditable to Mr.
Hanna's originality that, while denounc-
ine Mr.. Clarke as calamity howier. he
himself utters yelled threats Of bust
ness disaster II people do not vote th<
republican ticket. Chicago Chronicle
The New York papers are fuil q
the rayages Of the great eQuinoctia'
storm which swept that city on tnl
16th. Among its freaks the World re-
counts, with an illustration, the blow
inE on q the skirts Of the president'l
coat 10 - 70 expose TO view ! sIx-shpot
| er III his hip pocket. Like the Ding
ley tarlfL We suppose i i Tor protec
ton only ouisviIle Courier Journal
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-10
TRUSTS In SUGAR.
They All Joil, Hands to Rob the
Farmer and the Con-
sumner.

The sugar tTlst, officially known as
the American Sugar Refining company,
has bought the controlling interest In
the OxnaIu beet sugar combine, SO that
in future there will be no more COM
petition between these two highway
men as to who shall hold up the con-
sumer, and we may expect the price OF
refined sugar to gradually, If not rap
idly, rise. On the other hand. 1t is
probable that the price paid to the
farmers for beets will be reduced, for
the sugar trust will have no incentive
to increase the output OF beet sugar and
will probably decide to decrease it, the
profit on refining cane sugar being
greater than on manufacturing beet
sugar, in consequence Of the discrim-
mating duty Of nearly one cent a pound
on refined sugar, to which must be add
ed the couptervailing duty, which is
imposed to Offset the export bounty
paid by foreign nations, making the
actual duty OH refined sugar about 2.25
cents pound. If the reciprocity treaty
with Cuba is ratified this winter the
sugar trust will have a further advan-
tage of a Is Per cent. reduction on all
sugar imported from Cuba, and as sugar
can be grown much cheaper there than
it can be manufactured from beets, the
outlook for the farmers who grow beets
is not reassu-ing. It is stated that the
sugar trust magnates have invested in
a large acreage of the finest Cuban
sugar lands, and when the reciprocity
treaty is an accomplished fact these
lands will be utilized to produce
sugar.
The only hope for the farmers who
grow beets and also for the general pub
lic-the consumers of sugar-is that
the discriminating and countervailins
duty shall be abolished and the sugar
trust would then have to reduce the
price of refined sugar to prevent the
competition of the foreign article. AS
! beet sugar is refined when it Is manu-
| factured from the beets, without going
! through a separate refining operation,
as the cane sugar does, it is probable
that the trust would find it more profit
able to manufacture beet sugar than to
buy and refine the cane raw sugar when
| the preferential duty is abolished.
The democratic position Is that a rea-
sonable duty ON sugar is necessary to
raise revenue, but the preferential duty
which allows the trust to increase the
price to the public and pocket the differ
ence, is robbery.