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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
BREAK. OF BRITISH
JUSTICE IS Barred.
Judge Blamed for Beck's Five
Years in Jail for Another's
Crime.

London, Nov. 25.; The report Of the
committee of inquiry in the case of
Adolf Beck, who, for the crimes of
William Thomes1 alias John Smith,
served term Of five years imprison-
ment in England on the, charge Of OBJ
under false pretenses, places practically
the entire blame for the miscarriage
of Justice upon the Judge, Sir Forrest
Fulton, who excluded from Beck trial
in 1895 all evidence favorable to the
accused and who refused to state case
for the consideration of a higher court.
The committee finds that if the mat
ter could have been brought before a
higher court a flaw in the proceedings
must have been discovered and the con-
viction have been quashed, and that if
there had been qualified lawyer in the
home office the real nature of the mis-
carriage would have been so brought to
the attention of the permanent under
secretary for home affairs as to com
pei intervention. ! Mp &
The report exonerates the police and
other officials from all charges of con-
spiracy, but finds that the action of the
home office in dealing with the case was
defective, owing to lack of legal train
ing on the part of subordinates.
The committee expresses the opinion
that the establishment of a criminal
court OF appeal is not necessary, as the
present machinery Of review, if made
more efficient by the introduction of a
stronger legal element in the home Of.
fee, ought to be adequate to give com
plete relief to innocent persons con
victed thru mistakes of law or of fact
The committee remarks that it is ar
extraordinary fact that in the trial Of
| 1904 the innocent man Beck was con
victed thru the ignorance Of the police
s a. d public prosecutor Pr sec Of Il TIE materia
prison authorities that Beck and Smith
were not the same person, as alleged
by the prosecution, and points out thu
necessity for bringing the different
public authorities concerned into sucl
Coordination as to make the informa
tion acquired by one available to all.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
CROSS ATLANTIC
IN AN OPEN BOAT
. Mp;i i a Son Was 112: Days
in Coursing from Norway to !
Newfoundland, $50 $3.50 Z
Special to The Journal.

opec1aA 10 LIE JOurua1s
Two Harbors, Mimi, Nov. "25.-From
Norway to Newfoundland in an open
boat is a feat of seamanship that has
just been accomplished by Ole Brude
son of Lars Brude of Hibbing, and
three companions. The trip was made
in 1l2 days: Young Brude is 25, and
early entered the merchant marine Of
Norway, in which he holds captain IS
papers. - ',"%- 49,. hnt:.3
The craft looks like small torpedo
boat with a. finsykeel.E It was designed
and constructed / by = Brude himself,
aided by the son Of the American consul
at Aalesund, Norway, who, with two
friends, was the designer g companion
on. the voyage. 3 "A
The party left. Aalesund on July 49,
expecting to reach America about. the
middle of October. Contrary winds
and severe storms were encountered
and some of the boats rigging was
carried away. The craft proved sea
worthy, however, and last Thursday
the banks Of Newfoundland doomed ur
The boat, 50 far as known, is The
smallest that has ever crossed the At
lantic on it's own bottom, and has beer
shipped to St. Louis for an attraction
Of the closing days Of the fair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
The Fashion Center.
The great Plymouth Clothing House.
A POSSIBLE CLUE
TO THE BANDITS d.
Continued from First Page.

tion,. The police are withholding the
mans name, as he is well known IN the
city. Reliance can be placed in his
statements and the police are following
them up.
If one of the bandits was woundedd,
he is undoubtedly still in the city and
will soon be found out by the police.
!: More Suspects "sweated.'
Three young men of Northeast Min
neapolis who have been under suspicion
police headquarters late yesterday
afternoon by Detectives Helm and Will
son. They were questioned closely as
to their whereabouts on Tuesday night,
but were able to give good account Of
themselves and were allowed to go home
early in the evening" 4 49, '.-'51.,. '''.,: .
r: Henry Wilson, Henry Baryden and
Louis Smith the eth three suspects ar
Mnn, n still Rel Ia0 at He Central statien
but the police have been able to dc
little in their case but to verify their
alibis, which the officers think are
true. -
All theories regarding buggies and E
woman who held the horses while the
bandits did the work have been aban
doned by the police. Reports along this
the speeding rigs seen; by different per
sons shortly after the murder were
occupied by detectives who were scour
ing the city for suspects. The rig seer
at Columbia Heights by several per
sons was occupied by Fred Briggs o:
slot machine fame, and Adolph Trigger
bartender in William Brady IS saloon
The men were driving in from the coun
|itry and passed thru Columbia Heights
shortly before the holdup took place.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
EXILE ) Kilt ATTEMPTS {. !.
D 0. e, De i / R
Dukhobor Who Escaped Russia =
Vaccinations Shoots a Rival 81
and His zF6fher Wife !:
Special to The Journal {; !


Winnipeg, Man, Nov. 25.--The first
act of criminal violence among the
Dukhobors since their settlement in
Canada has Just OCCURRED in the colony
at Thunder Hill, Assiniboia, where a
double murder was attempted by des-
perate broken-hearted exile named
Wasyl Kracowski, his victims being
j. Vregen and wife. 49, a.,
It appears that among the soldiers
pressed into service. from Siberia by
the Russian government to fight Japan
however, Of shouldering his rifle for
his country, he made good his escape
to America. He reached Seattle, and
from that place opened corresponds
with the Dukhobor community at Thun-
der Hill, and in the course ,5of a short
time was once again gain: with With his q
: At tho time: of being sing. eexkiled he had
wife, and there is an unYritten law
when a man is in exile for a tperioe
Of six years his wife is at liberty to
marry again. This. is what this man s
spouse did, and she appears to have
married happily. r. .-...s
Is Husband number one wanted the
wife to leave husband number two, but
she positively declined to do SO. HI
threatened to shoot both of them i:
his wish was not granted, and entered
their house one night and fred twt
shots from a revolver at the man, boil
taking effect. A third shot fred at thu
wife lodged in, her shoulder. He the1
fed, firing repeatedly into the air tt
terrorize the community and proven
pursuit. Il
Mounted police are on his trail, bu
a desperate who could elude the Rus
sian police is:likely to lead the officials
a merry chase over the border.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
SKETCH OF THE ZEMsTVOs
Bodies Are Provincial Assemblies Re
sembling German Landtag.

ments Of Russia, were created in. 1864,
and are analogous to the German land
tag. In the zemst from Zemlia,
land( the deputies belong, to all classes
mobiles, citizens, traders, peasants
and hold their sittings in three distinct
chambers, or curiae. s.
The first chamber, or assembly of
landed proprietors, consists Of owners
Of estates averaging from $50 to 1850
acres, according to the provinces, of
delegates Of proprietors with at least
ffty-fvee acres, andavof representatives
Of the clergy as holders of ecclesiastical
lands. { 1T a..
The second chamber, or assembly of
burgesses, comprises merchants, traders
and manufacturers. doing a trade Of at
least 5000 roubles,5 house owners. and
repr esentatiyes of I'm dustrial assoeia
ti9 ms disposing .of ,afxed capital:
communes, includes the delegates of the
peasantry elected at eeondhand-that
is, by the members Of the bailiwicks
who are themselves named by the peas
antry-at the rate Of one for every
group Of ten families. y "
The president Of the first chambe,
belongs to the marshal of the mobiles
Of the second to the mayors Of the
towns, of the third to the officials EN-
ployed in the administration Of rura:
affairs, the president IL chief Of the
zemstvos being always .the marshal o1
the mobiles, except where specially ap
pointed by the car: sas
| ! The first two bodiesvare chosen from
their respective classes, but the peas
antry may elect mobiles or priests t,
represent them, and }the number .:
| deputies is everYw here II calculated il
such way as.to III leave 1he rural classes
| in the mlnOrltV P'tt
The sessions are; very short, The dis
| trict zemstvos sitting only ten days il
the year, while =fAe delegates chose,
7 by the. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES meet an
nually in the chief te#n for twenty
days only But-e~eryJn~ss4aFeee years. thu
assemblies name an administrati,y'
approved by thesaoYeanSr or minister
who has& Also the&powersof suspendine
all decisions Of the zemstvos which hi
may consider contrary to the laws o.
| the good Of the state. ~,
Fhe$ range Of subjectsc.efs which tn
ze1nstuos may take geognizance is
.morsoYer; very <hmitedSahd has be
T come yearly, more Restricted by minis
teria iniunctipH &; l 49, 1
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
RAILROADS Scent
EQUIPMENT GRAFT
Officials Who Buy Supplies Are
Stockholders in Manufac-
j. 81 turing Concerns.

New York, Nov. 25.-A circular is
reported to have been issued to direct
ors Of all important railways, with the
sanction Of important lines with. head
quarters here, asking # it is advisable ID is hk
holders in a manufacturing corpora
ton selling it's product to the roads
for which they work. It is possible
that the matter will be brought also
before the Interstate commerce commits
sion. If. as
Fears of favoritism in the placing
of orders for supplies instead of accept
ing bids thru open competition are back
Some of the larger corporations have
already adopted rules prohibiting. any
of their officials from being stockhold-
ers in manufacturing corporations.
The committee Of stockholders which
IS conducting the investigation will at
between all the railways, making it
impossible for any of the officials OF
heads of departments to retain any
financial interest in a manufacturing
concern doing business with their roads.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
WRANGL1NG
An Old Couples Troubles.

There is an old couple of Hillsdale,
Kansas, the, husband II and the wife
81, who made discovery late in life
that would have saved lots Of their
troubles, something they learned about
1 diet. 4. ,s5sf ,ztt''5. a..
The old gentleman says: cone day
The doctor told me my wife s trouble
was, not heart disease but her stomach,
butstsIe thought he was mistaken. AS
] had read several statements in the
papers about Postum Food Coffee, my
mind was soon made up, and it was in
the fall Of 1901 that I got a. package Of
Postum, asking my wife to try it.
HShe said she did, not believe it
would help her, and so it was laid aside
coffee all the time until about the first
of May, when she was in terrible dis
stOne night about our bed time she
said she must have the doctor, but be.
fore you go fix little Postum and /
will try it. ........ =.
$50 / prepared half pint Of Postum
she had drank it she felt warm and
hourished all over and in little while
her pam was gone, it was like magic
For few meals shesused a little coffee
and then wrangling began in her
stomach each time, SO finally she gave
up coffee altogether and used Postum
only. Better and better she got and
grew stronger and finally all the old
\ disease left.
44 Since that time we have used moth
ing but Postum, nor have we had any
occasion to call for the doctor since
and /. now advocate Postum to everyone
q meet Name given by Postum Com
pany, Battle Creek, Mich.
So many people say, Coffee don
hurt, and then tell you they "knoN
7 q man 70 years old who has drank il
all his life" That doesn It prove thai
you can drink it. Zone mans meat il
another 81 poison" If coffee agrees ane
The drinker keeps well, stick to it, bu
better heed the warning and quit cof
fee.
xsFhereas reason;
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book. The Road to Wellville. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
STEEL TRUST TO-
ii. BUILD RAILROAD
Trunk Line Of It's Own to Garry
- It's Products and Avert I
Litigation. :a@-.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, Nov. 25.-It is reported in
Chicago that the United States Steel
corporation, in order to avoid any pos
sible litigation with the Interstate
commerce commission relative to
terminal allowances, has decided to
adopt the commission IS suggestion and
build trunk line railroad for the
transportation of it's business.
It is understood that a number of
small railroads now building east of
Chicago are in some manner to be inter
woven into one system. It is also said
the steel trust would like to buy the
Nickel Plate road. s.:
The steel corporation pays annually
dollars dollar 0 freight Charges, and tie build
ing of it's own railroad would not only
remove any possible controversy with
the government, but would mean in
creased profits in transportation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
INQUIRY DELAYS USE S. :.
OF CANADIAN WHEAT
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,

From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington. ..... - -....-.,...
F Washington, Nov. 25.-As soon as it
became generally known lin the milling
trade that the treasury department was
making an investigation Of the opera
ton Of drawback regulations at Min
neapolis, with view to more liberal
construction, which will permit use Of
Canadian wheat, applications began to
come from many other cities for in
vestigation in their respective cases.
Most Of them are from mills located
along the border, but in one instance
a miller at Richmond, Va, asked that
regulations, when promulgated, should
be SO framed as to permit him to
use imported wheat.
All these applications have been re-
Fferred to Special Agent L. B.. Kemp,
who conducted the inv stigation in Min
neapolis, with instructi .s to visit these
Eplaees and include them in the report
Fhe is to make to The department.. This
may. delay PRONUNCIATION Of the new
regulations beyond Dec! T. the time
it was believed they could be put into
effect.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
LAKE BLUFF W As
TWICE approved
Selection Of Naval Station Site
First Made by Naval Com
mission.
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, Nov. 25.-The nresi-
Gent g approval Of the naval traininp
site at Lake Bluff, Ill, thirty one miles
above Chicago, on Lake Michigan, ends
discussion which has been under way
Tor fifa several hrh years; The h Il Lake Bluff
mated by the Chicago Comm erciai club.
but it is believed that this made no diff.
ference with the commission which
made the report to the president. Lake
BluH was the most desirable Of the sites
o OF and its selection was inevitable.
The boards recommendation to the
president was unanimous and he APP
proved it without delay.
This station is the center Of large
population in the middle west and BE-
sides it is on a lake which is wholly
within the United States. Duluth was
too far to one side, and was never seri-
ously considered t&. =.
1 The first commission to select a. site
for naval training station was com
posed Of naval officers, with Admiral
Taylor, recently deceased, at it's head,
is within the district represented in
congress by Mr.. Foss Of Chicago, chair
man of the naval affairs committee.
The cry was at once raised by the
other applicants that the commission
had been Influenced by the fact that
Mr.. Foss had the power in congress to
change naval appropriations. There
was nothing in such cry, but in
order to. satisfy everybody a second
commission was appointed, composed of
one naval officer and two civilians,n none
Of them to live in state bordering on
the Great Lakes. That commission was
i to- report to the president, whose action
4 on the report was to be final. It was
this second commission which has just
reported. f.r..,- .,~~:. H.. -,
:. Lake Bluff is only six miles distant
from Fort Sheridan, and if the soldiers
and marines ever get together between
the two points, there may be a merry
old time. .' - - .'''.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
FRESHMAN RESENTS
CARICATURE ON STAGE
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service
Wilkesbarre, Pa Nov. 25.-D4rinfe
the performance Of The Fatal Wed.
ding here last night, Edward Nc.
Laughlin, prominent Irishman Of the
city, sprang up in his seat and stopped
the act by protesting loudly il behalf
of the Irish race against it being carl
catured by May Thurston, who is play.
ing the part Of an Irish servant girl
Cut it out, he cried, people OF
my race in the audience should resent
this, it ridicules the race. Gut it out
] say. = e !.
He was arrested, but the servant gir]
role was cut out.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
REV. ARDED BY. RAJAH
WH0SEILIFE HE SAVED
New York Sun Special Service,

New York Sun Special Service.
Kittanning, Pa, Nov. 25.--Dr. g. A.
turn to India to become private ply.
stefan to Rajah Tipe Sahib. Eleven
years ago while at the Chicago world s
fair DR.. Fowler saved the rajah IS life
The latter, who was then little more
than bow, was being tra1npled by q
camel Recently the doctor was sum.
moned to the Indian embassy at St
Louis and there given presents worth
$4,000 from the eastern potentates, to-
gether with the invitation to be state
physician at the eastern court. Dr.
Fowler will 90 to India in April.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
SHOOTS WIFE DEAD AT
THANKSGIVING FEAST
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Pierceville, Ind, Nov. 25.--Miss Essie
Darling, the 20-year-old wife of Cliff
ford Darling, was murdered shortly
after noon yesterday at the home Of her
father, Scott Knox, just as she was get
Darling went to the home Of his wife
and called her into room where they
had but a moment IS conversation, when
the people in the house were startled by
three pistol shots fired in quick success
sion.
Mrs. Darling came running out Of the
room and fell into the arms of Ernest
Lafray, exclaiming: 6 Cliff Darling has
killed me- She then expired.
Darling tried to feign insanity, but
there is no doubt the deed was planned
more than week ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
HOPES TO PROVE
/ BIG LAND FRAUD
Government Forging Chain o
Evidence About Alleged =
e Conspirators.

Portland, Ore, Nov. :25.--Link by
link the government is forging the
chain Of evidence by which it is hoped
to prove the existence Of a conspiracy
to defraud the: United States out Of
thousands of acres Of its public lands. y
4 United States District Attorney Hail
and Assistant Unified States Attorney
convince the jury that the testimony
of A. W. Barber, clerk in the general
land office, that the claims in the now
notorious 7'll-7; district for which
4 homestead patents were issued, were
never improved or resided upon by any
Of the claimants to whom they were
awarded, and that the issuance of Pat
ents was upon testimony false from be-
ginning to end.
Find Virgin Forest.
4 Mr.. Barber, examined by the govern
ment, testified. that he was practical
surveyor and had conducted examina-
tions of surveys in fifteen different
states. Last June he had proceeded to
township II south, range east, on writ
ten instructions to examine into condi-
tions there. Four men accompanied
him. W. rgr.n Aa;..ssye ~. "a arq
They went o. a the territory in ques-
tion and foun " an inaccessible forest.
His instructions were to examine list
Of twenty-five claims, as to improve,
ments and residence. Mr.. Barber read
list of the claims. examined, among
which were the following names:
Harry G. Barr, Henry Young, Joseph
/ Wilson, Emma Porter, Maud Witt,
George Peters, George Hall, Nellie
Backus, ELIAS X. Watson, Frank H.
. Wolgate, Joseph Williams, Christie
Landham, Albert O. Austin, Matte s.
Lowell, Alexander R. Brown, John F.
Foster, William Mclaughlin and James
a. Taylor. Twelve of these claims, the
prosecution contends, were decided to
Emma L. Watson, among them that ot
Emma Porter, who, the government
claims. is none other than Mrs. Watson
herself at absolute variance.
Controverts Testimony. .--
h Barber's evidence differs in detail
from al the sworn; testimony given by
the alleged homesteaders in making
proofs. The witness said he found that
the homestead law had not been com
piled with, either as regards residence
improvements or cultivation.
The country is mountainous, there
were no roads, no houses, no fences, ne
farms, no barns, nor any of the othe:1
homestead appurtenances Of which testi
mony is made in the proofs. ,...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
]. ..PIERP0NT MORGAN
COPYRIGHTS HIS FACE
New York Sun Special Service.

New York. Nov. 25.-J. Pierpont
Morgan has copyrighted the photograph
of his portrait painted by A. Muller.
Ury, and consequently will be able to
protect the picture from publication
The portrait is on exhibition in the
Knoedler galleries, where all may. see
it, but where none may photograph it.
Mr.. Morgan is shown at three-quarte1
LENGTH facing the observer, seated: at
small table. j. He holds in his left
e asRd 1sats5 Rs R1ss t ias Mr. NJ
Morgan is said to be greatly pleased
with the latest picture Of himself, but is
determined that it shall not become too
generally known.