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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
The Directors Authorize the Reduction, Which
Will Go Into Effect on June 4.
Lowest Figure Ever Reached Gas minneapolis and
Is ST. Paul Schedule Reduction Made
Voluntarily Increased Volume of Business Expected to
Compensate for Difference in Rate. =

The price stood at $3.50 in 1877. 1t
was reduced to $3.50 in 1878; to $3.50
in 1882; $3.50 in 1886; $3.50 in 1891;
$1.30 in 1895; $1.20 in 1901, and will
be reduced to $1.10 in 1904. These
net prices have always been AT least
10 cents lower per thousand feet than
those charged in st. Paul. where con-
ditionS are similar and will still be 3
cents below the minimum price pro-
vided for by the new st. Paul char
ter.
'Gas coal is found only in limited
areas in West Virginia and Pennsylva-
MIA and is practically controlled
by a combine. You know
what the situation has long been in
the coal market said William H
Levings, secretary Of the company, this
morning. 'In the face Of the present
high prices on these commodities
necessary to us, we shall find that we
were not justified in reducing the price
on gas, unless it results in greatl!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
$300,000,0O0
WON IN COTTON
Brokers Say That Southern In.
vestors Are That Much to
the Good.
Daniel J. Sully Alone Said to Have
Made from 100000
Up.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York, Feb. 4.-Cotton brokers
estimate that the south is $30O,0O0,-
900 richer as a result of Daniel j.
Sully's recent campaign. 1t is said
the bull pools profits up to date have
amounted to 1876 per cent, but on how
much money invested, or how many
bales of cotton bought and sold, can
not, of course, be learned. Some of
Sullys friends estimate that he has
made clear profit Of from 100000
to $6,OOO,OO0 in this latest campaign.
SO large has been the business done
by Sully and his firm the last few
weeks that a force of clerks has to
stay in their offices far into the night.
One large room has been set aside as
a bedroom. 1t has three Or four single
and one double bed. One clerk, it is
said, has not been home to sleep for
three months.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
POLITICIAN IS
HUNG IN EFFLGY
Negroes Offer This Insult to Dem
ocratic Leader-Race War
Threatened.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Louisville, KY, Feb. 4.-Much bit-
ter feeling has been aroused and race
war is threatened at Berea, the seat OF
Berea college as the result OF the ac-
ton of citizens who appeared before
the legislature and advocated the pas
sage Of a bill prohibiting co-education
of the races at the college. Friends OF
the college hope to persuade Governor
Beckham to veto the bill, which, II 1t
becomes law, will close the institu-
ton.
President Brost of Berea college, in
a public address, denounced the citi-#
zens who had gone to Frankfort. and
SO worked up the audience, composed
for the most part Of negroes, that at
the conclusion Of the address. J. n.
Early, spokesman of the citizens ana g
prominent democrat, was hanged IN
effgy. .,4
Brost.
in danger and have been warned not 70
appear in public for the present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
After June gas will cost Minneap-
oils consumers $1.1O net per thou

After June gas will cost Minneap-
oils consumers $1.10 net per thou
sand feet.
Directors of the Minneapolis Gas
Light company decided at a meeting
of the board of directors this morning
to reduce the price of gas for the sew
enth time. In accordance with this
decision, consumers will pay $!.lo
instead of $1.2O net, per thousand feet
Of gas, which is the lowest price ever
paid for gas in the city. The new
price will be $3.50 gross, but the dis
count of 20 cents a thousand on bills
paid before the 10th of the month
will bring the net price to s1.10.
This reduction was decided on II;
the face of high prices for coal and
oil and in pursuance of a policy which
has been followed for fourteen years
and which has for its purpose the con
troll Of the greatest amount Of bust
ness the plant will handle, and thu
meeting of any possible opposition.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
patches from Name >lsif ~ z'Es
which are significal
do the trend Of events.
CZAR SAYS WAR
Grand Duke Alexis Communicates Des
cisiOn to Ministers.

Grand Duke Alexis Communicates Dee
cisiOn to Ministers.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 4.-The car
summoned an extraordinary meeting
of the council to discuss the reply TO
Japan. Only FIVE members We're IN
vited, including Foreign Minister
Count Lamsdorff and General huros
patkin. minister of war.
The car intended to preside, but 1n-
stead there appeared Grand Duka
Alexis, who communicated his males
TVS decision to forward note res
fusing to accept Japan's proposals and
expressing the resolve to defend Rus
sia's position in Manchuria az all
costs.
kilograms to the foreign office from
the far east have greatly diminished
in number, as Admiral Alexien com-
| municates with his majesty direct
According to a dispatch from Port
! Arthur Admiral Alexief continues
sick. He is suffering from nerve
strain.
| Alexieff to Act.
The general staff has authorized Ads
niral Alexieff to declare war and open
Continued on Second Page.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,

From The journal Bureau, Colorado Building
Washington.
washington, Feb. 4.-Isador Ray
ner. the new democratic senator from
MARYLAND, is Hebrew. a1tho not
showing it in feature or speech. He Is
strongly anti-G orman and his election
is a serious blow to Gorman's prestige
in Maryland. He has been the over
whelming choice of the masses, but
was opposed by the German machine.
Rayner, has served in congress sew
eral times. not lately, however, and
was attorney general from 1900 to
1902. He gained the affections of the
Maryland people by his brilliant work
as attorney for Admiral Schley, when
the Sampson-Schley controversy was
on. He is a man Of splendid ability.
His scholarship is of a high order and
as a public speaker he has many
charms. w. w. Jeiiiialle'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
SENATOR HANNA
A VERY SICK Man
Members of His Family Are Sum-
moned Post Haste to the
Capital.
He Himself Is Said to Have Given
" Up Hope of Recov-
cry.
From The Jeurnal Bureau, Colorado Building,

From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.
Washington, Feb. 4.-Senator Han
ma is a very sick man. Since TUESDAY
his condition has caused his friends
great anxiety. Every member of the
Hanna family has been telegraphed TO
and is in the city or on the way mere.
Ali Mrs. Hanna's special engagements
for the Immediate future have been
Indefinitely postponed. She was TO
receive to-day. and was to nave az
tended several important social al
fairs this week.
The situation does not justify. the
at atemes1t that Hanna will not recover
altho developments of the past thirty
sly hours have seemed to turn the
chances against him. His recupera-
tive ability is very marked and IS pc
| ing depended on to pull MN 'hru.
| The physicians, while admitting the
serious character OF his 1llness' h hnt
far from having abandoned nope Dul
il is very plain that they are unable
i to forecast the future. At the best
| the senator will not be able to leave
his room for several weeks.
Hanna Is Despondent.
His own dependency is regarded q; as
the most serious symptom OF MS -.
ness. He seems to believe that hls
end has come and, it is said, has sc
EXPRESSED himself to his attendants
The main efforts Of the physlc1a,n
NV are directed toward cheering the
patient and dispelling his fears an@
disbursement. -,
He has frequently alluded to the III
ness Of his friend William Mcklnle.
and it is thought that the unexpecte'
: death of the late president preys upo1
his mind and produces the stuppoi1
melancholia that seems to dety III
doctors efforts.
The following bulletin was given GU
to-day: 49,, 4h;s ,,ornin
9 no new feature was found in Mr. Hanna
. condition. He is suffering from a recu>
rent attack of grip with an unusu;
amount of physical depression. Ihere al
no reasons to believe that recovery W
not take place in reasonable tlme'
Fear Kidney Trouble.
The possible development of t!
q nhoid fever or kidney trouble IS u
IS Chief source Of apprehension OF II
,r atte>Sang physicians. Ihey "a
d thei1s ssta tements regarding the Weel
@ that must elapse before the senat'
e will be able to go out, even IN u
event of no untoward development
IS his extreme physical exhaustion.
l. w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04

Isidor Rayner represented the fourth
district Of Maryland in the fftieth, fifty
second and fifty third congresses, besides
serving his state in other capacities, hay
ing recently retired from the office OF
attorney general. He has lived IN Baitl-
more all his life, having been born in that
CITY April H. 1885, He was educated at
The University of Virginia; was admitted
70 the bar in his native city in 1870, and
has been practicing law ever since except
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
G0RMAN BEATEN
in HIS OWN STATE
Isador Rayner Elected Senator,
Thus Smashing the Machine
Program.
New Senator Is a Hebrew and the
Choice of the Peo-
pie.

Annapolis, Md, Feb. An the
Maryland legislature to-day lsa-
dor Rayner of Baltimore, VINO
was nominated last night by the
l. democratic caucus. received the
unanimous vote Of the democratic
majority and was elected united
States senator to succeed Louis
q. McComas, republican.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
MYSTERY UNRAYELED
MURDERER OF MISS SCHAFER IS
KNOWN AND PROBABLY WILL
RE ARRESTED TONIGHT.

Bedford, Ind, Feb. At is believed
the Schafer murder mystery is about
solved, that the crime rests on a prom
inent business man not formerly sus-
pected, and that the motive for the
murder was to secure letters.
The suspect is trying to escape, but
a close guard has been placed on all
outgoing trains.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
$4,000 FOR CHICKENS
TAFT ASKS FOR AP-
PRECIPITATION TO PAY FOR
"CONFIsCATED" POULTRY.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Speclal oerv1ce'
Washington, Feb. 4.-secretary Taft
wishes congress to appropriate $4,000
to pay for chickens looted from farm
yards by soldiers during the annual
maneuvers Claims aggregating VII
900 were submitted, most OF the
amount being for chickens alleged to
have been stolen. A board, however,
cut this to $1,000.
In order that these claims may be
Maid and that a fund may be on hand
for paying for chickens that the SOL
diers may capture in the future, Lieu,
tenant General Chaffee recommenueq
that congress be asked for $4,000, and
Secretary Taft has made the request,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
FACTS ABOUT THE
GREAT NORTHERN SISTER SHIPS,
MINNESOTA AND DAKOTA


Length of each '''''''
of eachShi
of each 90
foot draught :o""
For the world 80"
tyOfc bunker
fresnNn tanks
hour,
Accomm
Of each will "VV
used in each weigh
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
ONE OF KRIER S MURDERERs
Death In the Prison at Saltwater OF vii.
liam Sutton.
Special to The Journs


Saltwater, Mimi, Feb. 4.-William SUIT
ton of Owatonna, the accomplice Of
Charles and Henry Nelson in the murder
of Henry Krier, the Owatonna saloon
keeper, died in the penitentiary this fore
noon of consumption, aged II. His death
had been expected for some time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04

ward, the making Of transpacif1c his
tory. Standing alone and unobstruct-
ed to view, the Dakota rises out of the
shipyard like a modern skyscraper,
and against the rockribbed hills that
lie beyond-the heights Of Groton
where many years ago tragedy was
enacted in an attack OF the BRUSH
forces under Benedict Arnold upon a
Continued on Page Three.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
THE HUGE DAKOTA
TO BE LAUNCHED
Second One of the Monster Great Northern Ships
to Slide In Next Saturday.

President Hill Will Take His Guests to New LONDON conn.,
in suecial Train-Norh Dakota Girl to Break the Bottle
The New Boat Exactly Predecessor the Minnesota
Biopest in the World-Both Will Reach Their Home Port
Seattle by Another Winter and Will Run to Oriental Ports
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04

Can CHARACTERIZATION Hayward who is an
ctt"gennrian and one of the most prominent of
ToIjfornia milionaires, had an apopleptic stroke
Yesterday His great age is against recovery
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
WAR WAITS ONLY
FOR FINAL WORD
Car Has Decided That Japanese Proposals Must
Be Rejected Resolved to Defend Man
churia at All Costs.

Japanese Statesmen Public Dispatches Regarding Russian
Military Regard It Intended to Provoke Hos
Arthur and Japanese Are Warned
That Preparations Making Declare Vadivostok in
State Of Siege.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04

Nav york-six Moorish stations sent by the
sutan Of Morocco for exhibition at the st. Louis
exposition arrived here to-day on the steamship
Hohenzollern.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
Special to The Journal,

Special to The Journal, =.
New London, Conn, Feb. 4.-Shorn
of a network of timber and standing
out g tremendous black hulk against
the sky, the steamship Dakota lies IN
her cradle awaiting the hour when
Miss Mary Pennington speaks the
word that will send this great vessel
into her element to begin, with her
sister ship. the Minnesota, now rid
ing majestically at anchor off the ship
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-04
FIRE AT ANNANDALE
General Merchandise Store. Burned
Other Property Damaged.

Special to The Journal.
.Annandale Mimi. Feb. 4.-Fire last
night destroyed the general store of A.
Kingstedt & Co The stock was worth
81, 900 and was insured for $4,000. S. II.
McGuire's building was a total loss. Ridge
way s, Thompson's building was damaged.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-25

The second division of the Russian
secand Pacific squadron has arrived
at Frederickshaven. Denmark.
The Japanese captured the German
steamer Batelan while attempting to
run the Port Arthur blockade last
week.
Orders were issued to start up
again the coke oven of the H. C..
Frick Coke company now idle in the
Connellsville.
The recent meeting of the Rus
sian Zemstvos, which ended this
week, was remarkable as being a
session replete with recommendation
for the betterment of the general
public Of Russia. 1t is said that
the Gar will give the matter his
careful personal consideration, and
it seems to be the general belief
that there is better day dawning
for the Russian pesantry.
Trouble at the Chicago stockyards
continues. A meeting was held on
Tuesday night by the members of
the union and a strike was voted.
This does not mean the men have
quit work. but that they have signi-
fed their readiness to do so on the
order of their leader, Donnely, who
declares he will order a shut down
this week if certain demands are not
met.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-25
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of Nor or Less Interest Con-
densed Throughout the State.

In case heard before the court
of common pleas at Yorkville, in
which the widow of railway flag
man was suing to recover damages
for The killing of her husband, the
jury awarded her the sum of $1,000.
A reference was held in Camden,
on Tuesday, in the merger case Of
the Southern railway. before Special
Referee Wittkosky. Only one wit
ness was heard. and a time was set,
bv agreement. for another reference.
The railroads are making many
improvements in their buildings and
facilities at Rock Hill More rail-
road warehouses and side-tracks are
in Immediate prospect 1t is also
said that the railroad shops at
B1acksburg will be moved in the near
future to Rock Hill.
The funeral of Former Governor
Hugh S. Thompson was held at
Trinity church. in Columbia. on
Wednesday morning. Bishop Capers.
an old c1assmate of the deceased,
officiating, in the presence Of an at
tendance which included many dis
tineuished men. The interment was
in the family plat in the church GEM
eterv
Pill Williams. colored. is now
lodged in the jail at Greenwood,
charged with an attempt to criminal
" assault Miss Ludie Smith.
daughter Of well-known farmer Of
the Ninety-Six section. The negro
was arrested on suspicion. Lynch
ing was narrowly averted. Judge
Gary. who was holding court ac
Greenwood. being Instrumental in
Ward1ng Oft the intended V1olence.
Late on Tuesday afternoon VIII
Cu1breath. co1ored. the negro who
was driving the wagon the night M.
NJ. Morse was killed. was shot and
instantly killed. by Nit Moses. S.
D. Gi1lion. and others. The weapon
used was pistol. and only one shot
was fired. The negro was plough
ing in field at the time Of the shoot
ing. The wound was in the head.
It is said that the men had gone to
arrest Culbreath and that he started
to run, at this juncture the shot was
fired j;
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-25
Killed By Stepson.

Macon, Ca, November IA
special to The Telegraph from Way
cross, Ga, says:
Mrs. Julia Williams, wife of Henry
7. Williams. we'll known citizen,
died this morning at 4 o'clock at her
home near this city from the effects
of pistol shot wound inflicted by
her stcpson, Kinch Williams, a
young man IS years old. The
shooting occurred on November Il
because she refused to give him some
whiskey. He thought she had hid
den it. Williams shot his STEP
mother with a 81 calibre pistol. the
ball entering her right leg near the
knee, passing through the bone. 1t
is said that the young man was crazy
drunk when he fired the shot.
The recent grand jury found
bill against Williams, charging him
with assault with intent to murder,
but since Mrs. Williams death the
case against him becomes a more
serious one. He has left the coun
try. but there is a warrant in the
sheriff's hands here for his arrest,
and it is thought that he will soon
be caught. Mrs. Williams belonged
to well known Brooks county fam
lily.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-25

The trial of Nan Patterson for the
ALLEGED murder Of "Caesar" Young.
the New York bookmaker. continues
with unabated intensity Of interest.
On Tuesday a skeleton was brought
into court to show. physically. the
;.7,o0ssihi1itv Of the man having shot
himself. and on Wednesday the pros
ccutior brought in strong exnert
testimony along the same line. A
pathetic figure at the trial is the old
father of Nan Patterson. The at
fair is breaking his heart.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-25
The Sumter Festival.
The State.

The State.
Sumter. November 24.-Even the
heavens conspire for the success Of
the Sumter fall festival. Despite
the lowering clouds which hid the
early morning sun yesterday, prom
ising an indefinite period Of bad
weather, the noon saw the welcome
ravs break through the leaden cover
inc. and the afternoon was clear and
sunshiny. Fair weather is promised
for the remainder Of the week.
1t is openly whispered about the
streets that Sumter proposes to an
mex Columbia and claim it for su-
berb tomorrow: and there seems to
be justification for the assertion. Ger
tain it is that Sumter will today en-
tertain such crowds of Columblans
and other visitors from adjacent
towns as have never before been in
cluded within the progressive and
hospitable little city.
Yesterdays progress OF the carnl-
val may be denominated a success
in every particular. There were
good crowds on the streets and the
visitors continued to arrive on every
train The "horse show yesterday
morning drew large number OF
people who witnessed as fine a dis
plav of wellbred horsefesh and skill
full driving as might be found in the
land. The side shows and free
street exhibitions in the afternoon
proved very attractive to the specta-
tors. Not the least of the attrac-
tions offered by the carnival are the
concerts by the Sumter band, under
direction of Bandmaster Schumacher
The Sumterites are justly proud OF
this musical organization.
Everybody is pleased with the
showing made yesterday and today
is expected to break all records in
the multiplicity of its events and in
the number of visitors in attendance.
Nor need strangers within her
gates fear for the entertainment
thev will receive in Sumter. Her
homes are open ant' if there is any
where more hospitable town it has
never succeeded in attracting the at
tention Of the men who make the
maps.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-25

Consular affairs relating particu-
lar1v to Sweden are managed by the
board Of trade. and those relating
especially to Norway by the Nor
weigan Home department. The two
last mentioned bodies cooperate
with the minister of foreign affairs
in promoting the efficiency of the
consular service.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-25
Negro Battle.

Shreveport, La, November a.
Six negroes have engaged in deadly
fight in a IA foot room near Curtis,
La, the participants being armed
with shot guns and pistols. After
the battle three lay dead = ne other
three escaped.
The dead:
Andrew Brown.
James Ellis.
Hamp Willis
A woman and two children were
also in the room during the afray,
aut were not harmed The trouble
arose over the woman.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-25

Secretary Taft and party sailed
from New Orleans on the cruiser
Dolphin for Pensacola where they
arrived yesterday
Former Queen Liluokalani arrived
at San Francisco from Honolulu
on Tuesday.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-25

been received by the nation at large
and it was because of this that she
had become rich and powerful and
great. Amelioration and regenera-
ton were and should be the watch
words of the country, and the speak
er thanked God for it. He urged up
On the people the habit of thank
fulness. The thing to be thankful
for today was not the material bless
ings, for the great glaring error of
modern socialism was responsible
for many mistake Of this kind.
Progress along the lines Of bread and
meat would never bring on the mil
lenlum. Sue h progress was in
Babylon, with her majestic palaces,
her hanging gardens, her wonders of
the world, her might and power, but
no one had ever sung her heart
throbs. Her history was written in
broken columns and ancient ruins.
The remnants OF Grecian culture, he
said, had only remained because the
Greeks had looked to the develop
rnent Of manhood In the glory of
Isreak David had been greater than
his psalms and Isaiah had been
greater than his prophecies. When
she forgot the development of man.
hood she passed away. It was the
same with Rome. When attention
had been paid to the development of
man she had beer in all her glory,
with her eagles extending their
wings over the earth, but when she
turned her mind to material things
Rome was free no more.
From the birth CT Our nation TN
til today its people have been imbued
with the ideal Of manhood, of spir-
i ual power, OF keeping in touch with
God. The essention aim Of a ma
tlCn should be the making OF holy
men and hc'v women. This we are
striving to do, and when it is accom-
plished no power in earth or in hell
can destroy the work.
"Spirit is the power which is des-
tined to rule the world, and the great
r1illennial dawn will never break un-
til Spirit does rule the world"
The speaker continued with great
force to bring home to the people of
Newberry the application of the
truths outlined in his remarks.
The collection for the orphanage
work was as follows:
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-25
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of More or Less Interest Con-
densed Throughout the World.

The second division of the Russian
secand Pacific squadron has arrived
at Frederickshaven. Denmark.