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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
TAKE DEATH DRUG
IN SUICIDE PACT
Two Men Seek Self Murder-One
Succeeds, the Other
H"s.. Repents. 49,

New York, Dec. 29.-Benjanlin J. Ri
ley Of Springfield, Mass, declares that
he and Orestes A. Weed of Boston came
to this city with the intention of COM
hitting suicide i together: Th 4 two men n
here suffering from morphine poisoning.
Wood died at the hospital. Riley, who
was revived, is held on a charge of at
tempting suicide. It is thought that he
will recover.
According to Coroner scholler, Riley
made the following statement:
"Weed and [ have been chums since
boyhood. We saw each other at least
three or four times year and last Sun
day we happened to meet in Boston. We
chatted for some time and told each
other of the trials we had encountered
during the last six months. Both Of ua
We were downhearted.
"In some manner, how do not know,
our talk drifted to suicide and one Of us
proposed-I can't tell which one of us
did-that we commit suicide together
We agreed on the plan and made prep.
arations to die together.'
Riley then told the coroner Of how
Riley said that he and Weed discussed
the best methods Of ending their lives
and it was finally decided to take NOR.
phine. They went to the room on Tues
day night shortly before midnight and
each took. a dose Of morphine. When
he had finished his story, he was told by
the coroner that Weed had died. Riley
then said:
~ am now awfully sorry that tried
to die. I want to live and in the future
will do my best to earn my living. I an
awfully sorry to hear that Weed is dead
He was a fine fellow and was married
and had two children
! Mrs. Weed was notified and came OF
from Boston at once. Mrs. Weed stated
| that after the autopsy she will take thu
body to Boston for burial.
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M RS. MARY MILLER, II Old Shield
Nv Block, Indianapolis, Ind, writes:
= "Peruna is splendid medicine. /
was troubled for five years with fire.
quent headache, dizziness and shooting
pains I grew thin and pale.
The doctors tried in vain to benefit
me- but nothing seemed to do me any
good until I tried Peruna. Eleven bot
ties made me a well woman once more.
I am now enjoying perfect health my
appetite is good, my head clear, and
am entirely without pain, thanks to
Peruna~ MARY Miller.
Pe-ru-na Effects Marvellous Cures.
If all the praise that is given Peruna
by the women could be gathered into
one chorus, what volume of thanks
giving it would make. Never before ir
all the history of medicine was a remedy
so sincerely praised by SO many thou
sands Of women.
All those women who drag around
from day to day, all those women who
have weakening drains, but who man
age to keep on their feet, all those Wom'
en- who ache, tremble and throb, bu
will not give up and become bed-ridden
all those women who stagger under
their burdens with dizzy head and no
flashes, but bravely attend ! to thei
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
RICH men TO BAIL
CHADWICK WOMAN
Cleveland Syndicate Willing to
Sign Bonds for Her Up
to $4,000.

Cleveland, Dec. pa syndicate for
which Attorney P. D. Quigley Of this
city is spokesman is said to be willing
to furnish bail up to the sum of $780,
900 to procure the release of Mrs. Cas-
sic L. Chadwick, held in the Jail here
awaiting trial on the charge Of
forgery. Attorney Quigley would not
give the names OF the prospective bonds
men Of Mrs Chadwick, but says they
are all able to furnish any reasonable
sum OF money required. .,.a
The federal officials are not in favor
of giving Mrs. Chadwick her freedom
and will discourage such a proceeding,
without, however, Infringing on the
prisoner s constitutional rights.
Mrs. Chadwick has sent the follow.
ing telegram to her husband, DR.. Leroy
5. Chadwick, in care Of Sheriff Barry,
at the Hoffman House in New York
to be delivered Immediately upon the
doctors arrival from Europe:
"Come to Cleveland with Sheriff
Barry immediately. Do not fight ex,
tradition, and avoid loss of time and
money. Cassie l.. Chadwick.
Beckwith's Mind Failing.
Oberlin, Ohio, Dec. 29.-President c..
T. Beckwith fell to the floor in the
Citizens National bank yesterday and
Tor time MS life was deSpalred OF.
The prompt attention Of physicians,
however, saved him, and they attributed
his spell to heart failure. The aged
man is on the verge of nervous collapse
and his friends believe that thru brood
ing over his losses caused by Mrs, Chad.
wick, his mind is leaving him. He
does many queer things AID it is very
likely that the defense of insanity will
be advanced when he is arraigned be.
fore the state court,
Long Term, Says Carnegie.
Pittsburg, Dec. 29.-Andrew Carnegie
is Of the opinion that Mrs. Cassie T.
Chadwick will serve long term in the
penitentiary. He expressed his opinion
to Director E. M. Bigelow of the de-
partment of public works, who discussed
the Chadwick case with the multi-mil
lionaire.
The Pittsburg philanthropist has beer
reading Of the woman g vast financial
opera tions and expressed amazement al
the success Of her plans.
"We discussed the case at length,
said Director Bigelow. "There il
nothing in the stories connecting Mr.
Carnegie name with the woman. HI
is in no way concerned and is interested
solely because his name was used BY
the woman in the great financial.
schemes
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DRIVEN FROM
TOWN into STORM
Edward Johnson, a. Vagrant Ar
rested at Cloquet, Mimi,
Almost Perishes.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. -...
Duluth, Mimi, Dec. 29.-Edward
Johnson, 80 years Of age, lies at hos
pital in Duluth with the prospect of
having one and perhaps both of his
feet amputated. These with other por-
lions of his body were terribly frozen.
johnson was at Cloquet and was ar
raigned before the court there on the
charge Of vagrancy: He was sentenced
to ten days in Jail with the alterna-
tive of leaving town. He chose the
latter, and started for Duluth by a
route which meant a walk of twenty
five miles. He had not gone many
miles before the wild storm which
ragged all Tuesday struck him.
The road is wild one with no shelter
to be obtained and he was forced to
fight his way thru, with the wind raging
from forty to sixty five miles an hour.
Time and again he had to stop and rest
and only by will power kept from sink
ing down and freezing to death. He
reached Duluth in time to catch the
last car from the outskirts of the city
and the conductor allowed him to ride
to the business center of West Du-
luth. There he went into saloon to
thaw out. Yesterday his pains grew SO
fierce from the frozen portions of his
body that he was removed to the hos
pital.
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| Acres. Production. Va

It has been found impracticable to
make definite estimate Of the amount
Of wheat fit for milling, owing to the
difficulty Of drawing a hard -and-fast
line between the millable and the non
millable. Reports, however, have been
made on the average weight of VIII eat
per bushel in the three principal spring
wheat states, and such average has been
found to be ffty-two pounds in Mime
sofa, fffty,one pounds s N 2, North 4 Dakota
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
ORA WBACK CASE
STILL UNDECIDED
Secretary Moody Says He Is Yet
Looking into Problems
Legal Phases.
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, Dec. 29.--Somebody is
taking long chance on tip, accord
ing to every official of the government
who is having anything to do with de-
gliding the question, whether, a draw
back shall be paid on exported -four
tic wheat. No decision has been an
Enounced. Officials of the depart TIM ent
lof Justice and of the treasury depart
lment who have the matter in hand have
held several conferences, but thus far
without any agreement, even OF a ten
Itative nature
course, are hopeful that the govern
ment may finally favor the Minnesota
nillers, but to say that it has already
done SO is to speak without authority
and say something which cannot be
justified by any Of the facts thus far
Shaw Is Hopeful.
Secretary Shaw himself is in hope
&ul frame of mind regarding the attor-
Eney generals decision. but with abso-
flutely no intimation as to whether 1t
will be for or against the millers, his
attitude being controlled by what he
conceives to be the Justice of the re-
quest which the millers have made. He
believes that there is nothing in law
which will prevent the government
from complying with the request. At
the same time, however, he is not d
cided is severely one Of law, he must
defer to the position which will be
taken by the department of iusti ce.
AS has been stated previously in this
correspondence, experts in the depart
ment are busy looking up the several
questions which are involved in the re-
quest of the millers, but have not yet
proceeded far enough to Justify them
In formulating even tentative opinion.
This statement of the drawback sit
nation is made after a careful lnvestl-
cation and an interview with the Off
cials of the department of justice and
the treasury department., who have per-
sanal charge of the work. The name of
ore Of these officials, 7 am at liberty
50 mention.
What Mr.. Moody Says.
- Attorney General Moody said:
HThe drawback matter is in progress,
anal it is impossible at this time for me
to know what decision / shall eventual
ly reach. [ shall, Of course, be guided
by the law and precedents, and If the
request of the Minnesota mlllers shall
he found to be within these, their re-
quest will undoubtedly be granted. Fur
Their than that l am not able to go at
this time, because as | have Just told
you that the ground work Investigation
upon which my decision will be based
has not been laid.
Nobody in Washington knows the
basis Of the report that a de-
cision had already been reached in this
case. 1t is understood, however, that
minneapolis miller received some kline
informing him in more or less direct
words that the millers had won thei1
case. AS to this word one of two things
is true: 1t has come from someone whe
is not in possession of the facts and
therefore does not speak with authority
or if it is from someone in authority
the Minneapolis people have been too
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
GOES AFTER HIS PARDON
Norm" King, Former Detective, Re
visits the Prison.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
saltwater, MINI, Dec. 90" Norm
King visited the prison today to get a
copy Of his pardon and to bid the off
GERS good-by. He expects to leave
Minneapolis for the east about Jan. 20.
Frank Asher and Charles Hall have
been received at the prison from Clay
ceny in the second degree. ~ Thomas
Organ, brought here from the pineries
for treatment for paralysis, is in criti-
cal condition and cannot longer survive.
Miss Gertrude Eichten entertained a
dancing party in Eichten hall last night,
about twenty-five guests coming from
the twin cities. The majority Of these
will remain over tonight to attend the
party of the s. e. G. club.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
NEW CHURCH IN WINNIPEG
French Catholics Will Build an Edifce
Costing 500, 900. B.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Winnipeg, Man, Dec. pa new
place Of worship called the Church Of
the Sacred Heart will be built here the
coming summer at cost of more than
$1O0, 900. Services in it will be con-
Quoted exclusively in French. This
movement has been found necessary
on account Of the rapidly increasing
French Catholic population. Father
Portelance of Sacred Heart Church, OF
iowa, has been made parish priest and
has commenced work.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
DECLARE AGAINST WAR
Resolutions Adopted. at Troubetzskoi
H. Banquet in MOSCOW. =,

Banquet IN MOSCOW.
Moscow, Dec. 29:-The Troubetzskoi
banquet at Moscow (which was Broken
up at 3 O clock yesterday morning, was
attended by poprAaa.t writers, professors
of the inivessities a9ining schools and
the technical Institutes, editors and So
cialist workmen. VfNf!. Kedrine, we'll
known lawyer and member Of the ST..
Petersburg municipality, presided. The
text of the resolution, which was car
ried by. 766 to votes after many per-
fervid speeches, follows:
In view of the horrors Of the war,
which is devoid Of sense. and in view
also Of the enormous sacrifices and ruin
in which the country is being involved,
we, representing the liberal professions
and working classes, protest against the
war into which the government dragged
the nation without consideration for the
opinions or interests of the Russian peo-
pie, and we express our profound belief
that only the nation itself can save Rus
STA from her difficulties, thru free rep
resentatives of the people elected by Sc
cret ballot on the principle of equal
rights. ,'''- - -. %
Our motto Is peace and freedom.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
Red Cross Head Quits.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 29.-S. A. Alex
androvsky, former Russian commits
sioner-general to the st. Louis exposi-
ton, has resigned as head Of the Red
Cross in the field on account Of .criti-
Vassilitchkoff. M. Alexandrovsky has
been offered high position in the hos
pital service by General Kuropatkin
and also the position Of Prince Vas
silitchkoff's chief lieutenant.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
LOOKS LIKE A MOVE
Hazegawa Going North Probably to Re-
sist Korean INVASION

Seoul, Korea, Dec. 29.-The Japanese
t tGG Fssmaining IL Seoul are less than
expected soon. General Hazegawa is
expected to leave. for the north next
month. This probably indicates some
forward movement to counterfeit the
Russian sorties reported from various
places along the upper Yalu. A small
engagement occurred Dec. 20 on the
northeast coast Of Kong-Won, resulting
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
PRINCESS WILL SUE
I. THE RHODES ESTATE

London, Dec. 29.-The Daily Chron-
icle says that Princess Catherine Radzi-
will has decided to bring action against
the executors Of the estate of Cecil
Rhodes, with the object of vindicating
her character against accusations in
connection with her personal relations
with Mr.. Rhodes.
Princess Radziwill was sentenced to
two years Imprisonment by the SUI
preme court of Cape Colony April 80,
1902, for the forgery Of notes purport-
ing to have been Endorsed by Mr..
Rhodes.
It was alleged by the London papers
that Mr. Rhodes death was due to the
worry that she caused him and to the
fact that he was obliged to return to
South Africa in the hottest weather to
prosecute the case against her.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
HORSETHIEVES SENTENCED.

Special to The Journal.
Livingston, Mont, Dec. 29.-Jack Me-
Murray was sentenced to three years. and
Clarence Keogh to two years today for
stealing a horse from Albert Smiths
ranch at Fridley, Mont They were cap
tured by the sheriff a hundred miles away
on Monday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
KUROKI STILL LIVES
Message to Friends in Germany Is
Proof &Po sitive. q

Berlin, Dec. pa convivial circle
at Dortmund sent General Kuroki in
September card Of enthusiastic con-
and has now Received the folloWine yo an.
sWer: e.. : IT,. ,7s:,.-s :>:.r<> ~. -
On the battlefield in Manchuria, Nov
S, l9O4-How I rejoice to be congratu.
lated at so great a distance upon our vic
tories. AS you know we are pupils OF
German tacticians; hence have double
pleasure in, being congratulated by Ger
man men. With special regards, you,
obedient servant. ~ s -Kuroki.
The above letter removes all doubt
if any existed, that General Kuroki is
still alive. He was persistently re
ported killed in the fighting of Oct. 4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
THREE BILLIONS
IN YEARS CROP
Value Of Principal Farm Products
in 1904 Minnesota Wheat
ry. "a Leads.

Washington, Dec. 29.-The following
bulletin has been issued by the agri-
cultural department:
Final returns to the chief Of the bu-
reau Of statistics of the department of
agriculture from regular and special
correspondents, supplemented by re-
acreage, production and value Of the
principal farm crops Of the United
States in 1904 to have been as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29

acquittal Of DR.. Koch. Can the defense
prove these things, is the question New
Ulm is asking today.
The state used another Of its per-
emptory challenges this afternoon, re-
iecting G: G. Refine of New Ulm as a
Juror. Three talesmen have been ex-
amined this afternoon and all excused.
H. G.. Davis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
Variag Is Given Up,

New York, Dec: 29.-The Japanese
attempts to raise the Variag have been
discontinued, cables the Herald s cor
respondent at Seoul, Korea. It is i'm
possible to recommence the work be.
fore spring, by which time the three.
quarterback steel pilates forming the
ton Of The air and Water t That the dam.
age will be irreparable except at pro,
hibitive expense. It is probable that
further salvage operations will be aban.
doned. 49,. 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
KaZnakoH. WithdraWS,

ST. PfteEsbrrg Pee to sg Rnss;a ind
will be replaced by Vice Admiral Dou-
bassoff as Russian commissioner on the
international commission at Paris,
which is to inquire into the North Sea
incident. Doubassof starts for Paris
next week --- ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
Saws Hammer Was Gerhard s.

While the state will make desperate
effort to prove that the hammer with
which Gebhard was killed belonged to
DR.. Koch, it will be confronted with the
testimony Of Dr., G. F. Reincke, who had
an office with DR.. Gerhard, that the
hammer belonged to DR.. Gerhard.
''It was his hammer" said Dr..
Reincke. " I remember the day that he
brought it in and showed me that he
had cut off the handle. He asked me, if
it was not good job. He used it for
breaking cement and said that he was
going to keep. it because it was the
first hammer he had. bought in New
Ulm.''
In addition, there will be the tes-
timony of two or three other persons
who remember the hammer and Will
swear that they saw it III Gerhard s
office before the night of the murder.
This testimony, it is thought, will do
much toward breaking down that Of the
state, which is simply the remembrance
Of two persons who claim to have seen
the hammer at the Koch residence, and
the statement that the piece of the han
die and the saw were found by de-
tectiveS.
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MINES and SHELLS
REDUCE FORTRESS
=
= 80 T.
Continued from First Page.

ivostok squadron, will return to St.
Petersburg in January. Admiral Ro-
jestvenslzy. will probably succeed him
in supreme command Of the Pacific fleet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29

IF you fear Grip or pneumonia, remember tn
best remedy is Piso's Cure. 25c.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29

The Fashion Center.
The great Plymouth Clothing House.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29

household duties if they were not
sick, all of those women whose nerves
are on keen edge, who struggle along
with headache and backache, palpita-
| ton of the heart and all of the many dis
| agreeable symptoms Of indigestion-all
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29

TO CURE = COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Qutnine Tablets. AL
druggists refund the money If It fails to cure
ID w. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
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The Pencil and Kerchief.

The defense, it is intimated, will have
no trouble in explaining the presence Of
a leadpencil, supposed to be the prop
erty of DR.. Koch, in the room of the
murdered man. It will be asserted that
it fell from the pocket Of one Of the
men in the crowd that surged into the
death chamber after the alarm was
sounded.
While this may not be true, the state
will have no. little difficulty in disprov-
dropped the pencil can: be found is a
question.
Attorneys for the defense say that
there will be little trouble in explaining
the finding Of the handkerchief with
Koch's initials in the room. It will be
contended it was placed there by some
one who wished to fix the crime upon
him. While the defense is silent as to
the identity Of this person, one Of the
attorneys has ventured to say that he
thinks this person can be named when
the proper time comes.
The allegation that blood was found
on the creamery door is fatty denied, so
far as it has any connection with the
case n =4f-+5Es
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What Is Known.

The record of the investigation,
which has already been fled, shows
the list of witnesses examined, including
some names that have never ben men
toned in the newspapers in that con-
nection. These witnesses were: DR..
G. f. Reinecke,- Eugene A. Pfefferle,
George L. Schmidt, Alfred Frank
Heintz, Joseph Koehler, Anton Simmet,
Joseph Polta, EUGENE Koehler, Adolph
Klause, Herman Lindmeyer, Miss
Frances Roesch, Miss Cecilia Martinka,
Alfred Kellar, Anton Horsak, Albert
Hoegele, Oscar Day Balcrusch, Herbert
Balcrusch, Alfred J. Vogel, William F.
Cavanaugh, Frank H. Behnke, Frank
KKiesling, Miss Jennie Alex, Arnold j.
Siam, DR.. G. B. Weiser, Edgar Bingler,
Gustav Bahns, Mrs. Emily Muhs, Pro
fessor Adolph Alderman, Professor Otto
Montgomery, John H. Muhs, Mrs; J. II:
Pappe, L. B: Krook, Professor 1A,dolph
DR.. J. II. Vogel, Asa P. Brooks and DIR.
TO. G.. Stricken.
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Who Mailed the Poison?

This removes, they say, all the evil
dence. against DR.. Koch except the bottle
of poison, and they assert he cannot be
connected with it. Because DR.. Strickler
lost some strychnine and DR.. Gebhard
received a bottle Of the poison a few
days before DIR. Stricken discovered his
Minneapolis 6 st. Louis train south Of
New Ulm, does not necessarily prove
that DR.. Koch mailed the poison.
lf these things can be proved by. the
defense, and the state has not some
thing new in hand to offer, there is only
one possible outcome Of the case, the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
The States Position.

Of course, there are two sides to the
question. The state is proceeding on
the ground that the defense cannot de-
mand this transcript. The law does
not provide for a stenographer in a
Justice court, and if one was employed
by. Henningsen it was not an official
act, and transcripts made by him can
not be said to be part of the records of
the state. This is following the method
Of a grand jury investigation, where
the names Of the witnesses examined
are fled, but not their testimony.
The defense maintains that. when
Henningsen appointed Powers as ste
snographer in the Justice court, the rec.
ord made by him became part of the
official record of the court, and should
have been fled as prescribed by law
If Henningsen was not out of the state
the defense would try to compel him to
amend his record by filing the tran
script in question.
The contention raises. "a fine point of
law, such ais it is said has never be.
fore been; raised in Minnesota.