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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-05-25
Allison as a Leader.

Allison of Iowa energies. from the
session of congress just closed with an
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-05-25
An Old Armv Record

Gov. Upham, of Wisconsin, who was
executive of the Badger state ten years
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-05-25
Cochran in the House.

The scenes in the house during the
closing days of congress were not un-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-05-25
"Business Graft

LII tnlS recalls
what Mr.. Steffens
has said about
business graft" be-
ing more danger
GUS to a community
than police graft,
and far harder to
stop.
Permission to rob
the public, either
by service corpora
tons that receive
unlimited fra n
chises, or by get
rich-quick" con-
Germs, or by racing
touts that pretend
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-05-25

to give winning tips" or by one of so
devices for getting other peoples mon
ey. are ten times greater evil in New
York than the more picturesque poles
graft" about which so much is heard
In spite of the Duke revelations,
must insist upon pretty accurate infor-
nation that New York's police force is
better managed than under Van Wyck
Tammany started out with the definite
purpose of stopping police graft" and
thus lulling public suspicious SO that,
under such brides to the public con-
science as clean streets, a low death
rate and far police protection, the big
ger graft" could go on unchecked.
There are policemen who continue to
graft on a small scale, bat it is a
risky business. Tammany would not
hesitate to sacrifice them.
OWEN LANGOON
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-05-25
TOLD IN NEW YORK
MEN OF MILLIONS THAT ARE
PRACTICALLY UNKNOWN.
GRAFT AND THE GRAFTERs
Hints Of Doodle Are Found in Both
the City and State in Bust
ness and Politics-other
Gotham Gossip.

E w Y O R K -
Smith? Seems to
me I've heard that
name" is about as
definite a comment
as the average citi-
zen can make upon
the announcement
that a Mr.. Smith,
who died in York
ers, left to various
persons $4,000, 1000.
and to the state OF
New York S1,0O0,-
900 in succession
taxes.
Mr.. Warren B.
Smith was the man
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27
5 they were returning home from

as they were returning home from
work.
The jurors were surprised in several
cases when members of unions COM
planned of having been assaulted as a
means of compelling them to obey
certain orders of labor organizations,
when they. thought the orders inter-
fered with the rights and liberties
guaranteed under the constitution. y.
ut is expected that, from thirty to
fifty indictments will be returned this
week against labor men responsible for
lawlessness. It is said that some Of
those highest in authority In labor or
CARNATIONS will be held, as well as
those who took part in isolated dis
turbances.
Girls were among the witnesses who
told the jurors of having been at
tackled and beaten because they had
gone to work in places vacated by the
strikers. In one instance a girl press
feeder was followed after she left work
and Knocked down on the doorstep Of
her home, where she was left lying
senselss, bye the flying squadron"
which made good its escape.
Murder Was Committed.
During the strike of the press feed
ers one murder and seventy-hve as
saults. some of which were serious, oc-
CURED, and scores Of instances OF in
timidation were reported.
About 800 arrests followed these
cases Of violence. Fifteen of those in
velved were indicted by the last grand
jury and it is expected that a like num-
Der of indictments Of pressfeeders
will be returned by the present Jury.
: Only 500 men were involved in this
strike. To what extent the Chicago
Federation of Labor and its officers
will be held responsible for dis
turbances at the time of the street car
strike has not been determined.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27
PEEPING WOMAN
SPIES ON ELKS
How Mrs. King Came to Know ALI
the Secrets of the Lodge
Room.
Says the Order Must TakN Her in
or Make Her an Honorary
Member.
Special to The Journal.

Seattle, WASH, Jan. 27.-A woman
has forced upon the lodge of the Elks
at Ballard, a suburb Of Seattle, the pc
culiar alternative of admitting her to
the sacred precincts of Elkdom or ac-
knowledging that she is in reality a
full grown Elk, tho she is not a mem
be rof the lodge. The reason is that
the woman, Mrs. Inez King, wife OF q
druggist, e. H. King, has seen the ini-
tiation of fifty Elks, and has overheard
thru an open window the ritual and
forms, until she knows all the cere-
monies by heart.
Mrs. King lives In the second story
from the Elk lodgeroom in another
building. When her husband was
Initiated, Mrs. King became too curi-
Gus to restrain her impulse to bridge
the narrow space with a board. She
stood on this board watching the
ceremonies and all the doings in the
lodgeroom whenever the lodge met
for period of eight months.
The husband was the most mystified
of all as he learned of his wife's
knowledge. He returned a wise smile
to her seemingly innocent inquiries at
first, but he soon found that she knew
as much about his own initiation as he
did,
TT was just as joke that I did it,
said Mrs. King. 81 didn't mean any
harm by it, but could not bear to
let my husband know all the secrets
of the lodgeroom without I knew
them, too. It was so easy to put a
board across to the opposite window
sill that could not help it.. I1mem-
orized all the ritual and l know all
| the signs and grips as we'll as any
Elk. They must either make me an
| Elk or recognize me as an honorary
| member
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27
The President and Senator Hanna
Agree Upon Course OF
Action.
The Senator Is Not to Be a Candl
date for the Presi-
! dency.
Neither Is He to Espouse the
Roosevelt Cause-Question
H. of Instructions.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, Jan. 27.--Walter Wellman
In a Washington special to the Rec
ord-Herald says:
An understanding has been reached
finally between President Roosevelt
and Senator Hanna in regard to the
presidential nomination. 1t is an ar
rangement highly satisfactory to both
and has an important bearing upon
the political situation.
The understanding Is to this effect:
Senator Hanna is not candidate
for the presidential nomination and
will not be a candidate. NO ell
fort is to be made to work up move
ment for him or to secure delegates
friendly to his nomination. Senator
Hanna Is not to make any further an
nouncement of his attitude. fie is not
to declare himself for the nomina-
ton Of the president, nor to announce
that he will not be a candidate under
any circumstances, nor to say any
thing else in regard to the situation.
He does not favor instruction, and
doubtless will see to it that no IN
structions are given the delegates at
large elected from his own state.
Hanna's Attitude.
Mr.. Hanna's attitude is that the
convention should be left free handed
as far as possible, able to deal as
deliberate body with the problems as
it shall appear next June, not as 1t Is
now.
While this is the course Mr.. Hanna
will pursue. SO far as his own state
Is concerned, he is not to manage 8
campaign in favor of uninstructeC
delegates from other states.
Meanwhile there is considerable
anxiety as to Senator Hanna's health
He has been i'll most Of the time since
his return from Ohio ten days ago. He
had apparently recovered from the at,
tack of the grip which kept him II
bed ten days or a fortnight in New
York last month. But a few days ago
he was again attacked by his ole
enemy and had seemingly recovered
from this new assault when his Ill
ness took q turn for the worse. In ad
ton to the grip, he IS suffering will
an liberated tooth.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27

Calderone is guilty.
Jury says he committed manslaugh-
ter in the first degree.
The jury evidently did not believe
that he killed Battalia In self-defense.
This afternoon at 1880 the jury filed
into the courtroom and announced
upon inquiry by the court clerk that
a verdict had been reached. The
written verdict was handed to the
court, who, after perusing it, handed
it to the clerk, who read it aloud,
pronouncing Calderone guilty of man
slaughter in the first degree.
Calderone was unmoved by the YER
dict. He was re1nanded to Jail to
await sentence later.
The jury came in at II o'clock this
morning and asked to have the judges
charge regarding possible classified
tons Of the crime read over. This
seemed to indicate an approaching
agreement, but another question
seemed to show disagreement. The
return Of the verdict this afternoon
consequently caused some surprise.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27
TOOK FIGHT TO
THE WHITE HOUSE
Cummins and Anti ummins Lay
Quarrel Before the
President. ...5
He Advised That Both Factions
Be Represented in the
Convention.
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,

From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.
Washington, Jan. 27.-Iowa repub-
liCans in congress are at lOggerheads
over the attitude of President Roose-
Welt toward the two factions in that
state. Representatives of both fac
tons have recently been at the White
House. Governor Cummins was here
only Il few days ago. He claims to
have received word from the presi-
dent that the latter is in accord with
his political propaganda. The mem
bers of the house delegation, on the
other hand, say the governor got no
such consolation.
]. w, Blythe Of Iowa, prominent in
the republican faction that is opposed
to Governor Cummins, and also 1den-
tilted with big railroad interests, has
recently seen the president. He is said
to have pledged loyalty to Roosevelt,
and to have discounted any idea of op-
position to him within the republican
party Of Iowa.
Blythe will be one of Towa's dele
gates-at-large to the Chicago cOnven-
ton. Cummins and Senator Dolliver
also will be elegates-at-large.
1t is believed that recent confer
ences at the White House between the
president and Iowa leaders had more
to do with the selection of delegates
than anything else. The president is
always very careful about committing
himself on issues developed in purely
local fights. But of course, he has a
right to interest himself in the selec-
ton of delegates to the convention
which is expected to nominate him for
the presidency. He Is understood tc
have suggested that both factions ir
Iowa be recognized in the selection OF
delegates. w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27

president of the Chinese board of for
eign affairs, fearing that in the event
Of Russo-Japanese war China
would become involved against her
will, has asked M. Dubail, the French
minister, whether France would medi-
ate between China and Russia con-
jointly with Great Britain and the
United States. He also sent high Off
Gals on a similar mission to Sir
Ernest Satow, the British minister.
M. Dubails informed Prince Ching
that France was willing to use her
good offices in an endeavor to obtain
the assistance Of Great Britain and the
United States in arranging a modus
vivendi between Russia and Japan,
adding that if this mediation were
successful the three powers could
doubtless assist China in an equitable
arrangement with Russia regarding
Manchuria.
Prince Ching says the suggestion
that he should invite mediation came
from M. Lessar; the Russian minister
at Picking. Such a course appeals
strongly to the Chinese. They employ
Intermediates in every transaction Of
life. Thus Russia proposes to gain
an advantage with the Chinese by ex-
pressing a desire for mediation which
has already said she cannot accept
The Chinese are impressed by. this
move and an appreciate change in
their attitude can be observed.
| The British and American ministers
are acting in complete agreement
They haves3enlightened the Chinese
upon the difficulty of offering media
! ton, hicWh has not been invited.
/ Russia's present attitude toward
Japan has been largely influenced by
reports recently submitted to the car
Unpleasant disclosures Of Russian def
Iciencies were made similar to those Of
1900 when the Boxer outbreak neces
/ STATED operations These concern
/ the unsatisfactory State of the Siberian
! railway, the strength Of the Russian
! forces and deficiencies in army sup.
plies and hospital equipment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27
NEW e, n. YARDS
FOR SIOUX CITY
Present Terminals Are Too Re-
stricted-Bridges Not Suf-
ficiently Strong.
Railroad Will Probably Cross the
Missouri River on It's Own
Bridge.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Chicago, Jan. 27.-The contract of
the Great Northern railroad for the
use of it's Sioux City terminals, which
are owned by an Independent corpora
ton, will expire on Feb. 20, and Chi
cago railroad officials in close touch
with President James J. Hill say the
lease will not be renewed.
For some time it has been supposed
that the terminals would be purchased
for use in conjunction with the pro-
posed Great Northern connection with
it Is now stated officially that the ter
minal property at Sioux City is too
small to accommodate the traffic that
is expected to develop.
1t is believed that President Hill will
now extend the Great Northern's pres
ent Sioux City yards and that the road
will cross the Missouri on it's own
bridge.
The engineering department Of the
Great Northern, after careful inspec-
ton of the two bridges at Sioux City,
has decided that neither will meet the
requirements Of heavy traffic, not be-
ing strong enough to stand the strain
imposed by modern heavy freight To-
cOmotives and train loads. g.
President Hill is considering the
construction Of a new bridge. either at
Sioux City or Yankton. -: 49,
900 Acres Required.
Soundings are being taken at Sioux
City and Yankton, but there appears to
be considerable difficlty so far as
the latter point is concerned in secur-
ing a satisfactory route that will avoid
a crossing Of the Missouri near the
present Great Northern yards.
The bridge in question is all that
delays the plans for active construc-
ton of the extension to Ashland. AT
either point the Great Northern will
require yards embracing approximate
ly 900 acres. At Sioux City a tract
sufficient for the purpose can be OBJ
tanned south Of the business part of
the town. At Yankton there Is prop
.erty available west of the city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27
PREDICT BAD
PARTY SPLIT
Washington Politicians Foresee a
Lively Time for Democrats
at st. Louis.
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,

From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.
Washington, Dec. 27.-Almost at the
same hour yesterday when Bryan in
New York was declaring his adherence
to free silver and saying it was his
purpose to go to the ST. Louis con-
vention and make a fight for it, John
Sharp Williams, leader of the mi
nority in the house of representatives
was making speech in which he said
silver was dead and no longer an issue
in American politics. His remarks
were, warmly applauded on both sides
of the chamber.
At the same time the chairman Of
the democratic state central commit
tee of Pennsylvania was saying, for
publication in to-day's Philadelphia
papers, that silver was dead, and that
the Pennsylvania democracy at the st.
Louis convention would not follow
Bryan's lead, but would train with the
conservative eastern wing of the party;
all of which, in the minds of poll
F.! ticians here, indicates very interest,"
| ing time when the democratic national
convention gets together.
If Bryan makes his threat good, ii
! is believed here the democratic party
will this year undergo a worse split
| than in 1895. w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27

cage they are placed on bobsleds.
which stand in line, waiting for their
gruesome loads. The sleds are manned
by two or three attendants and slow
~ the sad burdens are hauled up the
snowy road to the schoolhouse on the
hill. Into this they are carried and
laid on the floor. Already there Is a
heap of them there. a literal heap,
for the coroner's assistants realize
that soon there will be little room
even in this large building for the
dead, and so are having them laid
closely. together and even piled one
on the other. "A
Every body so far brought up is
bruised and cut and crushed into
shapelessness, and not one so far has
the arms raised and the hands spread
out over the face, showing that the
doomed men foresaw their fate and
tried with their last conscious efforts
to ward it off. The fact that the legs
and arms are broken and disjointed
indicates that the force Of the ex-
plosion must have been terrific. It
Is presumed that it caught the men
and hurled them like straws before
gale, battering them against the
Jagged walls of the mine and crush
Ing them one upon the other. Scarce
ly one of the bodies has any cloth
ing on it, and all are more or less
burned, some to a crisp.
Identification Difficult.
There will be great difficulty in
identifying them on this account, and
about the only way it can be done is
by the weigh checks found on most
of them. These are small circular
brass checks bearing a number, which
each man draws upon going into the
mine. A man known as the check
! man hands these out and keeps rec
ord Of the number given each miner.
The coroner's deputies are hurriedly
| hunting for the check man now and
as soon as he is found and can get
| his list the work Of Identification will
begin.
Full Identification of all the dead
may prove impossible, as some of the
| bodies are without clothing and con-
/ sequently the checks are lost. More
| over, the faces are burned and
crushed beyond the possibility of rec
/ ognition, and it will be next to inn
1 possible to identify the dead by their
clothing, as the clothing of miners
is very much alike, consisting OF
| coarse sundershirts, rough wooden
trousers and coats and gum boots OF
brogans.
! The streets of the village were de.
serted to-day, the women and chill.
dren having been made to understand
| that they had better remain indoors
until the authorities are ready fol
them to come to the norgue, from
which they are now barred out.
The work of bratticing and clearing
away the walls so that it will be SAT,
for rescue parties to go into any par
of the mine has been carried forward
with such speed that it is expected b!
/
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27
LABOR LEADERS
WILL BE TRIED.
Chicago Grand Jury gtigating
Lawless Methods Of Pro
noting Strikes.
Girls Tell How They We're Pur-
sued and Snitten Indict-
ments Promised.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Investigation of
Chicago labor organizations and their
methods in connection with acts Of
violence and lawlessness in recent
strikes Is being pushed by the grand
jury.
Many witnesses told the jurors to-
day of instances of Singing and of
the work of.aiswrecking crews" alleged
to have been carried on under the di-
rection of mem bers OF certain unions.
Charges OF Conspiracy riot, assault
and Intimidation were made in. the
grand Jury room against labor leaders
and their followers. witnesses gave
instances ofssayage attacks upon them
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27
TWENTY HURT in
TROLLEY CRASH.
Cars Collide in a Dense Fog and
Several Persons Will
Die.
Motorman of Rear Car Stuck to
His Post and Cannot
Recover.

st. Louis, Jan. 27.-More than
twenty persons were injured, some OF
them fatally. when two cars on the
Broadway line collided to-day.
The Seriously Injured:
John Darlington, badly crushed, In
ternal injuries; probably fatal
Walter Sieventritt, internal injuries.
j. H. Hobelnan, internal injuries.
William Miller, badly bruised about
body.
Thomas McGovern, both ankles
broken.
Frank Alter, speeches.; lip cut off.
christopher Juregin, mOtOrman OF
front car, injured internally; perhaps
fatally.
Both cars were travelling in a dense
fog. The accident occurred while the
front car was stationary, owing to
quarrel between the conductor and a
passenger over a fare. The second
car was coming at high speed thru the
fog, the motorman, Christopher Juer-
gin, ringing his gong. When less than
a hundred feet away the front car
loomed up thru the fog.
Juergin stuck to his post, but it was
| useless to try to avoid a crash, and tt 7
rear car smashed into the front one
| until it reached almost the middle
! of it.
The dozen or more passengers on
| the rear platform of the front car
were damned together under the rear
| car. The attacking car could not
withstand the force of the impact and
! for half it's distance it was crushed
and the passengers inside We're thrown
! about on the floor and under wrecked
seats, while showers Of broken glass
fell upon them. Juergin was cut and
crushed and his back was broken. He
will die.
| Those Of the passengers who had
not been too badly hurt to struggle
| began a fight for escape. Children
and women were .trampled on and the
weaker ones were beaten against the
wreckage by their stronger fellows.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27
REPORT CANAL TREATY
SENATE COMMITTEE TAKES AC-
TON LOOKING TOWARD ELM
NATION OF AMENDMENTS.

Washington, Jan. 27.-The senate
committee on foreign relations to-day
took action on the Panama canal
treaty which, in effect, .rescinds its
former adoption Of amendments.
Senator Cullom, chairman of the
committee, was authorized to report to
disagreement on the amendments al
ready reported, which is equivalent
to reporting the treaty in it's original
form.
This course Is in accordance with a
decision reached by the republican
senators more than a week ago not to
permit any amendment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27
WRECK NEAR ST. LOUIS
TRAINS CRASH. AND SEVERAL
F. PERSONS s. ARE PROBABLY
FATALLY INJURED.

st. Louis, Jan. 27.-South- hound
passenger train No. 1 ON the st. Louis
& Iron Mountain ran into the White
river branch passenger at Diaz, injur-
ing eight persons, several fatally. The
branch train had just pulled onto the
main line and stopped for coal, when
the fast train struck it from the rear
and plowed entirely thru the two
coaches, overturning the engine. That
there was not great loss Of life was
due to the fact that Joe Pennington,
the news agent, saw the approach of
the st. Louis train and ran thru the
coaches, warning the passengers to
Jump for their lives. Many did. so
and escaped with a few slight bruises.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27
PLEA FOR THE DEFENSE
Calderone's Attorney Makes Strong
Argument Against Conviction.

Forcefully, logically and with eff
fectiye eloquence r. i. McGhee yester-
day afternoon reviewed the evidence
offered in the Caldrone murder case
and skillfully interpreted it to prove
that the killing of Salvatore Battaiia
was the justifable act of a man whose
own life was in imminent danger.
For over two hours and half the
defendants attorney held the, atten-
ton of the jury and Of a courtroom
full Of curious and interested specta-
tors. The clever advocate Had learned
the name and occupationof each Juror
and used this knowledge with dra-
matte effect in personal appeals to
their knowledge and judgment in their
special lines of work.
The speaker refuted the position OF
the county attorney that it was the
province of the lawyer for the defense
to resort to trickery and thru his adj
dress continually referred sarcastically
to the states securing of Calderone's
confession and keeping it locked away
from counsel, to the alleged suppress