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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-25
EUROPEAN BANKS FAIL
Six Concerns Collapse and Three
- Others Are Tottering.

Others Are TOttering. Z
London, Feb. 25.-European bank
ing centers are hard pressed. Adj
vices from the principal continental
capitals announce many failures, the
Importance Of which it will take time
to ascertain.
Unfortunate Berlin is sorest hit.
Following the attitude of the German
imperial government in suppressing
the true situation in the far east, de-
preston in Russian and other CONT
ing.
In addition to the failure of Fritz
Meyer & Co. Tuesday, two houses col
lapsed in the German capital yester-
day-those of Frankel & co. and Paul
Rosenberg. The liquidation in securi-
ties attendant upon these failures and
upon their antecedent causes now, 1T
seems, has resulted in more wide
spread depression than was feared last
week.
Vienna reported the failure Of the
banking house Of Rosseau. Paris ad-
vices mention the collapse Of three
firms that have memberships on the
bourse. The custom Of Paris houses
guaranteeing outside accounts is said
to have been one Of the causes.
These difficulties have worked to
bring about a renewal of the spirit of
pesslnism that beset London financial
circles during the war in the Trans
vaal.
Two minor failures are expected
here, the names of the firms even be-
ing mentioned. Private advices say
that Amsterdam and Rotterdam are
involved and that a failure~in each city
is expected momentari1y.
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CONTRACT FOR
IA. INIERURBAN
SURVEYS FOR IOWA ELECTRIC
LINE TO BEGIN FORTHWITH.
Road Will Extend from Marshall toyvn
to Charles City, and Perhaps South
to FergusOn; Several Lines of Rail-
road Will Be Tapped by the Trolley.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. '--
Marshalltown, Feb. 25.-The con-
tract for building the Marshalltown
Electric Street & Interurban railway
has been closed with J. G. White &
Co. of New York, contractors and
builders. The company, after a con-
ference with Manager Ferrin, decided
to accept the proposal.
The conditions are not all made
public, but it is known that the prin-
cipal one is that the people of Mar
shalltown and those living along the
line, and in the towns which viii be on
the line, are required to take a certain
equity in the road. This will be done,
if possible, and the work of survey
ing the right Of way will be COM
menced as soon as the details regard
ing the securing of the right of way
have been completed.
The road will be built from Mar
shalltown to Grundy Center, thirty
miles, and then, if feasible, will be ex-
tended to Parkersburg and ultimately
to Charles City on the north, and to
Ferguson, south of MarshalltoWn, in
order to connect with the Milwaukee
there. The power house which will
be built here will be made large
enough and Of sufficient capacity tC
operate an eighty-mile line. X {. Pug!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-25
OPEN CONVENTION
{. AS PARlY'S BANE
CHANCE TO CREATE HURTFUL
ENTHUSIASM IN GALLERIES.
All Sorts Of Schemes Practised to In
fluence Choice of Candidate by
Accusing Spectators to High Pitch,
Thereby Affecting Choice of Dele
gates.
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building

From The journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.
Washington, Feb. 25.-RepOrts from
Chicago that the republican conven-
ton hall will permit less space for
spectators than usual, are really to be
welcomed. -
The proposal has been frequently
made by serious students of our con-
vention system that admission should
be limited to delegates, alternates, and
newspaper correspondents.
No one seriously proposes to Shut
the public out from knowing at once
what takes place within the hall by
the exclusion Of reporters, but that the
galleries should play SO considerable a
part in the choice of presidential
candidate, seems wholly questionable.
Their occupants are an unauthor-
lied body; they represent the locality
in which the convention is held, and
their approval of planks or candidates
is by no means an accurate test of the
sober second thought of the nation.
cago in 1896, Mr.. Bryan's nomination
woilh have been much harder to bring
about. The tumult which one very
attractive speech provoked in a con-
vention which was plainly at sea for
a candidate, naturally led the dele
gates to think that a Moses had been
providential1y pointed out to lead them
to the Promised Land.
Mr.. Bryan never again made so good
a speech.
The objection to the crowded gal
leries is not so much the influence
that they may have from actual en-
thusiasm as in that which is pretended
or manufactured. Aspirants for hon
ors have come to know SO we'll the
value Of these demonstrations that
Iz..sreat a.wakeners''- are brought into
the hall in large numbers and proper
|ly distributed in order to carry out
their parts.
T Sometimes the lack Of spontaneity
in these outbursts is most apparent
and yet they take place just the same
consuming time, disorganizing regular
business and they go on record as
tremendous excitement"
Probably cities would not make the
necessary subscriptions for a conven-
ton according to the present stand
ards if it were not for the galleries
They draw the throng of spectators
fill the hotels and crafty the rail.
roads. Contributors to the guarantee
fund moreover. are assigned tickets
as a perquisite for Complimentary dis.
| tribution.
The national convention has come
| to take the place of the electoral col.
Ilege, for which the constitution made
such careful provision. It picks out
| the president of the United States.
L 4E 8 --y
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lied. and on the principle Of mutual con-
nection China should join in attacking
and destroying the invaders. But China
has answered to me its resolve to be
neutral and to look on with it's hands
In his sleeves. Accordingly, I command
every official in. Manchuria not only to-
not hinder our troops, whether on the
march or in garrison, from purchasing
whatever provisions are necessary, but
also to render every possible assistance.
Third-All Inhabitants of Manchuria-
gentry, agriculturists, workmen and mer-
chants-nust continue their vocations as
usual. When Russian troops enter your
neighborhood you must treat them with
confidence and they will not i'll treat you,
but accord you extra protection.
FOURTH hold all virtuous citizens re-
siding in the nelghborhOOd Of the Man
churian railroad, telegraph and telephone
wires responsible for their protection.
The official headman and village elders
must unanimously devise means to pre-
vent damage. For this Russia shall be
grateful. Should attempts at destruction
be made, not only will offenders be Sc
verely punished, but you officials proper
who witnessed the attempts also will be
held responsible.
F'ifth-The Chuncuses, the red-bearded
brigands, are the curse of Manchuria.
The Russian army desires to exterminate
them. Be not afraid Of their vengeance;
but learn in which thicket these des-
peradoes are assembling and give such
information. that they may be utterly de-
stroyed. Anybody secretly harboring the
desperadoes or concealing their hiding
places will be punished as THO he were
a desperate himself.
SIXTH earnestly trust that the people
will extend unanimous confidence to. the
Russian army. If the officials or people
treat with enmity the Russian army, the
Russian government assuredly will exter-
inmate those persons, showing them no
mercy. When the proper time comes, the
Russian government will devise a suitable
policy to protect interests.
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Elmer Dover as Secretary.
OFFICES FOR MEMBERS
COSTLY BUILDING TO BE ERECT
ED IN CAPITAL FOR USE OF
REPRESENTATIVE ,-.s
From The Journal Bureau; Colorado Building
Washington, 1865 = -. "

From The Journal Bureau; Colorado Building,
Washington. -.-'e.rr+e -, '3
Washington. Feb. 25.-Another
monument to the action Of one house
acting alone will soon rear it's head on
the square to the southeast of the cap
ito1. This is the office building for
members of the house Of representa-
tives to cost at least s3,000,000.
The senate promptly allowed the
item as soon as the house asked it.,
without debate, as the part Of the
courteous arrangement by which each
body is allowed to decide it's own Iaf-
fairs.
The house passed the project within
q week after three-fOurthS Of Its mem
bers had first heard Of its serious con.
sideration.
If the residence part of the city
were about the capitol, there would
be little question as to the utility of
this enterprise but when nearly all
the congressman live two miles away,
the question whether they will go to a
building which happens to be near the
capitol to meet their callers and do
other office business, or whe tl1er they
will continue to have a den in their
own homes or hotels for this purpose
is in doubt. 81 80 81 zzss
The difficulty with these new Of
fees is their distance from the legisla-
tive halls. .a 81 S.;
It will be quite a trip to- the new
building, and for the small caller
whose cisit the statesman hopes will
be short, it will still be quite as con-
venient to linger in the doorway of the
hall of Representatives as to make a
trip over to the office structure.
| Whether the secretaries will dc
their work in this building must: be
largely governed by the practices OF
their chiefs.
At all events, substantial rows OF
residences on four streets are now in
| process of demolition and stately
pile of granite will soon appear in
their place, occupying the entire block
| w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-25
CITY NEWS.
MONEY WAITING
FOR HIM AT PESTH
BUT JANOS SABOLOV HAS NEVER
CALLED FOR III.
S5zabeF' in Russia May Shed Some
Light on the Apparent Disappear
ance of the Old Man.

There is waiting in the Ungarische
Escontte and Wechsler bank of Pesth,
Hungary, the sum of 2,552 kroner, or
$3.50, to be claimed by Janos Sabolov
of Minneapolis, who left here March
IL, 1908, to visit hts old home in Nor
sar, Hungary, and who until the last
few days was believed to be dead.
1t is probably Janos Sabolov who
wrote the letter received yesterday by
Mayor Haynes, in which the writer
told a pitiful tale Of being robbed in
Siberia by Russian soldiders and who
asked the mayor to help him get
$4,000 which he had left in some bank
bank he could not recall .~-.-
When the old man, who is in the
sixties, decided after twenty-three
years in this country, to visit hiss old
home, he went to the South Side State
bank and bought a draft on the Pesth
bank for $3.50. This amount was for
warded to Pesth, and for all the Min
neapolis bank knows is still awaiting
a claimant. Acting on Cashier H. F,
Rosing's advice, Sabolov did not carry
the draft but had it sent to his address
in Germany by registered mail.
In the course of time this letter
came back unclaimed, altho it was as
certained that Sabolov's trunk had ar
rived and it was presumed that he wa:
with it. Nothing was heard from him
after that and his two grown sons
who work in the flour Mills have
made repeated efforts to recover the
money which the old man paid for the
draft.
If the John Szabol of Mayor Haynes
letter and JanOs Sabolov are one anc
the same, the old mans mind mus
have weakened and his mishaps il
Siberia be either the result Of this
condition or the product Of a diseased
imagination. A careful canvass Of the
Minneapolis banks fails to discover
any deposit or certificate of deposit tc
the credit Of Sabolov, and he had nc
account with the South Side State
bank.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-25
JAPS SEIZE KOREAN
Dictator and Friend of Russia Taken
to Island Kingdom.

Seoul, Korea, Feb. 25.-Yi Yong TX,
who was formerly minister of war and
pra ctically the dictator of Korea and
considered a friend of Russia, was
taken by the Japanese when they
entered Chemulpho and on the same
night put on board Of a warship which
took him to Japan. He went on
board in court dress.
, Russian videttes advanced south of
An-ju have cut the telegraph wires
between An-ju and Ping Yang.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-25
WOMAN AS BANK MANAGER

Fills Position Formerly Occupied by Two
Deceased Husbands.
New York Sun Special Service.
Norwalk, Ohio, Feb. 25.--Mrs. Annie NJ
Stentz has been chosen president of the
First National bank Of Monroeville. and
has taken up her duties. At one time she
was the wife Of o. w. Head, then presi-
dent of the bank. Later she became the
wife of Henry p Stenz, who had succeed
ed Mr. Head as president.
Mrs. Stem Is Az years Of age, a finan-
cier of ability and for a number Of years
has managed her large private fortune in
a manner that has multiplied it many
times. She finds time, however, to be a
social leader and to devote considerable
ttmo to church work.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-25
BLYTHE IS URGED
FOR HANNA'S POST
Western Republicans Want Ma
tional Committee Led by One
Who Knows Their Ways.
President Favors Murray Crane
Scott and Dick Are Also
Suggested.

Washington, Feb.s25.-J. W. Blythe
Of Iowa, one Of the most widely
known railroad men in. the west, is
mentioned as a possible candidate for
chairman of the republican national
committee. Mr.. Blythe is being urged
as a politician and one familiar es-
pecially with political conditions in
the middle western states. He has a
wide acquaintance among public men,
and it is claimed for him that he is
thoroly in touch with the business In
terests. .y.
There is some dissatisfa ction among
western republicans with the suggest
ed selection of former Governor Will
liam Murray Crane of Massachusetts,
for national chairman. He is Presi-
dent Roosevelt's choice, but is disin-
clined himself to take the place. The
objection of the western men to Mr..
Crane is based upon the assertion that
he is altogether unfamiliar with wes-
tern politics and political methods.
| Around the capitol the names of
Senator Scott of West Virginia, Sena-
tor Penrose of Pennsylvania and Rep
resentative Charles Dick, who is slated
to be Senator Hanna'ss successor in the
senate, are frequently mentioned as
possible successors to the chairman
ship.
IL is Sdlu OIL DOln senator Scout anO
Representative Dick that they were
closer politically to Senator Hanna
than any other man, and that, having
been thru two national campaigns
with him, they know more about his
| methods and his connection with ma.
tional politics than any other men.
Aldrich Oh Finance.
| 1t is believed that Senator Aldricf
! will be connected with the committee
in some capacity, probably as chair:
man of the finance committed.
! 1t is expected the democrats viii
name Thomas Taggart of Indiana fol
| their chairman, and western republi.
cans are s.licitous that their chairman
| should have the acquaintance in the
close states of Indiana, Illinois anC
| Michigan that the democratic manag.
er will possess. 81.
! Elmer Dover as Secretary.
Acting Chairman Payne will an,
nounce in a few days the temporary
appointment of Elmer Dover of Ohio
as SECRETARY Of the committee until the
| national committee is reorganized
Harry New of Indianapolis and Levi.
A. Coolidge Of Boston are named a:
among those who will be considered
when the question of electing a secre
tary for the campaign comes up.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-25
MANCHURIA is RISING
Five Thousand Russian Troops Sent to
Check Outbreak.

,Chi-fu, Feb. 25.-Manchuria is ris-
Ing against the Russians.
Five thousand Russian troops have
been moved from Mukden to Sun min
tung because in the villages along the
west side Of the Liaotung peninsula
the natives are making active prepa-
rattons to cut off small bodies of Rus
sian troops.
Ten thousand Manchurians have al
ready been enrolled in the movement,
which Is spreading. Volunteers are
plenty and there is no lack Of ammuni-
ton or money, for the patriotic rich
are subscribing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-25
ALEXIEFF AT MUKDEN
Viceroy Reports That He Has Estab-
lished New Headquarters.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Paris, Feb. ga special CORES
pondent of the Echo de Paris tele-
graphs to-day from ST. Petersburg
| that Alexieff reports that he has estab-
! lished his headquarters at Mukden.
General Linevitch also has established
himself in that district.
The railway across Lake Baikal was
completed late Tuesday, five days
ahead of contract time.
: KuropatlSin will leave st. Peters,
burg tonight to see his mother, who
lives near Tarova. He starts for Man
churia about March TO- and will COM
municate direct with the emperor but
will also advise AleNeff of whatever
operations he decides to undertake,
Alexieff being the connecting link be-
tween the naval and military forces.
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ALEXIEFF ISSUES WARNING
Manchurians Told That They Must
Give Russians Every Assistance.

Manchurians Told That They Must
Give Russians Every Assistance.
New York Sun Special Service.
Picking, Feb. 25.-Admiral Alexieff
has issued the following proclamation
to the people of Manchuria:
War having commenced between Russia
and Japan, and as I have been imperially
appointed by the great Russian govern
ment to high official charge in the far
east | have decided upon six regulations,
which all must tremblngly obey: .
First-While peaceful negotiations were
proceeding between Russian and Japan,
the Japanese were harboring unexpected
thoughts and made treacherous. and
covert attack on our fleet. We are forced
by circumstances so great In difficulty
that it is incumbent on us to offer des-
perate resistance to protect Chinese ter
ritory from invasion and to prevent the
Japanese from passing over it to devas-
tate the Russian boundary.
Second--On this occasion, the interests
Of Russia and China are indissolubly al
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-25
THE UNIVERSITY
SETTLE UP, MIR. FREsHY"
Glass Receives a Bill for Varsity Property
= ---, DESTROYED.

''You are requested to pay for the fire
hose destroyed by you in your disturbance
at the a1nory on the night of Feb. 81
This is the communication received by
the freshman class at the university as a
result of their attempt to break up the
sophomore party some time ago. The bill
calls for S13.27 in good coin Of the realm.
The freshmen were much surprised and
protested that the damage was done by
the sophomores, only to be Informed that
according to the rules they s the at
lacking parties were liable for all injuries
to the building and furniture.
In view of this added strain upon the
class finances, the freshmen have decided
to give up all plans for a class party.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL ORGANIZES
Riverside Chapel Elects Officers and Ap-
noIn+s COMMITTEES Chairman '.l

Riverside chapel Sunday school has
completed it's organization for the year by
the election Of officers and the appoint
ment of committee chairmen as follows:
Superintendent, G. v. Smith; associate
superintendents, r. G. Morrison, H. M.
Hill and R. E. Esterly; secretary, R. B.
Hail: librarian, E. B. Curtis; chorister, O.
o. Satterlee; intermediate superintendent,
Mrs. A. G. Fleck; primary superintendent,
Alice E. Braden; beginners superintend-
ert, Marguerite Gray; chairman prayer
meeting committee, Theodore G. Haynes;
music committee, Edna Wakeman; teach
ers' committee, R. G. Morrison; social
committee, Miss L.. B. Clough.
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CONCESSION GRANTED

North-Western Road : May Withdraw
Agents from Four Stations.
The railroad commission has made an
order granting the Nerth-W road
permission to maintain only limited
service until Sept. 1 at the stations Of
Lena, Gilfllan, Mayburn and Dudley. The
stations will have a waiting room to be
kept open before train arrivals. The COM
pany withdrew its application with regard
to Oshawa.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-25
FILL VACANCIES IN CAST
Varsity Dramatic Club VIII Be Able to
FIJI AItkIn Enqagement.

The University Dramatic club will be
barely able to fulfil it's contract to to give
the opening performance in the new opera
house at Aitkin, MINI. Two of the girls
in the caste Of lone Night Only refused
absolutely to make another trip and for a
while it looked as if Manager Reed would
have to pay forfeit to the Aitkin man
egement.
Fortunately two other members of the
club have been found willing and able to
| fill the roles and the club will play at
Aitkin on March 2.
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from which point scouts are penetrat-
ing into Hamgyengdo.
Z They have cut the telegraph lines
between Songchong and Won-son.
1t appears also that the troops from
north OF the Yalu are making a re-
connaissance in considerable force in
the direction Of An-ju. and that about
1900 men are already south of An-ju.
These movements seem not to be re-
garded seriously In Japan, where Ping
Yang is considered safe.
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JAPS ADVANCE IN KOREA
Large Body of Troops Already Estab.
IlShed at Ping Yang.

New York Sun Special Service.
London, Feb. 26.-The Daily Mail
correspondent at Paris says:
! 1T was to-day confirmed by news
received here that the Japanese are
marching to Northern Korea A large
body Of troops has already been estab-
lished in Ping Yang. The march from
Seoul to Ping Yang was accomplished
under the most unfavorable condi-
lions. The roads are Of the worst de-
scription and the conveys are able to
advance only with the greatest diff
Guilty.