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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
SKULL OF FRIEND
THRU The MAILS
Dentist Of Marshalltown Then Learned
That His College Chum Had
Been Murdered.
Identification Confirmed by Filings
Which He Had Put in for the
Dead Man.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Marshalltown, Iowa, Jan. 9.--Dr. D.
a. Colinson, a dentist, recently re-
.ceiVed aepackage by mail in which he.
human skull. Still more surprised
was he on reading the letter that ac-
companied 1t to learn that the skull
was that Of former roommate who
had been murdered. The name OF
the man was Dr.. Howard Idding
Il Colllnson4 and SIdding were chufns
and classmates in Chicago. Dr.. d.
ding was graduated in 1902 and prac-
ticed for a time in Chicago. While
there he attended, one day, a clinic at
the Chicago dental college, in which
pr. Collinson. was operating. Collin
son filled two upper teeth that day for
DR.. Idding. On examining the portion
of the skull sent him, DIR. Collinson at
once recognized the work done on his
friends teeth. ",
Murdered in the West.
DR.. Idding left for the west to look
UP a location. DR.. sCollinson never
saw his friend again and for more
than two months nothing was heard Of
Idding. No word came to the parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. w. Idding of Raids
son. Wis, and they began to fear some
i'll had befallen him.
Their fears were only too we'll
founded. A party Of hunters securing
'the mountains six miles south of Ash
land, Oregon on June 16, last, came
upon the dismembmered body Of "a
man. The limbs had been torn from
the trunk, the head severed, the body
mangled and bruised, and decomposi-
ton had added its share to the CHASTITY
sight. The head, found several yards
from the body, was shattered, a zpor-
ton of the top being blown off.
The coroner's jury returned a
verdict that the body was supposed
to be that of H. w. Idding; that he
had been dead two months, probably,
and that the cause of death was a gun
shot wound, presumably made by a
revolver held to head by persons I'M
known. Thru the medical college re-
ceipts the young man was located as
a graduate of that school and his
parents were located.
The father has commenced a rather
hopeless search for the murderers, and
one of the first steps was to make sure
of the identity of the victim, which
was accomplished thru the knowledge
the friend of the murdered man in this
city possessed of the work done upon
the dead mans teeth.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
COL. MACKENzIE,s HoNoRs

~ -s
Promotion Came Unsoug ht-General
-. - -ts.,~,cs>V Weston Will Not Retire.
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
! Washington.
! Washington, Jan. 9.-There will be
general unanimity in and out of the
army in regard to the appointment Of
Colonel Alexander Mackenzie to be
chief of engineers. He made no ap-
plication for advancement, believing
that as long as there were senior
colonies in his corps he should make
no effort to succeed the head of the
department, and his promotion has
the added value Of coming to him
unsolicited by himself and unaided by
any sort of influence.
The decision was reached while he
was on official duty in Hawaii. Colonel
Mackenzie is one of the most popu-
lar engineer officers ever stationed at
st. Paul in charge of the river and
ether improvements Of the northwest.
He was at that posa several years
and his northwestern friends are
numbered by the thousands. -.
: Brigadier General John F. Weston,
commissary general, has had an OPP
portunity to retire with the rank Of
major general, but declined it. Wes-
ton is also we'll known in Minnesota,
the Dakotas and Montana, where, in
the earlier years, he; made a gallant
record as an Indian fighter.
- ~Ht' w. w. Jernlare. 5'
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states that naval exigencies require the
station. and itwould be in no way q
menace to Japan,
Manchurin Crux of DiSnufe

Bennett Burleigh cables as follows to
the Daily Telegraph: 1.-The cabinet
has under consideration the Russian
reply. 1t is reported that the matter
will be further discussed.
Il wish to emphasize, however, that
it would be imprudent to assume that
this delay makes for peace. The Ja-
panese press asserts that the. Musco-
vite answer fails altogether to meet
the country's views respecting Man
churia which is the crux of the sit
uation, not Korea.
Japan also doubts Russia's good
faith. The papers urge the govern
ment that settlement is now beyond
the limits of diplomacy
y dispatch from Kobe, Japan, says
there is a persistent runor of a col
lision between the Russian and
Japanese t,eets in Tsushna straits.
The authorities at Toxic are now
considering Russa's concession.
Whetherit will be satisfactory, the re-
ports have not vet disclosed, but the
suspension of military activity is re-
garded as removing the most danger
Gus aspect and as giving hope that
Japan is likely to receive Russia S
answer in a conciliatory spirit.
Altho reports of mediation continue
ment was made to-day that no steps
have been taken by France towards
mediating. 1t is pointed out that
such a movement If addressed to
Japan probably would originate with
Great Britain owing to- their-close po-
litical relations.
The entire official and diplomatic
community showed great relief day
from the severe strain Of recent days.
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ARMORIES CLOSED
Concerted Action to Be Taken by
Relatives of the Dead

Chicago, Jan. 9.-Orders were issued
yesterday closing three armories of
Chicago regiments, Illinois national
guard. Building Commissioner Will
liams declared they were provided
with insufficient exits. Twenty-Five
halls also were ordered closed, among
them that of the Sheridan club.
A meeting will be held to-day of
those who lost relatives in the Iroquois
theater disaster. The object is to
prosecute those financially and
criminally responsible for the fire.
Agnes Hopkins, IS years old, has
been declared insane by Judge Will
liams and ordered to Dunning. The
woman's mind has been unbalanced,
her relatives said, as a result of in
cessant reading Of accounts of the
IrOquofS fire horror.
Three more suits for total of $780,
900 damages resulting from the fire
have been filed. A feature Of the
suits is the making Of Building Com
missioner Williams party defendant.
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JAPANESE SHIPS SAIL
Commanded by OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
for by Russian SQUADRON,

Genoa, Jan. 9.-The Japanese
cruisers Nishin and Kasaga sailed
from here under sealed orders at 1870
this morning. There was great cOnfu-
sion aboard. The crews are made up
of Englishmen, Japanese and Italians.
An Englishman, Captain Lea, COM
mands the kasaga, while Captain
Paynter, another Englishman, COM
mands the Nishin. All the officers are
British, except five, who are Japanese.
They have no uniforms. The engi-
neers are confident Of the cruisers
ability to outstrip anything in the
Mediterranean.
The ships sailed in the direction Of
Naples.
Some of the, vessels of the Russian
Mediterranean squadron have gath
cred at Suda bay, north Of the island
Of Crete, apparently awaiting the de-
parture Of the Japanese ships. 1t is
understood the latter will be joined by
two japanese store ships from Eng
land.
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STATE CAPITOL.
NJ. N. G. OFFICERS MEET
HOLDS ITS ANNUAL
MEETING AT THE STATE CAPI-
Toll WITH A GOOD ATTENDANCE.

Officers Of the Minnesota National
Guard assembled at the capitol to-
day for their twenty-third annual
meeting. About 125 were in attend
ance.
Major H. v. Eva of Duluth, presi-
dent, called the meeting to order.
Major William Gerlach, the retired
army officer recently assigned as in
spector Of the Minnesota guard, made
a few remarks, promising to do all
in his power to increase the efficiency
of the guard. He was made an hon
orary member. General Joseph Bob
Letter announced that he was going to
st. Augustine, Fla, to represent the
National Guard association, Jan. rs.
This afternoon officers were elect
ed and committee reports received. 7.
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4sagzgst COUP MAY BE EXPECTED ..,
Japan Plays a Deep Game-Negotia-
tons Are Progressing.

Toxic, Jan. 9.-Japan's military
seizure Of Korea generally is progress
ing. Should diplomacy discover an
unexpected way out of the imbroglio,
Japan's action can be clothed with
the fiction Of a minor marshaling Of
forces to protect Japanese interests
In the meantime the Japanese gov
eminent has determined to continue
negotiations. In the inner circles it
Is said that Japan is playing a deeper
game than generally suspected, and
that at the proper time there will be
q coup that will surprise Russia and
gain the admiration Of the world.
The widest rumors are current.
The press unanimously demands that
the government take decisive action,
thereby preventing Russia from gain
ing advantages by further dilatory
tactics.
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PLANS HOSPITAL J .
ON THEATER SITE
Continued from First Page.

site for use. The city should purchase it
and dedicate it to the aid of the helpless
and the suddenly stricken.
For years there has been need of an
emergency hospital down town. People
are injured on the crowded streets and
crossings and there has been no ready
refuge for them. They have had to en-
dure the jolting of ambulance wheels over
the rough cobblestones on the way to the
county hospital or some other retreat and
many wounded person has died for that
reason. am sure the public will give
enough money to pay the larger part Of
the cost. The site is valuable but not
too valuable for this purpose.
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MINI. SURVEYOR GENERAL

Senate Recommend Warmers Reap
pointment-St. Paul Postmaster.
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.
Washington, Jan. 9.-Senators Nell
son and Clapp to-day decided to re-
commend the reappointment of Eli
Warner as surveyor general Of Mime
sofa. This will probably be the last
time such office is filled in the state,
as before the end of the coming four
year period, the surveys will all have
been made and the office abolished.
With Warmers reappointment, all
larger federal offices in Minnesota are
filled, except that of postmaster Of st.
Paul. Governor McGills term will
expire late in the spring and it is I'M
derstood he will be reappointed.
w. w. Jermane
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PARIS EORESEES PEACE
Russias Ally Continues Hopeful that
War Nav Be Ayerted

Il Paris. Jan. 9.-Official advices re-
ceived here to-day further convince
those in the highest authority that the
Russo-Japanese war crisis has been
averted at least for the present. Re-
ports show that the Russian answer
actually reached Toxic the night of
Jan. and proved to be the turning
point.
81 Prior to it's receipt Japan had been
making strenuous preparations for
sending two divisions to southern
Korea. but the note disclosed to Ja-
span, for the first time, that Russia
fully conceded Japan's paramount
rights in southern Korea.
~ Russia's concession thus gave Japan
practically what she had been pre-
pairing to assert by force and, accord
dngly military activity was suspended.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09

One can hardly contemplate
the picture of the empires won
derful progress since it's recent
war with China without being re-
minded Of how much greater it
would have been had not Russia,
the arch marplot, directed ia
pans subsequent efforts and re-
sources into the channels of war
instead of into the industrialism
of peace. 1t was the full inten-
ton of the islanders to use the
great indemnity eXacted from
China for the promotion of indus
trial enterprise, and had it not
been diverted to the purpose Of
comprising the revenge which
has since been ranking in every
Japanese breast, the shores ,-of
eastern Asia, instead Of being
blighted by the upas tree of Rus
sian aggression, would have wit
messed a revival of tradal energy
and prosperity such as would
haXe reused the orient from it's
sleep Of centuries.
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der the kpecial patronage of the gov
ernment and subject to peculiar con-
troll, Their presidents and directors be-
Ing appointed by the government, or
subject 10 the latter's approval. In
return they are granted special priv
ileges. In 1883 the national banks
were required to give up their priv
ilege Of issue, but could continue at
their option as private banks, with
the result that the last one under the
old system disappeared in 1898. 1t
IS IN the department Of communlca-
tons, under which are grouped the
postal service, the railways, telegraph
and telephone systems, that the mar
yelous growth Of Japanese enterprise
during the new era has been most con-
spicuous. Beginning with an almost
absolute dearth of means of inter-
communication, the postal service car
ried in 1902, upon 24,483 routes, up
wards of 900,O00,0OO messages, and
the telegraph nearly 100000, the
length of wires being at present al
most $4,000 miles. The total mileage
Of the railways is now 4,237 Of which
the government operates 1926.
The growth of the mercantile ma
rine is an even more remarkable
story Of efficiency and progress than
that Of the navy, which has won
the admiration of the world. Es-
pecially when taking into considera-
ton the fact that thirty-five years
ago the Japanese knew nothing in the
line Of naval architecture except an
old junk, the columns of figures show
ing the rapidity of the advance are
Of remarkable significance. In 1870
there were but thirty-five steamers
of the foreign type, and those of ton
mage not worth recording. In 1901
they numbered 1895, with a gross
tonnage of 5S3,532. In the same pc
Rod the number Of foreign type sail
ing vessels advanced from eleven to
1920, with a gross tonnage Of 1885,
486 tons. Meanwhile the number of
native junks as well as their gross
tonnage has remained almost abso-
lutely stationary.
This field has been especially sig
nalized. by the creation and eXtraor-
binary growth of the Nippon Yusen
Kaisha Japan Mail Steamship COM
pany) which, with a capital of a.
100000 yen, now has in it's service,
any afloat except a few Atlantic lin
ers recently built. At the time of
it's establishment in 1885 this COM
pany was chiefly engaged in inland
water navigation it's only foreign
service being between Yokohoma and
SHANGHAI, with line also from
Nagasaki to Vladivostok. 1t soon ex-
tended it's sphere to Newchwang and
Tientsin and in 1898 it's Bombay
line was opened. In the China-Japan
war the following year, it furnished
| fifty-seven transports, with a gross
tonnage of 10000 tons, for the use OF
the government, and on the conclu-
| sion Of hostilities projected the now
popular lines to London, Hamburg
Australia and Seattle. On it's Ameri.
can line is fortnightly service Of its
finest boats, there being wanting only
an Atlantic line to complete its
girdle round the earth. The seevnty
| liners of the company, being sub
| sidized by the government, in case OF
war with Russia Japan's magnificent
! navy would be practically re-en.
forced by that number of ships
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StraWS Show Direction

Oh -WlnU toward war.
London, Jan. 9.--Rates for in
surfing war risks, on cargOes are.
generally sitter and the insurance
is harder to place.
San Francisco, Jan. ,9.---Another
large order Of mess beef is now
en- route from Kansas; City and
Omaha for delivery to the Japan
csc authorities at Yokohama. 3
One shipment of 100000 pounds
passed thru two days ago. Large
quantities Of mess pork for deliv-
cry to the Russians at Port Arthur
have gone by way of Tacoma and
Seattle. .... - .....
Port Said, Jan. Oil. Nj. S.
Diana has sailed for the east I'M
der secret orders. The Diana is a
protected cruiser of the second
class with a tonnage of $500 and
speed of 1875 knots.
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MERGER ARGUMENTS CLOSED
NJ. il. Mum Sums up the Case for
Minnesota Beford Supreme Court.

Minnesota Befor6 Supreme Court.
Waslli,fgRtofi5, jail. F .saMdsFDi Mum
presented the closing arguments on
behalf of, Minnesota in the states APP
peal against the Northern Securities
company before the supreme court
yesterday. $50
He said the state made no conten-
ton. that it could enforce the penal
provision Of the state antitrust act
against an outside corporation. - :,
The Northern Securities company
was a mere device, he said, to evade
the laws of Minnesota, and to say that
the law did not meet such case was
to put it in the power of wrongdoers
to evade any law. 's."
The Securities company, Mr.. Mum
declared, had been conceived and born
in iniquity, and it had never been re-
lieved from it. The issue was not. one
Of valid purchase, but the only pur-
pose of the incorporation of the COM
pany was to control the two railroad
lines. It was a conspiracy, and must
be treated as such. -
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JapS Outbid Russia.

n Philadelphia, Jan. 9.-The Japanese
government has secured an option on
the new Turkish cruiser, Mediidie,
now being hurried to completion at
sCramp's shipyard. Both the Russian
Sand Japanese governments have been
negotiating with the sultan for the
8eruiser for a month past.
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New interpretations

The Pratt Ford Greenhouse company Of
Anoka incorporated to-day, with $4,000
capital. James w. Ford of Owatpnna,
James w. Ford, Jr., Of Anoka, and David
o. Pratt of Anola, are the incorporatorss
The. Southern Minnesota Valley, Land
company Of Madeia Incorporated, with
$40, 600 capital. W. j. Warner is .presi-;
dent.
The Neighbor State Telephone company
of Comstock Incorporated to-day. The
capital stock is s25,00O.*
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Dead Now Total 500.

Chicago, Jan. 9.--The Iroquois
death roll continues to grow. Mrs.
M. A. helms died to-day at the
Samaritan hospital from burns and
injuries. Her death increased the
total to $50. 1t was reported at the
same hospital that two other fire VIC
tins there could hardly recover.
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Fire ON Opening Night.
A Witness Declares the Iroquois
Caught Fire Then.

Caught Fire Then.
Chicago, Jan. 9.-Testimony was
given to-day that fire broke out in
the Iroquois the very first night that
the theater was opened. The first fire
only preceded by few weeks the
great disaster which resulted in the
loss of hundreds of lives. John
Bickles, a workman employed on the
construction, said:
Il was in the basement the night
the theater opened, in a short passage
southwest of the stage. I heard a
loud report and fiomes came over the
partition over my head, The partiti-
lions rise from the floor about eight
feet but do not reach the ceiling.
There was a crowd rushing around
the door and I could not see in. I was
told some kind of a gas tank had ex-
ploded.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09

New York has the largest apart
ment house in the world in the An
sonia. It is seventeen stories high,
and has sixteen elevators; 1900 people
can live in it, and the building alone
cost 100000.
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! French agricu1turist has been

A French agriculturist has been ex-
perimenting with bees as messengers.
He has discovered that they will re-
turn to their hives from distance
of four miles in about twenty minutes
bearing dispatches, after the manner
of homing pigeons. The pigeons will
retrace a distance of 500 or even i, 900
miles, and are in little danger of be-
ing driven out of business.
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cowpuNcHERs FOB TEnnv

Kansas City, Mo-. Jan. Zach Null
hall Of Oklahoma, live stock agent of the
Frisco railroad in Kansas City, who
knows stock raisers and cowboys all over
the west, says they are all interested in
seeing President Roosevelt elected to sue
ced hinslf. The cowpunchers say Roose-
welt is one Of them
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l0.LCANO. IN Ky.
It Suddenly Becomes Active, Belching
Smoke Neighborhood Resi-
.S,.,.t dents Flee in Terror.

Owingsville, KY, Jan. "a volcano
on Sugar Loaf mountain in Rowan
county. is assuming alarming proper
lions. There are five: assures wdom
which smoke pours, accompanied by a
deep rumbling noise.
All the trees in the vicinity are
blasted and splintered. The terror
stricken people are preparing to move.
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The RESOURCES
OF NEW JAPAN
A., YOUNG NATION: TO : DAY
STRONGLY EQUIPPED.

4 Surprising Growth Made in the Last
Thirty Years-Progress and Enter
prise Resting Upon q Secure Foun-
dation-The Excellent Fiscal Situa-
tion-Ffgures from a Government
Report Examined from the Stand
point of an American Resident in
+ Japan.
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Rome, Jan. 9.-Yesterday was the thir-
ty-first birthday of Queen Helena, and the
weather being bright and springlike the
king and queen celebrated the event after
the manner Of middle-class families by q
picnic in the country.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
AGRICULTURAL UNION

Alumni or Iowa State College Form q
New Association.
Special to The Journal.
Anes, Iowa, Jan. 9.-An alumni as
ISOLATION has, been formed at Iowa
state college, composed of graduates
of the agricultural department. The
association is known as the Iowa
Agricultural Union, and is similar to
the one in Ohio and the experimental
union of Guelph, Ont. It is expected
the membership will reach 500 before
the close of the winter. The officers
are:., President, R. D. Eckles, Arling
ton; :, vice president, T. "A. Hunt,
Ames; secretary, G. I. Christie, Ames;
treasurer, Herman Knapp, Ames;
chairman executive committee, G. F.
Curtis tAmes 3
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Korea Regards the American Govern
ment as Most Friendly.

Paris, Jan. 9.--Min Young Tchan,
the Korean minister, said to-day that
he would not be surprised should
Korea appeal to the United States for
good offices in her behalf in case of
the invasion of Korean territory. The
treaty between the two nations pro-
yides that when any Of the powers
treat Korea unjustly the good offices
of the United States may be offered,
with a view to an amicable adjust
ment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
More Railroad Taxes

The Omaha road paid its second in
stallment Of s25,0OO- into the state treas
ury. on account Of the 1903 gross earn
ings tax.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
New Germ Destroyer.

| DIR. Kings New Discovery kills
Consumption and grip germs. Cures
Coughs, Colds and Lung troubles or
no pay. 60c, $1.00.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09

Itching Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles
Your druggist win refund money IL PAZO ONT.
,NENT fails to cure you in to IA days. Soc.
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E,r'llptior,s

The only way to get rid
of pilnples and other erup-
tions is to cleanse the blood,
/ Improve the digestion, slim
ulate the kidneys, liver and
skin. The medicine to take is
Hood'sSarsaparlla
Which has cured thousands.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09

It is estimated that the population
of British Somaliland is about ESQ, 900,
Its area is about $4,000 square miles.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
RoYALTY ON a, pIcNIc

Children take Piso's Cure readily. II
sovereign remedy for little folks colds.