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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
Jurymen Secured.
John Lally, a retail wood and
/ coal dealer, 1880 E Twenty-sec- I
ond street.

"Are you Mason?"
This question seems to be the basis
on which F.. L. McGhee is working in
the selection Of a jury to try his client,
Antonio Calderone, for the murder Of
Salvatore Battlia. To each venire-
man examined this morning the keen,
colored attorney propounded this
question. In case it was answered in
the negative the prospective juror
seemed to rise in the estimation of
the queStiOner. If he admitted be-
longing to this order, Mr.. McGhee at
once showed a decided Discrimination
to accept him as a. juror. In fact, this
feeling went SO far that in two in
stances when no fault could be found
with the venireman and the triers had
found the defendants challenge mot
true" Mr.. McGhee exercised his right
of peremptory challenge.
Calderone's attorney does not want
any Masons on the jury. This fact
seems certain. The reason for his
feeling can be ascribed only to the
fact that Battalia, the murdered man,
is said by some to have renowned his
allegiance to his native land, his
church and Italian societies and be-
come a Mason. This fact is related
by some as motive for the murder.
Mr.. McGhee evidently recognized this
factor in the case.
SStlICIOI1C "ccpS LII COurC.
Weeping spasmodically and evident
| ly very nervous, Antonio Calderone
| was brought before Judge Brooks this
| morning.
| Long before 8 o'clock the hall in
front of Judge Brooks courtroom was
packed with men and women morbid
| ly curious to see the notorious prison
er and hear the details of his alleged
| crime.
| 7,ha co,,rtrooro u,os not s,I7oo,,o+o n
accommodate the immense crowd and
| the scene of the trial was changed to
Judge Cray's room with the proba-
bililty of another removal to court
troom No. 1 later on. Four bailifs
were necessary to handle the spec
tators. The room was filed in q few
moments and many We're held on the
outside of the locked doors.
The defense demanded triers for the
selection Of a jury and Judge Brooks
Eappointed Walter Brown, j. J. McHale
and James Robinson.
! Work of Getting Jury.
| Outside. Of the particular line OF
questioning as to Masons, the defend
ants attorney seemed to have no par
! ticular preference. All sveniremer
Hook alike to him in that he is sus.
ipicious Of each and every one.
| Eleven men Of different nationali-
ties, religions, ages and occupations
were examined this morning and not E
juror was chosen. Some of them were
! found with opinions and lacking ir
some other qualification. Two were
excused on peremptory challenges by
1.-The defense. Calderone has eighteen
more peremptory challenges while the
state has but seven.
The men examined this morning
were: Leonard Granberg, David. B
Strong, Frank o. Streed. Edward
Esklund, Eugene *. Wilcox, Willis
Tinkhan1, John H. Keller, Edwin L
Matthews, Arthur J. Davis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
WILL FIGHT IN FOUR DAYS
Japan Determined to Secure Anglo.
Saxon Ideals i'm the East.

Toxic, Jan. 18.-Speeches made by
prominent men show that the Jap
anese nation believes in fighting to Sc
cure Anglo-Saxon ideals for Asia in
stead of a military despOtism. Sew
eral of the Toxic newspapers rejoice
that America is now In the same camp
as Japan, since the latter desires sim
ply a practical assertion of the prin-
ciples recognized in the new CONNER
Cial treaties, namely, the open door,
and the recognition of China's SOW
ereignty In Manchuria.
A dispatch to the Jill Shimpo from
Seoul reports a general rising at
Phong Yang. the Korean soldiers CO.
operating with the rebels. 1t was q
rising at Phong Yang that led to the
Chinese Japanese war.
1t is expected at Toxic that the ne
gotiations with Russia will last four
Continued on Second Page.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
Chicago Physicians Demand That
Municipality Operate an
Anti-toxin Laboratory.
Declare That the Safety of Public
Makes Such a Step Ne
cessary.
An Appropriation of $25, 900 to Be
Asked from the Board of
Aldermen.

Chicago, Jan. 1S.-A municipal
laboratory for the manufacture of
antitoxin under the supervision of
public chemists may be the outcome of
the campaign instituted by the Chi
cago Medical society against the high
price exacted by the manufacturers
combine or so-called death trust
At a conference Of officers of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
100000 HOMELESS
Conditions in Macedonia Presage
Another Uprising Next Spring
Much Destitution.

Boston, Jan. 1S.-Reports to the
American board from relief centers
in Macedonia show that there are now
100, 900 persons homeless and without
means Of support for the winter. OF
this number between $4,000 and
$1,000 are in Monastir vilayet.
The Turkish government is afford
ing some relief and funds are coming
from America and England. There
is fear on the part of those on the
ground that unless some decisive
steps are taken during the winter
there will be another political out-1
break in the, spring.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
ACCUSE A JUDGE

Bar Association to Hear Charges Against
Justice Hooker.
New York Sun Special Service.
Buffalo, N Y Jan. discharges against
Supreme Court Justice Warren B. Hooker
of Fredonia will be presented to the State
Bar association at Albany tomorrow.
The charges, in effect, are that Judge
Hooker, formerly a congressman, entered
into a conspiracy with George w. Beavers
to place Frank P. Ball, his nephew, on
the pay roll at a salary of 5000. for which
he performed no service, and that the
money received by Ball was turned over
to Hooker in payment of debt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
QUEER TASTE OF A cow
FOR SOME REASON BOSSY ATE
FOURTEEN OUNCES OF PINS
FOUND IN HER STOMACH.

Chicago, Jan. 18.-Pins welded into
solid mass and weighing fourteen
ounces have been found in the stom-
ach of a COW by a meat dresser at a
Chicago packing plant. How the ami
NAL secured such a quantity of them,
and why it ate them, none of the men
in the packing plant is willing to try
to explain. The animal was shipped
from Freedom, Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
PLAY BEGINS
IN B0NsPIEL
Thirty-two Kinks Represented in
First Event Which Started
This Afternoon.
Several Famous skips from Can
ada Are Among the Arriv-
ais This Morning.
Ice Is in Fine Condition for Play
Five Events Will Be
Open to All.

Just an even thirty-two Kinks were
represented at noon to-day, when the
drawings were made for the first
round in the competition for the St.
Paul jobbers' trophy at the north
western bonspiel. These included nine
Canadian and twenty-three American
Kinks.
Trains were late in arriving this
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
ROBBED A CHURCH
thieves Break In and steal Carpet from

Thieves Break In and Steal Carpet from
the Floor.
New York Sun Special Service.
Hayes town, Ind, Jan. 1S.-For several
weeks a country neighborhood four miles
north of this place has been so thoroly
infested by petty thieves that it is said
no family in circuit of several square
miles has escaped loss. The thieves take
anything they can carry, from poultry to
farm implements.
A small church of the United Brethren
denomination stands in the vicinity Late
ly the sisters Of the church purchased
a new carpet and new window shades
and furnished the church in fine style, but
the thieves stole the carpet and shades.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
WARNER REAPPoINTED
st. Paul Man VIII Continue as Surveyor
General OF. Minnesota.

Washington. jan 1S.-Thes president to-
day sent to the senate the following nomi-
nations:
Warner Minnesota.
Register Of land office w. c. Brown, at
Grand Forks, n. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
STORY OF THE CRIME

Opening of the Trial Recalls Three
Day Mystery.
On the night of Nov. IS, 1903, the
body of Salvatore Battalia, an italian
fruit peddler who lived at 500 West
ern avenue, was found lying on the
Franklin avenue bridge with twenty
four knife wounds in him, several of
which were pronounced fatal. The re-
mains were taken to the county
morgue and detectives detailed to in
vestigate the mystery surrounding the
mans murder.
The next morning Detectives Han.
sen and Helm discovered a trail o.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
WATERsPoUT WORKS RUIN

Strikes BIoemfontein and Destroys Hotels
and Houses.
Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, Jan.
1S.-A waterspout yesterday destroyed
three hotels and many houses here. and, it
is believed. resulted in loss of life. The
number of dead, however, has not yet
been ascertained Hundreds are homeless
and destitute.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
BRYAN WOULD
WEAR A I0GA
Railway Taxation and the Die
trich Scandal Steps by Which
He Would Climb.
Influential Party Men Vouch for
His Ambition for a Seat in
the Senate.
Energies of His Friends to Be
Bent in Winning a Demo-
cratic Legislature.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 18.-William
Jennings Bryan wants the place in the
United States senate which Charles
H. Dietrich is to leave. The informa-
ton came to-day from Bryan's closest
friends, the leaders of the democratic
party in that state. Mr.. Bryan has. not
expressed the wish publicly. An eff
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
IN CHICAGO ON MAY DAY

Date and Place of the National Socialist
Convention.
Omaha Neb.. Jan. 1S-The executive
committee of the national socialist party.
in session in Omaha to-day, issued call
for national convention to meet in Chi
cago May l.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
WANTS NO MASONS
ON CALDERONE JURY
r. L. McGhee, Ca1derone's Attorney Uses Two
Peremptories to Dispose Of Ma
sonic Veniremen.

The Accused Man Weeps He Is Brought Into CouHe Ap
pears Very Of Spectators Throng the
Courtroom Catch Glimpse Of the Alleged urderer-Jury
Trers Appointed and Work Begns-The Story
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-21
CUBA'S GAIN Is
UNITED STATES LOSS
Minister Squires Furnishes a Suoues.
tive Statement of Foreign Trade

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Sept. 20-Tb.
s.dte department has received from
munster Spires, at Havana, a table
showing Cuba's import trade for the
flrst quarter of 1904 and for the same
quarter of 1903. These figures are of
special interest in that they cover the
nrst quarter after Dec. 26, 1908. when
the reciprocity treaty took effect
Ihere was an increase of $2,03S, 200 in
the imports of Cuba for the first quar-
Ter OF 1904 over those for the same
period of 1908. The minister points our
that the imports into Cuba from the
United States increased only 8 per
cent, while those from England Ger
many, Spain and France increased 20.
Il, Ii and s per cent, respectively. He
says he was unofficially informed that
the Cuban exports to the United States
have largely increased
Il never fail to impress upon the
president and the Cuban merchants
and planters with whom I come into
contact. adds the ministers, ''the dam
ger to reciprocity in the present uneven
trade between the two countries, and
that American merchants and manu-
facturers will not long support an ar
rangement which largely increases the
market for Cuban productions and de-
creaSeS the sale of our own The sit
uation is PRETTY we'll understood and
1T will not be difficult to obtain from
the Cuban government a proposition
Tor the admission of goods of American
origin on more favorable basis"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-21
Contemporary Comment
WHERE VIE He Get Il


The question how. President Roose-
welt will get money for his ambitious
~schennes of western hemisphere ex-
panslon and further army and navy in
creases is far from answered by the
governments Figures of August i'm
ports.
These show an increase from 1902 of
some nine millions in value. But the
revenues gain nothing, as will be seen
IN TINS classification of August i'm
- e 1892. 1908 1904.
duty. 1881 ss5, 1sa. sas s41. 1853, AT
Dutiabie 50.24s,387 46,918,933 46.3dS. 169
The ;dutiable goods that got past the
Dingley tariff wall were actually worth
less last month than in either 1902 or
1908 And the same decline has been
noted fer some months.
But expenditures mount daily. Au-
gust and July showed deficit of $24,-
O,e00-S1 100000 of which was for
increased army and navy cost, although
these two items alone had in seven
years risen from $50, 100000 to $217,-
000, geo.
MIR. Roosevelt promises if elected to
go on as he has done. still piling UP
Saster and yaster war budgets.
But where will he get the money
VIII ne ask congress to reimpose the
Spanish war taxes-and to seek other
new revenue sources, since these alone
would probably not suffice? Or will he
run the nation in debt fore current
expenses New York World.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-21
A FUTILE LAW

If the object of the primary election
law is to remove the nomination OF
candidates for public Office from the
influence Of the politicians the law, in
its operation fails utterly.
1t requires no expert knowledge OF
politics to read in the results of yes
terday's primaries the fine Italian hand
of the politician. The results of the
primary. election are in no sense indi-
cative of the strength of the parties
and, in some cases, show nothing of the
vote getting capacity of the candidates.
Men of straw were supported by>can-
didates whose knowledge Of the science
of politics consists largely in guiding
the nomination of the weakest oppo-
nent. ~ ~,
In many districts unquestionably
Democratic Republican candidates
We're given immense ma orities, and in
no case was the candidate so favored a
strong man before the people. He was
simply a sharp politician using the
material he found at hand to bring
about his own nomination. In Mime
apoIis the same conditions existed. the
strong men who were unopposed in
their own party using every effort to
bring about the nomination of the
weaker man in the opposite party.
It was notorieuslg reported that at
least two Of the Republican candidates
for Ramsey county Office were engaged
in packing their own primaries in their
own interest in. down town precincts.
The returns show that the goods Were
delivered ito thena.
These ser lions mould indicate that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-21
Advance
Purchasing Power Less

The earnings Of a days labor in
railway employment would purchase
less or every one of the articles in
the foregoing list in 1903 than would
the slightly lower wages of 1892 to
1899 at the very much lower prices of
the last decade. In order to know
what real wages are it is necessary to
find out what the money received as
wages will buy. An advance in the
amount of money received which is
accompanied by general advance in
prices which is propertionately greater
leaves the workingman in a. worse
position than before. The foregoing
shows the. decrease in real wages
as applied to the purchase of articles
OF food. Bulletin No. 81 of the bureau
of labor, shows that, On the basis of
wholesale prices, the advance in the
cost of the following classes of com
modities has SO far exceeded the
slight rise in the wages of railway
labor (as measured in money! that
has decreased. AS compared with
what his days work would purchase in
1892 to 1899, the days work of an
average railway enlploye will now pur-
chase:
Per cent
OF farm products. but 9S g
OF fuel and lighting materials. but 70 3
OF metals and implements but 81 2
OF lumber and building materials but SIS. 9
OF drugs and chemicals. but sc. 8
OF house furnishing goods. . but 95 5
OF miscellaneous commodities -. but e5 %
The average loss in purchasing DOW
er with regard to all classes of com
modities, as shown by the official sta
tfstics, is precisely 5 per cent.
Money Wages VS.. Real Wages
The real wages Of labor are goods
not dollars. Men cannot eat or wear
money; money eanaonly be exchanged
for goods, and until SO exchanged the
laborer cannot tell whether his wages
are high or low. Money: wages may
be going up, While actual wages due
to the higher prices of goods are go
ing down. This is actually what oc-
Cured from 1897 to 1903 The reverse
occurred from 1890 to 1897.
Considering the United States as
whole, while the number of laborers
for the ten years ended in 1900 in
creased 25.2 per cent, yet the total
amount of wages paid to them in
creased only 1872 per cent-equivalent
to net decrease of 2 per cent in
wages. In all of the great manufacture
ing states shown above, the amount
paid in wages has signany failed to
keep pace with the increased number
of wage earners. Other census Office
figures show even more conclusiyely
that the laborer is not obtaining a lust
or equitable share of the fruits of hts
toll. The following table shows
percentage of the total value OF
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-21
DECISION WILL LET
CHINESE WOMEN IN
United States Commissioner Is Be-
lieved to Have Let Down the Bars

PORTLAND, Or, Sept. pa deci-
sion rendered by United States Com
missioner Staden in the case of Doe
Gum Zip, Chinese woman held for
deportation. will, it is said, open the
doors of immigration to celestial wom-
en- without delay so long as the woman
marries a regularly admitted Chinese
after arrival. The Zip woman was
charged with being illegally within the
precincts of the United States After
her arrest she married Wong III Fook
according to the laws of the United
States, and this, according to Com
missioner Staden, entities her to a
residence in this country.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-21


the primary election law SO far from
contributing to the purifying of poll
tics rather makes for the. domination
of the practical politician and. by the
publicity of the declaration required,
insures the delivery Of the vote tiiateis
bargained for. When all the truth is
known of the primary election, of yes
terday it is probable that the defects
of the law will be SO plain that there
will be "a general demand for it's
amendment or repeal. The glaring
faults of the law have been apparent.
ever since the politician came to un-
derstand how easy it's provisions
might be manipulated.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-21
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 81, 1904.
THE sUzzINe- OF BEES

Nothing in the history Of this state
has stirred up such discussion and
created such CONSERVATION in Repub-
Gcan ranks as the report of the pub
lie examiner and the answer made to it
by Mr.. Dunn. Political managers and
political organs put the best face pos
sible upon it, but the gossip of the
street is altogether about this new and
Interesting development, and the APP
parent breach in the Republican party
before the last state convention has
widened into yawning chasm.
Republicans are doing lot of talk
ing, and much of it is to the point. Mr..
Dunn said what he had to say about
Examiner Johnson and the powers be-
hind him, and said it in a caustic way.
The governor had already made his re-
tort, none the less cutting, by an
nouncing in a speech delivered in an
other state that mo party nomination
should be so strong that it will secure
w
Every Republican instantly fitted the
announcement to the present nominee
for governor
Around the state capitol there is a
buzzing as of bees. The public exam
liner does not yet find his equanimity
disturbed. He stands for all the state
ments made in his report, for the ac-
curacy of the investigation and the
findings as the records go. Considering
that he holds an important office in the
party which has made Mr.. Dunn its
candidate, it is remarkable to find him
referring to that gentleman's announce
ment in these terms: 1.-THE so-called
explanation of the mineral lands report
is so ridiculous, and the absolute in
difference to the express provisions of
the law is SO frankly admitted, that it
needs no comment whatever from me-
The attorney generals office has not
yet, apparently, decided whether it
should or should not bring action under
the statute, which appears to have
been openly violated during Mr.. Dunn's
administration as auditor. 1t is all a
party chaos, with bitterness and fac
tionalism on both sides rife and knives
everywhere flourishing in the air.
1t is pity that a situation SO in
teresting and SO promising for the flu
ture public good should have been Gre
ated rather by personal and party ran
Cor than by IA nice consideration for the
moral issues involved. Nevertheless
the people will welcome anything that
breaks the voters away from blind al
legianee to a party name, that Furnishes
the unworthy and demands fidelity to
the highest standards in the admins
tration of office. Republican discords
are at least making prominent this
point of view in causing tens of thou
Sands Of voters to think whether they
do not owe larger duty to themselves
and TO the state than to party fallen
utterly a prey to evil methods. The
buzzing Of the bees stirred by the
Johnson and Dunn. reports is a sign
that the comb will presently be filed
with Democratic honey.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-21
TODAY'S WEATHER
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Sept. 2e.-Fore

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Sept. 2e.-Fore-
cast
Minnesota-Fair Wednesday, warmer In
west and south portion; Thursday fair.
warmer in east portion, fresh east to
south winds.
Montana and North DaaSota-Fair,
warmer Wednesday; Thursday fair.
South Dakota-Fair, warmer Wednes-
day; Thursday fair, warmer in central
and east portions.
Upper Michigan and Wiscensin-Fair
and continued cool Wednesday; warmer in
west and south portion; Thursday fair,
warmer in east portion; fresh east to
south winds
Iowa-Fair Wednesday, warmer in
northwest portion; Thursday fair, warmer.
St. Paul-Ye Yesterday observations by
the United States weather bureau, ST,
Paul, W. e. Oliver, observer, for the
twenty-four hours ended at Z O'CLOCK last
night-Barometer corrected for tempera-
ture and elevation: Barometer, 80. 40;
humidity. eS; weather, clear; highest lem
perature, So; lowest temperature, 45: daily
range, 8; average temperature, 40; p.
m. temperature. 81; p. m. wind. west;
precipitation, Q.