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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23
FLOOD AND FIRE
SCOURGE B[LO|T
Wisconsin City Has the Most
Terrifying Day in Its
History.

| BELOIT, w ts., March 22.-Beloit was
fire and flood swept today and a large
tract of country is still under water.
but the worst is over. The water is
receding and the city streets are free.
Rock river also is falling. The total
damage is over $250,000.
Changing fire bells and shrieking
whistles awakened the people to the
day of the greatest terror ever known
In the city. Shortly after o'clock
treacherous Turtle creek began to rise
rapidly, and it was only half hour
until the water flooded the valley. Fif-
teen minutes later the water rose over
the st. Paul railroad tracks and swept
down ST. Paul avenue and Broad street,
and the residents, called from their
slumbers, found their houses sur
rounded by a, seething torrent.
South Beloit was entirely submerged
and the water continued to rise until
10 o'clock. The heavy thunderstorms
that ragged far into the night brought
heavy rainfall.
With South Beloit cut off by fsod a
most dramatic incident occurred in the
breaking out of a fire in that district
which destroyed the gas engine plant
of John Thompson & Sons entailing a
loss of $150, 200, with $4,000 insurance.
N. M. Wood, watchman, was burned
to death, and James Ward and Bent
ley Dadman were seriously burned. The
cause of the fire was an explosion of
gasoline.
Five hundred persons were driven
from their homes, many of them hay-
ing been taken from their windows ir
boats
GAINESVILLE, Wis, March 22.-
Damage to the extent of 100000 in
Rock county has resulted in the last
twenty-four hours from Turtle creek
overfowing it's banks. Rock river is
also on the rampage.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23
SHEAR A FRESHMAN
Morgan Must Act as Toast
master Baldheaded.

Special to The Globe.
ANN ARBOR, Mich, March 22-
Richard Morgan, of Minneapolis, fresh
man toastmaster, has for week had
a bodyguard to protect him from the
shears of sophomores; but today twen-
ty sophs surrounded Mergan's chair
while he was studying in the library
and clipped his head SO that it looks
like porous plaster.
The freshmen are furious and swear
vengeance. Morgan, as their toast
master, will have to. preside at the
banquet bald headed. Many members
Of the faculty were inthe room at the
time of the boldest raid in the history
of the university. Expulsion is the
penalty for the offense.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23

Peckham and oliver Wendell Holmes.
in the suit brought by the United
States against the right of the COM
pany to hold and vote the shares. How
ever, the majority of the court, disre-
garding as irrelevant any beneficial in
crease of commerce, was of the opin :
ion that as matter of law, your
company's holdings of the stocks of
the two railway companies in itself
constituted a restraint of interstate
commerce prohibited by the so-called
Sherman act of 1890. Accordingly, the
railway companies have been forbid
den to permit your company to vote
or to collect dividends on the shares
held by it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23
BECK OPPOSES THE
EIGHT-HOUR BILL
St. Pauite Argues Men Should Be Al
lowed to Work Longer if They Wish.
Globe Special Washington Service,

Globe Special Washington Service,
1417 G Street.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 22.-
The house committee on labor today
heard John H. Beck, of st. Paul, rep
resenting the st. Paul Jobbers and
Manufacturing association, in opposi-
ton to the eight-hour bill. He argued
that any such legislation should be
elastic in character, permitting men, if
they desired to do SO, to work nine
hours a day, which was the normal
working day in his part of the country,
or even ten or eleven hours, if they
wished to contract for that sort of a
day. He said the law should regard
freedom of contract.
Walter E. Clark.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23
TWO STEAMERS
PROBABLY LOST
Queen City and La Norma May Have
Gone Down With All Hands.

VICTORIA, B. c., March 22-It was
reported here this afternoon that the
missing steamer Queen City was on
the rocks at Hesquoit Bay, west coast
of Vancouver island. Indians were
said to have seen the vessel there, but
this report is not accepted by shipping
men.
Marine men here are inclined to
think that both the Queen City and the
Scotch steamer La Norma are lost with
all hands.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23
POISON THE AMER
OF ATliHAN|STAN
Evil Said to Have BefaIien
Young Man Whose Reign
Began In 1901.

ST. PETERSBURG March ga
dispatch received from Askabad, capt.
tai of the Russian trans Caspian ter
ritory, says runner is current there
that the ameer Of Afghanistan has
been poisoned.
Habibullah Khan, the ameer of
Afghanistan, was born in 1872 and
succeeded to the throne on the death
Of his father, Abdur Rhaman Khan,
Oct. 1, 1901.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23
GAS AWAKENS THEM
Save Their Lives by Crawling to
Neighbor's House.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March 22-
Willard Daniels and wife, young
married couple, narrowly escaped death
by asphyxiation. AS it is Mrs. Daniels
is not yet out of danger.
When aroused by fumes Of gas both
were so far gone that they could not
walk They crawled on their hands
and knees half a block, to the home
Of neighbor, when assistance was
summoned.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23
ANNOUNCES PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION

Therefore, your directors, at meet
ing held this day, have, under the ad-
vice of counsel, decided that in order
to fully and promptly comply with the
decree in this suit, it is necessary to
reduce the capital stock of the COM
pany, and to distribute to it's share
holders the shares of stock of said
railway companies now held by it.
ITO this end they have adopted reso-
lutions recommending to the stock
holders:
First, that the capital stock of this
company be reduced from 3,954,000
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23

PETERSBURG, March 22-Another attack by the
Japanese fleet Port
and cruisers, took place after midnight Monday.
The dispatches viceroy
private information Russians
damage having five soldiers killed
Vice Admiral Makaron claims Japanese
vessels by
ENTRANCE REPORTED BLOCKED.
LONDON March ss-A correspondent of the Times at
Tokyo under yesterdays date, cables that that
the Japanese have succeeded blockadng the entrance
Port
Nevvchvvang bonlbardnents
Is and March ~ five Europeans and MANY chinese beno
former guns being fifty
soldiers killed in the latter attack.
SWEDEN N.
Special to he
Copyright 1904 New York Herald)
ST PETERSBURG, Tuesday--It appears that the Japa-
prior special agent
Sweden whether he could prevail upon
fall Finland that territory
while Russia's hands tied.
government, however, in by
exceedingly political
which would been fatal to her and the Japanese mis-
sion failed.
DEALING WITH CHINESE TROOPS.
Cable The Globe.
PEKING Tuesday-The report cabled to that Rus
sia was contemplating taking sup
preston Of brqandaqe Manchura unfounded
wish China to troops within the
which includes all Manchuria troops
European drilled, Western
and is sending Russia has no
military inspect the
in Manchuria and Eastern Mongolia China
has nota
ICE ABOUT TO
Special to The
Copyright, 1904, Ferald)
IlOW, the Nev-ehyvang Lao
the japanese
chance OF entering.
The community at Nevv-chvang has asked the
consul request admiralty the
the protection Of British lives and
nranerty Americans intend taking a similar step
French FLAG administration
buildnq on Wednesday, the object to saving these
BUILDINGS Japanese Neyv-chvvang. A few
Guns and the forts have been
1t is clear the Russians
determined Nevv-chvvang without fight
JAPs TAKE PRECAUTIONS.
Special to
MuKDEN, Mare patrols have reconnotered
Korea Their officers
establishing strong
right the Korean penin-
sula between A-ju with advanced posi-
tons at Geng Hambeung their line Of
Special to Globe.
March . arrived today supplies plentiful
and ammunition arriving freely estimated
to number 900 hither he passed train
loads Of guns ammunition TIarbn and Isl
Isl Tar been thrown
up and guns mounted on them
KURoPATKIN's PROGRESS.
Cable to The Globe
81 PETERSBURG, March 2s-Gen. Kuropatkin arrived
Continued Third Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23
IMPORTANT MOVE PENDING.
Special Cable to The Globe.

o The
NEW-CIIWANG.-one OF the greatest operations Of
the by the Japanese army believed
way somewhere Port Arthur, another dfv-
sion Of the enemy almost the Yalu.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23
JAPS HIT PORT
ARTHUR AGAIN
REPEATED ATTACKS MADE
YESTERDAY MORNING

Russians Claim to Have Hit One Yes
sci and Admit Having Suffered
Several CasuaIties---Attempt by Ja-
pan to InveigIe Sweden Into the
War, Suggesting That She Seize
Finland go Mikado's Men Prepare
Line of Retreat Should Their Cam
paiqn i'm ManChuria Fail.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23
SECURITIES WILL DISSOLVE
Directors Present Plan to Reduce Capital
Stock SO Per Cent and Exchange Great
Northern and Northern Pacific Stock
for Shares Cancelled.

NEW YORK, March 22-Following
market and numerous conferences
among the leading financial interests,
the new plan of the Northern Securi-
ties company was made public this
evening.
In substance 1t provides for stock
dividend of SO per cent, this to be ef-
fected by a reduction of that amount
in the capital stock of the Securities
company. For every share of North
ern Securities stock surrendered the
company will deliver $39.27 stock Of
the Northern Pacific Railway company
and $30.17 of the Great Northern Rail
way company. The shares of the
Northern Pacific, which were taken
over by Northern Securities at lis,
and those of Great Northern at $50,
will be distributed on this basis.
The other assets of the Securities
company, consisting chiefly Of its
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy hold
ings and Northern Pacific coal lands,
will remain in the treasury of the
company until some plan for their dis
tribution has been evolved.
PRESIDENT HILL
ISSUES A CIRCULAR
Official notice of new plan, which
Is signed by President Hill, under this
date, was sent to Northern Securities
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23
PRESIDENT HILL
ISSUES A CIRCULAR

Official notice of a new plan, which
Is signed by President HILL under this
date, was sent to Northern Securities
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23

Continued on Third Page.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
WRECK ON THE WABASH.
Train Derailed in Outskirts Of ST.
Louis, and Fourteen Per-
sons Are Hurt.

st. Louis, Nov. IA north-bound
Wabash passenger train was partially
wrecked Sunday in the outskirts OF
North st. Louis, on sharp curve OF
the belt line tracks of the Merchants
Terminal Railway association, near the
west approach to the Merchants bridge
over the Mississippi, injuring IA per-
sons The accident was caused by the
wheels of the tender leaving the rails
on the curve.
The injured are: Joseph Haines, en-
gineer, Decatur, ILL.,, probably fatally
scalded; J. D. Llewellyn, fireman, De-
catur, scalded probably fatally; e. j.
Birdsley, Silver Creek, N. Y, bruised;
John Aeschetman, Monroe, Mich, hand
broken; Mrs w G. Miller, Spokane,
Wash, hand crushed; Wensel Schlegel,
Black River Falls, Wis, knee fractured;
William Reddick, Gibson, Ill, fractured
skull, hip hurt; r. ]. Lynch, st. Louis,
back injured; Miss Alice Van Osdel, 93e
Ashland street, Chicago, cuts; Mrs
Alma Price, Washington, D. c., sprains;
S. ]. DeVriess, Chicago, back injured;
Mrs. N B. Marshall, Chicago; Robert
Turner, cut and bruised; E. N. Magill
Chicago, express messenger, bruised.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
TRADE REVIEW.
Business Retarded by Elections Tenn
porarily Better Activity in
Leading Industries.

New York, Nov 12-Bradstreet's says:
Interest in the elections and unseason-
ably warm weather in some sections have
retarded trade, but the more optimistic
outlook as to the future found ref1ec-
ton later in an enlargement of whole
sale and jobbing business, firmer
tone of prices and more assured activity
in many leading industries. Official re-
ports of past crop yields and advices OF
crops were contributors to the confident
feeling. In addition, reports as to the
outlook for holiday and next springs
trade have proved favorable. Of the
country's leading products, special ac-
tivity is noted this week in iron and steel,
coal, coke, hardware, hides, leather. gro
ceries, lumber and building material, the
latter two particularly at the west.
Drugs, paints, glass, whisky, tobacco,
live cattle, sheep and hogs not full
seasonake movement at generally sat
isfactory prices
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of
Trade says: All measures of trade in
dicated the customary loss due to hol-
iday interruption, but subsequently
much of the deficit was regained, numer-
Gus evidences of increasing confidence
being seen in the disposition to place or
ders for distant shipment. Increased
consumption of pig iron is also signifi-
cant and in other leading branches of
manufacture there is steadily dimin-
lshlng percentage Of idle machinery.
Failures this week numbered 213 in the
United States against 2S3 last year, and
IL in Canada compared with 27 year
ago."
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
Early Struggle Was Hard.

Found among the private papers of
DR.. L. A. Gebhardt by his relatives
was card on which is bit of writing
telling of some of the pathos in his
early career in New Ulm Coming to
this city fresh from college, DR.. Geb-
hardt had to go through the usual ex-
perience of waiting and waiting for
patients. AS months went by and
business did not come, he suffered
much from discouragement and on one
of his own business cards as a sort of
diary wrote the following under date
of Jan. 20, 1899:
'sHave been just three months in
New Ulm and two months and twenty
days in practice. Have had no patient
for two days and prospects look very
discouraging, but am determined to
succeed in the end.-L. A. Gebhardt -
s'Did I strike the wrong town? Will
[ succeed in the end? Will pay back
every cent at the end of three years.
CO
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
GOING TO ST. LOUIS.
President Roosevelt Decides to Visit
the Worlds Fair on Satur-
day, November 90.

Washington, Nov. 11.-President
Roosevelt has promised to attend the
Louisiana Purchase exposition on Sat
urday, the 26th of November. He made
this promise to committee from st.
Louis, headed by Mayor Wells, who came
to Washington especially for the pur-
pose of inviting him to visit the fair. The
probability is the president may remain
in st. Louis until the night of Sunday,
November 27. President Roosevelt has
been anxious to go to st. Louis to see
the fair ever since its opening. How
ever, the presidential campaign impelled
him to remain in the east.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
ELEVEN KILLED.
Terrible Result of Collision Between
Union Pacific Trains in
Wyoming.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 14.-Eleven
persons were killed and many injured
in head-on collision of west-bound
Oregon Short Line passenger train with
an east-bound freight train 25 miles west
of Green River. The wreck was due to
an error of the telegraph operator at
Green River, in taking a train order
from the dispatcher at that point BY
releasing the freight train, instead Of
holding it at siding near the scene
of the accident, he made the discovery,
that his blunder must inevitably result
in a horrible loss of life 1t was impos-
sible after the departure of the train to
warn the conductor of the danger that
threatened.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
BANK ROBBED.
Safeblowers Clean Out Institution in
Rio, Near Galesburg, ILL.,
Secure $4,000.

Galesburg, ILL.,, Nov. Height men
entered the bank of Rio, IL miles north
OF here, Saturday morning, blew open
the safe with nitroglycerin and got away
with about $4,000, practically all the
money in the institution. Several
charges were exploded before the safe
was forced open, badly wreckiDg the
building. Sheriff Hurburgh and deputies
from this city traced the thieves to the
railroad track, where all trace was lost.
A special dispatch from st. Louis an
nounces the arrest in that city OF three
suspects.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
Caused Two Deaths.

Washington, Nov. 14.-As the result
OF an early morning fire in a row of
two-story houses opposite the west side
of the post Office department building
two persons were burned to death and
one man had both legs broken and two
women inmates were severely injured byj
jumping out of a second story window.
The two dead men were, burned beyond
recognition
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
Office Fixtures ShiDped.

The furniture and Office fixtures in
the late DR.. Gebhardt's Office were
packed and shipped to his old home
in Black River Falls this week. His
mother did not wish anything sold.
DR.. Robert Gebhardt, the murdered
mans brother, and his wife were here
all last week and the first part of this
week, going over his personal effects
and settling up all accounts.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
Fatal Explosion,

Laporte, Ind, Nov pa boiler at.
tached to a threshing machine on the
Samuel Kaufman farm, exploded Fri.
day and killed Warren Bassett, ten years
old, and John Boltenhouse, SO ears old
both of Elkhart. Guy Busman, IA years
old, was badly injured, also Floyd Kauff
man, ten years old. Charles Dills ant
Norman Shigley, the latter so years old
were also scalded.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
Heavy Damages Awarded

New York, Nov 12-What is said To
have been the largest verdict ever
awarded under similar conditions was
returned in the supreme court Friday
when a jury awarded Mrs. May c. Ga
Nun $4,000 for the loss of her husband.
who died as a result of injuries sustained
in the Grand Central tunnel on January
8, 1902.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
A Mile in 2:O1.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 12.-Lou Dill
Ion trotted mile at the driving parl
Friday afternoon in 2:01, breaking tht
worlds unpaced record. The former un.
paced trotting record was 2:e1A. held
by both Lou Dillon and Major Delmar.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
TRAGEDY IN OHIO.
Son Slain While Defending His Mother
from His Drunken Father-Mur-
derer Kills Himself

Hamilton, O., Nov. 14-Adolph Hum.
mel, aged So, killed his son, FranA
Hummel, aged 80, and then killed him.
self. He also shot at his wife. The
father was intoxicated and was abusing
his wife. Frank Hummel was attempt.
ing to defend his mother from the as,
saults Of his father when the shooting
began.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
Joe Walcott Acu1itted

Boston, Nov. 14.-'No bill" in the
case of Joe Walcott, the colored pug1-
list, charged with manslaughter in
shooting Nelson Hall, Jr., about three
weeks ago, was returned by the grand
jury Saturday. The jury found that
the shooting, in which Walcott's hand
was injured, was accidental.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
A Valuable CARGO.

San Francisco, Nov. 12.-The steamer
Coptic, which arrived Friday from the
orient, brought s2,000,OOO worth Of raw
silk and over 5000 900 in gold
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
Date Ts Fixed

London, Nov. 11.-The board of trade
inquiry into the North Sea incident will
open at Hull November Is. The pro-.
caedinas viii he public,
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
ARE You RESTLESS AT NIGHT

And harassed by a bad cough? Use
Ballard's Horehound Syrup, It will
secure you sound sleep and effect a
prompt and radical cure. s5e, soc and
$l.oo.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
TERRIBLE CRIME
IN California
UNKNOWN ASSASSIN KILLS FoUR
MEMBERS OF FAMILY OF
JULIUS WEBER.
Sets Fire to Their Home to Cover His
= Crime-A Surviving Son Has Been
Arrested on Suspicion of Being the
Murderer.

AuDurQ, Cal., NOV. ll.-lL is now
known that Julius Weber, his wife, their
19-year-old daughter Bertha, and their
son Paul, aged Ia years, were murdered
Thursday night by an unknown assassin,
who set fire to the home in an effort to
cover his crime Before the fire had
made any great headway the bodies of
the murdered woman and her two chill
dren were rescued from the burning
house.
All Were Murdered
An examination of the bodies showed
that Mrs. Weber and the children had
been murdered before the fire had been
started. The daughter had been killed
by a pistol wound, as had been Mrs.
Weber. On the boys head were several
deep cuts He had also been shot. All
efforts to reach julius Weber, the father,
who was not thought to be in the burning
house, was abandoned until Friday when
a search was made in the burning tim
bers and his body was found in the bath
room Of the dwelling. He, to, had been
shot down before being left to be con-
sumed by the flames. 1t had been as
certained beyond a doubt that the women
were killed in one room and their cloth
ing set on fire, and that they were then
dragged into the apartment where their
bodies were discovered.
Son Under Arrest.
Auburn, Cal, Nov. 14.-Adolph Weber
has been placed under arrest charged
with the murder of his parents, sister
and young brother last Thursday night,
and with having set the family residence
on fire afterWard to conceal the crime.
The latest theory in the Weber mur-
der case is that the murderer shot the
father first, then as the sister appeared
in the hall, he shot her and then the
mother seeing what he had done,
screamed and started from him, when
he shot her. She continued on across
the room and raising her left hand
took down the telephone receiver to
call for help, at which time she re-
ceived the second shot, which pene-
trated the body just under the left arm,
The child being the only one left, the
murderer struck him over the head and
felled him.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
Hessian Fly Hurts Wheat.

Richmond, Ind, Nov. 14.-Goyern.
ment wheat reports from Ohio, Indiana
and Michigan announce that wheat il.
badly affected by Hessian fly.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
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New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
c. g. ~ w. r. r.

DEPARTURE OF TRAINS EAST.
Pass, No, 5O4 EEK, SUM new line, 3;42 m
g. No. "A (Ex.Sun.) old line, 5:45
No. 502 (Daily) new line, 3:55 m
:" No. % Daily old line 1856 M
' No. IA Ex. Sum new line 6:55 M
DEPARTURE OF TRAINS WEST.
I" No. 13 (Ex. SUM- new line, 1869 m
'' No. % Daily old line, 100 o n,
&C No. sos Dailyl new line, 1:u8 m
60 No. 27 (Ex. Sun.) old line, 1925 pm
'' No. sol Daily new line, 12.43 a M
Trains Nos.504 and 500 have sleeping cars
between Mankato and Chicago and chair
cars between Manaato and Minneapolis.
Dining cars between Winona and Tracy
and Mankato. and Minneapolis.
Trains Nos. 504 and sol have sleeping cars
between Minneapolis and Redfie1d, S. D.
Further infornia ton inquire of III. L.
Beecher, "A gent.
4. G. Johnson, CA Cairns
Gen. Ag't. Winona. G.P. A.. Chicago.
New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
ProcIaims THANKSGIVING nav

-'---E 10y:
Springfield, H.. Nov. 14.-Goy. Yates
has issued a proclamation designating
Thursday, November "a, as Thanksgiyt
ing day.