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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19
KAISER SENDS CONDOLENCES

A telegram was received to-da,
Washington, Baron Speck Won Stern
burg, inclosing the following cable
gram from the German Emperor:
Being most profoundly affected b,
the news of the indescribably horribl
catastrophe which has overtaken tn
Lutheran congregation, 1 commant
you to express to it my innermos
feelings of sorrow"
OF the money, jewelry and othe
valuables taken from the dead in tn,
Slocum disaster, aggregating nearl,
100000, much has been claimed
from the Coroner by relatives. Their,
is one package, however. for which NJ
claim has yet been established. 1t wa
found on the body of woman at frs
supposed to be that of Eva Kruger
but has not yet been identified.
The property consists of eight banl
books, showing deposits of nearl!
$4,000 in eight of the best knowr
savings institutions of New York; two
or three life insurance policies
amounting in all to about $4,000 Of
$4,000; deeds to property in New
York and elsewhere and a consider
able amount in bank notes.
The deeds. insurance policies anC
the bank books are all in the name o.
a person whom, it would seem, is quite
different from Eva Kruger, but the
Coroner is keeping the name secret fol
the present and is considerably puzzled
because the woman has not been iden.
titled by relatives.
VAN SCHAICK EXPLAINS.
Captain Van Shaick. who is lying
at the Lebanon Hospital with a broker
foot and severe burns about the head
has given out an interview replying
to the criticisms of his conduct, it hav-
ing been alleged that he ran the boat
two miles past at least eight places
where it could have been beached
after the fire was discovered. He i.
quoted as follows:
I was in my cabin when some one
yelled Fire" through the tube" he
said. Il ran out, saw the flames
sweeping over the boat, ran back
waited five seconds and then gave the
order to run ahead to North Brother
Island and beach the boat sideways
believing this was our only chance.
The critics don't know the terri
tory. We were more than 1000 feet
above the buoys on the Sunken Mead.
ows and about 1000 feet from North
Brother Island and were going at fif-
teen miles an hour.
"A short distance ahead and to the
westward was large tug. 1 had nc
choice but to keep on for the island
If 1 had stopped and turned round
and gone back to the Sunken Meadows
the chances were that the boat woulc
have been burned to the waters edge
and the passengers with it before we
reached the Meadows.
Even if it would not have beer
burned, the boat, striking the Mead
ows, would have backed off again, anC
everybody on board would have beer
drowned in deep water when jumping
off,
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
New York Sun Special Service.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
New York Sun Special Service.
Washington, Nov. 21.-President
Roosevelt has rendered to Senator. Fran
els M. Cockrell Of Missouri, the position
vacant by the resignation of Colonel
Frank J. Hecker.
In making an official announcement
to this effect, the president authorized
the statement that If Senator Cockrell
did not care to accept, he would offer
him place on the civil service COM
mission after March 4, when the sena-
tor s. term expires
+ 1t became known Immediately after
the election that President Roosevelt
regretted the removal Of Mr.. Cockrell
from public life, and would make pro-
vision for him by giving him a suitable
appointment. It was soon afterward in
timated that General Black would be
suggestion was advanced that Senator
Cockrell might be given his place on
the civil service commission.
This position would pay. $4,000 a year,
while service as an isthmian canal COM
missioner is worth $4,000 a year, with
liberal allowances for expenses while in
Panama. The acceptance of the canal
commissionership would necessitate Mr..
Cockrell's resignation from the senate.
He has not yet indicated what action he
will take.
| Senator Cockrell has for years openly
affiliated with the republicans in Al all
the republicans on the Wood case, the
military reorganization bill, Cuban re-
ciprocity and the Paris treaty Of peace
In democratic caucus he opposed the
adoption of a rule requiring the minor
ity to abide by all majority decisions
and declared he would not recognize
such rule.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
FRESH FORCE SENT
TO GENERAL N0GI
With Large Reinforcements He
Ills Expected to Reduce
~ ,..a
Stronghold.
Japanese Report to Toxic Salts
factory Progress in Siege
Operations. .

Chi-fu, Nov. 21.-A Japanese Off
cial among the latest arrivals from
Dalny states positively that the gen
eral attack upon Port Arthur has not
been resumed. Rumors to that effect
in Dalny have arisen because. fresh
troops, including the Seventh division,
recently landed, are being sent to the
front.
1t is expected that the next attack
upon Port Arthur will be tremendous
affair. More reinforcements are coming
to the support of General ,Nogii than
are being dispatched to Field Marshal
Oyama.
The Japanese are now constructing
coast defense forts at Pigeon Bay,
which is looked upon as an indication
that they expect to be defending Port
Arthur themselves some day.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
LEUPP IS CHIEF
OF INDIAN BUREAU
President Appoints Newspaper
Man as Successor to Com
missioner Jones.

Washington, Nov. President
Roosevelt today announced the appoint
ment Of Francis T. Leupp of this city to
be Indian commission vice William
"A. Jones resigned. Commissioner Jones
esignation i and Mr.. Leupp Is appoint
.ment will take effect on Jan. /. -, r
Mr.: Leupp is the Washington CORE
spondent Of the New :. York Evening
Post, and has been identified with In
dian affairs for many years.
Mr.. Leupp is closer to the president
than any other newspaper man in Wash
ington:, Their intimacy has existed for
Leupp is familiar with the Indian ques-
tative{ in Washington of the Indian
Rights association: Last ,1yearth made
a an Investigation of affains in, Indian aym al
istration of affairs by the Dawes com
mission had been made public. He was
also an adviser Of Commissioner Jones
in certain matters connected with the
administration Of the Indian bureau
and is considerably better fitted than
any other man in. the country to carry
out the president IS Indian policy.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
IRELAND REBUKES THE
FRENCH GOVERNMENT
ew York Sun Special Service.

s F : II = -. Z Z ll4 = :. L
Washington, Nov. 21.-Archbishop
Ireland Of ST. Paul at st. Patrick s
church, last night, delivered a stinging
rebuke to the French government for
its treatment Of the Vatican. The SER.
mon was devoted exclusively to the
church situation in France. Archbish-
op Ireland said:
Shall we despair Of the church Of
France? BY no means The government
Of France in its opposition to the church
Is not France and it Is not the French
people, The temples Of the church may
be broken. The church will be free It
will name bishops and priests. The loyal
Christian hearts Of France easily will
make up the $10,oo0,o0O annually allowed
by that state.
Who can say but that new. life will be
injected into the church Of France when
thrown on its own responsibility and
brought from tuteiage and servitude to
the free or OF unlimited iber
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
WOMAN IS VICTIM IN
A MYSTERIOUS MURDER

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 21-Mrs. j. R.
Nickum, who was Drained with an ak
in her clearinghouse here Sunday, died
today without regaining consciousness.
The case is the most mysterious in the
criminal history Of Topeka. Two, hun
dred dollars in cash and valuables in
the woman s dresser were untouched
mutilated, bearing evidences Of the
work of a "Jack the Ripper There
is not the slightest clue to the perpe-
traitor of the crime Mrs Nickum had
been divorced twice. The whereabouts
of her former husbands are unknown.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
THREE GOVERNORS
AFTER RAILROADS
Van SAINT, Cummins and La Fol-
lette Join Movement for Rate
Revision.
Plan Is to Give More Power to
the Interstate Commerce
..... Commission.
BY w. w. Jermane,

Washington, Nov. 21.-An important
delegation waited on President Roose-
welt today to ask him to recommend to
congress the passage of the bill in
troduced at the last session by Rep
resHentatiye Cooper of Wisconsin, pro-
commission shall have the power to de-
fine what changes in railroad rates
ought to be made in cases where it is
found that the railways are violating
the provisions of the interstate COM
merce act. This bill is now before the
interstate and foreign commerce COM
mittee of the house and the commerce
committee of the senate.
The president listened with great in
terest to what his visitors had to say,
but no attempt was made to draw him
out or to ascertain whether he felt
there was any Justice in the position
taken by those who favor this legisla-
tioh~
The delegation was headed by Gov
ernors s1 Cummins of Iowa and Van SAINT
of Minnesota. Governor La Toilette of
Wisconsin was to have been one of the
party, but found at the last moment
that he could not come and wrote a
statement setting forth his views,
which was laid before the president.
From Commercial Body.
With the two governors were E. P.
Bacon, chairman of the executive COM
convention which met I'M St. Louis
last month; Secretary Frank Barry of
the same. convention, and R. W. Hig-
bic Of New York, representing the
wholesale lumber Dealers association
Of the country.
The convention held last month
adopted series Of resolutions express
bodies generally as to the Cooper bill
and empowered it's chairman and secre-
tary to lay these resolutions before the
| president and ask him to take up the
subject in his message to congress. It was
Mr.. Bacon who invited the governors
named above to accompany him to
Governor Van SAM. on account Of his
activity in merger matters, is deeply in:
| terested; in the question of railroad
rates, which he thinks are surely in
| need Of more effective regulation than
they now have. He is thoroly in SYM
! pathy with the movement set. under way
that the president, after study Of the
question Of rates, will almost inevitably
agree that more power should be given
the Interstate commerce commission.
I'll Restore Lost Power.
For ten years after it's formation the
interstate commerce commission held
the authority which the Cooper bill now
seeks to restore to it, but an adverse
decision Of the supreme court removed
it. Governor Van SAINT thinks that the
question Of transportation is one
of the most important domestic
questions now UP for consideration, an6
he expects to see something done during
President Roosevelt g administration tt
establish more equitable system O:
rates and more perfect control Of thes,
It was this matter r which brough
Governor Van SAINT to Washington a
this time. Governor Cummins had othe
} business here, as is pointed out else
where in this correspondence today. I
is not understood that either Of then
is to take any active steps beyond wha
were taken today.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
UNGUARDED PROPERTY
In STREET is "L0ST''

New York, Nov. 21.-Property lying
in the public street, whether
it be in front Of an express office or
department store, has been declared
Z" lost - within the meaning of the law
by Magistrate Whitman. This ruling
was made when the magistrate dis
having stolen a package containing a
handbag from the sidewalk, in front Of
an express office The package, it was
testified, was the only one on the side
walk at the time.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
FOOTBALL CLAIMS
EIGHT VICTIMS
Two Killed, Six Seriously Injured
in Games on the y
Gridiron. -.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
New York, Nov. 21.-Football was
responsible for the deaths Of two play
ers and the serious injury Of half a
ton, N. j., William E. Steebles' neck
was broken in a fierce tackle and he
died within an hour.
Samuel Hess of Bethlehem, Pa, sus-
tanned fractured skull in game at
Hellertown and died in few minutes.
juries at South Bethlehem, Pa, and
may not recover.
John Fobast is dying of conclusion
of the brain at East New Durham, N. j.
Charles Cadmus had leg broken
and sustained other serious injuries at
Belleville, N. j.
William Woods was seriously injured
at Brooklyn and is delirious.
At Long Island City Patrick O'Neill
had an arm broken.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
JAPS REINFORCED
Thousands Of Fresh Troops Reach Port
Arthur

Chi-fu, Nov. 21.-Another attack on
according to Chinese who left Dalny
Saturday. The Chinese report that re-
inforcements for the Japanese continue
to arrive. For the past ten days 1000
men have arrived daily. On Nov. IA,
the Chinese say, they saw fifty guns
brought into Dalny. Some were broken,
others were in good condition. The
Japanese said they had captured them.
They also saw $50 prisoners, including
three officers, brought in.
Five more heavy guns recently ar
rived from Japan.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
DINNER WAS LATE;
HUSBAND A SUICIDE

New York, Nov. 21.-Dissatisfed
with his wife housekeeping, and final
ly throwing himself into a towering
rage, because dinner was not ready the
moment he arrived home, John P. Zieg-
Ter, furrier, has hanged himself at
his home in the Bronx.
Mrs Ziegler told the coroner that, al
tho she tried hard to conduct the house
hold to please her husband, he was
never satisfied. She said he attempted
to poison himself two months age, and
later tried to kill both by putting
poison in the tea.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
STEALS TROLLEY CAR;
LEAVES IT WRECKED
New York Sun Special Service.

Rochester, N. Y, Nov. 21.-Having
fingered at the pool table until the last
car had gone, George Gatz, Webster
youth, at 8 o 'clock Yesterday morning
yards and stole trolley car on which
he started for Webster, twelve miles
from here. He jumped a switch at Glen
Haven, and the car was thrown across
the tracks. Gatz abandoned it and
early this morning the first Sodus Bay
wrecked by the obstruction. Gatz has
been arrested.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
Saws Japs Fire on Hospitals.

Chi-fu, Nov. 21.-General Balashoff,
the head of the Red Cross society at
Port Arthur, hent to the Associated
Press on the topedoh0s5t srp%5 bars Eyer
Port Arthur Nov. 16, personal letter,
charging that the Japanese deliberate
ly disregarded the obligation Of the
Geneva and Hague conventions. He
says that they have compelled the
abandonment by the Russians of three
plainly marked hospital ships and that
the wounded who were aboard the half
sunken steamer Andara also had to be
removed. He says the Japanese have
fred on other hospitals also.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
BRITAIN AND AMERICA
MAKE DEMAND ON TURK

Constantinople, Nov. 21.-The British
embassy has joined the American lega-
tion in insisting on the cessation of in
reference with the sales Of Bibles in
certain localities. It appears that the
British and foreign. Bible society has
the reason for the opposition is that the
8 Bibles are being sold at ridiculously
low price and the sales partake Of the
character Of propaganda. az
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
RUSHING WATERS
DESTROY A HOME
Break in Waterworks Reservoir
at Red Wing Puts Several
Lives in Jeopardy.
Special to The journal.

Special to The Journal.
Red Wing, Mimi, Nov. 21.-The
waterworks reservoir, containing 1,00O,-
900 gallons Of water, cracked across the
bottom on Saturday evening, causing
an opening several feet in diameter.
For a time the water was confined
underground, or until the embankment
broke, when it rushed down the side Of
thees the bluff ag eaq alqag huge stones
The residence Of G. G.. Wiltse was
demolished and Mrs. Wiltse escaped by
hairs breadth, feeling the house
brush her skirts as she leaped out Of
the way. Others had narrow escapes.
The city for a time was in darkness.
The loss to property aggregates several
thousands of dollars.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
KENTUCKY THR0NGS At
BRECKENRIDGE FUNERAL

neral Of Colonel Se W. 5'i 6. F. Breckinridge, m @
held here today at 2 p.m., was the larg-
est since the funerals Of Henry Clay
citizens from all over the Blue Grass
region and lawyers and prominent men
of other cities were present.
One Of the most attractive and costly
floral designs was sent by Caleb Pow
ers, charged with the Goebel murder,
who is in Jail in Louisville. Colonel
Breckinridge has made vigorous fight
In Powers behalf. ~s
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
MAGAZINE BLOWN UP

Operations at Port Arthur Are "Pro-
ceeding as Prearranged."
Toxic, Nov. 21.-A dispatch from the
army besieging Port Arthur dated Nov.
10, says:
"During the bombardment this after
noon shell from Japanese naval gun
exploded a Russian magazine near the
arsenal.
"Our operations against all the forts
are proceeding as prearranged from
Manchurian headquarters.
"At noon today we shelled the Rus
sian infantry engaged in intrenching
on the Reiu-chiang- and also infan-
try in the rear of the villages, causing
It is reliably reported that the Japan
ESQ mined and occupied counterscraI
on Rih-lung mountain Nov. 10. Acoun
terscrap on sungshu mountain was
taken on Friday, Nov 18. .Rih-lune
mountain is east of Sung-shu mountain
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
GIRL SEEKS. PLACE AS
RURAL MAIL CARRIER
New York Sun Special Service.

Paterson, N: j., Nov. 21.-For the
first time in the history Of the Pater-
son postoffice, young woman has en-
tered her name at candidate for car
rier of rural free delivery route. She
is Bessie H. Smith, daughter of a
plication Miss Smith underwent ply
sical examination and was assured that
she was in the best Of health. She is
well educated and thinks she will have
no difficulty in filing all the require
ments. The examination will be held
day which several mail candidates will
tnka also
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
POPE COUNTY HAS
MYSTERIOUS CASE
Officers Will Investigate on the
Theory that Woman Found
Dead Was Murdered.
Special to The journal.

Special to Tho journal.
Glenwood, Mimi, Nov. 21.-The dead
body of Mrs..Anna M. Olson, aged ct !,
was found at 10 ann. yesterday near q
point where*a wagon road crosses the
railroad track half. a mile east Of the
village of Lowry. Her scalp had been
cut open and her hip, several ribs and
one arm were broken.
! What at first appeared to be a rail
road accident has assumed phases which
will lead to the suspicion that there has
been foul play. The woman had been
in an asylum, but was brought back on
Friday. Relatives did not want to re-
Eceive her, but Saturday forenoon the
sheriff of Pope county took her to the
home Of her son-in-law. 1t is said that
she ran away as soon as the sheriff de-
parted and was last seen. wandering
about at 'clock Saturday night. The
place where her body was found was ten
miles from the home Of her son-in-law
She was lying face down in ditch neal
the track. Ten feet away her mittens
and some rags, all saturated with blood
were found, and this serves to deepen
the mystery surrounding the affair.
Trainmen have been interviewed, but
know Of no accident.
Narrowly Escaped Drowning.
Two children Of Alex Ferguson, resid
ing four miles west of town, broke thrl
the ice and would have drowned but fo1
their mother, who heard their cries ant
ran into the water and dragged then
| ont r r..
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
Inactivity South of Mukden.

Mukden, Nov. 21.-The expected at
tack by the Japanese has not developed
yet. The uncer tainty Of the present sit
uation gives rise to conflicting rumors
and speculation regarding future oper-
ations. Some expect the Japanese to
attempt a wide flanking movement on
Tie pass and others claim the armies
will practically winter in their present
positions. Complete inactivity prevails.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
One Destroyer Got Away.

London, Nov. 21-A special dis
patch from Shanghai says that the
steamer Lien-shing, from Chi-fu, re-
ports that three other Russian torpedo
boat destroyers left Port Arthur with
the destroyer Rastoropny. The Japan
ese stopped two Of them and the fate
of the third is unknown.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
PRESIDENTS FRIEND a SUICIDE.

Oyster Bay, N. T., Nov. 21.-Captain
Edwin Rose, friend Of President Roose-
welt and a member Of the same Masonic
lodge, committed suicide yesterday by
shooting. He was well known in yacht
ing circles and had commanded the pri-
vate yachts Of many prominent men. The
motive for the act is not knoWns
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
GRAND DUKE TO WE'D AGAIN.

Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 21-The be-
trothal Is officially announced of the
Grand Duke of Hesse, who was divorced
from his cousin, Princess Victoria Of
Sake Coburg in 1901, to the Princess
Eleanor Of Solms-H ehzoms-L Lach.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
Japs Seize Blockade Runner.

Toxic, Nov. 21.-The navy depart
ment reports the capture Of the German
steamer Batelan while attempting to
run the Port Arthur blockade. On
board the vessel was found great
quantity of winter clothing, blankets
medicine and corned meats.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
NOT INTERFERING
President Taking No Part in Senatorial
Contest.

Washington, Nov. 81 The following
statement was given out at the White
House today:
. tsAny statement that the president
is taking any part whatever in the Mis-
souri, senatorial contest directly or in
directly for or against any candidate,
has no foundation whatever in fact.
The president will not interfere In the
slightest degree in the contest.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
HAVE
CASH And WATCHES
Men Arrested at Rogers Believed
to Be Murderers Of
Lundeen.
The Killing Was Without Provo
cation as Victim Reused
from Sleep.

An all-day search in sherburne, An.
Okla and Hennepin counties for the rob-
bers who shot and killed Fred Lundeen
Of Moorhead, Mimi, in car on a
Northern Pacific train between Staples
and Elk River early Sunday morning,
ended last night in the dramatic capture
Of two men who, after fleeing across the
Mississippi river and thru the coun-
try and changing their shoes in an effort
to cover their tracks from their pur-
suers, had barricaded themselves in a
room in a little hotel at Rogers Siding,
twenty-three miles northwest Of Min
neapolis.
This afternoon at Elk River, whittier
they were taken and locked in the Sher-
burne county jail, the men described
themselves as G. D. Crawford and
George E. Farmer. Lundeen's COM
panions in the car positively identified
them as the highwaymen and declared
that Crawford did the shooting at the
instance Of Farmer. When arrested the
prisoners had 5000 and several watches.
The accused men will have hearing as
soon as County Attorney Frank T.
White returns to Elk River. He is ex-
pected back this evening.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21

Continued on Second Page.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
He NEITHER

Fair fd3niaht and Tuesday,
Today max. so. min. 36.
Year q 70. max. ~, min. ~.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21

Koch Is alibi, the detectives contend,
presents three vulnerable points. AS
reported in The Journal of Nov.
Z, he said: From the office Of Hoi-
dale & Somsen I started home, walk
ing down Minnesota street. At First
North street met Miss A. Crone and
Miss M. Neumann and talked with
them. / then walked on down to Cen
ter street and turned up that street,
walking as far as Reinhart's s barn, a
distance Of seventy-fve feet, when
remembered that the lights were still
burning in my office. / retraced my
steps.
The detectives say that the seventy
five feet up Center street took him Just
past the mouth Of the alley leading to
the rear Of the building occupied by
DR.. Gebhard and commanded view
of the windows Of the private office
Of DR.. G.. F. Reinecke, who occupied a
waitingroom jointly with Gebhard
From the position which Koch occu.
pied on Center street, when he says he
remembered his lights, he could tel
I whether Reinecke was in his office
This the murderer must have known
| before he went into Gebhard' 3 office
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21
Lundeen SLOW to comply.

It was still dark when Lundeen 'si
companions were startled by an im-
perious order, shouted in their ears, to
hold up their hands, and to do it quick
". They complied while Lundeen, in
a heavier slumber, still snored.
You, over there, was yelled so
that there could be no failure to heaH