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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27
REAL HERO
Was This Miner, Who Gave His Arm to
Save His Friends.

Was This Miner, Who Gave His Arm to
Save His Friends.
New York Tribune.
William S. Cronch, who registers from
Tacoma, Wash, Is staying at the Grand
hotel. The subject Of heroic action in the
presence of disaster being under discus
sion in the hotel lobby few days ago,
Mr. Cronch contributed the details OF an
incident that came under his observation
1t was about three years ago." said he,
that three men were engaged in sinking
shaft on a mining claim in district
north Of Spokane. Two men were at the
bottom OF the shaft, while the third was
at a Windass used to hoist the ore. The
windlass man had turned the crank until
the bucket, weighing, with its contents.
$50 pounds, had come above the opening,
and while he was about to swing 1t out
to the surface the windlass crank handle
broke and in an instant the bucket was
started downward with seeming promise
Of certain death to his two trustful 'pard-
ners' at the bottom of the shaft. But the
man at the windlass threw the brake q
crude device intended to arrest the prog
ress of the whrling shaft and unwinding
rope. It snapped and broke-it had failed
and at the crucial instant when the men
at the bottom OF the shaft must have felt
the specter of approaching death near
enough to whisper their mortal sentence,
the man at the windlass thrust his fist
into the whirring cogs, that minced it
into pulp and continued their revolutions
He was willing to give his arm If the sac
rifice would save his comrades, and he
fed it to the heartless teeth inch by inch,
until he had thrust his shoulder against
the biting iron and stopped the windlass.
The mining boss saw the closing scene OF
the heroic drama, and In tones Of earnest
sympathy he said, as he pointed to the
bleeding wreckage of an arm and a short
ened shoulder blade: Jack, that's too
bad And then, suiting his words to the
self-forgetfulness of his heroism in action
the miner answered: oh, that is all right
If only saved the boys He had saved
them. and such is sample Of some OF
the men to be met now and then IN the
humble walks Of western life. Some have
achieved less whose praises have been
sounded long and loud.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27
Japan in Arms Merely to Make
Russia Keep Her Promises
Scenes and Incidents of Life IN
Korea.
Percival Lowell in the Churchman,

Percival Lowell in the Churchman.
now occupies by the lust for land.
Partly from necessity and partly from
imitativeness, the various nations
are now seeking to enlarge what they
call their spheres of influence. Mod
ern man finds diplomacy less costly
than war and establishes what is eu-
phemistically known as a protectorate,
term defnable as an ardent desire
to protect what needs protection only
against the protector. It seems in
credible that this can take in any
body and yet it does.
Russia is the foremost exponent Of
this pleasing duplicity. She is past
master in the art Of promising and
then of keeping not her promises but
others land, because she is less ham
pered than any other power with an
inconvenient sense of honesty. To
more civilized nations there is a Grip
ping regard for ones word, but Rus
STA has no such conscientious scruples,
which I take to be merely a result of
her senicivilized condition
Japan, on the other hand, has for
so long played the protagonist in the
far eastern drama Of which Korea fur
nished the stage setting, that she has
come to look upon it as her right to
take this part. So far. as it lies be-
tween Japan and Russia, Japan is
clearly in the right She is only ob1ig-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27
IS SIBERIAN ROAD
EQUAL TO THE TASK :?
Railroad Men Believe Cannot Land Troops Seat
Than Six Months-some of Conditions Which
Along of Cana
dian Railroad Mans Statement.

Russia. faces a tremendous problem in
the need Of getting her forces from home
to the seat Of war and Of getting them
there quickly. Railroad men in Mime
apolis and the northwest believe she will
not be able to solve it for six months.
That is, they believe that 1t will be six
months instead Of a few weeks before the
car can get an army of 100000 men into
Manchuria. In the solving Of the prob
lem, too. there will be terrific hards1aips
to be undergone by the soldiers and ami
mails. The Trans Siberian railroad Is poor
ly equipped for such a long line. 1t Is
laid for thousands of miles with rails
weighing from forty-two to forty eight
pounds only to the yard; the roadbed is
poor; there is a long break at Lake
Baikal which in summer has to be crossed
by slow boats and in winter on the Ice;
the problem Of providing fuel so far from
bases Of supplies as large portions Of the
line are Is serious one; the weather is
that Of extreme winter; trains at best
cannot run more than fifteen miles an
hour; the line is single track.
The Siberian road has on its staff 14,72S
persons, 1000 locomotives, 54S passenger
cars. 7,743 freight cars and 33 mail cars.
1t is in part light railway, the rails
weighing from forty-two to forty eight
pounds a yard west Of Lake Baikal and
from seventy to eighty-pound steel east
Of that lake Some rails are Of soft steel
and are barely able to stand the weight
of slow moving train. Short trains with
p light load like the Siberian express may
be able to average twenty miles an hour,
while heavy trains rumble along like trac-
ton engines at not twelve miles
hour. All these conditions being consid-
cred, one is compelled to place good
deal of confidence in the judgment Of the
railroad men.
The views held by the Minneapolis rail-
road men the same those Of a lead
ing Canadian railroad man. The latter,
however, has an excellent basis Of COM
parison of conditions in the Canadian Pa
cific as it was some years ago. He states
his views in part thus
.As things stand at present, with Japan
in command Of the sea, the most interest
ing problem is, what Russia will be able
to do with the Trans Siberian railway.
There do not seem to be more than $4,000
or 1901 900 Russians in Manchuria at pres
sand fully equipped fighting men in the
field at almost any time Can Russia sup
plement her existing army, by means of
the Trans-S Siberian, with sufficient dis
patch to be In position to. meet Japan
upon anything like equal numerical
footing?
Single Track and Light Rails.
Now, the Trans Siberian Is SINGLE
track road, which means constant de-
lays in the passing of trains east and
west, and the light rail means that trains
on the Trans Siberian must not only ira
vel slowly but must be lightly constructed
and carry fewer men a car than our Cana
dian trains. Canadian railways, with their
1 heavier equipment, were able to carry only
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27

for his own social position that he
takes the step. Hitherto he has worn
his hair in braid down his back, and
to put it up man-fashion he must take
to himself spouse. In short, he be-
comes man only by marriage, and
can only thus enter upon civil rights.
Ambition found its place In political
intrigue. At the slightest pretext one
party rose against the other, and, If
successful, massacred its opponents to
a man. The runaors reaching us now
of risings in Seoul are what may at
any moment be expected of the land
which values peace and seclusion
above any country on earth
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27

forty-hve men to of the South,
African contingents. If the Trans siber-
ian carries forty men to a car the road
will do remarkably well. I should call
that an outside figure.
"Then it must be remembered that Rus
STA is not a railway country and the gov
eminent may have difficulty in securing
an ample supply of cars. While the au-
thorities will undoubtedly commander
everything in sight in the way Of rolling
STOCK, so many cars will be in use for
army purposes from one point In Russia
to another, carrying troops and supplies
to the shipping point, which will prob
ably be Moscow. that it will be hard to
get sufficient cars for rapid transport
across Siberia. Between 1000 to $500 cars
port.
1000 Men Day The Limit.
II do not believe that Russia, despite
her fever1sh haste, can send more than
five trains per day from the European
end. Say she dispatches 400 men per
train, which is about the utmost she
could do, she would be sending to the
front about 1000 men day. This would
be remarkably. fine work, and makes no
allowance for, the inevitable delays, break
downs, etc, incident to such an excep-
tional strain upon the road.
Taking, however, the figure at 1000
men a day, it will fully 6. month before
thar number can begin to be laid down in
Manchurla. OF course Russia may have
been. and doubtless has been, rushing
men to the front for many weeks past.
But in any event their progress would be
slow, they would have to march some
fifty miles over the Ice of Lake Bailal
In summer this lake Is crossed by rail-
way ferry. The Russians are now LAYING
rails over the ice, but it will be twenty five
or thirty days before the work can be
completed. A railroad ice has to be
reinforced with heavy timbers, ETC., max
Ing a bed fifteen to twenty feet wide, and
not more than two miles day Of rails can
be laid under the best Of circumstances.
and Russia out on the wastes of Siberia
will be working under any thing but favor
able circumstances.
Trains Must Run Slow.
II should be inclined to estimate the
average rate Of speed Of troop trains over
the Trans Siberian as not more than if
teen miles an hour, as the road is new and
to large extent temporary. Allowance
must be made also for the many DELAYS
caused by sidetracking, the occupation Of
the track by ammunition and supply trains
and perhaps occasional wrecks 1t will
take from eighteen to twenty days for a
train to travel from Moscow to the base
Of operations in Manchuria-a distance Of
about $500 miles. 1t is still winter in
Siberia, and spring comes later there than
in Canada. so that for several months yet
the Russian troops must labor under all
the disadvantages of a winter campaign,
and the difficulties and delays Of winter
travel.
The Fuel Problem.
Another serious difficulty is the fuel
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27

problem A railway which sends one train
per day over a line of over 5000 miles, has
no small trouble in keeping it's divisional
points supplied with coal. am not Ger
tair whether the Russian roads use coal
or wood. but in either case the Siberian
railway will have trouble in keeping a suf-
hcient supply of fuel to feed the many
engines. If the engines hurn COAL the
problem will be a most serious one and
will make the running Of troop trains very
slow indeed If coal has to be hauled to
supply the divisional points, it will alb
sorb from 100 to 100 locomotives for that
service alone, and the troop trains will be
further delayed, as coal trains will neces-
sarly take precedence. It is possible, tho
not altogether likely, that Russia may
already have large supplies of coal already
stored at divisional points, but even so,
the immense traffic Incidental to the war
will soon eat UP the biggest sort of a
supply. It would take at least ESQ tons Of
coal to carry an engine from Europe to
Manchuria and back.
Menace Of Spring Floods
PRUSSIA will also have to face serious
spring floods. In a few months winter will
be breaking up, and there will be spring
floods all over Siberia, which will seriously
affect the many temporary bridges and
trestles incidental to a new road.
Taking the outside figures for the ca
pacity of the trains, the quantity Of roll
ing stock available, the speed attainable,
ETC.. and deducting only the minimum for
delays and accidents Of every kind, can
not see how Russia can materially increase
her forces in Manchuria in the next few
months, or be in any position to meet the
armies that Japan is throwing into Korea
in continuous stream. One other point
must not be lost sight Of, in comparing
the opposing armies, and that is that while
the Japanese soldiers land in Korea after
a few hours sail, fresh and fit in every
way the Russian troops will land in Man
churia after three weeks hard travelling
by train, under exceptionally uncomfort-
able conditions, and will be soft and unfit
for in1nn ediate service
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27

their kingdom the Land of the Morn
ing Calm And the country and it's
people fit both adjective and noun.
Change has passed them by, and time
itself stood still. Twenty years ago,
when I was in Korea as counselor and
foreign secretary to the Korean special
mission to the United States the
Koreans shook their own hands, not
yours, on making your acquaintance;
they took off their boots, not their
hats, on entering your house; man.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27
SEEING THINGS.

PnlIaueIpn1a PreSG- I-.97l-
don't see the sense In speaking OF man
as blind drunk .
Why not? 1t simply means he's so very,
very drunk that he can't see.''
But no man is ever 30 drunk that he can't
see; II he's very, very drunk, he can So
snakes. ,,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27
HEARTLEss.
washington Star.

Johnny is very Imaginative child" said
the fond mother. But Willie is more practi-
cal. When Willie decides that he wants any
thing. he sets out to get it,
have noticed that difference answered the
unfeeling bachelor. Johnny sings Il Want to
Be an Angel, hut Willie smokes cigarettes and
skates thin zice.', =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27
PERCIVAL LOWELL ON THE
FAR EASTERN SITUATION

ing Russia to keep her word. And it
is rather pitiable than otherwise that
the rest Of the world has not the as
tuteness to foresee that to back her up
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27

POINTS ABOUT THE GREAT RUSSIAN RAILWAY
fTelght traffic In 1892 stated In tons 900
lrkutsk to Manchura, 9TH miles rail fifty
Across Manchuria 949 miles) Port Arthur hours
Former east terminus for Vadivostok
West terminus Of Vladvostok railway
miles
Vladvosok to London by rail 1902 miles. 17a days
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-06
LOAN OF S5O,OOO,OOO TO
THE PENNSYLVANIA ROAD
Western Maryland Line to Be Pur-
chased = Rumor Of Peace
with Gould.
NO NOTES ON THE MARKET

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.--A syndicate of New
York bankers has agreed TO lend $5O.OO0.00O
for the purpose of improving the Pennsyl-
can be stated the authority of a mem
ber of the lending syndicate, TO provide
for the purchase of the Western Maryland
Railroad by the Norfolk x Western
part of a plan for the settlement Of the
Could Pennsylvania differences. The West
ern Maryland is controlled by Gould inter-
ests and its president. Joseph Ramsey, Jr..
is president OF the Wabash road.
According TO the latest reports. the West
ern Maryland. which runs from Baltimore
10 Williamsport Md, and leases number
OF smaller lines, has outstanding about
$4,000, 900 Of common stock and under $324,-
While the syndicate member said the
loan would provide funds for the purchase
OF the Western Maryland IL could not be
learned that negotiations for such a pur
chase had been closed.
Wall street regarded the statement that
one of the purposes of the loan was the
purchase of the Western Maryland as
very important. The differences between
the Gould Pennsylvania interests have en-
gagged the attention OF fnanciers for
months, and while reports that an adjust
ment was under way have been made re-
peatedly within the last few weeks. official
confirmation is lacking. One of the rumors
I'm circulation to-day was that the Penn
sylvania. after taking over the Western
Maryland would give the Gould lines
favorable arrangement for seaboard traffic.
The Pennsylvania will receive the money
April 1, and issue notes bearing AZ per cent.
interest therefor, the notes TO be taken
up In eighteen months 1t is not the in
teGtion of the syndicate which has taken
price to be paid for the notes was not made
public.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-06
OFFICERS HAVE TUSSLE
WITH AN INSANE MAN
Shadrach Cross Was Almost More
Than Lowe and Bernauer
Could Handle.
MADE THREATS TO KILL

After n desperate struggle. in which they
narrowly escaped receiving serious If not
fatal injuries, Bicyclemen Lowe and Ber-
nauer succeeded in capturing Shacrach
Cross an insane man. living at 523 Jones
street. last night Cross has been an in
mate of the Central Indiana Hospital for
the Insane, and was out on a sixty-day
furlough. lie will be returned to the asy-
lum to-day.
Cross had acted strangely all day yes
terday, and towards evening he became
violent threatening 10 Kill his wife and
children. and finally ran them from the
house. He procured club about the size
of a ball bat and defied any one to enter
the house
When the bicyclemen reached the place
Cross. cursing loudly, threatened 10 kill
them. While Bornauer held his attention
at the front OF the house Lowe hurried TO
the rear. The back door was locked, but
the officer broke IL I'm.
AS he entered the kitchen the insane
man. who had heard the noise, sprang at
him with the club upraised, shouting that
he would kill him. In an instant the Of
fcer had the man covered with his re-
volver. at the same time ordering him 10
drop his club.
the front OF the house and the officers
erappled with Cross. He fought desper-
atcly cursing almost continually and
swearing he would kill them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-06
AMERICAN SHOT DEAD BY
SANTO DOMINGO REBELS,
WHO FIRED ON A LAUNCH
J. c. Johnston, an Engineer of the
Auxiliary Cruiser Yankee
Wantonly Slain.
PROMPT ACTION ORDERED
Yankees Captain Directed to
Avenge Murder and Insult
to the Flag.
MINISTER POWELL BUSY
Forced to Protect German as Well
as American Citizens-AIa-
rines Landed.

SAN DOMINGO, Feb l delayed I'm trans
mission.)-The insurgents this morning de-
liberately fired on the launch OF the auxil-
larry cruiser Yankee. killing J. c. Johnston.
the engineer The bullet entered his head
above the eye.
United States Minister Powell has direct
ed the captain of the Yankee TO take drastic
measures to avenge Johnstons death and
this insult to the American flag.
Johnston viii be buried on shore this aft
ernoon.
The Yankee and the Spanish cruiser Rio
de la Plata arrived here yesterday. The
United States cruiser Columbia left for
Guantanamo Sunday.
1t is rumored that Santa Barbara de Sa-
mana and Sanchez have been retaken by the
insurgents.
The Dutch schooner Venus. from Curacao.
has arrived here with $50 tons of coal for
the government. She was caught in a hur-
ricane on the way over and part Of her
crew and passengers were taken of by an
other vessel.
This city is surrounded by insurgents.
They have sent to the government de-
mand that the city surrender within twen-
ty-four hours. threatening otherwise to
ter it by force. The government has made
no reply to this demand and an attack is
expected. The fortifications are strongly
guarded and preparations are being made 10
resist the insurgents
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-06
GERMANS FAMILY IS
PROTECTED BY POWELL

SAN DOMINGO, Jan. 30. delayed in
transmissiOn)-The German consul here has
requested United States Minister Powell 10
afford protection 10 Herr Woman, the Ger
man vice consul. that ne might bring his
family into the city, as the insurgents have
given Mr.. Woman fOrty-eight hours to
leave where he is or suffer the consequences.
Consequently Mr.. Powell secured a guard
of sixty men from the United States cruiser
Columbia and informed the government
that ii was the intention of the German
consul and himself TO bring Herr Woman's
family into the city, and asked the govern
ment that its troops not fire upon this
party while IL was on its mission. He said
that if fired on they would protect them
selves AS soon as the guards passed out
side the city they were covered by the guns
of the Columbia.
No attack was made and the Woman fam
iIy and their belongings were brought back
here In safety.
All the houses outside the city walls have
been pillaged- The insurgents are desper-
ate and destroying foreign property
ceived urgent appeals 10 protect foreign
property against this pillaging and the
Columbia may be compelled 70 land marines
10 do So
The firing around the city continues. The
situation is serious, the price Of provisions
is very high and the poor are suffering
from want OF food.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-06
BEDFORD MYSTERY STILL
BATTLING DETECTIVES
Outlook for It's Solution Soon Is
Not Bright-Racine Letter
Considered.
MORE ANONYMOUS NOTES

Staff Correspondence of the Journal.
BEDFORD, Ind. Feb. 5.-With no tangi-
be evidence TO work on, no developments TO
strengthen suspicious already unjustly cast
on several Bedford men, the detectives and
city officials spent one more day without
results, seeking to throw some faint ray OF
light on the mystery OF Sarah Schafer's S
death.
s. b. Lowe tonight in a statement de-
clared that the outlook for solution of the
crime far from as bright as it was
twenty-four hours ago. All are baffled. and
stories OF impending arrests and estab-
lished motives are untrue.
1t was learned tonight that much impor-
tance is attributed the Racine letter men
toned for the first time in the Journal to-
day. Questioned in regard to the communi-
cation, S. b. Lowe said: II very much de-
plore the fact that the news of the receipt
of the letter was published. l suppose mem
ton was made of 1t by one of the officials
absent-mindedly. / regard the letter of
much Importance and think ii worthy of in
vestigation. Our work along this line may
be impeded."
1t is known that either Detective O'Brien
two Pinkertons from the Chicago office
will make an effort to locate the writer.
The only clew is his description. furnished
in the unsigned letter. The communication
states that the writer can throw light on
the mystery.
1t was understood late tonight that a
close conference of officials and detectives
at the City Hall this afternoon was to dis
cass another anonymous letter received to-
day. The source of the letter is unknown,
but the detectives are working actively as
the result of its receipt
The fact that anonymous letters are seized
as clews is taken by many persons as abso-
lutte proof that the Sleuths are puzzled over
the mystery.
Before the committee and detectives this
afternoon was Lawrence Cosner, by whom
James Mcdonald is employed. Mcdonald
is the man known to have been i'm the
neghborhood of the L-street alley a few
minutes before Miss Schafer met her death.
and Fourteenth streets. The detectives are
investigating McDonalds past. Again to-
day the officials worked on the theory that
a Bedford man with Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde life might know something about the
crimee This man is still absent from the
city, but his whereabouts is known.
a third epistle was received to-day by
Mrs. Martha Johnson, at whose home Miss
Schafer took her meals. The letter was
mailed at the Lafayette postoffice yester-
day The writer, in his letter, referred To
the two other communications received by
Mrs. Johnson since the murder, and re-
quested they be sent to certain address in
Lafayette. The police are anxious 10 ap-
prehend the writer of these mysterious let
ters, and in hopes of discovering his iden-
tity decoy letter was sent 10 Lafayette
addressed TO the person nar1ed in the re-
cent communication.
The subscription paper for fund to aid
in the investigation is securing many sig
natures. l.. Il. Thornton heads the list with
800. JOSEPH WIENER.