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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
SAYS COMBINATIONS OF
RAILROADS ARE PROPER
Vice President Brown of the New York Central, Cites
Instances Where Both People and Courts Have Been
Proved in Error in Their Opposition to Such Combine
tions-Warns Against Obstructing Progress.

merce; combinations of roads which would
bring the great grain-producing, manu-
featuring states of the Middle West in
closer connection with the important and
growing exporting cities of the Northwest
the gateway to the Orient, and which
would closely connect the great forest
clad states of Oregon and Washington,
containing as they do 80 per cent of the
standing timber of the United States, with
the almost treeless states of the Mis-
sissippi and Missouri valleys, have been
met with opposition as fierce and persist
ent as that encountered by any similar
proposition in the past.
1t is not Impossible that the language
of the majority of the supreme court in
recently deciding an important case may,
in the light of the years to come, seem
to reflect the Glamour of the public rather
than the calm, judicial review of great
question by this exalted tribunal. If this
shall prove to be the case, it will simply
be another remarkably exact repetition of
history in cases having many closely
analogous features. BY legislative amend
ment or by judicial Interpretation, the
question of reasonable restraint of COM
merce, as against any restraint whatever,
must become part of the Sherman anti
trust law and must be considered in its
enforcement, or obstacles to commercial
and industrial progress are likely to be
interposed, whose gravity no one can fore
see and only the lapse of years can de-
termine.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24

? CHICAGO, May 23.-At the banquet
of the Illinois Manufacturers associa-
fion tonight William C. Brown, vice
president of the New York Central
Railroad company, spoke on Our
Country and Our Railroads." He de-
clared that the greatness and progress
of the nation had depended upon the
development of the railroad, and that
one had grown at the same rate as the
other.
He indirectly declared himself in ia
Vor of the combination of railroads,
and cited numerous instances in the
history of the country where people
had declared against such combina-
tions, where the courts had sustained
the contentious of the people, and yet
the logic of events had shown both the
people and the courts to have been
mistaken. He gave a description Of
the fight made to prevent railroads
from building bridges across the Mis-
sissippi which provoked much laugh
ter. Mr.. Brown said:
Propositions looking to the betterment
of service, having no other object and
impossible of any other result, have been
misunderstood and have been fought inch
by inch with a perseverance and zeal
worthy of a better cause. The consolida-
tions for the purpose of fostering com
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
THESE VEND TICKETS
Pointer for Those Who Attend
Democratic Convention.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 23.-The SUBJ
committee Of the national Democratic
committee met here today and prac-
tically completed arrangements for the
national convention July and adj
journed to meet again Wednesday.
June 10, at 10 a. m. at the Hotel JEFF
ferson
The disposition of the tickets for the
lO,45O seats was taken care of and
other matters arranged. Congressman
q. M. Hitchcock, Of Omaha, who is at
the head of the press ticket disburse-
ment arrangements, and Edwin Seton.
OF Washington, d. c., who will have
the direct allotment of the seats, were
among those present. Mr.. Seton act
ed as secretary pro tenn of the com-
mittee. /.
Each member of the national COM
mittee has been allotted ten tickets
and each delegate three. 1t was pro-
V1ded that all doorkeepers for the con-
vention shall be appointed by the sub
committee on arrangements of the ma
tional committee, through the SER
geant at arms of the convention.
Headquarters for the New York state
committee were opened tonight at the
Southern hotel under the direction Of
Edgar S. Marston, who will be in
charge for the present. Until. the ma
tional convention the headquarters will
also look after the interests Of Judge
Alton B. Parker.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
SEIZE CRUDE OPIUM
Government inspectors Make
Arrests at Seattle.

, WASHINGTON, D. c., May "a
Chief Wilkie, of the secret service,
gave out the following statement:
Secret service agents detailed at the
request of Assistant Secretary Arm
strong have been investigating the
suspected smuggling of opium between
Seattle and Portland. After three
months work under the direction of
Operative Frank Burke the investiga-
tion closed midnight Sunday with the
seizure of $4,000 worth of crude opium
and the arrest of S. B. Stevens, alias
Tuttle, w. S. Cree and Alfred Larsen,
all of Seattle
Stevens, who is said to be wealthy,
is charged with being the principal in
the enterprise, which has been con-
Quoted successfully, it is said, for sew
eral years. He never allowed himself
to be directly connected with the han
ding of the contraband opium. Chi
nese merchants at Victoria imported
the opium from China, delivered it to
agents of Stevens, who, it is said,
placed it aboard a fast launch owned
by him and it was landed during the
night at a point near Seattle.
He had two skeleton pianos and two
large iron safes into which the opium
was packed. The pianos were then
boxed the safes covered with burlap
and the entire consignment shipped by
freight to four fictitious persons at
Portland, where the distributors got
possession of the opium and it was
marketed by them. When emptied the
pianos were reshipped to Seattle to be
used again.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
NO GOPHER ORATORY
Rivalry Prevents Mlnnesotan
Secondlng Speech for Teddy.
Globe Special Washington Service,
10 q -

ff1f "a Street,
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 23.-The
president has about reached the con-
clusion that since the Minnesota Re-
publicans seem unable TO settle their
squabbles he will look somewhere else
for spellbinders to second his nenina
tion at the Chicago convention. When
1t was suggested that he allow some
Minnesota man to second his nomina-
tion on behalf of the great West Mr..
Roosevelt took kindly to the sugges-
ton. Three orators, however, have
proved an embarrassment of riches
and the president does not feel that he
can settle this detail of campaign
management without causing trouble
for himself.
Representative J. Adam Bede has
been trying to carry out the part of
peacemaker, but has failed. He has
received a telegram from E. G. Rogers,
of st. Paul, consenting to withdraw in
favor Of Joe Cotton, of Duluth, but c..
A. Smith, of Minneapolis, replied that
he was still in the hands of his friends,
which is unsatisfactory. to the presi-
dent. 1t is not unlikely that an Iowa
man will be- selected as asenmpromise,
possibly Senator Dolliver, who is a
recognized orator, and who, by the
way, will say nothing embarrassing to
the tariff standpatters.
+ = waiter 3. Clark.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
Two MEN ARE SHOT
IN SALOON HOLDUP
Desperate Robbers Shoot to
Kill at University Avenue
and Grotto Street.

Three masked men attempted to hold
up Henry Jantz's saloon, University
avenue and Grotto street, last night al
11:15 o'clock, but meeting with deter
mined resistance from the proprietor
and three of the patrons, abandoned
the job and escaped after wounding
two men, one probably fatally.
Christopher M. Brittschneider, car
penter, residing at 1042 Edmund street,
shot in the face, is in critical condi-
ton at st. Joseph's hospital, and may
not recover.
Christian HI. Froberg, bricklayer,
employed by the Great Northern, re-
siding at 1894 Sherburne avenue, an
other victim of the bandits, was shot
in the right arm, between the elbow
and the wrist. The wound was dressed
by DR.. Kistler. who was unable to ex-
tract the bullet last night
Four men were standing before the
bar and five were seated together at a
table in the rear of the saloon, when
three men wearing masks which COM
pletely covered their faces entered the
front door. The leader carried two re-
volvers and his companions were
armed with one gun apiece.
Clear out of here!'' commanded the
leader as he walked boldly into the sa-
loon.
The men at the bar turned and
Henry Jantz, the proprietor, who stood
behind the bar drawing three glasses
of beer, thinking the intruders were
playing joke, remarked in laughing
manner:
Come, come, boys, don't be foolish.
Stop this!"
Jantz then picked up the three
glasses and proceeded to the rear of
the saloon to serve the men seated at
the table. One of the robbers ran after
him and as he placed the glasses upon
the table seized him by the shoulder
and showed a revolver under his nose.
Robber Leader Is Ugly.
See here, we mean business, old man.
and you'd better put up your hands or
you'll get hurt growled the leader of
Continued on Sixth Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
ARGUMENTS CLOSE
IN SECURITIES SUIT
Both Sides Consider the Title
to Northern Pacific ).
Stock.

TRENTON N. j. May 23.-Argu-
ment was concluded before Judge
Bradford in the United States circuit
court today in the case of the applica-
ton of E. H. Hartman and Winslow
F. Pierce to restrain the proposed
plan of distribution of the assets of the
Northern Securities company. The
concluding argument for the Securities
company was made by John G. john
son, of Philadelphia, and w. D. Guth-
RE, of New York, closed the argument
on behalf of the complainants. m
The argument on both sides turned
largely on the question as to the title
to the Northern Pacific stock which
Hartman and Pierce put into the COM
bination and which amounted to about
seventy nine million dollars. The main
contention of Mr.. Johnson was that
the stock had become the absolute
property of the Northern Securities
company and that it was perfectly
legal for that company to carry out
the pro rata plan of distribution upon
which it had agreed. Mr.. Guthrie's
principal point was that by reason Of
the Illegal combination title to the
Northern Pacific stock had not passed
from Hartman and Pierce and that in
consequence they were entitled to have
returned to them the particular stock
which they put into the combination
and which involved the control of the
Northern Pacific.
Johnson's Points.
Mr.. Johnson stated, first, that the
controversy was not one between the
stockholders. Neither was it a claim
that the directors of the Northern Sc
curities company had exceeded their
powers. What is in dispute, he said,
is plan of the Northern Securities
company to distribute property which
the complainants claim to be their
own. The case, therefore, stands on
the question of title to the Northern
Pacific railway stock which was for
merly owned by Hartman and Pierce.
and which was afterwards acquired
by the Northern Securities company.
Mr.. johnson outlined points upon
which he would base his argument
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
EXPLOSION KILLS
THREE AND HURTS TEN
officials of Company Owning Wrecked
Property Are Arrested. !,

CAMDEN, N. J., May 23.-Three
persons were killed and ten others
were injured, two of them probably
fatally, by an explosion today in the
factory of the Independent Fireworks
company here. Robert T. Weser, Of
Philadelphia, president of the COM
pany, and Joseph Scalon, vice pres
ident, We're arrested and held in $1,500
bail to await the action of the coroner.
Scalon's father was fatally injured.
The plant consisted of a two-story
brick storehouse and four frame sheds
all of which were wrecked. The ex-
plosion occurred in the mixing de-
partment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
is GORWIN LOST 2 GUESsES $4,000, 1000
Census Director Foreshadows
the Population of 1910.

WASHINGTON d. c., May 2s.-In a
letter defending the estimates of pop
ulation recently issued by the census
bureau Director North incidentally
gives an estimate of the population of
the United States under the census to
be taken in 1910, placing the figures at
.S9s04b436e-s -
The director says that this indicates
percentage of Increase Of 17.2 as
compared with 20.7 in the decade 1890
1900, but he admits that events are
possible in the future development of
the country which wiH put this esti-
mate awry. The Aessinates recently
published. Mr.. North says. have been
Of very great benefit to. the country,
though they are II no sense a census
nor do they represent local capditions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
THE NEWS NDExED.

PAGE 4.
Favors Railway Combinations
Serious Japanese Losses Rumored.
Argument in Hartman Suit Ends.
Bank Caves In and Kills Laborer.
Masked Robbers Shoot Man.
PAGE u.
North ST. Paul Grocer Disappears.
History of Minnesota's Soldiers Beinc
spa's' PAGE N.
Police to Check Sale of Fireworks.
PAGE w.
Editorial Comment.
Methodist Bishop Elect Resiqns.
Merchant Marine Inquiry Opens.
sa PAGE W.
In the Sporting World ! ~
PAGE vi.
Minneapolis Matters.
News of thesN oFthwesE !
News of the Railroads.
PAGE VII.
Of Interest to Women.
PAGE VnI.
Popular Wants.
PAGE TX.
Commercial and Financial.
PAGE M
Romantic Divorce Case in Districi
Court.
School Book Bids Tabuiated.
Teachers Declare Against Low WAGES
Minnesota Man Dies in st. Louis Unde,
Suspicious Circumstances.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
M'CHESNEY IS LAME
Evil Fortune for Candidate for
Brooklyn Handlcap.

NEW YORK, May 2s.-McChesney,
the Western champion and the hope Of
cap to be run at Gravesend on Thurs
day, went lame this afternoon after a
workout. His trial at Gravesend. to-
day was looked upon as sensational,
and he went to his stable apparently
sound, but cooled out perceptibly lame.
Everything possible was done to re-
lieve the trouble, and although the
lameness is not considered permanent,
is it peculiarly serious on the eve of
such a race as the Brooklyn.
In his trial today McChesney went
the mile and quarter in 2:0S and the
mile and a half in :37.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
SISTER-IN-LAW OF
AMBASSADOR WILL WED
Miss Ivy Laneham and French Naval
Attache Join Hands Today.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 29.-The
wedding Of Miss Ivy Langham, the sis
ter Of the Baroness Speck Won Stern
burg, the German ambassadress, to
Lieutenant Commander the Vicomte de
Faramond de. la Fajole, naval attache
of the French embassy will occur at
St. Matthews church tomorrow. AS the
brides family are in deep mourning
the wedding is exclusively an official
function. The ceremony will be per-
formed by the Rev. Father Lee, the
rector of ST. Matthew's.
Commander de Faramond and his
bride will leave for New York in the
afternoon, whence they sail the day
following for France.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
Steamer May Have Gone Down
With Eiahty.Nine People.

TACOMA, WASH, May 2S.-It is re-
ported from Victoria that wreckage of
the steamer Corwin, which sailed from
Seattle for Nome with eighty-nine pas
sengers Tuesday, has been found on the
west of Vancouver island. She was
scheduled to sail Monday week ago,
but some of the persons booked for.
passage complained to United States
inspectors of the way the steamer was
overloaded and the inspectors ordered
all freight stored in the holds.
Tacoma shipping men who saw the
steamer before she sailed express the
fear that she is lost. The Corwin had
quite list and seensed to be heavy
and unseaworthy.
Tonight Victoria reports that there
is nothing there to confirm the rumor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
RAID POLICY GAMES
Chicago Police Perform an An.
imated Stunt.

CHICAGO, May 23.-Policy gaming
was hit hard blow by the police this
afternoon and tonight. Officers under
the direction Of Assistant Chief of
Police Schuettler raided five large pol
icy clearing houses, made 106 arrests,
seized $4,000 in cash, a number of large
checks, much paraphernalia and Sc
cured evidence upon which to base
several additional raids.
The raiding today was unexpected
by the, policy men and they were
caught unawares.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
DIES WITH HIS BABY
GIRL IN HIS ARMS
Joseph Wolf. Buried Under a
Failing Embankmenf, Ex.
plres at HIS Home.

Pressing his baby daughter close to
his breast, Joseph Wolf, a Iaborer,
crushed by the caving in of an en-
bankment. expired at his home early
last evening.
Wolf who lives at 673 Bedford street,
was killed yesterday afternoon at $50
o'clock by the falling of clay bank
on Beech street, between Cypress and
Forest streets, while at work with c..
! w. Tollas, SCI Collins street, loading a
wagon. Tollas, who escaped, quickly
extricated his companion from the
earthse but Wolf had received internal
injuries from which he died at his
home at 8 O'Clock.
The men, who were employed by
William Schrader, contractor at 591
Bradley street, were engaged in haul
ing dirt to fill in an adjacent lot They
were working together. one at each end
of the wagon, when, without warning,
the bank caYed in.
How 1t Happened.
I'VE were undermining the bank
and intended to break down the ledge
in the morning as we had done yester-
day noon," said Tollas last might. eve
had but few more shovels to COM
plete the load and were about to drive
away when the accident occurred /
was at the rear end and Wolf was at
the head. My back was turned when
the bank fell, but I heard his cry as
he was crushed down. I was dazed for
minute, but I quickly ran to the spot
and commenced, digging for all I was
worth. Soon 1 had his head clear, and
he opened his eyes and said he was
hurt pretty bad After little I had
him clear and I lifted him away from
the bank. The bank was only ten feet
high, and we had no idea that it would
cave in, as the claykwas hard.
The ambulance was called and Wolf
was removed to his home after being
treated by DR.. Moore, police surgeon.
He retained consciousness to within a
moment of his death. Complaining of
pains in his chest and abdomen, he ex-
pressed the belief that he would re-
cover Mrs Wolf was prostrated when
Continued on Third PAGE.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
INVOKES LAW TO HELP
RAISE MONUMENT
Resentment Does Not Cease at the
Death of Kate Herbert's Husband.

CHICAGO. May 23.-Mrs. Kate E.
Herbert, daughter of the late Kasper
G. Schmidt, rich brewer, today ask
ed the circuit court for an injunction
to prevent her relatives from interfer-
ing with the erection of a monument
over her husbands grave at Graceland
cemetery.
Martin B. Herbert, husband of the
complainant, died last February and is
buried at the Schmidt family lot. 1t
is said he was not popular in life with
his wife's relations and his death has
not altered their resentment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
PANAMA CANAL MAY
SPREAD YELLOW FEVER
Dr.. Strong Thinks Philippines and
Whole Orient Are in Danger.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 2S.-Dr.
Richard P. Strong, director of the
biological laboratory at Manila, P l.,
has paper in the fourth annual re-
port of the Philippine commission,
showing how the Panama canal may
become a factor in introducing yellow
fever into our Eastern possessions and
to the entire Orient.
He shows that the Hawaii islands,
Guam and the Philippines win be ex-
posed to, the -importation- Of cases of
yellow fever orr infected mosquitoes
that carry. the fever unless the dis
ease can be banished from Panama.
The disease often follows the lines of
commercial, maritime. travel.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
CISTERN is UNEASY
Creeps Up Side of House and
Tears OFF CIapboards.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
MILLER, S. D., May 2S.-Railroad
Commissioner D. H. Smith is unable
to understand the magnetic influence
that has been drawing his 130- barrel
cistern up out Of the ground into the
clouds, or rather toward them.
He went out after a pail of water
and he would not have been more sur
prised had he met a ghost than to
see the family eistern slowly creeping
up the side of the house, having torn
several weatherboards from the side
of the latter in its heroic effort to
rise from its bed. Mr.. Smith says it
beats anything he ever saw. A su-
perstitious neighbor insists that the
cistern is haunted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
Harder to Get cheeks cashed.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, May 23.-As
the result of the visit here of Edgar A.
Walz, president Of the National Hotel
Keepers Protective association, there
was posted today in all the leading
hotels of Indiana notices stating that
the proprietors, after Sept. 1, would
cash no paper for anybody not bring
ing a letter of credit issued by the
association, which is cooperative.
Notices viii be published in other
states.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
West Point Has It's LARGEST Glass.

WEST POINT. N. V May 2s.-The
annual examination of the corps Of
cadets was begun today and all recita-
tions have been suspended until the
beginning of the new academic year
next September. The class to be grad
nated on June Is has 125 members. and
is the largest in the history of the mill
tary academy. The academic board
hopes to complete the examinations
this week. as the corps win start for
st. LnsIis on Nay 2S.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
TWO INDIAN AGENCIES .
ARE ABOLISHED
Agents at Fort Berthold and in Iowa
Are Given New Positions.
Globe Special Washington Service,

Globe Special Washington Service,
1417 G Street
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 2S.-The
Indian agency at Fort Berthold, N. D.,
has been abolished and Amzi w
Thomas, the agent has been appoint
ed superintendent in charge of the
Indian school there. William G. Malin,
agent at the Sac and Fox agency, Iowa,
has been appointed superintendent of
the schools of that reservation, the
office of agent having been abolished.
Walter E. Clark.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
QUAY Smokes. Chats and Rssds.

Quay Smokes, Chats and Rsads.
BEAVER, Pa, May Ex-senator Quay
sat up in his room tonight, smoked a
cigar chatted with members Of his fam
lily and insisted upon reading all the
newspapers that were at hand.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-02
The Crescent.

The Crescent.
 After numDerless delays, caused by the delay ;.l receipt of goods from the West, the Crescent Confectionery and Ice Cream rarlors, opposite the Gym lasium. will be opened to the public rhis evening, although the formal op- aning wil not occur until Monday ev- ening. N. B. Morse presides over this neat little place, in which the pub
 lie will be sslially received and prop ariy served. with oysters in any style. hot drinks of every description includ- ing coffee, socoa and tea and the best of ice cream an6' cake, and full as sortment nf the finest confectionery. MT. Morse is well known to nearly all in Bisbee, and he has certain ly spared no expense in fitting up one of the nieest. neatest places of the kind in the city. His announcement will be male regularly on the eighth page of the Review.