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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
DEATH FOR TEN. IN j.
FIRE AND EXPLOSION
Five MEN KILLED
IN AN EXPLOSION
Dynamite Works Blow Up, Caus.
ing Death and Injury to
Many Workmen.
Special to Tho journal.

Special to The Journal.
Marquette, Mich, Dec. l6.-With a
defamation that shook the city, three
miles distant, the mixing house of the
Dupont company dynamite works
blew up today, killing five men AND
badly wrecking the plant. The dead
are:
Henry Hall. .-....
James Govinsky. .s.sagf11ll2s!.y
Barney Johnson. -! rs,
Gustaf Baker.
Henry Gereau.
All were single except Gereau, who
leaves a wife and several children. In
addition to the killed, several employees
were injured, the only one, John KEN
per, is in a serious condition.
The men killed were blown into
pieces, which were scattered about the
woods in every direction.
So far, only few shreds of black
ened flesh have been found-not enough
to fill two-quart measure.
The mixing house was demolished.
Nothing remains on the site except a
small quantity of splinters. What
caused the explosion will never be
known. Not a man in the building at
the time survives. Thirteen hundred
pounds of nitroglycerin went up in, adj
dition to three mixings of dynamite in
process of manufacture.
The plant comprises about thirty
buildings, scattered over eighty acres,
and of these, only the magazines es-,
capped the effects of the terrific shock.
Some structures were wrecked, others
badly damaged, the property ,oss run.
ming well into the thousands. It will
be necessary to rebuild practically the
entire plant.
In the city many windows were
broken, and at the Pioneer blast fur,
mace, Lake Superior, and the Ishpem
ing railroad shops and other plants
closer to the powderworks, scarcely a
light of glass remains intact.
The explosion has caused great ex
,cltement. Every building was shaken
and in some instances women rushed
terror-stFieken, to the streets. v&>1 -
Many windows were broken as the
penltentiary, two miles down the bay
shore. The shock was so severe that
for a few minutes it was supposed the
Exp 9FXEpioslon had occurred in the prison
poWderworks.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
PLAN TO UNSEAT
SMOO1 OF UTAH
Senators Framing a Program to
End in Ousting Mormon
Senator.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service. o.. ..
Washington, Dec. 16.-Plans are
forming in the senate that will bring an
end to the Senator Smoot case and re-
suit in the unseating Of the senator
from Utah. The present plan is to
put Senator Dolliver Of Iowa on the
committee Of privileges and elections,
who will vote with Senator Burroughs,
the chairman of the committee against
Smoot. These two republican members,
with five democrats, who are all against
the Utah senator, will make a majority.
Senator Smoot has made good impress
sion by his actions on the floor Of the
senate during the trying times when his
case was under consideration. It is be.
lieved, however, that a majority report
will be adopted. - 3 ~.
Some new evidence will be presented
that 1t is expected to prove detrimental
to Smoot IS chances Of remaining in the
senate. The activity of the W. g. T
U. and other organizations, who are
insisting on Smoot 8 removal will be
again in evidence at this session Of con
gress. "...1 s-. -- - q. = -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16

BROKERS SUSPECT
!. A LAWSON TRICK
Boston Operators Believe He Has
= Made, Not Lost, and Loaded
- Up System" j.:
Journal Special Service.


Boston, Dec. 16.-State street has
announcement of Thomas w. Lawson
that every dollar of his private fortune
is behind the bear campaign against
Amalgamated, the total amount Of his
own and his friends money involved
being $15,00O,000. One.third of this
great sum Lawson put into the pool
within the last few days, and he ad,
$3,4O0,000. The Lawson pool is said
to be short Of 10000 shares Of Anal
gamated, and if this is true, the losses
would amount today to about Sd, 485, 900.
What the street cannot understand is
why Lawson should advertise his i'm.
ger Of his financial collapse, and those
who think they know his methods are
extremely skeptlcal.
Cleaned Up Tidy Sum.
Opinion is divided as to- Lawson's
deals yesterday, and many think he saw
chance to execute quick turn and
that instead of sustaining further loss
to his pool he cleaned up a tidy sum.
These observers call attention to the
fact that while Lawson advertises q
loss Of $50 100000, he makes no mem
ton Of profits in Amalgamated and
other coppers..
Oar6Iul reaQ1ng OF MT. LaWSOn 3 an.
nouncement regarding his Amalgamated
pool shows some important things. A
rise of about 20 points has cost the
pool $3,400,000, according to Lawson.
He says he still has $11 100000 left. It
will require rise of nearly 70 points
to wipe out this sum. When Anal
gamated sells at ITO State street and
Lawson's close friends will believe he
is broke, and not much before that
time.
Loading Up the System.
One significant fact has come out
| which is believed by many to point
| to the meat in the Lawson cocoanut A
Boston banking firm which six months
ago was carrying many thousand shares
of Amalgamated for itself and its Gus
toners, today had less than 1000 shares
in its safe, the remainder having gone
| to New York. The deduction from this
is that Lawson has for week been COM
polling Standard Oil to load up with
Amalgamated in sustaining and adj
vancing it's price This is thought to
be just what Lawson wants. He has
repeatedly said that the only way for
the people to get even with the "sys-
ten" is to compel it to buy its own
stocks at higher prices than it sold for.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
HARRIMAN.RYAN
]. COMBAT IMPENDS
Railroad Magnate to Fight Equit.
able's Owner for Financial.
b. Supremacy. 49,.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service. . g., -.
New York, Dec. 16.--Two tiny words,
with an aggregate Of six letters, as
sumed monumental proportions when
they were uttered before the Armstrong
investigating committee yesterday by
Edward H. Hartman, the only man
who ever had the courage to make war
on j. Pierpont Morgan. Inquisitor
Hughes asked him if he had taken any
Ryan in the ownership of the Equit-
able Life. .r..
"Not yet,'' replied Mr.. Hartman,
with a quiet force that was sermon
in itself. - ...... -. -.
The words came out Of his mouth
with the incisiveness Of steel trap
closing on it's victim. Wall street men
who heard Mr.. Hartman, figured that
the day was coming when Edward H.
Hartman and Thomas F. Ryan, two of
the richest, most desperate, courageous,
cial district has ever produced, would
come together in a struggle, the like of
which has never been seen in this
country.
= Hartman Was Joking
To an Associated Press representa-
tive E. H. Hartman said today: 81
have been surprised to see that some
Of the papers have treated seriously
my remark that Mr.. Odell has political
influence because of his relations with
me. Had regarded Mr.. Hughes ques-
ton seriously | would have denied the
imputation Indignantly instead Of max
ing a facetious answer, as did, and
the laughter which Followed
Sixteen days of grace have heen
given to John A. Mccall, president Of
the New York Life, for the repayment
to the company Of $235,000, given to
Judge Andrew Hamilton while the lat
ter was taking care Of the legislative
affairs Of the, New. York Life in Al
upon by the house-cleaning committee
of five which held two-hour session
at the Hanover bank building.
Mccall and Hamilton.
John G. Mccall, son Of President Nc
Call, sailed today from Europe, bringing
him with the long-looked-for explana-
arrive here in seven or eight days. If
| the explanation proves to be unsatis.
| factory to the committee, President Nc.
| Call will be expected to make good his
pledge before the first Of the year. A
| Paris dispatch says:
| MT. Mccall took with him Mr.. Ham
ilton g report concerning his connection
with the insurance companies affairs
! The following statement was furnished
from an authoritative source:
Mr.. Mccall found upon his arrival
here that Mr.. Hamilton was under the
care of DR.. Riviere, a famous specialist
Mr.. Mccall delayed his departure al
Mr.. Hamilton $ request in order to see
if the treatment would enable Mr.. Ham
1 ilton to return, but the doctor finally
stated that the trip Mr.. Hamilton con
templated and his return to business
would surely be followed by serious
4 illness. Therefore absolute rest fol
several months will be necessary.
In lieu of his return, Mr.. Hamil
/ ton has prepared and sent full anc
/ explicit statement covering his connec
tion with the affairs Of the insuranc,
i company
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
SUFFERING JAPS !.
LEAVING RUSSIA
Kaiser on the Spot with Chocolate
and Chrysanthemums for
......
Yellow Men.

Berlin, Dec. 16.-Emperor William s
Lieutenant General Won Pies
sen, met the Japanese prisoners of war
who are passing thru Germany from
Russia early today with large supplies
of chocolate and cigarets and for the
officers bouquets of chrysanthemums.
There were 1,72s men in all. They
were much touched by the emperor g
thoughtfulness in giving them the first
opportunity Of seeing the flower OF their
native land. III.
The first train brought sixty eight
dangerously wounded and sick men, five
of whom died on the way here: The
prisoners universally condemned the
treatment they had been subjected to in
Russia. They were interned in a co9n:
try village without newspapers or Gig
arets. The crippled Japanese were con;
fined in very small building and had
to crawl around unassisted.
After breakfast the trains with the
prisoners proceeded to Hamburg, where
the Japanese will embark on the steam
ers Cambroman and Vancouver.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
BONBSHELL IN CAMP
OF THE GOVERNMENT
Pr0Iefariaf Organizations Unite in DecLar-
ing Treasury Bankrupt and Order
ing RefusaLs to Pay
..@...s. Taxes.

st. Petersburg, Friday, Dec. Is, Morn.
ing, via Edytkuhnen, East Prussia, Dec.
16.-The proletariat organizations, thru
the "invisible government, threw
bombshell into the camp Of the official
government in the night by issuing
manifesto, following the form of reg
ular imperial document, declaring the
bankruptcy Of the treasury, ordering
the proletariat army everywhere to
ton; to insist on the payment of wages
in gold or silver, and to withdraw all
their deposits from the savings banks
in gold.
The manifesto is q terrible indict-
ment of the manner in which the beau
rocracy has brought the. country to
financial ruin, asserting that the. gov
eminent has squandered not only the
country's income, but the proceeds Of
the foreign loans on railroads, the army
and the feet, leaving the people with
there IS no money to feed the soldiers,
and everywhere there are instructions
OF the beggared and starved troops and
sailors.
Specialized with Public Gold.
The manifesto even charges the gov
eminent with using the deposits in the
government savings banks to speculate
on the bourse and with covering up its
chronic deficits in the interest on the
immense debt by. the proceeds Of the
foreign! loans, which are at last ex'
hausted.- -
The rich, it is further declared, have
already taken warning and are con
verting their property into securities
and gold and are sending them abroad
The only salvation for the country
according to the manifesto, is the over:
throw of the autocracy by constitu
emit assembly, and the sooner the gov
eminent falls the better. "Therefore
the last source Of the existence of the
old regiments financial revenue
must be stopped.' 49,.
The document is signed by the mem
bers of the Workmen 8 council, the
committee of the Pan-Russian unior
and the central committee of the socia
democrats, social revolutionists and SO
.cialists of Poland. ,E,.
+ This great step Of the revolution
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16

aries, which throws down the gage Of
battle to the government, was prepared
with such secrecy that the authorities
were taken off their guard and did not
even attempt to prevent its publica-
ton in the newspapers.
The revolutionary leaders expect it
will be followed by reprisals and ar.
rests, but all this has been foreseen.
The leaders laid their plans deeply be,
mittees of the various organizations
have been elected in the third and
fourth degree. If one set Of commit
tees is put behind the bars another will
take its place and carry on the work.
The League Of Leagues was not asked
to join in the manifesto, being regard
ed with some jealousy by the probe.
tariat organizations, which claim to be
bearing the brqnt Of the revolution and
The proletariat leaders claim to have
absolute knowledge that the govern.
ment has just issued $125,000,0o0 IN
paper money.
Now the Test Of Power.
Under the provisions Of the press Law
the editor of every paper which printed
liable to eight months imprisonment
and $1,000 fine. Now must come the
test Of the government g power.
| It develops that among the papers OF
N. Krustaleff, the president Of the ex-
ecutive committee of the workmen' 3
council, seized at the time Of his ar
rest, were documents which furnish evil
dence Of a well-planned conspiracy to
seize and carry off Premier Witte.
Officers Dismissed.
-Four hundred and forty officers have
been dismissed by the general staff al
untrustworthy.
It seems to be beyond question that
bloody collisions have occurred between
troops and the united peasantry and
workmen in the streets Of Riga during
which machine guns were used.
The situation is most serious in the
country, which is practically abandoned
to the revolutionary bands owing to the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
CHARGES EDITOR
WITH EXTORIION
Young Burden Tells Story Like
Fads and Fancies' Black
Hi mail Tales.
Journal Special Service.

, journal special Service,
New York, Dec. 16.-James A. Bur.
den, Jr., of the well-known New York
family and a multimillionaire told AS
sistant District Attorney Krotel today
story of attempted blackmail which
resulted IN the first arrest growing di-
rectly out of the scandals surrounding
the publication Of "Fads and Fancies. y
Robert W. Irving, editor and publish,
er Of the New Yorker, whose partner
Robert N. Criswell, committed suicide
last spring by throwing himself in front
of a subway train when faced bv q
charge of criminal libel, was the pris
Oner.
Mann and Town Topics.
In telling his story Mr. Burden sale
that Irving came to his home during the
r holidays in 1901 saying that he cam,
from Colonel Mann of Town Topics an
presented a letter of introduction signe(
! by Moses E. Wooster, editor-in- chief O.
Town Topics
owe have very nice scheme here, ,
said Irving, according to Mr.. Burden
(which we know will interest you.
is in connection with the contemplate,
publication of 'Fads and Fancies' TIL
e. price is $780,
Mr.. Burden said he was in no way in
terested., Then, according to Mr.. Bul
den, Irving made this reply: "Colone
Mann has always treated your famil
well in Town Topics. If you refuse u
he will not treat your family well i
the future.'
Branded Blackmailer.
Mr.. Burden said he told Irving he wa
blackmailer. A short time later ther
appeared in Town Topics a story that
prominent society woman had taken he
daughter to Europe to get away frol
William Burden, a brother of James /
Burden, Jr., because she feared thel
was an hereditary faint in the Burde
family.
- A short time later while Mr.. Burde
was attending meeting of the director
of the Windsor Trust company, Irvin
he said, forced his way into the roo
and told Burden he wanted him to pa
$3.50 for a cartoon which was about
be published. Burden called him
blackmailer and ordered him from tt
room. The recent disclosures abo,
"Fads and Fancies' caused Mr. Blu
- den to take action today. While tt
rame of the detective appears as cor
plainant, Mr.. Burden will appear
court to testify.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16

Russian Reds 7hrow Down Gauntlet to Car


Petersburg Wis Dec Mrdo the gauntlet to
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
rYREE, GUARD OF The
PRESIDENT, PROMOTED

4 Washington, Dec. 16.-Frank H.
Tyree, who is widely known as one of
the personal guards of President Roose-
welt, has resigned from the United
States secret service, and in few days
will assume the duties Of United
States marshal Of the southern district
Of West Virginia, to which office he re-
Gently was appointed. The president
presented to him handsome seal ring,
in appropriations Of the personal services
rendered him by Mr.. Tyree. 49,. go
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
MAD FOR SIX MONTHS,
ON FAST TRAIN run
= ,
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journal Special Service
Albany, N. Y, Dec. 1e.-For- SIX
months Lewis Zimmerman, locomotive
engineer, with run between this Guy
and Syracuse, held the lives OF nun
dreds Of passengers each day in ms b
control, and altho insane, cared 19r
them safely, without an accident. IL
is learned that for half a year before
he was compelled by a stroke OF paraly-
sis to leave the employ Of the road a
few weeks ago, he had been out OF MI ms
ued at the throttle Of the locomotive
which hauled one fast express east and
another west daily. He was committed
to an insane asylum yesterday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
CHANGES IN THE SENATE
Committee Vacancies to Be Filled and
Shifts to Be Made.

Washington, Dec. 16.-The senate
committee to fill committee vacancies
has completed its labors and will submit
its report to the republican caucus on
Monday.
In addition to filing vacancies it is
understood that several changes have
been made where there were no vacan-
cies. The most important of these is
on the committee on interstate COM
merce from which it is said that Senator
Willard of Nebraska will retire in favor
Of Senator Crane of Massachusetts,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
KAISBR'S SECOND SON
TO RULE BRUNSWICK
Journal Special Service.

journal Special Service.
Berlin, Dec. 16.-The unexpected visit
of Emperor William to Brunswick, CAPT
tai Of Duchy of Brunswick, to con-
fer with the regent, Prince Albrecht,
and the secret visit Of the Grand Duke
Of Oldenberg, father of the betrothed
wife of Prince Eitel Frederick, the Sec
ond son of Emperor William, to the
same capital, have given RISE; the Tage-
blatt says, to the belief that the EN-.
peror's, plan is to have Prince Eitel
take the throne of Brunswick, Prince
Albrecht resigning. -. >.....-. 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
ALFoNso's SISTER TO BE Welded,

Madrid Dec. 16.-The marriage of the Infanta
Maria Teresa second sister of King Alfonso to
Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria. has been Officially
fixed for Jan. IL. The municipality of Madrid
has decided to participate in the extensive fes
tivities which have been planned in honor of the
wedding.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
ICEBERGsIN STEAMER LANE.

Plymouth England, Dec. 16.-The American
line steamer St. Louis, which arrived here to-
day from New York, reports having passed Dec
II, in latitude As north and longitude 40 west,
an iceberg, 300 feet high. The iceberg was
right in the track of Atlantic liners and is
regarded as being serious danger to naviga-
tion.
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Continued on I'd Page, ,5th Column.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
The Early Morning

Is the time to do the most salts
factory shopping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01
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tailor made. You make them of the
same material as the costume or else
to match the trimming. They are built
over good stiffening and carefully fitted
to show the lines of the figure. People
with large waists should not wear a
very wide girdle, and they should re-
member, too. that any ornament which
breaks the horizontal line in the back
makes the waist appear smaller. Thus
a double row of buttons placed so that
the upper ones are farther apart than
the lower ones helps a good deal to re-
duce the apparent size of the belt.
l think very stout people make d. mis-
take in wearing their clothes too tight.
Take a shirt waist drawn down very
tightly over forty-two bust; it would
be an immense improvement to have
the waist eased a bit to conceal the
figure and to create the impression that
the size was somewhat in the fullness
of the waist. But the fat woman never
seems to think of an illusion; she wants
everything as tight as possible and
thus outlines her defornity cruelty, be-
sides making her face red and puffy.
To return to dress, my advice to the
woman with small income is: watch
the special sales in the Sunday papers,
The sales often offer you articles at
one-half their actual cost. Provided
the fit is good, you can easily change
the garments so that they will be be-
coming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01
HISTORY FOR THE
FOURTH OF JULY.
.HE Clio club had been indus

THE Clio club had been indus
triously studying for a year the
-ss history of ancient Greece. The
last lesson of the season came July 3,
when the fair Clos would disband for
vacation. To properly dignity the &C.
casion they invited Miss Irwina
Parthas, teacher of history in the high
school, to address them. Miss Irwina
was asked to choose, if convenient,
some topic connected with the ma
TONS birthday.
At IL o'clock July 8 the Clos as
sembled in their morning calling
clothes, and Miss Irwina was intro
duced After speaking awhile she said
she would ask a few questions direct
ly and Indirectly connected with In
dependence day The first was this:
"Will some of the descendants of
soldiers of the American Revolution
tell US what historic event of vital i'm
portance to our country occurred on
this date July 8, in the year ITS, an
event undoubtedly leading up to the
PRONUNCIATION of the Declaration of In
dependence a year later? Let us play
we are a real history class at school
Those who would like to answer may.
hold up their hands"
Not a hand was raised, to the ap-
parent surprise of Miss Irwina, though
possibly she was not really so much
surprised after all. She waited. then
said:
July 3, ITS, at 9 o'clock in the
morning, at Cambridge Mass, under
a tree ever afterward known as the
Washington Elm George washington
took formal command of the American
army as he had recently been en-
powered to do by the Continental con-
gress. oh, by the way, when was our
country's birthday first celebrated as
a holiday, and how was it comment
! GRATED ?"
Not a lily white hand was raised in
! response to this question. After wait
| ing to make sure that no members of
| the club that had been studying the
| history of ancient countries could an
swer this question in regard to their
| own, Miss Irwina herself answered it
as follows:
July 4, 1777. our nations first ami
liversary, the American army was at
| Morristown, n. J. General Washing
| ton himself. commemorated the occa-
sion by ordering the firing of guns and
| the lighting of bonfires. Thus the very
| first July after the original one, on
| which. the Declaration was issued, was
| celebrated by the discharge of gum
| powder, accompanied by such fire.
T mander in chief also ordered that in
honor of the day an extra gill of rum
be given to each soldier.
by the way, again. do you remem-
Der who it was that, referring 70 our
| natal day, said:
1--WE shall make this a glorious, an
immortal, day. When We are in our
graves our children will honor it, They
will celebrate it with thanksgiving,
with festivity, with bonf1res and illu-
limitations My Judgment an
| proves this measure and my whole
heart is in it. All that have, all that
7 am and all that I hope in this life 1
am now ready to stake upon it, and I
leave off as began, that, live or die,