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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02
ARMED MOB RULES
ISLANDS CAPITAL
San Juan, Porto Rico, Passes a
Night Of Terror with Police
Hard Pressed.

San Juan, Porto Rico, Aug. 2.-As an
outcome Of the longshoremen 8 strike
for an increase of wages, which has
been in progress for a month, the great
er portion Of San Juan was under the
control Of a mob between Z and
CLOCK last night. The mob, in which
there were about a thousand armed
persons, dug up paving blocks and
stones and with these and other mis-
siles, rushed thru the streets fighting
the police, who were armed with rifles
and fred scores of shots, mostly in the
air. .g.
One person was killed and there are
forty injured in the hospitals, three or
four of whom may die.
At s O. clock, while the main police
force was engaged with the rioters, an.
other mob, mainly composed of young
men and boys, threw stones at the arc
lights in the main streets, with the re-
suit that nearly the entire city was in
total darkness all night.
At 9 O'Clock the mob sought refuge
in disreputable district in, which
there were no police. This district
however, was surrounded by the police
and mounted squads patrolled the city
for the remainder of the night. Al
midnight the police, who numbered only
100, had the situation under control
Reinforcements are expected today.
The rioting was preceded by inter
mittent disturbances, which, however
were not serious.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02
TELEGRAPffffEiR}S THREATEN
TO TIE Up TWO RAILROADS
SEEK TO STOP up
LAWS LOOPHOLES
President and Moody Will Try to
Have Criminal Code.
Strengthened.

Oyster Bay, Aug. 2Attcrney Cen
visit President Roosevelt, left today for
Washington, to give personal attention
to the inquiries being made into the
scandals in the agricultural department..
. Mr.. Moody said the president and he
discussed a variety of topics. The de-
clination Of W. w. Cotton to accept
the appointment of United States dis
trict judge for the district Of Oregon
was taken up but no agreement was
reached as to further appointment.
/ Mr.: Moody and the president consid-
cred in a general discussion Of the laws
bearing on prosecutions in United
States courts, the necessity for amend
ments to the criminal laws Of the
United States. Speaking Of this ne
cessity Mr.. Moody says:
The whole criminal code Of the United
States ought to be gone over carefully,
not merely In the way of codihcation, but
with purpose to amend and strengthen
the laws. In the present circumstances
the United States courts cannot work
with promptness and facility in many
cases. AS matter Of fact-in Illustration
of this condition it is far more difficult
to take a man from one United States
courts jurisdiction across the Brooklyn
bridge into another jurisdiction of the
United States court than it Is for the
| state Of Maine to get criminal it wants
from the state Of California OF course
such a condition anomalous and ought
not to exist.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02
KING OSCAR HAS
A PEACE CABINET
NEW MINISTRY IN
SWEDEN FORMED
Lundeberg Is New Premier and
Cabinet Is Declared for
Peace with Norway.

:. Stockholm, Aug. "A coalition min
Minister Of state, Christian Lunde-
berg; minister Of foreign affairs, Count
A. F. Wachtmeister; minister Of Justice,
Judge G. A. Berg; minister of war,
Colonel L. H. Tingster; minister OF ma
rine, S. A. A. Lindman; minister Of the
interior, J. Widen; minister of finance,
Herr Viesert; minister Of education and
skiold; minister of agriculture, A. D.
Peterson; ministers without portfolio,
Herren Peterson and STAFF.
Herr Lundeberg, the new premier, is
vice speaker of the general chamber of
the riksdag and chairman Of the special
committee appointed by the riksdag to
deal with the crisis resulting from the
dissolution Of the union.
Count Wachtmeister is q member Of
the first chamber and director Of the
land office. Judge Berg also is mem
Der of the first chamber. Minister OF
Marine Lindman is director Of tele
graphs. Herr Hammarskiold is presi
dent of the Goeta high court.
Herren Widen. Viesert, Peterson and
Staff are deputies andaHerr Petersen
is a lawyer.
The new premier is one of the pillars
Of the conservative majority in the
upper house. He was largely RESPONSE
bic for the conditions framed by the
special committee of the riksdag fol
the dissolution Of the union and King
Oscar selected him for the premiership
as he considered it desirable that thu
same influence which dominated the
| work Of the committee should prevail
during the negotiations for the carrying
out of its program.
In the new cabinet the liberals are
well represented and the ministry car
be depended on to seek peaceful solu
tion of the difficulties between Swede1
and Norway. XIII
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02
INSURANCE CHIEFS
MEET IN SECRET
Commissioners Of Seven States
Discussing Reform Measures
in Chicago.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, Aug. 2.-An inner coterie
of state insurance commissioners at the
invitation Of Commissioners Folk Of
Tennessee and Prewett of Kentucky,
will hold secret session today at the
Great Northern to discuss reforms
among insurance companies and Incl
dentally among their brother officials.
The object will be, first, to consider
the Equitable, and next to determine
on some policy that will prevent off
taking the liberties charged to Hyde
and Alexander. . 49,:
Only such commissioners as could
be relied upon implicitly have been in
vited to the conference, which is pre-
paratory to the annual convention to
be held next month at Benton Woods,
N. H. At the caucus today certain re-
forms are to be recommended which
the select commissioners hope to put
thru at the convention.
The men who will meet are Commits
sioners Folk of Tennessee, Host of
Wisconsin, Vooris Of Ohio, Vary of
Michigan, Prewett Of Kentucky, Car
soil Of Iowa and O'Brien Of Minnesota.
It is said that even insurance com
missioners themselves are not snow
gin with them. Commissioner Folk is
brother of Governor Folk of Mis-
souri, and has taken the initiative in
the work.
Charles Gunther, president of the
Iroquois club, may ask the visiting
commissioners to meet the members OF
+ his organization to discuss the CUES
tion Of national legislation for insur
ance companies. - ,--g
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02
DIR. KOCH HAPPY
TRIP TO NEW ULM.
His Family and Miss Fitzgerald
Are with the Party Story
Of the Acquittal.

Special to The journal
Mankato, Mimi, Aug. DIR. K och
went home today accompanie by his
sister Ida and brother Albert Koch Of
Echo. sex
Miss Fitzpatrick accompanied them
and will be the guest Of Ida Koch fol
: i. q. and nd ". E. Koch and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry a.. Sonsen went to their
home in New Ulm last evening.
The expense of the Koch trial will be
about the. same as chat Of the second
trial, about $40 600. This will be re.
funded by. Brown county. This is ex.
elusive Of attorney hire.
p. G. Koch, Dr. Koch $ father, has
employed almost constantly since Dec
81, three attorneys at $50 day; two
attorneys at $50 ! !, 4 day; one Thiel agen
addition, spent large sums for witness
fees.
The Koch relatives acknowledge that
the first trial cost nearly $1,000. It il
safe to say that twice that sum wa:
spent on the second trial The defense Of
George Koch has cost his aged father
sum somewhere around 100000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02
HYDE WILL RETURN
Former Chief Statistician Will Face the
Music.

Washington, Aug. Fin answer to a
cablegram to John Hyde, former chief
.statistician Of the department Of agri-
culture, urging him to return to this
country. Secretary Wilson today re-
ceived the following dispatch from Mr..
Hyde:
Southport, England, Aug. 2, 1905
Returning as soon as possible. Letter. !"
Mr.. Hyde left Washington about the
time special grand jury was convened
to investigate charges Of leakage in
the bureau Of statistics by which it is
mer associate statistician, furnished ad-
vance information of the department 8
figures on the cotton crop to New York
brokers. When Mr.. Hyde resigned as
chief Of the bureau he agreed to hold
himself ready to aid the department OF
justice in the investigation it is MAX
ing. He took passage for Europe few
days later, and his departure was not
learned until he was beyond the iuris-
5dictioh Of federal auth orities, who want:
ed him as q witness before the grand
I jury.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02
DANE OR A REPUBLIC
Kaiser Says Norway Will Enthrone
Prince Charles or Be Republic.

Copenhagen. Aug. 2.-Since his ar
rival at the Danish court, Emperor Will
liam appears to have become convinced
that there is no hope of a prince of the
house of Bernadotte becoming king of
Norway. His majesty now favors Prince
Charles of Denmark. and he is quoted
as saying:
eff Prince Charles does not become
king. Norway will be republic. Of
course: I prefer a monarch, and there
fore shall hereafter support the candi:
dacy Of Prince Charles -
King Christian and some Of the Dan
ilshaprinees lunched with Emperor Wi.
liam on the Hohenzollern today. The
emperor invited Prince Hara1dson and
the Crown Prince Frederick to attend
the German maneuvers. After luncheon
the king bade farewell to the emperor
VINO will sail tonight or early tomorrow
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02
ACQUITTED ON FIRST BALLOT
Story Of Yesterdays Exciting Events
at Mankato.

Special to The Journal.
Mankato, Mime, Aug. But one
ballot was taken by the Jury in the
Koch case yesterday and in that one
they found DR.. Koch not guilty Of the
mtlrder Of DR.. Gebhardt Of New Ulm.
The ballot was taken Immediately after
the. jurors returned from dinner. to
minutes after they had left the court
room to deliberate.
After returning from dinner, some
brown paper was torn up for ballots
and the jurors, assembled in their room,
wrote their verdict. It was found that
eleven were for. acquittal and one could
not be read. Juror Wilder, who is 70
years old, said that he wrote it and in
tended it for acquittal. Then some
white ballots were prepared and the
other vote was declared a mistake.
Every white slip bore the words Mnot
guilty. = This was really the only bal
lot taken, and the Jurors wish it under
stood that they took but one.
It was few minutes before 8 o clock
when the court was Informed that the
jury had agreed, and at 3:O7 pm. the
took their Seats Foreman McGregor re-
piled to the question Of the court,
whether the jury had agreed upon a
| verdict The court asked for the find
ing, and it was passed to him. After
reading it, Judge Cray handed it to
Clerk Of Court Thorne, with instruc-
tiens to read it aloud to the jury. There
| was breathless silence. The defendant
! leaned forward in his chair to listen
with rapts attention to the words
that bore such import.to him:
I've, the jury, find the defendant not
Each juror sam Mi was his verdict
| Instantly tho ISL ssetators burst into
applause, which lasted forsa full min.
ute and until the court raped for or.
der.
When she heard the verdict, Miss
Ida Koch, the defendant Is sister, who
had sat by him thru the three trials
. showing him loving attentions, put he1
arms about the doctor and kissed him
DR.. Koch for moment appeared
overcome with the emotions caused by
the verdict.
When order had been restored, Judge
Cray discharged the jury, thanking Il
for it's long and combining service. He
also made an order discharging the de
PENDANT and generating his bond.
1 AS the jurors filed from their box
DR.. Koch and his relatives and attor
neys shook them by the hand anl
thanked them. The Judge tilted bach
in his chair, his face beaming benig1
(Cont;nuod an Oh poro KIN Co1,,rnr \
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02

New Orleans, Aug. Ex-Governor
Blanchard has ordered out state militia,
and a clash between Louisiana and
Mississippi military authorities and
forces is imminent.
Governor Blanchard s action is based
on kilograms stating that Mississippi
soldiers employed as quarantine guards
had invaded Louisiana with arms and
that boats were patrolling4 the mouth
of Rigolets lake and Pearl river, off
the Louisiana coast, to prevent Loulsi-
ana boats from leaving.
Governor Blanchard today issued or
ders to Captain J. w. Bostick, in COM
mand of the Louisiana naval reserves,
to proceed with a sufficient force to
Lake Borgne canal and adopt meas
ures for the protection of Louisiana
fishermen, citizens and boatmen. The
oyster commission has been instructed
to turn over the oyster fleet to Cap
tain Bostick for service in this matter,
and the naval commander has instruc-
lions to add by charter or impressment
whatever boats he deems desirable fol
his mission.
The boats will be fully armed and
each filed with a complement Of naval
militia. l..
Governor Vardaman of Mississippi,
it is said, has decided to go personally
to the scene and investigate the con-
ditions for himself.
Tightening the Cordons.
Mobile has frightened its protective
Gordon and has ordered, in addition to
djsinfection, a detention of five days
for all boats coming from Central and
South American ports.
kansas and Texas, has ordered dis
continuance Of all trains between
Shreveport, La, where a case appeared
last night, and Texarkana.
Arkansas as well as Mississippi is
using it's militiamen as quarantine Of
ficers and has stationed them at various
points to prevent the landing Of peo-
pie from infected districts.
Shotgun guarantees. prevail in many
parts Of the far south, this emphatic
manner Of stopping refugees having
been in operation near Vicksburg fol
about a week.
Fever Situation Worse.
The yellow-fever situation in the
temperatures and heavy rains in New
Orleans, the center Of infection, not
only producing unfavorable climati,
conditions, but undoing much that ha(
been accomplished in the past twenty
four hours in the way of oiling gut
tiers, cisterns and ponds, and causing
this work to be done over. Confdenc,
in the ability to control the situation
is supreme, and the developments of tn
past twentyfour hours, they maintain
were nothing more than was to be ex
pected in the progress of the plague
Passenger and freight traffic on tn
railroads in and out Of New Orlean
is practically paralyzed. All suburban
service to coast towns was discontinue
a week ago, and almost daily the rail
roads have been dropping one or NOR
trains until the service on most of tn
lines is at a minimum.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02
ARMED CLASH IN
SOUTH IMMINENT
Louisiana and Mississippi Troops
Near Conflict Over the
Quarantine.
YELLOW FEVER GAINS -a
NEW HOLD IN SOUTH
Situation in New Orleans and in
Other Gulf Cities Is
Worse.
SPREAD OF YELLOW
FEVER IN SOUTH

At New Orleans-2otal cases up
to noon, 347; total deaths up to
noon, "a; new cases today, !;
deaths today, 6.
At Ship Island quarantine sta
ton, off Mobile bay, to date, 4
cases (convalescent(.
Shreveport, to date, one case;
Montgomery, Ala, one; Lumberton,
Miss, one; Westwego, La, two
cases and one death; Algiers, La,
one case; Sunrise, La, one; Empire,
La, cne; Ostrica, La, one; Point
Celeste, La, one; VaCCarO, La, one.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02
BL0ODH0UNDS TO RID
EVANSTON OF BANDITS
New York Sun Special Service,

Chicago, Aug. 1.-The Evanston city
council is TO go after the holdup man
and the lawbreaber with vengeance.
Last night, in regular session, and af-
and refcrred to its police committee
with power to act, an ordinance pro
viding municipal pack Of bloodhounds
to run down the burglars and highway
men aud chase them outside the four
mile limit
In all ,.e towns of the North Shore
SIS far as Ike Forest, the scanty police
forces are peH'ailinp the fact that thei1
the incrcas. of crime and asking fol-
added men. In Evanston there is much
alarm.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02
MANY ARMY MEN IN
TAGGARI DIVORCE CASE

Wooster, Ohio, Aug. MANY men
prominent in army circles have arrived
here to attend, as witnesses, the hear
ing Of the Taggart divorce case, set for
this afternoon before Judge Eason. The
case is surrounded by numerous sensa-
tional features.
Major Taggart, one Of the best-known
officers in the regular army, charges his
wife with infdelity, drunkenness and
abuse Of children. Mrs. Taggart alleges
cruelty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02
STRIKE MENACE FOR
AMERICAN BRIDGE co.

New York, Aug 2.-In all probable
ity there will be, says the World today.
a national strike against the American
Bridge company. Should the strike be
called, more than $4,000 men will be
involved.
The workers attribute the trouble to
the alleged employment Of non-union
men by the Boston Bridge company
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02

Findlav. Ohio. Aug. miss Gussie
Strattol probably will lose her hear
ing on account of having filed her ear
with ink today, while attempting to an
swer, a telephone call. Miss Stratton,
hearing the phone bell, reached for the
receiver without looking at it. Instead,
she grasped an inkbcttle, which She
placed TO hcr car. Z. E,1
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02

KING OF WATCHMAKKERs DEAD,
Boston, Aug. 2.-Duane Herbert
Church. whose invention of about $50
machines has revolutionized the manu-
fact9re OF watches IN America during
from heart failure at his home in West
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02
GRoUNDswELL FOR PEACE
sene1nent IN Sweden Against War
Gains Adherents Rapidly.
BY w. 3. CHAMBERLAIN.
Managing Editor Of The journal.

Copyright, 1906, by The Minneapolis journal.
Stockholm, Sweden, July 1.-THE
groundsWell of peace sentiment is ris-
ing so fast in Sweden that there can
no longer be any question Of a settle
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The Chamberlain letters from scandi-
navia are appearing every day. The
Journal is the only paper with man
on the spot.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02

For THE JOURNAL. # you are too
busy to call at the office, call The
journal by phone, 80, either line.''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17
HUNDREDS STRUCK BLIND.
Much Suffering in Central
Africa.

A somewhat remarkable eye disease
is at present prevalent in several parts
of British central Africa, northeastern
Rhodesia and in Portuguese Zambesia.
At first it was noticeable in cattle,
sheep and goats and only recently was
it found to have attacked the natives.
The disease, according to the London
Mail, is at present raging from Port
Herald, British station on the Fam
best, right on toward Tete, a distance
of over 200 miles, and at this latter
place it is reported to be quite cpl
demic.
William Arnatt, a traveller who re-
Gently returned from Tete, states that
he observed hundreds who were suffer-
ing from the disease, and a large num-
Der were totally blind. One of the
sights of Tete on Sunday morning
is the long lines of blind people who
enter the town to beg, each string be-
ing led by little boy or girl. At
first a white spot is observed on the
eyeball and this in a short space of
time becomes highly infamed. The
eye then discharges a white, milky
fluid and the whole of the eye be-
comes covered with white film. This
is the critical stage of the malady,
and if the disease is very severe the
eyeball bursts, thus destroying the
sight entirely.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17
SOME ARE BORN BLEEDERS
Peculiar Sickness Which Has Been
Brought to Public Notice
of Late.

The rare popularity known as
haemophily or ''bleeding sickness" has
been brought to notice anew by Dr.
Boehme, a German physician. 1t
continues for generation after genera
ton in certain families and is char
acterized by an extraordinary ten
dency to hemorrhage, making the ex-
traction of a tooth dangerous opera
ton, while even pin prick may lead
to severe or fatal bleeding. The cause
seems to exist in an unexplained fall
ure of the blood to coagulate like nor
NAL blood. The disease has been
studied in more than 60 European
families and in the Mampel family
has been followed for more than q
century. Johan Peter Mampel and
wife were not ''bleeders." OF their
eleven children three sons were affect
ed and from observations on 212 mem.
bers of these and subsequent genera
tons Of the family most singular
law of heredity is deduced. This law
is that, while the disease is practically
confined to males it is~never transmit
ted by these males to their sons, but
only by the women, who are normal.
to their sons. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17
PLUMACE OF THE OSTRICH
Infinite Care and a Thorough Knowl-
edge Requisites to Perfect
Production.

The domestication of the ostrich in
South Africa for the sake of it's
plumage took place less than 80 years
ago. To-day the capital invested runs
into millions.
Ostriches are curious birds. The
male bird sits on the eggs during the
night Is p. m. to a. n.y., the hen
takes up sentry duty during The day,
and the curious thing is that the pair
are punctual to minute. Eggs left
unprotected for a single night will
be useless next morning. The incu-
baton lasts from AZ to As days. When
eight days old the chicks are removed
from their parent birds and put in a
small Enclosure with an old boy or
woman in charge to tame them; unless
thisais done they will, when grown up.
retain great deal of their wild ia
ture.
When the feathers are required a
cap is placed over the head of tho
bird, which is then put into a box.
The feathers are not cut unless prop
erly matured; that is to say, when the
blood vein running in the quill has
sufficiently dried up so as to prevent
bleeding. The long wing feathers are
cut about one inch from the flesh.
The short ones are drawn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17
ODD WAGER EASILY WON.
Flesh and Blood Leg Was No Match
in Endurance with One
of Cork

1t was in the commercial room and
the conversation had turned on the
topic of the powers of endurance
shown by the men of the past and pres
ent. During lull in the conversation
a young commercial man said:
ANY man, if he has the will power
can endure pain or fatigue; know
can" Silence for moment, and an
'old man of the road" replied: CPL
bet you dinner you can't hold your
foot-boots on-in bucket of hot
water as long as cam
The bet was taken and two buckets
of hot water were brought in and a
kettle of boiling water to raise the
temperature to the point of endurance.
In went foot of each bettor. The
young mans face began to pale, but
the other called for more boiling water
What the deuce is your leg made of,
sir?" yelled the former, suddenly TAX
ing his foot from the bucket.
Cork, sir-cork," was the cool an
swer, and the other gentleman felt
that he had, indeed, lost.