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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
GOV. mickey DOEsN''T
TRUST LEGISLATURE
Wants One Fresh from the People
to Pass New aws-No
Extra Session.
Special to The Journal.

special to The Journal
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 9.-Because he
fears that many of the members of the
Nebraska legislature, as that body is at
present constituted, are dominated by
corporation influences, Governor Mickey
today formally refused to listen to re-
cent suggestions that he summon a
special session. In public statement
the governor says:
ST the legislature were to be called,
I should submit to it several matters
Of Importance. The state is in need Of
better and safer insurance laws; it is
in need of an differentiation or trust
law which does not contradict itself
and is easy Of enforcement; it is in
need of railway regulation. "A law espe-
cially needed is one that will provide,
not for commission to hear, postpone
and bury complaints, but one that will
fix rates, and empower the governor, on
his own motion, to bring an action orig
inally in the supreme court, in the name
Of the state to enforce equitable and
reasonable freight rates.
"As I view it, the power to convene
the legislature in extraordinary session
is conferred upon the governor for the
purpose Of meeting extreme emer-
gencies, such as cannot be foreseen, and
the existence of which constitute an
immediate and a serious menace to the
welfare of the state. No such emer-
gency exists at present. In my judg-
ment, I would not be justified in adding
10 the states burden of debt by calling
special session for the consideration
of such subjects as have been under
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
'HOCH |NvOKEs WAR
ON THE OIL TRUST
Kansas Governor Calls on Gov
ernors to Proceed Against
Standard Oil. sI3
By Publishers Press.

Topeka, Kan, Dec. 9.-Gove7nor
Hoch of Kansas has started national
war on the Standard Oil company. last
year the governor threw the gait into
the STANDARD by means Of several laws
regulating the oil industry. Now he
wants the same thing to happen in the
other states of the union, and accord
ingly is sending letters to every other
state governor asking for the passage
Of the same laws that Kansas has now
upon the statute books.
He recites the facts in the Kansas
fight and explains the pipeline common
carrier, the maximum freight rate and
the antidiscrimination laws, which att
tack the Standard tentacles, and sayss
II am very anxious to extend these
principles Of government to other states
that the greatest possible good may
come from them. I therefore most heart-
lily recommend these enactmentsSto the
favorable consideration Of governors OF
sister states and trust they may think
the subject Of sufficient Importance to
recommend them to. their respective
Legislatures, and I urge the legislators
of the several states to study these
Kansas enactments and, If thought wise,
to incorporate them or their essential
features into the laws Of their respect
i've states
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
COAL MINERS WILL
HOLD STRIKE MEET
Upon Decision Of Mitchell's Men
Depends Peace Of Anthra-
cite Field.
By Publishers, Press.

Shamokin, Pa, Dec. 9.-All arrange
ments have been completed for the COM
ing meeting next week Of the anthra-
cite coal miners. The importance which
attaches to the coming special conven-
ton arises from the fact that upon its
deliberations may depend whether or
not there will be another strike in the
hard coal field. If another struggle Of
this kind does come, it will probably
mean that the old fight between the
operators and miners will be waged
more bitterly than it was in the last
strike.
The convention will determine upon
the demands which the anthracite coal
miners will make to their employers
in relation to working conditions and
wages. All three Of the anthracite dis
tricts in the United Mine Workers or
ganization will be represented by full
quotas Of delegates. The local unions
all recognize the Importance of the
convention and the questions It will
have to decide, and intend to be rep
resented so that they will have a voice
in deciding what is to be done.
It is regarded as a foregone conclu-
sion that an advance in the wage scale
will be demanded by the miners. This
the operators have indicated they are
unwilling to yield, although they would
be willing to grant some of the work.
ing conditions which the miners are
likely to recommend.
The miners will also demand an eight
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
SOBER TEN YEARS, HE
GETS MOTHERS REQUEST
Ohio Man Lives Up to Terms Of Will
and Gains $4,000,
By Publishers Press.

By Publishers Press.
Plainfeld, N. j., Dec. 9.-1n consid-
GRAFTON Of his good behavior for the
past ten years, Frank T. Rice today.
received $4,000, as provided in his
mother s will if he remained sober ten
years. Mrs. Rice died about eleven
years ago, leaving an estate valued at
$35, 900, which she divided among her
three sons. Two Of these sons received
$4,000 each, the balance, $40, 900, was
left to Frank, who at that time was a
reckless fellow leading dissipated
life. The money was not to be paid
over until he reformed and remained
sober ten years after his mothers
death. Rice settled down six years ago,
married belle Of a Watching mount
ain village and now owns his own farm
and is a respected citizen Of the com
munity. He says he has seen the error
of his ways and it was not the money
that caused him to reform ten years
3
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
FEARN IS NEW HEAD
OF GRIDIRON CLUB
w. w. Jermane Of The Journal Elected
Member Of Club.

Washington, Dec. AT the annual
meeting Of the Gridiron club today the
President Richard Lee Fearn, New
York Tribune.
Vicepresid ent-Samuel G. Blythe,
New York World.
SecretaryJohn s. .shriver, Cincin-
natl Times-Star.
Treasurer George IT. Walker.
Executive Committee Scott G. Bone,
Charles A. Boynton, Associated Press;
Louis Barthe, Baltimore American.
w. w. Jermane, Of the Minneapolis
Journal, was elected a resident member
of the club.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA MORNING DECEMBER o1eos
back of the line Of scrimmage; team

back of the line Of scrimmage; team
on defense shall not have more than
six men on the line of scrimmage; of
the players back of the line they must
be at least five yards back of the line,
and the remaining players back Of line,
It within five yards, must be inside of
the two players on the ends of the line
Of scrimmage. On offense the side hav-
ing the ball must gain ten yards in
three downs or forfeit the same to the
other side.
There should be an official board Of
umpires, and referees chosen in adj
vance of the football season and as
signed to the respective games by some
duly constituted authority. In Penn
splvania's plans for opening the game
the idea is to weaken the ends and
strengthen the center Of the team on
defense and then to allow passing in
back field, which would permit of many
pretty and intricate plays.
i Against Brutality.
The rules should distinguish between
unnecessary roughness and brutality.
Brutality should be made to include
slugging and kneeing.
The penalty for these ofenses should
be the disqualification Of the guilty
player until the end Of the half, no
substitute being permitted to take his
place for ten minutes; two such dis
qualifications in the season to operate
as a bar to such players further par
ticipation In any intercollegiate games
during that season.
Unnecessary roughness should include
the use Of straight arm and elbow Of
defense; piling up and other acts Of
a similar character. For these offenses
the loss of twenty yards should be
inflicted. :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
SAW BARKER SHOOT ZOoK
Witness In Aberdeen Murder Trial Gives
Damaging Testimony.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Aberdeen. S. D., Dec. s.-The state
rested it's case in the Barker murder trial
today after establishing another identi-
f1cation Of the prisoner accused Of shoot
ing Lee Zook In boxcar
G. w. Rogers swore he was close to
Barker when the match was lighted in
the car He testified that he had seen;
the accused earlier in the day on the
train and at once recognized him as the
same man. He declared that Barker
struck another man in the car with his
revolver; that the men jumped from the
car; that he chung to the door till the
train passed switch, and never took his
eyes off Barker the whole time. He said
he saw him fire the shot that killed Zook
The testimony was mistaken by the
cross amination.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
BOTH LEGS CUT OFF
Hills Farmer Struck by Train and May
Recover.

Special to Tho Journal.
Hills, Mimi, Dec. George Quail
ley, farmer living two miles north Of
town, was caught on the crossing near
his home by the northbound Great
Northern passenger today. His buggy
was smashed and both his legs were cut
off below the knee, besides sustaining
internal injuries. The. trainmen picked
up the injured man and brought him to
town, where he received surgical aid.
There are hopes Of his recovery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
BANGOR BROKERS IN STRAITS.

Bangor, Me-, Dec. 9.-Henry Lord &
Co., for the past forty years stock brok-
ers and commission merchants in this
city, made an assignment today to E.
c. Ryder & Co. of Bangor. The liabili-
ties will be $150,000. II f. s.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

hour working day, which the operators
will hardly grant. In case the opera
tors refuse to accede to the demands
of the miners, as it is positively as
serted they will do, it will undoubtedly
mean another strike:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
So. GOO IN LEVELS STOLEN.

$B,UUU IN JEWELS STULEN,
New York, Dec. 9.-Pickpockets stole $1,000
worth Of diamonds from Mrs. William Il. Crane
Of Station Island last night. The stones were
set in sx rings which she was carrying In .
small handbag during trip to Manhattan. Mrs.
Crane Is the wife Of contractor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-27
Garfield After cattlemen.

Washington, March 24.-Commis-
sionen Garfield, profiting by the crit
icism that his beef trust report has
brought out, has widened the scope
of the inquiry and will submit another
report to congress on the meat indus
try of the country that will include the
operations of the cattle raisers and
the sale of beef and food products by
the retailers. Agents are now at work
gathering this data, which will also
include statistics on the hog and sheep
slaughtering branches of the great
packers.
Among those who have denounced
Mr.. Garfield's first report most violent
ly are the cattlemen. His reply to this
criticism is an investigation of the
cattlemen's methods. Another fact
that was disclosed in the original in
vestigation was the high retail price
of beef Whether the packers are
alone to blame for this or whether the
retailers taking advantage of the beef
trust cry have not put up the price for
their profit, is a question the commits
sioner wants to clear up.
This additional information is ex-
pected to be in hand when congress
meets In the fall and it will be submit
ted along with that part Of the original
report withheld at the request of the
department of justice so as not to dis
close the evidence it has against the
packers for violation of the antitrust
law. Some of these features of the re-
port deal with private car transporta-
ton, refrigerating and such things.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-27

the cemetery. The news of this TACT
has caused the greatest concern here.
The industrial problem in st. refers
burg has again entered on a dlfflcult
stage. the owners of many factories
having in consequence of continued
backing and filling by their employees
decided to close down their WORKS Ell
tirely. locking out 10000 men.
The idle workmen are in an ugly
frame of mind. The machinery IN one
or the big cotton mills was wrecked
saturday. and the spirit of disorder is
in the air.
Trouble is expected and 1t is bel1ev-
ed the wilder spirits are now not WIN
out bombs and other weapons OF de-
tense and reprisal.
Guard officers continue to receive
warnings that they will sign their
death warrants if they order the troops
to fire and a social democratic propa-
ganda of demonstration and distur-
bance is evident.
The proprietors Of the cotton mills
and wooden mills, which have been
operating on the smallest possible
margin of profit, are generally PLAN
ming to pay off and discharge their
employees, trying, with the aid of the
authorities, to send them back to the
villages.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-27
Lew Wallace and Lincoln.

The few uneventful years General
Wallace spent in Covington were dls-
tineuished by one important event.
saws Harper's Weekly. 1t was there
he saw Abraham Lincoln for the nrst
time. The Indiana bar had even tneh
some brilliant and notable men among
it's members, and case of extraordl-
nary interest at called them together
at the fall term Of the circuit court
In relating the circumstance, General
Wallace said: During the session we
were in the habit Of gathering at the
old tavern in the evening, after ad-
iournment. 1t was brilliant company
whose talk was we'll worth nearing.
One evening there appeared suddenly
in our midst a tall, ungainly man.
homely of visage and rather shabb1ly
dressed. He did not lntrude himself
but sat on the outskirts OF the COM
pany, neither proferring opinions nor
taking sides in the controversies that
occasionally became pretty warm. NO
one seemed to know anything about
him, and when asked friend who he
was, he replied carelessly: oh, that
is some third rate lowyer a man nam
ed Lincoln from somewhere in Hill
nois., One evening, however after he
had been there some time" General
Wallace continued, something moved
him to speak and then he began to
talk. We all sat spellbound.
~ have never" said General wal
lace, "heard anything that approached
it; the logic, the wit, the pertinent
anecdote that poured out in an un-
ceasing stream. He talked thus for
three solid hours. Some one said:
whoever that fellow is, we shall hear
from his again some day. 1t was
nv first meeting with Abraham Lin
coin" he said, land the prophesy that
we should hear from him again, 1t
must be admitted, was abundantly
verified"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-27
FARMER SUES FOR LOST RICHES.
William Wilmerton Of l';nois W5uIc
Recover From ALLEGED Brokers,

Recover From Alleged Brokers.
ST Louis, March 25.-Cleverly word
ed letters playing on the unsuspecting
mind of 6, retired farmer for the pur-
pose of separating him from his for
tune thru alleged grain speculations,
were an important feature in the suit
for $4,000 of William Wilmerton, aged
SO, of Presumption, ILL.,, against the de-
funct Merchants Brokerage Company
yesterday in the United States circuit
court.
According to Wilmerton's story he
worked on his farm for sixty-two
years and all his wealth represented
1902, after he had retired and settled
down to spend the rest of his days in
ease, he was attracted by the adver-
easements Of the "get-rich- quick" con-
Germ.
He was encouraged with predictions
of great gains and he sent them other
sums a few days apart, gradually in
creasing the amounts. At one time he
sent $4,000.
The old man was led on in the be-
lief that he would soon be million
aire. On July 2, 1903, after he had in
vested $4,000, he became suspicious,
and soon afterward received a letter
stating that all his money had been
lost, as also had the firms own mon
ey. The farmer, also crazed by the
sudden blow to his hopes, consulted
attorneys. On July 81, 1908, suit was
begun and the brokerage company's
deposit Of $3,616 in the Germania bank
was attached. A rush of the firms
patrons resulted and an exposure fol-
lowed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-27
Reputed Head Of Beef Trust.

The most conspicuous and striking
figurei in the packing district is jon
athan Ogden Armour, head of the great
packing house and grain firm OF Ar
mour & Co. and reputed head of the
beef trust. Mr.. Armour was born in
Milwaukee forty-one years ago. He
went to the public schools until he
was prepared for college, then enter
ed Yale, where he did not remain to
be graduated. After an extended Eur
opean tour he returned to Chicago and
the second day after his arrival he was
invited by his father to accompany him
to the stock yards. From that time ne
has worked steadily. His first job was
that of office boy, but he was soon pro-
noted to q clerkship, with salary OF
$40 week Under SO exacting a task
master as the elder Armour, 1t was a
long and weary struggle before the
young man reached place near the
head of the firm, but when he did reach
it he had first class business educa-
ton. Since he stepped into the shoes
Of his father" says the New York
Tribune, ~ Odgen Armour has shown
a remarkable business faculty and
judgment in affairs for in excess OF his
years. The business associates OF
the father have long looked upon the
son as man Of the same power and
force. He is, in their estimation, man
to be reckoned with and to be feared,
for in many shrewd transactions he
has displayed the same ability which
made his father famous.
~ Ogden Armour is as calm IN ac-
ton as at rest. He lacks impulsiveness
to the verge of coldness. He is not a
mixer in public affairs and has few
intimate friends. He is devoted to his
family, especially his little daughter,
Lihta, patient of the famous surgeon
of Vienna, DIR. Lorenzo. Mrs Armour
was formerly Miss Lolita Sheldon, OF
Cincinnati"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-27
Inti1nates His Readiness to
Continue the War as Long
as Necessary
HAS HIGH REGARD FOR RUSSIANS
Japanese Field Marshal Says They Are
True Soldiers and Have Fought Well
Z Making of the Japanese Army Has
Proved Satisfactory in Every Par
ticuIar-Drafted From All Glasses.

Yin Kow, Wednesday, March ~. -
IL D. M, via Tien Tsin, March IT,
Field Marshal Marquis Oyama Sunday
rave his first interview since coming
into the field. He refused to discuss
the probability of peace. am only
q soldier" he said, mot a politician.
The Japanese government will arrange
terms of peace when the time comes
We were forced to fight this war In
the interests of international peace
and for the safety of our country. Fer
sonally, / have high regard for the
Russians. They are soldiers. Inc
officers and men are brave and able
and have fought we'll. During the wal
between China and Japan l was the
commander of the army which cap
tured Port Arthur. With division
and a half Of troops we took the city
in five hours. The result this time
shows the wonderful difference be-
tween the Russians and the Chinese
with whom we had previous experience
But our army both soldiers and officers
performed their duty, as Japan knew
they would. was minister of wal
for Japan for sixteen years, during
which time CONSUMPTION laws We're
pasted have closely WATCHED the
making of the Japanese army, and II
has proved satisfactory. The officers
and the men have fulfilled every hope
as believe, as well as they would in
the older days, when the Japanese army
was composed of the Samuri, profess
sional fighting men. The modern army
was drafted from all classes; yet al
our hopes have been fully realized by
the work this army has done in actua
war"
Field Marshal Oyama declined to dis
cuss the future movements or plans
of the Japanese army. He intimatec
that he was ready to continue the wal
as long as necessary.
+. Despite the reports to the contrary
Field Marshal Oyama's health is ex-
cellent. With his staff, he is COM
fortably quartered in fine Chinese
houses, placed at his disposal by the
Chinese viceroy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-27
ROGERS BOY RETURNS.
Disappeared With His Aunt in 1901
Woman's Whereabouts Still Mys-

terry.
Chicago, March 27-Frank Ely Rog
ers, the schoolboy who disappeared
from Evanston with his aunt Miss
Florence Ely, on July IS, 1901, return
ed home yesterday.
He came alone and the woman's
whereabouts are as much a mystery as
ever. II left her long ago." he de-
clared. She may be dead, or, like her
nephew, she may return as suddenly
and unexpectedly as she departed. Her
farnily is at loss, but inclines to the
former theory.
A typical wanderer in appearance,
his face aged and hardened, his cloth
, ing dusty and worn, young Rogers was
welcomed by his parents with open
arms. To the former "chu1ns" who
found him wandering thru the streets
of Evanston and later to the father
and mother the boy told many stories
conflicting stories of his wanderings.
He did not, however, clear up the
mystery which has enveloped the
strange case for nearly four years.
That he will tell more in few days
Is the hope and belief Of his parents
and Miss Ely's brother. knowledge
that she is dead would be welcome af-
ter the years of uncertainty.
The boys return was as sudden and
unexpected as his departure. The
Rogers family had made every effort
to trace their son and his aunt, and
all had ended in failure. The police
OF many cities had worked on the case;
every town in the country had receiv-
ed handbills offering rewards for clews
but from that July day when they fled
until o'clock yesterday afternoon,
when young Rogers hailed a boy friend
in the streets of Evanston, they never
were heard Of definitely.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-27
MILLIONS FOR SCHOOLS.
.Iohn D. Rockefeller Likely to Give
University $4,000, 900.

University $5o,oOO,00o.
Chicago, March 25.-ls John ~.
Rockefeller committed to the task OIL
providing a s5O,Ooo,ooo endowment for
the University of Chicago?
That is the belief of majority OF
students at the big school, and OF
MANY members of the faculty and they
point to the first letter ever received
by the school from it's founder and
which arrived yesterday, as substan-
tiation of the hopes which all enter
tain.
The letter does not reveal any OF
MI. Rockefeller's plans, but it is in
reading between the lines and coup
ling the writer's statements with Well
known conditions at the university,
that have given rise to expectations OF
q new and greater munificence on the
part of the founder.
I'VE will unite in the fervent hope
and prayer that his CDR. Harpers)
most valuable life may be spared to
carry out his cherished wishes for the
advancement and growth of the uni
versity." writes Mr.. Rockefeller.
DR.. Harper's most cherished hope
according to members of the faculty
who have been most closely associat-
ed with him in his work. is to see the
university endowed with $50,000,000
which he considers will make 1t pos.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-27
The Late Senator WoIeott.

The late Senator Edward o. VOL
colt of Colorado was fond sometimes
Of telling stories of which he. was the
butt. He used to tell how. at the be-
ginning Of his professional career in
the west, he established a law and real
estate office in Georgetown, Col. AS
the future statesman was in partner
ship with brother, the firm sign read.
Edward Wolcott & Brother" The
young lawyer. however, found that
business would not come to him, so he
decided to move to a neighboring
town in search Of 1t. He bought a
donkey, packed his few belongings up
on it and started for his new field. He
took with him the firm sign, thinking
after the addition Of fresh paint 1t
might be made to do duty again. On,
arrival at his new field Of endeavor
he found group Of miners awaiting
him. All eyes were fixed on the side
of the pick animal. For a moment
there was silence, and then an old
miner drawled out: "Say, young fea.
low, which Of you-all is Ed?"