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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
VICTORY FOR RAILROADS
Chicago Car Service Association Will
Not Be Prosecuted.

Chicago, Feb. 6.-Walter Wellman, in
a Washington special to the Record
Herald, says:
American railway managers have
Just won an important victory in the
decision of the department. Of Justice
not to prosecute the Chicago Car
Service association for alleged viola
tion Of the Sherman antitrust act This
decision is Of interest to railways and
to business men all over the country. for
in nearly every city the railway: com.
panies maintain car service agreement
similar to the one in Chicago which has
been under investigation by the de-
partment Of justice.
The Chicago Car Service association
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
RESERVIsTs MUTINY
Six Thousand Disaffected Men Arrested
for characterization.

Blew York Sun Special Service
st. Petersburg, Feb. CT has been
lasrned from a good source that 5000
Yeservists mutinied at Peterhotf, their
open characterization being the culmina-
t:on Of disaffection that had existed for
a fortnight. They are now under al
rest in their barracks.
A dispatch to the Daily Graphic from
Sevastopol says that a court-martial
has sentenced eleven mutinous sailors to
terms of imprisonment ranging from
minor sentences and seven were &C
quilted.
The court refused to grant the i'm
perial attorneys demand that sentence
of death be passed on the four ring
leaders Of the mutiny. Several hun
dred Of the rebellious sailors are still
In custody. Another mutiny on Sun
day was suppressed. The naval bar
racks are strongly guarded.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
WOULD CUT OUT
DEATH PENALTY
Representative Lund Introduces
a Bill to Abolish Capital
Punishment in State.

Representative John G. Lund of Min
this afternoon, abolishing capital pun
ishment and fixing imprisonment for
life as the punishment for murder in
the first degree. The bill was referred
to the committee on crimes and punish
The house held short session. conven-
ing at 2 O'Clock. The senate will begin
its work for the week at IL am. tomor-
row.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
aR1PHNBERa LEAVES FRONT

Starts. Tor st. Petersburg-Japs Fortify
81 on Hume River .s.... s..
I. Russian Headquarters, Huan Noun.
tain, Feb. 6.-Lieutenant General Grip.
enberg, former commander 9s1 o. Of the ss sec &C.
day for St. Petersburg.
The Japanese are feverishly fortify'
ing their east flank and center, evident
ly experimenting a Russian offensive
move; the Russian movement on the
Hun river, having demonstrated the
possibility Of operations despite the win
ter. The Japanese are attempting
vai1ly to roll up the Russian right wing
northwest Of San-de-pas. ....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
JOB FOR BAT MAsTERsoN.

New York, Feb. 6.-United States Mar
shall IIerkel announced today that Will
liam B. Masterson, known as Bat Mas
terson, will be appointed deputy United
States marshal for this district Master
son was town marshal of Dodge City,
Kan, and sheriff of Ford county, in that
state in the old bad man" days.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
r.. r. PRlNeLE STRICKEN.

Toronto, Ont, Feb. 6.-R. r. %Pringle
one of the best known figures ION the
Canadian. and American race courses, is
dead His services were much in de-
mand as judge. He at one time owned
some of the best race horses in Canada.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
JAPs TO STRIKE FIRST
They Are Expected to Take Initiative
When Weather Moderatas.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 6-According to
General Kuropatkin g latest reports,
which indicate the wounding Of third
Russian general, Dombowski, the opera.
tions at San-dia-pu and the fighting at
Shak-he have been nlomentarily sus.
: There are indications that the Japan.
ese are preparing to break the mac,
tivity on their own account as soon as
the weather mederates. =, E2Isl.1 +
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH.

Special to The Journal.
worthington. Mimi. Feb. 6.-Peter Cur
Ter, aged 40 was found frozen to death
today on the lake shore. a mile from his
home. He left town Saturday might %
horseback. SCI ss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
TO DEBATE REFORM
Emperor Appoints M. saburoff Member
- :. of Council Of Empire.

st. Petersburg, Feb. Gan imperial
ukase has been issued appointing NJ.
Saburoff, member of the council of
the empire, president Of the special con-
ference to debate the committee Of min
listers proposals for reform of the gov
eminent and for the forming Of laws
for the local administrative courts.
The emperor expresses a desire for
the speedy conclusion of the labors Of
the conference.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
GROWN PRINCE GOES coURTINo

GROWN PRINCE GOES COURTING.
Berlin, Feb, 6.-Crown Prince Frederick
William, who left Berlin for Italy today,
is going to see his betrothed, the Duchess
Cecilia Of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, and her
mother, the Grand Duchess Anastasia,
who have been staying at Cannes,
France, where the latter owns a villa The
prince travels incognito as Count Won
Ravenoleben, with a court marshal and
two adjutants. . -' .n...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
Mrs. Chadwick Shocked. ..

in heT ce today, Mr. CHADWICK seen de-,
clared that she had nothing to say for
publication concerning the death Of G.
T. Beckwith. Evidently, however, the
news had come as shock. She had
believed the aged banker would recover.
To friend Mrs. Chadwick said: -.
"Mr. Beckwith suffered with heart
trouble and sinking spells from the time
l first became acquainted with him. |
had fully believed that he would rally
after his arrest =
Then, burying her face In her hands,
Mrs. Chadwick exclaimed: ,....
II am shocked and panied beyond
expression by the news" ~, ........<
.~ Mrs. Chadwick 8 Debts. 5=>
Receiver, Loeser filed O. list of the
creditors Of Mrs. Chadwick, together
with the amouna due each. 90 far as
court today. While it is understood,
unoffcially, that, Mrs. Chadwick g debts
will aggregate close to $2,O00,O00, the
80. The list shows that the sums
due the big creditors are; not known
! Among the latter are Fri. Reynolds
Cleveland; Robert Newton, Brookline
Mass; T.. Il. BeckW1th, Oberlln, ONO
, Citizens National bank, Oberlin, Ohio
and J. W. Friend, Pittsburg, Pa. Ac:
cording to common report, the claim OF
Friend amounts to 100000, loaned tc
Mrs. Chadwick.
Among some of the other debts are
the following:
Leon Rossells, Belgium, for merchan
disc, $11 $50. !: ~.
Adrian de Leveau, Paris, France, &C
cepted draft for merchandise, $500.
Kirkpatrick 8 Co., New York, FOL
!jewelry, $4,000. -
Scores Of other creditors names ar,
given who hold claims running from {
few dollars up to $1,000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06

/ L FIRE IN CRYSTAL FALLS.
! Crystal Falls, Mich, Feb. Give busi-
ness houses in the lower portion Of the
| city were destroyed by fire today. Loss
$50, 900; insurance about $4,000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
Three Specific Charges.

was issued from the office Of District
Attorney Houpt late Saturday. Mr..
Clement is charged with three separate
violations Of the national banking act.
They are. = 80
"Issa1ng draft on Jan. 20, 1904. for
$lO,O 900 on the National Bank of North
America, New York, in favor of DR.. A.
G. Rogers Of Faribault.
Issuing draft on Jan. 20, 1904,
for $500 on the Corn Exchange Ma
tional bank of Chicago in favor of the
same party $50 -
The. complaint says that t'Thomas
3. Clement, as president, unlawfuliy
and wilfully misapplied moneys and
credits of the bank by issuing these
drafts -.------,-------=--s
~, The secsond charge. is that Mr..
Clement; wilfully and unlawfAn.
appropriated to his own use the sum Of
$1,000" which was the property of the
bank. =. - =.
+ The third charge is that on Oct. 70,
office as president, having charge of. the
keeping sof the. discount register Of the
bank, to deceive the officers of the bank
and the agents appointed to examins
the bank, made false entry that the
bank owed asnote of $500 made by the
Shaft sassPierceG Shoe company. The
date Of this note was July l, 1904, and
it was made to III. II. Batcheller. At
no time, 1t is stated, was the bank owner
! Of the note. 49, :. .s-
Mr.. Clement is we'll known in Min.
nesota. Over twenty years ago he
served several terms in the state senate
and house Of representative and he has
for forty years borne a reputation for
| integrity. He was founder and for
thirty-six years an officer Of the Fari-
bault bank '
When brought to St.. Paul today he
left his home for the first time in six
sne Is he entered be tns asae1 1
his old friend, former: Governor A. B.
McGill, who assisted him to the Office
Of the commissioner. Mr.. Clement
could hardly walk, and he leaned heavi-
/ ~ on the shoulder Of the postmaster,
malities connected with the arraignment
and fixing Of the amount OF bond.
After the arraignment he left the build
ing in company with Mr.. McGill.
Says Charges Are ''Trumped Up" f
Mr.. Clement declared this afternoon
that the charges, were of technical
be considered seriously. He said he ex-
pected to furnish temporary bond Of
IS 900 this afternoon, and to return to
St. Paul Saturday, for the purpose of
furnishing permanent bonds, having
waived hearing before the commits
1.-THE bank closed its doors January
last,'' he said, ''thirty-six years to
day after they were opened with my
self as the founder. I was the first
president and continued in office during
the whole life Of the institution.
"The affairs Of the bank were not Sc
riously involved, and it is a question
L L S,,II
e cious ' to suspend payment. I was sick
at the time, however, and could give
,, the matter no attention, and have been
sick ever since.
NI feel certain that, when investi-
gated, any charges of irregularlttYy,
against the officers of the bank will
3 prove groundless. I know the charges
: against me are ridiculous. Trumpet
: up charges is the proper name for
them.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
uu,ETs QUO HOME DOOMED.

Verona, Feb. 6.-The historic house
where. according to traditions, Juliet
lived when she was wooed by Romeo. ID
in danger of collapse. The wall Is
cracked and repairs are being made, but
it is feared that the house is doomed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
ROOSEVELT TO APPEAI TO THE PEOPLE,
TAKING STUMP FOR RATE REGULATION
CHADWICK FRAUD
KILLS BECKWITH
Banker Duped by the Queen Of
Born owers Is Dead-Case
May Be Weakened.

Oberlin, Ohio, Feb. &C. T. Beck
with, president Of the defunct Citizens
National bank of this city, died last
night. Only the family surrounded the
deathbed of the banker. r
On Dec. IA last the federal grand
Jury in Cleveland returned five indict-
ments against Beckwith on the charge
Of violating the national banking laws
IN connection with the loans made to
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick by the Citi-
zens' National bank of Oberlin, of
which deceased was the president.
$500 Wanted to Die. ~ ...
From the day Of his arrest Beck
with's health failed rapidly as result
Of worry over his trouble: He frequent-
wanted to die. For several days prior
to his death he refused to take food
in any form. Death resulted directly
from heart trouble. ...
The death of President Beckwith
may materially weaken the charges Of
bank funds against Mrs. Chadwick.
It was his desire to make money
easily. in the form Of a bonus' OF
commission that brought Charles L.
Beckwith and the Citizens National
bank Of Oberlin into Mrs. Chadwick Il
clutches. :..
Mr.. Beck with was born in Portage
county, Ohio, Sept. 49,, 1889. IL
and rapidly rose until he became presi
dent of the institution. Prior to the ex
posture Of the Chadwick affair, Beckwitl
was worth probably $4,000. When the
bank wa, closed he lost every cent Of
his personal fortune.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
Un1fcation Is the Problem.

Nevertheless, for a concern to act
as merchant and carrier at the same
time obviously opens the way to gross
abuses. The problem before congress
is to give the unifcation necessary to
the refrigerator car business without
the favoritism which the present sys-
tenn entails.
It has been suggested that the rail-
roads Of the country might organize
a private car company on the same
system that the newspapers have Or
gained and now manage the Asso-
ciated Press, and that congress should
authorize it, if legislation is necessary
for such a scheme. Each railroad could
take stock, thus securing equitable ar
rangements in the use Of the cars. A
great national system could then be de-
vised for renting these cars to each of
the lines as occasion required. This
would permit an enormous development
and improvement over the present sys.
tenn
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, Feb. CIT does not ap-
pear that the Esch- Townsend bill,
which now holds the center of the
stage, takes care of the private car
abuse. The situation in regard to the
refrigerator cars is very trying. Most
students Of railroad problems here be-
lieve it would be mistake to compel
each railroad to furnish it's own cars,
as many Of the witnesses before the
committees Of congress are urging. The
use OF these instrumentalities is subject
to violent fluctuation; any one road,
like the Pere Marquette, uses fruit cars
for as, short time each year ,as a
farmer would use haycarts, but for that
period it needs an enormous number.
But these refrigerator cars ear be used
nearly. all the time by shifting them
from field to field. - ="
Aside from the seasonal variation in
volume of business, the icing of cars
seems to be a very delicate undertake
ing, for which an organization is neces-
sary, and this the railroads themselves
are perhaps not fully able to provide
1t is said, in extenuation of the present
operations, that the Armour cars have
brought the advantages of a refrig
orator service home to vastly larger
number Of fruit and produce raisers
than were able to avail themselves OF
it when they had to depend on the rail
roads for this kind Of transportation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
Confusion Of Terms.

The industrial railroad is somewhat
harder to get at. Many persons, in
Guiding President Roosevelt, use the
word "rebate' as the equivalent Of
discrimination, when in most circles the
word has technical meaning. It sig
nifies the collection of a tariff rate and
the payment back to the shipper Of
some part Of it. But this is simply
a form Of discrimination, and one which
has largely disappeared since the pas
sage of the Elkins law. The instances
in which the tariff charges are today
collected and any part Of them paid
directly back to shippers are as few,
compared to the whole body Of trans
actions, as the instances Of petty lar
ceny in the volume Of retail trade.
But discrimination may be brought
about just as effectually thru an OBJ
servance of the tariff rate as, for ex-
ample, the determinations between To-
calities and articles of traffic. If the
Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania
railroads should publish a tariff on coal
from the Cumberland region which was
so cents higher to Washington than to
Baltimore, that would be a discrimina.
tion against the Washington industries
but there would be no rebate. This
form Of discrimination seems to be. eff
fectively reached by this new Esch
Townsend bill. III"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
PREST.. CLEMENT
FACES CHARGES
Head of Defunct Faribault Bank
Arrested at His
Home.
MISREPRESENTATION OF
BANKS MONEYS ALLEGED
Aged Prisoner Arraigned in st.
Paul Friends Hasten to
Give Bail.

Thomas B. Clement of Faribault,
Mimi, president of the defunct First
National bank of that city, was ar
rested in Faribault this morning by
Deputy United States Marshal Viii
liam Grimshaw, Jr., of Minneapolis, on
a, federal warrant charging him with
misapplying the funds and credits of
that institution to the extent Of SIG, 500.
He was brought. to st. Paul on a
morning train and arraigned before
United States Commissioner C. L. Spen-
Ger shortly before noon. He pleaded
not guilty. His bond was fixed at
$4,000 and was furnished early this af-.
ternoon, Postmaster A. R. McGiIl be-
ing one of the sureties. Mr.. Clement
will appear before the commissioner for
hearing next Saturday at 10 am.
The arrest of the venerable bank
president, who is II years old, came
after series of sensational episodes
since the bank was placed in the hands
of receivers, about Jan. 2.
The national bank examiners had
made report to Washington alleging
grave irregularities in the methods Of
conducting the business of the bank.
Judge Buckham, one of the directors
OF the bank, declared in reply that
laxity should have been charged not
to the banks officers, but to the exam
liners.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
Evil in Car Ownership.

But if one shipper owns the cars in
which his traffic moves, while his COM
petitor has no cars, but must pay an I'M
reasonable rate to the railroad which
in effect, altho not in the technical
sense. That form Of discrimination the
Townsend bill does not reach.
There is a similar discrimination thru
the industrial road. The tracks Of a
manufacturing plant, which furnish
nothing but switching service, may
be turned over to a corporation, owned
by the same people who own the plant.
but having all the form of railroad
corporation and 50 getting a division Of
the thru rate. If that division is ex-
cessiye, or unreasonable, it effects a dis
elimination to that plant against it's
competitors, which have no similar ar
arrangement. 1t is not always easy to
draw the line. between railroads which
are clearly 1efaked up for this pur-
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an tonight and Tue9dHys
warmer Tuesday.
Today, max. 12, min. 8 be-
low; q year ago, max. 20, min.
8 degrees.
The Dolores star., 1905-10-20
rraoedy In CITY Street.

On one of the late gray afternoons
there was an almost unnoticed trag.
edy in the financial district. The pig.
cons were circling in and out of the
tall buildings. High above them a
dark spot was swooping in long, easy
curves. Suddenly it shot downward
upon flock Of the pigeons like bolt
from bow, and as 1t rapidly stopped
toward earth 1t was seen to be hen
barrier. In its flight it swept under a
pigeon. cutting 1t out from the flock
and driving 1t upward. The pigeon
struggled to reach a refuge among
the urns that pinnacle the lofty rear.
ward extension of 60 Wall street. The
hawk proved too strong in flight, soar.
ed once more above its victim. stoop.
ed again and sailed away with the
pigeon, leaving no sign of the murder
except few floating feathers and a
drop of red that spattered on the shirt
waist of a stenographer passing along
the street far below. A common
enough tragedy Of the air in the coun.
try, but not often seen over city roofs.
New York Sun.
The Dolores star., 1905-10-20

Egyptian history figured very small
in the immense perspective of dynas-
ties. The Egyptians probably regard
ed the Jews as very little people" "
and looked over their heads with true
imperialistist disdain. This" they
said. lis the day Of big empires .
They had many sich troubles with
small nations-wandering desert
tribes. Ethiopians. vile sons of Cush. %
and what net
There we're SO many civilizations in
Egypt-so many tracks have been
covered up-that we must not be sur
prised at finding few direct traces of
the stay of the Jews. So many peo-
ple1 were carried captive that the
memory OF the Jews was lost among
them. But that Is what adds to the
value of this Semitic temple at Sinai.
One most astonishing thing about
the fnd is the discovery Of great
mass Of barnt ashes. the remains of
The Dolores star., 1905-10-20
ciaars at Their Best.

Buy your cigars in quantities, put
them in a cedar box. lay the box away
in your cellar and at the end of three
or four years they are just right for
smoking" said Mr.. T. l.. Marston.
"A cigar. If properly kept. improves
with age, and at the end of four years
storage reaches the maximum of ex-
cellence. There are some curious
things, however, about even the cost
liest kind that every connoisseur rec.
ognizes. In certain localities the best
brand of Havanas acquire a bitter
taste after being laid away for a few
days. / don't know whether 1t Is at.
mospheric influence or what the cause
may be, but certain 1t Is that some
climates are ruinous to their flavor.
ANY smoker Of the finest goods
will also tell you that it is necessary
at times to change from the imported
to the domestic cigar. il only for a
brief season. tire of cigars costing
40 cents each wholesale. and cannot
again take pleasure in them until |
have INDUCED for period in some
genuine Connecticuts." Washington
Post.
The Dolores star., 1905-10-20
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