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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
ANB0UGHT EQUITABLE
"T0AVERT HUGE PANIC
c. H. & D. BOUGHT
TO SAVE MUTUAL
Morgan Purchase of Railroad a
Part of the Life Insurance
Tangle.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
New York, Dec. s.-The insurance
investigation was directly responsible
for j. Pierpont Morgan IS sudden pur-
chase Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &.
Dayton railroad from the holding syn.
the property Of the Erie, according to
a story current in high financial Cir
cles.
- In September, 1904, representatives.
of the Hollins- Zimmerman syndicate,
according to this story, borrowed
$8,750,O00 Of the United States Mort
gage & Trust company. This loan was
committee of five well known fnanciers,
and was underwritten by syndicate
of Stock exchange banking houses. The
Hollins- Zimmerman syndicate put up as
collateral shares representing a con-
trolling interest in the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton & Dayton railroad.
Mutual Life Loan.
The loan, which was in, reality a
Mutual Life loan, ran undisturbed until
June last, when the insurance disclos-
ures made it certain that the Mutual
| Life would have to undergo severe
gruelling. Tt was then expedient to
place the loan outside of New York state
and the loan was shifted to the OldCol,
! Ony Trust company IN Boston, winch Is
closely allied with Mutual Life inter
ests, the United States Mortgage &
Trust company and the Bay State Trust
company.
Late in September last the loan fell
due and the Hollins syndicate was re.
fused a renewal. Something had to be
done Immediately to prevent the secur.
tiles from being sold at private sale
as could be done legally under Massa-
chusetts law. There was a strong init.
| nation that unless the loan was paid
\ OH, the Gates-H II Wley interests might
get control Of the property.
Went to Morgan.
In this dilemma Mr. Hollins went to
4 j. P. Morgan and told him the circum.
stances. There were only fifteen hours
| in which to act. Mr.. Morgan recog-
nized that it would be great menace
to the other trunk lines if the road was
permitted to pass into the hands of
Gates or Hawley.
/ A hasty statement ycf the conditions
/ of the read was prepared for Mr.. Nor.
gan, and before 3 O'Clock on the fol
! lowing day the Boston trust companies
had their money and Mr.. Morgan had
possession of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton road. Twenty hours be-
fore he purchased the road he had not
the slightest intention of buying it.
The disposal Of it to the Erie, it Is
said. was an afterthought. Mr.. Nor
gan sold the road to the Erie at an
advance of only So a share. Whatever
other profits would have come to him
would have been in the underwriting OF
the Erie bonds. 49,. .r.~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
1900 BUTCHERED IN KIEFF
ministers and Officers Are Abandoning
Premier White,

London, Dec. 8.-Dispatches from
st. Petersburg via Eydktkuhnen, Dec.
Z, say massacre at Kieff is reported,
but without further details than that
1900 persons have been slain. The
situation there, as elsewhere thruout
serious, but the government is paral-
yzed by strikes Of workingmen and
mutinies among the troops.
Abandoning White.
The correspondent of the Daily Mail
in st. Petersburg, in a dispatch sent by
way of Eydktkuhnen, East Prussia,
says: -
''Prominent military commanders
everywhere are requesting permission
to resign. The minister of war him
self (Lieutenant General Rudiger) has
asked the emperor to allow him to- re-
tire. The minister of the interior ON.
Durnovo) and others have followed the
example of the minister of war. Count
Witte stands alone, but even he is los
ing heart.'
The CORE. pondent Of the Daily Tele-
graph at st. Petersburg, in g. dispatch
dated Dec. E, while protesting against
the exaggerated and grotesque ru-
nors' circulated abroad concerning
the horrors prevailing, in Russia, .ad-
"mits that almost ANYTHING in possible
to the Russian people in ''this time
of revolution s
Blanes The Anarchists. ,s-
He blames the anarchists as being
largely responsible for the existing sit
uation, saying:t.
fWell knowing that legality will de-
prive them Of their occupation, they
the country into Serbonian bog of
chaos and crime. Unfortunately, a
large section Of the population is prov
ing so weak and irresolute that the
country is no longer guided by princi-
pies but Is the slave Of events. and the
principal event is the delirium Of the
nation.
Deluge Is Near.
"While Count Whites cabinet stands
there will still be hope for Russia, but
when it disappears the deluge will be-
Given now the dark clouds are visi
bly, gathering. The peasants clamor fol
land but they will not hear Of disre
spect to the emperor. A large percent
age of the workmen also are incenseC
against the strike organizers and the
revolutioniists, and in some cases against
the JeWs.''
Girls Torn to Pieces.
The correspondent relates two in
stances-one that Of beautiful Jew
ish girl in the village of Hanova, and
another that Of schoolmistress named
Doughentzoff, in the Kuban district
both of whom were torn to pieces by
Infatuated mobs for preaching revolu
ton. He says:
''These doings make civilized people
shudder, yet they are part of what is
threatened on a large scale by the ele
nent Of reaction, which is gathering it,
force and which is saying:
eff the laws are obsolete and the
government is powerless, then we, the
people, will rise up and bring the an
archists to reason. They have silencet
our emperor and prevented him from
giving us the land. Death to them. ,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
WITTE,ABAND0NED,Q QUITS,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
VERMONT WOMAN
DIES ON GALLONS
Mrs. Rogers Hanged After Long
Contest to Gain Reprieve or
Pardon.

Windsor, VT, Dec. 8.-Mrs. Mary
Mabel Rogers was hanged at the Yer
mont state prison at Windsor at lis
o clock this afternoon for the murder
Of her husband, Marcus Rogers, at Ben
nington, Aug. 13, 1902. Mrs. Rogers
was pronounced dead by the prison Of
ticials at l:271a.
The execution took. place after the
woman had been twice reprieved OF
account Of appeals made in her case
by her counsel and after the United
States supreme court refused to take
action in the case.
Only a comparatively few persons
witnessed the. hanging, the number be-
ing restricted to those permitted to
attend by the laws Of Vermont.
Composed to the Last.
Mrs. Rogers maintained her compo-
sure to. the last, and mounted the gal
lows with steady step. Altho death
ly pallor overspread her countenance,
hardly a muscle quivered as Deputy
Sheriff Spafford pronounced the fatal
words: ,.5
81 now proceed to execute the SEN
tence of the law and may God have
mercy on your sOul.''
When the words We're pronounced
Deputy Sheriff Angus McAuley sprung
LILO Gidp duu NIOp 1c1ls
The Woman's Crime.
Few crimes have been more revolt.
ing than that for which Mrs. Mary
M. Rogers was hanged. She mul lered
in cold blood the husband whose infat
uation for her was his chief weakness
Marcus M. Rogers, the victim, begged
|, her to return to him when no knew she
had been. guilty with others. It was
Ishis love for her that made the slayins
ut him easy. -.--.
~ She arranged to meet him on tho
evening Of Aug; II, 1902, ostensibly. t.
bridge over the Waleomsac river, al
the end Of Stafford street, Bennington
before the appointed hour. She ap
peared with Leon ,Perham, half
witted youth. Perham carried q
clothesline, the woman a vial Of chic
reform. Mrs. Rogers lured her husband
into pretended sport with the rope
finging it about him and trying te
bind him. He, laughing, shook off the
clinging coils. She, laughing too, pro
tested he was too clever for her, sug
twined the rope about the man with
the adroitness Of an idiot S cunning.
Rogers, who up to that point hai
been amused by the pranks Of his wife
and her companion, at length became
unc comfortable and asked Perham tx
unite him. Perham laughed. Roger.
sought to free himself but could not
The rope frightened with his efforts un
til it almost strangled him. He shouted
for help. Mrs. Rogers and Perham sal
on the bridge rail watching the tor
tured man.
The Fatal Moment.
Suddenly Rogers, in one of his furi
GUS struggles stumbled and fell That
| was his doom. His wife, still laughing
rushed over to him and pressed to hi
face her handkerchief stepped in the
chloroform. He gazed at her reproach
! fully and tried to speak. She laughed
on and held the handkerchief NOR,
tightly against his mouth and nostrils
| The last sound in the husband g ear
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
LAWSON, SAYS GOSSIP,
HAS LOST BIG MONEY
journal Special Service.


Boston, Dec. 8.-Thomas w. Lawson
has within a few days mortgaged his
home on Beacon street for $265, 900,
and gossip is busy with his financial
affairs. It is said in some quarters that
his battle with the system, has been
paign in the stock market has cost
him the greater part Of his fortune.
The placing of these mortgages just
at the time when Mr.. Lawson has COM
promised the suit of Receiver Pepper
Of the Bay State Gas company for a
sum about equal to the face Of the
mortgage, has started reports that the
copper king is hard up for money with
which to satisfy the claim of the Della
ware people.
However this may be, Mr.. Lawson
is buying $1,000 horses, and when asked
why he mortgaged the property, init
mated pretty strongly that that was
his business.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
GRITTY or AccEpTrNG Rp1RE

Milwaukee, Wis, Dec. S.-Former Alderman
William Murphy was today adjudged guilty OF
accepting bribe of $50 when a member OF
the common council from Oscar Davis, for Sc
curing the passage of sidetrack ordinance. The
trial was on Indictment returned by the
grand jury. Sentence was deferred pending ar.
gument for new trial. ~ - 3 -.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
pFnIGREE EGGS FoR a4oo

Middletown, N. Y. Dec. S.-A company has
been formed to furnish chickens and eggs with
pedigrees for the wealthy New Workers. to eat.
The eggs will be packed in separate boxes, ac.
tording to source, with special tag and will
be sold for 81 dozen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
POSES AS SAVIOR
OF WALL STREET
Ryan Declares Insurance Receiu
ership Would Have Precipi-
tated a Panic.
so THE NOBLE RYAN
BOUGHT OUT HYDH
He Declares He Did It AI
Alone, Without Any Cash
Aid.
ANOTHER M'cURDY GOES

New York. Dec. s.-The resIgna-
ton of Robert n. McCurdy, general
manager of the Mutual Life insur-
ance company, was presented to the
board Of trustees today and accepted.
The resignation takes effect Dec. 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
CAR CLINGS TO
The RUSS PREMIER
Emperor Refuses to Accept the
Resignation of His Chief
Adviser.
1900 BUTCHERED IN
MASSACRE, AT KIEFF
Interior Russia in a Ferment,
Swept Toward Delirium of
Anarchy.

Berlin, Dec. S.-5:22 p.m.-A dispatch
to the Tageblatt from ST. Petersburg,
dated yesterday and received here to-
day by way of Eydtkuhnen, East Prus-
STA, says Premier Witte has given his
resi- gnation to the emperor, who refused
to accept it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
PINE ISLAND REARING SET.

t WaShlnglOH, DcC.@ S.-IuE lnteFStHt 9eCOmmerce
commission has assigned for hearing in St. Paul
ers, Elevator company of Pine Island, MINI,
against the Chicago Great Western Hallway COM
rany, irr7olying alleged discrimination In the
! matter of freight rates on grain.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
MAY INVESTIGATE
: WISCONSIN gu"
Assembly Considers Bill Calling
for Sweeping Inquiry Into
Financial Condition.
Special to The journal.

Special to The Journal.
Madison, Wis, Dec. SIN the assem-
bly, today Mr.. Cleary introduced bill
calling for sweeping investigation
into the financial condition and affairs
Of the University of Wisconsin, It pro-
poses that the investigation be made by
a legislative committee of eight mem
bers and be conducted along the same
lines as those proposed for the insur-
ance and public service corporations.
No suggestion of graft has been made,
but many believe the time has come for
an understanding and frankness be-
tween the university and the state.
ernor La Toilette in calling the extra
session was to provide means by which
the university might borrow from tie
general fund Of the state. In consid-
ering this, che legislature has discov-
cred that the university has already
spent the income for Il year and more
ahead and is said to be practically
bankrupt:
The senate advanced the Superior
grain bill and the primary election bill
The accumulative system measure is
now before the assembly for considera-
ton. The assembly has voted to hold
| a mock primary election some time in
| the near future.
Reform Bill Considered.
Governor La Follette's ballot reform
bill came into the assembly tonight
from the election committee. 1t elimi-
mates the "straight ticket' circle or
square at the top Of each party col
umn, groups the nominees for each of.
fee together and requires the voter to
vote individually for each candidate of
his choice.
Assemblyman Thomas introduced a
"second CHOICE primary election
| amendment.
Senator Sanborn introduced bill
last night providing for the establish
ment Of joint rates by the committee
when the affected roads fail or neglect
to act. HUI.
The sensation of the special session
Of the legislature came last night, when
| the committee on finance, banks and
insurance presented a joint resolution
! legislative committee to investigate the
methods and relations of insurance com
panies and the public-seryice corpora.
| tions.
! For searchlight Bill.
! The resolution is drawn up in accord.
! ance with the recommendations of Gov
ernor La Toilette to the special SEES
4 sion. AS the assembly is overwhelm
4 ingly of La Follette's persuasion and
/ two stalwart senators are absent, it is
practically certain that the resolution
will 90 thru both houses and an inves-
i tigation will result. u
The resolution provides that the field
of investigation which the committee
shall be empowered to enter shall not
4 be in any way limited. The investiga
4 ton, if made, will be a work of i'm.
mense magnitude and require large
force of experts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
SENATE no RESTORE CANAL BILL.

Washington, Dec. 9.-The emergency bill ap-
propriating $11 100000 for Immediate use in the
construction Of the Panama canal will be taken
up by. the senate MonGny. 1t ie pHccn.. ne
senate will amend the bill to restore the So, 50O,-
600 cut out by the house, thus making total
appropriation of SIG, 500, 900.
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Anna Katharine Green

Will Be One of the Contributors
to Ths Journals Sunday
Magazine.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-12-14

man, and quickly swept aside this halo
of romance that threatened to over
whelm him.
have lain there during these years, or
been discovered. Come, my dear fel.
low, brace up and put the matter to
a test"
Just as he was bending down to re-
move one Of the stones that formed
the hearth, he heard the hoot OF an
owl from the outside. This was the
signal arranged with the sergeant
1t meant sudden danger.
John wheeled and stepped to a
window, but the dust was too thick
on the glass to allow him a chance to
see.
The report of gun sounded on the
night air.
This meant business beyond per.
adventure, for in war times the dis.
charge of firearms is significant.
Whatever his mission to this home
of his boyhood, It must for the present
be postponed He again traversed the
rooms, aiming for the open window.
Shouts were heard from the outside,
proclaiming the presence Of the enemy
in force. Johns bravery had been
tested ere now on many hard-fought
field, and 1t was with impatience at
being interrupted rather than alarm
that he scrambled through the small
pantry window.
No sooner had he dropped upon the
ground than violent hands were laid
on him. A muscular man, John set
about persuading his assailants that
they could not thus act with impunity.
Though three to one, they might
have met their match in this desperate
soldier, but for the coming Of rein.
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WARREN EDWARDS

cHAEMZ22o oL1c

enter the house My night mission
concerns the interior. and the old
hearth of the great sitting DOM I'm
particular. Please heaven they may
be there"
The windlass sent forth many a
dreary creak, as II displeased at being
compelled to again enter the field of
labor; but the bucket Of sparkling
well-water, better tLan the nectar of
the gods, was soon tilted upon the
curb, and after an absence of many
years John quenched his thirst at the
same fountain that had served him in
boyhood.
This pleasant duty finished, he ad-
vanced to the building. Whatever
recollections were rioting through his
mind-and they must have been legion
he did not allow them to appear up.
on the surface Evidently this same
John was capable Of controlling his
feelings to a remarkable extent.
OF course the door was fast-he
expected that. A window would grant
the desired ingyess.
There was something repugnant
about this mode of entrance, but dur
Ing the stormy war times men who
were soldiers met with SO many
strange adventures that these feelings
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had to be stified to greater or less
extent
So John passed from one window
to another, trying each in turn. Sue
cess did not come Immediately, but
he was not discouraged. A mans
character crops out even in such small
things of life, and John possessed
pertinacity to a certainty.
Finally he discovered window that
offered no resistance to his onslaught,
and thus after the long lapse of years
he once more entered the house that
had been his boyhood's home.
Like man walking in his sleep,
he passed from one room to another.
The moonlight found an entrance
through the many windows, though
they were festooned with cobwebs
after the manner of deserted man
sions. II served to reveal various
objects In the rooms, and Johns mind
went back through the vista of years
as each familiar scene aroused mem
cries of the past.
At length he stood In the room that
seemed to be his goal. Here was the
wide-throated chimney, the generous
hearth with it's old-fashioned andirons.
In front of roaring fire how many
times in the long ago had he sat with
his boy companions. cracking nuts
and chatterlng like lot 1f magpies.
or listening to grandfather's weird
stories OF early life in the South.
John was an intensely practical
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forcements. Under the combined as
sault John was soon made a prisoner
and painting for breath awaited the
next move of his enemies.
To his surprise only two Of them
seemed to wear any uniform. The
others were civilians or blacks, and
evidently belonged to. some planta-
tion. He looked In vain for signs Of
the sergeant, and would have believed
the other must have made his escape
only for the haunting memory of the
single shot.
What would they do with him? :?
John gave no sign of alarm, and yet
under the peculiar circumstances he
knew they might be disposed to treat
him as spy.
Exasperated by the march of Sher.
man and the fate of Atlanta, which
hung trembling In the balance. the
Georgians were not in a mood for
philosophy or mercy. Cruel war
brings out the most intense passions
of men.
Under these circumstances, there
fore, he kept his ears on the alert to
catch what was said, when the man
wearing Confederate captains uni
form advanced and looked closely into
his face.
"You are Yankee." he asked,
curtly.
81 am" replied John, boldly, desir.
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ous of avoiding the charge Of being
called spy.
Married or single?" was the next
astonishing question.
"A bachelor" returned the Federal.
proudly.
"Then I reckon you'll do. Men, bring
him along, and II he tries to escape.
a charge of buckshot must finish him.
To Lyndhurst."
AS he marched along in their midst,
the prisoner found himself wondering
what astonishing adventure was about
to overwhelm him.
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CHAPTER u.
A Grim Alternative.

Not word was said as they
tramped along the road. Johns curl
osity had been aroused, however, and
he wondered whether his confession
as to being a bachelor would have
any bearing one way or another upon
his possible fate as a spy.
The growl Of heavy guns could be
heard in the distance, telling that
Sherman's grip was hourly growing
more tenacious, and the time close at
hand when the Gate City must sur
render to superior force.
These sounds were unpleasant music
in the ears of those whose sympathies
rested with the distressed Southland,
and 1t promised to be an unfortunate
time for any Federal whom the for
tune Of war might throw into their
grasp.
Lyndhurst-the name was familiar
to John, and he remembered that In
the days of his youth the Changers
lived there. Perhaps officers we're
quartered there, for the squire had
always been a most ardent patriot,
and no doubt from his vast resources
had contributed much to help on the
cause of the Confederacy.
Under such circumstances, there
fore, 1t was possible that drum-head
court-martial might be held, and q
speedy execution take place. John
hardly liked the thought of dying
upon the scene of boyhood's pleasures,
but the stern lessons of campaign
o. N-h ~ oh a o~x1
possibility.
So he trudged along In the midst Of
his silent captors. Now and then his
thoughts turned in the direction Of
the sergeant, but on each occasion the
remembrance of that shot caused him
to shrug his shoulders and mentally
decide that poor Shanks had already
gone upon the road that awaited him.
They passed through a gate and
entered upon well-kept grounds. Lynd.
hurst was considered the finest estate
near Atlanta. Its peculiar position
had thus far saved the historic old
mansion with its delightful grounds
from the bombarding guns Of the
enemy, but once the city fell into the
hands of the conquering Federals.
Lyndhurst would feel the blighting
influence, and. possibly, be left in
ruins.
Lights cleaned through the trees.
showing that the mansion was far
from being deserted. Straight up to
the door they led the prisoner, and
presently John found himself locked
in room. Voices in earnest conver-
sation could be heard near by. Final.
ly the door opened and some one
entered.
1t was man of about fifty whom
John faced, a man with most de-
termined countenance. In spite Of the
passage Of years he recognized the
other as his fathers neighbor and
friend, Squire Granger.
Ito be Continued.)
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Another Great Reform.

Yes. lady," said the man at the
back door, 81 am one Of the leaders
Ia great reform movement"
"Ah! | am glad to hear you say
so. What is the nature of the reform
which you are endeavoring to bring
about?"
We want to put an end to de in.
iquitous practice dey have In saloons
OF limitin de privileges of de free
lunch to dom wot buys drinks"