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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-10-05
Pontn1 Department self sustaining.

Washington, Oct. All records OF
the Postofice department were broken
during the last fiscal year. The annual
report Of the Postmaster General, Geo.
B. Corttelyou, will show that the postal
business of the United States earned
during the twelve months nding June
30 last, the greatest revenue in its his
tory and that, exclusive Of the rural
free delivery system, this stupendous
public service institution of the gov
eminent is on a self-supporting ba-
sis.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-10-05
Irvrence Joints Closed.

AS a result of the large temperance
meeting at Lawrence Mayor Keller
called the police force together and in
structed the men to enforce the pro-
hibitory law. All the joints are closed
and the police say they. will remain
closed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-10-05
Latest Kansas Events.
Deemed Himself n Dynamo.

An insane patient at the osawatomie
asylum. who Is crazy on the subject OF
electricity. escaped and for six days
was at large. A general notice was sent
out and he was seen by party OF Mis-
souri, Pacific section men. They report
ed their find and guards were dis
patched to bring the man to town He
was lying at the foot OF n telephone
pole, and when the guards approached
him he began buzzing. Better not
touch me! Better not touch mel" he
yelled, cor you'll get shocked" Des-
pite the warning, the guards rushed
him. and he was unable to offer any
resistance because Of the broom and
telephone wire with which he had
wrapped himself from head to foot. He
had ends of wire in his nose, mouth
and ears, and extensions to small buck
cts. tin cans and iron instruments
which he had placed around him at
right angles to each other. A coal pick
maui was driven in the ground some
distance from him and a wire was
stretched from 1t to one Of his feet.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-10-05
The Alien Land Case Up.

The attorney general. G. c. Coleman,
has filed in the supreme court his
brief in the case Of the state against
Catherine Ellis. This is the alien
land case the winning OF which would
result in depriving aliens Of the title
to land they own in Kansas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-10-05
Hnrr City Celebration.

Hays is preparing for q big celebra-
ton on Friday. October 6, the day
named by the regents Of the school to
lay the corner stone Of the $4,000
gymnasium Of the Kansas State Nor
nal school just west Of town.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-10-05
Newnnnners Change.

The Parker Message, which has been
operated the last two years. has been
sold to B. F. Winchell, business man
of Parker, who will continue the pub
Iication at that place, but intends to
Improve and otherwise broaden the
Message in its field Of work.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-10-05
win Reopen on October 8.

Port Said, Egypt, Oct 1.-The au-
thorities officially announced Saturday
that the canal WIN be re-opened to
the traflc Of all ships about October
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-10-05
Indeterminate Term for Melvin.

lnaetermlhate NeE" TUT
@. L. Melvin, convicted in the dis
,trict court Of stealing S175 worth OF
dynamite, with which he blew up
three saloons at lola on the morning
Of July 10, has been sentenced to serve
irrom six to Is years in the peniten-
tiaEy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-10-05
Lcnycnworth Home Crowded.

The fall rush of veterans returning
from spending their summer furloughs
at their old private homes is now on
and the soldiers home is becoming
crowded. In order to relieve the
crowded condition OF the soldiers
home It is said that canvass VIII
be made among the veterans to induce
about 500 to 60 to the Johnston SOL
diers' home in Tennessee. where there
is plenty of room. Free transportation
is offered to veterans to get them to
go to the Southern soldiers home,
and 1t is said that many will go.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
COAL STRIKE IS
| AGAIN IN BALANCE
Anthracite Men, in Important
Convention, to Make De-
mands on Operators.

Shamokin, Pa, Dec. 14.-The anthra-
cite coal miners convention began its
session here today About seven hum
dred delegates were present when John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, called the con-
vention to order.
4 This convention is regarded asSmore
important than any held since Mitchell
came into the hard coal field in 1900
with the avowed purpose Of duplicating
the organization in western Pennsyl-
vania and the western states which
held contracts with the bituminous
coal operators.
President Mitchell is DESTROYS Of hav-
ing the convention adjourn by Saturday
night, The delegates may take a longer
time, however, to formulate the requests
or demands to be made upon the opera
tors substitute for the strike com
mission IS award, which will expire with
the month Of March.
The miners leaders plan thru the con-
vention to request conference of the
form Of a resolution, and the follow.
ing demands, it is said, will be made if
the conference is granted:
A party agreement. better known as
recognition of the union.
An eight-hour workday.
An increase in pay to all classes of
employees Of at least 10 per cent, and
possibly 20 per cent, based on the
wages in effect April |, 1902;
would receive about the same as under
the present award. For some unskilled
employees it would mean a slight in.
crease.
Should the operators be disposed to
grant the miners a conference, their in
Mitchell. In the event Of a favorable
reply coming from the operators, the
convention will be in position to make
up its lists of demands and grievances
and to vote to the executive board, OF
to Mr.. Mitchell and the three district
presidents, the power not only to enter
into negotiations, but to make terms
for the miners for short term.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
STANDARD OIL FORMING BILLION DOLLAR INSURANCE
COMBINE Of EQUITABLE, MUTUAL AND NEW YORK LIFE


United States Attorney General
Moody's order was received by the fed
eral district attorney at St. Paul this
morning calling upon the Minnesota Of
fee to make an investigation of all vic.
lations in this district Of the Elkins
law.
j. M. Dickey of Minneapolis, first as
sistant district attorney, was seen to-
day as to what action would be taken
and said: &C.
Cat present our office is busily en-
gagged with term of court. Mr..
Moody's order is a new thing to us,
and naturally we. desire to consider its
terms and the existing situation before
we proceed. It probably will be we'll
into next week before the present
pressing business in court will permit
us to give the subject consideration.
Of course if there are any cases of CIV.
ing rebates that we can find, we shall
take action.
VWhat will that action beq Sub
hitting to the next grand jury
all violations Of the law which are
! brought to our attention or which by
our own work, can be unearthed. Such
prosecutions under the terms of the
Elkins law, would include actions actions
against, the shipper as well as against
Mr.. Dickey was asked it there would
be any investigation Of the methods OF
the express companies. He replied that
way or the other In response to a
question as to whether there had not
already been some complaints brought
to the district attorneys attention of
violations Of the Elkins law, he said he
1 did not care to state.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
AMALGAMATED AT
PAR Ar, Mr., LAWSON!
Copper Confounds the Boston
Man and Fulfills Systems
Prophecies.
journal Special Service.

journal Special Service.
i New York, Dec. l4.-Amalgamated
Copper, in spite of the dire prophecies
of Thomas W. Lawson, crossed par yes
terday for the first time in four years;
Five years ago, in the great boom, 1t
its lowest price. Yesterday it touched
10O55s, verifying, So far, the prediction
men, that i t would caid Cross n bar before
Christmas and sell at 10 before Jan.
/. Anaconda sold up to 1876, Today
Amalgamated Copper lowered around
par. y
hs aae eae IT, eo Hs 6 Rest
the great boom Of 1900. Many wild
rumors were In circulation. It was said
that Thomas W.. Lawson had been
caught heavily short and that the
Standard Oil interests, led by Fl. III.
Rogers, were Furnishing him for his per
property. Stock brokers who have in
the past executed orders for Mr.. Law
son were heavy buyers Of the stock,
but the rumor could not be traced to
any authentic source.
Mr.; Lawson repeatedly said oyer his
signature that Amalgamated Copper
was intrinsically worth only about $50
a share when the stock was selling at
500 a share. He predicted break OF
80 points. He also said that the cop
per metal would break 3 or cents q
pound and cause one of thu
most disastrous panics that the
market has ever known. Al
that time copper metal was selling
at about II cents pound. It has since
steadily advanced to the present record
breaking prices, while sAmalgamate6
Copper stock has advanced 40 points.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
LEAGUED FOR REFORM
IN The CIVIL SERVICE

Milwaukee, Dec. 14.-The twenty
fifth annual meeting Of the National
Civil Service Reform league opened in
Milwaukee today. Much regret is ex-
pressed at the absence Of Secretary of
the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, who was
to have been the chief speaker of the
convention. It is said to have been the
first time in twenty-five years, or since
the league was organized, that Mr..
Bonaparte has not been present at the
annual gathering. The convention
opened this forenoon with a meeting of
the council, which was followed by A
luncheon to the members Of the council
at the residence Of John A. Butler
Wisconsin, IS member of the league 4
executive committee. The first public
meeting was held this afternoon. when
the subject of civil service reform in
the west was treated in papers hv3 Sam
uel E. Sparkling of Wisconsin. William
B. Moulton Of Illinois, A. q. Harrison
of Kansas City and others.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
ROOSEVELT Will,
Be INVITED HERE
G. A. r. Invitation Committee
Will Offer Every Inducement
to Bring Him.

President Roosevelt will be in Min
neapOlis next August for the Grand
Army encampment and to participate
in the grand review of the army Of the
republic, if determined effort and influ-
ence of every sort on the part of local
committees will do it, . MI
A committee on invitations, to be
composed Of the best-known public men
Of the city, will be ready in day or
two, and will begin operations at once.
The heavy artillery of the commsttee
will be focused on Presid ent RooseHelt,
but its fire will cover the entire union.
All the big men Of the United States
will know that Minneapolis is prepar-
ing to entertain the,S A a. b. in royal
style, and each Will III invited TO lend
his presence to the becasinn.
Cabinet officers, the big men Of the
army and navy, the governors. Of every
state, the mayors of4the large cities
| and the prominent men Of the country
generally will be personally invited to
| be present. Committees on invitation
have been a part of the organization
Of nearly every large convention, but
the Minneapolis G.. A. R. committee
will work on novel and advanced lines
/ The invitations will be personal and
cordial and not cold and formal, as is
| the general rule.
There is every indication that the at.
gathering of recent years. All plans
Will be carefully thought out and pre-.
pared in advance, and everything will
! be ready when the time comes. Now
| that the date has been fixed, the pre-
liminaries will round into shape rapidly
and be well under way by the first Of
| the year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
KILLING MAN FOR
BEAR HIS CRIME
Michigan Hunter, Convicted Un-
der New Law, Will Be Sent
+. to Prison. q
Special to The Journal.

Special 70 The Journal ,le ss,-r#-s < .s.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Dec. Ia
Matte Penanen has been found guilty Of
killing Thomas Wilde on the railroad
track near Trout Lake on the night Of
Aug. IL, In violation Of the law Of 1908,
making it a crime accidentally to kill
person while in the woods hunting. The
prosecuting attorney, George B. Holden,
says this is the first conviction under
the law. The maximum sentence is ten
years.. Penanen will probably be SEN
fenced this week. The jury recon-
mend him to tho mercy Of the court.
Penanen s defense was that he
thought Wilde was a bear. The latter
was returning from work along the rail-
road with a dog running atsahis side
when the shot was fired. He screamed
and dropped dead in his tracks. PEN
amen went to his cabin, babe his family
goodbye, disappeared in : the woods,
caught freight train and rode the
bumpers to Duluth. Later he went to
Port Arthur where he shaved off his
mustache and secured work. He was
captured there. Penanen is the best
rifle shot in the upper peninsula.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
CHINESE STUDENTS
LEAVE JAP ''U'
Eighty two Hundred Angered by
Chinese Minister'S Action Will
Return to China.

Toxic, Dec. 14.--Eighty-two hundred
Chinese students incensed at the, atti.
tude Of the Chinese minister to Japan,
Yang-Shu, in the university troubles,
have resolved to return to China. Two
Thousand have already left this city. A
manifesto issued by these students is
decidedly antagonistic to the Manchu
dynasty.
the imperial university and the govern:
ment have apparently been settled by
the acceptance of the resignation of
Kutoba :Yuzuru, the minister Of educa:
tion, by Premier Katsura, who will now
take the portfolio of education. The
fact that no disciplinary measures have
been taken against the professors of
the university is deemed an avowal of
defeat by the government whose power
is visibly waning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
NO FEDERAL SWAY
OYER INSURANCE
House Agrees National Govern
ment Has No Power of Con-
troll Over Companies.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Washington, Dec. 14.-It is practical
~ agreed upon in the house that con-
gress has no authority whatever to in
sist upon federal regulation Of life in
Surance.
Scores Of bills providing for federal
regulation have been introduced in the
house. Under ordinary circumstances
they would all go to the committee on
judiciary because of the leag questions
involved.
It has been decided by Speaker Can
non and the leaders of the house gener-
ally that life insurance, as well as fire
insurance, is not in itself a branch of
interstate commerce, and hence congress
has no power to regulate it in itself.
Taxation Alone.
The power congress has is solely in re-
gard to taxation and in that regard it
is practically unlimited. Following the
analogy Of the oleomargarin cases, it
has been decided that any attempt by
congress to regulate the business Of life
insurance necessarily must come thru
the taxing power Of the national govern.
ment and not thru the power granted to
congress to regulate Interstate com.
merce.
/ As q result of this decision the recon-
mendation in the president IS message
looking into an inquiry into the power
of the government over the insurance
| business has been referred to the com
| mittee on ways and means.
| To ttWays and Means
!. Later on, if the multitude of bills or
this subject seem to be worthy of it
they possibly may be referred to the
committee on judiciary to determine the
legal points involved.
| In the meantime, all insurance. legis
/ lation submitted to the house will bt
referred to the committee on ways ani
means on the theory that the fedora
government has no power to reach the
Insurance companies except thru the ex
ercise of it's right to tax them for pure
I " federal purposes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
MAD NORTH DAK0TAN
AT THE WHIIEH0USE
Rw w, w, Jermane,

Washington, Dec 14.-Hans .Aarstad
of Hillsboro, n D., has been committed
to ST. Elizabeth hospital for the insane
in Washington until his relatives can be
communicated with. He called at the
White House yesterday and insisted
upon seeing President Roosevelt, claim
ing that he was being prosecuted by
certain persons who were exercising
hypnotic influence over him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
BILL CLUB WILL FEAST.

Kansas City Dec. 1.-THE members of the
..BiII', club will be disappointed this year In
not being able to entertain number OF promi-
spite this the affai- will be held tonight at
Excelsior Springs. according to arrangements:
ReaTefs Esye been received from Bill Taft. Bill
Stone. Bill Bryan and other prominent Bills,
The club is composed exclusively OF men whose
iirst name is William. or otherwise Bill
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
FIRE KILLS CHILDREN
AND DESTROYS HOME
special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Lead, s. d., Dec. IA Two motherless
children. aged 2 and 4 wears, Of Matt
Dapso, were burned to death near Han
ma ten miles from Lead. The Dapso
cabin caught fire in the absence Of
the father.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
SWISS HAYz, NEW PREs1DENT,

Berne, Switzerland Dec. 1.-THE national
council and the state council assembled as a
federal assembly today, elected Al. Forrer, the
vice president Of the federal council to be presi-
dent of the Swiss confederation in succession to
NJ Ruchet, NJ Muller was elected vice president.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14

GRAND FORKS, N. D.-Asa Wright. the
Jung man who was so terribly injured in the ST.
nthony & Dakota elevator at Petersburg two
seks ago, by being caught in the belt operating
e nachinery, and who had his right leg ampu-
ted above the kree ut the Deaconess hospital
this city the day following the accident, died
the institution today
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
s1se F1NE FOR STEALING KISS,

Sterling ILL., Dec. 14.--ln the Carroll county
circuit court a jury assessed John L.. Bowman
S139 for stealing kiss from Mrs Millie RAIN
She had demanded $1,000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14

Appointments in the rural carrier force COM
mencing Jan. 2: Dan Ryan. route I. Bemis,
S. D.; Charles A. Russell, route 2, Salem, $. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
TRUST TENTACLES
ON THE BIG THREE
Equitable and Mutual Swallowed,
and N. Y. Life Almost in
Clutches.
SWAY OF 100000
PoLICYHoLDERs' MONEY
Stupendous Combine Would Dom
mate Over a Billion Of
Cash Assets.
Journal Special Service.

VSu14dA SpoCAa4 SV1V4cSs
New York, Dec. 14.-As confirmation
of the story of conspiracy to bring
the three great insurance companies,
Equitable, Mutual and New York Life,
into the control Of Rockefeller-Mor
gan-Ryan combination, Peabody, a
Standard Oil man, has been elected
president of the Mutual Life, and that
company is now safely within the con-
troll of the combination. Mr.. Peabody IS
salary is $4,000 a year, or one-third
the salary of Richard McCurdy. The
Equitable was already in the combina-
tion.
Steps have been taken to bring the
New York Life within the fold by APP
polntment of committee to clean
house in that company. The first re-
suit of the labors of this committee
will be the sweeping of John A. Nc
Call from the presidency and Mccall
ism from the company
ol-Trust Men Rule.
Great care was taken in the house
cleaning committee. 1t numbers five
men. Three Of them are closely tied
up with the Rockefeller and Morgan
interests. These are Thomas P. Fow
Ter, president of the Ontario & West
ern road; Norman B. Ream, director
in thirty-one corporations, many of
them controlled by Rockefeller or Nor
gan, and Hiram S. Steele. Two other
members Of the committee, Clarence
81. Mackey and A. G. Paine, represent
| the independent element.
Tho George w. Perkins, partner of
J. p. Morgan, has resigned as vice pres
| ident and chairman of the finance COM
| mittee of the New York Life, he re-
which James Stillman, president of the
! RnpkofQ11prs hanl ho lot Civ q
also a member. The composition of the
house cleaning committee is generally
regarded as the work Of Mr.. Perkins
i and Mr. Stillman -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
Commissioners Aroused.

Aroused by the spectacle Of the great
financial interests fighting for control
of the Mutual Life Insurance company,
the commissioners of the various west
ern and southern states have deter
mined to make every effort to prevail
upon policyholders to take an active
individual interest in the management
of their respective companies. A move-
ment to bring about a convention Of
policyholders, representing insured per-
sons in every part of the country, is un.
der way, and the object of this conven-
ton will be to place the control of the
mutual companies absolutely IN the
hands Of those whose savings go TO
make up the immense reserve funds
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
Gigantic Combination.

II the Rockefeller Morga Ryan COM
bination is successful in its plan to con-
troll the New York Life, it will abso-
lutely dominate the finances of the
three richest institutions in the United
policyholders. : The cash assets of the
three companies aggregate about
1880, ,000.,s The yearly income of
the three exceeds $3.50, 100000 and their
outstanding insurance aggregates
$5,000,000, 900.
Alexander Orr was elected first vice
president Of the New York Life to fill
the place made vacant by the retire
ment of Mr.. Perkins. John Clafin
was elected chairman Of the finance
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
Eight More Day.

Don't Leave Your Christmas
Buying Till the Last Minute.
Get Busy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
Hartman as Witness.

: ~ Z
Edward H. Hartman will reply I'M.
der oath on the witness stand before
the Armstrong investigating committee
to the charge made against him by
Thomas F. Ryan. Mr.. Hartman sent
messenger to Senator Armstrong last
night with request that he be al
lowed to go on the witness stand. The
request was granted.
Since Mr.. Ryan testified it has been
said that Mr.. Hartman S original plan,
when he thought he was certain Of get
ting control Of the Equitable, was to-
make Ex-Governor Odell president or
vice president of the Equitable. Mr..
Odell was abroad at the time Hartman
is said to have conceived this brilliant
promotion for his political friend, and
he sent eablegram to Mr.. odell, urgg-
without delay. Mr.. Odell came
hurryirg, but when he landed here the
Equitable had been gobbled up by
, Thomas F. Ryan and Mr.. Hartman was
ership Of the company