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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
There Are More Mortons.

The Independent publishes story
about Secretary Morton, which ought to
make it pretty hard for tho president
to keep him in the cabinet.
Joe and Mark Morton, brothers of the
vice president of the Atchison, were en-
gagged in the manufacture Of salt near
Hutchinson, Kan, where they were in
competition with another firm Of salt
makers. The Morton brothers owned
about 5000 feet Of sidetrack, connect
ing their works with the Atchison rail
road. This they Incorporated as the
Hutchinson & Arkansas River railroad,
altho they owned neither a car nor a
locomotive. They were able then to
make traffic arrangement with Paul
Morton of the Atchison, by which they
received 20 per cent of the freight
charge on salt to Kansas City, distant
about 200 miles. They we're thus en-
abled to undersell and freeze out theil
competitors.
! The competitor complained to the in
terstate commerce commission and it re
! ported that the scheme was ga mere
subterfuge to give a commission in the
!! rate and therefore unlawful.'
!! Secretary Morton has refused to dis
cuss this case and perhaps under the
j circumstances it is just as well.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
Four More Senators.

The United States senate has labored
for weeks and has delivered itself of
the two great states of Oklahoma and
New Mexico. It will perhaps be in Or
der. now for the railroads to attend to
che "private BUSINESS of selecting
four senators to express the sovereign
ty Of these vast centers of sagebrush
and civilization. The original plan was
to admit four states, but the congress
discovered soon that there was no senti-
ment in the country supporting such a
wholesale manufacture Of senators and
compromised upon two, Oklahoma and
Indian Territory to make one and New
Mexico and Arizona the other. At the
last moment this agreement seems to
have been broken and Arizona is left
entirely out. This will of course mean
that the next congress will try to bring
Arizona in as separate state, making
three instead of two. &C., -:
There are symptoms of deal in this
final arrangement, for if there were
any exception to be made in favor of
separate admission it would have, on the
merits Of the case, been made in favor
of Oklahoma instead Of New Mexico.
Oklahoma has nearly twice the popula-
ton Of New Mexico and it is an Amer
lean population. Together Oklahoma
and Indian Territory have million
people, while Arizona and New Mexico
together muster scarcely more than half
a million. 80 ..@ .i
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
. SWEET MYSTERIOUS PLACES

places,
The crook in the creek bed nobody knew but
me, f.>ss.3s Il els d.
knotty faces; 8 s = = :
scarins;;. the Squirrels who stole there timidly.
I want to lie under the corn and hear it rustic.
Cool and green in long, straight, soldierIy
e. am , tired of white-faced women and men Of
aI want to 60 back where the country grasses
grow. y, ~ - s,
TO the well-remembered pastures shadiest cor
n ner H 7ts5 s5&s@S 5E
Where under the trees the wild ferns woye
8 their laces;
Hearing the whippoorwill's voice In Its strange
rich sadness, ~ Il 3tg Ss -
1 want to go back to the old, beloved places.
Clinton DanEeraeld. In Youths Companion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
WILL HUBBARD HERMAN
F. DIES IN P00RHOUSE

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. S.-Will Hub
bard Herman died in the county poor
house near Mem his on the evening Of
Jan. 28, 1905. Death came as a wei
come release from a pitiable condition.
He was buried in Elmwood cemetery
thru the generosity Of Memphis admir-
ers of his literary genius.
4 few weeks ago hurrying pedes-
TRANS saw feeble man with iron gray
hair and blue eyes reel and fall to the
pavement. He was ill clad and far
from neat in personal appearance
The curious paused. They saw the
wearied and wasted form of Will Hub
bard Herman lifted into the police
wagon and driven away to the station.
There the fast ageing poet, the man
whose pen in poetry and journalism
had attracted wide attention, was
placed in cell.
;: A few days after the incident Will
Hubbard Herman, was driven over the
hills to the poorhouse. - There he lived
only few weeks; his once brilliant
mind almost blank.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
BLACK SOLON HAS
AN ANTI.MOB Bill
Only Colored Member of Illinois
Assembly Has Measure Aimed
at Violence.
New York Sun Special Service.

Now YORK Sun special Service.
Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. s.-Edward D.
Green, the only colored member of the
forty-fourth general assembly, will in
troduce in the house today "mob vio-
lence" bill, which probably will have
strong support.
The bill is aimed at mob law in Hi
nois, and recalls the killing of negro
named Metcalf, who was beaten to
death in Danville, and burned by. a
mob at a lamp-post. Mob violence also
has been done within the last four years
in Eldorado and Whitehall.
The Green bill makes the assembly Of
five or more persons for purposes of vio-
lence ga mob' and makes the county
in which violence is done resulting in
Hserious injury liable in damages to
the injured person to an amount not
exceeding $4,000. In case of the death
of the mobbed person the county is
made liable to his widow, children or
other dependents in an amount not to
exceed $4,000. Persons convicted of
participation in mob, intent upon do
ing violence, upon conviction are made
subject to fine of from 800 to $1,000,
or to imprisonment in the county Jail
from thirty days to one year, while per-
sons participating in mob which &C
complishes violence to persons or prop
erty are deemed felons and upon convic-
ton may be imprisoned in the peniten-
tiary for term not exceeding five
years. .e..-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
KEYEs DIDN # HAVE KEY
Young Man Accidentally Locked in Cell
at Police Station.

John Keyes, 1894 Third avenue n,
was the first man to be locked in the
new central police station on the fifth
floor Of the new city hall, altho it was
an accident. With George Murphy and
George Cogwin, Reyes visited the new
lookup yesterday afternoon. Reyes
was in the cellroom when Murphy
swung the door shut. It locked and
young Reyes was a prisoner. His COM
panions laughed at him for time, not
knowing in what serious plight they
had put him.
He begged for freedom and promised
to treat IL they would release him, but
the door was locked and there was no
way Of opening it. The only key was
IN the possession Of the police matron.
She was at her home on the East Side
and it was several hours before Reyes
was released.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
John Goodnow.

Consul General Goodnow has resigned
and gone back to Shanghai to be a
private citizen. The determination to
relieve him, it is said, is entirely indie
pendent Of the charges filed against him
by Curtis. The president is going to
make some changes in the consular serv-
ice and the newspapers report that he
is to replace a number Of Mckinley
men with friends Of his own. This is
the explanation Of the Goodnow resig-
nation. " -"
Mr.. Goodnow has always succeeded,
wherever he was, in making some
rather rabid enemies, and his residence
in Shanghai has been no exception to
the rule. The Journal does not
care to discuss the Curtis charges far
Their than to say that they have never
obtained any standing in the state de-
partment, apparently. Mr.. Pierce, the
assistant secretary, went to Shanghai
to investigate them and there was no
public report of what he found or
what he recommended. Mr.. Goodnow
came home to face them and he seems
to have been unable to bring them to
an issue. Under the circumstances the
department explanation that Goodnow
is out because bis time is up will have
to be accepted. !.
Aside from controversial matters
arising out Of the actions of the con-
sui general as judge, Mr.. Goodnow' IS
record in China has been distinctly good
and serviceable to his country. He was
relied upon greatly by the administra
ton while the Boxer rebellion was on,
and never failed to be ready with reli-
able information and useful sugges-
tions. He was we'll to the front in the
negotiation Of the Chinese commercial
| treaty. American travellers have found
him prompt, courteous and efficient, and
he seems to have had the confidence of
the foreign community at Shanghai.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
"A Mere Matter 81 system.

TO the Editor Of The Journal
representative James II. McCleary Of
minnesota was a special 4guest at the an
nual banquet of the National Association
OF WOODEN Manufacturers at the Somer-
ser Wednesday night. In his speech he
said that there is no such thing as free
trade among nations and never will be-
But the question is. whether duties shall
pc levied according to the English custom,
on on-competing goods, Oh according to
the american custom, on competing goods.
IT, M. S. Robinson.
Let Government Issue Railroad Tickets.
To the Editor Of The journal.
In your Issue Of today you have an edi-
toflal article on the Root of the Evil"
Let me suggest my plan, which I have
advocated for many years, but which /
nave never before offered for printing.
It Is simply this: That the government
issue all the tickets for passenger travel,
mileage tickets, good on any road, good
I'LL used, and at low price, say II. cents
a mile, perhaps finally cent a mile.
ne n! tickets could be sold at the post
OFFICE, or some convenient place. Let
as many miles as the passenger rides and
take the same to the government office
ana get their money therefor.
Inc convenience, and benefit of this
plan would be great. You could get on
any train, ride as far as you like, change
TO any other train or road, ETC., instead of
as now, having to buy thru ticket, be-
tween mere and Boston, say, and be
Obliged to travel by the roads named, no
matter what may happen, or at what in
convenience or loss. I will not expand,
tickets sold by the government and by
no other person or party, good on all
roads, cent mile. 49,. a.gy
MY motto has long been government
control. We shall be driven to it. II
THIS can come without government owner
snip, We'll; If not, then let us own the
roads, or they will own us.
minneapolis, Feb. Z. s John Edgar.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08

ably recognize this more fully than any
one else and this proposition to bring the
private banks under state supervision
has no more jealous supporters than the
bankers themselves, who realize that the
greater degree Of confidence Justly es-
tablished in the minds Of the people in
their banks, the better for all concerned.
AS already stated, Wisconsin has re-
quired private banks to come under
state supervision. The same is true Of
North Dakota and Of Nebraska, while in
Illinois it is proposed to forbid the use
of the word 'sbank without requiring
compliance with all the provisions of
the law with regard to Incorporated
banks as to inspection and regulation.
This is in substance the recommendation
Of the grand jury Of Cook county, called
out by some recent exhibitions Of 9 high
financeo in Chicago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
dUCIdCCIOI. :.
Get ready for it
next Saturday.
Synopsis of First
Two InstaIIments
in 1.-THE Case"

Hiram W. Holiday. a Wall
street millionaire, is found dead
in his office by his clerk, Rogers.
His daughter Frances had left
the office a few minutes before,
having been with her. father
alone ten minutes. Royce, junior
partner in Graham g. Royce, the
dead man IS attorneys, goes to the
inquest with his clerk, Lester, /.
determined to clear the DAUGHTER
of suspicion. 1t is Lester who
tells the story. Before proceed
lngs begin, Royce asks her to tell
where she was when the murder
was committed and thus end her
connection with the case by prov
ing an alibi. Much embarrassed,
she asks him not to let it come
to that. Puzzled by her attitude,
he goes into court Rogers tells
his story. 1t was impossible for
any one to go in or out of Hol- =
laday's office without passing
his desk. He had found his en-
ployer with a knife. sticking in
his neck and the blood still squirt
ing out. He was positive that
Frances Holiday had been with
the dead man, having seen her
enter and depart. The knife
was one Holiday used to sharp
en- pencils with. A woman's
handkerchief soaked with, blood
was found near by. There was
no mark on it. Rogers secuted
the idea of suicide Cross
examined, he declared the woman
wore a dark red dress and
seemed pale and worried. Miss
Holidays maid said her mistress
had gone out that afternoon in
very nervous state and returned
about in time for dinner. When
the news of her fathers death
came, she tainted away. She had
worn, the maid said, dark red
dress. Holladay's coachman
testifies that he drove her to
Washington square and that she
got out of the carriage there and
proceeded on foot into the French
quarter. It was two. hours be-
fore she reappeared and was
driven rapidly home. He noted
her dark red gown. He had
never before driven her to that To-
cality. The maid, recalled, does
not recognize the handkerchief,
which is unmarked, but says her
mistress has some ordinary lady IS
cambria handkerchiefs of the
same sort. Just as the coroner
asks Royce if he has any wit
nesses, a note is handed to the
latter by a policeman. 1t reads:
Rogers is lying. The woman
who was with Holiday wore a
gown Of dark green
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
THE ODELL EXPRESS
Jurist Worked His Brain and Tongue
Rather than His Legs.

HIt took me just twenty-five minutes
to get home last night" said. Judge
Robert Odell, this morning. 81 saw a
big express sleigh passing Hennepin and
Third street and jumped into it. L
told the driver that / would guarantee
on Hennepin, and he agreed.
",Then the fun started. We halted
at Fourth street and T acted as con-
ductor. I set the fare at Is cents and
invited everybody to get aboard. We
took on several at Fourth and Fifth
streets and at Sixth we got more. I
invited women and children to get
aboard free Of charge, but made men
cough up. I finally cut the fare to 10
cents. We had big load at Lowry
hill and at Twenty eighth street I
turned over the cash and crowd to the
driver. There is no use walking while
there is such good sleighing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
BAN ON CIGARETS IN
CHICAGO POLICE STATION
Now York Sun Special Service.

Chicago, Feb. S.-Lieutenant John
McWeeney Of the detective bureau has
issued an order against the smoking of
cigarets in the central station. Today
q large sign was put in his office for
bidding the use Of cigarets. The lieu
tenant gave the following reasons
against the practice:
It prevents person from breathing
freely and Injuries his lungs and breath
ing powers. 80
The odor is sickening. :
It leads to other habits which may
lead a person to crime while his brain
is under the influence of the drugs used
in the paper wrapper and tobacco.
Lieutenant McWeeny says he never
smoked cigaret.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08

It is said that the religious revival in
Wales has endorsed the horses of the
mines, so to speak. The poor brutes had
been so long accustomed to the oath, the
kick and the cudgel than when the re-
formed miners approached them with kind
words and soft-spoken commands they
were unable to comprehend, and would
not bulge Wonder what effect a revival
would have upon the cab horses of Amer
lea?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
Guarantee Bank Deposits.

10 tne Editor OF The Journal
: Some time ago an article appeared in
T he journal stating that Samuel B.
Archer Of Washington, d. c., secretary :
treasurer Of the Tariff Commission league.
was IN Boston comforting with the lead
ing bankers regarding plan to form a
national association the purpose of which
was to guarantee all sdepositors against
loss. Under this plan, when bank, which
is member of this association, fails all
depos1tors Of the insolvent institution will
De paid by check in full within thirty DAYS.
Another article states that. since the
adoption Of the national banking law in
1853 the national banks of, the country
have lost over $45,OO0,0OO. A little over
a. year ago the controller Of the treasury
showed that If a tax OF IT of 1 per cent
had been levied on the average deposits OF
national banks since 1863, it would have
created sum more than sufficient to pay
every depositor Of every failed national
bank in full.
If these figures are correct, why not ask
congress to establish or form bureau tc
protect the depositors Of national banks:
II our congressman do not wish to bother
with 1t, and if constitutional, why moi
organize our state banks under this plan:
Then the national banks would have tc
organize or lose their depositors Then lei
the state sappoint experienced bank ex:
amlners, regardless OF, politics. and have
them paid, by the state.
T he Jo I'm a l Of Jan. 81 states thai
ninety-six banks were suspended in 1904
If our leading men could realize the suffer:
ing it has caused to4xour poor, to- sa,
nothing about business failures, etc., the,
would try some planstoa remedy it. ,.s,
The First" National~sbank of Faribaul
failed last month, with over 1000 deposi
tors. The most Of these were poor, hard
working people, Rhoah1d skitnped to saw
a few hundred dollars for sickness or: ole
age. Whether they WIN reaIize a dollar
from it or not remainstto be seen. a banl
failure leaves a community in a more un.
settled condition than If the same amooun1
of money had been destroyed by fire d =.
Faribault, Feb. 5. A. E. s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 70 COME IN7
!. PHILADELPHIA Press.

= PnlIadeIph1a Press. n =
Ihe idea; as at present evolved, is to
nave trousers for day wear of stripes,
pialds and checks in many patterns, tight
at the knee and "pegging'' about the
hips. For evening wear the garment is
to be of black broadcloth, silk or satin,
close fitting and finished at the knee with
a black ribbon of velvet and buckle of
silver. Black silk stockings are to be
worn, with patent leather pumps, embel-
hshed with buckles Of generous dimen-
sions. That really quite picturesque ef-
rect Is presented by Philadelphia men thus
attired was shown last week at the Rad
nor Hunt ball, when nearly every male
guest wore knickerbockers. Many con-
fessed that they felt a bit strange at first.
but the conspicuous feeling soon gave way
to sensation Of lightness and ease.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
JEFF DAVIS FOUGHT
MILES, SAYS DAUGHTER
New York Sun Special Service.

I Colorado Springs, Col, Feb. s.
ttWhen General Miles ordered manacles
placed upon jeff Davis it required six
men to do it, and my father often said
to me it was the bitterest moment in
his whole life,' said Mrs. J. A. Hayes,
daughter of Jefferson Davis. At
Fortress Monroe, when Miles placed
my father in irons without authority
of the government, father begged to
be shot, instead Of being treated like
a common felon. / was with my father
when he was captured in the woods
of Georgia.
err, said Mrs. HAYES, and my father,
feeble and emaciated as he was, shook
the iron gratings Of his cell and said
to Miles: IF I could get at you /
would tear you limb from limb.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
LODGE PICKS A MAN TO
SUCCEED ARMSTRONG
New York Sun Special Service.

Washington, Feb. S.-James B.
Reynolds, secretary Of the republican
state committee of Massachusetts, will
be offered the position of assistant Sec
rotary Of the treasury to succeed Rob-
ert T. Armstrong, and will probably ae-
cept. He is Senator Lodges candi-
date, and has practically the solid New
England delegation behind him. He
was at the White House and the treas
ury department yesterday. Secretary
Shaw believes the place should be given
to someone who is familiar with the
customs and suggested the appointment
of Burton Parker, supervising special
agent Of the customs division, tho he
does not oppose the appointment Of
REYNOLDS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
In the Interest of the Depositor,

There is a bill before the legislature
to: bring private banking institutions un-
der state supervision. An effort of
this kind was made two years ago and
defeated by slight margin. 1t is ex-
pected that the effort will be success
full this time y = -
i The pending bill is substantially a
copy of the Wisconsin law. It denies to
any person, or persons, undertaking to
do a banking business and not under
state supervision, the privilege of using
4: the word "bank'' in name or sign or
describing his business in any way as
bank. %. g..
Wisconsin took this step at the ses-
sion of 1908. The commissioner of
banking in that state is Of the opinion
that @ examinations of private banks
amount to nothing, unless these. banks
are required to keep their banking bust
ness entirely separate from their other
business and that the simplest method is
to prohibit any private banker from
using the name bank and to compel
all banks to incorporates as has been
done in that state.
This is the view of those who favor
supervision in this state. At the meet
ling of the state bankers association,
held at Minnetonka in June, 1904, that
association adopted resolution declar-
ing that the time was near at. hand
when all banks in this state should be
B, under public supervision and suggesting
to the private bankers who were mem
bers of the association the advisability
/ in the interest Of themselves and their
estates, Of placing their business under
the national or state banking acts. The
association favored the extension of
supervision by the state to all banks of
d deposit, as is the vogue in our neighbor.
Ing states. Three Of the five men on
the committee which brought in this re.
port were private bankers, and during
the past year eighteen or twenty of the
! largest private banks in the state have
9 incorporated and come under state su
pervision. @s
There is, however, comparatively
small proportion Of the private banking
interest Of the state which still resists
this demand. According to Rand NC
Nally Bankers Directory there are POI
private banks in Minnesota. Of this
q number ninety-six report their deposits
which amount to $7,7s1,O0o, Will,
105 make no reports Of deposits
Those who do report are probably tn,
larger and stronger concerns, but in tn,
aggregate it is probable that $12,OOO,0O(
of deposits in this state are entirely
I without state supervision. This means
that the institutions holding these de
posts are not subject to any Of the re
strictions contained in the national O
state banking laws as to the use tina
may be made Of these deposits. Th,
banker may invest them in any kind O
security or enterprise which invites
without being accountable except as b,
is liable to prosecution for fraud, ant
that generally comes too late to do tn,
depositor any good. Too many safe
guards cannot be- thrown around It'll,
money Of the depositor. Bankers prob
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-08
POSED AS POOR ORPHANS
Two Girls victimize Minneapolitans but
Are Caught.


Ellen and Matte. Hegland, who de-
formerly worked in small factory town
in Wisconsin,, have been playing a
rather clever role as ''The Two Or
phans,'' and have succeeded in working
many sympathetic people thruout the
city. :, !.
After having beat the landlady out Of
six weeks rent they tried to. get their
expenses paid thru the Salvation Army.
Captain w. H. Gooding did not allow
them to suffer while the investigation
ried on a Systematic inquiry for the
truth. The girls had said that they had
paid their board several weeks in adj
vance and had been thrown out the next
day by the landlady. When the. truth
was discovered the two girls disap-
peared.