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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31

u EOsT important to the members
III of the regular gtsrsst army ny s Mnn of
apolis for the reason that Congressman
loren Fletcher, as a member of the
house committee on military affairs,
will deal with it, is the report OF the
secretary of war, Just completed.
The secretary proposes eleven bills
that represent the views Of the army
as to what it needs. When measures
have originated in the army itself,
passed the scrutiny Of the general staff,
the chief of staff and the secretary
Of war, it may be assumed that they
fairly represent the most pressing needs
of the army.
These bills, as proposed by the Sec
rotary of war, are as follows:
First-To increase the efficiency of
the artillery.
This bill is complete reorganization
of that important branch of the public
service. 1t provides for the separation
of the field from the coast artillery;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
COMPANY IN TROUBLE
North Star Mutual Dwelling House Fire
Insurance Company Weak,

The state of Minnesota, thru Insurance
Commissioner T. D. O'Brien has secured
an order from Judge Andrew d. Holt
compelling the North Star Mutual DWELL
ing House Fire Insurance company to ap-
pear on Jan. ? and show cause why it
should not be adjudged insolyent. In ,ad-
dition it is asked to show cause why re-
ceiver should not be appointed, it's bust
ness wound up and its charter disposed
Of. ..s-.
According to the complaint the COM
pany had the following assessable re-
sources on Nov. 81, 1905: Cash, s2s4,
and bills receivable, $50. The bills re-
ceivable are past due and would not real
lie the full amount, it is said.
The liabilities in bills payable are said
to be So, 546. "a.
The company has Offices at 220 Kaso-
ia building. The officers, according TO
the city directory are, W. A. Bruss, pres
ident G. w. Harst, vice president and
manager, and J. T. Hazard, secretary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31

ny-considerab1y more than a million
dollars a yearly carrying the noon.
signal and consequently they are glad
to reciprocate on New Years eve by
giving Uncle Sam the use Of the wires
and cables as a track for the, world
encircling message, which is carried free
OF charge both within and without the
confines Of Uncle Sam 8 domain.
OF course it is, most important that the
New Year signal shall be absolutely ac-
curate as to time, and great care is ex-
ercised on this point. = Supposedly our
the sun, but In the eyes Of the time ex-
perts at the naval observatory, Old Sol
is very unreliable and they pin their
faith to- the stars, which scarcely vary
from century to century. For some time
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31

cate being provided merely for use in
case Of accident. Three or four min
utes before midnight on the last day
of the year all business is suspended on
telegraph and cable lines and the trans
hitting clock at the observatory is con-
nected directly with the telegraph wires
stretching out over the globe.
In order to warn telegraph operators
nearer and nearer approach of the mo-
mentous climax, the electric current is
utilized to tick off the seconds just as
they would be licked off by a gigantic
clock that could be heard around the
world. AS the moment approaches for
the whirlwind flight of the electric sig
nal, there are little admonitory pauses
in the ticking. A half minute before
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31

Seven young Chinese sent by their
government to learn the making of
guns, rifles and ammunition arrived in
london the other day. They will be
attached to arms and ammunition fac
tories. Eight others are in Germany
and ten in Austria for the same pur-
pose.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31

the general recruiting service, and to
the bureau Of insular affairs, shall ere
ate vacancies in the same manner as
details for duty in the permanent staff
departments. It would result in cre-
ating III vacancies in the grade Of Sec
ond lieutenant, which would be filled
in the manner provided by law. This,
in turn, would greatly mitigate the evil
Of absentee officers, from which the
army is now suffering, and which is
strongly pointed out by the inspector
general in his annual report. These
absentees are for necessary and indis-
pensable duties, which must be per-
formed in order to keep the military
machine running; but the taking Of the
necessary officers away from their COM
panies results in impaired efficiency Of
the companies. ....-...
. One echo Of this condition is be-
lieved to be found in the abnormal
number of assertions from the army in
the last few years, which would be
greatly reduced if the companies were
fully Differed. The reduction Of .ex-
pense by this decrease of assertions
would very nearly offset the Increased
expense, leaving the increased eff
cheney Of the army a clear gain.
Fifth-A bill to organize a service
corps. ....
:. This bill fills long-felt want. TWEEN
ty-fve per cent of the enlisted men OF
the army are now engaged in clerica.
or laborers' duties, which take them
away most of the time from instruction
as soldiers. These duties have always
been performed in the United States
army by the fighting men. They are
performed in all other armies by mer
specially enlisted for those purposes.
The bill does not increase expenses
for the men on such duties now are
paid double. 1t merely relieves thu
companies Of this drain for extra anc
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31

! With the direct streetear connection
between this city and Fort Smelling,
and the assignment of Minneapolis
representative to the military commit
tee, this city becomes more deeply and
intimately interested than ever before
in military affairs. On account Of this
general increased interest in the mill
tary, the people of this city will watch
with more than usual interest the fate
Of these measures.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-13
Korean outlaws Executed
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, July ia story
or wholesale execution at a little viii
lage of Taikiu, hundred miles inland
from Fusan, Korea, was brought to
San Francisco last Monday by the Rev.
z. F. Mcfarland, a missionary who
came home on the steamer Korea. In
less than a week sixty men, charged
with being bandits and cutthroats,
were hanged by order of the Japanese
government A party of Korean sold
iers were the executioners.
For many months bands OF outlaws
had been robbing and numbering in
the country surrounding Taikiu. The
situation became so serious that tie
Japanese ordered the determination OF
the Offenders. The commission was
intrusted to detachement of Korean
warriors, who caught the men and
hanged them.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-13
CAKE KEPT SINCE 1923
Part Of Bridal Feast outIasts Lives
of Wedding Guests

From the New York World.
In the store window of Andrew Hair
on Woodward avenue, Detroit, is
to be seen a wedding cake eighty-two
years old. With its covering of FROST
ing it differs little in appearance from
the common run of dark fruit cakes of
the present day.
The cake was baked December %,
1928, by Miss Eliza Benjamin, after
ward Mrs. e. B. Day of whitehall, N.
Y, for the wedding of her sister, Mrs.
Charity Benjamin, who became the
wife of William Hannas. 1t was a rich
plum cake, with white frosting, and
in accordance with the customs of the
times, several large cakes were made
for the occasion, and those that were
left were preserved as heirlooms.
This cake was wrapped carefully in
linen with a card bearing the date OF
its baking placed under it. 1t was
placed in a stone jar and reposed there
until 1t was forgotten.
In due time it became the property of
Mrs. Trowbridge. widow of the late
Rev. L. H. Trowbridge of No 13 Mad
lson avenue. A few months ago Mr.
and Mrs. Trowbridge went to Califor-
MIA for the health of the former. and
decided to remain there.
While packing some of their effects
to be sent to them the houseMeepeI
found the cake in the place 1t had oc-
cupied for eighty-two years.
Mr. Hannas, the bridegroom of the
occasion, came to Detroit to live in 1885,
with Mrs. Trowbridge and died in 1886
He was the last survivor of the wed,
ding festivities.
The wedding cake has outlived every
person who attended the Joyous cere'
monies
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-13
MORTON MAKES
CUTS IN PAYROLL
REDUCTIONS IN EQUITABLE
SALARIES
PLAN TO REDUCE EXPENSES
It Is Said That This Move viii Be
Followed by Reforms In other
Departments of the
Society
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 12.-Sweeping re-
ductions in the salaries of officers and
employees of the Equitable Assurance
society were announced today by
Chairman Morton. The decreases viii
amount to twenty per cent on all
salaries over $4,000 per annum 15 per
cent from all annual salaries between
$4,000 and $4,000, both inclusive, and
ten per cent decrease from all salaries
above $25Oo and below $4,000 per year.
These changes become operative on
August / next and effect saving of
from $15O,OOO to 100000 a year. In the
first or 20 per cent class will be included
Chairman and Acting President Nor
ton and Secretary and Vice-President
Gage E. Tarbell.
The reduction in salaries is only
the first of a series of schemes
Mr.. Morton has in mind for reducing
the expenses of the Equitable's work.
ing force, it was said by those in
touch with him. 1t will be followed
by reforms in several Of the Depart
ments, notably the agency department.,
which the chairman is Investigating
now. Uniform rates of commission
will be figured out for the soliciting
agents, 1t is thought, with probable
reduction for the general agents.
Grover Cleveland chairman of the
trustees, left town today on E. G. Bene-
diets yacht Onieda with Mr. Benedict.
After a time spent in cruising Mr..
Cleveland will go to New hampshire
for the summer. The trustees, 1t is
expected, will hold no more meetings
for several weeks.
Asked today to make known his sal
ary as chairman of the Equitable So
city, Mr.. Morton said:
1.-The question has not yet been de-
cided. 1t is a matter for future ad
justment."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-13
HIGGINS is uNMovED
Declares Action on Part of Legislature
Would Be Useless
BY Associated F'ress.

BY Associated F're6S
ALBANY, N. Y, July 12.-Governor
Higgins remains unmoved in his de-
termination not to bring any phase of
the insurance question before the
present extraordinary session of the
legislature. He reiterated today his be-
lief that any such action on his part
would be inadvisable. He said:
1T Is probably the universal opinion
of the state regardless of party that
great evils have existed in the manner
in which insurance business has been
conducted in this state. 1t is also the
universal idea that they should be cor
rected at the earliest possible moment.
But it is one thing to decry evils and
another thing to correct them. 1t
would be easy for me to send a mes
sage to the Legislature calling attention
to the situation. but 1t would be a
very difficult task to compose a bill
which would surely right the wrongs.
II am satisfied that there is not a
man able, with our present knowledge
on the subject, to draft an effective
statute to meet the needs of the stu
ation."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-13
His Bad NIaht

II. e. Buermeyer, the president OF
the National Amateur Skating associa-
tion, was describing banquet that he
had once attended in New York.
II found this banquet interesting
he said. 'and was one of the last to
leave. In the cloak room, as l was
putting on my hat and coat, l couldn't
help noticing the woebegone look on
the attendants face The poor fellow
appeared worried and sad, and every
little while he sighed and muttered ia
himself.
"'You seem diseonsoIate. friend" ]
said.
"I am disconsolate, SIR said the at
tendant.
"What is the trouble7' said ]
Haven't the guests tipped you well
tonightY
The attendant answered in an ex-
cited voice:
IT'S not only, sir that they haven't
tipped me. but they've taken the quar-
ter that ! put In the tray for a deeoy.'
Minneapolis Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-13
RESIGNS AS HEAD OF PEACE
COMMISSION
CHANGE FULL OF GOOD OMEI
Appointment Of President Of Commit
tee Of Ministers Regarded as
Certain and as Practically
Forced Upon Gar
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 10, 2:t3 a. M
M. Muravieff has resigned his posi-
tion as chief peace p1enipotentiary.
1t may be regarded as practically GER
tain that he will be replaced by M.
Witte, president Of the committee of
ministers, who all along has been con-
sidered the Russian statesman quail
fed to undertake the difficult task of
negotiating peace with Japan.
Though the emperor on two previous
occasions has fatty declined to accept M.
Witte, he has now indicated his readi-
ness to make the appointment. The
commission, however, will not be actu-
ally signed until Foreign Minister
Lamsdorff, who throughout has been
M. Whites warm supporter, has had an
audience with the emperor.
To that extent only the matter may
be regarded as settled, nothing being
certain in Russia, as a prominent dip
lomat remarked last night until the
emperors signature has been affixed.
M. Whites selection undoubtedly win
be hailed as a practical assurance Of
peace.
While 1t would be a mistake to de-
nominate him as peace at any price,
man M. Witte earnestly believes that
the struggle should be ended and
should be succeeded by an understand
ing between Russia and Japan which
would secure peace in the far east for
half century. Indeed, he is person.
ally believed to be in favor of the
Russo-Japanese alliance.
The conduct of negotiations by NJ.
Witte, it is felt by the peace party
here, would inspire instant confidence
in Japan.
The only handicap under which NJ.
Witte labors is his lack Of familiarity
with the English language as the only
foreign languages he speaks are Gc--
man and French.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-13
WOOD LAUDED BY
THE PRESIDENT
Continued from Pare one,

the Panama canal That is work
that only a big nation could undertake
or that big nation could do, and Is
a work for all mankind. And the con-
dltlon precedent upon success in that
work is having the proper type OF
medical work as a preliminary.
THAT is the first condition upon the
meeting Of which depends our success
in solving the engineering and ad-
ministrative problems Of the work it.
self. l am happy to say that the work
is being admirably done, and l am par
ticularly glad to have this chance OF
saying it. Now and then some alarm
list report will come from Panama. Just
a couple of weeks ago there seemed
to be succession of people coming
up from Panama, each one of whom
had some tale or other to tell. You
will always find in any battle, even
II it is victory, that in the rear you
meet a number of gentlemen who are
glad that they are not at the front,
who If they have unfortunately got
at the front have come away and
who justify their absence from the
front by telling tales of how every
thing has gone wrong there.
Tribute to Wood
What is being done in Panama is
but sample of the things that this
country has done during the last few
years. of the things in which your
profession has been so prominent a
part Take what we did in Cuba,
where we tried the experiment which
had not been tried for 400 years, of
cleaning the cities. One of the most
important items of the work done by
our government in Cuba is the work of
hygiene, the work of cleaning and dis
injecting the cities so as to minimize
the chance for yellow fever so as to do
away with as many as possible of the
conditions of that old disease.
This country has never done better
work, work that reflected more honor
upon the country or for humanity at
large, than the work in Cuba. And the
man who above all others, was
responsible for doing that work so well
was a member of your profession, who,
when the call to arms came, he himself
went as a soldier to- the field, the pres
ent Maj. Gen. Wood. Leonard Wood
did in Cuba just the kind of work
that for instance Lord, .Cromer has done
in Egypt. We have not been able
to reward Wood in anything like the
proposition that services such as his
would have been rewarded in any other
country of the first rank in the world ;
and there have been no meaner and
no more unpleasant manifestat ations in
all our public history than the feelings
of envy and jealousy manifested to-
ward Wood. And the foul assaults
and attacks made upon him, gentle
men, were largely because they
grudged the fact that this admirable
military officer should have been a
DOCTOR"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-13
SAN DIEGO HOLDS
BIG CELEBRATION
OPENING OF PANAMA ROAD
THE CAUSE
OLD TIMERS ARE PRESENT
Razlng Of Horton House Is Begun,
the Same Pick Being Used
Which Turned Sod for Its
Erection In 1870
Special to The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
SAN DIEGO, July 12-This evening
the people of San Diego celebrated by
mass meeting on the plaza the opening
of the Panama railroad to general
transportation through the ending OF
the contract between the railroad ard
the Pacific Mail Steamship company.
The contract terminated today through
notice given by the United States gov
ernment Heretofore because of this
existing contract, San Francisco has
been the only commercial point to Sc
anna railroad across the Isthmus The
steamship company having the exclu-
sive right to handle the business from
the Panama road, carried all of il to
San Francisco and made no effort to
develop business at or through any
other port The opening of the railroad
to general business will give oppor-
tunities to other lines to enter the
field and for other ports, particularly
those of Southern California, to reap
benefit by the existence of the Pan
anna road.
The celebration this evening opened
with salute of fifty guns followed
by display of fireworks and a band
concert. At $3.50 President Akerman Of
the chamber of commerce took charge
Of the members and addresses were
made by H. P. Wood, M. l.. Ward and
w. E. Smythe.
An incident of the celebration was
the commencement of the destruction
of the Horton house, which has so long
occupied one of the most prominent
locations in the city, and now 90 be
torn down to make room for $500, 900
hotel to be built by u S. Grant.
When the Horton house was built
thirtN-six years ago, A E. Horton,
called Father Horton by all San
Degans, former Congressman w. w.
Bowers and e. w. Morse were present
and turned the first EARTH
1t happens that all three are still
alive, and at the close of the band
concert they appeared on the balcony
of the Horton house. from which Mr.
Bowers made, a short address on the
history of the structure. At it's close
Father" Horton, using the same pick
on the 1st of January 1870 began it's
destruction by tearing out the first
bricks.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-13
Kruger viii Be cOurtmartlaIed

BY Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 12.-The
Nashna Sishn says that Admiral
Kruger will leave the service on ac-
count of alleged incapacity, as shown
by his treatment of the mutlny aboard
the battleship Kniaz Potemkine.
The admiral will be courtmartialed.
At the admiralty he is known as one
of the court admirals." Admiral
Avellans promotion" to the council of
the empire Is definite, as Is Admiral
Birileffs appointment as minister CT
marine
The Nashna Sishn also prints a re-
port that Lieutenant General Stoessel
has been placed under arrest at Tsars-
koe-Selo. in consequence Of the revela-
tions made by the commission which
has been investigating the defense and
capitulation of Port Arthur and that
the sword Of honor donated by num-
ber Of French admirers Of General
stoessel will not be presented
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-13
ADDRESSES ROOSEVELT
UPON COTTON SCANDAL
President of New York Exchange Says
That Recent Disclosures Have
"Greatly Shocked Them"

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July ia new and
interesting phase of the cotton leak in
vestigation was developed today
through the publication of the letter
of Waller C. Hubbard, president of the
New York Cotton exchange, addressed
to President Roosevelt, in which the
writer declared the members of the ex-
change had been greatly shocked" by
the recent disclosures of venality in
quested a full investigation of the
methods which led to the corruption,
with view of preventing the possi-
bility of it's recurrence.
The letter, it is believed here, is the
outcome of recent correspondence be-
tween Secretary Wilson and Mr.. Hub
bard, in which the latter called upon
the secretary to make him a public
apology. since. some years ago, he had
called the seeretarys attention to al
legged leaks and no notice had been ta-
ken of the suggestion.
The secretary recently wrote a tart
reply. in which he informed Mr.. Hub
bard that he owed no one an apology,
as he had done his duty to the best of
his ability, and, when he got anything
that looked like facts he had promptly
sent 1t to the secret service officers to
hunt down.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-13
OELCASSE TALKS
ABOUT GERMANY
SAYS ENGLAND IS FRANCES
OBVIOUS ALLY
JOINT FLEETS ARE lNvINclBLE
Emphasizes Value Of Securing British
Cooperation, and Regards Con-
sent to kalser's Conference
as DepIorable Mistake
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
PARIS. July 12-Former Foreign
Minister Delcasse. in the course of ar
interview published by the Gaulois to-
day upon the British and French nava
amenities at Brest, is induced to dis.
cuss his present policy relative tC
Great Britain and Germany. He said,
"The policy of nations nowadays is
not based on sentiment or antipathy
but upon their material interests. AS
between Germany and Great Britain
our commercial balance shows where
our interests lie. Great Britain is our
best purchaser while Germany buys
almost nothing of us and tries to sell
us all she can.
Moreover, it is evident that we
could not leave open irritating contro-
versles with Great Britain which
might precipitate an armed struggle
for Great Britain holds indisputably
the empire of the seas. For every war
ship we build she builds four or FIVE
1t Is thus well for us to accept these
manifest facts and consider the value
which British cooperation would give
us in certain eventualities. The great
est intrinsic value of such cooperation
would be the virtual impossibility in
which it would place Germany of max
ing war upon U.S."
M, Delcasse was asked If he consid-
-
with Morocco as being dangerous. He
replied: mot at all. In case of war
Great Britain would surely be with us
against Germany, and then what would
What would become of her ports? OF
her commerce? OF her merchant ma
rine? 1t would be annihilation. That is
the real significance of the present ex-
change of visits of British and French
squadrons.
Would Secure Peace of World
IAN understanding between those
two powers and coalition of other
navies would create ma chii that
neither Germany nor any other nation
would risk conclusions with UPON the
sea.'
Continuing, M. Delcasse discussed
what would have been the probable ef-
feet of his policy if it had been pur-
sued "The Anglo-French cordial un-
derstanding," he said, was an achieve
ment towards definite understanding
between Russia and Great Britain and
this further understanding would have
been the work of the French minister
for foreign affairs. The success of such
a task would have strengthened our in
fuence in British councils and as
sured for long time the peace of the
world
In conclusion, NJ. Delcasse was asked
for his opinion of Frances accepting
a conference on Morocco to which he
gave the following textual response:
ITO go to conference is a mistake
and such a mistake!"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-13
ARMED MEN SEARCH
FOR TEMPERANCE FANATIC
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
lola, Kas., July 1.-TWO hundred
armed men under the direction of
Sheriff Richardson started search of
the country round about lola today
for c. L. Melvin, the temperance fan
attic, who has been in hiding since the
destruction of the three lola saloons
by dynamite. and who is believed still
to have in his possession a great guam
tity Of dynamite with which he has
threatened OF cause more destruction.
Many citizens have Joined In the
chase, which soon developed into an
excited manhunt