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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
ELEVEN TO TELL
OF TRUSTS DOING
Twin City Representatives of Big
Beef Dealers Are Sub
\ penaed.
NAMES OF JURORS TO
BE KEPT CONCEALED
The Government Will Take No
Chances, and Is Looking Up
Jurors Records.

! Eleven Minneapolis and st.. Paul rep.
resentatives and managers OF the beef
| trust make up the list of those sum.
moned locally to appear before the fed;
I egal grand jury in Chicago at the April
/ Term of court. The eleven summoned
/ are said to be as follows:
John s. Bangs, manager Of Swift & Co. q
big plant at South st. Paul.
Alfred Tuf1ey, Swift's Minneapolis man
: ager
G. H. Brown. Armour & Co.'S manage,
in ST. Paul. r.~
Curtiss M. Fitch, Armour & Co.'S man.
ager in Minneapolis. .'.. --
John J. Russell manager for Nelson
Morris company at st. Paul.
Alden B. Calef. manager for Nelson
Morris company at Minneapolis.
f. NJ. Madigan, manager for CudahJ
It company at st. Paul.
Frank w. Couran, manager for Cudahy
company at Minneapolis.
Parker A. Jacobson, manager for Ar
mour Packing company at South st. Paul
NJ. B. H. Miller, manager for IS. & 8. .
company at st. Paul.
f. J. Kelley, manager for 80. & s.
company at Minneapolis.
Just what is wanted Of these men in
= Chicago is not known by any Minnesota
federal officials. The subpenas were
served at the direction of the United
States attorney in Chicago. The Min.
nesota district attorney has nothing to
do with the matter.
Rumor has it that each local man
ager is to be strictly questioned relative
to the manner in which he conducts the
business Of his company, to bring about
= the connection alleged to exist between
all the companies which the men sum
moned represent, and which compose
what is gknown, as the beef combine.
&c hot &c 10 h1
play affair, and that managers whose
stories are found to be untrue, will be
prosecuted for perjury. III. p.
Not only are the Minneapolis and St.
Paul representa- tives Of the beef trust
= summoned to come to Chicago, but like
officials in practically every large; city
of the west have been served with
mony before the grand jury in Chicago.
Investigation Was Secret.
It Is believed that much Of what the
Minneapolis and st. Paul representa-
tives of the beef combine, can tell, Is
ALREADY known to the federal authori-
ties. Several weeks ago q 3. man who
the was from Washington, D. G., and
making an investigation Of meat prices
for the president and United States at
'torney general, secured from the state
board Of control, prices which paid for
staple articles Of food for, state insti-
buttons. This man made his investiga-
ction thorolY, but with utmost secrecy,
and departed with very few people even
suspecting his mission. He made a
study Of how. the beef trust agencies in
the twin cities operate. and report to
the attorney general. On this prelim-
mary evidence, corroborated later by
further Investigations in Minnesota, the
subpenas were finally issued for the
twin city representatives of the beef
combine. :
= The twin city witnesses are expected
to furnish important evidence in the
government g. charge that the recent in,
junction against the beef combine is
being violated.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
MORGAN BLOCKS
STATEHOOD BILL
Alabama Senator Ties Up Confer
ence Between the House and
+. the Senate. :

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Nor
gan blocked the statehood bill with a
single sentence today, thereby greatly
disappointing friends of the measure
!" At ten minutes before IL o'clock Mr..
Beveridge was recognized to renew his
motion for the appointment Of con-
ferees on the joint statehood bill. There
was at the time no objection to the
motion, but Mr.. Teller said he would
facts which had recently come to his
attention regarding conditions in In
dian Territory. He said most Of his
time for the past few weeks had been
given to service on the committee on
Indian affairs and that the information
gained there had been of such char
acter as to convince him that the best
course to pursue in the interest Of the
people in Indian Territory is to annex
1T to Oklahoma and admit the two ter
ritories as one state. This he thought
should be done as speedily as possible.
Mr.. Teller finished three minutes before
noon.
Mr.. Morgan asked if the motion to
appoint conferees had been put. The
chair said no, and was putting it as
the hands of the clock pointed sharply
at the noon figures.
-. I desire to be heard on that mo-
ltion, said the Alabama senator This
meant that the motion must 90 over
and caused manifest disappointment to
the friends Of the bill.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
SENATE FIXES UP
!. RATE BILL DELAY
All-Summer Hearings on Rail
road Tariffs Will Be Ar
ranged.

Washington, Feb. s4.-The senate
committee on interstate commerce to-
day agreed to report a resolution ask
ing that the committee be authorized
to sit during the recess Of congress
and take testimony for the purpose of
preparing some measure for the regu-
1ation Of railroad rates. A subcommit-
tee, consisting of Senators Foraker,
Kean and Carmack, met Immediately
and drafted the resolution.
It provides that the full committee,
or a quorum Of the committee, meet
Immediately after the adjournment Of
the present session Of congress mad
thereafter at the convenience Of the
committee, and report to the next ses-
sion.
Senator Dolliver has ascertained that
the sentiment is almost wholly in favor
of sitting during the summer.
The resolution BY Senator Newlands
creating commission to frame ma
tional Incorporation act for railroads
engaged in interstate commerce, was re
ferred to the interstate commerce com
mission, with directions to report OF
the plan. 4 s.s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
KARL GARDNER, SWEET
SINGER, NEAR DEATH
New York Sun Special Service. !,

Chicago, Feb. "a. g KARL, Gardner.
the sweet singer who made the
song Little Bunch Of LilacsH popu-
lar, is down and out. With an INVALID
ridden but who during forty, Years yeM p has
danced and sung with him before fash.
ing lights and laughing audiences, the
old comedian lies at the point Of death.
This afternoon, however, while the
ttsweet singer trying to forget the
despair that clutches at his heart,
speaks words Of comfort to the family
dependent on him, the younger genera.
ton Of the profession will sing and
viii blarney as they never did before
and acrobats will do their most { dare
devil stunts, at q benefit peri Torrance
for the old s first liner. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
Warrants in Gotham.
AFTER TOBACCO TRUST
House Adds to List Which Includes
Beef and Oil Trusts.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The tobacco
TRUST is the latest corporation to be in
Ivestigated by the bureau Of corpora
lions. A resolution was introduced in
the house today by Representative Ke-
hoe of Kentucky calling for the investi-
cation.
! It is modelled after that which was
adopted in the cases Of the beef trust
z:and the Standard Oil. Because Of this
members say it will be adopted with
,out objection. Every trust, they claim,
now must be investigated in order that
sno charge of inconsistency can be
made. 4..s-s
I Within the past year the house, by
resolution, has authorized the depart
fment of commerce and labor, thru
1.-THE bureau of corporations, to investi-
trust and the steel trust. The depart
iment has the power under the organic
:act creating it, but in each case it
has been held that special resolution
SHOULD be adopted In order to have
the investigation started Immediately,
! Beef Trust Inquiry Over.
! The beef trust investigation is prac.
.tically finished and a report Of the in
the president before adjournment. Nc
effort has yet been made to investigate
the steel trust. This is being delayed
because Of the necessity for Immediate
action against the Standard Oil trust
Practically the entire force of the
bureau Of corporations is engaged in
this work and will be thus occupied un
It'll far in the summer. In the case Of
the tobacco trust the resolution pro
vides for an unlimited scope to the in
vestigation The department is re
7 quested to investigate and ascertain
whether or not the low price paid fo1
leaf tobacco and the high price paid fol
the manufactured product is caused b.
any contract, combination in the form
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
HOUSES AT WAR
OYER CANAL Bill
Senate snubs President After
House Had Voted to Abol-
ish Commission.
New York Sun Special Service.

Washington, Feb. 24.-Bowing down
to Senator Allison and disregarding the
president of the United States, the
senate has passed the canal zone gov
eminent bill. No attempt was made to
disregard the notice served by Senator
Allison that the isthmian canal commits
sion must be left undisturbed. Amend
ments were offered reducing the men,
bership Of the commission, but received
no support.
In special message to congress the
president asked that the canal commits
sion be either abolished entirely or that
the number be reduced to five or three,
ting latter NUMBER Mbenng PTefefdLea.
Vii in the house to carry out the presi-
dents request. This bill was passed
and came to the senate, where a measure
had been reported the same day from
the interoceanic canal committee. The
Mann bill was then changed to conform
to the senate bill in all respects except
tampering- with the commission and
passed today.
When the house passed the Mann bill
Senator Allison served notice that it
the senate, as he would not permit any
bill to pass which removed Admiral
Walker from the commission. This no.
tice was SO effectively given that it
caused the president 8 special message
to be entirely disregarded. This was
done, too, despite the fact that Secre-
tary Taft and other leading representa-,
tives of the administration appeared
before the committee on interoceanic
canals and urged the abolition or re-
duction in membership of the commits
sion.
It is expected there will be a lively
row between the senate and house when
the canal government bill goes into con-
ference. The house will certainly in
sist that the Mann provision for re-
ducing the canal commission member
shin shall be retained. The senate will
not dare recede from its position in
view Of Mr.. Allison's opposition, The
entire bill may fail thru prolonged con-
ferences. If it does a simple resolu.
ton will be adopted extending the
presidents authority over the canal
zone until the end Of the ffty-ninth
congress.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
6:F00T CHANNEL !. !. !. !.
Il. MOVEMENT GAINS
House Passes Amendment to Have
Estimate on Mississippi 3
49,. s. River Plan. s. 5.
BY w, w. Jermane.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The. river and
harbor bill as it passed the house late
yesterday carried an amendment offered
by Chairman Burton of the river and
Of war authority to submit an estimate
to congress Of the cost Of making six
foot channel in the Mississippi river
between the mouth Of the Missouri and
st. Paul. This amendment carries out
the idea which up-river men, more par
shippers, have been nN Urging on Co congress-
for many years. It is especially sig
nifcant in view of the sudden growth,
during recent years, Of the export bust,
ness Of the gulf ports It is conceded
that the senate will accept this amend
ment. The work Of making the esti-
mate may be taken up this year, and
under favorable conditions the report
may be ready for the next session Of
congress. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
JAP FILE SAILS
FOR YLADIVOSTOK
Kuropatldn Reports Large Squad
ron on It's Way to Blockade
! the Port.

81. Petersburg, Fish. "a General Ku.
ropatkin, inca dispatch, dated Feb. %,
sends a. report that twenty Japanese
torpedoboats and a 'largeS !warship are
on their way to Vladivistok:$ .! 5sss
"A telegram from HuanR mountain,
Manchuria, dated today, says: ~
= The Russian reconnaissance in force
in the sTsin -khe-tchen district compelled
the Japanese to bring nine battalions
and d. twelve e gun, into action. :. =, =,
in, the district continues, causing our
,outposts to withdraw fighting to their
main positions. , = r. =. Il.
On Feb. % wA had two officers and
sixty-two men wounded. sI ~ q,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
ALLEE CONTROLS
DELAWARE T0GAS
His Signal to Addicks Crowd
Would Elect a Senator
at Once. ,z.@
New T. York sun s Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Dover, Del, Feb. 24.-United States
Senator Alice is now master Of the
Delaware senatorial situation. A signal
from him would be obeyed by the
Addicks faction in the legislature and
y DR.. Caleb R. Layton, retiring secre.
tary Of state, who has gone to his home
at Georgetown to stay, is no longer in.
fuential with the Addicks men. Shorn
Of his Office and soured by the failure
to induce Governor Lea to reappoint
him, he is a political nonentity. ,Ad
dicks himself counts 80 little that it is
doubtful if even an order direct from
him to the Addicks band would change
their course. Out Of the lost cause
Alice alone remains a power, with two
years yet to serve in the senate.
/ It is believed, however, that the
.Alee, Addicks following will be re-
duced next week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
Bearing on Panama Canal.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The successful
outcome Of the Alpine engineering feat
may have an important bearing upon
the project Of Chief Engineer Wallace
waterway sea level canal by driving
q tunnel four miles long under noun
tain to divert the surplus waters Of the
Chagres river.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
cATEcHlsM BOARD MEETS.

Cincinnati, Ohio, FEB. 24.-The union
catechism commission Of the Methodist
Episcopal church north and south met
in this city today for two days ses-
sion This union commission on cate
chisms a year ago adopted primary
catechism. The purpose of the meeting
: is the fe1al revision Of the principal or
large catechism.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
Russians Spoil Jap Bridge.

p Mukden, Feb. PA daring Russian
raiding party under the command sof
tbe bn9ga s
cheng, about ten miles seast f6f Ma
Chuahg, Feb. 81, blowing up seventy
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
TURKISH TROOPS MuTlNY.

Constantinople, Feb. ga battalion of
$50 Turkish troops while on the way
to reinforce the garrison Of Yemen. Ara
bia, mutinied on board the Greek steamer
Epiros.. seized and imprisoned their Off
GERS and compelled the commander of the
Epiros to put back to Suez. The mutt
neers demand that they be sent back to
their homes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
Shell Play Continues.

Manchurian reports to the army de-
partment say that the Smelling Of points
in the vicinity Of the Shak-he river and
collisions between scouting parties, of
Feb. %. Commencing at I q CLOCK on
Feb. % a. Russian battery Of heavy
gus posted west Of Li-ta- jen-tun be-
gan Smelling La Patai and its vicinity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
REwARp FOR STOLEN Buzz

Jefferson City. Mo-, Feb. The lower house
of the legislature today unanimously adopted q
Of the person or persons who stole the original
Of the amended bill passed by the house, repeal
selling on horse races The theft Of the original
utilities the action Of the house.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
ST. PETERSBURG ALARMED
Putiloff Strike Breaks Out Again
Soldiers Patrol District,

st. Petersburg, Feb. 24.-Reports
from Trans aucasia are alarming
/ The Black Sea fleet is said to have
bombarded Poti, and Batoum is violent
ly disturbed, thousands of strikers be-
ing involved. The steamship lines
suspended service. A dispatch from
Batoum last evening, however, indicat
ed that the troops and authorities had
regained control, but that marauders
are INCREASINGLY active, while racial
strife continues and the whole popula
ton is in a state Of panic.
Oh the other hand, other cities out
side the Caucasus, such as Ekaterino
slav, Kharkoff, Saratof, Alexandrovsk
and many others, are in a condition OF
complete or partial disorder, owing ia
apparently have been unable to prevent
the strikers from resorting to the tao.
tics Of their fellows in Sts Petersburg
and marching from shop to shop and
forcing out every workman. Many gov.
eminent works in various parts Of the
country are included in the suspensions
Half of the workmen in Libau. are on
strike, seriously affecting the manufac-
ture OF military supplies. - ,@ . >,
Putiloff Strike Renewed.
The strike has broken out afresh at
the Putiloff Iron. Works. All the men
walked out today. The minority 4 at
first objected to a renewal Of the strike,
Wherenpon ~ conflict occurred between
the two factions which it required a
strong force Of police to quell. Troops
have again been requisitioned to patrol
the Putiloff strike zone. IN
nicholas the Last
The st. Petersburg workmen have
temporarily resumed their occupations
while, voting for members Of the i'm
perial mixed commission, but they are
possessed of the spirit Of unrest, and
their sense of power is being fed by in
cendiary, proclamations, the latest OF
which alludes to the emperor as =" Mich
olas the Last and makes a rabid at
tack upon the motives Of the govern
ment.
All the members Of the imperial fam
lily who attended the requiem for Crane
Continued on I'd Page, 5th Column.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
JAP PRISONS CROWDED
Russians Held by Japan Now Number

!. Toxic, Feb. 24.-The Russian prison
ers in Japan number 44,400, of which
GIG are officers. go -. - 49,,
The diet has been investigating al.
legged frauds in connection with con.
tracts signed in May. last for the con,
.structien Of barracks to be used. as 9
kaido. In an address to the throne
Chief Quartermaster Tomatsu takes the
responsibility for the contracts, Attic
his predecessor awarded them privately
and without tenders. -. s, 4,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
LOO TOTS 1N F,RE PERU,

New York. Feb. A.-F1re which starhd Il
the New York Juvenile asylum today spread
SO rapidly that 1t was soon beyond control ~
the emergency fire brigade of the Institution
There were 1.200 children In the building at The
time. The fire was quickly extinguished me
loss was small and none Of the children wss
in5uu Is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
MEXICAN WAR VETERAN DEAD.

Bedford, Ind, Feb. 24.-Maior James
G. Carlton, president Of the National
Mexican War Veterans association, Is
dead as the result Of a stroke Of paral-
ysis. He was IS years old and q member
OF Scott Legion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
JURORS NAMES CONCEALED
Government Is Investigating Record OF
Each Talesman.

Chicago, Feb. 24.-The special grand
jury ordered by Federal Judge Kohlsaat
to investigate the alleged meat trust
was drawn today. The law. requires that
the names Of the members of the Jury
not be done, however, until few da<s
before March 90, when the grand jury
will meet, as it is desired to keep the
names secret as long as possible. It is
said that the government wishes to ex.
anime the record Of each man.
Warrants in Gotham.
New York, Feb. 24-Unusual &C.
tivity among the forces Of the United
States marshals in Manhattan and
Brooklyn has revealed the fact that
subpenas in the federal beef combine
investigation are being personally
served upon a large number Of the local
representatives of the leading meat
packing companies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

Representative Steenerson has recommended the
appointment OF Gus Anderson as United States
commissioner 1t Badger. Mimi, vice. "a q
Spencer. resigned
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
CONTROL BOARD
STILL OYER "U'
Senate Kills the Peterson Bill to
Remove the Educational
Institutions
DECISIVE VOTE ON
MEASURE, ~ TO SO
Bill Was Loaded Down with Fari-
bault and owatonna
Amendment.

The Peterson board Of control bill,
loaded down with amendments, went
down to defeat in the senate this af-
ternoon by a vote of 81 to 33.
Senator Wilson, who voted '.no" for
the purpose Of moving reconsideration
later, gave notice Of such a motion,
whereupon Senator schaller admin
istered the death blow to the bill by
moving immediate reconsideration. This
was lost by vote Of 43 to 4. So the
bill is dead beyond recall.
The bill was doomed from the time
the. Peachey amendment. This vote,
which stood "a to SO, left the bill with
the Faribault and Owatonna schools
added, and in that shape it was opposed
by several who would have voted to re-
move the university and normal schools
alone.
After the vote on the Peachey amend
ment' and the adoption Of Senator
Buck 8 amendment creating a purchas-
ing board, the senate took a recess Of
forty five minutes, while Senator Brow
or drew up number of minor amend
ments putting the bill in cohesive
shape. These were adopted, and then
the final vote was taken on the bill, re-
sulting in it's defeat.
The vote on the passage Of the bill
was as follows:
+: ~ s.....-s - Inc boil Call. a.-
ef Cole tk
'fssea Sss!n Smith Ne W
Collester, Cooke, Cowan, Dale Durant, Hardy,
gam Nchoss Putnam nn RieSe, schsin seha1S 0
Schultz, Shell, somerville Stone, sundbeFg,
The ball opened with a motion by
Senator Peterson to reconsider the vote
whereby the Peachey amendment was
adopted removing the Owatonna and
Faribault institutions. This was the
test vote. The motion was defeated,
Sc nays, "a ayes, the senators voting
as follows:
AyeslAley, Barker Brewer, calheun, Com
ssfsse SsesGg iepsns
Soes1Bepscn Buck, Campbell Jam Cole. Collier,
Collester, Cooke. Cowan, Dart, Dunn, Du Toit,
Msasa Morgan
s .3s sehalisr. Schultz. ". 4; smith. ss@er;;
M WIS. snpdDerE, Thompson, Witneratins' Wood
Senator Peachey then introduced two
amen ments to make technical changes.
One stituted the word s Minnesota y
for STATE" In the title. The second
added the names of the Owatonna and
Faribault schools tes section l: Both
| amendments were adopted.
Creates Purchasing Board.
Senator Buck presented lengthy and
| important amendment, which was
| adopted, creating a purchasing bond
for the institutions named in the bill,
consisting of the presidents Of the
board Of regents, normal board, special
board of control at Owatonna, and of
the special board for Faribault nstita
make detailed reports to the state audi
tor each month Of all expenditures and
receipts. ~@4z E,s " $780,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
WAR IS RAGING IN
SOUTHERN RUSSIA
Armenians and Mussulmans il
Caucasia Are in Open State
of Conflict.
300 CORPSES STREW
THE STREETS OF BAKU
Riot and Murder Reign-Militar
Is Inadequate to Suppress
Disorders.

St. Petersburg, Feb. 24.-Trouble has
broken out at Balakhany near Baku.
The military force Of the whole region
is inadequate to suppress the disorder
and spreading Of the racial contest
is generally expected. E
Thousands of Armenians are leaving
Baku and Batoum. -
The Armenians and Mussulmans are
practically in a state Of open war. :: ~.
Paris, Feb. 24.-After the riots at
Baku 800 corpses were counted in the
streets. The dead are said to have
been largely Armenians. >e--r.s.
Many terrible murders were commit
ted there. Manager Adamoff Of the
naphtha refining works, with his wife
and children, was burned to death. A
legal official named Tatasoff and ba-
zaar owner named Lalajeff and the
latter's family were also murdered.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
s1pNEy n11r,oN R1pr,Ey DEAD.

New York, Feb. 24.-Sidney Dillon Ripley.
a prominent insurance and club man. died today
as result of an operation for appendicitis.
He had been Ill since last Tuesday. Mr.. Ripley
was brother-tn-law Of James n. Hyde Of the
Equitable Life