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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-04
TEN THOUSAND
DID NOT APPEAR
Judicious Placing of Coin
Would Have Defeated Clapp,
Says a Scion.

eff fund Of $4,000 had been thrown
into the senatorial fight even yesterday
afternoon. the nomination Of Senator
Clapp could have been prevented"
This statement was made today by
one Of the members opposed to Clapp,
who naturally prefers to keep his name
out Of the matter. He says that the
feeling against the senator was
stronger by, far than the outcome would
Indicate, and that such figure as he
Rs~a &sn e5o1sb ~aes pSGsd would o
Clapp to prevent his nomination and
throw the election into the legislature.
The same member is authority for the
statement that Judge Gilfllan resisted
the advice of some Of his friends, who
urged him to take ''practical' view
Of the affair and put in enough money
to influence votes. He insisteds that
if he could not become senator without
buying the office, he would stay at
home. He absolutely refused to author
ize anything but legitimate headquar-
terS expenses. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-04
WANTS SENATE INQUIRY
INTO LAWSON CHARGES

Washington, Jan. 4 Senator Stone
of Missouri today introduced resolu-
ton reciting some Of the assertions Of
Thomas w. Lawson and Judge Alton
B. Parker concerning campaign contri-
buttons, and asking the judiciary com
mittee to inquire into the allegations.
There was an exceptionally large at
tendance Of senators when the senate
sumption Of business after the Christ
mas holidays. President pro tenn Frye
being absent, Senator Perkins presided.
By a vote Of 81 to IL the senate de-
cided to consider the bill for creating
the states Of Oklahoma and New
Mexico.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-04
From . Staff Correspondent.

From Staff Correspondent.
New Ulm, MINI, Jan. 4.-The Koch
murder trial has begun in earnest. At
1880 am. today DR.. L. A. Fritschie,
coroner OF Brown county, was sworn as
the first witness. His testimony estab-
lished what lawyers call the CORPUS
delicti,' and was description of the
condition in which DR.. Gebhard,s body
was found. The coroner described the
wounds on the body, how they were
made and their effects upon the vic
tim. e. n
DR.. Fritschie told Of finding the ham
mer and handkerchief in the murdered
mans office, but did not have them
in court.
The important thing in his testimo.
ny was that the direction Of one Of
the knife wounds in the neck was not
toward the lugular vein. This will be
Important if the. state tries to prove
that DR.. Gebhard was murdered by q
man who understood anatomy. III
General Childs, in his address to the
jury, said that the state would prove
that both knife thrusts were made in
the direction Of the jugqlar vein. !,
Sheriff William Julius testified as to
the condition Of DR.. Gebhard's body
| and office when he went there twenty
| minutes after the murder. He was on
the stand when court adjourned at
| noon.
General Childs' Address.
From time to time it had been ru.
mored that the state had some startling
evidence in its possession, but General
Childs opening address revealed moth.
ing that has not already been made
public thru The journal. "
| General Childs said, in part: ''Yo,
have been selected out Of the great
body of men in this county to try thu
cease of the state against George r
4 och, charged with the crime OF muir
der In the first degree. You have beer
selected with the utmost care. It wa
due the state and this defendant tina
no man have q place in this Jury VIII,
would not be able to take into the jur,
box fair and unbiased mind" TIL
state never stoops SO low that it woult
jeopardize the life, Of one Of its citi
zens by injecting into the jury DO,
one who entertains bias that would dis
qualify him from doing exact Justice
| If there be any juror who has such
bias that he cannot try this case fairl'
and impartially, it would be grea
calamity to the state. If there is
man who has sought place in this iur,
for the purpose Of favoring eithe
party, he is very wicked man, an,
should be dragged at the wheels Of tn
car of public disapproval.
elf this defendent be guilty, it i
not your fault; it is not the fault o
the witnesses which the state will pro
duce; it is not the fault Of his gray
haired father, his brother or his sister
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-04
POINTS FROM
VAN SAINTS MESSAGE
RECoMMENDATIoNs.

AEOOMMENOATlON
Creation Of a permanent tax COM
mission. 4
Enactment Of franchise tax law.
Submission Of q taxation amend
ment to the constitution.
Building Of separate industrial school
for girls.
Law requiring counties to pay one
half the cost Of caring for insane.
Separation Of state university and
normal schools from board Of control
supervision.
Abolition Of the local boards in
charge Of institutions at Faribault and
New. state prison, to be built on
site selected by the board of control,
from surplus revenues Of the prison.
Legislation to assist public examiner
in collecting back gross earnings taxes.
Trespass settlements to be placed in
hands Of state timber board.
Repeal Of statute Of limitations as
to trespasses on state property. g.
Fees from Insurance. examinations to
go to the state.
Admission Of veterans mothers,
wives and widows to state soldiers
home. y
Statue Of Alexander Ramsey to be
placed In national capitol.
Appropriation for monuments and
tablets in honor Of Minnesota regi-
ments at Gettysburg.
| Creation of state highway commits
sion.
Appropriation Of $4,000 for drainage
purposes.
Liberal appropriations for university
and normal schools. 81
Larger appropriations for game and
fish protection. :
Increase in forestry appropriation
and In salary Of chief fre@warden.
Appropriation for purchase Of cut
over lands for forestry purposes.
Precautions against such distribution
Of stock in merger railroads as will vic.
late state anti-merger law Of 1908.
Legislation to preserve jurisdiction of
! Joint memorial to congress urging
passage Of Quarles- Cooper bill.
Law prohibiting advances in railroad
rates without consent Of railroad and
Warehouse cuanmisgaen 4a.SS-.ssss 81 r
! Extension Of primary election law to
cover state officers and United States
senator's.
Estate capitol.
Transfer Of battle flags to new CAPT
tol with appropriate ceremonies.
! STATEMENTS OF FACT.
State capitol commission has unex'
|pended balance of $162,15O.16 out Of
50, 10000 provided.
| Not over 25 per cent Of personal
property in the state is reached fol-
taxation.
State prison turned profit Of $780,.
|186.76 in past year.
4 Salaries Of state employees have in
creased under board Of control man
|agement. -
} Irregularities in former conduct OF
auditors office discussed. -
| Minnesota's butter production If
1908 was 72,266,S48 pounds.
inesota.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-04
THOMAS =.
CALLED BY DEATH
Noted Orchestra Leader Sue
cumbs to Pneumonia in His
Chicago Home.

Chicago, Jan. 4.-Theodore Thomas,
the noted orchestra leader, died of
pneumonia at his residence here early
today, aged 10 years.
Death came to the world famous di-
rector almost at the hour Of achieving
Of the Chicago orchestra in a magnif-
cent permanent home. Mr.. Thomas
lived to lead his orchestra in but four
concerts in the great new hall built
by popular subscription. His last ap-
pearance was at the concert on Satur-
day, the day before Christmas.
Theodore Thomas, who was the son
OF an expert violinist, was born at
1885: In 1916 his parents brought him
to the United States, settling in New
York city. Even at this early age he
boy had created an impression as a
violinist.. A concert trip thru the
southern cities in 1851 proved such a
success that when Mr.. Thomas returned
to New York he became one of the
first violinists in concert and operate
performance during the engagements
in America of Jenny Lind, Sontag
Grisi and other great opera singers.
The real beginning in Mr.. Thomas
the years intervening between 1855 and
1879. In 1864 Mr.. Thomas first sym
phony concerts were given at New
York, and these were continued unit
he left that city in 1878 to take charge
Of the College Of Music at Cincinnati
He remained in Ohio for two years
then returning directly to New York
He was elected conductor Of the New
York Philharmonic society in 1879, ant
this position he held until he left New
York In 1891. In 1883 Mr.. Thoma
and his orchestra made tour from
New York to San Francisco, appearing
at all Of the principal cities en- route.
On his return to New York MI
Thomas conceived the idea of a per
manent orchestra in that city, but afte
seven years Of endeavor he came t,
the conclusion that Chicago would b,
q better place for his future work
He came here in 1891 and formed tn
Chicago Orchestra association.
On Dec. Is, 1904, Orchestral hall, tn
permanent home of the Chicago orches
ira, built at cost Of more than $780,
900, was formally dedicated. It is
monument that bears witness to tn
Iuntiring efforts of the dead musician.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-04
RECOMMENDATIONS OF
GOVERNOR JOHNSON

Four-year term for future governors,
by constitutional amendment, to take
effect in 1906, making Governor John
son ineligible for reelection.
Legislature should keep appropria-
tions within state auditors estimate,
so state tax levy may be reduced.
Constitutional amendment to permit
tax on incomes, and income tax on
credits.
Passage Of inheritance tax law.
Creation Of county boards Of educa-
ton, with power to elect county super
intendents.
Larger salaries for county superin-.
tendents ..s.,.
State supervision Of rural school ar
|chitecture.
Increased appropriation for depart
ment Of public instruction.
Appropriation for special counsel to
prosecute timber trespass cases.
Action promised to revoke mineral
leases issued contrary to law.
Sale Of mineral leases at auction to
highest bidder.
Joint legislative committee to inves-
tigate and fix system Of maximum
freight rates.
Resolution urging congress to pass
Quarles-C Cooper bill.
Law authorizing railroad and ware.
house &C omission to represent any IN
dividual in complaint to Interstate COM
MERGE commission.
Railroad and warehouse commission
to have authority over interurban cleo.
trio railroads, telegraph and telephone
lines. ... -
Abolition of railroad passes.
Increase In prison Irvine plant, 80 as
to utilize all prison labor.
Abolition Of "fellow servant" rule
as applied to manufacturing establish
|ments. - - 't5 . ii
Revolving fund for drainage work
|replenished from taxes on the lands
benefited.
4 All insurance fees to 60 into thu
state treasury. -}F
4 Law restricting reinsurance OF on
4 company in another. ...xs.s
i State aid for township road work,
Il Creation Of bureau of inning grafton.
4 Board of control transactions to b.
Reviewed by public examiner or othe
competent authority. NO.,
Nurses houses in connection with In
sane hospitals. ~
Separate quarters at state prison TO
criminal insane. =, ~.-.....,, II.
Harmless 1ncurables to be removed
from insane hospitals. ~- .a r.
Creation of county health officers.
Separate training school for girls.
Admission of veterans mothers
wives and widows to soldiers home.
Further pure food legislation.
& Liberal provisions for forestry.
State supervision Of accounts Of al
, city officers. :.
Law providing for review Of stat
ELECTION returns in cases of contest. f.
Separate spring elections for judicia
) officers. y ,,-..' =
Judges to be excepted from prov!
sions Of primary election law.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-04
.JAPS OCCUPY THE
| FALLEN CITADEL
Will March Russian Garrison to
Shores Of Pigeon Bay
Tomorrow.
NUMBER OF PRISONERS
= CAPTURED IS $4,000
Shocking Picture Of Conditions in
Fort as Painted by a
Russian.

Headquarters Of tho Japanese Third
Army at Port Arthur, via Chi:fu, Jan.
A.-The flag Of the rising sun. floats TO-
night over the captured citadel OF
Port Arthur.
When the first news Of the surrender
reached the soldiers Monday, leaping
from mouth to mouth, the Japanese
fraternized freely with them. When
nightfall came, great bonfres rose
upon the Japanese side like blazing
halo, while great choruses OF ''ban-
xai' echoed thru the hills.
The entire garrison and all the non
eombatants will march out tomorrow to
the village Of Ya-huth- near the
shores of Pigeon Bay, whence the Rus
sian officers will be transported to Dali
nv and thence to wherever they may
desire.
The prisoners Of war will be detained
at the Russian barracks in the village
until they can be transferred to Dalny
and thence to Japan.
Commissioners Sat Long.
The conference between the Russian
the terms were arranged took place
at the village Of Shui-shi-ying at 1
pm, Monday, and lasted until pm,
Tuesday.
The Russian commissioners were
Chief Of Staff Reiss, Surgeon General
Rallachoff, Colonel Vostok aad two
other staff officers, with two interpret
tiers. The Japanese commissioners were
Major General Ijichi, chief of staff;
Major Yamaoka, DR.. Ariga and two
others, staff officers, with two inter-
prefers.
Tho the intimation that the Russians
were willing. to surrender reached the
Japanese officers Sunday afternoon, it
was not generally known to the 100, 900
Of the investing army until Monday.
Prisoners and Booty.
Toxic, Jan. 4-The Japanese cap.
tured $4,000 prisoners at Port Arthur
The total number Of the INHABITANTS
is $4,000, Of whom 10000 are sick.
Elise, Wan-tse and Ta-yang-ko forts
we're taken over by the Japanese at
noon yesterday.
The request Of the Russians for food
medicines and physicians for their sick
and wounded has been granted.
It is said that the booty that fell tnte
the hands Of the Japanese at Por
Arthur amounted to only $4,000 tons o,
coal and two months rations Of rice
Parole Is Optional.
The emperor of Russia has cabled tt
General Stoessel saying that the givini
Of their parole or the alternative O.
imprisonment is optional with the of
fcers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-04
80 5lg n ~.=EF Esl H--.
BY w. W. Jermane.

= .
Washington, Jan. IA very impor-
tant bill was introduced in the house
Of representatives today by Congress-
man F. @. Stevens Of Minnesota. It
seeks. to carry out portion Of the
president g message Recommendations
regarding better regulation Of railroads
and is in entire harmony with the ad-
n1inistration plans FOR such regulations.
Mr.. Stevens bill seeks to extend the
powers Of the Interstate commerce COM
mission so as to have these powers
cover private freightSan refrigerator
cars. It is probably of as much i'm
portance to dairy, fruit sand cattle ship.
pers as the bill seeking TO give the
interstate commerce commission power
to fix rates, and some of its details will
be read with interest By all who are
concerned in these matters.
On top Of tho spfesid lent b recornmen.
dations looking qaso!ne such legisla'
interstate cpmmeEk S,nission pray
ing cengresssto ION check
ing the privasessS 81 sab Ssssy and citine
as an Emigration 81 i there Tabuses The
beef trusts which operatess these cars
engaged dn the fruit anR dairy bnsi
ness. 80 49, .2ss "a.
! The Interstate and foreign commerce
committees Of s,the house, acting on tht
suggestion Of chairman Hepburn, tool
the matter up before the holiday RECESS
and Representative Stevens Of Mime
sofa was delegated to draft, bill
which might be used as working ba
| sis by the committee.
Glgt Of the Bill.
This is the bill introduced today
It extends the interstate commercially
and the powers Of the Interstate com
merce commission SO as to embrace al
private freight cars or cars not owned
| by railroad companies, used for tn
carriage Of freight, and provides tina
! any facilities extended or service per
| formed In and about the propert,
transported in these private cars i
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-04
BEEF TRUST CASE is
BEFORE SUPREME COURT

Washington, Jan. 4.-The brief Of
the government in the case Of Swift
& Co. vs. the United States, known as
the beef trust case, prepared by Attor-
ney General Moody, was presented to
the supreme court Of the United States
today. The brief is devoted principal
" to an argument to show that the
packers are engaged in conspiracy to
monopolize interstate commerce in
fresh meats.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-04
= SAW DEPTHS OF WARS HELL
Russian Officers Description Of Condi
t1ons In. Port Arthur.
Now York Sun Special Service.

Now York sun special 6efV1oe.
respondent at Chi-fu sends the following
description of the conditions existing at
Port Arthur at the moment Of the sur
render. He received it from a Russian
naval officer, who arrived at Chi-fu on
Tuesday:
Nothing on earth could stand the awful
bombardment Of the Japanese. Had Cen
eral Stoessel waited much longer the
tire garrison would have been reduced
to a. bleeding mass Of mutilated corpses.
Altho General Smirnoff himself favored
the surrender, and the garrison, scourged
by the daily hurricane Of fire. unani-
mously supported him, yet the poor fell
lows wept when the first message asking
what terms would be granted was
sent to General Nogi.
The soldiers, half-starved and racked
by disease stood in the trenches, star
ing stupidity with sunken eyes at one an
other while the officers, Frustrated by
the very thought Of giving up the fortress,
actually sobbed like bereaved women,
carrying on as tho their hearts would
break The men seemed dazed by the
impending calamity which we knew moth
ing could ward off. We wandered about
like mourners In vast graveyard And
so Port Arthur was surrendered to
Japan.
AS for the hospitals. no words can
adequately picture their horrors. They
were far worse than a battlefield. All
were gorged with broken, shell-torn bod
les and men in the grip Of mortal dis
eases, while the nauseatlng odor of HUI
man blood and fostering wounds poisoned
the air Of the wards and even sickenet.
the Sisters Of Charity, accustomed as
they were to such experiences.
Gotta eel 1Ia
that the patriotic Russian ladies who aid
ed the sisters in attending the wounded
had to keep their nostrils constantly
plugged with cotton or wool, which was
saturated with eau de cologne to avoid
being overcome.
So terrific was the Japanese shell-t1re
that few of the hospitals escaped injury,
and many wounded men were blown to
fragments in their cots. Many Of the
sick suffered from loathsome ulcers on
the mouth, caused by eating tainted horse
flesh, but 1t was the only animal food we
could get. The Sisters Of Charity and
the volunteer nurses worked day and
night In these slaughter-houses. Many
tainted at their posts from want Of
strengthening food. The shrieks and
means of the wounded; the death rattle
of the dying, and the curses and yells
of wounded men undergoing operations
without anesthetics, all combined to make
the place a perfect inferno.
Piles Of Human Limbs.
Huge piles Of severed limbs and pud-
dies Of curdling blood met ones gaze on
every hand, and it was a relief to rush
for moment from the foul atmosphere
and horrible sights, even If the she'll
torn streets were the only alternative.
The magnificent heroism of the grea,
majority Of the wounded is something
shall never forget. Men who had re.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-04

London, Jan. 4-Belle Cole, the Ameri-
can singer, is critically i'll. Miss Cole
was the leading contralto with the late
Theodore Thomas during his festival tour
of 1888. Since 1888 she has made her.
home in England.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-04
JOHN A. JOHNSON TAKES
THE OATH AS GOVERNOR
MESSAGES BOILED DOWN


WHERE THE MESSAGES OVERLAP
Both governors
Discuss Irregularities in state auditors office.
Urge taxation amendment constitution
Ask for joint legislative resolution urging the
-Quarles- Cooper bill
Compare freight rates Of Ninnesota and Iowa.
Recommend drainage appropriations
turning all into the state treasury
Indorse good roads legislation.
Urge establishment Of separate training school for girls
liberal appropriations for forestry work.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-04
STATE SWEARS
FIRST WITNESSES
Jury Is Completed and the Muir
der Of DR.. Gebhard Proven
by State.
General Childs' Outline Of Case
Has No Surprises -Koch's
Bearing Excellent.
KOCH FACES COMPLETED JURY


A RInke, retired merchant, Sleepy
Eye.
Emil Rasmussen. postmaster, Evan.
Hans Larson, retired farmer, Sleepy
Eye.
Martin Pennins, fruit grower,
Sleepy Eye.
August Jaehn, blacksmith, Spring.
field.
William F. Runck, farm Implement
dealer, Springfield.
James Addy, Jr., farmer, Sleepy
Eye.
John Mack, Farmer, New UIm.
Fred EnoeIbert, saloonkeeper, New
Ulm.
John ManderfeIdt, Jr., farmer, New
Ulm.
William Berg. farmer, New UIm.
Joseph GrathmohI, Farmer, New
= Ulm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-30
SOME TALK.
VIII the New Hackney Bill Prove a
Boomerang?

To the Editor of the State Journal.
Mr.. Hackney's bill which takes
from woman municipal suffrage may
be the one thing needful to assure to
women the political equality that they
are asking for.
Practically the only argument now
heard against this measure is that
women do not want it, MY wife don't
want to vote" my lady friends do not
desire the ballot"
OF course they say this, and think
it. Catch them asking for something
that they feel sure you Will refuse to
them.
They are too proud and too sensi-
tive to ask you a favor when they
know that they will only be laughed at
When the bill passes as 1t Will some
day you Will discover how many of
them van to vote.
T~hree-fourths of them will be glad
then to vote and will feel a warm
gratitude to the men of truly chival-
rous hearts h have trusted them
sufficiently to place the ballots in their
hands.
Women are glad to vote when they
think 1t is necessary. A late election
in the city of Topeka proved this.
Almost the whole voting population
registered. OF the women registered
S1.92 per cent voted. This was d
larger per cent than hat of the male
voters, which was STAG per cent
When the questions to be decided
are unimportant the woman vote is
SSiuom HedNy, tney are not aggressive
voters and probably never will be. but
the inherent right to expires their
opinions concerning circumstances
that affect their life, their property,
and their home is undoubtedly theirs,
and they should be allowed to exercise
that right whenever they think it
necessary Men themselves do not
poll a heavy vote unless there are
large issues at stake. The presidential
year shows a heavy vote-a county
election shows a light one, but no
one advocates the Withdrawing of the
right of suffrage from man because
he sometimes neglects to use his
privilege. Nor should it be with
drawn from the woman for that rea-
son.
III threat Of withdrawing q priv
ilege hat the women feel they have
not misused is likely to change luke
warm friends into active adherents.