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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
URGES SANITY IN
ANTITRUST ACTS
Woodrow Wilson Warns Demo
Gratis Against Socialistic Ten
denotes in Legislation.
journal Special Service.

journal Special Service
New York, April l7.--At the Jeffer.
son dinner of the Democratic club of
New York last night, President Wood
row Wilson of Princeton warned
against socialistic tendencies in anti
trust legislation when he declared:
''The craftsmanship we need is not
the craftsmanship Of destruction, but
the statesmanshin-of enlightenment ano
of unselfsh devotion. - =.
s. Other speakers at the meeting were
former Attorney General Judson Har
mon Of Cincinnati, State Senator John
NJ. Gearing Of Oregon and Mayor Nc
Clellan. g.. 81 ~'
"No doubt great corporations have
come toastay; no doubt a certain de-
gree of monopoly is inseparahle from
them; but they may, by SCRUTINY ant
regulation, be freed from the spirit OF
monopoly said Mr.. Wilson. eff We
were to act now in the spirit of JEFF
ferson in dealing with the affairs OF
our own day, what would we do? FRS
and foremost, we should turn away
from socialism, as no remedy, but onl,
worse danger-a danger of the sor
we seek to escape, danger of central
lied and corruptible control.
"Our remedy, if we seek it in tn
spirit of Jefferson, would be to indi
vidualize men alike in their energie
and in their morals. not to lump ant
merge them. The whole trouble nov
is not that they unite in corporate I'm
dertakings, but that they sink thei
consciences in the corporation Of whicl
| they form part and act as instru
ments rather than as men-men wit
consciences and individual responsible
ties to God and their fellow men,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
SMITH NAMES SON
FOR CHIEF SAINT
President Of Latter Day Church
Rewards Followers for Fast
ing and Prayer.

Kansas City, April 17.-Joseph
Smith, president of the Reorganized
Church Of Latter Day Saints, has re-
warded his followers for their fasting
and prayer, by giving to the conference
Of the church in session in Independ-
ence, Mo-, revelation which appoints
his son, Frederick NJ Smith, to be his
successor in the event Of his death.
This was considered the most import
ant message ever given to the church,
as nothing in the annals Of the reorgan-
lied church has been considered so vital
as the question as to who would sue
coed to the presidency. A great crowd
gathered at the conference to hear the
message. President Smith was not
present, but he was near the temple lot
in meditation, while his people heard
his revelation read.
For a time it looked very much as
tho the revelation would create a
schism in the church, as it was believed
by some that the revelation of April,
1902, conficted with the present mes
sage as to President Smith s successor,
but after some discussion the revela-
tion was adopted unanimously. Presi-
| dent Smith soon afterward entered the
church, followed by his son.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
BROTHERS FIGHT;
KILL EACH OTHER
Crime of Cain Committed by Aus
TRAN Miners Near a Hib-
bing Mine.

Duluth, Mimi, April IA tragedy,
in which the result will be the murder
of two brothers by each other, shocked
Hibbing last night. Near the Morris
mine location, Steve Buckavitch shot
and killed his brother Marco after the
latter had inflicted what is almost GER
tain to be a mortal knife wound on
him. Steve is in the hospital, but is
not expected to live.
There were five of the Buckovitch
brothers, They lived in shanty and
worked in the mines. They also kept
thirty-six boarders. The brothers and
their boarders are all Austrians. While
Steve was at work Marco accepted two
more boarders, and when Steve re-
turned he objected, as he thought they
had all they could accommodate.
Protests led to hot words and then
blows. Marco, stabbed his brother
thru the lung and twisted the blade
before withdrawing it. Steve fell back
, on bed and in the turmoil that en-
sued the wounded man cried out,
"Marco, where is my brother Marco?''
Marco stepped forward and con-
fronted his PROSTATE brother, where
upon the latter shot him thru the breast
with a 44-caliber revolver, killing him
instantly. IL f ~. 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
RIOTS EPIDEMIC THRU
COUNTRY; MANY KILLED
TODAY'S GRIM RECORD
OF RIOT CASUALTIES

WINDBER (Pa.)-Three killed;
dozen seriously injured when strik-
ers try to liberate fellows from Jail.
GEORGETOWN (Pa-)-Woman
and five men shot; three men
stabbed and grocery store dynamit-
ed as result Of grocer's refusal to
give credit to strikers.
. GURLEY (ARK. 1.-TWO killed;
ten injured in free-for-an fight of
1aborers.
MOUNT AIRY IN. C.)-Negro
killed by friends who gave battle
to deputy sheriffs. Latter use ne
gro women as shields against bull
let's. Negroes fee to woods with
posse in pursuit.
CHICAGO-Heroic policeman's
clothes torn to shreds when he de-
tends prisoner against lynchers.
Two mobs threaten violence.
SPRINGFIELD (MO.) - Race
hatred embittered when two ne
groes attack boy and latter kills
one of assailants. Arrests of al
legged lynchers continue and excite
ment is still high. a> -.
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MURDER CHARGED
/. TO THE LYN IN
Springfield Jury Told to lndict in
First Degree-Boy Kills
Negro. H.

Springfield, April 17.-Murder in the
first degree will be the, charge lodged
against every man who can be found
to have been implicated in the lynching
of three negroes in this city Saturday
night, if the grand jury follows the
orders of Judge A. j. Lincoln, impaired
today.
"This outrage deserves the con-
demnation of all good citizens, and the
most rigid investigation at your
hands, said Judge Lincoln. "All per-
in that shameful outrage are guilty
under the law, of murder in the first
degree. The law makes no less crime
because 200 men engaged in the con-
summation of the crime than if one
man alone and, under cover Of night,
committed the offense. =. --s
Crime never becomes lawful because
multitudes seek to give it sanction. Mob
violence never has and never can &C.
compllsh good. Lawlessness places all
things and all men in peril. |" p.
Eascifsnaens sttil High.
| Suppressed excitement pervaded ali
classes here on the opening of this, the
fourth day Of Springfield s. race war.
The arrest late yesterday of the halt
| dozen men accused Of completely in
Saturday nights lynching, has had the
effect of clearing the streets, when the
mem bers Of the mob who had openly
boasted of their participation in the
affair, began to realize that the state
and county officers had really com,
bined in an effort to prosecute all
offenders.
Then the people had again been in.
famed with the mob spirit when it be.
| L hot
gro had been killed. this time by a
white boy in. self=defense. This tense
feeling was still apparent when morn.
ing came. '.-
| Leslie Peters, 16 years old, shot and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17

Lays in Wait for Her on a Mime.
apolis Street Other Lives
~ in Peril. Is

With murder in his heart and de-
termination to carry 4out threats made
weeks ago, Harry Spencer, formerly a
well-to-do restaurant man, shot and
probably fatally injured his wife at
Hennepin avenue and Thirteenth street
last night, and then fred at her com
panions, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McCor-
mick. A., i. I e.g
Mrs. Spencer is at st. Barnabas hos
rpital with three. bullet wounds in her
head, and the physicians say she cannot
recover. - e -
Dispatches .are5Ssbeing sent to all the
towns in the northwest asking for the
arrest of Spencer. The injured woman
has told the police her story and with
the information given by Mccormick,
an eyewitness, the detectives hope to
get Spencer in their net.
: It is the old story of domestic dis
cord. Mrs. Spencer had left her hus'
band in Chicago, where he had at
Minneapolis to hide from him. She lived
at 80 Thirteenth street, S.. just across
the street from the McCormicks, with
whom she soon became acquainted. -.'
Husband Hides in Waiting.
Thinking her husband far away, she
had accepted Mrs Mccormick s invi-
tation to accompany her and her hus
band to the theater. After, the show
the little party went out for a supper
and at l O'Clock started home. They
alighted from car at Thirteenth street
and started for Mrs. Spencer s boarding
place. They had walked but short
distance when a man stepped up te
walk behind with him. At first she
failed to recognize him, but later, see
ing that it was her husband, she con
sented, knowing there was trouble
ahead and hoping to avert it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mccormick walked or
ahead and a moment later they heard
Mrs. Spencer, scream. The scream was
followed by three shots in rapid sue
cession. AS they turned around to SCI
what had happened,ia fourth shot wa.
fred, which whizzed past their heads
Mrs. Mccormick became: frightened an(
ran toward their home in the yelling
ton apartments. She was followed b.
her husband, who thought she had beer
injured. .-
. Helps Wounded Woman.
| Before he could saaeb al Isl door, how
lever, lIrs. Spencer, NEEDING from th,
asked for help. He took her into tn
house, and Mrs. Spencer, thinking sh
was only slightly hurt, began to band
age her cheek with her handkerchief
After firing the shots Spencer ha,
ran thru yard and escaped. McCor
mick then ran for a physician and Dr.
Archie Wilcox was summoned. He a
once ordered the woman removed to ST
Barnabas hospital. There it was dis
covered that she had been shot in tn
cheek twice, and that enc shot had en-
tered the brain just above the left tenn
pie. She is still conscious, but the ply
sicians have refused to allow visitor
to see her, even the police being eS
Guided.
Mrs. Spencer had lived at No.. 8
Thirteenth street s but a few week
and thought her husband was in Chica
go. He is we'll known in Minneapolis
having been connected with Barge
cafe several years ago, and was at on
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
POLICEMEN ON STRIKE;
TOWN IS UNPROTECTED

Connellsville, Pa, April 17.-All the
When the tramps working on the pub
lice improvements heard that the force
had resigned they made their escape,
and altho the officers saw them leave
they did not attempt to prevent them
from going.
The strike was caused by the refusal
Of the town council to grant an increase
of SO a month in salaries.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
WOMAN AND FIVE MEN SHOT
Reign Of Terror when Grocer Cuts Off
Strikers Credit.
IL Special Service

Journal Special Service.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, April 17.-Five men
and one woman shot, three men stabbed,
store and water pipe line dynamited.
is the list Of casualties and damage re-
sultlng from a serious riot at George
town, near here yesterday. Acts of vio-
lence at other places are recorded, most
of them being the outcome of Easter
festivities among the foreigners, which
included the consumption of much that
was alcoholic.
The trouble at Georgetown started
with the dynamiting Of the grocery
store owned by John Lasko, due, he be-
lieves to the fact that, as the suspension
OF mining has ended the earning capa-
city of many Of his customers, he has
refused credit in several cases. The
dynamite was placed under the front of
the building, and that portion was de-
molished. Lasko, his wife and children,
who were In bed at the time, escaped
without injury.
Later crowd of men attacked Alex
Lasko and Felix Stancheck, stabbing
each before they could escape.
In Weird Parade.
The mob then paraded the streets
shouting, hooting and firing revolvers,
smashing all the street lights and driv-
ing everyone indoors. Constables Sun
day and Cotter ordered from the office
of Alderman NJ. A. Sullivan, to dispense
the rioters and make arrests, caught
one man, but 100 drink-frenzied men
rushed upon them. They drew their
| revolvers and fired until they emptied
them, while the rioters fred in return
from each side of the street. The con-
stables, abandoning their prisoners,
made their escape in the darkness. It
is owing to the darkness that more were
not shot.
While the rioting was going on at
Georgetown there was trouble at Pitts
ton, where Joseph Cyclic and his son
Frank were shot by Giuseppe Rossi,
| who had threatened to do them injury,
| and fred when they tried to take his
| revolver away. He was arrested.
| At Plymouth, Michael Palkovitch was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
| KILLED, 5 HURT
IN AN AUTO CRASH
Philadelphia Lawyer Meets In
slant Death in Collision with
. a Carriage.

philadelphia. April 17.-Robert J.
Wright, lawyer of this city, was killed
and five other persons were severely
injured in an automobile accident. near
Millville, N. j., today. The injured
are Frank H. Mullen, Thomas j. Mea-
CHER of Philadelphia, Roy Pancoast and
Miss Sadie .Murthine of Millville, and
the chauffeur g assistant.
The automobile collided with a car
rage, and both vehicles were over
turned. Wright was thrown several
yards and struck a fence, crushing his
skull and causing instant death. .-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17

& Washington, April 17.-Causes for
the Chinese boycott of American goods
were inquired into today by the SEN
ate committee on immigration. Charles
DENLY, chief clerk of the state depart
ment who for twenty years was III
China, was before the committee.
Without hesitancy MI. DENLY gave it
as his opinion that the boycott was in
stigated by Mr.. WI, the Chinese min
lister in this country, to give an in
centive to treaty negotiations. He
said the movement had not been spon-
taneous, but that it had been organized
and systematized by intelligent men
who knew conditions here as well as in
China. ,., .f.- -. : ..s. H. II. -s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
'GET.RICH .QUICK'
CROWD IN FLIGHT
Castro's Favorites Flee When
Venezuela's President Lays
Down His Authority.
Journal Suecial Service.

Journal Special Service. r. h.,
y Willemstad, April IA great sensa,
ton has been caused in Caracas by the
announcement of engagement of pas
vorites known as the "get-rich-quick ::
crowd In fact there is a precipitate
flight of all the friends of the former
administration It is rlmored Castro
may accompany his friends to Europe
Ali allege chat they are going away
for rest and recreation, but it is said
that they fear President Gomez will
ask for large public loans, and that
those who have been made rich recently
by the monopolies, will be asked to
contribute with the alternative Of go
ing to prison. - ~s.. p 81. ~-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
ANOTHER OFFICER DIES
OF KEARSARGE WOUNDS

Guantanamo, Cuba, April liam
other officer, according to reports, has
died as result Of the explosion Of
April ID on the battleship Kearsarge
Ten of the sailors who were injured
at the time Of the explosion are be-
lieved to be in a serious condition. The
cruiser Maryland is conveying north
ward the remains of Lieutenant
Graeme. ~sx.~&-xs,. y ( .T14.
The bodies o. seven Of the Victims
of the disaster have been buried at
the naval station here.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
DAREDEVIL LOOPS TIE
LOOP ON ROLLER SKATES

Duluth, April 17.-After two years
Of hard work, George Prof Of this city
has succeeded in looping the loop on
roller skates.
Prof has been seriously hurt on sew
eral occasions, but has persisted until
success has crowned his efforts. He
also leaps a 23-foot gap after coming
down an 80foot incline He uses
skates with 10-inch wheels and weigh
ing twenty-seven pounds.
Prof has several offers to 90 on the
road this season and will accept one
of them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
WILL DEPEW QUIT
!. TO OBLlGE :. W VI
Rumor Current that Senator s
Resignation Will Come
Within Few Days.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Albany, n Y, April 1.-THE report
has been persistent in legislative circles
that the resignation Of Chauncey NJ.
Depew from the United States senate
will be received at Albany. within a
few days. The basis Of it seems to be
the return of Mrs. Depew from Europe
on Saturday for the alleged purpose of
urging the senator to resign and 20
abroad in the hope of recovering his
shattered health.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
COUNCIL, IN DEADLOCK,
SITS THRU THE NIGHT

Kansas City, April 1.-THE first SEES
sion of the lower house of the new city
council, under the administration of
Mayor Henry Beardsley, republican,
who was inaugurated yesterday, devol:
oped stubborn deadlock over the cleo
tion Of a speaker. After having been
in the chamber sixteen hours, the dead
lock was broken at noon by the cleo.
ton Of D. R. Spaulding, republican,
on the 18th ballot.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
SAVES BOYS LIFE
Laborer at Sioux City Proposed for a
Carnegie Medal.

Special to The Journal.
Sioux City, Iowa, April 17.-Leaping
from a ten-foot embankment into the
cold waters of the Floyd river, Charles
with the raging current, saved the life
of Earl, the 7-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. F. West. Nelson will be pro-
posed for Carnegie medal for bravery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
ANOTHER VOLCANO
THREATENS ERUPTION

Madrid, April 1.-THE newspapers here
report that the dormant volcano at
Palma. Canary islands, is showing signs
of eruption. Columns of smoke are issu-
ing from the crater
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17

rural carrier force. beginning May 1: Martin
Jensen. Stephen. Mimi, route No. 1; Owen
Anderson, Stephen, Mimi. route No 3. Begin
ming June L: George Bennett Lawton. N. D.,
route No. 1; John Dynes, Milton, route No. 2.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
Threaten Exposure.

The railway men say they have
known all these things for years, and in
a way have demonstrated with the pack
ers and other companies which were
cheating them, but within the last few
weeks they have made a determined
effort to bring about great reform,
and they intimate strongly that unless
the shippers make restitution there will
be a grand expose before the interstate
commerce commission. --- ,.-
In fact. the matter has gone so far
already that there is little chance Of
an Investigation by the commission be-
ing prevented. 1t is case of retalia-
ton with the railroad companies.
Charges were made against them by
shippers, and they were bounded until
they were obliged to obey the law much
more strictly than ever before in their
history and now they are bound to
show that there are other offenders
The interstate commerce commission
will be in Chicago within the next few
weeks, and it is being predicted in rail
road circles that it's visit will result
in one of the biggest upheavals and
sensational exposes that this country
has seen in recent years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
nuENeEANcE ZOE TREAcHERY..

''VENGEANCE FOR TREACHERY.'
Kieff, Russia. April IA workman
who was found murdered here today had
a piece of paper pinned on his coat bear
ing the inscription: HVengeanca for
treachery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17
CHEATS, SAY ROADS
ACCUSING PACKERS
Frauds Causing Loss Of Millions
Are Charged to Two
Trusts.

Journal Special Service.
Chicago, April 1.-THE Chicago Trib-
une says: Railroad officials openly
charge that the big packing corpora
tiors for years have been cheating
the railroads by misstating the char
acter Of the goods they were shipping
and by shipping heavier packages than
the bills of lading called for.
They assert that the Glucose COM
pany also has taken advantage of them,
thereby reducing it's freight bills by
thousands Of dollars year, and that
other big shippers in the east are do
ing things that have helped to diminish
the revenues which the railroads ought
to have received. ~
It has been estimated by the rail
roads that the packers alone beat the
eastern roads out of $55O,000 a year.
What they owe all the railroads out of
Chicago is problematical,. but is esti-
mated at $5,000,000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-17

The gross earnings of United States railroads
for the month of January show an increase over
January. 1905. Of no less than S21 1924 1888. or
20 a. per cent, and the gain in the net foots up
$11 ,676 497 or 1925 per cent
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-23
CONDUCTOR KlLGoRE HURT
Union Pacific Trainman Knocked
from CabOose and skull
Badly Crushed.

AS the Union Pacific freight train No IS
was coming east just this side of Papillion
Monday morning at sis. the conductor. L.
II. Kilgore, was knocked from the train
and probably fatally injured 1t Is not
known just how the accident happened,
but it is presumed by the trainmen that
2Ir Kilgore was standing on the steps OF
the caboose, leaning out to watch a hot
box when the train crossed bridge No. II
just this side of Papillion, and not seeing
the bridge he was struck and knocked
from the train. His head is badly bruised,
his skull is fractured and it is Thought he
will not recover.
He was brought to Omaha and taken
to st. Joseph's hospital by DR.. Smith. TIE
company physician. but has not been able
to tell anything about how the accident
happened.
He talked irrationally at the hospital
during the afternoon but I'm the evening
seemed to be fully conscious. and began
to rest easier Some of the trainmen think
that Iiigore was struck by a low bridge
while on top of the train but as he was
not missed for nearly an hour after the
fall no one having noticed it, and as he
has made no statement while rational, the
circumstances of the accident are still in
doubt.