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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-20
R | ! ], IES B ! SHED;
CHEAP II / FARES. NEXT
Interstate Commerce Commission
q Predicts 2-Cent Passenger
Rate in East.

Kansas City. Dec. 2O.-C. "a. Prouty,
interstat 8 commerce eomInissi onsrs who
arrived here today from Str Louis To
continue the ear shortage hearing, said
today in an interview in speaking of
the so-called rate law:
81 have no doubt that eventually all
states east Of the Mississippi and north
and by eventually i mean, sof course,
within reasonable time for such legis-
lation to be enacted-if legislation shall
be required, which 7 doubt. All these
changes are, and will be due to the
agitation fors the passage of The rate
law. No man can tell what the final
effect of the rate law may be until 1T
has been Worked out in the courts.
Rebates Are Doomed.
81 said when the bill was passed
rebates. I believe they have been
stopped. 8
/ Mr.. ProutY, recurring to the reduc-
ton of passenger rates, said there had
been some reductions in freight rates,
too, as we'll as a few advances.
While this amounts to a reduction
in the published tariff, = he said. lit
amounts also to largely increased sreve-
nues for the railroads. It must be clear
that if they, cut off all free tfanspo9rta-
ton the railroads can afford to reduce
passenger and freight rates. ..a
ri. Roosevelt Triumph.
Mr.. Prouty continued: NThe papers
did not say too much when they said
the passage of the rate law marked the
greatest triumph Of American progress,
the triumph Of the Roosevelt admins
5tration.' III
He said that whatever might be the
would hereafter control the business Of
rate making, all shippers would pay the
same rates and the sssquare deal'
would apply; business would be on a
cash basis; men would pay for riding
and the railroads would pay for servi-
:ces in their interests.
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CoNGREssMEN HELD UP !,
Two Panhandlers Find Nation s solons
! ) st$s,-1, Easy Prey. N

Journal Special Service. ,,T ~ #.
Washington Dec. 2O.-There was a.
general holdup Of senators and repre-
sentatives yesterday by two young men
who got considerable money by the raw
est sort Of panhandling. The best re-
turns from the shakedown seem to have
come from the house, where Representa-
tive j. Adam Bede contributed SIS Of
bis hard-earned : stipend, and Repre-
sentative Esch, who has been active in
protesting against, the grinding Of
monopolies, parted from a like amount.
Others donated smaller sums.
The; raid ended with Senator La Fol-
lette,. who was willing to render neces-
sary assistance, but did not want his
money used in buying whisky. HE
The panhandlers retired to saloon
near the capitol grounds, where they
divided quite a sum of money. They
were. engaged in this pleasant pastime
when a plain clothes man who had wit.
nessed the appeal to Senator La Fol
lette came in and arrested them.
!. The. leader Of the two holdups gave
his name as G. B. Walker, claiming to
be from Milwaukee, Wis. S. His assist
ant was said by the plain-clothes man
to. be a professional beggar. -:
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NAB NEGRO BLACKMAIIER
Police Take Chauffeur Who Threatened
.z a,s Lives Of; Two,

Journal Special Service ,us.9 ~,
New York, Dec. ,2o.-4After tortur-
ing his employers sister-in-law for
months in an attempt to extort cash,
Joe Page, a chauffeur, is. alleged to
have planned. to kill his master, Albert
De Verastegni, rich resident Of Dobbs
Ferry, by STEERING him OFF the pail
sades in an automobile, unless blood
money of $4,000 was paid TO him.
The story of Page}s plattings against
two wealthy, households came to light
in the Harlem police court after the
chauffeur, who is aanegro, had been ar
rested on complaint Of the pretty WON
an, whom he tornnented and harassed
until he had driven her TO the verge Of
collapse. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-20
OIL COMPANY is RUINED
I,

President Of Republic Company Owns
Exposures End Concerns Usefulness.
New York, Dec. 20.-Testifying in the
suit drought by the state of Missouri
against the Standard Oil company, the
Waters-Pierce Oil company and the Re-
public Oil company to GUST them from
Missouri, G. L. Nichols, president of the
Republic Oil company, declared that as
a result of the disclosures made in the
proceedings the usefulness of the Repub-
lie Oil company, as a supposed competf-
tor of the Standard Oil company. had
ended. r.
The entire business of the company
outside of Missouri, he said, had been
turned over to the Standard Oil COM
pany Of New Jersey. That in Missouri
would also have to be turned over, he
added, had it not been for injunctions
which prevented such actions.
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BABES DEATH TRACED -.
TO PATENT MEDICINE
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. .~ :. !: =:
Mankato Mimi, Dec. 2o.-A babe
aged 10 months, of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Veigel died yesterday. No physician had
been:f called, but when a burial permit
was asked for an. Investigation was
made and it was found that the babe
died Of opium poisoning. go, ...~' :" a 80
1t was one of six children, suffering an
attack of measles, and as it was peevish
its mother gave it the contents of bot
tie of Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup
within a period of twenty-four hours. In
its sick condition it fell an easy victim
to the drug contained in the old-fash-
ioned remedy. - ~
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81 PRESIDENT MAY HUNT
Has Invitation Of. sRuFalo Bill Under
: Consideration--Big Came Promised.

Journal Special Service. as Il i
= Washington, - Dec. ID p2O.-President
Roosevelt may go OH another hunting
trip after big game in the Rocky noun
tains next fall at the request Of Buffalo
Bill. 1t is learned shat Colonel Cody
has invited the president ito go hunt
ident said be would be delighted to ac-
rept @theS invitation, but did not give
a definite answer. He now has the
invitation under consideration.
Colonel Cody rs promised, there would
be plenty Of bears, deer. and mountain
lions: He told the president he would
furnish guides, dogs and the best kind
of sport. q = !. - a :. Ks,
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END CAR SHORTAGE
.HANSBROUGH'S PLAN
Legislation to Prevent Recurrence
of Present Trouble Framed
. by Senator.

? Washington, Dec. 20. - Senator
:Hansbrough (N.D.), who has taken an
active interest in steps to remedy the
car shortage, particularly in the north
west, has prepared the outlines Of leg
islation which, he believes, will tend
to. prevent a recurrence of present con
ditions. These have been shown to the
president and to Chairman Knapp. OF
the interstate commerce commission.
They contemplate legislation along the
following lines:
Giving the interstate commerce COM
mission power to inquire into the equip
ment capacity under stress Of extra
ordinary reforms, Of all Interstate rails
ways, so as to judge as to their ability
to move traffic under extraordinary con-
ditions. - ~
Giving the commission authority to
require. shippers holding cars in demur-
rage to unload and reload such cars
within twenty four hours after the cars
have been placed in a position to be
: Misdemeanor Clause. 80 = -
Making it misdemeanor for com
mon carriers to compel trainmen to
attempt to move trains &c ont infng tor
mage IN excess Of the registered ton
mage capacity Of the engines. ss$3 Sass
Authorizing the commission to re-
quire the temporary use of idle equip:
ment of one railroad line to. supplement-
the overtaxed equipment ofs the other.
Many suggestions onS legislation ,,afr
fecting the car shortage situation are
being received by the ,coIn1nissi on:
Meanwhile, considerable testimony IS
being taken in the weston this subject
by Commissioners Harlan and Lane ana
their conclusions will be awaited before
any further communication is made to
the president.
Blames Rate Law.
Senator Kittredge Is. d. today ex-
pressed the opinion that the coal fam
inc in the northwest is the result of
the requirement Of the amended inter
state commerce law under which the
railroads have to give thirty days no
tice before changing a rate, and also
the result Of the action of retailers in
putting off shipment of coal until they
could have the advantage Of the new
rate. The senator made this statement
as. the result {of many letters he has re-
ceived. He added:
about Oct. the railroads gave no
tice. Of "a rate on coal 20 per cent less
than the rate, then in force. The re-
tail dealers, to have all the advantages
of this rate, allowed the entire month
Eof October to pass by before ordering
COAL The result was that the railroads
We're not able to shiptit fast enough 81
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FATHER HAS SON ARRESTED
Albert Hitchcock of saltwater Charged
with Neglecting Sick Wife, :

with Neglecting Sick Wife. =
Special to The Journal
saltwater, Mimi, Dec O.. Albert
Hitchcock was arrested today at the
instance of his father for failing to
support and provide medicines for his
sick wife. He promised to do better
and was allowed to go until Dec. 81.
kept his word-Chris Boock, Thomas
Hollihan and Frank Campbell have been
appointed a committee by the Horse
mems club to arrange for a series of
matinees this winter. The club has
membership of ffty.--The ST.. Croix
Boom corporation held it's annual meet
ing yesterday and reelected the old Of
ficers.-H enry Sussman, the wife muir
derer, will be assigned to work in the
prison tWine or shoe factory.
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> DORCHERT A SUICIDE

Repulsed by Managers.
Special to The Journal. =
Milwaukee, Wis, Dec. 20 Frank T.
Dorchert, a composer. and FOR half a
century, musical director Of Milwaukee.
Chicago, the'9tWin cities sand scores Of
smaller places, hanged himself at May
vile, Wis, today. He was despondent
because. his opera, "The Bride of Mo-
tied a moose to, a ladder in a freight
car. ~. -. Il. s, Fl 1" 'h'' j
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PIONEER WOMEN DEAD
Mrs. Reway and Mrs. McGraw Of Man
2,ss.' kato Answer Last Summons.

"zss. kato Answer Last Summons.
Special to The Journal. - III
Mankato, MINI, Dee. 20.-Mrs. Leon
ard Roway Of this city is dead. She
was born at Westport, Ireland, sixty
five years ago, and at the age Of Is
years ,eame to America AT Hastings,
Mimi, she was married to- Roway, who
was subsequently murdered in this city.
She resided in Mankato forty years. 81
Mrs. Catherine McGraw, who was
born in Ireland in 1886 and, came to
America when ID years old, died yes
terday. She is survived by two sons
and three daughters. .II 49,. ~: =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-20
PICKPoCKETs FORM 7 TRUST ;lJ
Chicago dips" Said to Have Regular.
~ Hired Lawyer to Represent Them.

Chicago Dips Said to Have Regular
" Hired Lawyer to Represent Them. (
Journal Special Service. Ct n
Chicago, Dec. 20. Charges have been
made in Judge Kersten 8 court that
there. is a well organized fpickpocket
trust in Chicago. The statement was
made by Sergeant of Police Gabriel.
who is detailed at the criminal court to
identify habitnal criminals, and those
having records. According to Sergeant.
Gabriel, the members sof the, 6 eight.
fingered fl fraternity are thoroly organ-
lied and, he said, they. even have q
regularly appointed representative, who
is paid by the trust to keep them
out Of prison. III
8 1sAnd, your honor, said Sergeant
Gabriel, the money is well spent. This
lawyer here defends them all. He Is the
legal representative Of the pickpocket
trust, It is seldom that any convic-
lions are obtained in these cases.
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,HAAkON is HOME,

/! Christiania, Dec. 20.-King Haakon,
Queen Maud and Crown Prince Olaf Of
Norway returned here today from their
visits to England and Germany.
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HEADACHES AND NEURALGIA FROM COLDS.
LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine,; the worldwide
Cold and Grip remedy, removes cause. Call for
full name. Look for signature E.-W. Grove 25c
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ST. JAMES FAILURE;

Special Ito The Journal.
Mankato, Mimi, Dec. 90. Bernhard
~. Erickson, a harness maker of st.
James, has fled a petition in bank
ruptGY & sssss ~ s.
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Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-08-09

Nrpf. Or. Orube, Diret'
tor oes pbpfitulif4en Snitituts Der
unipsrIitdt Berlin, bat lid tntol9s
,siItiaer ue6erarbsitung eriarhsn.
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aelt puroe in 6ranffurt a. so. ser
@efGnani6rp1rter @urf alf Geran.
laifung Der Staatsanpolti6aft per-
baftet.
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qung gab9 Ge9te unb innere2 @r
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RanJitsinhji May BE q jam.


A Reuters teleg ram from Bombay states that
owing to the death Of the Jam OF Nawansgar with
out heirs. Prince Ranjitsinh1i. the famous cricketef.
may succeed TO the rulership of that state. Nawa-
magyar Is In the Bombay presidency. and lies to tho
northwest Of the peninsula Of Eafhiawar and to
the south Of the Gulf Of Clutch. 1t has an area Of
8,79o square miles. with q population OF sl6 5000.
chiefly Hindoos. but including about $1,000 Mo-
'hammedans. The Jams Of Nswanagsr main tain
q force of 1e1 cavalry. 5000 infantry end III guns.
Tho founder Of the State was Jam Rawal. said
to have been the elder brother of the then Jam Of
Clutch. and he, emigrating from Dutch. established
himself at Nawanagsr in 1855.
Jam vibhaji. who succeeded In is2. was not only
q sportsman. but an administrator. especially in
the departments Of education and public works.
In 1877 the Jam was an invited and hon ored guest
At the imperial assemblsge at Delhi on the occasion
Of the proclamation Of Queen Victoria as Empress
of India, and he then received the honorable addi-
ton Of four guns to his salute as q personal dis
tinction. In 1878 he was made a X. @ S. I. In
1870 he adopted Rsnjitsinh1i. who has won such
ronovn among US as a cricketer: but in 1889 Vib-
hail had q son, Jsswant singh. who was decided
to be his heir by the Government OF India. and It 10
he who has Just died. leaving no heirs.
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idealists have dreamed Of doing without
IL altogether. Other work must he kept
UP without intermission. Breathing, for
instance. and with greater intervals
eating, drinking, and, in Europe, being
merry. Periods OF fasting and total
abstinence are painful to ordinary man.
kind and are enforced only in Boston
and Scotland and such hilltop regions
The Paris hotel keeper is no re!ormer.
He has 10 temperance or starvation
cure 4 to grind, and has no scruples
about the Continental Observance OF
Sunday. The Partisan may be counted
Upon TO eat aud drink at his regular
Sabbatical hours is before, and the
Cafe de la PAX corner to be the meeting
place Of the world on Sundays as on
other days.
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Unnecessary Exeitemonf.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir: upon
what meat doth, this our Cesar feed. that he
IL crown 20 sreat7-
Where gets this paragon Of all the virtues.
Theodore Roosevelt. tho authority for such
an order as that Issued to the Government
printersf Not satisfed with Dictatorship In
other lines, with ~inausarating plans which
Ia 70 startled the civilized world In their
audacity and have made him the most talked
Of ruler Of the world. he takes q hand In this
now and untried sphere Of action and ORDERS
an ohsequious governmental servant TO adopt
the Views OF the extremists-for what3
Simply to add new isurels to the fame of
Roosevelt!
The reform" must be reasonably compre-
henslve TO be &C all efeotivel The two or
three hundred words which such q wise body
Of men have -simpliled' must be expanded
into Thousands. All our previous 'eduka-
shun' must go for naught to enable q few
cranks to get their names before the public.
Possibly even the mild and digniled protest
Of such q scholar as President Eliot Of Har-
ward win not stay the mad rush to the as
sistance Of President Roosevelt In this new
bid for popularity. 10 he not already on o
pedestal Of sufficiently dangerous heisht7
Yea, verify p. W. H.
NEW YORK. August 20.
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DR.. Everett on spelling Revision.

DIR. Everett on spelling fseVisiOh.
1t was to be expected that that well Of
English and Of Latin undefled, u old
friend and master, DR.. WILLIAM EVER
EFT, rir bonus dicendi perSus, would not
allow President RoosRvRLT's assault on
the English language to pass unrebuked.
He writes to the Boston Transcript:
May l ask space in your paper for Q protest
against the extraordinary and unwarranted pro-
cecding Of President ROCKWELL IN giving Govern
men, authority to the SO. called reformed spell
ingi Are he and Mr.. oARsBorK satisfied that their
own names are spelled a. pronounced
WILLIAM EvxRnrr.
"oUINcs. Feas, of ST Bartholomew 1900"
None but a poet and orator would
have selected the day of the excoriated
martyr, the anniversary Of a ruthless
massacre, to rouse the indignation OF
his hearers against the torture inflicted
on the language.
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Joseph Chamberiain's Health.
Evom p<vnoids,s Ns,,.ooosx

In view of 7hs widely circulated statements that
Mr.. Joseph Chamberiain's tndisposition was not Of
q seIiouo nature. It VIII come - Q surprise to most
people TO learn that the politician In question IL
still laid up ~ his town house. 70 Princes Gardens,
Knishsshrfdse.
The truth 10 that Mr.. Chsmbehain's condition
continues 10 cause considersbie anxiety TO his
friehds. II 10 inooncetvable that he would have
been kept IN town during the recent spell Of ex-
trcmely trying weather had not his doctors con-
sidcred ~ tHadvisabls 70 let him be moved.
II b ns~ nve weeks sinoe he took 70 his bed. A
slight attack Of goet was said 70 be the extent Of his
Illness, but the trouble wss IN reality much more
serious, heart complications having supervened.
On Friday. for the hrut time. no was able 70 come
downstairs.
The fscts speak for themselves. While prao-
tically evory other residences IN the neighborhood
has boon deserted, Mr.. Chamberlain has bad 70
remain ss bis town house throughout the hottest
period Of the London summed
Mr.. Chamberlain really broke town In the midst
Of his food taxing campaign Of three years ago.
Although tho facts wore suppressed a. the time.
~ two Of his big meetings q Cardiff and Newcastle.
onITyns Mr.. Chamberlain Suffered bosh mental and
physical collapse. and was hardly able 70 continue
his epoecheS.
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. The international Congress which meets
at Brussels on September Z is interesting
as an effort to secure the cooperation of the
leading nations in the systematic study Of
the polar regions. The movement orig
mated in the Colonial Congress at Mons
some time ago, when the advantage OF
completing the exploration Of the Arctic
and Antarctic regions In accordance with
the best programme that can be arranged
and by the joint efforts OF several countries
was strongly emphasized. The temptation
has been great In the polar regions to mako
records Of high ATTITUDES on long sledge
journeys to the exclusion Of detailed study.
It 10 expected that the basis Of the plans
that may be adopted at Brussels will be
scientific geographical exploration. which
in all other parts Of the world il already
replacing the long and rough route surveys
of the pioneer travellers.
The congress will meet under the auspices
Of the Belgian Government, which since the
meeting at Mons has given every indica-
ton Of its interest in the proposed work
and Of its probable participation. AL
countries interested in polar research viii
be represented by some Of the leading
authorities In this branch Of exploration.
Even II the hopes Of the promoters Of this
movement are not fully realized. the results
can hardly fail to stimulate further effort
in the polar regions. The mere fact that
the congress is to meet seems to signify
that the ardor for exploration will not be
quenched until these forbidding regions
lave yielded all their geographical secrets
and contributed what light they have to
offer upon the scientific problems Of the
Uloha
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The Minor Judges In Politics.

The spectacle Of a City Magistrate
%interrupting the business Of his court to
denounce his political opponents is not
likely to inspire the public with profound
confidence in his official acts. The fact
that a Magistrate b a district leader
lays him open to suspicion Of partially
and must affect most unfortunately the
public judgment Of his decisions. 1t
may be convenient and helpful to his
W fortunes for a district leader to sit
as a Police Judge. but with the utmost
care and effort he cannot render as good
service to the community as a Magis-
trate unencumbered by the responsible
ties Of an active party manager.
Magistrate WALSH, whose dual func-
tons as political leader and Judge were
brought clearly to public attention by
the arraignment before him in his judi
cial capacity of one Of his district cap
tains, may be an ornament to the inferior
criminal court. His probity and wisdom
may be unquestioned, but he cannot be
as useful when his personal interests
clash with his judicial duties as a Judge
who has no workers to care for and
protect.
A judiciary free from politics is de-
manded by the public, and this demand
applies to the lower as well as the higher
collrfs