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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
FUGITIVE SHOWS III,
TALKS, DISAP | | !. |: !! !
One Of Storey Cotton Swindle.
Principals Defies Arrest
in Paris. GH s.sg.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 10.-Franklin
Stone, formerly Of Philadelphia and
now giving Paris as his home, who is
wanted by the government on indict-
ment charging misuse of the mails in
the Storey cotton transaction involving
the loss Of several millions Of dollars,
was in Cincinnati yesterday but dis
appeared before the officials could ap-
prehend him. .,.~@ ~. r..
Last year the Philadelphia papers
began an attack on get-rich7quick. con-
Germs il that city, among them the
Storey Cotton company. A run on that
concern followed and finally its failure
was announced with liabilities of about
100000. Indictments were returned
against Stone and F. Ewart Storey,
president Of the company. Both had
disappeared, however, as also had Mrs.
Sophia Lang, the company's stenogra-
pher.
Stone was located in this city and
submitted to an interview. He said
Paris was now his home and that he
had several big deals on hand. Asked
if he was afraid of arrest, he said:
"Well, I have never been arrested
yet. More Americans in Paris know
me than know the American ambassa-
dor. am not trying to hide. am not
wanted" now by the federal officers, if
ever l was wanted by them. send
more broken-down Americans home
with frst-class tickets than any other
American in EUROPE
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
NEGROES ATTACK
PRIEST ( | J {; ] !! ON TRAIN ]|'|ll !.
Sibley, Iowa, Priest Attempts to
Quiet Boisterous Crowd
Is Assaulted. ~
Special to The Journal.

negroes assaulted Rev. John Phelan,
Catholic priest of Sibley, Iowa, on a
Milwaukee passenger train near here
yesterday afternoon. firing two shots
into his body and iniuring him so seri-
ously that he lies in critical condi-
ton in hospital at Mitchell.
After shooting and beating Father
Phelan, leaving him for dead, the
negroes jumped from the train and es-
capped. A posse of citizens is in pur-
suit and threaten to shoot every mem
Der of the black gang if they resist
arrest.
The trouble arose over card game
in which the negroes participated.
Fighting had gone on all morning, the
passengers being driven from the coach
and the trainmen threatened. Fire
arms were displayed. The trainmen
Were powerless, the negroes practically
having possession Of the train.
quiet the negroes, Father Phelan
started into the smoking car, when
negro struck the priest over the head
with a revolver. Father Phelan fell to
the platform, barely saving himself
from falling between the cars. While
PROSTATE he was kicked in the face
and beaten. Struggling to his feet, the
priest grappled with his assailant for
possession Of the weapon, when two
priest being wounded In the arm and
back.
H. H. earns, travelling man,
grabbed the gun from the negro. and
fred at the men as they jumped from
the train. Another passenger opened
car window and fired at the negroes.
1t IS believed one or more were hit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
REBEL LEADS BOERS 4
In WAR ON BRITISH
sSs $1,000 ~ ~ = -
Police Camp Attacked by Cape
Colony Insurgents Farmers
Join Forces.

Cape Town, Cape Colony, Nov. To-.
A disturbance has occurred in the
northwestern part of Cape Colony. The
(oficial) report of the fracas
shows that several Beers, led by a man
named Ferrera, recently employed in
German Southwest Africa, entered the
northwestern part Of this colony few
days ago and surprised police camp
in the vicinity Of Witkop, wounding
two troopers, selling their arms and
ammunition and subsequently captur-
ing corporal Of police.
-. At Abiquesaar, Ferrera, who is a
Transvaal colony Boer, gained some re-
cruits and marched to Zwart Moqder,
about twenty-five miles from the from
tier, where he compelled the farmers to
join his forces, asserting that an up
rising in the Transvaal is imminent.
The colonial government has adopted
measures to suppress the disorder.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
WOMAN DEFEATS MACHINE
MRS. E. o. Wolcott Gains District At
torneyship for Her Son. ~.

journal special Service. ...,..
Buffalo, N: Y, Nov. l0.-A woman
has beaten the republican machine in
western New York, and Lyman Met
calfe Bass of Buffalo, is to be appointed
United States district attorney for this
district at a salary Of $4,000 a year.
State Committeeman John j. Wyckser,
republican, Of Buffalo, is preparing a
protest against the appointment, a11eg-
ing Bass youth, his lack Of experience
and further that Bass present law
firm, Bissell, Garry s Cook, is counsel
for the Standard Oil company.
Wyckser's protest is not expected to
change the situation because young
Bass mother, Mrs. E. O. Wolcott, wild
owz of Senator Wolcott Of Colorado, not
only has President Roosevelt's willing
promise to appoint her son, but has also
the Endorsements of Senators Plat and
Degew, and that Of Edward H. Butler
Mrs. Wolcott is daughter of Mrs.
James II. Metcalfe, society leader in
Buffalo. Her first husband was Lyman
K. Bass, a brilliant lawyer and himself
United States district attorney for
western New York;
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sLocUM MEMORIAL STOLEN
Bronze Tablet. Tribute to Dead Of
! :. Steamer Disaster. Gone. - J

New York, Nov. 1O.-The bronze
tablet on the monument, erected in the
Lutheran cemetery, on the outskirts Of
Brooklyn, to the memory Of the vic
tins Of the burning Of the steamer
General Slocum, was stolen last night.
The cost Of the tablet was about $3.50.
The tablet. had been pried off the
monument with crowbars, the face of
the monument being defaced in. the
operations. An unsuccessful attempt
was also made to remove a tablet from
the back Of the monument; The police
of Middle Village, where the cemetery
is located, have information that the
theft was committed by men who drove
to the cemetery in a buggy from the
direction of Glendale.
The stolen tablet was three feet
square and bore a representation Of
the burning of the General Slocum and
the story Of the disaster.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
WILLIAMS ATTACKS G. o.
Mississippi Congressman Says Bryan's
Ownership Idea Is Bad.
journal Special. serYioa,

S(oSA~A
jackson, Miss, Nov. 1o-Congress-
dress here stron ely opposed W. J. Bry-
ans doctrine Of government ownership
Of railroads. He declared the acquisi-
ton Of the railroads would be- financial
II impossible, and if attempted would
burden our children and children g chill
dren with mortgage Of enormous pro-
ployed by railroads actively into poll
tics. He declared that the railroads
can never own the government until
they also own the people, and this can
never be.
'EThe existing TARIFF said Mr.. Will
lams, "is responsible for all the indus
trial evils Of which we complain. By
make the throttling of the trusts, the
revising Of the tariff, the stemning Of
corruption and the equalization Of rail
road rates the main Issues of the next
democratic platform, fthe party has q
splendid chance to win the presidential
election, and if it fails to win the party
banner will be planted far forward,
making victory absolutely certain in
the succeeding campaign
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
REFORM ISSUE SURVIVED
Beverage Declares Great Scheme Wa,
Not Killed bv Election.

=, Indianapolis, Nov. lO.-United States
Senator Albert J. Beveridge, addressing
the Central Ohio Teachers association
last night, referred to the reform move
ment in progress thru the country.
1.-THE recent elections,' he said,
SHOW an Interchangeable determination
on the part Of the American people to
continue the great scheme of reform OIL
which the country. has entered-and to
continue it without trifing. The cam
paign just closed was the most peculiar
IN our history In Tthis-that all parties
aPpeHaled tor y votes upon the ground that
would stand by the personifcation Of
the American spirit and of American
ideals, who has made himself the most
powerful, and best-beloved statesman
Of O the contemporary -World--Theodore
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
CRIMINAL TRIAL NOW
FOR THRUST HEADS
Attorney General Moody and
Aides Consider Radical Ac-
ton Against Combine.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service. F..
. Washington, Nov. 10.-Will John D.
Rockefeller, H. H. Rogers, John Arch
bold and other officials of the Standard
Oil company be prosecuted for criminal
violations Of the Sherman antitrust act
for maintaining an unlawful combina-
ton in restraint of interstate COM
merce9 49,
This question was considered at
great length yesterday by Attorney
General Moody and several others des-
ignated. to. assist him to prosecute the
Standard Oil company In suit asking
for it's dissolution.
The brief in this civil action has been
completed and is ready for fling with
the court. It is extremely voluminous
and recites all the grounds for com
names all the component organizations.
Chance Of Imprisonment.
The proposition as to whether or not
criminal suits shall be instituted at the
same time with the civil action was dis
cussed. Such a. suit would operate
against all the various officials Of the
Standard and the companies which
comprise this great corporation.
If q criminal suit is brought it may
be filed in any circuit court Of the
der the criminal clause Of the Sherman
antitrust law. That statute provides
imprisonment Of not more than one
year and fine Of not exceeding SIS ,0Ou
for violations Of the act. 49,.
The conference was called to finally
determine all doubtful points involved
in bringing civil action against the
of criminal prosecution came in as an
auxiliary feature of the conference. No
decision was reached. The conference
was adjourned until Monday. 5
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
FIRE Or INCENDIARY
RUINS BIG BUILDING

Boston, Mass, Nov. 1o.-A danger
Gus fire early today, that was thought
to, be incendiary, practically ruined
large, fve-story, brick building on Bev-
erly street in the north end, causing a;
loss estimated at. about 100000, dis
tributed among several manufacturing
concerns. Two fremen were overcome
by the dense smoke, but recovered. 81
other firemen had narrow escape from
being. carried down by falling roof.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
KEPT IN CHAINS TWO YEARS
Six-Year Old Imbecile Prisoner in Aban-
doned Corn Crib.

journal Special Service.
: New York, Nov: 10.-Within half an
hours journey Of Broadway a small,
helpless human being has been chained
to a stake in an abandoned corn crib
with, no protection from winter winds
for almost two years.
Such was the story told before
Magistrate Connorton in the Flushing
police court when Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Nelson were brought before him on a
charge Of cruelty.
The, victim, a 6-year-o1d imbecile boy,
was carried into the courtroom clad in
the remnants Of ragged cotton dress,
his only other protection from the
weather being a filthy wooden cloth
bound around his head. The parents
were held for trial.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
AVERAGE CORN
~ YIELD. s30.2 Blu.
Production for Country for the
Year Amounts to $751;
100000 Bushels.

Washington, Nov. 1o.-The prelimin.
ary.. returns to the orop-estimating
board Of the department Of agriculture,
according to; a bulletin. issued today,
shows the production of corn in 1905 to
be; 2,ss1, 096 bushels, or an average of
So,2 bushels to the acre, as compared
with an average. yield Of 2s.s bushels,
estimated in 1905. The general average
as to the quality. is e.9,ascompared
with 906 last year. It is estimated
that about 4.6 per cent Of the corn crop
Of 1905 was still in the hands Of the
farmers on Nov. 1, 1906.
Hay yield, 1:35 tons; quality, 500.
Iobacco yield, 854.3 pounds; quality,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
HAGAMANN ROBBED AGAIN
Man Police Inspector Was Charged
4 with Robbing Is Beaten. :
'ournaJ SnecjaI Sarpioa

Journal Special Service.
!. Chicago, Nov. lob. J. Hagamann,
the Wentworth avenue jeweler, the rob-
berry Of whose store in, 1901; by men
alleged to have been associated with
Police Inspector Patrick j. LAWN, re-
suited in the Inspectors acquittal and
designation, was robbed again last nj ght
and brutal y beaten by two armed men.
One Of the robbers was captured and
several hundred neighbors Of the jew
eler mobbed the captive and perhaps
would have killed him if a policeman
and two other persons had not held
them back with revolvers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
THIEF TAKES COPS PANTS
Pioneer Chicago Policeman Robbed of
Trousers and Money.

Journal Special Service. III
Chicago, Nov. 10.-Gustav Williams,
who is one Of the oldest policemen Of
the central station detail, was late for
duty today, and he had a good excuse,
for while he had slept the sound sleep
that only comes to those with clear
conscience, a burglar; had stolen his
trousers. Z sf.-5--;; ..,.r..s. o.,
Not only did the night .marauder,
who entered Ia window Of Williams
home without awakening him or any
other member Ger, Of the family, take the
man owned, but he got away. with a
gold watch and 1856, and then some.
He concluded that the policeman g re-
volver would be a good thing to have,
so he took that, ri ...... :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
ALL's WELL ON. LOUISIANA
Wireless Message, Nothing Doing,''
IL Means President Is Safe. u

Norfolk. Va. Nov. 10.The wireless.
telegraph station at Cape Henry, at s.
O. clock this morning, was in touch with
the battleship Louisiana, bearing Presi-,
dent Roosevelt and his party to the
isthnius Of Panama. The operator on
the Louisiana reported nothing do
ing,' meaning that all was well on the
ship and that President Roosevelt had
no message to send at that time. The
operator did not give the exact loca-
ton Of the vessel
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
A Home in Illinois.

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Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
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-. Zone night he had a very severe spell
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
MOUNT IN ROCKIES
4 RAGING VOLCANO
Culebra Peak in Eruption and
People Fear Earthquake =. !;
Disaster. -, .tjsD
Journal Special Service.

Trinidad, COL, Nov. 1o.-Culebra
peak is in a state Of eruption. Adolph
storz, postmaster at stonewan, has tel
ephoned the authorities here that the
giant peak, which is $4,000 feet high,
is emitting flames of fire and volumes
Of smoke. The eruptions have been no.
ticeable since Oct. 10, but now have
become so violent that the entire COM
munity. is frightened lest an earth
quake like that of San Francisco shall
follow the VOLCANIC activity
Attic biologists do not class Culebrs
as Is. OF volcanic origin, it has been giving
for years. Postmaster Storz gives .
realistic descrintion of the eruption.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
KENTUCKY GUSTS MUTUAL
Commissioner Prewitt Declares New
York Company Must Quit State.

Louisville, KY, Nov. 10.-In a state
ment issued in support of his action
revoking the license of the Mutual Life
Insurance company Of New York, to do
business in Kentucky, Commissioner
Prewitt says the position Of the present
management of that company in en-
deavoring to elect the administration
candidate for trustees is Oppressive,
dictatorial and unlawful,' and a com
pany thus managed should not be per-
mitted to further insure the lives of the
people Of the state.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
PLUM FOR BURKE
TO GIVE AW Az
Judge Fisk Will Not Vacate His
Present Position Until After /
January 1. Il
Special to The Journal.

Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. lO.--Judge
Fisk, elected to the supreme bench, has
decided that he will not qualify until
the other state officials do on the 1st
OF January. This will mean that Gov
ernor-elect Burke will name his sue
cessor in this district and not Governor
Sarles as was supposed. The Bar asso-
citation Of this city will recommend the
appointment of B. G. Skulason, repub-
lican, who had charge Of the Fisk cam
paign as chairman Of the lawyers as
ISOLATION ai&,s- .1.s
Democrats Of North Dakota will as
semble at Devils Lake Saturday night,
Nov. II, to congratulate John Burke
on his election as governor. Special
trains will be run from various sections
of the state. L. u
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
TEACHERS ELECT
Southeastern Association Of State
Closes Its Session. -

Special to The Journal.
Winona, Mimi, Nov. 10.-At a bust
ness meeting, the Southeastern Educa-
tional association Of Minnesota, this
morning decided to hold its next con-
officers were elected: President, Super
intendent E. L. Potter, Hastings; sec
retary-treasurer, Superintendent W. G..
Herman, Mazeppa; executive commit
tee, Superintendent Overholt Of Roches-
ter, and Miss Gi'demeister of Winona
The following recommendations of the
resolutions committee were adopted:
That the rural school inspector have a
county superintendent selected by the
county board Of education; that teach
ers and superintendent be permitted to
be elected for term longer than one
year. .i-..-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
McCARREN DEFIEs DENIS
Brooklyn Democrat Who Assailet
Hearst Stands His Ground.

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New York, Nov. 1O.-The democrat
ic state committee by vote Of 80 to
ID has adopted resolution providing
for an investigation Of the conduct Of
the Kings county democratic organiza-
ton, headed by State Senator Patrick
a.. McCarren, during the campaign just
closed. @ II. 50
"A delegation Of Brooklyn democrats,
headed by Patrick Hayes, warden Of
the Kings county penitentiary pre-
ferred charges against the senator and
the Kings county committee Tt was
alleged that McCarren had "knifed''
the head Of the ticket and urged his
followers to do the same.
Senator cCarren, defes the commit
tee to remove him or his associates, adj
mits that he has said things against
Hearst and would repeat the remarks
II an occasion was presented. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
A Home in Texas.

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
DISAPPEARS WITH BALLOTS
Indian Runner, Carrying Nevada Elec-
ton Records, Eagerly Sought.

Reno, New, Nov. lotion Bigfoot,
b b and reurns Of the W oe mn
ing district were given Wednesday, has
disappeared and deputy sherifs are
securing the country sixty miles east
of Reno for him.
Upon the returns rests the fate Of the
candidates for Judge in the second dis
trict and the fate of several Churchill
county candidates. It is believed that
the Indian was intercepted and robbed
Of the returns and that he fled to the
hills for fear Of prosecution.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
CONTEST AT SALTWATER
Alderman Ryan Alleges Irregularities
at the Polls.

Saltwater, MINI, Nov. 1o-Alder-
man Philip H. Ryan, who was defeated
for reelection Tuesday, will contest the
election on the ground that Charles
Johnson marked ballots for people who
were unable to mark their own in
precinct in which he was not a resident,
The central district teachers of Wash
ington county met here today and
elected&J. R: .yJokisch Of South Still
water president, and Ida McShane
secretary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
WILL COME TO MINNESOTA
Head Of Bay State Sanatorium Resigns
j., r. ...z His Position, *.

Rutland Mass, Nov. 10-At the
monthly meeting Of the trustees of the
Massachusetts state sanatorium at Rut-.
land yesterday, DR.. Waller J.. Marcley,
superint endent of the sanatorium, re-
signed to become superintendent Of the
Minnesota state sanatorium for tuber-
G4losls patients now being built at
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
9Th HUSBAND A DEsERTER
William Baker Leaves Much-Married
Bride After Quarrel.

journal Special Service. s:-4
Evansville, Ind, Nov. 9.-Mrs. Polly
Baker, aged IS, living at Newburg,
Ind, ten miles east Of here, has been
deserted, it is said, by her husband,
William Baker, aged 48. Three weeks
ago Baker married his wife, who was
Mrs. Polly Weed He was her eighth
husband. They met one day and were
united in marriage the. next. The mar
r1iage was quite a. social event in the
little town of Newburg as the woman
is wealthy and prominent socially. -Four
Of the former husbands Of Mrs. Baker
were divorced and three died, one Of
them having committed suicide by
jumping into cistern. Baker quarreled
with his wife and after the quarrel left
town and said he would never see her
again.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
JUDGE REBUKES JURORS
White Man Acquitted Of Negroes Muir
der, Triers Are Scored. T.. i

Dratham, Ca, Nov. 1o.-In a dra-
liam Crockett, a white man charged
with the murder of Lum Henderson, a
negro. has come to a close. When Judge
Henry Pearce dismissed the jury he al
ministered a stinging rebuke, declaring
that the. jury had acquitted Crockett
because he was a white man and had
killed a negro. ~. ~ ~ =. : = =,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
SILVER MAY RISE TO rs
Great Increase Due in Price of White
:: Metal, Roberts Says. :

Journal Special Service. '.' -
Denver, Nov. Silver is going
to reach asprice OTIS or better within
two years, and 1t is going to hold that
price: The increase Of the last three
months is only the forerunner of the
most hopeful period in the last twenty
years Of the silver: market.' .s =:
ures which show that lie natural az
mand Of the world, especially the orr
ent, for silver Is inevitably forcing up
the price Of Sthe white metal, George
W. Roberts,, director of the :rninfs,
fforcefully declared in Denver that q
further and much greater increase in
the price Of silver was coming Within
a few months. 49,, :
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East and West North and Suth Join in DEFENDING Pe,uue
A Home in WASHINGTON.

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