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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-22
HARTMAN ADMITS
1, mr. 1 Hull 4 |. IS |. RIGHT !
\ Need Ne ed Of Track Extension Con
Il; ffsssed BY y. P. Magnate
Roads Will Obey Law.
ISL a sss 80 ist ~ 81 iasssstrs M.

journal Special Service. 81 a IL
Chicago, Nov. 90. Edward II. HarIi-
man, railroad rival Of James j. Hill,
arrived in Chicago last night from Kan
sas City on his way to New York from
the session of the Trans Mississippi
Commercial congress.
80 What did Mr.. Hill say about 49,
600 miles of tracks being needed9''
MIR. Hartman asked when the subject
Of track extension was preached.
- Did he mean more lines Of railroad or
more tracks for handling the cars9''
means,' Mr. Hartman was told.
said Mr.. Hartman. 81 think the
whole problem of the cities at least,
lies right there. 1t is expensive to use
a car costing $4,000 for storage pur-
poses. We need also more elevators
and tracks to handle the ears now be-
ing rushed into the cities.'
He thought even lis, 900 miles of that
kind Of trackage would not be too
much. s-s
Z Roads to Obey Law.
2 care the railroads willing to obey
the new rate lawa", he was asked next.
or the law .that.We are going to have9'
he asked quickly. 8 You must not con
fuse the Sherman anti trust law and
the Elkins amendment. with the rate
law that is in control Of the interstate
commerce commission. These prosecu-
tions all have been brought under the
old law. Let us see how that works
before trying any more law. Yes, we
are willing to obey-in the spirit and
in the letter. The railways always
want to obey theIllaw if they know
what it is. - : $40 #s-
In Accord with Root. d.
MIR. Hartman gave; convincing test.
mony that he and SECRETARY Root are
in complete harmony on the great is.
sues which are before the public.
''The. secretary Of state and myself
agree absolutely upon .the5very import.
ant matters which were sdiscussed at
Kansas. City this week." he said
What apparent disagreement might
have appeared as between what Secre.
tary Root said and what I said is SO
small as to be unworthy Of notice.
Them the big fellow Of. all the big
fellows in the railroad game made this
significant statement in view. of the
many presidential bees which are buz.
ling: "''Its,is an. honor to-, me to agree
with man of such superior ability and
commanding intellect as is Secretary
Root, II 81. .,@.ct .. ii
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A KICK ON TILE MILWAUKEE
Towns Below Winona Get a Hearing for
:, s@z. :3s Better Train Service &.
Special. to The Journal.

Winona, Mimi, Nov. 22.-Judge Ira
Mills represented the*state railway and
warehouse commission at hearing, here
today to endeavor to get the Milwaukee
road. to restore the evening passenger
train service to points between here
and La Crosse, cut off by the mail train
no longer making those stops. The de-
STABILITY of such a service was demon
strated. The Milwaukee Railway COM
pany is considering the matter and may
reach a solution at an early date, altho
it will hardly be possible for the mail
train to- resume making stops as before.
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Ship in Great Peril

Racine, WIS.,, Nov. q. steamer
fronfenaci supposed to havs fouundefed
on I. =; Michigan last night; arrived
at this port about 2 am. CAPTAIN.
Stewart, in. telling of the vessels ter
rlbie experience, says that after the
poat was "a out of Chicago about four
teen miles the storm struck him.
Several attempts were made to oct
back to Chicago, but this was found
to @be: impossible,. and the boat worked
hafdfo keep the west shore. The wind
bleWSat the rate|o sixty miles "a. hour
and wrecked the skylight over the, en-
glnnte, room. and did some other damage..
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BAD 1MM1eRANTs BARRED.

Sydney, N. s.. Nov. pa vigorous campaign
against undesirable immigration is being waged
here by the Canadian immigration officials,
Recently attempt of one foreign agent to
land immigrants who were thought to9be unde.,
silable was frustrated and the people were
turned back. f. W.. Armand. CANADIAN fmmi-
grafton agent at Halifax. has been in this city
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LAD PASSES A BAD BILL
Twelve-Year-Old Hunted at Lead,
s. D., for Swindling.
Special to Tho Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Lead, SD, Nov. 22.-Federal Off
Gals are looking for a l2-year-old boy,
living in Lead, who, it is charged, has
been passing counterfeit money.
h While transacting some business in
his office. Michael Corrigan was ap-
preached by boy who asked him to
change $40 bill. Corrigan showed
the bill carelessly into the money draw
er and handed out a So bill and five sill
yer dollars.
In the evening when the cash was
counted, it was found that the $40 bill
was bogus. It was issued by the .Mer-
chants & Planters bank Of Savannah,
Ga, and bore date of 1858. It is said
other persons have been victimized by
the same boy <::;..f. W.. III; ..s.g
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BLAME MATE FOR DISASTER
Dead Pilot on Ill-F Gated DIX Responsible
for Seattle Wreck. =

Seattle, WASH, Nov. 90. That Mate
DENIM on,, who 9wassene of bhes fifty or
more persons who /: persisted with the
sinking Of the steamship Dix, was
wholly to blame for the loss Of the
vessel Sunday night was the trend OF
the testimony taken before United
States marine inspectors. ss,
Captain q. p. b Ormond, master Of the
the, steamer j eanies testified that. he
warned Dennison never to attempt to
cross in front of another vessel.
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nine !. LIVES /! I ! LOST
/ IN. OCEAN COLLISION
Great Liner Kaiser Wilhelm, Bad
ly Damaged, Puts Back
49, to Port. ~, s

London, Nov 22.-At the offices here
Of the North German Lloyds it was
stated today that the steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse, was so1damaged in
the collision last hight off Cherbourg
with the steamer Drinoco that she is
unable to continue the voyage to. New
York. =.
Cherbourg, Nov. 22.-The North Ger.
man Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse, which left Southampton and
Cherbourg yesterday for New York, has
been in. collision with, the. Royal Mail
steamer Orinoco: - :.
Four steerage: passengers on the Kai.
ser Wilhelm were killed and twelve
were injured, two seriously. Five mem
bers of the. .Orinoco's crew. are missing
and are supposed to have drowned
The damage to the. Kaiser. Wilhelm is
estimated at 100000. THE passengers
will be transferred to the American
liner, St. Paul, and the French liner,
i The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. was
steaming at the rate of I seventeen
knots an hour from Cherbourg. =. The
Orinoco was; bound for this port.
/. orinoco Commanders Story. e.
LIE COMMANDER Oh JQo OIluOCO Says
that he signaled that; he was going to
starboard of the North German Lloyd
steamer, but that: the latter laid he1
course across the Orinoco's bows and
only went to port&of the ,Orinoco when
it was too late. .e.,s:%%&Gs, j. @
The engines Of the -Orinoco we're re-
versed as soon. as it appeared likely
that an accident would occur, but she
crashed into the starboard bow of the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, making q
breach twelve feet wide The stem of
the Orinoco above the$ waterline was
carried away as the vessels cleared af-
ter the collision: n
Steerage Passengers Crushed.
The shock threw. all; the passengers
! on the Kaiser Willie Inn der Crosse off
their feet and the grinding of the Grin
oco' s bow into the steerage of the Ger
man vessel instantly killed four per-
sons, disemboweling girl II years old.
r. The captain of the Orinoco ordered
boats to be cleared away, but the panic
on board Of her was general. Some of
the crew jumped into and launched
two of her boats and several frenzied
women attempted to get into them as
they were being lowered over the side
One boat was swamped whenit struck
the water. j., ~ 49, q Z s75t ...s.
Several small boats. from Cherbourg
put out to the scene of the collision
and rescued some of the sailors and
passengers who were struggling in the
waves, sbut five Of the crew of the
Qrinoco are believed I; to have been
drowned.
Bodies Recovered.
Some fof the bodies Of the persons
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IS KILLED BY a FAST FREIGHT.

Special to The Journal. q . 80. 80 q
Webster City, iowa, Nov 22.z--While retnr,n,.
ing home g, from, prayer meeting last night MISC
Bertha Sheldahl .of Ellsworth was struck 81
a fast thru freight fons the North Western and
instantly killed. The freight train does not stost
at Ellsworth, and Miss Sheldahl was crossfne
the tracks at the station when struck She.
was rs years of age. 49, s, - 4' 'e-s
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Automobile Omnibus Lines in Paris

I Automobile Omnibus Lines in Paris.
The frstsef the automobile. omnibus
lines commenced running in Paris not
long ago, says the Scientific American.
Experiments had been made for a long,
time past, and the public became &C.
scustomed td seeing the omnibuses pass
along the streets, but the. system was
not put ii actual operation until the
first week Ia June, y9hensthe line known
as the Montmartre-S German des Pres
was started When you are tired and
FoYerworked, remember that golden
grain era !, belt beer will calm your nerves
a case today for home use. 5s &
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SHOPPER s,loi KILLs HIMsELr.

| New York. Nov % John Howiey,, famous
as d pistol shot from One end Of the country to
Sthe5 other has killed himself with revolver.
! He had used long baEreled pistol Of the type
used in dueling, and which he himself had used
many times in shooting matches. 81 AZ 1
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HEADACHES AND NEURALGIA FROM. co ,,g No /
LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine, the worid vsids
Coid ana Grip remedy, removes cause. Cali for
full name. Look for signature E. W. Grove 25cs
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New York Candidates., Expense Lists
Indicate $2,000,O00 Spent. a..
Journal Special Service.

Joufna1 Special sefvlce. - ~ u ~ - ---
Albany, N. Y, Nov. 22.-That nearly
100000 was spent during the recent
campaign to promote the political for
local tickets Of all the parties is adj
mitted in statements Of election ex-
penses filed with the secretary Of state.
1t is estimated that 100000 more Of
which no;3.report was made went the
way Of the $2,000,0OO. 5, rs
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SUICIDE: DEFENSE ). !. +. !. !.
I. 1: ). GlLLEI)I]E'S. HOPE
Charge that Billy" Brown Killed
/. Il Herself Probable Plea Of = =
Il ~ 80 IT, ~.-.@A-
]. a*'a Alleged Murderer. ~

Herkimer, N. Y, Nov. % There was
another great crowd of men and women
waiting today for the continuance of
the tragic. story Of the love of Grace
Brown Of Cortland for Chester Gil
tlette,, of the death Of the girl, and lastly
the, trial of Gillette for her alleged
murder. ,s.>,...- ~
that the two started out together on the
/ lake, were seen drifting along in the
/ dusk close to the shores of a lonely bay,
and that only Gillette returned to land.
/ The prosecutor is picturing the life mar
Frative Of the two young people from
the beginning Of their acquaintance
ship. He has not, reached the finding
4of the girls body, and: officially the jury
/ has not been told Of her death. j
not yet been disclosed. Those who
have been following the trial closely
incline to the suicide theory.
/ When court convened, Gillette walked
! briskly to his seat beside. his counsel.
He. carried notebook and pencil with
him and while the first witnesses were
Etestifying, made several notes.
Heard Death Cries, 2
/ One of the most sensational stories
5of the day was told by. Mrs. Margaret
Carey, Of East Orange, N 3D., wife OF a
wealthy man with a summer camp in
! the Adirondacks. It was known before
she went on the stand: that she would
testify to having heard a scream com
ing from the part Of the lake. where the
sgirl met death, but no one guessed how
dramatic she would make her testimony.
u Her story was that she and her .hus-
band left Moos camp about 6 pm. in
the evening, when Miss Brown met
death. They were rowing across the
lake when she heard a cry.
cit was the cry of a person in per-
il, = she added. IL heard woman IS
VOICE cry out twice as if in great
peril 1 III !, I.
Furious objection being made by the
defense, there was, permitted to. stand
only Mrs. Carey's opinion that it was
woman's voice. IFS -s:'.ff<}
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Bodies Recovered
CAMPAIGN COSTS MILLIONS

Some sof the bodies Of the persons
drowned were recovered during the day.
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DEATH / 4 ] ! 4. In. STORMS;
VAST AREA SWEPT
Continued From First Page. i

blown away and the crew was *.
hausted from their battle with. the
waves. Many trees have been blown
down and several barns unroofed: = On
the whole, the storm did a great deal Of
damage in, this city. s5, ...,s., n,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-08-16
xi.-THE ADVENTURE OF THE
MISSING QUARTER
Continued.

ITS this way. Mr.. Holmes. As I
have said. I am thes skipper OF the Rug
ger teafn uf Cambridge varsity. and
Godfrey Stanton In my best To-
morrow we play oxford. Yesterday
we all came W. and we settled ut Bent
ley'a private hotel. ~ ten o'clock I
went around and saw that all the fel-
lows had gon To roost. for | believe In
strict training and plenty ofslcep tokccp
n team NJ. had "a word or two with God
frey before he turned In. He seemed to
me To be pale and bothered. ! asked him
what was the matter. He said he was
all right-just a touch or hcadache.
I bade him good night and left him.
Half nm hour later. the porter tells me
that rough looking man with n beard
called with u note for Godfrey. He had
not gone to bed. and the note was taken
To- his room. Godfrey e u. u Tell
back I'm n chair as II he had been pole
nxcd. The porter was Ro scared that
he was going TO fetch me. but God
frey stopped him. had n drink 90 water,
and pulled himself together. Then he
went downstairs. said few
words to the man who was walt
ing In the hall. ana the two of them
went on together. The last the porter
saw OF them. they were almost run
ming down the street Ia the direction
of the Strand. This morning Godfrcy's
room was empty. his bed had never
nech slept w, anu MS t"lnss w. "''
yusl as nau sech mem ~ n.sn' -.
IoIs. re haa gone on az "n :
noIcc Win thtH h,IaIb-r, az" "p,'
nus coihe ironn n'n SUI -
lHcNc nc WI cNcr counc 49,. ~
y sportsUlhh, Was u"u,l.s uo"n w ~
,naTIoW, nnu nc ""u'un .s"I. y,
ms 'ra'hlhs nnu ~ =" ns "N'piS. |"
" Wetc hot l1I SON. ~ I""s ~
roc s'roh8 'ot h'n. 10. ''N. We y ~
were Euh, I"I s"ou: ~" We '''"'"
never SO H,ul nba'"' &C., ~
shcri"ch nolnes ms.s' ~" go
ucrpcSt "''e'''"" :" '"' ""S""' "'
IatlNc'
what nc you ap. NC as"ri. 4,
MNreI !" '"",ullts' N'," "
ahsbhlls hsu ~. .'VNl" 49,
! ave had an "hs"v'' W ""e """
seen MINI -
.ouia nv haNc b"' p"SN " N""'
ori1.e'
ies, thsr" "'' """ N"'''
pass .'eNen. l.,
hut 20 LH' " you ~" "N'''"'"' Wv
uiu hot ."Ne ".
-, nc nas not yt'n ae.m
Nha' u'u '1u "" neAa -
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The late James T.. Scr!?rs, the en-
.ucnt Journalist az Detroit. once rose
to address n rather cold and siin "u-
Hence ~ a Reformed Episcopal church.
Mr.. SCripps took his hearers 10 taSk
For their coldncss IA a gooi-Aumorcd
way. Don't be like the flock OF "a
youag minister I know" he said.
This young minister went 10 great
pains to get ~ an evenings -~ut"ru'iu-
ufcEi. The entertainment, came OF duly.
rhrT" was q magic lantern. there were
!ccitaIiCuE and singing. ana ~ the
minister himself. S~hgkcs?,ruan selsC-
ltuus.
The next morning. on the way a.
IN" poStufl.Cc. the minister met his
,li,st ana most prominent deacon.
" Vel. DEACON Jones. he said. what
Jii YOU ,hiuk al thn entertainment ils,
ulgItr And my S~hakcypfr,un rcgi'a-
iioUs-hiI the p,u!i" Tx" them
" 'Nly-,r-ycS. sir. sc,miu'ly.' iao
deacon answered. ! hg!n't hccyd ga
ppsrIIa.Ifp'
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at Is n great misfortune TO u serious
Gctcr to be short" said James X.
Hackctt. ~ short man must n n
shorter leading lady, or. " he valves
that privilege. he must. In hts scenes
with her. see To IL that. when the pair
draw near one another. she sits. or
leans on a table. OF knccls on an otto
man. while ne stands very erect In his
high-heelcd shoes. thus creating the
Illusion that he II rather tall.
But. with all that. = rhor actor IN
always at a disadvantage.
Il once knew an excellent traEedian
q 2 feet I who dared TO play Romeo
wi:h q juliet OF 6 feet.
in "A western town one night Romeo.
~ usual. sighed:
II would | were n glove upon that
hnnd.'
a shriil voice called from the gall
.ery:
""Yc wouldn't NJ. Yer too smLll!''
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-08-16
Continued Mex. Week.
Why WOMEN ARE LATE.
A Scene in the SquiIbob Household Ex-
plains the SSx's Hardness.


New York sun: ms just : o'clock"
said Squilbob. AN so you have plenty
OF time la dress yourself carefully for
the thcatcr. with this margin 90 time.
Henrietta. you can surely have no cx-
Cusc FOR being unprcpArcd at the last
moment. "a tTai, wholly confined 10 your
scN."
Yes. dear. I'll start dressing right
now said his help mate duiifully.
And | myself Will show you a good
example In p"runpiEcss." said S%quilbob
kindly. I'm start right In now my
self. by the way, where are my shirts
Here they are
Put the shirt studs in. Will you?
And. cr-by the way. this dress suit Ii
rather rumplcd. l must have tossed
Il around IN the drawer You are rath-
er handy at those things. Henrietta
can you press II into some short %
shape
"An right. dear"
And. while you are ut 10. fix the
pearls In my shirt front. Ginger. 1
wish you'd chase up my Gun buttons
Mrs. Squilbob few around viii def
and willing hands. gathering the mas
culInc apparel together. while Squilbob
calmly dressed himself In the inter
walls OF his rarid-hIe directions. Got
my top hat he asked. Good. Now
please TX my ncckiic and-why-cr-
Err
squllbob gasped In surprise. looked
at the clock hands. which pointed To
S. and then surveyed the Hurried little
womAv
"Giuyer." he said In nnc scorn.
aren't you dressed yeti Well. u that
isn't lust like a woman
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his head. II can make nothing OF II"
said he.
Wei. well I have n clear day. ard
] shall be happy to look into the mat
ter" said Holmes. Il should strongly
recommend you tn make your prcpara-
tions for your match withou, reference
To this young gentleman. IL must, as
you say. have beer an oNcrpowcring
necessity which tore him away la such
n fashion. and the same necessity II
likely To hold him away. Let US step
round together To the hotel. and zee ~
the porter can throw any fresh light
upon the matter"
Sherlock Holmes was a past master
In the art OF putting "A humble witness
at his ease. aud very yoon. Ia the
privacy OF Godfrey Staunton's aband-
med room. he had extracted all that
the porter nae To tell. The visitor OF
the night before was not a gentleman.
neither was he "A w~orkingman. He was
simply what the porter described ms "A
medium looking chap" u man OF hfty.
beard gr!zzled. pale face, quietly
dressed. He seemed himself TO be agi-
tated. The porter had observed his
hand trembling when he held out the
note. Godfrey stanton had crammed
the note into his pocket. Stauntou had
not shaken hands with the man In the
hall. They had exchanged "A few SEN
fences. of which the porter had only
distinguished the one word time"
Then they had hurried OF In the man
ner described. II was just hRlf-past
ten by the hall clock.
Let me see" said Holmes. seating
himself on S~taunton's bed. You are
the day porter are you notg"
Yes. sir. | go on duty at eleven"
The night porter saw nothing. ]
suppose"
NO. sir. one thcatcr party came In
late. No one else
Were you Oh duty all day yester-
day."
YES. SIR