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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
PITTSBURG COAL
OPERATORS MEET
Western Men Try to Persuade
Them to Resist Demands of
the Miners.

Pittsburg, March 9-Today's meet
ing Of the coal operators of the Pitts
burg district, called by Francis L. Rob
bins to unite on some definite policy
for presentation at the interstate con-
vention at Indianapolis on March 10, is
regarded as the most important confer
ence held since the question OF wages
for the miners has come before the
public, as it is expected not only to set
tie the strike question in this district
but largely to influence the result IN
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
The operators Of the western districts
have been writing to the independent
operators Of this district, and have had
representatives working, in the neld
to persuade the independent operators
to stick to the original demand and not
grant an increase Of wages to the en-
plovees. They assert that the operators
Of Ohio, Illinois and the independents
of the Pittsburg district would be
strong enough to fight the miners, even
tho the Pittsburg Coal company. should
grant the miners an advance OF wages
of 5.5 per cent.
Previous to the opening Of the meet.
ing the general sentiment was that the
conference would be divided, some OF
the operators siding with the Pittsbure
Coal company interests in endeavoring
to grant concessions to the miners, and
a number Of others strongly opposing
the granting Of any advance in wages
at all.
When the conference opened at II
o 'clock about fifty coal operators were
present. The meeting, was called to or
burg Coal company. None of the opera
tors would venture prediction as to
the probable action of the conference
Mr.. Robbins said statement would be
issued at it's close.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
A SUICIDE
TO GET INSURANCE
The Arrest of Schomperlen Saves
Money for Two Minneapolis
Agencies.
Penchant for Horse Stealing Led
to His Capture in Lyon
County.

A mysterious case Of supposed sui
eide which occurred at Sioux City last
September has been solved thru the
clever work Of Sheriff Christensen Of
Lyon county in arresting Theodore D..
Schomperlen for horse stealing. Incl
dental1y, the clearing up Of the suicide
case sets at rest any efforts of the heirs
of the supposed victim to collect 5,200
life and casualty insurance secured thru
Minneapolis agents Of the Mutual Bene-
fit Life Insurance company OF New Jer-
sey and the Mutual Casualty company
Of Minneapolis.
The man now held a prisoner in the
Lyon county Jail at Marshall, not only
admits the theft Of thre different teams
Of horses, (which he sold at cut prices,
but he OWLS that he planned the fake
suicide at Sioux City in the hope OF Sc
curing the insurance money, and later,
when the insurance companies were
slow in settling, he says he sent a letter
to the chief Of police Of Sioux City,
claiming that he and three other men
had murdered the man who was sup
posed to have committed suicide.
All that tangled web Of circumstance
availed him nothing. He turned to
horse stealing as a more promising field
for a man who would get money with
brought him to grief, thanks to the
doughty sheriff of Lyon county. The
tale reads like chapter from yellow
back novel, with, heroes galore and vii.
1ains plenty.
The name Of the supposed suicide was
Theodore E. Schomperlen, but the nene
Of Sheriff Christensen s horsethief was
Benjamin Rendering the suicide case
and the name Of Schomperlen as the
victim, the sheriff, realizing that his
prisoner Of the same surname was an
Continued on I'd Page, 9th Column.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09

Prelate Is Summoned to Rome for
Secret Conference with
- Pope Plus. "
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, March 9.-The New
York Tribune this morning prints the
following: -. SOU.
Archbishop Ireland of st. Paul
sailed for Rome yesterday on a secret
mission. He was summoned by Pope
Plus x, and in ecclesiastical circles of
this city there were strong rumors that
the pope. would ask him to stay in Rome
permanently. Friends of the arch
bishop, who have been expecting him to
be made a cardinal at every consistory
pope would honor him in some way.
"The general opinion Is that he will
be asked to remain in Rome as special
counsellor to the pope, and that later
he will be made a resident cardinal.
"In this way. it is limited, the annoy
ing question of creating another Ameri-
can cardinal without giving offense
would be solved. The choice Of the
pope will remain then between Arch:
bishop Farley and Archbishop Ryan
The latter, being the older, would have
some claim to preference, but the Phil
adelphia prelate has made it quite clear
if there is to be only one more cardinal
appointed, New York, being the metro
poiitan diocese Of the country, should
have the honor. :
Archbishop Ireland would not speak
Of his mission, one way or the other. |
purpose staying in France some few
days, then going direct to Rome. After
that [ shall visit Ireland .
e'The archbishop is accompanied by
Bishop James McGolrick Of Duluth
MINI, It is said the archbishop will
urge the appointment of Bishop McGol
rick as his auxiliary. and if he should
decide to stay abroad, as his successor
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
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Oil Men See President.

Washington, March 9.-H. Fl. Rogers
and John D. Archbold Of New York,
vice-presidents of the Standard Oil
company, were in conference with Pres
ident Roosevelt at the White House last
night. Neither Of them would discuss
the nature of their call. They arrived
It was Impossible I 70 learn sny anything re-
garding the conference which the Stan
ard Oil officials had with the president.
While it is possible that the call had
some connection with the message which
President Roosevelt sent to congress
Wednesday, calling attention to the
fact that without an extra appropria.
ton and the power to compel the at
tendance Of witnesses, the Tillman
Gillespie resolution, which he signed, t.
investigate alleged RAILROAD monopoliei
of coal and Oil will amount to very lit
tie and might achieve nothing, there il
nothing on which any definite conjectur,
Of the purpose of the conference ca,
be based. ~. :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
HITCHCOCK NAY
\. LEAVE CABINET
Vacancy ON Supreme Bench Starts
Talk Of Taft, Too,
. Resigning.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Washington, March 9.-Friends Of E
A. Hitchcock, secretary Of the interior
say he will resign from the cabinet to
take effect July |, and that Marion G
Butler of North Carolina is the presi
dent s preference for his successor. Sec
rotary Hitchcock is in his seventy-first
year and in his eighth year as mem
Der of the cabinet, to which he was
appointed by President Mckinley after
serving as ambassador to Russia.
President Roosevelt has received the
resignation Of Justice Henry Billings
Brown of the United States supreme
court Justice Brown will retire OF
May % next sssgo to Japan witt
Mrs. Brown for a stacation trip. Ht
will live in Washing fon.
The president as ed Senator sKnol
Of Pennsylvania to Ike the place, but
Mr.. Knox declined. JlIt can be. statee
on unquestionable Zhthority that Thu
president has not offered the place tx
Mr.. Taft, as reported, and if he does
that Mr.. Taft will not accept. He pre-
fers to remain at the head of the wa
department. ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
AMERICAN TROOPS FIGHT SANGlINARY BATTLE IN )0I0;
800 MORO OUTLAWS SLAM ARMY CASUALTIES ARE g
ROOSEVELT J BENT
ON TRUST INQUIRY
President Orders Thoro Probing
Of the Coal and Oil
Monopoies.
Journal Special Service.

Washington, March 9. ~. President
Roosevelt has directed Commissioner of
Corporations Garfield to assist the in
terstate commerce commission in every
possible way to get at all the facts in
connection with the coal and oil ponop-
olies in the United States. He has done
this, knowing there has developed con
siderable opposition, especially in the
senate, to the wide-open investigation
which he recommended in his message
a few days ago. He does not propose
that any charge Of insincerity shall be
made against the administration, what
ever suspicion may exist with regard
to the dubious course pursued by con-
gress in adopting a defective resolution
directing the institution of the investi-
cation.
s The president IS instructions with re-
spect to the coal and oil investigation
are in line with those to the attorney
general in the prosecution of the sugar
which he ordered Wednesday. Violators
of the law are to be brought to Justice.
whether they be Havomeyer, president
of the sugar trust; Cassatt, president of
the Pennsylvania railroad; Baer, presi-
dent, of the Philadelphia & Reading
railroad; Newman, president of the
New York Central, or Truesdale, presi-
dent of the Delaware, Lackawanna g.
Western railroad. ~ =. -;
IF congress declines to grant the in:
terstate commerce commission authority
to subpoena witnesses and demand the
production Of books and papers, then
the bureau Of corporations will compel
Rockefeller and Rogers and anyone else
in authority to present them.
There is to be no insincerity about
the administration s procedure. The
men who have done wrong are to be
either prosecuted or forced to enlighten
the country as to the manner in which
they and their corporations have made
their colossal fortunes. In one case
they will be punished; in the other
congress will be equipped to enact legis:
lation which will prevent robbery Of the
fpeople. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
1AWNEY As
TREASURES GUARD
New York Tribune Says Mime
sofa Man Is Worthy Sue
.- ,cessor to Cannon.
BY w. w. Jermane,

Washington, March 9.-As showing
something Of the reputation Representa-
tive Tawney Of Minnesota is acquiring
as chairman of the house committee on
from an editorial in the New York
Tribune today, is interesting:
"The appropriations committee Of
the house Of representatives, under
Chairman \Tawney's guidance, is living
up to truly Spartan standards of re-
trenchment. Mr.. Tawney is a worthy
successor to Mr.. Hemenway and Mr..
Cannon. He has accepted their policy
and seems every ready to extend it, and
the committee is cordially supporting
his program Of hewing to the line and
letting the bystanders dodge the sprint
ers as best they may. -....
The Deficiency Law.
"Mr. Hemenway put thru the last
the creation Of deficiency by bureau
chiefs bent on spending more money
than congress has allotted to them. It
fell to Mr.. Tawney to vindicate this
statute and to rebuke, by refusing their
appeals for supplementary appropria-
tions, such executive officers as had
taken the new provision as a mere
pleasantly. The task was not agree
able, but the frmness with which the
committee disciplined offenders against
the letter or spirit Of the antidefciency
| law has restored respect for the man
dates Of the house, and will save the
| treasury yearly the loss Of many mil
lions thru unauthorized expenditure"
superannuates.
| Having thus up rooted one evil of adj
ministration, Mr.. Tawney's committee
is getting after another. one. This is
the evil Of approximation. The gov
eminent is paying grossly exorbitant
clerks are now Of advanced age as to
impair the efficiency Of administration
in numerous. cases. Mr.. Tawney has
offered solution Of this problem that
is practical and logical It proposes to
limit the pay Of employees more than
IS years old, grading salaries according
to presumable efficiency Thus, no
clerk over IS is to receive more than
81 400; over SO, more than 1900, and
over 20, more than $40. Moreover, at
ter 1913 every clerk must retire on
reaching 70 years.
Retired List.
By this scheme, a retired list is in
and 70 years. They retain their places
and do what work they can, but they
no longer receive. excessive compensa
tion for decreasing service. and dc
not hamper the government s efforts tC
do it's work efficiently and economically
Il The proposal of the committee will en-
counter opposition, no doubt, but care
full men believe that some such plar
must in the end be adopted by the gov
eminent merely for defensive reasons
If for no other.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
SUSAN B. ANTHONY'S
CONDITION CRITICAL

Rochester, N. Y, March e.-Susan B.
Anthony passed fairly comfortable
night, tho her temperature is degrees
i higher this morning than Yesterday. In
spite of this. her physician says the
case shows slight Improvement. The
patient s exhaustion, however, is still
source Of great danger.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
REFERENDUM TO
KILL STATEHOOD
Congress Likely to Send Question
to Arizona and New Mexico
for Settlement.
Az W. W. Jermane.

Washington, March 9.-It is conceded
today that the senate this afternoon
will adopt the Foraker amendment to
the statehood bill. Leaders in the house
of representatives say the house will
and proper way of disposing Of the
case. President Roosevelt will sign the
act, and then Arizona and New Mexico
will vote against joint statehood, which
will close the incident.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
MAYORS wINKs ARE ILLEGAL.

Terre Haute, Ind, March 9.-The city coun-
ell passed all ordinance last night making it
unlawful for the mayor the police board
president to issue orders to the police with a
told the council he had given orders to close
saloons Unit wink - .-..s- E- l.-- z
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
Retired List
GUILTY OF WIFE MURDER.

F Greensboro, N. c., March 9.-After deliberat-
ing for thirteen hours, the jury in the case
of DIR. J. B. Ma thews, the Greensboro, N. c..
physician charged with the murder of his
wife, returned verdict today of guilty Of
murder in the second degree Judge Ferguson
sentenced the prisoner to the sspenitentiary to
term Of twenty years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
GEORGE GREEN ACQUITTED.

Washington. March George E., Green
former state senator of New York, who had been
than two weeks on charges Of conspiracy to de-
fraud the government in connection with the
sale of time clocks to the postoffce department,
noon =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
NnpwEe1AN ENJOYS NAMED.

Christiania. March 9-Dr. Fridtjof Nansen
| has been appointed minister to London: Baron
| A. Won Swedel-Jarsberg minister to Paris: j.
iC w Predecessor minister to st. Petersburg ;
I. Won Often minister to Copenhagen; Benjamin
vogt minister to Stockholm, and o. GUIDE, min
lister to Berlin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
LAUGHING MILLIONAIRES
RARE, SAYS CARNEGIE
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
London, March 9.-Andrew Carnegie
has written to newspaper here de-
claring the advantages Of wealth are
trifing. He says:
Beyond competence for old age,
which need not be great and may be
small, wealth lessons rather than in
creases human happiness. Millionaires
who laugh are rare.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
LAPSED POLICIES
TOTAL MILLIONS
Mutual Life's Report for 1905
Shows Pslicyholders Distrust
in the Company.
Journal Special Service.

New York, March 9.-The annual
statement of the Mutual Life Insurance.
company, made public today, shows that.
during 1905 policyholders permitted the
enormous amount of $50, 116,482 Of in.
surance to lapse. During the year a to-
tai Of $21, 441,SS2 was paid in death
claims, or only about one-fourth OF the
lapsed insurance.
Tho public distrust of the Mutual@did
the year, the enormous lapses show that
it. was keener than in either the Equl-
table or the New York Life. The
lapses in the Mutual have always been
exceptionally heavy because Of the di-
mansions of the rebate evil. Many Of
it's policyholders simply insure for one
year on the cheap basis on which the
rebate evil allows, They get back half
or three-fourths of the first year s pre-
MUM and get twelve months insur-
ance at a very low rate. When the
policy runs out they insure again in
another company, where they can get a
rebate, and in two or three years re-
turn to the Mutual.
, Loss In New Business. ~.,-
During 1905 the Mutual wrote over
$181, 100000 of new business, against
1929, 100000 in l904-a loss Of nearly
$48 100000. The examinations of poll
cies during the year were exceptionally
heavy, amounting to Sal 1927 ,374, as
compared with $129,125,280 the previ-
Gus year. The outstanding insurance,
notwithstanding the $1,000 900 writ
937 1903, because of the heavy termina-
standing stand gH was was 1855 54e, ass, against
81, 547, oil $500 the previous year.
The total of the policies surrendered
for cash pavement during the year
also was unusually large, and indica-
tion of public dissatisfaction with the
gate was $23, 759, 1886, against only $16,-
896,945 the previous year, or an in
crease of nearly so per cent. 80
The Dividends.
Es The total income during 1905 was
$85.O64,992, the total disbursements
|.$55,972,567, and the total assets $40
861, 1O1. Tho the contingent irregular
surplus reserve above all legal require
ments was swollen to $7t,417 ,188, only
| $3.50 900 was set aside for distribu-
ton as dividends to policyholders dur
ing 1906. - h
That the extravaganza which charac.
terized the McCurdy regime continued
undated during the better part Of 1905
is shown by the immense sums charged
to advertising, printing and stationery,
All of the expenditures were made by
the supply department, Of which
"Andy'' Fields, the missing Legislative
agent, was the head. The Mutual's
fyellow dog fund was hidden away
in the supply department.. .ssss&r
:: According to the statement $208,30(
was spent for advertising, $503,509 fol
printing and stationery, and the huge
sum of $218,313 for postage alone, &
total Of ST. ,O31,03 IT,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
Where the Fight Was.

The official dispatch does not enable
the authorities here to place exactly the
scene of the combat. The only crater
known on the island of Jolo is well
toward the center of the island and
some distance removed from the capital,
which is on the seacoast. There is,
however, near the city Of Jolo, distant
Only FIVE miles, a mountain answering
closely, save for the crater, the descrip-
ton of that in the official dispatch.
The mountain was controlled by two
dattos and Joakinine, the latter
one of the chieftains who signed the
famous Ratest treaty. The mountain is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09

More columns of Advertising in
The Journal last month than
in any other paper in
the Northwest.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09
MARTIN EsBECK HURT
A Measure Of Turpentine Catches On
Fire And Scorches Mr.. ESbeck
In A Terrible Manner.

When we arrived at Kimballton on
Tuesday morning Mr.. John Esbeck
informed us that his brother, Martin
Esbeck was resting easier than he
had since the accident which happen
ed to him few days ago, but maybe
you didn't hear about it so we'll tell
you how it happened: A customer
came after nightfall tor Mr.. Esbeck
to go into his hardware store to get
him some turpentine and he went
into the building to get it but it was
so dark that they could not see 80
he lit match and in an instant the
quart measure containing the fluid
was all ablaze. Mr.. Esbeck started
to rush out of doors, to the front end,
and just as he got into the main part
of the store the handle of the measure
melted off, the burning fluid spread
all over the floor, Martin, in his haste
stumbled and fell into it, the blaze
mounting to the ceiling, Martins
shirt sleeves caught on fire,
burning his flesh in terrible manner.
Mr.. John Esbeck rushed back to the
blaze, grabbed up bit of canvass
which belonged to a reaper outfit,
smothered out the flames, then turn
ed his attention to his brother whom
he found in 80 an exhausted condi-
ton that he could not help himself,
was taken to his home few rods
away, laid upon his downy couch and
Doctors Soc, of Elk Horn; and A. L.
Brooks, of Audubon, summoned by
telephone who soon arrived and min
istered unto the suffering man.
Although Mr.. Esbeck's symptoms
are much better he must remain in
bed several days yet before he can
be about town.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09
Kirnbal1ton- Elkhorn

George L. Jorgensen and family,
out north of Kimballton, were guests
of Mr.. C. Mitten and family, in that
city, on Sunday.
The Pansy Blossoms will go down
to Brayton next Sunday and play a
game of base ball with the second
nine of that place.
Petersen and Hansen hauled their
merry-go-round in from Jacksonville
Tuesday, will give it good over
hauling and then go up to Audubon
in time for the Log Rolling on Aug
ust fifteen.
Miss We're Humphrey, of Walnut,
was up at Elk Horn and attended
calls at the telephone switch board
at the central Office while BERTHE
Smith took a short vacation, the first
of the week.
Photographer, P. h. Miller, AL
bert Larsen, Peter Weiff will join a
party which is being formed about
Elk Horn to 60 up to the Alberta
country in Canada, some day the
next week to look at the country.
Grandpa Chris Petersen while
working about the barn of his son,
near Kimballton, last Friday, went
up into the hsymow for something
and losing his footing plunged
through a hole twenty feet below,
breaking his arm in two places. The
good man was in town day or two
later aud seemed quite cheerful de-
spite his misfortune.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09

A great many people about Elk
Horn are preparing to go down to
the state fair for an outing.
Miss Tena Petersen, daughter of
one of the Elk Horn bankers, who
had been up at Spencer for three
weeks, returned home on Monday of
this week.
Chris Lange's son, Andrew LANCE,
who works for F. Fredericksen, was
overcome by heat one of those hot
days last week, 80 he had to come
home and rest up while before re-
suming his labors.
The Singing Club, at Elk Horn,
held one of their pleasant ice cream
socials at the college building, on
Thursday evening last week, and if
you remember the rain drops come
pattering down good and fast all day
30 the attendance was not what it
otherwise would have been yet they
cleared over fifteen dollars.
P NJ. Petersen, son OF Hans Peter
sen and wife, returned Sunday from
out at Emmanuel Hospital, out in
Omaha, where he went for treatment,
and the physician told him that if he
would go out to Colorado and chase
around over the hills for year or SO
that he would be all right, so he will
start for some point in the Centennial
State in week or so to try the
mountain air, get sniff of pine tree
boughs thus becoming stout and
r0huaf
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09

Louie Petersen and John Petersen
went down to Atlantic and attended
Chautauqua, on Friday of last week.
Clara Jorgensen, daughter of
George Jorg ensen and wife, went out
to Nebraska, Saturday, to visit with
her relatives and friends for few
days.
Messrs. Hans Petersen, Hans John
son, Doctor Soc, Peter Lykke went
down to Chicago, the first part of the
week, some on goods-buying bent
while others went to look after other
business matters.
1t was announced in the church at
Kinballton, last Sunday that the
young peoples society would go
down to the Oak Hill church, that
day, and meet with the young PEG.
pie there, but later it developed that
something had interfered with the
arrangements so now they will
not go as planned.
Mr.. Nels Olsen, father of Walter
and Ole Olsen, was sixty-one years
of age on Monday of this week and
that day large number OF friends
gathered at the Olsen home in Elk
Horn to congratulate the good man
upon his safe arrival the sixty first
milestone on the journey of life, and
also upon the good health with which
he is blessed. The day was passed in
social converse and Mr.. Olsen says it
was one of the most pleasant ones of
hia life.