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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
REIGN OF TERROR IN
QUAKER COAL. FIELDS
.CANNONADE KEPT
UP THRU0UI NIGHT
Strikers at Edna Mine No. 2 All
Armed and in Ugly
Mood.

Irwin, Pa, April last night was
one Of disorder and terror at Edna mine
No. 2 Of the Penn Gas Coal company,
where several hundred men are on a
strike for recognition of the union:
The strikers all seem to be armed and
from dark until daylight a continuous
fusilade was kept up. Fortunately no
one was injured.
The company, it is said will put
twenty five more guards on duty at
once It is considered unsafe to intro
duce strikebreakers and serious trouble
is feared if an attempt is made to do so.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
SELLS DELLS TO SAVE
HIS BANK FROM RUIN
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Rockyford, Col, April 4.-John E:
Gooding has prevented the wrecking Of
the ROCKFORD State band, of which he
is president, by rushing 100000, the
proceeds of the sale Of the Dells, his
Wisconsin resort, to this city on spe-
cial train.
He took the first train to Pueblo,
drew all his deposit, arranged with the
Santa Fe railway FOR a special train
and started back. It was made in =
When the depositors saw Gooding g
100000 stacked up behind the cashier .
window they went away satisfied.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
ST. LOUIS ON TR1A1 VOYAGE.

Philadelphia, April 4.-The protected
cruiser st. Louis, built at the yards
of the Neafe & Levy Ship 8 Engine
Building company Of this city, sailed
today for the builders trial trip. I'm
der the contract the St. Louis must
reach speed Of twenty knots an hour.
The government trial will be made later.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
BOOST FOR SECTION MEN,

Special to The Journal. -5
Marquette, Mich, April 4.-The sec
ton. foremen all along the Duluth, South
granted an increase of about 10 per
Cent in wages. Two conferences were
held between the men and the company
before an adjustment was reached. The
trackmen will remain at $3.50 asday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04

Menominee, Mich, April 4.-John
Dowd, woodsman, was killed yester-
day at Hardwood while attempting to
catch on moving passenger train.
Both legs were cut off and his body
badly mangled. He was unmarried.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
GRANTS OLD PARTNER
TRIES TO KILL SELF
to The journal.

Lead. S. D, April 4-Depressed be-
cause Of his feebleness and poverty,
of General Grant in the leather bust
ness, attempted suicide. cutting his
throat with knife.
He has two daughters living in Min
nesota who are anxious he should make
his home. with them, but he could not
bear to be a burden upon anyone. He
was taken to the hospital and it is
thought he viii recover.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
shorn Leader of Zion Seeks to
Recoup Fortune with Mex
lean Mines.
ALREADY SEES SIGNS
OF GOLD AND SILVER
Will Return to Zion and Give
Battle to Overseer
Voliva.

Chicago, April At was decided to-
day by Overseer Voliva that, In we"
of the announced return of John Alex
ander Dowie from Mexico, and his de.
clared intention of making nghe
against the action suspendlng him from
office, that the present overseer shall
be appointed receiver of the Church OF
Zion and of all the public properties
standing in the name of the church
The. courts will probably be asked to
name Voliva as receiver within the next
few days. .-. z-a.....
1t was also asserted by the officers
of Zion City that if Dowie returns and
commences legal action against the'pres:
ent officers Of the church, or attempts
to GUST them, they will cause his arrest
and prosecution on the charge OF mis-
use of funds.
Ell Paso, Tex, April '4:-That John
Alexander Dowie, deposed SFirst Apos
t1c' of Zion intends to try to recour
his fortunes by mining ventures in the
republic of Mexico is shown by the fact
that extensive mining claims have beer
- filed in his name in the Etzatlan dis
trict of Jalisco. Gold and silver indlca
tions are present in large quantities
John Hart, an American mining mai
at Etzatlan, acted for Dowie, and states
that he will take other properties.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
HINGES ON EIGHT-HoUR DAY
Unless Operators Yield That Anthracite
War Appears Certain.
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Journal Special Service.
New York, April At seems GER
tain that the country is to witness re-
petition Of the anthracite strike Of 1903
when millions Of dollars were sacrificed,
unless the operators shall agree to the
eight-hour day.
At the end Of the conference of min
ers and operators yesterday, the dispute
seemed as far from settlement as 1t was
two months ago. The conference ended
with deadlock and no suggestion of
side. And to this effect President Nit
chell and his committees reported to the
scale committee.
At President Mitchell's request an
adjournment of the conference was
taken until Thursday. When the hear
ing Is resumed it is probable that the
miners committee will present modified
demands for the consideration Of the
operators. These will call for the eight
hour day, reconsideration Of the board
Of Cancellation, flat raise in wages and
recognition of the union.
May Grant More.
But the miners have practically prom
Used that rather than engage in another
strike they will make still further
sweeping concessions. They probably
will surrender every one of their de.
mands except that for an eight-hou1
day for outside - men. On this point
they are determined to make their
stand. ~
| E. B. Thomas presided over the meet
ing of the commit ee.ssa!The moment the
i conference was called, Mitchell took The
floor and made long speech in whicI
he reiterated the nine grievanceslof thu
miners. Taking them up one by one h,
defended them and presented all of tn.
arguments in their favor. He did no
hint that the miners would be satisfied
| with anything less than the granting o:
all the demands.
Thomas P. Nichols, another membe
| Of the miners committee, followed
and then Baer spoke for the operators
He did not touch on any Of the griev
ances Of the miners specifically. II
simply said again that the operator
could not see their way clear to grant
ing one Of the demands. David Viii
cox supported his contentious with
brief talk.
II At this point President Mitchell re
! quested an adjournment until Thursday
and the operators concurred. for it wa
apparent that nothing was being accom-
plished.
Stand by Mitchell.
The meeting of the miners subcon
J mittee Of seven and the scale commit
} tee Of thirty-six was long. The sens
Of the meeting was that the miner
had confidence in Mitchell and would b
guided by him to the end. It is know
that he has promised the "outside
hour day or it's equivalent in wages an
that he will stand by this promise. H
has been advised that if he fails t
) adhere to this demand practically all G
the $4,000 outside men will desert th
: union.
!: President Mitchell had two importa1
!: conferences with bituminous operator
ing operators from the Ohio and Texs
!: fields. They are here to arrange fl
!. the signing Of the scale as agreed Q
|: at Indianapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
q. 6. SWIFT AWAITS CRIs1s.

Boston, April 4.-E. G. Swift Of Chi
cago, who is i'll of pneumonia, passed
fair night and his general condition
today was about that Of yesterday. The
crisis in his sickness is expected to-
morrow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
CATTLE BlRDNS HAVE
4 NEW LAND SCHEME
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Omaha, Neb., April "A big petit,
ton is to be sent to Washington to add
a million acres, including several entire
counties, to the Nebraska forest re
serve. The cattle barons, it is said,
are back of it, that the land may be
leased and illegal fences stay up.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
GOVERNORS CHILDREN
BARRED FROM SCHOOL
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Journal Special Service.
Lincoln, Neb., April because Gov
ernor J. III. Mickey refuses to pay tut
ton, his four children have been ex-
cluded from the Lincoln public schools.
He has. filed a mandamus suit in the
supreme court against the Lincoln
school board to secure reinstatement of
the children All state officers like
wise have refused to pay tuition.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
:. FREIGHT CARS DERAILED.

Special to The Journal. -.- .r b..
Winona, Mimi, April 4:-Seven cars
on a North w estern fraight train were
derailed last night on Stockton hill,
blocking traffic all night.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04

CONVICT FARM BUILDINGS BURN.
jackson, Miss, April 4.-The build
ings on the state convict farm in Ran
kin county were partially destroyed by
fire today, causing loss of about
SIS, 600.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
In March

The Journal carried 500 more
columns Of advertising than
any other paper in the
Northwest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
Read the Wants

|ere are some great opportunl-
ties on pages IA and 16
today. Z
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-27

hard luck. have often hoped that if you
ever needed help l might be somewhere
around TO know it. I've done pretty WELL
and this in my grip is only about one
1ftieth of what is coming along right
away. I've struck ii rich in gold mines
Dick. You are welcome to as much of
this as you want; all of it, if you need
it."
Barton fondly patted the bag, and as
he did so there was the clink of coin
The three men at the table and McCann
heard the sound and looked UP. In a few
minutes Hartley and Barton said good
night and went to their rooms. Hartley's
hangdog air had entirely disappeared.
Looks devilish bad" unused the inn
keeper as he set out more ale for the
trio of card players
The Old Bulls Head was situated on a
lonely road on the coast within sound
of the sea. 1t was perched upon a huge
knob of earth planted picturesquely
against the side of a cliff, like gigantic
fist. There was only one approach to it
"a narrow road that wound up from be-
low and a dangerous undertaking for
man or horse. Above the tavern rose a
sheer precipfce of rock. The weather.
beaten old house was frequented by the
meaner population of the vicinity-fsher-
men and smugglers from the coast and
'drovers and graziers from the mainland.
with occasionally tourist or belated
traveller who had lost the road This was
what had brought Barton to the place
In the dripping, gloomy silence of the
early morning, long after all in the Old
Bulls Head had gone to sleep. the house.
hold was startled from slunber nv a
fearful Shrek, proceeding apparently from
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that when he regains his liberty in 1910
he will once more compel officialdom to
lock him up for another period He has.
indeed, become unfit to procure a livins
by any other means. When questioned at
his trial on the motives of his extraor-
dinary conduct, Schoene replied:
l am perfectly happy in the career
which / have chosen. The idea that the
loss of liberty has rendered me unhappy
is entirely false.
When. as workmen, was sweated
by tyrannical exploiter was noninallv
free, but in reality a slave. but suffered
severe hardships. had no pleasures in life
and nothing but the prospect Of pauper-
ism in my old age. In prison I en;oy.
as a matter of fact. more liberty than I
possessed as a victim of the sweatin .
system I endure no hardships. I have
no cares and know that provision will
De made for me, not only during nv
youth and manhood, but also in nv old
age There is nothing dishonorable in the
crime which | perpetrated. so that have
no feelings of having disgraced my name.
Why should /, in these circumstances.
hesitate to seek the hospitality of his
Majesty'ss prisons?'
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-27
OLD MAIDS IN TURKEY

There are no old maids in Turkey and
no equivalents for the word spinster in
the Turkish language, according TO Mrs.
L. Parles- Richards. widow of Samuel
Richards, the American artist
Whatever girls social position or
personal attraction" says Mrs Richards.
who has lived d number of wears in
Constantinople, she is considered to have
right TO husband. and she gets one.
To be unmarried is a shame in Turkey.
Even the slave girls after seven years of
service get their freedom and are pre-
sented with a husband
= In Turkey married men are regarded
with special favor. Yet as a fact they
have very little to 90 with getting mar
ried. Neither, Tor that matter. have
the girls they marry. It's the mans
mother who does it all.
d, She makes tour OF the harems that
seem likely, looking over their eligible
girls. and by and by she picks out one for
her SON. 1t is A mothers privilege n
Turkey to select her own daughter-in-
law The girls who are not voluntarily
chosen are somehow supplied with hus-
bands by the bribes or diplomacy OF
heir fathers.
Sometimes this system, which seems
10 have been devised for the special
benefit OF plain girls and unattractive
women. since the bride is never seen un-
yelled by the bridegroom Till after the
marriage ceremony, results in tragedy.
know Of a young naval officer who
owed his very rapid advancement to the
favor Of his chief Finally. as a last
token OF esteem, his superior said tc
hiIa:
I win give you the hs.isd OF my
daughter in marriage
The young man was overwhelmed with
gratitude al what he regarded as his
chiet's supreme act of confidence in him
one day. though, friend said TO him:
Has your commander tried to get his
ugly chicken-eyed daughter of on you?
To be 'chicken-eyed' is to have an all.
ment that makes one blind at night
Nothing could be more prejudcial to :
"omans charms in a Turks view thar
por cyesight. Well. the young naval Off
eer eXtricated himself from his engage
ment- leaving his prospective father-in
iaW raging and threatening
For time in IS chagrin and disap
pointnent the young man eschewed al
thought OF marriage. After a while, how
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ever, his friends prevailed on him 70
contemplate matrimony again, and ar
ranged for him to wed a young woman
who, they assured him, was everything
desirable in a wife.
When at the conclusion of the four
day marriage ceremonies the bridegroom
was at liberty to lift the veil from his
brides face. he beheld not Turkish
girl at all, but a Kurdish woman.
You're ugly, hideously ugly he
shrieked. / won't have YOU
But he already had her. The only
thing left him was to get divorced.
Not polygamy, but divorce, constitutes
the grievance of the Turkish woman.
Few houses contain more than one wife.
but divorce is frequent and attended by
few legal complications The husband
can always remarry his wife three times.
II after that he divorces her and wants
to remarry her she must just go through
the formality of being married to an
other man and then divorced from him.
This practice has given rise to new
profession, that Of proxy husbands The
proxy husband is generally blind and a
bear and relinquishes his bride without
regret as soon as the legal processes have
been gone through.
Sometimes, however, he insists on
holding oh to her. There was man Iiv-
ing on the shores of the Bosporus who
quarreled with his wife and divorced her
as many times as he legally could. But
although he had difficulty in living with
her In peace, he had no sooner lost her
than he found he could not get along
without her. How to remarry her for
the fourth time was the problem.
AT this crisis friend offered to plav
the role of proxy husband His offer
was accepted When the legal ceremony
had been performed he refused to relin-
quish her The angry husband raved and
threatened. but the friend asserted his
legal rights and kept her
This story, however. is no more typioal
OF Turkish life than the 10000 wife deser-
tons in Chicago last year and the .0N
divorce cases now on the docket in Ohio
are typical of American life The Turl,
has no statistics, but it hardly seems
as II he needed to tie his knots much
tighter to compete with us.
The only way Turkish husband has
OF getting even with a teasing or bad
tempered wife is to threaten her witt
divorce or a second wife. While divorce
is thus trified with, there are checks
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DEFYING HIS EMPEROR

his incarceration would not terminate at
the end of two months.
When he was released from the prison
at Goerlitz, Schoene walked straight
through the town to the exact spot in
front of the principal police station where
he had committed his nrst offense. and
proceeded once more to bawI out at the
top of his voice insults aimed at the
Kaiser. Again a crowd assembled. and
again the police swooped down and ar
rested the culprit. This being the second
offense, he was sentenced to six months
Imprisonment, which he enjoyed as much
as the first.
When he was released for the second
time he again walked to the same spot,
shouted his familiar abuse Of the EN-
peror, and submitted with feelings of the
keenest pleasure to arrest. This time he
was sentenced to one years imprison-
ment. This process was repeated time
after time until Schoene had spent ten
years in prison except for those brief IN
tervals required to walk from the prison
gates to the spot where he perpetrated
the crime of lese majestic
The authorities have made various at
tempts to evade the necessity of sending
Schoene to prison for this offense They
have caused him to be medically exam
ton that as lunatic he is not respon-
sible for his actions. The physicians.
however, declare that he is perfectly sane.
German law in regard to insults or even
disrespectful remarks about the Kaiser is
stringent, and once the offense of Iese
majestic has been committed the perpe-
traitor must be sent to prison. The oniv
way to prevent Schoene from living the
life he has chosen would be to reform the
law relating to lese majeste. and this
cannot be done because the powers that
be in Germany believe that the founda-
tons of the empire would thereby be
imperiled.
Recently Schoene was released from
prison after serving sentence of tvo
years. and he Immediately repeated the
offense In the old. familiar way. He has
now peen sentenced to four years inn
prisonment because the law provides tba,
repetition OF this crime must be nan-
asned with increased severity
Schoene. who Is now 81 years of noe
will thus. at the age of 36, have spen,
fifteen years in voluntary Imprisonment
and there is every reason TO anticipat
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upon it, such as. the obligatory return in
full of the wife's dowry.
I'm Turkey it is the prospective hus-
her dowry upon the bride, and thrifty
parents see to it that this is scommen-
surate with the bridegrooms position
and in case of divorce sufficient to Sc
cure to the woman independence and
dignity.
I'm Turkey the bride brings nothing,
yet when she leaves her husbands home
for good she takes with her all her per-
sonal property, even TO her slave girls,
bed linen and the kitchen utensils
There is no accounting for the Turkish
woman, anyhow, according to Mrs. Rich
ards, who says that in land of sur
prises she is the biggest surprise of all.
Though supposed to be oppressed and
suppressed, she is pre-eminently a wo-
mans rights woman, fully aware of her
privileges and insistent on getting them, I"
Mrs. Richards said Though at home
she is copfined within barred cages, when
abroad she goes about freely.
Though supposed to be shy, compliant,
without force of will, she is neither
shrinking nor retiring. The Turkish wo-
man is not only self-sufficient but self
assertive.
Her rights, and especially her legal
rights, are more clearly defined and more
vigorously enforced than the rights OF
women in many more advanced coun-
tries. In the first place she enjoys the
right to protection. Everywhere and al
ways she is under the protection of So
ciety.
Inside her home she is as il in a
shrine; outside her home she is an object
OF especial concern to every policeman
There are no men ogling her from stree,
corners no fmpertfnent young fellows to
come up beside her when she pauses to
look In shop window. She is never spo-
ken to on the street. For a man to sneak
to Turkish woman on the street or Of
fer any attentions would be as much as
his life was worth.
In Turkey no man speaks to a woman
when on the street or accompanies he,
in public Fathers pass their daughters
by without greeting. brothers their sis.
ters, even husbands their wives. The rea
son for this is not far to seek.
With all the women veiled, except az
to their eyes and mouths, it fe aimos
impossible for a man to tell one woma !
from another out of doors, and when bt
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Strange methods of earning living are
frequently employed in this strenuous age
of fierce competition, but the most re-
markable way of procuring food and lodg-
ing at other peoples expense has been
invented by German shoemaker named
George Schoene, formerly resident OF
Goerlitz. He makes business of insult
ing the German Emperor and he has pur-
sued this occupation with unvarying sue
cess for the last ten years.
Schoene received a good education in
the Prussian state schools up to the age
of IA, and afterward at various sup
Elementary night and technical institu-
tions. At the age of fifteen he was ap-
prenticed to shoemaker, and piled this
humble calling for six years, during
which, like many other young German
workmen, he became imbued with more
or less socalistic ideas.
He came to the conclusion that it was
unjust for him to be obliged to work hard
for thirteen hours day in order to earn
weekly wage of fourteen shillings, while
other people are enjoying the superfiuity
Of wealth, and he combined with these
theories rooted dislike for any kind of
labor.
of the principal police station in Goerltz
and shouted at the top of his voice long
and vehement denunciation of the Ger
man Emperor.
A crowd gathered and listened in as
tonishment to this torrent of abuse One
terrified citizen dashed into the police
station to bring the police. Schoene was
arrested and indicted on a charge of lese
majeste. At his trial he offered no ex-
PLANTATION of his conduct whatever, and
the court, in view of his previous good
record, passed the minimum sentence for
this offense-that of two months i'm
prisonment
This was precisely what Schoene de-
sired. He had come to the conclusion in
the course of his meditatiofis that 1t
would be an extremely clever thing to
live at the expense of the community in
one OF the state prisons. He was not
quite sure whether the pleasure of a life
without care would sufficiently compen-
safe for the loss of liberty. but his two
months experience in prison allayed his
doubts on this point. He thought prison
was a great Improvement on the hard
life which he had lived as sweated shoe
maker. and he made up his mind that