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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-06
HOME WRECKED BY
BURSTING BOILER
A Terrific Explosion Ruins the
Residence of G. II. Watson
at st. Paul.

A terrific boiler explosion early this
morning completely wrecked the two
story frame dwelling of G. H. Watson,
800 Ashland avenue, st. Paul. Five
occupants of the building escaped with
their lives seemingly thru a miracle, ,as
she walls OF every apartment ins the
house were shattered and huge stones
from the foundation went hurting thru
the structure as tho it had been made
of straw.
The only person at all injured was
Mrs. Watson, who received no more
serious hurt than minor cuts and bruises.
The explosion took place at 1866 am.
as the members of the family were be-
ginning to assemble for breakfast. Mrs.
Watson had already come down to the
living room and her chair was directly.
over the boiler. Upstairs in their va
rious rooms were Nj. Watson, his two
daughters and a son. Suddenly there
was a frightful defamation and the
floor of the living room was blown
into fragments. Mrs. Watson was
hurled to the ceiling and in falling
alighted upon the only portion Of the
floor which remained intact little
shelf less than four feet wide, which
still chung to one Of the outside walls.
All the rest Of the floor sunk into the
basement, q tangled mass Of debris, and
had she not fallen exactly where she
did, she would have been killed. Mr..
Watson and other members Of the fami-
~ hurried to the rescue and succeeded
in removing her from her perilous posi-
tion d-hurrying her to a neighbor' Is
house, whittier she was able to walk.
A later investigation of the premises
revealed the fact that the ruin had
been done by the bursting Of the low.
pressure boiler used for heating the
house.
The direct cause Of the explosion
is a mystery.
The two-story building is practically
a total wreck. On the west side, huge
stones from the foundation cut great
Jagged holes thru the outsideswan ani
one foundation stone weighing more
than 200 pounds was thrown complete
ly across the yard. Walls thruout tn
entire building are wrenched out O,
plumb and with. the damage done: t.
the foundation it will be cheaper t,
build an entirely new house than to at
tempt repairs. Members Of the Wat
son family, however, consider them
selves fortunate that there was no los
Of life.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-06

Gam I to see the paper9" asked Mr..
Rogers.
it and instructed Mr.. Rogers to answer.
Il believe my name is Henry III.
Rogers. I live in New York and am in
the oil business
HWhat oil company or companies are
you connected Withq0 asked Mr.. Had
ley.
Mr.. H~agerman, the counsel, advised
the witness not to answer.
William V. Rowe, a lawyer, also OBJ
iected and demanded that his objection
be noted. The commissioner declined
to note the objection for the reason,
he said, that Mr.. Rowe represented no
body.
II decline to answer said Mr..
Rogers.
The commissioner instructed him to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-06
BOB YOU
NEED A SHAYE!'
Mrs. Fitz Gave the Pugilist a
Wifely Greeting at Sioux
Falls.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Sioux Falls, s. D., Jan. 6.-Robert
Fitzsimmons, after his arrival in Sioux
Falls, was not left long in doubt as
to whether or not he would be success
ful In effecting a reconciliation with
MS wife, even before he had seen her,
for upon being met by Judge Frank 4.
Aikens, her attorney, and escorted to
the parlors of the Cataract hotel, he
was informed by the attorney that all
efforts at reconciliation were absolutely
hopeless.
The full import of the attorneys
words did not instantly lake an i'm
preston upon Fitzsimmons, but when
he realized that in addition to losing
his fight for the championship, he also
had lost his wife forever, he broke
was any doubt of the great. love he
bore his %ife, it was removed by this
exhibition o. grief. However, ecover-
ing himself, he went thru the remainder
of the ordeal Of visiting for the last
time with the present Mrs. Fitzsim-
mons, with manful fortitude, and dur
ing the several hours he vas in con-
ference with her, he bore himself like
a man and eve at times was quite
cheerful.
The only dramatic feature Of the
meeting between Fitzsimmons and his
wife was when they first met. He,
with all the ardor Of a lover, rushed
up to her and embraced and kissed
her.
She, GOODNESS itself, did not respond
to his show of affection. Pleas that
he might have a private conference
with her met with the statement that
whatever he had TO say must be sale
in presence Of her attorney, who was
present during every moment that
Fitzsimmons and his wife were to
gether. The little party, after talk
ing for a time, proceeded to the grill
room of the hotel, where they hat
lunch.
At one iuncture during. the repast
the wifely solicitude of Mrs. Eitzslm
mons for the man to whom shes hat
been united for better OF worse wa
unexpectedly evinced. CHANGING at hi
chin she said: "Why, Bob. you nee
a. shave.' .[
Turnout the conference, SO far a
could be learned from the few person
who were present, the utmost good feel
ing prevailed, and there were no re
ordinations of a serious character be
tween Fitzsimmons and his wife.
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Woman's Blank Stare,
HOSPITAL TO
BE BUILT AT ONCE

New York, Jan. 6.-The great hospi-
tai provided for in the will Of the late
Charles T. Yerkes, the traction promo
ter who died in this city last week, will
be built at once in the borough Of
Bronx.
DR.. J. E. Janvrin, speaking for Mrs.
Yerkes, said today that a beginning
will be made just as soon as the estate
of Mr.. Yerkes is settled, instead Of
waiting. until after Mrs. Yerkes' death,
the projected hospital was entirely Mrs.
Yerkes' W idea, and that Mr..Yerkes,
in making provision for the hospital in
his will, was only carrying out Mrs.
Yerkes' idea and desire.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-06
DYNAMITE KILLS
4 AND HURTS Is
Explosion at a Quarry Is Heard in
South Chicago, Twenty 4
Miles Away.

Chicago, Jan. e.-Four MI were
killed and fifteen others injured by an
explosion today at the plant of Dolese
& Shepard at Gary, ILL.,, fifteen miles
from this city. According to advices
received here, two employees of the
.eempanyssWer warnings aANynamite pre-
paratory to blasting, Wheh it became
ignited and exploded, together with an
near. The force Of the explosion was
felt as far as South Chicago, more than
twenty miles away. >
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-06
BOY FIGHTS BULL AND
SAVES FATHERS LIFE
Special to The Journal.

5peCIdI { The JUurHH1'
Eau Claire, Wis, Jan. 6.-County As
was attacked at his farm, near Eau
Claire, by a big Holstein bull, which
he had just turned out of the barn. The
bull had been dehorned, but it hunted
Sizer down and by a grinding pressure
against his head and 7 chest almost
crushed him to death.
Steers son, IA years of age, attacked
the bull with a pitchfork. and the ami
NAL turned on the boy, who fought the
bull till his father got to safety. The
boy the bull ran into the %pitchfork,
which put out n Of the animals eyes.
Physicians consider Steers condition
as serious on. account of internal in
inrieS.
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Ohio Woman Goes on the
Witness Stand and Tells
of the Trusts Operations
in the Buckeye State
Years Ago.

answer. MI. Hadley asked if MI.
Rogers claims any personal privilege
under the laws of the United States,
New York or Missouri.
81 claim my personal right SAID
Mr.. Rogers.
'sDo you mean that to answer might
tend to incriminate you or subject you
to penalty or forfeiture9' asked Mr..
Hadley.
Mr.. Rogers here objected to the pres
ence of a photographer who, he said,
was taking his picture.
The photographer was told to de-
sist.
Mr.. Hadley asked whether. if the su-
:preme court ordered him to answer,
he would then refuse.
Nj. Rogers said: cit will be decided
at the time
"By whom9'
"That also will be determined at
the time
"By whomf'
Mr.. Rogers did rot answer
Answered One Question. ~. 3
"Are you connected with the Stan.
dard Oil company of Indiana, the
Waters-Pierce Oil company of Missouri
or with the Republic Oil company OF
New York?o asked Mr.. Hadley., =,
eyes; with the Standard Oil com
pany Of Indiana, as DIRECTOR re-
piled Mr.. Rogers. :.
"As a stockholder9" asked Mr.. Had
Mr.. Rowe advised the witness not t.
answe
The commissioner told Mr.. Rowe not
to interrupt. ..s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-06
MORALES MAKES
OFFER TO RESIGN
Santo Domingo's Fugitive Presi-
dent Willing to Quit if AL
lowed to Leave Country.

Washington, Jan. 6.-The state de-
partment has received news from Santo
Domingo, that the fugitive president,
Morales, has offered to resign, if he will
be allowed to leave the country in safe
ty. This proposition it is understood
will be acceptable to the..des8a gov.
not known. p 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-06
GERMAN OF NOTE HANGS HIMSELF.

Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Jan. g.
Professor DR.. Cheirs. head of the mining de,
rartment of the technical university here. hanged
himself in prison yesterday. The deceased had
been convicted of criminal improprieties and
sentenced to two years Imprisonment. He had
previously q distinguished social and professional
reputation. His death is the ~tragical end of a
great sensation in Germany The trial at which
he was convicted was held in private.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-06
GERMANS COUNT ITALY
ALLY AGAINST FRAECE

Rome, Jan. 6.-The Berlin CORES
pondent of the Tribuna says he is in
formed by the ministry Of foreign af-
fairs, that Germany expects Italy, as a
member of the triple alliance, to assist
her in the event of war with France
over Morocco. The Tribuna, editorial
", repudiates the idea.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-06
REFUGEES TELL OF HORRORS
Woman Killed Baby to Save It from
the Cossacks,

New York, Jan. Diminishing fresh
evidence of the revolving maltreatment
at the hands Of the Russian soldiery,
more than seven hundred refugees have
arrived here from Russia in the Ham
burg liner Pennsylvania.
One woman told a story of having
seen a neighbor, a young married wo-
Cossacks murder the infant.
Another passenger said that the Rus
sian army officers issued a warning
that the soldiers could kill as many
Jews as they wanted to, but that a SOL
der found killing stray animals, such
as cats and dogs, was to be severely
punished. !
Fourteen of the refugees came in the
first cabin of the Pennsylvania and
in cash, equal to about $4,000 apiece.
One hundred refugees were in the Sec
ond cabin and 600 came steerage. The
majority of them came from the Baku
district.
One of these was Lever Landomin-
ski. who had 10000 roubles in cash. all
he managed to save after the Russian
soldiers ruined his home.
Men Strung Up by Feet.
Landominski was a dry goods mer-
chant and said that he came from the
town of Marispol. whose population is
about 10000, and which was the scene
of various attacks by the Russian sol
diers. The merchant said that it was
a common thing to see men strung up
feet first and lying dead along the
route of the railroad. He left his wife
and their children in Russia and came
here to establish a home for them, he
said.
Hirsch Luszniski, with his wife and
| two children, was another refugee. He
is a lumber merchant at Lenkowisk,
a town of 500 inhabitants. Luszmiski
said:
CT had ten men working for me and
I was warned by one faithful employee
that the others were in the pay Of the
Russian government and that my fami-
ly was to be destroyed. The plan, as
I understood it, was to make my wife
a prisoner and to kill my two children
and myself. The plan. was changed,
however.
Torch Wa Applied.
"My faithful workman came to me
one day and said that our house waa
to be burned down that night. 1t was
! Continued on Cd Page, 9th Column.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-06
HER BONES BROKE AS
SHE TURNED IN BED
Journal Special Service.

JUuIHHI oVecta1 SefVtNo'
Brooklyn, N. Y, Jan. 6.-After hav-
ing sufferedefor some time from n Of
the rarest Affections known to science,
Mrs. Katherine O'Neill died Tuesday
in the Kings county hospital. The
woman had a peculiar form of locomo-
tor taaxia, which caused the bones
thru her entire body to become brittle
and break as easily as a twig Of wood.
Several times she snapped them when
turning over in bed.
Mrs. O'Neill had suffered with the
disease for four or five years. J.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-06
Man MAKES A MAD
. WOMAN USE TORCH
Warmly Clad, He Directs Naked
Companion in Attempt to
Fire Tenement

New York, Jan. GA naked and in
sane woman, directed by a mar
warmly clad and wearing an overcoat,
was detected applying a torch to the
hallway Of a fve-story tenement house
in. Eldredge street about daybreak to-
day. The strange pair fled when dis
covered, but the woman was captured.
She said her name is Helen Brauer and
that she is housekeeper Of the building
she was trying to set fire to, but no one
there. knew her.
One Of the tenants in the building
was awakened by the noise the pair
made and discovered them in the hall.
The woman wore nothing but a stock
ing. She was shivering in the cold.
+ Shrank as In Fear.
The man stood over her, and she
shrank from him as tho afraid. In the
woman's hand a a torch made of
rated with kerosene. The woman stuck
the torch into the gas blaze and as it
caught fire she fell to her knees and
began feeling her way about the hall,
rubbing the blazing torch against the
wall and wainscoating, which were
saturated with oil.
All the time the m mumbled like
a, crazy person. She was directed by
the mysterious man.
Seeing that there was danger of
burning the building, the watching
tenant called for help and when the
other tenants anne rushing from their
apartments the man and woman started
to run for the roof. The man got away,
but n Of the. tenants tripped the
woman. "
Woman's Blank Stare.
When she was questioned she re
turned a blank stare but finally gave
the name of Helen Brauer and said
she is 33 years old. She looked very
old and was covered with filth, her hail
was tangled and her cheeks sunken
She was taken to Bellevue hospital
She did not disclose the name Of the
man, but it is suspected that they have
been connected with other incendiary
fires. They had not succeeded in set
ting fire to the hallway this time.
-E.. E. --.l -. -.-E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-06
pH1L1pprNEs NEWER ouIErER.

Manila. Jen. Ga local newspaper printed dis
patches from San Francisco yesterday stating
that troops were being sent to the islands to
qnell a possible uprising Of the natives. Both
the military and civil officials say that the
could be withdrawn from the islands without
danger.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-06
Another MILDLY Hazed.

> Roberts said he did not see Marzoni
in the room when he went in, but did
when he went out. Benson, a fourth
class man, was in the closet with the
witness, he said.
Altho the witness has said that he
did not know who had ordered him to
was the same as the one which told
him TO come out. He said that he had
been told to go to the room and say to
Marzoni, eff she had been a dog, do
you think she would have taken it,"
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CONVICTED;
ANOTHER LET 60
Coffin Found Guilty and Sen
fenced to Dismissal from Ann
apoIs-Decatur Acquitted.

Washington, Jan. 6:-The record Of
the courtmartial in the case Of Mid
shipman Trenmor Coffin, Jr., charged
with hazing, has been received at the
navy Departmental is understood that
the sentence Of the court is dismissal.
Annapolis, Nd, jan Cit was Of
man Stephen Decatur, Jr., Of Ports
mouth, Il. H., has been found not
guilty of the charge of hazing and ne
has been released from arrest and re-
stored to duty.
B. Marzoni,sbefore the courtmartial as
sembled at the naval academy, was re,
sumed this morning. MarZOni pleaded
not guilty to the charge and all OF the
specifications which support 1t. W
these, the first alleges the hazlng OF MID
ill., and the second and third, of haz-
inc of Benjamin w. Tye of Atlanta,
O. The men are of the fourth class
and the hazing alleged is that Marzon1
compelled them to carry his meals to
his room and to perform various forms
of physical exercises.
Decatur Is Named.
The prosecution first witness was
Chester S. Roberts, upon whose alleged
hazing the first specification is based.
| This is the fourth-class man whom 1t
| was alleged that. Foster hazed and who
| gave more unwilling testimony against
! him. He said: =,
VAt supper formation, about month
or two ago, someone came up pehlnG
mel believe it was Mr.. Decatur--anG
told me to 90 to Marzoni's room. 1 dld
not know Marzoni, but went to the
room and somebody told me to 90 to the
closet. I went to the closet and d!e
the sixteenth for a few minutes. l die
not see the person who told me to g
in the closet or who told me to DO tn
sixteenth. ] did see MI. Maroon whel
he told me to come out: Inc room wa
No l2 in Bancroft Hall.V
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-18
as presented

as presented.
for instance. a. 70 the injury 10 our
Public Library J cant see it in the
Bghi presented. Nearly every CITY has
Public Library and it is usually
situated in the very heart Of the city
Wnere tle noise and hustle on the
oHiside would seem like q biz cen
tTast 70 the quiet within. On entefine
soeh places, however. it is discovere
no drawback to the reading public
and no Inconvenience whatever to its
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-18
WORK wEAkENs THE KIDNEYS.
Doan's Kidney Pills Have Done Great
Service for People Who Work
i'm Cairo.

Most Cairo people who work every
day in some strained, unnatural posi-
| tion-bending constantly over desk
riding on joltng wagons or cars
Idcing laborious homework; lifting
reaching or pulling, or trying the back
in a hundred and one other ways. All
these strains tend to wear, weaken
and iniure the kidneys until they fall
behind in their work of filtering the
poisons from the blood. Doan's Cldney
Pills cure sick kidneys, put new
strength in bad backs. Cairo people
prove it,
II. r. Malinski, 10 North Sixth street
Cairo, H., says: q grew so lame
when shoeing horses fourteen years
ago that I was compelled to give up
my calling and since then my back
has been weak and successive at
tacks of aching have been the rule.
STOPPING or lifting generally pro
duced twinges across the loins and if
I sat in one position for any length of
time the stiffness and lameness was
very apparent. If I had not received
positive and permanent results from
the use of Doan's Kidney Pills pro
cured at Schuh's drug store could
not be induced to publicly recommend
that preparation.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milbun Co, Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name--DOau's sand |
take no other
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-18
PLEADS FOR NEW DEPICTS

Editor Of The Bale :-Reviewing
the different discussions had last night
at the city council meeting regarding
the Cairo & Thebes railroad. | am
constrained to believe there is con
siderable opposition in giving the rail-
read company what they ask. viz: tha
rigbt-of-wsy over two squares Of Wal
nut street between Fifteenth and Six
teenth streets 10 reach the site Of
their contemplated depot on Wash
ington avenue between Fifteenth AMI
Siztsenth streets
Ihsre vere 2 great many gcod
thiags said BY cur worthy citizens.
and some things said that in ny cpin-
ion. would not prove 20 objsctionable
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-18

/ patrons. Aside from this most all who
visit Public Libraries so there to gel
books and go home to read them. Fol
these reasons the objections pre-
sented, in my opinion. do not hold
good
Another objection was offered to
the depot being placed on Washington
avenue; the sights and scenes thai are
, frequently exhibited around railroad
depots. citing the Illinois Central de.
pot as q sample. As to thar, one would
not expect to find it otherwise around
such a depot as mentioned. A fine,
beautiful building, such as the Cairo
&: Thebos railroad company proposes,
costing $4,000. would no doubt elimi.
nate all Objectionable features such as
are usually found around poor. I'M.
slightly depots.
We know Of dopots in cities tnat
look more like public mansions than
| public depots. that are credit to any
city. wherever located, for outshining
any surrounding property and kept as
clean a. any place can be kept This|
is the character of building as | UNI /
derstand the Cairo & Thebes railroad /
proposes to build to fill up hole that /
for half century or more has been
an eyesore to Cairo and viii remain
SO for all time TO come if n clamp is
put on such improvements.
Tie Cairo & Thebos railroad pro-
poses to spend 100000 within the
city limits If certain privileges are
granted by the city Can we, as public
spirited citizens. afford TO ignore such
a propositions Who will say that
100000 spent in such city as Cairo
will not be a benefit for all time to
come.
We have been waiting for something
to turn up for the past so years to
benefit Cairo aud don't let such a
chance as this slip through our
fingers The giving up two squares of
! street and compelling the street
ears to go around a couple Of blocks
may cause a little inconvenience, but
the advantages Of giving the city
such magnificent improvements far
its Disadvantages.
As 10 the street railroad occupying
wo squares on Washington avenue,
here seems 10 be a serious objection
o that. but | think the objection will
rove not SO Objectionable as pre-
ented.
Of course We would like to see Wal
nut street aud Washington avenue aud
Walnut street as they are II we could
ret all the extensive Improvements &
romised without giving up the two
quares asked; but as We cannot ex-
,ect to get something for nothing q
ont let US turn down the proposition n
OF the sake Of keeping this street in
act. Don't let us kill the goose that r
lys the golden egg Remember we a
ever miss the water TIL the well III
lns dry. n
AN OLD CITIZEN n
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-18
Court. Are Particular.

Anton Balss. The registrar Of births
deaths and marriages at Miskolez. m
Hungary. resolved 10 commit suicide.
but before carrying out his purpose
entered his death in the register in the
regular manner After hts death. how
ever. The courts decided that. as the
registrar was alive when h. made the
entry ID was irregular and according
iy Instructed his successor 10 strike 81
out and then re-enter the particulars
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-18
Calvary Baptlst.

Corner Of Sixteenth and Poplar
streets. Pastor Rev. $. p. Mahoney.
Residence. No. 4tG Cross street
Morning service u a. m. Evening
service at 1870 D. m. Sunday school
az $3.50 a. m. B. Y. r. T. on Sunday
evening at $50 p m. Wednesday
evening prayer meeting az 1880 p.
m.
Subject for morning discourse,
Love, Loyalty and possibility"
Evening discourse. Take We Away
the Stone, or the Raising of Lazarus
From the Grave Strangers always
welcome.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-18

Corner Tenth and Poplar streets
Rev T. J Porter pastor. Morning ser
vice al - a. M. Evening service at
1880 p. 90. Sunday scholl ed s:45 q. m
Services I'd ID o. M. g y m anil
go p. ~. AT the II O'Clock service
Evangelist Williams will preach on j
Count All Things Lost That I Might
Win Christ" AT 9 p. m. the subject
viii Dc Z Sprinkle Clean water Upon
You and You Sshail Be- Cicauscd From
All Your Fithiness At $50 D. M
The subject viii be He That. BENG
often Rsproved- Hsrdeneth His Neck
shall Suddenly Be Cut OF and That
Without Bzme5y-r 1ae ordnance of
baptism vill be administered in the