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FIRM
in JAP DISPUTE
Continued From First Page.

confidence in the goodness, the sense of
justice and in the wisdom Of the peo-
pie of the United States. We know
confidently that they are our friends
and that they know that we, are their
friends. Japan has no enemies in the
United States outside Of San Fran
cisco. It. gives me pleasure to tell you
also that the United States has no enc
mics in Japan. We regard your people
as our best friends. You have always
been our best friends and we are. CON
fident that you will continue to be So.
mat the Japanese can make war on
their best friends is absurd and impos-
sible. poo
:" The Japanese are not belligerent
people. We are not in search Of con-
quest. We have had but two wars
since our civilizations; one of those wars
was fought for the same reason that
the United States fought with Spain;
the other war was fought to compel
nus! Russla to carry out pledges made to
your own government, to your lamented
secretary of state, the late John Hay, -
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COAL DEALERS ,STIERED
They Will Cooperate with Grain ship-
'':Ss' peers In Seeking Relief. = : =

Coal dealers are ready. to cooperate
with grain. producers and shippers of
the northwest in seeking to prevent a
repetition Of the transportation condi-
lions Of this year. Thru it's regular and
official organ, the Northwestern Coal
Dea!er, is announced that the asso-
cation is ready to undertake radical
federal interference.
Tho the entire plan is not outlined.
1t is announced that other interests
have been allied and that combined
effort is to be made to induce the rail
roads to provide proper and sufficient
facilities to move the property of ship,
pers. Facts are being collected for
presentation before congress to show
what northwestern conditions really.
are. -" s.. .c., H..
The statement of the association: de-,
clares that sentiment is ready and or
gained to- push the battle. It says: :.
one protest against the arbitrariness of
the railroads., and will 90 before con-
gress and thru their representatives will
be able to place before it such an ar
ray OF facts, that this matter of inabil-
ity to furnish reasonable facilities for
moving property will forced to- a
conclusion. The new railroad rate law
Will be put to the test to see whether
its provisions are really adequate to
force the railroads to provide proper
facilities for the movement of property
entrusted to them as public servants. -
'"When the Roads Get Ready
In commenting on the present condi.
ton and the attitude of the railroads is
the following statement representing
the attitude Of the association, q The
present blockade will be raised when
the railroads get ready The present
traffic congestion is declared menace
to trade, which it is declared affects all
lines. The association, it is announced,
is ready to play ball with somebody,
and will demand legal regulations; either
by enforcement Of present laws or by
the enactment Of new, that will insure
protection in the future
It is charged by the association that
the present shortage is due to the rail
roads, and that with plenty Of cars it
will take from a month to six weeks to
relieve the situation and supply the
demand: Attention is called to the Sc
rious fact that blizzard tying up the
entire west may be expected at any
time. -. % -
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GRAIN RECEIPTS
STILL COMING UP
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Continued From First Page.

IS being put up to a dizzy height, the
directors of well known coal roads are
meeting and reveling in extra diviE
dends. Only the other day an eastern
road voted it's stockholders, in addition
to the exorbitant dividends regularly
paid, an extra dividend Of 10 per cent.
The relation Of Increased dividends
on railroad stock and the shortage Of
rolling stock will be followed up by the
commission with an investigation Of the
relations between increased and extra
dlyldends and the increased cost of ar
ticles Of necessity.
Competition Cut Out. - =.
In the old days Of active competition
there was no fear that the independent
railroad companies would not. sit up
nights to handle all the traffic offered.
In these days of consolidation and the
control Of the. railroad systems Of the
country by a few men whose names are
prominent in Wall street affairs, the old
rivalry has disappeared and there is not
that keen competition which Of itself
guarantees reasonable rates or fair serv-
ice. It is charged that recent develop
ments in railroad ownership and control
have made it possible for the railroads
to pile up huge net earnings without en-
gaging in competition and to determine
upon their rolling stock without fear
that there will be great losses in any
community because of failure to pro-
vide for the wants of all shippers.
The railroads are in the mastery and
the shippers; at their mercy, and it is
immaterial,, SO complaints reaching the
commission charge. to the large combin-
ations whether shippers. are. able TO
to the commission that it is vastly more
important from the standpoint of the
railroad official that strong founda-
tion should be maintained for Keeping
up rates. 49,. ~ 49, -
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speakers desk to take the oath of Of
hcs4 Death has been unusually active
arnSng the membership during theSclos-
ing days of the last session and the. be.
ginning OF the present, and Chaplain
C6rden feelingly called the attention of
thee body to the work ofathe grim reap
erssduring the months since, adjourn
msmt.
Speaker Cannon appointed Represen-
tatSye James r. Mann of Illinois as a
member of the board Of regents Of the
Smithsonian institute, vice Robert r.
Hit of Illinois deceased. ~,
Flowers Barred Out. "
The galleries Of the house were
crowded at an early hours. The alb
sence of flowers from the desks of the
members was much commented on, but
the order Of the speaker prohibiting the
floral display was generally commended
for Its good sense, A similar rule was
made in the senate two years ago. J.
The routine work of the house incl
dent to the opening day was quickly
dispatched the rollcall showing, nearly
three hundred members present. Rep
York, who recently married Miss Ide
was the subject of hearty laughter
when his personal request that he be
permitted to absent himself for an in
definite period on account of business,
was laid before the house by the
speaker ~ - ss.
After tho appointment of the usual
committee !! to wait upon the president
and inform him that the house was
organized and ready to, receive any
communication he might desire to make
OF interest to the public service, the
house adjourned out of respect to the
memory of the deceased members.
No bills were introduced in the SEN
ate. In the hourse there were thirty
eight public measures and $50 of
private character.
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GIANT MERGER IN CHICAGO
r H. Hartman Said to Plan Control
-. of All Puhlic Utilities

Chicago, Dec. 4.-The first step in the
formation of a gigantic merger Of ali
the public utility Corporations of Chi
eago under the control Of E. r.. Harri-
man mas peen taken. The announce
rights of the Illinois Tunnel companv
mad been purchased by the eastern rail
road fnancier. -. N1-
- Mr.. Hartman is the head of IN east
ern syndicate which proposes to con-
soldda tss the subway, electric, telephone
cago under the. control of one colossal
corporation.
!; The announcement. coming from au-
thor1tatlve sources in New York ere.
ated turore on La Sale street. Presi-
dent A. G. Wheeler Of the Illinois Tun.
net Is Company and President insult Of
s;ne ,omeago Edison company have been
New York for several weeks
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PRESIDENTS NOMINATIONS
Many Names Sent to Congress, Includ-
Z ing Several Northwesterners,

Washington, Dec. 4.-The following
nominations have been transmitted to
congress by the presidents
Civil service commissioner, John
Avery McIlhenny, Louisiana.
Interstate commerce commissioners,
Edgar E. Clark, Iowa; James s. Harlan.
Illinois; Judson G.. Clements, Georgia.
Officials Of the United States court
for China, Judge l.. R. Willy, Missouri;
district attorney, Arthur Bassett, Mis-
souri,; marshal, Orvice Leonard, Michi-
gan. clerk, Frank E. Hinckley, Cali
fornia.
Minister to Panama, Herbert G..
squires, New York.
Consul general, William P. Kent, Vir-
ginia, at Guatemala. =.
, Consuls, George. A. Bucklin, Jr.,, Ok
lahoma, at Glauchan, Saxony; II. S.
Brunot, Pennsylvania, at .Jeres de la
ETontera, Spain; A. W. Brickwood, Jr..
Arazona, at Puerto Cortes, Honduras;
II; g. Carter, Georgia, at Tamatave,
Madagascar; E: I. Harris, Illinois, at
Smyrna, Turkey; W. R. Lowrie, Illi-
Norton, Ohio, at Chemnitz, saxony: A.
Z. Seyfert, Pennsylvania, at Colling-
wood, Ont; J. H. Shirley, Illinois, at
Charlottetown, P. E. I. :,
-5t&s A1Ao'1 Is, heappo1nCeu.
United States. Attorneys-J. D. Ell
lott. South Dakota; ". 9: Bristol, Ore
gen. John Embry, Oklahoma; O.. R.
Aundley, northern district tof Alabama;
+. II. Rourke. North Dakota; L.. b.
Knaepper, Michigan.
MarshalIA. ". Merrifeld, Montana
Wisconsin, S. W. Campbell.
fRegister Of Lands. J. Donovan at
Receiver of Public Moneys-H., G.,
McCrossen at Wausau, Wis.
= Collector of Customs-C. w. Carna-
: Paymaster General of Navy and Chief
Bureau Of Supplies and Accounts -Eus1
.EPostmasters- Iowa: c., H. Read,
Ayoca; R. Lyman, Carson. r,
MinnesotanN. Ei!erton, ..Mountain
Iron; }. H. Feeter, Bird Island.
&Montana-M. Jacobs, EastbHelena.
Worth = Dakota-T. s. EJohnstone,
Ashley; W: R.. Stevens, Wimbledon. :
. South Dakota--R. T.: Bennett, Beres-
ford; G. B. Williamson, Watertown.
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ZELCH SELLS HIS FARM
Severance of st. Paul Buys Fine
Place in Washington County.

Special to The Journal, ~. 49,
Saltwater, MINI, Dec. 4.-The Cot
tage Grove stock farm, owned by Rep
res, 5sa John n zelch, and compris'
Severance, the well-known lawyer Of
st. Paul. Mr.. Zelch will not leave
Washington county, but will buy an
other farm.
Patrick Pickley, chief Of police of
Dubuque, and Joseph Skemp, munich
pal judge Of the same city, were the
guests yesterday Of Deputy Warden
Glennon of the state penitentiary. Mr..
Glennon is seriously i'll.
The government dredge will remain
in this vicinity next year and cut a
channel in the St. Croix, so that boats
may run from Saltwater to sTaylors
Falls even in the lowest stage of water.
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BURKE FOR "LID" MAYOR
Democratic Leader Starts New Cry for
Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. 4.-Robert Emmett
Burke and his Cook county democracy
are ready to bolt the democratic party
and to support any candidate for MAYOR
who is a man of ~liberal ideas, -
whether he be republican, democratic
or independent. -.
The announcement was made by Mr..
Burke at the meeting of the county
democracy, and it was received with
favor by that once stalwart party or
ganization. Mr.. Burke, in proclaiming
his readiness to support any one who
can be relied to lift the lids off the
town. is supposed to be squirting in
the direction of Postmaster Fred Busse,
whom, at the meeting week ago, he
have known as boy and have liked
for thirty years. ~,
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20,OOO,O00 In
GRIP OF FAMINE
Seven Russian Provinces IN Grave
Need Girls Sold to Moham-
medan Harems.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 4.-Princess g..
E. Lvoff and Orbeliani, the represen-
tatives of the Moscow zemstvo famine
relief organization, who have just re-
turned from the stricken districts, give
the following facts regarding condi-
tions in the famine Provinces:
The crops in the seven provinces Of
Samara, Saratov, sembirsk, Kazan,
Penza, Tamboy and Ufa were practic-
ally total failures. In twenty prov
inces the harvests were very poor.
About twenty million people will need
assistance for from four to ten months
to stave off starvation until the new
crops are available. ..5
Prince Lvof believes the govern
ment estimate of $50,00e,000 for fam
inc relief is Inadequate, The Moscow
zemstvo relief organization calculates
that. $4,000, 000, and possibly more,
will be necessary. wa z e.
Tho the conditions in the famine re-
gions are now distressing, far worse
may be expected in January. The
zenastvo organization funds, 100000,
will then be exhausted, and the relief
committee will be compelled to cease
Its - efforts Forts: for the starving peasants. ,
.scurvy, which usually begin in Febru-
airy, already have appeared in three
prov1nces-Tulla, Kazan and Samara.s
Girls Sold into Harems. [.
On, the strength Of his present knowl-
edge, Prince Lvoff reaffirmed the truth
Of the report, lately officially denied,
that girls in KaZan province had been
sold into slavery and taken to Moham-
medan harems In the Caucasus. He
said the sales were masked under the
guise of entering domestic service, but
that did not affect the truth of the
first statements made.
Prince Orbeliani, who extended his
trip to- the Turgai steppes, said that a
famine was raging among the Kirghiz
and Bashkir tribes.
PRINCE Lvoff questions the state
ment showing that over rs, 100000 bush
els OF grain had been supplied to the
Doukhobors to Return.
Peter Verdigin, the head of the Douk-
hobor community in .CanadS, who is
known as s'John the Baptist" has ar
rived in st. Petersburg, charged with
the double mission Of ascertaining the
attitude of the Russian government on
the question Of the repatriation of the
Doukhobors and recruiting a force of
10000 Russian peasants, wanted on
two-year contracts, to work on the con-
structlon of new railroads in the Cana
dian west: Premier Stolypin said the
government would be glad to welcome
the Doukhobors back whenever thew
were ready to come. Assuring him that
he would not be hampered by the gov
eminent, the premier advised Verigin
to secure his contract laborers in the
stricken provinces. -.
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WARNING AGAINST FRAUD, -"
AND CHEAP INVITATIONS
THAT ENDANGER LIFE,


When you ask druggist Pine tpure to
TIL the formula for coughs and
examine closely The Of
Cases. WITH dark engraved
.#f* /.
Remember
honest merit that In
demand INSCRIPTIONS characters without
steal the Ideas Of those the public with
limitations and worthless
.s% h. / 93 = -
By dividing the profits Of their
class nothing for the health
s money
shun these worthless
demand article
OF Virgin Oil
70 the address below the
l d Fl
genuine original Virgin
laboratories
a IS Il
It's purity effectiveness
@-@s# sas .s#s
dark
Of Pine (Pue1 otherwise not getting
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ROADS PAY / FINES +
ASKED BY COURTS
Records Show Payment of $8o,125
for Violating Anti Trust
Laws. "
BY w: w. Jermane, Colorado Building.

BY w. w. Jerrnane, Colorado Building.
Washington, p. c.
Washington, Dec "A reader of
7 ournal, living at Glencoe,
MIMI, writes q letter as. follows:
In conversation recently with the
editor Of country paper he challenged
me to tell him of any cases in which
the fine imposed by the court for viola
ton OF the ANTITRUST law, or the Elkins
law, had ever been paid. I told him
there were number of such cases, but
that was unable offhand to name them.
Might it not be educational for your
paper to mention some of the cases for
the benefit Of those who are uniformed,
country editors Included?
The official records of the depart
ment Of justice. in this city, as checked
up by, the records of the clerks Of fed
eral courts in districts. where trials
have been had, disclose that fines ag-
gregating $4,000 have thus far been
imposed upon corporations under the
Sherman and the, Elkins laws, and fines
aggregating $3.50, l25. against individ-
ualss. In additiau%to~ those referred to,
there are twoysresent 4. cases, the final
determined, namely,@ath case against
the CanrdeM Iron works, at Philadel-
phla,2 in which a new: trials~has been
moved, and: the cases against the sugar
trust, for rebating in New York. ; :
OF the. cases compiled by the depart.
ment Of Justice, it appears that there
are six in which assessed fines have
been paid aggregating $SO,125. II There
are eleven others in which fines have
been assessed but appeals have been
taken : to higher courts. The total
amount Of fines imposed in the eleven
appealed cases is $4,000. T. 49,
The Fines Paid. =.
Following are Tile titles of cases in
which fines have been paid: - ::
Western District Of Kentucky-United States
vs. z9rn ct +. ai United States vs. Price
Northern District of 1lHnois-United States vs..
Samuel Well ct al, s25 900; United States Vs. vs..
Burlington railway, $40, OOO ~ we
District OF New Mexico-Santa Fe railway
Slo'oe0; Colorado Fuel & Iron company, $1,000
Following are the titles of cases in
which fines have been assessed, but in
which appeals have been taken:
Western District Of Observation-Disclosures E. Too
CART and L. r. Taggart, $4,000 This case also car
rles imprisonment of six months for each de-
tendant. Cases against Swift & Co., Armour 3
Co.. Cudahy & Co., Nelson Morris &, Co ana the
burlington road. Fines Of $4,000 each as
Northern District Of 1llinois-A1ton railway
$40, O0O.. -. a. "ain'
Southern District of New York-New yor.
Central railway; $1os,000; T. L. Pomeroy, traffic
manager, $4,000. ;" -. ,i"-">
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INSURANCE IS DENIED
KENTUCKY TOBACCO MEN

Princeton, ny, Dec: All insurance
policies covering buildings owned OF
controlled by the tobacco trust, So
called, in western. Kentucky, have been
Cancelled as a. result Of the burning Of
two stemmeries by a mob which en-
tered Princeton Friday night. I'll =
The excitement caused by the mob g
action still is intense. interest being
by State Fire Marshal Ayres.
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ADMITS HE Is WILLARD
Josiah F1ynt' Nephew of Founde,
Of the w. G. T. u.

Chicago, Dec. - Josiah Flynt,,,
author Of series of articles, entitled
/. NY LlferSo Far, - the first Install
mas number of Success, is no other
than Frank Willard, nephew of Frances
=. Willard, founder of the W. G. T. r.,
and son of Mary Bannister Willard
founder of the famous school for Amer,
lean girls in Berlin and at one time
engaged in the work .of temperance
with her slster-in-law, Frances E. vii
In his intro duction '!sJosiah Flynt u
or Frank Willard, describes the story
OF his life as "the strange, sad life
story Of man who, after thirty wears
Of wandering, found the end Of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-04
BLACK PATTI" Is DEAD
Singer Who Entertained Crowned
Heads Passes Awav... rs ,.-%

Philadelphia, Dec. 4.-F1ora Batson,
known on the concert stage as the
- Black Patti is dead.
Altho only. about 35 years old, she
had appeared before Queen Victoria.
who presented her with a silk union
Jack; Pope Leo, the car of Russia,
and at the German and italian courts
Her voice was remarkable for its
range and quality; Since her husband 3
death several Years ago she had an
peared only occasionally on the concert
stage. &.: -,
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WRECKED, BEAT CONDUCTOR
Angry Showmen Attack Man in Charge
Of Train After Crash

Charlotte. N. G., Dec. 4.-The train
hauling the Sparks circus was wrecked
yesterday at RoberdeI, a small station
twenty miles below Troy -Onc show.
man was killed and two were badly in
jured.. Immediately after the wreck
severalsof the shoWmen beat Conductor
Slack into insensib ility and escaped
into the surrounding timber. The =
blamed the conductor for the wreck,
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: RIIS ON THIRD TERM
President, He Says, Is Not Likely to
- Run Again. >

Special to The Journal. 81. # ''s-..-.
~ Valley City, Dec. 4.-Jacob Riis of
New. York lectured in this city last
evening before large audience. He
believes that unless some. unforeseen
contingency arises, Roosevelt will not
be candidate again. The president
takes the grand view that it matters
little who is in the presidential chair so
long as the fight is led against the
money power by himself. He believes
he can lead the fight from the floor of
the senate or the house or even in pri-
vate life so that there will be no turn
ing back.
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MORE PLAGUE VICTIMS
Two More Die In Manila Prison as Re:
suit Of Mistake. - ~ l.

Manila, Dec. 4.-The deaths Of two
more prisoners at Bilibid prison are re-
ported, making twelve in all dead out
Of the tWentyfour cholera patients in
oculated with, the cholera serum as
test. .. %z s. 80. /. - ~. .Sz
In explanation Of these deaths it
has been stated that tubes containing
cholera serum were accidentally mixed
with others filed with plague virus,
and that presumably the latter was. used
in some cases. ~ =.
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Sure ana Safe Cure Tor Croup.

natural that he should wish to share his
good fortune,swith others. Mr.. Henry,
Bolz Of Hillsboro, Iowa, is not an ex-
ception to this rule. He says, 81 have
used Chamberlain, IS Cough Remedy in
my family for years. AS Group cure
it has no equal. I am satisfied that It
saved my boys life, and take pleasure
in recommending it, 10 -
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SPARK FATAL TO FOUR
Can Of Giant Powder Exploded in Phil
adelphia Tunnel.

New York, Dec. "A spark from a
candle carried by laborer dropped
into can Of giant powder and caused
ON explosion among a gang Of work.
men in the Pennsylvania Railroad tun-
mel under the East river, last night.
Three men were killed outright and a
fourth is dying Two others were more
or less seriously hurt. -. p
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YOUNG LADY BROWNS

Her Escort Saved Himself Tho He
Gould Not Help Her.
Special to The journal. ~
Willmar, Mimi, Dec. 4.-Miss Chris
tine Elgeross, a school teacher in the.
town Of Dovre, aged 27, was drowned,
last night while skating on Solomon
lake. She was in a skating party, two
OF whom broke thru the ice. Miss Ell
geross, companion, young man, saved
himself but could not help her. Her par
ents are well known in this county.
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Weak and unhealthy kidneys responsible
and suffering than other disease therefore through neglect
or other causes kidney trouble permitted to continue many fatal
results follow. -
Your other need atentionbu your kidneys most
because they do most and should have first
you sick or "feel badly begin taking Kilnaeria
the great kidney liver and bladder remedy
as your kidneys begin to get better they will help all
organs to health A trial will convince anyone =.
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SOZODONT
CLEANSES AND
BEAUTIES U TEETH
The PECULIAR MOTION

THE PECULIAR MOTION
of railway cars cause many to suffer
from dizziness. sick stomach and head
ache-car sickness. This very annoying
trouble is always cured by taking DR..
Miles Anti-Pain Pills, the Little Com
forters. They relieve the pain, and
soothe the nerves SO that all unpleasant
sensations disappear like magic. First
package benefits, or money back.
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PosToFF1cE ROBBERS SENTENCED.
Special to The Journal. ''..
:. Des Moines, Iowa. Dec. 4.-Frank Hodges and
ANDY SoreAson,. convicted Of the robbery Of
!ne postoH1ce at Van Meter, Iowa, were yester-
DAY sentenced to seven years each in the Fort
Madison. penitentiary. -