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Advertised Letters.

Following IL "a lisr of letters ro.
maipinR upcalled Tor Mt the postofiice
Mt Florence. during tho week ending
Dec
Coleman Mrs a d.
Dewrese Martin
MoNeib X. NJ.
Polssn Mts Lizzie
Smith Chss
Parties calling for same will say
"Adv%t tised." and paw one cont
". II. DAVE. p a.
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RAILROAD TIME CARDS
Denver & Rio Grande Railway.
FREEMAN SUMNER, Agent.
No. I-Paciiic coast limited

No. l-Paciac coast limited
from Denver and eastern
connections 2:45 m 3:45 m
No. 2-Atlantic coast limit
ed, from California and
weBtern points II :35 a m IL ;T a m
No. 3-Pacihc coast exprets
from Denver 1888 a m l2:5s a m
no. &-Atiantic coast ex.
press from California and
western points- 4:l2 10 l:S2 % IN
No. .5-Trans-contine n tai
limited from Denver and
eastern connections lA m l:N N
No. .6-Trans-contine tai
limited from California
and western points 5:5A m 5;54a n
No. 9-Denver and Canon
CITY flyer-----,--------- 6:4s ; IN 6:4S . m
Denver Flyer-- l2:42 m I2;I2 m
No. 1c-Colorado Express
from Denver 2:tOam 2Oam
No. ls-Colorado expross
from all western points In
no'c-adn--------- ---- :55 J:55.-
No. - A------ II Ds p m IL 90 p m
No; ~ 206 m 2O6 m
NOS ~ and 20 do not stop at Florence.
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GOT SATISFACTION-James Reed
yesterday afternoon made a settlement
with the insurance adjustors that was
entirely satisfactory to all concerned.
Mr.. Reed carried sl4Oo on the house
and its contents
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Visit San Antonio

Write for illustrated booklet descrip.
tive OF this superb Winter Resorr. Very
low rates via Colorado & Southern Ry.
II. e. Fisher, G. F. A, Denver.
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INJUREDIN MINE-T. ], Olive

INJURED IN MINE-T. ], Oliver
is laid up at his home on Green street
as the result Of injuries he received
while walking ont of the slope of a
coal mine at Williamsburg. A coal
car broke loose from the tipple and
started down the slope. Oliver was
walking up the slope and the car
bounded into him. severely straininR
his right arm and bruising his face.
Don't forget the baby show Satur.
day afternoon. Dec. 8. 10 SO
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-02
REVENUE CUTTERS MAY
~ BE SENT TO TAKE TUGS
Crew of Fishing. Expedition Is Elk
3s pected to Put Up Fight-Ultima-
tums by Michigan Warden. a.,

Special to The Journal, .
Sault Ste..> Marie, Mich. Dec. IA
private message received this after
noon by Game Warden Chapman says
that two tugs from Charlevoix demand
ed government .ensigns from tugs leav-
ing the lake near Beaver island after
taking spawn. for the United States
government so they could fish without
molestation from the state authorities.
They threatened to fish any way wheth-
er they secured their ensigns or not in
violation Of the law which makes this
a closed season. 80: .s..
The warden.'s department will send
boats to the scene and capture the tugs
even if it is necessary to rse revenue
cutters. It is expected the, crews. will
show fight.
Washington island in Wisconsin, has
been placed under surveillance, as
many fish illegally taken are supposed
to be landed there. Officers have been
stationed all along both shores of Lake
Michigan. Chapman says no fishing
will be allowed in those waters at anv
cost. ..-' ...
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ERROR SAVES HIS NECK
Special to The Journal.

Special to The journal.
Hammond, Ind, Dec: IA faulty in
d1ctment in the. Lake county circuit court
at Grown Point, according to his attor-
neys, has saved DufRey de France, an
alleged murderer, from the gallows De
Frances savior is Miss David Keunert,
stenographer employed by States At
torney D. E. Boone Of Hammond. In
preparing the Indictment Miss Keunert
inadvertently omitted the words George
D. Young" as they were dictated to
her. This invalidated the writ, which had
passed the grand jury room, and which
resulted in De Frances being indicted
for murder in the first degree.
When De France came up for trial his
lawyers discovered the flaw and moved
to quash. Judge w. c. Mcmahon sus-
tanned the motion. AS the grand jury had
adjourned De France could not be re-
indicted and States Attorney Boone pre-
pared an affidavit charging manslaugh-
ter on which De France will be tried.
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Labor Bills and Philippine
Tariff Will Be Among
Features.
Northwest Members Are on
Hand for the Opening
Tomorrow.
BY w. w. Jermane, Colorado Building

BY w. w. Jermane, Colorado Building,
Washington. .. c.
wv AsHINGToN, Dec. IA num-
wv Der of important questions
will come before the short
session Of the ffty.ninth congress,
which will begin Monday at noon, but
perhaps the most important will be the
question of naval policy. It is under
stood that the president in his mes
sage will recommend reiuvenation of
the navy as the best assurance Of peace.
That recommendation if made, will be
the signal for a grand rally Of the
forces in congress. which are opposed
to the enlargement Of the navy beyond
present authorizations. =, -
There will be a great demand during
the coming session for river and har-
Dor bill, and the committee in. charge
of that work already has done a great
deal of preliminary work, on the as.
sumption that such bill is to be favor
ably considered. An important feature
of that bill, as at present determined,
will be large item looking to a per
manent policy Of Mississippi river i'm
provement, from the mouth to the cities
Of Minneapolis and St. Paul Mem
hers of congress and the senate from
the great states Of the Mississippi
basin have been approached with a view
to securing harmony of action and it
is quite possible that the president s
policy Of further naval expansion will
be met, at this session of congress, by
an opposing policy of developing the
greatest waterway Of the country, and
making it highly important factor in
the determining of, freight rates in all
parts of the middle west, from the great
lakes to the gulf.
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THREATsOF DEATH
FOR s|jiH.EA'S FOES!
Young and Other Tearnsters,
Witnesses Guarded From
Sluggers. 49,. >. :.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. ~
@HICAGo, Dec. Guarded by de.
tectives from the sluggers who
have threatened his life, Albert
Young, who turned state evidence
against Cornelius P. Shea, went to
Judge Balls court today to relate the
inner workings Of the great teamsters
strike Of. 1905. 50 . ~. i @.@&
A plot to kill Young and the three
companions who confessed guilt with
him, has been reported to detectives,
and extraordinary precautions to guard
the men are taken. - :: - s1s-
To guard against violence during the
trial, Assistant State s. Attorneys Holt
and Miller haveg left their homes and
taken quarters at downtown hotel
where they will live under adequate
protection during the trial. - f go
The discovery that the tttttime book, .
supposed to contain the names Of pick
cts and the amount paid TO them, was
in the state s. possession caused con
sternation in the ranks Of the strikers
Knowing that the, state would attemlp,
to show that. the pickets were in real
ity hired sluggers, the men concerned
were fearful Of the result. :. -. 49,. .
A scurry to get under the protection
Of the law by turning state s evidence
is expected from some of the lesser
lights of the big labor war. p,
Secrets of bribery intimidation,
plcketing and violence which charac.
terized the great transfers strike of
1905 were barred today by Young.
Most startling Of the revelations was
the statement that Cornelius P. Shea
and three other labor leaders received
$500 each from Robert .Noren, president
of the Garment Workers union, to per.
suade them: to call the teamsters
strike against Montgomery, Ward &
Co. 49, ,.>.s, =. ~....-'.
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III seems to me that, after formal
complaint has been filed with the com.
mission alleging car shortage, and a
decision favorable to, the shipper has
been reached, the commission would
find ~itself prevented, /. even under the
provision Of the law you have Just
quoted, from afording an adequate
The commission would hardly
assume that it had the tremendous
power that would be necessary to order
carrier to put more of its earnings
into equipment and less Of it into divi-
dends. The better way to get at it.,
it seems to me, would be. for some in
dividual- shipper, having just griev-
ance. to, apply FOR ,mandamus in some
proper court. That would at once raise
the question on its merits, without hav-
ing it complicated with extraneous fac
tors, and a decision Of the court would
establish the rights ;. Of, shippers at
once, or: the present law; might be
amended. The inquiry. the commission
is to make into car shortage will, Of
course, produce the reasons for that
shortage; but that is very far. from
affording a remedy for it, .gL ;.
.5. Keeping Up Stock, Values. ~
One Of the reasons why earnings
have gone into dividends and not more
largely into equipment has BEEN re-
fered to. Another reason is the rail
road stock manipulations Of such men
as, Hartman. 1t has been to- their in
terest to raise the value of their stocks
as much as possible, in order that their,
tremendous merger operations might be
more profitable and to that end they.
have been 'oiling up dividends wher-
ever possible. -.
James y. Hill is. quoted as SAYING.
that. that if sufficient money could .be spent
in the Improvement of country roads
ttrli]bsuta ~ ITO his railway lines, he could
Operate suec essfnlly and satisfactorily
with two-thirds his present equipment.
He makes the point that owing to the
bad condition of wagon roads, wheat
and other agricultural products are
brought to- ping spoints In { great
quantities durilRia few weeks Of good
weather in the fall, thus giving the
railways for a few months much more
than they can do, whereas, if this bust
ness could be distributed more evenly
over the fall, winter anad early spring
months, as would be possible with bet
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). PROSPERITY INENGLAND
Demand : for LuxurIes Indicates 10000
Times" to London, -.

1S"'e*Hut iioFl 1u<urteS indicates "Good
Times" to London. -. = .
New York Herald Special Cable Service Copy.
right, 1905, by the New York Herald,
London, Dec. 1.-The1 demand for the
necessaries of life, and. for. Injuries as
well, is clear sign that the people hav.
plenty of money to spend. Among the
tradesmen who are participating. in the
boom are automobile manufacturers, Jew
elers, wine and spirit dealers, cigar mer-
chants, furriers, fancy article makers
and dozens Of others. Toys are in great
request, and the diapers, who had very
good times in the autumn were 50 optin-
istic they laid in unusually large stocks,
which are disappearing rapidly.
Another healthy sign is the revival Of
prosperity in the furniture trade. In
quiries among the leading tradesmen
show that In almost every department
customers are placing their orders earlier
and in larger quantities than usual.
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INTERSTATE. INQUIRY ASSURED
on The BLOCKADE OF The CROP
he Whole Question Will Be Reviewed to Establish Causes
Commission Faces Delicate Question Relation Between
Meager Equipment and Swollen Dividends

would be extravaganza. While this
has been the general railroad attitude,
the volume Of internal commerce has
been increasing by leaps and bounds
year after year and, since the freight
equipment has not kept pace with it,
the fall of each year, when the crops
are moving, always finds congestion at
terminal points and elsewhere. This
condition, it is said, has been growing
worse from year to year since 1900,
and has reached its highest this au-
tumn. =. s- "a
The equipment of each road being
inadequate, there is the inevitable
scramble on the part Of all roads for
cars. { The Pennsylvania . railway g
freight department recently Informed
member of the interstate commerce
commission that 80 per cent Of it's
freight cars are now being used by
various railways in the east and south,
and that the Pennsylvania is, there
fore, hard pressed to handle it's own
business. That road has in turn COB
bled up all the cars Of other railroads
that it can lay hands on; but this con-
dition only emphasizes + the lack of
equipment. -. I'LL. lr. g.
Dividends Versus Equipment.
Just what, authority the government
has to compel the railroads of the co11n-
try to put more Of their earnings into
freight equipment, and less Of it into
dividends, raises a nice question, which
cannot be decided offhand. The old
interstate commerce law gave the com
mission no authority unless, there. had
{ been discrimination as between ship
pers., The new law probably increases
that authority, but to- what degree can
not be known in advance of the adiu-
dication of, the new language. That
language is found toward the close of
section l of the new rate law, which
says carriers are required to ttprovide
and furnish such. transportation upon
reasonable request therefor.''- Earlier
in the same section the word 8 trans
sportation''' is defined to mean, among
other things, cars. &c, p Is. "a. 5. We .s'ss
j It is safe to say that tho commission
will be very eslow to hold that this
wording would give it authority to or
der railways to increase equipment to
such a point as would satisfy the de-
mands Of commerce. ~ts N
An officer of the commission, dis
GUESSING the situation with the Journal
correspondent this evening, said:
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Depends on the People.

Certain preliminary steps in the di-
rection referred to were taken last sum-
mer and fall at various conventions
representing the commercial interests
of that great section, and it is claimed
by half dozen middle west members
of the two houses of congress that the
outlook is very promising for such a
contest of strength as has just been
outlined. 1t is generally conceded that
the question of whether there is to be
a four-foot channel in the Mississippi
from Minneapolis and st. Paul to New
Orleans will depend wholly on whether
the people of the country are going to
lions for the navy.
The revenues Of the government are
well defined and limited. Certain ex-
penditures must be met each year in
order to keep the machinery of govern
ment in motion. The only possible place
where retrenchment is possible is in
the supply for the army and navy. This
may be enlarged or reduced from year
to year ais public sentiment may de-
mand; the other expenditures are fixed.
Congress is thus placed in the position of
being merely the distributor of the pub
lic revenues, and it's ability to pro-
vide for waterway improvements will
depend entirely upon whether the peo-
pie are willing to have the president s
naval expansion policy eurtailed to some
= e&Cent.-- -,
Old Wars Not Paid For.
The issue being thus clearly drawn,
and steps having already been taken to
have the tight to finish at this session
of congress. between. naval expansion
and internal Improvement, it will be in
teresting to note some of the arguments
which are being made in favor of the
internal Improvement policy and
against the policy of further increase
of the navy. The arguments in favor
of naval expansion have repeatedly
been presented to the country by the
president, and need not be repeated
here. ..a
The general government is now ex-
: pending 60 per cent of it's aggregate
4 revenues on account Of wars already
: fought, and in preparation for wars
:. mat possibly are to come. During the
last fiscal year the expenditures on ac-
: count of these two items exceeded by
$2S,0OO,O0O the total revenues of the
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TOP OF HEAD CUT OFF

Helena Man Killed In Collision OF Car.
rIase With Car.
Special to The Journal.
Helena, Mont. Dec. 1.-G. o. Yergy. q
well known resident Of this city. was
instantly killed tonight as the result OF
a collision between a streetcar and his
carriage His carriage was shattered to
pieces and his horse injured. He did not
see the approaching car. The top Of his
head was literally cut off.
SALOON WRECKED BY EXPLOSIONS,
Special to The Journal.
Clinton. Iowa. Dec. Ian explosion Of acety.
lene gas wrecked the saloon known as the Two
Mile house. west Of the city. The loss Il g. 900.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-02
BANK LooTER Is GUILTY
Former President Of Alabama Institution
Is Convicted. -
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. =
Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 1.-The jury
in the case Of Gordon Dubose, former
president of the defunet First National
bank of lindsey. charged with misappro-
priation and embezzlement of national
bank funds, returned verdict in the
federal court today finding the defendant
guilty on all counts of misappropriati ton
OF funds, but not guilty on all counts. Of
abstraction and embezzlement. There
We're 172 counts in the indictment and
the amount involved was about s4s, 900,
which sum it is alleged Dubose lost in
cotton speculation. 80
Dubose made good the losses, but the
federal government prosecuted him for
violation Of the national. banking laws.
Judge Jones sentenced Dubose to five
years imprisonment, the maximum pen
atty.
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BY W. w. Jermane, Colorado Building,
Washlnoton. c..

BY w. w. Jermane, Colorado Building,
Washington, D. c.
Wv 1ASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The
=" interstate commerce commits
sion has definitely decided to
institute an inquiry into the car short
age.
This decision was reached today and
and it is expected that formal orders
will be issued early in the coming
week. In all probability, subcommit-
tees of the commission, will arrange for
hearings at various terminal centers of
the country, among them Chicago, Min
neapolis and st. Louis in the west.
This general inquiry will be expect
ed to develop causes for the shortage
and thus help pave the way to some
effective remedy. 1t was said today
by an officer Of the commission that in
ALL probability the commission, or its
secretary, will, as preliminary. to the
inquiry, issue a circular to interested
shippers and others, calling upon them
to furnish the commission at as early a
date as possible such information as
they may possess bearing on the gen.
eral situation. e."
In the main the great mass of COM
plants and protests which the commits
sion has received from all parts Of the
country arrange themselves into two
general classifcations. One set of
writers seems to think that the rail-
roads are purposely bringing on the
shortage, partly because of pique at
the passage Of the rate bill, and are
very willing to- squeeze the S.. general
public a bit by way Of retaliation.
Another set Of writer's holds that the
cause for the shortage is lack, Of equip
ment and terminal facilities and that
the railroads. are powerless- to remedy
the situation. Unofficially, and in ad-
vance of proposed inquiry, more than
one member Of the interstate commerce
commission is inclined to hold to this
view.
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States Coal Deal.
FIFTY BARELY MISS DEATH
Car Leaps Track and Hangs to Bridge
Passengers Get Out.
By Publishers Press.

By Publishers Press.
Cleveland, Dec. Fifty people mar
rowly escaped death this afternoon
when a Twenty-ffth street car jumped
the track on the South Brooklyn via
duct and crashed thru the handraiI Of
the bridge, where it hung, swaving in
immediate danger of dropping ninety
feet into the valley below. The pas
sengers were panic stricken. The men
fought to get out of the car. Thru the
GOODNESS Of the conductor, James
Lynch, no one was injured and the pas
sengers left the ear one by one.
By the aid of Jacks the car was pulled
from it's perilous position. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-02
Indictments and Criminal
Prosecution Under the
Law Are Possible,
Lack Lac; Of Competitive Bids
for Public Contracts Is 4
! Taken as. Trust Move. /.
EDWARD T. YOUNG. attorney gen-
eral, will investigate certain

[TDWARD T. YOUNG. attorney gen.
eral, will investigate certain
/ + conditions in. the twin cities with
a view to determining whether or not
there is a coal dealers combine which
controls Minnesota territory and most
of the northwest. tAltho Mr.. Young
refuses to talk for publication, state
official who has inside information ON
the subject says that the department Of
the attorney general is preparing for a
most careful inquiry with a view to
bringing all the evidence that can bs
accumulated before the next grand
juries Of Ramsey and Hennepin coun-
ties. Indictments and criminal pro-
ceedings under the state anti-combine
laws are an ultimate possibility.
-. - The Raise in Prices.
The action Of the coal dealers in
raising the price of coal at stations
thruout the state on the same day the
reduction in coal rates was announced
by, the railroads, so that the general
public, instead Of getting a benefit
from the cut in rates, has actually to
pay more for coal than before, has
awakened feeling of indignation in
the public mind which The Jour
al IS informant says the attorney
general believes calls for some appro.
pirate and immediate action.
The increase in coal rates was kept
very quiet at the time it went into eff
feet, but it is said there are few sta
lions that have not been touched I'D.
City officials Of both Minneapolis and
St. Paul who have had the purchasing
of coal supplies for the municipalities,
and school boards, have felt the power
Of the coal combine, for whenever COM
petitive bids were called for, the pro.
posals were invariably the same, and
it was simply choice of which com.
panies to buy from at the price de.
manded. .a@
States Coal Deal.
This same plan was tried on the
state board of control in it's annual
purchase of immense quantities of fuel
for state institutions, but the state
purchases. which have been looked af-
ter by 8. w. ,Leavitt Of the board. have
so far been made at a lower price than
the combine schedule, probably as al
result of the boards going to Chicago
one year to buy it's supply, when the
local combine refused to come down.
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= STOLE; TRIES SUICIDE
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. ! ~
Milwaukee, Dec. frank Ledrow.
aged 10, stole S. from his father, a
former Minneapolis man, today and
twice failed to shoot himself. He was
lovesick over Ella Wondt, whom he met
in Minneapolis, and now lives here. The
first time his sentence was suspended
and the second time he received thirty
days. The same policeman saved him
in each attempt.
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Railroads Lacked Confidence.

! For the past five or six years the rail
road managements of the country have
been saying that every succeeding year
would be the last year of the wonder
ful prosperity which followed the in
auguration of President Mckinley. Feel
ing this way about it, . these, manage
ments have been unwilling to make
adequate increases in their freight
equipments, holding that such addition
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