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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAS PRICE TWO CENTS. BOUGHT OFF MR. CARNEGIE He Dictated the Terms to the Steel Combine. HIS WAR DISASTROUS Other Concerns Could Not Stand His Competition. IT IS NOT A COMPLETE MONOPOLY flan of the Combination—lt» .Effect on Lake Shipping and ;■•■"■ the Mines. Special to The Journal. Duluth, Minn., Feb. 14.—Unless a lew minor details as to management and the proper x;are of minority stock shall fail, the vast steel deal that has been so mucH in evidence the past few days will become a reality. This is one of the most .im portant statements that can be made, and In view of it it is well to analyze the situation and find what the steel deal actually means, and why it has been brought about. In the past year or two numerous com binations have taken place in the sWel making business of the United States. The various wire'and nail makers have been brought into a consolidation under the name of the American Steel and Wire company; the billet , hoop, tin, bar and sheet steel trades have been combined in as many connected associations, under the names of National Steel, American Steel Hoop and American Sheet Steel companies, and in order to round them out the tin plate makers have "been combined in the American Tin Plate company. The same parties who made these four deals also formed a combination of tube makers under the title of Xational Tube company. The Flower and Porter inter ests in steel making at Chicago and min ing in Minnesota formed the Federal Steel company. Numerous other combi nations have been formed but do not enter this discussion. Without exception the above con cerns have been saturated with water by the engineers of their combina tions, this water being in iarge measure profits to the promoters and inducements to private steel makers ia the various lines to join forces in the associations. Cuts Oat Carnegie. Before these combinations were formed the Carnegie Steel company had been ac customed to supply many of the compon ent parts of the connected companies with raw material. To the tin makers Car negie supplied bars and sheets, to the rail makers and the plate rollers he furnished billets; to the tube makers he sold plates; to the wire and nail works he delivered rods. No sooner had the several combina tions been formed than each began to sup ply its own deficiency in raw material, each planned and erected blast furnaces, bessemer and open hearth steel plants and rolling mills, to furnish its own works with all the material it might require. This was a move that Mr. Carnegie viewed with alarm. It reduced his mar ket materially. The Carnegie Steel com pany was a concern built up by the exer cise of the greatest skill, judgment and ability to a position unrivaled in the world; it could make a moderate profit where its newly formed competitors would starve. Its capital contained no water where theirs was in some cases three fourths water. Mr. Carnegie' did net purpose that his market should be lost, and he was 3n a position where he could see that it was not. He had not only the greatest steel mills but the largest and most cheaply secured stores of ore and coke. He began a policy, not of fight ing, but of erectins^works to supply the deficiencies in his martest caused by these combinations and their methods. This policy was undertaken without regard to what effect it might have on the stock jobbing, water soaked .interests that had become competitors. It was solely for the continuance of the success of the Carnegie Steel company. But naturally the view point of alarm was at once transferred from the Carnegie camp to that of the others. What would happen to the American Steel and Wire company, for instance, if Mr. Carnegie should commence the manufacture of wire and nails and sell them as he has always sold steel, at a price that would keep his full works employed all the time? There would be enough water squeezed out of Steel and Wire to float a ship, and in quick order, too. The same thing would happen to the other overloaded and stock ridden concerns, not excepting that well known organization, the Federal Steel. Carnegrle Dictates Terms, In order to preserve the life of these concerns, Mr. Carnegie must be bouglit off. His decision to erect the greatest tube works in the world at Conneaut was the culminating item. It brought the Morgan-Moore interests to time over night. Mi. Carnegie was willing to sell, as he had been two years ago, but the price must be way above what he had then named. It must be for his share alone, 150 per cent of par, his minority stock holders must be protected, and his pay ment in bonds must be hedged about by such restrictions as he should name, and the works managed by such men as he decided upon, till his bonds were no longer in existence. It is a question as to these minority interests and the man agement of the greater concern by Mr. Schwab that has hindered the deal. ; % It is safe to assert that no single great concern will be erected to operate these various plants, when they are associated. The railroads of the country have pool ing arrangements and a community of interest, though their business is carried on individually and separately. This will be the condition of the steel trade. There will be a division of territory and of branches of manufacture. In this respect the new deal will not be an innovation. It may also have a i conservative effect. No such wild' plunger, past master in jobbery and unsafe ; manager as John W. Gates will be permitted to do the lofty tumbling act he : so successfully carried out a year ago, to the injury and detriment of the steel trade of America, to the great loss of his friends and following and to his own vast financial profit. This deal con cluded; such an act would be the signal for a r prompt straight-jacketing . of the man attempting iL\vIV. The deal will by no means combine all the steel making works of ; the United States. There are numerous works in the north outside of it. Some of them are the Cambria, Pennsylvania, Sharon, Re public and others of ;~ the highest im portance. It has no connection with works of the west, like the Colorado : Fuel and Iron, or of the south. like the 'Tennessee Coal,,lron and Railway. It affects in no way the * giant - group of industries now rising along the northern frontier. ••. It does unmistakably dominate the steel trade of the country, , however, and jis the most serious proposition: the ' steel makers of England, Germany and ; France have ever been called .upon to face. > Its puts a new aspect on the shipping trade of j the great lakes, 'for; it will - control' perhaps 110; steel ships of a capacity for moving two-thirds A the entire commerce of Lake Superior, and; it to some extent changes the situation in the mining region of the northwest.•-, The mines controlled by the associated. interests will be able to pro duce !75 per cent of all to come from Lake! Superior,';- -'\ \^-P.;e. w j KING SHOWS MAILED FIST No Peace Note for Boers in His Address. HE OPENS PARLIAMENT Duke iof ■ Cornwall and_ York Will ; ; Visit Canada v _^4 -v ; LAWS : FOR T. TENANTS IN IRELAND* Ceremony at Westmiuster To-day Is 'I':- j«. Brilliant '■'Function— -Vij*fJt**' . .■"■.-■. The Addre»». & ' -'- ' London, Feb. 14. —The first parliament of the reign of King Edward VII. was opened this afternoon by the king in per son. He was accompanied by Queen Alex andra, the Duke of l^>rk and Cornwall and the Duke of Connaught and many oth ers of the royal family. The king and the queen rode from Buck ingham palace to Westminster in the state coach. Thousands bordered the route of the procession and filled windows, stands and roofs. The royal coach drawn by eight cream colored Hanoverians, with postillions in red and gold liveries and footmen leading the horses, which were covered with trap pings of morocco and gilt, was preceded and followed by the Life Guards in full uniform and a small escort of gentlemen at-arms, in historic costumes, immediate ly surrounded the vehicle. Five carriages of state, containing uni formed officials and ladies-of-tke-house hold, each drawn by six horses with pos tillions and outriders led the procession. At Westminster. The great oflicers of the state and the others that were to take part in the cere mony had assembled at Westminster to receive their majesties. The procession proceeded tc the robing-room and then to the house of lords. The house of peers was filled by the highest and noblest of the kingdom, the greater part of the floor space being oc cupied by peeresses ar.d other ladies in troduced by peers. As soon, as his majesty was enthroned, the lord great chamberlain received the royal command to summon the members of the bouse of commons to hear the speech from the throne. The king's speech was as follows: King's Speech My Lords and Gentlemen: I address you for the first lime at a moment of 'national sorrow, when ihe whole country is mourning the irreparable loss we have so recently sus tained, and which has falleu with peculiar severity on n.yself. My beloved mother, dur ing her long and glorious reign, has set an example before the world of what a monarch should be. It is my earnest desire to walk in her footsteps. Amid this public and private grief it is satisfactory to me to be able to assure you that my relations wi:h the other powers con tinue friendly. south African War. The war in South Africa is not yet en tirely terminated, but the camps of the enemy and his principal lines of communication are in my possession and measures have been taken, which will, I trust, enable my troops to deal effectually with the forces with which they are still opposed. I greatly regret the loss of life and ex penditure of treasure due to the fruitless guerilla warfare maintained by Boer par tizans in the former territories of the two republics. Their early submission is much to be desired in their own interests, as until it takes place it will be impossible for me to establish in those colonies the institu tions which will secure the equal rights of all the white inhabitants and protection ?nd justice for the native population. The capture of Peking by the allied forces and the happy release of those who were .be sieged in the legations, results to which my Indian troops and my naval forces largely contributed, have been followed by the sub mission of the Chinese governments to the demands insisted on by the powers. Negotia tions are proceeding regarding the manner in which compliance with these demands is to be effected. Dnke Will Visit Canada. The establishment of the Australian com monwealth was proclaimed at Sydney, Jan. 1, with many manifestations of popular en- thusiasm and rejoicing. My deeply beloved and lamented mother had assented to the visit of the Duke of.Cornwall and York to open the first parliament of the new common wealth in her name. A separation from my son, especially at such a time, cannot be otherwise than deeply painful; but I still de sire to give effect to her late majesty's wish es as evidence of her interest, as well as of my own, in all that concerns the welfare of my subjects beyond the seas. I have decided that the visit to Australia shall not be aban doned, and shall be extended to New Zea land and the Dominion of Canada. The prolongation of the hostilities in South Africa has led me to make a further'call on the patriotism and dovotl^p of Canada and Australasia. I rejoice that my request ha 3 met with a prompt and loyal response, and large additional contingents from these colo nies wili embark for the seat of war at an early date. Ashanli and India. The expedition organized for the suppres sion of the rebellion in Ashanti was crowned with signal success. The endurance and gal lantry of my native troops, ably commanded by Sir James Willcocks and led by British officers, have overcome both the stubborn re sistance of the most warlike tribes of West Africa and the exceptional difficulties of the climate and season of the country in which the operations were conducted. The garrison of Coomassie, which was besieged by the enemy, has been relieved after a prolonged and gallant defense. The principal kings have surrendered, and the chief impediment to the progress of the development of this rich portion of my "West African possessions has now, I hope, been finally removed. The suffering and mortality caused by the prolonged drought in a large portion of my Indian empire have been greatly alleviated by a seasonable rainfall, but I regret to add that in parts of the Bombay presidency dis tress of a serious character still continues, which my officers are using every endeavor to mitigate. More Taxes. Gentlemen of the house of Commons: The estimates for the year will be laid before you. Every care has been taken to limit their amount, but the naval and military requirements of the country, and especially the outlay consequent upon the South African war, have involved an inevitable increase. The demise of the crown renders it neces sary that renewed provision shall be made for the ■civil list. 1 place unreservedly at your disposal those hereditary revenues which | were so placed by my predecessor, and I have J THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1901. commanded that the papers necessary for a full consideration of the subject shall be laid before you. My Lords and Gentlemen: Proposals will be submitted to your judgment for increas ing the efficiency of my military forces. Certain changes in the constitution of.the court of final appeal are considered* neces sary in consequence of the increased resort to it which has resulted from the expansion of the empire during the last two generations. Legislation will be proposed to you for the amendment of the law relating to education. For IriKh Tenants. Legislation has been prepared, and if the time at your disposal proves to be adequate, it will be laid before you, for the purpose of regulating the voluntary sale by landlords to occupying tenants in Ireland, for amend ing and consolidating the factory and work shops acts, for the better administration of the laws respecting lunatics, for amending the public health acts in regard to the water supply, for the prevention of drunkenness in licensed houses and public places and for amending the. law of literary copyright. I pray that Almighty God may continue to guide you in the conduct of your delibera tions and that he may bless them with suc cess. After the reading of the speech the king proceeded to the robing-room un robed and left Westminster in the 'state carriage, with the procession in the same order as it entered. The arrival of the king at Westminster was greeted with an uproar of cheers, the ringing of church bells and the firing of a royal salute in St. James park. The king did not wear the crown. Prior to the reading of the speech the king took the oath. The assemblage stood while the speech was read. QUEEN'S THRONE It Is an Exact Replica of the Old Tudor Gothic Design. 2Teu> York Sun Special Service '.'i;l : : London, Feb. 14.—Queen Alexandra's new throne is an exact replica of the old Tudor Gothic design. The seat is em broidered in gold and silver, after the de sign of Victoria's. The back is em broidered with the royal standard sur mounted by a gilt scroll. The center piece is inscribed with a "V. R., 1* it being the king's special command that "V. R." should not be replaced by "E. R." The center piece is surmounted with-the lion and unicorn, and the front columns are supported by gilded lions studded* with crystal balls. The back standard is also completely surrounded with crystal balls, alternating with blue enamel designs. CAPE DITCH WILL RISE Jan Krist-'s Prediction Unless De Wet In Captured. Xeto Xork Sun Special Service Chicago, Feb. 14.—Jan Krige, formerly a member of General Botha's staff and a fighter in the Boer army from the opening of the war, aroused an audience to a wild pitch of enthusiasm at Kimball hall last night by telling of the Boers' struggle for liberty. He said that unless the English capture General De Wet within a week and put an end to his invasion of Cape Colony, 100,000 Cape Colony Dutch wil rise and aid the burghers of the Transvaal to at tain their independence. SMASH THE CHURCH Retaliation by the "Jointists" of Winfield, Kansas. FREE FIGHTS IN THE STREETS Higrk School Students at Ettiiighuiii Wreck a Blind Pie in a Barber Shop. Winfield.' Kan., Feb. 14.—War on the "joints" here yesterday is supposed to have caused the destruction last night of all but two windows of the United Presbyterian church. The damage will amount to several hundred dollars. The reports of the vandalism increased the feeling in town, and fights in the streets were numerous. CONCRETE WILL DO Peavey Elevator at Dnlnth In Xott Meeting: R«qnirements. Special to The Journal. Duluth, Minn., Feb. 14.—The Peavey concrete elevator, that broke out when the first JO,OOO bushels were put in, now con tains 1,000,000 bushels of wheat. Aside from the ruptured bins the house is three quarters full. It is holding perfectly and not the slightest crack or settlement ap pears in the walls. It is evident the concrete house, once built and dry, is adapted to its us«. A CASE OF ROOT HOG OR DIE. NEW TARIFF POLICY Babcock Thinks He Is the Pioneer of a Republican Move. CUT CHIEFLY IN TRUST PRODUCTS He Insists ' That Many Industries Have Passed the Protec tion Stage. Special to The Joujnal. Washington, Feb. 14. —Congressman Babcock has stirred up the republican or ganization in congress from the very bot tom by his bill removing the duties on iron and steel. Several of the less tact ful members have called him a dema gogue, and said his bill was democratic and populistic, but Mr. Babcock doesn't care. He has introduced his bill now that the subject may be discussed during the summer and fall, and when the fifty seventh congress meets, next December, he will introduce the bill anew. Already he has had scores of letters and tele grams from prominent men east and west, commending his stand. All of the great dailies in the east have given the bill serious editorial consideration and ap proval. "I am sure that I am on the right track," said Mr. Babcock to-day, "and that the republican party in the end, no matter what the attitude of some of its members now, must indorse me." This morning Mr. Babcock had an inter view with Speaker Henderson, and the speaker's attitude was far from cordial. Said Mr. Babcock, in closing the' inter view: "Within twelve months from this time, the republican party, in my judgment, will be glad to point to the fact that such a bill was sent to the Fifty-sixth congress by the chairman of the republican con gressional committee." It looks as if Mr. Babcock is making himself a pioneer in a movement which is radically to change the protective policy traditions of the republican party. He himself sees that this is likely to be the case. Speaking to me to-day he said: I challenge any republican to show a better party record than mine. For four years in the Wisconsin legislature and for eight years in congress I have always been a true party man and have given of my time and money freely for party success. My bill is a move in the right direction; a move in advance, and it will bring the re publican party right abreast of the most in teresting and important commercial develop ment of the day. The Chicago Chronicle In an editorial says I am insincere. Let it wait and see. I in tend next December to introduce the bill again and have it sent to the ways and means committee, of which I am now a member. If that committee declines to con sider it or to report it favorably, I shall take the matter up in a caucus of the re publican house members. In such a caucus I would be almost unanimously indorsed, i The bill is not only right and just, but it is good politics. I know that the democrats have been preparing to make the off year con gressional campaign of 1902 on the issue which my bill raises. I simply pre-empted the ground, and as I said to the speaker, the time will come when the republican party will thank me for what I have done this week. >*ew Idea, of Protection. Mr. Babcock says his bill represents the republican idea of protection as applied to latter day «ommercial developments. He says: The Dingley bill is an outgrowth of the McKinley bill, and each is founded on the principle that until such time as our home industries can. stand alone they should be protected. New conditions now confront the country, whose growth under the republican protective policy has exceeded the dreams of the most ardent protectionists. The early republican idee has been fully carried out in i the developments of our great manufacturing industries, which not only are standing alone but arc successfully competing for business in all of the great world markets. Our duty to these industries, which long ago passed the "infant" stage, has thus been fully dis charged. Our next duty is to the people of the coun try, who are in danger of being injured by the very instrument we have been perfecting, as we have supposed, in their direct interest. The present iron and steel monopoly is the greatest the -world has ever known. With its billion of capital, the $80,000,000 capital of the Standard Oil company sinks into insignifi cance. We should now take the protective tariff off this industry. This is the next logi cal step in the evolution and advancement of protection. The iron and steel schedule is not revenue producing, as you know. For it practically closes the American markets to these goods from all the rest of the world. It is time these barriers were taken down and our people were given the benefit of i free market for iron and steel. Having built this great corporation up, we must now quit, that the people may gather some benefits from its existence. —W. W. Jennane. DRIVE OUT DE WET Philipstown Had Been Captured by the Elusive Boer Commander. STEYN WITH HIM IN CAPE COLONY Boer Commando Is Reported to Have Crossed the Orange River Into the Cape. London, Feb. 14.—The Evening News prints a dispatch from Cape Town, dated Thursday, Feb. 14, which says: The government here is advised that Gen eral Christian De Wet and forsaec President Steyn entered Cape Colony and occupied Phillipstown. The British attacked th«m yesterday and drove them out of the town with loss. BOERS CROSS De Wet Reported to Be In Command of the Force. Cape Town, Feb. 14.—A Boer commando crossed the Orange'river yesterday in the Philipston district. It Is reported that De Wet was in command. Van Wyksvlei was occupied Monday by 300 Boers who were retreating from Calvinia. The Boers are reported in force twenty four miles west of Carnavon. A Boer convoy of sixty-five wagons and forty-five prisoners has been captured north of Amsterdam. IN STATE OF SIEGE Madrid Is Placed In Control of the Military Authorities. CAVALRY SUPPLANTS THE POLICE Disorders Are Reported In Other Fart* of Spain—Priests Attacked. Madrid, Feb. 14.—A state of siege has been proclaimed here. The civil authorities have resigned their powers to the military, and cavalry regiments have replaced the civic guards and are patrolling the streets. Excitement prevails in Barcelona and Granada and the gendarmerie have been reinforced. At Malaga several French priests, on their way to Brazil, landed to see the town. A mob threatened them and they hastily re-embarked. The mob then stoned the office of the clerical paper. A policeman was wounded by a revolver shot. Valencia, Feb. 14. —Serious disorders oc curred here yesterday. In a fight between rioters and the gendarmie a number of shots were fired. One person was killed and one wounded. Rioters took the Jesuit college by as sault yesterday. The doors were broken in and the police, on charging, were re ceived with a storm of stones. One per son was killed and numbers injured. ENJOINS THE FIGHT Judge Hollister's Decision in the Jeffries-Ruhlin Case. CONTEST WILL BE POSTPONED Promoters Will Appeal the Caw to the Higher Court* at Once. Columbus, Feb. 14.—Judge Holllster to day granted a permanent injunction against the Jeffrles-Ruhlin prize fight In Saengerfest hall to-morrow night. The promoters will postpone the contest pending appeal. There is no longer any talk about the need of militia. Judge Hollister not only held that courts of equity had jurisdiction against public nuisances, but also that prize fights are public nuisances and that the contest between Jeffries and Ruhlin was to be a public nuisance, a moral wrong, a crime before the law and a menace to society. 10 PAGES-FIVE O'CLOCK, WITNESS BARBE IS DISCOVERED Hamilton Defense Brought Him to Minneapolis Yesterday-Says the State Told Him Not to Come. Barbc Testifies That Hamilton Was Not in the Melee When Day , Was Stabbed. Dr. Murray Makes a Good Witness, but Other Doctors Shake Their Heads at His Statements. A. M. Barbe's testimony this afternoon fell like a bombshell into the camp of the state. Judging from its profound impression on the jury it will have that effect unless the state can manage to controvert it satis factorily. Mr. Barbe told his story in a quiet, dis passionate way, which carried conviction with it. Hamilton Not in the Fatal Melee. Barbe's testimony was most damaging to the state. He said, in effect;, that Ham ilton was not in the general scuflle, out of which "Day staggered mortally wounded." Hamilton was coming toward the crowd from the corridor, having been led out by Canfield when Day emerged from the "free-for-all." There was a promiscuous scrimmage, he said—there could be no question about that. He did not see Day or Hamilton clinch a second time. He saw the trouble between Evans and Force. He did not see them "after they had clinched," ho said in cross-examination. He had not seen them in a second fight at all. "I only saw Day come from a crowd," he declared, emphatically. "What do you mean by a crowd?" "Six people or more." He could not remember that O'Malley had ordered them to move out. The crowd had left only after they had a look at the body. Barbe had been to the theater tiat evening. He drank three glasses of beer at the theater. A traveling man from Cleveland had gone with him from the theater to the hotel about midnight. The sensation of the day in the Hamil ton case was the appearance in court this afternoon of A. M. Barbe, the most im portant witness for the defense —barring Dr. Murray. * When it became apparent after the be ginning of the case that Barbe was not in Minneapolis, and that beyond sending him a subpoena the state had not been par ticularly active in having him brought to Minneapolis, Attorneys Nye and Penney went out on a still search for their man. Through the assistance of W. G. Ben nett, who knew of his whereabouts, they An Important Witness A Dcs Moines Plumber Says He Saw the Fight and Knows Hamilton Did Not Kill Day. Special to The Journal. Dcs Moines, i owa, Feb. 14—P. M. Ryan, a plumber of Dcs Moines, made the statement last night that he was an eye witness of the killing of Leonard Day. Ryan has been em ployed by W. D. Lovell, a waterworks engineer of this city. He was working for Lovell at Wayland, Wis., and had com pleted his job the day before the murder. He went to Min neapolis en route home and stayed at a hotel on First Aye. With a companion, William Dittmore, who is now in Chicago, he went into the West hotel, he says, and sat down to watch the billiard game. He says he saw the fight start, and saw an unknown man strike Hamilton with a billiard cue. He did not see the fatal blow struck, as he started to leave the room but returned just after the stabbing. He helped Hamilton to lift Day's body onto the billiard table he declares. He says he knows Policeman Rooney swore wrongly and also knows that Hamilton did not kill Day. Lovell vouches for Ryan being in Minneapolis at the time. Ryan says his name is on the register at the Minneapolis hotel. In the interests of justice, the information containedlin the above dispatch, which comes to The Journal unsolicited from its regular correspondent, was this morning communicated to the attorneys for the defense and they took immediate steps to secure the attendance of Ryan as a witness. His story is considered on the face of things a very likeiy one. Two unknowns have already figured in the evidence and it is possible that Ryan and his comrade were those two. It will be remembered that Policeman Rooney testified that Hamilton had gone over to two strangers sitting in the billiard room and asked them if they did not see Day strike him. Watchman O'Malley also swore that he saw a strange man in the billiard room after putting Evans out. located Barbe in Chicago and had no diffl- J culty in persuading him to come at one* to this city and tell what he knows about the West Hotel mystery. The defense was rather surprised, in fact, to learn that Mr. Barbe had no particular aversion to coming here—that he really wanted to testify in order that justice might be done. Says State Didn't Want Him. Mr. Barbe tells why he did not readily respond to the subpoena. His statement is sensational in an extraordinary degree. "The state's attorneys wired me not to come," is his startling explanation. Mr. Barbe was quietly spirited into M in* neapolifi yesterday and has been under cover from the moment of his arrival up to his dramatic appearance this afternoon. It was a complete surprise to the state. Barbe's testimony is of the utmost im portance to the defense. He is the maa who swore at the coroner's inquest that there appeared to be a mixed fight, that twenty men were huddled together in the room, and that out of their midst stag gered Day aud fell into his (Barbe'g) arms. Barbe's Testimony Important. Barbe's testimony will be of peculiar weight with the jury, -because, according to the testimony of different witnesses already examined, he is the one man who played an important part in the tragedy before the arrival of the physicians or officers, who was not more or less under the influence of liquor. Barbe is a medium-sized, earnest-look* ing man, of rather pale face and red hair, about 30 years of age. Mr. Smith, for the state, pounded away steadily on Dr. Murray tor two hours on cross-examination, without making much impression on Murray's armor. He suc ceeded in committing Murray to some "outlandish" statements that may not be given credit in medical circles generally. But through it all Murray did not once deviate from the path which he had marked out In a previous trip over the course with the counsel for the defense. Murray Is Methodical. He stuck to his story with dogged per sistency. A very methodical man is Dr,