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ell the phases, and if the attorney general
finds any ground on which to bring suit, or
any method of bringing it, he will pro
ceed. If he finds there is no present legal
remedy, an action would of course be
fruitless.
Support for Van Sant.
The governor is receiving enthusiastic
support from members of the legislature
and people generally. W. B. Anderson,
member of the house from Winona, says:
No one can convince me that there is not
power in the people of this state to prevent
the proposed consolidation of the Great North
ern and the Northern Pacific railways.
I hear attorneys say that to pass a law
calculated to reach the point at issue would
be unconstitutional and all rot, but don't be
lieve them. I hold the opinion that the state
legislature can hit upon a remedy, and I
approve the suggestion that the matter be
taken up at the special session. If this state
and its people have not the power to control
the corporation within its borders, then it is
high time we found it out.
1 believe Governor Van Sant has made a
hit with the people by the determined attitude
which he has assumed, and 1 beluvd he will
lose nothing politically by it.
EXPECT IT TO BIA)W OVER
New Yorker* Say Agitation -Won't
stop the Deal.
Special to The Journal.
New York. Nov. —While not much
importance at present is generally at
"ached to possible action of the Minne
..•jta legislature it is rocegn^zed in Wall <
street that a great deal of agitation is
" likely to take place in the west over the
Northern Securities railroad combination,
involving as it does two sets of compet
ing roads running through granger states.
Those interested in the matter say the
trouble will blow over eventually and
that the deal cannot be completely
stopped.
St. Paul, Great Northern and Union
Pacific were adversely affected to-day
as a result of Governor Van Sant's ac
tion. It was expected that Northern Se- j
, curities stock would be a great specula- I
• tive line from the first, and it was thought
measures would be taken to make a wide
market for it similar to those taken in
connection with United States Steel
stocks. SgjM '
; There is no strategic reason for Union
Pacific to hold the stock that will come
, to ii under the Northern Securities agree
ment, nor is there any special reason
1 why stock representing other than North
: em Pacific holdings should be held. This
would release some $170,000,000 of stock
for public consumption. At 110 this would
' mean 126 for Northern Pacific stock, at
: which price a good deal could be sold at
i a round profit to the present holders. It
could be safely sold, moreover, as there
is little danger that any one will try to
' buy control of the new company away
! from the present management.
It is difficult to see why St. Paul stocks
should be affected by Governor Van Sant's
position, in view of the fact that it had
nothing to do with the Northern Pacific
■ settlement. It is_ possible, however, that
it may be involved in a deal of its own
] in the future and the attitude of the legis
■ lature is therefore important.
VAX SANT HAS BACKING
Senator Washburn Believes Him on
the Right Track.
No railroad or financial transaction for
months has aroused as much interest in
Minneapolis as has the Northern Securi
ties proposition. It strikes close home,
and Minnesota must perforce be the storm
center of any efficient agitation to pre
vent a pooling of interests. Many men
of affairs are studying the matter closely,
while some have been watching it in a way
that enables them to express an intel
ligent opinion already. They say:
Former Senator W. D. Washburn—Governor
Van Sam's position is sound. He is on the
right track. His proposed action is generally
oo mm ended by the people of this section of
the country.
W. S. Dwinnell—An absolute monopoly in
transportation is the very worst kind of a
monopoly. This, I believe, is to be the result
'of this big combination, as it affects the
northwest. Of course it will geek to give us
' stable rates, but in order that there may be
no fluctuation in the value of the stocks, the
| rates will be kept at high figures, no matter
' how much the country may suffer. I do not
believe that we will ever be able to regulate
.some of these things without to a certain ex
tent overturning our present conceived ideas
of vested rights. A railroad Is a quasi-public
corporation which exercises the right of emi
nent domain and exists and operates within
thr state only by virtue of the favor of the
state; and as a condition of the continued
operation of a railroad, I believe the state has
the power to say it shp.ll not be operated in
conjuu-.-tion with a parallel or competing line.
The plan and purpose of all of these combina
tions is to put value in their watered stock.
The people must pay for it. The remedy and
the protection of the people is the problem be
fore us right now. I believe that a fair in
terpretation of the antitrust law of 1899 will
render it sufficiently broad to reach this
transportation .-ombination. It provides that
"■any -onrract, agreement, arrangement, or
conspiracy, or any combination in the form of
a trust, or otherwise, hereafter entered into,
winch is in restraint of trade in this state,
between its people, or with the people of other
states and territories, shall be unlawful." It
can be shown that the Northern Securities
company is organized for the express purpose
of controlling these particular companies, and
that it does control them. These companies
are operating in this state under and subject
to the provisions of this law, and I firmly
believe that it can be applied to this new
move effectively. Governor Van Sant has
taken the right stand.
J. W. Raymond, president of the Northwest
ern National bank—l am not prepared to say
whether the big merger would prove a bad
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thing or the reverse for the northwest. This
is a year of combination and changes in the
business world. The tendency is by combina
tion to increase income and minimize ex
pense. In the banking business that could be
made an advantage to the public by lowering
the Interest rate. It might result the same
way in the railroad business, but It is for
those better informed on the intricacies and
conditions of the transportation business to
say.
Letfiiilatora Talk.
Members of the Hennepin legislative
delegation seen this afternoon by The
Journal are agreed that the Northern
Securities company is a bad thing from
every possible standpoint for Minnesota
and the other northwestern states trav
ersed by the lines of its constituent com
panies. They express themselves thus:
General George P. Wilson —It is apparently
a bad thing for that portion of the country
traversed and tributary to the roads in combi
nation, for the reason that the whole purpose
is to control and maintain rates, such as the
central organization sees fit tp establish. The
established rates may be reasonable or they
may not; the fact will remain that all compe
tition is silenced or destroyed and that they
have it in their power—not being subject to
the control of the interstate commerce com
mission—to make any rate they wish. This
question of combating such a powerful com
bination involves too big a question for an
offhand opinion. The scheme upon its face
may look harmless, and may not antagonize
the letter of any statute, state or national,
but the people will never believe but that the
scheme is simply an evasion and does in fact
violate the spirt lof our law.
E. E. Smith—The consolidation of the
Great Northern-Northern Pacific systems,
which is evidently the purpose of the North
ern Securities company, is the worst thing
that could possibly happen for this and sister
states. I don't believe there will be any leg
islative means left to us for successfully com
bating this movement. We seem to be up
against it hard.
Fred B. Snyder—lt will be a bad blow to our
industrial interests, and is unquestionably a
very serious proposition in its relation to our
future welfare. I am not prepared to say
now. whether it can be successfully combated
by our state legislatures.
M. J. Dowling, Speaker of the House—lf
Governor Van Sant's statement that steps
toward the consolidation of these competing
lines of railway is correct, I think he will
have the sympathy arid backing of the peopla
of the state. 1 am unprepared to state
whether he is correct, having just come out of
the woods, where I have been absent two
weeks.
J. L. Dobbin—tt i» undoubtedly another
move looking to the consolidation to all in
tents and purpose of the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific systems. Apparently there
is not a single redeeming feature about such
a combination of capital and influence for the
people of the great ccmmonwealths which are
to be brought under the yoke of capitalistic
domination. I am just looking, at the law
bearing on this question of railroad combina
tions. It strikes me that such a consolidation
is a direct violation not only of the spirit bat
of the letter of he law. The law says that no
railroad corporation shall control, lease or
purchase any parallel or competing line. Now,
if the men back of the Northern Securities
company are to have power to name the
directors it strikes me they will be amenable
to the law.
WASHINGTON' SEES NO RECOURSE
Believe* the Evasion Successful—
What the Politicians Say.
From Th« Journal Bureau. lioom MS, Poti
Building, Washington.
Washington, Nov. 19. —The east is tak
ing great interest in the announcement
that it was the intention of Governor Van
Sant to call a special session of the legis
lature to deal with the problem raised
by the great railway consolidation. There
is no question here but that the North
ern Securities company is in effect and
purpose just such a consolidation as is
prohibited by statute and constitution In
several of the northwestern states,
notably Minnesota, North Dakota, Mon
tana and Idaho. But the question is, can
it be reached by means of any sort of
legislative process? A negative answer
is given to this question by everyone down
this way who has looked into the ques
tion.
The counsel for thess consolidated rail
ways, who are the most eminent legal
specialists in the world, no doubt had
fully in mind the state laws when they
drew up the articles of incorporation re
cently filed in New Jersey. The articles,
it is believed here, successfully evade
northwestern laws at every point. The
new company does not have anything to
do with the operation of the railways, or
with any phase of railway management.
It simply deals in stocks, bonds and other
securities. Should it come Into control,
as it probably intends to do, of the ma
jority of the stock and bonds of the in
terested lines, and thus be able absolute
ly to control the policy of these lines, it
is difficult to understand--how it can be
reached, for instance, by the existing
Minnesota law or by any new one which
the legislature may pass and the attor
ney general may attempt to enforce.
Politicians here affect to believe that
the governor has made a huge mistake in
threatening a special session. It is as
aertPd that the threat will array every
railway line iii the state against him in
the next campaign and secure his defeat.
The jjoliticians argue that the margin he
previously had to go on was small enough
and that his latest interview may prac
tically have wiped it out. They ignore
the new strength that will come to him if
he boldly sticks to his guns.
While the new consolidation is an eva
sion of the state laws referred to, it is
also an evasion of the federal statute
prohibting pooling and this fact may bring
the company to the notice of congress.
But that body, which has infinitely more
power in the premises than the legislature
of any state, is likely to find itself unable
to act successfully.
The probable result of consolidation,
should public sentiment crystalize against
it, will be the hastening of the day when
congress will legislate against the trusts
and of the day when the trusts will be a
practical and live political issue instead of
the theoretical issue they have been to
date.
The east will watch with interest for
the development of public sentiment In
the states traversed by the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific lines, for the
consolidation matter is brought out more
plainly in their case than in that of any
other lines in the big deal. If the north
west can stand it, the rest of the country
can, for its immediate interest will be
less. If there is to be a fight, the north
west must lead it, in the several states,
and in congress in the persons of its
members of the two houses.
—W. W. Jermane.
AFRICAN BRIDGES
American Capital Wins An
other Commercial
Triumph.
Mmw York Sum Smttiml Smrvlm*.
Philadelphia, Nov. 19. —The American
Bridge company of this city has scored an
other commercial triumph over its foreign
rivals by securing a contract for the con
struction of 20 steel bridges along the line
of Ahe Uganda railroad In East Africa. The
amount of the contract is about $1,000,000.
Several English and continental firms of
fered bids, but that of the Philadelphia
company was not only the lowest sub
mitted, but guaranteed the completion of
the work in less time than any of ita
competitors could undertake to do it.
All the metal used in the construction of
.the new plant will be worked at the Pen
coyd plant in this city. The work in
East Africa will be in charge of twenty
Pencoyd workmen, who will be assisted
by 150 natives. The new bridges will re
place wooden structures which were built
several months ago and found to be in
adequate.
She—to I really the first girl you
ever hugged?
He—Y-e-s; but I've made calls on girls
who live in flats.
FEW DEER KILLED
Woods Have No Snow and Leaves
Are Dry as Dust.
ALL GAME ANIMALS WARNED
Dally Bur of Farmer*, Uuutem and
Cattle In \<>>vi»e Inter
fered With.
Special to The Journal.
Washburn, Wig., Nov. 19.—The first
week of the hunting season has not been
hard on the deer, but it has been a bad
one on the hunters. Some of the cor
respondents, sitting in their easy chairs,
have been writing about the "terrible
slaughter" of the frisky deer, but it may
be safely aut down that all such talk is
the result of pleasant day dreams. There
has been no snow on the ground in north
ern Wisconsin, and the hunter has been
obliged to pick his way through woods
filled wlht dry leaves, whose crackling re
ports warn the game long before the
hunter is anywhere In sight or shooting
distance.
"Still hunting" has not been at all pro
ductive, and the hunter who has got a
piece of venison in two or three days' hard
work has been fortunate. The biggest
hunting in this section is reported by a
party which spent the entire week in the
woods. For seven days seven men pur
sued the game, and the result was ten
deer ready for shipment. When one stops
to figure that seven men in the woods for
seven dais is eauivalent to forty-nine
days of hunting for one man, and that the
result would average^ about one deer for
each, five days represented, it will be seen
that the amount of work represents the
largest item in the calculation.
The woods are filled with novices, while
the older hunters are holding off for a
few days in the hope that snow may fall.
Of course this makes the ideal hunting,
but the hunter would be satisfied with
rain. This would dampen the leaves, and
take some of the noise out of them.
Practically the only successful syste
matio hunting so far has been through old
"slashings" and clearings, where there
have ben no leaves or brush to bother,
and where the hunter could get around
without frightening all the game within
shooting range. In this way deer that
have wandered into such places are
"started" and a good hunter has an op
portunity to get two or three shots be
fore they are out of sight.
BROLGHT HOME IN HIS COFFIN
William Shaver of Black River Fall*
Killed on the Firing Line.
Special to The Journal.
Black River Falls, Wis., Nov. 19.—The
remains of William Shaver were brought
from the northern part of the state last
night and left at Merrillan as the first
victim from this county of deer hunting.
He was mistaken for a deer and instantly
killed. He was 55 years old and leaves
a family. One of the hunters returned
from the woods to-day and says it iS
worse than being on the skirmish line
during the 60s.
North Dakota Hunter Killed.
Fort Yates, N. D., Nov. 19. — Robert
Marshall while hunting deer was fatally
shot, dying within a few hours. Whether
it was ah accident or not is not learned.
LEAVE TO SDE
South Dakota May Go for
South Carolina in the
Courts.
Washington, Nov. 19. —The supreme
court granted the state of South Da
kota leave to file a suit against the
state of North Carolina to recover the
value of certain bonds purchased of the
latter by the former as an investment for
the school fund. The bonds were issued to
aid the extension of certain state institu
tions and were repudiated by the state of
cers. South Dakota had about $10,000
worth of these bonds and now seeks to
establish their validity.
—W. W. Jermane.
NOISE OVER MOVES
Lawyers Go On With Their
Long Arguments in
San Francisco.
Special to The Journal.
San Francisco, Nov. 19. —la the Noyes
contempt hearing yesterday afternoon Mr.
Pillsbury, amlcus curtae, admitted that
the persons whose depositions were want
ed by the respondent Judge Noyes would
testify as outlined in the affidavit of
Judge Noyes. He made the admission to
prevent the six months' continuance
which has been asked and during the
afternoon granted by the circuit court of
appeals. With Mr. Pillsbury's admission,
continuance was unnecessary. Mr. Pills
bury occupied an hour in his argument,
outlining the actions of Judge Noyes and
party up to the time of the Noyes injunc
tion to prevent the removal of gold dust
from the jurisdiction of his court. He
continued to-day.
Judge McGuire, attorney for Thomas T.
Geary, one of tbe respondents, began his
argument for the defense and only finished
to-day at 10:45. Geary admitted having
stated to certain persons that .the writs
were void, yet he denied having advised
Receiver McKenzie to resist their enforce
ment. Joseph K. Woods, another of the
respondents, made his own argument in
defense. He occupied the rest of the
morning.
Mr. Pillßbury yesterday in his argument
made some very caustic remarks about
Alex McKenzie. He recalled the fact that
there were two charges of contempt
against McKenzie still untried. He stated
that while McKenzie secured his pardon
because of severe illness, he enjoyed a
most remarkable cure, both in speed and
completeness. He claimed that McKen
zie s release was secured through misrep
resentations; that he was now in good
health, and none the worse for his short
term of imprisonment. McLaughlin and
Heany will make the arguments for
Messrs. Noyes and Frost.
SETTLERS FOR CASS
Minnesota Men and Sherman of Ap
pleton, WU., Will Bring; Them.
Special to The Journal.
Appleton, Wis.. Nov. 19.—George C.
Sherman, of this city, returned from Min
neapolis yesterday where he consummated
arrangemsents with Minnesota capitalists
for the formation of a company to estab
lish colonies on available lands in the
state, presumably in Cass county. Mr.
Sherman recently returned from a four
months' trip to Finland and Sweden where
he arranged with 150 families to migrate
to this land in the early spring. These
families are in fairly good circumstances
being able to pay one-quarter down and
the remainder in nine years. They also
deposited passage money to Insure the
trip. Mr. Sherman has been successful
In locating colonies for the Homestead
Land company of Appleton, having placed
over 400 families on large tracts of land.
He leaves for Sweden some time in Feb
ruary.
TMJHi MIJNJNEAPOLIS JOUKNAL.
MRS. BONINE TRIED
Alleged Murderer of James Seymour
Ayres.
JURY DIFFICULT TO PROCURE
Court Sequel of One of the Most
' Mysterious of Washington* *)
Tragedies. #:
Washington, Nov. 19.—The IWal of Mrs.
Lola Ida Bonine, on indictment for the
murder of ,the young census clerk James
Seymour Ayres, Jr., in the latter's rooms
at the Kenmore hotel, this city, last May,
began to-day before Justice Anderson in
criminal court No. 1. Mr. Bonine and
Mrs. Meacham, husband and sister of the
accused, were early arrivaU, as were the
five attorneys engaged for the defense.
Mrs. Bonine appeared, accompanied by a
guard. She walked in so quietly .that her
entrance was scarcely noted, and took a
seat beside her husband. She smiled ai
she greeted her sister and the latter
placed her arms gently about her as she
sank into her seat.
After the preliminaries, Mrs. Bonine
listened calmly to the reading of .the in
dictment and pleaded "not guilty" in low
but distinct tones.
After a statement of the case by Judge
Anderson the examination of jurors was
begun and when ,the court adjourned for
the day the panel was exhausted. Of
twenty-six members of the panel fourteen
were excused, leaving twelve in the box.
Of the fourteen jurors who were excused
three were relieved because of ill-health,
seven upon challenges by the defense and
four upon challenges by the district at
torney. All of the government's chal
lenges were because of conscientious scru
ples against capital punishment. Most
of the challenges on behalf of the prisoner
were because jurors had formed opinions.
Mrs. Bonine was apparently as calm as
any of the spectators. During a part of
the day her two boys, fifteen and thirteen,
were in court. After adjournment she
took dinner with her friends in the prison
er's room in the courthouse. She was
then returned to jail.
Mrs. Bonine's explanation and confes
sion to the grand jury was this:
About 2 o'clock iv the morning she heard a
knock at the dnor, and found young Ayres
seeking admission. She would not admit
him, and he then said he was sick and needed
medicine. Mrs. Bonine -went to her boy's
room and unsuccessfully searched for quinine,
and Ayres begged that she come into his
room to talk over their differences. She
agreed and put ou her slippers and wrapper.
He admitted her to his room and closed the
door. He then shot the bolt and displayed a
revolver. He was dressed only in an under
shirt, and when he insulted her she attempted
to leave the room by the fire escape. He put
his hand on her shoulder to stop her, she
grasped the barrel with her right hand, there
was a struggle, a shot, and Ayres sank to
the floor. Mrs. Bonine then went down the
fire escape through the second-story window
and up again to the floor on which the mur
der was committed by a stair that did not
take her to the dead man's room. Undress
ing herself, she crossed the corridor to the
bathroom, washed the stains of blood from her
person and went to bed.
GERST GOES
City Treasurer of Buffalo Re
moved, Charged With
Shortage.
Buffalo, Nov. 19.—Mayor Diehl to-day
suspended City treasurer Philip Gerst
from office. The mayor charges Mr. Gerst
with misconduct in office and with having
kept inaccurate and false accounts and
specifically charges that from the accounts
of the city treasurer the amounts of cash
on hand to the credit of the city is $50,000
in excess of the actual amount. The ex
amination of the treasurer's accounts,
which has been in progress several days,
will be continued.
The mayor charges that Treasurer Gerst
borrowed from banks upwards of $40,000
with which to cover up the shortage at a
time when an examination was to be
made; that in August last he loaned the
bank $8,000 of the city's money and that
at various times during the current year
he appropriated to his own use moneys
belonging to ,the city, the aggregate being
$4,246.
After he had been served with notice of
removal Mr. Gerst said to a reporter:
The books of my office are undergoing an
examination by an expert accountant, and
the result of that examination will show that
every cent of the city's money is in the banks
or in the office of the treasurer at this very
moment. Notwithstanding the charges of the
mayor, the city of Buffalo will not lose a sin
gle penny through my administration of the
office of city treasurer.
Mayor Diehl said, in reply to a query as
to whether Mr. Gerst had attempted to ex
plain the shortage or offered to .tell what
use he had made of the money he is al
leged to have appropriated:
I believe he has accounted for the $50,000,
but so far as I know has made no effort to
explain his use of the small amounts. I be
lieve his bondsmen have arranged to make
good any shortage there ia.
WORKMEN'S RIGHTS
They Do Xot Include Helping Re-
strict Production.
London, Nov. 19.—1n fifteen test cases
brought by the coal owners association
against individual leaders of the miners'
organization, and growing out of the ac
tion of the unions in stopping work in the
mines last October in order to keep up
the price of coal, and consequently of
wages under the sliding scale agreement,
the Welsh magistrates sitting at Aber
dare to-day awarded small damages to
the employers, m each case the verdict
will be appealed. The coiirt held that
workmen, though giving notice of inten
tion, have no right to stop work with the
sole object of restricting production.
'PHONE LINE TO THE HILLS
Ponca, Neb., Men <>rui>nlz«* a Com
pany to Build It.
Sioux City, lowa, Nov. 10.—The Sioux
City and Black Hills Telephone company
was organized at Ponca, Neb., yesterday
with $100,000 capital to build a toll line
from Sioux City to the Black Hills, 520
miles. A franchise for a city exchange
will be asked of the city council to-night.
The offices are: J. J. McCarthy, Ponca,
president; B. E. Hallstead, Ponca, secre
tary; F. B. Row. Sioux City, manager.
CHANGE OF VENUE
Cashier Stevens Fears He Cannot Get
Justice at Home.
Special to The Journal.
Plankinton, S. D., Nov. 19.—Fred L.
Stevens, who was indicted by the last
grand jury for embezzling a large amount
of funds of the defunct Bank of Plankin
ton, was to-day granted a change of
venue by Judge Smith of the circuit court,
now in session here. Evidence was intro
duced to show undue prejudice against the
defendant in Aurora county. The case will
be taken to Davison county, of which
Mitchell is the county seat.
NO CONSPIRACY SHOWN
A. N. Freeman Relieved of One
Change at Menominee.
Special to The Journal.
Menominee, Mich., Nor. 19.—Judge stone
haß dismissed the case against A. N.
Freeman and C. J. Huebel on a charge of
conspiracy made by Rober & Watson.
Freeman has yet to answer to charges of
embezzlement and forgery.
BDTTER AND CHEESE MEN
STATE CONVENTION AT ST. CLOUD
Judges at Work on Both Product*—
Van Sant To-morrow ,
Evening.
L.
Special to The Journal.
St. Cloud, Minn., Nov. 19.—The state
meeting of butter and cheese men will
open here to-morrow and continue until
Thursday and several hundreds are ex
pected. Governor Van Sant is to speak at
the opera house in the evening, when the
program will bo largely in the hands of
St. Cloud people, who intend to give the
proceedings a pleasant social turn and
extend their acquaintance with the visit
ors.
J. S. Moody of St. Paul and B. D. White
of the dairy and food commission are here
to score the ibutter and cheese. There are
about 210 packages of butter, the largest
number, it is asserted, ever brought to
gether at a state meeting. There are
twenty packages of cheese. The scoring
will bo completed to-morrow afternoon
and an early report made to the conven
tion.
Steams, Benton and Sherburne counties
are expected to be especially well repre
sented at the meeting.
UNCLE SAM
RECIPROCATE?
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this convention to harmonize as far as possi
ble the widely differing opinions represented
in this body and to reduce to clear and force
ful expression such principles as we hold in
common. We are here to harmonize our
views, not to emphasize our differences. This
is no time or place for sentiment, for theories
,or for statements that cannot be fully sub
stantiated by facts. 1 take it we are all
agreed as to certain general propositions,
such as these:
That some of the duties embraced in our
present tariff are no longer needful for the
existence of the industries for whose protec
tion they were imposed. That many of our
industries have reached a stage In the devel
opment where the home market alone cannot
absorb their entire product, and, consequent
ly, new outlets are necessary for their con
tinuous operation and the steady employment
of their operatives. That the establishment
of more cordial commercial relations with
other nations by means of an exchange of
tariff concessions would enlarge the foreign
outlets of those industries for which increased
export trade is necessary. That if such appli
cations of the principles of commercial reci
procity could be made without injury to any
of cur industries and consequent expansion
of our foreign trade would be beneficial to all
our commercial and industrial interests.
Coffee and tea are about the only great sta
ple articles of commerce which we do not
produce, and If reciprocity be limited to the
use of these two commodities as a basis for
negotiations, we cannot expect to make much
progress. To insist upon strict adherence to
such a principle in making application of reci
procity Is virtually to oppose its use in any
practical form.
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: The reciprocity that Is wanted to- :
: day is a reciprocity that means :
: something and promises something :
: in the shape of tangible advantages :
:. for our commerce, not merely »x- :
: pressions of kind sentiment toward :
: all the business world, but an actual :
: giving and taking of concessions that :
: will open wider for us the markets of :
: the world and broaden the distribu- :
i tion of our products. :
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The convention then took a recess until
2 o'clock.
The American Protective Tariff League
decided to decline the invitation of the
National Association of Manufacturers to
be represented as a body on the floor of 1
the convention Fully 100 delegates, rep
resenting various associations of manu
facturers are members of the American
Protective Tariff League so that the or
ganization is well represented.
BISHOP AT CHESS
He Is Expert at the Game
and Methodist Women
Criticize Him.
How York Sun Samolal Sarvlam
Pi ttsburg, Nov. 19.—The Right Rev. Dr.
James H. Fitzserald, Methodist Episco
pal bishop of St. Louis, who has been here
for the past week attending the conven
tion of the general missions committee of
the Methodist Episcopal church, has- left
for New York with a discordant hum
drum. Bishop Fitzgerald is a chess en
thusiast. He learned to play the game
with his blind son and became so pro
ficient moving kings, bishops, pawns, etc.,
that he likes to try his skill against some
of the so-called experts. There are a few
chess, players in this city, among them
being J. S. McCutcheon, a prominent at
torney, and Dr. Thomas L. Davis, a for
mer president of the Pennsylvania State
Medical society. They had a number of
games or a tournament, which was won
by Bishop Fitzgerald.
The latter thought nothing of playing
chess, but some of the prominent women
of the Christ Methodist Episcopal church,
where the missions committee held its
session, thought a bishop should not en
gage in such worldly pastimes. Some of
them compared chess to poker. No open
declaration was made against the good
bishop, who had to bear the criticisms
without being able to take notice of them.
JOHN P. FARLEY DEAD
Once Prominent In lowa—Father of
Editor Farley.
Special to The Journal.
Madison, S. D., Nov. 19.—The remains of
John P. Farley, father of Editor G. M.
Farley of this city, arrived here from a
hospital in Chicago last evening. The
funeral was held from Grace Episcopal
church this morning. Mr. Farley was
prominent in lowa and was a son of the
late Jesse Farley of Dubuqus, a receiver
of railroads. It was he who conceived
now known as the J. H. Hills railway
the idea of consolidating the interests
system, he having originally sold them to
Mr. Hill.
The dead man was extensively inter
ested in logging, milling and steamship
interests. He took up his residence in
Madison a year ago.
WITH HAND ON THROTTLE
Engineer Meets the Death He Han
Hoped For.
Chicago, Nov. 19.—(Michael Sprath, for
thirty-flve years an engineer for the Lake
Shore road, dropped dead in the cab of his
engine to-day. It was the death he had
often told "his friends he hoped for —com-
ing upon him when his hand was still
on the throttle. Sprath's engine had
barely escaped to a siding when a fast
passenger train whizzed past on the main
track, and it is supposed that the fright
at his narrow escape acted fatally on his
heart, which was weak. The fireman, see
ing the engineer fall, stopped the locomo
tive. Sprath was 60 years otf Bge and
worth 170,000. He had no family.
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K.W.Grove's signature is on each box. 26c.
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1901.
A CHANCE IN ITALY
That Country Will Reduce Duties
on Flour Imports.
LOCAL MILLERS ARE INTERESTED
Italians Do Xot line Much High
Grade Flour, but May Be
Educated.
A cablegram received on 'change this
morning from Rome said that the Italian
cabinet has agreed to an abatement of
the duty on flour and farinaceous goods.
This may mean the opening up of an im
portant new outlet for American flour.
Some time ago there was a trade in flour
between this city and Genoa, but, on the
whole, Minneapolis millers do little di
rect business with Italy. This is in part
because of restrictions, but more especial
ly because the Italians buy principally
very cheap, low-grade flour, and the de
mand there for the high grades, which
constitute the bulk of the local output,
is limited.
Italian bread, at least the bread con
sumed by the great majority of the peo
ple, is as unlike the American baker's
product a3 is imaginable. Some of it is
so coarse as to be almost black. It may
bo thoroughly wholesome, but it is made
of material cheap enough to bring the
finished loaf within the reach of the
Italians, many of whom are very poor.
In the sale of this material local mills
could not enter into hearty competition,
as their output of flour of a grade low
enough to compete is very limited. In
the larger Italian cities, however, there
is demand for flour just as good as eny
milled, and this trade, although limited,
will be a fair shot for the American mill
er. No doubt the winter wheat millers
will be the greatest gainers by reason of
any Italian flour demand that may fol
low.
The Washburn-Crosby Co. say that the
new ruling cannot fail to be of benefit to
American flour millers, and in some de
gree, no doubt, to makers of high-grade
spring wheat flour. Another important
point, says George E. French, is the prob
ability of a demand arising for American
ground macaroni flour. The Italians are
great manufacturers and consumers of
macaroni, vermicelli and spaghetti.
Macaroni flour is usad in the manufac
ture of this product. Not a little of the
macaroni flour used in Italy is milled
from macaroni wheat grown in -dry re
gions In the north of Africa. Some of the
American millers take the strongest of
the Minnesota and Dakota spring wheat
and make a very good macaroni flour out
of it, and there is no reason why these
millers should not go after a share of
the Italian trade under the new ruling.
Of late the agricultural department at
Washington has been making an effort
to interest the agricultural interests of
those western states containing semi
arid regions, in the growing of macaroni
wheat, it being contended by the depart
ment experimenters that this wheat
thrives where the ordinary plant will die
for lack of moisture. Some development
has been made along this line, and if
there is a chance for a future foreign
demand for American macaroni wheat,
there will be all the greater incentive for
the far western farmer to try for a crop
of it.
DID KANE MURDER WIFE?
EVIDENCE OF MAM THREATS
Dying; Woman Accused Him—Stut'e
Witnesses Examined at Prai
rie da Chlen.
Prairie dv Chien, Wis., Nov. 19.—The
trial of Patrick Kane for wife murder
was opened by O. B. Thomas, state's at
torney, who called on the physicians who
were in attendance at the post-mortem
examination.
Their testimony was to the effect that
shot was found in the tody, which fact
was disputed at the preliminary hear
ing. This incident is much in Kane's
favor, for the state had tried to prove
that the shooting was done by Kane to
scare her, and that the gun wads and
powder caused the poison from which she
died. Kane claimed the gun was loaded
with shot.
Mrs. Minnie Adams, star witness for the
state, who nursed Mrs. Kane for
eight days, testified that when she
arrived upon the scene, Mrs. Kane
was in a critical condition and
that the bed clothing was on flre. She
also stated she had heard Mrs. Kane say:
"Patrick, go away, you have shot ami
killed me."
It was stated by other witnesses that
Kane had threatened his wife and told her
if she attempted to leave him he would
empty both barrels of his shotgun into
her body.
Four members of the Shields family
testified as to having met Kane, who
told them that he did not go to shoot
an owl and did not know what possessed
him to get his gun.
SENSIBLE 'PINO
Former Cabinet Officer of Agnlnaldo
Speaks for Peace.
Manila, Nov. 19. —Paterno, the former
chief of the so-called Filipino cabinet, has
been elected president of the new peace
party. Isabelo Reyes was elected vice
president. In thanking the large meeting
for his election, Paterno said that the
war had lasted four years and blood was
still flowing fast, saturating camps and
making orphans. Fields which were for
merly covered with flowers were now
deserts. The time had come to drop pet
ty politics and the hankering after offices.
The Filipinos must work in the interests
of peace and they would then receive the
blessings of the rising and future genera
tions.
The federals object to the formation of
,the party, but several thousands have
joined it in Manila alone.
TREASURE FOR TURTLE HUNTERS.
Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 19.—1t is now
asserted that the treasure found by the
Grand Cayman turtle-hunters in October
last amounts to $12,000 in old Spanish
gold coins. The money was buried in a
reef off the Island of Jamaica. It has
been sent to Mobile for sale.
MEADE COURT-MARTIAL BEGINS.
New York, Nov. 19. —The court-martial or
dered by the secretary of the navy to investi
gate the charges of Intoxication and scandal
ous conduct made against Colonel K. L.
Meade of the marine corps was begua at the
navy yard to-day.
BABY'S
VOICE
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it no happiness can be complete. How
sweet the picture of mother and babe,
angels smile at and commend the
thoughts and aspirations of the mother
bending over the cradle. The ordeal through
which the expectant mother must pass, how
ever, is so full of danger and suffering that
„,,. „ she looks forward to the hour when she shall
feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and
fear. Every woman should know that the danger, pain and horror
of child-birth can be entirely avoided by the use of Mother's Friend,
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We Endorse and
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We sell many tonics.
We have demands for many so-called
strength creators.
We handle all kinds of remedies that
claim to be invigorators. We dc this be
cause we are druggists, and it is our
business to supply the public with that
which they want.
When our advice is asked, however, as
to a tonic and rebuilder, strength creator
and an appetite producer, we invariably
recommend Vinol. We do this because
we know all about Vinol. We know all
that it contains. We have sold enormous
quantities of it, and we have had every
opportunity offered* us to watch the re
sults that have been accomplished by the
use of this wonderful recoustructor.
If you have not yet had occasion to use
such a tonic we would like to have you
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Vinol contains all the curative princi
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contain, however, any of the obnox
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to what otherwise would have been a
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that as a blood enricher and flesh creator
and as a wonderful aid to digestion, wo
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Mrs. M. L. Perkins, Bangor, Maine,
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Vinol. I, therefore, am not in a position
to know the full extent of its Jbeneficial
action, but this one bottle has convinced
me that Vinol is a marvelous tonic.
While ill this winter with grippe, a
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mended it so highly that I procured a
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and I believe that it possesses splendid
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taken of it has convinced me that in my
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We endorse Vinol. We guarantee its
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will eladly refund to anyone who is not
satisfied the price they have paid tor It.
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Minneapolis, Minn.
DISCORDANT NOTE
One London Paper That Doe* \ot
Speak: Sweetly of Is.
London, Nov. 19.—The Globe discus3ea
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty in its usual
ultra-jingo tone. It says:
Unless Lord Pauncefote and Secretary Hay
have strictly observed the principle of quid
pro quo, the treaty is far more likely to im
pair than to strengthen friendliness. If Brit
ish rights on the isthmus have been aban
doned without a tangible equivalent, it will
nor be long before Great Britain is invited to
surrender the West Indies and even Canada
as peace offerings to American chauvinism.
LIKE LONDON
Fogr In Chicago ( amei Collisions
With Fatal Results.
Chicago, Nov. 19.—A dense fog was re
sponsible for numerous accidents and col
lisions here early to-day. In a collision
between two Metropolitan elevated trains
one person—Thomas Meany—was killed
and seventeen injured. Two of these .nay
die. Other collisions were reported, but
no serious injuries resulted.
The fog early this morning was so
thick that persons standing on the side
walks could scarcely distinguish street
cars passing within a few feet of them,
and motormen kept their gongs clanging
a constant warning.
SWINDLED IN COAL
Atlanta Dealers Fined for Selling
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 19. The police yes
terday made cases against ten firms of
coal dealers on the charge of violating an
ordinance regulating the weighing of coal
wagons by the city to insure full weights.
A number of the dealers pleaded guilty
and paid fines and the others will be tried
to-day.
Piles Cured Without the Knife.
Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
No cure, no pay. All druggists are authorized
by the manufacturers of Pazo Ointment to re
fund money where it fails to cure any case of
piles, no matter 01 how long standing. Cures
ordinary cases in 6 days; the worst cases in
14 days. One application gives ease and rest
Relieves itching instantly. This is a new dis
covery and is the only pile remedy sold on a
positive guarantee, no cure no pay. Price 50c.
If your druggist don't keep it in stock send us
60c in stamps and we will forward same by
mall. Mfd. by Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis,
Mo.,who also manufacture the celebrated cold
cure. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tabletg.
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