THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. PRICE TWO CENTS. CEREMONY AT SAINT LOUIS Ground Broken for Louisiana Purchase Exposition. THE ANNIVERSARY DAY. Parade Called Off Because of Un- favorable Weather. TAWNEY AMONG THE ORATORS >liuiieKuisiana purchase expo sition company. General John C. Bates, Major Henry K. Hunter, Fifteenth United States cavalry and other army officers, governors of state and guests assembled at the St. Louis club and were driven to Forest Park, where the ceremony of breaking ground was carried out. A huge fire had been built on the structural site of the educational building to soften the ground. Handled the Shovel. Members of the party wielded the shov el in this order: President David Fran ks. Treasurer W. H. Thompson, Secretary "Walter B. Stevens. General Counsel Blair, Director of Exhibits Skiff, Director of "Works Taylor. Chief of the Department of Education Rogers and the architect of the educational building, vice presidents of the exposition company, members of the executive committee, members of the ■world's fair national committee and the board of lady managers and chairmen of each of the standing committees of the company. As this part of the ceremony was being carried out Battery A of the Missouri National Guard fired sixty guns. The sixty guns were divided into nine groups with three-minute intervals be tween each as follows: Twenty-five for the thirteen original states and those created from them, four teen for Louisiana purchase states, one for Florida, one ofr Texas, three for the territories discovered and settled subse quent to 1846, five for the states ceded by Mexico In IS4B, nine for the insular pos sessions, one for Alaska and one for the District of Columbia. Returning, the party stopped at the armory of the First Infantry, M. N. G., and was received with military honors and escorted to the Coliseum, where the remainder of the program was carried out. The immense hall was crowded with thousands of persons, among whom were Continued ou Twenty-Second Fa»e. \ Died at the Age of 116 Abilene, Kan., Dec. 20.—Alexander Gunn of Herington, Kan., died here to-day trow the effects of cold weather. He claimed to be 116 years old. THE WELL-BEATEN PATH. ICE LAW TEST $100,000 Revenue From the Companies at Stake in Wisconsin. Special to The Journal. Madison, Wis., Dec. 20.—The test of the [ ice tax law is to be made at once and ' will probably be carried to the supreme court at the January term. J. L. O'Con- I nor of Milwaukee, ex-attorney general, J and Attorney T. H. Carney of Racine, who j with Chicago attorneys represent all the | ice companies which ship ice out of the ! state, are here to-day, and notified Gov- \ ernor La Follette and Attorney General ! Hicks that they are prepared to test the j law. The test will be made by the shipment j of a car of ice, probably next week, out ' of Racine county for Chicago, the arrest of the shipper to follow. The ice cut in Wisconsin for outside shipment amounts to a million tons an- I nually, on which the tax would be $100, --000. col Tout Chicago Has a Famine and Low Temperature Causes Deaths. Chicago, Dec. 20.—Chicago and the northwest have been promised a respite from the severe weather that has made railroads icebound, brought on a coal fam ine and added to the usual cold weather suffering. But so far the promise has brought little comfort. To-day at 10 o'clock the official record of temperature was 8 degrees below zero in Chicago; Kansas City 4 below, and St. Louis 10 be low. The warm blast that is predicted from the northwest has moderated the condition somewhat at extreme points, Calgary reporting 34 degrees above and Battleford 30 above. In Chicago and the immediate vicinity, however, the severity of the -cold has wrought havoc. Deaths occur frequently which are directly attributable to the cold. Shippers of grain are almost at a standstill. Railroads can offer no relief unless the weather moderates. The South'H Fr«»tiiiK. St. Louis, Dec. 20:—Reports from all parts of the south show the cold weather continues. In some places the temperature is the lowest for many years. COMPLIMENT TO KING Wlseoii«lii Professor \eed Not l*n Come From the Up per Hiver ami Afford a Big S«-:inoi«'m Kiiii. Special to The Journal. Winona, Minn.. Dec. 20. —"This is splen did logging weather," remarked William H. Laird of the Laird Norton company of this city to-day. "In fact, the winter to date has been about all that lumbermen could desire. Cold weather began early and there has been plenty of snow, the snow falling in the north earlier than in this city." Speaking of the logging being done by the companies in which members of the Laird Xorton company are interested, Mr. Laird said it was proceeding very satis factorily at all points. The company is getting out about 25,000,000 feet on the Chippewa river and it? tributaries and abojt an equal amount on the St. Croix river. The logs on the St. Croix are being cut in Mille Lacs county and taken fifteen miles by a logging railway to the waters of the St. Croix. Some 250 men are employed in this work and about 200 on the Chippewa. This cut of logs will furnish a complete supply for the Laird-Norton company's mill in this city next summer and part of the supply for the mill of the Winona Lumber com pany. The rost of the Winona Lumber com pany's logs will come from the upper Mississippi above the twin cities, being secured through the Mississippi River lumber company, a concern which sup plies logs to three Minneapolis mills. Members of the Laird Norton company in this city are interested in this organiza tion, which this winter will cut close to 45,000,000 feet of logs. The experiment of getting logs from the upper river and bringing them down here for sawing was tried for the first time the past season, and while of course the lum ber cannot be manufactured so cheaply as where the log supply is near at hand, still the experiment was found to be fair ly satisfactory, so much so that more logs are to be secured in the same man ner next year. The logs are being sawed more closely than formerly, the gang saw ! having given way to the band saw, and small matters of waste being looked after more closely than when the log supply was plentiful. The most possible is now gotten out of the logs, and they are cut into just the stuff needed and to the best advantage. Mr. Laird is of the opinion that next summer's lumber cut in Winona will be fully up to what it has'been the past sea son in the milsl of the Laird Norton com pany and the Winona Lumber company. The log supply now being secured will be sufficient to provide for a steady season's run. and it is expected to commence saw ing the first of April. In addition to the local mills here, the members of the Laird Norton company are largely interested in the big mill of the Pine Tree Lumber company at Little Falls, Minn., which is cutting some 75. --000,000 feet of logs this winter, and ex pects to saw that amount next summer. FACES FELONY CHARGE Warrant Nmicil tor Montana's Lieu-I tenant Governor. Special to The Journal. Missoula, Mont., Dec. 20.—Theodore Booth, the Detroit, Mich., traveling man who, with two others, was waylaid and as saulted upon the streets of Missoula early Sunday morning, by three men, one of whom was Lieutenant Governor Higgins, has recovered from his wounds sufficiently to visit the prosecuting attorney and swear out a warrant for his assailants' arrest. The second executive officer of Mon tana is charged with assault in the second degree, a felony. Higglns claims the as sault was justified. The affair continues the reigning sensation in Montana. FIRE AND FREEZING Patients lit a HoMnitnl May Die an Result of l<"lre. Maryville, Mo., Dee. 20.—St. Joseph hos pital was almost completely destroyed by fire last night and the Jives of twenty-five patient 3 were jeopardized, fatal results being feared in several cases, owing to the shock and the zero weather. An over heated furnace was the origin. ADM. SAMPSON DOTH OBJECT Protests Against Dewey's Minority Finding. WHO WAS IN COMMAND? Argument lhat Schley En joyed Not ' This fionor. HE, SAMPSON, WAS THE TRUE "IT" Points Oat That This Question Was Nut Before the Court of Inquiry, Washington, Dec. 20.—The objection of Admiral W. T. Sampson to that portion of Admiral Dewey's report of the Schley court of inquiry in which he says Ad miral Schley was in command at the bat tle off Santiago and entitled to the credit of the victory was filed with Secretary Long to-day. The document was brought to the navy department by E. S. Theall of counsel for Admiral Sampson and hand ed to the secretary. It is as follows: N«w York, Dec. 19, 1901.—Sir: As counsel for Rear Admiral Sampson, we have the honor to request that the department, for the reasons below stated, strike out or specifically disap prove that portion of Admiral Dewey's opin ion riled in connection with the proceeding of the Schley court of inquiry, in which he states his views to be that Conahodore Schley was in absolute command at the naval battle of Santiago. First—Commodore Schley was not in com mand at that ba'tle. Second—The President of tho United States and the navy department had decided that I Admiral Sampson was in command at that ' battle and Commodore Sehley second in com i lnand. Third —The question as to who commanded at Santiago was not referred to the court for consideration and evidence bearing upon the point was excluded. \ First—Commodore Schley was not in coni ; maud at that battle, (a) The disposition of forces at the beginning of the battle, accord ; ing to Commodore Pehley's own statement, j places Admiral Sampson in command. The Brooklyn and the Vixen were the •west ernmost ships of the fleet; the Indiana and Gloucester were "the easternmost. The New | York was nearer both of the latter than was | the Brookolyn, and notably at the time when i tho Indiana was heavily engaged at the be ginning of the action and when the Glouces ter was engaged with the Furor and Pluton. Commodore Schley says "the Indiana and the Gloucester * * * closer to the flagship" than to the Brooklyn. riaiiiiM Sampson Wa» in Command. We have, then, the case ol a fleet in a reg ular formation, with the commander-in-chief within signal distance, and -closer to a large number of the ships than is the second in command. It is true that ttjje commander-ln chief could not have reisT^i^he most. distant vessel by signals, except' ,by gauging them to be repeated by an'intermediate vessel —an en tirely usual course—tout it is equally true that the second in command could not have reached the remote vessels of the fleet (name ly, the Indiana and the Gloucester) without likewise repeating signals. In this state of affairs the regulations of the navy and the customs of the sea place the absolute com mand and the full responsibility in the senior officer. (b) The Brooklyn's maneuver during the action destroys any claim that Commodore Schley might have had to the command. The facts as to the loop are found by the court. The finding and opinion show that to avoid danger to his own ship he maneuvered with out warning to the rest of the squadron and in disregard of the fleet formation. Second—The president of the United States and the navy department had decided that Admiral Sampson was in command at that battle and Commodore Schley second in com mand, t This fact was before "he court: for the secretary's' letter to the senate (dated Feb. 0,/ 1899-) states that the Spanish squadron was destroyed "by our fleet under his (Sampson's) command"; and the advancement of Commo dore Schley was proposed in recognition of his services as "next in rank at the victory of Santiago." Xot Before tlie Court. Third—The question as to who commanded at Santiago was not "referred to the court for consideration. Evidence bearing on the point was excluded. (a) If Commodore Schley was in command, Admiral Sampson was not, and if the ques tion as to which was in command was to be considered by the court, surely Admiral Sampson became an interested party and un der the precept was entitled to the hearing which was repeatedly refused him. (b) The language of the precept excludes the question as to who commanded at that battle. It directs the court to inquire into I the conduct of Admiral Schley—hot into his status or as to whether or not he was in command— and to "report its conclusions upon his conduct in connection with the events of the Santiago campaign." (c) The judicial officers of the court main tained that this 1 matter was outside the scope of the inquiry. They expressed willingness to go into it if their view should be overruled but were, in every instance sustained by the court. Thus at page 157, the assistant to the judge advocate said: ~ "One further word as to a suggestion just made as to the intention to show that Admiral Sampson was not in this battle. I wish to say that we do not understand that the ques tion whether Admiral Sampson was or was not in the battle of Santiago is before the court. If it is' we shall be happy to investi fgate it. * • • Until the case takes that attitude it is improper to spread upon the record arguments and questions which pro ceed upon the theory that he is In the case." Counsel for the applicant withdrew the question. At page 490 of the record the same matter being under discussion, Mr. Hanna said: "If it is the desire of the court to go into these things it would, of course, be proper that we should also go into them. It would not only be proper, but It would be necessary. * * # * We are thoroughly prepared to go into any discussion of them, provided the court desires to so enlarge and extend the scope of this inquiry." Court Acquiesced. Counsel for the applicant again failed to press the point and the court made no ob jection to Mr. Hanna's view. At pages 153 and 1,080 there were similar rulings by the judge advocate. In the case of all those declarations there was acquiescence on the part of the court. (d) The court uniformly rejected evidence as to who commanded. In all the pages here in cited from the record the court rejected such evidence and nowhere was' it admitted against objection. ■ .*;";■ (c) The court more than once specifically ruled that this question was not before it. For example: At page 1.586, where the ques tion was as to the position of the commander in-chief and of the New York and as to the part they took in the battle, Admiral said: "We do not want that. We have ruled that out." The judge advocate then asked if the court had so ruled arid Admiral Dewey replied: "We have. We have kept the-New York out of it." See also page 481. (f) The court ■went bo far as to rule at page 1,211 that Admiral Schlpy was not In com mand during the battle. The matter then before the court related to the period during which Admiral Schley had been In absolute WONT USE GOVT DAM POWER Vrom The Journal Hv>r«au, livotn *S, Pott Building, Washington. / Washington, Dec. There is no like lihood, Mr. Lowry said to-day, that the Twin City Rapid Transit company will want to arrange with the government to use any power to be developed by lock and dam No. 2 at Meeker island. "As I understand.," he added, "there is a fall of only eight feet at the lock and command and the judge advocate said: "Mr. Rayner, you are confining yourself to July 3d, are you?" Mr. Rayner in reply acquiesced in this view, and the court ruled that "all questions * * * shall be confined to between the 19th ot May and the Ist of June, relating to the organiza tion, management and control of that squad ron when he was actually comuiander-in- Chief. Matters referring to his alleged com mand or July 3 were excluded. On page 443 the court confirms this decision. Rejected or Withdrawn. (g) All proposed questions on this subject were either rejected by the court or with drawn by the applicant, who finally acqui esced in the decisions of the court and gave up his efforts in this behalf, saying: "I bow respectfully to the decision of the court, and I know exactly what it means." Instances of the withdrawal i>f such questions and of their rejection by the court will be found in the record at pages 138, 157, 484, 485 and 1080. (h) The minority opinion expressed by Ad miral Dewey in this matter is in variance with all the rulings of the court in this re gard and directly contradicts the letters wherein Admiral Dewey, for the court, defines Admiral Sampson's status. The na-vy depart ment in its precept had justly provided that any person "interested" might be given an opportunity of appearing before the court in person or by coui.sel and protecting his rights. As counsel for the applicant ignored at times the court's rulings and spread upon the records arguments reflecting upon Admiral Sampson, we, his counsel, three. separate times appealed to the court asking; for pro tection or for permisison to appear and de fend Admiral Sampson's rights. Each time our request was denied and we were assured that Admiral Sampson was not involved, and finally Admiral Dewey, acknowledging the re ceipt, of one of our letters, in which we had appealed to him on the ground of this very question as to who commanded at Santiago, said: "I ha\e to state that while the precept convening tnis court gives it authority to permit any person whom it may regard as concerned in the investigation to be present, * * * the court considers that Admiral Sampson is not aa interested party, * * • and you are further informed that if circum stances arose which in the opinion of the court render it necessary for Admiral Samp son to be represented, due notice will be sent him." Upon this promise Admiral Sampson relied. The notice came only in the form of a minor ity opinion by Admiral Dewey discussing matters beyond the scope of the precept and nowhere included in the facts found by the court. Very respectfully, —Stayton & Campbell, ', E. S. Theall. Counsel for Rear Admiral W. T. Sampson. To the Honorable Secretary of the Navy. BBARDSIiBB SPEAKS OUT Admiral Doom Not Hesitate to Call Schley's Treatment Shameful. New York Sun Special Service Albany, N. V.. Dec. 20. —Rear Admiral Lester A. Beardslee. U. S. N.,- retired, who i:*. in the city, said: :_;•;>.... , .: \, Admiral Schley Is- a hero, and I am very glad that George Dewey, admiral of the United States, made that fact clear and in disputable in his supplementary statement of tho findings of the court .of inquiry. Had I been a member of that court 1 should have subscribed to the supplementary statement of Admiral »Dewey, which makes all the es sential facts plain. Admiral Schley has been treated badly, and I must say that it is all a shameful affair which navy officers in general regret. I echo the sentiments of Rear Admirals Erben and Miller, who have commented oh this 'matter, and say, with them, that the decison of the court removes a charge of cowardice that should never have been made against so brave and gallant ail officer as Rear Admiral Schley. Stated by Sampson'!) Doctor. Washington, Dec. 20.—Dr. W. S. Nixon, the physician in. attendance upon Admiral Sampson, to-day made the following statement: The admiral is not in any immediate dan ger. His body is in its usual condition. Ho goes out for exercise every day, weather per mitting. He goes to -the table for his meals. He smokes bib cigar after dinner. He usu ally sleeps well. He has not a trained nurse, nor does he need the service of one. He is not feeble, but just in impaired health. His heart action is quite vigorous. His life may be prolonged for many years or it may be very brief. "OFF" AND OUT Appraiser Wakeman Attacks Secretary Gage and Is Removed. Washington, Dec. 20. —It was announced at the White House this afternoon that the president has removed Appraiser Wakeman of New York on the recom mendation of Secretary Gage. He will be succeeded by George Whitehead of New i York. Mr. Wakeman, it, is said,' wrote Secre -1 tary Gage, making a fierce attack upon him. The president refused to entertain the charges or overlook the offensive charges or overlook the offensive char acter of the letter. DIED IN SALOON fire "Old Joe," an Ilnknown) Suffocated at i IMpeNtone. Special to The Journal. Pipestone, Minn., Dec. 20.—Fire started from an oil stove in the cellar of James Murphy's saloon this afternoon and did some damage to the building. A drunken man known as "Qld Joe," was suffocated. COMB CAUGHT FIRE Teacher of Friend, Xeb., Schools Seriously Burned. Friend, Neb., Dec. 20.—Miss Willa Bur ger, a teacher in the public schools, was seriously burned as the result of a cel luloid side comb in her hair igniting while she was standing near a red-hot stove. Almost all the hair was burned from her head. ■;>"; Japs Will Be Kept at Home Special to The Journal. Chicago, Dec. 20.—Japan, seeking the good will of the United States, will for as many years as may be necessary discourage emigration to this country. This policy recently decided on by the mikado's government, has just been manifested by the Japanese ambassador at Washington, who has asked the owners of a large transpacific steamship line not to import several thousand laborers from Japan to work in southern rice fields. The company will consequently decline a liberal offer made it by southern planters and will likewise refuse similar contracts in the future. Mr. Shiraski, general manager of the Toyo Klsen Kaisha, or Oriental Steamship company, says Japan, unlike China, is willing to keep its surplus laborers at home rather than risk an interruption of its friendly relations wth the Unted States. The Japanese officials take the view that their country owes in a large measure its progress along the modern lines to the inspiration and help of the Unit«d States. 24 PAGES-FIVE O'CLOCK. dam, and that would not be enough for our purpose. We have no plans for ad ditional power save what we shall get through our storage battery system, which The Journal exploited some time ago. We can store away* enough extra power at night to tide ua over the next day. In this way we have to solve our problem." —W. W. Jermane. NO SUBSIDY FOR SHIPS None as Proposed by the Frye Bill, at Any Rate. IT MAY PASS SENATE In That Case the House Would Give the Bill a Black Eye. POLITICAL SELF-PRESERVATION Representative* Would Not Dare Face Their Con»titnent» After Voting? Such a Subsidy. Mew York Sun Spools! Servian Washington, Dec. —Senator Frye is determined to push his new ship subsidy bill through the senate without making so much as a single change, and has given notice that he will not permit anything to interfere with his plans. Some of th© leading members of the senate believe Mr. Frye may be successful In getting the subsidy bill through early in the season, but they are equally confident it will be shipwrecked In the house. There are several reasons why it is be lieved the bil willl not be adopted by the lower branch of congress. The first is that the members will soon have to make their campaigns for re-election, and they do not care to begin a battle for their seats in congress after having voted for a subsidy, the mention of which Is dis tasteful to the people. Another reason why it is believed this measure will not go through the house is that the commit tee on merchant marine 13 so badly di vided that its members will be unable to agree, upon a bill which will receive the support of a majority of that committee. Furthermore, the members of the house have decided views on this subject, and while nearly every republican and demo crat is in favor of doing something to build up the American merchant marine, ; owing to the conflicting opinions a measure would not be adopted even if one is re ported favorably by the committee. TO PRISON Diss De Bar and Her Accom plice Sentenced to Penal Servitude. London, Dec. 20. —The jury returned a verdict of guilty against both Theodore and Laura Jackson (Ann Odelia Diss De Bar), charged with immoral practices and fraud. The judge sentenced Jackson to fifteen years' and Mrs. Jackson to seven years' ponal servitude. Jackson made an address, in the nature of a lecture, in which he claimed to be a, man bound to single life by religious vows and emphatically denied the testimony furnished as lo his conduct with Daisy Adams, whose story, he said, was a tissue of falsehoods. He described the female prisoner as a medium through whom he, Jackson, had communication with his "spirit wife." Jackson, in his address, referred to his estate of 7,280 acres of land in Florida, and dwelt at great length on the princi ples of Theocratic Unity. During his cross-examination, Jackson was very insolent to the solicitor general. Sir Edward Carson. The judge warned Jackson that he was injuring his case, whereupon the female defendant inter jected, approvingly; "That's right. Keep him in order." While the solicitor general was exam ining Jackson, the latter casually re marked: "If Swami (a name by which the female defendant is known) is guilty, I am guilty also." Mrs. Jackson quickly arose to her feet and refused to be included with Jackson in the charge of criminal assault. Jack son said his fellow prisoner had been In jail twice. Mrs. Jackson testified, and during her cross examination the name Diss de Barr was mentioned for the first time in court, the witness admitting that she was the divorced wife of General Diss de Barr, adding that she had inherited a fortune from him. The woman also admitted that she had been married to a man named McGool and to P. H. Messaut. She said her income from the Diss de Bar property was $14,000 yearly. IDENTITY ESTABLISHED Records of Greenville Robberit Are Cleared Up by Police. Special to The Journal. Sioux City. lowa, Dec. 20.—The Sioux City police have finally learned the iden tity of the two Greenville bank robbers, sentenced at Storm Lake, lowa, to be hanged for shooting two members of the posse that captured them. Louis Brooks is also known as Oscar Roberts. He was sentenced to three years in the Kansas penitentiary for blowing Missouri Pacific station vaults at Beloit and Scottsville. Kan., pleading guilty, and was released only a short time ago. Albert Phillips, the negro. Is known in Chicago as John , Jacks, a notorious State street character. HILL SEEKS NEEDED REST He's in Training for the Big Fight. HE RETURNS TO ST. PAUL Refuses to Talk, but Will Probably Prepare a Statement. MAY EXPLAIN CERTAIN THINGS He In on the Defensive Now and Hl* Statement Will Be Eagerly A-waited. James J. Hill, president of the North ern Securities company, the center of more interest and the object of more criticism than any other man in tha northwest, walked serenely into the Great Northern office building shortly before noon to-day, accompanied by Vice Presi dent James N. Hill and Louis W. Hill, president of the Eastern Minnesota. Mr. Hill looked tired and somewhat worn as the result of the great battle he has fought in the arena of Wall street, and is apparently determined to get as much rest as possible before he has to take up the fight before him. It will be a fight of defense this time Instead of offense. Before going into the Great Northern building Mr. Hill's attention was drawn to the fact that he would very likely b© besieged by representatives of the news papers, and he was asked whether or not he would be interviewed. Mr. Hill re plied that if he saw one reporter at this time he would have to see them all. In asmuch as he had matters which required his immediate attention he would see no one for the present and this ultimatum was given out by Mr. Hill's secretaries. At Work, on His Statement. The Journal learned, however, that Mr. Hill has decided to prepare a state ment for the press In which he will make an elaborate defense, or rather explana tion of the objects of the merger. What he will show is not known. That he im mediately entered upon the task is cer tain, for he sent for General Solicitor Grover and had numerous clerks hustling about for various statistics regarding freight tariffs, etc. The president has at hand a number of comparisons which it is supposed he will use to prove his points. When this statement apepars, it will be the first authoritative utterance on the sub ject of the merger. Mr. Hill has for rea sons known to himself only, been as mum as- a sphinx since the thing was plaaned, excepting for ocacsional declarations that the public was misinformed; that the merger will be a good thing, etc. At last the public is to know the why and where fores. M. I). Viiuiii of Counsel. Attorney General Douglas declines to discuss report that he has retained M. D. Munn of St. Paul as associate counsel for the state in the antimerger case. Mr. I Munn has been in consultation with him, however, and is believed to be connected with the case in an advisory capacity. Mr. Douglas was asked whether any eastern counsel had been retained. He replied: "I do not care to discuss the question until the papers in the case have been filed." A CONFERENCE WITH MILLER i ;; Hill's Brief Stay in Chicago Was Fully Occupied. Special to The Journal. Chicago, Dec. 20.—James J. Hill, presi dent of the Great Northern railway and of the Northern Securities company, arrived here yesterday from Xew York and left in the evening for St. Paul. He was met here by Darius Miller, who has just been elected vice president of the Burlington, and by George B. Harris, president of the Burlington. The latter was in conference with Mr. Hill nearly all afternoon. Mr. Hill declined to be interviewed re garding his relations with Harriman and the fight that is being made against the consolidation if interests of the roads con trolled by Mr. Hill. Vice President Darius Miller spent an hour or two in the general offices of the Burlington getting pointers to guide him in tho mangement of the company's traffic affairs after January 1. Mr. Miller con firms the report that he -would move hi* headquarters from St. Paul to Chicago. He will come here on Jan. 1. The Agreement With Stickney. It is stated that upon the return of Mr. Hill to St. Paul negotiations will be re sumed between him and President Stick ney of the Chicago Great Western where by the latter is to come practically under Hill's control. Mr. Stickney has also gone to St. Paul from New York and will remain there over the holidays. Friend ly relations have existed between Presi dents Hill and ■Stickney for some time. CHICAGO BUYS ST. PAUL New Pool to Hnmlle That Stock and Union Pacific. Special to The Journal. New York, Dec. 20.—The strength of St. i Paul stock to-day was largely contributed ito by liberal buying from Chicago. Re i ports were current that Norman B. Ream and other Chicago operators had formed a new pool to handle both St. Paul and Union Pacific. Large earnings and pros pects of extra dividend distribution were ! used as bull points in St. Paul trading. Standard oil interests also were said to be buyers. ~r'.'. \ .■: ; Still in the Adjourning Ititsim-.s*. Chicago, Dec. 20.—Stockholders of the Burl ington met to-day and adjourned again with out objection until next Friday. INTERNATIONAL FUSION Sir Hery Ir-vliiw Find* ~ Pleasure as Well as Profit. Chicago, Dec. £0. —Sir Henry Irving was entertained at luncheon by the Green Room club last night. Sir Henry re ferred indirectly to the criticism of a London journal recently quoted as un favorable to the interchange of plays and players between America and England and said: ££;•££ This international infusion makes be very ■ happy. It means a broadening of the sources of art and a better understanding between two branches of one great race. Already It has accomplished much for us all, but it will go on working ' still greater benefits In' the future.