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:Tokio Believes French Are Still Winking at Russian Use of Ports. Tokio, May 1.It is believed that |:%Admiral Roj'estveuskv continues to use $i*the ports of Indo-Ctiina to obtain coal ^and other supplies and to maintain communication with St. Petersburg, and th Japaneshe 1 press is agaitn ques- tioninge the fait of the recen assur ance of France. The government hero is silent, but it is believed the minis ters are preparing to renew the neu trality question with France. KUSS FLEET LINGERS Itojestvensky Still Only Forty Miles North of Kamranh Bay. Saigon, French Oochin-Cluna, May 1. K-The Russian squadron is lying off ort Dayet, forty miles north of Kam ranh bay and in Biuhkang bay, near Kamranh bay, but outside of territo rial waters. Russian, German and British trans ports are off Cape St. James, near Sai gon, and in the Saigon river. The French naval division has been mobilized to preserve neutralitv in French waters. After the junction of the two Russian squadrons, it is expected here that the united fleet will make a detour to reach the Pacific ocean, and will then try to reach Vladivostok. While the Russians were at Kam Jranh bay, many of the sailors deserted. One seaman was drowned while at tempting to escape. The men complain tof the harsh treatment to which they were subjected bv their officers. The Russian fleet at Kamranh bay consisted of the following vessels: Bo jrodino, Alexander II, Kniaz Suvaroff flagship) Osliabya, Sissoi, Veliky, Na Vann,, Oleg Aurora, Svietlana Almaz, Izum rud, Jemptchug and ten torpedoboat de stroyers. In addition to these there were five auxiliary cruisers. The Russians captured the British pteamer Beatrice, which was carrying in alleged contraband cargo to Japan. 'i London, Mav 1.The Daily Tele graph's Tokio correspondent savs "It is stated here that the whole of the second and third Russian Pacific pquadrons will join forces on the morn ing of May 5.'"' JAPANESE LINE UP ^Principal Concentration Is About Tie Pass. 4 Gun-shu Pass, Manchuria, May 1. {Information obtained from prisoners and captured mail shows that the dis position of the Japanese armies is us follows: General Nodzu, the region between jTie pass and Kaiyuan. General Oku, from Tie pass west ward of the railway. General Kuroki, from Tie pass east ward of the railway. I General Xogi, from Fakoman to j,Chang-tu-fu. General Kawamura, northeast of pMukden. The weakest forces of the Japanese tare in the region about Mukden, while tthe principal concentration is in the jegion of Tie pass. The flanks are ^guarded bv mixed bands of Japanese &nd Chinese bandits. WITTE OPPOSED WAR Eecord of Russia's Former Minister of 5 Finance Is Defended. St. Petersburg, May 1.M. Angur teff, formerly an assistant of M. Witte, president of the committee of ministers. Undertakes the defense of his former hief against the charges that he was in any manner responsible for the Man thurian adventure or the events which brought on the war. On the contrary, |V[. Angurieff proves bv means of hither to unpublished documents that M. Witte opposed the Manchurian plans thruout in the most energetic manner, intimat ing the fact that it was really his oppo sition to the scheme in the far east which led to his downfall as finance minister. -j M. Auguerieff says that M. Witte was not responsible for the Siberian rail road that he was opposed to the seizure of Port Arthur in 1898, but was 'overruled by the advice of Count Mura Vieff, the minister for foreign affairs, gtvlio submitted alleged proofs that Great Britain intended to seize the port if Russia did not do it that he opposed the retention of Manchuria that, when "overruled, he advised the immediate irconstruction of the Circumbaikal rail road for strategical purposes that 'later, when the situation became acute, fepeine that Russia was not prepared, hi. Witte urged at least the temporary Withdrawal of the Russian forces from Manchurifi He then wiote to the em iperor as follows: i Instead of making an enemy of Japan. 'wo should win her friendship I strongly ladvise a fnerdH solution We need to ^populate our eastern provinces and na\e Jvital interests to defend in the eventual Iwar with the 'vellow race, in order that Pthe peasants ot Russia may understand iwhat the\ aie fighting foi All M. Witte's warnings were un heeded and he WE not consulted. The Korean timber concession was obtained Without bis knowledge. Japanese Will Honor Dead. 1 Tokio, Mav 1.With elaborate cere Imony beginning Wednesday and ending iFriday the names of 30,866 soldiers and |sailors of Japan killed prior to the bat Vtle of Mukden will be enshrined in the iSpokonsha temple. The flag of the Ipussian cruiser Variag, which was sunk 3n the first naval battle of the war, |and a standard captured at Mukden *are on exhibition in the temple. The iemperor and empress will attend the tceremony on Thursday, and the crown ^prince and princess will be present on ^Friday. The ceremony is based on the piational belief of the immortality of |the soul and the homage due to an cestors. HEAD CUT FBOM BODY, to The Journal. Escanaba, Mich May 1.An unidentified ^woodsman, aged 80, was Instantly killed In the iyards of the Xortb-Western road shortly after {noon today. He fell between ore cars and his {head was severed from his body. Bad Blood [s responsible for most* of [the diseases and ailments of the human system. It se riously affects every organ and function, causes catarrh, dyspepsia, rheumatism, weak,tired,languid feelings and worse troubles. Take Hood'sSarsaparslla which purifies and enriches the bloodas nothing else can For testimonials of remarkable cures end for Book on the Blood, No. 3. C. J. Hood Co., Lowell, Moss. JAPANESE DOUBT ICg 'T USE PUTT IFJICTION WHEREl! FRENCH PROMISES AS A CHARACTER Mae Wood Sues Secretary Loeb for Alleged Interference with a Novel. New York Sun Special Service. Omaha, Neb., May 1.A petition in a suit for $35,000 damages, wherein ox Postmaster General Robert J. Wynne, now consul general to London William Loeb, secretary to President Roosevelt, and J. Martin Miller, consul to Aix la-Chapelle, in Rhenish Germany, are named as defendants, was filed here today bjr Miss Mae 0. Wood, a woman lawyer, formerly an employee of the postoffice department at Washington. Miss Wood is the young woman who recently won much notorietv in con nection with a love affair and a threat ened breach-of-promise suit wherein Senator Thomas C. Piatt of New York was the most conspicuous figure. Miss Wood was formerly a practicing attor ney in Omaha and she acts as her own attorney in this case. In her petition Miss Wood alleges that the three distinguished defend ants conspired to obtain possession of, and actually did obtain possession of, certain letters and manuscripts belong ing to her which she was preparing to use in a book to be entitled "The Love Affairs of a .Boss." The letters, she affirms, were writ ten to her by Senator Piatt. She al leges that the letters and manuscripts were obtained from her by unfair means. Loeb Doesn't Know. Glenwood Springs, Col., May 1.- Why, I never saw the woman in my life, nor do I want to see her," said William Loeb, Xr., secretary to the president, when Tie was shown a dis patch concerning the suit filed in Omaha by Miss Mae Wood. Mr. Loeb iaii a Orel, Xakhimoff, Dimitrydonskoi, dded A just as I thought. I will have to get a bill of particulars to tell how I am con nected with the case. The only knowledge I have of Miss Wood is in relation to her position in tho postoffice department and the notoriety she brought to herself just prior to the marriage of Senator Piatt of New York. She called up the White House and asked if she could see me. Assistant Secretary Barnes talked with her and as her business did not seem to be important I declined to see her. That is all I know personally of the woman. I am at a loss to see where she gets my name into the action for dam ages. New Elevator to Women's Floor At the Plymouth Corner entrance. TRAGIC SHOOTING AT AN ARMY POST Capt. Raibourn Fires on Lieut. Point and Then Kills Himself. Salt Lake City, May 1.After mak ing a murderous assault upon Lieuten ant William H. Point of the Twenty ninth infantry, Captain W. A. Rai bourn, also of the Twenty-ninth in fantry, committed suicide at Fort Doug las yesterday. Point was shot twice by his superior officer, one of the bullets penetrating his left thigh and another inflicting a deep flesh wound in his right leg. After Lieutenant Point had fallen, Captain Raibourn turned his revolver upon himself, sending a bullet into his head. He died instantly. The tragedy was an outgrowth of Captain Raibourn's arrest on Tues day last on a charge of drunkenness. Captain Raibourn, who was 35 years old and unmarried, enlisted in the army in 1891 as a private, and had worked his way up from the ranks. He and Lieu tenant Point had served together in the Philippines and were firm friends. Lieutenant Point entered the army as captain of the Fifty-first Iowa volun teers, and later was appointed to the regular service. He has passed the ex amination and qualified for promotion to a captaincy. EMPLOYERS BENT ON WINNING FIGHT Continued from First Page. guarding wagons on the way to strike ridden business houses, died today. Dur ing one of the many riots growing out of the strike he was knocked under the feet of horses attached to a cart, an'd was crushed beneath the vehicle's wheels. John Ceresa, driver of the cart, was arrested and is held under heavy bonds. Spurning the efforts of the peace com mission appointed by Mayor Dunne, the employers have declared that the strike must end by the unconditional surren der of the teamsters. All hope of a cessation of hostilities an'd a peaceful settlement of the teamsters' strike was abandoned last night. Unconditional surrender on the part of the striking employees, it is declared, is the only thing ihat can possibly close the breach oetween them and the employers. This is the ultimatum of the executive committee of the employ ers' association' as expressed in emphat ic language by the various spokesmen before the peace commission, and as re flected in the defiant manner of the members of the committee when they emerged from the conference room. We will treat with the teamsters as individuals, but we will have no truce with men who attempt to destroy our stables, let our horses starve, destroy property and endanger life^in the public streets with reckless aban'cion.'' According to Levy Mayer, counsel for the employers, this was the text of the reply of several of the employers, de livered in ringing addresses before the peace commission. It meant a battle to the end and no quarter. Teamsters Confident. President Shea of the teamsters and president of the Chicago Federation is sued the following statement: To the Trades Unionists of Chicago: The teamsters' organization has the situation well in hand and we earnest ly request that no sympathetic strike be called or any member leave his em ployment until such time as they are asked to do so by the committee having the matter in charge. We also urge upon all members of organized labor to preserve peace and commit no act that can be interpreted by the courts as a violation of the law or of either injunc tion issued." It was further announced that union teams would be supplied to any "fair" house whose team companies' had sold out to the new teaming company. Giovanni Robena. & Genoese who climbed *o the roof ot hla sweetheart's house to speak to her. fell half way thru the tiles and remained Jammed there till rooming, when he was soaked with cold brother. By W. W. Jermane. Washington, May 1.Careful inquiry at the treasury department today shows uncertainty as to whether Captain Mc Cardy is to quit the office of auditor for the postoffice department. It is ad mitted that there has been friction be tween McCardy and heads of depart ments over some of his acts since he became auditor. One was his assump tion of power in dividing one of the di visions in his office, virtually creating a new division, which was decided to be contrary to law. McCardy was called to account for it, and directed to revoke his order. Another source of friction was McCardy's alleged adoption of Cap tain Castle's favorites in the auditor's office, and the general continuation of Castle's policies in connection with pro motions of clerks. This did not please Secretary Shaw and it is said that, in order to remove McCardy from the zone of Castle's influence, he suggested some months ago that McCardy be trans ferred to the office of auditor for the war department. The president did not look favorably on the proposition, and McCardy re mained as auditor for the postoffice de partment. Captain McCardy himself has always denied any intention of quitting gov ernment service. He has not intimated to any high official of the treasury de partment that he intended to relinquish his job. It was said today that Mc Cardy would stay, while in another quarter strong belief was expressed that he would resign voluntarily or by re quest, within the next six or eight months. Secretary Shaw left for Boone, Iowa, yesterday to attend the funeral of his old pastor and so he could not be in terviewed. KOLB TELLS OF CLOCKS AWD BEER Continued from First Page. mon came in with six bottles of beer. He could see the clock on the dresser, the Milwaukee station clock and the courthouse clock. There were few peo ple in' the room. "How often did this combination of three clocks, eight bells, five people and six bottlese of beer happen in room 18 inquired Mr. Hall. "Yon remember getting beer yourself at a quarter of seven and of Hammon at eignt. Was it a habit to buy beer by the clock?" Mr. Hall also asked the witness if he remembered reading and discussing an account of the Columbia Heights job in Johnson's saloon the morn#ig after the murder, and if there was a man present who could hear what they said. This man, it is stated, will be produced later by the state. Burned a Night Light. As to his reason for having a light in his room when arrested at 3 o'clock in the morning, Kolb stated that he al ways kept a light burning nights. Kolb was on the stand a few moments early in the afternoon. Mabel Ward was then called. The defense is now debating whether or not to put Kalderwit on the stand. A few days ago it was stated that, he would go on, but the plans have since been changed. Mr. McGhee stated that he had not yet decided what would be done. The three prisoners spent a quiet Sunday in the gloomy little jail. Most of their friends left Sunday and re turned this morning. Mabel Ward and Alger Waller remained, however, and visited the prisoners. It is doubtful if the case can possibly go to the jury before Wednesday after noon. The defense will try to complete its tesimony tomorrow. A day will be required by the attorneys in summing up their case.M. C. Bacheller. KOLB UNDER FIRE *r Monday Evening, THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL 1PCARDY RULES Uncertainty at Treasury Depart ment as to Whether the St. Paul Man Will Quit. Kalderwit's Pal Not Badly Rattled by Saturday's Oross-Examination. Special to The Journal. Anoka, Minn., May 1.Practically all the afternoon session on Saturday was consumed by A. H. Hall in cross-exam ining John Kolb, the first witness of the defense. Kolb was a good witness on direct examination and on cross examination proved cunning and shifty. Mr. Hall, however, succeeded in tan gling the witness in his dates, and fol lowed it up by securing other admis sions. Kolb at times was most polite and dignified, but on other occasions lost his temper and even became flippant. He admitted that he associated with Colum bia theater women, but denied most emphatically any intimation that he was what might be called a ladies' man. He denied absolutely any intimacy with Mabel Ward and Ethel Mason. The theory of a New Brighton alibi was smashed by Kolb's statement that he had not been out to New Brighton since June. In cross-examining the witness, Mr. Hall drew from him the statement that he quit work on Nov. 9 with $17, and that he went broke on Nov. 16 after buying an overcoat and a pair of shoes. Mr. Hall requested the witness to try on the shoes which Witness Goodman, for the state, claimed Kolb had pawned with him on Nov. 25. Kolb had de nied that the shoes were his on direct examination. The jurors were request ed to examine the fit of the shoes. When a Man's "Broke." The feature of the afternoon was Kolb's laconic definition of being hard up, which was as follows: A man is hard up when he has no place to east, no place to sleep, no place to go and no nothing." Kolb had stated that Kalderwit had never owned any canvas coat or sweat er similar to thoBe offered by the state as evidence. He stated that Kalder wit had the clothes which he wore at the time of his arrest and one extra shirt. "He was almost as hard up as you were," said Mr. Hall. I wasn't hard up," retorted the witness. "What do you call hard up?" said Mr. Hall. "You had pawned your clothes and your watch." The witness then offered his concep tion of being hard up. The witness stated on cross-exami nation that Mabel Ward was a per former at the Columbia theater and that Ethel Mason, another friend, was a woman of the town. Mr. Hall's questions concerning the relations ex isting between the witness and these women were so pointed that Miss Ward, who was present, became em barrassed and left the courtroom. Kolb denied absolutely that he had ever entertained women in his rooms, but admitted that Miss Ward and Ham mon had lived together. The purpose of Mr. Hall's question ing was to make the witness admit that he was an adventurer and asso ciate of bad characters, both men and women^ (SksRSdil GEBHARDT LIFE WAS SOUGHT Continued from First Page. ined the contents and Dr. Reinekc had remarked that it looked as tho some body had tried to kill Dr. Gebhardt. The dentist, however, had laughed at the remark at the time, saying that he knew of no one who might want to take his life. His resurrecting aud preserving the blue box, however, showed-that he had pondered Dr. Eeineke's sinister obser vation and was already investigating, or was intending to investigate, the source of the poison. Gebhardt's Offlcemate on Stand. Dr. Eeineke went on the stand just before noon today and told of seeing Dr. Gebhardt ten or fifteen minutes before 9 on the night of the murder. At that time, Dr. Eeineke said, Dr, Gebhardt was at work at his lathe pol ishing a plate. All of the lights were burning except the one in the reception room. The witness also described the circumstances surrounding the poison package as he knew them, and of the investigation following the homicide. A. W. Barnes, president of the Inter state Accident and Eelief association and superintendent of the agents of the Minnesota Mutual Fire Insurance com pany, identified the Smith-Premier typewriter, introduced as an exhibit, as one owned by the fire insurance com pany. He was shown the label on the poison package and said that the type writing of Dr. Gebhardt's name and address was in purple. He wrote a word on the machine and said that the color was the same as the address on the label. Vogel's Evidence a Surprise. Dr. J. H. Vogel, who is a college chum of the defendant, and had known him many years, was called by the state to testify as to the carbolic acid which Dr. Koch borrowed from him on the day following the homicide. He described the sores on the defendant's hands when he and Dr. Strickler examined them on Nov. 4: also the three knives which he knew Dr. Koch owned. A surprising featuie of the cross-ex amin'ation was Dr. Vogel's declaration that the marks described in the palm of Dr. Koch's haWd, and a scratch under Dr. Koch's left eye were there on the day before the murder of Dr. Gebhardt. On Cross-examination Dr. Vogel said tnatJDr^Strickler'a bottle of strychnine was Tcept sometimes in the cabinet in his office and cometimes in the doctor's grip. In both places, he said, it was accessible, and the witness had on four or five occasions helped himself to tab lets from that bottle. Eegarding the sores on Dr. Koch's hands, Dr. Vogel said that one of them, either on a third or fourth finger of the right hand, was there on Monday before Gebhardt was killed. Dr. Vogel said that, in his opinion, there were no scratches or scars covered by the burn. Scratch Under Left Eye. At the opening of court today W. P. Eckstein was cross-examined. He said that when he saw the defendant talking to Einar Hoidale on the afternoon of Nov. 2 he looked at his clothes to ascer tain whether or not they looked as tho water had been used to remove stains, but noticed nothing. Dr. Eckstein said that when he saw the defendant on the afternoon of Nov. 2 there was a* small scratch about two inches long under Dr. Koch's left eye. Koch Annoys'His Counsel. Dr. Koch's frank declaration yester day that Chief of Sbliee*Klause had lied when he said thftt.Jdk K^ch had ad mitted that the -bloody handkerchief was "one of George's," wag annoying to his counsel. On the day Chief Klause made that statement, Senator Somerville was asked what the defendant said about the tes timony. He said that the defense, of course, denied the statement attributed to Miss Koch, but that the defendant would make no statement, his counsel having advised him to say nothing ex cept thru them. When Chief Klause read the Koch in terview, which predicted a sensational scene when the defendant and he met, he laughed heartily. The state still maintains that Sheriff Julius, who was with Chief Klause when the handkerchiefs at the Koch home were inspected, will give testi mony that will amply corroborate the testimony of Chief Klause. Dr. Eobert Gebhardt was in court to day with his brother, Henry, and sis ter, Emma. He is a dentist at Black Eiver Falls, Wis. KOCH'S RETURN TO HIS OFFICE Much More Vital in This Trial Than at Former One. Special to The Journal. Mankato, Minn., May 1.What Dr. Koch did when he returned to his office on the evening Dr. Geb hardt was murdered IB a much more conspicuous question' at this trial than at the first. Peculiar interest attaches to the testimony of Miss Lena Weider mann, a new witness for the state, on this point. In fact, it appears that one of the most important fights of the trial will center around the statement of this woman that she saw Koch turn on the light in' his workroom, stoop, extend his arm as tho reaching for something, make a move which looked as tho he was putting something in his pocket and then turn out the light. Eealizing the importance that this testimony will have, if not plausibly re pudiated, it was one of the chief sub jects of investigation by Messrs. Somer ville and Abbott while in New Ulm Sun dav. Senator Somerville said this mo'rning that he had made thoro in quiry into the circustances surrounding the sudden appearance of Miss Weider mann at the second trial, after her fail ure to tell her story at the first, and that he had inspected the premises from where Miss "Weidermann said she saw Koch in' his office. The result, he be lieves, will have more effect on this evidence than the cross-examination did, when it was brought out that Miss Weidermann was certain the defendant wore a black slouch hat (such a hat as Brooks says the murderer had on when he looked' over the transom), while all others who saw Koch that evening de clare he wore the brown derby hat which he had worn on' the streets of New Ulm for many months before a'n"d after the Gebhardt murder. The de fenae believes that further doubt is cast on the testimony of this witness by the fact that Bhe declared that every time she saw Dr. Koch before th murder, he wore a black slouch hat. In Which Room? At the first trial Dr. Koch testified that, after starting home that fatal night, he remembered he had left the light in his qperatingroom turned on, and returned and extrnfeuished it, not going into his workroom or laboratory or any other room. Now Miss Weidermann's testimony is that he went into his workroom and did what she described. She declared she was certain it was the workroom which he entered, as she could not see the win dow of the doctor's operating room from the porch on which sho stood. An'd she asserted tfeat the window was dark when sho first *BBd^n that direc tion and thaff the Ughi appeared sud denly, indic'&t&jf/ that ICOCB had turned the light "oni* and not *Aff when he THE The Advertising Rec ord of The Minneapo lis Journal for April compared withthat of its nearest daily competitor is as follows: 59% Mor local 50% MoreForeign 64% Mor Want 74% Mor Total 1063 COLUMNS April Real Estate and Land Advertising: *$&" 163 Cols. 25 Issues Nearest competitor- 7f9 fiftlo 30 issues (5 Sundays) i New Ulm yesterday he stood on the porch where Mis Weidermann1 said she stood when she saw the light in the window. He had gone there for the purpose of getting a view similar to the one Miss Weidermann could have had from there, while his coleague stood in Dr. Koch's workroom. The senator declared that from any point on the porch from where the window of the workroom could be sen, the window In the operati'n'groom could also be seen, there being nothing to obstruct the view. Clothes Important, Too. Another feature which is being em phasized more than at the first trial relates to the clothes Dr. Koch wore the day after the murder. After Post master Krooks testified Saturday fore noon that when he walked down town with the defendant at 8:15 or 8:30 on the morning of Nov. 2, he wore, not the pepper-and-salt coat, but a brown one, W. P. Eckstein was called by the state to add the story of what he eyes saw. Mr. Eckstein was one of the coroner's jurors at the Gebhardt in quest and acted as court reporter at the first trial. He said that he saw Koch at about 2:15 on the afternoon following the murder, and that he was certain he wore a coat of a brownish tint then. The defense, on cross-examination, used Mr. Eckstein as a means of get ting before the jury certain features of the defendant's testimony at the first trial. It interrogated him at length on what he had written of Koch's testimonv, and thus brought several points to the attention of the court which otherwise would have been buried until the state had rested. Won't Fight About Time. The first week's testimony as to time established pretty clearly that the work of the murderer was completed before 9:45 p.m. This conclusion was reached in a peculiar, devious way, one that makes it impossible to determine whether or not any estimate was just right. Conductor Richardson, Engineer Reed and some other men were stand ing in Englebert's saloon, across the street from the Gebhardt office, when Deed and Richardson pulled out their watches to compare them as to time. One of them then said, in so loud a tone that those standing near heard, that it was 9:34. After that Nenno and some others had a drink and talked with some persons playing smear at a table near the bar. Then Cavanaugh\ entered and told of the trouble in Gebhardt's office. Rich ardson said that, estimating the flight of time after he looked a his he believed it was 9:39 otr 9:40watch, when Cavanaugn entered. Nenno said he thought it was four minutes a/ter the comparision of watches that Oavanaugh entered. Nenno said, further, that he had chased straight across the street and up the stairs as fast as he could go, and that it was 9:40 when the door was broken in, just after he arrived at the head of the stairs. Policeman Weisenborn said that it was 9:40 or 9:45 when Cavanaugh ap- Elock while in roached him near the Otto Meyer and told him of the tragedy, and that the door/ was broken open not more than a minute or two later. "We'll take the testimony of the State 'B own witnesses as ,to the time of ADVERTISING COLUMN FOR APRIL 1905 The Journal carried in April, 25 issues, more advertising than any paper in the Twin Cities in 30 issues, including five big Sundays. the murder," said Senator SomeTville. "That makes it between 9:40 and 9:45. We declare that George Koch got home that night at 9:38. Chief of Police Klause said that he walked fr6m Geb hardt 's office in fourteen minutes and forty-five seconds, and that he ran it by the shortest route in seven' minutes and some seconds. The alibi will prove that the defendant was at home when Brooks saw the murderer's black slouch hat, or heavy shock of hair, moving about in the Gebhardt offices.'' At the first trial the members of the family were the only ones who said Dr. Koch was home at 9:38," was remarked to the senator. Hippauf, the only per son in the house not a member of the Koch family, said he didn't see George until one minute before 10.'' The senator said that if Dr. Koch had returned home after an ordinary even ing down town ther was no reason for his rushing into Hippauf's room the minute he got in the house. It was but natural, he said, that he should move about the house ati*d talk with the family before entering his own room. Then he reiterated that the alibi as established at the first trial would not bo desturbed. Mrs. Dahms' Long Silence. On cross-examination late Saturday afternoon Mrs. Dahms, who told of hearing someone run past her house and toward the gate leading to the Koch home about ten min*ates before 10 on the night of the murder, and then of finding blood on the gatepost next morn ing, said that she had been silent be LAWYERS Iff NEW ULM Defense After Evidence with Which to Impeach Mrs. Dahms. Special to The Journal. New Ulm, Minn., May 1.Messrs. Somerville and Abbott, lawyers, defend ing Dr. Koch, came to New Ulm yester day and with Henry Somsen, S. W. Johnson and Tony Weisner, went to the Dahm place, which is figuring so sen sationally in the trial. While the others took-a position near the house, Messrs. Somerville and Ab bott ran over the courae described by Mrs.' Dahms in her evidence, to de termine if the noise made by the 1 The Journal during April, 1905, with one less publication day, beat its own great record of April, 1904, by 158 Columns 1516 COLUMNS Average Circulation April, 67226 Productive circu lation counts with advertisers. 468 COLUMNS *c sprinters could be heard at the house, as sworn to by her. It is reported their stav there was cut short by one of the Dalims boys, who ordered them from the place. The gate posts, upon which Mrs. Dahms found blood the morning follow ing the murder, were dug up last night by Paul Hippauf, who roomed at Koch's and is a witness for the alibi, and the presumption is that the defense will in troduce them in evidence. The tops of the posts were cut off some time ago by the state and are available as exhibits in the case. i i^i a Inventors America's Best 10c Cigar. cause she did not want to be mixed up {most positive manner that the Equitable in the affair in which George Koch, is as safe as the Bank of England. whom she had known all her life, was accused of a crime. Owe of counsel for the state said that after Mrs. Dahms had testified to what she had heard and seen, she remarked that "now her con science felt better." The defense said that it had nothing to( say about Mrs. Dahms' testimany save to point out the peculiarity of he'r sudden appearance at the second trialj. and the ''absurdity" of her testimonv that the murderer, however much blood he might have had on his hands in Dr. Gebhardt's Office, would have e'n'ough blood on them to smear the gate post after raicing the window, breaking the screen, and swinging down to the ground from a wire, and then running nearly a mile to the gate. They declared it would have been physically imposible to keep enough blood on' the nands running that dis tance to make a mark of any kind on anything. GOULD SAYS FINANCIAL CONCERNS ARE SOLID Now York Sun Special Service. New York, May 1.George J. Gould said today: 4' There is not a bank, Trust company or a large corporation of any kind in. the eity of New York in trouble at Che present time. I am affiliated with a large number of financial institutions and corporations and were any of them in difficulty I should certainly hear of it. There has been a great deal of agi- __ tation of late concerning the Equitable Life Assurance society and a good deal of unjust criticism. I say it in the a policyholder will lose a cent despite the present outcrv. The matter will work itself out to the satisfaction of all concerned.'' Rural free delivery ordered established Jnne 11 MinnesotaCanb.r. 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