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THE WEATHER St. Paul and Vicinity—Partly Cloudy Minnesota—Fair Wednesday; snow flurries in north; fresh winds. VOL. XXVII.—NO. 341 THOUGHT CARNEGIE SIGNATURE VALID BANK PRESIDENT BECK WITH CONFESSES Tells of His Business Transactions With Mrs. Chadwick and Promises to Make a Fuller Statement Implicat ing Others—Beckwith and His Cash ier Are Arraigned CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 5. —Seated In the office of the United States dis trict attorney this afternoon, in this city. President C. T. Beckwith, of the failed Citizens' National Bank of Ober lin, mads a confession regarding the bank's transactions with Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick. He said: "I am either an awful dupe or a terrible fool. I know I have done wrong, and, although crushed to earth myself, I do not propose to be made a scape goat to shield the sins of others. Fur ther concealment of the truth cannot help anyone. Others also must be call ed to the bar to answer for their part In this terrible affair and one of those "whose answer must be had is Mrs. Cassie L Chadwick." The banker's acquaintance with Mrs. Chadwick began three years ago. The attorneys for Herbert D. Newton, the Brookline (Mass.) banker, have stated that their client loaned Mrs. Chadwick money only after a note signed "An drew Carnegie" had been indorsed by the president and cashier of a national bank. The men who indorsed the note were President Beckwith and Cashier Spear, of the Citizens' National bank, Oberlin, Ohio. Relating this matter, Banker Beck with continued his story of the bank's transactions with Mrs. Chadwick: "Yes, we indorsed the note in addi tion to one other note for $500,000, but never for the purpose lor which they were used." Notes Total $1,250,000 "Do you mean to say that there are two $500,000 notes in addition to the note for $250,000?" was asked. "Yes, notes aggregating $1,250,000." "It has not been generally understood that there were two notes for $500,000," was suggested. "I know it, I know it, but the notes exist just the same," said Mr. Beck with. "One of them is in the hands of the receiver and the other ought to be in the hands of Mrs. Chadwick. Jf she has disposed of it she has done something which she swore she would not do, so please make it plain that a solemn oath was taken that the notes which bear out indorsement were never to be used by Mrs. Chadwick for the purpose of raising money, and she Jcnew it." "Mr. Beckwith, to correct any wrong impression would it not be wise for you to state how Mrs. Chadwick induced you to place your signature upon the notes?" "My God! I would like to if I thought it would make it clear. To tell the story would be to tell a tale of torture covering a period of over a year. I cannot tell the story before I go on the SPILES CONFINE KIM Man Goes Mad and Dies After His Rescue NEW YORK, Dee. s.—Pinned be tween two spiles of a pier at the foot of West Twenty-third street so tightly that only the combined efforts of a score of firemen and policemen re leased him after long and frantic ef fort, and with the rising tide threaten ing death by drowning, a man sup posed to be George Fahey became a raving maniac and died today after having been removed from his perilous position. A policeman heard cries from under the pier today and as the calls for help seemed to be growing faint Fahey was found wedged between two spiles whose tops were close together. The water had riser to Fahey's chin. One man held his head above the water and poured whiskey down his throat while the firemen chopped at the spiles which held him prisoned. When it was nip and tuck whether the tide of the res cuers would win, the spiles gave way and Fahey was taken out, a maniac and resisting efforts to revive him. Shortly afterward he died in a hospi tal. No one knows how he come to be in such a plight nor anything about him other than his name. POISONS AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY'S FAMILY Arsenic Lays Low the Wife and Chil dren of Dr. Benjamin in India LONDON, Dec. 5.—A dispatch to a news agency from Laporte, Punjab, British India, says that the wife and children of Dr. Benjamin, an American Episcopal missionary, have been poi soned with arsenic. A native Christian schoolmaster who was recently repri manded by Dr. Benjamin is charged with the crime. THE OKLY DEMOCRATIC DAILY NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE NORTHWEST THE ST. PAUL GLOBE ! witness stand. I must seek advice. "Would to God I had been the only dupe instead of feeling the weight-of condemnation from hundreds of de positors whose earnings have been swept away!" Said She Saw Carnegie Sign "Did we hare the slightest suspicion that the notes carrying the name of Andrew Carnegie were not genuine? In heaven's name, how could we have suspicion? Mrs. Chadwiek swore to both of us and one or more witnesses that she personally saw Mr. Carnegie sign his name to the notes she placed before us. But we said that we must be sure How were we to know? The ans^wer came in less than two days when a New York attorney appeared in Oberlin who said he was the attor ney of Mr. Carnegie's special agent. He vouched for the correctness of the claims made by Mrs. Chadwick. We attempted to make certain that we were engaged in a legitimate business transaction, the kind of a transaction a business man would enter upon with credit to himself." "How about the attest held by Iri Reynolds. Did you see him?" Mr. Beckwith was asked. "Yes, many times. "We understood by every word that everything was all right and that genuine securities were locked up in the vaults of the Wade Rark bank. I .don't know now. Why doesn't somebody find out? That is the Question. "It was something over a year ago that I learned that W. S. Fay and Henry Wurst, of Elyria, had had some dealings with Mrs. Chadwick. They were known as shrewd business men. I began to in quire, for I wanted to exert every effort to turn an honest dollar. I guess my in quiries reached the ears of Mrs. Chad wick. How It Started "She came to Oberlin, and it was there the thing began. I began looking for legitinaate business. A second interview and I made a small loan. It was prompt ly met. In addition we secured consid erable splendid business. From there on the story leads into a maze, the end of which I wish I could now see. It leads on down to a time when I went down to New York. In my po,cket I carried one of the notes signed with the name of Car negie. When I started I had in mind an attempt to raise money on the paper to put funds in the bank. When I got to New York my heart failed me, for some thing told me that all was not right. I came home without making any attempt to raise money on the note. "It was my conviction that everything must bend to saving money igr my friends who had intrusted it to me. And so every move that was made was with the desire to save the bank if possible. Mrs. Chad wick had secured big loans from many other bankers. She had met these obli gations. Would she not meet obligations Continued on Fifth Page. NEW RUSSIAN MOVE Army Division Is Ordered to Afghan Frontier LONDON, Dec. 6.—The Standard as serts that an entire Russian army di vision which has been stationed in the Caucasus has been ordered to the Af ghan frontier. THE NEWS INDEXED PAGE I Bank President Beckwith Confesses T. D. O'Brien Next Insurance Commis sioner Russian Ships Burned Congress Reassembles World's Fair Scandal Express Car Robbed PAGE II City News PAGE 111 Minneapolis Matters PAGE IV Editorial Comment PAGE V In the Sporting World PAGE VI City News PAGE VII Of Interest to Women PAGE VIII Senatorial Fight Gossip PAGE IX News of the Northwest News of the Railroads PAGE X Financial and Commercial PAGE XI Popular Wants PAGE XII City New« TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1904—TWELVE PAGES THOMAS D. O'BRIEN IS APPOINTED STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Governor-Elect Johnson Springs Surprise and Ends Contest for Place by Offer ing Office to Well Known St. Paul Lawyer—Appointment Is Accepted and Oscar Hal lam's Election to District Bench Wifl Not Be Contested Thomas D. O'Brien will be the next state insurance commissioner of Min nesota. The well known St. Paul lawyer was asked some days ago by John A. John son, governor-elect, to accept the place, and after some deliberation he decided yesterday to take the proffered position. The appointment oT"Mr. O'Brien nec essarily involves his temporary retire ment from the practice of the legal profession, and it was announced last night that he would discontinue the re count of the votes in the O'Brien- Hallam judiciary recount. The recount, so far ac the votes for judge are concerned, lias been an in formal action. While the votes for county treasurer are being recounted as a judicial proceeding, representa tives of other candidates have been present and taken note of the votes as they were counted for treasurer. Appointment Is Confirmed The announcement of the appoint ment of T. D. O'Brien as insurance commissioner was confirmed last night by both Gov.-elect Johnson and Mr. O'Brien. It came as a great surprise to the public, but it is explained as wholly a personal appointment on the part of the next governor. Gov.-elect Johnson last night said of Mr. O'Brien's appointment: "Mr. O'Brien's acceptance of the po- ROBS EXPRESS CAR, SHOOTS MESSENGER Negro Rifles a Way Safe on the Santa Fe Road in California LOS ANGELES, Cai., Dec. s.—The Wells-Fargo express car on Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe overland passenger train No. 1, west-bound, was entered today between Needles and Daggett, Evan C. Roberts, the express messen ger, shot and fatally wounded, and the safe rifled. The express company was expecting a large shipment of United States pen sion mqjiey, totaling $200,000, it is said, and it is possible that this shipment may have been on the train. The offi cials were greatly excited over the rob bery, and at Barstow placed-a special messenger on board the car, with or ders to guard everything in it with the greatest secrecy. The shipment if sent would have been in the main safe. The robbery was not discovered until the train reached Daggett. Conductor Hawes opened the door of the express car^and found Messenger Roberts lying on the floor semi-conscious and the contents of the rifled safe scattered about the car. Roberts was so seri ously wounded that he was unable to tell how the robbery occurred, except to say that he had discovered someone on the blind baggage shortly after the train left Needles and had started to open the door when the man, whom he took to be a negro, sprang inside. Be fore the messenger could draw.his re- voiver the bandit opened fire, wound ing Roberts mortally. The bullets struck Roberts in the left breast, pass ing through his body. "Roberts fell and the robber immediately went to the open safe and took what he wanted of the contents. He then opened the door and jumped out while the train was running at full speed. Roberts was so badly hurt that he was unable to make an outcry. Continued on Eighth Page ; i:^^^^ iißl- ■ ■ .. . • ". .'■/ ""irrr "_ . _ . _'' -"i-..-^. . :* .--"._ fr'.~; -v-rt'S^^'^* The Kid-Whee! There 8s a Santa Claus After AH THOMAS D. O'BRIEN - W£m ■ ■ lira HI ■■ ■ ■'■ -■^HK;';:':::::::i^^^BRH^K::'.::::-":S ifc> » -^hHhHH^^K :-: -- - :->:->asK#^Bß^^B«-:-x-: - ■. ; :■*■ . 'fIK-'::-::^«HpK<-:::v^^::.;: Selected ; " for. State c; Insurance . ~r. Commissioner by Oov. -Elect v: ■■.■"- John A. Johnson > i sition of state insurance commissioner is a special personal favor to me. His acceptance of the appointment came after a great deal of solicitation on CONGRESS RESUMES ITS GRIND AGAIN Hundreds of Bills Are Brought Forward the First Day WASHINGTON, D. C, - Dec. o. — With the senate in session only three minutes and the house fifty-three min utes, the last session of the fifty eighth congress was assembled today. The time of both bodies was devoted entirely to the usual formalities of opening day. There were the greetings between members, the great floral dis play and the hundreds of visitors with beautifully gowned women predomi nating. Corridors, committee rooms and cloak rooms were thronged. The bustle extended even to the floors of the chambers. The gavels of Senator Frye, presi dent pro tern of the senate, and Speak er Cannon, of the house, fell at 12 o'clock. In both the senate and the house committees were appointed to wait upon the president and inform him that congress was prepared to re ceive any message he had to send to it. Resolutions of respect - were passed to • the memories of the late Senators Quay (Pa.) and Hoar (Mass.) in the senate and house, and adjournment was taken in further tribute to their memory. The only business outside of the usual first day routine was the adoption of a resolution in the house extending until Jan. 5, 1905, the time within which the merchant marine committee may make its report. NORTHWEST MEMBERS LOSE LITTLE TIME Globe Special Washington Service 1417 G Street WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. s.—Rep resentative John Lind arrived in Washington today and reached the Continued on Eighth Page rriy part. Any proposition which in | volved his permanent retirement, or even for a term of years his with drawal from the legal profession in which he has been so eminently suc cessful in St. Paul, was naturally con sidered very seriously before being finally accepted. Mr. O'Brien consid ered the proposal to be insurance com- missioner for some time before he could bring himself to abandon his splendid law practice and his legal associations in St. Paul. The need, however, of a man of strong legal abil ity, standing and character in the office of the state insurance commis sioner, to bring it to the high state of efficiency desired, is apparent, and after much solicitation on my part Mr. O'Brien consented to accept it." Mr. O'Brien, at his home last night, ' said: "The invitation to become state in surance commissioner was a personal request from Gov. Johnson, and it came under ciroumstances which I could not well refuse. I have given my acceptance and will assume the office with the incoming of the new administration." Talk of Contest Ends Referring to the count of the votes' for the judiciary, which will naturally be abandoned in view of Mr. O'Brien's Continued on Fourth Page SCANDAL GROWS OUT OF WORLD'S FAIR President Carter, of the Na tional Commission, Says Ail is Not Well With Awards ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. s.—ln a letter to Maj. J. G. Panghorn, president of the United Exhibitors' association, President Thomas H. Carter, of the national world's fair commission, de clared that "most grave charges of corruption in connection with the awarding of certain premiums have been filed" with the national commis sion. The letter, after quoting that part of the act of congress making an appropriation for the exposition which provides "that the appointment of all judges and examiners for the exposi tion and the awarding of premiums, if any, shall all be done by the exposition company, subject, however, to the ap proval of the national commission," continues: "Under the rules adopted by the company and approved by the com mission, the group jurors were to be appointed by the company before Aug. 1, 1904. None of the jurors were sub mitted to the commission for approval, i«i accordance with this provision of the rules and regulations. A number of those who acted were not submitted to the commission for approval until after they had performed their func tions and departed from the grounds, and many of them have not been ap proved. "Most grave and serious charges of corruption in connection with the awarding of certain premiums have been filed with the commission in the form of affidavits and otherwise. In view of such charges and the failure of the company to observe the law in the appointment and submission of the jurors for approval by the commission, the right of this body to investigate adequately'supported charges of fraud. Continued on Fifth Page PRICE TWO CENTS SvS'&V. j JAPS BURN SEVERAL RUSSIAN SHIPS LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN PORT ARTHUR SIEGE Russian Fleet, It Is Believed, Must Either Make an Early Sortie or Suffer Irreparable Damage—Jap anese Force Attempts to Turn Ren nenkampff s Flank and Is Reported Beaten With Heavy Loss TOKYO, Dec. 6.—lt is reported that the Japanese bombardment against the fleet at Port Arthur is proceeding to the satisfaction of the attacking forces. On the evening of the 4th instant two or three Russian ships were fired and burned in a half hour. Their names and the extent of the damage done are not known. It is generally believed that the Russian fleet must either make an early sortie or suffer irrepar able damage. Japanese Defeat Rumored MUKDEN, Dec. 5. —There is a per sistent rumor that the force of Japa nese sent to turn Gen. Rennenkampf s flank has been repulsed with great loss. The story is not yet officially confirmed, but details are given with great circumstantiality. It is stated that Gen. Rennenkampff, who knew the movement was maturing, awaited the Japanese at the mouth of one of the passes and that the Japanese turn ing force threw itself unsuspectingly into the ambuscade, where, after the fight, the Russians collected 500 Japa nese corpses. It is added that there are 1,000 more Japanese corpses which it had been impossible to collect owing to the fire of the Japanese. This does not include the Japanese loss in wounded. The Russian loss, accord ing to this account, was only thirty or forty men. Attack Poutiloff Hill ■ The night of Dec. 2 the Japanese be gan a heavy artillery fire in Poutiloff hill, paving the way for an infantry attack. The Russian artillery an swered vigorously for several hours and then slackened. The Japanese, imagining the Russian fire had been silenced, flung themselves in masses against the trenches, where they were allowed to come within close range and then were met with withering vol leys and a counter-charge with the bayonet The Japanese fled, having sustained enormous losses. A Cossack expedition which was sent the night of Dec. 2 to capture a Japa nese battery on the Russian right flank was only partially successful. T_he Cossacks wiped out the Japanese sentries, killed the gunners and got possession of the battery, but were un able to remove the guns, owing to the THINK HE'S "DOVE" Chicago Police Believe They Have Bate's Murderer CHICAGO. Dec. s.—Che South Chi cago police believe that they have the mysterious "Mr. Dove," or Hugg, sup posed to be the slayer of the chauf feur, Bate. William Knight and Ma rion Knute were arrested today on the charge of stealing two automobiles, and it is said that Knight not only fits the description of the man wanted for murder, but that he operates in the same manner. According to the police, Knight ana "Dove," or Hugg, are of the same height, <tf the same weight and are alike in every respect save in the clothes they wear. STUDENTS NO LONGER SING DOXOLOGY University of Chicago Faculty Thinks Other Songs Are More Profitable CHICAGO, Dec. s.—The doxology has been discarded at the University of Chicago. The faculty has agreed with the students that college songs do more to breed a true religious and college spirit than the chanting of the tenets of Christian belief, and today at all chapel services in the junior colleges the college song, "Alma Mater>" was substituted for the doxology. The gist of the recommendation of the students to the professors was that a college Spirit was the aim of the morning chapel services. DOG SAVES FAMILY, BUT LOSES HIS OWN LIFE WASHBURN, Wis., Dec. 5.— J. E. Jones and wife, who occupied the resi dence of Dr. A. S. Spears, were saved from death by suffocation through the barking of a faithful dog, when, they were.almost suffocated by smoke. They barely escaped in their night clothes. An attempt was made later to save the animal, but without avail. The pecuniary less is small. Mr. Jones is editor of the Times and postmaster. READ THE GLOBE THE ONLY LIVE NtWSPAPZ* IN ST. PAUL rapid arrival of Japanese reinforce ments. The attack by Japanese on Poutiloft hill on Dec. 3 was probably due in part to a wish to distract attention. from sapper operations on a neighboring hill j near the village of Shakhe, but these operations were discovered and re-! pulsed and the Japanese fled.' To Arrest Roche LONDON, Dee. 6.—The Mail learna that private application was made yes- j terday at the Bow street court for the arrest of Burke Roche, the captain who navigated the yacht Caroline to I Libau and a third person, presumably, Mr. Sinnett. , Tells It Again > ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. s.—An offi cial statement issued from naval head- ! quarters gives Vice Admiral Rojest- j vensky's latest account of the Dogger Ban-k affair and explains how the Bal- : tic fleet fired on their own ships. The statement is as follows: i "According to supplementary infor- j mation from Vice Admiral Rojestven- j sky, after the Kniaz Seuvaroff ceased , firing, two searchlights of the Dmitri j Donskoi and Aurora suddenly appeared ; on the left of the ironclad division. The Dmitri Donskoi showed night signals, whereupon, fearing projectiles from the hindmost ships of our division should hit our own vessels, either direct or by ricochet, a general signal to cease fire was made from the Souvaroff. The order was at once obeyed. The whole firing lasted less than ten minutes. Communications by wireless stated that' five projectiles struck the Aurora. There were 75 millimetre and two 47 ; millimetre shells. The chaplain of the Aurora was seriously injured and a /oetty officer was slightly wounded. : The chaplain subsequently succumbed at Tangier." , Turkey Stands Pat LONDON, Dec. 6. —The Post learns that there has been an unofficial ex- , change of views between Russia and Turkey concerning the exit of the Rus- j sian Black sea fleet through the Dar- j ■idanelles. Turkey, at present, accord-* ing to the Morning Post, deems it ad- : visable to adhere strictly to the Paris and Berlin treaties. DIES FOR A WOMAN Refused by Young Widow, OU son Takes Poison Special to The Globe CROOKSTON, Minn., Dec. s.—Be-!, cause Mrs. Julia Holte, a handsome young widow of Erskine, refused to marry him, J. P. Olson, after she had, complained of his attentions to the vil lage marshal and ordered him taken, away, went to the hotel Sunday after noon, engaged a room and committed suicide by swallowing two ounces of carbolic acid. His body was found this morning. Olson came from Mayville, N. D. He met the widow last spring and was in fatuated. During the summer he vis ited her, but was unsuccessful in win ning her promise to wed and Sunday., was given to understand that he must keep away from her. The following note was found in the 'dead man's room: "Dear Julia: I cannot live without you. You have fooled me. Good-by. —"J. P. Olson." ! TWO YOUNG MEN KILL THEMSELVES WITH GAS NEW YORK, Dec. 5. — That two young men who were found dead today, locked in each other's arms, entered into an agreement to commit suicide I simultaneously by gas is the belief of the police. They were James Gibbons . and James Moran, the former of whom '■ had been employed as a penman" at the St. Louis exposition. Their bodies lay | in a small room on the top floor of a Second avenue house. Gibbons hired the room a short time ago under an assumed name, and on Sunday, while he and Moran were at the house, he was reproached by his mother for dissipated habits. The youth assured her that she would not have -cause to chide him much longer. The room -was thick with gas fumes when the young men's non-appearance today led to an investigation, and all possible openings to outside air had been stuffed with pieces of newspapers,