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THE WE A THEfS St. Paul and Vicinity—Warmer. Minnesota—Snow and warmer in eastern portion: colder Saturday. VOL. XXYIL—NO. 351 CARNEGIE ADVISES EMPLOYER AND MAN SAYS THEY SHOULD BE BETTER ACQUAINTED August Belmont Is Elected President of the National Civic Federation— Archbishop Ireland Declares Labor Problems Should Be Settled on the Basis of Intelligence and Mutual Sympathy NEW YORK. Dec. 15.—August Bel mom was tonight elected president of the National Civic Federation, to suc ceed the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna. The election took place at the dinner of the federation. During the day^i com mittee, composed of Archbishop Ire land, John Mitchell and Franklin Mac- Veagh. was appointed by -the executive committee of the federation, which is holding its annual meeting here, to se lect a president, and the choice fell upon Mr. Belmont. The committee re ported its choice tonight and Mr. Bel mont was elected. The other officers chosen were: First vice president, Samuel Gomp ers; second vice president, Oscar S. Strauss; chairman of the ways and means committee, Henry Phipps; treas urer, Charles A. Moore; chairman wel fare department, H. H. Vreeland; chairmen trade agreement committee, Francis L. Robbins and John Mitchell; chairman executive council, Ralph M. Easily; secretary,-Samuel B. Donnelly. The dinner was attended by 270 mem bers of the- federation. Samuel Gomp pers acted as* toastmaster. He said la bor had found out through the federa tion that employers are not the "mod ern monsters" which they used to pic ture in the past. He said he welcomed, advisedly for labor, which he repre sented, the organizations of employers. Carnegie as Conciliator. .» . When :Mr. 'Gompers announced that 'Andrew Carnegie's indisposition kept him away and wished for a speedy re covery and improved health for the iron master, there was much applause. -" i He then introduced Ralph M. Easley, who road Mr. Carnegie's address, in part as follows i i "Peace reigns in all quarters of the industrial .worlcU There are seven mil lions engaged in manufacturing, min ing and industrial occupations. I am persuaded that quarrels arise quite as SCANDAL COMES OUT Why French Deputy Syveton Committed Suicide PARIS. Dec. 15.—The circumstances attending the death of Deputy Gabriel Syveton, who was found dead from as phyxiation in his apartments at Neuil ly Dec. 8. are developing into a do mestic drama of startling magnitude. Many sensational features have come to light. It is established that the wife of M. Syveton was about to apply for a di- | vorce on the ground of improper re- j lations between M. Syveton and lime. | Menard, a daughter of Mme. Syveton ! by a former husband. Both M. Menard and Mme. Syveton had accused the deputy of these relations and a fam- I ily council took place shortly before M. Syveton's death, at which violent scenes were enacted, M. Menard de claring that it.was the duty of the deputy to put a bullet through his head, and Mine. Syveton announcing her purpose to sue for a divorce. This was the eve of M. Syveton's trial. for assaulting War Minister Andre in the chamber of deputies Nov. 4. The deputy foresaw the: public dis closure of his relations with his wife's daughter and : thereupon committed suicide for the purpose of averting the disclosure/ The foregoing is inter woven with many scandalous details which the police and house are follow ing with absorbing interest. The case has taken on a political aspect, the Nationalists associated with M. Syve ton asserting that there were threats of disclosures which amounted to a conspiracy on the part of the govern ment's supporters to compel the depu ty to take his own life. This charge does not appear to be supported, as the tragedy was clearly the result of a scandalous domestic drama. - It has developed that M. Syveton had been receiving a salary of $5,000 as secretary for Count Boni de Castel lane. MILLIONAIRE MAY HAVE TO GO TO JAIL CHICAGO, Dec. —George F. Harding, Chicago millionaire and club man, has lost his contest over the pay ment of $300 a month alimony to his -wife, Mrs. Adelaide M. Hard!tigV arid in an opinion given today Judge Gib bons held Harding not only responsible for future payment?, but in contempt of court for arrearages to -the amount of $33,301. This amount Harding must 1 pay within ten days or .he;: will be lodged in tail, according to the decree. THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC DAILY NEWSPAPER OF GENEFAL CIRCULATION IN THE NORTHWESt THE ST. PAUL GLOBE often from the employer's ignorance of the fine qualities of his employes as from ignorance of the workmen of the good qualities of their employers. I think the great corporation engaged in a dispute with its men makes a mistake If it adopts the policy of running the works with new men. Just In proportion as the workman is earn est and efficient, just so is his pride in his work. To compel him to stand aside to see an outsider, sure to be his inferior, take his place, is to subject him to a trial he should be spared. That the support of his wife and chil dren depends upon his labor of which he is deprived by another is the most excruciating thought of all. This is a trial to which no workman should be subjected. "Even when the employer succeeds in running the works with Jnew men, his victory is really a defeat. He will ultimately lose more by the change than he would have lost had he pa tiently awaited a settlement with his old men. If, in case of a strike, the employer promptly informs his men that they need have no apprehension about their jobs, that he would not have any but his own men and knew he could get his men if he would wait for them until the unfortunate affair was settled, all would be well. What the Civic Federation should aim at is that strikes and, lockouts should be prevented, and for them I can see no cure so effective as a trade agreement providing for arbitration, after every effort has been exhausted to settle the difficulties by the employer and his men." Archbishop Ireland Speaks Archbishop Ireland was then intro duced. He said in part: "I have supreme faith in America Continued on Eighth Page FINDS WEALTH IN AN OLD $4 TRUNK NEW YORK, Dec. 15.— Wrapped in a faded bit of brown paper at the bottom of an did trunk that he bought at a stor age warehouse auction for $4, Max Hart, a postoffice clerk of this city, has found bonds of a Southern electric lighting and water company, which have a market value of between $17,500 and $20,000. Accrued interest at 6 per cent, which has not been collected for years, adds nearly $10,000 to the value of his find, which is estimated by bank of ficials to be between $25,000 and $30,000. THE NEWS INDEXED PAGE I City Budget Is Passed National Civic Federation Greene Goes to See Lawscr. Testimony Against Dr. KccH Odellites Against Depew PAGE II Musicians Threaten Aldermen Council After Illicit Conduits Pay for Election Officers Pardon Board to Consider Ames' Peti tion Western Union Tax Case PAGE 111 Minneapolis Matters Assembly Passes Smoke Ordinance Labor Bureau Prepares' Report of Wage Scales Good Roads Associations Meet PAGE IV Editorial Comment PAGE V In the Sporting World PAGE VI News of the Northwest News of the Railroads Mormons' Testimony PAGE VII Of Interest to Women ** Short Story PAGE VIII _-i Far Eastern War Mrs. Chadwick and Beckwith Meet Prohibition Row PAGE IX Work of Congress Irish Famine PAGE X Financial and Commercial PAGE XI Paying Wants PAGE XII Holbrook for Postmaster Council Hears of Street Car Compro mise Senatorial Fight Gossip FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1904— TWELVE PAGES LAWSON WAITING FOR TROUBLE TO START ■—■-"•-'• V: " .'; H*- ■ •-" ■*--i-~-~ :, v ,-^. ■ -;■' ■ ..„-.—» . -,^T:' ■■••' ->-' ■ "■■ -' ■■-■•'• '■•J*L~'_' *** Fwl/si£/fmwJ s^J J~\ tiff ifflmmlfli If / / GREENE TAKES TRIP TO LTON'S CITY Fur May Fly Today and Lawson Gives Another Dynamic Talk Special to The Globe BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 15.—C01. Wil liam C. Greene, president of the Greene Consolidated Copper company, who I said Thomas W. Lawson's bear raid in j the stock market has cost him mil lions, who publicly notified Lawson that he would call on him at his office and denounce him as a liar and fakir, and who has been loudly invited by Law son to "come on," arrived in this city at 9 o'clock tonight. He was driven to a hotel. About an hour later he re tired. Greene's arrival leads'to expecta tlbns of lively doings here tomorrow, though, seriously, nobody expects "gun play." It would be hard to imagine a more perfect picture of concentrated human force than Lawson today when he read the announcement that Rockefeller, Rogers and their Standard Oil asso ciates were considering criminal pro ceedings against him as means of end ng his revelations of secrets of "Fren, ried Finance." He said: "Indict me for publishing false state ments to effect stocks? Was there ever a jokier joke? In all my writings I have said that these men, whatever else they were, were brainy, but I am almost tempted to take it back. They are advertising to the world that they are going to have me indicted, and the world stops for a minute and wonders if they are, and also if it is possible that they have taken me by surprise. "Let me tell you. I'm the wet nurse of this law they quote. If they had been attending to their business prop erly they would have known that I know it from A to Z; in fact, I was the first man indicted Hnder it. Oh, if this story were only true. If Rockefeller, Rogers and the rest of them would only just try to apply this law to this case! Well, I'd pay not only all the expenses of the shindy, but I'd agree to bow my head in ashes and emigrate Continued on Eighth Page To Smoke or Not to Smoke PH. KOCH CARRIED ::'" li 1 A SLING Witness Will S3y Alleged Mur- derer Asked Him to Bandage Member on Night of Murder Special to The Globe NEW ULM, Minn., Dec. 15. —The grand jury today noon took an* ad journment until tomorrow noon in the consideration of the IGebhard murder case on account of expert testimony from outside the city, which Is expect ed here tomorrow. The chemist of the state university who made an analysis of the bottle of poison which was sent to Dr. Gebhard several days pcior to the murder will be here tomorrow, and the handwriting on the bottle will also be identified as that of Dr. Koch by several witnesses Avho have letters in their possession written to them by Dr. Koch shortly before the bottle was sent to Gebhard. Detective Riddell was called before the grand jury today and. gaVe some of the evidence which he has collected since Nov. 2. The attorneys of Dr. Koch are be ginning to realize that in A. P. Brooks they will have a witness who undoubt edly will hurt their case, as he has be.en giving out too many conflicting statements as to who the murderer Continued on Eighth Page To Smoke or Not to Smoke The Author of Frenzied Finance as HisAdmrers Picture Him REPUBLICANS SET OUT TO DOWN DEPEW In a Conference a Majority of Odell's Lieutenants Pronounce Against Senator NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Gov. Odell and many of his lieutenants held a long conference today at the Republican club to discuss the 'senatorship and other matters of importance to the Re publican organization. Both Senator Depew and ex-Gov. Bldck, the two candidates for the senatorship, were represented. Senator Depew tonight said his candidacy for the senatorship was in the hands of his friends and he would not withdraw from the canvass because of any action the conference might have taken. No statement was secured from ex-Gov. Black. Twenty-six leaders were in the con ference, according to the Herald. They were asked by the governor to say whether they desired the re-election of Senator Depew or the election of Mr. Black. Seventeen of them declared for Black, seven for Depew, and two of them, Gov. Odell and Speaker Nixon, indicated no prefer nee. One of the dramatic scenes of the conference was caused by Cornelius N. Bliss, who is a warm supporter of Senator Depew. Mr. Bliss told the gov ernor and his friends that if they de cided to elect Mr. Black in place of Senator Depew it wouW be regarded as a breach of faith. At the close of the discussion, Gov. Odell said the «enti ment as represented by the leaders seemed to be overwhelmingly for Mr. Continued on Eighth Page PRICE TWO CENTS BUDGET IS PASSED WITHOUT THE CUTS COUNCIL RESTORES FUNDS PRUNED AT CAUCUS Members Repudiate Their Action of Sunday and Increase Conference Committee's Total of $2,926,208 by Including $27,000 for the Armory- Objections to Attempt to Prune Figures Are Heard in Executive Session—Assemblymen Keller and O'Brien Cast Negative Votes THE BUDGET AS ADOPTED The budget as adopted, as rerommended by the conference commit tee, and as recommended by the caucus of the city council, is here shown: | Council Conference Rec- Caucus Rec , Budget. ommendation. ommendation. • Interest fund $428,675 $428,675 $428,675 Sinking fund 48,000 48,000 48,000 Fire department 245,000 245,000 245,000 ■' Police department 214,000 214,000 214,000 . Lighting fund 190,000 190,000 185,000 • Water supply fund 3,000 3,000 3,000 • Board of control -«. 39.983 39,983 39,983 School fund 775,000 775,000 775,000 ' City hall 22,250 22,250 22,250 . Workhouse 25,000 25,000 22,100 • City Engineer 30,000 30,000 30,000 1 Board of public works '. 12.000 12,000 12,000 ' Salary fund 46.500 46,500 46,500 I Street and sewer 200,000 200,000 187,500 Bridge fund 75,000 75,000 75,000 ' Judgment fund 21,100 21.100 21,100 ' Printing fund 35.000 35,000 35,000 I Municipal court 15,500 15,500 15,500 > Library fund 55,000 55,000 45,000 > Paik'fund 90,000 90,000 90,000 • Gencval fund 305.200 278,200 207,700 ■ Health fund 12,000 12,000 12,000 [ Sprinkling fund 40,00.0 40,000 40,000 » Garbage fund 25,000 25,000 22,500 ■ Totals $2,953,208 $2,926,208 $2,842,808 At meetings of both bodies of the city council last evening every item cut from the budget at the Sunday caucus was restored to the figures re ported by the conference committee, and the $27,000 allowed for the com pletion of the armory retained. This makes the budget complete at $2,953,205, increased from $2,926,208 as recommended by the conference com mittee. The increase is represented entirely by the amount for the benefit of the armory, all other items having been restored as they were previous to the Sunday caucus, at which $110,400 was cut from the budget and the. $27,000 for the armory added. On the final vote on the adoption of the budget A_s_semblymen Keller and O'Brien cast the negative votes, both explaining that while they favored the allowance for the armory there were other items to which they objected. They did not specify. With Assembly man Powers absent, this left the vote in the assembly 6 to 2, and with the absent members counting in the nega tive, gave barely enough votes to en able the presiding officer to declare SOMNAMBULISM COMES FROM TOO MUCH PIE Special to The Globe SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Dec. 15. —Ed Ballinger, a well known resident of Terry, overloaded his stomach with pumpkin pie and fruit cake, and as a result devel oped somnambulistic tendencies which nearly caused his death. He arose in his sleep and left his room in a Terry hotel. He made the wrong turn in the hallway, and, instead of going down stairs, opened a door at the front of the hallway and stepped off into thin air. He was awakened by com ing violently in contact with the cold, hard street. His back was badly injured and he received such a general shaking up that he will not be able to wander in his sleep for some time to come. TRAFFIC SUSPENDED Freight Wreck Hangs Up Pas senger Trains Special to The Globe WINONA, Minn., Dec. 15.—Traffic on the river division of the Milwaukee road has been suspended east and west of Winona since 6 o'clock tonight. An east-bound freight train left the track one mile west of the city, and although -none of the trainmen was injured, sev eral cars were demolished. Train No. 6, west-bound, will not leave here un til early in the morning. The fast mail and Pioneer Limited trains, which left the Twin Cities early this evening, will not get away from Winona until early tomorrow monii.._. READ THE GLOBE THE ONLY LIVE NEWSPAPER IN ST. PAUL the ordinance carried. There was not a negative vote among the aldermen. List of Funds Restored The department funds cut Sunday and restored last evening were: Light ing, $5,000; workhotise, $2,900; streeta and sewers, $12,500; library, $10,000, and garbage, $10,000. The items cut from the general fund by the caucus and restored were: Street intersections, $10,000; main sewers, $25,000; to pay local assess ments on exempt property, $10,000; play grounds, $7,500, and Capitol park, $25,000. This represents the entire $110,000 reduction from the report of the con ference committee as noted, with all additions taken from the general fund restored, and in addition the $27,000 for the armory taken from the same source. Consideration of the items was in executive session. The members of the council went to one of the committee rooms and admitted those objecting to the budget proposed by the caucus one at a time. E. A. Young appeared for the library Continued on Eighth Page OFFICER SAVES MEN Three Lives Lost by Battleship Accident s>* PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 15.— Caught in a trap and helpless to save themselves, three men lost their lives and four others, including Lieut. Wil liam C. Cole, assistant chief engineer, were terribly scalded today by a rush of steam and boiling water in the fire room of the battleship Massachusetts, lying at the League island navy yard. ! With the exception of Lieut. Cole, all j the killed and injured were residents of Philadelphia. Lieut. Cole received his injuries in an heroic effort to rescue the others. , The accident was caused by the giv ing way of a gasket or rubber washef on a boiler on the starboard side of the ship. The Massachusetts has been un dergoing repairs. The boiler at which the accident occurred had recently been cleaned and thoroughly tested. Without warning the gasket between the boiler plate and the boiler head gave way and a terrific rush of steam and hot water escaped. The doors of the fire room were closed, and the only avenue of escape was a safety ladder. Only one man, Bramlet, assistant fire man, thought of the ladder, and he es caped. The work of rescue was prompt and to .this promptness those who es caped owe their thanks.* The first to enter the firehole was Lieut. Cole. Without hesitating at be coming scalded he entered quickly and dragged the men from the place to the door, where they were taken in charge by others. Whether the gasket was defective or whether it had been carelessly put in place remains for. the official court of Inquiry to determine.