THE MINNEAPOLIS JOTTRINfIi;;
PRICE TWO CENTS.
WAR ON WOMEN
AND CHILDREN
Charges by General De Wet
and Steyn.
ORDERED BY OFFICEP^
Old Age and Sickness, They Declare,
Is No Protection.
NO REGARD FOR THE WOUNDED
Their l'roclamat lon AeenHen the
British of BnrburouH
Cruelties.
Port Elizabeth, Feb. 21.—The following
proclamation has been issued by President
Steyn and General De Wet:
Ue it known to nil men that the war, which
has been forced on the Transvaal republics
by the British government, still rages over
South Africa; that all the customs of civilized
warfare and also the conventions of Geneva
and The Hague are nut observed by the
enemy, who have uot scrupled, contrary to
the Geneva convention, to capture doctors and
ambulances and deport them in order to
prevent our wounded from getting medical
assistance; that they have seized ambulance
material appertaining thereto, that they have
not hesitated to have recourse to primitive
rules of warfare, contrary to the toleinn
agreement of The Hague; to arrest neutrals
and deport them, and to send out marauding
bands to plunder, bum an.i damage burghers'
private property; that they have armed
Kaffirs and natives and used them against
us in the war: that they have been con
tinually capturing women and children and.
old and sickly men and that there have been
many deaths among the women because !ho
80-called Christian enemy had >:o considera
tion for women on a sickbed, or whose state
of health should have protected them against
rough treatment.
Honorable women and tender children have
not only been treated roughly, but have been
Insulted by soldiers, by order of their officers.
Moreover, old mothers and women have been
assaulted, even WtYes and children, and the
property of prisoners of war. even killed
burghers, has not been respected.
In many instances the mother and father
have been taken the house has been left un
protected and :!l! have been left to thtir fate,
an easy prey to savages.
HATCHET IS UPHELD
Smashing "Joints" Is Not Malicious
Destruction of Property.
DECISION BY JUDGE M'CABE
Topeka Judge Does \ot Share the
View of Judge Dale—Mr*.
Nation In Court.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 21.—A decision fa
voring the defendant was rendered to
day by Judge McCabe in the city court in
the case against Mrs. Carrie Nation for
smashing^ the Senate saloon, 476 Kansas
avenue, two weeks ago.
Judge McCabe held that since Mrs. Xa
tion had no malice toward the proprie
tors of the place, and destroyed it in
abating a public nuisance, she was not
guilty of malicious destruction of prop
erty.
This decision does not affect the cases
pending against Mrs. Nation for the Sun
day raid for which she is now in the
county jail.
XATIOX CASE GOES OVER
Mr*. Nation AddreaiteM the Court as
"Your Dishonor."
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 21.—Judge Hazen,
of the district court has continued the
case of Mrs. Carrie Nation, charged with
smashing Murphy's joint, until the April
term of court. The cases against Eva
Hardin, Mrs. Rose Crist, Miss Madeline
Southeard, Mrs. C. C. Chadwick and C. R.
McDowell were also continued.
Mrs. Nation arose several times to ad
dress the court, each time calling the
judge 'your dishonor." When asked if she
were ready for trial, Mrs. Nation, who
acts as her own attorney, said:
"Your dishonor, I am incapable of try
ing my case this afternoon, as I have been
poisoned by cigarette smoke in the county
jail. I want to see how the other cases
are tried, anyway."
Miss Madeline Southard and Mrs. Crist,
who have been with Mrs. Nation in the
county jail, gave bond for $500 each and
were released. Mrs. Nation and the oth
ers were returned to jail. The attorneys
for the defendants will insist that they be
granted a change of venue on account of
the alleged prejudice of Judge Hazen.
BLOW TO SMASHERS
, ~————
Judge Dale'» Decision Is Discourag
ing' the ( runaiifr-i. .
JVew TorK Sun Special Service
Wichita, Kan., . Feb. 21.—Judge D. M.
Dale delivered a solar pieux blow to -the
joint smashers in Kansas in the decision
holding that buildings occupied by sa
loons have the protection of law and can
be confiscated only by order of v court.
Judge Dale holds that no person has the
individual right to destroy property, no
matter to what use it is put.
Mrs. Nation will be tried on two charges
of malicious destruction of property. The
penalty .for each lis six . months in the;
county jail and $500 fine.' • j
The decision of Judge Dale has already
had a quieting effect upon the saloon
wreckers. Discussing the matter, Judge
Dale said; i n r'-;-.:; '^l-'.■'■:'". -. *
"It is expressly stated that under Kan
sas law no person or persons have a right
to abate a nuisance, and that such nui
sances can be abated only by order of the
court. Saloon property is as much pro
tected by law as any other property. I am
afraid Mrs. Xation violated the law when
she wrecked fixtures."
Almost Burn a Town,
Sisterville. W. Va., Feb. 21.—Word was re
ceived from Stringtown, a small oil village
in the interior of Tyler county, that fire had
started in a drug store and before the flames
could be got under control several buildings
bad been consumed and that John Clenden
ning had been burned to death. It is as
serted that the fire was the work of fanatics,
who desired to rid the town of the alleged
"speak-easy,"
Inquisition Bill I'nKsed.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 21.—The legislature has
passed a prohibition act known as the "inqui
sition bill." It makes a nuisance out of any
place where liquors are found for sale, except
for the excepted purposes, and gives a county
attorney power to subpoena any person and
compel him to give evidence as to the exist
ence of joints.
IOWA MINE WORKERS.
Ottumwa, lowa, Feb. 21—The annual con
vention of district 13, United Mine Workers"
of America, met here to-day. President
Reese spoke briefly, committees were ap
pointed and a recess taken until afternoon.
STRING ON
AGREEMENT
China Really Wins a Victory-
After All.
WILL BEHEAD ONLY ONE
6v Of?/i^ icts Usually Go With Pub
°%, Proclamations.
EXPEDITION v. XL NOT START
France, and Humhlii Would \'ot Join
It Any Way—Oppose I'tini
tlve Movement..
Peking, Feb. 21.—Prince Ching and Li
Hung Chang have received telegraphic in
structions from the court to notify the
ministers of the powers that an edict has
been issued regarding the punishments
of Chinese officials, confirmatory of the
demands made by the ministers, as fol
lows:
General Tung-Fuh- Slang, to be degrad
ed and deprived of his rank.
Prince Tuau and Duke Lan, to be dis
graced and exiled.
Prince Chuang, Ying-Nien and Chao-Shu
Chiao, to commit suicide.
Hsu-Chen-Yu. Yu-Hsien and Ki-Hain,
to be beheaded.
This is not exactly what the ministers
demanded, but it is considered advisable
to agree to it, as the demand for lives
has been agreed to. except in the case of
General Tung-Fuh-Sian, whom the court
is powerless to molest. There is a private
understanding that his life will be claimed
when it is possible.
('liinn'n Deep Game.
The European and Chinese secretaries
of legations and others who have lived in
China for years consider that China has
gained a victory as the only man the
court has to behead is Yu-Hsien. The
other two are in the hands of the Japan
ese, and could be beheaded when their
execution is wanted. Suicide is no dis
grace whatever in the eyes of the Chinese.
>> To one believes General Tung-Fuh-Sian
will ever suffer punishment.
People here say Chinese imperial edicts
are very unstable documents, especially
when private edicts to the executive of
ficials accompany the public edicts. A
recent decree ordered all the indicated
officials to commit suicide, yet it is evi
dent a secret edict was sent instructing
the persons implicated not to obey. What
proof, it is asked, is there now that the
terms of the decree will be carried out?
Protect the Migsionarien.
J. Fowler, the United States consul at
Che-fu, has sent Minister Conger a pro
clamation issued by Yuen-Shi-Kai, the
governor of the province of Shan-tung,
giving protection to the missionaries and
offering a reward of 200 taels for the cap
ture of any of the ringleaders of the re
cent disturbances and 100 taels for the cap
ture of others than those actually commit
ting outrages. The civil and military au
thorities will be held strictly accountable
for the good order of their districts. When
outrages are committed they will be dis
graced and reported to the throne. Where
no outrages occur for three years the civil
and military authorities will be rewarded
by a merit tablet and button.
The merchants of Tientsin have sent a
memorial to General Chaffee asking him
to resume the occupation of the Formosian
concession, long ago given up and unoc
cupied, though both the British and Ger
man commanders talk of annexing it. <
"THOI MAVEST LOOT."
Li Hung; Chang's Amendment of the
Eighth Commandment.
New York, Feb. 21.— J. Martin Miller
of this city, who has just returned from
China, said in an interview:
I attended two sales of loot in the Boxers'
palace, which Rev. Dr. Ainent occupied in
Peking after.the relief by the allies.' Dr.
Ament took possession of the treasures which
he found there, held sales and kept account
of the proceeds, crediting them against the
claims which he makes for mission property
destroyed. Much ot the loot was bought by
an American speculator of Shanghai.
I had an interview with Li Hung Chang,
which indicated that he was preparing to off
set the claims of the powers for indemnity
by giving an account of the loot taken.
"I have just had the Christian command
ments read to me," he said, "and I think
they need revising. The eighth command
ment should be made to read, "Thou shalt
not steal, but thou inayest loot."
EXPEDITION CALLED OFF
It In Decided \on That It Will Not
Be Necen»ary.
Paris, Feb. 21.—There is excellent au
thority for the statement that Field Mar
shal Count yon Waldersee's expedition
will not start, as it is believed a decree
will be published in Peking to-day accept
ing the terms demanded by the ministers.
The expedition, therefore, will tfot be nec
essary.
Should this information prove untrue,
it is most certain France and Russia will
not participate in any punitive expedition,
as those nations, like the United States,
have opposed military reprisals beyond
those necessary to relieve the legations.
The French minister of foreign affairs, M.
Deicasse, is said to be strongly opposed
to the proposed military expedition.
I)R. AUNT DIDN'T
He Did Xot Collect Thirteen Times
the Actual Losa.
Boston, Feb. 21.—Rev. Judson Smith,
foreign secretary of the American board,'
says that Feb. 18 he sent this dispatch to
Rev. Air. Araent at Peking:
Reported Dec. 24 your crllecting thirteen
times actual loss, using for propagating the
gospel. Are these statements true? Cable
specific answer.
Dr. Smith received the following reply
dated Peking, Feb. 19:
Statement untrue. Collected one-third for
church expenses, additional actual damages
now supporting widows and orphans. Pub
lication thirteen times blunder cable. All col
lections received approval of Chinese officials
who are urging further settlement same line!
CONFIRMED BY COXGER
< hinene Agreement to the Demanda
for Punishment.
Washington, Feb. 21.—a cablegram has
been received at the state department
from Minister Conger stating that the
Chinese plenipotentiaries have informed
the foreign ministers that the emperor
has agreed to all the punishments, named
in his (Conger's) telegram of Feb. 6.
The persons named in the agreement
referred to, with the punishments pre
scribed, were as follows:
For Princes Tuan and Lan, degradation
and exile. The death penalty for Yu-
Hsien, Chlh-Liu and Hsu-Sheng-Yu, the
two latter being prisoners of the Japanese.
Posthumous honors lov the four members
THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1901.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN BAGGAGE SMASHER.
Lord Kitchener—Bah jove, now, just look at the inconsiderate fellah!
of the tsung li yamen executed last sum
mer by the Chinese because of their in
tercession for the foreigners. The great
difficulty in the way of executing General
Tung-Fu-Siang being recognized by the
ministers, it was agreed that some
punishment to be determined later should
be administered to him. when it was pos-'
sible to do so.
A subsequent message from Minister
Conger includes in the punishment list
(and it is understood here that they are
also included in the emperbr's promise
just given), Chuang. who is tobeexecuted;
Hsu-Cheng-Yu, who are to be punished in
Ssu-Cheng-Yu, who are to be punished in
some method yet to be determined.
It is still uncertain whether the foreign
ministers at Peking have determined that
the sentences must be executed as a pre
liminary to further progress in the nego
tiations. It is surmised here that such is
the case.
FREMLING IS CHOSEN
Swedish Lutheran Conference Se
lects Its Next President.
DR. SJOBLOM'S NAME WITHDRAWN
Rev. C. O. Olander of Minneapolis to
Be Sent to Mission
Fields in Alberta.
Special to The Journal.
Stillwater, Minn., Feb. 21.—Rev. J.
Fremling of Vasa, Minn., will succeed the
venerable Dr. Sjoblom as president of the
Minnesota conference of the Swedish Lu
theran church. The first ballot, taken
yesterday, was without result. This morn
ing President Sjoblom retired from the
contest and Rev. Mr. Fremling was
elected, the choice being afterwards made
unanimous. Rev. L. G. Almen of Balaton
was chosen vice-president by acclamation,
and Rev. Philip ThelandeT of Stillwater
was elected secretary on the first bal
lot, receiving a clear majority in a field
of five candidates. Rev, L. P. Bergstrom
of Winthrop was re-elected treasurer
without opposition, but stated he could
not take the office and do the work at
the present salary, as he had found it"
necessary to employ assistance. A mo
tion was made that the conference pay
an additional $300 for services already
performed, but, after some discussion,
action was deferred until after the treas
urer's report .is received.
The report of the executive committee
contained requests from several small
churches for financial assistance. The
committee on missions -reported that the
following churches had asked to be re
ceived by the conference: Calgary, in
Alberta, Man.; Zion's, at Grand Rapids
Minn.; Emanuel, at Hibbing, Minn '•
Tabor, at Eveleth, Minn.; Bethania at
Armour, S. D.; Evangelical Lutheran
church, at Hoffman, Minn.; Warnhem's
church, at Kirkhoven, Minn.
It was decided to send Rev. C. O.
Olander of Minneapolis to the mission
field in Alberta, Man., at $800 per annum
with an allowance for rent and moving
expenses. Mr. Olander will soon leave
for the north.
An invitation from Warden Reeve to
visit the prison was read and a time
will be appointed and a service for the
benefit of Scandinavian convicts arranged.
The Minneapolis conference is the lar
gest in the Augustana conference. It
comprises Minnesota, Manitoba, the Da
kotas and a portion of Wisconsin. There
are nearly 350 congregations and 140
members. The membership is about. 70,
--600. The churches give annually about
$275,000 for the work and maintenance..
Rev. C. J. Edman of East Union
preached this afternoon on "What It
Means to Find Christ." In the evening
Rev. J. J. Frodeen of Spring Garden will
preach on "The Proper Relation of the
Pastor and, Congregation to the Young
People," and this would be followed by a
sermon by Rev. J. Moody of Eagle Lake,
Minn. on "The Proper Relation of
Young People to the Pastor and Congrega
tion." Rev. Gustaf Peterson will preachi
in the Norwegian Lutheran church.
The attendance is steadily gaining.
The enrollment to-day is over 300.
• THIS IS SELLING DAY
Latest Statement Regarding the
DanlMh West Indies.
Copenhagen, Feb. 21.—A semi-official com
munication denies that Denmark has definite
ly refused the offer of the United States
to purchase the Danish West Indies for 12,
--000,000 million kroners. The negotiations are I
proceeding.
GROUT BILL DEAD
No Chance for Its Passage at This
Session of Congress.
DEMOCRATS BLOCK ALL ACTION
Bat It Will Be. ll rorstiu I « ut the
-\ext Session When It
Will Pass.
J*rom The Journal Bureau, Boom *S, Post
Building, Wanhington.
Washington, Feb. 21.—1n the senate to
day Senator Spooner made an ineffectual
attempt to have a time fixed when the
Grout bill should come up for final pas
sage. He asked that the date for a vote
be late in the'afternoon of March 2, the
very latest possible time in the life of
this session. Several democrats were at
once on their feet to object and Senator
Pettus of Alabama was finally recognized.
"What bill is* the senator from Wiscon
sin talking about?" asked Mr. Pettus.
"The Grout bill," replied several south
ern democratic members in chorus.
"I object," said Senator Pettus.
In all probability this determines defi
nitely that the Grout bill cannot be
reached at this session. The democrats
seem determined not to permit it to come
to a vote.
Mr. Spooner selected March 2 purposely
in order to "smoke them out" and to dis
cover their plan.
Incidentally it should be stated that
this unwillingness of the democrats to
permit the bill to be voted on is a tacit
admission that it would pass if it ever
should be reached. The moral victoryt
therefore, is with the buttermakers. At
next session of congress, whether an ex
tra session this spring or the regular ses
sion in December, the bill will be intro
duced and without any question pushed
through successfully. It will go through
the house early in the session so as to give
ample time for consideration by the sen
ate.
While the bill will thus not become a
law at this congress in view of to-day's
developments, it will everywhere be rec
ognized that it has made great headway.
The work done this winter and last will
undoubtedly tell effectively in the fifty
seventh congress.
Representative Tawney has been as
signed to one of the new committee rooms
in the old library section of the capitol.
He will take possession as soon as the
furniture, which is to be specially made,
Is installed.
The special committee, of ■which Mr.
Tawney is now chairman, will be dis
continued in the next congress, and a
permanent committee will be organized
in its stead, to be known as the commit
tee on national and international exposi
tions. The senate now has such a com
mittee, which considers all bills relating
to expositions, and it has plenty of work
to do. Mr. Tawney will be the chairman
of the new committee unless he is pro
moted to a more important one.
Congress would thus seem to be recog
nizing the legitimacy of the national ex
position "graft."
Representative Tawney has received sev
eral letters from flour merchants in Hol
land stating that the government there i 3
considering the question of imposing duty
on American flour, now on the free list.
It was suggested that if their duty on
bulbs were remitted this action would not
be taken. Minneapolis millers have also
written Mr. Tawney, urging him to do
something to prevent action inimical to
their interests. He has begun an investi
gation as to the export of American flour
to Holland and the import of bulbs in this
country, with a view to introducing a bill
to place bulbs on the free list.
Speaker Henderson has declared himself
in opposition to the bill creating c new
Judgship for Minnesota. Representative
Fletcher saw him to-day and was told pos
itively that the bill could not be consid
ered at this session.
"It is too late." said the speaker, "and,
besides, we have already created four fed
eral judgships in this congress, which is
enough for one bouse to do."
A few days ago Senator Stewart, of Ne
vada, moved that the senate» reconsider
the vote by which In executive session it
had confirmed F. H. Richards, of Seattle,
as United States marshal at Cape Nome.
JThat motion is atill »endiujc« When it
is reached, I understand, it is Senator
Hansbrough's intention to move that it be
considered in open session, and should the
motiojL prevail he will probably make a
full and comprehensive statement of the
Xoyes and McKenzie cases as viewed by
their friends. Should Senator Hansbrough
adopt this program, it will be because he
thinks the senate, which confirmed Judge
Xoyes, has a' right to know the facts in
the McKenzie receivership cases. Thus far
in this city, only *the enemies of Noyes
and McKenzie have been heard.
Hansbrough's statement will probably be
elaborate, and it may in places be sensa
tional. It is charged freely by the anti-
Xoyes people that Hansbrough is one of
the Xoyes-McKenzie "conspirators." Hans
brough will tell the senate that he has
no direct or indirect financial or other in
terest in any Alaskan operations formed
by McKenzie or anybody else, and owns
and is interested in no Alaskan property
whatever.
—W. W. Jermane.
Washington Small Talk.
Representative Spalding has recommended
the establishment of rural free delivery at
Hillsboro, Traill county, N. D.
Represep+ative McCleary to-day recom
mended free delivery routes as follows: At
Springfield aud Madelia, two; at St. James,
one; an additional route at Woodstock and
one at Lake Crystal.
Postmasters were appointed to-day as fol
lows: Minnesota—Blue Hill, Sherburne
county, A. O. Gladden; Burau, Wilkin coun
ty, E. M. Burau; London, Freeborn county,
N. H- Nelson. lowa—Grable, Pottawatta
mie county, C. M. Steels; Pickering, Mar
shall county, L. G. Fell.
Congressman McCleary will be unable to
go to Detroit to-night with Senator McMillan
and party, as planned. Speaker Henderson
has agreed to recognize Mr. McCleary within a
day or two for the purpose of laying before
the house various bills, and Mr. McCleary
thinks he should not absent himself.
A. G. Whitney of St. Cloud is in Washing
ton on his way to Xew York to see if Andrew
Carnegie will give his town $40,000 for a
public library. He has letters from city offi
cials and he stoped off in Washington to
get Judge Morris' indorsement to the request
The judge will give it. "We have a site for
the library," said Mr. Whitney, "and are
prepared to-raise $4,000 a year to maintain it
if Mr. Carnegie gives us the money to con
struct the building." Mr. Whitney will leave
for Xew York to-morrow.
The Indian committee of the house to-day
fa vorably reported Representative Morris'
bill to authorize the Pigeon River Improve
ment, Slide and Boom company, to construct
a wing dam in the river on the Grand Port
age reservation. The bill was amended to
provide that no other company shall use the
boom without adequate compensation. The
committee also authorized Kepreaentative
Gamble to offer an amendment to the general
deficiency bill, appropriating $25,200 to com
plete the survey of the Indian reservations in
South Dakota.
OFFICERS ARE TYRANTS
HEPBURN AFTER ARMY AXD XAVY
Twentj-flve Vessels Wrecked by In
.-.•', , competent Officers, He
■ ;<;.': ' -> '\ Say«.
Washington, Feb. 21.—During the dis
cussion in the house on hazing, Mr. Hep
burn of lowa declared that the large num
ber of desertions from the army and the
lack of men in the navy were because
American ; citizens refused to : serve under
men "schooled in tyranny and oppres
sion." :-:.■■ ■ ..:••' ■ .-•; ";■.;'• \-;- ,
; Mr. Hepburn said he had a list of twen
ty-five vessels of the United i'l" States
wrecked by incompetent officers since the
close, of ; the civil war. Officers stood by
each other, and with but a solitary ;excep
tion the commanders of these vessels were
let off with punishment.
THREE DAIRY APPOINTMENTS
W. "W. P. McConnell . Names Three
Men for Hid Department.
W. W. P. MeConnell, state dairy end food
commissioner,.; announced three appointments
to-day. B. D. White, of the state experi
mental station, is; appointed an inspector and
general, field man. Mr. White has been the
tutor in butter making in the "> agricultural
school for some ; years.
.- The -other < inspector and general field • man
is Sam Haugdahl," of New Sweden, 1. Nicollet
county. Haugdahl is the man • who took the
gold I medal * for butter at : the Paris • exposi
tion, * and ; who has ■ won the * national banner
on several * occasions.
, H. E. Vroman 'of Kasson was appointed an
inspector in the dairy and food ■ department.
NEXT ONE IN FAIRMONT, v
Special to The Journal. r. . :
Alden, Minn., Feb. 21.—Delegates to ;; the
.Southern Minnesota Picnic v association I met 1
here to-day and d""' I"* *« hold >**« next pic
[n!c •■ at'Fairmont. \'■>_;*,'■''..,{ \ ,^-. ■ ''". : _ ,
10 PAGES-FIVE O'CLOCK.
THREE-FOURTHS
FAVORED HAMILTON
The Man Convicted of Manslaughter
Had Only Four Opponents on
Jury, but Stubborn Ones.
Majority of the Jury Expected to
Bring In a Verdict of Acquittal
Within an Hour.
One of the Hamilton jurors has at last
let the xat out of the bag concerning the
deliberations of the jury in the famoutr
trial. The facts are as follows:
• Eight of the twelve jurors were for ac
quittal fo rthirty straight hours. From
ihe moment they retired to the jury
room, these men announced their position
and refused to budge. Juror William H.
Gibs6n, who had sickness in his family,
was sorely distressed, and speedily elic
ited the sympathies of his colleagues. He
begged them to come to a decision of
some kind so he could get away. As he
was one of those who stood for acquittal,
he had the majority with him. About
midnight, Tuesday night, the jurors
agreed upon a verdict of manslaughter,
partjy owing to Mr. Gibson's distress.
Other consideration had their influence
upon the eight who favored acquittal. One
of these was that unless they gave in
there would be a disagreement and an
other trial at great expense to the county.
Moreover, another trial in Hennepin
county would be impossible, since it
would not be possible to secure a jury, and
a change of venue to some other county
would be necessary.
This would not only make heavier ex
pense but the probabilities were that a
jury in some other county would convict
Hamilton of murder in the first or second
degree and he would either be hung or
go to prison for life. So those for ac
quittal felt they were really doing both
Hamilton and the county a service by giv
ing in and reaching a verdict.
Before the agreement was finally
reached, Juror Wetherby was ready to
east hi 3 vote with the majority. but
Messrs. Lincoln, Raymond and Peabody
stood firm and refused to hear to a "not
guilty" verdict. Mr. Wetherby voted ac
cording to his convictions when the final
vote was taken. Neither Oakley nor And
erson, it is declared, was among the
original four for conviction.
When the facts became known to-day,
Hamilton's friends were greatly chagrined,
as had the* twelve jurors remained stead
fast to their convictions, it is probable
that they would have been released under
a disagreement Wednesday morning. 'But
their determination to abide by their mid
night agreement made such a result im
possible.
The news of how the jurors voted was
secured from two entirely trustworthy but
independent sources, and is vouched for
as reliable.
HOPE FOR A H&W TRIAL
That Itt Frank; Hamilton's 3lainstay
Xow.
Only a few persons were admitted to
Prank H. Hamilton's cell in the county
jail to-day. His heart has been "bowed
down" ever since he received the blow
which sent him reeling from Judge
Brooks' courtroom when he was found
guilty yesterday. He had honestly be
lieved that he need look for a disagree
ment or an acquittal. His friends, who
took the same view, had sustained Mm in
this belief. It was a shock to a naturally
high-strung nervous temperament from
which he finds it hard to rally. With
steadily declining health, a consumptive
cough and inability to keep anything on
his stomach, it is small wonder that his
depression should be so marked.
The possibility of a new trial is the one
ray of light which does more to illumine
his cell than that from the sun.
He clings like a drowning man to the
star of hope that instead of gray prison
walls another jury might give him the
freedom —the outdoor life —so dear to him.
Cheered by Report That Eisht Fa
vored Him,
Only once did he cheer up this morn
ing and that was when he was given to
understand that up to the night before his
conviction eight members of the Jury had
held out strongly for acquittal. It was
reassuring to feel that a majority of the
jury had so long believed him innocent.
He could not understand by what peculiar
logic they could finally nave been won
against him.
Surely, he says, if the jury was so im
pressed in his favor, there must be good
grounds for a new hearing.
Among the few callers whom he would
admit this morning were Rev. William
Wilkinson and Dr. Stone, his regular phy
sician.
Dr. Stone says that Hamilton is in a
bad way physically. He doubts if Hamil
ton, ordinarily forced to wage a steady
fight against a pulmonary trouble, will
survive a term in prison.
He tried to eat this morning, but his
stomach rebelled. The jailor says that
Hamilton can keep nothing on his stomach
until late in the day.
A TRAGIC HISTORY
Fate Pursues the Hamilton Family
In Two Generations.
New York. Feb. 21.—Frank H. Hamil
ton, who was yesterday convicted at Min
neapolis of manslaughter in the first de
gree in having killed Leonard R. Day. a
young millionaire of that city, is a grand
son of the late Dr. Frank P. Hamilton,
for a number of years one of the leading
physicians of New York. Dr. Hamilton
was a partner of Dr. John H. Gardner and
was so prominent in his profession that
when the physicians attending President
Garfleld despaired of saving his life and
felt called upon to seek the best advice
obtainable, it was Dr. Hamilton who was
summoned from New York to Washington.
Father Jlan of Fine Attainments.
The doctor's son, the father of the
young man convicted yesterday, was also
a physician and a man of fine attain
ments. A brilliant future was predicted
Jor him but he became a heavy drinker
and blew out his brains In a hotel room at
Chicago, presumably after a sturdy
wrestle with alcohol. The tragic end of
the father unquestionably had a decided
effect upon the life of young Frank Ham
ilton, for he drifted away from his friends
in this city and was practically lost to :
view in the west until the attention was
directed to him by the charge of murder
preferred against him.
Is Hereditary luaanity Involved?
The case is sctmewhat remarkable, Inas* ,
much as the question of hereditary in* !
sanity appears to be so involved as to af- '
ford little room for explanation. No ona i
could have stood higher only a few years
ago than old Dr Hamilton. Within ten, j
years, however, the representatives of the j
•two succeeding generations, his son and
grandson, have encountered disgrace.
Dr. Gardner, speaking of young Frank
Hamilton to-day, said: "I never knewi
a brighter boy, nor can I account for the
waywardness which distinguished his
father and who seems to have affected,
him. The physochological problem pre- ,
sented by the case of the two men, tha
father and son, is one of the most inter
esting that I ever encountered. Knowing
the young man's grandfather as I did. it
is one for which I can find no solution."
BELIEVES HAMILTON IS INNOCENT
Starr K. Jaoktiun Says He Is \ot
Diiy'H Murderer.
There is at least one man interested in
the Hamilton case who positively re
fuses to believe Hamilton guilty of tha
murder of Leonard Day. This man is
Starr K. Jackson of the Hotel Pfister,
Milwaukee, formerly head clerk at the
West Hotel, Minneapolis.
In an interview yesterday in Milwaukee
Mr. Jackson said there were two men in
Minneapolis who, if they told the truth,
could clear Hamilton. He declares that
"Hamilton Is no more guilty of that
crime than any of the other men who
were in the billiard room that night.
Every one. of them ought to have been ar
! rested and made to tell his story, and in
that way they could have got the truth."
"Hamilton was not in a physical con
dition," is Mr. Jackson's significant com
ment, "to have reached over another man -
and inflicted that wound in Day's neck
with a knife. There is something mys
terious about the trial. One of the state*
witnesses testified he first met Bay about
a week before his death, while I know
positively that the two men lived in the
same hotel for five years."
HOW IT WAS DOXE
Story of The Jonrnal's "Beat" on the
Hamilton Verdict.
This is the story of how The Jou m
a 1 yesterday gave the public the news
or the Hamilton verdict ten minutes be
fore any other newspaper.
It was -i case of thorough preparation
winning in the race against slow and
slipshod methods. In the first place since
there were five things the jury might do—
disagree, acquit or convict of murder ia
the first or second degree or of man
slaughter, five sets of stereotyped plates
were prepared in advance, one for each
possible verdict. These plates were
placed in the pressroom where the proper
one could be selected without delay and
placed on the press the instant the word
was given.
At the courthouse three Journal men
were watching the jury closely—each with,
his part of the work all planned out be
fore him. The instant the word came
from the juryroom that the jury was
ready to report, one of these men went
to the nearest telephone hard by in the
board of education rooms and called up
the city editor's office in the Journal
building. He gave warning of the com-.
ing verdict and then "held the line"
against a^ comers. At the city editor*
end of the line the same expedient was
adopted. In this way, when the verdict
did come, there was not an instant lost In
getting "central" or in waiting for the
connection.
Finally the jury filed Into the court
room and after the usual formalities, the
verdict of manslaughter was announced.
The second Journal man at the door
of the courtroom waited for nothing more
but. bounded to the telephone, took it from
the hand of the first Journal man and
gave the new 3to his chief in one sentence,
leaving the third man to "cover" the
scenes in the. courtroom. The city editor '
gave the order to the waiting superin
tendent of circulation and In a trice the
Jour na J presses were delivering
extras at a rapid rate for the waitla*
newsboys. Prom the moment when the
word "manslaughter" fell from the lips
of the clerk in Judge Brooks' courtroom
until the moment when the first extra
issued from the press, scarce two minutes
elapsed. And that was how The Jou m
a 1 got onto the street first with th«
news.
The Tribune, on the other hand, had to
wait to "make up" and stereotype a form,
and this, no doubt,. accounts for the feet
that its extra did not appear until ■ fully!
ten after The Journal. ila
order that there might be no dispute as
to this, the Tribune office was watched
and the first extras were seen to emerge
therefrom in newsboys" hands ten minutes
after the streets had | first resounded .with
the cries .of The Journal * extra.'
This advantage was followed up by the
issuance of the , regular noon edition of
The Journal half an hour earlier
than usual with a full account of the pro
ceedings in court. ' -■;■ ". •:"•
And this was how it happened that the
Tribune, which had trailed along in' the
rear of the procession ": during the whole
trial, being always half a day behind with;
its verbose and worthless ; '.'stenographic
report," was signally left at the finish.
S. D. AGRICULTURAL BOARD
Four Members Appointed Under the*
, New Law. '
Special to The Journal. ; ■
Pierre, S. D.; Feb. —Governor Her* ;
reid : has appointed the' following member*
of the board pf agriculture I under the neW -
law: j; John ; Armstrong <of -, DeSmet, on* i
year; Professor Chilcott Brook ings college,
one year; Thomas Fullerton Mitchell, twq .
years; C. C. Moulton Faulkton. thre^ i
years. The' fifth member will probably hi .
a V ax; Won man. _