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PRICE TWO CENTS.
NELSON BOYS ABE GDILTY
Jury Finds That First Degree Mur
der Was Proved Against the
Slayers of Krier.
Father of the Boys, Collapsed and
W^ts Said to Have Poisoned
Himself.
Sentence of All the Defendants Will
Be Pronounced on Wednesday
at Owatonna.
Special to The Journal.
Owatonna, Minn , June 20 At 5 o'clock
this morning the jury in the cases against
Charles and Henry Nelson, jointly
charged with the killing of Harry Krier
on April 13, last, returned a verdict of
guilty as charged in the indictment, or
first degree murder
The boys were brought into court at 6
o'clock and listened to the reading of the
verdict They showed little emotion at
that time but when ordered back to jail,
broke down and cried bitterly.
\ t 10 o'clock this forenoon they were
taken to Waseca for safe keeping, and
will be brought back on Wednesday for
aentence
Young William Sutton, their associate
In the crime, who pleaded guilty to second
degree murder, will be sentenced at the
same time
The jury was charged at 6 30 o'clock
last night, and spent the entire night on
the case It never at any time had a
doubt of the guilt of the defendants, but
desired to go over the evidence carefully
and to have a free and full discussion of
every phase of the case before it
The verdict is approved here by almost
everybody as a triumph for law and good
order
The courthouse was crowded at all
stages of the trial, citv and country peo
ple alike taking a great Interest in the
proceedings
A C Nelson, father of the defendants,
was found unconscious near the railroad
tracks a few hours ofter his son had been
adjudged guilty, and from this fact arose
a report that he had taken poison and
was dead He was revivied and is now
appaiently in his usual health
The elder Nelson is about 54. He feels
keenly the disgrace Some time after
hearing the verdict he started for home,
but wandered away and soon collapsed
Prior to the trial he mortgaged his place,
consisting of ten acres, for $1,000, to pay
for the defense
RELIANGE DOES NICELY
Walks Away From Constitution and
Columbia at Start of To-day's
Regatta.
New York, Jurt 2tt The Reliance, Co
lumbia and Constitution started to-day in
a race ovev a triangular course of 11%
miles to be sailed twice around In Long
Island sound, off Centre island
Thep rize was a silver tankard offered
by the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht
club Thp heavy fog and rain which
threatened to prevent the race cleaied
away by 11 o'clock when a breeze came
up from the northeast, which soon at
tained a strength of 6 to 7 knots
The yachts were timed across the start
ing line as follows.
Unofficial
C olumhia 12 80 36
Reliance 12 3t 54
Constitution 12 30 56
The Columbia was across first but the
Reliance came up very rapidly, blanketed
the old cup defender and took the lead
The Columbia lost headway thru this
manoeuver The two older boats then be
gan a luffing match to the first matk
This gave the Reliance a chance to pull
away fiom them rapidly and she gained
over a minute on the reach of three miles
to the flist turn
The boats luffed around the first maik
and were timed as follows
Unofficial
Relinnrea 12 5ft 02
12 51 15
_ _ . U 51 2H
Columbi Constitution
STRIKE IS OFF
All Restaurants in Chicago Are Op
erating as Usual.
New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago June 20The strike of cooks
and waiters has been declared off after
lasting seventeen days
Derby Day finds the hotel and restaurant
service of Chicago in normal condition
The settlement is a compromise, and both
paities appear satisfied The strikers are
to be returned to their positions, 75 per
cent at once and the remainder within
tetn days This will give the employers
ten days to provide for the "immigrants"
brought here to fill the places
The other contested pointsrecognition
of the unionwas compromised by both
parties conceding the right of freedom of
employment
All matters of wages, classifications,
hours and conditions of labdr are to be
submitted to a joint conciliatory commit
tee of three
F0RTIER VS. MARCONI
Former's Invention Catches the Mes
sages of the Latter.
Special to The Journal.
Milwaukee, June 20 Maroonigrams can
be run down and captured by any one
who is equipped with the proper instru
ments, says Charles L Fortier, who is an
expert Mr Fortier has been experiment
ing with his invention and has been catch
ing messages passing between here and
Chicago by the Marconi system, altho his
instruments have not been "tuned" with
those of the Marconi plan
SENDS THE TROOPS
Three Companies Ordered to Du
buque by the Governor.
Des Moines, Iowa, June 20Governor
Cummins, upon receipt of advices that
a crisis was approaching in the street
railway strike at Dubuque, issued orders
this morning to mobilize three additional
companies of militia at that point
. COLLISION XILLS TOUR.
Plattsbuig ? Y , June 20By a head on
collision of a light engine and a freight train
early to-dav on the Delaware & Hudson rail
road near Whitehall, foui trainmen* including
Henry Collins engineer of the light engine A
fiietnan named Moore a brakeman named Ryan
and another fireman are reported killed
COMMISSIONER IS DYING.
London June 20 Justice Armour of the Cana
dian supreme court one of the Alaskan bound
ary commissioners, Is dying here of stomach trou
ble.
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MEMORIAL FUND
TO BE INCBEASED
McKinley Monument Ass'n Will
Raise $150,000 for a Main
tenance Fund. - -
Committee Now Has Half a Million,
but Says That Is Not
Enough.
New York Sun Speoial Service.
Cleveland, Ohio, June 20 The officers
and executive committee of the McKinley
monument fund met here Monday to de
cide several important questions They
now have $500,000, which is the sum they
expect to pay for the monument The
grounds have already been bought and
paid for It is intended, however, to raise
$150r000 more to keep the monument in
repair and pay for attendance This is
considered absolutely necessary, after
studying the experience of the Lincoln
memorial at Springfield, the Garfield mon
ument at Lake View cemetery, Cleveland,
the Grant monument at New York, the
Washington monument at Washington
and other similar memorials- The public
will be asked to continue subscriptions
until $150 000 more has been raised, which
will be invested in government bonds and
will produce $5,00& or $6,000 a jear per
petually.
Form of Memorial.
The form of the memorial will be dis
cussed
The site commends itself to any de
sign It was practically selected by Mc
Kinley himself who, several years ago,
suggested that a soldiers' monument be
erected there It is called Memorial Hill
and lies a mile or more northwest of Can
ton, at an elevation of between 300 and
400 feet, commanding a wide view and a
monument will be visible from every di
rection
Twenty-one acres have already been
purchased Upon one side is the city
park and waterworks reservoir, contain
ing 150 acres, and the cemetery adjoins
it on two sides, so that it is practically
surrounded by public grounds It offers
great advantages for landscape garden
ing McKinley's body, now in the public
vault of the cemetery, will be buried there
under the monument The vault is pro
tected by a guard of forty regulai sol
diers, maintained ever since the funeral
TROUBLE FOR BORROWS
Michigan Senator Is Accused of
Having Violated the Civil
Service Law.
New York Sun Special Service.
Kalamazoo Mich June 20 The state
ment is published here that complaint has
been made to the civil service commis
sion against Senator Burrows and Post
master Colman of this city for violating
the law relative to the appointment oJ
postal employes Postmaster Colman
wa sappointed with the understanding
that Mrs Arlitta Harris would be given
a clerkship in the office but she failed in
two attempts to pass the examination
She was then placed on the list of em
ployes in the postoffice at Monroe Mich ,
which was unclassified at the time She
did not render any service at Monroe,
but was carried on the list until Monroe
was placed in the classified list which
made her eligible in Kalamazoo
To make room for her, Leonard W
Hopkins, a clerk was ' sent to Coventry '
by the postmaster and his assistants and
had to resign
Mrs Harris was then transferred from
Monroe to Kalamazoo Civil Service
Commissioner Brewer came hete last
summer to investigate Hopkins grievance
and advised him to drop the matter, but
the methods by which Mrs Harris secured
the position did not leak out until to
day Senator Burrows is m Washington
and Postmaster Colman has been com
municating with him by wire
A TRUST BY THE BANKERS
Movement in Three States to, Secure
Exchange for Clearing
All Papers.
Special to The Journal.
Sioux City, Iowa, June 20 At a unique
bankers' convention the first steps were
taken in the direction of the foundation
of a bankers' trust
The meeting was that of group 2 of
the Iowa State Bankers' association, in
which the bankers of South Dakota, north
western Nebraska and southwestern Min
nesota were invited to participate A
committee of five, of which Charles H
Shade of Rock Rapids is chairman, was
appointed to bring about an agreement
as to exchange charges
The movement is against merchants
who pay their bills by personal check
If successful, the bankers will charge ex
change for clearing any and all papers
A plan is to be devised and reported at
the state association gathering, which
meets in conjunction with the Illinois
State association at Davenport the Illi
nois bankers meeting at Davenport, and
all but the business sessions being held
in common
LOCAL BANK REPORTS
Minneapolis Financial Institutions
Make a Good Showing.
From The Journal Bureau, Room 45, Post Build
ing, Washington.
Washington, June 20The controller
of the currency to-day gave out an ab
stract of reports on the condition of na
tional banks in Minneapolis on June 9
Compared with returns of July 16, 1902,
about a year ago, it shows that loans and
discounts increased from $18 530,024 to
$19,730101 The cash reserve decreased
from $2,104 628 to $2,056,423 and total re
sources increased from $29,618 789 to $30,-
403 451 Individual deposits increased
from $12 798,796 to $12,990,101 and average
reserv e fell from 22 77 to 20 19
The controller of the currency has ex
tended the corporate existence of the
First National bank of Stevens Point
Wi s, to June 20, 1923
W W Jermane.
STRICTER REGULATIONS
Canadian Authorities Are Weeding
Out Undesirable Immigrants.
Special to The Journal.
Winnipeg, Man , June 20 Dr W. J
Ellis, chief government medical inspector
of Atlantic ports, is here He says Can
ada is now adopting the same strict regu
lations respecting undesirable immigrants
as the United States and since the bureau
has been established over 300 have been
deported European steamship agents ar
exercising as great care in the persons
they send to Canada as to the United
States.
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SATURDAY 'EffeNmG. JUNE 20, .1903.
ALL BUT ONE
ABE NOW DEAD
McKinney, Pal of Hardee, Hunted
by a Posse, Shot by a
Rancher.
How the Coolness of Young Grace
Darnell Saved the Life of
Her Father.
Special to The Journal, ,
Helena, Mont, June 20 With one ex
ception, the Hardee gang of four, which
effected the daring jail delivery at Glas
gow June 6, have suffeied violent deaths,
James McKinney, the latest victim, hav
ing been shot down by John Darnell, who
found the outlaw hiding in his icehouse
Only thru the braveiy of his young daugh
ter Grace was Darnell able to secure the
"drop' on McKinney, and the girl is a
heroine in the eyes of the people of Mon
tana, her coolness and presence of mind
stamping her as such
The body of McKinney has Juat been
brought to Glasgow and delivered to the
coroner, who had but finished the burial
services over the body of Jack Brown,
the member of the gang who was lynched
by infuriated citizens of Glasgow Thurs
day night
William E Hardee, the leader of the
gang was buried by Sheriff Cosner's
posse at the spot where he was killed on
Monday.
Saved Her Father.
After Hardee was killed, McKinney
worked his way back to the Missouri
river and succeeded in reaching Darnell's
ranch on Wednesday night without be
ing observed He remained in his hiding
place until 7 o'clock Thursday evening,
when Mr Darnell, having occasion to
visit his icehouse, discovered the fugi
tive McKinney at once attempted to
shoot the rancher, but his Winchester
rifle failed to work He tried repeatedly
to get a cartridge into the gun, but could
not accomplish it
Darnell's daughter came out of the
house when this was going on, and, tak
ing in the situation at a glance, dashed
into the hause, secured her father's loaded
gun and brought it to him
The positions of the men thuB being
reversed, Darnell ordered MCKinney to
hold up his hands The fugitive refused
to do so and attempted to make his escape
At this Darnell fired the bullet, striking
McKinney in the right arm
He fell to the ground, but quickly arose
and the ranchman, desiring to give him
every chance possible, again called upon
him to surrender
"I'll die before I'll surrender," cried
McKinney and again started to run.
Darnell then fired a second time, his
bullet entering McKinney's back and
going thru the intestines, inflicting a
wound that was necessarily fatal.
Told of Hardee's Death.
McKinney lived for three hours and was
Conscious all the time, but refused to talk
much. He said that Hardee lived but
three minutes after he was shot He has
a brother residing at Culbertson who is
known as a peaceable, law-abiding citi
zen. The dead man was awaiting trial on
a charge of burglary at, the time of his
escape, and until last year bore a good
reputation
Pierce, the fourth member of the gang,
has never been heard of and in spite of
the fierce chase that has been kept up
continuously no trace of him has been
discovered MEETING OF VETERINARIANS
Livestock Interests of the Northwest
to Be Discussed.
Helena, Mont, June 20.-Dr. D. E. Sal
mon, chief veterinarian for the United
States, Dr J B Rutherford, who oc
cupies a similar position in Canada, and
Dr L Van Ness, state veterinarian of
North Dakota, will meet in conference in
this city Monday with Dr K Knowles,
state veterinarian for Montana
Various matters affecting the live stock
interests of the northwest will come up
for discussion
NEW NORTHWESTERN P.MS.
Special to The Journal
Washington, June 20 Postmasters were ap
pointed today as follows Iowa.Marne, Cass
county, Andrew W Baird, Plum Creek, Kossuth
county, F J Thompson, White Oak, Mahaska
county, T W Caldwell North DakotaBrad
dock, Kmmons county, Isaac B Shepard, Nord,
Walsh county, Helllck S. Dokke.-
MAY INDICT THE
M B LEADEBS
Men Behind the Murder of J. B.
Marcum Are Not Yet Out
of the Woods.
It Is Possible That an Indictment
May Be Found Against One
of Them To-day.
Jett and White Are New Confined
in a Jail at Lexington,
' Kentucky..
Jackson, Ky, June 20.Since the re
moval of Jett and White to Lexington and
the prospect of another trial in another
county beyond feudist influence, ther is
considerable- talk here of prosecutions for
perjury and bribery. It is claimed that
witnesses, freed from fear of the Jack
son feud leaders, will talk freely and that
when they do prosecutions will follow.
It is said that a move is on foot to swear
out warrants at once for the arrest of
men in high places for bribery, perjury
and "as accessory to the Marcum murder
before the fact." One of these is expected
THE LATE CROP
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to be served to-night. The statement by
Judge Redwine that he will call a special
term of court when he finishes his work
in Irvine and Lee counties is taken as a
conclusive step in this direction and es
pecially since Judge Hargis refused to
speak to Redwine before the former left
with his attorney for Cincinnati
The foreman of the grand jury that in
dieted Jett and White has been threatened
and soldiers were stationed around his
house last night as well as around that of
Haddox, who testified to seeing Tharpe
coming from the Ewen hotel just before
the fire. Anxiety is felt for other wit
nesses and jurors and the provost marshal
will continue holding Jackson under mar
tial law.
Jury Stood 11 to 1.
But for one juror, Curtis Jett would
have been convicted of the murder of J
B Marcum. A majority of the jury also
favored the conviction of Thomas White
Both are now almost 100 miles from
here, in jail at Lexington, and their next
trial will be at Cynthiana, over 100 miles
from Jackson, away from the mountains
and in the blue grass region, under very
different conditions from those existing
in Breathitt county.
Governdr Beckham is generally believed
to have had something to do with the
change of venue.
There is a feeling of relief here, but
there is still great apprehension because
it is believed that others have been
"marked."
It is considered that Prosecutor Byrd is
not safe here, and he went to Winchester
last night. Mr. Bailey, 'the foreman of the
grand jury which indicted Jett and White,
has asked for military protection. He has
received hints of trouble.
Jett Was Drunk.
Lexington, Ky, June 20 When - Jett
and White arrived here last night, fully
500 were at the station and along the
route to the jail There was no demon
stration The prisoners were taken rapid
ly to the jail by the state guards and
placed in separate steel cages. Jett had
been exceedingly unruly and insulting all
afternoon, evidently being under the in
fluence of liquor. White also was exceed
ingly surly.
DINES WITH TEDDY
President Entertains Our Own Tim
j& y rnes.
From The Journal Bureatfe, Boom 45, Post Build
ing, Washington.
Washington, Juneo20T. E . Byrnes of
Minneapolis cante over from New York
yesterday evening purposely to dine with
President Roosevelt, who ejetended the
invitation earlier In the week while Mr
Byrnes was here on business The visit
lasted weU Into last night, and this after
noon Byrnes returns to New York, from
which place he will go to Boston, and
thence home nejxt week Last night's
dinner was purely of a personal nature
A great many matisrjhwere discussed, but
they came up as! between two old friends
W. W. Jermane.
DBAGA'S SISTEBS
"ABE BANKRUPT
PARTLY CLOUDY TO-NIGHT AND,
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Were Given Only $400 on Their De
parture for the Austrian
Capital.
All Foreign Strictures on the Mur
der of King Alexander Are
Being Suppressed.
Belgrade, June 20 Queen Draga's sis
ters traveled second class on the train to
Vienna They say they are ruined. They
received only $400 for the journey, and do
not expect to receive anything more.
They intend to seek an audience of Em
peror Francis Joseph.
All foreign newspapers are delayed in
delivery to enable the authorities to de
face the accounts and comments on the
tragedy at the Konak
Fearing the effect of the Austrian and
Russian denunciations of the assassina
tion, the canspirators have taken an oath
not to divulge one another's names nor
any particulars of the tragedy
The Geneva correspondent of the Ber
lin Frankfurter Zeitung has interviewed
King Peter on the Russian note calling for
the punishment of the murderers. The
new king said it should not be forgotten
that the skupshtina had sanctioned the
deed committed by the army
A Vienna dispatch to the Berlin Boer
se Courier gives an interview with Mme.
Petrovitch, the late Queen Draga's sis
ter, in which she asserts that the royal
Couple never intended to make the queen's
brother heir to the Servian throne
The members of the Servian deputation
in Vienna protest that it is impossible
to accede to the Russian demands, de
claring that any attempt to punish the
guilty officers would plunge Servia into
new trouble One of the members, M
Savic, the editor of the leading Servian
paper confessed that he knew of the plot
a long time previous.
Diplomats Embarrassed.
Members of the diplomatic body have
been placed in an embarrassing position
by an order of the provisional government
to assign places to them at the railway
station on the occasion of the reception of
King Peter. The diplomats have made no
reply pending instructions Irom their var
ious governments
The Servian foreign minister, Kalievics,
talked to the Associated Press correspon
dent with the utmost frankness The min
ister explained the necessity of taking of
fice in order to insure the continuance of
the constitution after the violent coup
d'etat of June 11 He was called to office,
he said, practically by force
He declared that the mutilated version
of the Austrian emperor's telegram cir
culated in Belgrade in which the latter's
teims of reprehension were slurred over
was not the work of officials, but simply
a newspaper translation, the harsh sec
tions of the telegram being suppressed on
the editor's own initiative
Great Britain has practically broken off
diplomatic relations with Servia. The
British minister, Sir G P Bonham, will
leave here Monday for England The con
sul of Great Britain, W G Thesiger, will
have charge of British interests
The new Servian constitution was ga
zetted to-day, together with a decree
abolishing the constitution of April 6,
1901, and all ordinances contravening the
new constitution
The United States Also.
Washington, June 20The United
States government has adopted an atti
tude similar to that of England toward
the new Servian dynasty It will be in
no haste to recognize a government cre
ated by assassination in the absence of
some exhibition of a disposition to pun
ish the guilty Therefore Mr Jackson
who, beside being minister to Greece, is
also United States minister to Servia,
Will not present his credentials to the gov
ernment of King Peter at present.
Holland Follows Britain.
The Hague, June 20 The Dutch repre
sentative at Belgrade has been instructed
to assume the same attitude as Great
Britain toward the provisional govern
ment of Servia
Heppner. OregonFive bodies were found ves
terday, bringing the official list of dead to 157.
The name of Otis Bullls, of Tower City. N. D.
has beea added to the list of missing.
28 PAGES-FIVE O'CLOCK.
CABAL HANDLED
ALL PROMOTIONS
New and Highly Interesting De
velopments Made Public in P.
0. Investigation.
Former Supt. Beavers at the Head of
a Well Organized Promotion
Syndicate.
Washington, June 20It is now offi
cially admitted in postal circles that the
"much talked of "promotion syndicate" has
actually been in operation for some seven
years and has been able to dictate promo
tions from here in the New York and
other large offices. The postal inspectors
have secured absolute proof of the guilt
of the members of the syndicate, but un
fortunately, the cases so far completed are
interfered with by the statute of limita
tions, since the offenses were committed,
nearly five years ago It is believed,
however, that the syndicate has been in
operation until almost the present time,
and that cases falling within the statute
will easily be established. Former Super
intendent Beavers of the salary allowance
department is said to have been the head
of the syndicate.
Machen Had One, Too.
It is also said that a similar syndicate
operated in the free delivery division un
der the direction of Former Superintend
ent Machen. Proof of this has been se
cured in a number of specific cases, and
it is believed that the statute of limita
tions will not prevent prosecution of the
officials It its desired, however, to bring
to justice, also, those outside of the de
partment who have been concerned in the
"graft," and the investigation will, there
fore, continue until more recent cases are
uncovered.
6,000 KILLED
Moorish Rebels Reported to Have
Killed Off the Whole of a
Government Army.
Madrid, June 20Acoording to a dis
patch received here from Tangier, El
Menetshi, the Morish war minister, has
lost 6,000 men in a battle fought with
the rebels at Amniebirtna.
DUEL WITH 5IX SHOOTERS
Arizona Cattlemen Get Into an Ar-
- - gument and Now One **-.
Will Die.
Holbrook, Ariz, June 20 News has
reached here of a desperate battle be
tween cattlemen on the Apache Indian
reservation, ten miles south of Holbrook,
in which Henry Barrett was killed and
Prime Coleman was probably fatally
wounded Both are prominent cattlemen
and have lived in Apache county many
years '
Only meager reports are obtained, but
it appears that the men became involved
in a dispute ovr their respective graz
ing permits on the reservation, which are
only issued at times and are of great
value, only a limited number of cattle
being allowed on the reservation
A duel with six-shooters followed, in
which Barrett received three wounds in
the abdomen, from which he died within
a few minutes after the shooting Cole
man was hot thru both thighs and was
badly bruised about the head by blows
from Barrett's six-shooter Barrett is
still alive, but there is little hope for his
recovery.
TRIED TO KILL THE CZAR
Attempt Upon His Majesty's Life
Thwarted in the Nick of
Time.
Minister to Leave.
London, June 20A dispatch to the
Morning Leader says that reports are
current that an attempt upon the life of
the czar was prevented only at the last
moment, the other day, at Tsarskoe Selo
on the eve of the departure of the court
for the imperial villa at New Peterhof
The would-be assassin, in the uniform of
a superior officer of the gendarmerie, at
tempted to gain access to the presence
of his majesty
There is much mystery about the af
fair, which has been hushed up for fear
of its coming to the knowledge of the
czar, who is said to have been in a high
ly nervous state since the Belgrade but
chery. The czar's perturbation over the
Belgrade catastrophe arose from the ter
rifying fact that the regicides were mili
tary officers.
STATUE OF AN INDIAN
Peter White of Marquette Gives a
Commission to Trentanove.
Special to The Journal.
Marquette, Mich , June 20 Chevalier
Trentanove, the Italian sculptor whose
marble statue of Father Marquette stands
in statuary hall of the national capitol at
Washington and a bronze replica of which
is erected on the lake shore'at Marquette
has been given a commission by Peter
White of this city for a bronze statue
of Charles Kak-Baw-Gam, the Chippewa
chief who was living on the site of the
city of Marquette when the first white
man came there and who died only a
few months ago The statue will be erec
ted in Presque Isle park, where Kaw
Baw-Gam lies burled.
NEW PLACE # M fif PMAN
Reputed Crown Prince a Member of
Osteopathy School Faculty.
Speoial to The Journal.
Des Moines, Iowa. June 20.Dr. Charles
H. Hoffman, reputed heir to the Austrian
throne, and who confesses that he is us
ing an assumed name to please his fam
ily in Germany, has entered the faculty of
the Still college of osteopath}' of this
city, with a salary of $6,000 a year.
HaroldJune la the month of weddings.
isn't it?
PeggieOh, Harold, why didn't you apeak
, earlier and glte me uiorev
SHOWERS
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Disreputable and Disorderly Saloons
Near Snelling Stand in Way of
Government Improvements. *
War Department Makes Demand on
Congressman Stevens That the
Nuisance Be Abolished.
Officers' Wives Insulted and Soldiers
Tempted to Drink in St. ^J
Paul Resorts. ,. j J
From The Journal Bureau, Boom 45, Post BuildT
in&, Washington.
Washington, D C , June 20.The war
department is not satisfied with St Paul's
policj as to saloons at the St. Paul end
of the Fort Snelling bridge and it is very
evident from interviews which Represen
tative Stevens has had with department
officials this week that there must be a
change for the better if the extensive im
provements which will make Snelling per
haps the most important military post in
the United States are to be carried out.
Mr. -Stevens thinks there will be no trouble
about the matter, and that the St. Paul
authorities will gladly co-operate with
the government to make the fort saloons
less of a public nuisance and menace to
the soldiery than they now are. Their
attention has never beeen called to the
matter in proper form, but now that it
has, Mr. Stevens expects a prompt re
sponse The officers at the fort will also
be asked to be more watchful and their
co-operation with the city authorities is
expected to meet the criticisms which the
department here has been making.
Hot for Rand.
Mr Bristow's investigation of the con
duct of H H. Rand, Postmaster General
Payne's confidential secretary, is proceed
ing vigorously The new and serious
charge is that his office was headquarters
for the lobby for the Parish Ice company,
a notorious claim which has been before
congress for many years
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St. Paul Must Act.
It is probable that the St Paul authori
ties will at once notify the saloonkeepers
near the fort that certain strict rules
must be complied with or their licenses
will be revoked These rules will cover
the assembling of improper characters,
including women, at the saloons, and tho
tempting of sodiers to drink. At the same
time the street railway company will be
asked to assign conductors and motor
men to the cars on the Snelling line who
oan prevent the numerous fights which m,
the past have been a disgrace to that
line and have driven good people away
from it. The biggest and bravest and
most pugilistic' men in the employ of the
company will probaby be put in this
Snelling car assignment at higher pay
than is given men on other lines
Officers' Wives Insulted.
Official reports from Fort Snelling to
the department here say that officers ac
companied by their wives or other female
members of their families have been sub
jected to gross insult and other indigni
ties by toughs at the St. Paul end of the
bridge On one occasion the bandmaster,
in attempting to protect his wife from in
sult, was beaten by toughs on a street
car and thrown off on the roadside, his
wife becoming hysterical and feinting in
the car. This is merely he C&fe Off leers'
wives are afraid to run the gauntlet of
these saloons to the cars for St Paul, and
are afraid t take^ the cars after running
the gauntlet The situation as to the de
cent part of the general public is as bad
or worse.
Closing of Canteen Responsible.
AH of this comes directly from the clos
ing of the army canteen and forms a.
powerful argument in favor of its restora
tion by congress It is evident that the
war department is in earnest about the
Snelling situation and will insist upon St.
St Paul's suppressing the evil, just as
Bremerton, Wash, suppressed similar
evils near the navy yard at the demand of
the navy department At the same time
the department has confidence in the as
surances given by Mr Stevens and ex
pects that St Paul will take hold of the
case promptly.
A Call on the President.
Representatives Buckman and Stevens
and Former Representatives Eddy and
Morris, all of Minnesota, called on the
president this morning The call was
purely informal and not connected in any
way with business matters
Eddy wanted to say good-by befor*
starting west with his family.
Morris is here on his way to the com
mencement of his college, Washington and
Lee at Lexington, Va , and wanted to pay
his respects, and Stevens and Buckman
went along for company.
Morris takes his riew position as fed
eral judge in Duluth in ten days Mr.
Eddy and his family will start west next
Wednesday Their furniture and other
belongings will be packed Monday o
Tuesday.
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W. W. Jermane.
CLARK TO BUILD PALACE!
The Montana Millionaire Senator
Will Erect a Palatial House
in Washington,'
New York Sun Speoial Service.
Washington, June 20 Secretary W. A* -,
Clark of Montana is planning the con-si
struction of a palace in Washington The^
house will far exceed in splendor the*]
senator's New York residence, recentlyf
completed, which surpasses the palaces of
the Vanderbilts and other millionaires.
The Washington residence will be lo
cated on the site of the famous Stewart
castle, now owned by the copper king.
Several world-famous architects are com-?
peting in drawing the plans, the finest of
which will be chosen The structure willJ
cost several million dollars and two or
three years will be occupied in ereot-^
ing it
EXPECT BIG CROP
C. P. Road Is Building New Cars in"
Consequence.
Special to The Journal.
Montreal. June 20 General Manager
McNIcoIl of the Canadian Pacific, after a I
careful investigation of the situation atT^
Winnipeg and of the position the com
pany will be in to handle the crop, sajs
the company is leaving nothing undone to
get as many cars as possible. S
"We are building cars as fast as we
.can get them out," he remarked, "and
shops at Cobourg, Ont, in Nova Scotia,
Sault Ste Marie and Montreal are load
ing out cars as fast as possible. These
are all going to the western division We
anticipate a tremendous crop and ex
pect to be taxed to the utmost. We are
having our hands full now to carry new
arrivals to the west. The traffic is tre
mendous The great difficulty the com--f
pany has to contend with out west is to
get skilled labQr.'r
MilwaukeeSaraha E Westcott announces
that her painting of Chicago's first eorttnment
building, erected in 1883, wol be purchase]} front
her by public subscription for $10,40% The.
movement is said to have bean started by MraJ
Potter Palmer. _ ^
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