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GARFIELD GIVES
LIE TO PACKERS
Denies Flatly #that He Pledged
Immunity to the Beef
Trust.
Chicago, Feb. 21.Commissionei of
Corporations Garfield took the stand
yesterday in the packers
aenied many of the statements made
by the witnesses for the packers. Ed
ward Morns, Edward Swift and Artluu
Meeker, representatives respectively
of the packing firms of Nelson Morris
A: Co., Swift &. Co. and Armour k, Co,,'
all testified that Commissionei Garfield
h.id told them that his (department had
the power to compel information if they
refused to give it willingly. Mr. Gar
field on the btand asseited that he had
made no such statement. He also
denied that he had promised immunity
to the packeis, saying that the onlv
protection that had been promised as
protection for the individual figures of
their confidential account'.. This, he
said, had been given them, and altho
the aveiage of these confidential figures
had been given in the lepoit of the
commissioner on the beef industry, indi
viduals had been respected and their
names had not been given
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also denied positively that he had
Iinron.ised
that all information would
legarded as confidential. He also
denied that he had at any time said
anything regarding an oath in connec
tion with the investigation.
Mi. Gaifield resumed the stand to
day. The opening of the examination
TVas on the books examined by Mr.-Gar-
field when he visiter! Chicago Feb. 28,
190.). The books showed the assem
bling ot profits and loss accounts of
the different packeis. He said that he
examined the totals onlv and that no
figures weie taken from the books.
District Attoine\ Morrison then took
up the sublett of the conveisations be
tween repiesentatives of Swift & Co.
and ComnnsMonei Garfield. asked
the commissionei:
'Did Edward Swift say in the pres
ence of Chailes Swift that had
said in pievious conversations that all
the information taken would be regard
ed as confidential?''
''He did not.''
"Did he sav that you had said that
none of the information would be used
to haim Swift & Co.?"
"He did not."
The witness then described the inter
view between Jesse P. Lyman, presi
dent ot the National Packi ng company,
and himself.
"Did "\ou say anvthmg to Mr. Ly
man about vour power to compel the
pioduction of books and papers?"
did not."
N
"Did vou say to Mr. Lyman that
all information would be confidential
and would not be used to iniure the
packers?"
I did not?"
During the introduction of evidence
"bv the packers, affirmation as made
different witnesses to nearly all of
the questions to which it as reported
Garfield entered a direct denial.
OHIO LAW MAY OPEN
THE FLATS TO BABIES
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 91.A bill in
troduced In Representative Nye of
Pijic countv the house of representa
tives makei it a crime for anv tenement
house owner to place a ban on babies.
The bill provides that it shall be un
lawful foi a landloid or owner of any
flat, apartment house or residence
propertv to lefuse to rent it on the
ground of the possession of children by
the applicant for a lease, provided that
the number tyi children shaTl
four under 16 years of age.
not exceed
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ESCAPED MURDER
AS MIRACLES
Western Judges and a Governor
Were Marked f6r Death
by Dynamiters.
Denver, Feb. 21.Evidence laid be
fore Governor McDonald to secure the
case and' extradition of President Mpyer and
Secretary Haywood of the Western
Federation of Miners shows that bombs
were laid for Justices Goddard and Gab
bert of the state supreme court
Boisn jaiill tol where these bombs werP
placed, and General Wells dug up one
in Goddard's yard. The other was ex
ploded by another man by accident the
day Judge Gabbert toolc a new route
downtown, thus missing death.
Governor Peabodv failed to take a
carriage one day when these three men
were lying in wait for him, but walked
to the depot, and the assassins did not
see him.
The bomb placed at Goddard's gate
as to be exploded by a string at
tached to the latch, but the string broke
without igniting the bomb.
The bomb laid for Justice Gabbert
was to be fired by a string attached to
a lady's handbag left lying near it,
but the oudge failed to see the handbag
when he passed it twice. Once a string
was stretched across his path, but he
took another route and another mail
as killed by that bomb.
Various- traps were evaded by Gov
ernor Peabody, who seems to Dear a
charmed life, but he as finally pois
oned by arsenic put in milk.
Career of Orchard.
The Denver Times says:
"Harry Orchard, who is under arrest
in Idaho charged with assassinating
former Governor Steunenberg, and who
has made a confession charging the
leaders of the Western Federation of
Miners with instigating a number of
dj-namite outrages and murders, as
in the employ of the Cripple Creek Mine
Owners' association as a detective dur
ing the great strike in the Cripple Creek
district. This will be used in the de
fense of the accused labor leaders when
they are brought to trail in the courts
of Idaho.
"The following facts have come to
the Times from a most reliable source
and have been carefully verified.
Orchard a Miner.
Orchard as a member of the West
ern Federation of Miners and employed
in the Cripple Creek district when the
famous stride was ordered. I Novem
ber, 1903, he approached a conductor,
named Jones, on the Florence & Cripple
Creek railway, and introduced himself
as a brother Mason. I am a member of
the miners' union,' said Orchard, 'and
last night I heard some of the members
of the union planning to wreck a train
on this road. I do not believe in such
methods and I thought I would come to
ou and tell of the plot. I picked ou
out, because you are a Mason.'
"Jones immediately took Orchard to
Scott and Sterling, the detectives for
the mine owners' association. re
peated his story and Scott and Sterling
immediately employed him as a detect
ive to work for the mine owners' asso
ciation. as instructed to attend
the meetings of the -union, and report
daily.
Disappeared After Tragedy.
"Oi chard continued in the employ of
the mine owners' association until
June, 1904. The day before' the ex
plosion which wrecked the Independ
ence station he collected some life in
surance due him because of the death
of a lelative.
"Then came the explosion of the In
dependence station on June 6, and Or
chard disappeared. A mob took posses
sion of Cripple Creek and Victor and
attempts were made to force confes
sion? from many suspected persons. A
yoang man was suspended by his
thumbs and he finally agreed to tell
who had caused the explosion. When
he as lowered to the ground he said:
'Harry Orchard did it.'
"The pursuit of Orchard was taken
tfp, bloodhounds being employed. Or
chard and a companion named Neville,
immediately after the Independence ex-
EIripple,
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losion secured a rig and drove out of
Creek. Thev went across the
country, avoiding tfie more important
towns. When they reached Greeley they
disposed of their rig and took a train
for Cheyenne, where Orchard received a
considerable sum of money from friends
in Colorado, and disappeared.
Returned to Denver.
"He returned to Denver last April,
visited the headquarters of the Federa
tion of Miners in this city. said he
feared arrest because or the charges
made against him in connection with
the Independence explosion, and had
therefore changed his name' to Hogan.
For a time he worked for various com
panies in this city, and last April left
Colorado, saying he was going to New
York. The next heard of him he had
been arrested in Idaho charged with the
assassination of Steunenberg.
"Neville was arrested in Wyoming
and taken back to Cripple Creek, but no
serious attempt was ever made to
prosecute him. Sheriff Bell of Cripple
Creek claims that Neville confessed to
him that he and Orchard dynamited the
station. It is said that Neville is now
dead. This latter statement the Times
has been unable to verify."
Denial of sfcory.
Representatives of the Cripple Creek
Owners' association positively
ueny that Harry Orchard, who is said
io have confessed the assassination, of
former Governor Frank Steunenberg of
Idaho, and to have reported that he as
hired by the "inner circle" of the
Western Federation of Miners to com
mit the crime, was ever employed by
the association or anv of its agents as
a detective or spy. They say that Or
chard offered to sell Information to the
mije owners' agents concerning a plot
to wreck a tram on the Florence &
Crinple Creek railroad, but that he was
regarded with suspicion and his proffer
wd rejected. After the Independence
depot disaster, it is asserted, detectives
in the employ of the mine owners' asso
ciation had been constantly searching
for^OrChard, who was believed to have
caused the explosion which killed four
teen non-union "miners.
CHAINED TO COOK STOVE
St. Cloud Woman Makes Uncommon
Charge in Divorce Petition.
ST CLOUD, MINN.Mrs. Clarence WiUough
foy has begun proceedings against her husband
for divorce. She alleges her husband chained
LITCHFIELD. MINNJames McXulty aiid
Jtss Catherine Fnrsman were married at tlie
Catholic church. *ii(
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SCHOOLBOY STOPS
NAVY'S WIRELESS
With a Crude Home-Made Plant
He Interrupts Operation of
Big Station.
Washington, Feb. 21.-With home
made apparatus Lloyd Manuel, a New
port schoolboy, is able to interfere with
the operation of the naval wireless sta
tion at that point. Commander Albert
Gleaves thjnks the matter so important
that he has sent to the bureau of equip-
Harry Orchard's confession in the ment of the navy a detailed account of
liee in wherA rha linmhu WPT +Ue nlon nwhicVh. r) +1.&- K^.y hocs K..11 TUa plantt the bor ha built. The
meagerness of it may be gathered from
the statement of the "commander that
the young operator receives messages
thru the medium of an ordinary incan
descent electric lamp, the glass of
which he had broken and which be uBes
for a receiver.
His induction coil is one taken from
an old automobile and throws a half
inch spark, while his key is the ordi
nary Morse instrument. The coil with
which he controls the wave- length is
made of No. 14 copper wire, bare,
wound around a wooden cylinder in
grooves. His spark gap is made with
two common steel nails driven into a
pine board, one-eighth of an inch apart,
and his ground current is accomplished
thru a connection with water pipes in
the house in which ho lives.
Two common wooden poles, fifteen
feet high, attached to the ridge pole
of the house, support the antennae.
These are three bare copper wires,
stretched between the poles, sept apart
by spreaders and joined by a single
wire running down to the instrument.
According to the reports made to the
navy department, the youth, who is not
more than 16 years old, has given a de
cided shock to the wireless operators
and it is believed that in his crude ap
paratus they may find Several valuable
ideas.
BERNARD AGAINST
FOREST RESERVE
Head of Drainage League Says,
Tho, That He Has Not Been
an Agitator.
By W. W. Jermane.
Washington, Feb. 21.A. G. Bernard,
piesident of the Minnesota stater drain
age league, referring to an editorial in
Tne Journalof last Friday, said
today that he had not taken any part
in the agitation for the abolition or the
Minnesota forest reserve.
I have given such information as I
have on the subject to those who have
questioned me about it," said Mr.
Bernard, but I h%ve not taken part in
a ny conference on /the subject. The
only official with whom I have dis
cussed the reserve is Indian Commis
sioner Leupp, antt then only when. h.e
opened the subject.
I will say, however, that I would
feel at perfectN liberty to go before
a congressional committee or a ny of
ficial of the government and advocate
the abolition of the reserve, because
I do not feel under obligation to the
cities, as no money was contributed
in them, except by the Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce, for the support
of the league. The railroads have
promised contributions and they are
opposed to the reserve. Their support
of the league would justify me in advo
cating the abolition of the reserve."
24th Annual Reduced-Price Sale.
The Great Plymouth Clothing House.
EXCELSIOR PIONEER
DIES AT RIPE AGE
Robert Bradley McGrath died this
morning at his home in Excelsior. His
death as caused by an acute attack
of heart disease.
In his death the little town at the
shores of Lake Minnetonka loses one
of its pioneer citizens, for Mr. Mc
Grath went to the lake in, 1862 and
was one of the .first white men to settle
there.
as barn in 18^1 at Frieburg, Me.
After the civil war, in which he served
as a gallant- soldier, he made his perma
nent nome at the lake, and opened a
large carpenter shop. In 1866 he was
married to Miss Nellie Midgley, who
as then a teacher at the Excelsior
school.
During his lifetime he was one of
the pillars of the Excelsior Congrega
tional church, which he joined in 1866,
and in the building up of which he
was most enthusiastic. Mr. McGrath
was one of the conservative citizens of
Excelsior, and while he never occupied
a public office, his word carried weight
in many matters of importance where
the interests and welfare of Excelsior
were concerned.
Mr. McGrath is survived by his wife.
The two sons died, when grown-up men,
a few years ago. Robert McGrath met
his death while skating near the bath
house reef in an attempt to save a
companion's life, and Harry' McGrath
was a victim of consumption/
The funeral service will be held from
the Congregational chureb, and will be
announced later. Mr. McGrath was one
of the church wardens and a respected
member of Halstead posf, G. A. R.
her to the cookstove and that a neighbor found the second judicial circuit. I comprises
her in that mortifying condition. The husband
sn\s his ttlfe has not cooked a meal for many
months and that she is always going out and
nefrlectlttK him. J
The infant Child of Mi\ and Mrs. Peter Pap*
penfus of Alberta, Benton county, met with a
teniblfi death yesterday .moFnIng by falling into
a tub of boiling water.
As the result of-an explosion caused by tam
pering vith a can of carbide, used in connec
tion with a lighting plant, three St. Joseph
bovs Clarence Loso. Joseph Meyer and Joseph
PaUanscn. wpre severely injured. The accident
occurred at the residence of Michael Loso. The
liojs found a can with .a,.ciuanUtyt carbide In
it and throwing some snow on it, touched it
off with a match.
PROMTS JOB IS AT
STAKE IN GONGRESS
Washington, Feb. 21.Charles A.
Prouty of Vermont, a member of the
interstate commerce commission, will be
legislated out of office if the* amend
ment proposed by Senator Canhack, in
creasing the membership of the commis
sion to nine, is adopted. There is a
provision in this amendment which pro
hibits the appointment of two commis
sioners from the same judicial district.
Martin A. Knapp of New York, chair
man of the interstate commerce com
mission, and Mr. Prouty both live in
Vermont, Connecticut and New York.
Prouty maf remove to
B*tp and W &
become a "resident of another judicial
circuit, which would not affect' his eligi
bility to retention as a member of W
commission. Mr. Prouty has been the
most active member or the interstate
commerce commission in securing evi
dence on which to prosecute the rail
roads for violations of the antitrust
and antirebate laws.
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BOTTINEAU, N, D.The jury Jn the murflpr
esse of Frank Guthrie was ordered by Judge
Gosh to bring In a verdict of not guilty lest
evening, because of lark ot evidence.
Mi 2wi wr m\ tmmxm
McCORDYS 10 LET
LIGHT ON MUTUAL
Discredited Heads of Insurance
Company Will Fight Former
Associates.
Journal Special Service.
New York, Jeb. 21.The McCurdys,
father, son and son-in-law, have decided
to fight their former associates among
the officers and hustlers of the Mutual
Life Insurance company. The whole
truth about the management of the Mu
tual may now come out.
The McCurdys havo grown weary of
being the jgoats'' in the Mutual Life
scandal. They have so far had to bear
the blame of everything and up to to
day they kept silent, tho all along they
have seen others, who shared in the
profits of every questionable scheme,
.posing as earnest and diligent reformers
of the evils within the company.
The thing which brought the situa
tion to a head as the decision of the
management of the Mutual Life to
bring suits for restitution against
Eichard A. McCurdy, Robert H. Mc
Curdy, Louis A. Thebaud and Charles
H. Raymond.
It is admitted that C. Raymond &
Co. made stupendious sums by getting a
collection fee on a large proportion of
the premiums paid into the company.
The collection fee was 2 per cent. This
commission was paid on millions upon i
millions of premiums, which in the ordi
nary course of things would have come
into the company's treasury in any
event.
Lie Given Trustees.
The contention made by a large num
ber of the Mutual trustees, since the
Armstrong committee's investigation,
that they were in complete ignorance of
the arrangements which existed be
tween Raymond & Co. and the Mutual
Life, is pronounced aB absolutely false.
It is declared emphatically that they
not only knew of the arrangements, but
used the knowledge to personally profit
by them.
A close friend of the McCurdys as
serted that several trustees received re
bates on the premiums paid to the com
pany on policies on thejr own lives and
that they got these rebates thru Charles
H. Raymond & Co.
John 8. Wise, counsel for son-in-law
.Thebaud and the latter's partner,
,Charles H. Raymond, was very indig
nant today over the suits brought
against the members of Raymond & Co.
,by the Mutual Life and the promptness
with which the fact as communicated
to the newspaper by the management.
practically accused the present pow
ders in the company of bad faith and
made the extraordinary declaration that
unless the company pressed its suit
against his clients they would bring suit
against the Mutual Life to recover
moneys now due them and to set them
selves right before the public.
Held Commissions.
The statement made by Mr. Wise dis-
closed the fact that the Mutual Life has
held up commissions due Thebaud and
Raymond on their former contract.
'My firm represents Charles H. Ray
mond & Co. in a ny suit that may be
Jrought agains t, faflp'JffJHw Mutual
Life," sai ex-Gbve$ioj: Wise, "and it
Jhe company doet/*ot .Wry up with a
Complaint we wjli toue^E^Mt Raymond 1
and Mr. Thebaud have been subjected
to all sorts o^ false imputations and if
they follow my advice they will stand
rthem no* longer. They have a perfect
legitimate, hondrable and reasonable
contract with the Mutual Life."
YOUNGMRDWAS
SLAIN IN EUROPE
Nephew of Former California
Senator Probably Murdered,
Says Detective.
New York, Feb. 21.That Alfred M.
Bard, nephew of former Senator Bard
of California, as probablv murdered
in Europe, was the statement made by
Detective Sergeant John J. Fogarty
who returned to New York today on the
Steamer Zeeland, from* Brussels, Bel
gium.
Fogarty went to Europe six weeks
ago to look for the voung man, who
had been missing for nearly two
months. brought back part of
Bard's effects including two valuable
violins, one said to be worth $100.
You ng Bard went to Brussels in
August last year to study the violin.
intended to return to New York on
a steamer leaving Antwerp on Oct. 20
last. His uncle, Senator Bard, was at
the pier to meet him when the ship
arrived, but he did not appear among
the passengers and the search for the
young man has been steadily pressed
since that time.
Fogarty said that when he reached
Brussels he learned that Young Bard
had made all arrangements to leave the
Belgian city in October, according to
his original plans. withdrew $1,000
whicn he had on deposit in a bank
there, but at ths last moment decided
to postpone his departure for one week.
A French girl, with whom the young
man had become acquainted in Brussels,
as responsible for the postponement,
the detective iaid.
this point Fogarty declined to
talk further about the case, except to
say that Young Bard as dead and
probably was murdered.
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HARRIED IAN BARRED
TOO GOOD A DEBATER
Chicago, Feb. 21.A married man can
talk rings around the pick of unwed
ded forensic artists, according to the
opinion of University of Chicago stu
dents.
Accordingly, on this conviction, aspir
ing young orators of the Midway school
have drawn up a petition to the student
councils asking that H. E. Driggs, a
from
It is suggested as possible that Mr. t[fTnln
aterfamilias from, Utah, be excluded
YTmpetitioin
A
inwtheeo annua^l univer- r^ 0
MOIM ^!n
$%P & fti^S
Friday night, on the grounds that he
was "too experienced."
The students declared that a Bene
dict as sure to convince the judges
at a "talkfest" when all others failed,
and that his married life was worth
more than all the course in argumenta
tion given in the university curriculum.
Driggs' wife and 5-year-old daughter
recently visited him at t%e university.
REFORM VICTORIES
IN PENNSYLVANIA
City Party wins~in Philadelphia,
Women Work Hard in
Pittsburg,
Philadelphia, Feb. 21.As a result of
yesterday's election in this city, the
republican party is again in the minor
ity. The contest hinged on the elec
tion of two police magistrates, and Borie,,
the reform or city party candidate,
with democratic indorsement, led Roon
ey, his republican opponent, by 10,145
votes. Last fall the reform element
carried the city by 48,000 votes. Yes
terday's voting was. comparatively
light, as there as not much interest
in the contest aside from councilmen's
fights in a few wards.
I Greater Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 21.George W.
Guthrie, democrat, as yesterday elect
ed mayor of Pittsburg, over Alexander
M. Jenkinson, republican, and Frick
candidate.
will be the first mayor of greater
Pittsburg, when this city is consoli
dated with Allegheny" a few weeks
hence. In Allegheny, Charles F. Kirsch
ter, republican, deieated George W. Lo
gan, the good government party candi
date, by a big majority. will be
first deputy mayor of Greater Pittsburg.
Guthrie's majority will be about 5,000,
and Kirschter's about the same.
About 200 of the best women of the
town worked hard all day for Logan,
the good government candidate. They
kept open church, praying and running
autos in turn.
They carried hundreds of lazy voters
to the polls and handed out coffee and
sandwiches to hundreds of other elec
tion workers and they did not give up
until the doors of the polling places
closed last night, and it had been writ
ten thta they were beaten, that Kirsch
ter was too strong.
SEEKS CURE FOR
LIVESTOCK ILLS
Congressman Davis' Bill Makes
Minnesota a Center for Study
of Diseases.
By W. W. Jermane.
Washington, Feb. 21.Representa-
tive Davis of Minnesota has introduced
a bill for an investigation of the infec
tious diseases which affect cattle in
Minnesota and adjoining states. It
sets apart $5,000 to oe expended at the
St. Anthony Park experiment station
in the study of the problems of pre
vention and treatment of these dis
eases and in disseminating proper in
formation to farmers, the expenditure
to be made under the direction of the
secretary of agriculture.
Many cattle, die annually in the
northwest of hemorrhagic septicemia,
and. swamp fever is a very common and
serious disease among horses in the Red
River valley and northern Minnesota in
general, and is a different type of the
same disease. These diseases are spread
ing to surrounding states, and it is "be-
lieved that they can be more effectively
investigated and with greater economy
at one common center, and *that the
conditions in Minnesota are particular
ly favorable for such investigations.
This legislation has the indorsement
of the Livestock Breeders' association,
the Swine Breeders' association, the
Sheep Breeders' association, the live
stock sanitary board and the Minnesota
Dairymen's association. Secretary Wil
son and Assistant Secretary Hays are
particularly interested. The principal
object is to secure a foothold this year
and make Minnesota a common center
for the investigation of this disease.
HOTEL IMPROVEMENTS
ARE UNDER GONTRACT
Inside of a month new elevators will
be installed in the West hotel, and the
burned portions of the structure will
be remodeled and made 'strictly up-to
date in every particular.
The insurance adjusters have com-
Eletedd
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February .21, 1906.
their work of examining the
urne portion a'nd now the improve
ment will be pushed with all possible
speed.
The contract has been let for the new
elevators, which "will be strictly up-to
date, with the latest safety devices and
steel cages. They will be driven by
hydraulic power and everything con
nected with them will be new, even to
the' big water tanks. All 'framework
about the elevator shaft is being torn
out and steel substituted, including the
doors and partitions at the entrances
on each floor.
A the top of the elevator shaft will
be a large skylight with a novel de
vice in connection. A soft metal fuse
will "be so placed that it will melt at
an3r
unusual temperature, and by melt-
ing, will automatically throw open the
skylights, so that if in the future a fire
should by any means take place in the
shaft, the smoke and heat will be dis
charged out of the top, as thru a hugf
chimney, instead of being forced into
the corridors on each floor.
The management of the hotel also
contemplates taking up the carpets and
wooden flooring of all the corridors
thruout the building, and replacing
them with fancy tiliug which would
offer no fuel for fire.
A the Are damaged much of th
furniture on the side of the hotel where
it took place, the refitting of the build
ing will include the refurnishing of a
number of the rooms.
NOBTHWEST NECROLOGIC
ANOKA. MINNJoslah F. Clark died here
today. He was the first probate judge In the
county and one of the oldest pioneers la this
section. He was born in Maine March 0, 1S23.
and came to Anoka April 18. 1854. He served
thru the war and was- chief musician o' the
Eighth Minnesota infantry He leaves one
dnnehter Mr- W. Nois of this town
OSCEOLA, WIS.Miss Ada Hnfnail. vonnRest
daughter of Dr. and Mrs W. HufuaH* of
Lnck died at her home last nizht.
SPRING VALLEY, MINN.'lne fuuernl 'of
Miss Mildred Battey was held from the Bnptlst
church today.The death of Mrs. T. K. Mason
occurred today. She was 67 years of age and the
wife of an old soldier The fuiiera* services
will be held at the E church tomorrow.
DULUTH. MINN.George Probeck, a heavy
real estate owner and contractor, t'led sud
denly last night utter an illness of but one
day. He catae to this city from Buffalo twentj
flve years ago.'and has been prominently identi
fied with many business enterprises.
NORTHWEST WEDDINGS
BLUE EARTH. MINN The marriage of W.
E C. Ross, president of #the First National
bank ot Blue Earth and Mit- Stellu Held took
place yesterday. Miss Held has been a teacher
in--the city school* here for several jears
ST. CLOUD, MINN.Miss Louise Ilelnzel of
Sauk Ranlds and Edward Vandt-rslins of St.
Cloud will be married nest Saturday evening in
Sauk Rapids Lutheran church
Mis Elisabet Klndler and Robert Peschl
Defective Page
GET TOGETHER ON
W HEPBURN BILL
Senators and President Near
Agreement as to Court
Review.
Journal Special Service.
Washington, Feb. 21." Lawful" is
the word to be employed in amending
the Hepburn bill so as to permit re
views by the courts of rates fixed by
the interstate commerce commission. It
will be used in preference to "reason-
able." "fair" or "just." It is re
garded as virtually limiting an appeal
to the courts to the one proposition df
constitutionality. The amendment in"
this shape does not suit the Aldrich
Foraker-Elkins faction, who desire that
a broader expression and meaning be
given.
I is said they will be outvoted
oth in committee and* in the senate
and must eventually yield to the in
evitable.
Getting Together.
"We are getting together on a court
review amendment," is the good news
handed out by all parties to the pend
ing controversy. The confident predic
tion is made that a rate bill will be re
ported from the senate interstate com
merce committee on Friday. Every
one seems convinced that an end of the
long struggle is in sight, but nobodv
appears to De particularly happy. Each
senator who discusses the subject has
the symptoms of a man who has been
taking bitter medicine.
The amendment drawn by Senator
Knox still is in the hands oi Attorney
General Moody, to whom it was given
by the president for an opinion. Mr.
Moody thinks the Hepburn bill is ade
quate as it stands and does not want
any provision for judicial review. The
Knox amendment permits appeals to
the courtSj but without suspension of
the objectionable rate during the liti
gation. I is prepared to avoid the
United States supreme court decision
in the case of Minnesota railroad com
mission, which was delegated absolute
authority to fix a minimum rate from
which there could be no appeal. The
law as pronounced unconstitutional.
Knox's Amendment.
It is announced that the Knox amend
ment will be offered to the interstate
commerce commission on Friday. The
president's approval of it will depend
npon the opinion rendered on it of At
torney General Moody, whose views are
regarded with more favor than those of
any other adviser on rate legislation
matters.
Senator Spooner has not completed
his amendment to the Hepburn^ bill. It
may not be offered until the bill comes
before the senate for consideration.
I fe not believed the president will
object to the word "lawful," as ap
plied to permitted appeals to the courts.
In several inspired utterances he baa
indicated that he believes that reviews
by the courts are necessary only when
a given rate is confiscatory ana when
the question of constitutionality is in
volved The interpretation of the word
"lawful," as given by a majority of
interested senators, would come within
the president's idea of appeal to de
termine constitutional questions.
RECALLS"EJECTION
OF MRS. MORRIS
Husband of Woman Arrested at
White House Gives Out
Letters.
Washington, Feb. 21.Dr. Minor
Morris, whose wife some weeks ago
as ejected from the Whi te House,
where she had gone to present alleged
grievances to the president, today gave
out for publication the correspondence
which recently passed between himself
and the president regarding the case.
Dr. Morris demanded a public apology
of the president for this outrage on
womanhood and common decency."
Secretary Loeb replied to the letter,
stating that an investigation by the
chief of police showed that the arrest
as justified, and that the kindest act
to Mrs. Morris and her kmfolk as to
refrain from giving the case additional
publicity. The letters follow:
4 Letter to President.
"To the President of the TTnited
StatesSir: Having waited patiently
a number of weeks that you might
have ample time to ascertain all the
circumstances connected with the in
sult recently offered my wife at the
White House and that you might make
some expression of deprecation which
would naturally be expeeted. it is now
incumbent upon me, as husband and
citizen, to demand a public apology
for this outrage on womanhood and
common decency.
"It is unthinkable that such bru
tality would be tolerated anywhere in
this country, above all in the White
House.
"That mv wife has been confined to
her bed six weeks from the shock and
injuries of this damnable treatment is
bad enough, but I can say to you in
all calmness that had the original or
ders from the White House been car
ried out as to her longer incarcera
tion, her life would have been sacri
ficed.-
It is, therefore, incumbent upon me
to repeat my urgent request that you
take action at once suitable to the cir
cumstances which have shocked the en
tire nation.' Kespectf ully,
Minor Morris."
Feb. 16, 1906.
Reply from Loeb.
The White House, Washington, Feb.
19, 1906.
"SirIn reply to your letter of the
16th mst., the president directs me to
state to you that- he 4iad the superin
tendent of police of the District of Col
umbia, Major Sylvester, make a careful
investigation of the circumstances con
nected with the errest of Mrs. Morris
for disorderly conduct at the executive
office and the superintendent submitted
to the president all the affivadits of the
persons whom he had examined. The
president cerefully went over Maior
Sylvester's report and the affidavits,
and also personally saw Major Sylvest
er and some of the persons making the
affidavits. came to the conclusion
that the arrest was justified and that
the force used in making the arrest was
caused by the resistance offered by
Mrs. Morris to the officers in the dis
charge of their di'fv, and was no great
er than was necessary to make the ar
rest effective.
"TJnuer these circumstances the
president does not consider that the of
ficers are properly subject to blame.
was also satisfied that the kindest^ thing
that could be done to Mrs. Morris and
her kinsfolk was to refrain from giving
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Fire Sale
Not much Fire Salvage stock'
left nor time in which to
get it. It's your move.
$125,000 Stock of
W. E. Morison & Co.
KITCHENWARE!
500 DINNER PAILS. THE
REGULAR 30c SIZE, (LIMIT
ONE TO A CUSTOMER) ON
SALE AFTER 5
O'CLOCK P. M.
9j?EftCH 500 Barrel Ash Sifters, selling at
40c today spe- 4tftj*
cla* C9C
500 Galvanized Iron Water
Palls, 10-quart size 1 si
each, only ItJtJ
500 Galvanized iron Wash A
Tubs, the 85c kind each OUC
500 Galvanized Iron Dippers, 2-
quart size, selling at 30c
now, each 0 1
STOVE DEPT.
$58.00 Cole's Range, now..$36
Faultless Range (one #OA
only) was $58 PoU
Gasoline Stoves, selling regu
larly at $12 and $5 fcfl
now $ 6 and #iDU
Cole's Air Tight Heaters, the
regular $2.50 size
each #ltSaW
Cole's Heater, regular #14 Cfl
$25.00 size #liOU
CUTLERY DEPT.
B-ln. warranted Butcher Knives,
regular 50c cut QRft
Nickeled Baking Dishes,*! 0 0
regular $1.75 $|
II
12c
a O
Rogers, Sliver Plated Dessert
Spoons HALF PRICE
ATHLETIC DEPT.
Jersies, all sizes, in two desir
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made from first grade Aus
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choice while they $ A
TOOL DEPT.
Regular 75c 6-in. Com
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10-fh. Sweep Ratchet
Brace, $1.00 size
Nail Hammers, worth
up to 70c choice
49c
73c
40c
Hardware Salvage Co.
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any additional publicity to the circum
stances surrounding the case.
Yours truly,
William Loeb, Jr.,
Secretary to the president.
"Dr. Minor Morris, Washington, D.C."
Allentown. Pa., Feb. 21. Samuel
Thomas, the largest manufacturer of pig
Iron In the United States, died* today at
his home in C&tasaqua, Pa., aged 79
years. Mr. Thomas was a son of David
Thomas, who first successfully Introduced,
the anthracite blast for the manufactur*
of pig iron.
MENTAL VIGOR
RESTORED BY
POSTUM
when coffee has done its work.
'There's a Reason.1