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TODAY'S SPORTON* NBWSfWILL E J&TOD ON PAGE lfc
George Ade^
Will begins new series of stories
.exclusively for The Sunday
X5
Journal /next B\maay.
MRICE TWO CENTS.
DECLARES SHOOT I
i HAS THREE WIVES
!Utah Clergyman Asserts Apostle
Senator Is Polygumist'
Despite Denials.
WIFE NO. 2 FLEES
FEDERAL* MARSHALS
Tacts About Wife No. 3 to Be
Presented to Senate
Soon..
i Journal Special Service.
New York, March 13.Definite state
ments today replaced the rumors long
I
afloatpolygamist.
that
xCTnited. 1
States Senator Smoot
is a To date three wives
are put to his account. The names 6*f
two of the women'to whom, at is de
'elared, he has been .-joined by the rites
of the*Mormon church, are given by
Eev. N. E. Clemenson of Logan, Utah,
i who is in this city arranging an itin
erary for the Pr'e|byterian board of
missions.
Mrs. Snaoot No. 2 was known before
her marriage to the senator and is
known in Utah as Rose Hamilton, Mrs.
Smoot NOJ 3 is known as Lottie Green
wood thru.southern Utah.
The. story of the senator's second
marriage is understood to contain the
facts upon which an affidavit, charging
Mr*. Smoot with polygamy, was based
during the senate committee's hearing
of the charges designed i to oust him
from his seat in the senate.
This affidavit was sworn to by Dr.
Xt. J. Lellacb, superintendent of Meth
odist missions in Utah. It contained,
however, only the general allegation
that Smoot had more than one wife.
Eose Hamilton's Story.
.The story --of Rose Hamilton comes
'tfrom her own lips. She was born in
Milwaukee, Wis.,, in April, 1884. Three
years ago, while stopping in a hotel in
Omaha, Neb., she met Apostle Beed
Smoot and wife No. 1. Acquaintance
ripened into friendship and the out
come was that Miss Hamilton was con
verted to Mormonism. Miss Hamilton
was not in roStfsLiiealth and Mr. Smoot
recommended the climatic advantages
of Utah for her and induced the girl to
go there. He had promised her also
that if she went'thru the Mormon en
dowment ceremony she would be made
well and strong.
In time what is known as the "celes
tial marriage'' was performed and there
was Mrs. Smoot No. 2.
In February, 1904, Mrs. Smoot No. 2
gave birth to a son in Fresno, Cal. At
this time Mr. Smoot was in Washings
ajinj^his^ defense of the seal
?fu theol
powerful apti-Mormon forces were al
lied to oust Mm,- V"':,.-',':':*$!
Kept the Pact Secret.
It was necessary to the senator's case
that the fact of this second wife should
bo kept secret. United States Marshal
|-Heywood had been scouring the'state
with subpenas for persons wanted in
Washington to shed light on the rela
tions of Mr. Smoot with the Mormon
church.
Mrs. Smoot No. 2 was kept on the
move to avoid being found by the mar
shal, altho that official had no knowl
edge of her existence.
"From California Mrs. Smoot No. 2,
according to her own story to Rev. Mr.
Clemenson, went and took up her abode
in Idaho. Thenee she journeyed t
Colorado, shifting iier abode from point
to point, directed by agents of Sena
'tor Smoot. In April, 1905, she returned
to Logan, remaining there until Jirhe,
when she fled thru Blacksmith 'a, can
yon into a cabin' in the Bear Lake
country.
Living in Mexico.
,J5he stayed in the cabin until it was
"deemed safe for her to go out again
in the open. Her next place of abode
was Cheyenne, Wyo. From there she
went to San Juan, Mexico, Where, from
the latest advices, she is living.
The mother of Rose Hamilton SmOot
livesin Plainfield, Mo. Her name is
Mrs/Ada Hungerford. When the facts
reached her ears she disowned her.
About wife No. 3, Lottie Greenwood
Smoot, details of the marriage are not
yet made known, but Rev. Mr. Clemen
son and others who are collecting evi
dence against the senator, -will be in a
position, they say, before long, to give
her story as completely as they are able
to give that of Rose Hamilton.
DEATH AND HURTS IN
STREET CAR CRASH
Omaha, March 18.In a collision.at
Bouth Omaha early today between north
and south-bound streetcars, one man
was killed and seven personB injured,
six of whom were severely injured. The
dead:
UNIDENTIFIED LABORER, aged
fcbout 40.
Seriously Injured.
William Bicht, South Omaha, .will die.
Fred A. Hoffman, Albright, aged 18,
rm broken and ribs crushed, win prob
ably die.
Joseph Rynkar, S^uth Omaha, inter
nal injuries.
Riga Anderson, 'aged 4, badly hurtj
tnay die.
Mary Maldney, South Omaha, inter
nally injured.
Miss Cobler. South" Omaha, badly
bruised and internally injured.
DE LANQE, PLAYWRIGHT, DEAD.
New York, March'13.Louts De Lange,
playwright whose home was formerly
In Philadelphia^ committed suicide' here
today by .cutting his throat. De Lange
collaborated in the production of "Pousse
Cafe*' and was the author of "The Globe
Trotter," "The Little Host" and "Sweet
Annie Page."
"TAFTERS" WILL FEASTS
Washington, March 13.The Philip
pine party will give a dinner in honor of
Secretary Taft March 20 at the New Wil
lard. The party -will be a. large' one and
the decorations will suggest many inci
dents $f the trip. Jdlepresentative and
Mrs. rJongworth will be preseiit.
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FIRE PANIC IN A HOTEL.5
J? ^Pittsburg, March 13.-A slight fire re
sulting' from art overheated furnace
caused a panic among the 160 guests of
the Irondale hotel, Lenora, Pa., about
daylight. The loss was $3,000. ilo one
hurt.
DEAD FOR A MONTH,
LOVER KILLS.GIRL
Journal Special Service.
New York, Marcfe 13.James Baueh
ex, the Paterson, N J., youth, who re
cently committed suicide,
murderer after his death. Thi- fact
was established yesterday when the
mystery surrounding the death of his
sweetheart, 19-year-old Agnes Morton,
was solved.
The girl died of poisoning a month
after her fiance ended his life, yet it
was shown clearly yesterday- that he
was her slayer. Boucher's surpassing
'belief in the, wonderful powet Of the
young woman's love for him' inspired
the plot that sent him to. his grave con
fident that she would soon follow him,
Miss Morton, who lived with her
father, Alexander Morton, at 72 Madi
son street, met, some months ago. James
Boucher, -nephew of Dr. William A.
Norval. They became sweethearts, but
for some reason there was an objection
to their marrying on-the part of Miss
Morton's family. This opposition
only served to cement the bond of affec
tion between them.
tabjets the*, envelope" and took a
MRSiDOWIE QUITS
THE ZION ^PROPHET"
"ELIJAH II.1'
f-,H-
TWIJ
Suicide's Sweetheart IsJ Vjjti.m of
Poison Her Suitor Knew
Would Cause Death.
Gave Her a "Love Charm."
At last Boucher, despairing of .his
suit, decided to leave Patersoni He
gave to his sweetheart juBt before Top
left, on Feb. 7, an envelope containing
a number of tablets. He told her they
were a love potion or charm, and that
she should take one of them every time
she thought of him when he was ab
sent.
He,told her the mysterious power of
tie tablets would bring them into a
closer communion of sjouls, and that
he would know she was thinking of
him. The young woman believed him,
and jealously guarded the precious tab
lets, which were in reality corrosive
sublimate.
On Feb. 9, Boucher was fotrad dead
in a r0km in a \hotel in Scranton, Pa.
It was believed, at first that he had
died of heart failure, but a further ex
amination showed that his death had
resulted from ^nercurial poisoning and
thtfthe.had killed himself.
Miss Morton was so affected by his
death that she was prostrated at her
home Her grief oyer his death made
her forget about the potion given to
her By Boucher when they parted.
Girl %ook the Poison..,
number of- them, regardless^ vOf:- "the gate -ao.d..:Bose Spit.' The
pain they caused her. She tool* them 1steam fishing vessel, iy
Mystery of Death Valley the Hero
of a Drama, Playing
Himself.
nust Qften enough to produce the'cumu- [thirty men, which plies from Tacoma to
lative. effect which resulted in her [the halibut banks of Queen Charlotte
death. When she became ill Thursday
it. was thought she was suffering from
gastritis. She, gradually -grew woi'se
and the physicians diagnosed the case
as one of poisoning, but believed it to
be ptomaine poisoning.
Saattle,j Wash., March 13.Walter
Scott, the mystery of Death Valley,
made his debut/as an actor yesterday
afternoon before an audience that taxed
the theater. The play was written for
"Scotty" by Charles A. Taylor, and rs
a melodrama of the blood and thunder
order. Its title is Scotty, King of the
Desert Mine.'/
Eli Smith, the Nome mailcarrier,. with
his mailsled and ten dogs, is featured
as "Scotty's friend from the "frozen
north a national character loaned by
"Uncle Sarii."
Scotty is so poor an actor that he
made the melodrama a, roaring farce.
He ignored the lines and improvised as
he went along. He referred to^ the same
character by several different names,
and when ..the audience laughed he
winked at those in the front' seats." "His
entrance was announced every time by
the discharge of firearms.
Incidents in Scotty's career furnish
the basis of the play. The curtain goes
up iri the first act showing. Seotty's min
ing claim, with two villains trying to
jump it. As. they are about to snooty
the girl who Is the favorite of. the camp/
Scotty steps from behind his cabin with
a rifle ii.hi hand. He yells: "Throw
down that gun." At this juncture the
gallery"'applauded and Scotty put the
rifle under his arm and waved his hand
to the'audience.
In New .York the villain steals a
child and Scotty, togethidP with Eli
Smith, goes up and down Broadway
with the ten malamute dogs searching
foVthe child. The dogs are represented
as having a wonderful sense of smell,
and they finally succeed in getting the
seent of the child and leading Scotty to
the rescue.
Scotty says he is putting up .$15,000
to finance the play, and that it will go
to Portland next Monday, then to San
Francisco. Chicago and New York.
BASIL MOXLEY PASSES AWAY.
Baltimore, March 13.Basil Moxley,
who for mor& than hsElf a century has '^^r^&&e& ^y
been associated'in theatrical lines withjir ^f^Mi^K.'*^
the late John T. Ford and his sons, died
stroke of paralysis, suffered last Satur
.day evening.. He was in his 81st year,
B0DE1DEP0SED
Wife, Saying She Has
Duped. Casts Lot with
Church.
Chicago, March 13.John Alexander
Dowie, Taead of the Zion church, and
his wif, have partad, according to
became a I story printed in
thetDailylast
WRECKAGE TELLS OF
DISASTER ifPACIFIC
Special to The Journal.
Victoria, B. C, March 13.News is
received, from. Skidegate that a life
buoy and two boats marked "S. S. Za-
pora," and two dories, not marked,
have been found On Graham island.
Twb^)roke^i/oak-birilt.ship's boats, ten
^r* and,alit4
mmber also c^me^rahwre-feetween Skid
sound.
NShe was then
in a dying condition and the physicians
questioned her ab.out what she .had
eaten and for the first time learned, of
the existence of.the tablets.
After her death the envelope which
contained them was found arid some
powder that remained was analyzed and
found to be corrosive sublimate. It is
evident she did not know of their
nature.
Officials of St. Joseph's Catholic
church, to which the girl belonged, de
clare the man _was guilty of murder
and that the girl was blameless in her
death.
"SCOTTY" IS NOW
ELEYATING STAGE
at an early hour this morning following a.) American trust magnate must talk.
^|4r^i^ TUESDAY EVENINQ^ MARCH 13, 1906.
itHi i _, ~*sr**-' 1 1
SUSANB.
NOW
Famous
News.
It is declared tha the message
of Dowie to his home was ignored, and
that Mrs.'Dowie has thrown in her lot
with the ordinary followers of Zion.
It is claimed that Mrs. Dowie has
said to hen friends that she has been
deceived as to the real conditions in the
church and believed that milliens of
money were available, when there was
no such condition existing.
Mrs. Dowie yesterday called in
brokers who made ah inventory of the
furnishing of the Dowie' home, at Zion
City, .-which is decorated in a most ex
pensive manner.
She declared^fehat she desired to "sell
everything for the good of, the church
and that when the furnishings had been
sold, the house itself was at the dis
posal of the society.
HURRICANE CAUSES
FLOODS IN GERMANY
Hamburg, Mhrch 13.A hurricane is
blowing the water into the" harbor,
flooding houses and driving vessels
ashpre. The country down the Elbe is
flooded and the land batteries are con
tinuously firing alarm guns, as the land
marks are invisible owing to a/ snow
storm-
Emperor William has given up his
proposed trip to Heligoland on board
the battleship Kaiser Wilhelm II. Sev
eral minor shipping disasters have been
reported.
Zaporaaboua
is
carrying
BLOW TO THE ALTON MERGER,
^-.XibanyV N. T., March 13.^he assem
bly'today ''laid aside the senate bill au
thorizing/the investment of savings banks
and'trust funds in bonds of merged rail
roads. This is regarded as practically r
defeat for the bill, which is... said tio". re
for-, espeqially to the Chicago" &/'Alton
merger and which was favored- byi the-
SjjyteISayipgs Banks association.~':/y"z*"{'''
FRENCH STRIKERS USE DYNAMITE.
Nancy, France, March 13.Strikers
yesterday attempted to blow up two rail
road bridges by means of dynamite,s and
succeeded in causing great damage.
Traffic is suspended.
ifi**?i
mnmt
HisPisa
4- i
Leader
Rights Movemetilsil
atAdvanced Age.
Rochester, N. Y., MaiSch 13.The fu-
6een4 neral of Susan B. AntKohy will be held
on'Thursday at 2 o'clock. Rev. Dr.
Gannett of the First Unitarian church,
of which Miss Anthony was a member,
will officiate, in. a message of con
dolence from Mrs. May^ Wright Sewall
of Indianapolis, honorary president of
the International Council of Wo'men,
Mrs. Sewell requested'pat she-be in
formed of the hour thfo funeral is to
be held, in order that Mmemorial ser
vice may be held MO. tK$t eitx, at the
same time. ^,f 5*^
Bochester, N. Y.,. nMarch 13.-AThe
long and eventfitr life of Susan B, An
thony closed at 12:40 o'clock this morn-
ing.' The end.came peacefully. Miss
Anthony -had been up,enseiouB practic
ally for twenty-four 'hours, and, her
death had been momentarily expected
since Sunday night. Only her wonder
ful constitution Kept her alive.
Dr.M. H. Ricfker, her attending phy
sician, said Miss Anthony died of heart
failure, induced by double pneumonia.
She ha&had serious valvular heart trou
ble for the last six or .seven years. Her
lungs were practically clear, and .the
pneumonia had yielded to treatment,
but the weakness of her heart prevent
ed her recovery.
Miss Anthony was takei -ill while on,
her -way home from the 'national suf
frage convention in Baltimore." She
stopped in New York,'where a banquet
was (to
Miss Anthony lived to aee a decided
cliange in sentiment from,the time, in
the winter of 1861, when-Jsbe was hissed
and hooted when she attempted^to 'giye
a lecture on abolition in- Corinthian hall.
Thatylectur'e tour, which started in Buf
falo, was a series- of riots But Miss An
thony never flinched: iThe* insults
heaped upon her culminated in Syra
cuse, where she was egged rind burned
in effigy.
Har life foe the pajat' few y%ars had
been in strong contrast'to those stormy,
I times/ She lived with' her sister, Miss
Mary Anthony, whose devotion to,' SSu
san B.," as she invariably called her,
was touching. Their.^josjy home was
the Mecca- of all suffrhgprfa.
Left All to "The Clause."
Reeling thkt her life could, not long
eontinue, Miss Anthony {evidently was
disturbed by a desire io .express some
wish in regard to her will, and on
Wednesdaylast she said to her sister:
"Write to Anika Shawjimmediately,
mediate^
W
s?$
t--
.'1
4
be given FebY 20 in honor, of
her eighty-sixth birthday, ,Cut had an
attack of neuralgia on the 18th, and
hastened home. i?neumonia developed
after her. arrival here, and on March 5,
both lungs became affected. ,V?l
Change in Attitude.
1
an^ tell her I fosira-rfSsWsry om\-U
leave when JLpaae ouwef* thi? life siair
be given to' the ,-fund 'which' Mss
Thomas and Miss- Garrett^ are raising
for the cause. I have given my life
and allI am to it, and now I want- my
last act to be t* give it all I havethe
last cent. Tell Anna Shaw to see\that
this is done."
In compliance with Miss Anthony's
request, Miss Mary
Anthonyhour
wrote 1m-
and within an after
the letter was sent Miss Shaw, unex
pectedly arrived at Miss Anthony's
tome. On the following day, Wheav'she
was, permitted to see Miss Anthony" for
a few moments, Miss Anthony repeat
ed her request, iand with evident: eino
tion told Of her #reat love and long
ing for the success of "the great cause
that underlies all reforms, the -greatest
boon of allfreedom."
She urged Miss Shaw and her sister
Continued on 2d Page, 4th Column.
CUBE FOiR A BAX-OAfi OF LOCKJAW.
Uncle Sam, now holds the key.to the situation in a supifeme court decision which saj^s the great3
*KS H&
10,000 RUSSIAN
DUELS ARRESTED
Campaign Against Revolutionists
Has Resulted in Enormous
Number of ^rrfste.
St. Petersbr]Br-lCarch J3,Over sev
enty thousand.., persons have been ar
rested in European Eussia since the
government entered ,OTB. its. stctive cam
paign against the revolutionists.
The government has sent a circular
to.the\ governoryeenerals^asid-governors
of^rovinces instructing them that per
sons taken into custody for political
offenses' must, within twenty-four
h'out& of their arrest, be conf ronted
with the charges and allowed to make
explanations. The circular also gen
erally insists on expedition in the trials
of political prisoners.
This step on the part of the govern
ment is the result of the tremendous,
outcry raised against the arbitrary ac
tion of the local authorities in .arrest
ing suspects, and holding them without
trial or. exiling them by administrative
order.
Thifc city, which thus far has been
singularly free from the carnival of
robbery and murder prevalent in the
interior cities, was the scene today of
a daring robbery in ,broad daylight.
FORT ED GE RILL IS
NOW ALMOST A LAW
-By W. W. Jermane.
Washington March 13.Just before
the adjournment of the senate yester
day, Mr. Nelson called up arid secured
the passage/of the Fort Snelling bridge
bill. I has passed the house and was
not-amended in the senate, and will
now' go to the president for signature.
Thfe senate also passed, the house bill
increasing the annual appropriation for
the experiment stations, of various
states.' Under its ^rovisipris the. pres
ident annual'Allowance-for each state will
rhcreiEise^flo $20,000 next year and
$2,000 eacTjj^vear thereafter until it
reaches, $30w0, the maximum fixed by
the act.
2 mtEl), 7
IN BAILROAD 'WBEGE
Special to Th Jounua.
ault .Ste. Maiie.^jcl^.Ma|6jjL43^-
Traih N"o. 7 ^estboiind, on-the Cana
dian Pacific railroad* was '..derailedyes-
terday near Nairn station. It is reports
ed that two persons were killed.and sev
eral injured.
Nairn station is on What is known as
the Soo branch. It is understood that
the accident was caused by the engine
jumping the track. Traffic has beenji
blocked, since the accident. -c:.
SOUTHERN TELEGRAPHERS ^EL6.
Washington, March 13.-?-The committee
representing the telegraphers and sta
tion agents of the Southern railway last
night agreed to accept the wage scale of
the-road. The wage scale, as agreed
upon, doea--no't contemplate a minimum
or maximum wage, but has been adjusted
with a view of fitting each individual
Congressman Marshall has named Earl Morey
of Dickey county, North Dakota,' for a cadet
ship at Annapolis.
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DISHONEST85TRUSTS OUTLAWS,
DECLARES SUPREME COURT
EXCELSIO Battle of "Wets" and ,"Drys'
Waged on Hammer and
Tongs Lines.
h^^ifri^ PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK.
ittimaiiirs
DO MLIANL WORK
With a spirited mayoralty contest to
add excitetnfent, and the much-mooted
question of wet or dry still in the fore
ancl cbiilwikncliBLg the interest of every.
man, woman and child in the village,
history was made in Excelsior today.
Before the doors, of' the-town hall
were opened to the -voters at 8 a.m., a
score of men were on hand to cast their
ballots in decision of the absorbing
question of license or no license, and
So high was the interest and anxiety
that, before noon nearly every legal
voter had -east his word and even at
that early hour it was established that
the vote would be full and .the total
probably the highest in the annals of
the village. ir
Minneapolitang Vote Early.
^The presence in. Excelsior and the
early appearance at the polls of every.
Minneapolitan who has the right to
vpte on the saloori question bore, evi
dence of the ends to which the rival
parties have gone to bring out every
possible vote and the anxiety on both
sides. Scores of Minneapolis men and
other lake dwellers who have^ tempo
rary residences in other cities lent
their votes to one or the other of the
factions, many taking actual part in
the annual strife for the first time.
Every citizen of Excelsior will vote
before the*polls close at 4 p.m., and the
result almost doubtless will be the
largest total vote ever registered in the
village on
any,
question
As was
The
pendent ticket, headed by Mayor L. F.
Sampson, was put before the voters
today, and it somewhat complicated the
situation. Tho the majority of the tem
perance party supported C. I. Cheely,
the regular caucus nominee, it is de
clared that many anti-saloon advocates
approved of the 'administration of
Mayor Sampson, despite his support-of
the saloons as a lesser evil than the
"blind pig," and voted his ticket for
mayor, tho they scratched the anti
license side of the independent ticket.
Mayor Sampson's ticket did hot alter
the caucus nominati6n to any extent.
E. J. Morse appeared for councilman
in the place of .T.-.Moody,*Writ other
wise the'Candidates named in the Sat
urday meeting, dominated by the tein
^erance- faction, ysrere left uncontested.
"Another council 'figit ,Vriot Concerning
Mayor Sampson* wa^ opened: today
when J:obn Panac announced himself as
a candidate for councilman His plat
form has an anticorporation plarik: He
declared the village haB been injured by
the interurbari in the building of its
viaducts, which, he says, are too low.
Lewis: Hanson further complicated
the situation ,wheri he announced him
self a candidate for the park' board
against William M. Morse, the caucus
nominee.-'.. He has-iio specific argument.
Tho the Law Enforcenient league, an
antisaloon organization, had an official
challenger at the polls to oppose the
voting of the liCeiise ticket byan man
whose. right to cast a ballot may be
questioned, no work appeared for him
up to noon.
Rev. Donald McKenzie, the fiery
Methodist /preacher whose vindictive
sermons against )the. license faction
stirred Up many of the most prominent
Continued on''2d Page, 3d- Column.
Prompt Aid
5
HIND
^B IG MPOLI
is exclusively announced _in signed the joint resolution authorizing
our nal last night, an inde- jt
investigation. Those companies
must produce the- books if the court
orders them to do so, and corporations,*
and their officials, can be
proseeuted'fc
for any violation of the law that may/^
be discovered.
Beef Trust Must Answer. -wtf
So far as the beef packers are con- {I
cerned, it was said at thedepartment
cerned, it was said ,at the department
of justice that the paper trust deci-'
The network,of defense which the at
torneys for the packers *so laboriously
constructed and strongly supported has- 5
been swept aside by a decision in ai
case in hich their clients were directs
ly, interested. .It. is expected, the del
partment .of justice -will -transmit th
text of the decision to' A'tttorney Genl
eral Moody in.order that he may b|l
fible.to use it vo. his argument in upt(
fiort.
IS
NEARLY WIPED DOT
in Fighting Fire
Saves a Minnesota
Village.
Special to Tfcfe/four&fcl.
Vernon Center, Minn., March 13.
Fire at an early hour today destroyed
two brick store buildings,. the opera
house, and damaged three adjoining
frame structures. The total loss is
nearly $40,000, with about $25,Q00 in
surance.
The fire started in the basement of
the Barnes building but the cause is
not known. The flames spread fapidly
and it seemed that the village was
doomed when the chemical engine was
found to be frozen. Urgent calls were
sent for assistance and help arrived
from Mankato, Amboy and Lake Crys
tal. Their efforts, combined with those
of volunteers) saved the village. The
losses are as follows:
Barnes building, first floor -"occupied
by his'general iherchandise stock, and
tne second floor by the operahouse, de^
stroyed, loss^" building, $15,000 stock,
$15,000 {insurance $20,000. Minneapo
lis'Brewing company's building occur
pied by L. W. Hanson's saloon, loss
$3,000: .insurance $1,800 Hanson's
loss, $3,500 stock and fixtures, $1,500
insurance. .A. J. Halvorson's restan
rant, daihaged. $500, with. $800 insur
ance. Adjoining' buildings were .also
damaged._ -s-
i/l1r Destroys Deadwood Mill.
l**|Deadwood, S'.,'IX,.March 13.Fire de
stroyed the Ogderi mill, a new experi
mental
plan.t
in the first
city,v
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Absolute 'Bar to Illegal Acts of
Corporations, in Paper
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Trust. Dictum.
t.
Combined Must Reveal Inner
Workings and Risk -^r
Ptosecution.
Journal Special 8ervie. J"
Washington, March' 13.The IfarfeKi
States supreme court's decision in the
paper and tobacco trust casea ia of
monumental importance. Its appliea-
tiOn extends to every corporation whose
books and papers may be examined by
the government.
It means that the investigation Of
the Standard Oil, the" steel trust and
the anthracite^ coal trust, which the de
partment of commerce and labor has
been making for the last" year,1
Pry,
lication to "every person in the coun
which Attorney General Moody has VJR
beguri. ,i^
Must Produce Books. ':?Jc
It means also that investigation into
the relations of the railroads and the
Standard Oil company and the rail
roads,and the bituminous and anthra
cite coal mines will not be as innocu
ous as the president feared when he
of motion a instruct "tti* Jrry
Or the gMeriynent in the pending proS
ecutiolft. V$&*r:. r'^'^
The department of. justice. is inornr^'
cori'fident now than ever that it will
secure conviction of the packers.
,:No Immunity Loopholes. I^
Corporationrs.
Si'
will
permit prosecutions -of corporations
and sqme of their officials.
It means greater ease in the prosecu
tion of the tobaceo trust and the sugar
trust, the latter a case of direcT ap-
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cannot receive lmtnu- tl
nity from incrimination as individuals. _-
Officers of corporations may be granted
immunity as individuals, but must pro
duce evideriee to convict the corpora--'
tions in which- they are interested. All
corporations-are creations of a sover
eign power and are not- privileged to
commit any illegal act or possess any
thing unlawful. Wheri? a/.corporation
does either' it is placed' beyond the
pale of constitutional protection.
This is the. principle laid cUjwn today
by the decision of the supreme court in
the four, cases affecting the paper and
tobacco trusts. The result will De that
ail corporations must, produce their
books and papers when actions are
brought against them by the govern-,
ment and witnesses- may-be compelled
to answer all questions.
-Bar to Illegal Acts. ""'*.$&'
It is possible under the supreme
court's decisions for the department
violated the
wardbuilt
of this
today. !th plant was by
Dr. Ogden to treat ores by a new meth
od, and the first test, just completed,:
had proved a great siiccess. The value
of the mill was $22,500. The insurance
is $8,000. Vice President McAdoo says
the company will rebuild at once. ff
Fire at Dnluth.
U&
Dnluth, Minn., March 13.Fire broke
out in a two-story brick building in
the wholesale district today, and for
a timer it was threatened with destruc
tion. The flames were finally controlled
with a loss that' will not run. much
above $5,000. The building is decupied
hy the American Heating company and
Thomson & Dunlop, the latter dealing
in building materials. The' losses are
covered- by insurance.
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of justice absolutely to prevent the
commission of illegal and unlawful .acts
by arid corporation. Each cor-'--,
poration against which proceedings are vr
instituted hereafter cannot avoid con
victing itself if any of its acts hay*
been illegal. The only future **fty
for. a corporation is to obey the laws.
A corporation willN
no protection in the eourts from sett
conviction unless its books and papers
are destroyed by some officer who will
assume responsibility for. contempt.
Two opinions were rendered regard
ing the tobacco trust and two affect
ing the paper trust. Justice Brpwn
handed' down the decision on the( to
bacco trust and Justice MeKenaa OHT
\^e paper trust.
The Paper Trust Oase&
The proceedings in the paper 6usfc:
cases was an effort on the part of the I.
officers of the General Paper company, "L
commonly known as the Western
Paper trust, to avoid testifying'
in the government's prosecution.
of. that coihpany under, the Sber
man antitrust law. The original.
action ^out of which the cases grew^l
was instituted in the circuit court for
the district of Minnesota in December,
1904, but the transaction involved in
the cases decided by the supreme court
took place in Milwaukee^ May 16 last,
before 4m examiner sent to that city.
to take testimony in the proceedings
agains the paper company.
The court held that the fifth amend
ment to the constitution, which provide*
that no person shall be Compelled in
criminal case to be a witness against
himself, does not apply to a corpom
tion that a.-corporation has not ike
right to secrecy like an individual that*
every government creating a corpora
tion has a right to inspect its books
after papers, and*
tof
*1
henceforth have
i
find whether it
havi law its creation and a
analogy to this the^ federal government
has a right always to be? informed as mi
whether it has violated any of the fet
eral^laws, and may inquire into tlr~
management and compel its officers
produce books and papers. The eov
ifeeld that the immunity of the
Amendment applied to the witness, but
that he could not take advantage of'ft.
in'favor of the corporation, his srinei- $
pal that the witness was protected by. 1
the immunity statute, which provides 1
that no person shall be prosecuted en
account of anything in relation to which
he shall testify --or furnish evidenee, I
documentary or otherwise.
But this immunity did not extend, to
the corporation^ and' it was, no xen*e
that the testimony might tend to eon- 1
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