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OPEN THE PRISONS,
RUSSIANS DEMAND
Delegate Goes to Czar to.Insist
on Sweeping Re-
forms.
Constitutionalists Declare for Po
litical Amnesty and Freedom
of Patriots Now Jailed.
3 DESPERATE CONFLICT.
Lou-ion, May 11.The Daily Tele
graph's correspondent at St. Peters
burg sees in the opening of the national
parliament the beginning of a desperate
conflict between autocracy and democ
racy: The correspondent says the word
has gone forth among the delegates of
the lower house that the peasants have
been sent thither solely to get land for
themselves, and if they return home
without having obtained it. they will
be beaten and stoned to death.
St. Petersburg, May 11.(3:30 p.m.)
The new council of the empire or
upper house of parliament was opened
Count Solsky, its president, this af
ternoon with elaborate ceremonies.
Professor Mouromtzeff has gone to
Peterhof to notify the emperor of his
election to the presidency of the lower
house of parliament. ft is known he
expects to speak plainly to his majesty
on the views of the country, and the
constitutional democrats hope much
good will result from the audience.
Besides demanding amnesty Profes:
sor Mouromtzeff will present in behalf
of the constitutional democrats a major
ity suggestion that the council of tire
empire made a purely consultative
body with no righy to stand between
the representatives of the people and
the sovereign.
Optimism Prevails.
The impression left by yesterday's
historical events is on the "whole opti
mistic. Even the radical papers as
sume a. rather hopeful tone. The Re.ch,
'.the organ of the constitutional demo
"crats and now the most powerful paper
in Eussia, while not concealing its dis
appointment at the fact that the ex
pected amnesty was'not granted, on the
other hand expresses its ^satisfaction
that'' the^emperor did^not use "the word
"autocracy.''
It-regards his majesty's speech as
an-adroit'-refcisaKto" grant any further'
concessions, leaving the new funda
mental law as the platform of the gov
ernment, adding:
"But-the" policy of marking ^.time
while events are marching ,BO rapidly
really means retreat."
Want Political Amnesty.
The constitutional democrats are in
no wise dismayed at the prospect of
having to continue the struggle. It
is already, apparent-that they intend to
naili the flajj of a constitutional mon
archy to their masthead, but their first
efforts will ,be directed to forcing gen
eral political amnesty from the unwill
ing hands of the emperor.
The deliverance of the political pris
oners and those who have suffered for
freedom's cause is now a passion with
the masses, and it is difficult to see
how the government will be able to
resist.
'Prepare Reply to Throne.
The central committee of the consti
tutional democrats is working out a
reply to the speech from the throne.
The principal points will be amnesty
and equality of political and civil
rights. But a fraction is insisting on
a demand for the abolition of the coun
cil of the empire.
An attempt will be made to come to
an agreement with the peasants, who
are drawing up an independent reply.
Their chief demands are amnesty, the
reorganization of the labor laws, the
reorganization of the army, the dis
banding of the Cossacks, the separa
tion of church and stale, a general ex
tension of the schools and equal rights
for all nationalities.
BRITAIN'S THREAT
REPEATED TO TURK
Proposals of the Sultan Rejected
and Previous Warning Is
Reiterated.
Constantinople, May 11.Tewfik
Pasha, the foreign minister, called at
the British ambassy yesterday and made
proposals in regard to the Tabah ques
tion, which Ambassador O 'Conner un
hc-^Htingly rejected.
The pasha was informed that any
compromise suggestions were quite un
admissible and that nothing less than
absolute compliance with th'e British-de
mands would prevent drastic action.
The ambassador also warned the min
ister that time Was running short and
counselled him to be under no misap
prehension in regard to the determina
tion of Great Britain to enforce the
Turkish evacuation of Egyptian terri
tory on the Sinai peninsula and a joint
delimitation of the frontier.
Tewfik Pasha returned to the palace
and an immediate meeting of the coun
cil of ministers was summoned.
TREASURER GONFESSES
SHORTAGE O $85,000
Newburyport, Mass., May 11.James
B. Felker, treasurer of this city who
was arrested last night charged with
embezzlement from the city treasury,
admitted today that his accounts are
4 short not less than $85,000. The
greater portion of the money he said
Waj invested in mining Stocks.. jg^ being much better todajr,
rf^^*^w*, Sa
CHARLES SPIER,
S Rich New York Man Reported Silled
2 by Burglar, but Now Said to jjj
Have Killed Self.
SPIER, DEFAULTER,
BRANDED SUICIDE
Story of Duel with Burglars Dis
credited When Alleged Pecu
lation Is Found.
Journal Speoial Servioe.
New York, May 11.Charles I.
Spier shot himself to death at his home
in New Brighton when he found him
self hopelessly involved as the result
of Wall street speculation. This is the
conclusion to which the very latest de
velopments lead.
Months ago Spier, relying upon in
formation which came to him in his
capacity as H. H. Sogers' confidential
man, Degan speculating heavily in
Rogers' two pet copper stocksAna
conda and Amalgamated. He wanted
to,-be a rich man. A salary of $10,000
a year 'did not satisfy him.
He Mught Amalgamated at 115.. He
thought it was going toj 200* He bought
Anaconda at 260. With the money he
expected to win he meant to finance a
promising traction scheme-in Westches
ter county.
He 'w'duld have been, the rich man
of his dreams but one after the other
the stocks slumped. The pool he had
organized was wiped out. An indebt
edness of $189,000, it is said, stood
against him last Saturday at the office
of -Ke'ch. Loew & Co., brokers. Sunday
night he was shot to death in his home
in New Brighton.
Defalcations Found.
Yesterday, when it seemed certain
that Spier had committed suicide, Mr.
Rogers began a personal investigation
of Spier's papers. Then, and not until
then, did he learn that Spier had been
speculating,,
that he had hypothecated
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GOV. JOHNSON ROOM S
RRYAN AND HIMSELF
Special to Tho Journal.
Washington, May 11."If any other
man than Roosevelt is nominated by the
republicans in 1908, William Jennings
Bryan,. as the democratic candidate,
will be the next president of the United
States,"' declared Governor John A.
Johnson of Minnesota in an interview
in a Washington paper today.
Governor, Johnson classed Bryan
with Eoosevelt, saying they wer the
greatest men of the age. He was strong
in his indorsement pi the Nebraskan
and expressed confidence that the lat
ter will be democracy's standard-bear
er in 1908.
I believe I will again be elected
governor of Minnesota." said Gover
nor Johnson. "The only important op
position now is that of Senator Nel
son, who is constantly butting in," he
continued a jocular tone.
FUNEBAL DRIVERS -STRIKE.
Xev.' York, May 11.Six hundred funeral'
drivers in the borough of Manhattan and" the
Bronx went on strike today In support of a
demand that their wages be increased from
$12 to $14 a week, that no non-union men be
employed, and that their hours be shortened.
CARL SCHURZ BETTER.
New York, May 11.Carl" Schurz, the pub
licist and former secretary of the interior, who
has been critically ill at his home here with
stomach trouble, was reported by his physician
MINNEAPOLIS GETS
BIG CONVENTION
This City Unanimous Choice for
Next Charities and Correc
tions Conference.
Journal Speoial Eervice.
Philadelphia, May 11.Minneapolis
won out in the vote on the place of
meeting for the national conference of
Charities and Corrections this morning.
Cleveland and Richmond Ya, were the
other aspirants. The result on the first
ballot settled the matter and on mo
tion of J. F. Jackson of Cleveland, for
merly manager of the Associated Chari
ties of Minneapolis, the selection was
made unanimous.
Ralph W. Wheelock presented the
claims of Minneapolis in a ten-minute
talk, and Governor Johnson,- who
reached the city this morning, seconded
the invitation in a characteristic three
minute speech.
"The Delinquent Girl" was discussed
at the morning session by Miss Vida H.
Francis of this city, who said in part:
"The radical difference in proportion
between boy and girl delinquents and in
ratio of the nature, of crime committed
by each will serve to illustrate the
point which I most desire to emphasize,
that the problem of the one is not the
problem of the other.
Destruction Necessary.
"The recent wonderful strides of bi
ological psychology make it seem in
credible that our juvenile courts are
still applying the same methods of re
form to bovs and girls.
The judge of a juvenile court has
three courses open to him:
"EirstTo send the girl back to
her same environment, under the are of
a probationer.
''SecondTo place her in a good
home, thru the probationer, or some
child-placing agency,
"ThirdTo send
school.
A girl morally tainted should ob
viously not be returned to the scene of
her infection, and only in cases of triv
ial misdemeanor or in the exceptional
case of a good, moral home, can a girl
be safely returned, for her- misdemeanor
has proven ?that the home is unable to
exert proper influence or power.
her to a training
Need Special Care,
"In placing girls uninfected by the
social evil, but of criminal "tendencies
and guilty of trivial misdemeanors,' the
danger is that they will not receive
an adequate special training: The
place of the normal child is in the nor
mal home, but every delinquent needs'
a special additional care, and a heavy^
responsibility tests on judges to exanH
ine the reputation of the families i
which the delinquents are placed, and
on probationers to see that they live up
I to their reputations and responsibilr
ties.
"No'words can be strong enough to
I urge judges not to send girls Who are
actually morally tainted into homes. If
it is a crime against the home and com
munity to harbor a person affected with
i smallpox,
ishomenotperson securities which did not belong to him i keep in the a capable of ito
to make good his losses, and that there
were suspicious circumstances which
might show the way to even larger
defalcations.
These, in brief, are the latest devel
opments in the mysterious tragedy
which set all of Staten Island on edge
since Sunday.
Bogers made Spier his confidential
man, gave his access to the secrets of
his investment projects, put him in a
position where he had to spend a great
deal of moneyand then paid him a j*i
relatively poor salary. Finally, it was
in Bogers' pet stocks that Spier lost I
his sums of moneylosses which, it is
believed, drove him to defalcation and
suicide.
Wife Still Says Murder.
Despite the statement from Mr. Bog
ers that apparent. discrepancies had
been discovered, MrsrSpier said, at her
home in Staten Island, today:
"No matter what disclosures have
been made, I have not changed my
opinion that my husband was mur
dered.
The doctors who performed the au
topsy on, the body yesterday believe
that the wound could not have been
inflicted by Spier. Dr. George Mord,
the coroner's physician, thinks that
the weapon was discharged by accident.
Dr. Maguire thinks that there was a
burglar, that both men fired and that
the intruder was hit in the hand, which
caused the various blood spots. Dr.
Patterson sides with the family in the
disbelief of suicide.
it a greater crime
fecting others with a moral evil more
hideous than physical disease? And
it is not only a crime against others,
but against the girl, whom we aro
claiming to help."
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A wawmwcft)lw^
The Government Wins in It RiKlIAfiainst the Paper Trust:
A Complete Victory,in a^ Against General Paper Company
BUTCHER GIRLS TO
Zulu Rebels, Wtit. 'with Human
Blood, to Defy British
Bullets.
Durban, Natal, May 1.Thousands
of Zulus from Chief Kula 's kraal are
reported to. be on their way to join the
rebel chief Bambaata,. and colonial
troops are being hurried' forward^ to
prevent their "junction.
Chief Kula, who Is suspected of dis
affection and was recently arrested, was
placed in jail at Pietermaritsburg this
morning. It is presumed the arrest of
this chief led to the rising of his fol
lowers.
Natives, captured by. the colonial
forces report* that witch doctors are
sacrificing children in- order to render
the rebels.immune from. British bullets.
Before a battle theykill a girl and
concoct "medicine" from her body
with which the witen doctors anoint
the warriors under the pretense -that it
renders them invulnerable to white
men. ~v
STUDENTS HURT IN
FMTAf CIRCUS
One Ohio University,Man Fatally
Wounded and Fifteen Others
in Hospital.
Columbia, Mo., May 11.A state
university student named Bale was
shot and perhaps fatally grounded, and
many others were more or less injured,
in a fight with employees nof-a circus
here last night. Fifteen wounded stu
dents were taken to a hospital ^for "med
ical trfeatnte^.: A |i3|ffiefe4,pl jothMS\
^^''^igt^JipP^W^Ic^' -V-'
f. Whe iht beeame^no'wjiif-tna^ many
students had .fceep4
fHurW a general
riot was thxemsnedJ^rTife^ ..mayor'ad-
dressed thau-students, pleading with
.them to -avoid further trouble. The
Imayer. offered his services as & nurse
assisting the doctorB to care for the"
I'injared. The cause of the trouble is
hot known. The authorities, are in-'
vestigating. SPINACH JND
DEADLY POISON
Richmond, Ind., May lL-^-Miss Clara
-Reckers, 2P years old, is dead as a re^
suit of poisoning, caused by a combina
tion of spinach and strawberry short-*
cake. Coroner Marakley held an autopo-
sy and found-that a chemical change"
had taken place from the combination
of foodstuffs, thus producing ptomaine
poisoning.
i^E GOVERNOR JOHNSON IN WASHINGON.
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c^ ~&: A Priai
BECHTEL'S FATE
WITH THE JURY
Closing Arguments of Prosecution
and Defense Made in In
surance Trial.
W. F. Bechtel's fate now rests with
a jury of his peers.
Arguments of counsel were shorter
than- expected and Judge Brooks'
charge was delivered about 4 o'clock
this afternoon. All that now remains
to be done is for the jurors to agree
upon a verdict that shall convict or.
acquit the former insurance company
president, who has been accused' of
embezzling $8,500 from his company.
Immediately upon the convening of
court this morning County Attorney Al
J. Smith rose to make the state's clos
ing, argument to the jury.
Was Intent Felonious?
Turning his attention to the charge
against the defendant, Mr. Smith said
that the whole case depended upon
whether or not it was with felonious
intent that Mr. Bechtel took this
$3,500 from the company.
There's nothing sacred about Mr.
Bechtel, is there? No. There no
difference between this president of
an insurance company and a man who
could not bring his business associates
into court and who went to the vaults
of the company and took therefrom
$3,500."
"Now, there are a great many fig
ures in this case and it is my assistant,
Mr. Dahl, who has worked for months
in securing the evidence in this case.
But after all the work we find it is im
possible, and I defy anyone except this
defendant, Mr. Bechtel, to straighten
out this great mass of stuff in the books
of this company.
Company and Bechtel.
*'Now, in truth, wasn't Bechtel the
company and the company Bechtel?
Wasn't his word law? And couldn't he
draw any amount for any purpose and
at any time? We don't have to hesi
tate tong on this point. He was cus
todian of the funds, and he took this
$3,500 on May 2 to pay Hulbert. Why,
he admits that". He took, other money
to pay the same man ana he admits
that
"He took $16,500 of the policy hold-
lieve that. He says, 'I didn't intend to
steal it.' Why? 'Because,' he says,
*the company owed me.' What for?
Why.' he says, I bribed the insurance
commissioner' and the company owed
me for it.'. And he says because he
jpald imoney on a contract with the
president of another insurance company,
the company owed him money and he
took it when he needed it.
Can't Believe Statement.
"Do you believe that? No,,you
don*t. I'll tell you why you can't be
lieve it.
"You don't believe it because you
are not going to deprive yourself of all
reason when you consider the excuses
of an insurance president whose duty it
is to care for the common people's
era' mottey TStfd used it to pay hitf^er-f^roTenrln^all^f^aWerl
s'onal account.
"Now what does-he say? He says
that he didn't take that money with a
felonious intent. He wants you to be- gaining a commanding place on the
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JUDGE -WALTER H. 8AHB0BV,
Whose Decision Tones the Paper TrutT
to Dissolve.
BLOWS OFF HEAD
ON A HIGH LEDGE
Insane Man Defies the Officers
and Commits Suicide on
Lofty Elevation.
Special to The Journal.
Winona, Minn., May 11.David Sut
ter, insane and about 30, blew off the
top of his head while on the banks of
Lake Winona this morning, using a gun
stolen last night from the residence of
William Rohweder at Sugar iLoaf.
Sutter's home was at Pierre, S.D
and he came here only yesterday. Re
cently he was taken by bis mother to
Yankton to be placed in the state asy
lum, but the institution was. full, and
so transportation was furnished him and
his mother ^y^^^^0^lg^J^
been la^^sumie^
,:.^/S:^^.V',^-^1
Sutter, immediately bn^arrivine here
and -accompanying his mother to thA
njt^joi'
^mir/JSifflPwas
telephoned to arrest hjm.
When the Sheriff arrived Sutter
climbed nimbly, urp the Sugar Loaf and
JRj}hweAerMMrerfde^fc-shoi
ledge defied all comers and threatened
to numP
destruction if they ap
proached. v.
The sheriff waited till dark for him
to come down, and when Sutter com
mitted suicide was organizing a posse
to go to the Sugar Loaf and capture
him. N
BLOODLESS DUEL
FOUGHT IN PARIS
Editor and Count Fire Upon
Each Other, bat Both
Miss.
Paris, May 11.Lucien Millevoye,
editor of the Patrie of this city and
a nationalist member of the chamber
of deputies, fought a duel with pistols
today with Count Mathieu de Noaille,
as a result of the exciting street en
counter which took place between them
May 9, when M. Millevoye broke his
cane over the count's head. Two shots
were exchanged at twenty-five paces,
but neither hit its mark.
LAUGHING CAUSES
DEATH OF WOMAN
Invalid Succumbs, Making Merry
^Over Fat Woman's Evic
tion from Rink.
Journal Special Service*
Louisville, May 11.While listening
to the story of a stout woman who was
asked to leave a skating rink, as her
frequent falls were a menace to the
building,,Mrs. Polly Ann Jackson gave
way to laughter, which became hysteri
cal and caused her death in a few min
utes. Mrs. Jackson had been an in
valid for some time, but her illness was
not* considered serious. She had not
laughed so heartily in ihonths as at the
story told her last night, which caused
her death.
BONI, IN'EFFMrlSf
GETS GUILLOTINE
Journal Special Service.
Paris, May 11.Comte Boni de Cas
tellane had the satisfaction of being
re-elected in the" department of the
Basses Alpcs and SIBO the doubtful
pleasure of being guillotined in effigy
when the result of the poll was an
nounced. t. .,a
PAROLED WlSONEE BREAKS FAITH.
Special to The Journal.
8ault Ste. Mnrle, Mich., May 11'.Frank Scott,
out on parole from the Marquette prison, was
captured here today for alleged robbery. He
is prisoner No. 1560, sent up from Frankfort
for five years' for-larceny, andsays his home
is la Missouri. He will be taken back to serve
dut hl term.
"DON'T SHOOT! WE
WILL COME DOWN!"
General Paper Company People
Bow to Mandate of the 5
'i.
Court.
T?*k-
Papers and Pleadings Withdrawn
and Fines Paid by
Defendants.
Searedanbefore
V^-V duced to $13JB^' Competition will now
be restored between the
every
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The paper trust has thrown op XbM
sponge:
Success crowned the efforts of tht
government in the long litigation to*
day, .and.the General Paper company i
is put out of business. Its counsel ap
Judge Walter H, San
orn withdrew the answer mad*
by the defendant companies. "yv
This amounted to admitting every "&
fact alleged in the government'J earn
plaint, and ended the ease. Frank B. ~i
Kellogg, appearing for the govern
ment, at once moved for judgment.'
Judge Sanborn granted an order on
the spot. It declares the government)
entitled to the relief prayed for, and. _.-
grants everything asked for in the pe
tition. "v. vl/
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The agreement of the twentr-thne
paper mills with the General-Paper
company as selling agent is declared
an unlawful combination In restraint
of trade, and is" brought to an end by
a perpetual injunction. The injunc
tion also restrains the defendants from
any continuance of their practices. J,
The exact terms of the decree will
be fixed June 16, when the defendants
may be heard as to its form: The case
is ended, however, by the action today.
Having admitted -everything, there is
no ground for an appeal.
-Controlled the West}.
The ^General Paper company con
trolled all territory west ^of Chicago,
and, after.. itfeo^gaizat^pn in 1900
raided the .^mee of print paper about
50 per cent. Already, as a result of
the. suit, .print paper has declined
greatly in price. It was $2.25 to $2.35.
huBdrediTjBjmMiH, nad hasboon'"
ism
establishdan
ment in the West'will reap the benefit.
Witnesses Paid Fines.
A feature of the hearing today was
the appearance of the three witnesses,
C. I. McNair of the Northwest Paper
company, Cloquet, Minn. B. P." Nelson
of the Hennepin Paper company, Min
neapolis, and A. O. Bossard of the Itas
ca Paper company, Grand Bapids,
Minn. These three refused to answer
certain questions put by Mr. Kellogg,
oh advice of their counsel. Judge Van
derventer*ordered them to answer and
refused to allow an appeal. They still
refused, and he fined each $100 for con
tempt. From this action an appeal was
taken on a writ of error to the supreme
court of the United States. The case
was argued Jan. 2 and March 12 the
decision was filed, affirminsr the ^ower
court. The case was practically won
by that decision. When the supreme
court mandate was filed, the counsel
for the trust announced their willing
ness to quit. Messrs. McNair, Nelsott
and Bossard appeared today befors
Judge Sanborn. He said he .wasua
able to relieve them from the nw!
ment for contempt, so each paid tne
$100 fine. The defense also pays tho,
heavy cost of taking the testimony, i
which fills several books.
Mr. Kellogg might have pressed thsj
witnesses for answers to the questions.
but he was satisfied when the defend- i
ants withdrew their answers, and I
merely moved for judgment.
The order filed by Judge Sanborn ij
as follows: r\
Judge Sanborn's Order.
"This cause came on to be heard sit
a general term of the circuit court of
the United States for the distrlot of
Minnesota, third division, held in the
pearea by
Flanders and William Brace, and with
drew their answers in said cause and
permitted a default therein. Thereupon
the complainant, the United States of
vAmerica, by its Special Assistant Attor
neys General Frank B. Kellogg and
James M. Beck, moved the court for a
decree for the United States upon the
bill of complaint and proofs. It. ap
pearing to the court that the defendants
were in default and that the allegations
of the bill of complaint are true, that
the United States of America, the Com
plainant in said action, is entitled to a
decree agaifcst the" defendants for the
relief demanded in the bill of complaint,
as more fully shown by the allegations
of said bill and proofs. It is, therefore
Ordered, That a decree be ren
dered in favor of the United States
of America against the defendants
General Paper company, the Itasca
Paper company, Hennepin Paper com
pany, Wolf River Paper and Fiber
company, Atlas Paper company, Kim
berly & Clark company, Riverside
Fiber and Paper company, Wausau
Paper Mills company, Centralia Pulp
and Waterpower company, Combined
Locks Paper company, DeUs Paper and
Pulp company, Grand Rapids Pulp and
Paper company, Menasha Paper com
pany, the C. W. Howard company, the
Nekooso Paper company, the Falls
Manufacturing company, Flambeau
Paper company, the John Edwards
Manufacturing company, the Wiscon
sin River Paper and Pulp company,
Tomahawk Pulp and Paper company,
Northwest Paper company, Consoli
dated Waterpower and Paper company,
the Petoskey Fiber Paper company,
Rhinelander Paper company, and each
of them, for the relief demanded in
the bill of complaint, as more fully
shown by the allegations of said bill
and the "proofs, and for the costs and
disbursements to be taxed and al
lowed by the clerk. That on motion
of the parties this case stands ad
journed until the 16th day of June,
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