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VCL. XX.— NO. 194. BULLETIN OF THE ST. PrHJl^ GI^OBE Tl i:si)AV, JULY 13, 1.507. Wontker for Today— Fair mid Warmer. PAGE I, TurUlt.li ( rut-ltW-N to Ariut'iiiitiiH. Silver Conference In Uondon. Turlff Conferee* strike v Biwy. i Anthracite" Honda U in it Victor)'. lnrdon Petition of 1 iMinijcrH Hoard. Oonl Famine [mpendlnv, l-'ri'iioli Cabinet Crisis Averted. PAci; ::. McOardy TeliH Hi* Trouble*. Mil >or lias the Bmdset. PAGE S. Minneapolis Mnttera. Ilrealc in <l»«- Water >lnliiH. Wur Among Endeavorer*. IV- . Republican Leaders at Detroit. I «■.;; ;>v:;:»-r Afl'airs. PAGE 4. Editorial. Dtxapnearance mi Miss Zo liner. Annual Cralse at White Hear. PAGE 5. Saint a Take Tliir«l From nines. HooMlera n<-;iiiiy Defeat Tluers. Rain at Mlwaultee and Wild U«i>l<l». Results in the \ational. Diiv';* Sporting Events. PAGB U. Sii^ur Stock* Take a l»«oin. Bar Silver. BO I-Ne. (nsh Wheat In l'hiouso«, 7Oc< World's Markets Reviewed. PAGE 7. Day of Idle Talk In Senate. "Work of ConarreMi. Third Hejilmeiit at LnkeTleWf \,.*vs of the Korthweat. "Want Hoi the People. PAGE 8. Rev. Brown Denies* Charges. Newi of the Courts. EVENTS TODAY. Street*— Ctrcoa Pmrade t » «•«»• Vnivcrslty und Dale— Circus, 8, 7. MOVEMENT OF STEAMSHIPS. NEW YORK— Arrived: Bovic, Liverpool. UAMBURQ-«aUed: Phoenician, New York. _^ The Youngers are such star b< -orders that really Minnesota can't spare them. Mark Hanna Is right in position to offer a bushel of coal with each seiv atorial vote. The kaiser, with his black eye, ought now t > have more sympathy for King [ Greece. _ -^»- When there is nothing shady about the work of the sun, the public Is the must apt to kick. ii The question of what they will have "on the side" Is bothering the EnJeav orers at San Francisco now. It is claimed the chainless bicycle has come to stay. Will it go, not will it stay, is the question that interests the wheelmen. _^»- Cecil Rhodes has the largest dam in South Africa. He developed It since the failure of that Jameson raid which he planned. It's a sure test of the value of the jr 'hi cure to bring the Keeley gradu ates to Minneapolis the same day the circus is in town. .^k- It is all right for Comiskey to allow his boys to go to the circus provided they don't get the fever and play horse themselves, afterwards. 9 Chicago is proud of the fact that there is no place in this or the next world that has been hotter than the "Windy City the past week. The Colorado man who has laid claim to 160 acres at the summit of Pike's peak shows that he has a nerve that for altitude cannot be equaled. Tim Byrnes' special championship of Go<><lnt)W is explaintd. Tim is to be the "whole thing" in Minnesota as soon as the consul departs for the Orient. .«. Speaker Reed wears pointed shoes. That explains why the house members take It for granted that when he puts his foot down on any question it is Y-toed. The Saints are believers in bimetallic jubilees. They will celebrate a jrold and a silver jubilee today, fifty victories and twenty-five defeats by gnin^ to the circus. Sugar stock quotations reached the highest point ever known yesterday, as the result of the tariff conference work. Truly the "infant industries" are being protected. _«. If, as reported, Editor Pangborn has declined the Bolivian ministry, It is to be hoped that the news will be broken gently to President McKinley for fear of fatal effects. In Florida they have been having too much rain, and an avalanche of frogs is reported. In Chicago they have been seeing sea serpents. Can it be because of too much water there also? m The flight of a meteor over Kansas City frightened to death an elk that was kept there. Residents of the Twin Cities had formed the idea that there was nothing on earth which could ?<-a?e an Elk. They have curious ways of teaching patriotism at Annapolis naval acad emy. An entire class is confined on board the Santee because two of the members became enthusiastic and fired explosives on the Fourth. _*»_ . Even the royalists in Cuba have to have their sarcastic fling at "Weyler. They congratulated him yesterday on his neutrality in Cuban affairs, and the Spaniard hasn't yet succeeded in fig uring out Just what they meant. Why is it that none of the brilliant city fathers has thought to include in the bicycle ordinance a clause compel ling each cyclist to carry a thermom eter on the front fork of his wheel, so that the policemen can detect the tcorchera? THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE. COAL STOCKS VERY SHORT. The Total Available Supply Will Stave Off a Famine for Only a Few Weeks. INTEREST CENTERS IN ARBITRATION. Nearly All of the States Involved Represented at Pittsburg, and an Effort Will Be Made to Recon cile the Differences of the Miners and the Opera tors — Sharp Advances in Prices Indicate an Im pending Shortage— Quiet Along the Line. PITTSBURG, Pa., July 12.— The min ers' strike is causing the price of coal to still advance, and today it was sell ing at $1.80, an increase of 150 per cent since the commencement of the strug gle. The feature today in matters per taining to the strike was the presence in the city of the joint arbitration board, who are endeavoring by every means possible to bring to a peaceable conclusion the strike now in progress. The board held informal sessions today, and in the intervals interviewed quite a number of operators, the big major ity of whom are in favor of arbitra tion, provided all of the operators will abide by the decision rendered. The strikers made further advances today in getting out practically every miner in the district outside of Dearmitt's men, who still remain loyal to their employers. At a mass meeting today at Western Newton, Vice President Mc- Kay, of the miners' association, said he believed the West Virginia mines would be closed down within two weeks. If they are not, he said, the railroad men would be called on to ■bring work to a standstill in that state. Many of the operators still claim there is plenty of coal on hand, but fail to state why the price has increased since the suspension. It was stated this evening that a number of the river operators who have no facilities for loading their stocks on railroad cars are agitating the advisability of placing a hoisting machine on the south side of the Monongahela river for the purpose of transferring coal into Pittsburg & Lake Erie freight cars. By this method it is expected to supply some of the lake trade. If such a scheme was carried out, they would get the coal in the pools that was stor ed in anticipation of the river being declared free, and which it was in tended to send to the Southern mar kets. Now that there is no boating stage, and the market is open in the rail trade, the proposition is looked on with favor. One of the subordinate miners' of ficials was asked what the miners would do in the event of 8,000,000 bush els of coal being put on the market in the manner referred to. "You may say that the river opera tors might find it a very difficult job," he said. "Men who handle coal for a living are in sympathy with this movement, and we would have little trouble in getting them to stop work, if they should start. We have no fears in that direction, as yet." In addition to the Keeling mine, which started today at the 69-cent rate, the Pittsburg and Castle Shan non mine resumed at the same rate, The company ha.s eighty men at work, and they are now producing about 400 tons of coal a day. The Keeling com pany has 150 men at work and say they can produce about 600 tons a day. While at both of these mines the rate demanded by the strikers is bedng paid, efforts will be made tomorrow to get the men out, as the miners' officials are opposed to allowing any men to Tariff Conferees Strike a Snag. Members of Both Houses Stubborn in the Matter of Amendments Made by the Senate. WASHINGTON, July 12.— The tariff conferees have struck some snags in their work. The minor matters were easily adjusted, but on all important features there has been no agreement and the outlook today was that several reports would have to be made be fore an adjustment could be reached. The house conferees are standing sole ly by their bill and the senators are no less tenacious. The senate con ferees have laid before the house mem bers the condition in the senate where there is no actual majority of the Re publicans and where other than Re publican votes are necessary to pass the bill or adopt a conference report. They asserted that in 1894 the Demo crats were in better shape in the sen ate than the Republicans now, as they had an actual majority, yet the house was finally compelled to accept the senate bill in order to pass it. Lumber has been in dispute and the. house conferees have insisted that the house rate on white pine must be ac cepted and they have been supported in this by Senator Burrows, of Michi gan. The house rate was $2, and the senate reduced It to $1. The senate conferees say that If the house rate is restored it will provoke a long discus sion in the senate and that no one can tell when the bill would get out of the senate again. Straw matting, which the senate put on the free list, is an item of contention. The house con ferees have refused to accept even the rate which was originally reported in the senate bill and Btand for the house rate. Burlaps, cotton and other items which were placed on the free list by the senate, met with great hostility from the house conferees and so far nothing in the way of a compromise offered by the senate members has been accepted. The house conferees are also insist ing upon higher compensatory duties on manufactures of cotton on account of the duty of 20 per cent on raw cot ton. The house members have main tained that the house bill has been commended more than the senate bill and that the conference should get as close to it as possible. The senate con- TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1897. work until a majority of the operators have granted the advances. COAL FAMINE IMPENDING. Visible Supply Sufficient to LiiHt Only a Kew Wei'kn. PITTSBURG, Pa.. July 12.— Beyond the strengthening of the miners' lines along the river there was little change in the strike situation today. The iron clad contracts which were in force at several mines in the Monongahela val ley were swept out of existence tcday and the strike was made general in the fourth pool. The Ohamouni Ap pollo, the Jack Jones and O'Neil's Fayette City mines, which had been running with a light force of men and under iron-clads, are idle. The men at the Chamouni mine were the last to lay down their tools. The miners along the river are rejoicing over this vic tory. The only mine now running in this section is the Equit able.. The men in the Stickel Hollow mines of the Washing ton Coal company came out today, making the suspension complete in this district, except at the mimes of the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal com pany, where about 1,200 men were working. No effort has yet been made to get these diggers out and the min ers at other pits, who have laid down their tools, are grumbling at the slow ness of Dearmitt's men in joining the movement. The hot heads are advis ing drastic measures. They have been kept in check so far, but there is no telling when the fever will break out and a concerted move be made on Sandy and Plum creek. The greatest interest is now mani fested in the scheme to arbitrate the strike question. Labor commissioners and official arbitrators of the several states affected are mobilizing in this city. The state of Ohio is the only one which has a regularly appointed board of arbitration. It exists for Just such emergencies as this and naturally is eminently well prepared for the work. Most of the others interested are labor commissioners and industrial statisti cians who are also well able to act in the capacity of arbitrators, the nature of their work keeping them in touch with the working classes generally. All the states, with the exception of Kentucky and Tennessee, where the strike is on, will be represented in the conferences which are to be held here during the next few days. It is ex pected by the arbitrators that a rep resentative number of the local opera tors will be gotten together within the next tweni£ r -four hours. However, persons who are well acquainted with the warring factions that exist among the coal operators say they will be hard to get together in this move, al though the extreme gravity of the out look may have the desired effect. There is a strong indication of a coal famine confronting the country with in the next ten days. It is claimed by censervative operators that the mar ketable supply at present which is placed at ten million bushels, would only meet the demands of the market for about a month under ordinary con ditions. With the scarcity of coal al ready prevailing at the lake ports it is claimed the supply will not last over two weeks at the longest. ferees In addition to presenting the present political complexion of the senate have pointed out the difficulty that -will occur if several reports of partial agreements and disagreements are made. They told the house mem bers that it will lead to endless dis cussion that they have no power to force a vote and that there is not a majority in the senate to keep the sen ate in session In case of a filibuster against the conference report. The noon recess of the conferees was devoted largely to a conference w>t.h individual senators, in which the house numbers in the conference partici pated. These conferences developed the fact that the wool schedule had been under special consideration dur ing the forenoon session and that the house men had shown a decid-ed dis position to hold on to the house rates. There was evident apprehension that if this oomtention was granted there would be difficulty in getting the bill through the senate, and it is not be lieved that this apprehension was changed by the results of their In quiries. There was also a hurried conference between the Republicani representa tives in the senate in the conference and the Democratic members of the finance committee in regard to the probable course of the Democrats, in case the articles which they were especially instrumental in having placed on the free list should be made dutiable. These articles include cot ton bagging, gunny bags, burlap, cot ton ties, paris green, fluor matting, etc The house is imsis'ting upon their res toration to the dutiable list and some of the senate confereees are inclined to yield because of the need for the rev enue they would produce. The con ference with the Democrats was by no means reassuring. The Republicans were told that If these changes were made they (the Democrats) would bo disposed to insist upon a full explana tion in committee and an elaborate debate In the senate which might In definitely prolong the session. The result of the inquiry as to the effect of a restoration of the house rate on white pine lumber was far rrom re assuring. The senators from, the mid dle Northwest are especially concerned in holding the senate rate and the con ferees have been notified that any yielding on this question will result in no little delay. The problem -Is giving the committee consldera.be concern. The advocates of a lower duty on cyanide of potassium feel confident from reports from the conferenece that the senate rate of 12^ per cent will be accepted. The committee is meeting with its greatest difficulty in reaching an un derstanding on the wool and sugar schedules. On sugar, Senators Aid rich and Jones (New) are hiding out especially for the senate schedule, and are supported by the entire senate rep resentation. The house members arc just as firm in their demand for the house rates. The indications when the conference adjourned to night were that a compromise would be necessary which would split the difference be tween the two houses on the differ ential on refined sugar, and it was stated upon good authority that an agreement to this effect had been reached. The house conferees are standing stiff ly for the house schedule on wool, con tending that the senate rates would be most oppressive upon manufacturers. The senate classification of third-class wools la especially objectionable to tho carpet manufacturers, and Senators Penrose and Quay have been active during the day in their efforts to se cure an advance to 12 cents in the value of wool that may be admitted at 4 cents. The senate schedules make -10 cents the figure of demarcation in value, fixing a duty of 7 cents a pound on all wool above that price. The Pennsylvania senators say that, under this classification, 90 per cent of the Anthracite I\oads Win a Victory. Order Calling Their Presidents as Witnesses to Prove a Trade Conspiracy Vacated by the Court. ALBANY, N. V., July 12 —Justice Al den Chester has vacated the orders granted by him, upon the application of the attorney general in June last, compelling the presidents of the vari ous anthracite coal road companies to appear before a referee as witnesses in a procedure under the anti-trusit laws, to determine whether there is an al leged illegal contract arrangement or combination in violation of chapters 383 and 384 of the Laws of 1597, and in which they or their roads are par ticipant. The motion upon which the decision was given was argued before Judge Chester on June 8, some two weeks after he had granted the motion of the attorney general for the appoint ment of a referee and also after the service upon the presidents of the vari ous roads of orders for them to appear before such referee. The motion was made on behalf of the various roads— the Delaware & Hudson, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the New Yorki Ontario & Western, and. the Jersey Central— for a vacation of the order so granted, on the ground that the acts were unconstitutional, that the legis lature exceeded its pow-rs and that the powers given to the supreme court judge exceeded the judicial functions allowed by the constitution. Eminent counsel argued the case f-r the roads. Judge Chester granted Vu order under the new law upon request and without reference to the merits of the applica tion. An appeal will be taken at once from today's decision to the appellate di- Cabinet Crisis Jlarrowly Averted. French Government Tottering, With the Possibility of an Adverse Vote in the Chamber Today. PARIS, July 12.— The government had a narrow escape from defeat in the chamber of deputies today. The min isters desired to postpone until autumn the discussion of the bill for t!he re adjustment of the direct taxes, the passage of which would chiefly benefit the peasantry. The opposition, led by M. Milleina-nd, Socialist, urged the im mediate discussion of the measure. In the first division the government was defeated by a vote of 270 to 245. M. Cochery, minister of finance, made a clever reply to M. Millerand and his supporters, saying that this vote im plied a preference on the part of the Fiendish Cruelties. Turks Determined to Wipe Out the Whole Armenian Race. PARIS, July, 12.— Pere Charmenant, director general of the French mission in the Levant, has received by way of the Caucasus and Tiflis a report pre pared by a number of Armenian not ables and Gregorian bishops on the situation in Armenia. It took the mes senger who had the document in charge nearly three months to get through the difficulties and dangers along the Turkish frontier. The re port goes fully into the situation. Ac cordinc to its authors, the Turks in Armeniia, fearing European interven tion, have abandoned the old prac tices of wholesale massacre, but dur ing the last year there have been clan destine butcheries and most terrible persecutions especially In the more remote provinces. The Turkish sol diers boast that they have .sworn to wipe out the whole Armenian race. The document recites in detail vari ous forms of prosecution. It appears that the tax collectors seize the in habitants if they do not pay every thing demanded. Women are taken through, the streets with chains around their necks and kept for days without food. In some eases they are fastened to pillars, head downwards. Freezing water is thrown over them, and they arc- beaten until the blood runs. In oth er cases their hands are tied behind their backs and then rats first made furious, are thrown upon their bosoms. Often they are burned in various parts of their bodies with red hot Irons. "All the highways have been guarded with no chance of escape. Not a day passes without our hearing of or wit nessing 1 somewhere within our unfor tunate province some act of fiendish cruelty." The document concludes with the despaivi'ng cry. "Our hope is dying out. God help us. May Europe have pity upon us." BAKER AtOUISfeT. The Foreign MlnisttH'M Entertained by 7,v\n? a. MANAGUA, Nic, July 12.— Today President. Zolaya gave a successful reception tti honor of the fourth anniversary of the revolution which marie him president of Nicaragua, and placed Hip Liberals in power. Among the guests were Lewis Baker and John F. Baker, United States minister and secretary of the United States legation, and all the foreign consuls except the English. Tliohc ChippcwM KMtiiuntorM. WASHINGTON, July 12.— Tht members of carpet wools would be made to pay 7 cents duty, and that the result would be to close out many of the carpet makers. There is a proposition to compromise the differences by retain ing the senate classification, but al lowing a drawback on all wools which it can be proven are used in carpet making, on which 7 cents may be paid. The house is also standing for its rates on first and second-class wools, which are reduced by the senate, with a good prospect of success. There was quite a movement on the Democratic side of the senate today to insure a firm stand for free bur laps, cotton bagging, floor matting, cot ton ties, etc., placed on the free list in the senate, and to hold white pine at $1 per 1,000 feet. This was because of the report, which was authenticated, that the committee had tentatively agreed to restore the $2 rate on white pine and to restore the other articles mentioned to the dutiable list. These changes were made in the senate by majorities ranging from from one to five votes, and the supporters of the senate action expressed the opinion that they would bo able to hold all the votes for a motion to reject the conference report that were originally cast for the amendments. To do this they would have to make sure not onl' r of Senator McEnery's vote, but of some Republican votes, as Senator.-! Carter and Hansbrough. The prob lem bids fair to develop an interest ing situation in the senate, if the com mittee on conference adheres to its present determination with regard to these articles. vision of the supreme court, "but, &3 that division does not sit until Septem ber 7, and as an appeal will be taken even to the highest court, there can be.no final conclusion much before the last month of the year. In his decision, Judge Chester touches upon but two points of constitutionali ty. He declares that the power grant ed to the supreme court judge is exces sive of the judicial functions granted by the constitution. The legislature, he holds, has no power to impose upon a supreme court judge functions of a non- judicial character, as they haye in these laws. He says also that thi precedent sought to be authorized, in the statute presents an instance of a serious infraction of the constitution by making the justice a mere notary or figurehead with no discretion as to whether there are merits in an appli cation for the appointment of a ref eree or not, and providing that he shall turn over to a referee all his acquired powers, and abridges the rights and privileges of a witness charged with a crime. The constitution of the state and of the United States both grant immunity from punishment for wit nesses, who give testimony against themselves. The statute attempts to give relief by forbidding criminal pros ecution upon such testimony, but Judge Chester does not think that it goes far enough to give the absolute immu nity granted by the constitution. Out side of the constitutional point, Judg^ Chester also finds that there is aj> insufficiency of material in the peti tion for an order. No facts were stat ed, only information and belief being alleged, without any source being de tailed of information or any ground.? for belief. Such insufficient proof of facts would not be admissible in a court of justice. Socialists for the existing system. A scene of wild confusion ensued, the Socialists rising to their feet, shouting and shaking their fists. Another di vision was finally taken, and M. Mil lerand's motion for the immediate dis cussion of the bill was lost by a vote of 270 to 257. The trouble was large ly due to the defection of a section of the Rightists. Sihould it occur again tomorrow, when the usual bill, renew ing the direct taxes, is introduced, an other critical division is possible. The downfall of the ministry on the eve of President Faure's visit to St. Peters burg would be most unfortunate. the Minnesota delegation met in Senator Davis' committee room again today to con sider the question of the appointments of Ohippewa pine land estimators. Owing to the absence of Congressmen Heatwole and Me- Cleary, no action was taken, and a meeting jwill be held tomorrow. Representative Stevens claims two of these appointments, and has recommended John Croome, of St. Paul, and John McCarthy, of Stillwater. These applications were filed at the interior de partment today. It is understood that Sec retary Bliss will insist upon naming some of the men, and in such event the estimators will not a.l be Minnesotans. Every member of the Minnesota delegation has several hund red applications for these places. Special Silver Envoys. Important Conference in London With Lord Salisbury et Al. LONDON, July 12.— An Important conference was held at the foreign office today between Senator Wolcott, ex-Vice President Stevenson amd Gen. Paine, the members of the United States Bimetallic commission, and Am bassador Hay and Lord Salisbury, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chancellor of the exchequer; Arthus Balfour, lirst lord of the treasury, and Lord George Hamilton, secretary of state for India. The conference, which lasted an hour, was preliminary to the carrying on further negotiations of the subject of international bimetallism. The Ameri cans did most of the talking. It was stated that France was ready to co operate with the United States, Great Britain and Germany in reaching an agreement for international bimetal lism. The British representatives pres ent made no statement indicating their Intentions in the matter. Consultations of high British officials will be held before meeting with the American commissioners, and In the meantime the latter will privately dis cuss the question with Baron de Roths child and other financiers and endeavor to secure their support. Lord Salisbury accompanied Messrs. Wolcott, Steven son an<i Paine to luncheon at Windsor on Saturday, when they were re ceived by the queen and presented to her majesty their commissions as spe cial envoys. The reception was entire ly formal. -^»_ Notes OvrrisNiH-il. MADRID, July 12.— The statement of the Bank of Spain, which has been formally gazetted, has increased the adverse comment on the bank management. It shows a note circulation of 136,000,000 pesetas In excess of the authorized issue. PRJCE TWO CENTS— { F ft™*»a IS IT LIBERTY OR PRISON? Fate of the Youngers Now Being Considered by the Board of Pardons. STRONG PLEA MADE FOR THEIR RELEASE. Equally Vigorous Protests Against Opening the Doors of the Penitentiary. COLE YOUNGER'S STATEMENT RIDDLED. Affidavits Introduced to Show That He Has Forgot ten Some of the Incidents of the Northfield Raid or Overlooked Some of Them in His Story—Fur ther Arguments Will Be Heard This Morning- Yesterday's Proceedings. The state board of pardins, cmsis*.- Ing of Gov. Clough, Attorney General Childs and Chief Justice Start, of the supreme bench, held a three-hour ses sion yesterday afternoon. There were forty applications to come before the board, but only the case of the Young ers was considered, and at 5 o'clock, when Gov. dough announced an ad journment until this morning at 9 o'clock, there were still several parties who desired to be heard in favor and in opposition to the pardon. Warden Wolfer, President O'Brien, of the prison board; J. J. MeCafferty, State Auditor Dunn, ex-Sheriff Barton, of Rice county, and J. H. Lloyd, of Faribault, addressed the board on be half of a pardon being granted. Those who spoke in opposition to this action were F. W. Anderson, president of the St. Paul National bank, of this city; Mayor Noble, Prof. Goodhue, Hon. D. F. Kelly and C. P. Carpenter, of North field, and Mayor A. D. Keyes, of Fari bault. C. P. Carpenter, editor of the North field Independent, presented to the board numerous affidavits from eye witnesses of the raid and murder at Northfield, which riddled the state ment recently given out by Cole Young er as to the detail of the crime. These were entirely unexpected to the per sons interested in securing a pardon for the Youngers, and without doubt will have considerable to do with the action of the board on the question. It was after 2 o'clock when Private Secretary Hartley announced that those interested in the petition of the Youngers for a pardon would be heard. Nearly 100 persons filed into the private office of the governor and ranged them selves around the room in as easy alti tudes as was possible. The seating ca j pacity was limited to half a dozen j chairs, bat so Interesting were the pro ceedings that all those who entered re mained during the afternoon and were reinforced by a score of others. President O'Brien, of the prison board, said he had attended, not to make any remarks, but, so far as the members of the board were concerned, he would say that the Youngers had been exemplary prisoners, and would make good citizens if they were par doned. He was willing, as one of the members of the board, to go on record as saying that if a pardon was granted the men would be honorable and re spectable citizens. The board of which he was president was of the opinion that the men had served long enough for the crime of which Ihey were con victed or had pleaded guilty. He was of the opinion that the board of par dons should not at this time consider the question of any other crimes of which they had been charged. He wish ed it understood that it was the unani mous recommendation of the prison board that a pardon be granted to the Youngers. Attorney General Childs inquired as to how many prisoners serving life sen tence in the prison had been pardoned. President O'Brien said he was not pre pared to say, but that Warden Wolfer would "be able to give the data desired During the eight or nine years he had been connected with the prison there were two life prisoners who had been pardoned that he knew of. Gov. dough asked Mr. O'Brien if he was speaking for the entire board as to the recommendation for a pardon, and w«s informed that this was the fact. Warden Wolfer followed Mr. O'Brien, stating to the board that he had a few thoughts on the subject, and as he made this statement he drew from his pocket several pages of type writ ten manuscript and read as follows: As war Jen of the state prison, I feel it a duty, as well as a privilege, to say some thing in behalf of the Younger brothers' par don. For the past five years I have care fully studied the character and make-up ot those men. The crime, for which they were convicted and sentenced to prison was a terrible one. Ordinary men convicted of such a crimo should remain In prison for the term of their natural lives. I believe, however, that in this case, when the history of their lives are taken into account, together with | some of the circumstances connected with tho commission of the crime for which they were sentenced and their subsequent conduct in prison, that there arc just and equitable grounds for their pardon. I contend that their early lives were cursed by such unfavorable associations and environ ment as to make the pressure upon them very strongly in favor of evil. I do not ex cuse any crime they ever committed, but I do believe that had they been Riven- a reason. ablo chance for character development In early life they wou+d never have been guilty of crime. I boldly assert that hundreds of crimes have been charged to them of which ! thore Is not a particle of proof to substantiate. I Is It right, Is It Just, to hold them responsible j for these alleged crimes and misdemeanors? ■ While technically guilty of murder at North field, neither one of them were guilty person ally of participating In the taking of human life, and from my knowledge of the men and a careful 'analysis of their character, I am free to f»y that I do- not believe that it was their purpose to take human life. Twenty-one years in prison is a terrible punishment — one, of the most severe punish ments possible to be inflicted. To my mind there Is only one punishment that can be inflicted upon a human being that is more severe, and that is to prolong penal servitude beyond that period of time. The average life of a convict under a life sen- tence is less than ten years. These men have served more than double the tlnio or dinarily servett by life prisoners. Any one who claims that twenty-one years in prison does not furnish a terrible example to evil-doers, or does not furnish a powerful de errent against crime dots not realize tha full import of such a punishment I have been engaged in prison work for t£? n > r h S , X y T\ } have <*refululy studied the lights and shadows of prison life and I can say to you, gentlemen, guided by a knowledge of experience, that to my mind ft®!", 6 h, S ?°. P unlshl "ent so terrible as the thought of twenty-one years of penal servi nn' eXC T "** for * lle e r p" "tod Xo man can live and undergo the hardships of penal servitude for twenty-one years and show a development of character unless he is made of manly material. Character-building while a gradual growing process, must hava ?, f-fnr tr KT tUre ? pon whlch to buil<3 - as weU as favorable environment in order to brine out the well-rounded character of a man marfiv £ &Ye praven tn emselves to be Sina y geme e nt. by ""* apP » ed ln P OTal Some of their enemies say that they am made of murderous material. 7 i£ 7 ttta £S » T !j ey « re "* gentle and as suceeptible to good influences as any material I have ever met in prison. At heart they are not bad men a fact, which will be attest*! by hun dreds of prisoners who have felt the uplift, ing influences of these men in prison. What n«?, r .r2 i me tend i nc y anee existed in their nature 1 am sure that none of it flnda lode ment in their character now. The board of managers of the state prison are here today iv behalf of their pardon. They believe as I do-that the ends of juattoi ought to be fully satisfied with the punish ment already inflicted. They are prompted as I am by a high sense of justice; by lone years of experience they have learned as I have, that justice and mercy should prevail That as the administration of human justi4 approaches toward perfection mercy will pre ?£ v.- T !? €re is no sen timentality in this: it is tne highest law of humanity. It certainly will and cannot exist in any degree of per fection without some of the attributes of di vine nature. Equal justice to all men is divine, and I verily believe that to punish tnase men .onger would be aji act of cruelty and injustice. I would not raise my voice In favor of a pardon for the Youngers if I did not honestly believe that they were justly entitled to it. and that their liberation at this time would no only be an act of jusice to them, but would be beneficial to society and the p^nal management of this state. There is not an in telligent prisoner within the four walls of tha state prison today who d.ies not believe that if there is anything in our boasted civilization in the reform movement in penal manage in en that we profess, these men ought to be pardoned. They know, as I know, and as the board of managers here can testify that worse men are being turned out nearly every day. The object of punishment is two-fold, tha protection of society and to de<ter those in clined to evil pursuits. The worst enemies of these men admit that society has nothing farther to fear from them. The example fur nished by twenty-one years of penal servi tude ought to satisfy and gentlemen of the board of pardons I believe that you fully realize what twenty-one years In prison means. Your large knowledge of human nature, ot the aims and purposes which Inspire human action, and which preserves and uplifts the best elements existing in man are fully able to separate the wheat from the chaff, 'and I feel confident that regardless of the attack that has been made ln some instances again=t theso men that you will deal out in your wis dom what you believe to be even handed justice. I will not further trespass upon your time, but before closing I desire to say that in justice to my own conscience and to these men, I could not say less than I havo sai'.!. To have remained silent would have been cowardice, believing in the justice of their cause as I do. J. J. MeCafferty followed Mr. Wolfer, prefacing his talk by saying that he supp"*" l that each member of the board had .>r would read the letters, petitions and protests which had been filed in the case. Chief Justice Start stated that he had read them all. and Mr. MeCafferty proceeded. He called attention to the condition of life and the environments about them at tho time- the offense was committed. Tho border war was between Missouri and.. Kansas, and the killing- of their father was alluded to as Bhowing that the condition of thing-? was different in the section of tho country in which they liv, d than elsewhere. Tho good that Oole Younges had done in saving the lives of numerous men, was also spoken of. and their troubles were traced to had associations. The pun ishment for the offense committed by them was a life sentence and thore was no other punishment provided, and the statements that they escaped hanging on a technicality was not true. It was but right and proper that they should, take advantage of the law a,« it was at that time. Previous to the offense at Northfleld, they had not been charged with nor convicted of any offense. The punishment received by them was ample and sufficient and the law had been vindicated. Twenty-one years had been passed in prison and in ad dition, for ten years of this time, both petitioners had suffered from wounds inflicted at the time of their capture and had been under the surgeon's care. This should also be taken into consid eration by the pardon board in arriving at a conclusion in the ca.se. The ques tion of pardon by the board was some thins that was looked for by every law maker in the land. Xot particu larly so in this ease, but ln all cases where applications, are made. The au thority to grant a pardon was in the hands of the board without limit, One of the rules of all prisons was that prisoners should be allow-ed time for £ood behavior and this was one of th»j reasons of the lawmakers In fixing tha maximum sentences for offenses. The principal object of punishment was reformation, and in this case the object sought for had been accomplished. All prison reform associations and tho judges of all courts had repeatedly stated that the object of prison pun ishment was to reform the prisoners. Judge Start interrupted the speak i'ontiuuctl ou Second Page.