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OFFICIAL PAPER
OF THE
CITY OF ST. PAUL.
VOL. XXIV.-NO. 47.
i it i a
MO VOTE ON SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
WILL BE TAKEN IN THE
SENATE
TALE TOLD BY MR. TELLER
»OT HALF THE REPUBLICAN MEM
BERS ARE IX FAVOR OF THE
JIEASIRE
HOUSE WASTED A DAY'S TIME
Cliairman ( annon. of (lie Appropria
tions Committee. Filibustered
Awalnst Consideration of
Private Claims.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—That the op
position to the shipping bill in the sen
nit- vi ill not permit a vote to be taken
(Mi the measure at the present session
was made clear during the closing hour
<>f today's session. For se\eral days it
lias been evident that it would be diffi
cult to »-am unanimous consent to take
a vote upon the measure, but not until
late today was the Crank assertion made
lhai a vote could not be had. At the con
clusion of several hours' consideration
nf the bill, Mr. Toiler (Col.) announced
his purpose to prevent a vote at this ses-
Bion. In an impassioned speech he de
clared that he would not consent to any
agreement to vote, and that it must be
j\ •.":« vil to the advocates of the bill thac
imp vote could be had. The statement by
the Colorado senator elicited a sharp re
sponse from Mr. Aldrich <R. L), who in
sisted that despite the declaration of
.Mr. Teller the business of the senate
would proceed in accordance with the
wishes of the majority. Mr. Teller's
statement also drew the fire of Mr.
Chandler (X. H.», who asserted that the
position of the opposition was prepos
terous. Mr. Hanna (O.) replied to Mr.
Teller in a forceful speech, in the course
of which he became impassioned in his
denunciation of the methods employed
by the opposition to defeat the measure.
The advocates, he said, were honestly
endeavoring to advance the best inter
ests of the country and he resented the
insinuations against their honesty of
purpose. Prior to these remarks, Mr.
Perkins (CaL) delivered an eloquent and
forceful speech upon the bill, which at
tracted much attention. He supported
the idea of giving subsidies to American
vessels, but pointed out what he believed
to be defects in the pending measure.
He attacked especially the provision for
the admission of foreign-built ships.
During the day the agricultural ap
propriation bill was passed, after being
under discussion for nearly four days.
Rev. J. J. Dolliver, of Fort Dodge. 10.,
the venerable father of Senator Dolliver,"
pronounced the invocation at the open
ing of today's session of the senate.
A resolution authorizing the Indian
committee of the senate, during the re
cess, to visit Indian reservations anJ
Indian schools was adopted.
Other Tills were passed, as follows:
Appropriating $20,000 for the purpose of
a replica of the bronze equestrian statue
of Gen. George Washington by Daniel
Chester French and Edward C. Potter,
to be erected in Washington, D. C.; de
claring a branch of the Mississippi river,
opposite the city of La Crosae, Wis., and
known as "west channel," to be (innav
igable, and that said city be relieved of
the necessity of maintaining a draw
bridge over said channel.
TELLER TK-LS THE TRUTH.
Mr. Aldrich in cnarge of the shipping
bill, asked unanimous consent that all
amendments to the shipping bill be voted
upon without further delay, the votes to
be taken immediately.
"The senator from Rhode Island," said
Mr. Teller (Col.), "knows just as well as
1 do that he is not going to get a vote
upon this bill. He knows that it is going
to be debated until the c-nd of the ses
sion. He knows that he can't get a vote
■without unanimous agreement and there
is no hope of an agreement."
Mr. Aldrich replied that he had enter
tained strong hope of securing a vote
upon the bill at the present session.
He had never heard until this moment
that a vote could not be had upon the
bill.
"Well," said Mr. Teller, "the senator
has not been here for a few days and he
probably has not heard what I have
beard."
The Colorado senator said there were
propositions in the measure that would
afford a month's debate. He expressed
his opinion that quite half the Repub
lican majority in the senate was opposed
to the bill. Two or three Republican sen
ators, he said, had expressed the hope,
in his presence, that no agreement to
take a vote on the measure would be
reached.
"In all my experience here," said Mr.
1\ Hi r, "there has never come a bill into
the senate that carries on its face such
evidences of jobbery and I think 1 can
show that to the satisfaction of the sen
ate.''
The senators from Maine (Frye) and
from Ohio (Hanna) don't expect to carry
this bill at the present session.
After adverting to the possibility that
the people of Cuba might send to con
gress the constitution under which they
propose to operate and to the likelihood
that this would .create considerable dis
cussion, Mr. Teller said that so far as
he was concerned he had made up his
mind that the subsidy bill could not be
passed. He believed that it was kept be
fore the Benate tor the purpose of push
ing aside other business in order that
there would be an excuse for an extra
session to consider those subjects and in
cidentally to pass the shipping bill. He
said that the Spooner amendment to the
army bill would require and would re
ceive ample discussion and he believed
that the .Cuban question would be
brought to the senate's atention.
OLEO BILL, COMING UP.
As a result of the deliberations of the
Benate steering committee today the oleo
margarine bill will probably be called uj>
in the senate tomorrow to the temporary
displacement of the ship subsidy bill.
but it is not expected there will be an
effort i" keep the bill before the stn-ate
beyond tomorrow, if it fails to be actec 1.
Upon tin n. There is everg reason to
belli ye it will fail. Indeed there is a
quite general understanding that after
tomorrow there will be very little con
sideration given to any measure except
appropriation bills and conference re
ports. The river and harbor bill, it is
now understood, will be. reported next
week. All the appropriation bl.ls to
come carry large appropriations, and
Borue <■! them more or less general leg
lVi.ation. There is considerable pressure
ill the friends of the subsidy bill to
withdraw it, but so far they have de
clined to yield, taking the position that
it was more desirable to have the bill
defeated by Democratic antagonism than
have It voluntarily withdrawn.
HOUSE WASTED ITS TIME.
Under the leadership of Mr. Cannon.
chairman of the appropriations commit
tee, a long filibuster consumed the time
Of the house today. Mr. Cannon desired
the house to proceed with the sundry
__^^^_ i . j j • • i i
.civil appropriation bill, was caught nap
ping by the Democrats who desired to de
vote the day to the consideration of pri
vate claims. It vas the last day under
the rules which coo'd be devoted to
claims at this congress and notices had
been sent out yesterday asking the Dem
ocrats to be in their seats today. As a
result Mr. Cannon was outwitted, but
he kept up the light all day, forcing roll
calls for three hours, and later filibus
tering in committee of the whole, ani
winding up by making the point of no
quorum against two small bills favor
ably acted upon in committee. The net
result was that the whole day was
wasted.
FIGHT FOR LIFE ON
TOP OF A BOX CAR
BRAKEMAN BENNETT BEATEN
NEARLY TO DEATH INSIDE
CHICAGO CITY LIMITS.
CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—0n top of a box
car at the rear end of a rapidly moving
train, "William J. Bennett, a brakeman,
save battle to two highwaymen last
night. One of the bandits had a revol
ver. With that one Bennett clinched.
They rolled and tumbled about together
on the top of the swaying car, each en
ucavoring to hurl the other from the
tr;iin.
After a desperate struggle Bennett suc
ceeded in getting his adversary in a po
sition where he was able to throw him
irom the car without going with him.
At that juncture the confederate of the
robber with the revolver came into ac
tion. He saved his companion, and in a
scuffle with the brakeman struck him
from behind with a billy and rendered
him unconscious.
Angered because of his narrow escape
the robber who had been worsted then
set upon Bennett, and as he lay helpless
pounded him mercilessly over the heu.l
and face with tne butt of his revolver,
inflicting a dozen wounds and knocking
out several of his victim's teeth.
After searching Bennett and securing a
small sum of money and a silver watch
it is supposed that the robbers jumped
from the train and made their escape.
The assault took place on a train on the
Lake Shore tracks, between Forty-third
and Fifty-first streets.
Bennett did not recover his senses until
the train reached Englewood. There the
train was moving slowly, and with blood
streaming from his wounds Bennett
climbed down the side of the car and
fell from the train into the arms of
Tardmaster Flaws. The injured man
was taken to the Ensiewood Union hos
pital.
AS A SHIELD FOR OTHERS
CAPT. CARTER SAYS HE WAS
WRONGFULLY SEAT TO JAIL.
LEAVENWOTtTH, Kan., Feb. 15.—Ex-
Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, U. S. A., serving
a sentence in the federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth, for defrauding the gov
ernment on harbor contracts, today suf
fered another defeat in his attempt to se
cure release. Judge Hook, in the United
States district court, refused to release
the prisoner on bail, and ordered that
he be remanded to the penitentiary to
await the action of the United States su
preme court on the appeal in his habeas
corpus case. Judge Hook held in sub
stance that the judgment of the court
martial was final unless set aside by the
supreme court of the United States.
Before being taken back to the federal
prison at Fort Leavenworth this after
noon, Carter issued the following state
ment:
"I am absolutely innocent.
1 was mistakenly condemned by a mil
itary tribunal which had no power to
compel the testimony of civilian wit
nesses simply on a majority vote, for an
alleged civil offense, which the ablest
engineers of America, both civil and mil
itary, declare clid not exist. When Sena
tor Edmunds iippointed by the prosecu
tion to review the proceedings in my case
declared that illegal evidence was admit
ted in my trial, but that, nevertheless I
was not proven guilty of the only of
fense of which I now stand condemned
and it tlnis became known that the ver
dict of the military tribunal was a mis
take. a man was employed by the prose
cution to conduct a secret investigation.
Ihus, while 1 v.as led to balieve that my
case was again being passed upon judici
ally, I was in fact being tried in secret
on matter not before the military tri
bunal, not taken In my presence and
since proven false. I pleaded for a trial
In a court of justice, but I was informed
that interests higher than mine migltt
suffer by the disclosure of the incidents
attending my persecution, and I was im
prisoned, where it was known I was pow
erless to compel a trial."
WASHINGTON NOTES.
An amendment to the sundry civil ap
propriation bill, appropriating $500,000 for
the construction of a telegraphic cable to
Hawaii, was offered in the senate by Mr
Perkins.
The meeting of the cabinet was devoid
of public interest. The members remain
ed in session less than an hour and
transacted no business. Secretaries Hay
and Hitchcock were not present at the
meeting.
The house committee on naval affairs
reported favorably on the senate joint
resolution giving bronze medals to the of
ficers and men on the North Atlantic
squadron participating in the battle of
Santiago bay.
Representative Wilson, of Idaho from
the house committee on arid lands, filed
a favorable report upon the bill to ex
tend the provisions of the Carey act In
definitely. This act passed in 1895. gave
to each of the arid land states. 1,00;) 000
acres of land upon condition that the
state would reclaim them within teii
years.
Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii, scored a
distinct triumph in securing a unanimous
vote of the house committee on election
No. 1, confirming his right to a seat \n
the house of representatives, and holding
that the charges filed against him were
not sufficient to warrant his removal.
The special committee on the Louisiana
exposition authorized Chairman Tawney
next Monday to move the passage of thS
.St. Louis exposition bill under suspen
sion of the rules. Speaker Henderson
lias agreed to recognize Mr. Tawney to
make this motion.
An amendment to the sundry civil ap
propriation bill was reported from the
committee on mines and mining, author
ising the application of a part of the
proceeds of the sale of public lands to
the establishment and support of schools
devoted to the teajhing of mining and
metallurgy.
Senator McComas is making an effort
to secure a compromise which will per
mit confirmation of the president.l; nom
inations advancing various officers of Ad
miral Sampson's fleet for meritorious con
fiuct during the Spanish war. He sug
gests that all but Sampson ard Schley
be confirmed and that congress pass a
resolution creating the grade of vice ad
miral, with the understanding that these
two officers be given the position.
The conferees of the senate and house
have reached a partial agreement on the
Indian appropriation bill. The important
articles upon which the committee will
report a disagreement are those pertain
ing to the S;in Carlos dam in Arizona,
allowing prospecting on Indian reserva
tions, making final the decision of the
Dawes commission for the enrollment in
]rd:an territory when approved by the
secretary of the interior and the Sisse
ton and Wahpeton claims provision.
Orders from the navy department direct
Rear Admiral Rogers to heist his flag on
the cruiser New York on the ISth inst..
and proceed to the Asiatic station, where
he will relieve Admiral Kempf as senior
squadron commender at that station:
Admiral Kempf will remain on duty at
that station as junior squadron com
mander. The New York will proceed to
Asia by way of the Mediterranean sea
and the Suez canal.
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1901.
IB I NO I
OOM PAUL KRI'GBR COMMENTS BIT
TERLY ON HIS RECEPTION
IN EUROPE
"WILL NO ONE ARBITRATE?"
OLD MAN AiSKS PASSIONATELY—
WANTS A FAIR HEARING,
NOT FLOWERS
SAYS THE BOERS WILL WIN
Former President Expresses His I'n
dying: Faith in the Ultimate
Success of the Two
Republics.
LONDON, Fob. 15.—The Pall Mall Mag
azine will publish, Feb. 18, an interview
with Mr. Kruger, in part as follows:
"Will no one arbitrate? Will no one
give us a chance of defending ourselves?
We may have; done wrongly; we have our
faults and our weaknesses. We declar
ed war, but our hands were forced and
we can prove it. Get some one to judge
between this England and ourselves.
"But the Lord willjielp us in the end.
We shall win. I do not know how or
when, but we shall win at last."
Mr. Kruger says the Transvaal offered
more reforms in one week than an older
country would make in forty years, giv
ing in, in all points, almost to the utter
most, but the uttermost was seized upon
as a stumbling block.
Referring to his reception in Europe,
which has bitterly disappointed him, Mr.
Kruger taid:
CAN'T CASH IN BOUQUETS.
"I care nothing for Movers; nothing,
nothing. The people who send them ara
kind and I am grateful, but I care noth
ing for them. Wl*at I want is a fair
hearing. If they only give us a fair hear
ing and justice. I ask for justice. We
are a little folk, but we have ma3o
great progress."
When asked why he came to Europe,
he answered the interviewer:
"I could not go out with the com
mandoes, as Mr. Steyn can. I am too old.
But I may be of some use here."
Regarding Mrs. Kmger, he said: "1
am sorry for her, too. I have a deep
sorrow lor her, but I have far more
sorrow for my country. My wife has her
children. Six are. still with her. They
were left with her at home. Two of ray
sons have died on the battlefield. Two
were captured. I believe two more are
dead also, as I have not heard from
them for two months and I know they
were in the thick of the fight.
"Thirty-one sons and grandsons I have
had in the field, yet I could not go on
commando. I have not heard from my
wife for eighteen days, but she has six
children with her and she is not to be
pitied."
RE-COXCEXTRATION.
Lord Metliuen Executing; Gen. Kitcli-
em-r's Policy of Weylerlsiii.
CAPE TOWN, Feb. 15.—For a month
Lord Methuen has been scouring the
country between Kuraman and the Trans
vaal, bringing in women and children,
cattle and food from all the farms. Fifty
women and 100 children together with a
few men, he has sent to Vryburg. On
one occasion while he was pursuing a
commando, the Boers sent off their
wagons in charge of women and girls in
one direction and went themselves in an
other. The women were such expert
drivers that the British had considerable
difficulty in catching the convoy. Gen.
Smith-Dorrien occupied Amsterdam and
Taung's Feb. 9.
ENGAGED WITH DEWET.
Plumer's Column Reported Pressing
IHe Boer Lender.
COLESBT'RG, Cape Colony, Thursday,
Feb. 14— Plumers column engaded De
wet, between Colesburg and Philippstown
Feb. 13, and gradually pushed the Boers,
British had a battery of field artil
lery and the Boers one five-pounder. The
shrapnel burst splendidly. The British
had ten wounded during many hours'
fighting. An occasional dead Roer was
found. The engagement is being continu
ed today. All the males at Grasfontein
are being arrested. There is plenty of
evidence that they were assisting the
Boers.
QUIET AT MADRID.
UNRULY ELEMENT FEARS IRON
HAND OF GEX. WEYLER.
MADRID, Feb. 15.—The minister of the
Interior, Sencr Urgarte, in the course of
an interview, asserted that calm reigned
In all the provinces, and that if the same
pacific behavior of the people continued
until after the carnival next week. mar.
tial law would be discontinued in Madrid,
and throughout Spain, exoept in Cata
lonia.
Gen. Weyler says that for the present
rigorous martial law will be maintained,
but that, if the same tranquillty con
tinues as has characterized the last two
days, he will soon issue a milder procla
mation.
El Heraldo publishes a proclamation by
Gen. Weyler, saying that he will do his
best to avoid interfering with the pow
ers of the civil authority, but that as
martial law has been proclaimed his duty
is to maintain order, independent of all
political questions.
Madrid remains perfectly calm.
although the talk of a probable change
ot minittry after the carnival is very
strong.
El Dia has been suppressed.
Two persons were killed and several
others wounded yesterday in Granada.
WHOLE FAMILY INDICTED
SWEEPING REPORT OF GRAM)
JURY IX PRIYCE-KEXXEDY CASE.
| KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 15.—Mrs. Lulu
Prince-Kennedy, her father, Charles W.
Prince, and her two brothers, William
and Albert Prince, will be tried for the
murder on Jan. 1 last of Philip H. Ken
nedy, contracting agent of the Mer
chants' Dispatch company. Mrs. Ken
nedy, who shot and killed her husband,
was today indicted by the grand jury for
murder in the first degree. T-.ater war
rants against her father and brothers,
charging them with being accomplices in
the crime, were issued, at the instigation
of the county prosecuting attorney. The
trial was set for the April tern of court.
"William Prince was arrested just as
he was leaving his sister's eel!, where
he had been visiting her. He was prompt
ly locked up. Later the elder Prince was
arrested and locked up in a cell near his
son. Albert Prince, who is a traveling
I mandolin player, is out of the city, but it
is t«'.leved the officers knew where to
reach him.
The killing of Kennedy was the culmin
ation of a sensational wedding which he
had brought suit to have set aside, as
serting that it had been"forced.
IN MEMORIAM.
James Whltcomb Rlley's Fo«m on
the Lute Maurtpe Thompson.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ihd., Feb. 15.—James
Whitcomb Kiley wrote this poem for the
Indianapolis News On Maurice Thomp
son, who died at Crawfordsville today:
MAURICE THOMPSON.
He would have holiday—outworn in
S'joth.
Would turn again to seek the old re
lease.
The open fields—the loved haunts of his
youth.
The woods, the waters, and the paths
of .peace.
The rest—the recreati6n he would choose,
Be his abidingly; long has he served
And greatly—aye, and greatly let us use
Our grief and yield him nobly as de
served.
Perchance—with subtler senses than our
own - .. ■
And love exceeding ours—he listens
thus
To ever-nearer, clearer pipings blown
From out the lost lands of Theocri
tus.
Or, haply is he beckoned from us here
By knight or yeoman of the bosky
wood.
Or, chained in roses, haled a prisoner,
Before the blithe, immortal Robin
Hood.
Or, mayhap, Chaucer signals, and with
him
And his rare fellows he goes pilgrim
ing;
Or Walton signs him, o'er the morning
brim
Of mystic waters, midst the dales of
spring.
Ho! wheresoe'er he goes, or whosoe'er
He fares with, he has bravely earned
the boon.
Be his the open, and the glory there
Of April buds, May blossoms and flow
ers of June.
Be his the glittering dawn, the twinkling
dew,
The breathless pool or gush of laugh
ing streams.
Be his the triumph of the coming true
Of all his lovliest dreajns.
DECLARATION OF WAR
RUMORED IN CHINA
SAID THAT SEVEN NATIONS HAVE
JOINED—NO CONFIRMATION
obtainable:. —
TIEN TSIN, Feb. 15.-It is reported
here that. seven nations today declared
war against China: [
LONDON, Feb. i6.—The Tien Tsin dis
patches, regarding the declaration of
war against China by seven nations, is
not confirmed from any other source.
Possibly this is only 'another version of
the reported German ultimatum.
BERLIN, Feb. 15.-i-The Berliner Ta
geblatt publishes the following from its
Pekin correspondent:
"A big expedition comprising only Ger
mans has been ordered for eighty days,
leaving only the marine battalions in
Pekin."
A dispatch received this morning from
Field Marshal Count yon Waldersee, dat
ed Pekin, Thursday, Feb. 14, says that
Maj. de La Teresa, has been sent with
a small column southwest from Tien
Tsin. The dispatch, adds that Gen. yon
Troth with his mounted men returned
Feb. 12.
PEKIN, Feb. 10.-jThe Chinese peace
plenipotentiaries h. i'e replied to the
latest telegram from the imperial court
that the decision of the foreign envoys
with respect to the punishment of the
guilty is irrevocable^ although the sen
tence upon Gen. Tung Fu Hsiang can
be suspended "until Buch time as it
comes within the power of the court to
place him in restraint, when his death
will be demanded."
Although there have been no official
communications on the subject between
the envoys and the Chinese plenipoten
tiaries, there have been long official con
sultations between the latter and M.
de Giers ane% Sir Ernest Satow, the
Russian and British ministers. A def
inite reply from the court is not expect
ed before the end :of the new year
celebrations, at least ten days off, but
the envcys believe that the court must
yield.
BROKE INTO A DEPOT.
KANSAS SMASHERS MAY FIHD
THEMSELVES W HOT WATER.
GOFFS, Kan., Feb.! 15.—Fifteen masked
women broke into the Missouri Pacitic
freight depot here tonight and destroyed
fifteen jugs of whisky and four kegs of
beer. Breaking into a freight depot is
a penitentiary offence, and the Missouri
Pacific officials announce that detectives
will be brought here ti> learn the identity
of the women conctiued in the affair.
The destruction of the. liquor, it is con
tended, was unlawful as the depot is not
a saloon and the liquor came from an
other state. It is believed that an ex
ample will be made of the raiders, if
possible, to prevent raids on depots in
other parts of the state.
The women raided a.ll the "joints" here
"Wednesday, and a determined fig-lit
against the saloons has been kept up
since then.
- " - >. ... " -——^
WEYLEB TAKES THE STAGE AGAIN.
II IN I 1111
PROBABLE LOSS OF SIXTY LIVES
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
COLLIERY
FIRE FOLLOWED EXPLOSION
WRECKING OF THE SHAFT LEFT
THE MEN NO CHANCE OF
ESCAPE
HEROIC EFFORTS AT RESCUE
At Last Accounts Those Trying? to
Save Their Fellow Worker*
Were Still Baffled by
the Flames.
VICTORIA, B. C, Feb. 15.— An explo
sion that it is feared will be one of the
most horrible mine accidents in the his
tory of the dominion occurred this lore
noon at the Union mines, owned by the
Wellington Colliery company, -of which
James Dunsnmir, the premier of the
province, is the principal shareholder.
Telegraphic advices received so far give
no complete story of the accident, but
newspaper correspondents are now hur.
rying by steamers and tug boats to the
scene and the fall facts will shortly
be obtainable. As near as can be gath
ered, the explosion took place about 1\
o'clock this forenoon in No. 6 shaft, one
of the workings of the big coal mine
there. This particular shaft is situated
in the village of Cumberland. There
were si\ty men in it when the explosion
took place and not one of them escaped.
The explosion
IGNITED THE MINE,
wrecking the shaft from midway down
to the bottom and filling it wlth'a solid
mass of rocks, earth and timbers. The
first explosion was followed by several
more, while the dense volume of smoke
issuing from the vent-holes indicated on
ly too truly that fire as well as g.is was
doing its destructive work below. As
soon as practicable after the accident
the men of the morning shift in No. 5
organized a reselling party. No. 5 ia situ
ated about a mile from No. (5, but the two
workings are connected by a tunnel, .md
through this channel an attempt' was
made to help the unfortunate fellows in
the wrecked shaft. They had not cut
their way many yards through the debris i
when they encountered fire, which ren- !
dered the place untenable md obliged the I
party to desist for a time. They soon
returned to their apparently hopeless task
and labored heroically until, overcome at
last by gas and smoke, they reluctantly
withdrew from No. 5 and commenced
work on a long cut from No. 4, the only
other means of reaching the- men. "Work
on this was prosecuted with the greatest
vigor until abatement of the fire in No.
5 enabled them once more to return
there.
SOME MAY BF. SAVED.
Later news is somewhat more encour
aging, it being stated that the fans are i
again working, that the cage has.got 175
fec-t and is still going down in No. 4
shaft.
Immediately upon re^ipt of the news
today at the head office of the Duns
muir company here, a special train was
made up and proceeded at 1:15 o'clock to
Nrinaimo. premier Diinsmuir is not home
from Ottawa, but his confidential rep%
resenlative, A. L. Lindsday, his son, Rob
ert Dunsmuir; Mr. Little, the superin
tendent of the mine, and Inspector of
Mines Morgan left on this special. At
Nanaimo, which was reached this even
ing, the Dunsmuir steamer Joan await
ed them, and on her they will procoed
sixty miles by water to Union bay, th<3
remaining six miles by land to Cumber,
land to be made on the Dunsmuir colliery
railway.
The scene of the acciJent will be reach
ed by midnight.
Dr. Walkeni, the colliery surgeon, will
join the party of officials at NaraiF"-.
and will accompany them to the mine.
JSven should the rescuing party iv&^h
the interior of the wrecked workings
tonight there is little hope for any of
the men locked up in the shaft.
John Byrnes, ex-member of parliament,
brother-in-law of the premier and <\ i
manager of the Dunsmuir mining busi
ness, said that scarcely any hope coul.l
bo held out for the m«n. The only way
by which any of them could escape
would be by reaching some of the remote
portions of the- mine- to which the fatal
pas and smokf- could not penetrate. The
gas in a coal rr.ine. he said, did its work
in a few minutes. Hence the hopelessness
of th<^ task of saving men who had been
in it for hojrs.
The last report of the inspector of
mines reported the shaft as complying
with the regulations governing coal
mines.
Olivia Press Changes Ha ml a.
OL.IVIA. Minn.. Feb. 15.—(Special.)—The
Olivia Press has been purchased by Lewis
E. George, from the Press Publishing
company, and will be run as an independ
ent paper hereafter.
PRICE TWO CB'NTSHgrvKaa^
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
Fair.
I—Subsidy Bill Goes Over.
Interview With Oom Paul.
Death In Coal Mine.
Hamilton Defense Rests.
2—Death of A. R. Dalrymple.
Gen. Schvran Retired.
Democrats May Confer.
Marlsch In St. Louis.
Legislative Doings.
News of Northwest.
4—Editorial Page.
The Golden. Idol (Fiction).
Weekly Financial Reviews.
s—-Spotting; News.
The Fight That Fizzled.
Day's Doings in London.
News of the Railroads. '
Popular Wants.
Markets of the World.
Chicago May Wheat, 75 1-2*;.
Bar Silver, Ole
. Stocks Generally Higher.
8-Rogan Gets Five. Years.
Lived on Three Continents.
Bremer>s Busy Day.
WEATHER FOR TODA"X.
Minnesota—Fair Saturday and probably
Sunday; variable winds, becoming south
easterly.
lowa—Fair Saturday aaid probably Sun
day; variable winds, becoming- .southeast
erly.
Upper Michigan-Fair Saturday and
probably Sunday; variable winds.
■Wisconsin—Fair Saturday and probably
Sunday; variable wines.
North Dakota—Probably snow or rain
with rising temperature Saturday; Sun
day fair; southeasterly, shifting to north
westerly winds.
South Dakota—Partly cloudy Saturday
and Sunday; southeasterly winds.
Montana—Kain or snow Saturday; Sun
day fair and colder; southwesterly, shift
ing to northwesterly winds.
St. Paul — Yesterday's observations,
taken by the United States weather bu
reau, St. Paul, P. P. Lyons, observer, for
the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock
last night.—Barometer corrected for tem
perature and elevation: Highest temper
ature, 27; lowest temperature, 22; average
temperature, 25; daily range, 5; barome
ter, 29.1/8; humidity, 83; precipitation,
trace; 7 p. m., temperature, 26; weather,
clear; wind, northwest.
Yesterday Temperatures—
t, »« , *BpmHighl •SpmHigh
Battleford ."..14 22 Chicago 30 32
Bismarck 28 a4Cincinnati . 44 50
Calgary 31 SO Cleveland 2' ■>•
Duluthj 26 2C Galveston ....'64 58
Edmonton ...24 21 Jacksonville 54 CO
Havre 38 40 Marquette ...20 °2
Helena 44 41 Montgomery .52 st;
Huron 30 44 (Montreal . !...20 £0
Medicine Hat 36 3C Nashville 52 60
Minnedosa ...18 ..'New Orleans.s4 62
jPrinee Albert. 14 24 New York 36 '-6
Qu'Appelle ...14 20 Philadelphia \34 40
(Swift Current 22 3J Pittsburg ....32 36
Willlston 24 28 S. Francisco..62 ?A
Winnipeg —18 22 St. Louis 48 5S
Buffalo 22 24 Salt Lake ...36 38
Cheyenne —36 40 Ste. Marie ...14 20
♦Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
OCEAN LINERS.
New York—Arrived: Noordland, Ant
werp; Mannheim, Rotterdam. Island,
Copenhagen, etc.; Sardinian, Glasgow.
Sailed: Koenigen Luise, Bremen, via
Southampton.
Manila—Arrived: Thyra, Portland, Or.,
via Honolulu.
Liverpool—Arrived: Rhynland, Phila
delphia.
Rotterdam—Arrived: Amsterdam. New
York.
Genoa—Arrived: Amsterdam, Nf-w
York. Auguste Victoria, New York, via
Algiers, for Alexandria, etc.
Naples—Sailed: Columbia, New York.
Boulogne—Sailed: Phoenicia, from
Hamburg. New York.
Moville —Sailed: Ethiopia, from Glas
gow, New York.
Queenstown—Sailed: New Englanel,
from Liverpool, Boston.
Philadelphia—Sailed: Ikbal, Liverpool.
Tory Island—Passed: Siberian, Port
land, Me., for Glasgow.
Queenstown—Arrived: Lucania. New
York, for Liverpool and proceeded.
Yokohama -Sailed: Olympla, fa>m
Hongkong, Tacoma.
AROUND THE HOTELS.
At the Ryan—Arthur W. Kilbourne,
Rochester: J. N. Stone and wife. Anoka;
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Ingram. Eau Claire,
Wis.: F. A. Bristol, Fargo, N. p.; C. W.
Towle, Guy Desparois, Sioux City, 10.
At the Clarendon—J. M. Bayer. Moor
head; A. Wilkinson, Crookston; P. El
liott and wife, Fargo, N. D.; W. T.
Budlebough, Winona; Thomas Coleman.
Fridley: William Stevermer, Blue Earth;
L. C. George, Olivia; J. L. Meyer, Little
Falls; P. H. Rahilly, Lake City; A. W.
Kingsbury, Winona: E. N. Beede, Glas
gow, Mont.: John M. Kivlahon, Loun
send, Mont.; A. L. Gates, E. H. Selvig,
Spokane, Wash.; T. O'Donnell, Duluth;
Harry M. Case, Blue Earth; C. J.
Mealey, Melrose.
At the Windsor—H. C. Howe, W. W.
Hastings, Owatonna; P. Kroshus, Glen
wood; G. Comstock, Zumbrota; E. ts.
Clair, Big Lumber; H. Leonard, Wa
basha; C 11. March. J. B. Atkinson. A.
P. Eastman, Litohfield; R. A. St.m«\
Morris: P. C. Hogan, New Paynesville;
J. D. Smilh. Oskosh: J. R. Cameron, D.
Vannit, O. J. Barnes. Grand Forks, N.
D.; C. B. Kelly, Duluth; Mrs. F. A. Long
and Miss Bloser, Wilson, Wis.'; C. A.
Morey, Winona.
At the Merchants—F. E. Otis. Duluth;
FT A. Sullivan, East Grand Forks; IS.
Bates. Grand Forks. N. D.; W. F. 1 uke.
Aberdeen. S. D.; O. L. Suterea, Graf ton.
N. D.; E. E. Herman. Devils Lake. N.
D.; P. Walsh, R. A. Fox. Detroit: Otto
O. TalleproH, Grand Forks, N. D.; John
M. Dahlby, Moorhoad; G. A. Herolz. Lin
ton N. D.; E. F. Larson and wife, Du
rand, Wis.; Frank D. Reid, M. A. De
huff, Spokane. Wash.: G. W. Rice, Seat
tle. Wash.; C. E. Linn. Sioux City: G. 13.
Ogshuing. Anoka; J. W. Sarsent. Du
luth: J. A. King, Shakopee: F. I.aufen
bureer Faribault; Fred Tiedt, Argyle;
C. J. Campbell. Fargo, N. D.; G. A. F.rix
on, J. R. Howard. Willmar; W. H. Kline.
West Superior, Wis.: J. B. Iverson and
wife, Hardwick: A. G. Parker. Ashland.
Wis.; A. Bauer. Two Harbors; V?. A.
Randall, Winona; H. O. Forsyth. Butte,
Mont.
At the Metropolitan—Thos. McConneil.
Omaha: Mr. and Mrs. P. Elliott. Fargo;
Mrs. Lyman T. Baird, Austin; Mr. and
Mrs. O." Jones. St. Peter; E. G. Baldwin.
Sioux City; "Win. C. Roberts. Yanktori.
P D ; John Elkhart. T.iifooln. Neb.; Bert
Emmons, Little Falls; M. A. Lansdon,
Duluth.
AX KING FOR BATTLE.
SAL.OOX SMASHING AT WIXFIEL.iI.
KA\., MAY CAUSE BLOODSHED.
WINFIELD, Kan., Feb. 15.—A riot Is
threatened here as a result of the crusale
recently instituted against the "jointists."
rPhe saloon men have many sympathizers
who deny that the crusaders have a right
to destroy saloon property. The partisans
of each faction are arming-, and a clash
between them is imminent. Several min-.
isters have been warned to leave the
town or suffer the consequences. Sa
loonkeepers have, however, agroed to
close at midnight, and to exclude slot
machines from the barrooms.
OFFICIALPAPER
OF THE
OiTT OF ST. PAUL.
11111
THE HAMILTON TRIAL IS FAS^
DRAWING TO AN
END
LOOKS BRIGHTER FOR ACCUSED
THE CONFESSION SWORN TO BY!
ROONEY IS COMPLETELY /
DISCREDITED
PROF. ERDMANN ON THE STAND
He Maintains Positively That AUL
the Wounds Could Not Have
Been Inflicted by
One Knife.
The defense in the Hamilton trial has
rested, and all that now remains before
the fmal speeches of counsel and the
court's charge to the jury is rebuttal
evidence on the part of the state.
Regarded as a whole the case for the
defense seerr.s to be a strong one All
the witnesses who testified on Hamilton's
behalf swore that he was at no time in
the progress O f the scuffle seen with a
knife, and several of them were abso
lutely positive that the Rooney confea-
AL SMITH,
Assistant County Attorney, Cross-Exam-,
in ing.
slon is a myth. Their stories were clear
and straightforward, end in all essential
points mutually corroborative. There can
be no doubt that the story of the alleged
•confession," as related by ex-Officer
Rooney, is not now implicitly believed by
the jury after the positive contradiction
it has received at. the hands of several
trustworthy witnesses, one of whom, Dr.
Murray, swearing that he took special
pains to prevent vhat he termed a "head
quarters" confession.
EEDMANN AGAIN TESTIFIES.
Dr. Erclffiunn, the anatomical expert,
continued his testimony, and maintain
ed that some of the wounds Inflicted on.
Day must, from their peculiar nature,
been delivered from behind.
••Are you prepared to say that in you?
opinion the wound on the head, Uip fatal
wound, and the one opposite the arm pit
could not have teen made by the bijj
knife blade?" he was a^ked.
"No," said the doctor, "not If you
include the mortal injury."
Mr. Smith had a suspicious-looking
package on the table before him, which
was later discovered to be a skeleton. He
asked the witness if he would be able
to describe the wounds made on Day by
the aid of the skeleton.
"No, sir," replied the witness, "for
the reason that there is no soft structure
on th'> skeleton."
Mr Smith then tried a new tack. "Sup*
pose I remove my collar and necktie,"
he said, "could you show the jury (in
me?" Mr. Smith proceeded to divest
himself of these articles of apparel tie
then stood before- the jury while Dr.
Erdmann took the blood-stained knile
and, standing behind the witness and
in front of the jury, he brought the mur
derous weapon dcrwn over the attorney's
shoulder to indicate his point, that the
blows or cuts must have been delivered
iillfeSlilill
L V ■—as3^
DR. J. T. STONE.
Medical Expert
on Day from the rear. In other words,
that the edgo of the knife must have
been toward tho murdered man's hack. .
The wound on the head, he said, could
not have been made by the same Instru
ment that produced the fatal wouna.
The other wounds could have been ln-»
flicted by the knife in evidence.
HAMILTON'S FACE WAS BRUISED.
Dr. George E. Ricker was the next
witness. He said he had lived in Min
neapolis for sixteen years.
On the Sunday of the tragedy he called
or. Mr. Hamilton. He found a lump on
his forehead near the edge of the hair.
There were other contusions over his
face. All of the marks might have been
made by one instrument.
Arthur J. Pegler was next called, lie
testified that he knew Hamilton well,
and called upon him at tne city hall
the next morning
"Did you notice his face?"
"Yes, sir; his face appeared swollen.
Hie forehead was swollen on the right
side, his eye was discolored, and the
side of his nose was swollen. He
couldn't wear his hat straight."
Mr. Pegler was excused without cross
examination.
Paul Gyllstrom, a reporter on tha
Times, was the next witness. He was
at the 'West hotel on the morning of the
tragedy—arrived there about 3 o'clock.
In all the time he was there he did n'>t
hear Hamilton say anything whatever
regarding the affair.
"You were not beside Hamilton and the
officer all the time you were there, were
you?" asked Mr. Boardman.
"No, sir."
Dr. J. L. Stone, Hamilton's .physician,
visited the prisoner at the lockup the
Sunday evening of the tragedy. He saw
bruises on Hamilton's head. There was
a pronounced one on the forehead near
the hair line. There was another just
above the eyebrow and still another
Continued on Second I'nm-.