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THE WEATHER:
In St. Paul and vicinity today.
Fair and Warmer.
VOL. XXVI.—NO. 325.
INITIAL POSTAL
FRAUD TRIAL FAILS
D. V. Miller, Former Assistant Attorney General of the
United States, and Joseph M, Johns Are Acquitted of
the Charge of Conspiracy to Extort a Bribe From
John J. Ryan—Their Second Trial.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 20.—D. V.
Miller, of Ten c Haute, ex-assistant
United States attorney general, and
Joseph M. Johns, of Roekville, End.,
were tonight acquitted of the charge of
conspiracy to extort a bribe from John
J. Ryan, made by the postoffiee de
partment. The verdict of' "not guiity"
was received by the crowd with dem
onstrations that could not be sup
pressed by the court officers. Miller
and Johns and their attorneys were
overwhelmed with congratulations.
The defendants finally broke away
from Die crowd of friends to shake
hands with the jurors, and wept like
clilldi en as they <li<i so.
chief Postofflce Inspector Cochran,
>!]■. Robb, assistant attorney general
Cor the postofnVe department, ami oth
ers from Washington who had assisted
District Attorney McPherson and As
sistants Moullnier and Darby in the
prosecution, left for the East v>eforo
the verdict was rendered.
It was Saturday midnight when the
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RULE IS RELAXED
Relating to Burning of Timber
Refuse on Reservation.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 20.—The
Interior department has telegraphed in
structions to its representatives at the
Leech Lake Indian reservation in Min
nesota to give wide publicity to the
fact that^Rule 8, of the regulations
governing the sale of the timber there
for the benefit of the Indians, in so far
us it relates to the removal and burn
ing of refuse, will be reasonably con
strued and liberally administered by
the department and no further remov
als or burnings will be required than
are actually necessary to prevent for
est fires. Rule 8 provides that all
chunks, knotty sections or other util
ized portions of trees, as wtll as
branches, must be piled and as much
as possible piled together to insure
clean burning.
Many of the agents of lumber com
panies are objecting to this rule and
say if the rules were strictly enforced
It would greatly diminish the amount
to be received from the pine. The de
partment, however, Is of the opinion
it Is its duty to prevent tops and
refuse endangering standing timber,
but has issued instructions to the su
perintendent of logging at Cass Lake,
which, while making the regulations
flexible, will permit the matter to be
controlled by the department and not
by the purchaser of logs.
FORTY MILLION FOR
PANAMA CANAL
Standard Oil Company and New York
Bank Prepare to Pay the Amount.
Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—The World
■ays the Standard Oil company and
National City bank are preparing to
pay $40,000,000 for the Panama canal,
in accordance with an agreement with
the government.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
Jury reported at the first trial last
month that it -was unable to agree.
The present trial has continued since
Monday .morning. The Jury retired
shortly before 3 p. m.. and rendered Its
verdict in six hours. It Is understood
that doubt was expressed in the Jury
room as to Miller's connection with
the transactions between Johns and
Ryan. The charge of Judge Thomp
son during the afternoon occupied an
hour in its delivery and was very
strong.
Considering the-charge to the Jury
the verdict was a surprise, as the gen
eral prediction was that the Jury
would again be unable to agree on a
verdict. The federal officials acknowl
edge their disappointment In the out
come, but express some satisfaction in
a definite result. The government offi
cials state that this case was not like
any of the other postal cases that are
pending, as it simply dealt with the ac
tion of Miller when he was an assist
ant attorney in the postofflce depart
ment. • ■ —_ • .
Postal Frauds.
WOULD POISON CZAR
Attempt Is Made to Kill Entire
Royal Family.
Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—World's
Berlin cable: Report says the lives of
the czar, czarina and the whole Rus
sian royal family were recently at
tempted, and sinister reports come of
the sudden death of the little Duchess
of Hesse. It is rumored that she was
poisoned. The attempt to poison the
whole family was made at Skiernewice
at a family reunion.
THE NEWS INDEXED.
PAGE I.
Miller and Johns Acquitted.
Despondent Mother Tries to Kill Her
self and Two Children.
Investigating Gen. Wood.
PAGE 11.
Secretary Maxwell Discusses Irriga
tion.
Commissioner Ohage Orders Streets
Cleaned.
PAGE 111.
Soldiers' Monument Unveiled.
PAGE IV.
Editorial Comments.
Weekly Review of Trade.
PAGE V.
News of the Sporting World.
Yale to Meet Harvard.
Prize Fight for Minneapolis.
PAGE VI.
Railroad News.
$90,000 Fire in Minneapolis.
Colombia-Panama Difficulty.
Northwest News.
PAGE VII.
Of Interest to Women.
PAGE VIII.
Chicago Strike May End Today.
Globe Popular Wants.
PAGE IX.
Market Record.
PAGE X.
Grand Jury Calls Other Witnesses.
Asks $5,000 for Assault.
The Only Democratic Newspaper of Genera/ Circulation in the Northwest,
SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 21,1903.—TEN PAGES.
GETS AFTER GEN.
WOOD VERY HARD
Senate Committee Subpoenas
Witnesses In Matter of
Rathbone's Charges.,
WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 20.-
Summons issued by the senate mili
tary affaire committee were served to
night on Ernst Lee Conant, of the
New York law firm of Page & Conant,
citing him to appear before the com
mittee in connection with the investi
gation of Brig. Gen. Wood, whose con
firmation as major general is opposed.
The subpoena was issued at the re
quest of Maj. Rathbone. Mr. Conant
will be expected to give testimony as
to the Jai Alai, the alleged gambling
establishment, which Gen. Wood is
charged with having given a ten-year
concession to operate In Havana.
Mr. Conant went to Cuba as an at
tache of the exacuation commission,
and while there he acted as the legal
adviser of Gen. Ludlow, in command of
the department of Havana. Later he
served Gen. Wood in the same capac
ity, and it is declared he Is competent
to give some inside facts relating to
the manner In which the concession to
the Jai Alai was obtained. One wit
ness summoned by the military affairs
committee is Herbert J. Brown, a
newspaper man, who was in Cuba dur
ing the American occupation. He is
said to have made an inquiry into the
Jai Alai. Maj. James E. Runcie, now
practicing law in Havana, has sent a
cablegram to the committee, stating
that he will be in Washington Tuesday.
He will be examined by the committee
in reference to his statement that Gen
Wood Inspired an article In the North
American Review reflecting on the ad
ministration of Maj. Gen. John Brooke.
Maj. Rathbone filed specific written
charges with the committee today. He.
alleged that Gen. Wood, while mili
tary governor of Cuba, had accepted
money from the Jai Alai, and asserted
that he had made a personal friend
and boon companion of an ex-convlct.
He charged him with giving instruc
tions of an entirely unconstitutional
and un-American character to the
courts.
With reference to the charge that
Gov. Gen. Wood had exceeded his au
thority in giving instructions to the
courts, Maj. Rathbone said that tha
general had pursued this course in the
Cuban postal case, when he (Rath
bone) was under prosecution.
THE SUNDAY GLOBE
Tomorrow's Globe ffP^ w 4 nSi (P^li<s4 TB)2iSh&& and wiU faMy
will consist of lr&u(ly syUll§l//(l '■■'■ lr<Slg^ represent the
highest deueiopment of the art of newspaper making. :/: It will include: Magazine
Section, Comic Section. News Section, Foreign and Local Feature Section, Special
Thanksgiving Section. The matter presented willcover.these features:
What the East Thinks of Russia—
A copyright article by William
Thorp, beautifully Illustrated In
colors, treating the subject faith
fully and In entertaining fashion.
How to Build a Real Home for
$2,000 —A descriptive Illustrated
article in colons and half-tone,
giving practical plans suggestions
that are of actual value.
Fantasies in Stoles, Pelerines and
Furs —Magnificently illustrated in
colors, with descriptive text by a
fashion authority.
Rastus and His Hunch—Humorous
ly illustrating in colors the diffi
culties that beset Uncle Rastua in
securing his Thanksgiving dinner.
The Inventive Bobby — How he
made a bolt and how it worked.
The best type of boy fun. In
colors.
What the First Ward Improvement
Association Has Accomplished—
A history of the organization and
work of a progressive body of
citizens.
All the news of the world that is printable. Order your Sunday Globe
today and see that you get all the sections.
THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME.
MOTHER ATTEMPTS
TERRIBLE DEED
While Despondenf She Tries to
Kill Herself and Two Chil
dren With Poison.
Fearing that she would not recover
from the ordeal through which Bhe
realized she must soon pass, but would 1
meet the fate as her mother and sis
ter had under similar circumstances,
Mrs. Frank Kovarlk, 845 James street,
yesterday afternoon drank about five
ounces of diluted carbolic acid and
then tried to end the lives of her two
little children by forcing them to also
drink of the poison.
The woman is at the city hospital In
a very critical condition. She had not
recovered consciousness early this
morning, and the physicians have little
hope of her recovery.
Neither of the children swallowed
much of the poison, and although* they
were made deathly ill and their mouths
were badly burned by the acid, both
responded quickly when antidotes were
applied and were out of danger last
night.
Soon after the mother arrived at the
hospital she became the mother of a
full grown babe by the Caesarean op
eration. The child, it is believed by
physicians, will live.
Little Daughter Discovers the Tragedy.
Mrs. Kovarik was found lying on
her bed at home unconscious, while her
two little children were suffering from
the poison. Her daughter, Mary, a
girl twelve years of age, made the dis
covery when she returned from school
shortly after 3:30 o'clock. The girl was
badly frightened, but after trying in
vain to rouse her mother rushed to
the drug store of Dr. W. J. Hovorka,
half a mile away, to summon a physi
cian. She also telephoned for her fa
ther, who is employed as a laborer at
the St. Paul foundry.
When Dr. Hovorka arrived he found
the woman in a critical condition and
immediately had her removed to the
hospital.
The children recovered sufficiently
within an hour to tell of the terrible
deed which their despondent and half
crazed mother had attempted.
According to their story the mother
went to J. P. Jelinek's drug store, Sev
enth and James streets, about 2 o'clock
Continued on Third Page.
Uncle Pike Wins His Turkey—Un
cle Pike is a creation. He prom
ises to be funny, and is a hit to
start. In colors.
The Monk's Wild Turkey Hunt—
An animal funny story in colored
pictures that will amuse the chil
dren.
Ye Grave Offense—Dealing with the
beginnings of Thanksgiving when
witches went about. In colors.
The inspiration of Thanksgiving—
A most entertaining story of the
origin of this characteristically
American holiday.
Old Scrap Books—The remarkable
collection of clippings m^de by a
St. Paul woman during the past
thirty-five years show many
curious things.
The Rise and Fall of West St. Paul
—By William Pitt Murray. The
tale of a pretentious boom of the
early days of St. Paul.
Early Days in Montana —Some of
the experiences of former Gov.
N. P. Langford recalled by an an
niversary.
CUBAN TREATY BILL
MAY CO OVER
ITlftl Uy U f Lit
Likelihood of the Adjournment
of the Extra Session Next
Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 20.—The
Democratic senators, at a caucus held
this afternoon, decided to consider the
Cuban bill on Us merits and confine
the discussion to the bill itself without
bringing in collateral questions. This
means that no tariff amendments will
be offered and that the tariff question
will not be discussed.
The conclusion was reached at the
end of a long discussion. The session
was said to be quite harmonious and
the decision reached was practically
unanimous. It was stated that the
Democrats want It understood that in
reaching this agreement they have not
abandoned the fight on the tariff, but
that they believe they can reach the
tariff in some other way.
The attitude of the Democrats
means early action on the Cuban bill
and the prospects are for the final
adjournment of the extra session on
Wednesday, with an agreement to
vote after a week of debate in the
regular session if the Republicans
make the minority such a proposition.
The whole time in the senate today
was devoted to debating a motion to
refer the Cuban treaty to the commit
tee on foreign relations. The party
line was sharply drawn in the discus
sion, the Republicans advocating such
reference and the Democrats contend
ing the measure should go to the
committee on finance. The motion
prevailed without division. The de
bate served to bring out some inci
dental references to the merits of the
bill. Mr. Allison denied that there was
any purpose of revising the tariff by
reciprocity treaties.
Strong opposition has developed In
the house 1% a P adjournment of the
special session prior to the passage of
the bill to make the Cuban treaty ef
fective. Leaders of the house base
their opposition to the programme sug
gested on the ground that a special
session having been convoked by the
president for a specific purpose it
would not be courteous to adjourn un
til action is had, and also contend
that speedy legislation is needed in or
der to accomuHsh the purpose for
which congress was "called together.
The Woman's Page of New Ideas—
Serviceable suggestion-, aijout a
lot of things from tht renovating
of furs to the making of cran
berry sauce.
Mrs. Chaffee, who will be the "first
lady of the army," talks of her
husband, home and family.
Baron Munchausen Seeks and Finds
Employment —By John Kendrick
Bangs. A clever satire by this
popular writer.
Books and Their Writers—What is
doing among the makers of books,
A review of the week's activity.
The Drama — Comprehensively and
fairly discussed for the enlighten
ment and entertainment of the
public.
Society—Doings of St. Paul people
in the social whirl.
Tales of the Sea —Good stories of
the men who command the great
ocean liners.
Stories of Foreign Lands — From
The Globe's special London cor
respondent.
PEICE TWO CENTS. RVKftr*
MAFIA MYSTERY IS
NEARER SOLUTION
Street Car Conductor Says That Saivadore Battalia
Boarded Minnehaha Car Wednesday Night With Two
Other Italians, One of Them the Suspect, Antonio
Calderone, Whom He Identifies by Photograph.
Antonio Calderone, suspected of the murder of Saivadore Battalia, spent
»/l^f ! UFS Thursday ln Branka's saloon, 315 East Seventh street, St. Paul.
While there he told the saloonkeeper that Battalia had been murdered, and
added:
"The man who done It has not been arrested."
Police find two knives and a bloody rag near the scene of the murder.
Alvla D. Souci, conductor of a Mln
nehaha street car, was shown the body
of Salvadore Battalia, the murdered
man, shortly before midnight and at
once Identified It as that of one of
three Italians who boarded his car at
8:56 p. m. Wednesday, at First avenue
south and Washington avenue, and left
It at 9:11 p. m. at Franklin avenue.
Souci was also shown a picture of
Antonio Calderone, which he identified
as that of a second member of the trio.
Souci says the three Italians, after
leaving the car, walked along Franklin
avenue In the direction of the bridge.
, That Antonio Calderone, the man
wanted by the police for the murder
of Salvadore Battalia, is in St. Paul,
and that he is being sheltered by
friends, is the opinion of the police of
this city. They are untiring in their
Bearch for the man.
That another man, either an accom
plice of the murderer or a friend of
Battalia, Is also In St. Paul, and that
this latter is also concealed, is anoth-
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Col. Melvin Grigsby, Rough Rider, Is Turned Down by
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 20.—C01. Melvin Grigsby, of South Dakota,
accompanied by Senators McCumber and Gamble, called on the president
today. Col. Grigsby came here under orders from the department of Jus
tice, sent by direction of the president, to answer questions as to his
conduct as district attorney at Nome, Alaska. He wished to talk with
the president about the matter today, but Mr. Roosevelt declined to go
Into the details of the question. He said that was a matter for the at
torney general to decide, and advised Mr. Grigsby and the senators to go
to the department of justice.
Mr. Grigsby and Senator McCumber went to the department this aft
ernoon, and the district attorney made his statement in defense to Mr.
Knox. He declared the charges against him were not supported by affi
davits or sworn testimony, and therefore should not be accepted as true.
The attorney general did not express an opinion on the case.
President Roosevelt allowed Grigsby to return to Alaska last spring
despite the fact that the district attorney had highly offended the attorney
general by insubordination in leaving his post when ordered not to do
so. Under the circumstances, the president is not disposed to show much
leniency, now that further charges have been filed against Grigsby. The
allegations were investigated by special agents and sustained.
—Walter E. Clark.
FACE SAVES PURSE
Men Desist From Robbing Girl
Because She Is Pretty.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20. —Because she
was pretty Miss Pearl Jenkins, escap
ed with good grace from two men who
robbed her of a gold watch, last night.
Miss Jenkins, who Is nineteen years
old, was walking south in Michigan
, avenue when two young men approach
ed her, according to her report of the
robbery to the police. One of them
seized both hands and held them until
they could unfasten her watch from a
'chain. The other made a motion as
if to seize the silver chatelaine bag
containing a purse which hung from
the joung woman's belt, when he stop
ped suddenly.
"No, I won't take it," the robber said.
"It's a shame to, rob so pretty a girl."
For a moment Miss Jenkins was too
dumfounded to speak. As the robbers
turned to go one of them said:
"We would give" you back your
watch, young lady, but we have got to
make expenses tonight."
Calls on National Banks.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov. 20.—The
comptroller of the currency has issued a
call for the condition of national banks
at the close of business Nov. 17.
READ THE GLOBE
The Only LIVE Mown
paper In St. Paul.
er theory on which the police ara
working.
Proof has been obtained that two
men connected with the mysterious
Franklin street bridge murder sought
refuge in St. Paul after the crime was
committed, and as one was severely
wounded, and as the other was seen in
a saloon, where he spent several hours
Thursday afternoon, the police con
clude that both men are in the city.
Whether the long trail of blood on
University avenue, from Minneapolis
to Dale street, was made by one of
Battalia's slayers or by a friend who
escaped his fate, is not known. It is
supposed that, if the man was a friend
of the victim, he is hiding and fears
to divulge the Information he possesses
on account of the curse of the Mafia
which would descend upon his head.
Calderone was seen in St. Paul and
spent three hours in Branka's saloon,
315 East Seventh street, Thursday, but
no trace has been found of him after
leaving that place, about 2 o'clock.
Calderone is known to Branka, who
formerly kept a saloon in Minneapo
lis and Is well acquainted in the Ital
ian colony in that city. Branka la
Continued on Second Page.
the President.
Globe Special Washington Service,
1417 G Street.
NOT WELL PLACED
Nelson and Clapp Don't Fare
Well on Committees.
Globe Special Washington Service,
1417 G Street.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 20.—
Senators Nelson and Clapp do not get
much In the new arrangement of com
mittees. Mr. Nelson has a chairman
ship which carries with it the use of
a committee room, but this committee
on Improvements of the Mississippi
river has little important legislation to
handle. His other assignments are of
satisfactory character, but he had rea
son to consider himself due for some
sort of advancement. Senator Clapp Is
a newer member and has less cause to
complain at getting nothing new In
the way of assignments.
Senator McCumber was treated bet
ter, getting the chairmanship of the
committee on pensions. Senator Haus
brough gets a place on the commit
tee on irrigation, in recognition of his
work for that cause. Senator Bard, of
California, will be chairman of that
committee. Mr. Hansbrough retains
his place on the committee on exposi
tions in order to do work for the com
ing Lewis and Clark exposition. Two
small committees have been created,
having to do with ventilation and
acoustics, for the purpose only of fur
nishing chairmanships and offices for
all the members of the senate.
—Walter E. Clark.