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THE WEATHER:
In St. Paul and vicinity today.
Partly cloudy; warmer. X
VOL. XXVI—NO. 334
POSTAL SCANDAL IS
BARED BY BRISTOW
President Makes Emphatic Comment on the Corruption
Disclosed in the Report of the Assistant Post
master General—Roosevelt Indorses -Recommenda
tion to Extend the Present Statute of Limitations.
BRISTOW ON HEATH.
"IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD HAVE
JUSTIFIED THE SUMMARY REMOVAL FROM. OFFICE OF FIRST
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL HEATH AND - GEORGE W.
BEAVERS." Xxy-;Y
Comment of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Joseph L. Bristow
on the connection of Perry S. Heath, secretary of the Republican national
committee, with the automatic cashier swindle. . ..
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 29.—The
following memorandum by the presi
dent on the report of Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow's report on
J. L. BRISTOW,
Assistant Postmaster General.
postal frauds was made public today:
It appears that in December, 1902, Post
master General Payne and Congressman
E. F. Loud, chairman of the committee
on the postoffice and post roads, held va
rious consultations regarding the postal
service, and as a result of these inter
views it was determined that as soon as
possible after the necessary appropriations
could be made by the congress an in-
S vestigation should be made of the serv-
Ice. Accordingly, an increase of $5,000 in
the appropriation bill was made for the
express purpose of carrying on the ■ in
vestigation in question.
Subsequently, some time in January,
MURDERED BECAUSE HE
WAS SHORT FIVE CENTS
Angry Chicago Restaurant Keeper Kills Man Who Is Unable to
Pay Check for Meal.
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.—Because he was
short 5 cents to settling for his break
fast, Marcus Sheehan, a guard on the
South Side elevated road, was shot and
killed early today by James Berganus,
proprietor of a State street restaurant.
Having but 15 cents in his pockets
Sheehan ordered a meal which he
thought called for that amount of
money. When he came to pay for the
meal, however, he was told by Ber
ganus that' he owed 20 cents.
"That is all the money I have," said
ARCHBISHOP HARTY PREVENTS PANIC
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Floor Crowded With People Sinks and Loss of Life Is On!y
Prevented by Archbishop's Calmness, y
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. During a farewell tendered Right Rev. J. J.
Harty, recently appointed archbishop of Manila, by his former parishion
ers tonight at St. Leo's church a section of the floor suddenly:, sank : into
the cellar and over a score of persons: went/ down.'.'•- The floor ; sagged
slowly, and finally rested on the furnace, 3 Women screamed' and- men
struggled,"but Archbishop Harty loudly counseled calmness and -'"delibera
tion, and when I order was restored, and it : was found that ? none had been
injured, beyond slight bruises,,the reception was continued, \ and Archbish
op Harty bade farewell to over 5,000/people/He-;will leave tomorrow
for Manila. ; X r X " ,X- -,/-;, ;
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
A WORLD OF GRAFT.
Practically everything needed for
the conduct of the postoffice de
partment was a source of graft, ac
cording to the report made by As
sistant Postmaster General Bristow.
The report shows in detail the
amount of the loot, but the total is
involved in much complexity. The
graft was obtained from such varied
sources as the purchase of canceling
ink, inking pads, manifold books,
money .order books, carriers' straps
and satchels,- Groff fasteners,; paint,
carriers' Heather" cases, street letter
boxes, package. boxes, Montague in
dicators, rural carriers' badges, au
tomatic cashiers' books, typewriters,
time recorders, canceling machines.
Fraud is proven in the making of
leases, passing on fraudulent
schemes, clerk hire leases, and prac
tically every .form of disbursement
by. the postoffice department. The
total amount of loot is shown to be
enormous.
information was laid before me. by Mr.
Seckendorff tending; to show ;improper
conduct by s Beavers, general superin
tendent of the division of salaries and
illowances, and Machen. general superin
tendent of the free delivery system; and
jy William Alien White tending to show
corruption by or under Tyner, • assistant
ittorney general for the postoffice de
partment. First .Assistant - Postmaster
General Wynne also informed me that he
lad become :suspicious -of- the integrity.
2-f both Machen - and Beavers. After full
consultation with. Mr. Payne it was de
cided that Fourth _ Assistant' Postmaster
Seneral Bristow should make a thorough
md exhaustive; investigation of the
:harges in question and of all matters
hat might be developed in connection
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Sheehan. "I'll give you the other
nickel this afternoon."
'You'll pay now or you will never
leave this house," said Berganus.
- Sheehan laughed and turned toward
the door, but \ before he could reach
it Berganus drew a revolver and with
out a word of warning fired. Sheehan
was shot in the head and instantly
killed. PXX ';■; XX
Throwing Sheehan's body out upon
the sidewalk, Berganus locked up the
place and fled. He is still at large.
The Only Democratic Newspaper* of General Circulation In the Northwest*
MONDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 30.1903.
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-—^-It Is Always Safer to Guard the Door to Legislation.
Tim MAY DELAY
HIS COMMITTEE LIST
House in Meantime Will Dis- :
cuss Manner of Ending
Extra Session.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 29 —
The interesting feature of the coming
week's proceedings/in the house of rep
resentatives will be the announcement
of committees by Speaker Cannon.
The ; announcement is looked for on
Tuesday, on which; day] the first ses
sion of. the week | will .be held.:, - The
speaker says, however, there may be
delays, in which case the members will
not know their several, fates as to
committee assignments until Friday,
when it is proposed to hold the next
session, or perhaps until Saturday. ■-.._■.
In just what manner the extra ses
sion is jto end, whether by joint reso
lution of the two | houses or -by the
operation of . the constitutional pro
vision convening the regular session
on the first " Monday in December, is
another interesting _ feature :of the
week's development. The precedents
on this point j are being spread before
the speaker for his guidance. - ; -
House leaders have . taken the : posi
tion that no matter how the extra ses
sion ends the responsibility for its ter
mination in the absence 'of " the com
pletion of the Cuban legislation should
not.rest with the.lower branch of con
gress. For this reason there is some
objection to a joint resolution . unless
1 the form of adjournment should come
from the senate.
In. the absence • of . such a resolu
tion the plan suggested so : far as . the
house is concerned is to take a recess
on Saturday, until.. a few minutes be
fore 12 o'clock Monday, then to ad
journ the extra session and assemble
the | regular, session precisely on the
hour of 12. The extra session will be
designated the first session of the
Fifty-eighth-congress and the regular
session;. the second. . ..;. '„'-..X-.'.X*
':''- In the. absence of , a quorum in , the
house during the -week the minority, in
that body .will be in a. position ..to
shape the course of events to some
extent. .. XX' ' X. ■■-;"- y
i'. Representative Williams," the minor
ity ; leader,, announces ~. that when ' the
house meets ; Tuesday the attention of
the country will be called again to "the
spectacle of, a Republican - congress \ in ;
session,', but „ doing nothing." Should
the leaders of the majority, .not take
this curtain lecture.good nature-dry and
peremptorily cut it off; the 'point will
be made by the minority, that "no
quorum" is present, which, under the
.rule, will necessitate a meeting of the
house each-day. .'XX X: • : "V: «- X
.-'| At each :; one of these meetings the
same' effort will be made by the minor
ity rto -emphasize" the inaction of con
gress. .' ■ '.'/;..' ,: -"-' "X :^'-"^"^■-■'-' v.y
• Should the week's session"V.proceed-,
without a quorum, in .this ; .manner it
will rbe impossible to recognize or con
sider an adjournment@| resolution in
! which case . the ; extra session necessar
ily will expire "by. limitation/-'." -*-'■;.'-.
Senate Will Wait.
!; WASHINGTON, :D. . C, X Nov:' 29.—
The . senate will | not do' any \ business
other than of a routine character dur
ing the -present-). week. It will meet
Tuesday,: and unless the J house mani
fests a . disposition by" that .time"" to
reach .a.final /adjournment,/ will ad
journ over to the following - Friday.
The . understanding -is = that the " senate
will not:originate a resolution for the
adjournment of the session, but some
senators entertain / the hope that|the
; house will ;. send over -an;adjournment
resolution I not later- than Friday.'.; The
Cuban reciprocity. bill Is on the calen
dar ;as the .unfinished^ business, but no
speeches.will be made on it : until after
; the beginning jof the I regular • session a
week from \ tomorrow. X: -'/XX
The committee on military affairs
will continue its inquiry into the cage
of Gen. Wood during the week.
SUPPER PARTY IS
SPOILED BY A WIFE
Offended Woman Surprises Her
Husband and Causes Dra
matic Scene.
Two women, a couple of steins full
of beer and a man made up the dra
matic personae and property of a do
mestic drama that had its denouement
before, a crowd , of people In the Metro
politan hotel - cafe last j evening. An
unknown had \ the I part of jj the offend
ed wife,- Miss Dorothy Howard played
against her and' the^husband was the
man in the case."... '
The room was crowded' with people
supping after the theater when a pret
ty little woman walked into the jj cafe
from the Fourth street entrance, walked
over to one of the private stalls lining
the apartment, threw back .the curtain
over the door and • entered.. Instantly
there was a scream, an oath, the crash
of glass and a man rail out of the stall
and "into the street. - -"--""-■'. - [.-
The little woman had trail
ed her husband and Miss Howard,
a large woman wearing a sealskin and
diamonds, from the / union, station,
where the man is employed, /to the
stall,in the Metropolitan. Armed with
indignation, she waited until the pair
had ordered edibles; and drinkables and
then appeared. ' - ; •
The r trouble only lasted a minute.
The little woman spoiled the sealskin
sack and dimmed the diamonds with
one stein of -beer and 1 threw the.other
in the face of her recreant spouse, mug
and /all. X . .-., -./ '.'X -;
After the crash of glass the little
woman made some remarks to the oth
er while ; her husband' fled.; The people
in the dining room,- who had come to
understandj what had --happened,' ap
plauded the ; little woman' as she went
out, and: the other woman" left ( shortly
after. A handsome fur-lined coat, the
spoils of .war,Tleft^l>y.the man, was sent
for shortly -by. the/big woman,: Miss
Dorothy"; Howard,'*!!virig at the'"Sterling
hotel; Miss Howard explained] that she
had presented to the' man the coat^on
the ; occasion of his birthday, Friday.
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THE NEWS INDEXED.
-y :sy€Sfe.'3 y ':
Chicago Bandit Confesses Again. ,-
President :'on Bristow's' Report. {y - .
Typhoid Situation at Butler.
I"• $ ■--."-' 'i X PAGE •; 11. V ■"/ • y\ r y '--_
Dr. Ohags Discusses .City's Lack of
- Public; Spirit, -y X - "
Will ; Discuss Defects ■ of Probate : Laws.
rand Jury Takes Up "! Chadima's.' Case.
Books ; for Christian /Young People. ;
Colored Educator Discusses Race Prob-
Goes" to Fight for Her Inheritance. /.-
Grand: Jury/ Will Resume Tomorrow.
Boy Dies of Heart Failure.
Didn't Know His Jaw Was -Broken. •
Socialist : Speaker-Attacks" Labor Un
ions. - X/X'/-: -"....:XX: '"■/.
*-y PAGE 111.
Review of Red. Lake County/-;
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Editorial Comment.
Panama: After Territory.
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In the Sporting/.World.
News; of.: the f Northwest.
PAGE VI.
Wants. .. y yix> - ;/"-"
PAGE VII.,
Markets. : /.xy.
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Minneapolis Matters. - X
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC
AT BUTLER SERIOUS
Doctors Are Dying and Citizens
Ask Philadelphia for As- - :
sistance.
BUTLER, " Pa., - Nov. J 29.—Three
deaths occurred "today from fever, and
new cases are being reported constant
ly .' One doctor has sixty-five fever pa
tients and cannot attend to all. Dr.
James Grossman' broke down under the
strain yesterday and today has ty
phoid -fever. Four doctors are now
sick, the others being Drs. Winter, Har
ris and. McAdoo. - This : afternoon's
public meeting, held in the court house,
was highly successful. A total of $6,200
was raised in less • than an hour. ~X-
Those doctors and. preachers who
are best acquainted with the situation
say the worst is yet to come and that
there will not be sufficient money; to
last till the .-' subsidence of the epi
demic which,; judging from the history
of previous fever scourges, will last
until spring. The expenses of the re
lief committee will amount ■to nearly
$1,000. per .week. ■'..'
. A general relief committee was se
lected by the meeting to have in charge
all the arrangements during the epi
demic, for the care of fever patients
and the families . needing assistance
otherwise. .This V committee", is com
posed Jof leading citizens with Charles
M. Heineman, president; - the editors of
the Butler papers, secretaries, and
Thomas P. Shufnin, treasurer. The
ministers -were' requested to act as. an
advisory committee to serve and re
port as needed.; .-;'- ■--'
.• Reports Ito j the ■ committee tonight
show fifty new cases today and three
deaths. _As nearly as the committee
can* estimate. the number of cases nee
the.disease first developed is 1,550. Of
this number, at least twenty-eight have
died. : From now on accurate lists- of
cases - ami deaths; will be kept by the
commjrae. ■ -.
jjg Resfl^ises ]to » appeals for aid in the
way /of nurses =, and | money . have been
prompt : and ■ liberal. Ten nurses came
in today. from J Pittsburg | and ■ more . are
to follow. : Offers of nurses from New
castle "and; Cleveland .'financial- aid
from Philadelphia and Pittsburg have
beerf accepted by. the committee. Nurses
from -outside towns | will jj be ? required
to bring ;credentials"'}from their.-hos
pitals. .'X ':'.\~ 'X.'-.'.XXX--'. ■:-': ■}-....■:■
V All druggists *in the city-will fill pre
scriptions at cost,; and | thej under takers
have tendered the -use of their ~ ambu
lances free. Temporary; hospitals, have
been established, and they are rapidly
being filled^with-patients.- -' X
; Philadelphia Sends Help. :y
S PHILADELPHIA, '/ Pa., Nov. / 29.—
After consultation with Dr. Edward
Martin, director/ of j the department jof
public V health v; and ;;" charities,": Mayor
Weaver - tonight /sent - Dr.. F. \C./John
son, assistant to the chief 1 resident!
physician of the Philadelphia hospital,"
to Butler, Pa., where ; typhoid fever is
epidemic, to "investigate conditions
there with a view of . having the city
of -' Philadelphia ; assist the 1 citizens of
that town. -If Dr. '."Johnson" finds that
help is needed to • fight ! the. disease and
assist ': those % already.! stricken,". he will
report by/ telegraph and the mayor will
immediately call together the citizens'
permanent relief committee>for/action:
If aid; is "given, it will .'probably/, be-in/
the | form ;of a,- corps /of /nurses'; and f a
large "contribution |of . money. C: Mayor
Weaver has j received- two appeals for/
help/from citizens of | Butler, but, as;
they did [ not/come from j the municipal
authorities of the / town, ; he; decided -; to
have it an "^ investigation made 'ft before
calling a meeting-;of the, relief com
mittee. -"■""/•' ".'..■--"X - - " '
Monument to Emperor Frederick.
•-■- BERLIN,/ Nov. v 29. —A monument to
Emperor Frederick was unveiled today
at Muenchen-Gladback in the presence
of Prince; Eitel Frederick, who attend
ed ■{. the } ceremonw as< representative Vof
Emperor William. /". '.-"■ : j*.X
PRICE TWO CENTS.
CONFESSES TO EARN
REWARD FOR MOTHER
Influenced by Parental Love, Peter Neidermeier, the
Young Chicago Bandit, Offers to Tell of Other Crimes
if Money Offered Is Paid to His Mother-Extent of
Operations Startles Police. xx
y CHICAGO,;" Nov. Peter" Neider
meier, one of the members of the quar
tette of young bandits, who, for the
last six ; months, have terrorized" Chi
cago, in another confession today add
ed * several more crimes .to : the long
list already charged against him, Van
Dine, :Marx and Roeski. :- X ,
With ■ parental love uppermost in his
mind, Neidermeier offered to tell Chief
of Police' O'Neil of . a score of robberies,
burglaries and other crimes that he
had committed if the , rewards 'offered
will only be given to his mother.
"I want to know that my mother
will be cared' for after I am hanged,"
said ; the twenty-one-year-old boy, who
is^now.'the"self-confessed'murderer of
five : men. . "I am guilty '. of crimes of
which you know nothing, and: for which
innocent men are now suffering. There
are rewards offered for.the culprits' ar
rest; and conviction. If you will, guar
antee that . these . rewards will go to
my mother I will convict myself. I will
confess crimes that will startle you." \v\
In order to make his word good Nei
dermeier ;^told of • a few crimes ~he
"claimed to have committed. „' He out
lined: them in such' a manner, Chief
of Police O'Neil declared today, as only
one concerned in ; them could do.-^Nei
dermeier, however, refused to divulge
the names of his partners in the affairs
referred to pending the assurance that
his mother -would get the reward re
ferred to. -•■ - .
'A ": few of the additional . crimes he
claims to have participated in are as
-follows:- : : . .-^
> ■-■, Robbery of the Illinois Central lim
ited express' at Paducah, Ky., in which
Barnes, one ,of . the robbers, ; cut his
throat while surrounded in a swamp.
The others escaped. -
Holdup of a stage coach, committed
in Butler, Neb., two years ago, and
the robbers escaped.
Holdup and robbery of Chicago &
North-Western passenger train near
Bourne, lowa, six months ago.
Holdup an i attempted robbery of
Baltimore & Ohio train at Edgemore,
Ind., four years ago.
Minor holdups and robberies in Chi
cago . were ; mentioned by. Neidermeier.l
But in all cases* he was careful to'
LANDLORD USES HOSE AND
GUN TO OUST TENANTS
Cincinnati Man Cuts Holes'in Second Floor and Shoots at
-^ Family Below Him.
CINCINNATI.'Ohio.Nov. Feudal
fighting that had -been; going on at 1233
Richmond street Tor. a week, today cul
minated in an incipient riot in the
central part of the city. Murder and
lynching were * narrowly averted. >.;
The' premises^ on Richmond street
are owned by A. T. Anderson, who oc
cupied the second floor, ; while the
family; of "William •S. Ford, as tenant,
occupied the first floor. ' ;X
The feud was between the -Ander
sons - and the r:Fords... The lat
ter having paid their rent, An
derson could -n6t';V eject r them,— and
he attempted two days ago :: to turn
the Fords out by turning the water on
the upper floor and flooding them out,
damaging his own-property over $1,000/
Yesterday he fired repeatedly through
holes made in the floor. At one time
when there was -.a; fusillade of shots
from the upper floor, Mrs. Ford and her
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Niece of the Late President Has Collapsed and May Die.
-/bWENSBORO, Ky.y. Nov. 29—Mabel McKinley is so dangerously
ill that her life is despaired of. She is suffering from a nervous break
down due to overwork. ,\
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conceal the names of his associates in
crime, merely giving sufficient outlines
of the crimes to warrant Chief O'Neil
to believe that Neidermeier was tell
ing the truth.
Confessions Worth $500.
When Neidermeier was taken back
to his cell it:was with the assurance
that his mother would be bettered $500
financially. /
Special Agent Wiley, of the Chicago
& North-Western, promised him that
Mrs. Neidermeier would be given the
$500 for the arrest and conviction of
the robbers at the Clybourne station
and exonerated a man named Dolan,
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GUSTAVE MARX,
Youthful Chicago Murderer, Who Got
His Inspiration From Cigarettes and
Dime Novels.
of St. Louis, who is now under indict
ment. • yy ?
Operator Dougherty and Ticket
Agent Lathrop,; of "Clybourne station,
were present during Neidermeier's con
fession, going over .with him in detail
Continued on Fifth Page.
baby were slightly scratched ' with'
bullets. /Xv"-XX;-
Today Anderson cut with an ax a
large hole'through the floor and ceil
ing and turned trie hose directly on to
the Fords. The exchange of shots that
followed attracted hundreds of people
and also a force of police. The latter
had .great difficulty in holding the
neighbors and the crowd back when
Anderson's door was broken in and he
was arrested. Anderson insisted he
would shoot anyone who came near his
door, but he did not molest the police
men. Anderson was arrested for shoot
ing to kill. Ford was shot behind the
.ear and* would have been- instantly
killed but for a silver plate Inserted
in his head after he had been shot years
ago in a similar instance. After Ford's
wounds were dressed at the hospital he
was, arrested for, cutting the, water
pipes to prevent the flood that Ander
son had turned loose. Anderson was
released on bail, but kept in hiding as
the angry mob remained about his
premises.- XXXy;