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THE WE A THER
St. Paul snd Vicinity—Snow and
colder.
Minnesota —Snow; colder in east por
tion; Thursday fair.
VOL. XXVIL—NO. 363
BLIZZARD SCOURGES
THE WHOLE WEST
MOST EXTENSIVE STORM IN
FIFTEEN YEARS
Between Great Lakes and the Rocky
(Mountains Business Is Paralyzed
by Furious Winds and Snow—Rail
road and Street Car Traffic Is De
layed or Suspended, and People
Are Blown Off Their Feet and In
jured in a Wild Day in Chicago
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—One of the se
verest storms of recent years has
raged throughout the territory lying
between the Rocky mountains and the
great lakes since early this morning
end has caused much trouble to street
car companies, railroads and telegraph
companies.
The latter were the greatest suffer
ers, for the blizzard which swept
through the West and Northwest dur
ing the last twenty-four hours was
preceded by a heavy fog and drizzling
rain, which made the wires almost un
workable. The intense cold and ter
rific gale that followed close upon the
fog coated the wires with ice and
later in the day threw thousands of
poles to the ground, crippling the
companies badly.
Railroad trains were badly delayed
nil through the West, some of them
being twenty-six hours late. Street
car traffic in all the cities of the West
and Northwest was practically at a
Standstill at some time during the day.
Most Extensive for Years
In its extent the storm was the most
widespread of any during the last
fifteen years. Counting the fog as a
component part of the storm, it
stretched clear from the Rocky moun
tains to New York and from Winni
peg to New Orleans. Three fatalities
were reported as due to the storm, one
In Indiana and two in this city. Alex
ander Steiner, a teamster, was killed
here while unloading coal. A coal
chute was blown from its fastenings
aril struck him on the head.
Thomas Walsh, a laborer, was
struck by a heavy board while enter
ing a new building at Green street
and Washington boulevard. The board
cut his head nearly off.
At 10 o'clock tonight the storm was
reported as subsiding at Kansas City
and at other points on a north and
south line from that city, but it will
be several days before normal condi
tions are restored throughout the en
tire sections. At Chicago and east of
MAYOR IS INDICTED
Dr. Davis, of Albany, Or., Ac-
cused of Land Frauds
PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 27.—The
federal grand jury today returned
seven indictments in connection with
the land frauds cases now under in
vestigation. The large number and the
prominence of three of the number
with the two mysterious "John DDe"
Indictments make the day the most
Eensational since the jury reconvened
In its present session.
The most important is the indict
ment against Dr. William H. Davis,
mayor of Albany, Or. Second to this
and of hardly less importance are those
of Salorrion B. "Ormsby, formerly a
government agent, and Clark E.
Loomis, at one time forest superin
tendent. Henry M. Young and George
Sorenson are not so well known. The
Indictment states there are two others,
John Doe and Richard Roe impli
cated, whose true names the jury does
not know. It will be recalled that two
mysterious personages figured prom
inently in the indictment returned
Rgainst State Senator Franklin P.
Mays last week. s
The charge in the indictment re
turned today is that the indicted men
entered in conspiracy on Jan. 29, 1901,
having as their object the defrauding
of the government out of a portion of
Its public lands by false and forged
locations, false and forged affidavits
and proof of homestead entry and
settlement. X is charged that in
furtherance of the conspiracy, Wil
liam H. Davis swore to an affidavit be
fore S. B. Ormsby in which he said
he had resided upon the qlaim taken
by him as by law required and that the
conspiracy was a ftart of the one en
tered into by S. A. D. Puter, Horace
G. McKinley, H. D. Tarpley and Emma
T. Watson.
In the indictment just returned W.
H. Davis, mayor of Albany and chair
man of the Republican committee of
Linn county, te the central figure. Mr.
Ormsby and Lewis, "! Sorenson and
Young have all been before the public
from the opening of fhe land fraud
trials, several weeks ago, but Davis had
not been connected with the case until
the latter part of the week just passed.
THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC DAILY NEWSPAPER OF CtNLfAL CIRCULATION IN THE NORTHWEST
1 THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
here the storm was still raging with
great violence and was expected to
continue throughout the night, th«
center of the storm-being apparently
between Chicago and Cleveland.
Snow Drifts Badly
Reports from Kansas City were that
the storm extended from the middle of
Missouri as far sojjith as Indian terri
tory and was accompanied throughout
its entire extent by high winds and
snow which on the level would have
been about one foot in depth. It was
drifted so badly by the gale, however,
that in nearly jill the cities of Nebras
ka, Kansas and* western Missouri street
car traffic was at a standstill by noon.
The telegraph wires were down in all
directions and it was with extreme
difficulty that communication with the
West and Northwest was kept up. All
trains throughout that part of the
country were hopelessly behind their
schedule early in the afternoon and
the railroads gave up all idea of at
tempting to get them through on time
and devoted all their energy to get
ting them through, in the best manner
possible.
The storm had reached eastern Mis
su'iri by noon and the tempeinture in
St. Louis went down 20 degrees in two
hours, while the wind, blowing at
forty miles an hour, piled the snow up
in the streets in great drifts. It was
found impossible to keep the street cars
running, although great • havoc was
made with telegraph and telephone
wires.
At Omaha and Dcs Moines conditions
similar to those in Kansas City were
reported and both places were in bad
condition early in the morning. By
noon most of the down town electric
light circuits in Omaha were out of
business and the outlaying districts
were without lights. All through
western lowa the fury of the storm in
creased in violence through the morn
ing and at noon was raging with great
fury. All trains in this section were
reported from one to six hours late
Continued on Sixth Page
FUN HAS HIGH PRICE
Naval Cadets Smuggle Liquor
and Go to Prison Ship
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 27.—The
naval academy authorities discovered
that preparations for the drinking of
a large amount of intoxicants during
the holidays had been made by some
of the midshipmen, the liquor to be
obtained through some of the academy
attendants. Watchmen were placed at
the gates to inspect persons coming in
and found considerable liquor, which
was confiscated. Some was smuggled
in, however, and several banquets
were interrupted in different quarters:
As a result the prison ship Santee
is full of offending midshipmen, and
three have been recommended for dis
missal by Commandant Badger.
THE NEWS INDEXED
«- —-«
PAGE I
Government Attacks Paper Trust
Sailors Imperiled
Case Against Bishop Talbot
Furious Western Storm
Haliam's Election Contested
New Ulm Murder Trial Opens
PAGE II
Young Inquest Held
Central Improvement Association to Be
Urged Once More
Blizzard Strikes St. Paul
Will Test New Capitol Lights Monday
PAGE 111
Clapp's Friends Urge Early Caucus •
' PAGE IV •
Editorial Comment
PAGE V
News of the Sporting World
Agitation in Russia Will Continue
PAGE VI
News of the Northwest
Minneapolis Matters
PAGE VII
Of Interest to Women
PAGE VIII
Financial and Commercial
PAGE IX
Paying Wants
PAGE X
Dr. John Quincy Adams Lectures
Minnesota Educational Association
Meets Today -
Judge Kelly Denies Judgment for State
Against Northern Pacific
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1904—TEN PAGES
OSCAR HALLAM'S RIGHT TO SEAT
ON DISTRICT BENCH IS CONTESTED
Charles W. Gordon Files Petition in Court Demanding a Recount of the Votes for
District Judge—Usual Formal Charge of Fraud and Error Made—Demand
Is Attempt to Carry Out Non-partisan Judiciary Principles
Oscar Hallam's right to sit on the
Ramsey county district bench is con
tested.
Charles W. Gordon, of Gordon & Fer- I
guson, yesterday filed a petition in the.
district court demanding a recount of
the votes cast for Oscar Hallam and T.
D. O'Brien for district judge.
Jared How and Charles A. Hart are
attorneys of record in the case, and in
the name of Mr. Gordon demand a re
count of the ballots, the official return
of which shows that Hallam was elect
ed by fifteen votes. The usual formal
allegations of fraud and error are
made, it being claimed that if the votes
are recounted it will be found that
O'Brien has a majority.
When questioned last evening Mr.
-Gordon said that he represented no or
ganization in his efforts to ascertain
whether the official returns on which
Judge Hallam will be seated were cor
rectly counted. "I represent myself,"
he declared. But he added that he had
worked hard during the recent cam
paign to secure, so far as possible, a
non-partisan judiciary. He did not
feel convinced that Mr. O'Brien was
really defeated.
"As I understand it," Mr. How said
yesterday, "the only interest that Mr.
Gordon represents is that of the large
body of voters who would like to see
Mr. O'Brien win in the contest, so as
to carry out to that extent, the prin
ciple of a non-partisan judiciary. The
petitioner does not stand for any po
litical body, or any formal organiza
tion of voters. But, like a number of
other men, he did do his best for Mr.
O'Brien during the campaign merely
because he was in sympathy with the
COURT DECIDES FOR
DR.KOCH'S LAWYERS
Sustains Contention of Preju
dice Against Sheriff First
Day of Murder Trial
Special to the Globe
NEW ULM, Minn., Dec. 27. —At the
very beginning of the trial today of
Dr. George R. Koch, charged with the
murder of Dr. L. A. Gebhard, the de
fense sprung a sensatioh in the form
of an affidavit of prejudice against
Sheriff Juiius, the contention being up
held by Judge B. F. Webber.
With two jurors in the box out of
twenty-six of the veniremen examined,
facing it, and with the necessity of
summoning an additional venire of 130
men, the defense filed an affidavit
with the court charging prejudice on
the part of Sheriff Julius through W.
D. Abbott, of counsel for the defense.
The point was argued and the court
ruled that the point made by the de
fense that Sheriff Julius had shown
undue prejudice in taking the imprints
of the fingers of Dr. Koch was well
taken, and that Coroner L. A. Fritsche,
of New Ulm, shall serve the sub
poenas for the additional jurymen de
sired.
This ruling of the court proved to
be pleasing to the defense. It takes
out of the hands of Sheriff Julius the
selection of the veniremen to be sum
moned and places the work in charge
of Coroner Fritsche and his deputies,
Dr. J. W. Welcomb Jr., of Sleepy Eye;
Dr. Thomas Sullivan, of Springfield,
Continued on Fifth Page
OH JOY, OH RAPTURE
.
- The Coa! Man Begins to See the Humor of the Weather Joke
M 3 ;
OSCAR HALLAM
non-partisan standard for the bench."
This case will prove one of the ex
ceedingly few in the history of the
county where an election contest has
been brought and pushed through with
out the consent of the apparently de
feated candidate.
So far as the case In court is con
cerned Mr. Gordon appears as an elec-
tor, and not as the representative of
Mr. O'Brien. When the hearing comes
before the court it will appear entirely
as the application of Mr. Gordon, who
demands a recount of the vote. Mr.
O'Brien's name will not appear except
THIRTY-THREE MEN
ARE PERHAPS LOST
Would Not Be Taken From
Steamer Which is Threat
ened With Destruction
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Efforts to
learn whether Capt. Nicholson and-the
crew of the British tramp steamer
Drumelzier are still aboard the steamer
which is aground on the bar at Fire
Island have been unsuccessful and to
night the life savers were still watch
ing from the beach in the hope of com
municating with the ship.
Hidden in a black fog and pounded
by fierce seas rolling from the. south
east, the steamer tonight was in im
minent danger of going to pieces. If
her captain and crew of 32 men are
still on the ship they face an almost
certain death in the heavy surf break
ing over the sandy beach.
The captain would not let the life
savers take off his crew yesterday when
the seas were not running so high and
tod£y it was too late to help them.
No lifeboat could be launched In the
teeth of the southeast gale that was
blowing up great waves and crashing
them down on the shore. The fog was
so thick that the stranded vessel could
not be seen from the shore 200 yards
away. Out on the sand bar, where the
big vessel was seen rocking in the
waves last night, there was nothing
visible today but a black haze.
Cooiish at Winnipeg
WINNIPEGr.Man.. Dec. 27.—The cold
is intense, 'the tesiP? rJi tur§ being'3o de
grees -belo^; $t midnigHt". . .
in so far that it will be recited that if
the votes are recounted it will be found
that he is elected.
Otherwise the case will proceed along
the lines of other contests, and after
the preliminaries have been complied
with and the bond for costs given
referees will proceed to open the bal
lot boxes now in possession of the city
clerk and county auditor and make a
complete recount of all the ballots cast
for district judge, scoring the votes for
the four candidates. There is, how
ever, no contest except so far as Hal
lam and O'Brien are concerned.
Shortly before the announcement of
the official vote by the county can
vassing board, and after he had filed
notice of contest, Mr. O'Brien accept
ed an appointment as insurance com
missioner of the state. Coincident with
his acceptance of this place Mr.
O'Brien announced his withdrawalfrom
the contest with Mr. Hallam.
Persons interested in the maintenance
of a non-partisan judiciary took up the
agitation in favor of a recount, and
within the few days that have elapsed
since the announcement of the result
by the state canvassing board the no
tice of contest is filed. Many of the
persons interested in the demand take
the position that if it should be found
that O'Brien was elected to the posi
tion Gov. Johnson will be entitled to
name his successor, thus making the
Ramsey county bench consist of two
Democrats and four Republicans, in
stead of five Republicans and one Dem
ocrat.
Mr. Hallam will take the seat and
retain it until there is a decision of
the court, If It should be against him.
GIVES CHARGES IN
BISHOP TALBOT CASE
Criminal Libel, False State-
ments and Breach of Vows
Are Alleged
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—1n-a state
ment tonight Herbert Noble, a lawyer
of this city, representing the presenters
in the charges recently made against
Eishop Talbot, of the Central diocese
of the Episcopal church, in Pennsyl
vania, outlined what-those who will ap
pear against the' bishop will take up.
His statement says that the present
ment has its foundation in a letter said
to have been written by Bishop Talbot
to Rev. Samuel Upjohn when the latter
was president of the Philadelphia Cath
olic chib in 1902.
"The presentment is based on this
letter," said Mr. Noble. "It is in the
hands of Rev. W. B. Bodine, D. D., of
Philadelphia. It charged Bishop Tal
bot with 'a criminal libel,' 'immorality
—to wit: false statements;' 'the cir
culation of a false, malicious and de
famatory report;' 'falsifying;' 'breach
of ordination and consecration vows,'
and 'conduct unbecoming a bishop.' "
These charges, said Mr. Noble to
night, are the "headings" of the allega
tions made in the presentment. He
added that he had communicated with
Dr. Bodfne and would call on him
Thursday or Friday in Philadelphia for
a consultation as to the method of pro
cedure in the hearing of the charges
against Bishop Talbot in Reading, Pa-
Jan. 10. These charges will come be-
Continued on Third Page
PRICE TWO CENTS SVWlnts
FIGHT TO BREAK
PAPER COMBINE ON
GOVERNMENT TAKE STEPS
TO CRUSH TRUST
United States, Proceeding Under
Provisions of the Sherman Anti-
Trust Law, Begins Action in the
Minnesota District of Circuit Court
to Restrain General Paper Company
and Paper Companies Said to Be
in Gigantic Combination—Order
for Service Is Signed in St. Paul
by Judge William Lochren
Papers in what may become the most
important suit ever commenced in St.
Paul were filed in the United States
circuit court for the district of Minne
sota yesterday.
The United States, proceeding under
the provisions of the Sherman anti
trust law, has begun an action to re
strain the so-called paper trust from
continuing to perform the functions for
which it was organized in 1900.
The General Paper company, of Chi
cago, and twenty-four paper manu
facturing companies of Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan,, with the
Manufacturers' Paper company, of
New York, said to fill in the eastern
field the same position as that oc
cupied by the General Paper com
pany in the states west of the Missis
sippi, are alleged to form a gigantic
combination that has joined in an
illegal conspiracy in restraint of trade.
It is alleged that the General Paper
company has become the exclusive
selling agent of the paper manufactur
ing companies, that it restricts the out
put of the mills, regulates the sales
both as to quantities and prices; that
all competition has been destroyed in
the Western states through its instru
mentality, and that through loss of
competition the selling price of the
product of the mills has steadily in
creased until the price of news print
paper is now about 50 per cent higher
than it was before the combination
was formed.
Petition Is Filed
The United States seeks to dissolve
the combination and an order for serv
ice of the subpoenas outside the dis
trict of Minnesota was made by Judge
William Lochren. The suit will be
brought to trial in St. Paul, though it
may not be tried in the circuit court,
FORTUNE SEEKS HIM
Man Travels West Ignorant of
His inheritance
Special to The Globe
ST. CIvOUD, Minn., Dec. 27.—While
young Charles Barney and his wife
are making their way westward with
a covered wagon and a two-horse
team, a competence is waiting them at
Elk River in the shape of a 200-acre
farm, fully stocked, left Barney by a
distant relative who died recently.
Mrs. Dobbins, ryoung Barney's aunt, is
making every effort to find the young
couple and inform them of their in
heritance.
Barney was married recently, and
believing that a young man has a bet
ter chance to get along in the West,
sold all his belongings excepting a
team and wagon and started out over
land. He had not been gone long
when the farm was left to him, but
he and his wife are plodding on, un
mindful of their good fortune, and in
the meantime every police department
and sheriff's office between Elk River
and the Pacific coast is looking for a
young man and his wife and a cover
ed wagon.
Barney left saying he would never
return until he was independent, and
it is believed that his pride will pre
vent him from communicating any ill
fortune to his friends or relatives
here. He has friends in St. Cloud and
the chief of police has been asked to
look them up and see if Barney and
his wife stopped here. The chief can
not find that they did and is unable to
give Mrs. Dobbins any assistance. In
the meantime the other heirs ©f the
dead man are talking of going into
court to secure possession of the farm.
FATALLY INJURED ON
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC
Foley Bros.' Construction Men Acci
dentally Explode Charge of Powder
Special to The Globe
WINNIPEG, Man., Deer 27. —Foley
Bros.' construction workmen .on the
Canadian Pacific, five miles west of
Rat Portage, accidentally exploded a
charge of powder today. Six men were
injured, some fatally.
READ THE GLOBE
THE ONLY LIVE NEWSPAPER
IN ST. PAUL
but may be taken to the circuit court
of appeals.
Frank B. Kellogg, the St. Paul attor
ney, and C. C. Haupt, United States
district attorney for the district of Min
nesota, presented the petition upon
which the case against the paper trust
is based to Judge Lochren late yester
day afternoon. With the petition the
attorneys presented an order to
United States marshals in Wisconsin,
Michigan, Illinois and New York,
states wherein the different companies
involved are'located, for service of the
subpoenas. Judge Lochren signed the .;
order for service and proceeded with
the routine of his court. •
The text of the petition discloses the
nature of the suit. It shows to the :
court and alleges that the General Pa
per company is a Chicago corporation, ,
but is authorized to do business in j
Minnesota. The Hennepin Paper com- I
pany, of Little Falls; the Northwest |
Paper company, of Cloquet, and the
Itasca Paper cpmpany, of Grand Rap- j
ids, Minnesota corpoi'ationa, with the
Kimberly & Clark company, of Nee
nah, and paper making firms of Ap
pleton, Eau Claire, Grand Rapids,
Menasha and other Wisconsin points,
and the Petoskey Fiber Paper com
pany, of Petoskey, Mich., are made co
defendants.
The Paper Manufacturers' company,
of New York, a Chicago corporation
organized in 1897, with the alleged pur
pose of controlling the Eastern situa
tion, is also made a defendant.
■ The government alleges that prior to
1900 the defendants which were then .
in existence were all in legitimate com-
petition in the states of Wisconsin,
Minnesota and the states west of the
Mississippi river, but in May, 1900, the
Continued on Third Page
WAS STOCK WASHED
Mining Company Official Won't
Answer Questions
NEW YORK, Dec. 27 — Quincy W»
Bosee, a lawyer and secretary-treas
urer of the Montreal & Boston and
Smelting company, refused to answer
questions in the Munroe & Munroe
bankruptcy hearing today before Unit
ed States Commissioner Alexander, and
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the re
ceiver, asked that Bosee be committed.
Mr. Bosee pleaded an attorney's privi
lege in refusing to tell how he had dis- .
bursed $2,700 in connection with the
affairs of Munroe & Munroe. He re
repeatedly refused to answer even aft
er -Commissioner Alexander directed
him to do so and the matter will be
submitted to Judge Holt.
In his testimony Mr. Bosee expressed
the opinion that Munroe & Munroe
"washed" stock of the Boston Mining
and Smelting company, but heard that
prior to the failure of the brokerage
firm he had no knowledge -of the
"washing." The.witness said that he
was satisfied that according to the
definition given by Mr. Untermyer,
counsel for the creditors, the Montreal
& Boston stock had been "washed." j
He himself had pur6hased 54,000 shares
\ of the stock between Nov. -17 and Dec.
10. This stock he periodically turned
back to Munroe & Munroe.
Mr. Bosee said his idea was that he •
was to buy the stock and support it in
case it should be offered by some one
at a figure below the prevailing market
quotations. He did not at that time,
nor did he now, understand that he had
assisted in "washing" stock. He said
that Norton and Wiener had handled
some of his company's stock in the
same manner as Munroe & Munroe.
In answer to Mr. Untermyer the wit- !
ness in detail told of the stock he had
purchased and resold.
"But the price was advanced through
the efforts of Munroe & Munroe'a
'wash' ?" suggested Mr. Untermyer.
"No, I think the merits of the prop
erties had a great deal to "do with it,"
replied Mr. Bosee; "a new furnace wa3
put in and the mine became a paying
enterprise. This, I think, was princi
pally responsible for the advance of
the price to its final market price."
Mr. Bosee said that after the failure
of Munroe & Munroe the syndicate
had sold 28,000 shares of stock for $1 a
share.

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