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2 .{IBM'S RISE TO PUT ALTiMORE IN SHADE Kairimari Official Predicts Rapid Recovery of Wasted City Situation Improves. ltT Special to The Journal. Chicago, May 5.J. Kruttschnitt, di rector of maintenance and operation of tie Harriitfan lines, said today: I have unbounded faith in the peo ple of San Francisco. The work of re building the city will he slow getting started, but once begun it will proceed so rapidly that everybody will be sur prised. What Galveston did in a year was wonderful. Similar speed as ex hibited in Baltimore. It will be the same in San Francisco, only moie so. "It is not true that we have sought terminal facilities from the St. Paul road at Seattle or elsewhere. W have [our terminals. It is not true that we will build an extension into South Da Jtdta toward" the Black Hills. A to the 'extension of our line from the Twin IFalls irrigation proiect -we have consid ered running it fifteen miles or so be I yond and probablv will when the coun I liy develops." OPTIMISM I N FRISCO possible Shortage of Food Supply Only Discouraging Condition. MJJy Publishers' Press. i Ban Francisco, May 5.The shades $r night falling over the ruins of the Steity of San Francisco Saturday eve sbing revealed a community so far re ^odvered from the weight of the recent I'jfealamity that had wiped two-thirds of rxne city that even those who were com 'Jpelled "by force of circumstances to be piembers of the camps of refugees weie discussing their future the most Roseate terms, and all classes and condi tions are confident that the ultimate fteffect of the tragedv Mill be the crea tion of a new and better city that will ubdld forth better advantages for all *tOI its citizens. A great deal of this spirit of opti .jmism was due to ropoits made to the gteembeis of the citizens' committee, gjwhich has in charge the question of re tmildmg the city, by the various con tractors to whom has been referred the cruestion of estimating on the work of Blearing the luins and of the various ^gents for the steel manufacturers, ^who have declared that they will be in kfe position to furnish the steel needed *for rebuilding the city as fast as it may Hjbe needed. Ruins Away in S ix Months. The men MIIO will clear aw ay the Stuins aie a unit in stating that3 while tithe task is a most stupendous one, ^there is no reason wh\, should the au thorities permit them the leeway need le d, the cannot clear awa all of the 13p,000,000 cubic yards ot ruined mate ^rial that now covers the business sec tion, in si\ months Inasmuch as soon as one section is '"cleaied the work of rebuilding can com Jnence at once, it will be possible to have the destroying and constructing contractors work together, and the re suit will be the re-establishment of the *^city beautiful" in far less time than any one has efver dreamed would be possible. There is one (giave dangei apparent at present to al'l, and that is the man ner which fthod supplies have been disposed of ii& the last fortnight. So rapidly haj/e the lelief stations dis posed ofj- cnen quota, that the military authorities have found it necessary to take^Action to abate waste and graft, n to compel those who are entrusted "vvjifth the work of distributing the sup plies, to see that only those who should hve food are peimitted to take ad vantage of the free distribution. Only Nine Days' Supplies. There are now, according to the mili tary authorities, only supplies for about nine days on hand, and inasmuch as theie are being issued rations to some 231,000 persons daily, it will be seen that the task of replenishing the supply foodstuffs is stupendous. Among some .classes, it is thought lhat the treatment the city has received irom the federal government has been Jxardly what was expected at a time of \1 national calamity, and some of the inembers of the California delegation to Congress are being severely criticizzed (inasmuch as it is intimated that were yVIayor Schmitz a lepublican the ie .fluest that the federal government to [back the citv's bonds with its credit would have been gianted. ^iowever, with the help that is to be 'textended by eastern capitalists, -with te insurance that is to be paid on the ((property destroyed, and with tha money jjthat native Cahfornians will invest 'Jrere, there will be no scarcity of such to pay foi building materials and the i Slew structural work can be run up in |gcord breaking time. i Committees Complete Work. With the inci easing number of daily dismissals of its sub-committees, the eneral municipal relief committee oubtless soon will pass out of exist ence and the directions of the affairs" of the city will be restored to the Te jmlarly constituted officers. Many of the subordinate bodies have reported Jfcheir labors completed and have been atelieved from further duty. When the general committee finally itedjonrns there will remain of the com 'mittees and sub-committees named to cftre for the citizens and what remains the citv, only the finance committee and the recently constituted reconstruc tion committee. The force of state militia is being gradually reduced to a minimum and those of the regular soldiers who aie not engaged in helping out in the work relief are doing simple patrol work. OCEAN STEAMERS Hew YorkArrived: Pretoria, Phila delphia, Sofia, Lucania. Sailed: Cedic. '^BostonArrived: Caledonia ^-liondonA/rrived: Cambrian, Minne sota. Prawle PointPassed*" Jacona. LiverpoolArrived: Concordia. Sailed: Celtic. RotterdamArrived: Nieuw Amster dam. QueenstownArrived: Campaniat Cym ric. HamburgArrived: Pennsylvania. PlymouthArrived:' 1,Ieutschlant It may be &M*m*t*tqf*l& i GOFFEEE in f"*roye by change to POSTUM TEMPTE I* it i. SHAW, BUT DESIST tsvfx'SHfv, Republicans of Polk County, Iowa, Spare Him Another Humiliation. Special to The Journal. Des Moines, Iowa, May 5.Governor Cummins controlled the Polk county convention, which sat until a late hour tonight and John Kelloy, his candi date for representative, was nominated. "Progressive" resolutions were passed sustaining the governor's tariff^,^nti" trust and railway rate views,, -.The com mittee on resolutions after a^long de bate decided not to humiliate Shaw. A most unusual incident, illustrating the hostility of the minority delega tions, occurred in the closing hours of the convention when Delegate Nimms. a rank standpatter, appointed to escort the governor to the hall, refused to ac cept the honor. The delegates howled until he vielded- When he entered the hall with the governor on his arm^ the convention went wild with enthusiasm. A "acratcher" movement will un doubtedly be organized in the hope of defeating Hull and Dowell for repre sentative and senator respectively in this county. John T. Mulvaney will bo the "sciatcher" candidate for con gress and former ex-Congressman Walt Butler for senator. The democrat convention held today indorsed the "scjatcher" movement and passed resolutions supporting Koosevelt 'u administration and being otherwise similar to those passed by the republicans. There is gloom in the Perkins camp tonight, tho it is given out by the leaders that Governor Cummins can not muster more than 726 votes in the state convention with 821 necessary. The governor now has 456 instructed for him to 105 for Perkins, with prac tically, all'southern Iowa, the Burling ton teiaritoXEy, to hear- from* Clinton county today instructed for Cummins. I has twenty-seven votea in the state convention. The delega tion, however, is made up entirely of standpatters. CIUETTW TO BADER'S SLAYERS Continued From First Page. South Minneapolis and then, doubling back on their tracks to avoid any pos sible pursuers, took a Minnehaha Car back to the city, and after taking trans fers failed to use them, but loafed around town until they returned to their room. One of the men, believed to be the big one who remained on the outside, was wounded in the foot and had to remain behind the others. The band ages that he used were found. There as also a pair of trousers, torn up the inside of the right leg, and this corresponds with the story that one of the men fell over a switchlight that night and tore his tiouserg and injured his leg. r. I corroboration of all the othef Cif cumstances the description of the two men as given by the woman 'corre sponds exactly with that given by the eye-witnesses of the tragedy,. One was tall and the other was short. So sure is the detective of the ac curacy of his deductions that he is now laying plans for finding the men, and is preparing even to go to Europe, necessary, to capture the murderers and claim the $2,000 reward that has been offered by the governor, the mayqr and the relatives of the murdered man. BIG y. s. BATTLESHIP RHOD E ISLAND, ASHOR E Appeal for Immediate Assistance Comes from Monster, Aground i os a Tfgrk Sfcit. By Fublishars* Press, Norfolk, Va., May 5.The big bat tleship Rhode Island went ashore to day on New Spit, off Yorktown, in tbe Chesapeake. .The information concern ing the grounding of the vessel was conveyed in a wireless message received at the Norfolk navy yard early this afternoon. The message also brought an earnest appeal for immediate assist ance, and Bear Admiral Harrington, commandant of the navy yard, at once dispatched the naval tugs Mohawk and Hercules to aid the ship. The vessel has "been conrmissio'n about one month. She was placed in commission at the Boston yard and left that port for Yorktown to test her big guns and at the same time engage in target practice and boat drill. Should the ship not be floated tonight, addi tional assistance will be sent from here tomorrow morning. There as no sea on at York Spit this morning. AUSTRIANS FIGHT OVER CARD GAME 4 STABBED I a Pree-for-All at Itibbing Deadly Execution I Done by "Big-Charlie,." a Miner. Special to The Journal. Hibbing, Minn., May 5.In a free for-all fight over a card game in an Austrian boardinghouse tonight four laborers, whose names are not known, were stabbed. When the officers ar rived the men had fled and the place was in darkness. I is not known how badly the men are injured, but E. Lenovitchi^a bo&rder, told the police that, a miner Former Albert ilea 1 cajled "Big Charlie'' had cut A. M&kj.,dse,ply across the face.. vf**v.,, With blood streaming froB*s1&AWound Maki ran out of the bnilding^elosely followed by "Big Charlie but the latter was restrained by friend." DYING Of S^A^tVAlStt 4Ma Special to The Journal. FQunS^AJmost Lifeless in a 'May Stack.' J' ^JIDes Moines, Iowa, May5 5.^. ,$& tF$- ^in, formerly of Albert IJea, a telegraph ^""jipjeperatdr, was found 'dying *Jr stack near Oskaloosa. ^fehad ha "with- out -fQeds-two, weeks, and was unable *to move. -He had been ke^t*fettr&x* I an occasional wisp '"of itraW. ^T~byf*atig GQODNQ W DEFENS E E CASE Evidence of Criminals Used Against Him, Declares For mer Canton Counsel H. H. p. PEracE, 9 Whow Chances to Be First Minuter to 1 Norway Are Threatened. By W. W. Jermane. Washington, May 5.Minneapolis and the northwest have a decided inter est in the controversy before the house foreign affairs committee between H. Peirce, third assistant secretary of state, and E M. McWade, former consul general at Canton, China. McWade has endeavored to impeach the testimony of Peirce, on which Mc Wade ,was removed from th.e service^ and. turn has made counter charges against the secretary of a serious char acter. I has been announced that President Eoosevelt intends to appomtPeir ce first minister to the new kingdom of Nor way, when that office is created, but the reopening of th McWade case may cause a hitch in the president's pro gram, unless the chaiges are disposed of a very short time. Every thing de pends upon McWade's ability to sub stantiate these charges, and Pierce 's chances of obtaining the coveted ap pointment may be measured in the pro portion of the former consul general's showing. Should McWade be able to bring evi dence showing that Peirce is in any way unfitted for the place, by reason of his acts while on his tour of investiga tion, it is likely that the president may not see fit to send him to Norway as minister, and that some other available candidate will be selected. Has Bearing on Goodnow. Minneapolis is interested in the con nection of John Goodnow, former con sul general at Shanghai, with the Pierce report. That report covered investiga tions of consulates other than those oc cupied by Peirce and Goodnow, but the bulk''of the report was devoted to the consulates at Canton and Shanghai, and was verydamaging to both Goodnow and McWade. Goodnow was given an opportunity to answer ,Peirce 's charges before any ac tion, as taken on his case, and he came 'all'tb(way from Shanghai and spent several iweeks at the state department, (Usgecting the evidence Peirce had col lected. The result of his visit was the announcement that he resigned to take, effect immediately after his return to 'Shanghai, and that the resignation had been accepted by the president. Galls Accusers Criminals. Goodnow's main defense was thai the official, misconduct charged against him should have been made against some one, elge' in the service in Shanghai, and also that the evidence as submit ted by criminals or by those who had brought cases in the consular courts, and against whom he had decided ad versely. McWade, in his hearing before the foreign relations committee, statetl that the testimony offered in his case as similar to that in the Goodnow case, and that it wag not entitled to any consideration, and would "not have been considered in any court in this country. McWade has been trying for a year or more to get a hearing before some ,committee of congress. The entire tPennsylvania delegation has been aid ing him in his fight, which was success ful to the extent of granting him ten minutes' time on Thursdav. McWade interested the members of the commit tee immediately, and the ten minutes was extended to one hour and finally to an hour and a half, the entire time the committee was in session. Peirce I Alarmed. says he proposes to push the mat ter to a conclusion, in the belief that he will be vindicated, now that his side of the case has been made a part of the record. Mr. Peirce evidently has become alarmed and asked permission to go before the committee to refute Mc Wade's charges and to rebut*his reply to the evidence submitted in the Peirce report. It is not known whether Peirce will be given a hearing, as it is as sumed among the members of the com mittee that he concluded all of his evi dence in the report sent to the presi dent and to the house. Should McWade be able to discredit Peirce's report, he will not only help himself, but Goodnow, owing to the fact that the two cases are so nearly alike, both as to charges made and defense against those charges. 400-FOUNDER SHRINKS BEFORE CUSTOMS MAN Philadelphian's Weight Drops to 130 Pounds as Smuggled Goods are Re- moved.Films Wound About His Body. New York Herald Special Service. New York, May 5.When Louis Mar tin of Philadelphia, came down the gang plank of the French liner, Lor raine, today he looked as tho he weigh ed at least 400 pounds. After the cus toms officers got thru .with him he looked as tho he ^weighed one hundred and thirty. Investigation showed that-Martin had Wound aiound his body 1,660 feet of celluloid photographic-film and had sew led about his arms, waist andV legs twenty^eight dozen glass magic lantern 'slides. After aU these articles were re moved from his person, Martin shrank visibly, both mentally and physically. According to the customs officers he confessed that he was trying a get the 'goods into the country without paying 'duty thereon, because a? he is alleged to nave said, he is a poor man, and wished to Start up a store in Philadel 'phia with these eoods as a basis 1 i MBwi'^dofr'afc-'' 'THEMINNEAEGlLlg JOURNAL. "J-*-~# Sun^ayr'May 6*1906. RICH MEN CENSUREB^ FO E REliER Directors of Tracers' Iniwrance, Worth $50,000,d00, Scored for Company's Collapse. vt' ri T*lJ Speeial to The Journal. Chicago, May 5.Representing com bined wealth of at least $50,000,000, the dnectors of the old Tracers' Insurance company are being severely condemned here for permitting4Ke gppoyintment of a receiver -because of **f 3^,748,000 in claims at San Francisco. A late as 2 p.m. yesterday, a relative of T. J. Lefens, president of tlie com- Sirectorannounced, any, positively that the had ordered an- assessment of $200 a share, and that there would be no trouble in levying this amount on the issue of 50,000 shares. Later it as given out that the. $200 assessment plan failed because fjuly half of the stock holders refused to pay "the assessment. It as then derided that there as nothing to do but to as-fe^to have a receiver appointed, and thraUttetion was taken before Justice Mac^ltt *|he in-* stance of the directors thejm^lvesf Byron &. Smith. presigfenl, tff tl*e Northern tCn^t company, .#^Sji^pointed to take charge ihe comp^y's affairs. His bond was^^TaJ2JaHff,000. Stockholders Big Losers. The loss to *the stockholders' will be. total, their stock bearing amarketValuc of $3,500,000. Insurance policies to the amount of $100,000,000 are virtually wiped out, and a compromise settlement of the San Francisco losses is forced, which, it is estimated, wUl net the losers there little more than two-thirds of their claims. Practically all of the tssets $f the company, including its insurance re serve of $1,314,085, its net reserve of $1,500,000, and its. capital of $500,000f will be needed to settle the San Fran Cisco claims, which total' in the- gross $3,748,000. A against3 this sum, i is believed that 25 per cent will be sal vage. There are other losses and claims, however, amounting to $11,962, and long distance telephone calls from several places today told of additional losses as the result of fires at several points in the cast that are yet to be adjusted. SEPARATION SCINUL Ili PURCELL FAMILY Wife of Millionaire, Chicagoan Accepts $45,000 in Lieu of Divorce. journal Special Service. Chicago, 1ifoy 5.A scandal smart ing interest bWei^n^mb^ftOj^vhurch sircles, foas been pn^cSJ^ yiew^b by the lin fty bWei^n^mbei^ftOJ^vhijrc circles toas W the reutrn df Mrs, CMps^o&Veel} The 0 OaJo Park:, after a nairow e's*rapO*o death in the Stan FraScise*o idigsfe'. Mrs. Pur|efl, a^ter1 1 tw&tfv-tfi yeafs of marrfe'd life, has separated frppr her husband Charleitself Purcell, a millioiSairje'.' decision is cause5 enough' In itself for a lotfg run of gossip in Oakf Park. Added to that, however, is MtsV Purcell's bitter criticism of her mother*,' Mrs. William O. Gray widow of the late 'editor of the Interior, a well-known church organ. Takes $45,000 N Divorce. ,','1 I lieu of a divorce. Mrs. Purcell hajf ,accepted a payment of $45,000 outright.* That is part of a written agreement which Mrs. Purcell describes as uni"tqw in the history'of documents of that saK.1 I "agreed'not to sue for1 'divorce,3* she said, "and in any contingency not to mention the name of my mother"itt such a suit. Hrs. Gray, with dignity and empha sis, denies the allegations and insinu-' ations of her daughter, whom she^de-- scribes as the victim of hallucinations. The Grays are among the oldest regis dents of Oak Park, where they have lived for thirtv-five years. They are relatives of Whitelaw Reid, United States ambassador to the court of St. James, and of Senator Calvin S. Brice. Mrs. Gray is a woman of perhaps 4 5 years, who has occupied a foremost po sition in social and church affairs in Oak Park for m^niy years." Mrs. Pur sell is 44 vears' of ftge, but" does not look more than 30. PRESS AGENT GIVES OUT OIL TRUST "NEWS" Clever Newspaper Man, Joseph C. Clark, Smiles Benignantly on Hungry Reporters. New York Herald Special Service. $ew York, May 5.Standard Oil has had a press agenWa clever, thoroly trained, widely experienced newspaper man and a dramatist, Joseph- C. Clarke. is installed in the office of M. Elliott, general counsel of the oil trust, and the man at the door of the Bocke* feller headquarters has lost his eager ness to throw newspaper men into the street. deferentially directs the re porter to room 1406, where the young woman at the typewriter smiles pleas antly and says: "Walk right into the next room." There, at a desk that commands a view of the bay, except when the har bor is shrouded in smoke from the Standard Oil refineries at Bayonne-, srts a pertly, urbane gentleman. swings around in his swivel chair, greets the reporter cordially, motions him to a comfortable seat and is at the service of the press. Standard Oil now uses a capital 'P." Harking Hack, a reporter who called today, thought of the years when the oil trust consistently scorned the press. But times have changed and as Mr. Clarke smiles benignantly, but not patronizingly the reporter feels that the Standard Oil is at his service. puts himself at* once, in the place of the reporter. knows what the man wants and^ knows* how to put ifc in the way that the Standard Oil want* it to appear. Now and .then he .makes a graceful gesture, disposing a^ large seal ruig o:n his left ha^d. and^when. the thin ice is reacheefc-rthat ,is 't^$ ice tha,t is thin for^the trusthe has* a story or_ a smile -xeady with ,an infec tious chuckle or a compelling laugh* ROOSEVELTS tlF ON SVLPFf. $ By ^ubHthers' *r**s. 'X 1 Washington, TA&y i-i-resident Roose-' veJt artd his family" Was1fingt6V~tii1f ii6ER RUL E RUSSI A Ruthless Autocrat Holds Power Events Indicate Sensational Developments. 3 GENERAL TKEPOST,, Ilttthls Autocrat Who Is Seal Euler of Russia, London, May 5.Events in Russia seem to be marching to sensational de velopments. The real power in the state appears to be wielded by a soldier and a womanby General Trepoff and the dowager czarina. Count Witte's fall and the advance ment to the premiership of J. I. Gor-t emykin, a commonplace bureaqcrj^ mark thecal stages of the long cam. paign conducted overtly or secretly, against the former by the mother of, the emperor and his favorite officer. "Witte waa their foe Goremykln is their protege and nominee. Nicholas has learned to look upon Trepoff, the foremost* martinet, the most ruthless commander in the Russian army, as his principal bulwark against tho revolution and the ascendancy of Marie Feodorovna over his weak and superstitious nature, which *vas never more complete than it is today. Witte has gone down before a com bination of hostile influences stronger than those which destroyed Bismarck but thefe* is nfl doubt that the blow1 that finished hiin was delivered by the inner court cabal, of wich Trepoff and the empress dowager are the most active, resourceful and unscrupulous members. CRISIS O GREA LAK E STRIKE GOME S MONDA Attempt Will e Made titf Operate Lake Etie Docks Tftis' 1, Week. By FuMishrs' Frew. "Cleveland, May 5.The crucial test of the" lake strike will come Monday When a general effort will be made to operate the docks along Lake Erie. This resumption movement will start at Buf falo and Work up along the lakes. The first ore dock to be worked will in all probabilitv be at Conneaut. Others wi|l be tried after this experiment has Ibeen made. The marine men and police now expect trouble. In the past the difficulty has arisen in the main inrti drinking on the part of the men. A Conneaut and Ashtabula, the men have taken -a pledge not to-lrink in toxicating liquor during the strike. I this they are complying with the request of President Keefe. I Cleveland and Lorain and Huron, the 'longshoremen have been staying away from the docks. The mates claim to have 90 per cent of the men now employed on the lakes. J3ince there are about 2,000 mates this would mean that the strength of the organization is ap proximately 1,800. The initiation fees under these circumstances would be $190,000 and the yearly dues $36,000. A the end" of the first year the fund on "hand would therefore amount ^to $226,000. BARTENDER SLASHED BY NEGRO, WHO ESCAPES Colored Man Attacks St. Paul Saloon1 Employee and Cuts Him Badly, Then Flees and Disappears. afternoon for a "brief trip down the. PV- Ahd seeks appointment for .a third term, tomac on the governrfient yacht Sy)ph. |WMri Robertson is a popular business Charles Cole, a bartender for W J. Waldrorf's saloon," S95 Sibley street1, SBLTltf$ ^TffiKiEH"? t'i K*l S t, Paul, was badly slashed shortly before: midnight test night by an unidentified negro. The negro entered the saloon at 11:30 'with a white man. The wnite man bought drinks for each. The ne gro was drunk and in an ugly mood. spilled the liquor, then demanded an other drink. was refused and left the saloon in a rage. Some minutes later he- re-entered the saloon' by the front door.1 A the same time another negro appeared in the rear door and stood there. Charles Cole, who was off watch, as standing alone at the bar. The an on duty nad gone to serve some customers in an adjoining room. The negro sprang at Cole without worn* ing and'slashed him several times. The barkeeper on duty reappeared at the noise awl' jumped over the b** trfter" the assailant. The negro threw51-his weapon, a big jackkmfe. at hfrn'^ttd fled, smashing the front door. 'The"ne- gro at the rear door disappeared at tfcS same .time. $ole-waa taken to the ci ty hospital. Tho weak from loss of blood, it is said he will recover. FT, DODGE HAS HOT FIGHT Citizens Petition Dolllver for a Change "il sA Postmasters* *-r Special to The Journal. Fort Dodge* Iowa, May 5.A petition bearing the signatures of Over a thousand citizens, including nearly air of the busi ness and professional men, was sent to Senator Dolliver this afternoon In behalf of S. Robertson, Who is'k' candidate1 fb postmaster. The present incumbent Is Mrs. ti. Carpenter, widow of the late Governor Carpenter, who was appointed to fill a Vacancy caused oy the death of her husband Who was postmaster at the time. She" has had the office two full terms of 1 Governor Higgins of Kew ^Tork was^ qjmatf, a^veteran j the civll/tvar. being .al**!!!! Stock. The goods were "Seifced. ^They nner guest tonight bn the SytojU. JCew member the. band-of thirty men wb iT^IM^r? are valued at about $300 ,_^_3 Xork goUtics was discussed. _._. captured Jeff "Davit. MMMtefSii ^*L$m5i2mtfmSt&E^ uw Bf BRITAI N Turkish Troops Move Thru Syria and May Surprise with Besistance. London, May 5.As- -the Morning Posk says today, the attitude of the Turkish government with regard to the frontier between Syria and Egypt, con tinues to be unintelligible. The Porte hasr made-its case worse by removing the northern boundary pillars at Rafah tire Mediterranean, thus violating ^Egyptian territory proper. This second boundary question must be' distinguished from that of Tabah, which is on the Gulf of Akabah and within the administrative district of Tor, Sinai. The province of Sinai was granted to~ Egypt by the finnan of 1892, a firman which, apparently, the sultan now claimB the power to revoke. But Rafah, near El Arish, has alwayB historically belonged 'to the khedivate of England, so that any aggression here cannot plausibly be defended. N pne Has the key to the sultan's present ppB^y, Unsupported as he is by ^-enV*'European power. The whole question is perplexing, including the government. On u*ices statement firm, as con ciliatory, while on Wednesday morning the cabinet was drafting what is prac tically an ultimatum. It looks as if the cruiser Minerva, returning to Port Said, might have brought more serious news than yet known. The 'sultan is moving troops, down thru Syria and may surprise the British by offering serious-resistance. BODY IS DISINTERRED TO GET A BANK BOOK ^Toman^s Estate Hung, in Balance of I Missing-Book and Grave Was Opened* to Expedite Settlement. Special to The Journal. South Weare, N H., May 5.In order to settle the estate of Mrs. Ella Sar gent Gove, her relatives found it nec essary to* disinter the woman's Tiody. Mrs. Gove "died about two months ago of scarlet fever. Some time after her death the" relatives searched for a bank book representing her deposits in a Manchester institution, but were un able to locate it. Application for the money was made to the bank, but the Officials ^declined tp pay in the absence of the b.ailkbook. A, relative df Mrs. Sbvo remembered she usually ke pt the bankbook in a pocket ^of,the wrapper which she occa sionally ''ypore. I developed that this wrapper had been placed on the body at the burial, and it as decided to reopen the'grave. The bankbook was found in the pocket of the wrapper. GIRL'S HEADLESS BODY ,\JS FOUND ON TRACKS Young RunawayTBelieved to Have Been Murdered and Placed Where Train Whefels l^ight Hide Crime. Bpeofcd tfMgie Journal, Decatur, 111., May 5.Lena Mills, aged 15, whose neadless body was found On the Wabash tracks near Illipolis early this morning, is supposed to have been murdered. The child is a step daughter of August Laski of this city. She had been adopted by Michael Mc Cabe of Illiopolis, and last night ran away from his home. The^dorboer says that all the evidence leads" tfc Vi$ "belief Ithat the child was killed* and* the -body placed on the traoks4n hopes that mutilation under the, wheels .would hide^the crime. It is though*t( that,, the' girl intended to come to Decatur, out that she, after leaving the McCabe home, fell in with tramps and as murdered. HIQH GRADE ENAMEL WARE "Sivfj, HOUSEKEEPING PRICES Pure white in- side and a beau- tiful mottle blue outside. TJiually Bella at 76c each. Our price for large sizes as follows, each, 390. 14-qt. Dishpan. 390. 10-qt Seamies- Pan. 38c. 8-qt. Corered Berlin Kettle. 39C. 6-qoart Coffee Pot. 890. 10-qt. Lipped Preserving Kettle. 39c. High firadtfiarbagt Pails 10 gallon size regular price $L25v Our Mall Order House Price....6C 22 gallon size, regular price S2.6( ear Mail Order House Price, 11.9 1000 Bicjrle Clothes Wringers. Steel ball .bearings, solid rubber jeous, guaranteed njirf years,, encaged gear ing, regular 14.00 vahte. special Mail Order House Price i $2.85 We sell tfie CeTeSrated Northern Refrigerator Go's. line. We have rerr nice hardwood refrigerators from 94.99 up. Our Purity line of White En amel fromS9v76 up. Call and see them or send for free catalogue. Wis are headquarters for stoves of all kinds. Claim cook: stoves, 92.87. Qaaolenestores, 91.49 upwards. Jewel gas hot plates. Ho. 202the best two burner. 99.37. Gas tubing, 5 a foot- Send for free store catalog. B99OW AJQJ CfUMP^THTION. Bnye our new i&Od model "A" Gents' "Ai^ Wt& rade .Bleyclea strictly high MiewneeP-tb equal "of 'bicycles offered by lert at much higher prices. Our $13.70, 1906 lei "B" is better, and onr 1906 model "CC" ladies, at 116.70, sre beauties and cannot matched anywhere at our extremely low Bees. Before buying elsewhere write for our cial Bicycle Catalogue, free. PEIHSErYB FIGHT Southerner and Quaker Promise Exposures and Personal En counter Is Feared. tk Mason City, Iowa. May 6The county primaries, under the new county primary rule of the last county convention, were fixed by the central committee today for June 27, for the nomination or county officers. After a long debate it waa agreed that each township could call caucuses for the nomination of the offi cers and to name delegates to the con vention. This is the first trial of the primary method in the county. Each candidate is taxed $15 to g$t his nam* on the ticket. Fair Priced Footwear Our customers are the people who want stylish footwear of reliable quality without paying fancy prlcei. Our low-rent location, factory con nections and buying and selling for cash only enable us to cater to that trade as no other concern can. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS for MUl Work. Our goods are tbe regular trade goods, the same as sola by all lumber dealers. Barn Sash 8x10,4 It. Price Kissed p\"El* wVndows"teid,*'8*Vt."Price rlased........ ^Me & R.Wu&ows'iiiSri'Vi.*' i$"pr Si B. Window UxM VVt 'p^oe^sed^r!M4 0 UxM SOX*. 24x34,2 jKe?T 4r' ,1-h^M TILLHII. UUEIIS5* ^i Special to The Journal. Washington, May 5.A physical en counter is threatened between Senators Tillman and Penrose. Bad blood ex ists and all kinds of trouble is among the probabilities. Each has served no tice that he will ''expose" the other, and active preparations are being made for the next scene in the little tragedy of senatorial courtesy. The nomination of Benjamin Barnes to be postmaster here, and the incidental discussions of the Morris ele ment incident in connection with it, are basic points of the Tillman-Penrose feud has been originated. The acute stage was reached when Mr. Penrose strenuously sought to fix a time for voting on the nomination of Mr. Barnes. T. Tillman vigorously objected and persisted in his opposition. Mr. Pen rose said the South Carolinan must yield in his stubbornness. "Well, you" know that I am some thing of a mule," shouted Mr. Tillman* I thought it was worse than that,'' replied Mr. Penrose. '^Everybody aj pears to realize that you are an ass." Mr. Tillman rapidly advanced in ths direction of Mr. Penrose, and it seemed for a minute that violence would be done on the floor of the senate in ex ecutive session. But Mr. Tillman changed his mind and saidi that he would produce some things damaging to Mr. Penrose and lay them before the senate either in secret or open session* PRIMARY ON TRIAL Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, to Try New System on June 27. Sptcfal to The Journal. I* $3.00 $3.50 $1.98 $1.48 Ladies' Oxfords $ 1 2 5 to Men's Oxfords $ 1 6 9 to Boys' Oxfords $ 1 4 8 to Girls' Oxfords 89c to See these as well as our Shoes displaced in our show windows. A price ticket on every shoe. If 3 JML3 4 Panel Doors from np.. Eoberts Prepared Boojlug, I Ply,^oU....Me Write tot samples of aU kinds of Booflngand Building Papers. Write for catalogand prices ron aulunda of mill work building material. We wiflbe pleased to make you an estimate on any special work. We can save you money. FURNITURE SPECIALS consisting Fo. Whit Enamel Iron Bed. SO Jn..high, i Woven Bxoelsior or 4 ft. sin pleteforoi ""cker Brsoe Arm ZTurse Boi Large Arm Booker Folauur Steel Oo-Qsr tronglron iser resse 2s butbp foronlrr** SoUa Oak Commode for only.,... .....&*i Drop Side Steel jPoldlngpoucn for only. .tU FMOy Embossed MetaTTrunk, *Vb Evep%w^r16ewf^i|^^e*fojfon^"."7^W riage catalog. 1.000 Blued Steel Ideal Ovens for gas or gaso lene stoves. Most re liable oven on the mar ket. 1-burner size..81.SO 2-bumer size. .$1.35 See what cash will do when you bur jour re- friger- ator. LEADS,PAINTSAND OILS Now Is the time to buy Lead, Paints, Oils, etc We can ampletellne. PerlM uouse lamonaBrand -r gallon In free Color spergallon. Sara J*aints. 4Eq 5. Send pants of Mixed Paints. Send for catalogB. It's free sad gives marvelous bargains on 7 Hardware and Building Material. SEWINQ MACHINES _, Ne^ sewing inwhinea from Ito up. New tewing machines lor 17.17. worth New sewing machines for nxjs. worth fi New sewing machines tor G&47. worth Send for our sewing maohme oatsJogTlt be sent Co you free. Cream Separators, all kinds, from $3.86 up call and see our display or send for free separator price list. We are ters for Bsnges an! No. 8 Stotfetr 92.97 up-.Steel cut, 'direct $16.98, or 611.75 wit resertoir or sigh tag closet. Send for free catalogue, what line yon are interested In. T*. PH. ROBERTS CO-OPERATIVE SUPPLY CD 717 NICOLLET AVENUE.