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/U w. fsj ERAL STRIKE UK- UGHOUT RU8- EMPIRE. province of Cour- ire Garrison of One and Troops Sent to Machine Guns With -Massacre of Citi- rs in Siberian Town. Dec. 20.—A call for al strike throughout hursday at noon, was roved by the Union of ion of Peasants, the union and the coun of St. Petersburg and ceived from the rail cow is unanimous for have declared their ery railway In Russia. renders every mem signing It liable to hment under the new inister of the Interior ted to telegraph or to arrest members of on and of the work the dispatches were railroad telegraphers, of the St. Petersburg ien had been notified vay union and the of workmen that in ere ready for a strike, esitated on practical t. Petersburg leaders, their prestige would unless they could an ment's determined of counter stroke, while committed to full revo dreadcd that the swept from under the government pro ranting universal suf- WIPED' OUT RUSSIAN TROOPS MUTILATED AT COURLAND. 'nee of Courland, Rus stottin, Prussia, Dec. siatf correspondent of Press, who has just ius that mobs of Lith ionians yesterday at avki and dragoons, the orce stationed in T« t, alter wild fighting, rs to the last man, cut iid lugs and ripped up !.- streets were strewn dismembered parts, roups arrived here this ree guns, shelled the 'i.-l the mobs of peas tudered or were dls- been re-established are burying the bod and caring for the iers and peasants were who wounded. Most population have fled now is the safest town ii -si a. IN SIBERIA RASNOYARSK SUR- ND RUTHLESSLY, BY TROOPS. via Vienna, Dec. 20. ssui.-re has been done military authorities at apita] of Yeneselsk Siberia. fcli-ty-tio personalis ^v'n ha" to determine llizena against the who had been beat ni. "•nauiry surrounded ^warning fired into ""3 120 persons •'•oiinding fifty mor. ^I'iously. 'h= scene of. the a„. di 'neQ who wit whole town "Zander was mur next day. •v CHARGED WITH REBATING. Common Carriers, Railway Officials, Agents and Shippers Indicted. Kansas City, Dec. 16.—Fourteen In dictments were leturned by the fed eral grand jury here during the day against com'mon carriers, railway offl clals, shippers and freight agents, charging the giving of rebates and conspiracy to give rebates. The indict ments are as follows: George H. Crosby of Chicago, gen eral traffic manager of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad. George L. Thomas of New York, a merchandise broker. L. B. Taggert, New York, Crosby's chief clerk. The Chicago and Alton Railroad company and John N. Faithorn and F. A. Wann, formerly vice president and general freight agent, respectively, of the railroad company. The Cudahy Packing company. Swift & Co. The Armour Packing company. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad company. Nelson Morris, Edward Morris and Ira N. Morris, comprising the partner ship of Nelson Morris & Co. D. H. Kresky, Kansas City, freight broker. FIVE PERSONS PERISH HEROIC FATHER DIES IN AT- TEMPTING TO RESCUE WIFE AND CHILDREN. Crookstoa, Minn., Dec. 16—Peter Martell, for nine years a carriage maker of Red Lake Falls, his wife, Addle, aged thirteen Dan, aged nine, and Annie, aged eleven, were burned to a crisp in their home in the heart of Red Lake Falls. Martell, who was sleeping down atalrs, was awakened at 3 o'clock by the smell of smoke and the sight of lire. His wife and the three children were asleep in the upper chamber and the father, frantic with fright, made a rush for the stairway only to find it a mass of unpenetrable flames. Ho then rushed to the barn and, seizing a ladder, placed It to the second story window of the home. An eyewitness, aroused by the fire, Bays he broke in the glass and entered the sleeping room of his wife and children. A moment later the upper story of the building, weakened by the fire, fell in, precipitating the mother, heroic father and the three children to the veritable hell of fire below. Before the Are department at Red Lake Falls could stop the fire the house consisted of four blazing posts and a mass of wreckage, with the charred and blackened remains of the five unfortunate members of the fam ily in a heap, burned to a crisp, in the Muter. J0HANNH0CHT0HANG 8UPREME COURT OF ILLINOIS AF FIRMS SENTENCE IMPOSED ON WIFE MURDERER. Chicago, Dec. 16—The supreme court of the state has afHrmed the ver dict of the lower court which con demned Johann Hoch to death for the murder of his wife, Mrs. Marie Welcker-Hoch, and the date of his execution has been set for Feb. 23. The first news of the action of the court was received here by a telephone message from Assistant State's Attor ney Barnett, who is in Springfield. He communicated the information to State's Attorney Healy. A messenger was sent to Hoch with the news and found him in the visitor's cage, talkiug with the last of his many wives, Mrs. Flscher-Hoch, the sister of the woman for whose murder he was sentenced to death. When he received the news Hoch became greatly excited and would not believe that the report was true, but after he was satisfied that it was cor rect he grew calm. SECURED ONLY $40. A Northern Pacific Train Robbers Make Very Poor Haul. Portland, Ore., Dec. 18.—It is learned that the two highwaymen who held up the North Coast limited Saturday night succeeded in getting HO from the express car. The safes had less money in them than on any previous trip, but if the robbers had awaited until the next train it is said they would have made a considerably larger haul. Such good clues have been obtained Of the two robbers by the Northern Pacific and other detectives that hopes are entertained that both will be cap tared. It is the general opinion in police circles that the work was not that of experienced men. According to the Pullman conductor. JPHOIO BY AMC& TSS^ S' ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY DECEMBER 22, 1905 J. R. Upson, the express messenger Was in the diner when the holdup oc curred. Upson says that the messen ger told him he did not believe there was more than $300 in the safes. To Take Away German Residents. Koenigsberg, Prussia, Dec. 18.—The German steamer Wolga sailed from Stettin during the day for Riga, char tered by the German government to bring away German subjects whose lives are endangered by the revolu tionary disturbances. The steamship Prinz Heinrich will leave here Wednes day for Riga with a like intention. BLOWN INTO SHREDS FIVE MEN KILLED BY EXPLOSION AT POWDER WORKS NEAR MARQUETTE, MICH. Marquette, Mich., Dec. 16.—Five men were killed by an explosion at the Dupont company's dynamite works here. About 1,400 pounds of nitro glycerin exploded in the mixinghouse of the company's factory, which is three miles distant from Marquette. The explosion badly damaged the plant and caused much excitement in Marquette. The dead are all work men employed by the Dupont com pany. The meu were blown into shreds. Of the thirty buildings in the plant few escaped damage and some were badly wrecked. The mixinghouse was utterly destroyed. In Marquette windows all over town were smashed and in the business district much plate glass was splintered. PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL. House Committee Favors Free Admis sion of Products of the Islands. Washington, Dec. 20.—By a vote of 7 to 5 the house committee on ways and means has reported favorably the Payne bill admitting all Philippine productions to the United States free excepting sugar and tobacco, which are to pay 25 per cent of the Dingley rates until 11J0:», when they also are to go on I'le free list. Two amendment. were made' to the measure originally introduced in the house by Mr. Payne. At the suggestion of Representative Hill of Connecticut a provision was added that all American sugar and tobacco are to be admitted into the Philippines free of duty and a new section was added which provides thai no Philippine products now in ware houses in the United States shall be exempted from duties under the pro posed measure. FRANCE IS SATISFIED. Withdrawal of Castro's Note Ends Venezuelan Incident. Paris, Dec. 19.—The French govern ment is officially advised of President Castro's favorable action in withdraw ing the offensive note to M. Taigny, the French charge at Caracas, and Premier Rouvier has communicated to the council of ministers that Venezu ela having withdrawn the note on which the protest of France was based, he in id is on id re to ha been regulated according to the de I sires of France. V. '/'''fai. W y- MRS. WOODBURY KANE. Mrs. Woodbury Kane, wife of Captain Woodbury Kane of the rough riders, has twice been married. Her first husband, Duncan Elliott, was divorced and is now in the regular army. Mrs. Kane was Miss Sally Hargous. a New York heiress and society girl. EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH- OUT THE STATE. Bold Highwayman Captured After Bat tle With Pursuers—School Fund Apportionment Reaches High Figure. Ed Snyder, who hails from Mich igan, committed two bold robberies Monday morning at the village of Mansfield, north of Redfield. His first victim was a country schoolteacher, whom he met on her way to school and who was compelled to deliver her watch and valuable jewelry. He then walked into Mansfield, where he held up one of the village stores, ordering the storekeeper to hand over all cash on hand. The demand '"•as promptly complied with, though oniy a few dol lars were secured. The storekeeper gave the alarm, but not in time to ap prehend the criminal, who next ap peared at the village of Athol. The authorities there had been notified and attempted to capture him. A running fight ensued between townspeople and Snyder, in which the town marshal was wounded severely in the arm. Snyder was wounded in the right hand, but continued the fight until shot through the cheek, when he surren dered. School Fund Has Best Year. The state land department has ap portioned the December interest and income fund to the schools of the state. This apportionment amounts to $104,170.50 and is 75 cents per capita on all the school children of the state. The apportionment made last June was $2.25 per capita, making the tctal for this year $3 for each school child in the state. This is the largest ap portionment ever made in any one year, regardless of the fact that the increase in pupils for the year was 3,295, making the present school cen sus 138,S94. The total amount appor tioned for the year has been $409, 268.25. To Open Cheyenne Lands. Efforts are being made by the South Dakota congressional delegation to in duce Commissioner Leupp to complete as soon as possible the work of mak ing allotments on the Cheyenne reser vation in this state. There is a strong demand for the opening of the surplus lands to settlement. Commissioner Leupp has issued rush orders in the matter. The South Dakota people are opposed to the abolishment of the land office at Watertown, announce ment having been made by Land Com missioner Richards that there was no further need for that office. Lo Gets Christmas Money. The people in the vicinity of Chey enne agency are experiencing a busy week, as the Indians on the reserva tion are receiving a payment of lease money, amounting to |21.75 each. Where there is a large family this means quite a sum for the Indians for Christmas money and traders are gathering at Forest City to take ad vantage of the opportunity to deal Hlth tl)3 red_men on a cash basis. As wj t\. IW'T A 1 S-&5AS .Kill 11 fitf T'l ,'lltrjTil'n &v ZW ^Democrat fliere are about 5,000 Indians tributary to the reservation this means the dis tribution of more than $100,000. Cities Want New Railroad. The cities of Lead, Sturgis and Deadwood are making a strenuous ef fort to get the Milwaukee Railway company to extend its line from Rapid City through Sturgis, Deadwood and into Lead. Committees of business men have been chosen from the Com mercial clubs of the three cities. These business men will meet in Chicago this week to present to the officials of the Milwaukee Railway company data of freight traffic and will show "a pro posed route for such an extension. Counties Said to Be Too Large. The large county of Lyman is con sidered by its residents to cover too much territory for one county since it has secured a railroad and the resi dents of the county are agitating the division idea. The same situation will arise in Stanley county as soon as the Northwestern road is built across that county. Butte is another county which will be seeking division as soon as there is further railroad development in that section and Meade probably will be asking for division later. Alleged Embezzler Caught. United States Marshal Laughlin has returned to Pierre from the Red River country, having in charge H. J. Free man, alias W. H. Norton, who is want ed at Memphis, Tenn., on a charge of embezzling $25,000 from the Chicka saw Bank and Savings company. Free man was teller in the bank. He was working with a Northwestern railway engineer corps when arrested. Coal Near Sioux Falls. Information has been received at Sioux Falls of the striking of a vein of lignite coal six feet thick and twenty feet below the surface of the ground on a farm in Lyons township, near Sioux Falls. Much excitement pre vails over the discovery. Samples of the coal which were brought to Sioux Falls show it to be of good quality. General Tripp's Widow Dies. Mrs. Martha Tripp, a pioneer of Yankton and a widow of the late Gen eral William Tripp, a prominent citi zen of early days, died suddenly at Waterloo, la., while on a visit to her •on Hwnry at that place. Mrs. Tripp Was seventy-five years old. Tvtj Children Burned to Death. Two motherless children of Matt Basso, aged two and four years, were burned to death near Hanna, ten miles from Lead, their cabin taking fire luring the absence of the father. WORK OP CONGRESS. Thursday, Dec. 14. Senate—Practically the entire daj (devoted to consideration of the Pan ama canal emergency appropriation bill. There were set speeches by Messrs. Teller, Scott and Morgan and they were followed by a general de bate in which all phases of the con troversy were exploited. House—Debate on the recommenda tion in the president's annual message regarding insurance regulation occu pied the entire day without conclusion The pending resolution refers th« question to the ways and means com mittee. Friday, Dec. 15. House—Four and three-quarter hours devoted to debate on the possi bilities of controlling insurance com panies. Two set speeches were the features. One by Mr. Sherley (Ky.) bore on the doctrine of state's rights and the other by Mr. Cockran (N. Y.) related to the actions of the officers who manage the big life insurance companies of his state. Senate—Panama canal bill again un der consideration, Mr. Tillman occupy ing most of the session in a speech criticising the methods of the commis sion. Monday, Dec. 18. 6enate—Standing committees foi the session announced and the status of a member convicted in court of mis conduct discussed at length. House—Insurance, hazing, the suf fering Russian Jews and immigration were all topics of discussion under the general leave of talk. The only busi ness done was to send the canal ap propriation bill to conference. Tuesday, Dec. 19. 8enate—Conference report on the Panama canal emergency appropria tion bill accepted. Bond provision in serted by the senate and objected to by the house incorporated in the meas ure as finally agreed to. House—General debate continued under the guise of referring the presi dent's message to committees. Speech making covered various subjects, na tional and otherwise. aovernor La Follette of Wisconsin Tenders Resignation. Madison, Wis., Dec. 20.—Governor La Follette has sent his resignation as governor to the legislature to take ef fect on the first Monday in January. He resigns to accept the United States lenatorship. &&- MMSttea ONE DOLLAR A YEAR TWO fiH'lCAGO BANKS AND ONE TRUST COMPANY FORCED TO LIQUIDATE. Insolvent Institutions All Controlled by John R. Walsh and Their Assets Consist Largely of Stock in His Various Enterprises—Clearinghouse Banks Come to the Rescue and Guar antee Payment of Depositors. Chicago, Dec. 19.—Three of the larg est financial institutions in the West, the Chicago National bank, the Home Savings bank and the Equitable Trust company, all of them controlled by John R. Walsh of this city and in great measure owned by him, suspended operations during the day. Tneir af fairs will be liquidated as rapidly as possible and they will go out of busi ness. Mr. Walsh, who was the president of the Chicago National bank and the Equitable Trust company, and all the other officers of the Chicago National bank have resigned. National Bank Examiner C. H. Bosworth has succeed ed Mr. Walsh at the head of the Chi cago National bank and the places of the directors have been filled by men appointed by the Chicago Clearing house. Back of the new management stand the allied banks of Chicago, who have pledged their resources that every depositor shall be paid to the last cent and that not any customser of the three institutions shall lose any thing by the suspension. Had not this action been taken by the banks of the city, a disastrous panic might have fol lowed in this city and throughout the country. As it was the only effect up on the financial world in this city was the decline on the local stock exchange of iVi in the price of National Biscuit common stock, which has employed the Equitable Trust as transfer agents and had besides dealings with the Chi cago National bank, but it Is not af fected by the failure in the slightest degree. The closing of the two banks had the effect also of shutting off all demand on the local exchange of bank stock, none of them being purchased. Cause of the Collapse. The immediate cause of the collapse of the institutions controlled by Mr. Walsh is said to be the large amount of money which they have loaned to various private enterprises of his— notably the Southern Indiana railway and the Bedford Quarries company of Indiana. Mr. Walsh claims that if he could have had, more time and been left untrammeled in his operations he could have saved his banks and made enormous profits for himself and his associates. He bases this statement on his own estimate of the value of the bonds of the Southern Indiana Rail way company. The comptroller, the state auditor and the members of the Chicago Clear house committee place the value of the bonds at one-half of the valuation of Mr. Walsh and it was their refusal to accept his valuation that caused the suspension of the banks. The liabilities of the three institu tions are estimated In the aggregate at $26,000,000. Against this amount the banks and the trust company have re sources that are on a conservative esti mate worth $16,000,000. The bonds of the Southern Indiana railway company are estimated by Mr. Walsh as being worth $16,000,000. They are consid ered by the comptroller, state auditor and the Clearinghouse committee to be worth a little more than half that sum. Their value Is a matter to be de termined in the future and the presi dents of the local banks admit that if the estimate of Mr. Walsh Is found to be correct, the two banks and the trust company will not only pay all of their debts but leave a surplus besides. The directors of the two banks and Mr. Walsh, who has turned over all of his private property as well as that stand ing in the name of Mrs. Walsh, have pledged real estate and securities valued at $5,000,000, and estimating the railroad bonds at $8,000,000 more, making a total of $29,000,000 assets, against $26,000,000 liabilities. GERMANY EXPRESSES REGRET. Sorry Naval Officers Overstepped the Proper Form. Berlin, Dec. 19.—The German gov ernment has directed its minister at Petropolis to express to the Brazilian government its regret that the officers and men of the cruiser Panther, sent ashore at Itajahy to obtain facts con cerning a supposed deserter from the Panther, overstepped the proper form. Germany also affirms that Steinhoff, the man who is said to have been maltreated by German sailors during the search for the supposed deserter, was not taken on board the Panther nor had he been near the vessel, ek» -11 .-rav. i! I