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THE
PRICE TWO CENTS.
RURAL YOTE AS
REPUBLICAN HOPE
Results in Maine and Vermont
Used as Basis for National
Estimate.
DEMOCRATS EXPECT
GAINS IN THE CITIES
Sixty Per Cent of United States*
Population Is in the
Country.
By W. W. Jermane.
For the reasons here stated, it is not
wise to regard the Maine vote this year
as shedding any important light on the
state of public sentiment the country
over. In Vermont, where there were
no overshadowing local questions, the
vote was on party lines. In Maine the
voters in both parties seem to have
thought more of their one local issue
than they did" of national questions.
The Maine reports indicate that for
every 100 republican votes cast when
Bryan was the issue, in the cities and
towns, 115 votes were cast last Monday,
and that on the samo basis, for every
100 democratic votes cast four years
ago, 131 were cast at the recent elec
tion. With the prohibition question out
of the way, these ratioB would be strong
ly suggestive, when applied in the sev
eral doubtful states. If the Maine ra
tio were applied to New York, that state
would surely be for Roosevelt, as would
New Jersev and Connecticut, while In
diana would be for Parker, as would
Nebraska. Such a contemplation, of
course, can have only a speculative in
terest. Maine is not a typical state,
and its great local issue this year has
made its September election figures of
even less value than usual.
Rural and Urban Vote.
The politicians are taking much inter
est in the rural vote as distinguished
from the urban. This is due to the elec
tion in Vermont, where the rural vote
outnumbers the urban vote almost in the
ratio of three to one. In other words,
73.3 per cent of the total vote of Ver
mont is in the country and in towns of
less than 2,500. In Maine only 56.2 per
cent of the voters are in the rural com
munities. These communities, in both
states, have shown an increased liking
for the republican party by radically
increasing their republican pluralities.
The question now being asked is, wiU
this be the case over the country at
large in November? If it is, the result
will favor the republicans in some of
the close states and the democrats in
others*
A majority of the people of the
United States, 60 per cent, according to
the last census, live in the country and
the country towns which are directly
dependent on the farmer. It is general
ly conceded that the farming sections
have been the largest beneficiaries of the
last two republican administrations.
The farmer has flourished under the era
of high prices and many urban citizens
have cried out becauseof, .it.
Washington, Sept. 16.The fact that
the democratic gams in Maine were all
in the cities and large towns, and that
the republicans made their gams in
the rural communities, is intimately
connected with the fact that the pro
hibition question was the chief issue.
The republican party is responsible for
prohibition in Maine. The farmers,
who are everywhere traditionally in fa
vor of strict temperance, supported that
party in increasing numbers, while the
voters in the cities and larger towns,
where prohibition is always less in fa
vor, opposed it. This comes nearer ex
plaining the election figures than any
partizan statement.
Prohibition was more of an issue in
Maine this year than for a long time,
and it did not come out of the encoun
ter with flying colors. On the contra
ry, the vote showed clearly that in
several counties tho people are tired of
the attempts to enforce the law. This
rebuke to aggressive illiberalism was
directly felt in a falling off of the
republican vote in the urban centers.
In one county a clergyman was sev
eral years ago elected sheriff, and he
has been enforcing the law against the
sale of intoxicants harshly and to the
letter. In a neighboring county the
sheriff has been advocating a wise su
pervision of the places where liquor was
sold (following the famous "policy"
adopted by Mr. Eustis when he was
mayor of Minneapolis), and there have
been threats of the direst sort against
him, the rabid supporters of the law
contending that he was unfit to asso
ciate with decent people. Strange to P?
relate, this sheriff has been re-elected 2
by a largely increased ma-jority, while or all Ume for the Italian crown prince,
the parson sheriff has been defeated
for re-election.
No Index to Nation.
Indiana^fExample.*
Indiana is one of the close states in
the present campaign. Approximately
66 per cent of its people are rural resi
dents and dependent on agriculture. All
reports from that state are that Eoose
velt and Fairbanks are more than hold
ing their own in these rural sections,
and that where there has been any dem
ocratic gain it is in the cities and
larger towns. The preliminary poll, re
cently completed by tlje republicans, in
dorses these reports. It speaks of re
publican gains in certain counties,
mainly devoted to agriculture.
While only 34.3 per cent of the voters
of Indiana are dwellers in the cities
and towns, 63.9 per cent of the voters
of Illinois dwell there, and it is for that
reason that many prominent democrats
Jiave thought that Illinois was this year
ft more inviting field for democratic
endeavor than Indiana. This feeling
has been emphasized as the result of
the Vermont and Maine olections, and
it is just possible that Chairman Tag
cart, who is to spend several days in
Chicago in the near future, may go back
to New York with the recommendation
that more attention be given Illinois.
It was the urban vote which gave
Illinois to the democrats in 1892, much
to the surprise of all the political
prophets. That vote this year, it is
contended by certain democrats, Sena
tor Gorman among them, is in better
condition to be influenced for demo
cratic candidates than it was twelve
years ago.
Wisconsin Rural.
In Wisconsin, where some democrats
profess to see a hopeful sign in the an
tagonisms within the republican party,
61.8 per cent of the voters are in the
rural districts. In West Virginia, a
doubtful state "this year, 86.9 per cent
of the voters are dwellers in the
country.
In New York, however, the proportion
of rural voters to the voters in the cities
is very small. In that state almost
three-fourths of all the people live in
the cities and larger towns. Only 27.1
per cent are rural. In the up-state rural
counties of New York, which adjoin
jCoutinued. on Second Page,
QUEEN HELENA OF ITALY,
Who Has Presented King with Heir
to Throne.
HEIR TO ITALY'S
THRONE IS BORN
Royal Infant's Title Will Not
Lead to Clash with
Vatican.
Bacconigi,' Italy, Sept. 16.Queen
Helena was safely delivered of a son
at 11 o'clock last night at the royal
palace. Both mother and child are do
ing well.
The infant has received the name of
Humbert and the title of Prince of
Piedmont.
The majority of the people approve
the action of King Victor Emmanuel
in not choosing the title of Prince of
Eome for the heir to the throne,seemit
would have mixewdh the royaPPe
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as a
family hi
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a party struggle and would have em
bittered the conflict between church and
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chosen, that towardtitle
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moderation. It
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eved
of Piedmont, will become fixed
as is the title of Prince of Wales in
England.
To celebrate the birth of the heir
the king has granted amnesty to all
deserters and has also shortened by six
months the terms of imprisonment for
certain crimes.
King Victor Emmanuel has received
the warmest congratulations thruout
the kingdom and also most cordial dis
patches from Emperor Nicholas, Em
peror William, President Loubet, King
Edward and Emperor Francis Joseph.
The queen of Rumania sent Queen Hel
ena a poem on the event. The infant
prince will be baptized by Cardinal
Bichelmy, archbishop of Turin, and will
be christened Humbert.
SHAFFER ORDERS
STEEL MEN OUT
Twenty Thousand Members of
Amalgamated Strike Against
Carnegie Company.
New York Sun Special Servio*.
Pittsburg, Sept. 16.President T. J.
Shaffer last night ordered all the mem
bers of the Amalgamated association
in the Mahoning valleyabout twenty
thousand mento strike Saturday
night. The blow is aimed at the Car
negie Steel company. The strike in on
the upper steel hoop mills at Youngs
town, Ohio, and the hoop mills at Gi
rard. Ohio.
I. W. Jenks, general manager, avowed
that he would employ only such men
as made individual contracts. The Car
negie Steel company recently booked
some large orders for hoops. Jenks to
day notified the Amalgamated associa
tion officials that he desired to confer
with them. Shaffer has been sick, but
he got out of bed and attended the con
ference the office of Manager Jenks.
The latter was willing to agree to all
of the propositions made by Shaffer
with the exception of discharging all
the men he had employed during the
strike. He called attention to the fact
that he had given his word that those
men would be retained. Shaffer de
manded that every man who went out
on strike should be reinstated and that
none but union men be employed in the
plant.
This led to the strike order last night.
Shaffer said the strike would be ex
tended to other plants unless an agree
ment was reached.
Threats in Gotham.
New York, Sept. 16.It is said that
70,000 skilled workmen, angered at the
continuance of the lockout by the em
ployers, have decided to strike if the
employers do not give in.
LOST DOLLAR IS
CLAIMED BY 15
Finder of the Bill, Failing to Find
Owner, Casts It to the
Winds.
Hew York Bun Special Service.
New York, Sept. 16.A well-dressed
man was crossing Broadway at Twenty
third street last night, when he picked
up a dollar bill. He started to move
on when a stranger said to him: "Ex-
cuse me, but did you find a.$l bill? I
just dropped it. I thank you much for
picking it up, sir."
"But I don't know it is yours," said
the finder, and then added, "Can you
tell me the number?"
Just then another man stepped up
and said he had lost a bill. He started
to argue the matter when a third man
stepped up to put in a claim. In five
minutes fifteen men were claiming own
ership of the bill, and a crowd of a
hundred had gathered. The cars were
blocked while the wrangle lasted.
Finally the finder exclaimed disgust
edly: "I'm losing valuable time you
can take your old money," and he
crunched the bill in his palm and then
threw it in the air. A newsboy dived
between the legs of the struggling
claimants and, grabbing the bill, es
caped thru Madison square.
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KNOWN DEAD.
Rudolph Buo, aged 23, Stillwater,
George McGrath, aged 16, Stillwater,
i THE INJURED.
Ray French, hip broken by timbers.
Herman Wojahn, chest and baok
crushed.
James MoGann, assistant Are chief,
badly bruised.
Edward McPhetGrs, driver Northern
Pacific express wagon, leg broken and In
jured about body serious.
Victor Edqulst, ankle fractured and
scalp wound.
Guy Horseman, two ribs broken and
Internal Injuries serious.
Nathan Lanners, nose broken and In
juries to head and body serious.
Joseph DeCurtln (deaf mute), badly
crushed and face cut.
William Madden, head cut and bruised.
Alderman Nlch Starkle and others
bruised.
Stilwater, Minn., Sept. 16.Two per
sons were killed and thirty injured,
several perhaps fatally, by the collapse
of a span of the bridge over the St.
Croix river while the structure was on
flro yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Most of the forty persons who were
on the span when it fell were precipi
tated into the waters below, and few of
them escaped some injury by contact
with the broken timbers of the struct
ure.
Groans of the injured and shouts of
others who had fallen into the rivel
were heard by persons upon the streets
and hundreds hastened to the rescue.
By securing boats, it was possible
promptly to rescue the men that were
not pinned down by the heavy upper
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BURNING BRIDGE CARRIES DOWN
STILL WATER FOLK IN ITS FALL
RUINS OF THE BURNED AND BROKEN SPAN THAT FELL.
This was 200 feet long, and whan It fell It carried down alt who stood on It. The view Is taken from the edge of the
break, near the Minnesota shore. The Wisconsin end of the bridge and the bluffs show across the chasm.
LONG-DISTANCE VIEW8 OF THE BRIDGE AFTER THE CATASTROPHE.
At the extreme right Is the pontoon section thru which boats pass. The bridge Is 1,900 feet long.
timbers of the span, but several of the
latter were so securely held that heavy
beams had to be removed in'order to
get them out of the water.
James McGann, a fireman, was caught
beneath timbers in such a manner that
only his head was abo^- wate*^ Ifot-pm?
hour the rescuers wor:#3 busily "before
he could be extrierfc^d.'^iHis injuries,
are, however, net,^5*aB and he will
be out next week.'
Two other men werevpulled from the
water more dead than alive. While not
seriously injured, they were unable to
help themselves and were in great dan
ger of/ drowning. The tug Baby as
sisted" greatly in the work of rescue.
Physicians were in readiness to minis
ter to the injured as soon as the latter
were brought ashore, and other persons
stood ready to notify friends and rela
tives whenever a sufferer requested it.-
Oaused by Careless Smoker.
The fire which led to the accident
started under the flooring of the span
over the log channel, east of the pon
toon section, and probably was caused
by a burning cigar stub carelessly
thrown so that it fell beneath the
planks. The flames seized the dry wood,
and fanned by a strong wincL burned
fiercely and swept rapidly onward.
The whistle of the pontoon bridge
brought the fire department and many
citizens who were also eager to assist
in putting out the flames. While gath
ering on the span adjacent to the burn
ing part of the bridge the accident oc
curred. The fire was not entirely ex
tinguished until after the rescue work
was done.
NOT A SAFE OANDIDATE-FOR THE FELLOW ON THE 6THER SIDE.
tJharlie, To^me,and,^ome of the, Other JPengocratic-Jto JThink Teddy Is DangerousHe 2&
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FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1904. 24 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK.
Photos by Cooper, Stillwater.
The work of rebuilding will begin at
once, under the direction of a compe
ten bridge engineer. In the meantime
the steamer Two Brothers of Hudson
will ferry passengers and traffic over
the -river."^ l.~
if&^iBatffciesJj '"The dead body oiTBudolph Boo was
found in the midst of the broken tim
bers, but not a bruise could be found
on his body. Many believe he was
tiled by a live electric wire.
George McGrath, the young son of
Andrew McGrath, was alive when
taken from the debris, but died soon
after being taken to Dr. Merrill's of
fice.
The Burned Bridge.
The bridge was built in 1876 and was
originally 1,900 feet long, but at the
time of the accident was about 100 feet
shorter because of fills made at both
ends. There are two spans of 200 feet
each and about forty others known as
queen trusses. The span, out of which
the underpining was burned, letting it
drop into the river, begins about 400
feet from the Minnesota shore. The
other large span is the pontoon section,
which is still nearer that shore, close
to it, in fact.
The original cost of the structure,
whieh is built entirely of lumber, was
$24,000. About fifteen years ago ex
tensive repairs were made, including the
rebuilding and shortening of the span
which burned and fell.
All the injured are doing well and will
recover. The condition of Bay French
is the most serious. Two or three who
were missing have been accounted for.
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FAIR
SENATOR A. P. GORMAN,
Who, Succeeding Taggart, 1B to Man
age Campaign.
TAGGART OUSTED
GORMAN TO LEAD
Parker's Conference in New York
to Bear Fruit in Changing
Managers.
New York Sua Speolal Bervioe.
New York, Sept. 16.Ex-Judge Par
,ker. Senator Gorman, Henry G. Davis,
William F. Sheehan and Thomas F. Byan
of the Metropolitan Street Bailway com-
Eer's,
any after a conference in Mr. Par
suite at the Hotel Astor, decided
practically to supersede Thomas Tag
gart, chairman of the national commit
tee, with Senator A. P. Gorman of
Maryland.
The action was taken without the
knowledge of Chairman Taggart, who
left town on Wednesday night to con
sult the managers of the state cam
paigns in Indiana and Illinois.
It is the intention of the Parker
Sheehan-Byan men to keep Taggart in
the west, if possible. His three per
sonal friends, ex-Senator J. K. Jones of
Arkansas, Charles A. Walsh of Iowa,
former secretary of the national com
mittee, and Senator Johnson of Kansas,
a Bryan-Hearst man, will be asked to
keep away from the national committee
headquarters. They are suspected of
coolness toward the party canvass.
Judge Parker's letter of acceptance
will be published on Sept. 26. It is
ready now, but the delay is at the re
quest of the far western papers, as it
will take several days for them to re
ceive their copies.
SEGRETTOBInS"
TO BE BUN DOWN
Deaths Aaoribed to Alooholism
Will Be Traced on Poison
Theories.
Chioago, Sept. 16.Oases of alleged
"secret murder" that are said to oo
cur in Chicago every year and are most
often reported as cases of alcoholism,
will be investigated if the Chicago
Medical and Surgical association can
interest the proper authorities.
The association met last night and
recommended that an appropriation be
enacted to help the coroner's office.
Dr. J. Newton Boe, dean of pharmacy
at the Valparaiso, Ind., normal col
lege and professor of chemistry at the
Chicago College of Dentistry, read a
paper on "Secret Murder."
''People doubtless are murdered
every year in Chicago and other cities
by means of knockout drops' and simi
lar poisons," said Dr. Boe. I was
surprised to learn on investigation that
there was no record of suoh cases and
no attempt at investigation because no
appropriation has been made for the
purpose.
"Is life so cheap that the public
shall not know whether a fellow being
came to his death at the hands of a
criminal? By this neglect crime is
increased. Secret murder will lessen
only as precautions are taken to detect
poison administered by criminals."
The poison most commonly employed
by criminals, according to Dr. Boe, was
chloral hydrate, which puts the victims
to sleep.
WINNIPEG IN
THBOESOFFEYEB
One Hundred and Thirty Cases of
TyphoidHospital Accom
modations Exceeded.
Special to The Journal.
"Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 16.There are
now 130 typhoid patients in the Winni
peg general hospital and applications
for admittance are coming daily. In
the past few days twenty beds have
been added to give more accommoda
tions. These have already been filled
and many patients have been refused
admittance on account of lack of
room.
Winnipeggers witnessed an exciting
chase last evening. The pursuit was
after a mulatto woman named Bie
Miller, who hails from St. Paul, and
who had taken the notion to run off
with the baby son of W. Labelle. She
snatched the child from the baby car
riage and girded her skirts around her
and led a host of pursuers a long chase
up Notre Dame avenue% She was cap
tured and will be examined by the po
lice as to her sanity.
V. O. Hermann, buyer for the Ca
nadian Elevator company at Eden.
Man., was arrested in Winnipeg charged
with embezzlement. He is said to be
7,000 bushels of wheat short, some be
ing the company's wheat and some be
longing: to "William Newell and other
Eden rarmers. Hermann came here
two years ago from Iowa to build ele
vators for the company, and remained
as buyer at Eden, where he sold lum
ber. The company asserts he is also
short in his lumber accounts.
MILLIONS FOR FRIARS.
Manila, Sept. 16.-The civil commission
Is prepared to pay to the Augustlnlan or
der of friars $2,076,000 gold.for the lands
In the islands held by the order. The
native constabulary, has been reduced to
1,200 men.
RNALSATURDAY.'&.DANTTONIGHRWARMEDAN
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JAPANESE MASS 1
ON RUSS FLANKS I
Skirmish Near Mukden May Be
Part of Oyama's Advance
on City. ?V
PORT ARTHUB AGAIN
CENTER OF INTEREST
Baron Hayashi, However,' Says
Siege Will Take Place of
Assault.
SUMIVEARY OF WAR
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Advices from Mukden and an of
ficial report to St. Petersburg indi
cate that the Japanese forces are
again on the move. General Kuro
patkln's reoconnaisances establish
the fact that they are massing on
his east flank and bodies of Jap
anese are moving up the Liao val
ley. St. Petersburg, however, stiU
believes that a serious engagement
is not immediately at hand, but that
it will require some weeks for Mar
shal Oyama to be in shape for
another attack. In the meantime
the Russians continue to fortify
Tie-ling and statements that Kuro
patkin will not abandon Mukden
are received in St. Petersburg with
some scepticism. St. Petersburg
expects the Japanese now to re
double their efforts before Port
Arthur and another sortie of the
fleet is expected
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London, Sept 16.A rumor Is In cir
culation here that aix Russian warships
which escaped from Port Arthur during
a sortie are Intact on the Pacific, and that
they will shortly appear at some port It
Is not known what port they will make
for, but the supposition Is that they may
touch at San Francisco or some British
port on the Pacific.
Aberdeen, Scotland, Sept. 16.A pas
senger wh oarrived today on the coasting
steamship Hogarth reports that two Jap
anese officers and nine sailors had board
ed the vessel and that, as soon as she
arrived at Aberdeen, they Jumped Into a
small boat and proceeded to a low-lying
craft In the offing, evidently a torpedo
boat, which, on receiving the men,
steamed seaward. It Is believed here that
the intention of the Japanese Is to lie In
wait for the Baltic fleet.
Mukden, Sept. 16.Early this mornX"
ing twenty-six wounded men belonging
to Major General Mistchenko's Cos
sack division were brought into Muk
den. Particulars of the skirmish are
not available. It~is not clear whether
it was a" SiBEmle outpost affair or the be
ginning of tn?r real Japanese advance
on Mukden.
According to information from
Chinese sources, the Japanese are
leaving a garrison at Liao-yang
and their main forces are moving
put on the Bussian flanks. The whole
Chinese population of Liao-yang is
working on the Japanese defenses there.
The Chinese also report that the Jap
anese are running regular trains be
tween Port Dalny and Niu-chuang, the
rolling stock, according to their state
ments, having come from San Francisco.
Mukden merchants who have dealings
with Niu-chuang say that if the Jap
anese occupy Mukden they intend to
connect the railroad with the Sin-min
tin terminus of the Shan-hai-kwan
Tientsin railroad about* thirty-five
miles west of Mukden.
At night the Bussian sentries here
can discern the glow of the Japanese
campfires in the direction of Liao-yang.
Until three days ago the Japanese had
not finished burying their dead
around Lrao-yang.
The Chinese are becoming more un
friendly as the Japanese advance. The
Japanese are imposing their systems of
administration at every town occupied,
seizing the revenues, beginning with the
timber dues in the Yalu district and
ending: with the salt tax in Manchuria.
In Kwan-tung province the Japanese
are quite at home. They are already
installing Japanese teachers in the Chi
nese schools. At Mukden the chief
Chinese official remains outwardly
friendly, but he no longer co-operates
with the Bussians and the Chinese re
fuse assistance to the Bussian transports
or to furnish them with supplies.
Nevertheless, altho animated by un
doubted sympathy for the Japanese,
the Chinese are not yet confident of an
ultimate Japanese victory and thus they
seek tOs&void an open rupture. The
abandonment of Mukden, however,
might make theivthDw off the mask
and exchange iheif negatively friendly,
attitude for. one of active hostility.
JAPS MOVE ON BUSS FLANK
Kuropatkin Beports that Perhaps Ad
vance on Mukden IB On.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 16, 5:35 p.m.
The Associated Press dispatch from
Mukden, announcing that, according to
information from Chinese sources, the
Japanese are leaving a garrison at Liao
lang and their main forces are moving
out on the Bussian flanks, is partially
confirmed by the dispatch from General
Kuropatkin reporting that the Japan
ese are passing on the Bussian flanks,
that a large force is concentrating at
Ben-tsia-pu-tze, twenty miles southeast
of Mukden, and that another force,
whose strength has not been estab
lished, is moving up the Liao valley.
The greater part of Field Marshal
Oyama's army, however, is still near
Yen-tai, encamped* along thet heights
-between the mines and the railroad.
While the war office does ,not expect
an immediate advance, the preliminary
dispositions of the Japanese' forces are
take nto indicate that the Japanese
intend when thev advance to strike
from the eastward.
They seem to be avoiding the terri
tory west of the Liao river, possibly
because it is flat and would give the
Bussians the advantage of their su
periority in cavalry.
Japs PUlage Liao-yang.
Chinese residents fleeing to Mukden
complain that the Japanese are pil
laging Lino-yang.
All the informatio nsmce received re
garding the condition of the Japanese
armies strengthened the conviction that
Olama will iequire a considerable time
to organize a new advance and it is
now believed that he will probably
await reinforcements of men and guns
to make good his losses at Liao-yang.
These, it is reported, will be ready to
leave Japan at the end of the month.
Moreover, it would create no surprise
here if a Japanese diversion is at
tempted in the direction of Vladivo
stok to prepare the way for a renewal
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