The Minneapolis journal. [volume], June 27, 1905, Image 1

About The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939

Image provided by: Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN

                
Take a Horning Tonr
Tne Journal's Seeing Minneapolis
9 O'clock Tour Ha
Caught*'
W*"&
heavilys. f|? 0n
PRICE TWO CENTS.
RAY JONES WANTS
TO GOVERN ALASKA
Ueutenant Governor of Minnesota
Has Eyes on Possible
Vacancy.
READY TO ACT AT ONCE
IP J. G. BRADY RESIGNS
Support of Minnesota's Two Sen
ators and Other Influential
Men Pledged.
gj BAY VT. JONES,
Minnesota's Lieutenant Governor, Who sf:
May Govern Alaska. $
If the territory of Alaska is to have
new governor as the outcome of the
present investigation ordered by Presi
dent Boosevelt, a s.\ong effort will be
made to secure the office for, a Minne
apolis man.
Lieutenant Governor Ray W. Jones
is a candidate for the place and has
a formidable backing from men promi
nent in republican state and national
politics.
Charges have been made against John
G. Brady, the present governor, who
has already been shown the wisdom of
resigning from the directorship of cer
tain mining and development com
panies. By order of the president, the
affairs of the territory are now under
investigation, and it is said that, irre
spective of findings, there may be a
transfer which will leave the office
of governor vacant.
Lieutenant Governor-Jones has been
urged by his friends to present his
candidacy for the place since the first'
trouble in the north nearly a year ago.
Little was done at that time, but since
I the recent developments" considerable
work has been done by he Jones
forces. It is stated that both Sena
tor Nelson and Senator Clapp' have
pledged their support and indorsement
and that the congressional delegation is
already well lined up and is willing to
offer the same support as the senators.
In addition, Mr. Jones will have prac
tically the solid support of- the state
senate over which he has presided for
two sessions. This will give him the
formal backing of party leaders all over
the state. In addition to. this F. B.
Kellogg of St. Paul, national commit
teeman, and Thomas Shevlin, former
committeeman of Minneapolis, are said
to be very friendly to Mr. Jones' can
didacy.
Immediately after the adjournment
nf the legislature in April, Governor
Jones went east and, it is understood,
had a conference with the senators and
others. In addition to his support in
the state he has influential friends at
Washington. At the present time he is
at his country home near Frazee, Minn.,
and could not be seen. It is admitted,
however, that his formal candidacy is
ready to be presented at Washington as
Boon as the proper moment arrives.
POLICE TOO BUSY
TO FIND HIS I AD
Highly Specialized Squad System
in New York Kept Him
Moving.
5New York Sun Special Service.
New York, June 27.Hezekiah Haw
kins -has encounteered most of the
eighteen local police squads'' in seek
ing relief for the loss'of nis wad. Haw
kins reached town on Saturday
from Mattoon., 111., with $200.
He registered at the Broadway hotel,
checked, his grip and started out to see
the sights. He had seen about a sight
and three-eighths when he was jammed
Into a doorway by two stout bravos.
which same process and the securing of
Hawkins' wad "was but the work of a
moment.''
Hawkins expected to lose his money,
but he objected to having it go in one
lump, so he sought out the nearest po
liceman and. stated his case.
"Sorry," said the cop, "but it's
none of my business. I'm a member of
the traffic squad."
Hawkins spied another bluecoat, hur
ried to him and stated his case.
"Hard luck, Hawkins," said cop No.
2, "but, you see, I belong to the thea
ter squad." __
"This is a funny place," said Haw
kins. Ah, here's another cop. 1 11
ask him."
"Do?" said cop No. 3. "Why, how
should I know? 1 belong to the sani
.tarv squad."
The next three cops belonged respec
tively to the court, newsboy and shoo
fly squads, and they weren't helping
folks find lost wads.
Finally Hawkins met a cop who di
rected him to the central-office squad,
and there he went.
CANADA HAS 1,190,000
ACRES MORE WHEAT
Special to The Journal.
Winnipeg, June 27.Secretary Frank
Fowler, of the Northwestern Grain
issociation, issued his report covering
,he wheat acreage. In Manitoba and
he Northwest Territories there are
t,619,000 acres in wheat, compared with
',429,400 last year, an increase of 1,190,-
0 acres.
The conditions, says Secretary Fowler,
ire favorable except for too much mois
ure in the Bed river valley in Man
toba.
1"*&
CANADA COOL AS
TO RECIPROCITY
Neighbors Across the Northern
Line Will Not Take the
Initiative.
Manufacturers Turn to Mother
Country with Olive Branch
Yankees Rejected.
By W. W. Jermane.
Ottawa, Can., June 27.Reciprocity
with the United States is a fast-fad
ing issue in Canada, if one may accept
the views of public men at Ottawa as
correctly expressing the general view
of the country. As a people, the Ca
nadians no longer care for it, and it is
manifestly the intention of the govern
ment not to take the initiative in any
movement seeking to bring it to pass.
A member of the liberal party in the
commons, a reciprocity advocate, told
me with great frankness that, so far
as he is concerned, all hope of a better
trade agreement between the two coun
tries had been abandoned.
"There are two spots in the United
States where reciprocity has some ad
vocates," he said. "Massachusetts and
Minnesota elsewhere in your country
the people care nothing about it, ana
are not even giving it any thought.
"In Canada, popular sentiment has
undergone a marked change since 1898,
when the joint high commission held
its last meetings, and I question very
much whether either political party
here would think reciprocity at this
time offered anything worth the effort
that would be necessary to bring it
about. Our people, like yours, care
much less about it now than formerly.
Don't Need American Help.
"Our population is increasing very
rapidly, and in all -essential ways we
are making great strides forward. For
this reason we do not need your help
as we once did, and Canadian states
manship is devoting itself almost ex
clusively to questions of internal im
provement.
"Personally I am still a believBr in
reciprocity, and should be glad to have
an arrangement made between the two
countries that would stimulate the
trade of both. I do not look for it,
however, nor do any thinking men on
our side of the line. Even ir we were
strongly in favor of it, nothing could
be accomplished, for your senate would
never ratify any treaty which our coun
try would accept. So, what's the use
of wasting breath over a discussion of
reciprocity? At least, what's the use
until your country gets readyto revise
its present tariff laws? When that
time comes it may be possible to make
an arrangement looking to better trade
relations but as for the present time,
the issue is dead on. both sides of the
line."
1 No "Joint High" Meeting.
In this connection, it may be proper
to say that no member .of .the Canadian
government, and I talked with several
of them is expecting the joint high
commission to meet. Steps toward a
meeting were taken several months ago
by Mr. Fairbanks, now.vice president,
at the .suggestion of president Eoose
velt, but nothing came' of them, and in.
the opinion of the Canadians, nothing
will.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian
Eremier,n
who is the chairman of the
anadia section of the commission,
took his.own time in replying to Mr.
Fairbanks' letter, and for several weeks
the impression prevailed in Washing
ton that he did not intend to reply.
When the reply came, it was not sat
isfactory, in that it did not suggest that
the Canadians cared anything about a
meeting, and there the matter rests.
Laurier Took His Time.
Laurier, at the time -when Fairbanks
wrote him, was recuperating at Los
Angeles. Fairbanks' first letter to him
was addressed to Ottawa, and was an
swered by his private secretary, who
said it would be given to Sir Wilfrid
on his return. Then Mr. Fairbanks
tried to get into touch with Sir Wilfrid
at Los Angeles, and letters and tele-
fframsyweree
Ead
sent him there in plenty,
the wer ever received, nothing has
happened to suggest that fact, and
finally, after a wait of many weeks,
the answer came under an Ottawa* date
line.
It is apparent, judging from this epi
sode alone, that Canada is not deeply
interested at the present moment in the
reciprocity situation, and that those
Americans are all wrong who insist
that if the United States wants a re
ciprocal arrangement, all it has to do
is to say the word.
Canada's Development.
In Montreal, the Washington corre
spondents now touring Canada discov
ered-that the last few years have in
tensified sentiment against any trade ar
rangement with the united States that
will imperil Canadian manufacturing
industries, now being developed at a
truly wonderful rate. Millions of capi
tal, mostly American? are going into
Canadian manufacturing plants every
year? and making the creation of reci
procity sentiment, especially in eastern
Canada, more difficult. As eastern
Canada will for many years to come
control Canadian national policies, by
reason of its preponderance of popula
tion and of wealth, it may be that Sir
Wilfrid Laurier's present attitude of
indifference is related to the eastern
constituency which he represents.
Canada's advancement in wealth and
opulatioh during the last six years has
no parallel on this continent, un
less a parallel is furnished by the great
movement of Americans to the Missis
sippi and Missouri valleys, immediately
following the civil war. It ought to be
said, however, that no six years of this
later period approached in rapidily of
development the past six years in Can
ada, and the Canadian movement seems
only to have begun.
Dual Growth of Dominion.
This development has been chial in
character. The eastern provinces, most
notably Quebec and Ontario, have
gained most in wealth, thru the invest
ment there of millions of dollars in
manufacturing plants. This has in
creased the wealth of the cities of the
east, and indirectly influenced their
population.
While this development has been go
ing on in the east, the west has been
attracting American, English, German
and Scandinavian farmers of the high
est type, to its rich prairies. In the
west the growth of population has
been rural, and in the east urban. The
former is much greater than the latter,
and the western transformation in a
few years will give them an influence
in Canadian national affairs so great as
to threaten the long continued control
of those affairs by Quebec and Ontario.
The School Question.
It is this phase of the situation which
has intensified the struggle in parlia
ment over the school question in the
two new provinces of-Alberta and Sas
katchewan. The crux of the contest
Continued on 2d Page, gd Column
GRAEME STEWART
OF CHICAGO DEAD
Leader in Political, Social and
Commercial Life of City
Passes Away."
GRAEME STEWART,
Prominent Chicago Man Who Died This
$ Morning:.
t
BLGOODJEALTH, HE
NAMED t)AY OF DEATH
Kew York Sun Special Service.
Morganton, N. 0 June 27.Nothing
has caused as much comment in this
state as the passing away of Alexan
der Perry of Smoky Creek township.
Mr. Perry was about 65 years of age
and in apparent good health. A few
days ago ne insisted that he would die
in a day or two and had his wife send
for J. H. Huffman, with whom he want
ed to consult as to some business mat
ters. When Huffman reached Perry he
found him in good health, but insist
ing he would die in twenty-four hours.
Early next morning Perry put out
his best clothes and sent a second time
for HuffmanT-jiwent-i tm his- room,-
down on a bedf and died beiore Hutt-
'-*?fesMil^Mi^^is^^^Mtt^M*^S^^^^^, IliliillMi
TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1905.
i
Chicago, June 27.Graeme Stewart,
a leader in Chicago's commercial, po
litical and social life, two years ago a
candidate for mayor on the republican
ticket, and a member of the executive
committee of the republican national
committee from 1900 to 1904, died at
his residence here early today after a
month's illness. A series of apoplectic
strokes caused death. He was 52 years
old.
On the evening of May 24 Mr. Stew
art waB seated at a banquet given by
the Bankers' club. He had nnst com
pleted the task of collecting the $128,-
000 guaranty promised by the Mer
chants' and Commercial clubs to the
United ^States government to bring the
lake naval station at Lake Bluff, 111.,
and was receiving the congratulations
of his friends.
Just as Paul Horton, secretary of
the navy, was praising the Panama ca
nal policy of President Boosevelt, Mr.
Stewart gasped and sank into his chair.
He became unconscious at once and
was taken to a room, where restora
tives were administered. The physi
cians announced that he had suffered
from an attack of acute indigestion,
combined with a slight congestion of
the brain, and within a few days He
seemed to be well on the road toward
complete recovery. But the illness had
really been a slight attack of apoplexy.
Another attack Drought on a relapse.
A third followed a few days ago, and
since then Mr. Stewart's life had been
slowly ebbing away.
WALLACE RESIGNSf
CLASH WITH TAFT
i
1.
Chief Engineer of Panama Canal
"Scene" with Secre
tary of War,
New York S*n Special Servioe.
New York, June 27.John F. Wal
lace, chief engineer of Panama canal
and a member of the commission, has
resigned his office and the resignation
will be accepted formally at Washing
ton today or tomorrow.
For the- resignation there are two
versions, one coming from friends of
the canal Commission, the other from
friends of Mr. Wallace, The first that
was current today is to the effect that
the resignation of Mr. Wallace was re
quested Deeause of differences between
the chief engineer, members of the com
mission, Secretary Taft. and thru the
latter with.President Roosevelt. The
other deaM with department red tape
and hampering- executive orders, which
have led Mr. Wallace to accept a posi
tion of as great importance as the head
of a great railway system.
This latter version contradicts the
assertion that his resignation was de
manded, or that he was recalled to
this country, and sets forth that he
came at his'own request, and announced
to Mr. Taft at the-Hotel Manhattan
last Sunday--morning his intention of
dropping the-canal work.
Had Stormy Session.
Accounts agree that the conference
was stormy alter Mr. Wallace had an-,
nounced his reasons for coming.
Mr. Taft, it is said, lost his temper
and made certain remarks which Mr.
Wallace was inclined to resent.
The discussion thereafter was frank
and open, Mr. Wallace telling Mr. Taft
that if they wanted the canal dug right
they must change their present system
of management and supervision by
placing one strong man at the head of
the work, allow him to come and go
as he chose, cut away the red tape
that binds everything, apply ordinary
business methods and hold him respon
sible.
Mr. Taft accused the engineer of
handicapping the administration by
various actions, particularly in getting
out, and announced that he did not care
how goon the resignation was present
ed. It was presented on the spot, ac
counts say, but being directed to the
president, it had to go to Washing
ton.
6
Serious Differences.
That serious differences in the con
duct of the work on the isthmus had
arisen between the chief engineer, the
administration and some members of
the canal board was known almost the
first week after Mr. Wallace arrived
at Panama, Delay in obtaining sup
plies, methods in advancing the plans
according to procedure at Washington,
were all strange to him and became irk
some. Being chief engineer of the great
undertaking, knowing that he would be
held responsible for iailure, he insisted
that he should be put in a position to
have absolute control, and objected to
orders prohibiting his leaving the isth
mus unless he obtained permission from
the war department.
These matters are said to have been
discussed at the Sriaday c^&ference with
Secretary Taft whip follower-Mr. Wal
lace 's arrival here iand at which Wil
liam Nelson Cromwell was present. Be
ing a man of independent means, the
$30,000 annual salary was no object to
the chief engineer, and no means hav
ing been found to meet his views as to
the manner in which the canal work
should be conducted, his resignation
was presented.
VAUDEVILLE GETS LILLIAN RUSSELL.
New York, June 27.Lillian Russell, it is
stated on the best authority, has decided to
go into vaudeville. She has received an offer
of $100,000 for a thirty weeks' engagement,
and in all probability she will make her ap-
Eiangtrye,
earanc in the vaudeville field before Mrs.
Mrs. Potter or any of the other im
ported attractions make their bow next sea
son.
Dun
man reached him Conrath, resigned
#**XafiBft*#XM$fl^^^^
appointed: MinnesotaVasa,
Goodhue oounty, Nathan B. Ofeltkvic, vice Nels
Tlaid I iO. Bklund, resigned. Wisconsin-Graytown,
county, Fred Turrtilin, vice Joseph M.
COUNT 'EM QUICK!
3 Fourth July, to Census EunmeratorYou'll have to if you want coun:t
incoming.
4.hurry
PORDYj NEMESIS
OF MANY ROADS
Besides the Santa Fe Rebate Case,
Minnesota Man Will Prosecute
Other Companies.
W*XM:tfO"ftt^
MILTON D. PURDY,
Assistant Attorney General of the T/nit- j
ed StatesIn Santa Fe Case. (jj
New York Sun Special Servioe.
Washington, June 27.Carrying out
the instructions of the president, At
torney General Moody has sent Assist
ant Attorney General Milton D. Purdy
to Kansas City to commence the prose
cution of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railroad company.
A statement issued by the depart
ment of justice indicates that he will
also institute proceedings, against cer
tain other railroad corporations, all of
which are named in the blanket injunc
tion of March 25, 1902, issued by the
United States circuit court in Kansas
City, growing out of the meat prod
ucts case.
Santa Fe the Main Case.'
The main case, however, is to be that
of the Santa Fe rebates to the Colora
do Fuel & Iron company. Beports are
current that the two
companiesa
fined for every case in1
will be
which rebate
was granted, in which event, if found
guilty, they will be required to pay
millions of dollars to the government.
The best information, however, is that
they will be prosecuted solely because
of their failure to communicate the
schedule of rates,to the interstate com
merce commission, as required by law.
Against Other Roads.
When Purdy has completed his work
in connection? with the Santa he
will turn his attention to thirteen other
railroads which were enjoined in an
order of the court on March 25, 1902,
but it is not expected that any pro
ceedings, will result. The Internation-
B\ Harv*e#ejr:. case,,,will then come .up, wct n"'
for prosecution. This involves the cM.T
cago & Alton, Wisconsin Gentral, Illi
nois Central, Bock Isla'n'd, Chicago, Bur
lington Quincy and Santa Fe.
The attorney general also is expected
to consider the initiation of proceed
ings against the following roads as
result of the opinion1
There are many persons here who
say Purdy's work will be ineffective,
as he will be more under the control of
the department of justice than were
Messrs. Harmon and Judson, who re
signed their commissions.
:'l:- --o~C 'em allI'm I
iaB
of the interstata
commerce commission that the division
of thru rates imposed by them is in ex
Cess of legitimate switching charges:
Chicago & Alton, Illinois Central, Eock
Island, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Chi
cago, Burlington & Quiney, Erie, Mich
igan Central, Milwaukee & St. Paul,
Pe'n'nsylvania & Santa Fe.
See Drag on the Work.
WASH ES AND PROBABLY SHOWBBS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
SWEDEN'S RIKSDAG:
DEBATING CRISIS
Berg Declares Government's Pro
posals a Surrender to Nor
wegians.
Lithander Asserts Nation's Honor
Demands Resistance
Norway's Action.
to
Stockholm, June 27.A joint com
mittee-of the two houses of the riksdag
was appointed at today's session to
deal with the bill seeking authority for
the Swedish government to negotiate
with the Norwegian storthing for terms
of settlement for the separation of Nor
way and Sweden.
The debate in the upper chamber was
begun by G. A. Berg, who declared the
proposals of the Swedish government
were nothing less than a surrender to
the Norwegian revolutionists. The riks
dag, he said, could not acknowledge
Norway as a sovereign state before
Sweden's just demands were fulfilled.
If the bill was to be passed, it should
be introduced by the government, in
whose statesmanship and capacity the
riksdag had full confidence.
Herren Kennedy and Lithander, mem
bers of the right party, similarly crit
icized the government. The latter de
clared that Sweden's security and nom
inal honor demanded the most vigorous
resistance to the acts of the Norwegian
revolutionists. STRANGE CASE OF
VIRGIL H. WHITE
Iowa Lawyer, Thought to Have
Drowned, Found Working as
a Farmhand.
Special to The Journal.
Des Moines, Iowa, June 27JVirgil
H. White, son of Fred E. White, Iowa's
most prominent democrat, was found to
day at Defiance, Iowa, working as a
farmhand under the name of Henry
Kirkhart.
White was first missed a week ago
last Sunday. His clothing and hat
were found on the bank of the Des
Moines river and he was supposed to
have drowned. Eelatives and friends
dragged the river for days.
White now admitB that he left some of
his clothing, and walked to Ames and
then "bummed" his way west to Defi
ance, where he found work. His dis
covery occurred thru pictures published
in the newspapers.
No cause for White's action can be
assigned. His friends believe he was
insane. He had cash in the bank, a big
law practice and stood high socially.
The Sunday that he disappeared, he
had spent playing golf and visiting with
friends. He went to the river ,and in
sisted upon taking out a boat in a
Some of his friends believe he "was
jilted by a prominent society girl and
on this account desired to have it be
lieved he was dead. After leaving Des
Moines, he discarded his business suit
for overalls.
RUSSIAN EXPERTS
EXPECT DEFEAT
Victory for Oyama as Good as
Conceded Peace Parley
Plans Completed.
Peking, June 27.The correspondent
of the Associated Press here is informed
on good authority that China desires to
be represented in the Busso-Japanese
peace conference..
St. Petersburg, June 27.The mili
tary experts take anything but a hope
ful view of General Linevitch's situa
tion. They do not believe he can be
surrounded, but apparently do not con
sider the possibility of a Bussian vic
tory. Linevitch's retirement to Harbin
and the isolation of Vladivostok seem
to be regarded as foregone conclusions
when Field Marshal Oyama strikes.
According to the latest news from the
front, which is thirty-six hours old,
Oyama, after forcing back the Bussian
right and center, transferred his weight
against the left, compelling the Bus
sians to give ground there also.
The military erities agree that the
frontal movement is merely a feint for
the envelopment of one or both of the
Bussian wings, without which nothing
in the shape of a decisive victory is
possible. The impression is that Oyama,
profiting by past experience, is more
carefully preparing his turning opera
tions, but by the same token, the Bus
sian staff declares Linevitch has taken
ample precautions to keep in touch with
flanking movements and that it is not
possible to take him by surprise.
The negotiations relative to the
Washington meeting are entering on
their final phase. Having agreed that
the time of the meeting is to be during
the first ten days of August, all that re
mains is the formal naming of the plen
ipotentiaries, which now will not long
be delayed. Eussia has already been
apprised thru the intermediary at
Washington of the views of Japan re
garding the number of the plenipoten
tiaries, if, indeed, she is not already in
possession of the names of the nego
tiators who will act for the Japanese
emperor.
WOMAN TOO SWIFT FOR
"UNCLE JOE" IN FOOTRACE
Burlington, Iowa, June 27.Speaker
Cannon and other congressmen, who
have visited Alaska and the Portland
fair, passed thru Burlington today.
Speaker Cannon, while on the station
platform ran a lively footrace with
Mrs. L. W. Busby, wife of his private
secretary, the famous molder of legis
lation coming out a close second, amid
the cheers 01 the crowd.
WOMAN EXPIRES AT A DANCE.
New York, June, 27.Surrounded by
groups of frightened men and women
with the echo of dance music still ring
ing in their ears, Mrs. James Kirwin has
suddenly' expired in the ballroom of an
"Ulmer park pavilion. The woman was
55 years old. She was attacked by apo
plexy during a dance. A priest hastened
to her side and. administered the last
Coming Soon
News Letters from The Journal's
Field Correspondent terg?
*& Scandinavia.
14 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK.
RUSSIA IS FILLING
JAILS OF POLAND
One Thousand Persons Cast Into
Cells in Warsaw and Riot :frJ
Quelled.
MEANWHILE CAUCASUS y|
OUTBREAK CONTINUES
Great Pains Taken to Appease
Russia's Reserve Men, to
Be Mobilized.
^maRsmrnsxmsmKmw.^/mf&%%* X'fU!:m.&%
jt 5r. s:: 5:
GEKE&AL HAXTMOVITCH,
Bussian Governor General of the Prov
ince of Warsaw.
ST-: I
St. Petersburg, June 27.There is a
complete embargo on news from Lodz
Following the example of Lodz work
men, the Warsaw workmen built bar
ricades at five places and blood was
shed in defendnig them. Early last
night a young Jew threw a stone at a
passing patrol on Krochmalna street,
whereupon the Cossacks drove a crowd
of people into a court yard and fired a
volley at them, killing or wounding
twenty persons, including five women
and a boy.
The strikers. 0
l-^mm
&
the Boamanshavede
factory, on being fired on by the son
of the proprietor, retaliated by wreck- 'iM
4n the establishment.'" -~W
Great pains are being taken to aprf'^S*"
pease the reserve men who will be S "s
called to the colors at the forthcoming
mobilizatioMoscow,
in Moscow
rf-
anrdto Stcreate
Peters-
.-M in orde as
little disturbance as possible, it is pro- 3
posed to take 1,500 men ppr day for *1
twenty days. The Grand Duchess E'I Z
abeth is
arrangintg
to distribute
prest-
ents to the mena and a similar corrsfl 1
T ,i.
BANK ASSETS GONE AND 1
CASHIER THREATENED
New York Sun Special Service. ^iijm
Clinton, Mo., June 27.Threats were jgp'
made by depositors of the Salmon & ~:M
Salmon bank against Thomas M. Casey, v^l
the cashier, who was arrested yesterday
on a charge of forgery following the
discovery that $400,000 of the bank's
assets had been hypothecated with Kan
sas City and St. Louis banks and trust
conipanies. So intense was the situa
tion that Sheriff Hall swore in forty
five business men as deputy sheriffs,
and Mayor Barnhart put on a number
of extra policemen.
Talk of lynching was heard on all
sides, so wrought up were the excited
depositors of the defunct bank, once
one of the strongest institutions in the
western part of Missouri. At present
the outlook is that the bank's assets
are swept away and that depositors and 1
creditors will lose practically every-
-t"
~'i
but generally speaking the situation
in Bussian Poland shows a little im
provement. Such advices as have ar- .4
rived here from Warsaw indicate that
the strike is only partially successful,
and that the authorities are keeping the
situation pretty well in hand. ^v
The ringleaders and agitators are be
mg arrested by the wholesale, more
than a thousand having been put behind
the bars up to this morning. 1
Women Slain toy Cossacks.
I
Eomny, governmen
ursue
of Poltava. ,J|
Gorda a Danger Spot.
Another danger spot is Gorda (Bus- I"
sian Trans-Caucasia), the warlike in
habitants of which are deeply incensed
over the affront offered to their clergv
seventy of whom, while attempting to
discuss the question of church and
state, were attacked by Cossacks, who
dispersed them with knouts. The priests
their protest against this action,
practically laid their country under an
interdict like that passed in the middle
ages by refusing to solemnize baptisms,
marriages and other rites of the church
until redress is given by the whole or
thodox church, of which the Georgian
church is part. There is much discus
sion of the incident and the beating
of the priests has caused wide indigna
tion.
Trepoff on Trial.
The situation offers a crucial test of
the ability of General Trepoff, and the
new police minister is virtually on trial
before the emperor and Eussia to jus
tify his selection for so responsible a
post. The trouble is all the more sud
den and the more unexpected, coming
on the heels of the good impression
produced by the emperor's reception
of the zemstvoists and his promise to
consider the grievances and to give the
country a national assembly as rapidly
as possible.
A despatch from Erivan reports a
new and alarming feature of tne situa
tion an the Caucasus, in the desire of
the Persian Mohammedans to join their
Moslem brethren across the border,
which would convert a racial strife into
a real "holy war" and kindle a flame
which would devastate the southern
Caucasus and be extinguished only by
streams of blood.
State of Siege.
Warsaw, Bussian Poland, June 27.
All the prisons are full, no less than 672
persons, mostly Jews, having been ar
rested during the past twenty-four
hours.
It is expected that a state of siege
will be proclaimed,, as great riots are
expected during the mobilization.
The laborers on thirty-two beet-root
plantations in the government of Po
dolia have struck and it is feared the
harvest will be lost. The peasants in
the government of Kovno are force
fully occupying pasture and other lands
of the proprietors of the estates.
$
".-si