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DEMOCRATS' BOMB
MISSES PRESIDENT
Tillman-Cliandler Charges
Broken Fadth Leave Roose
velt Unscathed.
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SOUGHT THUNBER FOR
THE COMING CAMPAIGN
Effort to Win Political Capital in
Rate Debate, Fails, Says
Correspondent.
BIBLE TEXT FOR SENATE.
Washington, May 14.Dr. R.lward
Everett Hale, chaplain of the senate,
read to that body on its eonveujno- to-
day, this text from the Scriptures:"*
''Blessed are the peacemakers for
they shall.be called the chil.lven of
God blessed are ye whin they shall re
vile and persecute you and sav all man
ner of evil against you for my sake."
Special to The Journal.
Chicago, May 14.A Washington
special to the Chicago Tribune says:
President Boosevelt has winded the
hydra-headed purpose of the demo
crats in accusing him publicly of
breaking faith with them and with men
of his own party in the senate on the
railroad rate bill and will not permit
himself to fall a victim* to it.
Senator Tillman did some more sput
tering last night in regard to the "in-
iquitous conduct of Theodore Boose
velt" and backed himself up by is
suing the first part of a memorandum
written by former Senator Chandler
confirming in everv respect the charges
made by the pitchfork statesman in
the senate yesterday.
The president decided not to add a
single word to the declaration made
thru Senator Lodge that the statement
he had accused Senators Spooner, Knox
and Foraker of endeavoring to defeat
the legislation was unqualifiedly false.
Dems Sought Glory.
It is evident, therefore, that the
democrats started on a quest for big
fng
fame without even a chance of sight
their quarry. Their effort, first of
all is, to convince the country on the
eve of a congressional campaign that
from the beginning they have been the
only .stanch friends of the railroad rate
legislation, out-Boosevelting Boosevelt
in the intention to confine the review
bv the court of the findings of the
interstate commerce commission to th?
narrowest possible limits consistent
with constitutionality.
I also is to show that the repub
lican party was never earnestly and
heartily in favor of the legislation
that the president, finding himself un
able te secure sufficient support from
the republican senators, who, he said,
were endeavoring to defeat the legis
lation, turned to the democrats and
engaged in negotiations and entered
into an agreement on a court reyiew
amendment which he officially pro
nounced satisfactory and that he sub
sequently repudiated this agreement
and in the interest of Jjis own party
selfishly abandoned a principle which
he had declared was essential.
Would Create Dissension.
creating dissension between the
republicans in the senate anc1
the presi
dent the democrats hope to be able
to split the solid front the men of that
party now present and to get thru
amendments which will enable them
to gain some credit for the legislation.
Another object thev have in view is
to defeat two republican policies the
president has announced he proposes to
carry thru before the session closes.
One of these contemplates a reduction
in the tariff upon imports from the
Philippines. The president has aban
doned the free trade bill passed bv the
house. The other relates to the ratifica
tion of the treaty under which the
United States would be authorized to
intervene in the interest of public or
der in Santo Domingo.
Because the president had mapped
out his plan of campaign upon the two
latter subjects, now that the rate fight
is practically over, it is admitted in
republican circles to be unfortunate
that former Senator Chandler should
have placed the democrats in a posi
tion to inject suspicion, to say the
least, into the relations of the admin
istration and the republican leaders of
the senate.
Chandler a Wasp.
Mr. Chandler's employment as an in
termediary is considered in the light of
experience to have been highly injudi
cious. When he was in the senate he
was known as its wasp, stirring up as
much trouble by the sting ever at the
end of his tongue as Tillman does to
day.
But Mr. Chandler, who was a victim
of the railroads of his native state,,
who has been a consistent friend of
adequate rate legislation, who was a
friend of the president and a friend of
the South Carolinan, seemed an ideal
man to conduct the negotiations.
The president would have preferred
talking directly to Tillman, but the
latter never has forgiven the action of
the president, in withdrawing an in
vitation extended to him to dine at the
White House to meet Prince Henry,
when that German dignitary was visit
ing America, and he has since refused
to go to the White House.
There was nothing for the president
to do but get into communication with
Tillman, not as republican and demo
crat not as enemy, bu as
two, patrioticenemy citizenanputting asidet for
the moment all personal and political
difficulties to achieve the object they
had at heart.
Tales Were Carried.
From the president's point of view
it was no part of the duties of the
intermediary to carry tales, even if
there had been tales to carry. It was
the duty of that intermediary to carry
Proposals
back and forth. That was all.
he president does not admit he made
th reflection upon Knox, Soooner and
Foraker which Tillman and Chandler
charge. On the other hand, he cfttims
he could not have made such charges.
It is claimed at the White House
that the president has abandoned noth
ing, that he stands today where he al
ways stood, and that it was for the
senate to choose between the several
amendments which had been pro
nounced satisfactory by the friends of
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FINDS ELOPEMENTSS
MENAGE TO NATION
Edward R. Johnstone, Speaking
of Defectives, Urges Stricter
Marriage Laws.
Philadelphia, May 14.Among the
many topics discussed at today's ses
sion of the National Conference on
Charities and Correction were needy
families, defective and difficult boys,
industrial training for children, immi
gration and training for social workers.
Speaking of the laws relating to de
fectives, Edward R. Johnstone, superin
tendent of the Kew Jersey training
school at Vineland, SJvJ., said:
A jare ul revision of the- marriage
laws in the various states is needed.
Elopements, marriages under age, eon
sanguinous marriages, the marriage of
people while intoxicated all need legal
restriction and enforcement of the laws.
Laws requiring the permanent custody
of feeble-minded women at least, are
needed. We need it to be mandatory
to send the defectives to the institu
tions, and the capacity of the institu
tions must be sufficient to work in har
mony with compulsory education
laws.''
Fresh Air and Sleep.
Discussing the topic of "Education
Before Literature,'' Thomas M. Balliet,
Ph.D., dean of the school of pedagogy,
New York university, said:
"What is essential in education or
development of the arrowing child in
Ins earlv vears is fresh air, wholesome
food, abundance of sleep, abundance of
opportunity to play, opportunity to use
his sense upon things which he wants
to know, and intercourse with other
children and with adults whose person
al influence is wholesome and uplifting.
Reading, writing and arithmetic be
come of greater and greater importance
with advancing vears, but they must
not occupy the dominant place in the
early education of the child, where
many people of the average type would
assign them."
HELD SERVICE FOR
WIFE HE MURDERED
Mackey Prayed Before the Corpse
of His Spouse and Then
Killed Himself.
Special to The Journal,
Lincoln, Neb., May 14.A coroner's
inquiry into the murder of Mrs.' Sid
Mackey by her husband and the sub
sequent suicide of the latter near Fair
bury, Neb., discloses a tragedy unique
in the criminal annals of the state.
Mackey was a wealthy widower with
several grown children, and married the
woman eighteen months ago. They
quarreled frequently and Mackey,
brooding over his uhhappiness, bought
a revolver three week* .ago.
On Saturday morning a neighbor wo
man entered the house and found
Mackey's body on a bed. A ghastly
wound was in the temple and a pistol
was clutched in his hand. Several days
before he had told the neighbors that
his wife had gone on a visit, and it
was not until the coroner reached the
scene, six hours later, that the woman'3
corpse was discovered in another room.
Mrs. Mackey's body lay on a bed
partly covered by a shroud, and a bul
lethole in the head disclosed the man
ner of death. The hands were crossed
above her breast and her head was al
most completely hidden by a mass of
flowers. A small table stood at the
head of the bed and on it were a Bible
and a cross with charred candles on
either side of the cross.
Mackey had held funeral services
over her body every day for several
days. A note scrawled before he took his
own life explained that he had prayed
for her forgiveness for the unhappiness
she had caused him.
The children requested a verdict by
the coroner's jury that 2acfce"v was
insane, but the finding was one1
der and suicide.
PUNISH ROADS'CZARS,
URGES A. B. STICKNEY
Great Western's Chief Wants Mag-
nates, Not Employees, Fined-
Washington, May 14.Senator Knute
Nelson today had read in the senate
the following telegram from A. B.
Stickney of St. Paul, president of the
Chicago & Great Western Bailway:
"As you know, I am in full sympa
thy with the main features of the
amendment proposed t# the interstate
commerce act, but I desire to protest
against the injustice of the proposed/
amendment imposing fine and imprison
ment on officers and agents of railway
companies for allowing rebates.
"Such penalties can never be in
flicted on presidents and high officials
of 160,000 miles of railways of this
country, who live in New York ana
do not deal directly -with rates, while
their demand for more revenue will in
duce some freight agent on a salary of
$3,000 or $4,000 a year to grant a re
bate.
"Make the penalty as high as you
please against the railway company,
This is the only way to reach the rail
way czars and grand dukes. The pen
alty of imprisonment was in existence
for many years, and only one man, a
poor freight agent, trying to support
his family on a meager salary was im
prisoned."
SUCKED THRU A BIG
PIPE, BOY SURYIYtS
Ten-Year-Old Tumbles in Ms
souri and Is Carried Under
Workings of Dam.
Special to The Journal.
Helena, Mont., May 14.Carried thru
one of a half dozen eight-foot pipes,
which are temporarily conveying the
main channel of the Missouri river un
der the workings of the new dam, be
ing constructed near here, was the ex
perience of a 10-year-old boy named
Potter, on Sunday.
The boy as playing on one of the
temporary SjfeujCtares._
abjM*'aThreee
and slipped and fell in:!
of mur-
SHELDON, IOWA.K. W. Ady, redefter of
the Sheldon bank, has just paid the first divi
dend to creditors. It consists of 43 per cent.
The bank failed NOT. 4 1003.
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th -dam,
hun
dred or more men working at the scene
made frantic efforts to save him "before
he would be carried -thru the pipes,
which are about forty feet-long.
The river is at high-water stage and
when the boy was sucked into one of
the pipes, all hope was abandoned.
Boats were launched on the lower side
and sent in pursuit. The body did not
appear on the surface for some time,,
but was finally caught far below. The
lad was uninjured beyond a few bruises
received in being thrown against the
sides of the pipe, he haying had pres
ence of mind to keep his mouth closed.
This undoubtedly saved his life.
BLINDED BY LIGHTNING.
Muskegon, Mich.. May 14.Four children we're
asleep la one room at Frank Beattle'a home' in
Egglestoti township, nine mllis from this city,
yesterday, when the house was struck by light*
nlng. A 4-year-olQ hoy ana 6-year-oia girl were
stricken blind but the other two children were
not touched.
14 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK. MONDAY EVENING, MAY 14,. J906. PRICE ONE CENT IN MINNEAPOLIS.
3 MSB. |jrAK8 G. BLAINE,
it Famous Beaaty Who Has Beached Sioux 2
.S Falls in Quat of Divorce. ft
MRS.31INEIS
& SIOUX FALLS
Members^ off the Divorce Colony
Put in i Flutter by Her
Arrival.
Special to The Journal.
DISH!! OrauuK
SBOffrmTM' S LOS S
Alexandria, May 14.^Th& British
glerrison of Alexandria, consisting of
infantry and artillery, with bafcctB play
ing and colors flying, marched thru
*he main streets of the town today and
paraded in the big square
The object of this military demon
stration was to reassure and impress
the natives, who had been somewhat
disturbed by the recent pan-Islamic
campaign launched by the supporters
of the Turkish action on the Sinai
peninsula.
Tamaqua, Pa., May 14.Commissioner Nell,
appointed by the anthracite strike commission
to comitate the rate of WORTHS for anthracite
miners, has notified the coal operators that the
miners will be paid 8 per etoit on the $4.50
btfsis for tlie month of May. the average price
Of coal at tidewater last month toeing **.93 p?r
ton. THIS 18 the highest rate at which the
miners hare been paid since the commission
made its award.
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Sioux Palls, S^nD., May 14 Rumors
that Mrs. Jamejs? Blaine intended to
come to Sioux jFalls for the purpose of
establishing a tes$dence and securing a
divorce became! reality today by the
arrival of hferseH#and maid in the city
for the purposeioC taking up their resi
dence here forfthte necessary period of
six months. *1
They were dnWten from the train di
rectly to the a*aract hotel, where
Mrs: Blaine at Engaged a suite of
four rooms and latere she will make her
home during tSe six months or more
she remains Sioux Falls, pending the
commencement of Jier divorce suit end
the securing oi a divorce 'decree.
Her arrival caused" a flutter among
members of the local divorce colony.
It is recalled old residents that she
is the second "Mrs*-JameS GL Blaine to
come to Siou* Fafife with the object of
procuring a divorce, the first being for
mer Miss Nevins, i?cho now is the'wife
tff Dr. BuB f New York ^jity.
New York, May 14.Carl Schurz, fa
mous soldier-publicist and former secre
tary of the interior, passed away at
4:35 a.m. today.
Death was due to a complication of
diseases following an attack of stomach
trouble.
Carl Schurz was born at Liblar, near
Cologne, Prussia, March 2, 1829. He
was educated at the Gymnasium of Co
logne and at the University of Bonn.
Being in sympathy with the revolu
tionists in the trouble of 1848, he was
compelled to fly from Bonn and in 1850,
he removed to London where he was
engaged as a teacher. He married and
came to America, first to Philadelphia,
tout settling in 1855 at Madison, Wis.
Fought for the Union.
He took part in the civil war as a
brigadier general of the union army,
ana won distinction in many battles.
In 1869 Mr. Schurz was chosen United
States senator from Missouri and was
a prominent member of that body for
several years. He was secretary of the
interior'under President Hayes.
A strong writer, Mr. Schurz became
editor of the Evening Post of New
York and in later years gained fame as
the author of "A Life of Henry Clay"
and Abraham Lincoln: an Essay.'' He
also has, written several essays and was
a prominent magazine contributor.
HUNT FUGITIVE TO
CLEAR SPIER CASE
Police Search for Man Upon Re
quest of Dead Plunger's
Friends.
Journal Special Service.
New York, ay 14.Friends of
Charles Spier, who still believe that the
bullet which killed him may have been
fired by a burglar, have asked the
Staten" Island police to make a deter
mined effort to- capture Charles Beam,
a fugitive from justice, who disap
appeared from Mariners Harbor on
April 6.
at the West Brighton police station on
that day, accusing him of shooting
Mrs. Hester Cozine, a relative of his
wife, who lives on Union avenue, in
Mariners Harbor. Beam is known as a
desperate character along the north
shore of Staten island, and has served
at least one term in prison for rob
bery, according to the police. There
have been two burglaries in the pre
cinct since he became a fugitive.
There are many residents on the
north shore who believe he may have
entered the Spier house on the night
of the tragedy and that he would have
used his revolver if cornered.^ They
vro\xl& at least like to see his* finger
prints compared with those found on
the Spier silverware and preserved at
police headquarters.
New York, May 14.Mrs. Jefferson
I-'aVlS, WllO nas been Ul for several days
at the Hotel Gerald was reported today
to be showing cWlnued Improvement.
SHOWERS AND WABM& T0N1OHT AND T&EflTNftWESOTA
CARL SCHURZ, FAMOUS
SOLDIER- WRITER, 6EAD
Former Statesman Passes Away After
a Brief Illness.
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CAUL SCHTTRZ,
S Noted Soldier-Publicist, Who Died
but 4io serious damage was reporteoV
Two Explosions.
.There were two explosions with but
a second's interval between and a
large amount of powder was destroyed.
So far as known no person was hurt.
Following the explosion many per
sons clad only in their night garments
fled to the street, believing the earth
quake recently predicted had taken
place. Many women became hysterical
and it was some time before they were
reassured.
25,000 Founds of Powder.
The four magazines which exploded
COntaiTied 25,000 poxinds of. powder
each. None oi the other buildings of
the cartridge company was damaged
and the four adjacent magazines were
unharmed.
The cause of the explosion is un
known. Most of tne plate elas=5 win-
dOWS in the city were shattered and
the isolation hospital, a small structure
half a mile away, was wrecked.
A panic occurred among the inmates
of the town farm, but no one was hurt.
The magazines were located on Success
hill in the northern part of the city.
Many Windows Shattered.
The full force of the explosion was
felt in the city proper, and apparently
there is not a single large pane of plate
glass left in the business buildings. As
for private residences, few escaped
without broken windows.
The damage seems to be confined en
tirely to broken glass and already the
Union Metallic Cartridge company has
given notice that property owners will
be compensated for damage of this na
ture.
These people continued in a nervous
state for several hours* being in fear
of further explosions. The city was
earlv flooded with inquiries from other
places for particulars of the disturbance
which had even more resemblance to an
earthquake than locally.
From all parts of the state came word
that the shocks were felt with force
enough to awaken people from sound
sleep.
TERROR I N NEW HAVEN
Shocks of Explosions Drive People Into
the Streets.
New Haven, Conn., May 14.Two
shocks from the Bridgeport powder ex
plosion, were felt in this city very dis
tinctly. Windows rattled and in some
houses dishes were shaken from shelves.
It was at first thought here that the
shocks were caused by an earthquake.
The force of the explosion was felt
in many parts of the state.
PANIC I N EASTPORT
Explosion Shocks Strike Fear in Man
and Beasts.
Eastport. R.-^f., .May 14.Two dis
tinct shocks coinciding in time with
the Bridgeport explosions and so vio
lent as to send almost the entire popula
tion of this village into the streets in
their ight clothing, were felt here to
day. Houses were jarred, dishes rat
tle'dt beds shook ana almost instantly
every sort of domestic animal and fowl
was engaged in a bedlam, which lasted
half an hour.
MOLTEN METAL FLIES
OVER FIFTEEN MEN
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:TY.
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3 CITIES SHAKEN
BY AN EXPLOSION
Bridgeport Windows Shattered
and People in Panic When
Magazine Blows Up.
Bridgeport, Conn., May 14.Four
magazines in the testing grounds of the
Union Metallic Cartridge company or.
the East Side exploded at an early
hour this morning, the concussion shak-.
ing the whole city and causing great
alarm among many persons who be
lieved that there had been an earth
quake.
"Windows were shattered, and in manv
places crockery fell from the Bhelves,
Chicago, May 14.Fifteen men were
injured, two of them fatally, by the
bursting of a ladle holding fifty tons
of molten metal in the converting mill
of the Illinois Steel "Works at South
Chicaeo today.
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Milwaukee, May 14.William Seliee, aged so
rears, has shot and killed his wife, 30 years old.
After vainly attempting to kill bi daughter
he shot himself. Het entered the house where
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ASSASSIN'S DAGGER
SLAYS HATED RDSSf
Workman Stabs Vice Admiral^
Kuzmich in Back When Holi
day Is Denied.
ST. PETERSBITRG FEARS
MORE BLOODSHED
200,000 Workmen in Demonstra-
tionCzar Faces Crisis
in Dotuna.
WORKMEN I N BITTER FIGHT
St. Petersburg, May 14.The only
other disorder reported up to 6 p.m. was
a fight in a suburb between a number
of conservative workmen and some rad
icals who tried to prevent them from
working. Revolver and knives were
drawn and several persons were in
jured, one dangerously.
St. Petersburg, May 14.Vice Ad
miral Kuzmich, commander of the port,
who was very unpopular with the work
men, was assassinated here today by
workmen wnose May Day demonstra
tion he had attempted to stop.
The admiral was killed at the new ad
miralty work, a government institution
where most of the 2,000 men employed
there reported for duty at 5 ajn. They
wanted to march out in a body and cele
brate the Russian May day, Dut finally
agreed to work until 2 p.m.
Refused a Holiday.
The admiral made a speech to tht
men, saying that he could not agree to
their leaving work, and the matter wa
left open.
At about 9:30 a.m, according to an
officer who was at the gate of the
works, the admiral was emerging from
a shop in the works, when a workman
who had been concealed around the cor
ner of the building leaped on Kuzmich
from behind and drove a long dagger
into his back.
Assassin Escapes in Crowd.
The admiral fell forward on his face,
which was badly cut by stone, and died
immediately.
The assassin fled into a large force
where he was lost among the men em
ployed there.
The works were promptly surrounded
by troops and police, but search for the
murderer was unavailing, his com
rades professing ignorance or his iden
tity.
The police say it is evident that tbe
assassination or thwBdmiralr had been
planned in advance. The dagger which
wa fouifd on the spot was concealed
around a stick like a sword cane.
Among the workmen are many former
sailors and revolutionists. Kuzmich
had a bad reputation among the work
men being regarded as hard and des
potic.
Veteran of Port Arthur.
Admiral Kuzmich participated in the
Russo-Turkish war and in 1902 was
second flag officer of the Port Arthur
fleet. He returned to St. Petersburg
in 1903 and was appointed commander
of the port. Politically he was a re
actionist.
The wortanen of St. yeterabure -to-
day made an imposing showing in their
May Day celebration. Practically
every factory, mill and shop in th
city was idle, over 200,000 men joining
the demonstration. Early reports from
the interior showed that WOT*& generally
was suspended in the provincial eitirt
of Russia proper.
Bloodshed Is Feared.
While the leaders here professed their
intention to avoid collisions, the radical
element, which is boycotting parlia
ment, determined to celebrate the day
with manifestations and the men out
of work decided to parade in the in
dustrial sections early in the day with,
flags bearing inscriptions reading:
7 Libert and work for those out of
work.''
The gravest fears -were entertained,
that the day would not pass without
bloodshed but so far there have been
no collisions. The chief of police
posted notices that no manifestations
would be permitted, reserves of police
armed with rifles were massed in the
industrial quarters and detachments of
infantry and cavalry, tho they were
kept out of sight, posted at stragetic
points.
Czar Faces Crisis.
A crisis over the question of grant
ing amnesty already confronts the em
peror, who will be compelled to yield
or have to accept the gage of battle.
Almost every family in Russia con
tains a member or relative who has
suffered or is now suffering for hiSj,
political opinions and their demand for
the release of all political offenders has
fired the imagination of the country.
The radicals in the lower house of
parliament insist that a demand for
amnesty should be presented to the'
emperor as an ultimatum. This tho
moderate leaders of the constitutional
democrats have thus far succeeded in
preventing, but if the tide continues
to rise they must bow to the will of
the radicals or thir leaders.
Danger in Upper House.
It is extremely significant that a
strong faction in the upper house of
parliament is advocating the necessity^
for meeting the popular demands. The^
members yesterday and today in con-,
ference under the presidency of Princet*
Eugene Troubetskoy discussed this
policy.
By a large majority and against" the
protests of the reactionists under,
Prince Rostkovsky, it was decided taj
also make a reply to the speech frontfe
the throne at the opening of parlia-cj
ment. ,*$,
Witte with Liberals. J**
Count Witte immediately aligned
himself with the liberals. In a speech,
which made a deep impression, he ad
vocated the justice and necessity of,
amnesty for political prisoners. He
favored, however, a compromise, declar
ing it would be folly to open the doors
of the prisons to all. Amnesty should
be restricted to those who are not
guilty of political murder or robbery.
"If the prisons are opened," he ob
served sententiously, .my advice to
people -with property is to gather tip
what they can and get out of tak^
country as soon as possible.'' ^fT
Count Witte's attitude indicates that
^he. infends to mak,e a bold bid for th|
leral le*dr*kip in the upper BOOM.
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