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SCANDAL THREATENS
Tobacco Trust Agent Offers to Ex
pose Legislators and Lobby
ists, for Price.
Speoial to The Journal.
Indianapolis, Ind., May 26.Arthur
JJ. Hughes, son-in-law of Oscar A. Bak
er, agent of the American Tobacco com
pany, who tried to bribe the legislature
to Vote down the anti-cigaret bill, and
who is now a fugitive, has offered to
produce letters and other testimony,
making sensational revelations of legis
lative bribery and corruption, provid
ing Governor Hanley will promise im
munity to Baker and permit him to
return to the state. This Governor
Hanley refuses to do. Hughes said to
day
'Baker put me in possession of evi
dence that, if made public, would boom
the excursion business out of this city
until legislators and hangers-on at the
Btate capitol would be mighty scarce.
I have letters, ciphers and codes, which
expose an astounding state of depravity
and show the purchase of public offi
cials, men on the bench and ordinary
servants of municipal corporations.
One letter gives a list of legislative
votes purchased and catalogs the legis
lators and their price. One man is ap
praised at $1,000. and from this they
range down to $240.
''Baker was employed by the tobac
co trust. He was also an employee of
the insurance commission during the
legislative session and he turned up a
lot of nefarious work by the insur
ance organization. I know personally
that most extreme, measures were em-
Jegxslation
)loyed .to head off hostile insurance
The commissions were shown
fake decisions by supreme courts and
conceived that their proposed legisla
tion would be, unconstitutional and an
unnecessary expense to the state, in ad
dition to making them ridiculous."
MEAT CONFERENCES
IT TIE WHITE JOOSE
Roosevelt, Beveridge and Others
Talk Over Charges Against
Big Packers.
Journal Special Serrloo.
Washington, May 26.President
Boosevelt today held several informal
conferences with Senator Beveridge,
Secretary Hitchcock and Special Agent
Reynolds, regarding the charges that
meat unfit for use has been placed on
the market by the Chicago beef packers.
Special Agent Reynolds, with Com
missioner of Labor Eeilly, made an in
vestigation into the conditions and has
handed to President Boosevelt a report
which contained startling statements.
As the result of this investigation the
senate yesterday adopted as an amend
ment to the agricultural appropriation
bill the measure introduced by Senator
Beveridge, which provides that all meat
sold to the American public shall be
given the same inspection as the prod
nets shipped abroad.
The conference today related to the
special message which President Roose
velt proposes to send to congress so as
to show exactly how bad the conditions
are. It has not been finally determined
whether a special message will be sent
to congress and considerable pressure is
being exerted on the president to in
duce him to withhold it.
KITTREDGE MAY NOT
AG Am BE CANDIDATE
Close Friend of Senator Says He May
Not Seek Re-election When.Term Ex
pires.
By W. W. Jermane.
Washington, May 28.A closer friend
of Senator Kittre'dge today intimated
that the senator might not be a candi
date for re-election tow years hence.
He said:
"Senator Kittredge is very sensitive,
and the failure of hiB home county to
indorse him in the recent fight is felt
keenly by him. I wouldn't be a bit
surprised' if he Bhould decline to run
again, if history should repeat itseli
and Minnehaha county fail to approve
of his candidacy.f'
BAIN, HAIL AND COLD
GIVE FARMERS TROUBLE
Low Lands in Southern Minnesota Are
Under WaterCorn Planting Has
Been Stopped. r_
Special to Tho Journal.
Mankato, Minn., May 26.Bain and
nail and a rapidly falling temperature
were features today that brought dis
may to the farmers.
A heavy rain has fallen for several
days and the low lands are flooded and
\r planting has been stopped.
A washout on the Omaha road' near
Sheldon, Iowa, delayed traffic many
hours today, but otherwise the roads
have not suffered greatly.
SAUK (CENTER'S GRADUATES
Class of Twelve Will Receive Diplomas
Next Week.
Special to The Journal.
Sauk Center, Minn.. May 96.The
graduating exercises or the nigh school
will take place the evening of June 1.
The graduates are: Alta Cass, Guy E.
Campbell, Belle Chisholm, Jane Cum
mings, Grover L. Dimond, Julian Du
Bois, Euth Eddy, Jean C. Hansen, Ber
tha M. Kerneghan, Nathaniel E. Swift,
thil Rich and Emma Working.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
preached by Rev. F. M. Garland tomor
row evening. The commencement ad
dress will be delivered Friday evening
by Rev. S. G. Smith, pastor of the'Peo
ple's church, St. Paul. The alumni
will hold their annual meeting and ban
ket on Monday evening, May 30.
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Nerves Gone?
Quit Coffee
and Use*
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HOMES O SETTLERS
WRECKED BY TORNADO
Several Persons Injured in the
New Crosby District in
North Dakota.
Special to The Journal.
Grand Forks, N. D., May 26.Ac-
cording to news brought here by Fred
Morris, a business man of Crosby, a
new town in the western part of the
state, a tornado visited that vicinity
this week, razed the dwellings of at
least twenty-five farmers and injured
several of the. occupants..
The home of Anna Colon, a few
miles north of Crosby, was blown down,
but the occupants, Miss Colen, Mrs. B,
Bomanson and her baby, escaped with
only slight injuries. From this place,
where formerly thirteen homes of set
tlers couid be counted, not' one could
be seen standing after the storm cloud
had passed.
The home of Edward Skonnard, west
of Crosby, was wrecked and scattered
over the prairie. Skonnard was badly
hurt, his ribs being broken, and his face
cut. A hole was driven in his right
side by a spike in a board which had
been caught up by the wind and blown
with terrific force against him.
E. McCanna's place was destroyed
by the wind, being literally blown to
splinters. The household goods were
scattered broadcast. Every building on
the place of W. Chapman was blown
away and the gTound swept as clean as
a floor. That there was no loss of life
is a miracle. The wind suddenly rose
to a fury and swooped down upon the
homes o.' farmers and carried every
thing before it. The exact, extent of
the storm was not known to Mr. Mor,
ris, but he says that at least twenty
five houses were blown away in the
neighborhood of Crosby. Some damage
was done in the town itself, but no
casualties occurred.
AEMUUTS OF NOTE
GATHER IN LONDON
LATEST PHOTOGRAPH OF KING. ALFONZO AND THE PRINCESS ENA.
Three Distinguished Ballooniste
May Return to Austria Via
the Airship Route.
New York Herald BpeoUl Oable Berrioe. Copy
right, 1906, by the Hew York Herald.
London, May 28.The weather dur
ing the week has been bewitched. First
we had a nipping cold which froze,
and then almost a sirocco of hot winds
which left one panting and sweltering.
For the first time today blue sky was
seen and the wind settled fixedly west.
By the way, apropos of the wind,
there are some well-known men just
now stopping at the Carlton who axe
watching the prevailing aerial currents,
with the utmost keenness. These are
three distinguished aeronauts, those in
importance being Don Jamie de Bour
bon, pretender to the Spanish throne,
but really the active practical balloon
ist of the party.
Then there is Chevalier Korwin, head
of the aeronautical and military sec
tion of the Austrian army, who is ac
companied by another aeronautic ex
pert, the Vicomte de Veance, not to
be confounded with Comte Henry de
la Vaux. Another famous balloonist,
Captain Brandt, is also attached to the
party.
Chevalier Korwin has.made 150 free
ascents and $,000 ascents in captive bal*
loons, fncidentally he has fought
twenty-one duels.' has'he'en closely
associated with, the popular Austrian
Archduke Leopold Salvator, known as
one of the most daring aeronauts in
the world, to whom he has served as
expert in his most difficult ascents.
Chevalier Korwin said:
I have brought-over here a well
tried balloon, the Meteor, with which
Archduke Leopold Salvator made some
of his most arduous journeys, including
that from Vienna to Luebeck.*'
"Why did you come here?"
The idea was the occasion of the
Austrian exhibition at Earl 'n Court to
make an ascent, the object being' to
go from here back to Austria."
The Vicomte do*Veance said:
"The journey Is practicable. We
came here in the hope of accomplishing
it, but I myself believe this is a bad
time of the year. We need a northwest
wind, which is far more likely to pre
vail in October than now. Of course, we
cannot remain on here indefinitely. Don
Jaime is a very experienced balloon
ist and takes the' keenest iriterest in
all aeronautic matters. He has made
many ascents."
MORE LUNACY IN IRELAND
Marked Increase in Insanity in the
it Emerald Isle.
Journal Special Berrioe.
London, May 26.A startling story
of the alarming increase in lunacy in
Ireland "was told yesterday at the sit
ting of the royal commission on the care
and control or the feeble-minded. Bob
ert Matheson, register general of Ire
land, produced. statistic*, of lunacy and
idiocy in Ireland. In 1861 there was
one in 411. It has steadily increased
until it is one in 178.
One- of the causes of this .was the
marriage of feeble-minded persons. A
considerable factor, however, was the
return to- the country: of Irish immi
grants from the United States, who had
lost their health and reason while work
ing there, and had been,sent back. It
is proposed that a law should be passed
imposing severe penalty "on- shipping
companies who attempted to land per
sons of unsound mind.
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FRENCH REPUBLICANS
HAVE BIG MAJORITY
In Chamber of 'Deputies They
Lead With 411 Votes to
Opposition's 174.
New York Herald Speoial Oable Servioe. Copy
right, 1906, by the New York Herald.
Paris, May 26.The second ballot
for the election of members of the
chamber of deputies took place last
Sunday. It confirmed and augments
the victory of the republican groups
and the. rout of the antirepublican
?orty-one
roups. The former majority gained
seats and lost si, the net gain
is therefore thirty-nve seats. Sunday,
May 6, at the first ballot it had already
gained twenty-three seats. The total
(rains therefore are fifty-eight seats.
The following is as nearly as possible
the composition of the new chamber:
The chamber contains 591 deputies,
of whom 585 are known at the present
time. The results of some of the col
onial elections are still unknown. The
majority consists of 411 and the oppo
sition of 174. In the former chamber
the majority was only 858 and the op
position was 262, which gives fifty
eight seats lost by the opposition and
won by the majority. The nationalist
party suffered most. All the chiefs of
Paris were defeated, including Colonel
Marchand, who would have been better
advised if he had not compromised the
fame he won in the colonies by this
adventure without glory.
Among the interesting elections is
that of Monsieur Dietry at Brest, He
is president of the confederation of
"Jaunes." This is the name given to
the antisocialist workmen who oppose
the socialist workmen who style them
selves "Reds." At the bottom the
"Jaunes" and "Reds" ask for the
same things under different forms. The
"Reds" demand socialism of property
that is to say the substitution of col
lective property for individual owner
ship. The ''Jaunes." on the contrary,
desire to maintain individual property,
but they desire to transform the facto
ries into limited liability companies
and distributed part of the shares to
workmen. In short, with the'' Jaunes,''
as with the "Reds," the employers
would be more or less partially dispos
sessed.
Dreyfus' Friends Elected.
Other elections equally interesting
are those of the protagonists of the af
fairs of Captain Dreyfus. Joseph
Reinach is elected a deputy, as is his
brother, Theodore. Advocate Labori
is also elected a deputy. Oue remem
bers that in the ministry, and notably
at the ministry of the interior, there
figured leading defenders of the famous
captain, and one is forced to admit that
things are changed for him after
twelve years of martyrdom, and the
question arises whether the court of
cassation is not going to profit by these
circumstances next month to terminate
the famous process by acquitting Drey
fus purely and simply as the procur
ator-general demands. It is true that
the reporter councillor, while proclaim
ing his innocence demands that he be
sent before another courtmartial. I
may add that well-informed people
offer to bet that Dreyfus would be this
time acquitted, by court martial, pre
cisely on account of the elections of
officers having no longer any interest
to put themselves in opposition to the
sentiments of the political world,
backed up by universal suffrage.
Strikes Continue.
The elections have not, pnfortunate
ly, put an end to the strikes. There
are still 41,000 strikers in Paris, of
whom 15,000 are in the automobile in
dustry, to the great detriment of this
branch of industry in France and to
the great joy of the Belgians and Ger
mans.
It is to be remarked that this atti
tude of thje workmen themselves, who
are terrorized by the more violent
among them, grouped tinder the title
of the Confederation de Travail, has
suggested to employers plans of resist
ance and solidarity. At Paris this
week, employers of industries which
work in metals, from tin can to loco
motive, have founded a resistance fund
and have decided to support one an
other against the demands of the work
people.
,This attitude, should be compared
with that of the German metal work
ers, who have taken the defensive and
are going to lock out, on June 2,
60 per cent of their work people, or
120,000 men. In France, a similar at
titude has been adopted by certain em
ployers in the east, notably at Villar
eupt, where 1,200 workmen have been
dismissed and their employers have mu
tually undertaken not to take them
back. The government has'intervened
by allowing help to the workmen and
others' and in addition criminal inves
tigation has been opened against this
combination by employers to interrupt
the liberty of work.
Opening of Ceded Lands, Grow Indian
Reservation.
By the president's proclamation the
ceded -lands of the Crow Indian res
ervation in Montana, except those un
derlying the Huntley irrigation project,
have been thrown open to entry under
the land laws. This area embraces ap
proximately 1,000,000' acres of land
Registration office open at Billings,1 .jockeys,
Mont. Miles City. Mont., and Sheri-\ famous dark blue and
darir Wyo., .from June 14 to June 29
1906. Drawing for lands will occur at
Billings, Mont., July 2, 1906, continr
uing until lists have been disposed of.
Through fast passenger service over
the Northern Pacific Railway between
St. Paul.and.Minneapolis and Billings,
and Miles City. For information, about
character and area of the lands sub
ject to filing. Northern Pacific passen-'
ger trains, and., rates, call at once
upon. C.-T. McNeill, City Passenger,
Agent, 19 Nicollet block, Minneapolis,
Minn., or write to'A, M. Cleland, Gen-,,
leral Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn, varies
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ALFONSO'S QUEEN TH
HAV E HE OWN WA
King Promises His Bride-to-Be
She Need Not Observe
Spanish Etiquette.
Special Oabl* to The Journal.
London, May 26.-Like all men very
much in love, whose wedding day ap-
Eis
roaches, King Alfonso has .promised
sweteheart everything she has asked
for.
Princess Ena told her friends before
she went to Spain thta she had looked
forward to the antiquated, rigorous
etiquette of the Spanish court with fear
and trembling.
'"'But," she laughed, "Alfonso has
promised to modify the formalities
that would surround me so that I can
be comfortable at least."
The reigning queen of Spain always
has 240 noble ladies in waiting, of
whim eighteen attend her every mo
ment during her waking hours.
I shall feel as if I were always in
a crowd," Princess Ena told her
fiancee, half-joking.
Ho promptly declared that the ladies
in waiting shall be invisible until she
summons them to her immediate at
tendance. i
Traditional etiquette also prescribes
that a Spanish queen shall never dance
except to take part- in a formal court
?ond
uadrille. Princess' Ena is "passionately
of waltzijag and Alfonso has
given her ins royal word- that she shall
waltz when she pleases.
FEDERAL COURT 10
BE SET IN CHINA
Jncle Sam to Guard Against Repe
tition of Consular Graft
Scandal.
By W. W. Jcrmane.
Washington, May 26.As a direct re
sult of "rotten" work done in China
by American consular officers, congress
is about to pass a bill establishing a
United States district, court in that
country, to have jurisdiction over all
cases in which the amounts involved
exceed $500. This legislation will make
it forever impossible for an American
consul in China to get rich from steals
and bribes while acting as fudge of a
consular court in important cases.
The bill which will work this change
was introduced in the house after con
sultation with Secretary Boot by Rep
resentative Denby of Michigan. It pro
vides for a district judge who is to be
appointed for a term of fifteen years
and to receive $8,000 per year a dis
trict attorney at $4,000, ana a marshal
and a clerk at $3,000 each. They are
all to be appointed by the president,
confirmed by the senate, but the judge
can only be removed for cause during
the term o&his office, while the othsfcs
are to hold tfheir pl$es only at the
fhem
leasure of the: president, thus making
distinctly political spoiK
The bill was nrtrt referred to the ju
diciary committee of the house and was
there heartily approved, and then it
was recalled and referred to the com-
Serede
dtte on foreign affairs, which has or
it reported favorably to the
house.
In the report it is stated that the
laws of China differ so radically in
spirit and execution from the laws of
the west that the nations of the world
have found it expedient not to allow
their people resident in China to be sub
jected^ to Chinese jurisdiction. A treaty
was therefore negotiated with China by
the United States providing that ail
violations of the criminal law, or all
disputes over civil matters in which
an American is involved, shall be tried
before an American official. Hereto
fore these cases have been tried by the
consuls, but Uncle Sam has lately come
to belive, thru some bitter experince,
that a political appointee is not the
chap to whom the liberty and property
of Americans in China ought to be en
trusted.
The court is to sit in Canton, Shang
hai, Hankow and Tien-tsin, each place
to have at least one term of court a
year.
LONDOWATETER
OVER COMING DERBY
Country Magnates Flocking, to
Metropolis for the Great
British Race.
New Toifc Herald Speoial CaMe Serriee. Copy*
tight, 1906, by the New York HeTald.
London, May 26.The metropolis is
derby mad. The town is filling up at a
great rate. The hotels and clubs are
overflowing with country magnates who
wculd rather die than fail to see the
blue ribbon of the tnrf run. It is gen
erally agreed that such an ppenv derby
has not been known in years.
It was fondly hoped at one time that
King would have a good chance with
Nulli Secundus, the comely looking son
of Saint Simon, but the midweek trial
in which the royal candidate came in
last, knocked out all such hopes, altho
the horse was not scratched.
An accident to Black Arrow, belong
ing to the king's great friend, Hall
Walker, eliminates probably the horse
looking as like a winner as any other
entered. A sharp contingent 'fancies
Lally and affirms ihat Amphion 's chest
nut son cannot be beaten. The horse
remains a hot favorite in spite of the
heavy commission.
The ownerB of Spearmint stated that
Spearmint had a splendid trial with the
unbeaten Pretty Polly On the other
hand it is said that the train of the
horse thinks that the hot support given
the horse is a deal too sanguine.
Leopold Rothschild, the most popular
man on the British turf, has Radium,
wit such a fine sire as Ben D'Or. With
Jhehbest
Defective
of K. Cannon, up, the
myellow
amou dark blue and yellow colors
might very easily catch the judge's eye,
especially as the stable is in beating
fcrm just now. Yet, demonstrating the
extreme openness of- the race James
Gorges, Lord Howard, Mr. Walden's
His Eminence, Mr. Joel's Prince Wil
liam, Mr. Bass' Sancy, Mr. Wiggins'
Sarcelle and Mr. Kirkwood's White
Knight are all strong tips. One gentle
man rider takes part In the race on
Thursday, who has the .mount ,on the
Pictoa eolt,.,, Jgj
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KYLEMORE CASiLe, OvJN GALWAY, IRELAND.
Where the King and Queen of Spain will Spend Part of Their Honeymoon.
VAU BUSH 'S SLAYER
FACESJURY AT FORMAN
J. B. Hazlett, a Wealthy North Da
kotan, Charged. With a
Killing at Gtenaaeo.
Speoial to Tie Journal.
Forman, N. D., May 26.Officers of
the district court have been engaged a
large part of the week in drawing a
jury for the trial of J. B. Hazlett for
the fatal shooting at Geneseb, N. D.,
on March 20, 1906, of L. M. Van Bus
kirk, a* carpenter. The trial promises
to be One of the most sensational ever
known in North Dakota.
The shooting of Van Buskirk is sup
posed to have been the culmination of
a long-standing feud between the two
men. Both were prominent in this sec
tion. Hazlett as a large real estate
owner and the possessor of the townsite
of Veda, between Geneseo and Alicia.
The charge pending against him is man
slaughter. Van Buskirk was about 40
at the time of his death.
Bye Witnesses to Shooting.
The story of the murder was told by
Fred Forman, an eye witness, at the
coroner's inquest, and was substantial
ly as follows: He and Van Buskirk
were in the former's place of business
when Hazlett entered by the rear door,
the front door not being in use in cola
weather. Seeing Van Buskirk was in
the room, Hazlett stepped back for a
second as he was about to enter, and
then returned with a shotgun.
Se spoke to Van Buskirk and told
him to get out. The latter made no
motion to comply with his request un
til advised to do so by Forman, who
feared trouble. Van Buskirk then arose,
buttoned his coat, tied a scarf about
his neck, put on a heavy pair of mit
tens and started to leave. As he was
about to pass Hazlett, the latter pushed
aim back with the muzzle of the gun.
More words then followed, and van
Buskirk a^aiu started to go, saying
he would get a warrant for Hazlett's
arrept.
fAt Close Range with Shotgun.
When within about a foot and a half
from Hazlett, the latter raised the shot
gun and fired a load of buckshot into
Van Buskirk's left side. The charge
cut a rib in two and lodged in the mus
cles o.f the back. Van Buskirk died in
stantly.
Hazlett and Foaman soon came to
Forman, where they were both placed
under arrest. Both asserted that Van
Buskirk had shot himself. When a
coroner's jury was empaneled, how
ever, Foaman was put in the sweatbox
and eventually admitted that Hazlett
did the shooting, telling substantially
the story relatea above. He swore that
Hazlett had promised to pay him well
if he would help him to get clear. They
had agreed to say that "Van Buskirk
shot himself.
Van Buskirk Aimed.
The coroner's inquest brought out
the fact that while Van Buskirk had on
his ji-vson a 32-caliber revolver, with
six shells in the cylinder, every shell
was loaded. When found he had on
the heavy mittens and a scarf wound
tightly about his neck, bearing out the
testimony of Foaman that he was in the
act of leaving when the shooting oc
curred.
Hazlett was held on a complaint
sworn out by Coroner Saylor. His at
torneys are former Judge Lauder and
S. A. Sweetman. State's Attorney
Bowen of this county and Charles E.
Wolf, state's attorney of Richland
county, are prosecuting.
Tne Motives.
The state will attempt to prove three
motives for the- crime. First, Hazlett
was guilty of sodomy. Van Buskirk
knew it and had threatened to expose
him. Second, Hazlett had made pro
positions to Van Buskirk's wife and
wanted him out of the way. Third,
Geneseo is on the south side of the
Great Northern track and Veda on the
north side. Hazlett owned Veda and
Van Buskirk had worked for Geneseo.
Hazlett had threatened to kill him for
that.
Sheriff W. T. Jackman was the first
witness. He swore to Hazlett's arrest
and the gun, revolver and knife were
offered in evidenoe. The shotgun had
one empty shell, and one shell was
loaded with buckshot and fine shot
mixed.
Mrs. Van Buskirk was present with
heT babe, 4 weeks old, born since the
shooting.
Deputy Sheriffs Chisney and South
worth corroborated the sheriff, and. then
County Surveyor Haigh was called and
presented diagrams of the townsitea
and of the buildings.
Coroner Testifies.
Coroner H. L, Baylor.was called and
told of the inquest. Van Buskirk had
on a duck coat buttoned, leather mit
tens on his hands and one hand on his
breast. A six-shooter revolver was
found in his hip pocket, the chambers
all full and the sheila all loaded. The
clothes found on the body were intro
duced, and Mrs. Van Buskirk became
hytserical and had t he taken from
tne courtroom. Hazlett was unmoved.
Hazlett is '62 years old, and has a
wife and. daughter 12 vears old and a
stepdaughter of 18. The coroner pro
duced the shot taken from the body.
The defense is laying the ground
work for a claim of srtf-defense.
SEARCHING FOR 08TROM
Bogden, His Cousin, Believes He W
-Murdered for His Money.
Bemidji, Minn., May 26.-Olaf Os
trom, a young man who left Northome
for Bemidji, is being searched for. His
cousin, E. D. Rogden, of Cokato, be
lieves he has been murdered for his'
money. He had over $300. when he
started for the northern woods. He
had- intended to remain in the woods
a time sad then go to Fessenden* N. D.
He never reached the latter place and
Sunday^May 27, igoR ''''&i"&^''T^Hs-&*
SEES PROSPERITY IN
REVISION O TARIFF
Vice-President of the Reciprocity
League Makes Deduction From
European Conditions.
New York Herald Speoial Cable Berrioe. Copy
right, 1906. by the New York Herald.
London, May 26.Af ter an exhaust
ive study of the tariff systems of Ger
many, France and Italy, Eugene Foss
of Boston, vice president of the Reci
procity league, expressed the opinion
that the United States must revise its
protective tariff if it would contiue the
era of prosperity.
"It is only a question of time be
fore the senate will be forced to realize
the necessity of sweeping changes," he
said. Anybody who knows the move
ment in Europe to guard against an
American invasion, understands that we
shall be shut off from competition un
less immediate action be taken in
Washington to preclude the possibility
of so disastrous an event. From my
point of view, it appears that the only
way we can crawl from the hole into
which our tariff system is plunging us,
will be to adopt a minimum and maxi
mum tariff in Sealing with other coun
tries.
Favors Trade Treaties.
Trade treaties must be made with
nations with which our commercial
interests are interwoven, so we shall be
giving them a square deal instead of
the one-sided arrangement which now
exists, with the whole of Europe array
ing itself against us. It is apparent
that a crisis is coming and I look for
the subject of tariff to be the greatest
political issue from now on in the
United States. We are facing-the al
ternative of making a new arrange
ment of onr commercial relations, or
accepting the chances of great business
and financial depression. If we would
Seeplyt
rotec our interests, we must look
into the matter.
''In the last year Germany made
trade treaties with eight different
countries, not only because such trade
treaties were conduoive to greater com
mercial activity, but to fortify herself
against the American tariff. Ger
many's-proposition was clear and sound.
'If you will deal with us,' she tells
America, 'we will deal with you.
Your beef will find a market here when
our sugar finds a market with you.'
Germany'B Good Will.
"It has only been good will toward
us on the part of Germany that her
duty on American goods has not al
ready been advanced from 25 to 400
Ser cent. For a year the increase has
een deferred, because of the explana
tion, of the Washington authorities, that
the senate, as yet, has not had time to
make a trade treaty, but if no recipro
cal agreement is made and Germany
makes effective a higher tariff, the re
sult will be a difference of $225,000,000
against American interests.
"Since the provision of the Dingley
tariff law, which gave authority to the
president t^
pired, he
the impoi,
senate.
Mr. Fos^
about a foiLi ht.
P^io 1-t
ke treaties ex
nsstradeact, to yet seem
is now up to* the
ave for New York in
HIGHER ON THE BOCKS.
Special to The Journal.
Calumet, Mich., May 26.Reports
from Eagle River tonight are that the
Gilchrist line steamor Uranus was not
damaged by today's storm, but is
higher on the rocks and listed shore
2rd. The crew of eighteen men is
still aboard, but arrangements have
been made to take them off should con
ditions necessitate.
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Pains In Back
Gould Scarcely Move
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Refuse to Strike Words
Fire" Prom the Confes
sion of Faith.
By Publishers' Proas.
D6s Moines, Iowa, May 26.The OIK
hundredth-and-eighteenth general as-,
sembly of the Presbyterian church ad*?
journed. at 6 o'clock tonight. The*^
members worked hard today. The
finance report was received, showing
the expense of the assembly had been
about $60,000.
A movement was launched, looking
to the consolidation of the several theo-^
logical seminaries owing to the decreas
ing number of graduates.
Resolutions were adopted declaring!,
that church members should be disci
plined who persist in renting property'
for saloon purposes or signing thV.
bonds of saloonkeeepers.
The request of the Alabama colored?
Presbyterians for a separate synod was^
referred to next year's assembly. .$.
An overture from Albany. asking.
that the name of Rev. George B. Dickey^
lost to the church for several yeara,i,.
be dropped from the rolls, was pre-j
sented. Upon announcement by a com-[
missioner that Dickey is pastor of ajM
Episcopal church in Brooklyn, his nam
was erased. f*
The assembly refused to strike the.
words hell fire'' from the. confeasunft
of faith.
ASK THE HUUIM
FO WOMENJJ
Advocates of Municipal Female
Suffrage Plead Before
Charter Commission.
Journal Special Berrioe.
Chicago, May 26."Has the question^
of extending municipal suffrage "to'
women place and point in the conaid-^
eration of the Chicago charter eonveu*
tidnf .-&,:
"Has the Illinois legislature th^
legal right to make such extension ofr,
franchise in municipal elections?"
These questions were under discussion,',,
today at the joint meeting of commit-4
tees on law and municipal elections in
the rooms of the charter convention.
In an argument and brief filed oaf
behalf of the committee for the exten
sion of municipal suffrage to womenby
Catharine Waugh McCulloch and Frank1
H. McCullook, the discussion of thev
question was asserted to be germans to',
the forming of a new city charter, and.,
the extension of .the franchise privi-*
lege to women a legal possibility,
goould the convention decide upon such
a course.
In contending for the legality of the'
proposed extension of suffrage, counsel
favoring extension argued first that-j
the state legislature had the power to
Ellinois
efmit1
women in all the cities of
to vote for any office men-j
tioned in the constitution, that no mu-"
nicipal office except police magistrate-'
was mentioned in the legislation, and
that that office would soon be abolished
in Chicago and second, that the recent
amendment to the constitution express
ly delegated to the state legislature
power to provide a complete system
of local municipal government in anoV
for the city of Chicago.
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Two Small Boys of New Ulm Have Dis
appeared.
Special to The Journal.
New Ulm, Minn., May 26.Two
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ami Fred Zangel, aged 9 and 11, respec-:.
tively, have disappeared from their/'
homes in this city and nothing haSf'
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York, a collection of old laees, includ
ing twenty-nine pieces of great an
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