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OPPJOIAL PAPIR OF OOWNTY AND OITV.
TKLIPHON1164.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1905.
The Tariff Barons Try to Hold Up
Uncle Sam.
and Taft are both in
favor of purchasing what is needed
in the construction of the Panama
canal where it can be purchased for
the least money. To the average
citizen that will appear light and
proper, but their track is by no
means clear. The high tariff barons,
who for many years have obliged the
people of this country to pay tribute,
do not intend to let Uncle Sam es
cape. Roosevelt knows how western
road agents held up the stage coach
es in early times, and he will recog
nize one of that class at first sight.
He knows that many of our tariff
schedules are a mess of clotted av
arice and injustice. Years ago they
ceased to produce revenue, because
of their prohibitive features, and their
beneficiaries have no just claims up
on this government or its people,
and Roosevelt is too much of a dem
ocrat to allow them to dictate to him.
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The Chicago Strike.
Naturally our sympathies are
with the men who toil with their
hands, but labor organizations be
fore they vote to strike should be
quite certain that they have reason
and justice on their side. Strikes
are public calamites, and unless or
ganized labor can justify its course
at the bar of public opinion organ
ized labor will soon be a thing of
the past. As we understand condi
tions in Chicago the teamsters'
strike is an exceedingly question
able affair on the part of the team
sters. Thej' have absolutely no
cause for complaint on their part.
They are the best paid class of
laborers in the city, and want it
understood that their employers
have always treated them well. But
eighteen tailors in a department
store had a quarrel with their em
ployers, and the teamsters are in
dulging in a sympathetic strike for
the supposed benefit of the tailors.
Union labor must not go too far or
it will forfeit all claims upon the
public for sympathy and assistance.
Corporation Traitors.
Under the above headline the
New York World attacks the pub
lic service corporations in language
far more radical and in llamatory
tlian anything ever uttered by Mr.
Bryan. It concludes a double
leaded editorial nearly a column
long in these words:
"If the men who control those
corporations are determined to drive
the country to socialism, with
prelude, perhaps, of riot and anar
chy, they are proceeding in the
most expeditious manner. The
American people are patient' and
-kmgtauffering, but if the issuejnust
be met as to whether the public
service corporations are to own the
government or the government the
corporations, there can be no doubt
as to the result. The public will
not remain forever the passive vic
tim of its incorporated anarchistB
and traitors."
The World seems to be striking
in the right direction just now, but
very many will recall how it barked
with these "anarchists and traitors"
when under the leadership of Mark
Hanna they were contributing their
millions to prevent the election of
W. J. Bryan.
A Blow At Dingleyism.
There is crape on the door of the
American Protective Tariff Associa
tion. The mourners of the Home
Market Club are sobbing pitifully
behind the drawn shutters. Low
moans of anguish escape from the
pallid lips of Wilbur F. Wakeman.
Hot teare are coursing down the fur
rowed cheeks of Gin'ral Charles
Henry Grosvener. The administra
tion has been and gone and done it.
The irreverent may jeer at the
grief of the stand-patters over the
open-market order for Panama Can
al materials, but it is very real grief
nevertheless, and ought to be res
pected. When the Government of
the United States brutally refuses to
be held up by its own tariff attened
manufacturers it is setting a most
pernicious example to its citizens.
In fact, the stand-patters may justly
charge the Federal Government with
inciting a revolt against the Ding
ley schedules.
Certain sons of Belial in Wash
ington who sympathize with the
Taft order are reported by the Tri
bune as saying that steel rails for
the Panama Railroad, which would
cost $33 a ton here, can be purchas
ed abroad for $20 a ton, and that
they will be made by the same com
pany in either case. This is only
another way of saying that the Steel
Trust would charge the Government
$13 a ton more than it charges its
foreign customers. Last fall the
pool was selling rails delivered at
English ports for $22 a ton, while
the domestic price was $28. If the
Government were restricted to home
market in "buying rails for the Pan
ama Railway it would have to pay
any price the pool saw fit to demand.
It is not likely that much foreign
material will be bought for the Pan
ama Canal, in spite of the Taft or
der. The government is simply
going into the open market, and by
making the same rate to the United
States that they make to foreign
customers American manufactures
can get all the contracts. They will
doubtless find it just as profitable
to do their dumping in Panama as
Liverpool and Hamburg.
This of course is not the real griev
ance of the stand-patters. It is the
horrible object-lesson which sears
their souls. If the Government will
not submit to Dingleyized extortion
why must its citizens submit? This
question Mrlll be asked with perplex
ing frequency, and the answer is
obviorisly destructive of the stand
patters' peace of mind. It seems to
be destroying their common sense
toa
Grosvenor, for example, com-
plains in one breath against the Taft
order and in another breath declares
that "the country would rather pay
a little more for something that was
made at home." If the Ohio Con
gressman believed his own words lie
would not worry about the Panama
order. If the people really preferred
to pay more for something made
at home they would do so whether
there was a protective tariff or not.
No Dingleyite would then be con
cerned as to where the Government
bought its Panama materials, unless
ho happened to loose a contract to a
foreign competitor. It is the fact
that the people do not prefer to pay
extortionate prices for things made
at home which worries the extreme
protectionists. They see in the ac
tion of President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Taft new encouragement for
the revisionists, and tliey are right.
The Panama order is the hardest
blow dealt to Dingleism since Piesi
dent McKinley's Buffalo speech.—
New York World.
Telegraphic Reports of Important
Events Occurring During
Past Few Days.
MAIN HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK
Items orspccinl Interest Cauffht fVoa
the Wires aiul Prepared for
Our Headers.
Sioux City, In., MJIJ* 10.—1'rcKtrtont
Theodore 1'oosi'volt ami the house of?
roprmmtntivos woiv heartily com
mended for tliolr efforts to curb the
trusts and corporations by the sixth
annual session of lown Congregation
al churches aud ministers In session
here, but the United States senate was
intentionally omitted from the resolu
tion. There was no disseutlng voice
when the vote was taken. John D.
Rockefeller n»d his gift of $100,000
will not he discussed at this session of
the ministers. Many expressed them
selves as disgusted with the question
nnd with the discussion.
SHUTS OUT "TAINTED" CASH
Dr. Chidden Buys Illn Cliurch Will Here
after Go Allorobo Hunting on
Girt Money.
Sioux City, In., May 20. Great
financiers who achieve wealth by oj
pressive and unscrupulous methods
will be blacklisted, and no more funds
will be sought of them by the Con
aregatlonal church, according to Dr.
Washington Gladden, who was Inter
viewed at length on this theme while
attending the state convention or his
church here.
Dr. Gladden says their money will
not only not be solicited, but will bo
rejected when tendered. "Though 1
failed in my effort to get the gift of
$100,000 by Mr. Rockefeller rejected
by the American board of foreign mis
sions," said Gladden, 'T am satisfied
that in the future Congregationalism
will neither solicit nor accept funds
from him."
Stole Money to Save Son.
Den Moines, IaM May 19.—Carl M.
Spencer, -of former trusted employe of
the Des Moines National bank, was
ludictod by the federal grand! jury, on
a charge of embezzlement and for al
leged fraudulent entries In- the bank's
books. There is a pathetic story In
connection with Spencer's confession
which he made prior to the Indictment.
For many years annually he had been
taking an invalid son east for medical
treatment. He had been unable to
meet the expenses Incurred by the
medical attention and to save the boy's
life he took money from hi? employer.
Girl Dies While Out Driving.
Mediapolis, la., May 10.—While Ed
Messenger, a young farmer living near
here, and Miss Minnle^Laubecker, aged
10, were out driving near this city the
young woman suddenly began cough
ing, and fell over into Messenger's
arms nnd was dead In a few minutes.
Both young people were well known
nnd highly respected. It Is believed
heart failure was the cause of the
girl's death.
Conned Dlnffit Man In Trouble.
Council HluITs, In., May 22.—Oredit
ors of W. G. Woodbury, the largest
dry goods merchant in the city, have
made application to the federal court
that he be declared a bankrupt. Ex
amination disclosed that he had trans
ferred his Interests to the Woodbury
company. Proceedings will be insti
tuted to nullify the transfer. Linbill
ties are $54,000 and assets, $00,000.
Teacher Wed* Under Guard.
Des Molnos, In., May 18.—Iest the
pupils of the bride, who was a teacher
in the Highland IHuk college »horo.
should interrupt her marriage cere
mony by a demonstration, a dozen po
licemen formed picket lines about the
house while Miss Helen Longwell was
married to 13. W. Weldy. A band of
several hundred students wus kept
back by the pollco.
Doctors' Beards Must Go.
Dea Molnos, la.. May 20.—Dr. J. If.
Kennedy, secretary of the stute board
of health, has Issued an ultimatum to
Iowa doctors ojid surgeons to remove
their beards, contending they are un
sanitary and cany disease germs. The
matter Is being taken up for discussion
at the state convention of doctors hero.
Adolphui Dutch's Son Dead*
St. I»uls, May 2*2,—After a week's
illness from appendicitis Peter Husch,
son of Adolphus Ilusch, ono of the
prominent brewers of St. Louis, Is dead
in St. Luke's hospital. Mr. and Mrs.
Adolphus Huscli and their daughter,
Miss Wilhelmlna. are on tlio Atlantic
ocean en route to Europe.
Train Dispatcher Killed and Several
Uulldings Damaged—Wires
Are Down.
Fort Worth. Tex.. Siny 23.—A lienny
ivlndstmiii, blowing nt tlio rate of sev
enty mill's 1111 liour, struck tills city
from the southwest at i:30 p. m. Tart
of the west wall of the Texas nnd
Pneille pnssetiner station was blown
in nnd John Young, a train dispatcher,
wns killed. Tile African Methodist
Episcopal church wns demolished and
ninny business buildings lost their
roofs. Including thu First National
bank building.
Tlie town of Mineral Springs Is re
ported partly blown nwny and two
churches at Onkcllff, a suburb of Dal
liw, nre said to have been destroyed.
Alt telephone and telegraph wires west
of this city are down.
Ann Arbor Profeasor Goea East*
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 22.—Assist­
ant Professor Duaue Stuart, of tho de
partment of classlg In the University
of Michigan, has ncceplod an agslst
ant's cliatr In the department of class
ics at Princcton university.
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PEACE AT CHICAGO
PROVESILLUSORY
Fat Is in the Fire Again and the
Labor War Gets a More Se
cure Grip.
STBIKEBS REJECT THE TEEMS
They Decline to Leave the Expreu
Drivers Mintu JobiorHope.
trouble Likely To Spread (o nil Indefl
nllfi Eitent Sheriff 8aj» That
Will Mean Bayonet* In- -..
stead of Clubs.
Chicago, May 22.—At a meeting of
the Federation of Labor at which all
tlie labor lenders were present, Includ
ing Samuel Uompors and other nation
al officials, it wns decided to raise a
fund to support tho continuation of tho
strike of teamsters.
Chicago, May 22.—The strike of
the teamsters, instead of being de
clared off, will be spread to greater
proportions. This was decided by the
meiuebrs of the Teamsters' Joint Coun
cil, which wns In session until mid
night. The council met to lienr the
report of the negotiations that had
been lu progress with the employers
throughout the day. They agreed to
all the stipulations of the employers
with the exception of that which de
clared that tlie drivers of the express
companies should not be taken back.
This was the rock upon which the
peace programme wns wrecked, nnd
after several hours of debnto it wns
decided tlint the Teamsters' union
could not lenve the express drivers to
muke lone fight.
Shot Notifies Lawyer Mayer.
The foregoing Is tlie pith also of a
statement to the public, Issued by tho
meeting. In which It is said that the
express companies are not justltled in
their position, and that in fact that
position establishes a blacklist
against all the striking express driv
ers. As soon as the statement was
given out and the council adjourned
President Shea, of the Teamsters' In
ternational union, stepped to the tele
phone and called up Levy Mayer, at
torney for the employers, at his rooms
In the Auditorium Annex. "Hello, Mr.
Mayer," lie said. "This Is Shea. I
wanted to tell you that the council has
deckled to reject the proposition that
lias been made to us by the employers.
I thought It right to let you know at
once. That's Is all."
Barrett Say* It Mum Troop*.
Sheriff Barrett said after being in
formed of tlie action of the Tea lusters'
Joint Council: *It simply means that
the troops will have to be called. Wo
have found it dltlicult to maintain the
peace with the force of police and dep
uties we have had ond now that there
Is a prospect of so much greater a body
of men. being on strike, with all- tho
chances of rioting that it entails, it
will be out of the question for us to
handle the trouble without aid from
the military. As soon ns the strike
spreads I will be compelled to ask the
governor of the state for aid."
EXPRESS DltlVKRg WEBE WARNED
Knew Their Fete Before Thejr Struck—
I.amber Men end Twin Own.ra.
The llrst clfcct of the spread of the
strike will be in the building trades,
and trouble is looked for'In this direc
tion ut once. The Lumbermen's asso
ciation has declared Uiat It will make
deliveries to boycotted Arms and will
Insist upon Its drivers taking goods
where tliey are ordered to take them.
This means a strike of all the union
men employed by the Lumbermen's as
sociation, numbering about 2,000. rt Is
expected that the members of tlicTcam
Owners' association will also be com
pelled to come out for deliveries to the
boycotted houses, and tliat all of their
men will be out within a few days aft
er the commencement of next week.
They employ about 8,000 teamsters.
The way the trouble will spread will
be thus: When the lumber companies
put on liou-uiilon drivers and these
drivers liaul the lumber to buildings
where union men are at work these
men will "refuse to handle non-union
material." and they will strike. Thus
Chicago seems in for much trouble.
Samuel (iompers had a long confer
ence with the mayor and told him that
the strike would "not spread unless
union teamsters were ordered to deliv
er goods to boycotted houses." As this
ia the nub of the wholse trouble Gom
pers' statement did not comfort Mayor
Dunne.
Express company chiefs here guy
tlmt "All our men were equally re
sponsible for the striko. All under
stood fully our position and the posi
tion they were lu. They knew they
had violated their agreement There
fore, they had to le considered as dis
loyal employes and cannot be taken
t)ack. They Wiro told before they
struck that If they went out In sym
pathy with others or if they went out
at all they could not hopo for reinstate
ment. Therefore, In the conferences
vre
could make no promises nor can 1
foresee any contingency that will war
rant the making of any promises."
The conditions demanded by the em
ployers were substantially as follows!
That tho teamsters shall recognize tlie
Employers'Teainlngcompany as a per
manent institution, employ non-union
Grli-crs, and the "open shall" to prevail.
8trlkers were to be reinstated wlierover
vacancies exist, not excopt that tho
employers would not consider tho ap
plications of men who have bowi guilty
of lawless conduct during the strike.
The settlement of tbo strike with oth
er concerns was not to Include the ox
press companies. Union drivers must
'deliver goods to express companies, ir
respectlveof strike conditions—no sym
pathetic strikes. Working conditions
to be the sauic as before the striko.
These, In faet, wore never an issne In
the strike. The conditions Included a
rule against wearing the union button.
CRUSADE AGAINST TUE NEGROES
Rl.t That Had It. Origin In th. Killing at
a Little Roy.
Seeking to kill eomo negro any
negro—because a negro had tired at or
near, it has not yet been testified which
a crowd of boys who hooted and
Jeered a couple of negroes walkiug on
the Htrcot on tho south side last week,
the bullet hitting aud fatally wounding
Enoch Carlson, a 0-year-old boy, scores
of men artned with pistols and other
weapons followed aud attacked twouc-
groes on their way home trom work
as drivers for the Peabody Coal com
pany. One of tlie leaders of this mob
was Bernard Engstrnnd, a union ma
chinist. He was shot ami fatally
wounded by one of the negroes.
Others Injured in the riot were John
Williams, negro, lion-union- teamster
from Kansas City George Williams,
negro, non-union teamster Peter No*^
kin, policeman.
This riot occurred nt Twenty-sixth
street and Princeton avenue. George
and John Williams, non-union team
sters at the Peabody yards, were on
their way home when they were at
tacked. The crowd surrounded them,
knocking the negroes down, and kick
ing them alwmt the body. George Will
lams then drew a knife and threat
ened to kill any person who came near
lilm. Ills brother John drew a revolv
er and was holding back a crowd or
pursuers.
Again the crowd closed in on the
•negroes and the fight became general
when Ofiicer Nolan appeared. With
drawn club he ordered the crowd to
disperse, hut wns knocked down. At
tho same time four shots were tired
nnd Engstrand fell to the ground. In
the meantime a riot call had been sent
in and a patrol wagon loaded with of
ficers was sent to the scene. The Will
lams brothers were taken to the sta
tion house nnd held ns prisoners. It
is not known that any of the rioters
were arrested.
Auother riot occurred a short time
later nt Thirty-first and I*aSnllostrccts.
William Green and Charles Allison, ne
groes, were knocked down, kicked nnd
beaten. A riot call brought the po
lice and the crowd was dispersed after
thu negroes had been terribly beaten.
RACK WAR 18 TIUtttATUNKD
Negroes and Whiten Mix Up Sn Shootlog—
Two lretnl Encounter*.
A third riot broke out in the same
neighborhood when a negro named
James Gray was killed by a white bar
keener named Harry tternsteln. Gray
and Bernstclnj and a friend of the lat
ter were arguing tho strike question,
Gray being a working teamster, and ail
got angry. Then Gray drew a knife
and attacked his two antagonists,
whether with provocation the story
does not say. Hernstein drew a« pistol
and killed Gray and says he did It in
self-defense. loiter Patrolman Tlus
ley, colored, came up and Hcrnstoln,
Tinsley says, shot twice at him. Tins
le.v then drew his gun and shot Uern
stein fatally.
Tinsley got Bernstein's body into a
saloon and a mob of negroes not know
ing that llcrnstein was shot, lcscigcd
the saloon, crying for vengeance for the
killing of Gray. Tinsley barx'icaded
the saloonand the mob riddled the win
dows with bricks and stones. A patrol
wagon filially arrived and the mob was
driven back. To calm the mob the po
lice then gave out that Bernstein had
been killed, aud showed his body, cov*
ered with a sheet to the mob. The
mob then dispersed.
Another exhibition of the feeling
existing between the whites aud the
blacks was given when Charles Poske
was shot in the shoulder by a colored
man at whom he had been shooting
during a disturbance at Twenty-third
street and Stewart avenue. Poske Is
watchman in a coal yard, and it is as
sorted by lilm that several negroes
started a quarreled with him and tri°M
to kiil lilrin
DEATH OF JUDGE T0UBGEE
Author of "The Fool's Errand" Dies at
llordeaui, France, Whore lie
Was Consul.
Bordeaux, May 22.—.TudKc Albion
•NYHicgar Tourgce, of May vllle, N. Y„
United States consul here, Is dead of
acute uraemln which resulted from an
old wound. Judge Tourgce liad been
ill for some time. lie was born at
Wlllluuislicld, O., May 2, 1S38.
Buptlsta Are United.
St. Louis, May 18.—The report of
the committee recommending perma
nent organization was adopted sec
tion by section by the Joint conven
tlon of northern and southern Iiaptlsta
nnd the result Is a united church. The
name of tlie organization Is designated
is the General Convention of llaptisis
ef North America." The geographical
scope of the organization Is to bcNortli
America and Its islands.
Romh Killa Thrpc People.
Warsaw, Ilusslan rotund, May 20.—
A workman who was trying to avoid
the observations of two detectives on
Mlodowa street ut noon stumbled on
the curb of the sidewalk and a bomb,
which he was carrying In his pocket,
exploded, killing the workman, both
the detectives and Injuring some per
sons who were passing by. It Is be
lieved the bomb was Intended Tor gov
ernor General Maxlmovltch. who was
expeeted to pass the spot on his way
lrom the cathedral, where he attended
the service In honor of the czar's birth
day.
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New York. May 22.—President
Iloosevelt lias been requested to take
cognizance of the situation that has
t*'en brought about by the Hquitable
l.lfe Assurance society trouble, and to
Institute a national Investigation ortho
Insurance business as It is now con
ducted. The inquiry Into the beef
trust and the present Standard Oil in
vestigation are quoted as precedents.
This request was made by W. I'\ King,
former president of tho Merchants' as
sociation of tills city.
Ileef Inquisitors Adjourn.
Chicago, May 20.—The grand Jury
which has been Investigating the beef
Industry-has adjourned, after being lu
session for exactly three months, it
will reconvene on June 7 to vote the
Indictments, which in the meantime
may be prepared by the ollleo of the
United States district attorney.
Prominent Mason Kills Himself.
Chicago, May 20.—Archibald Mcl.el
land, 71 years old, (HI West Klxty
Thlrfl street, prominent In Masonic
circles and a member of the ). A. It.,
committed suicide In a room on tho
nineteenth floor of the Masonic temple.
Temporary insanity caused by Ill
health was the cause.
Ir. Moflat la Moderator.
Winona Lake, Ind., May 2(1.—Uelorc
a congregation of :|,000 persons, (lie
nev. Dr. James II. Moffat, president
of Washington and Jefferson college,
Washington, Pa., was chosen by ac
clamation moderator of the Presby
terian general assembly.
Mysterious Murder.
Savannah, 111., May 22.—HOIK T). S.
Berry was shot and killed at the door
of his olllcc hero. There Is no clew to
tho slayer or to the motive for shooting
Mr. llerry.
Death of Klbrldge G. Keith,
Chicago, May 18.—Elbrldge G.Keith,
president of tlie Chicago Title and!
Trust company, and prominent finan
cier of Chicago, is dead after a short
Illness.
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GIGANTIC LAND
FIGHT IMMINENT
Oyama Is Deploying Heavy
Forces Against Line-?
vitch's Left.
DECISIVE BATTLE WILL RESULT
Russian General's Preparations
Shows He Intends to Make
Supreme Effort.
Occupies Ltiio Forty-Two MIIM I
Length and Strongly Intrenched
—News of Great Sea Bat
tlo Uxpooted.
Gunshu Pass* May 20.—A general
enpi^eiiteut is imminent. Field Mar
shal Oyama Is deploying heavy forces
agnlnst General Linevitch's left and
is contracting his troops along the cen
ter, but his base Is opposite the Rus
sian right. It is not yet clear which
wing is making a demonstration and
which will deliver the main blow. It
is evident from Linevitch's prepara
tions that he intends to accept a de
cisive battle.
Japanese Are Advancing.
Toklo, May 22.—All news points to
a battle. The Russians occupy a lino
forty-two miles in length, strongly in
trenched. The Japanese are advancing
in three columns. The Russian main
position is at ITalliung, where General
Matorliolt commands.
It is anounced from the headquarters
of the Japanese armies in the Held that
three Russian columns of mixed forces
advanced southward May 18 to the
vicinity of the railroad. The Japan
ese engaged them and drove the Rus
sians northward. Simultaneously 500
Russian cavalry attacked a Japanese
field hospital at Kangpin, on the right
bank of the Mao river. Japanese ar
tillery aud infantry dispersed the at
tacking cavalrymen, lufllctiug heavy
loss upon them.
Hvpoct News of Sea Battle.
Loudon, May 22.—The absence of
news concerning Rojestvensky is re
garded by naval experts as an Indica
tion that ho is pushing onward in his
course toward Formosa strait, where
Togo's ships lie waiting for their Rus
sian foes.
Consequently word that a great sea
battle has been frought is expected
at any time. Tlie czar's ships nre
due to reach the mouth of the strait.
The only thing approaching informa
tion as to their latest movements Is a
dlspntcli from Hongkong stating that
tlie lflO deeply laden junks, persum
abl.v carrying provisions for the Rus
sian fleet which were sighted May 10
off Cape St. John, h$d left there and
are supposed to have effected a junc
tion with the warships.
New Konte Would Be Noted.
Had Rojestvensky left the course he
•was steering who nlast heard from—n
"route taking him nt the rate of 200
nliles a day stmk'ht for the strait
where Togo lay l:i wait—it Is believed
certain that news of the change would
have reached here. Had he either
turned to the west and nppronched the
coast or gone eastward around For*
inosa. Instead of making for the strait,
the scout ships of tlie Japs would have
noted the move and sent the news to
Toklo.
The Japanese are In doubt as to
whether the Russian fleet will be di
vided with the lutentlon of having one
squadron try to reach Vladivostok
while the other engages tho attention
of Togo, or whether the full strength
of Rojestvensky's fleet will be sent
against the mikado's admiral.
War Office Confirms Heport.
St. Petersburg, May 22.—Tho war
office confirms tlie report from Gunshu
pass that Field Murshal Oyama is on
the eve of taking the general offensive
and no douVt is entertained here that
General Lineviteli will accept battle
in his present positions. Tlie general
staff believes Oyama's advance was
precipitated by the doubt regarding
the issue of tho coming n«val battle
between Admiral Rojestvensky and
Togo. With an unbeaten army in
front of him. Oyama's position might
be critical if his communications with
Japan were interrupted even tempo
rarily.
SHAFFER OUT OF THB CHAIR
J. McAnlle Kleoted President of the
Amalgamated —Five Vice Presi
dent* Choten.
Detroit, May 22.—P. J. McArdle, of
Muneie, Ind., was elected president of
the Amalgamated Association of iron,
Steel and Tin Workers. Retiring Pres
ident T. J. Shaffer was given a good
sized complimentary voto, although
Shaffer did not lu the convention
change his iw&ltion as announced ten
days ago, that he was not a candidate
for the office. John Williams, of Pitts
burg, was elected secretary.
WAR INTEKEST INCSEASE8
FeeliuB «t St. P.teralmrg That Th.r. Will
Do "Something In th. Chluft
Sea Refore Long.
St Petersburg, May 18. With a
suspicious stoppage of dispatches from
Manchuria, and a strong possibility
that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky has
cut his last communications with home
and sot forth on the liual stage of his
Journey to his goal—either Togo or
Vladivostok keen interest is mani
fested In naval and military circles
here In the two-fold field of war.
Though the admiralty, which has been
completely silent since tho advent of
Rojestvensky in the Chlneso sea, pub
lishes no dispatches the convlctiou Is
growing that the united squadrons do
parted from the Annam coast Immedi
ately after their Juncturo, aud naval
officials are anxiously expecting news
of the first skirmishes between scouts
of the hostile fleets.
On the military side tho indications
are that events are rapidly shaping
for the preliminary stage of another
great battle.
H0CH MAY HAVE TO HANG
Chicago, May 20.—Johann Iloch, a
man who had wives to spare- a dozen
or so of them—and who seemed to mar
ry any woman he wanted, and always
wanted a woman who had some prop
erty of which he invariably soon pos
sessed himself, was found guilty of
murder in the first degree In Judge
Kcrsteu's court, much to the surprise
K-O
of nearly everybody except the prose
cation.
The case against him was Tor the
murder of his wife Marie (previously
Mrs. Walcher), wliom he married here,
and the evidence was purely circum
stantial. No proof was introduced th:u
he had purchased poison, the state de
pending on the facts that arsenic was
found In the body after it had been
buried months that while she wat*
sick he courted her sister. His lawyers
filed a motion for a new trial.
MILITARY HONORS
FOR HIRAM CRONK
Impressive Ceremonies Mnrk Durial
of the ljiiftt Survivor tf the
War of 1812.
New York, May 10.—The body of
Hiram C'ronk, last veteran of the war
-Of 1812 to puss away, was buried In
HIRAM F'RONK, VETERAN OP 1812.
Cypress Hill cemetery with Impressive
military honors. Nearly three score
other soldiers who fought in the war
of almost a century ago had lain for
many years In the cemeterj where
this oldest comrade was placed. Since
it was brought from Roonvllle the
body of the veteran soldier lay ill state
in the city hall, where it was viewed
by many thousands. One hundred and
fifty policemen were required to keep
the crowd moving and to keep clear
the phi/a in front of the building.
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From the city hall to the cemetery
tlie body was escorted by a detail of
mounted police, Fourteenth regiment
and a troop from the Second brigade,
N. G., N. V., delegations' from U. R.
(Grant post, G. A. R., and from the
veteran corps of the war of 1812 and
carriages containing relatives of the
dead soldier and a committee from
the board of aldermen representing the
city.
GAS GRAB PASSES
AT PHILADELPHIA
inal Vote Taken with Potion Re
serves Holding Citizens Back
with Revolvers.
Philadelphia, May 20.~-With 2,000
angry citizens carrying a hundred
hangman's ropes crowding the gal
leries and corridors of the city hall,
the city council leased the Philadelphia
gas works to the United Gas Improve
ment company for a term of seventy
five years. The "final vote was taken
with police reserves holding the citi
zens back with drawn revolvers to pre
vent them from invading the council
chamber.
Every alderman who voted for the
lease had to be protected from mobs
by the police after the council ad
journed. Threats of lynching the al
dermen are heard. Some even declare
that only two good leaders are needed
to induce the people to take in their
own hands the punishment of the
councilmen who voted for what is
cpenly declared the "blackest crime
ever perpetrated in Philadelphia."
Tho •'committee of nine" has called
for a great assemblage of citizens to
black the final attempt to "complete
the conspiracy" after Use mayor's veto.
INDEPENDENCE DAY IN CUBA
Cannon llooiui In IU Celebration Liber
ate After tlm I'latt Heoolutlon
Wunt It KevUud.
Havana. May 20. Independence
day was ushered in this morning with
the booming of canuou. the ghire of
rockets and the sounding of inany
steam whistles.
•y^e national convention of liberals
has finished its discussion aud adopt
ed a platform, the principal features
of which are revision of the Piatt
amendment whenever opportunity of
fers discontinuance of the department
of Justice: judicial functionaries to bo
responsible only to judicial tribunals
Immediate payment of tho balance due
revolutionary veterans rond and liar
bor Improvements adoption of a na
tional coinage founded on the gold
standard arbitration of differences be
tweeu employers and workingmen.
WHO'S A HAS BEEN
Here** Johu L. Sullivan anil Charley
MltchcIl Algtilng Articled for a fif
teen Itouud Fight.
Tacomn, Wash,, May 30. Charles
Mitchell and John !. Sullivan have
signed articles for a fifteen-round light
in Tacouia Sept. 19, for the gate re
celpts, to be divided 05 and 33 per
cent.
John Mltoltell llurettve«L
Indianapolis, Ind., May 18.—Marie,
tho 0-year-old daughter of John Mitch
ell, president of the United Mine
Workers, Is dead at Spring Valley, ill.,
of pneumonia. Mr. Mitchell wus
starting for Pennsylvania when ho re
ceived the telegrum. Ho loft at onc
for homo, accompanied by W. R.* Wil
son.
For Soparato Consular Service.
Christianla, May 10.—The lower
house of tlio Norwegian parliament
has unanimously adopted without dis
cussion thu bill providing for tho es
tablishment of a sepurato Norwegian
consular scrvlco.
Perry rto-Klected President.
Atlanta, Oa., May 19.—D. M. Parry
was re-elected president of the Nation
&1 Association of Manufacturers.
Three Men Burned to Death.
Austin, Pa.. May 22.—An exploding
lump sot flro to the Palace hotel and
two men—Mlchuel Kemper and Dr.
Bontnmln—wore bnrned to death. The
loss Is $.\000. A hotel ait Hulls, neur
hero, tniriicd at about the snwo tlmo, a
uian named Adain Forepauffti perish
ing lu tlio (lames.
ullty
Alleged Clitcsgo lllue Heard Pound O
of Alurdor In tho Plot
Degree.
At*to H.oord Ilrotcen.
New York, May 22.—At an automo
bile meet at tlie .Morris park track
Louis Chevrolet lowered the world's
record for a lullo, Hying start, by -ov
erlng tho distance lu :52 4-B. Tho pre
vious record of :33 seconds wus held
by Darned Oldlleld.
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THE
.SPREADS
nil kinds of mnni
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lUre*straw
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UUnADILB
Tours to Galifofpia
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Voollis nit1 I'Hjv. rliiiilly liaul to
pleaso. The iiwinut' clolhior in
uFrail t' i-ii-iy a In avy xiuck it)
tlicir six"s .'12 in .". I infli t-hept.
Wo 1 he (lilliculty in
p'.rairiini
Hh'W
]inrI iculai' yoimtf fi'l-
lo iis I.ut iiisli'ad iC (.-lilting down
our stock to li sHcn tlio dimmer of
.cuminy: iiiis:il,-itili miitH, we have
lopti'd tlir jiolicy of currying II
LNR^T- HIIIIIIM I' of suits mid having
tlicin nindf of pal terns so altnu-livo
and
v-nt
KO natty tlmt.
In our New Spring Suits
the prices biigin as low as
$7.00 and ascend by easy
steps to $10.00 or $15.00.
Swagger suits, every one
of them.
J. H. ALLEN,
Clothier and Merchant Tailor.
Hanchester Lumber Company.
Building Materials of All Kinds.
COAL.
Investigate our Hard Coal proportion lor Apiil.
CEMENT.
A car of io!a Portland just recelv d.
PLASTER.
A frceh store on haod at all tlmee.
WIRE FENCE.
The "Denning," none better, get our prices.
CEDAR POSTS.
Let UB llgure your bill whether you buy or not.
PHONE 156.
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J. H. STEWART.
Successor to Stewart & Lawrence.
fiMT'.ifaaM
Oreaf Western
Apron
Manure Spreader
stack bottoms and commercial fertilizer retard-
lessollhelrcondition. Soreadiu much In a day ss IS men can by bind. Spreads the
largest loau In to 4 minutes. Makes the sumo amomitof manure go three tlaea AS far and
K0^0 «ak?£.U manure fino and immediately available for plant food.
NniLMiNfillflR DAVE
forrus a hoppt*r, holds all hard cnuuks iu contact
HUH DvHUIIHDIiC IMAE Witii beater until thoroughly pulverized.
FIERI ADRDN |sonecontinousr.proo, (not a apron)
Jklllfbfcvv Mr niflV load. You don't have to drive a certain tJistnnco to pull It back
after each load orwlndit bock by hand it Is a great advantage la maldaz loai baula.
lEIERE |C Hfl IsEJIDIIIfa
&b°ut
1 ntnc ly.rlU UEIimnU
does notextend belowaxlo. Spreads evenly from start to finish and clcans out perfectly clean.
Iinffin Ann Elin ISATE manure away from beater whilo loading pro*
nVVU Hnil cnu UH 0 E vents choking of beater and throwing out a uunch
when starting and acta unwind shield when spreading. It
therefore always ready to
our Endless Apron to break and causo trouble,
Is
always up out of the way of obstructions OH It
a w«ii|tf|«ir
while in notion to spread thick or tbln, 3 to 25 loads per acre.
I I RliT RRAET the load is nearly equally balanced on front and rear axles.
BalUn I Unfir I The team ta as near the load as ft
can work. Front and rear axles are
thi some length and wheels track beater shaft runs in ball and socket bearing*, therefore no friction,
itenttiriag* inclieam diameter, seat turns over when loading. Machine turns In its own length.
CIUDI IPITV Thure are only two levers on our machine. Oue which raise# the hood.
wllnrblUII I locks It and throws the machine in gear
at tlie same time. Itcantlica
be thrown in and out of gear without lowering the hood. Ono lever which chnngcs
feed tospread thick or thin, making it so simple that a boy who can drive a team
can haudlelt.
CTREK2RT11 AMR RIIDADII ITV isonoofthe most important point* to bo
O I RCnil IVI finil
Iwrtndcan Mrffiilntfd
I I considered in a manurespreoaer. TheQreat
Western has a good, strong, durable wheel. Extra strong spoke aud rim, heavy steel tires. Strong, veil
braced box with heavy oak elll. Oak tongue* hickory doubletrees, malleable castings, gears and
sprockets all keyed on. Galvanized hood. Every partis mnde extra strong, repirdlessof cost. It to
made for the man who waota tho beat made In four sizes, 30, £0,70 and 100 bushel capacity,
ft IIABAIITEE Sl"uld any part break, wear out or get out of order witldn ono year wo
UUHnlin I EC replace free of churgo. Send for iree cclalogoe, showing latest improve*
meutd. It tells how to apply manure to secure best results.
SMITH MANURE SPREADER GO.
15 S. Clinton Street, CHICAGO, ILL.
FOR SALE BY
DUNHAM & HOYT.
Personally Gopducted
Lenvo Union Passenger Station, Chicago, 10:25 p. ui., for
Snn Francisco and Los Angoles, every Tuesday aud Tlnira
day. Through tourist sleeping cars in which the rate for
ii double berth, Chicago-to California, is only $7.' Each
tourist car party is accompanied by a competent nnd ex
perienced conductor who. has made the trip scores of times
and knows best how to provide for the comfort nnd plena
lire of the passengers. The rout« is past the grand pano
rama of liocky Alouutain scenery, and includes ihe follow
ing lines: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chicago to
Kansas City Missouri Pacific, Kansas City to Pueblo Den
ver & liio Grande, Pueblo to Ogden Southern Pacinc,
Ogden to San Francisco and Los Angeles.
If yon contemplate a trip to tlio Pacific Coasl, it is worth'
your while to write today for descriptive folders of the
JUDSON TOURIST CAR CO.
ROBERT SOMERVILLE, Manager,
349 Marquette Building, 204- Dearborn Stt I
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CHICAGO.
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