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!.• fr: if .:./ *F %S W,~ •'•••••.'•• s: •&,L t::: '&'• ¥'A M. 5-.W. -. f.\ ".V'v 0. W & i, ft?.:'-' V:. i: 55 TW' flttje {Democrat. 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. 1 ^vv-v Roosevelt 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. *,* f' .IV Vi pf-Tfff*' ntt- niifcf^rs, yggiwr? ff& :r ^ssasik 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. Aska l*Vobp 'he Into HquUalilp, 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. •A .*^ ^^".1/ eJ* V/ 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<ion 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. 5f 9 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. #$3$ Photic 213 THE .SPREADS nil kinds of mnni .. .'.••sfs-T* lUre*straw 1—-— UUnADILB Tours to Galifofpia tj^ssJ Civ 1' Jx" 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. M0404040404040404Q4(M040«04040MHOM4IHMtH04(H NQ909939aa99NeS00a0N0«3S9a999'. SOOOSOMMMMOSOOOO Pure home-made -J'Esps, Jolliss and Marmalades -,TRY THEM. 0* 1 -vr '--.1 f* 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 $7.' Each tourist car party is accompanied by a competent nnd ex perienced conductor who. has made the trip scores of times and knows best how to provide for the comfort nnd plena lire of the passengers. The rout« is past the grand pano rama of liocky Alouutain scenery, and includes ihe follow ing lines: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chicago to Kansas City Missouri Pacific, Kansas City to Pueblo Den ver & liio Grande, Pueblo to Ogden Southern Pacinc, Ogden to San Francisco and Los Angeles. If yon contemplate a trip to tlio Pacific Coasl, it is worth' your while to write today for descriptive folders of the JUDSON TOURIST CAR CO. ROBERT SOMERVILLE, Manager, 349 Marquette Building, 204- Dearborn Stt I €.i CHICAGO. mW I »$• 'J ••si O+O* yS m\