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Viceroy in the Cast Caused the
cf• Czar Some Trouble.
^Extended Conference, LflstiOfethl
the Early Morning Hours, Was
Immediately Called. ,j:m.
York, Jan.
DENIED IN PARIS.
Riaort of Startling War News Protn Paris Is
Denied.
Paris, Jan. 2.—At the Japanese lega
tion M. Montono authorized the Asso
ciated Press to make a categorical denial
tl^at advices had been sent to the Japan
ese ministers at Paris and London that
Russia had decided to reject the Japan
ese advances. Tliis report camc from
London and New York while the Japan
ese were participating in brilliant fes
tivities, centering at the Elysee Palace.
The foreign office and the government
establishments were closet I and the am
bassadors, ministers and distinguished
fttrsomtKtTS were taking part in a s**ies
of-official functions. The general Tone
61 official cotitttient during the formal
exchanges was somewhat improved.
President Loubet's address to the diplo
matic corps taking international peace
as a text. The Russian ambassador, M.
NetodofT, the Japanese minister, Mon
tono, were among the attentive listeners
to the president's remarks and conse
quently the rumors that Russia had de
cided to reject Japan's proposals were
some what/inexplicable at the Japanese
legation.
Last night M. MbntOno received a
number of his countrymen and officials.
The patriotic sentiment of the Japan
ese is shown in the decorating of the le
gation entrance with large Japanese
flags. When asked regarding the utter
ances of Baron Hayashi, Minister
Monlono said no such report emanated
from hun and lie was the usual medium
of advices of that character to his col
leagues in London. He remarked on
the contrary the day had passed without
news and the status quo continued to
be the awaiting of Russia's reply. When
asked as to the prospects for the mairi
teance of peace, M. Montono asked to
be released from replying saying the sit
uation was too delicate to permit of
prophesying possible results.
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Iherc was no news warranting JMBSOTe
serious view of the situation.
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uneasy Reeling.
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scow. Jan. 2.—Nothing cori
tory of the advices from Paris to Baron
Hayashi, the Japanese minister at Lon
don,\ is known here. A high official
said to the Associated Press that he
still believed the trouble .will ultimately
be arranged. An uneasy feeling pre
vails here, however, and the boerse
eloped very weak.
ANSWER NOT
.' St, Petersburg, Jan. 2.—The foreign
e@ice informed the correspondent of the
Associated Pr.ess that nothing had been
done connection with a reply to
Japan.
t-'Ihe Japanese minister is unable to
confirm or deny the advices received
from Paris by B&ron Haystii, the Japan
ese minister to Great Britian that Rus
sfa has decided not to grant the Japan
ese proposals. He says an answer
thfise proposals has not yet been made.
It is generally accepted in diplomatic
circles here as unlikely that an answer
will soon be delivered and attention is
now mainly directed to the Japanese
preparations.
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MESSAGE WAS
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dispatcfrffom
Berlin says last night a l,ocx-word mes
sage from Admiral Alexleff, viceroy of
the far east, reached the czar at Peter
hof. The czar immediately summoned
General Kurpptakin ajtid, attended, a
council which lasted till nearly this
morning. ,?•
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STILL TALKING FOR TIME.
Itf# Russian Officials Announce They Will Not
Accept Japanese Proposals.
St. Petersburg, Jai^ Sl^It appear* to
Be true that ftussia has decided not to
accept Japan's proposals. But the for
eign office informed the Associated
Press that Minister Lamsdorff was still
conferring with Japanese Minister
tyurino with view tq an amicable-s^
tlement.
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ENGINEERS WANTED.'
plasgow, Jan. 1—-A number of Clyde
marine engineers received cable orders
from the Japanese government to pro
ceed immediately to Japan having been
engaged some time ago.
M'GOVERN AND O'NEltl
Philadelphia,- Pa., Jan, 2.—-Jack
Teil, of this city, to face Terry
McGovern in a six-round bout tonight
jhe National Athletic -QMk:. O'Neil
:onsid^|®S^®^@|i^tS®BSst in
his i^H e
NOTES FROM THE FORKS.
Items Qathercsd in the Town Down the River-»
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Commissioner ScraiV*
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Grhrif^ Forks, N. D.,
was a prize fight here last night be
tween Kelly, a white barber, and White
head, a negro porter. The men were
rather evenly matched in the first two
rounds, but Kelly had alf the best of
it in the third and put the coon out.
The U. C. T. is planning a big time
here Jan. g. There will be a dance and
banquet and the boys will be in from
31 along the line.
The North Dakota Chess tournament
will be held here Tuesday and Wednes
day. The entries are expected to reach
twenty.
The county commissioners are in ses
sion here today closing up the old busi
ness. Monday a successor to Anderson
will be selected. It seems that Ander
son will be turned down because he is
a democrat and that Gaulke who has
made the chief fight against him will
also fall by the wayside. It looks like
either Svensrud or Peterson, two other
candidates, will be chosen.
The district court is in session this
afternoon and Forgham arid the three
young boys will be' up for sentence.
The three boys, Otto and John Hanson
and Fred Striebeck, broke into a gro
cery store. They will be sent to the
reform school.
P. J. McLaughlin, who was formerly
an attorney here, was recently found on
the streets in St. Paul with his shoulder
and one arm broken. He is .well known
in Grand Forks and Grafton.
^CONFESSED THE MURDER.
'^Denver, Col., Jan. 2.—Fred Arnold,
18 years of age, confessed today to
complicity in the murder of Mrs.
Youngblood and the probable fatal
shooting of her son, Robert, while at
tempting to rob the little grocery store,
kept by Mrs. Youngblood and her hus
band, Thomas M. Youngblood, in Val
verde, a suburb of Denver. Arnold's
confession implicated Newton An
drews, aged 20.
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CHICAGO HOTEL FIRE FATAL.
A Wtedy City Hostelry Went Up to Snwke
With One Fatality*.
Chicago, Jan. 2,rrPatrick Ryan, a re
tired merchant, was killed and Mrs.
Florence Chapin and Bissell Chapin,
aged 12. were overcome by smoke in
the Louyre Hotel, which was totally
destroyed by fire last night. The hotel
was located on Lake Street, Soutb
side.
HORRIBLE" SUICID^
Salt Lake, Utah, Jan.
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COPPER ROW
WAS
A» ExplOslon ^na B«ftte Mine Caused
Death to One Man and Injuries
to Others.
Dis&teir Said %o Have t^es&h^il M§iu
a Row Over Valuable Copper
,.,v Properties, s- •.
Moa%t., Jan. 2.—Samttel
was instantly killed Fred Dryvel fa
tally injured and Foreman John Penal
uma. overcome by gas as a result o? an
explosion in the Michael Devitt mine
from what appears to be a clash be
tween the Amalgamated Co. miners
and the Pennsylvania miners operat
ing adjoining property.
FORESTER OFFICERS:
Minto, N. D., Jan. 2.—Minto .iggfttft,
I. O. F., elected the following officers:
J. M. Glinch, C. R. M. McCannel, V.
C. R. S. D. Thomson, financial secre
tary J. Bathgate, treasurer F. M.
Davis, R. S. Smalley, orator.
Mrs. M. Kally won the $400 piano
given away by Sprafka Brothers?.
POPCORN PROFITABLE.
Rockford, la., Jan. 2.—Iowa farm
ers have been quite successful in the
raising of popcorn this year, and, as
there has been a good demand for the
product in many parts of the state,
the yield was great, and the grower
has reaped more benefit from his pop
corn than he did for his acreage of
field corn. Albert- Fravert of Rock
ford recently sold his entire crop of
40,coo pounds, which he raised on
twenty &crcs*of rather poor land, at 1
cent a pound and realized $400 per
acre for his product.
COMPARISON OF RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE
RUSSIAN FLEET.
ItettlesbiiMtarl. Tsarevitcli, 13,000 tone, 64 gain. & Ctetvisan, 12*700 ton*,
62 guns. 3. Pobieda, 12,670 tons, 61 guns. 4. Peresvlet, 12,674 tons, 61 guns.
5. Osliabfji, 12,674 tons, 61 guns. 6. Petropavlosk, 11,000 tons, 53 guns. 7.
Sevastopol, 11,000 tons. 8.' Poltava, 11,000 tons. Other vessels are cruisers.
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Griffiths^
a portrait.artist, committed suicide to
day in a cell at the central police sta
tion. He first trrfcd to sever the arter
ies of his throat and wrist with a key.
Failing in this he picked a quantity of
wool from his blanket and filled his
nostrils and stuffed a handkerchief
down his throat and slowly strangled
to death. The other prisoners heard
him choking and tried to attract the at
tention of the officers by knocking and
shouting, but the police thinking it a
New Year's demonstration paid ik/at
tention to it. fv
ALL KNOCK OUTS.
Baltimore, Md., Jan, 2.—Seven, hun
dred "members" ofthc Eureka Athletic
and Social Club witnessed five knock
outs this evening. The star event was
between 'Young Peter Jackson/' of
this city, and "Cyclone^ Bill Larry, of
PlHladelnhia (both colored). It was a
fierce battle and Jackson put Larry to
sleep in five rounds. Jimtnie Fjfcrren
knocked out Leon Croney in two
rounds. This bout was for the bantam
weight cha-mpion&hin. of^ the state. Ed
ored, Wa
d, toflHHIH in
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
OneMsaPead and Four Others WW W* Asa
Result of a Wreck.
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Carlisle, Penn., Jan. 2.—A passenger
'cm the Cumberland Yalley ran into an
open switch near Newville last night.
The coaches left the rails and the rear
one rolled down the embankment. One
passenger is dead and thirteen were
hurt, four of whom are fatally injured.
LAWRENCE WAS RAMMED.
Wasftb'ilSfcri.- .Jai^ .^8.—Rear Admiral
Sands, commanding the training squad
ron, telegraphs the navy department
from Key West that the "Lawrence at
anchor was rammed by the Olivette."
The Lawrence is a'torpedo bc^t de
stroyer.
1,11111 »i in hi- iiiii 1 s."
FOR WEEK OF PRAYER.
New York, Jan.
2.—The
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Evangelical
Alliance is in receipt pf communica
tions from chyrches throughout the
world indicating that the "week of
united and universal prayer" will be
widely observed. The week of prayer
is to begin tomorrow and continue for
the ensuing «&vcn days. In its call for
the observance the Alliance says: "Ex
isting conditions call for a renewed and
world-wide appeal to the throne of
heavenly grace: nations are in commo
tion races arc at variance classy
angrily contend, and false religions
dream of new conquests."
The programme sets aside Sunday
for sermons bn "The Kingdom of God
md the Conditions of Its Triumphant
Advance Monday, "The Warrant, the
vilege, the Power of Prayer Tues
•, "The Church of Christ Wcdnts
"AH Nations and People:" Thurso
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REPUBLICAN^
BELONG TO
Because of Their Religion a Grand
Forks Family Refused to Permit
An Operation Last Night.
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They rwards Consented But Too
Late to Save a Life and the
tie May Be Prosecuted.
(jiramT Forks, N. D., Jan. 2.—Last
night Mrs. F. Post of this city was
taken with convulsions arid a physician
was called. He decided that an opera
tion was necessary and wanted to re
move the woman to the hospital at
once, but the relatives would not con
sent to it as they were members of the
Church of God. Later the doctor was
called again and the woman was taken
jto the hospital but it was too late to
irelieve the suffering woman and the
[child was born dead.
There is considerable gossip over the
imatter and the state health officials
may take the matter up.
HOTEL BLAZE.
New' York, Jan. 2.—Fire on tftt sev
enth floor of the Murray Hill Hotel
caused a damage of $10,000. A slight
panic resulted during which many
guests left the hotel and one woman
fainted. No one was injured.
SWIPED TH E ON BY.
East Grand Forks, Minn., Jan. 2.—
Yesterday Mike Driscoll, a farmer near
here, went visiting and left his home
in charge of the hired man. named
Smith. When Driscoll and his family
returned Smith was missing and $52
from a trunk had also disappeared.
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VESSELS NOW IN ASIATIC WATERS.
if^V. JAPANESE FLEET. •,'
Battta8hip8r~A. Asa hi, 15,200 tons, 52 guns. /B. Mikasa, 15,200 tont, 50
guns. C. Hatsnse, 15,000 tons, 52 guns. D. Shikishiuia, 14,850 tons, 52 guns. E.
Yashima, 12,500 tons, 34 guns. F. Fuji, 12,500 tons, 34 guns. G. Chin Yen,
7,350 tons, 18 guns. Other vessels are cruisers.
BIG SAVING OF STRAY CATTLE
South Dakota Stockmen's Inspectors Mffcs a
a Remarkable Showing.
Sioux Falls S. D., Jan. 2.-—'The im
portance of the, great stockmen's as
sociations in maintaining inspectors at
the leading market points is shown by
a report just made by F. M. Stewart,
secretary of the Western South Dakota
Stockmen's Association.
that during ine past niuety days the
sulk of $74,000 has passed through his
hahds and been distributed to mem
bers of the association in payment for
es trays which were picked up and dis
posed of by inspectors at the various
markets.
These ate eattle which were taken to
market by others than the owners,* as
it often happens that in making a ship
ment a shipper finds some cattle that
arc ready for market which are mixed
with his own, and he loads them and
takes them along. These are caught
by the inspectors, who sell them and
send the proceeds to Secretary Stew
art.
The official states further, that in a
sin^e mail he received checks aggre
gating $10,065 for estrays. which was
distributed around to 234 different
membersthe association, some of
the estrays having belonged to each of
them.
CROOKED COPS EXCUSED.
New York, Jan. 2.—Police Commis
sioner McAdoo, after taking office is
sued a Statement in which he said he
would lio everything in his power,to
prevent blackmailing, extortion^
ing," or bribe-taking by the police, but
it would be useless, he said, to expect
if he
prom
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TO DIG BURIED CITIES.
ITfKgle ls Bat kin*
Some Worlu
Boston, fitass., Jan. 2.—-The expedi
tion headed bye Mr. Pumpelly. the ar
chaeologist, and bpeked by Andrew
Carnegie, starts from Boston today to
search among the burned cities in
western Afghanistan and the Crimea.
The expedition is one which has long
been under consideration. Last year
Mr. Pumpelly went to Russia with
Professor Davis of Harvard, for the
purpose of looking over the ground
and to obtain permission from the
Russian government to conduct the
desired investigations in her territory.
Mr. Pumpelly started this year in
advance of the expedition to complete
the relations with the Russian diplo
mats, The expedition started today
will meet Mr. Pumpelly in Cairo.
Egypt. There the members expect to
complete the acquirement of the data
needful for their work, and thence will
proceed to the vicinity where they will
begin excavations. This section has
never before been thus searched by
scientists, and the work of the party is
awaited with widespread interest on
this account. The party expects that
its efforts will be rewarded by the find
ing of many traccs of the early tribes
who peopled this portion of the con
tinent. The return trip to America
will be made in the early spring.
'•H KILLED SHEEP.
Eldora, la., Jan. 2.—A great deal of
sheep raising is carried on in Grundy
County, east of this place, and the
farmers have a great many difficulties
and perplexities to continually contend
with. J. A. Scoville, who resides near
Conrad, has been doing quite an ex
tensive sheep feeding business the last
year, and has recently lost a large
number of his lambs, numbering into
the hundreds. The lambs ate too
much frozen clover, and this affected
the wholevherd of 2,500 sheep, and the
weak ones have been dying at the rate
of ten to fifteen a day.
SENSATIONAL "REPORT
KI.Itliwirc.Tlwt«Colombia Sk»IMa»r
".'V/N Sank By the U. 1*.
Colon, Jan. 2.—'£here were persistent
rumors that the Colombian gunboat,
General Pinzon. had been sunk by
American warships. There is no con
firmation of the report at this time.
The Mayflower, to which Admiral
He states Coghlan transferred his flag, steamed
'out of the harbor this morning. There
are n6w no ships of war at Colon.
no confirmauon.,
Washington, Jan. 2.—Assistant'Sec
retary Darling, of the navy department
said that he had received no news
whatever with reference to the rumor
ed sinking of a Colombian vessel by
an American man of war and he be
lieved the rumor was-.without founda
tion in fact.
LABOR CONVENTION
^Fresno, Cal., Jan. 2.—Leaders df or
ganized labor in California arc alrcadv
gathering in Fresno for the annual
cofivention of the State Federation of
Labor to be held during the coming
Week. It will be the foufth annua)
convention of the federation and all
indications point to a larger and more
representative attendance than at the
three previous meetings. San Fran
cisco will send a large delegation and
Oakland and other leading" cities of
the state will also be well represented.
Legislative matters affecting the In
terests of the workingtnen will come
in for much attention and a variety
of other subjects of vital importance
to organized labor will conie up for
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FORUM ESTABLISHED NOV.
inilis Was a Day of Funerals in Chka^b
and Nearly All Business Was
Suspended.
Managers oflroquoisTneater Arrisral
On Manslaughter Charge Many
Theaters Closed.
Chicago, Jan.
M'anagers Davis and Powers weff
formally charged with manslaughter
and held under bonds of $10,000 each
Coroner Traeger has discovered muglt
new evidence throwing light on the re
sponsibility of the disaster.
Mayor Harrison has ordered all
theatres in the city closed until it has
been satisfactorily shown they are com*
plying with the building ordinance.
The total number of corpses recover*
ed is 586. Another unidentified body
of a woman, overlooked, has befcn
found in Jordan's morgue. A ticket
was found on the body from "Detroit
to Chicago."
A thorough analysis 01 the. asbestos
C«rtain is beime made bar Mie Uly t&e&K
i5ts. The curtain was comMiined by the
flames ahhQtigli jur^ia
Ofcstos.
Four more missing arc reported.-'
Mayor Carter Harrison took steps to 4
provide as far as possible against a repe
tition of Wednesday's horror at tfy©
Iroquois Hhcatre. As a result of at|
investigation made at his orders and
lasting only a few hours, nineteen
theatres and museums were ordered i
closed, some of them being among the
jcading and most popular playhouses
in Chicago. The action of the mayor
was based 011 the single violation of tbT^
ordinances which are intended to pro
tect the patrons of theatres from j«/'
such an occurrcnce as that which coflf
so many lives on Wednesday. This
was that everyone of these places Jra4
failciHo supply an asbestos curtain. The
theatres ordered closed are: Howard'*,
Sam T. Jack's, Marlowe, New Amei?
can, Olympic, Academy of Music, A&
hambra, Avenue, Bijou, Chicago Opef*
House, Columbus, Thirty-first Stre^fc
Criterion, Fiegenbaum's, Milwaukee
Avenue, Garrick (in Milwaukee Ave
nue), and Glickman's. In addition
these the London Globe Museum at|0
the Clark Street Museum were also corts
pel led to close their doors.
The Chicago Opera House and tlie
Olympic Theatre are high-class vaude*
ville houses and probably do as mug|k
business in point of numbers as ai^y
of the theatres in Chicago at single pe»
formances. They give, however, a matfc
nee every day in the week and it
seldom that scats can be obtained fd£
any performance at the time of opening''
In addition to this they have been ac
customed to selling large nuwber of
tickets for standing room, and as .1
general thing more people are withj
these places of amusement at an avcr&|
performance than can be found at
other playhouse in the city.
"It may not be possible," said May^r
Harrison, "to prevent loss of life whbi
audiences rush for the doorways, but
have determined to see that evelQr
precaution is taken to prevent such oc
currences as will alarm the people at$il
start them
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2.—Church
bells be­
gan tolling at noon and business sto$?
ped Many celebrations were post*
potied and long lines of funerals on thfc
way to the cemeteries gave outward
evidence of Chicago's grief today. AlJ'
the city business except the most int*
portant was stopped, except the bankii.
It was announced in The
Inter-Ocean this morning thtt
warrants were issued last night for tKf
arrest of Will J. Davis and Hari$f
Powers, proprietors and managers
the Iroquois Tfieatr^ The warrants
were sworn to by Arthur E. Hull, who
lost his wife and three children in the
fire and charge manslaughter. The
men were notified by telephone to a£*
pear before Justice Underwood ai|4
give bonds.
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Superintendent of Schools Coolep
said twenty-four teachers in the public
schools were killeld in the Iroquois fire
and six are still misjsng.
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a rush for the exits. |t
is all very well to say that the greit
loss of life in the Iroquois theatre wis
due to the fact that the people lept
their heads and crowded into the door
ways
and aisles like maniacs, but the
fact remains, and it cannot be denied,
that there would have been no panic
if the apparatus in this theatre, whicjb,
judged by all ordinary standards, wts
the best equipped playhouse in the city,
had been in proper working conditio!*.
There is
110 getting
beyond that fai&
From air the evidence now in band ft
is clear that if the asbestos curtain ill
this theatre had been .in the condition
it should have be^n, there would iiavfc
been no loss of life, comparativd^.
speaking.? |H
The efitii*e family of Frederick 5,'
Pond, for thirty-three years cashier Of
the Deering reaper works, Was exter
minated by the fire. In the disaster Ml".
Pond lost his wife and two children, SkH
of whom have been identified. A sistj
of Mrs, Pond, Miss Gracc Tuttle. is
among the missing. Helen, a 7-ys
old daughter of Mr. Pond, was identi?
solely by her teeth. A club pin was
that led to the recognition of
Pond, 1,4 years
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