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II ««S :*A$. I A I Pages 1 to 8. DULUTB NOT STRIKE OF LONGS** 'EMEN DOES wot is £CT PORT V-v TtfrDoctt ^Employes1 Th# Members of the Union a Proceeds in a Satisfactory Boats May Not Return. Not o. Vork V Duluth, Minn., May 2.—The stnV $hus far has had no effect in Dtrtttth be yond tying up some of the tugs of the "fSreat Lakes Co. None of the ore, grain freight handlers are identified with fce longshoremen and hence all boats are loaded as they come to the docks. The effect of the strike will be felt here When the boats fail to return ftom the lower lakes. FORTY VESSELS ARE TIED UP AT MILWAUKEE Milwaukee. May 2.—It is estimated that about forty vessels are tied up in Milwaukee and about 800 men are idle as a result of the longshoremen's strike. If the strike continues for any length of time, over 5,000 men will have no work do-.\ r* to THOUSAND LONGSHOREMAN ARL NOW IDLE IN TOLEDO Toledo, O., May 2.—One thousand longshoremen are out as a result of the general strike. The coal and ore wharves are idle. The tugmen are still working but there are few boats in port. ONLY PASSENGER BOATS ARRIVE AT CLEVELAND Cleveland, O., May 2'.—Aside from the big passenger steamers from Buffalo and Detroit, which came in on schedule time, 110 vessels entered this port dur ing the early hours today. MUSICAL FESTIVAL. Mobile. Ala., May 2.—The Mobile musical festival, which the Mobile fes tival chorus has arranged, will open hen' Ijonight at the Mobile theatre with a -^jrand concert in which the festival chorus of seventy-five voices, a full or chestra and a number of prominent so loists will take part. The programme which has been selected for the opening concert of the series of three concerts to be given, includes among its choral numbers Three Tone Pictures, by Rub instein, the Valse from La Bohetne by Puccini and Gallia, a Motelt by Gounod. The soloists who will assist at the con cert will be Mrs. Semore Forchheimcr, William O. Daly, Mrs. Charles P. Her vey and Mrs. H. W. Leinkauf. The festival has attracted many hundreds of people from the surrounding districts and even more remote parts of the state and it ig expected that the festival will be a great musical and financial success. If that is the case, it will probably be made an annual'affair. f" SMITH WAS ELECTED ST. PAUL HAS THE HABIT OF VOTING FOR HIM His Majority Was the Smallest in AH the Seven Times He Has Been a Candidate—The Council is Largely Democratic. 11 i .1 —Robl.' ft Smith was fleeted mayor ol St. Paul for, the seventh |ime yesterday over Louis G. Hoffman 4by a plurality of 1,411. This is the ^smallest vot-e he has received since 1902. \The democrats elected Louis Betz ^comptroller and Otto Bremer treasurer. Iljohn Finehout, republican, and Hugo O. |^lanft, democrat, were elected police -judges. In the assembly there will be "Steven democrats and two republicans 't»nd in the board of aldermen four re ,-publicans and s«ven democrat# S BRITISH WARSHIPS, .. London, May 2,—According to offic ial reports Great Britain has at present ^po less than six'battleships, ten armored ^Cruisers, eighteen destroyers and fifteen Submarines under construction. Dur ing the year 1906-7 four armored ves sels, seventeen destroyers and twelve ^submarines will be commenced. The ^designs of the vessels have not yet been jdeternutred. and it is, therefore, impos ,§pible to form an exact idea of the total pliability that will be incurred by these ^admiralty proposals. As far as can be ^gathered from the cost of recent cor responding types, however, the large *|ftmount of $40,000,000 will be absorbed vfts the aggregate cost of these vessels, ^nd the sole provision made during 3906-7 to meet this expenditure amounts to about $3,000,000, which is roughly q{. tfcj teiai-cosL May Not Live. V' ^rimiiiiirtii.i -i EXPLOSION, IN A TUNNEL EIGHT MEN CAUGHT i UNDER THE RIVER Gas in the Depths of the Tunifel Thought to Have Been Responsible for the Trouble-Four of the Victims New York, May a.^Eight «ncon- sclous then were taken out of McAdoo tunnel, under the Hudson river con necting Jersey City and Manhattan Is land, today after an explosion in the depth of the tunnel. Five of them were removed to hospitals in Jersey City and four were not expected to re cover. The explosion was supposed to have been, caused by gas. LAYING CORNERSTONE. Denver. Col., May 2.—Hundreds of prominent members and officers of the order of the Knights Templar are here today to assist in the laying of the corner stone of El Jel?el temple by Knights Templar which w«H take place here this afternoon. Among those pres ent are delegations from Minneapolis, St. Paul. Omaha, Louisville. Chicago and Kansas City, who stopped here for this occasion, while on their way to the grand conclave in Los Angeles next wee*. SEN. HANSBOROUUH'S BILL FAVORABLY REPORTED 'Washington, May 2.—The senate committee on public lands decided to favorably report Senator Hansbrough's feill to regulate the publication of no tices issued under the public land laws. The measure in full as it was decided to report it to the senate is as 'follows: "That all notices which the •general provisions of the mineral ami) public land laws require to be published in newspapers shall be published in the newspaper of established character published nearest the lands described in such notices and within the land district or county in which such lands are located and in cases where two o rmore such papers, are published1 in the town nearest such lands, or in two or more towns which are of equal dis tance from such lands, such notices shall be published in any one of such papers as may be designated for that punpose iby the register of the land office from which such notice issued.' NORMAL CONDITIONS -f" San Francisco, May# 2.—Victor H. Metcalt, secretary of commerce and labor, wjho is here as the personal rep resentative of President Roosevelt, will be requested to lay before President Roosevelt and the cabinet upon his re- rrr," a .v 1 •. CITY BALL BUILDING HAS BEEN DECLARED DANGEROUS It Has Settled Several Inches as the Result of Bxcavations Near It—Much of the Plumbing Has Become Dis jointed. May" 2 ~THe^' iHtywis condemned today as dangerous to the health of its occupants and Chief San itary Inspector Hedrick said that it should be vacated at once. Several months ago the county building, which adjoined the city hall on the east, was torn down td permit the erection of a new structure and. because of this the walls of the city hall settled several inches, causing much of the plumbing to becojn-e disjointed. POSTERITY WILL SUBSIST ON SUCCULENT MOSSES t:htistian?a, May 2.—'Dr. Hansteen, chief lecturer in the agricultural school at Aas, declares his "belief that moss rs destined to become the |jreat popular food for the masses, owing to its cheapness and nutritive value. The common, greenish wJiite moss that is found almost everywhere, was subjected to a chemical process, press ed and cooked. It makes a dish delight ing the most 'blase epicure, and it is equally or more nutritii e than the veg etables now used. It also can be ground and used as meal for bread making. Dr. Hansteen says his experiments show that nine ounces ol moss, costing the equivalent of 2 cents, will make a dittixw lot six pgp&os. /f ARE REPORTS TODAY The Members of the Labor Organiza tions Have Returned to Work and the Police and Military Are Little in Evidence—Visit From King. Paris, May 2.—The city has assum ed its usual appearance. The military and the police patrols have been with drawn and most of the labor organiza tions have resumed- work. King Edward of England has Arriv ed here on a three days' visit. 1 OUTLAW SMITH WAS [KILLED IN OREGON Oregon City, Ore., May 2—Fr ink Smith, the desperado, who killed police man Hanlon of this place, last week, and who later killed Sheriff Shaver and Captain Henderson of the Oregon National guard, was killed in the woods south of New Era, Clackamas county. Smith was surprised in a thicket, where he had hidden, and was shot through the head before he could use his weap ons. Harry Draper of Spokane had two bloodhounds in leash, which were leading him through the woods on the Itrail of the outlaw. The dogs led Draper within three feet of Smith, who was crouching behind a log. "Are you Smith?" demanded Draper. "Yes," was the answer. Both men reached for their pistols, but Draper was the quicker. Smith appeared in Canby and begged for bread at a bakery. He left, immediately hut within a short time a posse of fifty men was organized and following his trail. CHICAGO CONCERN GETS INTO RECEIVER'S HANDS Chicago May 2.—Application for a receiver for the American Reserve Bond Co., was made and granted here today by Judge Bethea in the federal court. The Western Trust and Sav ings bank was appointed receiver in bonds of $20,000. The application for receiver was made by Wirt E.^Hum phrey, United States commissioner. The company has already been stopped from doing business in three states and has for sometime been under investi gation 'by the postal authorities. f*.C A N A I Y E U I A N REPUBLICAN, ESTABLISHED SEPT. 5. 1878. FAEGO, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY 2, 190B. FORUM ESTABLISHED NOV. 17, 1891. SITUATION IN PAitiS CONSTABULARY IS NOT AlKAID NERVY DEMONSTRATION The United States Will Be Asked by the People of San Francisco to Guarantee a $20u,0uu,0u0lloud Issue turn to Washington the plan proposed by former mayor, James D. Phelan of having the government guarantee a large municipal bond issue by San Francisco to rebuild the city. This ac tion it is said was unofficially decided Story of Father Gapon's Execution Confirmed by St. Petersburg Officials St. Petersburg, May 2.—Additional confirmation of the truth of the story of Father Gapori's execution has been received It consisted of a copy of the sentence of death, passed by the revolutionary workmen's ^tribunal and was mailed like Gapon's portfolio from Berlin to M. Morgalin, the former priest's lawyer. The document gave a detail of Gapon's offenses and clos ed with the laconic phrase: "Sentence has been executed." In a long pre amble justifying the execution it is set •forth that the workmen's tribunal had •incontestable proofs of Gapon's secret relations with various members of the political police, whose names arc given, to whom he promised to betray revolu tionists if allowed to reopen his organi zation. Later he undertook in behalf of Secret Police Gerasgimoff to find out and betray to the government a plot to kill the emperor, Premier Witte and Interior Minister Durnovo and op ened negotiations with members of a fighting organization offering $125,000 for necessary information and guaran teeing personal security for the trai tor from the vengeance of revolution ists. The document also lays at Gapon's OPERATION PERFORMED ON MRS. HANSBOROUOll 3 Washington, May 2. After two years of Indescribable /misery, it was finally determined by physicians anJ the family that the only hope for Mrs. Hans'brough was through an operation. Accordingly she -was taken to Provi dence hospital where Drs. Outhbert, Stayeley and Sullivan performed an op eration which was a most delicate and intricate one. Physicians have every reason to believe she will withstand the ordeal and recover from its effects but are less saugiune as io pesiaa,ufiat AT MT. CARMEL TODAY Small Force of Constables Rode Through the Streets Ready for the Threatened Attacks of the Indignant Residents Who Were Astonished. MouAt Carmel, Pa., May 2.—Quiet continues here although trouble may break out at any time owing to the in tense bitterness of the residents to the constabulary. All of the people who were shot during the rioting on Monday arc alive, although several are expected to die. Despite the threats of the citizens that another battle would result if any of the troopers entered the town, four squads of Captain Page's men made their appearance on the streets early to day. They were all mounted and had their carbines unshtng as they rode slowly through the place. Hundreds of persons gazed on them with astonish ment as no one dreamed the constables would venture into town in such a small force. They remained about fifteen min utes and then went to Locust Gap. AN INDEPENDENT OIL CONCERN AT FORKS Grand Forks, N. D., May 2.—An inde pendent oil concern has decided to es tablish headquarters here to oppose the Standard Oil Co. C. Bartles and J. Bartles of St. Paul are here today. They have selected a site and will have a meeting with contractors tomorrow to arrange for the erection of offices and warehouses. The company will be incorporated under the laws state. fioon REPUBLICANS ARE IN •f this HOUSE TO CONTINUE SEED DISTRIBUTION Washington, May 2.—By a vote of *53 to 58 the house decided to continue the free distribution of garden and flow er seeds. Many of the items in the agricultural bills, broadening the scope of the bureau of chemistry *md Dr. Willis' department were eliminated on points of order, particularly those relat ing to the adulteration of food, condi ments, drugs and beverages. Consid erable progress was made after the free seed proposition was out of the way and the bill will be completed tomorrow, upon at the conference held last night at Fort Mason between the finance committee, of which Mr. Phelan. is. chairman, and the mayor. It is pro posed that San Francisco shall issue municipal bonds in the sum of $200,- foor the responsibility for the death of Seichoff, who blew out his brains dur ing the investigation of the charges against the Gapon organization, giv ing a new aud more sensational ver sion of the reason for his suicide. It says that Gapon, using his influence over Seichoff, gave him a revolver and exacted from him an oath that he would kill Nicholas Petroff, the workman leader who published the disclosure of Gapon's relations with the government and his financial irregularities. Seich off on learning of the disclosures com mitted suicide rather than break his oath. The preamble further charges Ga pon with receiving $15,000 for the ben efit of workmen and of not making any accounting for the sum and con cludes with saying: "Taken in flag rante delicto" Gapon admitted the truth of all charges, pleading that he acted with the best motives, but hav ing duly weighed his crimes and his defense the tribunal decided that George Gapon was a traitor, a spy, a provoca tive agent, a thief of money belonging to the workmen and a violator of the honor of his dead comrades of Jan. 23 and therefore condemned him to death. Sentence has been executed. (Signed.) "Revolutionary Workmen's Tribune. 'benefit! After Mrs. Hansbrough's re covery from the operation -itself it is planned to take her to a New York sanitarium. DOMESTIC HACKED BANKER. Robinson, 111., May 2.—Samuel L. Bennett, a banker and one of the wealthiest men in this county, was at tacked by Mrs. Nora Plunkett, a do mestic. Mr. Bennett* was asleep in his room when the woman attacked him with a razor. Two gashes were inflict ed in his throat. He will recover. Mrs. Plunkett accused Bennett of being re sponsible for her downfall which Mr. Jfeuuett 4eaici, IUM SCRAP IN KANSAS SESSION IN TOPEKA There Are Two Factions Seeking to Control the State Nominations Ma chine State Is Not Satisfactory to Chairman Stubbs of Committee. Topeka, Kas., May 2.—Kaiif repub licans met here today in convention to name a full state ticket. Before the gathering was called to order W. R. Stubbs, chairman of the state central committee, said there was every indica tion of a struggle between the so-calied machine element in the party, which had made up the slate headed by Gov. E. W. Hoch, and the faction led by Chairman Stubbs who opposed the slate, at least, for those officers below that of gov ernor. After the convention had been called to order there was considerable diverg ence of opinion regarding the appoint ment of a temporary chairman. A. W. Smith, the "machine" candidate^ was finally named when recess until this afternoon. TWO candidate^ was ''taken PAINTING SAVED. San Francisco, May 2.—" The man with the hoe," the famous painting" by Millet which was reported to have been •burned with others in the Crocker man sion on Nob hill, was saved. DEAD AS A RESULT OF TORNADO Dallas, Tex., May 2. A tornado swept over parts of Brown, Wise Den ton and Grayson counties late yester day afternoon, doing considerable damage to crops and farm property. Two persons are known to have been killed and probably two others also. At Codwen, Wise county, one hou e was destroyed and Mrs. Parks was killed. Two other occupants of the house were so badly injured that they may die. At Stoney. in Denton coun ty. the house of Joseph Foster was blown down on the family and the ruins took fire. Mrs. Foster and the children crawled out of the ruins safely, but Foster was pinned down by heavy tim bers and was so badly burned that he died tonight. At Sherman the Methodist church was blown down and at Brownwood 4 several houses -were partly wrecked. 000,000 to run a series of years and payment of which is to be guaranteed by the United States. To issue such a loan it will be necessary to amend the city charter and have the legislature re move any other obstacles. Message Will Be Sent to Congres Along With the Report of the In vestigation Which Was Conducted by Commissioner Oar field. Washington, May a.«~Presid«nt Roosevelt, Attorney General Moody and James R. Garfield, commissioner of corporations, today discussed the re port which Commissioner Garfield has prepared on the operations of the so called oil trust. The investigation was under the authority of the house reso lution. It has been in progress sev eral months. The final report of Gar field was presented to the pres ident today. The conference to day concerned particularly the special message which President Roosevelt is to send to congress with Commissioner Garfield's report on Friday. The pres ident's message, it is expected, will con fain a sharp arraignment of the meth ods of the trust but no intimation of its precise contents has been given. CANAL COMMISSION TELLS WHAT IT WANTS Washington, May 2.—The Isthmian canaf commission met today and decid ed to ask for an appropriation of St. MESSAGE BE IS EXPECTED TO ARRAIGN OIL TRUST $25,- .348.281 to continue construction during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907. INCOR PO RATIO N CARRI ED Michigan, N. D.. May 2.—An elec tion was held in Michigan yesterday to incorporate as a city under the general law. Owing to the fact that many of the citizens were absent from the city attending to other duties the vote -was light but notwithstanding that the proposition to incorporate was carried unanimously. THIS ISSUE, UPACU BIG STRIKE IN CHICAGO STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS QUIT JO*S TODAY All Buildings in the Business District in Chicago Are Tied lip- Slight Dif ferences Over Wages Caused ttMl Trouble -No Arbitration. *,: Chic ago. May z—A general strife* of the structural iron workers took place here today and building operations, particularly in the business section of the city are almost at a standstill. About 3,000 men are out. The men demand $5 a day, and have been offered a compromise of $4.60 for four months and $4.80 for the remainder of the year. This offer was refused by the union, as was also an offer to arbitrate the questions involved. It is estimated that work aggregating $15,000,000 in value in the central por tion of the city has been stopped. UNION MOULDERS HAVE STOPPED IN MILWAUKEE Milwaukee, Wis., May 2 About MOO union molders employed in the eighteen shops controlled by the Milwaukee Foundrymen's association went out on a strike today. The men demanded a flat rate of $3.25 per day for nine hours work and $3 for coremaker?. JUROR CAUGHT PRISONER BY HIS COAT TAILS Louis, May 2.—John M. Water house, who came here from Seattle in February and was arretted 011 a charge of forgery and found guilty was sen tenced in the criminal court to five years imprisonment. When Judge Bishop pronounced sentence Water house sprang towards an open win dow and was just jumping through when a juror leaped from the box and seized him by the coat tails. Deputy sheriffs dragged Waterhouse from the window and a lively fight ensue# before the prisoner -was subdued. SMALLPOX Rl l'OK I f:l) IN TOWN OF EMERADO Grand Forks, N. D., May 2.—There was considerable excitement at Emer ado when it was announced that the ill ness of Henry Strasberg had been diag nosed as smallpox. The excitement was due largely to the fact that Strasberg had circulated in the village up to a few hours before his illness and had met and conversed -with many people in the village. Strasberg arrived at Emerado two -weeks ago from the woods, where he had worked during the winter, and was employed by F. Gritzmacher. the harnessmaker. Ow ing t« the fact that a prompt quaran tine was established immediately when it became known that Strasberg hadi smallpox it is hardly believed that there will be any spread of the disease. Strasberg is being cared for at the detention hospital in this city. RESUMED CONDITIONS IN 'FRISCO ARE MORE NORMAL Retail Dealers Are (letting Established and Foodstuffs Are More Easily Procurable—Some of the Factories Are Also Resuming Work* San Francisco, May 2.—The condi tions of life are gradually becoming more normal in this city and the -work of clearing up the wreck in prepara tion for rebuilding in the downtown section of the city is going on morfe rapidly. Business is being rapidly resumed by retail tradesmen of every description throughout the destroyed sections of the city, George .Wittman, chairman of the committee on retail trade, Re ports the following places of business are open: Forty-two butchers, twen ty-nine restaurants, twenty-two bak eries, twenty-two fruit and vegetable stands, seventyone dairies and fifteen refreshment parlors, thirty-three gro ceries and seventy-one miscellaneous establishments, including tailors, plumbers, dry goods stores .and cigar stands. The commission firms located along the water front are doing a thriving business. Yesterday's receipts show ed a marked increase oyer preceding day and the prices of dairy goods and some lines of green goods were low er. Many 0/ the larger factories, loft wy. harmed, are starting up work with aft rapidity possible under the circum stances. At the Union Iron works 2.300 men are now employed and the management expects within a fortnight (Continued 9a J*5ix,X ,4% ?•-, o 1 Hi