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WEATHER FORECAST: Probably showers tonight and Wednesday. The Kalispell Bee. V. 5 O'CLOCK. VOL. I. NO. 154. KALISPELL, MONTANA, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1901. FIVE CENTS. ACCEPTS PRESIDENCY Of Wesleyan University at Helena. HIS DUTIES BEGIN June J. But Until Then He Will Have a Temporary Chair With the Faculty. Special Dispatch to the Bee: Helena, April 29.—The board of trus tees of the Montana Wesleyan univer sity tonight at special session, elect ed Rev. J. W. Morris, of Kalispell pitsident, to succeed the late Dr. Van Scoy. Dr. Morris is a graduate of McKendrick college, Illinois, where he received the degree of A. M., he also lock a post graduate course at B-s* ten university, and Taylor university, and received the degree of Ph. D., at the latter. He was once principal cf Inyo academy in California and ha? bean generally engaged in church and school work. He does not ex pect to assume the head of the V/es leyan university until June 1. Re;. George King, of Bozeman, will con tinue as president. Dr. Morris wiil 1111 the chair of Greek at the university. He will prech his baccalaureate ser mon on the morning of May 26 at St. Paul's church. SHOVING THE QUEER OVER BUTTE BARS Crooks Liable to Have Acquaintance With Prison Bare. By Associated Press: Butte. April 29.—Crime is still fla fiunt in Butte. Today two shovers of tie queer were arrested. Th;dr graft was bogus ten dollar gold pieces, several of which were passed o^ er bars last night. These crooks are well known to the police, who tflink they have evidence sufficient to con vict. ROTTEN COMMISSARY TRIAL BEING FOUGHT Capt. Read's Palls Are Assisting Him Nobly. By Associated Press: Manila, April 30.—General Tino, a Filipino leader, in Abra province has surrendered. The trial of Captain James C. Reed, ex-depot commissary, charged with soliciting and receiving bribes and with other official misconduct was contin ued today, and is being fiercely con tested . is is tc: or TOO MUCH MARRIED SEVENTY DAYS IN JAIL A era Man Who Married Another's Wife. Helena, April 29.—Edward McCail, who was convicted in the district court of marrying Mabel Hancock, the wife of William Hancock of Butte, knowing her to be the Wife of another, was to day sentenced by Judge C. Smith to spend seventy days in jail. PLOTTING NIHILISTS IN RUSSIAN POLAND Are Gathered in By Hundreds at Warsaw. By Associated Press: Berlin, April 30.—The local Anzeiger prints a dispatch from Breslau, which says: "An extensive nihilist plot has been discovered in Russian Poland. Six hundred arrests were made of which number 200 were transported to Warsaw citadel. WHEAT QUOTATIONS. Chicago, April 30.—May wheat per bu. 73 3-8. San Francisco, April 30.—Cash wheat per cwt., $1.00. Subscribe for the Dally Bee. ARE OPPOSED TO UNIONS Helena Smelter Owners Will Make No Concessions. UNION WILL RULE After Tonight, When 250 Men Will Join the Federation and Gill a Strike. Special Dispatch to the Bee: Helena, April 29.—No improvement is visible in the impending strike sit uation at the East Helena smelter. It is said tonight that there are 250 men out. It is expected a union will be organized tomorrow. The Helena business men's association have ap pointed a committee to mediate. Sev eral of the company's Great Falls workmen were brought here today, but the men on their arrival refused to go tc: work. A special from East Helena today Says: Unless the smeltermen at East Hel ena should organize a union tonight there is every reason to believe the trouble between the men and the management will be settled. At a meeting last night at East Helena, which was attended by a company of Helena business men, headed by May or Edwards, a committee was appoint ed to wait on Manager Whitley, a com mittee of the smeltermen asked the manager to grant them wages on an 8-hour schecftile at 10 per cent reduction for blast furnace men. Mr. Whitley said that he would lay the proposi tion before the manager at any time, but would not recommend it. He said he would recommend however the same reduction as put into effect in the roasting department amounting to 11 and one-ninth per cent, which was all the men demanded in the first place. The men returned to the strikers with word of that proposition and it was agreed to accept it pend ing another meeting tonight. No word has been received from headquar ters as yet. Many men returned to work today. Representatives Lan nin and Pelletier of Silver Bow came over from Butte last night and today interviewed the strikers, and Manager Whitley. Tliey will attend the meet ing tonight, but whether they will ad vise organization of a union remains to be seen. Manager Whitley told both Lannin and Pelletier as he had already informed the men that the company under no circumstances would recognize a union. TWO MORE GENERALS MAKE SURRENDER To the United States General at Manila. By Associated Press: Manila, April 30.—General Alejan drino has surrendered. He was look ed upon as a possible successor of Aguinaldo, Padre Aglipay, an ex-com municated Filipino priest who preach ed the doctrine of holy war against the United States, has also surrend ered. FLAG DAY. June 14, the anniversary of the day on which the stars and stripes were adopted as the American flag, is to be observed as flag day in Montana, as in many other states of the union, by the display of the flag at every place in the state. This observation is ordered by the following proclamation issued by Gov ernor Toole. "Whereas, The 14th day of June has been accepted by common consent as 'Flag Day' throughout the United States, and this year it is the 127th anniversary of the adoption of the stars and stripes as the American en sign, and "Whereas, It is desirable to continue to indicate the spirit of patriotism which animated the fathers of the re public and made love of country our proud renown: "Therefore, I Joseph K. Toole, gov ernor of the state of Montana, do hereby request that citizens and busi ness houses in all the cities and towns of this state display the stars and stripes on 'Flag Day,' and that tho to of be of to a he a of a it of at at proper authorities arrange for exer cises of a patriotic character in the I public schools on that occasion." I M'KINLEY'S IMPERIAL AND A SERF TRAIN Contrast of Two Important Railroad Journeys Under Protection of this Administration* STADVIND SERFS FROM PORTO RICO Inhumanly Treated by Agents of McKinley.—Slave Herding Made Known to the World Through an Administration Trick Being Exposed by the Hand of God. William McKinley and party of in spired plutocrats will leave Washing ton by the Southern railroad Monday morning, April 29. for a grand junket to the Pacific coast, covering a period of seven weeks, says the Helena In dependent. The special is said to be the finest train in the world. Mc Kinley's private car was made for the occasion. President Robert Lincoln, of the Pullman company, gave orders to spare no expense in its construc tion. No emperor, king, prince or po tentate ever traveled in equipage so splendid. The members of the cabinet, with a few exceptions, will accompany His Imperial Highness across the contin ent together with many trust barons and their ladies. At Memphis they will stop long enough for the people to get a glimpse of the gloss and glitter, if not of the "divinity that doth hedge about kings," and then roll to New Orleans. Here His Royal Highness will be wined and dined, after which he will emit a string of platitudes that will mean more than his pledge to Cuba and his famous saying that "for cible annexation would be criminal ag gression." The special is scheduled to stop at a few points in Texas that the "plebs" of that region may know they have a king. At Houston, Austin and El Paso, they will be permitted to gaze with wide and wondering eyes at the "real thing" and say "Gee, whizz!" as it fades from their vision toward the setting sun. The imperial party will remain in Calfornia for some days visiting all places of interest. On Saturday, May 18, His Royal Highness and his train of Imperial Nibs, Nobs and Snobs will witness the launching of the battleship Ohio at San Francisco,, and attend a luncheon at the Union League club, at which the emperor and Benevolent Assimilator of the Filipinos will work his "wind jammer" on the beauties of "government without the consent of the governed." Others will speak on "The Folly of the Fathers," and "The Despotism of Liberty." The party will spend several days at Yellowstone park, and return to Washington via Chicago that his sub jects of the "Windy City" may see and worship him. Here the "beauty and chivalry" of the people of the city of Chicago will out do all other cities of the em pire in paying homage to the man who has done more to undermine our institutions and destroy this repub lic than Benedict Arnold or Jeff Davis. It is said that one "feature" of the trip will be the "substitution of drives, for receptions, thus more fully accom modating the people." This meaus that the common herd will not be per mitted to break through the wall of "divinity that doth hedge about a king" and touch the hem of his gar ment, but will be kindly permitted to stand in the road and see him wheel by in a "chariot." Such in brief is the story of Me Kinley's imperial special trailn, whch indicates the trend from the simplicity of democracy to the ways of empires. But here is the story of another spec ial train that is still more significant. Another Train of Serfs. You will remeber the story we printed in a recent number of this paper on the horrible conditions exist ing in Porto Rico under the imperial sway of King McKinley and his Vice roy Allen. The poor people of that unhappy island, who scattered flowers in the pathway of the American army and hailed our starry flag as a har bingers of liberty, peace and prosperity are leaving their island home to escape starvation. Recently agents of the su I gar trust gathered about one thous I and of these unfortunates and hurried them to the states and whirled them across the continent in a special train en route to the sugar plantations of Hawaii. Here is the story told in a special dispatch to the Cincinnati En quirer from Los Angeles, Cal., under date of April 13: "As slaves only can be treated must the wretched method of handling the 1,000 Porto Ricans that were rushed through this city this morning be de nominated. In their wake at Indo and in Los Angeles death has follow ed. Today, lying on slabs in local undertaking establishments, are the emaciated forms of two Porto Ricans who starved to death on the Southern Pacific train which arrived last night on its way to Port Los Angeles, from whence these unfortunates were to be shipped to the Hawaiian islands. "The railroad company had intend ed to rush the train load of wretched natives through the city while the in abitants were sleeping, put them on board the steamer Zealandia, which was waiting at Port Los Angeles, and by the time the city would awaken they would be well out to sea and no one would know that the constitution of the United States had been violat ed. "As though with the hand of God the life lights of two of the unfortu nate natives were blown out as the train was speeding through this city at 2 o'clock this morning, and the re porting of the deaths made the fact of the slaveherding known to the world. 'About five days ago a train of twenty-five cars, ten of which were reserved for the medical staff, bag gage and kitchen, started from New Orleans. "In the remaining cars 800 almost naked Porto Ricans were packed, with less mercy than is shown a train of cattle. Mothers with their babes in their arms and children tugging at their skirts were thrown into the cars like a lot of baggage. Even the com mon dictates of decency were not ob served. "Last night the train stopped on a siding till midnight. The run to Port Los Angeles was then undertaken. Just as the train started through Los Angeles, Manuel Ruize, 9 years old, and Ramon Caballero, aged 23, breath ed their last. Their bodies were car ried into the baggage car but no stop was made until the ocean was reached. "The 800 slaves were rushed aboard the Zealandia, and at 7 o'clock they were at sea. The mother of Manuel Ruize begged to be allowed to kiss her dead child's face once more before she left him forever, but the railroad men and slave drivers knew no such mercy. That dead child was worth so much money; the mother also had her coin value, and they could not afford to lose both, if they lost one. "As the vessel steamed to sea the mother of the boy stood at the rail, and, with tear stained eye, gazed back to the shore where the body of her boy lay in a baggage car, to be buried in a place that will probably ever re main unknown to her. After the Zealandia was well to sea Coroner Holland was notified that the two Por to Ricans had died. "At 10:30 o'clock the train carrying the two bodies rolled into the railroad depot. Dr. J. E. Jennings, of New York, who had accompanied the na tives from Porto Rico, presented Dep uty Cornoer Strubel with the death certificates. Both showed that the cause of death was 'pernicious an aemia.' The medical dictionary de fines this disease as a 'lack of blood and decreased amount of red corpus cles, want of nourishment.' "Dr. Holland says that the two na tives died of starvation, but he can do nothing, as the death certificates have THE KIDNAPERS WEAKENING Offer to Return $21,000 of the Money SPURNED BY CUDAHY And Though He Is Convinced of the Au thenticity of the Letter, He Will Prosecute. iiy Associated Press: Omaha, April 30.—An agent of the kidnappers has made a proposition to Edward A. Cudahy to return $21,000 of the money paid for his son's ran som. demanding in return, a with drawal of the reward and the aband onment of any determination to pun ish the criminals. The proposition came from Elgin, 111., and Cudahy is convinced of its authenticity. He re fused to consider the offer. Arkansas is about to try the plan of licensing dram-drinkers at $5 each. Look out for a congested treasury. JAPAN'S WAR STRENGTH. In view of the possibility of trou ble between Japan and Russia a glance at the strength of the Japanese on land and sea should prove interest ing, Japan is much better prepared for trouble with any country than is generally understood and moreover her army navy are provided with up to-date armaments and necessaries. Japan will be able by the end of this year to put into the field four army corps of thirteen divisions of infantry, each division being composed of two brigades, the brigades each having two regiments of three battalions. The full strength of the Japanese regiment is 1,920 men; of a regiment of artil lery 1,223 men; of cavalry, 752 men, rank and file, or not including the of ficers. Japan is especially strong in artil lery, having 113 batteries for fortress and field service and four howitzer batteries besides. In addition there are six siege and garrison artillery regiments of 1,229 men, each consti tuting a pecial coast defense. In the way of a navy Japan has at pres ent six battleships of the first class, seven first class cruisers, six second class cruisers and ten third-class crui sers , besides two now being built, armed with six-inch broadside batter ies of Japanese-built guns. The little navy craft consist of between thirty and forty gunboats for coast defenses and a strong torpedo flotilla, which in cludes twelve torpedo-boat destroyers of the latest pattern. Among the navy officers of high rank in the Japanese navy seven of her nine admirals were educated at the United States naval academy at An napolis. According to Captain Mc Giffin, who oemmanded the Chinese fleet at the battle in which that fleet was destroyed by the Japanese, the victory was due to the training of the Japanese commanders at the United States naval academy. He claims that otherwise they never could have made the fight they did. The opin ion of Captain McGiffln is also concur red in by the most distinguished navy officers of every prominent power in Europe. While just now there are no Jap anese officers taking the course of study at Anapolis, there are twelve fitting themselves for the course at some prominent college or university in the United States. They prefer very naturally to take the course at West Point or Anapolis to that of any other institution in the country. Taking the strength of the Japanese army and navy into consideration and taking the training and proved bravery of the men who are at the head of the army and navy as well as of those who com pose the rank and file, it will be seen that should a war occur between Ja pan and Russia, Russia would not have everything her own way by a great deal, and the Japanese could be de pended upon to give a good account of themselves.—Great Falls Leader. been properly and regularly signed. The ribB of the dead Porto Ricans protrude through the flesh, and the bodies could be mistaken for skele tons. It is probable that the United States authorities will take a hand in the matter." Highly probable, isn't it, that the United States authorities will trouble themselves about It? THE LULUS OF HONOLULU Still Scrapping with the Honor able Territorial Governor. NO APPOINTMENTS Made by the Governor yet Concurred in by the Legislature.—An Income Ta*. By Associated Press: Honolulu, April 24.—Owing to the danger of importing smallpox from the mainland, the Honolulu board of health has decided to fumigate all mail coming heie by steamer from San Francisco. The steamship Zealandia arrived on the 21st with 850 Porto Rico immigrants. The Porto Ricans were sent to the various plantations. The house of representatives has passed the county government act and a law to provide for an income tax. The latter assesses two per cent on all over $1,000 of income of every per son, or corporation. The house again postponed con sideration of the governor's appoint ments. Home rulers are holding many caucuses to consider lists of of ficials as they would have them, but they have been able to agree upon no slate. A joint session, held on the 23d for selecting senators to hold over for four years, resulted in defeat for the home rule party, except as it affiliated with the republicans. TUBERCULOSIS. An Argentine Army Surgeon Claims to Have a Cure. A dispatch to the New York Herald from Buenos Ayres says: Dr. Carlos L. Villar, an Argentine army surgeon, lias just published a re port of the treatment of fifty cases of tuberculosis with his serum at the military hospital in this city. The treatment extended from December 2, 1900, to April 20, 1901. Tuberculosis in the early stage, says Dr. Villar, was cured within forty days. Patients whose cases were more advanced but without complica tions, he reports, were all cured within ninety days. Of those patients whose cases were further advanced, all were cured except those who could offer very little resistance to the disease. Dr. Villar did not divulge the char acter of his serum, but it is a yellow fluid. Hyperdermio injections are made, varying in quantity every sec ond, third, fourth or fifth day, accord ing to the individual cases. Argentine physicians have been invited to inves tigate the alleged cure and the serum treatment. Dr. George F. Shady of New York city, in an interview published in the Herald, commenting on the dispatch, said that the medical profession did not place much confidence in the ser um treatment of tuberculosis. He also said: "The medical profession now holds, after centuries of experiments, that the proper treatment for tuberculosis is a change to dry, pure air. The im pression that men are not cured of consumption is a prevalent and an er roneous one. There have been many thousands of cures. The fact that Dr. Villar does not give the formula of his remedy would prejudice the medical profession against it. A remedy designed to benefit the human raefe should be as free as air or water." THE ROYAL PROGRESSION. By Associated Press: Huntsville, Ala., April 30.—Scenes attending the passing of the president's train today were the repetition of those yesterday. Crowds at every way sta tion cheered and waived to the pass ing train and every farm house and cross roads had its group of watch ers. President McKinley is to deliver the chief address at the dedication of the rebuilt Lincoln monument at Spring field, 111., October 15. A measure which has just become a law in New York states makes the funeral expenses of a deceased per son payable from his estate before any other debts. Not only is the new law a boon to undertakers, but it may have some effect in encouraging sim plicity of funeral display.