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VOL. XXV.—NO. 158.
NEW OUTRAGE
ON MILES
More Discrimination Against
Commanding General
of the Army
HAS TO PAY HIS FARE
ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF ORD
NANCE BOARD HAVE GOVERN
MENT TRANSPORTATION
WAS MILES KECALLED EAST?
Conflicting: Statements In Conm'r
tion With the Report That He WsM
Summoned to Washington and
Might Be Court-Martialed.
Special to The Globe.
FORT RILEY. Kan., June 6.—Officers
et the post are talking of nothing today
but the sudden recall of Gen. Miles, a
report which was confirmed here today
by other members of the ordnance board.
It developed, according to one of the
party, that whereas all of them were
traveling on government transportation,
Gen. Miles and his secretary. Col. "Whit
ney, had been compelled to buy regular
tickets. Gen. Miles furnished the money
out of his private purse. The party came
as far West as Kansas City in a special
car. The general was a guest on the car,
for which one ticket was made to repre
sent all on board. When Kansas City
■•vas reached, the car was side-tracked,
and the journey here, 160 miles, made in
the regular sleepers.
"We did not know the depth of the
general's degradation," said one of the
officers today; "until we saw his secre
tary hand the conductor two regular rail
way tickets. The rest of us were all rid
ing on government transportation. We
could only surmise that Gen. Miles had
joined us without permission of the secre
tary of war and that he had been obliged
to pay his own fare.
"As the commanding general of the
army he is president of this board, but
as the object of dislike in the executive
department he does not seem to have
oeen able to secure the recognition we
did."
ALLEGED RECALL TO WASHINGTON
Contradictory Statements Leave tJio
Question in the Air.
CHICAGO, June 6.—Gen. Miles reach
ed here this morning. He Is alleged to
have said to a reporter for a local news
paper: "I have been ordered to Wash
ington. I am not going to the exercises
at West Point."
Gen. Miles left for Washington at o:Z0
p. m. Just before he left he said:
"I have been misquoted. I did not say
that 1 had been ordered to Washington.
I did say that I would not attend the
exercises at West Point."
Gen. Miles refused to be further inter
\iewed.
WASHINGTON, June 6.—Secretary
Root today stated that Gon. Miles has
not been summoned to Washington. The
general, it is said, is now en route J
from Fort Riley, Kan., to West Paint, in I
response to an invitation to attend the I
centennial celebration there next week.
Report had it that Gen. Miles was in ;
danger of court-martial on the charge of •
revealing war department secrets.
The statement attributed to Gen. Miles !
in Chicago, that he was called to Wash- j
ington, was exhibited to every officer of '
the war department who could by any j
possible means have handled any order |
to Gen. Miles, and by each and all of
them was positively denied. It is stated
that no person connected with the admln
istiation has sent any order to Gen. Miles
from Washington since his departure on
his present trip, nor has the war depart
ment communicated with him. The inti
mation Is that any recall, such as re
ferred to by Gen. Miles, must have come
from some of his personal friends or fam
ily.
It is explained in another quarter that
Gen. Miles only desired to see that por
tion of the field gun tests at Fort Riley
which took place the first day. After
that he intended to come East'again to
West Point, stopping at Chicago to look i
into some private matters, and again at
Syracuse, N. V., where an informal re
ception is to be tendered him by a body
of war veterans.
NO QUARTER GIVEN
TO SIAMESE REBELS
Ileg-nlnrs Continne the Slaughter,
Hundreds Having Been
Killed.
VICTORIA, B. C, June 6.—Advices re
ceived here today by the steamer Duke
of Fife say a rumor has reached Bang
kok that fearful slaughter continues
Vhere, and that the regulars from Bank
kok, Siam, who have been sent to sub
due the rebels, r,re giving no quarter.
Upwards of 200 persons have been re
cently shot and others wounded, it is
eaid.
WILL OF PAUL FORD,
MURDERED AUTHOR
Widow and Daughter the Heirst—
Tiro House* Deviated to a
Brother.
NEW YORK, June 6.—The will of Paul
Leicester Ford, the author, who was
killed by his brother, Malcolm Ford, was
filed for probate today His heirs-at-law
are his wife, Grace Ford, and his daugh
ter. Lesta. The widow Is the residuary
legatee.
To his brother, Worthington C. -Ford,
the testator bequests - two houses In
Brooklyn. He is also given the custefdy
of the books, manuscripts and library
there with the request that at his death
the same be transferred to the"New York
public library, on condition that they are
to be made part of the Ford collection. .
To his sister, Mrs. Roswell Skeel Jr.,
the author leaves $5,000. The will was
made Sept. 18, 1900.
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DAY'S NEWS SUMMARIZED
Weather for St. Paul and Vicinity,—
Fair today and Sunday.
DOMESTIC—
. James N., son of James J. Hill, .it is
said, goes to the Orient, in the interest
of the extension of trade with the far
East.
Gen. Miles has to pay railroad fare,
while all his fellow members of the ord
nance board ride tree. It is denied that
he is recalled to Washington from the
West.
Mark Twain does his last stunt at the
pilct wheel.
President Roosevelt hanged in effigy
at Norfolk, Va. »
Everything was quiet in the coal fields
yesterday, the shooting of the day be
fore having a soothing effect upon the
men.
Attorney General of Illinois files suit
against fire insurance companies, charg
ing conspiracy and violation of the anti
trust law.
WASHI.NGTOJS—
The text of Secretary Root's instruc
tions to -Joy. Taft in connection with
his mission to Rome is sent to congress.
Democratic leader in the house intro
duces a trust bill to amend the Sherman
law.
Western Union operators are reported
organizing to protect themselves against
a reduction in pay.
Br. Max West,- of Minnesota, is ap
pointed to a position in New York to do
sociological work.
LOCAL—
. State supreme court decides compul
sory vaccination suit in favor of city,
and also the suit with Northwestern Tel
ephone company re stringing wires on
streets. —
Graduates at Macalester college ■ are
given their diplomas at commencement
exercises. -, '_*•,'
Bids for state printing are opened. Six
firms submit figures.
Henry Weishaus, a clerk in Rietzke 3
drug store, is is murderously assaulted iii
the basement of the store.
Not many cement or wooden sidewalks
will be laid in St. Paul this year.
Residents of Bald Eagle Lake petition
water board for a dam at the northern
outlet of the lake.
Bernard Zimmermann has resigned
presidency of the board of school in
spectors.
Official lists of graduates of city high
schools are made public.
John Hooper, who styles himself "John
the Baptist II.," is in St. Paul again to
break up the local Dowie church.
MINNEAPOLIS—
Defense in Garder bribery case opens,
and and puts several witnesses on the
stand.
P. J. Sjoblom is suing Walter E. At
kins for $10,000.
Lieut. G. C. Thorpe is home from Phil
ippines on a furlough.
Eagles make radical changes in their
constitution.
FOREIGN—
There ?s said to be no truth in the
reports of an all-British shipping com
bine.
A thousand people are killed by a vol
cano in a Guatemalan city.
; The new French cabinet is completed.
POLITICAL—
Gov. Van Sant is said to have fixed
up a plan of co-operation with President
Roosevelt.
Jacobson's friends defeat unit rule prop
osition in Hennepin delegation.
BUSINESS—
Stock trading becomes inactive again.
Grain prices rise, oats being the strong
est of all.
Coal miners* strike about the only draw
back to the week's operations in business.
SCHEDULED TO OCCUR TODAY.
Metropolitan— "Brother Officers 2:30
and S:ls.
Grand—"Twelfth Night." 2:30 and 8:15.
Bowery Burlesquers, 2:30 and 8:15.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.
Port. Arrived. Sailed.
Plymouth ....Pennsylvania.
Liverpool .' Com'wealth.
Boston Saxonia.
Mov.lle Astoria.
Hamburg ....Nicaria.
Movill -. Pretori m. •'
Copenhagen .Java.
Liverpool Cymric. . .
Queenstown .Merion.
Southampton. .' A. Victoria.
New York....Manitou.
i New York _.., Celtic.
Yokohama ..Olympia.
Genoa Alier.
ANXIOUS DAYS IN
THE WESTERN UNION
Salary List Slashed, and Operators,
Keariug Reductions, Organize
for Protection.
NEW YORK, June 6.—During the last
few weeks the Western Union operators
all over the country have been very
active in forming an organization, and
there is a great deal of talk of a general
strike. The movement is said to have
started in New York and to have sp:eaj
air- over the country. The policy of re
trenchment and curtailment inaugurated
by President Clowry has caused the op
erators to fear a serious cut in wages,
and this, they say, they will not stand.
All over the country men who have
drawn good salaries in higher positions
in the company are being replaced by
cheaper men, and the operators fear
soon their turn will come. It is claimed
that the policy of the new management
is to force out all the men who have
been with the company for a long term
of years and replace tHem with younger
and more efficient men. This applies to
the men at the keys as well as to man
agers and the men above them.
It is said that a few days ago the
manager of one of the most important
branch offices of the company in New
York was informed that in future he
would receive only 60 per cent of his
usual salary. He had had charge of thy
office since the Civil war, had built up the
business, and he sent back word that in
that case the office would in ttve future
only do 60 per cent of the business it
had been doing. His salary has not been
reduced.
The local operators say that the new
rule providing for the payment of sala
ries every two weeks instead of every
week is in dlrct violation of the New
York law, and that the matter will be
taken into court.
President Clowry says he has nothing
to say for publication. The officers of the
company claim, however, that they have
no information that the operators are
contemplating a strike.
George J. Gould is flfven the credit
for havin§ placed Col. Clowry at the
hesd of the Western U^on. It is said
to be the ambition of Q£ management
to increase the profits *J the company
(2.000,000 a year.
SATURDAY MORNIXGr, JUNE 7, 1902.—TEN PAGES.
DICKER WITH TEDDY
Gov. Van Sant Going "Ca
hoots" With National
Administration.
WILL BOOST EACH OTHER
Roosevelt to Assist "Van Sant in Ills
Attempt to Be Re-elected ami
Get the Minnesota Dele- **
gates in Keturn.
From the Globe's Washington Bu
reau, Post Ilnildi
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 6.-GOV.
Van Sant left tonight at 6:30. with the
intention of going straight home. He says
business will not permit his going to
Philadelphia, as first intended.
He had his interview with the president
V /7/fm("f'{ ''tilll \^ —
this morning, and was closeted with him
over an hour. Later he Journeyed to the
capitol, and was on the floor of both the
senate and house, bidding members fare
well. The governor says he has had the
time of his life. He didn't have lunch
with the president, but he had the heart
to-heart talk for which he was anxious,
and told "Teddy" all about merger senti
ment in the Northwest. He furnished lo
cal papers with an interview, declaring
for Roosevelt for a second term, on the
platform of anti-everything— trusts rail
roads and all the rest.
He has fixed it up with Roosevelt to
have the indorsement and moral support
of the national administration to help
him win over John Llnd, and in return,
if elected, he is to use the state organi
zation for Roosevelt delegates to the na
tional convention in 1904.
DOCTOR CANNOT TELL
WHY HE DISAPPEARED
Dr. Storey, of Dnliitli. Is in Sau
Francisco, and Says His Mm.l
Has Been •* Blank.
DULUTH, Minn., June 6.—Dr. T. H.
Storey, a prominent Duluth physician.
who mysteriously disappeared several
weeks ago. has been heard from in San
Francisco.
In a letter to his wife he says that
since leaving Duluth his mind has been
a perfect blank, and he does not know
how he reached the California city. The
only thing he can remember is that a
man name Watson befriended him at
Seattle, and he says If Watson can be
found much of the mystery would be ex
plained.
NAVY IN THE WEST INDIES.
Most Extensive Maneuver* Next
"Winter Ever Attempted.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June The
nsvy department has made public the
"orders for the assembling next winter of
the vessels of the North Atlantic, South
Atlantic and European stations to par
ticipate in the .most extensive fleet man
euvers ever attempted by the navy in
the West Indies.
About Jan. i. all these vessels will be
gathered at Culebra, Porto Rico, or
Guantanamo, Cuba, and organized and
drilled for two months as a fleet.
ggSSS
—"*"\ . ■ ■ ■ '•■ -
ADVANCEMENT FOR
A MINNESOTA MAN
Dr. Max West Goes to the Tenement
House Department of the New
York: City Government.
From the Globe's Washington Uu-
rean, Pont Building.
WASHINGTON, D. <•„ June 6.-Dr.
Max West, formerly of Minneapolis, and
who for some years has been statistical
expert in me department of agriculture,
assistant professor of economics in Co
lumbian university, and secretary of the
Washington Civic society, has been ap
pointed assistant registrar of records in
the tenement house department of the
New York city government.
Dr. West's friends are congratulating
him on the substantial recognition of his
sociological work in relation to municipal
DULUTH & IRON RANGE ROAD.
Annual Election Held and <^ood
Bnsinesn Reported.
DULUTH, Minn., June 6— The old
board of directors of the Duluth & Iron
Range railroad was re-elected today at
a meeting of the stockholders of the road
The directors in turn re-electe,} F li
House, president, and A. H Viele vice
TEDDY TAKES A LONG SHOT TO THROW MILES.
president; C. P. Coffin, formerly both sec
retary and treasurer, was elected simply
to hold the office of treasurer. H. John
son was named secretary. The increase
in the official board was made because
of an extension of the scope of the road's
business.
In the reports and discussions Jt was
brought out that the business of the in
stitution, in both a transportation and
mining way, is considerably ahead ol
this time last year.
THEY HANG PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT IN EFFIGY
Southerner* Resent What They
Term the President's Vilifi
cation of the South.
NORFOLK, Va., June 6.—ln the pres
ence of 20) persons indignant over his
Memorial day speech, President Roose
velt was hanged in effigy near Princess
Anne court house.
There ha,s been much excited comment
over the speech in which the president is
considered to have vilified the South.
In the mook execution a dummy repre*
senting a rough rider was used. The
plans were made by sever*] of the best
known white men in the country. On
the body was attached a placard read
ing, "He vilified our country. for political
purposes."
The crowd after the mock execution
cireied around the s ispended dummy,
singing, "We'll hang Itoosevelt to a sour
apple tree." Speeches were made de
nouncing his Memorial day address, and
accusing him of trying to disturb the
cordial relations between the North and
South for political purposes, and con
demning his defense of his Philippine
policy of extermination.
DEWET ADVISES BITKGHER3.
Aaks Them to Show What Good Col
onist* They (an Be.
VREDEFORT ROAD. Orange River
Colony, June 6.—Gen. Christian Dewet,
addressing the inmates of the concentra
tion camp here, explained the circum
stances leading to the termination or
hostilities, and urged the burghers to do
their utmost to show Great Britain what
good colonists the Boers could be.
The speech made a favorable Impres
sion. Gen. Dewet's wife will rejoin the
general here today.
That THE SUNDAY GLOBE buys and prints
more up-to-date features than any other
newspaper in the Northwest Tomorrow
it will contain two splendidly illustrated
pages on the coming coronation of Edward'
VII.; thrilling story of Gen. Lew Wallace's
fight with "Billy the Kid;" George Ade's
Inimitable Fable, which appears exclusively
in THE GLOBE, and every item of news
worth reading from every section of the
world, from New York to Siberia. . . .
LAID LOW BY BLOW
Henry Weishans Murderous
ly Assaulted in Basement
of Kietzke's Drug Store
AFFAIR IS A MYSTERY
Young Man Goes to Basement With
Soda, for Engineer, and In
Fonnd Unconscious—
Likely to Die.
Henry Weishaus, a clerk in Reitzke's
drug store, corner of Selby and Western
avenue, was found in the basement be
neath the store, in an unconscious con
dition, last evening, shortly after It)
o'clock. There was an abrasion abovs
the right eye, and it ia thought that he
met with foul play. His recovery Is
improbable.
Welshraus was called into the bas jnr-nt
Shortly after 10 o'clock, and he had ap.
parently been unconscious for some time
before he was found. C. B. Nimo, head
clerk of the store, was the first to dis
cover him, and to the former Weishaus
i 3 alleged to have said that same one
had hit him. He rallied only for a mo
ment, and lapsed into unconsciousness
again soon after divulging this Informa
tion.
While there is no clue to work on in
the case, the police are confident that
Weishaus was foully dealt with. The-e
are many theories entertained, and there
are several people about the Albion
block, in which the Rietzke drug store
is located, who may know more about
the affair than they have yet intimated.
According to the story of Mr. Nimo,
young Weishaus received a telephone
communication from the engineer of the
Albion block about V) o'clock that two
sodas were wanted in the basement, one
for the fireman and one for himself. Ac
cordingly Weis-haus served the order and
conveyed it to the basement, leaving the
glasses until the contents had been dis
posed of.
Took Sodr-n to ?c.«emeiit.
Shortly after 10 o'clock he started for
the basement to get the glasses and re
turn them to the drug store, and that
was the last seen of him up. to the time
he was found by Mr. Nimo.
When found he was lying face down
ward in the doorway, between two stone
walls, and glasses were broken into
fragments. The engineer thought he
heard some one talking soon after Wel
haus left with the glasses, but he is npt
positive. He also noticed that the lights
were suddenly extinguished.
Searchew Instituted.
The elevator boy stepped into the drug
store and inciuired fcr young W^lshaus
shortly after 10, and was told that he had
gone to deliver some soda. Later he re
turned and asked again for WVisliauS, and
then the search was instituted that led
to his discovery.
Drs. Archibald and Davis, who reside
upstairs, were hastily summoned and the
young man was conveyed to St. Joseph's
hctpital. He was thought to be suffering
from concussion of the brain.
Weishaus is apparently twenty years
old, and had "been employed in the drug
store for several montha.
PRICE TWO CEXTa—{ SMT^St*
VOLCANO KILLS A
THOUSAND PEOPLE
Eruption of Tacnna Deslroia Half
the City of R-itHlhulen,
Guatamnln.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 6.— Up
wards of 1,000 lives have been lost and
half of the city of Rotalhulen, Guate
mala, has been destroyed by the erup
tion of Tacoma volcano, according to ad
vices received here todaju by the Chilean
steamer Palena, from Valparaiso and
way ports.
Ratalhulen lay several miles back from
Champerico, on the coast, and it was at
the latter city that news of the disaster
was secured. Earthquakes, it was said,
had continued at short intervals every
day since the great disturbance of April
13, when the city of Quezaltenango was
destroyed.
The shocks have been of sufficient
strength to ~eep the residents of the en
tire region in a state of terror and little
has been done to repair the damage done
■by them and the volcanic eruptions,
pumice stone and ashes thrown from the
ciater of Tacoma have spread a thin
coating over the territory surrounding
Champerico.
A few days before the Palena left
Champerico an earthquake destroyed a
small town near Guatemala City, but its
name was not learned.
PROCEEDING AGAINST
INSURANCE COMPANIES
Over a Hundred In Illinois Clinr»rt>l
"With CoiiKiiirncy and Viola
tion of Anti-TruHt Law.
Special to The Globe.
CHICAGO, June 6.—Attorney General
Hamlin filed today at Belleville a suit
against 110 fire insurance companies do
ing business in this state, charging them
with consipracy and violation of the anti
trust law, and asking an injunction re
straining them from further fixing and
maintaining rates. Similar suits will be
filed in Chicago and tlsewhere in the
state.
The defendant companies include those
belonging to the Western Union, an or
ganization of underwriters which recently
put In force a 25 per cent increase in rates
in nearly every state in the country.
Agents fear that the Illinois suit may be
taken as a precedent by states similarly
affected.
YOUTH STEALS AND
SPENDS 7,000 PENNIES
Julian Anchor Has a Glorloo* Half n
liny Ipon *70, All of Which
Wn« In (upuen.
Special to The Globe.
CHICAGO, June 6.—Julius Asher is
sixteen years old, and probably is the
only boy in Chicago that ever spent $TU,
all in pennies, in one hilarious round of
pleasure, lasting only eight hours.
He had been employed In a printing
house, and having Ir-arned the combina
tion of the safe, he used his knowledge
last night to extract |70, all In coppers.
He at once gave hdmsolf half a day off
and departed for the West side.
He shot the chutes, looped the ioop,
had his picture taken in twenty or thirty
attitudes, threw rings at the canes,
bought candy, pop and soda water, had
his fortune told, and performed other
ependthrifty feats. The fortune teller di i
not tell him he would be arrested, but ho
was, Just the same, and now he will b»
prosecuted.
NORTH DAKOTA FARMS
AND FARM PRODUCTS
StatlMtifH ShowlnK Their Value in
limit FuriilNlieU by the
CenaiiH liureuu.
WASHINGTON*, Juno 6—The farms of
North Dakota, June 1, 1900; according to a
census bulletin Issued today, number' d
• rained M >138,750,700, of which 12
per cent represents the value of buildings,
and 87 per cent the land and improve
ments, other than buildings. The value
of farm implements and machinery was
$14/'.V,,5G0, and live stock $42.«0,M1, mak
ing the total value of farm property $25.1 -
266,751.
The total value of farm products for
1899 was m.2T»2,4:M, of which amount 16
per cent represents the value of animal
products and 84 per cent the crops, in
cluding forest products cut or produced
on farms. The total value of farm prod
ucts for ISM i.s approximately three tlrn<-a
that for 18J>y, partly due to a more de
tailed enumeration in 1900.
DEMOCRATIC TRUST BILL
INTRODUCED AGAIN
.'Mr. Richardson Prettents a Sleasnrc
to Strengthen the Sher
man Law,
WASHINGTON. D. C, June 6.-Repre
sentatJve Richardson, of Tennessee, the
Democratic floor leader, today introduced
the bill reviving the trust bill which
passed the house in the Fifty-sixth con
gress and failed in the senate.
It amends the Sherman act by making
more stringent restrictions against con
tracts and combinations in restraint of
trade; gives a civil right of action to
anyone injured in business by such com
bination; forbids the use of the mails in
furtherance of the business of a com
bine, and provides for prosecuting those
who ship trust-made goods from state to
state.
It is understood that the reintroductlon
of this bill is in pursuance of the recent
action of the Democratic congressional
committee in naming a special committee
of seven members to devise means fur
making the trust question one of the fore
most issues in the coming campaign.
Latest Figure* From Oregon.
PORTLAND, Ot.. June 6.—Complete re
turns from the entire state, with the ex
ception of the small precincts, give
Chamberlain (Dem.) a majority ot 334
over Furnish (Rep.) for governor. The re
maining precincts cannot change the re
sult materially.
WHY J. N. HILL
GOES ABROAD
Commissioner for His Father
President of the Great
Northern Railway
EXTEND ORIENTAL TRADE
EXPLOIT AnVA\T\<;K.s OF COX.
MERCIAL. l\TKH(ll\M.i: UK-
TWEES NATIONS
INCREASE STEAMSHIP SERVICE
YouiiK Mr. III!! In Kipprtrd to He.
turn With v Supply o f Itleu* iiikl
Fact* of Value to Muna K e-
nient of Hill Propertied.
Special to The Glob.'.
CHICAGO, June 6.—Before he left Chi
cago yesterday, Jam— J. Hill disclosed
parts of a plan which he has for increas
ing Oriental .traffic over the Hill railroad
and steamship lines.
Within a short time J. N. Hill, vice
president of the Great Northern, and son
of James J. Mill, will start on a lons
trip, in which all the important cities
and commercial centers in tne Orient will
be visited. It will be Mr. Hill's duty to
create sentiment in favor of Oriental
trade and to disseminate Information re
garding the Mill route between th\i O:lent
and the United States.
UiM'Ntlmi «m to Hi-turn Trip*.
Shortly Mr. Mill will place In service
two mammoth freight boats which have
been building for some time and which,
are destined for the Oriental traffic be
tween -Mirth Pacific coast points and the
large cities of the far East. There will
be no trouble in filling these boats for the
trip from the United States to the Orient,,
but it may be a different proposition upon
the return trip.
What James J. Mill desires, and what
he expects J. N. Mill to do, la to exploit
the advantages of interchange of com
merce between the nations ami to edu
cate the shippers of the Orient regarding
facilities arid the possibilities of such an
Interchange.
Amazing Growth I'romlneil.
J. W. Blabon, fourth vice president of'
the Great Northern, said today that a
great deal of missionary w* k In
this direction had been accomplished and.
that the Oriental trade was destined to
grow amazingly. Mr. Mill's trip, how
ever, may result In a decision by the Hill
interests to Increase their Oriental team
ship service beyond the present contem
plated limits.
it is expected that J. N. Hill will gather
data and complete information regarding
the situation in the Orient, the best means
of Increasing the trade and the tonnage,
and come back with a supply of ideas and
facts that will be of great service to the.
management of the Mill properties,
SHIPPING COMBINE
MOSTLY MOONSHINE
I'revloiiM Publication* Sniil to Dent
With a Project Tim I In
Vlxioii<ir> .
LONDON, June 6.—The statements,
which have recently appeared in the
English press > and which forecasted the
formation of an all-British shipping com
bine, seem to be open to grave doubts.
Judging from careful Inquiries in thfi
nvcst Influential quarters of London, al
most all of what has so far been printed;
is not only premature, but Inspired, and.
its purpose is to assl3t the realization of
the shipping project which is almost a<j.
visionary today as it was ■ month ago.
Even the cardinal point upon
published stories were hung, ■
ly, the utilization of
to !)•• unti ue in | | :
remarks on this matter of J< seph I.
Tarte Canadian minister oi p ibiii
it is Officially stat.-d that 1.. | I
ecna and Mountroyal, high comm
et of Canada, has i •
tion with reap)
and so far as the hi if-r
--knows the off»-r by the Canadl
nif-nt of subsidies, while still • ,
noot been n'.-gotiutt.d for.
TWAIN'S LAST TRICK
AT THE PILOT WHEEL
Funmaker'H Farrwell (<■ Un- >|i^
alHMlppl Itlvcr mi Inipr...
«lvf Oi'cn.ildn.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 6.—Mark Twain,
at the pilot wheel for the last time on tl:c
Mississippi he helped to Immortalize^ and,
the Countess de Kochambeau christen
l:\3 the craft with the name of the world
famous Missourian, were the stirring.
eights on the river excursion today in.
honor of the Louisiana purchase exposi
tion's distinguished French gii»-nU.
Mr. Clemens' farewell to the historic
stream was Impressive. He was at th«-'
wheel for nearly a half hour. Soundings
were taken by the captain of the vessel
and the result of each throw of the lead
was called up to the pilot hoiwe In the
usual way the pilot responding, as was
the custom in the days, forty years ago,
when Mr. Clemens was a pilot on the
river— "M-a-r-k T-w-a-1-n, quarter, two
five and one-half, six feet."
The steamboat U3ed for the excursion.
was the city's harbor boat, an old craft.
The trip was .made up and down the
river front. .-:r^ -.
Officer* ot Military Sarirriini.
WASHINGTON. D. C, June 6.-Thc
nominating committee of the Society- of
Military Surgeons reported tojiizht in
favor of the election of the following of
fleers for the ensuing year: President.
Gen. Robert A. Blood. Massachusetts;
secretary.- Maj. James Evelyn Illcher.
Pennsylvania; treasurer, Lieut. Herbert
A. Arnold. Pennsylvania. The balloting
Will take tamnwmm.