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FIRST SHU - 5
VOL. XXV. 362.
MEMBER OF
TRIBUNAL
Authoritative Utterance on
Behalf of The Hague
Body
.PRAISE FOR AMERICANS
BARON D'ESTOURNELLES DE
CONSTANT SAYS THE TRI
BUNAL IS BRACED UP
GIVES PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
THE CREDIT FOR THIS
Powers Had Lost Sight of the Coterie
That Is Designed to Arbitrate Na
tions Out of Scrapes—Says Mr.
Roosevelt Has Inaugurated a Moral
Competition.
PARIS, Dec. 27. —Baron d'Estour
nelles de Constant, the French deputy,
who was one of th~ delegates of France
to the international peace conference
and who is a member of The Hague
arbitration tribunal, has written a
strong congratulatory letter to Presi
dent Roosevelt on the submission of
the Venezuela arbitration of The
Hague court. The letter expresses the
view widely prevailing in official and |
diplomatic circles here that the Ameri- i
can course not only adjusts the im
mediate issue, but also saves The j
Hague tribunal from practical extinc
tion. The baron says:
"A great number of Frenchmen and
other Europeans are happy to join |
with me in expressing to you their ,
gratitude for the generous, unyield- j
ing firmness you have displayed in ,
support of international justice. Eu- |
rope is constantly speaking of Amer
ican competition, which has its ma
terial advantages in stimulating our
energies; but you have inaugurated a
moral competition more effective than
the other. Twice you have reminded j
the governments of their duty, point- j
ing out amid the difficulties resulting j
from the transformation of the globe j
that the court of arbitration offered ;
the governments its resources and the I
jurisdiction instituted by all and that
it was always ready.
It Was Boycotted.
"This jurisdiction had been boycot
ted. By a silent, senile understanding
the governments thought to abandon
The Hague tribunal. On the morrow
of its official creation it was about
to perish through ill, when you came to
protest against the attempt, which was |
threatening the liberties of the world. |
"To two republics of the new wJrld, I
the Un^.ed States and Mexico, belongs |
the honor of opening in the face of
passive Europe the gates of The Hague
tribunal.' The first lesson ought to
have been sufficient, but it was hu
miliating to find recently that not a
single authorized voice was Faised to
remind the powers of their duty, plain
ly assumedvunder article 17 only three
years ago.
"The initiative of the United States
compared with the paralysis of Europe
Is a sign of the times which a Eu
ropean must have the courage to recog
nize. Honor to your government,
which has understood that amid the
general abstention some one had to
awaken the others from their lethargy
and lead. them forward in the v«ay of
justice and progress."
"GREAT AND GOOD FRIEND."
United States Enacting This Role
Toward All Parties.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 27.—
There is now in process an active ex
change of notes between the allied
powers, Venezuela and the United
States respecting the method of sub
mitting to arbitration the issues which
have arisen between Venezuela and the
allies. It is explained at the state
department that the part of the Unit
ed States government just now is that
of "good friend" to all parties; that/
it is not undertaking- to draw up pro
tocols or impose limitations upon the
parties, but is confining its offices to
getting them together and keeping
them so. In this view it will not be
necessary for our government to pre
scribe how the Monroe doctrine shall
or shall not figure in the protocols; it
will "Judge for itself by results how our
interests are affected and will not in
dulge in premature or uncalled for
protests.
The terms of the arbitration agree
ment "are in a fair way t^> be speedily
adjusted.
The weight of official opinion here
this afternoon was that several days at
least must elapse before anything in
the nature of a preliminary protocol
can be made ready for signature. Ger
man insistence upon a full payment of
her claims before submitting her case
to arbitration and perhaps President
Castro's resistance to meeting with the
allies as regards obligations of honor
are believed now to be the sticking
points. But it is hoped that these
can be passed within the next few
days and that some arrangement will
be made in the preliminary protocol
for the niißinf? of the blockade, though
it is intimated that the allied ships
will be kept ready to renew it in case
of a default on the part of Venezuela
in her obligations.
Washington having been tho pivot
about wiiich the negotiations have
turned up to this point, it is surmised
that it may be the scene of the final
act in the shape of the signature of
the preliminary protocol.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S NOTE.
Gratified at the Confidence the Powers
Have Shown Him. ;'\; •...■;""
ROME, Dec. 27.—Ambassador ;. '■) Meyer
today presented to the foreign offices, Pre
sident Roosevelt's note ;en - the su.jjfct of
Venezuelan arbitration. The president
Bays that although' he is very gratiiio:! at
the confidence the powers have '•■ -shown J in
him by choosing, him as arbitrator.*which
petition he would have accepted if there
were no other-. means. of solving the f|C;e-3
,tion, he thinks it better- to submit the
case to The Hague tribunal, especially as
all the -powers concerned arc ■.> willing. v
Tlie president adds that as there is no
question, of national honor or' cession - of*
territory involved, after >-thorough con
sideration and in accord with all the pow
ers concerned, who have shown an hon
orable spirit. of mutual consideration j and
moderation, :he Is. glad to be informed
that they all. have agreed •to ; submit - the
: question to The Hague tribunal. .
LONDON. Dec. 27.—Foreign office offi
cials say a note from Secretary Hay.
similar to those presented at Rome find
Berlin, has been received here. Nothing
has yet been decided- reminding tUo ccs-
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE.
IMPROVEMENT IN COAL SITUATION
IS PROMISED FOR THIS WEEK
READING, Pa., Dec. 27.—The offl- |
cials of the Reading company expect
an improvement in the coal situation
next week. The coal at the mines has
been pretty well cleaned up. During
the past week the shipments were the
smallest since work was resumed. It
DAY'S NEWS SUMMARIZED.
Weather for St. Paul and vicinity:
Gnow and warmer; fair Monday.
POLITICAL—
Situation is unfavorable' to entry of
third speakership candidate.
Ramsey Bar association indorses Judge
Brill for federal bench.
BUSINESS—
Trade in grain continues light, yet
prices are steady.
Stocks dip after appearance of bank
statement, but rally and close :irm, with
most of losses recovered. ,
LOCAL—
County commissioners decide" to uae
Italian marble for new jail window sills.
National Guard association meets, elects
officers and members are assured by the
governor that he is to lead tft"em to St.
Louis.
Haymann, charged with bigamy, con
sents to return to Chicago.
MINNEAPOLIS—
Mysterious woman who writes letters
about suicides worries the Minneapolis
police.
Julius Bergerson tries to get $50 as a
Christmas present from President Roose
velt.
sation of the blockade or the terms of
the arbitration protocol.
Germany Disappointed.
BERLIN, Dec. 27.—The Carman gov
ernment is disappointed by President
Roosevelt's declination to be arbitrator,
but in pursuance of his decision, will
correspond at once with Great Britain
and Italy on the subsidiary questions that
must now be agreed upon, such as rais
ing the blockade and the definite form of
request, whereby Venezuela on one side
and Germany, Great Britain and Italy on
the other will ask The Hague tribunal to
adjudge the dispute. Foreign Secretary
yon Richthofen regrets the long delay
which is llfcely to ensue before the final
adjustment of the controversy. He had
relied upon' President Roosevelt's person
ality to take up the case and reach a
decision quickly.
Says Castro Is Confiscating.
BERLIN, Dec. 27.—The Lokal Anzei
ger's Caracas- correspondent saysr
"President Castro is one of the few
| Venezuelans who. do nof ' distrust the
! Yankees. Minister Boweii has his con-
I fidence fully.' The German wholesale
i merchants would regret arbitration if it
j leads to American financial control in
stead of international. Some of them have
declared emphatically that if American
control is- established it would be better
to transfer their business relations forth
with from Hamburg to New York. Pres
ident Castro is confiscating the property
of British, German and Italian subjects
I whenever the blockade exhausts his re
-1 sources."
Marietta Leaves La Gualra.
CARACAS, Dec. 27.—1n order to avoid
any embarrassment through a wrong in
terpretation being placed on her pres
ence at La Guaira. the United States
gunboat Marietta will leave tomorrow for
Willemstad, Curacao, where she -a 111 re
main, subject to call from Minister Bcw-
STANDARD OIL
COMPANY GETS IT
Oleaginous Octopus Secures
Control of the Beaumont
Oil Field.
NEW ORLEANS. La., Dec. 27.—The
Standard Oil company has at last se
cured control of the Beaumont oil field
in Texas and the Jennings' oil region
in Louisiana. There are only a few
small companies remaining outside,
and they cut very little figure in the
marketing of fuel oil. The price of
fuel oil has been advanced to $1 a bar
rel, and the indications are that the
quotations will go still higher.
COURT MARTIAL TO
SIT AT SNELLING
Lieut. Neil Campbell to Be Tried by
Special Court.
Sepcial to The Globe.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 27.—A
general court martial is appointed to
meet at Fort Snelling Jan. 8 for the
trial of First Lieutenant Neil A. Camp
bell, Twenty-first infantry. The detail
for the court is: Lieut. Col. Owen J.
Sweent, Twenty-first infantry; Lieut
Col. Earl D. Thomas, Thirteenth cav
alry; Maj. Henry P. Kingsbury, Third
cavalry; Maj. S. W. Torrey, Twenty
fourth infantry; Maj. Hunter Liggett,
Twenty-first infantry ;Capt. George H.
Morgan, Third cavalry; Herman Hall,
Twenty-first infantry; P. D. Lochridge,
Thirteenth cavalry; Alexander L. Dade,
Thirteenth cavalry; William M. Mor
row, Twenty-first infantry; William J.
Glasgow, Thirteenth cavalry; Thomas
W. Darrah, commissary; Hamilton
Hawkins, Thirteenth cavalry, and
Charles R. Howland, Twenty-first in
fantry, judge advocate.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR TrfE
EXPLOSION AT HOT SPRINGS
Coroner's Jury Finds Against Oil and
Gas Companies and Others.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Dec. 27.—Re
sponsibility for the explosion ■ which*
occurred in the turf exchange pool
room Wednesday, which resulted in the
death of two men and injuries to
more than forty persons, was charged
to several persons tonight by the coro
ner's jury, which held an inquest over
Billy Helwig's remains. The jury re
turned the following verdict:
"We find that Billy Helwig came to
his death in the explosion caused from
the careless handftrg of high proof
gasoline in the- turf"' exchange pool
room and that: the responsibility foi
the explosion is upon the Water-
Pierce Oil company, the Arkansas Gas
and Light company and Leo Mayer
and Eddie Burke, of New York, pro
prietors of the nool room, each being
responsible through their employes."
Many civil actions are expected to
follow the finding of the verdict.
New Plan to Fill Churches. ' ;.
;; : INDIANAPOLIS. . ind..??Dee. '27*— The
Methodist f ministers "of,: this !r? city 2. -have
adopted ->"a*. novel plan to", increase.-:;church'
attendance. Tomorrow '<■■ when i the : wor
shipers assemble ;none• of. them '"wfll' know
; who 7- is •to preach .-=. to 'th«ni; :r Pulpits will
be exchanged.;• .. . ! >. :: :~-..--- i^'^z
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1902.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES.
is not believed that the shipments
amounted to over 90,000 tons, as com
pared with 275,000 tons last week. To
day's coal run amounted to less than
400 cars, and the same amount was
sent down yesterday, compared with
a daily average of 1,600 cars last week.
SPORTING—
Tale Football teasi may arrange a ganic
with some Western ccam next season.
Illinois authorities promise to stop the
Gardner-Carter fight if it becem?3 a bru
tal bout.
Pugilist Jack Monroa -to train for an
other clash with Champion Jeffries.
DOMESTIC—
Young Porto Rican declares his island
is being governed despotically.
Negro and his wife are lynched in South
Carolina for murder of white mani'
Mrs. Jessie Benton Freemont dies at
Los Angeles.
FOREIGN—
Roumania senate passes bill for natural
ization of Jews.
Earthquake in China kills 6GO people.
Snowslide in British Columbia kills nine
miners.
By collision on Grand Trunk railway in
Canada twenty-eight persons are killed
and thirty injured.
RAILROADS—
Michigan Central sues state for $6.000,r
000 on account of revocation of chmter.
Great Western plan new road from
Omaha extension to Sioux City.
WIDOW OF GEN.
FREMONT DEAD
Daughter of Famous Senator
Braved Dangers to Be
With Her Husband.
Special to The Globe.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 27.— Mrs.
Jessie Benton Fremont, widow of John
C. Fremont, 'The Pathfinder," died at
her home here tonight. Mrs. Fremont
was seventy-eight years old and her
constitution, naturally strctag, was
broken somewhat by a severe accident
that befell her about three years ago.
She slipped and fell dislocating her hip
bone, and never since has she been
able to walk alone. Since the accident
two nurses have been employed for
most of the time. It has been under
stood for a long time that Mrs. Fre
mont was failing gradually, but so
serious a turn was not expected at
this time.
Few women in America have had a
life more eventful than that of Mrs.
Fremont. A daughter of famous Sen
ator Benton, she was only sixteen
years of age when she made a love
match with the then Lieutenant Fre
mont. It is known to every admirer pf
Gen. Fremont's career that his wife
shared his journeys westward ana
brayed frontier life that she might re
main at his side. For many years,
since the general's death, she has liyed
in Los Angeles, and her daughter, Ttfiss
Fremont, being her constant compan
ion, and about her clustered a circle oi
warm personal friends.
PARIS GAS SUPPLY
A CENTER OF INTEREST
Municipal Council Will : Hold an Ex
trordinary Session—American -
.- Capitalists Concerned. ~i~.■-'■;
.- PARIS, Dec. ': 27.—The Paris muni
cipal council will: hjold an extraordin
ary session at; the end of-January to
consider the question of the gas sup
ply.-:.:-/;.; •;.-• :',-: : --: -;■;-■■-■:: r.^.-^
There has ' been considerable outcry
for two years past ' against the I com- 1
pany which now holds the gas conces- ■
sion -*of ? Paris because of : - the J3l high
price | (30 centimes - per cubic I meter) ; it;
charges to consumers. In view of the
approaching expirationv of •* the com- "•
. pany's concession several schemes have
beein under consideration by the muni
cipal | council. A syndicate -£ composed
' chiefly; of American If financiers % came
forward last year with a proposal t. to
| take over the gas ; concession, but the
, plan, which provided for : cheaper j gas,
did not then meet with success. >. ' -
•;Anthony N. ; Brady and other officers' |
of X the ."; Chicago Gas \ Light and - Cokb
company - sailed \ for _; Europe '■■'-. Dec. '25
! with ideas, it was asserted, of effecting
1 a merger, of the several \ Paris gas j and
electric light companies.V-> ■" r- •/ •--'.■-
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MILWAUKEE CHILDREN BURNED.
Bed. Clothing Becomes Ignited From an
.'■'■" ■"--■; '•' -r --'--V"^ i Oil Heater. ;, -" 'Z \ ';:ji:"'-: :'_
'. 'MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. !- 27.—The;
igniting of the bed clothing from an oil
heater . caused the s death tonight ot
two children ';. of Mrs. George t Camp- •
bell, , Keneth, , aged ; seven f years, and 1
: George, aged twelve years. . Mrs. Camp- j
bell's v husband was the 2 inventor and
part owner of. the diving bell which"
was : used - to i recover : the ; copper £ from
the . Pewabic, which foundered in Lake
Superior '; several ~. years " ago, i. in ;-. which;
attempt •he : lost '• his life.:-: ■ h '•-'- -.
» —.
i> New York Centra! Change. ;:. V
BUFFALO, N. V., Dec. 27.—1t was
announced tonight >i by;: A. • H. Smith,:
general - superintendent of the - New ■
York Central, that Joseph P. ': Bradfield,
superintendent of " the \ Buffalo j division, l
had S been - appointed | assistant | general
superintendent of the l entire road. Mr.
Bradfield will ? assume hist new duties
in New-York on - Jan.'ls. -- -;
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■ ■ '■'. jrZ'^'i McKee- Bates. ■ r , -^iTxiJ'-
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 27.—Miss
Henrietta Bates, oldest daughter of the;
paymaster general of the :army,^ajad
: McKee ' : Dunn : McKee, second - son rjs of
David R. McKee, were married | today
at the ;bride's^home.";-_-;■".i. ■.'//. '.'• . ,;~--^?V}
• Seven. Pennsylvanians Freeze.
"' PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. -." 21.—
Seven"; men frozen \to death is I Perm-;
. sylvania's ;.";:>;■ record £ for jal twenty-four
hours. ';:. -_•,. *^-.;.'.'-.~-]i-r^.;?:' '{-?/> - -^;;':'.
— !—
•i^'l Heavy Disbursements' in January. '{H "
• : NEW YORK. Dec. 11.— The i New York
I banks a were I engaged •,:- today j in * arranging j
: the heaviest January disbursements 'ever;
finane^d'lH-tViJs s; country.- It- is i believed * )
f about $150,000,000 will be paid out ; 5 -^-; I
PAYING RE/WILY
FOR A BOYCOTT
Verdict Against Two Labor
Unions in a Chicago
Ceurt
Special to The Globe.
CHICAGO, Dec; "7.—A jury in Judge
Vail's court today returned a verdict for
$22,000 in favor of George Hinchliff,
who brought sua against the members
of the Chicago Masons and Builders'
association and the Brick Manufactur
ers' association on account of damage
to his business said to have been
caused by a boycott. The verdict of
the jury decides in a degree the rights
of labor organizations to impose boy
cotts and to assist their employers to
do so. The case has been watched
with r interest by manufacturers and
labor organizations.
The suit, which was for $100,000
damages, is the outgrowth of a boy
cott alleged to have- been levied against
the brick manufactured by Hinchliff
in 1898. Hinchli££,was Qic owner of a
brickyard at Hobart, Ind., which he
valued at $50,000. After the alleged
boycott went int& effect, he asserted,
he could not give -away liis brick. The
hod carriers would not -handle it," he
said,- and the bricklayers would not
lay it. "It waa charged that the Ma
sons and Builders' association required
brick manufacturers to subscribe to
their articles of agreement and made
a proposition to Hinchliff to become a"
goarty to the .agreement, .which he re
fused to do. The.contractors received
eertainYiCqneessiohs 'in the purchase of
their briefer It was said, and in return
agreed to handle the brick manufac
tured by the association, to the ex
clusion of that placed upon the market
by rival concerns.
Among those"!Biade parses defendant
to the suit were H. C. Thompson, presi
dent of the Chicago Masons and Build
ers' association,' and D. V. Puritan,
William H. Weckler, Adam J. Weck
ler, Fred W. Labahn, Louis Reimep,
P. J. Sexton, Edward F. Harland,
Charles Harmes and William Schlake,
members of the Brick Manufacturers'
association.
Counsel for the defendants argued
to »have the cases taken' from the jury,
but Judge Vail declined to do so, de
claring there was evidence tending to
show that Hirichliff's business had
been damaged by the boycott. After
the verdict was rendered a motion for
a new trial was entered on behalf of
the defendants.
NEGRO AND. HIS
WIFE LYNCHED
Each Accused the Other of
- Shooting a Prominent
Young White Man.
GREENWOOD, S. C, Dec. 27.— W.
K. Jay, a prominent young farmer of
the Troy section of this county, was
murdered yesterday in his own yard by
a negro, Oliver Wiedman, -and his wife,
both of them living on the place, and
a few hours later both ,of the negroes
were lynched by Jay's infuriated
neighbors.
Mr. Jay, on returning home, found
Wiedman abusing his -fWiedman's)
wife, and ordered the n^gro to be
quiet. Mrs. Jay shortly after heard a
report of a gun aiyi saw'ihe two ne
groes running aw£.y. She called her
husband, but received no reply. She
found him lying-in a pool of blood and
gave the^alarm,- The riegroes were,
captured by a posse thai was soon
formed, and confessed, the man ac
cusing the woman arm tlxe woman the
man.
They were taken in charge by
neighbors of Jay and both lynched,
each accusing the other of .the crime.
The lynching took place about mid
night. Jay was a prominent Mason,
having been a high officer In the grand
lodge of South Carolina. ,
ONE FIELD DAY EVERY
MONTH FOR THE ARMY
I
War Department Encourages Athletic
Exercises.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 27.—1n
pursuance of the policy of the war de
partment to encourage athletic exer
cises in the army. <Maj. Gen. Bates,
commanding the department of the
lakes, has directed that one day each
month,, to be designated "field day," be
devoted to athletic games and exercises
by the enlisted men at each post in
that department. The programme will
include all kinds of athletic sports; also
the construction of Hasty intrench
ments, patrolling, construction of emer
gency bridges, and,.«t the discretion of
the officers in cigirge, boxing and
wrestling. Whenever practicable the
sports will be accompanied with music
and €very effort will be made to give
the day the air of a holiday.
ALL HAVE BEEN WHERE
THEY WERE LESS COMFORTABLE
Polar Explorers at the Dinner of the Arc
tic Club.
NEW, YORK. Dec. 27.—-The ninth an
nual dinner of the AnttJc club, founded in
1894 by the survivors of the Miranda
pgfty, was held tonight. Prof. William H."
Brewer, of the chair of, agriculture at
Yale, was toastmaster.
Others present Included ; Henry Bieder
bick, a survivor of the Gre6ley expedition;
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, leader of the
Belgian expedition; Col.- David A. Brain
ard, a* survivor of the Greely expedition
and a^'raenlfter of Baldwin's party last
year, as wejl as a mfimber of the Ix>ok
wood expedition; Langdon Gibson, of the
Peary 18913>~2 expedition; Herbert Bridg
man, of three expeditions; F. S. Taylor, of
the <3reely relief party; Anthony Fiala,
who it is said'will head tfte%ext Ziegler
expedition; H. t C. Josansen, the navigator
of the Vega in the expedition of Prof.
Nordenskjold in 187S-79, and Evelyn Bald
win, the-leader of the last Ziegler expe
dition. ;Vi '
SIX HUNDRED PEOFH-E
KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE
Calamity Reported at Kein Chiang, In
China.
VICTORIA, B. C. Dec. 27.—Reports are
given in. Tien Tsin papers of an earth
quake at Kein Chiang,- China, as a result
of which COO lives were lost.
PRINCE HENRY'S SOUVENIR
Beautiful Reminder of His Entertainment By a
New York Newspaper.
Special to i The Globe.'■:. r;; ■- '
r'i NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—After almost j
; ten months of - continuous; labor by j the :
■ committee i:?, of -:" newspaper men and :
; Messrs. Tiffany t & Co., New York, to \
whom was ! intrusted | the ; execution ■
this 'J_i -i remarkable 2.” piece •": of work,
the Prince Henry Album was
last. :3; night ££2 presented ;•; to : ■ the :
"New Yorker Staats-Zeitung," as -v a
I souvenir by i its ■ guests :at ? the : dinner to
the American press, in honor of .; his
j royal ; highness, Prince Henry of .' Prus- .
sia, sft. at the tiWaldorf Astoria, v-- New 1
York, Feb. 26, 1902. ? ■-■•:?^r^^ ■
The album •is ' a large and ; handsome
volume, bound in ; a selected dark blue :
| levant morocco and I lined with : a heav>
blue V moire ' silk. X The 2 leather surface
iof 7 the ] cover iis richly embellished with ;
;-tinri r. fsv of r f&ie ; t onom "N. SV.'> S.I
Z." and with massive silver, mountings.
Bundles '•: of ! rods ; r tied '■■ with ~ ribbons, all
: of , silver, form ■ a border or ■ edge to the
cover. The ,t principal decorations sv- of i
the cover consist ;of two ■ silver medal
' lions, f._ one I bearing the > arms of 1 Ger
! many, the other that {. of i the United ;
7 States, and between '*■ them the initial
"H" surmounted by the coronet of; the
German prince. The \ silver clasps are
ornamented with " ivy - leaves, symboliz
ing { friendship, and, - in relief, the date
- of: the : dinner, : Feb. 26, 1902. .^x -;;;-:~ :.
: An Elaborate Page.
'fi- The title i page is an elaborate pic.cc
of .i handwork, richly ;J illuminated sin
! colors '< and f. gold. The shields of | Germ
any, the house :: of ; Hohenzollern, and
of the United States, 7 with a wreath
"of * laurel < and ivy leaves, and * a quill
symbolical \of the ; press, ; are ! gracefully
entwined into an effective headpiece
for the inscription, which reads as fol
"lows:,--:.f ;7—^'::. -:.. ;;— ~ . Ai- '• ';;;^
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PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA SOUVENIR ALBUM.
A portrait of the German emperor,
"Wilhelm 11., with autograph, is given
tivc- place of honor in the book, and
among the other notable and interest
ing- pages are the following in the order
indicated:
A photograph of Prince Henry, with
letter in his own handwriting, the in
vitation and card to the dinner, photo
graphs of President Roosevelt, with
signed letter commendatory of the oc
casion, photographs of Secretary of
State John Hay, and his assistant, Da
vid J. Hill, with letter from the latter;
photographs, with letters from White
law Reid, Charles W. Knapp and
Charles Emory Smith, who were the
principal speakers of the evening; a
photograph of the German ambassador,
Yon Hollebenr "W. C. Bryant, of the
Brooklyn Times; Melville E. Stone,
BIG GONTRAGT
IN SHEET STEEL
Over Six Million Dollars'
Worth of Products of
1908 Sold.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 27.—The Amer
ican Sheet Steel company has just
closed the most gigantic sales contract
-of its history. The material that will
be made in the next year under its
terms will swell the sheet company's
gross earnings by $6,490,000. The
agreement for this tremendous busi
ness was entered at the Pittsburg of
fices of the American Sheet Steel com
pany with representatives of all of the
thirty-four constituent concerns of the
National Roofing and Corrugating
company. The roofing and corrugat
ing company agrees to take all of its
requirements in sheets during 1903
from the sheet-producing constituents
of the United States Steel corpora
tion. .„
The roofing company next year will
consume about 80,000 tons" of black
sheets, the aggregate cost of which
will be-about $4,240,0000. Other sheets
required under the terms of the con
tract, including the higher priced gal
vanized product, will amount to about
30,000 tons at a cost of approximately
$2,250,000.
Facings Will Be Blue.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 27.—Sec
retary Root has approved the report of
the board of army officers recently ap
pointed to consider certain proposed
modifications of the order prescribing
changes in the uniforms of the army.
This insures the use of blue facings
on the uniforms instead of white.
general manager of the Associated
Press, and Edward P. Call, of the Even
ing Post; the names, engrossed, of the
reception commrttee on a page; por
traits of the late Oswald Ottendorfer,
founder of the Staats-Zeitung, and his
wife, Mrs. Anna, Ottendorfer, with
views of the early homes of the news
paper; photographs of Edward Uhl,
president of the Staats-Zeitung, and
Herman Ridder, the-treasurer; pictures
of the present home of the Staats-Zei
tung and its business office; also in
teresting engrossed sketch of the life
of Herman Ridder, telling of his rise
from an errand boy to the head of a
great newspaper; photograph of the
banquet hall at the Waldorf-Astoria,
with its beautiful decorations.
Other Features of the Album.
Then follows the toasts of the even
ing, the first one being, "The President
of the United States and the German
Emperor," responded to by Hon. White
law . Reid; St. Clair McKelway,
responding to "The Press, the tie that
binds" and Charles Emory Smith, of
the Philadelphia Press, "Saxon Blood,
what we "owe to Germany, in literature,
art, science anrd music," and finally,
"International Amity," by Charles W.
Knapp; a programme of the toasts, one
of the menus printed on white satin,
with picture of the prince at the top,
and the music rendered that evening;
copy of the tabulated list of the guests
and arrangements of the tables; news
paper clippings from the Staats-Zei
tung and the Associated Press; type
written reports of the dinner; the
pamphlet giving the history of the
Staats-Zeitung, and two cartoons from
the New York World and one from the
the New York Journal, conclude the
chiefly interesting features of the book.
The album, which measures 22% by
16 by 4%, is fitted in a handsome ma
hogany case, and, in its entirety, it is
a distinctly notable achievement in
bookmaking that will hold its well
earned title of "a masterpiece" for
years to come.
The Committee on Presentation.
Reid, Whitelaw, New York Tribune.
Hearst, W. R., American and Journal.
Seitz, Don C, New York World.
Villard. Oswald G.. Evening Post.
Ochs, Adolph S., The New York Times.
Smith, Charles Emory, Philadelphia
Press.
Knapp, C. W., St. Louis Republic.
Noyes, Frank 8., Chicago Record-Her
ald. _
Taylor, Charles H. Jr., Boston Globe.
Howell, Clark, Atlanta Constitution.
McKelway. St. Clair. Brooklyn Eagle.
Bryant, W. C, Brooklyn Daily Times.
Stone, Melville E., Associated Press.
NINE MEN KILLED
BY A SNOWSLIDE
Mine Bunk House Razed
and Men Swept Down
the Mountain.
NELSON, B. C, Dec. 27.—A snow
slide, which razed the bunk house of
the Mollie Gibson mine, ten miles from
Lake Kootenai, Christmas night, is
believed to have killed nine men and
injured several others.
The men had retired, after holding
an impromptu concert. The snow
slide came down, crushing in the roof
and sweeping the men down the moun
tain. They were carried from 300 feet
to half a mile from the site of the cab
in. One man was found in the snow
writhing in agony. He died a few mo
ments later. Eight men are unaccount
ed for.
The mine is the second highest. in
the Kootenai range, being well above
the timber line.
LABOR LEADER SENDS A
CHALLENGE FOR DEBATE"
Max Hayes Throws Down the Glove to
David M. Parry.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Dec. 27.—Max
Hayes, of this city, a prominent-socialist
and labor leader, has sent a long letter to
David M. Parry, president of the National
Manufacturers' association at Indianapo
lis, challenging-him to a debate on'the
relative rights of labor and capital.
Mr. Parry Is credited with the state
ment that "Unionized labor breeds so
cialism and Is therefore a menace." Mr.
Hayes also wishes to debate other state
ments that Mr. Parry is quoted as having
made from time to time.' The naming of
the place of meeting and date is the priv
i liege of Mr. Parry.
II in
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
UNHAPPY IS
PORTO RICO
Native Declares the Island
Is Shockingly Mis
governed.
WORSE THAN BY SPAIN
Criminals Protected, It Is Charged, and
Law-Abiding Citizens
Punished
GOV. HUNT UNMINDFUL
OF PEOPLE'S SUFFERINGS
Unscrupulous Politicians Rule the.
Land, Courts Are Corrupted and
Crimes Committed by the Govern
ment Party Go Unpunished—Latest
Election Greatest Crime of the Cen
tury.
ITHACA, N. V., Dec. 27.—Martirf
Traviesco, of San Juan, Porto Rico, a
nephew of the chief justice of Porto
Rico and now a senior in the Cornell
law school, who is one of the brightest 1
students in the law class, has written 1
for the oratorical department of the
university an essay on the American 1
administration of affairs in Porto Rico.
He says that the reports which comej
to this country telling of a wise, just'
and economical administration of af
fairs in Porto Rico are utterly false
and that the island is prostrated be-"
cause of the baneful effects of a policy'
which is more tyrannical than'
Spain ever dared impose. Gov. Hunt,
he declares, lives in a luxurious palace
with no regard for the suffering of the
people, while unscrupulous politicians
rule the land. The courts are corrupt
ed, he says, and crimes committed by.
members of the governmental party go
unpunished. Says Mr. Traviesco:
"Instead of autonomy which had
been ceded to us by Spain, we now;
have a government which gives the.
governor more despotic powers than
any Spanish military governor ever
had and he exercises them to the detri
ment of the people. In order that his
will may be done and that his power
may be absolute, Gov. Hunt supports'
the party of the minority, composed'
of American adventurers and native
renegades, who have no regard for thb
welfare of the country and are readyi
to applaud as long as they enjoy offl-j
cial protection.
"Greatest Political Crime."
"The election of November was the
greatest political crime of the century.
All means were used from fraud to
murder to give the victory to the gov
ernmental party, which won, although
far In the minority. The insular police,
instead of preserving order, was used
by the government to intimidate the
opposing party and to prevent honest
citizens from fulfilling their sacred
duty of voting. It fills my heart with
anger and indignation when I think
of the number of crimes which hay«
been committed to carry such . elec- j
tions, but the murderers will remain!
unpunished because the - ministers in'
the temple of justice are politicians.
"Life for honest people is becom- j
ing impossible in Porto Rico, because
they see that the government protects!
the criminal and punishes the law- j
abiding citizens. The government there)
has tainted the flag with dishonor. I
am sure that if tl»e true facts were
known the honest-hearted Americans
would be filled with indignation. But
only the official reports reach Ameri
can ears and in them Porto Rico is
represented as a happy and prosperous
country."
WHY MR. RUCKSTUHL
GAVE UP HIS PLACE
Chief of Sculpture of St. Louis Exposition
Says He Was Not Treated
Properly.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Frederick W. ■
Ruckstuhl, of New York, who has re
signed as chief of sculpture of the world's
fair at St. Louis, says in a statement that
he has issued that he went to St. Louis
intending to do his work in a way satis
factory to the exposition and to all uthers
concerned.
Afer hs scheme for the decoration of
the exposition had been flatteringly re
ported on by the advisory committee,
Mr. Ruckstuhl declares that attempts ;
were made to humiliate him, to deny him
certain privileges which had bi-en agreed |
upon and to demand certain things he had ■
previously refused to do. This treatment j
he refused to submit to, and demanded I
the right to appeal to the executive com
mittee should any serious differences of j
opinion arise between himself aud Isaac
S. Taylor, the director of works.
Mr. Ruchstubl says he made his de- ;
mands in the hope, though not with the ;
belief, that they would be granted. He |
realized that it would be necessary for j
him either to sever his connection witu j
the exposition company, or be mad^e suf
ficiently free as an agent of the com- >
pany to save his department from mak
ing a fiasco of the sculpture scheme as
worked out between the architects and
himself. This scheme received the strong
approval of the committee of eminent
sculptors appointed to pass 1 upon it.
ST. LOUIS.-Mo., Dec. 27.—Karl Bitter,
who has been appointed chief of the de
partment of sculptor of the exposition,
succeeding Frederick W. Ruckstuhl, has
developed his plans with considerable dls
tlnctiveness. His scheme differs from that
planned by Mr. Ruckstuhl in many par
ticulars. The most'particular suggestion
of Mr. Bitter is that the keynote be fes
tive and less decorative features in the
way of portrait statues shall be kept
Within reasonable limits. Mr. Ruckstuhl 3
scheme contemplated an abundance of
portrait statues.
DOLLY EARLE COULDN'T STAND
TROUBLE AND ASKED FORGIVENESS
Then the Actress Drank Carbolic Acid and
Died.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Dec. 27.-DoUy
Earle, a member of the Merry widows
company, playing at a burlesque house
here, committed suicide tonight in her
dressing room by swallowing carbolic
acid. She left the following note, ad
dressed to J. A. Fallinger, Rochester,
N V •
"Forgive me all; can't stand trouble."
Miss Earle was about thirty years old.
Her home is said to be in Oklahoma.