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SPECIAL AGENTS
ARE AGITATED
Secretary Shaw Gives Them a
Terrible Shaking Up for
Reasons of His Own.
Globe Special Washington Service,
1417 G Street.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov. 21. —
The special agents of the treasury de
partment, who are the official detect
ives and censors of the customs serv
ice, have been reduced to a state of
panic by recent acts of Secretary
Shaw. The shaking up of the special
agents' division was begun several
months ago, and an incident of this
reorganization was the transfer of
Walter S. Chance from the position of
supervising special agent in Washing
ton to that of speciw agent in the
Northwest, with headquarters at St.
Paul. Mr. Chance had asked for a
transfer on account of the state of his
wife's health, but the fact is, also, that
Secretary Shaw wished to appoint an
other man to the position of supervis
ing officer of the division.
Within the last week Converse J.
Smith, special agent on duty at Bos
ton, was ordered to be transferred to
Galveston under circumstances which
placed Mr. Smith in an embarrassing
position. There were hints of charges
against him, and, rather than suffer
humiliation, he resigned from the
service and his resignation was ac
cepted by telegraph. Mr. Smith is well
known as a special agent and was con
sidered one of the ablest members of
the corps. He was prominently men
tioned as a candidate for assistant sec
retary of the treasury at the time
Robert B. Armstrong was appointed.
The New Hampshire delegation in con
gress is mad because Mr. Smith was
virtually forced out of the service, but
Secretary Shaw refused to heed their
protests.
It is regarded as significant that the
secretary will soon appoint an lowa
man, who has been a special agent only
a. short time, as special agent at Bos
ton to succeed Smith. It has caused
no surprise in view of the fact that
the secretary has made many appoint
ments from his own state of lowa, ana"
that many of the national banks desig
nated as federal depositories in the
last few months are located in that
state.
Mr. Shaw declares that the special
agents' service is one of the most cor
rupt branches of the service. It is true
that many cases of corrupt agents
have appeared in connection with the
smuggling of Chinese across the
Southwestern border, and in other de
partments of the service. These offi
cers have been weeded out as rapidly
as possible. It is obvious, however,
that the secretary has dismissed sev
eral special agents during the last few
months against whom no serious suspi
cion had been directed. In the case of
the enforced resignation of Special
Agent Lynek, of the Puget sound dis
trict, it was said that Mr. Lynck had
'become a part of the customs ma
chinery of the district rather than a
critic and censor of it." The plea was
made that Mr. Lynck might be trans
ferred to another post, but this was
not done.
In the case of Supervising Special
Agent Chance, who fa now at St. Paul,
there were*never any.charges of any
kind, and could be nole. Mr. Chance
was highly esteemed f-py Secretary
Gage as one of the mtet efficient of
ficers of the treasury depgirtment. Sec
retary Shaw never made any criticism
of Mr. Chance, but Ire wished to ap
point another man to the position. ' It
happentd that Mr. Chance had some
time before asked to Tie transferred.
There is a feeling of great uncer
tainty, amounting almost to demorali
zation, among the members of the spe
cial agents' dvision, for other changes
in the corps are promised for the near
future. —Walter E. Clark.
Extra Session.
SALEM. Or., Nov. 21.—Gov. Chamber
lain today called the legislature of Oregon
to meet in extra session on Dec. 21, for
the purpose of enacting laws to provide
for levy of taxes on assessment rolls for
1903.
A MAN CAN'T WORK
When He Is Suffering With Piles.
He Can't Eat, Can't Sleep, Can't Get
Comfort Any Way but One —Pyra-..
mid Pile Cure Will Cure Him,
Give Relief at Onee —Never
Known to Fail.
Just a little pain may so distract a
m;in 7s mind that it will cost him hundreds
of dollars. Life is a battle. To succeed
one needs all his energies and all his brain
force to apply to the question at hand.
Even a corn will make him irritable, cross,
angry—and .in angry man seldom suc
ceeds. The' trifling pain of a.\ corn is a
pleasant feeling beside the agonizing ache
of piles. That is a pain which seems to
pervade the whole body. It communicates
itself to all the parts near the seat of the
trouble and brings on a heavy, dragging
feeling in the perineum. Those who have
never so suffered do not know what it
means. It racks the nerves, prevents sleep,
prevents concentrated thought and makes
a man lose flesh as fast as he would with
a virulent fever.
And jet piles are looked upon as a little
t&ing. They are neglected—allowed to run
on from month to month and year to year.
By and by comes a dangerous surgical
operation. Maybe it cures—maybe it kills.
There is only one sure, safe and quick
cure for piles. It is the Pyramid Pile Cure.
It is a recent discovery and its properties
are such that it cleanses, soothes and
heals the inflamed parts, reduces the in
flammation at once, and with continued
treatment removes all swelling and all
trare of the disease. It puts the mem
branes in a healthy, active condition and
cures completely and permanently.
From Samuel Victor, Detroit, Mich.: "I
had not written you sooner because the
first box of the Pyramid Pile Cure I used
helped me so much, and I wanted to wait
until I was completely cured, and so it
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the terrible disease from which I have
suffered six months; and now I am using
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From B. H. Palmer, Windsor, Calif.: "I
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From Thos. A. Nixon, 854 N. Bambrey
St.. Philadelphia: "It is now time I should
let you know that I am cured of bleeding
piles. If you only know how I have suffered
from them for the last nine years, in pain.
Last April I went to the drug store and
bought a 50-cent box of Pyramid Pile
Cure, and I found at last a good cure I
had spent dollars trying to get cured of
my piles; all others have failed to cure
me, but now I am happy to have a good
sleep and be able to work also."
Pyramid Pile Cure is sold by druggists
generally. If yours doesn't keep it. he will
get it for you jf you ask him. Book on
catjse and cure of piles sent free. Ad
dresg Pyramid Drug Co., Mars hall, Mich.
BOYS ARE TORTURED
Duiuth Prisoners Said to Have
Have Been Cruelly Treated.
Special to The Globe.
DULUTH, Minn., Nov. 21.—Charle3
of torture inflicted by the deputy
sheriffs at the St. Louis county jail in
the cases of four juvenile prisoners
were preferred today in open court be
fore Judge Cant by Attorney C. O.
Baldwin. He stated that three of the
four boys were confined in the dungeon
of the jail for twenty-two hours and
one for ten hours, and that all during
that time the floor of the cell was
flooded with half an inch of water to
prevent the youths from sitting down.
Jailor Horrigan admits that the boys
were placed in the dungeon and the
water was run into the cell, but he
claims that he was justified in admin
istering the strict discipline as strenu
ous measures had to be taken with the
youthful prisoners in order to preserve
quiet in the jail. The youths who were
subjected to the "water cure" were
Thomas Furrie, Roy McClellan, Fred
Raymer Smith and Fred Holland.
DIE IN THEIR SHANTY
Some Thirty Italian Laborers
Burned to Death.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 21.—While
more than one hundred Italian railroad
laborers were asleep in a shanty near
Lily, Pa., early today, the building
caught fire and at least twenty-seven
men were burned to death and a score
or more were seriously injured. The
men were employed by McMenamin
& Sums, who had the contract for the
Pennsylvania railroad improvements
betweeen Lily and Portage. The
shanty was about 100 feet long and
one story in height. One end was used
for cooking and eating, while the men
slept in closely crowded bunks in the
other end. There was only one door
at each end and the windows were
few and small.
The fire is supposed to have started
from an overheated stove in the east
ern end. The building burned like
tinder and the flames were upon the
men before any of them were aroused.
Then began a struggle for the outside
and for life. They fought and scram
bled for the doors, and the weaker
were crushed down and tramped on.
Others were roasted to death there.
Those who strove for the door were in
the wildest sort of panic. They fought
and kicked, and among those who es
caped there are many who bear marks
of the fierce strife which look place.
A few got out of the small windows,
minus clothes and with their bodies
cut from broken glass.
Many of those managed to get out
had their savings of years in their
trunks, which they left behind them
in the buildings. Remembering this,
as soon as they got outside they fought
just as fiercely to get back. A few
succeeded, but for the sake of their
honored treasure they gave up their
lives. One eye witness says he does
no believe that a single man of those
who returned got out again. In the
ruins today, some of the corpses were
close beside the hooped bands of their
trunks and melted gold and silver
which had been kept in those recep
tacles indicated that they had fallen
and died with their treasure in their
arms. Their bodies were all practi
cally burned to pieces. An Italian who
looked at them today, and who knew
every man in the shanty, was unable
to identify a single one.
PRESIDENT DECIDES
FOR A NEGRO
Will Appoint Him Postmaster Whether
Whites Like It or Not.
Globe Special Washington Service,
1417 G Street.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 21.—De
spite the violent opposition of white
citizens of Florence, S. C, President
Roosevelt has decided to reappoint Rev.
Joshua E. Wilson, a negro, as post
master at that place. Senator Tillman
will probably oppose confirmation by
the senate, and there may be a repeti
tion of the bitter controversy which at
tended the appointment of the negro
Crum as collector of customs at
Charleston. The president insists that.
Wilson has made a good record, and
he proposes to reappoint him, whether
the white inhabitants of Florence like
it or not. —W. E. C.
SENATE WILL VOTE
ON CUBAN BILL DEC. 16
Committee Will Report the Measure
Without Amendment.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. 21.—The
Republican and Democratic leaders of the
senate were in conference today over the
question of fixing a time for a vote on
the Cuban reciprocity bill. and. so far as
they were empowered to do so, agreed to
take the final vote on Dec. 16, or a little
more than a week after the convening of
the regular session of congress.
Very little progress was made in the
effort to secure an agreement between
the senate and house for a final adjourn
ment of the called session before Thanks
giving. The senators are hopeful that an
understanding to that effect will be
reached, but they say that if it is not,
they intend to accomplish the same pur
pose by taking several adjournments for
three days at a time.
The senate committee on foreign rela
tions today authorized a favorable report
on the Cuban bill. The motion favorably
to report the bill was not opposed by
any member of the committee. No effort
was made to amend the bill, and it will
accordingly be reported Monday. The re
port will be made by Senator Cullom, as
chairman of the committee.
Steamer Baldwin Is Wrecked.
MARINETTE, Wis., Nov. 21.—The
steamboat Baldwin, bound from Green
Bay to Buffalo, sank last night off Long
Tail point in Green Bay, ten miles north
of this city. In trying to force her way
through ice packs her bottom was pierced.
The Goodrich liner Georgiel took off the
crew of twelve men and the captain. The
Bal.dwin was loaded with about half a
million feet of lumber. She will probably
be a total loss. The Georgie had a hole
made in her bow by the ice and was
otherwise damaged. The Baldwin's cargo
is worth $^5,000^- and a good part of it
may be lost.
New Work for Gen. Bates.
V.'ASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 21.—Maj.
Gen. Bates, commanding the department
of the lakes, has been ordered by the
war department to proceed to Denver to
investigate the labor troubles, with a
view to ascertaining if there is a neces
sity for the use of federal troops there.
Gen. Bates, who also commanded the de
partment of the Missouri, with head
quarters at Omaha, was relieved of that
command today by Gen. S. S. Sumner.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1903.
COLOMBIANS WILL
PROBABLY WAR
President Marroquin Addresses
an Appeal to the People of
the United States.
BOGOTA, Nov. 21.—A man promi
r.ent in public affairs today said that
the Colombian government would
await the result of the mission to
Washington of Gen. Reyes before de
ciding upon its policy, as regards the
republic of Panama. The general opin
ion here is that there will be war, but
that the government will first do its
utmost to effect a diplomatic arrange
ment.
United States Minister Beaupre and
the ' American colony here are deeply
grateful to the authorities for the con
sideration shown them.
The belief is expressed in govern
ment circles that the United States
senate will not approve of the action
of President Roosevelt regarding af
fairs on the isthmus. All parties here
have offered their aid to the govern
ment, and over 100,000 volunteers have
tendered their services in the event of
hostilities.
President Marroquin has made tf.e
following statement in response to
queries:
"United States Minister Beaupre and
all Americans here are surrounded
with every guai-antee for their safety.
My communications to the United
States senate and to the people of the
United States make manifest the atti
tude of my government on the Panama
Question. The situation In the interior
of the Colombian republic is quiet."
Address American People.
President Marroquin's reference to
his communication to the people of the
United States is explained by the fol
lowing address which he has given out:
"The President of Colombia to the
American People: The Colombian na
tion has just been the victim of unex
pected aggression and is in danger of
losing the best part of its territory. A
military movement, not popular-eenti
ment, was said to have been the origin
of the proclamation of the independ
ence of Panama. The American gov
ernment, which always had been held
by Colombia to be its best friend and
ally, prevented, with marines, loyal
militia from subjugating the traitors
and checking the origin of the insu
bordination.
"The solemen treaty between Colom
bia and the United States binds the
United States not only to respect the
sovereignty and ownership of the Pan
ama isthmus by Colombia, but to help
the latter maintain them. The proceed
ings of the United States marines on
the isthmus and of the American min
ister here are in open violation of that
treaty. The isthmus of Panama, the
most coveted part of the globe, and
the most precious part of our father
land, always has been respected by the
nations as a sacred trust confided by
Colombia to the honor and power of
the American people.
"The traditions of that great nation,
the United States, as a mighty de
fender of rights and bearer of the
standard of civilization before the
world always have been opposed to
the secession of territories and the dis
memberment of nations. Non-recogni
tion of the Confederate states during
the Civil war confirms emphatically
the application of this doctrine de
cisively at critical moments.
Amicable Overture.
"The American people will not per
mit, I am sure, a violation of public
treaties, thus denying their glorious
traditions, in order to obtain by force
what Colombia is ready to cencede
through pacific and equitable ways.
Colombia heartily wishes to strengthen
the ties of friendship and commerce
with the United States and give vig
orous impulse to the common interests
and to the greater power and glory
of her oldest sister republic. But the
proceedings of the Washington gov
erinment interfere, unhappily, with
good feeling in both countries, being
a barrier in the way of a higher en
terprise advantageous not only to them,
but to humanity in general.
"The Colombian people, tranquil in
the strength of right and being sure
of the sentiments of justice and equity
of the American people, appeal to the
national conscience of the United
States, which conscience constitutes a
force superior by far to that of an
army and navy, in order to save the
honor and integrity of our territory.
The stars and stripes, always dear to
and respected by the republicans of
both Americas, never shall be outraged
or blemished in Colombia. No matter
what the procedure of the government
at Washington may be, the persons
and property of citizens of the United
States here remain safe to the tradi
tional honor of the government and
people of Colombia."
MOTHERS JOIN THE
ATTACK ON SMOOT
Call a Meeting and Ask Ministers to
Preach Against Polygamy.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Nov. 21.—The |
National Congress of Mothers held a j
special executive session here today, Mrs.
Frederic Schoff. national president, pre
siding. A call was issued inviting "rep
resentatives of the churches and of every
national and state woman's organiza
tion, who believe the seating of United
States Senator Smoot to be a menace to
home and the nation, to meet in the New
Willard hotel, Washington, on Friday,
Dec. 4, at 2 p. m."
The representatives will wait on Presi
dent Roosevelt in a body. The National
Congress of Mothers asks that "petitions
for the unseating of Senator Smoot be ex
tensively circulated and sent to senators
during the next month." The ministers
of all the ehurcr^ throughout the coun
try are requested to preach a sermon
against polygamy on Sunday, Nov. 29.
\ Bacon Is in the Fire.
WASHINGTON, D. C Nov. 21.—Frank
Bacon, a clerk in the city postoffice. who
signed an affidavit making charges against
several officials in the case of Louis
Kempner. the recently dismissed chief of
the registry division of the postoffice
department, has been removed by order
of the postmaster general. Bacon charged
that Chief Inspector Cochran and other
officials smuggled cigars through the
mails without paying duty. The charge
he made was not sustained.
HARDWARE
Zero Suggestions:
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Galvanized Ash Barrel s—
Thanksgiving Carvers—Razors
and Pocket Knives.
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STARVES IN A CELL
Slim Diet for the Murderer of
His Sister.
GLENS FALLS. N. T., Nov. 21.—Coun
sel today announced that insanity would
be the defense in the trial of William
Silver-man, of Glens Falls, who is held
for the murder of his sister, Rachel
Kugel. The crime was committed on
Feb. 5, and the trial will be begun on
Monday before Justice Spencer. No denial
is made of the crime. In fact, Silverman
has made a statement in which he says:
"I killed my sister. I planned to kill
her and her husband. Then I was going
to kill myself."
Asked why he so planned. Silverman
told a remarkable story. Coming to this
country from Russia, he had married in
the West, and for a time had lived in
Chicago. His wife's family was rich and
opposed the marriage because he was
poor. His father and mother-in-law were
bitter toward him, and soon his wife
turned against him. They quarreled and
she threatened his life. He then ran away
and came East.
Here it was learned that he had desert
ed his wife and children, and his friends,
and relatives turned against him.
"It is the religion of the Jews." said
Silverman, "that a man must support his
wife, no matter what happens."
Even his sister and her mother were
cruel to him, and he decided to kill both.
On the morning of Feb. 5 he found his
sister alone in the house, procuring a flat
iron and ax, set out to murder her. He
walked up behind her and with the point
of the iron struck her on the head. She
fell to the floor without a word. Silverman
then dragged the body to the top of the
crtlar stairs. Then he raised the ax and
struck his sister on the head. He then
pushed the body down the stairs, and
after viewing it for a moment, rushed
to the prostrate and bleeding form and.
raised the ax for another and still an
other blow.
After the commission of the crime Sil
verman ran to the river and jumped in,
but was rescued by two boatmen.
Silverman since his confinement in jail
has subsisted entirely on bread and water.
Tli is is of his own choosing. Only once
each day has he left his cell, and that
once to get his food. From morning till
night he sits in one corner of his cell,
and, with his Jewish Talmud before him,
reads chapter after chapter. His physical
condition shows the effects of his com
parative fast, so that now he resembles
more a skeleton than a human being.
WOMAN FARMER IS
HARDY AT EIGHTY
"Sowing Thought Seeds" and Wearing
Bkomers Her Fad.
VINELAND, N. J., Nov. 21.—"My
mission is sowing thought seeds re
garding the basic laws of life," was the
declaration of Miss Susan Flower,
Vineland's "bloomer" farmer, as she
drove into town today seated on a load
of sweet potatoes. Miss Fowler has
tilled her farm on Chestnut avenue for
over forty years and never would have
"a man around."
She adopted bloomers in early life
because of failing health and a desire
to teach women the way to health and
happiness. In her opinion the world
today thinks too much of dress and too
little of the real life. Although she has
never married she seldom misses an
•opportunity to instruct mothers in the
right way to bring up daughters..
Miss Fowler, who is eighty years old,
has written several books and says she
will "die in the harness," with the hope
that her principles may take root. She
says the sins committed by men and
women "make her shudder." Miss
Fowler is a Yankee by birth, and was
educated in the Eastern states. The
only impediment to her happiness is
that her advancing age will soon make
it necessary to have a man around to
do the farm work.
LOSES CASH AND
OTHER VALUABLES
Hole in Stocking Proves Costly to Eng
lish Widow.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—Thirty-five
thousand dollars' worth of jewels
worked their way out of Mrs. Francis
Sterling's stocking yesterday and were
lost on the streets of this city. With
the jewels went $300 in cash. At her
home on West Thirty-fifth street, Mrs.
Sterling is prostrated and in the care
of two nurses.
A rich English widow, Mrs. Sterling
has long gratified he:- fancy for collect
ing rare and beautiful gems. It has
been her habit to carry the jewels in
a small box and the box in her stock
ing. Yesterday she returned from
Washington. Before leaving her sleep
er in Jersey City she put the box in
its accustomed place. She is sure that
there was no hole in her stocking when
she dressed, but when she got home
there was a big hole in it. She has of
fered a reward of $1,000 for the return
of her property.
Will Cruise to Honolulu.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 21.—The
battleship and cruiser squadron of the
Asiatic station has been ordered to
cruise to Honolulu, a distance of 3,500
miles, in place of the usual winter ma
neuvers in the waters of the Philip
pines.
WEDS FROM PRISON
Lover is True to Woman Con
demned for (Manslaughter.
Special to The Globe.
DES MOINES, lowa, Nov. 21.—8y
promising to marry his sweetheart,
who has been confined in the state
penitentiary at Anamosa four years, E.
H. Thurston, of Chicago, secured her
pardon from Gov. Cummins, and this
evening, as the door of the prison
swung open to Miss Anna Crawford,
he led her to the altar. They left at
once for Chicago, where he Is em
ployed in a railroad office.
The affair dates back to when the
two were lovers In Clinton county.
One night, in 1901, while Thurston was
at her home, a drunken man presented
himself at the door and demanded ad
mittance. There was an altercation, in
which she drew a revolver and shot
him. She was convicted of man
slaughter and sentenced to five years.
Thurston has been loyal and unre
mitting in his efforts to secure her
freedom.
STRIKING AND
DICKERING MIX
I
Chicago Street Railway Difficulty Still
Apparently Far From Adjustment.
CHICAGO, Nov. 21.—The street car
strike has settled down, for the time
being, at least, ±p a bargaining propo
sition. Negotiations have been in prog
ress all day, anfrwill continue through
tomorrow. The^result tonight is that
the company has presented an answer
to the last proposition of the men
which makes some concessions in the
manner of routing cars, but does not
grant anything near what the men have
been- demanding. The last conference
of the day terminated at-ti-o'clock, and
the union officials wen^te tne offices of
Attorney Prentiss, one of their advis
ers, to formulate a reply to the an
swer of the company. This will be
submitted tomorrow and the company
will make another reply. The confer
ence this afternoon was at times some
what heated. Attorney Prentiss said:
"There is no immediate chance of a
settlement. I hope that we can reach
an agreement, but nothing has been
accomplished yet.
The present hitch in the negotiations
is understood to be over the routing of
the cars, the men having waived their
demand for the exclusive employment
of union men and their right to pass
with authority upon the discharge of
employes. On the question of wages
there has never been any trouble, both
sides having been willing to submit
that question to arbitration. A great
mass meeting of union men is to be
held tomorrow at Tattersalls to dis
cuss the strike.
Ever since the first day, when the
tie up of the 220 miles of the track
of the Chicago City Railway company
was practically complete, cars manned
by non-union crews and under police
protection have been operated on one
trunk line, while on others the strike
has been broken until a limited service
between 8 or 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. is be
ing maintained on four of the main
north and south lines traversing the
south side for distances varying from
five to eight miles. No cars have been
run on east and west lines, nor have
attempts been made to run cars on
any line during the night or early
morning.
FINDS $80 WORTH OF
PEARLS IN OYSTER
J. Shiftman Has an Exciting and Pleas
ant Experience.
CHICAGO, Nov. 21.—"Ah!" exclaimed
J. Shiftman, of Oak Park, last night as
he hungrily surveyed an array of blue
points on the half shell set before him
at the Plaza hotel in that suburb, "now
for a good eatfest."
Cautiously working the combination,
Mr. Shiftman* extracted the luscious
mussel from its cover.
"Help! I'm dreaming! What kind
of a shell game is this they're playing
on me?" demanded Shiftman, his eyes
wide open.
Smiling at him from the open-faced
oyster shell were three large pearls.
Mr. Shiftman hastily took a drink of
ice water and looked again.
"Hey, waiter," he shouted. "Am I
in a restaurant or a jewelry stT>re?"
"Dot's nudding," said the waiter, who
attended the vaudeville, "I got a nickel
out of a lobster last night."
Forgetting all about his supper.
Shiftman hastened to an Oak Park
jeweler and flashed his new found
gems. They were pronounced excellent
specimens, and worth about $80. The
discovery has caused a great stew in
Oak Park, and a run is being made on
the oyster supply.
Steamer and Barge Overdue.
DULUTH. Minn.. Nov. 21.—The steamer
Progress, with the barge Iron Cliff in tow.
is five days overdue and serious fears are
entertained that they have been unable
to withstand the heavy seas of Lake
Superior. Both boats were old and heavily
laden with coal. They were last spoken
off Sault Ste. Marie, whence they left
Nov. 11. The Progress and consort are
both owned by James Corrigan, of Cleve
land.
WHEAT ES ORACGING
Cause of Its Slow Movement Is
Pointed Out
Globe Special Washington Service,
1417 G Street.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 21.—
Railroad officials and persons connect
ed with the agricultural department
can recall no recent year in which the
movement of the wheat crop to the
market centers was as slow as it is
this year. As published several days
ago in these dispatches, the receipts
of spring wheat at the four principal
markets, including Minneapolis, have
been much smaller this year than last,
and it is certain that this condition
does not correctly represent the size
of the 1903 wheat crop in the spring
wheat states, such as Minnesota and
the Dakotas.
The slow movement of wheat to the
milling and shipping centers is attrib
uted to the unusually fine weather
which has prevailed in many parts of
the Northwest. The farmers took ad
vantage of the favorable weather, ap
parently, to do their plowing, instead of
taking their wheat to the railroads for
shipment.
Many persons believe that the offi
cials of the agricultural department
are under constant pressure to over
estimate the size of the wheat and
other crops, in order that the Repub
lican claim of phenomenal prosperity,
due to a Republican administration,
may be maintained. The agricultural
department declares that the wheat
crop of this year is only a small per
centage smaller than that of 1902. but
the reports obtained from millers and
exporters in several states tell a dif
ferent story. — Walter E. Clark.
SAMUEL GOMPERS
RETAINS HIS PLACE
Re-elected President of the Labor Federa
tion by an Overwhelming Vote.
BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 21.—Samuel
Gompers, of Washington, was re-elected
president of the American Federation of
Labor today over Ernst Kreft, of Phila
delphia, the Socialist delegate, by a ma
jority greater than that by which a few
days ago was defeated the resolution to
pledge the federation to socialism. Mr.
Gompers' vote was 12,524 and Mr. Kreft's
1,134.
Six vice presidents were all re-elected.
William Spencer was elected a vice presi
dent. John B. Lennon was re-elected
treasurer and Frank Morrison was again
chosen secretary. W. D. Ryan, of the
United Mine Workers, and Dennis D.
Driscoll, president of the Boston Central
Labor union, were elected delegates to
the British Trades council. John H.
Richards, of Newcastle, Pa., of the Amal
gamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers, was unanimously chosen fra
ternal delegate to the Trades and Labor
congress of Canada. It was decided to
hold the next convention in San Francisco.
CUBA WILL NOT
JOIN OUR UNION
HAVANA, Nov. 21.—The joint resolu
tion introduced in the United States sen
ate by Mr. Newlands on Friday inviting
Cuba to become a state of the United
States has occasioned a great deal of
comment here. Many Cubans are amused
by it. while some prominent Spaniards
and other persons of foreign birth favor
the idea.
President Palma said that while there
might have possibly been a time when
the majority of the residents of Cuba
would have favored voluntary action, that
time had passed, the stability of the Cu
ban government having become so well
established that the Cubans have no oth
er desire than to perpetuate and loyally
support it.
Thanksgiving
ICE CREAMS
Ices, Sherbets, Punches, Frozen
Egg Nog, Etc., Etc.
Neapolitan Brick, Nut Cream,, Fruit Creams,
TutAA FruLtJ, Macaroon, Bisque,
Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate, Caramel,
Pineapple, Peach,
And many othsr standard and fancy creams and combinations. No
Thanksgiving dinner complete without* a frozen dessert Thanks
giving is one of ths big ice cream days, so you should get. your order in
as early as possible. AH creams will bs made extra nice.
MILTON DAIRY CO.,
CORNER NINTH AND WABASHA STREETS-
GRAVE AJUEER ONE
Cement-Covered Mound Re
veals Five Human Skeletons.
Special to The Globe.
ABERDEEN, S. D., Nov. 21.—A sin- '
gular mound has been discovered on
the farm of James Hurst, northwest of
this city. While excavating for a base
ment to a barn the workmen uncov
ered a cone-shaped crust of cement
one foot In thickness, almost white in
color and very hard. This cone or
mound was opened and- found to con
tain skeletons of several people of
adult size, one being in a sitting post
ure. The skulls and all other parts
except a few of the larger bones crum
bled so badly on exposure that they
cannot be removed for examination. A
careful search failed to reveal a sin
gle article of pottery or ' anything of
Interest usually found in buriat
mounds.
The mound is most peculiar in its
construction, nothing of the kind hav
ing ever before been discovered. The
bodies were evidently buried in a natu
ral mound about five feet in height,
after which the cement crust or cover
ing was laid. On top of this a reddish
earth was placed to the depth of five
feet. Nowhere in this region is there
any deposits of clay or cement such as
was used, nor of the peculiar reddish
brown earth found covering the cone.
PACIFIC COAST WILL
BE REPRESENTED
San Francisco Editor Will Be Appoint*
ed on Panama Canal Commission.
Globe Special Washington Service,
1417 G Street.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 21.—Tha
president has decided to appoint a man
to represent the Pacific coast on the
Panama canal commission. Now that
the treaty between the United States
and the new republic of Panama has
proceded so far toward conclusion. It
is likely that the new canal commis
sion will be appointed within the next
few weeks, or at least, soon after the
ratification of the convention. The
Pacific coast member will probably bo
M. H. DeYoung, editor and proprietor
of the San Francisco Chronicle. The
senators from Washington state wished
to have ex-Congressman Doolittle, of
that state, appointed on the commis
sion, but the president has said that a
Californian will be named. The Pacific
Northwest, therefore, will not be rep
resented. —W. E. C.
GROSVENOR STANDS
TO LOSE CHAIRMANSHIP
This Construction Is Placed Upon
Speaker Cannon's Words.
Special to The Globe.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 21. —<
Speaker Cannon said to a friend today
when Hanna's speech for the ship sub
sidy bill was mentioned:
"There will be no ship subsidy leg
islation in this congress. Why should
Grosvenor want to retain the chair
manship of the committee on mer
chant marine when there is not going
to be anything doing?"
This is taken to imply that Gros
venor will be displaced in the chair
manship of this committee by Repre
sentative Minor, of Wisconsin.
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