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.THE WEATHER St. Paul , and Vicinity—Warmer. -^j^. Minnesota—Fair, warmer in ■■' west and south i portions;' Saturday - fair. yy. . VOL..XXVIL—NO. 253 BUTCHERS' STRIKE ft IS DECLARED OFF PRESIDENT DONNELLY AD MITS DEFEAT During the Two-Month Struggle the 53,000 Men Out of Work in Chicago Lost Over $5,000,000 in Wages and '•??*". y-Yyy yr- y^... yy. ■'??- ,*,■■< yy .?-•: "•?:-'?; yy._ yYYyyylrr-yyiiy }'■:.■ :-■•■?.' " -?■ ? the Cost to the Packers Was Only $2,500,000 More Than This—Ma jority of the Unskilled Workmen Will Be Unable to Regain Their Old Places * CHICAGO, Sept. B.—The strike of the'butcher workmen, which has-been on for the las. two months, was. offi cially declared off tonight by President Michael J. Donnelly, of the Amalga mated Meat Cutters, and Butcher Workmen of America. "'ryZ-Z . This • morning Mr. Donnelly . tele **. = -- ... — * —yr*--.yy. graphed the members of the national executive committee asking their con sent to an announcement of the end of the struggle, and . tonight, having re ceived favorable answers from all,, he declared that the strike of the members of his organization would end at mid night. The strike of the members of the affiliated unions at the stock yards, .■who quit work in sympathy with the butchers, will officially be called off tomorrow morning at a meeting of the conference board of the allied trades. This was "decided upon at a meeting of the central body of the allied* trades tonight. Donnelly announced.that the men "were:"^a*_v*-.ated" r and "that? in /order -It) save his union from disruption he would order his men to return to- work tomorrow morning, no matter what course might be taken by other, unions. As the other unions had no grievance of their own, but had gone on strike to aid the butchers, there was nothing left for them but to follow the lead of Mr. Donnelly, and they, too, decided TELLS HOW SHE FLED Princess Louise Says Night ..", Watchman Was Bribed .PARIS, Sept. 9.Princess Louise of Coburg and Lieut. Count Mattasisch Keglevich are staying in the central quarter of Paris, but their exact habi tation is carefully concealed. The princess, however, received a friend of Count Mattasich Keglevich, a journal- ; ist, and told him the story of her es cape" from Bad Elster. - #" ■ The count, she said, contrived to convey messages to her through . a ho tel waiter. When all was arranged the princess left the hotel at 2 o'clock in the morning, and the night watchman, having been bribed, . saw _ nothing. A carriage was waiting for her in which she drove to -Hof, where she -. took a train, for Berlin and there remained concealed for two days? ; !' -The princess said that she took a train at Hildesheinv Prussia, for Co logne, where she took a sleeping car for Paris. y The princess said she * intended to lead a simple retired life, but that she would. not decide the details until she had received her husband's proposals, which would be brought to her Satur day.'? " ? y "y JAPANESE FIRE ON RED CROSS FLAG -, CHIFU, Sept. B.—The Port Arthur Novikrai of Aug. 30 gives some details" of the recent fighting in . front:- of "the; beleaguered; fortress. At 6" a. m. Aug. 27, during > a severe| attack, ?Col.*. Kiri koff ? commanding the Fourteenth . regi ment, ordered a " detachment* to" remove the dead and care for the wounded near an unnamed : fort ?on _.. the • east flank. When within rifle distance- of the Japanese the -Russians hoisted a Red Cross flag. The Japanese?gave inviting signs with ' their '. caps, where-f upon the .Russians?? thinking that all was well, continued forward. However, when the! detachment; had reached .the dead the Japanese opened fire on them, fatally wounding a petty officer. ? The Russian detachment thereupon ' retired. •..-Capt. Shanoff, who commanded the detachment, thinking" that the Jap anese had mistakenly? fired, and seeing further beckoning signals by the Jap anese, ordered the"; detachment J out: a. second' time. The Red Cross flag was again; hoisted, but : the Japanese •- again fired and? wounded one private. The detachment again retired and the at tempt to ? remove the" dead was aban doned. ■ y, . ? ■-.'. .."?-•' Prominent Divine Dead BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 8. — Private messages ' received today from ;Aix ? les ins? France", _ announce i the ';, death of '■ Rev. Dr.? George C. Lorimer, formerly pastor of -Tremont Temple. The cause of . death - was not - indicated, but: it -is known that ? Dr. Lorimer, who two years ago,? took a New pastorate, had been in ; ill health;. for ?;some; time. He was - born •in * Edinburgh, Scotland, in 18*38. ?? 'yyyy yyyyyy- - .?-•_ y THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC DAILY NEWSPAPER OP GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE NORTHWEST yyyy,yy,'77: yyyy y-. ?-?? ■?,??? '?;??? ;• xyiyyyy ; -?•-• ?s??.?:^^^^^ l_T.-i__|:-n'-:; ■.'•• --»-• :-H?.r^;:';-;'^:X-^^ .;"• rT^^^^S^ :T \-r-S_ THE ST. PAUL GLOBE to call off the strike as : far as they were concerned; ; .■ - ;--?'-'•• ?? • ? -When .the-packers were advised to night that ;it ; had been .decided? to end the strike they : announced that they .would give places as far as possible to the skilled men, but it was said at the same ; time that many of them would .be'"" unable ?to secure '"-. their old Vplaces, as ?in many case the * work was; being performed in a satisfactory, manner by men who had been secured since the commencement of the strike. It is ex pected ? that the majority of the un skilled men will Xbe unable vto secure their places? again. It was the ques tion of a wage scale for this class of men that brought about the strike, the packers refusing to sign an . agreement with .any class other than" skilled work men. ? ■??■-' Yyy-7yy7yxyyyji. yC.y ; Approximately > 53,000?. persons* ? have been involved in the struggle, which is estimated to have cost .the. men; about $5,100,000 in wages, as against an esti mated loss of $7,500,000 to .trie packers in loss of business; and in" increased ex penses. The greatest number of men idle in rim-ago [during the strike was 26,500, and 7the total in the country outside 'of this city, is .estimated to be about'Mhe same. = The cause of the strike; was a 7 demand by the butchers' union that the packers pay to tire-un skilled workmen : 18% 7? cents an . hour.: The ' packers refused , to sign? an agree ment,- but offered to arbitrate the ques tion. _ .'?-'■ 'Y-'y. X -yZ'-Jy ?.- .-.- HIS WEALTH GROWS Astor Comes Home : to Dodge His Daughter's Wedding • • 7-Y-yY *. *. - - ?-."-- • ■' -- -.'--. Special to The Globe ??. NEW YORK, j Sept. B.—William . Wal dorf Astor spent all of today in study ing 7 the ?; wonderful transformation of New York city since he last saw it. He is the largest; single " tax payer in New York. ;? So " greatly has . his" property en hanced in? value in ther five years he has been abroad that he, is : worth . $25,000, --000 more than when last here. ?■'?. • Friends of Mr.? Astor were trying to figure • out", tonight how he could ; remain here ; three :weeks, as he has announced he will, and attend his daughter's wed ding in England on Sept? 29. It is ru mored that he is' bitterly opposed to her coming? marriage with Capt. Hugh Spender Clay," son; of a wealthy brewer, and has come to America to avoid at tending the wedding. Clay has said openly he will marry 'Miss Astor if she ' does not : get a shilling from her father. SIX COACHES GO ■ - ' ":" THROUGH A TRESTLE CHARLOTTE?. N. C, : Sept. -Pas senger ; Train No. 1,; on ;• the [ Seaboard 'Air line, is reported as having gone through a ; trestle at . Catawba River, S. early this morning. ? Six coaches went down.- s :..."..■--,..-.- .v. --.-_'•■* ■■ - --•- -- ,•"■■■-■-.-.,» --. -:_-. :■:--.'--■-.-:■.■ ■-".■" .''-"?- r . -. yy. -."'■ .-- ■' THE NEWS INDEXED 'b;\\zyJy:y^yZrzz:'zzz'l. »i ?*:- ■=-".": PAGE I y ■■-;;';->: ; :;_ Jl Russians and Japs Lose 65,000 Men . Butchers' Strike Ends yXXiyy Democratic Editors Visit Parker i? - Equalization Board After ■_ Consolidated ;' Milling Company :??: ?K>?'.; 'yyyC'Y Zy. "'■:•::: yZ-y PAGE '- l'£k-£&?'l y' ? ■:* Aged Actress Dies Suddenly'^ -- r- O'Donnell to Check Record of Unions State Board of Equalization PAGE 111 Minneapolis Matters y'yX/y PAGE IV Editorial Comment; News of the Railroads ? .311111 PAGE V In the Sporting World? ? ? PAGE VI Of Interest to tWomen i:-'--: ----'?■ v """?--■ PAGE VII ;. •___!. 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Parker today received pledges [of loyal support from the editors of more -than 200 Democratic newspapers, represent ing chiefly. the y Middle ■■ {West 't and the . South?:, The editors 7 came? in ; a ; special train from? New : York: to Hyde ' Park, crossing then in the excursion steamer :St. John's, ." on which .they afterwards had ;' luncheon and returned to 7. New York. The speeches were delivered ;at the j edge of the Rosemount • veranda. ?; '-.-After * the . speeches -an r informal re . ception was - held. r : The ..wea trier was perfect, though warm, until just as the' jjjoat?was"leaving, when the wind shift ed? from a gentle southwest breeze to ■ a northwesterly? gale. The temperature took : a? sudden "drop? and one of-trie" sharpest • thunder storms of trie • season swept'down the > valley. :-:?;-;'??"'' Upon the arrival of the boat the ed itors marched up to : Rosemount, headed by ? the Seventh ; N-w'? r York'; regiment .band, which-played; "Hail to the Chief" as they reached the house. ??■:?'"; I'yZy 7 Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh, N. C, introduced : Charles W. Knapp,' of St. Louis, as spokesman for the editors. Mr. Daniels said: ■?,?????? ??? r- ? ?? "There are 5,100 newspapers, in the United States supporting Judge Par ker and Davis. Commissioned by many of them, by letter or telegram, nearly one-tenth of the whole number have come in person to this Democratic Mecca to convey assurances of earnest and enthusiastic support.. I have the pleasure and distinguished honor of presenting Charles W. Knapp, of the St. Louis Republic, who will voice the sentiments of the entire independent and Democratic press of America." Mr. Knapp Speaks for Editors Mr. Knapp was warmly applauded as he rose, and facing Mr. Parker, said: -?;- Judge? Parker, we *. bring you *;greeting? from the 7 Democratic -? and "7:-.t independent: ; press of : the * United v States. Sharing your, ardent % devotion - to 7 these :; eternal ■-■ princi-: ;ples : of . truth End justice which •; bear the name* Democracy?? we - have* come" to * touch Continued on Seventh Page" prallX Up^^Y^T^ TYPICAL : SCENE IIN MUKDEN OPEN TOMB Grave in South. Africa Is Dls- bed by s Vandals -yy ■■■ -"■ 7. ■■ '-■ :. yJfy. 7 y-:■'■■■'y-yX -1 PRETORIA, Transvaal Colony, Sept. B*4.The. discovery was fcnade today "•"that: :the grave of 'Prince Christian-Victor of' Schleswig-Holstein, ? grandson Jof the late Queen -Victoria? who died of en teric fever in October, 1900, while serv ing with the British^rmy.^ in South ;Africa, : , had ? been disturbed. - The depredators dug until they reached '■ the slab covering the coffin, but, apparent ly - fearing discovery, they decamped without doing any other damage. There is no clew to the ? perpetrators of the• outrage. '?..;'?. y. :.yZ * y-- *? ■Xy Princess Christian is now on : her way to visit her son's ?gra*ye.: She is ex pectfec. to [arrive-; on Sept?' 22. A guard • has been placed around the grave? ■■ Xy ! BELIEVE THAT M£NY - - ■:?:?":': MEN ARE LOST ; -'- •■■ ■ ■■ . ...■■-•-.■■. Norwegian Bark With' 26 Men Aboard ?'; Xy Is Given Up as Lost.*??, yy'y : 7 HALIFAX, N. S., Sept. B.—The Hali fax agents of trie .Norwegian , : bark Ko nig Svere fear that she ir has been lost. She left Durban, - Natal, May 24, and was last . heard:.;.. of »at,"- St. - Helena,: whence ', she - sailed July 2.?-*? The Konig; ;Svere hailed ! ? from ? Sandef '. -1 She had a crew of twenty-six men?" -■■•'••-'".; - ,yy -.-.-: -..^...i..-. m.t.——. ■-y-.yrYurY' RUSSIAN HEBREWS^ ■ j ! ARE ATTACKED AGAIN -•? _ . y—yi —ttl" ? - Serious Disturbances Are Reported in Southwest Part of ; Empire : •???- ST. -. PETERSBURG; Sept. 9.—Per sistent reports are in circulation 'of se rious anti-Jewish disturbances in- sev eral of the" governments of . Southwest ■ Russia, but up to .this hour no particu lars are obtainable. .^"! ?,? «^ - "?• ZZ ?,.-•>> - Idaho Town Burned ~ *- ■■:.-'■■ BOISE, '" ? Idaho, Sept. .? 8. : — Warren, Idaho, ■'; has been ...wiped out ft by fire? Loss, $100,000. ■'•'"?' v ;? 'y y'y.ZZyyl TWO AND TWO &AXE FOUR yy:.yyyyy-yyyy-,3^Yy '\'<gt£y_-.yr m Fact and | ion* -F**_s«*HßS_s<«_fl?*"_,-<».-7j*-» »■•-.*»ir—«K-_: MILLING COMPANY WILE BE SEAMED \-y-y-y~- ■■-'- " ■ ■• ■ --- -— -••*■■.-.- t. ■-. '■:--::■■■: -■■■ J State Board of Equalization to i, 7** Look Into Assessment of the Consolidated ?? -.*."*"?•".'""-*--•"-;.:''-....-■ --'."■?--~";-'.-- -'. .--- :,Y ■ ?' --yyyl. L. Philley and . other members of : -the committee on manufacturers of the state board of equalization will go to Minneapolis today to look into the as sessment of : the Consolidated Milling company.l?^-^' ?'V -. ',':-. .XV. yy. -.. 7 .y.._... y_ It is rumored that . the r total assess-: ment, as = returned by trie? big milling corporation is only • about $1,000,000, ■ while \it is - contended that the . proper-" ties owned by? the company represent an Investment of about $10,000,000. |i The committee will -' investigate the .truth of reports that have come to the state^board of an altogether inadequate assessment lof - .'.''the. Consolidated and will report back rto the board. * _ . The . state; board decided * yesterday to hold no formal sessions of the ; board on Friday and Saturday, but to take an adjournment? to Monday and ? possibly? ;■ to Tuesday," to permit the various com mittees to begin inquiries into the vari ous classes of property 7 assigned to them for recommendations as to equal ization,,*;J >'-s, 1-.:- •■:•?-_;-_-? ■'"' ■' -"•*___ :-fThe manufacturers ...committee be lieves that it is on the scent of a prop • erty that, when its valuation Is equal-, ized, ' will materially !? assist? in making up^l? part of the $7,000,000 ■ shortage •in ' the r personal property . assessment * for ; 1904. .?? It is asserted that? the water power alone owned ;by the :Consolidated company is worth . $250,000,*"arid ? that a' reasonable cash value of the five big mills ? arid'? the elevators owned ;by the corporation is not less »' than f? $10,000, --000, instead of the $1,000,000 returned. An unusual feature of the assess ment is said to be that the company returned its elevators in the class of "credits," instead of "elevators and warehouses," and that this will be probed by the committee. The indi vidual assessment of the Consolidated is not before the state board, as only the abstract of the county assessment is returned to the state auditor. PRICE TWO CENTS JAPS AND RUSSIANS LOSE 65,000 MEN COST OF TEN-DAY FIGHT AT LIAU-YAING Of Kuropatkin's Army 35,000 Go ? Down, While the Losses of the Japanese Are 5,000 Less—Great Battle Is Looked for at Mukden by Tuesday—Bad Roads Interfere Zy Seriously With Operations - -"ZZ ? "What is happening at . the - seat of war is known ? only to those on the ground. There is no immediate news. Kuro patkin reports, in , a telegram - sent Wednesday evening, that he did not lose a single gun in his retreat and that Kuroki is on his east flank and Oku on his left, and St. Petersburg offi cials surmise that a big battle may be fought if the Japanese continue to press on to Mukden. The story of bad roads and hampered transport is repeated, and from Mukden, in the last dispatch received, comes the significant intimation that "there is an interesting movement toward Tieling pass," the nature of which is not disclosed. ••'." ???■• . * »•;?-: : GREAT BATTLE BY TUESDAY . y Special Cable to The Globe TOKYO, Sept. B.—The opinion is held, here that a general battle cannot be delayed longer than next Tuesday, unless Gen. ; Kuropatkin can hold the right bank of the Hun river for several days against : the Japanese [ army, thus permitting his ■ main divisions to get north. The Russians will 1 not be able to withdraw over the mountains that lie north of the Hun river, both east and ; west of the railway. ?. Up? to this - time the . Rus ;sian commander has had the advantage of retreating on the valley side of Manchuria, but north of Mukden the mountains run for miles on two sides, and it will be almost impossible :to escape , another-'engagement with the Japanese ;~ divisions which are now on trie-flanks of the Russian army. '■:"Z^^^M LOSSES TOTAL i 65,000 Special Cable to The, Globe .■-.."-.«_--■■, ■ '-.■•/.- ' ,'' Z^--'-yyy.. : y,.^y: TOKYO, Sept. B.—The Japanese compute their casualties for ten days' fighting around Llau-ysng at 30,000. The Russians lost at least 35,000. The official gazette, says 95 of fibers have been ! killed to date. >:? .. .? - ;???--?? -Z DALNY A VAST HOSPITAL Special Cable to The Globe * Z-'■: CHIFU, Sept. B.A large number of wounded Japanese are daily returning to Dalny from the front, and there ;are now, it appears;?! S>ooo* sick or wounded, the town being one vast hospital. "-?-.. -'-'. yrx ?'"? X-.y 'XyZyZZy'y, "ZyyX LAND MINE ? DOES -HORRIBLE WORK CHIFU, Sept. 9. Japanese column numbering : 700 men, while (marching, along vat night on a ro9d "in ; thevalley? be tween Long hill and Division hill, met a frightful disaster through the explosion of an electric" land mine on Sept. 2. The mine .was carefully laid by the Russians three weeks ago. It covered nearly a mile of available marching space. The explosive^ was placed at the : bottom; 'Zy Rocks were placed next and on : top of; these clay was packed so carefully that the ; ground gave the impression ;of not having .been disturbed. The indications of Japanese activity in this vicinity put the Russians on guard. .'•?.-, <-'•??, X"■"'■ ,-'- --'?:?'?"-.'•" -v; . ?? Near midnight the outposts rushed in and reported that the Japanese were approaching. The Russians withheld their fire; for some time. Suddenly, they threw a searchlight up the valley. The Japanese opened with a rifle fire. The Rus sians waited until apparently the who Japanese column was in the danger zone., Then the mine was exploded. =%? SIGHT MOST HORRIBLE The force of the explosion knocked a number of Russians down and the sight of Japanese rifles, water bottles, legs and arms hurling through the lighted space made by a searchlight was.an awful spectacle. Some rocks landed inside the Rus- Continued on Third Page SEEKS REPARATION Miscarriage of Justice Causes Sensation in London ; - LONDON, Sept. . B.Home : Secretary Akers-Douglas has appointed ?■ a com :mission ,to inquire into the circum stances ?. of :? the convictions ''of Adolf : - Beck, -who was convicted in 1896, serv -led one 'sentence of seven years, and was ' again arrested ';and { convicted, but was granted a "free? pardon" . when it developed that it had been conclusively proved that both his convictions were founded on .- mistaken identity. The case ; has \ caused a great ,sensation,' es pecially ?in ; view of ? the?;i:earoused in terest; in ; the Maybrick case, and .the charge against the police of conspira cy in order to secure the -conviction of an . Innocent , man is . freely ? and ~ openly, made. ? ..."'^V?-?' ???■•? ' yi ?~ -; ':-. .? The government : has offered . Beck -as compensation the sum of $10,000, which he used on ; the ground 'i that ■'■ it was not sufficient. He demanded .a ■ full in?' quiry, which ?is backed up the J public and press. The case is expected )to de velop ;a : further sensation reflecting se- I riously Jon g* the? X police conduct of tho. case. In both instances Beck was : charged w'.th obtaining money : arid jewelry from women under false -'. pre tenses, and his convictions se cured on the evidence of "women who: identified' m. -7.1 Recently, however, a man giving the name of John Smith was far rest ed on the same charge and confessed that .. he was the man who . was convicted nf? 1877 on the same ; charge. When Beck was convicted _ in'; 1896 sit was stated by the police that! Beck was the man Smith who was convicted in 1877.; yZZ -Z - ' -'--''■- READ THE GLOBE THE ONLY LIVE NEWSPAPER : w IN ST. PAUL • EXECUTIONER DIES Deibler Directed z Paris Guilio- tine Twenty Yea rsT PARIS, - Sept. B.—Louis . Deibler/who y , directed, the, guillotine of Paris twenty years, died at Autueil today at the age ' of /eighty-brie.":'":He came from " a fami-.' ly of executioners, succeeding his fa ther, ;; : who X. was ? chief executioner, and then surrendering the office to ; his son Anantole 5 Deibler, who is the present executioner. Of ':"', recent years Louis Deibler had been bedridden with rheu matism and old age. •?;??? V He began his 'career as an execution-: '■ er >in Algiers. Later he became chief executioner in i the - provinces and " final ly, in 1879, chief executioner of Paris. Diebler had : rib/expression of fierceness.! He appeared ;to be, a" : simple man of the middle classes. He \ took v pride ?in . his' work and X he X. had f expressed i the;. hope that the;, government 7 would reward his faithfulness by bestowing /on him a decoration. Deibler, who was | retired and ? pensioned ;?■'* six r. years ago, > lived: quietly?' in considerable " comfort with his son and I successor.'?.;•? - ?; ??: Louis Deibler, or, .. as f? he r-* was gen erally ? termed, de Paris," when he? retired jin December, 1898, in favor of' his! son, gave as his reason J for so do ing that he was getting too '. old, that his hand % trembled when *he was called to execute a criminal and that his long and extensive services gave him the right to rest. During thirty-nine years of service ; Deibler guillotined 327 . crim inals ; and <he boasted that ;he never had ' a mishap. It was said of I Deibler. that • he exercised a strange, almost super natural power over his intended vic tim, and it rarely happened that he ■ met with any resistance.