ANARCHY SUPREME!
Violence Rampant Upon Streets
'of Chicago.
TRACTION LINES MAY SUSPEND '
Coal Teamsters Join Strike, Causing
Fuel Famine, and Food Supply
May Be Cut Off.
Chicago, April 29. Violence is ram
pant upon the streets of Chicago.
Surging through the streets-and alleys,
springing from unsuspected places,
armed with stones, clubs and revolvers
- and the deadly blacsjack, are hordes of
picketa and "sympathizers," cursing,
. jeering, hailing every opportunity to
fall upon a nonunion man and grind
him to the pavement. The heart of the
business district witnessed terrible
- struggles all of the day. Guests at the
Palmei house were regaled with a fierce ,
riot at their door, and at all points the I
angry conflicts went forward the first
-- skirmishes of the , teamsters' strike,
which is destined to be the worst labor
- struggle in Chicago's history. There
are now 3,256 teams idle through the
strike.
Chicago now faces a new peril that
of having to walk. Q wing to the strike
- of all coal teamsters, the traction com
. panies are unable to secure coal to
operate power plants. At the utmost,
there is but three days' supply of coal,
. and then the cars must stop. In addi
tion, the strike leaders are bending
every effort to spread the strike to all
the smaller concerns. This, if success
ful, will shut off the food supplies of
the residents.
Early today the Federal government
- stepped into the strike' and issued in
junctions against the strikers interfer
ing' with traffic. At about the same
time many soldiers began to appear on
the streets without arms. Orders have
been issued by commanders of regi
ments of state troops to their men to
hold themselves ready for immediate
call.
The great aim of the strike leaders
sow is to embroil the railroad unions,
in. which event other cities will begin
to feel the strike. "Wait until next
Tuesday," is the ominous warning of
the labor leaders. "So far there has
been child's play. Next Tuesday there
"will be business." No one appears to
know what this means, although there
is fear that some tremendous sensation
will be sprung.
ONLY ASK EQUAL RATES.
To,wnsend Replies to Spencer Rela
tive to Railroad Rebates.
Detroit, Mich., April 29. Congress
man Charles E. Townsend, of Jackson,
Mich., author of the Townsend-Esch
railroad bill, spoke last night before a
meeting of the Michigan Manufactur
ers' association. Mr. Townsend took
tip the speech delivered by President
Spencer, of the Southern railroad, at
Pittsburg April 7. .
"We do not ask wholesale reduction
of rates," said Mr. Townsend. "We
want the commission to have power to
decide what is a just rate when the
rates have been challenged. Secret re
bates mean the loss of millions by the
railroads, 'but the railroads are most
arrant cowards. Traffic men do not
know the cost of the transportation of
a given article a given distance, and
admit they cannot find out. How
then, do they fix the rates by putting
on all the trathc will stand. -'
"We are asking nothing more than
as President Roosevelt expessed it in
his message, to 'Keep the highways
open to all on equal terms.
"Jf resident Bpener says He agrees
with the president's sentiment, and
yet he attacks the bill which seeks to
bring this about. The same arguments
are how used against the original in
terstate commerce bill, and yet Mr
Spencer says the original law is a good
one and adequate to deal with all
abuses which may arise."
I'
Benson Going to Panama.
Houston, Tex., April 29. E
S
Benson, formerly of the Oregon Short
Line, now auditor for the Harriman
lines In Texas, with 'headquarters here,
- has been tendered the position of and
itpr of the Panama railroad by T. P,
Shonts, and has accepted the place
He has sent in his resignation and C
D. Seger, general auditor, is here from
San Francisco. It may terminate in
Mr. Seger's removing his headquarters
to Houston and abolishing the auditor-
hip for the Atlantic system.
Fire Devouring Coal Mine,
Trinidad Colo., April 29. Fire,
, the origin' of which is unknown, broke
out in the Colorado Fuel and Iron com
pany's mine at Picton shortly before
"noon today. A number of miners nar
rowly escaped death, several being
, overcome by smoke. The fire is still
"burning fiercely. General Superin
tendent T. Kebler . left Trinidad this
afternoon for Picton. The mine em
ploys 250 men and the output of coal is
00 tons daily. '
Canal Laborers Strike.
Panama, April 29. All the contract
-Jamaicans working at the aqueduct
-struck today, alleging insufficient food
sslthe cause. Six policemen who were
summoned by Engineer Bamtt to com
pel the men to work were badly beaten
and Barritt was stoned. Armed police
men restored order and , prevented
iot. .
WILL CUT THE HUNT SHORT
President Decides to 'Return and At
v tend to Urgent Business. ,
Glen wood Springs, Colo., April 28
President Roosevelt will break camp
on May 8, a week earlier than he in
tended and will start for Washington
at once. The only stops he will make
are at Denver and Chicago, where dates
Mid to
meet the new arrangement
Secretary Loeb came from the camp
early today, where he conferred with
the president all of yesterday. He an
nounced upon reaching here that affairs
in Washington made it necessary that
the president curtail his trip.
That there is nothing alarming in the
situation is manifested from the fact
that the hunt will be' continued ten
da8 more, in spite of the condition of
affairs which resulted in the altered
plans. The Veneuzelan situation, it is
believed here, resulted in the order to
start home on May 8.
The party will leave
Glen wood I
Rnrino-s at about 4 o'clock on Mav 8. 1
reaching Denver the same -evening.
After the banquet there the party will
spend the night on the train, which
will leave Denver over the Union Paci-
fic at about 7 a. m. on May 9.
There is much speculation here as to
the president's reasons for advancing
the time of his departure from Colo
rado. Mr. Loeb announces that there
is no pressing business that requires
the presdent's attentiion," but there are
number of things coming up about
the middle of the month in which he is
greatly interested. What these are the
secretary would not say. It was said
also that there is nothing in the Vene
zuelan or Dominican situations that
cannot be attended toby Secretary Taft.
HER GUNS ARE A FAILURE.
British Navy in Very Poor Condition
for Battle.
London, April 28 The Daily Graph
ic this morning commences a series of
articles calling in question the dura
tion of the armament of a modern Brit
ish fleet in a manner which, if the facts
should be substantiated, is calculated
to' cause a great sensation. The writer
alleges that 15 warships unfit for ac
tion have been discovered, as the 35-
calibre 12-inch guns constituting the
main armament of three vessels are in
capable of firing full charges. The
latest Woolwich pattern 50-caubre six
inch gun haB also failed under experi
ment, and the question naturally arises
as to the endurance of the armament
of the whole modern fleet. The article
states ' facts unfortunately beyond dis
pute, and points out that the present
"is the time for action and not for
blame.
The facte came to light through de
velopments of weakness in new long
guns under experiment and the simul
taneous failure of the 12-inch guns in
the Majestic class of battleships and
through the bursting of shells in seven
out of 16 British made guns on board
of Japanese battleships.
The writer- points out further that
Great Britain is the only power that
has adopted the manufacture of the
wire guns.
FLOODS EAST OF ROCKIES.
Warm Weather Causes High Water
but Improves Range. .
Denver, April 28. The warm weath
er of the past two days has melted the
snow in the mountains, and all rivers
on the eastern slope of the Rockies are
very high. Some damage is resulting
in places not heretofore reported, and
conditions in Southern Colorado are
still threatening.
Prominent sheepmen from Northern
New Mexico, who arrived at Albu
querque today, Fay tnat reports of
losses to sheepmen as a consequence of
the recent storm are greatly exaggei-
ated. Some lambs perished, they say.
but on the whole sheep in the section
referred to were never in better condi
tion. The benefit to the range brought
by the moisture will greatly exceed any
losses in livestock, they declare.
In Colorado, reports indicate that
the damage to the livestock industry
was considerable.
Jews Fear Massacre.
Warsaw, April 28. A Jewish organ
called the Hund has issued a manifesto
urging - members not to participate in
demonstrations on May 1 for fear they
will lead to anti-Semitic disturbances.
The appreshension - of the Hund is be
lieved to be not unfounded, for the
bomb-throwing and other violent acts
by Socialists, of which organization
the majority are Jews, ' have enraged
the Poles, who declare that such crimes
are abhorrent to the Polish nation.
The Warsaw garrison has been aug
mented by four regiments of infantry.
Opposed to Grabbing.
Marseilles, April 28. A mail steam
er, which arrived here from the Far
East brought a copy of the Echo de
Chine,' which says upon Chinese au
thority that the American minister at
Pekin recently informed the Chinese
foreign office of his opposition to any
further foreign occupation of territory
within the three northern provinces of
China and that he would invite all the
ministers at Pekin to strongly support
China to this end.
Successor to Father Gopon.
Bt. Petersburg, April 28. Father
Gopon has a successor in the person of
a priest named Nicholas, who has been
making a great stir among the work
men, addressing them nightly in var
ious parts of the industrial . districts.
The influence of his personality is con
sidered so dangerous that further meet
ings have been, prohibited.
CHINA HOLDING OUT
Breaks Off Negotiations Regard
ing Exclusion. 5
ASKS FOR MORE LIBERAL TERMS
Objects to the Restrictions Placed on
Merchants, Travelers and Stu
dents Now Admitted.
Washington, April 27. Negotia
tions between the' United States and
China for a treaty restricting the im
migration of Chinese to this country
have practically been abandoned. It
has been found impossible by the rep-
resentatives of the two governments to
reach a common ground of agreement,
The whole subject, therefore, is being
held in abeyance until W. W. Rock-
hill, the recenty appointed minister of
the United States to China, shall ar
rive in Pekin. It is expected tnat ne
will take up the matter directly with
up
the Chinese government.
When Wu Ting Fang was minister of
China to this capital, he. made an .ex
haustive study of the Chinese immigra
tion question, ascertaining very pre
cisely, among other things, the Ameri
can point of view. He maintained con
sistently the injustice of the restric
tions thrown by this government
around the immigration of Chinese, but
was unable to accomplish anything in
the way of lowering the barriers dur
ing his sojourn here. In China he is
now in a position to make it difficult,
if not absolutely impossible, to nego
tiate a treaty unless the convention
shall have incorporated in it certain
provisions for which the Chinese gov
ernment contends.
China is anxious to obtain in the
proposed treaty liberal . definitions of
the terms "merchants," "travelers,"
and "students," in order to relieve
such classes ot embarrassment on their
arrival in the United States.
DEAL WITH LOOMIS.
Assistant Secretary of State's Con
nection with Proposed Loan.
Columbus, O., April 27. President
C. F. Mayer, of the First National bank
of Columbus, this afternoon told the
story of the . Venezuelan loan features
of the charge against Assistant Secre
tary of State Loomis. Mr. Mayer is
nresident of a syndicate which has for
some time been negotiating with Vene-
nla W flr.at.ini th a5.onn .000 loan,
that French. German, English and
other loans might be taken up.
Mr. Mayer says negotiations were
made with Mr. Loomis, when minister
to Venezuela, to act as the representa
tive of this syndicate, but he said Mr.
Loomis intended to resign as minister
to Venezuela on accepting employment
with the syndicatle. The syndicate
was to receive a profit of $7,000,000
net for floating the loan and was to
have the receipts of the Venezuelan
ports - as security for its commission.
SEND-OFF FOR EMIGRANTS.
nglishmen Sail for America with the
Salvation Flagat the Masthead.
Liverpool, April 27. English emi
grants to the number of 1,045 sailed
for Canada this evening on board the
Dominion line steamer Vancouver;
with the Salvation Army flag at the
masthead. The emigrants were gath-e-
ed by Salvation. Army officers and
many are workmen. All are paying
their own passage, and man - are sup
plied with sufficient cash to make a
start in the new world.
Prior to the sailing, the Lord Mayor
of Liverpool, Rider Haggard, who has
just arrived from America, Commander
Booth Tucker i and - Mrs. Bramwell
Booth addressed the emigrants from
the bridge. The lord mayor regretted
that England was sending her " best
brawn and " muscle to work in a new
country, and at the same time opening
the doors for less desirable emigrants.
German Engineer is Named.
Washington, April 27. The German
government has designated Mr. Lincan
za as the German member of the board
of consulting engineers for the Isth
mian canal. Mr. Lmcanza is said to
be connected with the German minis
try of public works, and is one of the
leading civil engineers of Germany.
The compensation of these consulting
engineers has not yet been fixed, but it
ls-Secretary Taft's purpose to make it
very liberal, in. view of the high grade
of expert talent required. It is pro-
pumai w increase Liie intsinuerguip.
Russians Cut Cable.
Hong Kong, April 27. it is an
nounced here that the cable to Hainan
is cut and it is suspected that it is the
work of either Rojestvensky's fleet or
of some secret Russian agency. This
announcement has greatly incensed the
British residents of Hong Kong, who
openly declare that, if continued
breaches of neutrality are to be per
mitted on the part of the Russian Bal
tic fleet, the time has come for Great
Britain to interfere.
,A Bargain-Hunters' Day.
New York," April 27. The personal
property which once graced the Euclid
avenue home of Mrs. Cassie L. Chad-
wick, at Cleveland, was offered at' auc
tion today, and the first day s results
were bottom figures. Today's total
prices were $1,344, which included
many valuable effects.
EARLY TRIAL FOR MITCHELL.
Judge Bellinger Renders Decision in
Favor of the Government.
, Portlannd, April 26. Senator Mitch
ell will be tried upon the indictments
returned gainst him by the Federal
grand jury for complicity in the Oregon
land frauds, and that at the earliest
opportunity. The attempt of Judge
attorney, to check the
course of the trials or to quash the in
dictments returned by the jury through
the plea in abatement argued a week
ago, was futile, and yesterday morning
Judge Bellinger, by his decision, gave
a sweeping victory to the cause of the
government when he sustained every
objection entered by District Attorney
Ileney to the plea.
At every point, as the court took
them up one at a time, the cause of the
government was upheld and the pleas
of the defense overruled. Only in one
case was there a partial victory for the
defense, and even there the concession,
granted both by the court and the dis-
trict attorney, waa nullified by the
action of the defense in insisting for
trial by jury instead of trial before the
court alone. - This was in regard to the
contention that George Guistin was not
a naturalized citizen of the United
States. Judge Bellinger ruled that, as
this allegation, if true, would disqual
ify Guistin as a juror, it would be per
mitted that the facts be tried before the
court by the filing of affidavits and
counter affidavits by the government
and the defense. Judge Bennett re
fused to try the issue without a jury,
thus throwing all the points in the de
cision onto the side of the United
States.
RUSSIANS SEIZE HAINAN ISLE.
Chinese Excited Over Report British
Navy on the Alert.
Hongkong, April 26. -Great excite
ment prevails in Chinese circles over
the report that the Baltic fleet has
seized the island of Hainan. . The
viceroy of Kwantung has despatched
officials to investigate the matter.
British naval authorities here are
extremely reticent about theii. inten
tions, but elaborate naval preparations
are being made for . eventualities
Swift cruisers are scouting. The holi
days of the crews of the men-of-war
have been stopped. The shipping here
is thrown into confusion, as most ves
sels are afraid to sail while the Rus
sians are still on the seas.
Suspecting that the British steamer
Beachly carried contraband for the
.Russians, the crew, which was chiefly
shipped at this port, refused to proceed
in tne vessel, altnougb ottered a
month's pay as a bonus. The Beachly,
although without clearance, attempted
to get out of the harbor Monday night
during a fog, but was prevented. The
British authorities here are exercising
the utmost vigilance to maintain strict
neutrality. ,
STRIKE AN UTTER FAILURE.
Chicago Teamsters Abandon Struggle
and Apply for Work.
Chicago, April 25. The great strike
against Montgomery Ward & Co. col
lapsed in dismal fashion tonight, when
the teamsters withdrew their syuapa-
hetic movement and instructed their
men to seek reinstatement as rapidly as
possible.
The strike originated last October
with the garment workers. They made
no progress, and after many consulta
tions, the Teamsters' union, the most
powerful, labor body in the city, agreed
to call a sympathetic strike. This had
been in progress two , weeks a fort
night marked by unusual brutality and
violence. Men and horses have been
burned with atid, non-union men hor
ribly beaten and mutilated, there being
a regular scale of prices for maiming
and disabling non-unionists.." - Strang
ers in the city have been beaten by
mobs and thugs have flourished unmo
lested. Today the garment workers in
timated they would call off their strike,
leaving the teamsters to continue the
fight. It was a hopeless cause 'from
the start, and its flat failure will be a
hard blow to labor unions.
Big Fire Among Factories.
New York, April 26. Five alarms
were sent in for a fire on the East Side
tonight, calling out fire apparatus from
the Battery to Twenty-fifth street. The
buildings destroyed were, occupied by
ftfrniture dealers and manufacturers of
cotton underwear, while the ground
floor was ocupied by the Van Norden
Trust company, a Hebrew loan society
and the Hebrew Charity association
The flames burst through the roof
hundred feet into the air and made
moBt spectacular nre, but tney were
soon quenched. The loss is $200,000
Working Under Old Plans.
Chicago, April 26. John F. Wallace,
chief engineer of the Panama canal, has
arrived in Chicago to visit his home for
a week or ten days. The work , of
building the canal, he says, is going
forward under definite plans, and with
satisfactory progress. All the work is
being done in acordance with the plan
recommended by the first Isthmian
canal commission, which was headed
by Admiral Walker, and upon -which
the Spooner act was based.
-Electric Engine Flies."
Schenectady, N. Y., April 26. The
electric locomotive recently built for
the New York Central service -between
Croton and New York broke all its pre
vious records today by attaining a speed
of 83 miles an hour, hauling a heavy
train. -
MEMORIAL TO QUEEN VICTORIA.
A magnificent memorial and a gem of architectural beauty Is to be
erected in Oalcutto, India, in honor of the late Queen Victoria. The build-'
ing is to be of white marble and the height from the pavement to the top
of the great central dome will be 220 feet. The plans for the magnificent
monument to the first English empress of the great Oriental land were drawn
by a London architect and have the approval of King Edward. v
A Little Lesson
In Patriotism
"Let our object be our country, our
whole country, and nothing but our
country." Daniel Webster.
Probably no President was ever as
unpopular in his own time as was Mar
tin Van Buren. One of the worst finan
cial panics that
ever came to the
country happened
during his adminis
tration. Van Buren
reaped .the whirl
wind where the
financiers of Jaek
s o n ' 8 administra
tion hqd sown, the
wind of specula
tion. The President
became the target
for all kinds ofpo-
taw buben. litical accusations.
Naturally he was blamed for every
thing that occurred in public life that
was detrimental to the country at
large. The good that he did was for
gotten or unpublished. In consequence
his term of office is one distinguished
by discord and dissatisfaction.
He boldly took the unpopular side of
several Important questions, because
be believed them to be the right side,
without fear and without favor.
Against the pressure of wealth, against
the Influence of his closest friends, he
determinedly held out for an elective
judiciary, negro suffrage and the sub-
treasury system. Some of the reforms
long ago became an integral part of
the government Others have not yet
come to pass, although there have
been indications that public opinion
seemed to veer in their direction.
When the time comes that all this
is remembered and associated with his
name, Martin Van Buren will be ap
preciated as'agreat President
THE SLOCUM DISASTER.
Monument to Be - Erected Over Grave
' of Unidentified Bead.
Under the direction of the Organiza
tion of the General Slocuni Survivors
popular subscriptions are now being
received for a granite monument;
which la to mark the one grave id
which sixty-one unidentified victims of
the Slocum disaster were burled In the
Lutheran cemetery at Middle Village,
BLOCUM DISASTER MKMORIAL.
Long Island. The contract for the
monument which is to cost $10,000,
has been placed, and It is expected
the monument will be in place in time
for the unveiling on June 15, the first
anniversary of the disaster.
Though marking the burial place of
the unidentified dead, the monument is
intended to stand as a general me
morial of the disaster. It will be of
granite,' bearing on one1 side a bronze
plate with the burning steamer in bas
relief. Four life-size female figures
will ornament the monument One on
'the right of the central shaft, will rep
resent Memory, that on the left Grief,
while the other two figures at the top
of the shaft are to represent Faith and
Hope. Mounted on a base eight and
one-half feet square, the monument
will rise to a height of twenty feet
The catastrophe wnicn tne monu
ment Is designed to commemorate was
one of the most awful in recent Amer
ican history. ' About l6 a. m. on June
15, 1904, the steamer General Slocum.
crowded with men, women and cfall
dren, on their way to Locust Grove,
Long Island, where the annual picnic
of the Sunday school of St Mark'
Lutheran Church, Manhattan, was to
be held, caught fire In midstream
when near North Brother Island, and
before she could be beached had been
reduced to a total wreck and hundreds
of lives were lost through burning and
drowning.
The official police report on the
catastrophe showed the total number
of persons who perished was 1,031; the
dead recovered, 938; the missing, 93;
the Injured, 179, and the uninjured,
236.
THE KAISER AS PILOT.
nperor William in His Favorite Bole
mm Steersman of the Empire.
Clad In oilskins and steering the
German ship of state through tem
pestuous seas, Kaiser Wilhelm figures
in a new picture entitled "Our Pilot"
which has become the most popular
likeness of the Emperor obtainable In
the Fatherland. The picture Is the
work of the Munich painter, Nathan
ael Schmitt, to whom the Kaiser gave
series of sittings for the special pur
pose of idealizing him in his favorite
role that of the real guider of the
THB KAISEB AS "PCOT.
destinies of the German people
through the troublous problems of
world politics that beset this strenu
ous and mighty nation. The Kaiser
is shown at the wheel of a ship called
Deutsches Reich German Empire
which is depicted as riding serenely
through a gale, while the red-white-black
flag of Germany flapping defi
antly at the stern. The Emperor has
realistically firm grip on the steer
ing apparatus, and the artist has Im
parted to his strong, stern counte
nance the look of determination and
fearlessness that characterizes the
most intrepid sea dogs. The original
painting, from which millions of
copies of all kinds and sizes have since
been struck off for popular sale, is In
a Munich gallery.
No Official Recognition.
The prosecuting attorney's office Is a
very busy place, but it is not nearly
such a hive Industry as it would be If
all the grievances brought to Mr.
Mackintosh were allowed to ripen into
law suits.
"Is this the prosecuting attorney?"
It was a high feminine voice late yes
terday afternoon. "It is? Well, I
waited to see you about a garment."
"What kind of a garment?"
"Oh er er, ladies' garment"
"What's the matter with it?" ,
"Why, It doesn't fit It's two whole
sizes too' large. My, I should look like
a fright"
"Is there any way I lean help you?"
"Why, yes. ' The man wouldn't take
it back. -I knew yon could fix it" This
confidence touched Mr. Mackintosh,
and drew forth this well considered ad
vice: "Well, you - see, we haven't any
dressmaker here. Better see a dress
maker." Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
A Roonting Plaoe.
A witty but not altogether respectful
native of the British Isles described an
American mugwump as- the sort of
man who in England would sit on the
hyphen between Campbell-Bannerman.
It is Interesting to learn from ' the
Schoolmaster that a juvenile British,
mind has all unconsciously' evolved a
similar use for the hyphen.
A HrtH- time sffn teArhi wn a t1.
lng a lesson on the function of . the
hyphen. Having written a number of
examples on the blackboard,, the first
of which was "bird-cage," he asked the
boys to give a reason for putting the
hyphen between "bird" and, "cage." -There
was a short silence. Then at
boy who is unjustly reckoned amone
the dunces saJ&v
"It is, for
tI to perch on, sir.
: It Is the little cur that Is always
trying to get even with the big dog.