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MONTANA JOINS STATES PROSE
I CUTINQ THE BIO PACKERS.
HAS HXED PRICES TXNXAWTUIXTi
Attorney -General Galen FJlea Com -
plaint in the Name of the !
State at Helena. . .
Five Members of So-Called Trust to Be
'Sanunotted to'Answer to an lifoma-
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iBUTTK, April 18. A : Miner special
from Helena states, that Attorney Gen
eral. Galen today filed a complaint I in
the name'of the state of ' Montana
against the Cudahy Packing Compaay,
Swift & Co., the Hammond Packing
Comnanv of C'hieaco. the TIammmi.l
Packing Company of Pueblo, Colo., and I
tne armour raeaing company. The I
jtvui nc; mi nuuiiiuru mem lO
appear before the district court on
April 2j to answer to an information
charging the packing house comnanlei
wun nniawinuy eomoining Tor tne pur I
!iL i . . i f . . 4 - m I
pone of fixing the
price of certain
articles of commerce.
ViNXTE TO HANDLE BANKRUPT.
Credit Men Say Administration Charges
Bwauow Assets under jpresent
Plan. -
CHICAGO, April 20. Growing out
ot the opposition or the wholesale mer
chants of Chicago to the. present bank
ruptcy law, the organization of a to-
operative adjustment association," hat
iiOTiv cu jib uisk uuuriun at it - uieeuair 1
resolution was adopte.1 directing Pres?
dent McAdow to appoint a committee
to investigate the matter and report at
a later meeting
This adjustment association is to belfpr the. damage, done. However, th
formed nrincinallv for th niirnnM r I
settling insolvent estates. In the lan-1
guage of those wh6 urged the plan the I
lormation oi such an organization wJll I sneepmen in geiung across.
go far .toward doing away with then It was for the purpose of definitely
" evils of bankruptcy proceedings, I
wherein nearly all the assets are swal -
lowed up in the fees of attorneys, ref
ereos and trustees."
The plan aIvocatrd provides for the
organization of a central bureau man -
aged by salaried men, with two or three!
attorneys and office aasistants. Al
liance with other associations also Is
contemplated, making it national in
scope.
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MEETING OF BATLHOAD MOGULS.
Great Northern and O. B Cc N. Officials I
Discuss Matters of Joint
Interest.
8EATTLK, April 20.-The meeting of
the high officials of the Great Northern
and the Oregon Kail way ft JNavigation
Companies was held in the office of J.
l. iarrell, assistant to President Hill,
today, for the purpose of discussing
Eastern I
matter or joint interest in
Washington, ti'restacnt mil was ex
pected to be present, but be was called
hurriedly to New York after making
part of the journey to the eoast. Traf
fic arrangements and invasion of new
territory ia Idaho by the Northern-Pa
cifie are said to have constituted the
topics for discussion. The officials will
meet again.
COULD NOT DISPOSE OF COAL.
iuympla Gives Up Attempt to Belli
cargo and Ketums witn jjoaa i
.rill
Of JapS. f I
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HONOLULU. Anril 20. This after-1
nmm tha lmmir Olvmnia sailed for I
. Seattle, earrvinir C93 Japanese, wbol
are reported under contract to workliey holders admission to the directorate
for the Great Northern railroad in Moa I c the Society. - .
tana. The Olympia is also carrying
back to Seattle a cargo of coal the local
merchants refused' to purchase.
v RESIDENT ENJOYS BOTAL SPOBT I exchange committee on.nnlfsted secur
.r" . j lities deeided today that the shares of
Kills Only One Bear, bnt Ii Having I
: Plenty of Good Becreation. i :
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GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo., April
0. That President Roosevelt is
WE ARE SHOWING A
Novelty Panama Suitings
See the display in pur DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT
The prices are extremely low., There is true economy in
buyinc the best If the qnality isn't ripht, an article is expensive
at any price. We pay especial , attention to quality, and our meth-
ods of busing enable ui to sell the
interior jjoods.
SilOE DEPARTMENT we are mating a general
In our
cleanup of ODD LOTS J
at greatly reduced prices. i
BARNES'
GASH
b'drowior Dtu We.Unlern fjuUr-SWrw.
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joying a royal sport .in .his bunt for
"wckj mountain grizzlies is attested
by Secretary Loeb who returned from
the camp todav.
with the party- While the only game
pulled down thus far is the bear shot
"J . president ana a .. bobcat shot bv
mere uaa ueen plenty or rec
reation. - Every day the dogs hate fol
showing that mora bears will be found
in the vicinity now beinz hnnferfi Th
e,amP !EU .. moved until Satur-
jr. inen xne party wui locate on
. v ui mt trc witnin
i mcu it mues . or its Ttreaeat W
Bnrt four miles nearer (Newcastle; The
I r"H? ward which the party ie work-
11 iZJ& whtr.e. th eamP. wil1
ii icu vu jmy j.. - ine private
';' Socket" will piek p tho i presi
dent thera and he will upend the! night
I -,i vW J?rr,ng- The start! home
0"e d7v -.T . VSfll !
secretary Loeb left Glenwood Sbringt
I for th nnwinanr'a 1 I
i . 7 vui p jeneruaj
morning witn jtlmer Lhapmari, the
courier who brought out the firstl word
i rem me eamp.
MUST GO 'ROUND
SHEEPMEN ABE WOT ALLOWED TO
CEOSS UMATILLA INDIAN
EESESVATION.
rm . . .
government S waras : Sefuse all Over-
raxes ums try Breeders One Hun
area Thousand Head Will ,Have
Seventy-rive Miles Longer Road.
PENDLETON, Or., April 19. fflieep
will not be permitted to cross the Uma
tilla reservation in going to the moun
tains this eumintitr. Such was the-re
sult of a conference held yesterday at
the
heepmen and Indians of the reserva
agency Deiween representative
1 inn r
JmZST J th16,beP iia
m lj e-U nt, TJ ,have YJ"
aova tthe Jan lands and diflFereat
amounts paid to the Indians ,m return
agency-is now under more rigid govern
ment, and this year it was understood
that trouble would be met with by
settlin" the matter that the meeting
lwas held yesterday. Sheepmen present
j at the council were J. E. Smith, William
I Slasher. Kenneth T7arner. -Joe Connelv.
jBcrt Smith and J. II. Gwinn, secretary
0f the
National Livestock association
It in Baid that liberal offers were made
! by the
sheepmen in return for; being
allowed to cross, and it even was pro
posed to employ an eseort of Indians
to accompany sheep across. However,
all overtures were refused, and in view
of the fact that there is no legal high
way across the reserve, it appears that
the sheep will have to be taken around
This will mean that about 100,000 head
will have to be trailed; aeventy-five
mies further in order to reach the moan
tains. . "... ' ' 1' '
As a result of their failure the sheep
men are very- indignant, and state that
they will seek to have a law passed by
congress making a publie road over the
land. However, such action would not
relieve tho situation until next year.
.AGENTS ASS STATE TO ACT.
Want Amendment Made to Equitable
Life Insurance Company's
Charter.
NEW YORK. April 18. After a ses
sion lasttnz nearly six hours today,
aside from a short recess, the 200 and
managing agents of the Equitable
nran rwej
W !a . . . .1 . .1 AMaT 1 S am m
n'' UllIW.OWKIf bubjiv I ririukiuu.
tasking the New York legislature "to
exercise, its plenary power by enacting
an amendment to the society's char'
tcr," this amendment to cive the pol
ADMITTED TO QUOTATIONS.
NEW YORK. AdHI 20. The stock
the Nortern Pacific, railroad, about :to
be release.1 by. the Northern Securities
Company, would be admitted to quota-
tion m tne umisieu aepartoieui,
en-iApru -t.
FINE ASSORTMENT OF
best at griefs usually asked for
hv nnt in BARGAIN BOXES
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JAPS' FORMAL
PROTEST MADE
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR CALLS
ON MTNLSTES DELCASSE.
DEMANDS STBICT NEUTBALITT
Prance Said to Have Given Assux
v - ancea Songht to Allay
f - . Apprehensions
London Aog Witn Excitement Anent
Threatened Complications roreign
Of flea Seems Not Alarmed, .But
Watches Situation ;With Anxiety.
PABJSl May 20. Aetinz on in
structions from his government. Dr.
aiotono. : tne Japanese minister to
rTanee, called on Foreign Minister Del
easse this evening and submitted rep
resentations on behalf of? Japan con
cerning the presence of the Bnssian
Paeifie squadron in Kamranh bay. The
official communication issued after the
meeting states that Minister Motono's
action was not .in the character of a
formal protest against the alleged vio
lation .of neutrality, but was to ob
tain assurances that France' would ob
serve strict neutrality.
Notwithstanding the- official version
the evident intention of Motono's mis
sion is in the nature of a protest. For
eign Minister . Delcasse responded to
the representations of the Japanese
minister by .pointing out that precau
tions had been , taken to preserve neu
trality.: Delcasse 's assurances sought
fo allay the apprehensions of Japan,
which he maintained had not been jus
tified by aay specific facts. The exact
terms of J span 's representations were
not disclosed, but it is understood that
while having -the usual courteous form
of diplomacy, they set forth that se
rious apprehensions had been aroused
by the stay of the Russian warships in
Kamraah bay and an earnest desire
that Frenc'n neutrality be placed be
yond all doubt. The terms of the
French1" response, although not given
out, tend to give ample assurances on
all the questions raised.
Beply May Avert Complications.
It remains for Tokio, to which the
French reply -waf sent tonight, Jo say
whether the assurances are eonsidere
sufficient. -The opinion prevails here
that Delcasse's answer is of a nature
to " avert serious compile itions. How
ever, the attitude of the Socialbt dep
uties promises to bring up -the entire
question- before the chamber of uepu
ties. ,"-- ' "
' The appearance of fhe question as a
political issue lea-Is to the feeling in
some quarters that Bojestvensky 's
presence in IndoJhincse waters con
stitfltes a considerable menace ,6
France, and may operate to weaken the
relation between Bussun and xrancr.
London ' Deeply Interested.
London, April 20. Notwithstanding
the emphatic protests and shrieks ot
indignation from the jingo press, the
British government officials decline to
admit anything in toe far eastern sit
uation as cause for excitement or that
show, it; approaches an acute stage. In
other words, ; the foreign office as
sumes the attitude of a much interest
ed spectator of an intensely dramatic
situation, approaching a climax Jn
which, by some mischance, Great Brit
ain might be called on to play a part.
The announcement ittthe 1'ans ms-
Eateoes 10 the Associated Press that
1. Motono, the Japanese minister, bad
called on Foreign Minister' Delcasse
with regard to the question of neutral
ity has not changed the view of . the
officials at the foreign office, where it
was pointed" out today that Japan prob
ably had not made a formal pretest,
but simply desired . assurances that!
France would- continue to maintain its
neutralify and not afford the Russians
any advantage - inconsistent wun
France's responsibilities , as a neutral
party. The foreign of fice nssumes that
Franee most certainly will "give, some
such assurance to Jjap.in.
WOBST, SNOW STOSM OF TEAS.
Western Nebraska Burled Beneath
Deepening' Drifts of Snow.
OMAHA. April . 20. A snowstorm
and blizzard raged today over Western
Nebraska. Several points report the
heaviest snowfall' of the year, with a
strong wind '-Which drove the snow rn
blinding sheets over the prairie. The
temperature, however, was not severe.
riOHT.TEN BuND3 TO DEAW. s
MOUNT- PLEASANT,' Mich", April
20. Gus Gardner of Kaginaw ana
Charley Coffev of Brooklyn, fought ten
rounds to a draw here tonight. '
WILL NOT QUIT
VICE PRESIDENT HYDE DECLINES
TO SXSXaN FEOII HIS OF. .
FICIAL POSITION.
In Beply to Committee Says He Re
grets Present, Situation; and Consid
ers He Would Be 'Disgracing. Menv
ory of Hie Father if He Got Out.
NEW YORK, April 20. After Vice
President James II. Hyde of tic tqi
table Life Assurance Society had ' in
formed the committee, of the - manag-
nr arrets this afternoon that it would
be impossible Because -01 prcyiuoj
J gagemefits to addres them . Jo"Ji tb.e
h gents convention, which has been in
session in tlus city for three days, ad
jouraed without delay. Hyde said,
nowever, ne would prepare a ntatenent
ouu iiusuui ti. v iae commit tse, cov
ering the situation as he eoneeived it
' The invitation to address the agents
wa followed trv a call of the commit
tee on Hyde with the request that he
resign as an officer Tof the company.
jiaia juyae aeeunea to do in an ad
dress ia. which lie said be would con
sider such action ''oaworthv and die-
graceful to the memory of my father."
Hyde's speech had followed one by
josepa iiowes or Baltimore, chairman
of the agents' committee, in , which
Bowes recited that the reauest ' for his
resignation was practically unanimous.
i nese were tne ueveiopments of the
session which began at Hotel Savoy
mis morning, a permanent organiza
tion was effected and 'officers chosen.
The executive committee of the .fciuit
able also met today ia President Alex
ander 's office, bat other than - the an
nouncement that the demand " for
Hyde 's resignation was discussed noth
ing, was given -out. :
MARKET BRE AKS
MARGINS IN. NEARLY ALL
. CLASSES WEBB WIPED OUT
BT. UNUSUAL DECLINE.
Very General Call for Collateral Geea
Out Northern Securities Situation
and Attending Skepticism ; Aroused
by E-omors of Its Dissolution.
NEW YORK. Anril 20. The cloud
of suspicion -and distrust, which has
been gathering over the stock market
during the whole week, broke today
with some violence. The decline was
contested, in the early, stages, but it
gathered force as it was extended. The
quick exhaustion of the buying demand
on the, occasional rallies was sufficient
evidence to the professional trader that
tne speculative position was still vul
nerable. They returned to the attack
accordingly again and again and on
each successive slump, the weight of
the offerings dislodged was greater.
'i he market proved to be honeycombed
with ; stop-loss orders,! which had been
greatly, increased as confidence in the
stability of the market was impaired.
The amount of the. decline was suffi
cient to wipe ont some of the margins
of tne more substantial classes and, in
all or tne classes of speculative hold
ings, to impair the margin to such an
extent as to lead to a very general call
for additional collateral. The principal
influence in the trading probably was
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ilc iiuivui-fa occuriuiis ntiuaiion and
the great skeptieismwhich was aroused
by a swarm of rumors centering about
tre -dissolution, of the company and the
plants expected to grow out of. it.
WANTS PARDON
GEORGE IL BARKER. ASKS GOVER
NOR CHAMBERLAIN TO RE
LEASE HIM JUNE 1.
Sarvtng Five-Tear Sentence in Peniten
tiary for Passing Saws Into Marion
County Jail to Enable John Daly, and
Others to Escape.
George II, Barker, who is serving a
five-year sentence in the penitentiary
from this county, asks Governor Cham
berlain to pardon him in order that he
may be abfeto secure work during the
coming harvest and earn suflicent money
with which to return to his home ; in
Detroit, Michigan. Barker was corn m it-
tod to the penitentiary from this coun
ty in June, 1902, upon the plea of gou
ty to the ehanre of passing a steel saw
into the county jail for the purpose of
aiding Joihn Daly aim ethers in maaing
their escape.! 'Governor Chamberlain is
just f in j ref eipt of the petition froml
Marlrov mtiA )im had an nr.nrtHtinitv to I
take official action upon it.
Barker bad just . completed a threes
months ti rm in the Marion county jail
and upon being released, proceeded to
get, "under the influence'' forthwith,
which he succeeded in doing, lie had
been out of jail but two days when he
passed a steel -saw into the jail which
was used by John Daly, who was wait
inert rial upon the charge of the larceny
of an overcoat, and. two other county
prisoners pa an attempt to enect an es
cape, a n attempt. was iraKraiwi
the initiatory act was traced 10 parser
who made no effort to leave town and
was arrested. - While the -govenor wa
visiting tthe pententiary recently Bar,
ker 'asked, perrassioa to speak to hint
and asked the governor to pardon him,
making 1 full statement of his ease.
At that! time Governor Chamberlain
fnM him to address a letter td him set
ting fort h his ease fully; when hm wokl
give it de eosnlderation. This letter
the governor" received yesterday. In it
Barker aays that be was drank and was
not responsible for bis action in passing
the saw to Daly. He aaya that he has
been made a trnsty by reason of geol
behavior land close attention to duty,
and that h will receive bis, discharge
next September- He sets forth to the
governor that if he were to be pardon
ed in Jnde, which will be the opening
of the harvest season, he will be able to
procure steady employment and earn
enough Biruiey to buy ticket to his
home in Detroit, Michigan, where he
hopes to be with his relatives and Jead
a oetter life, lie also states that ; his
aged mother has die4 siaee hi incar.
ceration, and, that he i nufferiB Im
paired hearing and. other physical im
perfections which eannot be cured while
he .is imprisoned. . '
WIFE. DIES IN LOS ANGELES.
SALT LAKE V April 20. News
was received here today of tie death at
Los Angeles of .Mrs. Schumacher, wife
of T. 1 M.' Schumacher, general traffic
manager ox tne Oregon hort L.rne. ine
interment jmill be af Painesvjile,
Ohio.
ACCUSED MEN
ANSWER TODAY
MONTE AND WEianT MUST RE
PLY TO MURDER CHARGE.
WRIGHT PROTESTS . INNOCENCE.
Ofllcials Will Maintain Strong Guard
to Prevent Possibility of
Escape, 1
Prison Authorities Refuse, to Give Up
Monte to Sheriff, Both Desiring to
Keep Jurisdiction Over film Wright
May Attempt Alibi Qante at Trial.
Today being the time set by Judce
Burnett for the arraignment of Harry
wngbt and Charles Monte, the accused
men will be taken before , the court at
o'clock this afternoon to hear , the
grand - jury indictment read, by which
they are - charged with l the crime of
murder in the first legree. The specuie
charge against Wright, and Monte is
that .they assiste! and abetted Harry
ITracy and Dave Merrill- in killing
Guard Frank Ferrell on June 9, 1JW2,
at the time of the sensational prison
treaa, Dy smuggling the guns into th
penitentiary foundry with which the
bloody deeI was committett. If the
state succeeds in establishing this fact
by its testimony, Wright and Monte,
in the eyes of the law, will be equally
aa guilty as Tracy and Merrill and will
be made to suffer the death penalty J j
want Tnem mnisnea.
Harry Wright occupies a strong cell
in the Marion county jail and has main-
ained a strict silence since be was
brought here from the Walla Walla j
penitentiary by Sheriff Cnlver. lie is
not allowed the freedom of the corri
dors, as the sheriff proposes to use
every possible precaution to prevent
the; prisoner's escape. ' Wright, how
ever, is used to close confinement, as
he had been kept locked in 1 cell in
the Walla Walla penitentiary for near
ly a year, or ever since he was identi
fied by the Washington prison officials
as me man wanieu in uregoa ior xur
nishing the guns to Tracy and Merrill.
The Washington officers are equally
as anxious to see the guilty party or
parties punished aa those of Oregon,
since two officers of that state, Police
man K. E. Breese of Seattle and Dep
uty Sheriff Charles ' Raymond of Sno
homish county also fell victims to
Tracy fa . true aim with Mis 30-30 Wn
cheeter during his desperate flight
throngh' the , two states. ' For this rea
son Wright was kept closely confined
and his . possible escape . guarded on
every side.
- "Will Not Relinquish Custody.
Charles Moste, who is serving a six
year term . ia the Oregon- penitentiary
for burglary, will not. be torned over
to Sheriff Culver, as the prison officials
and the Marion count v officers prtmese
to hold concurrent jurisdiction over the
convict. The Sheriff will go to the pen
itentiary this afternoon and, accom
panied by a prison guard, will bring
Monte to the court house. After the
prisoner has been arraigned upon ; the
indictment he will be returned to the
penitentiary, where he will remain tin
til the case is called for trial, probably
during tho latter ..part of May. At no
time will the accused man tie given
entirely into the custory of the sheriff,
until be is convicted upon the charge
brought against him by tha Marion
county officers. If the state fails to
prove him guilty ' he will be kept in
confinement at the penitentiary until
the unexpired three years of his six-
year - term for burglary nave been
served.
As a matter of precaution extra
guards will be stationed in and around
the court bouse wtiile Monte is being
arraigned hi court this afternoon, as
neither Sheriff Culver nor the peni
tentiary authorities propose to take any
chances with the convict.
, Protests His Innocence,
It is presumed both men will enter
pleas of not guilty, although it is said
that Monte confessed to tho part be
took in the crime some ; time ago.
Wrieht. however, protests his innocence
and says he will be able te prove that
he was in Seattle at the j time Tracy
and Merrill escaped i from prison and
had been there for some time- prior te
that date! Before he was brought to
this city he denied seeing ITracV after
the sensational break, but admitted
calling at a bouse near Seattle one day
just a few moments after Tracy had!
ymiw we piacc. lie risq wliu lutLton.
AltS - a .ti aT : if . -'. . . S . . V
omcers at iinereni iimea were jub
acrosa the road from the desperate con
vict and remarked that they must have
been blind or they surely would have
seen him. These statements indicate
that .Wright kept in close touch with
Tracy during the latter's flight from
justice and will undoubtedly prove
damaging to Lis defense.
BECOBD CLIP AND PEICE.
LBWISTO.V, Monk, April CO. Wool
clips aggregating 300,0K pounds were
sold to a Boston firm tod's y at 23 cents
per pound, the record for several years.
IT WILL SETTLE
CHINA AGREES TO PAT DEFICIT
OWED POWERS DUE TO FALL
IN PRICE OF SILVER.
After Two Tears Mongolian Govern
ment Signs Agreement to Make np
ShorUge Will Pay 16,000,000 With
Interest.
NEW-YORK, April 19. After two
years' discoion, the powers and China
will aiga an agreement today, according
to a Herald dispatch from Pekia, re
garding the payment of the deficit in
the indemnity due to the fall ia the
price of silver! and providing for the
future payment of the indemnity in
The agreement comprises three para
graphs, and briefly etated sets forth
that China is to pay fifteen days after
the signature of the document the sum
f $6,000,000 and interest '-at 4 per cent
oa this amount from January 1, 1905,
which sum is to be accepted in full pay
ment ef all deficits due to the change
from silver to gold.
In the second paragraph China agrees
to sign immediately . fractional gold
bonds, expressing the amounts due to
each country in the coinage of that
country. . .-.
By the, third paragraph, China under
takes in toe future to pay the amount
due each year in twelve equal monthly
installments, credited every six months.
China will be allowed interest at 4 per
cent on the monthly payments made ia
advance of these biennial periods. China
may pay also in gold bullion, gold
drafts or telegraphic transfer of silver
at the average monthly London rates,
eaeh foireign government selecting the
method it prefers. . , -
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II IN Wn I H HI t II I K
JUXIkJM AJL&JLrflAV J MJLf
NINE PENSION "EXAMINERS OF j
BOARD OF REVIEW HAND IN
RESIGNATIONS.
Claim They Were Induced to This Ac
tion by Commissioner of Pensions
Warner on KenreaentaUon That Thev
Would le BeinsUted Shortly.
WAB1U.U1U., April i. xine i
the ten pension examiners, constituting
the board of review, were separate!
from" the government service today,
Commissioner of Pensions Warner trans-
Muiimiilnn. (a fbrni.
tary Hitchcock with the reeomendation
J f . - . .... .
that f they be accepted and mteheoc
took? the desired action without delay,
inewesigneu examioer. .ciu.t r
. . . .
resentaiions were maue w -mem, imr-
-. AM4 : n aaa - (mm tha .AmmUIIAnpr
,Wi.i.n u i-wiuc ,.,.. ....
mat iuuuui ' u 1 j uu
lions miiien wouiu oo ichctcu
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tnat tneir restorations wotiin oe
in the near future, wsra ssioner sr -
ner, however made no suen represent-
tion to tne secretary ot tne unetmr.
The difficulty involving the board of
review was its approval ot several pen-1 that indications point to the likelihood
sions to applicants whose only claim I of the interned cruiser Askold's at
was enlistment in the Pennsylvania and I tempting . to quit port. Five Chincn
New Jcsrey regiments of volunteers
for service In the Civil war, but tne
services of whom were never availed
bv the government.
'I
CHANGES HIS MIND.
ST. . PETERSBURG. April 20. A
r:"ZASX"rinZ
. ! a" i i. a.. ..i.i sim.om. i e
informing them that the congress of
Zemstvoists railed', for May 7 is pro-
hibited and instructing them to pre-1
vent a departure of delegates to tho
convention. l
MINE EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE.
CHARLESTON, W. Va- April 20.
A mine explosion in the Cabin creek I
mines near Kayford, thirty miles above I
here, today, is believed to have result-1
e.1 in the death of five. ininers and fatal I
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thought to have been rrnised by a pow
der explosion, the result of
carelessness.
miners'
NEW TORS WOMAN IS ELECTED.
Mrs. Donald McLean Now Supremo Of
flficer of Daughters of Ameri
can Revolution. . .
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 20.
Mrs. Donald Meljcan, regent of the
New York chapter of the Iiaughtem oflderer of Frederick L. Dames, the aged
the Revolution, was elected president! butcher, killed hero Anril 11. An ef-
of the national society of the I). A. R., I
receiving jus votes to airs, ueorge i
stern oerg s
CONTRACT TOR BUILD INO LET.
SIOUX C1TV. Ia April 20. The
contract for the eitcnsion of the (Jrcat
Northern from Sioux City to Ashland,
Neb., has been let to Peter Sims, a St.
received here today. It is said that a I
big force of men will be put to work!
within ten days. ' i
The extension of the Crest' Northern I
from Sioux Citv to Ashiand will naitelthe killing of Caesar Young, for w'aicU
the Great Northern and the Burling-1
WILL OUST HIM
HILL INTERESTS THREATEN TO
REPLACE HARRXMAN ON
KOSTEOUf FAcma
Readjustment of Personnel is Planned
by ' Northwestern Railroads So.
preme Court Has Forbidden Compe
ting Lines to Have Same Directors.
NEW YORK, April 18. General re
adjustment in the personnel of tbe
northwestern railroad directorates con
cerned la the 1 Northern Securities dis
solation ia soon to take place, accord
ing te The Times. This is understood
to have been j found necessary in or
der to comply with the decision of the
supreme court, under which it is be
lieved that one man cannot be a dire-tor
in two - parallel aad . competing
railroad eom panics. 'j '
The Aiuejtvrry upsets one of the
working methods of the "community
of interest" plan, in which practically
the sai&e board f directors controlled
a large somber of systems, and, while
it is not believed that the decision will
do away with this Idea altogether,
financiers say it will make tbe control
, second srcnoir crs paci...
FLEET PASSES
FORMOSA i
ST. PETERSBURG XTEAES 1X011
ITS CONFIDENTIAL AGENT.
ELUDES WAlCHFUL JAP AD1HHAL
Must Have Escaped Watches at Tc:
dor Inland, Bases of Jap
Operations.
Land rorces in Manchuria Aro Movi:: ;
Russian Govenanent Learns Ttal
Brown Man Have Begun Northward
Advance Army Preceded by Cavalry
ST. PETERSBURG, April 0. Tl
ministry of finance received a telegraifi
I from its confidential agent at Khangnai
1 giving the rumor that Ho jest yensky had
I i,--.7 naed the Ktraita of Formosa
without encountering Togo.
St. Petersburg, April 21. A telegram
from the seat of war in Manchuria
states that the Japanese Armies are
advancing northward, preceded by car
airy. . . i " ,
Saigon, April 20. A squadron of tor
pedo boats which, witlr- the 'torpedo
I boat destroyer Taku, accompanied a
!irni i ihi. inrt nlnir
Tendon. Anril Although the in-
i formation cabled from Saigon that Ad-
miral Jonquieres, who went to- Kam-
ranh bay in order to assure observance
of French neutrality by the .Russian
Pacific squadron, had returned to the
iburshin. the dispatch does not stnti
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in Kamranh bay may be due te tno
.a., ,t that iv iFlioimlntT will anon
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I join him.
i Th mP Mt -OPrrK,B,i4nt Shan-
t4i declares that Shanghai is the head-
quarterg of tne KUBaian intelligence
HiFeet imr thm movements of o.
1 jt yensky. The correspondent reports
I warships, it is added, have been added
I to watcn ner.
I PORTLAND GETS THE CONORES3
National Irrigation Convention to Ea
Held at Exposition in August.
8Afm.VMENTO. April 0.-Covern
Pardee, presidentof the National
Irrigation Congress, has issued the an-
nouneement that the next session ot
line congress win be neia at I'orxiand
from August 21 to the ztn. 'lao gov-
Irrnor states that he expects the meet
ing will , be one of the most interest
ing as well as the most important ever
held, by the congress. The United
states reclamation service will be one
0f tbe guf,ctB under discussion. There
1. i - t.-: t ..... if
tfct for onft day
-Bd-President D as of Mex eo ia a
to be invited. An effort will he o.ala
to geC both dignitaries present on tb
same day.
COUNTY OFFERS REWARD.
Price Is Placed en Head of Murderer
; of Frederick L. Dames.
BELLI NOHAM. April 20. Tha coun
ty commissioners today offered a re
ward of 2.0 for the arrest of the mur-
fort is being made to have a similar
offer made by the city of Beilingham.
SATS TOUNO SHOT imtZZLT.
Chicago Man States He Believes IIo
Witnessed Crime of Which Naa
Patterson Is Charged.
.NKWARK, N. J, April 20. The
vorwaerth, a Jewish newspaper, has
received a caret rrom a Chicago man,
who says he thinks he was a witness ta
Nan Patterson is on trial in New Yofk
lily. He says young shot himself.
of such boards of directors much mora
difficulty
One of the first changes scheduled to
take place will be in the board of the
Northern Paeifie Railroad at the an
nual meeting May Jg next. This will
be the first meeting held by the stock
holders of that road in two years and
la. half beraasa of toe injunction pre-
tw-ujmK fun( hi am aiocK ncia cy
the Northern- Hecurities (Von-.paoy,
without which there was never a quo
rum. James J. Hill resigned from the
board some time ago because he be
lieved it illegal for ne man to sit as
a director of competing lines.
The HU! interests are said to male
no secret of their intention not to re
elect E. II. Harriir.an, aad the Utter
interests admit t'dat they expect t: it
Mr. Uarrimaa will fail of re-elect i.
It is said' that the views held by ?Tr.
Hill are also now maintained by t:
Rockefeller interests, and that for V t
reason there will in tbe near fttr 1 i
many changes in board member? t.
"It the decision of the western i-.i .-.
esls is carried farther there may 1 a
rearrangement of the directors of r.a- -of
the eastern railroala which art c "-.
pctitors, and whose boards are c .
posel of practically the same r.r .i.
All this, of course, will not r,
fly mean the end of the coiiii.. r,; y
iaterest idea, but that the, oil j' , , -having
Tjbards of directors a r
identical aa poseibls will Lave t i 1
abandoned, " T