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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09
GREAT SHAM BATTLE.
Given at West POint-Fancied Dead and
WOMnIed.

West Point, N. Y, June S.-The great
est exhibition of sham fighting ever seen
at West Point was presented hsre this
evening for the benefit of the visitors
and several thousand spectators. The
battle was participated in by the corps
of cadets, battalion Of engineers and de-
tachment of artillery. Fancied dead,
wounded and dying men were gathered
from the field of action by the ambu-
lance corps. Colonel Otto L. Helm, COM
mandant of cadets, was in charge.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09
THE PENSION COMMISSIONER.
Subject of Much Criticism at Pennsyl-
vania Encnmpment.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, June S.-Commis-
sioner of Pensions H. Clay Evans was
the subject for much criticism at the
session of the state encampment of the
G. A. r., which was held to-day. Reso-
lutions severely criticising the commits
sioner for his recent action in the mat
ter of pensions were offered but at the
suggestion of the conservative element
they were Withdrawn.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09
$4,000 WORTH OF BILLS
Signed by the Board of Finance Last
NIGHT.

The board of finance held long meet
ing last night lasting until 11:15, but at
it's close the members stated that the
only business done was to sign the big
patches of monthly bills for the vari-
Gus departments, the total amount of
the bills signed being about $4,000.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09
Paris Changes Her Position.

Falmouth, Eng, June S.--A change in
the wind has somewhat shifted the po-
sition of the American liner Paris, now
on the rocks near the Manacles, ser-
ously hampering salvage operations.
The heavy sea has stopped work, which
is not likely to be resumed for fort
night.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09
Paderewsky's Alleged Marriage.

London, June S.-The agents here of
Ignatia Paderewsky say they know MOTH
ing of the report published in the Cou-
rier that the pianist was married May
81 at Warsaw, Poland, to Miss Helen
ROSSeu
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09
Etrht Men Arrested

Bangor, Me. June s.-The county au-
thorities tonight arrested eight men Us
q step towards identifying the men who
tarred and feathered Evangelist Hig-
gins of the Holy Ghost" sect at eyant
Monday.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09
American Chess Player Leads.

London, June S.--The American chess
player won both of his adjourned games
with Jones and EssCr tonight, and thus
took the lead in the minor tournament
of the international congress now in
progress in this city.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09

London, June S.-Despatches from
Manila to-day say that it is reported
there this morning that Agulnaldo has
dissolved the Filipino congress, and has
proclaimed himself dictator.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09

Indianapolis, Ind, June S.-J. NJ Fran
els, rector of st. Paul's, Evansville, was
elected bishop of this diocese. to-day
The balloting began last night.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09
The SuItnn Well.

Constantinople, June S.-There is no
truth in the report emanating from
Vienna that the sultan is dangerously
ill. His majesty is enjoying perfect
health.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09

London, June 9-The Cape Town cor
respondent Of the Times says: At the
close of the conference Mr.. Kruger de-
clared that he was pleased at the
friendly way in which matters had beenl
decided and hoped the two countries
would understand each other better in
the future.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09
Twenty-Five Lives Reported Lost.

Austin, Texas, June S.-Twenty- five
lives are reported to have been lost in
the Colorado river floods.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09
TWELVE ITdLI.iN CARDINALS.
The Pope to Create Them ut n Secret
CoBsistory.

Rome, June SIT is officially announc-
ed that the pope at a secret consistory
on June 19 will create twelve Italian
cardinals, including the nuncio at Mad
rid, the archbishop of Goritz, the arch"
bishop of Toulouse, the Latin patriarchs
of Constantnople and Antioch. and 9TH
ers. A public consistory will be held on
June %.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09
AGUINALDO TAKES ACTION
REPORT THAT he Has DECLARED
HIMSELF DICTATOR.

Also That He Has Dissolved the Philip
pine COngress-Washing Officials
i'm Doubt as to the Motive OF the In
surgent Leader-It May Make for
Peace.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-09

Continued on Sixth Page.)
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-04
LAW AS INTERPRETED.

The right OF the creditors Of an iIt.
! solvent to the proceeds of his life In.
surance Is denied, In Roberts vs.. Win
ton (Tenn), Al l.. Il. A. 27J, where the
only premium he has paid Is by
worthless check.
The negligence OF a contractor or his
employe IN blasting rock on vacant
! city lot, causing damage to building
upon an adjoining lot. is held, In Berg
VS. Parsons N. y, II l.. Il. A. 391, to
give no right of action against the pro-
prietor Of the premises.
A gratultous lender of brackets for
use In a staging is held, in Gagnon VS..
Dana IN. H, Al l.. Il. A. $50, not to be
liable to a servant of the borrower for
defect in the brackets which the lend
er did not actually know.
The construction Of an insurance poll
Icy as to fires set by steam engines 9th
er than those using coal for fuel, with
sufficient wood to kiudle or start the
fire, is held, In Thnrston vs.. Burnett
y b. d. L. NJ. e. Insurance Company
tWis), Al l.. r. A. $40, to be a question
solely for the court.
A statute prohibiting the deposit OF
sawdust in the waters of lake. or In
tributaries thereto, is held, In State vs..
Griffin IN H., IL l.. X. A. IT. to be u
proper exercise OF the police power.
With this case Is "A note on the statu-
tory protection OF water used for sup
plying "a municipality
The fall of a staging built In a new
building for use by servant of a man
ufacturer Of whom decorations have
been ordered for the building is held In
ChannOn vs.. Sanford company Comm,
81 L. r. A. 300 to give no right of ac-
ton against the manufactures, who
told the servant the builder would see
to the staging, although his foreman
told him il would be safe.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-04
Not President Dewey.

The New York Journal correspondent
has obtained from Admiral Dewey the fol-
lowing statement of his position regard,
ing political honors. 1t is the only au-
thOritative quotation obtained from the
admiral so far upon this subject. Admiral
Dewey said;
81 would not accept nomination for
the presidency of the United States
have no desire for any political office.
am untitled for it, either in education or
training 1 am deeply grateful for many
expressions OF kindly sentiment from the
American people, but desire to retire in
peace to the enjoyment of my old age
"lhe navy is one professions; politics
is another ! am too old to learn new
profession. | have no political aspira.
tions, and my health would never stand
the strain Of a cangass | have been ap
preached by politicians repeatedly, in one
way or another, but | have refused abso.
mtely to consider any proposition what.
soever. This is fnal'
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-04
OREGON,

Messrs, Cornell & Weidery shipped car
of apples from Eugene to st. Louis last
week.
The city council of Eigin has levied a
5-mill tax for municipal purposes for the
present year.
Sheep in Coos county have wintered
with less loss than usual, and they are in
excellent condition.
1t is feared that Oregon's 1899 fruit
crop has been seriously damaged by the
recent cold weather
The johnson Bros, of John Day, lost
about so head of sheep below Dayville
last week 10y drowning.
The La Grande Park Society is hard
ut work raising a fund to carry on the
work of identifying the city.
The Indians have been bringing ante.
lope wool and pelts, of which they sell
tons every spring in Arlington.
Deer are coming down out of the noun.
tains now to feed on the green grass near
the highways in Lake county.
-Four bands of sheep, amounting in the
aggregate to 10000 head, are feeding at
the n s. & d. ranch in Malheaur county.
As nearly as can be estimated at this
time there has been shipped from lone,
Lexington and Douglas this year 900 car
loads of wheat
1t is reported on good authority that
the Chewaucan river abounds in catfish
of the rarest quality and in numbers to
satisfy any old-time catfisher.
new steamer of light draft is to be
built for the Upper Coquille river to run
between Coquille City and Myrtle Point
and carry the mail.
While Eldridge Bledsoe was out in the
Rinehart pasture, east of La Grande, re-
Gently, he saw band of Ia antelope,
about 300 yards from him.
Jacob Beibl, living few miles out from
Mayville, in Gillian county, recently
bought 300 head of yearling ewes from c,
w. White, at 81 25 per head, the sheep
TO be delivered after shearing.
The Union wooden mill, one of the lead
ing manufacturing industries of eastern
Oregon, will start up for the years run
this week. after shutdown of few
weeks during the winter. The matter OF
starting a creamery at Junction City is
under consideration.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-04

Havana, Feb. 26.--The Cuban assembly
met today and heard the report OF the
committee which was sent to Washington
some time since to confer with the gov
eminent regarding Cuban affairs
1t was finally decided to have the report
printed and to hand Il copy Of it to each
member of the assembly, that they might
study it carefully. The fact that the
offer of $3,00O,OOO, on a basis of 500 pay
for each soldier was adopted and that
efforts to obtain more failed, makes OBJ
ligatory the assembly's ratification OF The
acceptance OF the proposition of the United
States.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-04
IDA no.

Snow is still about 20 to 25 inches
deep in all parts OF the valley around
Newport.
The Newport saw mill is shipping CON
siderable lumber to the Kootenai valley
railroad at Bonner's Ferry.
The dredger for the Red River Dredg.
ing company passed through Cottonwood
for its destination last week
Work was resumed in the Spokane &
Idaho Lumber Co.'s factory at Post Falls.
The entire plant will soon he in opera
ton.
The last shipment of goods and sup
plies belonging to the Sixteenth infantry
have been sent from the post to Fort Lea
venworth.
AT u meeting held for the purpose of
organizing a public reading ROOM assO-
citation at Nez Perez it was decided to
erect building l4X20 feet.
The question OF constructing a new and
more convenient steamboat dock is being
agitated. The necessity of such an i'm.
provement is plainly apparent.
The senate guillotine was operated with
great vigor, and especially against anti
saloon measures. The house Sunday
closing measure was killed by vote of
Is to s.
Most of the families of enlisted men
and commissioned officers of the
Sixteenth infantry have left Fort Sher-
man for the new stations of the regi-
ment.
The steamboat Volunteer has succeed
ed in coming up from Calispel valley,
having had to encounter but few ice
foes. Navigation will not likely close
again during the season.
The checks for the Indian payment are
at Spalding. This payment amounts to
something over 100000. 1t ia probably
awaited with keener interest than any
other in the past The Indians want
winter grub stake about this time.
The resolution proposing a prohibition
amendment to the constitution met death,
the vote being II against @. The local OPP
ton amendment went the same road, be-
ing killed by the same vote.
The graduating class of the state nor
NAL school has been organized, with the
following officers: President, N. ID. Sho-
walter; vice president, Frank Craig; sec
rotary, Miss Leona Nobblittj treasurer,
John Lanby.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-04
wHIpPLe's CLOSE SHAVE
One of the Ven " hom Hniiets or Fee.
Ver- Cannot Get.

vera Cannot Get.
| was ovcrjoyed the other day to meet
In Boston one OF the noblest soldiers
whom the commonwealth sent out to
fight tie nations battles in Cuba--M Mai.
K. A. Whipple of Adams and the Sec
ond, says the Boston Transcript. | had
not seen the major since | had the good
fortune, on one wcarisOme day In the
Santiago campaign, to be able 20 intro
duce him to a sustaining Scottish bev-
erage which was freshly off one of the
press boats plying to Jamaica. Maj.
Nhipple, though n veteran of the civil
war, and consequently not so young q
man as some who went out from the
State, outmarched, outworked and out
tasted all the young men in his regi-
ment, a soldier to the core he filled
all the regulars who met him, as | had
occasion to know, with high respect for
the sort of officers which Massachu-
setts sometimes puts into the field
l have spoken Of Maj. Whlpple as
veteran of the civil war. A tragedy OF
patriotism hangs by that circumstance.
After serving his country well as Il
young man in that war, he went out
again promptly to this one, and this
time he took with him his son IN his
own regiment. The son lost his life In
the terrible Santiago campaign. but the
father came back again. he Is alive and
reports himself well to-day, insisting
that he Is none the worse for his two
/ wars. There are some men whom neith-
or bullets nor fcvers can get at They
can come near them, but they cannot
touch. | have story of the major to
prove this.
When the Second Massachusetts was
/ under fire before Santiago and the men
were lying flat on the ground. Mai
Nhipple stood up looking through a
held glass at the enemy--and he made
a good mark, for he is six feet high and
oroad-shouldered. AS he was peerlng
/ thus something struck him In the face
/ and eyes with such force and violence
| that for the moment the major had no
sort of doubt he had been killed. The
| missile, whatever 1t was, stung like
/ fire and one of his eyes panied him "a
! Ii 1t had been pierced He put his hands
TO his face, took them away and looked
mt them. There was no blood, Then
he looked around wonderingly, as much
as to say: what was itF A soldier
was able to answer the question, "Here
Il is, major" he said, and he picked up
a chip that Mauser bullet had clipped
Off tree close by and brought along
! with It, The bullet could not touch tho
major with the charmed life, but 1t
spltefully flung the chip in his face as it
passed by
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-04

The Dominion parliament will likely
meet on April 6.
The Victoria fire department has added
fine new chemical engine.
A new theater, to be known as the Al.
hambra, will shortly be opened at Van.
couver, B. G.
The fortieth anniversary Of the landing
of Methodists at Victoria was celebrated
recently in that city.
Eli Cox has made arrangements in
Grand Forks for the installation OF a
complete bottling works,
A man named Cornell. who was Chef
ON the Canadian Pacific dining car Holy.
rood, " Itch runs between .Rcyclstoke and
Sicamous, committed suicide last week
Rossland was Incorporated rs a city in
1897, and it has since grown so rapidly in
population that it has already become the
third largest city in British Columbia.
w. r. Dovey, the contractor, and Mr.
Donald of Rossland, have been awarded a
contract from the Columbia Telephone,
Telegraph company of Rossland for the
immediate construction of telephone
and telegraph line from Trail, b. G., to
Camp Mckinney.
Contractor Koch. who has made ar
rangements to handle Canadian Pacific
railway freight from Brooklyn into the
Boundary country, passed through Cas-,
cade last week with several four, horse
and a six horse team loaded with mcr
chandise for the upper country.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-04
TITLES for Omciais.

Why does every official who digs his
nose into the government trough to the
extent of $4,000 or $1,000 per year have
handle TO his name? The Assistant
Secretaries of the various departments
are never called by their proper names
1t Is always mr.. Secretary"
The chief of a $1,000 bureau Is never
addressed as Mr.. Jones or Mr.. Smith
but as ''Chlef." The Vice President is
not addressed as his station implies,
but always as 'Mr. President" The
First, Second, Third and Fourth AS
slstant Postmaster Generals are Gen
eral." In and out of office they are adj
dressed as such.-New York World.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-04
THE COTTON KING.
Robert knight "a Product Of the
Growth of Modern Industry.

Robert knight "a Product Of the
Growth of Modern Industry.
Robert knight is one of the most re-
markable products of the growth OF
modern Industry. He is commonly
called the Cotton King" and be de-
serves the name, inasmuch as he Is tho
largest mill owner in the world. He Is
the individual proprietor of 100000
Spindles, 1000 looms, and fifteen viii
lagos. He owns everything In these
villages, and TO all lntents and pur-
poses the villagers, too. Bob" Knight,
as he is Familiarity known, II now IL
years old, and would never be taken
for the absolute master of the cotton
industry. His living expenses are GOV.
cred by a sum the equivalent of IA
clerks salary. When knight was lad
he was bObbin boy In New England
mill. Summer and winter he went
barefooted to his work His brother
BraytOn opened a small store In one OF
the mill towns and prospered. He took
Robert In as partner. The future
mill owner was thrifty. He had saved
much and was In comfortable circum-
stances when a took a position as
clerk in Pontiac cotton mill. His EN-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-04

Manila, Feb. p, 6:l5 p. m.--The casu,
alties to date by regiments are as follows:
California, 3 killed, Is wounded; Wash.
ington, IA killed, 50 wounded; Idaho, t.
killed, 20 wounded; Fourth cavalry, :
wounded; Fourteenth infantry, IA killed,
80 wounded North Dakota, ! wounded ;;
Wyoming, killed, 2 wounded; Third ar
tillery, i killed, 30 wounded; Twentieth
Kansas, killed, 80 wounded; Montana,
) killed, Al wounded; Tenth Pennsylvania,
, killed. wounded; Colorado, 3 killed,
wounded; Nebraska, killed, "a wound
ed South Dakota, 5 killed, "a wounded /;
Utah artillery, 3 killed. wounded /.
Twenty-third infantry, killed, l wound.
ed; Oregon, killed, ! wounded; Eight.
zenith infantry, killed, wounded; Med
zeal department, l killed, wounded
Sixth artillery, 2 wounded; Third artill-
cry, killed, 80 wounded.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-04
ROBERT KNOTT.

ploy ar was elected to the United States
Senate. Knight rented the mill for
$4,000 a year. At the end Of a few
years he bought II out for $4,000 This
was the nest egg of his tremendous for
tune. In business Robert is close and
eXacting. lie likes 10 drive good bar
gains, and even looks with great care
after the grocery bills of his own house
hold. He has no yacht, no tiger" no
oil paintings. He never gives away
anything he can use, and fluids use for
everything he has.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-04
ronr Won KiIled In n coIIisinn.

Ogden, Utah, March 2.In head end
collision between passenger train No. /,
east bound, and double header freight,
west bound, near White Plains, Nevada.
four people were killed and one seriously
injured.
Dead-Engneer, f. j. Heargin, Fireman
Henderson, of Ogden, Fireman Dillon of
Browns Sag, and another engineer, name
not learned.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-04

Western railways win Sire" 200 agents
and save $4,000 year,
There is a movement on in New York,
started by small capitalists to flood Gov.
Roosevelt with petitions to not appoint
union men to office.
Indiana labor commissioner has made
the remarkable discovery that in con.
tests between organized workers and
trusts the former usually come out sec
ond best.
The girls who went on strike in a
carpet factory in New York against being
forced to do twice as much work as pre-
vious to the introduction of improved
machines lost their fight
By new system introduced by the
owners of the new Boston Union Depot
one man will switch $50 trains daily. 1t
is such silent revolutions that is reduc-
ing the number of railway employees
A Nashville paper states that there
are children employed in the cotton mills
of that city who receive but cents
day of IL to IL hours One child re-
ceived 55 cents for three weeks work, and
family of eight workers averages $50
month.
Elevated railways of New York are
slashing things. The manager of the
81" road has started out to save his
plutocratie masters a million dollars
year. Wages are cut from 25 to 80 per
cent, and dozens of men have been dis.
charged and machines put in their places
The case III which d nOn-union San
Francisco printer secured $1,000 dam
ages because he was forced out of a Job
will be carried up by the union. Labor
papers on the coast agree that if the case
is finally won by the scab plaintiff
unions might as well disband, for every
organization can be proceeded against
in a similar manner. The contest is a
momentous one and is being watched with
intense interest by laborers and capital.
lists alike.
An immense meeting of 10000 people
was recently held in Stockholm, Sweden,
which was managed by the socialists, to
agitate for further extension of the
right of suffrage. To committee who
waited on him, the king declared that no
further concessions would be made,
whereupon he was informed that ma
tional strike of all trades would be
inaugurated. 1t is quite likely that
trouble will occur during the present
year unless the power that be yield, for
the workers are deeply in earnest and
ere organizing to secure their rights.
A labor war in the printing business
may be precipitated in Chicago ere long.
The newspapers of that city entered Il
sort of combine some time ago, and now
it is announced that the managers have
given it out that they will run "open
Offices" in all departments except the
composing room, which means that the
printers will have to work with non
union stereotypers, pressmen, mailers,
etc, or fight 1t is shrewd game, and
the powerful Typographical union has
been placed between two fires. If it ac-
cepts the bosses dictates the ennity of
affiliated organizations will be aroused,
and if it stands by the latter a strike
may result. No doubt the managers are
working underhandedly TO destroy all
the printing craft unions. This same
managers association is spreading to
other cities.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-04
esEcHER RIFLES cauRc4.
One of the oldest in Kansas and ON
of the Most Interesting.

One of the most interesting churches
In Kansas and striking reminder of
the character of Henry Ward Beecher
stands in the little town Of WabaunSre.
Ii Is the Beecher Rifles Church. erected
by the men who went out from Hart.
ford. Conn, In 1854 to help free Kan
sas. Bcecher went to the meeting at
which the company was organized. and
standing before the large audience sub.
scrieed enough TO buy ride for one
OF the men. lie went home to Brook
Ign aud raised enough In his own con
gregauon to purchase a rife, Il Bible
and hymn-book for every member OF
the company, aud these were carried
away when the 125 men marched out
or their home city toward the West.
/. They built the church soon after found
Ing their colonygand called It after
their regiment, the Beecher Rifles. They
went to church carrying the rifles. and
stored them in the vestihule. Once they
were called upon to attack Indians and
Southerners while the service was In
progress. The preacher adjourned