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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-03-01

HOOKING VALLEY LODGE, No. 262.-
Meets every Tuesday evening at o. o. f.
hall Jefferson Eby, N. g.; B. G, McMani-
gal, Sec'y.
, 1900-11-22
EIGHTH DAY OF
CARS TYPHOID FEVER

Paris, Nov. 1G.-Thc Herald and Re
publican are authorized to publish the
following message from Livadiu, just
received in Paris, and which is from
the highest source:
"Livadia, Nov. 16-Abdominal ty-
phoid fever is pursuing its normal
course, without the slightest complica-
ton.
His physicians are free from any
anxiety aud report that his strength is
quite sufficient. in view of the fact that
1t is the eighth day of the fever.
His majesty is cheerful. His tenn
pcraturc is lol degrees. Professor Pc
hunr arrived to-day
81. Petersburg, Nov. 1G.-The follow
ing bulletin on the Cars condition was
issued at 10 "A. N. today:
Ills majesty has passed n satisfac-
tory day. Last evening his tempera-
ture was 1u2.i. pulse -. His majesty
slept fairly well during the night. Tenn
pcrature this morning 1905. pulse Is;
general condition very satisfactory.
New York, Nov. ia dispatch to the
Herald from Nllta says: Persons about
the court say of the empcror's illness
that 1t was merely Il mild case of in
t%lucnZa, caught from his well known
carelcSsness in sitting about rooms
with the windows wide open.
ON the other hand. it is remarked
thar the liussian ambassador TO Tur-
key. NJ. Iinuyirn, who came from Con
stantiuuplc, has been waiting for ten
days without obtaining the audience
for which lac was specially summoned,
II also that tile Car has been much
worried and anxious, first I'VE Chi
ncsc matters, and. second, over the i'll
ness of the cInriua. Although the lat
ter is from natural causes, yet 1t is
rather worse than normal The result
is that the Car passes all the time
with her and is scarcely seen At all.
even 10y his family.
The Grand Duke Michael is at pres
cnt HcNt in succession to the Gar, as
the Inter has three children, all daugh-
tors, who are not considered in the sic
ccssiun until the male line is exhausted
10 the rcmutust degree of relationship.
In the event of the birth of a postum
nous child, should it hc Il male, the
Grand Duke Michael will govern as re
gent until the child becomes of age.
when it win succeed to The throne.
, 1900-11-22

,,,nrtn. in rlrryiuy uOypr Dr tho
Hu,",Id,s nre,n steamships. OF th,,.
nnIy nine of the q ton class, uwnrd
Nv thn international Navigation com
narv ,rn American
l., is ostinotnd t,nt durinr 1900 tb.
cross earnings of steam and sail we.
saIe i'm the forcirn carrying trades ot
IN nntions amounted In STOo 0pD unn
The exnort trade of the United States
rn1uirpS ,hout twenty pcr cent Of fine
,vnr,Id's ugorauuta tonuorp or tho
.tnrmShins
Tho nrobIem of ocean ~nsnor.at
Mt This time. the repolt saws. is essen
tally one of TRANSFORMATION NV Steel
scrryv ste,msbins The nurnoses rr
which walden fore and aft vessels and
stool suuore rugged vessels are adam.
ed are important. but restricted. Tho
Supz canal reduced opportunities tuT
sail vessels and the Nicaragua canal,
it is said, will further reduce them.
In the past ten years Great Britain
has built 4.23S steel steamers Of -,
g3T. 600 tons. while the United States
has built 4G5 steel steam vessels oil
10000 tons. of which lgS of i5O,uUU
tons were built OIL the great lakes. our
entire construction for the decade =,
much more than half of Great Britaiu's
output of 1.34O.OOO tons during lSN9.
We have built for the foreign trade
since 1890 only t~wenty-four steel
steamships of 10000 tons. and of this
total eleven steamships of $4,000 tons
were built as mail steamers, under til,
postal subsidy acts.
Comparisons are made with foreign
subsidies TO fast steamships, which ~.
gregate S2O.OO0.O0o annually, and the
report holds that the subsidies pro-
posed for similar American steamships
are not more than adequate to secure
American ocean mail lines 10 the great
continents equivalent to those of Great
, 1900-11-22

Washington Nov. 17.-Ministcr Wa
has received from Director General
Sheng the following Cablegram;
An imperial decree of November
18Th dcprivcs Prince Tuan and Prince
Chwang of their ranks and offices and
orders them To he imprisoned for life:
Prince Nih and secondary Prince Wing
to be imprisoned; Secondary Prince
Lien to be deprived of his rank; Duke
Ian and Wing Men to be degraded in
rank; Kang vi being dead, no penalty
can he imposed upon him; and Chau
Shu Chino 10 Ice degraded. but retain
office; Nu lIsien to be eNiled to The
farthcst boundary"
The Chinese officials mentioned in the
decree are among the highest in Chi
na and comprise most, If not all, of
those against whom the powers de.
mandcd rigorous punishment. Prince
Iuan stands nj the head of the anti
foreign and Boxer movement. The 9th
crS mentioned were Iuan's active as
sociatcs. The punishment of Primo,
Iuan means that his son. the heir ap
parent, can never be- Emperor.
, 1900-11-22

Denver, Colo. Nov. 19.-The STATE
Board of Pardons has completed its hi.
ennial report. During the biennial pc.
rlod there have been 230 cases cOnsid.
cred by the board. out of which IL
We're refused, twenty-five pardons AMI
thirteen combinations granted.
Comparative figures are given as fol.
lows TO show the records Of other Id.
illustrations in the matter of pardOus.
Grant, -; Eaton, 10; Adams, 20; Coop
er, GO; ltoutt, 30: Waite, -; Mcintyre.
10; Adams, u; Thomas, ~. Total, $50.
There have been altogether thirty-Onr
criminals condemned to death. Di
these twelve Were committed, six were
discharged by order of the court, three
died, II was recommitted, twelve eN-
ccuted. one hundred and forty differs
have been sent to Canon City. OF thes'
ten died, one escaped, eighteen wcru
discharged by order of the court, ten
were commuted, thirty-seven were par.
doned, still in prison fifty-two.
The pardons issued have been to H.
G. Houston, III. G. MeuSer, Buck Robe.
Thomas Washington. Mary Clarks0n.
j.. III. Fisher. William Rimmer, Ia
McBuckley, Hugh Galbraith, jane
Ryan, II. q. renton, Alfred Russell,
Bessie G%albraith, Frances pudney, A.
ID. Fletcher. Nestor Martinez. Henry
Behr, Jim Taylor, James Riley, WI
liam Hoffman, l.. Il. Libbey, Theodore
Craig, George w. Grace.
, 1900-11-22
AMERICAN SHIPPING INTERESTS
SHOW A PROSPEROUS YEAR

Washington. Nov. 1o.-Thc report OF
Commissioner of Navigation Chamber
lain. made public to-day. says the past
fiscal wear has been the most prosper
GUS period known TO American ship
ping for some years. Returns for the
current fiscal ycnr promises an even
more satisfactory condition..
For the first time since the Civil War
the documCntcd tonnage of the lnited
States exceeds I.OOO.OOO gross tons.
June 80. 1900. American dOcumcntcd
ma comprised 23.:333 vessels of
5.1G4. SO SroSs tons, an Increase of 5Oo.
600 tons over the previous years. our
maximum tonnage was 1,l39,Sl3 tons
in 1861. our shipping. the report adds,
in 1861. was larger tina previous ana
nearly Cqualed the British empires.
British shipping now amount to H.
261.ooO gross tons. American vessels
are almost wholly confined to the coast
ing trade. which employed last year
4.:33S. 145 tons, or more than the total
tonnage of Germany and France. our
tonnage in the foreign trade was only
SIG 9J tons. ana carried last year only
. per cent. of our exports and imports.
\ century ago. American shipping reg
iStered for foreign trade was GG9,92l
tons. while this tonnage nov in thir-
teen original states amounts TO 4S2,9OI
tons.
The report says that by reason of Sc
rious competition with foreign nations
in the ocean-carryiug trade we are
practically restricted to % registered
steamships of over 1000 tons. aggre-
eating 26O,32J tons. Single foreign
steamship corporations own greater
tonnage. Japan has eighty-three ocean
steamships of over 1000 tons, aggrc-
eating $4,000 tons. Besides these
steamships we have 125 registered
square rugged sail vessels, owe 1000
o each. for the deep sea trade. More
than half of these are over twenty
years old. and as such vessels disap-
pear their places are not supplied by
construction.
Our tonnage is distributed as follows:
Between the Atlantic and Gulf coasts,
2,T2T.S92 gross tons: great lakes. 1.J65.-
JSI tons; Pacific coast. including Ha-
wall. 612.9Oi tons: Mississippi and trib-
utary rivers. 25S,I56 tons.
The increase in our shipping during
the decade was TIO.342 tons. of which
1SI.Jl2 tons was on the Pacific coast
and was due mainly To Alaskan and
Hawaiian trade The effective carry
ing power Of the worlds merchants
fleets has increased sixty per cent.
The most notable change in the
worlds shipping has been in the size
Of steamships. In 1880. there We're
LIS ocean steamships of 1000 tons or
over. while now $50 such steamships.
a~ggrcgatinE 5.GOO,0OO tons. constitute
one-fOurth of the worlds steam ton
mage. Increased speed. though great,
has been less noteworthy.
Concentration of the worlds ship
owning has been notable. The thirty
principal steamship companies of the
world W 1000 steamships, or one
fourth in tonnage and more than one
, 1900-11-22

Denver, Colo, Nov. 11.-Iohn Porter
was burned to death last night at LII
mon, in Lincoln county, on the spot
where Just n week before he assaulted
and murdered little Louise Frost
A Republican special from Limon
says:
1.-The father of his victim dictated
the form of punishment, touched the
match to the kerosene soaked pyre,
and when Porter was breathing his
last words, II was Frost who asked
the crowd to keep still that he might
hear every word.
The burning of Porter was a horror
that equaled the crime. The details cN-
coed the imagination of anyone who
had not seen them.
The negro arrived in Jimon Mt 1916
O'Clock, having been put on the Union
Pacific train Mt Magnolia. He was In n
car at the end of the train with Sher-
if Freeman, Deputy BeistIine, Deputy
Harper of Gilbert county and about a
dozen newspaper men. Robert Frost,
the father of the child, was in another
car of the same train with DIR. Bass.
after the crowd visited the trains
In vain last night there was a growing
feeling hat the promise merely to
hang the negro was vacated by the
failure 10 deliver him. Untii morning
the leaders of the crowd who counseled
moderation argued with the men. Ear,
ly this morning, finding themselves III
able to stem the tide, they left the city.
At l o'clock this afternoon n meeting
, 1900-11-22
RAVISHER AND MURDERER
BURNED AT THE STAKE

was called, which about sixty men at
tended. T~wo-thirds Of them We're the
same who attended last nights meet
ing. Recruits We're outspoken adro-
Gates Of making an awful example OF
the negro
The train was stopped nj Lake, near
the scene of the crime, by lynchelS.
who had bought tickets to mat place
Sheriff Freeman, who had the prisoner
in charge, was overpOwered and re
volvers held at his head while Porter
was taken from the car.
The stake at which Porter was
burned was n piece of steel rail, about
ten feet long. set upright in the ground,
TO which he was clumsily chained.
Nearly 500 people were present and
n vote was taken as to whether the
negro should be burned or put 10 death
in some other way. The crowd di-
vided into two parties by stepping
east and west and the great minority
was for burning. A great pile of boards
were heaped around him and saturated
with coal oil.
All this was done deliberately and
without haste. occupying n good deal
of time. Porter was mostly silent and
seemed to he trying to pray.
Finally Robert Frost. the father oil
the boys victim, applied n match TO
the kerosene. which mt first failed 10
light. requiring n second match. and
Porter. the siNtcen-ycHr-old ravishei
and murderer, was slowly burned to
death.
, 1900-11-22
DROP In S~TRATTON'S
INDEPENDENCE

London. Nov. l9.-Thc sensational
drop of SO II share in the price of
S%trattOn's Independence stock within
Il few weeks has been the feature of
the mining division of the stock mar
ket. A few weeks ago the shares were
selling at SO. To-day they got down
TO 50 and the pressure To unload was
heavy.
According TO the best Informed min
ing experts. the decline in the stock is
due to n revision of opinion MS to the
mines prospects.
At the time of the purchase of tie
property, In April, when Mr.. Strnttou
received the last payment of the SO.
100000 for which he had contracted 20
deliver the property. Mr.. ~. A. Rick
ard, the consulting engineer of the com
phny, made n statement in whica he
said there was upward of Sl3,OOO,O UO in
gold In sight.
This has now been revised, ana II is
said that only S~2,OOO,oOO to $4,000, 900
is in sight.
As to the output, Mr.. Richard said:
Up 10 May, 1899, the yield was ST.
OIl,S6O, out of which S2,5T4,1GI was
prOht. The production for the first
year of the English company, ending
this month CApriD. will he $1,000 900.
out Of which S2.OOO,OOO will be de
clared in dividends. This mine has
yielded n grand total Of $4,000 900 and
and "A profit of Si.5OO,OOO."
London, Nov. 10.-Frcderick Baker of
STATIONS Independence and II. A.
Richard of the Venture corporation re-
turned here Wednesday from Colorado.
where they visited the mine with John
Hays Hammond. The English invest
, 1900-11-22
G, A. R. ~ENCAMPMkNT
RATE STILL OPEN

Denver colo, Nov. 19.-lt is denied
by railroad officials in Denver that the
Western Passenger Association has
acted adversely IN the request for a
cent n mile rate for the q. A X. Ma
tional Encampment at Denver.
In connection with this statement
was the report that George II. Heat
ford, formerly passenger agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee X st. Iaul road
had been actively opposed to the low
rate. Not willing 10 be misrepresented,
Mr.. Heafford has written the follow
ing letter for publication:
Chicago, Nov. IL, 19O0.-My atten-
ton has been called to items recently
published to the effect that while L
was general passenger agent of the
Chicago. Milwaukee Il ST. Paul rail
way | worked against the eff orts of
Denver to secure "A n cent per mile
railway excursion rate for the Grand
Army of the Republic in 1901. The
genial liar who made his statement to
the newspaper reporters undoubtedly
belongs to some Dad competitive with
the Milwaukee, and his memory Is
bad. For j had severed my connection
with the G, NJ. X st. T.. railway long
before / could have been afforded an
opportunity to even express an opinion
on the question of transportation rates,
or the selection of Il place for the next
grand encampment.
Although / am now out of railway
service land must pay fare when /
traVell- il is my understanding that all
roads leading to Denver are members
of one or more hide-hound passenger
associations. and to those associations
must he submitted the question of eN-
cursion fares and arrangements before
any road can take action.
II have no authority to speak for the
present general passenger agent of the
e., NJ. \ 81. i. railway. but l believe
he thinks-aS l dO-that the railroads
of this country can and should give the
old soldiers reasonably low excursion
rates. whether the enCampmentS he
held in Denver. Cleveland or Oshkosh.
Being an old soldier myself l am in
favor of Il railroad fare of N cent Il
mile. or less df the railroads can afford
III. with no free passes or dead-held
tickets for Grand Army officials. If
any one is To he carried free. let it be
the private soldicrs-the men behind
the guns. l hope Denver will entertain
the boys in blue in 1901. and will see
that we do not return home pcnnileSS
because Of 'over-taNatiOn' by railroads.
hotels, boarding houses, thcatcrs. haCk
drivers, bar rooms and other places and
things. Yours truly.
GEORGE ii. HEAFFORD."
, 1900-11-22

Washington. Nov. 1T.-At the Cnhi.
net meeting yesterday Attorney Gen.
cral Grtggs informed the President aud
his colleagues that after mature dclih.
GRAFTON hu had concluded II would be-
impossible for him To remain Il member
of the Cabinet for the Text tul's years.
This was the first definite rvsponst
from any member to tile Presidents
wish expressed at the last Cabinet
meeting that all Of the portfolios should
remain In the same hands during the
coming administration,
The resignation of the attorney gen
crnl viii not take effect until March 4th
next. ana II Is thought that all the 9th.
cr members, with the possible eNccp.
ton of The secretary Of war, will retain
their present positions.
, 1900-11-22

Denver, Colo, Nov. 19--A great gath
ering of people of all classes, parties
and denominations was held at the
First Baptist church in this city yes
terday to condemn the torture OF Jonh
Porter, who was burned TO heath at
Iimon by "A mob of Infatuated citizens
in revenge for his horrible crime IN
rayishing and numbering little Louise
Frost. G. NJ. Hobbs of the Y. Nj. Z.
\. presided.
Among the speakers and those taking
part in the meeting We're Governor y.
=. Thomas, Mayor Johnson, joel f.
Vale, Rev. II. +. Coyle of the Central
Presbyterian church, Rev. d.. n.
of the First Congregational church.,
Rev. G.. b. Vosburg of the First Bap-
tist church, Rev. John ii. Houghton
and others.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed:
we, citizens Of Denver and Colora-
do. in mass meeting this day assem-
bled, desire TO express to the world our
horror and deteStatiOn of the crime
committed in the burning alive of the
negro. Porter.
''The crime of which the negro him
self was guilty is II which cannot
he adequately characterized and IN the
presence of such a crime every heart
stands appalled,. This crime. however,
was the act of one man. II good citi-
zens may honestly differ as to The NEST
effective means Is which such evil
minded persons ma! he adequately
punished or restrained. However
much the negro by his crime merited
death. 10 such crime can justify re
course to barbaric methods of punish
ment. Wherein can the spirit which
impels men to visit such retribution
, 1900-11-22
GREAT DENVER MASS.MEETING
CONDEMNS BURNING OF PORTER

upon n criminal differ from that which
melted Indians to practice similar tor
lures for, centuries before h advent
of the Christian civilization, or from
that which marked the fearful exe,n.
lions of ancient Romef
"Werecognize the usual orderly char
acter of the people of Limon aud VI
cinity. We appreciate the fslct thar
their act was the result of eXcitemunr
and passion. which overturned their
reason and Judgment. But we must.
nevertheless, express our abhorrcnrr vi
the extreme measures to which ilryl
resorted. and we protest to the wurlll
that their course of procedure is not
for one moment ~countenanced by The
sober Judgment of the intelligent and
representative citizens of Denver and
Colorado.
..Tbis is not the time or the occasion
TO censure either our laws or our of
fcers of Justice. but ii is our solemn
hone that effective punishment will
speedily by law be enacted for crimes
Of the class which melted this tor
ture: that officers of justice will here.
after render resort TO lynch law i'm
possIble in our state: and that In
time to come any citizen of Colorado
inflicting torture like this. no mat'rr
under what provocation. shall he
brought to speedy and adequate pm
ishment.
"Finally we desire TO record our
Judgment that vengeance is not ttb' end
of penal suffering. No crime justitirs
crime. Deeds of this sort brutaliHc Inn.
manity as with savages and with au-
cient Rome. Processing to make am
awful example they are themselves d
far more awful example,
, 1900-11-22

Denver, although Cleveland is work
ing to Ccure 1t.
The same question will come up he.
fore the Irnnscontincntal Passenger
association mt its meeting in ST. Louis
within n few days.
Denver was selected as thc place for
the encampmcnt next August at the
meeting in Chicago following the en-.
campment this year. The special com
mittee recommended that II rate of /
cent II mile he made by the railroads.
George Ill. I%IcaffOrd, then general pas
scngcr agent of the Chicago. Milwau-
kee " ST. Paul, combattcd the l cent
per mile proposition. Cleveland took
advantage OF this To urge its claim for
the cncampment and the delegation OF
the Ohio town has kept the subject
stirred up and had Il delegation in com
mittee in Chicago 10 appear before the
Western Passenger Association and
combat the ] cent Il mile scheme.
, 1900-11-22

Devotees of golf are fon of refer
ring to 1t as the ancient and royal
game" 1t is probably more royal and
certainly far more ancient than most
of them have n idea of. At all
vents a pictured tablet was recently
unearthed at Carchemish, the old CAPT
tai of the Hittites, wherein are depict
ed men and women engaged in a pas
time, which, if not exactly golf as
played at present, is something extra
ordinarily like it.
, 1900-11-22
EMPEROR WILLIAM ATTACKED
BY A WOMAN ASSASSIN

Breslnu, Nov. 1T.-EmpCror William
was the object of an attempted out
rage to-day, which. however, failed. As
he was driving in an open carriage to
the Cuirassier barracks, accompanied
by the hereditary prince of SaXe-Mein-
niger. n Oma in the crowd hurled an
axe ut the carriage. The rapidity with
which the vehicle was passing saved
its occupants.
The woman was Immediately arrest
ed. Her name is Selma Schnapke. She
occupied II place in the front rank of
the spectators on the side furthcst
from the Emperor.
The axe, IT now appears, struck the
carriage. \ crowd of people who wit
messed the outrage threw themselves
on her. but the prompt intervention Of
the police saved the wUman from in
jury.
The assailant is n tradcswoman Of
Brcslau. 1t is said she threw the
hatchct because she was turned out of
her house by her landlord. \ pravis-
ional medical examination of the pris-
oncr has been made and she las been
pronounced insane.
While Emperor William was return
ing from the barracks To the railrOad
station hr was chccred by immense
crowds of people gathered along the
route.
Berlin, Nov. 1T.-According to most
reports, Emperor William did not no
ticc the incident. but u Breslau paper
says he saw what had happened and
turned ycry pale, but continued to
greet the ]bystandcrs pleasantly.
According to u special TO the I.Okal
Anzeiger, his majesty was apparently
in Il serious mood after the Incident
The entire Brcslau garrison was i'm
%mcdiatcly alarmed and drawn up in
line on both sides of the route which
, 1900-11-22

the Emperor tool in returning from the
barracks to the depot after luncheon.
The news of the attempt on tile
Kaiser made a great sensation here. II
was first reported on the bOursc. where
the market weakened.
The evening papers printed the de.
tails in double loaded type. All nc-
counts agree that the oma is de
mencted. 1t seems that she appeared
this morning in the Brcslau court in
lunacy proceedings against herself, car
rying an axe. which did not attract spe
cial attention. The case being post
poncd, she vent directly TO see the pro
, 1900-11-22

Japan is to have a new military dee
Grafton of the nature OF the Victoria
cross Of the British army, for personal
yalor on the field Of battle, which may
be conferred Immediately. without red
tape. As n companion to this lnteIIl-
gcnce comes the praise Of the nurses
of the Japan Red Cross on the hospi-
tai ship Hakuai at TaEu. They bear
these poetical names. O-Tak-San.
meaning the graceful bamboo: Umc-
san, the plum blossom; O-Hagi-san.
the modest meadow sweet: O-Yasu-
san, peace.
, 1900-11-22

Distinguished Greek consuls from
our western cities, as well as hundreds
of Greeks in eastern seaports. have
gathered the past two weeks to do
honor to the Navarchos Miaulis. the
first Greek warship to visit American
waters. Not only when Greek meets
Creek has the occasion been nota-
BILE, but because Greece has taken this
opportunity to express to the world
her appreciation of the long and un-
broken friendliness of the United
States.
, 1900-11-22

A terrible scene was witnessed in a
menagerie at a village near Privas,
France. a butcher made a wager that
he would enter a cage in which three
lions were enclosed, drink a bottle of
champagne. and play a game of cards
with the tanner. All wen well until
the butcher was about to leave. when
he foolishly thrust a glass of cham
payne under a lions nose. The beast
leaped furiously at the man and man
gled him terribly before he could be
released.