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New-York tribune., 1903-04-10

SHAD Il SURE SIGN
OF SPRING
This popular fish has again returned to
the Hudson, after a winter spent no one
knows where His habits and the way
we catch him described and pictured TO
the life
New-York tribune., 1903-04-10

tain it for ten years under the sanitary rules OF
the hoard The bill will be acted on next week
New-York tribune., 1903-04-10
SURE CURE

SURE CURE
FOR WIFE BEATERS.
The Low administration has found a
uostrun warranted TO eradicate this bad
habit from the system of the most brutal
husband Photographs OF the cure doing
its good work
New-York tribune., 1903-04-10
FRAZIER" EXPERTS
IN 4 EIGHT.

IN 4 FIGHT
The BARRIERS of this State are divided into
factions. Some want all BARRIERS 10 be
licensed Others prefer 20 practise their
art unhampered Many amusing details,
with photographs. OF this fierce feud, IN
which all the blood is spilled by the inno-
cent spectators
New-York tribune., 1903-04-10
TO GUARD THE BONES

TO Guard THE BONES
OF ANCIENT NEW-YORKERS.
Two societies are soon TO reconsecrate
the old Jewish cemetery in the New
Bowery to preserve it against the almost
sacrilegious molestationS which now be
set it. An agitation has also been started
by the unearthing of skeletons in an old
burying ground in upper Harlem, pOpu-
larly supposed to have been for negro
slaves Pictures OF the quaint Hebrew
cemetery. and of the bones and skulls
stacked up by the workunen from the old
negro graveyard
New-York tribune., 1903-04-10
INCOMING STEAMERS,
OUTGOING STEAMERS.

TO-DAY.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-10

4 BEAR NEARLY
TWELYE FEET LONG.
He is only one item OF rare collection
of animals at the American Museum OF
Natural History which were brought
from Alaska Described and photo
graphed.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-10
SCIENCE NOT 4 FOE
70 TIE RIRIE

Professor c. w. Shields, OF Princeton
University, repudiates the alleged con
Aict between the established facts OF the
former and the essential truths OF the
latter.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-10

Literary Reriews. Sports of Saturday
and the Week, Matters of Special Inter
est to WomsH, Entertaining Miscellany
from The Tribuue's Foreign and AHer-
ican Contemporaries. a Page of HEnOr.
Special Correspondence from London
and Paris. the News of the WOrId
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MAcHEN is INDICTED.
Washington Grand Jury Returns
True Sill.

Washington, June Z. - The grand
jury yesterday reported an indictment
against August w. Machen, former
superintendent of the rec delivery
service of the pos tof1ice department,
who was arrested several days ago,
charged with sharing profits on gov
eminent contracts for letter box
fasteners. The Indictment was
brought for violation Of Section 55o1
of the Revised Statutes. the penalty
for violation of which is "hnn OF not
more than three times the amount
asked or accepted CT received, aud by
Imprisonment of not more than three
years"
The amount which the indictment
states he received illegally is SIS
9S7.79. Mr.. Machen was in court with
his attorneys when the grand jury re-
ported, and Immediately gave bond in
the sum of $4,000 for his appearance
in court. The trial will occur in Oc-
tober. Mr.. Machen says that certain
checks which it is maintained were
sent to him in payment Of his profits
in the Croft fastener and which have
been secured by the postoftice in
spectors were sent him by his former
business partner, George E. l.orenz of
Toledo, Ohio, and formerly postmaster
of that city.
Mr.. Machen claims that his part
nership with Lorenz was strictly le-
Ultimate one. and that the checks
transmitted to him by Lcrcnz were In
connection with mining business
which the firm conducted.
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From Other Shores.

Two American Mormons, William
Stevens and John Meyers, have been
expelled from Thuringia.
Prince julius of Schleswig- Holstein,
brother of the king of Denmark, is
dead. Prince julius was born at
Gottorp in 1924.
Doctors at Lille, France, who have
been experimenting with X-rays ir
cancer cases, have arrived at very sat
isfactory results.
The London Daily Mail understands
that Lord Curzons term rs viceroy Of
India, which expires next September,
will be extended for two years.
The English cotton trade is so de-
stopped in Southeast Lancashire in
order to curtail the production.
Emperor William has ordered all the
commanding generals in Germany to
attend the maneuvers at Doeberitz to
witness entirely new and secret eyo.
lutions.
Marguerite Boyenval, who awol,e re.
Gently at Paris from twenty-year
trance, is dead The case is one OF
the most remarkable known to medi
cal science.
MIR. Chamberlain has invited 5000 81
| his constituents to garden party
June 20 at his Birmingham residence
when it is expected he will speak on
the imperial zollverein question.
Venezuelan government troops have
captured the port of Barquisimento
midway between Puerto, Cabello ant
La Guaira, which the insurgents have
made headquarters for long time
The Monte di Pieta Estate pawn
broking establishment at Naples was
destroyed by fire during the night
The strong room, filled with valuables
was Quilted. The damage, according
to some reports, amounts to $2,400,
600.
The governor general Of Algeria La!
authorized the formation of three mo
bile columns, one to march straight =
Figuig and the others to be directed
against the tribes who have rebellet
against Mayhem and French author
aty.
The Korean government contends
that the Russian lumber concession
which has created trouble betwee7
Russia and Korea, is confined to Mu
san on the Tuman river and one place
on the Yalu, and suggests the appoint
ment Of commission to define the
exact boundaries Of the concession.
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ALLEGED TO HAVE PRoFlTEo ~
SALE OF POUCHES TO
GOVERNMENT.
OTHER ARRESTS ARE txPfCItD
OFFICIALS DECLINE TO SAY
WHETHER MACHEN Is
IMPLICATED.

Washington, June 7..--As a result OF
the sweeping Investigation o. affairs
at the rosgc:.ice apartment Th'mas
w. McGregor, c!o:5 ii cha; &c 81 'ae
supplies for the r1!a. free ce!iESiy
service, and c. Ellsworth Upton OF
Baltimore, ole OF Mc5legors assls'
tants, yesterday were arrested on the
charge of conspiracy with Charles -.
Smith of Baltimore to defraud the
government in the purchase OF the
leather pouches furnished the rural
carriers throughout the country. the
complaint sets forth that McGresor
and Upton agreed with Smith to OBJ
tain for him the orders for many thou
sands of leather pouches such as are
used by rural letter carriers. Inc
price agreed upon was 80 cents per
pouch: the actual value was less than
so cents. Smith was to pay to them
the difference between 80 and so cents
per pouch. 1t is stated at the Depart
ment that the actual number Oh
pouches which were purchased ex-
ceeded 10000, for which the govern
ment paid 80 cents each, or $4,000 IN
all. Smith received and retained OF
this for his own use $4,000. The re-
naming $4,000 was.
Paid to McGreeor and Upton.
Tie government could have bought
the entire number of pouches from the
manufacturers for $4,000. McGregor
was the clerk in charge of rural free
delivery supplies and Upton was one
of his assistants. Their cases make
seven arrests in all since the investi-
CATION began. Other arrests are ex-
pected later.
Postal officials after the arrests
would not say whether their investiga-
tions in anywise implicated Mr..
Machen, who was general superin-
tendent Of the system while the al
legged transactions occurred. Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Bristow,
when asked question on this point,
declined to answer. Mr.. Bristcw also
declined to say what action was likely
to be taken in the case OF c. f. Smith,
the Baltimore contractor who is named
in connection with the case. Mr..
Smith has not been arrested.
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Resume 81 tDc ncws.
4 Crimes and Criminals.

Crimes and Criminals.
The United States grand jury ut
Montgomery, Ala, has returned thirty
six indictments against white citizens
for holding negroes in servitude.
Ruperto Rios. the fanatical Filipino
leader in the province of Tayabas, cap
tured about a month ago, has been
convicted of murder anu sentenced 10
death
Henry johnson was executed al
kaufman, Texas, for criminal assault
on Mrs. Wentworth, the negro being
legally hanged within four days of the
crime.
Charles Moore, whom Mamie Will
Jams had rejected stabbed her and al.
tempted to cut her throat on a street
car at Marion, Ind. After his arrest
he expressed disappointment that he
had not killed her
Four burglars, after footing fash
ionable residences in Prospect Park,
New York, led the police and citizens
long chase. Only one of the burg
lars was taken, and before his cap.
ture he was shot twice in the left leg
Mrs. E. O'Brien of blackberry, La.
is dead and her husband and two chill.
dren are dying from the effects of poi
son administered by negro, Ambrose
Comeaux whom O'Brien had thrashed.
After arrest Comeaux made futile at.
tempt at suicide.
A plot to blow up the Adventist san
atorium at Battle Creek, Mich, during
the dedicatory exercises, is said to
have been discovered. Oil saturated
with cotton and two sticks of dyna.
mite were found in the pipe that sup
plies the building with gas.
The jury in the case Of Mrs. Ft'te
Taylor, charged with killing her hus-
band, Lafayette Taylor az Monticello,
N. Y, returned, verdict OF guilty IN
the first degree. She was sentenced
to death and her execution fixed for
the week of July 5, at Dannemor2
prison.
The bank commissioners of New
Hampshire made the announcement
that Albert O. Mathes, for thirty-five
years treasurer of the STAFFORD Five
Cent Savings bank of Dover, N. H., is
a defaulter to the amount OF $l5,452.
Mathes has property and was under
$4,000 bonds.
A rich haul was made upon eXa
ton at San Francisco of the baggage
of Henry S. Potter and wife, who are
wealthy residents of St. Louis, ana
who arrived on the steamer America
Maru. The articles, which were many
and valuable, were not declared. so
they we're seized by the customs of1i'
GERS.
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People Talked About.

S. E. Pettee, inventor of the ma
chine for making paper bags, died &C
Cleveland. He was eighty-one years
old.
Col. Frank Cox, millionaire proprie-
tor of the Battery Park hotel at Asne-
vile, N. c., died at his plantation in
Rutherford county.
Assistant Secretary Brigham Of the
department of agriculture, who has
been quite i'll at his home in Ohio Tor
the past few days, has returned to
duty.
Robert w. Hyman, one of the best
known real estate men of Chicago, for
many years manager of the Chicago
interests of Hetty Green, died of
Bright's disease.
Prof. ]. P. Leslie, the famous geolo.
gist Of the University Of Pennsyl.
vania, is dead at his home in Milton.
Prof. Leslie was rated as one of the
most expert biologists in the world.
H. ]. Morse of Camden, N. j.. prcsi-
dent of the New York Shipbuildi,lg
company, died suddenly at the Astor
house in New York. Mr.. '1.orse was
stricken with apoplexy.
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QtherWtSe.

The Northwest Skat league will
meet next year at st. Louis.
A bank to be kept open until IL
o. m. for the benefit of FOUNDERS" Is
talked of for the tenderloin district iQ
New York.
Eleanor Gallagher, the divorced wife
of Edmund p Dole, attorney general
of Hawaii, is going on the stage as a
chorus girl.
H. ]. Morse, president of the New
York Shipbuilding company, died sud
denly at the Astor house, New York,
from apoplexy.
The new Adventist sanatorium, sale
to be the largest in the world, was ded.
jcated at Battle Creek, Mich, 10000
people being present from out of town.
In a sermon at Denver, Bishop M.
Matz strongly denounced all labor
unions, but particularly those vino
have declared themselves in favor OF
socialism.
Mayor Rose of Milwaukee gave on,
a statement at South Bend, Ind, in
which he charged William ]. Bryan
with defeating him for governor OF
Wisconsin.
r, H. McCollum of Duluth. Mimi, a
commissioner to the Presbyterian as
sembly. died at the California hospital
at Los Angeles. He was eighty-one
years old.
The Oklahoma Booth story is fake
pure and simple. The body OF the as
sassin was buried in Green Mount
cemetery, Baltimore, after the disin'
terraent at Washington.
An English flag on pole from the
second-story front window OF the resi-
dence of William Rankins at Philadel.
phia caused small riot. The nag
was torn down by the crowd.
The first monument ever erected III
this country to the memory of the Ge.
man soldiers who participated in the
Franco-Prussian was was unveiled III
Hillside cemetery, Philadelphia.
The annual report OF the Congrega
tional Home Missionary society, IN
convention at Providence, r. l., shows
the number of missionary laborers last
year to be 1871; Sunday school and
Bible pupils number 141,269.
Prof. C. N Gould, in inspecting 8
cave on the Arkansas line near Nor
snan, Okla, discovered four human
skeletons of cave dwellers and flint In
struments Of many kinds. The cave
| is dug out Of solid rock and is seventy
feet long.
A two months strike and lockou
that involved 1000 glove workers il
Fulton county, N. Y, and has cost ovel
| 100000 in wages, has been settled
The lockout of table cutters is de
clared at an end, the manufacturer:
agreeing to arbitrate.
The new cruiser Tacoma, built al
the Union Iron works, was launched
at San Francisco the other night. Miss
Julia Naomin Harris of Tacoma chris
tened the vessel as it glided into the
bay. Miss Louise Stone Of the same
city pressed the button that released
It from the WAYS.
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sAwMlLL MEN STRIKE.
White River Lumber Company Askc.

White River Lumber Company Asked
for Increase in Pay.
Mason, Wis, June IA big strike
is on here in the White River Lumber
company's sawmills About 50 per
cent of the employees refused to 60 to
work yesterday morning because Is
per cert raise was not granted. The
striking enHloJcs last night threat
ened bodily violence to any ono Who
offered to go to work this morning.
The Sheriff has been called UDcl to
protect those who wish to work.
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STATE sUTTERMAKEEo.

They Held Annual Picnic at Lake
Crystal.
Lake Crystal, Mimi, June 7. - The
state buttermakers' association held
the annual picnic at this place yester-
day and several hundred people were
in attendance. Prominent dairymen
from all ovGr the state were in at
tendance and addresses were made by
A. w. Trow and E. X. Slater. B. D.
White and Sam Haghdahl of the state
dairy commission, acted as judges in
the ALTERNATING contest.
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From the Capital.


The First National Bank of Bagley,
Mimi, has been authorized to com.
mence business. The capital is $25,-
600.
The commissioner of internal reve.
nue. has ruled that palm oil in cleo is
"ooloring matter" and that such prod.
ust must be taxed 10 cents per pound.
Imports OF iron and steel material
for the month of March amounted to
$4,000 tons, of which So ,941 tons was
pig iron, as against 1882 tons in Feb.
ruary.
''Ironquill,' as United States PEN
sion Commissioner Eugene A. Ware is
known in the literary world, is ma
rooned somewhere in the flooded dis.
trict around Topeka
The treasury department announces
the appearance of new counterfeit,
Photographic reproduction of the $40
issue of the National State Bank OF
Metropolis. 1t is pronounced very
crude.
It has been announced authoritative
ly that Secretary Moody of the navy
would not remain in the cabinet longer
than the present term of President
Roosevelt. Mr.. Moody then expects to
resume the practice of law
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FLOOD GREEplLY Tapping At
PROPERTY AND REACHING
FOR LIVES.
WHOLE Town IS INUNDATED
TWO THOUSAND lNHA6iT ANTS
FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES
RIVER RISING.

St, Louis, June T. - The terrific
force and the destructive magnitude
of the great flood that is sweeping
down the Mississippi is steadily NJ
creasing in volume, surrounding anu
demolishing barriers OF protection ah0
greed!ly tapping at property and reach
ing for lives as it resistlessly extends
farther and farther beyond the ordl-
nary river confines, is now being 1eit
in st. Louis and vicinity to an alarm
ing extent.
At z O'Clock last night the stage had
reached 34.2 feet, rise OF feet since
Z o'clock in the morning. Govern
ment Forecaster Bowie issued bulle-
tin predicting stage of IS feet by to-
day noon, sc by Sunday and 81 feet
on Monday.
The Mississippi north of the mouth
of the Missouri is rising still, but the
rapidity Of the rise has been dunn
ished because of the
Breaks in Levees.
The great Sny levee which extends
for miles along the Illinois shore froT
Hannibal northward, broke YESTERDAY
and the waters went rushing thrOua
the crevassc to devastate thousands
acres of fertile farming lands. Pos
bly, some lives may be lost. Later
the day the food forced a pass
through the levee at Madison, ILL.,, ;
north of St. Louis. This ,evee is fifN
miles long, and for days men nj
been hard at work endeavoTlng' VI
strengthen it, but the river found
weak point in a sewer way and Il
water broke through like a geyse.
West Granite, a town. of 1000 people,
is in a depression between the levee
and railroad embankment. Warning
had been given and the inha bitants
had
Sought Safety y
when the deluge came. 1t is believe !
all escaped, but the town is un} :
water.
In St. Louis the buildings along|
river front have practically
abandoned as the first floors are
foot under water which stands
feet deep on the top of the steam
levee.
In South st. Louis fully 100 fam
living near the mouth of the River
Peres were forced to leave thS
houses yesterday by the advances j
waters, and many families living
house boats fed to land for shelter
Water Rapidly Receding.
Kansas City, June 7.-At dark
night the water had rece&ed from
tenth of the flooded area and tn
covered property was promptly rei
pied. The recession of the 1!oof
caused lively demand Cor uns'
laborers to repair railroads, cles )
buildings and carry away II
and with the Kansas harvest N
is expected that every man wiki
work will have steady employment
many weeks to come. l.
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THE PICTURE OF HEALTH.J
President Returns to Washiaetort,
From His Long Trip.

Washington, June Z. President
Roosevelt returned to Washington last
night from his memorableS trip of
over two months throughout Tic West.
He was given a hearty reception by
the people of the capital. The presi
dent cordially responded to the greet
ings given him, and on the drive from
the Pennsylvania station to the White
House repeatedly stood up in his car
rage and waved his hat and bowed
his acknowledgements to the people,
that lined the street. He looked the
picture of health. Many government
officers met the president at the sta
ton.
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School children Of New Haven,
Conn, have formed union and threat
en- to strike If they are not given q
session lasting from a. m. TIL p. M.
Now is the time for their parents 70
begin a strike in the woodshed.
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PASSENGERS Injured:

Pittsburg, June Z. "A Traction car
jumped the track near the Glenwood
bridge and all of the sixteen passen-
gers aboard were hurt. None Of them
were injured seriously. The car
landed within three feet of the river.
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waierworks COMPLETED,

Blackjack, Mimi, June 6. - The
waterworks, costing 81 900, has Just
been completed and a thorough test
was male yesterday. Fairbanks.
Morse & Co. were the contractors
Blackjack now has excellent fire pro.
lection.
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Nine Monteith, an English singer,
has declined an offer to come to
America, it is reported, because OF the
ominous prediction of fortune teller.
Why didn't Mascagni think OF this
before he came over?
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Miss Noble advises the professional
woman to shun cocktails, man and
f1attery.' Stunning cocktails Is per-
fectly proper, safe and wise, but would
she be woman if she could turn her
back on man and flattery!
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PeIee AGAIN Active.

Paris, June Z. Colonial Minister
Doumergue has received dispatch.
from the governor of Martinique an
nouncing that Mount Pelee is again
active. For several days the volcano.
has been emitting flames.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-10

It takes $1,000,000,00O per year to
keep the people of the United States
in whisky, and still there are millions
of them going about complaining that
they are as dry as fishes.
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The Augusta Chronicle is the Oldest
newspaper in the southern states, ana
its new owners reckon that they are
going to make it as lively as the
Youngest.
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Chlcroformed and Robbed.
Seattle. Wash, June Mrs. Rob-
ert sec:sr yesterday was chloroformed
and robbed of about $1,000 in her
apartments in the McCombs block.
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ARCHBISHOP kATzER FAILING.

His Condition Is Net Encouraging and
i.iy Physicians Disagree.
Fond du &c, Wis, June Reports
from st. .:g.H,s' sanitarium indicate
that the coalition of Archbishop
Katzer is not encouraging. 1t is said
that he Is gradually losing weight and
his physicians cannot agree as to the
real el.es.. Of his illness. 1t is be-
lieyed ti8.. .aa seat Of the ailment is
the liver
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Even if Mr. Morgan has bought
some bogus art treasures, he has the
satisfaction of knowing tn at some peo-
pie of undoubted artistic judgment
have been fooled in stocks
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The Omaha judge who has enjoined
a woman from talking to or about
neighbor's tenants, is likely to find
that government by injunction OF
woman's tongue is not wholly simple
task.
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Great Britain has succeeded IN con
structing the immense battlesh'p COM
monwealth in ten months. This Wouid
seem to be favorable opportunity 1or
some of the American shipbuilders 70
arise and expatiate again uIon the I'M
possibility OF building battlesnlp
under three years time.
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ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
Joseph Pinkney Charged With Having
Killed CoIleue Student.

Detroit, Mich, June Z. = Joseph
PinKney, alias Thomas Clark, who is
said to be wanted in Rochester. N. Y,
for the alleged murder of college
student in his camping tent near Rocn-
ester, Sept 3, 1902, was arrested by
the detectives yesterday. He admits
his identity. but denies that he was in
Rochester when the crime was com
mitted.
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Fatally Burned.

MarEllalltown, Iowa, June Mrs
Ben Olson set a kerosene can on hot
stove and returned to the room just as
an explosion occurred. She was prob.
ably fatally injured. Her husband and
child were also badly burned.
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Daniel Nominated AGAIN.

Richmond, Va. June Z. United
States Senator Daniel was Yesterday
declared the nominee Of the Democrat
ic party as his own successor for the
United States senate. He had no op-A
position.