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The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17
PERSHING WHIPS
HOSTILE r1OROS

Manila, April 11.-Captain PERISH
ing's force captured Bacolod. Island of
Mindanao. Wednesday. killed hun
dred Moros and wounded many others.
Three Americans were wounded.
Pershing's force consisted of Shaw's
battalion of the Twenty seventh infan-
try, kilpatrick's troop of the Eff
teenth cavalry and McNair's battery,
Captain Pershings was surveying the
west shore lands. when the Bacolodians
opposed his advance and provoked the
fight. Pershng's force surrounded and
attacked the stronghold first shelling
them and rushing his troops forward,
charged gallantly.
After crossing a deep mcat and en-
tering the fort the Americans engaged
the Moros, bayOHets against krisses. A
hundred of the defenders were killed,
including the datto of Panandungan,
and many others were wounded. Only
three Americans were wounded. After
the capture of the fort 1t was de-
stroyed.
The Bacolod leaders and the majori-
ty of the people of that district had
been hostile to the Americans and en-
couraged attacks on American camps.
They rejected the tenders of friend
ship.
1t is expected that the defeat of the
Bacolodians will result in all the
Moros acknowledging American SOW
ereignty.
Pershing's column is going to Para
hue, which is also hostile.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17
FAST RUN BY THE
NEW CHALLENGER

Weymouth. Eng. April 1l.-A ff-
tecn-mile run to the lceward and a
beat home giving leeward and wind
ward test of thirty miles under condi
tions as similar as possible to those
eXpectable during the races for the
Americas cup of Sandy Hook. was
the course SET for the two Shamrocks
Thursday. The breeze was, light, not
over five knots. as the boats under club
topsail ranged up for the start and
were sent off from mark boat off
Weymouth pier.
The trim of the challenger had been
slightly altered from that of Wednes-
day. her anchor and cable being car
ried. The alterations were apparently
valuable. for she outran the Shamrock
|. fast and constantly and was about
five minutes ahead when they rounded
the Erin al the end of the lceward run.
The boats then started on the beat
homcward. The wind had slackened
and they made slow progress. Never
theless, the challenger showed the
same good windward work as hereto
fore and steadily improved her lead
In the opinion of experts the Sham
rock H. was really driven for proba
bly, the first time on this windward
The Shamrock l. was hopelessly beaten
from start to finish and was wholly un-
able 10 match the pace set by the chal-
lenger. The latter passed the winning
mark over seventeen minutes ahead Of
the Shamrock l. Yachtsmen consid-
cred this to be notable victory. as
showing the Shamrock III. to be a
much more formidable challenger for
the Americas cup than her admirers
had heretofore suggested.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17

Anaconda, Mont. April IA spe-
cial to the Standard from Gardiner,
Mont, says:
president Roosevelt is hunting noun
ing lions yesterday on Slough creek.
In company with Major Pitcher, acting
superintendent of the park. and guard
of soldiers. he left Fort Yellowstone
Thursday morning for Yancey's. fifteen
miles east of Mammoth Hot Springs
from where he went to Slough creek.
There are more elk and deer in this
vicinity than in any other portion of
the park. and where the big game is
most numerous. there are also to be
found the worst mountain lions The
President will undoubtedly bag few
lions. although it is not known here
whether he has secured any as yet. He
will also get plenty of opportunity to
shoot wolves. as there are many of TIE
big gray fellows in that section.
The president left Fort Yellowstone
in excellent spirits. No members of his
party accompanied him to Yancey's.
The trip was not an especially difficult
one as the soldiers had broken trail
through the Yellowstone. The snow is
not extremely deep and no special diff
Guilty was experienced In reaching
Yancey's From Yancey's the president
will probably visit the lower falls. The
soldiers have broken trail there.
Lower falls is five miles up the river
from Yancey's. There are many elk
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17
THE PRESIDENT GOES FORTH
TO HUNT THE MOUNTAIN LION

and deer in that section also. 1t is in
the vicinity Of Slough creek that Death
Gulch is located, and II is understood
that the president contemplates visit
to that strange canon. The snow is
deep in that vicinity.
The weather was fairly good when
the president left Fort Yellowstone
Thursday morning, but it turned bad
Friday 1t has been showing heavily
since and has turned cold. Those who
have been in the park many seasons
say that the weather is worse now than
it ever was before. so far as white men
know, at this time of the year. 1t Is
showing heavily to-day The wind is
not blowing however. and it Is not
thought that the snow will drift to any
great extent. The President and his
guard will have no special difficulty in
reaching Fort Yellowstone, as the dis
tance is not great and good trail has
been broken.
President Roosevelt and Major Pitch
er will return to Fort Yellowstone Tues
day If the chief executive carries out
his present plans. He will leave imme-
diately on tour of the park. 1t is his
intention to go through to the lake.
New SHOWS will make the trip more
difficult than was anticipated. but 1t is
understood that the president proposes
to make it if he has to travel on skis
most of the way. No one will accom-
pany the president on the trip through
the park except the soldiers.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17
LAUNCH OF THE
NEW DEFENDER

Bristol. r. l., April 12.-With an
American eagle at her bow the cup
defender Reliance was launched at the
Herereshoff works just before sundown
yesterday
Five hundred persons stood beside
the glistening under body of the yacht
when Miss Cora Iselin. daughter of c.
Oliver lselin, managing owner of the
boat. broke, with a silver hammer, the
traditional bottle Of champagne, say
ing at the same time: Il christen thee
Reliance, and may God bless thee"
The laurel wreaths and lunches OF
pinks tied with red and black ribbons,
the racing colors OF Mr. Iselin. were
fastened forward and as the yacht
slowly drew out of the shop the Ameri-
can yacht ensign was raised at the
stern. with Mr. Iselin's private signal
amidships and the colors of the New
York Yacht Club at the bow.
Three thousand persons in steam
yachts, rowboats, on the two piers and
back on the street behind the shops
greeted the plunge of the Reliance with
lusty cheers. while a bugler on a tor
pedo boat played The Star Spangled
Banner"
1t is expected that the Reliance will
have a trial spin in about ten days.
after which she will have a thorough
trying out, meeting both the Consti-
tuition and the Columbia in series OF
thirty-flve races in Long Island sound,
off Sandy Hook and at Newport
Should she prove superior TO her two
rivals. she will meet the Shamrock III.
in the first of the cup races August
21St
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17
HIGHLY SENSATIONAL MURDER
CASE STIRS EASTERN COLORADO o

Denver. April IA special dispatch
TO the Republican from Akron last
night says:
The verdict of the coroner's jury
which has been all week probing into
the mystery connected with the assas-
sination Of Joseph Meeran. was made
public late this evening. 1t is as fol-
lows:
That the deceased came to his death
on the 3rd of April. 1903. in the county
OF Washington by four gunshot
wounds inflicted by one or more of
the following named persons: Perry
Tuttle. George l. Tuttle. Frank Irwin,
Elmer Shanks and Clinton Dansdill.
and that all Of said persons conspired
to kill. or abetted in the killing, and
that said killing was felonious."
Prior to making known to the public
the contents of the verdict, informa-
tions were filed against the persons
named in the coroners findings, and
all were later placed under arrest by
Sheriff Ball.
The prisoners will be taken to Jail
at Denver. They left here on the /
O'Clock Burlington train and will reach
Denver at o'clock Sunday
The trial of the prisoners is expected
to be the most sensational in the his
tory of eastern Colorado. George /.
Tuttle. the eldest of the defendants. is
one of the best known men in his sec
tion of the state. He is president of
the Eastern Colorado Cattle Growers
Association and the largest cattle own
er in Washington county. His reputa-
tion has been of the best. He is a
members of the Colorado Cattle Grow
ers' Association and has always at
tended its annual meetings in Denver.
He has lived in eastern Colorado for
the last thirty years. Perry Tuttle his
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17
POSTMASTER GENERAL PAYNE
ORDERS FULL INVESTIGATION

Washington. April H-Post tmaster
General Payne last night gave ont a
statement in which he announced that
the investigation of the affairs of the
Postohice Department will he contin-
ued and that any persons found guilty
OF wrong doing will be dealt with sum
marily. The statement follows:
During the months of January and
February information and reports
reached me which deemed 1t for the
public interest to Investigate and
personally gathered such information
and facts as would enable the proper
officers of the department to under
take a thorough investigation as TO the
truth or falsi'y OF these reports.
directed Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Bristow to take the proper
steps TO institute the necessary in
quiry. using for that purpose the post
office inspectors division and such
other methods as would thoroughly as
certain the truth or falsity of the
charges or insinuations made, apd he
was instructed to proceed promptly
and with vigor during my absence
Since my return this morning have
not seen General Bristow, so that am
not advised of the progress. The in
vestigation will continue and if any
wrong doing is disclosed, the parties
guilty Of such wrong doing will be
summarily dealt with. II the system
or method of doing business in the de
partment is faulty. the proper rene
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17
GREAT KENTUCKY EDITOR SAYS
NEGRO RACE WILL RISE SLOWLY

the blacks. gaining in all things else.
have brought corruption into the suf-
frage and discredit upon themselves.
is it not kind OF madness further to
press artificial methods. which. how
ever justified theoretically from educa-
tional lookouts in Michigan. Iowa and
Wisconsin. fall helpless to the ground
in their practical application to the
semi-barbarous toilers in the cotton
fields and corn lands of Alabama Geor-
gia and South Carolina?
THE mysteries OF Providence are
hidden from you and me; why the ne
gro was brought hither from the wilds
of Africa and sold into slavery, his re-
demption thence, and all his redemp-
tiOn cost us; but, assured that behind
these mysteries lay some vast design,
! feel that God has always been with
us and is with us now. Why, Wash
ington, the patriot, instead of Lee. the
adventurer? Why Lincoln. the seer.
instead of Seward. the scholar If il
was not the will of heaven that the
Confederacy should fall, that the Union
should prevail, why were all the acci-
dents Of the war with the North and
against the South? The death of Jack
son at the critical moment in the val
ley of Virginia, the arrival at the crit
ical moment of the Monitor in the
waters of Hampton Roads? II it be
not the will of heaven that we shall
carry the Christian message of freedom
and civilization to the end of the earth.
why did not the Lord send Dewey
home? No. no. gentlemen. as God was
radiant in the stars that shone over
Washington at Valley Forge, over Lin
coin at Gettysburg, over Grant in the
Wilderness. over the fleets in Manila
bay and the 'bullies' in front of San
tlago. does His radiance shine upon us.
brothers in blood and arts and arms
whether our knees go down amid the
SHOWS or the flowers. Long ago the
South. forgiving all. accepted the ver-
dict in perfect faith. 1t is for the North
forgetting all, to seal it in perfect love. y
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17
De ClSION WILL
GIVE THE PEOPLE NEW POWER

railway lines. but solely applies to
the suppression of competition by
railway consolidation.
Judge Thayer's decision in effect
demonstrates the inaccuracy of the
phrase holding company. and also
shows that the community of interest
plan through stock ownership, when
it suppresses competition and pro-
notes monopoly. is unlawful. 1t holds
in substance that whenever the con-
troll of competing interstate carriers
is secured, either by combination of
natural persons or by corporation
which they create. and the motive for
competition has thus been destroyed
by the consequent unity of interest,
the antitrust law is violated The fact
that each of the competing lines is
nominally operated by separate
board of directors is held immaterial
and the court, disregarding form and
looking to substance, holds that the
real policy of railroad is controlled
by those who own a majority of their
stock. and that such individual hold
ers in real sense determine all i'm
portant corporate acts.
The decision is also of first import
ance in holding that the mere owner
ship of stock in an interstate railroad
brings the owner in such direct rcla-
ton with interstate commerce as to
subject him to the plenary powers of
the federal government with respect
thereto Perhaps this holding gives
the decision its greatest Importance
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17

Philadelphia. April 1l.-James NJ.
Beck, assistant attorney general who
argued the Northern Securities case
and the recently decided lottery cases
for the government, when questioned
to-day as to the scope of the decision
in the former case, said:
"Disclaimng any purpose to express
any opinion but my own, the clear
and exhaustive opinion of Judge
Thayer seems to me to leave nothing
to be desired in the matter of full
exposition of the federal law appica-
BILE to the consolidation of competing
interstate carriers. All interests
should welcome such result. for it
seems to be of first Importance that
the exact meaning of exact statutory
law should be definitely ascertained.
When so ascertained, the question of
the wisdom of the statutes can be
fairly debated in the greater court of
public opinion.
The decision of the Circuit Court
accomplishes this purpose. 1t de-
stroyed the legal device for the sup
preston of competition, shifts the
whole question from the courts to the
people. and leaves for their consdera-
tion and ultimate decision the ques-
tion whether it should h. altogether
prohibited. The wild suggestion that
this decision is revolutionary and will
disrupt the American railway system
is absurd 1t simply reattirms exist
ing PRINCIPLES and has no application
whatever to legitimate extensions of
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17
BOODLING EXPOSE
STIRS MISSOURI

ST Louis. April 14.-Yestcrday's de-
velopments in the State Legislature
hoodle investigation being conducted
by the grand jury in st. Louis and JEFF
ferson City were sensational Wit
nesses testified that Senator John p.
Collins deposited five $1,000 bills in the
Lafayette Bank of this city the day
after the Legislature adjourned
United States Senator William J.
Stone evaded testifyinG before the
grand jury. but service was secured up
on him last night and he will appear
before the inQuisitorial body sitting in
this city to-day and tell what he knows
of the alum legislation.
Senators Walker, Buchanan and
Marshall. who voted against the repeal
of the alum bill. were examined. as
was also Hattie Stewart. notorious
woman about town. and enough evil
dence was secured in the words of Cir
cult Attorney Folk. to keep Attorney
General Grow busy the rest Of the sum
mor.
As a result of the startling evil
fence given by Hattie Stewart. it is
stated that no less than six Givorce
suits will follow her public testimony
in the trials of state legislators who
will be indicted for boolling.
The Stewart woman referred to the
state senators invariably by their first
names and showed a remarkable famil-
iarity with their habits. goings and
ComingS, and their public and private
life.
Cant p I CarmOay was subnOenaed
to testify tomorrow concerning the
methods used to suppress horse race
legislation inimical to the syndicate
which controls racing in Missouri 9th
er persons were subpoenaed to testify
to other alleged Doodle deals at the last
Legislature.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17

son. also under arrest, married a
daughter of ID. W. Irwin. pioneer cit
izen of Akron, and John Irwin, VINO
was killed last Christmas by Joseph
Meenan. was married 10 a daughter or
George Tuttle Mrs Perry Tuttle is su-
perintendent Of schools for Washing
ton county.
Elmer Shanks is cousin of the Tut
tie boys. and Clinton Dansdill, the 9th
er prisoner, is an emplOye of the Tut
ties
Naturally, all sorts of rumors are
aiioat One story heard on the streets
of Akron Is that Perry Tuttle Will be
charged with the shooting of Meenan
and that the other defendants will be
tried as accessories.
1t was brought out at the corOners
inquest that most of the men now un-
der arrest made threats against the lie
of Joseph Meenan. although these
threats were made at the time OF the
killing of John Irwin by Joseph Nee
nan. and when excitement was running
high.
One OF the questions most frequently
heard here is: Where was Perry Tut
tie on the night of the Meenan muir
dcr?" He swore at the coroner's in
quest that he spent the night at his
fathers ranch. Shanks and Dansdill
corroborated this story Meenan was
shot about S O'Clock Friday night al
though the body was not found until
Sunday following. Perry Tuttle.
Shanks and Dansdil tell the same gem
eral story as to how they spent Fri
day night. but it is claimed, on the
other hand, that it differs in detail
sufficiently to cast doubts on 1t.
Stuart & Murray, lawyers of Dem
yer. have been engaged by the defend
ants. Other Denver lawyers will as
sist in the prosecution.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17

Chicago. April 1.-THE annua. ban
luet Of the Hamilton Club Which is
held each year on the anniversary of
the surrender at Appomattox took
place Thursday night in the Audito-
rum hotel. A large number OF local
guests We're present and many came
from distant states. ExCongo -sman
Francis w. Cushman OF Taroma,
Washington. was TO have delivered an
address. but was unable to be present
because OF the death of his father The
other addresses were by Henry Wat
terson Of Louisville. Kentucky. Rev.
Thomas p. Greene. Cedar Rapids Iowa,
and Edward b. Hamilton of Michigan.
Mr.. Henry Watterson. In responding
to the toast Peace Between TIL Sec
tions." referred to the dual resDonsi-
bilty of the North and South for Afri-
can slavery and the war of secession"
and to the negro question which he
said is "a racial problem to be solved
by the process of evolution, not by po-
litiCal agitation.
Il appeal to you as Republican" he
said. and through you. appeal to the
Republicans of the United State. to
have done with the contest that, unless
you stand by the black man, unless
You continue him as an issue in parti-
san politics. injustice will be done him.
In the bettering of his condition. and
in the acquisition of property with
nothing, he has made wonderful prog-
ress the last five and thirty years and.
relatively greater progress at the south
than in the North
THE negro can never become in any
beneficent or genuine sense an integral
and recognized part Of the body polite
except through the forces of evolution.
which are undoubtedly at work but
which in the nature of the case must
needs go exceedingly slow Where
there is one negro fit for citizenship.
there are millions of negroes wholly
unfit. The hot house process has been
tried and it has failed. If. invested
with every right enjoyed by the whites,
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17
PUEBLO WORKING
FOR INTER-URBAfl

Pueblo, Colo. April ll.-Members OF
the Business Mems Association will
meet at luncheon next Monday evening
at the Imperial hotel for the purpose
of meeting George Peck and Monroe
lZor of. Cincinnati and X. +. Lemon Of
Providence. bankers and capitalists.
who are here to make preliminary ar
rangements to build an electric rail-
way to Buelah. The men interested
want the citizens to subscribe for Slo0.-
600 in preferred stock they themselves
to take $l50,O0O The total capitaliza-
tion of the company. as shown by the
prospectus, is s2,400oo0, of which
$4,000 is in bonds, 100000 IN pre-
ferred stock, sl,200,00O in common
stock.
A franchise extending to April 10.
1910, has been given for ten miles of
the Pueblo street right of way The
company is incorporated under the
laws of Colorado to operate railways in
Pueblo. Fremont. Custer and HuerfanO
counties. The distance from Pueblo 20
Buelah is thirty miles, and this line
will be the first built by the new COM
pany, after which Canon City Flor
encc Rocky Ford and Walsenburg will
be connected, according TO present
plans. The motive power of the road
Will be electricity and the power house
will be located at coal mines in the
HUerfano basin. 1t is estimated that
the rolling stock and power plant OF
the company will cost 81. l.l0o.Oo0
The plans will be presented to the
business men of the city at The lun-
cheon and active steps will be taken to
dispose of the stock
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17
RAILROAD PRESIDENT APPROVES
OF THE ANTI.MERGER DECISION

Vember in New Orleans in an address
before the trust company section of
the American Bankers Association, |
took the ground that there must be Il
check to the process of merger and
combination. | found my position was
heartily approved by most of my hear
ers and by the public generally. II |
may judge from press comments. and
| am satisfied the country at large will
welcome the courts action.
Speaking for the independent sys-
tens ! welcome the promise of con-
tinued fair competition. There is plen
ty of business to give good profits to
all roads and systems properly estab-
lished and wisely managed and there
will be demand for'eXtension and for
new lines to carry the steadily increas-
ing traffic and travel.
As for the general public ii is idle
to talk of political republic with a
financial tyranny; there is no more
safety in having commerce at the mer-
cy of an absolute ruler than there
would be in having our government
controlled by czar which might be a
benevolent or cruel one, according to
his whim or abilities or the circum-
stances.
Instead of disturbing our prosper
ity. this decision, if sustained, as be-
lieve it will be, will establish, secure
and protect the commercial situation;
1t will encourage and foster Legitimate
extension and growth and expansion
and stimulate enterprise and industry
and local effort by guaranteeing that
against expressing and forced absorp-
fnr
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-17

Richmond. Va, April 1.-THE decis
ion OF the United States Circuit Court
Of Appeals in the Northern Securities
case. Major John SHELTON Williams,
president of the Seaboard Air Line sys-
TEN. says he regards as one of the
greatest blessings and the brightest
promises for railroad interests and
general business that the country could
have. In an interview to-day. when
asked his opinion OF the decision Mr..
Williams said:
y am satisfied that when they come
to study the matter carefully railroad
men and thinking men OF all classes,
not only in the South, but III the cOun
try generally. except those whose am
bilious schemes are directly hindered.
will be united in the feeling that the
decision is sound law. good sense and
for the advantage of all legitimate in
terests and for the country's welfare.
From a legal standpoint it accords
with the opinions Of many of the
abest lawyers of the country and it
seems to be fortified with authorities
and reasoning too strong to be shaken.
have no fear that the Supreme Court
will reverse or seriously modify it.
Public policy. public sentiment, and
established principles and precedents
OF law combine to sustain the Circuit
Court
From commercial and practical
railroad standpoint the soundness of
the courts position is indisputablc. 1t
voices the judgment of probably nine
tenths of the most conservative bust
ness men of the country Last No