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The Washington times., 1903-05-10
Believed That Joint Protest
From America, England,
and Japan Brought About
the Result.
Tendency IS to Question
Gravity of Situation, Al
though Air of Mystery
Marks Diplomatic Game.

Russia has evacuated Eiuchwang.
That is the startling intelligence
Consul Miller has cabled the State De-
partment
The news came late yesterday after
noon. There were no details and no
predictions.
The new turn of affairs renders the
situation more mystifying, if such were
possible. 1t indicates, however, that
the dense war clouds that for the past
twenty-four hours have settled over
that particular locality in China have
dissolved for the time being.
Trouble Ahead.
That they may again gathe. and, IN
concentrating, burst in all their fury,
is not gainsaid.
But at this moment Secretary Hay is
drawing deep signs of relief and living
in hopes that later details may point
the way to a temporary truce that will
enable the worlds diplomatists to ward
OF for the present the climax that he
feels confident can be eventually pre-
vented.
In the absence of definite informa-
ton it is presumed that Russia, alarm
ed by the ways of international anger,
fastened to repair as quickly as pos
sible the broken pledges which she is
charged with having violated
Russia May Wait.
The implied threat of a joint pro-
test from the United States, England,
and Japan may have had its effect Rus
sia would long hesitate before taking a
step that might involve her in con-
1ict With her Old and constant friend,
Uncle Sam Again, Russia may have
decided to await more favorable op-
portunity TO act, and thus prevent ia
pan from seizing Korea and opening
hostilities at once.
Count Cassini conferred with Secre-
taTy hay yesterday before the latest
word has been received from Niu-
chwang. He insisted that the alleged
a matter of any Importance or he
would have been advised. He argued
that the absence of such advices indi-
Gated exaggeration. He repeated his
promises that Russia would violate
none of her pledges and that "she will
retire from Manchuria as soon as she
is satisfied that there is no danger Of
further trouble"
Holds 70 q Promise.
when the whole truth is known"
said the count, sit will be found that
Russia has not violated a single prom
ise made to any nation, nor does she
intend to co so. Whatever steps have
been taken N Manchuria were those OF
self defense" Minister Takahira aise
conferred with the Secretary early in
the afternoon. They may have had
under consideration joint note which
it is thought was to have been pre-
pared.
1t has been unofficially announced
that the State Department has moi
conferred by wire with President
Roosevelt. The reports of the disturb
ance in the Orient have been so con-
flicting that il was thought best ts
await full confirmation before takins
the matter up with the President.
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
CAPTURED BY MooRS.

ALGIERS, May "a French convoy
was captured by the Moors today near
the Moroccan border, after sharp en-
gagement, in which the French lost
twenty-five killed and fifty five wounded
and eight missing.
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
N QUICKLY COMPLETED.

Jon, May 9.-Applications for
ansvaal loan OF e35 600. coo have
-.. 50 numerous that the entire loan
0een more than subscribed. The
app cations closed at II O'Clock This
morninsE
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
RUSSIA WiTHDRAWS
TROOPS FROM FORT

PEKIN. May 9.-The official at Niu
chwang. who sent the news of Russia1
occupancy of Manchuria and her mill
tary activity in the Far East, noy
telegraphs that the occupation OF th
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
SHIPS REPORTED LOST.

BERLIN, May Seven sailing ships,
bound for Lubbock, are reported 10 have
been lost. Their crews aggregated fifty
aVe men. II Is feared that all were
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
SUICIDAL MANIA
AGAIN RAMP ANT
One Dead, One Attempt, and
One Suspect,
RECORD OF THE YEAR HEAVY
Supposed Body of Edward OsteTman
Found Beside Railroad Tracks.
Disappeared Last Tuesday.
RECORD OF THE YEAR HEAV'

Another wave of the mania for self
destruction held Washington in its
grasp yesterday, leaving trail of one
suicide and one attempt, while another
violent death has indications of self
destruction.
TIE sictims were David Sondheimer. a
horse dealer, of Ills Fifth Street north
west; Hughey Rivers, aged twenty years,
of 2031 Ninth Street, and probably Ed
ward OsJerman, blacksmith, employ
ed by William Walters G. Son, wagon
and carriage builders. whose disappear
ance last Tuesday is believed to have
body al the Virginia end of the Long
Bridge early yesterday morning.
These deaths aid in making this sea-
sons list of suicides one of the larg-
est that has ever been recorded in the
District. Since the first of spring a
spirit of depression has been rampant
throughout the city, and the lives of
many have been blotted out through the
gruesome epidemic.
Crushed Body Found.
The body supposed to be that of Os-
terman was found crushed and torn,
lying beside the Southern Railway
! trackG near Fort Runyon. Nothing
could be found in the clothes to estab-
lish identification. and the remains were
Alexandria.
Previous TO his disappearance. the
man had been accused of stealing from
his employers, and the case had been
given to the police. He felt keeniy the
disgrace, and expressed his weariness
of life TO several friends.
The probable identification was
brought about in an unusual manner
Early last evening a young man called
at the home of his father. John F. os-
terman, of 629 Q Street northwest, and
said he was confident the body was that
of the latter's son. The description OF
the clothes answer to those worn by
the missing man.
| Young Osterman had not been seen by
| the members of his family for some
| time. They knew little of his move
ments. and were not even aware of his
j place of residence. His father said last
night. however, he believed the body 10
be that Of his son, and will take steps
! today TO have II exhumed.
A Love Tragedy.
| A tangled love affair is said to have
/ been the motive that prompted Rivers TO
make an attempt on his life. He was
found in a room on the first floor OF
! mis- home with a bullet wound near tie
! heart. He had shot himself while alone
| in the house.
! AT the Georgetown University Hos
| pital, where Rivers was taken. his con
| dition was pronounced serious, but not
/ necessarily fatal. He admitted having
tried to kill himself, declaring he had
been respondent through worry. He re-
fused to give, however, the actual mo-
| tive.
The suicide of Sondheimer was reported
! in yesterdays Times. He was widely
known business man, and is believed to
have ended his life because OF financial
reverses. He blew his brains out while
| alone in d second-story room. He had
| just returned from an extended Western
! trip.
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
SculptOr's Work Begun.

-ttLtlS received mere from hlCnulOOQ
say Sculptor Valentine has begun work
on the statue, for which the Legisla-
ture of the Old Dominion has appro-
priated a portion of $1,000. He ex-
poets 10 have the work completed in
about eighteen months or two years
The statue is to be modelled from The
famous recumbent figure on the Lee sar-
cophagus at Lexington, Va
The sculptor has the exact measure
ments OF both the face and form of
General Lee, and Will produce q statue
which VIII be the exact reproduction OF
the face and body of the great Confed-
crate ehiefta.n.
1t is . remarkable fact that there is
not in existence today full length.
erect elfigy of General Lee with the
exception OF the statue crowning the
Is no. a portrait statue, nor one suit
able for indoor statuary.
There IS a recumbent figure at Lex
1 ington and en- equestrian figure in the
western part of Richmond, the Mercie
statue, but there is not in Virginia. nor
outside the State. with the single excep-
| ton noted, an erect full-length eftigy of
Lee.
Two Statues to Be Made.
| The Virginia Legislature appropriated
the $4,000 for two statues, so, 600 ot
which Will be expended upon the cfflgy
/ of Lee and the remainder upon replica
of Houdon's figure of Washington.
The opposition TO the plan TO place the
efigy OF Lee in Statuary Hall was led By
several patriotic societies and TWO OF
/ three Northern Congressman, who eX-
pressed the opinion that one so promi-
/ nent in the affairs of the Confederac1
| of the Government he had striyen So
| hard 10 overthrow
This view was strenuousIy attacked by
| friends of the plan, who pointed TO Gen
eral Lees services in the war witt
! Mexico and in the United States army
as enough TO entitle him TO the honor.
Opposition Withdrawn.
The Congressman who opposed tnt
plan are not now in the city. and the
Ieadsr of the Department of the Po.
tomac of the Grand Army OF the Re.
public, who were interviewed on the
subject. while they refused to be quoted
/ said the organization felt it should with
| draw opposition to the plan.
Forty years have passed. said a
| past commander, "since the civil war
and the wounds have nearly all healed
The war with Spain solidified the coun-
| try. Let it remain that way II Vir-
ginia intends to honor her great son, the
Grand Army should not try TO oppose
her. One General Lee is again wearing
! the blue General Wheeler is doing the
same Scores of former Confederates
/ have been sent 10 the Senate and House
! by their States, so I fail TO see why
! Virginia should not erect the statue"
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
LEE STATUE TO GO
IN STATUARY HALL
Opposition of G. 4. r. Vet
Grams Withdrawn.
SCULPTOR BEGINS WORK
Expected That Monument VIII Be
Completed Within Two
Years.

y Opposition 10 the erection of the eff
iigy of Gen. Robert Edward Lee, the
Confederate chieftain. in Statuary Hall.
has died out. and it is said no attempt
will be made to Interfere with the in
tended honor to the memory OF The
Cause.
The Washington times., 1903-05-10

Fair today and tomor-
row; light easterly winds,
becoming variable.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-23

Seven
z? AHA
'''
Diseases Caused by
Measles.
DR.. Miles Restora.
tive Tonic and
Nervine Cured After
Thirty-one Years.

II was perfectly healthy young man up
to February 1865. When my regiment was
in Camp Randall was taken sick with the
measles and did not en- JOY good health up
to the time used DR.. Miles Restorative
Nervine and Tonic in 1896. Doctors have
told me it came from inactivity of the liver.
/ cannot say how many physicians did treat
me but have had all kinds. Dieting has
never helped me. Biliousness, attacks OF
headache, rheumatism, nasal catarh, nay
fever, asthma, and chronic diarrhoea; have all
taken their turn with me. Thanks to the
Nervine and Tonic am completely restored
to health. l have also used DIR. Miles Anti.
Pain Pills with good results and think that
the DR.. Miles Remedies are perfect.
Hiram Bender, Sparta, Wis.
81 want to say few good words for Or.
Miles Restorative Nervine. have been
troubled very much with insomnia since
made the change to the new paper and on
account of this have tried various remedies
without relief. 1 was finally induced BY Z
wholesale druggist, a personal friend OF
mine, to try Nervine. can assure you it has
done me q lot of good. do not find it nee
essary to use it regularly now but OCCASION
ally when I find that am excessively nerv.
Gus and restless again take it up as
always keep supply on hand. 1t has never
failed to give me the desired relic" A.
Huegin, Publisher "Daily Free-Press" Mil.
waukee, Wis. 49,.
All druggists sell .nd guarantee first boz.
tie Dr.. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
Dr. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart Ind
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-23
LIGHT ON THE COAL STU
ALTON.

At a conference called by Mayor
Low of New York President Baer
of coal strike notoriety read very
interesting statement in regard to
the present situation in the anthra
cite field The coal caring railroads
he asserted-and doubtless with per-
feet truth.-were doing their utmost
to supply the market with the pro-
duct of their mines. They were
selling coal at S. ton, though many
of the Independent operators get So
or even $40 a ton from the larger
dealers,
According to Mr.. Baer, then, the
difficulty is that many operators are
taking advantage of the scarcity
and selling coal at the highest price
that can be obtained. The public,
however, has reason for believing
that the so-called independent
operators are neither Independent
nor very formidable. They control
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-23

Mrs. DeShane is on the sick list.
o. A. Fuskee's mail box with post
was torn off by some party passing
by with a load Of hay.
Miss Nellie Plots will start a
dancing school in the Stitser and
Peterson hall, commencing Friday
evening.
The ladies aid society of the
Evangelical church will meet at the
home of Mrs. Henry APPEL Sr. in
Clary addition
Not a dollar need be paid until
you re cured. Get a package of
Rocky Mountain Tea. lift fails to
make you we'll, and keep you we'll,
it don't cost q cent. IS cents.
The two recitais given Monday
and Tuesday evenings by the music
pupils of Mrs.. Lincoln's were very
much enjoyed by all who attened,
There were about twenty five
present each evening. The advanced
class Monday aud the children
Tuesday. Some were prevenved
from coming on account Of sickness
each pupil had the privilege of
bringing one guest which in most
cases was their father or mother.
The younger pupils played with
an accuracy of time and expression
seldom equalled by beginners while
some of the more advanced showed
decided ability in the performance
of their pieces. By request Mrs.
Lincoln rendered several very fine
selections at the close of each
program. Contributed by guest.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-23
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

/ REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
/ W. A. Dillman John Brink L z
,B II Bigelow 1925.
C. Kelleher A. G. F. Ross s. W. Id
IS 101 AZ $6720.
W. c. Sargent W. S. John B. and
p. F. Fell s. ". IA and part g. 9. Ia
8 103 Al ,$13276.
A. S. Stranger T. Hayes and
John Reilly 8. W. IA 80 1043 Al
$4,000. "
Nat. Bank Pipestone Mary W.
Eggleston l. 8 B % Park ad Worth
ington $500.
Katie Voss Fl. B. Brewer L 6 and7
Brewers ad Wilmont $500.
Peter Peterson W.. I. Humiston
g. - 81 102 80 1881.
Mary A. Right C. A. Bergstrom
8. 10 8. Q. IA % 103 40 $4,000.
Geo. Lill J. NJ. Dickson 8. 9. ia
"a 1o4 40 $4,000. ."
H. Brown j. G.. Van Rossum
B. B. Graves ad Lismore $3.50.
StaterB Bank Of Lismore j. G. Van
Rossum L B 2 Lismore $1,000.
Emma Chute Selma Edstrom n.
1CO #. l. 3 B 81 second ad Worth
ington 5000. --.
Charles II. Rushon j. J. Weitzel
l. s BIZ. second ad Wlimont $100.
j. J.. Weitzel G. II. Rusho L and
2 B1 End ad Willnont $1,000.
Jon. Harsch Anna NJ. Harsch n.
10 8. W. ia 8 1O4 80 $4,000.
NJ. Mace G. H. Right n. 10 8. Q.
IA % 1o3 40 $4,000.
C. H. Right G.. A. Bergstrom n.
10 s. q. IA 20 104 40 $4,000.
Ray Blasdell A. A. Wass W. 1-2
n. 9. IA z 1O1 40 $4,000.
G.. w. Patterson o. P. Norland
q. 10 n. g. IA 1O2 80 $232O.
Fred Dolheim J. E. Wilkinson L
tand IL B 8 Mclean ad Worthing-
on $1,000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-23

small part of the output, and their
exactions could hardly have the
effects complained of if the dealers
were not cooperating with them.
Now it is impossible to prohibit
operators or delears from selling
coal at exorbitant prices. We would
not prohibit this practice even if
we could, for freedom ismo essen
tial than coal. Unless there are con*
binations and conspiracies among
operat ors and dealers, and evidence
to prove their existence, the law is
helpless. Congress and score. of
state legislatures and councils are
investigating the situation and try
ing to fix the responsibility for the
high prices now prevailing. Here in
Chicago grand u jury is considering
and sitting evidence of an alleged
conspiracy to enhance prices by
Obstructing distribution. lndlct-
ments may or may not be returned.
We hope the guilty-if guilty in a
legal sense there be-will be exposed
and punished. Nothing can be more
infamous and criminal than deli
berate plotting to coin need and
misery into dollars.
Nevertheless it is more than
doub tful whether all these inquisit-
ions will have any substantial
result. Congressman Grosvenor has
no faith in free coal as q relief
measure, and promises ''other
means. There are no other means
we fear.-Chicago Evening" Rdpt.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-23
The Weakness Of Congressman

New York Evening Post: In re-
pealing the tricky anthracite duty,
ali enacting a rebate of duties on all
kinds of coal for one year, congress
has given one exhibition more of an
unfortunate tendency which has
been growing strong of late. We
mean the tendency to legislate piece
meal and Historically. The coal
duties we're stricken off spectacular
", and, as San Juan hill was carried
by a popular uprising rather than by
deliberately reasoned TACTICS. A
general outcry seems to be necessary
before congress will bulge. The
whole country has to resolve itself
to a kind of Coxey's army and move
on Washington before congressional
inertia can be overcome. Then con-
gress falls into paroxysm of activ-
ity such as it displayed yesterday,
and even the senate can leave off
airing it's vocabulary and pass bill
without debate.
The method is not one, we think,
to add to the dignity Of congress. It
places tie national legislature too
much in the position of standing
stubbornly on it's privilege until the
mob appears at the window and,
then suddenly doing what it had
said could not be done. The re-
spect of the people for legislators
whom they. have periodically to
''hold up, Tin order to compel them
to an act of Justice, cannot be great
ly heightened in the process. Legis-
lation framed in fear and written in
to law under duress is not very
exalted form of the art of states
manship. Where we look for pre-
scient representatives, anticipating
the popular wish and providing: far
in advance for a public emergency,
we do not like to find timorous
souls who wait for a hurricane of in
d1gntion to show them which way
to bend their supple joints.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-23
Hides, Furs and Pelts
bought for cash at Hart

Hides, Furs and Pelfs
Ebought for cash at Hart
|Rs,naa. oaR2IdSl h@a' tSF'@ ofi&i@E
80 ,re9&&Dsr>| so ni'
H Mra Ed. Leischer Of Luverne
after I pleasant visit with her sister
Mrs. John Frink returned tu her
home at Luverne, Tuesday afternoon
\ Hugh Barry after = couple 81
week service on the through
passenger train as brakeman, return
Id to his run on the Sioux Falls line,
Tuesday. y .''"",' s.- ~" = ''s' -"
d "A glass Of water taken half On
hour before breakfast will usually
keep the bowels regular Harsh ca
Ethartic shoa aid be- avoided. When
n purgative is needed take Chamber
lain . Stomach and Liver Tablets
They are mild and gentle in their
action. For sale by all druggists.
a Hugh Spence who was in the city
Saturday, has resigned his position
Is superintendent OF the Butte,
Anaconda and Pacific railway, tax
ing effect Jan. LIST, and is pushing q
patent device of weighing.grain
while it is On route in the elevator.
His family is still at Anaconda,
Mont. His Mankato friend. wish
him success in his new vocation.-|
Mankato Free Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-23
LOCAL..

Carl Schultz of Torrance and Sons
Big Store is laying off indefinitely.
Thomas Grigy of QuAppele, Can
ada, is visiting J. D. Humiston this
week.
Henry Tooth of Westbrook was
in town Wednesday enroute home
from visit to Wilmont.
~ O.Concruss, Omaha road baggage
man was obliged to lay off again
Wednesday on account of sickness.
We were misinformed yesterday
as to Ferdons' being released from
quarantine, they are still in quar-
antine. ,....\ ~, .
Mr.. Wright, a travelling man,
located at Corning, Iowa.. stopped
here to visit R. H. jSain who was
schoolmate when they were kids.
Mrs. E. W. Cutler entertained
about 80 young people Monday
evening in honor Of her brother,
Ross Baxter, who is here on a visit
from Illinois. n,,I = : ~,
The W. R. G. will hold their ten
cent tea at the home of Mrs. John
Fitch, Friday afternoon. January
Both, commencing at four O'Clock.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all.
. Wesley, the SUBJ, mail carrier on
route No. 2 was surprised on Tuesday
when delivering mail into c. G.
Larson's box to find a nest of eggs
and slip Of paper therein, containing
the following ''To mail carrier No.
Q, handle with care.''5
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-23
TOURIST CLUB.

The next meeting of the Tourist
Club has been postponed until Feb.
Bird with Mrs. Doolittle when the
following program will be given
, Leader-Miss Yates.
Response to roll.
Map Study.
Lesson review.
Franco-Prussian War-Mrs. Il.
P. Lewis.
Paris-Commune 1s71-Mrs. II.
S. Hobson.
Schools Of France-Miss Shattuck.
Saint Saens and Selection-Mrs.
J. M. Messer.
Character sketch of Jacque-Miss
Frances Clark.
Meissonier and his works-Mrs.
1. 7. Branigan.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-23

tcwn llondsy. u AS sss
Watch for Bul1ick'A
| sale.
|. Mr.. Terdel ~ Rochester arriveI
here lat week 70 work on the new
N. e. Church.
Sz Joe Idttlaton, living near 81. A.
Harding's had his ankle spraine{
az ito badly, Monday. ~ 1
81 John Ind Nike shanahan made 1
trip to the cities Saturday nigh,
returning Monday night.
|aa b. E Booth left the first of thu
week 1or Chicago. A message wal
received Tuesday that he arrived
there alright
" Eightcouple of the High School
have rented the bowling alley fol
their privrte use tonight form: seven
to eleven O'Clock. &
Rndy Rippbperger who a few
days ago passed her fifteenth mile
stone, and in honor of the occasion
invited Ia u number of her friends.
Ice cream and cake was served and
a pleasant time enjoyed.
Mrs. d. a. Lincoln gave q recital
at her home, the pupils of the older
class taking part. A number of in
vited guests were present who ap.
preciated the music and pleased to
see the progress OF the scholars.
F.. NJ. Hickman will make some
extensive improvements in his drug
store this spring. An addition will
be built on the rear and a large
supply Of additional drugs for: com
pounding prescriptions as well as ar
increase to stock in all lines.
A..horse was found frozen in the
slough east of Bigelow Monday
How the animal came there is 8
mystery. When found it had on ar
almost new harness. There has beer
no inquiry for lost horse in thai
vicinity and it is supposed the ANNA
came some distance.
S. A. Cox a former resident OF
Sioux Falls has invented and per
fected a multi-mailing machine
which will address ten thousa No
newspapers an hour while the ole
way two thousand lie rapid rate
One man with this mchine will mai
as many papers as five will the ole
way. One large publisher has pur
chased one of these machines.
There is need for twenty five thous
and of them in this country. They
are said to be very simple. Tht
stock is held principally by siou1
Falls men, DR.. J. R. Conway being
one of the large stockholders.
Tuesday evening party Of seven
teen young men mostly from the
high school hired the bowling alley
from seven to eleven. Some pretty
good scores were made. The best
score in ten pins was 1852, made
by Clyde Fronk and Ivan Petit. The
b9st in seven pins was 80 made by
Claude Wood. The two alleys which
were recently moved there have
been planea and in fine condition.
Mr.. Jenkins is prepared to rent the
alley in this manner on certain
nights and it is reported that the
ladies will soon be bowling.
It was expected that some of the
young ladies would play but their
courage failed them at the last
moment.