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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
tABORlRG MEN DINE
WITH THE PRESIDENT

Washington, Nov. 24-President
Roosevelt entertained at luncheon to-
day representatives of the labor organ
izations of Butte, Mont. The special
guests were Malcolm ellis, president
of the Stationary Engineers union:
Edward Long. president of the Miners
union: NJ. r. Dempsey former presi-
dent of the Miners union; f. NJ Gro
min, president of the Hotel and Res
taurant Helpers union; William Robin
son. former secretary of the Miners
union; J. w. Gilbert. president of the
Workingmen's union and Frank Doyle,
president of the Trades and Labor as
sembly. Invited to meet the labor rep
resentatives were Secretary Cortelyou
of the department of commerce and la
Dor; Carroll d. Wright, commissioner
of labor; Representative Dixon of Mon
tana and Wayne McVeagh, former at
torney general and one of the counsel
of the Pennsylvania Coal operators.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
MINERS ARE SCARCE.
Telluride Operators Will Resume if
They Can Hire Men,

Telluride, Colo. Nov. 25.-With 500 sol
diers posted at the various mines in this
district success or failure of the attempt
at resumption of mining depends almost
solely upon the ability of the mine man
ayers to find men who will work in the
places of the strikers. Thel'~ is not the
slightest indication of break in the
ranks of the union men. A majority of
the 200 miners and mill men who went
on strike to enforce the demand for an
eight-hour day in the mills have depart
ed for other mining districts. There are
left here only about 500 idle miners and
mill men.
Guy E. Miller president of the TeIlu-
ride Miners union, said today that all
honorable methods would be employed to
prevent the mines from being opened
with non-union men. To this end circu-
lars explaining the labor situation here
and requesting laboring me nto keep
away have been sent to various mining
camps
Sheriff j. c. Rutan entertains no az
prehension of violence, but his deputies
are watching the strikers closely.
Major General Bates, President Roose-
veIt's emissary. carefully Investigated
conditions here today. He said the state
appeared to have matters well in hand.
He will report to the president upon his
arrival in Chicago, whittier Ire will pro-
coed after leaving this state.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
DRUMMER's sHREwD TRICK.
Had Confederate Arrested For
Stealing Shoes.

Travelling statesmen as a class are
wide-awake set of men," observed the
retired drummer. But / think the
best l ever met was old Tom Elwood,
who has long since set out on the trip
no travelling man ever returns from.
''One year Tom, who was then travel
ing for a shoe manufacturing concern,
was sent to the Pacific coast. The trip
was a sort of experiment, the firm
being anxious to introduce an entirely
new line of goods in that part of the
country. When Tom reached the ter
ritory he found that he was up against
the hardest kind of proposition. Retail
ers had all the shoes they cared for, and,
in addition, some eastern firms had
loaded up that section of the country
with an inferior lot of goods, and buy
erS consequently were especially shy
about trying any new eastern styles.
Tom couldn't get an order. Most men
would have given up about that time,
but Tom simply set his wits to work.
"One morning the local papers came
out with an account of the arrest of
Il man, q stranger, on a charge of steal
ing some of Tom Elwood's samples of
shoes. Instead of denying his guilt the
prisoner pleaded for mercy. He was a
New Yorker, he said and had tried in
vain to buy a pair of that particular
worn that kind would never be content
with any other. He happened to see
Toms samples in the hotel, and ac-
tually felt forced to steal.
ut was decidedly novel case, and
every paper in town ran a long story
about it. At first Tom pretended to be
very stern He said his shoes were con-
tinually being stolen, and he meant to
put stop to it. In the end, however,
he relented and didn't press the case.
''Sell his shoes? Every shoe dealer
in that city bought a full supply for
the story of the arrest and the prison
er's subsequent plea made an adver-
tisement which couldn't have been pur-
chased with money. 1t was copied in
the papers of other coast towns, and
the result was that Tom Elwood made
a record trip.
"Of course the arrest and subsequent
plea of the shoe thief was all trick
which no one except Tom Elwood
would have thought of. In these days
of combines they don't send out the
class of men they did in the old times,
when every house was independent of
all the others and fighting with tooth
and nail for fhe trade.n' And the re-
tired drummer sighed pensively as he
ordered another highball.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
WYOMING MEN BLAMED
Official Report on the Trouble
With the indians in Con-
verse County.

Washington, Nov 25-The report of
Special Agent Charles S. McNichols of
the Indian bureau on recent troubles
with Indians in Wyoming was received
by the Indian office today McSichols
gives ID detailed account of the battles,
gained from interviews with partici-
pants and persons in the neighborhood.
He says the feeling in that part of Wyo-
ming from which the Posse was sent IS
bitter against Indian Agent Brennan,
VINO telegraphed the particulars of the
incident TO the department, and added
that the Indians We're not to blame Nc
Nichols says he has not been able 10
ascertain whether an Indian or white
man fired the first shot, but the fight
followed an attempt of Sheriff Miller 10
arrest the Indians, in which Miller AMI
Falkenberg and four Indians were killed.
McNichols tells of the hearing at Doug
las at which the Indians were released,
and in conclusion says:
Il cannot escape the conviction that a
band of thirteen whites, urged on by 10
cal sentiment and race hatred was re-
sponsible for precpitating the conflict
This action has stained a page of Wyo-
ming history which no amount of blust r
can ever efface"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
IMPORTANT ARREST.
Miner Who Talked Too Much Now in
the Bull Pen

Cripple Creek, Colo, Nov. 25.-Three
companies of the Colorado National
Guard from Lamar. Rocky Ford and
Pueblo arrived at Camp Goldfield today
and the guards at the various strategic
points in the district are being strength
ened. particular attention being given 10
the outposts Colonel A. w. Hogie said
today that he believed conditions were
more dangerous now than at any tine
since the strike began A union miner
named Virgel. who had been heard 10
say that he knew some facts about the
indicator explosion, has been arrested
and is held in TIE bull pen, but separated
from the other prisoners. He has re-
fused to tell what he knows or explain
his remark
Virgel recently quit a good position at
the Portland mine to accept WORK at the
indicator. His arrest is considered oe
great Importance.
Augustus Johnson and ]. p Isbell, two
of the men arrested on Sunday, have
been liberated.
Colonel Verdeckberg, in command at
Camp Goldfield, this afternoon stated
that the most important arrest in con-
nection with the blowing up of the Vln-
dicator mine and the numbering of Me-
Cormack and Beck was made this morn
ing. He refused to give out any further
information. but it is reported that the
military located the owner of the re-
yolver found in the sixth level of the
mine, and his arrest was made this
morning.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28

TV,ASHINGTON, Nov. ga strong
w picture of conditions in the Jolo
" group of the Philippine archipel-
ago is contained in a letter from Col
one1 Fl. l.. Scott, governor of that
group to Colonel Clarence Edwards,
chief of the insular bureau OF the WaL
department. The letter, which is dated
Sept. %. is made public as an eHpIa-
nation of the campaign now WaSlng IL
the Jolo group. In it the writer says
Il find that the condition is one "a
peace so long as the big Moro chleIs
are allowed to have their own way uI
reservedly-to rob and steal ana en-
slave The sultan is man OF no power
of his own, and must depend on the
chiefs. who may or may not DO WAat
he wishes They are all surrounded Dy
gangs of ruffiians who do no useIui
work. but who live through ROBBERY
and by filming both sides in a case, IT.
respective of who may be guilty, the
full amount of the inability TO pay. II
the victim refuses to pay he is en-
shaved. No peace or order can be MAIN
tanned in the Philippine islands 90 long
as these conditions exist. Movable
is always on the move without
the desire of the owner: men say they
will not work and accumulate property
which they will not be permitted to
enjoy and there are constant turmOllS,
and enslavements going on.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28

Berlin. Nov. 25-Emperor William has
changed his voice. modulating it so as to
reduce the pressure on the vocal CHORDS
He now speaks in somewhat lower
pitch, his utterances resonating against
the cavities of the mouth. He has nos
yet trained himself fully and he may take
the services of a teacher so that he can
apply correctly the method taught IN
voice culture. His throat specialists nave
explained to him the theory of voice pro
duction. which he has practiced with
considerable success. The emperor here
tofore has been using his larynX in the
ordinary fashion. that is. eXpeling the
air against the chords without counter
pressure produced by a rebound from the
resonating cavities. 1t will be possible.
when the emperor's voice is trained COM
pletely, for him to speak easily, more
clearly and longer without the slightest
injurious strain. The chords will be able
to carry quite as far or even farther.
The emperor's advisers have accepted
the theory of Dr. II. HOlbrook Curtis Of
New York, which has been made famil-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
COLORADO MEN
ARE WELL ARMED
Government Honors a Requisi.
ton For Krag. Jorgensens,

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4 Denver, Colo, Nov. 25.-Adju- =
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= senal at Rock Island, Ills, 1000 =
= Krag-Jorgensen rifles and 100000 =
4 rounds of ammunition For the use =
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-The war
w department has honored the
requisition of the governor of
Colorado for 1000 Krag- Jorgensen rifles
and clothing supplies and other equip
ment for 1000 men. The supplies Will
be regularly issued under the provisions
of the Dick bill for the arming and
equipment of the organized militia OF
the states and territories. 1t is stated
at the war department that the state OF
Colorado is merely receiving the sup
plies to which she is entitled under the
law, and they undoubtedly are issued
at this time because the Colorado mi
litia has been ordered out by the gov
ernor for the purpose of preserving or
der in the districts affected by the labor
strikes. All the supplies asked for are
in stock and will be delivered to the
state authorities at once. This action
has no direct relation to the visit OF
General Bates to Colorado to investi-
gate the labor troubles for the reason
that no report has yet been received
from him on the subject.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
TURKEY ACCEPTS THE
REFORM PROPOSALS

ConstantinopIe, Nov. 25.-The Russian
and Austrian ambassadors here have
received the reply of the porte to the
Macedonian reform proposals of the
powers, accepting in principle all the
nine points of the reform scheme.
The acceptance is qualified with the
reservation that in the application OF
the reform scheme everything caleu-
lated to humiliate Turkey shall be
avoided.
The Turkish reply has produced a
good impression in diplomatic circles.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
Union Men Waiting For the Arrival
of John Mitchell.

Trinidad. Colo, Nov. 25.-President
William Fowel.s of district union No. 10,
United Mine Workers of America, has
taken exception 10 the statements pub
lished tc the effect that he is directly
opposing John Mitchell. national presi-
dent of the Mine Workers, in the settle
ment of the strike of the northern Colo
'rado miners. Mr.. Howells asserts that
his position and his remarks have bten
misconstrued. He said:
There has been a difference of opinion
as to what would bring about the best
result but that is all. These differences
of opinion can be readily adjusted wien
ever Mr.. Mitchell. Vice President Lewis
or Secretary Wilson arrive on the scene
and judge for themselves When either
OF these three gentlemen comes, a definite
policy will be quickly decided upon
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
UNION PACIFIC REPORT.

New York, Nov 25.-The annual report
of the Union Pacific Railroad company
for the fiscal wear ending June 30. 1903.
issued today, shows gross earnings of
SJt O75 1S9 an increase of S3.574 500: oper-
ating expenses. Sos, 747. 216 an increase of
So, 1880; net earnings. S22. 327,973. an in
crease of 1886. 919. and net surplus, after
deducting betterments and dividends of
a. 943 474. an increase of $627.5H.
The report says that increased wages,
the greater cost of material and sup
plies and the increased expenditures
which always attend a congestion of
traffic such as existed last fall have
added greatly to operating expenses. The
estimate for the replacement of the prop
erty damages by floods amounts to about
81. SOC. 900. Although a considerable part
of the damage was repaired during June
and included in operating expenses. it
was thought best to set aside out of the
years income 100000 to complete the re-
construction of the property destroyed
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
INSURGENTS WERE
NOT BL00DTHIRSTY

San Domingo, Republic of Santo Do
mingo. TUESDAY nooD. Nov. 24.-The
articles of the capitulation of San Do
mingo were signed today by President
Wos Gil, and the ministers of the
United States, Belgium, Hayti and
Spain. The conditions provide full
guarantee for the protection of the
inhabitants and all property. The rev.
olutionists will enter the city this aft
ernoon and the provisional government
will remove from Santiago to Los Cab
elleros within five days.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
DRIFTING AT SEA
IN AN OPEN BOAT
French Convicts Made Desperate
Attempt to Escape.

Victoria, B. c., Nov 25.-The steamer
Moana, which arrived this morning
from Australia via Honolulu, met with
an accident at William Head quaran-
tine station last night, as the result of
which she may have to go into dry
! dock. The steamer was avoiding the
steamer Umatilla on entering the sta
ton, and Captain Carey says the flash
ing of the searchlight of that vessel
dazzled the officers of the Moana who
tailed, at result to notice the proX
unity of the liner to the rocks. she hav-
Ing been caught up by the current. The
Moana struck by the stern on the rocks
breaking her rudder. Captain Carey
after several hours of backing and fill
ing the steamer, being without steering
gears, managed to bring the vessel to
Victoria
Convicts Picked Up.
The Moana brought news from Aus
tralia of the picking up at sea of seven
escaped French convicts from the penal
settlement at New Caledonia, who had
Deen drifting at sea in an open boat
Tor thirteen days. The prisoners, who
had secured fishing smack, converted
a sapllng into a mast and put to sea,
intending to escape to the Australian
coast. The boat had been supplied
with oars, but only one remained, had
no compass and none of the prisoners
had the slightest idea of navigation.
All would have persisted had they not
been rescued by the steamer Cromarty,
400 miles north of New Caledonia, which
took them to Sydney The convicts,
who We're all armed, were weak and
enaciated from the privation endured
when rescued. They are being held by
the Sydney police pending advice from
the French authorities.
Excitement at Suva.
There was some excitement at Suva
when the Moana called there over the
reported hauling down of the British
flag at Tonga, it being said that the
Friendly islands were to be handed
over to Germany by Great Britain liz
exchange for some German islands in
the Solomon group known as the Ger
mar Solomon islands.
An interesting dispute has arisen at
Sydney as a result of a decision of
the arbitration court there against the
American ship Andromeda from Puget
Sound with lumber. Captain RanseliuS
was discharging his timber over the
side onto scows with his own crew.
Complaint was made by the longshore-
mems union and the arbitration court
cited Captain Ranselius to appear. He
refused. An injunction was granted
restraining him from committing fur
Their breaches of an award made by the
court giving preference to
union labor.
The American captain, backed by the
American consul. refused to allow any
one OH board to serve the summons, the
American consul having quoted Daniel
Webster's letter to the British govern
ment that the deck of the vessel is the
territory of the country to which she
belongs.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
COLOMBIA WILL
MAKE AN APPEAL

Bogota Colombia, Tuesday, Nov. pa
General Reyes cabled to the Colon
bian government Sunday from Port Lii
mon. Costa Rica, that he was unable
to do anything regarding the canal
with the Panama commission at the
conference held Nov. 20 on the French
steamer Canada off Colon. He added:
The Americans prevented us from
landing at Colon, Admiral Coghlan in
forming me that he had instructions
from Washington to prevent Colombian
troops from landing on the coast of the
isthmus"
Colombian public opirion strongly
condemns the attitude of the govern
n,ent at Washington which, it is
claimed, decidedly helps the secession
movement in Panama.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28

Bunder Abbas, Persia, Nov. 25.-Whlie
on his way here. the viceroy of India,
Lord Cur2on, held a durbar at Shargah,
which was attended by many prominent
Arab chiefs of that coast He made a
significant speech. reaffirming the in
tention of Great Britain to maintain her
supremacy in the Persian gulf. and de
clared the government adhered to It's
policy of guardianship and protection of
the chiefs. The viceroy reminded the
chiefs of their engagements not to enter
into agreements or correspondence with
any other power than Great Britain. not
to admit agents of any other government
and not to ALLEVIATE any part of their
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
LORD CURZON MAKES A POINTED
ADDRESS TO ARAB CHIEFTAINS

territory. If the chiefs adhered to these
engagements as they had done in the past
no one would be- allowed to tamper with
their rights and liberties The viCeroy
concluded with emphasizing that the in
fluence of the British government. which
maintained the independence of the
chiefs and made the gulf secure to the
preme.
The speech of the viceroy to the British
Indian traders who have arrived here
similarly assorted British ascendancy IN
trade and other interests i'm the Persian
gulf which had been won in competition
with other nations who held 'or aspireI
to hold ports on the India seas.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
EMPEROR WILLIAM HAS CHANGED
HIS VOICE SINCE THE OPERATION

lar to the German physicians by Profess
scr II. Krause, the throat specialist WI"
attended the late Emperor Frederick.
Professor Krause believes that several
diseases can be obviated and i'm some IN
stances cured by using the voice scIen-
tifiCally
The official announcement that the en-
peror had begun a course of voice Gull
ture was contained in the following bull
letin:
New Palace. Potsdam. Nov. %. 1903.
1.-The surgical wound on the left vocal
chord has been SCARED over since Nov.
10 His majesty, the emperor and king.
will still require careful use of his voice
for a considerable time, until the scar
becomes sufficiently firm.
His majesty is now undergoing mas
sage treatment Of the larynX along, win
voice exercises His majesty probably
will recover the entire use of his voice
within few weeks. -
(Slgned Won Lou HOLD.
SCHMIDT.
''ILBERG.'
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
Protest of Rondholders.

Washington, Nov 25.-Sir Henry Morti
mer Durand, the new British ambassador,
who will arrive In New York Saturday,
is expected to come at once to Wash
ington and his first work will be the
pushing of the protest of the British
bondholders which already has been m
the Panama government to resume d
prorata share of the Colombian debt.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28

days. Large areas of timber are burn
ing and the fires have spread rapidly
Advices from Little Rock. Ark. state
that fires are burning in all directions
Between Memphis and Little Rock. ON
the Choctaw railroad. the woods are On
fire on both sides of the railway line.
while the timbered section north of Little
Rock on the Iron Mountain railroad is
burning. The fires extend as far as Wal
nut Ridge and the timber lands south
west of SwiftUn are in flames.
At Greenville Miss, and other points
in the Yazoo delta great clouds of smoke
seriously interfere with river traffic
No lives have been lost so far as IS
known. but it is reported that liyestOck
has suffered severely.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
Colombia win Protest.

Paris. Nov. 25.-The French foreign Of
flee has received notice from Colombia
through her representative here that she
Will submit protest against the action
of the United States in connection with
Panama. No action favorable to Colom-
ment. Senior Pasado. the Colombian con-
sui here. in an interview today. said that
if the mission of General Reyes to Wash
ington fails to secure settlement honor
will strenuously defend her independence.
Other members of the Colombian colony
here say that Colombia intends to fight
to the last extreme. one hundred thou
assert, will be put in the field.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
FLOODS IN RUSSIA.
Considerable Damage Done by Rise
in River Neva.


St Petersburg, Nov. 5.-COnsiderable
damage has been caused by a sudden rise
of the waters of the Neva and canals fol-
lowing the recent bad weather The Neva
is nine feet above normal and the streets
bordering the river are flooded. Wheeled
traffic is suspended in many thorough
fares and the inhabitants are using boats
and RATS.
Great damage has been done on the
islands III the river and at the port of
St Petersburg. The inundation is
spreading in the low-lying quarters OF
the city, where the water is knee deep
and the ground floors of houses and shops
are flooded.
During the afternoon the waters COM
menced to subside. The river is fun of
floating debris from wrecked boats, wood
paving, etc.
The Iow-lying land of the city is cut
off and is practically in a state of siege.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
Allowed to Land.

Colon, Nov. % 40 a. m.).-The Italian
steamer Venezuela. which arrived here
today from Savanilla. confirms the pre-
viods statement to the effect that Carta
going to or coming from Colon. The
Venezuelan agents at Savanilla reported
that the Venezuela was not aware of the
closing of the ports and asked as a spe-
cial favor that clearance be granted. The
authorities acquiesced, but said they
could not do so again. The decree clos
ing the ports of Cartagena and Savanilla
department of Bolivar. The protests OF
the foreign consuls and steamship agents
are still unheeded