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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-02
GIGANTIC
SYNDICATE
Is FORMED"
German St0elmakeFSi:. !.
Unite in Great
Trust. !.
Twenty Eight Companies
Are consolidated to
Rule Industry.
ALI Forms Of the Commercial Product
10 Be Inrlnded in the Firms
Immense Business.

~. .
r.: BERLIN. March .1.--After long and
tedious negotiations the German
steel syndicate has fipaliy been organ
lied, The original plan. was for a
syndicate Of the entire German steel
industry. and was first set. in motion
at t.Frsnkfort-on-the-Main. in the sum
nler Of 1902 but after. long haggAng
t5is project was. found to. be iimpos-
sfble. Negotiations were then. begun
and now have been completed among
iMenty-six Of the largest concerns. in
the country. ..-- ....' =.
ihe smaller manufacturers. whose
output range from i. 00O .eo0 TO /. 500.
900. tons annually. were. excluded.
kNen .on thss narrow basis the oresi nj.
zafion seemed Impossible. for several.
months. ewing to the excessive allot-
. rllents asked by the Krupp Company
nd several others :. F.. :.
TERMS or CONTRACT.
p Finally, in January. twenty. steel
works agreed. to: the terms of tbs
syndicate contract, but the. signing of
this contract WAS postponed pending
further negotiations with. the eight
recalcitrant- establishments. The twen5
y companies reinforced their case
With threats. of ruinous Competition
against the Independents. which they
would keep. until they had driven
them: out Of. the markets-of the world.
4 hese threats had the desired effe5st:
eEcent. in the cases of the .1Phoertx
Steel Works and the Westfaelische
Steel Works. In the meeting held at
. Coloene. in NAV faweYer, tho repre-
b +sentstiVe- of the Plloeniy company did
moi refuse definitely TO join the syn
dictate, nut said he would leave the
matter. 70 be decided AZ the general
meeting Of the. -comDsny's stockhold
ers. which is To he held in Berlin
March 3.
- COMPROMISE WITH .KRUPP..
The demands Of the. Krupn Com.
pany, which. were regarded as excess
slEe.: presented one Of the greatest
difficulties to the negotiators of the
syndicate. The interested companies.
however reached a compromise with.
the 1<ruDp Company to-day. the allot-
ment. made ii on an increasing scale
reaching 100000 tons on April /, 1907.
- The syndicate, as organized. en-
braces twenty-eight establishments
and extends June 80, 1907. The
head Office. win probably be either
at Cologne or Dusseldorf. The syndi-
cate. viii begin activity at once. II
covers railroad material haIf-rolled
goods and ali forms OF commerciaL
steel There is evidence that it in
tends later to broaden its scope. All
the steel manufactured by the estab-
lishments is to be sold through the
head Office.
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Doubt About the President.

COLON; March 1. - Persons who
have arrived here from Savanilla and
Cartagena, in Colombia, say there was
much uncertainty in the early part
of last week as to whether Joaquin
VeIez OIL, General Reyes had been elect
ed President of Colombia. They de-
clare. however. that the latest dis
patches received from Bogota assert
authoritatively that Joaquin Velez was
elected President and Vasquez Cobo
Vice President of the country.
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and Pneumonia Are Ravag-
.:.. ING. the Russian. Forces in:
+. .... .@..*.... EASTERN Siberia. :
special oasran The New York Herald o,rtrb ioo4 by
= Sev Comps

chance of>.being able to drive the
enemy away.i,~
Nicefey -Alexief has given all
families forced. no quit. Port
Arthur passes to 1rkutsk alld ten
.rubles E$5J:for food. =. -
: "A Russian news dispatch says
that -diPloniatists at CONSTANT
llfePle.- had. under Consideration
the passage Of the. Black. Sea fleet
through. !. the .Bosphorus. An
English gunRoat has gone up t.
.Therapeia as lookout. The For
cign.Dfice, however, denies that
Russia has any such intentions.
The turn politi.cs.has taken makes
the feet immediately necessary in
stc of8-,1' t.-o+orc :
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ST: PETERS SBURG; March ,:

ST. PET ERS SBURGi March 2:
Adrices *recei%ed: from: troops
along the. route TO -f1arbila reveal
.disfeaftening .coitditioas~ DIS:
ease is.fife. among the soldiers. x
smallpox apiden1fc is raging: in
Eastern Siberia and. is@@ spreading
/ among the regiments, VACCINATION
being .,iilheard !: Of in:the. army:
Pneumonia: and. bropchffis' are
clai1ning@ many rictittis,. and al
ready~tllousands Of men have been
rendered. Unfit for service by
frost bite. Intense cold. greater
titan usual; is,.being. experienced
in Eastern Siberia; and binding:
blizzafds are frequent.
At every station soldiers par
italy frozen. are being feft be-
hind, in most cases. without other
medical attention .tldan- that at
forded. by. .tlIe rough and ready
service that the villagers can sup
ply: The co111nlissariat has .brok-
en- down badly, and men .haTe
often to go. twenty-.four. hours at
a.strefch without food or drink. =
PORT ARTHUR'S PLIGHT. :.
General .Stoessel's ringing ap-
peal to the defenders Of Port Ar
thur to die rather than surrender
gives the keynote OF. the situation
m that stronghold. AS | have
indicated TO you.in previous dis
patches. siege of the place IS
imminent: This is. made the sub
lect Of discussion by the Birsch-
ewya Wjedonlosti, which says:
"The situation at Port Arthur
is very serious, owing to the en-
eny having SO long been prepar-
ing for war. This is shown by
the order of the day issued BY
the conlnlandant at Port Arthur.
We repeat, the situation is very
critical, but not hopeless. Every
day that passes increases the
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Warshfps
Pay a Visit to
Vladivostok. :.


For purposes of personal de-
fense the authorities Of Port Al:
thur are supplying the civilians
there with rifles"
,. LONDON; March T.. - In a
dispatch from Shanghai a CORE
spondent of the Daily. Telegraph
reports that the Japanese military
authorities object to the installa-
tion of wireless telegraph appa
.ratus on newspaper dispatch
boats.
The correspondent of the Daily
Mail at Chefu, who has Just re-
turned there from Cherlulpo,
cables that Japanese transports
carrying troops continue to ar
rive at Chemulpo at the rate Of
one day, while provisions are
being landed near Chongju (niile-
ty-four miles south of Che
mulpo, where large force Of Jap
anese infantry has concentrated.
HORSES ARE INFERIOR. .
A serious defect has been dis
closed" the correspondent con-
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JAPAN rs READY
FOR THE ADVANCE
UPON MANCHURIA

PARIS, March Authoritative ad-.
vices have been received in Paris to
the effect that the Japanese general
staff left Japan to-day for ChemuIpo,
Korea. This is accepted as showing
that all the troops necessary for the
forward movement have been landed
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SAN DOMINGO: FIGHTERS
SEIZE THE ,TUGBOAr

Politicians Have Been Sent Ont of
the Country and an American =
Is .TmperileCi - :.
. SAN DOMINGO Saturday. Feb. q.
United states Minister Powell has
been Informed that the Insurgents at
San. Pedro de Mad0ris have. seized the
tugboat Burro belonging TO the Clyde
line of New York and armed her;
Many arrests have been made here
and several politicians were sent out
of the. country to-day on board the
steamer Julia of the Cuba line.
Edward c. Reed. United States Con-
sular Agent at San Pedro de Macoris.
is said to be I'M danger: Minister Pow
eli has taken steps to- secure. the pro-
lection of all interests: The situation
here remains unchanged.
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A correspondent at Shanghai
teiegraphs:.that it is reported at
Iientsin that 1000 additional
Chinese. soldiers have been.postcd
in Northern China, and that the
Chiriese Government has recent
ly placed large: orders for gums
and ammunition. -;
Direct telegraphic advices re-
ceived here from Port Arthur to-
right made: no mention of the
bombardment Of that place re-
ported by the London Daily Tel
egraph to-day. On the contrary,
these advices say the. Japanese
feet has disappeared from the
horizon at Port Arthur.
VLADIVOST0K INTACT.
PARIS. March 2.-The Matin
this morning publishes dispatch
from its Harbin correspondent,
which says:
Private letters received from
Vladivostok assert that on Febru-
ary rs nine japanese warships
appeared off the roadstead there
and remained the greater part of
the day. They finally departed
without firing.
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RUSSIAN TORPEDO
BOATS TO SEARCH
FOR C0NTRABAND

PORT SAID, Egypt, March 1.-The
five Russian torpedo-boat destroyers
which arrived here to-day have already
left in the direction of Algiers. 1t is
rumored that they intend to search for
vessels bearing contraband of war in
the Mediterranean. The Russian cruiser
Aurora will follow them.
The Russian cruiser Aurora, due here
Confined on Page 4. Column g.
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ASSASSIN ATTEMPTS -
TO KILL A DETECTIVE
Witness for the Prosecution in. Train.
Wreck1ng Conspiracy Cases Mar
rowly Escapes.

COLORADO SPRINGS Colo
March IA special TO the Gazette
from Cripple Greek. says an attempt
was made shortly after midnight to
assassinate d. G. Scott. private detec-
tive for the Florence and Cripple
Creek Railroad who was one of the
most important witnesses for the
prosecution in the train-wrecking
conspiracy cases now on trial in the
District Court.
Scott was going to his room when q
man stepped from behind a billboard
AT distance of about thirty feet
and fired one shot from a revolver
The ball just missed the intended
victim, and Scott Immediately re-
turned the fire, but apparently with
out effect
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WireIess TeIegraphy for Public.

PARIS. March The official jour
nal has published a decree which places
the wireless telegraph system estab-
lished by the Department of Marine at
the service Of the general publie.
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ofr Q y
@ Feb h been receive from nypnt The wires from t wal p p
Port m n p ne u So o
Jp s tai m E for korea Q direct the vance upon Mh ria h begu
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THE wEArEEE-

Forecast made at San Fran
cisco for thirty hours ending
midnight. March q;
San Francisco and vicinity
Cloudy. unsettled weather We'd
nesdey. with showers; fresh
southerly winds.
a. g. McADIE,
District Forecaster.
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THE TzEATERs.

Alcazar-''AHiss Hobbs"
Ca1ifornia-"Sag Harbcr."
Central-"A Break for Liberty"
Columbia - "The Old Eome-
stead"
Chutes-vaudevi1l
's-"Roly-Poly."
Grand-"Hil1s Of California"
Orpheum-Vaudev Matinee
To-Day.
Tivoli-"The Gypsy Baron.
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CHTNA,S ACTIVITY.

its own waters.
Fair play., 1904-01-09
HANNA PLAN OF REDEMPTION.
Gives the Impression That Boodlc nm D
Graft Is the saving Power
of Pnrtisans.

When Hanna made his spectacular
tour of Nebraska in 1900 and distrib-
uted campaign funds with startling
prodigality, he was hailed by the repub-
lican leaders as "the redeemer of tho
state But this lavish use of money
in Nebraska, inspired in many of those
who received it, the idea that Doodle
and graft is the reward of active par
tisans. II is hardly singular, therefore,
that political corruption is found to ex-
list in the wake of wherever Senator
Hanna stoered his political bark and
that the state of Nebraska is badly in
need of another redeeming. The Unit
ed States grand jury for the past month
or two has been engaged in the Job of
initiating republican officials charged
with buying and selling offices and
stealing from Uncle Sam. The list OF
those indicted is a long one, ranging in
importance from United States Sem
ator Dietrich down to more insignificant
personages and others implicated in
land frauds. This shows that an unpre-
cedented era of corruption is rampant
in Nebraska, and it appears from the
evidence produced before the grand
jury to have had its inception or at least
have become epidemic, soon after Sem
ator Hanna had sown the seed in 1900.
Dietrich may have been politically hon
est before his initiation into the secrets
of how TO redeem" the state. These
revelations before the grand jury and
the more startling evidence of the graft
ing that the trials will bring out must
dethrone many idols that the honest re-
publican voters of Nebraska have wor-
SHIPPED The skirts of a good many OF
the other would-be statesmen and pa
triots, it is feared will not show that
immaculate whiteness that an honest
voter follows with admiration and de-
light, even though the tolls of the law
have, so far, not besmirched them.
The same disastrous effect was pro.
duced in the Eost ofsce department when
Senator Hanna had his favorite. Perry
Heath. appo nted the virtual head of
that large institution 1t will take
considerable work to redeem" Ne
braska, and nothing but a change of adj
ministratiOn will redeem" the execu.
tive departments of the government
The grafters have too much politicar
pull in high quarters for anything short
OF political revolution to turn tho
rascals out.
Fair play., 1904-01-09
POLITICAL DRIFT.

"Uncle Mark is a far-seeins man
and It is hardly necessary TO warn him
that when he obigingly writes his auto
graph these days he should leave no
blank space above Authorized state
ments from him are in ndemand-Cincir-
natl Esquirer,
Mars was being rebuked by the
mighty Jupiter What require Of nv
soldiers, said Jupiter, is some atten-
tion TO the strenuous life" Perceiyine
that he was in bad with the administra.
tion, he hustled over TO the Philippines
and dispatched few Moros. .-MiIwau-
kee Sentinel.
Senator Hanna was able TO make
a Journey from New York to CLEVELAND
In spite of the reported objection of
his doctor II he is able TO travel thai
far his reserve on the presidential oues-
ton must be broken. Mr.. Hanna is able
TO talk, especially in words hat are cate
gorical; and sometimes his conversation
is not altogether becoming to a sick per-
son.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t does not require an experienced poli-
ucian TO understand that. even though
Mr.. Hanna continues 10 say that he is
not candidate, the Ohio senator IS
adopting policy of waiting and watch
Ing. II Is not difficult to be believe fom
Mr.. Hanna's attitude and from the sc-
tions OF his friends that if the anti.
Roosevelt sentiment can be made IN
grow q little stronger and N anyth{no
IN the nature of en- open rupture can
be brought about during the present ses-
sion OF congress, Mr.. Hanna will be
forced Into the contest" II is also not
difficult TO believe that II Mr. Hanna is
ever forced into the contest" the Roose-
welt boom will go to pieces and Mari,
Hanna will become the republican nomi-
nee for president Omaha World-Her-
aid,
Fair play., 1904-01-09
REPUBLICAN RAKE-OFF,
some INSIDE History of the Panama
Rebellion Which Is Very
Intcrcsting.

When the inside history OF the seces,
sion of Panama is given to the world
1t will make interesting reading for
those ardent friends OF the strenuous
occupant of the white house who they
claim had no knowledge OF the con
spiracy that hatched a rebellion to order
when needed. The regular correspond
ent at Washington Of the Chicago
Chronicle, in special telegram ON De-
cember 22, said:
"One OF the sensational charges SEN
ator German is prepared to make here
after is that a Coterie of New York men
subscribed a war fund 10 the Panama
revolutionists amounting TO $500, 900
with the understanding that they would
be repaid teufold from the $4,000, 600
Panama expected to receive and the
$4,000. 600 which, ostensibly, will be
appropriated for the French company.
Senator German is said to know the
names Of the men who advanced this
money.
He VIII charge in connection with
this disclosure that the fund was sub
scribed only after definite and posi-
tive assurances We're conveyed to the
subscribers by responsible persons con-
nected with the administration that
substantial aid would be extended to
the reVolutionists aud the republic of
Panama would not only be recognized
by this government, but that its inde-
pendence would be guaranteed as well.
Several democratic senators will
charge in addition that the lobbyists
and promoters who are expected to re-
ceiye large share Of the $4,000, 900
have agreed to make substantial contri-
button TO the next republican cam.
paign fund. The democratic senators
believe the story. One of their number
said in discussing it that he had been
informed that the amount set aside
for political purposes was ST., ,000, 900.
"If that is true" he said, mo Won.
der the presidents political fr. ends arr
not worrying about the hostility a
Wall street
Fair play., 1904-01-09
MONOPOLY PRICES.
Republican Trust-Fighting
Methods.

Nearly every one in the United States
has felt the extortion of the beef trust,
and many a family only has meat once
Jr twice q week in consequence of the
high prices exacted The poor in the
towns and cities thus suffer whether in
the eastern or western states. If the
farmers and stock growers were the
benehciares of this high price of meat,
there would be an indirect compensation
to the workers of the cities. for agric-
culture being unusually prosperous the
increased necessity for purchasing ne
cessities of life and also luxuries by the
farmers brings more demand for labor
in the business and manufacturing cen
ters, and hence better wages and living.
But the farmers and stock growers are
grumbling that the price of cattle and
hogs is lower, while the packers COM
bine is charging more for their products.
A letter in the Mitchell (Neb) Index
from former Senator H. G. Stewart,
says:
BY glancing at the market reports
we notice that the middle of October the
price OF hogs was $3.50; and that The
price at the same date year ago was
1920. or loss to the producer of 81 80
per hundredweight. Retail dealers who
handle Omaha meats in the larger cities
If the state report that the packers are
charging ten to Is per cent more for
dressed pork now than year ago. Re
suit: The packers. by controlling both
the buying and selling prices. are aIe
this year to buy hogs at 40 per cent less
and sell meat at Is pes cent. more, maxi
ing profit of 80 per cent. ovei and above
their profits of one year ago.
Now how about cattle? About the
same date in October this year good beef
steers weighing ] 200 pounds sold for
$40; same date year ago the same
quality of steers sold for s6.25. or 81. 80
more than this year. Dressed meat is
Is per cent. highe' this year; so they
are buying cattle ON foot at 30 per cent.
less and selling the meat at Is per cent.
more, making a net profit OF 45 per cent.
over and above their profits of year
ago"
Without doubt, this state of facts ex-
lists in other western states and in the
other packing centers, Kansas City and
Chicago.
Attorney General Knox has ample
funds and legal aid to investigate these
eXtortions of the packers combine. but
he will have to change his tactics from
the gloved hand to the mailed fist by
prosecuting this unlawful combination
under the criminal section of the inter-
state commerce law instead of the in
junction proceedings he has commenced
under the civil section. The trusts evi-
IDENTIFY laugh at the Knox way of fight
ing them.
Fair play., 1904-01-09
Good News from Minnesota.

Laketield, MINI, Jan. AIR William f
Gentry OF this place Is one OF the e>t.kuown
and mcst.hlghly respected men in jackson
County. For A. years he has suffered with
Kidney Trouble and now at y years OF age
he ia, found complete cure and is well.
His cure is remarkable because OF the
OF 40 years standing might be considered
incurahe, but the remedy that cured MIR.
Gentry seems to know no limit to it, cura-
tive power. Mr. Gentry says:
81 have suffered with misery in my back
for about i5 years and had all the trouble
some symptom, OF Kidney and Urinary dis
ease. ! tried various kinds Of remedies. but
all to no effect until tried Dodd', Kidney
Pills. Now | have no pain in my back and
feel quite well in every way.
81 am II years OF age and ! feel better
than have for the last 40 years. attribute
it all to Dodd's Kidney Pills
Fair play., 1904-01-09
The OntWouder.

The Editor must tell 1t, readers of this
marvel. 1t originated with the largest
farm seed growers in the world the John
\. Salzer Seed Co., Id Crosse Wis. II
has sun straw. stands mp like a stone wall
Is white, heavy, and has long ears, filed
TO the tip with lat, plump kernels. In is a
great stooler, 50 stocks from one kernel.
III YOU WILL SEND THIS NOTICE AMI
l0c IN STAMPS
10 above address. YOU will get a sample Of
this Oat Wonder, which Welded in 1903
IN 40 States from 25O 10 80 bu. per acre.
together with other farm seed samples and
their big catalog. X. h.,
Fair play., 1904-01-09
NOVEMBER
MAY
DECEMBER
JUNE

* y -

Sir Thomas Upton, with characters
tic fairness and good sense, declares
that there is nothing in the complaint,
so often made by previous challengers
for the Americas cup, of the handicap
placed upon them by the necessity of
constructing a yacht strong enough to
cross the Atlantic This grievance has
been yariously exploited, sometimes as
an excuse and sometimes as an eX
planation for the results of the races
but Sir Thomas will have none of it
A boat strong enough to carry the
rigs provided for the actual contests
he says, has little to fear from an
ocean voyage under vastly reduced
sail, and, as a matter of fact, the de.
tenders have been fully as well able
to make such voyages as the challen
gers. Still, Sir Thomas admits, merely
in the interests of history, that it is
disadvantage to be obliged to come
so far to meet your rival. In the first
place, he says, it costs a lot of money
and, in the second. it takes a lot of
time, which the home boat can utilize
in practice sailing under race condi.
tions. The force of both these state.
ments is perfectly obvious, and. pre-.
sented as Sir Thomas presented them,
merely as necessary and inevitable
features of the yachting game, inter.
nationally played, they do not produce
a trace of irritation always caused by
the talk about the ocean voyage handi-
cap as something unfair, or at least
deeply regrettable by those who suf.
fered from it. To recognize facts is
one thing, to imagine them as a solace
for defeat is another, and widely diff.
ferent. Sportsmen do the former and
Dunravens the latter.-New York
Times
Fair play., 1904-01-09
Snfr.

With the cares OF business behind hin,
and thoughts OF wife and baby in his
suburban home occupying his mind to the
exclusion OF everything else, Hilltop hurried
down Chamber, street TO the Jerry. lie
paused for a moment at busy crossing just
a. truck laden with keg, OF fresh Vermont
maple sirup backed heavily against the curb
Down came a tub from thetop-most tier and
broke with a dull. ,icl>eniug thud at Hill
top. teet He looked in di,may at his sirup-
covered feet and trouser. and exclaimed:
Here's pretty mess
We'll responded the driver, Its not
on me N. Y. Times
Fair play., 1904-01-09
,,or.r,,r Marley and spei,s,

4vo great cereals, makes growing ana
fotiening hogs and cattle possible IN OakY
Mont. Ida. Colo, yes everywhere. ano
add TO- above Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass,
Teosinte, which produces 80 tons OF green
fodder per acre, Salzer's Earliest Canel
sailors 60 Day Oats and a hundred oil
other rare farm seeds that they offer
JUST CIT TINS OUT AND RETURN 1T
with loc in stamps to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis, and get thelr
big catalog and lots Of farm seed sam
pies. TX. IL
Fair play., 1904-01-09

Peruna Is known from the Atlantic to
The Pacific. Letters of coaaratulution
aud comnendaiiou testifying TO the
merits OF Peruna Us catarrh remedy
are pouring in FROM every State in the
Union. DIR. Hartman is receiving hun
6rcds OF such letters daily. All classes
write these letters, from the highest to
the lowest.
The outdoor laborer, the indoor arti.
san, the clerk, The editor, thestatesman.
the preacher-all agree that Peruna is
the catarrh rcmcdy Of the age The
stage and rostrum, recognizing catarrh
as their greatest enemy, are especially
enthusiastic in their praise aud testi-
nonr
Any man who wishes perfect health
must be entirely free from catarrh. Ca.
tarrl is well nigh UNIVERSAL: almost om-
niprcseut Peruna is tue only absolute
safeguard known A cold 10 the be-
ginning Of catarrh To prevent colds,
"a cure colds. - 90 cheat catarri, out of
iis victims. Pcruua not only cures ca
tarrh, hut preventsit. Every household
hhnula be supplied with this great rem
edy for coughs, colds and 50 forth.
The Governor of Oregon is an. ardent
adfnirer of Peruna. He keeps It con-