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The Western news., 1904-08-03
LABOR PROBLEMS AT CAPITAL.
President and Cabinet Members Hold
Conference.


Washington.-Labor conditions gen.
orally throughout the country were the
subject of recent conference which
the president held at the White House
with Attorney General Moody, Secre-
tary Metcalf of the department OF
commerce and labor, and Commission
er of Labor Carroll d. Wright. Several
matters which have been appealed to
the president were considered and ac-
ton upon them will lie announced la
ter.
The conference was of considerable
Importance to the administration and
to labor generally. The president au-
thorized the announcement that the
Chicago strike was not discussed at
the conference. Regarding the strik-
ers in various parts of the country the
president and his advisers agreed that
at no point had any of these passed
beyond the scope of local treatment,
nor was the administration called up
on at this time to take action.
AS for the pending meat strike, al
though it was not specifically discuss
ed at the conference, it can be stated
that the administration does not con-
slider that national emergency has
been precipitated, as was the case in
the coal strike. Until such an emer.
gency has been created there will be
no official consideration of it by the
The Western news., 1904-08-03
OREGON ITEMS.

w. V. JObes is moving his family
from Spokane to ST. Johns, where he
is starting 3OO-barrel -four mill, which
will be operated by the Jobes Milling
company. st. Johns is five miles up
the Willamette river from Portland.
A lone masked robber held up the
Opera House saloon at Sumpter, re,
Gently. John Bell. Jack Shields, Will
liam Bristow and Fred Stott were play
ing solo when the robber entered the
front door. Holding his gun on the
four men he ordered hands up Shields
raised chair, when the robber knock
ed him down with revolver. Bristow
was also struck on the head. The rob-
ber took $3.50 from the twenty one"
table. He then walked out and made
his escape.
The Enterprise Electric Light com
pany, whose power house was burned
down, has sold the remaining property
to E. j. Forsythe. Mr.. Forsythe will
install new plant as soon as pos
sible.
The Dekum building in Portland, pur-
chased by Charles Sweeny of Spokane
for $35O,O00, is one of the finest cor
ners in the Oregon metropolis.
There is an agitation in Oregon at
the present time for the immediate
construction of the proposed portage
railroad from above The Dalles to Ce-
lilo.
The postmaster general has an
nounced the appointment of G. M. Rich
ey as postmaster at La Grande.
while B. ]. Kelly, cleaner in a
Portland automobile livery, was at
work on an automobile the gasoline
tank suddenly exploded. Kelly was
blown 40 feet and skinned alive from
his head to his knees. He lived for
four hours.
DR.. }. T. McNally, who is now in
Rome, and who was commissioned by
Archbishop Alexander Christie of Ore
gon City to petition the Holy See to
have the Vatican exhibit at the ST.
Louis exposition removed to Portland
during the Lewis and Clark fair next
year. has written to Director General
w. H. GoOde that the invitation was
presented to the papal secretary of
state, who cordially accepted it and
assured DR.. McNally that the Holy See
would have appropriate representation
at the Portland fair.
large per cent of Pendletons car
penters and joiners are out of employ
ment owing to the falling off of build
ing.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
IDAHO SQUlBS,

c. E. Wood. the grist mill and grain
man of Genesee and Nez Perce, has
formed partnership with w. c. Coch-
ran & Son of Moscow. The new firm
has bought out the Tacoma Grain CON-
pany at Moscow, Joel and Troy and
leased its grain and hay warehouses,
of which the new firm will assume con-
troll on August l.
At Nez Perce another independent
phone system is to be built soon.
The farmers and orchardists have
organized strong association at Julia
eta to be known as the Juliaetta Fruit
Growers association, for the benefit
and protection of its members and for
the mutual benefit of the surrounding
section in securing good and sufficient
markets for products.
Mrs. Alex Black and daughter, Mag
gle. aged s years, were injured in a
runaway accident just east of Prince
ton recently.
A newspaper change is announced
at Boise. The Evening Bulletin and
the Evening Capitol News have been
merged.
Articles of Incorporation have been
signed for the Nez Perce Water &
Power company. of 100000. The in
corporators are 2. A. johnson, Stephen
johnson. c. w. Lewis, ]. L. Harris
The Western news., 1904-08-03
DEALERS CAN BUY NO MEAT,
Serious Situation for BlackIisted Ship
Owners.

The procuring of meat supplies, even
at the high prices asked, has become
serious question with many retail
dealers of Chicago A blacklist y has
been put in circulation by the strikers,
bearing the names of retailers who
have purchased meat from the packers,
and the men listed are finding it diff
ficult to get supplies from the indepen-
dent packers. The system of picket
ing in force has made it almost i'm
possible for them to buy of the big
companies. The independent pack
ers" have been warned that the pen
atty for selling meat to the listed re-
tailers will be the calling out of their
own butchers. Several retailers whose
business has been tied up have stated
that unless conditions improve by Mon
day next they will go into the courts
and ask an injunction against the
strike leaders who are responsible for
the blacklist.
Several big markets on the west and
south sides of the city have been fore
ed to close.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
MONTANA NOTES.

The law of the range will be brought
into play if band of outlaws that
have been operating in northern Wyo-
several mouths is captured. A large
posse has started from Pinedale to
give the bandits batule in the Big Horn
mountains, where they have a rem.
devious.
William Phipps, an employe on the
Smith ranch near Boulder, was struck
by lightning and instantly killed about
10 miles south of the city. Mr.. Phipps
was driving into town from the ranch
when the storm came up. The bolt
also killed both horses.
M. B. Greenwood, president of the
DAILY Bank & Trust company of Ana
cOnda. has issued call to the various
bankers of Montana to meet in Helena
in October and organize state bank,
ers' association.
Water is scarce in the northern part
of the state. Trains are delayed be-
cause tanks can not be filled. Many
cattle are perishing. There is no wa
ter left in the natural courses.
The sheep census of the state, ac-
cording to figures turned in by the
county assessors of the state, gives a
total of 4,031, ,533 The total valuation
of these animals is placed at So, 191, GAS.
The body of Is year old Charles
Slusher who was drowned in the Mis-
souri, river, was recovered by fellow EN-.
ployes of the boys father at the Bos-
ton & Montana smelter at Great Falls.
One hundred and fifty smeltermen pro-
vided themselves with ropes and went
to the scene of the drowning.
AS result of the confession of
George F. Hammond, the train robber
who participated in the holdup OF the
North Coast Limited train on the Nor
thern Pacific road near Bearmouth on
June 16, another cache of the robbers
has been located.
A large herd of cattle in the Benton
Lake district, reported to be in a
starving condition, is the subject of an
investigation now in progress by the
state humane officers. The animals
are said to be wandering about the
country without either food or water,
the grass having been either all eaten
or trampled into the ground. Fences
in the vicinity prevent the cattle get.
ting to the river for water. 1t is said
that if something is not done imme-
dately the cattle will perish.
Ferdinand Franklin, the third and
last victim of the fatal accident at
the Belmont mine, at Butte, was found
at the bottom of the mine shaft.
In go days the Great Northern rail-
way will abandon 100 miles of its pres
ent main line in Montana in favor of a
new route, covering the same distance,
which strikes north from Columbia
Falls to a junction with the Fernie,
B. c., branch at Rexford. thence back
again over the Fernie branch to the
main line at Jennings.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
JAPANESE ARMIES ACTIVE
COMPLETED CIRCLE
AROUND RUSSIAN GENERAL,
It Is Certain General kuropatkin Must
Fight or Withdraw His Whole Army
Northumberland Fighting Near
Port Arthur-Ammunition Is Report.
ed to Be Short at Fortress.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 1.-Although
public attention has been distracted
from me events of the war during the
past week-frst, because of the fear
OF international complications, and,
second because of the assassination Of
Minister of the Interior Won Plehye, the
situation is regarded as critical.
The enveloping movement of three
Japanese armies, of Generals Kurok.,
Nodzu and Oku around General kuro-
patkin's position, appears to be almost
complete, and the extended line OF the
Japanese seems to be the only draw
back to concerted action.
1t is realized here that the Russian
general must now either fight or with
draw the whole army northward He
is being closeiy pressed at haicheng
General Kuroki's northern column
makes it extremely dangerous to re-
main there, but. while holding the posi-
ton, to give battle, the Japanese.
whose advance is necessarily always
slow and careful, might push through
anu cut his railway communications 20
Liaoyang.
While nothing is definitely known.
there are some unofficial indications
that matters are maturing rapidly
either for battle or for a retreat.
For instance, the refusal to accept fur
ther press kilograms at Haicheng is
shown by the fact that one of Tie cor
respondents Of the Associated Press
had to ride through to Mukden to file
an account of the Tatchekiao fight.
This might be construed either that
preparations are making for a retire
ment, or that the wires are very
crowded, incident to a concentration
at Haicheng or Liaoyang.
A few days are expected to deter
mine which course General Kuropat-
kin has elected to pursue.
Some Hopes for Port Arthur.
There is no inclination here to
doubt that there may have been pretty
severe fighting at the outer positions
Of Port Arthur, possibly accompanied
by a bOmbardment from the sea, but 1t
is not believed that the Japanese are
yet ready to storm the fortress. Rear
ADMIRAL Withoeft, in command of the
naval forces at Port Arthur, is relied
upon to put to sea if the condition OF
the fortress becomes desperate While
no definite information is outainable,
the report that the fortress is short of
ammunition is considered by the pub
lie as the most disquieting feature OF
the situation.
The Western news., 1904-08-03

and T. w. Englehorn, all OF Nez Perce.
The corporation has purchased the
Nez Perce electric light plant, the
creamery plant, the flour mill and the
Lolo power plant and in addition will
take over the water works system OF
this place. The water plant will be
installed Immediately and the owners
have secured the springs on the In
dian lands. five miles southwest of the
town, which will De the source OF sup
ply for the plant.
The Boise ball team took both games
at Spokane Sunday, and assumed first
place in the run for the pennant.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
FLOOD TEARS DOWN CANYON,
Tosses Railroad Bridges Against the
Mountain Walls.

Kingman, Ariz.-Heavy rains in the
mountains east of Truxton sent down
a wall of water 30 feet high through
the canyon, washing out the Santa Fe
railroad back track embankments, the
bridges, telegraph poles and every.
thing movable for a distance of IL
miles. Great steel bridges were taken
from their foundations and piled up
against the walls of the canyon. Mas
sive stone abutments were crumbled
and carried away.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
FINE GIFT FOR KING EDWARD.
California Knights TempIar Will Pre-
sent History.

The California Knights Templar are
preparing a gift for King Edward in
appreciation of the honor conferred up
on the Californians in sending a per-
sonal representative with the delega.
tion of highest officers of the great
priory of England and Wales to attend
the conclave at San Francisco. The
souvenir consists of volume of the
history OF the conclave, especially
bound and ornamented for the king.
The covers are of California silver,
handwrought, and golden knight in
fun armor is embossed on the cover.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
FUNERAL Of N. v0N PLEHVE
EVERY CITY OF VAST EMPIRE OF
RUSSIA MoURNED.
Emperor Nicholas and Dowaqer EN-.
press Were Present-RichIy Made
Cushions Supported the Dead States
mans Decorations Of Honor During
His Notable Career.

st. Petersburg, Aug. IN. Won
Plehve, the minister of the interior.
who was assassinated Thursday morn
ing last, was buried Sunday and in
every city and hamlet of this vast en-
pire church bells were tolled and
masses and prayers said for the repose
of the soul of the murdered minister.
The services here, which were ac-
cording to the rites of the orthodox
church, were of an impressive and i'm
posing character. At II o'clock in the
morning high mass was said in the
stately chapel adjoining the ministry
of the interior.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
TO BRING MINERS BACK,
Courts to Be Asked for Protection Of
Men.

Denver, Col.-Attorneys H. N Haw-
kins and John h. Murphy. counsel
for the Western Federation of Miners,
are devising ways and means to enable
the deported Cripple Creek miners to
return to their homes. Papers are be-
ing drawn and applications will be
made to some court, possibly the fed
eral court, for an injunction restrain.
ing the Citizens alliance and Mine
Owners association from interfering
with any deportees who return to the
Cripple Creek district.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
Worlds Fair Cash Is Ready.

The second $5OO,00O instalment to
liquidate the $4,6OO,OOO government
loan will be paid promptly on August
l, according to Secretary Stevens of
the worlds fair. This will make the
entire amount paid to the government
$1,40S.149, or nearly one-third of the
entire loan.
The Western news., 1904-08-03

Alcoholism is extremely rare in the
Italian army. In 1901, the latest for
which figures are available, only Is
cases were admitted to the hospitals.
The worlds sanity is put into the
keeping of quiet lives.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
Buried Near Predecessor,

After a burial service in the church
the body was inferred in the adjoining
cemetery, where repose the remains
Of many of Russia's greatest men and
at a point within stones throw of
the grave of NJ. Sipiaguine, who was
M. Plehve's predecessor and who also
fell by the hand of an assassin less
than two years ago
The Western news., 1904-08-03
6ogota Affairs in Turmoil,

News from the coast of Cartagena
says rumors are in circulation of an
upheaval in Bogota. President Marro-
quin and President-elect Reyes are,
the rumors say, declared to be trait.
ors, and congress has been closed.
The Western news., 1904-08-03

The negro model town of Buxton,
Canada. founded during the days of
the underground railroad" is now al.
most abandoned
The Western news., 1904-08-03

'Is it true, pa, that storks can fly 100
miles an hour?"
well. not in Utah; they have too
many stops to make.-Town Topics,
The Western news., 1904-08-03
EMPIRE NEAR A CRISIS,
Russia in Bad Way-Anarchy Within
Its Covernment


Although the campaign in the orient
is developing it's most important phas.
es, the attention of Europe is concen-
trated on Russia, and the public con-
viction grows that the Muscovite en-
pire is near the greatest crisis in its
history. The assassination of Won
Plehve was comparatively unimportant
in that crisis. He was, it is true, the
strongest individual force in the coun-
try's government, but his strength
could not compensate for the weakness
of the supreme head of Russian des-
potism.
1t is known that the czar's attempt
to combine great ducal reactionaries
with the conservative element among
his administrators has resulted in vir-
tual anarchy within the government it.
self
The Western news., 1904-08-03

There is a board Of guardians in
mates who have seen better days to
don the silk hat when they 60 out for
a holiday.
The Western news., 1904-08-03

More than 300 native Puerto Rican
native teachers will take a summer
course at Harvard,
The Western news., 1904-08-03
Hope Against Birth Of Son.

| Everybody but the czar is hoping
against the birth of son. They dread
the dangers to the state that would
arise from a sovereign called to reign
during his minority. The czar is now
36 years old. 1t would be liberal es-
innate to give his reign still 20 years.
His inadequate physical condition and
the nerve destroying strain, aside from
the danger of assassination, reduces
| his life to very moderate insurance
value. Should there be no son, and the
present cZarowich, who is not married,
not reach the throne, the succession
would go to the family of Grand Duke
| Vladimir, the czar's uncle, who is un-
| fit to rule because of violent self in
diligence and lack of consideration for
all who come in contact with him.
Vladimir's elder son, Cyril, will prop
ably renounce his place in the line OF
succession in order that he may marry
his cousin. the divorced wife of the
grand duke of Hesse. His next broth
er, Boris. would probably be removed
from the list by the council of state
should he become heir apparent on the
grounds of dissolute imbecility.
There remains third son, Andre,
who is personally more acceptable, al
though he suffers to some extent
through the general dislike of his faith
er and brother. He is liked by the
army, and is a vigorous young man
and capable officer.
The accouchment of the czarine is
daily expected.
Won PIehve Foresaw His Fate.
Berlin.-The St Petersburg CORE
have talked with Won Plehve few
days before his death. During the
conversation the minister, alluding to
the numbering of General Bobrikoff,
governor general of Finland, said:
"Although my police are well ac-
ments and | am we'll protected, | will
be the victim of similar attack some
day, for nobody is safe from unforeseen
able contingencies
The correspondent says that the mo-
ment of he>eXploson he was sitting
with Minister Won Plehve's secretary
in the Baltic station, awaiting the ar
rival there of the minister. The Sec
retary sprang up and cried: "They
have killed the minister"
Count Ignatieff will succeed the late
M. Won Plehve as minister of the in
terror.
The Western news., 1904-08-03

Absurdity has advertising value.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
Emperor at Bier.

Emperor Nicholas and the dowager
ed widow anu the children of the min
lister at lne foot of great mound of
flowers on which rested the casket. To
the right on gold embroidered cush-
ions, before a mass of wreaths banked
to the ceiling, were ranged the deco
rations which had been won by the
statesman during his notable career
To the left were the metropolitan of
ST. Petersburg and the officiating bish-
ops and priests in their gold emblazon-
ed vestments. A screen of flowers
concealed the famous imperial choir.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
Notables Present.


Among those present were Otner
members of the imperial family, the
foreign representatives. including
Spencer Ludy, charge d'affaires of the
American embassy, minister of the en-
pire, generals, admirals, mobiles, gov
ernors of distant provinces, and. in
fact, all high officialdom, not even
emitting Genghis Khan, lineal de-
scendant of Napoleon, o. Asia, who is
now major general in the Russian
service.
"'"o entire assemblage was in full
uniform and on the arm of each one
present was badge of mourning. All
held lighted tapers throughout the SER
vice and the air was heavy with tne
perfumes of flowers and incense from
the cenSerS.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
Widow Faints.


At the most solemn moment. when
all knelt and many were affected by
tears, the widow was overcome and
tainted. The emperor came to her as
sistance and she was carried out by
gentle hands.
The emperor was visibly moved and
upon the conclusion of the mass he
followed the casket. which was taken
upon the shoulders of the ministers
and borne down the broad marble
staircase to the street. There the fun
eral procession was formed and the
body was placed in a great white open
hearse, drawn by six coal black horses
which were blanketed from their ears
to their tails in somber trappings.
A black garbed groom stood at each
bride and in advance went Is similar
ly clad lantern bearer. Behind the
hearse walked the members of the
minister's family and then came a
long and distinguished body of mourn
ers. it being the Russian custom to fol-
low the dead to the grave on foot
Emperor in Procession.
The emperor himself walked a short
distance, but as the Novodevicky mon
astery, where the burial took place.
was over five miles away and also be-
cause OF the condition of the empress,
his majesty soon entered his carriage
and returned to the Peterhof palace.
AT the end of the procession came
four white chariots filled with the
floral offerings. The cortege proceed
ed slowly through the avenues and
streets preceded by squad of mount
ed police and passed within sight OF
the place where the tragedy occurred.
The sidewalks along the route were
crowded. but lines of police kept the
streets clear to the curb. AS the body
passed every head was uncovered and
thousands crossed themselves.
The monastery stands on a plain be-
yond the Narva Gates and at these
gates fully $4,000 persons were gath
ered
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-09-30

other were the head, legs and arms.
The sacks were not far under ground,
for it had been winter when they were
hidden, and evidently the ground was
frozen so hard that turning it up with
a shovel was hard work.
The farm hand lost no time In tell.
ing his neighbors what he had discov-
cred, and the gossip reached Marks
ears before the authorities were in
formed. Then came Marks flight, his
recapture, the Identification Of the
murdered man and the discovery that
his skull had been battered in. Marx
was accused of murder, his wife was
charged with being his accomplice,
and both were placed in prison to
await trial.
Marx is a few inches more than
five feet tall and slender, weighing
about 1876 pounds. Despite his years
his hair is still almost black, although
his beard is gray. He speaks Eng
lish fluently, but with a pronounced
accent, and his wife, who is nearly
40 years his Junior, can hardly talk
English.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-09-30
OLD CONNECTICUT FARMER
CHARGED WITH MANY MURDERS

murders of Pavoli Rodeski and Joe
Palm.
The body of the latter was found as
the result of suspicious formed by Al
phonse Grant, the court stenographer
who took the notes at the hearing Of
Marx on preliminary trial for the
murder of Rodeski. Palm had been
murdered and dismemebered, his body
sewn up in three burlap sacks and
buried in hole in the woods about
three-quarters CT mile from the Marx
home. The skull had been crushed,
the man having been struck on the
head with heavy blunt instrument,
presumably an ak.
The body of Rodeski, similarly mu-
tilated, was found last April. Rodes-
XII had been employed by Marx as a
farm hand. He suddenly disappeared,
and when asked about him by the
neighbors Marx answered.:
HE got his pay and told me he was
going to Pennsylvania to work in the
Mines"
Marx had hired Joseph String as
the successor of Rcdeski, and one day
he asked Joseph to assist him in
some work he had to do. He pointed
out what was called cellar, but
which was really an excavation made
for the foundation of house which
never had been completed. 1t was
near the roadway and about 250 feet
from Marx farmhouse.
81 want you to cover up a hole in
that cellar said Marx to Joseph,
and the farm hand went about his
task. In the hole he saw one or two
sacks, and his curiosity led him to
open. one. To his horror he found. in
it tRe trunk of a mans body. In an.