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New-York tribune., 1904-09-13
STEAMER BRINGS 1900 PIGEONS.

More thar fifteen hundred pigeons imported to
Improve tne native stock arrived yesterday on the
stsamship British King, from Antwerp The hir6s
were AL horlers, which, crossed with the queen or
dragon breeds. produce much larger SQUAD than
do the birds OF pure strain. They have reulaced
snaosi entirely tie rent pigeon. formerly used for
this purpose. TIE hoiners bring from 81 m q "A =
paars nhle tLs ordinary domestic pigeon Is worth
olly = cents These birds. being imported 20 i'm
prove ceEneScsc stock, entered free az Aus,
Ihe consignment received yesterday Is CON-
psraIteiy small one a. many n six thotes nj
eiros ssiE rsceived sometimes In one CONSIGNMENT
New-York tribune., 1904-09-13
BODY FOUND IN BARBED WIRE FENCE
Police Think Bather at Goney Was Carried
Out by Undertow.

wedged IN barbed wire netting which separated
the Steeplechass Park beach from the adjoining
waterfront the body Of an unidentified man who
drowned In sight of hundreds OF Coney Island
visitors Sunday afternoon was found yester-
day by Julius Levy. a Life guard.
bath house check bearing the number OF the
locker in which a suit of well made clothes nad
been found at Wards bathing pavilion after
the man was seen TO sink The police say that tho
body was dragged by the undertow TO the fence
where the sharp wires held it, The body was
badly torn by the fence which extends far out into
tho taraf
New-York tribune., 1904-09-13
lRoouols REoPENs BOX OFFICE.

Chicago Sept. 12.-The Iroquois Theatre, in RAN
dolph-st-. which was the scene OF the death of
many persons In the IRE OF December 30 last. opened
its box onice to-day and applied for an amusement
license as The Vaudeville" curious crowd
thronged the lobby, viewing the landing where
bodies were piled dozens high at the time OF the
horror. Tickets were purchased by persons
eager 70 see the interior OF the deathuap the
vaudeville performances.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-13
COLOMBIAN CONSUL GENERAL HERE

washington. Sept. R'-There has been a change
m the Colombian Consulate General in New-York.
the reason for which is unknown to the State De-
partrnent. Arturo Brigard. who has been consul
senef1l ABOUT TWO years. has been relieved by pF.
Las Enrique BonilIa. Tho notice of The change
came 70 TIE Stale Department from Perez Triana
ne second secretary OF the CoionShfa, Tega ton.
York seneii - 49,,
New-York tribune., 1904-09-13
NEw.YoRk STATE TROOPS PsA,sEn

Albany. Sept 12-Major Harrison K Bird. MILL
tary secretary TO Governor odeu has return.5
from virginia. where hs was attached TO the staY
% Sehera4 Coroin during the army and militia
maneuvres on the Bun Run hattleaela n. 49,
to Governor oden message from General CorbiD
saphmentSIy Na.y q the troops OF the New-York
Stsnes sNauohai Guard which took part IN fbs
rlSncsuvres. General Corbn counurnAnfaf .Js, &
thelf enciency. equipment and deportmsnt y"
New-York tribune., 1904-09-13
INCREASE OF posToFFlcE RECEIPTS.

Washington Sept 2-Ths gress receipts ot ths
nfty largest postoices in the country for August,
as compared with August OF last year. show net
increase OF s0s26. almost Is per cent the gross
receipts az all OF the hfry offices aggregating s.
s32 So The largest increase was 36 per cent, az
Peoria III. The receipts az Hartford. CnnnLs de-
creased 03 per cent and at Albany "a per csA1
The receipts at New-Tork Increased 1s per cent and
arC Cyhfca 20 per
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
A Chemical Detective,

Truly the way of the transgressor
Is hard and his ingenuity is kept busy
eluding the constantly increasing
methods of detecting him. The latest
device is extremely subtle, and it will
be a clever thief who can see his way
clear out Of the trap which a scien.
tifc mind has prepared for him.
1t was invented By a chemist OF
Budapest, and is a chemical powder,
OF a yellow color. which has the
curious property of dyeing the skin
Of the person touching 1t a deep blue.
The color is not removable by any
known means, and washing it only
makes the color deeper. However,
after about a fortnight it begins to
wear off, and at the end of about
three months all races of the colora
ton will vanish.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
Would Not DO Held Tn.

While Mr.. Alden Guy was returning
from his farm west of Grand Island
he was accosted by two men on the
outskirts Of the city who said they
would ride into town with him. Mr..
Guys suspicious were some what
aroused at their appearance, so he
whipped up his horse to get away from
them. As n parting salute they opened
fire on him and the bullet from one
of the shots came uncomfortably ncar
his head, having passed through the
cover OF the buggy just above and In
front of his head. He Immediately
reported the occurrence to the police
and they went to the place where he
had me- the men, but could find nc
trace of them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
SLOWLY CLOSING IN
Port Arthur Siege a Big contin.
uous Battle.
BIG LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES
Apparently the Japanese Have the Rus.
SLAMS Completely at Their
Mcrcy-Notes,

The London Chronicles correspond.
ent with General Kuroki, cables:
THE fail of Port Arthur is immi.
nent. The japanese are now within
the main defenses and their guns com
mand the town. Desperate fighting
occurs night and day, and the losses
on both sides are enormous.
The Russians are making furious
counter attacks. but the japanese are
clinging to the positions they have
won at so great a cost"
The correspondent ut Tlen Tsin of
the London Standard says:
"Confrmatory details just arrived
represent the japanese as having
reached a point within 1900 yards
from the new town of Port Arthur on
the west side and as being within a
mile OF the east dock basin on the
east side. Strong reinforcements are
hurrying up from DaIny and Pietzwo,
leaving reserves at both places"
The London papers have numerous
special dispatches from the far east,
most OF them dealing with the position
OF Port Arthur. II is pointed out that
the Japanese tactics are similar to
those adopted by General Oyama in
1894, but granting that the japanese
have penetrated as far as represented,
which is considered doubtful, there are
still formidable forts to be silenced
before a general assault is possible.
Interest is displayed in what Is on
sidered the precarious position of Gen.
eral Kuropatkin's force. Owing to a
dispatch to the Daily Mail from Kou-
pangtse, Russian officers confess them
selves completely in the dark as to the
meaning OF the japanese movements,
and consequently they have no definite
plan. Ten days ago. feeling that Lao
Yang would be surrounded. General
kuropatkin began to draw his troops
northward. Then on the japanese re-
firing. he brought them back again,
but continued his preparations for eff
fecting a retreat.
There is no doubt. says the corre-
spondent, that the Russian army Is
now completely at the mercy Of the
Japanese whenever they choose to at
tack.
The Lao Yang correspondent OF the
London Daily Telegraph says that the
Japanese are pushing on against three
sides OF the city near which there is
continued lighting. A great quantity
OF transport has been sen north, leav-
ing Lao Yang ready for all eventuali-
ties.
The that the japanese lost
guns at Siaulins, the correspondent
says, turns out to be incorrect. The
correspondent continues:
THE Japanese are reported to be
adopting a new method of night at
tack. They concentrate searchlights
on the point attacked. thus preventing
the garrison from seeing anything"
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
George w. y. Dorsey q Director,

The seventh annual. session of the
American mining congress-. at Port
land, Ore, ended after electing q
board of directors. which convened i'm
mediately thereafter and elected off,
GERS with the exception of secretary.
The eastern directors named are f. II.
Bucket. Missouri; George w. L. Dor
sey, Nebraska, and A. w. Clifford,
Texas. Judge j. II. Richards Of Idaho
was reelected president. Among the
vice presidents are DR.. f. II. Buckley
OF Rolla, Mo. The action OF the on
gress in selecting Denver as the per-
manent headquarters of the American
mining congress and Ell Paso. Texas.
as It's next meeting place was con.
firmed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
A Nove1 Team.

The owner of a large ostrich farm
In southern California has trained a
pair OF these huge birds to drive as
he would drive horses, hitching them
to a light buggy or trotting cart,
which has In its design a third wheel.
This is to prevent the vehicle from
turning over. II is by no means an
easy task to drive such q wierd team,
as you can not pull up your horses
by reins. II you did it would probably
result in serious injury to the valu-
able birds. The only way to guide
the conveyance is to hit the offside
bird on the opposite side to that
which you a him to go. Another
objection TO this kind of horse" is
that If he should catch sight of a bit
OF banana peel, or something equally
attractive. he does not hesitate to
make a dive sideways for it. AS os.
triches 60 like the wind, and can
make a sudden dead stop, the jerk
the rider receives is not a pleasant
ont. If a piece of orange peel should
happen accidentally to meet the eye
OF his strange horses"
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02

II our people receive almost double
the pay for their labor that similar
labor receives elsewhere in the world,
thereby enabling us to bear the bur
den of citizenship.
Liberal compensation for labor
makes liberal customers for our prod
ucts. Under this policy of protection
our home markets afford all our peo-
pie a better market than has any
other people on earth, and this. too,
even if We did not sell any of our
products broad. In addition to this.
we have come to be the greatest ex.
porting nation in the world. For the
year ending the 30th of June, 1904,
our exports to foreign countries were
valued at $1,4O0, O0O, 900, of which
$3.50, 900 900 were products of the fac
tory. The world fell in our debt last
year s470,000,0 900, an increase Of $751;
coo, 600 over the preceding year.
This policy of protection has al.
ways been opposed by the opponents
of the Republican party, and is op.
posed by them to-day. In their last
hANioAAu piuNiol III, duOptcu a I ot.
Louis. they %denounce protection as
robbery. They never have been given
power, but they proceeded by word
and act to destroy the policy of pro.
lection. Their platform Is as silent as
the grave touching the gold standard
and our currency system. Their chos-
en- leader, after his nomination, hav.
ing been as silent as the sphinx to
that time, sent his telegram saying.in
substance that the gold standard is
established, and that he will govern
himself accordingly II he should be
elected"
Later on in his speech Mr.. Cannon
returned to the subject uppermost in
his mind, as follows:
Correct revenue laws, protection
or free trade, the gold standard and
our currency system. all depend upon
the sentiment of the majority of our
people as voiced at the ballot box.
A majority may change our revenue
laws, a majority may change our cur
rency laws; a majority may de-
stroy the gold standard and establish
the silver standard, or. In lieu of ell
ther or both. make the treasury note,
non'interest bearing and irredeem-
able, the sole standard of value.
Sir, let us turn from the region of
doubt and double-dealing, the debat.
able land, to the region of assured Ger.
ainty. The Republican party stands
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
Telephones In RaiIroa ding.

Several railroads are using tele-
phones instead Of telegraph for train
dispatching. officials of the Northern
Pacific have been experimenting with
the telephones on long and important
sections of the st. P~aul-Portland route
with favorable results. General Man.
agcr II. j. Horn is quoted as saying
that for the present the new system
will not %supplant the old. but the tele-
phone and telegraph will be used al
ternately. He states that the tele-
graph wires are oftentimes congested
with business and the telephone is as
satisfactory as the telegraph instru-
ment in the moving of trains and tho
transaction of general business.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02

for protection. II stands for the gold
standard and our currency system.
All these dwell in legislation enacted
under the lead of the Republican par.
ty and against the most determined
opposition of the Democratic party,
including its leader and candidate.
These being our policies, and having
been most useful to the country. we
AVE confidence in and love them. II
II be necessary from time to time that
they should be strengthened here and
controlled there, the Republican party
stands ready, with loving, competent
hands, 10 apply the proper remedy.
say remedy Being our policies. we
will not willingly subject them to
their enemies for slow starvation on
the n hand or to sudden destruction
on the other.
Since the Republican party was
restored to power, in 1897, under the
lead OF Mckinley, Il country has
p%rospered in production and In com.
merce as 1t has never prospered be.
fore. In wealth we stand first among
all the nations
Not less plain and positive on the
subject Of vital importance Of the
protective tariff as an issue was Pres
ident Roosevelt in reply. He did not
hesitate to declare himself in har-
mony with the proposition that pro-
lection Is and must continue to be the
settled, permanent policy of the Re-
nlh1irQn nnrtv tlhan tA ga;I.
w have enacted a tariff law I'M
der which, during the past few years,
the country has attained a height Of
material well being never before
reached. Wages are higher than ever
before. That whenever the need arises
there should be a readjustment of the
tarin schedules is %undoubted; but
such changes can with safety be made
only by those whose devotion to the
principle of a protective tariff is be-
yond question:; for otherwise the
changes would amount not to read.
Justment, but to repeal. The read.
Justment when made must maintain
and not destroy the protective prin-
ciple. To the farmer. the merchant,
the manufactures, this is vital; but
perhaps no other man is so much in.
tcrested as the wage worker in the
maintenance Of our present economic
system. both as regards the finances
and the tariff. The standard of living
OF our wage workers is higher than
that OF any other country, and it can
not so remain unless we have a pro-
tective tariff which shah always keep
as a minimum a rate of duty sufii.
cient to V the difference between
the labor cost here and abroad. Those
who, like our opponents, 'denounce
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
Sword 276 Years Cid.

Or. J. w. Peck Of Amoret, Mo-, IL
Kansas City yesterday, has an heir
loom in the form Of a sword 276 years
cid. DR.. Peck declares it is the oldes
SWORD in the United States. II wa.
brought to this country by his great
grandfather more than 100 years &
and has been handed down in his fam
lily through the succeeding genera
tions.
Tie sword bears the date 1929, dur
ing the time when Christian, king O.
Denmark, vas carrying on his thirt,
years war with Sweden. 1t bears Z
picture of the warrior monarch. Or
one side is an inscription in German
as follows: 81 am a good blade if O
Use me we'll" Another inscription OF
the reverse side says: He who haiti
no love for the beautiful hath no hear
N his ody."-Kansas City Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
THE ISSUE DEFINED
SPEECHES OF PRESIDENT RoosE.
WELT AND SPEAKER CANNON.
Alike in the Address Of Notification
and In the Response Thereto, the
Predominance of the Tariff Cues
ton is Distinctly Recognized.

The two speeches delivered at Oys-
ter Bay on the 9th of July. 1904, first
by Speaker Cannon as chairman Of
the committee appointed by the Re-
publican national convention to notify
Theodore Roosevelt of his nomination
for President of the United States;
and, second, the speech of President
Roosevelt, giving notice of his accept
ance OF that nomination-have set
tied the question as to what is the
dominant issue in this years cam
paign. IL any doubt remained con.
corning the chief issue, almost the
only issue, which divides the two
great parties in the civic battle of
1904, such doubt has been completely
removed. The tariff is the issue. II
has been made the issue by the plain
words alike of the authorized spokes.
man of the Republican party and of
the candidate chosen by the unani-
mou action of the Republican party.
In his address of notification Speak.
er Cannon devoted his attention to
h tariff more largely than to all
other subjects combined. After dwell.
ing briefly upon the splendid history
OF the Republican party in its rela.
ton to the shaping of events and pol.
icies, Mr.. Cannon said:
Under the lead Of the Republican
party for over forty years the United
States. from being a third-class pow.
err among the nations has become in
every respect first. The people rule.
The people ruling, it is necessary that
they should be competent to rule.
Competency requires not only patriot.
ism, but material well-being, educa-
ton and statecraft.
The people, under the lead of the
Republican party, wrote upon the stat
ute books revenue laws, levying taxes
upon the products of foreign countries
seeking our markets, which replen.
ished our treasury, but were so ad.
justed as to encourage our people in
developing, diversifying and maintain
ing our industries, at the same time
protecting our citizens laboring in pro.
duction against the competition of for.
eign labor. Under this policy our man.
utactured product to-day is one-third
Of the product of the civilized world,
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
New Two-ysar-old Record,

Artful, brown flly, bred by the late
William C. Whitney, and bearing the
colors of Herman b. Duryea, won the
seventeenth renewal Futurity at
sheepshead Bay. Tradition, bred by
James b. Haggin and running In the
name Of Sydney r. Keene, and bred
In England, finished third. The
Keene entries, Sysonby and Wild Mint.
were %favorites in the betting at 10 to
20, but not heavily backed in view Of
the short price. The Duryea entry re-
ceived the bulk Of public wagers at s
to 2. The time made was the fastest
on record for the stake over the full
six furlongs. the distance for the race
since 1902.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02

protection as a robbery thereby ex.
plicitly commit themselves to the
proposition that II they were to re.
wise the tariff no heed would be paid
to the necessity OF meeting this diff
ference between the standards of liv.
ing for wage workers here and In
other countries; and therefore on this
point their antagonism to our position
is fundamental.
Here again we ask that their
promises and ours be judged by what
has been done In the immediate past.
We ask that sober and sensible men
compare the workings OF the present
tariff law, and the conditions which
obtain under it. with the workings of
the preceding tariff law of 1894 and
the conditions which that tariff Of
1894 helped to bring about"
The fundamental difference in the
attitudes of the two parties on the
subject of protection is herein stated
with great force. The Republican par.
~ stands committed to the doctrine
that only through the operation OF the
pioNCNNiNS putty 10 IL DObSlDIt ~
maintain the American standard of
living, while the Democratic party,
caring nothing for the American
standard of living, but intent, now as
always, upon cheapening and degrad-
ing American labor, brazenly antago-
nizes protection both as to principle
and policy by denouncing 1t as rob
berry" Of the many for the benefit of
the few. No matter II protection does
maintain high wages and a high
standard of living. Being robbery"
of course, protection must go. That is
the Democratic attitude.
Upon the general subject of reci-
procity President Roosevelt said:
I'VE believe in reciprocity with for
eign nations on the terms outlined in
President McKinley's last speech.
which urged the extension of our for.
eign markets by reciprocal agree
ments whenever they could be made
without injury to American industry
and labor"
BY this rule there can be no reel
procity in products which compete
with American industry and labor. II
is a safe rule. II Is the only Repub-
lican rule as laid down by the ma.
tional Republican convention of 1904.
II was what President Mckinley
meant at Buffalo in 1901. 1t is what
President Roosevelt means now. 1t IL
also what the Republican party means
all the time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Canada wheat Crop ga. 900, 900.

A Canadian Pacific official estimates
the wheat yield for western Canada
at 65 million bushels. Three and a
half million acres will be harvested
this fall.
Reports received from seventy out
Of n~inety-fve elevators in Manitoba
and the northwest territories indicate
q damage from rust Of 10 per cent in
Manitoba and practically none at all
In the northwest territory. or the
seventy stations heard from thirty
nine report no damage at all; sixteen
report only slight damage and fifteen
report damage from 10 to 30 per cent
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
A Queer Pet.

Many people have wondered VIII.
The Empress Eugene always carrie,
about with her, wherever she goes, {;
little wicker basket, and many specu
lations have been made as to its con
tents. The basket is lined with cot
ton wool. and in that soft substance,
nestles a hedgehog! II is the EN-
press's only pet, and she would no
dream of allowing it 10 be ATTENDED
by any one but herself. She hal
rather a superstitious attachment t.
the curious creature, and believes tina
1t has a talismanic power of insurinJ
her safety and general well.being.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
Bulls Fatal to Family.

II is a remarkable coincidence tina,
on the same day that John Stewari
of Westford, VT, was killed by a bull
on his farm his brother, W. d. Stew
art OF Bakersfield had a narrow escap,
from death by an enraged bull on hi.
W farm. w. ID. Stewart saved him
self from the attacks Of the Infatuated
animal by lodging around a hay Grill
built for sheep to feed from.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
AFTER cOUNTERFEiTERS
Federal authorities Think They Have
Clue to Makers OF tho Queer"

Federal Authorities Think They Have
Clue to Makers Of the Queer"
The federal authorities of st. Louis
took into custody William Wynne, a
photo-engraver. and turned him over
to the police department to be held.
Great secrecy is maintained regarding
the arrest, as no charge, it is stated
by the police department, has been
placed against the prisoner. and Meth
ing a be learned from the federal
authorities as to the reason for having
placed Wynne in custody.
IL is understood, that the federal
authorities believe Wynne possesses
information concerning important ar
rests made in Atlanta, Ga. The police
refused to permit him to be seen.
1t was learned that Wynne had been
arrested upon the telegraphed instruct
ions OF the Atlanta. Ga, police de-
partment. The telegram from Atlanta
stated that several men were arrested
there for alleged counterfeiting and
that Wynne was wanted for alleged
completely Wynne denied being i'm
piicated and said that he would 60 to
Atlahta without requistion pepers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
Won Western Golf Cbsm,,o,.,,.

Miss Frances Everett, of the Exmoor
County club, won the woman's west
ern golf championship on the Glenyjew
Golf clubs grounds. Chicago. by de-
feating Miss ]. Anna Carpenter of
westward Ho, n up on the home
green The contest was close and each
player performed like a veteran. Ideal
golhng weather prevailed. Miss
Everett was n up at the turn. She
had won four Of the first nine holes,
lost three and two were halved.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-02
Transfers Of Department Generals.

General Grant will take command Of
the department OF the east September
2s. General Fred Funston has noti-
fled the war department that he is
willing to take the detail of the de-
partment of the lakes, made vacant
by the transfer of General Grant.
General Funston preferred the depart
ment of Columbia, but when he found
that General Williams, who had been
assigned there, already was en- route
with his household effects. General
Funston accepted the post at Chicago.