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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-19
LONG MARCH ENDED

Company NJ of the Nineteenth infantry,
under command of Captain Frederick G..
Lawton has reached American lake and
the boys are resting from their long
tramp. They went into camp last night
and will remain there for about six weeks,
building rife range and doing some tar
get shooting.
The trip from Fort Lawton to American
lake, a distance of over go miles, with
heavy roads, was made by the &C men in
less than three days.
A special car will bring a company Of
regulars from Vancouver barracks to Ia
coma today, bound for American lake.
They will reach here about o'clock this
afternoon.
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THE 100000 GRAND STAND AT MOSCOW.

The breeding and racing of the trotting
horse Is rapidly gaining in popularity in
Russia, the government fostering and en-
couraging il in many ways. The breeding
and racing industry is carried ON under the
direct supervision of Grand Duke Demetnc
Constantovitch, cousin of the ear, who has
full control Of the government stud and Of
all the tracks.
The native Orloff trotter has been crossed
successfully with the American bred animal
and many fast. richly-b bred stations and
mares are exported annually to Russia
from this country for racing and breeding
purposes.
Realizing that their crude methods OF
developing, training and shoeing were not
conducive to the best results. the Russian
government in 1899 engaged the veteran
American trainer, Geo. j. Fuller to con-
duct a school for trainers, his salary being
fixed at $4,000 per year
Fuller was installed at the imperial
stud at Krenovi. where he spent three
years, having under his supervision 90 to 60
Russian-bred trotters and class of 30
embryo trainers, to whom he taught the
details of the profession in which he had
achieved such success.
Several years ago two American trainers,
Frank and win Cation father and son,
went to Russia and met with immediate
success, their stables proving prominent
factors at the various race meetings held
IN the land Of the car. Both visited the
country last year and while here purchased
for export to Russia number Of fast trot-
tiers, including Manbrino Queen 2l3i6:
Bonsilene, 2:l4ia, and Royalwood, 2;ls&.
The principal Russian race meetings are
held annually az St Petersburg and Mos
cow, while minor meetings are given at
Odessa kief and Nezshney Nogorod The
track at Moscow is the most beautiful and
expensive racing plant 10 the world. The
grand stand Is an elaborate structure. being
artistically decorated with statuary Of stone
and bronze, the structure having cost near.
~ 100000
The Russian racing season lasts from
the middle of April until November and
there is considerable racing ON the ice dur
ing the winter. The regular tracks are
built OF broken rock and stone, the erevices
being filed with dirt, making the course
rough and much slower than the American
tracks.
Many of the racing events are to stand
ing start, the one-mile record at this style
Of racing being 2:l4h while the record for
two miles is 4:35A. The events to which
American bred trotters are eligible are lin
tied and they are also restricted to two
winning races over any one track during
the season.
1t seems that the Russian reinsmen be-
came addicted TO the practice Of pulling
and laying up, an evil which raoins OF
hcials in this country have attempted to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-19
LINCOLN'S DEATH
HURT THE SOUTH

Henry Waterson, the famous Kentucky
editor. addressed a representative audience
at the Tacoma thester last night. More
than anything else, the audience was Inn
pressed by the speakers earnestness.
There were many, probably. who did nos
admire the Southern accent, but all were
stirred by the orators words.
Mr. Watterson's lecture last night was
on Abraham Lincoln, and man more
capable OF doing justice to that subject
would be hard to find. Referring to Lin
coin assassination he said:
The direst blow which could have been
directed against the South was the as
sassn's bullet which struck him down"
That simple remark, coming from former
advocate OF the Southern cause, gives po-
tency to the statement, and makes it
better understood. Henry Watterson was
personally acquainted with Lincoln and
Douglas. 1t was not until Lincoln became
president. however. that Watterson met
him. but he characterized Lincoln as a
man of the people and for the people,
whose efforts were directed to the welFars
of his country and not to advancing his
own interests.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-19
FRANK B. COLE GIVES HIS REASONS
FOR OPPOSING TOURIST HOTEL SITE

The position ] take as one Of the op.
ponents OF the Tourist hotel property a.
a high school site is this, said Frank 3.
Cole today The election that came up
one year ago demonstrated that the major
ity Of the people Of this city were opposed
TO t. We opposed it from the standpoint
that il is a bad location; located over the
railroad tracks and near the steamboats,
subjected 70 all the noises that are mos,
detrimental TO school work Again. il is
located near gulch. surrounded hy trees
and brush, making it very undesirable
The cost Of rebuilding this property Is not
known to anyone. The majority Of the
architects and practical builders in this
city have pronounced the estimate promuI
gated by the school board as far below
the actual cost 1t will cost the CITY from
100000 TO $4,000 to finish that building
as 1t was originally outlined, and make il
over into school building. Every year
II viii cost the parents Of children thou
sands Of dollars extra in street car fare
The street railway company could not se
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leet better location for its own pccuniary
advantage.
From my standpoint, the school board
should sell this property, get what II can
for it and apply it to building a high
school on Tacoma avenue Let plans be
drawn for large high school put up in
sections as needed. As the old school
building becomes useless, tear it down and
cover the space with new building. These
additions can be made from year to year
as needed, without bonding the school dis
trict. 1t is essential that this city, in
order to compare favorably with other
cities Of like size should have a modern
high school, and in connection with it a
manual training school As one of those
who have opposed the Tourist hotel propo-
sition, ! want to say for myself and for
those with whom ! have talked, that we
favor high school on Tacoma avenue
and oppose the Tourist hotel because we
look upon it as an expensive proposition,
bound TO work to the detriment of every
grammar school in the city"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-19
THE MARKETS

The following prices were quoted by
the wholesale men to the jobbers this
morning:
MEAT AND PROVISIONS.
Fresh Meat.-Cow beef, 614@615c; steer
beef, 7Ac; veal, 7d9e; hogs, SIZE; trim
med pork, 9@lOc; mutton, saSAc
Provisions.-Hams, l2@l21ac; breakfast
bacon, l31Ac; bellies, fresh, ll1ac.
VEGETABLES.
Yakima potatoes, $500; home grown
potatoes, S2200@2400; carrots, 9Oc sack;
rutabagas 75c sack; California cabbage,
Sl.S5G2.O0; California tomatoes, 81 box;
celery, 656l75c doz.; radishes, Zoe doz bu
punches; lettuce, Sl.60 box; Oregon
onions. S2.7503; green onions, l0c dozen
punches; Hubbard squash, 2e ID; rhubarb.
Be ID; dollhouse radishes, 25c doz dry
Chill peppers, l5c III; cucumbers, 81 .5O9
l.75 doz.; parsley, 25c doz.; asparagus,
l0@llc; Walla Walla asparagus, l2l2c,
GREEN FRUIT, ETC.
Apples, cooking, 75c(GSl box; Baldwins,
Wagners, Northern Spies, Sl,O00l,25 box;
Winesaps, Sl.5O@l.75; Ben Davis, $l0O
@l25; Redlands oranges, $l50@2.25 box;
ordinary navels, 81 25G@l 40; lemons, $3.50
@300 box; eranberries, $1,000; Persian
dates, 5@6c lb; banans, S250@300 bunch;
seedless grapefruit, $3.50 box.
NUTS.
English walnuts. No. l, l415c ID; Chill
walnuts, lSe ID; Ganoble, l3c lb; almonds,
he ID; peoans, l2@l3c lbi Brazils, he lb;
filberts, lSc ID; peanuts, fresh roasted, Sc
ID; chestnuts, l2@lsc Id; cocoanuts, 700
90e doz.
POULTRY.
Chickens, hens, l2h@l4c; springs, Ice;
ID; dressed turkeys. 2Otd23c Id; ducks, live,
lac; dressed, ll@l4e lb geese, l0@llc ID;
squads, scarce, s250@30O doz.
HAY, GRAIN AND FEED.
Oats, S265O@27 80 ton; barley $3.50 ton;
wheat S2S ton; chop, SD 5O@23.5O ton;
shorts, SD ton; bran, S2l ton; oil meal,
5000 ton; +. w timothy, new, S22@22. 80
ton; E. w. compressed timothy, new, S27
ton! new wheat hay, sl6dl7 ton; new al
talfa, l5@l6 ton; new Puget Sound hay,
Sl5@l6 ton; middlings, S27 ton.
FISH, ETC.
Halibut s15c; salmon, &c; ling cod, Sc;
shrimp, &c; CLAIMS, 81 40 sack; crabs, Sl.OO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-19
FEW CHANGES IN
FIRE DEPARTMENT

John L. Dietsch, the new chief of the
fire department, was sworn in this morn
ing and assumed the responsibilities OF his
office He stated to a Times man that
there would be few if any changes in the
rank and file OF the fire department. Il
do not want a lot of green men, he CON
tinued. Il do not think there will be
any more changes, but there may be-
Chief Poyns retires with a good record.
The department responded to exactly 100
calls during the present year up to the
time the new chief was sworn in, repre-
senting q total loss OF less than $1,000.
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remedy for several years with but indilfer-
ent success.
Two years ago the trotting clubs Of st.
Petersburg and Moscow, which bear the
same relation to the harness racing turf
in Russia as does the grand circuit in the
United States, decided on plan which
seems to have solved the problem. They
abandoned the classification of horses by
records, as is done in this country. and
replaced it with the group system, which
Classics them according to their winnings,
There are eleven groups, the eleventh
group being for horses that have not won
600 roubles during their Russian racing
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OF Great BRITAIN
ARE IN A VERY BAD SHAPE

LONDON. April 10 The announcement
that the budget for the coming year would
he made known drew a record crowd to
the house of commons today. Chancellor
Austin Chamberlain and his father, Joseph
Chamberlain, received ovations, punctuat.
ed with Irish chat
In introducing the budget, the chancel.
Tor appealed for forbearanee. The cycle
Of prosperity prevailing at the time OF
the last budget seemed now to have been
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exhausted. Britain's commercial depression
had been aggravated by that of South
Africa while foreign competition was keen
er than ever. The exchequer receipts fell
short of the estimates by 2,724,OOO pounds.
The repeal of the corn tax had proved a
costly operation. The excise returns also
fell short by million and half pounds.
The expenditures during the year were
l47 10000 pounds, exceeding the estimate
by 5000 600 pounds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-19

PENSACOLA. Fla, April 9.-Commis-
stoned in December, 1903, the United
States battleshp Missouri is fast earning
for herself the reputation of a hoodooed
ship.
Her first accident was that off San Do
mingo, when, under the command of Cap
tain Cowles, brother-in-law of President
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feet, beam p feet, draft "a feet.
Her armament consists Of four Pinch,
sixteen 6-inch, six 3-inch and eight G.
FOUNDER rapid-tire guns, IN addition to four
machine guns and two submerged torpedo
tubes.
Her armor is Krupp and Harvey nickel
steel, and comprises a belt u inches thick
in the sides above and below the water
line, three-inch protective deck, six
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-19

killing Lieutenant w. C. Davidson, Ensign
E. A Weidert, Lieutenant J. V. p. Grid
ley, son of Captain Gridley, who com
manded the Olympia during the battle of
Manila bay, and AIidshipman Thomas
Ward son of Brgadier General Ward, for
merly adjutant general on General Miles
staff, as well as 24 enlisted men, but adds
to the reputation.
The Missouri was built by the Newport
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@l.50 doz.; rock cod, &c; herring, 315c.
BUTTER. EGGS AND CHEESE.

Butter. - Washington creamery, 26c;
ranch, l4@l8c; Eastern tub, 22G24c; Cali
fornia butter, DC.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, l8@I9c a dozen.
Cheese.-Wa Washington, l31ac; New York,
sapho, full cream, l7@lsc; Edam, $3.50;
brick, tic; Sv-i-r, imported 23@3Oc;
RoQuefort, 45c; Limburger, l6@2Oc; brick,
loo; Swiss brick, lie.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-19

Shipments of Columbia river salmon
have been much smaller than anticipated,
and as a result the price Of the fish has
recovered one and one-half cents Of the
recent slump of two cents. Tyees are not
coming as rapidly as anticipated and fish
ermen are beginning to fear that the early
run viii be small one.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-19

Captain Andrew Dixon, formerly of the
Olympia which was sold to the North
western Steamship company, left his ship
yesterday. He states that the new owners
of the Olympia have many friends from
whom they will appoint officers for the
vessel. Captain Dixon is one of the best
known seamen on the coast and was held
in high esteem by his old employers, the
Northern Pacific Steamship company.
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inch lower deck and battery screens. The
turrets, fore and aft, are protected by II
inches, and the secondary battery screens
are two inches thick. Bukheads are pro-
tected with 10 inches and the coming
tower is of 10 inches.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-19
The KOREAN MINISTER Went
BROKE and MADE A "TOUCH''

ST. PETERSBURG, April 49, Since the
outbreak Of the war the Korean minister
has been without instructions of any kind
from his government having evidently
been completely forgotten.
This would not have mattered so much
If the minister had been provided with
funds. but his supply OF cash became com
pletely exhausted. and in dire distress bis
excellency applied to one of his colleagues
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News Shipbuilding company and is a sis
ter ship of the Maine and Ohio, repre-
senting one of the most powerful class of
fighters in the navy.
She is of l2,3O0 tons displacement and
carries SOL officers and men; length 1888
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smelter dischaTging Mexican ore and viii
finish loading tonight and will leave to-
morrow morning with 300 tons Of general
merchandise Captain Japsen reports a
pleasant and uneventtul voyage.
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tity of -four for Japan, and it is thought
that part of this cargo may be left for
the fremont and the machinery taken IN
its place.
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leave tonight on the return trip.

The steamer City of Puebla arrived last
night from San Francisco with general
cargo of 800 tons. She is now at the
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OF the diplomatic corps for loan. This
was Immediately granted. aud on the mat.
Ter being reported to Count Iamsdorf the
latter at once gave instructions for the
Korean minister to be supplied with all
the money he might require, so long as
the war lasted.
To show his gratitude. the minister has.
tened TO subscribe five pounds to the Rus.
sian feet fund
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The workmen have nearly completed
the work on the upper deck of the steam
er jefferson. She will be towed to Seattle
tomorrow, where he machinery will be
installed
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THE UNITED STATES BArT1EsH1p MISSOURI.

Roosevelt, she rammed the Illinois. The
latter ship is now in the drydock at the
League Island navy yard, undergoing re-
pairs.
The second disaster, that of April 10.
when one of the l2-inch guns exploded.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-19

The American-Hawaiian line steamship
Alaskan will arrive in port Friday.
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The steamer Farallon left last night for
Southeastern Alaska with a general cargo.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-19

The steamer Jeanne arrived last night
from San Francisco with a general cargo.
She is now discharging and loading at the
Commercial dock and will sail for the
South at 9 o'clock tonight.
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The steamer Cascade arrived last night
from Ladysmith, B. c., with cargo of
$50 tons of copper ore, valued at S3,79S.
She is dischargng at the smelter and Will
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-19

The steamer Greyhound will make tn,
first excursion of the season to the stat,
capital next Sunday.
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MARINE CLIMPSES
Tides FOR WEDNESDAY,.

The steam schooner Charles Nelson ar
river yesterday and tied up at the st. Pau
mill dock, where she will load lumber fol
San Francisco.
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The following prices were quoted by
the wholesale men to the jobbers this
morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-19

Halibut, s15c; salmon, &c; ling cod, sc;
shrimp, &C., CLAIMS, Sl.40 sack; crabs, Sl.0O
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the Mexican tragedy be told here. Apparently wei
coined with open arms. the imperial couple soon were
{" learn that their regime WAS upheld by foreign
bIvunctS. The republic would not down. Iuarez.
DIaz and their followers wagcd an inCeSSant warfare
from their mountain Businesses. The Civil war once
sand men under Sheridan on the Rio Grandc. and deliv-
cred To- the French emperor an ultimatum which caused
him. rather than risk = war with the United States. to
withdraw the French troops from Mexico. In Novcm-
her. 1900. the United States. ignoring the claims of
Maximilian. appointed a minister to the republican
government of Mexico, of which Mr.. Juarez Is preSi-
dent"
This waS the beginning Of the end. The French
troops out of the way. the republican ranks swcllcd
like a river in the spring. Maximilian finally WAS
bcSiegcd IT Oucrctaro. and betrayed by Lopez was
taken prisoner. Then Europe received a lesson in
South American military justice which ii never has
forgotten. Not a European court but believed that
Maximilian simply would bc cXilcd and would return
safe and sound To Austria. The Mexican authorities
knew. however. that cXilcS were the most dangerous
plottcrS; and in spite Of a protest that went up from
all Europe. Maximilian and his generals. Miramon
and Mcjia. were. on June 10. 1907. stood up before
three firing squads and shot To death.
Carlotta had gone to Europe to seek aid for Maxi
m;lian'S cause. Before the final tragedy her mind,
believing herself still to be empress of Mexico. she has
all these wears maintained a mock court 1T the
secluded country seat in Belgium. where she is
kept under surveillance, is a sad story that often has
been told.
The death of Macmillan ends one chapter in the
tragedy of Francis Joseph's reign; the murder of
Crown Prince Rudolph another. There are various
versions of the affair. But in all of them figure the
same woman. the beautiful Young Baroness Marie
VctSera. who either shot herself or was shot by someone
else before or Immediately after he was killed. Both
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Others in the picture are the elderly couple. .Archiuke
Francis Charles and ArchduchcSS Sophia. the parents
OF the emperor: the .Archiukc> Louis Victor and
Charles Louis; and the little Princess GiScla. daughter
of the emperor and empress. and who grew up to
marry the present prince regent of Bavaria.
The list of tragedies which have affected the imperial
house Of Austria is. however. even longer than the
one | have given. A.rchdukc LadiSlauS WAS shot in
the hunting field. Prince Louis Of Tram and Arch
duke John were drowned. Another tragedy affect
ing the imperial family WAS the awful fate of the
empress sister. the DuchcsSc dAicncon. who WAS
burned to death III 1897 IN the Paris charity bazaar
fire.
Among those in the picture. Fate first laid It's hand
upon Maximilian. At the time that the picture was
taken he had been married a wear. His wife was
Princess Maria Carlotta Amelia. daughter Of King
Leopold |. of Belgium. She was only seventeen at
the time of her marriage, tall, beautiful and graceful.
and spoke and wrote French. German. English. Spanish
and Italian.
In 1902 Napoleon III. proposed to Austria and
England that they form an alliance to collect from
Mexico by armed force certain debts due from that
republic. The allies landed upon Mexican soil i'll
May. 1862. and after sharp fighting dcposcd the gov
eminent of Juarcz. In September. 1868. and accord
ing to plans ma,ured by the French emperor. a Mexican
deputation appeared before Maxinilian at Miramar.
his residence in Austria, and rendered him the Mexican
throne. He was an ambitious man. but lacked judg-
mcnt; moreover he was not rich. and the cmolumentS
of empire tempted him. His wife. too. was dazzlcd
by the prospect. and it is not unlikely that he was
influenced 10y her in his final decision. Vt all
events. although he was warned against the enterprise
by competent parties who had been sent to Mexico
to investigate and report on the true state of affairs
there. he accepted. on condition. however. that he
should he elected by the people. This duly trans
PRED. But the choice was dcccptivc-it was not the
spontaneous expression of the popular will; for the
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vote was taken by the French military authorities,
with Bazainc and his veterans as inspectors OF
election.
In 1904 the crown was formally offered 10 Macmillan
at Miramar. The oath was administered. and the I'M
pcral flag of Mexico Was unfurlcd from the castle tower
and greeted by salutes from the ships in the harbor.
Space forbids that the whole heartrending story of
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OF ~apOplexy. and VetScra'S name was not mentioned.
But the physicians refused to sign the death certifi-
cate, and thus the truth. or rather the several YER
SionS of it, gradually came out.
1t generally Is accepted as fact that Rudolph and
Marie were found dead together One story is that
Mares brother. having learned o. his sisters relations
with the crown prince, offered the latter the alternative
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emperor stands
another young man.
His uniform is that
of an admiral in the
Austrian navy. He
is the EN- peror's
younger brother,
Maximilian. before
whose eyes Fate, in
the Saturninc guise
of the third Napo-
leon, dangled anoth-
er crown Of empire.
that of Mexico. and
who. after a brief
reign there. was
shot. Beside him
stands his wife. the
Empress Carlotta,
who even before the
final TRAGEDY of
MaximIlian's career
lost her reason. and
for nearly forty
year has lived with
her mind a blank.
On the sofa sits 4
young mother with
her baby boy in her
lap. The boy is Ru-
dolph, the crown
prince of Austria.
who WIS killed at
Meyerling in 1850.
His III T. the
Empress Elizabeth,
was the victim of
Luccheni's knife at
Geneva in Sep
TENDER. 1905. The
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BY Gustav Noble

HHTVI"I H"WV IT iUSUIi Tic Young
man standing in the left of the picture Is uuscr entc
kaiSer Franz, the Austrian emperor. in the hcvday
of his youth, a graceful. buoyant figure which even in
the picture seems To- convey i sense OF personal mag
nctiSm. Now he Is an old man and still much beloved
both for himself and for what hc has suffered
Upon no house has fate laid such a heavy hand rs
upon that Of the Hapsburgs. Again look at the pic
fun. RpSi1. IN,