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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-20
A BOOM WHITNEY STOPPED.
Plan Formed in the West to Nomi-
 nate Him for President in 1892.

udLS Hlm TOT PreS1dent in 1892. T never met the late W. 0. Whit ney but twice." said a former Chica- goan now living in New York. .'rhe first time was in Chicago when , went to his room in the Grand Pa- cific hotel as one of the organization that proposed to start boom to nom mate him for president That was in 1892. The convention, as you know, met in Chicago that year The organization of which I was one was composed of a dozen prominent and influential democrats of Chicago and several leading members of the party in the northwest.
 There was no hot air in the move ment. We had gone about the Dl1si- ness in careful way. We were pre-, pared at the proper moment, to spring the mine, and we had reasons to be- lieve that a stampede would be the result
 ''When We told Whitney our plan he turned as white in the face as if he had been shot in vital part. For about two minutes he was speeches.. Tn that time he went to the window in his room. looked out, and then came back.
 Gentlemen he said, and his lips quivered, this must stop. It could not be done. It would remove t-4e last chance the democracy has to re- turn to power.
 That is the first and great ques- tfon Then it would ruin me.
 "I don't mean that 1t would ruin me politically. for am not in poli- tics except in an advisory capacity. and never shall be again. The ruin would follow in other ways which cannot explain.
 ''For Gods sake give me your pledge here and now that this contem. plated move shall stop. and that no whisper of it shall he heard.
 "It was the mans manner that commanded our respect. Never had seen such look of determination upon any mans face as I saw upon his. We yielded. We had to.
 we went away completely cut down, but resolved to respect his wishes. An order which had ben given secretly for 5000 white ribbons with Whitner's name printed thereon had been executed. We took theI i and burned them in the room where the movement had been started.
 As I saw the flames curl the badges and reduce them to ashes I had some thing the same feeling which .in1ag- inc man must have who waits at a crematory for the ashes of a dead friend. @ atgsHe T did not see MT Whitney again until 1896 I called at his home at 1 Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth street.
 I told him that several members of the secret organization which had been formed for him in 1892 2-some were dead-stood ready to guarantee him the nomination. He placed his hand on my shoulder and ssilss tltk1{a |N ftSI could not have acceptntf Ii the honor in 1892. as you must now know. if you did not know it before, wou.a not accept it now if 1t were possible 10 give it to me, but there is no such possibility. The hands of the assassin are already upon the old party. I am going to Chicago to do what I can i to break the grip, hut-and I shall never forget the solemnity of his words-'it is too late. The hour of the betrayal is at hand. 3tf q "Ehat night Mir Whitney left1nfor Chicago. never saw his 'agairsio5a q
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-20
JENNINGS MURDER.
Prisoner McNmn1sra Denies That He
 Committed the Crime. F

Prisoner McNmpsra Denies That He
 Committed the Crime. .,, NEW YORK. Feb. 20.--FIank Me Nanara of Elgin. H., who was ar- rested immediately after the crime and is charged with shooting and killing George R Jennings. a manufacturer of window shades in Brooklyn. has been arraigned ill a police court and held for eXanina ton until Friday next The prisoner, who was not rep resented by an attorney and who seemed very self possessed. told the magistrate that he did not shoot. y,en- nings. His request for bail was re- fused
 To the reporters McNamara declar- ed he did not know Jennings was shot until he WAS arrested. He recited his financial dealings with Jennings and said that when he came east and ask cd for the money due him Jennings treated him brutaliy and said, If you want that nopev you'll have to sue me for it.i When asked whether there was any woman in the case he an swered: ''It was just plain case of steal. 1t WAS all over money. When l went to Jennings office and tried to get my money he turned on me and said Get out of here or I'll give you this opening his desk. saw a re- volver gleaming there. and l walked out,of the office. I had not gone far when some one came up Dc1ind me and knocked me down, holding me un- til was arrested
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-20
Soap Agent Murdered 1n scranton.

SCRANTON, Pa, Feb. 20. John Bethel, soap agent from Pittshurg. is dying at the state hospital as the result of wounds received in a fight with two Italians. The Italians kepNa fruit stand, and the affray resulted from q quar- rel over change. A half inch iron bar was jabbed into Bethel's mouth, and it passed clear through his head emerg- ing at the back of the neck. His skull was also fractured by blows from baseball bat. The assailants have been arrested.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-20

representation of the Japanese consu- late, suggested that the Mandjur leave Shanghai, but no formal request has been made. There is little doubt there fore that the Japanese cruiser has been sent to Woosung, only eleven miles from Shanghai, to lie in wait for the Russian gunboat Mandjur and to sink or capture her.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-20
RUSSIA LIFTS EMBARGO.
Czar Has Abolished Censorship on All Foreign News.

Cs1r Has Abolished Cens0rsh1p OF
 All Foreign News.
 ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 2O.-The Russian government has abolished the censorship upon all news and other telegrams going abroad.
 The lifting of the embargo, which has existed for generations, upon the free transmission of news from the Russian empire came as direct result of considera ton of the subject. by the czar himself, and in some respects this abolition Is regarded here as the most important act since tho emancipation of the serfs.
 Under regime allowing perfect free dom to the foreign press it is believed that Russia will soon cease to be con- stantly subject to underground attack and that she will see herself through honest spectacles.
 sFor years" said a prominent off, cial, "our country has been the victim of every imaginable islander and mis- representation because it was known that telegrams addressed to foreign news sources went through the hands of the Russian censor. Any story, no matter how baseless or. exaggerated. that was sent surrepHhously across the border was greedily accepted abroad, especially by the Russophobes, as true because the government would not put it's official stamp upon it. Regu- lar antiR Russian news factories have been in operation in Berlin, Vienna and elsewhere. and these have spread the most absurd and preposterous Ibels supplied by the enemies of Russia. Every act of the government has been twisted and distorted. Insignificant student affairs or workmen's riots such as would not attract general attention elsewhere have been magnified into great movements of popular discontent until certain portions of the world have been led to believe that Russia was perpetually on the eve of a great revo- lution."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-20
Cowboys Plead Self Defense:

NORTON, Kan, Feb. 20. - Motions Mcbride and Wilson, his cowboys, on trial for the murder of Burchard Ber- ry, having, been overruled, the de fense opened it's side of the case. State Senator Hessin. attorney for the de fendants, said it would be shown that Dewey and his men had gone to the Berrys' on the fatal day upon peace ful mission, that the three Berry boys had opened fire upon them simul' taneously and that they had returned the fire in self defense. It would also be shown. be asserted, that some one had reflled Burchard Berry's revolver and cleaned the barrel after he had been killed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-20
One Cent

a word pays for an adv for one day in our. penny a. word" column. It costs only 25 cents for three days. and a handsome bound book is given to every advertiser to the amount of 9 cents or more.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-20
Leads tn Barley Crop.

California leads all the states in the production of barley. and supplies one fourth of all that is grown in the United States.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-20
A GOOD HORSE

attA ched to m up-t1-date carriage. ana yo0r wife, who needs an outing besida you, will ake you feel good aud may save doctors bills. If not married taka somebody's daughter whom you know you would like for wife. Go te
 LOJCKS ST ABLES.
 ASPIRING STREET PHONE s1s-3
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-20
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
cIosinw Stock ouotation..

Money on call easy at 1A per cent Exchanges, s165. .S6o. 2se; balances, g, ,0oS 07s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-20
New York Markets.

Minnesota pstsnatta, s4s0@S:so; winter straights sa Mso4so wintsr extras ssS6 consols. foreign complications, aggressive bull support aaazs anS covering; May a.M1s@
 RYiEiSouiet; state and Jersey, s5@ssc. ; No. western. 7s1sc.. f. 0. b., afoat
 CORN-Eirm on the cables and the % oAfs1Nominai. % ...
 PORK-Firm: mess, $15. .75G1S.5o; family,
 LARD = Firm; prime western steam. .s sBUTTER-Tirm; extra fresh creamery. faaeg sa saas 1se ass made, 101acA small, white, September. 12c late made. 101kc.; large, colored. Septern- September, 12c.: late made, 101sc.
 EGGS-Firm; state and Pennsylvania nearby. average finest. S5c.; state and RsatsTn snnsy,yapas rats ss to rsts Ss0S4c
 MoLAssEs-Firm; New Orleans. s@
 RIcE-stesdy: domestic, sA@514c.; Ja-
 TALLoW-ouist; city. SEC: country, HAY aAYIE1rm; 5Ea;s * shipping. 4s@7bc.; good to
 Live Stock Market.
 ,CATTLE--supply light; market steady; choice. S695:o Prines prime S4.7b@5: good; a g 6og veal veal calves, % a.5Ses. Ss. f0usnS' ''.'Os'4' :. HoGssnMarkst H4as5 &. higher; prime heavy. Forsers sss' s5go tight 9oSksi. S ssiS S
 SHEEP AND AMBs@suppiy fight and market steady: prime wethers, s4Sog4.s5; ,; fair to good, s5.sOaS. .25; common lambs, yHS4Astss
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-20
Kurrno at Danish Capital.

COPENHAGEN. Feb 2O.--M. Kuri- no. until recently Japanese minister at St Petersburg, who is minister of Ja- pan to Sweden and Norway. arrived here from Berlin and has continued his journey to Stockholm. Sweden
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-20

C A 9 TT - E T A. Bears the 9 The Kind You Have Always Bought s'sss'''' 4 [NZgzzx
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-06
MILES GETS NOMINATION
 FOR PRESIDENT
Prohibitionists Name Former Army Com mander For Highest Office in the Land
 May Get Democratic Endorsement
Especial Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)

party for president.
 It is believed that Gen. Miles is re- ceptiye candidate for the democratic nomination for president.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-06
For K mt

Two nicely furnished room, Geo. E. Howard, Third avenue. 1 u
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-06

Fur coats at ClaYson's.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-06
ANOTHER SLAUGHTER OF JEWS FEARED
Especial Dispatch to Daily AIaskan.) )

Several messages of appeal from Rus sian Jews have been received by rela- tives here today. It is probable that President Roosevelt will be appealed to by the Jewish societies to secure 8 promise from the Russian government that it will exercise it's great powers iu preventing the threatened massacre.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-06

bassador Mccormick, at St. Peters burg, has replied to message of in- quiry that he has laid the matter of the disturbances at Odessa and other points before the proper officers, and they have stated their reliance upon their ability to prevent the carrying out of any plans of this character.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-06

Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan J
 New York, April 6.-Word has reached the Jewish societies of New
 York city that the anti-Jewish faction of Russia is to seek to take advantage of the pre-occupation of the Russian government with the war in the east to carry out their schemes of destruction, rapine and murder. United States Elm
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-06
Elks' M citing

There will be meeting of Skagway Lodge No. 431, Benevolent and Protec- tive Order of Elks, at their hall, Thurs day, April ', at p. m.
 Installation of officers.
 All visiting Elks are invited to at- tend. E. A. MURPHY, Sec'y.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-06
Bride and Groom Coming

The wedding of w. W. Shorthill, formerly of this city, will take place at Douglas City tonight. The bride and groom will come to Skagway and spend se' eral days.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-06
Prominent Klonkiker Dies

E.J. Hill, one of ike leading opera tors on Bonanza creek in the KlOndike, died March 29, after few hours illness. The body will be shipped to the out side.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-06

Indianapolis, April 6.-Gen. Nelson A. Miles was today unanimously nomt- hated by the prohibition convention as the standard bearer of the prohibition
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-06
Cutter shoes at Clayson's

A new line of wall paper just re- ceived on steamer Farallon by E. k. Peoples.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-06
Cock " mt d

Wanted at once, q first-class cook, man or woman. Inquire at this office.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
ORGANIZED LABOR CT CHICAGO
SENDS AN APPEAL TO PRESi-
DENT ROOSEVELT.
WANTS THEM IN COLORADO
WOULD HAVE FEDERAL FORCES
RESTORE ORDER AND PRO.
TEcT THE MINERS.

Chicago, June 13.-Organized labor
In Chicago Sunday, through it's central
body, the Federation of Labor, passed
q resolution appealing to President
Roosevelt to send federal troops to
Colorado to restore order in the Grip
pie Creek district. The resolution,
which declares that the lives of the
miners are in danger under present
conditions, was mailed to President
Roosevelt Sunday night.
In pursuance to another set of resO-
lntions adopted by the federation, a
telegram was sent to President Com
pers of the American Federation of
Labor, suggesting that he confer with
labor leaders throughout the country
for the purpose OF calling a general
meeting to consider the Colorado sit
uatiOn.
A general committee was also ap-
pointed by the federation, whose duty
1t shall be to procure legal advice and
take whatever action it may deem
proper to aid the Colorado miners.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

AS the result of a cloudburst Sur
day a number of small houses were
swept away at Colorado Springs, Colo.
The only unidentified body of the
victim of the %Iroquois fire was buried
Sunday at Montrose cemetery, Chicago.
At Detroit, Mich, William A. c.
Miller, a prominent lumberman Of
that city, committed suicide Sunday
by shooting himself in the head.
William Hesterly, a schoolteacher,
was shot and instantly killed near
West Plains, Mo-, Sunday by George
W. Bundren, a farmer, during a quarrel.
Editha, the nine-months'-old child
of Harold F Mccormick and Edith
Rockefeller Mccormick, and a grand
child of John D. Rockefeller, is dead
at Glencoe. III.
This is Confederate week in Nash
vile. ,7ennessee's capital is decorat-
ed as never before in honor of vet.
Grants who meet in reunion from Tues.
day to Thursday.
The cruiser Olympia, flagship o.
Rear Admiral Jewell, commanding the
European squadron, has returned to
Tangier from a flying trip to Gibraltar
for "a and provisions.
Rudolphus Bingham, father of the
Prohibition party in Camden county,
N. Y, and one time candidate for gov
ernor on the Prohibition ticket, died
Sunday night at Camden, N. Y, aged
eighty years.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
QUIET AT CRIPPLE CREEK.
Nothing of Importance Occurs in the
Gold Camp.

Cripple Creek, Colo, June 13.-This
district was quiet Sunday night.
Nothing important happened dullAg
the day.
A meeting of employers of labor vas
mittee OF five was appointed to draft
a petition regarding the employment
of organized labor in the district. The
committee will meet today and will
report Tuesday, when the Citizens AL
lance and the Mine Owners associa-
ton will make known their PROPOSE
ton in regard to organized labor.
The petition circulated on Thursday
asking all merchants to discontinue
the employment OF all men otfiliated
with the trades assembly, the Ameri-
can Labor union or the Western
Federation of Miners, is being held in
allegiance until the committee reports.
A modified petition will be ready by
June Is, according to present plans.
Sheriff Bell says that his investiga-
tion into the independence murders
will show that some good boys will
be found to have been the worst. He
promises one or two sensations in this
regard in the next few days.
The seventeen men arrested at
Dunnville after the battle OF Wednes-
day will be charged with insurrection
and the fifty-one men arrested in the
miners union hall Monday will also
be charged with the same offense.
1t is understood that all the big
mines except the Portland will resume
operations today with full forces.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
FOR pEPoRTED MINERS.
Employment Will Be Furnished in New
Mexico.

Denver, June ia new mining
camp will be opened in New Mexico,
according to the Post, to receive the
deported union miners from Cripple
Creek. The Western Federation OF
Miners will work the claims on a CO.
operative basis and will have entire
jurisdiction owe their development.
Provision will be made by the fedora
ton for all deported miners and to
this end a carload of supplies will be
sent to the new camp Immediately as
a starter. The camp will be located
near Tres Pedras, which is twenty
miles south of the Colorado line on
the line of the Denver and Rio Grande.
There is a district ten miles square OF
virgin ore and the work of turning it
will be parcelled out to the union
miners. They will work on the CO.
operative plan, but the miners will be
supported by the federation while
prospecting. The federation has
bought sixty acres to start with. The
particularly attractive feature of the
proposition to send the exiled men to
New Mexico was that there they would
be amenable to federal law only.
Governor Peabody has been asked
to order General Bell to send further
shipments of deportel miners from
Cripple Creek to New Mexico, and ap-
proves Of the plan, according to the
story.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
THIRTY F,REMEN OVERCOME.
Tobacco Smoke and Alcohol Fumes
PROSTATE New Workers,

PROSTATE New Workers.
New York, June 13.-Thirty firemen
were temporarily overcome by tobacco
smoke and the fumes from alcohol
early Sunday while fighting a fire in
Holtz's cafe in Broadway. The fire
was confined to the subcellar, in which
liquors and cigars were stored, and
the fumes and the dense smoke from
the burning cigars hindered the fire.
men to such an extent that they we're
compelled to work in two minute re-
lays. During the fire an ambulance
surgeon was stationed near by to care
for the firemen, whose eyes cause1
them intense pain after each rush IL
to the smoke. The damage to the
restaurant was 100000. The upper
floors of the building are occupied by
wholesale milliners and the loss on
their stock is also placed at 500, 900.
Another early morning fire in the
wash house and storage house of the
Jacob Hoffman Brewing company in
East Fifty-fifth street caused a loss
estimated at 100000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. June 11.-Wheat July,
S5Mc; old, S6%c; Sept, SOhc; old,
S2M @s2Mc; Dec, S0Ac. Corn-June,
47Mc; July, 4Sasc; Sept, 4S@48hc;
Dec, 1880; May, 42%c. Oats-June,
41kc; July, 39hc; Sept, 31Ac; Dec,
31Mc. Pork-July, SIZES; Sept.
$12. @12.SO. Flax-Cash, North
western, $1.07; Southwestern, $500;
June, s1.0O; July, $1.00; Sept, $1.O6.
Butter-Creameries. 1919 @17hc; dair-
les, 12@16c Eggs-14@15c. Poultry
10c; chickens, lie:
springs, 15G25c.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
RIOT OCCURS ON A TRAIN.
Union and Nonunion Miners Fight ir
Idaho,

Wallace, Ida, June ia riot oc-
Cured on the Northern Pacific passen-
ger train near Burke at night between
union miners from the Hercules mine
and nonunion men from the properties
of the Federal Mining and Smelling
company. No one was killed, but sew
eral on each side were badly injured.
The trouble was the outgrowth of an
argument over the Cripple Creek ex'
plosion, in which two former Occur
D. Alene miners were killed and sew
eral injured.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, June 11.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, $6.25@6.5O; poor to me-
dunn, $4.75@6.0O; stockers and feed
ers, $3.0O@4.70; cows, $1.75@4.5O;
heifers, S2.50@5.25; calves, $4,000
$50. Hogs-Mixed and butchers, $3.50
@4.95; good to choice heavy, $4.9O@
500; rough heavy, $4.75@4.9O; light,
$5.75@4.95. Sheep-Good to choice
wethers, $5.00@5.50; Western sheep,
$4.5O@5.50: native lambs, $5.OO@6.75:
Western, $5.50@6.5O; spring, $1,000
1925.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, June 11.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.00@5.5O; common to
fair, $4.0004.75; good to choice COWS
and heifers, S3.50@4.50; veals, $2.5O@
3.75. Hogs-$4.40@4.75. Sheep-Good
to choice yearling wethers. $4,000
5.25; good to choice lambs, $5.25@5.75.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, June 11.-Wheat-To arriv
NO. l Northern, 94c; No. 2 Northern
&c. On track-No. L Northern, SAC
94hc; No. 2 Northern, 92@92hc
July, 93hc; Sept, S1Ac. Flax-E
store and on track, $1.08A: July,
$1.Oa; Sept, $1.10; Oct, $1.10A.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
Kansas Girl Killed.

Wichita, Kan, June 13.-Miss Anna
Jones of Wichita, while returning
from church with fifteen other young
people, was shot and killed by some
Que in the party who was firing a re-
volver for fun. William Ward, who
has disappeared, is thought to have
fred the shot.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
SENATOR cockRELL BETTER.
Wound in His Shoulder Will Probably
Yield to Treatment.

Washington, June Ex-senator
Cockrell of Missouri, who was pain
fully injured Saturday by being
knocked down by a boy with a bicycle,
was considerably better Sunday. The
wound in the shoulder is painful but
it is thought will yield readily to treat
ment. The senator is of robust physi-
cal condition and fortunately suffered
no shock to his nervous system as a
result Of the accident. His pulse was
normal Sunday and he was able to re-
ceive most of the many friends who
called to inquire after his health.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
MARKET
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, June Enthusiastically,
$685. @93hc; Sept, size; Dec, i9e.
On tiack-No. / hard, 95Ac; No. l
Northern, 94Ac; No. 2 Northern,
92Mc.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
MORTALITY WOUNDS HIS WIFE
New York Musician Then Ends Hi.
Life With a Bullet.

New York, June 13.-Frederick w.
Wagner, forty-five years old, a must
clan, shot Mary Wagner, his wife, at
their home here last night, mortally
wounding her, and then turned the re-
volver on himself. The bullet enter
ed his left side over the heart and he
died instantly. Wagner was Jealous,
out of work, and had been drinking
heavily
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
American Association.

At Milwaukee, 5; indianapolis, /.
At Louisville. 9; Minneapolis, 4.
At Columbus, Z; st. Paul, 2.
At Toledo, II; Kansas City, 2.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
BASEBALL SCORES.

National League.
At Brooklyn, 4; St. Louis, 3.
American League. .
At Chicago, O; New York, 2.
At st. Louis, /; Boston, 2; sixteen
innings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-14
WISCONSIN BOYS DROWNED.

Milwaukee River.
Barton, Wis, June 13.-George
Johann and Martz Wilkins. both fiji
teen years old, were drowned Sunday
evening while swimming in the Mil
waukee rivere here. The boys were
caught by the current and were un-
able to reach shore.