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The daily Alaskan., 1905-01-16
Mrs. Evans Entertains at Dinner

Mrs. Anna Evans. of the Golden North Restaurant, celebrated her re- turning from the south with dinner Saturday evening to the regular board CTS at her restaurant and few friends. The dinner, which was an elaborate af- fair, was served in eight courses, and was thoroughly enjoyed by the guests.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-01-16
Eastern La wysF for Clerk

An eastern gentleman has been SC lected as the clerk of the federal court to succeed w. J. Hills. The new clerk is a personal friend of Judge Gunnison, land is now engaged in the practice of aw in New York state. John J. Clarke will act as clerk until his arrival Juneau Dispatch.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-01-16
AFTER PLATT
Neglect of Duties Charged
 Against New Yorker

Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
 New York, Jan. l6-Senator Thomas c. Platt has been charged with neglect ing his public duties as United States senator. An application has been made to the supreme court of the United States at Washington for an order re- straining him from occupying his seat.
 Senator Platt refuses to pay any at . tention to the charges.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-01-16
ASSASSINS ATTEMPT lIfE
 OF THE GAR
Especial Dispatch to Daily Alaskan. l

Berlin, Jan. 16-Private adTices have been received here that an attempt had been made to assassinate the czar. Explosives were placed at different parts of the palace and terrible catas- trophy was averted by the meerest chance. The attempt was the result of conspiracy and one of the conspiri- tors has confessed to his part in the contemplated crime. The plot and it's
The daily Alaskan., 1905-01-16
NEW YORK LIFE INSUR- ANCF CO.'S 4 PER CENT BONDS

The New York Life Insurance Con- pany will sell you Coll Bond bearing I per cent. interest and let you pay fer it in 10, lE or 20 installments. For par Jiculars call on or address
 O. H. Bernard, Special Agent. Fifth Avenue Hotel, Skagway, Alaska.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-01-16
BORDEN REMAINS
 MINORITY LEADER

Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.
 Ottawa, Jan. I6-R. D. Borden has accepted the leadership of the conser- vative party and will run in Carleton county, Representative Kidd retiring in his favor.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-01-16

Special Dispatches to Daily Alaskan,)
 Tokyo, Jan. 16-It is reported here that 2OOO Cossacks have been cut of from the main Russian army southeast of Newchwaug. They are confronted by force of 5000 Japanese and rein forcements which have been crowded to the front for the latter are arriving.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-01-16
COSSACkS CUT OFT FROM
 MAIN ARMY
lssians Com plain of England

Russians Complain of England 2 St. Peterrburg, Jan. 16-Russians are charging that the Japanese are using British islands in the Indian ocean and along the Asiatic coast for landing bases fol their fleet that is in search of the Russian Baltic fleet. It is alleged that England is concealing the facts from Russia.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-01-16
CATCH MAN
Police Arrest Dynamiter
 Who COnfesses

Especial Dispatches to Daily Alaskan
 Philadelphia, Jan. 16-Gessler Rous- seau, arrested here Thursday with an internal machine in his possession, has confessed that he is the man who at. tempted to blow up the Atlantic liner Umbria about year ago and the Fred erick the Greats statue at Washington last Tuesday. The mans identity is a
The daily Alaskan., 1905-01-16

The best that the market affords at be Pack IT ain Restaurant.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-01-16
PRICE 10 CENTS

discovery has lead to extraordinary pre- caution to prevent repitition.
 Assassins after a General
 Moscow, Jan. 16-At Nicholas station last night while General Trepoff was bidding Grand Duke Sergius farewell, a young man wearing students cap, shot three times at him. All the shots missed the mark intended.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-01-16
At Wholesale Prices

The Mascot saloon sells liquors, either bulk or case goods at wholesale prices. All the old brands always on hand. lO-l-tf.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-01-16
Wanted

To exchange linen duster and straw hat for Wellington coal. Must be good, as handle only the best wood and coal.
 F. NJ. Lucavish, Phone 3.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-01-16

Oyster Cocktails served at tho Vienna Bakery, and wholesale at reasonable prices. Free delivery. Phone B.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-06
FIGHTING AGAIN.
Oyama Seems About to Resume
Offensive on Big Scale.
He Has Concentrated Heavy
Columns on LiaO River.
HITS RUSSIAN LEFT.
Japanese Overwhelm Body of
COssack Cavalry.
Ambush and Annihilate a Re-
connOitering Party.
HITS RUSSIAN LEFT.

Feng Hu Shien, May 6.-Field Mar
shal Oyama seems ready to assume the
offensive on a large scale and activity
already has begun on General Line
vitchs left. This may be the prelude
to another general battle. The Jap
anese have concentrated heavy. col
umns on the Lao river and their ad-
vance divisions have been in contact
with the Russians who are holding the
main road from Fakoman to Bashif-
chen.
On Thursday the Japanese cavalry
suddenly attacked the Cossacks in
overwhelming force, forcing the latter
to retire. Then, supported by infan-
try, the japanese advanced and drove
the Russian infantry out of the vii
lage of Palitoun.
A Russian accommodating party 20
miles further west ran into an. ambush
and all the party except I'VE were
killed
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-06
HARVEST HANDS SCARCE
Nearly Every Wheat County Reports a
Shortage of Labor.

On May T. B. Gerow, the director
of the free employment bureau, sent
to SO counties in the wheat belt of
Kansas the following inquiries respect
ing the wheat crop:
What was the acreage OF winter
wheat planted in your county?
What is its present condition.
From present indications how much
greater will this years crop be than
that of last year2
Are farm hands in your county
plenty or scarce2
Information received from "a coun-
ties out of the 80 shows that the crop
at this time is in excellent condition
and that with favorable weather a
very large yield may be expected In
some counties where the assessors
have not yet completed their returns
it has been impossible to exactly as
certain the acreage.
The supply of labor appears to be
scarce and as there are comparatively
few idle men in the state at the pres
ent time it will be necessary to call
for a large number of men from out
side sources, provided that the crop
natures as it now promises. Mr..
GeTow says:
'As to the rumor which has pre-
vailed that the harvest will be earlier
than usual, only two counties report
that such will be the case. have,
however, sent out further inquiries
in order to ascertain whether this
rumor is true or not as applying to all
the counties in the wheat belt"
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-06

fused to express himself as to the guilt
or innocence OF the man.
Considerable interest is manifested
in the case because of the EFFORTS OF
the police to locate Grove and OF the
ease with which he eluded them and
came to this city. It has been known,
however, that Grove had a number OF
influential friends, and he is believed to
have been in communication with sew
eral of them since his arrival in Coun-
ell Bluffs.
Before leaving for Council Bluffs,
Grove said that Edward Cudahy had
always been a good friend of his, at
the same time expressing the belief that
he would receive justice at the hands
Of the packing house magnate-
Police Are After Him.
That Pat Grove is in the city of
Omaha was as much of a surprise to
Chief of Police Donahue as the other
citizens of the city. He said today
that he had taken steps to apprehend
the fugitive and had placed large
detail Of detectives on the case
THE greatest trouble is that no
member of the force would know
Grove if he appeared on the street,
said the chief.
has been openly living with his broth
er in Council Bluffs If Pat is in the
city he has kept well under cover. L
have had a number of communlca-
I
in Omaha and have been on the WaJch
for him.
The chief was inclined to say a word
/ OF. censure to those who saw and
talked to Grove last night. The chief
4 thinks he should have been notified
/ Immediately.
When Grove appeared at the Office
/ of local newspaper last night he was
dressed in a neatly fitting dress suit
and was in a taIkative mood.
4 ova Tl1r however he smoke in q
4 rather cosmopolitan manner and
avoided rough language of any char
acter.
During his conversation he referred
1 to his own family and spoke feelingly
of his wife and two dead children. He
expressed a wish to become free to live
down the past experiences of his lie.
He took time to deny the authorship
/ of several crimes which have been
bcharged against him. and declared
that he was innocent of participation
/ in most of the crimes charged to him.
E. A. Cudahy, who paid the $25,O00
! ransom for the return of his son, and
I who offered a large reward for Grove
at the time of the kidnapping, said:
ct have not heard from Grove for
about three months. Grove sent q
/ friend to Captain Donohue and asked
for immunity from punishment if he
1 should voluntarily surrender.
'fT told Donohue that I would not
recommend leniency for Grove or do
anything to shield him. On the con-
trary. [ stated at the time, and re-
peat now, that if Grove should sur
! render or be captured I shall give any
4 assistance in my power to prosecute
( him. in the same manner I would IN
/ the prosecution of any other criminal.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-06
STANDARD OIL
Men INDICTED.
Grand Jury Sitting at Pekin,
H., Finds True Bills
Against Two High Officials OF
the Rockefeller Crowd.
REQUISITION PAPERS
viii Be Asked From Gov. De-
neen Next Monday.
The Charge Made Is SubOrnatiOn
of Perjury.

Peoria, ILL.,, May 6.-The grand jury
at Pekin, H., has returned indictments
against two high officials of the stand
ard Oil company. Requisition papers
will be asked of Governor Deneen next
Monday. The names have been sup
pressed.
The two officials are charged witH
having induced one Charles Kerchep
to swear that he owned horse ana
wagon, which really belonged to the
Standard Oil company to get possess
sion of the same, in order to use the
same in their work in this city
The story is as follows: In 1907
Hamsuit purchased from a man who
reported himself to be an agent of the
Standard Oil company tank wagon
used in peddling oil about the streets
of the city. After aetime he ceased to
handle the Standard Oil and began to
sell the product of the Royal Oil COM
pany. Repeated efforts made by him
to buy from the Standard failed.
Kercher arrived on the scene and after
failure to induce him to return to the
Standard, fled suit in the court of JUS
tice Rapp to replevin the wagon.
swearing that it was his property. He
made the case stick. furnished the
necessary reDlevin bond and on May
Is, 1902, was given possession of the
property The case was called to the
attention of the attorney general OF
the state of Ohio evidence was secured
which showed concIusively the proper
ty belonged to the Standard Oil COM
pany, and that Kercher, who replevin-
ed it, is a secret service man in their
employ.
In a statement made before he left
Pekin, Kercher said that he was act
ing as district manager for the Stand
ard Oil company at the time and that
break up competition in that city He
also said the official who had Jurisdic-
ton over the Ohio district was Q. 3.
Collins of Cincinnati.
Monnett Started 1t.
Columbus. o., May 6.-The indictment
in Pekin, Ill, of the two Cincinnati
men, said to be connected with the
Standard Oil company, the Indictment
being based on the testimony of Chas.
Kercher Of this city and former en-
ploye of the Standard Oil company
came about through information given
the prosecutor at Pekin by former At
torney General Frank Monnett, who
was called to Kansas some time ago
to push the investigation into Standard
Oil methods.
Monnett knew of Kercher's connec-
ton with the Standard Oil and of the
abetting of perjury by men in Cincin-
natl for whom warrants are said to
have been sworn out in Pekin. Kercher
appeared before the grand jury on the
advice of Mr.. ATOnnett and other PROM
fnent lawyers here on the promise OF
immunity Mr.. Kercher will appear as
the principal witness for the state OF
Illinois when the case comes up for
trial He is now in this city but re-
fused to talk of the case.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-06

OF trouble Withdrawal of coIored
teamsters to some extent was a. facfor
in producing quiet
Street disturbances, though greatly
lessened today, did not however yvhoIIv
disappear. At Twenty-sixth street ana
Cottage Grove avenue Chas. MCINTYRE.
colOred man, was mistaken for a
nonuniOn teamster and nearly beaten
to death before being rescued bv the
police.
Peace Seems Near.
Governor Deneen and Mayor Dunno
had a talk over the long distance tele-
phone today and the mayor assured
the governor that everything was quiet
and there was no need of the militia.
The city and county authorities claim
to have the situation well in hand.
Sheriff Barrett now has 500 deputies
(au White) who are aiding the 1000
policemen on strike duty. After walk
ing through the streets and watching
the moving caravans of wagons and
the diminishing number of followers,
the sheriff came to the conclusion that
peace is near.
The leaders Of the teamsters, how
ever say that the strike has not been
won by the Employers association.
Many additional wagons were moved
today and the deliveries downtown and
in The residence districts were largely
increased. The threats of the police to
arrest those who follow escorts wagons
had a good effect
A sympathetic strike of tugmen
which will interfere with coal delivery
on the river was the only addition to-
day to the ranks of the teamsters-
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-06
SHOT HERSELF.
Woman Attempts Suicide in New
York Hotel.

New York, May "a woman about Is
years old who is supposed to be a Mrs
Gray of New Orleans, attempted to kill
herself today in a room at the Imperial
hotel by shooting. She was found in an
unconscious state and was removed to d
hospital.
The surgeons there say there is a little
hope Accompanied by a man a few years
her senior the woman appeared at the In
perial hotel on April 2
The couple registered as y. W. Gray
and wife, N. O." They went out frequent
ly together and the man was away during
the day but there was nothing about them
to excite unusual interest.
When the watchman was making his
rounds he heard muffled sound from the
rooms of the Grays. Looking over the
transom he saw the woman lying on her
face on the floor beside the bed, with her
hands outstretched- She was IN her night
dress and a stream of blood was flowing
from an ugly wound in her right temple
She was alone in the room The door
was forced and the woman was hurried
to a hospital.
having seen Gray during the night and he
could not be found around the hotel at
the time of the shooting. The suite oc-
cupied by the Grays was the finest on
the Broadway side of the hotel
The woman left four letters, one Of them
being sealed, addressed to 'Chas- H.
Stoneham, A Broadway. On the back oI
it was written, Il wish that no one would
open this but the person adressed. A
second letter was addressed to storage
warehouse, this city.
The third letter was unfinished and
written on two sheets of-paper. It ap-
peared that one portion had been written
yesterday and the other sheet early to-
day before the woman shot herself
The woman died at the hospital
without regaining consciousness.
At the Office of O. F. Johnson &
Co., mining brokers, at a Broadway
it was said that Charles H. Stoneham,
was a member of the firm. A memb
of the firm said Stoneham lived in
Jersey City.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-06
is 1T NAvlGABLE?
Kansas City Packing Houses AIIege
KaVv Is Not Useful for Commerce.

Another delay is now being ex-
perienced in the trial of the Kaw river
obstruction cases to declare that
stream naVigable, which may either.
knock out the matter entirely, or
more probably, delay their trial for
several months.
Each of the Kansas City concerns
VINO have been made defendants, filed
demurrers today claiming that the
government presents no cause of ac-
ton why injunctiOns against them
should be granted to prevent them
from maintaining bridges over the
river, abutments, jetties or frills along
it's banks. The firms against whom
actions were brought are the Kansas
city 8ack1ng company, SchWarzc1ild
and SulZberger, the Chicago Great
Western, and the Kansas City Belt
Line company.
The main contention which the de-
nurrers present is that they did not
know that the Kaw river was navi-
gable when they built the bridges and
other things which are now being OBJ
jected to by the government. While
that alone does not give them basis for
knocking out the Injunction proceed
lngS, yet it gives room for the sub
sidiary argument, namely, that the
government is not pursuing the proper
method of declaring the stream mean
derable.
Whether the Kaw is a navigable
river, or whether it has been so re-
garded in times past is much mooted
question. Engineering records made
by government experts years ago show
that they thought and held the river
meanderable. But custom and use
has good deal to do with matters of
this kind and it is a notorious fact
that the Kaw has not been navigated
by anything but catfish and drift
wood since the year One.
Then again the defendants hold that
it is the intention of the government
not to declare the river navigable be-
cause it is useful for such purposes,
but because the heavy floods of the
past few years are necessitating some
sort of widening or deepening of the
channel SO that the surplus waters
can be carried away
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-06
China Fears Intervention.
WASHINGTON HARD UP.
An Autograph Letter of the First Pres
ident Is Found.

Fort Worth, Tex, May "a special
to the Record from Sherman, Tex,
says:
What seems to be genuine auto
graph letter from the pen of George
Washington has mysteriously made its
appearance in, the Office of District
Clerk J. L. Aston. among legal papers.
No one could lay claim to the musty
document and all were entirely mysti-
fed by the find. Though yeIlowed
with age the letter is wonderfully well
preserved. It is dated Mount Vernon.
March 6, 1775, and addressed to NJ.
c. Washington, near Leads. in King
George county, and appears to be in
reply to a request from the latter for
a loan of 200 pounds. The writer
says he is in need of and would gladly
borrow that sum himself.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-06
BARNES LOSES.
Man Who Swallowed a Pin Cannot
Recover Damages.

The famous pin case" was re-
versed by the supreme court today.
This was the case in which Ezekiel
Barnes of Kansas City, a travelling
man, got a judgment against the
United Commercial Travellers of Amer
ica, in which he was insured, for $25
a week sick benefits because he swal-
lowed a pin. The judgment amounted
to about $1,000. Barnes was sick for
a long time, and finally VOmited up a
pin, which he had swallowed. Then he
got well. He claimed that swallowing
the pin was an accident, and that his
resulting sickness entitled him to the
benefits of the U. c. T insurance. The
supreme court holds that therterms of
the insurance policy lets the company
out.
John F. switzer of Topeka was
beaten in his suit against Robert
Eadie. SwitZer was acting as receiver
for the Alfalfa Irrigation company.
Switzer sued on a note for $1,000,
signed by Eadie, which had come into
his possession. The lower court de-
cided against him. and the supreme
court sustalns it.
c. E. Usher, who was put off a
Rock Island train because the train
did not stop at the town to which
Usher was ticketed, can not recover
against the railroad. Usher bought a
ticket from Lost Springs to Lincoln
vile. A train came along which, ac-
cording to the time card. did not stop
at Lincolnville. Usher got on it, any
way. The conductor offered to take
Usher to the next town beyond Lin
cOlnville, but he refused. So the con-
ductor promptly stopped the train in
the middle OF the prairie, and Usher
got Off Usher brought suit in Marion
county, and was beaten in the lower
court The judgment is affirmed.
The Santa Fe also won its case
against J. B. Armstrong of Johnson
county. This case involved a very i'm
jortant principle. The Santa F'e owned
a right of way in front of Armstrong s
house. To improve the grade, the rail-
way made a. deep cut out in front of
the house. in such a way that the top
Of the smOzestack came just Level with
the ground, and all the smoke and Gin
ders from every passing train blew in
q ArmstrOng's front door. Armstrong
got a favorable decision in the lower
court but the supreme court mOdifeS
it so that the Santa Fe is not liable
John Casey and Agnes Blair will dis
cover, after fighting each other in the
courts for some time, that they are
not the people who are supposed to be
fighting after all. Agnes Blair is coun-
ty superintendent of Ness county She
state official, involving the transfer or
certain school lands. Casey had some
trouble with her about it, and brought
suit. The supreme court dismisses the
whole proceeding because Miss Blair
had no authority to sign any papers.
She has nothing to do with the school
lands.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-06
RUSSIAN RAID.
Four Torpedo Boats From Vladi-
VOstOk Squadron
SWOOp Down Upon the Northern
Coast of Japan.
BURN SMALL VESSEL.
And Quickly Disappear in a
Northwest Direction.
Believed to Be Diversion to Help
Admiral ROjestvensky.

Iokio, May 6.-Four Russian torpedo
BOAT destroyers from Vladfvostok ap-
peared westward of Hoktadate
They seized and burned a small sail
ing vessel and imprisoned the captain
ana disappeared to the northwest. They
We're evidently returning to Vladivos-
tok. There is a possibility that they
nave destroyed other small craft al
though no reports to that effect have
been received.
The object of their visit is not clear.
1t IS thought that they hoped to tor
pedo the Japanese patrol at night and
It IS also suggested that the Vladivostok
vessels plan a. diversion to assist the
fleet of Admiral Rojestvensky
Although none has been sighted, it is
believed the large vessels of the Vladi-
Vostok squadron accompanied the tor
pedo boats. It is doubted that torpedo
boats would venture across unescorted.
All the vessels succeeded in landing,
but steamer dispatched to the rescue
of the burning derelict was forced to
return on account of the storm. The
Russians poured kerosene on the deck
of the sailing vessel and withdrew after
having ignited the surface of the oil.
KurOpatIzin Going Home
St. Petersburg, May 6.-The rumors
of the approaching return of General
Kuropatkin from the front now seem to
be definitely confirmed and it is said
that General Zaribuaif, commander of
the fourth east Siberian corps will sue
ceed him. railing health is assigned
as the cause for Kuropatkin's coming
back to St. Petersburg.
Insurance Rates Go ZIP.
san Francisco, May 6.-Now that
there is a possibility of the Russian
fleet turning up almost any day in
Oriental waters, the rates of marine
insurance covering war risks on YES
sells plying between this port and Jap
anese have risen considerably and will
continue to rise as the risk of capture
tC merchantmen assumes larger pro-
portions
Up to the present time, except when
the first Russian fleet was lowering
over the coast of Japan, the minimum
rate, one-eighth of 1 per cent, has been
obtainable. But with the heralded ap-
proach of the two SQuadrOnS from
European waters there has been an
advance until today the rate is 2 per
cent on May sailings.
The rate for neutral ports, such as
Hong Kong and Shanghai, stands at /
tfcipating much higher rate, for
they are trying to cover on future
sailings-
China Fears Intervention.
Victoria, B. c., May 6.-Mail ad-
vices from japan include an epitome
of opinions of Chinese statesmen wired
from Pekin to the Toxic ASahi to the
effect the Chinese would not consider
terms from Japanese on the opening
of Manchuria when peace is restored.
They say China will not seek the in
tervention of a third power to settle
the Ianchurian question, but fear that
the powers may intervene with disad-
vantage TO both powers.