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New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
ASSASSINS USE BOMB.
EX-GOVERNOR VTCTTM.
Murder Laid to C9ur dAIene
Dunamiters Whom He Prosecuted.

Boise Idaho. Dec 30-Frank steunenberg
lsprrnerly Governor of Idaho was killed tonight
Eoy bomb at his home in Caldwell. Dynamite
lives placed at his front gate with e contrivance
ftha3 exploded it he entered Both legs were
tblown OF and steunenberg lived but twenty
zninates-
There is no'known reason for the outrage but
1T. & charged TO some members of the famous
inn circle of the Cnur d.Alene dynamifers.
iwf n he prosecuted relentlessly in 1899 while
fhs as Governor. Governor Gooding is in COM
kn,. cation with the police. and is prepared to
tie the fun support of the State in running
sey / the perpetrators of he.crfnle. The State
" offer large reward.
nuremberg Governor OF Idahosfrom 1897
s01 having been twice elected He was
i in Iowa forty-four years ago. and had been
Y laho since 1887. He leaves wife and three
se tren.
special train left for Caldwell tonight car
+. x the Governor and others who go to assist
: organizing the work of running down the
linaL
he latest information is that the bomb was
aced by the gatepost and that the moving of
. gate exploded it When persons rushed to
= gate the PROSTATE man said: WHO shot
ze7~ He also asked to be turned over. then
apsed into Inconsistencies and died without
living any information.
!. The victims clothing and shoes We're torn to
.tatters ana his hack terribly injured. Both
legs were shattered frightfully. The shock of
4oIA all Gold -r,I
broke all the glass in one side of the former
Governors home Every road out Of town is
guarded to Intercept every suspect
Two men are under suspicion, They had been
about Nampa several days and left for Cald-
well to-day. They lived in the Coeur d'Alenes al
the time OF the riots there in 1899.
The supposed cause Of Ex-Governor Steunen-
4ers's murder dates back TO April %. 1899. when
4he miners Of the Coeur d'Alene district, IN
Idaho became mixed up in one of the worst
riots since the deadly labor war of 1872 One
man was killed many were injured and property
valued at $4,000 destroyed On May l
The state troops were called out and sent to
wardner which was the hotbed Of the rioting.
Two davs later General Merriam went to
wardner Fffty-four warrants were sworn, and
the constables made many arrests under the pro
lection Of the troops. In the first week after
the rioting about two hundred men were ar
rested
Finding that he was unable to down the riot
ers with the troops at hand. Governor Steunen-
berg asked the War Department for two troops
of United States cavalry. They were sent from
Fort Meade. South Dakota. and Fort Robinson
Nebraska
On october d 1899 Edward Boyle, Emil Fos-
borg and others were brought before the United
States grand jury, charged with interfering with
the running Of a train carrying United States
mail. and Of conspiracy at Wardner on April
% The general indictment was against forty
two persons whose names were given, and four
hundred Others whose names were unknown.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
BLOODSHED IN STRIKE.
Non-Union Funeral Driuer Shoots
Union Man.

New-Orleans. Dec 30-The irst boodshed IN
the strike of the carriage drivers against the
undertakers occurred to-day. when Paul Joseph
a driver was shot and probably fatally WOUNDED
by Clarence Enos. a non-union man.
Enos was driving a carriage for an undertaken
who refused to sign the strikers agreement. He
was attacked by strikers and their sympathiz-
ers. and drawing his pistol fred into the crowd.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
souTHERN's PALM LIMITED.

THE ROYAL. TRAIN New York to ST. Angus
tine also carrying Pullman sleeping car. Aiken
and Augusta. Electric lighted. Leaves New York
II $ T. NJ commencing January s5h. Two other
fast trains daily; 325 p. ~ and 1910 A NJ Dining
and sleeping car service. Southern Railways N X.
Ofhces,-2I and lbs B'way.-Adyt
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

-. oent,,ries physicians have prescribed BOT
or Zines for the sick and for those who Wish 10
PFese PFeo,T,s 20 ann-st.. and iss Sixth-avs ASK ior
oafsiogue.-A6gL
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

Fla & West Indian Ltd" se5 4 NJ A c. /.
Express. 9:25 p VI. Unexeellsd service via Penn
& Atlantic Coast Line, llei B'way. \. 1-Advt
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
NOTHING QUITE EQUALS IT.

between York and chcago By 2o tne sr1yes
Central Lines Leaves New-York a:se r NJ atiit
Chicago IA ,7exf morning. nights Tfde.-AdVL
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

sfrNsET EXPRESS ANNEX. CAR New York
asi,,, 425 p n Southern Railway. A q W. p. ".
Of A. and l. & y y ming saE serEicst Ne~-1ork Of
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
FLoRlpA,s FAMOUS TRAINS.

Con;inuea on second page.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
HEAR THE CHIMES ON NEW YEARS EVE

A. - Denis Hotel. Broadway and Ilth-.i topposlte
Grace ChurchJ. supper from 10 .. m sl~.-AdFt
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
THE MAYORS REPLY.

"New-Yo Oct. g. 90.
MY Dear Mr. McAdoo: 1 am indeed sorry
that my action Of yesterday should have awak-
ened in your mind even the slightest suspicion
that YOU and your administration did not have
nv fullest confidence OF course hold you re-
sponsfbIe for the Police Department You
might well complain If I thought to hold any
one else.
The unaninity with which the morning news
papers described. the alleged acts OF personal
violence and OF property destruction by the po-
lice prompted call it to your attention
You doubtless noticed, as did. that the alleged
extraordinary conduct of the inspector and the
captain of ptiice were conspicuously exploited
by a newspaper which has been the steady
champion of your administration Certainly |
need not assure you that | meditated no inter
ference with your policies. but the acts described
in the newspapers were themselves so unjus-
tiiiable that felt a sense of duty TO the public
TO ask for an investigation knowing that if you
were satisfied that your subordnates had been
guilty OF Oppression, assault or other transgres-
sion of their lawful powers that they would be
fittingly punished.
Naturally the thought did not occur to me
that You had entertained for moment the
idea that l had I'm any sense indorsed the news
paper attack upon you.
with undiminished faith in you and your ad-
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA AND mExIco.

Continued en- second page.
Evening star., 1905-11-03
Naval Engineers.

Rear Admiral Raes showing of the pres
ent deplorable condition of the navy as re-
CARDS engineering talent should cause an
Immediate overhauling of the system, to
provide competent corps of experts who,
whether they rank in the line or are main
tanned as separate staff, will be always
available for the maintenance of a high
standard of efficiency in the engine rooms.
AS the head of that bureau truly says, In
these days the man in the power room of
ship is as vitality necessary to the success
of a fleet in action as the man in the con-
ming tower or the gun turret. Good gun
merry or able strategy is of no value If the
ship cannot be brought into line speedily
and precisely
The accident on the Bennington was a
shocking reminder of the drift of things
away from the old standards in the navy.
The personnel bill reform had worked out
to the point of creating dangerous condi-
tions, far worse than those which that re-
form was intended to cure. There has been
for several years a remarkable lack of fore
thought somewhere in the naval organiza-
ton, leading to the partial observation or
the paramount need of competent engin-
GERS. Now the case Is presented In force
full terms by the chief of that branch of the
service and the warning should result in
prompt and effective action.
Evening star., 1905-11-03
Russia In Convulsion.

One of the most serious .embarrassments
OF Russia In this emergency arises from
the widely Heterogeneous character of the
population and the divergent components
of the empire There is, in strict truth no
Russia, in the sense that there Is a Swe-
den or France, an Italy or a Spain, or
even Germany. There is no compact body
of people of the same race, language Gus
toms and IDEAS There is, on the other
hand, great aggregation of dissimilar
parts, held together only by the military
force of the empire. Consequently a procla-
nation of reform does not appeal similarly
to all parts of the realm. Selling 1t as a
sign OF weakness on the part of the czar.
as a token of the long-demanded loosening
OF the lines of autocracy, the Firms and
the Poles have set up the standard of re-
volt. demanding not merely greater liberty
Oh personal action. but complete political
emancipation from the Russian rule.
This was an inevitable consequence Of
the great disorders which forced the car
to change of front. The Russians have
for many years been feebly demanding
political freedom. under the rule of the
Romanoffs. The Firms and Poles have
been demanding political freedom under
their own rule. They will continue to de-
mand that as long as they exist as distinct
races of people.
Beside these two great obstacles to the
continuation of Russian rule over the
whole of what Is now known as the czar's
empire, there are internal disorders, no.
tably that manifested by the anti-Jewish
outbreaks. The pillaging and killing of
the Jews in Odessa and other cities have
been horrifying. The mobs have broken
beyond all control and slain and looted
without restraint. A sinister whisper is in
the air that there is an utter lack of genu-
inc attempt on the part of the government
to hold the Jew-baiters in check Gen.
Trepoff is accused in some dispatches of
actually conniving at the disorders in or
der that he might have an excuse later to
use force and to upset the reform program
on the ground of the tendency of the peo-
pie toward anarchy.
Evening star., 1905-11-03
The Wheel of Politics.

Why talk about men and measures for
1908? The two national conventions are
thirty-odd months away, and who can tell
what that long period of time may bring
forth? See how rapidly the wheel turns,
and what changes are produced.
Less than thirty days ago George 3. Nc
Clellan was on the crest of a wave which
seemed to be bearing him toward the White
House Fusion in the mayoralty race had
failed and phenomenal majority for the
Tammany ticket loomed large on the hori-
zoE. That, 1t was thought, would carry
Mr.. Mcclellan into the governorship next
year. and from the governorship would be
an easy step into the next democratic pres
idential nomination. Presto The man has
had to renounce his guberratorial ambition
in the interest of his mayoralty race, and
is now in a driving finish. The breath of
his competitors is hot on his quarters
thas he is reaching for the wire with all his
might. The White House is but a speck in
the distance. hardly within the range of the
strongest glass.
Thirty days ego William r. Hearst stood
only for the check book in our politics.
He was accredited with no power but
money. HIS presidential campaign last
year had brought him into wide and va
ried ridcule. and when he was nominated
TO. mayor his opponents treated themselves
TO laugh. They thought it amusing. The
laugh was just in time, for had they de-
layed it they would not have INDUCED
themselves. They are not laughing now.
Mr.. Hearst has shown a capacity for lead
ership, il is but truth to say, that has sur
prised everybody. He may be very wrong.
He may still depend too much upon his
money. But he is no longer a joke and,
whether he wins or loses at the polls next
week, he is certain to cut an influential fig
ure in our national politics.
When William NJ. WINS was nominated
for mayor people rubbed their eyes. and
one man exclaimed. why 1 thought he
was dead! He had been out of public life
so long the public had forgotten him. But
Is there between the two seas today any
body more alive? He has brought New
York to his feet with tributes of respect
which are rarely paid. Many who are op-
posing him confess openly that ne is the
best qualified of the three aspirants for the
duties of the mayors office. His speeches
in the campaign are remarkable for their
point and incisiveness He carries like
ritie-straight to the mark. At meeting
to be held tonight the cream of New York's
political independence will urge his election
on the people, as the highest and best solu-
ton of the difficulty. He may not win, but
If he does the affairs of the town will un-
doubtedly be well administered.
If changes like these can take place In
thirty days, what may thirty months pro-
duce? Here is an attractive man almost
eliminated from the larger equation IN
which he was figuring. a butt of ridicule
converted into an object of apprehension on
enc side and of respect on another, and a
corpse, galvanized into such life and ac-
tivity as all are beholding with wonder and
admiration.
Evening star., 1905-11-03
The Secret Ballot,

1t has taken longer than was anticipated
for the Australian ballot system to work
out the results for good government, re-
form and freedom from boss rule that
were confidently expected by many of It's
advocates. The old method of voting the
single slip ticket, with pastors for use IN
cutting" had prevailed for SO long that
1t has required nearly a decade to tram
even considerable percentage of the vot-
ers in the proper use of the blanket ballot.
Year by year. however, the people are
learning how TO vote their own will, re-
gardless OF that of the machine leaders,
and are relying more confidently upon the
secrecy which the law throws around the
voting booth.
Yet there remains large mass of voters
In every city who do not trust the secrecy
OF the ballot and who fear that their in
dependence will be detected and visited
with condign punishment by the powerful
ward leaders and their bosses higher up
These leaders and bosses know OF this
fear and play upon 1t skilifully in every
campaign, with the result of driving great
Evening star., 1905-11-03
A ROYAL Visitor.

The visit of Prince Louis of Battenberg
to Washington in the course OF his voyage
of courtesy is an auspicious event ac-
centuatlng the good feeling which prevails
at this time between England and the
United States. This spirit of amity and
virtual alliance has been developing for
some years. 1t may be said to have risen
from the bitterness OF the misunderstanding
over Venezuela. when the two nations were
at swords points for a short time. The
prompt settlement of that dispute upon the
basis Of wise arbitration cleared the way
to good understanding, which has been
strengthened in many ways since then. The
two powers are today in harmony in their
views on world affairs, and they are con-
stantly learning that their interests run to-
gether in many lines of activity.
Prince Louis is a representative of the
royal family. into which he married He
is also a high ranking officer of the British
navy, section of which he brings with him
TO these shores. He stands, therefore in
Washington today as a direct exponent of
the government of Great Britain, and al
though his reception is in a way some
what informal, yet 1t is no less significant.
and 1t tends to cement the friendship be-.
tween the powers no less surely than though
- Nsi9 e'NSolhpeilItN ny IL DTlIildHI DISPLAY of
soldiery and a series of impressive social
events.
Prince Louis is here at time favorable
TO hearty receptions for himself and his
officers and men. Not only are our relations
with his government cordial, but our inter-
est in the seas and those who patrol them
was never before so high. Our navy has
come 20 be a source Of great pride to US
and the national purpose is to strengthen
1t for the utmost responsibility within the
scope of our long coast line and distant
possessions The sailor, therefore, Is a man
We all admire, and a similar pride has al
ways appealed to popular feeling in all
the ports OF the world. Prince Louis has
brought some swift ships, all spick and
span. TO our waters, and we have some
thing in the same line to show him May
his stay in Washington be as pleasant as
his presence Is welcome.
Evening star., 1905-11-03

chine George b. Cox, the republican boss
Of Cincinnati, is prominent figure In tho
Buckeye contest. and Gov. Folk Is on the
ground helping along the effort to unhorse
him. And yet Cincinnati under the rule OF
Cox is no worse than New York under the
rule of Murphy. The two men, indeed, are
described as much alike In temperament
and methods. Each is at the head OF an
organization which when in power preys
upon the town. and each from very humble
beginnings, and in a very short time. has
come to great wealth and influence. Gov.
Folk finds the time to go against Cox, but
has not minute to spare to go squarely
against Murphy.
From Cincinnati to Louisville is run OF
cbly four hours by fast train, and In the
under as warm fire as is the Cox republi-
can machine. A leader OF the Louisville
bar. democrat, is leading the fight against
the machine. But Gov. Folk is not billed
for a speech there. blast upon his Mis-
souri, horn would count.
Gov. Folk has said-and 1t Is one OF MS
most striking deliverances-that boss rule
should be fought wherever found. 1t curses
both parties, and must be eradfcated from
both If our politics is to show cleaner
side. This year bosses are the issue. and
everybody is aroused. And yet when the
campaign is over Gov. Folks record in this
anti-boss crusade will show that he found
the time to fight only bosses OF the repup-
lican breed All, that little presidential bee!
How it buzzes, buzzes, buzzes!
Evening star., 1905-11-03

numbers to vote the straight party ticket.
irrespective of their personal views or pref
udices.
In the New York municipal campaign this
game is being worked by Tammany for
all 1t is worth. Managers OF the jerome
canvass are constantly being sought out
in private by voters who are partial to
that candidate and asked IL 1t Is possible
for Tammany man to vote for Jerome
without being detected. 1t appears that
the Murphy followers have systematically
spread the word that the bosses have
means of keeping tab on every vote cast.
some going even SO far as to declare that
they can tell how a man votes by noting
the ballot numbers.
AS a matter Of fact, there Is absolutely
no way In which the honest voter can be
identified by his ballot. The numbers ara
torn off before the ballots are placed IN
the box, and unless the voter makes a .e-
culiar mark, by arrangement with party
heelers, it Is impossible for the shrewdest
watcher or elections clerk teller to tell
how any individual has voted. The claims
to the contrary are merely a part of the
bluff of the leaders and are intended to
frighten voters into keeping in line with
the machine.
Back of this effort Is peculiar state or
affairs. The voters of a certain class IN
a large city like New York are all known
individually to the ward workers. They
are indexed and recorded. Their means
of living and their business and social con-
nections are known. If a man breaks
away from the machine, If he does not go
to the polls If he is suspected of split
ting his ticket he is visited with reprisais.
II he is employed by follower of the ma
chine he is often discharged or his pay is
reduced If municipal worker, he Is at
once punished. If a business man he is
likely to lose trade. There are many ways
of emphasizing the power of the machine.
The Jerome workers In New York are
now trying to disabuse the minds of the
people of this idea that Tammany has
Argus eyes that penetrate even the walls
of the voting booth and the panels of the
ballot box. The sooner the whole body
OF the electorate learns the lesson the
better it will be for American politics and
government
Evening star., 1905-11-03
Our Willful Ward, Cuba.
from the New York Herald.

From the New YORK Herald.
The United States can consider little
Cuba as it's enfant terrible, up to mischief,
now that it has been set on its feet inde.
pendently and told to do as 1t likes-withln
reason. 1t may not be quite so bad as that
just yet. but Cuba Is at least our willful
ward, who is inclined to commit some fool
ishness in her inexperienced independence
An eleventh-hour word of warning has been
sent to her from Washington in regard to
the proposed Anglo-Cuban treaty, which
treaty Is of no advantage to any party con-
cerned 1t will neither benefit Cuba. Great
Britain. the United States. nor for that
matter. any of the worlds powers. as. If 1t
is completed. it may breed international
mischief all around The chief trouble is
and we have ourselves to blame for it-that
instead of nipping these negotiations In the
bud. as 1t were. inexcusable delay on the
part of the Washington administration al
lowed our protest to arrive SO late that 1t
has become matter of heated political dis
cusston in Cuba. 1t were well were Mr.
Roosevelt to let our Cuban ward understand
once for all that neither in the interest Of
the United States, Cuba, Great Britain nor
the peace of the world can the treaty be
completed. and that the sooner 1t is aban-
doned the better.
Evening star., 1905-11-03
Folk and Bossea

There seems good reason to fear that
Gov. Folk is mixing his reform with poll
ties. 1t is not a welcome sign, for he Is a
man Of ability and has made a fine impress
sion on the country.
The Star recently called attention to the
declination of Gov. Folk to visit New York
and speak for Mr.. Jerome. He had just
been to Philadelphia to assist In the war
fare against a corrupt republican machine,
and there was desire that he come to
Gotham and say word for reform there
in approval of the warfare against cor
rupt democratic machine. But he was too
busy, and responded In telegram from
Jefferson City so colorless that Tammany
must have felt very much obliged for 1t.
The pressure of business in Missouri has
eased up. however, and Gov. Folk is now
in Ohio fighting another republican ma
Evening star., 1905-11-03
A Valued Institution,

Sing a song o. lection day!
Voters all in line!
Bands are tunin' up to play
Airs of old lang syne!
Life is something sweetly grand
AS you walk the street,
Finding friends on every hand
All prepared to treat.
Don't care much for lots o. things
That they brag about,
But there's one time sure that brings
Joy beyond a doubt.
Old traditions can't all thrive.
Some must fade away,
But there's one that must survive,
An that's election day.
Evening star., 1905-11-03

Clam diggers are predicting cold winter
because the CLAIMS are burrowing deep. Just
why clam should be given credit for
knowing more about the weather than hu-
man beings is not clear. Some animals
may be credited with superior instructive
impressions-but not a clam.
Evening star., 1905-11-03
Still a Matter for Regret.

rom the SaVahnah Newe-
Fer many years it was a matter of con-
Germ to Czar Nicholas that he did not have
a little czarevitch to whom he might leave
his crown as autocratic ruler of Russia
Now that he has his little czarevitch, 1t is
probably matter of deeper concern to
Nicholas that he has no crown of autoc-
racy to leave him.
Evening star., 1905-11-03
Injured Innocence.

Didn't you discriminate in favor of that
trust?' asked the indignant querist,
mo, SIR answered the ever-ready rail-
way man. I'VE had to throw up our hands
and give rebates to keep that trust from
discriminating against u.s.
Evening star., 1905-11-03
Uncertainty.

'You seem in quandary."
Yes" answered the conscientious man,
II haven't been able to decide which candi-
date 1 ought to vote for. And after 1 do
make UP my mind I doubt whether I'll be
able to mark my ballot correctly"
Evening star., 1905-11-03
SHOOTING STARS.
Their Preference.

,"Why don't you try to make yourself solid
with the masses?"
WELL said Senator Sorghum. my con-
stituents are peculiar. They like plenty
of treating and speech-makng. They don't
care for solid candida tes They want 'em
liquid or gaseous.
Evening star., 1905-11-03
All That's Needed.

This world would be exceeding good,
A perfect paradise, in sooth,
If voters voted as they should
And candidates all spoke the truth.
Evening star., 1905-11-03
Japan,s Real Army strength.

From the Birmingham Ledger.
Japan has settled down to civil life again
and her great army is being turned into
civilian channels. The real strength of
Japan's army was due to the fact that 1t
was citizen soldiery. not great mass OF
men trained and drilled out of all sympathy
with civil pursuits.