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The National tribune., 1905-12-28

1t is utterly impossible to gain any
clear view Of the situation in Russia.
1t seems as IL the autocracy has utter
Iy broken down, with the army and
the navy worse demoralized, IL any
thing, than the bureaucracy. The
81 eat vast population is in seethe Of
mutinous discomfort, deeply incensed
at the gross corruption and incompe-
tence of the officials, and striking
blindIy at everything in sight. At last
there appears to be some organization
among the; workingmen, with leaders
coming to the front, but this may be
an Illusion. 1t takes long time to de-
yelop real leaders in such a cataclysm
as this. Early in the week 1t appeared
possible that the Films. who have some
ideas of Conference and unity, would
declare their Independence and get In
shape to maintain it. There was the
possibility also Of the same thing In
Poland. We have heard less Of these
in the last few days. Therefore, 1t may
be that the revolution is going or
quietly, or 1t. may be that the move
ment has been suppressed or fallen by
reason Of lack of leaders to carry i,
forward. 1t the Firms and Poles are
capable of independence, now is their
golden opportunity. They can break
away from Russia without any fears OF
being crushed under the overwhelming
legions which Russia has heretofore
moved against them.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28

A Texas murderer on the scaffold
wished everybody a Merry Christmas.
Christmas certainly was somewhat
merrier for peaceah'e citizens after the
murderer got his deserts and others of
like mind were deferred by his pun
tshment.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28

For a long time the German social
lists and their allies have made much
over ''miiitarism' to express the bur-
den that the great standing army lays
upon the people. Now 1t is being sup
erseded by "marfnism" owing to the
additional taxes levied to carry out
Germany's ambitious naval program.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28

Maine supplies nearly all the spools
used in the thread trade of the world.
The material Is white birch, which
grows plentifuliy in tine northeast part
Of the State, particularly in Aroostook
and Washington Counties. The business
for this year has just been completed,
and the last cargo Of spool bars shipped
to the great thread manufacturers of
England and Scotland. This brings the
shipment this year up to total of L.
900, 900 feet, an advance Of about L.
100000 feet over last years business.
1t is feared that next years business
will not be as good, as the white birch
that can be readily reached by streams
and railroads is becoming scarce and
the white birch from Finland is COM
ing into competition. The yellow birch
is not SO good for either spools or box
Shocks and commands a very much
lower price. The yellow birch is used
for making hubs. but not a great deal
OF 1t is consumed in the course of a
year.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28

1t is. thought that Immediately after
/ the holiday recess the Senate will take
Mp the Panama canal matter and give
1t precedence over everything else until
| something definite Is arrived at The
preba bihtE is that the very wide pow
ers conferred nupon the President by
the Spooner act Will be materially cur
| tailed anda large measure Of the re-
| sponsibflity and duty in the enterprise
| restored to where 1t properly belongs
Ina the Legislative Branch of the Gov
eminent. First among these VIII be
the control of the salaries Of the em-
ployes. IT was strong departure from
the customs of our Government to al
low the Executive Branch to employ
men at discretion and fix their salaries.
Such thing had never been done be-
fore the Spanish war indicated the wis
dom of giving the President unusual
powers. The President is said to be
anxious for Congress to assume this
share of the burden, and will go so far
as to recommend, in a special message,
that an amendment be adopted at once
SO that the work of building the canal
may be pushed forward. He said to q
visitor:
1.-The people want the canal built
and SO do /. Therefore, I shall not
permit anything that my critics may
think touches my personal pride to in
terfere with the speediest possible
prosecution of the great work
The allusion TO his critics has refer
ence to remark by a Senator that the
President would find that he could not
build the Panama Canal by hurting the
10 Commandments at the public in
sections
1t does not follow that all the salar-
les will be cut down. because Congress
recognizes that exceptional men are
needed for the work and they must be
paid exceptional salaries. such as they
would receive from great corporations.
But Congress will show great discrim-
ination in bestowing these salaries. SO
that the larger ones will only go to
experts and not be the rewards of
successful placehunters. That is. while
Mr.. Shonts may not be high-priced at
$50, 900 a year, but Gov. Magoon may
be at $17,500 and Mr.. Bishop at $780,
900.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28

President Roosevelt has made more
strictly personal appointments than
any other President since Andrew
Jackson.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28
SQUARE
DEALS.

The National Tribune has reason to Ne
AieYe that all advertisers admitted To tts
eOluAans are thoroughly reliable.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28


The CNmaoercial Clab 81 Louisville
XIV, has devised q new and quite IN
gerious Plan for advertising Kentucky
and calling attention to it's resources
It will have q Homecoming week
next June for all KentAekians who are
living out Of the State Quite an at.
tractfve program has been arranged al
which many distinguished soas OF Ken
lucky. sach as Ex-Governor Francis
ex-United States Senators Lindsay and
Carlisle, Associate Justice John NJ
Harlan. will be present and make ad-
dresses. Special excursions will be
run to various points OF interest and
the railroads will make one cent q
mile fare all over the country. A hand
some medal will be given to the per
son present who can prove the closes,
relationship to Daniel Boone. There will
be also prizes given to the former Ken
tuckian who comes the greatest dis
lance: to the one who has lived long
est outside the State; to the one who
left the State at the earliest age and &c
the one who left it at the most adj
vaneed age.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28
THE COMMUNICATIVE IE,F At PHIL
ADIcs.PflIA.

Commander-in-Chie James Tanner
with Adj't-Gen. John Tweedaie, Assist
ant Adj't-Gen. William F. Rogers and
other members Of his staff, will be pres
ent at the Annual Meeting Of the Grand
Army Association OF Philadelphia and
vicinity at the rooms of Post 2, on Fri
day evening, Dec. %. 1t is expected
that a great number Of prominent com
rades will be present. and an unusually
enjoyable time is anticipated.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28

It Is developed by the Inspectors of
the immigration Service that an ex-
tensiye business is being done at Euro
pean ports in patching up" immi-
grants SO that they can pass the exam
lining surgeons at the United States
ports. The Russian Jews, who are COM
ing to this country in great numbers,
are bountiful harvest for these sharp
ers. One Of the diseases which afford
occupation for the "patchers'' Is trac-
homa, disease Of the eyes, of which
the American physicians have a special
horror. 1t prevails all over Syria.
Egypt and other countries in the East,
where the people huddle together un-
der filthy and disease-breeding condi-
tons. When introduced into this
country it makes terrible ravages in
the tenement-house districts, and no
person suffering from the disease is
has been found that by the applica-
ton Of a drug called adrenaline the
outside symptoms Of the disease can
be removed. The eyes lose their red
ness, the Inflammation disappears, and
tears cease to flow. The cure Is tenn
porary, however. and may not last over
night. The immigrant Is treated SO as
to pass inspection at the port where he
embarks and is given a vial Of the drug
which he secretly applies until he gets
| inside our lines. If an immigrant suf.
fering with trachoma has any money
he is kept on the other side under
treatment" until all his money IL
gone, except sufficient to pay for hi.
passage. OF course, any Immigrant
| having money is pretty certain to bt
| told that he has trachoma by the
sharpers. who are on the watch, anG
he is persuaded that he must submit tc
treatment. A French Jew named An.
ton Fares is the principal man in thi.
nefarious business, and has his agents
hospitals and clearinghouse at {
number Of the principal ports where
immigrants embark for this country.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28

II 10 one timing all the time to see and
recognize an evil and quite more diff
4icuk thing to propose exactly the
the bill which the Association to Pre-
vent Corrupt Practices at Elections has
proposed to Gov. Higgins. for passage
at the coming session of the New York
Assembly. The revelations at the cleo
tons in New York last Fall were GER
tainly enough to stimulate all good
men to desire the immediate adoption
a recurrence Of those wrongs. but the
bill proposed by the Association. with
no less a person than MIR. Low at its
head, seems inadequate and actually
dangerous. 1t proposes that wherever
the agents Of a political party can be
proved to have bribed voters in any
district all the votes cast for candidates
thrown out. 1t does not seem to have
occurred to the reformerS that 1t
would be the easiest thing for the OPP
position who desired to get rid of the
votes in certain district to have a
few voters bribed. This would be such
an obvious trick that it could not be
long until 1t was used to the great det-
riment of the honest voters of the
district. This brings us to the crown
ing objection, which is that it is not
for a moment tolerable that the honest
voters Of any Township or other cleo
ton district shall be disfranchised in a
body because a few. for whom they can
have no responsibility. sell their votes.
To go still farther, it would be only
necessary to prove that some one cam
didate had bribed in order to throw
out all those who were on the same
ticket with him. This involves an
other strange proposition, because 1T
recognizes that parties are legal en-
titles as much as individuals or cor
porations, something that we have not
yet had in American law. AS rule the
law does not and cannot recognize that
there are such things as Republican
ard Democratic Parties. They are en-
tirely outside of the law, and In the
eye Of the statutes 1T is a mere acct
dent that the men voting for or
against a candidate are arranged I'M
der the names of Republicans and
Democrats. In the English law against
corrupt practices 1t is only provided
that where a single candidate has
bribed, the proof of such bribery will
be sufficient to invalidate his election.
This looks to be sufficient for the pur-
poses, and it would seem that all that
would be necessary in such a law
would be to fix the bribery directly
upon the candidate or his accredited
agents. There should be the safeguard
Of fixing the bribery upon his actual
and known agents, or otherwise 1t
would be put in the power OF his op-
ponents to bride voters and thus in
validate his election.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28

In the lie minutes the House was in
session an agreement was reached that
permitted Mr.. Lowering (Mass.) and
Mr.. Burleson (Tex.) to print their re-
marks on cotton-crop statistics in the
Record. The minority views of the
Philippine tariff bill were reported, and
adjournment was taken until Jan. 4, at
noon.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28

Dec. Ex-senator Gearin (Ore.), sue
cesSor of Senator. Mitchell, was sworn
in. There was some objection by Sem
ator Burrows, because of a technicality
in his credentials, but after statements
that the certificates were not without
precedent, the objection was with
drawn. The nominations of Brig.-Gens.
Davis and Crozier went over until after
the holidays. After a session lasting
an hour and 10 minutes. the Senate
adjourned until Jan. 4. at noon
The National tribune., 1905-12-28

The House was in session five min
utes less than FIVE hours, listening to
speeches on any subject upon which
any member cared to speak.
NO action was taken on the refer
ence of that portion of the Presidents
Message concerning Federal control of
life Insurance, and at 4:55 the House
adjourned.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28

Dec. Ex-senator Foraker had read
the instructions of the Attorney-Gen-
eral to United States attorneys to en-
force the Elkins law. In his remarks
on the raiiroad-rate question he de-
ciared his belief that rebates would
never entirely disappear. He also SUBJ
mitted for insertion in the Record the
statement of a case recently brought
in United States court concerning al
legged Determinations.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28

la the House Mr.. Payne reported the
Philippine tariff bill, and gave notice
that he would call it up for considera-
ton Jan. 4. The conference report on
the Panama Canal emergency appro-
priatfon was agreed to. A feature OF
the debate. which lasted for five hours
on various topics, was a defense of the
Agricultural Department. with regard
TO its cotton reports, by Democrats from
the cotton-growing States.
The National tribune., 1905-12-28

He attracted the Presidents regard at
that time, and was taken by him to his
ranch in South Dakota, where he acted
as superintendent for several years. He
has been Postmaster of Island Falls
and held several other offices. There
was sharp contest for the place, and
SeweN made a personal canvass of the
entire County, receiving the indorse-
ment Of majority of the voters
A contract to renovate and restore
the home Of Patrick Henry, in Char
lotte County, Va, has been awarded to
j. T. Mclaughlin by Patrick Henry's
two greatnieces, Mrs. Oracle Harrison
and Mrs. James Lyons, Of Richmond,
who have bought the property.
Col. Andrew Gray Wilson, a promi-
nent Democrat Of Delaware. and the
General superintendent Of the Marine
Department of the Maryland Steel Co.,
at Wilmington, died Dec. %, at the
age of 81, Of heart disease.
The estate of the late Col Bob In
gersoll is again before the courts in an
effort to vacate a judgment whereby
Col. Ingersoll's widow and administra-
trix was awarded $13S,010. She claimed
value of $4,000 which are lying in
safe deposit vault in Boston.
The bankers row In the penitentiary
will receive another accession in E. E.
Snyder, q banker Of Olin, Iowa, who
has been convicted Of receiving depos-
it's when he knew that he was bank
rupt, and also OF fraudulent banking.
Joseph H. Choate, who was recently
succeeded at the Court OF st. James by
Whitelaw Reid as ambassador, will be
the Chairman Of the American Delega.
ton to the second Hague Conference.
The President wanted Ex-President
Cleveland to head the Delegation, but
the latter declined.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-23
WOMAN AND BULLDOG
SURPRISES PASSERSBY

"Women and bulldogs is uncertain
creatures. You can't tell them from
their looks altogether philosophical
Bill Shepard of the fire insurance patrol
today. ,.:.~.a..,....
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g 20 qonm eTI TooI !. up!p aqua euo
and Sop 5u!HooI-AYsI15 s4Iems q4!A
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esnoq eqa 70 4uo1J u! 4q5!1 pue enueAe
u!deuueH iuMop eWBo '4uBQdeIe IInq
4o1I pInoo. GU eHH pe4ooI 4eql SopIInq
q4!M uemoM eI44!I le!nb g 4qS!u 4seI
:, tThe first thing we knew the dogs
had clinched, and the little dog was
licking the toughlooker. and everybody
was doing, wardance around the pile.
The little woman saw her dog getting
the worst Of it and while she didn It
look like that kind of girl at all.
she just sailed in and took the little
fellow by his hind legs. She gave him
a couple, Of jerks that tore him free
from her dog, and then to show her
peevish disposition, she proceeded to
give him a. couple Of swings over her
head and slam him against the stone
wall. .'-
F. "We knew the little dog and rushed
to the rescue Just in time. Then an
hands piked off on their business. No,
you can It tell what woman or bull
dog will; do by lookin' at 'em. That
woman looked like she lived on weak
tea and the dog looked tough. 'T'was
a bum steer on booth. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-23
D0WIEITE FELL AMONG
THIEVES IN ST. PAUL

NJ. Goldschurtz, lamb from Dow ie s.
flock at Zion City, wandered to Hwick-
ed St. Paul. recently, was shorn of his
wool, and now asks Governor John A.
johnson to see that those who wronged
him are punished.
"On my way home from North Da-
kota,'' he writes, "I stopped off in St.
Paul, Nov. 7, and fell into trap at an
Internal jewelry store near the union
depot. I was there cheated out of $1l
for a worthless brass watch which is
not worth even 81. It was highly pol
'ished and said to be worth $46 to $50,
according to printed pricelist which
was shown. Immediately after arrival
home (Zion City, and on discovery of
the truth, I wrote to the chief of police
of st. Paul, but have not received any
answer.
GAS there is a law to punish any
offender that counterfeits money of
any kind, how much more there ought
to be regulation to punish those who
sell counterfeit gold watches. war
ranted twenty years and fourteen karat
gold, which is only brass.'
The writer asks the governor, if he
cannot punish the sellers of brass
watches, to cat least take steps te
stop their counterfeiting business.'
NJ. Goldschurtz gives his address as
1911 Horeb avenue, Zion City, III. The
governor has the case under advise
ment.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-23
UNION MAN ORDERED
TO REPORT TO JAIL

A dispatch received today from Pitts
burg announces that Arthur E. Ireland,
the business agent of a twin city ma
chinists' union, has received notice that
he must return to Arkansas City, Ark,
to serve six months in Jail on a charge
Of assault with attempt to commit mur.
der. The dispatch states that Ireland
is representing his union at the conven-
tion Of the American Federation of La
Dor, now in session at Pittsburg. :
According to telegraphic advices, Ire
land is wanted as an accessory rather
than assaulter. It is said he was sent
out to direct strike against the Union
Pacific railway last year and that in the
struggle man was assaulted and Ire
land and others arrested Ireland is
small and a cripple, while the man as,
saulted was, comparatively, a giant. It
is stated that the arrest and subsequent
conviction Of Ireland resulted from his
success in leading the strike. He ap
Was sentenced, but that body 1 upheld ED the he
lower court. - ..-.... =. ...-,.rE
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-23
SAWMILL= SEASON HAS .
BEEN ONE OF LONGEST

The saving season is practically COM
pleted. With the closing down of one
or two lumber mills tonight or tomor-
row morning, the 1905 season is about
finished. Logs have run out in most Of
the booms and this accounts for the
shutdown in most cases. ..'
= The 1905 season has been phenome-
nal as to length. The fine weather has
been responsible for continuation Of the
season about fourteen days beyond
Nov. 10, the usual time for closing.
The Northland Pine company's big
mill will quit saving: tonight, or per-
haps it will run a little while in the
morning. The boom is clear of logs.
The Shevin- Carpenter mill will quit
Friday. No logs are left in: the river
for the hungry saws. The G. A. Smith
mill has been down three weeks. altho
logs are in the boom. The seasons con-
tracts were finished. The BoveyDe
Laittre mill quit Nov. Il. The. season IS
cut was finished and it's logs were
sawed. The Nelson Tuthill mill shut
down a month ago. It was expected to
be the last season for this East Side
mill, but the company has not made a
final decision. It still ha slogs in the
river coming down and may saw them
in the old mill, or may custom saw
them.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-23
TELL TALE OF CUPIDITY
PAPERS IN EQUITY SUIT RELATE
STORY OF MISERLY FATHERS
CONDITION.

Papers in an equity suit filed with the
clerk Of the United States circuit court
tell story that would delight the heart
of a novelist of the Laura Jean Libby
school. Bernard Marvin of Mankato,
by his guardian ad litem, George Hoke
Of St. Paul, is demanding a share of
his fathers estate from his cousins.
In the. stilted language Of equity
pleading, he tells how ne was born Grip
pied and sickly because his father was
too miserly to supply his mother with
the bare necessaries of life; how this
samef ather, seeing that he would be a
source Of trouble and expense, agreed
with his mother that if she would take
the son away and keep him from becom-
ing an expense while he lived, he would
leave the son half of him property at
his death. The mother accepted this
offer. .... p
Last March the father, James R. Mar
vim of St. James, Watonwan county,
died, leaving an estate valued at $4,000
to nephews and nieces scattered about
the country, and utterly cutting off his
wife and child.
The widow, Charlotte E. Marvin, now
demands her statutory one-third, and
the son asks that he be given the one
half promised to his mother for him
The petition also asks that the execu,
tor, W. S. Hammond, be enjoined from
distributing the estate until the case
is decided.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-23
FELL0WSTELLSHI STORY
FORMER COAL MAN SETS UP LINE
OF DEFENSE THAT PROVES IN
TERESTING.

Edward O. Fellows, the Beau Brum-
mel of the Minneapolis coal trade, who
handled thousands of dollars worth. of
business every month, was the star at
traction in Judge H. D. Dickinson 8
courtroom, where he was on trial for
passing forged check for $4,000 upon
the F. H. Peavey company. With per-
feet equanimity and apparent candor,
the defendant told his story and set up
a line of defense.
Fellows asserted that he was not an
agent of the Peavey company. He
claimed he was doing business and han
ding theiI coal supply thru a credit
agreement. This agreement, it will be
claimed, was usurious, therefore void,
and if void, he owed them nothing and
there could not have been shortage
Of $4,000, as claimed by the state. Eel
lows testified that the agreement he had
he should pay Interest on the price Of
the coal supplied him at the rate of
6 per cent. He swore that he supposed
that this meant 6 per cent per annum,
but that the company interpreted it as
g per cent per month, and that they
compounded interest on it, thus making
him pay thousands Of dollars interest.
He testified that between August, 1904
and April, 1905, he handled about $4,000
tons Of the Peavey company's coal and
paid them from $4,000 to $4,000 6
month. The witness accused w. G. Lie
ferman, manager Of the Peavey com
pany's coal department, of making ar
arrangement whereby he was to get
cents ton "on the side,' and stated
that Lieferman and Lane general au
ditor, came to him and demanded that
he pay $4,000 or they would prevent the
arranged sale of the Fellows company
to an eastern firm. He said he gave the
check, that it was bona ide, but that
he later stopped the payment of ii anC
! that was where the trouble started.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-23
SOUTHSIDERS SORE
Residents Along Eleventh Avenue S
Would Remove Phone Poles.

Eleventh avenue residents are up in
arms over the erection of a line Of tele-
phone poles along that thorofare from
Fourteenth street. to Franklin, and are
all prepared for legal. proceedings if
necessary to secure their removal. They
have left the. matter in the hands Of
Aldermen c. A. Westphal and Wilhelm
Petersen. .5@<s
The residents of Eleventh avenue are
proud Of their street. 1t has no pala
tial residences, but there are scores
whose value range from $4,000 to $l0,-
900. 1t is one Of the best-paved streets
in the city, creosoted wood block paw
ing having been laid within the past
two years. In that same period the
boulevard space has been widened and
new uniform curb has been set, giving
the street as neat an appearance as
any in the city.
Residents have been advised that
notwithstanding that permission has
been granted to the Northwestern Tel
ephone company to set poles on Elev-
enth avenue, the company can be COM
PEELED 70 remove them as the new line
Is within the underground-wir district.