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structions were to investigate the sub
ject of immigration of Europeans into
the United States in general. He has
been Swallowed almost since the day
of his appointment both in this coun-
try and in Europe, and every effort has
been made to secure evidence that
would convict him of being a spy.
His mail has been rifed, and it was
when he caught a Hungarian detective
in the act of breaking open his trunk
In a Buda-Pesth hotel that he ad-
ministered to him such punishment as
brought upon himself the vengeance of
outraged Hungarian justice in the
form of an arrest and fine to the ex-
tent of ten dollars. Fortunately the
Hungarian detective secured nothing
of value in the way of evidence, but
there have been times when his search
might have proven of more value to
his government, for Mr.. Braun has
had in his possession and has for
warded to Washington damaging docu-
ments that the Hungarian government
would not like to have confront them.
These reports have never been print
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der contract by individuals. These
bosses" or p%adrones, as they are
called, hire out the immigrants and
collect their wages, paying them just
enough to keep body and soul alive.
The workers are thus virtual slaves.
Mr.. Braun was sent to Europe pri-
marily to investigate the white slave"
traffic on the complaint of anti-vice
societies in New York and Philadel-
phia, that thousands of women are
being 5ent here every year for i'm
moral purposes, chiefly from Hungary.
and that the Hungarian government
winks at the practice. Mr.. Braun re-
ceived verbal instructions from Mr..
Roosevelt in the matter and was di-
rected also to make inquiry into the
sending of paupers and criminals to
this country. He made q startling re-
port on this subject a year ago which
never was published.
Many startling disclosures nave been
made in these reports. Among these
things is the fact that If every penal
offender in Jail in this country were
released to-morrow the iails could be
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o get 1t the letter-writing beggars
had their houses breken open. were
dragged out and beaten until they did
divide. At last one of them secured
a citizenship paper from his brother
in Chicago and on the next occasion
of a police visit he appealed to the
consul. DR.. Merrill, and the police were
set back. Immediately the demand for
American citizenship papers raised the
market as high as 500 per certificate.
and now the colony is enjoying the full
privileges of American protection.
though many OF them have never seen
the Atlantic.
Caught in the Act.
Perhaps the most sensational thing
In the suppressed portion of the last
report Was Mr.. Braun's presentation
OF true copies of the secret agreement
between the Hungarian government
and the Cunard line, in which the
Hungarian government agreed to de-
liver to the Cunard line at the port
of Ffurle all the emigrants from Hun
gary at a fixed price.
"The agreement read that no other
line should be allowed to compete and
that there should be a minimum of
1000 the first year. 1t is presumed
that that agreement is at present OPP
erative and If [ remember correctly
next year the minimum is to be 1907
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IHE WAR Parry DIES HARD.

Concerted Effort to Dfssuade the
Gear From Concluding Peace. o.
st. Petersburg, June 20.-T~ war
party has by no means surrendered. On
the contrary, backed by the military
element, it is making a concerted eff
fort to dissuade the emperor from con-
GLIDING peace. Even with the two
armies already clinching, members of
the war party are filling st. Petersburg
and PeterhOf with optimistic views,
and Lieut.-Gen. Linevitch and his lieu
tenants are reinforcing their argu-
ments with roseate reports Of the STRAIT
egic situation. Many Russian CORE
spondents at the front, evidently in
spired from st. Petersburg. are flood
ing their papers with dispatches in the
same strain.
The Novoe Vremya's correspondent,
in his zeal against the conclusion of a
humiliating peace, points to the haz-
ards for the government in disbanding
an army of half a million men with
out giving them a taste of success.
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COO. Learning that this agreement
was about to be signed, Mr.. Braun
waited until it was concluded and
then bribed it out of ministerial hands
for the pitifUl sum of $104. He sent
a cable to Mr.. Sargent and from that
day the plot has been thickening to
destroy his usefulness in Hungary.
Being a Hungarian, born in Buda-
PeSth, he was invaluable in that pOr-
ton of Europe, From the day of that
cablegram he was logged, he has since
learned.
ION the night of January 6 last Mr.,
Braun and [ were the speakers be-
fore the Twentieth Century club in
Brooklyn and | was accompanied to
and from the meeting by one of my
agents. The next morning he report
ed to me hat Mr.. Braun was being
trailed by a man whom he had ad-
dressed in German, French and Ital-
ian without getting him to understand.
I passed the information on at once
and the conclusion reached was that
the New York end Of the Russian third
section was looking after Mr.. Braun,
but it now appears that at that time
he was Swallowed night and day by
Hungarian agents, SO that even though
he took unusual precautions to guard
knowledge of his sailing on this third
tour the Hungarian police must have
been appraised at once.
ION the oath he was expected to
obtain the records of the deportation
of criminals at the expense of the
Hungarian government from an official
in a town near Buda-Pesth. Ny cor
respondents have not informed me as
to the result, but suffice it to say the
advisory letter which he sent on or
about the first of the month must have
been something well worth the while.
The question is: Did the Hungarian
police get it and what ammunition will
it supply the Hungarian government
to reply to the protest of the United
States against the tampering with
Braun's mail? He is expected in the
north of Europe on the 18th, but will
probably await the outcome of this
peculiar tangle."
It is the custom of the department
of commerce and labor to print the
reports of it's various commissioners
and agents in the annual rep9St of the
commissioner in CHIEF
Only a portion of Mr.. Braun's papers
aepeared in this years report. They
were not even given to the. senate.
They were simply turned over by Com
missioner Sargent, copies were aid on
tie presidents desk and then they
were apparently pigeon-holed, as moth
ing has been heard from them since.
Grave Dangers to This Country.
Following are interesting extracts
from Mr.. Braun's report.
1.-TWO grave dangers threaten the
people of the United States from the
present emigration movement. the
first of these, and the n more I'M
mediate in it's possible effects, is the
danger of diseases such as are common
to the masses Of the people In many
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HOW CossACKS MAKE WAR.
Field Hospital Attacked and Nom
COmbatants R~uthIessIy Murdered.

Field Hospital Attacked and Nom
COmbatants RuthIessIy Murdered.
London, June 20.-The Toxic CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph, de-
scribing a Cossack attack on a Japan
csc field hospital, which occurred dur
ing an attack on a japanese convoy, at
Taipoushin, as the most d~isgraceful in
cident of the war, says:
Despite the prominent display of
Red Cross badges, the Cossacks fired
voIleys at close quarters and then
charged with drawn swords, with the
result that many noncombatants were
killed or wounded. Some of the Rus
slams dismounted and used their bayon-
cts. The steel was thrust down the
mouths of the Japanese and their heads
were nearly cut off and their bodies
d~isemboweled. Finally the Cossacks
burned and otherwise destroyed all
medicines and medical appliances"
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Washington.-The United States a
penal colony Of the Baltic states.
The United States a dumping ground
Cor the paupers of southern Europe.
The United States the Mecca of
thousands of immoral Hungarian
Omen
There are in the desks Of govern
ment officials in Washington reports
containing evidence to prove the above
statements that are so strongly word
ed that they dare not be published
until the government is ready to act,
for the reports are but an arrangement
of the governments of southern Europe
for completely in wholesale schemes for
the violation OF United States immi-
grafton laws.
These reports are received from the
most trustworthy sources, n OF
which is from a government agent,
paid to investigate the conditions
abroad, and whose persistency in that
direction has so aroused at least one
European nation that it's paid spies
have followed him all over Europe;
whose mail has been rifed, and who
was arrested and fined in the city Of
Buda-Pesth when he violently objected
20 this procedure.
Out of this later incident will grow
a vigorous effort on the part Of the
government to 50 change the immigra-
ton laws as to put a stop to the dump
ing of EurOpe'5 undesirable classes
upon u shores.
An Investigator Selected
Marcus Braun, born in Hungary,
though now a citizen of the United
States, was selected by President
Roosevelt to act as a special agent
OF the United States in investigating
the wholesale violations of immi-
grafton laws. The request for such
an appointment came through the
anti-Vice societies of Philadelphia,
which were anxious to put a stop to
the white slave" traffic by which
thousands of Hungarian women were
being Sent to the United States for
immoral purposes. Mr.. Braun's in
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poor, there would have been a general
movement throughout Europe to ship
ali native pauperS to the United
States as the easiest way in which
to relieve the communities on which
they now constitute a burden. Such
a movement actually obtained some
Roadway in England with the opening
of the recent rate war between the
Atlantic steamship lines. and during
the interval between the first sale of
tickets at reduced rates and the ac-
ton of the American authorities in de-
porting such assisted persons.
Naturalization Frauds.
'The present system of issuing nat
uralization papers in the United States
is a prolific source of fraud in the emf
grant traffic. An American naturaliza-
ton certificate carries on its face no
means OF Identifying the real owner.
His name is merely stated. An Origi-
nal or certified copy Of one of these
papers can be sent to an intending
emigrant IN any foreign country and
used by him TO secure a passport on
the ground tha< the certificate is his
own and he, as an American citizen,
is entitled to enter the United States
regardless OF his possible undesirable
ty under the immigration law. AS a
rule the alleged citizen SPEAKS some
language requiring the SERVICE of an
interpreter, generally of limited in
telligence, and careful crOSS-eXamina-
ton is impossible. When his applica-
ton for a passport has been approved
by the American consul nothing is
left for the embassy to do but to grant
a passport upon these representations,
which passport guarantees admission
to the United States.
Another form of abuse is the i'm
p~ortation of women from the Levant
and elsewhere by nsturalized Amer
lean citizens. ALI these women are
required to do is to state under oath
that they are the wives of the men
sending for them and they are allowed
to depart for the United Sts-es with
out restriction, becoming American
citizens by virtue of their husbands
naturalization.
IF they are refused transportation
because of coming within the prohib-
tied classification of The American i'm
migration law they send to the United
States for a certified copy of their, al
legged husbands naturalization papers
and secure a passport in that man
ner. There is no proof CT marriage
under the present system. Should she
United States government decide to re-
quire a passport from each immigrant,
certified by the officials Of the land
of his nativity, this abuse could be
stopped"
1t is the opinion OF Mr. Braun. as
we'll as others well versed in immi-
grant conditions in this country, that
over 200, 900 aliens come here who, al
though they may be able to earn a
living, are yet CT bad character bad
a~ntecedentS or of diseased blood.
Their coming benefta nobody but the
steamship companies
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STARTLING REPORTS OF INVESTIGATORS
The United States Being Made a Penal Colony
for H~ungary-The white Slave" Trade
Brings Thousands of Immoral WOm-
en- to Our Shores-Forge In
s~pection Papers q Grave
Danger to Us.

ed. They have never been examined
save by three or four heads Of i'm
portant government departments, and
by the president, but sufficient has
leaked out to enable us to give the
gist of emigration conditions abroad,
as outlined by Mr.. Braun as follows:
Tens of thousands of foreigners are
permitted to emigrate to this coun-
try without the fumigation of their
baggage as provided by law.
The organized gangs of crooks who
connive at this evasion stamp the emil
grants belongings with counterfeit
government labels and a counterfeit
United States consular stamp, indicat-
ing that their baggage has been prop
erly fumigated.
These ~cOunterfeits are accepted at
Ellis Island without question. and lug
gage from European centers, ~scOurged
with bubonic plague, cholera, ira
chOma, smallpox and the germs of
deadly fevers, is permitted to enter
our. ports daily,
For this cOunterfeiting service the
italian gangs in particular charge five
lire, or one dollar.
In several of the European countries
it is the custom to promise convicted
criminals immunity from punishment
if they will emigrate to this country
or if their relatives will send them
here.
100000 Immigrants.
The fiscal year will end June 80, and
by that time 1000, 900 will have passed
through Ellis Island and other immi-
grafton depots within the past II
months. The reports submitted by the
inspectors abroad show c~Onclusively
that out Of this number one in every
ten is either a criminal Or is otherwise
an undesirable citizen for the United
States, and these undesirable citizens
are coming to our shores either by
the aid and encouragement Of Euro
pean governments, or under the
''padrone" system by which an unde-
sirable class Of men, women and chill
dren are brought to this country IN
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Thomas b. Kennedy.

Chambersburg, Pa. June 21.-Thom-
as B. Kennedy, president of the Cum
berland Valley Railroad Co., died here
in the evening. Mr.. Kennedy was
porn in Warren county, N. j., August
/, 1927. In 1882 he succeeded Freder-
lex Watts as president of the Cumber-
land Valley Railroad Co.
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washington. June 20.-President
Roosevelt is seriously concerned over
the news from the far east, He fears
that the battle which o seems i'm
minent may shatter the peace plans
which have already reached such a fa-
VOrable state.
There is little doubt but that Japan
prefers to delay an armistice long
enough to give Oyama a change to
strike another telling blow. The re-
ports Of the strength of the Russian
position are given little credence here.
The japanese believe Oyama a
crush Linevitch, and there appears to
be ground for their belief.
1t is the fear of the president that
any way the fortunes Of the battle
might go the result would ieopardiZe
the interests of peace. A crushing de-
feat, instead of further humbling Rus
sia, would probably infiames the DeO-
pie and cause the negotiations to fall
fat. while a Russian success would ad-
vance the war party to such an ex-
tent that the czar would probably con-
sent to continue the war.
Knowing, as he does, the danger OF
delay, President Roosevelt is making
every effort to hasten the peace nego-
tations preliminary and, if possible,
arrange an armistice to thwart the i'm
pending battle.
Thus far, however. neither country
has formally announced it's p~lenipoten-
tiaries, and, as a result, the president
has been in no position to even tenta-
lively suggest an armistice, which can
not be brought about until negotiations
are formally under way.
Japan will naturally not seek an
armistice with another victory appar-
emily within her grasp, and Russia is
not likely to make any advances. The
result is that President Roosevelt will
probably send another Identical note
to the warning negotiations, suggesting
an armistice-a note similar to the one
which brought about the present nego-
tiatiOns.
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placed ON the Retired List.

Washington, June 20.-Capt- e. S.
Prime. lately detached from command
of the naval station at Port Royal, S.
c., has been placed on the retired list
of the navy with the rank Of rear-ad-
miral.
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MAY SKATER
The Peace plans
President Seriously Concerned Over
the News From the
Far East.
JAPAN WANTS chance TO
STRIKE ANOTHER TELLING BLOW
Anv WAY the Fortunes OF the Battle
May Go the Result Would JeOD-
ardize the interests of Peace-
President Endeavorfng to stop
Impending Battle.

st. Petersburg, June 20.-The Novoe
Vremya prints a dispatch from London
in which it's correspondent declared he
was in possession of information to eff
feet that the British are advising Japan
against the conclusion of armistice.
Russia" the dispatch added, is not
considered to be weakened sufficiently.
It is hoped that Oyama will succeed in
destroying Gen. Linevitch's army and
thus relieve her of the nightmare that
the army may later be shifted to the
borders o Afghanistan."
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-05-29
SENATOR ELKINS REBUKED.

Senator Elkins is reported as
having advised President Roose-
Welt against calling an extra ses-
sion of Congress in the fall, to
take action on the rate question,
and received a singing rebuke
from the President for his unso-
licited "advice.
Those acquainted with the
President know him to be capable
of handling this question with
out seeking the counsel Of sena-
tor with many millions invested
in the very enterprises he seeks to
regulate.
Better hold your advice until
it is asked for, Senator.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-05-29
EX-GOVERNOR WILSON DEAD

Emanuel Willis Wilson, ex-
Governor Of West Virginia, is
dead. He expered at his home in
Charleston Sunday. In the death
of this statesman the State loses
one of it's most famous men. Of
common stock, Ex-Governor Will
son rose by his own efforts, his
earnestness, his honesty, his integ-
rity and his force, to the highest
position within the gift of the
people of the State. He was one
of the common people, and his
efforts were always in their be-
half, as against the corporations.
1t was this position, openly pro-
claimed, and practiced by him for
years, which won for him the
nomination for Governor and
caused the disruption in the Dem
ocratic party, which finally led to
it's downfall and it's overthrow by
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kill and death to teach duty to the
thoughtless living? Is our present
careless attitude toward duties in
religion, and patriotism, and citi-
zenship to end in one Of those
awful cataclysms of war? Nature
thus usually rebukes our too close
attention to material things and
our neglect of things spiritual and
eternal.
1t will be a sad day, fatal day,
for the government of the people,
by the people, for the people, when
the heroic sacrifice which pre-
served the union and made air of
our country so free that no slave
could breathe it, shall be forgot
ten. If the patriots Of 1876
could die for freedom, we are not
worthy of it if we cannot spare
one day a year in which to pay
special honor to their memory.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-05-29
Long Lived Carp.

The ordinary carp, If not interfered
with, will, it is said, live 500 years.
There are now living in the Royal
AQUARIUM In Russia several carp that
are known to be over GOO years old,
and it has been ascertained in a num-
Der of cases that whales live to be over
200 years old. A gentleman in London
has had an ordinary goldfish for fifty
three years. and his father Informed
him that he had purchased it over forty
years before it came to the present
owners possession.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-05-29

SanCura Ointment is guaran-
teed to relieve at once that itch
ing burning pain and permanent
ly cure Eczeme,T etter, Salt Rheum
Itching, Bleeding or Producing
Piles, Burns, Cuts, Bruises, Old
Sores, Pimples, Bodies, Carbun-
cles, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Testers, Insect Bites and Poison
Ivy. All druggists 25c and SOC.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-05-29

the Republicans. Ex-Governor
Wilson, was, whatever else may be
said of him, an honest man, an
earnest man and a conscientious
man.
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MEMORIAL DAY.


in this city as elsewhere in the
cities throughout the country to-
morrow. The significance OF the
occasion should not be forgotten
and its appropriate celebration
sbouli not be married by a revelry
in sports and other forms OF IN
decorous and frivolous conduct.
It is day devoted to the memory
Of the dead, and as such should
awaken in us the finer feelings
-of reverence. In order to give
the Review force an opportunity
to participate in celebrating the
sacred memorial day, no paper
will be issued on tomorrow.
Great changes have come to
pass since the tragic period OF our
Civil war strife. Survivors Oh
those bloody battles have lived TO
see the flag for which they tousnt'
carried across seas and set up IN
foreign chimes; have seen 1t non
,red and respected the world over
and stand as a symbol of liberty
.n5 freedom wherever and when
ever it is unfolded to the breeze.
They have lived to see wars "ageo
ond battles fought-war, as COM
nared to the one in when they
participated, that were mere tri,
vial things in point OF loss anu
b,oodshed, But best of all, they
have been privileged to live to see
sectional prejudices almost entire
" eliminated and to see those VINO
wore the blue with them, anu
those who wore the grey against
them, enlist under the same starry
hammer and fight for its fame ana
glory.
The old veterans of the Civil
war are fewer by many thousands
than they were one year ago.
Their ranks have been thlnned
and are getting thinner every day
NOR rapidly than heretofore, 1t
will not be long till survivors Oh
that memorable struggle are a
mere handful in comparison to
their ranks now and it will not
he much longer till they have all
passed away in answer to the last
bugle call.
So let US honor them as they
so richly deserve to be honored
and remember their cOmrades,Who
sleep in eternity as we hear the
tap of the drums tomorrow and
see the little company of grey and
enfeebled soldiers in blue trld-
cling along to lakewood cemetery
on the hill bearing punches OF
fragrant flowers and little tiut-
tering flags to their comrades that
have gone before and have lald
down their arms in the waveless
calm of death.
There are 1854 other days in the
year when the average person
may find rest or recreation. 1t is
highly unfortunate that the day
set aside to honor the memory OF
the men whose blood baptized
this republic to new life should
be so lightly regarded by many.
Only few comparatively will
join with the wavering ranks OF
the white haired veterans to eel,
citrate the Nations Sabbath to,
morrow. The effect at parade
which is to be made demonstrate
plainly what ravages time is max
ing among the generation that is
passing and how soon the loving
reverence paid to the heroic deao
must be omitted or delegated tt
other younger hands.
Must the young men and womer
of today pass through the fury
valleys of affection as their father:
~ ho y