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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-25

Ardmore, Wednesday, October 25, 1905
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
PLOT AGAINST BRAZIL
A Former Official Of Spanish Court
Arrested.
BIG CONSPIRACY IS REVEALED.
DOCUMENTS Found In Residence Of Snrros de
Herrera. Ia Madrid. Show that Thousands
OF Men Had Been Recruited IA England
France and Spain, Including Many Spanish
Reserve Officers.

Madrid (By Cable) Sarrion de Her
rera, former king-at-arms OF the Span
ish court, ha, been arrested at the in
stance Of the Brazilian minister here on
the charge Of conspiring with others
against the government OF Brazil
A search OF the residence Of Senor de
Herrera resulted in the discovery of a
number OF commissions for officers who
were to organize an army in the State
Of Kunani The commissions bore the
stamp Of that state.
The Brazilian minister here confirms
the discovery OF the plot A published
detail taken from the captured documents
shows that the plot was financed by a
committee having hcaduarters in Lon
don. and which had long been working
for the independence Of the Kunani ter
ritoty. This territory is between the
northern frontier Of Brazil and French
Guiana.
Il is stated that the committee, with a
view TO controlling the gold mines oi
Kunani, had been organizing an insur-
rcetion and had recruited men in Eng
land, France and Spain, who were repre-
sented as colonists but. who. in reality,
were intended eventually to become SOL
diers
Documents taken from De Herrera's
residence show that organization was
proceeding on a vast scale and that
nearly 1000 men had already been re-
cruited in England, 1000 in France and
1000 in Spain, among the last named
being included many Spanish reserve OF
ficers. some Of whom are actually serv-
ing as active officers
An ex-rcyolutionary Spanish captain.
who headed the rising in Badajos in
1888, holds a commission OF colonel in
the future army Of Kunani, and it is
stated that he is already receiving pay
through an English clearinghouse, at
which funds are deposited.
De Herrera styled himself minister
plenipotentiary OF Spain for the State
Of Kunani. The Brazilian government
got wind OF the affair and communicated
with its minister at Madrid. The Span
ish authorities were notified and acted
promptly, and the arrest OF De Herrera
followed
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
BANDITS KILLED BY POSSE.
The Gates Brothers Close a Long Career Of
Crime.

Winnipeg, Manitoga, (SpeciaD The
last chapter in the Mission Junction hold
up has been played, and the bandits who
held up the Canadian Pacific train, the
Continental Express. are now lying cold
in death, according to dispatches re-
ceived here from Sebar, N. NJ
The Gates boys, two of the most dar-
ing criminals who ever stuck up a stage,
rifled an express car or robbed any de-
pository OF wealth, and who were two
Of three daring men who held mp the
westbound Continental Express last Sep
tember, will never answer for their many
crimes. After robbing the Southern ex-
press car last August, they crossed into
Canada and there committed the first
railway holdup recorded in the annals
of Canada.
Their end was due to holding up a
saloon in Lordsburg. n NJ, on March
IS, in which the barkeeper was killed,
A posse started in pursuit. and after
a hard chase the bandits were shot down.
Bill Minor, the other participant in
the crime, is still at large. George Gates
was y, and his brother Vernon 26.
They were sons of well-to-do miner
in Alamaya. Arnot, another brother, is
lost to the world.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
VAST CROWD HONORS LEE.
Thousands 10 Long Procession at Rich.
mond.

Richmond, Va, (SpeciaD Wrapped
in the flag of the Lost Cause" for
which he so gallantly fought, and while
blue and gray We'd with one another in
paying homage TO his illustrious memory,
the body of Fitzhugh Lee, soldier and
patriot, was laid in its final resting place
in Hollywood Cemetery beneath the green
sod Of slope overlooking the James
River guarded by thousands of his conf
rades
Not since the ceremonies attending the
reinterment of the remains OF Jefferson
Davis in Hollywood IL years ago has
the South witnessed so imposing a pa
geant as that which escorted the body
of Lee to the grave. Practically all the
residents of Richmond and thousands
from near and far saw the funeral pro-
cession, and it is estimated that 10000
persons thronged Hollywood Cemetery
TO witness the last rites. Veterans in
blue and gray, officers of the United
States Army, the entire National Guard
OF Virginia, United States Senators, Gov
ernors men, women and children, white
and black, turned out TO honor the illus
trious dead.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
LURING ON THE RUSSIANS
Torpedo Boats From yIadiyOstOk Burn
Vessel.
GEN. OYAMA READY FOR BATTLE.
inporisnt Movements on Land and Sea De-
Veicoing -Roiestvenskyt Fleet Sighted OF
vsnfoog ebius-- Whereabouts Of japanese
Squsdron Carefully coneealed-Tokio kepi
Informed Of Russian Moves

Fmho1Jercd hv Adn,,roI Tooo's seor,.
"'s "'"''N'} or trying 10 O'Ve,' y'P-
anese attention from Rolcstvensky's fleet.
Russian torpedo-boat destroyers from
N1,divos,ol have e,tpred and burned 4
49,,
niue sa'''hg NeSse' III japanese waters
near Hokkaido. the norihernmoSt OF the
Japanese group of islands.
Neap,vbJe tho cx,c, ubc-eob,r.s of
-,
.''V J"P'.''S' S"NN.o" N,'''.u"'' " s'N. st.
Il is evident that the WHY Togo Is luring
Roiesivcusky on. and will try TO cn.rap
the whole or NORTON Of the Russian
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
PRODUCED RAIN IN CALIFORNIA.
c. Hatfield Successfully Generated aud Dis.
charged Gas Ia Mldair.

Los Angeles, Cal, (Spccial) Charles
Hatfield, a ''rainmaker," who has been
working since December IS last to pro-
duce Is inches of rain for southern Cali
fornia by May I, on a pledge of a num-
Der OF Los Angeles merchants to pay
him ST 900 if he succeeded, has completed
his demonstration, and has been paid
a large proportion of the sum promised.
The remainder of the amount guaranteed
him will be paid shortly, it is said. The
fall of rain in Los Angeles during the
season ending May has been 1896 in
ches, which far exceeds the fall last sea-
son. and is above the normal annual pre-
cipitation for this secson. Hatfield es-
tabished his "rainmaking" plant in Al
tadena, in the foothills of the noun
tains, some 20 miles from Los Angeles,
on December IS. and the amount of rain
fall from that date in the immediate To-
cality of his place has been 26,4o inches
Hatfeld's method is in generation of gas
and its discharge into the atmosphere
from chimney which has the result,
he claimed, OF attracting forces in nature
which compel moisture to form and be
precipitated in the shape of rain.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
Naval Divisions United.

ST. Petersburg (By Cab,el.-Admiral
kebogatof's junction with Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky is now considered by the
admiralty as practically assured. and
hope for a successful issue in the ap-
preaching struggle for mastery of the
sea is greatly encouraged thereby. Ne
bogatoff Is regarded as the Butcher Of the
situation, and indeed, he is said to resem-
bic him greatly in temperament He
may lack his strategy and huesse, but,
like the Prussian, he has bulldog cour-
age and is a born fighter who goes
straight for the enemy.
II Admiral Kamimura. like Grouchy
at Waterloo fails to prevent a juncture
of the Russian fleets, as the admiralty
here believes he has. the impression is
strong that Vice Admiral Togo will not
dare risk an open battle against the
united divisions Of Roicstvensky anil
Neboratcf. will content hinselt with
torpedo attacks. and possibly a long
range action, being prepared to draw off
IN the event that he is unable TO make
an impression.
Naval officers are prepared to see RO-
jestvensky lose half his convoy, but, in
face of the united divisions, 1t is be-
lieved that Togo will accomplish little
or nothing in the way Of opposition 10
the advance to Vladivostok, and that
he must be content, with the aid of the
army, TO try and invest by land and sea-
and make Vladivostok another Port Ar
thur II the fleet reaches Vladiyostok
intact, however. naval officers here claim
that victory Is won.
Although there is little more than
100000 tons of coal at Vladivostok, with
the reinforcement of the fleet by the
Gromoboi, Rossa and Bogayr and the
torpedo boats and submarines now in
the harbor there, they claim that Ro-
jestvensky could drive Togo of the sea
and leave Field Marshal Oyama's army
stranded in Manchuria.
There IS q strong ntmaton that Ro-
jestyensky has something up his sleeve
which may provc a surprise. This possi-
bly, is a diversion in the shape of the
dispatch of some fast converted cruisers
OF the convoy into the Pacific Ocean 20
raid upon Japanese commerce.
simultaneously with the increasing ten
sion over the approach OF q sea battle
comes news that Field Marshal Oyama
is pressing the Russian right along the
Lao River north of Fakoman, as If he
IS beginning general engagement
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
CHINESE MAY MAKE TEST.
Minister Issues Circular Regarding Exclusion
Law.

Washington, D. c., (SpeciaD. - Sir
Chentung LANG Cheng, the Chinese Min
lister, has issued a confidential circular OF
proclamation to all Chinese in the United
States requesting that he be furnished
with reports of all cases Of applicants
who have been denied admission to this
country and OF all deportations on the
ground OF non-registraton which have
been decided since the expiration of the
Exclusion treaty Of 1894
Some lawyers Of repute hold that
there are phases in the Chinese Exclu-
sion law which will not stand test in
the courts, and it is understood to be
the intention of influential Chinese organ
zations in this country 10 institute legal
proceedings by which the rights Of in
diyidual Chinese will be adjudicated.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
GOT $4,000 IN GOLD DUST.
But RObber Was Compelled BY Pursuit to
Abandon Treasure.

Seattle, Wash, (SpeciaD.-A dispatch
from Fairbanks, Alaska, states that a
lone man, roughly dressed and with fea-
tures concealed by cloth mask, en-
tered the cabin OF J. b. Knox and at
The point Of revolver demanded a guam
.ity Of gold dust which he asserted he
knew 20 be in the cabin There were
present al the time. in addition 10 Knox.
his wife and II c. Hamilton.
In one corner OF the room was "a
strong box, with $4,000 in dust, the re-
ult OF the winters work Of Knox and
Hamilton on their claim on Cieary Creek.
This box was covered with clothing,
which the robb.r dragged off, all the
time keeping the inmates covered with
his revolver Hc demanded a key 10
open the box but this being refused. he
shouldered the box and backed out
into the night
Knox and Hamilton Immediately gave
the alarm and in a few moments a
posse Of miners was on the trail About
mile from the cabin they found the
box, badly dented, evidently by blows
Of the bandits revolver, but with iis
contents untouched.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
A NOVEL IDEA.
Bank Clerks Ordered to Have Their Photo
graphs Taken.

Milwaukee, Wis. (Special)-Every en-
ploye of the First National Bank OF Mil
waukee has been ordered to have his pho
tograph taken and one copy turned over
TO the officers OF the institution. In adj
dtion 10 the photographs certain meas
uremenis will be taken of each employe.
Notice to this effect was posted in the
bank. President Fred Vogel, Jr,, when
asked about the order, confirmed its IS
size, but denied that any minute meas
urements, such as the Bertillion method
would be taken. Mr.. Noge said as the
head Of the First National he was &C
quainted with few OF the employees, and
by studying their photographs he hoped
to be better able to recognize them il he
met them on the street.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
JAPs VIOLATE NEUTRALITYf
Roiestvensky Complains They Are in Dutch
Waters.

Paris, (By Cable).-The japanese rep
resentatives in Paris continue to make
almost daily visits to the Foreign Office
to inquire what steps are being taken to
compel the Russian second Pacific squad
ron to maintain the neutrality OF French
waters and also TO present the informa-
ton reaching Toxic showing that the
Russian warships are receiving supplies
from French ports.
1t is evident that the Japanese are
showing growing solicitude 1t seems 10
be conceded that the Russian vessels are
outside the ihrec-mlc limit, so the ques-
tion no longer hinges upon their being
within French territorial waters But
the Japanese information indicates that
the Russians, while they are outside neu-
tral limits, keep up communication with
the shore, thus retaining the practical
advantages OF remaining inside neutral
waters. Admiral de Jonquieres' depart
ure from Saigon with portion OF the
French squadron was for the purpose
Of carrying out the strict orders sent TO
him from here against permitting any
infringement OF neutral rights, particu-
larly along the coast about Cape ST.
James where the Japanese information
indicates the Russians have secretly been
taking supplies on board.
A dispatch to the Havas Agency from
St. Petersburg says Admiral Rojest-
vensky has informed the Russian Ad-
miralty OF the presence OF Japanese war
ship, in the territorial waters OF the
Dutch portion Of the Island OF Borneo
! the reports be verified, il is added,
Russia viii protest to the Netherlands
Government.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
BANK LOOTED BY MASKED MEN.
Bandits Terrorize Village In New yorI
State.

Oneonta, N. Y, (SpeciaD.-A band
Of masked robbers rode into the village
OF Gibertsville, about IS miles from
here at 3 o'clock A. NJ, blew open the
modern and supposedly burglar proof
safe in the private bank OF E. c. Brewer,
and made good their escape with booty
estimated at between $4,000 and SIo,-
COO When the startled villagers were
awakened by the muffed roar OF the
explosion and had been halted by the
pistol fire OF the retroating bandits. they
found that the robbers had completely
isolated Gilbertsvlle from the outside
world by cutting all the telegraph and
telephone wires. Efforts to communicate
with neighboring towns were futile and
when the village folk finally started in
pursuit, the robbers had gained a lead
which could not be overcome.
Parties are searching the woods in
every direction, in the hope that the
robbers have sought shelter in the thick
cts and will seek to leave the vicinity
Of their daring exploit under cover OF
darkness. Several teams which had been
stolen from various barns, and used by
the robbers in their approach to the
village and their subsequent fight, were
found abandoned by the roadside. Day
light found the bandits not far from
Gilbertsville and it is believed they then
left the highway and went into the
woods afoot The bold attack rivals in
the details Of its thoroughness, its daring
and its success the exploits OF the most
notorious bandits OF the Western coun-
try
1t is believed there were FIVE men in
the band. That all were heavily armed
was shown by the frequency OF their
fire when the villagers arrived near the
bank. The men first pried open the
front door OF the bank Not a light
glimmered in the village, and they evil
IDENTIFY set about their work leisurely
Two holes were drilled into the heavy
steel door Of the newly installed safe
and into these the explosives, believed to
have been nitroglycerine, was inserted
The explosion which followed wholly
wrecked the safe and shattered every
window in the bank building
The robbers hastily gathered up all
the money exposed by the explosion
and started on run just as the first OF
the awakened villagers reached the
secene. Other residents quickly came
up but in the mean time the invaders
were making good their escape, firing
as they went
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
CAN REGULATE RATES
The Power is Amply Vested in the
Government.
WHAT COMMISSIONS HAVE DONE.
0plnon Of Attorney General Moody In Letter
Addressed 10 Chairman Elklns, Of the
Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce
authorities Quoted to Prove His Posltlod
Authority Of States.

Washington, D. c., (Speciar AT
torney-Gen. William II. Moody trans
mitted to Senator Stephen B. Elkins
chairman OF the Senate Committee oil
Interstate Commerce, his opinion on the
power OF the international Government
to regulate railroad rates.
After an exhaustive review Of the
opinions Of the Supreme Court in many
cases, the Attorney-General thus sums
TIP his conclusions:
g. There is a governmental power
to fix the maximum future charges OF
carriers by railroad, vested in the Leg
islatures Of the States with regard to
transportation exclusively within the
States, and vested III Congress with re-
gard to all other transportation.
=. Although legislative power, prop
erly speaking cannot be delegated, the
law-making body having enacted into
law the standard of charges which shall
control, may intrust to an administra-
tive body not exercising in the true sense
judicial power the duty to fix rates in
conformity with that standard
g. The rate-making power is not a
judicial function and cannot be con-
ferred constitutionally upon the courts
of the United States, either by way
OF original or appellate jurisdiction.
4. The courts, however have the
power TO investigate any rate or rates
fixed by legislative authority and to de-
termine whether they are such as would
be conhscatory of the property Of the
carrier, and if they are judicially found
to be conhscatory in their effect, TO re-
strain their enforcement
S. Any law which attempts to de-
prive the courts Of this power is uncon-
stitutional
90 Any regulation of land transpor-
.tation, however exercised, would seem
to be so indirect in its effect upon the
ports that it could not constitute pref
erence between the ports Of different
States within the meaning of Article l.
Section 9, paragraph o Of the Constitu-
ton.
s.. Reasonable, just and impartial
rates determined by legislative authority
are not within the prohibition of Article
I, Section Q, paragraph of the Constitu-
ton, even though they result in vary
ing charge per ton mile to and from
the ports OF the different States"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10

1ae seconds OF Herr Pozsgay mem
ber of the opposition party in the Hun
parian Diet, have declined TO give Tisza
satisfaction as a result OF the dispute in
the Diet on the ground that Premier has
hitherto allowed similar interruptions to
oass unnoticed
Cersa.iorsI rcoo-ts that roreign Min
i.tcr Drlcassc ~ France intended 10 re-
ion becanse ~ differences with Premier
U9,,,.;sr o,,er fore;-,, sFs;rs are de-
Mod
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,l- >,'lD''laiy - ,,'' it l.'.1'9' 80.
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.a ,he supp8r. Of The French Moroccan
policy
p-.f...-- r-his,b,,tb n Ro-r;, claims
on b.,. ,f.r..L.,i ,f,,' .,.,,;r.r;,o ~ ,i,e
HOOD ~ .r. t..5a- .o.-,.. NJ epas and
human bs;7o.
.c,4-.lr -e..so., constructed 90
-.;.. -be French cruiser cs.g.r .lpl. +,
tv.,l, pg,, rorg,,.r ta. te.7 f.,.,rb.d
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Fr,1.-G- yIug,,, hss l.eo much b.re-
f.lI b.. I'd. tI,d,,c--.r,., ,~.r .-J ,g,r,
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Tte ..,,,.rn;si - tbr dead. oi Srb,,ler
g.;'r Il. .bss-,..d 10, ..,D-,. Elm. and ro;ye--
.ity town in Germany next Tuesday
4ae statue Of Victor Hugo presented
| by the Franco-ltalian League Of Paris
90 thc city Of Rome. was unveiled
j. Picrpont Morgan has been decorated
by the sultan Of Turkey
German Foreign Office officials ex-
press the hope that representatives Of
the United States and Germany will meet,
early in the autumn 70 negotiate conn
mercial treaty and that the exchange
OF preliminary proposals viii take place
sometime late ~ the summer.
Premier Ralfour addressing 1oooo
ncrsors In ondoD nredicted the courtry
would never retur1 thc liberals no how.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
Man Tarred and Feathered.

Benwood, w. Va, (Special).- John
Jacllman was found in an empty box
car with two boys. A number of men
stripped him OF his clothing and covered
him with tar and feathers. When his
tormentors left he crawed to a shed.
After daylight several persons brought
him articles Of clothing and Humane
Society officer from Wheeling took him
in charge and placed him in jail. Jack
man suffered intensely from his ex-
posure. Former Policeman Atwell Yost
has been arrested, charged with being
party to the tar-and- feather incident.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
FINANCIAL.

upeaking of wheat conditions in the
West, Vice President Hendricks, of the
Atchison, says "rhe crop is absolutely
perfect at this time"
Among the many other promised good
things that didn't come to pass was
that Southern iron merger. As result
Tennessee Coal shares have dropped
down about 20 points.
Wabash directors met, but President
Ramsey didn't resign as was expected
he might do
r. II. Price has faced about after a
wears successful campaign as the lead
ing bear on cotton and is now a bull.
John w. Gates Came out with a most
bullish statement in regard to United
States Steel. He said underlying con-
ditons everywhere are sound
The French government has desie.
mated NJ. Gueard as the French member
Of the Board of Consulting Engineers
attached to the lsthmian Canal Com
mission.
Referring to Gould's latest undertake
ing. OF building his Western Pacific Rail
road from Salt Lake City to San Fran
cisco, somebody said Gould is not
big enough to expand to both the At
lantic and the Pacific"
Mrs. Lucinda b. Simmons Is dead al
Fast Orarge, N. J. Her father, Wheat
Beals, Of Vermont, built the first railroad
track in the United States, and her
grandfather was member OF the Boston
tea party.
Gould brokers were openly supporting
Missouri Pacific. Gould's retirement
from the Union Pacific Board was in
terpreted as a rather ominous sign.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10

Parkersbury, W. Va, (SpeciaD Al
bert Mays, aged q years, once pitcher
for the New York National League Base
ball Glib, was drowned at Blenuerhassci
Island, in the Ohio RIVER The boat
he was in was upsc; by the current Mays
was thrown ON in three feet OF water
and was unable 70 get 10 his feet be-
cause Of the current. Frank Huf, who
was with hial, was caught by The boat
and held fast, so that be saw Mays
drown