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The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24
$50, 900, 900 LEAD
MERGER OR TRUST.
Millions Of ST. Francois County Capital
identified with New GuggenheIm
Smelling and Refining Co.

Fall River, Mo. Feb. 9.-The
large interests Of the Guggenheim
Exploration Company in st. Fran
co.'s County, represented by the
Federal Lead Company, whose
holdings in this one company alone
ARE estimated at not less than 50,
900, 900, will he involved in the
$50, 900, 900 smelling aud refining
company recently organized III
New York.
Other holdings in the Flat River
lead belt by the Guggenhclm inter
ests are believed to reach not less
than r. ,0OO, 600 more, total of
~. 600 600.
The GuggenhcIms have been
identified with almost every large
company III the disseminated lead
belt of Southeast Missouri, and it
is said that some of the stock of
the st Joe Lead Company is held
by the New York Syndicate.
The Central Lead Company,
National Lead Company, under
the control of the st. Louis Smelt.
ing Company the Doe Run Lead
Company, IN offspring of the st
Joe Lead Company, all of which
have holdings amounting into the
millions, besides the smaller com
panles controlling numerous shafts
throughout st. Francois aud Mad
ison counties are believed to hc
dominated 10y the Guggrnhrlm in
tercSts, although large amounts uf
stocks ARE held by local capitalists
aud by the New York syndicate, of
which Wyman Jones is the bead.
Included in these properties is
the Mississippi River and Bonnie
ferrc Railroad Company, rrrog
ni1ed rs the best equipped and best
dlvldcnd.payiug road IN the | ultcd
States. Its stock, however, is held
almost exclusively 10y the original
owners of the 81 Joe Lead Com.
pany stock, and is not purrInsnhlr
nj any price
The Deslogc Company, headed
by Firmin Drslogc of St Louis, Is
not identified with the Guggruhelm
interests
In Mndlsn County the Mine La
Motto Company recently, orgaulI
ed toy an Eastern promoter aud
hoomrd on the market aS one of
the best mining properties IN Mis-
sour, is believed to be identified
with the Guggcnhclm lntreSts and
the smrltcrs Mt llcrculanrum are
controlled 10y the same rompauN
Merging of the immense lead
holdings in st. Francois comfy has
been expected for several years,
aud several attempts have been
made TO cOnsummnte the deal
The visit of the Guggrnhelm par.
ty to this county last year was sup
posed to presage the coming Of the
consolidation, but ms yet there has
been no public notification. The
recent incorporation in New York
is looked upon rs an indication of
an early merger Republic.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
Russia Reported to Have Practically
Agreed on Terms Upon Which She
Will End the War.

London, Feb. 2l.-A dispatch to
Reuter-, Telegram Company from st
Petersburg, confirming the Associated
Press adviccs OF February aud Feb.
ruary Is from ST. Petersburg to the
effect that peace was under Considcra-
ton, adds
"rhe question of peace Ina, not only
been formally discussed, but the con
dillrns on which Russia is prep,rcd to
make peace have practically been
agreed upon "
These are AS follows:
Korea to DO placed under japanese
suzerainty.
Port Arthur and the Liaotung PENN
suln to be coded to Japan.
Nladiyostok to be declared neutral
port, with an open door.
The Eastern Chinese railroad 10 br
placed under international administra.
ton.
Manchura as far north rs Hardin to
he restored ms an integral part of the
Chinese Empire.
The difficulty lies in settling the
question of indemnity, upon which it
is known that Japan insists, but it is
thought that this difficulty is not IN
superable.
The most trustworthy opinion at ST
Petersburg i, that in view Of the inter
nal situation, and the enormous diff
Guilty in carrying on the war, peace on
the terms outlined will be concluded
within comparatively short Time if
the indemnity question can be AT.
ranged, but it is quite possible that
Russia will risk another battle before a
decision is reached.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24
BIG FIRE AT INDIANAPOLIS


indianapolis. lu3 Feb pa gem
tpulls Sunday night and early Monday
morning As 1t was, the loss will ag
srrgatr Sl.I0o.U0u. perhaps more
The following are the principal losses
~ estimated by prominent lndianap-
Ills insurance man
Fahulry x McCrca building. $l2J,.
Iuu. loss On stock. $3.50 900 insurance
SayUUOO
A. kcifrr Drug Co.--Bullding. s7O.-
no. stock &225,oOo; insurance, s2i5.-
uO
Grniths Bros Building, $4,000:
ftuck $l5O.OnU, insurance $4,000.
l. c Dclmrtsch CO. Building. $780,
500. stock. $4,000. insurance. So. 900.
sherman Bailding ti5 900
,tock, 10000, insurance. $4,000
Savoy Hotel Building. $4,000:
stock, $1,000, insurance. $4,000
st Charles Hotel Building, $4,000:
took. 10000, insurance, 1000
Muir Millinery Co. Building s.. 900 :;
nb''hs NlVf''Nf lnHui dutft slo,NOt.
Grand Hotel Loss, $500 900
Total Loss 81 500 900.
The fire district was bounded by
Georgia and Meridian streets, Jackson
Ilncr and the Union Depot sheds. but
or three hours or more a general con
Migration was threatened Firebanda
.cll in a perfect storm over the bust
Hess portion Of the city and on every
building were stationed men equipped
with fire apparatus.
The Grand hotel, located one block
lorth caught fire early Monday morn
ng, and for time 1t seemed doomed
lut heroic work Of the firemen saved il
rom total destruction There were 500
uests In the hotel. but they all es-
aped without injury
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24

The residence of Ben Adams
editor of the Democrat at Cape CT
rardeau, was destroyed by fire on
the 18th. The family barely es.
capped with their lives, losing all
their clothing and household goods
The loss is about 5000, cSered
with INSURANCE for half the alINlnt
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24

The fight being made against the
boycotting methods of the Standard
Oil Trust by the Kansas Legisla.
turs has been taken up by the
national government. Congress
man Campbell of Kansas, inspired
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24

1t were better that the States
own the industrial producing plants
of the country than that the trusts
own both them aud the States aud
monopoliar trade II were better
TINT the federal government control
aud regulate railroad rutrs ia IN
trrstatc commerce than that the
railroad merger control and rrgu
late the government while prymg
upon the people and giving rebates
10 the trusts.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24
ASSASSINATION OF
THE CARS UNCLE.
Blown to Pieces by Bomb-Reign Of
Terror The Royal Family, Terror
Stricken, Fear 10 Attend
Funeral

Associated press dispatches from
Moscow, under date of the 18th.
say that within the walls of the
far famed krcmlm Palace. aud in
the shadow of the historical tower
from which Ivan the Terrible
watched the heads Of his enemies
falling beneath the az ON the ia
nous red square. aud within u
stone 5 throw of the great bell of
Moscow, Grand Duke Srrgius,
uncle aud hrothrrin- law of En-
peror Nicholas, aud the chief of
the rrartlunmIrs, met II terrible
death shortly before 3 O'Clock yes
trrday afternoon.
The deed was committed toy n
single Terrorist, who threw be-
Meath the carriage Of the Grand
Duke Il bomb charged with the
same high power explosive which
wrought Minister Won PIehve' 5
death.
The missile was packed with
nails and fragments of IRON, and
It's explosion tore the imperial vie
tins body to ghastly fragments,
which strrwcd the snow tor yards
around, Every window in the
great, lofty facade of the Palace of
Justice was shattered, aud hits Of
non were imbrddcd deeply in the
walls Of the arsenal, 100 yards
away
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24

Orders taken for engraved visiting
cards at THE TIMKs Office. Call aud
see styles and samples.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24

mana ~ the Kansas war on the stand
ard Oh trust:
ILLINOIS.
The Illinois House oi Representa-.
lives adopts resolution offering to
loan Kansas 100000 for six years,
without interest, to help IN the fight on
Standard OIL Another resolution APP
pointing u committee tn confer with Il
Kansas committee on legislation max
ing pipe lines common carriers is
adopted Both measures must be- ap.
proved by the Senate before becoming
laws.
MISSOU ri.
In both branchrs of the Missouri
Legislature measure, similar to those
introduced in the Kansas Legislature,
tending to restrain STANDARD Oil, are
introduced
KANSAS.
I he dominant faction in the Kansas
Legislature begins an earnest campaign
to secure the adoption OF u measure
providing for a general crusade against
MI trusts ~ the State. Arrangements
ate made Tor ihr beginning OF the oil
investigation by the Government.
OKLAHOMA,
ihc lower house of the oklahoma
Legislature adopts memorial urging
President Roosevelt tn order AN lnyr--
legation Of the Foster blanket lease in
the Usage Indian reservation.
lENAS.
independent producer, IN Texas JOIN
"a a pclilion nskug President Roosc-
Welt to include Texas in the Federal
pll investigation. Measures making
line, common carriers are almost sure
ni passage IN the Legislature.
WASHINGTON, u. {.
ihc administration decides to grant
the renewal of the Usage Indian rcsef-
walton lease for too, 900 acres of ten
years. The President promises that
rr>a, shall be- ucudrd in the Federal
oil Investigations
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24

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According to later details, Grand
Duke Srrgius. who generally was
accompanied hV his wife when ont
driving, was ON this OCCASION going
to his private Russian bath. in his
old official residence IN Tvrrskin
street
The vehicle in which he rode
was a plain, shabby, closed carr
age. such rs would not he likely to
attract attention. II WAS followed
by detectives in cabs.
The Grand Duke was driven
rapidly, and was half way across
the square between the great bell
| tower and the Nirholps gatr when
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The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24
Kansas Idea Spreading

The following States are taking II
hand in the Kansas war on the Stand
ard Oh trust.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24

General lrw Wallace drd ut his
home IN CruwtordNllIr, Indiana, on
the 18th inst. Tie was Il veteran
Of the Mexican and civil wars and
was at one time Minister to Turkey.
bat he j. better known ms the
author OF that striking romance,
Ben Hun which deals with
Rome and Judea during and just
succeeding the time of the Savior $
mission on urth. he has been for
some time IT work ON IL life of the
Christ H. was IS years old
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24

NJ Ml~Sullll HOUSE OF htpIt-
seulatlvcs. by Il vote Of ~ to =,
has passed memorial potItlouIng
Congress 10 call convention for
the purpose OF framing an amend
ment to the national constitution
to provide for the election of I'M.
ted States Senators BY direct vote
of the people The popular branch
of Congress has several times, IN
compliance with public sentiment
and one of the means provided by
the constitution for amending that
instrument, passed resolutions to
amend the constitution in this re
gard to be submitted for ratification
to the Legislatures of the several
States, bnt they have been inyari
ably ignored in the Senate, not
outstanding the furt that the Leg
lslatures of most of the States have
from time to time memOrlalAcd
Congress to submit such an amend
ment But the constitution pro-
yldes for another means by which
1t may be amended, and that means
is invoked by the resolution passed
by the Missouri House Of Repre-
sentatives. The national cOnstitu-
ton says IN article five that Con
gress, on the application of the
Legislatures of twO-thirds of the
several States. shall call a cOnvcn-
ton for proposing amendments y
1t says Congress shall" but the
trouble is to get two.thirdS OF the
State Legislatures to act in concert
in the matter, or to agree that the
necessity for such an amendment is
so great as to demand the calling
of n convention to do what the
United States Senate has so perSis-
tently refused to do. IL all the
Legislatures would henceforth ex-
act all unequivocal pledge of every
man they elect Senator to support
the submitting of such an amend
ment, the reform might be event.
ually accomplished and the Sena.
tors brought into closer touch with
the people.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24
NlISSUl ri

In both branchr, of the Missouri
Legislature measures similar to those
introduced in the Kansas Legislature,
tending to restrain STANDARD Oil, are
introduced
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24

\ 81. Petersburg correspondent
of the London Daily Telegraph as
serts that the acting minister of
Justice. on hearing the news of
the assassination of Grand Duke
Sergius exclaimed: In truth Rus
sin is in full revolution What
will happen next"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-21

All kinds of Fish at No. II South
Third street.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-21
A Word For the College Girl.

A Word For the College Girl.
President Taylor of Vassar hits back
sharply at some Of the critics Of wo-
mems colleges and college girls. Re-
plying specifically to recent attack
upon the higher education of women
by DR.. Stanley Hall, President Taylor.
addressing the Vassar alumnae, said:
You college women are being objected
to again, as you were fifty years ago.
You are told your training makes you
unhealthy and unwomanly. Now, I've
been watching the health of the college
girls for years, and 1 never saw ro-
buster, healthier, heartier lot than these
college girls.
They do things no one ought to do. and
they come out healthy. They don't even
wear hats any more. They go skating
without hats coasting without hats and
they go everywhere without hats except
into town. The modern girl wears not
only the simplest, thinnest of shirt waists.
but she throws her coat open when It's
20 degrees below zero. We don't know
what she's made of, but she stands 1t ana
Is healthy and strong.
President Taylor thinks that college
girls make as good showing In moth
erhood statistics as do other women
and that the talk about excessive men,
tally among college women is mis-
placed. Concluding, he said:
don't know what is the best kind OF
education. l never have been able to dis
cover that girls minds were not able to
take the same kind Of education as their
brothers, but 1 do know girls can talk
about better and larger things than can
boys, whose conversation has narrowed
and narrowed to discussions OF football
and baseball players. The college girl u
just the natural girl, only little better
trained.
Women's colleges are here to stay.
and the question of the best kind OF
training for girls will settle itself after
trial as in other departments Of higher
education
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-21
HE SINGS PRAISE OF SPORT.
Cleveland Declares Fisherman and the
Hunter, Born, Not Made.

NEW YORK, April 21.-fn the first
number of Country Calendar, a maya
zine devoted to the problems and en-
thusia SINS of country loving persons
Grover Cleveland makes valiant de-
tense of hunting and fishing, and Incl
dentally enters a personal rejoinder to
the accusation that he uses his sports
mans expeditions as a cloak for dissi-
patton. He writes as follows:
IT am sure that it is not necessary
for me at this late day to dwell upon
the fact that 1 am an enthusiast in my
devotion to hunting and fishing, as
we'll as any other kind of outdoor re-
creation. 1 am so proud of this devo-
ton that if my sporting proclivities
have at times subjected me to criti-
cisms and petty forms of persecution
do not harbor a shadow of desire
that my steadfasaness be looked upon
as manifesting the courage of martyr
dom.
'On the contrary, I regard these
criticisms and prosecutions as nothing
more serious than great stings suffered
on the bank of a stream, to be borne
with patience.
"Thus, when short fishing excur-
sions, in which 1 have sought relief
from killing vexations and perplexi-
ties of official duty, nave been de-
nounced in mendacious newspapers as
dishonest devices to cover scandalous
revelry, I nave been able to enjoy a
sort Of pieasurable contempt for the
author of the accusation, while con-
graduating myself on the mental and
physical restoration I had derived from
these excursions.
so also, when people, more mis-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-21
ADVANCE GUARD OF CRIMINALS
BOUND FOR PORTLAND
BEGIN TO ARRIVE.
Police Spot Criminals and Give Them
the Run Out Of Town-Gang In
cIudes Well Known Criminals.

dips" "yegg" men, all-round crooks
and confidence men are quietly arriv-
ing in Walla Walla waiting for the
Lewis and Clark exposition to open at
Portland where they expect to find
rich picking among the crowds at
tending the fair. Just as fast as these
criminals arrive they are being quiet
ly gathered in by the police and placed
aboard of outgoing trains.
The four women picked up by the
police in the Rose street alley a few
nights ago and run out of town, were
criminals now headed for the coast,
many of whom are bound for Walla
Walla where they expect to loiter un-
til the Portland fair opens. The dope
fiend, Redmond, arrested yesterday,
was in Walla Walla with a gang of
dips last summer at the time Ring
lings' circus showed mere, and although
no particular crime could be fastened
on him the police believe ne had a
hand in the wholesale pocket picking
which was carried on among the
crowds at the circus grounds.
Tine police unerringly pick out
these criminals, descriptions of many
Of them having already been sent
broadcast to the authorities by the
eastern detective agencies and chiefs
of police. Yesterday three strangers
dropped off the o. r. &, N. east bound
| train and were Immediately spotted by
the police. Their actions were SO
closely watched that they became sus-
picious and left on an early afternoon
train.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-21
ENTHUSIASTS PLANNING FOR
BIG MEETING At PENDlE.
TON NEXT MONTH.
WaIla Wallans Will Attend-Funds
for Holding Meeting Already
Arranged For.

Senator c. j. Smith. in behalf Of
the board of managers Of the CONNER
cial association, is now in commune
cation with Judge J. H. Scott, of
Marion county, in regard to the hold
ing of a good roads convention at this
place, and it is very probable that such
a meeting will be held here May 10
or 20, says the Pendleton East Ore
gonian. Judge Scott is the president
of the Oregon Good Roads associa-
ton and at the last session of the
legislature $500 was voted for the pur-
pose of holding four good roads con-
ventions at different places in the state
during the present year. Two of these
Pass and one at Roseburg, and it is
understood that the third will be given
to eastern Oregon, the meeting place
to be Pendleton.
At the request of Judge Scott the
board of managers of the Commercial
association has suggested May 10 or 20
as a suitable day for the meeting and
should the dates suggested be accept
able to the good roads people there
the convention will be called for that
time.
All of the county judges of east
ern Oregon are to be invited to attend
the convention and all of the supervi-
sors of this county will be requested
to be present, besides all others who
are interested in the subject. Besides
Judge Scott there will be present DR..
N. G. Blalock, of Walla Walla, and J.
H. Abbott, government road expert
who is now stationed at Walla Walla.
1t is expected that the convention will
be productive of many good results.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-21
OFFICER SHOOTS BUCODA MAN
l.. L. Lusher Accused of a DiabolicaI
Crime.

OLYMPIA, April 21.-Deputy
Sheriff w. P. Vance shot L. L. Lusher,
an employe of the Mutual Lumber
company's mill at Bucoda, inflicting a
dangerous but not necessarily fatal
wound.
Lusher was wanted for a fiendish
crime the repeated criminal assault of
an aged Bucoda woman, with robbery
added, and was shot while resisting
arrest. He was making a move as
though to draw a gun when Deputy
Sheriff Vance fired, the bullet striking
the apex of the lung. The injured
prisoner was brought to Olympia.
The crime which Lusher is accused
of is most revolving. Last Friday a
man appeared at the farmhouse of Mrs.
P. Northcraft, a well-known widow
residing near Bucoda, and at the
point of a revolver compelled her and
her son to submit to being bound hand
and foot. He then searched the house,
securing SO in money and some jew
elry Returning, ne united Mrs.
Northcraft, who was almost paralyzed
with fear, and assaulted her. With
oaths of vengeance if they dared to
tell of his crime the fiend is said to
have left the house, only to return la
ter and again made Mrs. Northcraft
his victim.
So terrified was she by the threats
that it was not until yesterday even
ing that she told of the matter to the
officials.
Deputy Sheriff Vance went out to
Bucoda, and after what he deemed a
thorough Identification prepared to ar
rest Lusher, who was working in the
mill at Bucoda. Lusher, Vance says,
refused to comply with his demand and
the officer told him to throw up his
hands. He says he gave him warn
ing three times, and when Lusher
continued to make hostile moves the
deputy fired.
A physician at Bucoda was sum-
moned soon after the shooting and at
tended to the wants of the injured man
until his removal to Olympia.
Nothing is known of Lusher's past
life. He has been at Bucoda but a
short time.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-21
A Noble Relic In Danger.

Military necessity knows no law ana
no sentiment either. Progress in ar
mament has rendered old Fort McHen-
nv, at Baltimore, obsolete, and the re-
port is that the birthplace Of "The
Star Spangled Banner" must go. 1t is
said in Europe that this country can
not be great because ut has no ruins"
It has a history, and Fort McHenry
is a historic landmark with most glo-
rious memory. The heroic defense OF
the post turned the tide In the British
campaign on the Atlantic coast in 1914.
an event which inspired Francis Scott
Key to write our national anthem.
The only way to have ruins" to
mark our stored past is to respect the
popular veneration for historic sites
and piles. The people love them and
mourn over their destruction or neg
lect. Our civil war battlefelds are be-
ing preserved as hallowed ground
Their associations are near to Us, and
vet It would be unfair to assume that
the sentiment evolved by them IL the
narrow one of self Qualification. Fort
McHenry is a link between tho ctv1
war era and the more distant Rsvolu-
ton. It recalls the first condict Of tho
United States as nation