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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-10
THREE INcoMPETENTs.
Editor Souvenir Locates the Respon-
sibiIity of the War.

Editor SouVorin Locates the Respon-
sibiIity of the War
St. Petersburg, Feb an. Souvorir,
editor of the NOvoe Nremya in a pes
simistic review of the first year Of the
war. in tCday's issue of his paper, at
tributes the responsibility for the Rus
sian disasters firstly 10 Foreign Minis
ter Lamsdorff. former Viceroy Alexieff
and Baron ROsen. late Russian minis
ter 70 Japan. whom he accuses of
dra wing Russia into a terrific war by
complete ignorance of the true state Of
affairs in the far east. NJ. souvenir
declares the reason for the fan OF Port
Arthur before the complete exhaustion
of its means of resistance was the death
Of Major General Kondratenko. who
was the real hero of the defense of the
fortress. and who filed both the civil
and military men with courage. while
Lieutenant General Stoessel only man
ifested civil courage
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DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.

Birmingham, Ala. Feb. "a terrific
explosion at the dynamite plant of the
Dupont Powder company at BOyles
Gap. five miles north of this city. to-
night. wrecked the plant and broke
windows and extinSuished all lights
within a radius of two miles. but so far
as learned no one was killed. The shock
was distinctly felt from one end OF
Jones valley TO the other a distance OF
twenty-five miles.
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given Russian military contracts in
preference to French firms because the
prices of the latter were considerably
higher. The minister said it was abso-
lutely false that the Germans had
" hen negotiating the last German loan.
imposed the condition that German
firms should receive Russian military
contracts.
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McCuE MUST HANG.

; Washington Feb. 9-Justice Har- ::
: ian of the supreme court of the ::
: nited States tonight denied an ap- ::
: piication for writ of error in the ::
!. case of j. Samuel McCue the former ::
: mayor of charlottesville. Va. who is ::
!. under sentence of death and is to be ::
!. hanged tomorrow for the murder of ::
!. his wife. Justice Harlan based his ::
!. denial on the ground that no federal ::
: question was presented in the appli- ::
; cation for the writ :.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-10
OLD STORY REVIVED.
Russian Grand Duke to Succeed Ku-
ropatkin.

ropatkin.
Berlin. Feb. 9.-The LokaI Anzeiger
says it learns that Grand Duke Mich
oIas Nicholaievitch viii, in a few days,
be sent TO Manchuria either to relieve
General Kuropatkin or be viceroy, and
that Kuropatkin will have to report to
him. Prince Leopold Of Prussia. it is
added, viii go with him. Emperor
Nicholas. IL is understood. telegraphed
an invitation to Prince Leopold. The
latter intended to go TO Manchuria as
an observer in September last. but the
Siberian railway was then regarded as
unsafe.
The report that Grand Duke Nicholas
NichOlaieVitch may succeed General
KurOpatkin or be appointed cOmman-
der-in-chief of the Russian forces in
the far east was first circulated in Sep
TENDER last.
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Especial to The Heraid.)

IAI ASHINGTON, Feb. 9.--It is prac-
w tically settled that the final de-
cision by the senate in the
Smoot case will not be reached at the
present session of congress. and the
hest that is hoped for by those who
favor an early settlement of the case
is that the report of the committee
" hich heard the testimony and argu-
ment will be presented during the pres
ent session. Business now before the
senate which must be passed upon be-
fore the close of congress will occupy
the entire time allotted. and night ses-
siOns will be necessary to get through
with it.
Debate Is Expected.
Senator Burrows. while anxious TO
secure an early ending of the matter.
is of the opinion that the case is one
which should receive the same full and
thorough consideration and discussion
in the senate as it has in committee.
L is his opinion that many. senators
will desire to speak on the question,
and that all senators will desire to
give the testimony, briefs of counsel
and reports of the committee thorough
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Debate is Expected.
RIVALRY is INTENSE
Germany Gets Russian Orders as
Well as Turkish Away
From France.

Constantinople. Feb. 9.-The Frankie
Turkish dispute. it is now understood.
viii be compromised, France securing
an order for a share of the new guns
destined for the rearnament of Tur-
klsh artillery. Following the vigorous
steps taken by Ambassador Constants,
Tewfik Pasha, the foreign minister.
submitted to the ambassador fresh pro-
posals whereby the Germans viii find
the money to pay the Krupps the ar
rears owed by Turkey for previous
armament and for a portion of the
new batteries, while part of the loan is
10 be contracted for by the Ottoman
bank. which viii be devoted to pur-
chasing the remainder of the guns
in France. This, together with the
settlement of the Syrian railway situa-
ton. will. it is believed. be satisfac-
tory to the French demands.
Paris, Feb "a dispatch to the Ma
tin from St. Petersburg says Finance
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: Charlottesville, Va, Feb. IL
!: The execution of Former Mayor
; Samuel l.. McCue will take place
!. about Z O'Clock tomorrow morning.
: McCue tonight said farewell for :
: the last time to his children and
:. relatives. Breathing an atmos-
: phere of intense religion. he pro-
: fesses to see nothing in his ap-
!: preaching end but a grateful re-
: lease
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n ES MONIES, Feb. Eight coaches
of the Overland Limited on the
Chicago, Milwaukee K St. Paul
railway, which left Chicago last night
for the west, crashed through a prid-e
a mile and a half west of Melbourne
early today Conductor Marsh was
killed and twenty-five persons injured
The Killed.
H II. Marsh, conductor
Most Seriously Hurt.
f. II. Reid. Perry; hips and legs
G. A. Morris, brakeman.
George w La Roy, baggagcman,
Chicago: leg. shoulder and head.
G w. Jensen, mail clerk, Cedar Rap
ids; breast.
David NJ Way, Marion junction. S.
D.; knee crushed, nose broken, teeth
Knocked out.
g s. Lawson, mail clerk. Marion:
generally bruised, side of face injured
d A Hallgan, MoorIand, Ia; back
and kidneys.
Clarence Ongman, Chicago; leg bad
~ bruised.
Anna Disinger. Perry; eye and hand
cut
Minnie A. Taylor, Sheridan, y; cut
about head. side injured
]. P Wixel, Chicago; scalp wound,
hand and ankle fractured
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Paris, Feb. "a dispatch to the Ma
tin from St Petersburg says Finance
Minister Kokcysoff, in the course of an
interview, said German firms had been
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IAI ASHINGTON, Feb. st is prac-
Wv tically settled that the final de-
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Debate Closed BY Hepburn.

Mr. Hepburn. Iowa chairman Of the
, committee on interstate and foreign
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Yo,tr committee desires. however, while
disavOwinE any intention 10 cast reflec1
tiOn upon the lsbors of this commission
to express its dlsapproval or the SroW-
inc practice of creating deficits in mat
teTs of this character, and TO recommend
that future legislation be so framed as
10 render Impossible such a condition.
legislatures are, always called upon Tor
much more money than is available for
nublfc purposes. and whenever Officiai>
charged with the disbursement of rnq
revenues shall 90 beyond the respective
amounts appropriated to them the pubic
service must suffer in some other brancilr
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20
2ATURDAY.

Andrew Carnegie has given $1,000
for. library at Lawrence university,
the Wisconsin Methodist college at APP
pleton. Work on the new structure
will commence in the spring.
A dispatch received at Halifax from
Glace Bay. NJ. s., States. that the
Gloucester schooner Landseer was
sunk in collision IN Bay Of Islands,
N. F., last Sunday and five Of her crew
were lost The men lost are said to
have been Norwegia1s.
The United States senate committee
on military affairs considered inform
ally the bill to restore the army can
teen. Senator Cockrell says the bill
proposed principally to permit the sale
of beer at army posts and that there
could be no grave objection to it.
The president has approved the SEN
tence of a general courtmartial dis
missing Major Harry L. Rees, paymas-
ter in the army, from the service. He
was tried at Vancouver Barracks,
Wash, on charges of making false re-
ports, embezzlement and conduct I'M
becoming an officer and a gentleman.
Count Pueckler, Cermany's most
noted Jew batter, has been sentenced
in one of the courts of Berlin to six
months in jail for public Indictment to
disobedience of laws and violence Of
one class against another. Count
Pueckler informed the court that he
had a special mission from God to lead
an anti-Jewish propaganda.
Major-General Arthur Macarthur,
commanding the Pacific division at
San Francisco, will leave shortly with
permission of Japan, for Manchuria to
observe the operations of the Japanese
troops in the war with Russia. Gen.
MacArthur's successor is undeter-
mined.
Gov. Beckham of Kentucky has
granted stay Of execution until July
in the case Of George Holland, SEN
fenced to hang here today for compile.
ity in the murder of an unknown white
man near Pembroke Nov. IA, 1903. Re-
spite was requested by attorneys for
the prosecution, who hope to use Hol.
lands confession against other me.
groes indicted for the crime.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20
Married His grandmother.

There lived in the village of Arreton,
Isle Of Wight many years ago young
man who was betrothed to q young
woman. Both were poor and in humble
life, but the grandfather of the young
man had money, and he fell in love
with the young woman and proposed
marriage to her. The girl told he:
lover. He was displeased, but. having
pondered over the dilemma, saw way
to extricate himself and his sweetheart
from the same. Marry him." said he
to the girl. "He is rich. He cannot live
long. When he dies you'll have his
money, and I'll have you" She took
the advice. BY the marriage she be-
came the young mans grandmother.
Not long after the old man died, and
then she wedded. her first betrothed.
Cure the cough and save the life.
DIR. Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures
cough and colds, down to the very verge
Of consumption.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20
SUMMARY OF NEWS
Happenings Of the World In
Brief Dispatches.
MONDAY.

Robert Swain Clifford, the landscape
painter, is dead of angina pectoris at
his home, 1852 West 57th street, New
York. :.
1t is reported that 100 fishermen will
be sent to Port Arthur from Toxic to
assist in clearing the harbor and vi
cinity Of mines.
1t is reported from Krlstokoff, Rus
sia, that at revolutionary demon
stration there on Jan. g there was
much singing and distribution O; revo-
lutionary proclamations. A police SER
geant was killed and Dragon wound
ed. The murderer was arrested.
Gen. Reuben Williams, editor of the
Northern Indianan and Daily Times of
Warsaw, Ind, Is dead at his home in
Warsaw as result of exposure He
was 70 years of age and had edited the
Northern Indianan for fifty years, be-
ing one Of the Oldest editors in the
state.
Three Hungarian martyrs, Poucrez,
Grodecz and Christine, we're beatifed
Sunday at st. Peters in Rome in the
presence of 1000 worshippers, includ-
ing many Americans. This is the last
function of it's kind in connection with
the festivities incident to the jubilee
of the dogma of the immaculate con-
ception.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20
THURSDAY.

The foreign Office of France has re-
ceived dispatch from Shanghai an
nouncing that China has cancelled the
concession of leading British firm
for building the railroad from Swallow
to Chaochou and has regranted the
concession to Japanese company.
Surrogate Edward Jackson of Min
coils, L. l., has appointed Mrs. Roose.
vel. wife Of President Theodore
Roosevelt, guardian of her children,
Kermit and Ethel c., in connection
with the legacy of $4,000 left to each
# them in the will of james King Ora
Gle, Of Oyster Bay.
Secretary of War Taft has trans
mitted to the house Of representatives
q report of the survey of the waterway
connecting lakes Huron and Superior,
which estimates the total cost of i'm
proving the waterway at $4,000, 900.
OF this sum $4,5O0,OOO already. has
been appropriated. Secretary Taft
makes no recommendation.
According to private advices re-
ceived by a German paper from mis-
sionary sources, an uprising of natives
has occurred i'm the Congo Free State.
The focus of the trouble is In the up
per Reaches Of the Congo river, where,
1t is reported, all the whites have been
murdered. Catholic missionaries and
Missions are said to have suffered
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20
CALEDONIA Farmers, Club.

The Caledonia Farmers Club met
at the pleasant home of Mr.. and Mrs
James Simeon, near Corunna, Thurs
day, Jan. II, with goodly number IL
attendance.
The meeting was called to order al
eleven a. m with the new president
George Kentfeld, In the chair. Prayer
by the chaplain, Mrs. J. B. Eldredge
Song by the club entitled, "The Old
Old Story" First order of bushes!
was the election of director which
fell to Mr.. Magoffin. The following
committees were appointed:
Question box james Simeon.
Musician. and Mrs. James Simeon
and Mrs. Jarvis.
Pfogram-Mr. and Mrs. E. d,
YoupgS, Messrs. Wood and Kentield.
Sick-Mr. Wright, Mesdames Sim.
con, Wood and Youngs.
Reception-Mr. and Mrs. Wright,
Mr.. and Mrs. Simeon.
Mrs j. B. Eldredge was reelected
chaplain and Mrs. e. d. Youngs cor.
responding secretary.
The club adjourned for dinner 10
which all did ample justice, and-after
the social hour, the meeting was gain
called to order and the general pro-
gram taken up.
Resolved, That the American negro
has received more cruel treatment at
the hands of the whites than the
American Indian. The Affirmative,
Mr.. Magoffin. Negative, FL. Oliver.
Discussed by Mr. Simeon and Mrs. @.
Hume. The negative not being ready
to respond, the question was carried
over to next meeting.
A recitation by Mrs. G.. Kentfeld
which was thoroughly enjoyed.
Song by Mrs. Jas. Simeon. "Ur-
broken Vows"
The question box was then taken up
and several questions thoroughly dis
cussed.
j. Simeon then sang song entitled,
paddle Your Own Canoe"
The club then adjourned to meet
with Mr.. and Mrs. e. d. Youngs,
Maple River, Feb. "a, 1905.
MRS. E. D. YoUNes, Cor Secy.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20
TUESDAY,.

Bishop John Bryant Small, orc of
the best known negro bishops in this
country, is dead at his home in York,
Pa, after an illness of ten days
For the first time in several years
people are walking across the Mlssis-
sippi river at Cairo, Ill. The ice is
from four to nine inches thick Navi-
cation is still open between Paducah
and Cairo.
In the Porto Rican legislature Mon
day bill declaring for independence
under an American protectorate was
killed. The bill was introduced by a
member of the unionist party, but the
republicans supported it and it was de-
feated by unionist votes.
Government officers have arrested
Elmer R. Smith, drug clerk, at St.
Louis on the charge of defrauding the
postoffice department out of $500 by
raising postoffice orders in order to
obtain money" while acting as sub
station postoffice clerk
The first presidency Of the Mormon
church at Salt Lake City has issued
formal and positive instructions to the
presidents of states and to bishops and
superintendent of classes in religion,
forbidding further use of public build
ings for tho teaching Of the doctrine
of the church.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20
WEDNES DAY.

A delegation of fifteen Pueblo, New
Mexico, Indians have arrived in Wash.
ington to endeavor to secure congress
sional legislation preventing proposed
territorial taxation Of their properties
Miss Catherine Margaret Dix, daugh.
ter of Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix, was mar.
ried in Trinity church, New York
Tuesday, to William H. Wheelock, the
ceremony being performed by the
brides father, the rector of Trinity.
1t is reported that the Dalai Lama
who fed from Tibet when the Young
husband expedition entered the sacred
city, and who is now at Nrga, intends
going to Kiakhta for the purpose OF ne
gotiating with the Russian govern
ment.
A special dispatch says the Spanish
bark Ell Victoria, with crew of six
teen men from Tampico, Mex, to Fer
nandina, Fla, went ashore near Palm
Beach. The captain and ten men of
the crew were drowned while attempt
ing to reach shore.
The official investigation into the
cause of death Of Gabriel Syveton, the
member of the French chamber Of dep
uties who was found dead in his apart
ments at Neuilly Dec. under sus-
picious circumstances, has resulted in
a report favorable to suicide according
to the version of Madame Syveton, wife
of the deceased.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20
HOFFMAN SENTENCED.
Wayne's Coroner Given Four Years In
jackson Prison.

Detroit, Mich, Jan. 17.---In tho pres
ence Of few friends, relatives, law
yers and court attaches, Judge MUIR
..phy' Monday sentenced ex-Coroner and
Sheriff-elect John Hoffman of Wayne
county to serve four years at hard Ia
Dor in Jackson prison on the chal ge
Of robbing the state in certain state
cases while Hoffman was acting as
coroner.
In an address, in which he bitterly
attacked the methods employed. by
Hoffman in office, Judge Murphy told
the prisoner he was more than thief
and, in fact, was public enemy.
"The evidence is overwhelming that
you debauched your trust and d, liber-
Dtely robbed the state during the two
years during which the people sup
posed you were serving them"
Immediately after being sentenced
Hoffman's attorneys, O'Hsra and Will
kins, hurried away to lansing and
there secured an order from the SUI
preme court for a stay Of proceedings
until Wednesday afternoon.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20

You frequently hear mention of dead
languages Well, some facts are even
deader, but these are not the kind that
The Tribune Almanac deals in. By
way of verifying that. just take
cursory glance over the issue for 1905.
which is now on sale. 1t is not an Al
itanac in the dictionary sense of the
word. Nut is really "a ready reference
and guide book. containing everything
that such compilation ought to have.
And the material has been garnered and
sifted and tested with the utmost care
so as to secure absolute accuracy, or at
least get as near to it as honest, pains
taking endeavor will bring one.
Herein will be found a perfect gold
mine of information on topics of inter
est, not only to every American, but
likewise to all who care to know about
us, our laws, population, officials. and
so forth. (And, by the way, if'you
have any friends in Europe, just send
them copy and see if they don't ap-
preciate 1T.
There isn't anything missing in the
way of records which the average man
will want to know abouta It. doesn't
matter what the subject-pension legis-
lation, sporting statistics, facts about
universities, colleges, patriotic societies,
population, public officials, to say moth
ing of condensed guide of WORK
City, map of the underground railroad
system, showing the location Of stations,
and table telling railroad distances,
fares, etc.
In fact, it is really not an exaggera-
ton to say that of hundred and one
things sane person wants to know, at
least ninety-nine will be found in The
Tribune Almanac.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20
500 Reward 500

The reader as of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constiru-
tional disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, and giving the patient
assisting nature In doing it's work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that thew offer One Hundred Dollars for
testimonials
Address f. j CHENEY & Co.. Toledo. Ohm
Sold by all Druggists. 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constitution.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20
gafAA!u.-
especially.
FRIDAY.

AT Noifolk,, Neb., 26 below zero was
reported Friday, the coolest weather
in that vicinity for MANY years. In
Omaha the thermometer registered "
below zero.
Mrs. Roosevelt gave her first large
social tea of the season at the White
House Friday afternoon from to o
O'Clock. There was very large at
tendance of official and resident So
ciety.
DR.. Albert G. Carr, one Of the most
prominent physicians in Durham, NC,
has committed suicide. DR.. Carr was
"a years old and a brother OF Gen.
Julian s. Carr, one Of the wealthiest
men in North Carolina.
Chief Edward F. Croker Of the New
York fire department has recommend
ed to Fire Commissioner, N. j. Hayes
that steps be taken at once to prohibit
the use OF all fireworks except fire
crackers on July 4.
The condition of Bishop John L..
Spalding of Peoria, ILL.,, who was
stricken with paralysis last week, is
much improved. He has recovered the
use of his limbs, with the exception Of
the left leg, which still gives him
trouble.
]. W. Brooke, banker Of North
Liberty, Ind, has been arrested on
charge of embezzlement. He stated
that the shortage in his accounts
would probably be about $4,000, but
that he could realize enough on securi-
ties to reduce this amount to $500. He
gave bond in the sum of $1,000.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20
FELL THROUGH ICE.
Sleigh Load Of Men Take Cold PIung.
Into River Raisln.

Monroe, Mich, jan 17.-While a
sleigh load of sportsmen were return
ing at dusk last night from the matt
nee races held on the Raisin river in
the afternoon, the ice gave way and
the entire. party, together with the
horses, were precipitated into the swift
current.
Ice cutters, who were working near
by, rushed to the rescue with ropes
and pike poles, and after an hours
hard work thirty-fve dripping men
'had been pulled from the water. 1t is
not known exactly how many were in
the party, and two hats which were re-
covered and are unclaimed by any of
the people lead to the belief the,
least two sportsmen may have gone to
their death and that their bodies lave
been carried beneath the ice.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20
Babe Left on Doorstep.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. 1S.-A week
old boy was found on the doorstep of
the boarding. house Of Mrs. Ellen
Vrandimore the other night. Nothing
could be established as to the childs
identity, and he was taken to the city
hospital.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20
Killed by a Falling Tree.

Cadillac, Mich, Jan. 18.-William
Hayter, one of Wexford county's pio-
neer farmers, was killed on his farm
in Cherry Grove township while load
ing logs. He was struck on the head
by falling stub of tree, and leaves
a widow and seven children.