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The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
TRIES TO sLAckMAlL ARMOUR
Former em?!cye Ct Packer Steals Let
ters from iFiles.

Former Emo!cye Of Packer Steals Let
ters from Files.
CHICAGO-Williah s. McSwain and
W. S. Cole. his brotherin-law. were ar
rested here today. charged with at
temp'ingto blackmail J. Ogden Armour
and othep- members of Armour & Co..
for $4,000 in connection with the
Beef trust examination. with letters
they are alleged to have stolen from
the files of the company. McSwain
was employed by Armour & Co.. for
four years as a stenographer and in
that way had access to part of the
mail of the packing company. Since
the recent beef investigation was be-
gun it is charged he has taken letters
from the files of the concern. Three
weeks ago. it is alleged. he approached
Mr.. Armour and threatened to turn
the letters over to the federal author
tiles unless he was paid $4,000. Mr..
Armour refused to listen to the man,
and McSwain. it is said, made sim
liar demands on other members of the
company. Beth men are now under
arrest.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
CHANGERS ROAST GRATING.
Patrons Of Husbandry Say Men Of In
fiuence Should Be Punished.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.-Illegiti.
mate profits formed the leading theme
of the report of the executive commit
tee of the National Grange. Patrons
of Husbandry which was presented
at Fridays session of the convention.
This evil" the report states. has
invaded even the homes in the form
of adulterated foods and has become
so formidable that government action
must be taken to curb it's growth"
The report also scores dishonesty in
politics saying:
Do not imagine the graft evil
curbed or the public appeased by
sending few pOstOffice lOoters to
prison while grafters of millions Oc.
cupy positions of trust. or hold down
seats in the United States senate.
making grating the surest road to
prosperity and fame No man, because
he is stronger than another in body
and mind, has any right to take from
another.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
THE square DEAL" PHRASE
BEING WORKED VIGOROUSLY Y

WASHINGTON-T words of the
president. square DEAL" are being
worked vigorously by many persons
who have cid claims or requests upon
the government. Many of the cases
which are known in the departments
as 'Old slugs." because of the many
times they have been considered and
rejected. have again been presented
with a demand for a square deal"
"A officer of the navy. to whom all
such cases in the war department are
referred for report. says that all these
claims for reinstatement in the service
or for advanced retrial rank. or claims
for property taken. all of which have
heretofore been passed upon and de-
cided adversely to the claimant, set
out that what they ask now is a
square DEAL" and many of them in
sist that their requests be presented to
the president.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
Too Late to Sort Cats.

Jim Crocker lived in an old tum-
ble-down house in little town in
Massachusetts. The cellar windows
being broken out, an opportunity was
afford to stray cats to run in and
out, and sometimes there would be
quite a congregation.
We lost our pet cat one evening, and
thinking she might have joined the
happy thrOng, we sent our man over
TO ask Uncle Jim" if he would take a
look and see if she was among the
number. He was generally pretty
good d-natured, but this time he was out
of sorts. for he said:
Your cat may be there. or she may
not be, but I amt a-gOing to light up
no lamp and go down in that cellar
this time Of night sorting out cats
for nobody, SO there.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
MANY MEN AFTER
JOB OF PAYMASTER

WASHINGTON N-Within two days
after the announcement was made
from the Navy department that a
competitive examination will be held
for applicants to vacancies in the pay
corps, 1873 applications came to the de-
partment from young men in twenty
one different states in the unicn. Penn
sylvania ard Illinois furnished the
longest lists of young men who are
ambitious to secure raymaster's
commission. Judging by the number
already received. the department ex-
poets to be deluged with letters from
those seeking to enter the corps. AS
there are but twelve vacancies. the de-
partment will have ample material to
draw from.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
Wall Street Honesty.

John Alexander Dowie. before he
set out for his Mexican colony. talked
about Wall street honesty. In con-
clusiOn he said:
Yes, my friend. the honesty Of
these financiers reminds me of that of
the tramp who found a purse.
Two tramps entered a railroad STA
tiOn to get drink of ice water. and
one of them, seeing a richly-dressed
woman drop her pocket book, picked
it up and returned it to her.
His companion was enraged and
shocked.
Don't you know better he cried.
that to give back a purse like that?
Why didn't you keep it for yourself.
you dolt?'
"'Ah, JOhn,' said the other. hon
esty is the best policy when a police
man is lookin'. an, besides. there was
nothin' in the purse"
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
The Dentist and the Alligator.

Roy Farrell Greene. the president
of the American Society Of Curio Col
lectors. told at a dinner of dentists an
appropriate story.
"A Dentist" he said, was once
travelling in the East. and in the
Ganges his boat overturned and he
was obliged to strike out for the
shore.
"As the dentist swan sturdily
through the muddy water an enor.
nous alligator suddenly rose up be-
fore him. The alligator opened its
enormous jaws. and the next instant
would have been the dentists last.
Only-just In time-the man hap
pened to notice the great reptiles
sharp. white teeth. and an idea struck
him.
He drew a probe from his pocket,
and, pressing it into the allisator's
gums, he said:
"'DOes this hurt you?'
"The alligator screamed with pain,
and the dentist, amid it's great agony.
made good his escape"
Inquirer.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
WANT MORE men
WHAT THE CHIEF OF ARTILLERY
HAS TO OFFER.
NOT SATISFIED WITH DEFENSES
He Would Have the Field Artillery
Organized on the Basis ct Not Less
Than Six Batteries to Regiment.

WASHINGTON-G Samuel II.
Mills. chief of artillery. says that ior
manning the coast defenses of the
United States a force consisting OF l.
754 officers and 41.S33 enlisted men is
needed, while the corps has at pres
ent only SIS Officehs and 1874 men.
He also estimated that the cost OF in
stallation of fire control equipment tcr
coast artillery will be S7,G0O.0OO. Fol-
lowing the advice contained in let
ter of President Roosevelt to the Sec
retary OF war, dated March 13. 1905. in
which the president designated nine
specific subjects relative to the organ
izatiOn and training of the artillery
arm of the service. the annual report
of General Mills makes the following
recommendations:
The separation of the coast and field
artillery; provision for submarine mine
defense; an increase of the coast ar
tillery for gun defense; the proper Or
ganiZation CT the coast artillery; ade-
quate pay for technically skilled en-
listed men of the artillery: an in
crease of the field artillery: the proper
organization for promotion of artillery
officers OF all grades: increased ap-
preparations for target practice by both
branches OF the artillery.
General Mills says that of the 1876
companies of coast artillery. forty
seven are without captains and thirty
one without the prescribed lieutenants.
These officers are absent on various
duties. He says that it is important
that the coast artillery companies
should be commanded by captains.
General Mills refers to the joint ex-
ercises of the army and navy which
were held in Chesapeake bay last
summer and says that the value and
interest was greatly increased by rea-
son of the fact that they gave an op-
pOrtrnity to test the methods of fire
control and other systems adopted by
the coast artillery. He recommends
that Joint exercises he recommended
for the year 1907. because such ex-
ercises afford the only opportunity that
the artillery has for drilling and prac-
ticing with complete units" higher
than a battery. The joint exercises,
he says, emphasized the inappropriate
ness of the present company Organiza-
tiOn of the coast artillery. and he rec
ommends that the present company
organization of the coast artillery, and
he recommends that the present COM
pany organization be abolished and
that the present coast artillery be
made to consist of specified officers
and enlisted men. He also recon-
mends the separation Of the field ar
tillery be organized in regiments of
six batteries each. with an increase
Of eighteen in the present number Of
field batteries
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
Henderson's New Treatment

DUBUQUE. Ia.-With his aged
brother as a nurse. heroic measures
are being taken to prolOng the life OF
ex-speaker David Henderson A. G.
Henderson. a trained nurse of many
years experience. is wrapping his
brother in scorching blankets in order
to draw the blood from the head and
produce better circulation. Ordinarily
medical treatment has been aban
doned and under the new treatment
which the speakers brother had tried
before with success, no Opiates are
needed.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
Granqe:s to Back President,

ATLANTIC CITY. N. IA move
ment to throw the entire organized
farming interests of the country to the
support of President Roosevelt in his
efforts for an adjustment of railroad
tariffs began at today's session OF the
National Grange Patrons of Hus5an-
dry. Three resolutions. all Of them in
trOduced with the idea of unifying the
agricultural strength. We're introduced,
and after spirited discussions were re-
ferred to committees for revision and
amendment.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
FLED BEFORE woMAN's PISTOL
rl3W Mrs. Reader Put Stop to lmpu-
denee Of Peruvian.

rl3W Mrs. Reader Put Stop to lmpu-
denee Of Peruvian.
In her story of Ella Rawls Reader,
Financier," contributed in Every
body's. Juliet WibOr Tompkins tells
the following incident Of a struggle Of
Mrs. Readers In Peru:
after eight months of useless
struggle she went to out Callao, which
Is about half an hour by rail from
Lima. with her Peruvian lawyer.
Scotch interpreter. and American en-
gineer. and forced the manager to
open the warehouses and let her make
an inspection of the machinery. The
manager had met her with his law
yers, and the hour for argument be-
fore she gained her point had been
something of q strain. During the
whole process Peruvian on the Hag-
gin side had been standing close to
Mrs. Reader, his little. narrowed eyes
staring with that deliberate insOlence
only Latins can accomplish. The
company went out into the warerOOm
where the machinery lay and the diff
hCuAl UuSiueSS vi u hurried Inspection
went forward. but still the bullying
stare never ceased. After about two
hours of it, the fine edge Of that hid
den temper of her suddenly sprang up.
She whiried on him with n blaze Of
words that needed no interpreter. and
all at once his stare was being re-
turned by fierce little pistol held
in a strong white hand and quite
ready for business.
THE gentleman OF Peru neither
apologized nor retracted: he incOn-
tinently fed. And he was not the only
one. Like shadows the men fitted
out of the dusky warehouse, leaving
the dangerous woman a clear field.
When she looked about there was no
one in sight but two Irish porters. and
in their eyes were sympathetic twin
kles. meeting which. Mrs. Reader
could only sink down helpless with
laughter and put up her pistol"
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
RUNNING A GROCERY
AS CHRIST WOULD DO

SIOUX CITY, Ia.-Running a gro-
proved a success in the case of Rev.
w. IL. HOare. for his grocery closed
its doors. Two years ago Rev. Mr.
Hoare left the ministry to engage in
the grocery business. He firmly be-
lieved the principles of Christ could
be applied to the grocery to the salts
faction even of Rev. Charles NJ. Shell
don. However. after two years, he
found he could not compete with the
more worldly men who were running
the other groceries. and he decided
to give uD the attempt.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
Chauffeur to be Reinstated.

WASHINGTON Walker ElGr;dse,
the chauffeur who was dismissed from
the government service for miseon-
duct which came under the personal
observation of President Roosevelt.
will be reinstated in his old position at
the end of two months from the date
of his dismissal. The exercise of len
iency by President Roosevelt is due to
.Eldr:dge's excellent record in the
Philippines, to the fact that his father
was a veteran of the civil war and to
the additional fact that his wife is an
invalid.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
Not a Trace of Two Men.

PHILADELPHIA - During the in
guest held in the cases of John For
kin and Joseph Garcia. laborers. who
were killed at the Midvale Steel
Works. it was testified that the two
men had entered 3 pit and that SO, 900
pounds of hot metal poured from q
leak and completely absorbed them.
Not a trace of the bodies was d;scov-
cred. The steel company has decided
to take about 5000 pounds from the
place where the men were last seen
and have it buried out of respect for
the dead men.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
NEsRAskA's YIELD OF CORN.
Crop Of 1905 Above the Record Estab
Iished for Ten-Year.

Crop Of 1905 Above the Record Estab-
Iished for Ten-Year.
OMAHA-Last week the Associated
Press dispatches brought from Wash
ington the report of the Department of
Agriculture on the corn crop for the
current year. In this Nebraska was
credited with yield per acre of 32.S
bushels and a ten-year average of 36.4
bushels. This last figure is patiently
wrong and an effort was made. with
out success. to get it corrected at the
time. The printed report of the De-
partnent of Agriculture for Novem-
ber is now at hand and brings the cor
rected figures. The Nebraska corn
yield for 1905 is estimated at 32S
bushels against a ten-year average of
26.4. which places a much different
complexion on the condition. This
shows the yield of corn to be Ga bush
els an acre for 1905 above. instead of
3.6 bushels below the ten-year aver
age.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
many LIVES LOST
ONE HUNDRED OR MORE ARE
DROWNED.
SHIP WRECKED ON the ROCKS
Details Of Disaster Are Meager, but
it is Known that There Has Been
Great Loss Of life-OnIy Five
Known to Be Saved.

LONDON-The Southwestern rail.
was wrecked Sunday morning of st.
Malo, on the north coast of France,
and it is believed that one hundred OF
more of its passengers and crew were
drowned. The Hilda left Southamp.
ton Friday night for st. Malo with
considerable more than one hundred
souls on board. Its passage was
greatly delayed by fog in the chan
mel. and when nearing st. Malo it
ran into a severe snow storm, appar-
emily missed its course and founder
ed on the rocks off Jardin lighthouse,
three miles from st. Malo.
The company's steamer Ada, out
ward from ST. Malo, rescued five of
the passengers and one of the crew.
There are now on the way to South
ampton. There is an unconfirmed re-
port that seventy had been saved.
The crew numbered twenty-six. and
gers. all Frenchmen, the majority be-
ing onion dealers from st. Briae and
neiShborhood.
A telegram from st. Servan, ad-
joining the town of st. Malo, gives
the few particulars yet available. The
Hilda was near st. Malo Saturday
morning. 1t struck the rocks at
o'clock Sunday morning in the road
stead off the island of Cezambre, hav-
ing missed the tide, owing to bad
weather and fog.
The majority of the crew and pas
sengers were asleep at the time. Two
boats were lowered. one of which,
containing five men, arrived at st.
Servan. The second boat was picked
up empty at St Cast, where thirteen
bodies were washed ashore. The top
of the Hilda's funnel and its mast are
visible at lowe tide, according to the
telegram from st. Servan.
The Southwestern Railway COM
pany is yet unable to give a list of
the Hilda's passengers, but they say
that a score booked passage at sta
tions between London and Southamp-
ton. and that to the best of their
knowledge ninety-nine were drowned
and only six saved.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
ANTl-AMERICAN BOYCOTT
IS GETTING SERIOUS

WASHINGTON-Ca advices to
the state department from Singapore
Straits settlements bring the news
that the anti-American boycott in that
quarter, which was thought to be prac-
tically suppressed, has. on the con-
trary. taken on decidedly serious
aspect.
The state department finds it very
difficult to deal with the phase of the
boycott for the reason that it exists.
not in China proper. but in a British
dependency, which can scarcely be
called to account. as was the Chinese
government by Minister ROskhill.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
SEA LEVEL CANAL FAVORED.
No Positive Decision Reached a. &
Type Of Waterway.

No Positive Decision Reached az %
Type Of Waterway.
WASHINGTON-The full board of
consulting engineers of the Panama
canal had an all-day session and con-
tinued work on the different types Of
canal. There seems to be a general
impression that a large number of en-
gineers at present favor a sea level
canal, but an intimation has been
made that there might be a compro-
mise upon a low level lock canal.
which would be very satisfactory to
the canal commission and the admin
istration.
The officers who accompanied Sec
retary Taft to Panama to investigate
the matter of Notifications for the
canal have not yet made report and
will not until a type of canal is deter
mined. Upon the type of canal will
depend the location of the mouths of
the canal. and no definite plans for
Notifications will be feasible until the
places where the protection will be
needed can be definitely known.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
Pensioners livinq Abroad.

Observation-Disclosures Commits.
sioner Warner has issued a statement
denying the report that pensioners re
siding in foreign countries are to be
paid through consuls abroad. Under
the law pensions can only be paid by
agents stationed in the United States
IL is proposed, however, to divide the
foreign list, aggregating about 4,5OC
pensioners. and give to each repre-.
sentative of the United States the
names and addresses OF pensioners in
the country where such consul is sta.
toned.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
The RAILROAD BANDITS
ARE Farmer BOYS

PATTONSBURG, Mo.-The sheriffs
Of Davies, Harrison and Gentry coun-
ties. attended by posses from each of
there counties. are guarding the woods
around the little village of Bridgeport,
in the northern part of this county.
where it is supposed the four men who
held up the passengers and night
agent at the Gallatin station Monday
are in hiding. 1t is not believed that
the fugutives will make fight and
the officers do not consider them pro-
fessionals. 1t is believed that the rob-
bers are farmer boys whose minds
have been poisoned by trashy novels.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
AN ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED.

Return Of Japanese Troops Cause for
Uneasiness.
TOKIO-The number of unemplOy-
ed, following the return of the troops
from the field, estimated at 100000
men. is causing uneasiness. in view
of the industrial depression now pre-
vailing. and the unlikelihood of a re-
vival in business in the near future.
1t is authOritatively stated that it
had not yet been decided whether Vice
Admiral Togo will visit England or
not.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
FEAR LOWER WAGES.
Railroad Employees Protest to the
President.

pfSSooS01.
WASHiNGTON-A earnest protest
was made to the president against
proposed freight rate legislation. The
protest was filed by representatives Of
the five great labor organizations COLI
nected with railroading-the engi-
neers. firemen. conductors. switchmen
and trainmen. The members of the
delegation which called ON the presi-
dent represented the several organiza-
tons. They pointed out to him that
railroad rate legislation logically
meant the lowering of rates. This,
they contended. will be followed BY
lessening of the earning power Of
railroads and consequently by reduc-
tion eventually Of the wages of rail-
road employees.
The delegation which called on the
president came from twelve different
states and represented all the larger
systems OF railroads.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
Interested in Wei Hal Wei.

WASHINGTON In diplomatic
circles keen interest is felt in the ul-
innate disposition of Wei Hal Wei,
the English naval station in China.
When China. ceded Port Arthur to
Russia for a term of years it made an
agreement with England ceding Wei
Hal Wei for the same length of time
that Port Arthur should remain in Rus
sian hands Since the Russo-Japanese
was Port Arthur is no longer a Rus
sian possession and the question now
is whether the agreement made with
England holds good any longer.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
Palma Thanks Roosevelt.

HAVANA-In reply to a message of
sympathy from the United States Pres
ident Palma cabled as follows: "A
thousands thanks for the sentiments
expressed in your cablegram. The
Cuban people have not confounded
the noble moral, trustworthy people of
tie United States with the spectators
who under the claim of American cit
izenship, consider themselves author
ized to carry into effect regarding
Cuba whatever comes to their minds,
when impelled by motives of selfish
ness and personal interest"
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-22
To Point a Moral.
.lmost everything he had

Almost everything he had
Th;S should make a person glad
just TO be alive; good friends.
Health. position all that lends
Happiness To most of us
l should have been happy thus
Life he loved for its own sake.
And he hoped to live 10 make
Others see his point of view,
And be optimistic. too.
Then one day. a little worry,
Caused his mind a minutes furry:
He dismissed tit returned
Every hour. And then he learned
That ii would not down uusolved.
AS his daily task revolved
This small problem inteTfered.
With his work. and it appeared
Each day larger than before.
So il grew and more and more.
Co,Ored all his speech and thought:
other ideas shrunk 10 naught.
Day and night this worry fed
on his soul. unquieted,
Till its everlasting pain
Broke his heart and wrecked his brain.
When he killed himself at last.
All who knew him We're aghaSt
Save the one who'd caused his worry.
IAnd forgot il in a hurry
That one said: Did you know. my dear.
l always did think he waS-qUeer
-Cleveland Leader.