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Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-04-20
OFFICIALS MET.
Confer at Annoy, Straits of Formosa,
About Russian Squadron.


Annoy. April 20.-Provincial officials
held a conference here with the object
of determining on the course to be
adopted in case the Russian squadron
appears here. Officials are prepared to
insist on the neutrality of this port be-
Ing respected. 1t was suggested to the
consular body that Chinese soldiers be
permitted to land at the Island of Ku-
langsu. the foreign settlement OF
Annoy. to preserve order IL the Rus
sian squadron comes, but the consuls
replied that this would not be neces-
sary. japanese ships which have been
plying between Annoy and Island OF
Formosa We're not making their usual
trips.
The Japanese have a building here
filled with stores. supposed to be med
zeal supplies. The British steamer
Heathbank. which has been at this
port since Feb. IL. is said to have
ammunition and light artillery under
her supposed cargo of coal intended
for the Russian squadron.
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PAUL JONES' BODY.
American Squadron Will Escort HERDS
Remains From France.

Paris. April 2O.-The state depart
ment has advised Ambassador Porter
that an American squadron will be
sent TO take the body Of Paul Jones
to the United States. probably in June
II is expected that the French govern
ment will participate In an imposing
funeral pageant when the body leaves
Paris. Detailed plans have not yet
been made. but It probably will occur
before the French national holiday.
July II. Large forces of French SOL
diers and sailors will form the escort.
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Witness Departs-

Chicago. April pa sensation was
caused among the Federal OFFICIALS m
tersied In the Investigation OF the al
legged beef trust Tuesda when 1t ieyel-
oped that much sought for witness
has left Chicago. The witness is Carl
Levi. mead Of the Barthold & Levi Sau-
sage company Of this city. 4 servant
at the home Of Mr.. Levi said that MIR.
Levi left Chicago more than a week
ago. and that a short time later his
wife followed. No information is given
as 70 their destination.
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PROPOSES STAYING.
Cruisers Will In the Meantime Proceed
to Overhaul Merchantmen.

London, April pa dispatch to q
news agency says: Information re-
ceived here is taken that the Russian
squadron proposes staying at KAN
ranh Bay until May Z. Admiral Ro-
jestvensky in the meanwhile is send-
ing cruisers to overhaul merchantmen
proceeding along the trade route to
Straits of Formosa.
transports accompanying the Rus
sian squadron are reported to be ply
ing between Kamranh Bay and Saigon
under the merchant flag of Russia
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CONFER WITH sRIsToW.
Business Interests of New orIca IS
Meet With Commissioned.

New orleans. April 20.-Business in
terests Of Now orleans had a confer
ence with Special Commissioner J. L.
Bristow, who was appointed by the
president to investigate trade relations
between the Unite1 States and Europe
and western coasts Of Central and
South America ~ and over the Isth-
mus of Panama. While here ne will as
certain what interest New orleans has
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COTTON PLANTING.
Delayed In Mississippi and Louisiana,
and Later In Texas and Carolinas.

Washington. April 2O.-Cotton crop
reports from all sections of the country
are summarized in the weekly bulletin
of the weather bureau as follows:
Cotton planting is much delayed in
Mississippi and Louisiana. and is later
than usual in Texas and the Carolinas.
Better progress with the work has been
made in Alabama and Georgia. and in
the southern portions of those states
is nearing completion. Fair to good
stands of the early planted cotton are
reported from Alabama. Georgia and
Florida. In Texas the early planting
is reported as promising.
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Only Means.

Viatka. Russia, April 2O-The local
zemstvo has passed resolution. which
will be forwarded TO the government,
to the effect that the only means of
quoting the people is to inaugurate
Immediately promised reforms. namely
the convocation of n representative as
sembly and granting OF liberty OF
press and of meetings, etc.
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No Legal Obstacles.

Paris. April concerning the
statement in an Associated Press dis
patch from Toxic that the internation-
al status of the waters OF Kamranh
Bay might determine the question OF
Admiral Togo attacking the Russians
there. TIE opinion prevails here that
there are no international obstacles to
prevent the Japanese adopting such
tactics as their naval situation requires
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-04-20
AT Ell PAso.
Anti tuberculosis League to Meet at
That City Next Year.

Atlanta, April 2O.-The American
ITuberculosis league decided 20
hold its next annual meeting at III
Paso. Tex. Election Of the chief off
GERS OF the league resulted Ia the clar-
tion of DR.. r. T.. Connin Of Sioux CITY.
Ia. as president. and DR. Walter y.
vallas Of FL Paso as secretary. Read
day
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Knights of Pythias and others, 81 .25
pays for a $4,000 accident insurance
ticket to attend the meeting OF the
Grand Lodge, Knight of Pythias. The
cost is trifie; protection sure.
1885, WRIGHT & KENDALL, Agents.
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SHOT ACTRESS.
Party Doing the Deed Then Attempted
TO End Own Life.

Philadelphia, April 2O.Because she
intended leaving the theatrical COM
pany of which both were members Ed
ward Smedes shot Bessie Davis at a
theatrical hotel where they were both
staying as man and wife, inflicting
probably fatal wound near the heart
Then he attempted to kill himself. The
bullet flattened against his skull and
he was not badly hurt. The couple are
members of the chorus in the School
Girl" company. The woman is known
on the stage as Bessie Dale. She is
twentythree years old and her home is
In Hebron. Neb. Smedes' home. IT is
believed. is in Vicksburg. Miss.
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PLENARY POWER.
Equitable Agents Want Policy Holder.
Admitted to Directorate.

New York. April 2O.-After a session
at the Hotel Savoy lasting for nearly
six hours Tuesday. aside from short
recesses. the 200 managing agents Of
the Equitable LATE Assurance Society
from all parts of the United States
adopted resolutions skiing the New
York legislature to exercise its plenary
power by enacting an amendment to
the socie.y's charter. this amendment
TO give The i'o''cy holders admission to
the directorate OF the society
President Alexander and Vice PresI-
dent Tarbell were endorsed.
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CABLE CUT.
Sixteen Japanese Cruisers and Torpedo
Boat Destroyers Seoutina.

London. April 2O.-The Daily Mails
correspondent at Singapore learns that
Russian agents have cut the cable be-
tween Foo Chow and Formosa.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail dated
Manila. April is. says: This morning
sixteen japanese cruisers and torpedo
boat destroyers were scouting off sam
paloc point"
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Estimated Force

Toxic. April 2O.-The Russian force
concentrated along the Chanchun Kir-
I'm line and southwark is estimated to
number 100000 men. A final revision OF
the numbers OF prisoners captured at
Port Arthur show the total to be
1880.
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MORGAN RECEIVED.
New York Finaneier Had a Private
Audience With King Of Italy.

Rome. April 2O.-King Victor En-
manuel Wednesday received I'm private
audience J. Pierpont Morgan. who
thanked the king warmly FOL the grand
Gordon of Saints Maurice and Lazarus,
which he wore. The king was most
cordial In his manner toward Mr. Nor
gan and made the financier sit next to
him. He expressed his personal graft.
1cation at the generous act of Mr.
Morgan returning TO Ascoli the cope
stolen from the cathedral there and
sold to him by an unknown person. The
conversation. which was carried on i'm
English, lasted half an hour. Later
the king received United States Sem
ator Aldrich OF Rhode Island.
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Newport News. Va. April 2O.-The
armored cruiser Maryland was placed
In commission at the shipyard Tues
day.
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Better Wednesday Morning.

West Palm Beach, Fla. April 20
Condition Of Joseph Jefferson. the act
or. who has been extremely low. was
much better Wednesday morning. ana
his physicians felt encouraged
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Burns Prove Fatal.

Houston. April 2O.-Pat Connolly.
one OF the best known oil operators in
the Texas fields died at St Josephs
infirmary as result OF l. rms sustained
Ct Humble Monday afternoon.
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Wait and buy your Easter eggs and
other novelties OF the Methodist ladies,
al their Easter sale April 81.
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No News TuesdaX.

ST. Petersburg. April l9.-NO news
from Admiral Roiestvensky was receiv-
ed by the admiralty Tuesday.
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Xiii Launched.

Toxic. April 20.-The torpedo boat
DESTROYER Xii was launched at Kure
Her displacement exceeds 200 tons.
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Three War Vessels SIGHTED.

Manila. April 2O.-KalIeff, who killed
were sighted at Batangas at o'clock
Wednesday morning. Their national
ity is unknown.
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IMMENSE INCREASE.
Northern Securities Company Largely
Raises Capital Stock.

Trenton. n. J" April 2O.-The North
ern Securities company has filed with
the secretary Of state articles provid-
ing for the reduction of its capital stock
from 1896 400 600 to S3.s5i.OcO. The
new capital is just per cent OF ths
original outstanding capital.
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Before having any plumbing work
done come and see or telephone to r.
L. Hathaway. Phone 1853. TT
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BASE BALL.
National League.
At Bcston-Boston. 4: Brooklyn. .
American LEAGUE.
placed In Commission

At Washington. l: Bos.
ton. o.
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Sentenced to Death.

Moscow. April 19.-KalIeH. who killed
Grand Duke Sergius. was sentenced to
death
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TWENTY-NfNE.
That Number of Vacancies Are to Be
Filled in Navy Department.

Washington. April 2O.-Announce-
ment has been made at the navy de-
partment that there exists twenty-nino
vacancies in grade of assistant pay
master In the navy. the only grade of
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JUNKS BLOWN UP.

hal Causes Great Apprehension.
London. April pa dispatch from
Shanghai to the Morning Post says:
1.-Two junks have been blown up by
mines near Chusan. The appearance
of mines south of Shanghai is causing
great apprehension for the safety of
European mail steamers"
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pay corps In which appointments are
made from civil life. Examination Of
candidates for this grade has been set
for June ~, and for the first time no
political influence will be necessary to
obtain designations for examination.
Examinations win be held at the navy
yard. Washington. and at the navy
yard at Mare Island, Cal.
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Life In Arctic Circle.

The following paragraph is taken
from an article sent to the American
press by w. B. Chamberlain, managing
editor of the Minneapolis Journal, who
is travelling abroad:
1.-The distances are so great that the
ordinary Lapp must travel $50 miles to
see clergyman or doctor, and the
reindeer or skis form his only method
of travel. Eight months out of the
twelve are severe winter with the mer-
curry from Is to so below much of the
time. They live, you know, above the
Arctic circle, much farther north than
YOUR Alaskan miners. The nights are
long and dark in winter and there is
little to do. In the summer they must
take advantage of the short season to
harvest the wild grass and cure it to
keep their cattle thru the winter They
cof1not raise hay, but they decend into
the2valleys and cut the swamp grass
andldry it in the SUM- If the season is
good they will stand in water up to their
waists and cut it. If, unfortunately,
it has been a wet season, the water will
be too deep for this and they will hsve
to hook up what they can from boats.
AS they can get but little in this way,
a wet season means hard winter. The
Lapps are then forced to kill off their
cattle for food and that means bank
ruptcy and starvation for them. Some
times poor family for lack of hay will
have to kill off all it's cattle save one
lone cow, whose task it will be to sup
port an entire family for eight months. .
The portrayal causes the American
to wonder why people will continue tc
live under such untoward conditions.
And yet the Lapps have so existed for
centuries and but small percentage OF
them emigrate to other countries, which
tends to support the theory that op
preston and:a low standard of living
saps ambition and deadens the senses
to appreciation of better things.
What better field could there be for
missionary work than to show these
people that there are better lands an
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Publicity The True Hope.

cit is nv belief that publicity, by
which mean publication of such mat
tiers as will keep the people intelligently
informed, is the true hope of govern
ment in a democracy. would much
sooner trust the influence of a well-in
formed and honest public press in keep
ing life insurance companies straight
than any insurance commissioner in any
state. And this applies to every other
interest and function in government.
The reason is this: All the officials
are themselves employees of the people.
Public business differs from all other
business in this respect, that in other
businesses the employers are owners,
have ultimate charge and can see to it
that their business is managed honestly
but city or state or nation can only
itself have other employees to see that
it's business is honestly managed. But
newspaper or magazine can step in
and as an unofficial tribune of the
people can see to it that public affairs
are honestly managed, and in them an
individual or group Of individuals or
newspaper or magazine, unofficial, gen
orally unpaid. must do this duty in a
democracy or government cannot be
kept sound. And that is the solution
of government. S. S. Mcclure in New
York World.
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Senator In Jail.

Senator Mitchell Of Oregon has been
given prison sentence of six months.
He had in his old age joined the ranks
of grafters, accepting fees for doing
work in the departments at Washing
ton while drawing salary as United
States senatcr.s
1t is the same old story. Grating
had been so common that it was thought
to be easy money. Senator Mitchell
thought he would take.a little of the
easy money. He, did, SO the jury said
and the administration went after him
and landed him in jail 4
Sympathy? well, hardly this man
has had more than the common lot of
ALL" He had been given office of honor
and great emoluments. He knew he
was violating the law. He deserved
his punishment. His punishment will
tend to stop others who may be just as
guilty but have escaped punishment.
The American people have started a
crusade against graft and may it con-
tinue until grating shall have become
past art.
The defense in the Koch murder trial
at Mankato, Mimi, charges the state
with posting witnesses and supressing
evidence pretty serious charges. To
the objection of the prosecuting attor-
ney, the defense says it will prove the
charges. If it does so, the states at
torneys should be disbarred. A reading
of the former trials of this case sug-
gests that there is ground for the
charges made. Unlimited zeal mixed
with viciousness seldom stops short OF
the limit of resources. To the layman
it would appear that that the state
should preserve it's mental equilibrium
in criminal cases.
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FORGER IN JAIL
G. L. Holmstrand, a Barron County Far
ner q Match for City sharpers.


ner Match for City sharpers.
c.. L. Holmstrand, a Barron county
farmer, is in Jail at Barron, charged
with forgery He has confessed to
passing forged paper in the sum of
$500 within the past six or eight
months.
He secured 5000 from the State bank
of Chetek on two forged notes of $100
each.
The remainder of the $500 was Sc
cured from the bank of Coneron and
the bank of Barron on forge notes.
Holmstrand intended leaving the
United States, and was going to Nor
way. When the forgery was discov-
cred the case was placed in the hands
of Sheriff Hawken Knutson, Of Barron.
The sheriff traced the fellow to Fred
eric where he had endeavored to dis
pose or a team.
Holmstrand was travelling under an
assumed name. He had left Frederic
the day the sheriff arrived, but re-
turned later and was arrested.
In the jail at Barron the prisoner
confessed. He will prob ably be sen
fenced to a term in states prison. :
Leader. Z
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occupied to which they could go and
live in better fashion? Or are they
so tied to the soil that they could not
be induced to move?
The range of human habitude presents
many strange contrarieties, but none,
perhaps, more beyond the conception OF
the American than those presented in
the picture drawn of Finland by the per
Of Chamberlain.
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Ladysmith City Officers.

sen, r. S. Reeves.
County Supervisors
First ward-D. F. Manley.
Second ward-C. A. Huffman.
Third ward-D. H.. Richards.
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Alex tombstone, representing the
United American Fire Insurance COM
pany of Milwaukee, was in the city
Thursday and secured 7. F. Armstrong
as local agent.
The Matt Edgar place-lots 1, 2, 3
and of block l, plat of New Flambeau,
was sold this week by T. F. Armstrong
to Miss Dora Taylor of Frederick.
Consideration $500.
u T. F. Armstrong sold the n w, S W
of section "a, town 35, range 6 to
Thomas and Dora Taylor of Frederick
Consideration $500.
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Kings of Finance.

Kings of Finance.
1.-The King of France went up the hill
With twenty thousand men;
The King of France went down the hill
And ne'er went up again.
So runs the old nursery rhyme. 1t
may be modernized and relate to our
Kings of Finance, who have marched
grandly up the hill with their billion
dollar schemes, defiant of the laws of
trade and finance, and then, discounted,
marched down with schemes Debated,
to ne'er go up again. The awe, the
reverence, the laudations and plaudits
that came from the admiring world as
the kings assembled the hill come back
now in echoes that sound like derision.
The kings reck little the loss of fame,
and as little the contumely, for their
war chests are well filled with the saw
ings of the credulous multitude who
trailed after them expecting to share in
the wealth to be created by the new
found process of converting water into
gold.
Five years ago new king OF finance
began to loom large in the prints. The
name of Morgan was on all tongues,
domestic orsforeign. He was reincar-
mated Midas, whose touch turned dross
into gold. He was Prosperity incarnate.
At last real Napoleon of Finance had
come to conquer the world. He invaded
the kingdom Of steel and subdued it, and
renamed it the kingdom of the United
States Steel. He overrun the subsidiary
province of Coal and annexed it to Steel.
He went out and captured Minnesota S
iron ore deposits and made them de-
tendency Of the kingdom of Steel, and
with them took the railway that carried
the ore to the lake and the steamships
that carried it TO the furnaces. Then he
turned to the ocean, for the products of
the kingdom of Steel mnst find markets
for its surplus products, and captured
line after line of steamships from the
foreigners and created the International
Mercantile Marine Then he rested from
his labors. He had reached the top of
the hill Boundless wealth was his; the
awed reverence Of the world was his
He turned to art and bought the treas
ures of the old world and stored them
in house in London which he called his
residence, until he could qualify himself
and his treasures to come to his king
dom unhindered by tariffs.
The recent annual report of the In
ternational Mercantile Marine company
the shipping trust, of the days when
Morgan was marching up the hill con-
quering and to conquer, tells of the
march of the king down the hill. Il
was given capital of 500, 600, 900 Of
stock and $50, ZOO, 900 of bonds; late,
increased to $12O, 900, 900 stock and ST.,
296, 933 bonds. It's first fiscal year
ended in June, 1903, and showed net
earnings, bond interest paid, of 1856,
600. It's statement for the year jus
closed shows earnings falling over So,
900, 600 short of paying fixed charges
Its common stock is quoted at 1918, it
preferred at 1929, and it's bonds at rs
80. Our King of Finance is off the
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throne. He is in retirement. No
plaudits follow him; no reporters are
eager to note his movements; no pro-
moter conjures with his anne. But he
is content: he is clothed warmly with
the wool sheared from the lambs. st.
Paul Dispatch.
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Can any one tell why Secretary. Root
gave up 5000, 900 practice to take an
So, 900 cabinet position? Was there
S192, 900 of glory in it? Or did he want
to demonstrate that cabinet salaries are
high enough.
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Remember that the Ladysmith News
office is equipped to do anything in the
line of commercial printing and to do
it right. Get our figures on anything
from calling cards to posters.
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Governor LaFollette doesn't know
which string to let go of. 1t must be
awfully nice to have two offices.
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Between the alternating intelligence
that there is to be Russo-Japanese
and China-Japanese alliance, the inter-
ested public is greatly puzzled.
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4.
Arthur M. Alden, nephew of A. B.
Alden, arrived in the city from Wauke-
gan, ILL.,, Wednesday.
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THE 500 LINE TIME TABLE

East. Ladysmith. West.
11:20 P. M. Limited J. I. AT A. M.
2:16 P. M. Accommodation lis A. M.
8:15 A. M. 80. !. Freight. 1922 P. M.
P. III. Nelson, Agent.