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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
RUM0R WHITE
MAY NOT SERVE
Sensational Story Circulated
About St. Peters
burg.
HAD CLASH WITH THE CAR
Reported That Interview Was ANY.
thing But Smooth-ls Closeted for
Hours With Foreign Minister Lams-
dorf-Question is Still Open.

st. Petersburg. July 15.-The sal.
aries of the Russian peace pleni-
potentiaries have been fixed at 5000
per day each, besides an allowance
of $500 for travelling and other ex.
penses.
st. Petersburg, July 15.-M. White,
after his audience with the emperor
at Peterhof, returned last evening to
st. Petersburg and drove directly to
the foreign Office, where he was
closeted for three hours with Foreign
Minister Lamsdorff.
A sensational report was current
early this morning that Nj. White
might not go to Washington after all.
According to the story, his audience
with the emperor was anything but
smooth, his majesty rather resenting
NJ. Whites plainspoken ideas and in
dicating that under the circumstances
he would prefer that Baron Rosen
should act as chief plenipotentiary.
The emperor is even said to have
intimated that Count Lamsdorff ex-
ceeded his authority in officially an
nouncing to the Washington govern
ment that Witte would occupy first
position.
White is said to have left the en-
peror in an ugly frame of mind and
to have frankly informed Count Lam
Corff that it would be impossible for
him to undertake the mission. 1t
was only by the greatest effort, the
story says, that the foreign minister
succeeded in %persuading him not to-
fatty refuse and the question as to
whether he will go to Washington
is said to be still open.
Although The Associated Press
heard the story from a high position
its informant vas not prepared to
vouch for it and there is no confr-
nation of it from other quarters up
to this hour. 1t is therefore Sent I'M
der great reserve as it may prove to
be an invention.
st. Petersburg, July I'm. White
had a prolonged conference with the
emperor at Peterhof yesterday after
noon, in which the whole subject of
peace negotiations was gone over.
The situation was freely discussed
and indications were given that his
majesty is more apt possibly to gov
ern M. Whites course than the form
al instructions which have been given
him.
M. Witte will leave st. Petersburg
next Wednesday for Paris, sailing as
previously announced from Cher
bourg July 26 on the North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. Nine. White will accompany
her husband as far as Paris, where
she will remain for the present,
though she may possibly join M.
Witte later in the United States.
AT NJ. Whites personal solicitation
M. Korotovitz, one of the ablest
young diplomats, who formerly was
secretary of the Russian legation at
Pekin, will be attached to the Rus
sian mission.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
GEAR AND WHITE
ARE HARMONIOUS
Rumor That Witte Will MOI
Go to Washington
Denied,
1T IS WITHOUT FOUNDATION
Witte Clothed With Plenary Powers
by instructions = Plenipotentiaries
Will Sail On Kaiser Wilhelm Der
Crosse On July %.

st. Petersburg, July 16.-M. Witte
had another long audience with EN-
peror Nicholas yesterday. Investiga-
ton In authoritative quarters enables
The Associated Press to positively n
nounce that the reports current here
late Friday night that M. White might
not SO to Washington were incorrect.
M. Whites Instructions, 1t can also be
stated authoritatively, name him as
first plenipotentiary and clothe him
with plenary powers. The instruc-
lions are couched in general terms.
Paris, July 16.-The North German
Lloyd steamship company has receiV-
ed a dispatch finally engaging pass
age on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse, sailing from Cherbourg
July 26, for the following list of Rus
san plenipotentiaries and their party:
Nj. Witte, chief plenipotentiary.
Prof. de Martens, professor of in.
ternational law at the University at
st. Petersburg.
NJ. Shipof, director Of the treasury
department.
Major General Yormoloff, military
attache at London.
M. Samoiloff. of the Russian foreign
office.
NJ. Plancon, formerly Russian charge
d'affaires at Picking.
M. Korotovitz, formerly secretary
of the Russian legation at Picking.
M. Naboukoif, of the foreign office.
The evening editions Of the Paris
papers devote articles to M. Whites
appointment as chief Russian peace
plenipotentiary. The Temps says 1t
considers that his appointment shows
a desire on the part Of the Russian
government to ti~e the negotiations
seriously.
IN. Whites experience In far east
ern policy the paper adds, makes
him the most capable man to conduct
the negotiations. He is able to appre-
ciate the exact value Of any demands
made"
The Journal des Debats also re-
CARDS M. Whites appointment as a
mark of Russia's sincerity, he having
always desired peace.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20

In London's Busy Streets
Especial Correspondence

1t is a hard thing to get out of Lon
don. No matter in what direction one
walks or drives, masses of brick and
stone work surround one on every
side; there seems to be no end to
England's capital. This is natural
enough when one considers that g.
100000 people call themselves Lon
doners." This army of humankind
must live, and must work in order to
house and feed itself. AS evidence Of
the fact that it works London has
street after street filed from one end
to the other with stores and Offices.
There is the Strand running into his
toric Fleet street, Edgeware and
Whitechapel roads, fashionable Re-
gent and Bond streets; Oxford street,
with its silverware; Piccadilly, for
many blocks lined with shops and
farther on with exclusive clubhouses,
and other streets far too numerous to
mention. There is much to be seen
on all of these streets besides shops.
Throngs of people and masses of We
hicles fill the walks and roads. 1t is
no the street car that distresses one
here. 1t is the clatter of horses hoofs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
HOLDUP ARTISTS
ARE BAFFLED

Birmingham, Ala, July 16.-L. d.
Burr, paymaster of the Sloss-Shef-
field Steel and Iron company, was held
up by two masked highwaymen yes
terday afternoon on the railroad be-
tween Littleton and Flat Top and re-
lieved of $4,000 which was to be used
in paying off the men.
Less than five minutes afterwards
Detective George Godecker, Policeman
Joseph Nix and Charles Pickard, a
Flat Top guard, had shot and killed
one of the highwayrlen and recovered
the money. The other robber effected
his escape.
Some time ago Vice President j..
company learned that an effort would
be made to hold up the paymaster.
Several days ago Mr.. Mcqueen learned
further of the plans of the robbers
and that they intended executing their
designs yesterday. With that inform
alton Frank Grafford, mine superin-
%tendent, requested the police depart
ment to detail officers to work on the
case. Two officers left the city yester-
day and spent the entire morning
watching the river bank of the Little
Warrior.
1t was by this means that the Of
ficers were able to be on the cen
almost Immediately after the robbery
occurred.
When confronted. n of the high
waymen offered resistance and was
killed, while the other made his es-
cape. The money vas recovered from
the man killed. Highway robbery Is
a capital offense in Alabama.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
NJ. W|TTE IS
APPOINTED
Gar Takes Course Which
Had Been Generally
Anticipated.
THE APPOINTMENT is SIGNED
Will Succeed Muravieff as Head of
Peace BodY-One of the Strongest
Personalities in Russia's Bureauc-
racy is Granted Post Of Honor.

st. Petersburg, July I'm. Mura-
vieff has resigned his position as
chief peace plempotentiary.
1t may be regarded as practically
certain that he will be replaced by
M. Witte. president Of the committee
OF ministers. who all along has been
considered the Russian statesman
pre-eminently qualified to undertake
the difficult task of negotiating peace
with Japan.
st. Petersburg, July 14.-Emperor
Nicholas has signed the appointment
of M, White, president of the COM
miLtee of ministers, to be chief pleni-
potentiary, representing the Russian
government IN the peace negotiations
To be conducted next month in the
United States, The appointment
clothes NJ. Witte with plenary powers.
Official notification OF the designa-
ton OF NJ. Witte to head the mission
vas forwarded to Washington yester.
day morning. NJ. Witte will take pas
sage, on the North German Lloyd
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse,
which sails from C~herbourg, July 20.
M. Witte is thoroughly familiar
with the far eastern question In all
its bearings.
He understands the japanese pcSi,
ton and fully realized before the wal
that the aggressive policy being pur-
sued under the lead of Viceroy Alex
Jeff m M. Be2obrazoif, president "a
the Yalu Timber company, and the
coterie of Adventures connected with
them would drive japan to take up
the sword. At one time Witte talk
ed over the situation with the Marquis
Ito. president of the Japanese privy
council, and one OF the leading states
men of Japan. Practically II was
Whites disapproyal of Russia's far
eastern policy and the creation OF n
viceroyalty in the far east which
caused his downfall as minister OF
finance,
1t has been intimated that Japan
formally objected to certain utter
ances attributed to M. Muravieff re.
flecting upon the Japanese nation, but
inquiries made here have failed to OBJ
tain any confirmation of the rumor.
The peace rarty Is overjoyed at the
fact that the negotiations have been
placed in NJ. Whites hands. 1t Is the
firm belief that this not only insures
a successful termination of the nego-
tiations, but that NJ. White will secure
the best possible terms for his coun-
try. Some of the grand dukes and
courtiers Of the emperor's encourage,
however, are reported to be furious at
M. Whites selection.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
HOLD AN EXTRA
SESSION NOV. 10

Washington, July 15.-Congress Is
to be called to emet in extraordinary
session November 10, to take up rail
way rate agitation. The decision OF
President Roosevelt to this effect Is
fixed and final. The national legisla
ture is TO be summoned to assemble
a month before the ordinary date.
II has been the presidents inten-
ton to call the special session for
October, but Mr.. Roosevelt has de.
cided the November date promises to
be better from all points of view.
1t gives time enough for the work In
hand and 1t avoids clashing with the
ideas of Speaker Cannon and other
influential members of the next con
gress who we're set In their opposi-
ton to a session beginning gefore the
fall elections.
When the congress has assembled
President Roosevelt will send a spe-
cial message presenting the rate case
in his vigorous fashion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
WILL DIE IN Bed.
General Trepoff Is to Be a Victim OF
the Terrorists,

st. Petersburg, July 14.-"You need
not fear to walk the streets. Your
sentence will be executed in our own
room. You will die in bed"
This is the message that General
Trepoff is receiving with ominous per-
sistence. 1t is signed by the execu-
tive committee of the "Terrorists,"
who have ice again begun, their cru
SADIE of blood.
Trepoff knows the situation thor
ougly and makes no concealment of
the fact that he expects to be killed,
but his nerve is mistaken. 81 will at
least die at the post of duty" he says.
Trepoif will succeed to the minis
try of the interior in a very short
time. The resignation of NJ. Bouligin.
the present minister, is expected dali
ly. If Trepoff is given free hand, the
iron heel of the CossacK's sword will
be the governments policy in deal
ing with internal troubles. Trepoff
is certain that such measures would
quiet the country in a year, and sees
nothing but ruin ahead of the present
vacillating policy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
JEROME BLOCKED
BY MILLl0NAlRES

New York. July 15.-District At
torney Jerome was handed a hard
jolt yesterday when he was refused
an official cory Of Superintendent
Hendricks report in the Equitable
Life investigation.
The report is absolutely necessary
to the Investigation which Mr.. Je-
rome is conducting with the view Of
the criminal prosecution of the oflc-
ers OF the insurance company and
during the past twenty.four hours he
as made two unsuccessful attempts
TO secure the document from the New
York Office of the state superintend-
ent Of insurance.
Assistant District Attorney Caravan
served a formal demand In writing
from Mr.. Jerome upon Deputy Insur-
ance Commissioners Hunter, but af.
ter a long conference returned empty
handed, He refuses to discuss what
took place at the conference, but It
is understood that the district attor.
ney will appeal to the government
to secure the Equitable testimony aa
promised. @ ~" w-p
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
cHINA'S ROLE ATTRACTS NOTICE
May Not Consider Treaty Binding II
Not REPRESENTED.

st. Petersburg, July 16.-China's
possible role In the Russo-Japanese
peace negotiations is attracting more
attention. The foreign Office init
mates that China's notification that
she would decline. unless assent was
previously given to her to send a rep
resentative to the peace conference,
to consider the Washington treaty
binding If it's provisions affecting
Chinese territory were considered as
prejudicial, was sent to the powers in
the form of a circular note. Russia,
according to the foreign Office, sent
no reply to Pekin, but 1t may be sig
nificant that some papers which oc-
~casionally have official inspiration, like
Prince Oukamtsky's Viedomosti, look
with c~omplacence, If not with salts
faction at the prospect that China may
try to have a voice in the terms of
peace. The argument is that any ac-
ton on China's part will necessarily
be in the direction of restricting ia
pans war spirit, and that the other
powers, especially the United States,
in support of the principle of the Chin
csc territorial integrity will be COM
PEELED to a greater or less extent to
support the Chinese claims
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
NOT ENOUGH NJ
Size of Allowance One Cause OF
Muravieff's Resignation.

Paris, July 14.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo de Paris
states that the declination of NJ. Muir
avieff to head the Russian peace. mis-
sion, was based partly on the state
of his health and partly on the fact
that his allowance for expenses to
cover the period of his s%ojourn in
America was only $1,000 roubles.
which amount he considered INSULT
cient, owing to the great cost of living
in the United States.
M. White twice refused to become
the successor of NJ. Muravieff on the
mission on the ground that he did not
wish to be a mere ~fgurehead in the
transmission to Emperor Nicholas of
the peace terms offered by Japan. His
selection therefore cannot but be
taken to mean that the emperor has
yielded to his insistence that real
powers plenipotentiary be conferred
upon Russia's principal representa-
tive in the peace commission
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
GRAND JURY IS
AFTER GRAFTERS

Milwaukee, Wis, July 12.-Sixty-
individuals, most Of whom are former
county officials, were handed down
by the Milwaukee county grand jury
late Yesterday in the municipal court,
and the probing OF the jury still goes
on, the term not expiring until Sep
TENDER /. Yesterdays batch of true
bills added to the thirty-slX returned
ten days ago, makes total Of 105 thus
far, with the expectation that further
probing will result in many more in.
dictments being brought in later on.
Yesterdays list contains twenty out
of twenty-one names returned in the
last batch, there being but five not be-
fore reported. 3
The list of those accused includes
several former and present members
of the board of supervisors, a news.
paper reporter, a former member of
the assembly and others. Nearly all
of the indictments charge bribery in
the sum of $50, the amounts, it is al
legged, having been paid to present
or former county officials in connec-
ton with the awarding of county con.
tracts for the erection of an addition
to the county hospital several years
ago. Many of the indictments are the
results of confessions of Otto Seidel.
Jr., and Edward F. Strauss, former
members of the county board.
Fred G. Schultz, a newspaper re-
porter, is indicted on one count charg.
ed with offering a bride Of $50 to Her,
man J. Pomrening, a member of the
state assembly in 1901. to vote against
the primary election bill. Pomrening
is indicted, charged with accepting a
hrihe.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
RECORD is BROKEN.
Train Travels From Los Angeles to
Chicago in As Hours.

Chicago, July 12.-With every car
blackened by a delirious re%cord-break-
ing run from Los Angeles to Chicago,
the Walter Scott special on the Santa
Fe railroad arrived here at 1854 a.
M, yesterday, having beaten all pre-
vious records by hours as well as
lettering the special trains own ca
acting schedule.
Consisting of a baggage car, diner
and private living car, the train which
left Los Angeles at l p. m. Sunday,
came into the Polk street station yes
terday almost at top speed, having
made the run, 2,244 IL miles, in
"A hours and 81 minutes. This is a
trihe over % hours and five minutes
faster than the time Of the Regular
Santa Fe limited; it is 3 hours and A
minutes faster than the original IN
tract called for (Which was AZ hours)
and beats even the later schedule OF
As hours, by six minutes.
The best previous time for this run
was made by the Peacock special in
1900 in a race against death" but
the record of this train by the per-
Torrance consummated yesterday is
beaten by seven hours and fifty.fve
minutes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
REvoLUTIoNlsTs' EpIcT.
Moscow Organization Says Death Of
ShuyaIoff Will Be Warning.

Moscow, July 1.-THE fighting or
g~anization of the social revolutionists
has issued a proclamation announcing
that the death sentence pronounced
against Maj. Gen. Count Shuvaloff,
chief of police. who was a~ssasslnated
on July IL, was executed by one of its
members, "on account of the black
and cruel activity of this satrap at
Odessa (where Count Shuvaloff was
formerly prefect), and his subsequent
return to the active service of reac-
ton at the call of Trepoff, the pam
Russian dictator, to stamp out the
revolution in Moscow"
The proclamation concludes:
"L.et this execution serve as a Joy-
full signal to the Russian millions in
the revolt and as the death knell Of
the dying autocracy. Let 1t remind
all dogs of the autocracy of national
Justice"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20

YoWer seen from the Thames.
the slamming of cab-doors, the appeal
of the street vendors, the slash of the
horse-whip and the uncomfortable,
never-ending procession of men and
women.
Who is there who has not heard of
London's o~mnibuses? You go to the
park, to town, to church, to theater
in London from any direction, and
how do you get there? On an electric
ear that will transfer you to a cable
ear and to still another electric tram?
Most probably not, for there are very
few street car lines in London. You
take a bus" such as abound in Lon
don by thousands-a bus drawn by
two horses, a bus placarded with
signs of every possible color and de-
scription, so that it is difficult to see
It's label-a top-heavy, clumsy, good
natured looking bus, which, if it goes
your way, will stop to'take you on
Dr. let you off at any point. If you
do not want to inconvenience traffic
by stopping the bus, you can jump
on and off whether you are a man or
q oma
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
How Hoar Won His Case.

Judge E. R. Hoar, formerly attorney
general of the United States and
brother of the late Senator Hoar, was
as quick of wit as he was sharp in
judgment. A friend of his tells this
story:
Mr.. Hoar was appearing as a law
yer at the bar. His opponent, after a
lengthy and tedious harangue 10 the
jury, had taken his seat, and Mr..
Hoar arose as though to reply.
"Mr. Hoar," queried the Judge,
glancing at the clock as he spoke, "it
is quite late now; may I ask how
long you intend to speak"
"Your honor" replied the man of
law, 81 had prepared a long and elabo-
rate discourse, but, having heard the
remarks of my learned brother, l have
concluded, like him, to submit tho
question without argument"
Mr.. Hoar won his case
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
Types of Street Vendors.

Who a walk about in this city
without noticing the wretched-looking
men, women, young girls and little
children standing day in and day out
and often late into the night in the
cutters trying to sell to ~passers-by a
box of matches, a map of London, a
twisting toy snake or a bunch of flow
ers tied to a stick? Who can forget
those looks of appeal? And yet how
little one a help them! London
has a great many very poor people,
and nowhere, not even in Paris,
whose DANES de la halle" are noted
for their vulgarity and brutality, are
the women as unhuman looking as
are those of the lowest classes in this
huge metropolis so full of culture and
wealth, noblemen and Christian
churches.
There is a street type, small, slight,
round-shouldered, dressed in black
with the invariable black sailor hat;
hair loosely knottcd at the back Of
the neck and always about to fall,
shoes terribly ragged-and a look so
ignorant and vacant as to be more
bestial than human. A very common
type this is-it almost haunts one.
There is a masculine type equally re-
pulsive; he is the mar we meet COM
ing out of the alehouse or standing
at the door wishing he had enough
pence to go in-most unkempt, for
lorn, neglected, helpless beings, and
here without number.
Yet, if we can get away from this
sordidness and misery London has a
great fascination and charm. When
the spring sun shines on the dear old
abbey and the massive houses of par.
lament and the gayly dressed and
happy people throng into Hyde Park
and everybody seems to know that
everybody else is full of the joys of
springtime and the squares are full
of delightful flowers and shrubbery,
then London is fair indeed. Fortu-
nate is he who can be there. London
has an atmosphere all it's own, so well
implied in the words which Hall
Game put into the mouth of Glory
Quayle: "To be in London means to
live and to live means to be in Lon
dom. -.~, -.
There is no joy so great, no mem
DRY so full of sincere pleasure, as is
that of London in the springtime.
One cannot have too much of it. DR..
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20

wagons the huge number of private
vehicles owned by the upper thou
sands who flock to the city every
spring-elegant equipages with smart
y liveried flunkies-and imagine the
pell-mell on a sunny May afternoon at
Trafalgar square or near Hyde Park
corner! 1t is a sight describable only
by the pen of a Dickens or a Thack-
cray.
At the Street Crossings.
| said "pell-mell." 1t is that, and
yet it is not, for the order in London
streets is perfect. Every one drives
to the left; down the center of broad
streets, at frequent intervals. are
small safety islands" a small cement
elevation upon which eight or ten
people can stand. In crossing the
street one axe for the island"
watching the horses, that come only
one way, and from there to the other
side one need watch only the other
direction. If the crossing is an I'M
usually difficult one a policeman is
sure to be there and he will stop all
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
SlXTY-SlX KILLED
WHILE AT PRAYER

Fermo, Italy, July 1.-THE roof of
the chapel of the Women's hospital
fell in yesterday morning during the
celebration of mass, killing sixteen
women and fifty children and injuring
sixteen women and a large number
Of children, while they were on their
knees in prayer. The injured have
been taken from the ruins.