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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23

measure. Of the scum OF the island.
lhat ls saying much more perhaps.
than the American who has not studied
cuba and the Cubans AT close range
can appreciate. SpaniarIs and Cubans
IN business. as rule, were on the side
OF the Palma government Th.. strength
n The Liberals IS chiefly in the country
districts Nearly the entire negro popu-
laton of the island il Liberal. A Cuban
negro. as a rule, IS utterly worthless.
he VIII not work. He can steal enough
20 wear II garden plot IS but tickied
81 Will give him enough 10 eat in this
fertile land OF perpetual summer. Every
Cuban is a politician. The most per
sistent, insistent and insulting POLITICIAN
IN the world Is tho Cuban negro. Negro
preachers IN reconstruction days IN the
Southern States We're never half so Of
fensive The color line is scarcely drawn
in cuba. il IS not known in the Liberal
marty
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23
Warrant Out FOR Bloodgood.

a warrant has been issued here for
tae arrest of Charles Bioodgood about
thirty five years Of age. who is wanted
on tho charge Of betraying Miss Iillien
Minter. OF No 3o1 Denny street. Fulton.
A hrother OF the young woman went 10
baltimore Thursday with the warrant.
Bioodgood. who left hero on q river
dredge. is believed to ~ IN Baltimore
IT ne returns and marries the young wo-
man 90 is presumed tnet the prosecution
viii cul.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23
Christmas Pardons-

Governor Swanson opened his heart ycs-
terday and granted a. number OF patdons
as Christmas gifts. Here Us the DISC.
Joseph T.. coleman. Portsmouth com
ditional pordon} NJ. p. Case. Iyuchbure;
T.. r. Bahan. Richmond. George staples.
Petersburg: Walter. Sydnor nnd sidney
stuart Ricrmoud.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23
To Attend Funeral.

Captain 70. W. Rowies has issued tho
following order with reference to the
funeral OF Corporal b. IL. Moss to-day.
Go. A. r. T. J. Biues battalion
Richmond. Va. Dee r. 1876
Order.
You are hereby ordered 90 report ~
your armory at sa5 A. n SUNDAY Ne
cembe I'D. in fun dress Uniform to at
tend tho funeral OF Corporal p r. Moss.
r. w. BDWLES
Captain Commanding.
IT, +. Horton. Secretary.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23
Virginia
Trust Company
No. 922. Northwest Corner Tenth and
Main Streets.

This Company is the author
lied Depository of Court and Fl
duciary Funds. VIII pay inter
est TO Depositors on Certificate
OF Deposit or by agreement on
open accounts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23
Thermometers in New York.

NEW YORK. December 22-The fol-
lowing Richmond people were registered
az New York hotels to-day
Marlborough-W. IT, HoofnaSio ana
wife Honman-N. A. Martin. Herald
Square-D. ID. Routt. Fifth Avenue.
&. Burlingam0.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23
MART. the Martyr.

1t is impossible to believe the average
iow-class Cuban capable OF approaching
the lofty sentiments of Jose Marti the
Martyr whose preaching stirred Cuba 70
the revolt which brought about American
intervention and the establishment OF
the Cuban republic. Captain General
Wcyier. when ne issued his famous re-
concentration order compelling tho re-
moval OF all residents Of the country dis
tricts into Havana. was trying to bring
under control the class Of idle working
men who had given Spain so mucn trOu-
bile Americans have come TO look upon
General Weyler as tho most cruel and
blOOdthirsty tyrant or modern DAYS. lie
was trying 90 solve a problem the solu-
ton OF which is pressing to-day. lie
could not think OF any other solution.
Nor can /. save that which lies I'm the
hands OF these Cubans themselves. They
viii not work. They are all politicians.
II Is manifostly impossible to give every
ono o. them a government job Until
this is possible a government on "a stable
foundation is impossible. Nearly every
Cuban In the country received a pension
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23
VIII Not Work.

Another influential element ia the
revolutionary party. which is uncues-
tionab.y the dominant party in Cuba. In
point q numbers is composed Of that
class which should be farm laborers
These men do not own any land nor
VIII they work for the farmers who do.
Along the railroad from Havana to Bata-
bano ] saw hundreds OF acres % sugar
cane far past the stage at which il
should have been cut The laborers are
not 70 be had. Yet at every station there
would be a crowd Of from twenty TO a
hundred able bodied white and black
men. and men OF an intermediate shades.
loalng on and about the platform. smok-
ing cigarettes and chattering and laugh
ing as iight-heartedly as though they
were earning good lvings in the honest
sweat OF their faces a large portion Of
them were in the bushes" a few weeks
ago, and they are ready 70 80 back az
the drop of the hat.
There will never be anything like q
stable government Of Cuba by Cubans.
ror generally prosperous conditions, until
the so-called working classes go to work.
In this island. where the fertility OF the
soil Is beyond the Imagination OF Ameri-
can farmers. and where "a temperature
~ 60 degrees is regarded as indicating
cold weather, conditions necessary 10
great agricultural prosperity are ideal.
But such prosperity seems far from reah-
zation. Americans who have purchased
Cuban lands since the war are not gen
orally satisfied with their Investments. 7
should say this IS not the place for an
American farmer until labor becomes
more plentiful and stable government
becomes assured. The solution Of both
problems would be found II the Cubans
would wcrk. Industry and energy would
develop a substantial middle class which
the island has never known. This idle.
lazy. shiftless and criminal class from
which the laborers should come, gave
Spain trouble for century and more.
The men composing IL would not work.
They were ready q rebel at moments
notice Some high men. animated by
pure motives perhaps. preached liberty
and independence. and their preaching
rauaht the ears OF the idle
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23

% hold an office by tho grace o. those
who declared bee was fraud4lently chosen
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-02
BOSS DURHAM RING
LOST FIGHT FOR
TOWER
Heroic Efforts to Control Coun,
Gil Of Philadelphia BY
Powerful Leaders.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Philadelphia, Pa, April 2.-The last
year of Mayor Weaver's term begins
today with the reorganization of the
city councils. Concentrating every
energy and plenty of money in des-
perate attempt to control the councils
upon reorganization, the corporations
and deposed leaders identified with
the old Durham McNichol organiza-
tion have lined up for finish fight
with Mayor Weaver and the several
reform bodies backing his administra-
ton. The remnant Of the machine"
Is strong only in councils. 1t has been
swept out of every other place of
power. Many votes are needed to
defeat the mayor, and it is said that to
obtain these votes large sums of
money are being offered to unpledged
councilmen, some of whom are vulner-
able because they have accepted
gratuities from the once all-powerful
organization controlled by Durham
and McNich0). II the city party can
didates for presidents Of the Select
council and the common council are
defeated tonight it will mean, in the
belief of most people, the. eclipse of
Mayor Weaver and the defeat of every
pending measure for civic better
ment
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-02
ST. PETERSBURG ELECTIONS
CONSIDERED A FARCE
Assnrs.<ea ura.[r.h,.x, q, M. r.-,

!. Times. : -; - : : Z
st. Petersburg, April 2.-Elections of
workmen within the limits of st. Pc
tersburg proper were held yesterday,
preceding the elections to the munich
pal convention here, which in turn
will elect six members to the lower
house Of parliament. Balloting of
workmen, however, was almost a com
plete farce, as were the elections of q
fortnight ago In the bigger factories
outside the city Of st. Petersburg
municipal elections. Out Of sixty
seven establishments the workmen Of
twenty-nine boycotted the elections
and Of the remainder only minority
voted, and Of those about one-haif
were constitutional democrats and the
other half conservatives or members
of the Black Hundred" as they are
now pOpularly termed. One man elect
ed is now in prison and another de-
clined to accept election for fear 1t
would subject him to persecution M.
Oushakon, one Of the delegates chosen.
ts superintendent of the state printing
office and chief of the Independent
workmen's party. which, like the IA
nous Zubaton organization, is con-
.sidered to be 9 creature Of the ministry,
of the interior. "
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-02
HUNDREDS LISTEN
TO DIR. K0EHNE'S
LECTURE
IA Challenge to Modern Skep,
ticism" a Masterpiece of
Analysis and Oratory.

Yesterday afternoon Dr. John B.
koehne opened his lecture course.
"The Nazarine, or The Reasonableness
of Christianity" in the First Baptist
church to some 500 people. The audi
ence room of the church was crowded
to the doors by an intelligent and deep
ly interested audience DR.. Koehne's
subject was one which was of neces-
sity of on anyletical nature, a search
Ing and exhaustive analysis of the life
of Christ as depicted in the gospels of
the New Testament.
The theme was one which would
ordinarily have been exceedingly dry
in the hands of scholer and an ex-
pert of the ability of DR.. Koehne, but
he wove his facts into such an inter-
esting shape, freely interspersing logic
and forceful illustrations from life,
that his Immense yet mixed audience
were held throughout
1t must not be supposed from the
above that DR.. Koehne is sensation
alist or ranting evangelist. He is
scholarly above all things and abso-
lutte master of himself on the platform.
His production above all things is lit
eral and logical; in fact, it is the
coldest piece of logic ever listened to
by Grand Forks audience; it leaves
the skeptic not a prop on which to
bolster up his theories, and all that
DR.. Koehne does Is to apply cold logic
to the teaching, of Christ and the de-
lineation of His character, as set forth
in the gospels. 1t makes little differ
ence whether the man depicted in the
gospels ever lived or not, He is abso-
lutely different from any man who
ever lived and hence is not man.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-02
.90W|E THE FIRST
APOSTLE IS
LET OUT
All His Property in Zion City
Transferred to Man He
Dismissed.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Chicago, April 2-The open revolt
against John Alexander Dowie, which
took place yesterday, was followed
today by the transfer of all the public
property of the church to Alexander
Granger, the man whose dismissal has
been directed by Dowie in telegram
from Mexico. A warranty deed and
bill of sale were filed today in the
Lake county circuit court at Wauke-
gan, ILL.,, by w. G. Voliva, the present
head; of Zion who was appointed by
Dowie some months ago, by which all
lands standing in the name of Dowie
and his wife are made over to Granger
for the benefit of Zion City and the
followers Of Dowie. Voliva holds from
Dowie. a power Of attorney and by
virtue of it he has turned over to
Granger everything portable in Zion
City, even to the bed of Dowie. All
the effects of "Shiloh house." Dowie's
residence, horses and carriages, ma
chinery in mills and everything in the
name of DOwie outside of the personal
residents of the town has been
taken away from the control of the
deposed FIRST. apostle"
Late in the day cablegram was
sent to Dowie In Mexico announcing
that he had been suspended from the
church that he founded. He is de-
clared to have advised some of his
followers to practice polygamy,, and
charges OF extravaganza and misinan-
agement are also made against him.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-02
me- Cuy11ber's Talk on
the Railroad Rate Bill

car will earn $3.50 year, or IS per
cent, whereas it should not earn more
than $50. The difference was eQuiva-
lent to 4 rebate In behalf Of the car
owners. He would have the railroads
divorce themselves from outside COM
panies. "a
~ Discussing the legal difficulties in
the way of the bill, Mr.. McCumber
said he was less concerned on account
of them than on account of the policy
of entering upon such legislation at
all. He considered 1t an approach to-
ward paternalism, the abode of buried
hopes, destroyed ambition and sur
rendered aspirations"
Mr.. McCumber traced to the rail-
roads the development of the interior
of the country, saying that it was due
directly to the exercise of discrimina-
tion by the roads, which was abso-
lutely necessary to the upbuilding of
some sections of the country. It was,
he said, the application of the Ameri-
can protective system to the encour-
agement Of new and weaker co1nmupi-
+ ties.
He said In reply to a question from
Mr.. Beverldge that he expected to vote
for the pending bill, but expressed the
opinion that it should be amended
Replying further to Mr.. Beveridge, he
said that the rigid enforcement of the
existing law would have prevented
the development Of the west.
He gave 1t as his opinion that the
passage Of the proposed law would
absolutely prevent competition be-
tween rival lines because in effect it
q al ~ =.
tically have the effect Of putting all
competing roads under one manage
ment. "The proposition not only
legalizes, but imposes pooling" he de-
clared.
In closing Mr.. McCumber declared
his determination to, vote his own
sentiments regardless of the clamor
of the press.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-02
The Coal Miners
Are Out to a. Mon

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Philadelphia. April 2.-Reports re-
ceived from the anthracite coal fields
states that the suspension of mining
is complete. There were few men on
the street in several of the mining
towns early in the morning to see If
there had been any desertions from
the miners union but none reported
for work. No disturbances are re-
ported from any section of the mining
region and the day had all the APP
pearances of a holiday.
In the PittsburE District.
Pittsburg, April To-day being the
anniversary of the granting of an eight
hour work day, almost every mine in
the Pittsburg district was closed.
With the coming of tomorrow, how
ever, it is expected that the miners en-
ployed by the Pittsburg Coal company
and by several other local operators
will return to work and that all the
miners in district No. 5 will be run
ming before the close of the week.
Many of the operators who have
agreed to the advance of the wage of
5.5 per cent want the miners to re-
sumo work Immediately. Frank L.
Robbins, representing the Pittsburg
Coal company and the scale committee
of the United Mine workers, appointed
by the district convention last Satur-
day, will meet today for the purpose
of signing an agreement for two years,
and the factional fight, which has been
in progress in the miners organiza-
tion for some time, may cause trouble.
Patrick Dolan questions the validity of
such an agreement, as he still claims
to be president, but the opposition say
he has been deposed.
AS far. as learned. good order pre-
vailed throughout the district where
the streets were filled with idle men
quietly discussing the strike. All ex-
pect to resume work tomorrow. In
the Irwin field the mines were in oper-
alton as usual and no trouble was an
ticipated.
Indianapolis, April 2.-Although half
a million members of the United Mine
Workers of America did not resume
work today, awaiting the granting of
their wage demands by the coal oper-
ators of the country. there is nothing
at the national headquarters of the
union that would indicate that any
thing unusual his happened. All of
the officials are out of the city, and
corps of clerks and stenograp piers is
in>charge' of the Office. President John
Mitchell is in New York to meet the
anthracite operators tomorrow in a
final attempt to arrive at an agreement
IN the anthracite region. Reports are
being received from various states, but
they are being forwarded 10 President
Mitchell or held awaiting his return.
The feeling at the national head
quarters concerning .he, situation In
the bitumlnous fields is snaguine. 1t
Is known that In the western Pennsyl-
vania district F. l.. Robbins. president
of the Pittsburg Coal company, will at
once sign the scale, not only for the
c0mpany's mines. but for his own as
well.
In the West Virginia and Iowa dis
tricts joint conventions between the
operators and miners are in session at
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-02
d 7 : y - . w. y
GRAHAM | |. | | ISLAND.
70 Be GIVEN
INDIANS
a Bill to Restore the Land to
the Public Do
main.

- ~ ~ S8SsAGAs
Washington, D. c.. April 2.-Acting
secretary of the interior has sent to
Speaker Cannon a letter submitting
a copy of communication from the
commissioner of Indian affairs to
which is attached a draft of bill
providing for the restoration to the
public domain of Grahams Island in
Devils Lake, N. D.. and which, when
so restored, shall be set aside for a
period of twelve months for home
stead allotments to the Turtle Noun
tain band of Chippewa Indians.
The landaproposed tpsbe restored to
the public domain and known as
Graham's Island is an abandoned
wood reservation formerly g used in
connection with the Fort Totten
military reservation. -
Under an agreement with the Turtle
Mountain Chippewa Indians in 1904
In which they ceded to the United
States all claim in land in North Da-
kota, except tract set apart by ex-
ecutive. order, in area 12 miles long
and six miles wide, 1t was stipulated
that such Indians as were unable to
secure land upon this reservation
might take in lieu lands upon any va
cant land Of the United States without
charge. Graham's Island is the only
vacant government land in the vicin-
ity Of the Turtle Mountain Chippewas
and 1t Is now sought to restore It to
homestead entry for the benefit of
such Chippewas of the Turtle Noun
tain band as may desire to make
homesteads upon 1t.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-02

Charleston and Des Moines. and 1t is
hoped at the national headquarters
that the operators will meet the de-
mand for an advance
Complete Shut Down.
Kansas City. April 2-There was a
complete shut down today in the
bituminous coal fields, included in the
Southwestern Miners association in
Missouri, Kansas. western Arkansas
and the territories. A few mines on
Grated by nOn-union men resumed as
usual ? No scenes of disorder were
reported.
Signed the Scale.
Pittsburg, March 2.-The scale COM
mittee of district No. met Chairman
Francis L. Robbins of the PittsburgI
Coal company at II o'clock and pre-
sented the 1908 scale for his sigma
ture. The conference lasted but q
short time and adjourned to meet this
afternoon when 1t is said the scale
will be signed. The first operator to
sign the new agreement was Lewis
Findlay, owner of mines at Golfers.
w. Va, who signed at the miners con-
vention. Orders were at once wired
to Golfers for the men to resume
work.
The Old, Old BLUM.
p New York, April 2.AThe following
statement was issued by the anthracita
coal operators committee today:
"Advices received this morning from
the anthracite coal regions are to the
efect that the Delaware, Lackawanna
d western railroad is operating six
washeries, the Erie five washeries. the
ontario & Western two washeries, the
delaware & Hudson one washery, and
the Peoples Coal company one break
er. There is no excuse for the raising
OF the price of coal, and the operators
are doing everything in their power to
prevent it. There is no reason for the
public's being Inconvenience by the
existing strike. The operators have
stored very large quantity of coal
against just such an emergency as has
arisen, and this coal will be distributed
with AZ great regard as possible to
the demands OF legitimate customers
OTHERS siEninE.
Pittsburg, April 2.-Announcement
was made at 2:30 o'clock that the
independent operators representing
the miners at Bulger, Fayette and
Steene Charters, branch Of the pm
Handle railroad, had signed the scale.
also that the Vesta Coal company.
subsidiary of Jones Z Laughlin's 6tSai
company had accepted the agreement.
Mr. Robbins was still in conferences
with the scale committee at that hour.
The Strike In France.
Lens, France, March 2.-Renewed
strike disorders have occurred in the
mining region. The strikers at CAM.
I gef today DESTROYED hause with dy..
nalnite There were no casualties. At
Fouquieres and Hames the strikers
erected baricades which were charged
by the cavalry. One striker Wa
wounded. The railroad employees to-
day found four dynamite cartridges
on the tracks over which the trains
with troops on board were passing.
Soldiers are now guarding the tracks.
About 41,00O men are on strike.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-02
BY q. c. snyder.

Washington, D. Cb April 2. For
three hours Senator McCumber occu-
pied the attention of the senate in a
comprehensive discussion of the pend
ing railroad rate legislation bill. He
had not gone far in; his discussion be-
fore he encountered Senator II illman,
who piled him with questions relating
to the Hepburn bill. BY no means dis
concerted from the attack and query
OF the senator from South Carolina
the junior senator from North Dakota
went on to illuminate this great de-
bate on very great economic ques-
tiOn by injecting into the discussion
a close analysis of "differential" and
preferential rates..
He, picked innumerable flaws in the
bill as it stands at present predicting
that II enacted into law 1t would fail
entirely to meet the demands of the
public. He said, however, that he
would vote for the bill II properly
amended.
IF" he said, "the people generally
count upon great relief from the trans
fer Of the rate-making power from the
hands of the railroad men, where 1t
properly: belongs, to the hands of a
political board, they will find that the
senator from South Carolina was sin
gularly inspired when he spoke of it
as farce, as he did before he as
ssumed the role OF stepfather to it,
He said that the public was asking
for the enforcement of the existing
law rather than the enactment of new
law.
"An editor has uncovered a number
of cases of granting rebates in the
sugar trust" he said, "and surely the
attorney general, with his experts and
assistants, can do as much as an in
dividual can do"
He spoke of the rebate system as in
tolerable and the private car system
as even worse. He said that private