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Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
INJURED BY TERRORiSTs.
Governor General OF Moscow Has
FOot Blown OF by Bomb.

Vice Admiral Dou5assoT. governor gen.
eraI of Moscow. was frisLtfully wounded
by the explosion of a bomb thrown at
his carriage Sunday afternoon. One foot
was blown off and he was seriously in
jured in the back and head 1t is feared
his injuries will terminate fatally. This
was the third attempt this year to as
sassinate DOubassoff.
1t was learned that the would-be. as
sassin of DOubassoff was a revolutionist
disguised as a naval officer which enabled
him TO approach the place without cree
ating suspicion. He carried the bomb in
candy box and hard a false passport. in
which his name was given as Metz, which
proved his connection with the three rev.
Olutionists who were killed by the explo-
sion of bomb in their room on Saturday
last, that being the name under which
the apartment occupied by the revolution
ist was rented. News comes also that
the governor general of Ekaterinoslav was
shot and killed by six men who escaped.
The man who threw the bomb at Ad.
miral Doubassoff was killed by the explo-
sion. Col. Kokonetzoff, the governor gen.
liceman and a boy who happened to be
near at hand. A number of bystanders
were injured and the coachman's skull
was fractured. The carriage was demol-
ished.
Vice Admiral Doubassof has long been
under sentence of death by the terrorists.
The unexampled severity with which he
put down the revolt in Moscow in the
closing days of last December made him a
marked man. He has, however, treated
all warnings" with disdainful Indifference.
The governor general is about 90 years
old
The terrorist branch of the Russian
revolutionary party has been active in
the last five months, the list of notable
assassinations of Russian officials since
Dec. 1, 1905, including:
Dec. Gen. Sakharoff, at Saratcv;
shot and killed by a woman.
Dec. 29-Chief of police of Moscow:
killed by bomb.
Jan. 4-Governor of Ufa; killed by
bomb
Jan. 31-Gen. Griaznoff, chief of staff
of governor general of Caucasia; shot.
Feb. Gov. Falonof of Poltava; shot.
April S-Governor of Tver; killed by
a bomb.
April 29-Chief of police OF Odessa;
killed by a bomb.
In addition a score or more of chiefs
of police in smaller cities of Russo and
Poland have been killed by bombs: On
Feb. II a woman tried to kill Vice Ai-
miral Cheuknin, governor of Sebastopoi.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17

through sheer terror. Few would have
seen this terror still lurking beneath
all the pomp and flashing briIliancy in
which the impressive scene was set
But it was there.
Fear Turks Beneath All.
Beneath all their brave finery lurked
the ever present fear that gripped the
hearts of emperor and prince, noble
and minister, councillor and military
chief. Evidences of it were easily
found in the minute, countless precau-
tiOns that were taken to guard the
ruler and his aids from revolutionary
aSSassinS.
COrdOns of soldiers with menacing
bayOnets, supplemented with Gatling
guns. surrounded the building. Every
corridor and chamber of the building
swarmed with soldiers and secret po-
lice Every member of the dOuma.
even. was under the watchful eye of
a member of the secret service. No
one was trusted-alI were watched.
Men We're arrested by hundreds all
over the city on the least suspicion and
thrown into Jail.
Troops filled all the principal streets
All working men were prevented from
assembling in the city. Gatherings
of people on the streets were promptly
dispersed and all lOiterers arrested or
driven to their homes. Hundreds of
well-knOwn revOlutiOnists and leaders
of the wOrkingmen were arrested in or
der to prevent the carrying out of any
assassination plot. Feyerish energy
was displayed by both police and mil
itary authorities in this work After
the report of a plot to kill the Emperor
in the very dOuma itself, their precau-
tionary efforts were redOubled
After an imposing religious service,
celebrated by the primate of the Rus
sian church, AntOnius. Emperor Mich
olas delivered the address from the
throne
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
SCANDAL AT FRISCO.
Relief Committee officials Have Ap-
prOpriated Many Goods.

The police and military authorities al
San Francisco are ferreting out persons
who have abused the free supplies priv
ileges. Detectives are assisted by numer-
Gus anonymous letters, telling of the
boarded stores. These letters are, in al
most every instance, found to state the
truth. A letter came saying that certain
member of the relief committee had not
neglected to look out for himself. The
detectives found at his home, so they
say, a store of provisions, tents and bed
ding sufficient to last for many months.
The detectives also seized at the home
of a woman $500 worth of military blan-
kets, bedding and clothing.
The records of Coroner Walsh disprove
the widely circulated stories that many
persons We're shot and killed as ghouls by
soldiers during the great fire that followed
the earthquake of April IS. Of all the
bodies handled by the coroner, only one
was found in which death was due to gun
shot wounds. This exception was Heber
Tilden, killed by civic guardsman who
had the mistaken idea that an automobile
in which Tilden was riding was used for
looting.
MY Office has reports showing 1858
Deaths" said Coroner Walsh. In the
time of great excitement we heard Of
many cases of shooting, bat the fact that
we never got the bodies convinces me that
the stories were false. In all the 35S
cases, with the exception of Tilden, death
was due to fractured skull, crushed body
or asphyxaton."
The majority of householders are still
subject to the inconvenience of cooking
their meals on stoves erected in the street.
Samples of water taken from the taps at
various points in the city were found to
be so full of bacteria that sewer pollution
was indicated. City Chemist Gibbs still
urges citizens to boil all water used for
drinking purposes under any circum-
stances. 1t is now admitted that the sew
ers have broken over the mains and it is
also feared that the reservoirs have been
polluted owing to the number OF people IN
camp at the water sheds.
]. w. Roberts, superintendent of con-
struction at the new postoffice, has COM
pleted his report on the fire and earth
quake. His report, sent to Washington,
shows the loss to the building will cun
beyond S50O,OO0. Of this at least $780,
600 was caused by explosions of dynamite
used to raze the walls after the fire had
done its work.
All glass in the building was broken,
costly marbles were torn from the walls,
doors were blown down and in some cases
oak panels were torn out. The building,
already rocked by the great earthquake,
was badly damaged by the concussion of
the explosion.
Twenty-three thousand children will be
without school accommodations. Thirty
of the largest buildings have been de-
stroyed by fire, and it is impossible to re-
place them at once.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
HOMES OF THE MINERS.

confidence. Ten days ago. after their
original demands had been rejected,
they aba 2sioned their previous claims
aAd presented two new propositions,
asking for sliding scale increase of
pay or an advance in wages of 10
cents ton upon the total production.
These, too, were rejected by the operat-
ors, who announced that the utmost of
their concessions would be a renewal
of the agreement reached by the an
thracite strike commission and a limit
ed arbitration of new issues that have
arisen since the commissions award
was made.
With the stipulation that the men
who quit work on April 1 be taken
back, Mr.. Mitchell advocated the ac-
ceptance of these terms. He recon-
mended this course, not because he con-
sidered the miners original demands
unjust, but because he believed they
are not in condition to carry a strike
to success and would be defeated if
they undertook one. 1--WE must retain
what we have" he declares, rather
than lose what we have gained in the
last two strikes" This is the counsel
of leader who is looking for practi-
cal results and sanctions only such
measures as will be likely to bring
them.
From the outset offers of arbitration
and other conciliatory measures have
come from the miners side. Their eff
forts having failed, they announced
themselves ready to accept present con-
ditions rather than plunge into ruin
Gus and probably unsuccessful strike.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
CHINA TO OPEN PORTS.
Celestial Nation Is to Make Man.
churian Cities Free.

The Chinese government has given no.
tice that 1t will open certain Manchurian
ports and interior cities to the worlds
trade only after it has completed the
preparation of regulations for the gov
ernment of the foreign colonies therein.
This is understood in Washington to
mean that the opening will be conditional
on the agreement by foreigners to accept
their holdings on leases and not claim the
right to buy their lands outright. The
active spirit in this anti-foreign move
ment is understood to be Tang -Chao-Ye,
the vice president of the Board of For
eign Affairs, who, by reason of his edu-
cation in America and his graduation
from Yale, is thoroughly acquainted with
modern foreign methods.
Private advices received in Washington
from China relative to the antiAmerican
boycott in China are discouraging and it
is even predicted that the worst is to fol-
low; that owing to the accumulation OF
enormous stocks of unsold American goods
at the ports of entry, the full effects of
the boycott will not be felt until next
autumn.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
To Finance San Francisco Loan.

10 FIHahce SAN ranclScO Loan.
A syndicate of New York capitalists
has offered to furnish S1000OO,O0O to-
ward the rebuilding of San Francisco.
This was arranged through Senator New
lands of Nevada. The terms offered were
not made public. In the meantime the
financial stringency in the ruined city has
been temporarily relieved by the opening
of the bank vaults and the resumption of
banking on a limited scale. Pending the
decision as to money for reconstruction,
many of the business houses in the burned
district have erected temporary board
transactions. The local relief committee
was greatly disappointed upon discover
ing that the S2,500,0O0 appropriated by
Congress was not to be made available in
cash, but was to be used first in replen-
sShing the army stores which had been
depleted by emergency conSignments of
tents, bedding, ratiOnS, etc. which had
been sent to the earthquake sufferers by
order of Secretary Taft. The Secretary
in a telegram to Mr.. Phelan explained
that the appropriation was Sd worded as
TO provide for the purchase of an equal
amount of army stores and for the trans
portation and maintenance of troope. The
amount left available now would not e1-
ceed 100000. 1t is estimated that about
half of the original population of the
city has left, leaving about 100000 to be
fed and cared for by the relief commit
fees.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
WAR CH DRUG TRUST.
Attorney General Moody Orders Ac-
tiOn Begun at indianapolis.

fion Begun 1t indianapolis.
Attorney General Moody has begun a
war of determination on the so-called
drug trust, as a result of investigations
by the Department of Justice at Wash
ingtOn extending over several months.
Acting under instructions from the At
torney General United States District At
torney Healing began in the United
States District Court al indianapolis be-
fore Judge A. B. Anderson. an action for
an injunction against the corporations
and individuals comprising the combina-
tion which, it is alleged, is debating the
price of drugs TO the American people.
The drug trade of the country, it is al
legged, is SO organized that prices for all
articles are fixed by the parties TO con-
spiracy. No retail druggist can buy pro-
prietary medicines or other drugs ulleSs
he is member of the National AssOcia-
ton of Retail Druggists, and in order to
be a member he must bind himself to sell
at the prices fixed by the manufacturers
and wholesalers in their several asSocia-
tions. The retail druggist who refuses to
be party to the arrangement is black
listed and it becomes impossible for him
to purchase supplies except at list prices,
which are so far above the prices made
to members as to make competition impos-
sible.
The Department of Justice announces
its determination to prosecute the case
with vigor and to leave nothing undone to
destroy the combination and bring back
conditions of competition in the drug
trade.
Joseph E. Toms. secretary of the Ma
tional Wholesale Druggists Association,
denies the charges made by the govern
ment in calling the association an illegal
combination. Mr.. Toms said that such
charges as those filed in the federal court
have. been made against the national or
ganization heretofore and always have
failed of conviction. The manufacturers
of proprietary medicines have been wont
for years to fix both the wholesale and
retail prices at which their product snail
be sold, he said. These prices, he added,
are fixed by each company, independent
of any other organization or corporation.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
autumn.
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The total length of railways in Japan
is now over 1900 miles. The gauge is
8 feet 6 inches.
The Western Pacific railway has issued
a circular letter asking contractors
throughout the United States to submit
bids for the immediate construction of 40
miles of roadbed and track. This section
is to begin at the point where Nevada and
Utah join and run to Deeth, small set
tlement on the humboldt river.
corporation has been formed for the
purpose of constructing an air line rail-
road between New York and Chicago and
it is expected that the road will be in
operation in five years. The distance will
be 742 miles. about 200 miles less than
that of any other road. The cars will be
about 10 miles an hour, making the trip
in ten hours.
Several railroads in this country make
their own wooden legs, says railway
surgeon. The roads kill, on the average,
5000 people a year, and injure 10000.
With the killed we've nothing to do, but
the injured. at 10000 per annum, run up
to the enormous total of 100000 in five
years, or 100000 in ten years. Why buy
wooden legs for all that army? Some
of our railroads. in order to curtail ex-
penses, have their own wooden-leg mills.
The new railroad station being built
at Leipsic, which is TO be completed in
1914, at an expense of S31. 100000, will
b.: the largest railroad station in the
world covering an area of 920,51S square
feet. Both the great South Station, 1t
Boston, and the Union Station, at st.
Louis, will have to acknowledge them
selves outdone in size by the mammoth
station of this German city.
Work on the construction of the rail-
road to the summit of Mont Blanc. Swift
zerland, has begun. Although this road
will be less than twelve miles long it will
take five or six years to complete it.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
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I402-Battle of Nisbeth between English
and Scotch forces.
1429-Siege of Orleans abandoned.
74S7-Lambert, an impostor, crowned at
Dublin as Edward VI.
1494-Columbus discovered the island Of
Jamaica.
1502-Columbus sailed from Cadz in
search of passage to the South Sea-
I56S-Mary, Queen of Scots, escaped
from Loeb Leven Castle.
1590-Siege of Paris begun by Henry ".
1646-Charles 1. surrendered to the
Scots.
1657-Cromwell declined the title of
king.
16S2-William Penn published his frame
of government for the colony Of
Pennsylvania.
1724-Coronation of Catherine, Empress
of Russia.
l734-Treves taken by the French.
1743-Treaty concluded between France,
Spain, Naples and Genoa.
1757-Prussians defeated Austrians at
battle of Prague.
1767-Prof. Cassini discovered the revo-
luton of Venus.
1776-American Congress declared Eng
liSh authority over the colonies abol-
ished
177S-Battle between Americans and
British at Bordentown, n. J.
1769-Opening of States General at Yer
sanles. Marked beginning of French
Revolution.
1I94-Postofice Department established
by United States Congress.
1795-Tax on wearing hair powder went
into effect in England.
1S04-Empire formed in France.
1s0S-Insurrection in Madrid, Spain.
1S3O-Treaty signed with Turkey to Sc
cure to United States free naviga
ton of the Black Sea.
1S40-Tornado in Adams county, Missis-
sippi; 100 killed; $1,0O0,0O0 in prop
erty destroyed.
AC1- OISiI iAC 1IdSlcu
three days.
1S46-Gen. Taylor defeated the Mexi-
cans at Resaca de la Palma.
1S53-New planet discovered by Prof.
Luther. City of Schiraz, Persia,
destroyed by an earthquake.
1S61-Secession of Tennessee from the
Union.
1S62-Battle Of Williamsburg.
1S63-Battle of Charlottesville, Va.
1S71-Treaty of Washington.
iS75-Verdict of acquittal ended i'm
parchment trial of President of Mex
leo.
9SS2-Parnell, Dillon and O'Kelly re-
leased from imprisonment.
1SS7-Osman Digna, Mahdi warrior, cay
tured by Arabs.
1S90-Oklahoma organized as a terri
tory.
1S97-U. S. Senate rejected treaty of ar
bitration with Great Britain. w
Universal Postal Congress assembled
at Washington, d. G.
1S9S-China paid the last of the war in
demnity to Japan.
1905-Steamer Falk wrecked of Lands
End; 81 drowned.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
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Ian Maclaren of Liverpool, England
will be the lecturer extraordinary in ths
Western Theological seminary next year.
The New York Herald has been offer
ing prizes to the school children of the
city of New York for the best exercises in
the Metric system.
Connecticut has authorized the local op-
ton system as to the furnishing of free
text books, as the general election showed
seventy-three townships to be in favor Of
free books and forty-four against them.
The public school authorities of Colum-
bus. Ga, have ordered all teachers to
hold special exercises on the Confederate ts
memorial day, June 3, and on the birth
days of Lee and Davis, and to explain
their meaning.
Supt. Jordan of Minneapolis opposes
the plan of the national board for the
promotion of rife practice to have target
shooting as a part of the public school
curriculum. He says, st is not within
the scope of school training. which should
teach the ideals of peace rather than
those of war;
IN MS annual report 10 Ine New OrK
Boord of Education, Superintendent Max
we'll refers to the recent test of present.
day pupils with the spelling papers used
in 1916 in TIE Springfield (Mass)
schools and says that spelling and ariuh-
metic instead of suffering in course Of
study which trains the child to use all of
his powers Of expression, are actually far
better than they were unier a curriculum
with endless brainstiring, unin1erestins
drill and nothing etse. oa the three Rs.
He recommended that the self-goyerament
plan be applied 20 the high schools and
the upper half of the elementary schools.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
Interesting News Items.

George r. Young of Mount Holly. \
j., who, it is said, was wanted in st.
Louis for embezzenent, committed sui
eide at Mount Holly.
Six bridge companies are declared to De
in default for failing to file answers by
May /. as required in the custer suits
brought against them by Attorney Cen
eral Ellis of Ohio.
Secretary Taft in Torrington, Conn,
spoke in favor of a contract-built lock
canal across Panama.
Secret service men seized half ton OF
Honduras lottery tickets and $500
worth of engraved plates in a raid in
New York.
A bill has been introduced in the Eng
lish House OF Commons prohibiting plural
voting and limiting man TO one con-
stituency.
A benefit performance planned to take
place in the Presbyterian building. New
York. in which a girl was to dance in her
oare feet has been barred.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17

luton was adopted by the convention.
The resolution as adopted provides
that the miners will return to work
for three years on the basis of the an
thracite commissions award provided
all the miners who suspended work on
April 1 and those discharged for stat
ing they would strike if ordered, be
taken back.
By adopting Mr.. Mitchell's recon-
mendation the miners waive virtually
all the important demands which they
had made upon the operators. How
ever, their so-called surrender will be
likely to have the ultimate effect of
strengthening the miners organization
and giving it new claims upon popular
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
GAR OPENS DOUMA.
FIRST RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT rs
CONVENED.
Nicholas, in Speech, Asks Members
to Aid Him in Relieving Peasants
and Solving Nations Prohiems-
Soldiers swarm About Palace.

The first session of the modern Rus
sian legislative assembly, born amid
the throes of terrorism. anarchy and
revolution. was Opeged Thursday af-
ternOOn in st. Petersburg by Emperor
Nicholas Pomp and ceremony of the
most impressive kind marked the occa-
sion, which ushered in the dawn of lib
erty for the autOcracy cursed, enslaved
millions of RuSsia's masses. From
great golden throne in the magnificent
winter palace. the Gar. clad in gor-
geous robes of state and surrounded by
his relatives. his ministers, cOunSellors
and navy in glittering uniforms, ad-
dressed the members of the dOuma as
sembled before him.
The tone of the speech from the
throne was conciliatOry. 1t expressed
the EmperOr's wish that relief be given
to the peasants in their present unfOr-
tunate conditions and called on the
members of Parliament to put their
hearts into their work and to cooper
ate with him in solving the present
problems of Russia and in handing
down united and prosperous empire
to his successor.
The superficial observer who was
present would never have imagined that
this solemn gathering listening to the
kind, benevolent words of their mighty
monarch represented a great political
reform wrung from that same mon
arch-"autOcrat of all the Russias"-
and from his naughty, arrogant mobiles,
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
He was severely wounded. The woman
was shot and killed by his orderly.
For Equality of Sex.

Brand Whitlock, Mayor of Toledo, in
welcoming the national council of women
took advanced ground in declaring that
the problems of the race could never be
solved by male intelligence alone. He
thought that men could not be all that
they should be as long as they denied
women what they have a right to become.
Women had too long surrendered their
real Fights to masculine gallantry such as
theater tickets and a seat in a street car,
and it was time for them ''to do away
with the fictions and absurdities of society
life and come out and take their places
in the real battle of the world" He said
the day was coming when there would be
an equal standard of morals for men and
women, and that the time was passing
when men would seek ito coin the smiles
and tears of children into dollars
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
VOTE NOT TO STRIKE.
HARD COAL MINERS AGREE TO
RESUME WORK.
Influence of President Mitchell
Causes Convention at Scranton to
Decide for Peace in Anthracite
Field.

On the advice of President Mitchell,
the miners convention at Scranton, Pa,
unanimously voted to adopt the first
proposition Of the operators, a continu-
alton of the award of the anthracite
coal commission, with the modification
that the term for which it is to con-
tinue should be mutually agreed upon.
The operators suggestion was that it
should be at least three years. This is
the end of any possibility of a coal
strike in the Eastern field, as the reso-
Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
Jordan's Theory of Earthouake

President Jordan of Stanford univer-
sity, which was so terribly shaken up by
the recent earthquake, ascribes the dis
tur5ance to a slipping of the Sierra Mo-
rena mountain chain from three to six
feet along the line of a geologic fault.
This chain forms the backbone OF the Pc
niasula OF San Francisco, a25 along It's
base for forty miles is Il narrow valley.
Jordan says that on April IS the old fault
reopened and cracked the surface of the
earth the entire length of the valley, caus-
'ng the mountain tc slip toward the north.