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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
LITTLE HAYTl AND GERMANY
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS CAUSE
NEW COMPLICATIONS.
American Expelled, and Demand by
American Minister for Withdrawal
Of Order Refused.

Port-au.Prince, Hayti-The relations
between the governments of Hayti
and Germany are strained owing to
the refusal of the German bankers,
Hermann & Co.. by direction of the
court at Port-au-Prince, to return to
the Haytian government large sums
of money alleged to have been fraudu-
lently obtained. Among the alleged
transactions Of Hermann 4 Co. with
the Haytian government was n
which is said to have proved favorable
to the government. Srhis was conclud,
ed by the Haytian minister o. finance,
the German legation and Hermann &
Co.
Hayti Refused to Retract.
The German minister demanded that
this transaction, as well as others, be
annulled, but the Haytian govern
ment, in terms that the German min.
lister deemed offensive, refused to
acuuiesce. The German minister at the
same time demanded the withdrawal
of the phrase objected to. This also
was refused. Fears are entertained
here of grave complications ensuing.
An American Expelled.
The official monitor recently pub
lished notice of the expulsion of Mr..
Mansour, an American citizen, but Mr..
Furniss, the American minister, be-
lieving the call for the mans expul-
sion unjustified, asked for the with
drawal of the order. This, however,
was refused, and Mansour has left
for New York. The seal of the Amer
lean legation has been placed on his
ship.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
HOUSE REFUSES TO AMEND THE
RIVER AND HARBOR AP-
PRECIPITATION BILL.
Deep CHANNEL BUMPED
After Much Speeehmaking Friends Of
Chicago.to-the-Gelf Waterway
Muster Only Forty.
Three Votes.

Observation-Disclosures of a a.
foot channel for the Mississippi river
from Chicago to st. Louis and the gulf
met defeat when the house in commit
tee of the whole, having under consid-
GRAFTON the river and harbor appropri-
alton bill, voteu to stand by the rec
o~mmendation of the committee In OPP
position to the project. Although there
was much speechmaking on the part of
the friends OF the measure, they Sc
cured only 43 votes for the amend
ment as against las against it.
Mr.. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, offered
IAN amendment, providing for the con-
tinuance of work on dam No. z on the
Ohio river, but it was defeated on q
test vote, which showed that the
chairman of the river and harbor com
mittee, Mr.. Burton, had a large ma.
jority of the house with him as to any
amendment to the budget which has
not his sanction.
Mr.. Gill, of Maryland, suggested ap
propriating an additional $1,000, 0OC
for the harbor at Cleveland, the home
of Chairman Burton, because OF the
un~selfshness of that gentleman in
failing to ask for an amount sufficient
to complete the %harbor.'
The amendment was defeated at the
personal solicitation of Mr.. Burton
who said the amount appropriated was
sufficient.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
LIFE OF STEVE ADAMS.
First Step In Effort to Convict Lead
ers of Western Miners.

Wallace. Idaho-The great legal bat
tie for the life of Steve Adams is on
here. On one side are the forces of
the state, seeking Adams conviction.
the first step towards convicting the
leaders of the Western Federation of
Miners, who are charged with the as.
~sassinatlon of former Gov. Frank
Steunenberg, of Idaho; on the ether Is
the powerful federation, declaring the
charges are false, and an attempt by
the mine owners to break up the
union.
The crime charged against Steve
Adams is the murder of Fred Tyler,
a settler. who disappeared from his
timber claim on Marble creek about
Aug. 10, 1904, and whose body was
found later. Tyler's murder re-
manned a mystery until after the death
of Gov. Steunenberg. Harry Orchards
graphic confession not only implicat-
ed Steve Adams and other Federation
men in the governors murder, but
declared that Adams and Jaci, Simp.
kins also killed Tyler, because he
had taken up the timber claim. Simp-
kins has never been found.
Adams was arrested at Haines, Ore,
Feb. 20, 1906, and taken to Boise,
where 1t is alleged he confessed the
Tyler murder. This confession he
now denies, and 1t is believed he Will
claim it was wrung from him by force
and Is false. Later he was spirited
away from Boise to Wallace. Sheriff
Sutherland leaving the railway and
%journeying by wagon to avoid the
service of legal papers to get his pris-
oner from him.
The preliminary fight over the Sc
lection of a jury is expected to con-
tinue for ten days or two weeks.
About a hundred jurors were sum-
mOned.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15

snow and broken timbers:
Fred Mason, owner of boarding
house; Mrs. Fred Mason, Joseph
Boyle, miner, Denver; John Emerson,
miner, Denver; John Miller, miner,
Monarch; Stephen Skinner, saloon.
keeper, Monarch; one miner, name un.
known, is missing.
A baby of the Masons was reported
to have been killed, but had a mirac.
ulous escape from death. He was
buried under many feet of snow and
broken house timbers for IA hours,
and when found was lying in his little
bed unframed. Near by were the dead
bodies of his parents and other mem
bers Of the family, who were rescued
alive.
James l.. Lecky was pinioned under
a heavy blanket of snow by broker
timbers, but managed to dig a hole In
the snow with his hands so he could
breathe until he was rescued. He was
in communication with his rescuer.
many hours before being taken out.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15

THE GENERAL EDUCATION BOARD
MAKES ANNOUNCE.
MENT.
A ROCKEFELLER GIFT
Intended to Assist the Work of the
Board Throughout the Country
Had Previously Given
$11,oo0,0 900.

New York-An announcement is
made that John ID. Rockefeller has
given the general education board S32,.
900, 600. He had previously given the
board $11 900, 900. The gift is intended
to assist in the work of the board
throughout the country. The educa.
ton board is designed to help educa-
tional institutions.
The members of the board who will
administer Mr.. Rockefeller's immense
gift include some of the best known
educators, financiers, publicists and
philanthropists in the country.
While the board was in session gifts
to five colleges were ordered, amount
ing in all to $500, 900 as follows: Beloit
college, Beloit, Wis; Morningside col
lege, Sioux City, Ia; Lafayette col.
lege, Easton, Pa, $4,000 each. Wabash
college, Charlottesville. Ind, and the
University of Wooster, Wooster, o.,
each $125,O00.
In 1903 the general educational
board was chartered by congress. 1t
employs a force of experts in the con.
tinuous and systematic study Of edu.
cational conditions in all parts of the
United States. It's object is promoting
education in the various states by
means of gifts and otherwise.
The organization was adopted to
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
Alleged Fraud In
California Mining Cases

San Francisco, Cal.-"There is more
fraud in connection with mining
land cases in California than there is
in Oregon, Montana, Colorado, Utah
and Wyiming combined. Officials high
up in the interior department are re-
sponsible for this. | know from my
own knowledge that agents sent out
from Washington to investigate min
ing lands in this state have been
bribed on the question, after making a
thorough and exhaustive study of the
conditions of mineral tracts here for
many years past" +
State Mineralogist Lewis E. Aubury
has reached the foregoing conclusion.
He does not hesitate to say that undue
influence must have been brought to
bear upon the officials of the interior
department, and that the wool has
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
1850 Dead and Injured.

Washington-,An accident bulletin
recently issued by the interstate com
merce commission for the three
months ended September 80, last,
shows the total number Of casualties
to passengers and railroad employees
while on duty to have been 1880. as
against 16,937 reported in the proceed
ing three months. The number of
passengers and employees killed In
train accidents was 267, as against 1914
reported in the preceding three
months. Fiftytwo passengers were
killed.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
DROVE OUT JAPANESE.
Railroad in Oregon Employed Them
on Section, Discharsing Whites.

WOODBURY., Ore.-Much feeling has
been ~engendered here by the South
ern Pacific laying off white men en-
ployed on the railroad section at this
point and replacing them with eight
or ten Japanese. The feeling ran so
high that so Americans called at the
section house and warned the Japanese
to leave town. There was. no violence,
and the Japanese promised to leave,
and in the morning they departed for
Portland within the limit specified.
The section foreman refused to work
with them and resigned his position.
Warrants will be sworn out for the ar.
rest of the ringleaders of the crowd
that drove the Japanese out.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
BELOW ZERO FOR DAYS.
Spring viii Reveal Grewsome Tales
in the Northwest.

st. Paul, Minn.-Zero weather has
prevailed for weeks in Minnesota. In
North Dakota 80 degrees below has
been common and there has been
much suffering. Railroads have been
badly demoralized. Lines have been
at a standstill for weeks. This has
caused a coal famine in many North
Dakota towns. There have been re-
ports OF many people freezing to death,
but these reports have been denied
from North Dakota sources. 1t Is,
however, admitted by railroad man
ayers that the opening of spring will
tell some grewsome tales of suffering,
starvation and death.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
THE COUNTRY HOME OF JOHN
WANAMAkER DESTROYED
BY FIRE.
RARE PAINTINGS SAVED
Christ Before PLATE" and "Christ on
Calvary" by Munkacsy, VAL
ued at $25o,0o0,
Are Safe.

Philadelphia-The country home of
John Wanamaker, at Chelten Mills,
rear Jenkintown, was destroyed by
fire at night. D..
Mr.. Wanamaker's home was consid-
cred one of the most artistic and val.
liable of Philadelphia's suburban prop
critics. The tract consists of 80 acres
of ground and the house, which, in
the main, was of the English style of
architecture, stood up on Il hill about
$50 yards back of the famous Old
York road.
Rarest Of Paintings Saved.
The Wanamaker art gallery con
tanned some of the rarest paintings and
most valuable oil paintings in exist.
ence. The Wanamakers have been at
their winter home here, and the coun.
try place was in charge of a %caretaker.
The fire made rapid progress, the val.
liable paintings being about the only
property saved.
Among these are Christ Before
Illdte ana SnTlSJ On calvary, Dy
Munkacsy, valued at $780, 600.
Loss $1,5o0,0O0
Though no statement has been Sc
cured from Mr.. Wanamaker as to the
loss, it is a~uthoritatively stated that
it will reach at least 81, 500, 600. The
house cost ST. 900, and it contained
a collection of furniture, bric-a-brac
tapestries and paintings which Mr.
and Mrs. Wanamaker have been AZ
years in collecting. Mrs. Wanamakel
had been collecting Venetian glass fol-
many years and her collection was re
garded rs one of the finest eXtant.
Fifty Rooms Furnished Differently.
The furniture was the most serious
loss. There were so rooms in the
house, and each was furnished in dis
tinctive style of some period in the
worlds history. Many of the furnish
in5s were collected from the houses
of royalty and can not be replaced a
any price.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
Shaw Calls It a sweatshop.

Washington-In a letter to Speaker
Cannon, Secretary Shaw says of the
building in Washington occupied by
the bureau of engraving and printing:
Il doubt If a worse sweatshop exists on
the earth than the factory in which the
government manufactures it's money,
it's bonds, its internal revenue and post
office stamps. The condition of the
employees. especially in summer, is well
nigh un~bearable, and every considera-
ton pleads for Improvement. The mat
ter will soon be brought up in the SEN
ate.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
IRON AND STEEL EXPORTS.
Total Last Year SIZE, 10000, an In.
crease of $50, ooo, 600 Over 1905.

Washington-The expectation Of
iron and steel manufactures reached
their highest record during the last
year, according to figures compiled by
the bureau of statistics of the depart
ment of commerce and labor. The
total for 1906 aggregate SIZE, 500, 900,
an increase of $50, O00, 900 over the pre-,
ceding year.
Practically every one of the impor-
tant articles or groups of articles
share in this gain. Pig iron shows an
increase of 81, 900, 900; bar iron an in
crease of 1888, 900; steel rails, ST.
500, 900; steel sheets and plates, ST.
$50, 900; structural iron and steel,
nearly $4,000, 900; wire, ST. 5 900;
builders hardware, nearly 50, 900, 900;
locomotives, nearly 2 1000, 900; sewing
machines, nearly $500, 900; metal
working machinery, more than So, 000,-
600; mining machinery, more than $2,.
OO0, 900; typewriters, $50O,O0O; print.
ing presses, more than $500, 900, and
bar iron an increase of more than 81,
600. 600. Tin plate has passed the ST.,
000, 900 mark in the value of it's eX
po%rtations; the value of tin and terne
plates and tagger's tin exported aggre.
eating in quantity 27,054,477 pounds,
valued at 81, 001, GSS.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15

been pulled over the eyes of Secre-
tary Hitchcock by m%anipulators who
have grown rich at the governments
expense. Aubury thinks that as soon
as Secretary Garfield takes his seat of
office on March A, startling revelations
will be made. He has been in COM
~munication with Garfield for some
months past and the latter has prom.
ised that as soon as he is vested with
power he will inaugurate a crusade
that will stir the country from Maine
to California.
81 know full we'll that frauds in con,
nection with mining lands of this state
have been in existence for years"
said Aubury, "but / am powerless to
prevent it. I am here to look out for
the interest of the miner and it does
not lie within my jurisdiction to pros
ecute anyone"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15

as list Mr.. Rockefeller in the distribu-
ton of his gifts to education, but it
was not intended to limit the work of
the board to the administration of
funds given by him." said Chairman
Frederick T. Gates, who explained the
purposes of the organization.
IN March, 1902" said Gates, John
d. Rockefeller pledged $1,000,000 to
the work of the board, combining its
use particularly to the study and pro
motion of education in the southern
states"
On June 80, 1905, through Mr.. Gates,
Mr.. Rockefeller gave the board ST.,
0oO, 900 in securities, the principal to
be held in %perpetuity as a foundation
for education, income above expenses
of administration to become distrib
uted to, or used for, among such in
situations of learning as the board
might deem best adapted to promote
comprehensive system of higher edu
cation in the United States.
From the income of the Original
fund of s11, 900, 900 conditional sub
scriptions have already been made tt
Is colleges in Virginia, North Carolina
South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana
Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin. In
diana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. amount
ing to a total of SLOT, 500. AS a con
dition of receiving these gifts thu
colleges are raising further the tota
sum of 1892, 500.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
SEVEN MEN ENTOMRED.
A Lehigh G. Wilkesbarre Coal Co. Col
liery on Fire.

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Seven miners are
entombed in No. 10 colliery of the Le-
high & Wilkesbarre Coal Co. at Wan
amaze, and miners acquainted with the
workings of the colliery say there is
little hope of ~rescuing any of them.
Fire broke out on the fourth lift
of the shaft, and the entombed men
who we're caught in the lower lifts
can not be reached until the flames are
extinguished. The fire is burning
fiercely and has gained such Roadway
that it may require many hours fight
ing before the flames are subdued.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
MAY TALK DISARMAMENT
THE COMING CONFERENCE or
THE NATIONS.
The United States or Great Britain
May Bring II Up, but France
viii Oppose. 4

London-Prof. De Martens, VIII, has
arrived here In pursuance of his mis-
sion to canvass sentiment regarding
the programme of the coming Hague
conference, called on Sir Edward Grey,
foreign secretary. Later he will con-
fer with Sir Henry Campbell Ban
herman, and perhaps also with Ambas-
sador Reid, with whom Prof. De Mar
tens will discuss the Intentions of the
United States.
Obliged to Discuss II.
There IA be no doubt that the
question of disarmament and The limi-
tation Of ornaments will be the piece
de resistance of the programme" said
Prof. De Martens, "and If either the
British or the United States govern
ments have really decided to place
this question on the programme, the
powers will be obliged to discuss It.
Germany, France and Russia al;
hold that disarmament is not !ipe for
discussion, and further, that even the
limitation of ornaments is not a prac-
teal question.
The Draco Doctrine.
THE Drago doctrine has provoked
some misunderstanding and bad feel
ing. If the doctrine is to form a
guarantee that any power must not
pay its debts, naturally 1t will not
evoke very much sympathy. and from
this point of view | do not think it
will be approved even in the United
States. The doctrine was accepted by
Secretary Hay with considerable re-
serve"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
Expelled From Colorado Senate.

Denver, Col.-Senator Richard w.
Morgan, of Boulder City, has been ex-
PEELED from the state senate by a vote
Of 20 to /. His expulsion was recon-
mended by a majority of a special
committee of the senate, which found
him guilty Of having accepted a bride.
This finding was based on the state
ment made to the senate in March.
1905, by Morgan himself. who handed
to the secretary of the 4nate $3.50,
which, he declared, had been given
him to vote for Adams for governor,
He voted for Peabody.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
A CALIFORNIA DECISION.
Two Commitments to Asylum Do Not
Exempt a Murderer.

San Francisco-An opinion has
been rendered in the supreme court
holding that two commitments to an
asylum do not exempt a murderer
from responsibility for his crime, nor
uphold his plea that at the time of
his homicide he was insane. An in
teresting decision was rendered in the
Ease of Frank Willard, who, in 1905,
shot and killed a sheriff.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
soNlLLA BROKE TREATY.
President of Honduras Precipitated
Wa with Nicaragua.

Managua, Nicaragua-President Bo-
nilla of Honduras, it is said, broke the
treaty of Corinto (which provides for
the arbitration of questions in dispute
between the Central American repub-
lics), and that as a result the tribunal,
which was sitting at San Salvador, in
an endeavor to settle the differences
between Nicaragua and Honduras, was
dissolved.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
THE FEELING IN JAPAN.
Antl-Japanese Press PowerIess to
Break Friendship.

Tokio-The view taken here of the
Acknowledgements situation, arising
from the San Francisco school incl
dent, is illustrated by the following Of
icial statement;
since the talk of war was first
transmitted from America we have
carefully watched the development Of
feeling here. There has not been the
slightest excitement anywhere in the
country.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
IDENTIFIED HER ASSAILANT.
Kansas City Cash Girl BrutalIy As
saulted by a Negro.

Kansas City, Mo.-Will Jefferson, 10
years old, has been arrested and iden-
tilted by Flora May Clark as the ne
gro who so brutally assaulted her at
night as she was going home from
work. The police consider her identi-
fication conclusive. The girls condi-
ton is serious. She is Is years old
and worked as cash girl at a downtown
dry goods store.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
SNOW IN x CITY.
Tho Thinly.cIad, B~are-Footed Poor
Are Sufferers.

City Of Mexico-For the first time
in many years snow fell upon the
streets Of Mexico City. Unusual con-
ditions have caused suffering among
the poor, who ~habitually 30 about clad
in light garments and with bare feet.
The government is providing food and
shelter to hundreds. The weather has
been, unusually cold, but the frost
Will soon pass away.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
AN INTERNAL MACHINE.
A Justice at Paterson, N. j., Killed In
His Office.

Paterson, N. J.-Justice of the Peace
Robert Cortese was SO fearfully in
jured in his office by the explosion of
an internal machine, sent him by ex-
press. that he died.
The office was wrecked, and the
defamation could be heard for blocks.
He had actively aided the police in
the capture Of Italian law-breakers re-
Gently.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
Dewey and His Cowboys Go Free

Topeka, Kas.-The supreme court
has dismissed the cases against Chaun-
cey Dewey, the millionaire ranchman,
and his cowboys, Clyde Wilson and w.
J. Mcbride, charged with taking part
in the killing Of the Berry family.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
FIVE BURNED TO DEATH.
Father and Four Children Inelnerated
In Their Home.

Allentown. Pa.-Edwin w. Reid
nauer, a baker. and his four children
were burned to death. Reidnauer
was frying doughnuts when the fat
boiled over ON the floor. setting the
house on fire. Mrs. Reidnauer rushed
to summon the firemen and escaped
the fate of the other five members
OF the family.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
FREER USE OF SUNDAY.
Every Person Be Given Legal Right to
Have One Days Rest In Seven.

Boston-Radical changes in the laws
relating to the observance Of the Sab
bath are recommended by the special
committee appointed by the last legis-
lature to revise the Sunday statutes
which has submitted its report. The
committee strongly recommends that
every person be given the legal right
to have n days rest in seven.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
THE COLORADO DAMNED.
The Break Into the salton Sea Has
Been Closed.

Imperial, Cal.-The last water COM
ing through the break in the Colorado
river has been shut off, after a long
and hard struggle by the Southern Pa
cifc Railroad Co. The New and Ala
mo rivers, carrying water from the
Colorado to the Salton sea, are rapid
Iy going dry in the valley.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
Killer Killed by His own Weapon.

Ell Paso, Tex.-After killing one po-
liceman and %wounding another at
Mazatlan, Mex, Antonio Penitez tried
to escape by running, but stumbled
and fell and was killed by the acct
dental discharge OF his pistol.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
Eifteen Killed by Snow,

Bucharest, Roumania-Fifteen wood
cutters were overwhelmed by an ava
lanche in the Mucel district of the
~Transylvania mountains. All the men
were dead when dug out.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
ReconsIders a Roosevelt censure.

Carson, Nev.-The joint resolution
%censuring President Roosevelt for in.
reference with the rights of the
states, adopted by the house, was re-
considered in that body and referred
to the committee on federal relations,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
Cranberry Growers Have Scheme

Camden, N. ia large number Of
cranberry growers of southern New
Jersey have organized the New Jersey
Cranberry Sales Co. The purpose Is
to secure a large market and to have
the whole output sold from a central
office.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
SEVEN KILLED AT MONARCH.
Seven Lives Lost in the Avalanch
That Came Down the Mountain.

Salida, Col.--Seven were killed in
the snowslide at Monarch. The bodies
of the following have been recovered
from beneath the great masses of