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Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
DUN'S REVIEW.

New York. Dec. 10.-Dunn will say: The near advent of the holidays and the close of the year naturally curtail operations in most primary markets. The retail trade is correspondingly augmented and every indication points to a large distribution of merchandise Cotton goods are steadier and larger purchases of drygoods have been made on contracts. Fall openings of woOlens and worsteds are being announced, but at higher. prices.
 The new business in boots and shoes is less in evidence, but the demand has shown healthy improvement and manufacturers are optimistic. The trade in leather continues quiet. but the market remains in a strong posi- ton as tanners are well sold ahead. and stocks are small. Packer hides are maintained as a rule. although some weakness is shown in cOwhides owing to increased slaughter. Country hides are again lower and Chicago buffs are now quoted down to 13Rc.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
FEDERATION
 ID SUPPORT Striking sMehmen of North
 west SAYS PRESIDENT GOMPERs
This is Taken to Mean That All Other Railway Organ nations Will Be Called Out Qualification of the Head of Switchmen

Cincipnati. Dec. -0.-The American switchmen's strike in the northwest. to the extent of its powers. The an nouncement was made today by sam uel Gon1pers. president of the fedora tion, after an extended conference with Frank Hawley. president of the switch mems union.
 It Is taken to mean that if the rail roads do not concede the demands of the strikers, the trouble will be spread until it involves the other great labor organizations in the railway field.
 We will support the switchmen. financially and morally sah Com pers. He refused to state whether that meant an extension of the strike. but he asserted that he was satisfied that the demands of the strikers were just and merited. and would receive the support of all unions.
 Hawley is jubilant over the decision of Gompers. He ridiculed the asser- tions of the railroad officials that the strike is practically ended. and said: They cannot beat us now with the federation of labor behind us'
 According to Hawley a shortage of the coal supply in the~northwest is Imminent. on account of the strike. He said that such a shortage was already apparent in Minneapolis. where. he said. the public schools were suffering from a lack of fuel
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
THE ICE TRUST
Its Conviction Yesterday of Being .
 Monopoly

New York, Dec. 10.-The American Ice company was found guilty today by the state supreme court of restrict ing competition, and attempting to create a monopoly. The jury was out and hour and forty minutes. When the foreman announced the verdict. the court immediately imposed the maximum sentence of a 5000 fine.
 The conviction is the first under the new law, and will probably be fought fir the highest court. The significance of the verdict lies not so much in the relatively trivial amount of the fine, as in the intimation made by Attorney Staunchfield. of the defense, that the finding against the company, which. he said. supplies s.OOO,OO0 customers, will mark the first step of its rissOlu- ton.
 The American Ice company. though tried under the laws of New York was incorporated in New Jersey. II has plants in New York, Washington, Bal timore and Philadelphia, and absorbed many smaller companies on the Hud- son river and on the Maine ice fields. Charles Morse. the convicted banker, was once active in its affairs.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE NOT .Ex-
 PECTEO

St. Paul Dec 10.-It is not thought at-strike headquarters that a sympa- thetic strike of the allied railroad or ganizations in the American Fedora ton of Labor will result from the con- ference of Messrs. Gompers and Haw- ley.
 My interpretation of the message from Cincinnati is that the American Federation has offered every assist ance expected by MT. Hawley on be- half of the switchmen.' said D. A Harshberger. third vice president of the switchmen's union. tonight.
 We have said We are not agitating or anticipating a sympathetic strike. We have, however, expected the moral and financial support of the different organizations if the strike is prolonged to great length"
 Telegrams received at strike head quarters. indicated that everything is favorable to the strikers from here to the coast. The state railroad commits sion received thirty letters from as many cities and villages regarding the coal supply. but so far Warren, Minn., is the only town shown to be in imme- diate distress.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
MADMAN KILLED
End of Pursuit of Slayer of an Ohio
 Sheriff

Shreve. ohio. Dec. 10.-After killing Sheriff Jacob Bell. of Holmes county, and running wild for forty eight hours and terrorizing people. O. F.. Boley. an escaped patient from the state hos pital for the insane. was shot and captured tonight Trailed by posses from Wooster. Millersburg and other towns. Boley ran into and out of traps all days. standing his pursuers off with a shotgun and eluding them by fleet ness O: foot
 Just at nightfall a Millersburg posse saw him running across an open field w. s. Hoover. the town marshal. called to him to halt and then fired. the bull let striking Boley in the abdomen. He fell. but fought savagely. kicking. bit ing and scratching until overpowered- He was placed on a train for Wooster, and died on the way.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
DEATH OF RED. CLOUD
 AMBITIOUS SIOUX Who Gradually Extended His Control Over All Branches of His
 Family.

Washington. Dec. 10.-Chief Red Cloud, whose death occurred today, first became known as an important parsonage in Indian affairs in 1865. when he became sub-chief of the Brule- e-Sioux tribe. His tribal terri tory extended from the North Platte river to the Big Horn mountains and west to the Black Hills. He was known as a hostile Indian and caused continuous trouble by his forays against small military posts, stealing government stock and attacking i'm migrant trains He was a compatriot of such chiefs as Spotted Tail, Stand ing Elk, American Horse. Man-Afraid of- His Horses and Big Ribs. Early in 1866 Red Cloud deposed Big Ribs. the head chief, on account of his age, extended his own dominion over the Ogallalla Sioux and represented vir- tually all divisions of the Sioux tribe in the treaty meetings at the forts.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
Showing Him to be a GrieV-
 iously Injured Person 5 DOOMED WITHOUT HEARING
Theory of Secretary Knox Regarding Revolutionary Americans Would Leave the Rulers of Latin Am erica Without Protection

Managua, Dec. l0.-"The United States unjustly condemns my admin istration," said President Zelaya in an interview with a staff correspondent of the Associated Press today. Il pro- posed to Secretary Knox that he sub init the case to an investigation com mittee of his own choosing. agreeing to surrender my rights to the presi- dency if the charges in the letter of Isidore Hezera, former Nicaraguan minister to the United States. are sus- tained Secretary Knox has not re- piled.
 T am defenseless against the hos tility of a powerful nation. I must submit. although I have been con- demned unheard.
 Coercion by the United States will not rebound to the credit of nation whose motives are questioned by all Latin America. The shooting of Groce and Cannon was a pretext. Both were amenable to the laws of Mica ragua, which distinctly authorizes the shooting of individuals commanding rebels.
 Tt is different if a person is cap-
  war The attempt of Secretary Knox to establish the inviolability of Amer jeans participating in foreign revolu- tions would result Tn constant revolu- tions led by immune Americans. The initiative of the shooting of Groce and Cannon was not mine. I simply re- fused to extend clemency. after a prop erly constituted military tribunal had passed upon the case"
 Zelaya then recited several instances of what he declares Is hostility against him in the United States through paid articles appearing in American news papers. In one of these instances he says he was endeavoring to raise a loan in France when his enemies per- suaded the United States to interpose objections through the French ambas- sador on the preteNt that the money was intended to purchase war materi- als, when in reality it was to have been used in the construction of rail- roads.
 While I am ready to surrender the presidency" continued Zelaya, 'I can- not do it precipitately. as that would result in an uprising by several fac lioIlS, tdCH LII AUiSu lS eager lO oO- tain power
 T am in negotiations with the revo lutionists to secure the endorsement of a successor who will be acceptable to all parties. and have submitted the name of Jose Madriz, judge of the Car tago court.
 T hope this will obviate the neees- sity of American intervention. which would be intensely distasteful to all Latin-America. I am informed that it is the intention of the United States to prevent my leaving Nicaragua. I do not believe this is true"
 It is reported that the revolutionists will reject Senor Madriz and insist up- on General Estrada assuming the presi- dency, declaring that the United States has promised to furnish 2,000 marines at Bluefields to bring about Estrada's success.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
EXCITEMENT IN COTTON.
The Highest On New York Exchange
 Since SuIIy's Time.

New York. Dec. 10.-Not since the Sully boom in 1904 has the cotton exchange witnessed a more sensation al scene or a more spectacular rise in prices than occurred today, with the announcement of the government; crop report The market scared to a new high record for the season. with gains of more than g bale over yesterday. Both the May and July options touched the high mark of 15.S0. both gaining approximately 42 points oyer yesterday.
 The market continued excited up to the close and it is estimated that 500. 900 bales changed hands in the last hour. May closed at 15.67. and July at l574.
 It was exactly 2' o'clock when the news came from Washington that the estimate was only l0.0SS,- 600 bales-the smallest crop since 1903. Immediately there was tre- mendous rush of buying. Orders poured in from all over the world and the price jumped 20 to 30 points in the first transactions. The govern ment estimate of about 200,000 bales was below predictions.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
THREE WOMEN MURDERED
 IN HEART OF SAVANNAH
Dogs On the Trail of Negro
 Butcher.

Savannah, Ga, Dec. 1Q.-Mrs- Ada Grubble, aged 70 years, was killed: Mrs Carrie Orlando was first as- saulted and then killed, and third woman whose name is not certainly known was so badly beaten that she is at the point of death in a local hospital-all the work this afternoon of a negro who is now at large. Dogs are being Ssent on his trail The ne- gro used an axe. dealing blows on the heads of his victims
 The scene in the house of murder was terrible. The women were found on the floor two dead and one dy- ing. The house is in the heart of Savannah.
 The third victim. Mrs. Maggie Hun ter, aged g years, was found just inside the front door of the house, lying Physicians say that Mrs. Oh lander was the victim of criminal assault before she was killed. A hun dred and fifty negro prisoners are awaiting examination. A reward of sl, GOO has been offered for the arrest and conviction of the assailant.
 The police believe that the slayer. using an axe. beat Mrs. Gribble to
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
CHINESE MINISTER
 AT SAN FRANCISCO
CHAN YIN TANG MAKES A LAND
 ING
He Is Received With honors Due His
 Rank

San Francisco, Dec. 10.-ChaD Yin Tang. successor to Wu Ting Fang. minister from China to the United States. accompanied by members Of his family and a party of about forty secretaries and Chinese students, ar rived here ate p. m on the liner Mon golia. The vessel lay in the stream 2li afternoon, unable to dock because of low water. and the official weclome was extended by the federal officials on board. Yung Qui. the first secre- tary of the legation at Washington. who arrived here yesterday from the capital to arrange for the ministers welcome. and Hsu Ping Chen. consul general in this city. also greeted him in his state room.
 When the vessel docked the visitors were received by officials of the Chinese Six Companies, the Chinese chamber of commerce. the Waverly school cadets (Chinese) and brass band.
 The minister declined to discuss ir- ternational policies. merely announc- ing that he was glad to return once more to the city where he had been consul general ten years before, and to the country which had been so gener- ous in its dealings with China He said he was especially pleased by the i'm pression made in China in favor of the country by the return of the boyer in demnity. and he pointed to fifteen Chinese youths of the party who were en route to eastern colleges at the ex pense of the returned indemnity fund. as an evidence of his governments gratitude.
 Among diplomatists in the party are several who have been assigned minor posts in Latin America.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
STRONG DECLARATION 0F LIBERAL PURPOSE
WHAT THE PRESENT ENGLISH
 CAMPAIGN MEANS.
That There Shall Never Be a Re.
 eurrence of Peers Usurpstion.

London, Dec. 1O.-At a monster meeting tonight. Premier Asquith laid down the policy on which the liberal government is appealing to the coun- try. He repeated that if returned to power the government would demand limitation of the power of the house of lords. and he pledged the liberal party to grant self govern ment. There was great enthusiasm in the audience. which was made up entirely of men. women being denied admission for fear of a counter dem onstration by suffragettes.
 Every corner of the hall was searched for women. and a small band was routed out, but they man. aged to get two male supporters into the meeting. who interrupted Mir. As quith momentarily with cries of Votes for women" They were promptly elected
 "l tell you in the name and on be- half of the liberal party" Mir. As quith proceeded. that we have at this moment laid upon us a single task that dominates and transcends all others, because it embraces and involves every great beneficent. so- cial and political change upon which our hearts are set That task. is to vindicate and establish upon an un- shakable foundation the principle of republican government"
 MT. Asquith turned his attention to Ireland, which. he said. had been for tunate for once. because the measure in her behalf did not come violently athwart the prejudices of the lords.
 MT. Asquith defended the budget as a necessary social sreform. and in the first step. The budget, he con- tinued. had been thrown out by the house of lords, after weeks of debate. and the government. as a result. was confronted with three constitutional innovations first. the claim of the house of lords to the control of levy ing taxation; second, the claim of the lords to the right to compel the dissolution of the popular chamber, and. third. the assertion of the house of lords of power fO make or unmake the executive government of the crown.
 What has been done," declared Mir Asquith. may be done again. It be- comes our first duty to make it's re- currence impossible. We shall there fore demand authority from the cleo tOrate to translate the ancient. un written usage into an act of parlia- ment, and place upon the statute book a recognition. explicit and com plete. of the settled doctrine of our constitution that it is beyond the province of the house of lords to meddle with any law. in any degree or for any purpose. of national fi- nance"
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
THE KELLNER KIDNAPPING
 2 No Trace Of Eight Year Old Louisville Girl
 ~< 'AIR FILLED WITH MYSTERY
Police of the City and the
 Authorities On the In- diana Side of the River Search in Vain for a
 Clue 4

Louisville. Ky, Dec IO.-Though the story has been investigated by the po- lice. the whereabouts of S-year-old AL ma Kellner. who disappeared on Wed- nesday. remains unknown. F. L. sKelI- ner. the father of the girl. said today he believed that his daughter was looking at toys in shop window when somebody nailed her" He said the child made friends with strangers in quick, responsive way, that after she had attended church on Wednesday she wandered among the Christmas displays
 Meanwhile children resembling AL ma Kellner have been reported seen forced into covered carriages by yelled women, roughly dressed men; that such men and women were observed walking up and down street car aisles; that the child was hurried to a city in Indiana. where alleged disgruntled relatives of the Kellners are supposed to live. Another story is that Alma was mistaken by the kidnapers for her 11-year-old aunt, Meta Kellner, an heiress, whom she resembles.
 The city officials have distributed 800 circulars offering an unspecified reward for the recovery of the child, and the entire police force of Louis vile and southern Indiana are busy on the case.
 Frank Fehr. millionaire brewer and an uncle of the missing child. said that F. L. Kellner is not in a position to pay any ransom, although his father had been rich.
 The family positively denied the story that a meeting between Mrs. Kellner and the alleged kidnappers had been arranged. one of the "mysteri- ous women in black" who usually fig- ure in cases of the Kellner kind, was discovered today near the home of Mrs. Kellner. Sr, and her actions ex- city suspicion.
 The police. who have searched in vain every vault, stream. empty house and alley within half a mile of the Kellner home, devoted their attentions today to watching the. woman and running down the story of an aged Russian peddler. who said he had seen girl who might have been Alma travelling toward Madison, Indiana, with man in a wagon.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11

 death. struck down Mrs Hunter. and after assaulting Mrs. Ohlander. beat her skull with the weapon. Mrs. Gribble evidently was attacked from behind as she sat in an easy chair.
 On the floor beside the body was found a newspaper which she had been reading, and her spectacles.
 The feeling is intense and the horde of prisoners in jail, though quiet. are frightened. It is believed that if a negro suspected of the crime is cap tured he will be quickly identified.
 Bloodhounds have been at work in an effort to take the trail from the woodshed. where the axe was found. but as the Gribble house is almost within the heart of the city and the murders probably were committed several hours before it was dis covered. the dogs will scarcely be of any use.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
TRADE GETS BETTER
 WITH CLOSING YEAR
ACCORDING TO THE GREAT CON-
 MERcIAL REVIEWS.
There Is No Settling Down of Indus
 al Operations.

New York. Dec. 10.-Bradstreet's will say: cold weather and the nearer approach of the holidays have stimu- lated the trade generally throughout the north and west, and even has helped the southern trade. especially in the western part of the cotton states. As the week advanced there seemed to be evidence that the railroad strike was losing it's effectivness as a trade deterrent, though the statistics of the flour output at the large northwestern cities show that these centers have been sharply affected.
 There is no particular evidence of a slowing down in industrial opera tions. but new business in several lines show what is termed a seasonable quieting.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11

 DISCLOSURE. Of Extent and Nature d
 White Slave Traffic PLANS FOR ITS ABATEMENT.
Recommendation to Con gress In Report of Immi- grafton Commission-Re- moval of Three Year Linn it is Advised

Washington, Dec, 10.-Incredibly re- volting are the disclosures of the in- ternational system of the traffic foi the degradation of men and women contained in the report on the white slave trade submitted to congress by the United States immigration com mission. The commission says the ef- feet of the importation of immoral women has increased the degradation and death of women. and the contam- ination by disease of those with whom they come in contact. He says also that the immoral traffic is not con fined entirely to women, but that it is clear that there is a beginning, at any rate, of a traffic in men and boys for immoral purposes.
 The "vilest practices" the report continues, "are brought from conti- mental Europe. Beyond a doubt there has come from the imported women and men the most bestial refinements of depravity."
 The commission. describing the man. ner of the investigations and recounts the experiences of many government agents. In some cases they have been attacked and beaten, and actual mur- der has been narrowly averated. No statistics are given, though the extent of the white slave traffic is charac- terJed as country wide. Most of the wome,.. it is said. come by way of New York; San Francisco and Seattle, all though many have been coming in late ly via Canada They are frequently brought to the United States as the wives or sisters of the procurers in order to pass the immigration officials.
 The importations come from all countries, France leading the Chinese and Japanese making up a majority of those coming via the Pacific coast Most of the procurers are of foreign birth. The market" price varies from $500 to $l,000 each for alien women. Some times they are not sold outright. but the procurers continue to live on their earnings after their arrival.
 The commission recommends that ef- forts be made to prevent the importa- tion of women that more assidious ef- forts be made to arrest women known to be engaged in immoral practices and deport all possible: that the limit of three years after landing. within which such persons may be successful ly prosecuted. be removed: that any deported persons returning shall be imprisoned; that the keepers of i'm moral houses. in which alien women are found, be subject to deportation and state and municipal governments be urged to cooperate in stamping out the evil.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
EXCURSION TO CHINA
Postponed By Coast Business Men
 Until September.

San Francisco. Dec. 10.-The ex- cursion to China of delegates from various chambers of commerce and other commercial bodies of the Pa cific coast, which was to have started from this port on February next. has been postponed until September. at the request of the Chinese cham bers of commerce.
 The reasons for asking for the postponement are that in September a great industrial exposition will be held in Nankin. which it is desired the American trade representatives should see. and also because better climatic conditions prevail then than earlier in the year.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
SATURDAY MORNING DECEMBER Il, 1909
THE ST. cRox FIRE.
Fropn the Testimony Thers Is Little
 Wonder the Steamer Burned.

San Francisco, Dec. 10.-That the fuel oil tanks of the steamer St Croix. which burned at Point Duma, leaked badly and allowed several barrels of oil to ooze into the bilge on one trip. was the statement today to the fed eral inspectors by John Druillard, formerly first assistant engineer.
 Druillard was not on the St. Croix at the time of the disaster. He stated that the condition of the vessel was such that he did not care to go to sea abroad her, but left the employ of the company after completing his fourth trip.
 Druillard believed that a lighted cigarette might have been thrown down a ventilator by passenger and caused the fire.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
YOUNG NIcARAeUAN BLOOD
Fixes It Up With His cabman Out of
 Court

Washington. Dec. 10.-When ,F'ran- cisco Seguiera, young Nicaraguan arrested last night for failing to pay a bill of $4 for cab hire. appeared in court today. the driver declined to prosecute. and he was released, Leav- ing the building. he entered the cab of the man at whose instance he was ar rested, and was taken to the hotel of Senor CastrillO, the representative of the Nicaraguan revolutionary move- ment. who immediately paid the cab- mans charge.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
GOVERNMENT CHEATED ITSELF

New York, Dec. 10.-The alleged in. accuracy of the government scales at the Brooklyn dock was the main de- fense of the employees of the American Sugar company, on trial here for con- spiracy. They claim that the. scales were anticipated, and the government weighers were incompetent.