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voi* n . uo. 4i. C o l u m b i a n , C O L U M B I A F A L L S . M O N T A N A , A P R I L 22. 1905. SinjU Copie* Ile. Subscription Prie* S2Jt per Yeti. SGOUTSHIPS CLASH ST. PETERSBURG NOT SURPRISED AT SHALL FIGHTS. Torpedo Boat Warfare le Not Ex pected Boon— Navy Newspaper Ex- preeeea Opinion that Admiral Togo Wae Taken by Surprise at Reject- vemky'e Appearance In China Sea. St. Petersburg, April 18.—While there la no Information from Vice Ad miral Rojestvensky's squadron, the admiralty would not be surprised to learn of skirmishing between scout- shlfca today or tomorrow, as the be ginning of torpedo boat warfare soon Is not expected. The naval organ here expresses the opinion that Togo was taken completely by surprise when Rojestvensky suddenly appear ed at the entrance of the China sea, and is now concentrating his widely scattered fleet near the Pescadores, Where It Is believed a sea light will probably occur. Bights Vessels of Russian Fleet The North German Lloyd steamship Prlnz Heinrich reports that she sight ed 18 vessels of the Russian fleet Kamaranh bay at noon on Friday last. The steamer did not sight any Jap anese warships. Kamaranh bay Is In Cochin China, about 200 miles northeast of Saigon. ABOUT GRAND DUKE8. 8aId to Be the Most Hated Men In the World. Russia's grand uukes are the most hated men In the world today. They are also amazingly wealthy. The 60 odd grand dukes and grand duchesses annually share between them »10,000.- 000, the profits realized1 on the enor mous revenues from the national treasury, and some are suspected of making money by robbing the govern ment under the system that Is known ■ he#e as “graft.” Tet the grand ducal party la by no means satisfied. It Is the grand dukes who b ^ e forced upon Russia the dlsastrofir war with Japan, who have stirred the whole country Into a revo lutionary ferment. To the war they have made they have not contributed one rouble. There Is not a single grand duke fighting his country's battles today. Not one has given a copeck towards providing warm clothing for the humblest sol- dler, or for medicine for the wounded and sick. The Grand Duke Vladimir Is the most Important of them alL Un scrupulous and headstrong, the real murderer of the St. Petersburg work men. Vladimir sticks at nothing to gain his endB. When the chief statlonmaater at Warsaw the other day, goaded by the ▼lie names which Vladimir showered upon him, because a train was late, was bold enough to strike the grand du$e. an offleer Immediately ran bis swerd through the railway man's body. Thanking the offleer, Vladimir turned away, leaving the stationmaster, u attended, to bleed to death. 8uch tyrant may one day be himself em peror of all the Russlas. Of the other brothers of the late czar there are the Grand Dukes Alexl^ and Paul. Alexis, the stay at home grand admiral of the Baltic fleet, is credited with having allowed the Rus sian navy to get Into Its present de plorable condition of Inefficiency. He Is a gay man, spends his free time In Paste, and has an evil name for finan cial corruption. The Grand Duke Paul Is a person of no consequence—to Russia. Pope Receives Americans. Rome.—Pope Plus 8unday received In the hall of the consistory 150 Ameri cans. Including General Jacob 8. Smith and wife of New York, and Mrs. M. D. Walsh. E. Deltrich and B. F. Shrlv- er ■ of Baltimore. The pope entered the hall accompanied by high person ages of the court, preceded by two American private chamberlains. Rev. Martin Maloney of Philadelphia ana Rev. J. 8. Brennan of • Wilmington. Del. He gave his hand to each of the Americans in turn and said a kind word. Afterward standing In the mid dle! of the hall and speaking In Italian, hl^ words being translated by the Rev. Dr.'. Murphy, vice rector of the Ameri can college at Rome, his holiness said how pleased he was to meet so many Americans. _________ Washington—In an opinion by Jus tice Peokham the supreme court held to be unconstitutional the New York lav making 10 hours a day’s work and u#0 hours a week’s work in bakeries in that state. Justioes Harlan, White, Day and Holmes dissented and Jus loe Harlan declared that no more import ant decision had been rendered in the last oentury. H. M. 8. Wye recently landed at Sheerness IS turtles, each weighing about 600 pounds. Several were for warded to King Edward. PAUL JONE8* REMAIN8. Ambassador Porter Found Them In Paris. Paris.—The remarkable search that Ambassador Porter has conducted for the body of Paul Jones has been crowned with success by the discov ery of the body and Its Identification by the highest French medical ex perts as unquestionably that of the famous American admiral who found ed the American navy. The state department at Washlng- in has made public the cablegram re ceived from Ambassador Porter at Paris, In which he announced that the body of John Paul Jones had been found. The cablegram described the finding of the casket and the Identifi cation of the body. The cablegram fully bears out the Paris dispatches of the Associated Press. Upon receipt of Mr. Porter’s dis patch, Acting Secretary Loomis cabled acknowledgment and took occasion to congratulate Mr. Porter on the success of what appeared to be a dubious task. It is learned here that the ambassador has already expended $1600 of his money In this long quest It Is fully expected that congress will reimburse him. Mr. Loomis stated that there was no doubt that the re mains will be conveyed to America on warship, but it could not yet be told whether this would be a French- or American man of war. Proof Seems Positive. Dr. Paplllault, the anthropologist, in an 'interview at Paris explains the methods pursued to identify the body, found In the old 8L Louis cemetery after a long search made by Ambas sador Porter. He says an examlna- was made of tue teeth, hair, nose ears and they all correspond with remarkable precision to the known measurements and cnaracteristlcs of the admiral's organs. The formation of the frontal bone, the slope of the nasal bone, the cartilages and ears likewise correspond precisely with the measurements of' Moudln’s bust made from the life masks. The measure ments of the height and diameter of the skull correspond within a thou sandth part of a meter, thus estab lishing a remarkably exact correspon dence. The doctor said his report makes the usual reservation covering possi ble doubts, although he believes he has assembled so many proofs as to make the Identification lnconteatlble. Ambassador Porter Is receiving con gratulations on the success of his long search for the body, which has been transferred to a new casket bearing an inscribed date and having a glass over the iace, permitting Its lnspec- The extensive work of excava- at the cemetery has been sus pended and workmen are now filling the lengthy tunnels. Is in Path of Russian Fleets—-Progress to Vladivostok—Rojestvensky Coals His Fleet at Kamrauh Bay—Are Target Practicing In Open 8ea—Ru mor of 8malt Naval Fight. Toklo.—Defense zones have been cfeated around the Islands of Okln- Oshenla and Erni of the Toochao' group and the Pescadore Islands, where the Japanese have established a naval base. This Information, of- ffelally given out, Is a warning to for eign shipping to keep away from the zone, which Is in the way of Russian fleet's progress to Vladivostok. The Japanese have evidently strewn the waters In the zones with Innumerable mines. Many of the mines, hundreds In number, that were planted off Port Arthur j>y the Japanese have been re moved and it Is said they are now being placed In the path of Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet. 8aw Baltic Fleet Coaling. Singapore.—The German liner. Prince Heinrich, which has arrived hefe, reports that at noon on Friday she sighted the Russian Baltic ~fi®et anchored in Kamrauh bay coaling. A Russian cruiser sailed out and made circuit around the vessel, but did not stop her. There was no attempt made question the officers and In fact the Russlan'crulser did not even signal the liner. On board the liner were the Prince and Princess Arise- guwa, who were en route to Berlin attend the wedding of the crown prince of Germany. There Is no doubt here but that the Japanese are desir ous of avoiding a conflict with the Rus sians. It is believed that the latter will be permitted to complete their voyage, although news of a destroyer stuck Is soon expected. It was reported here yesterday that the Holt liner Telemachus, which has arrived at Hongkong from this port. Bargain Sale Mobs. Thousands of men, women and chil dren seeking bargains at the new five and ten cent store opened Saturday In Philadelphia fought wildly to enter the building, and In the rush which followed every time the doors were opened scores of weaker ones were trampled beneath the feet of the more robust bargain hunters. The crowd In front of the store en trance blocked the street and stopped the streetcars. Some bargain seekers stood for hours with InfanU In their arms fighting, scratching and scream ing. They struggled fiercely to enter the store. Women were trampled to the pavement and babies were torn from the arms of mothers. The en tire police force was summoned and ambulances from Jefferson, Penna and Hahneman hospiUls hastened to the scene to carry off the Injured. For half an hour there was also Immovable jam Inside the stores. In the rear of the store a temporary medical ward was organized to care for women who fainted. 8ulclde In Church Tower. SL Louis, April 16.—As the pastor of St. James’ Episcopal church. Rev. R. M. Duckworth, was delivering his Palm Sunday sermon to a large gregation, there was a report of a pistol shot from the tower of the chorch. The explosion sUrtled the au dience and caused the preacher to stop speaking for a moment After the closing hymn and benedic tion it was announced that the sexton of the church. Captain James Rider, had committed suicide in the tower room of the church and that his body was lying overhead. After a prayer for the departed soul the congregation as dismissed. Captain Rider's death. Dr. Duck worth said, was due to remorse and shame over his besetting vice, Intem perance, an infirmity that had driven him from a high state of life, that of a wealthy, refined and esteemed Brit ish shipowner, and public lecturer, to the life of a traveling actor and finally to be a church sexton. Chicago Chronicle: There Is a greater Inclination at the present day to revile wealthy people for having money than there Is to thank them for giving It away. JAPS LAYING MINES GIVE WARNING TO F08EIGNSBIP- PERS TO KEEP CLEAR. JOKE ROB8 WIFE OF REASON. 8ad Sequel to Silly Trick Perpetrated by bdmond Lelouse. A sad sequel was the result of a silly Joke perpetrated recently in Paris. M. Edmond Lelouse, wishing to frighten his wife, dressed up a wax figure the head of which and one of the hands he lightly attached to the body by means of gum, and placed it In bed. While Lelouse was Watching the proceedings from behind some dra peries his wife, about to retire, grasp ed what she supposed. In the semi- darkness, to be her husband’s hand, but which was in reality that of the w$x figure. The hand. Cold and clam my, detached Itself from the limb and remained In her grasp. With a cry of horror Madame La- louse let the hand drop to the ground and flung her arms around the figure's neck, when the head alBo became de tached and rolled down upon the floor. The terror stricken woman, uttering piercing shrieks, ran madly down the stairs, where she was stopped by some neighbors and detained. When the police arrived It was found that she had become raving mad. Later she was conveyed to the asylum. When the husband was apprised yesterday morning of the hopelessness of his wife’s condition, he poisoned himself by swallowing a dose of nitric add. had heard a terrible cannonfdli while off the coast last Wednesday. This was explained today on the ar rival of the coasting steamer lord Nelson, which reported that on Wed nesday, while proceeding toward Sing apore. she was held up by a Russian steamer and compelled to take a roundabout way because the Russian vessels.were engaged in target prac- the open sea. Neither of the vessels reported having sighted any Japanese vessels. Hongkong. It Is reported at Hongkong that a fight took place last Sunday in the Chinese sea between the Japanese and Russian scout cruiser divisions in which considerable damage resulted to both combatants. Must Nut Apply the Torch. A dispatch from St. Petersburg to a news agency reports that General Linevltch has Issued an order forbid ding officials of the commissariat burn^atnqea prematurely, and reprov ing officials In cases that have already occurred. The order directs that store houses be destroyed hereafter only by the permission of the commanders of army corps and divisions. The Telegraph's correspondent at Toklo reports that the Japanese recov- ered 200 of the 600 guns which the Russians had abandoned In the retreat from Mukden. Celebrated Fall c Mukden. Thirty thousand employes of the arsenal paraded Sunday at Toklo In celebration of the fall of Mukden. They visited the palace and cheered the em peror, and afterward went to the war and navy departments and cheered the ministers and their staffs.. • To Be Victory or Death. Gaston Dru telegraphs from St. Petersburg to the Echo de Paris that Admiral Rojestvensky's last telegram before leaving Nosslble was singular ly laconic and eloquent. He wired: \Will not telegraph again before the battle. If I am beaten you will learn it through Togo. If I defeat him I will announce it to you.” M. Dru adds that the telegram was accepted to' mean that the Russians seek victory or death. Claytons Leave Mexico City. The family of Ambassador Clayton has left Mexico City for the Unltod States, going to Des Moines. Iowa. Am bassador Conger Is expected the last of Hay, when Ambassador Clayton will retire' from the diplomatic vice. Durand’s Big Depot Bums. Durand. Mich., April 16.—Fire has destroyed the Grand Trunk union sta tion here. In which are lochted the general offices of the road’s division west of Fort Huron. The building was new and was valued at $ 126 , 000 . FORCED HIM TO SELL ^OCK. Report That Hill and Morgan Caught and Pinched Harriman. The retirement of E. H. Harriman from the Northern Securities board of directors was authoritatively explain ed recently by a Chicago banker, who Is high In the confidence of eastern fnanclers. The statement by the Chi cago banker Is to the effect that early last week Harriman sold to J. Pler- ont Morgan and James J. Hill $20,- 00,000 par value of Northern 8ecu- Itles stock at-$176 a share and dis- osed of all his personal Interests i that big railroad combination. His ersonal Interest Is aside, of course, rotn the Union Pacific’s Interest In [orthem Securities. If these reports of Harriman’s sale of his Securities stock and his losing introl of the Union Pacific be true. It oks like a grand victory for the Hlll- iMorgan party In the battlefield of rail road finance, a victory to which the Equitable scandal contributed prob ably not a little. Mr. Harrlman’s vigorous champion ship of young Hytjwln the Equitable Life controversy and his bitter antag onism to Alexander created at once suspicion that he was largely lndebt- 1 to the Equitable. Did Morgan know that Harriman was being harried by the Equitable, and did he start a fight on Hyde to smoke Harriman out? There are peo- who are usually very well lnform- on matters of high finance who believe that Morgan executed Just such a program. FOUR NEWSBOYS WERE KILLED. Terrible Calamity Occurs at Indianap olis, Indiana. Indianapolis, Ind., April 18.—Four newsboys were killed and 80 seriously injured in a wild oruah on the stairway at the Masonio temple. The boys had assembled to receive tickets for a patent medioine doctor, wno was to entertain the city \new sies” at the theatre, and 800 were present when the distribution of tiokets took place. The crowd was just leav ing the seoond floor of the temple when several of the boys started to shove those in front. Instantly all joined in, and those in front were thrown off their feet ' It seemed that all in the rear fell for ward when the break occurred, and more than 100 were piled up at the foot of the stairs. Four were taken out dead and the injured were sent to the various hospitals. It is believed that at least six of those will die. MR8. CHADWICK’S BAIL FIXED. Latest Offense Calls for a $5000 Bond, If She Has It. Cincinnati.—Mrs. Cassle Chadwick, who has been convicted and sentenc ed to prison for ten years on charges of procuring money by false pretenses, has been admitted to ball In the of »tfOOO by United States Circuit Judge Lurton, after consultation with the other Judges of the circuit. She Is already under heavy bonds In other cases, and the $6.000 is addi tional and In no way affects the other Flour Millers Organise. The Millers' National federation, with 1600 members scattered over the United States, operating mills with a total dally capacity of 460,000 barrels of flour, met recently In Chicago. The annual convention of the organisation was set for June 7, 8 and 9 at Kansas City. In addition to a general dis cussion of trade conditions, the mem bers passed a resolution thanking the railroads for equalising rates on flour and wheat. AROUND THE WORLD SHORT TELEGRAPH NOTES FROM All POINTS OF TIE GLOBE. A Review of Happenings In Both Eastern and Western Hemispheres During the Past Week—National, Historical, Political and Personal Events. King Alfonso of Spain, who has been visiting Valencia, has returned to Madrid. At Auburn. Cat, Adolph Weber was sentenced to be hanged June 30 for the murder of bis mother. The trial of Nan Patterson for the murder of Caesar Young began Mon day morning In New York. The court-martial of Lieutenant General 8toessel la proceeding behind closed doors at 8t. Petersburg. The officers have been unable to find any definite clew to the murderer of Frederick L. Dames, at Bellingham, whose dead body was found mutilated with a hatchet. The citizens of Tonopah have got down to work and have the disease that has been rampant there now der complete control and all danger Is ild to have passed. The embezzlement charges against Cutbbert Laing of Chicago for alleged conversion of the $439,000 estate of his daughter, Mrs. Adelaide Laing McComb, have been dismissed. Mount Shasta is causing alarm and the. residente of Sisson hear distant rumblings, and lava oozes from the earth. Railroad tracks suddenly sink and other strange things take place. According to a conservative esti mate, the land fraud cases have al ready cost the government $36,000. and the end is not yet, nor does this amount include the fees of Prosecutor Heney. United States Senator J. R. Burton, ! Kansas, has been Indicted by the Federal grand,jury on the charge of accepting fees to the amount of $2600 from the Rialto Grain & Securities company of SL Louis. ‘Not only mnnlclpal ownership, but municipal operation of the two great .traction systems of Chicago will be an established facL In my opinion, within three months,\ says Rafael R. Govln, former receiver of the Union Traction properties. The University of California won the annual fleld meet with Stanford by the score of 72% to 42%. The largest score piled np by the blue and gold athletes was a decided surprise. William Sperry, a U. C. sophomore, proved the hero of the day. The Oliver Iron Mining company of Minneapolis, has issued an order to Superintendent Mitchell at Hlbblng to close down the underground mines and barricade the buildings. Twelve mines are closed as a result of the order, throwing 2000 men out of work. Ex-Senator John M. Thurston of Nebraska will be the chief counsel Senator Mitchell in the land fraud trials at Portland. Mr. Thurston was attorney for Judge Swayne In the im peachment prtfceeoings before the sen- ;e at the last session of congress. Ronald De Vore Johnson of Port- nd. a student at Stanford university, has been accepted as a cadet at Weat Point without being required the mental examination. Mr. Johnson Is well known In athletic circles, hav ing been on the diamond with the Multnomah club team. The London Times' military corre spondent, who has received special formation through army channels re garding the battle of Mukden, says the, battle Is destined to take rank with Austerlitz, Waterloo and Grave- lotte, and to be reckoned among the greatest and most decisive of modern times. While attempting to step from the lake steamer Gazelle tq a scow, which he had to cross In order to reach hla own launch, the Undine, W. B. Fra zier, head of the Underwriters' Elec tric Company, of 800 First Avenue South. Seattle, lost his footing and fell Into the waters of Lake Washing ton and was drowned before aid could reach him. Almost a State of 81ege. Almost a state of siege exists the Narva quarter at St. Petersburg owing to the suspension of the Puti toli, Iron works. 8oldlers are station ed itaalde the works and Cossacks and police swarm In the surrounding streets. The tension yesterday was great, especially when a policeman shot a drunken workman who had drawn a revolver on him. but there was no collision during the day. The bodies of the two workmen who were accidentally killed at thè Iron works, and whose funerals their fel-1 tows had planned to make a great po-| liticai demonstration, were Interred at daybreak In compliance with police or ders to avoid a demonstration. MONTANA ITEM8. Anaconda la becoming a shipping point for Big Hoie valley cattle. Miss Agnes Mountjoy will represent the Montana Agricultural college at the sixth annual state oratorical con test. which will be held In Helena on May 6. Several hundred Flnnlah miners and farmers of Red Lodge vicinity, all ardent socialists, are planning the establishment of a colony near Ha vana, Cuba, In which socialistic doc trines will be carried out to the let- ir. v The creamery at Billings has been In operation one month. The dally output has been between 300 and 400 pounds of butter. The business Is rap idly Increasing. There are about 40 farmers who are now patron» of the creamery. Mike Rosea, an Italian laborer on his way to Rome, cut hla throat In the smoking car of a train near Cutbank recently. Jumped out of the window and disappeared. A few hours later he walked Into town with blood still flowing from a gash and fainted. When, searched $2000 was found on him. His wound was sewed up, and he may re cover. He would give no reason for the act The Jury In the case of George Gar- celon. at Bozeman, charged with the mnrder of Harry Corwin, January 16, returned a verdict of manslaughter, leaving the punishment with the court. Trouble over the attentions paid Cor win's wife by Oarcelon Is believed to have caused the tragedy. , As Emil Carlson, a leaser on the Big Seven mlno at NIehart, was chew ing together a dynamite cap and fuse, the cap exploded, tearing his jaw off and Inflicting terrible Injuries to his throat and tongue. He was brought to Great Falls for treatment, but It la not thought he can live. SeVen persons were Injure* recently In a collision between a motor car belonging to F. Augustas Helnze and rig containing Thomas Roe. a livery man, and Miss Lillie La Combe. In the automobile were F. Augustus Helnze. A1 Frank. Judge T. C. Bach and M. J. Gunn of Helena and A. E. Hook, the chauffeur. All of the per sons were painfully Injured, but none will die. The accident occurred on a boulevard about six miles south of Butte. The Cascade county commissioners have granted to Dr. Ernest Crutcher and his associates a franchise for the construction of electric railway lines all of the highways of the county. It is the purpose of Crutcher to ap ply for similar franchises In Teton, Fergus and Lewis and Clark counties, and he annonncee that hla project contemplates the gridironing of north ern Montana with electric lines. He states that he has financial backing from California and Chicago men to the amount of $3,000,000. The yards and plant of the Western Lumber company, owned by Senator W. A. Clark, at Butte, together with number of houses on Porphyry street, were almost totally destroyed by fire early this morning, entailing a loss In the neighborhood of $60,000. The loss of the Western Lumber com pany 1 b covered by Insurance. A num ber of families had narrow escapes, being dragged from burning dwellings by the police. Build 8cout Cruisers. Washington.—Bids were opened at the navy department recently for the construction of three scout cruisers, which were authortxed by the act of congress of April 27, 1904. With the completion of these ships there will be added to the navy a new type of vessel. In the opinion of naval offi cers. the war in the far east haa demonstrated the great value of these ships, and since these are planned to have a big speed and great steaming radius they are expected to prove Im portant additions to the navy ser vice. Bids averaged about $l,bu0,000 for each boat Gas Kills Actors. Louis Heck, Jr., musical director of Keith's Chestnut theater, and his wife, known on the vaudeville stage as May Belle Eckert, were found asphyxiated by gas In the bedroom of their apart ments In Philadelphia. Two burners of a chandelier In the room were open. It is Relieved by accident Japanese Army of 400,000. . . .. 81plnghal.—Captured Japanese spies place the number of the Japanese army at 400,000, and state that the tosses at the battle of Mukden are al ready being replaced by drafts from borne battalions. Lieutenants Komalya- shl. one of the spies, calculates that the Japanese losses at Mukden were more than 100.000. r * Privation at Vladlvostock. Owing to military necessities the residents of Vladlvostock are suffering privations. Five submarine boats have arrived at Vladlvostock from Amerida. The cruisers Gromobol and Rossla are kept In constant readiness to leave port By order of the Siamese govern- ment gambling, which Is a govern ment monopoly, has been abolished In the provinces of that kingdom.
