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ININO, APRIL 10, 1903.
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PRESIDENT IN CAMP
Partj Located Eighteea Hilei from Bail
road in Beautiful Country.
REACHES DESTINATION IN EVENING
Twenty Tent Prorided for Him and 1 r
ben of Party.
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CHIEF PARKER IS LOCATED NEAR
Cattlemen Bespect President'! Desiro
Keep Away.
SECRETARY LOEB REMAINS BEI
Opens Office In Hotel and Take. Care
of Mall and Attend to Bl
nets of the Thief
Executive,
FREDERICK. Okla., April 9.-Presldent
Roosevelt and party left Frederick shortly
before 7 o'clock yesterday evening and ar
rived at the camp, eighteen miles south
east of town, a little after dark. The
camp Is nestled In timber fringing; the bank
of Deep Red creek In a picturesque spot,
and when the president arrived at :1S
this morning and first beheld the vast
panorama of virgin soil without a sign of
civilization except the camp, he said he felt
at home.
Major J. K. Mutehert of Sherman, with C.
B. McHugh and J. It. Abernathy of this
place, located the camp last Monday, rid
ing out to the big pasture, which begins
four miles cast of here. A number of
wrHyes were seen In this S0,O00-acre reser
vation as they passed through. The camp
consists of about twenty tents belonging
to the presidential party and Is called Camp
Roosevelt. One large tent Is occupied ns
a mess hall, a number of tents being used
or sleeping apartments, about four cots
Deing piacea in eacn tent.
About a stone's throw from these tents
Is Camp Quanah Parker, occupied by this
noted chief, three of his squaws and other
Indians. These Indiana traveled over forty
miles yctterday to get to see the president.
A detail of twenty troops was sent from
Fort 8111 to keep trespassers from this
part of the reservation. Their camp Is
about 100 yards from that of Camp Roose
velt. The people here, however, appreciate
the foct that the president Is here for an
dunlin BI1U H I CT rr-IUdllllllB C I. ,.vn. ...w
pasture
Sirprlsea the Cowboys.
The president surprised the cowboys and
cattlemen by his knowledge of horses. Upon
leaving his private car yesterday he was
driven to the grandstand behind the team
of Ed Carter of this place. The speaking
over, he was assigned to Burk Burnett'H
dashing team and no time was lost In get
ting to the camp. Burk Burnett, owner
of a large ranch across) the river In Texas,
drove him over. Captain Bill McDonald
of the Rangers and Colonel Lyon rode out
with Ed Carter,' General Young with Tom
Waggoner, the cattle baron, and Dr. Lam
bert with C. B. McHugh. While Dr. Lam
bert was exercising his horse this morn
l"r hw threwn..but not Injured. The
doctor spent about an hour taking a num
ber of views of the party with their dogs
and horses. These will be used to Illus
trate an article which the president will
write concerning the hunt. There are
about thirty-five saddle horses and flfly
dogs at the camp. The president has been
assigned three horses belonging to Tom
Waggoner and a like number belonging to
Mr. Burnett and he expects to be up early
tonv rrow morning, when the hunt will
negin.
A number of officials of the 'Frisco, who
arrived In the president's train, are still
here, and will remain until Thursday morn
ing, when the tents at Camp Roosevelt will
be struck and the president will leave for
Colorado.
In the hunting party beside the president
are General 8. M. B. Young, Colonel Cecil
Lyon. Captain Burk Burnett, Sloan Simp
son, Lieutenant O. R. Fortesque, Dr. Alex
ander Lambert of New York, J. R. Aber
nathy of Frederick and two ranger cap
tains': United States Marshal Bill Fosselt
of Guthrie and L. T. Miller, one of the
owners of the great '101" ranch.
Expected at Fort Kill.
LAVVTON. Okl.. April 9.-It Is said that
President Roosevelt Intends to visit Fort
Sill and the soldiers of the Eighth cavalry,
under command of Major Jurchart, and the
Texas National guards, who are now guard
ing the president's oamp In Big Pasture,
Wilt nn WrrineHituv hka. th. I . ..
Fort Sill. The officers of the Eighth cav
alry are now muklng preparations and
will give him an elaborate banquet. The
Invitation of the Lawton Commercial club
to the president, asklno- him in vii t bur
ton, will likely be accepted at the same
time.
I'olted States Marshal Bill Fosaett of
Guthrie, a personal friend of the presi
dent, accompanied by L. D. Miller of tho
"101" caftle ranch, entered the pasture re
serve this morning.
Secretary Loeb Stays In City.
FORT WORTH, lex.. April .-In a suite
of rooms on the parlor floor of the Hotel
Worth, In this city, the aeat of the United
States , government has been temporarily
established. The official mall Intended for
the eyes of President Roosevelt Is di
rected to this apartment, and In the ab
sence of the president, who Is over In the
Kiowa-Comanche reservation in Oklahoma,
Is given attention by Secretary Loeb. Most
of this business will be acted upon by
the secretary and directed to various de
partments In Washington, where it origi
nated. That which requires the personul
supervision of tho president will have to
wait until Thursday, for It Is not until
then that communication will be had with
the hunting party.
After delivering the president Into the
hands of his western friends, who have
undertaken to furnish him with whole
some recreation for a few days, the official
escort boarded Jlhe presidential special and
returned to thla city. It reached here
shortly after t a. m., and at 10 a. m. the
party went to the hotel and opened head
quarters. It had been expected there
would be an accumulation of mail, but
for soma reason the local postofflce for
warded It to Frederick, Okl., where the
president had been left. It was necessary
to telegraph for the return of the mall,
and most of It will not arrive until to
morrow. In the meantime the official party
Is enjoying a rest.
Secretary Ixeh expects to receive word
from the president to run the special train
to Frederick on Thursday and on that
day start for western Colorado, to which
point the president will go for the pur
pose of finding larger game than abounds
on the Red river In Oklahoma.
According to present plana the public
part of the trip la ended. It Is not ex
pected any stops will be made until the
train reaches Colorado Springs, and then
a stop of two hours Is necessary, but not
for the purpuse of speechmaklng.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN
Colored Woman jiprakn of Advance
ment of Iter Race as Compared
with Others.
WASHINGTON. April 9. Many women
Internationally prominent In the movement
for the betterment of womanhood and child
hood assembled at the First Congregational
church this afternoon, when the fifth trien
nial meeting of the National Council of
Women of the United States whs called to
order by the president, Mrs. Mary Wood
Swift. Miss Susan H. Anthony received a
cordial greeting. Addresses outlining the
purposes of the council were made by Mrs.
J. Ellen Foster, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell,
Mrs. Kate Wnller Barrett. Mrs. Hannah C.
Salomon and Mrs. May Wright Bewail.
Mrs. Foster said the legend of the council
was "Jead, Kindly Light." This, she said,
meant not a standing still, but a moving
forward. Every creed, she added, was In
the council and every woman might stand
for her own. In no non-Christian countrv
could such an organixatlon have been born,
nor In any country except n republic.
Mrs. Terrel spoke of citizenship from a
woman's point of view and In fhls she
touched on problems confronting the
colored woman. "The 'colored women of the
country," she said, "nre doing as much to
promote good citizenship as their more for
tunate sisters In white. Thin Is Interpreted
by them to moan an intelligent regard and
tender care of their children and a con
scientious and careful consideration of
every question which concerns the welfp.ro
of the race.
"Colored women," she concluded, "be
lieve that good citizenship means the pro
tection of the womanhood of the race. In
sisting that the men who transgress the
moral law shall be banished from good so
ciety as Inevitably as "the women they de
stroy." Mrs. Salomon brought the greetings of the
National Jewish Council of Women.
"The religion which I represent," she
sld, "has something of harmony of all re
ligions, for Judea gave the world Its civi
lized religion. No nation which loses Its
religion can survive. Here In the council
all creeds can get along together by doing
Justice to all."
WORKMEN ARE IN UGLY MOOD
Parade Streets Carrying Black Banners and
Are Dispersed by Police.
BAD CONSTRUCTION CAUSES DISASTER
Poor Mnterlal Ised and Work So
Hastily Done It t'oold .ot lie Made
Safe Kven Had Ground
Been Snltnble.
CRY OF FIRE STARTS PANIC
One Person Fatally and Several Serl.
onsly Injored In an Indiana
Theater.
KOKOMO, Ind.. April 9,-George Arm
strong, 17 years old, was fatally injured
and a score of persons severely burned
tonight during a flre in the Slpe theater,
which was caused by the ignition of a
roll of celluloid films used In operating
a moving picture machine. In the panic
that followed Armstrong Jumped through
a window on the third floor and was fa
tally Injured. A moving picture show was
in progress and during the Intermission
a bog of celluloid film suspended over the
balcony railing was ignited by an electric
light. Tho machine operator threw the
audience Into a panic and started a rush
for the fire escape and exits by a cry of
"Lookout, everybody, the theater Is afire."
In an Instant 600 people became a crush
ing, rushing mass of humanity. That more
were not hurt Is largely due to the ex
cellent system of fire escapes and exits
In the theater and the deportment of the
house employes. Young Armstrong occu
pied a seat in the gallery, and at the
warning cry of the machine operator, broke
a plate glass window and Jumped to the
sidewalk, a distance of forty feet. He
is still unoonsclnus, both legs are broken
and he In lnttnnlly Injured.
Mrs. Bert Jacobs was so affected by the
shock as to require the attention of physi
cians for more than two hours. Her condi
tion is serious.
Vance Hunt was burned by the flaming
films. Several others were severely
burned. The theater Is damaged only by
smoke.
MADRID, April 9. Carrying black ban-.
ners, 6,10 workmen made a demonstration
this afternoon near the scene of Saturday's
reservoir disaster. The police, on selling
the flags, were stoned by the -crowd and
several on both sides were seriously ln-
i jured.
It appears that underneath the founda
tion of the reservoir whjch gave way with
such disastrous results on Saturday were
water pipes used to suppy the palace and
old Madrid. It Is stated that this was the
cause of the subsidence and not the sur
face of the ground, which, when tests were
made, sank only eleven millimeters. The
vault was built of cement with Iron girders,
as were also the supporting columns. The
first fall caused all tho pillars to bend and
the end of the Irowork to stretch, result
ing in a general and uniform collapse.
These explanations, however, cannot be
considered as final.
Madrid newspapers publish assertions
that the disaster had been foreseen by
engineers, as well as by workmen. It is
now recalled that the bad condition of
the soil on which the reservoir was con
structed caused keen opposition and num
erous criticisms when the scheme was be
ing discussed in the Cortes.
Material Was Defective.
Workmen who have been questioned say
that they were compelled to build too
rapidly with materials so defective that a
disaster was bound to happen.
Many heartrending incidents and painful
scenes are reported. Ten of those who
were rescued alive have gone mad. A
huge crowd stood around the cene through
cut the night, watching the attempts at
rescue in the light of huge electric lamps.
Crowds of workmen and women carrying
black flags forced all the theaters to close
Saturday night.
King Alfonso had a telephone wire laid
from the scene of the disaster to the
palace and was kept constantly informed.
The king again visited the hospitals this
morning. Some of the injured have died.
One body was recovered from the ruins
during the night, but none Inter. Several
hundred workmen are engaged In clearing
the debris. During the day students and
workmen paraded the 'streets collecting
money for the families of victims of the
disaster. The public is contributing freely.
The governor of Madrid has prohibited a
great popular demonstration of mourning
which the workmen wish to organize, but
he received the delegates of the workmen's
associations, whom he Informed that u
street procession would be permitted under
certain restrictions.
An exact estimate of the casualties Is
still Impossible. It Is stated there were 236
men In the lower part of the reservoir, all
of whom were killed.
SOLDIERS
Gt ARD
POLICEMEN
GUARD SHOT BY PRISONER
Police Called In and Attempt
to Escape la Frus
trated. PATERSON, N. J., April 9.-Arthur Las
ter, who Is under sentence to be hanged on
Friday next, made a desperate attempt to
escape from Jail here today. He shot the
two deputy sheriffs on the death watch,
but failed to get away and was Anally
clubbed Into unconsciousness by policemen
whom the deputy sheriffs called to their
assistance. Neither of the Injured deputies
will die, although one of them was shot In
the abdomen.
At 8 o'clock tonight the death watch was
changed. Laster asked permission to go t.)
tho lavatory at the end of the corridor.
Deputy Crooks unlocked the door and
turned to walk to the lavatory. Laster
was armed with a piece of Iron, which he
had taken from his bed, and he struck
Deputy Sutton on the head, stunning him.
He then grabbed Sutton's revolver and as
Crooks, whose attention had been attracted
by the noise, turned Laster shot at him,
hitting him In the right arm. Sutton sought
to close with Laster and received three
bullets. Crooks telephoned to the police.
The policemen ordered Laster to surrender,
but he refused and fired at the officers.
Finally It was decided to rush him and
the door was unlocked and two officers
rushed In, closed with lister before he
could strike again and soon subdued him.
EMPLOYING PRINTERS MEET
Pinna to Combat the Proposed Eight
Hour Hay to Be Discussed.
KANSAS CITY. April 9-Abntit $00 em
ploying printers of the southwest will at
tend a special meeting here tomorrow,
called by the Joint Typotheta of Kansas
City and St. Louis, to discuss the "open
shop" and pluns to combat the efforts of
the International Typographical union for
the eight-hour day. The states which will
be represented are Missouri, Kansas, Colo
rado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Ar
kansas, Tennessee, Ixiulslana and Missis
sippi. The officers and member of the execu
tive committee of the United Typotheta
of America also will be here, including
George Hess of Boston, president; Thomas
Donnelly of Chicago, treasurer, and John
Maclntyre of Philadelphia, secretary.
Ilavaard Starts Ilia Work. i
CLEVELAND. April 9.-H. Rider Hag
gird, the English author, accompanied by
Commander Booth-Tucker of the Salvation
army, arrived in Cleveland tonight and
tomorrow will visit the farm colony under
the management of the Salvation urir.y at
Mentor, ., to sludv the six-Ill work done
there. Mr. Haggard's daughter and Kan
sun fa gill are also of the party.
t'harae Professor with Arson.
KURT WORTH. April 9. Prof. T. R. Dun
lap, who has been vice president of Jarvfa
colleico at Thorp Springs. Tex., has been
arrested on a charge of arson. On the
night of March 10 the niulll building of the
college was burned. No lives were lost,
but neither was there any apparent reason
for thu lire. lie is U years old.
Two of Former Walk Beats with
Each of Latter.
WAR8AW, April 9.-11 p. m.-The Jew
ish quarter of thlscity was guarded by
a strong military force throughout the
day. Every policeman on duty at Isolated
or doubtful joints was guarded by two
soldiers. The result of this was the first
quiet Sunday here since the January dis
turbances. ST. PETERSBURG, April 9. A perform
ance of Kosakoff's opera, "Kaschez," was j
given by conservatory " students at the
Komossayevskl theater this afternoon be
fore a crowded audience, which called the
composer before the curtain and greeted
htm with a wild ovation. Flowers fell In
showers from all parts of the house and
many wreaths were presented to the com
poser. Speeches were delivered expressing
sympathy with M. Korsakoff, who was re
moved from his professorship in the con
servatory because of his attitude toward
the striking students. The authorities tried
to stop the demonstration by lowering the
fireproof curtain and then clearing the
building.
Dispatches from the Caucasus paint the
railway situation there In alarming colors.
The authorities, It Is represented, are
afraid to run trains at night lest they
be wrecked. Striking section hands seize
trains and travel up and down the lino
forcing other employes to cease work.
There was another great workmen's dem
onstration today at the Smolensk ceme
tery, where revolutionary pamphlets were
distributed broadcast. Cossacks dispersed
the crowd.
Serious disturbances by students are, re
ported from Tamborf.
LAND FRAUD CASES COrVTING UP
Big Guns to Tim Arraigned at Port
land Dnrlns; the
Week.
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 9-Diirlng the
present week United States Senator John
H. Mitchell. Congressman J. N. William
son and nls partner. Dr. Van Gessner, and
Marlon Biggs will be arraigned, and on
Monday. April 17, Congressman Ringer
llTrmnn'? arraignment will occur on In
dictments returned by the federal grand
Jury In connection with alleged land frauds
upon the United States government In this
state.
Tomorrow a motion In Abatement In be
half of Henry P. Ford and others will be
filed on the ground that John Olston, one
of the members of the recent grand Jury
is not a naturalized citizen, and that there
fore, ail the acts of the grand Jury have
beei null and void.
The Indictment to which Mr. Mitchell
will plead on Tuesday is the one which in
volved the co-partnership agreement of
the law firm of Tanner & Mitchell.
On Friday Congressman Williamson, to
gether with Gessner, Williamson's partner
In the live stock firm of Williamson &
Gessner. and Marlonj Biggs, ex-United
States land conimlssloier at Prlncevllle,
Ore., will be arralgrcl to answer the
charges In the Indictn4nts returned Feb
ruary 10, last, accusing them of suborna
tion and perjury In fhe fraudulent ac
quiring of public lands 1 near Prlnevllle, on
the east slope of the Cascade mountains.
Congressman Blnger Herrman Is expected
to leave Washington Tuesday, and to ar
rive In this city Saturday or Sunday next.
In case he arrives here in time he will
be arranged on April IT upon the Indict
ment returned Jnuary St, charging him
with entering Into a conspiracy with Sena
tor Mitchell and S. A. D. Puter to ex
pedite through the general land office al
leged Illegal land claims In the 11-7 dis
trict of the Cascade forest reserve.
. The plea In abatement on behalf of Ford
et al. Is the most far-reaching move yet
hade in the land frauds case, and If sus
tained will completely undo all work so
far accomplished by the grand Jury.
The ground for tho motion Is that George
Guiston, a native of Austria, Is not a
naturalized citizen of this country, and
therefore, was not qualified to serve as a
grandjuryman.
SECRETARY TAFT IN CHARGE
Big Man of Cabinet Haa Plenty of Respon
sibility at Present.
PRACTICALLY HEAD OF TWO DEPARTMENTS
President stirs Ip Some of the Sen
ators by Appointing; Grnnsky ne
Engineer In Irrigation Serv
ice, bat Has Good Reasons.
CAPTAIN CLADO FIGHTS NO PI EI,
Concludes He Wrongfully Aecnsed
Other Men.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 10,-The pro
posed duel between Captain Clado, for
merly Rojestvensky'a ohlef tactician, and
Cnptaln Zllottl, aide to Admiral Avellan,
head of the Russian Admiralty department,
has failed to take place. Captain Clado
having satisfied himself by Investigation
that he had wrongly accused Captain Zl
lottl of responsibility for the publication of
a letter from Vice Admiral Rojestvensky
severely reflecting upon him. Captain Clado
hae offered the amplest apology, completing
ARREST STARTS A BIG RIOT
Several People Injured, but the Pris
oner Finally Makes Hla
Escape.
PITTSBURG, April 9. Three men were
shot, one probably fatally, and one woman
Injured In a riot at Schoenvllle, near Mc-
Kees Rocks, today. The rioting wns the re
sult of a clah between j fifteen detectives
and about 1.200 foreign residents of Schoen
vllle. The injured are: j
Harry Lukaachewskl, afced 24 years; shot
through the side and atomjach; may die.
Edward Rider, asslstar t chief of police
of McKees Rocks; hit or head with brick
and seriously Injured.
Third man not Identified.
Mrs. Agnes Sadna, a Polish woman, over
the arrest of whom the riot started, bruised
In the scuffle, but escaped arrest.
The riot was the climax of a series of
'smaller riots and nghto which took place
In Schoenvllle during the last two weeks.
During the arrest of some coal pickers last
Friday by the Lake Erie railroad detec
tives Mrs. Sadna Interfered and caused a
small riot. The detectives, four In number,
were driven out of town by a mob of Hun
garians and Poles. Today the officials,
knowing they would have a battle, went In
force to arrest Mrs. Sadna. She was found
qn the street and with her 4-year-old child
In her arms attempted to fight the posse
and called to her countrymen for assist
ance. The officers, after taking her Into cus
tody, were quickly surrounded by a large
crowd of men, who used as weapons bricks,
beer bottles, clubs and stones and the
woman prisoner was rescued. The officers
fired their revolvers Into the air. This
served to madden the foreigners and In a
rush of more than l.ono men, women and
children, armed with every available
weapon, the police were driven Into a
vacant lot, where a stand was made. A
second rush was made by the mob, but It
was soon, stopped by the wounding of Luka
schewskl and the posse was allowed to get
out of town without further molestation.
TOUGHS ASSASSINATE MAYOR
Arrest and Fining- of Dlsreptuable
Characters Lends to the
Killing.
ST. PAUL, Minn.. April 9.-A special to
the Pioneer Press from Winnipeg, Mani
toba, says that Beaudette, the American
town Just across the Rainy river, opposite
the Manitoba boundary, was the scene of
a murder last night when Matt Gannon,
mayor of the town, was fatally shot, dying
this afternoon. Gunnnn Is also the chief
official In Spooner, the new Minnesota
town about a mile from Beaudette, and his
actions In having certain characters at
SiKjoner arrested and heavily fined enraged
the rougher element of the town. Yes
terday a mob from Spooner, headed by
saloonkeepers, went to Beaudette. In con
ference the mob went so far as to dis
cuss tar and feathers and hanging their
proposed victim. They gave Gannon no
tice to leave the town before 8 o'clock.
Gannon detled them.
At 9 o'clock members of the mob, with
Gannon, were lined up In Galchart's ho
tel drinking when four shots from a re-
the retraction by publishing his letter of
apology In all the newspapers printing the volver were fired through a rear window.
first strictures.
Steamship Lines to Mexico.
MEXICO CITY, April 9. -Considerable
progress has been made toward the Inaugu
ration of a steamship line between Mex
ican gulf ports and Canada, and It is
probable that steamers of the new line
will begin their trips next month. The
question haa arisen as to whether steamer
shall call at Cuban ports as first Intended
and afterwards changed. The government
objects to making stops at Cuban ports
but it la hoped to secure Its consent to
this. The regular service of the Mexico
Texas City Steamship line will be opened
May I. Five vessels will then be put In
commission. The line connects with the
Gould railway system at Houston, Tex.,
and It Is expected that one steamer will
ply between Texas City and Coatsaroalcoa,
which Is the gulf terminus of the Tehuan
tepec railway.
Cease Publishing Moslc,
LONDON. April .-Owlng to the in
ability of the authorities to suppress whole
sale music piracy, chiefly of popular songs.
11 number of Iindon music publishing firms
have agreed to cease publishing or adver
tising new composition or entering into any
contract with composers, artists or singers
until further notice. The object of the
movement Is to Induce the government to
Institute legislation reforming the present
Ineffective copyright laas.
in Gannon a ante-mortem statement he
named those whom had done the shoot
ing, whom he hud seen through the win
dow. Further trouble is anticipated, as
Gannon had a large following.
INVESTIGATING STANDARD OIL
Commissioner Garfield and Assistants
Ready for Work In
Kansas.
TOPEKA. Kan., April 9. James Rudolph
Oarrteld, commissioner of corporations, ar
rived here tonight to begin his Investiga
tion of Standard Oil methods In Kansas.
He is accompanied by L. P. Caswell.
Charles Earl and Luther Conant, Jr., three
employes of his bureau. They will assist
him In making the Investigation. The four
came In from the east on a late train.
"I have no news to give out tonight about
the propoed Investigation," said Mr. Gar
field. "I hae Just reached the scene and
must first et niy bearings. I want to
leurn something of the situation in Kansas
before I complete my plans. 1 will l:uv
a conference with Governor Hoch tomor
row on the matter. There is no telling
how long it will take to make the Investi
gation. I have three men from my bureau
with me, and we will all get busy at once
and stay thul way until the caso is closed
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. April 9. (Special.) "I
left Secretary Taft sitting on the lid."
was one of the president's expressions :n
a speech at Harrlsburg on his way to the
Ixme Star state. It is hard to Imagine a
happier or more effective description of
the situation ns It fxlsts at present In
Washli'frton than that of the president on
the occasion above mentioned. Secretary
Taft Is not only holding down the office
of secretary of war. but all questions of
stat policy and all questions In which the
White House Is primarily Interested nre
referred to Secretary Taft for considera
tion before any formal action is iaK.cu.
It has been a long time since a similar
condition of affairs existed. With Secre
tary Hay In the Bay of Naples and with
the president "hiking" toward Colorado
and the "bobcats," Secretary Taft Is con
structively "sitting on the lid." Before the
president left Mr. Taft wns given authority
to represent the chief magistrate in all
matters that would properly come before
him as head of the government and to
represent Secretary Hay In matters relat
ing to Santo Domingo and Venezuela. Mr.
Taft Is therefore actually the head of the
government with the head absent on a
two months vacation In the south and
west It Is not recalled In history where
one cabinet officer has had such an active
part In the running of the American gov
ernment as Is now the case with the
ponderous secretary of war.
President Has His Way.
The president Is nothing If not original.
He does the most unexpected things, but
In such a way that the American people
havo grown to like his fearlessness and
his audacity', If one may use that word
In connection with the chief executive.
Lately there has been some criticism of
the president's action In appointing C. E.
Grunsky. one of the former members of
the Isthmian canal commission, as en
gineer of the Irrigation reclamation servico
t a sntnrv of $10,000 a year. The western
senators are especially impressed with the
action of the president and some of them
have privately expressed a doubt whether
the president has the right under the law
to fix a salary of $10,000 a year for an
engineer officer In connection with the ir
rigation and reclamation service. 1.001,
thev say, has not made provision for an
office of ths sort to which Mr. Grunsky
has been appointed. In fact congress
failed to pass a bill Introduced by Senator
Hansbrough of North Dakota, providing
for a chief engineer of the Irrigation ser
vice nt 110.000 a year. Yet the president,
according to the "kickers." creates the very
office which congress did not see fit to
make, and arbitrarily establishes a salary.
Some of the senators who think that con
gress has a right to feel aggrieved with
the present, point out hla action In the
Santo Domingo case, which it Is claimed
In some quarters was taken in the face
of vigorous opposition and the expressed
wish of the senate. Some of those talk
ing go so far as to say that If the presi
dent keeps up this kind of program he
will lose many friends and admirers, as
the sentiment of the country is, It Is al
leged, opposed to the creation of offices
with large salaries by arbitrary authority
of any kind, even If that authority Is the
president.
"The Irrigation slush fund," as it is some
times slightingly referred to, Is not near as
vague an affair as the lump appropriation
for the Panama canal. In the last named
case congress simply appropriated $10,000,000
In cash for the work without trying to say
what it should be spent for. Under Presi
dent Roosevelt the strictest honesty will be
Insisted upon, but at the same time there
will be hundreds who, not knowing the
causes which led to the appointment of
Carl Grunsky as chief engineer officer of
the irrigation service, will doubt the presi
dent's right to create such an office and to
appoint a man to the same at $10,000 per
year. But the president evidently knows
his business. It Is not expected that he
would have made the appointment without
having such an appointment endorsed by
the attorney general.
Simply Plays Fair.
Back of tho appointment of Mr. Grunsky,
however, Is the story of human Interest
which shows the caliber of the man Roose
velt. When the Panama commission was
appointed the president selected four well
known engineers as members of the Pa
nama commission. Carl Grunsky was one
of these. He left a splendid position In
California to tako a position on the Pa
nama commission. Ho disposed of his
household effects In San Francisco and
moved his family here, where he set up an
establishment. To leave Mr. Grunsky with
out employment was something that the
president could not contemplate, and recog
nizing that Mr. Grunsky had made sacri
fices In taking a place on the Isthmian
Canal commission, Mr. Roosevelt created a
place for Mr. Grunsky at a salary of $10,000
per year. Engineers Parsons and Burr,
former members of the Panama commis
sion having Interests on the outside as con
sulting engineers, are taken care of by
making them consulting officers of the
commission at a salary to be fixed later,
but as Mr. Grunsky occupies a different
position to that of Measrs. Parsons and
Burr the president took the "bit in his
teeth" and appointed Mr. Grunsky to a fat
position under the Interior department be
cause not to have done ao would have met
with universal condemnation when the facts
as above stated became known to the
American people. President Roosevelt may
be criticised by senators who have an ax to
grind, but the public, It Is confidently be
lieved, will endorse the president's action
In naming Carl Grunsky for a place under
the government at a salary which, while
seemingly large, Is Justified by the man's
expert knowledge.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Rain and Colder Mnndari Tuesday,
Fair In East, Italn In West Portion.
Hour. Dea. Hoar. Dev.
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On. m M 2 i. m HO
7 a. m f2 3 p. m...... Tit
8 a. m B 4 4 p. 111 11
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10 a. m Hl H p. m
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li m 74 Hp. m rVM
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DIVIDES HIS FLEET
Only Portion of Russian Naval Forces Seen
Off Port of Singapore.
SHIPS IN OPPOSING FLEETS
Haitian and Japanese Vessels Likely
to flash at Any
Moment.
MOST OF FIGHTING SHIPS ARE ABSENT
Only Two Battleships and Lighter Crullers
Are with Squadron.
WHEREABOUTS OF OTHERS IS NOT KNOWN
Following is the composition of the Rui
sdan second 1'aiiflc squadron, commanded
Sailor Who Pell Overboard is Brought to
fort by French Vessel.
HAD BEEN IN WATtK tOR TWELVE HOURS
by Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, as far as j
known: I Only Minor sklrui.sulns Reported fcy
Battleships Knlas Souvaroff tRoJestven-
sky's flagship), Sissoii Vellky (Voelkcr
sam's flugshlp), Alexander III, Oslabya,
Orel, Borodino, Navurln.
Cruisers Admiral Nakhlmoff, Aurora,
Svietlana, Dies. Dmitri, Donskol, Jemtchug,
Almai, izumrud.
T01 pedo I est rovers lllestlachy, Bedovl,
Rravl and five others.
Volunteer Fleet Kleff, VoroneJ, Vladl
mlioff. Tamboff, Yaroslav.
Transports Kamtehatka, Korea, Gort
schakoff, Anadyr, Malaya, Jupiter and sev
eral others, colliers.
Following Is a list of vessels probably
comprising the Japanese squadron com
manded by Vice Admiral Togo:
Battleships Mlkasa (flagship of Togo),
Full, Aohi. Shlklshlma.
Battleship, Second Class Chlnyen.
Armored Cruisers Asama, Chlyoda,
Iwatc, Nlsfihln, Adsuma, Idsumo, Kasuga,
Toklwa, Yakuma.
Also thirty unarmored cruisers, twenty
torpedo boat destroyers and about thirty
five torpedo boats, a largo proportion of
which Is believed to be with the admiral.
the Armies Operating- lu Man
clinrln. Which Results Im
Russian Hrpiilsrs.
American School In Mexico.
MEXICO CITV. April (t.-A company for
the purchase and establishing of an Ameri
can school In Mexico has been Incorpor
ated with a capital stock of $10,000. Con
sul General J. Russell Parsons was not
able to secure the consent of the State
department to serve as president of the
association, so the association unanimously
elected Paul Hudson as Its president. Mr.
Hudson is business manager of the
Mexico Herald. Mr. Vernon Backus,
formerly of Toledo, O., was named as
vice president and Rev. W. H. Sloan was
made second vice president. The associa
tion expects to open the school the coming
autumn, simultaneously with the school
openings In the United States.
Neve Rates Give Pleasnre.
PANAMA, April 9. The news that Secre
tary of War Taft proposes a decrease In
railway rates Is received with satisfaction
here. The Isthmus will benefit greatly by
the reduction.
DISCARD SUBMARINE MINES
Fortifications Board Favors Substitu
tion of Submarine
Boats.
NEWPORT, R. I., April 9.-The third
committee of the Fortification board, of
which Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas,
L. S. N., Is chairman, is devoting special
attention to the dangers Incident to the
use of submarine mines, and it Is learned
that In the forthcoming report emphasis
will bo placed on the advantage of sub
stituting marine boats for mines In har
bor defenses. Discussing this subject, a
member of the committee said today:
"Mines cannot be relied upon In time
of war. The trials given submarine mines
in Narragansett bay resulted unsatisfac
torily, due chiefly to the strong currents
which swept through the harbor and en
trances to thrf bay and make Its defenses
extremely dangerous. This is one of the
Important subjects that the Fortification
board has already taken up and will thor
oughly examine during the Inspection of
land fortifications and land defenses.
"The established foct that a number of
Russian warships were blown up by their
own submarine mines and the present
practice of England in discarding subma
rine mine defenses to a great extent In
harbors where there are wide channels
to defend and where the tides are strong,
and placing there submarine boats, has
added to the sentiment in favor of re
placing mines with boats."
SINGAPORE. Apr. I .-Flfty-one shlpi of
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky a second Pa
cific squadron passed here yesterday. The
most important fighting vessels of the
squadron. Including the battleships KnlRX
ISouvarcif, Alexander II, Borodino and
Orel, with their complement of cruiser
and torpedo boat destroyers, did not arrive
and their whereabouts Is totally unknown.
The vessels which passed Singapore were
the following:
Battleships Slssol, Vellky and Oleg.
CruLsers Admiral Nuklilnioft', Dmitri, Don
ski I, Aurora, iiumrud, Jemtchug, Almax,
Kuss, Anauyr, Kurst Bismarck, Kaiserlu
Maria Theresa, Kuisrln August Victoria,
Kaiser Friedrlsch, Rlon and seven torpedo
bout destroyer, ull sailing under the naVal
flag. Cnder the commercial flag were the
volunteer steamers Vorones, Kief, Yaro
slav, Tamboff, Vladimir and Orel, the Rus
siun Navigation company's steamer Jupi
ter, Meteor and Mercury, the fast Asiatic
company's steamers Korea and Kaltal. the
North italtic company's steamer Knlaa
GorkshotT, one hospital ship and sixteen
colliers.
A French steamer arrived here today
with a sailor belonging to the Admiral
Nakhlmoff, who fell overboard and wae
picked up In tho straits of Malacca, after
having been twelve hours in the water.
Report from Army.
TOKIO, April 9. The lollowing report haa
been received from the Manchurlan army
headauarters:
On April 6 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
one battalion of the enemy s infantry and
six companies of cavalry came and at
tacked Tsulushu, twenty miles north of
Changtu. They were repulsed. On the
following day twenty-four companies of the
enemy's cavalry, with several guns, re
newed the attack. They were again re
pulsed. The main force of the assailants
retreated toward Pumlencheng. A portion
stooped near Choroyo, three miles norm
TROOPERS ARE UNDER ARREST
Cavalrymen Get Their Pay and Start
Trouble In a Vermont
Town.
DR. HARPER MJCH IMPROVED
Not Deemed Necessary to Remain
Longer (or X-Rar Treat.
mint,
R.
of 'i'snliishu. Our casualties were ten. No
officers were included.
The enemy's lose, judging from the
corpses left behind and from the number
of carts carrying wounded and killed, were
over nlxty.
Vladivostok Fleet Active.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 10.-12:) a. m.
There Is reason -to believe that Vie Ad
rniral RoJostveusky'B entrance to tbe China
sea has been followed, by order for the
cruisers Gromobol, Rossla and Bogatyr,
which have been ready for some time at
Vladivostok, to put to sea. Whether. It Is
the Intention to send them south Imme
diately or to hold them In the vicinity of
Vladovlstok Is not known. Their appear
ance outside the roadstead of Vladivostok
would constitute a potential threat against
Admiral Togo's rear, which will compel
the retention In or dispatch of a number of
heavy fighting ships to Japanese waters.
Thus Admiral Togo seems to be virtually
placed between two fires.
The peace Influences In the government
urge that this favorable strategic position
presents tho psychological moment for Of
ficially offering tho olive branch to Japan,
reasoning that no matter how confident the
Japanese government may be of Togo's
victory It cannot overlook the possibility of
defeat nor to appreciate the complete dis
aster which would transfer the mastery of
the sea to Russia. With so much depend
ing upon the Issue they argue both coun
tries have mutual Interests In avoiding an
actual test, and It Is not Impossible, there
fore, that a new move In the direction of
peace may come Just as the world expects
to hear the call to quarters for the greatest
naval battle of modern times.
War Party Elated.
Certainly the spirits of the war psrty
have been greatly raised by Rojestvensky'a
puccess In penetrating to the China sea and
the prospect of a naval battle, even with
the odds against a Russian victory, which
would change the entire complexion of the
situation, has aroused something like a
flush of enthusiasm in many Russian
breasts.
Some naval officers express the opinion
that Rojestvensky, having now safely navi
gated the si rails, Instead of Bulling north
to meet the Japanese can afford to calmly
await Vice Admiral Nebogatoff with hla
squadron, which could arrive there In about
I three weeks.
The Russian admiralty on Sunday re
ceived u long dispatch from Singapore, but
no Intimation us to Ha contents has been
given the newspapers. The papers Sunday
morning printed Singapore dispatches with
out comment, the Svlet being the only ex
ception. This puper views the news from
BURMNGTON, Vt., April 9-Twenty-flve
members of Troop B, Fifteenth United
States cavalry, commanded by First lieu
tenant George T. Bowman, are in the
guardhouse at Fort Ethan Allen tonight
as tho result of disturbances following
pay day, while as many more are being
sought by a detail of soldiers. The fifty
troopers left the post Immediately after
pay day on Thursday and many disturb
ances In this city and Wlnouakt followed.
A special guard was aent out and twenty
five of the men were arrested. The others
had not been apprehended tonight, and
if they do not return within a few days , Itojes,vensky as an auspicious prelude to
they will be regarded as deserters.
The men under arrest claim a grievance
a decisive battle "which may show that
over ItoJestvensUy still shines the happy
against Lieutenant Bowman and explain , Btar wllloh helped ilm. when a lieutenant.
their recent absence on that score.
NO PLEASURE WITHOUT HEALTH
Daughter of New York Bank Presi
dent Shoots and Kills
Herself.
NEW YORK, April .-MIsh Mary Galla-
to save the frafc'V Vesta In an unequal
conflict with a Turkish battleship."
The Svlet expresses the hope that Rojest
vensky Is destined to turn the tables and
that even In case of defeat some of his
vessels will be able to break through and
reach the Japanese sea.
Baron Suyematsu's article In the London
Outlook of Saturday regarding Indemnity
' itnlnr'IH.i(i U'ith HIIUhIhS t M f ftl'inn I, in III.
way, daughter of Robert M. Callaway, . ammjnt demanded being $500,000,000.
president of the Merchants National bunk , ,-.,.,,, i.i11PVltch and Ko., mm, fo
under date of April 7, telegraphed Emperor
Kliieo nerseu 111 111 01 me Jioiei v,hr.m re.rrti ih. .vont. r,f .
Seville here today. Miss Gallaway, who , 'vtrHHry ., nf ,, ,mmaculate Conception
IliMJJ BUlin xrvi 1 win uj nyw ijniu a 'I f vril
NEW TORK, April S.-Dr. William
Harper, who has been taking the X-ray
treatment for cancer In New York City,
lift for Chicago late today. The Improve
merit In Dr. Harper's health was so marked
that It was felt unnecessary for him to stay I Movements of Oceau steamers April l.
here longer.
years, was attended by two trained nurses. :
One of these was engaged hanging some
clothes In a wardrobe when she heard the ,
sound of a shot and, turning to the bed,
saw Miss Gallaway, who had been sitting ;
propped up with pillows, fall over. She 1
had shot herself through the mouth, death 1
being Instantaneous. Miss Gallaway was 1
31 years old. Despondency, due to long ;
continued Illness, Is believed to have been
the cause of the suicide.
In Manchuria and the reviews of the troops
there, who, the generals represent, are
burning with the desire to maintain the
glory of Russian arms. The dispatches also
conveyed further messages of devotion and
loyalty to the throne. Emperor Nicholas
has telegraphed suitable replies.
Under date of April S General Llnevltch
reports no change In the situation.
Iowa Woman loumlti solrlrie.
MANSFIELD. .. April . The body of
Mrs. Mary Itandall of Wuverly, la., was
found lianguiit to a bedpit 111 her room
nt the home of her sister near here today.
Her relatives said that Mrs. Randall had
hanged herself after taking carbolic arid.
Uer husband Is at Waverlv. No motive for
the supposed suicide lias been found.
Ambassador Meyer on Duty,
ST. PETER8BURO. April 10.-12:40 m.
- G. V. L. M-yer. the new American am
bassador to St. Petersburg, made his first
j call yesterday on Foreign Minister Lams-
At Liverpool rrlved: Etrurla, from
New York, via (jueenstiiwri.
n'Miini.cifiii'iiiii arrived t li lailel- , l , , ...
phia. fr.,1.1 New York, via Plymouth and i d"rff' Wh" txu",M u" """'"hI "urdlsl
l nernourg.
At .'ii' nston 11 Railed: 1. mania, fn
Livrrpr.nl fur New York.
At Dover: Hailed: Pennsylvania, from
Hamburg for New York, via Boulogne.
At New York Arrived : Carinia, from
Liverpool and yuueimluwu, Minneapolis,
fru.n Loudon.
treating. The ex'hintfis w(iu devoid of
sianifleanee and neither war nor peace
was mentioned. Eir.pcror Nicholas prob
ably will ri reive Mr. Meyer on Wednes
day, when thv latter will piesut hit let
ters of credence.