The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 21, 1904, Image 3
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PAUL KRUGER DEAD!
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Ex-President of Transvaal
Republic Goes Hence.
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A NOTABLE CHARACTER 1
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^ Contest With England He Won
Patriotic Plaudits of the
W World.
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? Paul Kruger, former president of the
Transvaal republic, in South Africa,
died at Clarens, Switzerland, Thursday
morning from pneumonia and supervening
heart weakness.
Mr. Kruger lost consciousness Mon'
> day. His daughter and son in law
were with, him at the time of nis
death. He had been out only once
since hie arrival at Clarens at the beginning
of last month.
The ex-president's body was embalmed
at once and the remains placed
in a vault pending funeral arrangements.
Application will be made to
the British government for authority I
to transport the remains to the Trans- [
v vaaL In the meantime they will te j
temporarily interred at Clarens.
Mr. Kruger, who was staying at the
Villa du Roichet, had been gradually
failing for a long time, but he wa3
able to attend to affairs, read the :
newspapers and received visits until J
< Saturday.
^ A change for the worse set in on !
x Sunday. He became unconscious Monday
and remained so until his de.ith.
On several occasions Mr. Kruger i
had expressed a desire to be buried
F beside his wife, in his own countrj'
The post mortem of the body showedp
thf.t Kruger died of senile inanition.
The state of the ex-president's
health had been kept secret.
Stepbanus Johannes Paulus Kruger,
ex-president of the South African Republic,
was born in Colesburg, Cape
Coloily,? October 10, 1825. His ances*
tor, Jacob Kruger, went from Berlin
in the <Dutch East India Company's
service in 1713, at the time when the
foundations o? many of the leading
Boer families were being laid by immigration.
In 1836 young Paul shared
with his family the hardships of the
. great trek, when the blunders of the
? British colonial administration made
enemies of the leading Boers of Gape
Colony and drove them to a self-im'
posed exile which resulted in the
^ founding of a new South African Republic
bfeyond the Vital.
In preparation- for the'struggle with
- England which he had long regarded
as inevitable, JCroger - had; put . the
Transvaal into an excellent defensive
state by the purchase o? large quantities
of arms and ammunition.
The events and results of the Boer
war are matters of history.
After*the -fall of Pretoria (June 5,
1900),< President Kruger fled into Portuguese?
territory, and On October 19th ;
> sailed from Lourenzo Marques for-Eui
rope in the hope of securing foreign
aid or .intervention. He was received !
^..^1 ^ Cm Ijmam aa V...f *1 n/I i
Willi eillliuatacui ill c lauyy^, uui lan^u I
, to obtain an audience with the Ger- !
man emperor .and took up his residence
in the Netherlands, making his
home in Utrecht and The Hague. His
efforts to secure foreign intervention
. -u failed, but he continued to exbojt the
Boers to stand fast to the last.
Causes Sorrow in Paris.
A Paris special says: The death of,,
the president of the Transvaal, Paul
| > Kruger, at Clarens, Switzerland,
arouses widespread regret, owing to
i French sympathy for the Boer cause .
and personal admiration for the ex- !
president.
He avoided reference to the Boer i
war, bufc; when it- was. occasionally |,
mentioned, hd showed no resentment :
' * and expressed the belief that Provi- ;,
dence would eventually render justice
to the Boer cause.
Berlin Eulogizes Kruger.
The evening papers of Berlin, Ger- :
many, print warm eulogizes of former ;
Premier Kruger, studiously avoiding '
v anti-British expressions. I
WINERS REShlX l SNUD. j
Pennsylvania Coal Diggers Feel Sere j
Over Action of Roosevelt.
Delegates from the Central Labor
Union of Scrantcn, Carbondale,Wilkes- ,
t' barre, Pittston, Plymouth and Nanticcke
met at Scranton. ?a.. Sunday 1
to hear the report of the commit- I
" tee which was unsuccessful in seeing <
? President Roosevelt to present the J
joint petition of the unions in behalf 1
- of the Colorado miners.
Much feeling was shown according
to the report of the press commit- 1
tee over the failure of the commit- 1
tee to secure an audience 1
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PREPARING FOR COMMITTEE.
President Cetting Ready to Hear the |
News of His Nomination.
At Oyster Bay President Roosevelt
, and Secretary Loeb are perfecting ar- :
rangemonts for the ceremonies inci- | i
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dental to the president's formal noLi- j
f.caticn of his nomination which will ;
occur at Sagamore Hill on the 25th. j j
The ceremonies will not be elaborate !
or ostentatious. Indeed, they will bs i
marked by simplicity. * j
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AIMED AT SOUTHERN. !
Packers Insist on Retaining New Employes,
But Will Reinstate Old
Men in Order of Application.
In the Georgia house of representatives,
Wednesday, after a warm debate
which was participated in by several
of the ablest speakers in the house, a
bill, requiring that all railroad companies
which enjoy the privilege of
doing business in Georgia, and of occupying
its roads and streets, shall secure
a Georgia charter, was passed by
a vote of 97 to 29 and ordered immediately
transmitted to the senate.
It is said that this bill, while general
in its terms, is aimed primarily
at the Southern railway, as that Is
claimed to be the only railroad system
in the state which comes within , the
provision of the bill as it is drawn.
Should the bill become a law the effect
of it would be to require the Southern
to take out a state charter, unless the
measure should be declared unconsti
luuonai Dy ine courus.
"All that this bill requires," said Mr.
Hall, its author, in addressing the
house, "is that those railroad corporations
which exercise the right of eminent
domain, which enjoy the valnaole
franchises of this state, shall become
citizens of Georgia and abide by its
laws."
Mr. Hall claimed there was no right
or justice in a great railway corporation
being incorporated in a foreign
state and enjoying the valuable privileges
granted by Georgia, without-conforming
to its laws and statutes. A
great principle is involved, he de
clared.
"This great corporation," said Mr
Hall, referring to the Southern railway,
"controlled by W-all street pow- J
er, can make or unmake any man 01
community ia tbe state of Georgia."
"One man in Wall street can touch
a bell and destroy any citizen or com- j
munity in the state of Georgia
"Have the people of Georgia los: all
'v-Ck?ll too Nsnnin a dp.
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pendent of Wall street?" Mr. Hall ask*!
ed in conclusion. #
Mr. Slaton, of Fulton, made the only
speech in opposition to the bill. Mr. 1
Slaton said he considered there was
an existing evil to be remedied, but
he was sure it could not he done
through the bill of the gentleman from
BibK. The United States supreme
court, he said, had passed 01^the question-involved
and had held that such
measures were unconstitutional. The
bill was retroactive, Mr. Slaton said.
No tfuch law could be passed and made
to apply to a railroad that has been
here fourteen years.
: The remedy, Mn Slaton declared,
Was- in application to the interstate
commerce commission or the national
congress.
Slaton declared that no burdens
were imposed on the people of the
state bv the Southern that are not im
posed by other roads. Within the state
the power of the railroad commission
to remedy evils complained of is full
and .explicit. But when it comes to a
shipment from outside the state it becomes
a national question, and the
legislature cannot 'deal wit-h it.
The decision of.'the United States
supreme court referred to by Mr. Slaton
was in a case brought against a
simHar law passed by the legislature
of North Carolina.
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FEREE VOLUNTARILY RETURNS;
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Embezfing Louisiana Postmaster Is
"Brought Back, from Canada.
United States Postoffice Inspector
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Anderson reached New Orleans Thursday
with Horace S. Feree, "the defaulting
postmaster of Jennings. L&.,
whom he'arrested some days ago in
Montreal.
When the postoffice department discovered
that Feree was a fugitive from
Jennings. Anderson was put on the
case. He found Feree had registered
in New Orleans under an assumed
>iame with a woman represented as his
wife. He got away before he could
be arrested. Anderson traced the
pair to Cincinnati, thence to Chicago,
thence to Toronto and finally to Montreal
WOOD FORCED TO VACATE.
Alabama Probate Judge Quit* His Official
Position Under Fire.
Probate Judge J. Calvin Wood, of
Lowndes county, Ala., against when:
impeachment proceedings are pending
in the supreme court, resigned Thursday,
effective at once. He has been relominalod
for re-election next November,
but it is not known whether he
will relinquish this or not.
Wood was charged with purchasing
rotes and failure to discharge the duties
of his office. The impeachment
proceedings will be abated.
SAVANNAH IANS THANKED.
Parker Sends Message to Club of
Which He is Honorary Member.
A message was received in Savannan,
Friday, from Judge Parker by
the Citizens' Marching Club of Savannah,
thanking the club for its expression
of good will upon his receiving
the presidential nominaton. Judge
Parker is an honorary member of the
club, baving been taken in when he
was in Georgia last summer.
STRIKE DRAWS GORE
Seven Men Hurt in a Fight
Upon Negroes at Chicago.
GUNS AND KNIVES USED
cmninwH aa Strike
I VWiUI CU IIIVII
Breakers, Are Set Upon by Crowd
of White Men and Boys While
Returning from Work.
In an attack Sunday afternoon on
four colored strike-breakers by a mob
composed of spectators at an amateur
baseball game in the vicinity of the
stock yards, at Chicago, two white
men, one policeman and the four
strike-breakers were severely injured.
Revolvers and knives were used and
three of the injured men are in a serious
condition.
After finishing their day's work at
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger's plant, the
four colored strike breakers on their
way home had to pass the grounds
where an amateur ball game was in
j progress. There were fully 1,000 persons
watching the game, most all of
whom were friends of the meat cutters
out on strike.
As the four workmen approached
the place, some one in the crowd
yelled "scab," and instantly a rush
was made for the negroes. One of
the latter, Sam Wood, had a revolver,
j and another, Grant Baker, had a knife
and as the mob started for them they
drew their weapons. Before they could
use tbern, however, they were knocked
to the ground by a dozen white men.
Baker scrambled to hi^feet and began
slashing right and left, and before
the knife could be taken away from
him he had stabbed several. Wood
fired into the crowd while lying on the
ground, two of the bullets hitting Durand
of the attacking party.
This opposition of the negroes set
the crowd into a frenzy and had not
the police made a quick response to a
riot call that was sent in, some of the
strike breakers v;ould undoubtedly
have been killed. As it was, they
were thrown to the ground and knocked
insensible before the police could
, c/io+f?r ?%rr?wd ffpveral of the riot
ers were placed under arrest, as also
were Wood and Eaker.
Philadelphia Afcbatoir Running.
A special from Philadelphia says:
For the first time in years the West
Philadelphia abbatoir was in operation
Sunday because of the threatened
scarcity of meat, due to the Chicago
strike. During the day 500 head of
t cattle were slaughtered by independent
dealers of the city.5 ' *
The Philadelphia houses of the
western packing concerns have only a
small supply of meat on hand, and the
independent butchers of the city are
striving to take up whatever business
the western houses are unable to handle.
The independents declare they
can take care of the entire city. There
is plenty of live stock in sight, but
prices have been advanced about two
cents.
Recruiting offices were opened for
the purpose of filling the places of the
strikers in the west. It is claimed
that at least forty men have be?n
engaged during the . last. week and
sent west.
Packers Give Out Guns.
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; A dispatch from Sioux 'City, la.,
says: For their protection in case ot
an attack by strikers, the Cudahy
Packing Company Sunday distributed
revolvers among all its non-union employees.
Matters at the plant were quiet
during the day, no violence being reported.
Tho plant will resume killing
with a fair force of men. .
On the mayor's return from several
weeks' absence, the Cudahy Packing
Company appealed to him for additional
police protection at the plant.
&ALL. COWN FOR CANADIANS.
Uncle Sam Objects to Government
Taking Up Immigration Business.
A Washington dispatch says: It is
probable 'that the attention of the
British government .will be directed to
a movement conducted officially by the
Canadian government to induce immigration
from the United States to the
northwest territory.
There can be no objection to such
efforts cn the part of private agencies,
but when the government itself acts,
the matter is one which calls for
remonstrance.
TwrNTV-fiFVPN SURVIVORS.
Arrive at Boston from Liverpool on
Board Cunard Steamer.
On board the Cunard steamer Saxonia,
which arrived at her dock in east
Boston from Liverpool Thursday fore
noon were twenty-seven persons who
were on the Scandinavian-American
line steamer Norge, wrecked off the
the north coast of Scotland while on
a voyage from Copenhagen to New
York.
j MUST ADJUST RATES. If
Georgia Railroad Commission Rendsri
Decision in Fight Against Roads
by Atlanta Freight Bureau.
The Georgia state railroad commission
handed down an opinion Saturday
afternoon in the case of the Atlanta
Freight Bureau against the railroads,
in which it declared that Atlanta
is being unjustly discriminated
against in interstate rates.
The commission further declares
that in accordance with the suggestions
of the complainants and the ?uw
in such cases, the attention of the various
railroads concerned is called to
this discrimination and the railroads
are urged to make a correction of
these rates within sixty days, failing
in which the commission will appeal
to the interstate commerce commission
for relief in benalf of the Atlanta
Freight Bureau.
The commission further declares
that while in its opinion the rates
established by the state railroad commission
do not discriminate against
Atlanta, nevertheless, if the various
roads entering Atlanta fail to make a
satisfactory readjustment of the rates
complained of, fully correcting the discrimination,
then the commission will
undertane to so revise its tariff, especially
as to long distance, as will
mitigate the discrimination on interstate
rates and in a measure give relief.
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mi? J?/lATrimlaefnn HnPS
J. 111; UCUISIUU Ul lug vviuu?wu>va !
not give Atlanta all the relief asked j
for, though some regard it as a vie-1
tory in that the commission goes on J
record as recognizing that the. inter- J
s:ate rates do grossly discriminate
against the city.
NEGRO PROBLEM AT FAIR.
For Slight of Colored Troops Lieutcn
ant Haight is Out of a Job.
A St. Louis dispatch says: Lieu-"
tenant Sydney Haight, of the Fourth j
United States cavalry, military aide
to President Francis and director of
the military camps at the Lousiana
Purchase Expstion, has tendered his !
resignation to the board of directors
of the fair upon the request, it is said,
of the war department, which acted
after hearing the result of an investigation
into the negro problem at the
exposition. This investigation was ordered
by President Roosevelt, it is
said.
The resignation of Lieutenant
Haight is believed to be the direct
result of trouble .created over the
Eighth Illinois, a negro regiment of
Chicago, which was originally assigned
to th? regular military camp at I
khe fair. It was learned later that |
the Eighth Illinois was a negro regi- J
ment, and Lieutenant Haight wro'e
to Colonel Marshal, its commander,
to ask him if he would consent to occupy
a camp in a remote part of the
-grounds..
Colonel Marshal, in reply, advised
Lieutenant Haight that his regiment
had abandoned its plan to visit the
fair.
Friends of the negro regiment called
President Roosevelt's attention to
; the affair, it is said.
; . A MONUMENTAL FAKE.
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Loss of 30,000 Japs at Port Arthur Is
Now Officially Denied.
[ An Associated Press dispatch from
j.Tokio, Japaa, says: The imperial
headquartert' staff officially deny the
i reports of St. Petersburg that the
.Japanese lost thirty thousand men
in a battle near Port Arthur on July
10 or 11. Not a shot was fired on
either date-* / ; ;
A St. Petersburg special dispatch
savs: Since the receipt from Tokio
of an official denial of the report of
a Japanese repulse at Port Arthur
with the loss of about 30,000 men,
skepticism as to the truth of the report
from Viceroy Alexieffs headquarters
has pervaded all circles, but the
members of the general staff decline
to accept the denial unreservedly.
Despite the attitude of the general I
staff, who evidently are reluctant to |
give up a report for which they are
not responsible, the public ardor has
cooled down.v
TO REPOSE IN TRANSVAAL.
England Gives Permission for Kruger's
Body to Be Sent to Africa.
At a meeting cf the privy council
at Buckingham palace, in London, Friday,
at which King Edward presided,
the request of the relatives cf the late
Mr. Kruger, former president of the
South African republic, for the interment
of his remains in the Transvaal,
was considered, and it was subsequently
announced that the desired
! nermissicn had been telegraphed to
Clarens, Switzerland, where Mr. Kru*
ger died, through the British minister
at Berne.
ADVICE GOES UNHEEDED.
Mississippi Rpublicar.s Not Hankering
After Congressional Honors.
President Roosevelt's intimation to
the republicans of Mississippi some
time ago that he would like to have
i them put congressional tickets in the
! field this year does not seem to hav8
i been heeded. Only one republican has
thus far ventured to offer himself for
congress, and there are no indications
that others will do so.
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REJECTALrOFFERS
Strikers and Packers Try in
Vain to Reach Agreement.
BOTH SIDES OBDURATE
Proposals and Counter Proposals Galore
are Turned Down With
Prompt Regularity?Many
Conferences Held.
Negotiations for peace in the stock
yards at Chicago were practically at
a standstill Friday night ahd the
strike will continue until one side or
the other abates something of the
demands made up to the present time.
Both sides are anxious for a peaceable
settlement, but the stumbling
block to a final adjustment is that
neither side is prepared to allow the
other to dictate the basis of arbitration.
The packers Friday afternoon considered
Mr. Donnelly's reply to their
proposition of Thursday night, but it
proved unsatisfactory and the unioD
officials were notified that it would be
impossible to reach an agreement
along the lines suggested by -Mr. Connelly.
In their answer to Mr. Donnelly
the packers declared themselves
willing to arbitrate, but stipulated
that the arbitration should include the
entire scope of the strike and not do
subject to the restrictions or limitations
of any kind.
This communication of the packers
was identical with the one sent previ
ously by them to Donnelly and tc
which his counter-proposition of- Friday
is a reply.
Mr. Donnelly's latest proposition tc
the packers was as follows:
All grievances to he submitted tc
prhitratioa: all strikers to be reinstat
ed in a body; men employed by the
packers since the strike may be maintained
:-.f use can be found for them;
that the temporary wage scale to be
that in effect previously to May 28.
This means that unskilled labor is tc
be paid pending the decision of the
arbitrators 18 1-2 cents instead of 15
to 17 1-3 cents, the prices paid since
May 28.
The following is the reply of the
packers to the proposition of Mr. Don
nelly;
All grievances to be submitted tc
arbitration; the strikers to be reemployed
as rapidly as places can be
found for them; preference to be giv
en the strikers in the order of their
applications for work; all men novj
at work to be retained and the tern
porary wages to be in accordance
with the schedule in effect at the time
of the strike.
The allied trade unions at the
stock yards are becoming restless,and
unless a Settlement is reached in the
near future they may decide to stoji
work in sympathy with the men already
out. The members of the allied
crafts at the yards in Chicago number
14,000 or 15,000, and a majority
of them belong to a union.
MILES INDORSES PARKER.
Former Head of Army Writes Letter
to the Judge at EsopusJudge
Parker received a letter Fri
day from General Nelson A. Miles
The entire letter is in General Miles'
own handwriting and in part is as fol*
lows;
"It is fortunate that the democratic
party has given to the country a canJl'nrflc-iHont
in whom that
uiuaic lux y*. vu.uv-w
great council of representative men
have every confidence, and we have
the best of reasons for beliving that
that confidence will be confirmed by
the intelligent patriotic people of the
country.
"I believe you will be elected and
thereby have an opportunity of rendering
our country a service of immeasurable
value that will redound tG
the honor of the democratic party and
the glory of the republic.
"I have the honor to remain very
trmy, NELSON A. MILES."
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NEW YORKERS BUY VOLCANO.
Popocatapet! Charges Hards and Its
Sulphur Will Be Marketed.
A dispatch from Mexico City says:
The formal transfer of the Volcano
Popocatepetl to New York capitalists
will be completed next week.
The Inter-Oceanic railroad will
take the sulphur from the volcano to
Vera Cruz. It is believed that sulphur
can be landed at New York for $48
per ton (gold), which would make Popocatepetl
sulphur an effective competitor
of the Italian article.
KYLE TAKES THE OATH.
Alabama Man Assumes Office as Judge
in the Canal Zone.
At Washington Friday Osceola Kyle
of Alabama, took the oath of office ai
Judge in the canal zone in Panama
and will sail from New York nexi
week.
There will be five judicial districts
with a judge in each, but Kyle will
serve alone for a time. A prosecuting
attorney for the canal zone will b
announced shortly.
: STRIKERS TURNED DOWN.
! Bill Passed in Georgia House Requin
ing All Railroads to Secure Reg*
ular State Charter.
A Chicago dispatch says: The strike
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which has demoralized the packing ^
; industry throughout the country has
not yet been settled, but there are
indications that it will soon be end- j
ed by the adjustment of the difficul*
ties by arbitration.
After a conference which lasted all. ^
of Thursday afternoon between repre- J
sentatives of the packers and officers
of the unions, the employers are waiting
for an answer to a counter-proposal
which they submitted to Michael
Donnely in reply to a statement of Che - fu|
terms on which he would be willing
to make a settlement. Mr. Donnelly --?JS
later said that the counter-proposal of
the packers would be rejected, and .{M
that he would in turn present a counter,proposal
at once. 't'.M
The hitch in the negotiations is
over the reinstatement of the strikers. 3jB
j The union demands that every man .
! who went on strike shall be given his ; J|B
old position before an agreement to -ffil
, arbitrate will be considered. The
. packers declare that they will retain
the men they have employed since the $9
strike began* and will take the old men
, in the order in which they file appiications
for their former positions. '3|"'
. While the peace negotiations were /vsjj
. in progress Thursday, additional preparations
were making by the packers
[1 for a long siege. The packers hearing
( that efforts were being made to induce laM
, railroad men not to handle supplies for; [m :
, packing plants where the men are on . ,
strike were busy all day putting in
. great stocks of coal ^for fear the rail- ~
1 J o^omnt tft ctrtn tflA
, ! lUctU JJJvU iuigut an^mjL/c tv wThe
proposition made by Michael J. Jf
Donnelly for the strikers which le&Jjl ;
( to the conference Thursday contains ?
the following demands: *
, That all employees who struck shall ' .-^8
. be employed in their old positions with-/J3:t
( in three days; that the packers pay the - J|j
. wages prevailing prior to the strike '
pending arbitration; that the arbitra* |
, tion board be composed of one repre-.4^
sentative of the packers, another of
, the strikers, the two to select a third,
( These three arbitrators to be practical ||
; packing house men; that the award in fla
i wages lo be made by the arbitrators '%
shall take effect from the time of the jjln
, resumption of work, but that the award'jK
, shall not involve any reduction inwages.
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) The representative of the packers
replied to Mr. Donnelly-as follows: " jm
, "In reply to your note and your 'ex- Jjv ;||
planation of what you are willing
"-V-Ii.ilna nannnf a/wfinf tflA Uma 'fll
ft ttlUlliaCUi n c vauuvv nvvvyv vmv vw>.y,
, We are willing to arbitrate the whole -v|Hp|
matter, covering wages and working - Jl
( conditions of all employees out on? .iM
( strike, you having the privilege of bringing
before the arbitrators for de- $5
, cision any question of wages or convli- :
11 tions, or any other grievances yoir^^H
may think you have; we to have like
privilege and both to abide by the de- -J.
cision of the arbitrators. We will re- :
tain ail now at work and will re-em- | '
ploy all the men now out as ;jj
, fast as possible, giving preference in
the order of application at the wages
received waeu going uu aumc yvivwig
the decision of arbitration."
The note was signed by Armour & |
Co., Swift & Co., Nelson Morris & Co.,
SWarzchild & Soilsbzerger, National |
Packing Company, Cudahy Packing ^||
Company and Libby, McNeil & Iibby.igW
Rioting commenced in the stock JsB
yards Thursday and one man, Alfonso-^*?
Andrulis, was shot in the left shouMet ;
by the police. He is not fatally injur* Ji
ed, however. ' - /
RUSSIANS SURRENDER YIN-KOW. M
Important Port at Mouth cf Liao River
in Possession of-Japs. 4 .
It was reported in Tokio Thursday ^
that Yin Kow has been occupied by $1I
i the Japs without any resistance upon
tV?A DMOO?on trAAnc -
luc pau ui IUC ivuc^IUU nwi/sf "jjj.
! Yin Kow, located at the mouth pit. J8
; the Liao river, is the port erf N!nj
chwang, and its capture means the. fallrjjfg
' of that city.
j This move on the part of the Jap* |?|
anese has been expected. B7 it they .i&m
gain a new base of supplies. ; JEM
TO FIGHT CORRUPTION.
Memphis Citizens Hold Meeting and .^.J|
Roundly Score Many Officials.
1 wppo nnanimouslv adopt" '-{liSi
ed by a largely attended mass meet- ,|Jp
I ing of citizens of Memphis, Tenn.,
! Thursday night which, in substance,
' demanded that lawlessness and crlmo
I must he rooted out of Memphis. The |||
| resolutions severely criticise certain
j public officials for not enforcing the V^g
i laws and a committee was named to
| visit those officials with a request that
I they make a public statement as to
j v/hat may be expected of them in the
NOT BELIEVED IN PEKIN.
Report of Heavy Japanese Losses, is
Received Wth Skepticism.
The report of the Japanese reverse aj
at Port Arthur is not confirmed at Pe- ^,;J|
i ldn. It is considered in official cir- < v|^
cles that it is probable heavy fighting
has occurred, but the immense
loss of 28,000 men reported is regarded
in all quarters as much exagger