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Show Jp , Trua,Jsumal th ! Hu All Tin That. All timaj th. N. It. w Haw Must Y Why Journal. th Far Subacriba . ! The People Try thaPapar That All tho Nawa Truth- fully. Thafa Why Thay Taka tha Journal. Advartiaara Cannot Afford to Forgat This. a Gives a J J a- - YOU XIL No. 67 I birthday llublishrfc Daily at (Drjiirn. lltalj I SAGE OF n anniversary of GROVER CLEVELAND. H is y AMERICAN FEDERATION IP HAN MEET- IN IOWA ING IN WASHINGTON. I (By tha United Prana.) March IS. HUXCETON. N. This J, Princeton. It la tha ,n day s great g of Grover elevbirthday anniversary of ens tha only living for who many years Staten, United the clti-his been tha moat distinguished in-- , of thin old collage town. The h's enters upon gous statesman today year, having been born rrraty-secun- d 1887. Scores of proml-se- st M March 18. people. Including many members today tt the Princeton faculty, Cleveland fam the at jmUeg reto their pay Westland, home. ily man who has now jects to the aged Sage of Prtnce-to- s. Kcome known as th A steady procession of messenger boys began early this morning te deliver tho telegrams of congratulation that are pouring In from all over the land and from foreign countries. Princeton students took an enthusiastic padt In the day's observance. that the There la every prospect messages lumber of congratulatory noeived today will exceed In number those arriving a year ago, when Mr. Cleveland reached the scriptural limit ot three score yearn and ten, proving conclusively that with the passing years th. popularity of the "Rage la steadily growing. cf Princeton" While he has not actively engaged In politics fur several years, his opinion la egaerly sought by Democratic politicians and staeamen nil over the country and by the newspapers. For n tine he was held responsible, In many Starters, for the panic of 1891, Just u President Roosevelt has been blamed for last year's financial flurry, hut tMs feeling has now apparently died ont and Uie Is every probability that Mr. Cleveland will live to enjoy the justification of his course that la anv being accorded him. Mr. Cleveland has steadily turned n deaf Mr to all temptations of n return te public office. He haa steadfastly taken the position that any American who had been called to the presidency haa received the highest honor In tha gift of the American people and that to accept any other public office would not only he self Ash, but m APPROVES STAND-PikTTE- RS UNION LABOR Many Delegates Present. Including a Years Old Today a i, Savanty-onLarge Number Representing Various ef Is tha Only Living Railroad Organisation Will Disis Health Hia (jnitad iStataa tp cuss Court Decisions. Years. Supreme Good and Ha May Liva Many (Special to State Journal.) B1SE, Ida., March 18. Harry diets did Or- - Petttboiu that Haywood and wire innocent, but that the nut signify REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. THE MERGER STATE MAJORITY AND MINORITY PORTS SUBMITTED ! RE- No Demonstration Ovor Nemos of Taft Joseph Warner, the Chairman, and George Crocker and Charles Francis Adams, of tho Commission, Say Consolidations Will Be a Benefit. and Roosovsit Agree to Pees Strong Platform Delegates at Large Instructed for Taft. hard, the notorious criminal, was state tiiid failed to prvaent enough to death by Judge Wood in the legal evidence aside from 1 tie confesdistrict court here today. The date of sion to warrant conviction. the execution was act for May 15. (By the United Frees.) As the judge sjmke. Orchard broke H The speclnl BOSTON, March (By the United Preset March 18. Two 1KS WASHINGTON, MoINKS. March IS. The! commission of commerce and Industry In passing sentence. Judge Wood down and wept for the first time. He stand palters are ruling tin- Reputi -j apiMilnted by the governor haa approvhundred and fifty delegates representmade the recommendation to the board asked p Tiniitsion to make a statement. ean slate convention today. ( leone ' ed the merger of the Boston A Mains ing every international union, together IV Perkins is the ernwiieiit chairman. j with the New Haven A Hartford railwith n large number of una (filiated of pardons that Orchard's sentence be and Mid lie w anted to add that he made t Boxers I district caucuses lert their dol- road. and the report will be submitrailway organisations, convened here commuted to life Imprisonment. He his confession without hoie of earthly omite uninsiruoted. The Second aud ted to the legislature this afternoon. today. Officials of the brotherhood of expressed the belief that Orchard told reward or without promise of Immun- Fourth districts iimde no demonstration Joseph Weber, chairman, and George over llie mention of Taft ami Roose- Crocker and Churlea Francis Adams Locomotive Engineers, Firemen, Convelt. It haa been practically agreed to agree. J. It. Crosier submitted a minorductors. end Trainmen and Switchmen the truth In all the details of his ter- ity. though not connected with the federa- rible confession, and that he committed plutform. ity rciori with former Governor Ihiug-la- a. Judge Wood declared hla belief tliat ' pass a strong contest s over whether Taft The majority report states that tion, are also present The session be- the atrocities to which ! Tlv he had con- Orchard was a t Ictlm of tin system should he endorsed an at 10 a. in. in Assembly hall, the by the convention with proper restrictions tile consolidawhich he represented, and tlien the or the delegates at large lie Instructed tion will benefit the commonwealth federation headquarters! Recent ad- fessed. for litin. verse supreme court decisions is the and the public railroads. The commisJudge Wood said he believed there prisoner was recommitted to the peniResolutions were passed this after- sion says that the question whether primary matter to be discussed. It is noon unequivocally Instructing the del- the New Haven nmd la violating the known that a large number of dele- yet would be more confessions, and tentiary. gates favor an Independent political that more light, in the future, will be Orchard, upon hearing sentence pro- egates at large for Taft and request- law. In acquiring street railway stuck ing district delegates to support him. will lie decided by tha courts. The party. The session la secret. Third nounced. turned and thanked Judge The Ohio tariff plank waa practically recommendation of an act Vice President James ODonnell of the thrown on the crimes. prohibiting t and AlUson American Federation of Labor called )tfn),ired4 the assignment of the Boston A Albany He said the acquittal of Haywood, Wood, lie said ho belleyed when he .adopted Senator Handera waa made arniaiient road by the New York Central, which the conference to order and was chosen and Fettlbone waa not inconsistent committed the Stunenberg crime that chairman. chairman. leased It, la made. with Orchard's declaration, aa the ver- - ho did right. McKEE'S COUNSEL DENIES MRS. McKEE'S CHARGES SYMPATHETIC STRIKE INTERPRETATION OF srn-:cin- ed Taft-Allieo- n - l- ! Taft-Allia- IS PROPOSED HILL CULL DESPERATE diate settlement In x. ne ur GOOD ROADS IN ALABAMA. An evening Mr. Lillian Mac-Ihiwe- (By the United Press.) March 18. PETERSBURG, was Lieutenant General Smirnoff In a duel wounded this probably fatally Lieutenant-Gener- al with Fock morning The men fought In the riding school of the Chevalier Guard, and exchanged pistol shots at close range. A memorandum by Smirnoff questioning the courage of Fork, who challenged, was the cause of the duel. General Smirnoff commanded at Port Arthur during the siege, and General Fork was a division commander. Smirnoff filed the charges of cowardice and Incompetency against General Stoesse), and Incompetency and Insubordination . against General Fock Heavy pistols were used and the contestants were ordered to continue firing till one was wounded. The duelists wer placed fifteen pares apart. fell at General General Smirnoff Frock's fourth shot. He waa struck In the abdomen above the right hip and there Is little hope of hla recovery. The military authorities placed the building at the contestants' disposal. It Is reported that several women were present General Frock will next fight General Gorbatoffsky, commander of the western Fort at Fort Arthur, who. scored him ss a witness before the KT. (By the United Press.) PORTLAND, Ore March II Investigation Into the alleged fraudulent use of the malls In Oregon was threatened by United States District Attorney Bristol, who appeared before Federal Judge Wolverton Tuesday and demanded the Immediate calling of a federal grand Jury. "On their recent trip through Oregon," declared Mr. Bristol, "postal Inspectors discovered evidenc Involving men high In the councils of the United Ststes that should be presented to a grand Jury." PurthiT than this neither Bristol nor nor Postal Inspectors Clement and Riches would go. ATTORNEY SAYS CA8E IS TRAVESTY ON JUSTICE courtmartlal. (By the United Press.) March 18. A Richard P. Hen shall of the Bay Cities Water company, who haa been associated with Assistant District Attorney Hoffeook In the Tevls-Oldtrial withdrew from the case Tuesday morning. Hs said he was convinced that the case was brough In had faith and that It was a farce and a travesty on justice. His remarks caused a mild sensation. BIG CONTRACT FOR WIFE DESERTED HIM SAN FRANCISCO, er HE GETS DIVORCE SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS Agents for the various firms which publish school text books have already begun their campaign for the big contract which the stats textbook committee will award on May 8. The contract will amount to over $115,000 and will cover all the books used In the state outside of cities of the first-claduring the next five years. About twenty agents for Eastern publishing houses are already In Sait Lake City, and as many more are due to arrive. So tar the campaign haa been a much quieter one than that of the Jolly' band of agents who were there last 'year when the city made Its ss Louis F. Bedier wss granted a di- vorce from his wife, Lillian E. Bedier, and the custody of their three children in the district. court this afternoon. The ground on which the detree was granted waa desertion. Bedier testifying that his wife left him in December, 1808. and that he has not seen her since. . BIRMINGHAM, Ala March IS. A campaign for highway improvement In Alabama will he Inaugurated by the Alabama Good Roads association, as tho result of a meeting of the executive committee here today. An effort five-yecontracts. ' 'By the United Press.) will be formulated to carry the good March 18. It la reported roads amendment to the constitution ? Enland has warned Portugal allowing the state to assist In the CALIFORNIA HARDWARE DEALERS MEET. her minister will be withdrawn building of roada Bovernment grants political OAKLAND, Cal March 1. With nerty without Investigation of the CANADIAN STOCK SHOW. several hundred members In attendmtances of the assassination and Over ance the California State Retail Hardt0 trial the regicides. England REGINA. Bask, March II. v. ware Dealers association began Ka annforTncd the Portugese that to $5,008 will be distributed among the nual convention In Oakland today. A illn Saskatchewan the IBe crime will place the gov- - prise winners at In the category with Bervla. provincial tat stock show, opened her banquet, ball and other entertainment features have been arranged for the, Republican press is sneering at today. Scores of .leading breeders and session. j vernmen t fear to punish tho cattlemen of western Canada have exat the olprltr. animals finest entered their SCHOOL FOR MILITIA OFFICERS hibition. A provincial horse Show will 'LROAeTg RANTED A be held tomorrow. MILWAUKEE. Wts March 18. RIGHT OF WAY. With officers' of the regular army from TWO MORE FOR TAFT. Fort Sheridan aa Instructors, the anthe United Press) CHILLI COTHE, O., March II. Sec- nual school for officers of the WisconASHIXqtox. 18. The March Taft will gain two more pledged sin National Guard was commenced Art 1" ieeed the bill granting a retary In the Chicago convention here today. The course Include lecto 7 A the delegatee -, Harbor pGraye of the Eleventh district tures on field engineering, military map lver result a as railway through Three Tm. reading and minor tactics. Point Washington. I Republican convention tomorrow. ar ' -- with Edgar MarDowell Farnsworth brought out an audience that crowded the First church on Tuesday Congregational night, and was one of the most delightful of the entertainments that are being given by this cultured ludy. music la rendered on the plunn and violin, and preceding each number Mrs. Farnsworth delightHer fully Interprets each theme. Interpretations are as entertaining a the music Itself, and site shows how MacDowill sueeeded in his music In giving the coloring and the atmosphere of the water Illy, the wild rose, the Instrumental rendition of the sirs plainly revealing the roloring. The artlata who assisted Mrs. Farnsworth were: Gertrude Middle, piano; Margaret Armstrong, violin; Mrs. Marie Gemma of Halt Lake, vocalist, and Celesta Conroy, accompanist to Mrs. Gemma. The bitter is a rare vocalist, and among other songs she sang "Kathleen Mavnumecn" In honor of Ht. Patrick's day. Khe was recalled frequently, ss was also Miss Biddle for her excellent piano work, and Mis Armstrong on the violin. by GRIND JURY sight. the United Press.) 18. Labor!, McKee's counsel, replied to his wifes divoivu ease today, charging falsehood, cruelty and unfaithfulness. lstbori demanded the granting of McKee's tltlon and the custody of the children, and mail a general denial of the charges made by Mrs. McKee. Ha declared that the woman waa "hysterically shameless," and bitterly attacked (ha American press, which ha accused of waging a campaign In the wouiau'a defense. Labor! read some passional letter front "Cornelia" to "Hart," written be- rA 1118.(ByMarch MACDOWALL MUSIC THE FEDERAL The .strike of the employee In the mechanical department of the Denver A Rio Grande road is on in full force, and there is no prospect of an imme- According to word received by the Balt Lake City unions which are affected by the strike, all the machinists, boilermakers, ' blacksmiths, boilermakers' helpers, blacksmiths helpers and apprentices on the entire Western branch of the Gould system are out at the present time. It is expected that within the next twenty-fou- r hours all the shopmen on all of the roads under the control of the Goulds, with tha exception of the International A Great Northern and the Maryland Central roads, which are In the handa of a receiver, will declare a strike and walk out The official estimate of the number of men who are now out la 1,800, but if the other unions on the system declare a sympathetic strike at least It ban now been twenty-thre- e years 5.000 men will be affected in the United dace Cleveland was first Inaugurated. States Other presidents have survived longer If the proposed sympathetic striks than that after taknlg the oath of is declared, all the men on the Gould Urn John Adams, Inaugurated In rystem from Ogden to Boston, Mass., 1717. lived twenty-nin- e years after-r- d, will go out, and the worst strike In the to die on the same day aa history of organised labor will be on. Thomas Jefferson In fact, within one Mur, and on n Fourth of July at that HIGH CHARGES OF Jefferson survived twenty-fiv- e PRIVATE ROAD JUSTIFIED years ifler the beginning of hla first term. Madison went him two years better, WASHINGTON, March II. In the lad lived twenty-seve- n years. John furious and Important case of the American Asphale company against the Qtdncy Adams made n record of twen-v-rlVan Buren United Railroads company, a private years, Martin tvmty-flv- e, railway corporation In Utah, the Interand Tyler twenty-on- e. Wlmnre lasted twenty-fou- r. state commerce commission, through It Is a significant tact, and one that Commissioner Prouty, today decided Mws how much greater Is the strain that a rate of 88 per ton Is a reasonthe office now, that since the time able charge for the transportation of f Fillmore, Grover Cleveland la the gilsonlte a distance of fifty-fomiles. nly man who haa lived a score of The former rate of $10 a ton was deWarn after becoming president of the clared to be unreasonable. United States. The commissioner held that where a Pierce lived sixteen, .Buchanan eleven, Johnson ten, Grant railroad had been constructed for a ihteen, Hayes sixteen, Arthur five, special purpose and does not form a Harrises twelve and McKinley four part of any Industrial development, it d a half. la not In the same relation to the public aa a railroad built for general purof Its The reasonableness poses. bo determined most therefore, rates, by the financial returns which they produce, rather than by comparison with rates in effect elsewhere. THREATEUS TO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1908 A ROYAL BIRTHDAY. fore tha marriage, hinting at the Impropriety of communications of such warmth prior to marriage. Generalities by Labor! bored tbs Judges, i STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING OF ILLINOIS CENTRAL (ny the United Press.) NEW TORK. March II. The directors of the Illinois Central today decided to ask tor a stockholders special meeting In May to vote on an Increase of 80 per cent In th companys capital stock. Ogden. Armour was elected a director to succeed Stuy-vesa- nt Fish. MAY ESCAPE IMPEACHMENT. (By the United Press.) WARHINGTON. March J.-T- he NARROWLY ESCAPES SINKING sub committee of the house appointed to Investigate the Impeachment of Lehbeus at Hhanalial, le Willey, (By the United Press.) The Kron practically ready to report. It Is underHOBOKEN, March 18. Prin Wilhelm, from Hamburg, nar- stood that they will report against Imrowly ramped being sunk todsy In a peachment. collision Just north of Jhe quarantine TOi DISCUSS PURE FOOD. station with the British tramp steamer Crown of Castile on account of the fog. NEW TORK, March 18 In response Neither ship was damaged, and the to a rail Issued by the Association of terrorised paasengrra were soon reasManufacturers representative, comsured. posed of men who sell commodities handled by grocers, a meeting of REUFB ATTORNEY TO BRING and manufacturers of food packers CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS was opened here today. products Among those represented are meat ( ssajft poiiuji ail m RAN FA NCI SCO, March 19. Attor- packers, manufacturers of canned ney Aeh has announced his Intention goods and cereals and Importers of of bringing contempt proceeding tea, coffee and other food staples. The against Judge Dunne and Chief of Po- object of the conference Is to further lice Blggey In order to compel them minimise abuses In the production and to make diposltlona regarding Ruefs distribution of foods. coerced payment of board money while he wan confined In his Fillmore street house. The contempt proceeding is another step in the suit brought to recover board money amounting to BIG GERMAN STEAMSHIP 1 4,000. BABY IS CELEBRATE PARIS COMMUNE. PARIS, March 18. A great demonstration marked the celebration of the Paris Comfiiune by the Socialist of Franc today. Thousands of men and women, carrying banners reading "Long Live the Commune" and execrating the memory of Galllfet, the (By the United Pres.) "Butcher of Paris," marched through March 18. RepWASHINGTON, the streets, led by bands playlrj Le resentative French of Idaho contributMarseillaise and other revolutionary ed to congress the first Incubator baby, anthems. a girl which was born January M and weighed three pounds and ten ounces AGREE TO REPORT FAVORABLY. WHITE GIRL WEDS NEGRO. To preserve the child It waa placed In an Incubator. It now weighs four (By the United Prase.) WilMarch E. II. Fred BOSTON, WASHINGTON. March 18. Rep$8 years old. who re- pounds and eight ounce and is thriva liams, negro. resentative McLachlan Is pressing hi married Hssel Bussell, a 1$ ing. hill authorising Secretary Taft to fix centlyold white girl of Worcester, and year CHICAGO GRAIN. the harbor lines of Pedro harbor, Loe wss under arrest Immediately placed ha Angeles. Th house committee after the ceremony, will soon he tried agreed to report favorably. (By the United Press) on a charge of abduction. CHICAGO, March If, The followMONTANA RATE HEARING. HUNT DIAMONDS IN ARKANSAS ing are the quotations on grain for today: LONDON. Marrh 18. The sixtieth birthday of Princess Louise, duchess of Argyle, was observed today by th! ringing of the bells of St. George's chapel Windsor, and other observances. The princess wee born at Buckingham palace March 18, 1848, the sixth In the line of descendants of the late Queen Victoria, and married the duke of Argyle In 1871. HELENA. Mont., Marrh 18 A heating on distance tariff rates, applicable to all railroads operating within the borders of Montana, wa held today by the state board of railroad TEXARKANA. Ark March 18. ExWheat Open, 15 citement over the newly discovered Jow, 95 cloned, $5 Corn Open, 88 diamond fields In Pike county continues and several big companies have low, 88 closed, 87 Oats Open, 84 been Incorporated to begin mining operations on a large scale. low, 84 8. high, $8 1-- 4; high, 87 8-- 4; high. 84 1-- 8; 8-- 8; 8-- 8; 8-- 4. 8-- 4; 8-- 4; 8; 8-- 1-- 1. |