Times Democrat, The (Newspaper) - May 1, 1901, Lima, Ohio TME XO 170 LIMA OHIO M AY I 1901 Bull Begins to See His Finish Uncle Sam Co Dominate the Com- Seas Morgan's Mammoth Deal is Viewed by With Apprehension London Press to SHOW Whether er Net the Millionaires Intend ing British Empire tendon May line discussion iu English papers which reveals the of not a little apprehension VQ the possibility of the United dominating the Atlantic trace The general impression is that the transfer is con- with the probable passage by of a subsidy it is that the terms transfer are KO profitable to the people that there could be no of their acceptance that hyr shipping companies would on the same terms The effects the transfer are dis- bearings Sir who contributes to h- Daily Mall a long article dealing tiis and other trusts ia the States insists upon the tv the country waking to meet competition The Daily asks editorially whether the British empire is to be bought ur bought out by American It calls Mr J P Morgan the of trade and thinks the public be very foolish if by statements that no withdraw the of the lin-e froal tbe BIG STRIKE Of the Miners Federation of Great Britain Is Threatened May Hitters representing all miners of Gieat Britain met this and de- to call a general strike unless the canal tax is removed A final con- ference on the matter be held Alliance Unshaken St Petersburg May The considers the recent visit of M the French of affairs to SL Petersburg as and because alterations in the new groupings of the powers in prospect Hungary and Italy are no longer im with the advantage of the allt with says the and thp positions or Great Britain the minor European states the United States America lately suffered modifications ll h important at this moment to demonstrate the unshaken of the dual alliance TWO CHILDREN French Troops Make Ready Peking 1 General of the French forces is about to leave Peking for Tsin Iif will make his headquarters there ana supervise the reduction of the troops will be gradually withdrawn in accordance with the wishes of the ministers of the powers desire that a partial reduction of the foreign troops should begin Paris May dispatch to Le says that a nihilistic plot was ered in Warsaw and that tions of the conspiracy exist among all classes of Polish societies and among the workmen Among tha 600 arrests made there are several personages Martial law lias been declared la the three towns occupied by the Cossacks No General Strike May miners union has issued a manifesto ing that as 20.000 miners abstained from voting ia the referendum on the question a general strike the union bas decided not to assume the grave responsibility of ordering a strike Rome May the Italian minister of the Interior announced in the senate that not interfere la the present Plague Them Cape Town May I Seven fresh cases of bubonic were ered here Five Europeans and two blacks have died from the disease Married by the Groom's Father Pittsburg Today In Pittsburg May aged 14 and Alice Snow aged 13 of Venango county were married at the dome cf the hoy's parents his father officiating The Children had ed to elope so the parents thought marriage was the best for them The Weather Washington May Ohio showers in northern and central fair in southern portion tonight Thursday fair warmer in northern and central portion ADMIRAL DEWEY Will Celebrate of the Battle of Manila Washington May is the an- of the Manila and Admiral Dewey give a evening to twenty-five of of- into the bay three years ago today NEWSPAPERS R C E TOLSTOI Publishes a Violent Re- ply ia Paris To the Decree That was cently Pronounced Characterizes the Decree as trary Unjustified and Full of Life is Threatened Paris May Temps publishes a reply of Count Tolstoi to the decree of excommunication against him It is dated Moscow April 13 He says that as a result oi the decree he has received letters from ignorant people menacing him with He characterises the decree as illegal or arbitrary unjustified aoad full of falsehoods Moreover he says it con- an instigation to evil ments and deeds Count Tolstoi de- the practices of the church PACE Was Forced from the First Gong Who Put Gardner Out -in the Fourth South Brooklyn Lad Went at Oscar With His Speed Lsd ike Eight Thousand Spectators Saw the Mill were Dis- appointed Gardner's Showing CONFLICT Between Union aad Employers 171 Mea Demanding an Ad- vance in Their Wages O May union carpenters of Columbus today a strike for an in wages from thirty to forty cents an hour The strike promises to be a long Ami bitter one as the basses de- clare they will never pay the demand The present spring has opened with a brisker outlook than at any time in the history of Columbus SENATOR Lodge Indulges in Talk of War Europe is Uniting Against Us Commercially South American Territory fcy European Nations and He Argues Tkat We Keep Our Eyes Boston May Lodge annual banquet of the Market club last night with talk of No danger of he and added that be was pleased by the present appearance of affairs in China and with the course pursued by Uncle Sain there We thwarted their policy there We read every day that they against hs but they cannot unite on tariff against us They are suffering from economy pressure It may lead something more than economic pressure Look at South America and the way they are coveting territory there I am not an alarmist hut we be fools Indeed if we shut our eyes We must prepare for war against all It seems very remote but we must eyes San Francisco May Covern knocked out Oscar Gardner in the fourth round at Mechanics ion From the first minute until the end came there was never a doubt as to the winner McGovern forced the pace all through landing blows at will Gardner's swings were wild and ineffective Only two or three times did he land a good Gardner took ii terrific pummeling ami went down repeatedly In the fourth round Terry landed half a dozen rights and lefts on face and body Gardner went down struggled to his feet and went down again Gardner landed one good left on the body but the blow served to irritate Terry who camt back at him with lefts and rights in a perfect shower Gardner a hard right squarely in the pit of the stomach and as he was falling Terry seat In a left to the jaw which ended the fight Gardner lacked steam and was slow on his feet Oil tht his showing with the champion was disappointing Eight people saw the fight Practicable Washington May tion of the practical usage of wireless telegraphy which occurred in has been reported to the state department A captain of a channe was ped with wireless telegraphy apparat us reported that on his last trip in he received a wireless message from a French lightship anchored some 2 sea miles from Dunkirk on the Bel gian coast suiting that the light could not shine again until al was received from shore The captain of the steamer at once sent a second wireless message to La Panne al on the coast of Belgium whence i was forwarded to Dunkirk by the reg ular telegraph line A boat was dia patched from Dunkirk to the lightship and the repairs necessary to the signal light to burn were made Choked Himself With His Own Hands Chicago May 1 Circumstance surrounding the death of C F mere in a cell of the Fiftieth Stree Police station go to prove that th man actually choked himself to with his own hands That he was a suicide is established by a note h left in which he said he killed himself because of love Upon his throat were marks where he had been choked Both lungs were congested and covered with spots The official physician said death had been caused by and a jury returned a verdict to that effect TEDDY Was One of Guests of At the Annual Banquet of Home V Propounded His Views Tariff aad Insular Questions of Day Boston May imposing array of speakers Vice President Theodore Roosevelt tion of 1.600 members of the Home Market club the most widely known Republican organization of New land at its twelfth annual dinner in Mechanics halt Vice President velt was seated OB the right of the president of the club George Draper Among the others near President per were Senators George F Hoar and Henry Cabot Lodge ard Hon Joseph Manly of Augusta We Mr in his address touched upon the cial tariS and insular questions and the present prosperity in the United States REED Will Now Have His Inning In the Trial Before Court Martial at Manila Prosecution Rests After Sub- Damaging Testimony More Evidence Introduced te Substantiate the Charges of Relatives JUDGE YOUNG Newspapers Shall Publish Not Upper Sandusky slay Young in spite of the protests of the defense insisted today that his order should stand restraining the papers from publication of the mony in the Foster gang murder trial The morning was devoted to a recital of the murder by Albert Johnson son of the victim of murder rubbery torture by the gang Ada Johnson was on the stand this morning and she testified that in Chas Foster recognized her father's murderer Her brother Albro son also testified that he recognized Foster as one of the men who robbed tortured and killed his father the rich celery grower Union Labor Men Quit the Military Anticipating Conflict Be- tween Capital and Labor Movement is at Hand Backed by Federation of Labor for of Hour Working Days Norfolk May J Brewers Unions -All members of the belonging to Seventeenth Virginia regiment of in- fantry last night resiled their com- missions giving reasons thut they either had to rp the military service or situations All ot the labor organizations iu quire their members to retire from the military A supreme movement is on hand backed by the Federation oi Labor for eight hours working day and the Federation it is reported de- sires to place its members in position where they will not be called on for military duty should a conflict ensue between capital and labor DOWN the Sunny South The President Aad His Party Continue to Speed Through Continual Ovations May Day Abroad London May day Is cally unobserved by the labor classes here Rome May men are celebrating May day with unusual emnity as it is the first labor tion of the century To investigate Missions Chicago May Edgar Geil who has been engaged by a ber of wealthy New Yorkers to study the social arid conditions of various foreign countries passed through Chicago on his way to San Francisco whence he sails May 7 for China The will cover three years and special attention will be given to the missionary methods sued hy the various religious nations their needs defects and ods of work The investigation Mr Geil will make was induced by recent attacks on and their work Privilege Suspended Washington May reference to an application of discharge by chase received from authorities in the department of Cuba the ment Is made that the privilege of dis- charge by purchase has been ed by the secretary of war until ther orders New Burned San Juan Porto Rico May new pier here caught fire and was totally destroyed an hour A large stock of sugar and rum was lost in the fire The value and tity of the goods destroyed is not known The continues to rage and threatens to spread to the stores of the custom house Lives may have been lost but this is not yet The started 16 minutes after the steamship Ponce galled for BEAUMONT Oil Furnishes Gas for City of Havana Cuba The First Actual Test was Made in the Cuban City Last The Standard in Control Havana May first actual test of value of Beau- mont Texas oil was made here last night Havana gas that was made frosi Beaumont oil As the Standard Oil Company is absolutely in control of the Cuban oil business it argues that they own large interests in the new Texas field The profit in Havana gas made from crude oil is tremendous It costs in gold per feet Manilla May 1 The prosecution has rested in the trial of Captain Reed commissary at charged with soliciting and receiving bribes and with other official duct Interesting testimony was at the close Mr Wolf a ner in the firm of Castle Brothers concerning attempts to secure commission for Captain Reed out of the sales of vegetables eta R Cas tro chief clerk of the depot sary testified to once the funds from the bank and to a shortage being covered by five s at 40 cents per day on the emergency payroll J J McLeod manager of the Maritime company testified that lie procured for Captain Reed receipts from the general cigar factory Ing the amount of commissions paid by Castle Brothers Thomas Harries a bookkeeper of the firm of Robinson Macondray testified that Mr Robinson paid Cap- tain Reed Thp firm's books entries to that effect Fred Macondray testified that he arranged to give Captain Reed 30 per cent com- mission on the sales of vegetables to transports Barry Baldwin the manager of the Macondray company shipping chants made a statement to the court He said thai attempts had been made tb him itmi protection of the court Mr Baldwin testified to having a con- tract Captain Reed came to his office and claimed there were slight ages in the beef deliveries oa account of which Mr Baldwin gave Captain Reed Filipino Surrenders Manilla May the Filipino leader in the Abra province has surrendered General en- tire command also surrendered April 20 to Captain Krug at province of South Hocos Colonels Ciprano and Gregorio best officers surrendered to Colonel Jacob Kline at Lipa on April 28 with 23 officers 102 men and 86 rifles At Cavite Veijo 15 Filipino officers rendered to Colonel Baldwin of the Fourth infantry and Pedro Aguinaldo relatives of eral Aguinaldo acd five other insurgent have surrendered Test of Armor Plate Washington May Harveyized armor plate representing 180 tons of the armor for the monitor was tested with good result at the Indian Head proving grounds Three shots were fired at a velocity of to foot seconds without materially injuring the plate This group of armor completes that to be furnished to the monitors SMALL Party of Western Yince Rifles Was Attacked by a Much Larger Force of Boers Two of the Riflemen Were Killed and Remainder Were Taken Reported Cape Town May TL Sir Cordon Sprigg the premier of Cape Colony reports that 11 members of the ern Province rifles were 90 Boers near Brand vlei Two killed throo wounded and the der were captured Commandant Ian after a skirmish with Henniker's Victorians in which the burghers are said to have suffered somewhat retreated with the purpose of joining commando in West Cradock They driven by the Cape mounted into The Brit- sh were one killed and one wounded on Toward the Gay New Orleans TWELVE Hundred Machinists are on a Strike at Buffalo of International Strike to be Made for the Nine Hour Working Day Buffalo May hundred machinists struck here today for nine hour working day without a decrease of par It is understood that the local movement is a of a threatened strike that will extend all over the United States aad Canada on May 20 when the general demand the nine hour day will be made PRESIDENT Plaas a Tour the Civilized World to Become tie G O Ad- visor and Set a Silenced Ex- at End of Term Wheeling W Va May man Dovener who enjoys McKinley's confidence says the President has planned for a tour of the world at the close of his term which is intended to eclipse the famous tour of Gen Grant It will cover the civilized globe Tha President then hopes to settle down as a party adviser and not as a silenced ex-president Recalled Lisbon May the governor of Beira province has been suddenly recalled to Lisbon It is believed that this is taken on count of Governor having allowed certain foreigners to become members of the sanitary board on count of his strong English thies Another Gusher Beaumont Tex May tion was here that an oft fusher was struck at Sulphur La 45 miles east of Beaumont on the ern Pacific railroad The oil is heavy and Black In and when it broke loose it to the top of the derrick 60 feet high Grain Markets Chicago May July wheat corn pork 15.00 V i RATHER EXPENSIVE To Jilt a Pretty School Teacher After the Engagement Newark N J May Smith the pretty school teacher won her breach of promise suit this mom ing against her aged suitor Chas Comptom She geta Mr Compton's excuse was that he was in no physical condition to get married Judge had that if a man woman to marry him he must do so if him AUDITORS Of Ohio Counties to Meet in Columbus Friday To Raise Valuations of Properties aad Burden Upon Individuals Columbus May Yates has meeting of the state association of county auditors to be held at Columbus on Friday week to take action looking to the in- creasing property of corporations such as railroads telegraph systems etc for the purpose of taxation The tion is proposed as a means of lighten ing the burden of the ordinary erty hoHer and is due to thai real estate values have been up all over the state under the last decennial equalization Vicksburg Miss was Readied at Hooa Responds Wita istic Speeches Vicksburg May traia reached this city at today and President party were accorded a most astic greeting The party spent ilia night at Memphis and at an hour started for New Orleans which will be reached at this afternoon At Memphis the president and dis- companions the of marked attention All the route there wore enthusiastic crowds and the chief executive in re- sponse to calls raade brief speeches At one point he a resistless power for good is a united of men Jt makes for peace and for progress and liberty Ic conserves the rights of the people and ens the pillars of the government and is a fulfillment that more perfect union for which our revolutionary fathers strove and for which the con- was made No citizen of the republic rejoices more than I do at this happy state and none will do more within bis sphere to continue and strengthen it Our past has gone nto history No brighter OBO adorns annals of mankind Our task is or the future We leave the old ury behind us holding on to its and cherishing its sries and with hope to the new its These we of the men of the north with high and resolution Without inter- lal troubles to distract us or lusies to disturb our judgment we solve ths problems which con- ront us untrammeled by the past and visely and courageously pursue a cy of right and justice in aH making the future under God even more glorious than the past During the morning at the regular lour for the cabinet to assemble the summoned his advisers into lie observation ear and there doors the first cabinet meeting n wheels was held STo important had been received from which required action the dispatches in the papers woro alked over and some of the details yet undetermined were discussed At several places President ey made touching references to the blue and the gray He paid glowing tribute to the southerners for their patriotism and valor during the war The expansion our domestic and foreign trade was also touched upon And GUNS BOOMED Bands Played Whan the American Opened Today Pan Pan thi Buffalo May American Exposition morning at 30 o'clock and band played boomed and tlags wer unfurled in of the event CHICAGO tions Must Settle lourt Decides They Must Pay Taxes on Millions of Dollars Worth of Springfield May cago school teachers have won their fight against the state board of and twenty three of the great corporations of cago Judge Thompson in the circuit court this morning handed down a de- in which he granted a writ to the board of equalization to list for taxation the franchises ot those companies More tban of property which fore has escaped taxation ba placed on the assessors of Cook county This great sum the value of only twenty three chises Chicago Markets Chicago May 5 cents lower NF