Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 8, 1907, Page 4

i | JURY SECURED IN THE FOURRIER GASE Continued from first page. premises, although it developed later that he had placed the money cn deposit in a Crookston bank, Then followed a description of the circumstances surrounding their nearest neighbor, Fourn- jer and his companion Wesley. Another neighbor, Krueger, goes to Bemidji and leaves his gun with Wesley and Fournier. The latter also goes to Bemidji about same time by the way of Buena Vista, and returns a day earlier than Krueger. On the night which has been fixed as the time of the crime Caldwell and his wife hear the dogs barking fol- as we shall prove, what better or stronger testimony ‘ could you desire? In listening to the testim ny you will hear many witnesses, but I am not going to try to get wore than actual facts and bring out the absolute truth. I shall not attempt to impeach any wit- ness, nor bolster up any state- ments. It has been said that it is irapossible to convict criminals in this country, but I can see no gallantry in not punishing Paul Fournier if he killed that feeble old man and helpless girl. THE TESTIMONY M. D. Stoner was the first witness called by the state. Attorney Scrutchin, for the defense, objected to the intro- duction of any evidence in the lowed by scream and shot, aid- way between their and Fourn ier’s place. Caldwell judges it is about half a mile away. The next day Caldwell, while hunting for strayed cattle, goes by the Dahl’s cabins and finds no one at home, Lutsees tracks in the snow as if a number of peo- ple had been walking back and forth. The same day he goes over to see Fournier and Wesley, finds them both home, and Krueger, who is after his gun, with them. When Krueger takes gun to go home he finds along blond hair on barrel, a strong circumstance cobnecting the de- case, as the records show that one James Wesley has already been convicted of the crime— having killed one N. O. Dahl. Objeciion overruled by the court. M. D. Stoner sworn. Direct examination. Mr. Stoner testified to having been at Quiring and in that vicinity on March 10, 1907, and that he had made a map or plat of that country, showing the various roads and trails, build- ings and other points prominent- ly connected withthecase against Fournier and Wesley. Mr Stoner explained the various locations on the map, which include the fendant with the crime as Miss Dahl is the only woman in the neighborhood who has long, light hair, The coroner's report shows that the skull of Miss Dahl had been crushed with a blow that could be caused with a rifle and the hair incident is a coinci- dence that fits nicely with the borrowing of the gun, the shoot- ing and the crushed skull. We all have hobbies and super- stitions. Fournier has onein a marked degree and that is when he committs a crime in a room where there is a looking glass he turns the looking glass to the wall. We will prove that he has told about robbing a camp and holding a man up with a gun, and turned the looking glass in the camp toward the wall. When making a search of Miss Dahl’s cabin, after the disappearance, the first thing that met the eyes of the searchers was the looking glass turned toward the wall. The only perscns in the neigh- borhoud who did not seacch for Dahl cabins, Fournier’s and Cald- well’s houses and the now famous spruce tree. GOURT NOTES W. E. Hyatt is in the city from Fowlers and is one of the jurors called on the speclal venire. Attorney Scrutchin, it de- velops, has a wholesome fear of whiskers and spectacles, Attorney Funkley was not one whit perturbed by the fact that the first juror secured was the thirteenth on the venire. Most of the jurors who are on the special venire returned this morning are farmers. Andrew Larson of Solway proved unsatisfactory to either side for the second time, Mr. Larson having been a venireman for the Wesley trial: Among attorneys from the out side in attendance at the trial today are A. M. Crowell, former- ly a practising attorney in Be- midji, but now living on a home- ! : stead near Turtle River. Mr. the Dahl’s after the mysterious| growell conducted the defense dlsgl’v};%i'ance were Fournier |in the first murder case tried in auad. Weeley. in Beltrami county, being attor Shorty saw peopls begin to 7 £/ hunt for the missing and skipped out. Fournier went to Red Lake to work, and when he came back was much interested 1n learning if the bodies had been found. Caldwell put it up to himself, Paul or Shorty to tell what be- came of the Dahls and Fournier’s face turned a purple color. A day or two before the mur- der Fournier was in Buena Vista broke. When he returned from Tamarack river drive he had $50 or $60 more than he had earned. We will show how much he earned and the surplus mcney tallies with the amount taken from old man Dahl. We will show that the motive was robbery. We will show that Fournier and Wesley often spoke of getting the old man’s *‘plant.” We will show a pair of overalls with red paint on them found near where the body of the girl was discovered, and we will show that there was no red paint in the neighborhood except at Mar- tindale’s where Fournier and Shorty worked. We will also show a coat found in Fournier’s cabin showing the same marks of red paint. We will show that Wesley and Fournier knew of the old man’s money, and that N.O. Dahl was murdered for money. Although it is true we have no eye witnesses there can be no question to Paul Fournier’s guilt. Bub we have higher and better testimony than any evi- dence by eye witnesses. We will prove by statements made by Paul Fournier to his own brother that he killed the Dahls, and we will establish his guilt by indis- Pputable circumstances unless the jury wishes to find some way not to punish eriminals. The defense will no doubt make a plea of reasonable doubt, but that is very weak. If Paul Fournier shot old man Dahl he knows it, and if he said he did, ney for Robt. Kinney convicted of murder in the first degree at the first term of court held in Bemidji in November, 1898. Kinney killed policeman Jerry Reot here in the spring of 1898, and is now serving a life sentence at Stillwater. In some respects the case was similar to the one now on trial, the evidence being largely circumstantial, Don’t Like Canada. To those who are becoming en- amored of the desire to move to Western Canada, it would be well to read and digest the fol- lowing, taken from the Crookston Times: ‘‘A. Braley has receivad a letter from Alfred Milsten, a young man who was employed by him last summer and who went up into Western Canada where he located upcn a claim. The letter tells of the extremely cold weather with which they had to contend this winter, the thermometer ranging all the way from 40 to 60 below. He further states that he will be back to this city in the near fature and will be contented to remain.” A Government to Kick About. “We kick about our own govern- ment,” gald @ reformer, “and It Is Qoubtless pretty bad, but what would ‘we think 1f it took the taxpayers’ mon- ey to pay every year a pension of $50,- 000 to the Goulds, another of $75,000 to the Astors and another still of $25,000 to the Vanderbilts? That 1s what goes on in England. The English doctor, the English druggist, the English car- pefiter, all sorts of hardworking Eng- lishmen, are taxed $200 or $800 a year, and the money goes to pay the huge penslon of some ducal loafer who Is already too rich. Charles IIL, for In- stance, granted an eternal pension of $95,000 a year to the Duke of Rich- mond and Gordon. In all the years since Charles IL’s time that pension has been pald out of the taxpayers’ pockets. To thls day it is paid. The present Duke of Richmond and Gordon Settles for his dinners at the Ritz In London or at Ciro's In Monte Carlo with money earned by English butch- ers, bricklayers and blacksmiths"—Hx- e EEe e MORE DETAILS LIKELY President Convinced of Truth of Conspiracy Story. PENROSE NOT EXONERATED Nelither Has the Pennsylvania Senator Been Officially Declared a Member of the Ananias Club—Labor Resents Roosevelt's Statements. ‘Washington, April 8—President Roosevelt, it was officially stated with the full consent of the president him- self, belleves that the disclosures he has made regarding the Harriman- Rockefeller-Hearst conspiracy to de- feat his policies will put the people on guard to see that only delegates who can be trusted are elected to the national Republican convention, Although Senator Penrose’s denial that he was in any way implicated in the conspiracy was shown the pres- ident there was no effort made at the ‘White House to clear the Pennsyl yvanian of the charge. Neither would e president or Secretary Loeb offi- ally nominate him No. 10 in (he Aganias club, The president’s confidence in the truth of the story of the dinner and subsequent events is unshaken and he went to the extent of announcing that Jugt as fast as the further details came to him they would be made public. The whole tenor of the president’s talk 'and the “by authority” announce- ment made at the White House was to the effect that the conspiracy story had been confirmed to the satisfaction of the president, not from one source, but from' several, Further Publicity Urged. The president’s friends are now urg- ing him to make public the entire mat- ter 4nd have done with it. They feel that the eontroversy is unduly pro- longed and that it is doing neither the president nor the party any good. Senator Penrose has been regarded #8 2 staunch friend of the administra- tlon and the White House statement game as a surprise to all. The senator has followed up the Roosevelt policies in the senate.and the president even consented to go into Pennsylvania during the last campaign to aid in the election of a Republican governor. Organized labor is disposed to re- gent the statements of President Roosevelt regarding Moyer, Haywood and Debs, especially as to their being undesirable citizens and the charac- terization of them by the president. At the headquarters of the Amer- lcan Federation of Labor, of which Samuel Gompers is president, there is a dispcsition to ask the president for an explanation as to his strictures on Moyer and Haywood, who are now in jail in Idaho awaiting trial for alleged complicity in the assassination of ex- Governor Steunenberg, who was blown up with dynamite. ALLEGED LOOTING OF BANK Work Begun Ten Days After Institu- tion Opens, Chicago, April 8.—In the trial of former Judge Abner Smith and other officials of the defunct Bank of Amer- fca before Judge Pinckney in the crim- fpal court Clarence S. Darrow testified that the bank was “looted” by F. B. Creelman and Abner Smith within ten days from the date the institution opened for business. Mr. Darrow also testified to having warned Jerome V. Plerce against Smith and Creelman and of his having demanded that Smith be forced out of the bank. He also stated that he had told Smith personally “to get out” and that Smith had refused to do so. Mr. Darrow told how he had at first contemplated purchasing $25,000 worth of the bank’s stock, but that after an examination he had changed bis mind and invested only $7,500. He testified that the law firm with which he was. connected had also bought some of the stock and that he had a personal deposit account of $3,500 in the bank at the time of the failure, while his firm had a deposit account of $2,500. ADDS ANOTHER $6,000,000. Carnegie’s Gifts to Pittsburg Now Ag- gregate $32,500,000. Pittsburg, April 8.—The gift of $6, 000,000 to the Carnegie institute, just announced by Andrew Carnegie, swells the amount given by Mr. Carnegie to the library, institute and technical schools here to $19,620,000 and raises the total of his benefactions in Greater Pittsburg to $32,500,000. It is said that this is the largest sum ever given by one individual to any one community in all history. Love-Crazed Youth Suicides. Grand Forks, N. D., April 8. —Crazed because his love was scorned by a young woman of Forde township, Nel- son county, Harold Peterson, twenty- three years old, sent a bullet into his head and died in a few minutes. Peter- son had been attentive to a young woman of the neighborhood and she had not reciprocated his affections. . To Recover Mineral Lands. Reno, Nev., April 8—The govern- ment is to sue the Southern Pacific Raliway company to cancel all patents issued to it in the White Horse min- Ing district on the claim that the land was agricultural. It is now alleged that the land was mineral. COURT ENJOINS OFFICIAL. Cannot Carry Out Contract With Catlh: ollc Indian Missions. Washington, April 8—The supreme court of the District of Columbia has rendered a decision enjoining the com- missioner of Indian affairs from pay- Ing to Lhe bureau of Catholic Indian missions $27,000 on a contract made with the bureau for the care, educa- tion and maintenance of 250 Indian pupils in the St. Francis mission school, Rosebud reservation, S. D., un- i less this money is paid out of what * is known as “trust funds.” This 18 the first legal decislon on this question and is of importance not only to the Indian bureau but the bureau of Catholic Indian missions and other organizations which main- tain schools at which Indian children are educated. This suit was brought by the Indian Rights assoclation in the name of cer- talr non-Catholic members of the Sloux tribe of Indians. The Indian Rights assoclation ccntended that the United States has agreed that for every thirty children of the Sioux tribe attending school a house should be provided and a teacher furnished, this teacher to reside among the In- dians. EMPLOYMENT REFUSED. Lorain (0.) Strikers Blacklisted by Steel Trust. Lorain, O., Aprll 8—There is no slgn of disorder in connection with the strike of the employes of the American Shipbuilding company. Ac- cording to one of the striking ship- bullders the union has ceased to pay benefits and as a result many of the men are absolutely penniless. A large number of strikers applied at the local plant of the United States Steel cor- poration for employment. When it was learned, however, that the men were strikers from the shipyards they were refused work. It is stated that many of the strikers have already left the eity and others are preparing to go elsewhere for employment. The members of the local company of the Ohio national guard are still on duty at their armery, but thelr services have not been required. Later in the day a crowd of strik- ers “atllempted to hold up a wagon carrying a load of bread to the ship- yards. " When the driver refused to halt a yolley of stones and clubs ‘was thrown at him. The driver drew a revolver and the strikers retreated. RESCUED IN NICK OF TIME Senator Clark of Montana Narrowly Escapes Drowning. Trinidad, Colo., April 8 —While for- mer United' States Senator William A. Clark of Montana was crossing a river twenty miles west of Trinidad his carriage broke through the ice and was upset. The senator was thrown into the stream, but was res: cued by other members of the party as he was being cdrried beneath the ice. Mr. Clark is confined to his bed in his private car in the care of a physician. He has a severe cold, but no serious results are expected. The senator was hurriedly taken to a ranch five miles away. When he arrived thece his clothing had frozen, After being furnished with dry cloth- ing the party proceeded to Weston, eight miles distant, where the sen- ator’s private car was waiting. The senator, who is accompanied by his wife and daughter, will resume his trip to Los Angeles. Senator Clark was on a tour of in- spection of his coal property when the accident hapyened. Boy's Life Saved by Dog. ‘Waupaca, Wis., April 8. —The life of Ralph Rowe, aged:four, son of F. L. Rowe, was saved by his pet dog. The boy had fallen into Mirror lake when the dog jumped in and tugged at his little master’s clothes until it had drawn him ashore. The child was unconscious and the intelligent animal immediately rushed to a nearby house, where, by its barks and whines, it at: trdcted the attention of a woman. Young Man Killed by Fall. Minneapolis, April 8.—IL, Hargrave, aged seventeen, an usher at the Ly- ceun.theater, fell from a box at the theater and died some hours later at Asbury hospital. Some of the ushers were playing “tag” about the building and Hargrave tried to jump from a tier of seats to a hox. He did not rightly calculate the distance and fell to the floor below, thirty feet. His skull was fractured. Suicides in Horrible Manner. Memphis, Tenn, April 8.—Edward Murphy, a painter of St. Louis, com- mitted suicide in a horrible manner. Murphy who was employed on the new Business Men's club in course of erection, climbed to the roof of the building and. pouring benzine over his clothing, set fire to it. He was liter- ally cremated before the flames were extinguished Autoist Guilty of Manslaughter. Kenosha, Wis. Apri) 8 —After two days' deliberaticr the jury ip the case ot Edwarc Collier. charged with man slaughter in the fourth degree for run- oing dowr and killing Wiiliam Dryer while drivine ar automobile, brought e a verdict of guilty Vanda's Dc immens: Damage Waterloo, ia. April 5 --Orviile Jones and Willard Smith bave been arrested here for despoiling the West Side Cerregie lbrary. They con- fessed. The damage done by the van- dals {s estimated at thousands of dol- lare. Sultan’s Novel Explanation. Tangier, Morocco, April 8—Native couriers report that the sultan has made public at Fez a declaration to the effect that General Liautey and the French troops under his command occupled Oudja by his orders with the view (o ihe suppression of the pre: tender ard f{hat, comsequently, the Mussulmans regard the intervention of France with indifference. Supplemental Bill in Eddy Case. Concord, N. H, April 8.—A supple mental bill in equity called forth by the recent announcement that the property of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy bad beer !ransfe to three trustees bas been filed in the Merrimac county court by the original complalnants or “next friends' in the sull tor.an ac counting of Mrs Eddy's property. Demand Rocsevalt’s Re-Election. Des Moines, April 8 —Representa- tive 0. H Holme: has ntroduced a resolutior In the bhouse providing that present businees condltions tn the United Statcs and business interests (demand the re-election of President Roosevelt. The measire {s likely to mest favor Loth In the house and sen- ' ats. e e gy THENTY-FIVE KILLED Many Casualties as a Result of the Southern Tornado. - SWEEPS OVER THREE STATES Property Loss In Devastated Section, Including Damage to Bulldings and Crops, Estimated at Half a Million Doliars. New Orleans, April 8.—Fully twen- ty-five persons are dead and more than twice that number seriously injured as the result of ‘the tornado through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, Less than half of those killed were White persons. Among the last bodies found were those of 2 man and a wo- man in trees at Alexandria, La. The storm moved from west to east, crossing the southern extremities of Louislana and Mississippi and striking into Alabama for a short distance. Portions of four towns were devas- tated and damage probably exceeding $500,000 was caused, for in addition to the places in which the tornado mani- fested fatal violence the disturbance did general damage to property, crops and telegraph wires throughout its 300- mile course. The experience of being caught by the tornado in the middle of the Mis- sissippi river on a stern wheel packet s described by Louis Knopp, who ‘was aboard the steamer Betsy Ann. “The smokestack and stage plank were blown away in a jiffy.” sald Mr. Knopp, “and the boat began tossing from side to side like a cradle. I'm a pretty strong man, but the wind was so terrific at one time that it was all T could do to keep hold on the railing of the beat. At the same time I was dodging flylng timbers and broken glass. The pilot turned the boat’s bow toward the bank and man- aged to drive her pose into the levee, but by this time.the upper works ot the steamer were barely able to stand alone.” The women passengers were safely landed on the levee with the aid of a skiff. SEVEN PERSONS KILLED. Tornado Sweeps ' Over Alabama. Luverce, Ala., April 8.—Seven per- sons, five white and two colored, were killed by a tornado that passed through this' county. The storm struck at Pattsburg, six miles from here. There several houses were blown down and Samuel Brown and two children injured. James Knowles and son were killed at Petrey. One man was seriously hurt and others slightly injured. Mr. Farrior and two children met death at Bradleyton, as did two ne- groes. 'Others were injured there also. ONE PATIENT PERISHES. Sanitarium at South Windham, Conn., Destroyed by Fire. South Windham, Conn., April 8.~ Orne woman, Mrs. Laura Backus, an insane patient, lost her life in a fire which destroved the Grand View sani- tarlum here. All the other patients were taken out of the building with- out harm, although there was no time to clothe them. The sanitarium was a three-story frame structure formerly used as a summer hotel but of late Years conducted as a private hotel for dipsomaniacs. - There were sixteen patients In the house and several of them had to be removed by force. One man refused to leave his room on the third floor and was taken out of 8 window and down a ladder after a hard struggle. Mrs. Backus, who had been taken from her-room and left in a lower hall, could not he found and the house physiclan believes she rushed upstairs again and was burned. Whipping Post at Baltimore. Baltimore, April 8.—The whipping post was called into use at the city Jail here for the first time in twenty years. Saylor Brooks, colored, was given nine lashes on his bare back with a. cat-onine-tails, in connection with a two-months’ jall sentence for wife-beating. The negro treated the flogging lightly and smiled after it was finished. Sectlon -of Theft of $1,000 in Diamonds. Minneapolis, April 8.—Mrs. John Loudon, wife of a prominent business man, lost or had stolen from her $1,000 worth of jewelry on a Minneap- olis street car.. The police are of the opinion that the woman lost her jew- els, but Mrs. Loudon says she is posi- tive they were stolen. Brooklyn Couple Asphyxiated. New York, April 8.—Patrick Cav- anaugh and hiz wife Bridget were found dead In a Brooklyn lodging: house. The room was filled with gas which had escaped from a tube which had become disconnected from a gas heater, presumably by accident. Peary Plans Another Trip. Washingtcn, April 8.—Civil Engl oeer R. E. Peary, U. 8. has applied for an extensicn of leave of absence In order to resume als effert to reach the North pole. The dash to the pole will be attempted in the summer of 1908. TRAIN TRAVEL INCREASES. Lower Passenger Rate Produces More Traffic. Omaha, April 8.—Preliminary re- ports of the Nebraska railroads for March indicate increased earnings, lthough for three weeks of the month the roads were operated under the 2- cent passenger rate. According to an official of the Union Pacific the pas- senger earnings of this road have shown an increase, week by week, for the last five years, including the month of March. = 3 ‘The figures for March are completed, but the officlals are reticent.and re- fuse to give out the exact totals, They further state, however, that there has been no abnormal increase and no fall- ing off since the passenger rate law went into effect March 7. In the Burlington offices the state- ment {8 made that complete figures are mot yet obhtainable, but there is nothing to show any decrease in re- ceipts, At the Northwestern offices it was stated there has been a decided increase In the numt"' of tickets sold. | TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT. Case of E. H. Harriman Before Inter- state Commerce Commission. ‘Washington, April 8—After two days of argument, the interstate com- merce commission concluded its hear- Ing in the investigation of the transac- tions of E. H. Harriman in Southern Pacific and Chicago and Alton securi- tles and took the case under advise- ment. There were three addresses, one by Attorney John G. Milburn in' defense of Mr. Harrlman’s course, and one cach by Special Attorneys C. A. Severance and Frank C. Kellogg in criticism of it. Mr. Milburn enlarged upon the con- tention that the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific had not been compet- ing lines before their consolidation, but urged that even if they were, one of them had the right to purchase the property of the other. Messrs. Severance and Kellogg con- tended for the applizability of the anti- trust law to the purchase of the South- ern Pacific by the Union Pacific, and Mr. Kellogg criticised sharply Mr. Har- riman’s dealing in the Chicago and Al ton securities. DESTROYED BY FIRE. Chinese Section of Steveston, B. C. Burned Out. . Bellingham, Wash., April 8—Fire ccmpletely destroyed the Chinese por- tion of Steveston, B. C., at the mouth of the Fraser river. Five hundred Chinese are homeless. Steveston consists of little else but mammoth salmon packing plants and Oriental laborers’ quarters, mostly de- serted during the winter. Fifteen Chinese stores and 200 small buildings were destroyed. Big Cut in Price of lce. Detroit, Mich., April 8.—Local ice companies have reduced the prices for ice for the coming season about 42 per cent, placing them at the same figures which prevailed three years 2go. A bountiful supply due to the severe cold in January and a threat by one company to throw into the local market quantities of artificial ice are said to be the causes of the reduc tion. Wealthy Farmer Guilty of Murder. Newkirk, Okla., April 8—A jury here found Woodson 8. Morris, a wealthy farmer, aged seventy years, guilty of murder in the first-degree in having shot and killed Finis Cassidy, aged ecighteen years, whose father was 2 tenant on Morris’ farm. An appeal will be taken. Punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Scurvy is making great strides in the famine districts of Russia. The failure of Webster F. Putnam & Co., bankers and brokers of Boston, 1s announced. Charles W. Strine, manager of the Metropolitan Opera company of New York, is dead at the Boothby hospital In Boston. Mr. Strine was operated upon for appendicitis eight days ago. The receipts of the Barnum & Balley circus, according to a circular Issued to the shareholders, show a falling off in the last few years, while the expenses have correspondingly in- creased. The Prince of Monaco’s Monte Carlg Opera company is occupying the Royal Opera House at Berlin, giving a serles of operas, the entire proceeds of which go to charity. The company costs the prince personally $11,250 daily. Senators Cullom and Hopkins of llinols have recommended to the president the appointment of Daniel A. Campbell of Chicago to be post- master of that city to succeed Fred A. Busse, who has been elected to the mayoralty. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, April 6.—Wheat—May, 78%c; July, 80@80%c. On track— No. 1 hard, 81% @81%¢; No. 1 North- ern, 80% @80%c; No. 2 Northern, 7814 @78%¢c; No. 3 Northern, 75@76c. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, April 6.—Cattle—Good to cholce steers, $5.50@6.25; fair to good, $4.00@5.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.75; veals, $4.50@5.25. Hogs—$6.50@6.6: Sheep—Wethers, $5.50@6.30; good to prime lambs, $5.25 @7.60. - Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, April 6.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, 81%¢; No. 1 Northern, 80%c; No. 2 Northern, 78%c; May, 79%c; July, 80%¢; Sept., 80c. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.16%; May, $1.16%; July, $1.18%; June, $1.17%; Oct., $1.16%. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, April 6.—Wheat—May, 76%c; July, 783%c. Corn—May, 46¢c; July, 46%4c. Oats—May, 425c; July, 37% @87%c. Pork—May, $15.85; July, $16.95. Butter—Creameries, 22@29%c¢; dairies, 20@27c. Eggs—16c. Poultry —Turkeys, 12¢; chickens and springs, 183e. Chicago U_nlon Stock Yards. Chicago, April 6.—Cattle—Beeves $4.26@6.70; cows, $1.80@5.00; heifers, $2.76@5.40; calves, $5.25@7.60; good ‘to prime steers, $5.50@6.70; poor to medium, $1.25@5.40; stockers and | feeders, = $2.85@5.00. Hogs—Light, , 36.60@6.80; mixed, $6.60@6.82%; ) heavy, $0.46@6.80; rough, $6.46@6.60; Dpigs, $6.001 70; good to cholce heavy, 1 $6:70@6.8 Sheep, $4.50@6.86; lambs, $6.260@8.30. , Health— Economy Calumet Baking Powder Best by Test 10 GUARMNTEE PEACE United States May Become Guar- dian of Central America. CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON Ministers of Countries Interested Dis- cuss the Situation at Length With State Department Officials in an Ef- fort to Reach an Agreement. Washington, April $.—An important conference took place at the state de- partment duritig the day between As- sistant Secretary Bacon, Ambassador Creel of Mexico and Ministers Calvo of Costa Rica, Mejia of Salvador and Toledo Herrera of Guatemala. It is believed it was for the purpose of canvassing the prospects for reach- ing an agreement along the lines sug- gested by President Cabrera of Guate- mala providing for a guarantee by the United States for_the faithful execu- tion of a peace pact in Central Amer- Ica. At the conclusion of the conference, which lasted nearly three hours, it was stated by one of the participants that substantial progress was being made toward reaching an agreement that would insure the maintenance of peace in Central America. A conclu- sion, however, he said, has not yet been reached and it would be impos- sible to discuss publicly the details of the exchanges that are taking place. WEARY OF CONTINUAL WAR Conservative Central Americans Anx- ious for Peace. ‘Washington, April-8.—The war be- tween Honduras and Nicaragua, ac- cording to Federico Mejia, the new Salvadorean minister to the United States, will likely be settled without embroiling. other Central American republics. Senor Mejia said: “It is highly to the interests of the republics of Salvador, Costa Rica and Guatemala that peace should be brought ahout as soon as possible in order to avoid the chance that the war may be extended into their respective domains. “To that end the representatives of these countrles here will do all they can. Meanwhile those countries have found it expedient to mobilize troops on their respective frontiers. When I left home Salvador had about 2,500. men on the border, though it would be possible to increase that number to 25,000, “Even though Salvador, Costa Rica and Guatemala are not directly en- gaged in the war they necessarily suffer as long as the war continues. Their commerce is destroyed to a large extent. Business must be dor- mant for the time being. Communi- cation must be interrupted. The peo- ple are thrown into unrest. “The conservative people of Cen- tral America are tired of these wars, which have continued for half a cen- tury. They realize that if all the money that has been spent for slaugh- ter and the satisfaction of the selfish ambitions of some individuals during that time had been turned to the building of good roads. schools and other instrumentalities of civilization Central America would probably com- prise one united, prosperous and happy nation today.” FORM SEPARATE UNIONS. - French Government Employes Cannot Join Federation of Labor. Paris, April 8—The various minis- ters intend to take severe measures against the authors of the violent manifesto of March 30, villifying the action of the government in .refusing permission to the state employes to form trades unions, which were pla- carded throughout the city. They were examined during the day and their dismissal from the service of the government is shortly expected. Tke premier has sent a note to the schoclmasters announcing that state cfficials cannot belong to the revolu- tlonary Confederation of Labor but that the bill now before parliament will permit the formation of unions among themselves for the protection of their interests. TEN MEN ARE KILLED. Shot by Strikers at Lodz for Attempt. ing to Resume Work. Lodz, Russian Poland, April 8.—Ten workmen were shot ana killed by strikers in (be factory district here because they attempted to resume work. The maragers of the factories have begun Lo re.engage men, but the strik. ers are bitterly opposing a resumption of work. Twe Men Perlsh In Fire. Saugus, Mass, Aprii 8,—Two men were burned tc death (5 3 fre which destroyed the H B Newhal) tide mill here. The dead are Oscar Bllis and Michael Desmornd. The bodles were tound near 8 chimney where the men were Ip the hatit of sleeplng. The loss 1s $26,000. Trocps Held In Readines / Parls, Apri} §.—The commanzkrs of the troops composing the garrison of Pars are sald to have received secret Instructions, In view of the possibility of a general strike being declared, to hold themsslves subject to the ordera of th n aries of police.