Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 2, 1906, Page 6

By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. Rush Paper. Very little paper has been made of late years from rags. Vegetable sub- stances are employed, as alfa, wood and straw; the idea has not prevailed that the wild or cultivated rush, can be employed for this purpose. But an in- ventor has asceriained that when suit- ably treated, the plant will produce a very white and consistent paper pulp by means of the following treatment: One thousand kilogrammes of the green rush, cut up as fine as possible, is mingled with a caustic lye of 30 de- grees B., and boiled in an autoclave for five or six hours under a pressure of six kilogrammes at 170 degrees C. The pulp is washed with water, sulphuric acid in suitable quantity added, then bleached with chloride of lime and washed energetically. It is then suit- able for employment in the manufac- ture of paper.—Le Papier. Care of the Hair. All hair if properly cared for will be beautiful, even though the color may not be just what you would like. The hair should be carefully shampooed every ten days, using the green soap mixture for the purpose. Then dry the hair in ‘the sun and rub on a good hair tonic. The hair tonic should also be applied each night, rubbing it well into the scalp with the finger tips. throngs of tourists and the capitol guides are making fortunes. Every tourist who gets to the capitol insists immediately on having Representative Longworth pointed out. The visitors take no interest in Aldrich, Spooner, Williams or Cannon, evidently regard- those statesmen as “pikers.” y cut the guide short as he is pointing Grosvenor out and ask impa- tiently “But where is Alice Roose- velt’s husband?” Puckerless Persimmons, Persimmons without a pucker are now being grown by the department of agriculture. Owing to the chemical composition of the old fashioned per- simmon, which caused the lips to pucker after eating this fruit, the sales have been anything but gratify- i to farmers. In order to remedy this defect the department of agri- culture imported some Japanese per- simmons and crossed them with the American product. A finer specimen has been produced, and in the near fu- ture the department will begin the distribution of persimmon trees which will produce fruit guaranteed not to pucker the lips. Insectivorous. There have been many designations of Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, ranging from Tillman’s “wasp of the Wabash” down, but in the opinion of many Marcus Alonzo Smith’s is the best. Ma Alonzo, who is the dele- gate in congress from Arizona and who has been fighting Senator Bev- F plan for the admission of and New Mexico as a state, “I think, after looking him over, that Beveridge is the stud cricket of the senate.” To Renew a Mirror. Keep for this purpose a piece of sponge, a cloth, and silk handkerchief, all entirely free from dirt, as the leasi grit will scratch the fine surface of the glass. First sponge it with a little spirits of wine, or gin and water, to clean off all spots; then dust over it powdered blue tied m muslin, rub it lightly and quickly off with the cloth, and finish by rubbing with the silk handkerehief. Be careful not to rub the edges of the frame. Spreading Himself. A correspondent for a Kansas paper was rushing around in Washington. ‘cou seem to be busy to-day,” said a friend. “Busy?” Great heavens, I should think I am busy! I’ve got one senator from my state in there in the senate chamber defending the admin- istration, and the other senator over in the supreme court trying to keep out of jail.” Poser for Cannon. Speaker Cannon has received lun- dreds of telegrams from Oklahoma ex- pressing the opinion of hundreds of people about him. This one, however, which he declares is the most re- markable inquiry ever propounded to an American statesman, he proposes to frame: “Shall Oklahoma, the gem of hope, be sacrificed on the Shylock of despair?” Busy Queen. The queen of the Hellenes probably dispenses more of what may be de- bed as “official kisses” than any- else on earth. Every lady pre- one sented to her with whom she is on in- timate terms she kisses on the cheek; others who have not the honor of knowing her well she kisses on the forehead, Order, Order, Order! “Mr. Speaker,” yelled John Wesley Gaines, of Tennessee, during one of the squabbles over points of order on the legislative, executive and judicial pill. “Speaker, I make the point of order that the house is in disorder and ought to be in order before a point of order can be raised.” For Itching Scalp. Massage the scalp each night for ten minutes until the hair ceases to fall, with a hair tonic; then use once a week. The massage and tonic will neip this itching. RUSSIA IS ON. VERGE OF CHAOS CONFLICT BETWEEN THE GOV- ‘ ERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE 1S CERTAIN. | DOUMA SLAPS CZAR’S FACE GOVERNMENT’S POLICY REJECT- ED AND DISMISSAL OF CABI- NET DEMANDED. St. Petersburg, May 26. — The gov- ernment seems to be hesitating about executing the resolution taken a week ago to grant partial amnesty. The of- ficial statement justifying the govern- ment in not granting plenary amnesty, seems desighed to pave the way for a refusal on the ground that in the pres- ent circumstances the release of the political prisoners deserving freedom can be left to the local authorities. The Twentieth Century, formerly the Russ, prints in parallel columns the text of identical telegrams sent to the emperor from widely different places protesting against the demands of the lower house for amnesty, prov- ing them to have been inspired from a common source. , At Kieff the local branch of the League of the Russian People decided to organize for the coming war against parliament and pronounced itself in favor of the creation of a dictatorship to crush the revolution. Officers of the guard regiments in St. Petersburg at a meeting just held openly advo- cated the dispersal of parliament. Rushing on to Revolution. St. Petersburg, May 27. — Premier Goremykin at 3 o'clock this afternoon will read before the lower house of parliament the government’s response to the address in reply to the speech from the throne, and announce the government’s policy. The Conservative-Liberal newspaper Strana (country), which claims to have inside information, says the rec- ommendation will be largely negative, but there will be a positive proposal for reform in local administdation, in- cluding the abolishment of the hated “zemsky nachalniks” or petty adminis- trative despots, whose tyranny is one of the main grievances of the peasant- ry, and the placing of gendarmes and rural police under the control of the judiciary instead of the administrative branch. With regard to amnesty, the cabinet will declare for a continuation of the wholesale release as fast as pos- sible, but will insist that a general am- nesty is inexpedient. " General Strike Likely. A dispatch to the Associated Press from Moscow says that denial of full amnesty probably will be followed by a general strike. Similar news has centers. In spite of the moderate counsel of the leaders, the Constitutional Demo- crats are being pressed on by the de- nunciations of the radical elements to- ward an open rupture. Revolutionary activity is increasing throughout the country and there is evidence that rev- olutionary emissaries are traveling through the country stirring up hatred. against the nobles and landlords and encouraging the peasants to strike for the ostensible purpose of forcing par- liament to hasten the distribution of lands. Daily Conflicts Reported. On the other hand, the agents of re- action are adopting the same tactics in favor of a dispersal of parliament, and a return to autocracy. As a result of this propaganda, threatening letters have been received by many members of parliament and dispatches from the interior report daily conflicts between the followers of the two extreme parties. Revolution in the Air. St. Petersburg, May 29.—At the end of a memorable seven-hour session, the lower house of parliament Satur- day indignantly rejected the goy¥ern- ment’s policy as presented by Pre- mier Goremykin, and, with only seven dissenting votes, voted a lack of con- fidence in the ministry, practically trhowing down the gauntlet to the bureaucracy with a demand for the dismissal of the present cabinet and its supersession by a ministry ap- proved by the majority in the house. The spirit of absolute revolution is in the air, and a conflict between the crown and the nation now appears to be inevitable. 4 While the house avoided the ap- pearance of delivering an ultimatum, the government seems to have no al- ternative except surrender or war. The gloomiest forebodings are ev- erywhere expressed and the general impression is that the country is on the verge of a titanic struggle, which may be delayed but»not averted. g Slap in the Face. With breathless anxiety society awaits the government’s response to the bold action of the lower house of parliament which, in censuring the ministry and demanding its retire- ment, was like a deliberate slap in the faee and a direct challenge which the government, though inclined to prefer its usual policy of temporiza- tion and compromise, can hardly avoid meeting. Parliament has burned the bridge and virtually taken the step which the French states general did when it transformed itself into a national convention. By flaunting the fundamental laws and practically de- claring that it purposed to exercise full parliamentary rights ‘with a re- sponsible ministry, it has become in the eyes of the law a revolutionary body, and from that position there seems no retreat. Government in Panic. The news of the action of the house came like an electric shock, the people generally being as greatly surprised as the bureaucracy at the promptness with which the whole of the government’s policy was abso- lutely scorned. Both sides recognize the acuteness and seriousness of the moment, but panic is in the govern- ment and not in the popular camp. The Constitutional Democratic chiefs are displaying calmness in the face of the crisis. They declare that, having delivered their reply, they purpose to go calmly ahead with the work before them, forcing the gov- ernment to take the initiative. May Lose Crown and Head. “The government, if it dares to fight,” said M. Kekoshkine, one of the Constitutional Democratic members of the house, “can disperse the parlia- ment; but the victory of the bureau- cracy would only be temporary. It would inevitably by followed shortly by a bloody revolution which would not leave a stick of the present gov- ernment standing. The emperor must choose between a real constitu- tional government and the loss, not only of his crown but probably of his head.” Terrorists Get Busy. The terrorists were quick to seize the opportunity for a series of blows in widely separated parts of the coun- try, the news of which forms a prom- inent feature in this morning’s néws- papers, instead of the expected decree of amnesty. The attempts at Tiflis and Sebastopol are convincing indica- tions of the determination of the fight- ing organization to resume its cam- paign of assassination with full vigor. The press to-day, almost without exception, is pessimistic, recognizing the extreme gravity of the situation and the tempest which the denial of the right of expropriation of land will provoke among the peasantry. Eleven Victims of Bombs. Dispatches received here concern- ing the bomb outrage at Sebastopol been received from other industrial | during the review of troops after the celebration of the anniversary of the emperor’s coronation, say that eleven persons were killed, including five children and that more than a hun- dred persons were wounded. The dispatches also say that four arrests were made. REFUGEES FLOODED OUT. Heavy Rain Storm Causes Much Dis- comfort in San Francisco. San Francisco, May 29. — A heavy rain storm swept over the city and surrounding country Saturday night and yesterday, damaging truck gar- dens, flooding basements and bringing much discomfort and misery to the refugees camped out on low, ground. One and fifteen-hundredths inches of rain fell, the heaviest fall for this late season of the year since 1884. In several parts of the city refugees camped in low places were dricen out of their tents by the rush of water. Several stores on Fillmore street, which was impassable between Post and Eddy streets for a_ time,, were flooded. MAY BE FINED $50 A DAY. New York Oil Company Warned by Officials. Rochester, N. Y., May 29.—The at- torney general of Ohio has notified the Vacrum Oil company of this city that unless the company desists from cer- tain methods and business dealings ‘a penalty of $50 a day will be collect- ed as long as the alleged violations shall continue. The attorney general charges that the Vacuum Oil company is violating the provisions of an Ohio anti-trust law. neem 0 0000 0£8580£0£€0£2€©2€©£€© oOwooorvv0 000000" PHILIPPINE LEPER COLONY. Two Hundred Lepers Taken There From Cebu, Manila, May 29.—The first perma- nent leper colony in the Philippines has been established on Culion island, and 200 lepers hgve been removed there from Cebu. All cases discovered in the future will be sent there. Four Catholic nuns have volunteered their services and are en route to the set- tlement to devote their lives to nurs- ing the afflicted. Killed by Blast. Glenwood, Wis., May 27. — While blasting rock in the stone quarry of Pat Deneen at Cranetown, a little set- tlement south of here, William Camp- bell was instantly killed by a flying rock. He had prepared a charge of dynamite and lighted the fuse and stepped back, but did not get far emough away and was hit by a piece of rock when the charge exploded. He was about eighty years old and had lived near this city for the past twenty COMMERCE COMMISSION GETS DAMAGING TESWMONY AT CLEVELAND. OIL TRUST GIVEN ADVANTAGE FORMER CHIEF CLERK OF LAKE SHORE LAYS BARE BOLD’ METHOD. Cleveland, Ohio, May 27.—A total or nineteen witnesses were called by In- terstate Commerce Commissioners Prouty and Clements in the Standard Oil inquiry here yesterday. Testimony bordering on the sensational was ob- tained from several witnesses. That of George L. Lane of Mansfield, Ohio, a former employe of the Standard Oil company, was regarded as particularly important. According to his evidence, Lane was for about fourteen months in 1901 and 1902 employed by the Standard Oil company for the particu- lar purpose of driving all independent oil peddlers in a dozen or more of the principal cities and towns of Northern Ohio out of business. Use Fair Means or Foul. He said he was employed by C. M. Lyons of the Cleveland office of the Standard Oil company to go to certain designated places and use every means, fair or foul, to force the inde- pendents to quit. “My instructions,” he said, “were to kill them and I was told that If I could not do the job somebody else would be sent to take my place. _I worked in Youngstown and surrounding small towns. In all of the towns, with the exception of Youngstown, the inde- pendent peddlers were forced to aban- don their business. In Youngstown a man named William H. Vahey was en- countered, and, despite everything we could do, he held his trade. We gave oil away by the barrel and tank load, but it did no good. Vahey’s customers threw it away.” Conduct Literary Bureau. Cleveland, May 29. — After three days spent in taking testimony con- cerning the affairs of the Standard Oil company, the interstate commerce commissioners, Prouty and Clements, adjourned Saturday afternoon and shortly thereafter started for Wash- ington, where they are expected soon to begin the preparation of their re- port on the testimony taken here and in Chicago for presentation to con- gress. The report, however, will not be closed until the Standard Oil com- pany’s attorneys have been, given ample opportunity to reply to the many statements and charges put “1 evidence. In the three days’ hearing just completed thirty-five witnesses have been on the stand. Important Developments. Saturday's developments were re- garded as important. The first wit- ness was W. E. MacEwen, formerly chief clerk in the car department of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern company in this city. He said the ears of the Union Tank line (Stand- ard Oil cars) were given a great ad- vantage over rival cars in computing mileage and freight bills. The bills of one would be computed aecording to one standard of distance and those of the other according to another. The result was that the Standard was enabled to save a considerable sum. MacEwen said he was with the Lake Shore road for several years, and when he left it he started to work with the Peerless Transit company, a small rival tank line. Forced Concessions. Knowing how mileage and charges were being computed, he went to the proper Lake Shore officials and asked for the same advantages extended to the Union Tank line. The officials, he testified, made light of his request, ridiculing him, and said he was show- ing great ignorance of things. Not Discouraged, however, he ob- tained copies of the compiloaions of car reports, which were duly for- warded to the cleveland office of the Standard Oil company, and taking them to officials of the Lake Shore, finally succeeded in accomplishing his object. Special Counsel Monnett endeav- ored to. show by several witnesses that the Standard maintained a press bureau for the purpose of subsidizing Ohio Newspapers. Malcolm Jennings, who conducts an advertising bureau at Lancaster, Ohio, admited that he made advertis- ing contracts with Ohio newspapers for the Standard Oil company, but said they were no different from those made for any other concern. Killed by Pitched Ball. Kansas City, Mo., May 29.—Howard Newton, aged seventeen years, was struck over the heart by a_ pitched ball and killed while playing baseball in this city.. Newton dropped his bat, ran to first base and fell dead. Killed in Ball Game. Houston, May 29. — While taking part in an amateur game of ball yes- terday Stach Wisnoski, aged twenty, was struck by a thrown ball, and af- ter recovering the ball and throwing DELEGATION OF FOREMOST MEN OF CORTES PRESENT AD- DRESS OF WELCOME. Madrid, May 29.—A delegation of the foremost men in the chamber of deputies and- senate, without distinc- tion of party, visited the Pardo palace Jast night and presented Princess Ena of Battenberg, the future queen of Spain, an address of welcome on béhalf of the Spanish nation. This action is significant of the sincere cordiality with which Spain has re- ceived the foreign princess. Later in the day the municipality of Madrid extended its salutations to the princess and presented her an. ad- dress. Princess Ena received the city’s representatives most gracious- ly, conversing with the leaders of the delegation. During the afternoon King Alfonso took the princess in an automobile to Escorial, where wreaths were placed on the tombs of Spanish sovereigns buried there. SHOWS OFF HIS AIRSHIP. Maj. von Parseval’s Dirigible Machine Is Put Through Its Paces. Berlin, May 29. — Maj. von Parse- val’s dirigible airship qpade its first ascent in the presence of War Minis- ter von Einen and many members of the general staff of the German army yesterday at the target grounds in Tegel. The airship rose to a height of 400 yards, circled the grounds -sev- eral times an dthen described several times a figure 8, showing remarkable ease of steering. A moderate wind was blowing at the time, but it is claimed that the experiments proved that the airship will be able to ope- rate in a gale of forty-eight miles an hour. TO OPEN THE BOSPHORUS. Great Britain Will Consent to Letting Out Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. St. Petersburg, May 29—Germany is displaying the keenest interest in the negotiations for an Anglo-Russian understanding. In response to her representations, Russia has officially disclaimed any intention of making an agreement hostile to Germany and shas promised to advise her of the terms before the agreement is con- summated. There is a strong intima- \‘tion that Great Britain, as a general quid pro quo, is ready to support a Russian request for the opening of the Bosphorus to the passage of vessels of the Black sea fleet. KOREANS IN REBELLION. Several Hundred Rebels Have Forti- fied Town Against Japs. Tokio, May 29.—Another incipient revolt has been started in Korea, this time at Hong Ju, where several hun- dred rebels have apparently seized and are holding the town. Hong Ju is protected by strong walls, and it will be impossible to take it without strong artillery. At the request of the Koreans the Japanese have dis- patched a force to cope with the ris- ing, which is reported to be the most serious one thus far started. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and ‘ Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, May 29. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 84 1-2@85c; No. 2 Northern, 82 3-4@84 1-4c; No. 3, 81@82c. Corn —No. 3 yellow, 46@461-2c.* Oats— No. 3 white, 32 1-4@33 3-4c. Minneapolis, May 2 ‘Wheat—No. 1 hard, 851-8c; No. i Northern, 841-8c; No. 2 Northern, 825-8c; dur- um, 72 1-2@74 1-2c. Oats—No. 3 white, 32 1-2c. Duluth, May 29. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 843-8c; No. 2 Northern, 82 3-8c; flax, $1.161-2; rye, 57c. Chicago, May 29. — Wheat — No. 2 red, 90@98c; No. 2 hard, 85@87c; No. 1 Northern, 87@88c; No. 2 Northern, 85@8ic. Com — No. 2, 49@491-2c. /Oats—No. 2. 33 1-4c. Milwaukee, May 29. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, 86@87c; No. 2 Northern, 83@85 1-2c. Rye—No. 1, 65@65 1-2c, Barley—No. 2, 55c. Oats—Standard, 35@35 1-2c, Sioux City, Iowa, May 29.—Cattle— Beeves, $2 @ 5.20; cows, bulls and mixed, $3@4.50; stockers and feeders, $3.25@4.25; calves and yearlings; $3@ 4.10. Hogs—Bulk, $6.30@6.32 1-2. Chicago, May 29.—Beeves, $4@5.90; stockers and feeders, $2.75@4.90; cows and heifers, $1.85@5.35. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, $6.30@6.55; bulk, $6.47 1-2@6.55. Sheep, $4.35@6.25; lambs, $5@7.75. South St. Paul, May 29. — Cattle — Good to choice steers, $4.50@5.25; good to choice cows and heifers, $3@ 4.50; good to choice milch cows, $30 @40. Hogs—Price range, $6.20@6.35; bulk, $6.25@6.30. Sheep — Good to choice lambs, $6@6.50; fair to good. $4.50@5.75; yearling wethers, $5,25@ 6; good to choice ewes, $4.25@5. SHOT WITH OWN REVOLVER. Montana Man Is in Hospital and May Die. Helena, Mont., May 29. — John W. Flowers of Havre accidentally shot himself on a Northern Pacific freight train as it was pulling into Billings yesterday. He carried a 45-caliber re- volver strapped about him, and while trying to remove the weapon it went off, the bullet passing through the! body just below the heart. He was! taken to the Billings hospital and will! RUMORS OF SHIFT IN RUSSIAN MINISTRY ARE EVERYWHERE CURRENT. ; LET GO MILLIONS OF ACRES CABINET WILL SUBMIT PLAN FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CROWN LANDS. St. Petersburg, May 29.—Rumors of a shift in the ministry are everywhere current. It is persistently reported here and at Moscow that Former Finance Minister Shipoff has received an urgent summons to Peterhof to confer with Emperor Nicholas, pre- sumably with regard to the formation of a new cabinet, although he has fre- quently expressed unwillingness to take the premiership, A dispatch from Moscow to the As- sociated Press reports that M. Shipoff left the city late yesterday for St. Petersburg, but that it was impossi- ble to ascertain whether his coming is or is not in response to imperial com- mand. Prince Urusoff Called. It is possible that M. Shipoff’s only errand is to attend the session of the council of the empire to-day. It is also rumored that Prince Urusoff has been summoned to an audience with the emperor. In the meanwhile the present minis- try—among whom there is no Daniel to read the handwriting on the wall in the attitude of the lower house of parliament—is calmly going ahead with its agrarian program, which it hopes to submit to the lower house within a fortnight, and, contrary to expectations, to provide for the ristri- butions, to provide for the distribu- tion of millions of acres of crown lands in European Russia. Is Labor lost. All this seems to be labor lost, as in the present temper of parliament, which has taken the bit in its teeth, no proposition from the ‘government, however liberal, as was shown by its reception of the speech yesterday of Minister of Justice Chtcheglovitoff, is apt to receive the slightest considera- tion. The government’s policy, which the Associated Press is authorized to an- nounce, is founded on the expectation that enough land can be obtained by the division of the crown lands, the clearing of a portion of the imperial forests, and the voluntary sale of pri- vate estates, to meet the land hunger of the peasants without the necessity of forced expropriation. Improve Farm Methods. The program, in addition to coloni- zation of Siberia and Central Asia, contemplates the improvement of the agricultural methods of the peasantry, which are primitive and unproductive in the extreme, and for bringing the peasants, whose gregariousness leads to their gathering in villages and even in *wns of a population as high as 30,000, nearer to their lands. The optional abolishment of the communal system of authorizing peasants who desire to do so to distribute their holdings in fee simple also is contem- plated. This, with the abolishment of all further payments for land, under which the peasants have been groan- ing since 1861, will make possible a reasonable prosperity of the peas- antry. Ignore Vote of Douma. With regard to the resolution of confidence, M. Stichinsky said the cabinet was standing on constitutional ground when it considered that the house in adopting such a resolution had gone beyond its prerogatives, and that the resolutions, therefore, were not of the slightest binding force. The cabinet would take no no- tice of the vote. Alladin Michaelinho and other radi- cal members of the house have been flooded with telegrams from Social Democratic organizations demanding that the house adopt an offensive program, transform itself into a con- stituent assembly, seize the reins of power and address a manifesto to the troops calling upon them to transfer their allegiance from the emperor to the people’s representatives. TRAIN KILLS AGED WOMAN. Mrs. Mocho Was Returning From Decorating Her Husband’s Grave. New Ulm, Minn., May 29. — While on her way home from decorating the grave of her husband at the city cem- etery, Mrs. Johanna Mocho, aged seventy-seven years, was run over and instantly killed by an east-bound Chicago & North-Western freight train. ORDERS FIGHT STOPPED. ~ Gov. Pennypacker Orders State Po- Police to Keep Fitz and Burns Apart. Harrisburg, Pa., May 29.—Gov. Pen- nypacker last evening directed Capt. Groome, superintendent of the state police force, to send a squad of po licemen: to-night to North Essington, Delaware couaty, near Philadelphia, to prevent the scheduled fight be- tween Bob Fitzsimmons and Tommy Burns, in the club rooms of the Tux- edo Athletic association. ede ere wo Ff