Columbian.V O Ii. EL NO . 32. C O L U M B IA F A L L S . M O N T A N A . F E B R U A R Y 11, 1905.

PEACE RUMOR AGAINGRAND DUCAL PARTY SAID TO

HAVE CHANGED THEIR IDEAS.

St. Petersburg Correspondent o f the

London Chronicle Ssys They Have

Had ¡¡Several Conferences Lately

and Have Come to the Conluslon

Now Is a Good Time to. Quit War.

London, Feb. 8.—Highest autnority is claimed by the 8L Petersburg cor­respondent of the London Daily Chron- oile for the statement that the grand duoal party had suddenly deoided that .Russia must sue for peace. The cor­respondent states that the grand duki and their supporters have held frequent conferences of late, at whioh they dis­cussed the far eastern war and came to the conclusion that they oould not afford to continue the war under the

The immediate oause for this ohange of mind on the part of the verv who have right along stood in way of peaoe is said to have been the recent disaster to tho Russian arms on the Hun river. Coupled with the news of this defeat, has come to the (grand dukes the realization that they can not oompete with Japanese ability to throw army upon army into Manchuria, and especially in view of the internal sit­uation, whioh makes further mobiliza­tion of reservist troops almost imposs­ible.

The correspondent states that accord ingly the Russian embassy at Paris has been asked to gain the good will of Great Britain with a view of mitigat­ing the termB whioh Japan is likely to impose.

Later Report

The report from S t Petersburg that the grand ducal party had deoideJ Russia must sue for peaoe is denied. It is asid that the grand dukes are de­termined that the war shall oontinue; and what the grand dukes say in Rus­sia generally goes. Although an auto- ordby with a single head the ozar, it is the gand dukes who ruled Russia and there w ill probably be war or peace as they decide.

WRECK NEAR DRUMMOND, MONT

AThe North Coast Limited on the Northern Paoiflo was wrecked at Drummond,Mont .Tuesday, and several passengers were hurt Two women passengers were injured so they had to be removed for medioal treatment, and seven men were bruaiaed and scratched. The cause of the accident is unknown, but it is beileved to have been either a broken switch or a broken flange on one o f the wheels of the baggage oar.

The engine and tender remained up- rght on the ties, while the mail oar, the baggage oar, the smoker and one coach were thrown at right angles with the craok and upon their sides. A ll the other oars exoept the observa­tion oar were derailed. The traot was torn up several hundred feet and traffio was tied up for 13 hours.

The injured: J. T. Walker, lum­berman of Portland, Ore.,baok injured and scalp wound.

Mrs. Peter Larson, bound for Spo­kane, said to be internally injured.

M. J .Conway of 8t.Paul, head in­jured.

Walker is in the hospital in Missoula but is not considered seriously injured.

Conway continued his journey to the ooast.

RUSSIAN STRIKERS SHOT.

Tried to Resume Work at Warsaw— Price o f Provisions Gous Up.

Warsaw, Russia, Poland, Feb. 8.— According to a report from Radam 20 workmen have been killed or wounded in strike disorders there,while at Skar- zysko 24 have been killed and 40 wounded. •

Grave trouble' is also reported at Kutno today. Troops have been sent to Kutna from here.

Several men were killed in 'this oity today by strikers in bakeries and else­where, where attempts were made to resume work. Many arrests have been made. The prioe of provisions bus gone up. The pheasants are afraid to bring in their produce.

Strikers today attempted to bring out the employes of the eleotrical plant of the asylum for lunatios, but the men were paofied.

Morgan In Control.Wall street has learned definitely,

that J. P. Morgan and A J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, have during tho last six weeks acquir­ed sufficient stock of the Brie railroad to assure the control of that property remaining in the hands of the Vander- bilt-Pennsylvania community of inter­est and preventing the possibility of its falling in the hands of any other competitive interest

MONTANA NEW8.George W. Crane is the new post­

master at Fort Benton.The coldest weather of the winter Is

being experienced this week tbrough-it the state.A case of smallpox has been dis­

covered at Forest Grove, 18 miles southeast of Livingston.

The racing qpmmlttee of the Boze-an Interstate Fair association have

planned several races for the fair to be held the last of next August.

The report of County Treasurer H. A. Denny shows the finances of Deer Lodge county tq be in better condition

many years. The taxes of last year arc almost all collected.

Mrs. Wm. A. Rumsey died of pneu­monia at her home in Helena recently. Mrs. Rumsey was one of the pioneer women of Montana, having lived this state since 1866.

Joseph Gontier of Big Sandy was brought to Havre by Stock Inspector George Hall, charged with Illegally branding cattle. He had a hearing be­fore Judge Dyper and was bound over

the district court in the sum of *1000.

The state ooard of health had remov­ed the smallpox quarantine placed over tho city of Billings January 11, the Improved health conditions now war­ranting such action. During the epi­demic there have been 102 cases of' smallpox and 11 deaths.

The-house of representatives has passed the Dixon bill, granting 1280 acres of land in the Flathead Indian reservation td Catholic educational Charitable institutions. The grant also Includes 160 acres which are turned over to the Montana state university at Missoula for a biological station.

A freight train became uncoupled about five miles east of Reed Point,

Big Timber. The engine was stop­ped and the rear part of the train crashed into it, with the result that 19 cars were derailed. Fireman Wy-

Dlx was badly injured in the col­lision. but will recover.

The fifth week of the legislative ses­sion is ended, ¿nd still it cannot be said that any great amount of work has been accomplished by the law­makers. Of the four proposltioni railway 'commission, the legislative and referendum, the primary election

and the fellow servant law—only the fellow servant law has passed both houses.

Moses L. Bridgeman was recently , found guilty by a Jury in the United States court of presenting false claims against the government while acting as agent of the F'ort Belknap agency. Bridgeman was found guilty on 10 counts. He turned in claims government for wood alleged to have been furnished by the Indians, which the Indians testified they.had not made and bad not furnished the items charg­ed. The aggregate amount alleged to have been secured by Bridgeman was under *5.000.

AROUND THE WORLDSHDRT TELEGRAPH NOTES FROM

THE ENTIRE CIVILIZATION.

iorth Sea Verdict.ProbabliParis, Feb. 8. — The statement is

made in offioial circles that proof will be placed before the North sea inquiry commission showing that the Baltio fleet fired upon the private yaoht of the king of Greece, which was proceed­ing from Denmark to France. One of the foreign members of the commission is authority for the statement that, ac­cording to official information, final deoiaion of the commission will be - An«American squadron, composed of

i Review of Happenings In Both Eastern and Western Hemispheres

During the Paet Week—National, Historical, Political and Personal Events Tersely Told.

New York was Ice clogged Saturday. Dr. Augusta Smith, one of the most

widely known women physicians the United States, Is dead In 8t. Louis.

It Is understood that Consul General Goodnow has decided to retire from

Is office as consul general at Shang- il.John B. Scully of Chicago, a well

known business man, committed sui­cide recently by shooting himself In the head.

Two supposed bombs were found, one In Rue Lines, and the other on the porch of a church In Belleville, FYance.

The house has passed the diplomatic and consular appropriation 4J111. The bill carries a total appropriation of *2,107,047.

Beginning Saturday Colombian cur­rency la being exchanged throughout the whole republic of Panamá for Pan-

na coin.Fire recently destroyed four houses,

the stocking factory of Auber & Co. and a large planing mill at Shamokln. Pa., causing a loss of *200,000.

The senatff has confirmed the follow­ing nominations: George E. Anderson, Illinois, consul at Amoy. China; Frankj M. Downer, superintendent of the mint

. Denver.Father George Gopon, the Christian

socialist, leader of the striking Iron workers in S t Petersburg, was in Bos­ton during the Y. M. C. A. convention In 1901.

St. Petersburg.—At a reception In his honor the new minister of justice,M. Manukhln, declared that his policy

defined by the emperor’s decree ofDecomber 2o.

The senate judiciary committee has decided not to report on the nomina­tion of James WIckersham for Judge of the middle district in Alaska. This is equivalent to an adverse report

Fire haB destroyed part'of the In- gleslde home for women at Buffalo,N. Y. In a panic among the 50 In­mates, one was killed and four were severely hurt one of whom may die.

Directors of the Royal Agricultural society decided to hold a dominion ex­hibition In New Westminster, B. C., opening September 27 and closing Oc­tober 7.

The final contract has been signed for the Chinese gold loan of *6.000,0w for the payment of the remainder re­quired for converting the boxer demnity into gold, says a Pekin dis­patch.

Buenos Ayres, Argentina.—An insur­rection has broken out In this province. Several police posts have been attack­ed by bands of about ¿0 men each, but the assailants nearly everywhere repulsed.

suoh as "to enable the Russians to walk out with their heads erect ” '

It is believed," the commissioner added, "that the Russians aoted in good faith’, bnt that the continn&noe of their fire for fully nine minutes may fall heavily in the scales.”

Birmingham Fire a Bad One.Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 6.—A fire

which at one time threatened to des­troy millions of dollars’ worth of prop­erty was extinguished after It had caused losses to the amount of *240,- 000, divided among a score or more of firms. In the principal section of the city. Requests for assistance were sent to Atlanta, Chattanooga and Gads­den. but later these requests were can­celed on account of the shifting of me wind and a heavy downpour of rain. The heaviest individual losers were Robert Garry & Co., wholesale notions, loss $60,000, and the Earle building, *39,000.

Senator Mitchell Lauded.Salem, Ore., Feh. 9.—In a rather in­

geniously contrived resolution the state senate, with one exception,- Tuesday adopted a resolution carrying with it a vote of thanks to United States Sena­tor John H. Mitohell and an expression of confidence in him, at the same time agreeing to adjonm sine die not later than Friday night,' Febrnarry 17,, -

Wilson Goes to Belgium.Washington, Feh. 9.—It is rumored

here that Harry L. Wilson,of Spokane, -will shortly be transferred from his position as minister to Chile to the Bel­gian mission. It is stated that the ohange has been practioally agreed upon, and that the assignment w ill be made shortly.

Venezuela Revolution.Wllldmstad.—There h» good reason

here to believe that revolution in Ven­ezuela, is contemplated.

the year from the senior class. _ the recant appointments Ghormley was honore<r with “four stripes,” making him second in command. This entitles the Idaho boy to march at the head of the First battalion of midshipmen In the parade at the inauguration of President Roosevelt, March 4. Young Ghormley was,a member of the senior class In the University of Idahvi at Moscow when he received his appoint­ment as midshipman. He was full­back for the sailors at their recent football game with the West Pointers.

OUR NEW STATES

15 warships, has sailed from the Island of Luzon tor the southern waters of tho archipelago, with the object of maintaining neutrality In American waters, both as to Russian or Japanese fleets.

The Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., chief of police has been informed of the sudden and mysterious disappearance of Jos. Raclcut, a wealthy Californian who. it Is Bald, had JlOO.OUu on his person when he left his boarding house sev­eral days ago.

Thirty-eight of the Sevastopol sail­ors who participated In the recent out­break which led to the burning of sev­eral buildings of the admiralty yards there, have been condemned to death, and as a result a renewal of the mu­tiny Is threatened.

Washington, Feb. 8.—After a tinnons session of nine honrs, the

Tnesday night passedjoint statehood bill. As passed thi____provides for the admission of the state of Okahoma, to be oomprised of Indian Territory and Oklamba, and New Mex- ico, acoording to the present bound­aries, with Arizona eliminated.

The long session was characterized by many aarpriaies. Beginning prompt­ly upon the convening at 13 o’clock, the senate proceeded to consider tht various amendments whioh had been suggested by oommittee on territories, and whioh had been passed over. One o f the first of these taken up was the amendment prohibiting the sale of in­toxicating liquors in whrt is now In­dian Territory for the next 10 yean,

was displaced with a substi­tute offered by Senator Gallinger, whioh extended the amendment to the entire state for a period of 31 yean, and this was adopted.

The first surprise of the day came when the oommittee adopted Senator Foraker’s amendment providing for a separate vote by eaoh of the territories

Arizona and New Mexioo on the istitution to be adopted by the pro­

posed state of Arizona That ’provision had scarcely been

made part of a bill when Senator Bard presented his amendment, whioh had been originally offered by Senator Pat- tetson, and which provided for the ad­mission of New Mexioo as a state with­out the admission of Arizona. This amendment proved to be the point around which all subsequent proceed­ings of importance revolved. It was at first adopted by the olose vote o l 42 to <0. This vote was taken while the senate was sitting in oommitee of the whole, and was reversed in the sonata proper by the tie vote of 68

Subsequently tj>e senate deoided by a vote of 88 to J6 to entirely eliminate New Mexioo and Arizona from the bill, and this result had hardly been annouuoed when Senator Bhrd, in slightly changed form, renewed his proposition for the admission of New Mexioo as a state, and this time the amendment prevailed by the vote of 40

One of the affirmative votes was, however, cast by Senator Beve­ridge, in charge of the bill, for the purpose of moving the reconisderation of the vote. He was prompt in making

motion aa soon as the resnlt was announced, bnt the motion was laid on the table by a vote of 39 to 88. The effeot was to eliminate Arizona from the bill and to establish a state of New Mexioo and another of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. In this form the bill was passed.

The defeat of the Bard amendment in the senate atfer it had been adopted in oommittee of the whole, gave rise to some interesting inoidenta. Senator Bailey intimated that there had been a trade regarding the adoption of an amendment adding a portion of Ari. zona to Utah.

The Mormon question also reoeived an airing during the day. While the provision for the separate admission of New Mexioo was under consideration, Senator Borrows, chairman of the committee on privileges and eleotion, announced his opposition to the bill, apd stated it was due to the praotioe of polygamy in New Mexico to suoh an ex '»"t that he considered it nnwise to

:e the administration away from the leral authorities Senators Dnboia,

MoComas and Platt of Connenoticut

present bounds of the state of Wash­ington—Edwin E. Eells of Tacomi has been elected secretary of the Washington State Historical society. Mr. Eells was born on Walker’s prai­rie, north of Spokane. His father was the well known missionary. Rev. Cush­ing Eells, colleague of Marcus Whit-

The chiefs and head men of the Flathead Indians and their allied tribes held an Important council on the reser­vation recently. The outcome Is an­xiously awaited by the members of the different tribes and the whites who expect to locate-srhen the reservation Is thrown open by proclamation some time this year. Chief Chariot who bitterly opposed the passage of the bill, has summoned the Indians to pre-

an appeal to President Roosevelt asking that certain timber lands be set

fide exclusively for the use of the Indians.

Robert L. Ghormley, a member of the next graduating class at the naval academy at Annapolis, where there are 800 midshipmen in the academy, who are formed into 12 companies, and it Is the custom of the academy authorities to select the officers for

The first white child horn within the referred to the question of polygamyqnd of the revelations before the oom- anitteo. The bill origintaed in the boose, and will go to conference.

An amendment was proposed by Senator Kearns, providing that all that portion of Arizona lying north of the Colorado river shall be annexed to Utah. Senator Beveridge, in behalf of the oommittee, indicated a willing-

to aooept the amendment, bnt the asked if the yeas and nays were L Several senators indloated a to that end, and Senator Bailey,

itting in his seat, bnt with voioe iffioiently raised to be heard throngh-

the chamber, said:Before that trade is consummated

re certainly want the ayes and nays.” _ “ The ohair did not hear the remarks ctf the senator from Texas,” said Sena­tor Frye, who was presiding.1 “ The remark was not exactly in­tended for the ear of the ohair,” re- Jlied Senator Bailey, “ but I w ill re­peat that before that trade is consum­mated we should certainly have the ayes and nays.”

Taylor, the Inventor, Die«. Detroit, Mich.—Harrison E. Taylor,

the Inventor, died at his home here.

“ STOP THE W IR ”RENEWAL OF PEACE AGITATION

SPREADS IN RUSSIA.

Some o f the Newspapers Are Strong­

ly in Favor o f Peace in Thursday’s

Issues—They Say Russian Com­

manders Are Incompotent and That

Russia Was Mistaken in War Policy.

8L Petersburg, Feb. 10.—The strike situation has become of secondary im­portance in view of the renewalof the agitation in favor of peace. For the first time since the outbreak strike the newspapers have taken up the cry "Stop the war,” and some oi these articles are so amazingly out spoken and determined in their senti­ments that it can only be supposed that the oensor has authority' to permit the peaoe sentiment to spread among the people, probably in the expectation that a sudden cessation of hostilities would otherwise come as toomuoh of a shook to the war party.

The press of South Russia has taken the lead this time. Several o f these papers in their issues of Thursday print lengthy artiolee in whioh they say in as many words that ¡the incompetence

the Russian commanders in the far east was now proven to the exolusion of all doubts and that the commissariat has been convicted, by the weight of incontrovertible facts, of criminal shortcomings. These journals point oat that as reform in these directions connot, be instated at this time with

ncoese, it is the government' duty to end a campaign whioh most end disastrously. Russia, they say, stands blameless in the eyes of the world, for she has become the victim of oironmstanoes whioh no one oonld foresee at the beginning of the war and ’hioh will bo aooepted by all fair-

minded nations as foil justification for thed abandonment of her Manohnrian polioy.

Reports have also been reoeived here of demonstrations la favor of peaoe whioh took plaoe within the past few days in south Russian oities. Crowds

imbled in the streets and were suf­fered by the police to listen to speakers who oondemned the government for continuing a hopeless struggle at tho expense of the peopie.

C. K. BECKWITH- HfiDEAD.

»sale's Victim, the Oberlln Banker, Passes Away.

Oberlln, Ohio, Feb. 6.—C. K. Beck­with, president of the defunct Citi­zens’ National bank of this city, died at 10:45 o'clock Sunday after two days of unconsciousness, during which

ith was expected at any moment Only the family surrounded the death­bed of the banker.

Mr. Beckwith was about 65 years of age. On December 14 last the fed­eral grand Jury In Cleveland returned

Indictments against Beckwith upon the charge of violating the na­tional bank laws In connection with the loans made to Mrs. Cassle L. Chad­wick by the Citizens’ National hank of Oberlln, of which deceased was the president From the day of his arrest Mr. Beckwith’s health rapidly -failed,

result of worry over hlq, troubles. He frequently declared during his Ill­ness that he wanted to die. For sev­eral days prior to his death he refused

take food In any form. Death re­sulted directly from heart trouble.

The death of President Beckwith may materially weaken the charge of forgery and conspiracy to misapply bank funds now charged against Mrs. Cassle L Chadwick.

CALLED TO THE RED FLAG.

Factory Hands Asked to «Join Social Democratic Party o f Russia.

8 t Petersburg Feb. 9.—For the mo­ment the startling orimein Helsingfors has withdrawn attention from the strike situation througfiout Russia. Today’s events in Poland and the Cau- oasosn however are quite serious enough in themselves. Disorders in the smaller industrial towns of Poland have added more than a soore to the total of ibe killed and troopslhave been sent to Warsaw and Knlno 88 miin« west of Warsaw to quell uprisings there. The strike oonditions in the Caoasus are becoming worse and traffio “ the Transcaucasian ¡railway is in-

■nrotad.

INDIANS MAY 8PEND CA8H.

'President Roosevelt Sees No Occasion for Antischool Hubbub.

President Roosevelt has sent a let- ir to Secretary Hitchcock on the sub­

ject of authority for granting contracts * the education of Indians In denom­inational schools. -

The president says that inasmuch &b the legal authority exists to grant the request of Indians unquestionably they are entitled by moral right to have their moneys used to educate their children at the schools they choose. The president directs that the Interior department continue the practice un­less congress directs otherwise or the courts hold that the decision of the de­partment of Justice to this effect Is wrong. The president also urges the passage of the Lacey bill authorizing the allotment of annuities In severalty to the IHGT-ns In C L rime way as their land Is allotted.

Bank Failed.The Kildall bank at Lynden, Wash.,

has dosed its doors and the depositors are awaiting a settlement of affairs. The bank refused to cash oheoks Wed­nesday, bnt stated that a settlement would bejmade Friday.

Emperor William of Germany w ill give hia support to officers drinking toasts in water or nonalohnlio bever­ages.

The men employed in three 8L Pet­ersburg factories threatened to walk

yesterday bnt the grievanoe in this instance whioh was over strike pay, was settled at a oonferenoe.

A large nail factory in the Vaaslaos- troff section was burned yesterday, and reporta of inoendiarism were current, . but appear to have been based on pro- sumption rather than proof.

The oentTal committee of the Rus­sian social democratic workmen’s party has iaaued a violent proclamation, whioh haa been widely oironlated in the factories of 8L Petersburg, oalling on the operatives to array themselves under the red flag of the eooial demo­cracy and prepare for an armed renew­al o f the January demonstrations. The proclamation bitterly assails church and state and the high olassie, and oonoludes:

“ In order to gain victory we must irganize a vaat workman’s army. Then *

again w ill we start for the palaoe to present our demands, not with ikons and not with snpplioationa, bnt with arma in our hands, under the blood red standard of the Russian* social demo­cratic part y . " _____________

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 20 GIRLS.

Milwaukee Haa Educational Prize« of Beat Kind.

Twenty scholarships are to be of­fered girls by the Milwaukee CollegL , ate Alumni association, according to the recommendation, of the committee on scholarships. They will apply to girls of preparatory schools within the limits of the city of Milwaukee, whose graduates are fitted for admission to Boston, Cornell, Chicago, California, Illinois, Kansas, Leland Stanford, Jri, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North­western, Syracuse Wesleyan, Wiscon­sin and Weston Reserve university and Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Oberlln, Rad- cliffe. Smith, Vassar and Wellesley col­

and the Massachusetts institute of technology. This limits competitions in the examination to tne four high schools and the seminary department The girls may choose their college.

DIG BIG CANAL IN TEN YEAR8.

Engineers 8ay It May Be Ready for Use In 191S

If the next six months show a prog-<88 corresponding to that of the last

six, it is the opinion of the best engi­neers in Panama that a sea level canal can be constructed in 10 years, and be ready for large vessels by January 1, 1916.

The report says there is no ground for the current reports that little had been accomplished in advancing the construction of the canal during the last six months.

HE MAY TEND HI8 OWN BAR.

Pythian Hotelkeeper May Peddle Booze and Keep Membership.

Richmond, Ind., Feh. 7.—Chase Shively of this city, supreme chan­cellor of the Knights of Pythias of the- world, has decided that a mem­ber who is a bona fide hotel keeper may personally attend his own bar conducted in connection with such ho­tel business. He also decided that there Is nothing In the Pythian law to prevent the supreme chancellor from holding the office of grand lecturer.

EIGHTY-THREE * AND A FATHER.

Rejoices Over Birth of Hla 8econd Son In Two Years.

Trenton, N. J., Feb. 1.—John Hard-- Ing. 83 years old, la rejoicing over the birth of a son, which is the second one born to him in two years. Three years ago he married a woman 23 years old, whom he had adopted when she was a little girl. Their first child died. Harding Is wealthy, and his boy will Inherit *100,000.

Mr*. Ehrhart Suicides. .Wednesdav night Mrs. Thomas Ehr­

hart, wife of a formei eook at the Wis­consin Lumber company mill, four miles west of Chehalis. Wash., satur­ated her olotbing with oil, went to an outhonse and set her olothing on fire. The woman was burned to death before aid oonld reach her. Despondenoy was the oause of the suicide. It ia believed that Mrs. Ehrhart adopted this method of suoide from reading of a suoide which occurred at Covington recently. The means of death and the mod» of carrying out the plan were the same in both instances, and it is believed to be a case of ancide by suggestion.