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NAN PATTERSON TRIAL IS NOW ON

Special Venire of Two Hundred Jury­men on Hand for Second Trial

of Actress.

New York, April 18—After many ! s ters who had ' been ^2i t ing"aneaa a annoying delays Nan Pat te rson today I. strike among the freight handlers for She third time went into, cour t to stand t r i a l f o r the murder of Caesa r Young*. The selection of jurymen was promptly begun from a special venire of two hundred present.

COURT DECIDES AGAINST HER.

Mrs. Catherine Danz Must Hang for Murder of Husband.

Philadelphiai April 18.—By a vote of 5 to 2 the supreme court has de­cided that M m Catherine Danz must hang for the murder of her husband, William G. Danz. George P. Hossey, a negro voodoo doctor, has also re­ceived the death sentence for the part he took in the murder of Danz.

Danz died under peculiar circum­stances and a postmortem examina­tion of the remains revealed the fact that he had died of arsenical poison­ing. Both Mrs. Danz and Hossey were arrested charged with the mur­der of Danz. The woman testified that she had bought powders from Hossey and administered them to her husband for the puiyose of curing the drink habit. She claimed not to have

would be ordered. Another conference between employ­

ers and employes was held in Mayor Dunne's office, but no basis of settle nient was reached.

MINNEAPOLIS POLES FIGHT.

One Man Dead and Another Seriously Wounded.

Minneapolis, April 18—John Par-dula was murdered in a free-for-all fight in the hallway of the boarding-house at 41-1 Marshall avenue north­east and Jl)hn Stopa was seriously wounded. He was removed to the city hospital and was afterward taken to the central police station. George Pardtila, a brother of the dead man; John Pamasfcak, an uncle; Joseph Dzredzina and John Dudzak are un-under arrest .

The men had been together a t the boarrfinghoufte during the afternoon and evening and had been drinking heavily. Late in the evening they got into a quarrel. Some of them sta l led to leave ihe house and the others followed them. There was a

RUSSIAN SQUADRON ANCHORED

IN KAMRANH BAY COALING

• AND REVICTUALING.

HEALTH OF THE MEN EXCELLENT

ONLY EIGHT DEATHS ON BOARD

VESSELS SINCE DEPARTURE

FROM EUROPE.

kJRjwu the contents of the powders. , . . , , , „ Hossey was first placed on trial and i s e i ; e r a ™™}> *n . t h e /f , r k ^ ^ convicted of having sold powders con- * n ? a t l g h t w * t h k n i v e s ^MoweiL Par-

dula received a deep wound m the left side and was dead w h e n . t h e po­lice arrived. Stopa is badly cut about the arms and body, but will recover.

taming arsenic and which, the prose­cution alleged, killed Danz. At the conclusion of Hossey's trial Mrs. Danz was tried on the charge of murder lor having administered the poisonous powders. She was also r ^ v i e t e d and both were sentenced to l y > mged. An appeal was taken to uie supreme court by the woman's counsel, but the day's decision leaves only the pardon board between the woman and the gallows.

DEMAND INCREASED WAGES.

New York Rockmen and Excavators Will Strike May 1.

New York, April 18.—Union rock-men and excavators in this city have decided to tie up all work in their line May 1 unless a demand for a

FREIGHT HANDLERS MAY STRIKE! new wage schedule is granted before • ^ ^ that date. Men to the number of

Object to 1-jOlice Me*h,.ds in ChieSiSq { about 26.00C ...will be involved. The Lat*or Tremble.*.- ^i - ^ 4cniandb &r«jT' i&r-. 25 t e n t s for i'ock-

Chicago, April ^ . - -Exaspe ra t i ng I ? ? e n ' w i t l 1 8 ° c e n t ? a n h ° u r f ° r o v e r " time, and 20 cents an hour tor ex­cavators. Notice ot the desired change was served on the contractors two

difficulties were experienced at every turn by the wagons of Montgomery "Ward & Co., whose teamsters and garment workers are on strike. At the Michigan Central freighthouses on South Water street the police who escorted the Ward wagons met with stubborn opposition on the part of the teamsters in sympathy with the strik­ers. The ant i-Ward teamsters loaded or unloaded their wagons with pro­voking slowness and told the police "we are not pieces of machinery."

Many of the teamsters in the street leading to the freighthouses insisted that they had been waiting for two hours and when the police made way for the Ward wagons to be loaded earlier than other wagons there was a loud complaint from each teamster . Members of the Freight. Handlers ' un­ion gave indications that unless the police ceased to give the Ward wag­ons the. ,ri.«ht to. unload. Uefore team-

months ago, but no reply has been received.

A similar str ike of those workers in the building industry occurred about two years ago. The men re­mained idle sometime and were beaten. Their union was broken up then, but has been reorganized on new lines and its officials declare they have now no fear of failure to enforce the demand:,.

Michigan Boys Drowned. Charlevoix, Mich., April 18.—John

Paddock and Carl Lamphead, both seventeen years old and high school students, are supposed to have been drowned in Pine lake while canoeing to Ironton, seven miles from here. A stiff wind was blowing and there was a good deal of ice running in the lake.

St. Petersburg, April 18.—The news tha t vessels of the Russian squadron have put into Kamranh bay, north of Cape Padaran* north of the east coast of Cochin-China, bears out s ta tements contained in these dispatches a week ago to the effect that Admiral Rojest-vensky probably would seek shelter off that part of the Cochin-Chlna coast and there coal and make his final preparations before embarking' on the final stage of his journey.- .No definite information is obtainable as to the length of the squadron's stay..-at Kam­ranh bay or whether the fvvarships have already sailed, the admiralty, even if it knows, • being naturally, silent on this point. •'

"You may be sure," said a n officer, " that every precaution will be taken against a torpedo at tack. Rojestven-sky can. be relied upon to tprotect his ships."

Among naval men the idea tha t Ad­miral Rojestvensky has ' di>v%lad his squadron is not entertaiued.

No confirmation has been received here of the reported naval engage­ment north of the Natuna . islands which, according to the British steam­er Telemachus, just arrived at • Hong­kong, took place fifteen miles; north of the Natuna isiands on the* after­noon ot April 12.

A high placed admiral expressed to the Associated Press the firm convic­tion that Admiral Togo woulft not give battle near the Pescadore- isl­ands, Formosa strai ts . He said*:

" i t would' be a great tactica/i error to concentrate his squadron SCI) miles from Japan and run the risk «ijf hav­ing Rojestvensky, slip by when by re­maining in home waters Rojestvensky must -come to him in oifeer to Teach his only base, Vladivostok."

DECISION AGAINST BEAVJERS.

Former Postal Employe Must JStand Trial at Washington. .•';

Washington, April 18.—The supreme court o! the United States has decid­ed the case involving the removal of George W. Beavers from Brooklyn to Washington against Beavers, holding him subject to removal.

The case grows out of one oil sev­eral indictments against Beavqrs in connection with the postofflce depart­ment irregularit ies of 1903 and. 1904. Beavers was chief of the division of salary and allowance of t he depart­ment a.nd was indicted both ift Brook­lyn, where he lives, and in this city, on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government and the presenfc pro­ceeding grows out of an effort to pre­vent his removal from Brooklyn to Washington1 for trial.

Northern Securities Com­pany Reduces Capital From $395,000,000 to $4,000,-000 and Provides for Issu­ing 6. N. and N. P. Stock to Its Stockholders.

Trenton, N. J . Apr i l 18—The Nor th­ern Securit ies company today filed with the secretary of s tate art icles providing' for a. reduction of cap i ta l stock from threi; hundred ninety five mill ion to four mill ion and prov id ing for giving the s tockholders of the securi t ies company stock of the Grea t Nor thern and the Nor thern Pacific.

This is regarded as the final act in the Northern Securities company case.

HEAVY EXPENSE TO WISCONSIN TOWNS

BECOME PUBLIC CHARGES AL­

THOUGH GOVERNMENT HAS

* LARGE TRUST FUND.

-TIEUP NOT COMPLETE.

Strike on Italian Railroads Goes Into Effect.

Rome, April 18.—The str ike of rail­road men which began during the day was not as successful as expect­ed. Borne of the men refused to str ike and published a manifesto say­ing they could not risk the bread of their tainilies. With tnese men and a military escort one train left Rome on each line. A car on each train was converted into a prison for use if ar­rests are necessary during the jour­ney.

The .leaders of the movement are trying to bring about a general str ike of all workmen, but they hnd little sympathy. If it occurs the govern­ment has decided to entrust the mili­tary authorities with the maintenance of order.

Five men-of-war have been ordered to Genoa to maintain .order.

CARRIES MUCH CONTRABAND.

Steamer Manchuria Sails From San Francisco.

San Franciscoi April 18'.WThe steam­ship Manchuridfi-saJJed foil the Orient dining the clay v/ith a cargo of 10,000 tons of freight, mostly for Japan. The cargo is mainly of a character that would be considered as contraband of war hp" the Russians and consists of not only foodstuffs -but heavy machin­ery for the railroads and bridges of Manchuria. In view of the possibility of Admiral Rojestvensky defeating Ad­miral Togo on the sea some anxiety exists regarding the safety of the Manchuria and she will call at Mid­way islands, to receive -instructions.

Milwaukee, April 18.—An Evening Wisconsin special from Black River Falls, Wis., says:

The once mighty Winnebago tribe is facing a miserable end, though it has 5900,000 with the national govern­ment to its credit. The red men are dying ' by scores of consumption and are a heavy expense to several towns. According to a decision of the Unit­ed States supreme court the town in which sick and poor Indians reside must pay for their care as they would for any*, indigent citizen. Sickness prevails and hundreds of dollars are being needed to t reat the decrepit warriors.

Resident Indian Farmer A. P. Jones is authority for the s tatement that consumption, unless stopped, will soon kill the whole tribe.

It is said that little attention is paid to the marriage r i tes among the Indians in this vicinity, which has resulted in demoralizing conditions.

Newsboys Perish in Attempt to- Secure Free Tickets to Indianapolis, $

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MORE WAGES THE OBJECT.

Generai Strike on Sugar Plantations at Ponce, Porto Rico.

San Juan, P. R., April 18.—A gen­eral s tr ike for more wages has broken out on the largest sugar plantations \n the Ponce district. Meetings of &e laborers are being organized. The American Federation of Labor is tak­ing an active par t in the movement.

DISASTROUS TO FRUIT CROP.

Killing Frost Occurs as Far South as Mobile.

Atlanta, Ga., April 18.—The reports of cold weather from various par ts of Georgia indicate heavy damage to the vegetable and fruit crops: The local weather bureau reports a tempera­ture of 31 degrees at 6 a. m., the low­est on record for so late a date. Kill­ing frosts are reported from Macon and A.ugiista and from as far south as Mobile. The extent of the damage will not be known for some days, but present indications are that it will prove serious to the peach crop in Georgia. '-•:. ' * .**" -

Springfield, O., April 18.—Farmers in Clark and adjoining counties re­port that the freezing weather has damaged the fruit crop thousands of dollars. They declare that the pear, plum, peach and cherry crops a re badly damaged, if not ruined.

Cairo, 111., April 18.—A severe frost in this section has greatly damaged fruit and vegetable crops. It is esti­mated that fully 50 per cent of the fruit crop is ruined. The early vege­table crop is regarded a total loss.

W(cGov«rn in a Sanitarium. Stamford, Conn., April 18.—Terry

McGovern, the pugilist, has been brought, to a sanitarium here from New York. According to the physi­cians he is suffering from nervous, mental and physical exhaustion and it |s expected that his stay in the insti­tution will extend over several months.

Ind ianapo l i s , Apr i l 18—There have been no further deaths today as a re­sult of the d isas te r a t Masonic temple las t evening when four newsboys were killed and fifty injured in a crush to secure free tickets to the theat re . Sev­e ra l of the injured a re expected to die.

HABEAS CORPUS REFUSED.

John A. Benson Will Be Taken to Washington for Trial.

"Washington, April 18.—The supreme court of the United States, through an opinion by Justice Brown, has af­firmed the decision of the New York federal court refusing to grant a peti­tion for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of John A. Benson, who is resisting removal to the District of Columbia for trial on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the government in connection with land frauds on the Pacific coast.

TWO NEGROES SUSPECTED.

Young Woman Brutally Murdered Near Litt le Falls, Minn.

Little Falls, Minn., April 18.—With her flesh torn into shreds and lack­ing every semblance of clothing the body of Annie Kintop, a nineteen-year-old girl who lived with her par­ents on a small farm about two miles from Darling, .was discovered during the morning in a* thicket four miles from this city, after being missing nearly a week. Alter basely assault-, ing her the men ri.ied her clothing of everything of value and threw the body into a heavily wooded spot by the roadside, where it would be re­vealed by nothing but a most vigilant search. Excitement is at fever heat »nd the entire country in this vicinity t% being scoured for two negroes who were seen loitering in the neighbor-hogdjjm the day which the crime 'is, thought to*have belen committed.

Socialist Colony in Cuba. Red Lodge, Mont., April 18.—Sev­

eral hundred Finnish miners and farmers of this vicinity, all ardent socialists, are planning the establish­ment of a colony near Havana, Cuba, in which socialistic doctrines will he earned out to the letter.

Vessel and Cargo Confiscated. Nagasaki, April 18.—The appeal in

the case of the British steamer Ni-gretia, seized by the Japanese cruiser Tsuchmina Dec. 30 off the coast of Korea and condemned as a prize Jan. 5, has been rejected. The vessel and her cargo have been confiscated.

MANY BULGARIANS-"RILLED. -

Attack Monastery Occupied by Band of Greeks. ' ^

Salonica, European Turkey, April 18.—A band of. Bulgarians, April 15, attacked the monastery of Athamas, near Klesura, which was occupied by a Greek band. Fifteen Bulgarians were killed and the remainder fled to Vlagovitchani, to which place the Greeks pursued them, killing many | ;d burning a number of houses.

An engagement between Turks and Albanians has been fought near Priz-ren. The Albanians were defeated with the loss of thirty men killed.

Joe Jefferson Resting Well. Jacksonville, Fla., April 18.—Joseph

Jefferson, the veteran actor, is report­ed to be resting well at his home at West Palm Beach. He is not yet strong enough to warrant the predic­tion of recovery.

MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.

Commissioner Garfield Discusses Oil Investigation.

Independence, Kan., April 18.— James R. Garfield, commissioner of corporations, arrived here early in the day and immediately began his search for facts and figures bearing on the oil situation. Before he had been here half an hour Mr. Garfield was in

•Uhe office of the Prairie Oil and Gas company, a branch of the Standard Oil company. The Prairie officials as­sured Mr. Garfield that they would gladly furnish him all the informa­tion they had and tendered the serv­ices of their office force to assist him. Mr. Garfield spent practically the whole day in the office~of the Prairie

^company going over the concern's books. Mr. Garfield said that the work-rwas**^pfrogr^ssing- much faster than he expected.

"We are getting a great deal of in­formation," he said. "We are finding the facts and that is what we came for." • •:

Making Slow Progress. Paris , April 18.—The dispatch from

Saigon announcing the presence of Russian warships at Kamranh bay is considered as showing that Admiral Rojestvensky is not moving north­ward as fast as was expected.

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Hi Health Cause of Suicide. Chicago, April 18.—T. C. Haynes,

secretary of the Rand, McNally Pub­lishing company, shot and killed him­self in his room at the Marquette club. He was almost eighty years old and it is believed tha t he ended his life because of illness and steadily *" failing health, following his adyanced age.

Attempt at Train Wrecking. Emporia, Kan., April 18.—An at- .

tempt was made early in the day, half a mile east of Emporia, to wreck the westbound fast mail train on the Atchison, .Topeka and Santa Fe rail-, way, the engine crashing into a p i l e " ^ of ties that had been placed on the track. No damage wras done. j

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W E E K It will be a busy week at this store; every une fixing up for Easter Sunday. They have learned to come

here for their nice goods; where the stocks are complete, and a large comfortable room with all the city store conveniences to shop in. .

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LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR GARMENTS.

Pal HUT Rain Coats, Suits Skirts and CoaU; the late.st styles will be shown this week, and wo offer one lot of $12 Rain Coats to close out at $ 8.95

1 lot Ladies' $12 Jackets for $9.00

1 lot Ladies' $10 Jackets for $7.98

1 lot Ladies'$8.50 Jackets for $6.00

MEN'S HATS.

Ls aiphcr Hats,'- $3 00

Challenge Hats, 2.50

Cnescent Hats, '2-00

Wisnncr Hats, .'/. .1.50

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MEN'S NEGLIGEE SHIRTS. We show ff ^ Monarch and Silver Shirts; $I»I.50t

LADIES' KID GLOVES.

Premier Gloves, per pair $1 00

Andrew Gloves, ' *' - . 1.50

Silk Gloves, * , " . 50c to 1,50

LADIES' COLLARS. ^

We are showing for Easter a complete line

of Fancy Collars at from 25c to $1 each.

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factory; price, $1.00 to $3.50

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KAB0 CORSETS. We have a very complete

line of this popular cor­set; price $1.00 to $4.00

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