KILLED AND BURNED
Cincinnati, May 31—The body
of an unknown man was found
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last night after the midnight lunch
hou* in the furnace of the Ryan
soap works, by the engineer, L.
McDermott. When returning from
lunch McDeraott, in fixing the fire,
found the charred remains of the
man, who had evidently been
killed and thrown into the furnace.
There is no clue to the perpetrators
of the crime.
Seattle, May 31—Thousands of
people are arriving here to attend
the ground breaking of the Alaska
fair Saturday. Gov. Hoggatt, re
presenting Alaska, and Barrett,
the representative of President
Roosevelt, will be the principal
speakers.
Elmira. May 31—A motorman
on a street car here left his car
yesterday to examine a dog which
had been run over on the street
and his absence from the car
caused a collision which wrecked
two cars and caused the death of
four passengers.
Washington, May 31—A letter
from President Roosevelt to Ex
Governor Hagerman, of New Mex
ico, has been made public which
shows that the governor was
allowed to resign because of his
previous good record, and but for
that he would have been jailed for
complicity in the land fraud cases
which are attracting so much at
tention in that section.
Frisco, May 31—F. Redding, a
striking motorman, fired a shot at
a patrolman who was guarding a
street car yesterday evening, and
was attacked by the police. Dur
ing the fight that ensued Red ling
was killed.
Boise, May 31—Eugene Debbs
made a speech here yesterday in
which he advocated anarchistic ac
tions on the part of the labor un
ions, and as a consequence has
been ordered by the authorities to
leave town. Considerable feeling
has been aroused by the demand
and there may be trouble with the
socialists if the order is enforced.
Washington, May 31—Promi
nent republicans say that the
speech made by President Roose
velt at Indianapolis yesterday will
be regarded as the text for the
platform of the party regarding the
handling of railroad companies for
years to come. He went over the
whole situation and outlined the
administration policy regarding
such matters very clearly.
Seattle, May 31—Government
detectives promise that within a
week there will be arrests made of
a number.of prominent westerners
who are implicated in the state
land fraud cases. They state that
a number of Alaskans who are now
prominent in the affairs of the
'northland will also be involved in
the trouble and will be arrested as
soon as they can be reached.
Fairfax, Wash., May 31—The
two women who were reported as
lost in the woods near here have
been found. They had been wan
dering through the woods for over
a week living on roots and grasses
and catching frogs, which they ate
raw. They are both very weak,
but will recover. The unfortunate
women were Mrs. Brent, a t“acher
and one of her pupils, Miss Mack.
New York, May 31—Mayor Mc
Clellan says that he will person
ally hear the arguments regarding
the mayoralty recount, sa., ing that
as mayor he has a magistrates
power. Hearst has filed a strong
protest against the action, claiming
that McClellan has no right to try
his own case.
Everett, May 31—Fierce forest
fires are raging all over the timber
section of Washington. Million
of dollars of damage has already
been done.
Paris, June 1—The French naval
reserve sailors have gone on a
strike and shipping is tied up all
along the sea coast as a conse
quenee, They demand higher
wages and an allowance for over
time.
New York, June 1—President
Mellen, of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford R. R., in an ad
dress delivered here last night,
said that the expense of fighting
organized labor in the United
States was costing the railroads all
of their dividends. He says the
railroad situation is very bad and
there is no prospect of immediate
improvement.
Washington, June 1—Senator
Tillman says that he has positive
proof that Roosevelt is plotting to
receive a third term nomination,
aDd that Taft is in the scheme as
assistant According to Tillman
Taft is to be rewarded in the event
of the success of the plan by receiv
ing the position of chief justice of
the supreme court. The announce
ment has created a great commo
tion in political circles. Roose
I velt has made no statement regard
ing the charge.
Shanghai, June 1—During a re
ligious procession yesterday a stone
bridge across a deep gulch in the
suburbs of the city collapsed, dash
ing hundreds of people down on to
the rocks below. Several hundred
were killed and a large number
seriously injured.
San Francisco, June 1—Judge
Dunne is making an attempt to se
cure the prosecution of those who
it is believed have tampered with
the Schmitz jury. He has request
ed that he be given power to pun
ish the chief of police, who is said
to have been engaged in fixing ju
rors, and giving talesmen lists o
men who were already fixed.
Cincinnati, June 1—It has de
veloped that the body found in the
furnace of the Ryan soap works
here yesterday was that of Frank
Lee. He had heard a group of
anarchists plotting to kill Presi
dent Roosevelt, and told his friends
that he was going to tell the police
about it. The anarchists learned
of this and killed Lee, burning the
body in hopes that they would
thus conceal the plot. Many ar
rests have already been made and
more will follow. It is believed
that the president had a very nar
row escape, as the arrangement*
were all made for the shooting,
and it was to have occurred today.
Roosevelt is being closely guarded
by troops, and no one except those
who are known to have business to
transact are allowed near the house
Seattle, June 1—President Chil
berg turned the first spade of dirt
for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Ex
position at the University grounds
at 10 o’clock this morning. The
pick and shovel used were made
from gold produced at Nome and
Fairbanks. Thousands of people
witnessed the ceremonies, which
were followed by a procession in
which all of the local organizations
and the military took part. This
afternoon addresses will be deliv
ered by Governor Hoggatt, the rep
resentative of the president and
others.
Seattle, June 1—There are more
Alaskans in this city now waiting
for transportation North than at
at any time in the past year. A
census was taken yesterday of the
boarding houses and hotels, which
showed that the number of people
enroute north is greater than in
the time of the mid-winter rush.
St. Paul, June 1—The fight in
the courts in the attempt to en
force the two cent fare rate, has
been started. The lailroads are
making a hard fight to prevent the
enforcement of the law.
New York, June 1—During a
fire, which started early this morn
ing in the home of Walter Schiffer,
secretary of the tobacco trust, his
two daughters and their two maids
were burned to death. The mother
of the girls attempted to rescue
them but was overcome by smoke
and was taken from the house
nearly dead. She will not survive.
San Francisco, June 1—For talk
ing to the court after he had been
ordered to stop, Attorney Fairhall,
who represents Mayor Schmitz,
was sent to jail for contempt of
court. After being imprisoned for
a few hours he was ordered re
leased by Judge Dunn.
The pec pie on the Elsie reported see
ing a large vessel coming into Ellamar
yesterday afternoon, and supposed it
was the Santa Clara, but as she has
not shown up yet it is thought to have
been the Jeanie, which has a cargo of
explosives for that place.
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