Fall River Daily Evening News from Fall River, Massachusetts • 1

PUT TOOB WANT AD8 NEWS TUB HOME PAPER VOL XL1J1 FALL RIVER MASS TIES DAY JANUARY 6 1903 PRICE TWO CENTS fall DEMOCRATS DESERT four lives lost Latest Edition WISHED MOTHER WAS DEAD Statement Made Bv Miss Richardson Testified To By Barbara Laird The urae STILL ON BROWN'S "EALL RIVER'S LEADING STORE" HOUSEHOLD LINENS All housekeepers should visit this January Sale of Linens None but the best grade of goods is offered and the prices are phenomenally pwv The Sale of Muslin Underwear which has attracted wide notice on account of the exceptional Duality of the goods and the low prices set upon them GREAT ANNUAL JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE OF CARPETS OTHER FLOOR COVERINGS To Morrow Wednesday Morning at 830 O'clock mentioned Sale 1b a yearly event of the utmost importance and looked forward to as a money-saving of housekeepers hotel-keepers and buyers of Floor Coverings In general in Fall River and vicinity season of Carpet selling In our store history we find ourselves with many odd rolls cut quantities that we do not care to or cannot duplicate representing nearly every desirable kind of Floor Cov- I ring comprising AND Commences The above ppportunlty After the greatest and patterns All Wool Carpets Straw Mattings Axminsters Velvets Brussels Tapestries Therefore all these are to be sold at prices In many Instances Below the atrial cost of their manufacture our sole object at this time being to effect a quick clearance of the various lots ifiany of these Carpets have borders to match some are in quantities large enouglftfc cover the largest possible room others in sizes only suited for small rooms halls stairs chambers etc ALL WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE We quote prices for the Sale as follows: BEAUTIFUL AXMINSTERS WITH BORDERS worth and usually sold at $150 and $185 per yard SALE PRICE $1 PER YARD made laid and lined EXQUISITE VELVET CARPETS worth and usually sold at $100 per yard SALE PRICE 69C PER YARD nrnde laid and lined HIGH GRADE WILTON VELVET CARPETS worth and usually sold for $125 to $140 per yard SALE PRICE 87C PER YARD made laid and lined BEST BODY BRUSSELS CARPETS including Lowell Bigelow and Whittall makes worth aud usually sold for $125 to $165 per yard SALE PRICE 98C PER YARD made laid and lined SHORT LENGTHS SAME GOODS SALE PRICE 69C PER YARD TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS worth and usually sold for 75c to $110 per yard SALE PRICES 49 AND 69C PER YARD made laid and lined ALL WOOL EXTRA SUPER CARPETS worth and usually sold for 69c per yard SALE PRICE 49 AND 59C PER YARD made laid and lined ALL OIL CLOTHS AND MATTINGS Give 25 PER CENT DISCOUNT on Actual Prices All Widths and Patterns HELP RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICANS TO ELECT A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE Ex-Mayor Fitzgerald of feated Gov Garvin's Inaugural Reo-ommendi Calling of Constitutional Convention Provldeuice Jan 6 In the chamber of the House of Representatives today U'ftov a brilliant assemblageGoT Garvin of Cumfberland anJ the new State government took tha oath of office In accordance with a time honored custom four companies of tha Second Regiment I accompanied the Governor and the State oflVlala to the) new capltol and immediately after their arrival there the ceremonies of the day were begun There was a great amount of excitement over the organisation of tha House of Representatives due to the fact that the Republicans had a majority of but two votes Democrats deserted their party on the ballot for speaker and voted for Joseph Burllngame of Warwick the Republican candidate who received S9 ballots to 81 for his Democratic opponent ex-mayor Fitzgerald of Pawtucket The main feature of Oov Garvin's inaugural mreeage was toe strong recommendation made for itia catling of a constitutional convention He said In part: Not only should the people of the atate) be proferred opportunity to make ej new constitution but a reasonable minority of tha people should also be given the right to propose amendments to the oriranlL' law Aaaiivt the conferrins of this powTr whloh la In complete accord with the AmefTcan doctrna of KwpUO- llcan government no possible argument oan be made except that tne qualified electors) are incapable of governing Undw a method of unjust representation by which one twelFTn of the Inhabitants of the atate dwelling In small towns controlled pofftlcally by netty considerations or corrupt Influences possewe mora power in lerislatlon than the remaining eleven twelftha unjust taws will be enacted and many wise aula will fall of pastNigc" The tPansferrance of the appointing power from the governor to the Senate was deprecated and constitutional reform granting- to the governor the veto power liid tn reirtsteTed voters the right to vote for the city council was recommended Among the most important points dwelt upon are those of taxation education law enforcement the war veterans factory Inspection and industrial statistics Among the buses cited are: 1 The passage of laws oy one general assembly which according 'to their terms cannot be amended Sf repealed at will by any general assembly: Boards of po'llce oommlwi oners created for two of our cllles and town under which from one fourth to one eighth of all tbe taxes raisoti for local purposes are expended by three state commissioners who are no way responsible tn tha electorate contrlbuatlng the taxes Post election sessions of the general assembly at which a leglaluture whose successors have been chosen passed Improper and unpopulnr lows such a It would not dare pass at the January session and Anally 4 Ait Irresponsible third house dominating both branches of the gnnerat assembly and causing othnr legislation which should be Just and solely for the public welfare to become a mere matter of sale to the highest bidder Following" the ceremony the legislature adjourned until to-morrow whon the committees will le appointed In the Senate which has a strong Republican majority it Is expected that tne power of appointing committees will be taken away from the governor and transferred to the Senate llxelf THE TIME LIMIT FOR BARGAINS At Ths Troy Store To-morrow will be from 8:80 a tn 8 Troy Store corner Fourth and Pleasant streets It's Up To You Read the A McWherr Co 'a announcement In this Issue and you'll find reasons a plenty why you should be on deck to-morrow SPRING SHOES That won't break That' our proposition for your coniideratlon A new pair for you if a pair breaks through We have a variety of stylea In single and double eieePatent Colt or Enamel that carries this guarantee you take no chancaa S3 S350 34- SULLIVAN THE SHOE LEADER 155 SOUTH MAIN STREET BEGIN RIGHT BEGIN RIGHT NOW Cafllhg when In need of MATTRESS SHADE UPHOLSTER irNiG DRAPERY OR CARPET WORK It costs no more to have rltrht Dra pery and Portieri to order a specialty of ours prices fair and work tbe best at the popular upholstery and drapery' store Cf Chelsea Mass Jan In the Rich- andson hearing to-day Mr Bartlett asked Dr Kinney to give all that occurred on the night that Miss Richard- I son was arrested He did not succeed in shaking Dr Kinney's first state- i ments except to bring out that Dr Kinney did not see thecontents of the small pieces of paper which were In the envelope taken from Miss Richardson's stockings iMr Bartlett later (brought out the fact that the rbaelalne bag spoken of yesterday as also containing powder waa taken from Miss Richardson's stocking by the wtmian representative of the Revere police department The witnss had it that a letter was found there as well She admitted that she did no actually see these things removed from the stocking however Mr Bartlett concluded his cross-examination 12:20 o'clock without to an appreciable degree having changed Tr Kinney's first story Mrs Barbara Laird a nurse jnsxt went into the witness box i She testified that she visited the Richardson house as a nurse at the request of Dr Kinney staying there from December 13 to Deceber 20 She recalled she said that one day she heard Mrs Richardson say to her daughter "I have not many days to live" and that Miss Richardson replied "I wish to God you were dead" "Yes" responded the mother "I think you do wish I was dead" Mrs Laird also told of having seen Miss Richardson preparing beef Juice for her mother and of having seen her pour a teaspoonful of dark reddish flu-Id Into It The witness never saw any white substance on this beef Juice as testified to by Dr Kinney yesterday Lawyer Bartlett subjected the witness to a close cross examination but no varying statements developed At this point the court took the usual noon recess REPLY TO CASTRO Note of The Powers May Pave The Way For Settlement of Differences Without Arbitration Berlin Jan The Joint reply of the powers to President Castro's qualified acceptance of arbitration was handed to the United States ambassador at Berlin and London to-day fire Hole alms further to smooth the way for a settlement which may possibly be reached without arbitration The powerB however do not abandon any of the reservations contained in their origlnul proposal The question of raising the blockade will be opened only after President Castro's complete acceptance of the powers' resrvatlons The state of war Is not modified by to-day's note Washington Jan Secretary Hay has received the British answer to President Castro's last proposal relative to arbitration It Is assumed that the British note reflects the views of the German government because the allies have been acting in harmony so fnr The note is Interlocutory but in substance states that If "Venezuela wishes a conference to submit the dlf-ferncea between the two countries to arbitration Great Britain will accede The conditions attached vary slightly from the original British proposition In the Judgment of officials here the differences between the allies and Ven-zuela respecting arbitration are much diminished and there is warrant for the expectation that the case will now surely go to The Hague The next step will be a reply from President Castro Suicide In Insane Asylum Worcester Mass Jan The fact hat a woman patient at the Worcester Insane noapijfli committed suicyne tale in December kept from the public by hospital authorities nas just become known through other sources The victim wa Belle St John Pearson of Boslon who on Dec 20 by meahs of her belt hanged herself to a pipe which ran through the upper part of the bath room An inquest will be held before Judge Samuel UTiey in the central district court some time this week Vest's Coal Bill Goes Over Washington Jan In the Senate to-day after some debute the Vest resolution instructing the committee on finance to prepare and report a bill removing the duty on anthracite coal went over and Mr Hoar addresed the Senate upon his anti-trust bill CONDENSED TELEGRAMS The Indlanola Miss post office case was discussed bv the cabinet to-day It was decided that the stand taken by the administration be adhered to the contention belnx that the people them selves and not the government are re sponsible for the closing of the office The American Sugar Refining Com pany announces a long price on the basis of 480 cents for granulated sugar with the old discounts for New Eng land points only Prices for all other markets remain unchanged on a basis of 46S net less 1 per cent for cash In seven days Police Commissioner Greene of New York has retired Captain William Haughcy from the force The board of surgeons sod three other physicians certified that the captain was suffering from a chronic affection of the heart The charges against Haughey will probably be dropped The conditions governing tne Atneri ca's cup match sent to the Royal Ul eter Yacht Club by the committee oi challenge of the New York Yacht Club have been returned with the signatures of the challenging club officers All the arrangements for the International races In-August are now complete David Thompson one of the best known prospectors in the Black Hills over which country he had hunted gola for 17 years Monday struck a ledge of great rlchnessand after 10 minute of demonstrations of deliamt fell dead says a dispatch from Houbolx a An ex amJnation made later by physician: showed a blood veeJn the brain had been ruptured Mighty bargains at McWhirr's end sale now goring on mill ALL DISEASES of the blood and chronic diseases generally muat yield to the faithful use of RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER as it stops fermentation and destroys the germs of Catarrh Consumption Cancer and Rheumatism and because of iti wonderful antiseptic qualities is good for sores cuts burns and bruises A purely scientific remedy recognixfstt)e world over for its wonderful merit in caring disease Investigate it Write for rM Book The Win Radam Mlerob xuuer t'o is mace en-New Tork or ar of GUESTS PERISH AT AN EARLY MORNING FIRE IN HOTEL SOMERSET CHICAGO Mother and Daughters Burned Or Suffocated and Another Woman Killed by Jumping Hotel Porter Arrested Chicago Jan Four lost their lives a Are atthe Hotel Som-ersetf an eight-story structure at Wabash avenue and Twelfth street early to-day Three of the victims Mrs Perry aged 36 and her two daughters 8 and 9 years old respectively were ourned or suffocated to death in their rooms on the fourth floor The fourth viotim believed to be Miss Ethel Saunders jumped from the window of a room on the same floor to the street and died in the ambulance on her way to the hospital William A Parker a guest Jumped from the window of a room on the fourth floor to the roof of a two-story building adjoining the hotel He sustained a broken ankle and severe bruises A short time after it was discovered that lives had been lost William Clemens a porter was arrested The po- lice explain that from what could be-j learned from pariicstricken guests the Are originated mysteriously Clemens was awake It is said 'at the time and the police will hold him until the fire has been Investigated There were about 100 guests In the hotel at the time Prom admissions made by Clemens It is believed that he caused the fire by accidentally lmltliur his bed clothes while smoking a cigarette The injured: A Parker Jumped from window two stories internally injured Emile SaneaczC A Wright man William Bears elevator boy It is thought that Mrs Berry first became aware of the fire and aroused her daughters The latter appear to have been ojiicklv overcome the bodies of both having ben found on their beds The body of Mrs Perry lay on the floor near the window The elevator conductor raji his carto the top floor snouting a warning and carrying many of the guests from the Uulldln The financial loss was about $2000 Although the dead woman and her daughters who also perished were registered at and known about the hotel under the name of Perry Edward Saunders a coachman employed on the South Side declares that they were his wlfeand daughters He says the names of the children were Rita and Marie It Is learnled however that Saunders was known in Toronto as Perry and as sumed the former name when he came to Chicago The young woman who died In the ambulance and who was partially Identified as Ethel Saunders it is now believed was another daughter of Mrs Perry AN UN-AMERICAN LAW Judge Gray Surprised to Know That Coal Companies Are Obliged to Pay The Cost of Protection Philadelphia Jan Before the an thraclte coal strike commission hereto day John Williams a mining engl neer employed by the Lehigh Wilkes barre Coal Co testified that he was Bet upon and beaten while going to work He could not swear that strikers com mitted the assault Sheriff Schadt of Lackawanna coun ty detailed his experiences during the strike and his call upon Governor Stone cor assistance He said that President Mitchell assisted him in preventing trouble several times President VMltcbell cross-examined Sheriff Schadt The latter admitted that he employed about 50 deputies which the coal comnanlos paid for He could not say that a general state of lawlessness prevailed In the countybut a reign of terror existed in some localities General Wilson asked the sheriff why the county did not pay the deputy sheriffs Counsel for the witness explained that It was the law in Pennsylvania that the company pay the cost of protection Chairman Gray evidently surprised said: "Lam not familiar with such an un-American law When the county or the state relinuuishes the duty of maintaining order protecting life and keeping the Deace then matters are reaching a sorry state" Three other witnesses were heard after which a recess was taken Vanderbilt Almost Recovered New York Jan Dr Austin Flint Jr said yesterday that If Cornelius Vanderbilt Improved this week as he had Improved last week he would be well pnourh to leave his bed on Sunday He has been propper" up In bed with pillows for the last few days When he Is able he will go to Florida and then very likely on a cruise of the Mediterranean Devery Loses Albany Jan The court of appeals handed down decisions to-day affirming the constitutionality of the police reorganisation law bf 11102 which legislated out of office the "bi-partisan" police commission of New York city and ex-Chief of Police Devery Army Staff Bill Passed Washington Jan The army start bill was passed 16d to 63 by the House to-day Struck Market 'Furnished by COTTON A DECK- ROW Brokers 48 Bedford stret 2d floor Stocks Bonds Grain and Cotton bought and sold for cash or margin in lots to suit ran Jtiver Jan Open-High-Low- Slos- tng est est lng Pfd 102H 103 101 167 15 6HU 69 67 103 94 167 69 88 81 13 182 50 86 102 110 67 39 1 119 150 189 130 78 104 66 36 65 33 38 89 103 94 U7 68 88 81 153 182 50 88 109 110 67 89 10 128 150 18T 130 75 103 65 31 64 83 38 89 Penna Rdg Rdg Pfd R8 SO 152 17 Rdg 2nd 79 152 179 49 85 101 109 66 38 101 128 149 1 129 76 103 66 36 64 32 37 88 St 49S Atch 85 Atch Pfd 101H Mo 109 So 66 Srie 39 ft 0 101 A 128 Man 160 Sugar 129 Norfolk 7t Gas 103 Amal Southern 35 1 64 33 Steel 37 Steel Pfd 88 GRAIN MARKET Open-High-Low- Closing- est est Inn ilay Wheat 75 75V4 7- 7W July Wheat 72 72 7z May Corn 42 43 43 July Corn 43 42 cjfr 42 COTTON MARKET Oxtenina: Closing July 864 887 January 867 March gJS 867 May ft ftsf KNOX ON TRUSTS ATTORNEY GENERAL SUGGESTS LEGISLATION FOR ENACT- MENT BY CONGRESS Present Laws Not Sufficient To Meet The Existing Conditions Operations of Law Should Be Limited To Common Carriers Washington Jan Attorney Gen Knox has addressed identical letters to Senator Hoar chairman of the senate Judiciary committee and Representative Llttlefleld chairman of the sub-committee of the house judiciary committee giving his views onjthe subject of trusts These letters afe in reply to communications to him from Senator Hoar and Mr Llttlefleld asking his views The letters embrace the questions which have Seen decided by the courts the questions which are pending in the courts and suggestions respecting further legislation Under the last head Mr Knox says: "In view of the wide experience of the committee in dealing legislatively with legal and economic questions I venture upon the line of suggestion with much hesitation and feeling that the utmost the committee desires In this respect is that some concrete thing be sttt down that may be considered In connection with other views that may be presented as to what might be done within the short period allowed for consideration during the life of this present congress I think it proper enough to briefly premise such suggestions as I shall make for Immediate action by statement of some of the reasons upon which they are based The end desired by the overwhelming majority of the people of all sections of the country is that combinations of capital should be regulated and not destroyed and measures should be taken to correct the tendency toward monopolisation of the Industrial business of the country I assume a thing to be avoided even by suggestion is legislation regulating the business Interests of the country beyond such as will accomplish this end In my judgment a monopoly in any industry would be impossible in this country where money Is abundant and cheap and in the hands or within the reach of keen and capable men if competition were assured of a fair and open field and protected against unfair artificial and discriminating practices Two or more persons or corporations cannot by any combination or arrangement between themselves either contract or expand the rights of others to engage in a similar business The utmost they can do is to discourage the disposition to do so by restricting the opportunities or by securing to themselves some exclusive facilities or the enjoyment of some comanon facilities upon exclusive terms If the law will guarantee to the smaller producer protection against piratical methods in competition and keen the hlirhways to the market open and avallablevto him for the same tolls charged to his powerful competitors he will manage to live and thrive to an astonishing decree Individualism inproductlon has Its advantages as well as combination Small individual enterprises not uncommon ly spring up and thrive within the shadow of the larger ones though ehjoying one of their supposed advan tages of conirol of sources of raw ma terial fuel and transportation faolll ties yet realizing large profits per ton of output because of tiie close econo mies possible through direct personal Interested management" Mr Knox suggests that legislation be directed against those who give and re celve advantages enabling discrimina tion In prices as against competitors This should take the form of penaliz ing the transportatkin of goods Fed eral courts should be given the power to restrain such transportation He says the present law fs not sufficient to meet existing conditions The operation of any law on the subject he thinks should be limited to common carriers subject to the act to regulate commerce An additional provision should be made he says to reach corporations combina tions and associations which produce and mamifaoture wholly within a state but whose products -or sales enter into Interstate commerce It should relate flrwt to such concerns as fatten on rebates in transportation and second to concerns which sell below the general price of a commodity or want only to seek to destroy competition A comprehensive plan should be framed to enable the government to get all the facts bearing upon the or ganization and practices of concerns engaged in Interstate and foreign commerce essential to a full understanding and to enable the government to compel observances of the law He recommends that a commission aid In carrying out the act of July 2 1890 which commission shall make an investigation Into the operations of cor-poratlojns and combinations with authority to make sich inquiries and have power to require reports from them and their officers No persons should be excused from producing books contracts etc in courts Mr Knox further says: "Legislation to correct trustj aJbuses should be developed with great care for It is not nearly so Important to act quickly as to act wisely" He recommends legislation to hurry to a final decision cases now pending and cases which may be raised under the anti-trust law Ball Player Keeler's Injury New York Jan An X-ray of Ihe injured shoulder of William flecler the ball player made at a Brooklyn hospital reveals the fact that he is suffering from what la known to the medical profession as Coles fracture and though the surgeons expect to efTect a nermanetrt cure It is not likely that Keener wilt play unTTi late In the season Keeler during his recent visit In the West fell on the ice striking hU left aoulder When he returned home he dialled at the Twspltal and the doctors there ordered the X-ray examination In order to find the exact location of the trouble Keeler will undergo special treatment from now He admits that he has signed to play with the Amerkn leagne club In New York and will is" said tret a -yearly alary of $100f -and will be absolved from all fines and suspension Tortured by Masked Thieves New York Jan Ivl Richer aged 95 years and his wife realdtng In Springfield township have been tortured uy masked thieves says a Press dispatch from Conneisvllle Pa until they told where their money waa hidden The robbers held a tightest tamp to Mrs Etcher's feet and burned Afim until the flesh fell off before she would consent to how them life strong box where 8236 In bills was hidden They then bound their victims to their bed with rones and left them taking a horse from tfie bam Firs In Boston Bofton Jan 6 A a result of a fire on the two too floors of the bulldine 78 to Deronshlre street to-day the occu pants suffered a loss of about liOOOS by flea n-rlr n1 watar Th Anm- ake la sflrtatnl by the NewsoeDer CUo- pTng Co which occupied toe top floor The other occupants were Jose Parker A iso Dangers ana iae ajast Boston Laaa Company Sale usually brings out a crowd of Carpet buyers and this year's Sale will probably prove no therefore behooves intending purchasers to he among the early visitors for at the prices quoted above be quick selling and the range for selection will be for greater at first than later Measures or measures must be brought at time of choosing as no Carpets will be set aside pending decision during Sale shall be considered final and all Carpets will be sold "as are" BROWN COMPANY 178-188 NORTH MAIN STREET I i i FRENCH COTTON MEN ALARMED Form Association to Ward Off Danger of America Cornering the Supplies Paris Jan With a view to defending themselves against American competition some leading memrif of the cotton trade of France supported by several influential names In com- merceand flnancehave formed an association called the "Association" Cotton-niere Coloniale" The Temps says thatthecotton industry of the United States is developing to an "alarming" extent having in-the last ten years increased by 61 per cent Immense factories have been started and It is feared that the entire crop of the United States will be bought up for the benefit of these factories which would need a market abroad as In spite of Its increase In population It is not thought possible that the United States could absorb the whole of its production It is pointed out that Great Britain Russia and Germanv are making efforts to ward off the "American danger by developing the cultivation of cotton The object of the "Association Cot-tonniere Coloniale" is to prevent Americans cornering cotton by developing Hs production in the French colonies notably the Soudan TO KEEP OUT WELSH COAL Portland Dealers Tried to Prevent Discharge and Delivery of imported Fuel Portland Me Jan British Vlce-Coneul Keating who has been instrumental In the Importation of two cargoes of Welsh coal to this port sold by popular subscription says that every possible obstacle has been thrown in his way to prevent the discharging and delivery of this coal Several smaller dealers who have been unable to secure any coal for themselves declined to assist In the delivery of the Welsh cargo Wharf owners refused to have the coal discharged at their docks although finally one dock was secured Local banks refused to have anything to do with the enterprise Soon after the first cargo of Wbh was ordered Mr Keating' coal bins became empty and he has been unable to buy any coal of any dealer in the city he says Street Railway Wages Raised Haverhill Jan 6 General Manager Woodman of the New Hampshire Traction Company has notified the conductors and motormen on all its eight divisions of an increase In wagee from the present basts of 17H cents per hour to 18 cents per hour for the first year of employment and 20 cents eper hour after that I I FUG INSULTED BRITISH COMMODORfi EXPLAINS ENT AT POrllU umhcuuv i For Apology Not Complied in in inn nnw taMnM Once Opened rir nooooyirig nee of the Associated Press) Quayra Venezuela Dec S-British Commodore Montgomerie who directed the Anglo German bombardment of the fortifications at Porto Cabello on December 14 gives the following account of the operations After declaring that not a single person was killed or wounded In tha bombardment the commodore ays: "Considerable misapprehension exists as to the action of the Charybdis of the royal navy and the Vineta of the Imperial German navy at Porto Cabello A British merchant snip the Topes which was peacefully lying at anchor In the harbor was boarded at night by vene-xuelans and the crew in their night ehlrts were hurried ashore marched through the streets and cast into a filthy prison where they Remained wltoout food or water Under a strong guard they were marched back to their ship the next day and compelled to lower the colors flying at her stern "When I arrived at Porto Cabello I at once demanded an apology and assurances that the act would not be repeated and that British subjects and their Interests would not be maltreated or Injured In case the demands were not complied with I announced that I should bombard the fort a thick walled structure within easy range of our guns and another battery mounting a few Krupp gunssome distance away In reply I was informed that a mob was responsible for the outrage and that the matter would have to Be referred to higher authority I replied that if a dog I owned bit another man I should certainly he morally obligated to give satisfaction Through the American consul I arranged to receive the reply to my communication which had been telegraphed te Caracas If be hoisted the American ensign I should know that the demand had been complied with When the hour the ultimatum expired oame I saw the ensign hoisted but it was hauled down again I waited seven minutes and then opened Are on the fort and the battery Before opening fire 1 gave ample notice to the military authorities to remove the Eolitical prisoners and assured the in-abltants of the town that no injury would be done them There was a feeble response to our fire from the battery but none from the fort the soldiers In which fled like rats They left behind a general 12 other officers and 10 soldiers and munbr of criminal prisoners '-After bombarding 19 minutes and making very good practice we ceased firing and a guard was landed and took pos-ssssfatt at the fort receiving the aur- 4 uh gaoenw sac sua mm isy ON We Will This January Exception It there will certainly approximate this Sale Every STRIKE AT MAYNARD SPINNERS QF ASSABET MILLS OF AMERICANWOOLEN COMPANY QUIT WORK Claim That Their Wagee Ara Reduced Under New Price Other Department! of the Milla Forced To Shut Down Maynard Mass Jan The spinners of the American Woolen Co's Assabet mills here to-day struck causing a partial suspension of operations The strike results from a new price list adopted two weeks ago and against which after trial the spinners had protested The list being continued In force the spinners met last night and Voted to strike on Wednesday if the price list was not revoked Finding they claimed that the management was preparing for the issue to be made at the time specified the spinners decided to strike at once ajtd at 11:30 a to-day IIS of them wepi out Lack of material as the result of the shutting down of the spinning department forced the card room and the picker room to shut down at noon and unless a settlement is reached by to-morrow night it Is believed that all other departments except the wet and dry nmsnmg rooms win oe ciosea Since the settlement of the strike which last year for months tied up many mills of the American Woolen Company the spinners have been working under a scale which gave them J1041 a week with a guaranteed preirifum for work turned out abov" certain limit The new price list It is claimed removed the guarantee and in certain instances raised the schedule and others lowered It rn a few day tne spinners claim It was found that they could not average even $1041 as before The management was notified but apparently natA no attention to the matter and the winners met to discuss the situation East night It was decided to notify the managers that if the price lists was not revokeu a strike would be Instituted at nine o'clock Wednesday morning When the spmners went to workthli mornrng they found that the company had hegun to shut down the carding machines This was taken as indicating that preparations were being made to oppose the spinners When this was seen a decision was reached not to wait for the time named as last night's meeting The carders wno were forced to stop M-b at nnnn mimnar about ITS anrl the pickers 106 During the afternoon it Is I expects that tne uresser tenaers tne Sawers-in and the spoolers numbering I will finish all the work they have on hand and that the weavers who number betweea 7 and 800 will have to go out before to-morrow night This will leave-is operation only the wet sod dry andbmg departments which there is work eskouejb to last Cer two sr three were Immediately paroled The criminal prisoners were held and turned over to responsible authority The occupation lasted but a short time and the party returned to the ships The Vineta participated In the oombardment Instead of a number of persons being killed only two men were Injured and they broke their thighbones In attempting to escape from the fort" WILL SEEK INDEMNITY Shippers of Goods on the Caracas Enter a Protest New York Jan It was announced yesterday that a protest had been sent to Secretary Hay complaining of the treatment of the Red Line steamer Caracas at La Guayra by the blockading Powers The Caracas arrived here yesterday and owners of cargo which was not discharged at La Guayra declared that they will seek to obtain Indemnity through the United States govern ment I It is understood that the contention 1 of the steamsbip line and the shippers of cargo Is that the Caracas cleared from this port before the blockade had been declared and she should therefore have been allowed to land her cargo at La Guayra i Mr Bliss one of the heads of the I Red Line said that he wrote Secre tary Hay a week ago on receipt of a cablegram from the firm's agent at La Guayra concerning the treatment of the Caracas at that port He re-I quested an inquiry into the matter Mr Bliss expressed confidence that the secretary of state would see that the company received whatever redress might be due it under international law UNION MADE A 10c CIGAR For Sale by All Dealers The steadily Increasing galea that prove that HoDtet Qellly telle 80L0SM1TH SILVER GO dct-TuaU S4 North Salt) SU Over StkoU's "-U Tel Automate tfSV.