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a~ | JOURNAL SUBSCRIBERS Canout be reached through the colurts of I s uphgr (payor, ch in THE WEATHER For Westérn New York -Fair tonight. Show- ers Thursday, - wat RUSSIA MUST PAY INDEMNITY is One of the Conditions || of Pease Regotiations b i NTERNEW work tonura JAPANESE TEOMG WERE Fonmu. LATEG dY THS EMpgRor anb HHS GOUNGIL-JAPAN'3 ATTI TUGE TG CHINA To THAT GP THE UNITED states TJ SOUTH AMERIGA--NO USE: Foft Kow York, igy Th o 'Fhat Japan will domund ca sadermaity from Russa In the rnecetighions for pease uml that! the war will he dectared at an end at the comctasion of the nopolUations at Portsmouth, N. Ma ficst month, is the hbollef of Erron Konuus, hel of the dapesete nwo udtdon, as voleed by Aimar Suto, office spokesiinn for the tron. 'Tho party arrived here yosterday. Mr. Sate hr an cauld; \I ima confident that peace will be duccersfaly necotlated by tho ape polated 'The Japawnoso wit be guided by medcration, and no exceseive will be made, but! the ctautlment ta dapan and Russa is for peueo, fand In tho interests of humanity aud proprioty there must be pogee. cont to Jupun, howover, has hbeea grout. On bouk sldtes gie foss lus bee men bf which Russia lost 870,000. | 'Fhe war da costing Ja- bun one feflffon dollars a day and there is q Orit there oaght to bo an! Indetinnity,\ Asked as to the probabliity of an armistice, Mx Sato sald that that probably would be ntmonsg the fust questions the plenipotenthiwiles would consider I'usod on previous treaty no reothitions. dipen wil make the de- for Lussin's Consideration, he Bird. Empcror Formulated Peace Taorms. The pogce tertos were formulated by theo Hispctor of dapacd and his councli. Mr. Hato, arked If in tho flush of vie tory \the Jupan-so people would not} fool cvitled to more than io dreaty would wlow, seid: \The Jupanose ave not ro neutle wo to abldo by any de- elalor wo muy make, but they pay Brest fugpect to tho offices of Pros dont Rogsevcl, mud his nets have done it preat deal to cmphasizo the need of pegree,* M+. Hato twitter satd that the Japa nese Wold prefer to have the nego tiutivirs It tho Hiagitth liusguage, as BRarow Kowutra mor - hfuself | 'The matte, howeven, would he setted after Prestdent HRooge« ¥olt haud met the iwo cominisstons, Of the attitaido of the Jpparoso ploa« lpotentiatlos towed the Russian dele ghtep, Mv Sate sald; \We admire M. Witte aad Baron Rotem The an- nouncetmefit of AXL Witte's appointment WJ moto wegtcuttie to tn tham that of lity nersur could huve Leen. To meustuge Itin ag ia great states un,.\ Of tho fatar of China, Mr, Sato satd: \Too the cvntrdl povorntneht could work In hatmouy with the distric; or provincial China would (Contintiod on Second Page.) Will Have to Tell Why He was Out so Late while pauroli« bys t¢rnuter alley obout # weloct this motriny fond ia young tan prowling abort hie Pear of Stotes and acting In io nuspmern, 'The natfoltan watched the younr man's geton a fow maattes from, the chhote of a telephone pete amd then nipped him hy the cout coedur mid fim etaso to the pose The vourg mos was sory much inet ausgored, devrindtug ins bete ago thst ano biting «t the su ce upp memnegs to tho officer, When headed hr a eell at police stu» Hon tac prisoner mat! ho did not fmow MP. was a police officer, fto Have the muc of Edward Mirphy and indy hee was eaepleyed as an Tec cvremn | | I } [ject to the food obtainable from the | | boforo United States Commis- ticket, was malled with orders that the d D | e (nothing wrong and to bave had no ime» 1 piuner Intentions, ! Aeting Police Fustlee Carl t. Fiw- | ton get dowh Murbhy's cccumingtlon for this afternoon at 2 o'clock,. war etn a wisi EMPLOYES ARE PARTICULAR. nro move Have Notions About \Grub\ and Don't Like Mosquitoas. The laborers and In the coustraction of the Nlagara, Lockport & Ontarle Power Company' the NLetwa flyer to this elty, are ap- purently an epteurear lot. They ob-} farmers the routs and that serv= l ed si eating houses at Sanborn and oter plues cutoute. On Monday evening, a gang of 1m-j twoon 80 aud 48 Loctport men employe| cd on the Hoe refused to longer eat the | nes served af Manborn and eame tn] this cffy, paying theif own fates, with! the Intenffon, they sald, of getting rquare meds of palatable Aches. A fow days go a Targ mumiber of the transmulesion line employees ralsed others cmiployed | | objections to working in the swamps with h the line crosses between the Ni- 'agara river and Sanbom, on account of ‘ | the mosquitoes, which tormented them | while at work. Work in the swamp { distrlets wes therefore stopped { will not be resumed until fall, after {the other parts of the line are Built ;{Il’ld the mosquitoes have disappeared. | Republicans Recerded as Democrats on Roll Bume time ago the discovery was mide that Willliam J. Gohl and Frank [C, Halifax, both electors in the first | electon district of the second ward, | had been entered by someone in the; [election records as voters, As sun as the discovery was made {le ulleation was made to the courts {to have a correction ordered and the Corder wus ganted and filed with the {county cledk on July 1, |- For some reason ,it is claimed that 8 | the cortection has not been made yet tii nsinfeftion Hue now being built from i_ the party rolls aro being made out 1mm distributed with both these men ve utded invorreclly as Democats. SMALL FIRE THIS MORNING. hout 3:20 o'clock this morning an alrrm from box 212 called the fire de- paitment to put ouf a small blaze in in the old shed at the Cady dry docks, on the tfowpaath near tne Thompson Mills. 'The fire was soon exiinguished. Trataps sleep in the snea and it is suppased that the blagse was started by them. SOUGHT POSTAL THIE FIN EUROPE ANB ARREST OFFICIAL IN NEW YORK Now York, July 20.--A search of months for a rcplstered letter thief in Norway aod Sweden ended dramatic ally today in New York, with ge ar rest of dohn J. Callshan, chief clerl of the foreign branch of the goreral pestofece,. 'The chief clork, who has beon im the service 18 years, was charged with abstracting mail from foreign roglstered letters. He was ar loner Shields and gave bail in $2,500 for examination, Last fall complaints from Norvay and Sweden camo to Tnited States postal authorities, stating that regis tevad letters reached thoir destination thore with thidr valuable contents ab stractod. All these - rifled - letters passod over one cortain railway lHne In Sweden, This pecultar fact «till usexpirincd, misled the detsctives for many works, untll by a system of tost teters to Norwopien - and - Swedish tents all suspicion was Hfted from the reilragd,. Thoteqpon the Icttor test was fo cusod Upon the Halted States offfelals, Ioginzinas with the humblest - office clerks, the inspectors worked slowly , unvaid fnding all the minor offcfals | henost. Vory reluctantly then oa unrated Totter, addressed to Sweden and contalnins a White Star steamship chief clerk be watched for possession of the Heket if It did not reach its} dostiuul'on. _ The ingpeetors charge | thai this Heket remained in Now York wader cireoumstances | that | warrant Chict Clerk Callahan's - arrest, chief clerk raul; next to the superin- tendent and His arrest was a shock to the department, menor suss SURPLUS MONEY BH OF SMALL ACCGUNT. Anothor Reason why there is a very Genoral Willingness on the part of Proporty Owners Affected to have The question came up at the council climbers Monday night whether dt would or would nut be best for the vceunell to return to the property own- ©¥e o wab were taxed for the Main and 'The | Money used for Police and Hospital. | ing to the property owenrs of 20 cents por lineal foot frontage of their prop- erty on the streets in question, The property owners affected have very generally signed Mr. Huston's petition and no one has as wot sought to oppose it, all deeming that the amount they would receive if the sur- plus moneys were returned them pro rati would be teo small to be worth while and that the surplus might be better used in bringing about the building of the long-tolked-of hospital and police buildings. -NEWFANE BUBGET Newfane, July 26. -(Special.)-Mr. and Mrs, Howard Jackson from East Anrora have been spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Jos, Tyler. Mrs. Lennie Corwin has returned home after spending a few days with tev. K, D. Herrick of Montesuma. The Marines of this plac» and the Parker baseball teams played a dou- ble header here Saturday. Both games were won dy the Marines. Tht first game the seore was 10 tof and the see- ond § to 3. Mrs. J. Alion MeCollum and Miss Cimiee McCollum have started for the Adirondack mountains where they ex- pert to spend a few days. Chas. Bradshaw will give a piano ecneert at his lee cream parlor Satur- day evening from 7 o'clock to 10. Mr. Reed and family have started for the Free Methodist encar.pment at North Tonawanda. Mrs, Matilda Shaw, wife .f the late Wm. Shiw, died at the heme of her son, Wm. Shaw, July 2%. 'The funeral wilt take place at the house Thursday, July #7, at 2 w'elock. The married men of the woolen mills It DIVIDED pho RATA IT WoUuLD iwm cross bats with the single men on the ball grounds Saturday afternoon This is expected to be the most excit- ing game of the season. George Van Curen has a large sup- ply of imported canary biv's for sale at his home in this village. wishing a bargain call at his house. The Ladies' Ald society wil hold a social in the chapel ThursCay after- WOMEN DESTITUTE Mrs, Margaret Nolan, a widow aged hurst pvonus brick pavement pro rata the $242045 surplus left over in the furd from the assessment for that im- pbovumert insted of transforring the «tirplus thoneys to certain other funds suute $2 prominent property owners of the mifected streets In a petltton to the wnthoell, Invertisation of the records by a destrnal reporter today brought forth the that the totat.cost of the Matic Bast avenue paving improve- invnt wis aml thet the fuot frontage of property taged for thie im- movement wus 15,592 feet, making the abressment faid $5.50 per Hneat foot {fromtige. ‘ As the was iofd according to fool Terntouge the surplq« $3,120.45, wore it to be returned to the property owners, woirld have to be dividet and nuthor isto Clogmars ftore on Mumt street. Ho elatmed to nave bon doing detriiartel mocording to foot frontage. Buch divislan would mean to return- fur public Improvements as asked by | over 70 years and residing with her daughter on Green street, fell exhaust- ed on the Central raftlroad tracks near the Lock street crossing this morning and the police were notifiel Patrol- man Woods responded and found Mrs. Nulin in a - pitable contition. She clahned that her daughter had beaten her, but Patrolman Woods on investi- gation found the daughter to be sick at home and so werk that she could not have been able to injure her aged mother, Both mother and daughter were found to be living in a state of destitution. Mrs. Nolan was removed to Gorman's boarding house on Lock street and will be committed later to the county house while the daughter will probably be sent to Alrany, where she desites to go to work. Mfrs. Nolan has apparently been mentally affected by her destitute condition,. 'The daugh- ter is said to have a husban.k who does ii | not provide for her or her mother. and i --- | U l cAMBUNGINSTINCTS Have Influence upon High Insurance Officials EXCESSIVE COST OF BUSINESS MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSIONER CONSIDERS RELATIONS BE- TWEEN - INSURANCE - COMPA- NIES &ND THEIR ALLIED TRUST COMPANIES - DEFERRED DIVI- BENDS - FRATERNAL | INSUR- ANCE. Boston, July 26 -Anmual report cf Frederick L. Cutting, commissioner of insuranse for Massachusctts, issued today is exhaustive in its review of mcetsods employed by high insurance officials during the past several years to whom he alludes in some instances as \Judases\ and to one company as the \Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\ com- that the legislature at its next session take up the matter of deferred divi- dents and the relation between insur ance companies and their allied trust companies and other questions, with a view of compelling reform. The report considers insurance in connection with \the gambling in- stinct of the age,\ and tells of the in- uence upon the officials of insurance companics from the \dubious schemes,\ \schemes for getting enor- mously rich,\ the \graft by city offi- cials, state officials, national officials, petty legislators, congressmen, United Slates senators and courts subservient to the great Moloch, money,\ that they have seen all about them, and they also - saw \tainted money - eagerly sought by college and pulpit.\ Of the Equitable Life, the Mutual Life and the New York Life, termed the \big three,\ and the \racers the report says that they have been large- ly responsible for the excessive ex- penses of the business, \to swell the volume of whichand become the big- gest has led cach to pour out money like water,\ and it recommends an im- mediate and ccmplete reform of these in respect to extraordinary - deposits made by them with a few favored banks and trust companies. Referring to theEquitable, the re- port says: \To all outward appear- ances, life insurance has been boom- ing along ssrenely and beautifully dur- ing the past 25 years with money roll ing into the treasuries in broad streams. \But the rude awakening came. A chasm opened, showing the hidden se- crets of agreat 'Dr. Jekyll -and Mr. Hyde' insurance company. It had sud- denly dawned that during these 25 'years of peaceful conquest of millions of public money there had been Jud- for financial gain.\ - Fraternal insurance and the case of the Royal Areanum are dealt with at some length in the report, the com- missioner expressing his opinion that the new rates recently adopted by that order and which caused such a stir within its ranks are not too high. The report states: \The fraternal order does not exist, nor in view of the inexorable law of nature will it or any other kind of insurance company ever exist, which can continue to pay | death claims indefinitely if it merely collects the cost of insurance for age of entry,\ . After dealing at length with the sub ject of life insurance, of the enormous amount of money involved and of the close relations between the companies and the subsidiary trust companies; the commissioner says: \It must be said that the situation constantly pre sents the temptation to directors, who also have stock in the trust company, to give the latter all the advantages they possibly can in the way of de- posits and loans. The interests of their pockets are in perpetual conflict with their duties as fiduciary agents of the policy holders and stockholders of the insurance companies-a most unfortunate state of affairs, from which sooner or later, in some in stances the insurance company is com- ing out second best.\ Ten thousand demons gnawing away at one's vitals couldn't be much worse than the tortures of itching piles. Yet there's a cure. Doan's Ointment never falls = L,) _ {uis . A410 EAI 26, pany, and contains a recommendation ases at work, betraying their trusts | 1903 PEOPLE Discuss VARIGY Bome talk has been indulged in ameng a number of business men who have taken a ninterest in ire matler concerning teh advisability of holding another public meeting of citizens for further discussion of the request of certain power interests thai the Niag- ara, Lockport & Ontario Power com- pany be released from the obligations said to be contained in the Luther con- tracts. The talls has not srystalized into action and no meeting will prob- ahly be called until at least another move has heen made by th. power in- terests. PHASES - _ $ OF OLD POWER CANAL QUESTION rz payment of the money named in the bonds. is apparently strongly again«t any sur- yet been made to. the city. Labot Day will he Uglebrated as Usital Labor Day will be celebrated by the The statement is made, io account for the interest whic his h.ing shown by men of the Ontario Power company in the request to have the Luther con- tracts declared void, that onlions on a controlling block of the Niasara, Lock- port & Ontario company have been ob- tained by heavy stockhollers in the Canadian company, the stock to be tak- en by the ones holding the options if the Luther contracts are thrown over. An interesting question wuich is be- ing discussed among the people is whether the 500,01()O bond: given for tracts are collectable by the city in case the city refuses to release the con- tracts ate collectable by the city in case the city refuses to release the con- tracts and calls for the building of a power canal under the contracts or the union men of this city this year despite the opposition of some who think that the annual celebration shou'd be dis- pensed with this year. The matter was threshed out at a meeting of the Cen- tral Labor union Tuesday evening and the sentiment in fovor of celebrating Lobor Day ruled. A resolliion was adopted to the effect that the Central Labor union should arrange to have a grand Labor Day parade and cele- 'wation, the latter to include a pic- nic, if found advisable after further consideration. President Williams was authorized to appoint a Labor Day committee during the ensuing week to have full charge cf arrange- ments for the affair, the committee to consist of one <delegate from each union affiliated with the central body. Ask for Amendment of the Foraker Law MJNICIPAL DELEGATES MET ADOPT RESOLUTIONS ASKiNQG FOR A TRANSFER OF GOVERN- MENTAL AUTHORITY FRoMm dE. PARTMENT HEADS To AsSsEM- BLIES MADE UP OF PORTO RI- CANS ELECTED BY DISTRICTS TO ACT AS EXECTIVE COUNCIL. San Juan, Porto Rico, July 26 - Many delegates from all parts of the island, composed of all parties, met here yesterday. The memorial adopted recites that this is the seventh anniversary of the American invasion of Porto Rico and complains that the preponderance of power still rests with an executive council composed of heads of depart ments appointed by President Roose velt. \These heads of departments,\ it says, \arrive here knowing nothing of the language, customs or needs of the PORTO RICANS WANT More w POWER IN HOME GOVERMENT 'country and 24 hours after ing take their seats in the exeentive council and determine the fateof the island.\ The memorial calls for no change in Ahe composition of the house of dele- gates, which consists of 35 members elected by the people, but demands the following amendments to the Foraker law: First, The organization of an insular senate to be composed of two senators each from seven districts inplace of the executive council. Second, That the proposed senate and the house possess the same privi- leges granted to the house under the Foraker law. \* < Third, That the secretary of Porto Rico, the attorney general, the treas- urer, the auditor, the commissioner of education and the commissioner of the interior continue in their present of- fices under their present titles, but that they form no part of the executive council. Fourth, That the officials named be appointed by the governor with the consent of the insular senate snd not by the president of the United States The memorial was adopted by a ris ing vote, the delegates cheering for five minutes. The convention also adopteda neti tion for presentation to the insular legislature for the protection of the municipalities and the granting to them of autonomy. Several speeches bitter in tore were made against cen- tralizing the power in the island in the hands of the secretary of Porto Rico and the executive council, The gathering was serious and digni- fied and several ofthe delegations pres- ent were headded by mayors. R. H. Todd, mayor of Sin Juan, initiated the movement and was the chairman of the convention. ing the members of the municipalities together was the growing anti-Ameri- zan feelinz throughout the island. One His reason for call- / I resultof the convention is the perma- nent establishment of an organization krown as the Porto Rican Municipal league with Mayor Tood as president Notable features of the gathering were the total absence of politics, the unanimity of purpose and the determ- ination of the delegates and the en- thusiastic adoption of the memorial to congress. TEMPORARY sz\. INSANITY It causes Estimable Woman to act in | Strange Manner, When Edward Ferris returned from | his place of employment at Nofth Ton- awanda to his home on Lock street. north of Monroe, at 7 o'clock Tuesday evening he found no one at home. Ht waited for an hour or two for his wift to appear and get his supper as usum, and when she did not come he finally became alarmed and made Inquries for her, but to no avail. He sent for his son, who is employed at Capsattle' . clothing store, but the latter had nc knowledge of his mother's whereabouts She had prepared his supper at 6 o'clock and appeared to be all right. The husband and son with neighbors searched for hours for Mrs. Ferris anc finally found her in the rear of a near- by barn, acting in a very strange man- Ferris summoned Drs. Mayne ancl Loomis and they found Mrs. Ferris Kfi be suffering from | sudden | insanity. which is believed to be only tempora- ry. No cause can be assigned for the mental affliction. U FIFTY YEARS A50 WHEN THE COUNTY FAIR WAS FIRST HELD HERE. Some of the Incidents of that Exhibit of Niagara County Products a Half : Century ago-Planning * Exhibition. for coming The first annual fair of the Niagara | - T year was $2,645.50. 'This does not in- clude the races. pense has been close to $6,000 in per- County Agricultural society was held in Lockport over 50 years ago on the 4th and 5th days of October. For the three years previous it had been held in towns remote from the county seat. It was then in its fourth year and its re- turn to Lockport was marked by a de- cided improvement in the exhibition. and a livelier interest in the occasion. The late Hon. Washington Hunt, having retired from the poditical arena to the quietude of farm life, was the president of the society. The cattle show was hrld on the 4th, a raw uncomfortable day, follow- ing one of the most inclement storms of the season which prevented some of the rural stock raisers from driving in their animals. 'The horses and colts exhibited were, with few exceptions, very fine, a credit to any conuty in the State. The majority cf the animals were of the Morgan Black Hawk breed and they captured all the priczs. The first premium on thorough bred stallions was awarded to Loveland Sharp of Lockport, who exhibited one of the above breed, being imported from Vermont by an association of 'The general sentiment among the people of the city at the present time render unless a vastly better offer of transmitted power is made than has PRICE ONE CENT. Prompt Action of New York Central Officials ROBBERS SAID TO BE ABOARD STOP SIGNAL WAS TRAIN BROUGHT TO A STAND- STILL-A. DOZEN MEN SEEN NESS-SEVERAL SHOTS FIRED AFTER RETREATING FORMS. Schenectady, July 261-A hold-up o; one of the Central's express trains was probably frustrated here last night by prompt action of the railroad officials. The local agent received word from Albany to have police atthe station when the American - Express - train passed through here at 12:86, as there were entertained that robbery was in- tended. The train carries no passen gers. 2 tR ' This is the train that Oliver Perry robbed some years ago. 'The stop sig- nal was set -and the train was brough to a halt and several officers were on the scene. whe OC The stopping of the train, however, must have given the intruders a tip that things \'were not going their way, for in an instant a dozen men were seer jumping off the train into the darkness, The offficers:could do nothing againsi the crowd and although they fired sey eral shots after the flecing forms there was no capture, R H gentlemen at an expense of over $2,000. The cattle show did not give a good sepresentation of the stock in the county.. There was a good display of Ine and coarse wooled sheeg. No pre- miums were offered on medium and none were exhibited. The Leicesters, and 'Merinos bore off the bulk of the prizes. The high prices of wool stim- ulated - increase - activity - in sheep | breeding. 'The show of hogs was small, the Suffolks won in most cases. [The plowing match was held on the second day. This was one of the most interesting features of the fair,, and was witnessed by a numrcous course of spectators. A notable fea- ture was the exhibition on the §th of lomestic manufactures and various products of the farm @t the court [house, the high winds preventing the ner and appearing to be hiding. Mr j erection of an exhibit tent. Moses C. Crapsey of Lockport took first on his 10 acres of wheat. Isaad C. Tockwood of Newfane captured first in the second class; his crop of seven acres averaged 44 bushels, There was a large display 'of agricultural implements. Another feature was the able address of the president, an event of unusual ' interest. 'The total receipts for the two days was .........$529 97 'The total amount paid _ out for premiums .... | $352 00 'The total expenses .... 128 18 Balance on hand ....... ae... $49 79 The fair this year will be a great contrast, being much earlier, Aug. 28, and continuing till Saturday, Sept. 2, day and night. - The amount paid in premiums last Rince last fall the ex- manent improvements. If the man- agers of 50 years ago could return and see the dances on the \Trail\ they would drop dead. Lockport and the County Fair never stand still. They Can Not They are all worth only what you pay for them and the best c\ anything is not the cheapest, as you know. Van Copeland, custom tailor, over 8 Main St. Medina, July 26. -The body of Seciye A. Thorpe, the 16-year-old son of Ru- gene Thorpe of Knowlesville, was found this morning. Thorpe is supposed to have drowned while bathing last Saturday, Women love a clear, healthy com- plexon. Pure blood makes it Bur- dock Blood Bitters makes pure blood. . were several men aboard and fears $ & SET AND JUMPING OFF IN THE can- _ YOUNG THO'RPE’S BODY FOUND.
