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Brief Telegrams
Labor troubles in St Petersburg
produce apparently unfounded fears of
recrudescence of strike
The bank of Lebanon Ore was
blown open and relieved of almost
58000 in coin and currency
Several men were blown to pieces
by the explosion of 10000 pounds of
dynamite in a Michigan mine
Mrs J Benson a prominent busi
ness woman of Omaha was found
dead in bed a few mornings ago
Joseph B Foraker senior United
Siates senator from Ohio will con
tinue his residence in Cincinnati
Governor Myron T Herrick of Ohio
sajs he has twice declined the am
bassadorship lo Italy because he can
not talk Italian
Emperor William is endeavoring to
lessen luxury in the army An eques
train festival planned in Berlin has
been given un on his request
United States Minister to Sweden
Thomas has purchased the Swedish
building at the Worlds fair and pre
sonted it to Bethany college Kansas
Geronimo the most notorious of In
dian chieftains will march up Penn
sylvania avenue March 4 in honor of
the inauguration of President Roose
velt
David C Lusk aged 70 years a cou
sin of the late United States Senator
Roscoe Conklin and who for many
years a well known contractor is
dead
The house committee on Indian af
fairs authorized a favorable report on
the Lacey bill providing for the al
lotment and distribution of Indian
tribal funds
Revised returns received from the
Ontario election show that the con
servatives elected seventy one mem
bers of the provincial legislature and
the liberal twenty seven
The senate committee on commerce
authorized a favorable report on the
Elkins bill providing for the amend
ment of the laws admitting foreign
built vessels to American registry
G W Sanborn one of the pioneer
railroad men of the northwest is dead
at Los Angeles Cal He was formerly
superintendent of the Iowa and Dako
ta division of the Milwaukee railway
United States Senator Clapp and
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Taylor were employed on a Minne
apolis paper together years ago Clapp
was office boy and Taylor was editor
The Burlington announced that the
rate on corn from Nebraska points to
Utah would be reduced from 50 to 40
cents per 100 pounds This meets a
rate recently made by the Union Pa
cific
N C Nash of Canton S D a wide
ly known veteran editor died after a
lingering ilness Mr Naph was editor
and proprietor of the Sioux Valley
News at Canton for nearly thirty
years
Minister Dawson has cabled the
state department from San Domingo
that the new protocol providing for
placing the responsibility of San Do
mingo finances upon the United States
was signed
With the Lewis and Clark
nial exposition but a few months
ahead the city of Portand Ore is
becoming the haven of a gang of
criminals highwaymen and other un
desirable persons
It is stated on high authority that
James Burton Reynolds of Massachu
setts has been decided upon as the
- successor to Robert B Armstrong as
sistant secretary for the treasury in
charge of customs
The president has issued an order
transferring from the interior depart
ment to the department of commerce
and labor the work of inspecting and
collecting statistics of the government
bond aided railroads
In addition to the 10000 a week
which the miners federation of Great
Britain has promised the striking
German coal miners the metal work
ers league of Stuttgart has contri
buted 15000 to the strike fund
Captain Seth Bullock of South Da
kota is receiving applications from
cowboys to accompany him to Wash
ington for the inaugural in greater
numbers than can be accommodated
At least fifty will go from this place
and surrounding country
The Daily Mirror asserts that owing
to a recognition of the fact that the
country is not ripe for a fundamental
change in fiscal policy it has been de
ided that Mr Chamberlains war cry
for the general election shall only be
vote for a colonial conference and
that for the present electors will not
be asked to go further
Members of the Iowa delegation
claim that they are being misrepre
sented as regards attitude on rate
legislation
The famous singing master Manuel
Garcia of London who invented the
laryingoscope fifty years ago will be
100 years old on March 17 1905
The sultan of Turkey and the queen
of The Netherlands are the only total
abstainers among European sover
eigns
Representative Comer ford was ex
pelled from the Illinois legislature as
a result of his sensational charges of
bribery and corruption
The house committee- on merchant
marine and fisheries voted to post
pone action at this session nt the
omnibus fish hajchery bill
VOTE IS COUNTED
THEODORE ROOSEVELT FORMAL
LY ELECTED PRESIDENT
CONGRESS IN JOINT SESSION
Official Canvass of the Returns Brings
Great Crowd to Galleries Senator
Frye Recapitulates the Vote and
Makes the Announcement
WASHINGTON Although the re
sult of the presidential election was
known early in the evening of No
vember it was not until now when
the senate and house met in joint ses
sion that Theodore Roosevelt and
Charles W Fairbanks were officially
declared elected president and vice
president respectively for four years
beginning March 4 1005 This quad
rennial function of congress attracted
to the house chamber where the elect
oral vote was canvassed an immense
gathering prominent among the au
ditors being Mrs Roosevelt Miss
Alice Roosevelt the presidents sister
Mrs Cowles and Mrs Charles W
Fairbanks wife of the vice president
elect
President Pro Tern Frye of the sen
ate presided and delivered the an
nouncement of the result of the count
which showed that Roosevelt and
Fairbanks received 336 electoral votes
and Parker and Davis 140 The whole
proceeding consumed exactly fifty
minutes thereby establishing a new
record in counting the electoral vote
At 1 oclock Doorkeeper Lyons of
the house announced the arrival of the
president pro tempore and the senate
of the United States Pesident Pro
Tempore Frye at once mounted the
rostrum to the right of Speaker Can
non At the same time the inlaid ma
hogany box containing the electoral
votes was deposited on the speakers
table and opened the senators in the
meantime taking seats on the right
side of the chamber While they were
being seated the members of the
house stood up President Pro Tem
pore Frye presided
The tellers of the two houses
Messrs Burrows Mich and Bailey
Tex of the senate and Gaines W
Va and Russell Tex of the house
then took their places at the speakers
desk and the certificates were read
by each teller in twn
The state were called in alphabetic
al order The first mention of Presi
dent Roosevelts name came when the
vote of California was announced It
was the signal for applause from the
republican side
- When the total vote was ready Sen
ator Burrows announced that of the
total electoral vote of 476 of Avhich a
majority was 230 Theodore Roosevelt
for president and Charles W Fair
banks for vice president had each
received 336 and that Judge Alton B
Parker for president and Henry Gas
saway Davis for vice president had
each recived 140 votes Senator Frye
recapitulated the vote and then made
the following announcement
This announcement of the state of
the vote by the president of the sen
ate shall be deemed a sufficient de
claration of the persons elected presi
dent and vice president of the United
States each for the term beginning
March 4 1905 and shall be entered
together with a list of the votes on
the journals of the senate and house
of representatives
GERMAN MINERS LIKE BILL
Return to Work as Result of Promist
to Improve Conditions
BERLIN Two to three thousand
coal miners who struck in the Sile
sian district returned to work Mon
day believing that the governments
bill now in preparation will readjust
their relations with their employers
The governments proposed law limits
the working day to nine hours in gal
leries where the temperatures are
about 70 degrees Fahrenheit includ
ing the time going in and coming out
of the mines In temperatures of 84
degrees Fahrenheit and higher only
a six hour day is permitted Within
two or three years the nine hour day
is to be shortened to eight and one
half hours About nine tenths of the
miners of Germany come within these
provisions
The disallowing of entire cars of
coal because of the presence of for
eign substances is to be forbidden
Fines may be assessed but there must
not exceed 1 to 150 per month
Will Push Usi of Cotton
NEW ORLEANS Former United
States Senator MeLaurin of South
Carolina chairman of the committee
appointed by the Southern Interstate
Cotton convention to wait on Presi
dent Roosevelt and ask him to form
a commission to introduce American
cotton into the Orient and other un
developed markets will visit the
president February 20 He says that if
China may be induced to use Ameri
can cotton it is not unreasonable to
believe that 25000000 bales of the
American crop will be consumed
Operations at a Standstill
ST PETERSBURG Military oper
ations in Manchuria continue at a
standstill No importance is attached
by the war office to the Japanese
movements on the Russian center and
left which are regarded as inerely
demonstrations General Heisman a
Avar critic expresses the opinion that
the Russians are not likely to sur
render the positions captured north
of Sandepas and that a series of en
counters there will probably continue
until the Aveather is favorable for a
general advance
i WO NEW STATES
Senate Passes the Bill That Admits
Them
WASHINGTON After a continu
ous sitting of almost nine hours the
senate at 845 oclock Tuesday night
passed the joint statehood bill As
passed the bill provides for the ad
mission of the states of Oklahoma to
be composed of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory and New Mexico according
to the present boundaries with Ari
zona eliminated
The long session was characterized
by exciting incidents and many sur
prises Beginning promptly upon the
convening at 12 oclock the senate
proceeded to consider the various
amendments which had been suggest
ed by the committee on territories
and which had been passed over One
of the first of these taken up was the
amendment prohibiting the sale of in
toxicating liquors in what is now In
dian Territory for the next ten years
and this was displaced with a substi
tute offered by Mr Gallinger which
extended the amendment to the entire
state for a period of twenty one years
and this was adopted
The first surprise of the day came
when the committee accepted Mr
Forakers amendment for a separate
vote by each of the territories of
Arizona and New Mexico on the con
stitution to he adopted by the pro
posed state of Arizona That provision
had scarcely been made a part of the
bill when Mr Bard presented his
amendment which had been original
ly offered by Mr Patterson and which
provided for the admission of New
Mexico as a state without the addition
of Arizona This amendment proved to
be the point around which all the sub
sequent proceedings of importance
revolved It was at first adopted by
the close vote of 42 to 40 This vote
was taken while the senate was sit
ting in committee of the whole and
Avas reversed in the senate proper by
the tie vote of 38 to 38
Subsequently the senate decided
by a vote of 38 to 36 to entirely elim
inate New Mexico and Arizona from
the bill and this result had hardly
been announced when Mr Bard in
slightly changed form renewed his
proposition for the admission of New
Mexico as a state and this time the
amendment prevailed by the vote of
40 to 37 One of the affirmative votes
was however cast by Mr Beveridge
in charge of the bill for the purpose
of moving the reconsideration of the
vote He was prompt in entering this
motion as soon as the result was an
nounced but the motion was laid upon
the table Dy a vote of 39 to 3S The
effect was to eliminate Arizona from
the bill and to establish a state of
Now Mexico and another of Okla
homa and Indian Territory In this
form the bill passed The bill origin
ated in the house and will go to con
ference
THEY COMPLY WITH CLOSURE
LRate Legislation in Line With Demo
cratic Platforms
WASHINGTON The democratic
members of the Missouri delegation
in the house forwarded the following
telegram to the Missouri state legisla
ture acknowledging the receipt of the
resolution of that body favoring Presi
dent Roosevelts policy on rate legis
lation
We are in receipt of copy of joint
resolution passed by legislature ask
ing us to support the recommendation
of the president to regulate freight
rates As democrats it affords us
pleasure to comply with this request
and we can support such legislation
the more zealously since the presi
dents message is simply a reitera
tion of the declaration in the last
three national democratic platforms
as well as the frequent utterances of
Mr Bryan
SPENDS DAY ON AGRICULTURE
Senate Finures on Appropriations for
Farm Exoeriments
WASHINGTON The senate de-
j voted Thursday to debate on the agri
cultural appropriation bill but did not
complete the measure There was a
renewal of the discussion of the gen
eral policy of distributing the appro
priation bills among a number of com
mittees
Mr Gorman and Mr Spooner con
tended that the change had resulted
in a vast increase in the cost of con
ducting the government Mr Hale
agreed that in recent years there had
been a great increase in the appro
priations but he attributed it to
what he characterized as the war
craze
ROSEBUD BILL IS SIGNED
Homesteaders Now Have Until May 1
in Which to Make Settlement
WASHINGTON The president on
Tuesday signed the bill granting an
extension of time to claimants in
which to make settlement on lands on
the Rosebud reservation in Gregory
county South Dakota and also on the
Devils lake reserve in North Dakota
The bill affects all who filed prior to
November 1 1904 and extends the
time for making settlement to May l
Wyoming AntiChristian Science
CHEYENNE Wyo The Christian
Sciensts osteopaths magnetic healers
and others who treat the b1Jnd halt
and sick without the aid of surgery or
medicines are up in arms as a result
of passage by the legislature of a
bill which proiiibits them from prac
ticing in Wyoming Under the act
which only lacks the signature of the
governor to become law Christian
Scientists osteopaths and others can
be fined and imprisoned for adminis
tering to their patients if they collect
fees therefor
IN BOTH HOUSES
LOWER BRANCH WILL DISCUSS
NAVAL MATTERS
TO TAKE UP EXPENSE BILL
House Holds Sunday Session at
Which Eulogies of Senator Hoar
Are Pronounced by Members of the
Massachusetts Delegation
WASHINGTON The naval appro
priation bill will be taken up by the
house or Monday as soon as legisla
tion for the District of Columbia has
been disposed of The naval bill is
usually a subject of long debate and
this year will be attacked on several
grounds There will be a general
discussion as to the naval policy and
issue is to be taken with the commit
tee in its provision for new ships The
topic of armor plate contracts is to
fill its accustomed place on the pro
gram while submarine boats and tor
pedo boats are to form the basis of
offensive and defensive argument The
best estimate that can be made is
that at least four days will be con
sumed in getting legislative action on
this bill in the house It is to be
calendar for some time and usually
occupies several days once it is taken
up Should the decks be cleared at
rny time- the proposed legislation on
the Panama canal project which is
the continuing order will be dis
cussed
The attention of the senate this
week will be divided between the
Swayne impeachment trial and the
appropriation bills The trial will be
taken up each day at 2 oclock and
will continue to receive attention un
til 5 oclock Before and after the
period between those hours the ap
propriation bills will be considered
The agricultural appropriation is still
under discussion and as soon as it is
disposed of the hill making appro
priations for the District of Colum
bia will be taken up to be followed
by the diplomatic and consular bill
Tribute to the memory of the late
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts was
the occasion of a special session of
the house of representatives Sunday
Many of the members attended the
session which began at 12 oclock
The galleries were occupied liberally
Representative Lawrence of Massa
chusetts presided
Resolutions expressing the sense of
bereavement and loss in the death of
Senator Hoar were offered by Repre
sentative Lovering Mass
Speakers to these resolutions were
Messrs Gilett Lawrence Thayer Sul
livan Green Roberts McNary Pow
ers Kelliher and Tirell all of Massa
chusetts and Clark and DeArmond of
Missouri
The eulogies occupied the house un
til 237 p m when the resolutions
were adopted and the house ad
journed
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion has assigned dates for hearings
in important cases The differential
case involving the question of differ
entials on traffic to the Atlantic ports
has been assigned for oral argument
in this city April 4
PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL
House Committee Authorizes a Fa
vorable Report
WASHINGTON The house com
mittee on ways and means authorized
a favorable report on the tariff bill
for the Philippines The bill is a
complete revision of the duties col
lected by the Philippine government
on imports from all countries The
schedules as prepared by the Philip
pine commission and revised by Sec
retary Taft were not amended in any
material particular by the committee
An unsuccessful effort was made
by Mr Williams Miss for the mi
nority to provide absolute free trade
on those articles which the Philip
pines have heretofore purchased from
the United States and also to reduce
the duty on rice
On motion to report the bill there
was no yarty division
ONE OF ITS WEAK POINTS
Esch Townsend Bfl Doesnt Reach
Private Car Lines
WASHINGTON While President
Roosevelt approves of the Esch
Townsend railroad freight rate bill
pending before the house of represent
atives it is expected that he would
like to have incorporated in it stronger
provisions relating to private car
lines Representative Babcock Wis
had a talk with the president about
the pending legislation He holds the
same views regarding private car
lines as the president
Senator McComas Md also talked
with the president about the pending
railroad legislation The president is
endeavoring to bring about action in
the senate at this session on the rate
question hoping the senate may take
up the Esch Townsend measure when
the bill reaches it
Stockholders Dividend
NEW YORK The differences now
existing between foreign stockholders
in the Kansas Cify Southern railway
and the voting trust which controls
that property will be settled by com
promise or contested in the courts in
the near future This much was de
clared by the legal representatives of
the foreign stockholders The voting
trustees contend that the demands of
the stockholders for he payment of
dividends is unreasonable on the
ground that such dividends had not
j been earned
DISLIKE THE ARRANGEMENT
Element in San Domingo Opposes
Prptocol
WASHINGTON During Saturday
cablegrams were received at both
the state and navy departments from
San Domingo The text of these was
withheld from publication but it was
stated that they permitted the under
standing that Lieutenant Commander
Leiper from the Detroit had estab
lished himself as collector of customs
at Monti Cristi There was no report
of threatened disturbance though an
intimation was conveyed in the cable
grams that some of the Dominican
leaders in opposition to Morales ad
ministration do not view with satisfac
tion the action by the American naval
commander in establisning himself at
Monti Cristi
Commander Dillingham spent some
time in conference with the president
and afterward made the following
statement
Referring to the article on Santo
Domingo in the issue of a New York
newspaper I having just returned
from Santon Domingo am in a posi
tion to deny the statement made by
Judge Abbott that the custom houses
of Santo Domingo were taken over by
the United States authorities on Feb
ruary 1 or 2 under the preliminary
followed immediately by the river and Jt
1lnglm and f
harbor bill which has been on the 41Sne5B T1
uaauaij til UIUL LI1
had been
taken on the 5th the day I left Santo
Domingo and I have positive infor
mation that they have not been taken
over since under the terms of the
protocol
PUBLIC LANDS COMMISSION
Recommends Some Changes in Exist
ing Laws
WASHINGTON The public lands
commission which has been consider
ing the advisability of changes in the
national land laws has completed its
report after sessions occupying the
last two weeks The report will be
submitted to the president at once It
makes important recommendations in
tended to correct existing abuses
The abuse and evasion of the tim
ber and stone act whose repeal or
sweeping modification has been urged
repeatedly in government reports and
the commutation clause of the home
stead law are discussed and it is be
lieved that the repeal or the modifi
cation of the latter so as to prolong
the residence on the homestead will
be required instead of the present
short period are recommended The
question of control of the grazing
lands of the government is considered
at length
It is estimated that there are 300
000000 acres of land in this country
apparently fit only for grazing pur
poses and the commission lias made
recommendations designed to prevent
the constant destructive work perpe
trated on theKe lands by trespassers
and to prevent the frequent conflicts
over public grazing lands among dif
ferent classes of stockmen
ALMOST KILLS HIS KEEPER
Chadron Neb Insane Man Attacks
St Louis Hospital Guard
ST LOUIS Mo Guard Andrew
Gavin of the observation ward of the
emergency hospital was attacked by
Guy Long of Chadron Neb an insane
patient and almost killed Long was
exercising in the corridor of the cell
division when without warning he
jumped upon Gavin from behind
With maniacal strength he bore the
keeper to the floor and began jumping
up and down upon him Gavin was
almost dead when other attendants
heard the exulting cries of the man
iac and rushed to the formers aid
Six men were roughly handled before
Long was safely strapped to a cot in
his cell Gavins body is almost entire
ly covered with black and blue spots
Long has been a patient for several
days He was allowed the freedom of
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STATEHOOD BILL
IT IS
LIKELY TO FAIL
LOVER HOUSE
IN THE
REPUBLICANS IN CONFERENCE
They Decide to Stand by Their Ori
ginal Agreement That Oklahoma
and Indian Territory be One State
and New Mexico and Arizonia An
other
WASHINGTON Statehood for Ok
lahoma and New Mexico will not bo
granted during this session of con
gress unless it be on lines provided
in the house statehood bill
This was decided at a conference
cf i publican members of the house
The following resolution setting forth
this position was adopted 112 to 33
after three hours of debate
Resolved That it is the sense of
this conference that the action and
policy of the republican caucus held
April 15 1901 touching the admission
of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as
one state and New Mexico and Ari
zona as one state as provided in tho
bill of the house No 14749 which
bill has been amended by the senate
and is now pending in the house com
mittee on territories be insisted upon
and that wo insist on such parliament
ary proceedings as can be had by a
majority of the house or a special
order as can be made and adopted by
a majority of the house under which
the aforesaid policy of the republicans
of the house will be worked out
Speaker Cannon is the author of
this resolution When the conference
convened three proposals were laid
before it none of which were adopted
The first was a resolution offered by
Mr Dalzell reciting the history of
tho statehood legislation in the houso
and reaffirming the caucus action tak
en at that time Another was a reso
lution by Mr Sibley Pa providing
that the statehood bill be made tho
subject of conference between tho
two houses The third was an amend
ment to tli is resolution offered by
Mr Tawney adding that in such
conference the houso conferees be in
structed to insist on the house provi
sions of the bill
Delegate Rodey N M made a
strong appeal for concurrence in the
senate bll He however did not
make any motion lo this end Other
speeches were made by Representa
tive Dalzell Pa Hamilton Mich
chairman of the committee on terri
tories x
Delegate McGuiro Okla pleaded
for action whereby at least Oklahoma
and Indian Territory might be admit
ted Speaker Cannon occupied tho
floor at length on two different occa
sions Other speakers were Repre
sentatives Hepburn Tawney Burkett
Needham Brick and Gains
The debate was keyed to a high
pitch at all times The ground was
taken by those who favored tho
house provisions or nothing that the
republicans of the body would be sac
rificing their position taken hereto
fore to a few republican senators who
had seen fit to unite with the minor
ity of the senate if the bill as amend
ed was accepted
the corridor because the physicians I an1 Germanys latest victory in se
considered him harmless
Investigation of Panama Road
WASHINGTON No date has been
set for beginning the investigation of
the affairs of the Panama Railroad
company which task has been as
signed by resolution to a sub-committee
of the house committee on inter
state and loreign commerce Repre
sentative Shacklcford chairman of
this investigation committee said
that it would be some days before
the details of the investigation would
he decided on Much of the informa
tion desired regarding the affairs of
this road has been received
Orders an Investigation
WASHINGTON Postmaster Gener
al Wynne has ordered an investiga
tion of the incident that occurred at
the railroad station here when a
carrier said to August W Machen on
the latters departure for the peni
tentiary that the latter had the sym
pathy of a large number of free de
livery letter carriers The postmaster
general feels that the sentiment does
not represent the sentiment of that
branch and that the employes have
no sympathy for Machen
Railroad Accident in Iowa
OMAHA Near Melbourne Iowa
on the morning of the 0th an engine
and seven cars went through a bridge
and were piled up in a heap the acci
dent heiiis caused by a broken rail
The train was a double header and
the first online passed safely over the
bridge Two men were killed and a
a number wounded some of them
quite severely The dead are Robert
Marsh of Iowa riding as a passen
ger and C A Morris the brakeman
Both of them made their homes at
Council Bluffs
FRANCE JEALOUS OF GERMANY
Intimacy of Berlin Government With
Turkey is Growing
WASHINGTON Considerable in
terest has been aroused in diplomatic
circles oy the dispatches telling of the
French crisis at Constantinople and
news of the movement of M Constans
the French ambassador there is be
ing anxiously awaited Although dip
lomats here are without official infor
mationu regarding the situation it is
known that the French government
has for a long time been concerned
over the increased activity of
man interests in the Ottoman emnire
curing the contract for the re-armament
of the Turkish artillery is look
ed upon as the culmination of a series
of German triumphs in Turkey which
in the opinion of some are due to the
growing -intimacy of the Berlin gov
ernment with the porte
ERIE ROAD SCENTS DANGER
Opposes Grant of Much Power to
Commerce Commission
NEW YORK President Underwood
of the Erie Railroad company has
sent out a circular to stockholders or
that corporation in which he says
It is obvious that the owners of
railroad securities have a vital inter
est in the disposition of the bill relat
ing to interstate
commerce now un
der consideration by the committee of
congress Any law enacted that will
prevent the cutting of rates unjust
discriminations and all other dishon
est practices would
be beneficial not
only to the
public in
general but to
the railroads as well It is however
the opinion of those who have had the
best opportunity for studying the sit
uation that it would be a serious mis
take to have a bill passed authorizing
he
interstate
commerce commission
to fix rates for transportation
Can Go Behind the Records
genaSmNGTN The ter
genera s empowered not only to fix
taVnA f a P0straasr on the
ba is of the
gross
receipts of his post
office as provided by JW but also to
go behind the receipts to determine
whether
they were obtained proper
accorumg to a decision
rendered
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Comptroller of the Treasury
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affects
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