The Omaha Daily Bee JSSTAKLISIIJSD JUXH JJ, 1871. OMAHA, TlICltSDAY MOtttfliNG, BECIiMBEK 5, IDOl-TWELVB PAGES. sing us corv iav.K cents. mm i SENATE'S BUSY GRIND Ytabtri of Upptr latm of Canjraii lard at Wark Tranand Lwi. DRAITIC MEASURES ON ANARCHISM Itnral Bills An Iatraduoid. i . .t 1a ' ' It u jar Dt man rniij. HALE WANTS STATEHOOD FOR OKLAHOMA Baiifarotmint of tha Gsarj Exoinion let Urg ai bj Loica. HANSBROUGH'S BILL FOR IRRIGATION Jn h Measure Prnpiwetl lij' Nrunlur liiirfRc I'lnn In llcvlrd I'rntlillitK llevrnne for- (hr 1 li 1 1 1 1. Iilno Islnnd. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Prnctlcnlly the ntlre tlmo of the sonatc today wan devoted to the Introduction of bills nnd resolutions. Two of thoso mensitrcs, relating to the sup pression of anarchy nnd tho dealing with iinnrchlsts, wore allowed to Ho on tho tabid ho that their authors, Mr. McComas of Muryland and Mr. Vest of Missouri, may bring them to tho early nttcutlon of tho senate. Tho Inthmlnn canal report 'was iranKinttteil to tho senate hy tho president nnd several Mils providing for the construe tlon of tho waterway, one of them hy Mr. Morgan of Alabama, who has led the move ment for tho canal In tlm past, were pre sented. 'J'o Punish Anarchl!, Senator Hoar today Introduced a hill for the protection of tho president, which pro vides an follows: That any person who shall within the limits of tho 1'nlted State or any place Miilijcct to tho Jurisdiction thereof, willfully kill or cniisn the death of tho president of tho United States, or any olllcer thereof, or ahull kill or enuso tho dentil of tho ruler or chief magistrate of any foreign country, shall bo punished with dentil. That any person who shall, within tha limits of the United States or nny place subject to tlm Jurisdiction thereof, make an attempt on tho llfo of tho president of tho t'nlted States or nny officer thereof, or who shall mnkn nn attempt on tho llfo of tho luler or chief magistrate of nny foreign cojntry, shall lie punished with ilon tli. Trent with Acetiinpllec. That any person who shall within tho limits or the United States, or any place subject to tho Jurisdiction .thereof, advise the killing of tho president of the United States or any ofllccr thereof, or Hhnll eon splro to accomplish tho same: or who shall advise or counsel the killing of the ruler or chief magistrate of nny foreign coun try, or shall consplro to accomplish tho same, shall bo punished by Imprisonment Jtot exceeding twenty years. That any person who bus conspired as aforesaid muy be Indicted nnd convicted separately, nllhiiugh the other party, or parties, to tho conspiracy are not Indicted or convicted, That any person who shall willfully nnd knowingly aid In tlm cscupn from punish ment of nnypcr?on trullty of either of tho nots mentioned In tho foregoing sections shall bo deemed an accomplice after the fact, and shall bo punished ns a principal, although the other party, or parties, to said offense shall not bo Indicted or con victed. llnimlirntiKh'n Irrluiillon Hill. Senator Hansbrough reintroduced his Irri gation hill of last session with various nmendmonts. It provides for tho setting asldo of tho money derived from tho sale of public lands In tho arid and semi-arid legions of the United States and tho col lertlun of these moneys In a fund to ho used for tho reclamation of tho arid lands. Tho secretary of the Interior la given rhargo of this fund and of all tho tletalh of Its collection nnd expenditure. Ho Is authorized to make aurvoys and construct reservoirs whero necessary nnd to condemn tho lands necoBsary to do so. Wat or is to bo distributed nnd persons whose lands are benefited are to pay for tho same, tho funds thus collected to go Into tho reclamation fund. Senator Hans brough has borrowed one section from tho Ncwlands bill, providing that nothing In tho proposed law shall bo allowed to conflict with stato laws bearing on tho subject of irrigation. Tho secretary of tho Interior Is authorized to Immediately dcslgnato what aru arid and scnil-arhi lands. Ntntrl(ood fur Oklahoma, Senator Halo reintroduced tho raelflo cable bill as it passed" at the last session of congress. It provides for tho construc tion by tho government of a cable from the western const of tho United States to Ha waii. Senntor Fairbanks today Introduced a bill for the ndmlsslon of Oklahoma as a stato nnd providing that tho capital shall be lo cated at n town to be railed McKlnley, In honor of the lato president. Itrvpiiiir for Philippine. Senntor Lodgo Introduced i bill to provldn revenues for tho Philippine Islands. It pro vides that the tariff passed hy tho Philip pine commission September I, 1001, nnd np. Ptoved by the secretary of war shall re main In full fnrco nnd effect. This covers goods going Into the Islands. Section 3 of the bill provides for levy ing tho same duty and tariff on goods coming Into tho United Slates from the Philippine Islnnds that are now collected from foreign countries. Section 3 provides that, until otherwise vrdnrcd, statutory laws of the United States shall not be In force In tho Phil ippines, except as ordered by tho Phil ippine commission. Section 4 provides that all duties col lected In tho Philippine Islands Hhnll he paid Into the Philippine treasury, Kufnrce Cenry Art. Senator Lodge today Introduced a bill providing for the removal of tho tun years' limitation on tho Chinese exclusion act, thus leaving Iho provisions of the Geary net In foreo. That net, which was ap proved May 5, 1S!2. excluded the Chluesn Indefinitely, but tho Scott act of November 3, 18(13, limited the exclusion to ten years. In case thero Is no legislation In the mean tlmo the ten years' limit would expire next May. Senator Lodge's bill Is brief nnd Is an follows: That ha much of section 1 of tho act of congress approved November 3, ISM. "To prevent the coming of Chinese persons Into the United States," us limits tho ex clusion of said Chinese porsor.s to ten years from the passage of said not of May 6. H'.', Is hereby repealed. In addition to Senator Lodge's bill for tho continued exclusion of Chinese, similar bills wcro presented by Senators Mitchell, Fairbanks, Stewart, Quay nnd Penrose. Senator Mitchell's bill also applies to tho exclusion of Japanese nnd Filipinos and their descendants, ns v. oil as to the- de eccndnnts of Chinese, Tii lie port AuarchUf, Senator Harrows today introduced a bill Continued on Second Pago, I LABORI FINALLY EXPLAINS lilKht Tli rim ii mi vllcucil llri'tii-li He Iitccii licyfn mill Ills Attornr) . PAULS, Dec. 1. The recent recrudescence of Interest In the Dreyfus case hns created several Incidents which, while they do not affect the question of the Innocence, of Dreyfus, throws Interesting light on tho subsequent relations of Dreyfus, Holn nch, Laborl, M'lcqunrt and others, ''"'narh's withdrawal of his brief ' ' Maltre I.aborl In tho. suit brought lit " " former by Mme. Henry was the first ' ,;hnt drew attention to the rup ture bei .1 them. Lnborl about the same lime published nn article In the (Irande Revue, which ho edited, on the political situation, In which he pointed nut that the Dreyfus affair was closed by the fact that Dreyfus had accepted n pnrdott. In acquiescing to this settlement and In ne ceptlng settlement I-nborl concluded that Dreyfus' friend had removed the question from a high mornl plane Into one of pure personalities nnd that the Dreyfus question had ceased to be human and universal. These declarations Indicated a rupture be tween Lnborl and Dreyfus, Laborl toilay breaks silence. In nn nrtlcle published by the Journal, the llrst of a series which ho announced, entitled "My Kxplanatlon." What he says today Is not of the first Importance, but Is evidently a prelude to interesting revelations regard ing his relations with Dreyfus and Ilelnach. He say.i that ho censed to be counsel for Dreyfus a year ago, at tho request of tho Dreyfus family, and that In view of di vergence of opinion as to the conduct of the Dreyfus trial and the subsequent amnesty question ho asked Relnaoh In October, 1893, to allow him to relinquish his briefs In tho Henry nnd other enses, but Ilelnnch np penlcd 1 1 his devotion, pointing out the grnvo effects of a public separation between them. Lnborl concludes with snylng that ho has endured tho calumnies nf his adversaries for years past, but to allow himself to bo ralumlnated by clients or friends of clients, ns la tho Echo do Paris article, which ho know .4 camo through an authorized in formant, Is too much to expect from his ab negation. He will reply thereto In tho next article. GOVERNMENT HOLDS COLON Inhabitant Gull)- Cclchrnle Hie He capture of the Capital CI I-. COLON, Dec. 4. The Rrltlsh cruiser Tribune, which snllcd from hern Sunday with tho Uritlsh consul on board, hns re turned to Colon from llocns del Toro, bringing news that the latter town Is In tho hands of the government nnd that Its Inhabitants nro gaily celebrating tho re capture of Colon. Captain Galloway of Tribune nnd Mr. Hudson, tho nrltlsh consul, havo gone to Panama on a special train to make a com plaint to tha government of the alleged Ill-treatment of Tribune's bontswaln by Colombian soldiers at nocas del Toro. They claim that no punishment was In flicted on the offenders. Trlbunn had a boatload of armed men rendy to land In caso of necessity. r- llocaa del Toro Is a banana town, where American, British and othet foreign Inter ests nro supreme, especially the first men tioned. Tho peaco commission, composed of a representative of prominent llbernls of Panama, a representative of tho Colombian government and General dc la Hoa, a secretary of General Dtmlngo, who stnrted for tho Interior to Interview General! Diaz and Lugo nnd induco them to give up tho struggle and return to Panama, re turned to thnt city today. The commis sioners saw General Diaz, who agrees to lay down his nrms nnd ,romo to Pnnntna under the same conditions which were ngrccd upon at tho tlmo of tho surrender of Colon. General do la Itosa, who surrendered Colon to the government forces, will. It In roported, be nppolnted a commissioner to go to Tumaro for tho purpose of arrnnglng an exchange of prisoners. DENIED RUMORJPROVES TRUE Heportcil Dud llrtnrrn Mnjur Vnu Tot anil Prince Ifrtiry Snli atnntlnUwI. AMSTERDAM, Dec. . In spite of offi cial denials Investigations show there Is substantial foundation for the story of a duel having bocn 'fought between Prlnco Henry of Tho Netherlands, husband of Queen Wllhelmlnn, and Major Van Tots, the queen's nide-do-camp. It nppcars that n dinner nt Hot Loo her majesty was hurt by some Inattention on tho pnrt of the princo nnd spoke to him sharply. Prince Henry retorted offensively, whoroupon Ma jor Van Tots mndo n remark regarding tho impropriety of tho prlnco consort's conduct. A quarrel followed between the nlde-do-eainp nnd tho princo, who had boen drinking freely, and a duel with swords was fought after dinner. Van Tots was wounded. He has. since boon removed to Utrecht to bo operated upon. Tho same, incident gave rlso to another duel between Prince Henry and a gentlemnn of tho court. The latter was slightly wounded. GOLD BASISJS INEVITABLE Ornilunt Depression In Silver In .Mexico mill Hlse of Yrllovr .Metal. MRXICO CITY, Dec. 4. Tho rapid rise In exchange, ns shown by the gold premium, Is the theme of discussion In financial and business circles. Some bankers regard tho depression In silver as temporary nnd hope for a speedy reaction. Others lesB sanguine point to tho fact that far eighteen years thero has be'en on the whole a constant downward tendency Hnd tho expression of tho belief that eventually Mexico will have to come to a gold busts Is common. New York exchange stands at 132 pre mium and this seriously affects Importers. Several heavy orders about to be sent lo the United States have been held back pcud lug u more settled stato of exchange. On the other hand, the low price for silver Is very favornble to American capitalists buy ing property here. MISS STONE IS SNOWBOUND lilt railuriltioii Proven 1ni She llu XiH llfi-n hi Klllilrclh Vnllej. CONSTANTINOPLE Dee. 4, Tho recent silence of Miss Kllen M. Stone, the cap tive American missionary, U largely attrib uted to the unusually heavy snows. A minute Investigation of the Kllldrcth val ley, whero the captives nre reported to have been burled, hns nearly been- completed, but falls to show that Miss Stone nnd her companion, Mme, Tsllka, were ever iu that district. DROPS ON PRESIDENT HICREY Wtittia Lttft Dupoiu Him and Elicta Jmi3 WhitflaM. TEBEAU ALSO HEARS SOMETHING FALL M mi n In it Ik (ilirn Knnsns CM J- Frnn ehlne nml Denver's l to ho Avtnrdcd l'Vust .striken I,cn nnn nf St. 1'iuil. ST. JOSKPH, Dec. 4. (Special Tele gram.) Tho Western base ball league Is still In business nnd will be conducted dur ing tho coming season practically as It was last, according to tho statements of a ma jority of the league members, who held a wnrm seralon In one of the parlors of the Hotel Mctropole this afternoon, President T. J. Illckey was practically deposed and James Whitfield of Kaiuns City electrd hi successor. I'p to this afternoon President Thomas .). Hlekey of the Western league and Oeorgn Tebeau, who wore tho prime movers In the orgnnlratfon of the American nssoclntlon In Chicago a few days ago, were confident thnt tho Western league was a thing of tho past. The leaguo lives and President Hlekey and Mr. Tclenu were today per mitted' to leslgn. President George Lennon of the St. Paul club, who has boen closely Identified with Mr. Tebenu nnd Mr. Hlekey. was dropped from tho lengue. Tho SI. Paul franchise will be retained by tho league. President Hlekey called the meeting to order a little after 3 o'clock. Thoso present were: George Tebeau of Knusns City, A. U. Ileall of Minneapolis. William Ilourke of Omnhn, Frank I'lynn of Ucs Moines. Thoma.i F. Hums of Colorado Springs nnd W. T. Van Ilrunt of St. Joseph. Mr. Tebenu assumed to represent Denver. Ho endeavored to recall his resignation from Kansas City and sought to have tho transfer of tho Denver franchise from Packard to himself ratified, but failed In bolh Instnnces. Ho was repiesented by Judge Charles Strop of this city and says he will go Into court to endeavor to compel the recognition of his alleged rights In tho Denver club. The members of Iho meeting promptly told Mr. Tebeau thnt another man would own nnd control the Denver franchise. Mrlioln Cniilnln Kiinn City. Charles Nichols, pitcher of tho lloston tenm, appeared before tho meeting and asked to bo recognized ns nn applicant for the Kansas City franchise, acting, ns ho did, In tho name of James Mnnnlng. Ills request was granted nnd Mr. Nichols will be tho mnnuger and captain of the Kansas City team. Tho transfer of tho Colorado Springs franchlso from Thomas Hulen to Thomas F. Hums was ratified. The report of President Thomas J. Hlekey showed J250 lu tho treasury and Inquiry on tho part of one of the magnntos devel oped tho fact that Mr. Illckey had Just drawn his last month's salary, the point bo Ing thnt he wns drawing pay from tho Western lengue all tho time that he was or ganizing tho American association. - James Whitfield, the newly electeil presi dent, took his scat nnd Mr. Hlekey retired from the room. Mr. Whitfield cnllcd a meeting of the league for 8 o'clock tonight, when the. work for tho coming season was entered upon. Mr. Itourke, owner of tho Omaha franchise nnd who hnd purchased a franchise In the Amerlcnn association. Is lo bo tho center of tho fire from the Amer lcnn people. Ho served notleo upon Mr. Hlekey today that ho would not accept tho franchise, giving ns his reasons that Mr. Hlekey nml Mr. Tebeau hnd nlrendy cn denvored to make n denl with nt lenst two othor cities to nceept iho Omaha franchlso later on, leaving Mr. Hourko entirely out In tho cold. Tivo Tennis In Omiitin. Thomas J. Hlekey, late presldont of tho Western league, gave out tho following statement, tonight: "Wo closed Inst year's business nnd I tendered my resignntlon, as I had intended to do, and It was accepted. Mr. Ilourke of Omiiha has withdrawn from tho Amerlcnn association, but the Impres sion that Minneapolis would withdraw was erroneous. Minneapolis will stay in tho American association. We will put n club In Omaha nnd tho circuit will stand an originally arranged. My hendqunrtcrs will be nt Chicago, nnd nil plans made two months ago will be cnrrled Into effect. I will leave St. Joseph ns soon nn I can get my business affairs clenred up." This Indicates that Omaha will have two teams, Rourke's In tho Western league, Hlckcy's In tho American association. Protection nf JViillomil Demiituletl. The leaguo officials at tho night session wcro at work until midnight, going over dctntl matters. It was decided to main tain clubs nt Minneapolis. St. Paul, Omaha nnd Kansas City, regardless of tho actions nf the American association. President P. T. Powers of the National association wns notified by wire tonight that tho Western leaguo claimed nil tho territory It held dur ing the last year nnd that the territory would continue to he claimed under the five-year contract. Tho board of directors wns Increased from threo to nvo with the president as chair man. Tho members nre: James 1L Mun nlng. Knnsas City; W. A. Rourke, Omaha; Thomas F, Hums, Colorado Springs, and W. T. Vnn nrunt. St. Joseph. fho president's salary was Increased from 11,800 to $2,000 a year. President O. H, Powers of tho Western association was notified thnt nil the rules of tho National would bo enforced. The meeting ndjourncd to tho second Tuesday of January. SCORES SENATOR HEITFELD Idaho 1'iipiillst Uhiilrninii I'rntenU AkuIiikI I'riipimltliin In Ills. IiiiihI Party. HOISK, Idaho. Dec. 4. Chairman D, II. Andrews of tho populist stato committee to night gave to tho press a copy of a very sharp letter written to Senator Heltfeld In reply to tho Intter's suggestion that the state committee bo summoned to meet nnd tako steps to dlsbnnd tho organization. The chairman flatly refuses to couslder such a proposal nnd declares ho has tho support of tho populists of the stato In tho stand he hon taken. ADVANCE IN PRICE OF LUMBER KiiiirmniiM lleinnnil Semis !cnle of lliilldhiH Mnlrrlnl I'p In Top Notch. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 4. Tho price list committee of the MIselBslppt Valley Lum bermen's association today ngrecd to ad vance the price of lumber from SO cents to $3 a thousand, according lo grnde. A similar advance was mado July r. The committee lays the Immense demand Is re sponsible for tho action. JURY CONVICTS SALISBURY City- Atorney nf Ornnit Itnplit, Mich., Foil ml (inlltjr nn the Ilrllier.v ChnrgF, GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. I. The su perior Jury In tho bribery ease against City Attorney Lant K. Salisbury returned a ver dict of guilty today after deliberating nil night. Salisbury was Indicted bythe grand Jury last summer nn the charge of accepting a bribe of $"fi,000 for his nsslstnticc'tn pushing through a deal by which tho city" of Grand Rnplds wns to award to cnslern capitalists a $1,000,000 contract for furnishing the city with water from Lake Michigan. One of the trial's sensational features was tho charge of prosecution that Stale Senntor George Nichols, one of Salisbury's attor neys, had attempted to bribe the people's principal witness. Indicted with Salisbury were Henry A. Taylor, a young New York .millionaire. At torney Thomas McGarry nnd Slllson V. Mc Lend. Judge Newham of tho superior court todny denied tho motion to quash the con tempt proceeding against Slnte Senntor George Nichols, charged with jrylng to bribe the people's chief witness vvhllo acting for Lnnt K. Salisbury, who ws convicted today of bribery. He ordered' tho contempt proceedings stayed and dlretied the prose cuting nttorney to proceed ngnlnst Mr. Nichols on tho charge of subornation of perjury, Lnnt K. Salisbury was Indicted In Chl cngo for grand Inrccny on-n charge pre ferred ngnlnst him hy Guy G. Ilartun of Omaha. In discussing the.' conviction of Salisbury. L. F. Crofoot. ntlomcy for Guy C. Harton. stnted thnt Salisbury's convic tion In Michigan will probably prevent him from being tried on tho charge upon which he wns Indicted In Chicago. "Although tho charges nre entirely dif ferent, I do not see how the man enn bo brought to trial in Chicago after tho turn his case liar, taken In the Michigan courts. It was n surprlso to mo that he was con victed n Michigan, for ho Las tho most mnrvclous political pull of any mnn I ever kuew. Ho Is at tho bend of njpolltlcnl ring which Is nlmost Invincible," said Mr. Cro foot. J SOLDIERS DIE COMING HOME Vesnrls l.nnil nl Msin Prsilclvn rrllh , t Troup from I'll II- IpplncM. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 4. The transport Hancock nrrlvcd today from Manila, In nd dltlon to tho passengers nnd soldiers tnken on at Manila Hancock brought thoso trans ferred from Warren, which In turn hud taken them from Shcrldnn at Nagasaki. Hoth Shcrldnn nnd Warren mot with acci dents, nnd when Hancock stnrted from Kobe It ran on a Bnndbar, but. esraptd with slight Injury. Among Hancock's passen gers wcro Congressmen Weekf nnd Dar- 111011(1. r Hancock brought 900 soldiers, Including casuals, sick nnd dlschnrgcd. Titer were two deaths on Hancock, and jjntong the twenty-seven bodies on board-Srej.lhose of several soldiers who passed jjtin Sheri dan and Warren, Wfills'o. MiVrfman of Company K. Third Infantry, died of dysen tery November 23, nnd on tho some day Mnry C, Solon, a colored servant, suc cumbed lo tuberculosis. , Tho men who died on Sheridan were Cor poral Yi. K. Manning of Company L. KIghth Infantry: Daniel M. Martin. Company M, Sixteenth Infantry; J. B. Wntklns. Company L, Fifth lnfnntry. The deaths which oc curred on Wnrron wero thoso of Andrew N. Denton, marine corps; William C. Willis, Thirty-first coast artillery; William Good, Twentieth Infantry; James A. Wllbourne, Forty-fifth lnfnntry, U. S. V.. and Fred Jones, Sixth cavolry. Lieutenant Freeman of tho Twenty-first infantry roturned on Hnncock with the re mains of his wife, who died from typhoid fever. Tho bodies of Lieutenant A. T. Crockott, Twenty-first Infantry, nnd Lieutenant James C. Williams of the Twenty-first In fantry were also brought home. MUST STAND BY PLATFORM . or in mi K. Muck nf .'evr York Dcpre entrn Periodical Chanters by Democrat. LAKKWOOD, N J., Deo. 4. National Democratic Committeeman Norman E. Mack of Now York said today, with refer ence to tho McClellnn and Fitzgerald res olution, that tho domocratlo national plat form of 1900 would stand until a now one was mado nnd nothing but harm nnd dis ruption to tho party could come from any attempt to change It until it Is done by tho representatives of all states In tho con vention of 1901, for unless the democrats of tho eastern states stand by the last declaration of tho party, dominated by tho southern nnd western states, thero would bo no good renson why tho south nnd west Hhould nbldo by tho national platform dom inated by the oantern states In 1004, If they should succeed In controlling and dominat ing tho convention, "The fact of tho matter Is," he said, "that the democratic party cannot afford to chango their national platform every minute. If they do not stand by tho pres ent one for four years what nssurnnce will tho people havo thnt thoy will stand by tho next ono for four years? I don't mean by this that tho 1904 cnmpalgn should not he conducted on entirely dlfforent Issues than that of 1900." ALL TRACTION LINES MERGE lilunnllc ('orpnrnt Ion Formed I'lttKlmrK lUcniues HReclivo First nf Yenr. In PITTSHURG. Dec. 4. The stockholders of the Philadelphia company met here to day and concluded ono of tho largest deals In tho history of Pittsburg, whoreby all but one traction line In Allegheny county, tho West End company, will corao under tho control of the Philadelphia company. Tho stockholders voted to tncrense tho cnpltal stock of tho company from 121,000, 000 to $30,000,000 nnd the authorized bond issue from $6,1.00,000 to $22,000,000. The consolidation will be effected January 1. IMPLEMENT MEN FIGHT TRUSTS Sti'iinir itcaolntlnu Inlriidncril at Meetintc of the Assnclnllnn Held nt Wlchltn. WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 4. At a meeting nf the Implement Dealers' association of the northwest today, D. W. Hlalne of Pratt Introduced a resolution calling on tho mem bers of the association and other mercantile concerns to organize non-partisan nntl-trust leagues and to turn down any congress man who will not pledgo himself to anti trust legislation. Resolution woa adopted. SETTLE NEBRASKA OFFICES Itiittr Millar! Plan to Eat SeTtral 0n tMti far Faitmaittr. STANTON IS AMONG THE WA1TIN8 ONES Ivcnrney May Go In Kcrsry t. Holmes, Con si n nf .Murk llnnmi Vnrlous AVcslcm Tuple In Wnsh- I II R (111. (From n Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Deo. 4. (Special Tele grntu.) "It 'Is my lutcntlon to settle some postofflces In tbo next few days," said Sen ator Millard tonight, "but tho Stanton office Is not ono of tho offices to bo renched Im mediately." Senator Millard still hesitates over a. decision between tho two contend ing forces, hoping that one or tho other will eupllulato and that tin agreement will be reached upon a mnn who will bo mu tually satisfactory. It Is reported among Nehrnsknns here thnt Senator Millard has notified Chairman Robinson of tha Huffalo county republican central comtnltteo that he has decided lo appoint Kersey O. Hotmeu postmnster nt Kearney, lo tako effect Jan uary 14, whon tho term of tho present In cumbent expires. Mr. Holmes In n first cousin of Senator Marcus A. Hanna. Ho has been one In n field of seven candidates, llnr Association Mini Out. "I mndo nppllcntlon for tho tiso of tho upper portion of tho now postolllco building nt Omnha for tho Slntn Hnr association," said Mr. Millard, "but wns told that It was ngnlnst publlo policy." W. R. Annln, superintendent of the west ern division of rural free delivery, arrived In Washington today, accompanied hy Charles H. Llewellyn, Inspector for No hraska. Annln has been cnllcd east on mattcrn affecting his division and Mr. Llewellyn comes to meet his brother, Mnjor Llewellyn, a former Ncbruaknu, now of Now Mexico. Captnln Charles W. Taylor of the Ninth cavnlry, now stationed lit tho Soldiers' homo In this city, will be given his ma jority in all probability in tho next list of nrmy appointments Hcnt to tho senate. Captnln Taylor was quartormastor at Fort Robinson, Ncb when that post wns built nnd ho is hoping that good fortuno may strike hlut again and send him back to Nebraska Instend of tho Philippines. Ho still suffers from wounds received nt San Junn hill, Cuba, but says ho is ready for any service. l.cnnliiK nf Imllmi I.iiiiiIh. Ira Hatch, Indian agent nt tho Cheyenne reservation. South Dakota, was at tho Indian olflcc, where he was presented to Commsstoner Jones by Representative Hurkc. .Mr. Hntch 1b hero In regard to the leasing of lands nn tho reservations com prising the Choycnno River ngency. Ho says the Indians nro willing to Ichso their lands for cnttle grazing nt tho rate of $1 n hend. They do not favor tho permit sys tem, which Involves lenses for a term of years. Tho plan of allowing cuttle to gruzo nt $t a head Is In forco in many of tho Slo'.iX fesrvntloils ami will bo .put Intp effect at Choycnno River. Senntor Gamble nf South Dnkota Intro duced hills today for tho erection of a pub lic building at Dcndwnod, for the estab lishment of n national soldiers' homo nt Hot Springs nnd for tho restoration of an nutles of tho Meduwnukaton and Wnhpa koota Indians, who live In South Dakota, declared forfeited by the act of congress of February 1. 1SC3. Senntor Wnrrcn of Wyoming Introduced many bills which failed to pnsa nt tho last session, especially those to erect a monu ment to tnnrk tho slto of. tho Phil Kearney massacre, providing for tho erection of a public building nt Laramie, for tho rent ing of lands to aid normal schools and for the holding of terms of court of tho Hlghth circuit in cither Denver or Cheyenne. Department Note. Additional rural free delivery hns bceu ordered established February 1 at Russell, Lucas county, la. Tho routo embraces thirty-three square miles, containing a pop ulation of 530. John H. Wlllot wns np polnted cnrrler. Tho poslotllce nt Olmltz will bo supplied by rural carrier and Ola will bo discontinued. Postmasters appointed: Nebraska ICugeno U. Austin, Stcvona, Frontier county, vice S. Cole, resigned; C. W. Morrow, Wilcox, Kearnoy county, vice D. C. Shctlcr, removed. Charles M. Corlevv wns today appointed assistant Janitor In the publlo buldlng nt Stoux Fnlls, S. D. Tho postoftlco nt McCaffroy, Holt county, Neb., will bo discontinued nfter December 14 nnd mall sent to O'Neill. Tho First National bauk of Lincoln, Nob., has been approved ns n reserve ngent for tho Nebraska City Nntlonnl. ENFORCES DECISION AT ONCE .Secretary nf (rrcnsnrr Issncs Orders to, Philippine Cnllcclnr of Custom. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. The secrntnry of the treasury todny Issued the following clr culnr of Instructions to collectors of cus toms regarding tho refund of duties col lected from Imports from tho 1'lilllpplno Islands: Referring to the recent decision of tho supremo court of tho United States rela tlvo to importations from tho Philippine Islands, I havo to confirm depnrtment's teleirrnm of the Ikl Inst, as follows: "Discontinue, require) entry and collec tion of duty or merchandise shown by manifest of vessel to be such ns shipped fiom Philippines. Allow freo delivery goods In bond. Detnln cigars nnd cigar ettes until International revenue .slumps nro affixed under (droulnrs SI and hS cur rent year. Refunds will hu made by cer tified statemont whero protests nro duly filed." With regard to tho matter of refunds, I hnv to state that In addition to forward lug certified statements as nbovo directed, you will forward certified statements lu cases where no protests have been filed, when so requested hy the parties In In terest, with a view to submitting estimates for appropriation to congress Hhould It ho found that no existing appropriation Is available. RUFFIN GIVES TESTIMONY Describe In Detail Process In Ills eoveiiuHr lllnoil Slnlna nn Mrs, llnnliir's Clothe. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Tho testimony Introduced by tho defense In tho Ronton trial today was for the purposo of com batting the statement of Dr. Shaeffer, Iho government expert who had examined tha garments worn by Mrs. Ilonlno on tho night of tho tragedy nnd who testified that ho found no blood spots or traces of blood on them. Dr. Sterling Ruflln described In do tnll tho tests by which ho had discovered a number of blood stnlns on Mrs, Honinn's wrapper and slippers. Dr. James Carroll and Dr. J. W. Uoveo also testified. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Hutu or Snow In Kastern, Fair and Colder In Western Portion, Thursday: Friday F.vlr; Colder In Kastern Portion: Southeasterly Winds, llecomlng Northwesterly. Tnupcrnliit'c nt Omnhn Yclcrdnyl lliitir. IIck. Itnur. Uck. m U, I p. in . , . . , , US n U.". M p. in -t in un :t n. n :io n. it n. T n. s n. in iir, . p. in ;to i a. in sir, r. p. m :io ! n. in it p. iii "t t . Ill - 7 p. Ill U) VI in , , Ult M p. nt UH t li. m i!S GOOD FOR THE WINTER WHEAT Siiiivrfnll In Northern Knnsns I Wel comed n( Thin Mnce nf the Wlnlcr. "If this snow Is falling nt home," snld ti. K. White of Concordln, Kan., at tho Del lono last night, "It means thousands of dol lars for the farmers of tho county, ns It will bo the salvation of tho whrnt crop. "People down thero wero beginning to bo nlnrmed nt tho lack of snow. Tho ground wus dry, which wns a slight ndvnntnge, but they havo feared thnt Iho ground would freezo hard before snow fell. Such a con dition would Injure much winter wheat, ns often when tho ground thus freezes tho grain Is killed. There Is n larger ncrengo of wheat than usual In northern Kansas this Henrou, ns the failure nf the corn crop following the largo wheat harvest nf last year has ntlrnctrd many fanners to the smaller grain. A bail winter would menu much damage, nnd Increased labor, ns the fields would havo to ho planted to corn or oats again In the spring." NEBRASKA'S WJjlTE BLANKET AVelennie Nninv funic In Viirlnn Sec tion ur the Mnlc, llernlillim Itcnl Winter. II K AT RICK, Neb., Dec. 4. (Special Tele gram.) Tho first snow of Iho season be gan hero about & o'clock this evening. Tho' snow is falling fast and u high northeast wind prevails. ST. HOWARD, Neb.. Dec. 4. (Special Telegram.) A heavy snow has been fallln.? hero nil tho nflcrnoon, the first of tha sen son. PIKRCK, Neb., Dee. 4. (Special Tele gram.) A light snow hns been fnlllug hero nil the nflcrnoon, HUMPHREY. Neb., Dec. 4. (Spcclnl Tel egrntn.) Tho nrst enowstorm of tho sea son struck this plnee nbout " o'clock with a fall nf about nn Inch. Indications nro It will snow nil night. KANSAS UNDER HEAVY SNOW Precipitation Continue nml Itcinlt In Dry Section AVIH lie Valuable. TOPBKA. Dec. 4. KanBns Is receiving a heavy snowstorm tonight, which covers tho entire eastern hnlf of tho state. In Topcka snow began falling nt G o'clock this afternoon. Lnwrenrc, Osnge City, Rindlngf ffnipotia and Strong City arc In eluded In tho storm district, which ex tends ns fnr west as Hutchinson. If tho snow proves as heavy us expected II will be of great benofit, giving a much-needed supply of moisture, KANSAS CITY, Dec. I. Light snow be gan falling early tonight and promises to rnntlnuo all night. The air Is wnrm nnd tho Bnow Is pnrtly melting. SOUTH DAKOTA BOATS TIE UP It tier Full of Slunli Ice nml Ground Covered with Sleet nml nn lv. PIKRRK. S. D.. Dec. 4. tSpeclnl Teln gram.) A heavy snowfall provalln here to day, following a nleotstorm this morning. Tho rlvor Is full of sltmh Ico and boats have all been compelled to tic up. TYNDALL, S. D Dec. 4. (Special Tojo gram.) It has been snowing hnrd since noon. A strong southenst wind is blowing. It Is the first real winter day. HURON. S. D., Doc. I. (Special Tele gram.) A snowstorm has prevailed hero nnd over the greater part of tho stato Muco noon. A stiff, wind from tho eolith drifts the snow. The temperaturo Is mild. BURGLAR THIRTEEN YEARS II. Wchcc Make Cnufclnii nml Gel Fifteen Yenr In .til, oiirl I'rlnun, KANSAS CITY, Dec. 4. F. II. Wobor, a burglar, who operated extensively In St. Paul, Minneapolis and Kansas City, and was arrested In Denver and sent hero for trial, was today sontenced to fifteen years iu tho penitentiary. Weber, who Is n tailor, .17 years old, pleaded guilty. Ho unld that he began housebreaking In Minneapolis thirteen yonrs ngo nnd slnco thon had been both tailor and burglar. Ills Intention was, ho snld, to get money enough to start In tho tailor business for hlmsolf. When arrested in Denver Weber snld ho' wan In tho act of reforming and ho was about to start for Callfornln to bo mar ried. He hnd committed no burglaries In Denver. FOOT RACE MEN ARRESTED l'Vilcrnl G rii ml .lory Indict llunalcr nf niir Wln- lllllttH, FORT SCOTT. Knn Dec. 4. Oeputy United States Mnrshnl Plntt of southwest Missouri today arrested Robert Ilontrlght, nnd Gllletto nnd K. G. Ellis of the Webb City Foot Hnclng club, which honBla of having won $200,000 during tho last eighteen months. They were arrested on Indict ments returned by the federal grand Jury. All wcro tnken to Carthage and put under bond, lloatrlght's bond is $2,000, while tho others wcro put under $3,000 each. Movement nf derail VcnscIn, lire, l. At New York Arrived Ocoauic, from Liverpool. Hailed Covic, for Liverpool; Philadelphia, for Southnmptun, .reland, for Antwerp, via Cherbourg; Majestic, for Liverpool, At Yokohama Arrived Thlrn, from Port land, for I long Kong, Snlled (Nov. 291 KmprcsH of Indlu, from Hong Kong, for Vancouver. At Liverpool Arrived Dominion, from Portland: Lnko Ontario, from Montreal. At Cherbourg Arrived Patricia, from Now York, via Plymouth, for Hamburg, At Rotterdam Arrived Htntcndnm, from ow York. At (Jueonstown Arrived Celtic, from Now York, for Liverpool. Sailed Ultonla, from Liverpool, for Huston. At I long ICuiiR Hailed Duko of Fife, for Tticoma. At Southampton Sailed KiiIsit Wllholm tier firosse. from llrmen, for New York, via Cherbourg At Hrow I leHil-Pfi8Hd Germanic, from New York, fur Qucvnatown and Llvorpool, POLICE BOARD CASE Snprami 0ar l.idi Badall Jaok U la Triad bj Oammiiilen. DISSOLVES JUDGE ESTELLE'S INJUNCTION Flra aid Palio OaMmiuiamra ItTa Klj h t IiTHtifatt EiaplajM. UNDERTAKES TO OVERTURN HOME RULE Opinioa Eipramd thnt L.iilatara Hu Powir Out Matrapolitan Oitiia. CHIEF JUSTICE N0RVAL FILES DISSENT Cnniiul Anroc vtlth l)ecllun It one hid In llcKiiril lu ii VliMler thai Was Not Presented fnr Deter, tuluntlnii hy Court. The supreme court, sitting at Lincoln, Inst evening hauded dowu an opinion in Ihn case of Rcdell against Moorrn' which undur tnkes to overrule- Its decision In tho enso of the Stnle, .'ngnlnst Moores nnd revive Ihn legislative act which conveys to the gov ernor tho right to appoint a board nf fim nnd pollen ciiinnilf slouerii for tho lily of Omnhn. Tho constitutionality of tho art giving Iho governor thin appointing power was the principal question considered by tho commissioners In tho Rcdell litigation. Tho decision of the lower court Is reversed and Iho enso reminded for further proceed ings. Ton opinion wns written by Commissioner Alberts, Judges Sullivan and lloleomb nnd ConiinlMlnners Ames and Dumo'cnncurrlng. Chief Justice Norval dissented, adhering In his opinion lu Iho caso of tho Stnto agnlm.t Moores. In tttn derisions the miprcino court has hold that tho legislature Is without power to convey lo the governor tho light to ap point local officers for n community or inn ukipnllty, and both of them nro overruled by tho decision given last night. The llrat wns In tftnto ngnlnst Monies. In which Judges Harrison and Norvnl concurred nnd Judge Sullivan dissented, and tho second was lu Statu ngnlnst Kennedy, In which Judgo Sullivan gnvo nn opinion iifilrmlng tho former decision, but on the grounds of Ton Judlrnta nnd not on tho reasoning con tained therein. Judge Norvnl concurred nnd Judgo Holcomb took no pnrt lu tho ensc. ' SjIIiiImi nf the Ciinc. The syllabus lu tho ense of Rcdell ngalnt Moores Is ns follows: Whero portions of a statute arc held un constitutional. If tho remainder I not so connected with such poitlliu n lo bo In capable of separation and the remainder l.i ii complete ant, and not dependent upon the imrt hold Invalid, th hitter alone will not bu disregarded and the remainder up hold, except In cjises whero It Is apparent that tho reje"ted pnrt was nn Inducement to the adoption nt' tho vem.iluder, ln the construction of n Hlatntc i-uihIn will lako Judicial notice or cventit which nro generally known linil mailers of cmn inon knowledge within tho limits of tholr jurisdiction. The power to create a municipal corpora tion Ik vested In tho legislature, and tin piles the power to create II with such limi tations ns that Imdy may sen lit to tmpo.o, and tu Impnyo such limitations nt any stugu of Its existence. The legislature may by h t ii tu to confer upon the governor tho power to appoint members of the hoard of tiro and police commlSKluliers nf titles of tho inelropulltiiii class. Thn State ngiilust Moores, C5 Ne braska, overruled. ('iiiumlNKluticr Alhcrl'M Opinion. In the opinion Commissioner Albert says This notion was brought iu tho district court of PoughiH enmity by John Rcdell. chief of the Urn department ul the city uf Omaha, against Frank '., Monies iltnl nth is, constituting the Hoard of Fire nml I'lilleo Commissioners of that i.ity, lo re strain the defendants tium heating anil determining certain charm m filed with thn board against the plain V and front ie innviiig ami Hiihpcudlui'. him from snld office. The trial couit found fur the plain tiff and entered a decree aeciirillligly ; tho defendants bring the case tu the Miprcmo court on appeal. The fole MueHtlmi presented by Ihn ap peal Is, whether the Hoard of Flic and Po lice Commissioners have authority tn hear and determtno the ehiirgen tiled iigalusl thn plaintiff and tu remove or suspend htm from otllco lu wise Its findings on said charges should bo adveiso to him. The determination nf that question In volves tha constitutionality of section bin. chapter xll.i uf the. compiled statutes. That section as a part of the act passed hy the legislature tu 1M7. Tho section referred to provides that lu each city of tho motropoll tan class thero shall ho a board nf tiro ami pollen commissioners, tn consist of thn mayor and four electors of tho city, who shall ho appointed hy tho governor. In the case nf thn Stato ex re I ngnlnst Moores, Ki Nebraska, 410. this court held, Sullivan, .f.. dissenting, that so far us thn act In question iixsumes to confer authority upon the governor to niipolut membeis nt thn Hoard of Fire and Police CoinmNsloii crn, It Is tmeonstltiitlonal on the ground that It Is nn unlawful attempt In ileprlvu the people of thn cities or tho metropolltuii class of tho right of local self government. (iic(luit nf Invalidity'. After citing several Nebras'ka cases Jurtgs Albert continues: In view of tho doctrine announced In tlm oases Just cited wu nro not cnllcd upon to determine thn offect of u decision lu th" case of thn Stato ngnlnst Moores on tho an tiro net. because It follows Irresistibly Unit thn section held Invalid drugs down with It only uucli other parts ns urn tusupnrnbly connected with, dependent upon, or Incom plete without It, or for tho passago of which It hervcil us an inducement. Tho attempt to confer upon tlm governor tho power to appoint members of tho Hoard of Flro ami Pollco Commissioners and th masons urged lu support of such inouumn nro n part of tho legislative history of thn stnte. Nn other fcuturo of the uct under consideration, nor of thoso It was lutnndoil to supersede, attracted so much attention or Invited so much discussion us that which plnces tlvn power of appointment In thn hands of tho governor, removing, ns It wns claimed nt thn tlmo, tho Hoard of Flrn and Pollen Commissioners from tho In duction of locnl politics. It Is a matter of common knowiedgn that this fenturn of Ihn act, so far as thn Hoard of Flrn und Pollen Commissioners Is concerned, was thn chlnr Inducement to Its pnssage. Without that feature its promoters would havo regarded It much as thoy would have regarded thn play of "Hamlet" with Hamlet loft out Nothing to our minds shows moro clearly thnt tho Invalid portion wnu un Inducement to tho passage of tho other parts of sec tlona quoted thuu tho fact that with such Invalid portion omitted resort must bo hnd to suction 72 to carry out tho remalndor. Section 72 shows clearly an Intention on thn part nf tho legislature to limit Iho an pointing power of tho mayor to such ofll corn whuso appointment hns not been othervvlso provided fnr by thn net; mcmbori of the Honnl of Flro and Pollen Commis sioners nro Otherwise provided for by tin net. becauso It provides tor their appoint ment by tho governor. Tn hold, under the. circumstances, thnt It would bo carrying nut tho intention of tho legislature tn per mit thn mayor tn appoint thn members of such board would do violence to common sense, which, after nil, Is tho llnnl arbiter In matters uf doctrlnnl construction. I'uner lu Try II file 1 1 . Tho opinion closes with tho following con cluding paragraph: It would fullnw, (hen, that thn Ronrd of Fire arid Pollen Commissioners, having been created by valid btututnry enactments and thereby clothed with full authority t i do thn acts nought to bn restrained herein, and tho defMidnntn being at least do facto mombers thoreof, tho decreo of tho dhtrl' t court should bo reversed and tho cuuoo ni I