Bee
1 HE
fx
i:sTAiiMHiii;r
i, mi,
OMAHA, MONDAY MOltNING, DECEMUEK 21, 1903.
SINGLE COPY TIIREE . CENTS.
Omaha
Daily
RUSSIA IS DEFIANT
lnU 2a a Ui tlttC.) Aiilttf
i w r.i noi Accirr cza-s urn
rtmJ tfl I ft at Vr!aft ttv.l In
jfait Cta'tit-
cnc3 n Kiufoio Kcrt cicovv
f D p aa Et Hr, Cw
rims mo wan is now ir,..u
eta pa usee ILeaeltao la (blaa Ham
laaa4 thai ea'e Haply
Fropeeel la kaH
t 1. 1.. Itr f ,
aX. Lw , Waiter 1 tafam
va,M k aB4 hi miMI4hiU
m) si ana I the fcaet l-f iv(f rila
f I a J m tr4lng Ik ailt ambaaa
( lb t hmi l im tar t. r Ma,
M te MM, t a4 tha ltaae sv
at May has wvaratsiiaW la Loua-l
tk u-vJ4 saake tb cwaMnastioa f
pwa-fsi a-a)kai.. Hk "
IW II war faa(44 a sjtt attain,
M eaewta, that Jap-ta 1)1 toi rt IM
ktt-ta af la tut Maaataa Mala, nl It la
I sastaeea with Jet-aa'a anal efilAtlun,
a m4 that Jama a riir aeaat avareaaarilr k
Awl fruau tke 4lee alala tt th
tiattune tatwaea Ik two uettrt rU'H"
M! H la a Una kcewe tkal ftues4 la kaatn
If sero 4-UM attltvl. nd lha eruu
l-. awl k tV4 aa atar gloomy than
iiKri' k aawtv. altheugn It rennet be
aaxi that Ika raamnaa f tlplusnarf hav
k- !'' r a hawi4- '
The eal teftrlwds) l.f earing lbt
th la aa ye a-tul af freak 4
(iaaM M Ikal Aa tllawiluiM taaii
aM try iapan la Itaaata.
raatlaa rkla.
TVa TJa la an4ic) Ika affa thai
Ja( h4 aaat aa altitaalun la Huaala la
i4r4it4 k aM aa Infurmall'M of
vvia1m nslara la III Ika wwaaalmi
af Ika foraten llluKa. Wklta ika knowl
a-i af Iba l(lua aa tha attiiatlan laad
I Ik bIUif ikal Ika adlp of an ultima
lorn ta lar!l ika tnafrfa of war ara
aifctottly IwfMiina Tka llrtllak, Httlon
aaaita tar ar rwlv4 a lla-rnm liidt
aalr tka! ar a anala tha iapa-
aaa iil ia t '!! r ifmta4 Ikal
KaiM'a rtr ! Ika Jfaaa prupoaata
a aaattafluffar.
Had Maaaaar Ktoaa.
TiN. ttao. W.Tka raaaua fur Ika
V(n44!hM f ikMf It 01r au lor of Ika
kiatkaf (ait ay, a4 ULh(tC frva ktm ail
f kla koui la tkal, la Lam, ka aut tha
ataW Owf at Kat Ckattf Tl haa
aao ! i a naklW sraaa. aarlnc biufe
h la asgMwtra ta art! a larlos tka Uaa
tvAar I fcUvaa t-n.r-4. kiuui4 ka fall ta
aw Ibla furiar f4niatioB kwalta htm.
VtU. M ttewa kaa kaaa rawva4 at lha
Ji.ivaa Hak lal Japaa kaa ant aa
MtaMktaaa Ut lluaet. It to rarCtilan4 al tW
keatai tka a raa rtlaia la apt'uallciC
UtH aal tamaAl. Iba iaiiajinaa mill
larT attaaka, aa4 lfa Jannaaa cukmal ka
kaa kwa InairvclSn ) r I Yuaa HKaI
Val a Inofa, kaa kotk alartmt fr Jxp-in.
Tka aila mN inllr rvltral4 a clr
rvrtrtiaxital a'arr Ikal la lha avaiit af
kiaiMkarla titn rtainat ky Huaala It VII
tka tMiikm af Uraal Hrltala l aaUttlak
rraia avr Ika Yangtaa ally aa
rirprtiii.' an ta appnlnt a rltmr
lfcfta. aa Ha raai n la lha far al
4 ka anal t Roaata'a lkm af Ika
ll ri- t' tka Wal W ru, ar CM-
aaa -rKi I- af J. aa authority fnr lha
Mwf. ' Thta aalmtt la larcalr rr4lt4
wtl cramlf (intw an4 la rraatlnc hna
t:.!' alat Ural brttaia. II la aupm'taa
(hat lfv ctary kaa r-atarc4 kr uja
frta4!y irt frfnM for tka pir
a4 ika Itrttlak kf stlaa U torflaat-
k- tta a tela.
PYERCUE STEALER A,tUR SAFE
a
miI faa aik kata Alaakaa
Vaaaal ta Maalaa al tla
a4aa4aa.
tHTf'W. H r. Ia. A4vfcraa ka9
k ri4 lr tka laa41aa lalfla rail
ar teia kr HH knlWata that Ika
aaar-r Aeaxf. fvr ia)a awardua tram
Ikifor. la mtt. tkvuck It praoakly kaa
4 aaoa a " a I' arfiaa. vklck
ii rv 1 l-ir rrqta Kothikaa tkat tt
ifiil tkora aa w9aaa4p tear, twa sara
aa. Tk 4ar Wrt Ikifaaf aa Paramkar
II Mk aaaaaa.
CMT.ZZ CLSLHTEB WITH CHIViE
A flee tksia af tktoe Tkaaiaa4 atllae
Plr4lta laala Ma la
ateslala.
K 'lirtiU. Va. I k)-4ru a rkaaa
as? la eai-.tig frvan Ca tHrgo.
Cat. t k e4 an faa J KM U
a r-rr..i. ir-smaa i. m!i
I- -M an. hi 1 1 4 k4v a ia t f ttng a
A1 fvusa tSe aavy a4 a Fmle.
1-Ua I lsM ttraat llanaer af ft.
IMAa I sb J .a Duke alawia Uat
t Ha I Ma rrea CallJoraU t
kw ) a.nw-4 kiaa tkarn. Wklle
Wi 41 VrnM east fi:ke sUi4 la ea
It waa r!N4 ky ll-nne ta Nae
a'l ae-t a xwt arvaal waa Ml. kvs
k1 ak. V fitka aaala Mrsiwl Ha
-4t a le 4 waa rt' kd
kr isun tksee ae k4ag awtaklmaa.
xt'l r-rwl a t-avk waralag waa
sMeT4 fa Kje Tka anaa ar.a
WM ' Kwf'k a4 W44 la tall
i'mj t" i4 s7 Ika tawrdav ka
k4'ga 1 e wt-k haU.g e-xaltl4.
UZl. WQZ'J STAYS AT H0TE
f taeaeeal Mi Ka
tka U MaalrWk aK
W-a I la.
ail
HT.t If Vl H-Wtl Ika sUmm4
f ! f'.te a ' e fs tr-t af tu-k
r-. ; ura - ., $ , 't. rM e
r- fcr - the U4
ta-.e saVrv l. f " la, WiM
t-t ataxia r wa v a tewt taaay.
l W a a 4 ea eaa 4
n $ r
Tv-a t raa' a r-w atTtval la
I'a i a I r tk- knrtaei'k
a -"ji kaa l a iv r-j f
- lnaM kr aa ir etQ
l taaa
,
. , ,- ft e laai . 4.-4 a4
SAN DOMINGO IM CAO PLIQHT
nival raatlaaa k-aah I aafral farl af
I aaalrr 4 I aaahlaa af Aa
"a fraralla,
AN !, kl-TM fiil.an a)amf
imia, rrm ak ,f..it, ah't Maril,
Klail' i f .f ft.li.t.t.f af aur f Han
"H' 'i mmnlnf -ar af ,a Ji.,mlt..
aa a tin Mxtrra. I'ftliril lcoalla
an4 Hh
'v I'M f"fwf rrl'tftl
Wa r ' f -ill aim l.ftitil iin
H4na, a I lot liaa lian a-
im4 ,y ih f,a rt.vpr rtm'fil of
Kaa Krfil-i a, ' . fa, Id fi.flo
la .. ! (. ; ' -i k(riral. Tha
lar, k.r, r nrfatKr M
nfR' a, rlalrHfia' f Ka I flvlnhal (
trr.mtnt haa hot lin y".t,l-1 hr llta
t'rM lt(aa, ka lnfnf ttvrr tha
a(Ti fa f Ida r nUf nfflrt In Snof
a atM df ilia fifinf Jtumlnlron
IMdlalaf of Mnnf Mailln alll kp
In l'rnfpf Hxhl lrfnrfow for t(!l-
vial f.mitUtn,
lha iirir( til Umaral Wa y Oil hM
t lii. trifofn' mdar. Ta mmtra nf
ka farir arrtln nn lh Julia aiixoaa lha
kallaf lha I lha Inlcrrchtlon af lha I'liltM
iaia In lha affalra nf Han Umnat will
ka fauM naraaaarr In lha rtraf fultira.
T ntara Ikal a vrtaia la rapidly ap
(. ,! and thai lha privlalwnal nrrrn-
nar.1 flnde II ImptMNitMe In neonate loaaa. I
Tha Julia hftrtiahl. hawa that formar
fraaManl Jlmlnaa la nnw kl Monte Crist I,
Ikal Mmn Vlca l'rllrtit taa Champa
la In mnlml of t'nrtt f'lala and that ln
arala Mrle and Carer era fortifying
lha rlly of Han txiftilnto. It la aald that
an attempt waa rrranlly mad to kill lien
eral Jimlnaa and that 0firal Caearra
live In Imminent dan-r of acaaaalnation.
Araordlna; la ripnrt hrmiiht from Ilaytl,
raro!uiln la faarad thare whlrh may
raaull In the aeaaealnalkm Of .at laaat the
Irxiarr. ration of aeveral mlnlatera and dele
atae. Tha nhlaf af tha Wench bank at Port au
Ifliwi lie koan imprlaonad.
Tka attitude of lha iople of Haytl to
ward rraalUat Kord la decidedly threat
ening, aa they kilos that he ha been
utlty af ambacallnf pibio fund,
TURKEY ORDURS APOLOGY MADE
Gamier af Alaaa4ata Will rail
a Aeartaa C'oaaal far -lfca4
Paraoaa.
CONHTANTINOI'UE, V JO, Tba porta
aa acrrad to tha damanda of tba Unltr4
Htalaa anvammant and baa ordered tha
governor of Aleaaiwlretta ta make ampla
apology ! Conaul lM1a for '.h Inaulta and
aaaault to whlrh b waa aebjected by the
polir- of Aleaandratta while ba waa aeenrt-
Ing la a dapartlng taamrr a naturll4
Amatieaa elllsm nirnod Attarln, who had
beam liberated from prtann through the In
larventlon of Mr. Darla, ' United State
Mlnlatar lalchman arrived at a friendly
undemanding In the premUea with tha
TurkUh foreign mlnlater, who agreed to
the drmanria of Minister Lrlahraan. The
porta notified tha t'nlted Btata legation.
orally and la writing, of tha Instruction
ttrte4 ta Iba vaU of Ateppa U order
ha governor of Alexandrntta to nail on
Consul Davta Immediately pon Ma arrival
at Alesandretta and oner to him a com
plete apology.
Tka porta tiaa alao prom la ed ta pur.lnh
tka pntloa ofnclal who aasaulted Consul
tavla and will allow Attarln to chrpart an
hlndared. The United Wtate erulaer Ban
rranrlaro, with Admiral Cotton, which left
narrrmt Trlday evening tor tha purpose of
taking Consul Davis to Alesandretta, I
eipeted to arrive there today, and If tha
TurkUh government rarrlea out the' pro
gram II baa formulated the Alesandretta
Inrl.lnnt may be onnaldrred cioaed. ' It Is
felt tar that delay or complications ara
hot l!h:y. but Rear Admiral Cotton ha
bn Instructed to meet all eventualltlc.
TWO STEAMSHIPS IN DISTRESS
P1elaa4 Aama4 O Hallaa4 Caaat
aa4 Keapalltaa Vrlaea Tewe4
rri.
yxrcirma, Holland, r. r. nie Red
Btaf line steamship flnland, whlrh left
Antwerp al nonn Saturday for New York,
and which later ran ashore near Kl-uwens-j's.
la In a dineerous position. The
weather 1 foagy. The Finland has a num
feer nf paasang-rs on board. The vessel
waa gnrng at tha rate of statren knot an
kamr when It groandod. An tempt was
itutda at t a'rlorb tht afternoon to float It.
kut II waa anauoceaaful.
Ol BRA ITAR, Dee. . Tha British
steamer Neapolitan Piirr of tha Prince
Una. la anrnmand of Captain Eagteton,
whlrh left New York on Pec em bar I. hound
ta Naplea and Piirnno, wis towed Into
thta port today with tha end of Its main
shaft broken. The veeeel waa picked up
and brought her by tha British stoanier
Rarenaheugh.
CUEEN TO ATTEND EXHIBITION
Aaaartaaa Artlete aU Haas a will Rave
Bay ally Pveaewt at rivet
Display.
ROME, Dae. M. Quean Helena received
Ambaaaador and Mrs. Mayer In private
aadlenca today. Her majrety e.-,i era tula ted
is isHMitot on his recovery from the
effeca ot Me rerao. hunting accident.
Amhaaaador Keyer toi! the queen that
tka America residents of tlaly would feel
geatly hvr4 if she attended the opening
of lha nret exhibition of the work ot tha
Amerieai academy la tha Villa. Aurora here
and reailnded ker that King Victor Em.
KBanuet kAd already accepted aa initiation
ta Uad. "fre queen replied that aha
would ka a)lt:d ts ba preatuu at the
apealng.
THREE SCHOONERS GO ASHORE
Dsrla rterea Mllaaat4 OtT Xmtwm4
laa4 Caaat Damaa la Dea
kklaataa.
T. JfOHNaX N. r.. Das. xO. -During
Aarca bllir4 yeeterday the sobotriir Susan
waa driven aahora eft St. Johaa Ita crew
after twelve hours In aa opea boat, made
fori thla aeumtna? badly fraat bitten.
The arhuosvar Mary fUiea went ashore a
Tr-fesaar. Tka eraw clung la tha rocks
all lM and tuttmd terrtUy froaa axpoa-
ra, Tka arkuotiar Feaboda want aahore
at llcMMi'a fa4. The craw eecape4. It
faared that lha avkawoar Dlriator ba foua-
4?r4 wltk Ita craw tf aavea mea.
Utsas'a lltaeaa aeetaaw,
NKVf YOHIC. IV. M.-4Waor M.
lI'Maa. wttu mm ln III la llnul Ihs ban
ul af in a.uHl n-nimtttv of ti.a Ns
(I.UH..I tlii, r a-.irrtt.fi l.tai aivht, ass run
f -. I" hi n-. al lha U -' - 4luM all
lis la li a htt,.ti.l tk I . i kll.iii
I A tiki tt h mi i M I h 1 I lia
a U4 ii.i ri ii ar arthiaa,
I I ka 14 a ; t inr (ii.a, w fsjKata
GENERAL STAFF IS ON TRIAL
Army lira Co&tltu to Bugwd ti Sew
rin with DiifkTor.
IAY TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL EROTH
i
t raatlan af Military Dlrlalaa la tka
riral Work Tawara Haarcanlaa
llaa aa4 I'rarakaa m Floa4
af rltlrlam.
(Trom a Ulaff Corrrapondrnt.)
WAHIIINOTON, Dao. . 8paclal.) Tha
roallon of military dlrlalona out of tha
dcitarimanta already In adatanca In tba
I'nltad atataa and tha PHIllpplnaa la tha
ft tat actual work tha (antral nta.IT haa
dona Inward army raorganUatlon. Tha
rtpontit of tha aTnneral atari and It ctit
lm will now ba affordad ampla opportunity
la Indulaa thalr Idaaa pro and con. , In
lha headquartars of the army It la a noto
rious, rkrt thtt tha fenaral atari baa few
frlcmla. Tha man who hare had years
of experience unhraltaUnsly atata that the
aneral ataff ran do no more than ran
I he heada of department and they era
found UNlnt" the old saw 'that "too many
rooka opoll the broth," Blnce the promul-
1,on ot orirT "eatln five military
S',rl,on ,n ynll1 B,at .,hB
PhlllpI'lnea, there baa been much criticism
of the manner In which the dlvtklons have
been distributed. This, of course, was to
have been expected and each new order
Isauad by the general atari will have It
detractor. Roth line and atari officers
peels lly thoaa who have seen much service.
ara Jealoua of their right and tha time
Is not far distant when tha critics of the
general staff will hare large accessions
from thoaa who ar at present waiting for
developments. Congress legislated the gen.
eral staff Into being. Many of the members
of congress who have served in the' army
and navy, both on the union and con fed r
erate sides, have pronounced opinions rela
tive to tha effectiveness of the general
staff plan. Tha criticism already heard
against the general staff are but forerun
ners of what congress may ba called upon
to do after the first of tha year.
Datlea of Division) Conaaa4er
In this connection It Is Interesting to
know what tha duties of the division com
mander are, appertaining aa they do to
the higher functions of command. Accord
ing to tha order Issued this week, the divi
sion commander originates, directs or ap
prove of the military operations within
his several department and in case of
emergency may transfer troops from one
to another requiring reinforcement. He
will have supervision over all essential
military matter within his division not
reserved to other authority, particularly
the Inspection of troop in order to see
that thee are at ail times properly sup
plied, equipped, instructed, disciplined and
prepared for active service. He will desig
nate the tlm for target practice in the
several departments comprising 14a divi
sion and will examine and consolidate re
ports of the same end Issue the necessary
orders for the holding of target competi
tion within his division and superintend
under direction ot tha War department
post schools for officers. The division com
mander will also have immediate charge ot
the Inspections of all organised mllllla. He
Is also charged with the duty of making a
thorough atudy of the frontier pertinent to
his division, by whlrh I meant the bound
ary lines of the Ui.ltod States, and Is au
thorlsed to submit annually to the chief
of staff plans for the mobilisation and con
centration of the forces at his command.
regular, volunteer and militia, with refer
ence to aome definitely stated objective.
He alao la required to submit problem for
military maneuvers within his division and
take personal command of the same. AH
this enjoins work upon the division com
mander and it will not be a very long
while before ha will have about him
not only a staff commensurate with
his rank. but a force of civilian
clerk to perform tha duties en
trusted to him. It will therefor
be Interesting to watch tha progress of the
fight between the old and the new school
of military procedure. And it will be par
ticularly instructive to watch the efforts
made upon congress to appropriate money
for tha maintenance of tha division head
quarters established this week by order
of tha general staff through Its chief. Lieu
tenant General 8. B. M. Young.
Viae Prealdeatlal Asplraata.
Now that Chicago haa been aeleeted fos
tha meeting of the national republican con
vention republicans will turn to a discus
sion of candidate for the second place on
the .ticket with Theodora Rooaevelt. Dur
ing the proaence of the members of the na
tional republican committee in this city re
cently there was little talk Indulged In aa
to Roosevelt' running- mate. The friend
of the president were too busy In their -ef
fort to em ot ker the Hanna boom and to
disprove tha atatementa made that there la
an anti-Roosevelt feeling la different sec.
Uona to give any attention to the vice
presidential nomination. It waa. feared by
Mr. Rooaevelt' friend that the meeting of
the national committee would ba made'th
occasion for developing an amount of
Hanna sentiment that might seriously em
barraa tha prealdent In hla desire to secure
a presidential nomination, and to avert any.
thing of this kind their ehlef effort
directed. Now. however, the friend of the
prealdent ar looking around for a vie
presidential candidate wko will ba accept'
able not only to the buainea Interest of
the United States, but to tha great mass of
the people aa well. Expressions ara heard
that Mr. Roosevelt's partner onethe repub
llran ticket should come out of the "middle
wast." Tha "middle weat." however, era
brace a vast territory and Includes within
Its bounds perbsps a score of possible nomi
nee for second place with Rooaevelt
Among them are Senator Fairbanks of In'
dlana. Governor Durbln of tha aame state,
Governor LaFollette of Wisconsin, Governor
Cummins of Ipwa. John L. Webster ef Ne
braska, Ooveraor-elert Herrick of Ohio and
Internal Revenue Commleeloner Yerkes of
Kentucky, a state which, while a little
south of the "middle weet. may be prop
erly Included In that territory. It Is Just
possible that an Illinois man may be pre
sented to the convention at the Isst moment
an walk away with tha goods. So far,
however, there Is no crystallised sentiment
In favor of any one person. The book ara
at I II opea for entriea and will not ba rloaed
until the national convention puts Its stamp
of approval upon tha candidal.
' Tkirea Pklllie Dallas.
The govenunent la having a great deal ef
trouble over tba new Philippine coinage.
Foe thirty or forty year now the people
ef China and the Philippine have uaa4 tha
Maxlraa dollar aa tka basts af all calcu
lattoaa In arranging for ezchangna. Id UOt
when the American troop occupied th
j Island Aanortran gold and greenback be
gan to find thalr way Into circulation
Manila and other Philippine towna. It wa
not l-M before tha laiand of Luaan. par-
lCuaUut4 a Haoond fag-)
CENTENNIAL EXERCISES END
aw Orleana Wltne-kee Replica af th
Cereaaiay asla Ceatary
NEW ORLEANS, Dei, to. Under the sun
niest of skies today the stars and stripes
rose to the top of the tall staff In the his
toric "Place d' Arena", amid cheer, th
ringing of cathedral Ih IIs, the roar of can
non and the centennial celebration ot the
Louisiana transfer ended In a burst ot
patriotism.
The day' exercise craned with th pon
tifical masa lit the old St. Louis cathed.al.
built while the Spaniards were still In pos
session of Louisiana, uka shrine to which
Andrew Jackson wentr Immediately after
the battle of New Orle.rna to hear-the high
masa of thanksgiving nluig for tha victory
of the American arrayf Festooned in the
great nave were the flujs of the three eel-
btatlng nations, Spalt, France and the
nlted .State. The itnmenae auditorium
waa crowded with a representative congre
gation. Archblahop Chappelle officiated in
the celebration of maea. The regular
choir of the cathedral, waa supplemented
with th principal artists of tha. French
opera company and a full orchestra. '
Rev. Father De Lamorinlere, the Jesuit
orator, preached an alduuent sermon, and
Archbishop Chappelle tpoke briefly from
tha altar upon the great significance of the
occasion. S
Following the msas there was a replica
i the Caboldo of tha aVen and events of
a century ago. The treaty .of. cession, tha
powers of the commlsxioner and the dec
laration of Dassaut placing the American
commissioners In possession were read in
turn. Then the key of lha city were de
livered ima the proclamation, of the Amer
ican governor wa read.- -'
The ceremonies conclud ed, at a signal the
American flag roe, to the high ataff in
Jaokaon' quarter whl.s the Washington
artillery thundered a eaiute. In the river
ithln view were the, rlx American and
French warships. Th fpanlsh cruiser Rio-
da la Plata was delayer, by bad weather.
It waa given a w Icome when It
reached tha city Just aa tha Caboldo exer
cise were concluded. On of the feature
of th celebration haa been th popular In
terest in the Spanish representation. Senor
Tuero y O'Donnell has been, fbe recipient
of unusual attention.
LK ATTACKS '.YOUNG WOMAN
Aalsaal Kill Itaelf After Beiaa-
Drlvea OS aad Tkea Roaed
aad Imprtsoae4.
PHEK1DAN. Wyo.; Dec. 20. BpeclaL)
Charley Skinner, th Big Horn merchant-
farmer, hss a small band of elk which he
ha carefully reared on kl ranch adjoining
town, and which he hope to preserve and
increaa against tha day when the few re
maining herds of wild gam animals shall
have been destroyed and tba elk become a
thing of the past Mr. Skinner's little herd
now number one less than It did, a fev
days ago, but he Is hopeful that the r-ii-
cldal mania developed by th mother of the
herd will not become oontagiou. Several
daya asro this venerable female got out ot
th inclosur' and wandered Into the back
street of fie town wriaK'4 there chanced ta
be some bad bojjs,' wk teased and ' tor-
men tea ner oeyonatne limit pr ner pa
tience. She "got en the peck" aad the bad
boys immediately left the country,. Un
fortunately, about . this tlm Ml Alio
Wallace, the village achool ma'am, cam
aldng. Tha Infuriated animal, ordinarily
tame and harmlees,. did not take time to
distinguish between-this woman and, her
persecutors, but attacked viciously, knocked
the woman down and trampled her almost
Into insensibility. Timely assistance alone
saved her life. While her bruises ar
numerous and painful her condition is rot
critical. After th woman wa rescued at
tention was given to the elk, which wa
roped, led home and tied up In a shed.
But she was mad all over and continued to
fight the rope until shs became entangled
and choked herself to death. .,
RECALLS JAfcK THE RIPPER
Waaaaa Mar4ev4 aa Body Matllate4
la Bailors Resort la New
York.-
NEW YORK. Dec. 10. Th Whltechapal
atrocities of "Jack tha Ripper" and the
murder of "Old Shakespeare" by the Arab,
Ben All, in this city, were reca'led by tha
discovery of th fearfully mutilated body
of a woman In a Bailors' resort of th low
est type In James slip, near the East river,
today. The woman, who waa identified aa
Sarah Martin, a notorious character of th
Cherry Hill section, went to the place last
night, accompanied by a man who appeared
to ba a Swede and who registered aa Carl
Nelson and wife.- The man left th hotel
this afternoon and an hour later the body
of hi companion wa found. Th woman'
throat wa cut and th body wa otherwl
frightfully mutilated. She had evidently
been killed while asleep, as th condition
of tha room gave no Indication that a
struggle had taken place. Tha plao in
which th murder wa committed la aald to
be known among sailors all over the world
"Slaughter . Heuse Point." It has bean
raided score of times by the police. Th
proprietor wa arrested and held as a wit
ness.
MUCH DAMAGE TO RIVER CRAFT
le Gorge asl Rlstaa- Water Caaeo
Alaras Along; tha Ohio
. River.
CINCINNATI.' Dec, '.-With th Ohio
river froxen over and great gorge at many
place th rta of nearly three feet today
threatens danger for all kind of craft.
The steamer Courier la icebound at Hang
ing Rock and many men ar employed try'
ing to liberate it by bloating. The Miami
river aad tha Licking have been emptying
Ice Into th Ohio freely today. The harbor
steamer Ada V, valued at 13.000, and owned
by B. J. Rlgga of Newport. Ky, waa sunk
here In ten feet of water tdy by a runout
of Ic from th Licking and if th ice con
tinue it upper deck will be carried away
before the hull can be raised. If thawing
weather la accompanied by a rise there
will ba much damage.
TURKISH CRUISER IS FAST
LaUeat Pro4aet of Cramps' hlyar4
howa pa4 Bao4laaT Ca
treat Rato.
REEDY ISLAND. Del., Dea . The new
Turkish cruiser Medjldle, which wo built
at Cramps' shipyards and which left ker
everal daya ago for Ita trial trip at aea,
passed up the Delaware river lata thla
afternoon on it retkrn to Philadelphia).
Th aruiaer had tha ngurea 124 on i
smokestack, which would Indicate that It
had exeeded. by 44 of a knot lia required
soed at taut-t koota.
DENIES CHARGE OF FRAUD
Daws Commiisisn 8ay Etoiiei Wert
8urtl bj Enemies of A!;tmint, PIid.
WORK AMONG THE CIVILIZED INDIANS
RFeamnaeatatloa la Mai that Exeeaa
Laads aa4 MlaeraU Deaoalte Ba
814 far Beaegt af
Tribes,
WASHINGTON, Dec 20. The annual re
port of th commission ta tha five clvUUed
trlbea, which for a decade haa been en
gaged In the Indian Territory in tha taak of
dissolving tfibal governments, extinguish
ing communal title to th land, vesting
possession and' title In severalty unong the
cltlxen of th tribe and assimilating
tribal condition generally to American clt
lienship standards, say that th appro
priations for th execution of the Curtis
act have now amounted to nearly tl.OOOOOO
and that In administering upon the flv
great estate constituting land of these
tribes, aggregating 20,000,000 acres, the com
mission has passed upon nearly 200,000 ap
plications for cltlxenship enrollment and
claim to th property.
The report says that 'during the six
months ending June SO last, 10,07 allot
ments were made in the Cherokee nation,
indicating that the Cherokee should all
have their home assigned to them by the
end of 1904, saving unexpected interrup
tions, and that ths entire work of the ter
ritory will be disposed of, except such
"remnants Incident to such large undertak
ings, involving protracted contentions," by
tha end of th fiscal year 1S06.
No Basis for Charges.
. Regarding recent revelatlona in th terri
tory, the report saj-s:.
The same Interests are opposed to the
completion of this business that were op
posed to Its being commenced, and as the
end draws near tht-y pursue with redoubled
energy the same tactics or oDstruction,
faultfinding, exaggeration, slander and all
manner of false statements in order to
confuse the situation, muddy the waters
and embarrass, hinder and prevent the con
elusion of the work. But every considera
tion of legitimate interest calls for the firm
and coruiiBtent maintenance of the past
and present policy of the government, and
we only ask con Kress and the administra
tion, whose Instruments we are, that be
fore they heed these extraordinary state
ments, yet not more extraordinary than
those of 1(08. they hear both aides, now
'.hen, and we venture the assertion that in
quiry win develop tnai tney are raise in
substance and are voiced only by men
whom we have foiled, or are aeeking to
foil, in unlawful and predatory practicra,
or by the credulouo and deluded follower
or such men.
In view of th facta brought to light since
tha Delaware land were segregated from
the Cherokee lands the commission ex
presses the opinion that those lands have
not been selected with a due regard for the
interest of either th Delaware Indian
generally or of other cltlxons of. the Chero
kee nation, and that ' further proceeding
bearing on the segregation of these lands
will ba absolutely necessary to protect the
rights ot cltlxen concerned.
Would Sell Ezceaa La4.
Th commission recommends that con'
gress authorise th disposition of th ex
cess . lands of the , Creek Indians under
sealed bid forth benefit of tlr tribe,- th
fund therefrom to be used In equalising
the value of the allotment among the
Creeks. Complete allotments of 160 acres
each have been made to 14,460 citizens ot
that tribe and comparatively few allot'
ments remain to be made.
' The allotment have been completed on
the Seminole lands and a surplus of 13,630
seres remains In that nation and their sal
under sealed bids Is recommended.
To check 'the speculation in pine timber
on the Choctaw and Chickasaw lands th
commission recommends the sale of the
standing pine under sealed bids. Recom
mendatlons also ar made that railroad
companies be required to file with the com
mission plat of all land sought to ba ac
quired; that the cool and asphalt lands and
deposit of th Choctaw and Chickasaw's
be sold under sealed bids; that congress
authorise the establishment of public high
way In th Choctaw and Chickasaw na
tions and that all leases, contract or In
struments of conveyance executed by citl
sens of the Cherokee and Creek nations af
fecting tha title of their lauds to become
valid, shall, within thirty days from their
date, ba recorded In the recording office of
the respective districts.
MONETARY SYSTEM FOR CHINA
Japanese Commission Endorses Plaa
Proposed ky Amerlcsms for
t'so of Silver. .
WASHINGTON, Deo. JO. Th oommlsslna
on International exchange has received from
Prof. Jenk th conclusions of the mone
tary comnilsalon cf Japan regarding the
proposals ot th American commission for
a uniform coinage system basel upon the
gold exchange standard for China,
Th resolution declare that the chaotio
condition of the currency a it now exist
In China la disadvantageous not to China
alone, but to those countries that nave
eommorclal relations with it. and that
definite ani. uniform currency system should
be speedily instituted and actually put into
operation throughout th whole empire, or
at least In those parts of tt that are of
commercial Importance. If possible, it
desirabl that this system should be on th
single gold standard. Inasmuch a th cur
rency reform cannot be started on a per
fect system It Is regarded as advisable to
adopt tha ruggestlons of the American
commission as a matter of expediency.
is suggested also that the ratio for China of
tt to 1 between gold and silver coins should
be adopted for other silver-using countries
that may hereafter adopt - the gold stand
ara.
NOTE IMPROVEMENT AT BUTLER
Percentage of Deaths Ineraaeoe, How
evar, aa Fever Epidemic
Abatea.
BUTLER, Pa, Dec 2a Th typhoid fever
death list wo Increased to alxty-nlna by
three additional death today. Thre new
caam were reported to the committee thla
evening. The physician of th city report
steady Improvement In th situation, except
aa th epidemic subside deaths become
mora frequent among those who have had
relapses and recurrences of th disease.
SIX DIE FROM ASPHYXIATION
They Demonstrate tha Fallacy
Claim of Opea Window laving
LI fa.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 24. Six parsons
were asphyxiated by illuminating ga last
night and' ths coroner concluded that the
casea vara all accidental.
In moat tnatances a window was opm In
each room in which gsa wa escaping, and
tba ooror.r celled attention ta the fart that
It t popularly supposed a fatal result can
not ensue where frvah air also baa en
Itra-J,
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
GeaersJIy Fair Monday sal Taeaday.
Teasi
Rasr, Dear. Hear. Dea;.
8 a. aa ...... u.1 1 p. aa ...... 40
a. 2.1 S s. a 4S
T a. aa S3 . aa 44
S St. aa SO 4 . aa 44
sv. a...... St 5 p. xn...... 4-4
10 au na S4 4 a. aa 43
11 a, a Bt T p. aa .40
IS sa......... 8 A p. as R
0 p. aa...... 89
HANNA AND CLEVELAND, TOO
Both Ara Factor la Prel4eatial
Race, Aecordlag to Vlawe of
Ex-Senajor A Ilea.
Ex-United State Senator W. V. Allen of
Madison wa In the city yesterday enroute
to Denver, where he I engaged to try aa
It portent caae. Involving approximately
1128,000. He said:
"I dropped Into Omaha Incidentally to
ascertain whether a frb nd, a Mr. Barclay,
of our section of th country, bad been In
cluded in the Indictments recently found
by the federal grand Jury. I am at present
out of politics, ether than having a general
Interest in current political matters, as I
find that my private business occupies
about all of my leisure time. I have paid
but casual attention to political matter
and am not particularly interested In them.
However, all good cltlsens, I can but
have a ort ot natural Intereat In th politi
cal outcome.
From th signs of tha tiroes, it looks to
me as if President Roosevelt may not have
clean walkaway for th presidential
nomination on th republican ticket and
that Senator Hanna I a possibility.' As
regard th democratlo nomination. It looks
a littl to me aa it ex-President Clevelend
Is a possibility of no mean pretentions.
While President Cleveland and I have had
ome differences, I can but concede that
he is Intellectually the peer of any of his
predecessors In this exalted office, not even
excepting Washington and Lincoln.
I must decline to express any opinion
regarding Mr. Bryan as a presidential pos
sibility next year. Mr. Gorman Is not
geographically located sufficiently to enter
into tha presidential problem seriously, al'
though I entertain the highest personal
esteem for him, both as regards his popu
larity and ability for this high office."
JUST HOW DIETRICH PLEADED
General Csnla Explalna tha Matter
Which Seema to nave Been
a?
Somewhat Canfnaed.
4
Reports of pleadings which Senator Diet
rich made and did not make to the two in
dictments returned against him by the fed
eral grand Jury, seem to have been some
what confused, owing, doubtle, to th
manner in which tb bill wer presented
and dealt with.
General John C. Cowln, Senator Dietrich'
attornoy, said:
"The report that Senator Dietrich haa de
clined to plead to the indictment, charging
him wtth receiving money to eacure the
appointment of Jacob Fisher a postmaster
ot Haatlnga, la misleading. Thta ia th very
Indictment that eenator tuetnen piwaoea
not guilty to and the indictment that ha In
ited upon being tried for, . Senator Diet
rich declined to plead to the conspiracy In
dictment for the reason that Fisher inter
poses a demurrer; that th indictment
charges no offense. .The entire transaction
can be brought out In the trial of th in
dlotment charging Dietrich with receiving
money for poetofDoe appointment and that
Is what I want." .
MINERS FLEE FROM FLAMES
Bodies ot Three Foand la Deaertea
Worklnga of Michigan
' Mtae,
HOUGHTON. Mich.. Dec. . A party of
miner reached the surface from th bid
worklnga of th Grand Portage section of
the Isle Royal mine thla afternoon, hav
ing been down four hours, and report find
ing th bodies of Charles Peterson, aged 42,
hla son. Axel, tl, and John Gregorwlch,
where they had been overcome by ga
while fleeing from th fir in tb shaft of
the Isle Royale, mine. They were working
on the eighth level and finding escape cut
off by th flame fled Into the abandoned
working to th north of them until they
csuld go no further.
It will b necessary to build a road to
bring tha bodies to th surface, a th tim
bering la gone in the old shaft and th
drift north of the burned shaft are too
full of ga to be traversed.
LAKE .VESSEL HAS TROUBLE
Steamer J. T. Hatchlnsoa Reaches
BasTala After Trip Through
le from Detroit.
BUFFALO, N. T., Dee. 20. The steamer
J. T. Hutchinson. Captain Smith, which left
Detroit on Thursday for this pert, arrived
here today under It own Hum. Th
Hutchinson wa on th rock off Keweenaw
Point, Lake Superior. Ita trip, a record
breaking one through the Ice to Detroit,
waa resumed on Thursday when It sailed
from that port, accompanied by twq lc
breaker, which conveyed it to clear water
In Lake Erie.
During tha voyage It own pump and
two additional ones placed aboard at De
troit, wer kept constantly at work, four
of its compartments being tilled with water.
It carries a cargo of 160,000 bushels of flax
seed. Every eraft and plant with,, steam up
gave it a hearty welcome aa It entered Buf
falo harbor at 7 o'clock a. m.
IN MEMORY OF TWO BISHOPS
BUhop Worthlagtou Presides at Serv
Icea la Now York for Leonard
and lagle.
NEW YORK, Dae SeiAicaa In tne
moriam of the life and labor of Rt- Rav.
Able! Leonard, bishop of Bait Lake City
and Rt. Rev. Jams Ingle, bishop of Han
kow, China, were held today In Bt. Thomas'
Episcopal church. Bishop Worthlngton of
Nebraska conducted th services, assisted
by Bishop Well of Spokane.
Addresses were delivered by John Wood,
secretary of missions; Rav. K. H. Stairs,
rector of St. Thomas;' Rev. Dr. Pott, presi
dent of St. John's collage, Shanghai, and
Rev. Pr- Lloyd, general secretary of the
board of missions.
Mar A4vanea Prleo of Iron.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Deo. . An Infor
mal meeting of tha leading iron man of
this district wo held here yesterday to
discuss an lucre In tha price to $10 for
No. I fouiKlrr. Jt waa decided to maintain
present Hires until after tha holidays.
Several of the prominent eonferee gave as
surance tnai alter January ) no mora Iron
would be sold at leoe than 110. Tenneam
liitnraata sirimfly uigsA thai Ik prloee be
aavauceu iiumaiuun ia nu ot
LIKES WOOD'S RECORD
BacratarT Root Write! to tfeottor Ptootor
Bcfardlng Nomination How Protest!
YOUNGER GENERALS SHOULD COMMAND
What Eul of B.nloritv Prgraila Military
Bitem lfoit Bs Wak. ' !
CHANGES IN PERSONNEL TOO FREQUENT
Old Hon Batira 8oon, Sot Etriag Tlm to
Prepare, PUni.
AMBITIOUS, ENERGETIC MEN NEEDED
Hoot Sara present Nomination Waa
Mad la AeeordaJaeo wtth Senior- '
try, hat All Element a Cam- '
Mil In Weed. - -
WASHINGTON. Dec .-Th lttr f
Secretary Root to Senator Proctor", acting
chairman of tha committee n military
affairs, datad November II last, giving a
resume of th military- record of General
Leonard Wood and stating th chief con
siderations which led to his nomination
as a major general, waa mad pt today.
After quoting from remark commendatory
to General Wood, TDde by General Miles,
Lawton, Graham and Foray the, th latter
recites that "upon these and similar evi
dences of fitness President MeKlnley ap
pointed Captain Wood colonel of the First
volunteer cavalry In May, 1M4. The secre
tary alao quotes from tb oommendation
of General Young. Wheeler, Sumner and
Shafter on General Wood's conduct In th
Santiago campaign, and bay , General
Wood' appointment aa commander of tha
Santiago province appear to have been
based upon a statement made by General '
Shafter In a dispatch to th department In
which lie said h "thought General Wood ,
by far the best man to leav In command
of Santiago."
Th secretary review General Wood's
subsequent military career, saying In this
connection!
"The high estimate put by th secretary
of war upon General Wood' services a
military governor la shown In the pub
lished orders of th War department," re
ferring to th general order of March tS,
1903, and July 4, 190S. which have heretofore
been publlahed. Th eecretary adds that
tha opinion axprosaed In those orders also
wsr th opinion of both president under '
which th service was rendered, aaytng;
Haa Ren4erd Good Service. ,
."Upon a review of General Wood' en tlr
military record, I think It fair' to say that
no -officer of th American army below th
grade of major general ha bald mora Im
portant oommanda, rendered more dis
tinguished service or demonstrated to a
higher degree the possession of th quail
tie which fit a man to render valuable
tervlce to tha country major general."
Speaking of th principles of which, h '
says, sound . political ' reason requires ' th
president to follow In making appointment,
the eecretary aara: '"''.' ' ' ,
. "Th law which recognise ntortty
alona as th title to promotion up to tha
grade of colonel, rbabdons that nil when
It deals with general officer, and Impose
upon th president th duty of selecting
th best men . for general without ex
pressing any limitation upon th olasa from
which he la to make th select Ion." '
. Th secretary adds that when such a
election la to b mada two different con
sideration always present themselves to
th appointing mind one, a t deslr to re
ward long and meritorious service; th
other, to ecur th beat possible man. H
ay these consideration do not always
coincide, pointing to th aamo man. Con
tinuing be says: 1
Should Have Young; Gouorala.
The appropriate reward ef , honor fre
quently cornea to our ofilcera when their
rareera are about to close when they hav
paaaed the period of initiative, cf ambi
tion and strenuous exertion and hove coma
to the period of comparative repoea. As
army, all of whose general officers era L
leoted for the. purpose of conferring re
ward, and thu having at ita head a con
stantly shifting body of general oltloers,
none ot whom has more than a Very few
years to serve and all or nearly all of them
are Just closing their careers and resting
upon their laurels, cannot possibly reach
the highest standard of etneiancy. To have
a live army, which keeps abreast of the
limes. In a constant state of preparation
and ready to meet emergenclea with the
greateat activity and force, .we must have a
reasonable proportion of its general oflUiere
aeleeted from the men in the prime ot life
with careers to make, with ambitions, en
ergy, initiative and whose servloe will ba
long enough to maintain contlmiltv of pol
icy and auatalni-d effort in working out
Ideaa which require time for their acoom
r'.lshmnnt. Previous rank Is ef little ron
aeqiuence provided the service shall hav
been. long enough to furnish the r-oulte
experience and make the demonstratiou of
capacity certain.
The secretary say he think both con
aideratlen unit in tha case of General
Wood, and conclude by aaytng that Oen
eral Wood's record and th views of publlo
policy led Prealdent MeKlnley to appoint
him a brigadiex general and that the pres
ent nomination i in th regular order of
seniority.
REVOLUTION, NO SURPRISE
President Seharmaan of ' Cornell
United State. -
NEW TORK, Dc. K.-Pree!dent Jacob
Gould Bchumiann of Cornell unlveralty de
livered an addraaa in Coopsr Union to
night In tha people's Institute course on
"The True Elementa of National Great
neea," afterward taking up th Panama
question and Mr. Roosevelt's connection
with tt. Referring to this bs said:
There ar soma things clear about It..
First, we have rights and dutUia there
under th treaty of lMt which make It our
duty to maintain uninterrupted transit
aoroaa the isthmus. Thla time a thing
occur not new either, for thla Is the third
tlm that Panama ha arlnan and aaeerted
her independence. - Today'a papers tell us
that early in July representatives to the
Colombian corinrsea from Panama went
to Bogota and declared Panama would rise
in Independence If the canal treaty waa
not ratified. Not only our own government,
but every lntelllKnt man knew what was
coming. Our government would hav baen
derelict If It had not seen the forthcoming
revolution and mada preparailone to safe
guard American citiaena and prole-1 trun--portatlon
acroea th Isthmus. That our
government had anything to do with fo
menting thu rebellion ia absurd. Tha peo
ple of Panama had a right to rebel, they
had Just pause, thev aald. and In a senr
they mada good their Independence. Our
fovemment issued Instructions preventing
he landing of Insurgent" or ('olonibtiin
troops on the Isthmus. We Instated that
there should be pesoe throughout Panama.
What was the alternative T It was to have
allowed Colombian troona to land am) to
have atood by while they ' waged war,
maybe for yeara, to have allowed the Co
lombian eonareee one rear from now to
turn over the canal righta to Franna and
thiia bring about serious International aio-n-pl
csilons Between two aitarns tivae, both
danaerous, our government made a choice,
which en the whole enema to bsve been
the moat expedient with reference 1,;
Amerli-an Interest and Die most just lo
view ot tha drcuinatancrs of the cet
"ff