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The Omaha Daily Bee. EHTAULIKIIKD JUNE 1871. OMAHA, HATUKDAY MOHXINO, .lANUAIiY 30, 1904 TWELVE PAGES. HIMiLE COPY TIIUEE CENTH. in RUSSIA IS CAREFUL! TtkiEf Floaty of Tima ia Framlnc Iti eUp! to Lut leu ef tho Japan, HAT Bt LAS I WORU IK lAll I KUVlBaT I Intimation That Pecvrntct Will OraUfa All CeSMMioct It Ota Offit HOPES LASTING - PLACE WILL- RESULT Ur tom t Ftar Baud of CfSo'ili My Es Forced by Excitod Popnlao. fOBElGH GOVERNMENTS KEPT INFORMED Military Aatkarltlee Hav Caafer- eaee aad Dleras Ike Strategic Sltaatlea 1st Maacharte 4 bl- s Beccaalag Excited. bT. PETERBBURO, Jan. .-The author!. ties hers now aay that the Ruanlan reply to Japan wtll not be transmitted until next week. It to Raid that tha delay was neceltatd In consequence of tha extreme cars taken In drafting the document. Viceroy Alaa- leff s views are aluo awaited before Its transmission to the csar. It Is fully real ised here that the forwarding of this will mark another critical stage In the negotla- tlona, everything dependiag on Japan'a at titude, feared that daeplta pacific In fiuence the htnda of the authorities may be forced, owing to the excitement of the uiwrm ami mo l'l'i. I A high vfflclal said: I Of roarfr we cannot prevent war. Ruaxla will do her utmo.t to offer Japan a Imsmi beyond wUlch w cannot go. in Corea wa aranl inactically everrthlnir and ia UHnoliuHa we grunt practically everything end In Manchuria we already recognise all the treaty rights of Japan and the other 1 wer, Should Japan retect our concilia tory proposition the world must place the responsibility upon japan. An Important fact In connection with tha situation haa been learned by the Assocl ated Press. Within a fornlght both Russia and Japan have officially communlrated to the t'ntted Rtates and to the European chancellors their positions regarding some of the points at Issue. This course was considered necessary In view of the wild reports dlmtemtnsled. Foreign Minister Iamsdorff, In his Interview with the Japan rue minister, id. Kurlno, Indies text- that Hula'a reply would be dispatched next week. It Is known that the strategic situation waa discussed by the military authorities present at today's meeting of the council of state. LONDON". Jan. 39. The Japanese minis ter. Baron llayaaht, said today with refer ence to-the report published by the Dally Graphic, to the effect that the Russian reply to Japan wf a completed Wednesday, that It has been communicated to U. Kurlno, the Japanese minister at 8U Petersburg, and that It waa unfavorable, that M. Kurlno had officially notified him that the council of state, called to consider the Rus sian rtpiyv van -only bald In 8t. Pntera burg yesterday, as cabled aa the Associated Press. Baron Hayaahl added that the reply , had not yet been sent and that It will , only be aubmltted for the csar'a approval i today. "There are no maana, therefore,' added the Japanese minister, "of knowing the contents of the answer, and aa to tha Probable tenor thereof, X have no official Information." The Russian embassy. In denying tha Dally Graphic s statement, says the In formatloa received by the embassy con firms the statement on the subject made In the Associated Press dispatch from 6L Petersburg yesterday. Denies Reply Is Received. Placards Inciting the populace to rise and resist foreign aggression are being busily circulated In the province of Hunan. China, according to the Globe'a Shanghai corre- spondent. The placards predict the estab lishment of a foreign viceroyalty ever Hu nan, similar to that of Manchuria. The correspondent says the movement possibly portends a national outbreak. fVttahlaaTlea Gels Kews. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-The State da-1 pertinent has received- a cablegram from nlted States Minister Griscom. dated to- day. in whloii he says that the Russian answer to the last Japanese note wlU be delivered tomorrow. There Is no Intimation aa to tha nature of the answer. Treahle ia Cores) Sarewda. .NEW TORJC" Jan. 9. Internal dli turbanoe In Corea Is spreading, cables the Herald's Seoul correspondent. It la the result ef Increased taxation. The gov ernora ef three provinces report that their officers have been captured by organised bsnds and government funds taken. Detail have Just been received here of the diaturbance at Vladtvostock during tha celebration of the Russian Christmaa It . waa created by Intoxicated Russian marines and Japanese women. Numerous houses were destroyed, mostly Japanese, but Including ths Russian theater. The usual fighting occurred. As happens on such occasions, there waa considerable brutality, but no fatalities. The marines were not brought under control until much property had been destroyed. The notification of Corean neutrality, ca bled from Che Foo to the powers, was un known to the Coreaa Foreign office until replies were received from the representa tives abroad. The Intimation was that It waa arranged by Yl Yong Ik and 11 en Eang Kun, the latter having Just returned from Russia. The Cores minister at TOkto nas been instructed especially to urge japan s Im- med.ete recognition of Corea neutrality. Answer Still Sahject ta Chaage. PARIS Jan. 1 ta underatood that at tha conferences between Foreign Minister LamadurS a.id M. Kurlno, the Japanese minister at St, Psiereburg. the former has nermittatt tK. tattav -v vi .nnr. ment concerning the position Russia Is ksiy to tsks In forthcoming answer, but .S ofCclai her aay this waa merely an Vitrmedlary step toward adjusting the re- --. OitTerences, aa the ansaer Is ta Subjtv"t to chang until officially commu nicated, It la further said that Russia wtll not answer until It feels reasonably assured that Its auswaor wtll not have tha effect ef precipitating host ill lies. The efflclaia h. are gratified at aa ap parently authoritative statement that Jpan doe not intend to fortify the straits of Cor. They aaf It will retnovs one of the main obstacles, as ths snust recent ae gotiatlons shewed that Russia was unal terably otpoed to tha crestion of any con dition la Corea which would lead to cloeing that outlet from the Sea af Japan. strong Intimation has bee a mad that th aasritlms aaltoiia of Europe snd the United State would have taken up the quesuu avalta LUa dsclavrallo- -ad beta a a. la, VEWHE has more power navaier bit ran iinir ,. . Oflsetala ef Prevtar . et Tver, - A ST. r. V ' lURO. Jan. a -Th cssr ha aram atr of th Interior Von I Plewh. IN .rernor of I ha province of rTver. special plenary powers over the local I .ea.lala , Tn In rnfujniiMtf. nf t li e 1 t . iefs subversive tendcniiea. The govern- Iment hai been awere for some tine 1hat tha sdmlnlstrstlnn of Tver u allowing In various aay sympathy wlta tha opj-enrnt the existing mt of thing. ncemiy tha local atithoritle appointed teacher In tha national schools who look advantsg of their position to stir up agitation sgalnsl the government ami religion. This waa tha Immediate cause for granting tha plenary j power, wkk-h permit tha minister and tha U"vernor to mske appolntmenta of district offlrlala, to expel oMioxlotia persona, to dia rnina officials considered dangerous to pub lic peace, etc FIGHT MICROBES IN BOOKS Derlla Talle Llbrartea Will Be Clrea yateaaatle Dlalafeellona la fa fa re. HKRLIN. Jan. a.-The Berlin municipal authorities have decided tQ make an at tempt to exterminate the microbes In the public libraries. Prof. Koch having called attention to tha danger of Rpreadlng Infec tloua dlseaee through books loaned Indla riimlnately from llbrarlea. The profeaaor'a representative, during the former's ah-i eence In Pouth Africa, where he Is study- Ing the rinderpest for the Brltleh govern- ... . , ....... I ment. haa drawn up a plan for attacking I the microbes, which will be aubmltted to the library committee cf the municipal m,wii .... T..u,4-- tt la intended to adont some method of ' dlslnfectlna - books after their use. The I , .,.., , . " cnarge ei ins mailer. WILL WORK OR COLONISTS Daalsk Society Formed (a Interest Ike Gaveraaieat la Its Oat lylag Pesseesleas. COFEXHAGEN. Jsn, H. Tha Danish At- I Untle Islands association has been fonaed here with the object of arousing the na- tlon'a Interest In Its outlying possessions and preventing the diminution by sale or I otherwise of territory under Danish sov ereignty. The movement originated at the time of the proposed sale of the Danish West Indies to ths United States and has been strengthened by the reports that Canada desired to purchase Greenland. Many members of the Danish nobility are among the loadera of this agitation for the re tention of the Danish West Indies, Green land, the Faroe Islands and Iceland. DENIES CABINET DISSENSION F reach Fressler Rays IHaTereaees Are "at lark aa to AaTeet. tka Geveraaae-wt. . PARIS. Jan. . In the Chamber of Depo- I tlea today Premier Combes replied to tha allegations that dissensions existed In the cabinet. He said Finance Mlnlater Roovler and Minister Pelletln always held opposite views concerning the government owner ship of railroads. There waa nothing Incon sistent with this, aa It waa a minor ques tion not connected with the general policy of the cabinet. The Interpellation on the subject waa posiponea oy a aectsive vote, wuicn was ... .. . . . I considered as disposing of the reports M cabinet diner na Ions. NEW PRESIDENT OF- LIBERIA Arthar Barclay la Taklasj Offlce Asks Greater Ceaeesaleaa far Foreign Traders. LONDON, Jan. . Advices received from Liberia aay that the new president. Arthur Barclay, was successfully Inaugurated at Monrovia, the capital. January 4. The key- notes or his address to the neoDla were commercial freedom and the conciliation of me aboriginal Dooulatlon of Liberia, to which little attention has been paid for many year The president dwelt on the advantages tbs Liberians derived from Eu- ropeana and white Americans. He urgently advocated commercial alli ances and urged granting greater facilities to all foreigners for traSIng and farming. BEAN SALAD BRINGS DEATH Cerates Medical Mea laajalr lata llraatt Caae at Uorsaslaot CeaklaaT akel. BERLIN. Jan. S.-A medical Inquiry Is being tnt.de into a strange case of a num ber of girls belonging to a cooking school at Darmstadt, who were poisoned recently by eating salad mads from canned beana. Four cf the girls are dead and nine are dying. ' Up to the present the Investigation h failed to define the exact nature of the pol- son. whether It was due to some new plant poison or whether It developed from de composed meat used In making ths salad. WANT OFFICERS PUNISHEO Gerasaa Relckstas Takee Decisive taad aa "select af Bratallty la Arsay. nt'Pl tv T nTli. Huv e.i,tul , ,h. rk...-. n. Urr BIpropHmUorU, vaaaed almost unani- ,, . rMn.lltl, ..ki, ,n- ,h,, 1 to Institute rigorous penal proceedings against superior ofTVoers whose subordinates maltreat private. War Mlnlater von En declared that no luxury existed In the army In the way the public believed. The gov- rrnBrnt haa sent to the Reichstag a bill I providing for awarding damages to Inno. cent persona seetsnced to punishment. Relies tar Arssy Maaeosa. PARIS, Jan. 9. At a asla ef government stores here the teat In which Major Marchand received Lord Kitchener at Fiah oda, and two -sjnp stools used at the time. 1 were purchased by a new pa per, the man- agement of which Intends to preeeut them to the army museum. George Herraaaaa le Caavteted. sa.m Jan. . ueorge Herrmann, tna x-lnipector of constabulary who robbed the government and fled frasa Miasm!. Mindanao, and waa aubseqtteatly captured at Bayanana. haa beea convicted and sen tenced ta thirteen' years Imprisonment. American Srrtsaaaa ta Wed. PARIS. Jan. 9 The ngaaement is an nounced here ef Charles Voigt. 'a well know a American spurtsansa, and Marguer ite. da.uhUf ef XUrva Bauwsaa Deveratcta. kaffirs join iierreros Gormanf ia Booth Africa Sew Hits to Tic Combined Trisai. NATIVFS nrSTROV RAH RflAD BRIDGES OSScer I Tew a Beleagaered by (Ia MriraK Telle af Hkirf right- las aad rtepala af Relief Fare. BERLIN. Jan. 3. Tha commander of tha German gunboat I'abtcht. lying at Swaknp- mund, Oerman Sou t It we t Africa, cables that ha haa received news from Lieutenant Zualow, tn command of tha German for re at Okshandja. saying that tha Kaffirs havs effected a Junction with tha Herreru. who (re besieging that post. Aa Okshandja waa already hard pressed, tha announcement haa caused concern at tha colonial cfflo hera. Tha following dispatch from IJeutenant Zuelow, sent by met-senger from Kaiiutb, waa reoelved hara today: OKAHANDJA. Jan. 20-Am holding Oka- handjn. irupled It January IS with Art men after heavy flithtlng. Am waiting for guna from the Pshicht. Ak for a division or artillery. Weak reilet cordons wnn ma chine gun from Windhoek repulsed 12th and 13ih. Lxma reported, elaht reeeryea. In ordr tn eatalilinh conne tlona with tna rear and brlna forward military traneport we attempted today with alxty men to reach Kaiiblb by rail. A later dlapateh, dated January 21. aaya: Teaterdav afternoon, near Kawature- nf. between Waldau and Okal. there waa a sharp nht. A divl-on, aoniit aev- nty men aironir. sent forwarl by rai four dead snd three sllshtly wounded rnmr lnt tWBnty to twenty-nve dea aent rrwara ny ran, i"i l ne d. A the blidire waa deet roved, am trylna to aend new for Karibiti .through tnwtworthy I 13 N 111 A klC TO UCID DCQCI C nLBltiiimw iv uuki iikULko Far This Tarkey Ileal res Oncers ta Ureas i Meslesa. Ferelga CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 9 The porte haa notified the Austrian and Russian em bassles that the Macedonian committees have a reran red with the Albanians for Ub- era! rewards, to have them kill every for- eign officer sent Into the provinces In oon- nectlon with the reorganisation of the gendarmerie under the reform schema of the powers. The porte. therefore, objects to ths offi cers wearing foreign unlforma. as their Uvea are thereby endangered. NO HANDCUFFS FOR EDITORS Prasalam Mlalster laseee OreVers Aaralwst ladlaaltlea ta Prlseaere Seateaced far Mlssr OsTeaaes. " BERLIN. Jan. 9. There having been repeated complaints from newspaper edi tors who were condemned to confinement for Journal let 1c offenses) that they ware transported to prison handcuffed, the Prus sian minister of Justice. Dr. Scboenstadt, today Issued an order forbidding the hand cuffing of anyone on tha way to prison. with the exception of persona condemned to the penitentiary, without a ' special court order. TO TEST COMPANrS RIGHT Coast May Paaa aa Power of Panama Cmaal Co ace r a to Traaafcr Ita Held lags. PARIS, Jan. Tt. The Panama Canal - .-..- . . . i i . i . w . . .t ... i . i r"""' ---", the Seine a partial answer to the suit be gun in be hair or, Colombia, une answer deals only with the question of Colombia's right to to.qno shares of stock, tha main question, the company's right to transfer its concession, being reserved for a later answer. Until the latter Is received the court will not fix a date for a hearing. Saaalsk Dael I a accessary MADRID. Jan. . . The dispute which occurred In the chamber yesterday between. ' Minister Linares ana ucpaty Donano. r,ulUn aenJlng seconds to aach other. haa been settled witeout n ita ting oue bctw Principal. Per via a t eaarreaa to Meet. LIMA, Peru. Jan. . The government haa convoked for February I an extraordi nary session of congress to discuss and sanction various financial tneaeurea. ILLINOIS TO BUILD MONUMENT WIU Cotasaeaaerate fteldtera aad Dla- tlagfalsked Mea la National Park mt V Ir habere. . CHICAGO, Jan. 3-The state of Illinois soon will erect a monument In the national military park at Vlckiburg. MUs., In honor of the S.SCO Illinois soldiers and sal lore who participated In the sirgs of that city, from March 9 to July 13- The siructure, expected ta cost tlM.nro. will be In the shape of a rotunda or circu lar temple. It Is to be constructed of white rh " granite and ornamented with bronxe. Bronxe tablets on the exterior of the temple will have bas-reliefs represent ing Richard Yates, the - war governor of Illinois, presenting to Ulysses 8. Orant hla commission as colonel of the Twenty-first Illinois: the guaboata running the batteries at Vh-ksburg on the night of April k, 3, and the surrender of Vlcksburg by General Petnberton. v Around the exterior cf the dome will be eneraved the sentiment from Lincoln's aec I end lnauauraL "With Malice Toward None. With Chsrlty For All.- and the Ust I nhimae in General Grant's farewell to the army. "Let Us Have Peace." The ctrcum. rerence or tne interior win Dear panels ef n number sufficient lo contain the name or an me lumoia soiaiers wno tooa Prt in tne siege. I - IDEAL COLLEGE PROFESSOR Presldeat Hars-er af t klrag ral verslty Desrrlkee Klad af xia He Meat Be. CHICAGO, Jan. 9. The qualifications for the Ideal college professor, as outlined by President Harper In a lecture at the Uni versity of Chicago on "The Faculty of a College. are: First lis should he married. Second H should be a church member. Third He should mix with his students I eu' v Four in lie should nave a doctor's ds sree. Fifth H should be wilUng to work bard even m with in ir,e year. 8lxth lie should be In sympathy with the public, and take an active Interest la publla alalia. "The college professor who la married. said President Uarpr r. ""will do three times at much good In hi position as one who ia single And if be haa three or tour children he will be still bettor, for he wUI be a airoacsf Ma," FATAL. FIRE IN CHICAGO Weave a Mlslaa I fc em teals leases Et. plealea Whleh Vradweee ratal lajarlea aaa assail Fire. CHICAGO. Jan. -Notwithstanding re rent experiences with smoke and Same, tcn.inta of the Manlc temple, a twenty story structure, failed t soars today whn a fire broke. out In thT'osmopnlltsn build ing adjoining. The otfeqpanra of tha Cos mopolitan made a hasty exit. On tha upper storlea of the Cuemepolltan a number of women became hysterical, and, blinded by the smoke, made efforts to spring from the wlndewa. Cooler heads, however, prevented tola and the women were earned down tha fire escapes. Miss Herma Verba! was so severely burned that It la believed ahe cannot live. Chemicals she waa antxlng on the six:h floor exploded and caused the fire. The woman. In a dying curtditlon. was carried down a ftre escape hg C. W. Randolph, secretary and treasurer nf the Cosmopoli tan Ught company. Several other per sona were burned, butiot seriously. The fire was confined ta the fifth and sixth floors. Edward Stokes, wto-assisted' In tha res cue of Musi .Verba, was probably fatally burned and was taken to the county hos pital Of the thirty -flr people on the floor where the fire startexl twenty-five were girls and women. , The panic started with the explosion of the chemicals and the excitement waa in creased when Mlaa Verba ran from the room with her clothing In flames. Drop ping everything, the girls made a rush for the door. As they nenr4 the center of the room the foremost of fhem fell and the next moment nearly all ef them lay In a heap on tha floor screaming MVenwhlle Mr. Randolph, with M'sa Verbal In his arm a. hsd begun to descend the Are escape , amidst the cheers of titles of people who stood In the etreet below. At the fifth floor, almost overcome by smoke, Randolph gnve his unconscious -burden to Edward fttokaa. who carried the girl to the street. This duty done, fitokee succumbed to his own Injurlea and waa taken to the hospital. While this rescue waa being performed the safety of the other girts waa attended to. Tha total loss la put at tAOOO. OPERATORS FAIL TO AGREE Ml acre' Ceaferese Waits latll Eaa playea fa a Deride I pea What They Waat. INDIANAPOLIS. Jan, Si-The opening of the Joint conference of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and western Pennsylvania coal op erators and miners was delayed today by the operators holding a caucus to formu late their demands. At the caucus last night the operators found It impossible to get together. Many operators urgrd that the operators make then demands con servative. The western Pennsylvania and Ohio operators announced that they would refuse to consider the run-of-mlne basis and the T cents differential. The Joint conference scale committee was announced. Those from riHnots are: Illinois operators H. N. Taylor. J. H. Ofirity. B. F. Hush. F. & Peabody. Illinois Miner T. J, Reynolds, Edward Cahlil, Y. D. Ryan, v. perrv. "The demand et'-thf separators was pre sented' by H. L. Rabbin and was In the form of a resolution, declaring that In view of the financial depression there should be a reduction of 16 per cent In the scale for the year beginning April L Tke miners' demands were presented by John Mitchell and were as follows: We demand an absolute run of mine basts for the entire competitive field. We demand that there be a flat dlfferen tial of i cents difference tetween pica: and ------- - machine mintns. we demsnd that the clck nrlce nei-talnlna to the 1'ittsburg district. Hocking Valley Ohio, Indiana and the Grape Creek district cf Illinois shall remain the equivalent of the Dreeent scale and that the present con tract be amended by striking out in t'oe irwlde day wag scale the words company men in the long wall mine of third vein district In northern Illinois"' and inserting the words "brushes In the long wall tulnes, 12 5.-' We demand that all Internal differences shall he referred fo the districts affected for adlustment. We demsnd that there be a nniform scale for outside day labor in the competitive field FREIGHT RATE WAR IN GRAIN Kaaaaa City tke Store Crater ef'cet tlag- aad State Threateaa ta Be Dralaed ef Wheat. TOPEfcA, Kan.. Jan. . As a result of the reduction In the grain rate within-the next fortnight. It I likely that the state will be thoroughly drained of the 3r.K.X bushels of wheat which are supposed to be still held by tha farmers. The Santa Fa haa announced a cnt of t cents per hundred In the rate on grain from the Interior Kansas points to Gsl veston by the direct route, Thkt means that the grain will not be sent around by way of Kansas City, but will move direct from Kansas to the gulf ports. It Is said that the other roads will meet the Santa Fe'e cut for gulf points and the probability la that the eastern roads, which depend for their business on the haul to Minneapolis, Chicago or eastern ports will mske a cut In the rate to turn soma of the business In that direction instead of a! lowing it to all slip away by tha "back door" of the gulf. In addition to the cut made by the Santa Fe the Rock Island and Missouri Pacific have given notice of a reduction of t cents In the rates to the gulf via Kansas City. Ite rate war affects the grain district ex tending from the Dakota to Oklahoma but the reduction of t cent from Interior points does not extend further south than the Kansas state line on the south. DEFECTIVE SHOT RESPONSIBLE ascpecter Aaaeaacea Belief as ' Csaa at Accldeat at Hard wick Slae. PITTSBURG. Jan. 9 Mine Inspector Cunningham is satlafied that the explosion at the Harwtck mine was caused by a de fter live shot. In a room In the south entry a hole waa found In lh coai showing that the kimpln had been blown out aad that the shot was Ineffective. So far lit bodiea have been taken from the mine. OBSERVE THE DAY AT CANTON Mrs. MeKtaley Drlvea to Tessa ef Has. haaa, Carrylag Beach af taraaileaa. CANTON. O.. Jan. 9. Canton today ob served McKJniey'a birthday. Special patri otic programs were held In most of the schools and pink carnations were every where In evidence. Mr. UrKintey wss drive to the ceme tery this afternoon with a large bunch of camatieu fur tae tomb of tke lata reel AcM. 1 OPENING UP NEBRASKA LAND Tr.-MUa Strip it Sh-nidtn Ccanty to Ba Btortl ta fnblio Itontia. SOUTH DAKOTA CONGRESSMEN PROTEST Ret Relieved They Caa Do 'Were, flaw ever, Thae Temporarily Delay tke Issaaaee af the Order by Ik Presldeat. (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON. Jaa. 9-tSperlal Tele gram. h President Roosevelt today algnod an executive order restoring to ths public domain what I commonly known as ths "extension strip" In the north part of Sheridan county. Nebraska, and located on the boundary line between South Dakota anl Nvlirafka This strip, which is ten miles long and flv mile wide and adjacent to the Pine Itldgs agency In South Da kota, was by executive order set apart aa a "dead line' a number of years ago. It was taken from the public domain and placed at the dleposol of the Sioux, In-. tans. During the Ust fifteen years Ne braska d'-legiiilnrts In , congress have en deavored to have this strip restored to tha puMIc domain, but without result. W:,.-n Representative Klnksld rams to Kington one of the first things he took p with Commissioner Jones vu this strip of land which ha contended should be turned back to Nebraska, the use fir which was originally Intended hsvlng long nee terminate,. Conrrressman Klnkald made such a showing that Commllonr Jones took the matter up with the presi dent and It waa decided that as an execu tive order had deprived Nebrarka of this and an executive order could restore It. The order waa ready to be promulgate teday. but when the South Dakota dele, gallon discovered what was In the wind there was a "hurry call' sent out and Representative Martin asked that the order be held up for a day or two until It could be ascertained Just what would ensue If It wa promulgated, s Ccvngressman Klnkald was interviewed by the South Dakota delegation and showed the delegation that the "strio" was not nder the control of anyone, .the federal court even claiming that It did not have urisdlctlon. However, the order has been held up, but there Is no doubt It will be given to the "public within a day or two. aa the president's mind Is made up. Representative Klnkald Is greatly pleased over Ma success, as are all tha members of the Nebraska delegation, who will stand by Mr. Klnkald on every point. Colombia Weald Half ClaJsa Rights. A few day before the appointment of William I. Buchanan' as minister to Pan ama the announcement waa made In these dispatches that Genera Reyes of Colombia and Mr. Buchanan had submitted a prop osition to Secretary Hay which was vtr- ually a hint that Colombia would give a quit claim died of Ita title to Panama ter ritory for 119. 000. sro. The Information upon which the dispatch waa based was secured rrom absolutely 1 aside source. In other words, it was ex-eathedra. trot the atnrv did not appear ta any of the Mar dailies of the east, and oonsequently It was not taken seriousTy. A day or two later correspond ent of the New York newspapers under took to secure a confirmation or denial of the report from Mr. Buchanan, but that gentleman I a diplomat and be declined ta say a word. Then he went to Panama. Now he has sent In hi resignation and will very soon be back In the United States. Aov-ut i?u uai agr, renaior uonnu un dertook to aorure a pledge from democratic senators to oppose the Panama treaty a a party measure. In conference It developed that the proposition had been made by Colombia to sell out Its Interest In Panama for a consideration and the consequence was that the caucus Mea was abandoned and no attempt will be made to commit the democrats of ths senate as a body to opposition of the treaty. Within the last forty-eight hours the "great metropolitan dallies" of New York. Philadelphia and Chicago have discovered that negotiation are pending between tha United State and Colombia whereby the southern republic will withdraw all opposition to the secession of Panama for a financial consMcratton. Withln the next few days a bill will be in troduced to pay Colombia a financial alv for ths loss of Panama. General Reyes postponed hla departure until he was as sured that this would be dons. He ha gone now to prepare the way for the ac ceptance of the Inevitable. Laacheea ta Thesspeew. Representative Burkett gave a luncheon In the house restaurant at the capitot to day to D. E. Thompson, minister to Bra- siL The entire republican delegation from Nebraska tn congress was present. Sena tors I net rich and Millard holding down the head and foot of the table. Char lea E. Magoon of the bureau of Insular affairs and Elmer E. Stephenson. Internal revenue collector for Nebraska, were also present. Minister Thompson expects to leave Wash ington tomorrow to visit friends In Michi gan and will be In Lincoln soma time the latter part of next week. Red area glse af Reserve. Representative Martin today Introduced a bill amending tne former bill by him relative to the segregation of certain lard In South Dakota aa a public park, to be known as Battle Mountain sanitarium. The park. Is reduced about iOuO acres, leaving practically J.00O acre for the reserve By the amended bill of Mr. Martin bet very little land held by private Individuals will be Included within the proposed reserve. Casper Kennedy has beea recommended by the Soutlj Dakota delegation for re appointment a postmaster, at Sisacton. 8. D. Baallae at Destartmeat. Captain WUlUra E. Horton. quarter master, to relieved from temporary duty as assistant to the chief quartermaster. Department of the Missouri, snd ordered t Governor's Island for duty as assistant to th chief quartenpaater of th De partment of the East. Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska Bee, regular. Oeorge F. Nixon; substitute. Fred Moler. Cairo. rtguUr. Charles IX Bokr; substitute. Lafe Watklna. Hick Ban, regular, Thomaa Hllier; substitute, George Hi'.lr. Kllford. regular, Ray E. Holltr.gsworth: substitute. Charles Fuck. Nrhawka. regular. Albert B. Purkhiser: substitute. J. K. Magney. Iowa tlarks ville. regular. James K. Cook; substitute, Harry Cook. South Dakota Aberdeen regular. Elmer Gardner; substitute. Nel son Gardner. - Two additional rural route are ordered established March 1 at Lgan. Harrtson county, la.; route embrace aa area of sevecty-three square miles, containing a population of LKs- Poa? matters sppolnted: Icwa Groveshlll, Bremer rotinty, Herman Fet Ik ether, vice A. F Schnvelser, resigned. South Dakota Okuboji Sully county, Ralph O. Buxton, vifcO J. A. LivU-aHojj, reaigned. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST era Pert lea Ssaday Fair aad t elder. Te mac rat a re at Ossake Yesterday! tear. Dea". Hear. lie, a a. aa 1 la. s IS a. a s p. s i a r a. m a S a. sa IT a a. tn...... It 4 . sa...... IT a. ss S P. sa IT IO a. sa . sa...... I' ll a. sa T t s, sa. IT IS sa IO . a I a. as IS Below Sera. ANOTHER CAUSE FOR SUITS Attorneys la Shlphalldlag t as Da le Agree as tf EsTeet af Act lea. NEW YORK. Jan. 9.-Aecordlng to tas- ment of opposing counael In the lnl:ed States shipbuilding litis! Ion. te expira tion of the agreement today under which shipbuilding bonds were deposited with the Sheldon syndicate to effect a reorganisa tion Instead of Influcnelrg a sevlemsct of the litigation tray be lh signal for s struggle for lh t-e1vn of the bonds deposited with the syndicate. William Nelson f romeell, eounei for th syndicate. derlarM that tt.e understanding that the bonds deposited with the syndi cate are now subject to withdrawal la er roneous snd that the expiration of th Sheldon syndicate has no relation to th plan of reorganisation, which remain an sffected by that event and under whiott plan th bond will remain deposited. Samuel Untermeier, counsel for the bond holders' protective committee, dented this and said he had no doubt of th right of every member of the syndicate to the Ins- mediate return of his bonds. Its undsr- sbtod that some members of the ryndlcate had not consented that their bonds reouUa on deposit with the committee, aad this, fe thought, would have no difficulty In en forcing th return of th4r bond, "for r- sons." he said, "with which Mr. Comwell I very familiar and which it Is imneoee sary at this time to state publicly." One conclusive reason why th Shei.lon com mittee will not be able to hold the Hn1s against the protest of the stn'.l ate m-m-bers. he said, was that th Hh-i :.,t. pin had been abandoned If any new plan was preeer.ted radically Jiff-rent from that the bondholder would, of course, have tke light to withdraw their bends. LAKE NAVIGATION ARDUOUS Kisverleae af Fresh water Sailor This Wlater Haa Beea Par tlcalarly Severe. CHICAGO. Jan. "A Laae navigation this winter ha fitted the crews of the stesmers In servicv. for a "dash for the pole." tor It combines alt the experience of Arctic nav igation. Lake Michigan has at Ust frosen over, the cold spell of the Ust few days Oiling up the widely scattered spot of open water between the Ice floe. In most winters there Is a wide stretch of open water In mldlske. At many points along the west shore the Ice. la plied up ootid until It reaches from th bottom forty feet deep lo an equal dis taste above th water Itrve. At th crib th see la piled up unlU It -is fclgher than th structure. The Icebergs are af great aire and bow they came to be formed I regarded a a mystery by winter navigators, as th thick est chunks of Ice they have seen a re not over eighteen or twenty Inches through. It Is considered by steamboat men that there la not half the danger In winter nav igation' with the Uke frosen ever as there to when there .- vast moving- fields of see to catch the steamers and crush them. In, the past a number of valuable steam era have been crushed by the floe and lost. The average temperature for December was S degree below normal, and thus far In January It haa been 4 degrees. This average baa been excelled but once. ' and that waa Curing the winter of 19TC KANSAS CITY WOMAN FREE La I a Prlaee "tet Oaly Baa Liberty, kat Sew Haa Aaetker taste. KANSAS CTTT. Jan. 9. Mrs. Lulu Prince-Kennedy-Kramer, on trial a second) time for the murder In January. 131. of her first husband. Philip It. Kennedy, was found tot guilty by a Jury her today. At her first trial ah was convicted ami sen tenced to ten years in the penitentiary. During ber release on bond, last Febru ary, sne married John Kramer, an attor ney, who bad defended her brother will Prince, who later was convicted on a charge of conspiring with the defendant to kill Kennedy. Mrs. Kennedy killed Ken nedy, who was !o--l agent for th Mer chants' Dispatch Transportation company, a month alter they had beea married. He had refused to live with her. bringing suit to have the marrlag) annulled oa th gm-ind that he had been forced Into It. The first verdict waa reversed on a tech nlcailty. Mrs. Kennedy's defrns was emo tional Insanity, and evidence was presented to show that her grandfather and great grandfather had died tn tnsan asylums tn Nsw Hampshire and Connecticut. The verdict of acquittal waa found solely on th ground that Mrs. Kennedy tnsan when ahe shot her hvsband. Th jury, however, fnand that "th defendant ta sine regained her sanity," wMch will sir her from being sent to an asylum. MAYOR BECOMES THEATRICAL OSe' af Bed far, ladlaaua, Talka af Mysteries letter Received ' la Sckafee Caa. BEDFORD. Ind . Jan. 3 Th authorities Investigating the Schafer murder case In timate today they bare a strong cine. "If the public knew what to la this letter Pedford would go atld. saM Mayor Smith. holding up a square envelope, address d t himself In a plain, boid kaad. Th mayor would ant aay whether the letter waa annrmus or not. nor woeld h give th least Intimation a to th aatur of It contents. Miss IX t lan Pearl Baasett, now living a Indianapolis, has been selected by th Board of Education fo fill th place In th high school as teacher ef Latin mad v cant by th murder of Mlaa Sarah SVkafer a'U Baasett Is th daughtec of Dr. Thomas J. Bassett. president of the Upper Iowa university. Fayette. Ia. A per-latent rumor has been cireuUting around the court of Inquiry today that th Investigation to being directed toward Be.tf.vrd citiseo In good stsndlng snd that th aaihorttto an wttkHnlding action until they are certain lhy have evidence baj warrant his aprrel.cnatoo oa suspicion. This report th detective deny. Iter a growing belief, however, tr.at the au thjorttlee have what they regard a ta. portant ir.CoraualiiuB vhics. snay ariot- EVENT OF MUCH NOTE Eacoad Atatul Bi"pst of YtZhUj C!b I. Id at lb -V.lir! Hrta'. MEN r NATIONAL FAME AS SPEAKERS GTimoT Tas Bant af Kites oa Talks of Bailraaii sad Facp! REVIEWS PTiSTORY Of HIS MERGER TIGHT Marat Ha'iissd (feats af Us Pmldttt af lis tsiud 8uu JOHN L WEBSTER CN REPUBLICAN PARTY P.dtard Hose water Give atesslels erases af MKlaleyBaqat I Preaavaaeed Saeeesa. Attended by Repreeeatatlve Mea. Ard-nt rpjMlcnlm was "he eeaenc tl.&t filled the Brooks-laden sir In th great dining hin of the Millard last night 1 ur ine lh aeond annual banquet of the Mc kinley club; Its preeebc siway fil dur ing the burning words of patriotic peak era, bwl bursting forth In cheers and hand clapping with the words "Rooaevsll and ebster." John 1 W hater wa greeted by waving haiidkerchieta when be arue to speak, the SO gjests cheering k.og and loud. Mr. Webster was vide nil y much af fected by this reception and thanked Usos present, saying that It was a good deal to received so warm a welcome. Isader Zetgler caused the first great enthusiasm la dosing his speech by calling on all to drink to the next leailers, Rmuca and Webster. Ireldent Harry A. Foster of the clut acted as toantautstrr, and began by apply ing an anecdote about turning on the gas. Th conditions were Just right tor a suc cesaful speech when he Introduced Id r Zeigler for the toast, "The Young Wan. In Politics." A good dinner bad done It part. Mags and cut flowers decked th room, aad over the hesds of the distinguished guest ung picture of the martyred ptron c the club McKlnley and of tha ever r' uous Roosevelt. II waa esy. EnthusU only asked an excuse. Mr. Zeigler said that the word po(rtlc- bsd berorae a -tod ted In the minds ef many of the best clttxeos with what waa corrupt snd odiou. This wa bad. Indeed. in a country such as our, wher all wera esponsible for the government. Aa a speaker had sold at a former dinner It wss shame for a man to say h was net In politics. Every man who wa worthy of rltlxenahlp should take a hand tn shaping the deetinle of the country. All you" men. the speaker orged, should start Out in party work In their own proctneta. He In- stv-d msny young men In bigtt place tn he nation and closed with th sentiment that those successful politic could perao what was honest and nnright. PtesMent Foster, In Introducing Mr. Web ster, said that sit hoped st th next ban quet to present him a the vice presid-wt ef (he United States. An evatloa fnlVrwad, Mr. -Wtaeey- spike on Tt revjb"rari Partv." He said: If t were to aft em (It to define th retx.V- l!-an party In one sentence. 1 would ceil It the emhnriimeTit cf the conscience ef th progressive spirit of the Anmtti fteorvle. If 1 eer asked" to state what it had ac complished f- r our country. I mis tit answer It has made the history of Its present greatness. If I should be asked what tt ha In store for our future, t might aoewer th.it It will uphold snd guld th conr ef American free Inat! tut Ion and Amervaa -tvHimm-i In their broad snd ever wnet nc career smong the fml!y cf nations, fn the devs of mr yo-ir manhood I cften though, over the tattle fought by th great soldiers. Grast and Sherman, and Sheridan and Logan, and that seemed enough to make me feel proud or the tart that I was a republican. 1 then. too. tad the peeches of Thadde-is Stephen of Itenlamln F. Wade, ef WlllUra H. Seward. of Oliver P. Morton, of Cha.rie Sumner and their associate great leaders, and I be came Impressed that the richest gift et t-nicnr o-tct.reo to live repvjmican parry, and that the soonviat dortrine ef ttatiae- manship wer promulgated by th rrpab- ican party. . . Liaesla, NeKlaley, Haass aslt. But after thirty veers ef observation snd reflection. If I wera to same three man whose principles, whose teachings. vho savings, wboee work im waoee i-cent-r:ihn vents best exemplify thst patriotic devotion to truth and horeatty and the right of the people, which sre the cardinal fundamental principles of the republican patrtv. I should unheeiLatln!y mention Abraham Unoin. Wunam McKlnley and Theod.rre Rooeevefrr ' Lincoln' was sn all around great man. great In mind and great In heart. Oat ef the quiet or his I llnots bom he steppe.! to the oresider.tlal rhair at the nivotai period tn this nation's hlftory. ami turned It into a mune of freedom and prosperity. He gave It a start along the upward path cf proc-rees with such a momentum that tha democratic party has rever been able, ex-r-vt for two short durations of time, ta stay Its career. "TSe pen that wrote th emanctpettna pmclamatton wa lifted and pointed I'ke a prophet s tsff to the eo iittitw'al amen.tmeots that gave -ft aen- ah'.p and france.i.ae o ne rare that lately wore chains." and s -s tilt sotn'lng to th unrtnietveai legislation that wtll ere roof Mlastssippt and Iuiutlana and Georgia asd the Carolina from dprrirg the eo'eved man of the right ta a commca school let'icatKvn. I now look bark upon htm durtng taos year of terrtbl trt'e and etvil war a de- rtcted in lb w.iniv or tn poet: That rood gray bead watch all mea knew. That voice from which, ttetr omen ail tttea drew. That iroa nerve to tro accaalona tree. That tower of atrer.a-th Which pti " four siuar to ever wird that bew." MehUaler'a Great Else lea. Wtiliara McKJnley. who Ail was th erubodimeat of the purest (nought and f AruerloaJl honor and Integrity. dl not hae a race of people at fc"tu to free fr"n bo-blag a did Abraha-a Uato'a, t il h raw tae life bvisg cruar.ed vi "f It sl en race la mat nrighoortng and Beautiful island of li.a sea. A the rhamplua ef re publican himanity he e.sed tt crow a of Asnrfen patriotism aad national irogrews from the srv-iuaion where a deoiervtK- ! nutut ration avid .ell is and uatg it on hi head be tol forth a a new Wader "of th apu-ndid itnpeilai republic af Afaer- A writer has said: The great Caesar, at . the brad of bJa invincible W.l tramped over most of th kru.wa wtxi in ka day In hi carvr of eob4uei The great Mo -hara rle from ha aoow-wlut oalt, steed sur veyed the fields and met and Jetivered tne wager of cond-cl Tne foremost ctujea ef ttiL-- rpuUc. McK icier, frrvra hi oiflctal residence at toe Amcrvan rapttoe. at tke touch of a button put tn a. nloa fleets which in a few brief hours r&ersed the map of two ol!Mf.ti arel placed a na uoo, for rcenturtrs the foreaooet la tne world, prostrate sn.1 poaerleaa at hi feet." In that isasnd la tae Atlantic h gave tM-th to a new and lidfi-Wnt rerut-tas and flung a new flag ! tne breese with a siogi alar. Away out In tne Paciac oceea h- unfurled to the tr:.ical fcreese the f..id ol our country' beautiful (tag. aad where American hearts will ever rlaeter around and defeod it aa a monument I ttte work ef regeneraUoo wbK h kv-gaa aad to that bruatirmndral humanity ef watch he waa a typical exampeA t Beesevelfa Ittars af Wtek, In tt-it laet lif w rk of MrKinlev, To d vr K-oawveit wa atut or.ly pueal, b-it aa actor aieuee itatitv-i of couraa aad ear It g en I bravery bear cl-ee rranabitrr l,j th snP'.tarv OW.I an the yooag I ( ef prince Kuene and fo the aaatua; sa'iaatry br.wr.l l uaiec. Ia t.i nvt.- aiva! lri. l-t a pce-v.Wr.1 cf the I ruled b'tiee he land frth ! tlrctie r as s rfteaUc of the right of the aanoa pofie aginef Ita asrealns 4 cocyvat rower, aa II uaif of ail corrupt a sores a r.l aa ta) j l -f aa '4 t ii i' tt