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OMAHA, SUNDAY MOISNINO, DECKMI5EII IS, 1904 FOliTY-TWO PAOES.
RIVAL OF GERMANY
Japan Said to Is Growdiig Enropttni for
Trada with the Chines.
CELESTIALS PREFER THE ISLAND SYSTEM
Asiatics Are Iaclinad to Stand Together in
Matttrs of Trade.
COLONIAL SOCIETY HEARS OF CONDITIONS
Herr Weas Speaks of Disabilitiai Under
Which Eiropeans Labar,
JAPANESE ARE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS
Proposed Railroad Thronah Western
hina Threaten German Business
of Line from Tslaran Fa
to Coast.
RERUN. Deo 17. (Special Cablegram to
The Kee.) The commercial rivalry of Oer
tnanjr and Japan In the fur east formed
the subject of a lecture delivered at a
meeting of the Oermnn Colonial soclrty,
with Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklen
burg In the chair. In Berlin, recently. The
lecturer, Herr Woa, appears to have been
traveling In China and In Japan for the
iRHt eighteen months, and he was chiefly
concerned to show thnt Japanese compe
tition waa becoming a serious danger to
German trade In east Asia, lie drew at
tention to the ubiquitous activity of the
Japanese trader and of his agents, who
were to bo met with not only on the coast
of China, but In the towns of the Interior
and on every river. The fact that a Japa
nese technical high school had been estab
lished at Nanking was unmistakable evi
dence that the Japanese were bent upon
securing a permanent footing In the Chi
nese markets.
This Intention on the part of the Japa
nese seemed to constitute a sufficiently
grave offence In the eyes of the lecturer,
but. Judging (by the exclamatory form of
the sentence, the enormity of their ventur
ing to compets with the Germans In Shan
tung, or, as tho lecturer described It, In
"our Shantung," appears to have been be
yond the power of mere words to express.
The new railway from Tslng-tau to Tsl-nan-fu,
which was tho work of German
enterprise, had Indeed Increased the trade
of the province, but It was the Japanese
and not the Germans who had benefited.
The Japanese palmed off upon the unsus
pecting Chinaman cheap and shoddy wares
at prices and by methods with which the
German trader could not compete. More
over, the Japanese employed no middle
man, while the Germans transacted the
greater part of their business through
agents, with the result that they never
really knew the kind of goods which were
In demand.
Chirrs Better Than Japs.
The lecturer not only represented the
Chinaman as the gulllljl victim of Japanese
trade methods, but he also dealt with cer
tain aspects or tne Celestial character
which, lu his opinion, rendered business
relation with the Chinese far more satis
factory than with the Japanese. A China
man's word was as good as his bond, but
not aeon the bond of a Japanese wan con
sidered binding. Irt Japan commercial dis
putes could not be settled by consular In-
larvn(lnn . r n. n Kanaka . V. n
courts, which were strongly prejudiced
against foreigners. The superficiality of
the Japanese character and civilisation was
...n.llnnl V. .. 4 1 ,
deed a marvel of organization, but which,
on the other hand, lacked the quality of
"Inner steadfastness," especially anion the
junior commissioned ana nonconioissloned
officers.
In the lecturer's opinion the war with
Russia was not the outc.im of a national
movement, but was solely the work of the
commercial and Industrial clnsses In
Jareo. who, having subjugated Corea, de
sired to add Manchuria to their sphere
of Influence as a preliminary step to over
running the whole of China. It was this
Instinctive dertre for extension on the part
of Japan which constituted the peculiar
and signal danger for the Germans In
the far east. Boon after ths outbreak of
the war with Russia it was officially de
clared at a meeting of Japanese merchants
and bankers at Kobe that the war was
essentially an economic move. The lec
turer maintained that no one, therefore,
was Indirectly more threatened by the
present war than the Germans. In his
opinion It would be highly regrettable If
the Oerm.'T tphere of Interest In China,
the province of Shan Tung with Its rich
natural resources, were to pass under Japa
nese Influence.
Celestials Favor Japanese.
The lecturer, however, confessed that,
although the Germans wers tolerated by.
'the Chinese, the latter preferred to deal
with the Japanese, and placed every pos
sible obstacle in the path of German
progress. The Chinese, for example, were
now doing their best to bring about the
S construction of a railway from Tsl Gan Fu
to the coast which would terminate some
-,,. Win to the north of the concession of
Jl'slng Tau and which would thus become
serious rival to the new German rail
f wv between Tslng Tau and the interior
or the province of Shan Tung, lie feared
that If ths Japanese proved victorious In
the struggle with RussU they and their
commerce would receive increased sup
port from ths Chinese, while German trade
would be left stranded high and dry. Herr
West considered that this was a peculiar
laic!. hip. especially in view of the great
debt which Japan owed to Germany. But
It was a regrettable fact that the Ger
mans, of all others, were objects of hatred
and suspicion in Japan. He himself had
been assaulted In broad daylight at
Hhlmom sekl by two apparently respectable
Japanese simply because he had been
recognised as being a German. The lec
turer concluded by observing that the
Jupanese not only did not love the Ger
mans, but hated them because they saw
that the Germans were -surpassing them
in the race for commercial supremacy In
China. In view of this fact and In view
of the tenacious energy of ths Japanese
the Qermuns must make every effort to
retain the ground which they had already
wort.
Flsrhtlna la tue Hal Wane.
CONST ANTINOI'LK. pec. l7.-The mil
acr by Gre.ks of ths wedding party near
Moiuistir, November tt. thirteen persons
be D4 killed and Ave receiving wounds,
lias led to a number of sunglnvtary con
flicts between Bulgarian and Greek bands,
culminating Thursday last in a stubborn
battle lasting five hours. A Greek band
of inoiity-right men t.nd a body of Uul
Karlans met near the village of Sarakinevo
and ths Greeks lost tweuty-four mon
killed. Many assassinations of Bulgarians
by Albanians have been reported In ths
I'skub district. The loosJ authorities, as
Itsaaa, aavi taken ao action to the matter.
CHURCH AND S'i IN ITALY
Popolo Romano Discusses Action of
Catholics la Yntlna st
Elections.
ROME. Dec. 17. (Special CaM-gram to
The Bee.) The Popolo Romano, In an arti
cle entitled "Church and State," attempt
to eMImate the real meaning and Import- !
n r r of the intervention of Catholic Votes in
the recent elec tions. This inte. vention. it I
says, though of a very partial kind, limited j
to a few constituencies where the ecciesl-
Bstlnl authorities or the association de- ,
pendent on them, thought intervention ex-!
pe.lient, hsd excited much ce mment In the
Italian as well as the foreign press.
The I'opolo Romano proceed to describe
first the new current In the Ca'hollc party,
which, though kept In check by the Vat
lean, has for ome time turned towards a
participation in political life, and, s condly,
the circumstances which rendered an Imme
diate appeal to the country necessary on
the part of the government, thoso circum
stances being a direct attack by the sub
versive parties on the public peace and or
der. Catholic citizens, however obedient to
the wishes of tho church, have stlil to
live the life of all other citizens and to
profit or suffer as others do from the In
ternal conditions of the state, whether
viewed from the moral or the economical
point of view. It was hardly wondeiful,
then, that in face of the exceptional situa
tion created by the subveislve pnrtles.
Catholics should consider It necessary In
the Interest of religion Itpclf to place a less
stringent Interpretation on the prohibition
contained In the lion expedlt. "Tho form-
ula of the non expedlt Is not dogmatic, and i
as such Intended to be applied according to
the Judgment of the Holy See with greater
or less severity, and consequently admit
ting of exceptions when Justified by cir
cumstances. The Vatican, In fact, without
suppressing the formula, has left to tho
practical ecclesiastical authorities of, any
place the responsibility of Judging whether
exception ought to be made. All that has
hxooened hs come uhout naturallv and '
epontaneous'y. without any understanding
of any kind with the political authorises
and without any connection whutever with
the problem of the relations between church,
and state. For the solution of that prob
lem vory different coefficients nro neces
sary, which only time can supply "
The Popolo Romano quote the opinion of
responslble ministers to the effect that
there exists no reason for making any mod-
lflcation in tho ecclesiastical policy hlth- ;
erto pursued by the state. "State and
church, as Giollttl has said, proceed like
two parallels, a procedure which assures to
the first the safeguarding of all the rights
inherent In the civil power, and to tho
second the free exercise of spiritual power." j
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WITHDRAW ARMY FROM EGYPT
Peace of Country Will lie Preserved
la Future by Native Police
Force.
CAIRO, Pec. 17. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) It has been decided by the gov
ernment that the army of occupation shall
be practically withdrawn from Egypt. The j
relive srmv will l left 1,. rnsselon. and I
a new police force will be created.
Th command of ths HHtish force in
Eypt. now held by Major General J. n.!6"' ZZZ ? T'"' T"
p -,m h. .k.k.k uh o mln, f. . nav0 a considerable effect upon the finan-
flcer will aot as military commandant over
a British garrison at Cairo.
For a year this garrison will consist of a j n, ,h .),,,' , . , lul"n,eB
.I h...., ., ..!?w,n to th" hrtage of American cotton
field battery, a mountain battery and two
battalions. There will be a further reduc
tion subsequently.
The new police force, which is to be
called tha Egyptian military mounted po
lice, will consist for tho present of about
100 men, half of whom sail In the Punera
from Southampton on Friday The force
will be under the command of Captain C.
Burroughs of the Publln district staff.
Tho withdrawal of British troops is ap-
proved by Lord Cromer, Lord Kitchener ,
and the finance authorities. I
Egypt pays 87,000 a year for the loan j
or uniiBii iroopa, a sum wnicn win now oe i
greatly reduced. It will be remembered
mat. uiri oiuaiu riivo n pituo 10 wiin- ,
draw the troops as soon as the country
could take care of itself.
The Egyptian army, which Is In an ef
ficient state, will remain as It is at present 1
constituted, wiin tsniisn omcers In com-
mana, ana unaer tne oracrs ot a British
sirdar. (
Nine years ago the army was 12.000
stronr. Today It numbers over 18,000 men.
KING IS CLOSE TO MANXMEN
Inhabitants of Island See Ruler
Ills Private Capacity as
Gentleman,
In
LONPON, Pec. 17.-(Speclal Cnblegram to i
The Bee.) "The king comes closer to the
Manx people tnan to many or nis subjects," was the greatest and mo:t important ques
aald Mr. Hull Calne to a gathering of tlon that had ever been raised In Parila
flshermen at Ramsey this week, "because ment. He agreed with what Mr. Chamber
we have had the pleasure to receive him lain said at Luton that this question was
in this beautiful island not in his public on that affected every working man's
character as sovereign, but In his private borne. At Southampton the Tory party de
character aa tha first of English gentle- ' Hberately threw themselves headlong into
men." j tne nrm9 of Mr- Chamberlain, Mr. Chaplin
Mr. Hall Calne declared himself a repub- ! and Slr Howard Vincent. No one of them,
llcan. a democrat, a socialist and a mon- j 11 wa" true' call,(l himself a protect'onlst.
archlst. and pointing to the vafrt achieve- I not even Mr chaPn. but It was clear that
ments of the king in the cause of peace,
he concluded:
'By such good work monarchy has taken
a new lease of life In Europe, so I propose
the health of Edward VII. not only be- i
cause he Is our sovereign, whom we obey !
i .. , ... . i
in loyalty a. a king, and rejoice to honor ;
as a aentleman. but atao because ar. . ;
ruler he Is the real fathe. of hi. pet-p'a. ;
and at once the beet monarch, the best re-
k" - o.iu nig uwi i
ruilnli.l r.f hit llnu" I
socialist of his day,
REGIS
TO WED A JEWESS
Aatl-Seniltlo Asitator Rurreuders
Cupid aad Will Cater
Syangoane,
to
,
ALGIERS. Pec. 17. (Special Cablegram ;
to The Bee.) By the irony of fate M. Max
Regis, the fiery untl Semite. Is about to
marry one of the prettiest Jewish girls in try the German had to pay more for his
Algiers. A few years ago M. Max Regis food. Could there be a more complete vln
set the whole colony by the ears by his dlcatlon of free trade? It was astounding
violent anti-Semitic political crusade, and that people could read the government blue
It was his proud boast that he would never book and then say that Germany flour'shel
sit at the same table or shake hands with under protection. Thtre was hardly a fact
a Jew If he knew It. adduced by Mr. Chamberlain with regard
Cupid, however, takes no account of re- to ruined Industries which had not been
llglous differences and M. Max Regis has ' smashed and pulvertxed. The Industries
capitulated to the charms of Mile. Sarah which he declared to be ruined were flour
Jais. whose mother married M. Parrlbai, ' tilling. Mr. Chamberluin bawd his urgu
furmer chief secretary of the governor ments upon facts, ytt when ihey c nv cted
gereral o' Algiers. Tht young woman. him of errors In bis fuels he said: "My
with malice aforethought, has Insisted that ' facts do not matter; they nre naerely ilius-
ine murnage ceremony snail aiso ce per-
formed In tha Jewish syangogue, and M.
Max Regis, Sn spite of his attempt to get
out of tha difficulty, has been eiitimd to
jtsUL
POLITICS WARM UP
British Fnblic Hears Discussion of Tariff
lanes from loth Parties.
MARLBOROUGH LAUDS TORY PARTY
, lT,
Says Eecerd of Seventy Yearn Fower
jg One of ProgMSS.
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LORD MONKSWELL TALKS FREE TRADE
Bays Arguments Advanced by Chamberlain
Were Exploded Long Ago.
SOUTH AFRICA DESIRES PREFERENCE
Sir
Gilbert Parker Says System of
Intercolonial Trade Is Necessary
to Interests of All the
Colonies.
LIVERPOOL, Pec. 1". (Special Cable
gram to The Bee.)-The duko of Marlbor
ough this week addressed a large meeting
at the Consei vntive club to Inaugurate the
formation of the Liverpool committee ot
the United club, the object of which Is to
supply practiced speakers for unionist
gatherings In the north of England and
north Wales.
He said he felt that nt this time his maj-
I esty's government deserved in n special
measure the confidence of the people of this
country. Few people would dispute that
the Pogger bank Incident, If it had been
entrusted to less able hands than those of
Mr. Balfour and Lord Lansdowne. might
hnve landed Great Britain Into a conflict
with Russia. He was not quite certain
whether the people of Great Britain fully
realized what a splendid forelprn minister
they had In Lord LansJuwnc, who was a
worthy successor of Lord Salisbury. He
hft(1 brought about the Japanese alliance
ana aroiirauon treaties vtiiu Aiiifni:tt unu
Portugal, and the French convention. His
attitude had been thoroughly pacific, but
at the expense of the Interests of Great
Britain. The position of the government In
the House of Commons was one upon which
they might congratulate themselves. They
nHd' placP(! on the itute book many valu-
ab)e and ugeful measures, and on all oc-
caslons of Importance the prime minister
had been ablo to command a very large '
majority of his followers. The chief under .
whom he had the honor n serve, Mr. 1
Lyttlcton, was a worthy follower In the
footsteps of Mr. Chamberlain. Referring
to the Chinese labor ordinance, he said that
the latest returns showed thnt 1.700 more
white men were being employed in the
mines than before the entry of the Chi
nese. When all the facts were published I
with regard to the matter he thought the!
radicals would have the greatest difficulty
In maintaining their contention of six '
months ago.
South Africa Is Improving;.
Today South Africa was improving In
consequence of the labor troubles being
less acute than they Were, and mortality
Bmon "ve hn1 been reduced as a
r",m or more "nngent supervision. An I
1 ! ?I pro"p?rl,y- " b"Uved. was !
!daWn,n . w,,ch Would be not only great
ciai position or oreat Britain as well. A
subject very near his heart, he said, was
rV t ftf rftt frill crnr ( r rr n ah. i
Lancashire, he wna told, had -suffered to
the extent of 10,000,000. and It was of vital
Importance that an adequate supply of the '
raw materials should be forthcoming from
other sources. Purlng the year the colonial
office had done all in ts power to co- i
i operate with the Encllsh Cotton r...i..l
UPg0clatlon In bringing about satisfactory '
results In the matter of cotton growing In
the colonies. He hoped that co-operation :
would lead to greater results In the future i
and that those connected with the Industry !
would be able to obtain all the cotton thev i
required from the British dominions For '
seventeen years out of the last twenty the
tory party had been In office, and during
nn inai ume mere naa grown nn n ri
ment of closer unity, of fellowship, be
tween Great Britain and fls brethren be
yond the sea. He really thoutrht the re
leals had no more sympathy with the
colonies man the colonies had with them
Thv .. ..... .
- ino colonies as a
happy hunting ground for getting rid or
the surplus population of Great Britain
which could be replaced by people thev
liked very much better-the alien emigrants
who came to these shores. One way ho
urged, of bringing the colonies Into closer
union with this country would be by means
of conference on the fiscal question
Free Trader Talks.
Addresslnga liberal mass meeting in the
Jubilee hall. Weymouth, thl. T
Monkswell said that the Issue of free trade
or protection whch government had raised
tha i O I . l.lifnr. Ik. . .
- ivuiiiry was Detwoen
free trade and protection, and that the old
form of protection which was foueht slxtv
ya" "B-, T""6 was not a "lnlB t"y
"'Xtyn Wh'ch aa
"ht ?.P" ''L0, ' " 0 Pr"
tectlon. It was true that these protection,
u h(ld many
lender and , of 8am
tnat they ,wttnte1 to get a 1 on
m0ney out of the pockets of the people
Mr. cnamoerialn was perfectly candid He
. . ...
wanieu protection as it was practiced in
Germany, France and America.' He Judge!
of the respective merits of free trade and
protection by the condition of the working
n,e" 1,1 aou in uermany. The gov
ernment blue book, which was fatal to the
tariff reformers, showed that the English
workmen got I shilling to the Germ in s
S nam. an.1 tnr thnt a .u n I
..... , - - u rman i
had to work two or three hours longer '
The disparity was Increased by the fact '
that Gtrmany being a protectionist conn-I
trattoni or my arguments " How could
they get hold of an eel like that?
Sir Gilbert Parker. In n interview at
(Continued on Second Page.)
FRANCE DISTRUSTS BRITAIN
Fears that F.mplre Has Covert Designs
on Semi-Free Arablaa
Provinces.
PARIS, Pec. 17. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) It would seem as If some oc
cult Influences were inspiring the French
people with mistrust of the growth of Brit
ish influence in Arabia. Prcf. Lorin of Bor
dtaux. in the course of a cordial apprecia
tion of Lord Curxon's work In the pepesche
Golonale, the organ of the colonial party,
of which M. Kttenne Is the leader, signia
cantly Inquired whether the viceroy was
not presuming too much upon his good for
tune in pursuing a poilcy which was "capa
ble of disquieting Turkey, Germany. Rus
sia and also France, which Is a Mussul
man power."'
This referred to what Prof. Lorin de
scried as the remarkable progress of Brit
ish Influence in Arabia, which, he said, was
gradually extending toward Mecca, both
from the coast of the Persian Gulf and
from Aden.
The Petit Parif-lan. the responsible and
Inliuential republican organ, edited by the
former minister, M. Jean Pu Puy, pub
lishes an article on the same subject. It
goes so far us to state in so many words
that England Is now engaged on a great en
terprise which is nothing less than the
"dismemberment of the Ottoman dominion
in Arabia and the dislocation of the native
states, real or nominal vassuls of Turkey."
It goes on to say that the object Is to sub
ject these states to a new supremacy
namely, thHt of British India or of Egypt,
but more probably of the latter, ndd.ng
that in the last resort this, of course, would
bo equivalent to English supremacy. What
ever may be thought of the inherent Im
probability of these statements, there can
bo no doubt ns to the Importance of the
fact that they receive credence In responsi
ble quarters. Englishmen can have no in
terest in permitting the propagation of
such mlBchlevous views as to their inten
tions. The Petit Puiislan asserts that Lord Cur
zon, no longer content with dominating ihj
Persian gulf, proposes to conquer Arabia.
England, it says, possessor in the khedivc
a vassal sovereign, who may claim great in
fluence over Islam, and ono of whose an
cestors some sixty years ago made the
Turk tremble at Stamboul. If this young
prince could extend hie power over the
holy places of Mecca and Medina, that
change of regime would greatly enhance
the prestige of England. The secret design
of the Ki.gliHh is eventually to seize Shel-kah-Said,
which in their hands would be
converted into a Gibraltar on the route to
India. Hut the French have long-standing
rights upon Shclkah-Said, which is also
claimed, by the Turks. The problem Is,
therefore, a difficult one, yet the British
government is discussing It with the Porte.
The Italians, who covet the p. session of
Hodeida, may be a source of difficulty, but
the main obstacle In the way of the Eng
lish Is the action taken by the commander
of the faithful, Abdul Eamld, realizing that
the loss of the holy places of Islam would
undermine its own authority, is, according
to ths republican Journal, stralnli.g every
nerve to hasten the construction of the
railway from Damaacya to Mecca, which
will shortly approach Sinai.
Tnnm, c m dI f-fl'sie
MORE TROUBLE IN BALKANS
Failure of Turkey to Fulfill Prom
ises May Result la Dis
tress. SOFIA, Peo. 17. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) The npparent determination of
the Turkish government to prevent the re
turn of the refugees from the Adrlanople
vilayet Is threatening to impair seriously'
the friendly relations which have existed
between the surernln and vassal powers
In. the rnneliitslnri of the Tiirco-Bulirarlnn
convention last April. I'nder article lv or!
the convention the Porte has undertaken to
assist In the repatriation of the refugees
by furnishing them the means of rebuilding
their houses and restoring their lands.
Not only are obstacles still raised against
the return of the refugees, of whom more
than B.000 are waiting near the frontier, but
the Turkish authorities have assigned their
land at Perekol and elsewhere to Mussul
man settlers and have allowed their houses!
to be demolished by these colonists for the
purpose of constructing new dwellings. In
these circumstances such of the refugees as
may be allowed to return during the winter
will find themselves deprived of shelter and
reduced to complete destitution. The time
appears to have arrived when, In the In
terests of the tranquillity of the Balkans, If
not of humanity, the powers should concern
themselves with this question. The repre
sentations which the British embassy at
Constantinople has already addressed to
the Porte on the subject have apparently
produced an Impression.
REMARKABLE STORY OF WAR
Speaker at Hanley Tabernacle Tells
of Prayer and Its Apparent
Answer.
LCNPON. Pee. 17. (Special Cnblegram
to The Bee.) A remarkable story of the
Boer war was told by the Rev. J. H.
James of Teovil at Hanley Tabernacle this
week Purlng the struggle In South Af
rica, he said, a father prayed dally for his
son who went to the front. One night,
moved by a strange impulse, the eldr
man felt constrained to remain in prayer
until the morning. The next mall brought
news of what had happened that partic
ular right. The son was on that date
taken out of a hospital, where, unknown to
his father, he had been down with fever,
and placed In the mortuary among the
dead. The hospital doctor, however, was
possessed by a peculiar uneasiness and
could not rest. Going to the nurse who
had ordered the removal of the boiy he
ssken If he was sure the patient we dead.
Notwithstanding her assertions to that
effect the doctor proceeded to the mor
tuary to find that after all there was
still breath In the supposed dead boiy.
The patient was taken back to the hos
pital and eventually recovered.
CHRISTIANS HAVE BAD NAME
Many Who Would serve Turkey Are
Branded as Thieves and
Murderers.
SALONICA. Pec. IT (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) Many of the Christians who
have offered themselves as recruits for
the Macedonian gendarmerie have had to
be rejected because they were bad charac
tersthieves, murd-rers and drunkards. In
eddltl m, few could speak the language of
the country.
General de GlogU Pasha, chief of the
reformed gendarmerie, has added to the
qualifications for membership of the fores
that recruits shall not havs committed any
crime, and must not be the offspring of
profsfslonal criminals. About ,b00 men
have been enlisted up to tba present
TRIBUTE TO MURPHY
Fire Hundred Leadiig Citizens Honor
Dead Capitalist and Pioneer.
MASS MEETING HELD AT THE CITY HALL
Mayor Meores Presides and Several Elo
quent Eulogies Are Spoken.
RESOLUTIONS EXPRESS OMAHA'S GRIEF
Friend of Peor, Promeier of Prorress and
Mai of Unswerving Fidelity.
CHARACTER OF DECE .sLD HIGHLY PRAISED
Mayor, G. W. Wattles, John L. Web
ster, Father Don linn sad Dr.
Georsre L. Miller Are
the Speakers.
Five hundred of the most representative
business and professional men of the city
assembled in the council chamber at the
city hall yesterday afternoon In tribute to
the late Frank Murphy. The meeting was
public in its nature and was called by the
following citizens:
H. Kountse. Guy C. Barton. Luther
Prake. G. W. Wattles, H. V. Yates,
George V. Poane, John A Crelghton, C. E.
)ost, E. M. Morsman, George K. Indwell,
K. L. Metcalf, Gourfre W. lloldrege, E. P.
Peck, John. K Kennedy, E. Wakeley, J. N.
II. Patrick, K. H. Davis. William Wallace,
J. B. Kitchen, A. L. Mohler, E. Ho ewaier,
Lee Spratlen, John C Cowln, George K.
Prltohett, J. M. Woolworth, William D.
McHugh. Milton T. Barlow, C. W. Lvman.
Dr. Ueorge L. Miller, W. A. Paxion,
Charles Y. Manderson. J. H. Millard, Vic
tor H. Co IT man. Judge W. H. Murger. John
A. Munroe, John L. Wetwter ana C. H
Pickens.
It was a solemn gathering and was Im
pressive for Its simplicity. Mayor Moores
presided and made the opening adlress.
The other ppeakers were Gurdon W. Wat
tles, John L. Webster, Prtsldent M. P.
Powling of Crelghton college and Pr.
George L. Miller. J. M. Woolworth pre
pared and read the resolutions, which were
adopted by a rliing vote.
Test of Resolutions.
They were as follows:
Tidings of the melancholy event which
has convened this meeting were leceheu
by the people oi ih.a city and state.
The announcement oi the ueath of Mr.
Frank Murphy has been taken notice of by
the authorities of tho city ana by h.s a-i-wiciales
in several companies of which ne
was a member, it remains for hU lellow
citizens whose relations wlih him were
more general to record their Ueep sense of
the Ion the community has sustained in
this untimeiy event, to the enu that the
memory of his public services and tils pil
vnte virtues m'4y be preserved.
Thereiorc, v,e citizens of umaha have
been convened for the purpose of plac.ng
upon record our appreciation of the char
acter which has ceased from among us.
Mr. Murphy from an early per.od in his
career had a very definite conception ot
tho manner of man one should bi, placed
as he was In a community like ours, and
it was a great happiness of his life that in
a very unusual degree he realised his Ideal.
At an early day he had the sagacity to
perceive that from im ill begli.n rigs and
In untoward conditions Omana must surely
grow to be-a town ol consequence and that
it was the port of wisdom tor men here
to engage in such adventures and under
takings as should contribute to the well
being and prosperity of the city, so that
his interests and ambitions should cons!:
with those of the community. We do not
need to say that he made the-several In
vestments which brought him great ga.ns
for the public good only, but we are fafe
In saying that he took large Intr . in
the ftreet railroad, the gas worn,
other enterprises because he foresaw t
these ventures would prove Immensely
profitable to himself, and at the same time
useful to the public. It serves to elevate
him to a position In the public service and
esteem far above that of the ordinary citi
zen and Justifies the high appreciation of
his character by all our people.
There was another element of his concep
tion of the manner of man one should be
placed among us as he was. His foresight
and energy brought to him great gains, but
In his ways In life he had an avtrs rn to
tho ostentations of wealth which are apt
to excite feelings of envy or at least dis
like. He persisted In following a simple,
unpretentious and reserved wav of life; he
avoided all display and put himself on the
plane of all his fellow citizens, never de
clining kindly assielatlor.s with all of them
and never arrogating to himself a position
above any of them.
And he had another quality allied to this.
Always holding his own opinions upon all
questions whlcli presented themselves to
him he always declined debate and conten
tion. Leaving others to form and havs
their own opinions end adhering to his own.
he never disputed or assailed what he did
not agree with, but ouletlv went his way
and by his simple expressions In concilia
tory words brought those who disagreed
with hm tc his own views. It wss his
rare tactful, sensible method whl"h almost
without the appreciation of othrs bruht
them to aKreement with him, and thus he
became a dominant force so that his fore
sight was accepted as Judicious and w's.
Besides nil this he was of a genial, kindly
nature, lovinr his friends, never offending
thos" who differed 'mm him. leudlne; a
gentle, oulet, sweet life, cerlfhel snd re
spected by all. m thnt when the shock of
the announcement of his demh cime every
body, hlirh and low. exclnlmed as If a per
so"nl srrrnw hsd befallen them.
This tribute without exaggeration or adu
lation in sincere sorrow for our own lss
snd that of the people of the city Is justly
due to the memory of a useful cltln a
respected nsociite and a true, unfailing
and devoted friend.
Death Causes General lorrow,
"No death," said Mayor Moores, "has
occurred that has caured so much con
sternation In our city since four years
ago the wires flashed the terrible news
of the assassination of our lamented Mc
Klnley. Leaving Omaha but a few days
before apparently In the moat perfect
health, the word of Mr. Murphy's death
was a great shock, the public not being
prepared for It.
"This morning the last aid rites of
burial were performed and we now have
but tha memory of him to remind us of
the great loss our community has sus
tained. We are now assembled to glvo
expression to the grief and loss we have
sustained as a city In the death of Frank
Murphy. I do not propose to make any
extended remarks on this occasion, as
there are others who will address you who
have been more Intimately associated with
him In his private and business life.
"As a successful business man Mr. Mur
phy stood at the head of the list. If no
other monument Is erected to his mem
ory the fact that he always was ready
with money to help build up our city will
be monument enough. At this particular
time, when our city Is improving as never
before, his death means more to us than
ws at present realise and it will he hard
to fill his place. Associated with other
capitalists he was Interested In tha start
ing of new enterprises which I confidently
predict will mean as much to Omaha
within five years as did the opening of
the stock yards twenty years ago. Tha
others will miss his counsel and his guid
ing hard."
Address of ti. W. Wattles.
In part Mr. Wattles said:
We meet here today us hustneaa men,
f I lends and associates of the honored dead,
to pay our last tributes of love and re
spect to the memory of one who but a few
das iigo stood as a lender among us. We
too often leave unsaid words of commen
dation until after deuth, but us fulsome
praise would have been distasteful to ths
living, what I shall aay of him today will
.Continued on. Second Page.)
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for Sjehi-eska Fair "nndaT
and Warmer In F.est Portlom Colder
In forth Portion. Monday Fair.
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XKW SECTION
1 Japan ncc-tmlns; Rlssl of Germany.
Politics Warm I p In Raaland.
fttlsena Psy Tribute to Murphy.
Latest Sfesrs from the War In East.
8 Baker Is Confident of Success.
Ills; Guns at Doner Rank Court.
A ers from All Parts of Xrbrasks.
4 rrvlrcs at the Omaha Churches.
Fairfax Man Commit nlclde.
R Fnnrrat of Frank Mnrphy.
noard Una Trouble Over l.cry.
fl Pest Week la Omaha Soclrty.
T Growth of the V. M. C. A.
Mother Gets lie. nature's Hashand.
10 Smoot Case Takes Political Tarn.
11 Ronnilnp of Flapping Roll,
t row Indians Hoost lllah.
II Smooth Terror of the Cow Country.
IS Chslrman of Sew County Board.
C hinamen Have a Uay In Court.
14 Happenings In Council Bluffs.
Sews from Iowa Towns aad t itles.
15 I.Ives Lost When Steamer Burns.
Mrs. Chadsslck Arralaned In Court,
ft IK Irrlatlnn lsm Is Assured.
lO Co-operatlon In BnlldlnsT of Homes.
EDITORIAL SECTION
IT Richest Block la C ity of Omaha.
IN Editorial.
Hi Financial and Commercial.
II.M.F-TO.XK SF.CTIOM
1 Child tint Kissed Christ.
Christmas In Many Iinds.
Thouahts on Christmas.
8 Plays nnd Players.
Music and Mnslclsns.
5 Crelajhton Colleare t hentrlcals.
In the Field of Electricity.
4 Nebraska Teachers' Convention.
The l.ate Frank Murphy.
K Professor Ressry In Csnada.
Tesla's Latest Discoveries.
For the Women Folks.
T Sportlna; Review.
COLOR SECTION
1 Rnster Brown's Christmas.
8 Cholly Cashcallcr.
Alice nnd the Policeman.
8 Greatest Flirts In he World.
4 Games to Play at Christmas.
Expert Advice as to Twins,
n Automobile Looping; the Loop.
The Cbrlstmsa t ant Girl.
O Lillian HnsseK'a Home.
7 Chrlstmns Roses A Story.
The Mysterious Railroad Murder.
The star Baby.
H Heal Madonna and Child.
From Near nnd Far.
I Top o' the Mornln'.
lO BeTy of Stnwe Beauty.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterdayi
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FALL RIVER STRIKE STILL ON
Conference Lasting; Four Honrs Falls
to Get Parties Any Closer
Together.
FALL HIVF.R, Mass., Dec. 17. A con
ference lasting over four hours was held
In this city today between representatives
of the cotton . manufacturers and their
striking operatives, but no agreement was
reached and a settlement of the great
strike involving 26,000 mill hands appears aa
distant as ever. The conference was
brought ubout as the result of a trip made
by the leaders of the strike this week to
New York, where they discussed the situ
ation with President Qompers of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, who is also vice
president of the National Civic federation,
nnd John Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers, and other members of the execu
tive committee of the civic federation.
No proposition looking toward a settle
ment was submitted by the manufacturers.
The strike leaders suggested an arrange
ment whereby the operatives should go
back to work at a reduction of 64 per cent,
or one-half the reduction voted last July
by the manufacturers and that the mill
hands should work at this reduction for
at least three months. It was also sug
gested that at the end of that time another
conference be held with a view to restor
ing the old rate of wages. This proposi
tion was quickly rejected by the manufac
turers. The textile reprf santatlves then
expressed their willingness, In case all
other plans were rejected, to recommend to
the other unions that the matter be sub
mitted to arbitration by a committee of
the executive board of the National Civic
federation, this decision to be final.
The idea was discussed at some length,
but no action was taken on It.
BARS REPORTERS FftOivl COURT
Rutins; of New York Justice Causes
Personal Encounters with
Writers.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17. A scene of un
usual disorder was witnessed in the su
preme court in Brooklyn today, where Jus
tice Marean during a hearing in the case
of Mabel Spang, daughter of a Pittsburg
steel manufacturer, oidcred that admis
sion to the building be denied all news
paper men. Some of them took excep'ljn
to the authority of the Justice In ordering
them from the building and decilmd to
leave. Attendants were then ordered to
clear the corridors and eject the unwel
come ones, but they met with violent op
position and for a time srrloua trouble was
Imminent. The corridors were finally
cleared after a hand-to-hand scrimmage.
The hearing of the case of Miss Si;nng,
who, it is alleged, has been wrongfully con
fined In a sanitarium, waa continued today
behind closed doors.
After the hearing Justice Marean ordered
Miss Spang to be remanded to the aunl
taiium until January 10, when, he an
nounced, the case will be proceeded with.
EVANS GUILTY OF MURDER
St. Louis Man Is Sentenced for Killing
Woman Who Passed
as Wife.
ST. LOt'IS. Dec. 17.-Edgar Evans was
convicted today of murder In the second
degree for the killing of his alleged wife,
Mrs. Antoinette Evans, and his punishment
was P.xed at thirty-five years In the peni
tentiary. Mr. Evans was killed July 6
last and Evans was found betide her with
thrrat and wrists sl.islied. The defense
was thut the womnn had Inflicted his In
juries and killed herself.
The teMlinony showed that Mrs. Evan
was the wife of a fireman living In Pitts
burg. Pa., but that aha had been living
as ths wife of Evana for acveral weeks In
Hi. Louis.
SLAVS ARE HOPEFUL
SUssnsl'i Dispatchu on Coirlitloni at Fort
Arthur Ire Not in Despairing Toie,
CONTENTS ARE NOT MADE PUBLIC
suns-snsnsk
Ifessagti Brought by Jauisiai to Ohs Fao
Now ii Hands of Cur.
RUSSIANS WOULD PROTECT THE WOUNDED
Qtntral Ncgi is rurniihsd with Map
Showing Location tf Hospitals.
CHINESE BANDITS HAVE GOOD ARMS
Indications Are that Russlaas and
Japanese Are Both Provldlas;
Rifles for I se of Irregular
Native Bands.
PT. PETERSBURG, Dec. 17,-The con
tents of Lieutenant General Stoessel's dis
patches to Emperor Nicholas, as received
last night, have not been communicated to
the public. While particulars are not ob
tainable It is understood that the report is
not couched In a despairing tone.
Stnessel Would Protect Hospitals.
TOKIO, Dec. 17. (t p. m. ) Oeneral 8 toes
Be I has opened negotiations with ths
Japanese forces surrounding Port Arthur
1 raiding for the protection of the hospitals
of the city. He has furnished General
Nogl with a map showing the positions 0r
the different hospitals.
The following dispatch was received to
day from the Japanese army before Port
Arthur:
Two letters from General Stoessel, (com
mander of the UUFKian military forces at
r"ort Arthur) to General Nogl, (In com
mander of the beau-gui'M at i ort Artuur
reached headquarter at 8 o'clock In ths
evening of December 16. The Hrst read as
follows:
1 nave the honor to Inform you that
your artillery has bombarded our hospitals,
which are plainly distinguished by Red
Cross flags. '1 hese Insignia are visible from
your artillery posltloiiK. I request you to
pro. libit the bombardment. I make the
leuuest from my high esteem for our brave
heioex, who after gloriously fighting with
your force lie wounded in tne hospitals
under the Hed Cross. Among those heroes
are some Japanese wounded.
1 avail myself of the opportunity to con
vey to you assurances of my high respect.
Accompanying this letter was another
from General Stoessel to General Nogl
saying:
I hereby entrust the bearer, narashnff
Liiiiks hunt master to tli'e emperor and
superintendent of the Hed Cross, to
negotiate with your excellency In order
to remove the hospitals outside the danger
ous rone during bombardment. It Is needless
to say that we have respect for your right
to promote the success of your operations.
I'encllled on the envelooe waa the follow
ing: luirashoff will come to the same place
on the sftemoon of December 111 to receive
your reply.
Russians and Japanese Moot.
General Nogl further reports thai be
sent Major Salto, accompanied by Prof.
Ariga and an Interpreter, to Calichiao to
deliver u reply, which was accompanied
by the following letter to General Stoessel:
I have the honor to assure you thst the
Japanese nrmy, respecting huinanitiea and
treuties since the beginning of the siege,
tim never purposely directed shells against
buildings or vesxeis flying the Hed Cross
flug. but the greater part of the garrison
is invisible from our gun positions and, as
you know, shells do not always reach the
p ace to which they are directed, and espe.
cial.y, owing to your long and brave re
sistance, the deviation of our guns is be
coming greater and greater. So with ths
greatest regret we are unable to guarantee
to reuch the places at which they are
directed.
I avail myself of the opportunity to con
vey to your excellency assurances of my
highest respect.
The record of the interview between
Barashoff Lansa and Major Salto Is as fol
lows: Barashoff The Japanese army directs Its
fire bgainst buildings under the Red Cross.
Salto Never.
Hnrushoff We request you not to bom
bard the whole now town nnd the north
eastern part of the old town.
Salto We cannot agree absolutely to
limit our area
Harashoff We will give you a map show
ing the prslfons of our hospitals and hops
ton w:ll no. bombard them.
' Salto We will receive the map support
ing your request.
It was arranged that the map shall ba
delivered TVcem'ier IS.
Situation In Manchuria.
HARBIN. Nov. 15 (.Special Corre
spondence of the Associated Press.) "Back
and forth alung tho railroad now that
there Is not much in the way of actlva
fighting," writes a staff correspondent of
the Associated Press, "one meets many In
teresting acquaintances, nearly all of whom
have something to add to the general study
of the war.
"On a promontory, high above the Itaun,
Is percehed a pretty little Chinese village
and hero l established the neat, clean and
compact little semstvo hospitals. One of
the doctors had much to say of the
wounded, of whom he has handled hun
dreds and seen thousands. 'Curiously
enough,' he said, 'the majority of our
wounded are shot In the head. I attribute
this to the shrapnel bursting In the air.
Ths Japanese artillery has been responsi
ble for the most of our casualties so far.
It s the most effective arm of the Japanesa
service.
" 'We have many examples of the'stolo
Ism and devotion of the soldiers who coma
under our care. I waa attending a dying
Cossack recently. He was in terrible pain
I stopped to ask him what message he
had to send his parents or relatives. Ha
gave me the number of his rifle and re
quested that It should be sent to his com
mander. Another soldier limped In hero
on foot. He had refused to let tha
stretcher men carry him, saying there were
others who needed the stretchers more.
His fool was amputated within an hour
"In the field hospitals the men are put
twenty-five In u lent. They preserve their
discipline even In bed and elect one cf
their tent mates, usually one of the less
severely wounded, as commander. All this
Is quite independent of the regulations. Tha
wounded tali orders from their tent chief
and whenever there Is a shortage of help
ers, and there usually Is, they help tha
doctors with the dressing and bandaging,
and also help to get and serve meala. ,
Volunteers Aro Kffeetlva.
"In Harbin the volunteer suigoons and
nurses have been a blessing. All of tha
doctors In the town have given their serv
ices voluntarily and many of the women,
who never saw a bandage before the war,
have gone Into ths hospitals and become
skillful nurses.
"One of the things that will need soma
explaining when ths war is over la how
the Chinese bandits got their arms. The
majority of them carry Winchesters, but
there ars many Mausers snd Japanese
rifles among them and, strangest of all,
me ay Russian rifles from ths government
factory, evidently rifles that havs been re
jected by the Inspectors, but which could
not have come Into the hands of tha
bandits unless they have been atolsn and
Illicitly sold
"There waa an artillery officer In tha
station at Mukden when I last naaoa4