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VOTE OF THE STATES
Official Canvass ,f Esturis tf Kational
Election How Gomplsts.
ROOSEVELT'S PLURALITY IS 2.547,578
4 1 ' sanmsaasaBSMB
Tstal Vots Ihows it DecreiM of 460,078
: Comparad with Fotij Y J.J.
PARKER CARRIES okrl'- STATES
Brjai Carried fsTsntstTt. 1 ' " Twen-
tj-EijJit and loo.iTlt ' "JZ wo.
BIG INCREASE IN SOCl. v.0TE
Dehs nrttlrei CSLATS V - r
Fear Times a Hr
Prohibttloalsts All Make
Oalns.
CHICAGO, Deo. Th official canvas
of the votes cast November I for presiden
tial elector waa completed today, when
the result wee announced In Minnesota,
North Dakota and Washington. Tha As
sociated Preas Is therefore able to present
the first table giving the official vote of
all the forty-flv states. The tout rote la
ll.fa.4M, against 13.96S.574 In 100, a decrease
Of 460,078. '
The ballots were divided as follows:
Rooaevelt (Rep.) T,27,M2
Parker (Dem.) ,0.06i
I-eUS t'W ) ,... tl,M
ewaiiow (rfo.) o,an3
VvaUon (Pop.) 114.fc.17
Corregan (Hoc Lab.) 83,4f3
Holcumb (continental labor) - MO
Roosevelt received over all, 1,74. 768, and
over Parker, 2,MT,878. In 1900 McKlnley had
4(7,046 more than all the other candidates,
and 868. PM more thaxv Bryan. The vote for
Roosevelt we 409.823 more than for McKln
ler, while that for Parker wa 1,277,773 less
than that tor Bryan. '
Comparison ( Vote.
McKlnley polled more vote than Roose
velt In Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louis
iana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi,' New
: Hampshire, Nort,h Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Roosevelt
got more than McKlnley In the other thirty-two
states.
Parker received more votes than Bryan
In Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi, New Jer
sey, New York, Rhode Island. Bouth Caro
lina and West Virginia, while Bryan got
more than Parker In the remaining thirty
seven states.
The republicans made gains over their
vote in 1900 In. thirty-two states, and the
official flguies show losses in thirteen. The
total gains of the republicans were 732,048,
and the total losses, 812,249; making the net
gain, 419,799.- -V
The democrats polled more Votea In eight
states than In 1900, but less in thirty-seven.
Their total geJns were 80,792 and the total
losses 1,291,491; net loss, 1,200,688. ' . ;
Roosevelt carried thirty-two states,
against twenty-eight for McKlnley, and
' has 834 electoral votes under the apportlon
' ment of 1900. McKlnley had 292 under tbs
apportionment of Vm. there bavin been an
addition of twenty-nlaa by the last appor-
-non-neat ., .."-' ;--.ri , .'v. i
, , parksr carried thirteen states, against
; seventeen by Bryan, and has 140 electoral
votes. Bryan had 16S under the apportion
.ment In force in 1900. - v- -
Watson received his largest vote In Geo
gia, the total of that state being S3.634,
with 20,""", in Nebraska, being nearly one
third Of ,' Ma i aggregate. 114,GS7. Barker
polled 60,218 In 1900.
' '. The prohibition' vote In 1900 was 208.791.
In November ,260,808, a gain of tl.EU '
Increase ta Socialist Vote. '
Ftour years , ago the socialists had an
electoral ticket In thi.fy-two states and
polled' 87,769 votes.; This year they had a
ticket In forty-five statesand the Debs vote
'was 891.C87.- la-1800 over VXX) voUs were
polled In California, Illinois, Massachusetts,
Missouri .and New. Tar It. in November Debs
got over 8,000 In California, IlUnota, Indi
ana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michi
gan, Minnesota Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,-
New Jersey, New York. Ohio, Ore
gon. Pennsylvania.' Utah, Washington and
Wisconsin the- largest number, 89,225, In
Illlnoia, '. '
The robs of the socialist-labor party In
1900 was 89,944. This year It was 83.463-a
loss of .:.
The continental labor party had adher
ent only In Illinois really Chicagowhere
830, votes were .polled.
I Tote la. Detail. , V
The fallowing table shows the official vote
In each state for the five principal candi
dates: .': ,' i. " ; ' : s
'4
'JO
I J-.'
STATES.
AlttUama ..
ArlianbKa ..
California .
Colorado ..
Connecticut
1 "tinware .
Florida ...
Georgia ...
Idaho
Illinois ....
Indiana ....
Iowa
Kansas
"Kentucky .,
Loiilniaca .,
Maine
A u rtm mi
.. 8JMTS 79.8B7 i.nr.i
.. 4l. V4.4H4 2,318
..Jmi.?: W,i'.ti ....
. im 7 v ! ' ?4
612 80S
9ii 1.814
7.&M) 29.KU
SAM
..lit IBS 7!U i4f. 1 fad 1UI
.. 21,714 19.5HO 61 wr7 1
..' 8.314 27.UM l,OIi m 3.X17
.. J4.('T tia.47a 2iM4 s6 1H7
,. 47.7X3 18,40 5i3 1,018 4.W
,.Ct2.iv4fi 8?7,tiO 8,726 87,7) 6S,26
,.8.:t,ffl.a 274.S-B 2.444 23.4D 12,013
..I'rt.Hi.r ll',141 3. '-'"7 ll,ul 14.H47
..SIO.HTS M.Nrt .li 7,2-lS 14,W
..tut .77 817,170 !,lll t4 2
.. t,: 47.7i' m
.. 4.J.f7 77.O0 ' 18 HID f lii
.lu.4Minil.44S
1 1 (tl4 i J?
M.tratit iiU.tHs.Jar.K.J lfaf.44
1.294 i.fit lS.bn
1 1AU W it tut
Miiincxoia 2i6.t.l 6S.W 2.103 (,&8 U,H3
MlBistr.pI .... 3.M7 53.0 1.4:-4 .... SM2
MieeouH 8UI.447 iPo 1W7 4 '.-O T.lfl IS (w
Montana 84. JW 21.T78 1.4S8 3 8.62K
Ntiralia 13.bl tJ.K.D JO.fe'X I,3j3 7,412
Nevda ..; ;7 a.iw.' 344 ...
N.-Hanihlr,, 84,179 S.! M 749 l.OsO
New Jerney.,..t4r.l4 1KI.6K8 J.TRS ' 8.4X4 6!7
New twk . H.&a Chtt.lSMt .( 20,787 K.as8
N. Caroii.-ia , Ri2 U-4.l?l t Ml 1.4
NrU, I,ta.. h.l -4 14.;S tj l,l:i7 J.0I7
UhlO ! ( t4 lilt 1 V IH1KKI1I
Oregon W 46 1 7i6!l '7M 8i 7il
j"'mnyivai1s..64(t,!M! pa7.!i
Rtioda I1rb,1, .. 41. 6 ;4.Ki!
83.717 21.'hi3
nouin 1 orolina, Zi71 S?3
Houth liakota.. 72."0 t2,nn2
1
1.I8
22
8.133
1.8M
t."Xl
S,77
1'JI
l.MH
4.244
TcniMaave
:t. r:i il
2 4fl
Tkis
Utah
Vermont ....
Vtrslnla
Wahlnttmi
W. V, , 1 ti la..
Wlarr.r.Mltl
. lit:,2j( a. mil
. S2.444 83.413 ....
. 4ri (in? S ,77 . .
791
8T.9 1.312
4t.4o so.tas
.l'M.604 .s
8 2-9 t i
1, 18
44
1.874
Z-i) 1H4 124.('7
8.7IO 28.:-20
Wyoming ... j,4M( J.too
3l 1,071
One republican lectr. .
I lllithrt deiaucraile elector.
Totals ,, ,
RoOKIVtllt i
parKer ,
Wi4.n ..., 4
pwuliuw
I'vi-a ,
,Tn.6S2
,5,0M,ii4
, 314.W7
, a a
Galas aod 8oaaea.
Tlut f.Jlowiiin table shows the gains and
lumtts of the ptu-tks named In the different
statM, o-'trpjirej with the vote ct IM:
' TtfiUbllran. tjhiorra'Ic.
uum.
Gain.
A I (il.rt.jri .t.
AtkniK"a
('iiroriil ,.
Colurwd' ...
luiiite-tli-at
1 t-iv.V. Atxf ..
8i.lt2
ium
1H 7(
iU b . 'l
fc.K
l.UM
, 2. vW
41 1 iS
, .( 2
, 1.1.-.4
H-.'i!.,i-t-d on iitci)iij lace)
i
FOG INTERRUPTS ALL TRAFFI
Great ttrilala'a Rslltiatla Are Dlaer
gaalaed sa Resalt af Heavy 1 (
Atssnapaere.
IXJNOON, Dec 22. Such a coroplfite dls
orgnnttatlnn of rallroid traffic end shipping
as has reaulted from the present fog has
been unknown for many years. A dismal
pall Is spread over the greater part of the
kingdom, causing enormous business losses
and threatening to deprive thousands of
thrlr Christmas parcels. Statisticians esti
mate that the losses In a single dsy of such
a fog tn London alone amount to fully
83,000.000.
AH the roast reports a dislocation of
shipping. The White Bter line steamer
Cedrlc, which sailed from Liverpool yes
terday for New York, Is still at noon fog
bound In the Mrtrssy, where traffic Is at
standstill. Similar conditions prevail on
the Thames, A number of minor shipping
mishaps have been reported.
PRIJrCEM IOUSR VISITS DRESDEN
Dlverced Wife af Klasj Dslrea See
Her Chlldrea.
DRESDEN, Dec 22. The former crown
princess, Louise, arrived here unexpectedly
today. Accompanied by a lawyer, she pro
ceeded to the Taschecburg palace and
asked to be permitted to see her children.
Permission, however, wss peremptorily re
fused snd the princess announced her In
tention of leaving Dresden this afternoon.
King Frederick Augustus, who Is on a
shooting excursion, has been Informed of
the arrival of his former wife.
The princess left this afternoon for Lelp
sic. An Immense cheering crowd escorted
her to the railroad station. The princess.
who had written to the king that unless he
granted her often repeated request to see
her children, she would attempt to see them
without his permission, arrived here unex
pectedly from Vienna last night with a
woman companion. She went to the Hotel
Bellevue, where she was Immediately recog
nised. The police were Informed and then
the ministry sent a telegram to the king at
Plllnlta, who directed that she should on no
account be admitted to the palace, but that
she should not he arrested until she became
violent: .The princess went alone to one of
the entrances of the palace and on Theater
square at 9 in the morning dressed In
mourning. A lieutenant of police saluted
the princess and told her quietly that It
would be Impossible for her to enter the
palace. He offered to walk with ber to the
Hotel Bellevue. She aald that would not be
necessary, but he walked by her side across
Theatre square. .She returned to her hotel,
received no one and lunched in ber rooms.
In the meantime many hundreds of persons
collected In the neighborhood of the hotel.
Dr. Behmei the attorney of the former
crown princess, called and together they
drove to the railroad station and took a
train for Lelpsic, , designing to return to
Vienna
Publio sympathy runs strongly In favor
of allowing the princess to see her children
once a year, aa the German law provides
In the the ease of mothers divorced for the
most flagrant offenses.
ARB HOT GUILTY OF PERJURY
Preach Witnesses la Pair Will, Case
Eseape Paalsameat oa AppeaL
- PARIS, , Dec. 22. The court of criminal
appeals has reversed the lower court' de
cision condemning Masse and Mora.nr.e, to
three "years', .imprisonment for -perjury. In
the Fatr will- case. The appellate court
sustained the prisoner's plea that as the
Fair case waa compromised without trial
In the United States their alleged testimony
was not used In the American courts and
therefore worked no Injury. '
Masse and Mqranne testified that they
saw Mr. and Mrs. Fair thrown from their
automobile. Other testimony showed that
they were not present, but that they so rep
resented themselves, . hoping to get a trip
to America. They were sentenced to three
years Imprisonment each.
PLURAL "s MARRIAGES
IN
RUSSIA
Practice Permitted it Recogalsed as
Legal by Participant's Coantry.
ODESSA, Deo. 22. The question whether
Jews are prohibited by their religion from
contracting - plural marriages has been
raised in the case of a man named Cron
stein, convicted! of polygamy. Owing to his
taking - advantage of the Russian law,
which recognizer the legality of plural mar
riages where the religion of the contract
ing parties authorises it, Cronateln ap
pealed, denying all such practice was dis
countenanced In western countries and the
Jews were following the teaching of the
Gershon, as authorized by the Talmud and
the patriarchs, David, Solomon, etc., and
that the practice was now followed by the
Israelites In the mountains of the Caucasus.
The cou.-t allowed the - appeal and sum
moned a rabt to give expert testimony.
SqsebBle Over Chinese lademalty. '
LONDON, Deo. 21. The correspondent at
Peking of the' Times telegraphs aa fol
lows: ' ,
"China having consented to pay the In
demnity (growing out of the Boxer
troubles) In gold, the ministers of Russia,
Germany and France are now disputing
among themselves as to what fresh terms
they can extort from the Chinese and
seeking to force an ' arrangement whereby
certain banca will make further profit out
of the Indemnity. Grat Britain supports
China, who counts upon the assistance- of
America and Japan to secure a Just settle
ment. . ' .
' la Hospital skip Caaveatloa.
THE HAGUE, Dec. 22. The convention
on the status of the hospital ships agreed
upon by the delegates of the powers to the
International conference on the subject was
signed today In the presence of the foreign
minister. Subsequently Queen WUhelmina
and the quejn mother received the dele
gates. .
ftreammeads New Trial for Drey fas.
PARIS. Dec. 22. It is unofficially re
ported that the attorney general, who Is talk by assuring his auditors several times
examining the Dreyfus esse,, has decided 1 that he was only appearing as a paid law
to recommend a retrial before a court- 1 yer for the Clvlo federation and entertained
martial. This. It Is sdded. is subject to the no personal animus for the chief or Mr.
approval of the court of cassation, which
meets In February next.
Deearatloas for Kahlhlters.
rania. tec. n.-me minister of com- J
,c.v. - f... - w ,,:
Chamber of putUH, authorising 250 dec-
oratiorts ot the Legion of Honor of vart-
ous fa"" connection with the St. Louis
exposition. Practically they will .11 0 i
French exhibitors.
Hew Turhlue Steamer.
GLASGOW, Dec. 22. The new Allan Una j
turbine steamer Virginian, was launched
here today. She Is a elster ship of the Vie- j
torlen. The Victorian was launched at 1
Belfast August . It la of about 12.000 !
tons gross, of about iO.OoO horse poaer ami
is upward of 800 feet long.
Kew Swedish 'rln Mnl-r. ' , ,
STOCKHOLM. Dec. i2.-un' Gy d- : J'.'UZT?'' r'"0'""
.to.,. Hwedish-Norwegian mlr.s er . , JY rV,i VVoVVTo
Petersburg, has keen appoint"! 'n-.-T pay 110 c':v'd:d m io ,... QJ1 hi,i he
minister In sacoeaalon to C. 11 J jigi lu.iu ' ' " ',': '".'", s d' U. The lit!,'
who rmughoi iv.uW T. ' .V w. ."d sXZi1 l""
DOMDDE CASE' SUBMITTED
Fiitl Depositions Xtad ' and Argumeils
Kit Last Bight.
MATTER TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT
Board at Fire sad Pellee Cwsssslsalaa
ears Adjoaras Immediately After
Caaelaalea of the Debate
by Attaraeys.
tjurt evening's session ct the Board of
Fire and Police Commissioners, the fourth
and last of the hearing of the charges pre
ferred by Elmer E. Thomas on behalf of
the : Civic Federation, against " Chief ot
Police Donahue, brought the hearing to an
animated close. Tired from the effects of
sitting through' the four sessions to a late
hour the commissioners were glad to ad
journ immediately after Attorney Breen
mada his closing talk In the case. Several
of the members of the board Intimated It
would be several days at the earliest before
a decision would be reached.
Last evening's proceedings begaa with
the reading of depositions of J. H. Lowe,
assistant deputy warden at Anamoaa; T. E.
Patterson, guard at the same Institution,
and William A. Hunter, warden at the Ana
moaa penitentiary. None of these deposi
tions nad any very great beating on the
charges filed against the chief. Lowe's
deposition referred to a convrsatlon said to
have. taken place between Billy Neeselhous
of Omaha and two convicts. Dale and
Dolan. Lowe's answers were nearly all In
the negative, making his deposition! rather
Inconsequential.
Hunter deposed ha remembered seeing
Nesselbous call on Dale and Dolan; said
Nesselhous had a letter from Sheriff Pow
ers and hat Nesselhous gave Dolaa a pair
of shoes and 820. , .
Tkenai Asked aa 4a lateatlens,
As soon aa the depositions bad been read
Chief Donahue secured the floor and asked
Mr. Thomas- whether he had any more evl
denoa or witnesses o Introduce against
him, either In this or any subsequent
ehare-ea ha mlaht file. The chief further ex
plained that his purpose In asking the
question was to makelone Jo of the whole
matter, as he waa finding this an expensive
luxury for hlra In the way of counsel and
otner expenses,
Attorney Connell then offered to adjourn
the meeting so that Thomaa could secure
his further evidence. Instead of going on
with the final arguments, as proposed by
the mayor earlier In tha evening.
"For my part," Interposed Commissioner
Broatch, "I want this thing over with and
I am not agreeable to entertaining any
further charges against the chief.
Several other members of the board enter
tained the' same sentiment.
It was 'then decided to 'close the argu
ment last evening, Mr. Thomas saying at
this point "If personal matters had been
eliminated and the case tried on Its own
merits ' It would ' have ' been much more
pleasant to us, but' we expect such treat
ment to the end. Let It come."
Opealng af the Argument.
Mr. Thomas was the first speaker In the
final argument. He reviewed ;the charges
filed against the chief and 'offered oc
casional explanatory . remaj'ko In connec
tion with the charges. He said the chief
has not even denied that he knowingly a!
lowed open gambling at the Diamond and
showed an' unwarranted' Interest In' the
case by prosecuting an appeal from the de
cision of the district court when as an of
ficer of the law, Mr. Thomas maintained,
the chief should havs closed the house as
soon as he was served with a notice, Mr.
Thomas then went over the Fay diamond
case, spoke of midnight closing, prostitution
and aald Connell was evading the Issue
for the chief by practicing his Dennlson
case before the commissioners. -
"What the Clvlo Federation wants Is a
chief who will enforce the laws as he
finds them In the books," said Mr. Thomaa
"You must not say there can be a liberal
enforcement of the law. There Is a mani
fest laxity In Omaha In the matter of en
forcement of the laws and it is this laxity
that caused the birth of the Clvlo Federa
tion." , 1 .
' Cenaell Calls It a Fare.
"The last curtain is about to be rung
down on the biggest farce ever perpetrated
In the city of Omaha," said Attorney Con
nell, In beginning his argument "I do not
want to bear down too heavily on my
friend Thomas, but must taks exceptions
to his recent course. ; I am Justified in
charging that Thomas' actions are not In
good faith; he Is ndt working for the gen
eral good of the people, nor for the sup
pression of vice. What has the Civic
Federation done since the Inception of that
great body of moral reformers? - It has
secured in Iowa an Indictment of Tom
Dennlson through the testimony of con
victs. That Is a record for the federation
to be proud of.
"In the light of Convict , Burrler's own
statements, given in the deposition. It would
be a wild statement to say that Elmer E.
Thomaa Is acting In- good faith In this
prosecution. But the funds are low, Dennl
son has not yet gone to Iowa and some
thing must be done to stir things up."
Mr, Connell further went on to establish
his contentio nthat neither the Clvlo feder
ation nor Mr. Thomas were acting In good
faith.
Cty Is Well Regralated.
In closing, Mr. Connell said: "I echo the
sentiment of all fair-minded people of this
city when I say our city Is well regulated
and that every good dtlsen is proud of the
chief of police. 'Kick you'ena out and let
us'ens In' is the great propelling force be
hind this moral wave,"
Some extended reference was made to a
circular letter Mr. Connell said the federa
tion waa sending out for financial aid.
Attorney J. P, Breen, for the Federa
tion, closed the speaking and began his
Dennlson. or anyone In the room. ,
Bres Talka Technicalities. '
' Mr. Breen offered some citations to snow
that Burrler's dt portion was competent
to be considered by the board, even though
Burrier b, , , thtn took
Tnum . , , ,
? T? ? fl'Vf'
' " il , ""I,"""- Cnne,! V'r
the technicatltlea of gambling, gambling de
vices and matters along that line. Mr.
Breen said the Civic Federation Is actlna-
in the best of faith and Its membership
Is composed of men with tender hear la.
Mr i:reen also dug up the old Horwlch
ring IncJdent, wliich happn-d at Cl:ff Cole's
p ace The chief a-xed to interupt the
.Kker to explain the f;icts of the ring
mrtT
JOSEPH VV. FOLK TESTIFIES
Gaveraer-Eleet Appears aa 'a Wltaeea
la the Blair lavestlgra-
ST.' LOCIS. Dec. 22. Oovernor-elect
Joseph W. Folk was the first witness to
day In the hearing Of the suit of a New
York life Insurance company to cancel the
tQOO.ene policy on the life. of the late James
U Blair, before F. L. Schofleld of Hannibal,
special master In chancery. '
Witness said he knew Mr. Blair, who
was a leader at the bar and declared that
no man had higher standing as a dtlsen
before reports to circulate about him. He
told of the efforts of Mr. Blair and John
D. Johnson 'to raise funds for the un
earthing of frauds la the election of April,
1901, Witness never saw the original sub
scription lists circulated by. Blair, but said
hs turned over 8,noa.
Mr. Folk said he first heard rumors about
Blair In September, 1903, and had an as
sistant investigate, to learn if they Wrre
well enough founded to Justify a grand
Jury Inquiry. Ho thn continued:
After a newspaper had made reference
to the fact that the grand Jury might
take up the ras, Mr. liiatr called on me.
He said he had heard the grand Jury might
take up the matter and'tbst he waa glad
of it. He said it had prayed on his mind
for a long time. He said he had a brother
who waa very wild and who had given
him trouble for a long time.- - This brother,
Mr. Blair said, had lonred some documents
deeds, I beiieve he said and that he. had
kept the matter quiet out of consideration
for thier - mother. years old. Now, he
said, he Was satisfied for the truth to be
known snd said he would render nie all the
assistance he could. He sent me the name
of Mr. Robert and also the name ot Dr.
Roberts. ...
I told Mr. Blair that the grand Jury's In
vestigation would be thorough and that If
the evidence showed it ouaht to he dune.
he would be Indicted. Blair replied that he
expected no favors. ,
Andrew J. O'Connor, a title examiner,
testified that he had been unable to find
any record of the following deeds of trust,
all of which the plaintiff company charges
were forged by Blatr:
J. T. Johnson, 85,000; John- T. Winfred,
$18,000; Adlel 8. Price, 8 ! Lemel Rat-
clnger. I ; J. E. Wlckersham, $1R,000; El
liott Grlgsby and Sarah Grigsby, tlt.Ow; F.
A. Rosier, $25,000; Parsons It. Carter, 8- 1
Jlles H. Wlckham. $ ; J. T. Haxen. 811,-
000; Peter R. Emenger, tlO.WiO; John C. Lee,
814.000; Alonso P. Workman $23,000; A. P.
and Mary Workman. $23,000; Jonathan
Gould and wife, $18,000; John , Scoville,
$ : E. M. Frost, $30,000; Oscar and Nina
Wleman, $ ; Gus Rittorhoff, $14,000.
CLUES IN COLORADO - MURDER
Evidence that - the Crime Waa Corn
Knitted Saaday Afteraoon,
- December 11.
' COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. 22.-Several
clues were run down by the officers today
without establishing the Identity of the
young woman murdered on Cutler moun
tain. Mrs, Mamie Bwlft, who disappeared
four weeks ago, was located today at Vic
tor. Mrs. Badle Durant of Pueblo Is still
missing, but the officers do not believe she
was the murdered woman.' City Marshal
Cree of Manltou reported today the dlsap.
pearance of a young woman, an Invalid,
who prior to three weeks axo was living In
a tent on the outskirts of that town; This
afternoon men began dragging lr the Port
land mill reservoir In the hope of finding
the murdered, woman's 'clothing.. . This work
was -undertaken berari? a strtj) of blood
stained jnuslln .had, been found In the. reser
voir. A statement made today by J. M. Harvls,
keeper of the toll gate at-Cheyenne canon,
raises a strong presumption that the mur
der was committed about I o'clock Sundsy
afternoon, December 11.
"I remember distinctly hearing a shot
fired, on the other side of the cliff in front
of the toll gate about that hour,'" said Mr.
Harvls. The reason I noticed It was be
cause It is. against the law to shoot In the
canon."
The police department will have- printed
10,000 copies of a diagram of the dental
work In the mouth of tne young woman
and mall them to dentists all over the
country.. This Is regarded aa the strongest
clue to the Identity of the girl.
MORE, DENVER MEN : IN - JAIL
Colorado Supreme Coart Flads City
Officials Guilty of Cos.
tempt of Coart.
DENVER, Deo. 22. City Detective 1 Wil
liam H. Green, John De Saye, Frank Mc-
Mahon and Robert Goodman were .todav
adjudged guilty of contempt by the supreme
court for their work tn the Third precinct
of the Fourth ward) this city, at the late
election and were each sentenced to serve
six months In pail and pay 8100 fine and
coats. The court announced that the evi
dence showed that De Saye. too waa an
election Judge, permitted repeating and
that the other three assisted In the irregu
larities. .
Green was assigned by the police depart
ment to the polling place to protect the
supreme court watchers and assist In pre
serving' order. - McMahon and Goodman
were democratic workera
- Expert examination of the ballots from
this precinct revealed 25S fraudulent votes
and the democratic heeding on 229 of these
waa written by one person. ' The hand
writing on these, according to the experts,
is ths same as on fraudulent ballots found
In other ballot boxes.
The supreme court today denied to nine
teen of the men sentenced to Jail for con
tempt the right to file petitions for dis
charge and have the court act on them as
If they had been filed' at the time their
cases were being beard. This, It Is said by
lawyers, will be one technicality in the way
of an appeal to the United States supreme
court In the cases of these men. If that
tribunal should tske up' the election casta,
SEVEN MEN ARE SUFFOCATED
Balldlng at Month ot Mine Barns aad
Air Shaft Draws Smoke Into
XVoe-klafes. ' ' '
BOLIVAR, Pa, Dec 22. Seven men were
suffocated today In the No. 8 soft clay mine
of the Reese-Hammond Fire Brick com
pany, near here. The victims were Aus
trlana There were about twenty-five men
In the mine and all but seven were rescued.
though they were all In bad shape and two
are likely to die.
The cause . of the disaater was most
peculiar. A small building about 16x30
burned down at the mouth of the mine.
The alrshaft from the working to the sjr
faoe, some distance tn ths mine, acted as a
sort of flue and drew Into the drift ths heat
and amoke from the -fire, thus suffocating
the men, whose escape was shut off by the
fire af the opening. As soon as It could be
dune the -burning shnnty Was torn away
and rescuers rushed Into the mine, but al
ready five had succumbed to the heat and
smoke, and ethers ware In a dying condi
tion. One more died whl'e on the way out
and anotbsr afu-r they had reached the
fresh air. The ir.on were not burnd in any
wsv Priut'ra'.ly all of the men were fur
r!i,er. The property loss Is trifling, .
SEARS PENS CADSTIC LETTER
Former Ipesker Exposes Botteiosst !
Whitewash Csmmittss.
DENOUNCES ACER AS PERNICIOUS LOBBYIST
Dletrlet Jadge Reiterates His Charges
f Lawlesat Maalpelatiea el
grhoel raads by 2C
Treasarar StaesTe
TEKAMAH, Neb., Dee. 22, 1904.-TO the
People of Nebraska: At the last session of
the legislature of the state I was chairman
of the committee on claima. A bill to re
imburse the late Treasurer William StuelTer
for the cost of his bond for the last year of
bis term, - being before the house, waa re
ferred to that committee. The state at
large Is advlaed of the fact that for some
time prior thereto I had been convinced
of Mr. Stueffer'a questionable use of the
moneys of his office, and partially affect'ng
my own (Burt) county. After the reference
to my committee I Informed the members
of It as to the general facts of the matter,
and under the committee's direction wrote
the claimant that he must clear himself
from the believed fault relating to his care
of the public funds and asking him to set
a time for appearance before the commit
tee. He failed to answer either of two
letters directed to him.
Mr. Stueffer had only received his first
year's bond payment by reason of standing
in front of the membership of the Twenty
seventh session and promising to turn tn
all Interest moneys received from the state
deposits. The promise' waataken by ths
membership as meaning tnat ns wouia
erclee the office in all things with integrity
snd honesty, snd that a new era was dawn
ing for the treasury of the state. I will aak
each of the members of the Twenty-seventh
session of the legislature If this Is not true?
I ask each of you, without such promise
being so understood, would that first $1,000
have been given? I aay "given" advisedly
He asked for $1,000 (which the stats was not
bv any leaal obllaatlon bound to pay).
promising to do bis duty t ws paid it aad
we' agreed to the proposition, for you peo
ple. Against my own views the committee
directed me to report the bill back, recom
mending for passage regardless of the fact
that Mr. Stueffer bad ignored his record
and the committee. Under the leadership
of one gentleman of the committee, who
had been working and continued to work
for Mr. Stueffer In the matter, the commit
tee concluded that the legislature should
pay for the bond, and let the law officers
of the state attend to the wrongdoing. If
there had been any. I could not report the
bill back recommended for passage without
some statement of the case to the house.
This I did. and moderately, and without
even asking for an Investigation, simply
calling the attention of the bouse to why
I could not concur and leaving the matter
In the possession of the house: '
A Whitewash Committee.
On the motion of Nelson ' of Douglas
county an Investigation waa ordered as to
ths manner In which Mr. Stueffer had eon
ducted his office, thereby Intending to say
If the office under , Mr. Stueffer had not
been conducted With Integrity In all things
that the then aaked-for gift of 83.000-rhavlng
grown ,somewhatr-for-. the., Aecoijd year's
bond should be withheld. This .action of
the house called for as strong a committee
as could be named, and for an investigation
that should be above reproach, aud for a
report that should command the respect of
the state at large. Such a committee as
whols was not named. It was understood
generally that a whitewash committee was
to whitewash the record, which the house
had voted to examine. When the commit
tee was named I at once stated to the
speaker that the committee named would
mako a faroe of the investigation and that
they were named for the purpose of a
whitewash. I stopped at the desk of
Loomlg of Dodge county on the way back
to my seat and asked him what he' thought
of the committee? He answered, "It is the
rottenest thing yet."
The committee was somewhat revamped,
but never to the extent demanded by the
Importance of the matter. The first thing
the committee did was to elect me as its
attorney, an apparent act of fairness that
never misled me, and I waa not surprised,
after the evidence closed, that I was re
fused the right to argue the evidence to It;
that I was not allowed to know when the
report was to be .returned, although Mr.
Stueffer knew, nor what the report was to
be untU It was read from the stand, al
though this was also known to the claim
ant., When the report was read I asked for
a day to apply the evidence to the report
Mr. Stueffer was busy with members, as
were bis friends; their organisation was
perfect, and I was refused that right also.
A house composed in the main, of as good
men as there are in the stats was fooled
and cajoled Into disgracing the state, . and
to giving away . 83,000 of the public money
to one who hod violated bis trust, and
which the evidence before the committee
disclosed, and which tie had been paid in
an extra manner not to violate. I told my
self and my friends that before another
session should convene I should state some
thing of what evidence was received by the
committee, and which neither the commit
tee nor the house would hear presented.
What tha Evidence Showed.
The evidence established In my opinion
conclusively that Stats Treasurer Stueffer
bad received cashiers' checks, coming to
him personally from the First National
bank of Omaha, for the unauthorised de
posits In an unauthorised bank, which
checks he received monthly for about ten
months and retained without turning them
Into the treasury for that period. He had
either one or two of them in his possession
when ho stood before the house and prom
ised that all Interest received on stste
money should go to the state. ' On ths
6th day of November, 1901, the day I took
the so-called Burt county bond deal up
with Governor Savage, he turned more
than $&00 worth of ; these personal check
to tha state treasury, being checks for
about ten months. . This was a like of
fense to that committed by Treasurer Me
serve while he had that office. Further,
that he had money In hls own bsnk at
West Point without paying Interest to
the stata Further, that hs made no effort
to get county bonds when he had funds on
hand to buy them with. Further, that he
refused to correspond with the county
board of Burt County with reference to the
rate of Interest he would take their bonds
at. Further, that ha told General Prout
before the bonds were sold by the county
that he did not believe ths state could get
the bonds, as the brokers were a fur them.
Further, that a broker did get the bonds
end paid the county with checks on banks
holding the stute's monev, signed by Mr.
Stueffer. Further, that $2,600 of coupons
were carried away by the broker and Jjoj
were left attache! to t! bunds thut were
payable to the bearer, and the record at
such time made 4'd. not disclose their
.
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MONEY USED IN SHOCKING WAY
Kew York Graad Jary , Flads 'that
Llqaor Dealers Attempted to
Ingneaee Lawmakers.
' ; ' '
NEW TORK. Dec. 22. No evidence war
ranting Indictment In this county was pre
sented to the grand Jury In connection with
the charge that a bribery fund had been
collected by th Liquor Dealers' association
to Influence legislation at Albany, N. Y.,
awordlng - to a. presentment handed In
today. The presentment described as
"shocking" the facts disclosed by the evi
dence and after reporting that It has beer.
Impossible to return Indictments In this
county requests that all the evidence 175
typewritten pages be sent to the governor
and to both branches of the legislature to
do with aa they see fit.
The grand Jury says It appears from evi
dence submitted to It that the Liquor Deal
ers' assoclstlon, which extends throughout
the state, from time to time raised money
from Its members and applies It for polit
ical purposes. It was shown that a large
turn of money waa raised In this way dur
ing tha present year, and It finally was re
ceived by a committee knofn as the legis
lation committee, which went frequently to
Albany while the legislature waa In ses
sion and took with It the money In earn.
Continuing, the report of the Jury says that
the evidence presented to It Showed "that
this legislation committee allowed Its dis
bursing officer to give a considerable part
of this money to one of ths state depart
ments of this state In seemingly an unlaw
ful way; that a large part of this money
was by this legislation committee expended
upon various members of tha then assem
bly and senate of the state of New 'York
and their friends In an appalling and shock
ing way, with the Intention of Influencing
such members tn the discharge of their offi
cial duty as members of the assembly or
senate."
After reading the report Judge Cowing
said he would aee to It that copies would
be forwarded to the governor and branches
of the legislature, as requested, with the
request that they take such action as the
evidence warrants."
The story that first reached Mr. Jerome
and started the Investigation was that a
fund of $50,000 had been collected by the
liquor dealers to Influence legislation at Al
bany. ,.
PROTECTS . SMALL HOLDERS
Judge Grosscop of. fhleagro Rales oa
Application la Street Rall-
' way Case.
CHICAGO, Deo, 22. Judge Grossoup, , In
the lnlU(jl States circuit court I today, re
fused, to -order -a sale of ths -street oar
companies controlled by the Union Trac
tion company. ., The receivers of the com
panies made application for authority to
Issue certificates to pay for equipment, re
pairs and Improvements. The bondholders
objected and '. Intimated that the court
should sell the property. Judge Grossoup,
In the Interests of the bondholders and the
stockholders, declined to order the sals
and ordered the Union Traction company
to produce the money reutred by the re
ceivers under their agreement with ths
underlying companies. In the course of his
remarks Judge Grosscup said:
V sale under exlstlna- uncertainties rela.
tlve to franchise renewala would mean the
possible sacrificing of every man and
woman's Jntereet who could not bring to
the auction block the nnwer to nr,u-t
such Interest by a purchase of the vast
wnoie. ine Dononoiders of these com
panies number nerhaDS 10.000 ceriums. Tha
stockholders number as many more. Of
men me a real majority nave made their
investments out of personal savings.
Should a sale of these properties at this
time be ordered, there would be on hnnd
at the auction block the active, wide
awake, experienced traction people. They
would have on hand the means for pur
chase. They would, on the property thus
purchased, create a new company. They
mlaht. and thev m ' t not. Include in this
new company the 111 .. . Investors. The past
in sunn matters :s not wholly reassuring.
And If they did not, these wldespresd In-
each person, but 'constituting In the aggre
gate the bulk of the present street railway
groperty wouiu, r- one quick wniru ro
v the board. Who that knows this coul-t
expects that, In obedience to -the mere
beating of tomtoms. In court and out of
court, by the selfish who know, snd the
sincere who only think they know, op
portunity would be given to do this wicked
actr
DEAN HUTTON ON THE CASE
Head af Sebool of Applied Seleaees
Investigates Recent Class
Fight. ,
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Dean Frederick R
Hutton of the School of Applied Science of
Columbia university, who has been ordered
by President Butler to Investigate the hal
ing of Klngdon Gould on Tuesday, had
long conference today with the students In
the party which chased young Gould down
Broadway when he fired a revolver over
their heads. The men were A. I. Gelthlnger,
preaident of the science sophomores; W. B,
Bailey, O. K. Doty, R. W, Cauchols and F.
Lags. '
Dean Hutton' said that, although there
was no great opposition on the part of the
faculty In Interclaes rivalry and to fighting
on South field between the freshmen and
sophomores, ths faculty was opposed to the
practice, of kidnaping single freshmen by
groups of the upper class men and was de
termined to stop ths custom. The dean
said that If suspension of ths culprit sopho
mores would produce that effect they would
be suspended. He aaked tf the atudenta
present would take suspension with good
grace. They replied that they did not de.
serve It. The dean asked also whether the
sophomore class would look on their class
mates as martyrs If they were suspended.
The atudenta were unable to answer, but
general sentiment was that tbs clsss would
"strlks."
Desn Hutton did not seek to excuse
Gould's action, but he aald that It was
never fair for a crowd to set on one men.
If It had been one against one the whole
matter would have been legitimate. The
fate of the sophomores Is to be decided by
the faculty today and announced to them
tomorrow. . ,
Klngdon Gould has been aked to appear
before Dean Hutton to give his testimony.
Bishop's Bady Lies In State.
PITT8Hl'R1. Iee. 23 -The tody of Et
Itv. hH-liHrd 1'helan, l.iHhop of the H'iniui)
Catholic t-liur'-h, who 1lt-d Tutwday, la lir.g
In state at the Kpipliany church. Thou
sands of pOTM'le viewed the remains laai
nitilit and t'.iluy. 'the funeral servh ve will
l. held Friday. pitM-l requiem mass
will l.e nelRhtated by lio-hup 'hi t-vin and
l-hcp lii.oliu of Whe-rlin, W. Va, abo
wiU pieacti lae funetal eruiua.
JAPS LOSE MOUND
Btissiaii .Reports Say 203-Metsr Hill la
Again ii Thsir Possession.
GUNS ARE RECAPTURED WITH IT
Enmor that KejtstTenskT Will Taks E&tti
lommsnd sf Flset la Ft! East
JAPANESE TAKE IMPORTANT POSITION
Tokio Offioials Tell sf Captors of Two FerU
sn f igess 2tj,
OKU SAYS CHINESE HELP RUSSIANS
Celestials Aeensed ol BleekadlaSI
Railway Track and Delaying
Tretae Mere Attache I pen
, Sevastopol.
ST. PETERSBURG. Deo. 2S.-Oeneral
Kouropatkln has telegraphed to ths general
staff that he has received a report front
Chinese sources to the effect that the Rus
sians have recaptured . 202-Meter hill at
Port Arthur, with the guns mounted by
in, 4iwnrH,
Kouropatkln's dispatch, which Is dated
December 21, also reports further reccnnols
sance of both tho Russians and Japanese,
but says they were not productive of Im
portant results, ... 1
The weather at the front Is sunny aad
ths thermometer registers M degrees fah
renhclt. 1 i
The War office has no additional Infor
mation regarding General Kouropatkln's
report that the Russians have recaptured
203-Meter hill, but tha offioials consider It
certain that the commander-in-chief would
not have sent tha report unless It cam
through exceptionally reliable channels.
Inquiries made gt the Admiralty all tend
to confirm the report that Admiral Ro
Jestvensky will succeed Admiral SkrydloS
In supreme command of the Pacific fleet
the latter returning bare as a member ot
the Admlraltx council. -
The announcement that four Japanese
cruisers and twelve torpedo boats are pro
ceeding west from Singapore Is received
here with much Interest. It Is not believed.
however, that such a small squadron, can
have been sent out by Japan with any Idea
of engaging tn offensive operations, but It
Is regarded aa more probable that It Is the
purpose of this squadron to keep a surveil
lance over the two detachments of tho
Russian fleet which are expected to soon
untte In the neighborhood of Madagascar.
It Is generally believed that Vice Admiral
Rojestvenaky Intends to establish a naval
coaling base on some small Island between
Madagascar and the Philippines, and that
the Japanese cruiser squaadron hopes' to
mark down the rendesvous for Admiral
Togo's Information. The hope Is expressed
that Admiral Rojestvenaky will be atria to
catch up with the Japanese scouts, which
It Is believed, he could easily destroy, thus
weakening the Japanese In the final naval
engagement.. '
Jaasaese' Take Important Poattieaa.
ivnu, ueo, ij. v p. m. roe Japanese
troops have captured some Important posi
tions on Pigeon bay. - ! . ' ' - ;
A dispatch received by telegraph today
from the Japanese army before Port Ar
thur says; "The right column of tho army
at 8 o'clock this morning, taking advantage
of the enemy's excitement, drove the enemy
off an eminence north of Housanyentao, on
Pigeon bay, and occupied the position, and
at 7 o'clock; dislodged the enemy from a
height on the peninsula west of Housan
yentao, which we occupied, capturing one
small gun. After the Japanese occupation
of the positions the enemy made a counter
attack, but wag immediately repulsed. At
present our occupation of the positions Is
practically . secure." '
a-v rki.... u.i n
GENERAL OKU'8 HEADQUARTERS.
Deo, 21. (Noon) Via Fusan, Deo. 22. It la
believed by the Japanese that the Russians
are employing Chinese to damage tha, Japa
nese lines of communication, and they have
no doubt Chinese . were employed by the
Russians to burn the magasinea at Liao
Yang. The Japanese say that if they ar
rest any Chinese engaged In so fulfilling
tneir obligations to their employers they
will execute them as a warning to other
Chinese against a repetition of the offense.
The Jspanese say that extreme measures
are required to wipe out the Ruassian sys
tem or employing cninese for such work.
They say they know that the Russians are
spending enormous sums of money for this
purpose.
A Japanese supply train north of Liao
Yang yesterday struck three Chinese carts
which obstructed the track, the horses
having been cut loose. The Japanese be
lieve that the drivers of these carts were
In ths psy of ' the Russians. The track
was not injured, but trsfflo waa delayed
for a few hours. Officials of the Intelll
gence department are using every effort to
discover the perpetrators of this and sim
ilar acts.
- Shoot Again at Se-rastopaL
HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD
JAPAN E8B ARMY, BEFORE PORX AR
THUR, Via Fusan, Dec, 22. During tha
morning of December 18 the Russian turret
ship Sevastopol was . torpedoed by tho
Japanese fleetand Immediately listed ten
degrees to ths right, remaining fast on th
shallow shore at the foot of Llaotl moun
tain. The vessel is considered absolutely
useles for further offensive eperatlona
. The Japanese bombardment ot th Rus
sian gunboats and torpedo craft In th
harbor continuea .
Japaaesa Ship Kareate.
SHANGHAI. Dec. 22. A squadron of
powerful cruisers,- under Admiral Kami,
mura, has gone south to ths China sea to
meet the Russian second Pacifle squadron.
, SINGAPORE, Deo. 22,-Two Japanese
cruisers celled here this morning and left
at noon today. They reported that two
Japanese battleships, two flrst-clss cruis
ers, two second clsss cruisers and twelve
torpedo boat destroyers wer pear, steam
ing west.
GETS DAMAGES FOR WHIPPING
Mlssoarl Womaa Is Awarded Verdict
- Aaalast Men aad -Womsa
of Athertem
KANSAS CITY, Deo. 22.-Mlss Prlertria.
Odell has been given a verdict of $5u0 by a
Jury In the circuit court at Independence
against Julia Beets, H. R. Beets, 11. W.
Beets, UmphrU. Rally, Charles N. Rally
and Muggle J. Ccper, all residents of Aln
erton. Mo., whom shs charged with whip
ping her publicly. .....
alias Odell, who was a clerk In ths store
ot 1. C B. Hierni-r, was, according to the
evidence, taken from the store one night
Inst February, stripped of her clothing and
whipped with a rope. The women accused
ot taking part In tha whipping are aiijr.e4.