The Omaha Sunday Bee.
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NEWS SECTION.
ESTAIJLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25. 1904 THIRTY-TWO TAOES.
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WHAT IRELAND NEEDS
Lord DarTn, Au'.harofHome Bala Plan,
EaliTSi an Addrasa.
R ELAND NEEDS CHANGE IN POLICY
Protection Would la of AdTiatag
Llaay af Its Industries.
to
SOME OF REFORMS MUST COME RAPIDLY
Otharwiaa Baalizatioa of Hopts Will Hot
Be Easily Eacurad.
WILLIAM O'BRIEN uuENDS HIS COURSE
Hrmkrr ( Parliament r '"
handed War I Betas; tarried
a Agelnat Him by Ills
Associates.
... ..IAS, Dec. special Cablegram
to Tne lice.) Lord Dunraven delivered an
gddr.sa this, week at the Inaugural meet
inn ot the session of the Institute 01
bunker on 'The Economic Effect of the
Land Act and Fiscal Reform on tha Agri
cultural and Other Industries of Ire
laud." Sir Oeorgu Brooke, governor ol
the Bank of Ireland, presided. Lord Dun
raven began with a brief sketch of the
economic history of Ireland In the eigh
teenth and nineteenth centuries and said
that the events of that history entitled
;t now to exceptional treatment, but co
operation and a spirit of enterprise In
lis own people were still mora importanl
requirements. Ireland was well endowed
by fortune for agricultural pursuits, bin
It had many uneconomic holdings; Its fa
cilities ol trunslt were dear and Inade
quate, and as a unit of the United King
dom the burden of Indirect taxation
weighed upon It with particular severity.
The land act of 1903 would effect, he be
lieved, a great Improvement in the condi
tion of the country. Former land legis
lation has ahut the throttle on th steam
of capital, but the new act would do much
to restore commercial confidence. The
moral and practical effects of ownership
would Improve the 'occupying classes and
he saw no reason for fear that the former
land owners would leave the country.
Their sentiments and traditions, the fa
cilities for sport and the cheapness of liv
ing would help to keep them at horns,
and he believed that In the future they
would find larger spheres, ot activity and
Interest. lie thought that aU th other
daises in Ireland, with the possible ex
ception of the legal profession, must de
rive Indirect benefit from the act.
Hope la Tariff Reform.
But It was necessary that this great
agraian revolution should be carried out
aa rapidly as possible. If the money were
not forthcoming to meet sales a situation
might be created which' would seriously
Imperil the realisation of their hopes. He
was strongly convinced that tariff reform
would be, on the whole, beneficial, to In
land. England was Ireland' market, and
whatever -would benefit England aa a eon
sumer would- benefit Ireland aa a . pro
ducer. Tariff reform would revive the
milling Industry and would appreciably
improve the prospects- of the subsidiary
branches of agriculture. The proposed re
adjustment of taxation would probably
reduce the cost of tea and tobacco, of
which the consumption In Ireland was com
paratively large. The only disadvantage
which he could foresee was a possible In
crease In the price of agricultural ma
chinery, but this would be more than bal
anced by the advantages In other direc
tions.
1-urd Dunraven concluded by suggesting
that the nibstltutlon of a sound for an
ni.sjund ajetem of tenure offered an op- j
p-rt unity the value of which depended i
on the spirit In which It was taken. He j
hoped that lb would be taken in the spirit j
which hud uromuled the land conference. !
William O'Brien Writes Letter.
In a letter to a political friend at Lira- I
erick William O'Brien, M. P., deples indig
nantly the statement that at the meeting
which he addressed there some Sundays
ago he supported the Freeman's Journal
policy of "Ashbourne prices." On the con
trary hs has not ceased to regard the pro-,
g.-ara of seventeen years' purchase of seo-'
ond-term rents us "pernicious nonsense
which must have a most mischievous effect
in robbing tlx Irish tenants of bargains
that otherwise they might have fought for I
and obtained." Ho regrets that an at-1
tempt is being made at Limerick and de- I
clares that "an underhand war" is being j
carried on against himself by 'Ave or sit .
members of Pari amenl and their nrwa- l
LiKnr uiyjctu. iui iiwpitm, uujcti, win
not prevent Mr. O'Brien from continuing to
, , ' '"" emperor is also proprietor of
country In a quiet and argumentative!, . , ,. ... .
way."
lie thinks that the statistics of the opera
tions under the new land act prove con
clusively that the tenant farmers of Ire
land will have nothing to nay to the policy
of "Ashbourne prices."
Resents Jadlelal Criticism.
The Freeman'a Journal Is much annoyed i
wht.h rh irrt rhi-f hamn rt..
livered recently when issuing a mandamus
to the council In Donegal. It can find,
however, no better reply to his censure
than to say that "Jobs" have been perpe
trated at the Four Courts a'so and that
the county councils have the bad ex-imple
of the "disgraceful jobbery" of tbeir pre
decessors, the grand juries.
William O'Brien has given to the special
commissioner of the Daily Independent his
views on the existing distress In Conne
mara. He attributes It to the general fail
ure of the potato crop and to the fart that
ow'ngto bad trade In England, the mlgratory
laborers come home this year with lesa
than half their usuul earnings. It Is a cer
. , lmy, he says, that from January tha
ma as of the small holders in the weeiwlll
be In a condition of the deepest dial-ess
snd that that state of things will continue,
until the end of June. j
Deplore I. ark of Rdaratluq.
BELFAST, Dec. 4.-(Sp.c!al Ca legrantl
to The Bee.) Mr. John KedmonJ. M. P., 1
and Mr. John Dillon, M. P.. were the
principal speakers at a kuge na lonall-t
demonstration here this week. Mr. l.ed
mond suld tin re was one Irish grl vauon
he reality of wl Ich had lx n ad ni te 1 by
xth ErllUh pol.tk-kl pnri ei. and they
aim) admitted themselves as ii c pahle of
.dressing It. VThe giletance. h - r lerr d o
was the drnlu to Inland of lac lit. a for
adequate university educ .ti m. B If a it
ought to have a elnte and In I n .te inline
In the question being settled on broad
lines of justice. The r ported n-g .t mi loin
of last year led to nothing and ended to 1
the audacious and dlsgr.usful ata.tmentl
by Mr. Wyndham that no English Pari a
tuent could deal with this question until
(Continued as) Second Pag a.)
AS TO CONDITIONS IN MOROy LEAVE RUSSIA
Kaid
lr Ueary MaeLesa
the Affairs af "
Ceaatr
LONDON, Dec 24. 1. utfj Cablegram to
The Bee.; Kaid Sir Henry MacLan ar
rived here this week from Morocco, in
the couise of a statement made to a Tress
corresponded! he said that he bad come to
t-nglund on private business. It was not
irue that he had left Morocco finally, for
In about four weeks he should return to
that country, and resume his military
duties In the service of the state. Many
of the wild stories that were current about
Morocco we.e purely imaginary. It was
not true that during his Journey to the
co.ist he had been shot at by one of his
own body guard, nor was It the fact that
an attempt was made upon his life, lils
party was attacked on Its way to the
coast, but the attack arose out of a mis
take. The natives, who had no Idea of
taking the members of his party prisoners
and holding" them for ransom, desisted from
the attack when they realised their mis
take. The party, which consisted of his
two daughteis and himself, were escorted
from Fes by about forty men. It was ap
proaching Arxila, about six hours from
Tangier, when It was fired on by some
rebel tribesmen, who bad lately murdered
their own Kaid.
Believing that Sir Henry MacLean's
party was a punitive expedition, or that It
consisted of friends of the late Kaid, about
250 rebel tribesmen assembled and fired on
the party. The firing was at short range,
and if the tribesmen had been anything
like good shots, the party must have been
killed. As it was only one horse and one
mule were shot, and, the rebels discover
ing that the party had not come to
avenge the death of the former Kaid, with
drew. There was no grourd for the alarm
which was felt for the safety of the party
during their detention at Arslla owing to
the bad weather.
In regard to the state of the country In
general, Sir Hanry MacLean admitted that
it was very much disturbed. In his opin
ion the unsettled feeling was due, not only
to the pretender's revolt against the Sul
tan, but to the bitterness that had arisen
on the question of a French protectorate
and the growth of the Influence of that
country In Morocco. Great resentment was
being shown by the people, and to this feel
ing he thought that the present disturbed
state of affairs was largely due.
STATISTICS 0F IMMIGRATION
Many Alleas Leading- la England
Later Com ta lulled
States.
LONDON, Deo. 24. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Steadily does the stream of
alien Immigration to Londonflow on. The
Russian Jews arrive in the Thames from
Llbau, Bremen, Hamburg and Rotterdam,
and the majority of them are only franked
to London.
Arrivals on one boat this week are In
teresting. The Hengiat, from Llbau to
Mi.lwall, bad on board 162 immigrants
booked to London, fifteen to Capetown and
ninety-four to Buenos Ayres.
"I am perfectly sure," said a well known
Immigration agent, "that at least one-half
of these 1S2 Immigrants will And their way
to the L'ntted States In at least a fortnight's
Ltlme. The low rates of passage hare
proved a great Inducement to our people
to leave Russia, and for certain reasons
it is cheapef for them to book first to Lon
don and thenca proceed to the United
States, South Africa or South America."
In support of the contention that, the
largely Increased influx of aliens consists
of transmigrants, It must be said In
fairness that the boats leaving Liverpool
and Southampton were never so full as
now with third-class foreign passengers.
Absolutely correct stati tics are not forth
coming, - but the following figures are ap
proximate to the number of aliens leaving
our shores for America:
December 16 (Frlesland)
... 750
.. 80
..l,tH
.. no
.. 400
Deccmtier is (Ivernia) ...
gEeES iCymvU- ..V.
December it (New York)
December 20 (Lucan.a) ..,
The majority of th-e ulien passengers. It
is contended by some economic authorities,
are not newly arrived, but the men and
their families who havs lived In London for
some time and who, having saved up
enough money by the displacement of
BiHlh labor, are able to leave London at
a time when trade Is slack.
aiC'Cn AC A QllCiajCCC 11 AM
IVHIdLn MO H DUdlilCOO HiRM
. . '
Mch - Gersas.y Beea.ae
He Invests la ladaatrlal
Enterprises.
BERUN Dec. 24.-Speclal Cablegram to
Tne Bee ,Tnere ure ,ou1 complalnt.
pBrtlclpmtl0B ta ,nau,
! tri il enterprises.
In addition to all his other interests, the
brickmsk-
lng vorks at Cadlnen, West Prussia. A
new building of the Danxic branch of
the Ocrman Imperial bank has been con
structed of bricks from these works, and
the greater part of the Internal decorations
In majolica wares has been supplied by a
factory belonging to the emeperor.
BesldyA finding the materials, his ma-
I jeaty co-operated with the architects In
I con,P Ul Plans- Particularly with re
t0 1,18 "".amenta! feature, of the
Luildlngs.
Th ; Frel-lnlge Zeltung discusses the mon
arch's par.h Ipatlon In competitive Indus
try and po-nts out that his brlckmaking
works and luciorles are exempt both from
national and municipal taxations of all
k nds. ' His majest) Is, In consequence, in
t position to undersell private competi
tors. Other newspapers profess to regard royal
par iclratlon In trade as Inconsistent with
I'ru si in traditions, and suggests that the
i mpe. or rhould comply with the restrlc
tl ns ' imp'-scd on all Prussian state offi
cials, who ar not allowed to concern
ill mstlvea with trade.
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INDIAN COOK POISONS FAMILY
Wife and Child , of Araerleaa Mis.
aloaary Victims ef Angered '
Employe. .
1J CKNOW, Dec. 14. -(Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) The wife and child of Dr.
lit njninln, an Amer.ran missionary of
Nlniar. Central provinces, bave been pois
oned by employe, of the mission.
The victims drunk of tea which was
s.-rvtd by the cook and mere seised with
sudden Illness. Dr. Benjamin was away at
the time and medical treatment was not
available. Mra Benjimln and liar child
died in great agony from poisoning by ar
senic. The rook, who has been arrested. Impu
re tee another employe of ths mission, who
had been reprimanded by the doctor. Hs
hud persuaded tha cook to administer tha
pulaon out of revenge.
Dasartera Flack Across the Lin lata
Austria ta Avoid Army Samce.
SOME WOULD ENTER 1HE JAPANESE ARMY
Japanese Coisnl at Vienna In'orma Them
Berricct Are Not Desired.
PROBLEM IS DIFFICULT IN LINDON
Jewish Board af Quartlma Pressed to Pro
Tide far Imniigrants.
ONE LIBERAL C0t..,t0R IS REMOVED
Prince I rntofT 1 Found to Re Too
Lenient with Jews In Ileaaarabla
ta Suit the . em
inent. VIENNA. Dec. 4 (Special Cublegram to
The lire. I Russlun ileArters are continu
ally crossing the frontier Into Austria, and
during the last few days many of I htm
have entered Vicuna. Wedmiday several
deserters, destitute and poorly clad, ap
peared at the Japanese consulate here and
desired to enter the mikado's army and to
fight against their fathrland. Natura.ly
their request whs refused and thty weie
informed tlml foreigners were not allowed
to join tho Japanese- army The fart that
subjects of a belligerent state should de
sire to enter the ranks of a hostile army
may be regarded us a proof of the deep
dlsaatisfuction prevailing In the cxar's em
pire, and of the unpopularity of the far
eastern war among the Russian people.
Problem in London.
LONDON. Dec. 24 (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) The Jewish Board of Guardians
la face to face with an embarrassing situ
ation. Jewish deserters from Russ'a are
thronging into Londu.i in such numbers
that it Is difficult to find food and shelter
for them. Ever since the outbreak of the
war, deserters havs been creeping over the
Russian frontier and finding their way to
London, the refuge home of tha world.
Three weeks sgo matters reached a crisis.
The refugees, who previously cou.d have
been counted by scores, now number
thousands and more ara coming over every
day. ,
These unfortunates are entirely destitute.
Some of them were fairly well-to-do in
their own country. They had some sort
of business; some sort of home, it is, how
ever, a costly as well as a difficult matter
to evade the Russian frontier guards and
tho money has gone in bribes.
Now the men are standing about the East
End pavements, starving. They speak no
English and therefore are practically de
barred from obtaining work. Every day
they cry to their co-tellgionlsts for bread,
and every night they parade their homeless
plight and rfmk for a bed or at least a
shelter.
The Jewish community In London has
been overwhelmed with the, work of taking
tare -of these refugees. , Several, of tha syn
sgusruea havs been used as' shelters and
eating house and every baker and provls.
Ion dealer has been requisitioned for sup
plies. There is no shamefacedness about these
deserters. Tr ey declare that nothing will
make them fight for Russia, and they de
scribe with glee how they have cheated
tlie recruiting sergeant.
Too Liberal to Jews.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 34. (Special Ca
blegram to The Bee.) Prince UrusofT, the
governor of Bessarabia, has been removed
from his post and transferred to a similar
position at Tever. Tlie Russian govern
ment considered his policy too friendly
toward Bessarablan Jews.
The prince was appointed shortly after
the Klshineff mas acre and Introduced a
regime so different that tho Jews presented
him with a copy of the Old Testament and
an address of thanks for his humanity. .
Prince Urusoff replied with scathing de
nunciation of the official support lent to
Jew bolting ind referred to the KjKhlneff
massacre aa a beastlal outbreak of savage '
cruelty which all honest Russians regarded ;
with abhorrence. The prince's criticism of .
the outrages, which were notoriously fost- i
ered by Russian government officials, has
brought about his removal.
THINK CHURCHSHOULD ASSIST
Presentation at Money to Pop from
Conaenaara Cans of Comment
la Ireland.
DUBLIN, Dec. J4.-(SpeclaI Cablegram to
k. .. ,h. .Kf,
Ths Bee.) It Is pointed out that while acute
distress Is reported from some parts of
Connemara, and whlls the local Roman
Catholic clergy arc appealing to ths gov
ernment for instant and adequate relief,
the Roman Cathollo archbishop ot Tuam
and the bishop of Qalway, who are at
present Jn Rome, have presented the pope
with a sum of in on behalf of th. peopl.
of the distressed archdiocese and diocese,
This does not necessarily Indicate that ths
dlatreM ta exaaeerated hut l l th,,.h.
distress is exaggerated, but It la thought
by generous subscriptions the church ought
ZJTZZ"
The Dublin Mall makes the announcement
that at a property of about 900 acres In
extent, situated at Taheramore, near
Oughterord, County Qalway, there have
been found traces of gold, lead, silver, cop
per, baryta and other minerals In richer
deposits than any found In England or
Germany. Lodes of copper have been traced'
for three miles and three distinct lodes,
running east and west, have been opened,
each of which gave good promise of silver
and lead, with quantities of sand, modeling tempest has bern found to stand at the
clay, pyrites and yellow ochre, yielding , head of Sir H M Stanley's grave at Plr
two pennyweights of gold snd two ounce blight.
and sixteen pennyweights of sliver to the i Lady Stanley desired to obtain a stone'
ton. St. John Lyburn, mining expert of ths "fashioned by the ages, tempered and rol
Department of Agriculture and Technical ored by time and untoucl ed by an." Such
Instruction, recently visited ths district In a stone was discovered on a farm King e
sccordanca with Instructions from "Sir cumbent on the borders of a natural road
Horace Plunkett, and It Is expected that he ' way. Three of Its faces bad bt en ex
will publish a report. posed for uncounted generations. Th" dlf-
Acuities of Its removal from Devonshire
PRINCESS TO LIVE IN ENRI AKin
Danghter of K,lng at tho Belajlnas
Has Taken a Private
Haas.
LONDON, Dec. i4t Bre-lal Cdb'egr-m
to The Bee.) Princess Stephanie of Auv
tiia. who has alwsys enjoyed her visits
to this country and her husband. Count ds
Ixinyay, are coming to live In Enga-d
shortly. Through her agents, M.srs.
Knight. Frank Rutlsy, her royal high
ness has taken Mr. Tennant's beau.irul
residence, Adrdean, near Goodwood.
j princess Stephanie Is ths daught
king of ths Belgians sad ths i
er of the
IM v. . .1.11. Ill MWI Wl
I Princess Louisa of Coburg.
POLITICS IN GREAT BRITAIN
Freetraders and Protectionists "
tlnne ta Air Their Views af
Marat Policy.
LONDON. Dec. i4 (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) Hon. J. O. Cripr. M. P.,
speaking thl wrek at Hraton Mersey. In
Lancashire, referred to the speech of Sir
H. Campliell-Hannerman. delrvrred In the
Free Trade hall af Manchester, and said
that the leader of the opposition showed
no appreciation of the economic position
which had arisen from the determined re
fusal of other countries to allow a rystem
of free exchange. Tet this refusal and the
conKjuent Iniposslbl.lty of obtaining free
change constituted the real cause which
had made neressary a reconsideration of
our fiscal policy. As to a colcn'al confer
ence, no one could say whether such a con
ference would succeed In suggesting a prac
ticable lasts for a commercial union within j
the limits of the tmpiie. it was s reaction
toward the woret tradition of by-gone days
to refuse to allow such a conference, or at
tempt to make it a failure before meeting.
Mr. Jesse Coliings has stated that the
present depression in trade is due to free J
trade. The labor leaders, lie declates, are
acting cruolly toward the working cUuwe
In opposing Mr. Chamberlain's proposals.
The Birmlngton Trades Council nbjjrt to
Mr. Colllngs making n political question
out of the sufferings of the poor, and argue
tluit Increased taxation Is due to the South
African war, and herein lies the chief cause
of depression.
In reply Mr. Colling says that the "tariff
reformers have not advorated protertii n in
the proper sense of the term."
Lord Hugh Cecil addressed a meeting at
Oxford this week under the auspices of the
Oxford Free Trade league.
"We are told," he suld, "that the object
of tariff reform Is to consolidate and unify
the empire.
"The whole empire Is to be divided Into
classes, some of whom are to gain a little
and some to lose a little.
"But how Is this capricious dealing out of
favors with the cir of a fairy godmother
in a bad temper to bring peopie together
and to unify the empire?
"I am altogether skeptical of the doctrine
that trade relations In any considerable de
gree unify the empire. Do we necessarily
feel any special affection for the people
with whom we trade?
"We had a most elaborate system of colo
nial preference down to I860, but the colo
nies were not then more loyal and devoted
to the Mother country In fact, ' the con
trary was notoriously the cam.
"We are asked to revolutionise a system
that has done us nothing but good In order
to attain a system the alleged benefit of
which are visionary and chimerical.
"We free traders care as much for- the
empire as Mr. Chamberlain does, but our
affection Is with knowelge, whereas bis l
only with rhetoric. -
"Private profit Is apt to be prefer-ivl to
the public advantage under a system of
preferential tariff.-- . i
"Protection Is ons of the questions that
go doss to the very citadel of empire. Let
us flee from It as from an unclean thing.
"Let us stick to otir cnrr.merclal liberty,
for It is ths bulwark bot ot our wealth
and of our honor. V-
PLAN OF THE REVOLUTIONISTS
French Socialist Speaks af Prog raja
of the Rnsalan Opposi
tion Parties.
PARIS. Dec. 14. (Special Cablegram to
Ths Bee.) M. Jaures announces in the
Humanlte that millions of copies of the
document published under the title of "The
Reform Movement In Russia" are being
distributed all over Russia. He Is of opin
ion that this will doubtless contribute
to organise and accelerate the movement
of emancipation. Referring to the agree
ment which has been arrived at between
ths Russian socialists and liberals to obtain
first of all "the regime of control and of
guarantee founded on ths right of suffrage
for all Russians, without distinction of
class." M. Jaures says that this is pre
cisely what gives such serious value to the
understanding Itself. He adds:
It Is the prelude and, so to speak, the
Hla-nal of a vaat ofTrtrt In whlph ih.
eon lous energies of Russia are to co-
a fupeVflclenterprlse conceived hi few
refugees in a gloomy fervor of discontent
?,.
in inn nuusi or illusions, sometimes
Russia that the agreement has bern dis
cussed and the plan of common action
which is to be developed has been prepared
but It Is from Russia Itself that the men
of real standing came, who negotiated the
grouping of the oprositiof parties. These
men, members of. the semstvos, sclentllo
men, active liberals and revolutionaries,
had a precise notion of the present state
of things and of people's minds. They
had a very clear and very keen conception
of what, it was possible to realise. The
declaration rjuhliflhetl hv them In nnt u
! o1'ow "nd lllu"ory, manifesto. It Is a
"rat. well considered and substantial act.
which will tie followed by others. And
tv
and hore. we await the effect which will
be produced In Russia by the bold move
toward liberty prepared by the agreement
among the opposition parties. If It is
remembered what prodigious consequences
would ensue for Europe and for the world
from the establishment in Russia of a
regime of democracy and liberty, if it I
.gEfJfi.?, hhV fc.fl ' -nd "ml!
d'-snotism wculd lose their buttress. It
miy be justly said that this would be the
greatest event in ths history of the human
race tlnc, th, Fr,nch revolution.
.
FOR STANLEY'S GRAVE
After ' Mara Tronbtc Maaollth
Foaad Bnltabl for tha
l
LONDON," Dec. 34 (Ppee'al Cabl-rrTn
' to The Bee.) Aft'T a lonr search over ths
wilds of Dartmoor a monolith, twlve feet
long four feet wida two feet six Inches In
thlckneaa and weighing 'six tons which,'
has defied the effacing fingers of time end '
i wers considerable, but they were eve:,t
j ually overcome, and It now standi in the !
' quiet village ci.urchyard, a fitting tribute
to the memory of th great explorer.
The Inscription bears only the name so
familiar to Englishmen, but the words,
"bula materl". ("the Rock-Breaker ) Indi
cate the title he bore in darkest Af lea.
Prlaeess Lenlae Goea ta Italy,
BERLIN, Dor. 14. Countess Montlgnosoe,
formerly tha Crown Princess Louise, and
divorced wife of King Frederick Augustus,
left Leipzig at midnight for Florence
Italy. A sieclal dispatch from Dresden
ssys lbs Baxon government will take steps
to prevent a repetition of th countess' ef
forts to se her children. The frontier
railway stations will be watched.
DEFENSE FOR RUSSIA
Case of Ciar'a Government to Be Presented
U Paris Csnrt Outline!
FIRING BY SQUADR8N IS JUSTIFIED
Claim Advanced That it Was Done te
Ward Off Attack.
JAPANESE TORPEDO BOATS PRESENT
Will f rote Thia by Positive and Oter
whelming Etideuce.
BRITISH ANXIOUS tvyrf PR8MPT ACTION
Raaalnna Are Anxious to Press the
Case to aa Immediate Decision
Wlreleaa Mc-saaae frnt to
Admiral Davis.
TARIS, Dec. 'M. '1 he Russian defense be
fore the International commission which Is
to Inquire Into the North sea Incident la
practically eomp.eted. The main f attires
are:
First That the tiring by the Russian
squadron was justified in itfense iiKttlnsi
attack. This enlal.s proving the presence
c.f Japanese torpedo Ivoits. The Kussian
delegates Inform tu- Associated Press tn.it
thy posses this proof In the mosi posi
tive and overwhelming form.
Second That even it the Russian were
not attacked they believed they were at- I
tacked and therefore defensive measures
taken weie in absolute good fnlth.
Third At mow it was un accident at
sea where the dangers Hnd risk are ex
treme and analoaous to the British battle
ship Camperdown ramming and sinking the
Hrltish battes:-.lr Victoria and the recent
firing by a British warship upon a cousting
vessel during target practice.
British Want Prompt Artlon.
The preliminaries of the commission have
clearly shown that the British are anxious
for a prompt disposal of the ense. while
the Russians do not object to de:alng It.
Therefore the postponement of the opening
of the sessions of the commission owing
to the nonarrlval of Rear Admiral Davis,
the American representative, developed an
Incident showing the rather significant
grouping of the delegates, the Russians
sharing, the American view that Admiral
Davis was entitled to ample time, while
the British and French sentiment did not
approve of the postponement.
It develops that Ambassador Choate sent
a wireless telegraph message to the Fin
land notifying Admiral Davis that the
commission would be opened December 22.
This probably was the first use of the
wireless system in kn important official
communication In midocean.
Porter Meets Kasaakoff.
Ambassador Porter has renewed his ac
quaintance with Admiral Kaxnakott, tho
Russian member of the commission. The
latter commanded the- Russian squadron
which visited New York st the time of ths
Chicago exposition. General Porter then
met Admiral Kaxnakoff on board his flag
ship, the Dmitri - Donskoi, now forming
part of the Russian second Pacific squad
ron. NEW THEORY IN MURDER CASE
va Jya--- ',-" -xsAanafariaaf " ' "'
Woman Foaad Dead Sear Coloa-ada
Springs Probably Member of a '
' Theatrical Company.
COLORADO fcfPRINGS, Colo.. Dec. U.
Officers now engaged in attempting to '
solve the Mount Cutler murder mystery j
are quietly working on what they claim to
be the best clue yet secured.
Tho new theory upon which they ar
working Is that the deceased was a mem-
ber of ons of ths theatrical troupes that i
visited-this city during the past two!
months and was' put out of the way by j
some male member of the company on I
account of jealousy. I
The police are now In telegraphic com- (
municatlon with managers of a number of i
companies which were here between No- I
vember 1 and December 12, to ascertain If
any of their members are missing.
Chief Reynolds has ascertained that one
oung woman, believed to be Miss I.uclllo
VlUlers, who was a member of a theatri
cal company, was released here and fur
nished with transportation to St. Louis.
The description of the girl discharged here
Is said to tally with that of the body found
on Mount Cutler.
PLAN TO ROB PURCHASERS
Has Arrested In Sew York Charged
with Impersonating Jewelry
Bayers.
NEW TORK, Dec. 24. An ingenious plan
for robbing persons who had purchased ex
pensive Christmas gifts from big houses '
in this city, the police say, was oisciosea
today by ths arrest of William Rosetnan
for tho authorities of Atlantic City, N. J.
Roseman Is charged . with grand larceny
in connection with tha theft tf 1975 worth
of diamonds from ths Adams Express com
pany at Atlantic City.
According to the police Roseman'a plan
was to loiter around ths big Jewelry stores
and, overhearing the sale being maae, iae
the name and address of the purchaser,
lay In wait for ths messenger and receipt
for the package when delivery was mads.
He was bald in $1,000 ball for examination
later.
COLORADO MINERS AT ST. LOUIS
Fall ta Get Work Fees use They Caa.
aot Bay Tlekets to Fair
Grounds.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 24. Sixty-two Colorsdo
miners have arrived In St. Louis, having
beaten their way from La Junta after being ,
driven out of the stats by deputy sheriffs. :
. , , 1r lli.tr wIvm anil familiar '
ntMi vi v- - - ------ -- -
at Cripple Creek and other places In Col
orado where they had worked. They are
looking for work and most of them ar
without money.
At the World's air, where they went to
look for work at wrecking, they were un
successful because they had no money
with which to buy admission tickets to tbe
grounds to see the contractor.
COURT WITHOUT JURISDICTION
Montana Supreme Tribunal Refuses
to Hear Charges Aaalnat Parker
and Harvester Combines.
HEIJ5NA. Mont., Dec. 14. Ths stats su
preme court today dismissed proceedings
begun by Attorney General Donovan
against ' the International Harvester com
pany and four Chicago packing houses to
restrain them from carrying on business
In the stats on tha ground that they were
violating ths sntl-trust law of lbs slat,
of Montana. Counsel for the companies
contended that ths court lacked Jurisdic
tion and ths court sustained this contention-
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Foreenat
Waraaei
for ierli -Fslr and
.EW KCTIO
1 llnnrnvrn Talks of Irelan-t'a eerta
Many repte re I, rati- Mnla.
Hnaaln Ontllnea Its Defense.
Latest from the W.tr In I1e Fast.
2) Rnaalana Demand Mb -ml Policy.
lonx tlty Fire !.. .MH.J..
DrmnrraK tin to t'e'eml t'nsru.
t'hrUtmaa Time In Hreat llrltelti.
S'trai from All I'srta of Sehrnekn.
orfnlV Aalim Ilnlldlnaa Pelnyid.
Harrier tna In Iowa Prison.
Will llnlld PI Canal et War.
4 lrk Mother Iter sons Plant.
Many le Who I en 4 Pontile l.lea.
trnir Indiana In UliI lronhalil.
8 Pima to He-trim rld lands.
Isterarh.is I'rrJ-rct Heloif II nril.
Shutting; tiff the I. "an Aarnta.
41 Pnal Week In tlninhn irlry.
W oman In t Inn and Charity.
Hnpiirnlnga In tlniaha nbnrl.
T tonnrll (llarTa and Iowa fin.
Hiidar la Krlrnarl on Rill.
H Monday to lie Observed na Holiday.
K1IITIMIIAI. KTIO
W Inipearhlurnl Trial In History.
t hrlatmna ervlrea at Chnrrhra.
4 harlty la IToinut with Helief.
IO Kdltorlal.
14 Commercial and Financial.
III UT Lake I p Anions the t londa.
lltl.F-TOM-: KCTin
1 Head Hri.ttirh Itl'rr In .Nebraska.
eni Dedicated I. thi-ran Church.
Morles Mmnt Vifril I'eiirilc.
In the Field tit Klertrlri.
Protilr Who tirt HI mlarlra.
tlnnlnt Features of l.lfr.
it I'luya and Players.
Muale and Musical nte.
n Utile Mtnrlea for I.I lie People.
Tersely Told Tales.
4 The tprakrrahlp f the House.
outh tlmaba I'liltlir l.ttiar.
5 Prenrhlnv ;ofel f seed Corn,
silver Mines Worked for Copper.
For mid Alio nt Women.
7 Review of Sportlna F.venta.
si 4 urloua taper a-of t lipid.
(III. flit SKl'TION
1 Beater Ilrow rr-lli l;ia Santa Clans.
It holly Cuahraller.
Allre and the I'ollcrinaii. '
3 Chrlatuiaa Fal-lea Who Must.
4 Mrs. Oallvy's Christmas Party.
8 Save Pennlea to Hay Pre. ri.ts.
Artre-aa' Flrat Xmaa at Home.
0 Lute's Victor j abort atory.
T The Hair Doll a Ch l-lniaa.
The liiiomri' Clirlslm a.
5 Moat Heautlfol W ururu of France.
From Kear and Far.
8 Top o' the Moinln.
10 So (hrlatmna fur Mnge Heuutlra.
Temperature at Omaha Veaterd-ivi
Hoar. Dei. Hour. Drs.
5 a, ra ..... . is 1 p. m ..... . kl
a, m Iff 2 p. in V.I
T a. in 20 3 p. in 241
H a. m XI) 4 p. n 241
t a. m SiAt fi p. in 2(1
1 a. m XI 4 p. iu XT
It a. ni 22 T p. m 27
12 iu 22
AMERICAN BOARD REPORTS
Fen-etsrn Missionary Work Shows I a
eroass mt Dlabnraeoteott Over t k
'previous loar.
BOSTON, Dec. 24. The' annual report of
the American Board of Foreign Missions
contains many Interesting figurea. The
total amount of disbursements during the
last year was S74e.08, an Increase over
the previous year of 17,7X5, and the excess
of expenditures over receipts was Yil'i'H.
The tendency of expenditures Is upward,
even while the basis of appropriations for
general work remains the same. This
year the increase was due largely to the
new efforts to enlarge the constituency
through the young people's department.
Ths regular work of the European Tur
key mission has been no less disturbed In
the year under review than the last three
years. In some respects the disturbances
have been more critical. The-Turkish vil
lages suffered from the depredations of
the insurgents and the Christian villages
frotrr the Turkish troops. The pit sent
prospect for political quiet Is more en
couraging than a year ago.
The report says:
The last year has witnessed the con
tinuance of the effort of our government
to secure the authoritative recognition of
American institutions and of American
citizens in the empire, which Turkey has
long since conceded to the Institution! and
citizens of France. Germany, Russia. Italy
and England, strangely, thus far wlthnut
success. There is no abatement in the de
mand wlch our government makes. There
is the definite purpose to secure what la
our manifest right, and unreasonable ilclnv
on the part of Turkey will only heighten
the pressure and call forth whatever meas
ures may prove to be needful. In the or
dinary proceedings of the year friendly re
lations have been maintained, particularly
wrongs have been righted, and there Is
great occasion for recngnlzing with hearty
appreciation the services of the legation
and the steadfast support of the govern
ment JOB FOR THEHAGUE COURT
Tribunal May Be Asked to Adjudicate
Claims of British Bondholder In
New Mexleo Enterprise.
EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 24. The cl ilms of
th British bondholders In the original
Elephant Butte dam project In New Mex
ico, whose project was stopped by govern
ment Interference, may be submitted to
The Hague court of lnternat onal arbl ra
tion, A short time ago the Hrl l h bond
holders Joined In a petition to their gov
ernment to take up the question of c laims
with the American governm nt. The etl
tlon was forwarded a month ego to th-!
foreign secretary, accompanied by a let
ter setting forth briefly the ground' of the
claim. The petition, and letter were duly
transmitted to the British nmhassido- at
Washington with ths recomnv n la Ion 'from
his majesty's government that arrant e
rnents be made to arbitrate the liims. The
question has been brought in ti ls sh ipe
before tha American Stats department, anJ
is now urtdcr consideration.
FIGHT ON MOVING TRAIN
Coadaetor and Drakriunn Try lo
ttelet Bolsterens Paaaengers and
Both Are Shot.
OALLIPOLIS. O.. Dec, I4.-An exciting
battle occurred at Evergreen, about five
miles from GallipoIiH, this evening on the
northbound Hocking Valley passenger
train. (
Conductor James Mcllrtdo was shot
through the left arm and shoulder and
Brakeman Harry Spencer was fhot through
the left breust and ankle by fcMt.ur Gruver.
Qiover and a colored companion, named
James Ware, were boisterous on the tmln
and McBrlde and Spencer grapp'ed with
the two men and threw Qrovrr from the
train G rover fired seven shots and dan
gerously wounded both his opponents.
Sheriff Msnerlng and a posse of officer
left this city shortly after the shooting
la search of lbs fugitives.
REPORT FROM TOCO
Japatis Ksral Comnandar tnramariiea
ftssult af Operation af Ehipa.
TWO RUSSIAN GENERALS ARE KILLED
Mikado's Tofres at Port Arthir Stem
Heights East of Honyangshnion.
WILL NOT ENTERTAIN MEDIATION
Any Proposition far Intervention Are Net
Walconie a. St. Petersburg.
VESSELS WITHDRAWN (ROM PORT ARTHUR
Close l.noknnt la MalntnlnVd for
Ships ( uirylnar Contraband, but
Sa .More RomhsrdlnK
Will Be Done.
TOKIO, ivp. "4 Admiral Togo announce
the withdrawal of the majority of the fleet
from Pint Arthur.
Admiral Toko, telegraphing under date of
Ie ember Zl. says:
Aft.-r ITO-Mrter hill wns occupied as ths
result nl h gillnnt and desperate attack
by i he hrsu KinK army, the bombardment
of tlie enemy's mimilron by slrge and other
uuns hii'iitne effective. In conse
quence thi battleships Pnltav.1 and Relvl
y:i:i were sunk, and subsequently the bat
tleships I'nl ieda and Peresviet. the pro.
teetHi ciulM-r P-illad.'i and the armored
cruiser l!aan were sunk.
The battleship Sevastopol escaped ths
laud buni'oa : dment, left the harbor Ie
cembrr K and anchored near Chentao moun
tain. It wa atlncked there contlnunutiy
by 'itir tnepedn boats and heavily dam
aped. The main strength of the enemy Is
completely crushed, tinly a weak gun
boat. Otxashnl. and several torpedo boat
o.'Mroyci'H rei'iain afloat. I'nder tha cir
cumstances our combined fleet has been
removed, as unnecessary, from the block
ade of Port Arthur, which had been main
tained plnce May 1. I have arranged for a
closer watch for ships attempting to run
tre block -do Hnd to watcli the remnant of
the enemy's squadron.
Japanese Ships Suffer.
During the blockade we Buffered from
the enemy h iniiiea, both laid a no float
ing, on the high ev,is, and from dense toga
1 lie iruiHils .iiiyuko, Saiyen and Voshlno.
1 1;. : .su.-o. I.at ilesliip. Kaliiion, gunboat, and
Heiyen, coast defense vessel, were sunk
aim many gallant and loyal otllcers and
men weie killixi, but we succeeded ill
in untalning the blockade. When the
enemy emetged from the harbor our Meat
smceMMUiiy engaged him ami finally, with
the vaiuuhle support of the besieging army,
Hiieceitied in crushing nearly all the enemy's
squadron. Our becund squadrun so heavily
damaged the Vladivostok squadron that It
has Mine been unablo to leave port.
All the success la grutefully attributed to
the gallant irtue of our emperor.
During our blockade the ships under my
command splendidly accomplished the work
and duty ussnighcd to them. Kapeclally to
he noted are um of those who are en
g.ged '.n the ditlicult and risky task of
blockading or who tlrelesnly accomplished
the aork of laying mines in the presence
of the enemy; otheis. who, braving all
dangers, were engaged In the work ot
cleaning mines away, and others still who
Were pouted to watch the enemy and guard
ai.-ulnst the enemy's ships. Their combined
work strongly contributed to the ac
complishment of tho blockade. I deem It
my duty to e.'peclally mention my recognl
tlon ot ths va.uable service rendered by the
otliecrs and men.
'A dispatch from tne Japanese army be
fore Port Arthur, timed midnight, sayst
On December 22 the Kussian defense
works on the heights cast of llouyanga
hukcu, bung.shu mountain, Hlhlung moun
tain and t lie "Ii" forts were bombarded
by the Japanese With heavy guns, which
inflicted considi ruble damage. As a re
sult of the bombardment a detachment of
,the Japanese right wing at dawn, Decem
ber 23. uttacked Die eeiimy on the heights
east of Hnuyangshuknu and captured tha
rldKe and heights at 7:40 in the morning.
A dispatch from the headquarters of tho
Japan ewe army In Manchuria says:
On December 22 tho enemy's artillery
bombarded Sachutzu. Nalngluntun and
then- vicinities, and at about midnight his
infantry attacked our positions south of
Pinniulupao and on the northeastern
heights of Hmuponlailzu, but were re
pulsed. 1 In the afternoon of December 23 tha
.y's heavy guns In the neighborhood of
.chlatzu occasionally bombarded our
pu. i ilons.
After the enemy concentrated Its fire
from several forts lit TbiyunKkou and
Yahutsui upoy our newly ociupied posit on,
following this with a determine! counter
attack, during which hand grenades were
thrown, but our force finally repul.-v d tha
enemy. Later, as tho enemy's bombard
ment abated, we construe. ed some de
fensive woiks, so thai our occupation be
came more assured. As a res. ill of our
heavv guns' bombardment during nnd Is
fore the attack the foit of Taiyangkou was
set on fire. One 16-ceniinieter pnu in each
of the forts was destroyed. Ttio covers
were also considerably d. imaged.
According to ihe statement of prisoners
captured at Keekwan mountain, Decemuer
IS, and of Russians Who surrendered In
the vicinity of Else mountain, December
22, during the batile of Una-Meter hill, Gen
eral Kondiatrtiko, commander of ths
Seventh Kast Siberian Kltlcs division, and
General lrman, commander of t lie 1-our til
artillery brigade, wen killed and General
Fock, commanding the Kourth Kant Si
berian divlhlun, was woundei.
An Imperial rescript dispatched to Vloa
Admiral Togo says:
We hear with great satisfaction that our
torpedo flotilla engaged in the wot k re
quired of them at Port Arthur have gal
lantly snd successfully accomplished tha
duties required of them, uud in so doing
had to brave the dangers of storms and,
shells by day and night.
Despite all these ultflctiltles confronting
them, they have succeeded In performing
their duties without the least confusion,
rendering ot.e another mutual HnslBtai.ee.
We especially note their brave and loyal
performance of the duties required of them
and express our approbation of their gui
bant behavior.
Two Rnsalan Geoerals Killed.
The Japanese forces besieging Port Atv
thur yesterday stormed and now hold tho
heights east of llouyungshukou. Prison
era captured by the Japanese report that
the Kusslun General Kondratenko and an
other general officer, whose name Is not
known, have been killed, and that General
Fork la among the wounded.
Silent as to Fleet.
The Navy department declines to discuss
the formation, movements or plans of the
Japanese flying squadron reported to ba in
the vicinity of Singapore.
The advanced Japanese batteries at Port
Arthur have succeeded In reaching ths
Kussian battltship Sevastopol. Ons sue
cessful hit is reported. Ii is expicted that
the battleship will soon be completely da
atoyed.
io Thouaht of Intervention.
BT. PKTKKSi:T.'Ka, Dec. 24. Ambas-uv-dor
Hard. i ge who a vis t lo Fo elgn Min
ister Innsdurff Yvedixaduy, taken in con
nection with Ambassador liem kendorff's
audli nee of King Kdwaid Thursday, gave
rise to Huggcktlona of unoth.r attempt at
mediation, authorizes tin; A'.acl' tel Press
to my that the in tcvlcw 1th ount ' ams
dorff was without i-pe.ial s.u fi ance. i h
anibaador called on the foiegn inlnl.-ter
In the ordinary way about pu.ely cudent
I mutters, mb. ss d r ila dli ge l.ua not
the sliRhtesi reason t.r l.el-ve ih it inedla
I lion would be any inu'e acet ptabK- iq i.ua-
siu now than hitherto.
The Frtnch embassy absolutely denies
that the French umbaxsador, M. Hompaid.
vl.o tiaa ttai tnl fur Pa, la, ta the bearer cf
any Inter from the emperor to President
Loubet accepting the mediation of Fiance
In tbe war, aa announced in the 1'nlied.
Suites by a news agency. Us aid bear aa