Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIEF
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
5'NCILL, NEBRASKA
Flour manufactured from Canadian
wheat which has a fair chance for
competition In the markets of the world
Is being turned out from the Palisade
mill at the rate of 3,000 barrels a day.
The Lincoln mill will start adding an
other 1,500 barrels to the dally output
of the Canadian product. The Pills
bury Washburn company, which Is
grinding the foreign wheat, pronounces
It of superior quality, and declares that
the flour manufactured from It for ex
port Is a perfect product The com
pany .started grinding with about 150
cars of the Canadian wheat on hand.
Since then the wheat-has been arriv
ing In enormous quantities.
An English medical missionary In
Shensi, China, says that he was asked
by a native to cure a blind beggar. It
was a simple case of cataract and an
operation restored sight. Then the
missionary received another call front
the same man, who calmly told him,
that he had destroyed the only means
by which the blind man could get tt.
living—begging -it was his duty to
make It up to him by taking him Into
bis employment and providing for hiiq
for life.
Some months ago the vicar of Bo
gate, Sussex, received a letter from
Australia, asking him to try to find a
•nan In his village who had had lila
waistcoat stolen thirty years ago. The
vicar found Ihe man and told his
Australian correspondent. In due time
he received a letter Inclosing <60 fop
the owner of the waistcoat. The writer
said that with the <2.50 he had found
ai the waistcoat he had gained a new
start In life and was now well-to-do.
The Aero club of France has Just
adopted a decision which Is of inter
sst for British aeronauts. Hencefor
ward there is lo be kept In the park of
the club an Inflating apparatus, which
.s fo be placed at the disposal, without
.barge, to all aeronauts, and especially
those of foreign nations who may wish
;o make ascents from the park. For
eign aeronauts wishing to use their
lirshlps about Paris are to be aided In
every possible way.
Dr. Abdul Hikmet. a. Turkish resi
dent In Paris, has been requested by
Ihe Turkish embassy to return within
twenty days to Constantinople, where
an order for his execution awaits him.
The doctor recently published a vio
lently-worded pamphlet charging the,
sultan with responsibility for tlie mas
sacre of non-Mussulmans in the Turk
ish empire. He has appealed to the
French government for protection.
Professor Henry Mlers, in lecturing
to a London audience recently, said
Ihnt there is no knowledge of the
depths to which (he South African dia
mond mines can be worked. The deeper
they go the richer they become. Work
tan be carried on now to a depth of
i,500 feet and It Is thought timt it
ailglit be continued to a depth of 5,001)
feet or even 10,000 feet If engineering
difficulties could be overcome.
In France the other day a man,
tailed ns a witness in court, demurred
to taking the oath to tell the "whole
truth,” because it might require him to
tell Masonic secrets. The grand master
of Free Masonry In France has written
lo the court minting that there was
nothing In the Masonic oath which
would prevent a witness telling the
whole truth. If anything the oath
maue him a freer man.
In Spain a bride has no girl attend
ants to stand at the altar with her,
but Instead a "madrlna,” or godmother.
Neither does she have a wedding cake
op any festive departure after the cere
mony. The wedded pair go quietly to
their new home, where they remain
until the following day, when they
Dart on their honeymoon. Before leav
1 ig they pay a formal visit to their
l 'sportive relatives.
Very heartily welcomed, the brothers
af St. Gabriel's Institute, famous for
Uieir success In the education of deaf
Slid dumb boys, has settled at Beacons
field house, near Plymouth, England,
an their expulsion from France under
tae associations law. They are about
I i commence there the education of the
deaf and dumb boys,. Irrespective of
ere* d.
Along the international boundary of
the Canadian northwest twenty years
ago was an acreage of 250,000 under
crop, yielding 1,200.000 bushels of wheat.
Now the acreage Is over t.000,000 and
the umiunl yield 110.000.000 bushels,
while population, acreage and output
are augmented at a rale no other coun
try can approach.
The body of M. Markoff, the great
Siberian railway contractor, says the
St. James’ Guzette, has been stuffed
by his widow, fitted with glass eyes
and garbed in dress clothes, and it now
Inhabits a richly Inlaid cabinet in a
corner of Mine. Markoff's drawing
room.
Among the patients treated at tlie
general hospital, Birmingham, recently
was a pup, which had Its broken leg
put into splints. • The dog was entered
In the patient book as Bogey McGuire,
age 7 months, of 32 George street, ami
got a pink ticket entitling him to re
turn for further treatment.
The trousseau of the future crown
princess of Germany win include an
evening dress from every European
capital. Ireland is to contribute to it,
an order having been given for some
of the beautiful Irish laces which now
figure In all trousseaus of Importance.
"Died while trying to commit sui
cide” was the verdict of a coroner's
Jury in London the other day and it
was in accordance with the testimony.
The excitement of getting a knife and
preparing to kill herself was fatal to
Maud Marshall, who had a weak heart.
There is no ground for the professed
fears of the tobacco growers of this
country that lower duties on Philippine
tobacco will unendurably injure them,
as may readily be understood by those
who note that about two-thirds of the
country's crop is now exported.
A price has been put on the head of
the American eagle in Tehama county,
California. The board of supervisors
offers a reward of $1 for the head of
each of the great birds on the petition
of the sheep men, who have lost many
lambs by eagles.
Several large new hotels are being
built in Rome. The natives complain
that the city is being modernized and
Anglicized. Several bars, with bar
maids, have recently been opened, and
the Cafe de Roma now has a grill room.
The revenue stamps that had to be
nfilxed to the documents by which the
Metropolitan District Electric Railway
company made over the undertaking
to the Underground Electric Railway
company, of London, cost $19,000.
BANKERS TRYING TO
MAKE A SETTLEMENT
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Fair Prospect Now That O'Neill
Bank Affairs May Be
Straightened.
RECEIVER MAKES REPORT
Says that Haggerty Home and Other
Property Together with Some Pa
per May Satisfy the De
positors.
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O'Neill. Neb., Jan. 11.—It appears
j quite probable now that a definite and
; friendly settlement will soon be made
between the depositors and officials of
| the failed Elkhorn Valley bank, along
the lines <*f the proposition submitted
by Mrs. Haggerty, which proposition
was published some time ago.
O. F. Biglin. the receiver of the bank,
says that all of the 1S3 depositors, with
very few exceptions, have expressed
pot only a willingness but a wish to
enter into a friendly settlement and
keep the a Hairs of the bank out of
court entirely, if the officials of the
j bank will turn over their private prop- ,
; erty to the depositors.
Mr. Biglin estimates that $4,000 can 1
! be realized out of the Haggerty home,
| adjoining town: that the equity m an
other tract of land will turn in $1,500;
smother piece of land in the south part
of the state, $500; the bank building
and several town lots, $5,p00; the Ho- !
risky grocery corner and live lots,
$3,500; the Haggerty pension check, j
$765; McClreevy money, $700: over
| drafts of the bank. $2,000; equity in
notes up as collatcrel, $2,000, which
with the assets of the bftnk will make
something over $40,000. Mr. Biglin is
further authority for the statement
I that the depositors will soon hold a
meeting for the purpose of electing
three trustees to act in conjunction
with him as receiver in settling up the
affairs of the bank.
H« has proposed to the depositors I
that if the three trustees will serve
free of ( barge he will act as receiver
, without charge to the depositors. There
anpea s to be a general disposition to i
keep the affairs of the bank out of the j
hands of the lawyers and out of the
courts. Nora Sullivan, one of the de
positors has written the following let
ter addressed to the public:
"O’Neill. Neb., Jan. 4. Much sym
pathy has been expressed for me for
my loss in the bank failure. I want
to know whether it is sincere or
whether it is only a slain. Any per
son who is honestly sorry lor me will
help me to get back as much of the
j money as I can, and the only way is to
i accept Mrs. Haggerty's offer. Of course,
; the lawyers will want it put into court,
so as to get it. all themselves.
Nora Sullivan.” !
Receiver Biglin says that the deposi
tors and himself are now in position
to know the true condition of the af
fairs of the failed institution and that
if matters take the shape as now ap
pears It will not be long until the af
fairs of the bank will pass into history
and that It is not probable that the !
I total loss of depositors will in the end
! be much in excess of $7,000, which is
i not as bad as at first appeared.
BLAIR MAN UNFORTUNATE.
Ames Receives Word of Mother’s Death
as He Is Sentenced.
Kansas City. Jan. 11.—Just as A.
Ames was sentenced to fourteen years
In the penitentiary for burglary a let
ter canie telling him that Ills mother
had died at Hlalr, Neb., leaving him
$:*,ooo.
CASE OF LAPSE OF MEMORY.
Farmer Walks Away from Home and
Forgets Himself.
t Auburn, Neb.. Jan. 11—Charles Minig, 1
; a prominent farmer living near Julian,
in this county, suffered a peculiar alter
ation of mind. On Tuesday he left his
home and went toward Julian. Ills
wife saw him going and thought It
strange that he did not say anything
to her about going, as this was not
his custom. Night came and he did
not return. The wife telephoned to
Julian and learned that he had not
been there. A searching party was or
ganized and scoured the vicinity for
him all night, lint got no trace of him.
The news of Ills disappearance was
telephoned to all the neighboring
towns, bill no trace of him was ob
j tallied. The search continued all day
Wednesday without effect. On Tliurs
: (lay the bloodhounds were secured, but
they proved iuettlelent to gel any trace
of the man. Turing the afternoon
j Thursday, however, Mr. Minig came to
! himself In the country near Howe,
about eighteen miles from his home.
! He was walking on the road, when It
seemed to him something fell from his
| head and lie was conscious of himself.
He went lo a farm house to inquire
i where he was, and on learning this em
ployed the farmer lo take him home.
He has no remembrance of leaving
home and has no Idea of his where
. abouts during his absence.
STRANGER KILLS SELF.
No One Saw Him Do It, but Circum
stances Indicate Suicide.
Fremont, Nob., Jan. 10.—The body of all
i unidentified man was found in an out
i bouse nl tile Union Uae’.lle depot at Ames
i with a bullet wound in his head. The body
J Was discovered by Frank Keating, evi
dently a few minutes after the shot was
tired, for It was still warm. The shot
had been tired with the gun touching the
skull and passed downward, killing him
Instantly. lie had fallen forward In a
heap on the floor. A 38-ealIber revolver
with one chamber empty lay beside him.
Though there were several persons around
the depot, no one heard the shot tired or
saw the mail.
In his pockets were $11 in money, a knife
and some tobacco. He was about 45 years
of age and looked like a Jewish peddler.
His clothing was good and he wore over
shoes. He had a short, dark, full beard,
was flfty-slx inches tall and weighed prob
ably about 145 pounds. The body was
brought to Dengler’s undertaking rooms
and lias not been identified.
STATE BANK EXAMINER.
Appointments Are Made by the New
State Board.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 10.- The new stale
banking board was organized with Aud
itor Searle as chairman. The follow
ing appointments were made:
Addison Waite, Syracuse, chief clerk
<\ H. Beaumont of Madrid, J. F. Hal
derntan of Burchard, K. B. Kinmett of
Arapahoe and Fred Whittemore of
Long Fine, examiners. Miss Maud
Huge of Lincoln is stenographer. The
board is composed of the auditor, attor
ney general and state treasurer.
VICTIM OF GAS.
George Wiseman, a Stockman, Suc
cumbed to Hard Coal Fumes at
Emerson, Neb.
Kmerson, Neb., Jan. 11—George Wise
man, a prominent stockman. well
known all over northeastern Nebraska,
was found dead in Ids office last Fri
day morning by Dick Peters, who called
to see him.
It is supposed death was caused by
suffocation from the gas of a hard coal
stove In the office, where Mr. Wiseman
slept. For some time he has made his
office his rooming place, and last even
ing he left several friends about 11
o'clock and slated that he was going
home. He was not seen around this
morning as usual, but, his death was
not discovered until Mr. Peters called
late in the forenoon.
Mr. Wiseman was unmarried and
about 38 years of age. In bis business
be was prosperous and had accumu
lated some property. He was well
known in Sioux City and other cities
where he frequently went on business
with other stockmen.
No inquest was held by the cor
oner as it is considered a plain case of
suffocation. When officers examined
the stove in Wiseman’s room they
found the mica plates in the front of
the stove broken out and the pipe
Jarnper turned almost horizontal, there
by throwing the fumes into the room.
William Wiseman, brother of the de
ceased man, who lives in Mt. Vernon,
S. D., was notified. A sister in Omaha
was also notified.
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WOMAN IN BOX CAR.
Disappears Before Trainmen Can
Identify Her.
Fremont, Neb., Jan. 10.—When the night
freight from Lincoln on the Northwestern i
pulled into the yards here early yes ter- 1
day morning a brakeman heard some one
pounding on the closed door of a box car.
He went to the door and a woman’s voice
asked, "What plaeo is this?” On opening
the car he was surprised to see by the
light of ids lantern a girl, probably about
20 years old, standing in the doorway. “1
live in Fremont,” she said, “and I have
ben in this cold l»ox car since wre left
Lincoln.” She jumped out of the ear and
disappeared In the yards before the train
men could find out anything about her.
She was comfortably dressed and did not
have the tough appearance of the female
hobo. As the car was securely fastened
from the outside some one at Lincoln evi* i
dently knew of her being aboard.
AFTER HER HUSBAND.
Woman Arrives at Beatrice on Trail of
Erring Spouse.
Beatrice, Nob., Jan. 10.—Mrs. C. G.
Sauerwine arrived in the city from her
home in Iowa in search of her husband. 1
(\ G. Sauerwine, alias It. T. Malvern, pro
prietor of the “Irish Stow” company, who
was arrested hero recently in company
with Myrt Goo and two young women on
the charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses from a farmer who lives near
Ragle, Neb., and taken to Lincoln by De
tective Bentley to answer to the charge.
Failing to locate her husband here, Mrs.
Sauerwine left for Lincoln on an evening
train.
She says she will prosecute Sauerwine to
the full extent of the law if she succeeds
in locating him. While here she told the
officers that Sauerwine robbed a hank
some years ago in northern Nebraska, and
that his father saved him from going to
the penitentiary by making good the
amount taken. She also stated that he
stole a car load of wheat in Oklahoma
some time ago. Mrs. Sauerwine is a -.ne
appearing woman about 20 years of age
and has a child 2 years old.
Fishing in Missouri River.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 11.—The commit
tees on fish and game in both houses
will have a few busy half hours with
constituents from the river counties. '
During the campaign this was made a !
live Issue in several localities, and some 1
few of the members pledged themselves
to try to secure an amendment to the
fish and game law.
It seems that along the river bot- |
toms live quite a number of squatters, !
numbering forty or fifty votes in some !
of the counties. These squatters gain
a part of their livelihood by fishing.
What they want is not only the priv
ilege of seining or trapping fish in the
river, but they also want to get after
them in the ponds along the river. They
say that at every overflow a large
number of fish, principally carp, buf
falo and catfish, get stranded out in
the ponds and lagoons. Only the cat
fish can be successfully tempted with
the hook and line. As the season passes
the water dries up and the fish die.
What the squatters want is tlie right
to seine these fish before the ponds
stagnate. They say that it would be a
mercy to the fish to be taken out and
butchered while they are fresh and a
crime to leave them in there until they
perish for want of pure water. In
some localities, like the eastern edge
of Nemaha county, this became an im- i
portant issue before the campaign
closed, as the county was generally
thought to be close, and the squatters
found that their votes were in demand.
They took time by the forelock and I
demanded some catfish pledges.
Some members fear that if they open
the way for people to seine under any
pretext the custom will become gen
eral and the value of the fish and game
law will be greatly lessened. Anothei
set of constituents desire the Missouri
river removed from the jurisdiction of
the fish and game commission. Half j
the river is now under control of the
Nebraska commission.
Woman in Male Attire.
O'Neill, Neb., Jan. 10.—Two supposed
young men have been stopping at the
Dewey hotel here since Christmas. Dur- j
mg the last few days it has been whis
pered about that one of them had toe
fine features for a man and that an in- j
vestigation ought to be made. The au
thorities called on the supposed young
man, who admitted being a woman. She i
gave her name as Mrs. Omer T. Sweigeart 1
and her home at Waterloo. la., where sin
<uid she had a mother and one child. Het !
husband had deserted her anil she fount? |
herself unable to support herself and !
■hild as a woman. She then adoptee
male attire in order to secure work. Here
sin* went under the name of Bert Lewis
and had worked as a man on several ol
the ranches in Holt county. She has a
team and wagon at a ranch south ol
town, but recently she had been doing
kitchen work and waiting on tables. Sh*
had attended a dance and taken a young
woman to supper. She is well educated
and a fine looking woman. She says she
will never again wear female attire.
Mr. Nave, who was with her left foi
Waterloo, la.
The officers made a thorough examina
tion of the woman's belongings and rind
ing nothing of a suspicious character, de
rided to let her go on the promise thal
she would leave town, which she did. j
Nebraska City’s Mayor Dead.
Nebraska City. Neb., Jan. 10. H. H
Bartling, head of tlie Bartling Grain com
pany and mayor of this city, dropped dead
in his place of business. Mr. Bartling was.
one of the pioneer residents of Otoe coun
ty, coming here In 18M, and for a number
of years has been one of the most substan
tial business men of Nebraska City. Heart
disease is supposed to be the cause of his
death
MORSE CASE TAKES
ON A NEW ASPECT
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Mrs. Gelshenen, Rich Widow
Lately Dragged, Hurries
Away to Europe.
MR. JEROME WAS BALKED
Reported that She Is to Meet Morse in
Naples, He Having Given Up Re
turning to America in Order
to Confer with Her.
New York, Jan. 11.—District Attorney
Jerome has learned that several days
after he sent his letter to Mrs. Wil
liam H. Gelshenen, tlie wealthy widow,
from whom he hoped to learn whether
Charles W. Morse was the victim or
the plotter In the Dodge-Morse con
spiracy, Charles W. Morse, who had
planned to come to this country, sud
denly abandoned his trip. Morse had !
gone to tile extent of engaging passage i
on the Lucanta, which arrived today ,
without him.
Within a few days of the sailing of
the I-ucanla without him, Mrs. Gelshen
en left for Europe on the Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse. That she did sail on
Iliis steamer last Tuesday Mr. Jerome
now has absolutely no doubt. Friday,
while she was on the high seas, a mys
terious message was cabled from Paris,
where Morse is said to be with Mrs.
Morse. It was sent to Mrs. GelShen’s
daughter, making an appointment to
meet In Naples. These are the facts
that give the latest phase of mystery to
the strange case and the district attor
ney is trying to figure out in liis mind
exactly what it meant. Are the va
rious persons whose names have J>een
brought into the scandal to meet on the
cont inent?
vjbiii rt »dimny V/dac,
As perplexing as ever, tlie case still
baffled Mr. Jerome’s assistants, but
they are now certain that they are
reaching the point where their ques
tions will be answered and that now.
with the lligbt of Mrs. Gelshenen, they
have a tacit admission of one of their
pet theories which in no way reflects on
Mrs. Gelshenen as a woman or a j
mother. This theory lias been that if
they could get Mrs. Gelshenen before
the grand jury to ask her flatly if she
knew if Morse ever cherished any am
bition to have her as his wife, the re
sult would be io get both Mr. and Mrs.
Morse back here on the first steamer.
They have clearly shown that Mrs. Gel- i
shenen does not wish to go before the j
grand jury, and Mr. Morse himself has |
indicated that there was something
transpiring here that almost made him
a passenger on the Lucania.
What it was that happened or what
message he may have received that
caused Morse to change his mind at the
very last minute is known only by in
ference. At the time of the sailing of
the Lucania, Charles F. Dodge, the
former husband of Mrs. Morse, who
was to have been used as a means by
which Morse could make himself a
free man, had returned from Texas,
made his confession, and as the days
passed it seemed that no evidence could
be adduced that would serve to bolster
up the confession.
Morse Kept Posted.
Tn fact, skeptics were beginning to
speak of the Dodge-Morse affair as a ■
"district attorney’s office fiasco.” This '
was a very opportune moment for Mr. j
Morse to come home and go before the j
giand jury if Mr. Jerome wanted him, |
but twenty-four hours before the Lu- j
cania left her dock it became very ap- 1
parent to those in New York in close |
touch with the case that something 1
was about to happen, and since Mr. |
Morse is a man who keeps in close
touch with affairs that interest him,
there can be no doubt that the cables !
recorded every new move made by
Jerome.
Mr. Morse was under subpoena for
six weeks before he left for Europe, |
and when he went away lie told his
friends that lie was very tired of put- I
ting in so much of his time in the
grand jury room. Nevertheless, if lie
was interested in the affairs of Mrs. j
Gelshenen any effort to learn his se- |
crets through her was the one thing
calculated to make him forget his en
nui and come back. Tonight the best
information about Mr. and Mrs. Morse
obtainable in Paris is that he is still j
at the Hotel Ftitz, where both formerly
were, and that she is at the Elysee
Palace hotel, near by. Furthermore, it i
cannot be learned if Mr. Morse has re
ceived word of the departure of Mrs.
Gelshenen. although it is taken for
granted that he has.
IS DUKE INSANE?
District Attorney Jerome Is Looking
Into Mysterious Features of
His Case.
New York. Jan. 11.—Announcement is
made on what seems authoritative in
fonnaiion that the district atorney’s of- j
lice will take up the case of Brodie L.
Duke, who yesterday was placed in a
sanitarium, after having been separ
ated from his wife, whom he married
a few weeks since. For several days
detectives have been working and sen
sations are promised.
District Attorney Jerome said lie
would do everything to clear the mat
ter.
Rev. W. W. (Toe. Dr. Parkhurst's
first assistant, who performed the wed- j
ding ceremony, said he did so knowing
nothing of Miss Webb’s antecedents.
Duke manifested no mental disturb- I
ance, although in the ceremony Duke ;
gave answers in the wrong place at ,
times.
Incidents in the affair terminated in i
the siege of the house of George H. Mai- i
lory, Mrs. Duke's attorney, by a woman
who said she was the lawyer’s client.
She was refused admission and for five
minutes tried to gain entrance.
The Bellevue hospital authorities
have deposited with District Attorney
Jerome bonds, stocks, notes and checks,
said to have a face value of $60,000,
found in the pockets of Duke.
The order for Duke’s consignment
w as signed by a justice of general ses
sions and Dr. Wyatt. Dr. Gregory, su
perintendent of Bellevue hospital, said
Duke was afflicted with dementia.
Wife Said to Be Wealthy.
Ghicago, Jan. 11.—In marrying Bro
die L. Duke, Mrs. Duke, who resided
in Ghicago before the wedding, gave up
a remarkable business career. Mrs.
Duke, who is the daughter of Wm. H.
Webb, had aided in the promotion of
several industries and was president
and secretary of Taylor, Webb & Go.,
a prominent investment company in La.
Salle street.
Sugar Goes Up Again.
New York. Jan. 9.—All grades of re
fined sugar advanced 10 cents per hun
dred today.
MAY ORDER BATTLE.
Czar It Is Said Will Instruct Kuro
patkin to Defeat Oyama on the
Shakhe.
London, Jan. 11.—It is expected at St.
Petersburg that the czar will order
Kuropatkin to take the offensive be
fore Nogi's veterans can join the Jap
anese on the Shakhe. and to gain some
success to offset the loss of Port Ar
thur. Such instructions will place
Kuropatkin in a difficult position. The
severity of the winter makes opera
tions next to impossible.
It is known the Russian army is suf
fering deprivation of hoots and over
coats, owing to the wholesale robberies,
and a battle fought for political rea
sons would be with advantage strongly
on the side of the Japanese.
Opinion is divided whether Rojestven
sky's fleet should return or stake all
upon a chance of defeating Togo. High
authorities argue that if the fleet pos
sesses any efficiency it should try con
clusions immediately. Rojestvensky
would be justified in destroying Togo,
even at the expense or loss of liis own
fleet, because Russia has sufficient
ships in reserve to gain command of
the sea if Togo's ships were sunk. Rus
sia cannot hope for "nal victory unless
she regain the sea. If Rojestvensky re
turns it must signify the war will be
indefinitely prolonged. Indications give
the impression that the fleet is to re
turn. Those who know the inefficiency
of Rojestvensky's squadron expect the
recall.
Europe still awaits some indication
what will be the effect of the fall. This
call come only from St. Petersburg. It
is recognized that Japan's victory can
make for peace only in case Russia's
internal crisis makes peace impera- ,
tive.
Evidence multiplies of uncom
promising opposition to the war
throughout Russia, intensified by fresh
disclosures of robberies of war supplies
and hospital necessaries even more
than by the news of Port Arthur. These
exposures are never followed by the
punishment of the thieves, but public
exasperation has become a force which
must be reckoned with. It has found
expression in new localities where the
authorities refused funds for imperial
purposes.
It PLEASES THE JAPANESE.
Refusal of Many Russian Officers to
Accept Paroles.
Tokio.Jan.il.—The Japanese who ex
press great admiration for General
Fock and the other officers for re
fusing parole and standing by the men
of their army, are busily preparing to
receive the Russian prisoners from
Port Arthur. The first batch of 10,000
are expected to arrive at Moji and
Shemonosekl shortly. After disinfec- j
tlon they will be sent to Kure untfr'bth- 1
er places. It is unlikely any prisoners
will be brought to Tokio.
The Gazette announces today the
Russians have delivered five survivors
of the third Japanese expedition to
block the entrance to Port Arthur har
bor.
NAVAL EXPERTS MEET.
Plans for Building New Russian Navy
Before Paris Council
Paris, Jan.11.—The international com
mission on the North sea incident re
sumed its sessions here today. Admiral
Fouwiier of France was unanimously
chosen permanent president.
Vice Admiral Doubassoff, who suc
ceeded Admiral Kaznakoff as Russian I
representative on the North sea com
mission, arrived today. It is known his
service on the commission is a mere in
cident. His chief mission is to preside
at the meeting of the naval technical
commission, which is considering the
rehabilitation of the Russian navy.
This is not connected with the pres
ent war, as the Russians recognize the
necessity of recreating their navy with
out reference to Japan. Therefore, sev
eral Russian naval experts have ar
rived after visiting the ship yards of
Germany, Holland, Austria, Italy and
France. Admiral Doubassoff, chief con
structor of the Russian navy, will pre- i
side at the meeting. Their visits in
cluded the ship yards in Toulon and
other shipbuilding centers, where they
viewed the progress made on four new
Russian torpedo boat destroyers and a
large mode! of the battleship Czare
vitch, which is considered a favorable
type for future construction.
It is understood the Russian program
contemplates expenditure of *200,000,000 j
in the next three years for naval re
habilitation. The meeting of the ex
perts leads to a coincident gathering
of representatives of the leading ship
yards, including the American yards.
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FUTURE OF PORT ARTHUR.
—
Japs Seem to Plan Keeping It for Sure j
This Time.
Tokio, Jan. 10.—The Japanese intend to |
establish a naval station at Port Arthur, j
Vice Admiral Y. Shibyama will probably j
be placed In charge of it.
The military administration will only
retain a small garrison as soon as the
prisoners are withdrawn and order is re
stored. The fleet is busily engaged in
clearing mines, but owing to their great
number navigation will be unsafe for a
long time. Only government craft will be
allowed to enter the harbor. It is prob
able that Dalny will soon be opened up to
neutrals. Japanese companies are prepar
ing to establish weekly service to that port.
Jt is proposed shortly to float a fourth do
mestic war loan under the same conditions
as those under which the third was nego
tiated.
Transfer of Prisoners.
General Nogi’s report announces the
transfer of Port Arthur prisoners com
pleted. Saturday’s transfers were:
Officers. Men.
General Stoessel’s command. 9 39
General Stoessel’s headquarters. 6 15
Engineer company. 11 269
Telegraph corps. 4 61
Railroad detachment . 1
Cavalrj . 4 177
Officers and crewrs of warships—
Retvisan . 22
Pobieda . 22
Palada . 11
Peresviet . 15
Poltava . 16 311
Sevastapol . 31 507
Bay an . 15 259
Bobr .. 12 90
Storozohovoy . 4 52
Dtvashni . 6 324
Gilyak . 5 72
Amur. 7 175
Naval defense headquarters. 3 320
Harbor office . 60 925
Naval brigade. 59 31
Torpedo brigade . 10 142
Field posts and telegraphs. 33 23
Totals .366 3.654
Three judges and three clerks of courts
were also transferred.
Generals Are Still Alive.
Lieutenant Generals Fock, Smyrnoff and
Gorbatowsky and Rear Admiral Wilmann
will be brought to Japan as prisoners of
war.
Lieutenant General Stoessel will leave
Dalny January 12 on a Japanese transport
for Nagasaki. He will be accompanied by
the other paroled officers. The Russians
probably will remain in Japan a few days
and then proceed on a Fren6fr steamer to
Europe, going by way of the Suez canal.
General Nogi reports that the officers
paroled to date number 441. and orderlies
as. I
BEEF TRUST SUIT
IN SUPREME COURT
Attorney General Moody Con
cludes His Argument on the
Injunction Case.
DEFENSE IS TECHNICAL
Trust Claims Its Combination Is Strict- '
ly a State Affair, in Illinois, Not I
Subject to Interstate Com
merce Law.
Washington. Jan. 11.—Attorney Gen
eral Moody today resumed his argu
ment on behalf of the government be
fore the supreme court in the case com
monly known as the beef trust case,
begun last Friday. Attorney General
Moody said none of the agreements or
acts complained of related to manu
facture or production, but to commerce
•—commerce, as distinguished from
manufacture or production. He said
the inquiry is narrowed down to only
two questions for the determination of
the court: Whether the commerce in
the case is commerce among the states,
and if so whether the agreements con
stitute a monopoly of any part of it.
Taking up the agreement alleged ir»
the petition, Attorney General Moody
snidellminatingallstatements by which
the pleader characterized the purpose
and effect of the agreement, the fol
lowing state of facts is clearly shown:
Peisons owning live stock and living
in other states and territories than
those where stock yards are situated
were accustomed to send such slock tc
the various stock yards named for the
purpose of sale there. The defendants,
who were severally engaged in tire bus
iness of buying such live stock for the
purpose of slaughtering and converting
it into fresh meat, entered into an
agreement with each other to refrain
from bidding against each other, except
eolorably, in the purchase of such live
stock, with t'ne purpose and result of
suppressing all competition in such
purchases.
The agreement having been thus
clearly alleged, he said, the question
arose whether the agreement relates tc
interstate commerce, and proceeded to
argue that proposition.
Mr. Moody s Argument Summarized.
Mr. Moody, in concluding his argu
ment, said:
"I have discussed, separately, all the
agreements and acts of the defendants
which were complained of as unlawful
In the petition and enjoined by the de
cree of the court below. I have endeav- -
nred to show with respect to each of
them that they relate lo interstate com
merce, and either retrained it or monop
olized it, within the meaning of the law.
“I should be unwilling, however, to
rest the case here. There is a larger
view of it to be taken than appears
from the allegations in the petition con
sidered separately. These defendants
are engaged in interstate commerce.
The petition shows a typical case of in
terstate commerce. If the business
which they do. exclusive of the manu
facture, is not interstate commerce
there can be no such tiling outside of
transportation.
It Is Interstate Commerce.
“They buy their raw material, which '
Is gathered together from all the cat
tle-raising states and territories of the
union and sent to the great live stock
markets of the country. After they
have transformed that material into
the finished product they sell it
throughout the United States. The
combination which they have entered
Into is designed to restrain#all their
business transactions, exclusive of
manufacture, by suppression of all
competition therein, both in their pur
chases and their sales, by fixing and
maintaining uniform prices for their
product, and so far as possible uniform
prices for their raw material, and by
obtaining such unlawful advantages as
would tend lo create a monopoly in
the necessaries of life. They cannot be
permitted ingeniously to separate the
various steps in their undertaking and
so deal with them that they can be re
garded as interstate transactions. The
■ourt met and answered such a device
is this in the case of Montague & Co.
vs. hovveiy. There it was truly claimed
that the sales of unset titles in San
Francisco by local dealers were con
sidered by themselves interstate trans
itions. The court held a sale could
not be separated from the main pur
pose of the combination, which was to
fix and maintain uniform prices for
goods which were the subject of inter
state commerce."
ON FREIGHT RATES.
President Holds Another Conference at
the White House.
Washington, Jan. 11. — President
Roosevelt had another conference yes
erday regarding pending legislation.
He consulted Representative Each, of
Wisconsin, and Townsend, of Michigan,
aoth members of the house committee
jn interstate and foreign commerce,
egarding legislation respecting freight
rates. Both representatives are in fa
>'or of affirmative action on the subject
it the present session. They told the
president the people they represented
wanted something definite (lone and
wanted it done soon. Any legislation
niacted, they urged, must be effective
n curing the evils complained of, and
lot merely of a nominal character.
Suggested reductions in the expendi
tures of the navy department formed
he principal topic of a talk between
he president and Representative Day
on, of West Virginia, the ranking re
publican member of the naval affairs
•ommittee of the house. Mr. Dayton
s opposing vigorously the proposed re
luction, maintaining that any reduc- J
ion would cripple the naval service. •' jM
NAN IS VERyIlL M
Vtiss Patterson Is in Bad Condition
and Her Tonsils May Be
Removed.
New York. Jan. 10.—Nan Patterson is ill
vith tonsilitis. Her condition as regarded
is serious. The Tombs’ physician says
ter tonsils will probably have to be re
noved.
CREMATED HIMSELF.
Man Named Noveritzski, Discouraged^
Burned Himself and Nearly
Burned Nine Others.
Chicago, Jan. 11—Throwing himself o
4 couch to which lie had set fire. Joli
S'overitzski. aged 50, burned to deat
oday in his house. Nine other occ
iants barely escaped death in thj
lames. Noveritzski had separat
irom his wife and was despondent.