BAXTER ALSO OUT!
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RESIGNATION OF ANOTHER NEB
RASKAN CALLED FOR.
THIS COMES AS A SURPRISE
The United States District Attorney
Will Have to Keep Company With
Mathews—His Resignation Insisted
Upon by Secretary Hitchcock.
WASHINGTON—Irving F. Baxter
United States district attorney in Neb
raska. is to leave the service of the
United States government. His res
ignation was asked for several days
ago.
When Senators Millard and Burkett
went to the White House Tuesday to
recommend the appointment of Will
iam P. Warner of Dakota City for
United States marshall to fill the va
cancy caused by the removal of T. L.
Mathews they thought for a time at
least Nebraska would be permitted to
rest in peace. But hardly had they
announced Mr. Mathews' successor to
the president when they were in
formed that Irving F. Baxter's resig
nation had been demanded. This ac
tion was wholly unexpected. The sen
ators had quietly conferred upon a
successor to Mathews, but they had
not contemplated the removal of Bax
ter. They had been informed that the
attorney general would not permit any
interference with his department, not
withstanding Secretary Hitchock had
been outspoken at cabinet meetings,
protesting the inadequate sentence in
flicted on Richards and Comstock,
which has brought in the lime light,
alongside of Oregon and Kansas.
Secretary Hitchcock, not satisfied
with the sentence which was passed
on Richards and Comstock, made it a
personal matter and took the case up
to the president. All this now' comes
out in tie dismissal of Mr. Baxter.
Several days ago, it is understood.
Baxter’s resignation was asked for, al
though the senators were not cogni
zant of this fact when they saw the
president and recommended the ap
pointment of Mr. Warner as successor
to Mr. Mathews. United States mar
shal removed.
With this new situation confront
ing the senators they will now take
a day or two to discuss the matter.
Both are in a quandary as to what to
do. The resignation of Baxter has put
them in a hole, so to speak, and they
want to know where they stand before
they move. Nebraska has not had
such a condition in years, if ever, and
the senators realize that they must
move slowly, otherwise their recom
mendations will be of little avail.
CANAL MAHER
UNDER DISCUSSION
WASHINGTON—President Roose
velt had a conference with several
senators, among them Kittredge and
Aldrich. The South Dakota senator
spent a good while talking with the
president on the canal situation and
the fight that is being made in the
senate on the management of the big
ditch. Senator Kittredge has made
himself one of the "best posted men
in -he United States on inter-oceanic
canals. He has purposely spent time
along the canal route and elsewhere
and has read the opinions of men of
prominence on all sides as to what is
best to do. There are many sugges
tions that he would become chairman
of the senate committee on inter
oceanice canals, but this position went
to Senator Millard of Nebraska, who
by the rules of the senate was enti
tled to it.
NAMED FOR OFFICE.
President Fills the Vacancies at Val
entine.
WASHINGTON—Rev. A. R. Julian
of Long Pine and Elof Oleson of Bas
sett are the lucky men selected for
the appointment of register and re
ceiver of the Valentine land office.
The two senators sent their names to
the president, and it is expected the
announcement of their nomination will
follow. Mr. Julian is a Methodist
Episcopal minister, while Mr. Oleson
is county judge of Rock county. Both
of the candidates reside in the Sixth
district and were endorsed by Repre
sentative Kinkaid. C. H. Cornell, of
Valentine, one of the candidates for
receiver, withdrew from the race sev
eral day ago.
The ho”' members of the Nebras
ka deler u propose to work m har
mony in all affairs affecting the in
terest of their state. They met at the
Dewey hotel and perfected an organi
zation by electing Representative Nor
ris chairman and Representative Hin
shaw secretary. They have planned
to meet every Tuesday night during
the session of congress for a discus
sion of questions arising from time to
time which require union of action.
All members are in perfect harmony
with Senators Burkett and Millard
and are ready to support them when
ever necessary in their agreements
and requests.
Uphold Secretary Wilson.
WASHINGTON—After a sharp dis
cussion, the Lovering resolution, pro
viding for a new estimate on the cot
ton crop by the departmnet of agri
culture on January 10, 1906, was laid
on the table by the house committee
on agriculture by unanimous vote.
Representatives Webb of North Caro
lina. Burleson of Texas and a number
of other members from cotton states
appeared before the committee and
urged the defeat of the resolution,
charging that it was merely an ef
fort to depress the market.
Hundreds Cossacks Killed.
TTTKUM, Courland, Russia—A spe
cial staff correspondent of the Asso
ciated Press, who has just arrived
here, learns that mobs of Lithuanians
and Esthonians attacked 100 Cossacks
and dragoons, the only military forces
stationed in Tukum. The mobs, after
wild fighting, killed the soldiers to the
last man, cut off their arms and legs
and ripped up their bodies. The streets
were strewn with bodies and dis
membered parts. Six hundred troops
arrived this morning.
NEW PLACE FOR BISHOP.
Canal “Press Agent” Made Member
of Commission.
WASHINGTON—President Roose
velt has appointed Joseph Bucklis
Bishop as a member of the isthmian
canal commission to fill a vacancy in
that body caused by the resignation
of Chief Engineer Wallace.
Mr. Bishop is at present secretary
of the canal commission, having been
appointed to that position from New
York last September. His present ap
pointment is to fill the vacancy cre
ated by the resignation of Chief En
gineer Wallace, who was a member
of the commission, as well as chief
engineer. Mr. Bishop receives as sec
retary of the commission a salary of
110.000 a year and until a few days
ago he prepared statements for the
press relative to the progress of the
work on the canal and other canal
matters. It is understood that with
his appointment as commissioner Mr.
Bishop will be selected as secretary
of the commission. His salary as
commissioner will be $7,500 a year,
and it is said that for his services as
secretary he will receive an additional
compensation of S2.500 a year, thus
making his aggregate salary equal to
what he now receives as secretary.
SETTLED THE DEBT
BY PISTOL ROUTE
DENVER, Colo.—William Wilson, a
cattleman, was shot and instantly
killed by J. D. Henderson, a former
partner, in the lobby of the Lewiston
hotel. Henderson then turned his
pistol upon himself, fired a bullet
through his breast and expired in the
arms of a policeman who had seized
him.
Wilson and Henderson were part
ners in the cattle business many
years ago. The partnership was dis
solved. and Henderson, it is stated,
has ever since continued to charge
Wilson with defrauding him in their
final settlement.
MATHEWS IS ALL IN.
Visit to President Avails the Deposed
Marshal Nothing.
WASHINGTON — T. L. Mathews,
late United States marshal for Neb
raska, will not be reinstated. At a
conference between the president and
Mr. Mathews, which was arranged by
R. B. Scehneider, the subject of Mr.
Mathews' dismissal was gone into at
some length. The president gave half
an hour to the hearing, which was
conducted behind closed doors. What
was said at that hearing is largely
speculative, but enough is known that
Mr. Mathew's presented affidavits and
letters showing that he was carrying
out the practice of the marshal s office
extending over forty years. President
Roosevelt, it is asserted, stated that
on examination of the records of Mr.
Mathews' office he found everything
in the best possible condition, and
that the office itself had been conduct
ed during Mr. Mathews' incumbency
upon a high grade of efficiency, but
that even this efficiency and his integ
rity would not permit him to interfere
with what was clearly a failure on the
part of the marshal to do his sworn
duty, and he therefore would have to
regard the inciuent as closed.
LINE UP FOR BATTLE.
Repressive Move of Czar Answered by
Call for General Strike.
ST. PETERSBURG—A call for a
general political strike throughout
Russia, to begin Thursday at noon,
was issued tonight.
The call is approved by the Union
of Unions, the Union of Peasants, the
General Railway Union and the coun
cils of workmen of St. Petersburg and
Moscow.
A response received from the rail
road men of Moscow is unanimous for
a strike. The leaders have declared
their ability to stop every railroad and
telegraph line in Russia.
The strike ord~r renders every mem
ber of the unions signing it liable to
arrest and punishment under the new
strike law and Minister of the Interior
Durnovo attempted to telegraph or
ders to Moscow to arrest members of
the railway unions and of .he work
men's councils, but the dispatches
were held up by the railroad tele
graphers.
WARNER NAMED MARSHAL.
Chair/nan of Republican State Com
mittee to Fill Vacancy in Nebraska.
WASHINGTON—The president has
nominated William P. Warner of Da
kota City to be United States marshal,
to succeed T. L. Mathews. Warner
was unanimously endorsed by the sen
ators and the Nebraska delegation in
the house.
Senator W. P. Warner had a tele
gram from Senators Millard and Bur
kett asking him if he would accept
the place made vacant by T. L. Mat
hews' removal. Mr. Warner wired in
reply asking a little time to give a
definite answer. Later he announced
his acceptance of the office.
Shoct Revolutionary Flag.
ROVNO, Russia—The revolutionis :s
hoisted a red flag over a factory here
and the police were unable to remove
it. A machine gun's battery was
therefore brought into action afid shot
away the flagstaff.
Kansas Man Assassinated.
KINGMAN — Clarence Albright,
while seated at his breakfast table
here, was shot and killed by an un
known assassin, who fired through the
window. The murdered escaped. Al
bright ^-as prominent.
An American Gets the Prize.
Paris—The Academy of Sciences
has awarded the Lalande prize to
Pror., William Henry Pickering, the
astronomer, of Harvard observatory
for his discovery of satellites of Sat
urn.
Would Lease Land to Settlers.
WASHINGTON — Representative
Lacey of Iowa, introduced a bill per
mitting grazing privileges on pnblic
lands to homestead settlers and hold
ers of small farms in semi-arid and
arid regions.
ON THE RATE LAW
KANSAS SENATOR DISCUSSES
THE QUESTION.
RIGHT VIEWS OF THE PRESIDENT
Speaker Says that Congress Will Do
Well to Walk Straightway in the
Pathway Marked Out by the Chief
Executive.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Chester I.
Long, United States senator from
Kansas, was the principal speaker
Wednesday night at a dinner given by
the Knife and Fork club of this city.
Senator Long discussed the subject
“Proposed Rate Legislation" and gave
his views respecting all the plans sub
mitted this far for the solution of
the question.
Senator Long spoke in part as fol
lows:
“Railroads are private property in
the sense that individuals own their
stocks and bonds, but they are public
property in the sense that they have
a duty to perform in relation to the
public. They can be regulated and
controlled by law.
“Discriminations between individ
uals should cease. Discriminations be
tween localities must be only those
that are due to natural advantages
which one city has over another and
to competition that may exist at one
place and not at another.
“The responsibility rests upon con
gress to frame a bill that will meet
the situation and prove effective
when administered. It is a great re
sponsibility. The power of the rail
roads to fix rates is almost equal to
the power of taxation. The unre
stricted exercise of this great power
menaces the rights and liberties of
the public. Congress has the unques
tioned power to regulate and super
vise the making of interstate rates,
and it should exercise more of its
power so that the carrier may be com
pelled to treat the public with exact
and even-handed justice. Any at
tempt under the guise of regulation
to compel the carrier to transport
property at a rate so low that it will
not produce a fair return on the in
vestment will be declared invalid by
the courts. Thus there is no danger
to the earners in a bad. vicious and
unfair law, but the injury will be to
the shipper and the public by attempt
ing to provide them relief through a
law that will be declared illegal and
void.
“Congress, in considering this ques
tion. should determine it not alone in
the interest of the carrier and the
shipper, but in its relations to the
public as well. President Roosevelt,
in his last great message, suggests
the true course to take, and congress
will do well if it walks in the path
way which he has there marked out.”
Will Go Slow on Bonds.
WASHINGTON — Secretary Shaw
stated that, although the Panama ca
nal bill which has just passed congress
perfects the legislation relating to the
sale of Panama bonds and makes it
possible to issue them at any time,
the treasury department does not con
template an immediate issue.
Secretary Hitchcock III.
WASHINGTON—Secretary Hitch
cock of the department of the interior
is confined to his home as the result
of a severe cold. Acting upon the ad
vice of his physician he will not ven
ture out for several days.
Provide Panama Money.
WASHINGTON—President Roose
vent signed the bill i>assed by con
gress appropriating $11,000,000 for the
°anama canal. This is the first law
•reated by the present session of con'
Tess.
.YORK NIGHT AND DAY
FOR BURIED WEALTH
\ _
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb—A
-mall army of men and boys are dig
ging here for a copper box contain
ing $2,5C0 in gold placed under an old
elm tree near the Missouri river
seven years ago by R. R. Mann, a
gardener. Mann's death in Kingsley,
la., several days ago revealed the se
cret, as the eccentric old gardener
left a note saying that he had placed
the gold in the garden after selling
his Dawes county farm seven years
ago. The fact that he never told his
family what became of the money he
received is taken as additional evi
dence that the gold is in the garden.
The land which formerly belonged to
Mann has been almost abandoned, be
ing within a few rods of the river,
which makes the search difficult. The
search continues by lantern light and
those working say the lot, 40 by 100,
will be dug up from one side to the
other.
Hunting Down Mohammedans.
CONSTANTINOPLE—The massa
cre of Mussulmans by Armenians was
still in progress at Tiflis. Caucasia,
and throughout Caucasia. December
18, according to a dispatch from Tiflis
under that date. The Mohammedans
were being hunted down like deer, no
distinction being made between Per
sians, Tartars or Ottomans. About j
two thousand Mussulman families of i
Tiflis had cought refuge in neighbor- i
ing villages. The Cossacks and other j
troops continued to plunder the
houses of the Mussulmans at Batoum.
State Department .is Notified.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Ambassador
White, who has been named as one
of the representatives of the United j
States at the aprpoaching Morocco
conference, has informed Secretary
Root of the proposicion now being
placed before European governments
to change the place for the conference
from Algeciras to Madrid. Mr. White’s
communication did not appear to re
quire any direct expression by the
state department upon this matter
just at present, but it is stated th.t
there is no objection to change.
WALSH BANKS OUT.
Three Chicago Institutions to Li
quidate.
CHICAGO—One of the largest fin
ancial institutions in the west, the
Chicago National hank, the Home
Savings hank and the Equitable Trust
company, all of them controlled bv
John R. Walsh of this city and in
great measure owned by him. sus
pended operations Monday. Their af
fairs will be liquidated as rapidly as
possible and they will go out of busi
ness.
Mr. Walsh, who was the president
of the Chicago National bank and of
the Equitable Trust company, and all
the other officers and all the directors
of the Chicago National bank, have re
signed. National Bank Examiner C.
H. Bosworth has succeeded Mr. Walsh
at the head of the Chicago National
bank and the places of the directors
have been filled by men appointed by
the Chicago clearing house. Back of
the new management stand the allied
banks of Chicago, who have pledged
their resources that every depositor
shall be paid to the last cent and that
no customer of any one of the three in
stitutions would lose anything by rea
son of the suspension. Had not this
action been taken by the banks of the
city a disastrous panic must have fol
lowed in the financial world. As it
was, the only effect in this city was
the decline on the local Stock ex
change of 2 1-2 in the price of Na
tional Biscuit common stock, which
has employed the Equitable Trust
company as transfer agent and had
besides dealings with the Chicago Na
tional bank, but it is not affected by
the failure in the slightest degree. The
closing of the two banks had the effect
also of shutting off all demand on the
local exchange for bank stocks, none
of them being purchased.
The immednate cause of the col
lapse of the institutions controlled by
Mr. Walsh is said to be the large
amount of money which they loaned
to various private enterprises of his—
notably the Southern Indiana railway
and the Bedford Quarries company of
Indiana. Mr. Walsh claims that if he
could have had a little more time and
been left untrammeled in his opera
tions he could have saved his banks
and made enormous profits for himself
and his associates. He bases this
statement on his estimate of the value
of the bonds of the Southern Indiana
Railroad Company. The comptroller,
the state auditor and the members
of th? Chicago clearing house commit
tee place the value of the bonds at
one-half the valuation of Mr. Walsh,
and it was their refusal to accept his
valuation that caused the suspension
of the banks. The liabilities of the
three institutions are estimated in the
aggregate of $26,000,000. The assets
are said to be $29,000,000.
THE CANAL BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
WASHINGTON—The senate on
Wednesday accepted the report of the
conference committee on the Panama
canal emergency appropriation bill and
the house so far as it is concerned fin
ally disposed of that measure. The
acceptance of the report was preceded
by a brief discussion of the restoration
of the bond provision to the appropria
tion bill and of the action of the house
in resenting the action on those two
questions. Speeches were made by
Messrs. Allison. Spooner and Teller,
all expressing the opinion that the
senate had not contravened the consti
tutional provision requiring that all
revenue legislation shall originate in
the house of representatives.
REIGN OF TERROR IN MOSCOW.
Military Held in Readiness to Begin
Carnage.
MOSCOW—The town is in darkness
and the theaters and clubs are closed.
The employes of the municipality
have abandoned their work. Fifty
thousand factory bands are idle. The
troops are confined to the barracks
and every possible military prepara
tion for events has been made.
The strikers’ pickets are all over
the city persuading or threatening
those who are reluctant to join the
strike. There has been some cases of
disorder and a few conflicts.
STRIKE IS ON.
Moscow Declared in a Partial State
of Siene.
ST. PETERSBURG—Reports receiv
ed here from Moscow late Wednesday
evening indicate that the strike was
successfully inaugurated and is spread
ing rapidly. Even the electric light
plants are closed. Governor General
Doubassoff has declared the city to
be in a partial state of siege, which
gives the civil authorities exceptional
powers of arrest, etc. The next move
will be to declare a state of siege, in
which the military supersedes civil
power. It is expected that the inau
guration of the strike will be followed
by a similar measure, but if the situ
ation becomes worse, as anticipated,
martial law will be declared.
Denver Bankers Found Guilty.
DENVER, Colo.—Leonard Imboden
and James A. Rill, bankers, were
found guilty of conspiring to wreck
the Denver Savings bank.
Wants Them on Free List.
V ASHINGTON — Representative
Williams introduced a list to place on
the free list steel beams, plates, angle
irons. rivets, shiftings, propellors.
castings and other material imported
for use in the construction of Ameri
can ships.
Nebraska Bonds Are Stolen.
BOSTON—A block of valuable bond
and stock coupons has been lost here
by unidentified parties find advertised
by the police, the list including & bank
of Dixon county, Nebraska, real es
tate bond No. 1952, due in 1910, cou
pon of January 1, 1906.
Two Killed by a Highwayman.
EL PASO, Tex.—Two men named
Robert Rutherford and M. C. Murray,
both from Philadelphia, were killed
by highwaymen on a ranch at Diaz, a
small setltement in Chihuahua. Mex.
LOSES THE FICHT
j THE OLD GLADIATOR WORSTED
IN BATTLE.
FAINTING SPELL AND COLLAPSE
Fitzsimmons Unable to Respond to
the Call for the Fourteenth, O’Brien
is Awarded the Contest—Says He
Has Now Fought His Last Fight.
MECHANICS' PAVILION, SAN
FRANCISCO, Cal.—Robert Fitzsim
mons collapsed at the close of the
thirteenth round of his fight with Jack
O'Brien. He had fought hard, but na
ture could no longer stand the strain
and after the gong had sounded for
the close of the thirteenth round he
walked to his corner and sat in his
chair. Then his head fell on his
breast, his whole body collapsed and
the fighting wonder of the ■ age was
"all in.” Referee Graney saw his
condition awarded the fight to O’Brien.
While punched in the face and badly
cut and several times in jeopardy,
Fitzsimmons always managed to come
to and resume the fight. Just at the
close of the thirteenth round he land
ed a left on O'Brien's stomach, but
the Philadelphian came back with a
similar blow and followed it with a
left to the jaw. The gong rang for
the close of the round and Fitz walk
ed to his corner. As he sat down he
said to Graney: “Eddie, he hit me in
the stomach and it is all over." Then
his head sank and Bob Fitzsimmons
was defeated.
Referee Graney said:
“Fitzsimmons showed his class.
O’Brien is a wonderful boxer and the
old man stood up and took his punish
ment. Occasionally he showed a flash
of his old-time form, but his strength
could not last.
“After the fight had been awarded
to O'Brien. Fitzsimmons slipped to the
floor and lay prostrate in the ring.
There was a call for a doctor, as it
was seen that he was in a state of
collapse. He revived, however, in a
few minutes and with the assistance
of his seconds was able to leave the
ring.
“O'Brien gave a remarkable exhibi
tion of sparring and footwork. He
ducked, dodged and side-stepped in a
manner that was bewildering. Fitz
simmons would swing and find only
the empty air and several times nearly
went through the ropes from the force
of his misspent blows.
“O'Brien would straighten up and
dash in a wicked cutting left, which,
while not possessing knockdown force,
was sufficient to jar the old gladiator.
Fitzsimmons had the sympathy of the
enormous crowd, which jeered and
hissed O'Brien when he ducked and
ran away. But the Philadelphia man
had laid out his plan of battle and
could not be coerced into mixing
things with the old fighter, who was
known to possess a dangerous punch.
“Before Fitz left the ring he made
a little speech in which he said that
he had done his best. He said he had
fought his last fight.”
Czar Again Universal Suffrage.
LONDON—The correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph at St. Petersburg
says that a majority of those present
at the council held at Tsarskoe-Selo
voted for the granting of a system of
universal suffrage. The emperor,
however, after listening to all the ar
guments. deliberately and decisively
refused to abide by the decision of Die
majority and declared against univer
sal suffrage.
BRYAN DECLINES INVITATION.
He Desires to Be Free to Criticise
Philippine Administration.
MANILA—'William .T. Bryan has ca
bled from Hong Kong declining Act
ing Governor Ide’s invitation to be his
guest during his stay in Manila, for
the reason that he comes as a news
paper representative and not as a pri
vate citizen, stating that by his ac
ceptance of the acting governor’s hos
pitality he would feel placed under
certain obligations to the government,
which he might wish to write about
in the near future.
LTpon his arrival here Mr. Bryan
will be met by a committee represent
ing the insular city government, the
supreme court and by the aides of
Acting Governor Ide and Major Gen
eral Corbin. Mr. Bryan is expected
to arrive December 22, when he will
go to the hotel.
PAY OR THE FIGHTING PUGS.
O'Brien and Fitzsimmons Divide
$9344, Three to One.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal—The gate
receipts of the Fitzsimmons-O’Brien
fight were $16,407. Of this sum 60
per cent went to the gladiators, the
winner receiving 75 per cent of the
60 per cent and the loser getting 25
per cent. It was the largest crowd
that has attended any fight in San
Francisco this year, and was the larg
est gallery that has ever gathered at
a fistic encounter in this city.
Did Not Get Much Money.
SPOKANE. Wash.—Advices re
ceived at the office of Superintendent
Beamer of^the Northern Pacific, say
not over $500 in cash was secured by
the bandits who robbed the north coast
limited train near North Yakima Sat
urday night, but they did secure a
large amount of negotiable paper, the
value of which is not yet ascertained.
The Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany has offered a reward of $4,000 for
the arrest of the robbers and the state
offers a reward of $1,000.
Two Feasts for Press Men.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.—The party of
eastern newspaper men who accompa
nied the Los Angeles Limited train
across the continent on its initial
trip spent Thursday sightseeing at
points of interest about Los Angeles
and Pasadena. A drive over the Bald
win ranch, lunch at Pasadena and a
characteristic humorous speech by
Robert J. Burdette were features. At
night the members of the party were
guests at a banquet by the Press clnb
and on Friday morning they will leave
for Catalina island
OBJECT TO TWO JOBS.
Minority Senators Long for a Crack
at Shonts.
WASHINGTON — Confirmations by
the senate of the nominations ef
members of the isthmian canal com
mission were reconsidered in execu
tive session and a motion was adopt
ed calling; upon the president for the
return of the notification of the sen
ate’s previous action. When this has
been done the nominations again will
be referred to the inter-oceanic canal
commission for consideration. Before
the decision was reached to reconsider
the vote charge of ‘ railroading” nomi
nations were made by several minor
ity senators and counter charges that
the protestants were proceeding in a
manner not prescribed by the rules of
the senate were made by republican
senators. The discussion developed
the fact that there had been no poll
of the canal commission on the nom
inations in question and as a result
objection to reconsideration was with
drawn.
It is generally understood that the
purpose of minority senators in ask
ing to have the nominations returned
is to permit a protest against Chair
man Theodore P. Shonts holding a
position on the commission and the
presidency of the Clover Leaf railroad
at the same time. The controversy in
the senate resulted from a motion to
take up the nomination of J. B. Bish
op as a member of the commission,
which was only sent to the senate
Wednesday. If it is true that an at
tempt will be made to hold up the
confirmation of Mr. Shonts on the
ground that he is holding dual posi
tions, the chairmanship of the com
mission and the presidency of the
Clover Leaf road, action cannot be
had before the holidays. An effort
will be made, however, to have a poll
of the committee taken and the nomi
nation again confirmed.
AN OLD SOLDIER
IS IN THE TOILS
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Patrick .7. Mc
Laughlin. commander of McPherson
post. G. A. R.. of this city, and, ac
cording to his statement, a nephew of
General John A. Logan, W’as arrested
here, charged with stealing a gold
watch case from the mails in the
postoffice building. McLaughlin, who
is sixty-three years of age. is employ
ed as a night coal passer in the boiler
room at the federal building, and it
is said he had access to the mailing
room upstairs.
' SLAUGHTER OF MUSSULMANS.
Was Still Going On in Caucasia at Last
Report.
CONSTANTINOPLE—The massa
cre of Mussulmans by Armenians was
still in progress at Tiflis, Caucasia,
and throughout Caucasia. December
18. according to a dispatch from Tif
lis under that date.
The Mohammedans were being hunt
ed down like deer, no distinction be
ing made between Persians. Tartars
or Ottomans. About 2.000 Mussulman
families of Tiflis had sought refuge in
neighboring villages. The Cossacks
and other troops continued to plun
der the houses of Mussulmans at Ea
toum.
TOGO SAYS FAREWELL WORD.
Tells the Victors to Tie Their Helmet
Strings Tighter.
TOKIO—Field Marshal Yamagata
has been appointed to the privy
council.
Admiral Togo, now president of the
general staff of the navy, in his fare
well address to the officers and men
of the combined Japanese fleet, which
was dissolved Thursday, warned them
to be in constant readiness for emer
gencies. He concluded with the
words:
‘‘Victors, tie your helmirt strings
tighter.”
Shanghai Under Guard.
WASHINGTON—The state depart
ment has received a cablegram from
Shanghai reporting that the situation
there is normal, that 1,500 sailors, ma
rines and volunteers are guarding the
streets.
Thirty Japs in Car Which Burns.
KEARNEY—About thirty Japanese
railroad laborers narrowly escaped
cremation at Amherst at an early hour
in the morning. All escaped without
serious injury, however, except three,
one of whom was badly burned and
taken to the hospital at Grand Island.
Nebraskans to be Confirmed.
WASHINGTON—William P. War
ner has been confirmed as United
States marshal for the district of Neb
raska. W. H. Michael will be con
firmed as consul general to Calcutta,
and Hostetter as consul to Mexico.
Gov. La Follette Resigns.
MADISON, Wis.—Governor La Fol
lette sent to the legislature his resig
nation as governor, to take effect cat
the first Monday in January.
Change in Inauguration Day.
WASHINGTON — Representative
Jenkins of Wisconsin introduced a
resolution fixing the last Thursday in
April as the date for presidential in
augurations. Senator Clark of Wyo
ming introduced a similar resolution
in the senate. The -late proposed was
decided upon by a committee com
posed of governors of the states and
citizens of the District of Columbia,
which met here some time ago for
the purpose of starting the move
ment for a new fflausuial date.
Guilty of Land Frauds.
ST. PAUL, Minn.—The jury in the
United States court which has been
trying W. T. Hortmell and Royal B.
Stearns of St. Paul for frauds in con
nection with South Dakota lands
brought in a verdict of guilty against
both men.
Cabinet Resigns in a Body.
VIENNA—Premier Fejervary had
an audience with Emperor Francis Jo
seph and tendered the resignation of
the entire Hungarian cabinet.
HE HAS TO HAVE A PRINTER.
So a Maine Editor Puts an “Ad” in
His Own Paper to Get One.
"I have work for a printer. It's
steady work and pay every Saturday
right after the first week. My help
usually stay from four to twenty
years with me—several have stopped
until they were called to cross the
river to whose bourne all printers are
journeying.
“Write me, tell honestly what you
can do and what you don't do. Give
references and state wages wanted
and say whether married or single,
also tell us how old you are and the
color of your hair and eyes.
‘‘We are fussy, particular, but- our
acts are largely controlled by “the
back shop crowd,’ made up of five
girls, all good lookers, two married
women, la husband and the devil.
They run the show and get the money,
occasionally permitting me to make
suggestions.
“We want to replace one who has
been called higher—to higher wages.
Speak right up now if you want to
join the pack. Wc need you and will
pay a fair price for your services.
"No objections to a man with a
family.
"If you don’t want the job and have
a friend who does, write him, get
vorj to him. we have the room and
can afford to have one more mac
about the establishment. Be sure to
put the ‘esquire’ on the envelope and
address Fred W. Sanborn. Menagerie
Manager of the Norway (Me.) Adver
tiser.
“Do it now.
“P. S.—Long necked, high-collared
cigarette smokers not wanted.”—Nor
way Advertiser.
YELL THAT PROVED OF VALUE.
Old Gentleman Had Underrated His
Son’s Abilities.
A young man once returned from
college with long hair, a sweater that
had eleven distinct colors in Its fabric,
a good opinion of himself and a col
lege yell that was terrifying.
His father sized him up and then
complained bitterly. His complaints
were more bitter when he heard the
college yell.
"And 1 paid good money to have
him acquire those clothes and that
fog-horn voice and exuberant throat
development," he groaned.
'Ton don't care for the yell?" asked
the young man
“I do not,” replied the father. "It
is as valueless as the squeal of a pig
and that is one part of the animal
which is lost when he is butchered.”
A few weeks later, while on a trip
to a new country, the father and aon
were attacked by a band of marauding
ruffians The young man opened his
mouth, threw the reverse lever away
ever in the corne.r, and emitted a
college yell, which was substantially
as follows: "Br-r-r-l Woof. «oof woof
woof! Zip, zip. pippitysip? compat,
compah! Gurgoo. gurgoo! Wottell.
wortetl! wheeeeee!”
The members of f.he marauding
band, amazed at the sound, and un
able to understand it. turned and
fed.
"Maybe a college education does
pay," said' the father, slowly.
Ballade to the Women.
The poets, extolling the graces 1 jj
Of sweet femininity, pay
Particular court, in most cases.
To Phyllis or Phoebe or Fay.
“A toast to the ladles!" they say—
As "ladies” they always addreaa them—
And bid us bow down to them. Nay!
We sing the plain "women,” Gcd bits*
them!
Though light-o’-loves, frail as the laces
And satins In which they array
The charms of their forms and their
faces.
Are • ladies" for their little day.
The feet of such idols are clay.
Our wives, when we come to possess
them.
Must loom to us larger than they.
We sing the plain "women," God bless
them!
Sweet creatures who make the home
piaces
As cheerful and bright ns they may.
Whose feminine beauty embraces
A heart to illumine the way.
Though skies tnay be e\er so gray;
Good mothers, whose children caress
them
And hall them ns chums at their plav—
Ue sing the plain "women," God bless
them!
1/ ENVOI
O! Queen, teach the "iadirs" we pray.
Wheneyer vain notions oppress them.
Though idly their charms we survey.
We sing the plain "women." God bless
them!
—Catholic Standard and Times.
Kronberg Skipped the Lecture.
When I was in Paris 1 lived at 49
boulevard Montparnasse, and on the
same floor with my studio John Wana
maker s Sunday evening services
were held, conducted by Ur. Paxton
from Philadelphia. As it rule, refresh
ments were served after the lecture,
including lemonade, cakes, etc.
One Sunday evening, after Dr. Pax
ion had finished his talk, several of
t:s went in and partook of some of
the refreshments. While I was drink
ing the lemonade a gentleman came
over to me and said "Good evening.”
and shook my hand I looked at him
l-ut could not remember him. and beg
ging his pardon. I asked him his
name.
He said: "Haven’t you been listen
ing to me all this evening?"
1 replied: "No; I only just came in
to get h glass of lemonade."
We became very good friends after
that.—Boston Herald.
More Than Princely Prerogative.
Tins story of Prince Louis of Bat
lenberp is going the rounds: A bright
woman who met him at a garden par
ty in the course of bis Canadian visit
was commenting on the change in the
weather which had that morning
seemed dull and threatening. •'Yes, it
has brightened up,” said the prince in
his geuial way. "You see. when I
came to town to-day I brought good
weather with me.” “Well," said the
woman, with a naughty twinkle in her
eye, "1 have heard of a Hohenzollerij
speaking of I and God,' but it remains
for a Batlenberg to leave out God!”
Shows English Women How to Dress.
Cornelia, countess of Craven, for
merly Miss Bradley Martin of New
York, whose marriage at the age ol’
16 was a sensation some years ago, is
regarded as one of the best dressed
women in England. She cares little
for society, being fond of home life
and of her garden, and is an expert in
fancy poultry. It is said that her hair
was "put up” young lady fashion for
the first time on the day of her wed
ding.