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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1904)
. , . . . - WORK THIS WEEK WHAT CONGRESS WILL BUSY ITSELF . SELF ADOUT. THE PHILIPPINE CIVIL Bill - It Will Bc Discussed In the Upper House With n Vote on Frlday.- House Will Give Consideration to Pension 011111. . . - WASIIINC'I'ON'l'ho 1 I principal event scheduled for the senate the present week 11:1 : the taking or the vote on the Phllllplno ( civil hill which Is sot down for next l.'rhlarlt :1 : o'clocl Under the agreement ! to vote , the hili rClllnlns the IInf1nlshed hushwab' or .tho senate until that date and It will have preference over nil other questions each day after 2 o'clocl Many democratic , oratle senators are opposed \ \ lo the hill , hilt the best Information otlmllla\le \ Is that t there will ho 110 debate on the Philippine IIl'itlon They will Ilevol their efforts to securing a modification < < of Homo of the Ill'O\'lslolIs of the hill nil especially ! obnoxious , giving sllednl attention lo the bond 1 and Chinese 1m. IIIlgmtion clnllse After the vote on the Philippine hill Friday the senate will adjourn until the following Monday \ nnd It la considered ( doubtful whether . much more business of general 1\11- Iortanco ( will he then undertaken until ! after Chrlllllllllll : , liS mallY senators have announced ! their intention of leaving . Ing for home immediately after the vote on the Philippine \ qllosllon. It hall been the original Intention to press ) for adjollrnlllonl as early as the 1.Jlh ! InNt. , hill there IH now manifest a Us- position to allow the house ! to have Its way In fixing Iw ) lute for the 2)st ) , oven though hn I senate 1'l'l1Ialns technically In session , as will ho the case accordlnc : to the nreseut olll1001\ . . It IH the intention not to transact i mIlch buslnocss other than the Philippine ' I pine legislation dtn'Ing the present I weele. Senator 1I0\lhlll'n \ on Monday ; ) will make an effort to secure consideration . \lUon of the pure food hill , hilt If he succeeds III golllnlt It before the 8l'n. ate It wOllld not hi' seriously proceeded ) . CII with before the hulltla'H It Is be- Hoved that the statehood hili will not bo reported \ ! front committee before the holidays. The house will \ begin the second weele of the session with consideration ot Irlvatelonslon \ hills , Monday ; having . , ing been n1l\ll' pension day. On 'I'uesda the resolution reported by the judiciary committee to impeach ) Charles Swayne , judge of the northern - ern district of Florida , COIIICS before the house as special order , Its consideration , lIderntion having been deferred < < 1 hy resollltlon nt the last session to that day , and authority given the judiciary committee to take further testltnon All the evidence taken , including ( that heard since the last session , has been printed for the use of members of the house. A supplemental ) report ) has been submitted ! to the house by the ; udi- cll\ry committee advising the house of additional ) testlmon It Is probable that the appropriations committee may report a short urgent deficiency bill during the week , and it is barely possible ; lint ( hue Piollrit'l of Columbia appropriation ) ( bill \ may be reported by the end of the week. Serious Accident at Mine. JOLll , III.-A terrible accident 0- C\lrrcd at mine No. . 1 , In South Wilmington - mington Engineer Paul Leslie failed to control the cage In which ten men were being lo\\'r < > d , The cage shot to the top of the tower and the men were thrown high In the all' An Italian . Inn miner was caught itnd crushed : to dQath Another miner , ,10hn Kucera , was fatally hurl. Six others were In- jured. The men thought Leslie had been careless and wore prepared ) ) to lynch the engineer , when officers arrive rive - . . - . _ - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - . . - - . . . MORE MONEY FOR DIPLOMATS. Secretary Hay Recommends Increase In Salarlcs. WASIlINGTON.-In the estimates for the dlllomatlc ) and consular service . Ice forwarded to congress lIy Secretary IIny through the treasury department reCOlIIlIIl'llllnt Is made for increasing . Ing the salaries of a large number or olllcl'l's In' the lIervlce. It Is recolI\ mended that ArgenUIIIL ho increased $2,000 , hilt t or the IIIlnlHter resident 10 Liberia \ $ : IIiOO , and that provision be nllulo for IL minister to Roumnnln and Sorvln and one for Greece nnd Montenegro . negro and for a consular ) agent at BlIlglllla Increased salaries are recommended . omn1l'lIdell for the secretaries or lega- Ion t 10 Turkey and Swltzerlnnd. ' A third secretary Is proposed \ for the legations 10 IUar and Austria nnd new consulates ) nt the following places at ' the salaries ) named : Alt xandria ° _ QO ' Servia , $ ,500 : Belgrade , S :1,000 : : Bucharest , TLHlmallln : , $3,000 ; l'nrlshnd , utsrlll , $2,000 : Snndol\l\n , British North Borneo , :1,000 : ; mill a ClIllfllllnto general . at Teheran , Persia at . $3,000. : ( } An Increased allowance of $2,000 for bringing home criminals Is asked , also IiOOOO for carrying on the work ) or delimiting Iho boundary ) line between . tween the United Stales and Cannda Increases were recommended < < l In the salaries ) of a. large number ot consul- ales. Increases of $20,000 In the aggregate . gregalo In allowances for clerk hire Is recommelllied for thlrt.lIlno consular . slIluolllces , BATTALION OF PHILIPPINES Scouts Who Served at World's Fair Organized. S'I' LOUIS , 1\lo.-On orders received - celveel fl'ol1tho wair department at Wnshlllgton , the following officers , who have been on duty at the Louisiana . ana Purchase exposition , are relieved and ordered ( ) to their proper stnttons _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ .n _ _ . . . . _ . , . _ . _ . . . . . _ . . . . . First Lieutenant FrankV. , Howell , Eleventh ' ' First L \ infantry : eutonnnt Kirwin 'I' . Smith , Sixth Infantry ; Sec- end Lieutenant James A. Higgins , Thirtieth Infantrr. ny direction of the president and under provisions of IL congressional enactment the Fourth , Twenty-fourth , 'l'hh'lIeth std Fort.sovenlh cotn- iiutinei ) or Phllllllno ) scouts are organized . ganlzell into a battalion , with the following . lowing olllcers : One major , one first lieutenant , battalion adjutant to bO selected from the officers of the Philippine . Iplno ) scouts one second lieutenant to ho battalion quartermaster and commissary , to bo selected In the same manner , and one battalion sergeant - geant majol' Captain ) William 11. .Jonhnston. Sixteenth United l States infantry , has been detailed ns major of the Philippine scouts allll assigned to the command oC the hattallon. A Green Goods Man. NE\V YORK-Grover L Collins , I known to the police as the "Lono Green Goods Man : , " was arrested < < br a postolllce inspector ) , though ho was supposed ) to have been IIIIed In 1\ Canadian train wreck several months ago , He Is wanted hr federal officers in New Jerser. Collins' method was to advertise In western newspapers. Correspondents received front him green goods circulars and also paler ) with silken threads in It similar to government paperIone ) ' sent to him for samples he pocketed. ALLE.JO , Cn1.-Tho government tug Unadilln left Mare Island navy yard today with n part of expert elec- tricians and n complete wireless tele graph outfit , which Is to be Installed on one of the Farallono islands. 'tlasttd : Electrician Hanscom who Is in charge or the work , said that ho expected to establish communication with the Goat Island station by Satur- 111The battleship Ohio will probably . ably soon go to the Farallones to male tests t or the wireless system which it Is proposed to extend : to H0:101ulu. - . . _ _ _ ' 0 . . . . _ _ _ ARE RETREAT - RUSSIAN GARRISON AT PORT ARTHUR FLEES TO MOUNTAIN. RUSSIAN SHIPS ARE SINKING - Details of the Capture of Meter H 111- Mikado's Men Unable to Understand Why the Russians Do Not Fight. - LONDON-According to the Morning . . Ing PObt's Shanghai dispatches , the Port Arthur forces , with the exception ) of these manning the forts , have already - ready retreated to Luole mountain. Details cbnUnuo to IIIter In of the capture of 203.\1eter : hili. The Daily 'I'ol < ; gl'llph's correspondent explains that the capture ) was due to a strong and sustained .Japanese feint against the eastern fortlllcallons on the night or December fi , and the position ) of 2Ja.letl'r hill , being an onlllnding one , forced the Russians t.o evacuate with- out IL contest , a parallel ) line of semi- permanent ) fortillcatons ! extending cast and west and Irregularly over the slope half IL mile west of Etse mouu- tnln. 'I'he Japanese ) casualties at 20J. ; Meter hill alone exeeell the total or the battle oC Nan Shan , according to the Dally \Iail's ; 1'01,10 dispatches At 2 o'clocl in the afternoon or November . vomher 29 ! J a. 'I'oma'sll detachment , with a latlallon 1 of infantr and a company . 11I1I1Y of engineers , received orders that they must capture Oa-\Ielel' ; hill , while IL Yosld detachment or the same strength had similar orders to capture Almb'ulm hill. On November 30 It became . came necessary to reinforce the attackers - tacltCrs with n detachment under Major ; Shlzuta During the operation the cold was so intense that many of the men were frost-bitten , as It was necessary to pass the night without 'hl'llel' The Japanese after the } - & , Cal- \ . . . _ . . . . , 'u . . . tore of 203-\Ieter : ! : ! hill \ , anticipated a terrible bombardment from the Hus- sian forts und made preparations accordingly - cordlnglr , but the Russians remained strangely quiet. The Daily Telegraph's Tlen 'rsln correspondent ) reports that General Olm , after n three dars' artillery engagement - gagement , drove the Russians 'on ; 'I'hursday out of the small lofty Island or Gushan , In the river , ten miles north or Line Yang. The Russians , it Is added , abandoned 11. Quantity of supplies - plies and several guns and retired to n position eight miles northwest , whence they heavily bombarded the .Japanese , setting tIre on Tuesday to kerosene depots and causing a great conflagra- tion whleh dill not cease until \\'ed- nesdnr , The Japanese are still gal- lantly holding the island ) with a handful . ful or n1'n. 'rheh' casualties , it Is alleged - ' leged , number ,000. LONDON-A dispatch to the .Japan- ese legation front ' 1'0)\10 ) , dated today , says : 'I'ho naval staff at Port Arthur reports - ports that on Thursday evening the Pallada was set on fire and heeed ) to port with its stern sunl Eleven shots ! hit the Gilialt ( gunboat ) , The lJaran : took fire at 11:30 : and Is still ablaze at , i:15 I : 11. m. The Amlll' ( transport ) was hit fourteen times and sunl Many shots greatly damaged the warehouses and other buildings near Peivu mountain . taln and ( lie arsenal. GENERAL , NOGI IS CHILDLESS Both of His Sons Have Been Killed In Battle. Headquarters of the Third Japanese Army , via l"usan.-On the morning of December 2 , the Russian granted permission - mission to the Japanese to gather their dead and wOlllHled from the eastern fort on account at the night fight or November 2G Yesterday the same concession was asked for br the Russian concerning 203 Meter : hili. The request was granted , but the privilege was withdrawn . drawn today. , . . . . . . . . - 0 ' ' - , . . . .t' . LAND FRAUD CASE 't Purpose of the Government to Punish Guilty Parties. . WASIIING'l'ON.-An 01I1clal state- " ment was given out by the Interior de- I II\I'tlllent ) announcing the gov'rn- 1I10nt's ptn ' pose ) to prosecute every guilty man In the public ) land frauds to \ the full extent of the law turd regard- \ ' less oC position In life. The statement I follows : , . "Tho conviction In Portland , Ore. , .r I , yesterday of five persons ) for land \ frauds , which will bo followed next week hr the trial t of several others indicted - dicted for the sallie offense , Is but another . other stol ) towards the consummation oC the policy entered upon ) by the sec- retary or the interior , when it became known , nearly ) three years ago , that frauds were being perpetrated ) \ in con- nectlon with the public \ lands , to run down and prosecute the guilty ones to I the full extent oC the law , without re- gard to theIr position in life. The department - )1I\\'lment ) lists encountered many obsta- eles while engaged in this work , but has moved steadily onward timid has had the hearty operation \ oC the Department . lIIrtlllent ) of .Justlco In bringing . these land criminals to jllstlce. 1'heso latH ) fralllls have been far more extensive than the public realize . \ Ize , and the work of securing the necessary . essary proofs has been IL difficult one. hilt there Is no abatement of the intend tlon to secure the conviction of the land thieves. No one will be shielded , whether high or low , and the work ot prosecution will bo vigorously carried on " REVISION OF THE TARIFFF. Matter That Gives Roosevelt Much Concern { WASIIINGTON-Presillent Roosevelt + volt Is conferlng daily with members of both the senate and the house of representatives ) \ on the subject of tariff revision and how the work shall ho accomplished lie has found that strong opposition exists to consldera- Y ; tlon of the subject by congress at an extraordinary session to be held next spring and it can be said that the Idea of calling an extraordinary session for next spring practically has been abandoned - doned It has been pointed out to the president that It would be nearly impossible - possible for the committee of congress to prepare IL tariff measure for pro- sentatlon to the house before July I , next t Representative Watson ( lnd. ) had a l > X13 conference with the llresldent. While 0 ( no decision yet bas been reached re- , , g-ardlng the revision of the tariff , it is pretty well understood now that it . revision should be decided upon an f extraordinary session of congress will be called , to meet next fall The subject will he taken up at , .Jf that session and Its consIderation probably ho taken up and concluded at the regular session next December . . This arrangement , It is i believed , will enable congress to dispose of the tariff question at a cOlllparatively . early date in the regular sessloll. , Big Horse Breeding Scheme , l i DE VER-John W Springer , ex- president of the National ) Live Stock . , association , is at the head at a pro- ) ject to establish near thIs city what ' is believed will be lie largest colony In America for breeding fine horseH. Each breeder will he n specialist In ' his line The colony will include nearly ten thousand acres or land , and ' within the boundaries will be raised American conch horses , Belgian heavy , draft horses , heavy harness colts , thoroughbred . t oughbred Kentucky saddlers and trot- tel's. Notifying Formos WASm-GTON-\lr. : Griscom , the American minister at 'I'oklo , has cabled the state department that Mr. Fisher , the American vice counsel at Nagasaki : , reports that all shipping has been warned to keep twenty miles away front scall.-.res , an island ort the west coast of Formosa and that it is said fortif1C'.1UoIIS are being con- .r ctructed at Seoul