THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS = JOURNAL
DISASTROUS HOTEL FIRE OCCURS
IN ST. LOUIS.
SLEEPERS CAUGHT BY FLAMES
"LIGHT HOUSE" HOTEL BURNS ,
WITH DISASTER IN WAKE.
SALVATION ARMY OWNED IT
Hotel In Poorer Part of St. Louis ,
Standing at the Corner of Market
and Ninth Streets , Caught Fire In
Early Morning and Burned.
\ St. Ix > nls , Mo. , Nov. 28. Four men
were burned to death and thirty-five
Injured in a fire early today that de
stroyed the Light House hotel.
This hotel was in the poorer district
of the cittA was operated by the
Salvntloi'jV , . < y the purpose of giv
ing lodt , . .y'fffov ' and others '
who sought , Ott > .
Because of > . 'Ay , , ' ' 0 sleep
crs wore for the . . , ' \ii \ Known
nnd without friends , . O < f/Pf .tcult to
secure a list of the dead . ' ' ' .I injured
that is complete.
The four men who were cremated
were caught In upper floors and , beIng
Ing shut off by the llames , had died In
the lire before the department couh
rescue them.
Many of the Injured wore soriousb
burned and hurt. Falling walls that
crashed down In the flame nnd smoke
crushed several after they had beer
all but rescued. Ladders that tottorei
against unsafe walls of the burning
building gave way and pltched-lnto the
fire , carrying down the men who stooi
on the rounds.
The burned hotel stood at the cornel
of Ninth and Market streets.
h LAND KISG3J3UY FiLlttGS
Richards and Comstock Paid Cash to
Commissioner O'Keefe.
Omaha , Nov. 28. Bartlett Richards
and W. G. Comstock , so-called cattle
kings of Nebraska , stepped on a live
wire In federal court In the person of
T. J. O'Keefe , United States commis
sioner at Alliance , who told how
.Messrs. Richards and Comstock had
gone to him and paid him to execute
homestead filings on a number of en-
A tries in their favor.
Mr. O'Keefe said ho had been approached
preached by Bartiett Richards at his
office in Alliance June 27 , 1904 , and
asked to go to Ellsworth to execute
the filings for n number of homestead
entries the following day , June 28.
Commissioner O'Keefe agreed to do
BO and the consideration was to to
$25 for his services and $1 for eacn
filing fee. Under this agreement
Commissioner O'Keefe went to Ells
worth the following day aim went at
once to the office of the Nebraska
Land and Feeding company , where
he executed the necessary jurat to
forty-six or forty-eight entries.
ANDREWS GUEST OF HONOR
Tells Brown Graduates of Political
Revolution in Nebraska.
New York , Nov. 28. Half a hun
dred monikers'of.'the Brown Univer
sity Alumni club dined at their rooms
and Inter ; hada smoker ; at which
some forty more . Brown graduates
were present. They had as guest Dr.
E. Benjamin Andrews , chancellor of
the university of Nebraska.
Dr. Andrews , who was enthusias
tically received , said : "Out In Ne
braska we hove had a little quiet po
litical revolution. Twenty-five years
ago Nebraska was Republican , and a
more rotten government existed no
where on this earth , and that Is sayIng -
Ing a great deal. The Populists over
threw the Republicans , but the latter
have gained In power and are now ful
ly back. Now that Is not peculiar ,
but It Is peculiar that the Republicans
without compulsion have reformed
their party until the set of men Just
elected are the best men , It seems ,
that Nebraska has over had In office.
The host moral sense In The party has
XUIumphed. "
INSURANCE IS PROFITABLE.
Losses In Nebraska Are Less Than
Half of Premiums.
Lincoln , Nov. 28. The biennial re
port of John L. Pierce , Insurance dep
uty , shows that 327 Insurance com
panies are doing business In Ne
braska at this time. The total pre
miums received In Nebraska by all
classes of companies In 1904 was $9-
030,559 and In 1905 $9,866.832. The
total losses paid by all classes of com
panies In 1904 was $3,808,958 and In
1905 $4.535,229.
French Fleet Sails for Tangier.
( \Toulon. Nov. 28. The French
Iquadron commanded by Admiral
Touchard left hero early this morning
for Tangier , Morocco , upon the re
ceipt of Instructions from the ministry
of marine The fleet Is composed of
the battleships Snffnrcn , Saint Louis
and Charlemagne and Is accompanied
by the transport I.anlvo.
HEENAN RECOVERING RAPIDLY.
Stockman Injured Near Omahn , Arrives -
rives In Norfolk.
lames llcenan , the cattle owner who
vaa go seriously injured a couple of
veoks ago by falling off n car nnd
maturing his skull , has so far recov
ered ns to bo able to start for homo ,
lo and Mrs. Heonan arrived In Nor
folk last night enrouto to Lander ,
A'yo. , and are visiting with her father ,
Jeorgo Williams. They leave for the
west tonight. Mr. Hoonan scorns to
bo getting along all right , except that
10 Is weak and at times Irrational.
NEXT YEAR'S STAMPS TO BEAR
NAME OF TOWNS.
WILL DISCOURAGE ROBBERIES
Innovation Will Also Show up Padding
of Receipts of Offices by Outside
Sales of Stamps Issuing Office Will
be Printed on Adhesive.
Washington , D. C. , Nov. 28. Postage
ago stamps of the Issno of 1907
on sale at the 0,000 presidential post
olllces , will boar on their face the name
of the state and city In which the
postofilco Is situated.
The chief reason for this Innovation
Is said , at the postolllco department , to
be the belief that It will help to do
away with the big postolllco robberies
and make It much easier to trace crlm
limls.
The postofilco robbery In Chicago ,
a few years ago , Is a good example of
the case with which stolen stamps
can bo disposed of , for no trace of the
perpetrators was ever discovered , al
'
though'$100,000 worth of stamps wore
stolen , and these mostly of small do
nominations.
Another reason for the change Is tc
enable the postolllco department to
determine the amount of business done
by the different postolllces and prevent
vent padding , through stamps sold IT
,
some olllces to residents who do bus !
ness In adjoining cities.
SUGAR TRUST IS FINED
American Company Assessed $18,000
for Accepting Rebates from Railroad.
New York , Nov. 28. A fine of $18.-
000 was Imposed upon the American
Sugar Refining company by Judge
Hough In the United States court for
accepting rebates from' the New York
Central Railroad company.
The company was allowed sixty
days to prepare to appeal the case.
The rebate amounted to $20,000.
It Is understood that within a few
weeks United States Attorney Stlm-
son will move for trial some of the
other pending rebate indictments
Indictments are still pending against
the Western Transit company , the
Northern Steamship company and the
Lackawanna railroad , in addition to
Indictments against the New York
Central and the American Sugar Re
fining company. Indictments are also
pending against C. Goodloe , Edgar nnd
Edwin Karle. wholesale sugar dealers
of Detroit , nnd Vice President Nathan
Gullford of the New York Central. It
Is also said th'al the federal grand
jury will shortly resume tne rebating
Inquiry and that the carrying of com
modities other than sugar Is to be In
cluded in the Investigation.
FOUNDERS WITH ALL HANDS
Coasting Steamer Sinks In Georgian
Bay With Loss of 28 Lives.
Wlarton , Ont. , Nov. 28. The coastIng -
Ing steamer J. H. Jones , owned by the
Crawford Tug company , a local con
cern , foundered off Cape Cocker and
l ) hands were probably lost. Tne
crew consisted of twelve , all from
Wlarton , and the number of passen
gers is estimated at sixteen.
The Jones , which piled between
Owen sound , Wlarton and Manitoulln
island ports , was one of the staunch-
e&t steamers on Georgian bay and was
commanded by Captain J. V. Craw
ford , a fresh water navigator of largo
experience.
Part of the cabin , a lifeboat and
two unidentified bodies have been
found by Indians on the north shore
of the Christian islands. Boats are
now out looking for survivors and
The passengers on the Jones prob
ably Include the following : T. J.
Donaldson of Owen Sound. Alex hyon
and Mrs Iyon , his mother ; Mrs. Fox ,
Frank Falon. M. W. Vlteson. Ix > uls
Allen. I. M. Wagg , all of Tobermaray ;
Dan Mclver of Providence Bay nnd
three unknown men.
OKianoma "constitutional Convention.
Oiithrle. Okla. . Nov. 28 The first
plank to bo offered In the constltn
tlonal convention here wns the rail
road commission bill , modeled after
the Texas law and calling for 2-cent
faros The time of the convention
was consumed principally in amend
Ine the bill.
Murder and Suicide.
Upper Snndusky , O. , Nov. 28. Cor
oner Stntz has rendered n verdict that
the doaMi of Mrs Henry Harman and
her daughter , Mary , was a case of
murder and suicide. Ho says the
daughter killed her mother nnd her
self with moruhlne.
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SPEAKS IN CHICAGO DESPITE OBJECTIONS -
JECTIONS OF NEGROES.
FORTY DETECTIVES GUARD HALL
Colored Men Vainly Offer Money Con
sideration for Abandonment of Lec
ture Mayor Dunne Does Not preside -
side or Even Attend Meeting ,
Chicago , Nov. 28. The efforts of
the colored citizens of Chicago to pic-
vent United States Senator Benjamin
R. Tlllman from delivering an address
licro In Orchestra hall because of tlio
position ho has assumed toward the
negro race were unsuccessful. When
the South Carolina senator arrived In
Chicago ho was told of threats of In-
lunctlon proceedings to pi event him
appearing on the platform and of a
money consideration that hud boon of
fered If he would cancel his engage
ment , but Mr. Tlllman declared that
It did not make any dlffcience to him
what the colored people of Chicago
did , ho was going to fill his cngagu-
niont , and ho kept his word.
Until ho left for Fond du Lac , WIs. ,
Sejiator Tlllman was guarded by pn-
Hco and private detectives. This was
In accordance with an order Issued oy
Mayor ICdward R Dunne , who was
scheduled to piesldo at the meeting.
but who refused to do so after a com-
mlttoo of colored citizens nnd visited
him a few days ago and offered
strenuous objections to Senator Till-
man's appearance on the bpoaker's
platform.
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Senator Tlllman gave his address
protected by forty detectives In per
sonal command of Assistant Clilof of
Police Schiiettler. In anticipation of
trouble , a number of policemen won-
kept in nearby stations in reserve , ,
but they were not called for. Six
colored pollccmon mingled with the
crowd of blacks and whites that.
blocked the street in front of the hall
to arrest any one who made a dis
turbance.
In the audience were many colored
people , but they listened to fionatoi-
Tillman's remr ks coed nnturedly aim , ,
although he was interrupted many
times by those who wished to ask
questions , the meeting passed off with
out trouble.
After tolling In detail how the ne
gro Is prevented from casting his bal
lot In the south , Mr. Tlllman said :
"No matter what the people in the
north may sny or do , the white race In
the south will never be dominated by
the negro , nnd I want to toll you now
that If some state should ever make an
attempt to save South Carolina we
will show them that we will make it
rod before wo make it black. God Al
mighty made the Caucasian of bettor
clay than the Mongolian or African or
than the Mongolian of the African or
any other race. The Ethiopian Is a
burden carrier. He has done abso
lutely nothing for history nor has ho
achieved anything of great Import
ance. There are no great men among
the race. Yet this people has been
picked out by the fanatics of the north
and lifted up to the equality of citi
zenship nnd to the rights of suffrage.
No doubt many of you" nave listened
to the oratory of the greatest colored
man of this country , Booker T. Wash
ington. He had a white father , however -
ever , and out of his brains and his
character he has gotten his qualities
from that father. "
Senator Tlllman then told his audi
ence' of the attacks on white women
by negroes in the south , and declared
that the people of the north were In
a great measure responsible for this
state of affairs.
HOLDS RIBHTJO REINSTATE
President Is Given Authority to So Act
In Case of Black Troops.
Washington , Nov. 28. President
Roosevelt holds that ho has the power
to reinstate in the army any of the
members of the three companies ol
the Twenty-fifth regiment of colored
Infantry who wore discharged withoul
honor , as a result of the trouble al
Brownsville , Tex. , some time ago , II
the circumstances of any Individual
case Justify such action. Whether
he will avail himself of that power
according to the piesldent , will depend
on such evidence that may be pre
sented to him in the case of any one
or more soldiers which will tend clear
ly to exculpate them from any partlcl
patlon In the Incident. This Is In con
formance with the announcement h °
made while away to Secretary Taft
when the latter telegraphed the presl
dent , stating that application had been
made by a number of persons for a i"s
hearing. The president wonts evl
dcnce. not deductions , ns he told some
of his callers , of nonparticipation be
fore anything may ho done.
Some statement Is expected from
the white house In n few days defining
the president's attitude and clearly
outlining his reasons for ordering the
discharge of the throe companies o
men.
Power Case Argued.
Washington , Nov. 28. Arguments
were made before Secretary Taft upon
applications for permits to transml
power from Canada to the United
States that had been developed on
the Canadian sldo of Niagara river.
uhitmy
Vlaillinlr Itnoviii Nnv "s The
prlvn < r * confined hem mutinied , ami
OR a ifsull thliiy live me now ni I'b
orty They lofco In n body , Holznil and
hound nil Ilio oltlHuls , including the
Kovornor , looted I ho ptUon and got
aw.iv with a quantity of aims and
civilian clothes
Elsie Jacobs Sentenced ,
Pom-la. Nov 2S. - KlMe Jacobs , the
oglilenn-yenrnld ! college student of
Mount Pl-asanl. la. , wno allomplod
to BWlndle the First National bank of
Oaieflbiirg out of $1.000 tiy mcaiiH of n
bogus chock , was sentenced In the
circuit court at Galesburg to an Indeterminate
terminate 'crtn in the jienllontltirv.
PRIVATE COMPANY HAS OFFER
TO TAKE OVER OFFICE.
COULD RUN CHEAPER THAN NOW
Startling Offer Mnde to Uncle Sam is
.1 Hard Knock to the Fad , Sprung a
Short Time Ago by Mr. Brynn , For
Government Ownership.
Washington , Nov. 2S. Hearing h .
gan today before1 the senate commit
tee on postolllco nnd post roads , to
consider tlio report and recoinmcnda
tlonH of the special postal commission ,
under tin act of congress , approved
last June , to Investigate socond-clnss
matter.
Third Asslslant Postmaster General
Madden submitted n proposition t <
raise second-class rates to ! cents pel
pound in order to place the postal department
partment on a basis to moot expenses
The publishers' associations from al
iarts of the country tire opposed U
his and arc hero in force to light the
Madden report.
Among those representing a mini
bor of magazine publishers Is Capl
Henry A. Tastlo of St. Paul , who ap
peared at the committee rooms at
noon.
Something In the way of a sonsa
tlon Is going to levelop before Hit
hearings arc over. ' It Is strongly Intl
mated that an offer will bo made b >
an association , comnosed of men will
unlimited capital to take over from
the government the entire postolllco
department and run H as a pi I vale In
stitution , subject of course to govern
ment supervision , the same as express
and railroad companies are now op
erated. Tlio proposition will bo aucli
thai' Ilio government will either have
to accept It or stop talking about In-
ereased ratoa of postage. The associa
tion will offer to do the postal busi
ness of the United States for ono-half
what It costs the government and give
bond lor the faithful performance of
tlio contract.
When the proposition Is submitted ,
some startling facts and figures will
come to light , nnd It will bo shown
that railroads are receiving double
what they should on
mail-carrying con
tracts , that thousands of employes
are carried on the rolls of the postal
service because of political inliuonco
and not for merit or capability.
Whether or not the offer Is consid
ered by congress , it Is a bold move on
the part of the association , which has
sent Its representatives to Washing
ton la make good.
Indirectly this offer of taking over
the postofilco department Is rather n
hard knock at government ownership.
Ten Killed by Floating Mine.
London. Nov. 28. The Kobe corre
spondent of the Standard cables that
a floating mine , a legacy from the
Russo-Japanese war , has been driven
ashore at Aklto , on the west shore of
Hondo , whore It exploded , killing ten
villagers and wounding fifty-six.
TELEGRAMS JERSELY TOLD
The Chicago. Peorla and St. Louis
railroad announced that It had granted
the demands of the switchmen for an
Increase In pay of 4 cents an hour.
The ruins of Yuba Dam. Cal. , once a
famous mining camp , and made more
famous by Bret Harte's poem , were
destroyed by fire early this morning
President Roosevelt believes the
people of Porto Rico are entitled to
American citizenship , and will recom
mend that this be granted to them , In
a special message to congress.
A gang of laborers were caught In
a cave-in at Claremont park , New
York Two men are known to have
been killed and It Is believed tnat
three others were burled under the
falling earth.
Frank Schroeder , the chauffeur In
charge of the motor car on Oct. 27
last , when R. M. Snydcr. a millionaire ,
and a boy were killed at Kansas City ,
was discharged. He had been charged
with manslaughter for criminal negli
gence.
John Porter Hollls , special repre-
entatlve of the bureau of corpora
tions under James R. Garfield. is In
St. Louis for the purpose of securing
Information for n second report on the
methods' pursued by the standard nnd
other oil companies In Missouri.
An attempt was made to kill Burg
ess A. C Marsh of Washington. Pa. ,
through the medium of an Infernal
machine , which ho received by mall.
The arrangement failed to explode
when opened. The sending of the In
fernal machine Is credited to the
Black Hand society.
BRIDGET CAREY UNDER ARREST
AT PHILADELPHIA ,
COLLECTS INSURANCE MONEY
Her Husband and Two Children Are
Among the Alleged Victims Two
Tenants Also Die Under Suspicious
Clrcumstncco ,
Philadelphia , Nov US.--Tlio moat re-
niarkahlo case of wholesale poisoning
of ptM'KoiiH lo socuie ItiHiiianco inoaoy
that has ever been unearthed In this
city IH charged against llrldgel Citify ,
who Is nndei ai'ient. Tlio woman ,
who IB Ihlrly-lwo years old , IH churned
with having poisoned her hnsband ,
Patrick ; her two ehlldien , Mary aged
eight , and Annie , aged HX ! who died
a wet | ( nno , and Patrick and ( Yeell.i
Cool , , tenants In the Cat'ey house at
Hill ! Hamilton Klreet.
All of the aliened victims died with
In eleven iimnlliH and the police al
leged that Mm Carey benefited by
the'r ' deaths In the extent n | $ | .nno
IhioilKh Hie rolP-cilon of InsmaiKu
The woman's arrest followed an In
vc sllijallmi made into the deaths or
her two cl'lldi'Mi which orrmicd hint
week. Coroncr'H Physician Wads wet I h
mnde nil i unlv-lH of the stomachs of
the chlldi'Mi and lie found Hie little
gill * had died firim arsenical poison
Ing.
Arroidlniu' to Cnptnln of DetectlveM
Ponntrliv It wns Innrned that the ehll
( lien \vre Insured for J'lLTi each and
that Mrs Cnrey rolleeled this amount
nfter their dentlm. The police otll
rials Riiy ll-oy learned thai the woman
luid secured ml poison and on rnrthei
Invo'-ilKiiiInn II WIIH learned Hint Pat
rick nnd Crrflln Cook , brother and sls-
lor , who lived with Mrs. Carev. bad
within a few month * died under BIIH
plclotis i Irciimstnnecs.
MELVIN BACKFROM WEST
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Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry
Tells of Packing House Conditions.
Washington. Nov. 28. Alon/o D
Melvln , chief of Ilio Imroan of anlma
Industry , under whoso ofllco the ad
mlnlstiallon of the meat Inspection
law enacted nt the last Reunion of con
Kress Is carried out , ban rcttirnot
from a westein tour of Inspection
whlcli Included a visit to packing
houses In Chicago , Milwaukee , Oonvei
and Kansas City. Ho says every
whole there IB apparent beneficial ef
feels of execution of tTie law and a
manifest dos'ro ' on the part of packers
to comply with Itn provisions. In
Bonie places new fitrnotnres have re
placed old ones and In others exton
Blve Improvements to the plants al
ready established have been made BO
as to bring them up to the standan
required bv the meat Inspection ac
for the health and comfort of th
packing house employes.
CAPTAIN READ SLAIN BY WIFE
Woman Claims Husband Threatenec
to Kill Her With Corn Knife.
Burlington , Kan. , Nov. 28. Captain
Horatio N. Read was shot and Instant
ly killed by his wife at tholr home
four miles southeast of Burlington
There were no witnesses to the shoot
Ing , but Mrs. Read claims that he
husband threatened to kill her will
a corn knife and she shot In self de
fense. She shot her husband flv
tlmoh , four of the bullets entering hi
body am ) the other passing throng
his head. After the shooting. Mrs
Read and her son dragged the bed
to a chicken house , some distant'
away , where they placed a pillow un
der the head. They then drove to
neighbor's house and sent for an offi
cer , who arrested Mrs. Read.
Gillette Murder Trial.
Horklmer , N. Y. , Nov. 28. TccI
nlcnl testimony relating to condition
ordinarily found In the bodies of per
sons wio ! have met death by drownln
marked the sessions of the Ollleit
murder trial. Four of the five doctor
employed as experts y Mm slate t
perform the autopsy on the body o
Grace Hiown , fjlllelto's alleged vlrllm
wnr * on the stand during the day
Some of the questions put to the ox
perls bv counsel brought out ftirtlie
confirmation of the claim Miai thrsio
were blood r-lnts on the girl's brain
tnd under the scalp.
VPP > - Slniplr.
"Miss Short says ( die's thirty , but I'm
sure she IK thirty-six , every year of It. "
"Well , yon see , she was sir before
bhe learned to count. ' _
ENGINEERS' DEMANDS REJECTED
Railroads Refuse Request for More
Pay and Eight-Hour Day.
Chicago , Nov. 28. At a conference
of representatives of the railroads en
torlng Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis
St. Louis , Kansas City and also of the
Kansas roads It was decided that th -
demands which had recently been r *
celved from the engineer ? couM no'
be granted. The engineers asked for
additional pay. an elshi hnui day nn i
modified physical tests The rpies
out at the meeting declared Hi"lr
willingness to meet and confer with
the committees from the engineers
provided committees which had power
to decide upon questions were sent to
them.
HE CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
cmperaturo for Twenty-four Hours.
Forccnnt for Nebraska ,
Conditions of tlio wualliur an record-
il for tliu twenty-four houru oinlliu ;
I 8 a. in. today :
laxlimmi 15
Iliilnmm ii
\vonigc 9
taromeler HO. 10
Chicago , Nov. lS ! - The bulletin IH-
nod liy Ilio Chicago Hlatlon of Uiu
Tnltod HlateH weal her bureau ujvos
10 forecaul for Noiiiimlui UH follown :
Prolialil > rain or mmw tonight anil
nlurdaj. Warmer tonight.
'HILADELPHIA WOMAN SUGGESTS
NEW IDEA.
A CERTIFICATE BY A DOCTOR
To be Required Before Any Engage-
nient Is to be Legnlly Binding New
Scbumc Would be Substitute for
Trlnl M.irrlngcs.
Philadelphia. Nov 28. Ik-lrotlial
inder tlio sanclIon of tlio faintly phy-
Hk'lan , not trial marriage , IB Ilio lilua
ulvancuil by Mrs. Lucy II. Thwlng , u
Hcluilarly I'lillailulphlan , to counter the
onmrkablo vlowti sol forth by Mro.
Olslo Clews ParnoiiH , of Now York , In
ior roconl book , "Tlio Kunilly. "
Mrs. Thwlng. who In tlio wlfo of.
rof. CliarloH llarlon Thwing , an oint-
lout phyHUilHl , regards Mrs. Paraoiis'
omody IIH Inipraullcablu. From along
study of ( ho marriage probluin , Airs.
I'liwItiK has decided lluii tlio botrolh-
il should liu a much nioro solemn ar-
aiigoniont than al present , and Hint
t Bhoulil bo Hiibjuut to "ralllluatlon"
iy a physician , Just aH Uiu nmrrhigo
ceremony piopor Is b > n magistrate
ir clergyman.
RESUMES UfAH COAL INQUIRY
Dynamite Used by Union Pacific In
Keeping Out Opposition Companies.
Salt Lake , Nov. 28. Interstate Commerce -
morco CummlK.sloner Clarke losnmed
tlio Invest ( Ration of conditions affect
ing the coal trade In the Intor-nioun-
tain country. The legal depaitmeiua
of the Could and llarrlman ralhoads
wore piesent and were permitted to
crosH-examlno witnesses.
S. Spence of KvaiiHton , Wyo. , an at
torney , told of the methods of the
Union Pad lie Coal company In n inlr-
Ing coal lands In Wyoming and in
keeping out oppoHltlon companies.
Ho testified that agents of the Union
Pacific company iificd dynamite In
their efforts to keep men with oil well
drilling machinery out of Ulntali
county , Wyoming. When prospectors
attempted to take In their machinery ,
ho testified , a trench was dug and
filled with dynamite and men were In
structed to blow up the machinery if
on attempt should be made to take H
Into rintah county over land claimed
by the Union Pacific under giant at
the government.
An allldavlt of A. J. Smith of Den
ver. In relation to the acquisition of
coal lands In Wyoming by the L'nlor
Pacific Coal company In which
charges of collusion between the coal '
company and officers of the 1'nlted
States land office at Evanston am
made , was Introduced as evidence.
REPORT ON JAPDISCRIMINATION.
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President and Secretary Metcalf Dl -
cuss 'Frisco School Matters.
Waihlngton , Nov. 2S , President
Roosevelt had n long conference with
Secretary Metcalf nt the white houser
regarding the alleged discrimination
against the Japanese residents In San
Francisco. More than a month ago ,
when the agitation affecting the al
leged discrimination against the Japa
nese In San Kranclsco was at Its
height , the president sent Mr Metcalf
to tfiat city to make a thorough and
exhaustive investigation , with a view
to learning at first hand the exact con
dition of affairs. It was charged that
the alleged discrimination consisted ,
amnog other things , of denying the
Japanese equal school privileges with
the whites find that there had been
threats and overt acts npalnst Japa
nese merchant ? Mr. Metcalf's report
Is now ready and was considered very
has uniformly declined to discuss with
the newspapers any of the conclusion ?
he hag reached , hut It has been gen
erally understood that It would show
that the people of San Francisco main
tained that what they had done In the
matter of school accommodations was
entirely within their rlRlits and that
the whole matter was one of local ad
ministration.
King George Leaves for Greece.
Rome , Nov. 28. King George of
Greece , who has been visiting King
Victor Emmanuel , left Rome for
Greece. Rumors are current that the
Grecian king's hesitation before final
ly calling on the pope at the Vatican
resultd.l from an International strug
gle In the matter. France urged him
not to go and In this she was sup
ported by Ore-it Britain nnd Russia ,
whlln the Vatican pressed the advisa
bility of the visit through Austria-
Hungary and Germany. Italy was the
onlv power 'ndln'oreut. '