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BAXTERJP OUT
RESIGNATION OF ANOTHER NEB
RASKAN CALLED FOR.
THIS GOMES AS A SURPRISE
Fhe United States District Attorney
Will Have to Keep Company With
Mathews His Resignation Insisted
Upon by Secretary Hitchcock.
WASHINGTON Irving F. Baxter
United Stales 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 marshal! 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',sueccssor to
the president when they were In
formed that Irving F. Baxters 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 outsjoken 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 the dismissal of Mr. Baxter.
Several days ago, it is understood,
Baxter's resigration 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 Bixter 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 MATTER
UNDER D1SCUSS10M
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 the 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. Julinn 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 days ago.
The house members of the Nebras
ka delegation propose to work in 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 read to support them when
ever necessary In their agreements
and -requests.
Uohold Secretary Wilson.
WASHINGTON .After a sharp dis
cussion, the Loverirg resolution, pro
viding for a new estimate on the cot
ton crop by th denartmnet of aeri
culture on January 10, 1906, was Hid
on the table by the house committee
on agriculture by unanimous vote.
Reprerentatives 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.
TUKUM, 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 Tuknm. The mobs, after
wild fighting, killed the soldiers to the
Jast man, cut off their arms and legs
and ripped np their bodies. The streets
were strewn with bodies and dis
membered parts. Six hundred troops
arrivac this saornlne.
NEW PLACE FOR BISHOP.
Canal "Press Agent" Made Member
of Commission.
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt has appointed Joseph Bucklin
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 bo 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 $2,500 a year, thua
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
nistol upon himself, fired a bullet
through his breast and expired In the
"ms 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
Wilron 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. Scchneidcr, 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. Mathews 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 incident 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 Rail way. 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 lenders have declared
their ability to stop every railroad and
telegraph line in Russia.
The strike order 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 the work
men's councils, but the dispatches
were held up by the railroad tele
graphers. WARNER NAMED MARSHAL.
Chairman of Republican State Com
mittee to Fill Vacancy in Nebraska.
WASHINGTON The president has
nominated wuuam f. Warner or 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
renly asking a little time to give a
definite answer. Later he announced
his acceptance of the office.
Shoot Revolutionary Flag.
ROVNO, Russia The revolutionists
hoisted a red flag over a factory here
and the police were unable to remove
it. A machine gun's battery was
therefore hro-irht into action and 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 was prominent.
An American Gets the Prize.
Paris The Academy of Sciences
has awarded the Lalande prize to
Prof., 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 bin per
mitting grazing privileges on public
lands to homestead settlers and hold
ers of small farms in seal-arid and
ImriA rontons
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.
ivANSAS 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 carriers 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 passed by con
gress appropriating $11,000,000 for the
Panama canal. This is the first law
created by the present session of con
gress. WORK NIGHT AND DAY
FOR BURIED WEALTH
SOUTH SIOUX CITY. Neb. A
small army of men and .boys are dig
ging here for a copper box contain
ing $2,500 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 sida 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
two thousand Mussulman families of
Tiflis had cought refuge in neighbor
ing villages. The Cossacks and other
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
States at the aprpoaching Morocco
conference, has informed Secretary
Root of the proposition 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 that
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 bank, the Home
Savings bank and the Equitable Trust
company, all of them controlled by
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 tn 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 th3 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 rerort 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 lactory hands 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 tho
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 cf the strike will be followed
by a similar measure, but if the situ
ation becomes worse, as anticipated,
martial law will he declared.
Denver Bankers Found Guilty.
DENVER, Colo. Leonard Imboden
and James A. Hill, bankers, were
found guilty of conspiring to wreck
the Denver Savings bank.
Wants Them on Free List.
WASHINGTON Representative
Williams introduced a list to place on
the free list steel beams, plates, angle
iron?, rivets, shiftings, propellors.
castings and other material imported
for use in the construction of Ameri
can shins.
Nebraska Bonds Are Stolen.
BOSTON A block of valuable bond
and stock coupons has been lost here
by unidentified parties and advertised
by the police, the list including a 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 FIGHT
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, a3 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 an J 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 oi
universal suffrage. The emperor,
however, after listening to all the ar
guments, deliberately and decisively
refused to abide by the decision of the
majority and declared against univer
sal suffrage.
BRYAN DECLINES INVITATION.
He Desires to Be Free to Criticise
Philippine Administration.
MANILA William J. 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 feei placed under
certain obligations to the government,
which he might wish to write about
in the near future.
Upon 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 $1C,407. Of this sum 60
per cent went to the gladiators, the
winner receiving 75 per cent of the
CO 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
lare amount of negotiable paper, the
alue of which is not yet ascertained.
The Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany has offered a reward of $1,000 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 club
and on Friday morning they will leave
for Catalina Island.
OBJECT TO TWO JOBS.
Mlnoity Senators Long for a Crack
at Shonts.
TR ASHINGTON Confirmations by
the senate of the nominations of
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 read, 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 J. 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, was 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 Ba
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 helmfct 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 Foliette Resigns.
MADISON. Wis. Governor Ii Fol
iette sent to the legislature his resig
nation as governor, to take effect on
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 Clirk of Wyo
ming introduced a similar resolution
in the senate. The date 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 inaugural date.
Guilty of Land Frauds.
ST. PAUL. Minn. The jury in the
United States court which has been
trying W. T. Horsnell 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.
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Decftsr Ferae for ths Moment H
Was Net Operating.
Senator Beveridge desired to Illus
trate forcibly the force of habit.
"la Sullivan, where I spent my boy
hood," he said, "there was a physi
cian whom everybody liked; a hard
working, modest, absent-minded man.
"This physician was the guest of
honor one Thanksgiving at the house
of a leading citizen and when the gay
assemblage entered the dining room
the leading citizen said to him:
"'Now, doctor, on account of your
surgical skill, I'll ask you to carve.
That bird is a twenty-four pounder
and he is as young and tender as a
spring pullet. None but you could
do him justice.'
"The physician, his mind on other
things, smiled absently, took the head
or the table, raised the knife and
made a deep incision in the breast of
the turkey.
"Then ho frowned, rummaged in
his pocket and brought out some ab
sorbent cotten. a roll of bandages and
a paper of pins. With these he pro
ceeded to dress and bind up tho
wound he had made.
"The guests were stricken dumb.
They looked on in utter amazement.
Tho doctor inserted the last pin and
ratted the neat dressing he had made.
Then he looked up and smiled.
"'And now, he said. 'let us hope
that in a week, with rest and care
our patient will be on his feet
again.' "
FARM BRED MEN CALLED FOR.
Country Boys to Be the Future Kings
of Commerce.
The time Is fast approaching when
the intelligent, industrious and ener
getic farmboy will occupy a more
prominent place in the affairs of the
state and nation than he has occupied
in the past. The rapid pace which
has to be taken by people engaged in
the professions and in mercantile pur
suits in order to successfully meet
the competition on every hand is not
conducive to the mental endowment
of the descendants, and the farmboy
of rugged constitution and industrious
habits will be in greater demand to
take their places than has ever been
known. Much as has been written in
regard to the prominent part that
such breeding and early training in
the country have contributed to tho
successful management of great en
terprises and the successful prosecu
tion of professional matters, much
more will be said in the same direc
tion in the future. Manchester, N.
H., Mirror.
Sexton's Little Mistake.
Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus met the other
day two children in blue sailor suits
out walking with their mother.
Mr. Gunsaulus praised the pretty
blue suits, the trim sailor hats and
the handsome reefers. Then he smil
ed and said:
"In a certain church one Sunday
morning three children sat In the
fiont row of the gathering with sailor
hats on their heads.
"The sexton before the service com
menced tiptoed down the aisle and
whisrered loudly and indignantly:
"'Take them hats off, boys.
"The children took no notice and
very angrily the sexton repeated:
" 'Off with them hats, do you hear?
"Still they did not comply. So the
old man came and leaned over them,,
glowering in their faces.
" 'Why' he began, but in a shrill
little pipe of terror one of the children
interrupted him.
"'Please, sir, we are girls,' she
said." Chicago Inter Ocean.
Still Smiling.
The visitor in the south was offering
his sympathies to the old colored
parson.
"It's a shame, uncle," said the vis
itor, "that the congregation should
drop buttons in the plate when you
were collecting your salary."
"Dat doan matteh, sah." replied the
old man with a luminous smile, "Ah
kin use 'm on dat old paih ob trous
ers de k'rnal gib me."
"Well, they dropped nails in the
plate also."
"Just what Ah need, sah. Yo see
Ah'm ruine to build a cohnhouse en
Ah'll need de nails to drive in de
shingles."
"But the lead nickels. What are
you going to do with them, throw
them away?"
"No, sah; Ah'm gnine to make sink
ers foh mah fishing lines. Glory,
hallelujah!"
Two Famous Russian Writers.
A significant parallel may be drawn
between the work of two peasant
write'rs recently brought into promi
nence Maxim Gorky and Peter Ros
egger. Both are children of ignorant
parents, to whom education was a
self-accomplished task and literary
genius an inherent quality rather
tnan a developed faculty. Gorky was
a child of the slums, Rosegger a son
of the soil. Gorky revels in pictures
of slum life and human viciousness.
Roscgger's inspiration leads him
along heights of ideality and religious
mysticism.
Used Ticket Forty Years Old.
Frank P. Hinman of Mount Morris.
N. Y., has just had his first ride on
the Erie railroad, to Rochester and
back, and he used a ticket that was
issued in 1864 to his grandfather and
had never been canceled. When the
purchaser of the ticket died in 1801
he bequeathed it to his favorite grand
son. The latter has since been wait
ing to get a holiday, which he recent
ly enjoyed.
Brick Making on the Hudson.
Brick-making on the Hudson has
ceased for the season. One company
put out for 84,260,000 bricks, with an
average to the machine of nearly 3,
750,000. This is the largest average
and the greatest total of brick ever
made in New York state by any brick
manufacturing plant.
Newspaper Man Advances.
Lawrence H. Grahame, of New
York city, who has just been appoint
ed commissioner of the interior of
Porto Rico, was formerly a newspaper
man, and last year was the secretary
of the government commission for tst
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