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The Omaha Daily Bee. KST-AJiLISILED JUXJ3 10, JS7J. O.MA1IA, TTJ'SDAV MO KIT IN fi, DECE.MUHU 17, 11)01 TEX PAG KS. SING L 13 CO VY ELVE CKNTS. ( i TREATY IS RATIFIED TiToribl Actiia, Taky 1l' V MifoU Cimpi. hj ZeiaU'" ' DANIEL, JONES AND QUAY DON'T liz Mombtn YoU Ajaint and Smntj-Tw . for Ratlfiiation. SENATE CONFIRMS NOMINATION OF KNOX BsolutIo EipnBilnj Gratitude to Admiral Bhlj ii Introdicid. EXTEND THANKS OF CONGRESS TO HIS HEN ,Vet of MUsonrl I'nrpcn Itesoliitloii Thrnimh Conlnlnlinr Outline for Btrlnnrnt Arllnn liy Cointreau In Ktiuprrnslon of Anarchy. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. An echo of the Verdict of tho court of Inquiry In tho caso pf Hear Admiral Schley wns hcnnl In tho ennte today, when Scnntor Jones of Ar kansas Introduced n resolution extending tho thnnks of congress utid of tho American people to Admiral Schley and tho olllcers and men under his command during the pnttlo of July 3, 18118. off tho harhor of San lago, Culm. In submitting tho resolution Mr. Jones nmdo no stntcment nnd It was refcrcd without comment to tho committee ou naval affairs: Tliu resolution was us follows: That the thanks of congress nnd the American peoplo aro hereby tendered to Hear Admiral Wlnlleld S. Schley ami the plllccrs and men under his command for highly distinguished conduct In conflict with tho enemy, as displayed by them In the destruction of tho Spanish licet ofT tho harhor or .Santiago, Culm, July ::, lS'.is. That tho president of the I'nlted States bo requested to catisu this resolution to be communlcnted to Hear Admiral Schley, unci through him to the otllccrs and men under his comtnand, A rcHolutlnn hcrotoforo offered by Mr. Vest of Missouri, Instructing the committee on tho Judiciary to Inquire Into tho subject of anarchy nnd to report to tho senate by hill or otherwise- a constitutional method by which congress may leglslato for tho suppression of anarchy nnd for tho control of anarchy was adopted. Llttlo hUHluess except that of a routlno character was done In open session, tho son Rto devoting tho greator part of tho day to ponslderntlnn of tho Hay-l'auncetoto treaty In executive session. Iti'xotiillniiN Presented. A resolution offorcd by Mr. Clny, di recting tho postmaster genoral to send to tha senate complete stntcment of the amounts paid by tho United States govern ment to various steamship lines for mall ecrvlco, together with copies of tho con tract tn each easo, was agreed to. A resolution offered by Mr. Nolson of Minnesota, requesting tho president to send to tho sehato a copy of tho report of Am bassador Choato rolatlvo to certain charges Imposed by "London dock companies upon American Hour and other 'American prod ucts Bhlppcd lo that port," was adopted. Mr. Vest, of Missouri called up hit reso lution Instructing tho judiciary committee to luqulro Into ami report to tho senate by bill or otherwlso us to tho proper ac tion by congiess upon tho subject of an archy ami anarchists. Ho said ho did not desire at this tlmo to enter Into a discus sion of tho subject. Indeed, ho did not foci qualified to discuss It until ho had heard from tho Judiciary committee. Tho resolu tion raised these questions: (tiiFNtliuiN for CniiNlilerntloii. Has congrom tho constitutional power to exchange for punishment of anarchists who iissusslnuto or attempt to nssusslmita tho president of tho United States, and If not whether It Is expedient to amend the federal constitution to enable congress so to legislate? Whether It Is necessary to empower congress to prevent the reaching of anarchists that all governments should bo destroyed anil tho chief rulers of such Kovernmenls assassinated? Whether It Is necessary that congress Hhall hnvo power to punish persons be longing to anarchlcnl associations? AVhat amendments, If any, nro necessary to tho natitiullzatlon laws to provent an- trehlsts from becoming citizens of tho Jnlted ritntcs und whether such anarchists Hhould, after trial nnd conviction, be Im prisoned or deported from the United Btales? Whether It Is necessary to confer upon congress the power to establish a penal colony where persons convicted of an archy shall bo confined during life? Without discussion or comment tho res olution was adopted. 0ipiii' Slur Cliiiintiei'N. Mr. Clnpp of Minnesota called up his res olution providing that further dlseusslon of tho pending Hay-I'auiirefotn treoty lliould bo had In open session. Addressing tho senate briefly, ho said that whllo tho resolution wus not Introduced lis u Jolto, tho country regarded thoex ecutlvo sessions of tho senato as a farce. Ho did not think thero wns any occasion tinder ordinary conditions for secret ses sions of tho senate. Drspltu every effort of the senato tho American people did obtain reports of secret sessions, Whtlo his resolution, ho believed, would bo shelved, ho was of tho opinion that tho executive sessions "will become a part of the tradition and rubbish of this great people of ours. Mr. Mason of Illinois coincided with tho Views expressed by Mr. Clnpp and declared that tho senate's executive sessions wero an "ancient barnacle." which ought to bo swept away. Mr. Mason was Interrupted by Mr. Money of Mississippi, who raised a point of order against discussion of tho oubject In open session, but finally the res olution was referred, on motion of Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin, to tho commltteo on rules. Then, nt 2.12 p. m tho senato went Into executive session nnd at 6:23 ndjouined, ns n mnrk of respect to tho memory of tho Into Heprcsontntlvo Marriott llroslus of I'rnusylvnnln, Senator Penrose presenting tho customary resolutions, Tho senato, In executive session today, without tho formality of n roll call, con firmed tho nomination of Attorney General Knox, RATIFICATION OF TREATY DnvU Amendment In ltejeeteit nud Other Attempt. In Modify Are llefenteil. WASHINGTON. Dec. 16, The senato to day ratified tho Hny-Pauncefoto Isthmian canal treaty by tho decisive voto of 72 t'o 6, The voto wnB reached n few .minutes before 5 o'clock, after almost five hours discussion behind' closed doors, Thero wero na sensational Incidents dur ing this entire time. The debate wus con fined exclusively to a discussion of tho (Continued on Second Page.) DECISIVE VOTE ON KNOX CASE Slight IIITnrt Made to Defer Conllriiin tlou of At tor ne j- Cent-nil' Appointment. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Just before nd Journmcnt tonUht tho senate confirmed tho imlnatlon of Hon. Philander C. Knox to ttorncy general of tho United States, nomination of Mr. Knox was taken iicn the senate first vent Into oxecu i. Aj session, n few minutes after 15 o'clock, but tho point was made that there first should bo action upon the Hny-Patincofote treaty, under the ngreoment reached hist Thursday. The virtue of this plea wm conceded nnd n tentative agreement was made that further consideration of the nomination should bo postponed until to morrow. When, however, tho senato had disposed of tho treaty tho attorney gen eral's nomination wns ngaln called up. The discussion of It turned upon n motion made by Scnntor Jones of Arkansas to recommit tho nomination to tho commltteo on Judi ciary, In tho meantime publishing tho tes timony bearing upon the case. Speeches In favor of this proposition were mndo by Senators Jones nnd Turner and In opposition by Senntors Hoar nnd'rcttus. It wns contended by tho two senators last named that tho only evidence presented against confirmation had been filed by members of tho Anti-Trust leaguo nnd was very vnguo and Indefinite. Con It rum I Ion It Drcll,o, The senators favoring the motion said that If this wero true there could he no objection on tho part of tho friends of the attorney general to placing all tho facts within reach of the public and th.( more tlmo tha commltteo should give tn tho sub ject tho more thoroughly tho public would lio convinced of the fairness of Its posi tion when ultimately taken. They dwelt at some length upon tha charge made that tho nttorncy general, previous to entering upon the duties of that otllce, had been at torney fqr tho United States Steel corpo ration and tho armor plate manufacturers. In reply to these accusations It wns said that It was legitimate for an attorney In private llfo to represent any Interest In Ills ofllclnl capacity nnd It wns argued that his position ns counsellor for those Inter ests could not bo used legitimately against him In connection with his nomination to a position under tho present administration. So long as ho had conducted himself with propriety his relationship ns nn attorney should not bo used to his Injury ns an of llclnl, Tho voto on tho motion to recommit was lost. Tho ballot stood -13 to 7. Thero was no roll cull on tho motion to confirm, which Immediately followed. ROOT OUTLINES HIS BILL Secretary of Wnr lteneN 1 1 1 n I'fTnrt to Secure Iti't Ireineiit I.cuIhIiiI lou. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. As Indicated In his annual report Secretary Root has re nowed his efforts to secure tho retirement, with nil ndded grade, of tho army olllcers who havo participated In tho three wnrs, the rebellion, tho Indian wars and tho Span-Ish-Accrlcnn war. Ho has In this tho ac tive support of tho president. Inquiries havo been directed to tho eennt'o to ascer tain whether that body would ratify tho nominations' of a num tier, of tho old war colonels who might bo ndvanccd lo brlga dlcrshlpii through appointment to tho two existing vacancies nnd Immediately retired, If this line of nctlon Is approved one of tho brlgadlcrshlps would bo kept permanently vacant to servo us an outlet for deserving colonels anxious to retire with an advanced grade. In tho event that this effort falls the sccrotary of war has made arrangements to secure tho pnssago of a general retirement bill to fit ouch enses. Thero are IS.'i olll cers out of n total number of 3,820 In the rcgulnr nrmy who might be affected by this measure. The bill Itself, which already has been forwarded to tho chairmen of tho two mili tary committees. Is ns follows: Section 1 That any nlllcer of the rcgulnr army now on the active list who served during the ivll war prior tu April 1). lSffl, otherwlso than as a cadet at tho military academy, may, by the president, by and with the udvlco and consent of tho senate, be placed upon the retired list of tho nrmy with the rank and retired pay of one grade higher than that actually held by him at the tlmo of Ills retirement. Provided, that this section shall not bo construed as creating or reviving nny rank not provided for by existing law and shall not apply to tiny nlllcer whoso length ot service does not exceed thirty-live years or to any general otllcor who has been ad vanced In rank since tho 13th day of August, lsi'S (this Is tho dato of the peace protocol). Sec. 2 That tho president of tho United States Is hereby authorized to select from the otllcera of the army two major generals on the nctlvo list nnd ono major general on the retired list who hnvo rendered dis tinguished service In Independent com mands of great responsibility during the re cent military operations and to appoint them, by and with the udvlco nnd consent of the senate, to be lieutenant generals on thu retired list, with the pay and allow ances established by law for officers of that grade on the retired list. rooseveltTdopts new plan l'reslilelit CoiiniiIIh lleiiioeriitle l.ciul em ItcKurtlliiK Appointment Within Hunk. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. President Ilonsovclt Is adopting the plan of securing Information from democratic senators and representatives regarding applicants for office In tho south. Today, by appointment, ho consulted Senators Foster and McEncry nnd Representative Hroussard of Louisiana .egardlng Louisiana appointments. He had n list of ntiout fifty nppllcnnts for places, from collector of the port of New Orlcnns down to minor otllces, concerning whom ho requested Information. Tho president also consulted Representatives Clayton, Thomp son nnd Wiley of Alabama about snnio ap pointments in that state. It Is understood that tho president Is disposed to reappoint Messrs. Vnughan, Ilrynu and lllngham, re spectively, district attorney nnd marshal of the middle district and collector of Internal REMOVES SERIOUS OBSTACLES Neeretiiry liny mill Minister .Mruiil .Make I'eilernl Ownertilili of Went Indie Kitnler. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. As a result of tho negotiations thnt havo been In progress between Secretary Hny and Mr. Hrun, tho Danish minister, the last obstacles of sub stance to tho preparation of tho treaty of cession whereby the United Stntes will' be come possessed of the Danish West Indian Islands have been removed. It Is snld that tho polntR of difference have been adjusted In n manner to ensure tho acceptance of the treaty by tho United States senate nud It Is even posslblo that tho convention may bo laid before thu body before the holiday recess, The de cision ot tho supremo court lu tho iusular cases has made easier tho preparation rf Jtho treaty uu eatUfuctory lines, It Is raid. ROSEBERY PLEADS FOR UNION England's Liberal OkampUn Deolarti Na titiftl fclidity Unit Obtain, QUOTES FROM ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE Premier cornfull, CiillcUt- llrlllxli Wnr Pulley mill A I mo Iteliubi Country for It Turdluc In Coiiimereliil Prnure, CHESTERFIELD, Eng., Dec. 10 -Lord Hoscbcry's long-expected nnd much-her-uldtd speech was delivered from a platform here tonight, nnd wns received with marked enthusiasm by an Immense crowd. It can hardly ho said to have thrown much light along the pathway of the liberal party. He said he had come by Invitation and did not wish tp Indulge In phriueiiogy und sp-uk his mind nnd offer the liberals some dlspns slonutc advice. That the speech was a fin ished oratorical effort was amply lis llled to by the frequent npphiusc with which the speaker was Interrupted. Hut It Is doubt ful when he had finished If Ms most admir ing -listener could have given any Justifica tion for his enthusiasm, save that It was Lord Hosebory. The liberal party, ho said, had pass d through a long and trying Illness, but wis now approaching convalescence, one of th' signs of which wns that It hnd gotten rid of the Irish alliance. Itesnlvcd Into in ele ments the speech merely snld: "Get to gether." ((.Hole PreMldciit Itonxe. ell The speaker himself confessed thnt he did not pretend to soy how this cohesion should be accomplished. In urging his fel low liberals to reorganize. Lord Hosebory quoted the following words from the mes sage of President Hooscvelt: "We hope to keep going by slow steps, not by bounds. We must keep our eyes on the stars, but wo must also remember that our feet ore on the ground." The following was the tenor of tho for mer premier's speech: "The ministry wns wrong, but the liberals should bo very careful how they try to set It right." Turning from tho Immediate outbreak of tho war, Lord Hosebory touched upon edu cation, In which ho said Great Britain was woefully behind its sister nations. Its com mercial development was also sadly atroph ied and the tlmo would soon como when Great Ilrltaln would bo forced to light for trnde supremacy. It would then be ns help less ns though armed with bows and arrows. Lord Hosebory maintained n vague dis creetness on the subject of his personal In clinations concerning tho leadership of tho liberal party. Ho said he could uot Imng Ino himself In tho position ot n minister. Hut In tho next breath ho told how ho would reorganize tho wnr otllco If It fell to his lot. Ho said, howevor, this reorganiza tion should bo postponed. Severe Crltlelxni of War 1'nllcy. Concerning tho government's conduct of tho vnr Lord Hoscbcry was severe nud scornful. Ho wns particularly sarcastic at tho expense of tho cxplnnntlnii of thu ea.i of Halsbury, tho lord chancellor, that only "n sort of warfare" was now going on, nnd ho strongly condemned what ho termed tho scandalous misrepresentations by which tho govornment had precipitated tho last gen eral election. Ixird Hoscbcry heavily blamed tho gov ernment for Its tnctlessncss, which ho de clared had produced unparalleled Ulwill toward Great Ilrltaln In every European population, and which he attributed largely to what he called the provocative oratory of Mr. Chamberlnln, tho colonial sccrotary. Whilst he wob emphatic on tho necessity of vigorously prosecuting tho war and ex pressing the fullest confidence In Lord Kitchener, Lord Hoscbcry snld that ho thought the government should bo picpared to listen to penen overtures nnd ho con tended thero wns nothing degrading or abusing in recognizing tho exiled Doer gov ernment for tho purposo ot tanking pence. Tho three greatest civilians who had wnged wnr In tbo pnst century, the epenkcr said, Pitt, Lismarck nnd Lincoln, had not dis dained such efforts to sccuro pence. LEWIS AND CLARK ADDRESS CoiiiiiilNNliiiieri) of I'ropoNoil Oiitennry KxpoNllhiii Present Outline of lOnterprlxe. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10. Following Is an abstract of an address Issued and signed by tho commissioners from tho rcupectlvo stntes of Oregon, Vnshlngton, Idaho, Mon tann and Utah, relating to tho IjcwIb and Clark exposition: It Is tho Intention of tho people of tho l'nclllc northwest to celebrate. In tho year IMS, the centenary of the oxpedltlon of Lewis nud Clark across tho continent of North America to tho Pacific ocean. This expedition wus nn event of tho first lmportnncu In the expunslim of the United States. It was tho great factor In tho ex tension of the dominion' of tho United States to the Pacific, for It confirmed by exploration, anil by actual possession, tho claim founded on tho discovery of tho Colombia river In Muy, 1792, eleven years before tho I-oulsluna purchuso was made. Lewis nnd Clark upon this expedition wero the first otllclnl explorers of the gre-it territory covered by tho Louisiana pur chase, us well as tho first olllclal explorers of the Oregon country, now tho seat of three states of our union-Oregon, Wash ington nml Idaho. And lnrgo parts of two others Montana nnd Wyoming. We nro nppronchlng tho completion of tho first centennial period of this expan sion of the United Stntes. Tho following resolutions hnvo been adopted: Hesolved, In order to glvo proper sig nificance to this great national ovent. that the government of tho United Stntes bo asked to make such udequato appropriation for a proper building and for the display of the products ot our newly acquired pos sessions ns will show to tho world their conditions and prospective future progress; further, be It Hesolved, Thnt the senntors nnd repro seutntlvoH ot tho state along tho route truversed nnd explored when a wilderness by I,owis and Clark be, and hereby nro, requested to use nil honorable menus to secure such generous appropriation from the general government us will testify our appreciation of the foresight of President Jefferson and tho heroic devotion of these pioneer explorers und the Importance of their achievement. BURLINGTON'S NEW OFFICERS (Jeorne II. IliurU In President anil IlarliiN Miller Vice I'rcNlileut, NEW YORK. Dec. 10. Directors of tho Chicago, Ilurllngton & Qulncy Hnllrcad com pany, which has leased tho Chicago, Hur llngton & Qulncy railroad, mot today In this city nnd elected tho following olllcers: President, George II. Harris; vlco president, Darius Miller; treasurer, J. C. Peasley; secretary and assistant treasurer, H. E. Jarvls; assistant secretary and assistant treasurer, T. S. Ilowinnd; usslstaut treas urer, A. G. Stanwood; tecond assistant treasurer, H. S. Earl, Darius Miller la ulso In cbargo ot trattlc. GIVES DAMAGING TESTIMONY Wltni'i In NnlllViin Jury llrlliery Citxe Milken? Mr iisnlloniil ytiitemeut. CHICAGO, Dec. 16. A sensation that had been previously hinted at by the defense wns sprung In Judge Smith's court today lu the trial of Lawyer Alexander Sullivan, charged with conspiracy In connection with Jury bribing in Chicago courts. Former Hnlllft James J. Lynch, whose confessions have named Sulllvnn as tho principal in his crimes of Jury bribing and as the nhetter In his flight from Justice, was quoted by a witness ns having In a convcrsi tlon in ISPS named George A. Yullle nnd the directors of the Went Chicago Street Hallway company 113 the men behind him and having denied nil connection with Inw yers. John T. Smith, claim agent for the Grnnd Trunk nnd for tho Chicago & Eastern Illi nois railroads, wns the witness Smith testified that In IS98 while defending n case iigalnit the Grand Trunk he enrountrred Ilalllff Lynch In the olllee of Lawyer Samuel A. Lynde, the company's counsel. The wit ness testified In effect that Lynch proposed to "fix" the Jury In tho enso for $.'0 nnd that Smith snld tho bailiff had better talk with Lawyer Lynch about II, whereupon Lynch replied that he never did business with attorneys, as he had had experience with one once that taught him better. Tho witness suited further that Lynch had told him thnt he was doing huslnes for the West Chicago Street Hallway mmpany. Later I.yneh wns called to the stand and practically the same questions were put to him, when he replied: "No, I never said that or tiny part of it, and I never saw this man In my life till I saw him today In court." Attorneys fot tho defense hud a hnrd time of It trying to Introduce testi mony ns to tho good character of their client. Several well known citizens were called to the witness stand to testify In behalf of Sullivan, but numerous objections wero Introduced by tho tnte, and Judgo Smith ruled repeatedly against tho defend ant. Judgo Jonas Hutchinson wns the first wit ness nnd wns asked to tell whether Sullivan bore a reputation for honesty nnd Integrity. The stnte held thnt Sullivan's honesty was not ussalled In the Indictments against him nud that n man might bo guilty of con spiracy and still bo honest. The court rule 1 for tho state and Judgo Hutchinson wns not allowed to testify. Other witnesses were called by the de fense nnd tho line of questioning wns ndroltly chnnged to show thnt Sullivan hnd a reputation for fair dealing In tho com munity, hut this testimony wns not ad mitted. Utter In the session tho defense was more fortunate and was able to Intro duce tho testimony of John Ncllls and Michael II. Madden, both well known In Chlcngo labor union circles, who stated that they believed Sullivan to bo a person of good character. GOVERNOR 0FJIH0DE ISLAND AVtllliini (ireitory I'lrtit (n Die In Olllee In Nearly Century nml a Half. WICKKOHD, It. I., Dec. 10. William Gregory, governor of tho Rh.de. Island jind Providenco Plantations,' died hero today from chronic brlght's disease. After an In disposition of nenrly two months he re turned to tho fitato capital last Friday and his death was tho indirect result of a cold, Governor Gregory wns tho first governor of stato to dlo In ofiico for nearly a cen tury and n half. Under tho new law Charles D, Kimball, lieutenant governor, becomes tho governor for the remainder of tho term to which Governor Gregory wns elected November 5. Willlnm Gregory, tho twenty-ninth gov ernor under tho constitution, was an ex ample of n solf-mado man. From loom Uxor ho finally becamo tho owner of two mills. Ho was n banker and director In somo of tho foremost bnnkfl In the state. Ho was born In Astoria, L. I., In August, ISO. Ilev. Sjilney Albert Cliirknoii. NEW YORK. Dec. 16. Tho Hov. Sydney Albert Clnrkson died hero todny, uged SI. Ho was born In Washington county, Ken tucky. Ho occupied mnny responsible posi tions lu tho Dominican order, having nt ono tlmo been president of ono of Its colleges. Cnlvln 1. .Sinclair. RACINE, Wis., Dec. 10. Cnlvln D. Sin clair, treasurer of tho Mltrholl-Lowis Wagon Works, died hero today, aged 63 ycaro. SUSPECTED OF THE MURDER Samuel C. Presley Commit Mulelilu nml Police Kind Cleux In Ada Gilbert lie 11 11 In Case, WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. Samuol C. Presley, n printer, 30 yoars old, wus found dead In bed this morning In his room nt 1119 K street, tho houso adjoining that of Mrs. Ada Gilbert Dennis, tho modlsto who wns mysteriously assaulted a week ago In her npartments. Death was attributed to Bulcldo by Inhaling Illuminating gas. Presley left letters directing his burial at Many, La. Tho police found In his room a key fitting the vestibule door of Mrs. Dennis' house. A boy named Londs dale, who saw a man emerging from tho Dennis houso Into on tho night ot tho at tempted murder, was taken to seo tho body of Presley und said ho wns quite sure ho was tho man, nnd a slouch hat, tho kind worn by tho man ho saw,' was found In tho room Stains, thought to bo blood, nlso woru found ou Presley's garments. SCOTLAND IS SNOW BOUND MieiilieriU Lost In Heaviest l'reeljil tuilou Known In Period of 1'lfty Year. LONDON, Dec. 10. Tho fall of snow In Scotland Is heavier than nt any tlmo In fifty years. Several game keepers and ihephords aro missing and tho destruction of tho hords In snow drifts, which range from ton to twenty feet deep, aro un precedented. Parts of England aro - nlso suffering from tho heavy fall of snow. A train Btiowed up near Hartlngton on T lairs dny was only released today. Outsldo work has been suspended nt many points. Tho storm nppeurs to be pretty general all over Europe. Thero has been n violent snowstorm at Homo and sovcral of the bridges over tho Tiber havo been swept away. Numbers of wrecks havo been re ported from tho Mediterranean. Three Injured In CollUlon. LA CROSSE. Wis., Hue. 10.-A passenger mini 011 inu 1 mcugo, .MiiwauKco ,v St. j'.tui railroad collided with 11 freluht train iut outsldo tho city tonight, wrecking tho eiiKiuu in uie passenger train nml tile baggago and the mall ears. Threo persons woru Injured: C. S. Clark. I.-i Crosse, bruised ubout tho head; Henry Turner, miKiiuiw, nenu uruiseii, u. 11, uciean, aim ucnpolls, Internal Injuries, serious. CHAIRMANSHIP FOR EACH fuaUr Millard QetiGommittti 01 Fattmao Rirar Trait. DIETRICH'S IS INDIAN LAND TRESPASS Iltlu M, spencer to lie llenil of Dakota Clt) Pnstolllee .ev Pnlille II11II1W 1 ii H lor lliintluu Ii to lont I .-.0,000. tFrom n Stuff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Dec. lti. (Special Tele gram.) At a mucus ot the republican scu mors to bt held tomorrow too committee 011 committees ot the majority will repot t the list of committees which has been com pletid and is now ready fur submission to 1 hat body. There has been any number of lively contests over the Important chair munshlps, but the time Is not tecttllcd when the caucus of republican senators failed to endorse tho work of Its steering committee. While the members of the committee on committees have been sworn to secrecy nud that nothing should be given out until the caucus tomorrow, It Is safe td say that both senators from Nebraska have been well taken rare of. In fact, they faro much better than Is usual with new senators. Senator Mllhfd will not go on thu Dis trict of Columbia committee, as heretofore pi edict rd, beenufo of his preference for several large committees in which ho be lieves the we.u u interested. Senator Dletllch hits been modest in iisklnc for a committee plnee, us he suyB he is willing to leave the matter wholly In thu handB of tho committee on committees. Committee, lor IJueli lleiulilleiiu. As a new committee has been added to tho list, to bo known as the committee on stnndnrd weights und measures, lu order to glvo each republican senator the chair manship of 11 committee, each of tho Ne braska senators will have a chairmanship. Senator Dietrich that of trespassers upon Indian lands, while Senator .Millard will get tho committee to Investigate tho condi tion of tho Potomac river front nt Wash ington. Senator Millard occupies at pres. cm tho 100m assigned to tho Potomac river front In tto Catacombs of tho cnpltol, and prefers to remain rather than go to his annex, which is quite a dlsta'nce away. Tho present quarters of the committee to In vestigate trespassers upon Indian lands nro In tho Maltliy building, and In all prob ability Senator Dietrich will be assigned there unless hj enn effect u trnde with fcomo- ono who dislike.) tho hnsemeiit of tho capi tal. Senator Stowart of Nevada will go to the head of the committee on Indian affairs. succeeding ex-Senator Thurston, while Scn ntor Ueverldgo of Indiana will bo given tho commltteo on territories. Senator Clark of Wyoming had hoped to get this assign ment, but ho would not relinquish his places on tho foreign relations nnd Judiciary com mittees, and it Is thought us Senator Uever ldgo Is a ranking man he will havo to bo given tho place because of precedent. HuntlllUM Public lliillilluu. Senator Dietrich today Introduced a bill for the erection of a public building at Hastlnr,.', at a cost of f 150,000, thu situ hav ing been purchased. Scnntor Millard has recommended tho ap pointment ot Etta M. Spencer, as postmis tress nt Dakota City. Postmasters Appointed: South Dakota Samuel O. Overly, Chey enne agency, Dewey county; John McCarthy, Hcrmosn, Custer county. Wyoming Ivor Christen, Hannn, Dig Horn county. Henry E. Schriner nnd Wnlter W. Utvely wero todny designated members ot tho civil service board for the Shenandoah (la) post oil! ce. Charles W. Hrlnlngcr of Grnnd Island and John M. Tucker of Valentine wero admitted to practice before the Interior department. DEBATE ON NEW TARIFF BILL HoilMe 'Will lieu In on Proposed Philippine MciiNiire, l'n y lie iSlieakltiK l-'Irnt, WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Plans wero being mndo on both sides of tho houso of representntlvcs todny for tho threo days' debate on tho Philippine tariff bill which begins tomorrow. Each sldo will havo four and one-half hours. This considerably restricts the limits of debate, particularly tho opposition, which had Intended to make this bill tho text for n rather elaborate arraignment of tho pol icy of tho party In power. Chairman Payno will open tho debate lu a speech of about three-quartcrx of an hour and Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania will closo tho debate, Just beforo tho voto Is taken on Wednesday. Mr. Richardson of Tennessee will open for tho democrats and lliero Is a long list of democratic members who will speak In opposition. HAY 'WILL DELIVER EULOGY Secretary Ylelil to Iteiiuent to Atl tlrcni) Ciiimri'"! oa I. ale Presi dent .Me Kill ley. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Tho commlttoo designated by tho representatives of tho two houses of congress appointed to Invito Secretary Hay to deliver nn nddress In honor of (ho memory of (ho Into President McKlnloy cnlled upon tho secretnry today and secured hla consent to perform this distinguished service. Mr. Hay said that while ho would havo preferred tho Invi tation should bo extended tn somenno else, ho would nccept because of a sonso of duty nnd nlso because of tho high honor tho selection Implies. No tlmo for tho ceremony was fixed. A1 The Most Popular moro puld paper. Tho That Is why nnd brings Always in the Lead . TWO BULLETS TAKE EFFECT II, It, Atidrenx, Miuuiucr ot' 11 Knimn City Ten Company, .shot by f lllM'tiiirucit lltuiiloye. KAN'S AS CITY, Dec. 10. Mrs. Lulu W. Hocking shot nt U. R. Androws, manager of n ten company, nt his sloro in East Twelfth slreet today because ho had din charged her. The woman fired threo times. Two bullets took effect, ono In tho band nud the other In tho forearm. Neither ure nt all serious. Mrs. Hocking, who Is 35 years old, was arrested, nnd Is being held for examination. Mrs. Hocking nnd her husbund had both worked for Androws. He wns discharged two weeks ago for In illlclent work and today tho woman was let out. Mrs. Hocking first engaged Andrews In a discussion, then requested him to give her rertuln papers of hers that wero In tho safe nnd they repaired to tho rear of tho room. As Andrews was ubout to take tho papers from the safe Mrs. Hackings drew a j revolver from tho folds of her dress. Sho held the weapon to his head nnd pulled the trigger, but the cartridge fulled to ex plode. Ho then grappled with the woman and before ho could dlsnrtu her received two minor wounds. At tho pollco stntlon she wou.ld glvo no explanation of her trouble with Andrews. Andrews said Inter: "I cannot nsslgn nny reason for Mrs. Hocking's act, except that she was desper ate at being thrown out of work. Sho nnd her husband disogreed frequently. Utst Thursday the couple matte up nnd signed an agreement w'llrh I have lu my safe. This Is the paper she asked for Just previous to the shooting " MILES TAKESDEWEY'S SIDE Coiiimiiiiiler-lu-Cblef hn Ailuilrul'n Ueelxlnu lu .seliley fuse Will .Soil Patriots. CINCINNATI, Dec. 16. General Nelson A. Miles, commander of the United States army, arrived here today, accompanied by Mrs. Miles. In speaking of the findings of tho Schley court of Inquiry General Miles said: "I am willing tn take tho Judgment of Admiral Dewey in the mutter. Ho has b"en commander of 11 licet nml ns such has known the anxieties nnd responsibilities which rests upon 11 man In these circum stances. He wns responsible for Inu de I structlnn of one Spanish licet and knows I the feelings that cncouipacs n commander under such conditions. 1 think Dewey lias summed up the matter In n elenr nnd con cise manner nnd 1 believe his conclusions will be endorsed by the patriotic peoplo of tho I'nlted Stntes. I have no sympathy with the efforts that have hern mndo to destroy tho honor of an olllccr under suth circumstances." The general declined to discuss (ho sub ject of congressional nctlon In tho mutter. WORKINGMEN ARE PEACEFUL SuiiIIiiko'm lulexliiH .Meetlnur In Sim .1 tin 11 l'n IN o ('rente I!clteiiif nt. SAN JUAN, P. It., Dec 16. Less than 100 worklngmen nnswered tho call of the local commltteo of tho American Kederatlon of Labor to at-end a mass meeting hero yes tctday afternoon. Tho Hllnmess of tho at tendnnco was evidently due to tho order of tho court declaring tho orgnnlntlnn Illegal. A more respectable gathering of work ing peoplo wns never beforo seen lu this j part of tho world. Tho meeting wns peace , fill. Santiago Igleslus, president of the I Kederatlon of Workmen of Porto Rico, ex- plained the object of his visit here and It 1 wns resolved to petition Governor Hunt to ' bring nbnut the removal of tho two native Judges of tho district court nnd nppolut Americans lu their plnees. 1 With tho petition will be (Hod a charge of political bias and prejudice. It was nlso derided to Ignore tho ruling of H10 court dissolving tho Kcdcrnelim Libre, or local organization. Tho meeting confirmed tho resolution adopted somo time ugo to nllll lato tho local organization with tho Amer ican Federation of Labor. MRS. B0NINEIS REINSTATED ItoNlnreil to 1,11 of IIIIkIIiIcn for Appointment to Civil her lee. WASHINGTON. Dee. IO.-TI10 Civil Sorv Ico commission has decided to restore the name 01 Mrs. Lola Ida Iloiilne, who recently wns acquitted of the murder of James Sey mour Ayres, Jr., to tho roll of ollgiblcs for appointment to the civil service. Just prior to tho death of Ayres Mrs. Ilonlno hnd passed nn examination for skilled laborer In tho rovornmcnt printing olllee, but pond ing tho result of tho trial her nnmo wus held up. KILLS HIMSELF WITH KNIFE PaekliiK HoiiHe Mini .MImni-n I'oe and PIiiiikcx Knife In Outi HreiiHt, ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Dec. 10. At Swift's packing house this ufternoon Ed Young at tacked Stephen Crockett with 11 largo butchor knife. Crockett warded off tho blow and In Yoting'a frantic brandishing of tho knlfo ho accidentally burled Its bludo In his own bronsl, dcadi resulting Instnntly. Iloth wero employes nt tho packing houso and quarreled over a trivial matter. .MovenientN of Oeeuii Vi'Nnelii Dee, III. At Now York Arrived: Mesuba, from London At (Ilnsgow Arrived: Conrlordla, from St. Johns, N. II., nnd Halifax. Sailed: Sarmatlan, for Portland. At Gibraltar Arrived: Aller, from New jork. for NaideH nnd tjenoa. At Havre Sailed: Ilercynla, for Mexico. At llambiirg-Snlleil: Patrlclu, for New York via Plymouth. At Liverpool Arrived: tlinbrla, from New York. Want Ad. Medium Tho Omaha Ilco last Sunday printed 'COO lines, or nbout two and nne-hulf columns, want nds than any other Omaha lice reaches ovor 30,000 families. It prints tho mostndvcrtlslng tho mot replies, V COLD AND BLUSTER Nintj f WtW, but Far Um Biit Gisuiia Blirzurd. WIND IS VIGOROUS, BUT SNOW SLIGHT Nprthwitttr WhistUi 0m OuuW at Timtj-Fin-MiU OHp. VALENTINE REPORTS MUCH SUFFER SALE Wyminj; Hai Dup Drifts that Bthr Sailroadi. SOUTH DAKOTA SIMILARLY SUFFERS .MUmiurl lllter Han n SU-lneli Over coat of lee ( oultletliiK lteiurt of I, nine on the tunc ben, I'oreeiiNt for Neliriixkn I'nlr unit Colder Tiiemlnyi Weiliif niln y Pair unit Colli, .ortlin enterly Wlndx. Temperature nt Oniului Yexterilnyi Hour, Hex. Hour, l)e .". 11. 111 i! I p. 111 11 a. m t i: p. in Ii! 7 a. in 11 ;i p. in ui S 11. m -2 . p. m 11 I' a. m a f 11. 111 10 1) 11. 11 tl p. nt 10 1 1 a. in :i 7 p. 11 111 I- 111 7 H p. 111 . . . . . . h tl 1. ill ...... 7 luillcnle llelmv '.ero. Tho elements wero .so blustering Inst night that a good many people went to bed with thf, chilling conviction that when they uwnk.'iicd this morning Omaha would bo In the throes of a real billiard. They worn mistaken. Tho mercury will stand at 8 or 10 degrees below zero nnd thero will bo some vind, but the skies will be respectably clear and there will not bo n barrel of snow to tho ncre. What most deceived them as they went from work between ti o'clock and S o'clock p. m. was tho wind. And that certainly wus a vigorous one. It came from tho northwest nud Its pace at 7 o'clock, when tho government rending was takon, wan twenty-llvo miles 1111 hour. It Increased later nud may have reached thlrly-llvo or forty mites speed during tho night. Hut wind doesn't mako u genuine hliznrd nny moro I linn It makes a genuine statesman, nnd snow, tho great (ttsentlnl, wns lacking. Siiim In n Deceit er. There scorned plenty of It nbnut (ho tlmo people wero hiding- behind trolley poloi waiting for dilatory street cars, but In reality (ho (otal fall In Omaha between 7 a. m. nnd 7 p. 111. w'ns but foiir-tentliH ot nn Inch, ununited, and It had ceased falling lit all by 8:30 p. m., making the total on tho ground only coven-tcnths of nn Inch. Indeed, the heaviest fall reported for tho (lay was ono and four-tenths luchcH, nt Ohoyontu. Denver had only two-tenths, Valentine nix-tenths, North Platto muio, Huron four-tenths, Salt Lake City none, Chicago and St. Paul each a troeu. St. L011H four-tenths, Davenport two-tcnthis, Kansas City six-tenths, Helena two-tentliB, Ills marck 110110 and Galveston onn-tcnlh. The highest wind reported was at Vulcn tlne, whoro It blow forty-two miles an hour. At Ilupld City It blew thirty-six inllei, nt North Platto thlrty-clght tulles nud nt Dodge City, Kan., thirty- Ight miles. It lull not reached Iowa, Judging from thu reports, which chronicled only "slight" dis turbance. 11 lie 1 1111 1 Ioiim of Temperature. Omnha's temperature, as shown In tho tnble nbove, wan lowest for tho day nt 8 o'clo. k In thu morning, when It stood nt 2 below, and wns highest at p. m., when it read 12 above. Hut after 2 o'clock. It began tho descent that Is expected to bring It to 8 or 10 below by'" o'clock this morning, when Omaha la again astir. Valentino wns getting Its promised cold wnvo whin tho 7 o'clock rending was re ported, as It then had 2 below, with tho mercury still going down. Tho coldest two points nt that hour wero Hlsmnrck, which reported 8 bulow, nnd Wllllston, which re ported 0 below. Thero was nn hihiw nt elthor of theso points. The warmest towna on tho weather map wero El Paso, which had a icinperaluro of 18 above, and (lal veston, 10 above. In making up tho report for tho Chicago statlm last night tho locnl bureau reported six Inches of Ico In tho Missouri river heic, such report being based on Information from tho pumping station nt Florence and from tho Swift company's Holds. TRAINS DELrEDAT LINCOLN Double HenilerN Are the Itule for I'relnlilN nml PiiftxoiiKf ra Are Shorter iiinn UkiiiiI. (From a Stuff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 10. (Special Telegram.) Although tho tcmpcraturu was not so low as on ptevlous occasions, tho weather tonight, was moro dlsagrecablo and causoi more suffering among tho unprotected than any experienced this winter. About toon tho wind began to Increase lu fury Hid by 0 o'clock wns blowing almost a hurrlcono. A light snow fell during tho ntternoon. Street cars, telephone nnd (olograph com panies havo suffered comparatively Mttlo damage, but considerable trouble was ex perienced by tho rnllroads. With n few exceptions trains nre running within thirty minutes of tchcilule time. Tho night pas senger No. 13 from tho "Q" system wns reported 0110 hour lato. TraltiB nro oelng run shorter than usual and most of tho freights with doublo-hendors. At 10 o'clock tontgh'. tho mercury was 8 degrees above. WYOMING HAS BIG DRIFTS Itiilli-nuilN i'inil It a Kuril Tun It to Keep Cut Open nml Train .Mm Iiik. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 10. (Special Telegram.) A changu for tho worno has taken placo lu thu storm situation In this stnto dining tho Inst twenty-four bourn, us reports received from various sections uf Wyoming tell of moro snow und coldor weather nnd higher winds. Tho railroads aro experiencing moro dllllciilty In keeping their lines open than nt any tlmo during the big storm All trains nro running Into and It will not bo surprising It u blockndo occurs at any tlmo. From Cheyenne east to Shinny tho storm scoiiib to bo tho most severe, for tho cuts nro 111 led with snow nlmosi ns fast as thu rotarli'H and wedgo plows clean them out. Several trains havo been stuck fast on that district during tho last twelvo hours. No. 3 left North liatto kea tuau ouo hour lato