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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATUItDAY MORNING, DECEMBER. 13, 1 DOS-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. KFFPS WAGES DOWN BAER WILL HIS LANDS fF LEE SPEAKS 0N clBA Operators Said to Insist on Docking Every Load of Coal. WITNESS SAYS QUALITY DOES NOT COUNT r i Men Snperinteoding Scalei Told to Oat Every Consignment TREATED CLEAN AND DIRTY FUEL ALIKE Miners Thus Lm from Five to Eight Per Cent. Stopped by the Court. Will 7V UNION HAS HELPED MATTERS SOMEWHAT Hnee Men Imposed Check Loss III Decreased, Thnnth Ere Xow Thoinnili of Ton Are Kever Paid For. SCRANTON, Dee. 12. The greater part of :today'e session of the eoal strike eommla- lon was taken up In presenting evidence Showing excessive docking on the part of the operators. Put late In the day Mr. NEW YORK, Pec. 12. At the fourth an- nual dinner of the Pennsylvania Society of New York at the Waldorf-Astoria tonight. I George F. Bser, president of the Reading railroad, spoke on Pennsylvania theories of government. He cited that the chief theory of Penn sylvania government was liberty directly applied to the Individual In his right to work unhampered by others. Mr. Haer referred to the first constitu tional convention held In Philadelphia In 1876 and' followed by reading the preamble of the Declaration of Independence, em phasising the passages which deal with the equality of man and his right to protection of government. He dwelt on rights, and said that protection and encouragement given In Individual energy had developed the great natural resources of Pennsylvania. Recently there had been Expressions of a desire In certain parta of the country to undertake the regulation of the affairs of Pennsylvania. He continued: ' Their efforts wIlL however, be vain- There Is a constitutional limitation, which, If It In not resuected. will be protected. There Is a tribunal, the great true unbiased tribunal, the supreme court or tne rnita GOVERNMENT w Made Big Mistake ia - Island Go. HAN EVER BEFORE Prulsrs MrKlnley for Art lac Where Cleveland Temporised sad Plaeea Blame for Maine Disaster on Weyler's Yosac Officers. NEW YORK, Dec. 12 General Fltihugh Lee addressed members of the Patrla club today on "The United States and Cuba." He aald In part: Cuba was never so well governed by Spain as It Is today. Congress wearied of the wars In Ciba and passed resolu- lons recognizing the rlaht of belligerency of the revolutionists. Then came the war. want to say that I reported to Presi dent Cleveland the exact condition of af fairs that existed there. reported the rebellion, with all Its brutalities and hor rors and told him It would continue for several generations if not brought to speedy end. Mr. Cleveland gave r.o attention to my reports and It was not until that great man now sleeping his last sleep In Can ton. O.. took charge of affairs In Wash ington that these atrocious conditions were brought to an end. Should Have Held Cnba. Mitchell waa called to present comparisons States, which will protect the citizens and me mate or t -ennsyivaiiin in mt-n e,- showlng that men paid by the day received from 40 to 60 per cent higher wages In the tltumlnous regions than In the anthracite fields. Ills figures for the anthracite fields were gathered by his own officers, and a hurried comparison with those handed In ty the Delaware A Hudson company showed that his were generally higher. Mast Dock All Cars, The first witness was Edward Rldgeway, formerly a company docking boss In the em ploy of the Temple Coal and Iron company He said he waa a member of the union and dtd cot know It was contrary to the rules for a company docking boss to 'eng to the union, He said that nine years ago he w?i told by the mine foreman that he must dock a certain percentage, no matter whe'.her the coal was clean or full of dirt. Tbla per centage ranged from 6 to I per cent. After the union had a check docking boss ap pointed the percentage fell to 17 per cent John McOIone, a check welghman for the union, gave .the figures which showed that the men at the No. 5 colliery of the Penn sylvania Coal company mined 17,183 more tona of coal from April, 1901, to April, 1902, than they had been paid for. He explained erolgnty during the cry for the selsure of lands within the state. That great tribunal will protect the citizens or Pennsylvania under the protection guaranteed In the constitution, and If all this excitement of the nenrilA In their unsettled staten. If It shouid bo deemed necessary to amend the constitution to gain ends which, its pres ent limitation forbids, then the wise pro visions of that same constitution will make the process of amendment so slow that the people will be given time to thinK end meditate. There will be no day, when the constitution will be amended by men who do rot understand the fundamental principles of free government URGE- CIVIL SERVICE RULES Leagse Members Want Mint System Generally Extended by rresiaenx. , PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12. The annual meeting of the National Civil Service league came to an end today, when the fol lowing resolution waa adopted The National Civil Service Reform league congratulates the country on the high cnararter ami amnty oi tne isauonai yivu Service commission; on the regulation of labor service of the federal departments In Washington by the registration sys tern: on the closing of the many backdoor this by saying there waa more than 2,240 entrances to the classified service by wise pounds of clean coal in the miners' ton of 2,700 pounds. He gave figures to show that the average monthly wages of the miners' laborer waa $27.72 acd the miners' wagea $34.77. The accuracy of his figures was questioned by the company's attorney and Mr. McGlone amendment to the civil service rules; on the successful extension of classification to the rural free delivery service, now In cluding 11,i0 officials; on the adoption and successful operation of the merit system In the federal service of Porto Rico and In all services excepting schools In the Philippines; on the promotions In the dip lomatic and consular service which It Is hoped will lead to the general adoption of waa temporarily withdrawn from the stand I the merit system In that branch of the by ths miners' lawyers. Work! at Eight Years Old. service. It urges the extension or the application of the merit system to the consular serv ice and Indian agencies by legislation it possible; otherwise by executive action. It urges veterans of the civil and Span ish wars and their frltnds to oppose the bills called "veterans preference bills. Such bills will work, as they have worked In some eta tea, great, harm to the merit system. That system Is the only efficient barrier ' vo the spoils and . boss system. both public enemies of the country which A email Polish boy, who said he waa S years old and had worked three weeka In coal breaker, was called, but as be did Tiot understand the nature of an oath waa ot-xamtmd. August Baker, a miner employed by J. 8. "Vents Co.. at Hazlehrook, aald he lived lt a compaay house, for which he paid $4.70 the veterans risked their Uvea to save. per month. It waa a rickety building and entailed aevere hardships on his family In atormy weather, The superintendent of the colliery told him that If he expected work he must deal at the company atore, where prlcea for moat articles were double the price charged 1n Hatleton. Under cross-examination he admitted owning a house which brought him $16 a month, and It appeared from the com ipany'a payroll that last winter he earned over $800, and his two sons, Who also .worked at the colliery, Increased these carnlnga to more than $1,600 for the year. i Mr. Mitchell waa the last witness and occupied the stand for an hour. He sub' bitted the contract between the union and aoft coal operatora In Illinois, which la aomewhat similar to those made with op eratora In Indiana, Ohio and western and central Pennsylvania, where eight hours constitutes a day'a work. Ha then presented comparative figures which showed that company men In the bl DENVER LINE GOES AHEAD Money for northwestern at Paelde la Secured In Fnce of Stroaar Opposltlon. DENVER, Dec. 12. David H. Moffat. president of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway company, returned tonight from New York, where ha haa been Snane lng the project. In an Interview Mr. Moffat aald the sur veys had been completed and the line definitely fixed as far as the continental divide. The work of aurveylng the re 0'CONNELL DENIES CHARGE Says He Does Sot Believe Machinists Tried to Destroy Battleship Machinery. WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. The senate com mittee on labor today listened to arguments for and against the eight-hour bill. James O'Conrrell. president of the Inter national Association of Machinists, referred to a statement made before the committee yesterday by James H., Mull, assistant manager at Cramps' ship yards, to the effect that the representative of the Inter national Association of Machinists had tried to destroy the machinery of the battleship Alabama, and the transport Thomas while they were undergoing repairs In the com pany's yards. Mr O'Connell said that nothing of the kind had ever been brought to hla atten tion and tj did not believe it ever oc curred. . E. Payson, for the Newport Newa Ship building company, referred to the atrlke In 1901, and said when Illinois waa about to leave the yard on its trial trip word bad gone forth from the labor union that It should not leave until the unfon'a terms were compiled with. He vehemently ex claimed that It was an act wUlch If -the United Statea had been at war, would have been "misprision of treason." Men had suffered the loss of their lives for lest culpable acta than were commit- REVIVING JUDICIAL BILL Creating Two Districts Maj Bolvo the Attorneyship Problem. SETTLEMENT OF THE WIDOWS' ENTRIES Herbert J. Davis, Formerly of Omaha, Ilelog Irned for s Position on the Supreme Bench in Philippines. Cuba Is well worthy of the attention of ted against the company ia June a year ago. le American people. It Is the richest I ,. . -,,. ot on O-kI i green earth. No country James Duncan, national secretary of the Granite Cutters' association, denied Mr Payson'a assertion. Then Samuel Gompers, president of the Federation of Labor, took the stand and de nied the allegations made by Mr. Mull yes- the sc ever rivaled Cuba In Its products. It has been waiting for half a century for Amer ican energy and enterprise. If we had not sacrificed wisdom for sentiment we would own Cuba today. 'When we did have Cuba we should have held on to it, but some or they were acting for humanity's sake and terday, and Judge Payson today, alleging not for the possession of territory. that the International Association of Ma- i-rior to tne war w-itn epain, wnen i was hf , , n d altenipted to precipitate a jnmil general In Ciba. there were re-I vu " " " .. Deated attemnts to assassinate me. Where- striae in tne cramps snipjaruB uunoa iu ever i went i nnn to sit wim my oaca to Spanish war and tnat some oi tne men nan the wall and a hand on my slxshooter. 1 ,,..., . i.mu, with the machinery of !-,. vri tu.or.tvr n .l thlitu lallpa n J, "'""'l""" " -. . In which I was threatened with all man- a transport ners of deaths. Some threatened to way- He vehemently denounced the charge and lay and strangle me, othern to string me up ,d th t M Carson of Thomaa had de- to the nearest lamp post and still others to J tie me to a horse's tall and drag me clared the statements untrue. around the streets of Havana. Five Span- "it Is true." continued Mr. Gompers, wnK..mL.?n" ai.l": "that the atrlke In the Cramps' ahlpy.rd Spanish officers In which they threatened delayed the departure of Thomas for a week to come to my otnee, tie me nana ana or ten days, but as a matter of fact it waa foot, put me aboard Maine and drive me . ..... . , m.Hon r hut rut of the l arbST I revived renorta that not during the Spanish-American war, but even The Cubans wanted to kill me because war with the United Statea would thus surely result. w hile these rnorts were current, a man came Into my office with the purpose, as 1 thought, of killing me. He trcved toward me Inch by Inch and Just as he came within reach I had him covered with my revolver. I asked him what he wanted and to my surprise he said in Englmh 1 nave lust come from ueneral uomeii ctmp. suffering from a wound in the thigh l want to leave cuDa. 1 want to go bacK to the United States." I asked him where he came from and I CflDCIfiM AuuAIOQ he said. In the drawllest kind of a way: 1 unuiun ri nmy "From Kansas. That man was General Frederick R. Funston. 8o you see I had much to do with the later capture of Agul naldo. Holds' Blanco Gnlltlesa. General Leo then related the lncldenta that followed the blowing up of Maine and WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Foreign affairs told of General Blanco'a action, after the was the principal subject of discussion at catastrophe. He continued: I want to say here and for all time that General Blanco ar.d hla officers had no mora to do with blowing up of Maine than the people, of New. York City.. It la my -belief that some of tne young officers left In the arsenal by General Weyler blew It up. It waa they, I am sure, who planted uiB mine inai iru; name to us aenruc tion. In conclusion he advocated an Increaaa later in the year 1899. Continuing, and speaking with much fer vor, Mr. Gompers said: If any man was guilty of the act charged here vesterdav. It was the duty of Mr. Cramps as a citizen of our country to make a criminal charge against him and to ex pose to the world what it implied, 'ine charge has not been outlawed by the stat ute of limitation, and if It has no founda tion in fact it simply reaots upon the heads of those who have mane tne accusation IS TOPIC Vencsnelnn Mntter 0-eple Consld. erable Time of the Meet Ins; of the Cabinet. the cabinet meeting today. Cablegrams from Minister Bowen at Caracas were read. The request of President Caatra that Mln later Bowea act as Intermediary Jn an ef- jrt ta hnv the. present !iK'olt7' strbmlttsd to arbitration waa received with favor, though some doubt waa expreaaed whether Great Britain and Germany at this stage would accept a proposal of arbitration. Secretary Moody said after the meeting of the navy, owing to the growing Inter- that this government would not send, at ests of the United Statea. BARS OUT BANKERS UNION ranee Commissioner of Tennessee Takes Action Aaralnst Omahn Concern. this time at least, any warships to Venez uela. United States vessels are In close proximity to Venezuela, but their presence In Venezuela la not regarded aa necessary now. PENSION DAY IN THE HOUSE Relief Menaures for the Veterans Oe copy the Attention of the Members. NASHVILLE. Tenn., Dec. 12. (Special Telegram.) State Insurance Commissioner Folk sprung a sensation In Insurance clr clea today when he took action which will result In barring the Bankera Union of the malnder of the route to Bait Lake City World' a r-n lnaurance order, from private pension day In the house, 173 bills would be nushed as raddlv aa sosslble. I QO,na y r. uusmt,.. iu ienoeee. ine oeing r.assea, Ho Added i lULiiimu uua its urnutjuHriri iu uiuauii WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. Thii wai CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast frr Nebi aska Snow Sunday, Fair and Warmer. Saturday. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! llnar. Dear. Hour. lien. ft n. to J 1 p. m ltd H a. m K'J a p. m Vft T a. ni a;l .1 p. m lift M a. m 2 1 4 p. iti,.,i., 11 Ha. m ill II p. m itt 1 a. m 21 H p. m 24 11 n. in 2.1 T ; . in 21 lit ni 2U p. m 21 II p. in 24 WINS JUDGESHIP AT CARDS We have aucceeded In scouring the money Before the regular order waa demanded some minor buslnesa was transacted and The action la the outcome of an examina- to proceed with the construction of the Hon of the analra of the company made the bin to appropriate i,uuu,ouu tor inn railway and will let contracts at once for the grading or the surveyed portion, in niaking our arrangements we have met with active opposition from the stron tuminoua reglona earned from 40 to 50 per financial combination controlling the roads turea upon the methods of the Bankera prevent the building of the road. cent mora than company men In the anthra cite Salda, and the former only work eight hours a day. Hla figures were gathered by his own officers and they were generally Ihlgher than tboaa submitted to the com mission by tba Delaware ft Hudaon com" J?any POLICE AND STRIKERS CLASH ltlot Inlnres Many In Marseilles Streets, Which Military Now Patrol. MARSEILLES, Deo. 12. The first col- YALE STUDENTS ARE FINED Ticket Seller Makes n Chars Breach of the Peace Aaralnst Them. of NEW HAVEN, Conn., Deo. 12. Bradford Ellsworth of New York, William R. Orth weln of St. Louis, William Barnum of Mamaroneck, N. Y., Harold P. Sawyer of Bridgeport, Conn., and John A. Moorhead of Pittsburg, all Yale students, were ar ralgned in the city court today on a charge i llsion between atrlkera and police occurred of breach of peace preferred by 8ldney todav and aa a result several on both sides T. Reeder, a ticket speculator. were Injured. I The alleged assault occur rea on ine nigm The clash waa tha outcome of an at- I of November zv, wnen a crowa oi siuueuia tempt to destroy th track in front of a on Yale campue took away from Reeder hla 'car loaded with coal which waa on lta way tickets for tne xaie-narvara iooi pan game. Jointly by the insurance departments of extirpation ot the epidemic of foot and Tenneasee and Nebraska. The report, based mouth disease among live atock In New upon thla examination, makea aevere atrlc- England was called up. Mr. Maddox objected to the consideration Union and lta offlcera. Among the thinga of the bill until he had had an opportunity objected to la the method by which It has I to examine It. absorbed several similar concerns and built The house then proceeded to tha con- up Us membership. I slderatlon ot private pension bills. CORN CROP BREAKS RECORD BARRETT WILL NOT ACCEPT State of Illinois Prodnces More and Sells Hl;her Than Ever Before. Refuses Japanese Mission and Lloyd Grlscom, Jr., Will Likely Be Named. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. (Special Tele gram.) An effort will be made Immediately after the holidays to get a report from the Judiciary committee ot the house on the bill dividing Nebraska Into two Judicial dis tricts. Ths opposition, which was very pronounced in the first session of the Flf'y seventh congress, baa In a large measure been placed, and ia Is believed, now that the bin win have Influences at work for Its passage that It failed to have before. Mr. Stark of the Fourth district, who placed ob structions In the way of the bill's report, It Is understood, haa withdrawn his opposi tion. Mr. Mercer, however, still hold out, but It Is thought that he will yet yield his objections before the close of the present session of congress. In view of the active fight which Is now going on for the United Ststes district attorneyship. It Is believed that a division of the state would bring about a harmonious settlement and ter minate the contention between the rival winga of the republican party. Both Sen ators Dietrich and Millard, It la believed. would favor a division of the atate In view of the fight which la promised over tho district attorneyship. Representative Burkett aald today that he saw much brighter hope for the bill than he had In some time past and he would endeavor to get the bill out of the Judiciary committee In time to try the tem per of the house on its passage before the present congress terminated lta labor. Davis for Position on Bench. Senator Millard presented Mr. C. J. Greene ot Omaha to the , president today. Mr. Greene In turn presented the name of Herbert J. Davis, now of Chicago, but formerly Judge on the district bench, to the president for a position on the supreme court bench in the Philippines.' The presi dent spoke in the highest terms of Judge Davie and aaid hla appointment depended upon the selection of one of two men. Be yond that the president would not go. Brlnajs Ip Widows Entries. Later Mr. Greene, who Is attorney for the cattlemen, called on Secretary - Hitchcock with a view of reaching an agreement as to the settlement of the question whether soldiers' widows have the right to aell their clalma. Mr. Greene staled that purchasers of the clalma desired the matter settled aa speedily aa posatble, whether they had or had not the right to purchase the same for value. There aeema to be difference of opinion between the government and those who dispose of their property. Tho government oontends that soldiers' widows do not have the right to dispose of lands filed on until after final papers have been issued. On tha other hind It I contended that the moment entry Is made In the land office upon landa open to homestead the government ceases to be a factor in the proposition, and that the entryman or woman had the right to dispose of such holdings. Mr. Greene suggested to the sec retary that a friendly suit be at once commenced against the purchasers ot these holdings and that the courta shall decide the queation aa to the interpretation of the atatute under which the government la now proceeding. Editor for Postmaster. Representative-elect McCarthy, before hla departure for Nebraska, suggested the name of J. C. Elliott for postmaster at West Point, Senator Millard having turned over to him all papera In the West Point poatofflce matter. After careful examina tion of the recommendatlona for the vari ous candldatea Mr. McCarthy decided to ae lect the editor of the West Point Repub lican and Ma name waa aent to the post master general today with Senator Millard's recommendation. Representative Martin today recom mended John T. Bushfleld for appointment as postmaster at Miller, S. D., a reappoint ment. Seuator Millard was today advised that the clerk hire at the North Platte poatofflce has been increased S0. Judge B. S. Baker and wife, formerly of Omaha, now of New Mexico, art Wed In Washington today. Judge Baker accom panies the New Mexico contingent to bring about atatehood for that territory. The comptroller of the currency haa ap Missouri Jarlst Called on to Prove He Got the Xomlnatlon Honestly. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Dec. 12. Judge Burgess of the supreme court today Issued a 'writ of ouster against Judge Burkhead of Douglass county to compel him to show cause why he la entitled to hold the office of circuit Judge of the Twenty-first dla trict. The supreme court will be asked to de termine whether it ia a violation ot the corrupt practice act to secure a nomina tion by a game of cards In which the Judge ship nomination and $1,375 were the stakes. Burkhead (rep.) defeated George W, Thornberry (dem.). Thornberry contested the election, alleging that Burkhead and Ernest Bronson were republican candldatea for the judgeship, that the men agreed to play a game of carda to aee who should have the nomination, and against the nom ination a sum of $1,375 waa put up. Bronson won, but it la alleged that he, being unable to carry the convention, threw his vote to Burkhead in consideration of the financial atake. The defeated demo crat also seeks to prove Burkhesd spent more money than stated in his return. CASTRO ASKS AID Bequests Bowen to Arrange for Arbitra tion with Powart, MINISTER WILL REPORT REQUEST MADE Britain and Germaij Think EsUlemsat Already Too Long Delayed. SEEM INCLINED TO FORCE PAYMENT NOW When Offer Comes Offioially Allies Will Kofuse to Accept. VENEZUELA PLANS MOUNTAIN TRENCHES Seises Coal and Railway Cars, Fortl ' bps Strategic Positions nnd Places Entire Mnle Population I'ndir Arma Ready for Battle. LONDON, Dec. IS. A dispatch to the Dally Mall from Willemstad, Curacao, dated De cember 11, saya the foreign residents of Puerto Cabello are taking refuge on hoard the German cruiser Vlneta and the British cruiser Ariadne, and that these vessels ar threatening to bombard the port. COAL FAMINE VISITS KANSAS Railways Are Allcared to Seise AH Fuel Shipped to Western Part's. TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 12. Scarcity of coal In some portions of Kansaa haa occaatoned considerable suffering already, and more will ensue unless the famine is relieved at once. In Kiowa county there la practically no fuel to be had. although the people have plenty of money to pay for it. The aame conditions prevail In Pratt county, al though on a smaller scale. The complaint la made that the rallfpads confiscate for their twn use nearly all the coal shipped to the extreme western portion of the state. Heavy snow Is falling tonight and the temperature la lower than yesterday. WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. Mr. MeCall of Massachusetts today Introduced a bill au thorizing the president to enter Into a reciprocal agreement with Great Britain whereby United Statea coal may be ahlpped Into Canada and Canadian Into the United Statea free of duty. HPBTNnFTir.i.n ill lw. ia -AconMin J WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Secretary Hay to a bulletin lestied by the agricultural de- " received a cablegram from John Bar r,r.mnt td.. th. com cron i. .h. ur.e.t rett. dated Calcutta, today, stating that In point of production and the most valuable n regarded it hla duty to continue hla CUDUCWIUU WIIU 111, Ok. w u . m c 1 tvu A nolle waa entered In the case against Moorhead. Ellsworth wss fined $200 and Barnum, Sawyer and Orthweln were fined $100 each. The flues were Immediately paid. to th docks. Oendarmea charged the crowd and mad fifteen arreata. Th ro malnder of th atrlkera then dispersed. Cordona ot troops now guard all ap proachea to the port and disperse all as- pollc occupy th streets' surrounding th TEXAS LINE IS NOT BOUGHT Bourse d Travail, the headquartera of tha ' ' tr,k.p .' Saata Fe Say that th Central Road Th journeymen butchers and bakers wRald Be of 5o Valae Jvav Joined th atrlksr and consequently, Q it. la order to prevent a bread famine, th .n.hn.lll.a h.a Mnnt,ltlnnMl m til baker, in the Fifteenth Army corp.. TOPEKA, Kas. Dec. 12.-E P. Ripley. Tha .triker. sr. greatly exa.per.t.d and president of th. Santa re. denlea that his . .,. . , .. ..!- ,i. road haa purchased the Ta Central. He Th. .nrl.l revolutioa. and th. orol.tarlat "P l th flect tn,t the P""""0 ever produced. The total yield was 321,000, 000 bushele, which Is 15,000,000 bushels larger than that ot 1871, the banner year heretofore. The value thla year Is $114, 217,000, which is by far the moat remuner ative crop ever raised In the state. The quality la 91 per cent of an average. The December 1 condition of the winter wheat In the atate la two polnta above a aensonable average. The area In aeed ia 1,275,000 acres, a deficiency of 5 per cent. by insane ot a great atrlk.l" ELECT HAYTIAN PRESIDENT Katlonal Assembly Will Probably Se lect Seneeon Pierre If Gen - oral Nerd I Quiet. Is about to be made are erroneous, as the Santa Fe does not want the Texaa road. The ahort line from Albuquerque to Gal veston will not be built Just yet, and tor thla reaaon no Texaa acquisitions can be used, but the contract for constructing the Santa Fe short line across New Mexico to connect with the Pecos line is to be let within a tew days. port au f prince. H.yti Dee. u.-Th. DETR0T HAS WATER FAMINE tlona of senators today and th national 'assembly will elect a new president within t few daya. Th majority favor Seneequ Pierre, who election la assured In caa General JVord. tha war minister, who wMl enter .the capital with hla army on Sunday, doea pot oppose him. Withdrawal from kavlaas Banks. PARIS, Dee. U. The withdrawals from he savlnga banks continue. In the last tea Waya they have amounted to $1,000,000, as ' agalnat $00,000 deposited la the banks. Bloc th beginning of th year the with -'drawala hav exceeded th deposits by $i5,- ;o.ooo. Last Than a Day, hut a Member of Factories Ar Compelled to ' Shut Down. DETROIT, Dec. 12. Anchor lc clogged th Intake pipe ot th local water work system la Lake St. Clair during tb night and th city suffered from a water short age uatll nearly noon. It waa so serious during 'the early boura of the morning that a number of factories were compelled . to auapend for the day for th lack of water. It la call mated that t.000 or 4.00 men wr compelled to be Idle and lose ens day's pay oa account of tn water faml&e. and therefore declining the Japanese mis sion which had been tendered him. It la underatood that Lloyd Grlscom, Jr., now minister to Persia, who was charge d'affaires at Constantinople and In that ca pacity did much to effect a aettlement of the American clalma, will be the auccessor to the late Minister Buck. Germany are course taken China, when, that th allied PORT OF SPAIN, Island ot Trinidad. Dee. 12. The raptured Venesuelan gunboats, which were at first reported sunk, are now manned by British sailors and ar doing British work. The other men of war continue to block ade the Venezuelan coast and have re opened navigation of the Orinoco. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. A cable re ceived at the State department from Mr. Bowen, at Caracas,' says the Venesuelan government has requested him to propose arbitration to Great Britain and Germany. Thla i-roposltion will be duly laid before those governments by the State depart ment which will, however, act merely aa a channel of communication. Not much hope la entertained of the fa vorable reception of the propoaitlon, aa it la felt that the difficulty haa progressed too far for a settlement by arbitration. The representations made by the Vene zuelans on the destruction of their navy, the seizure of British ships and the arrest of British and Cerman subjects, practically constitute a atate of war, although tech nically the principals prefer to designate It as something lesa. ( Great Britain and almply following the during the war with notwithstanding the tact fleets battered down Taku and captured and destroyed a number of Chinese naval vessels, no declaration of war waa forth coming. , Cable New. to Europe. Up to noon no communications on the Venesuelan situation had been received at the State department, either from th. Ber- DETERMINED TO KILL HERSELF 11 ' "d0 'oVJ!!!n!lt!;1. cabinet meeting after tha receipt of Minis ter Bowen's cablegram, which account tor' the fact that tha proposition to arbitrate haa not been communicated to th. Gsi'man and British ambassadors. ' In the absence of advtcea tba - offlclala were not disposed to comment on the like lihood of President Castro's proposition being accepted. When Secretary Hay re turned from the cabinet meeting the em bassies were placed in possession of the news from Venezuela and It waa Immedi ately cabled to Berlin and London. . It is probable that replies will be received over night and will be aent to Mlntater Bowen, who will Inform the Venesuelan president. It Is certain that th. State department la willing to go any reasonable length to set tle the difficulty In any manner honorable and satisfactory to all. Therefore, Secre tary Hay today replied to Mr, Bowen'a cablegram, authorizing him In hla discre tion to use bis good offices to secure arbi tration. He waa made to understand, how ever, that in the arbitration, If one should follow, he should represent, not the gov ernment of the United Statea, but that of Venezuela, at lta request. Lena. Rohwo of Gretna Maker Soe- . ond . Attempt, bnt Fall .. Aaln. GRETNA, Neb., Dec. 12. Special Tele gram.) Lena Rohwer, the girl who at tempted to commit aulcide in Denver last July by throwing herself under an engine and had both her legs cut off, again at tempted suicide today by cutting ber throat with a case knife at her parents' home, two miles north of here. She was brought home from the Denver hospital about two months ago and haa been per fectly rational ever since until today. A physician sewed up the gash in her throat and she will recover, as the gash waa not deep enough to prove fatal. BANKERS TO AID PAYMENTS Wish to See Dlsoonnt on Check Abolished to Help Country Customers. ST. JOSEPH, Dec, 12. The annual con vention of Oroup t, Missouri Bankers' asso elation, waa held In thla city today, with nearly 100 members present. W. H. Reed, atate bank examiner, spoke NO PLAGUE IN CALIFORNIA Bubonle Dlaena Turns Out After All to Be Nothloa- bnt Chlckenpox. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. The Call aays that Dr. A. H. Glennon, the accredited rep resentatlve ol the United States govern ment, la preparing a report to Surgeon Gen eral Wyman ot the marine hospital service at Washington to the effect that there baa never been bubonic plague in California. Dr. Glennon's report will go further and declare positively that after a thorough and exhaustive Investigation the bacillus sup- DEWEY REPORTS PROGRESS Cables Newa of Sumner's Success In Search Problem Off Cnlcbra. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Admiral Dewey in a cable to the Navy department, dated San Juan December 11, announcra the progreaa of the fleet maneuvers by the com bined Squadrons under his command. , The cable follows: The combined squadrons are now , as sembled off Culebra er.guged In maneuvers. The search problem is completed, the squadrons under Hear Admiral Sumner hav ing been suuceaxful. laws, C. O. Austin, vice president ot the Bank of America ot Chicago, apoke on the neces stty of aecuring aome change In which country merchant! can pay their bills, so that a discount on the exchange would not proved of -the following peraona to organize i be necessary the First National bank of Fonda, Ia., with a capital of $25,000: Lot Thomas, W. Bru bacher, Edward Deland, G. N. Sweetaer and Jamea F. Foy. The Hanover National bank of New, Tork haa been approved aa a reaerve agent for the First National bank of Webster, S. D. John M. Ross has been appointed regular letter carrier at Akron, Ia., with R. Roaa aa substitute. The postofflce at Mercer, Adams oounty. Ia., haa been diacontlnued. Eeset With Dlffloultles. It is realized ber that th outcome la very doubtful and the way la beset with rilfflpiiltlea. Tf the claims avalnat Van. on proposed changea in the atate banking IueU were on,y tho of 0r,at Brlu,n .,, Germany the adjustment might be easier. but France and Italy, the United Statea, and perhaps other natlona also, have clalma and they cannot accept any arrangement which Great Britain and Germany might force upon Venezuela which would deprive poseu 10 ne mat oi ine piague is mat ot , receVod Washington society this afternoon chicken cholera, a comparatively harmless ,t B tea ta liia white House. It waa the disease. larvest social function of the seamn. and wad atteuded by several hundred members of resident and officlsl society. The receiv ing party couslsted of the ladles of the cab inet and the Misses Hitchcock, Mlrs Jones, Mrs. Cortslyou, Mrs. Bingham, Mrs. Cowles, Mrs. Loeb, Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Rlxey and Mia Hagcer. Miss Jones and Miss Hsgner presided at the tea table- Presentations were made by Colonel Bingham and Captain Cowles. assisted by Major MtCawley and Lieutenanta McCoy and Poole. Mrs. Itoosevelt Kerclvea. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 Mrs. Roosevelt FIND BODY TIED IN BUGGY Till Michigan Men Fear Foal Play Doctors Aaslgrn Death to Peritonitis. KINGSTON, Mich.. Dee. 12. Suspicions of foul play occasioned by th discovery of tb dead body of Ella Beardsley, tied tn a buggy, have proved groundless. A post mortem revealed no indicattona of violence and showed peritonitis and kidney trouble aa th probable cause ot death. The theory now is that she strapped her self in when ah. realised that aha waa liable t becom unconscious befor reach ing bbOl. MAY HASTEN CANAL ACTION Troable la Venesnela la feed aa Ex cuse for Taklna; Matter I p Again. WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. At the Instance of Secretary Hay, Dr. Herran, Colomblau charge d'affaires, called at the State de partment today to discus the canal treaty negotiations, that the secretary might be able to report the exact atatus of the canal to the cabinet. Dr. Herran was unable to give the sec retary any reply from the Bogota govern ment as to the price which Colombia will accept tor the lease. It was explained to Dr. Herran that In view of the many other weighty diplomatic matters pressing tor attention at this time and the growing Ira patience at the capital at the delay In tha conclusion of a canal convention, Immedi ate action by the Bogota government was Imperative. Dr. Herran today cabled the foreign office at Bogota the wishes of the State de partment and calling attention to the sen oua complications that may arise out of the Venezuelan situation. BANK BANDITS MAKE HAUL Rob Vault la Open Daylight of I Thirty Thousand Dol SANTA FE, N. M Dec. 12. A report haa reached Santa Fe that the private bank of Hlllsboro was held up Id broad daylight on Wednesday by robbers, who escaped with something over $30,000. Soon after midnight three men were heard galloping at a furtoua rate through Falrview, a mining camp, heading for the Black range. A sheriff's posse Is in pur suit. Appropriation Bills Reported. WASHINGTON. Dec. 12 The legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill, carrying $26.3u.4D3. waa reported to ths house today by th appropriations commit t. This Is aa Increase of $500,101 over the appropriation (or tb currant fiscal year. RELIGION REDUCES SALARY Seventh Day Adventlst I Tranuferred to Lea Remaacratlv Position. WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. Elmer Petti lord, ths colored Beventh Day Adventlst who refused to work on Saturday, will be transferred to th alxth auditor's office. H will be reduced from $1,200 to $720 a year and will be paid only tor th time he la actually at work. DENVER MAYOR ASKS FREEDOM Civic Officials Sentenced for Contempt Allege Eight Errors la ApplU ration. DENVER, Dec. 12. Mayor Wright and the elevin aldermen aentenced to four months' by Judge Mullen for contempt, made appli cation to the aupreme court today for writ ot supersedeas. The application con tained eight aaciamcntr o? error. The court heard arguments in the case thla afternoon. Movements of Ocean Vessels, Dee. 12. via Gibraltar them of their right of reclamation. LONDON, Deo. 12. Lord Lansdowne, for eign secretary, waa tha principal guest at the annual banquet ot tha United Service club, given tonight. ; He aald he did not benev. that In any part of tba world was Great Britain open to the charge of bearing inveterate antip athy to anyone, not even to Venezuela. He continued: ,' If that renubllo would desist from com mitting outrages upon British subjects and lintlsn property, pay lis just oecn ana reply to diplomatic representations In per fectly courteous language thar would be no need whatever of any quarrel. . I might add that If Venesuela would b content to put Itself on a moderate al lowance In the matter of revolutions It would be In a better position to do this. In less than seventy years Venesuela has Indulged In the luxury of 104 revolution. Three revolutions In two years seem to be altogether unreasonable. Might Restrict Revolutions. Th Foreign office disclaims on tha part of Great Britain all responsibility for tba sinking of the Venezuelan vessels at La Guayra, which iPattrtbutel entirely to the German forcea. The Foreign office her o far, however, haa not received the reply to the demand I of Orest Britain and Germany which Vene zuela la reported to have transmitted through the United States consul at La Ouayra, though It haa officially received a copy of President Castro's proclamation. The Foreign office offlclala also aald they had received Information to tha effeet that Venezuela bad requested Mr. Bowea to act aa arbitrator. They think It la not likely At Genoa Arrived Aller, and Naples. At oueenatown Arrived Campania, from the propoaitlon haa been made, but If such New York, for I,lvrriool, and proceeded. At Auc-Kianu Baiieu eonoma, from Syd ney, lor'bun r ranciaco, via i'ago fa go and tionoiuiu. At Movllle Sailed Parisian, from Liver pool, fur liuiirux ana tit. jubn, N. is. At Mizenhead Passed Campania, from New York, for Llveruool. At Newcastle. N. 8. W. Sailed Elm Brancn. from ban rramlsco. At Harwich Arrived Kolllna. from Ban Francisco, via Callao, Montevideo, etc. At the l.liard Faeaed iladenia, from Baltimore, for iiarobura. At Ktnsule lituu Passed Taurlc, from New York, for Liverpool. At Naples Sailed Truve, from Genoa, for New York, via Gibraltar. At Brisbane Arrived Mlowera, from Vancouver, for Bydney. , .At Lt'nion Arrived Memnon, from Mont real, via tiydriey, C. It Columbian, from Hoston. Hailed Cambrian, for Boston; Minneapolis, fur New York. At IJverpool Balled Cevlc, for New -ora; t tuiaaeiptua, lur xssw xorxu la the case they do not consider that arbi tration at 'hla ataa would b acceptable to Great Britain. LONDON, Dec. IS. The crista 1. regarded less serious here thla morning. Lord Lansdowne's apeeh ia held to show that the situation la in no way alarming and, al though the opinion la expressed that Presi dent Castro's application tor arbitration haa come too late, thla atep la welcomed as a ' proof of his anxiety to withdraw from his belligerent position. The morning papers express various views as to the arbitration proposals, but there is a general agreement that if, by a guar antee made by the United States or .taer mean., Venezuela would be bound to earry out aa award, no reason .xlata why Oreat Britain ahould refuse to consent, It Is to
