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CHARGES. BAD FAITH
Lord George Hamilton Reflect Upon the
Action! of the British Premier.
TREATS ASSOCIATES IN UNFAIR MANNER
Dike of Deronshire Alone Informed of
Eeeiption of Chamberlain.
OBJECTS TO THE WAY HE WAS OUSTED
SUxben of Cabinet Were Hot Allowed to
Resign in Body.
CABINET CONSIDERED TAXING Of FOOD
Frmr Becretnry of (Hate for India
Would Accept Preferential Tariffs,
bat Was Kot til rem Opfoi
taaltr to Do So.
LONDON, Oct 23. In an nddresa to hla
constituent at Ealing Lord George Hamll
ton, lata secretary of etate for India, haa
given for the flrtt time his version of tha
recent cabinet resignations,
It raid that at tha cabinet meeting on
the Inst day of tha parliamentary session
Premier Balfour produced a program which
Included preferential tariffs and tha tana
tlon of food. Tha cabinet adjourned that
day without reaching a decision In tha mat.
ter. It met again on Beptember 14 and con'
tlnued the aame discussion.
' After this meeting Lord Balfour, then sec.
rteary for Scotland; Mr. Rite hay, then
chancellor of the exchequer, and he agreed
to place their resignations In tha hands of
the duke of Devonshire, then lord of tha
oouncll, who would present them with hla
own. It was not until Beptember 16 that
Lord Oeorge Hamilton learned of Colonial
X w Secretary Chamberlaln'a resignation and
hla office.
Members Not Treated fairly.
Ha declared that Premier Balfour had
treated tha members of tha cabinet, other
than tha duke of Devonshire, unfairly In
communicating to tha duke the news ha
Withheld from tha remainder of the mem
bers. He aald also that be vould have
been willing to resign at any time on tha
(lightest suggestion from Mr. Balfour, but
he resented tha method In which free trade
members had been ousted from the cabinet.
With regard to the general fiscal policy
Lord George Hamilton declared himself a
free trader with limitations. Ha aald alao
that ho believed thoroughly In retaliation
which would give tha country better chance
for negotiation of reciprocity treaties.
Protection Pure and Simple.
The other members of the cabinet would
' havo resigned on such a proposition, but
that had not been the queallon presented
to them. The speaker alao expressed tha
conviction that the present propaganda waa
protection pure, and Blmple.
The fiscal campaign continues with un
abated vigor. Among tha speakers last
tight were Bir Henry Campbell-Bennerroan
and Sir Edward Gray, both of whom said
. that protection would result In an increase
'. In prices and great hardship to the working
lasses,
free Food League Meets.
At a meeting at ' Westminster tonight
of the Parliamentary ynlon .Free Food
league the duke of Devonahlro waa -unanimously
elected president of the league and
Lord Goschen, chancellor of the exchequer
In the aecond administration of Lord Salis
bury, Sir Miohael Hicks-Beech, who oc
cupied the aame office from 1KW to 1902, and
C. T. Ritchie, who resigned aa chancellor
of the exchequer thla fall, . were elected
vice presidents. Among those preeent waa
tha duke of Manchester.
The meeting approved tha Issue of a
manifesto setting forth tha vlewa of tha
league. Briefly, thla manifesto expresses
the willingness of tha league to consider
In a friendly and loyal Spirit any definite
plan the premier may aubmlt to Parlia
ment. It criticises adversely and at con
siderable length, however, Joseph Cham
berlaln'a proposals and declares they
would Impoae all tha disadvantages of
an Imperial aollvereln with none of Its
gains, and tend to promote tha dlatnte-
gratlon rather than tha union of tha ern
e's jjplre, while leading Inevitably to a policy
.3 of protection.
William Cavendish, heir to tha dukedom
of Devonshire, who waa appointed flnan-
clal aecretary to the treaaury a fortnight
ago. apoke at Derby tonight and made
soma Interesting revelatlona. He aald he
aiso nan written a letter resigning nia
post of treasurer of King Edward'a house
hold, but "he did not mall It."
He explained that he did not like tha
Idea of retaliation, but now he believed
It waa necesaary to "defend British trade."
Mr Cavendish la credited with being a free
trader, and hla consenting to remain In
the government created comment at the
time of the crtMa.
He dared Majority for Minister.
Colonial Secretary Lytleton, liberal un
ionist, haa been re-elected member of tha
House of Commons flora Warwick and
Leamington with a greatly reduced major
ity. - He received votes, while Mr.
Berridge, the liberal candidate, received t,
W. the majority being 130. At tha last
election In thla district Mr. Lytleton se
cured a majority of 83L
The reduced majority of Mr. Lytleton
In Warwick and Leamington, occurring
as It did In Mr. Chamberlain's own district.
Is taken by the unionist presa this morning
aa an Indication that tha food tax argu
ment of the free traders will figure heavily
lu the general election, whenever tha gov
ernment goes to the country.
MORE MINESJTO BE CLOSED
Owaere of Zlae Mines Consummate
Plan to Suspend Production
Pending Higher Prices.
ualkna, Kan., oct. a Tha mill and
mine owners and operators of tha Galun.
J op llu district consummated plan today
lor a total shutdown of the mines and mills
to force the price of ore above the prices
now offered by the smelting combine. Ex.
tensive operators hero consider this to be
the moet practical and effective' way of
railing the price of ore and holding the
price on a par with the price of pig lead.
SAN ANTONIO IS ISOLATED
Coveraor ttaarautlues All Parts
of
from City.
AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. 23-Oovernar Lnn
ham today quarantined all Texas against
San Antonio on. account of the yellow fever
I n"r- Th or,i'p u mandatory upon all
, jt railroads to oierate no trains tu or out
. ! of Hun Antonio from uoon today nor handle
, any freight or passenger business from that
git la an at-ae vhaiaoevett.
MIXED COURT TO HEAR CASES
Newspaper Writers at Shanghai Aro
Sustained by tbo Foreign
Mlalsters.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 23 -The diplomatic
corps at Peking haa unanimously decided
that tha Supao prisoners must be promptly
tried by the mixed court here.
The Supao la a Chinese Journal published
at Shanghai, a treaty port, by a number of
young "literati." They printed some ar-
tlniea strongly denouncing the Manchu
rulers of China aa tha hereditary enemies
of the nation.
The matter attracted the attention of the
Chinese authorities and the consular body
at Shanghai waa appointed by the taotal
of that city with a view to the apprehen
sion pf the offending reformers.
It waa then agreed between the taotal
and the consuls that the Journalist should
be put under arrest and tried by the mixed
court and if found guilty they should
undergo punishment in the foreign Battle
ment. The arrest of the reformers, which fol
low3d, waa made under this express un
derstanding, but while the case waa pend
ing before the mixed court the imperial
government at Peking virtually disavowed
the Shanghai taotal compact with the con
suls and demanded the, surrender of the
prisoners. The question waa thus trans
ferred from the Shanghai consuls to the
foreign ministers at Peking.
WOULD KEEPMONEY AT HOME
Minister of Militia of Canada Makes
Significant Speech at a
Banquet.
MONTREAL, Queliec, Oct. . At a
banquet tendered In his honor by tha mili
tary men of Montreal, Sir Frederick Bor
den, minister of militia, made the following
statement regarding Canada'a contributing
to tha defense of the empire:
We owe a duty to Great Britain and wa
have discharged that duty in the past hy
being prepared fo take care of our own
territory. .
I insist upon this, and I have no hesi
tancy In saying It. that If the people of
this country should see lit to expend money
for military purposes or for purposes of de
fense, tbey shall have control of that
money themselves and shall not hand the
money over to anybody, whether It be the
London War office or the first lord of the
admiralty, to spend for them.
That Is the principle which I lay down aa
a Canadian and I believe It a sound prin
ciple. If we are able to defend our own
country we will contribute better than In
any other way to the safety, maintenance
and Integrity of the empire.
Under the preeent system Canadian mili
tary forcea are under command of British
era. Tha statement la regarded aa moat
significant In view of tha Alaskan boun
dary decision. ,
OLD FLAG SHIP . DAMAGED
Victory Oaeo Commanded by Nelson,
la Almost Sank la Porta
month Harbor.
PORTSMOUTH. Eng., Oct. 23. Nelson's
old flagship. Victory, waa nearly Bunk In
j Portsmouth harbor today by the battleship
Neptune. The psuiesnip nero ana some
other craft were also damaged.
Neptune, a noneffective vessel of l,Jl
tons displacement, built In 1871 which waa
being towed into Portsmouth preparatory
to being taken to the Thamea to be broken
up, broke adrift and ran amuck After
desperate efforts Neptune waa secured by
Hero, but not before .the former had
knocked a alx-foot hole In Victory's port
quarter. ,
Vlctory'a lower decka were quickly
flooded and It commenced to settle down,
its orew standing at quarters, but the
speedy arrival of tugs enabled the old flag
ship to keep afloat until It waa docked.
MURDER PL0J DISCOVERED
Rasslaa Government Sends Six Bat
tallona to Protect Consul
at Iskab.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 23. In con
sequence of the discovery of a military plot
to kill M. Belaleff, the Russian consul at
Uskub, the government has rushed six
battalions of troops thither from Kopdulu
and Perlepe.
Ootlans to Have Hearing".
LONDON, Oct 23. Tha two Crotlana.
giving the namea of Taparae and Kabear,
who were arrested 'on board the steamer
Philadelphia on lta arrival at Southampton
October 21. from New York, on the charge
j of murierlnK g. T. Ferguson, a railroad
j contractor, at West Mlddletown. Pa., were
br0UKht Cp In. Bow atreet police court to-
day. They denied having committed the
murder and were remanded for further
hearing,
. Will Invite Kins to Visit Fair.
ROME, Oct. 23. The Italian minister to
Abyssinia, Major Clclcco Di Colo, haa been
Instructed to assist United States Consul
Skinner of Marseilles, France, In carrying
out the latter'a mission to King Menellk,
one of tha objects of which la to Invite tha
king to visit the Bt. Louis exposition and
to provide for an Abyssinian exhibit.
Russia Needs More Steamers.
LONDON, Oct. 21. Advices from Tien
Tsln say It la learned there that Russia Is
negotiating with a steamship company at
Shanghai to charter steamers belonging to
tha company to run between Shanghai and
Port Arthur, tha government representing
that the volunteer fleet la not sufficient to
carry on tha traffic.
Americans to Leave for Home.
LONDON, Oct . The American line
steamer Philadelphia, which la to sail from
Southampton and Cherbourg tomorrow for
New York, will have among Its passengers
Mr. and Mra. John W, Foster, Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Dickinson and Mr. and Mra.
HaniUa Taylor.
Durand May Be Named.
LONDON, Oct ' 23. The Exchange Tele
graph company says Sir Henry Mortimer
Durand, the British Ambassador at Mad
rid, will probably succeed the lata Sir
Michael Herbert aa ambassador of Great
Britain to tha United States.
Flvo Kllle4 In Explosion.
VALLETTA. Island of Malta. Oct 23
A fire works explosion at a workmen's club
in the village of Belsan has resulted in a
woman and four men bring killed and the
Injury of fourteen persons.
Steamer Loaded with Gold.
PLYMOUTH. Eng.. Oct J3.-The sum of
SS.uOO.Oti) In gold was landed here today
from Bombay. This Is the largest ship
ment ever urougnc to ruigiana on one
steamer.
Eleetrlo Car attains High Speed.
BERLIN, Oct. 73. An electric car today
In the high speed experiments on the Mar-iennelde-rkiaoseQ
line attained the speed of
JUMI- mUea er hour, (
SCHWAB IS IN TUE FICflT
Granted Lear to Intervene u Complainant
in 8hip Building Case.
TAKES COURSE TO PROTECT HIMSELF
By This Action He May Show Hla Posi
tion While Other Coinplolnaate
May Appear as Defendants
i Hereafter,
NEW YORK, Oct' 23. Through an order
granted late today Charlea M. Bchwab wil
granted leave to intervene aa a complain
ant In the action recently commenced in the
fedpral courts by the New York Security
and Trust company against tha United
States Shipbuilding company and James
Smith, Jr., aa receiver. The defendanla at
the aame time were allowed to file an
amended answer and crosa-blll, and Roland
B. Conklln, Max Nathan, Jacon W. Mack
and James D. McOutre, aa creditors and
stockholders, were given leave to Intervene
aa defendants.
Lawyer De Fere, representing Mr.
Schwab, explained to Judge Lacomba that
the Ifisues of the action were auch that Mr.
Schwab should properly be a complainant,
the answer of the defendants containing
allegations of such a character that Mr.
Bchwab should In all fairness be given the
opportunity to come In and ahow hia posi
tion. After hearing the arguments of counsel
Judge La com be granted the order for Mr.
Bchwab to Intervene aa a co-complalnant
without prejudice to the proceedlnga al
ready had and that the title to the bill of
complaint and other papers should be
deemed amended as fully to all Intents and
purposes an If Mr. Schwab had been a party
complainant at the time of the filing of the
bill. It also gives Mr. Bchwab an oppor
tunity to litigate all the lasuea of the case.
The order also stayed all further proceed
lnga until the expiration of the time for the
filing for the answer and cross-bill.
The four shareholders of the shipbuilding
company granted leave to Intervene as de
fendants were also allowed to serve an an
swer to the bill or complainant within
thirty daya from the entry of the order,
also without prejudice to all prevloua pro
ceedlnga.
Outlines the Defense.
Tha nature of the defense which Charlea
M. Bchwab will make to the charges that
have been made against him In connection
with the financial affairs of the wrecked
United State Shipbuilding company waa
aharply outlined during the latter part of
the hearing before Examiner Ollphant late
today.
Lewla Nixon waa still on tha stand, and
under cross-examination by W. D. Guthrie,
counsel for Mr. Schwab, there waa an ef
fort to show that the corporation would
not have succeeded If the 12,000,000 prom'
lsed under the Sheldon plan of reorganisa
tion had been made available and that It
could not have continued lta existence even
if It bad received tha much Bought for
$900,000, which. It la alleged, waa wrongfully
withheld by the Bethlehem company. Mr,
Guthrie showed by Mr. Nixon that tha
$900,000 would have been absorbed without
relieving the company of all of the flnan
,Ual embarrassment which It tffered and
waa asked If It would havo been honest
to the other creditors if the Interest charges
on account of bonds had been paid July
1, tha date of the crista in tha affaire of
the concern.
The examination of Mr. Nixon waa not
concluded and will be resumed at the next
hearing, which la aet for a week from Mon
day,
Nixon, Still oat Stand.
The cross-examination of Lewis Nixon
waa continued when the inquiry
aa to the affairs of tha United
States Shipbuilding company was resumed
today. Charlea M. Schwab and Attorney
Para were in attendance. The witness was
again questioned as to the representations
made in the earlier ahlpbulldlng combina
tlon prospectus and the correctneaa of the
-atatement that Edwin Hawley, E. H. Har-
rlman, James Stlllman and other financiers
were to serve aa directors. Mr. Nixon
aald ho understood tha statements were
correct
The underwriting agreement which
Charlea M. Bchwab signed was produced
by the representatives of the Trust Com
pany of the Republlo at the request of
Attorney Guthrie, Identified by Mr. Nixon
and offered In evidence.
The underwriting agreement signed by
Roland R. Conklln, complainant, waa also
turned up by Mr. Guthrie, but Mr. Nixon
did not know Conklln'a handwriting, and
the document waa simply marked for lden
t! flea tlon. The underwriting agreements of
Max Nathan, Jamea D. Magulre and Jacob
W. Mack, also complainants, were pro
duced, but Mr. Nixon did not know tha
individuate or their signatures. The agree
ments were marked for Identification.
Mr. Nixon testified that vendors became
underwriters to the extent of several hun
dred thousand dollars. He, Henry T. Bcott
and Mr. Hyde, all vendors, became under
writers. The witness Identified the agree
ments signed by himself and Mr. Bcott
and they were offered In evidence. It 1
understood that tha purpose of thla evt
dance Is to ahow that the complainants
are holders of bat a amall amount of the
bonda
Solves Mystery of Check.
Tha mystery surrounding the purpose and
destination of the check for $250,000 wlUch
haa figured In tha investigation In the af
fairs of the United States' Shipbuilding com
pany waa partially explained today by
former officer of the Trust Company of the
Republic.
He aald that the check was drawn
to
cover a payment on one of tha ahipyard
properties and that after It bad been made
out it was found necessary to cut the sum
into a coupie ox smaller checks. It waa
one of a aeries of numbered checka and
rather than destroy It It waa put through
the bank by the trust company Itself.
Tha money called for by the check waa
not withdrawn from the bank. What aub
aequently became of any money that re
mained after the planta were paid for has
not been shown at any point In the In
quiry, but It la asserted that thla particu
lar check waa not cashed and la, there
fore, of no Importance to the inquiry.
SHOOTS ESCAPING PRISONER
California Gaards Kill Man Who Tries
to Leave Folaoas Peal,
tentlnry.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Oct. tS.-A message
to the Sacramento Bee from tha Folnom
state prison aaya that E. Mannuel, a second
termer, waa ahot by the guards and killed
while attempting to escape.
Mannuel waa discovered yesterday with
opium In hla possession and waa placed in
the dungeon. He was removed this morning
by tha officers to point out the locality
where other opium waa stored. H aoads
a dash fur liberty and. wag "hot.
MILWAUKEE MAY REACH COAST
Walt street Haa the Ramor and
Figures Oat a Reason for
the Move.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2J.-(8peclal Telegram.)
-Once more It Is asserted that the St. Paul
road la to build to the coast. The report
probably will be denied as promptly and aa
emphatically this time aa It haa been many
tlmea In the past. The authority for the
present rumor la a man who says he has
knowledge of certain land d " nit
through In tha last two or thrr . hs
which to him are a positive Ind) i'.hat
the St. Paul management har f d to
xtend Ha system to a norther V c''n the
Pacific coast
In connection with thla ' .t Is at
least Interesting to note V
railroad situation present
i?2j western
not easy of solution. T rlman and
Gould interests are not to all ap
pearances, while the R ""er and Gould
Interests are working I... ,lete harmony.
Only a short time ago Mr. iiarrlman joined
tha Hill-Morgan party by entering the Erie
directorate and this move followed a report
for which there seems to be good ground
that Mr. Harrlman had fallen out with tho
Kuhn-Loeb Interest. Mr. Harrlman and the
Rock Island Interests are on the bent of
terms, and acting together, have' been
heavy purchasers of Atchison. By many
it la believed tbey are already In control of
the Atchison property. Controlling tho
Northern Securities, the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific and the Atchison, the Har-
rlman-Morgan-Rock Island Interest controls
every route to the Paclflo coast The Bt.
Paul and the Northwestern and tha Gould
system are cut off, their farthest western
line being the Denver & Rio Grande of tho
Gould group, which ends at Ogden.
ROADS APPEAL TO STICKNEY
Action of Grent Western Threntens to
Disrupt Trunk Line Com-'
mlttee.
CHICAGO, Oct 23.-(8peclal Tejegram.)
President G. B. Harris of the Burlington
frallroad la on hla way to St Paul to con
fer with A.' B. Stickney, president of the
Chicago Great Western, with a view to
trying to Induce the latter to modify the
proportional rates on grain which the Great
Western proposea to put through Omaha.
The conference at Bt Paul is the result of
a meeting of elective officials of the lines
interested, in the office of J. C. Btubbs
yesterday.
The fact developed that unless the Great
Western ratea are modified ao aa not to
lower other ratea serious trouble will prob
ably arise. The Northwestern has threat
ened. In. the event of the rates going in
aa announced, to withdraw from the West
ern Trunk Line committee so far aa grain
traffic is concerned and also to reduce
grain, ratea throughout tha state of Iowa.
A atrenuous effort is being made to effect
a compromise and avoid radical action on
this part of the lines affected.
ONE MILLION FOR CHARITY
Massachusetts Woman Leaves Large
Estate to Go to Various
Institutions. .
SALEM. Mass., Oct. 23. A aura approxi
mating $1,000,000 ultimately la to reach a
number of public and charitable tnstitu-
tlona In various parts of the country un
der the terms of the will of Miss Mary P.
Ropes, of Salem, who died here recently.
The document was made public today
and provides that the Income from all her
property, amounting to about $1,000,000,
shall go to her sister, Eliza O. Ropea.
during her lifetime. After the atater'e
death the property is to be divided among
public Institutions and charities In Salem
and other Massachusetts cities, in Ohio,
Washington, D. C, and other places.
Harvard university Is given a block of
railroad stock to found the Nathaniel
Ropes chair of political economy In honor
of Miss Ropes' father, also stock and bonda
to found the Nathaniel Ropea, Jr., scholar
ship. Tuskegee Institute, Carlisle Indian achool
and Berea college, Berea, Ky., are to re
ceive amall amounta. The Institutions re
membered in Ohio and at Washington,
D. C, are mainly Bwedenborgian organ
Uatlona. GENERAL IGNORED ORDERS
Suck Testimony la Brought Out
Trial of Colorado Militia
Officer.
at
DENVER, Oct 23. At the court-martial
trial of Brigadier General John Cbaae of
the National Guard of Colorado on the
charge of perjury Colonel Edward Ver
decksburg today testified to the receipt of
an executive order from Adjutant General
Bell for the release of W. 8. Davis from
the military prison and of another order
from General Chase ordering the prisoner
to be held, which was accompanied by the
remark that too many "manufactured
executive orders" had already been re
ceived. Two other officers corroborated
Colonel Verdeckaburg'a testimony.
WOULD BANISH FIRE WORKS
Mississippi Valley Medical Society
' slve Hilarity.
LOUISVILLE, Oct 23.-Dr. Henry E.
Tulex, aecretary of the Mississippi Valley
Medical association, today made public a
aet of reaolutiona taking a atrong stand
against the sale of toy pistols, favoring
the enactment of national laws against tha
manufacture of fireworks and the open
treatment of all wounds, however Insig
nificant, which were adopted at the con
vention of the organisation held recently
in Memphia.
DEATH RECORD.
Mra. Alexander Hodge.
STELLA, Neb.. Oct 23 (Special ) Mrs.
Alexander Hodge died at the residence of
her daughter, Mra. Norman Smllle, In this
city yesterday. She waa 76 years of age
and the mother of fourteen children, aeven
of whom are now living. Mra. Hodge
with her husband, who is now deceased.
came here thirty years ago and settled
on the Hodge farm two mllea north of
town. Nineteen ears ago she had a atroke
of paralysis and baa not been atrong
since. About six weeks ago she had an
other attack and bad been gradually fall
ing since. She was burled In the Prairie
Union cemetery, having been a member of
the Baptist church for the past twenty-
nine rears. . '
Charles T. Saxtoa.
ROCHESTER, N. T.. Oct 21-Former
Lieutenant Governor Charles T. Baxton of
Clyde, died la Us Roches tar city hospital
todajr.
STOPPING WORK IN MINES
Partj to Montana Lawsuit Baji Bteok Job-
b sg is Responsible.
DENIAL MOVE IS BY OFFICER OF CONCERN
Saapensloa of Business by Copper
Compaay Felt la Kvery Part of
State and Many Lines of
Industry,
BUTTE, Mont, Oct 23. By the general
shutdown by the Amalgamated Copper
company properties last night from lJ,0-fl
to Jn.OW men are directly thrown out of
employment and others will be indirectly
affected within a week, ao that the grand
total will reach 2o,uui men. The Great
Northern will . lay oft a large portion of
the freight orews heretofore hauling ore
from Ilutia to the Boston at Montana
smelter at Great Falls. The Butte, Ana
conda & Pacltic railway will lay off freignt
crews between Butte and Anaconda. In
addition to theae numerous other enter
prises, largo and small, which relied upon
the Amalgamated aa their chief customer,
will be obliged to curtail business. In
Montana alone approximately $1,000,000 a
week la cut off the payrolls.
Butte streets are filled today with the
7,000 miners thrown out of work last night
Boarding house keepers, store keepers and
others whom the miners owe besieged the
Justice courts seeking garnishment orders.
The constables cannot serve the papere faat
enough and tho justice clerks are working
overtime filling them out So far there has
been no violence.
Rutte Is Hard Hit.
i
The actual number directly out of em
ployment In Butte Is e,50O. Theae Include
the men In the Boston & Montana, the
Syndicate group, the Butte ft Boston mines,
the Parrot group, the Colorado mines, the
Colorado smelter, the Washoe group, the
Butte & Boston smeitera and the Anaconda
mines.
At Anaconda the Amalgamated employes
at the lime kilns, at the silica quarries, at
the brickyards and at the foundry are
thrown out The company operates ax
tensive coal mines at Diamondvllle, Wyo.
While theae will not be entirely shut down
because they supply coal to the trade aa
well as to the company, the output w.U
be limited materially. In the vicinity of
Great ' Falls more than 1,500 men will be
affected. Of this number l.SuO are em
ployed In the smelters of the Boston &
Montana company, a constituent company; j
o"ju are ai ecu, wnere ine coai mines ui
the Anaconda Copper Mining company are;
between 200 and 300 are railroad men who
handle the ore traffic between here and
Butte and elsewhere, and about 200 others
employed In the atone quarries, lumber
camps and In miscellaneous capacities. The
Boston Sc. Montana amelter haa tha Urgent
Industrial plant In thla vicinity.
Helnse Makes Statement.
-A. Augustus Helnse, of the Montana Ore
Purchasing company, today published a
Statement giving hla aide of tha shut down.
He said It waa a move on tha part of the
Wall atreet speculators, among them H.
H. Rogers, prealdent of the Amalgamated
Copper company, to control stock manipu
lation and was not directly caused by the
injunction Issued yesterday by Judge
Clancey. He alao said that Judge Clanoey'a
decision yeaterday waa In Una with tha
Northern Securities decision.
President William Scallon, of the Ana
conda Copper company, thla afternoon
made a atatement In answer to Mr. Heinle,
He saya: "To lawyers who happen to be
acquainted with the Northern Becuritlea
case to which Mr. Helnse refers, his as
sertion that the provision of Judge Clan
cey'a decision are- very nearly Identical
with the order Issued by the circuit court
of appeala in the merger caae, indicates
either gross Ignorance on Mr. Helnzes
part or a desire to prevert the facts. In
tha Knrthern Becuritlea case tha order
J ,,irlM,ted tha re-transfer of tha stock to
Its original owmra and recognised the
property rlghta of tha Northern Securities.
Judge Clancey'a decision,' on the contrary,
declares that tha adverse party haa no
rlghta whatever, prohibits another trans
fer and almply proposea to wipe out the
rlghta." Continuing, Mr. Scallon aald that
there waa no truth in the atatement that
Mr. Rogers, president of the Amalgamated
company ordered the ahut down to affect
the atock market
COPPER IS WEAK IN BOSTON
Montana Decision Affeeta Price of
Amalgamated and Copper
Range.
BOSTON, Oct. 21 The Interest of brokers
and their clients today centered in copper
shares. In view of the shutdown of Amalga.
mated properties, ordered yesterday after
the decision against the company by the
courts.
Amalgamated opened on the Stock ex
change at 34. a loea of 2 from yesterday's
closing price. There were frequent sales,
the price touching Iti. and the atock waa
feverish apd irregular In the early transac
tions. Though 4,000 shares were sold dur
ing the first half hour, tha opening price
waa the lowest
Copper Range opened at 421.4. a decline of
14. Later the atock fell to 42, then it went
up to 434. Outside of these two specialties
trading waa lifeless.
REAL PRINCE IS COMING
Son of Ono of tho Kings at Africa
to Attend School 1st
Kansas.
m
WIN FIELD. Kan., Oct 33 A real, live
African prince la to attend achool In thla
city for tha next two years. B. R. O'Con
nor of this city haa a son living In Lis Lui,
Basotuland. Rhodesia. King Lewanlca of
that province haa two sons attending school
In England, one In Australia, and desires
one to come to America to learn tha ways
of thla country.
Negotiations have been conducted through
Mr. O'Connor. It took letters two months
to reach Winfleld. The young prince will
board with a respectable colored family In
Winfleld.
WELCOME CUSJ0MS APPRAISER
Spnnlsh aad Porto Rieaa Merchants
Aro Gia4l to See Mr,
Whitehead.
SAN JUAN, P. R-, Oct 23. The Spanish
and Porto Rlcan mercbsnta of Ban Juan
have united In welcoming Customs Ap
praiser Whitehead of New York, who ar
rived hero today and will tender blra a
banquet
The Investigation of customs affairs by
Mr. Whitehead baa begun already.. It ia
believed in soma quarters that all tha re-
oent indictments In tha smuggling cases
vou will bo quashed.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast fnr Nbrak Fair Saturday and
Sunday; Warmer Saturday.
Page.
1 ( barges Balfour with Bad Faith.
Khars Practice In ship Building.
Mines at finite Are hat l".
Roberta Talks to the Hankers.
a Immlarntlon Is on the Increase.
Barrett Is Barred from Practice.
S News from Nebraska Towns.
4 Uet Taste of Actual Campaigning.
Dowlo nnd Hosts Leave ew York.
K Field Ttlcht for the Republlenns.
9 Council niasTa nnd Inwa News.
T Wind Prevents Breaking of Kerord
Commercial Hevlew of the Week.
T Harvard Haa Hood Chance at Unit
Affairs at Booth Omaha.
Things for Voters to Think Over,
ft Nixon Telia of Peenlinr Denis.
14 Stickney alnshes Urnln Bates.
t tt Hers tiood ( liance for Omaha.
13 Wright Says Old Law Is Obsolete.
Arrests an Flection Officer.
14 Editorial.
Ill Side lights on Romance.
16 Henry Watterson on Society.
Russia la Rulldlns Forts.
IT Story, "A Message from Henry.
1 Financial and Commercial.
Temperature nt Omaha Yesterdayi
lloor. near. Hour. Dear.
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O a. m ...... ttr 2 p. m (Ul
T a. m. a p. m ..... . no
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11) x, a 4T p. m...... KS
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p. aa 48
GAME G0ESJT0 IOWA CITY
Nebraska-Iowa Foot Ball Contest Will
Not Come to Omaha Thla
Year.
Announcement waa made yeaterday
that the negotiations between represent
atives of the Nebraska and Iowa university
foot ball elevens, looking to the contest
being held In Omaha, had failed and that
the game would be played In Iowa City.
The Nebraska-Iowa foot ball game la con
ducted under a two years' contract which
provides that the 191X1 game shall be played
In Iowa City and the 1U04 game in Lincoln.
Acting on the supposition that the game
would be held at Iowa City, the Iowa City
management went ahead and sold a large
number of season tickets for Its "t-home"
games. Were the game with Nebraska to
be contested somewhere else than Iowa
City, the foot ball management at that
place would be compelled to return the
money which the patrona and friends of
the team have advanced for the season
admission book.
A handsome cash offer waa made the
Iowa City authorities and they were dis
posed to accept It, but had their hands
tied so - that they could not extricate
themselves. Nebraska accepted the offer
which waa made by local parties. Including
H. A. Tukey and others, but Iowa did not
aee lta way clear to do ao. It waa stated
that local parties had made the Iowa and
Nebraska managementa a guaranteed offer
of P.OnO for the game, hut this could not
be verified. When Mr. Spangler waa In the
city ha negotiated with other parties than
the onea who are understood to have made
the $3,000 offer. But the fact that auch a
large aum had been offered militated
against the local parties who took the mat
ter up while Mr. Spangler waa In the city,
as he, thought that If any person could
make auch an offer It ahould be duplicated
by othera.
While the 1903 game will not be played In
Omaha assurances have been given that
the 1904 game will be pulled off In this
city. The Nebraska authorities have the
say about thla matter for next year and It
la understood that the proposition pro
viding for the contest in Omaha la ac
ceptable to them.
M'KOWN IN JAIL IN IOWA
Man Who Married Widows and
la Trouble Arrested In
Marshalltowm.
Got
It la possible that a case of long standing
in police clrclea may be revived. Deputy
Warden T. P. Howell of the Iowa atate
prison at Fort Madison writes Acting Chief
Mostyn that C. Wealey McKown, whose
specialty waa marrying wldowa with no
other motive than to rob them and skip out,
had lately been caught at hla old trick and
ia languishing In jail at Marnhalltown, la.
McKown'a debut among the exclusive
widow society of Omaha datea back about
eighteen months. He flourished for weeks
and made love regardless. Finally he met
and captivated a Mrs. Alice J. Coffey of
840 South Twenty-second atreet They were
married on the spur of the moment and it
was reported McKown appropriated the
woman's diamonds and gold watch and
fled. The value of the Jewelry stolen was
placed at $200 by Mra. Coffey-McKown when
she told the police of the disappearance of
;her unfaithful spouse.
since tne marriage eignteen months ago
the police caused tha arrest of a man sup
posed to be McKown at Kansas City. It
developed to be a wrong tip and nothing
haa been beard of either McKown or the
woman since. The news from Fort Madi
son promises to reinstate In tha public eye
tha story of the wooing, the wedding and
tha aubaequent diamond theft and flight of
the husband. The police will bring Mc
Kown back to stand trial If they can secure
his release from the Jail at Marshalltown.
TODD IS GIVEN MORE TIME
lasaraaco Man Charged with Em.
' besslement Appears In Coart
and Cots Case Postponed.
After an extended preliminary skirmish
before Judge Baxter the case of the State
of Nebraska against Andrew V. Todd, who
la chraged with embexzlemerit waa de
ferred until Monday.
It la alleged In this case that Vodd, while
acting as tha representative of tie Paclflo
Mutual Life Insurance. company, failed to
turn In various sums of money which right
fully belonged to the company. One of
these auma aggregated $JS0. On this charge
alone be waa brought up for trial on the
charge of embesxlement When hla case
waa called before Judge Baxter Thursday
morning Todd did not respond. He had
been released on ball, and hla bondsmen
asked tor twenty-four hours in which to
"see about the matter." Todd appeared
In court thla morning, through hla attor
neys, and secured a postponement of the
caae until Monday.
Lost tn Labrador Wilderness.
NEW TORK. Oct. 23. Leontdas Hubbard,
jr., whom traders returning from St. Johns.
N. P.. from Labrador rroort as lost in tha
Labrador wildernees. Is tha asaistaut editor
of Outiug. He left New York last July to
explore tho heart of Labrador. No nblte
man haa ever penetrated, aa far aa he lu
touded to go
Tressnrer of United States Tells of Effect
of Inflow of Gold.
PRODUCTION CF METAL MAKES PROBLEM
Asks What it Effect of Plethora of Money
on Wages,
AMERICAN STOCK IS NOW THE LARGEST
United States Has Mors Hold Than Any
Other Nation.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE MAKES REPORT
Last Day of Convention of tho Amer
ican Beakers Assorlatloa Con
cludes with Flection of
Officers,
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. .-Th. closing
day of the American Bankers' association
convention commenced with prayer by Rev.
Bradford Leavltt, after which the call of
states was resumed and ' statements of
natural advantages and financial and agri
cultural prosperity were recited by the
delegates from their respective sections.
J. B. Flnley, president of the Fifth Na
tional hank of Pittsburg, read a paper on
"The Education of Bank Clerks."
Treasurer Roberts Talka.
He was followed by Hon. Ellis H. Roberts,
treasurer of the United States, who de
livered an address on "The Effects of the
Inflow of Gold." Mr. Rotmrtn said:
Tho discovery of gold In California lifted
the production of the yellow metaj In the
I nlled States from $!9,0u0 in 1S47 to $0,
IHJO.OOO in 1K&2, and from 1KO to lWu, pro
duced an average of ITo.OOO.uuo a year. The
event marks an epoch. In twenty-one of
each of the years since, our mines have'
turned out less than $40.000,0n0. while In
l'MH they cave IV1.0KI 0.0. rnt r m.
tlon pregnant problems arise which call
for thought What place Is more fitting
for their Htudy than Just here where we
stand, where we forgather with the home'
shepherds of the golden fleece? The Amer
ican Bankers' association. representing
over $14,wo,0rtu.000 of resources, and all the
activity of the nation's thrift and enter
prise, meets on the Pacific slope. We have
from many points crossed the broad conti
nent to look upon the waters of the new
Mediterranean, the ocean of peace. TTpoit
It the scenes are sot for the grand drama
of the future. The sea which was dom
inated In turn by the Phoenicians, the
Greeks and the Romans, was of waters
dyed with blood; it is a little Inland lake
compared with the mighty ocean which
connects the Occident with the Orient,
which beats upon America and Asia and
Australasia, and holds In Its lap Islands
upon which nature baa lavished Its moet
precious treasures,
California has learned that there is
wealth more precious than gold, because
it has used Its gold wisely. It clings to
actual coin as currency, and has never
wavered from fidelity to It as a standard.
Under Its sky. In its atmosphere, amid Ito
gardens and Its ranches, we cannot fell
of a true perspective and of a healthful
exaltation In our practical discussion.
In the United States at the beginning of
this month of October, the gold In the
stock of money was $l.277.36J.iol ; tha
amount held by the treasury waa tWMl.U.
and In circulation in coin and cert I flea tea
was $l,01.t48,93. -
Of the world's production In IS"?, amount
ing to rsnooo OG0, tha United Statea fur
nished $XO,000.000.
America Haa Most Gold. ,
Tn gold In stock. In clrculstlon and In
official holdings, our country surpasses
every other nation. The stock of Greet
Britain la 1028,000,000, so that ours Is double.
The Increase In five years here has been
37.021.SX7. In that period Great Britain
has added t90.0O0.0IO; France. $137.700,'f'0;
Germany. $,0W,O0i; Auxtrta-liungary, $55.
30.C00. while Russia lost I10.4un.0lio, and In
several other countries there has been a
reduction. In all of Europe the totil esln
In the same Interval has been $449,4 0(00,
from which Is to lie deducted the falling
off In several nations of $2S,of) ono. and
thus a net Increase la shown of S423.nOO.ftiO.
(8e. table B at cl.xe of address.) At the
present rate our gnin be' re this calendar
year ends. In stock of the yellow metal,
will exceed that of all European countries.
Remember also that their population la
five times that of the United States.
An interesting comparison Is that by per
sons. Our stock of rold Is $15 0 per capita;
that of France Is stated at $24.36; of Ger
many. $1TM; of Austria-Hungary, $i!.01: of
Russia, $5.70; of Swltxerland, 19.0); of Swe
den. $.1.42; of Norway, $3 73. (See table C at
closi of address.)
This plethora of the precious metal In
our country presents three problems Inter
esting and Important. What Is to be the
effect on our currency? What on prices
and wages? What on our world relations?
Pnths may be opened for our Investiga
tion If we look back to the decade follow
ing the discovery of gold In California and
study tho conditions from 10 to 1M0. In
that period our country produced gold of
the coinage value of tf.Sfl.000.0o0, an average
of $Ti60io.iO a vear. With population rang
ing from 2:i.000,00 to Sl.t.OOO. activity
marked all branches of Industry. In the
census vears the value of manufactures
produced ran up from $1.018.10. sie to $1 s5,
M1.67fi an Increase in ten years of $?i'4.?6e
Mi. In the decsde our national wealth aa
creased bv $9.0"3.MS.fo. Imoorts of mer
chandise grew from $173.B09.5? to $363.61,11e.
more than double; from $7.4 tier capita
to 1H. IS: and exports from $144 75.728 to
H3S.B7SW. again more than double, and
from $H 23 to $'0 n per canita. The money
In clrcu'ation Increased from VSft.V ff to
$45 407.2E2. and from $12.02 per capita to
in Ki. Of this, banknotes were. In 1S50,
$131.afi6.B'0 and in 1W.fi r07 102 477. snd sneci
at the two periods, $15l.oro.AftA snd $236,000.-
OuO. Prices of food and clothing advanced.
and up to lHf a general Increase occurred
of 11 per cent, but in the aum of articles
chosen for Index there was a fall of 2$
per cent before 1M0. Pig Iron, a tynlcal
product, went from $20 W in lKjO to $22.7$
In lfc-A In Orest Britain from the decade
1Ma-l7 to lfCs-lnn. there was an advance
In index prices from W to 9.
Where Peril Lies.
Possible peril lies on another side. Our
circulation is undergoing an immense anil
continuous inflation. In nve years tha
money in circulation in this Country has
run up from 11.910.410,.' to Ii,4o4,t.l7,0, an
lncrouan ot $.jU,-i,T7. The strength I
that of this growth ls.SU4.s72 has been In
gold, coin and certificates, an annual ad.
dition in tliat form of nearly $7,uu0,0ukl.
We are to confront a further lncrse in
our circulation, of which gold will con
stitute not far from $u.uO,0u0 a year. Tlutt
precious melai, including the certificate
standing fur it is now 42.27 of the total,
an i lta share advances suadily.
Since October 1, lb'i, thu circulation for
each person in the United Slates has run
up from $24.24 to t-V.'d and the part of
gold in it from $8. 7s to $12.67. While no
where elne are checks and drafts aud like
instruments usrl to the same extent as
with us, no other country has so much
money per capita In clrculaton save France,
which claims $J.22. where checks are much
leai used than here. Great Britain has
110.2$ and Germany $20 4; Canada, $14 la;
Ruaaia has only tti.W. Differing from notes
of national bank, gold is money of final
reeerve ai d i-deiiiptiiii, and the credit built
upon it la nigner ana nroaaer, so tnat the
potential Inflilion may be carried further.
With due allowance then for contrary in
fl nemos, how far and in what direction ia
the east inflow of the yellow metal rain
ing us? The blind may see that in the
Wat nve years business has been expanded
in some directions In in unparalleled de
gree. Credit has naturally been multiplied
at least to four times the amount of casn
adtk-d to our supply. The exploitation vt
gigantic industrial corporations ran on at
a daiigtirous spevd, fortunately to exhauxt
itaelf by Its own excesas. Promotion of
storks and bonds Is not industry; it la spec
ulation, and that finds help and impetus
In Inflation. In that way the inflow of
gold 1ms magnified if not wholly caused
the frenxy and the excesses In industrial
sturilie. Those who have cllnibod loo
high into the realm of credit must come
down, aud here the descent, unlike that lo
Avernus, is not smooth and pleaanr.t. The
promoter who has failed to distribute ills
hUM k and bonds may he punished, and
thoee wiio havo pel led hia shemes may
auffer. Hut a shrinking of inflated securi
ties to their true value Is not a pubtlo
Calamity. ladivkluaia aaay be crippled.
