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aily Bee ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MOKNINO, DECEMHEll 7, 1903. H1NGLE COPY TH1JKE CENTS. The Omaha D RUSSIA IS SUPREME Bold All Pisnss of Importance On or Off Railroidi in Manchuria, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND TROOPS THERE E.timats Bad by American Consul Datid toc, Bow at St Pettrtbnry. NVITE CHINESE TO MEXICO Both Capitalist and laborer to tome and Help Develop the bt SALEXIEFF DENIES CURRENT . RUMOR Eayi that Fort Arthur is Not to Bo Prin o pa! Port WOULD LET JAPANESE RULE IN COREA OP 0anasB Belief firaeral tUni Hassla la Wlllla to Trade Business of Hermit Kingdom for Free Land la Mencharia. 8T. PETERSBURG. Dec. 6-Jam W. Dildson, United Slates consul at Tamaul. Formosa, ! h're on hla way home, after four nicnthj of extenrlve travel In Man churlB. whrrc he vlsftocl cities and towns remote fro:r. the railway. Mr. Davidson de clined t express an opinion with regard to tlie Russo-Japanese dispute, except to repeat the belief generaJV entertained In the far east that Russia would give Japan a free hand in Corea In return for aim Har privileges In Manchuria. Wllh regard to Ktisslnn occupation of Manchuria, Mr. Davidson Maid: "From personal observation I found every plate of Importance on and off the rail road held by Russian troop, tne number of which In Manchuria and at Vladlvostock la estimated at JnO.000." Admiral Alex left. Russian vloeroy In the far east, denied to Mr. Davtdaon the re ,orts that he Intended to foster Port Ar thin- at the expense of Dalny, saying: "All we want of Fort Arthur Is a cheap market for soldiers and sailors. I have great hope for Dalny aa a commercial and shipping center." Mr. Davidson Is cf the belief that Dalny i has a great future although at the present time It Is a dead city. LONDON. Dec. 7. The Dally Mall's cor respondent at Toklo says that, according to a despatch from Peking, the Chinese gov ernment contemplates the raising of an army of 100.000 men to protect the province of Chll 14. In the event of hostilities. The Peking despatch further states that Hoo Wei-Teh. the Chinese minister at St. Pe tersburg, ha telegraphed to Peking that Russia Is disposed to pursue a peaceful policy. Tbo Peking correspondent of the Morning Post says: "It la possible that thetreaty between the United States and China for the opening of Mukden and An Tang will - he ratified Immediately, but I have reason to believe that the benefits, of the treaty to foreign trade will be nullified by Rus sian Influence." MEXICO CITY, Dec. .-Presldcnt Eng Iok Fcmg of the China Commercial Stcnm- hlp company and Lyman Mowry. general ounsel for the company, left tonight for flan -Miclseo. They have arranged tlulr ' 'Ith the government and on their r4 San Francisco will make ar- ratv fllspatch their (steamer to long,' ''fi'',, . i time. They expect that iilnesc " '.will come here to enter .iuslnejwC . -v. Ulions of dollars with them. CapK 'v. ''y earns little and the opportunities A'V luring to the Ch. ', km feasible to mslncss between th.. Iiesldes bringing here Chinese laborers, so much needed In mines and on plantations. There ure already nearly 10,009 Chinese laborers In the states of Yuratan am) Cara- peohe. American planters on the isthmus Of Tehauntepec Will take largo numbers of Chinese, as laborers there are scarce and not satisfactory. lent here are al "Mowry regards large direct . iiry and China, .real numbers of QUESTIONS HAY'S VERACITY V ai Colombian Say statement Regarding; Necessity 'or Reeotallog Pan una Was I nwarraated. BOGOTA, Dec. 6. Secretary Hay's state ment Issued November regarding the action taken by President Roosevelt In recognizing the provisional government of Panama, In which the secretary declared that plain duty dictated that the president should act us he had done in the circum stances, has Just been published here and Is causing general Indignation. The Bo gota newspapers criticise it adversely and declare that It Is lacking In logic and veracity. Government officials commenting on Mr. Hay's statement say that since the sen- te failed to approve the canal treaty no overtures had been made to the govern ment beyond the declaration that the Bo gota government was prepared to begin negotiations for a new canal treaty at the earliest possible moment. Elections for members of the electoral colleges, by whom a new president will be chosen, will take place t.ext Sunday. The isthmian situation Is causing little ex. citement here. D0WIE OFFERS SETTLEMENT IadUak'a'"j;e.'fcat' it 'Will Be" Ac " eepted aa the Receivership ' " Eailtl, ' CHICAGO, Dec. 4.-By a stroke of di plomacy John Alexander Dowle has es tahllahed harmony between Zlon, its re elvers and Its creditors in and out of court. He proposes to settle with his Immediate ci editors, to arrange with others on reasonable time basis and to end the re ceivershlp. After a conference today by the attor neys representing the heaviest creditors and Jacob Newman, attorney for the re eel vers, Dowle showed the lawyers a state ment setting forth Zion'a assets and Ilablil ties. He . declared he valued Zion'a estate at. tl4.000.ooo above all liabilities. He ex hibited large orders for lace and candy. He said neither lace nor candy factory could supply Its orders. He showed an or der for seventy-five carloads of candy from a Cincinnati firm. He showed a draft for fSO.OuO from a wealthy well-r.isher and de clared ha could draw for $200,000 more on one of Zion'a friends In Wisconsin. On this showing he offered to settle all urgent claims In cash and to put Zton on 'a cash basis in all future dealings with the outside world. With his heaviest creditors 'out of the way he said his debts demand ing Immediate payment would not amount to iriore than $150,000. Bamuel Stevenson's Judgment notes for $100,000 are not yet due. Dr. Dowle's presentation of figures and his offers of settlement were satisfactory to the attorneys. His plan will be sub mitted tomorrow to a meeting of receivers, their attorneys and the attorneys for the creditors, and. it la believed, will be ac cepted. In that event receivers and all creditors will Join hands with Dr. Dowle In a plea to Judge Kohisaat to dismiss the pending litigation and permit Dr. Dowle freedom to gather funds and commercial obligations. HUNGARIANS ARE AGREED ladependeaee Party TVIas Fight Against Two Dally flessloas ( Diet. VIENNA. Dec. 6. It Is believed that the struggle against obstruction In the Hun garian Parliament has at last been ter minated. Count Tlssa. the premier, an nounced yesterday that In consideration of the renunciation by the independent party of Its policy of obstruction, the plan to hold two sittings dally would not be car ried Into effect. - Some other conceasions were also made to the opposition. In some quarters It is feared that Count Tfsra: -paid too ''high 'aTprlce for his vic tory; but nevertheless, . there are many expressions of satisfaction that one of the severest crises In Parliament since 1867 has been brought to a close. 'Hope has been expressed that the Ausglelch question, which has slumbered since the storms In Parliament, will noW reach a final settlement. 0LE0N0W MOSTLY TOURED 8ixtj-BTen Million Ponndt Ooninmad in Unittd States Daring Year. ONLY TWO MILLION POUNDS COLORED Difference la Dae to Difference In Tax and Is I rged as Argument that t nlform Tax Woald Pro dare Bis; Revenne. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. . (Special.) Dur ing the discussion on the Grout bill to tax colored oleomargarine at the rate of 10 cents a pound, it was openly announce! by the ndvocatcs of the measure that the object was to drive "oleo" and kindred products substitutes for butter-out of the mur.t altogether. Representative Wads worth of New York, chairman of iho com mittee on agriculture, Insisted that instead of a prohibitive tax It would be far better for congress to place a moderate Impost- say 2 cents per pound upon all oleomar garine, and to compel its sale only in orig inal packages. Mr. Wadeworth's idea was to compel the sale of butter substitutes In exactly the same way as tobacco is sold. That is to say, to make It a crime to sell butterlne or oleomargnrlne In any other than original packages, so marked as to assure absolute protection to tho consumer against fraudulent substitution of a com. pound when he goes to a store for tlie pur pose of buying real butter. Becaure of the position he took 'at that time Mr. Wads- worth was heralded throughout the United States as the representative of the oleo margarine trust. In fact, so widely dis tributed was this misinformation as to the real position of the chairman of the com mittee that In a recent number of a popu lar magazine his portrait was printed as "the recognized agent of the oleomargarine manufacturers." Oleo Ised In a Year. The report of the commissioner of inter nal revenue for the fiscal year ended June SO lias Just been made public. In It the commissioner discusses the result of the enforcement of the provisions of the Grout law during Its first year. The "oleo" act as It passed provides that colored substi tutes arc taxed at the rate of a quarter of a cent per pound only. If the Grout law had been as effective as Us advocates hoped, the result should have been virtual annihilation of the "bogus butter" Indus try. But on the contrary, the commission er's report seems to indicate very clearly that there is a big demand throughout the United States for oleomargarine; and that If the colored article Is too high in price the uncolored product of the factory will be used. It appears from the report that during the fiscal year there was manufactured in TYNER WRITES TO PRESIDENT Ai-rnsrd law?" Denies Complicity In Frauds I pu liovrrn. lent. PREPARE TO FIGHT BRYAN Old Line Democrats Prepare to Establish a Daily Paper. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Monday and Taesday. Tempera! are at Omaha Teaterdayi WASHINGTON, Dee. 6.-Jame N. Tynrr. who was assistant attorney general for the Postofflce department until deposed on account 'of matters connected with the postofflce Investigation, has sent the fol lowing letter to President Roosevelt: 1471 Kenesaw avenue N. W., Washington, D.C.DwfiTibir!. The President, Sir: In our official statement as president of the United States, addressed to the American public In connection with the report of Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, on the alleged postal frauds, you make certain statements concerning my supposed connection there with, wmvh 1 take the liberty of answering In order that 1 may properly go upon your official records. 1 do not desire to question vour good .KnW;? tho. "ratio paper. In dignifying them with the weight of your high official position; but has it ccirred POST IS TO BE PURCHASED BY THEM Rev. Byron Ileal! Starts In On a Pnlplt Crnsade Against Immor ality In the Capital City. tFrom a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Dec. 6. (Special.) A move ment is on foot to establish a csly news paper In Lincoln, to be run as a Cf-iocrallc organ, without Bryanite frills, which now tti.i u , - c t.a Ann . i- I oiaieH government, vui Jin 101 ly inspvuiorH the United Btates a total of 5,710,407 pounds Bn(1 ,ts chief Inquisitor. Mr. Bristow.. will oi ooiorcu oleomargarine mat is to say, I pe unanie to ciseover one VENICE GETS TOO MUCH WATER Violent Wind Drives It late Cathedral f St. Mark's and late the hops, VENICE, Pee. . As a result of the ex tremely bad weather with a violent wind which has prevailed for some days, Venice was almost entirely under water for a few hours today. At the plasma of the cathedral of St. Mark the flood rose to a height of four feet, while inside the cathe dral the water was so high aa to threaten serious damage. Gondolas had to be used from shop door to shop door until bridges were Improvised by the firemen, the ordi nary bridges having disappeared. The water gradually subsided. There Is a fear that unless th weather changes there will be another flood during the night. butter substitutes colored to resemble the genuine article. Of this (.mount ,122.&C3 was withdrawn for export and only 2,512, 493 pounds withdrawn for local Consump tion and taxed at the rate of 10 cents a pound. If the Tax Had Been Otherwise. 'On' the other band Uie report -shows that during the same per tod the factories' pro- uoed 67,786,786 pounds of uncolored butter ubstitutes, of whloh vast quantity S0.786.TH6 pounds were withdrawn for local consump tion and taxed at of a cent per pound. In other words, the amount of uncolored oleomargarine manufactured and consumed withia the United States was thirty-three times greater than the amount of colored butter substitutes manufactured and taxed General Tyner says that as a full reply at 10 cents per pound. If the Wads worth I to the "unwarranted deductions" In Mr. substitute for the Grout bill had been en- I Brlstow'a letter may assist him In a fair acted Into law the revenue receipts from I and honest investigation of the general's the tax on butter substitutes would have office. ORGANIZING THE UNEMPLOYED Plaa to Help Beth the Men and These Whe Desire te Employ Lakor, ST. IjOUIS. Dec. . A union of untm ployed men of the laboring class who do not belong to any labor organisation is , being formed, and the project has so far advanced that officers have been elected n nd a constitution drafted. Fully 100 men who have no regular pursuit but who work whenever the opportunity presents, are In terested In the formation of tho orpanlKa tion. which will be known as the National Workers' union. The following officers have been elected: President, Robert Wil son; vice president, Sidney Smith; secre tary and treasurer, W. W. Line. Another meeting will be held on Tuesday night and the constitution drafted will be adopted. ' All the unemployed men of the city have been Invited toeyUtend. By organising the unemployed, those be hind the movement say that they can get in direct touch with the emp'oyer and be beneficial, .not only to the themselves, t-ut to those who hire labor. After the organ!- aatlun here is perfected similar affiliating unions will be organised throughout the country. FRANCE FAV0RS PORTO RICO Will Rot Impose Extra Daty on Coffee front lalted States Pos-eesaloa. SAN JUAN. P. R.. Dee. t -President Paniagua of the Bn Juan Chamber - of Commerce has received a private cable grata from Paris, Informing him that the French Senate and Chamber of Deputies will refuse to approve the proposition to Impose an extra duty on importations of coffee after January 1 next. This news Is very gratifying to the coffee planters here, as It meana the keeping open of the principal market for the Porto Rlcan prod uct. EMPEROR MENDS BUT SLOWLY May Be Several Weeks Before He Re. cavers the t'se' of Hla olee. LONDON. Dec. T.-The Dally Mall under stands that there Is reason to fear a recru descence of Kmperor William's throat trouble and It may be many weeks before he regains the use -of his voice, although the doctors are agreed that the trouble Is not of a malignant character. Hold Thibet or Lose ladla. VIENNA. Dec. .-Prof. Vambery. In an article In Die Zelt on the possibility that the Hrlllati cxpertltlou to Thibet will lead to International complications, declares that Great Britain must acquire Thibet unless she wishes to lusa India. Medical Soelety Convention. SIOUX FALI.8. S. D., Deo. ,-(8peclal.) A meeting of the South Dakota Medical society of the Seventh district will be held In this city tomorrow evening. This Is the regular annual meeting for the election of officers for the ensuing year and the tran saction of other Important business. - A nod attendance la expected. After the regular business Is transacted various ques tions of Interest to members of the medical profession will be discussed. The organisa tion ia a breach ef the American Medical oiisijr. LEASING SYSTEM CONDEMNED ladlana Shoald Be DUcea raged from PaaelasT Their Time la Idleaess. NEW TORK. Dec. fc-The first aeatlcn of the convention of the NatloinI Indian association to commemorate Its twenty fourth anniversary was held In tho Unl verslty Place Prebj tertan church tonight "The Indian Outlook" was di'ussed by Darwin R. James, who declared undt present conditions the Indians tire living In ease and luxury from the income de rived by the leaning of their lands, and that tne only way to remedy It.lj evil was to Instil a certain amount ut sellishneas luto them by UvUlaaUoo. t-.i you that, pending the trial of the three Indictments against me, bused on the alle gations of the report, and without hearlnff one word from me In my defense, your pre mature and unwarranted announcement of my assumed guilt and your call to the court and Jury to endorse the same. Is, to say the least, extraordinary and danger ous? 1 am not even asking that I should he presumed Innocent or that before I am condemned by you or the department I should be confronted by proof or witness or given an opportunity to be heard In my defense; or that. In the trial whlr-h con fronts me, I should have a fair trial. All I am asking Is that In view of the uncer tainty of my life nnd the fact that my Hps may at any moment be forever sealed, this letter be filed among your official rec ords of my case, toeetber v.lth my letter of July 27. l&fl. to Mr, Bristow, a copy of wnicn i atiacn. Denies All Charges. I desire auln sneclflcallv to denv everv one of the veiled charges mude by Mr. rsnsiow in nis report ana to call your at tention to the fact that not one direct or specific charge is mudo againut mo in the conduct of my high ollice, nor liu. nor can. one cent or gain ne traced to me. it my life Is spared 1 shall lull refute all tiie surmises and insinuations of Mr. Bi'stow ind shall be able to hhow the rcaxons which led him to withhold from you ftjl data and to garble, misquote and falsify that which lie did submit to you. I also desire to state that if any of the friends of Tyner have, us you allege, ad vanced the theory that In this case the chief offender was my nephew. Barrett. and that my alleged offenses were due to my falling mental and bodily powers, they did so without my knowledge or assent. n in irue mat owing to two strokes or paralysis my bodily powers have failed tne. and I may have to face a third, and truer and sterner judge ere many days, but my mental powers, thank God, have never suffered, and, 1 trust, will not fall me un til I have convinced tho American labile. and you. as chief executive, that my acts liave been honest, honorable and straight forward In the sight of God and man. I am confident that the relations of Mr. Bar rett with me and my department were as Innocent and honorable as 1 am sure were all my motlvea and acts. I also wiah to deny your utterly unwar ranted statement that the gross corruption In the case of Tyner has gone on for a r umber of years. You should know, and your subordinates do know, that no single act or corruption, gross or mild, has been discovered against me; anil the United I have tried, by forty odd years of faith ful service to my country, to prove my seal for faithfulness and honesty in the public service, and I now say to you, the president of the United States, my chief accuser, it it were tne last word I shall ever utter, that In your well recognised and honorable seal for tho Dubllc aood vou have allowed yoursolf to be deceived and Imposed upon, and ,K,,,,.) I cannot hope for a hearing, at ;. our X ... 4 shall St. leext give myself the wretched solace -of having denied these wrongs, and -of having de manded that heurlnu which right and Jus tice ought to accord me. Very respectfully. The letter to Mr. Bristow, which is re ferred to In the letter to tha president. Is dated July 27, 1903. It Is Goneral Tyner's answer to an Invitation from Mr. Bristow to reply to certain points Involved In the investigation submitted by Mr. Bristow. been In round figures $1,400,000. As it Is, the report of the commissioner shows that this Item produced only $400,000 In revenue, or less than one- third of the sum which would have been realized from a uniform tax of 3 cents per pound. In this connection It Is Interesting tn note where the bulk of the bogus butter is clBe" follows: He will return an answer, at the same time calling attention to the fact that he has no access to the flies of the depart ment, but speaks only from his best recol lection. He then answers In great detail matters called to his attention by Mr. Bristow, and sold. 1 he commissioner's report shows that no retail licenses were issued In Alaska, Arlsona, Nevada or Vermont. Hawaii has two wholesale and one retail dealer and Utah -one retail dealer. Illinois ranks first with .7 retail licenses In force, while in Ohio 8,778 retail dealers compiled with the law. Michigan takes third place with 1,808, Missouri fourth with 1,761 licensed dealers and then come In- It certainly must be evident to vou that your several specifications narrow them. selves down to two propositions, and only iwo. jnv, mai i maue certain rulings as in wnicn your judgment and mine Ulfrer, The other, that I abused mv nosltlon wit. fully or unwillingly to further the interests of my nephew by marriage. Mr. Harrison J. ttarrwtt, a lawyer, practicing his pro fesslon in Baltimore and Washington.. cannot believe that you even mean to In sinuate that I showed him any of the al leged favors, as the result of a corrupt imraain or unaersianning netween us. tual or circumstantial, tn justify nnv such suspicion of such corruption or of anv luch understanding whatever, for there was none. dlana with 1,867. West Virginia with 1,511 1 There Is absolutely no evidence, either nc and New Jersey with 1.123. New York has only 27, while Nebraska haa 97 dealera, and Iowa and Wisconsin, those big butter-producing states, have 215 and 758 retail deal ers In butter substitutes resuectlvelv. Campaign Aaalast Heed Smoet The Congress of Mothers and a number of other kindred; organisations have re solved that Reed Smoot must not be per mitted to retaUi.hls seat In the United States senate. Jar. Smoot Is not an Epis copalian. He Is neither a Jew nor a Metho dist. He is not a Baptist nor a Catholic. Should his religious training have Induced him to affiliate himself with any one of those churches it would never have oc curred to the women of the Uuited States to attack his right to a seat In the senate of the United States. Unfortunately for the Junior senator front Utah he does not worship at the same altar as his colleague. who is a communicant of the Cathollo church. Senator K earns haa one wife. And so has Senator Smoot. Senator Kearns comes from Utah so does Benator Smoot. oui Dinaior umoot is a Mormon. There. fore, according to the members of the Mothers' congress, he Is a mon.i.r . Iltlcal pariah and unfit to occupy a seat In the upper house of congress. In th early days of the republic there lived a great Jew. His name was Mordecal Noah. This genetleman, and patriot placed his entire fortune at the disposal' of tha fathers of tha republic because he be lieved that a commonwealth had been formed en he continent' of America which promised religious liberty to all persona Mr.- Noah died In the belief that a Moham medan, a Jew. a Buddist or a Christian could follow hla religious bent without question In this land of religious and po litical rreeaom. mere was no Mormon rnurcn in tne days or Mordecal Noah. His descendants were among the most active cltlsena In upholding the Interests of the United Slates, and his grandson, vo was buried In Arlington cemetery a years ago, was one of the fighters for the right of the Mormons to follow the teachings ot their church minus polygamy who ever wrote a line In Washington, One Reason for the Attack. No "Congress of Mothers" or any other organisation of women ever attacked the Jews. None of tnem ever found fault with the senate committee on elections becuuse Catholics, Baptists, Presbyterians and men. of nearly all tha hundred odd Christian denominations have been admitted to seats YOUNG WOMAN KILLS OUTLAW Attempts to F.iuttrare Her ia Tower When She Shoots Him. WILLIAMSON. W. Va., Dec. .-William Hoardon. an alleged outlaw ot notoriety who worked In the lumber camps nen Thackor, this county, was shot and mart ally wounded by Miss Katie Roubough, a girl less than 20 years old, who is employed as telegraph operator for the Norfolk Western railroad at Thacker. Howardson late last, night entered tho tower where the girl was at work alone and attempted tq embrace her, but the girl had a revolver. Four shots were fired, two of which pene trated llowardson's chest. He will die. The girl after firing the fatal ht calif up the telegraph operator at WiUlumson related her experience and told him she would no longer be on duty that night. Sho then walked a quarter of a mile In th darkness and surrendered to a magistrate No one witnessed the tragedy, the inhabit ants of the village all being asleep at tt time. Miss Roubough was released on her own recognizance.. CONDEMNS THE SWEATSHOPS Cardinal Ulbhoas Appeals to lasgrr gation to Withheld Patronage from Them. In this state. It Is the Intention of .a pro- motors, who at present are trying to keep their plana a secret, as well aa their names, to buy the Post, which.lt is generally sup posed, ts being run at a loss to Its owners, enlarge the plant to the extent of $tf,0Oi or lOu.OOO, and run a regular metropolitan newspaper. , The men who are Interested In the move ment are those who, since 1S9C, when the omocratlu party ' went free silver wild and Joined with the populiiita on Bryan for the presidency, quietly dropped out of politics and have since re mained on the fence waiting for the party to return to them. In the dls cord in the party. Its separation from pop ulism and Bryanlsm, they see Its return to old ideas and traditions and a propitious time to Jump in the breech and assist to make the repudiation complete. One of the promotors said: Since 1WXJ Nebraska haa liad no real metropolitan democratic newspaper. The World-Herald, upon which we at one time depended for the dissemination of demo cratlc doctrine, Is not a democratic paper from -the standpoint of a democrat. It 'Is merely a mouthpiece of Bryan. His Com moner and the World-Herald are edited practically by thu same man and It stands to reason that wit cannot put anything be fore the people of Nebraska with our own organ, so long aa this condition Is to con tinue. It is for that reason that wa con template starting a real democratic paper. to circulate In the entire state." It is the intention to make the now paper an anti-Bryan organ, to assist In preventing him fiom controlling the next national . democratic convention. That the promotors of the movement have the finan lal meana to carry out the enterprise, those who are acquainted with tha members of that party who left it in '96 know well. These who left the party were' in truth those who had the money with which to do things. Block Plaaa Oaee Several months ago plana (or the pur chase of tho Post were perfected and every thing was ready for the transfer of the property, when some ono discovered that the men behind the plan wre '.hose who were opposed to the doctrines of the demo cratic party as expounded by Mr.' Bryan Influences wore brought to besr and the deal fell thro -ih. This time It Is said' there will be no failure and that tha new paper will be launched Just aa soon aa possible. In time to round up tha delegates from Nebraska to the next 'national con vention. While Mr. Bryan may be able to control the Nebraska delegation to that conven tion, there Is no question but what a great fight will be made on him. Even his most ardent admirers are censuring him for hi Interference at tho Columbus convention and for his ltck of Interest In the late Judicial campaign when the cherisned Idol of conservative democrats. Chief Justice Sullivan, went down to defeat. Now that Mr, Bryan Is In Europe, there Is left little in Nebraska to prevent his enemies from doing what they choose, for without Bryan's personal leadership hla lrlends are helpless. Ronsca Preacher Beall. Hla heart saddened by the escapade of a aon who was entrapped by the wiles of woman of the half world to his own ruin, and his manhood roused at the In vasion of respectable neighborhoods by these women, which he discovered by lis tening to conversations over a party line telephone, Rev. Byron Beall, a pioneer preacher of Lincoln, tonight began his war on dissolute women In a sermon at the Gospel Tabernacle at Twenty-second and R streets. His sermon created a profound sensation. I am on a party line telephone," ho said, "and recently I took down my receiver and heard a conversation like this: 'This Is Blank. Will you have Giuce come over to the house. I will meet her at Jt.M.' I have heard the same conversation with different names many times a day and through these I discovered that l:i that re spectable neighborhood the woman of the half world has come under the guise of respectability. There she meets tho busi ness man and the young man in college and any whom her wiles can charm." He took his text from. Proverbs vll, 25, "Her house. Is the way to hell," and ha took 6lomon' words to describe the ways of the harlot and her schemes for entrap ping the unsuspecting. He said had Solo mon lived in Lincoln and had Investigated conditions here he could not have more accurately described scenes that are nightly enacted here than he did when writing of the conditions In Jerusalem. ''Harlots soliciting upon the streets, seeking to cor rupt the young man had been the problem of every city government throughout sll times," he said. In offering a remedy for the evil. Rev. Mr. Beall said: "Sermons by preachers on family government avail but little. . Jesus Chrit had as much in fluence as most parents and yet it did not suffice to keep Judus from betraying Him. Prodigal sons and daughters will go away from home despite the breaking hearts of Christian parents who would die for them. The chief means of lessening the evil is through public sentiment. The authorities of a city will do what the people want them to do, no more and no less. All officers are practical politicians, and we have but to show to, them thut It Is public senltment that prostitution be stopped and it will be wiped out Hoar, ft a. 41 n. T a. I a. a. lO a, m It a. m 1 m Uesi. 1UI i JCt a.t s w an Hoar. 1 p. m. . . . . . U p. m It p. m ..... . 4 p. m ..... . fl p. m t p. m T p. ra H p.- an ..... p. m Uegr. 4.'t 43 4M RO 4 441 4 41 43 FUNERAL OF MURDERED MAN One of ' largest Attended of liver Held In Bart C'oanty. Any TEKAMAH. Neb.. Dec. .--(Hpeciel Telegram.) The funeral of Will L. Puttock. the victim of the frensy of an Intoxicated l'athur, was held today at H o'clock. Tha services were conducted by Dr. Kerr and Rev. Brady of Omaha, friends of the deceased's family. The opera house was filled to overflowing before the hour of service. Friends from all over the county attended the funeral. It was the largest, most eensattonal and most Impressive funeral that has ever oc curred In Burt county. Dr. Markley of the Methodist church and his congregation Joined in the services. Mr. Pattock being a noble grand In the uua f ollows loage here, the funeral was under their super vision, and the Interment was In Tekamah cemetery, attended by the Odd Fellow lodges of Craig, Oakland and Lyons, also by Modern Woodmen and Ancient Order of United Workmen, of which he was a prom inent member. The father, Solomon Pat tock, was confined In his cell at the Jail during the services at the opera house and cemetery. The preliminary (lamina tion Is set before County Judge Baseman December 17. H. Wade Gillls Is employed to defend. STEAL H0rFeSAND WAGON Dakota Coonty Thieves Tarn Atten tion to More Volaable Property. i i DAKOTA CITY, Neb., Dec. . (Special.) The thieves who have been carrying on their peculations In this vicinity for over a week past In robbing clotheslines, chicken coops, etc., got bolder In their work last night, when they entered the barn of Christ Gelster, one m'lc west of this place, and took his best draft team, then went one r.ille further west to the home of Robert Lpsley and took his wagon. They also took Mr. Gelster's best harness. A reward of $50 is offered by the county and Mr. Gelster offers an additional reward of $30. The team stolen was two black horses, i and 7 years old, weight 1,200 pounds each, small- white spot on forehead and both hind feet white on one, no marks what ever on the other. The harness was of Concord make, brass mounted, with ono of the knobs on ope hame gone. The wagon is ot the Cooper mtke, with double box and casting for end fate seeder on hind wheel. ' . ROOT MAKES REP0R1 TelU of Condition of Army in UniUd 6tat8 and Its I)a pendencies, NET DECREASE IN THE RANK AND TILE ' essmsaaanmpa With Enliitaenti of 20,000 tb Army it About 12,000 Smaller. MOROS ONLY CAUSE OF DISTURBANCE Residents of tho Island of 8ala Mnit Bo Disciplined. rROPOSES A GOVERNMENT RAILROAD Secretary of War Believes that Sach Line Mailt tn Philippines Would Do Mnch Toward Develop lag; Conntry. WASHINGTON, Deo. . The following report of the secretary of war to the presi dent was made public today. In part It ts as follows: War Department, Washington, t. C, Dec. 7, lW:t To the President: 1 have the honor to submit the following report of operations of litis department lor the past year. on the 1st of December. the date of the last annual report, tlie army of the 1'n'ted States, acrording to the latest ri pori which had been received from the military department, consisted ot J.E86 of ficers and 6.0ut unlisted men. a total of sD.bKa In addition, there were In the ser vice S..MM men of the hospital corps ex cluded by the act vf Maroh 1. INSi, front clawlticatlnn aa pan of tho enlisted force of the army. There were also In the ser vice 182 volunteer medical officers, 1"0 of ficers and 4.07s enlisted men of the Philip pine Scouts, and 211 officers and 840 enlisted men of the Porto Rico regiment. At that time I reported an order made on the 24th of October, 19i2, providing lor u further reduction of the army to the mini mum strength allowed by law, excepi as to the organisations which were to li kept at full strength f ir Instruction pun-oses at Leavenworth and Ttlley and tl.i- legation guard nt Poking. That order has been exe cuted during the your by permitting en listments to run out without tilling tne va cancies. At tho date of the last reports received from the military departments. October 1!, listl. the actual strength of the regular army was 3,M oflioeis and So,&00 enlisted men, distributed us follows: Ktillsted Officers Unltd States 2,74 Phillppinr Islands... b4.t Bellevae. - New s.udentw fcotillnue to appear . occa sionally, mostly ' of "the mualda.1 ' depart ment. "The Deestrlek Skule," rendered by mom- t-ers ot the faculty, under the ;.uspioes of the Iadles' Aid society, waa a ruccess. A large crowd enjoyed the entertainment, which waa witty and popular throughout. Prof. S:erenberg was the schoolmaster. The girls have organised a basket bull team, to which they attribute some cf the elements of perfection. Miss Mary Kerr will probably play center, as well as un dertake the business management 'of the squad. Nearly all of the old team is ready for work, and no doubt this year will be a repetition of last year tn honors won. Cuba '-'4 Porto Rico H Hawaiian Islands.... H China 4 Alaska men. HS.OKtS 14.tW7 Of '.Ml IX 147 Utl wiioo Total. 4I.MJ 15.510 719 31'J 1H7 1.1 60 r,181 Docs Some t'orshoiklsg Himself. FREMONT, Neb., . Dec. C (8peclal.) Frank. Yenney, a farm hand employed by F. Miller, a Saunders county fanner, claims to have broken, the record for corn husking one day last week. He hitched up his team, drove one mile to the field, fcutked fifty bushels and drove back to trie barn In three hours and forty-five minutes. .The husking was done at the rate ot fourteen bushels to the hour. At the price of 8 centa per buahel paid this year. Yenney Is mak ing between $4 60 and $5 per day and claims to be able to keep It up. Platte Mortgage Record. COLUMBU8, Neb., Dec. .-(SpeciaJ.j Following Is the mortgage Indebtedness Totals 8,681 These figures show a total uet decrease during the year of 11.978. The aggregate ot all enlistments and re-enllstments during th year. Including the Hospital corps and Philippine Bcouta, waa 13.DL. : . Health. Supplies and Discipline. The health of tha ermy haa been good, . except durlnt an epidemic of cholera in the Phlllppln; . which occurred In the early part of the year, and Is now ended. The detailed reporta for 1W2 show a total dfath rate, from all causes, of 15. 4 men for each 1,000 of strength; S.M per 1,000 ot these died ; irom. chokfa. so that. Including the vie tims of cholera .the record is l.M per !." ' worse than the jecord of 11W1, und. exclud ing them. It 4 l.M.pc-l,MaL witter -4U;- the record of 1901. The reports of the generals commanding , and of the Inspectors-general show that , the food and clothing furniehed hsve been satisfactory, and the arms and equipments of good quality. The transportation of troops and supplies has been promptly and effectively accomplished. The offlcero charged with maintaining the discipline and morale or tne army nave nao to cuiuinu v. Ith the relaxation of orderly hnblts, which alwavs results from active military opera lions, and with the injurious effects pro duced at a large number of poets by the abolition of the canteen; and the burden of the older and more experienced offlceia has been increased by the fact that so large a nroiairtlon of the Junior officers brought lit upon the enlargement of the army were necessarily without much mil itary experience. It 1 evident, however, that throughout the army there has been during the year very active and faithful work. In many organisations a very high standard of discipline has been attained, and In all very grutitying progress has been made. Organisation of the (ieaertl SlaflT. The Important military event of the year afTocting the regular army has been tne reorganisation of the system of military control under the general stuff act approved February 14, 1W8. For more convenient reference a copy of that act It annexed hereto aa appendix A. This act aliollshed the separate office of general commanding the army, provided for a military chief of staff to the president, who, acting under the directions ot the president, or of the secretary of wiir representing him, should have supervision not only of all troops of the line, but of tha special staff and sup ply departments, which had throtofore re ported directly to . the secretary of war; and it created for the assistance of the chie of staff a col lis of forty-four officers, record for Platte county for the month of ,h0 were relieved from all other dutle jNovemDer: euxteen larm mortgages nied, i nn"uii. u , ' ii- ..i ., tu snii a. ,... 1 to take effect until the loth of August, $3o,0U0; released, seventeen. $8,808.90; four- u wu. 0)V0U, that this radical change teen city mortgages filed, $9,622.44; same re' In tho administration of military affairs. i and the adr.uiment or tne nw inarntuury to the old machinery which had been In operation for many years, would rriulre a leased, eleven, $5,8116.62: forty-nine chattel mortgages tiled, amounting to $31,717. Mi, und twenty-two released, $18,470.04.- There were no sheriff's deeds, filed In foreclosure dur ing the month. Alnsrrortu Dolaa- Well. AINSWORTH. Neb , Dec. C- (Special. ) The Importance of Ainsworth as a (hipping point can best lie realized when It Is known that since September 1 seeventy-nine car loads of cattle and hogs and tiilryt-ftve of grain, together with several more of chick ens, flour, etc., were billed from here. The shipping season for grain and hogs is Just commencing. ' injercd la Hanawaj. PA PILLION. Neb , Dec. C.-(S)j lal .) Ist night while Henry Vupcl was driving near Portal his team became scared at a train und ran away. Vopcl was thrown out and seriously Injured. The carriage was completely demolished and ine horse hurt. FOREST FIRES DESTRUCTIVE Mains; Has Been aa Vet Stop the Progress of the ' Flames. to BALTIMORE. Dec. . -Cardinal Gibbons, In the course ot his regular monthly ser mon at high mass at the cathedral today look occasion to condemn "sweatshops, and appealed to bis hearers to discriminate In making purchases in favor of employers who treat their employes with Justice and charity, and recommended the charttuble work for oppressed toilers conducted by the Consumers' le.igue. ICvaUuucd ou Suta Tag.) Condition of Iron Trade. YOCNGBTOWN. O.. Dec. . J. G. Butler. Jr.. chairman ot the Bessemer Pig iron urr-.ocUilon, t.aid ti-day regarding (he out put of pig trou that thu Man furnaces tributary to the lake Huiieror ore region made a total daily capacity of 37 ifit tutu or a yearly capacity of 14 Imi.j) ions. 1'p to Dvcemler 1 therr were sixty-live fur Hares In blast and lim-U -line funuices out of mast, or su I'llu cuacliy of LI ur uui of IL ahulo resua. SAYS ROAD WILL BE BUILT II. L. Miller of Oik Says Appliratlou fur Bridge 4 aaj-ter Is Boa a Flae. LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 6. In a letter re ceived today from II. L. Miller ot Oak, Neb., he says that the Winnipeg, Yankton sc Gulf railroad will be built, and that the application to congress for a Missouri river bridgit charter is bona fide. Mr. Miller says: The company that lias asked for this charter did not do so until it hud plenty of money back of Iho enterprise to build this road fruit Canada to tho gulf of Mexico, and we a 111 show those who are Intereftt-t'. In this mailer lITat an soon as Kpring weather i-rinlts we will convince die peo ple without a ueUua that tins road is aa assured faut. SAN BERNARDINO, Cel., Dec. 6.-The latest news from the forest fires in the mountains is to the effect that the flames are slill lglng. Kstlnmtes place the ter ritory burned over at SO.OHO acres, but it Is thought the worst Is over. The extremes of the fire are at leust six miles apart and spreading in lioth directions. The territory Is not heavily wooded, however, and the flumes now are feeding principally on un derbrush. Four m-ire cottages are reported burned at Fredalba. fine brunch of the fire lias worked down City Creek canyon, and threatened a 2UU-foot bridge over the cm yon. The weather la intensely cold on the summit of the inoantaliis where Hie fire Is burning. . SANTA MONICA. Cul., Dec. . Forest fires tweeplng over thirty mile of the coast line, and In and out of cunyons Icuiliug from the coast northerly - front hauU Mo nica, have burned the home of Frederick 11. Rlmltre In MsliUi. and destroyed iiuiner- ou; cMe-r homes. The losses urn estimated ut lijv.vov. Much slock Is left .without Iced vast number of details to be worked out experimentally and upon full considera tion by all nmc.crs whose dimes were af fected. A board was accordingly convened in March to recommend selections for the new corps. It consisted of Generals Young. Chaffee, John C. Hates. Carter, Bliss and Randolph and Major Henry A. Greene, as Hi order. The board was required under oath to recommend forty-two officers for detull upon their merits as exhibited liv their military records, i ne order which convened tho bould also provided that va cancies occurring in the general staff corps, after Its organization, should be filled upon the recommendation of a permanent board consisting of the chief of atsff and three sen ink officers of the general staff corpa on duty at the war department, operating in a similar mannei. The general plan contemplates that every Siihjert requiring Investigation and stud snail be worked out first by the officers axsliined to the appropriate division and section ot ine nun, ami, wiien ut puux-ient importance, shall then be considered by a general staff council composed of the three general offic ers f the corps and the heads of thu tli roc divisions, and shall then be acted upon by the chief of staff, or laid la-fore the secretary of war by htm with Ills recommendation. Of especial Importance may be noted the general subject ot the distribution of troops. and tne location, construction ana enlarge ment of army posts; the plan tor the at tendance of militia officers upon military schools and colleges of the regular army; the detail of student officers to the general service aid staff college; the location of military posts In Porto Kleo; the reorgani sation ot field batteries; the prevention of desertions', I he organisation of maneuver divisions and plans tor mobilisation at West Point. Ky.. and Fort Riley; the pur chase of lands for posts and coast fortifica tions; tho revision or tinny regulations tlie revision of Infantry drill regulation the locution of a briunde port on th Niagara river; the examination and revy slon il army appropriation esiiniutes: details f officers for duly St milltary academies and colleges: reauiations muster or mums into tne service or thei United State: reclassification and cuifllnr of the professional data on nie In the inlli teiy luiorratlor, division; oraanlxstln ,4 Alaskan inllltla; the rearrangement of h err torltl departments; tl.e composition, iutl und limits of thv principal pemAaue' ' iamrdx In the e.rny: the study i,( t,irl storage and suppl depots of all klntls w'ht( reference to the prompt and effective. da', lection and disti ll-Jll'Jll of suppliei n le i, ( of war; the revision of articles of Id to for submission to congress, adapting ntfcl to meet modern conditions ami received incuts: the study in detail of lt,e sou-true- lei essury for active military oir ltrlol. Including the stock .m hand, the prod . rapacity of government iiiannf.icturi ' of private manufacturers. thr iul . ' rr.w msterlul. and the length el tlm ' aiv tor production In re4UlH',ie qu and uu liioiiiiy m o all the element'' -foi sea cvaal dcfciisoa uu to. lUUff Woehly. rrfinri.MBOi