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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOKNINO, DECEMHEll 7, 1903.
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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
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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
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Total.
4I.MJ
15.510
719
31'J
1H7
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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.
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