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Daily Bee. SINGLE XPY THREE CENTS, ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOUSING, DECEMDEU 1C, 1903 TWELVE TAGES The Omaha MIS SAS DOIUSCO Senator Hejburn Introduce Resolution for Annexation of tho Reiubl " X. mrrn ni it Tn tutor a. ' coreans wounded in riot CAKMACfc. IS AFTER CRUZEN I house talksjany things CHANGE ARMY ARRANGEMENT Enemiea of United Btatei M liter t DcRingo Pi an Aseaeiination. J1MINEZ ALSO TO HAVE BEEN KILLED Work to Ear Bwn Don hj Opponents of PreaideJal Aiplrant ' GUARD AMERICAN MINISTER CAREFULLY Plot Abaadnned Been n so at Objer tlea Mad hy Member of Provl slonnl Cabinet, bat Covers ment Takes Mo Chaneee. Jtpn Mjk Lays o Seventeen f Them at Moh a he Huaala Does Rat Interfere. SEOUL, Dee. 15. More rioting has taken place at Mokplie and yesterday a Japnneae nob wounded seventeen C'oreans.i High vonn official are hurrying to Mokplie tf "and quell the disorders. 80 far Rus , ' -ot Int erfered. . ites Minister Allen has de- -llte answer from the Corean ,i" reg.vd to the opening- of the ju. Despite American. l.rltlsh .iese pressure, Russian Influence orer the Corean government la apparently unshaken and It la expected that Cores will procrastinate In dealing with the mat ter and possibly may refuse eventually to act at all. A feeling of unrest is growing among the Corean people, who fear that whether tt be peace or war between Russia and Japan the extinction of the empire Is Immi nent. It Is believed that the outbreak of bostilltlee or the announcement of a pro tectorate of any kind will precipitate trouble. Foreigners In Seoul expect dls- Aiki the Treasury Department far Beport of Ita Brecial Agent. BALDWIN TESTIFIES IN THE PEAVEY CASE 4K 8ti rei mo WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Senator Hey burn of Idaho today Introduced a Joint res olution requesting the president to acquire by annexation the portion of Ban Domingo comprising the dependencies of Ban Do mingo and Ilaytl. Mr. Simpson, the United States consul at Puerto Plata, San Dirulno, has cabled the State department, under todny'a date, that a revolution has broken out at Santiago and that tha movement la extensive and serious. This Is supposed to be the result of the failure of the provisional government to secure recognition at the hand of United States Minister Powell, which fact pre vented that government from obtaining money necessary to maintain Itself through foreign loan. Nothing to known officially of tne re- rted clots against tha life of United States Minister Powell, but tha navy will take all wscn ary precautions to protect the American legation In Ban Domingo. Plot to Kill rwwell, ' NEW TORK. Dee. IS. An alleged plot to assassinate William Powell, United Btates minister to Haytl and charge d'affaires at Port au Prince. Ban Domingo, haa been disclosed In a communication from an offi cial of the present Dominican government tn a fellow countryman In this city, who formerly was an official under Wos y Oil the recently deposed president of tha re- Dubllc. The letter states that the plot had been so arranged that ex-President Jtmlnea, under whoae leadership Woa y Oil was overthrown, ahould be killed at about tha aamo time. The plot to assassinate Minister Powell. It was asserted, waa conceived because of bis opposition to plans of certain officials. The plan, as reported, waa to let two or three men get Into a, fight along tha treat which Mr. Powell waa paaslng. It waa arranged that In the melee other plot tors ahould engage, . and it- would be an easy matter to kill tha American "by act- dent" - ' WMh "Teawd -to- Jt mines, ' .tba rrlter 'As serts that he waa to be tha victim of plain assassination and that already two unsuooeoaful attacks have been made upon bia person.. Tha first occurred December a, when a ahot waa fired at, him while ha was driving. Tha second attempt waa made three days later. Jlmtnea waa tha candidate for the presi dency In opposition to Oeaeral Morales and tha partisans of the man who desires to succeed Woa 7 Oil are said to be at log gerheads. While tha plot against Minister Powell to . aald by the author of the letter to have been abandoned because of a strong stand taken by a member of tha cabinet. It la said the American diplomat is being care fully guarded wherever ha goes. porx and J,. gays talon Pacific Compaay Paid Company for Grain Handled In Its Elevators it Termi nal Points. (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Dec Ik tBpecial Tele gram.) Senator Car mack of Tennessee wants to know about Collector Crusen of Porto Rico. Today the senator presented a resolution directing the secretary of the treasury to inform the senate If a report has been made by Special Agent Leslie Cullom of the department in relation to A. R. Crusen's conduct of the office of collec tor of customs of Porto Rico. This cace has been threshed out so completely that the public Is quite familiar with Its fea- Sontbern t'onarresssaen Complain of the Distribution of Raral Mall Ronton. WASHINGTON, Dec 15. Tha house today on convening went Into committee of the whole for further consideration of the pensions approprla.tloc.bllL. Mr. Crumpacker, the first speaker, ad dressed himself to the Panama question. saying that the attacks on the action of this government In connection with the new republic were unwarranted by the facts. Mr. Crumpacker, in a Colloquy with Mr. Wliyams. the minority leader1, asked It It were not time the democrats were willing to accept the stolen goods If permitted to condemn the act of taking. Mr. Williams replied that while they could recognise the character of the child, they could treat It properly. Mr. Maddox (Oa.), replying to Mr. Crum packer, aald he had arraigned the party for Fire DiviiloDi Oreated, Each to Be Com manded j a Major Ceneral, DEPARTMENT BOUNDARIES ARE CHANGED Wyoming, with Three Poata, Added to Department of Mlssonrl and Arkansas, Oklahoma and Ia dinn Territory Taken Away. WASHINGTON, Dec 15. The secretary of war today approved the recommendation of the general staff establishing military divisions and somewhat changing the pres ent boundary lines of departments In the United States. There will be four divisions In the United States and one In the Philippines. Tho Atlantic division will constitute the present Department of the East, except tures. Crusen was appointed from Ne- order and the American residents desire a oraska to the place and after being there war shlo. The Corean army, numbering awhile he was charged with receiving S.000 men. Is considered one of the moat money and articles of value from Import- dana-eroua factors of tha situation. It Is " appears crusen became involved feared that the soldiers will be first to lead wUh officials of the government in the In the rioting and btrln looting. - terpretatlon of the customs laws, partlc .v.. oia- m..Amn h.. i- I ularly with the navy, and It required an read, departed tor Port Arthur and the re-j PP" to Washington bring the matter to tee only reply he could make was r I m - i a ., . I rhaf Visa tint aan nin m Dm attln mainder of tha fleet will follow, leaving 4UCU- waaningios - - no war ships of that naUon In Corean lo P'" ana eausnea me aepanmeni. out nis enemies nave aepi up a oaca nre and the Carmack resolution of inquiry today shows how effective tho work has been. It Is understood that Mr. Crusen In stallments made by a few members of the I the state of Louisiana, with the state of minority. He then epokm on the rural free I Tennessee added thereto, and will be com delivery. He produced figures and declared I posed of the Department of the East and that of tho 16,000 routes established last I the Department of the Oulf. ' The head June more than one-third; of them were lo- I quarters of the Department of tha Oulf cated In four states Iowa, Indiana, Ohio I wi'.l be located at Atlanta, Oa., and the and Hllnols-and that the first two named I headquarters of the division will be at states have more routes than twelve south- I Oovernor"s Island, New Torn. The NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Wednesday Tbnrsday Tlondy, Prebnbly Snow In Northern Portion. Tesnneratnro at Omaha Teaterdayl Hoar. 5 a. sn 9 n. m T n. m...... S. a. m w n. m ..... . IO n. n 11 n. sn. IS n.... Dear. . IS 11 IS 81 Id 1 S3 S4 Hear. 1 P. 5 n. X n. 4 p. 6 a. e n. T n. n p. 9 . 1 ..... Drt. ao 3.1 83 84 8-1 82 81 BO LINCOLN HAS A COSTLY BLAZE Cnrtls-Bartlett Company Pa Iters Loss of Abont One Hnndred Then sand Dollars, era states which he named. I quarters of the Department of the East will Mr. Maddox said when his constituents j temporarily bo at Governor's Island. asked him why he could not secure more I Department of Mlssonrl Enlarged. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb.. Dec. 15. (Bpeclal Tele arjun.) The Curtla-Bartlett manufacturing plant at Seventh and M streets was totally destroyed by fire tonight, entailing a loss of probably flOO.Ono. Two buildings with their contents were consumed, one a two story brick 160x2 feet and the other a frame shell considerably larger which ad Joined it on the east. The company carried $39,000 Insurance on the stock and buildings. head-1. , .... ., . 1. wyuna ronimi ueiorv an aiarni wm iuihcu In. Within an hour all hope of saving It had vanished and It was with the utmost difficulty that the firemen were able to waters. ROME,.'Dec IS. Lieutenant Colonel Ku rada Torasuke, the Japanese military at tache here, has received orders to leave Rome' at the end of the month and to re turn direct to Japan. PARIS, Dec 16. Dispatches from Indo- Chlna report the massing of French troops on tho Siamese border. In anticipation of war. The officials of Indo-Chlna are quoted aa aaylng that the occupation of a large slice of Slam hsa been decided upqji. The authorities In Paris do not believe that a rupture with Slam will occur and say the measures taken are merely precautionary the "pie counter." He said ho could show more routes established in seven counties In one district than could be found In a whole state. Mr. Hemenway replied to Mr. Maddox, The Northern division will be composed aave tho large warehouse of the company of the present Department of the Lakes, the Department of the Missouri and the Department of the Dakota. The Depart ment of the Missouri is enlarged by adding thereto the state of Wyoming, which has west of the manufacturing plant and the J. I. Case five-story brick building on the south. The fire originated In the frame building which was used aa an engine room and been detached from the Department of the I workshop and before American District tends to resign his office next spring. He whereupon colloquies with Mr. Clayton Colorado. The headauarters of the North- Telegraph Night Watchman Lane saw It la tired of the place. While he haa been lAia and Mr. Robinson, dem., and.) ern division will be at St. Louis. the flames were rushing out of the top story evnnsnted hv tha TVeaaiirv .nartm.t I enaued relatlnsr to the number of routes In I r. r, m ... TT . -I njl i. . v. - u.b v...iti tt. - -w ' 1 - " 1 x 110 mciuc uiviniun will uw minpuveu vi I hm wyi cv. 11 1 1 v . i ui k uuiiuiii. Cruxen feels that he has been mtarepre- different diatrtcta. I the present Departments of California and at once turned In the alarm, but before the eented, but he will not get out until he Is Mr. Hepburn, rep., (la.) explained as to f the Columbia. The headquarters of the arrival of the department the flames had "good and ready." I routes In Iowa. He charged the democrats division will be San Francisco. leaped to the Case building and threatened Mr. Carmack'a resolution, which was or- with having opposed the rural free dellv- The Southwestern division will be com- td destroy that. Heedless of the flames dered 'to He on the table uhtil called up by I ery route. Mr. Maddox replied that It waa posed of the DepartmenU of Colorado and which rushed from every opening from top Its author. Is primarily thought to be only la democrat who Introduced the first bill. Texas. The Department of Texas will be to bottom of the burning building, leaping a debatable subject for an attack upon the - Mr. Gardner, rep.. (Mass.) replied to the enlarged by the addition of the states of across the twenty-foot alley to the Case remarks of Mr. Ltnd, dem., (Minn.) relative I Louisiana and Arkansas and Oklahoma and I building. Chief Clement rushed Into the al- TURKS ARE WHOLLY TO BLAME Coasnl Davis' Fight at Alexandrettn. CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec 15. The United States legation has received an ex administration Pay for Handling; Oraln, The Interstate Commerce commission today gave a hearing In the case of the Indian territories. The headquarters of I ley, followed by twelve men, and turned this division will be Oklahoma, OkX a hose on the latter. He and hla men were The Philippine division will remain as now completely enveloped In smoke and flames constituted. I and were threatened every minute with the The following division commanders have falling of a wall. They kept at their work. Itlea and police of making unwarranted to freer trade relations With Canada. He aald the cotton Interests of this country would suffer If thrown Into competition with labor In Quebec which he declared to union pactnc railroad, charged with giving be underpaid, and where, he said, the preferential rates to peavey ft Co., who I standard of living was lower than in the I been decided upon: la constant spray being played upon them operate elevators ai a numoer or vesiern cotton manufacturing districts m this ooun- I Atlantlo tnvision Major uenerai tjorntn. 1 by other firemen. points, including Kansas city and Council try. , - rVlvuuon-MalJr General Mac- WnM1 th' fro between the Bluffa. John N. Baldwin of Omaha repre- Mr. Gardner spoke of the fishing Inter- I Arthur. buildings, some of them with their clothing emeu me union r.cmc ana conienaea mat ests and how tbey would bo affected and southwestern jji vision Major uenerai burning, the Case building had been saved. They were greeted with tumultuous cheers. About five minutes later the wall fell, send' Ing a stream of sparks to spectacular heights. It was shortly before this that three boys performed an heroic act. Ad Joining the side of the brick building waa a little shed which contained a barrel of haustiva report of the Incident at Alex- ZntJLnT " " qutlon of ""U- should be Smr,p,n. Dlvtoion-Major General Wade. andretta. fully convicting the local author- thf) ,f allowances are not excessive. He approached seriously and studied with care. said there was an agreement with the He said he' was not willing that the fishing attack on Consul Davis and of arbitrary 1 "'.. iruuBU m mutami wt- and cotton Interests of hla district ahould Interference with him In pursuit of his vato' company at Kansas City and the be aacrlflced that the people of Winnipeg dutlea. ' and ahowlng that although At- V. l''"",or company ai council might enjoy the strawberries of Minnesota. tartan, the naturalised American, had been "'"" unaer wmcn ,n" Lmon acino pays Mr. Rajney. dem., (III.) said tho Panama tan rl.v. In Alaxandretta. ha waa not mo- I lno envaiur companies ! cent per wu canal la now an aaaured fai-t. Ta h.ri no tested until he attempted to embark for pounds for handling grain a hlch passes I criticism to make regarding the' recognition I er?LItnJ:, Egypt under the protection of the consul. ,nrou" eievaiore. The order becomes effective January 15. The following officers have been, desig nated to assume command of the aeveral departments: Department of the Oulf Brigadier Gen eral Haines. Department of the Lakes Brigadier Oen- gasoline. Charles Neher. Albert Crampton rw.na?tment f the Mlssouri-Brtsadler n(1 8m Bhackleton secured tills and. with of the new republic, but expressed tho hope General Wlnt; Brigadier General Carr, tern- I sparks falling all over them, rolled It out Vncertala Abont Military Move. that free government would be given the I porarlly of danger of the flames. tain satisfaction. CROWN PRINCE IS PUNISHED -,vauvM ....... . BrrriBia avoonv aiuisrr siovo, v . . i". wuwy 1 vru ki 1 . . 1 to Washington and to awaiting Instruction Th. ordfT of the feTieTKl ,ufr cr,atn- rhllipplnes. which, he said, yielded unwUl-I KobfiT T j Curtis Bartlett to a branch of a Clin regarding tha course to be pursued to ob-1 division. r i.n.rtm.r.. .1. ingr to American authority. He saw no I .Department of California Major General ton. Ia., firm and Paul Bartlett la the reel lain mmtimfmUnn I I ' I nK4tlAM ftA .V.- - M . I SlapArthur. TPm DOTS Til V. I Mm I . m. . . readv - aeorraDhirallv Indleatad la unrior. I '"-"'" " iioun wamra 1 l -.i.,.mw-i-.i- nn. "- nu at-jrriary. 1 no aesiroyeq stood to be made for the purpose of giving nd tne P'enUon of the landing of Co- eral pension. buildings were formerly the entire plant of the present major generals territory com- I ,omblan troops. In addition to aonstructloa j Department of Colorado-Brigadier Oen- the firm here. It having during the last year jneiwurato With their rank.- It to hot to- 01 lam oanni -r-avrnaa for Uie T'5artmeai t Texae-Brigadler Qeneral 1 rrnloTea mon "toClt to a newly tended to move tne Headquarters 01 the De- . ,t-T,,j nvm uc iaa; urviaaier uenerai uarry, iirrr. uiin-nm, uunuuig icium me aiiey partment of the Missouri from Omaha, but fcr4 ,akt" to 0u,f " Mexico. Department of Luaon Brigadier General from those burned. The firm carried In aU It to designed to give Major General Bates, At 1:46 lha house adjourned anlll tomor- Kaj"f,artment of Vtoayae-Brigadler Oen- bout H53,000 stock of doors, sash, blinds. who. Is placed In charge of the northern I division, which includes the present De- 11 Knlaera Too Vootavoaomo Son prisoned In Hla Room for Forbidden Racing. BERLIN. Dec. IS. Crown prince Wil liam Frederick was required by his mother to remain In hla room for three days for having raced a steeple chase against the emperor's wish. The race took place near Potsdam three or four weeks ago. The crown prince la a venturesome rider and had been reprimanded by the emneror for ouortera of the Department of the Ml- ""-. ... ' . n1 .. .. . . . . , 1 .,rt .a namonant aa rv.ihla mA h. m I " AoniiMjiun, urr.. is. in me uenerai 1 cnanges in ine orpnmniu.i ui ". nam. up m. sps 01 m. nan- oouc pamoe ---- - - Wood cae today Major J. E. Runcle ws. tlon of the four new military divisions was thm tlMl Ir " . " FUtereg1menttDof TST gu'.rdsof wh on menVln OmT uVwha The gTn. r witneas. Statement, mad. by Ray conveyed to Department of tn.MU.ouri rf b.;.;h7a "w.J r!L.!L Z!l !LW? !5 staff b.. In mind r,nrMnr ,h. Btannard Baker, concerning the article re- headquarter. last evening by the pres. dta- fcrrea bulldln. cotonei The princV whe Tt Bonn unT- of military headquarter, remain, to be - dnilnl.tr.tlon of Major patchea. Said Major General to- Tn. . , - varsity wis noted for driving tandem at " to. however, .sorted that the .Tl " r" 'Z VTto ext .h f 1. steted'lnhe Ll"-n ever witnessed and full speed to ee how close he could cut creations of dlvlslona meana the creation reca 1 of M"1 Runcle- He wa" "ked l.e m,te. Jill., ! Pie crowded the viaduct a corners. AGAJNST BELLEVUE HOSPITAL Charges of Mistreatment Are Made by Patient's Friend and In vest U a-aaloa Will Follow. , NEW YORK, Dec. 15. Investigation Into the circumstances surrounding the death at Bellevue hospital last week of Adolphus 1 aaruckor, a former member of the British fa7 Parliament, haa been commenced by the f police. Drueker, who waa a wealthy mine I ' owner of British Columbia, waa plaoed In I. the prison ward of the hospital while suf faring from alcoholism and dl.d. Tne inquiry was brought about ty a let ter written to Eugene N. Robinson. Druck er's lawyer, by James Murphy, now a pris oner tn the Tombs, but who occupied a cot Bext to Drueker In tho hospital. Murphy charged that the attendants dosed Drueker with frequent and heavy hypodermic In jections of morphine, besides an Internal dose of narcotic known aa "snipe." and also beat him about the head frequently and unnecessarily. When Drueker died Murphy declares the body was hastily taken to the morgue, and It to charged the hour of de-Lb was misstated. Another charge to that though friends of Drueker had several times telephoned to the hospital asking If Drueker waa there, the answer waa always that no such person was among the patlenta. It la also averred that when be was brought to Bellevue he had soma valuable Jewelry about him and that this haa disappeared. CARDINAL DIES UNRECONCILED Spanish Ecclesiastic Lenves Money to General Who Will Defeat tho I'nlted Stntea. LONDON, Dec. 15. The will of the late Cardinal Herreroy Esplnos contains, ac cording to a special dispatch from Madrid, j sid, to J. J. Langer of Wilbur, Neb. Rontlne of Departments, POLICE SUSPECT INCENDIARISM Btherwtae Caanot Explain Half-Mil. llen-Dellar Flro In Old How York, HEW YORK. Dec U.-It to bettered today that the lorn from the fires of last night will reach half a million dollars, about 5 per rent being covered by Insurance. The first fire broke out shortly before anldntght la the Foster at Armstrong plan factory. In Commercial street. The build lng waa totally destroyed. A few minutes after the walls fell fire was discovered tn the shoe factory of Wtl Ham lloyt gt Co.. and a few minutes late a fire started in the Wendell piano factory at Central e venue and North Water street. The Foetet Williams and lloyt fires were extinguished after a fight but the fire I the Wendell building Is still burning fiercely. Policemen and firemen are of the opinion that the Area were net by Incen dlartva WORKING ON NEW CHARTER Denver Convention Organised wit Domoe-rat as ( hair man to Make Orgaale Law. W DENVER. Dec lA-Tho city charter con 1 ventlun organised today. Mr. Cbaries 1 1 klaj-scuUI. democrat, was elected prcal- 1 cent, elxty dVys are allowed by law fur 1 prvpai ailvia ef a ubauer t-tt submission I to U rvtera, partment of the Lakes, Department of the CHARGES BREACH OF Missouri and the Department of Dakota. Senator Millard, while exercised about this new arrangement uf division boun daries, believes In making the present head- Former Saperlntendent of tlon of Cat a Testifies' Wood Case. FAITH Instrne- In eral Carter. I wtnaows. glaan -and manufacturing wood. Department Of Mindanao Major uenerai Most of this had haan mnvarf ik. Commandant of Infantry and Cavalry I building. The old buildings were used aa a School. Fort Leavenworth Brigadier Oen- I manufacturing plant and about 3,000 worth eral well. 1 of new machinery had lust baan lnai.n. and the mill work had recently been started. The firm amnlnva al.f m,n .,. The first Intelligence of the contemplated I none of thelMS w, attected u Pa, assistant manager of the company, said Most trans- .Kews at Headonarters. of division staff headquarter, and the ulti mate reduction of department headquar ter..-. This would materially affect Omaha and to guard against any loss to Omaha the Nebraska representation In congress must be active. Senator Millard Introduced an amendment to the diplomatic and consular bill today Increasing the salary of the consul at So- 11 n gen, Germany, to $3.009. ' The present con- most spectacular and fully 8,000 peo- number of questions concerning the origin dispatch. It haa a personal Interest to me h .... . p " ! of the article in question and stood by his In the fact that I observe that I am trans- ""7 "?'' J ?ar" former testimony to the effect that General f erred to the command, of the Southwest- wsv hv m-ZL Wood had knowleda. of the .torv and that wn' military division with headquarter, at "e!,Ut f. tha aw,tch anlna It was prepared principally at hi. sugge Okhoma City. No order, have yet been ' uc.rucx.on received at inese neaaquaricra iii itiCT- tlon and dictation. The second witness today waa General George H. Burton, Inspector general of the army. He occupied the position of In spector general In Cuba under the admlnls- ence to the matter at all. and w. may not C0MM TS SUICIDE AT RANK I regret I know anything for several day.. that I will have to leave Omaha. It will be noticed, however, that while the De- the extraordinary bequest of IIO.OOO to the 'first Spanish general landing In United State, territory with an army sufficiently I L. Gllliland has been appointed post mas strong to avenge the defeaTk of Cuba and ter at Nugent. Keokuk county, la., vice the Philippines." I Frank C. Hanron. resigned, Pending the happening of thle event the I A rural' free delivery route haa been or- I system of Cuba for the admission of expert legacy Is to remain deposited tn tha Bank I dered established January 15 at Btansgar, I testimony. General -Burton said that the I . .... , U(muim will Iau irk.n. tratlon of General Wood a. governor gen- P" ' " r",... a aas, vaianwma auu i" I...... ,v...vw..ww eral, and It waa he who discovered the postal frauds. He was called for the pur pose of telling the committee the date of that discovery, and also the date General Wood made the order revising the Judicial Cnshler of Conneetleat Institution Shoots Himself After Greeting Bnnk Examiner. NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Dec 15.-After ARGUMENT IS ENDED Northern Seauritiei Cm is Submitted to tha United Etatea 8nprema Court KNOX MAKES STRONG APPEAL FOR LAW Bays Federal 8tatutea Prohibit Hergr Planned by Motrin and Hl'.L ENDING COMPETITION RESTRAINS TRADE CoMoliuation of Eailroada Interferet wh the Law of Competition. COMPANY HAS POWER TO WATER STOCK Present Deal Adda to Evil of Com bination Power to Make Ex orbitant Rates Appenr Bee ssary to Pay Charges. WASHINGTON. Dec 16. Attorney Gen eral Knox resumed his argument In the Northern Securities case In the United States supreme court today. He declared that by the union of the Northern Paclrto and Great Northern companies two com peting Interstate rallrvads have been brought Into such relations that their In dependence aa competitive factors In Inter state commerce Is destroyed. The thing that has been done wn. de clared Illegal, he said, when brought about by the methods pursued tn the joint trafllo and transmlssouri case. These were cases of contracts or agreement between Inde-' pendent and competing ltnee of railroad for the regulation of trafno charges. The gov ernment charges that these agreements re strained Interstate ct.Mmerce, and this court sustained that or n ter. lion. Mr. Knox Mid: The court heard the case patiently, and the argument thrice presented by the tall roads failed to disturb the court's ronc:u slons that the contracts or agreements In question violated the law, Tne exigencies of the cases rendered necessary a complete Interpretation of the statute. The power of aqngres. to enact the law. the application of the law to common carriers and spu cidcaily Its application to contract, or agreements rea-ulatlng ratea were all de- mea. uara forebodings or resultant com mercial disaster, should the government's contention prevail, were solemnly and forcefully Impressed upon the court by gentlemen of eminent personal and pro fessional standing. These considerations Invited and secured patient and full con sideration of the cases and exhaustive an alysis and Interpretation of the statute in the Judgment. Decision , by other Conrt. ( After rrnUtlnr it perfectly clear thst ths court was not to be dissuaded from glvlrrg ' effect by Its Judfrment to a public policy declared by a constitutional statute, the court stated what that public policy is and wherein It was Infringed by the chal- iengea agreements. Tills exposition of the law is now our reliance as it should have been the defend ants' admonition. The court's decision In the transmlssouri case wa not followed by disaster, but by years of abundant pros perity, unaiaturDea unui new ae vices were put into operation to accomplish again the destruction of competition and .e thwart , Uie wise policy of the law. It Is not the . observanoe of tho bxw i Ita tn'otrcrment that creates ponton or tHvtree. It Is willful lotatlona or Its wholesome provision, ur don nance of the h-W of economic health. The attorney general aald thkt It wa j not his Intention to reargue any of the propo sition settled by the 1'nnsmlssour that the Jolrit traffic cases, but to do what he could to ahow their application to the facta In this case. He, however, made the following statement of the great question settled by -the court In those eases: ... ' First That to shut out the operation ft ' the general law of competition between competing interstate railroads 1. to restrain Interstate commerce. Second That to bring the operations of wo or more competing interstate railroads under the control of a single body shuts out the operation of the general law of the competition ana constitutes a restraint upon Interstate commerce. Third That congress Is competent to for bid any agreement or combination against companies --competing for Interstate com merce wmcn restrains commerce among the states by shutting out the operation of the general law of competition. r ourtn mat in oraer to maintain a suit the government la hot obliged to. show an intent to restrain commerce if such re straint la tho natural and necessary effect of the arrangement. of Spain. Conservatives Hold Their Own. LONDON. Dec IB. Bye elections were held today In the Durwith division of Cam berwell and at Lewlsham to fill vacancies caused by the deatha of Sir John Blundell Mitchell county, la.; route embraces an I discovery of the postal frauds was made area of twenty-three square miles, con-1 tn April, 1900, and It was two weeks or talnlng a population of 615. I more later when the order was Issued by Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska I General Wood changing the Jurisdiction and Grand Island. Benjamin F. Thorns, reg-1 power, of the court. Alexis E. Frye, formerly eupertntendent of public instruction, told the committee that the schools of Cuba were organized under law. Issued by General Brooke and that an order making a cut In salaries of teachers waa Issued by General Wood. ular; George W. Burnett, substitute. Iowa Oilman. Sherman L. Powers, regular Maple and John Penn, both of whom had I Martha E. Powers, substitute. Hornlck represented their constituencies for many " 1111am Eyhorn and Jonathan J. Hall, years In the conservative Interests. In regulars; Roily Eyhorn and Estus Metcalf, the borough of Lewlsham, Major Coetes, substitutes. Tripoli. William C. Johnson, conservative, was elected by a majority of I John C. Johnson and John L. Schunrsteln, I He declared that, there had been a breach 1.011 At Dulwlth, F. Rutherford Harris. I regulars: Edward Johnson, Charles Otto I of faith on the part of General Wood, conservative, waa elected by a majority of I and Ed Schunrsteln, substitutes. I which Interfered with the efficiency, of 1,437. I The National Bank of Humboldt, Hum-1 the schools. He asserted that General boldt. Neb., has been authorised to begin Wood was untruthful tir matters affecting wo special l.iwi for nerialists. I business, wtUi 00.000 capital J. H. More- I public affairs. BERLIN, Dec 15. The extreme conaerra-1 head Is president; M. W. Harding, vice fives have been demanding a return to I preslderit: John Holman, cashier; C. L. repressive legislation against eociallsta aa I Huml, assistant cashier. under tho late Prince Bismarck's rule. Secretary Root will be called before the committee tomorrow, when he committee plana to conclude Its inquiry. It gains Wyoming. It will therefore lose Fort Logan H. Roots. Ark.; Fort Sill. L T.. and Fort Reno, Okl., but will gain the greeting a bank examiner, who had corns fine military post of Fort D. A, Russell, I unannounced to examine hla accounts. Asa Wyo., and Forte McKenxle and Washakie, c. Bushnell, cashier of the Tale National In the same state. -I bank In this city, went Into the baxement of From other sources It la learned that the bank today and ahot himself, death en. while Omaha Is not Included in tne oistn- 1 suing soon after at Grace hospital. button of division headquarters, tne city 1 a statement given out by Edwin 8. will still retain Its military Importance a. Greeley, president of the bank, thle after a department headquarters with a full noon, said the investigation of the books staff of 'executive and administrative offi- .aid the cashier was Indebted to the bank cials. The division headquarters constitute for between 112,000 and H5.000. The president simply the commanding general, his two I added: "Until we hear tomorrow from our personal aides, chief of staff, sdjutant gen- I correspondents In New York and Boston eral and judge advocate general. Neither I and ascertain our balances In those plsoes the quartermaster, commissary or .medical I we can make no further statement. departmenta constitute a part of the dlvls- I President Greeley said that Bushnell had lonal staff, these belonging to the depart- been with the bank twenty-one years and ment headquarters, which will comprise a that he was the last man who woutd have chief of staff, adjutant general, assistant 1 been suspected of speculation. Bushnell adjutant general, chief quartermaster, chief was t? years of age. He was treasurer of commissary, medical director. Judge advo- 1 urace Hospital, where he died, of Trinity cate and the usual clerical force attached I Methodist Episcopal church and of aeveral to departments aa at present. Hence ss a I lodges of secret fraternities. matter of fact Omaha will not be partlcu- Chancellor von Buelow In the Reichstag I I kin I AM AfiCWT IC CVflMCDITrn I SHOULD AMEND LOTTERY LAW In special ' LAwnunsny . today said be did not believe In special I legislation. The government preferred a I firm enforcement of the present laws to I preserve order. Lannn Heawrta Ma m. aenntor renresc lor i-ostomee UO- mente to Dead Rada mm u.. I pnrtment Introanees Hill Whites. I Against Tnrf Concerns, larly the loser by the new arrangement. The Department of the Missouri will com prise the ststes of Missouri, with the mili tary establishments of Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis powder depot; lorn a. with the new Fort Des Moines; Kansas, with Forts Leavenworth and Riley; Nebraska, with Forts Crook. Niobrara and Robinson, and ALL HAVE TO WEAR BADGES Chicago City Hall Employes Who Handle tho Pnbllo gnffer from Mayor's Aeensattons. Bratnl Lleatenant Sentenced. I I ' I Forts Crook, Niobrara and Robinson, and I 1 un jiuu, ic u.-au cut nail employes I . I I ... j . a 1 I w . .... wnrlr krl . m , V. , n. 1n . . ,.w METZ. Alsace. Lorraine. Dec. 15-IJeu- WA BHTNGTON. Dec 15lndlan A.n. WASHINGTON, Dec. U.-Tke aenate the Omana nuiinry -i. - "'""'"; 7"-- " V w'1" tenant Schilling, charged with maltreating I Randlett, In charge of Kiowa, Comanche committee on postofflcee and post roada his subordinates, was sentenced today by I and Apache agencies in Oklahoma, and the military court to fifteen montha' Im- Indian Inspector Nesler and tha general prtsonment. Schilling was charged with CU conditions at the agency are completely cases of maltreatment 1 sxonerated by the lnsrjectcr. Frnci v Leu dd. In his renort on the lnvainiii an laaiBin, with Forte D. A. Russell, Washakie and McKenxle. It therefore remains the great est of the military departments, except the Department of the East. Commander nt Omaha. tne public win oe required to wear badge. An ordinance making the enforce ment of this requirement Imperative upon the heads of al departments has been adopted by the council. The object of the ordinance le to prevent Irregularities today heard the objections of a number of representatives of insurance companies to the passage of the bill prepared by state Insurance commissioners, to bar fraudulent Insurance companies from using the malls cnarges sgamsi mose omcera. The chares I "-'- ... . Rlle ta designated to temporarily I l.hment because of tha oimc.iiv . ...k ini't . T-w, ,c U'iiii.m T - I . . k... jt 1 - . i . . .. - I ft 1, wirtnnaA ta amend It nmultt nnt I .... . n . . . I to. . ..uiwtu a. a-iwriw lliauv vjj uiaaatiaillMl inaiana and al. I - . I mivftMl UlltV general D. O. OUmner in I llHlilna tha ld.,ntlr, i,f fi-w- rived here today from Venice. He made no leged, among other things, that allotments rously Injure legitimate business but st commanj of the Department of the Ml- ordinance la the outgrowth of tne charges stay In Vienna, going on to Moscow, by were made to dead Indiana and white tha aam time PPoa! ,ha measure on the iourJ UBt th arrlvai ot Brigadier General f ' graft" by the mayor against the em- Brlgadler General C. p. C. carr, now at I among enlployes who hope to escape pun nay ot Warsaw. I Enrthqnnko In Eenndor. GUAYAQUIL. Ecuador, Dec. 15.-A slight earthquake waa felt here today. Monsters nt Target Fmetlei WASHINGTON. Dec. 15-The Navy de partment today received a cablegram from Rear Admiral Cotton AatmA .... . nnnnrn . . . , , rnrsTn f-t-rl .-jiui'i, an- nUDOtU VVniUr. UUCdld iLttr uncint that the Brooklyn had left Bey root ror Alexandria for target practice. It Krlo Hoaso in si. uoais lanea ny Poor BarBlnra, Who Empty e. ' ST. LOU13. Dec 15.-(6peclal Telegram,) While ttA guests were asleep evrrhead In the Erie bouse. Fourth and Clark avenue, four armed burglars early this morclng broke open the eaah drawer and Inner safe doors with hammers, stole SS 0 and a sack ful of guests' valuables apd fataily la " tt Z T . Theodore J. Wlnt, United Btates army, who ployes of the Inspection bureau. icgiaiauun. tw vui......,.. u,ucu , I has been assigned to the command of ths no action at mis time, cut mairraan ren- Department of the MUeouri. Is said at the Navy department than when the Brooklyn finishes this practice it will return to Beyroot and that the Saa Fran cisco will then go to Alexandria for prac tice. General Wlnt entered the service ss a private soldier of the Sixth Pennsylvania cavalry In lhU and served throughout ths civil war and waa mustered out as first lieutenant. He waa made a second lieuten ant of the Fourth United States cavalry to November. 13. first lieutenant In IK A, cap- rose expects to call another meeting after the holidays, when the bill will be further considered. The senate finance committee today heard Director of the Mint Roberts In a re port on small coins at the San Francisco mint. The Colorado delegation has asked that smaller coins bo coined at the Denver ,-. , im major of Tenth cavalry la 1WJL mint The chief point of Mr. Roberta' iuteiant colonel of the Sixth cavalry lc statement wss the Item of cost In trans- j colonel in X'JOl and brigadier general In porting coins from tne west to tne eaet. I jjuj. The postofflce committee of the house has I Th three posts added to tfci Department received from the postmaster general the I . h. uiaamirl bv the acnulaltlun of W'vonm- WASHINGTON. Dee. U.-Tbe meeting of Brtstow renort and the Conrad and Bona- )na .,. nrrlaoned aa follows: Fort It. A tne cam net, wmcn was 10 nave been held I narta report, which the committee 4oday I paall. beadouarters and second battaMon today, was postponed antll tomorrow on ae- ordered printed and made public. twond Infant-v: troop E. Tenth cavalry. Jured the night c'eik. Oi- ,rge Harding, nal count or tne tunerai or jotin K. Proctor. I The house committee on Interstate and "J nirteenth c f.ry field artillery. the porter. Victor Dauieon. They frat I late president or the I ivtl oervice cominls- foreign commerce today dertdftd to take up I fort Russeii Is a ten-company post. Fort Roosevelt at Proctor Faaeral. urd the emluca' skulls with baumacni I sioii. which wss attended by LLe president I ty. pnre food bill at the firm meeting after and jvlatuln. and Mr, KooacveJt, i Uie holldaa, (Continued on Second Page ) DOWIE DEMURS TO PETITION Desires Dismissal of Baakroptry Pro- cere lass for nmer of Teeh nleal Reasons. CHICAGO, Dec 15. A demurrer to the petition of creditors which resulted De cember 4 in the appointment of two re eel vers to taks charge of all tha property of John Alexander Dowle at Zlon City was filed today in tha United Btates court by cou-.sel for Dowle. Dnwi raises a number of technical k-gal objections to the form of the creditors' petition ana asks to aave the tnkni try proceedings dismissed. The demurrer will he. liken up for cobJeialion by Judg Uut.llia.ai cxt week. What tho Testimony (hows. He then said: tPk it w . L. - A T ftft.H. that aa a matter of fact and law, tne thing wmcn tnese gentlemen am. was to create a combination In the form of a trust, a form specifically prohibited by act of con gress, If It restrained interstate commerce and also, that the Northern Securities com pany was formed for the purpose of tak ing over the control of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads, and actu ally took over that control, and, with thit control, absolute power over both roads, the thing which your honors have said constitutes such restraint under circum stances substantially' ths same aa those' of this case. Mr. Knox then discussed the 'end ac complished by the merger of the railroad Interests and declared that Messrs. Morgun snd Hill had the power to' suppress com petition between there two roada when they held the control of the majority of the stock of the two. Htlao asserted that they executed that power and actually ' suppressed and destroyed competition be tween them the moment they parted wlt'i the legal title to their segregated holdings and vested them in the Northern Securttl company, with the power In that company. as its charter specifies "to exercise all the rights of ownership. Including the right to vote thereon." This, he contended, actually destroyed competition between the two roads, saying: It Is bad enough to bring the en tire railroad facilities of sn )-Tor-tant rectlon of the country under monop olistic rontiul, but v hen to the power to tlx charge mr transportation you add the creation of scores of millions of flat stork upon which thoae charges are expected to Kay dividend, you 'mpotte an ivijustlrlabln urden upon the people and exact ta Mtrh a price for a su.-cesitrul evasion of tha law. a pric efor a successful evasion of the law." George B. Toung followed on behalf of the securities eompany, "hla clients," he said, "do not aeek to in aqy way limit the authority of congress over Interstate com merce, nor waa the securities company In any way seeking to evade the law. But It was not necessary to stretch a law cover ing Interstate commerce to make It cover something that Is not Interstate Commerce. We are not dealing here with commerce or the operationa of railroads at all." he aald, "but we are dealing with the question of property." He waa the last to present art argument In the ease. SMELTING COMPANY DIVIDEND Amerlran Declares One a" One-Foarth Per font on Common, Payable Jannary 1. NEW TORK. Dec IS. The American Smelting and Refining company has de clared a dividend of Vi per cent on Its common stock, payable January I next. This Is the first dividend declared an tho common ateca.