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OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING,
DECEMBER 22,
1903 TWELVE PAGES.
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OS SOIL OF PANAMA
Colombian Troopi Oocnpy tn Island at In
tranoe of Gulf of Derien.
ISif OF PINES BASE OF OBSERVATION
Reported Landing of Soldier Confirmed by
Dispatch to Waihinjton.
NAVAL OFFICERS C0NTER WITH ADMIRAL
General Natal Board ConiiderVCaulegrami
from Officer at Iitbmna.
atllltmjmmlamm
MARINES ARE CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT
Quartermaster General of th Araay
Besieged by Representative at
Railroads Who Want Contract
for Carrying Troop.
COLON, Dec. 21. Information has been
received her that about 100 Colombian
trcor have landed at the Inland of Pines,
northwest of Cape Tlburn. which is sit
uated at the western entrance of the Gulf
of Dorien. '
The Island of Fines is tn Panama tent
tory and Is the only Island along that
coast which Is wooded, peaked with moun
tains and also well watered, thus offering
very facility for camping and being used
as a base of observation.
It Is significant in this connection tht
the t'ptted States auxiliary cruiser Mar
flower left this harbor yesterday bound In
the direction of the Island of Pines, to ob
tain confirmation of the report.
The United State gunboat Bancroft la
still on that coast, in tha vicinity of
Nombra do Dlos. The cruiser Kashvllle
ha returned to Colon from Bocas del
I arorro. Rear Admiral Coghlan has trans
ferred his flag to the United States auxil
iary cruiser Prairie.
Thirty-five ot tha cruiser Prairie's ma-
rlnea were tended today and took a train I
for Bas Obispo station, half Emperador. I
They will occupy the canal company'
house at Bas Obispo.
Other Conntrlea Presa for Peace.
WASHINGTON. Dec. ' 21. Diplomat! 0
pressure will be brought to bear upon Co
lombia by several European power to
. prevent war between that country and
the United States. The first step In this
direction already ha been taken by several
tlves here, who have Informed General I
Rafael Reyes of .the futility of any at
tempt by Colombia to retake Panama, de
daring that it will result In precipitating
tha, Bogota government Into war with the
United States; and have said to him that
the result of such a catastrophe Colombia
' Itself must realise. If this ' Is not suf
flclent the representative of these eoun-
' trie at Bogota will be Instructed to in-
. form President Marroquln that Colombia
can inept no avmoathv from tha Kuro-
, pean power In any movement It may make
on Panama, which would inevitably In
volve it in war with the United States,
'. Tha members ' of ' the dlplomatlo carp
hav been Informed by General Reyes,
that ho fears he n with difficulty check
hi people rnuoh longer. General Reyes I
W not talking for publication, but to sev I
rat European ambassador he haa con- I
flded his fears with frankness and ha I
aid that he la doing everything In hi
power to prevent an outbreak before the
conclusion of hi mission, but that si
though hi influence with th. army la con-
srlderable, he la ao far away it Is dlffloult
for him to m.ke this felt aa strongly a.
If he were on tha ground and in command.
Diplomat whom Generar Reyes ha ap
proached on tbe subject aay that what he
anoat fears Is tha result of the announoe
Mtit at Bogota of the failure of hi mis
sion.
No gyaanaihr for Colombia.
- He himself realises that the most he
can hope from tha government of th
United State la an offer that it will us
moral suasion to prevail on Panama to
assume It portion of the Colombian debt
Further General Rye ha been told he
can expect nothing. "I cam to Washing-
ton to - save what I could f roro a ship-
wreck," ha "aid to a diplomat of high
vuua. ' .
iieansation or the true situation' It Is
BMid, will not prevent General Retea from!
calling on the United State for a refer -
nc to Tho Hague of several of the ques -
uoiii at issue. 11 1 on in la point loa-t
European diplomats hav told General
Reye that It 1 expecting too much to ex-
pect this government to submit any phase
ef tha Panama matter to The Hague.
Several ambassador have earnestly ad
ised the government to lmprea on th
people the fact - that Eurupe want the
btluitlaa uaiiul aud lliat Columbia oan
expect no sympathy from that quarter. It
ha been furthes polnUd out by thoa oiplo -
mat that the proffered sympathy of sev -
era! South American republic cad itvsll
Colomblti nothing in the event of war with
th United State. 1
It la hoped that th erecelpt of this news
in Bogota will do much to calm tho feeling
ithcr and hold the Colombians in check
until General Reyes can return.
Great Britain and The Netherlands hava
taken pain to let General Reyea know,
indirectly, that Colombia reckons without
Its host If it Interprets their delay in
recognlilng ths Republic of Panama a an
eviuence or their sympathy for Colombia,
or aa due to other than a destr to protect
th Interests of their financiers who are
th largest holder of government bonds.
It 1 said bar to be unlikely that our
naval commanders In isthmian waters will
go to th extent of dislodging tbe Colom
bian troops which have landed on th Isle
of Fine. On this point, however, the
policy of the government ha not been de
finitely decided.
Contereneo ot Ofllror.
Rear Admiral Taylor, chief of th Bureau
of Navigation and executive head of the
general naval board, today wa In oonf er-
once with Captain John E. Pillsbury, a-
Utant chief of th. bureau; Captain Wll-
Ham 8 wlft cha'rman of th general board's
committee 00 the floor; Coramaudera Wins-
low and Belknap of th Bureau of Naviga
tion iu the secret office cf th thief of th
Bureau of Navigation. Several cablegrams
...1,... ainvea rrom near Aamiraia u lass I
ana i.ogniaa over Sunday wer taken up for
configuration and Instruction In tvply were
vrtimred and submitted to Secretary Moodv
for approval. Nuthln official raaardln
the conference wa announced except that
It concerned the Isthmian situation. A long
cablegram wa received today from Rear
Adnitral CiKhian. comm.ndlr, t)m far
Colon, In which h requested that crackers
li strad ot bread b dispatched to th lath-
tus, a ths latter food moulds quUkJy in
-wVo tropic! climate
Under the Impretwu that war U sure
Bo occur batweea th United States and
i BRYAN RECEIVED BY CZAR
Kebraskaa 1 Talks with Antoerat
ot
Hiiila Regarding; Edneatloa
' fa That Conntry.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec
Jennings Bryan wm received
r Csar Nlcho'aa t noon today. TV
ence, wnicn mated for fifteen m';
arranged almost on the spur p." 'Vy
-nt
by Ambassador McCormlcVJt,,A- I
terday was uncertain a-': ?' ..e of
yea-
Mr.
Bryan's arrival at St. - orf.
During rtie conversatloi ith Mi, Bryan
"Pressed In the moat em-
C.muu iiiniiiirr in ircung ui inenueuiir u-
tertalned by him and by the Russian nation
tlr tn United state and the hope that
leted between the two countries would
never De oisturoea. ho gave evidence" or
tha ArmT tw,., ...L.lnl.n. teltk I
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affairs In the United States. In response I
to Mr. Bryan's inquiry concerning the 01 uivmaium, nut asas Kussia to re
progre of puh)l Instruction in Rusaio, consider certain essential points in Ha reply
his majesty gave a 'minute description of
the system of education In the Russian em
pire, showing an Intimate knowledge ot
educational methods and the statistics re
latlng thereto.
Mr., Bryan was entertained at dinner' by I
Ambassador McCormick tonight Ha will
leave for Berlin tomorrow.
SUSPENDS A WOOD CONTRACT
Tho Cuban Honso of Representative
'Will Investigate Asrrooanoat
with Cathollo Bishop.
HAVANA, Dec. 11 --By a vote of 40 to t
and after prolonged discussion the House
of Reprerentatlvfs today Anally passed a
resolution to suspend the- payment of the
rental of church buildings occupied by
the government tinder the oontraot entered
Into In 1903 by Oeieral Wood, tbe Interven
tion governor and Monslgnor Sharettl,
formerly bishop of Havana, pending an
Investigation as to the propriety of the
contract.
Under this ' agreement between Oencrai
Wood and the church authorities the sum
of 1191,000 was to be paid annually for five
years as the rental for several buildings
occupied by the government in Havana and
elsewhere. The buildings In Havana in
clude the custom house, the university and
the Academy of Solenct. During tho dis
cussion of tho resolution the charge was
made that the rentals were exorbitant.
The resolution Is considered by many to be
a violation of tha Piatt amendment and It
la doubtful If It will meet with tha ap
proval of the senate and President Palirta.
A K lit O I ukKMAN
ECONOMIST
Dr. Morlta Meyer I Charged with
Helping; to Defraod the)
. . Paillo. :
BERLIN, Deo. 24. Dr. Morlta Meyer,
formerly professor of political economy at
the technical university or cnanottenourg
and a writer of repute on fiscal subjects, 1
haa been arrested on the charge of fraud
m connection with the failure of tho Treber-
ma, who, m iviuin vuwena, ....
arrested." W.-Meyer Is aocusodl. with' a
bajtker named Hugo Ioedy.- 6 assisting
th Trebor-Tracknung director In decelv
lng tha publlo by manipulating the newa-
paper.
- The failure of the Trbr-Treknung com
pany Involved a lose of about $3,400,000 and
I resulted In several of the company' officer
I being sentenced to Imprisonment
TICT T0 VISIT ' THE MIKADO
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I Philippines . Governor Will Stop
Toklo on HI war
. " Homo.
MANILA, Dee. XL Governor W. H. Taft
will leave thl city on Wednesday next for
the United States. He . win visit Toklo
enroute'to meet the mikado, at th request
cf the latter. He will be tendered a re
ception by th dtlxena upon hi arrival
at Honolulu.
SAN FRANCISCO. Deo. . Captain F.
I Eesre, deputy assessor at Manila, haa ar-
I rived here on a visit He went to the
I Islands five year ago with th California
heavy artillery. H reports business quiet
1 in mm i.ionu., uu mmjw - uu.ui ""
I prevails, principally aue 10 ne anowieage
that thl government haa guaranteed t per
1 nt on the railroad bonds that will t
1 Issued. "Railroads," he says, ''are tha
I ' m wuuuj. 1
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COTTON TRADE HAS BAD TIME
English Review gay Thta 1 Worst
Yea
of tho
Dorado,
Fast
MANCHESTER, England, .Dec, 20. W,
1 Tatters!!' annual review ot th cotton
1 trade declare thl year ha been tbe worst
I n th last decade. Eighty-two spinning
I concern In Lancashire lost UM.OOO during
th year, and the trade must adopt ahort
time because American cotton U tf per cent
abov the prlo at the aara time last De-
I camber.
r isisw xukji. wc a 1 ner wa heavy
I liquidation at th opening of tha cotton
market today. While th bull bought ag -
I grovijr, jmn.c-u.ariy nm nearer positions.
the market responded to overnight selling
order on th rumor of impending trouble
1 'r uro enaryiy. in
1 active month showed looses of 19tf a point
w"1" 01 na nr iony-nv mmut
aiir- riTum ir rrnrDiTinu
I rtlr vn I nuilW rt-UtnM lUii
lac Elevation of nishon Meaaaer
Plan la Contemplated fo
' United State. I
ROME. Dec 11 The Idea of a Cathollo
federation in th United State ha been
ventilated specially after the Most Rev.
Sebastian Mesamer waa appointed arch
bUhop of Milwaukee when attempt war.
mad to aee how the movement would ba
I received at th Vatican and by the prop-
T sands. V
" ' kTT ,v,V v
porters of ths movement think they haval
AkIaks VaA aashfli naiiMh JtixttAA l(TV m Aim .
Cardinal Martlnelll, former papal delegate
In th United Biatea, on their side.
CHAMBERLAIN AT THE - HEAD
Aoot Presidency of Commission
Fta Presidency of Corns
oloeced hy Htm to From
Tartar Law.
LONDON, Dec 11 -Tha first meeting of
tomtitl Chmlruin commissi n ot tariff
1 ttontm which ta to Inquire buo th condi-
I uon ot wrillsa iraJO ana to report with the
I object of drawing up a tariff reform bill
will bo held Jaauary 1&. Mr. Chamberlain
ba accepted th bonorable presidency of
RUSSIA HAS JAPAN'S ANSWER
Eeplj Bail to Bo in No Way la letnre of
UltimaUm.
SIDES REQUIRE MONEY FOR WAR
Feelln at Merlin that Hostilities Arc
Remote, as FlHaariers De Hat
IX- Ira im La ad te Either !
Conntry.
TOKIO, Japan, Deo. 2L Japan' reply' to
Russia was handed to Baron de Rosen this
afternoon at a conference between the Rus-
slan minister and Foreign Minister Komura
,t tn9 rub, lection.
. .
Japan' reply Is in no way in tha nature
.
to Japan. Barpn de Rosen is now suffi
ciently recovered to resume tile negotia
tions. Blxty military engineers hav been die-
patched to Corea to replace tha civil tele-
graph operator attached to the Japanese
telegraph line on the peninsula. - It Is
officially asserted that the step taken ha
no military significance. ;
Rothschild Eyea America.
LONDON. Deo. li. Lord Rothschild,
while declining today to venture an opinion
a to the outcome of the Japanese-Russian
crisis, said to the Associated Press: "One
of the most important factors is whether
America will seise the opportunity to press
It claims for open port In Manchuria,
If it does so. It would . certainly help
peaceful solution. I have heard of no sug
gested loans, either Japanese or Russian
What they would have to do in case of
war 1 a hypothesis I do not care to flls.
cuss. 80 far there is no war and the pres
ent conditions are quite puasltng enough
without endeavoring to prophesy."
Business on the Stock exchange today
opened flat on the far eastern situation.
Japanean fell half a point and consols went
down , and Russian stock declined .
Japanese-Russian war risk at Lloyd's to
day rose to K guinea to the end
of January, and 46 to the end of February,
Cargo Insurance Jumped from I to U shil
lings. The owner of two cargoes already
half way to Japan ' found difficulty In ef
reeling Insurance even at .the' latter rat.
The dispatch of the Associated Presa
from Toklo today we the first intimation
the Japanese legation here received that
Japan' reply had been actually communi
cated to Baron de Rosen. The legation.
however, aald that the reply might be
transmitted today. The legation later 00m
munlcated the reply to the British Foreign
office, but Informed tho Associated Presa
that It was not permitted to divulge the de
tails. . The legation admitted that In gen
era! term the Associate Press dispatch
from Toklo covered tha iUtlon, which a
legation official . eharasxer ' d ; a being
"quite grave," but one trod which no de-
clstv result oould bo expected lmmedi
ately.
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'o.--vrar wa tann iui
"fflol"J 0.uartar.her a im-
probable for several weeks, for the reason
that Japan will continue to negotiate and
Russia' policy. I understood to be simply
to "sit tight and hold on," to make no ape
clflc promises concerning th territories In
dispute, and meet an attack, if Japan will
bo satisfied with nothing else. Russia will
let nothing go. Japan must be content
uZLFZ m" L'l'ZLJZ'l?. " llT.
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BO w:inng inat ussia should take the ag-
that Great Britain will not be involved.
The financial editor of the Tagebiatt say
neither Russia nor Japan can hops fo- a
loan in Germany, became the German bank.
rs never engage In foreign government
loan without consulting with and th con
sent of th Foreign office, and the For
eign cm ce will not give this consent Rus
sian securities are not in favor In Berlin
now, A fresh loan to Russia would not
In any case be mad without excellent
terms, and not at all without government
pproval. The bankers here think the
greatest aecurity of peace 1 the difficulty.
perhaps the impossibility, of either Russia
or japan nttalnlng money tn the United
I Slates FTIIICI. Uerminv or Groal RHl.ln
I r.tun. jjeo. . zl Keports received here
I from both center of th Japanese-Russian
. v . v uuh.mj w cuuciuut
I tht the eltuaUon, whU serious, doe not
,nv"v n oktenslon of th present crisis.
dispatch received today front Toklo,
dated yesterday, say 'that Japan ha not
yet answered Russia's first proposition. The
officials say1 this ahow, first, that th
alarmist report of the English war corre
kpondenta saying Japan has. answered in
the negative are incorrect; second, that
I Japan continues to seek mean for meeting
I Russia a overture.
On the other hand, another Toklo dtn-
patch frankly sets forth tha agitated state
of Japanese publlo sentiment and tha in.
tense feeling against Russia, and also fn re
shadow th posalbl dispatch of Japanese
I troop to Corea; but It la added. If thl I
don it will be with the assent of Rui.
which will reUev th expedition of having
1 th tlgniftcane ot a war mov against
Russia.
The official advice from St Petersburg
continue to hav a hopeful ton and with
advice from Toklo of th same tenor the
authorities her assert they hav good
reason to believe that the situation, al-
.-o . .u. poini
of a war crisis being Imminent
A diapatch from Seoul. Corea. says that
numerous oonfllrt hav occurred between
Japanese and Corean - Inhabitant. Th
Japanese teltgrapb. operator hav charge
of the line from Seoul to th coast Th
possibility of Japanese troops landing to
preserv order 1 discussed, but it would
only be don with the consent of th Rus
sian government
An authoritative denial Is given of the
reports from Peking; that tbe French minis
ter there ha notified China that if It allied
r h,f?,r! nUnea ., " "
tUelf with Japan pending a settlement
of
the Japaneae-Rusilan controversy France
would advance In Southern China. It Is
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aid in thl connection ' that Franc has
not taken any st-1.4 whatever in the matter
and is not contemplating action In the
vent of rupture between Japan and
Russia. On the contrary, tho official slew
Is that Franc and Great Britain aro not
likely to become Involved and that RuaMa
and Japaa will t left' to settle their con
troversy. ' '
Rnsslan Officer Hope tut
BT. PETERSBURG, Dec H.-OmcUl of
the Foreign offlc do not share the pesai
I raliUc fee ing regarding th situation in the
1 lar east wnicn now seems to ne general.
They aay there la no reaaoa to despair ef
a peaceful settlement of th difficult t.-s
over which Ruaala aud J-ja aro at varl-
MAY SOLVE MURDER MYSTERY
Kew York Police Arrest Swedish
Bailor for Killing; Wo an a a
Saturday Right.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 21 By th arrest to
day of Emit Totterman. a Swedish "'.
the police believe that they have cleared up
the mystery of the murder of rUrah Martin,
whose mutilated body was1 found yesterday
afternoon In Kelly's hotel, a sailors' resort
on the East river front The arrest, which
was made In the Sailors' Union head
quarter followed Information from detect
ive who were sent to Bridgeport, Conn.,
to follow up a clue furnished by a purchase
check of Meigs Company, of Bridgeport,
for a pair of shoe and a sweater which
was found In tho room In vhlch the crime
was committed. On the wrapper of
a parcel left In the room cccu
pled by the murderer was , written
in pencil the name of t'Fred C. Be- prevented by the ponce, unaer a -,TA
h nmn Tn. Issued tonight by Chief of Police. O Nellt
terman." The detectives reported from
n, tA-Tr k. h uhmvur vA c I
Belano was lying at that port .nd that a
sailor named E. Totterman was discharged
from It They also secured a good descrlp-
tion of, the man who purchased the shoes
and Bwator. ' I
Furnished with this Information de-
tectlvea of this city picked up Totterman funerals are bclnr held Is beyond the toler
from a crowd of seamen at the Sailors I atlon of a clvtllted community," ald Chief
Union. When searched there was found on
him a sailor' clasp knife the blaJe ot
which appeared to bear blood stain. At
police headquarters' the police fully ldentl
fled Totterman 'by James Kelly, the pro-
prletor of the hotel, hi wife and othvr
persona a the man who on Saturday tilght
accompanied the woman Martin to the I
room in which her body wa found.
Totterman declared that ho had never
been at the hoteR although ho admitted
that he had com from Bridgeport on Rat,
urday. He alao denied having purohased
there the shoes and sweater. After nncior- 1
going a long examination ny inspector flic
plu.ku a rw A..l..ht Dlatriot Atfrnfnev
Garvin he wa arraigned In the poc court
and remanded on tho techi;cal charge ot
t.ain. . .nlnlniu character" to nolle
headquarter.
Later Loula Baldwin and Parker T. Pll-
vernall. salesmen for Meigs & Company,
fully identified Totterman as the man who
bought the shoes and sweater. The police
say that Totterman 1 also known aa Carl
Nlelson.
WANTS YOUNG HENRY TO PAY " the hou.. ot mourning .H . de
V I rA nniht that In hi opinion no court
Wlfo Says Colonkai Tosag- Man
honld Aoalst Her Defend Dl
ore Proceedings. I
DENVER. Deo. SI. (Special Telegram.
Half a dosen affidavit were filed I
with Judg Johnson this afternoon In an
attempt to convince th court that Robert I
H. Henry. Jr., la worth more than IS0.0O)
and If his mother does not disinherit him of the laundry strike last summer, a com
In her will he will at her death receive I mtte of four waa appointed at a meeting
aa much more. The affidavit go to show
that Henry should be compelled to advance
Mrs. Henry considerable money ror oourt I
cost, railroad transportation and tempo- I
rary alimony, wnicn was taaen unaer aa- 1
n.rr. . . mW ef a nromln.nt tW
It; tur.ua family, H want his marriage to Determined that tne sinning uw
JosBle DaufBll set t iids on the ground ofJdrlvara and th resulting famln of ear-
alleged fraud. Among counsel for young I
Henrv i former Senator Allen of Nebraska. 1
Mrs. Henry I represented by B. S. Abbott I
former asristant dlstrlot attorney of Arap-1
ahoe county. The cross-complaint of Mrs.
Henry, In which , sho asks for permanent I
alimony and absolute divorce, waa stricken
out by 'Judge Johnson.
Today' was a preliminary hearing, the
regular trial not having been st. Jamea
G. Reeder, district Judge of Platte county,
Neb., swore to an affidavit that th girl Is
but U year old and that she and her
child are supported by ner rather, a
plumber.
BRINGS AMUR'S PASSENGERS
Alaskan Stoavsashlp Arrives nt Wail.
Inert with Thos Reaened from
. . .
E BATTLE, Wash., Doo. 2L Th a team-
ship Farralon reached Seattle today, hav-
lng on board th passongers of th overdue
r - I ' m-M nm-hfM Am.iw f. A
.aiuuiii f i.nc .wiimiy au.,. u.
Amur left Ekagway on Sunday, December
11. and on Monday, the 14th, rant Into Har-
bor reef at th entrance to Port Simpson.
At high tide it pulled off, but In doing so
broke It tall shaft It suoceeded In reach-
lng th wharf at Port Simpson and on Frl-
day th Farralon went in and took it to
dock. It probably will hava to bo towed to
Vancouver.
Th Amur struck tha rocks of Harbor roef
about 4 o'clock In th morning. Th reef
I unmarked. Four hours later th Amur
pulled off, with high tide, but In leaving
lt dangerous position brok th taiUhaft
The vessel finally mad tho wharf at Port
m-.. ... it ii nn.
" '
Favorable weather probably prevented
tbe Amur front pjtmdlng to piece, whll it
reated on th ref.
FOOL NOT TO BE FOOLED WITH
President Me-llen Toll Why Ho Pnt
. Clnsrd on tho Right'
. Eirms.
NEW TORK, Doc It ha been
learned, owing to a World dispatch from
New Haven. Conn., that th action of the
Nw York. New Haven A Hartford rail-
road official recently In pulling the night
express from New York to Boeton under
heavy armed guards waa due to a demand
for It, 000. Th Utter, which threatened the
entire destruction of the' train if the money
were not forthcoming, wa made Dy pasting
together on a sheet or paper word clipped
President Mellon, who ta quoted a con-
u. uw mmjm um UK- I
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Uevo it wa th work of a fool, but that were temporarily enjoined by Judge Hooea
he decided to take every precaution, "hone of th supreme court today from lnterfer
t.. ..r.i. Mnthir. tnnr. h.. k.. in with mploys of the Contractors -
from th writer.
REPRESENTATIVES' NEW HOME
WUl Bo Started Soon at Washington,
to Cost Several Million.
s Dollar.
WASHINGTON. Dec. H.-Speakor Can-
non and Representative Hepburn and
Richardson of Tennises, comprising the
commission having In charge th construe
tion of an pffic building fur th house of
representative, today were informed by
Attorney General Knox that th Jury of
condemnation bad Sxed the price toxbe
paid for the site at 1741.000, and that hla de.
pertinent wus now engaged In reviewing
title to the various piece of property pre,
llmlnary to the government taking tltlo.
Th ground will then te cleared and the
erection of the building begun at once. The
structure Is fo coet between U.OM.Gut) and
eOX).(O0 ecd it wouatructlon will take
POLICE . STOP PICKETING
Btrikeri Unit Aroid Honaet from Whioh
Fnnarali Are to Start.
BAR PEACEABLE OR ' VIOLENT EFFORTS
Chief of Chicago Police Takes Haa
la Drivers' Strike Regardless
of Decision of Coorts on
' Subject.
CHICAGO, Dee. tl. Picketing of house
from which funerals are to start, whether
peaceful or violent, by union livery drivers,
who went on a strike four day ago, and
which has seriously lnterferred with the
burial of the dead in Chicago, is to be
J. R. Wadsworth, secretary.
Stevens, business agent, ef the Llvery-
men's union, were summoned before Chief
O'Neill tonight and told In decidedly plain
language that any difference tho union
might have would have to b settled away
from the Tiouaes of mourning.
"This picketing of homes from whlcn
O'Neill. - "Tour seal has carried you be.
yond the pass of endurance, and uch an
unheard of thing a carrying laoor iruu
b'ea to the houses of the dead will not be
allowed bv the polios. - Under no clreum
stance will I permit picketing of any. kind
around a house whero a funeral la to pro-
eed.. And I must any that it ought not to
t necessary for mo to take this step.
"Tj,w or no law. picketing of every kind
around these house will have to atop. I
Bhall take mr chance with tho court on
tha que,ti0n, if my conduct la questioned
, any ourt.'
Peace negotiations oat Foot.
Chief O'Neill tnen issueo. a gener.. .-r
to all the inspector or ponce on.
Of his conversation Wltn tne iwu iuuu
official. Ho Instructed tho commanding
officers to aooompany luneraia in w-o
if circumstances seemed to require 11 w
cee that th last rite of tho dead were In
no war Interfered with.
While the courts hav Inclined to permu
rwooofnl nlrketlne-. Chief 0"NeuT oraer
tends to wohlbit plckeUng or any na
Would bo found which would fall to sustain
an act of such evident necessity and pro
priety as that contemplated by th police
department.
On top of Chief O'Neill' order came tn
announcement " tonight thai peace plan
looklna- to a settlement of tha strike had
been launched. ' Through the effort of
the Chicago Board of Arbitration, which
wu largely instrumental of the settlement
. tn. Iour liverymen and undertaken
.aartf.ittons to meet with a eommlttee ot
f0or from the Driver union and endeavor
to bring about an amicable adjustment of
th8 trouble.
' " w
rjagea should jiot tatorrero wun nis, weo-
dins. Antonio Lacaaco. manager ior
commission firm, hired a nospitai amou
lanoe and flrov with hla prospecUv brld
and a bridal party in triumph to the Chureh
of th Ascension, where th ceremony was
performed.
I strike picket who - endeavored . to stay
I the progress of th gaily hedecked amba
ianoe wagon through ' the streets were
1 brushed aside and outdistanced by the fast-
rnnin vehicle, which was driven at a
I gallop all the way to the churcli from
th horn of the brld.
No sign of peace had entered into th
ti..r ririvan' strike when thl fourth day
of tho tie-up of hearse and carriage.
oame, - with th renewal ot in aeoiaio
I funeral. Th undertaker and livery men
deelar that police will be necessary td
1 man tn conveyance ox aa '.
mm mm. v. u.v
A number of extra "buslnes agents" wor
I posted throughout the dty today by the
Livery Driver' union, for th purpose, ay
th union, of preventing Interference on th
I . . . .. . I w4.t
pan ok mo union ". -
movement of hearse, should tn under'
I taker attempt to substitute them for the
I black "dead woffons,
I Th undertaker add liverymen are ao-
I eused by the union official of seeking to dl
I Vert publlo sympathy from the striker.
I Twelve Independent undertakers are re-
I ported by the union a having algned the
I wage and hour agreement . )
Bnslness Agent Stop Tronhlo.
, A funeral party of over a dosen people
from tho northwest arrived In Chicago to-
day and afjer the body of th deceased had
bn taken from the Union depot In a
"dead" wagon picket stopped a bu In
I . L.I . I A
wnicn me mournera were u.
to th Dearborn .tatlon. wa expinc
to the picket mat me nouy wa . uoi.ia
taken aouth and that train connection had
to be made, but they refused to allow th
bus to proceed until a union buainee agent
arrived. He heard th detail and man oe
clared that the mourner should proceed In
th bu without Interference.
Plans had been made by John Curran to
have a coffin containing th body of hi
wife carried on the shoulders 01 six pan-
I bearers from hla horn to St Patrick
I church and from th latter place to a rail
road station, but owing to th l!ppery con
J dltjon of the ldewalk h abandoned th
I Idea. The body waa removed In a "dead
I wax-on. Over 100 mourner. Including chll
I dren and babies carried in arms, formed in
I a procession and followed th undertaker
wagon In th street
1mj9ntition Against rinmbora.
Cincinnati, iec. . --'"
1 TrmAfm eouncii ana trie nuiuuvi. .
aodaUon by way 01 aiscipime, iu. mvv"
cation grows out of an assault aald to
hav been mad on E. M. Black, foreman,
bv trikers, because Black, who la also
stockholder In th company, peraiated In
working on a contract.
Judge Hose In making' the order aald
it was ' not properly an Injunction, but
only a temporary order. Inasmuch as th
defendant ueniea tnai mey na uort. mar
tB lnn'm c"ur,ru'
ny ucn ln,D"T' "uu "Ju" c"" u"
wa mad and It was set for hearing on
Monday of next week. Th prayar of
the petition wa that th defendant organ,
Isatlod and thalr member b enjoined
from in any manner, by violence or Intlml
datlon. Interfere with th employe of
plaintiffs or person desiring to entr said
employ, from picketing or patrolling, boy
cotririg. or In any irregular or Illegal man
ner. Injuring tbe plaintiffs' business.
Another oult ws filed against tho same
dfndWnta for damages on th part of
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Generally Fair and Colder.
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RESIDENT IS THE FAVORITE
Itooaevelt, Say Krneat E. . Hart, la
Dominant, with Senator Fairbanks
Lender for Second' Plneo.
Having Just returned to Council Bluffs
from his attendance upon the meeting of
the committee In Washington and a subse
quent visit to New Tork, Ernest K. Hart
the republican national committeeman from
Iowa, give his view of the situation In
atlonal politic In an Interview tn hla
own paper, aa follows:
The national committee meeting was the
largest ever held. Tbe Roosevelt senti
ment was dominant In the committee at
all atagea of the conference. It haa been
asserted that there Is an undercurrent of
feeling against President Roosevelt's re-
nomination, but during my visit to New
York no such antagonism waa evident In
financial circles. The fact that he la to
be the republican party's candidate Is
universally accepted in New York, and he
will unquestionably have all the support
that tho metropolis can give any, repub
lican candidate.
"Concerning the vice presidency, 8nator
Fairbanks is most spoken of, and It Is
generally conceded that Indiana will pre
sent a strongly Indorsed man either In
Senator Fairbanks, Senator Beveridge or
Governor Durbln. Senator Fairbanks ha
not said, that I know of. that ho will ac
cept the .nomination, neither has he said
that he will decline. The sentiment ha
crystallised into a conviction that there
Is no 'man In tha republican party too big
for the offloo of vice president of the
United States, and It la' scarcely probable.
especially In the light of recent events
and tho uncertainties of human life, that
Senator Fairbanks or any other man tha
party may select will decline the nomina
tion. ' Indiana, however, may not unite
on him, although, a I say, ho is now th
most spoken of. Governor Durbln' 'name
mentioned by the Indiana men, and
they are still debating. However, th
question of the vice -presidency waa not
Drougni up at in national committee
meeting."
DELAY THE CARPfNTER WORK
Director of Andltorlnm Will With
hold Advertisements While The
Aro Collecting More Funds.
The carpentry contract for th Audito
rium will not be readvertised for until after
New Year. Tho only work which will be
don on the building now until tha carpen
tern begin their operations,-which will not
be for several weeks at least la that of th
riveter, who, with two compressed sir
machine, have from thirty to sixty days'
hammering ahead; ot them. -Moat 1t the
Important girders- hiv bemprtnanently
riveted and the larger fart ef th small
bracing Iron, hut the riveting Is slow
work oven with th oompreased air. Th
brick and atone men will do no mora thl
winter. The wall ha been brought up on
all sides to th level of the roof promenade
floor, beyond which' It cannot be taken
until the timbering I done. Tho architect
doe not wish th coping laid around the
building until the wall have- had tlm to
et well. Thl coping 1s all of th brick
work contract which remain to be dan.
Th stone men will have to lay two strips
of atone in th coping, besides which there
ax tha sixteen big pillar and th other
stone about the entrance to place. Pho
tographs of th building ar to bo taken
today. Th directors . are carrying on an
active subscription campaign in tho moan-
tlm. '
BONDS FOR C0JJ3Y AND OTHERS
Seewritlea Range front Five Hand red
to On Theaaand Dollar .tot
' Yet Given. -
-Bond hava been flxed for their appear
ance befor th trial term of th United
State district court In th cases of th
following parti Indicted hy the recent
federal grand Jury: General L, W. Colby,
Indicted for smbertlement. fl.OQO; Elleri R.
A. Reha. (male), perjury, $1,008;. Daniel W,
Gaines, perjury. S600; John B, Menaey,
perjury, 500. , ,
The bonds have not been .given aa yet
and capiases will at one bo issued for th
parties. No capiases hav yet been Issued
for ' the cattlemen indicted for illegally
fencing public lands, other than , those
heretofore mentioned. Capiases have, how.
ever, been Issued In a number of th boot
legging case for saloon keeper at Ban
croft and other part of th Indian reasrv ac
tions. ..it
TO SHUT OFT THE " TAXES
Petitions Filed to Resrtrain City from
; Collecting? Sovwravl Pnhllo
School.
An application for a restraining order
waa filed in the district court today la
which th school district of Omaha ask
that th city council and mayor b
restrained from attempting to collect soma
general and special assessment cf taxes
against certain school building la thl city,
Th following school r enumerated
Cass, Mason, Webster, Dupont Kellom,
Columbian, Fort Omaha, Franklin, Lake,
Long , Annex, Lothrop, Sherman, Walnut,
Hill. West Side, Monmouth Park, taker
man, Saratoga. Famani and Dodge.
It Is alleged that these building hav
been used only for school purpose and
that th aaaeaament should be declared
null and void. ,
JUMPS FROM UPPER WINDOW
Man Seoo Strange TblAig And Loop
Ont Into ls for
Refoge.y
While - seeing Strang and unnatural
thing, th direct result ot Imbibing too
freely, Samuel Eskowicb Jumped from th
rear second-story lfidow of Kossler s hall.
1211 South Thirteenth street, yesterday
Fortunately Eakawlch alighted on a soft
spot In the (alley- pile cf ashesand wa
not seriously hurt. A few minutes after
taking the aert dive Eakowlcb was picked
up by Officer, t hey snd Billy Rice, a bar
tender . at TWitenth a-d Lcuvit: worth
street. He wag removed to the stat on and
received tbe auction of the polka surgeon
who diagnosed tuv case as tremens r f th
flighty order. Thc'vliyskiun eaya E.-.kuwlc
will ts all rtlit il a fw 4s. n bo..
NINE DIE IN WRECK
Friico Tut Trait from the South Strike
Opea Switch in Kama.
' 1 '
IVE OTHER MLN FATALLY INJURED
ourtees Men and One Woman Are 8rU
onalj Wounded bf Aooident
BRAKE MAN NEGLECTS TO USE THE FLAG
Han Whose Duty it -Wai tt Stop Meteor
Eai Di appeared, ' . '
CHAIR CAR TAKLS FIRE AFTER WRECK
- 1
Moat of tho Injured Were la This Car
and 'Were Badly Bnrhod Aft
. tho Train Jemped th
Traek,
KANSAS CITY, Dec 11. In a wrack Oi
tho "Meteor" th St. Loula dc Ban Francisco
railway' fast train from th south, right
person wer killed and thirty-two other
injured at Godfrey, Kan. Of the Injured,
live probably will die and fourteen wer
seriously hurt. The dead:, : , ,
JAMF.a K1RPATRICK. Mosby, Mo.
UKOKUE HUYT, conductor, Sapuipa, 1. Ti
fa. A. lUWK.al. enaineer. iMt tJcolU
Kan. .,
THEODORE BISHARJJ. fireman. Fort
6coit, Kan.
JAMu.a 11. TWXjsLA.r4, (coiorooj riaming,
Kan.
.ASA MOREL, AND, Lenexa, Kan.
i.tN t'UKHIN, Messle, OKI.
JOSEPH CORB1N, Bessie, Okl.
JOHN BLUEBACKER, new agent Kas-
sos City.
Fatally Injured: ' . . .
Sheridan Kenoble," Hoopertown, Okl. , '
B. F. Garr,way, Joneshoro, Ark,
John Bell, uxorkss mensenger, Kanaaa
city. . .. . ..
ti. t: ..t-rrngfyn,-man aiero, ivanssv city. -
Serious, Injured: ',,.
Nra. 35. '. v.' Hobart OkL '.
Henry MoW.lnl-, Shlder, Okl.
Thomas Kelt Hountain View, Okl.
J. W. Guilt, Ottumwa la.
Henry M. McDonnell, Lodl, O.
jL. Howtr-i Lee, Oklahoma City, Okt
Joseph, H. Donohue, Franklin, 111.-
Walter Godsby, Kansas City. .
J. D. Bryant, Davenport, la. .
W. Farmer, Blackwell. Okl.
Eimeit Corbln, Eessle, Okl..
Jacob Roeasler, Parker, Okl,
C. J. Donovan, Snyder, Okl.
J. W. Adamson, mall clerk Kansas City.
H. B. Darlington, mail c'-erk. Kansas
City.
Several other wer hurt slightly. Moat
of the Injured were bedly burned aa well ,
being maimed. ' - ,
Freight Crew Responsible.
Th responsibility for th wreck I laid at
the door of a brakeman of th freight train.
whraallrd to flag th passenger train. He
haa disappeared. Th engine on the fre'ght
had become "dead" and th crwr wa or-
dered to remain on the main track and ttrrj
th switch for th naeaenzer then tboul
duo, th brakeman being ordered to flag tha '
Meteor. ' This h neglected to do. ',' '
In tho crash the bagrgtv oar telechpd
th engine and landed in a oornfleld, ferhile '
th amokeyand the twq chair caraVwer
plied In A mas an top the engine, -jfviost rt
toe lnjureo; r m taa.tfcair. cartj wh'cn
task fir soon after th wreck oaovrred. - ,
nit rrecaea tram waa on or ini . finest
and fastest In th service. It waa mtNA
of two baggage. and one mall oar, a an koker,
two chair car and a alper. When th
train reached Godfrey it was behind tr"d
running' at full speed to nak up time.
Th orew of a freight train that had pre
odd the Meteor lft th witch open and
tha passenger train jumped th track and
rolled -down a alight embankment - All av
th gleaner turned over, and ao fast wa th
train running that th engine and tho for.
ward beggar car landed nearly sixty feet
off . the roadbed before It stopped! Th
leeper remained upright and none ot th
passenger In thl ear waa Injured. t
Front End Boar the Brent.
Tho baggag oar ewer completely wrecked
and th smoker wa badly damagsd. Five
of those killed war in th forward end ot
th smoker and four of them wer killed
Instantly. A new agent, who was badly
mangled, died on th relief train that oar.
rled th dead and Injured to Fort Soott -
Engineer. B. A. Dewee of Fort Scott, ,
Conductor Hoyt of Topeka and Fireman .
Blshard of Fort -ptt were all Instantly
kl led, and Expresa Messenger John Bell of .
Kanaaa City was fatally injured. Others
of th crew and almost avery passenger
on the ntir train, except those In, th
sleeper, who escaped with a sever shake- '
up, were Injured, some of them seriously.
It wa still dark when the wreck oc
curred and th utmost confusion followed.
It was some time befor those of the crew
Who had escaped Injury were able, with the
help of the passenger who wer unhurt, to
aid tha injured.
A wrecking crew carrying physician did
not leave Fort Scott for th scene until
several hour after the wreck occurred
and It waa 11 o'clock befor tho dead and
Injured wer brought to Fort Soott
- J. A. Eortley," the freight brakeman
Whoa failure to flag th langr train ,
caused Ah wreck, r haa hot ' been found. '
Th Corbln brother, two of whom war
killed and one seriously Injured, wer on
their wa home to Oklahoma t pnd
Christmas. - .
IN DEFINANCE OF SALSBURY.
Ions of Grand Rapid', Alleged Bood-
ler Pleavd Hot Oolite of nt
i j . Charge.
'.."'
GRAND RXPTDS, Mich,. Deo. EL la tho
superior court today U respondents la th
prosecutions for bribery and conspiracy
arising from Lant K. SavUsbiiry confrion
of th attempt to put through th Lak
Michigan water deal who had not pre
viously confessed to their part In th deal
pleaded not guilty. January 11 waa settled
upon aa th day for beginning their trials.
Those who were charged with conspiracy
demanded separata trial. The Informa
tion' Sled la court today divulged th fact
that ae van tern wfnsn ar to be need by
the prooecation In tha water doal raaeav .
WEEKS; JURY CANNOT AGREE
inaUnaai Wesson CherareeT with Mnr
AerlnT Ho Mother Mast Be
Tried AcVWln,
' ' l. .
BEDFORD. Ind.. Dec XL Th jury in
th case of Mr. Cora Wavka. wh has heart
oa trial charged with kf.Un: Mr. fc'uMj Ji
Irtkvad, her aged mother. ukIs. after 1
liberating since Saturday, reported in court
It, inability to agree on a verdict. Tug
Juror declined to glv the result of thti'
ballot. Mr, Ireland lost Jier life In the
W ks home. Mrs. Weeks and her bus
bend said M'S. Ireland ahot herself, b it
guvs no reason. ,
Joseph Weeks, husband of Mrs. Week,
was Indicted with her 011 the sain cltarg.
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tUe cotuwlaa.OBk
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(Continued on Socucd Pag.)
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