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The Omaha Daily Bee. THE BEE IS THE PREFERRED ADVER TISING MEDIUM IN ITS TERRITORY FOR A CHARACTERISTICALLY WEST ERN NEWSPAPER READ THE BEE OMAHA, TUESDAY MOUSING, DECEMKEK 6, 1904 TEN TAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. CONGRESS IS OPEN Both Housu Are Called to Order Promptly at Twelve O'cUck. SENATE IN SESSION THIRTEEN MINUTES Adjoirnment Takenin Memory of Former Seiators Quay and Hoar. HOUSE TRANSACTS LITTLE BUSINESS Merohant Marina Commiailon L January 5 to Make Ita Bepo, TO. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE COMES I'sual Committees Appointed to Walt lon the Chief Executive to ctlfy Him of Opening of Session. .ASHiNGTON, Dec. B. With 'he senate In session thirteen minutes and the house fifty-three minutes, the last session of the Fifty-eighth congress was asscmt.ed toduy. tu iim. n twitit iwuiiaa wfm devoted en- tlrely to the usual formalities of opening ! day There were the greetings between j members, the great floral display and the hundreds of visitors, with beautifully gowned women predominating. Corridors, committee rooms and cloak rooms were thronged. The bustle extended even to the floors of the chambers. The gavels of Senator Frye, pro tem of the senate, and Speaker Cannon of the hous. fell exactly at 12 o'clock. The opening prayers were made by the chap lains. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D., In the senate, and Rev. H. N. Couden in the house. In both the senate and the house the committee were 'appointed to wait on the president and Inform him that congress was ready to receive any communica tion he had to send. Resolutions of re spect to the memory of the late Senators Hosr of Massachusetts and Quay of Penn sylvania were adopted by both houses and the adjournments taken were In further ttrlbute to their memory. The only business outside of the usual first-day routine was the adoption of a res olution In the house extending until Jan uary B. 190ft, the time within which the Merchant Marine commission may make its report. Soilness Begins at Noon. nh. i... ....inr r thm Fiftv-els-hth congress wa. called together at noon ! today. . The nnenln was under the ! usual Interesting conditions and amid those scenes that for years have made the reassembling of congress among the notable events of the country. Hun dreds Of sightseers today thronged the corridors and crowded into the galleries to witness the formal proceedings. From one and of the capltol building to the other the busy tread of statesmen and the flutter of feminity distinguished the occasion from any other to the official or social calendar of tne" yea.'.. v" . From the lethargy which has character ises mininfLvn since cvny in ovinia the city awakened to a new ' era and heralded with apparent Joy the day which opens both the official and social seasons. The streets were crowded with people Intsnt upon witnessing the ceremonies. Carriages flocked about the hotels ready to carry guests to the capltol and two hours before noon a steady stream of vehicles bearing gay parlies made Its way to the east front of the building. Many newly elected ir embers were ut the capltol, although they will not enter office until after March 4. A particularly sad feature of the reassembling was the absence of kindly faces grown old In the service of the country. Opening Is Gala Occasion. Rarely In the memory of the old guard has the opening dsy been made such a gala occasion. The galleries, rather than the floor, proved the center of attraction ' Action of the Victorian Raises Qurs for rows upon rows of handsomely gowned j tloa of Its Value, won.en looked down upon the statesmen . GLASGOW, Dec. 5. The trials of the who grouped about the chambers or , AlIen )ne Bteamer Victorian, the Urgest Strolled in and out of the cloak rooms Vr; turbne vessel yet built, which was exchange greetings wlta old friends and . iaunched at Belfast August 25, havs been receive those of new ones. I , disappointing as to raise swious doubU Members of both bodies were flooded J among the Clyde shipbuilders a to the with remembrances in the form of floral j vaue of the turb;neg ln lhc ctti), of arga pieces and the chambers presented an ap- I Mpa AU the e(torU mada tQ t the pearancs which they never know on any vlctorlan mar contraot speed wrrs futl.e other occasion. Baskets and clusters of and t underBtood lhat the ccn3 ruc ,on bright roses, chrysanthemums and other f tna ,urtjn6 englnes i,ltended for the fall flowers covered the desks. Though I r,.,,, , ,.,, h. . ... rain and sleet fell during the entire morn ing, thess discomforts were insufficient to mar the success of the event. Those who attend ths first day of a session of congress gain but a false idea of the functions of the greatest of all law making Institutions. In ths senate after the usual formali ties, ths session will be adjourned out of respect for the- lata Senators Hoar of Massachusetts and Quay of Pennsylvania, In ths house, pending the annual message from ths president, nothing but ths merest routine will be accomplished. This will bs the short session of the Fifty-eighth congress and a notably in teresting one, for, with ths Inauguration f President Roosevelt, the session will go out In a piase oi giory. uniy once in four years does congress have an op portunity to wind up Ha affairs under the historic conditions which will prevail next March., Short sloa of House. The house of rtpresentatlves oonvened today at noon for the last session of tho Fifty-eighth congress. The ever interest ing event attracted to the house side of I the capltol ths usual opening day throng,";1 ' " ' ' " " .. . :.. . i.. .,.. .j,,..i . , i in tn deren.-e were inn' c it ;uicinu:s of who. a hough conscious that admission to and .espot.ro.. for ceo, ... the galleries was, by card only, neverthe- BWtlcrt UDon ,Zm. mnA ... ,L less began to assemble as early as o'clock. From that hour ths crowd grew I In sis until ths corridors became choked with constantly moving humanity, many of whom Indulged the vain hope that by soma stroke of good fortuns they might giln admittance, while others were content If they but only could peep In. The gal lery doors were thrown open at 10:30 o'clock and In a short time every seat was taken. The dlp'omaUo corps was well repre sented, Now and then as some of the favorite entered ths chamber they were liberally applauded. In hl3 private room, for soms time be fore ths house met. Speaker Cannon held an Informal reception to "the boys," mm h Is wont to call his asaoclatos In ths bouse. Without distinction ss to party, ths members dropped in to pay their respects aud for eacd h had a pleasant word. The floral display was beautiful In ths extreme and there waa hardly a desk that was not banked with 'floral pieces of soms kind. Canaan Raps for Order. Bpeaksr Cannon promptly at It o'clock rapped ths house to order. After prayer iConUaued on Beyond Page.) JAPANESE ARE INDIGNANT Alln that- Russian Fleet Been Granted Too Mtr Favor. Ha TOKIO. Dec. 6. Popular sentiment re garding the question of the assistance which neutral power are giving to the vessel of the RumI in sec.nd Pacific squad ron, which heretofore has been repressed Is trowing; more acute and prominent news papers are voicing: the demand for de termined action by the Japanese govern ment. Apparently It will depend on the course of events when the Russian war ships arrive In Oriental waters. If the squadron shall have been permitted to exceed a fair construction of neutrality It la probable that Japan will consider It self under no obligations to observe Neutrality and may send Its fleet after the .A'sstans into ports, the neutrality of it believes the Russians are violating. f ie Kussians seise a uase in neuirai ', Japan probably will do likewise, a 'gency demand such action. i eenly anxious to avoid compli cate s6ut It will forcefully Insist upon what if considers Us right. Preparations for meeting the Russian warships are progressing on a most ex tensive scale, particularly In the case of the navy, which Is confident of solving the problem under fair conditions. The prep rataions of the army Include the calculation hat th Russian, may attempt to cut the JPnese communications to the Llao Tung peninsula, but whan the Russian vessels arrive the Japanese armies In Manchuria expect to be In a position to carry on the campaign of many months without neces sity of communicating with Japan. Commercial concerns anticipate a tem porary disappointment In the matter of mall and maratlme services when the Rus sian squadron arrives. PROCLAIMS TWO SAINTS Consistory for Canonisation of tier- rdo Malella and Aleaaandro Saull. ROME, Dec. 6. The pope this morning held a consistory for the canonisation of Blessed Qcrardo Malella and Blessed Ales sandro Saull, one of the chief functions of the celebration of the golden Jubilee ol the proclamation of the dogma of the Im maculate Conception. The weather was springlike, adding to the general feeling of good will. The pontltT went In procession to the hall of the consistory, where there was a most imposing gathering of high prelates, said to be the largest alnce the fall of the temporal power of the pope, but the public was not admitted. Pope Plus, wearing his full pontifical robes, seated himself on the throne Im mediately after entering the hall. lie then recited In a sonorous voice the prayers for tne occasion and proceeded to expound the reasons which Induced him to sanction the canonisation of the new saints, Inviting the sacred college to give Its views, which each of the cardinals read, in Latin. The cardinals were followed by patriarchs, arch bishops and bishops, Including those from the United States and Canada. After this the pope proceeded to St. Peter's, where the solemn rites of the cunonlsatlon were performed.-' Later the pope received In St, Peter's all the members of the International Congress of the Virgin Mary, which met today in Rome. Many foreigners. Including the American ecclesiastics now In Rome, were also pres ent. The pope blessed the crown, com posed of twelve stars of brilliants and valued at 130.000, which will be placed on the Madonna, whose image was crowned by Pope Plus IX when he proclaimed the dogma of the immaculate conception. Re plying to the address of Cardinal Van nutelll, the pope said the Jubilee of the Immaculate conception was a new affirma tion of Christian feeling, true religion and sincere loyalty to the pontificate. All the prelates and others . were per mitted to kiss the hand of the pope. In cluding a group of about 100 bishops of all nationalities. TIRBISE SHIP IS DISAPPOINTING pended pending developments. A sl-ter ship of ths Victorian will be launched next month. The two vessels were built on the understanding that the new contract for the fast Canadian mail service would be given to the Allen line, ARGUMENTS NLAND CASES Counsel for tho Defease Tells Jnry the Government Has Failed fp Make Case. PORTLAND, Ore., Dsc. 6. Ths Argument of counsel for the defense in the Kind fraud case commenced today, Lawrence F. Puisr of Eureka, Cat., brother of ons of the defendants, bring the first ; e k r to ad dress the court and Jury on lehalf of the persons accused of a ccnsplra : to de fraud the governma.t of public l.rJs. The speaker 1 eld that the government had failed to make out Its lase against the prisoners and attack. d the irstlni.ny of the government's pi Inc. pal witnesses, Mon. taguo and Held k us being unwo hy of Lull t rnimtl umoawtmA Vi- 1 1 ......... I I . persons horn the g iv.mnn nt all ges are fictitious ais living, human beings, who actually went upon the lmds In question. Judge O Day went before the Jury today to aeiena nini'fii m cenun s rson thrown uion him by witnesses for ths g iv einment. Judge O'IDay tint htd durli g the afierno. n. ATTACH H0ME0F LAWSON Maaaachasetta supreme Court Will Hear Case Dronaht Against Boston Financier. BOSTON. Dec. 5. The suit against Thomas W. Lawson for f3S0,0uO brought by Paul Fuller and F. R. Coudert of- New York was entered today in ths Massachu setts suprems court. The action Is said to havs been taken In connection with stock transactions. Papers filed In tbe case Indicate that Mr. Lawson's place at Scltuate. Mass., has been attached for t&o.oou in the bill of com plaint ths plaintiffs declare that Mr. Law. son failed to respond to several calls for payment on stock for which b bad subscribed, MID-WEST MEN ALL PRESENT Congressman Burkett Congratulated Ove Hit Prospect of f romotioa. HINSHAW TALKS 8F VISIT TO PRESIDENT Major I-acey of Iowa Still a "Stand Patter" on the Tariff Question and Can See No evidence of De mand for Revision. (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. (Special Tele gramsEvery member of congress from Nebraska, Iowa, Sou.h Dakota and Wyom ing waa present when the last ..-Ion of the Fifty-cUhth cngress convened todiy. They were a cockey lot of cong.esamen from Nebraska, Elmer J. Buikett leading all of his colleagues in the wr.i.tii of his reception at the hands of his asso iates. It was "Mr. Ecnator" hers and "Mr. Sen ator" there, and the First district repre sentative visibly showed his pride at the greeting accorded him. There were tew flowers, however, for the men from the wesi. Alli'on and Hedge of Iowa received a lew remembrances; mo dIJ Klttredge of South Dakota and Mondell of Wyoming, but Nebra-ka's represen atl.es, so far as could be seen fr m the press gal lery, are without flo.al rocogn tlon, but they did not look dl consolate because the florist had pas ed them by. They were a happy crowd of legislators who met today In annual session of con gress, the happiness largtly extending to the lower house, McCarthy of the Third Nebraska, Hedge of the First Iowa Mon dell of Wyoming and Martin of South Da kota being particularly Jubilant. Judge Klnkald, suave and low voiced, was glad to be back In Washington aid signalized his advent by Introouclrg a bill prbvld.ng that persons who prior to November -1, 1804, made entry of lands under the so called KlnkRid bill, approved April 28, 1904, shall not be required to establish or maintain residence on the lands so entered by them prior to May, 1903. Having had such phenomenal success in getting through congress his b.ll amending ti e horn stead laws of the United States and glvlrg a section of land to settlers In defined limits of Nebraska, ths statesman from O'Ne.Il Is now seeking to postpone the time when settlers must go upon the land to establish a residence. In the language of a Wyom ng cattle man: "It will be pretty col l we .the In the Sixth district If the cattli men are compelled to live on the lands th y have acquired under ths Klnkald bill this win ter." HInshaw's Visit to President. Congressman Hlnahaw, recounting his visit to ths president, said that Mr. Kooue velt hud called his attention to the claim made by Nebraska that in proportion to the number of votes cast it led all states In republican. Increase. The president would not admit this, said Mr. Hlnshaw, because he remarked that Washington state would not agree to the proposition. "Ths president, realising the significance of ths recent vote of confidence in his ad ministration said that he believed with Abrham Lincoln, ' that the plain, common people had elected him president and he proposed to look after them." "Did he say anything about tariff re vision r- "Well, I am sure the president does not want to be quoted," replied Mr. Hlnshaw, "but I believe he would like to have the tariff modified, particularly on Bteel, wood pulp and paint" Your correspondent mentioned this talk of Mr. Hlnshaw to Major Lacey of the Iowa delegation. ' Major Lacey replied: "If you can show me how you can re vise the tarlft schedule without a tariff bill then I am for revision. We tried it In the past and before we got through the whole tariff was under discussion." And along these , lines Lacey said: "I never saw the people so well satisfied with conditions as they are now. I do not see any heavy demand for bothering the tariff. I suppose there are some people who want to look inside the doll to see if It Is stuffed with sawdust, but In my state the number of Inquisitive people are not so great." Representative Martin of South Dakota, representing a portion of the country that la. freely spoken of as demanding tariff revision, had this to say: "There is no clamor for revision In my state, I do not mean to say that there Is no sentiment for revision, but the peo ple are not falling over themselves for such action. They do not believe that an extra session will be necessary and feel that the regular session can take care of whatever revision Is deemed necessary later on." Cut In Appropriations. Mr. Burkett, after adjournment of tht house, was caught in the committee on ap propriations room, where he had gone to nurse his good right hand, which had been doing yeoman service early In the morning. "There must be a cut In appropriations," he sold. "We are appropriating entirely too much money for several departments In view of governmental receipts. The in crease desired for the navy must be tem porarily cut down. Wo have been ex tremely liberal with the navy. In the last three years we have ordered a number of battleships built. These with the new ships Just going Into commission will give us a most formidable battleship fleet, -so that I think ws can afford to cut 'down our ap. propriatlons for this particular fighting fores. My belief Is we ought to stop a bit and take a look around before we go on adding to our navy and then lack men to man them." Senator Dietrich will be at the Arlington this winter with his daughter. Senator Mil lard has taken his old rooms at the New WUlard. Congressman and Mrs. Burkett are at the Dewey. Representative Klnkald Is at a private house on K street. Mr. and Mrs. Hlnshaw are at 214 North Capltol street. Congressman McCarthy is stopping tit the National. Postal Matters. George W. Vogel has been appointed postmuster ' at Norris, Frontier county, Neb., vice J. 8. Leechltner, resigned. Kural carriers appointed: ,. Nebraska Waverly, route, 1; Caleb E. Negus, carrier; E. W. Negus, substituts. Iowa Clarlnda, route, 2; Claude Harland, carrier; Pearl Harland, substitute. Graettlnger, route, 1; John C. Mnllson, carrier; Andrew B. Peter son, subs-.ltute; routs, f; Edwin B. Merrt man, carrier; Nettle Merriroan, substituts. Guthrie Center, route, ; Albert D. Mo raine, carrier; Elsa Moraine, substitute. Luther, route, 1; John F. Radcllffe, carrier; Augustus, Moats, substituts. South Dakota -Dell Raplda, routs, 1; Jens C. Jensen, car rier; N. C. Jensen, substitute. 'Pattern After Klnkald BUI. An Important bill affecting about 4,000,000 acres of land lying west of the MUwour! river In South Dakota, was Introduced In ths house today by Representative Martin, Ths measure haa ths support of ths entire IConUauad on Second Fags.) WOULD PROBE ELECTION FUNDS Boirke Cockraa Introduces Two Bills Dealing- with Campaign Contri butions and Expenditures. WASHINGTON, Deo. 6. Representative Cockran (N. Y.) introduced today a bill providing for the appointment of a special commission to Inquire Into and ascertain the amounts of money expended by both parties In all elections for presidential elec tors from 18P2 to 1904. Inclusive. Representative Cockran (N. T.) introduced a bill today providing that when any sums exceeding o0 shall be contributed to the funds of any political party or any money shall be expended by or on behalf of any candidate for representative In congress or for presidential electors, before an election at which representatives or presidential electors are to be chosen, a statement shall be tiled within three days fro msuch con tributions or expending such moneys In the office of the clerk of the district court of the United States for the district In which the person or firm or corporation making such contribution, or expenditure shall re side, specifying the snvwint, the name and residence of the donors and of the person or officer receiving It. Provision is made further for publishing the statement and making the failure to file a statement a felony punishable by Im prisonment not to exceed three years. ESTIMATES OF FBDBHAL EXPENSES Five Million Dollars nsre Desired Than Appropriated Ist Ycsr. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. The estimates of appropriations required for the support of the government for the fiscal year end ing June 80, 1908. wers transmitted to con gress today by the secretary of the treas ury. These estimates aggregate ltil9.69,852, as against $U4,618,937. the amount of thd appropriations for the current fiscal year. Following Is the recapitulation of the es timates by departments: Estimates Approprla for tlona 1908. for 1906. Legislative 12,311.015 $ 12,1 ti 487 Kxtcutlve '.. 3S3.640 313,37 State department S,0y, S.107.;o Treasury department... 170.M7.ntio 17fi.4SS.05 War department lira.vm.aw jio.ihu.oi Navy department 117,649.3-W liti.lMJ Interior department.... IB.'.24,4J6 171.970.80S Postofllce department.. 16,439,900 Department of Agricul ,211,17 6,912,870 10.9R9.nK3 8,024,927 ture H,41V,B1V Department of Com merce and Iabor 1S.79&.9S9 Department of Justice. 8,248,4X0 Grand totals $019,669,852 til4.548,93T Tho estimates for 191. which are nearly $5,000,000 more than the estimates for 1906, Include $148,836,320 pe'manent annual ap propriations, already provided for by law. KAVAL OFFICER LOSES HIS CLAIM I'nlted States Supreme Court Against Extra Pay for Foreign Service. WASHINGTON, Dec 6. Justice Brown today delivered the opinion of the supreme court of the United' States In the case oi C M. Thomas against the United States, Involving the rights of naval officers In re spect to extra pay under ths naval personal acta of 1900 and 190L The opinion Is In favor of the government. ' Fhe claim pre sented was that naval officers who go to sea should be allowed 1Jjt twit In excess of their usual pay because the Increased allowance Is made to army officers who are assigned to duty at sea or at a foreign port, the purpose of the law being the as similation of the'snlarlos of army and navy officers. Mr. Thomas la a captain In the navy and made claim for the extra pay because of service In the Philippines, in China and at sea. Most of his claims were allowed by the court of claims, but this decision was today reversed. JAMES Hi. TYKER PASSES AWAY Former Postmaster General, Later Tried for Fraud, Is Dead. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Former Post master General James N, Tyner died at 9:15 o'clock this morning. Mr. Tyner was postmaster general for a short time during President Grant's ad ministration. His last official duties wera as assistant attorney general for the Post office department, from which office he waa removed last year, which was followed by his Indictment, together with his nephew, Harrison J. Barrett, in a charge of con spiracy In connection with the use of the malls by certain alleged "get-rlch-qulck" concerns. On this charge he was acquitted by a Jury. He had been in ill health for a number of years. He was born In Indiana in 1836. YOt'NO PV'TXEY IS OCT OF ARMY War Department Orders Young Vir ginian Discharged Without Honor. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. The War depart ment has directed that Recruit Stephen Putney, Jr., of the general service, Jeffer son Barracks. Mo., be discharged without honor from the army on the ground that he enllBted under false pretenses. Putney Is a young Virginian, who recently got Into trouble at St. Louis, resulting In the loss of all his money. One of the stories was that he had been kidnaped and robbed of some valuable family Jewelry and that he enlisted In the army while suffering from the effects of a drug given him by the kidnapers. Sugar Company Loses Case. WASHINGTON, Deo. 6. The supreme court of the United States today denied the nnitriLtlona for writs of certiorari In the cases of the American Sugar Refining company or new ior, versus xne united Ptatei, thus in effect affirming the de cision of the circuit court ot appeals for ths second district, which sustained the gov ernment. The suit was brought by the sugar rennets to test the validity of treasury regulations allowing for ths temperature modifications of ths polar lscoplc test of sugars brought Into ths United States. MINERS' FEDERATION MEETING President Moyer Says Cripple Creek Conditions Are fnchsaged a and Strike Continues. DENVER, Dec. . Ths executive board of the Western Federation of Miners con vened In this city today. One of ths sub jects to be considered Is ths Cripple Creek strike. "Ths issues Involved In ths Cripple Creek strike," said President Charles H. Moyer, "remain unsettled and ths situation Is un changed. Personally I ses no reason why ths strike should bs called off until a satisfactory agreement with ths mine own ers has been reached." OURAY, Colo., Dec I Following the lead of the Tullurlde operators. It Is an nounced all the milling plants In ths Ouray district will adopt an eight-hour basis bv January 1. Th mine nmnageis ara now making arrangements preparatory to the change. The adoption of the eight-hour day In th mills of this city was hastened by ths fact that the mill men were leav ing hers and going to Tellurlde to take ad vantage fit Us shorter workday there, ' BECRWITII ENDORSED NOTES President of Oberlia Bank Makes Sensa tional Oonfeasion in Chadwiok Case, THREE NOTES BEAR NAME OF CARNEGIE They Aggregate 1.5Srt,MW and Are Endorsed hy Oberlln Bank Mr. Chadwlck May Be Put Inder Arreat. CLEVELAND, O., Dec. t.C. T. Beck wlth. the president of the defunct bank at Oberlln. O., tonight confessed that he had Indorsed three notes, aggregating $1, 260,000, bearing the name of Andrew Carnegie, for Mrs. Cassle 8. Chadwlck. There were numerous new angles de veloped today In connection with the af fairs ot Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwlck and the troubles of the closed Cltlxens' National bank of Oberlln, O. President C. T. Beck wlth and Cashier Frank Spear of the latter Institution were brought here from Oberlln by United States Marshal Chandler and a deputy shortly before noon. The bank offi cials were arraigned before United States Commissioner Starsk. Both pleaded not guilty to the charge of misappropriating the funds of the bank and waived a prelimi nary hearing. Commissioner Starsk fixed the ball at $10,000 In each case and bound the two men over to the grand Jury, which meets February next. The prisoners were released on bond this afternoon. Receiver Nathan Loeser filed his bond today, thus making him the legal custo dian of all property owned by Mrs. Chad wlck. It is stated that tie approval of Mr, Loesser's bond ties up absolutely all of Mrs. Chadwick's property and not a dollar of her debts can be paid out of the proceeds of her estate. All creditors, It Is said, must share alike. This Is supposed to apply to the Newton claims, If there is an attempt to pay It out of any money that may be due to tbe estate. Emll Chadwlck, son of Mrs. Chadwlck, arrived here from New York today and at once went to his mother's home at the corner of Euclid and Genesee avenues. The young man was deeply depressed. He re fused to talk for publication. Banker Beekwlth's Confession. Seated In the office olf the United tSates District Attorney In this city this after noon. President C. R. Beckwlth. president of the failed Cltlsens National bank of Oberlin, made a confession regarding tho bank's transaction with Mra Cassie L. Chadwlck. Mr. Beckwlth said: I am either an awful dupe of a terrible fool. I guess there Is no doubt about my being a fool. I know I have done wrong, and although crushed to the earth myself, I do not propose to be made a scapegoat to shield the sins of others. Further con cealment of the truth cannot help anyone. If I thought It could my lips would remain sealed as though I had been stricken dumb. The truth is that others also must be called to the bar to answer for their part In this terrible affair and one of those whose answer must be had It Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwlck. The banker spoke In broken sentence snd tears were streaming from his eyes. His acquaintances with Mra Chadwlck began three years ago. The attorneys for Herbert D. Newton, the rBookllne Mass., banker, have stated that their client loaned Mrs. Chadwlck money only after a note signed "Andrew Carnegie" had been endorsed by the president and cashier of a national bank. The men who endorsed the note were President Beckwlth and Cashier Spear ot the Cltlxens National bank, Oberlln, O. Relating this matter, Banker Beckwlth continued his story of the bank's transac tions with Mrs. Chadwlck as follows: Yes, we endorsed the note, In addition to one other note for $500,000. but, O God, never for the purpose for which they were used. Three Notes Aggregate 1,250,000. "Do you mean to say that tnere are two $500,000 notes in addition to the note for $250,000?" was asked Mr. Beckwlth. "Yes, notes aggregating $1,250,000." v "It has not been generally understood that there were two notes for $500,000," It was suggested. "I know It. I know It, but the notes ex ist Just the same," said Mr. Beckwith. "One of them is In the nanas oi me re ceiver and the other ought to be In the hands of Mrs. Chadwlck. If she has dis posed of It she has done something which she swore she would not do, so please make It plain that a solemn oath was taken that the notes which bear our endorsement were never to be used by Mrs. Chadwlck for the purpose of raising money and she knew It." "Mr. Beckwlth, to correct any wrong Impression, would 'it not be wise for you to state how Mrs. Chadwlck Induced you to place your signature upon the notes?" "My God, I would like to If I thought It would make It clear. To tell the story would be to tell the tale of torture and transactions covering a period of over a year. To tell It would take a good half day and In my terrible condition I cannot attempt the task. I cannot tell the story before I go on the witness Btand. I must seek advice." Mrs. Chadwick's Statement. "Did you have the slightest suspicion that the notes carrying the name of Andrew Carnegie were not genuine?" "In heaven's name, how could we have had such suspicion? Mrs. Chadwlck swore to both of us and one or more witnesses that she personally saw Mr. Carnegie sign his name to the notes shs placed before us. But we said we must be sure. How are we to know? The answer came In less than" two days when a New York attorney appeared In Oberlln, who said he was the attorney of Mr. Carnegie his special agent. He vouched for the correctness of the claims made by Mrs. Chadwlck. We had at least six conferences with this lawyer, two In Oberlln and four In Cleveland. Per haps I am saying too much, but I must tell something more. In every other way we attempted to make certain that we were engaged in a legitimate business transac tion, the kind of a transaction a business man would enter upon with credit to him self. TICKET SCALPERS FIGHT BACK Brokers Allege that the Passenger Association Is an I'nlawfnl Organisation. CHICAGO, Dec. B Answers were filed today In the United States circuit court by twenty-five members of the American Ticket Brokers' association, who wers mada defendants to bills recently filed by the passenger association In connection with the alleged "scalping" of tickets to the World's fair at St Louis. The bills filed, the snswers charge, are the result of an Illegal combination be tween the railroads comprising ths pas senger association. The defendants charge tl.at the complainants In order to eacape from the operation of the penalties and punishment of the United States organ ised ths organisation and held and still hold their criminal meetings. In this connection ths answers allege that at thess meetings passenger rates are fixed, doing away with competition. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday) Hour. Pes, Hear. Deg. A a. m 24 t p. m T a. m X4 a p. m ST T a. m Jt. a p. m IV N a. m It 4 p. m ft fa. m...... i! B p. m ...... X to a. m x ! p. m 81 11 a. nt 2 T p. m 2M U m 20 H p. m Xl . 0 p. ns 23 ELECTION OFFICERS GO TO JAIL Three Denver Men Are Adjudged Guilty of Contemtp of Court. DENVER. Dee. 6 --Frank J. Krattke, city license Inspector, Joseph Ray. Edward O'Malla and Charles Kofsky were today adjudged guilty of contempt by the state supreme court and were sentenced to Jail. The sentences are as follows: Krattke, one year's Imprisonment., and $1,000 fine and costs; Ray and O'Malla six months' Im prisonment and $500 fins snd costs each; Kofsky, three months and $250 fine and costs. These men were election officials In Precinct Eight Ward five st the late election snd were accused of disregarding the court's Injunction order. The principal charge Rgnlnst them was that they per mitted repeating. Carl Wilson, election clerk In the same precinct, was found not guilty of contempt. The court denied an application for release of the convicted men on ball pending an appeal to the federal court. Arguments were heard this afternoon on the contempt charges made against six officials of precinct 8, ward 6, the ballot box of which was opened last week. Ex pert 'George H. King and M. M. Hanna submitted reports differing In detail but practically agreeing that sixty-one demo cratic ballots were written by fourteen persons and seventeen republican ballots by six persons. The additional charge wns filed against the accused that they stuffed the ballot box. No evidence was offered in their defense, but their attorney, John O. Taylor, declared In his argument that the supreme court watchers were equally as guilty as his clients. District Judge John I. Mulltns Impaneled a grand Jury In the criminal court today and will tomorrow deliver his Instructions to its members In regard to Investigating election frauds. Before United States Commissioner Cap ron today was begun the hearing of the second lot of officials charged with con spiracy to Intimidate voters. Tho defend ants are Max and William Schradsky, Max Slssak, Sam Slatkln and Sadie Plessner, democratic workers and officials. Notice of a contest of election of many members of tho legislature was practically served on the State Canvassing board to day. No date was Set for the beginning of the contest. RUN ON BUFFALO BANKS German Bank Closes Its Doors and Probably Will Not Reopen Oer. mas-American In Coed Shape. BUFFALO. N. Y., Deo. 5. The German Bank of Buffalo was closed today by State Superintendent of Banking Kllburn be cause of a run which began with the open ing of ths doors and continued to grow In volume as the day advanced. A large crowd of excited depositors gathered In front of the German bank seeking Informa tion. Officials were placed at the door and no one was allowed to enter. All this excitement had the result of sending nerv ous depositors hurrying to the German American bank. Soon after, the announcement was made that the German bank had closed the Buf falo Clearing House association Issued a statement that It would stand by the German-American bank and meet all demands made on It. It was also announced that President Emory and two directors of the German-American had resigned and that their places had been taken by three Buf falo wealthy men. These two announce ments had a reassuring effect, and several large deposits which had been withdrawn were again placed in the bank. Small de positors, however, continued to withdraw their money, and at 3 o'clock nearly 100 people were in line before the cashier's window. All were paid before the bank closed for the day. The German bank was placed In charge of George S. Leonard of the State Bank ing department. Superintendent Kllburn is of the opinion that the German bank will not resume business. President Clement of the Marine Na tional bank, referring to last night's con ference of bank officials, which adjourned until today before taking final action, said. The reason that the other banks did not decide to come to the assistance of the German last night waa because they were unwilling to take action this afternoon, before they were satisfied of the reorgan isation of the German-American and the retirement of Prealdent Kniory, who repre sented the new Interests. This reorganiza tion could not be effected until this morn Ins. SLEET AND SNOW IN THE WEST Oklahoma Has Bad Weather and Precipitation Continues In Kansas and Texas. KANSAS CITY, Deo. ".-Snow was still falling lightly ,early today In southwestern Kansas to the Colorado and Oklahoma lines, In northern Oklahoma and the pan handle of Texas. The temperature was slightly rising, however, and the Indications were that the snow would not last long. The fall of snow In the portion of the country noted averaged two Inches In depth. In Oklahoma there was a heavy fall of sleet. No damage was reported. There was only a trace of snow In Missouri. NORFOLK. Neb., Dec. 6.gjX Inches of snow has fallen between Valentine and Deadwood. BEATRICE, Neb., Dee, 5. (Special.) A light snow, barely covering the ground, fell here yesterday. The ground ls very dry and a heavy rain or snow would prove bene, flclal to winter wheat In this locality. WANT ANSWERS FROM WITNESS Commerce Commission Asks Court to Order Car Line Manager to Testify. CHICAGO. Deo. 6. On behalf of ths In terstate Commerce commission a bill wai filed In the United States circuit court to day against Frank J. Relrhmann, formerly vice president and general manager of the Streets' Western Stable Car line. The bill asks that he be ordered to appear and an. swer questions concerning II vo stock car riers. At a hearing of the commission last Oc tober Relchmann refused to answer various Inquiries resntrdlng Ugd rebates to ship-psrs- TIV Benneakampff Succeeds in Ambushing Big Turning Movement. MIKADO'S ARMY LOSES HEAVILY Hfteen Handled Reported Slain and Large Number Wonnded. BATTLE AT LONE TREE HILL Japanese Attempt to Storm Trenchea aid Are Driven Back whh Great Losses. LIGHT ON DOGGER BANK AFFAIR Admiral Rojestvensky In an Official Report Tells How Russians Flresl on Their Own Ships One Man Killed. MUKDEN, Dec. 5. There Is a persistent rumor that the force of Japanese sent to turn General RennrnkampfT'e flank hag been repulsed with great loss. The story Is not yet officially confirmed, but details are given with great circumstantiality. It Is stated that General Rennenkampff, who knew the movement was maturing, awaited the Japanese at the mouth of one of the captured passes, and that the Japa nese turning force threw themselves un suspectingly Into the ambuscade, where, after the fight, the Russians -collected BOO Japanese corpses. It IS added that there are 1,000 more Japanese corpses which It has been impossible to collect on account of the fire of the Japanese. This does not In clude the Japanese loss In wounded. Th Russian losses, according to this account, was only thirty or forty men. Fight at Lone Tree Hill. The night of December 2, the Japanese began a heavy artillery fire on PoutllolT (Lone Tree) hill, paving the way for an Infantry attack. The Russian artillery an swered vigorously for several hours and then slackened. The Japanese, Imagining tho Russian fire had been silenced, flung themselves In masses against the trenches, where they were allowed to come within close range and then were met with wither ing volleys and a counter charge with the bayonet. The Japanese fled,, having sus tained enormous losses. A Cossack expedition, which was sent the night of DecembeV 2 to capture a Japanese battery on the Russian right flank was only partly successful. Ths Cossacks wiped out the Japanese sentries, killed the gunners and got possession of the battery, but were unable to remove the guns owing to the rapid arrival of Japanese reinforce ments. On December S Captain Glchkoon and Corporal Companets crawled up close to the Japanese position, where they remained under a heavy fire all day making sketches of the wholo position and, returned; In safety. J, An attack by Japanese on Pontlloff hilt on December S was probably due In part tn nil.h it Atmtfaett otl.nMnn frnrtl m r,i operations on A neighboring hill hear the village of Sliakhe; but these operations ' were discovered and repulsed and the Japa nese fled. Several Minor Skirmishes. Skirmishes continue. The night of No vember 30 Captain Alexandrolt, with thirty men, routed a force of fifty Japanese by a surprise attack on the trenches. The same night volunteers under Lieutenant Vedetska surrounded and wiped out a picket of twenty-five Japanese near Toun gou. This led to a hand to hand fight In the Japanese underground trenches, where twenty more Japanese were bay oneted. The Russians lost severely In this fight, a number being caught In wire en tanglements. Altogether ten Russians were killed and fourteen wounded. The night of December 2 there was another Russian at tack on Japanese trenches In which a number of trophies and rifles were secured, but at the cost of the life of 8taff Captain Manoffskl, one of the most daring of the Russian scouts, who was killed In hand to hand fighting. Light on Dogger Bank Affair. 8T. PETERSBURG, Dec. B.-An official statement Issued from naval headquarters gives Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's latest account of the Dogger bank affair and ex plains how the Baltic fleet fired on their own ships. The statement Is as follows! According to supplementary information from Vice Admiral Rojestvensky concern ing the North sea incident two starch lights, of the Dmitri Donskol and Aurora, suddenly appeared on the left of the Iron clad division. The Dmitri Donskol showed night signals, whereupon, tearing pro Jertlles from the hindmost snips of our division should hit our own vessels, either direct or by ricochet,' a general signal to cease fire wan made by the Souvaroff. Ths order was at once obeyed. Ths whole firing lasted less than ten minutes. Com munications by wireless telegraph stated that five projectiles struck the Aurora, some ricocheting and others hitting direct. Three were seventy-flve millmeter and two forty-seven mlllmeter shots. Th chaplain of the Aurora was seriously Injured and a petty officer was slightly wounded. The chaplain subsequently succumbed at Tan gier. The foregoing statement Is the first offi cial confirmation of the fact, previously published In these dispatches, that during; the North sea affair five shells came aboard the cruiser Aurora. Injuring a priest, who subsequently died at Algiers. Japs Cspture a Village, TOKIO, Dec. 6. The following announce ment was made at Imperial headquarters this evening: The situation at the front with th Man churlan army Is us follows: At about t In the morning on Saturday our infantry occupied Kiicklatxu. driving the enemy northward. The village had bfn firmly held hy the enemy's Infantry with machine guns. Our casualties were twelve men wounded snd not one killed. The fnemy lost over thirty men. During the evening- of December t the enemy's artillery shelled Waltao mountain. Two or three companies of his Infantry ad vancing toward ths mountain were re pulsed, v Russian Ship In Danger, BREST, Frunce, Dec, 6. The Russian torpedo boat destroyer Prousltvlnl, which sailed yesterday for Tangier and put Into Camuret bay yesterday evening through stress of weather, Is in a dangorous posi tion, owing to the contlnuaiwe or the gale. The vessel this morning attempted to change her berth, but was unable to raise her anchor. Her commander haa tele graphed to Brest for assistance. German Collier Returns. GENOA, Dec. 6. The German collier Irm gard Horn, which was chattered by the Russians and accomi anlrO Admiral Voel kersum's dlvlriou of the Itueslan second Pacific squadron through the Sues canal and was going to tht: Inland of Perim, straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, suddenly received counter orders and has arrived Lere, The) causs of Ita rsturn la not know V
