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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)
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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
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