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The Omaha Sunday Bee. PAGES 1 TO 8. NEWS SECTION. ESTAIJLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25. 1904 THIRTY-TWO TAOES. SIXULE COPY FIVE CENTS. WHAT IRELAND NEEDS Lord DarTn, Au'.harofHome Bala Plan, EaliTSi an Addrasa. R ELAND NEEDS CHANGE IN POLICY Protection Would la of AdTiatag Llaay af Its Industries. to SOME OF REFORMS MUST COME RAPIDLY Otharwiaa Baalizatioa of Hopts Will Hot Be Easily Eacurad. WILLIAM O'BRIEN uuENDS HIS COURSE Hrmkrr ( Parliament r '" handed War I Betas; tarried a Agelnat Him by Ills Associates. ... ..IAS, Dec. special Cablegram to Tne lice.) Lord Dunraven delivered an gddr.sa this, week at the Inaugural meet inn ot the session of the Institute 01 bunker on 'The Economic Effect of the Land Act and Fiscal Reform on tha Agri cultural and Other Industries of Ire laud." Sir Oeorgu Brooke, governor ol the Bank of Ireland, presided. Lord Dun raven began with a brief sketch of the economic history of Ireland In the eigh teenth and nineteenth centuries and said that the events of that history entitled ;t now to exceptional treatment, but co operation and a spirit of enterprise In lis own people were still mora importanl requirements. Ireland was well endowed by fortune for agricultural pursuits, bin It had many uneconomic holdings; Its fa cilities ol trunslt were dear and Inade quate, and as a unit of the United King dom the burden of Indirect taxation weighed upon It with particular severity. The land act of 1903 would effect, he be lieved, a great Improvement in the condi tion of the country. Former land legis lation has ahut the throttle on th steam of capital, but the new act would do much to restore commercial confidence. The moral and practical effects of ownership would Improve the 'occupying classes and he saw no reason for fear that the former land owners would leave the country. Their sentiments and traditions, the fa cilities for sport and the cheapness of liv ing would help to keep them at horns, and he believed that In the future they would find larger spheres, ot activity and Interest. lie thought that aU th other daises in Ireland, with the possible ex ception of the legal profession, must de rive Indirect benefit from the act. Hope la Tariff Reform. But It was necessary that this great agraian revolution should be carried out aa rapidly as possible. If the money were not forthcoming to meet sales a situation might be created which' would seriously Imperil the realisation of their hopes. He was strongly convinced that tariff reform would be, on the whole, beneficial, to In land. England was Ireland' market, and whatever -would benefit England aa a eon sumer would- benefit Ireland aa a . pro ducer. Tariff reform would revive the milling Industry and would appreciably improve the prospects- of the subsidiary branches of agriculture. The proposed re adjustment of taxation would probably reduce the cost of tea and tobacco, of which the consumption In Ireland was com paratively large. The only disadvantage which he could foresee was a possible In crease In the price of agricultural ma chinery, but this would be more than bal anced by the advantages In other direc tions. 1-urd Dunraven concluded by suggesting that the nibstltutlon of a sound for an ni.sjund ajetem of tenure offered an op- j p-rt unity the value of which depended i on the spirit In which It was taken. He j hoped that lb would be taken in the spirit j which hud uromuled the land conference. ! William O'Brien Writes Letter. In a letter to a political friend at Lira- I erick William O'Brien, M. P., deples indig nantly the statement that at the meeting which he addressed there some Sundays ago he supported the Freeman's Journal policy of "Ashbourne prices." On the con trary hs has not ceased to regard the pro-, g.-ara of seventeen years' purchase of seo-' ond-term rents us "pernicious nonsense which must have a most mischievous effect in robbing tlx Irish tenants of bargains that otherwise they might have fought for I and obtained." Ho regrets that an at-1 tempt is being made at Limerick and de- I clares that "an underhand war" is being j carried on against himself by 'Ave or sit . members of Pari amenl and their nrwa- l LiKnr uiyjctu. iui iiwpitm, uujcti, win not prevent Mr. O'Brien from continuing to , , ' '"" emperor is also proprietor of country In a quiet and argumentative!, . , ,. ... . way." lie thinks that the statistics of the opera tions under the new land act prove con clusively that the tenant farmers of Ire land will have nothing to nay to the policy of "Ashbourne prices." Resents Jadlelal Criticism. The Freeman'a Journal Is much annoyed i wht.h rh irrt rhi-f hamn rt.. livered recently when issuing a mandamus to the council In Donegal. It can find, however, no better reply to his censure than to say that "Jobs" have been perpe trated at the Four Courts a'so and that the county councils have the bad ex-imple of the "disgraceful jobbery" of tbeir pre decessors, the grand juries. William O'Brien has given to the special commissioner of the Daily Independent his views on the existing distress In Conne mara. He attributes It to the general fail ure of the potato crop and to the fart that ow'ngto bad trade In England, the mlgratory laborers come home this year with lesa than half their usuul earnings. It Is a cer . , lmy, he says, that from January tha ma as of the small holders in the weeiwlll be In a condition of the deepest dial-ess snd that that state of things will continue, until the end of June. j Deplore I. ark of Rdaratluq. BELFAST, Dec. 4.-(Sp.c!al Ca legrantl to The Bee.) Mr. John KedmonJ. M. P., 1 and Mr. John Dillon, M. P.. were the principal speakers at a kuge na lonall-t demonstration here this week. Mr. l.ed mond suld tin re was one Irish grl vauon he reality of wl Ich had lx n ad ni te 1 by xth ErllUh pol.tk-kl pnri ei. and they aim) admitted themselves as ii c pahle of .dressing It. VThe giletance. h - r lerr d o was the drnlu to Inland of lac lit. a for adequate university educ .ti m. B If a it ought to have a elnte and In I n .te inline In the question being settled on broad lines of justice. The r ported n-g .t mi loin of last year led to nothing and ended to 1 the audacious and dlsgr.usful ata.tmentl by Mr. Wyndham that no English Pari a tuent could deal with this question until (Continued as) Second Pag a.) AS TO CONDITIONS IN MOROy LEAVE RUSSIA Kaid lr Ueary MaeLesa the Affairs af " Ceaatr LONDON, Dec 24. 1. utfj Cablegram to The Bee.; Kaid Sir Henry MacLan ar rived here this week from Morocco, in the couise of a statement made to a Tress corresponded! he said that he bad come to t-nglund on private business. It was not irue that he had left Morocco finally, for In about four weeks he should return to that country, and resume his military duties In the service of the state. Many of the wild stories that were current about Morocco we.e purely imaginary. It was not true that during his Journey to the co.ist he had been shot at by one of his own body guard, nor was It the fact that an attempt was made upon his life, lils party was attacked on Its way to the coast, but the attack arose out of a mis take. The natives, who had no Idea of taking the members of his party prisoners and holding" them for ransom, desisted from the attack when they realised their mis take. The party, which consisted of his two daughteis and himself, were escorted from Fes by about forty men. It was ap proaching Arxila, about six hours from Tangier, when It was fired on by some rebel tribesmen, who bad lately murdered their own Kaid. Believing that Sir Henry MacLean's party was a punitive expedition, or that It consisted of friends of the late Kaid, about 250 rebel tribesmen assembled and fired on the party. The firing was at short range, and if the tribesmen had been anything like good shots, the party must have been killed. As it was only one horse and one mule were shot, and, the rebels discover ing that the party had not come to avenge the death of the former Kaid, with drew. There was no grourd for the alarm which was felt for the safety of the party during their detention at Arslla owing to the bad weather. In regard to the state of the country In general, Sir Hanry MacLean admitted that it was very much disturbed. In his opin ion the unsettled feeling was due, not only to the pretender's revolt against the Sul tan, but to the bitterness that had arisen on the question of a French protectorate and the growth of the Influence of that country In Morocco. Great resentment was being shown by the people, and to this feel ing he thought that the present disturbed state of affairs was largely due. STATISTICS 0F IMMIGRATION Many Alleas Leading- la England Later Com ta lulled States. LONDON, Deo. 24. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) Steadily does the stream of alien Immigration to Londonflow on. The Russian Jews arrive in the Thames from Llbau, Bremen, Hamburg and Rotterdam, and the majority of them are only franked to London. Arrivals on one boat this week are In teresting. The Hengiat, from Llbau to Mi.lwall, bad on board 162 immigrants booked to London, fifteen to Capetown and ninety-four to Buenos Ayres. "I am perfectly sure," said a well known Immigration agent, "that at least one-half of these 1S2 Immigrants will And their way to the L'ntted States In at least a fortnight's Ltlme. The low rates of passage hare proved a great Inducement to our people to leave Russia, and for certain reasons it is cheapef for them to book first to Lon don and thenca proceed to the United States, South Africa or South America." In support of the contention that, the largely Increased influx of aliens consists of transmigrants, It must be said In fairness that the boats leaving Liverpool and Southampton were never so full as now with third-class foreign passengers. Absolutely correct stati tics are not forth coming, - but the following figures are ap proximate to the number of aliens leaving our shores for America: December 16 (Frlesland) ... 750 .. 80 ..l,tH .. no .. 400 Deccmtier is (Ivernia) ... gEeES iCymvU- ..V. December it (New York) December 20 (Lucan.a) .., The majority of th-e ulien passengers. It is contended by some economic authorities, are not newly arrived, but the men and their families who havs lived In London for some time and who, having saved up enough money by the displacement of BiHlh labor, are able to leave London at a time when trade Is slack. aiC'Cn AC A QllCiajCCC 11 AM IVHIdLn MO H DUdlilCOO HiRM . . ' Mch - Gersas.y Beea.ae He Invests la ladaatrlal Enterprises. BERUN Dec. 24.-Speclal Cablegram to Tne Bee ,Tnere ure ,ou1 complalnt. pBrtlclpmtl0B ta ,nau, ! tri il enterprises. In addition to all his other interests, the brickmsk- lng vorks at Cadlnen, West Prussia. A new building of the Danxic branch of the Ocrman Imperial bank has been con structed of bricks from these works, and the greater part of the Internal decorations In majolica wares has been supplied by a factory belonging to the emeperor. BesldyA finding the materials, his ma- I jeaty co-operated with the architects In I con,P Ul Plans- Particularly with re t0 1,18 "".amenta! feature, of the Luildlngs. Th ; Frel-lnlge Zeltung discusses the mon arch's par.h Ipatlon In competitive Indus try and po-nts out that his brlckmaking works and luciorles are exempt both from national and municipal taxations of all k nds. ' His majest) Is, In consequence, in t position to undersell private competi tors. Other newspapers profess to regard royal par iclratlon In trade as Inconsistent with I'ru si in traditions, and suggests that the i mpe. or rhould comply with the restrlc tl ns ' imp'-scd on all Prussian state offi cials, who ar not allowed to concern ill mstlvea with trade. - INDIAN COOK POISONS FAMILY Wife and Child , of Araerleaa Mis. aloaary Victims ef Angered ' Employe. . 1J CKNOW, Dec. 14. -(Special Cablegram to The Bee.) The wife and child of Dr. lit njninln, an Amer.ran missionary of Nlniar. Central provinces, bave been pois oned by employe, of the mission. The victims drunk of tea which was s.-rvtd by the cook and mere seised with sudden Illness. Dr. Benjamin was away at the time and medical treatment was not available. Mra Benjimln and liar child died in great agony from poisoning by ar senic. The rook, who has been arrested. Impu re tee another employe of ths mission, who had been reprimanded by the doctor. Hs hud persuaded tha cook to administer tha pulaon out of revenge. Dasartera Flack Across the Lin lata Austria ta Avoid Army Samce. SOME WOULD ENTER 1HE JAPANESE ARMY Japanese Coisnl at Vienna In'orma Them Berricct Are Not Desired. PROBLEM IS DIFFICULT IN LINDON Jewish Board af Quartlma Pressed to Pro Tide far Imniigrants. ONE LIBERAL C0t..,t0R IS REMOVED Prince I rntofT 1 Found to Re Too Lenient with Jews In Ileaaarabla ta Suit the . em inent. VIENNA. Dec. 4 (Special Cublegram to The lire. I Russlun ileArters are continu ally crossing the frontier Into Austria, and during the last few days many of I htm have entered Vicuna. Wedmiday several deserters, destitute and poorly clad, ap peared at the Japanese consulate here and desired to enter the mikado's army and to fight against their fathrland. Natura.ly their request whs refused and thty weie informed tlml foreigners were not allowed to join tho Japanese- army The fart that subjects of a belligerent state should de sire to enter the ranks of a hostile army may be regarded us a proof of the deep dlsaatisfuction prevailing In the cxar's em pire, and of the unpopularity of the far eastern war among the Russian people. Problem in London. LONDON. Dec. 24 (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) The Jewish Board of Guardians la face to face with an embarrassing situ ation. Jewish deserters from Russ'a are thronging into Londu.i in such numbers that it Is difficult to find food and shelter for them. Ever since the outbreak of the war, deserters havs been creeping over the Russian frontier and finding their way to London, the refuge home of tha world. Three weeks sgo matters reached a crisis. The refugees, who previously cou.d have been counted by scores, now number thousands and more ara coming over every day. , These unfortunates are entirely destitute. Some of them were fairly well-to-do in their own country. They had some sort of business; some sort of home, it is, how ever, a costly as well as a difficult matter to evade the Russian frontier guards and tho money has gone in bribes. Now the men are standing about the East End pavements, starving. They speak no English and therefore are practically de barred from obtaining work. Every day they cry to their co-tellgionlsts for bread, and every night they parade their homeless plight and rfmk for a bed or at least a shelter. The Jewish community In London has been overwhelmed with the, work of taking tare -of these refugees. , Several, of tha syn sgusruea havs been used as' shelters and eating house and every baker and provls. Ion dealer has been requisitioned for sup plies. There is no shamefacedness about these deserters. Tr ey declare that nothing will make them fight for Russia, and they de scribe with glee how they have cheated tlie recruiting sergeant. Too Liberal to Jews. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 34. (Special Ca blegram to The Bee.) Prince UrusofT, the governor of Bessarabia, has been removed from his post and transferred to a similar position at Tever. Tlie Russian govern ment considered his policy too friendly toward Bessarablan Jews. The prince was appointed shortly after the Klshineff mas acre and Introduced a regime so different that tho Jews presented him with a copy of the Old Testament and an address of thanks for his humanity. . Prince Urusoff replied with scathing de nunciation of the official support lent to Jew bolting ind referred to the KjKhlneff massacre aa a beastlal outbreak of savage ' cruelty which all honest Russians regarded ; with abhorrence. The prince's criticism of . the outrages, which were notoriously fost- i ered by Russian government officials, has brought about his removal. THINK CHURCHSHOULD ASSIST Presentation at Money to Pop from Conaenaara Cans of Comment la Ireland. DUBLIN, Dec. J4.-(SpeclaI Cablegram to k. .. ,h. .Kf, Ths Bee.) It Is pointed out that while acute distress Is reported from some parts of Connemara, and whlls the local Roman Catholic clergy arc appealing to ths gov ernment for instant and adequate relief, the Roman Cathollo archbishop ot Tuam and the bishop of Qalway, who are at present Jn Rome, have presented the pope with a sum of in on behalf of th. peopl. of the distressed archdiocese and diocese, This does not necessarily Indicate that ths dlatreM ta exaaeerated hut l l th,,.h. distress is exaggerated, but It la thought by generous subscriptions the church ought ZJTZZ" The Dublin Mall makes the announcement that at a property of about 900 acres In extent, situated at Taheramore, near Oughterord, County Qalway, there have been found traces of gold, lead, silver, cop per, baryta and other minerals In richer deposits than any found In England or Germany. Lodes of copper have been traced' for three miles and three distinct lodes, running east and west, have been opened, each of which gave good promise of silver and lead, with quantities of sand, modeling tempest has bern found to stand at the clay, pyrites and yellow ochre, yielding , head of Sir H M Stanley's grave at Plr two pennyweights of gold snd two ounce blight. and sixteen pennyweights of sliver to the i Lady Stanley desired to obtain a stone' ton. St. John Lyburn, mining expert of ths "fashioned by the ages, tempered and rol Department of Agriculture and Technical ored by time and untoucl ed by an." Such Instruction, recently visited ths district In a stone was discovered on a farm King e sccordanca with Instructions from "Sir cumbent on the borders of a natural road Horace Plunkett, and It Is expected that he ' way. Three of Its faces bad bt en ex will publish a report. posed for uncounted generations. Th" dlf- Acuities of Its removal from Devonshire PRINCESS TO LIVE IN ENRI AKin Danghter of K,lng at tho Belajlnas Has Taken a Private Haas. LONDON, Dec. i4t Bre-lal Cdb'egr-m to The Bee.) Princess Stephanie of Auv tiia. who has alwsys enjoyed her visits to this country and her husband. Count ds Ixinyay, are coming to live In Enga-d shortly. Through her agents, M.srs. Knight. Frank Rutlsy, her royal high ness has taken Mr. Tennant's beau.irul residence, Adrdean, near Goodwood. j princess Stephanie Is ths daught king of ths Belgians sad ths i er of the IM v. . .1.11. Ill MWI Wl I Princess Louisa of Coburg. POLITICS IN GREAT BRITAIN Freetraders and Protectionists " tlnne ta Air Their Views af Marat Policy. LONDON. Dec. i4 (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) Hon. J. O. Cripr. M. P., speaking thl wrek at Hraton Mersey. In Lancashire, referred to the speech of Sir H. Campliell-Hannerman. delrvrred In the Free Trade hall af Manchester, and said that the leader of the opposition showed no appreciation of the economic position which had arisen from the determined re fusal of other countries to allow a rystem of free exchange. Tet this refusal and the conKjuent Iniposslbl.lty of obtaining free change constituted the real cause which had made neressary a reconsideration of our fiscal policy. As to a colcn'al confer ence, no one could say whether such a con ference would succeed In suggesting a prac ticable lasts for a commercial union within j the limits of the tmpiie. it was s reaction toward the woret tradition of by-gone days to refuse to allow such a conference, or at tempt to make it a failure before meeting. Mr. Jesse Coliings has stated that the present depression in trade is due to free J trade. The labor leaders, lie declates, are acting cruolly toward the working cUuwe In opposing Mr. Chamberlain's proposals. The Birmlngton Trades Council nbjjrt to Mr. Colllngs making n political question out of the sufferings of the poor, and argue tluit Increased taxation Is due to the South African war, and herein lies the chief cause of depression. In reply Mr. Colling says that the "tariff reformers have not advorated protertii n in the proper sense of the term." Lord Hugh Cecil addressed a meeting at Oxford this week under the auspices of the Oxford Free Trade league. "We are told," he suld, "that the object of tariff reform Is to consolidate and unify the empire. "The whole empire Is to be divided Into classes, some of whom are to gain a little and some to lose a little. "But how Is this capricious dealing out of favors with the cir of a fairy godmother in a bad temper to bring peopie together and to unify the empire? "I am altogether skeptical of the doctrine that trade relations In any considerable de gree unify the empire. Do we necessarily feel any special affection for the people with whom we trade? "We had a most elaborate system of colo nial preference down to I860, but the colo nies were not then more loyal and devoted to the Mother country In fact, ' the con trary was notoriously the cam. "We are asked to revolutionise a system that has done us nothing but good In order to attain a system the alleged benefit of which are visionary and chimerical. "We free traders care as much for- the empire as Mr. Chamberlain does, but our affection Is with knowelge, whereas bis l only with rhetoric. - "Private profit Is apt to be prefer-ivl to the public advantage under a system of preferential tariff.-- . i "Protection Is ons of the questions that go doss to the very citadel of empire. Let us flee from It as from an unclean thing. "Let us stick to otir cnrr.merclal liberty, for It is ths bulwark bot ot our wealth and of our honor. V- PLAN OF THE REVOLUTIONISTS French Socialist Speaks af Prog raja of the Rnsalan Opposi tion Parties. PARIS. Dec. 14. (Special Cablegram to Ths Bee.) M. Jaures announces in the Humanlte that millions of copies of the document published under the title of "The Reform Movement In Russia" are being distributed all over Russia. He Is of opin ion that this will doubtless contribute to organise and accelerate the movement of emancipation. Referring to the agree ment which has been arrived at between ths Russian socialists and liberals to obtain first of all "the regime of control and of guarantee founded on ths right of suffrage for all Russians, without distinction of class." M. Jaures says that this is pre cisely what gives such serious value to the understanding Itself. He adds: It Is the prelude and, so to speak, the Hla-nal of a vaat ofTrtrt In whlph ih. eon lous energies of Russia are to co- a fupeVflclenterprlse conceived hi few refugees in a gloomy fervor of discontent ?,. in inn nuusi or illusions, sometimes Russia that the agreement has bern dis cussed and the plan of common action which is to be developed has been prepared but It Is from Russia Itself that the men of real standing came, who negotiated the grouping of the oprositiof parties. These men, members of. the semstvos, sclentllo men, active liberals and revolutionaries, had a precise notion of the present state of things and of people's minds. They had a very clear and very keen conception of what, it was possible to realise. The declaration rjuhliflhetl hv them In nnt u ! o1'ow "nd lllu"ory, manifesto. It Is a "rat. well considered and substantial act. which will tie followed by others. And tv and hore. we await the effect which will be produced In Russia by the bold move toward liberty prepared by the agreement among the opposition parties. If It is remembered what prodigious consequences would ensue for Europe and for the world from the establishment in Russia of a regime of democracy and liberty, if it I .gEfJfi.?, hhV fc.fl ' -nd "ml! d'-snotism wculd lose their buttress. It miy be justly said that this would be the greatest event in ths history of the human race tlnc, th, Fr,nch revolution. . FOR STANLEY'S GRAVE After ' Mara Tronbtc Maaollth Foaad Bnltabl for tha l LONDON," Dec. 34 (Ppee'al Cabl-rrTn ' to The Bee.) Aft'T a lonr search over ths wilds of Dartmoor a monolith, twlve feet long four feet wida two feet six Inches In thlckneaa and weighing 'six tons which,' has defied the effacing fingers of time end ' i wers considerable, but they were eve:,t j ually overcome, and It now standi in the ! ' quiet village ci.urchyard, a fitting tribute to the memory of th great explorer. The Inscription bears only the name so familiar to Englishmen, but the words, "bula materl". ("the Rock-Breaker ) Indi cate the title he bore in darkest Af lea. Prlaeess Lenlae Goea ta Italy, BERLIN, Dor. 14. Countess Montlgnosoe, formerly tha Crown Princess Louise, and divorced wife of King Frederick Augustus, left Leipzig at midnight for Florence Italy. A sieclal dispatch from Dresden ssys lbs Baxon government will take steps to prevent a repetition of th countess' ef forts to se her children. The frontier railway stations will be watched. DEFENSE FOR RUSSIA Case of Ciar'a Government to Be Presented U Paris Csnrt Outline! FIRING BY SQUADR8N IS JUSTIFIED Claim Advanced That it Was Done te Ward Off Attack. JAPANESE TORPEDO BOATS PRESENT Will f rote Thia by Positive and Oter whelming Etideuce. BRITISH ANXIOUS tvyrf PR8MPT ACTION Raaalnna Are Anxious to Press the Case to aa Immediate Decision Wlreleaa Mc-saaae frnt to Admiral Davis. TARIS, Dec. 'M. '1 he Russian defense be fore the International commission which Is to Inquire Into the North sea Incident la practically eomp.eted. The main f attires are: First That the tiring by the Russian squadron was justified in itfense iiKttlnsi attack. This enlal.s proving the presence c.f Japanese torpedo Ivoits. The Kussian delegates Inform tu- Associated Press tn.it thy posses this proof In the mosi posi tive and overwhelming form. Second That even it the Russian were not attacked they believed they were at- I tacked and therefore defensive measures taken weie in absolute good fnlth. Third At mow it was un accident at sea where the dangers Hnd risk are ex treme and analoaous to the British battle ship Camperdown ramming and sinking the Hrltish battes:-.lr Victoria and the recent firing by a British warship upon a cousting vessel during target practice. British Want Prompt Artlon. The preliminaries of the commission have clearly shown that the British are anxious for a prompt disposal of the ense. while the Russians do not object to de:alng It. Therefore the postponement of the opening of the sessions of the commission owing to the nonarrlval of Rear Admiral Davis, the American representative, developed an Incident showing the rather significant grouping of the delegates, the Russians sharing, the American view that Admiral Davis was entitled to ample time, while the British and French sentiment did not approve of the postponement. It develops that Ambassador Choate sent a wireless telegraph message to the Fin land notifying Admiral Davis that the commission would be opened December 22. This probably was the first use of the wireless system in kn important official communication In midocean. Porter Meets Kasaakoff. Ambassador Porter has renewed his ac quaintance with Admiral Kaxnakott, tho Russian member of the commission. The latter commanded the- Russian squadron which visited New York st the time of ths Chicago exposition. General Porter then met Admiral Kaxnakoff on board his flag ship, the Dmitri - Donskoi, now forming part of the Russian second Pacific squad ron. NEW THEORY IN MURDER CASE va Jya--- ',-" -xsAanafariaaf " ' "' Woman Foaad Dead Sear Coloa-ada Springs Probably Member of a ' ' Theatrical Company. COLORADO fcfPRINGS, Colo.. Dec. U. Officers now engaged in attempting to ' solve the Mount Cutler murder mystery j are quietly working on what they claim to be the best clue yet secured. Tho new theory upon which they ar working Is that the deceased was a mem- ber of ons of ths theatrical troupes that i visited-this city during the past two! months and was' put out of the way by j some male member of the company on I account of jealousy. I The police are now In telegraphic com- ( municatlon with managers of a number of i companies which were here between No- I vember 1 and December 12, to ascertain If any of their members are missing. Chief Reynolds has ascertained that one oung woman, believed to be Miss I.uclllo VlUlers, who was a member of a theatri cal company, was released here and fur nished with transportation to St. Louis. The description of the girl discharged here Is said to tally with that of the body found on Mount Cutler. PLAN TO ROB PURCHASERS Has Arrested In Sew York Charged with Impersonating Jewelry Bayers. NEW TORK, Dec. 24. An ingenious plan for robbing persons who had purchased ex pensive Christmas gifts from big houses ' in this city, the police say, was oisciosea today by ths arrest of William Rosetnan for tho authorities of Atlantic City, N. J. Roseman Is charged . with grand larceny in connection with tha theft tf 1975 worth of diamonds from ths Adams Express com pany at Atlantic City. According to the police Roseman'a plan was to loiter around ths big Jewelry stores and, overhearing the sale being maae, iae the name and address of the purchaser, lay In wait for ths messenger and receipt for the package when delivery was mads. He was bald in $1,000 ball for examination later. COLORADO MINERS AT ST. LOUIS Fall ta Get Work Fees use They Caa. aot Bay Tlekets to Fair Grounds. ST. LOUIS, Dec 24. Sixty-two Colorsdo miners have arrived In St. Louis, having beaten their way from La Junta after being , driven out of the stats by deputy sheriffs. : . , , 1r lli.tr wIvm anil familiar ' ntMi vi v- - - ------ -- - at Cripple Creek and other places In Col orado where they had worked. They are looking for work and most of them ar without money. At the World's air, where they went to look for work at wrecking, they were un successful because they had no money with which to buy admission tickets to tbe grounds to see the contractor. COURT WITHOUT JURISDICTION Montana Supreme Tribunal Refuses to Hear Charges Aaalnat Parker and Harvester Combines. HEIJ5NA. Mont., Dec. 14. Ths stats su preme court today dismissed proceedings begun by Attorney General Donovan against ' the International Harvester com pany and four Chicago packing houses to restrain them from carrying on business In the stats on tha ground that they were violating ths sntl-trust law of lbs slat, of Montana. Counsel for the companies contended that ths court lacked Jurisdic tion and ths court sustained this contention- THE BEE BULLETIN. Foreenat Waraaei for ierli -Fslr and .EW KCTIO 1 llnnrnvrn Talks of Irelan-t'a eerta Many repte re I, rati- Mnla. Hnaaln Ontllnea Its Defense. Latest from the W.tr In I1e Fast. 2) Rnaalana Demand Mb -ml Policy. lonx tlty Fire !.. .MH.J.. DrmnrraK tin to t'e'eml t'nsru. t'hrUtmaa Time In Hreat llrltelti. S'trai from All I'srta of Sehrnekn. orfnlV Aalim Ilnlldlnaa Pelnyid. Harrier tna In Iowa Prison. Will llnlld PI Canal et War. 4 lrk Mother Iter sons Plant. Many le Who I en 4 Pontile l.lea. trnir Indiana In UliI lronhalil. 8 Pima to He-trim rld lands. Isterarh.is I'rrJ-rct Heloif II nril. Shutting; tiff the I. "an Aarnta. 41 Pnal Week In tlninhn irlry. W oman In t Inn and Charity. Hnpiirnlnga In tlniaha nbnrl. T tonnrll (llarTa and Iowa fin. Hiidar la Krlrnarl on Rill. H Monday to lie Observed na Holiday. K1IITIMIIAI. KTIO W Inipearhlurnl Trial In History. t hrlatmna ervlrea at Chnrrhra. 4 harlty la IToinut with Helief. IO Kdltorlal. 14 Commercial and Financial. III UT Lake I p Anions the t londa. lltl.F-TOM-: KCTin 1 Head Hri.ttirh Itl'rr In .Nebraska. eni Dedicated I. thi-ran Church. Morles Mmnt Vifril I'eiirilc. In the Field tit Klertrlri. Protilr Who tirt HI mlarlra. tlnnlnt Features of l.lfr. it I'luya and Players. Muale and Musical nte. n Utile Mtnrlea for I.I lie People. Tersely Told Tales. 4 The tprakrrahlp f the House. outh tlmaba I'liltlir l.ttiar. 5 Prenrhlnv ;ofel f seed Corn, silver Mines Worked for Copper. For mid Alio nt Women. 7 Review of Sportlna F.venta. si 4 urloua taper a-of t lipid. (III. flit SKl'TION 1 Beater Ilrow rr-lli l;ia Santa Clans. It holly Cuahraller. Allre and the I'ollcrinaii. ' 3 Chrlatuiaa Fal-lea Who Must. 4 Mrs. Oallvy's Christmas Party. 8 Save Pennlea to Hay Pre. ri.ts. Artre-aa' Flrat Xmaa at Home. 0 Lute's Victor j abort atory. T The Hair Doll a Ch l-lniaa. The liiiomri' Clirlslm a. 5 Moat Heautlfol W ururu of France. From Kear and Far. 8 Top o' the Moinln. 10 So (hrlatmna fur Mnge Heuutlra. Temperature at Omaha Veaterd-ivi Hoar. Dei. Hour. Drs. 5 a, ra ..... . is 1 p. m ..... . kl a, m Iff 2 p. in V.I T a. in 20 3 p. in 241 H a. m XI) 4 p. n 241 t a. m SiAt fi p. in 2(1 1 a. m XI 4 p. iu XT It a. ni 22 T p. m 27 12 iu 22 AMERICAN BOARD REPORTS Fen-etsrn Missionary Work Shows I a eroass mt Dlabnraeoteott Over t k 'previous loar. BOSTON, Dec. 24. The' annual report of the American Board of Foreign Missions contains many Interesting figurea. The total amount of disbursements during the last year was S74e.08, an Increase over the previous year of 17,7X5, and the excess of expenditures over receipts was Yil'i'H. The tendency of expenditures Is upward, even while the basis of appropriations for general work remains the same. This year the increase was due largely to the new efforts to enlarge the constituency through the young people's department. Ths regular work of the European Tur key mission has been no less disturbed In the year under review than the last three years. In some respects the disturbances have been more critical. The-Turkish vil lages suffered from the depredations of the insurgents and the Christian villages frotrr the Turkish troops. The pit sent prospect for political quiet Is more en couraging than a year ago. The report says: The last year has witnessed the con tinuance of the effort of our government to secure the authoritative recognition of American institutions and of American citizens in the empire, which Turkey has long since conceded to the Institution! and citizens of France. Germany, Russia. Italy and England, strangely, thus far wlthnut success. There is no abatement in the de mand wlch our government makes. There is the definite purpose to secure what la our manifest right, and unreasonable ilclnv on the part of Turkey will only heighten the pressure and call forth whatever meas ures may prove to be needful. In the or dinary proceedings of the year friendly re lations have been maintained, particularly wrongs have been righted, and there Is great occasion for recngnlzing with hearty appreciation the services of the legation and the steadfast support of the govern ment JOB FOR THEHAGUE COURT Tribunal May Be Asked to Adjudicate Claims of British Bondholder In New Mexleo Enterprise. EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 24. The cl ilms of th British bondholders In the original Elephant Butte dam project In New Mex ico, whose project was stopped by govern ment Interference, may be submitted to The Hague court of lnternat onal arbl ra tion, A short time ago the Hrl l h bond holders Joined In a petition to their gov ernment to take up the question of c laims with the American governm nt. The etl tlon was forwarded a month ego to th-! foreign secretary, accompanied by a let ter setting forth briefly the ground' of the claim. The petition, and letter were duly transmitted to the British nmhassido- at Washington with ths recomnv n la Ion 'from his majesty's government that arrant e rnents be made to arbitrate the liims. The question has been brought in ti ls sh ipe before tha American Stats department, anJ is now urtdcr consideration. FIGHT ON MOVING TRAIN Coadaetor and Drakriunn Try lo ttelet Bolsterens Paaaengers and Both Are Shot. OALLIPOLIS. O.. Dec, I4.-An exciting battle occurred at Evergreen, about five miles from GallipoIiH, this evening on the northbound Hocking Valley passenger train. ( Conductor James Mcllrtdo was shot through the left arm and shoulder and Brakeman Harry Spencer was fhot through the left breust and ankle by fcMt.ur Gruver. Qiover and a colored companion, named James Ware, were boisterous on the tmln and McBrlde and Spencer grapp'ed with the two men and threw Qrovrr from the train G rover fired seven shots and dan gerously wounded both his opponents. Sheriff Msnerlng and a posse of officer left this city shortly after the shooting la search of lbs fugitives. REPORT FROM TOCO Japatis Ksral Comnandar tnramariiea ftssult af Operation af Ehipa. TWO RUSSIAN GENERALS ARE KILLED Mikado's Tofres at Port Arthir Stem Heights East of Honyangshnion. WILL NOT ENTERTAIN MEDIATION Any Proposition far Intervention Are Net Walconie a. St. Petersburg. VESSELS WITHDRAWN (ROM PORT ARTHUR Close l.noknnt la MalntnlnVd for Ships ( uirylnar Contraband, but Sa .More RomhsrdlnK Will Be Done. TOKIO, ivp. "4 Admiral Togo announce the withdrawal of the majority of the fleet from Pint Arthur. Admiral Toko, telegraphing under date of Ie ember Zl. says: Aft.-r ITO-Mrter hill wns occupied as ths result nl h gillnnt and desperate attack by i he hrsu KinK army, the bombardment of tlie enemy's mimilron by slrge and other uuns hii'iitne effective. In conse quence thi battleships Pnltav.1 and Relvl y:i:i were sunk, and subsequently the bat tleships I'nl ieda and Peresviet. the pro. teetHi ciulM-r P-illad.'i and the armored cruiser l!aan were sunk. The battleship Sevastopol escaped ths laud buni'oa : dment, left the harbor Ie cembrr K and anchored near Chentao moun tain. It wa atlncked there contlnunutiy by 'itir tnepedn boats and heavily dam aped. The main strength of the enemy Is completely crushed, tinly a weak gun boat. Otxashnl. and several torpedo boat o.'Mroyci'H rei'iain afloat. I'nder tha cir cumstances our combined fleet has been removed, as unnecessary, from the block ade of Port Arthur, which had been main tained plnce May 1. I have arranged for a closer watch for ships attempting to run tre block -do Hnd to watcli the remnant of the enemy's squadron. Japanese Ships Suffer. During the blockade we Buffered from the enemy h iniiiea, both laid a no float ing, on the high ev,is, and from dense toga 1 lie iruiHils .iiiyuko, Saiyen and Voshlno. 1 1;. : .su.-o. I.at ilesliip. Kaliiion, gunboat, and Heiyen, coast defense vessel, were sunk aim many gallant and loyal otllcers and men weie killixi, but we succeeded ill in untalning the blockade. When the enemy emetged from the harbor our Meat smceMMUiiy engaged him ami finally, with the vaiuuhle support of the besieging army, Hiieceitied in crushing nearly all the enemy's squadron. Our becund squadrun so heavily damaged the Vladivostok squadron that It has Mine been unablo to leave port. All the success la grutefully attributed to the gallant irtue of our emperor. During our blockade the ships under my command splendidly accomplished the work and duty ussnighcd to them. Kapeclally to he noted are um of those who are en g.ged '.n the ditlicult and risky task of blockading or who tlrelesnly accomplished the aork of laying mines in the presence of the enemy; otheis. who, braving all dangers, were engaged In the work ot cleaning mines away, and others still who Were pouted to watch the enemy and guard ai.-ulnst the enemy's ships. Their combined work strongly contributed to the ac complishment of tho blockade. I deem It my duty to e.'peclally mention my recognl tlon ot ths va.uable service rendered by the otliecrs and men. 'A dispatch from tne Japanese army be fore Port Arthur, timed midnight, sayst On December 22 the Kussian defense works on the heights cast of llouyanga hukcu, bung.shu mountain, Hlhlung moun tain and t lie "Ii" forts were bombarded by the Japanese With heavy guns, which inflicted considi ruble damage. As a re sult of the bombardment a detachment of ,the Japanese right wing at dawn, Decem ber 23. uttacked Die eeiimy on the heights east of Hnuyangshuknu and captured tha rldKe and heights at 7:40 in the morning. A dispatch from the headquarters of tho Japan ewe army In Manchuria says: On December 22 tho enemy's artillery bombarded Sachutzu. Nalngluntun and then- vicinities, and at about midnight his infantry attacked our positions south of Pinniulupao and on the northeastern heights of Hmuponlailzu, but were re pulsed. 1 In the afternoon of December 23 tha .y's heavy guns In the neighborhood of .chlatzu occasionally bombarded our pu. i ilons. After the enemy concentrated Its fire from several forts lit TbiyunKkou and Yahutsui upoy our newly ociupied posit on, following this with a determine! counter attack, during which hand grenades were thrown, but our force finally repul.-v d tha enemy. Later, as tho enemy's bombard ment abated, we construe. ed some de fensive woiks, so thai our occupation be came more assured. As a res. ill of our heavv guns' bombardment during nnd Is fore the attack the foit of Taiyangkou was set on fire. One 16-ceniinieter pnu in each of the forts was destroyed. Ttio covers were also considerably d. imaged. According to ihe statement of prisoners captured at Keekwan mountain, Decemuer IS, and of Russians Who surrendered In the vicinity of Else mountain, December 22, during the batile of Una-Meter hill, Gen eral Kondiatrtiko, commander of ths Seventh Kast Siberian Kltlcs division, and General lrman, commander of t lie 1-our til artillery brigade, wen killed and General Fock, commanding the Kourth Kant Si berian divlhlun, was woundei. An Imperial rescript dispatched to Vloa Admiral Togo says: We hear with great satisfaction that our torpedo flotilla engaged in the wot k re quired of them at Port Arthur have gal lantly snd successfully accomplished tha duties required of them, uud in so doing had to brave the dangers of storms and, shells by day and night. Despite all these ultflctiltles confronting them, they have succeeded In performing their duties without the least confusion, rendering ot.e another mutual HnslBtai.ee. We especially note their brave and loyal performance of the duties required of them and express our approbation of their gui bant behavior. Two Rnsalan Geoerals Killed. The Japanese forces besieging Port Atv thur yesterday stormed and now hold tho heights east of llouyungshukou. Prison era captured by the Japanese report that the Kusslun General Kondratenko and an other general officer, whose name Is not known, have been killed, and that General Fork la among the wounded. Silent as to Fleet. The Navy department declines to discuss the formation, movements or plans of the Japanese flying squadron reported to ba in the vicinity of Singapore. The advanced Japanese batteries at Port Arthur have succeeded In reaching ths Kussian battltship Sevastopol. Ons sue cessful hit is reported. Ii is expicted that the battleship will soon be completely da atoyed. io Thouaht of Intervention. BT. PKTKKSi:T.'Ka, Dec. 24. Ambas-uv-dor Hard. i ge who a vis t lo Fo elgn Min ister Innsdurff Yvedixaduy, taken in con nection with Ambassador liem kendorff's audli nee of King Kdwaid Thursday, gave rise to Huggcktlona of unoth.r attempt at mediation, authorizes tin; A'.acl' tel Press to my that the in tcvlcw 1th ount ' ams dorff was without i-pe.ial s.u fi ance. i h anibaador called on the foiegn inlnl.-ter In the ordinary way about pu.ely cudent I mutters, mb. ss d r ila dli ge l.ua not the sliRhtesi reason t.r l.el-ve ih it inedla I lion would be any inu'e acet ptabK- iq i.ua- siu now than hitherto. The Frtnch embassy absolutely denies that the French umbaxsador, M. Hompaid. vl.o tiaa ttai tnl fur Pa, la, ta the bearer cf any Inter from the emperor to President Loubet accepting the mediation of Fiance In tbe war, aa announced in the 1'nlied. Suites by a news agency. Us aid bear aa