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Daily THE SUNDAY BEE-BEST NEWS BEST PICTURES-BEST STORIES. THE SUNDAY BEE - A NEWSPAPER AND A MAGAZINE IN ONE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1904 TWELVE FACES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. The Omaha Bee. 1 how Disinclination to lign Big Bond leqnirsd by Treasurer. AGREE TO MEET AND DISCUSS QUESTION ' i Mr. Morteisen Sends Them Word They Seed Hot Do 8, TREASURER DOES NOT OUTLINE COURSE Eoeumsnt Snppoied to Be en File with Gorernsr Today. RAILROADS BUSY WITH LEGISLATOR' V 1'aloa Iaclne-Sorthwestern ComW Hon Make Threats aad Are Rot IOe. C They Are Likely to Meat with Retaliation. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 30 (Special.) The Omaha bankera With whom State Treasurer Mot tensen conferred yesterday afternoon re garding his bond gave him a very chlli reception, which, taken with the fact that Mr. Mortensen has a very sensitive nature and likes not to ask favors, does not set well on him. One banker told the state treasurer that he would call a meeting for today nd probably arrangements would be mads whereby the banks would give the bond. Thla morning, however, Mr. Mor tensen wrote to this banker to call off the meeting and do nothing further In the mat ter. Ha aliaJ expressed the hope that hi visit to Omaha seeking a bond would not cause a panic among tho banks or frighten the depositors. Had the bankers given the bond Mr. Mortensen would have secured them by a guaranty bond. While Mr. Mortensen would not go Into details regarding his conference with the money men of Omaha, kls talk regarding the conference shqwa that he was not re ceived with a very hearty welcome. On banker told him that while his bank had se cured much of the state money on deposit this wan not the paying Investment It had been, and therefore he felt under no obli gation to go on the bond. Intimating that If there was more money In sight by which he could make a greater profit he might consider the bond proposition. The bond Is still up in the air and Mr. Mortensen does not know what he will do. Those who have watched the course of the stats treasurer and who know whut he ha been doing are advocating that the state could well afford to carry the bond itselt, but even this could not be done until after the legislature amends the law. It Is safe to say, however, that Mr. Mortensen will not ask any mora banks to go on his bond. The bond must be filed today. Mr. Mor tensen had already arranged for a guaran tee bond, but In view of the supreme court decision the governor Is disinclined to ap prove it. Railroads Show Their Hand. ; An exchange of compliments occurred be tween representatlvse of the Union Pa cific Railroad companyaxut a knot of legis lators'" tula, moraing. 'The message that ' oame from the Union Paclflo was to the , afreet ' that any slate the South Platte people might make would be smashed to pieces, and that the Union Pacific-Northwestern combination Intended to organise the legislature in its own sweet way. The message that went back was to the affect that If the Union Pacific attempted to carry out its threat a tight would be started that would not down before the end of the session und that Incidentally the maximum freight rate law would be revived and a few other pieces of legisla tion would be carried through that the Union Pacific would not care to have come to the front Just at this time, when the people are worked up over the manner In which the railroads are falling to pay their taxes. The news demonstrated that there is some fight In the legislators already on the ground and unless the railroads sub mit to lines mapped out by the rank and tile of the legislators, there will be a hot Urns In perfecting the organisation. Noses Oare counted f.'nd It was fou.id that not- gJietanding the claims made the organ tlon la not yet settled. The few legis lators here say they do not want every thing and neither do they Intend to allow the Union Pacific and Northwestern to gel everything. A great effort has been made to keep , Jhe fight for speaker and chief clerk of the house divorced, but it Is beginning to look as though this cannot be done. Should tue railroad bosses from the north country (.naglno thsy have the strength they might try to keep out John Wall and Clyde Bar . nird, who up to this time had a walkaway for, the places. Should the fight be started It. will drag in the speakei and an all round scrap will follow. Talk of Comblaatlaa. Douglas today promised to keep hands oft In the fight for chief clerk and a num ber of Union Paclflo ofNcials were told to notify their chiefs that they must also keep hands off In the clerkship fight. What ths result will be remains to be seen. Route, Perry and Wilson have conferred a num ber of times and It may be that they will yet form a combination to land one of their number in the speaker's chair. All day today the air has been full o! rumors of combinations and combination smashed, but the outside candidates need feel no uneasiness because of this, for the reason that Vera is not now in Llncoli a good sired corporal's guard and conse quently they can't do the business yel awhile. Of the members here all deny that they vhave e.itered into any combination or thui they have promised any candidate a vote Ths big crowd Is not expected until Sun day, with a larger one Monday. It may b possible, however, that a sufficient numbe. will show up Sunday to hold some kim of a caucus that night. The senute could easily organise in opei session, as the candidates for preslden. have all expressed themselves as brim willing to do away with the caucus, but I. Is doubtful if it does. Ost Board May Be Abolished. An effort wjll be made at thla session o the legislature to do away with tho Sc dlers' Home Visiting board and a numbe of old soldiers are at the head of the move ment. The fight hinges on an effort on th part of the visiting board to oust Com inandant Penn of the Mil ford home. Th Visiting board has let It out that it wl. recommend that Penn be ousted and th number a iltl recommend someone else fo ths place, in retaliation a number of ol soldiers who are friendly to Penn wtll it quee that the board be abolished. Th. board cost the stats between $uuo and tl.On a year and It la alleged accomplishes noth teg and It Is not Imps, liable that the effort to abolish It Will ta'fm with a hearty r (Continued on Third Page. GREAT BRITAIN STORMSWEPT Fleree Gale Drives Ships aa Reeks aad Demolishes Telegraph Lines aa Land. LONDON, Dec. 10. A fierce gale from the Atlantic swept over the United King dom today. Mountainous teas were re ported atrr.f the coasts. At Btornaway, Outer Hebrides, the Danish steamer Alabama dragged Its anchors and stranded on Peninsula Point. Its engine room and the stokehold sec tions are flooded. It Is leaking forward and has listed to starboard. A small vessel with a crew -of ten men foundered oft Flamboroughhoad, Yorkshire, on the North sea. Several minor shipping accidents have also been reported. Much damage has been done Inland. Telegraph and tele ione wires are down. A number of ac cents In London, due to flying debris, i been reported. i s EST ALLEGED FORGERS 14a Police Captare , Two Men Maid to Operate oa Two Z Contlnen ON. Dec. 30. The Continents. ON, Dec. 30. The city police today two important members of an t . ..onal gang which for two or three years Is alleged to have been conducting extensive forgeries in S Bank of England notes. Large quantities of the notes. It Is old, have been circulated In America and on the continent. One of the men arrested Is an engraver. He is charged with being the manufacturer of notes. The police are shadowing a number of foreigners who are believed to be In London with the object of obtaining fresh supplies of the counterfeits. RISSIAN PI Ill.IC IS AGITATED War Tskes Second Place Whea Com pared frith Proposed Reforms. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 30. The agi tated state of the public opinion through out the country over the reforms appar ently continues unabated. The war has distinctly taken a second place. While ths understanding Is that ths committee of ministers Intends In considering the vari ous reforms outlined In the Imperial mani festo to consult with the classes interested the fear Is quite openly expressed that the proposed measures may be smothered by the cumbrous bureaucratic machinery be fore they are eventually crystallised into laws, thus sharing the fate of many former be'ncflcient intentions of the monarch. As a means of avoiding such a catastro phe the papers press more or less openly the advisability of the committee of minis ters securing the direct co-operation of legally elected representatives of the vari ous classes. The xemstvos, under the threat contained In the government note, seem to be acting with considerable circum spection and no more have followed the xample of the Moscow semstvo in adjourn ing sine die. Neither have there been re currences of the disturbances. The revolutionary organisation, it is said, in addition to Grand Duke Serglua and M. Trepoff, police chief of Moscow, have con demned Procurer General Pobednnostzeff Of the holy synod and Minister of Justice Muravleff, CHINA DEMAND! MURDERER Unless He Is Surrendered No Protec tion Will Be Given Rnaslaa Ships. SHANGHAI, Dec. W The taotal haa been Instructed by the foreign board at Pekln to Insist upon a reply from the Rus sian consul to his demand for the surrender of the sailor belonging to the Russian cruiser Askold, who on December IS mur dered a Chinaman on the Bund here as the result of a dispute over payment for the hire of a jlnkrlsha. 1 Should the consul decline to comply with this demand, the Chinese authorities here say, It will be apparent that Russia con templates a serious breach of the neutrality of China, and that henceforth China lannot undertake to protect Russians ',n Chinese harbors against actions of the Japanese. The total has taken strict precautions to prevent the escape of the Russian cruiser Askold and the torpedo boat destroyer Grosovol, which vessel, It has been re ported, contemplated making an effort to Join the Rustic n second Pacific squadron. SCANDAL IN RtTSIAN RED CROSS Investigation to- Be Made of Loss of Goods la Transit. . ST. PETERSBURG, Deo. 30.-8. A. Alex undrovsky, formert,' in charge of the Rus sian Red Cross work in the far east, who has been succeeded by Prince Vassll.tch koff, has accepted General Kouropatkln'a offer to act as chief of the sanitary de partments of one of the armies. The old Red Cross scandals are now re ceiving a thorough ventilation in the pa pers. Vast quantities of supplies went astray during the summer and early au tumn. One hundred out of 130 bales from Moscow alone disappeared, and the demand is made for the punishment of those re sponsible. The precautions now taken effectually prevent recurrence of the disappearance of supplies. The emperor has sent a per sonal aide-de-camp to see that their trans portation is not interfered with. ZAR WOILD TAIJt TO ADMIRAL Brief Dispatch to Paris Recalls Mem ber of the North Sea Commission. PARIS, Dec. 30. Admiral Kasnakoff (who .vas Russia's representative on the inter national commission of inquiry into ths orth sea Incident, but who has been re called and will be succeeded by Vice Ad nlral Doubassoff, starts for St. Petersburg omorrow after receiving a laconlo dil ute h saying Emperor Nicholas desired to onverse with him. The admiral's health, Ahlch Is said to have been the cause of XJf, recall. Is excellent. Members of his ,laff say the renewed naval preparations .re doubtless the cause of the conversation. Fatal Wreck la Manitoba, WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. SO. In the vreck of a Canadian Northern train carry ng a snow plow, at Orlzuna, B. Llnklater vas killed and a dosen persons were ujured. The caboose overturned and urned. Twenty perrons were imprisoned a the caboose and they were rescued with imculty. . Ronmaala Cabinet Resigns. BUCHAREST, Roumanla, Dec. 0. At to ' iy i session of the senate Premier .urdsa unnounced that the whole cabinet id resigned, in consequence of the resigns jiis of the ministers of finance and of omains. , Final Cotton Flan re. WASHINGTON, Dec, M. The final bulle '!n of the census bureau on cotton ginned a the United States up to December 13, umcd today, places ths number of balea t ll.v71.47T, counting round balm as halt balea. OPENS ALL BALLOT BOXES Baprons Court of Colorado Orders a Fall IiTtetigation of Lata Election. REGISTRATION LISTS TO BE EXAMINED Governor Pen body Is Well Pleased He Say Reconnt Will Show Who la Actually Choice of the People. DENVER, Dec. 30. Stretching Its hand so as to cast a shadow over every man and woman In any way Implicated in elec tion frauds of the city and county of Denver on or before or after November 8, the supreme court today ordered an In vestigation so sweeping in its scope that every phase of the election may be scruti nised and everything that bears in any way upon the eleotlon may be made known by Judicial Inquiry. Alva Adams, democratic candidate for governor, who appeared from the returns to hava been elected, but who has declared that he does not want the office tainted with fraud, asked the court to open every Denver ballot box. but the order of the court goes beyond the mere examination of the ballots and provides for an Investiga tion of the registration lists, the campaign expenditures, and, In brief, all election matters. Attorney Samuel W. Bedford, for Adams, and Attorney Henry J. Hersey, for the republicans, asked the court to make Its order of such breadth that the court need not stop at anything In the Investigation The court said that was what It meant to do and instructed the lawyers to agree upon the wording of the order and present It to the court for approval next Tuesday morning. Will Take Several Months. As there are 204 ballot boxes. It Is evi dent that several months will be consumed In the examination of their contents by the two handwriting experts to be appointed for this work. It is expected that the supreme court will be asked to make an order placing special watchers ut the court house to guard the reglHtratlon books until such ' timo as the Investigation is made. "There are probably 20,000 fraudulent registrations on the books of the city and county of Denver," said Attorney James H. Brown, adviser for the republican com mittee, today. F. A. Williams, chairman of the repub lican committee, has published the follow ing statement over his own signature: Our Investigation Into the conduct of the recent election In Denver has developed the fact that approximately 20,01)0 fraudulent votes were cast or counted for Alva Adams In this city. There ' now no reasonable doubt that Govern ir Pettbody and the entire republican state ticket wus fairly elected on November 8 by a large majority of t.' legil voters of this state. What effect, if any, the court's action today will have upon the course of the legislature In respect to canvassing the vote for governor and determining whethir Peabody or Adams is entitled to the seat has not become apparent. Chief Justice Gabbert particularly stated the court in vestigation will not be permitted in any war to. interfor with Any Jnveitinatloa that may be set on foot by the genaral as. sembly. Republicans as well as democrats admit that the opening of all the Denver ballots complicates the political situation In Colo rado, but believe that it means that there will be no "rough house," as predicted. Peabody Is Pleased. Governor Peabody expressed himself aa follows regarding the court's decision: ' I am more than pleased that the supreme court has decided to open every ballot box in Denver, und my only regret is that not every box in the state Is opened. A point In favor of the opening of the boxes by the supreme court Is that it takes the matter away from politics. There is confidence among the public In what the supreme court does, and when the highest tribunal In the state is through counting the votes In Denver, it will settle beyond question who Is elected. 1 consider the decision of the 'court an eminently wise and Just one. . "It Is a good thing," said Attorney Gen eral Miller, when he heard of the decision. "The entire matter Is now out of politics." It was announced late today that the re publican plan to unseat democratic senators had been modified and that possibly only Senators Born and Healey, who were seated by the democratic majority on contests two years ago, would be turned out. It also was reported that on the advice of Influential republicans the proposition to memorialise the United States senate to un seat Senator Teller would be abandoned. Standing; of the Legists tnre. Announcemeents of the managers of tho republican post-election cam paign indicate their confidence that the legislature, In . which at the outset on Joint ballot there would be ulxty-slx republicans to thirty-three democrats, will throw out enough democratic precincts of Denver to overcome Alva Adams' 10,000 plurality for governor and declare Gov ernor James H. Peabody re-elected. These republican leaders Justify such action on the claim that In all democratic preclnota frauds as extensive as those shown in five precincts, whose ballot boxes were opened in contempt proceedings before the supreme court, were perpetrated. This Is strenuously denied by the democratic lead ers, who assert that the ballot boxes opened in court may have been stuffed since the eleotlon In support of a corpora tion conspiracy to steal the governorship and senate and pack the supreme court, which Is to be Increased from three Jus tices to seven on April 4 next. On the day after election, according to the returns, the Incoming senate consisted of twenty-one democrats and fourteen 're publicans. Soon thereafter Senator Buckley died, McCarthy, republican, obtained a ma jority of 'four votea over Martin, democrat, who had been reported elected. Finally contests were made before ths state can vassing board against Senator-elect Ward of Boulder and Senator-elect Beshoar of Las Animas county, and the board threw out sufficient returns to overcome the ma jorities for these candidates and awarded the certificates of election to the repub lican contestants. . Lower Courts Controlled. The supreme court refused to Issue a mandamus requiring the board to accept the returns aa received and- forbade the lower courts to take any action In ths matter. Now the republican managers an nounce that the senate probably will un seat aix more democrat lo members. In cluding those, aeated by the democratlo majority two years ago In reprisal for the unseating of democratlo representatives by the republican majority In the house, la a futile endeavor to obtain a majority on Joint ballot and defeat the election of United States Senator Teller. It is asld the three democratic senators sleeted in this county two year ago will e expelled on the ground that their eleo tlon was accomplished by means of the same 'frauds whose exposure In the oon- ConUnu4 oa geeoad Peg-) THE BEE'S LEA0 ADMITTED What could be more conclusive and convincing than a self-confession? At Inst tho World-Herald has. Indirectly, admitted that It does not print as ninny pnld want ads as i The Itee. Krablasoned in black type, on Its front pare, that news paper states that during the year it published a total of 45,780 want ads and that The Bee pub lished 28.4SH. As the World-Herald In every Issue of Its paper publishes the statement thnt a certain proportion of Its want ads are printed free of charge, there call be no discussion or question about this free busi ness. As the World-Herald and the public knows, The Bee hns not given away its spnee, and therefore The Bee, on Is generally known, hnd no free wnat ads in Striking the lowest possible average from tnc World-Herald's own dally figures. ' that paper prints fifty free) want ads each day In the year, tasking a totnl for the 3H5 days of 18,250. Subtract ing this number from the totnl of 45.780 wnnt ads, free and other wise, it Is plainly seen that the World-Hernld, according to Its own figures, prints 27,530 paid want ads a year, or at least did that much business In the year Just closing. The World-Hernld In this printed statement gives The Bee credit for 28.480 pnld wnnt ads. thru acknowledging that The Bee In W04 printed 056 more pnld want ads (n this year than , did the World-Herald. Of course It would be too much to expect the World-Herald to ad mit the whole truth and Inform Its renders thnt The Bee during 1004 'published over 35,000 paid wnnt ads, giving It a lead over the World-Herald, according to that paper's own figures, of more than 7,000. TURNER MAY BE MURDERER Man Carter Arrest at Aberdeen Is Snld to Bo Desperate Character. ABERDEEN, 8. D., Dec. $0. (Special.) The authorities of Brown county think that In the capture of George Turner for horse stealing they may have lighted upon the murdtrer of Todd and Johnson, the two Hand county farmer who were murdered lost summer. Turner answers the descrip tion of a man who was In the vicinity at the time the men were killed and who after ward disappeared. He has also been Identi fied as a man who worked near Oakes, N. D., a year ago last simmer, going under the name of Jack Miller, and he answers the description of a man wanted at Worth Ington, Minn., for horse stealing. Worth Ington and Hand county officers have both been sent for to Identify the man If pos sible. At Oakes he claimed to be from Nebraska and sold a ' farmer a team of horses nearly black ui "tolor. Shortly after he left Oakea the horse turned spotted. In dicating that they had been dyed black to conceal their original color. Turner is a large, well built young fellow wltth an ap pearance of being very reckless. He ap pears to be of a sullen disposition, but after his arrest gave way to furious anger during which time he made many blood thirsty threats against Sheriff Cole and Deteotlve McGulre of Canada, who ar rested him at Hecla after McGulre had Chased him from Canada through North Dakota for Meullng twenty-two horses In Manitoba. Turner has been photographed by order o( the county authorities. He strenuously resisted and had to be handcuffed and chained before he would submit to being placed before the camera. During the pro cess he persisted in yelling like a madman and kept his face so distorted that It was difficult for the photographer to secure a passably fair likeness. Detective McNalr of St. Paul, who Is here to Identify Turner for the authorities at Worthington, Minn., Is positive that he has seen Turner before and that he is an exoeedlngly tough char acter, but he is not yet certain that he Is the man' wanted at Worthington. No one haa yet reached Aberdeen from Hand county to Identify the prisoner aa the pos sible murderer of Todd and Johnson. . Cattlemen Going to Cnba. STURG1S, 8. D., Dec. 30. (Special.) John D. Hale of thla city has departed on a proposed trip to Cuba. A number of stock men from Rapid City who will accompany Mr. Hale expect to leave some time next week and meet him at New Orleans. These men have In view the purchasing of a 22,000-acre tract of grazing land situated In the interior of the island and which it Is said can be had for less than tl per acre. The tract Is capable of sustaining 80,000 head of cattle. If the land Is as represented as to quality and price these men will form u company to acquire pos session and to provide a sufficient number of cattle to stock It. Aerie of Eagles for Pierre. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Dec. S0.-(Speolal.) T. J. Buahnell of this city, district deputy grand worthy president, Fraternal Order of Bugles, announces that he has seleoted January 18 next ns the date for Instituting a new aerie of the order at Pierre. It is thought the new aerie will start out with a memberahip of at least 100. Mr. Bushnell has selected the Sioux Falls working team to go to Pierre and assist him In instituting the new lodge. It is probable a number of other local Eagles will accompany the party for the purpose of being prueent and witnessing the work of Instituting the new aerie. FIGHT AT INDIANA HARBOR Posr Mea Shot In a Dispute Abont Working Overtime All Will Recover. CHICAGO, Dec. 80. Four men were to night shot and slightly Injured In a fight at Indiana Harbor, thirty miles from this city. The shooting was done by Frederick Kroner, an employe of the American Steet and Wire company, the Injured men being his fellow workmen. Kroner, who Is an expert workman, has been of late doing extra work, and his fel low workmen demanded that he perform no more than the rest of them. He refused to do as they wished and tonight w hen a num ber of the employee were standing on tho depot platform, in Indiana Harbor some of them attacked Kroner. He drew a revol ver and commenced firing Indiscriminately. John Jaeger and M. WHietts were slightly wounded in the leg and two other men. Whose names ware not known, sustained trifling Injuries. Kroner was arrested, OPERATIONS OF TREASURY Dafioit for the Tsar 1904 it Twintj-Two Million Dollar. DUE TO PANAMA CANAL PAYMENTS Receipts Shew m Falling- 0 of Eight Million Dollars Decrease of Twenty Millions la Duti able Imports. WASHINGTON, Dec. . The Treasury department today Issued a review of treas ury operations for the calendar year 1904. The treasury receipts for the calendar year 14 were T40,000,00 and the expenditures (Including the Panama payment) 5a.OOO,009, a deficit for the year of I2i.0u0.000. As com pared with the previous calendar year the receipts show a falling off of 18.000,000 and the expenditures an Increase of 150,000,000. The decrease in customs receipts was IS.OOO.OOO. Civil and miscellaneous expendi tures increased $15.000,0110, War depsrtment :i,0no,000. Navy department $23,000,000, pen sions $2,000,000 and Interest $1,000,000. The increase in Interest Is due to the fact that a portion of the Interest of 190S waa anticipated In 1902. The figures do not Include the postal receipts and expendi tures, except that the postal deficit Is Included In the civil and miscellaneous ex penditures, i Increase ia Imports. Imports for the first eleven months of 1904 were $939,000,000, an Increase over the coi responding period of 1903 of $22,000,000. Imports free of duty for the same period Increased $42,000,000, while dutiable Imports decreased $20,000,000. In 1903 43H per cent of the Imports were free of duty, while In 1904 47 per cent were free of duty. Practically the entire Increase in free imports waa In three articles coffee, India rubber and raw silk. Although duti able Imports decreased $30,000,OUO, raw sugar and wool show increases aggregating $28, L0J.0O0. All other dutiable imports decreased nearly $50,000,000. Of this decrease $20,000,000 was in Iron and steel. Panama Cannl Paymcats. Other noteworthy features of the treasury transactions in 1904 were the payment out of accumulated surplus of $o0,000,000 for the right-of-way for the Panama canal, the redemption of the outstanding 6 per cent bonds, due February 1, 1904, and the vari ous calls on the national bank depositories for the return of a portion of their public deposits. Tho redemption of 6s during the calendar year was approximately K,0O0,OU0. Public funds on deposit with the banks were reduced from $Hi6,000,000 January 1, 1904, to $113,000,000 at the close of the year. The calls on the banks to mature early In 19u6 will further reduce these deposits and replenish the cash In the general fund of the treasury to the extent of $23,000,000. The cash in the treasury, exclusive of the gold reserve and gold and silver coin held against outstanding certificates, was $320, 000,000 on January 1, 1904. At the close of the year it was $240,000,000 a decrease of $80,'000,000 for the year. Panama Employes Not Dissatisfied. Replying to newspaper statements to the effect that the Panama- employes are'dis satisfied wIMi condltlnhs on The Isthmus,' Admiral Walker Bald today that he knew nothing of such complaints except whut he had read in the papers. He said: I cannot believe that there Is any foun dation for the reports. There are 300 or 400 Americans employed there. They re ceive about 26 per cent more pay than men employed in like positions in the Lnited States and are supplied quarters or are allowed 8 per cent of their salaries with which to pay rent. The extra allow ance is Intended as compensation for pri vations which we tell ell before they go they may expect to encounter. So far we havo not been able to supply quarters for all, owing to the fact that we have not succeeded in securing sites for buildings, but we are exerting ourselves in that di rection and will do the best we can. If the men there are dissatisfied, they ore not compelled to remain; nobody will hold them; they can come away when they are ready, and there will be others to take their places, us may be, Judged from the fact that we have on hand 7,000 or 8,0uu applications for their places. Will Entertnln Doctors at Pannma. Acting on the suggestion of Secretary Taft Secretary Hay has cabled Minister Barrett at Panama requesting him to unite with the representatives of the Isthmian canal commission In entertaining the dele gates to the Pan-American Medical con gress, which will be held In Panama Jan uary S next, and In also presenting to the congress the facts as to the healthfulness of the Isthmus of Panama, Mistaken lnv presHions on this point have proven to be an obstacle to the work on the canal and Secretary Taft Is anxious that the congress should get at the truth. Grand Jury Favors Whipping; Post. The local grand Jury, In making its final report for the present term of the supreme court for the District of Columbia, today recommended the establishment of the whipping post in the district. The question has been considerably agitated ever sine the president in his lust annual message recommended corporal punishment for wife' beaters In the District of Columbia. The recommendation of the grand Jury .la aa follows: The desirability of establishing the whip ning post us a means of punishing wife beaters and petty larceny offenses has been Investigated by this body and the majority of the members are of the opinion that It would prove very effective in decreasing the number of these crimes. A recommendation that persons about to be married produce evidence of freedom from certain diseases also la made. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Chances In Stations of Army Officers Ordered by War Depart meat. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 80. (Special Tele gram.) First Lieutenant Joseph H. Slier, assistant surgeon, Is relieved from duty at Fort Logan and will proceed . to Fort Meade tor duty, relieving First Lieutenant John R. Devere, assistant surgeon, who has been ordered to Fort Logan for duty. Captain George W. Klrkmun of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, now at Fort Jay, New York, will proceed to Fort Niobrara, re porting to the commander in charge of that post for duty. ' Rural carriers appointed for Nebraska routes: Kearney, route No. 4, George E. Smith currier, Charles A. Smith subar tute; Republican City, route No. I, James F. Thomaa carrier, W. D. Bcott substitute. Iowa postmasters appointed: Anderson, Fremont county, Thomas J. Thompson, vice Edward Strait, resigned; Bingham, Page county, James P. York, vice F. Bowen, resigned; Hawthorne, Montgomery county, O. E. Anderson, vice H. C. Hascall, re signed; Rosehlll, Mahaska county, Ed Jones, vice J. W. Dosk, resigned. The application of John W. Foster, T. J. Foster, Carl 8. Foster. O. D. Wllllamaand F. R- Jones to organise the Citizens Na tlonal bank of Outhrie Center, la., with $26,000 capital, has been mprovod by tita comptroller ol ths curranar, NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Sat Hear. Dec, Hoar. Dear. a. m 8 1 a. as 4 4 a. m ...... St Bp. at. a T a. m ...... art ' a p. ns 40 n a. 'm art 4 p. m "9 9 a. m 8(1 B p. m BO 10 a. m art p. m...... 4H 11 a. m ft T p. m 4T la as 4-1 8 p. m 4rt a p. m ..... . 4A PRICE OF BEEF IS EXPLAINED Federal Expert Says Demand ts In rreaslnsT Faster Thaa the Snpply. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 30.-The members of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science, In convention here todny, listened to "an Interesting paper, read by Frederick C. Croxton of the United Stales Bureau of Labor, In which he ac counted for the advance in the price of beef during the last ten years. He presented statistics in support of his theory giving the ratio of the supply to the demand dur ing the period covered by his puper. He said In part: The retail price of fresh beef at the pres ent time is about 10 per cent above the average for the period from 1NWI to 1KW. The margin between beef at wholesale and at retail Is usually rather close. The most difficult question encountered In the study of beef prices is that of supply. The estimates of the bureau of statistics of the Department of Agriculture show an In crease from 1S90 to 1894 of lot! tier cent In the number of cattle In the United States, wliile in the same time the population In creased about 30 per cent and the exports of fresh beef Increased 72.9 per cent. It Is possible that combinations of pack ers exist which would doubtless exert a steadying Influence on declining prices, or a combination might be strong enough to con trol to some extent the prices of cattle bought for slaughtering or the supply of beef which would seriously affect the price to the consumer. Nearly all of the sections and societies afTillatrd with ths main organisation held final sesaions today. Before the section of chemistry Dr. Leon L. Walters, who has made Investigation of food supply In New York, spoke on food. adulteration. Among other things he said: I think I am Justified In saying thnt the pernicious habit Is on the increase, and the brazen effrontery with which it Is carried on indicates tfie Indulgence of the American ? unite. Labels have come to mean nothing, doubt If pure olive oil Is to be found on the market. Cottonseed oil Is almost uni versally sold under that name. I nm prepared to tell any one that nearly nil the flavoring extracts sold In New York City are composed of synthetic ethers, combined with aniline dyes. BOSTON'S SUBWAY IS OPEN Bed of Boston Harbor Is Mined at Cost of Three Mlllloa Dollars. BOSTON, Dec. 30. The submarine tunnel connecting Boston and East Boston was opened for public travel today. The dedi cation of the tunnel to public use was carried nut without any formality. The tunnel is double-tracked, 1.4 miles long, 2,700 feet of which Is under the harbor water. The cost of construction was $3,0C0,000. The tunnel was built by the city of Boston, which haa leaaed it for a term of twenty-five years, dating from U97, to the Boston levated Railway com pany, which will use the tunnel exclu sively for the passage of its electric cars between Boston and Eust Boston. About four and .one-half years have been con sumed in constructing the tunnel, in the accomplishment of which many difficult en gineering problems had to be aolved, chiefly on account of the maze of underground pipes, f sewers and wires located on the Boston side of the harbor, and also because of thtl perilous nature of the work of digging the large passngewsy underneath the bed of Boston harbor. The tunnel Is built entirely of concrete and la the only tunnel of that kind in the world. It Is declared by experts to be absolutely fire proof and practically safe against leakage. In arranging for the stations the builders made use of historic ground, for the en trance near Washington street is directly underneath the old Massachusetts state house, while the Bcollay, square 'terminal lies underneath the old Boston court house. It 1b estimated that between 6,000,000 and 8,OU),000 people will use the tube annually. MR. PLATT WILL NOT RETIRE Senior New York Member Says He Will Remain in Senate aa Long as He Caa. NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-"I never retire when other people try to force me to re tire," said Senator Piatt today, when In formed that there was a rumor that former Governor Black Is to succeed him In the senate. ' "I probably shall remain in the United States senate as long aa I can. I had en tertained the thought of resigning if Mr. Bleak had been elected In Senator Depew'e place. I was as much interested In the re turn of Mr. Depew as if I myself had been ths candidate." When asked what effect the return of Senator Depew would have on the state or. ganlzatlon Senator Piatt said: "I don't see that it will have any par. ttcular effect." "Your friends are saying that you will now resume active leadership of the or ganization?" It was. suggested. "It Is useless to discuss a matter of that character at this time," said the senator. "Do you expect to confer with Governor Odeli over organization matters?" . "I don't know what I should confer with' him about," said Mr. Piatt. "I may e htm. I suppose he will send for me. I ex pect to see Speaker Nixon before the or ganization of the legislature. "Will you have any recommendations with reference to committee places?" he was asked. "I'm alwaya Interested In good govern, ment. I've got a little Hut of recommenda tions that I ahall make to Mr. Vlxon and the governor." TWO TRAINMEN ARE KILLED Passenger Train on Rock Island Road Collides with Freight with -Fatat Resnlts. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okl., Dec. SO.-A westbound passenger train on the Chicago, Rock btiand Paclflo railroad collided head-on with an eastbound freight train three mllea west of here early today. Both engines were demolished and the cars were plied up. Frank Curry, engineer, and Fireman Butts of the passenger train, both of Shawnee, Okl., were killed. Several passengers were Injured, none fatally. elentUts End Mertlngr. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30 The conven tion of the American Association for the Advancement of Sii-noe practically ended with today's vesslnns. The general organ isation met this morning in the chsprl of the University of Pennsylvania and after a brief business sessiun the various sec tions and al&iiaUd societies began their msOttng. ADMIRALS AT TORIO Togo acd lamimira Art Oirsn an Oration at Japaaete Capita. PICTURE OF CONDITIONS IN PORT ARTHUR Glaomj Letter Written by Russian Earl Fortress Most Soon FalL GETTING READY FOR FOJESTVENSKY Mariners at Vladirostok Make Preparation for Second Faoiflo 8qiadron. HARBOR WILL S06N BE CLOSED BY ICE Channel Will Have t Be Cat fo Ships If They Are to Join Rojest vensky's J . Fleet. TOKIO. Dec. 30. (11 a. m. Admiral Togo and Vice Admiral Kamlmura, with their staffs, arrived at the Shlmoasst station at 9:20 o'clock today. Their Journey from Kure to Toklo was a continuous ovation. At an early hour today the streets wero nilod and the city was gaily decorated with flags, lanterns and New Tear's dec orations. Representatives of the emperor and empress. Prince Fushl, Jf., elder states men, ministers, prominent Jspanese and thousands of school children, greeted the arrival of the naval heroes at the station. The presidents of both houses of the Diet presented them with the resolutions of com. mendatlon passed by . their respective branches of Parliament. The quiet, gray-bearded Admiral Togo, In a blue service uniform, seemed1 em barrassed at the noisy ovation. Read Ad mlral Bhlmamura, chief of staff, laugh Ingly elbowed forward Vice Admiral Kaml mura. The Junior officers tried to clear the way, but the crowd closed In on Ad miral Togo and they were frequently forced to push the crowd backward in an en deavor to clear the reaching hands. Finally Admiral Togo and Vice Admiral Kamlmumra were freed1 from their en thusiastic admirers and, surrounded by offi cers, they reached the carriage sent by tho emperor to the station to convey the dis tinguished party to the palace. Aa Admiral Togo appeared a great shout arose, huts were thrown in the air, arms were raised and "batutal" followed "baa sal." Preceded by gendarmes the party drove under triumphal arches, waving flags and discharging fireworks through the cheer ing crowds to the Navy department, where a brief stop was made, during which ths congratulations of the ministers ware re ceived and future victories were toasted. Admiral Togo and Vice Admiral Kami mura then proceeded to the palace to re port to the emperor. They will probably remain in Toklo about one week for the purpose of consulting with the general staff and perfecting plans for future epsra- ' tlons. - ... f Rnaslaa Letter la Fonnd. The Navy department published tonight a letter written by a man on the battle ship Sevastopol, which had fallen into tho hands of the Japanese. The writer de spairs of tho relief of the fortress, and tells of the deetructlon wrought by Japa nese shells. He says the Russians are re signed to their fate and are determined to fight to a finish rather than suffer the shame of surrender owing to starvation. Following is the text of the letter: The fortress cannot resist after Decem ber. The' progress of the enemy in re ducing our principal line of outer defense is not fully known, but .It Is Irresistible. We are sadly disappointed over the non arrival of the second Pacific squadron and are dully nearlng our miserable end. General Stoessel's so-called Impregnable line of outer defense Is now a myth. With 203-Metre hill lost, the fall of Port Arthut cannot be avoided. Its capture by ths Japanese means the fall of the town, how ever strong the other defenses. . The new town Is at the mercy of tho enemy's fire. The old town alone la de fended and here alone may resistance be prolonged. Two-thirds or Hie defeneers of 203-Metre hill were lost. Crew Is Reduced. The Sevastopol, which was exposed to ths enemy's fire in the night time on the night of December 8, without being towed, left the harbor with only 111 Instead of Its com- Element of 600 souls. When it went out It ad Its nets down, but was struck twice by tho enemy's torpedoes and was beached. Irreparably damaged. General Stoessel hlKhly praised the officers and crew of the ship. Fuel is almost unobtainable and It Is Im possible to keep our bodies warm. We no longer have a wireless telegraph system and have no means of communi cating with the outside world. Our isola tion Is complete. There Is no news and ws have had no information for a long time. It is impossible to smuggle ammunition. The captain of King Arthur brought only a small quantity., (The King Arthur, a British steamer, waa captured Decembeer 19, while attempting to leave Port Arthur, by the Japunese guardship AaHznnl. It had on board Rus sian naval officers who were attempting to Join tho Russian Pacific squsdron. It Is now at Sasebo undergoing triul). Dauiage to the Ship. There is a large hole In the hull of tho Sevastopol and it is completely disabled. All that remains for those on board ts to do their utmost In repulsing the enemy's attacks. The enemy's torpedo boats came close to the Sevastopol and attacked it as If they wero going through ordinary ma neuvers. Should the - Sevastopol sink we are to land at a place already decided upon. All are, however, prepared to fight to the very last. On us of the Sevastopol depends the duty of retaining the honor of the navy and avoiding the shame and humiliation of threatened starvation. VVo would rather die than be thus shamed. From December 1 the enemy's 10-lnch shells began to fall on the deck of the Sevastopol and soma of them pierced through the decks to the bottom of the ship. Who is responsible for the fate we" face? It Is he who did not give Instructions for the prevention of a Japanese landing on the Lloo Tung peninsula. Among our officers there are very few who dure to brave death, the majority hav ing no other desire than to save their own lives, but we are determined to die fighting. Activity at Vladivostok. ' CHE FOO, Deo. 80. ( p. m.) The British steamer Canton, Just arrived from Vladi vottok, reports great activity there in naval circles, every effort being made to com plete the dry dock before the arrival of the aocond division of the Pacflo aquadron. Many minea hava been removed, because the harbor will soon be closed with lea. The cruisers now In port never leave the harbor. A passage through the Ice will have to be freshly made when Admiral Skrydlott attempts to Join Admiral Rojest vsnsky. How Fort Was Taken. HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD JAPANESE ARMY BEFORE PORT AR THUR, via Fusan, Deo. SO. Rlhlung fort, captured yesterday, la the largest and strongest of the eastern fort tidgt. Tun nels for miles were cut through solid rock and two tons of dynamite were used to blow up the walls. The spectacle was magnificent' and the work of the assaulters was splendid. Half the garrison waa killed by the explosion of the oral savra. j