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OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1904 TWELVE FACES.
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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.
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ALLEGED FORGERS
14a Police
Captare , Two
Men
Maid to Operate oa Two
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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
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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.
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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.
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