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The Omaha 1 Daily B EE. The Best Foreign News Service will be Found In The Sunday Bee. The Bee's Sunday Magazine Features Outtop those of All Competitors. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1S71. OMAHA, 8ATUKDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1005 TWELVE FAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. SITUATION. IS TENSE Buisiai Capital on Verge of an Incipient Resolution. HALF THE CITY IS IN DARKNESS Ortr Emdred Thousand Men Now in Banks of the Strikers. GOVERNMENT ACTS ENERGETICALLY Garrison it Strengthened and Part of De mands of c'kers Granted. ATHER GOPd. UNDER ARREST reader f th Jt .irlted Awir " ni Hail M Plana tor Sunday Pr. not n ST. PETERSBVRC ,. 21.-Wlth the ruiniin capital Beet ' on the verge of an Incipient revol , n; thousands of workmen parading the streets, agitator and fanatic vowing the seeds of disorder, half the city In darkness and without fire protection owing to walkouts, the situation waa hourly growing more tense tonight, when th authorities decided to adopt en ergetic measures to preserve order, pre vent rioting and overawe the violent minded, at th lame time seeking to placate the striking workmen by offering satisfac tion of their demands insofar as they nre Just and reasonable, thus acting with com bined firmness and moderation. Th government tonight augmented the garrison of St. Petersburg with 2,500 cav alry and 1,000 Infantry from the Tsarkoe Relo and filled the streets, especially In the disaffected quarter, with heavy patrols of soldiers. Th refusal to permit a delegation ot workmen to present a petition to Emperor Nicholas at Tsarkoe Belo has made It known that th great demonstration planned for Sunday, with Its unlimited pos sibilities for an outbreak, will not be per mitted to take place. At the same time, acting In conjunction with a conference of employers, It has been determined t offer concessions In th terms of employ ment, which the employers declared the great majority of the workmen would be Inclined to accept If they were guaranteed protection from th more violent faction. Father Gopon Vnder Arrest. Late tonight It was reported that Father Gopon, leader of the workmen, had been quietly apirlted away from his bodyguard and taken Into custody, In furtherance of the plan to disorganise the elements that are threatening th pac of St. Peters burg. ' The authorities believe that by these steps they have the situation well in hand and announce that they expect a peaceful solution of the problem. The situation had entered an acuta stag today and the strike had assumed an open political phase. The day was one of in tense excitement. Mill after mill and factory after factory cloveO. Throngs of ' wdrkmen pafiwjed "the street and when their colleagues refused to Join them broke down gates and forced out the men. The whole Industrial center la Idle. All th textile mills and every printing office In St. Petersburg are closed. One electrto light plant and one water plant have shut down and over 100,000 men ar out. Throughout th day workmen's meetings were held, at which incendiary speeches were made, the wildest threats being ut tered as to what would come in the event of the authorities and employers falling to meet their demands. The nervousness and dread of what the next few days might bring forth was Increased by reports that the workmen of Moscow, KJeff, Kharkoff, Kishlneff and other large cities in the in terior might Join the movement. While th government and employers temporised the telegraphers and railroad employes threatened to Join the walkout, paralyzing the communications of the country. Many foreigners axe preparing to send their famlllea abroad. Every newspaper in St. Petersburg has been forced to suspend publication owing to the strike. Movement Far-Reaching-. The suddenness of the strike and the far reaching of the worklngmen's organisation was a surprise to the government and the employers. Starting with the walkout ot a few thousand employes of the Putlloft Iron works, due to purely Industrial causes. It spread as rapidly as a conflagration through the laboring classes of St. Peters burg and became general. At first only Industrial demands were presented, such b3 shortening the hours of labor and for increases of wages; but poverty and dis content under the incitement of socialistic democratic agitators led to the formulation of political demands. A petition was drawn up and largely signed which, going beyond the Complaints on which th strlka prlglnated, attacked th whola capitalistic system of the coun try, bitterly assailed the present govern ment aa on of bureaucracy and demanded the reform of both, asserting that death was preferable to existence under such conditions. No disturbance has so far been reported. There are heavy guards at the water works and lighting plants and in the factory dls trlct. Patrols of cavalry are constantly In motion throughout the city. Altogether 174 works In St. Petersburg have been closed by the strike. The management of the Putlloft Iron works, where the trouble begun, posted notices last night ordering the employes to receive the pay due them today and resume work. This Is an ulti matum and there is apprehension of a probablo conflict. A minority of the work men are willing tb return to work, but the majority are determined to prevent them. ' I HI VI WILL HEM AIM SEl'THiL Official of Fore I an Office Fear Russia Wants to Take More Land. FEKINU. Jan. 10. A high official of th Chinese Foreign office raid In an Interview today that ths neutrality of China was as sured now as hitherto. Every precaution had been taken, ths official declared, and he could only suppose that the present Rus slon complaints were Intended to constitute a pretext for further demand aa compensa tion for the loas of Port Arthur. The offi cial emphatically denied that there was any connection between Chinese neutrality and antl-forelgn feeling. Instancing the prompt suppression of the disturbances at Shanghai In connection with the delay In bringing to trial the Russian sailors who killed a Chi naman there as the result of a dispute about the hire of a Jinriksha. sloessel Leaves 'shanghai. SHANGHAI, Jan. K.-General Sloessel and the large number of paroled officers and others who arrived her yesterday on hoard the French steamer Australian, left Shanghai today tor MarseUUa, MEAGER EDITORIAL MENTION St. Petersburg Press Has Utile to Bar Reaadlea Flrlnsx at Palace. ST. PETER8BfRO. Jan. SO. -Nothing bet ter Illustrates the conditions In Russian Journalism than the appearance of the St. Petersburg papers on the morning nfter an occurrence whirh nearly added another vio lent death to the history of the ruling fam ily of Russia. There are prominent head lines, but almost no editorial reference, and the most brief mention possible of the un expected hall of grapeshot around the little chapel In which the emperor and the Romanoff family had gathered for the great religious festival of the Kplphnny and bless ing the waters of the Neva. The account of the stately ceremonial pre pared by the court-marshal Is long and rich In detail, describing the nppearnnce and garb of the Individual participants and the progress of events from minute to minute. Appended to this court circular are short paragraphs from various papers, alluding In tho most guarded terms to the unex pected danger In which his majesty stood. These add practically nothing to the knowl edge of the event In spite of half a day'a opportunity for Investigation and Inquiry. The Novo Vremya, which publishes the most extended account, shows that chief Interest In the Incident followed the second and third shots, but offers no explanation. The paper editorialises briefly on the ex cusable carelessness of permitting so peril ous a happening and on the general Joy nt tho escape of his majty and the relief to strained nerves. It concludes by expressing the hope that the miraculous escape of the emperor from mortal danger while engaged In the pious rites of the faith may be an omen that Russia Is under like protection; that Providence Is watching over those who live by faith and that it may emerge In equal safety from the perils In which it now stands. Other papers publish less regarding the event not even the names of the officers commanding the battery or the artillery men tending the guns are given. The reader Is left largely to draw his own conclusions as to the connection between the sound of the salute and the patter of tho balls about the pavilion. CAM SET IS WOT TKT FRAMED President I.onhet Finds Difficulty In Selecting Ministers. PARIS, Jan. So. The cabinet crisis is still In progress. President Loubet today received a number of senators and depu ties, but did not give the slightest Indica tion of his Intentions. If Henri Brlsson Is called It will be a formal courtesy, as he Is not willing to act, owing to his recent defeat for the presidency of the Chamber, showing his inability to command a ma jority. After M. Brlsson the names of M. Bouvler, with a new or revised policy, and M. Sarrlen, with the old policy, are men tioned. No decision will be reached before night and the government officials believe the crisis may be prolonged for several days. OVER EIGHTEEN THOUSAND SICK Japan Makes Estimates of Russian Prisoners at Port Arthur. TOKIO, Jan. 20. (Noon.) It is stated that there are 18.S56 sick and wounded Russian prisoner at Port Arthur. Of ..these 8,657 era eonneatetl with the navy. . It haa been proposed to dam Port Ar thur harbor at the entrance and pump out the water preparatory to salving the Rue start war vessels. Discussing the matter a naval officer today said that under ordinary circumstances such a great work would be unprofitable, but in view of the number of ship possibly salvable and the shallowness and smallnes of the harbor It may be the moat economical method. STRIKE PROBABLY AVERTED Indications Pennsylvania .Railway and Trainmen May Reach an Agreement, PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 20.-A strike of the freight trainmen In the employment of the Pennsylvania railroad of Pittsburg has been delayed if not entirely averted by the presence In Philadelphia of Grand Master P. H. Morrlssey of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. There appears to be better feeling on both sides tonight and, although the situation has not materially changed. It la less acute than when first Vice Grand Master Lee, having exhausted all his efforts to effect an amicable settle ment of the difficulties, hastily summoned Mr. Morrlssey from Cleveland. At the con clusion of today's conference the following Joint statement was Issued by Mr. Atter bury and Mr. Morrlssey: At the meeting today the situation was again gone over. No new propositions were made and the situation stands practically ns It was, but the conference will be re mimed tomorrow. The conference of today was largely to ennhle Mr. Morrlssey more thoroughly to familiarize himself with the questions at Issue from the company's standpoint. The evident willingness of both sides to meet each other half way, it Is believed, will open up an avenue through which a strike may be averted. LIVE STOCK RATE RULING Commission Finds Discrimination in Favor ot Packing; Hons Products as Illegal. WASHINGTON, Jan. SO.-The Interstate Commerce commission today announced its decision In the Chicago Live Stock ex change case, sustaining that organisation's complaint of discrimination on the part of the railroads that exact higher rates for transporting cattle and hogs than for car rying live stock "products" to Chicago from point west, northwest and southwest. Including Missouri river points and South St. Paul. The exchange made the com plaint against the Chicago Great Western and other railways engaged In this traffic. The commission holds that the discrimina tion Is not Justified In any way, and that it subjects the live stock Interests to un reasonable prejudices and disadvantage, giving to the trafflo In the "products" ot live stock unreasonable preference. The commission reaffirms its previous de cision In the Chicago Board of Trade case and extends the principle therein announced to the transportation of cattle and their products. FREIGHT RATES ON GRAIN Eastern nnd 'Western Roads to Aban don Mississippi River as Baaing; Point After February 8. CHICAGO, Wan. SO Joint committees representing the western and eastern rail roads met here today and decided to aban don the Mississippi river as a basing point for grain rates and to make them base hereafter on Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis, effective February 5. Tho committees wtre not nble to re ich un agreement regarding gulf competition, but a desire was ex pressed on both sides to do so, and it Is expected that an agreement will be reached at a meeting to be held tomorrow. SENATOR SMOOT ON STAND Utah Congressman Tells of Hie Life aad Religions Practices. SAYS HE IS SON OF A PLURAL WIFE llasband of but One Wife and Only Went Through Endowment House at Request of Father. WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. Interest In the Smoot Investigation before the senate committee on privileges and elections was stirred today by the unexepected deter mination to put Senator Smoot upon the stand in his own behalf, without waiting for other witnesses now en route from Utah. The senator was under direct and cross-examination all day, and frankly answered most of the questions asked. He appeared to make a favorable impression on the members of the committee. At 4:30 o'clork an adjournment was taken out of consideration for the witness, who haa been suffering from Indigestion for several weeks. Senator Smoot was nt his ease as every eye In the room was directed to him. The first qustlons were as to the senator's nativ ity. He said he was born In Salt Lake City In 1861 His father and mother are both dead. His mother was a plural wife. Con cernlng his own family he said he was mar ried September 17, lPxl, and has but one wife. They have six children. He said that at the time of his marriage he did not take the endowments, but that in 1S90 he hna gone through the endowment house at the request of his father, for the benefit of the letter's health. He said he told bis father at that time that he did not care much about taking the ceremony. Senator Smoot said he had been engaged In the mercantile business most of his life. The only office In the church that he has held other than that of apostle was coun Felor to the president of the l"tah stnke of Zion. and he declared that he had taken no oaths of any character when he became counselor, nor had he taken any oath when he became an apostle. Senator Smoot said that he could not give a description of the endowment cere mony, because he had forgotten nearly all about it. He said the ceremony contained no oath of vengeance and that there was nothing in it that would affect his loyalty to his country. How He Became Candidate. "How came you to be a candidate for senator?" asked Mr. Worthlngton. "Well, I had been rather active in poli tics before the division waa made on party lines. I took the leading papers of both national parties and at first believed my self to be a democrat, but as I Btudied politics I found myself gradually drifting to the principles of the republican party and Joined that party when the division came." The senator explained in detail his in terest in political affairs. He said that in 1S98 his political friends In Provo, most of them non-Mormon, asked him to run either for governor or for the United States, senate. "I told them," he said, "that I did not car to run for office until we could get our own county In the right political column and that when that .time came I should like to go to the senate. We or ganized and carried Utah for the repub lican party In 1900. I announced my candi dacy for the United States senate In 1802. Of courso I knew of the rule which re quired me to ask the presidency of the church If I could run." Secnres Leave ot Absence. "That consent waa given me some time early In May and I announced my candi dacy May 19, 1902," continued the senator, "and I Immediately began to organize my forces for a campaign." "Do you mean to organize republican forces or your church friends?" asked Mr. Worthlngton. "The republicans, most assuredly," was the reply. "Was the Mormon church a factor In politics in your candidacy for the senate?" asked Mr. Worthlngton. "Not in the least." "Is the leave of absence received by you a church endorsement of your candidacy?" "Not at all. The people do not so re gard It." "If the president of the church should ask you to vote according to his wishes what would be your attitude?" "I would vote as I believed was for 'b best interest of the country." "What would be your position if the president of the church should attempt to Influence your vote as a senator?" "I would not submit to It for a minute." "What was tho state of the knowledge regarding the polygamous relations of President Joseph F. Smith tip to the time he testified before this commission?" "I knew that he had more than one wife, but I knew nothing of the manner of his living." "Witnesses have testified here that the statement of President Smith took the people by surprise. What was your feeling In regard to that?" "I was surprised at the number of chil dren born In his families since the mani festo, but not surprised at all as to the number of his wives." Never Fought Polygamy, "What action, did you take to put a stop to the polygamous relations of the other apostles?" . asked Mr. Worthlngton. "None at all. I never thought of It any more than any other citizen would have done." Senator Smoot said he attended most of the meetings of the apostles. In reply to Mr. Worthlngton he said that the meetings were held in a private room In the temple, and Mr. Worthlngton then asked: "In ref erence to the charge here that the apostles had entered Into a conspiracy to further polygamy, what can you say?" "Such a thing was never referred to at any of the meetings." Asked again concerning the testimony of President Smith that he had five wives and was living wiih them In violation, of the law. Senator nmoot said that until that time he had no more knowledge than any other man. Senator Smoot said he was not present at the conference in April, 1901, that sustained the presidency and the apos tles of the church, but he did attend the semi-annual conference In October of last year. "Have you recommended to the president ths appointment of a polygamlst to a fed eral office?" asked Mr. Worthlngton. "No, sir, and I do not Intend to," re plied the senator. Further Inquiry was made by Mr. Worthlngton as to the investigation under way In the cases of Apostles Cowley and Taylor and the witness said: "If It should be found that these apostles, or any other officers of the church, have taken .plural wives since the munlfeato, or have solemnized pluial murrluges for others since the manifesto, I will not vote to sus tain them." In answer to another question by Mr. Worthlngton, Senator Smoot said that he never had advised or countenanced any roan or woman to live in polygamy. EXPEL RANDALL TfiOM UNION Mia Workers Take Aetlon la Case of Man Wh Accused Mitchell. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. t-Robert Ran dall, delegate to the United Mine Workers of America convention from Wyoming, who charged President Mitchell with hav ing sold out to the operators during the recent Colorado strike, was expelled from the organization today by the national organization. Randall took the floor and made a state ment which was marked by an absence of the abuse of President Mitchell which he used yesterday. President Mitchell re plied to him and demanded that either himself or Randall should not be In the convention. In his statement President Mitchell said: This man iiand.il! an;, s that my accusa tion that he made false statements in his local lureed l.iin 10 ins attack. 11 un) liung were needed to prove his dupii' ity that statement does It. Brother Kandail, you should not have come here; you could have lied more sticct g.ii ally from DielZ, Wyo. The president of your district has said he does nut believe n word you have said. If one charge that this delegate makes Is true, 1 am unut to uucupy the place I do, 1 should be deposed. It thiv are net, 1 have a right to protection, tilther this man or 1 nould not bo here. One of us should leave this convention. 1 leave it for the delegates to say which it shall be. Delegate Wulker of Illinois, floor leader of the socialists In the organization, then presented the following resolution, which was adopted with an unanimous vote: Whereas, By a gross misrepresentation of furls in connect loll with the Colorado ; strike, together with a torrent of abuse and a tissue of falne and lying statements he has assaulted the chsracier. peisonallty and integtlty of President John Mitchell and other national ofnci.-rs, not one woid of which he has In any manner substan tiated; therefore be It 't iteaolved. That this convention express Its full confidence In the honesty and in tegrity of our national ofhVers and fuliy endorse their action In connection with the Colorado strike, and that Delegate Robert Randall make a publlo retraction on the floor of this convention of his unwarranted attack on officers of this organization or stand suspended from the convention and expelled from the I'nlteJ Mine Workers of America until such time as he shall make such public retraction, and that the secre tary of the local be so notified. Delegate Randall arose and, standing at his seat, refused to retract and walked from the convention. The convention adopted several resolu tions, aimed at having all mining wage con tracts expire March 31, 1906. It was ordered that rules, regulations, scale and other information should be prteented In foreign languages and that locals should, where possible, affiliate with central labor unions. The constitution committee reported favorably on an amendment Increasing the monthly per capita tax from 10 cents to 25 cents. It was adopted. The debate preceded the adoption of a resolution providing for the Increase of the minimum monthly dues from 25 cents to 50 cents. An amendment fixing the mini mum local assessment at 50 cents was de feated after three votes had been taken. BEATEN TO DEATH WITH CLUBS Bodies ot Tiro Men Are Found Near Old Mine Seer Rapid City. RAPID CITT, S. DJy,!ao. (Special Telegram.)-Worl reached this city this afternoon of the murder of. Henry and Richard Cain about fifteen miles from Rapid City, on Rapid creek. The crime Is one of the worst of Its kind that has ever come before the authorities In that district. The first clue of the murder was a report brought In this morning by James Gordon stating that the men had been found In the vicinity of the Old Tamarack mine. The men, It is said, had trouble with their neighbors, but whether this is the cause of the murder or whether they were mur dered to secure possession of the wagon load of goods which they had on a return trip from Rapid City is not known. The men were baching In a log cabin at the Tamarack mine and went to Rapid City to lay in a load of supplies. From the appearance of the men's bodies it was evident that they had been clubbed to death. The wagon which they were riding in was found devoid of everything of any value whatever. INDUSTRIAL, BULDING AT NORMAL South Dakota Institution Wants Ap propriation of DS2,300. PIERRE, S. D.. Jan. 20. (Special Tele gram.) While neither house attempted any great amount of business today, the sen ators started a number of new bills on their way, the principal among them being by Koepsel and Lawson to appropriate $52, 500 for the erection of an Industrial building at the Aberdeen normal; by Abel, to grant to cities the power to Issue bondB for sewers and to provide special assessments on abutting property for sewer purposes; by Payne, granting to the governor the power to accept gifts and donations; by Neill, providing for a paid Jailer In coun ties In which Jails are erected; by Wagner, requiring all property to be listed at Its total value for assessment. The senate stato affairs committee favor ably reported the house resolution me morializing congress for the ft W-acre home stead law and passed the bill appropriating i00 for a deficiency at the School of Mines. The bouse committee on live stock re ported favorably on the bills Increasing the annual wolf bounty from $5,000 to $10, 000 a year and to allow counties to offer re wards for horse rustlers. The Krebs bill requiring all gasoline cans to be painted red was passed, and New ton introduced a hill cutting out the re quirement for publication in probate cases. Considering; Small Fruit. HURON, S. D., Jan. 20.-(Spaolal ) Inter est and attendance at the sessions of the State Horticultural association, in progress here, increases. Among valuable papers dlBcusBed was that of Henry Hess of Flandrcau on the culture and propogatlon ot strawberries, in which It was made to appear that the varieties adapted to this purtlcular portion of the state ae the Wol- verton and Corsican, while In the vicinity j of Yankton and the southern and central ' portions of the state the Worfleld and j Eederwood give splendid results. Raspber- I ries received much attention by J. H. j Musso, one of the most successful growers of this fruit In the state. Currants, goose berries and other small fruit occupied the attention of th association at length, with the result that all present received some valuable information. Stat Board of Agriculture Elects. HURON. S. D.. Jan. 20. (Special.) Thebs officers were elected for the ensuing year by th State Hoard of Agriculture at its meeting here: President, F. H. Smith of Groton; vice president, John H. King of Huron; secretary, George E. McEathron of Huron; treasurer, T. E. Piatt of Clark. Superintendents of departments were also chosen, and arrangements for the annual exhibition here September 11 to 15, were outlined, including a partial revision of the premium list. All the members ot the board were present, and much business was disposed ot DEPARTMENT, NOT DISTRICT Episcopal Missionary Conference Changes Its Official Designation. COMMITTEE TO CHOOSE PLACE OF MEETING Business Session Takes Important Action for the Continuance of the Work of the Churches. The third day of the Protestant Episco pal missionary conference opened promptly at 10 yesterday morning, with Bishop Tuttle prtslding, at Crelghton hall. The question of the order of procedure was briefly discussed, particulaily as to the time limit for addresses oelng reduced from twenty to fifteen minutes. A motion was adopted to follow out the program as outlined by the committee of arrangements, permitting the twenty-minute limit. Bishop S. C. Edsall of Minnesota, speak ing In the name of his territory, moved that the word "department" be substituted for that of "district" In designating the Ivlh ..otifarnti.. ralh.Hnir n tld that i 1 P I" O " ' after the name shall be the Sixth Mlssl n ary department. The motion was ndopted. Bishop Edsall presented the following res olution and moved Its adoption: Whereas, t'nder a former canon concern ing the missionary council the general offi cers and memoeis of the board ot mana gers were ex-ottieio members thereof, and Whereas. The district, or department, conferences are supposed to take the place of the missionary council, Resolved, That the genet al officers of the mission who may be present, and any members of the hoard of missions who reside in this department, be and they are hereby declared ex-ottlcio members of the conference of this department. Resolved. That the names of Rev. A. 8. Llcyd, general secretary of the board of missions, and Rev. Theodore Sedgwick be added to the roll. The resolution was adopted: Place for Next Medina. The following resolution was also adopted: Resolved, That a committee of two bishops, two priests and one layman, and the general secretary of the board of missions, Kev. A. 8. Llcyd, be appointed to report on the time and place lor the next conference of this department. Bishop Tattle named the following as such committee: Bishop Mann of North Dakota, Coadjutor Bishop Williams of Ne braska, Rev. A. S. Lloyd, Rev. M. J. By water, Rev. J. P. Johnson and Charles A. Kelly. oome discussion followed the adoption of the resolution and there was a di vergence of opinion as to whether the next annual meeting should be held Oc tober 18, 19U5, or October 18, l!)0t. The mut ter was finally left to the committee. Den ver and Minneapolis are candidates for the next conference. The committee on time and place of the next annual conference reported yester day, fixing the next meeting at Denver October 18, 1906. The conference session opened at 10:45, with Bishop Edsall of Minnesota presiding. The theme for the consideration of the conference session was "Church Work In the City." Bishop Edsall, In opening the conference, said that city work was as es sential as country work, Th essential work of tne church waa to get hold of th peophwandV 'par fibular ly ; those .wb re moved from the country into the cities, ' On Parian Administration. The first paper waa by Rev. John C. Sage, rector ot St. John's church, Dubuque, la. His subject was "Parish Administra tion." He took the position that the priest Is God's ambassador, who speaks In His name and by His methods. Two features stand out pre-eminently in this work, and are love and contact. The priest must gain the respect, love and confidence of his flock and give himself body and soul to the work. Contact or touch is the law of transmission of spiritual life. He must en large the sphere of his personal Influence, but not purely his personality first, but establish the truth ot his work through his personality. To lead his flock to see the beauty of holiness by the example set by Christ. Tho use of the presB and printers' ink was essential to make the people realize that the church is a factor In the culture and moral advancement of tho town. He maintained that if Paul were on earth now he would use the press freely as a means for the church to tell Its story. Organisation of the Parish. "Pa.-lsh Organization" was the theme of ths address of Rev. W. J. Moody of Braln erd, Minn. He said: "Preachers, like In dividuals, differ. What does the parish exist for? What do we want? If we want a thing earnestly It will not be long until we get It. The church Is not to be compared to any human society. Christ repudiated any comparisons with earthly kingdoms. Ills kingdom was not of this earth. The church Is His earthly body. The duty It speaks to us of la as a spiritual body. The church represents the body of Christ as He represented His whole body to the world. He assumed the human body that men might see and know of God, through which He still touches and heals. Parishes do not exist for Its mem bers, but for the community. Spiritual parishes can only be found where the mem bers are In paradise." The speaker main tained that the whole work Is put too much on the back of ths rector. The rector can only raise hla parish to the same level that he raises himself. The real mission ary is the congregation. The parish is not a member of the rector's organiza tion. The rector Is simply an officer. The godly men and women of the parish are the ones who do the real missionary work. Among; the Afflicted. "Rescue and Eleemosnary Work" was the subject of an Interesting and elaborate sloimry of Chicago. lie spoke of the value and necessity of personal contact with human lives. Men's bodies should be healed for the sake of thtlr souls. "We are told," he said, "that we should do less preaching and more charity work. The reverse is tho real truth. The work among the submerged masses Is aa essential to the salvation of souls as to their phys ical bodies. We should prepare men to live as well as to die. In one of the consump tive hospitals at Chicago there are but two priests; one Is a Roman Catholic and the other an American Catholic. Many of the patients there have no hope but in the blessed sacrament. They ask and prayfor It as their only solace. "The church Is always found giving com fort to those behind prison bars and in the hospitals. The blessings of Christ radiated from the cross ar till blessing the world. The church goes to th slums because Christ went there, that men might not perish, but have everlasting 11 f." A noonday prayer meeting was held Im mediately at the close of the morning ses sion presided over by the bishop of Colo rado. Liquor's Forward Movement. The first business of Friday afternoon's session of the conference was the report of the committee on "Forward Movement," appointed Thursday afternoon. Ths report was submitted In the form of a series (Continued on This NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair In Rust and Know in West Per tlon. Colder Saturday. Sunday Fair. Temperature nt Omaha Yrstrrd ay I Hour Be a. . . X4 . . 24 . . 24 . . 24 . . 24 . . 27 . . 24 , . 2A near. . 2. . 2.1 . 2.1 . 211 . 2l . 2l . 5KV . 24 . 3U A a. 41 a. 7 a. H a. I a. 10 . 11 n. 13 m. 1 2 .1 4 ft 7 f O m. M'NEIL DEPOSED AT LAST Boilermakers IHsmlns President on Charge Brought by Inlon Pacific Mrlkers. Information which has Just reached Omaha bollermakers Is to the effect that John McNeil, president of the Interna tional Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders for nearly nine years, has been found guilty of charges involv ing "selling out" In the I'nlon Pacific strike of 1902, has been deposed, expelled from the order and fined $ino by the grand coun cil, or executive committee, of the organ ization In session at Kansas City. This action Is regarded ns confirming assertions by local bollermakers that McNeil had played them false In the strike settlement in May, 1!13. and enabled the company to force terms that have proven anything but satisfactory to the men. The grand council, which Is tho court of last resort In such matters, has been In session In Kansas City this week ana has devoted all Ihe time to hearing Mc Neil's case, which he appealed from a sim ilar decision by loral loftjre No. 32 of Kati. sas City, of which he was a member. Th council has given out nothing concerning the matter and It was through accident that the news leaked and reached Omaha, where Interest In the matter Is keenest, owing to the fact that this city Is the head quarters of the T'nlon Pacific syntem and was the storm center during the strike. As a result of McNeil's expulsion George Dunn of Huntington, Ind., first vice presi dent of the brotherhood, becomes acting president and will serve as such during McNeil's unexpired term, which ends July 1, when the annual convention of the or ganization will be held and the biennial election of officers takes ptnee. I'ntll this Is accomplished It Is not likely that the t'nlon Pacific shopmen will take any action towards securing redress for what they consider broken agreements on the part of the company. If aggressive officers are elected It Is thought more than likely that certain demands will be made, which If not complied with by the company will cause another strike of greater determina tion and extent than the first one. CORRUPTION AJPUEBL0, COLO. Grand Jury Return One Hundred In dictments for Violation ot Election Laws. - Pt'EBLO, Colo., Jan. 30. The grand Jury which has for two months been Investi gating the election frauds In Pueblo county reported to the court today and was dis charged. On hundred new - Indictments were returned. ' . : ..Th grand Jury, on which democrats and republicans had equal representations, re ports the discovery of a conspiracy, with Its fountain head In Denver, to control the election In this county by corrupt methods. The report says: The Jury petitions tfie court to bring the evidence of fraudulent naturalization to the attention of the United States dis trict attorney. Tho Jury found that the registration books were padded to the extent of at least 1,000 names. Continuing, the report says that spurious registration sheets were prepared under the direction of N. 8. Walpole, recently ap pointed postmaster, and deputies In the county clerk's offlco, mentioning W. 12. Innls, Percy Ely and Oscar Q. McNelt. and by City Detective E. H. Wilson. It declare that typewritten confessions have been made by some of the men indicted. Indictments are returned against all the men named. WILLIAM U BRYAN AT CAPITAL Xebraskan Mnkes a Cnll at the De partment of Commerce nnd Labor. WASHINGTON. Jan. ).-Wllllam J. Bryan called at the Department of Com merce and Labor today and had a long conversation with Mr. Smith, acting com missioner of the bureau of corporations. Mr. Bryan had read with great Interest the recent annual report of the bureau and was particularly Interested In tho suggestions regarding a national llcensn for corporations. The talk was Informal, Mr. Bryan presenting to Mr. Smith some of his own views regarding the control of corporations. ST. JOE TEAMSTERS STRIKE Drivers in Missouri City Demnnd an Increase of Tnenty-Klve Cents Per Day. ST. JOSEPH, Jan. 80. A general walk out of union teamsters and truck drivers Is announced for tomorrow morning. The teamsters of the St. Joseph Transfer com pany struck today" and all other union teamsters were expected out tonight. The men have demanded an increase In wages of from $1.76 to )2 per day and the trans fer companies and jobbing houses refuse to accede. Nonunion teamsters will be put In the places of strikers tomorrow and the police have been called upon to protect tbam. REVIVALS INTEREST DENVER City and County Olflres Are to Be Closed for Koonday He llgloos Meetings, DENVER. Jan. 20. Out of deference to Evangelist J. Wilbur Chapman and his as sistants, who are holding meetings In this city and who had designated this as a special day of prayer, Mayor R. W. Speer ordered all city and county offices closed between 11:30 and 2 o'clock today. Nearly all large stores also were closed to permit their employes to attend the noonday meet ings in th business district. Movements of Ocean Vessels Jan. 20. At New York Arrived: Arabic, from Liverpool; Astoria, from Olaagow. Balled: Algeria, for Marseilles, etc. At Liverpool Arrived: Cevlc, from New York. Bulled: Buenos Ayres, for Phila delphia. At (Jlusgow Arrived: Ontarlan, from Portland. At tlenoa-Sailed: Cltta Dl Nopoli. for New York. At Moville Railed: Ionian, for Halifax. At Uucumtuwn-Arrived; Lucanla, from New York. At London Arrived: Mesaba, from New York. At Ban Francisco Arrived: Manchuria, from ilong Kong, OLD FIGHT RENEWED Bill of Twa Years let Regarding School funds Reintroduced. TAKES MONEY FROM POPULOUS COUNTIES Increases Share Which is Apportioned to the Newer Seotions. TALK OF ANTI-TKUST LE(SLATION Speaker Ronse of Opinion Action Will Be Oi Coiserrative Lines. JUNKIN SURE BILL WILL BE PASSED Snys thnt While Provisions of nl Measure Are Drastic It Must B So to Accomplish Rranlts. (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN. Jan. SO. (Speclal.)-Th old fight for amending the statutes on the dis tribution of school funds In order to equal ize It among the various counties without reference to population has been revived In this legislature. Representative Copsey of Custer launched the movement this morn Ir.g in the house by Introducing house roll 111, providing In brief that the one-fourth of the entire school fund, which la now distributed by the respective county super intendents on a pro rata basis of popula tion per district, be apportioned equally among the counties by the state superin tendent according to the number of dis tricts and not on a per capita basis, giving to the district in the rural section as much as to the district In the populous center. The bill makes no change in the manner of the apportionment of the other three fourths of this fund. This same proposition was submitted two years ago in the house by Tooley of Custer, then a member. Representative Tooley had been county superintendent In hi county for four years and made a persis tent fight for his bill, which failed, how ever, of passage. This year, as two years ago, the western members are lined up for this measure and the eastern members against it, and It Is expected to precipitate as strenuous a fight as It did at the Inst session. Mc Allister of Deuel and Jackson of Antelope will be two of. tho foremost leaders on th floor of the house for the bill. Former State Superintendent Fowler was for tho bill two years ago and both he and Superintendent McBrlen are In favor of It this time. They claim It Is necessary, a the funds are actually needed In th sparsely settled communities In order to properly conduct the schools. Snrae Old Arsrument. The general objection to the bill from th standpoint of the more populous centers I that it will divert money from them which la needed Jo meet the expenses which ar enormous a compared with th expenses of the less populous district; Th system at- present. of apportlonlug Mu 'money per capita, or on the basis of population, opponents of the bill claim is th only cor rect one. Mr. Copsey contends that the present law of apportioning this money according to the number of pupils In each county la manifestly unjust. Ho points out a an ar gument against the present law that under its operation Banner county, for Instance, one of the sparsely settled counties, re ceives per district from this one-fourth fund S3.8S, whereas Douglas county, th most populous, receives per district I109.SO, and Lancaster 48.14. He wants this equal ized. From hla computation the average of .the total apportionment for each dis trict under the present law for Banner county Is $15.28 and for Douglas $798.01; Lancaster, S192.66. On th ground that Banner county proportionately contribute to thla fund far more than Douglas or Lancaster, Mr. Copsey maintains, this basis of distribution Is unfair and unreasonable. He cites the fact that In the last blennlum Douglas county contributed to this fund $.'18,427.43, which included school taxes, and received for Its apportionment $149,670.43. whereas Banner county contributed $2,875.18, and only received an apportionment of SSfO.&O. Of this amount contributed by Ban ner county, Mr. Copsey show that $l,8i came from school land interest, while Douglas county contributed from thla source only $1,239.88. The friends of this bill argua that th existence of the school lands In therr counties reduces the amount of taxablu property. Therefore, they contend, they ought to huve a larger share of the reve nue which the state derives from that source u a means of compensation for the loss of local taxes. The eastern coun ties have comparatively little school Juna. Anti-Trust Lralslntlon. The consensus of opinion among member of the legislature is that some sort of an anti-trust law will be enacted at thla session. Representative Junkln of Oosper county, who has become the leader la this direction by virtue of having intro duced the llrst anti-trust and antl-rebat bill, feels confident of securing a good, practical law, whether embodying all the provisions contained In his bill or not. Speaker Rouse, when asked what he thought the legislature would do' on this subject, said: "I really cannot tell, Tiut am sure this legislature will do nothing of a radical nature, for It Is a conservative set of men. It' may enact an anti-trust law, but If It does the people may depend on It being a sufe measure." , "I realize some of the provisions of my bill are very strong," said Mr. Junkln. "The penalty, for Instance, Is severe, but In my Judgment It ought to be severe, A law of thla kind might be worthless or at least ineffectual without a severe penalty. Yet If the legislature thought best to mod erate this penalty it might be all right. "In all events an anti-trust law should be panned. There is need for one In Ne braska and Nebraska has taken such a steadfast stand with the president In hi anti-trust policy that the legislature should make a practical demonstration of it posi tion. From every standpoint worthy of con sideration the law should be passed. Th large corporations coming under thla desig nation, such a the South Omaha packers, should be placed under the same reason able, restrictions that surround other busi ness interest. We have learned from th packers themselves of ths pernicious prao tlc of granting rebate to favored shippers and otherwise discriminating between pa trons. This ought to be prohibited and would be If some such bill as mine Is passed. My Idea Is that the tfforts of President Hoievelt never can lie entirely ucceatful until the :Lveral utaUa rally to ),ls aid by iimctlnr separate laws properly governing the trusts nnd monopolies'. Ne braska being headquarter for one of th most powerful of trusts, ihe beef Industry, therefore, should be the first to tak a pronounced aland, I aut hopeful of th