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WHAVS WANTED? Cef H bf Inttrling a lff Wtnt Ad in T Bee 'l ditihti 4trtislng columns. The Omaha Daily Bee. SUBSCRIBERS Filling to t1 Tht Bee r-guirf or promptly thould rtport to 'Fhont t97. ESTAIiLIBHKD JUNE 19, 1S71. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1905 TEN TAGES. SINGLE COrY THREE CENTS. ENVOYS ARE NAMED! Bussia and Japan Hake Tentative Selec tions of Peace Plenipotentiaries. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED - N Earon Eoien and M. Nelidoff Will f i- 4 FRENCH FEELING IS EASIER Definite Determination In the Moroc can Affair Mill Boon He Benched. lent Ciar'i Government. KOMURA AND TAKAHIRA FOR C M 0 Latter Will Probably Be EaiEed Bank of Ambassador. he LITTLE PROSPECT 'OF ARMISTICE Begun In Man- Thonght This Rainy Season llaa chnrla and It la Will Prevent Extensive HoTPmeilt. m WASHINGTON. June 2.-Russla, hat given reassurance In the peace negotiations by placing the president In possession of the tentative selection of her plenlpoten tlarles as follows: M. Nelldoff, the Rus sian ambassador at Paris, and Baron Rosen, the newly appointed Russian ambassador at Washington. Russia thus havfng taken the Inltatlve, it Is believed that M. Taka hlra, the Japanese minister, during his call today at the White House, formally told the president that Japan's selections, also tentative, were Baron Komura, the Japa nese minister for foreign affairs, and Ko- goro Takahlra, the Japanese minister at Washington. Official announcement of the names of the plenipotentiaries Is withheld for several reasons. Mr. NelldofT's health may not permit him to make the trip and pressure of official work may necessitate the pres ence In Toklo of Baron Komura. Mr. Takahlra and Baron Rosen are regarded us the certainties and the belief Is that unless something unforeseen should occur both Russia and Japan will consent to the official announcement of the personnel of the Washington conference within a fe days. In any event, both missions will consist of many advisors. Including army and possibly naval officers, and officials from the Foreign offices In Toklo and St Petersburg. It Is expected that altogether each mission may number ten or twelve. Should three plenipotentiaries be deter mined upon both Russia and Japan have names under consideration which will en able them to announce their third repre sentatives without delay. In recognition of his services during the preliminary negotiations and In view of the high official rank of the Russian plenipo tentiaries. It Is believed that the official announcement of Mr. Takahlra' s appoint ment will be followed by bis elevation to the rank of ambassador. In view of the fact that Japan Intends when the war Is over to elevate Its legations at Washington, London, Berlin. Paris, Vienna, St. Peters burg and Rome to embassies, it is believed Mr. Takahlra' s elevation would be perm anent. While It Is not certain that he will be given embassadorlal rank, nor la It necessary to his appointment as a pleulpo tentlary, 'Officials of the American govern ment point out that this would be the regular and expected course for the Japa nese government to follow. Haln W1U Aet as Armistice. Interest regarding an armistice has largely diminished in the last few days, because of the receipt of Information that the rainy season is beginning In Man churia. It Is believed here that tills will serve the purposes of an armistice in pre venting a clash before the convening of the conference in August. Moreover, the informal soundings initiated by the presl dent at Toklo and St. Petersburg did not yield much hope for successful negotiations looking to an armistice until after the plenipotentiaries meet. If Japan is then convinced of the serious desire of Russia . for peace It will readily consent to an armistice. Count Caasnnl, the Russian ambassador, who had Intended seeing the president at the White Houss regarding a detail of , the negotiations, was detained at the em bassy and so drove direct to the railroad station when the hour of the president's departure arrived and bald a brief conversa tion with the president on the rear plat form of the latter's' cajr. The president's greeting to the ambassador was especially cordial and the two clasped hands warmly at parting. Count Casstnl was the only ambassador at the station when the presi dent left. Baron Speck von Sternberg, the German embassador, was the president's guest at luncheon, and other callers at the White House during the day were Sir Mortimer Durand. the British ambassador, and M. Jusserand. the French ambassador, Desires Meeting; Aut 1. The president has expressed a wish to the Japanese and Russian governments that the plenipotentiaries meet In the United States August 1. and If not on that date at the earliest date thereafter. The following statement regarding the meeting of the plenipotentiaries was made public at the White House today. The president has received from both the Russlun and Japanese governments the statement that the plenipotentiaries of the two countries win nieec in nn l uhc fttatM during the first ten days of Auk lint and the president has expressed to both governments the wish that the meeting h,,ulrl t&Ua nlace. if oosslble. August 1. and If not on that data then on the earliest date thereafter. Movements In Manchuria. 8T. PETERSBURG. June 27. J 35 a. m. Hostilities In Manchuria apparently have not reached the stage of a general en gagement. Dispatches from both com manders indicate thnt there Is a steady skirmishing along the main front, where minor detachments are fighting back and forth over practically the same ground, with no deciding1 advantage to either. The! tactics seem designed chiefly to maintain contact and to worry the van guards while sparring for position before the development of the main battle. The usual Chinese reports have been re ceived that a turning movement has be sun. but the war office discredits them and declares that no considerable Japanese force kas yet appeared on General Llne vltch's flanks. The Russian cavalry has lately been ac quitting Itself with better effect than be fore, since the beginning of the war and the members of the general staff are con fident of its ability to prevent a repetition of General Nogl's march on Mukden and to uncover in season any attempt of the Japanese to circle the Russian wings. Two telegrams were received today by Emperor Nicholas from Lieutenant Gen eral Llnevltch, dated June 2 and June S. respectively, and referring to the move ments of June 3 and June C. On the lat ter day a Japaneso attempt to dislodge the Russian outposts In the valley of the Kas was repulsed, while the Russians in the Hallungchen district dislodged the Jap anese outposts at Nanshancheng and ad vanced i ithward of that piace. The Rus EVIDENCE AGAINST MITCHELL Pormer Secretary of Senator Tells of Expe diting of Kribs Claims, PARIS, June 26.-6:45 p. rn. Although Germany's formal reply to the French note has not jet been received there Is reason to believe that the Interview lietween Chan cellor von Uuelow and M. Bihourd, the French ambassador to Germany, resulted In quite fully foreshadowing Germany's Intentions. The results of the Interview are now in the possession of Premier Rou vler and he la not likely to make them known before the meeting of the council of ministers tomorrow when the status of the negotiations will be fully gone over. However, a definite determination either favorable or unfavorable, will not bo long deferred. Several proposals are under con sideration to terminate the crisis but If one of these Is definitely chosen the officials will be unable to predict Its chances of success. M. Rouvler conferred at noon with M. Leon Bourgeois and Jules Cambon, the French ambassador to Spain. M. Bour geois has been under consideration for a special mission to Berlin. It Is understood that M. Rouvler will receive Prince Riidolin, German ambassa dor to France after the meeting of the council of ministers tomorrow. Public ten sion over the controversy In much relieved, the Bourse sharing In the Improvement. B EH LIN, June 26. 6:45 p. m. The second Interview of M. Blhourd, the French am bassador, with Chnncellor von Buelow was devoted to a detailed discussion of the French note but the Foreign office abstains from giving any Information regarding the results reached. It Is seml-ofncially an nounced that the German answer has not yet been drawn up hence government and press resent the assertion In London news paprs that the Germon government refuses to take Into consideration every point raised by Premier Rouvler and through the Ger man press a growing Impatience is mani fested at what Is regarded as a British attempt to embroil Germany and France. It Is noted with satisfaction that some of the French statesmen begin to Interpret Great Britain's Interest In the Franco-German difficulty In the same way. The news papers quote approvlnyiy the words of General de Galllfet, the former war minis ter of France that Great Britain alone wants war between France and Germany for It would be to her own advantage and at France's expense. Similar views are expressed In the Ger man press, the writers arguing that Great Britain having gotten rid of Russia for a generation through the war In the far east Is delilierately working to fan the flames of the old hate between France and Germany and cause another war which must weaken her only formidable rivals In western European politics. Hence the press discussions of the Moroccan questions are giving more and more Importance to the role Great Britain Is playing In the controversy. It Is noted that the relations between Germany and Great Britain never were worse than at this moment. Hints dropped In official circles Indicate that the chagrin that was felt at the Berlin court at the fact that King Edward sent no more important representative to the wedding of the Crown Prince of Sweden than the young Prince Arthur of Connaught, while It Is plainly intimated the failure of Emperor William to send any representative at all to the wedding of Princess Margaret of Con naught was Intended to give expression to his resentment at this slight. Contrast Is then drawn between the emperor's action in his desire to be represented at every im portant function at Windsor castle during the life time of the late Queen Victoria. In view of this tension between Berlin and London It is believed that Germany . will make many concessions In order to reach an understanding with France. UNDERGOES SEVERE CROSS-EXAMINATION Attorneys for the Defense Are l nahle to Shake his Testimony Court Overrates Dfiuirrer In Other Cases. CCRZON MAT RESIGN OFFICE Viceroy of India Said to Dislike Ap proval of Lord Kitchener's Plans. SIMLA, India, June 36. It Is freely ru mored that the viceroy. Lord Cunon of Kedleston, has either already tendered his resignation or shortly will do so. In conse quence of the decision of the home govern ment whereby Lord Kitchener, commander- in-chief of the forces In India, has been given complete control of the army in India. Two special meetings of the In dian council have been held since the publication In London of the blue book referring to Lord Kitchener's plans, the approval of which is considered to be a severe blow to Lord Curxon. since he, and practically the whole council, unanimously advised against the decision ultimately adopted. The keenest excitement prevails In offi cial circles here. The Times of India de clares that India cannot afford to lose "either of the great men. Lord Curxon or Lord Kitchener, who dominate Its affairs." LONDON, June 28. While It Is considered quite possible that Lord Curxon may ten der his resignation because of the course taken by the home government directly at variance with his views. It Is not believed that It will be accepted or that the vice roy will Insist on qultlng his position, at least until after the prince and princess of Wales have completed their tour of India, extending from November to March. A question asked In the House of Com mons this afternoon elicited from Indian Secretary Broderlck the statement that the government had received no Information to the effect that Curxon had any desire or Intention of resigning the vlceroyalty of India. PORTLAND, Ore., June 26. Harry Rob ertson, I'nlted States Senator John II. Mitchell's former private secretary was the principal witness for the prosecution today in the trial of Senator Mitchell. Robinson told fully, without reservation, of his con versation with Mitchell at Washington, of the latter's fear of prosecution for his work lx fore tLe departments and of Mitch ell's rage when Robertson expressed to his employer the belief that denial was useless, as several knew of the connection of the firm of Mitchell & Tanner with the work of getting the Krlbs claims expedited and the likelihood that the whole story would come out. Instructions from Mitchell, Upon being subpoenaed to appear before the grand Jury the witness said ho went to Senator Mitchell and showed hlra the sum mons, asking the senator what he could be wanted In Portland for. The senator said It was to testify about the accounts of the law firm of Mitchell & Tanner, and told him that Tanner and his son were threatened with Indictment. Mitchell told Robertson that when he reached Portland he should go to Tanner and look at the partnership agreement and Tanner would tell him how to testify. The senator had cursed the prosecution and had said any thing was Justifiable in defying the govern ment. On Robertson's return to Washing ton after appearing before the grand Jury Senator Mitchell, the witness said, shook his fist In Robertson's face and swore at him for his actions In Portland and Robert son thereupon resigned his position. In continuing, the witness said Mitchell finally acknowledged that he had known Krlbs and remembered the partnership agree ments with Its damaging clause. He cried and swore and said that he ought not to be prosecuted for the matter as he had only received a few small checks for what he had done. Witness Identifies Letters. The evidence given by Robertson was direct. He Identified letters given by Mitchell at Washington to be delivered to Tanner, but which were given to Prosecu ting Attorney Heney and the grand Jury, keeping nothing back, but telling to the best of his recollection the plans made by Mitchell and Tanner to evade prosecution and how these schemes came to naught. The former bookkeeper of the firm of Mitchell & Tanner and later secretary of the senator supported strongly with his testimony the allegations of the Indictment upon which Mitchell Is being tried. During the recital of Robertson's testi mony Senator Mitchell showed every evi dence of mental agueiy. He writhed in his chair and protested with his attorneys for allowing the introduction of the evidence. Robertson underwent a severe cross-examination, but the defense could not shake his testimony. The government closed its case at t:4fi p. m. Defense Opens Case. The defense then opened its case, call ing T. O. Abbott of Seattle, W. IL O'Dell of Salem, J. P. Fullerton of Roseburg, A. 8. Stlllman of Pendleton and W. D. Wheel wright and T. B. Wilcox of this city, all of whom testified to having received assist ance from the defendant before the various departments In each case of which tho senator had refused compensation. The case of the defense will be continued and perhaps finished tomorrow. It Is the opin ion that Senator Mitchell will take the stand In his own behalf. When the afternoon session of court opened Judge De Haven announced that the demurrer In the cases of Congressman J. N. Williamson, Dr. Van Gessner, Marlon Biggs and that of Williamson and State Senator E. P. May et al. would be over ruled. .The case of the United States against Williamson, Gessner and Biggs was set for next Monday and the court an nounced that all of the cases yet remain ing on the land fraud calendar would be set for hearing on Friday next. VOTE TO REMAIN ON STRIKE ( hlcaao Teamstee Refuse Terms Of fered by Employers I nlon Ran nlns; Short of fundi, CHICAGO, June '24. By a practically unanimous vote toriiKht. the teamsters re fused to accept thegterms recently offered by the employers, nd the prospect of a settlement of the strike has vanished. The terms offered by the employers were those which have been published from time to time, with the addition that the question of wearing the union button should be left for the decision of individual employers. Only two unions, the department store drivers and the express drivers, voted on the question, the other unions agreeing In advance to accept the decision of these two unions. President Shea has Issued a call for a general meeting of all the local teamsters' unions to be held tomorrow night. He has announced that the only question to come before the meeting Is that of financ ing the present strike. Other labor men declare, however, that the chief topic of discussion will be the spreading of the strike. Today 600 lumber drivers expected to re ceive strike benefits of fi n week. It was said the treasury' was empty and officials of the union were anticipating trouble. The peace cemmittee, whose resignation was rejected by the teamsters' Joint council Saturday night, completed Its arrangements today to present the employers' terms as given out by John V. FarwAII, Jr., to the meeting of the deportment store drivers and the express drivers tonlgttt. Grand Jury investliyttlon of alleged cor ruption in connectlort with Chicago's labor troubles ended today and Assistant State's Attorney Fake laid before the Jurors de cisions on which they may act In voting Indictments. I The general strike of teamsters, consid ered Imminent last week, received a set back from International President C. P. Shea, who argued that no injury could be wrought to the big employers against whom the present strike Is directed by In volving thousands of other members of the teamsters' unions, and spoke emphatically against any extension of the struggle. Lack of funds Is the condition that con fronts the strikers. More than $4,000 was required today to pay the strike benefits to the lumber drivers. Some trouble was experienced by the union leaders In raising this money. TAFT TO YALE LAW SCHOOL Secretary Talks to Alma Mater on Admin istration of Criminal Law, NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST rartly Cloudy Tneadnyl Showers In Mnrthcrn Portion! Warmer In West WRECK ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL Three Passengers Killed and Fifteen Injured In Renr Knd Collision at Vine Grove, Ky. LOUISVILLE. Ky., June 26.-Three per sons were killed and fifteen injured as the result of a rear-end collision on the Illinois Central railroad near Vine Grove, Ky., forty miles west of Louisville this after noon. The dead: PETER WILSON, aged IS, Jeffe.rson vllle. Ind. CHESTER SEAMAN, aged 11, Litchfield. Ky. S. A. KIRKPATHtCK. Hodgesvlllo, Ky. Among the more seriously injured are: B. F. Wheeler, llodgesville, Ky.. skull fractured. , Joseph Rltter, Illinois Central car re pairer, Louisville. J. D. Creasy, Benham, Tag. R W. Rogers, Warrensburg, Mo. Mrs. J. A. Lander and daughter, War rensburg, Mo. The Illinois Central officials say an In vestlgatlon as to the cause of the accident Is In progress. Trainmen stated that the passenger train. No. 1. which was an accommodation train bound for Louisville was running at a speed of about six miles an hour when the fast freight. No. 14, run ning at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, dashed around a curve and ran Into It. The two rear coaches of the accomniO' datlon were demolished. Little damage was done to the freight train. The en glneer and fireman escaped by Jumping. DASISH NtYAL CADETS DROWN (.Continued on Second Page "OPEN SHOP" IN PHILADELPHIA British Steamer Strikes Training; Ship and Twenty-Two Go Down. COPENHAGEN. Denmark, June 26. A serious disaster occurred last night near here when the Danish cadet training schooner Georg-Smge was rammed and sunk by the British steamer Ancona. The Georg-Stage sunk In one and one-half min utes. Twenty-two cadets were drowned and fifty-seven rescued. The boys were all In their bunks at the time of the disaster. The night was over cast, but 11 was not so dark that objects could not be aeen at some distance. The Ancona was considerably damaged along Its water line. The port authorities have placed an embargo on the Ancona, which will remain here until the inquiry Into the collision Is completed. Thus fur only a single body has been recovered by the divers who have gone down to the wreck. First Officer Myhre of the Georg-Stage attributes the accident to the Ancona. changing its course. He said the Ancona' bow crashed seven feet Into the training schooner's side, bringing down the latter a masts and rigging and preventing mar, of the cadets from gaining the deck. i'hos not entangled In the wreckage sprang on board the Ancona and assisted in launch ing the lifeboats. Myhre himself Jumped into the water and rescued many boys who were entangled In the rigging. The Georg-Stage was a schooner of I0S tons register and was KJ feet loag. Ap parently it was a training vessel for the Master Printers Anticipate Demand of Union by Throwing; Down the Bara. PHILADELPHIA, June 26 A nine-hour workday and an "open" shop was Instituted today In forty-five of the leading printing establishments of this city, employing, it Is said, two-thirds of the local compositors. At all the shops which have Joined in the open shop movement the following notice has been posted: On and after June 24, 1906, the composing rooms of the following members of the typothetae of Philadelphia will be operated as open shops; the hours of labor and ihe scale of wages will remain as at present. This action was decided upon at a recent meeting here of the Vnlted Typothetae, at which master printers from all sections of the country were represented. It was taken In anticipation of a demand to be made by the printers for an eight-hour work day, beginning next January. No immediate opposition to the new order Is expected. The national convention of printers will be held in Toronto In August MONEY FOR SEWARD SEMINARY Lutheran Synod Appropriates fUH.OOO for the Construction of fw Hall and Class Rooms. DETROIT, Mich., June 2K. The triennial convention of the Evangelistic German Lutheran synod of Missouri, Ohio and other states. In session today, voted an ap propriation of $30,000 for the erection of a new building at the St. Louis Theological seminary. The new structure Is to con tain a dining hall with a capacity of 300 people and two or three large lecturlns I halls. A seventh professorship at the St. Louis seminary was also created, the place to be filled later. An appropriation of $5,000 was made for repairs on the build ings of the Springfield, 111., seminary. The sum of J000 was voted for a new hall and class rooms for the seminary at Seward, Neb., and the course at Seward was increased to five years. JURY SYSTEM BECOMING A FETICH Limitations In Favor' of the Indi vidual So Elaborated that Con viction for Crime Has Be come Difficult. NEW HAVEN. June M.-The graduating exercises of the Yale law school were held this afternoon. The address to the class was by Secretary of War Taft, who spoke on "The Administration of Criminal Law." Mr. Taft said in part: One of the most useful results of our recent territorial expansion for those who have hud to do with uniting our new pos sessions with this country and adjusting certain of the Spanish codes which we found In force in 1'orto Rico and the Phil ippines to the new American sovereignty has been the comparative study made nec essary of the two great systems of law the Roman, or civil law, and the Anglo Saxon, or common law. Those who have been educated In the principles of common law and have not extended study Into general Jurisprudence are apt to be narrow In prejudices in favor of the common law ami are prone to think that there Is very little for us to learn from the civil law which can be usefully adopted by a government in which the lib erty of the Individual Is held so sacred and the power of the government toward the subject or the citizen is restrained by such careful regulations as In England, In America or any of the popular self-govern ments ror which eltner of tnose countries is responsible. After referring to the Institution of the writ of habeas corpus, trial by Jury and other means of preserving the rights of he Individual against the oppression of the government Secretary Taft continued: As these served their purpose so well In ancient times, when the battle for civil lib erty was fought and won. the first Impulse of the American lawyer Is to apply them all as a panacea to the government and crim inal procedure of our new possessions; but further Investigations, with a deepening sense of responsibility for the government of a body of people whose welfare has been forced upon us as a sacred trust, leads to much more conservative attitude in re spect of the needed changes in the existing procedure. we nave no right to force on the Forto Rlcans or the Filipinos Institutions of our own which have proved of the highest ben- em to us unless we can see on other man mere sentimental grounds connected with our own history that such Institutions will now prove beneficial to them in their pres ent condition. Trial bv lurv has been adopted In Porto Rico. It has not been adopted In the Phil ippines. I do not think It too much to say. however, that it has proven to be a failure thus far In Porto Rico. The first Question was in the Philippines. Shall It be adopted in civil cases? it would seem unwise. It Is by no means clear that in our Jurispru dence trial by Jury In civil cases is an un mixed good. The abolition of the Jury In civil cases would relieve civil suits and would not, I think, with proper appeal de prive any litigant of an Impartial hearing. Of course, it will never be done In courts of the United Slates and perhaps never In any of the states. However this may be, in view or present conditions we are not called on to Introduce the Jury In civil cases Into the Philippines. Juries In Criminal Cases. In the matter of the criminal procedure me question is very mrrerent. In a coun try where a part of the Judges are aliens It would add much to the satisfaction of the people if a part of the Judicial tribunal were made up of a Jury of natives, and If this were consistent with the safety of the community those responsible for the new government would certainly Introduce -the jury system in tne trial or crimes. Maul festly such a tribunal would have no place among an Ignorant people, or indeed even among a people wno are somewnat edu cated. If they have not lnculated In them a sense of responsibility for and of shar lng In the government. It Is this sense of Justice which Is Implanted naturally In the Anglo-Saxon breast, but which is absent In the Porto Rican and the Philippine and Filipino. In ndoptlng a system for the punishment of crime for a new country the first Ques tion which can be asked is "how have the Portion. Wednesday Fair, Temperature at Omnha Yeaterdnyl Hour. Dear. Hour. Dear. H a. m WI 1 I. nt TA O a. m ta 8 p. m TT 7 a. m.,... . U4 3 p. m SH S a. m Htl 4 p. m T l a. m HH R p. m fT 10 a. m Bit tl p. m ...... TT 11 a. nt Tl T p. m TT 19 ni T3 H p. in 74 , p. m 73 CHICAGO GRAIN FIRM FAILS RecrlTrr for Kulaht, Donnelly A Co. Appointed on Petition of Their Creditors. CHICAGO. June :'6.-Credltors of the grain commission house of Knight, Don nelly & Co. filed an Involuntary petition In bankruptcy against the company. Edwin W. Potter was appointed receiver In bonds of $100.00). The claims of the petitioning creditors aggregate $16,000, but It Is said that the liabilities will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Preferential pay ments to one creditor while the company was known to be Insolvent is the basis for the action. R H. Donnelly, the senior member of the firm when seen tonight regarding the fail ure declared that no one would be harmed financially, but he refused to give any rea son for the failure of the company. "We are not carrying a large quantity of grain in the Chicago market, or a large line of stocks at New York. All the banks which hold collateral for us are working together and they will not throw the stuff on the market In the morning and sacri fice the Interests of our creditors. As near as I can estimate tonight, our liabilities are about $250,000 and our assets are about $100.- 00. This estimate Is made by taking as a basts the closing prices of stocks and grain today. I cn see no reason tonight why our trades cannot be closed without affect ing the market In any material way, as our transactions are so well balanced that one side will almost offset the other. As soon as Receiver Potter cleans up our affairs the firm of Knight, Donnelly & Co., will be dissolved." The firm had wires running to New York, St. Louis and other leading financial centers of the country. RAID DELMAR BETTING RING Sheriff Takes Possession of It While Bookmakers Are Watching; Parade of Horses. DELAYS FREIGHT RATE CASE Hearing Postponed on Missouri's Regulation Act Before Federal Judge at Kansas City. KANSAS CITY', June 36-Argument on the order of the I'nlted States district court granting a temporary Injunction and re straining the state railway and warehouse commissioners of Missouri from enforcing the new maximum freight rate law, which was set for today, was postponed until to morrow by mutual consent, Tho temporary Injunction was secured on June 16 by eighteen railways doing business In Missouri, and they seek to have It made permanent. GENERAL WINT TAKES CHARGE He Will Have Command of Northeru Division I'ntll General Bates' Successor la Named. ST. LOUIS. June 2.-Brigadler General Thomas J. Wlnt, who temporarily suc reeds Major General John C. Bates In com mand of the northern division of the Vnlted States army until a permanent sue cessor Is named, arrived today and took command at division headquarters. Gen eral Wint was in command of the Sixth mercantile marine and was owned by a cavalry in Chios at the time at the Boxer private rum ot Copenhagen. 4 rebellion. CALL NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS Milwaukee Men Are Cited to Testify In Case Against "Paper Trust." MILWAUKEE. June 26. All the news paper publishers of Milwaukee have been cited to appear In the hearing of the case of the federal government against the Gen eral Paper company. L. T. Boyd, representing the Milwaukee Journal, today told of the difference In prices now and before the organization of the General Paper company. He testified that In 1S9, the last contract made for paper prior to the organization of the paper companies, the price was $1.70 per hundred pounds, and that now the price was $2.25. Before the year 19n0 contract bids were received from all over the coun try, but since tho General Paper company organised only one bid waa received. BOODLE CASES ARE CONTINUED Missouri's Indicted State Officials Will Not Be Tried I'ntll Next Month. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., June 28.-The cases of Former Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee, charged with perjury, and State Senator F. H. Farris and C. A. Smith, charged with bribery, which were set for hearing today in the circuit court, were continued until July 31, which is the first day of the July term of court. Attorney General Hadley is busy at this time In the Inquiry' Into the methods of the oil companies, and it is said could not prepare for trial at this time of the 8mith and Farris cases, and as I.ee Is said to have consented to testify In those casea hla case was continued until after they are disposed of. although aet for hearing on the same day. so-called guarantees of liberty of the do fendant worked on the whole?" While In England crime is punished with as much severity and uniformity as the public weal demands and this, although they have the trial by Jury, although defendant cannot be compelled to testify and although all the othei rules of evidence to which I have referred have full application, how Is It in this country? I grieve for my coun try to say that the administration of the criminal law in all the states of the union (there may be one or two exceptions, is a disgrace to our civilization. We are now reaching an age when we cannot plead youth, sparse civilization or newness of country as a cause for laxatlty In the enforcement of law. ' That makes the difference between the criminal law In England and In this coun try. In the first place, while the Jury has always been a sacred and untouched part of the tribunal constituted to try crime In England, the Judges have always taken and maintained their part at common law In the trial of every defendant and that part has been, first, the retention of complete control over the method by which counsel try the case, restraining them to the points at Issue, and. second, the power to aid the Jury by advising them how to con sider the evidence and expressing an opin ion on the evidence, leaving, however, to the liry the ultimate decision. Another reason why English Justice still maintains Its reputation for certainty of punishment Is the fact that there are no appeals allowed from the trial In the first court unless the Judge presiding shall deem certain questions of law of sufficient evi dence and doubt to reserve them to a court ot crown cases reserved. Power of Judges t Ire uui scribed. How Is It In our country? We rind that these constitutional limitations ac pted centuries ago In tenderness to the d' fend ant have been elaborated In their scoje and operation not only by the court but also by tne legislatures in tne supposed interest of individual liberty. The institution of trial by Jury has come to be regarded as fetish to sucli an extent that state legislatures have exalted the power of the jury and diminished tho power of the court In the hearing of criminal cases. The function of the judge is limited to that of the moderator in a religious assembly. The counsel fur the de fense, relying on the diminished power of the court, creates by dramatic art and harping on the Importance of minor details, a false atmosphere In the court room which the lU'lxe is powerless to dispel, and under ! the nypnotic influence of which the counsel IS auie to leua me jurun iu vuie as jurors for a verdict, which after all the excite ment of the trial has passed away, they are unable to support as men. Awful Increase of Murder. And now what has been the result In this country? Since 1SM In the United States there nave been 131. afil murders and homi cides, and there have been ;,26 excutlons. In 1 me number of murders was l,8ua. in 1S4 It had increased to 8.MJ. The num lier of executions In 1&5 was 1. In 14 the number was 116. This startling In crease In the number of murders and homicides as compared with tne number of executions tells the story. As murder Is on the Increase, so are all offenses of the felony class and there run be no doubt that they will continue to Increase unless the criminal laws are enforced with more certainty, mwe uniformity, more severity than they now are. Certainly the result of the American criminal procedure as distinguished from the English criminal procedure does not encourage us to think that it would be wise to introduce into the Philippine Islands a system of Jury trial which now prevails In most of the states, especially under the restrictions of the power of the court which we find ss we go west In this country. The cure for this growing cancer In the body politic may be found in statu tory amendments. Our country Is disgusted by the number of lvnchlngs that occur both In the north and In the south. Nothing but a radical improvement In our administration of our criminal law will prevent the growth In the number of lynchings In the United Btittes. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Juno X. For the first time since the anti-betting law went Into effect, on June IT, the betting ring at Del mar race track was deserted by the mem bers of the Central Turf association, who are behind the plan to make bets on the races In a manner not contrary to the law, and after the first race, persons who wished to back their Judgment financially, on the merits of the several horses, were I forced to make Impromptu wagers with other spectators at tho race course. Sheriff Herpel of St. Louis county, ac companied by several deputies, took pos session of the betting ring Just before the horses went to the post In the first race, but only one arrest was made, Charley Cella, a member of the Central association, who was later held under $1,000 bond to answer a charge of iolating the anti-betting law. It Is stated that more arrests would have been made today, but at the time the deputies and sheriff closed In on the bet ting ring, all members of the Central asso ciation, with the exception of Cella, were watching the horses parade before going to the post, and, hearing of the action of the county authorities, they did not return to the ring. The officials of the Delmar Jockey club announced that the action of the county officials will not Interfere with the race program for tomorrow, but It is doubtful If an attempt will be made by the members of the Central association to make wagers. ASTRONOMERS GO TO AFRICA Party of Government Scientists Go to Algeria to Observe Total Eclipse. PHILADELPHIA, June 2fi.-Wlth a party of government astronomers aboard the cruiser Dixie left the League island navy yard today destined for Algeria. The cruiser will go direct to Gibraltar, thence to Algiers and finally to Bona, where the party will disembark. K The scientists composing the party are Prof. G. A. Hill, assistant astronomer of the naval observatory; Profs. E. J. Yoyell and J. A. Andrews of the naval observa tory; Dr. N. E. Gilbert and Dr. L. E. Jewel. The party Is In charge of Captain G. A. Norrls of the United States navy. The ob ject of the trip Is to observe the total eclipse of the sun on August 30. When the party arrives at Gibraltar It will be met by the Minneapolis and Caesar, with other scientists on board, and the course that each shall take will be decided. The entire expedition Is under the direc tion of the United States government. Gold for Paris. NOT' YORK. June 36 The National City bank today engaged tl.UUu.0u0 In gold bar3 at the asay office in this city for Shipment to Paris on Thursday. Murderer Commits Suicide. LEWI8TOWN, Pa, June :. Ellwood Garman, convicted of murder In the first degree for the killing of w llllam Murray was found dead In his cell at Miftllntown today. He committed suicide by di inking carbolic acio. SUIT AGAINST DULUTH TRUSTS Claim for Damages Filed Against Association of Retail and Whole, sale Grocers and Batchers, DULUTH, Minn., June 36. Two suits aimed at the alleged local combine of grocers and of butchers have been filed In the district court. M. M. Gasser & Co., retail grocers, Instituted an action against the Duluth Itetall Grocers' association and Its officers and members for triple dam ages under the state anti-trust laws. charging a conspiracy on the part of tho association, also on the part of the whole sale and Jobbing houses which are claimed to be Joint conspirators for the purpose of raising prices and for the disrupting of those who refuse to Join the ranks of the grocers' association or obey Its regula tlon. H. C. Seynk asks damages In the amount of rT.CO0 from the local branch packing houses, their managers, the Duluth Retail Butchers' association. Its officers and mem bers. He charges collusion between the retail association and the packing houses to pre vent him from getting meat supplies. Movements of Ocean Vessels Jane 2l. At New York Arrived: Noordam from Rotterdam, C'itlnla Prince from Naples. At Liverpool Arrived : Cedrlc from New York; Ottawa from Montreal . At Rotterdam Arrived: Rhyndhsm from New Tork. At Glasgow Arrived : Columbia from New York. Sailed: Mongolian for Montreal. At Gibraltar An ived : Cretlc from New York. Koenig Albert from New York. Sailed: Princess Irene for New York. At Hamburg Sailed: Batavla for New York. At Ton's del Gada Arrived: Romanic from Naples. iAt nrenien Arrived; siimuwm iiviu New York. RED FLAGS FLYING Anarshist Banners Planted on Barricades in Streets of Warsaw. CITY IS IN STATE OF SIEGE Workmen Who Refuse to Btrike Blabbed bj Their Comrades. POLICE MAKE TWO HUNDRED ARRESTS Heavy Fall of Bain Prevents More Serious Collisions. JEWISH DISTRICTS IN FULL REVOLT Thirty-Four Battalions ot Infantry and Cossacks Are Stationed la the Town Business I'rse. tlcally Suspended. WARSAW, June 36. Disorderly crowds have thronged the streets since early this morning. They erected barricades at Ogrodowa. Krochmalna and Wronla streets, on top of which they placed red flags. The police and soldiers stormed these barricades and ten persons were wounded by bullets or bayonets. Another affray took place at Zelazna street, where Cos sacks charged the crowd and wounded three persons. In the Central Market a crowd attacked a patrol with revolvers, to which the patrol replied with volleys, kill ing a boy and wounding three other per BOI.S. Five workmen who had refused to strike were stabbed to death by their comrades. Revolutionary proclamations have been posted on 'he walls and 200 persons have been arrested. A heavy rain fell all day and this Is believed to have prevented more serious collisions. The social democratic party and the Jew ish bund announce that the fight against the government muHt continue, but It Is believed that with the present show of military force, the situation will be con trolled. Business Is at a deadlock. The city has the appearance of a mili tary encampment. Infantry and Cossacks are bivouacked In the streets and patrol are circulating everywhere. The shops largely are closed, but cabs and street cars are still running. Jewish Districts In Revolt. 2:25 p. m. The Jewish districts are now In full revolt. The shops and stores are closed and traffic has ceased. The street cars have been overturned to form the nucleus of barricades. Great crowds are assembling In the streets and the ugly tem per of both the populace and the troops threatens to break out in bloodshed at any moment. Thirty-four battalions of infantry are stationed In the town. A bomb was thrown last night at a car riage occupied by Chief of Police K. M. Pavoloff of the town of Cxenstochowa, gov ernment of Plotrkow. The chief of police and seven other persons were seriously wounded. The city Is In a state of siege. Patrols of cavalry and infantry are moving in every street. The general strike which began Saturday svas preceded last night by attempts of red flag demonstrations, but the Cossacks charged and dispersed the rioters with their whips. On Vononla street a sullen crowd made a stand and a patrol fired three shots. Although thousands of workmen observed the strike proclamation the tie-up is not complete. Many bakers have Joined the workmen and Warsaw is threatened with a bread famine. In some of the streets the workmen tried to throw up barricades and resist the troops. State of Siege at Lods. LODZ, Russia, June 26. The governor general has proclaimed a state of siege at Lodz. Since the proclamation of martial law the situation has become quieter. The rumor of an approaching massacre of Jews has caused 20,000 Jews to leave tha town. Scattered cases of rioting as a result of the Insurrectionary spirit, however, con tinue. One of these occurred today in tbe old Protestant cemetery when a patrol was fired on from behind a wall. The patrol charged and killed twelve persons. Business Is at a standstill and all trafflo has been stopped. A cose of disaffection among the troops was reported today, when the officers of one regiment Informed their commander that they would refuse to fire on defense less people. The regiment was at once) transferred to another place. The victims of last week's outbreak total over 1,3X1. Thus fsr the bodies of 313 Jews and 218 Christians have been burled. The wounded number ovor 700. Some semblance of order has been re stored and the workmen are gradually re turning to the factories. Lieutenant General Buttleworth, com mander of the First cavalry corps, has as sumed command of the force her during the existence of martial law. KOVNO, Russia, June 26 A mob of 1,00 persons surrounded and attacked the police station and the governor general's palace today. All the windows were broken before the rioters were overpowered by the police. Five policemen were wounded. A detach ment of dragoons finally arrived and dis persed the rioters. Approaches Open Rebellion. ST. PETERSBURG, June 28,-The red flag of revolt has been raised at Warsaw, Kovno and other places in Russian Poland out of sympathy with the victims of the rioting at Lodz, and so far as these cities are concerned the situation almost ap proaches the dignity of open'rebelllon. The news received al St. Petersburg is meager on account of the vigorous censorship, but It Is evident the troops are being resisted and a repetition of the sanguinary en counters at Lodz Is anticipated. Disorder In Other Provinces. ST. PETERSBURG, June 27. 316 p. m. These are gloomy days for the government of Russia. Every new dispatch accentu ates the seriousness of the situation in Poland and the Cacausus, where a state of war exists and representatives of strikes, demonstrations and agrarian dis orders are pouting In from many parts of Russia proper as if the volleys fired at Lodz had been the signal for sn outbreak of general disorders like those following the events of January 22, "Red Sunday." St. Petersburg and Moscow have not been affected, and If mob violence Is to bo attempted In the two capitals, a recur rence of former tumults Is likely to occur. Another spot of danger la Georgia (Rus ala trans-Caucasia), the war-like Inhabi tants of which are deeply Incensed over the affront offered to their clergymen, seventy of whom, while meeting to discus th Question of churcb and slate, were attacked