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BALFOUR AS A DODGER
Effortt to Drio Premier Into a
Etatement Are Fatiie.
Eefinile
PARTY PRESS ANGRY AT HIS TACTICS
Efidentlj Hot In Sjapa'hy with the
Doctrine of Chamberlain.
FEARS TO ANTAGONIZE IT, HOWEVER j
Donbt. Ability to Keep Party from Going
with the Protectionist
TARIFF REFORMERS BOUND TO FORCE HAND
SJalfo-r'a Well Known Ability
nadtn Expected to Stand Hint
n Hand When 11 Comes
to Pinch.
LONDON. Dec. 2 (Special Cablegram to
Tl.e Jlci.) Mr. Balfour In Ma recent
reohe. appears to b attempting
the
ra'.her dangerous political practice of try- :
Ing to do.lgo In between the raindrops. .
JIls enunciations uoon all subjects -cspv- ,
daily upon fiscal policies, reall; amount j
to nothing, so his enemies declare. I er- ,
haps it is a fact that ho has succeeded
In dodging Issues In more different ways
than any man who has hitherto been j
premier has ever attempted In the past.
-Mr. Balfour has had a vust deal of expe-
rlenco in Parliament, but he lias had little
of that experience in dealing with the
pooplu which made men like Lord B icons-
field, Lord Salisbury anil Gladstone so
eminently successful. It Is Ono thing for I
the prime minister to stare a man out of i
conntenancr. n Parllamf nt by an elegant ,
tt.ist tf the wrist while handling a monocle, I
rd quite another thing to succeed m stat
ing an rt.tlre nation out of countenance.
The cold, cvnlcul smile, tho single cutting
word of tho cynic on the part of the prime ;
. . -
prime minister appears to think that it
Is not what a man says, but what a man
does not say that counts In the waking
e his career as a politician and public
man. Possibly this Is true so far a Tur- ;
llument goes, but In dealing with the tens
of millions of people in the United King
dom the taking of the general public into
his confidence, a tiladstone often usd to
do, would count for far more towards the
maintenance of a conservative majority in
Parliament than all of the clever, sircas-
tic sayings that the bialn of a lie if our i
can devise. If Mr. Balfour docs ntit learn '
the art of apparently making a clean br ast
to the average Knglishmnn every once in
awhile his career hs a statesman is cer
tain to be cut short and his sphere of In- j
fluence In tho world of polities greatly cur- j
lulled. j
Party Papers Disunited. j
Tin Morning Pout, the Standard and tho i
Express make no concealment of their dls- '
gust at the continuance by the prime inlnla- I
tr of the game of ambiguity In which he .
liar been engaged so long. The TlmH and J
the Telegraph try hard to make the best of
Mr. Bullour's speeches, but It is plain that
they are Juut ss much disappointed as thn
other pupeis which have the courage to ex
press their sentiments. The reception of
Ihe Newcastle address, for instance, by the
conservative delegates was chilling In the
extreme. All of the tnry descriptive writers
concur In that. When Mr. Balfour entered
the hall he received a great demonstration;
when he rose to iak that demonstration
w:is repeated; but when he had been speak
ing some time and when he had coninicivd
to deal with the lls.-ul question his niulieno
grew silent. Its enthusiasm evaporated and
it made no attempt to hido its chagrin nt I
tho bewildering mess of shifts and anililgul-
ties lie placed before them. Smiie of them
apparently had hoped against hope that t.o
ivsH going to come out once and for ill
definitely on lr. (iiamliii Iain's protective
'nrlff aide of the fence. They were de
ceived. Th?re has been, of cuurs". no pretence of
continuity in his fiscal declarations, per-
hiipa If Mr. Halfour larked one thing more
than he lacks another he lacVs continuity,
Apparently he Is an opportunist in his
("eaiings l j these matters of tariff and tax i-
tton. Kach fiscal f.ci laratlon appears to
have been framed to suit what he thinks
to be the exigencies of the moment.
Chamberlain Mta,ht Triumph.
The one t.ilng apparent from his more re- t
cent actions s that he does not believe In
Mr. Chamberlain's policy. II sees that It
has helped to bring ruin on the conserva
tive party, but to all appearances his de
sire to hang on to offlce and to the leader,
sh'p prevent him from stating his own con
viction honestly. There are those who as
sert that even here there Is a method In
his madness. If he should corn out In the
tpen It might possibly happen that Mr.
Chamberlain would sweep the party away
from him. To those who know the England
ut John Ptuwrt Mills and Cobden and John
Bright and Uladstone this might appear ab
surd In tho extreme. Undoubtedly thers
exists In the United Kingdom a deep-seated,
historical tradition In favor of free, trade
which amounts to a worship almost like
that of a fetish. But there are clever poll
tlclans who view the matter otherwise.
The average man. It would seem, appear
to argue that Mr. Chamberlain, being in a
protective tariff manufacturing district,
takes on color from his environment and
preaches
policy of protection for the pur-
pose oi maintaining and increasing his hold
on tne industrial centers. It Is sale to say
that Mr. Halfour himself would gladly wel-
coin a straight, clean-cut fight upon the
subject of free trade against protection. II
pr,)bably would not care If Mr. Chamber-
lain snouiii wage up to nnd himself In tin.
anomalous position of leader of the liberals
oti a high protective tariff issue. All this,
ut course, is nonsense and impossible when
one couies to consider the individuals and
the party lines and the party history here
In England, and Is mentioned merely for
the purpose of Illustrating how far things
have swung from their natural and nonni.l
position.
Lord George Hamilton and the other
minister! who were turned out of the cabi
net when Mr. Balfour thought that Mr.
Chamberlain was on the winning horse, j
rousi nave re a wun grim amusement. If
not amazement, his counsel to his follow-
era not to discuss a topic, which oould only
lead to dissension. Apparently ha did not
mind sacrificing these minis ters on account
of their views on the subject, but now they
are Implored not to discuss it lest It might
raise discord.
If ona may Judge by the political straws
which show, as a genera! thing, which wsv
me winn is Plowing, there has been a de
cided slump In Balfouriam aa a political
commodity. Even hie party appeara to
tsave found him out, and on can well sym
pathize with Its preference for being lei
(Ouatiaued en Seoond Page.)
STORY OF ONE STREET FIGHT
Russian Correspondent Tell of Scene
In Motoon When Cavalry
Makes Attack.
8T. PETERSBURG. Dec. 2. (Special Ca
blegram to The lite.) The Russian
troubles appear to be at times more of
the nature of civil war proceedings than
contests that are racial or between classes.
For Instance, the rector asked the au
thorities to protect the university against
attacks which wre being; planned at the
Instigation of the Moscow Gazette, and
monarchical party, whereupon the uni
versity precincts were surrounaea oy a
strong cordon of troops.
Fewer than 200 students and strikers left
the university, as It had been reported
that the black gang" of the monarchical
party, armed with clubs, whips and re
volvers, awaited them. In the side streets
the students erected formidable barricades
and tho gates leading to the university
were strengthened by piles of cobblestones
torn from the streets. The defense of
the university against an expected attack
by the "black gang" was planned with
military foresight.
When your correspondent gained admis
sion to the university before the barricades
were entirely closed he saw a number of
wounded strikers curried Into one of the
j,,t.ture uan9 after a collision with dragoons
,iear the municipal building
Te mpn wc,.e 8Uf,jng frorfl sabre cuts
on tne hpu .ind arms. yi,e attack was
. two pani,.,, ,,f jmgoons who
got a action of tho crowd neiween mem
It was quite, unprovoked.
When the drugoons bared their sabres
the nennle ran in all directions without
making the slightest attempt at resistance.
Those who escaped the dragoons fell Into
the hands or members oi mo mac
gang. who kicked two men in oruui
within sight of tho university.
The students remained in the university
building behind their barricades from Sat-
j urday noon until Sunday evening.
The business quarter of the city was
! alive with excitement that Saturday morn
ing. By noon every bnnk and business
house
had closed Its doors. A company
. . ... .l.t .1 ,..-A -
inir thmueh the Ilinka gateway In the
wall which surrounds a portion of the old
city and used ttv;lr sabres freely, while
the Cossacks with their knouts followed
behind.
During the remainder of tho day Btrong
bodies of cavalry swept through the
streets. They had general orders to dis
perse any gathering. Therefore they fell
without warning upon peaceful business
men pouring th.-ough the congested quar
ter of the city on their way home and
beat many of them unmercifully.
In the chinches a sermon printed and
published without the authority of the
metropolitan was read In his name sum
moning the "black gang" against the "reb
els" and "revolutionaries. "
Many priests refused to preach this ser
mon. The monarchical party planned to
auminon the patriots to the purlsh and ap-
poit leaders, but the metropolitan pro-
hlbited the use of tho churches for such
purposes. Hut the use of the name of the
metropolitan nnd the fact that some of
the congregations were Incited to the usa
of arms, while . other priests . refused to
touch the apparent commands or tn mei
ropolltan, will go a long ways toward dem
onstrating the chaotic condition of affairs
here nnd elsewhere.
FRENCH VIEW OF VON BUELOW
nlscardliiB of Bitterness a Severe
Ta I pnn French Polite
ness. PARIS. Dec. 2. (Special Cablegram to The
RPe.)M. Georges Vlllleis, 111 discussing
riinee vim I'.uelow this week, said: "The
diplomatic career usually dulls the edge of
.' temperament and wears off the angles of
originalities. To discuss the personality or
Prince von Ruelow. not onl without acrl-
,..
but with that courteous urimnuy
cliatiicterlstic of conversation In a French
salon Is more than a mere exhibition of
I French politeness". It Is a further proof, If
j any were needed, with which French opjn-
Ion now views not merely the Kuropean
Htuatlon, but the very protagonist of the
j diplomatic drama of the Jnst few months.
; jt ) evident that the spectacle of Prince
'. von Buelow's success in holding his own
at the head of the Oerman chancellory
i while at the beck and call of William II Is
i a view profoundly Interesting end instruc-
tlve."
It will be news for many, and It is evi
dently not the least of Prince von Ruelow a
attractions for M. Vllllers. that the present
chancellor's tlve years of Paris, when he
Was here as a second secretary, would
seem to have Imbued him with that spon
taneous and alert manner, that real esprit
of the good French stamp, of which M.
Vllllers gives a long list of Instances. A
member of the Reichstag a few years "ago
made the Interesting statement that Rue.
low thinks la French or Italian and then
translates Into German.
PRINTING COMES FROM THIBET
Samplea of Thibetan work Is Bronarht
to London by Recent
Expedition.
LONDON. Dec. I tSpeclal Cablegram to
The Bee.)-Seven large cases are littering
the library corridors at the India office.
They contain a valuable collection of man-
1 uscrtpts and specimens of printing brought
awny from Thibet by the recent expedition.
, The collection was made by purchase for
, thf idlan government by Colonel Waddell.
Tne Thibetans learned the art of block
I m-lntinc from the Chinese centuries no.
I ttnd tne booW, brought by Colonel Waddell
are nearly ail In this time and furnish tine
examples of the Buddhist scriptures. Sped- 1
mens are being rent to the University of
Caloutta. the University of Cambridge and
Oxford university.
NEW BULLET FOR FRENCH ARMY
M-rk n Hollow Missile, Made
Rronse, Haa Great Power of
Penetration.
of
PARIS, Dee. S Speclal Cablegram to
I Th Bee.) The new mark D bullet which
I ,0 replace tha present bullet In the
' French army la made of solid bronze and
I It la a bright yellow In color when new. It
tapers to a point like a fine pencil and
I tn b" hollow-
j It Is stated that the resistance It offers
i to (ns alr ' llht ttlat tn range of the
! service rifle will be Increased by several
hundred yards.
In soma experiments one ef the new bul
let tired from a distance of no yards
traversed sis two-Inch nk plunks placed
fifteen inches apart, und then penetrated
a full yard into the clay at the back. The
point was still intact.
BOERS IX OPPOSITION
Matter of Education ii Gaining TrouV- for
British in the TransraaL
NATIVE SCHOOLS MAY BE
.SHED
Negotiation Are in Prog?
ernmint ana Ednca
v ween Got-
tnmittee.
FRICTION IN THE Oh, .t FIVER COLONY
Working Agreement in that State May Be
Overthrown Any Time.
UNCERTAINTY IN WOKn OF ADMINISTRATION
People Ineasjr and Question Mar Be
Inferred Until Kelt Assembly In
less Orange Hirer system
Is Accepted.
JOHANNWBCRO, Pec. 2. (Special Ca
blegram to The Bee.) The subject of edu
cation Is engaging Lord Selborne's atten
tion at the present time. Negotiations were
lately carried on between the government
and the Christian National Education com
mittee which la responsible for the poor
opposition schools throughout the country.
It will be remembered that In both colonies
these opposition schools were started simul-
taneously under tho same aegis, but last
March an eminently satisfactory arrange
ment was concluded with the Orange River
colony, and the so-called national schools
ceased to exist. An agreement providing for
the absorption of the Transvaal pchools
awaits ratification, but the government has
not yet divulged its terms. This confession
of weakness Is sufficiently alarming. The
agreement with the OratiRe River colony
worked well for six months In spite of the
abuse levelled by the Het Volk leaders ut
their brethren across the Vaal. If the
former made better terms with the Trans
vaal government peace and educational
progress In the Orange River colony would
Immediately be jeopardized.
A still more cogent objection to the alti
tude of the Transvaai government Is the
fact that the Orange River colony agree
ment represents the maximum of the con
cessions that can safely be made. That
agreement was the result of the firmness
and tact shown throughout the educational
controversy by the lieutenant governor and
Mr. Gunn, director of education. In the
Transvaal, ever since Mr. Sargent re
linquished the control of the education de
partment, tho educational policy of the gov
ernment has suffered from uncertainty,
while Het Volk has been encouraged In the
belief that If It only maintained its oppo
sition a little longer the government would
surrender all along the line. It Is possible
that a disadvantageous agreement would
already have been concluded had not the
Orange River colony government protested
against such a betrayal of its Interests.
People Are Vneaay.
Considerable uneasiness Is felt locally
and the government will probably be asked
to fm spend negotJiltljciTHi tmMI tte Jtext-assembly
Is ejected unless It Is able to adopt
the Orange River colony agreement. This
stipulates that English shall be the me
dium of Instruction, and It may be men
tioned that this clause was accepted at the
negotiations practically without comment.
It Is well known that Boer parents in the
Transvaal are Just s keen as Orange par
ents that their children shall learn Eng
lish, but for political purposes the leaders
of Ihe Het Volk hare always urged claims
that the Taal shall be the., medium of In
struction. It ha? been pleaded that many
Boer children In the Transvaal are ig
norant of English and therefore the Taal
must be used as the medium of instruction.
The same, however, applies to the Orange
River colony. It Is easy to keep such chil
dren unplaced In' any de.lnlte standard
until they have learned .sufficient English.
The government Is under no necessity to
hasten the absorption of the opposition
schools. Public education Is being con
ducted on sound lines, and twice as many
children are being educated than before
the war In spite of Het Volk's efforts.
Eventually the opposition schools must
shut down for want of funds, and the fact
that Het Volk has reopened negotiations In
dltyites that these are running low. It is a
pity, under the circumstances, that the
government should not stay Its hand In
view of the Importance of a sound educa
tional policy.
Distress In the North,
The tales of distress In the northern dis
tricts of the Trsnsvaal recently became so
persistent that a direct Investigation on the
part of the government seemed imperative
and Sir Arthur and Lady Lawley undertook
a long tour through this least familiar por
tion of the colony. The impressions formed
by his excellency have an Interesting bear
ing on the economic problems of the Trans
vaal. The Zoutpansberg has always been
more or less Inaccessible, but before the
ravages of rattle disease It was able, aa a
good stock country, to make both ends
meet with a minimum amount of doles from
the government. Now rattle and donkeys
are being swept off by dlsese and the old
inhabitants are brought face to face with a
situation with which they seem powerless
to cope. Actual distress, as the word Is
' understood In England, with an Implied
need of pauper relief, hardly exists, but
some of the Inhabitants are In a very poor
way, while others are living In hopeless
squalor. Dominating everything Is the ter
rible apathy which makes them prefer
things as they are to an effort to improve
conditions.
SUN'S FIRES SLOWLY DYING
Twenty Million Years Given as
Limit of the Supply
of Heat.
LONDON, Dec. S. tSpecial Cablegram to
i n b j-fir Oliver .uui;e. wno nas oeen
aoing coneiaeraoie original astronomical
work during the last few years, said that
.... i"-ni soiar
eclipse were made from the deck of a
steamer In the Mediterranean. A photo-
s,a,. ---"i -"- ums me
red flames around the sun.
I 8ir Oliver. In an Interview-, discussing the
! recent sun spots, said that one of these
i was so large that the earth could be
dropped Into the cavity with a dear space
of a thousand mlies all around It Sir Ol
iver agreed with Lord Kelvin that the nun i
was shrinking very slowly, and calculated ,
that tn 20.OuO.OjO years it would be Incapable '
of warming the earth. Sir Oliver also ub- J
tained s number of photographs of the j
corona during the recent eclipse n one
of these pnotogTupns ne said there were
i signs of what he believed to be smoke
rings projected aboe the surface of the
1 sua a thousand mtlea high,
TOO SWIFT FOR HALL CAINE
Anthor Speaks Well Of America, hot
Pace Is Too. Fast for
Him.
LONDON. Dec. 2. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) "1 am afraid that I have not
returned to England In the best of health.
The American goes fast, but he makes
his guests go still faster. The pace by
which the American kills himself compares
In velocity with the pace by which hs
kills his foreign guest only as the pace of
a 5-cent trolley car compares with that
of a slxty-horse-power Mercedes automo
bile. Dinners, suppers, speeches every
American a born speechmaker. Such Is the
dally experience of a foreigner, so-called,
whom the American delights to honor. I
think I have too many friends In the
United States to permit my ever coins- to
that hospitable country again," said Hall
Calne.
"One of the first things that one notices
Is the obvious change In the extreme
growth of New York. But tho physical
changes are trivial compared with the
commercial, political and religious ones
which confront the observer of Vmerican
life. At this moment America Is apparently
going through one of Its periodical out
breaks of commercial conscience. Com
mercial mornllty Is under the X-rays, and
the result ia a sense of shame and humilia
tion w hlch all the best . Americans feel.
Of course nobody will go to tho penitentiary
as the result of the shameful disclosures
that have been made. On the other hand,
the moral sense of the old Puritan stock ,
In America Is so far outraged that men I
0pg held in honor probably will ha heard '
of no more. Some nanus with which we
are familiar In England are rapidly dls-
appetirlng from the rolls of American re- I
spec.tablllty. Others will follow In due I
course. j
"rolitically the (Treat chanaea which I j
noticed were in the growth of American
Imperialism. The old theory that America
must concern itself only with Its domestic :
affairs has given place to the Idea that It .
has Us duties. Its responsibilities, Hs rights j
and Us privileges In relation to the nations '
of the world. The Spanish-American war ;
was no doubt partly responsible for this j
ennnge. dui a sun more imporiani imun
has been the personality of President j
nooseven. i cannot suincieiii ijr rxiwi mc
virility und ut the same time the Turltan'
simplicity of the principles with which the
president la inspiring the American people,
We want more of his kind everywhere.
The world's greatest want today is men,
and Roosevelt Is a man, every inch of
him."
COLLAPSE OF THE OLD WORLD
Koyellnt Picture Great War
Which European Preatlice
Disappears
In
I '
i
BERLIN. Dec. 2.-Specla1, Cablegram.)- I
The latest literary political seneaWon is a !
book entitled "The Collapse of the Old .
World," by an anonymous author, who
The Collapse of the Old
writes under the no'in de plume of "Sea,
Star." . ' . .
This book, which is full of vivid pictures
of a great war hf. the future, de-
scribes how the prlncll 1 power Of Europe.
wl. sacrifice their , n, -Sw;r
In the world owlng t nn imilbreni? or war
between England and Germany.
This war Involves other countries, and In
the general conflict France, Spain and
Portugal support Britain, while Austria .
and Italy give military aid to Germany.
Germany crushes the French army and tho
German army overruns France, but the
British fleet annihilates the German navy,
sustaining terrible losses in accomplishing
that feat. Finally Oreat Britain and Ger
many are obliged to abandon the struggle
owing to Its disastrous effects upon all parts ,
of the world. I
The black snd yellow races arise In all
parts of the globe. All Africa is in a tur
moil; the Hottentots under an Ethiopian
missionary are massacrelng snd burning
; from Swakopmund to Bloemfuntain, and tho
English and German Inhabitants unite i
against the common foe. I
A more powerful argument for Inter
national peace is Inconceivable than this
striking romance
llinilHI CDV IO IIMflCD ADDCCT
WUIVIHIH or i i w uiiuun miiiiisji
Russian iccnaed of Working;
Behalf of Her Government In
Germany.
BERLIN, Dec :. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Mile. Zinaida Smollanlnoff. a.
beautiful young Russian woman, has been
obliged to appear In court at I.elpzlo to
ancwer the charge of perpetrating espion
age in Germany on behalf of the Russian
government.
She has been a prominent figure In thJi
most fashionable society of the German
capital for several years past, and came
here with warm letters of Introduction from
prominent Russians, describing her as a
woman of noble family, with great literary I
accomplishments.
Mllo. Bmollanlnoff passed as a woman of '
Independent means who dabbled In Herature !
for her own pleasure. She is of distinguished i
appearance, gav, fascinating manners and
was a great social success. She made many
friends among officers and high state digni
taries. The result of the espionage will probably
be revealed by the proceedings at the Le!p
llc court before the case is ended. Many
former friends In hlEh society have been
summoned to give evidence against Mile.
Smollanlnoff and sensational revelations
are expected In the event of her conviction.
NAPOLEON TIRES OF HIS JOB
Administrative Position Wot tt
the
Llklna; of the French
Prince.
ODESSA. Dec. ?.-iSeclal Cablegram to
The Bee.) Prince Louis Napoleon his re
signed his aj puintment as governor general
of Erivan. It appears that he never re
garded his position as governor general as
i more than
a temporary appointment, and
' - hen last Julv he made hi, flr.. . ...
the state of the country he begged to be at
t once relieved of his command. The vicerov '
induced him to continue to hold It for a '
I few months longer by pointing out to him j
, the impossibility or r.ndlng an efficient :
suosiiiuie, uui r-rince ixmis nas no taste
for administrative work. It Is stated that
his successor will be General Yazkevitch,
who was governor general at Tiflls a few
months ago, when he earned an unenviable
notoriety in consequence of the unhappy
incident of the town hall, where upwards
of twenty people were shot down by the
Cossacks.
Prince Lou.s had succeeded in winning a
reputation for impartiality und energy in
Ihe government of
r.rlvun amnmc both
Tartars an! Armenians, although It wi
1 considered that he might have exercised
; the punitive powers entrusted to him with
j greater freedom.
MOSCOW IS BURNING
Incendiary Conflagration Raging in Old
Capital of Russia,
NEWS FROM ST. PcTERSBURG STOPS
No Word from Metropolis of Cur's Domain
Since Saturday Morning.
MOSCOW BULLETIN VIA WARSAW
Londoa Officials Unable to Explain Canie
of Suspension.
ONE LINE TO Mtrr IS WOKKING
Berlin Telegraph Official Annonncea
Thin Is the Only Point In
Russia that ( an Be Reached
from litrmss),
WARSAW. Nov. 2. ll:o p. m. The ra.l
road telegraph operator at Moscow says
that a great incendiary conflagration Is
raging there.
Tho striking telegraphers threaten in
case reprisals are made against them, to
ilesiroy the government lines. Owing to
the abolishment of martial law many po
litical offi nders have been released.
The emperors ukase repealing mar-
tiul
law In Kucsltin Poland was
gazetted here today. The infantry
ami cavalry patrols huvo dltappeared from
the streets, but some of the soldiery are
Kljn
concealed in court yards and police
stations. Military disturbances arc oc-
eurrlng in the government of I.omzha. At
Kumbroff the army reserve men have mu
tinied, d-niandlng to be returned home.
The OfTi. ers' club was attacked and the
windows were broken. Troops were sent
from Loinzha to quell the riot, but they
dedaru they will not shoot their com
rades if ordered to do so.
Serious disturbances have taken place
Rm0ng the troops garrisoning the lortres
0 Ossowlec.
St. Petersburg: la Isolated.
LONDON. Dec. 2.-Up to midnight Lon
don, Berlin, Copenhagen. Purls and Stock
holm were completely shut off from tele
graphic communication with fat. Putersbui?.
Early this afternoon the Great Northern
Telegraph company, which has two routes
to St. Petersburg, one by way of Copen
hagen and Libau nnd tho other by way
of Finland, announced that communication
was completely severed, Copenhagen and
Nystnd, the last named on the western
Finnish coast, being the most easterly
points from which and to which It could
1 accept message. Tho Great Northern com-
pany further stated that the quickest
mftan8 of reachlnff the oast Finnish coast
was v, Nystad and tn.nc bv ,,.. tn
nt,ignBfor. am, oti,PP -,-,. .rh
elated Press Is endeavoring to get Into
communication with th capital from Hel-
PUiftiui., mo nt;attl IUIIII lO HI. I CWrS-
K . . KIT V. . . , Ah- .1... I II... .
ni, thaM, , Brml, . . . . t.
water g gufnrlcnUy fpM from ic0 t0 ,
...pt .b?M crowrtng.to Hel.lngtor, fraxu nu.
. gi(n. tJ
The Associated Press and the Reuter
Telegraph company as well aa the English
" 7""im- 1 urBC"' ou-paicnes to
ho t c.n-sponuems an over ttussia, and
especially at frontier points to secure news,
from St. Petersburg and the Interior, but .
none of the cabk companies In London :
has received a word up to midnight. Fur-
tnermore. the companies are unable to say i
w hat prospects are for a renewal of com- I
muiiiiiuiun.
Warsaw Is the only point from which
any Russian news has been received slnco
early this morning; and this, with the ex
ception of a private message over ihe rail
road line briefly speaking of a conflagration
at Moscow, was principally confined to
events at Warsaw and Lodz.
BERLIN, Dec. i!-7:25 p. m.-The Im
perial Telegraph department announces
that the only Russian point still aceesible
by wire Is Kleff.
t coniiiiunirauon wun ot. fetersnurg via
-Ve....Br ,.e, m.errurnea since tms
morning
roepsHHcs via r.yaiKunien con
tinue to be forwarded from there by
mail.
Conditions at tladlvoatok.
VLADIVOSTOK, via Che Foo, Dec. 1 (De
layed in Transmission.) Quiet was restored
two days following the Initiation of dls
turtiances. ' Representative business men
agree with officials that there Is no danger
of a reoccurrence. The damage Is estl-
mated at 1o,noo.Ofio roubles, mostly In build
ings destroyed by fire. A small percentage
of this sum represents the destruction of
merchandise, of which Immense quantities
were there. Thirty-five steamers wero
awaiting the discharge of their cargoes at
the time of the riots.
Undoubtedly, the riots were precipitated
by the excited conditions of the troops
I and sailors, consequent upon the mass
j meetings held by citizens to celebrate the
emperor a llberry proclamation, the en
thusiasm at mass meetings being accentu
ated and taken advantage of by the revo
lutionary elements to incite the military
to acta of hoodlumism. resulting In riots.
There Is an unusual Influx of representa
tives of American commercial Interests to
Vladivostok.
News at Washington.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. The State de-
"""" " 1 """
St
Petersburg, J
feet: I
1 dated yesterday, are to this effect:
, 7.OTt.i.S
The strikers and employers have effected
promises nave Deen mode tnai a new elec-
tion law will be ordered tomorrow (Satur
day). This law will probably provioe for
almost universal suffrage and it Is i x-
I pected that electors chosen directly by the
I neonle will In turn elect deputies to the
next farnamem. as a reami m mee
promises the situation has been very
much improved nnd it is believed that
the danger of another disastrous general
strike has been averted
Tolstoi Is Hopeful. .
BERLIN. Dec. t The Russian corre
spondent of the Tageblatt has Interviewed
Count Tolstoi at the letter's home, whence
the correspondent telegraphed:
Count Tolstoi shows surprising optimism
regarding tne present condition of Russia.
He considers tnat it Is not dangerous and
thinks tt.e industrial laborers in t lie few
larg cities piay no role us against ii.e
peasants, who constitute tne majority of
the Russian people.
The peasants care nothing about revolu-
I tlon and Tolstoi regards the newspaper re.
ports about peasant uprisings as exaggur
: aled. He says It is only a small party of
revolutionary agltatois who want to re
verse tne present Older of things. How
ever. Tclstol declines to make predictions,
saying it is iiuio9ille to know what will
I hai j-n. It Is necessary In any case to
j get nd of the exl.silng government. whl"n
I hiiheito has rested upon (tine, und sup
i plant It with a government supported by
I love, good will and Christian acts.
Palace Stan's Prepare to Strike.
PARIS. Dfc. J The Journal this morning
i nublishes a St. Petersburg dispatch which
was carried to Eydtkuhnen. East Prussia.
by courier, which repeats the recent re-
IContlnued on Second Page ;
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for Nebraska Fair and Not
So ("old Sunday and Monday.
RWfl SECTIO Twelve Pnaes.
1 rtnlfotir a Most Artfnl Dnrtaer.
Boers l ine I p with Opposition.
Moscow Is Reported Burning.
Great Mlnlna; Disaster In Wyoming;
2 Inspectors for Son Mi Omaha.
Cannon Is Wanted for speaker.
T Vf from All Parts of Nebraska.
Ilnnts Seven Years for Husband.
Vandlvrr tnmrra Insurance Plea.
4 Cannon Ainln Named for Speaker.
Throws at President's Train.
Turkey Hhswi Mans of Weakening
5 Hot Contest for Field Club Offices.
Affairs at Sooth Omaha.
6 Echoes of tho Ante-Boom.
Events at the Army Posts.
Happenings In Omaha Suburbs.
T Slabs for the Old-Time West.
8 Past Week In Omaha Society.
Woman In CInb and Charity.
A Arraigned Before the People's Bar.
lO Army and Navy Tie at Foot Ball.
Star Wltuesa Thrown Into Jail.
F.D1TORIAL SKCT10N F.laht Paea.
1 Dodge Favors an Extra Session.
Wisconsin Man on Realty Values.
Jon J. Riley Pleads (inlltv.
2 Editorial.
3 Tragedies of the aval Academy.
Dnya of Country School Psat.
4 Want Ads.
5 Want Ads.
tt Wont Ads.
Condition of Omaha's Trade.
7 Financial and Commercial.
f Divorce Laws Put to a Test.
II tI.F-T(F. SECTION Klaht Pastes.
1 Story of the llerndon House.
J Do Animals Possess Immortality f
Tersely Told Tales.
tiosalp About Noted People,
a Plays and Players.
Music and Musical Notes.
4 Thut Plnttdentscher Jahrmarkl.
BIk Elk from Kansas City.
Mttle Stories for Little People.
(iualnt Features of Life.
3 silver Deposits in Canada's Forests
Experiments In Scinl-Arld Heslon.
A For nnd About Women.
Hints on Latest Fashions.
7 tirlst of Sportings Gossip. ,
COLOR SECTION Four Paxes.
1 Buster Ilrnvt n In the Attic.
2 Tainted Money for Old Maids.
From Near nnd Far.
3 The Tiger Cut Miort Story.
4 Pretty as Their Pictures.
Temperature nt Omaha Yesterday!
lliinr,
B'lt.
. . 10
. . 14
. . 1
. . 11
. . l.'t
. . 17
.. 17
Hour.
I p.m.
- p. m .
.1 p. m.
4 p. m.
Dm.
!i a. iii.
ft a. in.
7 a. m .
H n. m .
n a. in.
1 n. m.
11 n. m .
12 m.. . .
. . 17
. . 17
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.. IN
. . 17
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p.
p.
7 p.
ni .
...
m .
LAND FRAUDS IN OREGON
F.astern Bankers Stvlndled Out of
Ihnusands of Dollars by Means of
Forced Titles to School Uadi,
SALEM. Ore.. Dec. 2. Far more serious
l .
riaa.any .preau derelopintfnr of" the
many elded land frauds perpetrated In this
stste are charges made In a letter to Gov
ernor Chamberlain today by State Land
gem uswain west, who, In effect, reports
nm ny means or rorged certificates of
sale of school lands eastern bankers have
In the aggregate been swindled out of un-
told sums of money. Not content, the land
agent asserts, with having defrauded the
slate of approximately frO.OOO a.ires of
school land, practically all It nosaes. hv
menns oi "dummv" entrvmen nhon
was no lonjter to be made in that manner
the land operators prepared printed cer
tificates of sale and Hsgnment and In
serted In thorn descriptions of school lands,
then forged the signature of the clerk of
the State Land board und notaries public,
attached forged notary seals and a forgery
of the great Seal of the state of Oregon
and resold the lands time and again to
innocent persons In the east.
Mr. West says:
"I have discovered a large number of
these forged certificates in the. hands of
eastern bankers and the magnitude of tho
frauds will not be known until the matter
Is given publicity and the eastern holders
have sent In their certificates for exam
ination. It is possible that for every gen
uine certificate outstanding there may be
from two to a dozen fraudulent ones."
Mr. West concluded by saying that the
forged certificates are so well executed
that It Is difficult to distinguish them from
the originals.
FOOT BALL PLAYER IS SHOT
Balne. Famous Indian Halfback,
Probably Fatally Wounded by
Watchman at Slsseton, S. D.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 2. A special to
the Pioneer-Press from Slsseton. S. D.. I ,he scene of the disaster. There la no out
says Balne, the famous Indian foot ball ward sign of fire, but It is believed that
player, who played half back on ihe WJs-! Are is raging beyond the debris and coal,
consln university team two years ago
was tonight shot and probably fatally
wounded by Night Watchman Mahoney.'
Balne, who Is said to have been drinking,
drew a revolver nnd began firing promis
cuously. Mahoney sppfared on the scene
and ordered him to cease firing, whereupon
the Indian turned his weapon on the offiaer.
Before he could shoot again, however.
I Mahoney drew his revolver and fird. shoot-
! nainP ,,,ru,,n ,h' Baln" h
' acieu vouen on un niiniiiii;i yvgricui-
tural team during the past season.
FUND EXCEEDS ONE MILLION
Subscriptions for A'd of Jewish
Victims of Russian Klota
Increase Hapldly.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2 Tt day's contribu
tions for the relief of the Jewish victims
of the Russian atrocities amounted to
-o.i.w. inuitiiie a Kruno, luwi oi comriD'j
tlons to the fund
of 11,007.511.
Movements of Ocean Vesaels Dec. 2.
At New York-Sailed- New York, for
boutnmnpton; i.ucania, for Liverpool; Min
' neapoils. for London: Pennsylvania, for
Dover and Hamburg
; At Copenhagen Sailed:
United States,
Caronla, from
for New iork.
At Que.-nstown Arrived:
i New York.
At Southampton Sailed:
for New York.
Philadelphia.
At Havre-Sailed: I -A Savoie.
I York.
for New
Liverpool Sailed : Campania, for New
, Y.n-k.
At Antwerp-balled: Vaderland, for
Yoik.
New
I At Rotterdam Arrived: Potsdam
, New Yoi k.
from
At Naples Art ived : Konlgen I.uise. from
' New Yni k.
from
from
for
I At livmouth- Arrived . St. Paul.
INew York.
At ( 'hertHiin g-Hailed : Philadelphia
New York.
NINETEEN MEN DEAD
Another Disaitroni TxpWon in Vine Ho,
1 at Diainondyille, Wyoming.
ALL VICTIMS ARE INSTANTLY KILLED
Disaster Probab'y Duo to What Is Known
as Blown Out Shot.
WORK OF RESCUE PROCECOS SLOWLY
Relief Orsws Frequently Torosd Out of
, Mini by Afterdamp.
ONLY THE NIGHT i HIFT WAS AT WORK
Had Accident Occurred Dorlna; tha
Day the Loss of Life Would
Have Been Much
Greater.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Dee. l-(Specla
Telegram.) At 1 o'clock this morning an
explosion of dust occurred in mine No. 1
of the Diamond Coal and Coke company at
Dlamondvllle. Wyo.. completely wrecking
the upper levels of the colliery und snuffing
out tho lives of nineteen men. It was ten
hours before the rescuers were able to
penetrate tho mine to a sufficient depth to
reach the first man. and not until 11
o'clock today were the fears .of the rela
tives of the entombed miners confirmed
when the blackened und charred remains
of Robert Marshall were brought to the
surface. His body was buried Into an un
recognizable mass, and the only method b;.
which he was Identified was the brass mine
check carried by the victim. Marshall .
body was burled under a mass of timbers,
earth and coal which completely choked
the passape.
Snperlntendent Ove-rrome.
The relief party that recovenid the body
was headed by Superintendent Thomas
Sneddon, who was overcome by the gases
and had to be carried from the mine. Ho
Is In a precarious condition and may not
recover. There are eighteen men still In
tho mine, nnd all hope that they are alive
was abandoned. The names of the un
fortunates aro not obtainable at this time.
Seven are Austrians, live are Flnlanders.
one Is a Scotchman, one an American and
four are Englishmen. The upper workings
of the mine were completely wrecked and
nil of the nlr brattices destroyed. The re-
j lief workers are erecting new brattices and
i fresh air is being pumped Into the mine
' as fast ns the piles of debris can bo
' removed. The mine emitted smoke for a
i time and it was feared the workings were
i . . ...... - i j
on nro ana inni ino namee wouiu mm
horror to. the disaster, but the flames were
extinguished.
Work of Relief.
The relief workers have been taking turn
about working hour shifts ever since th.
accident occurred and fresh men are nor.
on their way from Rock Springs and
Ilanna. The mine will be cleared as soon
as possible and tho charred bodies removei .
The disaster was probably due . to. what
known V. a blown out shot
Dlamondvllle mine No. 1 haa been it
operation about ten years and Is one of
the largest In the state, Its full complement
0f men Is .110. and last year It produced
about 39 000 tons of coal,
This Is the second explosion that has
, occurred In this mine, the first occuiing
' on February 2i, 1901, when thirty-two lives
' were snuffed out bv an explosion and the
. fire (hat followed. The mine was on fire
' f,- ii.v. Kn t I. Vnn
i one of the best In this state, the appliances
therein to prevent accidents being the best
I and most modern that money can buy.
Partial List of Victims.
j SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 2.-A special to
' the Tribune from Dlamondvllle says about
i twenty men were in tho mine, two of whom,
the rope runner and the shift boss, left
; the mine about five minutes before th
explosion. The following are known to be
In the mine:
Robert Marshall.
Kerdlnar.do GabardL
Antonio MartiL'nano.
Jol r. D. Grlmshaw.
William Wilson.
Henry Rlngwood.
Gust Johnson.
John Kasarl.
Henry Usatalo.
John Johnson.
The main force of the explosion was at
the twelfth level, about 4,000 feet from the
mouth of the mine. It made matchwood
of the SxS timbers, the cement and stone
stoplngs from eighteen to twenty-four
inches thick wnre torn from their placei
and strewn throughout tho mine. The work
of rescue la proceeding as rapidly as Is
consistent with safety. Canvas brattices
are being erected by the rescue party as
It proceeds, but progress Is hampered by
the presence of gas. which makes It neces
sary to carry the air with the workmen.
The rescue parly has reached the tenth
' level and has about 200 feet to go to reach
IMPERTINENT, SAYS PABST
Attorneys for Brewers Decline to
Reply to Anti-Trust Complaint
Until It Is Amended.
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Dec. 2 Alleging
that part of the complulnt of the govern-
, nient against the Milwaukee Refrigerator
Transit company, the Pabst Brewing com
pany and the several railroads "Is scan
dalous snd Impertinent," attorney for the
Fabet Brewing company today filed In tho
United States district court's offloe an ex
ception to the complaint, demanding that
the scandalous matter be expunged before
the brewing company shall be compelled
to file Its answer.
The charge to which the company's at
torneys take exception la the assertion that
Gustav C. Pahu and Frederick Pabu
j habitually received rebates and con-essions
- i from the railroads before the law
was
, Dag,
passed making such action Illegal.
MINE WORKERS CONVENTION
Call Issued for Seventeenth Annual
Session nt Indianapolis
Jannary 17.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Dec. 2-Ths call
for the seventeenth annuul convention t.T
the Mine Workers' has been lasued from
the general rfllces notifying the locals that
the convention will re held In Indianapolis
beginning January PI. All- the business
transacted by tho executive hcurd of th.
United Mine Workeis' In 0c two ess.-in4
this afternoon was of a private nature
nd nothing was given out for publication.
Adjournment was taken until aioaduy
morning.