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J Omaha : Daily Bee.. BEST PEOPLE READ THE BEE BECAUSE IT IS BEST PEOPLE ARE NOW KNOWN BYTliE PAPERS THEY READ OMAHA, TUESDAY, MOHNIXO, . DECEMBER 5, lOUVTEN PAOES. STXULE COPY THREE CENTS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. 1 HE BALFOUR DROPS OUT Premier Teidert Bssirnation tf CaVnet jVeraVrs to the King. 3 KAJ.S1Y AT ONCE ACCEPTS THEM HIS New lUinU-ry Will B Headed b; Sir Henry Campbell-Banuenriari. rR3Gl-M 13 CUT AND DRIED Rumor that Hew Leadtr Has Hit in is.en Already keleo'.td. L:RD i'.CSEBERY ViilL t: IGNORED John Morley Mated "r "" Office ind Herbert AniHli for Chancellor the F.mena.ur. leJNDON, Dec 4. -The political crisis In the United Kingdom reached climax to day when Arthur J. Balfour, the premier, formally tendered the realfnatlone of htm relf and hl cabinet to Klnf Edward, who accepted them. The majority ha Invited Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman to an Interview tomorrow, when he will offer him the mission of forming- a new cahlnet. Hir Henry will accept the task and within a few daya, even within a few houra, a new government will h formed. A brief official announcement waa made tonight that the cabinet had resigned, that the king had accepted .the resignations of hU mlniatera and that Blr Henry Campbell Bannerman had been ent for. It would now appear that the entire program has been cut and dried for aome time and It la even probable that the liberal leader has already completed hie cabinet, though thla, like anything else connected , with British officialdom, must be left to aurmlse. - Will Ignore Koaebrry. It may be stated as-certain that Lord Roaebery wil be entirely ignored In the make up of' the cabinet, and that John Morley will be one of the chlut adviser of Sir Henry In drawing up the list of his official family which will be presented to hla ftiftJoBty. Mr. Slorley. himself. Is considered Ukcly to go to the Indian office, and It Is probable that Herbert Heajry Asqiilth will be chancellor of the exchequer. The foreign affulrs portfolio will go etthec to Lord. Elgin or Sir Edward Grey, though the latter Is considered likely to be made , secretary for the colonies. The meeting of the privy council, which was set for tomorrow morning, has been postponed. It Is understood that the king will leave tomorrow, to be the guest at Lord Alllng ton'a house party at Crlchcl, Wlmborn, ln:l this in still Indefinite. 1.1st of Honor Issued. A piirtiitl list of the honors usually con iV.reo nn the retirement of the govern ment was Issued tonight. It Includes a leiigo for Blr Thomas Sanderson, the re- liting und'.-r secretary of atate for foreign uftutra, and a pumber of minor honors. It in ex; ev'ti'd thu-t the honora to be conferred -pruniliuwil" Bt;nbi of the rvtirlng liovcriur.eot will ,bo announced shortly, wite tiling la certain, thut . Blr llcnry v.knijtbcll-Bunnerman litfs explained hln altitude on home rulu for Irclnnd, lu those - i.'ueial luuderg who are known to be op- pused to home rule on the linos of the last bills Introduced In Partuimenl. Since Ills xnuech at Stirling,- which raised such a furore, Bir Henry nas not made any statement, but It la confidently asserted in l liu liberal clubs that he Is ready with a policy which will secure the adhesion of Llio. nationalists and at the same time avoid raising the issue as one of thf most iuoiuln4.nl planks In his plutfurni. Fatnre of Parliament. There la some uncertainly as to when 1 1 io dissolution ot Parliament will be. t-f-icctlve. but It Is not considered probable until after the new year. As Interesting feature of the political Mtuatlon ia the possibility of a closer al llauoe between the Irish and ( the labor party in the new Parliament. - Judge - Kler Hardlo, the socialist and Independent member, In a political speech tonight irnkly Invited suh au alliance. Ho po)nte4 out that forty-five members com bined with keventy-flve Irish members would provide a voting strength which no toyernment, however strong, could afford td Jgnore, , - BADGER LEGISLATURE MEETS (Governor LaFollette's Message Not ,- Ready and Adjournment Is Taken I'nttl Today. .YJADISON. Wis., Dec. 4. The legislature, w l.kh has been called together for a special neslon- by Governor ' Lafollette, met here at I o'clock this afternoon, but beyond organising nothing was accomplished. The anxiously awaited message of the governor was not ready , and an adjourn ment was taken until 9:30 tomorrow, when It is understood the nieaauge .will be re ceived and read. I'p to tonight the gov ernor had not made uny move showing what plans he has for the future. There are those who believe he will resign the governorship nnd go to the United States -enete, while others believe ho will notify the legislature thai he does not care to go to Washington and In the senatorial elec tion that will then follow will try to obtain the election of Isaac Stephonson of Martin-He. What the message of the governor will tontaln nobody knows with any degree of certainty. It Is generally believed, how ever, that his message will touch on the rovUlon of the railroad, the tax and the primary insurance luwa ot the state. JEWS MARCH IN MOURNING rif tork and Chicago Remember , Their Frlenda Killed la ft as. alan Massacres. ' NSW VORK. Dee. 4. One thousand Jews, each beertng a band of crape on the left arm, marched under a myriad of black J banner througfl the principal streets of j the east side today accompanied by bands playing dirges In memory of the Jews ' massacred In Russia. Hundreds of women ; and children grouped in singing bands were scattered throughout the long parade. A procession marched lo the plga in Union square where it resolved Itself Into a mass meeting to formulate resolutions. ; Kansas. United States District Attorney CHICAGO, Dec. 4. At all of the Jewish , Dean recently went to Washington to con booses of worship In the city memorial fer with officials of the Department of services were held today for the Jews killed Justice regarding the prosecution of the in the massacres In Russia. Lhtle business cattlemen. One ot the Important cows of waa done by the Jew merchants in any p. i.t uf tbe city.' 143KPOK. Dec. . According to official Jewish Information, massacres of J , Mcurr4 lit 130 kK-aU'las in Russia. EXTREME TENSION IN RUSSIA Telegraph Blockade- tnniluuea anil Cabinet Council Consults f.emnt- HT. PBTKRPnt RU. Dec. 3-9 p. m.-lVki East Prusslir-,r,"C. 4.) Tbe rlty. fmalilf fiulet but ex .. I tension prevails. Arni'-d patrol's of cl i'i and Infantry nre In the streets, espt , In the neighborhood of the telcgr.' I hec. The telegraph Hnd postal tlru lns complete. The tele graph operj a; -met yesterday's threat to discharge f iodny unless they returned to work bj vlng to prosecute the s'rlke until thrlr I mlii nre satisfied, t The Leu T leagues, which In Iswuin? decrees If leritable provisional govern ment, tin ;'ly defied the prefects warn ing: to w ( delegates and agitators that env attempts to persuade employee to lenve ' their work would lead to their arrest and a fine of $;S". and la Issuing a counter procla mation warning not only the Russian, but the Danish operators to Work at their peril. The authorities profess confidence that the atrlke will be broken In a few days, but the busts of their optimism In not mated. Count Wlttr la now convinced that the emperor by acceding to the demand for unl- versal suffrage may still Jlnd a common ; ground on which the government and the j shf.uld be Informed of them. This has re moderatea and tlw extremo elements can , suited In a reduction of the volume of stsn-1. If this falls to stay Ibc headlong march of events, the proclamation of a ready-made constitution might be tried as the last card. Then nothing would remsln except the proclamation of a dictatorship. Competent Judges of the situation be- : lleve that a dictatorship, while It might re- jM7 strain the rising flood temporarily, would i The prospective Increase relates largely only Increase the dimensions of the cata-! to expenses of the I'nlted States courts , . , ,. .. ... ,u congress having raised the compensation of clyem and when the dam goes sweep the h,1Hfril nnd rH)rfl bv 1(, B(t of Mrch , government and dynnsty nway to common : 1H15. and . added largely to the expenses rln under the appropriation "miscellaneous ex- , ' . . ... ..i... .,,. penses. United States courts," by the act In order to convince the semstvoists that )( Janlwry dlvVrting AlasUa the government Is honestly trying to meet revenues from the payment of court ex thc wishes of the moderate and substantial penses and establishing A fund known as , !-... mi.,. ,. i,,.i.h dele. , the "Alaska fund." These two Items alone element. Count Wltte has Invited a dele- rrprPBPnt nf.arIv one-half of the total In gatlon of the Moscow congress to partlcl- crease. pate In the sessions of the cabinet In the legislation Recommended, election law, which Is continued last night Tn public Interests urgently demand the nnd todav. A decision was reached to apportionment of another Judge for the grant practically universal, secret and equal , '-, -'-'j; ft- Hty-'U'w suffrage to males .5 years old on the basis Y)rk i7nder existing conditions it Is lm of one representative for 250,000 of popula- possible to obtain sufficient time for the Hon. but Count Wltte refused to yield trial and "'i"HIn of ,"mj .. . ' With the priority which Is and should be direct suffrage to the country dlstllcts ( gv,n to ,h(, trlft, of c(wa wher the where there will lie a double set of electors, defendants are In prison awaiting trial, Cnless the extremists ore willing to nccept ; 'J " mti" ,lm.r..fVB.l!ab,e .for th'. tr,iU .... . . of ball cases so little that at some terms this solution, the support of the modeiates i f cour, ,t , mnol1,,bI. to try a ,nRle will not greatly Improve the situation, as I ball case. The obvious results are that the the latter In the present crisis Is almost i district attorney Is under a species of moral I ii ... ... . u i, i. t,.n . compulsion to make the best disposition of a negligible quantity. Perhaps It is too tn h( , n obtain by the con- much to nope mat tne social 1-evoiuuoui.ry lenders, drunk with the success achieved can be Induced to cease their efforts, which are now entirely directed to winning over the army. The telegraph operators havo replied to Count Wltte's refusal to treat with them by an open letter, declaring they will have no relations with Interior Minister Duranovo, and win continue the atrlke and demand the liberation and rein statement of their arretted comrades. The threatened atrlke of the police and house porters today did ,not materialize. The mutineers of Sebastopol will be tried by court martini. MOSCOW, Pec. J (Via Eydtkuhnen. Dec. 4) The congress ol telegraphers has adopted a resolution to continue the strike, dtclar- Ing -thaf H win Impossible to socure- J-l tico mitll a regime, or civil liberty is luira duced by a conntltuent assembly. The house portcre declared a strike today. The or ators harangued the crowd from the block on which the Strelllzers were executed. The meeting was dispersed by dragoons. NATIVE POLICEMAN MURDERED Llentenant of t'oaatfalary Man and Then Says Funnd Dead Body. h hoot a He .. 1 viu r 1.. lit. u nit CKBL, Dec. 4.-Vla ManlU.-Llautt lunt Charles Pendleton of the constabulary or dered four native soldiers Into the vehicle In which he wus driving. A native police man ordered llim to light the lumps on the vehlclu wheti Pendleton shot him dead. He then continued on his way, but re turned later and obtafued the body, which he delivered td.the police, claiming thut he had found the man dead on the road. The soldiers accompanying hlin' confirmed his story until toduy, when they broke down. Pendleton hud been drinking. . Pendleton's family reside at Atlanta, Ga. He waa formerly a ' sergeant In the Seventy-first regiment of New York. He has been held for murder. CONSUL LAY DEMANDS ACTION American Ohielal Instate I'pon Iutine dlnte Kxevdtion of Murderers of ; Preabyterlnn Missionaries. ' I , LONDON. Dec. 6. The Correspondent of the Dully Chronicle at Hung Kolig says that Julius G. Iay, the American consul general at Canton, China, . who has Just completed his investigation Into the recent murder, of five Presbyteriun missionaries at Llen'chau, In the province of Canton, Insists on the execution of the. murderers before the commission of Inquiry leaves Llenchau. ' FLEET TAKES ANOTHER ISLAND Bqaadron of Powers Occupies Lcinnoa lu Kuropran Turkey and Haltaii Is F.xperted to Yield, LONDON. Dec. 5. Tlia Vienuu corre spondent of the Dally Telegraph says the International fleet has occupied the Island of Ijemnos, In En roi.ean Turkey. The Austrian Foreign office expects that the porte will Immediately acquleace in the demands of the powers. Kobel Prises Awarded. STOCKHOLM, Dec. 4.-Thc Nobel prise commission Is understood to have decided to award the prise for literature to Henrik Slenklewci and the prlxe for medicine 19 Prof. Robert Koch. LAND FRAUDS IN KANSAS Federal tirand Jary at Toseka Begtaa Investigating Fearing of Public Domain. TOPEKA. Kan.. Dec. 4. The special 1'ulted States grand Jury called to investi gate alleged land frauds in Kansas com menced Its work at Topeka today. Before taking up the alleged land swindles the nd jury will Investigate the fencing of gra ' public Und by the cattle barons of western this class will be tltat of John A. Kelly of Stevens county, who. It Is alleged, has traced In a single pasture containing about fifty-four square miles, over half of which i;l government land; MOODY MARES HIS REPORT Attorney Gsaerai Would Hare Criminal Lawa Amended 10 Aid Governmeot. DIFFICULT TO STOP DISCRIMINATION shipper Mighl Sat Aak Rebate j If They WiM Keener a Just J Kate Without Loner I ' ' Delai. . - i ! WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.-Thc minimi report of Attorney General Moody wn made public today. In part It Is as fnl low: . DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICK. tVASH- INGTON, t. C. Dee. I. To the Hennte nnd House of Representatives of these Vnlted mstes or America In congress An,nleii: I have the honor to submit the following report of the buslnc of the Department of Justice during the fiscal year ended June . Wfi, an required by law: In conformity with the common desire to reduce unnecessary printing. 1 hove omitted, os exhibits, report to the attor-ney-general which have heretofore been Included, and have endeavored to report to the congress Only those matters which are Vi-.V,.!. Z, hi In.Z. i me rnriii ny iiooui jj pages. A npronrtatlonn. Although In a number of cases I' bns ....... I ...... ... I L . , . .. 1 . !... I m 1 "''l" '". ''' ";' "" '" the estlAiates of annronrlatlons under the Department of Justice as a whole aggregate ?.M.i.ft..t. and exceed trie appropriations tor sent ot trie deletulsnts counsel, nnd that many cases are so delayed that the wit nesses scatter or die and Justice Is de feated. It la the general practice of the courts to give precedence to criminal cases over civil cases, but thla practice does not pre vail In this district. For many years In dictments have been returned In the circuit .ourt and the cases have been disposed of tinder a special proviolon of the Reviled Statutes fsectlon Co), which establishes six terms annually of the circuit court for .hln district exclusively for the trial and dispo sition of criminal cases. By section 13. Revised Statutes, these terms may be held by the circuit Judge or by either of the Judges of the southern district or by the Judge of the 'eastern district of New York. In point of fact these terms ore held, in-vr.-. Uibl. by the' judge of thr eastern -jl's-trlct of New Yprk, who. . by statute,, re. Colves extra coniix.nnatlon for the perform- once of thiw. I'uty. The' work of Thf-" ch-cuif "co'OrY ua pre vented the circuit Judge from presiding at these criminal terms, and the two Judges of . this -district regard the disposition of the civil huuiness as preventing them from presiding at these terms. The business of the eastern district, which' has only one Judge, has much increased and the judija or Uiat district cuu no longer hold these criminal terms for the southern district, except at a naci'ltlc, ot the Interests of hi own district, which he, ought not , to be called upon to make. I therefore - recommend the lmmediato enactment of a law providing for- the sp poiiitiuent of an additional district ludgc , for the southern district. ot New York, j .Amendment of Criminal Law. "c tM"-i " R"'"6 HiiwuniiKiinil ,n tM administration of u,e iuw whi-h arises from the Inability of. the t.'n'ted States to bring an offender duly clmrm.d by indictment wilh an offense against the United States to the place where aloni the indictment against him can be tried, 'can not be too often or too emphatically pre sented to the congress. In my last annual report attention of the congress was Invited r thic subject, but owing to the shortness if ;he sexyion no action was taken, in the revtwil slates the usual, if not the Inv-iil i,le. prac-iico evidence of falling and was assisted from1 is that the process ot-the xunonior f.ouits1... ru,.,.. ,. ,,, . , . for the apprehension of one accuv! of j . c,?u 1 r0?n Eefo',e H:ins taken ba-k crime against , the state runs evrv,vher.. ! to Jail she suld she would give tho names w within . the state, even though the ten l- I Trustee Nuthun Loener In private and he ! ' "'. JuriuiHuuun ot me trim court oe There is no constitutional reason whv the crlmiuul process of uny or the court's of the. United States - should not in like manner run throughout lis territorial ex tent. But the existing law does nul author izu the process so to run. The usual nractice whirl, is followed In such cases is -that when an indlcinient by ! a grand Jury is returned n warrant issue 1 to the marshal for the arrest of the do- j fenduut. If after search that -officer Is I unable to find the delondanl wlUdn his dis- win. ... naiium . ir.u. U.-U IO I. IB COUll with the itidoi-Meimtiit tl.t 1 1.- ,i,.f,.i,.r,t is "not found." If the defeuduut Is believed of tne Harvard oot bull squad, and Hcr to be In another iliMrict. the In I led States ! bert White, connected with the athletic as altoiney of that dletricl is Informed Mil 1 .i,i , make, the fact known to the proper offl- ri h I niMiiMiiv jt I ntttvl RfViisu. i.ri.tiu4i,.n..i under-section K'H, whereupon a warrant I which came to a clone last Saturday, tho e'nf XBVus'e5UU secu,Ieed.,,l? i prwWnt "aJ " "' ith Dr. ROed. is a finding adverse to him by the com- i Walter Cnmp and several other authorities mlssioner, opportunity for bail Is given. Ion the game, with a view to such a modi and if that Is not furnished an order for fication of the rules as would .Hrnir.n., u. the removal of the prisoner Is sought from I neuI"m OI tne rulea ".ouid eliminate Its the district Judge. It has alwava been l brutal features and prevent slugging so fur the contention of this department that the uiiini........... u. . niu .i.u., ii... in ami tne nn,.i r t lie i.ieni iv of t i,u ,if....,. . - al. This cor.: ronciusive grounas lor reniov tention has. however, not been supported Mt, i In accordance with the principles cnun- ! elated, the defendant is entitled lo a hear, UM.i .-.. iu,r...-A ... . t in appeal from i.ls decision; upon all tli" evidence, to the district Judue to whom up- plication Is made for removal. Thla gives' ia filffhaai atlmi W 11 1i I V I'm- art I n 41 ..-. n 1 to tha aunrema court I v L" leU i UT" ' a writ of habeas corpus. which results 1.. delay, even though the appeal be unavail ing. In the Beavers case thedecisions of the federal courts foi tho districts of New York were modified to the extent, at leant, of holding that an indictment is Itself together with pivof of identity, prima facie evidence of the exiHleuce of probable cause for removal. .The court in that, case left open the further, question whether the In dictinent. with proof ot Identity. Is ,i.n. elusive evidence of the existence of prob- able cause. But whatever rules of law l ,.,!, ,n Km an..u.kl. ... 1 . the arrest and prweedlngs for removal to I -mi.-...-. I..HH as the district In which the trial must be had are regarded as oiiglnul and Independent tirnoeedlngs. delays may occur, multlnliad by vexatious and unfounded appeals. In only one way can these abuaes be . up rooted, and that is by providing that the writ of'ths United Slates sha'i run every, where within Its borders, thus bringing speedily and effectively the accused to th district in which he Is Indicted and must be tried. Revleiv in Criminal Cases. The attorney general. In hla annual report ! Vr.UTea? "lU'.'n'd f,,""! mode certain recommendations to congress rn relation to the necessity of Drovlriinir by suitable legislation, for an appeal on the part of the government In cases of de- clslons adverse to the United State, by tha courts upon demurrer interposed to in - dl. tments. Up lo the Presenf time, with 1 ISC rairunwii - w . hit viwjr or th Dim rut of rolnrnhi-, no lesmlaUoti haa bem enacted making this pruvislon. It Is no infrequent occurrence for the court lo sustain, demurrers io iodlctii.ents. (CoutluueU ou Sec lid Page. RECEIVER FOR TWO ROADS Jnrison Harmon' Take harae of C, H. D. and lere Marinette l.lnea i Order of federal f'oart. CINCINNATI, pec; 4.-,The Cincinnati. Hamilton Dayton and the Terr Marquette j rallr'Wdi were ordered plnred In th hands of a receiver by United Slate Circuit Court ju,(Te Mnry Lurtont tonight nnd Jit.lson Harmon, former 'United .Statea attorney Brneml, was appointed .receiver. giving bond for a lot1 of S?0o,eiin, The application was made by Attorneys Lnwrence Maxwell. Jr.. on behalf of Walter B. Horn of New j Vork. creditor of both inds. and was agreed to by fhe defendants In answers ad mitting the principal charges of Insolvency. In the main application for a rerelver for the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, which was flrM filed. It was declared that Walter U. Horn, a resident of New York, was a creditor to the amount of ffi2.9W.ia for money loaned, now dif, and which the de fendant had admitted !U Inability to pay. The defendant company; wns declared lo have b'en solvent prior to July 7. 1tM. on which date It came under a different con- j trolling Influence and assumed large obllga- j lions, one of thew Itelng t)ie purchase of . ", "mrP'' of 1 rrP Mr""ette stocn tor ; $i:.500.nro. A second, a tripartite agreement : between the defendant and the Perr Mar-! rjuette nnd the Toledo Rullwny and Tcr-I mlnal c.mipnny Involving large obligations for terminals at Toledo,' and third, an - j ..... Hgrecnient to carry MWi,ono ponds issued . .. ... . ' by the Tcre Marquette to cover its purchase of the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville rail way. Since July 7. 1P0t. the funded debt has been Increased more than $25,000,000. carry ing an Increase In the fixed charges of over fl.OCn.000 (exclusive f further annual charges over ?STS.0f) on the lease of the ; Perc Marquette, and the floating debt had been Increaced until It exceeds Jfi.OW.000. Attorney S. Stevens at once presented the answer of the company explaining that It was sworn to by President Brownell of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton company on the authority of the directors. The In solvincy was admitted, the statement of a deficit of more th.-in Sr.,i0.000, with various suits threntened, being made In the answer. The history of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton road has been full of Incident and at times somewhat sensational. It ha a hod many owners, among them Bray ton Ives, Calvin Brtrc, Bugeue Zimmerman, the Erie railway nnd J. P. Morgan, who relieved the Erie of the road a few days ajro. ' v MRS. CHADWICK IN COLLAPSE Starts to &amc Some of Her Asso ciates In Financial Denis, lint Fails. ; CLEVELAND," Dec. 4 Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwlck was taken Into the federal bank ruptcy court today upon her own request, for the purpose, as she staled, cf complet ing her testimony art to some of her finan cial dealings. Although she hits recently stated that she could .rpveal certain facts of importance, nothing of that nature was brought 'out and the ;)iearlng ended with Mrs. Chadwlck In a condition bordering on collapse. i.B. u.aw. saio jiRr ane woma mane mym '- Ttatemto.fi? num.n' lir ..Bat una pjunouo; a certain persons , whom she allured have benefited greatly through her dealings would first tell what they knew. She mentioned Dr. W. Ii. Kitchen, president of the State Savings and ; Trust company of this city, and J. A. Smith, an attorney and one of the direc- tor. of the bank Attorney Smith stated to the courcthat the only dealing he had - h " . - - w hfni- . H borrowed SS.) from, the, . ?, h8r..mt",V1l1Iate, tbe mT!yi i-iTe jrTm i "" ""'"T . . 1 1 "J!.""".:., ... said she did not wish to give them in pub- He .t,in ih.. -i, t . ' anybody exposed. She said that these per- .oo h-,i w i,n..H .., hundreds of thousands of . , ,, . ,. tt dollars by her t t. . , t be recovered for and that the money niigli the benefit of the creditors If SJlts were f begun. Pressed for the names . she re- fused to give them and finally showed. could do what he thought best. I FOOT BALL AT WHITE HOUSE President Has Further Conference vrltb Harvard Coaches- About Modification of Rulea. WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. Among Prest- dent Roostvelt's guests at luncheon toduy w,.rn rv Willi,!,. T Ree.l Ii. , " ' r0 Ul- WHIUiu 1. Reed, Jr. head couch " " ," iJinninJ of Z Z . i .. : At the LM'Sinnlnir of tlie foot liali Kiumni as possible, und at the same time bring ,nn. more mmn nluv It n.-,. tu , auoui more oiien piaj. ii wus too late at I that time to make uny changes in the rulta for the present season, but the coaches!" n. to u,e their infiuence to prevent I H.lldllia. tar w ' unnecessary oruianty oy teams wmi wnicn thev were ei.nnectrd and to consider In .he I U"ht uf 1'velopments changes In the rules I ' llle ga,ne The conference today, which was cum- . . .... 1 1 e pisldent to .. .T, . vations or Ur. l-aratlvely brief, enable th. 1 get the benefit of the obsei Reed. While nothing was disclosed regard ing the detaUs of the conference. It Is ; stated that no conclusions of a definite j character were reached. The president la ' anxious thai the game of foot ball should not be abandoned, but he strongly favors I Indicated Inless brutality and danger the lives of players Is reduced materially, 1 he realize, that the Mwt practically U t v - j,j , xhe nreKident !. rr.rrrl.. j sonally and by letter with foot ball au - ithoritles and ss yet Is not prepared to an- nounce the result. SWIFT AND C0MPANY SPREAD Directors Vote to lacreaae Capital Stock From Tseatr.Sr to Kitty Millions. CHICAGO. Dec. 4. The directors of Swift and Company have voted to increase the 1 canlta stock of the company bv Kl.onD.fm. 1 which will bring the total up to . SSO.GuG.tm . , , . , . , , ' ' In a -'rru'ar ""rJ ,ody th stockholdere ; are asked that the proposition he voted I upon at the annual meeting, to be held January 4. 180H. As the company is con trolled by the directors through stock hold ings, the proposition will be favorably acted upon.- The immediate purpose of the increase i not slated. MASK' NEW MEN IN DOUSE Nebraska Fnrniahoa Two of the Eighty Ln tering Up in Their First Terns. STATE FARES WELL IN DRAWING FOR SEATS Klnkald Introduce Bill on First Day for Public Ralldlnga at Kear ney and orth Matte oath Dakotuna Alao Busy. iFYom a Staff Correspondent ) WASHINGTON, Dec. 4-tSpeclnl Tele gram.) The scenes attendant upon the opening of former congresses were noticeable by their absence when the two houses of the fifty-ninth congrcsa as sembled at noon today. Flowers were wholly lacking from the brilliancy which marked other assemblages of a similar character. The crowded galleries, largely made up of splendidly gowned women, gave the onlv suggestion of color to an otherwise common-place picture. Senators occupied their scats with little regard for tn,Mr HCnnlng of a new congress. They had. with one or two exceptions, qualified before, at the extra-session called 0 confirm the president s cabinet and lo do those things which, under the constl- tutlon, wholly devolves upon the senate. In the house, however, an entirely dlf- ' ferent rcene was nlctured I'rjwards of nem w.is piriurcn. I prn oi eighty new men were to be sworn in and the democratic minority was to be rele gated to a atlll smaller space than it occu pied In the preceding congress. The senate took Just twenty-five minutes to organise, appoint Its committees and adjourn for the day. As for the house, It was In continuous aesslon from noon until 8:i o'clock, during which time it elected a speaker, qualified Its members, had a tilt over the adoption of the rules and, by Immemorial custom, indulged in the lottery of selecting seats for the members. Hlnshaw the Lucky Kebraakan. Of the Nebraska delegation. Congressman Hinshaw's name was the first out of the box. He selected a seat next to Dalxell of Pennsylvania, who, as one of the leaders of ti e house, Was given permission to re tain the seat he occupied In the Fifty eighth congress. With the exception of Klnkald, the Nebraskans were exception ally fortunate, the bachelor from the Sixth being compelled to take a seat In the "Cherokee strip," the name given to a row of seats far on the right of the speaker and on the democratic side. But Klnkald baa no reason to complain, for many of the oldtlmera in the houae Crunvpacker, Mann and ex-Governor Powers all fell by the wayside and were forced to Join the Nebraska .representative on the same side. Congressman Kennedy was for tunate in the choice of a scat. Although on the democratic side, made necessary by reason of the republican excess over - the last congress, Mr. Kennedy woa privileged to select a seat In the main body of the house and within two rows of the leader of the minority, John Sharp .Williams. Judge Norrls has distinguished associates with him In hla row. McCleary of Minne sota and Burton of Ohio. Mr. McCarthy of the Third district selected a splendid 8at immedlatrlr In the rear of Judge t x0vria. and surttundea y men wl.WP nameg nave ngnlred n legislation for a tnrd ot a contury Tne new representative from the First district, E- M. Pollard, had his luck with Wm , 8eIcctlon of gfat, Seating on th repubUcnn .8lde and not far away from p , Tawney. Daltell and near , co)leaeue. Hinahaw. , As for the South Dakota delegation. Burke and Martin, the marbles carrying thelr numbcr. refuB(M, to rapona to tn. of the blindfolded . page until far down the list, and then they were com i peiod to take seats near the laBt row on th reP"bllcan side. J Generally, the Iowa delegation fared well aw",n' th " er from the Second district, succeeding Judge Wade, democrat. selecting one ot the best seats In the hall, ! , , , . - ,., , . , , within three rows of the speaker s desk, , - , . , , lw M.,t whlle Judge Conner, of the Tenth district was compelled to take a seat far to the ' Throughout the drawing It was noticeable that the veterans were being left till , tho iust and the youngsters were getting all ana the ounste,s ere 6etting all Plums. Harlau for Another Term. Senators Millard and Burkett have recom mended the reappointment of N. V. Har lan of Tork, Neb., to be United Stares dis trict attorney for Alaska'. Judge Harlan's commission expires this month. seeds for Nebraska Youth. i E. C. Bishop,' deputy state superintendent I of public Instruction, und maoager of the Nebraska Girls' and Boys' club, has written Senator Burkett asking for a donation of seeds in tho corn growing contest to be i inaugurated next year. He predicts that 5(0 boys will enter the contest, and reports ' lhat "e Interest aroused in the boys' and girls' clubs, which will hold their state meeting on December 15, is growing every duy. The- Department of Agriculture will ; send a representative to attend the meet ing. ! Tonight Mi. i Millard, daughter of the ! senator, entertained at dinner Representa- tive and Mrs. NorrU, Mr. and Mrs. Pollard, I ' . " ' " . . ' . . . ,r " , ------ U i fcwnerally understood that there will ue no general puuuc ouuaing mil enacted during the' fifty-ninth congress. With this in view. Representative Kinkaid Introduced . ?"bl'c bu"j"nf "'J' fo; Kparne' nd North Platte. The bill for Kearney calls for an .... ... . .... . .. .. ; appropriation of Sl&.OOO and that for North Plutte 11)0.000. Representative Klnkald said today thut he would press these two meas ures at every opportunity und hopes to be successful in enacting them into law. I Representative Burke and Martin of South Dakota are ulno after appropriations n.,t.ll K, ,11.11. f- !. .. to,, ' , W1... j . l l. ,11. ,., ....... ..... . . . .cut ,UDIIL- U,KT" ' -t " r "n ' 1 ttrnnria llflH rif . I17Ti.(lll. for the fnlln&-l.,tf ' ' " i South Dakota towns: Huron,- Watertown, 1 v,..-,...)! -nd i,ua . Cash for Rosebud Lands. The following statement of land disposed Of and money, received . by the government up to September . 1906,. growing out of the "e an1 "lng canrully guarded. I Henry Cuudni. The invocation coinpre sale of lands In Gregory county. South I ! bended a re vie w or the pi acoful and proa- Dakota. In what was formerly the Roseubd 1 emen. o Ocean teasel, llec. 4. j J)t,r(nig 0Oiidltl..ii of the nation, a pick for reeervation, wa, prepared by the genera, 1 ,rAn .Xt" f "Xn U?. ! t" Und office for the Information of South.1, tic, from Naples. Sniled; Prlnjess Irene. 1 eluded :i repetition of the Lords Dakota representatives in congress. The f for Naples. prayer. A roll cull ty states to show the amount of land entered up to September T Dover-Arrived: Finland. tioni New presence of a quorum was at once begun. 30. 1305. was 3iO.(I acres. The amount of , TAt' Plymouth-Arrived : Kaiser Wllliclm I A ' "''',,,' ntcmbera was preent. money received therefor wa. tXC.fill. . The ' der Gross.', from New York. every si at on the republican side of the total area of lands granted to the state' .A Rotterdam-Sailed: Rotterdam, for j lan uiiig occupied, but with few vacant was 59.MJ acres. The Indians. are to receive " Jremen-Bailcd: Maine, for New Y-.rk.i " he d-mocratlc side. At the con- for said lands $78,85si. .Arrived. Bremen, from New York. , elusion of th" toll tali t lerk McDowell Editors at White Honse. A delegation of eighty newspaper men from South Dakota arrived In Washington !..dav and will remain- here for severa toda .no. mil leniain- nere ror seieral tConilnued ou Second Page.) NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair nnd Warmer. Temperatare at Omaha IrMenlsTt Honr. Org. Hnnr. Hen. 1 n. m...... A 1 p, m 24 n n. m H - p. m -7 a. m K a p. m 2 K. n T 4 i, m K I n. m lit A . m 21 l a. m II l r. m til 11 n. m in r p. m 2il 12 m V2 M p. m 2t (I p. in 2f NEBRASKA WOMAN KILLS SELF Jessie Johnson of Wymore nnd Omabn Coramlta nlrlde In ft. Lonls Hotel. ST. LOC1S. Dec. 4.-Speclnl Tch grani.) A well-dressed, handsome young woman, registered ns Jessie Johnston. Omaha,. Neb., was found dead this afternoon In. her room at the Jefferson hotel, with the gas turned on and an almost drained bottle of chloro form on a chair near her. That she had at tempted suicide before Is Indicated by a torn. Unsigned letter, dated December 3, reading as follows: Miss JcskIc Falrchlld, St. Joseph, Mo. My Dear Jessie: Say. Girlie, Just a word of farewell. It's a sure thing this time. Clutched In the woman's hand was a note signed Frank L. Johnstone, Newcastle, Wyo., reading. "When you get old and can not see, put on your glasses and look at me." -In a wnstebasket near the bed were a doien letters torn Into small pieces. Some were from Newcastle, Wyo., some from Edgemont, 8. D., some from Grand Island. Neb., and some from Omaha. One of the torn notes was nddressed to Misses Harriet and Bethany Dawson. Presbyterian hos--pltal. Omaha. A passenger's check put to gether by the coroner showed that the holder. Miss Jessie Johnston, has recently traveled between Edgemont and Lincoln, Neb., and that she was a trained nurse. Jessie Johnson was ill In the Presby l"t!.iii hospital In the latter part of Feb-rvit;-. 1H04. May 1 of the same year alio ."ll-d at the hospital for a position as ti.:li:id nurse, and was kept there on pro bation until May 21, when she waa rejected. When she left she said she was going to Chicago. Recently some of the nurses at the hospital have received letters from her at St. Louis. She was seen In Omaha about two months ago and she said at the time she was working In a hospital, but the au thorities of the Presbyterian hospital say they doubt this. The hospital people understand that she was married tn a switchman In South Omaha named Gardner. Her real name la Johnson, and her parents live In Wymore. MITCHELL AT INDIANAPOLIS Head of Miners Says So Reliable Pre diction of Action on Scnle Ques tion tan Be Made Sow. 1 INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 4.-PresIdent John Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of America, returned to thla city rather un expectedly this morning and presided at the meeting of the national executive board nt headquarters. Routine business occupied the attention ot the board at today's session. President Mitchell.' added hirdMt1' tn- -thwr-Wf tlivJ secretary, that a demand Is to be mode by the . miners for a 12 per cent Increase In the wage scale, or that -he has ever made tho atatement that any attempt to alter the preaent wage scale on the part of the oper ators will mean a strike. President Mitchell says that no prediction of the ac tion of either the miners or the operators In the coming Joint conference- Is reliable. NEW ROAD TO YELLOWSTONE Oregon Short Line to Extend Brunch from St. Anthony. Idaho, to tintea of Park. CHICAGO, Dec. 4. Among the new Hues to be built by the Harrlman system this season, according to the Record-Herald, will bo' an extension of the Oregon Short Lino from St. (Anthony, Idaho, to the Yellowstone National park, by way of Marysvllle, a distance of seventy-four miles. The St Anthony route was aban doned years ago for the Moulda route Into the park, necessitating a long stage ride before the park la reached, and on this account the Oregon Short Line has never been ablo to compete with the Northern Pacific for 'traffic to tho park. With, tho completion of the St. Anthony line tho Oregon Short Line will reach tho very gates of the park, enabling the road to abandon its stage line entirely. SEARCH FOR STOLEN GOLD Mlut (.ashler nt Senttle Believed lo Have Invested Loot in ew Vork and Boston. 8EATTLIC. Wash., Dec. 4. George Ed ward Adums, former cashier of the gov ernment assay office In this city, who is under arrest charged with big defalcations, ia now accused of having purchased, with gold taken from the United States, a bulf Interest In a drug store at Amsterdam, N. Y. His brother. Frank I. Adums. is the owner of the other liulf Interest. Informa- Hon to this effect reached United States Attorney Frye today. Mr. Frye says he will take steps to attach the property. The secret service officials are now making u thorough Investigation In New York and Boston, believing that Adams owned In terests there also. It Is stated that other arrests In connection with the assay office Investigation will conic soon. M'WILLIAMS PLEADS GUILTY lint Maa Who Killed Wife and Five Children Will Be Sentenced Friday. INDEPENDKNCK. Ia. MrWIIllams pleaded guilty here today on three Indictments ' found against 111 in for ! the killing of his wife and five children. 1 Sentence will be pronounced uimn him on Friday. Specialists who have examined i McWIlliams say that ho shows no signs of i Insanity. He has e-iprense.1 a desire to end , At Genoa Arrived : Koemgeii Ioiil.ie. -.rLr t At Clicrbouig Arrived: i.iii Kaiser Willi der tiiusse. from New A oik. 1 At Uv rK.I-Kall-d : Canadian, for 5o , ... Arrlv. .l: Hoh. iiibin ironi Ho.n. ioXi,k.,U"'bUr8"aalU',1: 1'Iel0r'' tur Xvw SOLONS IS SESSION TiftT-Nin'h f ongrei Assembles at Wash ington for Season's Werk. SENATE ADJOURNS IN TWENTY MINUTES Allisoa and Morgan Appointed to Notify Fresideat of Organization. ! CANNON ELECTED SPEAKER OF HOUSE anaaaanananmn Rules of Last Congress Ats Adopted After a Short Debate. COMMITTEES ON RULES AND MILEAGE Both Houses Adjonrn Oat of Respect for Memory of Members Who Died Daring tbe Recess. WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.-The assembling today of the members of the fifty-ninth congress for their first session wa'e marked by no unusual incidents, but it attracted to the capitol crowds of spectator, who took a lively Interest In the proceedings. The day was perfect. The sun shone brightly and the air waa keen. Society waa out In force and filled tho reserved galleries, while visitors unable to find seats roamed the corridors to catch glimpses of puhllc men. In the senate the proceedings were brief, but most of the spectators seemed to find quite as much to Interest them in observing the senators who re mained on tho floor after adjournment as they could have experienced had the ses sion continued longer. The house was In session for more than three hours, and while the proceedings followed the program that has marked the opening of congress for many years, there was enough of Interest to hold an excep tionally large audience during the entire time. One noticeable feature waa the absence of flowers, which heretofore have been com mon to both chambers. On opening daya the display had been so great that this exhibition alone would have been BUfflclont to draw great crowds, and the absence of floral tributes, dye to a resolution adopted unanimously by the senate and to an order of the speaker in the house, robbed the occasion of much of Its pic turesqueness. During tho sessions senators and repre sentatives visited the galleries and chatted with friends. Senators Allison and Morgan were ap pointed by Vice President Fairbanks as a committee to notify the president that con gress was ready for any communication he desired to make. The senate waa In session only twenty minutes. Senators Aldrlch of Rhoade Island. Knox of Penn sylvania, Warner of Missouri and Fraader of Tennessee . took the oath of office and an adjournment was taken as a mark of respect to the late Senator Piatt of Con necticut. Organisation of tha Honse. ' ' ' .Tbe'..prellmIay...stos ,to organisation were taken by tho house. Joseph G. Can non of Illinois was re-elected speaker, tho members ot thd house took tbe oath of office, the officers and floor employee of the body were re-elected, the rulea of the last congress were adopted and members . went through the formality of drawing for seats, all of which was enlivened by the presence of crowds In the galleries, 1 the animation of. the reunion of veteran members and interest of new ones. In a brief speech against the adoption of the rules the minority leader, Mr. Williams of Missouri, touched on the Interest of the country in tariff legislation and told of the new republican "it?eas" which were being "wafted to Washington on breeses from ' every part of the country." Theee, he said, might be properly legislated for should the "minority of the majority" stand with the democratic members tn opposing the adoption of the old rules and forming new ones, which would permit consideration of such legislation as popu lar opinion might dictate. A committee waa appointed to act with tne senate committee In notifying Presi dent Roosevelt that congress waa ready to transact business, the rules committee and the committee on mileage were appointed and the house adjourned, after a session which lasted three and a half hours, tu compliance with resolutions announcing the death of Senator Piatt of Connecticut and Rcptescniutlve Marsh of Illinois. House Called to Order. For un hour preceding the opening ot the Fifty-ninth congress there were scenes of increutilng animation on the floor and In the galleries of the house of representa tives. Legislative veterans exchunged Coidiul greetings and newly elected muinbera made acquaintances. As early as 10 o'clock tho galleries beeun to fill. Admission was by card only and tho many who came to the capitol unprovided thronged the corridors in vain efforts to gain admission. Both republican and democratic rooms were places of animated discussion, tveu j before recess proHpecllve legislation wad .- dlHCUssed. I An Index to the business of the session j was the Industry of mcmbera In Introducing Uils. As many as VQ public Mils have. 1 lK?en placed in un minin 011 ion ciui a disk before 11 o'clock. Speaker Cannon arrived In his office early and for an hour and a liulf before the ses sion began he held an f-ntliusl jstlc recep tion In his office adjoining tho hull of the house . Members of both political parties went to seo him nnd extend congratula tions. Hnlf hour before, noon there wa not an empty mar In the galleries and long lines had formed In the corridors. Kxactly ut noon Major Alexander Mc I Powell, clerk of the house, called the body Dec. 4. William ' ... ,.., ,,., n,,,, in hl l.lnee dlreellv hi front uf the speaker's chair, which whs vacant. The fall of Hie gavel marked th beginning of the Fifty-ninth congreas. Cannon la Kninrd. DeelaiinR the house "In order," he an- j nuunred prayer by the chapluin. Rev, Dr. . .niiniinc'-d ZM nu iiiners present, a quorum I ... .. f.t ..... i-ii 1 v-uiiiiu coilKiess. I. oniye-,ii wari 111 t . . . ... A oi.jri eu ' . . - ng. lo fl"'" 'I" ""'" "f "pn si-ntatlv. . .11 11 !, roll Snp,il..t j Caunou u. placed la kuiaianUu. I,r