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The Omaha Daily Bee NOTABLY A HOME PAPER NO DIME NOVEL TAKING WE HOME PAPER IS WE BEST FOR WE ADVERTISER ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAIIA, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1905-TP:N PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. T Banian GoTtroment Deoidet Agiiait Law for Unmrul Ballot WILL ALIENATE THE ZEMSTVOISTS Btilwij Ken Art Advising Agaiait Ganml Btrika at Preitnt. SITUATION IS . EXCEEDINGLY OMINO1 OoTtrainnt Em Apparently Enterad ; i , fatal Path of Ktaotion. ILACK PICTURE OF THE FUTURE DRA1 at. Peterahorit Uki Ukt Ara ramp, Patrols A r Doubled and ftrtm Looking Cannon Rumble Through the Street. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 10. via Kydtku hen, Eat Prussia, Dec. U.-It In learned on high authority that the government hai finally decided agalnsc universal suffrage and practically In favor of the old project of twenty-one workmen representatives and the extension of the ballot to the small rent payers, merchants anJ the educated classes. However, the law muM still pass the council of the empire and receive Im perial approval. If the decision Is upheld It Is apt to end all question of the support of the aemstovoists. , The railroad" men claim that they have been Informed that severs! sections of the southwestern systems have already re sponded to the appeal for a general strike. Cooler heads, however, are advising against precipitate action, which might result In failure, and are urging a postponement of action until the organizations throughout tha country have been consulted. It Is be lieved that tf the attempt at reaction Is persisted In the -noderate liberals, who are disgusted with the tactics of the revolu- i,,r,it .nil. fearing anarchy, are Inclined to support the government, will surely be driven back Into the camp 01 me tremlsts. Place Blaae Dnrro. cUf witte'a friends declare emphat- Ically that he has never been In favor of armed repression and they Intimate strongly that the arrests of the strike leaders must be charged to Interior Mtn i.... n,lnnvn. . who Insisted that he had proof, which could be established In the courts, that M- Krustaien w in........ armed revolution and that besioes uf i.. .nhvrt the government he had at ,4 h. rertit In circulars advising the workmen and peasants to withdraw their funds from the savings nanus, tandlng this, doubt la expressed as to whether M. Durncvo can establish his esse, as the specific law making agitation for political strikes which Interfere with the railroads, telegraphs, posts, etc.. a crim inal offense ha. not yet been Pmu . . , that the law will be JH HtHJ, 11 I ----- promulgated before the end of the week when It I -aid "- tha government can roee legally against the present agl- " a- w- W - -:'t ' HlTunaeratooTthat Oeneral Dedulln, pre fect of St. Petersburg, has refused to carry out M. Durnavo'a orders, that he has re sumed an that be has been Baron Ae Meyendorff, commander of Em peror Nicholas" body guard. A humorous sidelight on the situation Is the action of the cooks, laundresses and porters of the asylum for the Insane In striking and demanding that the chief phy sician be chosen by the equal, direct and secret ballot of the employes. Printers of the Russ. the chief organ of th liberals, an edition of which was seised nlrht. have now struck because the proprietor has refused to pay them for time lost during the last sirme. Situation la Ominous. Th. iituation Is exceedingly ominous. Public opinion Is practically unanimous that the government has entered upon me rami path of reaction, and that Wltte's ministry must fall. Reaction and revolution confront each other In a death struggle. Both Gen eral Trepoff and Oeneral Count ignatien according to the popular Impression are oe Ing held In reserve to execute the program of renresslon. It Is again said that the entire Cossack strength of 400.000 will be mobilised In supreme effort to crush the revolutionary forces. ; Genera. Parsenpoff said: "I think we are coming to rivers of blood, in which the rev' olutlonary party will lose their game and Russia, her liberty." Certainly the appearance of 8t. Peters burg and the events here today seemed to justify this black picture of the future, The capital resembles a great military .din p. The patrols everywhere were dou bled and grim looking cannon rumbled through the streets. What happened smacked strangely of the old regime. A large workmen's meeting was dispersed by Cossacks. Llvonlaa Situation Frightful. The situation In Livonia Is frightful. Ab solute anarchy prevail. A messenger who arrived here this morning declared that the streets of Riga were flowing with blood. After a meeting the railroad men of Riga were mowed down by the fire tf muchina guns and artillery. The, railroad men of St. Petersburg at u meeting yesterday evening resolved that Inasmuch as the reaction Is gaining forvrf and the government is seeking to retrae what was won by the first pan-Russian strike, tne' railroad men stand ready to obey the signal for a general strike, but advise their fellow workers to await the word frcm the central committee at Mos cow, i'. a ftllure must not be risked. Simultaneously with the arrents here, M. Dionshllny and ai! the members of the union of employes of the poms and tele graph operators of Moscow, with M. Kok htuiowskl at their head, were arrested at Moscow. Interior Minister Dm novo toduy Issued ait oftlclal proclamation not only notifying all tlu- post and telegraph employe that Huh fail me to return to work tomorrow will be equivalent to their discharge, but that all those who ugitaie tor a continuance of the strike or are guilty of cutting or otherwise destroying wires and apparatus mill be prosecuted to the full extent of the law Emperor Thanks Cossacks. Km pei or Nicholas has issued an order of the day thanking all the Cossack t roups for their "self-sacrificing, untiring unJ loyal services to the throne and fatherland both at the seat of war and the preserva tion of order within the empire." The municipal board of arbitration has appealed to Premier Wltte f release M. KruklalrfT. president of the executive com mittee of the workmen's council, owing to (CuaUuued. on Second Page.; LIBERAL MINISTERS IN OFFICE Balfour Ministry Transfers the? Seals to Its Ismasr at Bock laavnam Palace. 1 H LONDON, Dec. 11. The liberal ministers composing; the new cabinet received their seals of office and were formally Installed tit a meeting of the privy council In Buck- 1 1? ham palace at2:30 this afternoon. The outgoing ministers surrendered the als to the king at a meeting of tho privy Z. buncll held at noon. I . The ceremony was quite formal. A few i.Tsons gathered around the gates of the g alnce and watched the retiring ministers m i they arrived on foot or In cabs, but ' hey were hardly distinguishable in the onse fog. .; The earliest arrival anions; the new min sters was John Burns (the new president f the local board, who was on foot and ircssed In his customary reefer Jacket and Jerby hat. A deputation from Baitorsea, where Burns Uvea, assembled at the gates of the palace recognized In spite of the fog the burly form of the labor leader and hearty cheers greeted "Honest John." When the ministers assembled In the council chamber, all those who p.-evlonsly had not been made members of the privy council were sworn In as members of that bodr, after which the new ministers "kissed hands" on their appointment to the cabinet. ' The only appointment announced by Pre mier Campbcll-Banncrman today was George W. Whltly. liberal member of Parliament for the Pudsry division of Yorkshire, ss chief liberal 'whip. Lord Rosebery gave Ids -blessing to the new liberal cabinet at the meeting of the council of the liberal league held in Lon don this afternoon. He said that the com position of the new ministry must fill them all with pleasure, and congratulated Sir Henry Camphcll-Bannrrmnn -jOn his selec tions. His lordship mlded that all the offices were all filled nnd that 'the country might now expert economy In finance and continuity of strength and dignity In its foreign policy. Lord Rosebery. however, declared that he "absolutely nnd steadfastly adhered to his speech at Bodmin, in which he said he could not serve under Campbell-Bannerman's home rule banner. He said that he had not personally received any assurances from the liberal premier on the subject of home rule, but he wss satisfied that the vice presidents of the league. Sir Edward Grey, Mr. Asqttlth and Mr. Haldane, had re ceived assurances to the effect thnt his (Ixird Rosebery's) interpretation of ("amp-bcll-Bannerman's speech at Stirling was In correct. Lord Rosebery, however, thought it strange that Campbell-Bannerman had not taken the opportunity In his more re cent speeches to repudiate his Clxird Rose bery's) Intetpretntion If It was not correct. His speech, at any rate, he declared, had cleared the air. and with Sir Edward Grey and with Messrs. Asqulth and Haldane as members of the government, the country had a guarantee that an Irish home rule bill would not be Introduced In the next Parliament. GREAT MUTINY IN HARBIN Lara" Portion of the Town Borne anal Hssdreds of Persons Are Ktlle and Woanded. LONDON. Dee. 11. The Dally Telegraph this morning prints a continuation of the dispatch from Mojl. Japan, begun yester day, giving in i circumstantial detail ac counts of the refugees of the alleged sack ing and burning of Harbin, Manchuria, by mutinous Russians, of desparate fighting between the mutineers and loyal troops and of the massacre of many Innocent Russian nnd Chinese residents. It says General Mndariloff, with cavalry, adopted extremely drastic and inhuman methods to suppress the mutiny, because he feared the conse quences that might res'ilt from the spread of the mutiny to the whole army. In order to compel the mutineers to quit their hiding place, the general sent men to set Are to the barracks and the public buildings. The bftize spread to all parts of the city and the mutineers, In trying to escape, were slaughtered to the number of 300 by the cavalry. Later the larger portion of the garrison waa called out, but In the confusion and disorder the troopa flred upon each other, it being lmpossiblo to distinguish the muti neers from the loyal soldiers. The mutineers dragged out several ma chine guns and poured a heavy fir Into the cavalry. There was great loss of lfle. MORE TROUBLE FOR TURKEY Five Thousand Persians Are Threat enlng to Invade Ijind Claimed by Saltan. ' CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. U. Trouble Is threatening on the Turko-Perslan frontier at the vlllayet of Mosul and In the neighborhood of Bayaxid on the fron tier. These point have never been ex actly deliminuted. Five thousand armed Persians are gath ered In the district of Sujbulak, south ward of Lake Urumlah, and they threaten to Invade and take possession of a strip of territory In th vlUayet of Mosul claimed by Turkey. Two battalions of Ottoman troops with three gun have been dispatched to repel the Invasion and the government of Mosul I calling for more reinforcements. A similar situation exist on the frontier In the neighborhood of Bayaxid. . TURBINE STEAMER ARRIVES First Trausatlaatle "teasel of This Type lleaches Dock at ew York. NEW YORK. Dec. 11. The Hist transat lantic turbine steamer ever to come to this port, the giant new Carmanla of the Cun ard line, arrived at it dock today. All the way across the Atlantic the Carmania en countered utiusuHfly severe weather and yesterday when only a fen- miles outside the harbor was obliged to lay to and lot the storm blow Itself out before attempting to enivr. Dining the night the wind decreased In force and with daylight the Carmania turned its uove shoreward and came up the clrcu:tous channel. That the niuiden voyage of the big tur bine was in tvery way successful was th expressed opinion uf many of the passen gers. Despite the severe weather a fairly even Kpccd was maintained throughout the voyage. The days' runs were: Jo, 31", . 31. W, C7. M. 71. The flue of the Carmania may be par tially realised from the fact that it iu tc'oinmodalloii for 3.10(1 persons, 2.Sot pas icngvrs and a crew of -150 men. Tho Car mania is 7s feet in length, of Ai.OOO tons displacement and has eight decks. XI ha triple screws and made la1, knots an hour on the builders' trial trip. It ! a 1&tcr Isliip, except Carouia. as lu power, of the Cunarder NANTUCKET LIGHTSHIP LOST raw Taken Off by Teuaar Azalea, Wbiea Went to It Reecue. ANXIETY ABOUT THE GUNBOAT WASP Vessel Use t Aid of Sola la Distress and Has Not Bets Heard from (or Tvro Days. BII.LETIV NEW BEDFORD. Mass., Dec. 11-The lightship tender Asalea arrived here at 2:15 o'clock this morning with the crew of the Nantucket South Shoal lightship. The light ship foundered at 4 a. m. Monday eighteen miles west of Its station, while In tow o? the tender. NEWPORT, R. I , Dec. ll.-The suspense attending the outcome of the leak In the Nantucket Shoal lightship and the absence of any news regarding the gunboat Wasp, which left here a few hours before the storm on Sunday morning to succor the disabled brig Harry Smith, only twenty five miles away, has made the day at the naval training and torpedo stations one of much anxiety. It was expected that the lightship would be heard from during the day, either by tho return of one of the vessels which went to Its aid or by wireless from some pasr.lng ocean liner. The only word, however, wns a faint message at 2 a. m. Hyom the light ship Itself, which read: "Nantucket flhnnl lightship In distress. Send help from anywhere." The message then broke off into a long series of unintelligible dots and dashes. It is thought that the wireless operators on the Uptitship were tmable to use storage batteries after the extinguishment of the flts had rendered the dynamos useless. At dawn this morning three government steamers were on the way to the station of the Nnntucket lightship, the lighthouse steamer Aznleu. which ntnrted last night from New Bedford; the gunbont Hist, which left here at 6 o'clock this morning, and the revenue cutter Oresham, which left Boston late Inst night. o word from Steamers. It Is a ten-hour run from New Bedford to the lightship station, a twelve-hour run from this port and about the same from Boston. It was believed that the Asalea would be able to reach the lightship by dawn today and would return with either the vessel or the crew to New Bedford or Hyannls. reaching one place or the other by 7 or S o'clock this evening. At 10 o'clock tonight nothing of the Asalea had been seen, either by observers at New Bedford or Hyannls or by the patrol at Gay Head and Cutty Hunk. The day on the southeastern Massachu setts coast was qulto calm and the sea In the vicinity of Nantucket island moderated considerably, making the conditions favor able for reaching the lightship. While the naval officials at the torpedo station realised fully the seriousness of tho accident to the lightship, there waa more anxiety at the training station regarding the whereabouts of the gunboat Wasp which mt tlark' tutilght liwd been tmt forr eight hours without being reported. The Wasp started out about Sark Satur day night, to aid the brig Harry Smith, said to be In a bad position at the entrance to Vineyard sound. The Wasp carried a crew of eighty men, was commanded by Chief Boatswain Hugh Sweeney and was pro visioned for three days. Wasp Carries Eight Men. ' It was a run of about two hours to the entrance of the sound, but scarcely hnd the Wasp left this harbor than the storm which had been threatening nil day, broke and within a few hours the wind had In creased to a gnle from the northeast. It was not surprising to the naval officials that the Wasp missed the Smith under tho conditions which prevailed late Saturday night and Sunday. On Sunday afternoon, after the storm had passed, word was re ceived that the Smith was still at anchor near Vlneard sound, but nothing could be seen of the Wasp. It was thought then that the gunboat might have been blown off shore by the gale and that It would appear this morning. Up to a late hour tonight It had not returned, nor had any report of It reached the training station. The Wasp I not equipped with wireless telegraph, neither did those on board know of the predicament of the Nantucket lightship, so that the gunboat would not have gone out to that station unless in the hope of get ting new orders by the lightship's wireless equipment. The storm was far more severe off shore and It is believed by the naval officials that the Wasp experienced something bor dering on a hurricane and may have been driven far out to sea. POWERS CASEm WASHINGTON Supreme Coart Asked to Rcmaad Kentucky Prisoner to the State Conrt. WASHINGTON, Dec. Jl.-The question of Jurisdiction In th caso of Caleb Powers, charged with complicity In the murder of Governor Ooebel of Kentucky In 1900, was today presented to the supreme court of the United Slates in the form of a motion for leave to file a motion for the writ of munda mui. commanding United States Judge Cochran of the eastern district of Kentucky to remand the case to the state courts and restore Power to th custody of the sheriff of Scott county, where Power' fourtli trial was about to begin when Judge Coch ran' court took jurisdiction In the case. The motion was presented on behalf of the state by Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., formerly United State ollcltor general. Attorney General Hayes of Kentucky waa preient In the court room, as were ex-Governor Rich ard Yale of Illinol. and Attorney J. C. Sims, K. L. Worthliifc-ton and H. Clay Howard. Governor Yatea presented a peti tion for the dlsmiasaal of the appeal in the same caae. Both parties asked the court to I ear the motion on January 15, but the court refused to fix a day. GOLD LOST IN THE WRECK Muety Thousand Dollars Worth of Yellow Metal Disappears la Ah say Dlaaater. JUX'K SPRINGS. Wyo., Dec. 11. Ninety thousand dollar in gold belonging to a shipper whuse nam the railroad and ex press companies will not divulge wa In on of the cars In the Overland Limited which wa wrecked and burned last week at Ab Say, and It cannot be found. W. C. Mulford, chief railway mail clerk of the Omaha-Ogden division, announces that on of the Incident of the. wreck waa th burning of 9M sack of Australian uta.ll. BALLOT BOX CASE IS ARGUED Attornrs for Hearst aad MeClrllan Appear Ih-fsrefw Isrk Vtate Cwnrt'ot! Appeals. ALBANY. X. Y.. Dec, 11. At gumen. was begun In the court, of appeals In tl e so called . New Turk J-allot box case. There was a very large', attendance of lawyers snd rfpectatcrs. Tire contest represents tho contention of William Randolph Hearsts, John Ford and J. G. Phelps Stokes, mu nicipal ownership candidates, that at the election of November 7 they were right fully elected, respectively, to the offices of mayor, comptroller and president jf the Board of Aldermen of Greater New York And that this will be shown by a recount of the votes. It Is believed that a decision will be ren dered thia Week, because of the Importance of a prompt settlement of the controversy so that the rightfully elced mayor mny be Inaugurated January ' 1. All seven Judges sat on the case. Three main propositions woe mark by the appellants In opposition t;i Mr. Hoarst'fl contention that a recount and recanvnss should be ordered: 1 First That the election law falls to au thorise the courts to tesue a common Isw writ of mandamus cwnipe"ln a board of election inspectors to recount and re-can-va.s the vote after having submitted a tlnal return. Second That such s course would be apalnst publli! policy becauie of the possi bilities of delays, confusion and endless lllleation in deciding elections. Third That the respondents slrvady have a sufficient rcmnrty available In the form f.f quo warranto proteedinas to test the title of officers In contested positions. The contention of ;the Hears! attorneys wss that the ascertainment of the people's will in an election wns more Imports n than speed and ttmt'tite evils predlrteil by the appellants were, largely Imaginary. They nlso held fhaf an election Isw ;lid not specifltcnlly call1 for a recount whn the count already made was shown to be Incorrect. An opinion written by Judge Parker him self when chief judge' of this court In nn I'lster county election case Involving the office of supervisor, in which a recount of ballots was ordered, waa used by th" attorneys for Mr. Hearst In behalf of their contention. Judge Parlter. in reply, argued that this decision should not hind the court, since the points at Issue were not entirely the same In the two rases. Kx-Governor Black, .for the Hearst side, took the ground that, as the duty of the Inspectors to recount wss statutory, a. writ of mandamus Is' the proper - remedy to compel compliance. The aim of the elec tion law-, he said. Is to place election offi cers under the direct control- of the courts and to compel them to correct, mistakes It must bv presumed that the legislature In framing the election law Intended that the elections should be pure and regular and that the courts should be charged with the duty of keeping them so at whatever cost to less Important Interests of Indi vidual suitors. ' V LANOIS HAS NOVEL PLAN Wonld Require Federal Inspection of Insurance In ' lrrrltorles ' aa Method at .PaMlcltr. .WASHINGTON". I)er.it.-A novel method of peeking federstt oottdM. :vr' tnstiranca is proposed In a bill introduced today by Representative Fred Land is of Indiana. Th bill cites that congress has exclusive Jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, the territories-nnd the Inmilar possessions of the l.'nfted States; In consequence au thority is given the Department of Com merce and Labor to require full statements from all Insurance companies doing bus! ness within such Jurisdiction. He states that publicity ts the one thing required nnd that no Insurance company can afford to quit buslnens in any of the territories named to avoid government supervision, The bill creates In the Department of Commerce and Labor the offices of "su perlntendent of Insurance" and "natlo.iai actuary." These officers are to frame regulations for annual reports from life Insurance com panies doing business in the territory spoci neu. Hiicn reports are to contain an Itemized statement of all aaseta and lia bilities, amount and character of all busl ness transactions and number and cliarac ter of policies outstanding, the names nn ralaties of officers. Itemised statements of receipts and expenditures with full In formation and names of all parties receiv ing payments. Authority to examine the books of in suranre companies I given. Such com panies are also restricted to the character Of their Investments. punlshable by revocation of license. Representative Ames of Massachusetts Is preparing a bill along similar lines which he will Introduce soon. BRICKLAYERS ARE SUSPENDED Ten Thousand Member of New York lalona Under Ban of the Na tional Organisation. NEW YORK, Dec. 11. A new complica tion ha turned up in the building situation In this cit;-. The members of the eighteen local bricklayers' unions, with the exception of local No. T. numbering more than 10u0 workers, were suspended today from tho national body of their organization. Th!s means that the New York bricklayers can not be employed In any cit J- outside of Greater New Vo:k. The national organization leaders wanted tins local bricklayers' unions to work only for such suh-contraclors aa have fireproof lug contracts with the National Flreproof Itig company. To have done this the 10,'joo bricklayer would have violated an agree ment with the members of the Building Trades Employer' association. The brick layers lose t'.V.OOo, which they paid Into tli nutional treasury. PACKERS CASE GOES OVER Hearing on Uuestlon of Allcaud lin munltr. Will Coma l p Tne. day Morning. CHICAGO, Dec. ll.-The cases against the beef parker were not called today In the United State court, but will be heard tomorrow. The proceedings will not be In the nature of a formal trial, but will be to establish certain facta which the packer have vt up and to which the government ha do murred. Th packer have claimed th.i they were promised immunity by Commix .icner of Corporations Garfield, and this the United State district attorney denies. Tb accuracy of the assertion uf th pack era will be tested In the preliminary hear ing and the formal legal process ag.unat the men Indicted will be taken up at a later date. It i expected, however, that the hearing tomorrow will bring out some Important matter connected with lb prosecution of tb packer. NEBRASKA MEN FARE WELL Get Good Committee Plaoee, Though Not Joit What They Wanted. HINSHAW OPPOSED TO SHIP SUBSIDY Senators In a Dilemma Over the Ap pointment of I nlted States Mar shalPosition Likely to Be Pilled by Senator Millard. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. (Special Tele gram.) Nebraska fares well In committee assignment of the first or Important class, as committees have now cotne to be classed In contrast to those of less or least import once. Western Committee Places. Following are the commltt.ee assignments for Nebraska: Hlnshaw Indian affairs, merchant marine and fisheries, patents. Kenned- Irrigation of arid lanus, war claims. Klnkaid Insjlar affairs. Pacific railroads. McCarthy Public lands, expenditure De partment of Justice. Piorrls Fiiouc nuiiflings ana grounns, la bor, election president, vice president and me.. 'hers of congress. . ., Pollard Industrial arts; expenditures and accounts. For South Dakota: Burke-Interstate and foreign commerce. Indian affairs. Martin Public lands, public buildings and ftroundi Justice. s, expenditure In Department of For tows : Connor Library, labor, public buildings and grounds. fnnainM V.n,ndHiire In Trensurv denart- ment, chairman; foreign affairs, naval af fairs. Da wson Faclflo railroads, naval arrairs. Blrdsall Judiciary, merchant marine and fisheries. Hcrtse -Coinage weights snA measures, postomee and post roads: levees and im provement of Mississippi river. Hepburn Interstate and foreign com merce, chairman. Hull Military aff'jlrs, chairman; militia. Hubbard Insular affairs. Lacer Public lands, chairman; Indian af fairs, reform In civil service. llaiigen ARTlc.iiture. war claims. Walter I. Smith Appropriations. For Wyoming: Mondell Irrigation of arid lands, rhair- mnn; military affairs. Nebrasktans Satisfied. Most generally the Nebraska members are quite satisfied with the judgment of Speaker Cannon. There are a few little heart-burnings In the delegation, but "by and large" the delegation has come off the committee field with honor. Two extremely Interesting fights were made for major com mittees Hlnshaw for appropriations and Pollard for agriculture. Pollard lost out because the president had a candidate In the person of William H. Cocks, who comes from the president's own district on Long Island. Pollard put up a game fight and would probably have won, but Mr. Cocks had a letter of recommendation from the White House on file and Pollard lost. In some particulars Pollard Is better situated than many older members." He gets ac counts and Industrial arts and expositions. The committee on accounts passes upon every Item connected with the disburse ments of the house and la one committee presumably In- continuous session. Indus trial ar(s and expositions will be called upon to apnroprtate money lor the James- Vi. ;-li.i . - i i,, - own exposition. Mr. 'Hlnshaw. - backed by the flebraska delegation, has hopes that the state would not lose Its representation on the committee on appropriations by reason of the elevation of Burkett to the senate. The speaker, however, could not see his way clear to Hlnshaw's appointment, but gave the repre sentative from the Fourth district the new committees. Merchant marine and fisheries, In addition to Indian affairs and patents. Mr. Hlnshaw Is not enamored of merchant marine and fisheries. He is not a ship sub sidy advocate. If anything, he Is antagonis tic to Grosvenor's ship subsidy Hill and Grosvenor Is chairman of the committee. Hlnshaw Oppose Subsidy. Mr. Hlnshaw said today that while he be lieved firmly In the restoration of the mer chant marine he believed It could he brought about by discriminating duties, as suggested In . the last republican platform. Baying "subsidy" to Hinshaw gives the genial congressman from the Fourth dis trict cold shiver, and If necessary he will quit the committee If acceptance of the place under Grosvenor of Ohio carries with It a tacit agreement that he must support the committee bill should It be a subsidy measure outright. Mr.' Kennedy received what he most de- aired in the way of committee assignments, irrigation of arid lands. Mondell of Wyo I -t,i, Th. nnreMnttlv from the Second ald he had asked for the Irrl- gallon committee on the theory that Ne braska was vitally interested in the ques tion. In view of the large work now going on and In contemplation In the western portion of the state. He wa also Induced to ask for this committee assignment be cause of the questions of riparian rights, which were bound to play an Important part In the solution Of Irrigation project between the states. A he was Interested In these questions he saw his best useful ness on a committee dealing with problems In which the west was vitally Interested. Norrla of the Fifth district, in view of hi Interest In labor and problem growing out of the employment of labor, Is given a place on that committee. McCarthy retains the samo committees he had In the fifty eighth cungress, as does Klnkaid. - Dawson Loses Flight. One of the pretty fight for committee places was put up by a new member, Al bert F. Dawson from the Second Iowa dis trict. A the former secretary of Senator W. U. Allisun. Dawson thought he ought to hai-e a place on appropriations,- notwlth sttLtdlng that Waller I. Smith of the Coun cil Bluffs district held a place on that com mittee in tbc fifty-eighth congress and nat urally expected to retain the same lu the fifty-ninth congreBS. "Uncle Joe" Cannon vas Importuned to give Dawson a chance to muke himself felt on appropriations, and ;t Is said Senator Allison and Dolllver were anxlou to give - Allison h protege a ehance to make hi murk on the house sidi if appropriation, in view of the training he had received at the aeiiate end. The speaker, however, wa pledged In other di rections and Dawson failed to connect with appropriations. The fight that Dawson put up, however, gave him one of the most Im portant committees In the house naval af fairs and Iowa ha the unusual distinction of having two of the delegation from that state on the committee Cousin and Daw son. After Mathews' Shoes, The temoval of Marshal Mathews tins precipitated on Senator Millard and Burkett an unexpected situation In the se lection of his ucceor, when they had kuppused the matter waa settled for some time to cotne when they recommended him for a aecoud term. Although looked upon aa an appointment due the North Platte country in the distribution of the state's (Continued on Second Page ) FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Fair Tuesday and Colder In Kast Portion. Wednesday, Fair, Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Ifnnr. Iea. Hoar. Hear. B a. an .in I p. m 4 fl a. m 4 2 p. in...... RT 7 a. m ;t t ,t p, m K a. m 84 4 p. m nt 1 a. m :u A p. m 10 a. ni a H p. in 11 I, n 12 T p. m 4M 12 m 40 N p. m p. m 4,1 MASSACRE OF MISSIONARIES Letter from Rev. Henry H. oyes Says Murder I Due to Antl Forelgn Feellna. NKW YORK. Die. ll.-The rresbytcrUn Board of Missions today received a letter from Rev. Henry B. Noyes, D. D., senior tiiember of the Presbyterian mission at Canton, China, describing events leading up to the recent killing of missionaries at Llenrhau. The letter says In part: The story has gone abroad that Dr. Machle Interfered with an Idol procession and took away an Idol from the p-ocession and thus brought on the trouble. The charge is absolutely false. Th-re was no idol procession. Dr. Noyes says that the Chinese put their sheds for "Idolatrous festivals" on the mission ground, ami that Dr. Macule called the attention of the authorities to this and asked that the sheds be put' on temple lands. This was agreed to by the village elders. The letter says: We know that the gentry not very long since sent to the boycott organization In Canton, asking that agitators and boycott literature be sent to IJenchau. There Is not yet any evidence to show that the boy cott is directly responsible for the masi;t cre. but the hostility which It engenders against Americans makes It easier to treat them with violence. But. speaking of the bovcott, we feel that the mortification of It all Is that Americans have given so much reason for it. I -I-. Macule and Miss Patterson tell us i ,( R known that the real work of de. sp'iel'on was done by 1MI men. not the : In general; that the names of these i' 'i -re known, ks well aa the names of tin Ir leaders. UPHOLDS TOBACCO MONOPOLY w York Snpreme Conrt Roles that Company Has ItlRht to Refuse to Sell to Small Retailers. NEW YORK. Dec. ll.-The right of the American Tobacco company to refuse to sell to small retailers If it chose to so do was sustained by a decision rendered to day by Justice Marean in the supreme court In Brooklyn. K. Locker. & Co.. retailers, had brought a suit against the company demanding HOO.flon for damages, which they alleged had resulted from the American Tobacco company's refusal to do business with them. Ex-Judpre Cohen of counsel for the de fense asserted the right of the American Tobacco company to control the supply of tobacco and then turn over the supply to a sales agent. "The trouble with the plaintiffs," said Judge Cohen, "Is thst the tobacco com pany Is a business and not a court of equity, and It may become necessary In cl.mpcv.tor-i.nsnc.a..y 4aJiCJt' - - Tlia la eomtitlon. v It Is busl- nesa and the business part of It, bur. there is no cause of action that follows because I refuse to sell to a man because I do not like him. or believe him dishonest, or do 1 even like the color of his hair." After hearing arguments Justice Marean ordered the suit dismissed. SIX PERSONS BURN TO DEATH Mother and Five Children Lose Their l.lves In Apartment House Fire In Xeve York. NEW YORK, Dee. 11. A mother and her five children were burned to death In a lire In a five-story apartment house at Colum bus avenue and One Hundredth street to night. Two other were Injured and a score or more tenants were thrown Into a panic, some of them cut off from escape and several rescued by police, firemen and ambulance surgeons. The dead include Mrs. John Thomason, the mother, her 3-year-old twin, and her three other children ranging from seven months to nine years of age. Mrs. Thomason lost her life In an en deavor to. ave her children. Her body wa found in her room with her little ones, their bodies badly burned, lying about her. Mother and children were cut off from escape by the latch of the door leading Into the hall being caught. END OF LONG LITIGATION Dispute Over Million Dollar' Worth of Stocks and Bonds Settled After Twenty-one Yenr. PITTSBURG. Dec. ll.-After some twenty-one years of contention, the long dis puted claim Involving the stocks, bonds, notes and other securities of the Carbon Steol company, which John D. Slaybuck of New York claimed .Charle M. Raymond hypothecated and disposed of uniong hi friends and relatives, after obtaining them from him under false pretenses, has been settled In an amicable munner and the suits and execution secured in court are to be called off at once. The amount In volved In the suit was about $l,000,uu0. The ettlement wa effected this evening after an all-day conference with official' of the company and the two disputants and their attorney. The detail of the settle incut were not given out. SUIT FOR DOLBtER ESTATE Will of Late San Francisco Helrraa Will Be Contested hy Her I note. SAN KHANCIUCO. Dec. U. There is to be another content over the will of the laU heiresa, Bertha M. Dolbeer, who lost hei life by falling from a window in the Wal doi f-Axtorla hotol In New York, and who left her fortune to her friend and com panion, Etta Marion Wurien. Counsel for Horatio Sehradei, au uncle of the deceased, filed a petition in the su perior court today set-king to set uslde the order of Jude Coffey admitting the will fur probute. The petition ask for revocation on the ground that the deceased was of un kjui.d mind and that Etta Marlon Warie'i Importuned end Influenced her to muke and execute the purportod will. Movement of Ocean Vessels Ilee. II At New York-Arrlved: Pannoula, from Naples. Sailed: FurneaHi, for Uliiagow. Al Gibraltar Hulled: Konlg Albeit, for New York. At Movllle Arrived; Columbia, from New York. At Boulogne Sailed: Hluecher, for Sew York. At Naplea Arrived: Perugia, from fc'ew York; CwUubrla. from 'ew York, TAWSEY HOLDS PURSE Minnesota Cortgrestmaa h Cbairmai of tha Committee e Appropriations. BRTH0LDT FILLS OTHER VACANCY Missouri Man Will Look After Fublio Building and Qronnda CANNON SOLVES KNOTTY PROBLEM Increased Republican aembenhip Cared for 7 Lnlirginj lonimitieti. WESTERN MEN FARE WELL IN THE MATTER tlall Holds Place on Army, Hepburn on Commerce, Fose on av and Hill on Foreign Affaire. WASHINGTON. Doc. U.-The addition ot a republican member to all the Important commit toe of the house has enabled speaker Cannon to solve tho problem of committee assignments In a manner which appears most satisfactory to both partus In the house. Only two Important chair manships were vacant, appropriations and public buildings and grounds. In filling the former the speaker followed precedent and looked to the whole house for the available material. .Mr. Tawney of Minnesota was chosen chairman of appropriations and Mr. Itartholdt of Missouri of public building and grounds. Mr. Tawney gives up his chairmanship of the committee on indus trial arts and exposition and his place on the ways and means committee. Mr. McClenry was transferred from the appropriations to the ways and means com mittee and retains the chairmanship of the committee on library. Mr. Gardner of Massachusetts becomes chnlrmall of In dustrial arts and expositions. ? William Alden Smith leaves the foreign affairs and chairmanship of Pacific rail roads to take the added republican place on ways and means. J. Warren Kelfer of Ohio, former speaker. Is appointed to the appropriations: Mr. Beldlcr of Ohio is trans ferred from foreign affair to the District of Columbia committee and Messrs. Fassett of New York. Denby of Michigan and Mc Klnley of Illinois, all republican, and Towne of New York. Lamar of Florida. MrNary of Massachusetts, and Gardner of Texas on the democratic side, are added to the foreign affair. The minority committee places were de cided on by Mr. Williams, the minority leader. Shackle ford. Missouri, and Lamar. Florida, are succeeded on tho Interstate and foreign commerce committee by Bartlett, of Georgia and Russell of Texa. Under wood of Alabama and Granger of Rhode Island were named for tha democratic vacancies on ways and means. Chairmen of Committees. The following are (ho chairmen of th Important committees: Ways and Means Payne (N. Y.). Appropiiatloiia -Tawney (Minn. J. Judiciary Jenkins tWts.). ' 1 " jiiiei-siuia inu Turoigit commerce ud- burn ' i Ik t. Foreign Affairs Mitt (III.), k,. Military Affairs ljull (la.). i iMuvai Anairs trosti till.). Postoffice and -Post . Koads Overstreet (ind.). Insular Affairs Cooper (Wis.). Banking and Currency Fowler (N. J.). Coinage, Weights and Measures South ard (O.). Klvers and Harbor Burton (O.). Mercnant Marine and Fisheries Ore veuor (O.). Agriculture Wadsworth (N. Y.). Public Lands Lacey tla.). Indian Affairs Hlierman N. Y.). Territories Hamilton (Mich.). ManuCui.-tures Kililey (Pa.). Public Buildings and Grounds-riartholdt (Mo). Labor Gardner (N.J.). Invalid Pensions Hulluway (N. H.). pensions LoudeiiMlager (N. J.). District of Columbia Uabcock (Wl.). Irrigation and Arid Lands Mondell (Wyo.) Immigration and Naturalization Howe" (N. J.). Census-Crumpacker (Ind.). Library Met 'leary (Minn ). Pnntlng-C. B. I-andls tlnd.). Industrial Arts and Expositions Gardner (Mass ). Elections, No. 1-Mann (HI.). Elections, No. 2 Olmsted (Pa . Elections. No. 3-Drisroll (N. T.). Committee on Commerce. The committee on Interstate and foreign commerce Is aa follows: William P. Hepburn (la.), Jamea 8. Sher man (N. Y.). James R. Mann (111 ). William C. Loverlng (Maaa.), Fred C. Steven (Minn.). Charles II. Burke S. D ), John J. Esch (Wis), Francis W. Cushmann (WaBh.). Charles K. Townsend (Mich.). Joseph H. Gaines (W. Va.), Jamea V. Ken nedy (O ), Robert C. Davey (Ial.), William C Adamson K5a.), William H. Ryan (Is. Y.). William Richardson. (Ala.), Oharlea L. Bartlett. (ia.), Gordon Russell (Tex.). The committees are lis follows: Ways and Means Payne (N. Y ), Dalzell (Pa) Grosvenor (O). Mi-Claiiry (Mlim.i, McCall (Mans), Babcock (Wis.), Hill it,,, iii-lle (III.). Watson (Ind.). Cur tis (Kan. I. Needham Cal.). William Alden Smith iMich.). Williams (Miss.), Robertson (la). Clark (Mo.). Cockran (N. Y.), Under wood (Ala ), Granger (R. I.). Dproprlutlons Tawney (Minn.), Blng ham (Pa. I. Llttauer (N. Y). Brownlow (T.'nn V Gardner (Mich.). Glllett (Mass.). Smith (la.), "raff (III.). Brick (ind ), Kelfer fo ). Miidden HID. Livingston (Oa ). Taylor (Ma ). Hrundinge (Ark ). Fitzgerald (N. .). liurb-son (Tex.), Sullivan (Mass.). Foreign Aftalrs-HItt (111.) Adams (Pa.). Cousins (lu.), Charle B. Laitdle llnd.l. Per kins (N V.). F'ler (Vt.l. Otjen (Wls. C iDron IR. I I, Longworth (O.). Facnett IN. Y Denly (Midi.). McKlnley (111.). Howard (Via.). Flood (Vii.i. Towne (N. Y.). Lamur d'la. I. McNury (Muss.), Garner Tex.). Judiciary-Jenkins (Wis.). Parker (N J.). Alexander (N. Y l. Llttlelleld (Me), Nevln (O i Palmer (Pn.l, Pears (Md.). Gtllntx Cal) Tlnell (Mass.). Sterling (III). Bird nll (la). Foster (Ind.). DeArmond (Mo.), Smith iKv.i, Clayton (Ala.), Henry (Tex.), Little (Ark. I. Brantley (Ga.). Militai v Affairs-Hull (la ). Ketcham fV V Parker iN. .1.1, Capron (R. 1). Mondell (Wyo I, Prime (111.). Holiiday (Ind ). YounK (Mich I Patterson (Pa. I. Kahn (Cal.), '.Vei.-i '.el- (MituO. Dawes (O ). rulzcr (N. . lav (u.). Slavden (Tex.). Uroussard (La.), Tul'bolt (Md ). Wiley (Ala.). McGuIre (Okl.l. Naval Affairs- Koas (111.). Loudenslager IN J i Butler (l'a. ), Mudd (Md.) Cousins (ia) ' Robelt (Mass.), Vivelund (N. .. Loud (M'ch ). Hates (Pu.l, Lllle.y (Cotin.i, TlH.uiiH d.U. Dawson (la.), Meyer (La... Oixev (Va.). W. W. Kltchin (N. C). Pad--ett "(Tenn ). Garber (O ). Gregg (Tex.). ' insular Affairs-Cooper (Wl.). Crum- nicker (Ind.), immiiujii i-n.i, un ' ,l4 I , Bti.ltl. (111. I. Fuller (III.). Klnkaid iNcb I Webber (O.). Graham iPa.). Hub Yard (la.i. Parson (N. Y ). McKlnley (CaU lone (Vh i. Patterson (Teun.). Zenor (Ind.). Mucker IMn.i, Gilbert (Ivy.). Page (. t .). Larrlnuga (Porto liico). Banking aud Currency. Hanking and Currency Fowler (N. J ), Prlne (111). Culderliead (Kun.), Power i.Me.l, McMornin (Mu ll. I, Weems lO ), Mc (iiearv (Pa.), Knowland (Cal.). Waldo (V !' Shuitel (Mu.l. Hayes (Cul.). Week lMa"S i. l-i Gu.), Pujo (I.U.), Glas (Vu.i. Gillespie (Tex.). Jumes (Ky.), Legare (H CI. Merchant Marine and Fisher' Gros venor ((.). -Minor (Wis.), Greene (Ma's.). Fnrdnev (Mii-h.t, Waelit. r (Md.). L1HU "eld (Me), lluiii'.hr.y (Wash.). Flack (N. Y. .. lliifisull ill"). WIHon (111.), Watson (Ir.d.). Hlnshaw iNeb.i. S Uht (Miss.), MeDermctt (N. J.), Goulden CS. Y.). Mavnard (Va.). aherlev (Ky. I, Patterson (N. C.J. 1 Vi i-itorlea l,imilt"n (Mich ), ' CrlcU (Ind. i. Capron R- I ). Boulhwlck (N. Y ), Power Ul, AKKUiu Cola (O.j,
