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The Omaha Daily Bee. Subscribe For Advortla In THE OMAHA DEE Eest West THE OMAHA BEE Best i". West OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMHKR 15, 1905-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. T ft ANARCHY JN LIVONIA Lett Oontrel the 6iination and ire Mur dering German Land Ownera, EXPECT A ST. BARTHOLOMEW NIGHT Fortret-a of Refuse Prepared in Each Block in Riga. POLICE ARE AFRMD TO INTERFERf GoTernor Dora lo' Dare Command Troopt aa Tbet Mieht Kot Obey. ' CAMPAIGN AGAINST WITTE FAl( Meaetlnnary Plot Farmed to F.ffei Dowittall of Premies' Inable , to iBticatc the i . Cear. KATSURA TO HEAD SCHOOLS Premier Taken Portfolio of Minister of F.dnratloa and Chinese . Are Angry. TOKIO. Dec. 142 p. m. The differences which existed between the Imperial uni versity and the government have apparently i been settled by the acceptance o( the re signation of Kubota Yuxuru. the minister of education, by Premier Katsura. who will now take the portfolio of education. The fact that no disciplinary measures ,.,. been taken against the professors of T university Is deemed by those well In 5 med as being an nvowal of defeat tipon f- t part of the government, whoso power i visibly waning. Sight thousand two hundred Chinese 5 udents. Incensed at tho attitude of e . Chinese minister to Japan, Tan ,vu. In the university troubles, rive resolved to return to China. wo thousand have already left this city. I manifesto Issued by these students Is ecidedly antagonistic to the Manchu dy- tasty. STOCKHOLM. Dec. 15-The Dagens Ny heter's correspondent, who returned hera today from Riga; says: The Letts, consti tuting a majority, of the population of Li vonia, control the .situation there. Their leader, M. Jansohh, editor of the Deenos Lapas, la also the head of the fed-rated revolutionary societies and has command of everything. Their hatred of the Gcrnian- spraklng population, which Is unrelenting, j la caused by years of oppression on the part of the German nobility. The peasants around Riga are burning estates and murdering landowners. The Germans of Riga expect a St- Bartholomew night and tt la evident that the Letts are preparing lor a wholesale slaughter. The central part -of Riga can be protected at the bridgea U the army Is true. In each block one house lias been pre pared as a fortress In which to shelter tho Germans. when the massacre starts. Be Idea this the householders have established various refuges. Murders are committed'ln broad daylight, mostly for reveuge, and the police arc ari-atu to interfere. J ne governor general j does not dare command the troops, not knowing whether they villi obey orders. Several country committees liave estab lished republics. Intending later to confed erate Into a Baltic republic. Tho revolutionaries aro preparing an ir resistible strike for January und the work men are being armed. The revolutionaries , have , refused to al low either Omniums r Russians to leave Uvonla. Tho correspondent says he fears that tlio. deep 'hatred felt by the Letts for the Ger man nobility and German capitalists will lead to an awful calamity. 1'sar Stands by ..Wltte. ,'BT. PETERSBURG. Dec. 13.-tMdnlght) Via Eydtkuhnen. Dec: 14.) According to reports from Tsarskoo 8lo, the reaction ary camarilla., headed by General Count Alexis Igllff and M. Stcschinsky, formed to effect tho downfall of fount Wltte and to create a' dictatorship has failed and his majesty Is standing llnnly by the premier. M. Mnshlkoff, the well kuown writer, who 4s In clotietomrt.Yia-tM count. 'is out with a strong article demanding the Inaugura tion of nn aggressive tight against the rev- L olutlon before it is too late ttsid: DIVORCEES JOINED IN CEYLON Culmination nf Several Enallsh So ciety Scandals Takes Place In the Orient. COLOMBO. Ceylon, Dec. 14-Eaii Cowley and Lady Hartopp were married here to. day. Lady Hartopp Is the eldest dnughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Wilson of Wartcr Priory, Yorkshire. She und her sis ters were remarkable for their beauty. In April last Lady Hartopp was divorced by Sir Charles after a sensational trial. Enii Cowley was the corespondent In the case. Before his accession to the title Karl Cow ley, ns viscount Dangun. was the defendant In an action for breach of promise brought by Phylls Broughton of tho Gaiety theater, 1jndon. In 1SS9 he married I.udy VIolci Nevlll. daughter of the marquis of Amer gavetmy. Light years later she secured a divorce and, though since she 'married Rolwrt Myddelton-Blddulph, Lady Violet still continues to use the title of Countcs Cowley, on the ground that she Is the mother of Viscount Danuun, tho heir to the title, who Is now about 15 years old. PUBLIC CONSISTORY? IS HELD Pope Bestows lied Hals on Two Car illnuln anil Imparts Apostolic Blessing. GREAT NORIHERN INDICTED Grand Jury at Philadelphia Chargea Hill Line with Faying Bebates. TRUE BILLS AGAINST OTHER PARTIES R. n. .Wood A Co. Mntnal Transit Company and Agents Accused of Complleltr In the game Transactions. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 14.-Elght Indict ments were returned by the federal grand Jury today against shippers, freight agents and common carriers In the rebate cases brought to the attention of the grand Jury yesterday by United Btates District At torney J. Whltaker Thompson. The Indict ments returned are an follows: Great Northern Railway company, for i f ferlng a rebate to R. D. Wood & Co. nf this city on a shipment of l.Gno tons of iron pip ing to Winnipeg. C. L. Campbell, local freight agent of the Great Northern, snme charge. I W. l.ake of New York, general eastern Dini nf tho MutiiMj Tt-Anf.lt romnniv. ! granting and giving a rebate to the Wood I company. Waiter wood. J.oige wood, Hiuari w ona and Richard Wood, nienmcrs of the Wood company, accepting and receiving resales. Paul J. Diver, local agent of the Mutui'l Tranult company, offering rebate to the Na tional Essence for Coffee company of this city on a shipment from Philadelphia to Minneapolis. August 4. ISof. Mutual Transit company, offering rebnto on the same transact inn. Paul J. Diver, offering and giving rebnto (two counts) to tile National Essence for Coffee company on a shipment from Phil adelphia tn Winnipeg, April 17. 19c,. Mutual Transit company, offering und giving rebates (two counts) in tho same transaction. A large number of witnesses were sum moned to give testimony in the two cases. Immunity from punishment was granted those principals in th cases who appeared before the Jury and gave evidence. For In stance. President Charles M. Reald of But fulo, president and general manager of th Mutual Transit v company, who was sum ninned as a witness in tho Wood case, was not Indicted, but a true bill was returned against an agent of the company who was not asked to appear. Neither was an In I dictment brought against the traffic man ager of the Wood company, who obtained the rebate for bis company. In the case of the National Essence for Coffee company, the indictments were brought against the currier and its agents, the shipping com pany having furnished the evidence. HOME. Dec. 14. The pope today held a public consistory In the royul hall of tho Vatican, at which he bestowed the red hate and cardinals' rings upon two of the uew cardinals. Mgr. Cagalno de Azcvedo and Mgr. J. A. de Arcoverdo Ue Albuquerque Cavalcantl, archbishop of Rto Janerio. The other two new Curd I mils, Mgr. Joseph 8a nia.MSa. archbishop of Erlau. Hungary, and Mgr. Sptnola, archbishop of Seville, not being In Rome, special papal ablegates will be sent to t.i'ce the red barrettas to them. In the ducal hall, through which tho poii tiff passed, were grouped thousands of per sons. Including many foreigners, evpeciuliy Americans. . .. The pontiff smiled benevolently and Im parted his blessing as he entered. WILL TRY TO STOP HAZING Two sstsI Cadets Suspended and Sec rets ry Bonaparte ' Will Take Farther Drastic Action. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14,-Hezlng of every kind, It was announced today, would be stamped out of the naval '-academy, regard less of the number of dismissals from the brigade of midshipmen necessary to bring about this result. Two midshipmen will be dismissed from the academy within a few days by the secretary of .the navy, the one for hrizlng and the other for countenancing It by failure while on duty to report Its oc currence. Other dismissals will follow as j often as midshipmen are found guilty of hasing or countenancing it. Aroused by the condition of affairs which reports show to exist at the academy so far as the trentmert of fourth class men Is concerned. Secretary Bonopart' has asked Rear Aflnilrnl James 1L Sands to come to Washington tomorrow morning for a con ference. It will le tho Initial step in a new and vigorous cempalprn to be waged at An- n.ipolls against hazing. Congressional In vestigation of the condition at the academy has already been proposed n a resolution Introduced In the. house this afternoon by Representative Loud of Michigan. When fecretary Bonspjirtr reached the Navy department today 4io received an offi cial report from Admiral ftinds announcing the Mispcnstnn of MUJshrpmab Trenmore Ccffln. Jr.. third class nr, for hazing Mid shipman Jcrdone Pettus'Klmbrough, fourth clnss mnn. by forcing him to. stand on his head until he became anoonsclous, and of Midshipman Warren Abbe, Vanderveer, sec ond class man. because' while .on duty h observed the occurrence, and failed to re port It The fitperlntrnrtent called atten tion to the fact that MJdAJtlpman Coflln and Vanderveer were guilty ot violating a well known regulation for the .government of the naval academy, and revtmimended their summary dismissal In accordance with an act of congress, approv't March 3, 1303. Secretary Bonapnrtc hl tnorning lw.d a conference with Rear 'Admiral Converse, chief of tho bureau of navigation, and a plan of campaign ' mapped out. ,lt was first decided that the "law was mandatory ana mat tue recommemjaUoii of the super- SENATORS ARE IN DILEMMA Fifteen Applicants for Places They Do Hot Enow "Offio all" to Be Vacant. PROPOSE TO KNOW WHERE THEY STAND Schneider Sees the President, hot Re ceives o Assurances Kegnrdlnsj the Mathews Matter and Will Try Again. tFrom a Stuff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Di-c. 14.-(Speclal Tele gram.) With fifteen applicants for register and receiver of the Valentine land cilice le fore them, Set Mors Millard and Burkctt "ducked" on making a recommendation today and mutually decided that they could afiord to let the nomination pass for a day or two until It was clearly ascertained where they stood with the Interior depart iniiit. As a matter of fact, neither senator has been notified thut thero Is a yacaney in the land office at Valentine. They know by hearsay that a special officer of the govern ment ;s In charge of the office, but they have not been notified of any Vacancy exist ing. Wlien the senators nut today with Judge Kinkuld to go over the papers one of the first things suggested wa. "Will our recom mendations be received, In view of the fact that we have not been officially notified ss to the vacancy." And then three wise heads ot the Nebraska delegation cogitated. They discussed the proa and cons, when It wis finally agreed that Senator Millard should cad on Secretary Hitchcock tomorrow and ascertain If vacancies actually exist In the Valentino office or whether this Is an enter ing wedge to eliminate the receiver, as is contemplated by Commissioner Richards, and perndi trie office to run along under a special officer until later. Senator Millard .proposes to ascertain trie status of tho Valentine situutlon tomorrow by a personul call on Secretary Hitchcock. Tho fact is that neither Senators Millard nor Burkett have been asked to fill the Pct tijohn or Towle vAeuncles and before they NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fnlr Friday and tarda?. Temneratnre nt Omnhn Vesterdnyt Ho Urn. m . A a. m. T n. m. SI n. ni. ft a. m. in a. m , tl a. in. 13 m.. . . Dev. . . Kt . . Srt . . 82 . . : .. XI . . lis . . :ii . . :m Ilonr. I P. 2 p. . 4 p. R p. H p. T P. p. ! p. m . i ni , , . . . . i . . . . Dear. :T . .in . 40 . 4i . as . art . R!t . 3,1 12 DENVER BANKERS ON TRIAL Kvldenee that nloa Bank Made arse Loans on Worthless Seen rifles. CIVIL SERVICE Twenty-Fifth REFORMERS Annual MeetluH l.eaune tn Progress at Milwaukee. of MILWAUKEE. Dec. 14.-The 'wenty. filth annual mooting ot the C1?1 Scrvizc lii lomi league opened in Milwaukee t.idiy. Much regret is expYessod at the abitvncc of Secretary of the Navy Charles A. Bona parte, who was to have been the chief speaker of the convention. It Js stated to Intendent would soon be. approved and the j P"ico any recommendations on me iney u. two cudfita summarily, wtpelled. Meantime. slst on knowing their ground. That is prl howtver. the secretary wishes to obtain ! mrlly what takes Senator Mtllurd to the from the attorney genera! an opinion re- ' Interior dejiartment. tomorrow, gurding Vertaln pliasosbf the cascb which, 1 Bridge' Bill (Reintroduced, while exceedingly Important, will not affect, representative Smith of Council Bluffs It is understood, his final action approving I toJay volnt,-oduced his bill of the last ses the recommendation for" summitry expul- ' Blon pi.oviding for the construction of a sion. It is understood Uie president will be ; nHdKC b. lhe Central nullroud end Bridge appealed to to veto uy bill that may be j co,npany acroM tho Missouri river, eonnect- pueaeti oy congress proviuing ior ne rein statement of a mldslJjunan expelled fop hazing or countenancing it. MOUNT HOLLY, N. Dec. 14.-Mldship-man Warren A. VandeFi'cer, In a letter to his purvnts, received her today, ftutes that lie was not on duty Tuesday' night at th time the hazing occurred at the Annapolis DENVER. Colo.. Dec. 14 -8torks of banks In Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory and other securities on which more than $.0,no of Denver Savings bank deposits was loaned were Introduced In evidence to day at the 'trial of Leonard B. Imboden and James A. Hill on the charge of con spiracy to wreck the Denver bank. Some of theso securities are declared by the state's attorney to be absolutely worthless. Charles II. Wilfley, formerly president of the Denver bank, who was Indicted together with Imboden, Hill ahd others, and who Is a witness for the state; testified thftt Im boden forced him to make a. loan of $0,0c0 to P. L. Hull, taking as security 850 shares of stock of tho Mount Vernon National bank of Boston. Wilfley also testified that Imboden "forced him to make a lonn of IM.00O to be used In securing control of a bank at Enid, Okl.". He said that on January 30, 14. he drew on the National Bnnk of Commerce of Kansas City for I2S.00O. payable to E. E. Hull, but the money, ho declared, was delivered to Imboden. The witness said that he was acquainted with Hull's sig nature und that tho endorsement of Hull on the draft was not In Hull's handwrit ing, and that Hull told him the same thing. Wilfley declared that his signature on a certificate of deposit for $5,000 on tho Bank of Commerce of Kort Worth, Tex., was a forgery, and h identified the handwriting as Imbodcn's. SENATE ON CANAL Pacama Emergency Appropriation Bill Discussed for Four Honrs. ALL PHASES OF MATTER TALKEI OVER Mr. Telltr Favors onstrnotion of (bannel on the Pea Levsl. MR. SCOTT FAVORS SAN BLAS ROUTE Kr. Morgan Cays Another Canal Will Ba Needed by Tims This One is Beady. BILL PASSED REGULATING BOND ISSUE Isthmian Plaeed Mernrltlea . Are nn tho dame to Ba Basis ing' Council Bluffs and Omaha. Schneider Sees the President. R. B. Schneider saw the president this morning. Incident to his call, which was one of respect aa a member of the executive committee of the national republican coni- mittee. ho very guardedly took up the ques- Nuval acnd;-niy. for which bis dismissal Uon of the dismissal of T. L. Mutliews as has been recommended'1 by, Admiral Sands. : United States marthal. Mr. Schneider,' so The midshipman, who fs accused of falling ' far a can be luamcd, received no comfort to report the hazing-' which resulted seri-I from the president. The whole matier was burying a safe which contained IJf.OOO In ously to a first year cadi t.-Jerdone P. Kim- I left for future consideration, and this may cash, which is thought by the trust coin- have been the first time in tweniy-fivo yars i brough, says that the aijng was done in eventuate In a call of tho delegation, to- puny officers to bo unharmed by the ex- TOWER FALLS THROUGH HOUSE Spet-tarulnr Featnre of Fire In eiv York Which Destroys Much Property. NEW YORK. Dec. U.-Kire today de stroyed the four-story brick building at the corner of Fulton street and Bedford avenue, In Brooklyn, tho property of State Senator Charles Cooper, entailing n loss ot jiio.OU) on the building and an additional loss to tenants of about S150,OUO. A most spectucular feature was pre sented when a tower had its supports burned away und went crashing througli three floors, sending up a burst of sparks and glowing embers and adding fresh fuel to the flumes bclor. The tower fell into the office of the Brooklyn Trust company. Irving' Relies (told. LONDON. Dec. 14. The sale, of the late M. Menshlkoff 1 Sir Henry Irvlna's theatrical relics at Christie's today attracted lively attention The tevblulk-narlc oi suly sent. emUsarlM I from curio hunters and good prices were They pel m me full light of the day, while , realized. A 'malacca cane which had be UrSS' ir".n,rVue,.kr,.,sn cannon, bu" i to Garr.ck fetched W0 and a plain haps only for the present while they arc I gold ring worn b O irrlck was sold for not necessary. When they are needed none $J15. The sword Irving wore as Richard III handV'orrnrretuUo.Ues1 "present J " f.r $155 and a flint-lock pistol used In anarchy Is due to the inaction of the gov- the churacter of Teter the Orcat was eminent. Wltte. like Kouropatkln, not only , knocked down at llii. Fifty smull lots permits the enemy to arm and concentrate i .,..j his forces, but to make his disposition und nellPa ' to choose the moment for battle. Such tac- ; ... r . tics will no more win in Russia than they I ProMn- Braslllan Affairs., did In Manchuria. - : riq JANEIRO. Dec. 14. Tho Journal de or. since the league was ct'caidsed. thai Mr. Bona parte has not been present (it tho annual gathering. . The convention opened this foienuoti with , a, meeting of the council., wiuca was fol lowed by a luncheon to the ine.i.ioerK of the council at the residence of John A. Butler, Wisconsin's member oT the loasue execu tive committee. as Other Government Bonds. WASHINGTON. Dec. 14.-Th" senate spent four 'hours today In discussing the Panama canal emergency appropriation bill and when it adjourned the bill was still under consideration. There were set speeches by Messrs. Teller, Scott and Mor gan and they were, followed by a general debate In which all phases of tho contro versy wero exploited, Including the question of salary, the control of the Panama rail road and tho necessity for general legisla tion on the canal subject. Mr. Allison, chairman of the committee on appropria tions, expressed the opinion that congress should take up the question nf salaries In connection with other canal legislation. H-j also said that the status of the Panama railroad should be' made the subject of leg islation. Messrs. Teller. Scott and Morgan ex pressed dissatisfaction with the conditions In Panama, but all Indicated a determina tion to support the supply measures neces sary to secure the work on the canal aa un dertaken. Mr. Teller advocated a sea level. Mr. Scott spoke In favor or the San Bias route as preferable to all others, and Mr. Morgan expressed tho opinion that before the Panama canal is completed another canal will be necessary to do the business required. A separate bill regulating he Issuance of bonds for tho canal, and pla cing them on the sume basis as other gov ernment bonds was passed without debate. During the day Mr. Elklns made a state ment from the committee on interstate com merce expressing the opinion Hint the com inltteo would present a report within a I easonablo time. the watch before be wd placed on dutyf gethcr with Mr. tJehnelder. asking for thy 1 cesslve heat. and that ho knew notion of it utll tho restoration oi Mathews or his being On tho second floor of the building Sen caiu hint hovn inrpniizniixt tiv h fflra. in riven a hpnrlmr. The dav's work, so far as ! ator Cooper had a store room In which he charge. That portion ofclfi'-adm-eer le:--. i'ould. .be acertained,. joa- tUo .part of . Mr. j hud many valuahl paintings, pieces .jf . oiirres could control ltuiurance ttr which deuls with tlie .'iJkzing incident' la I Schneider, was of a negative kind. ' l, f''W!: ... ' fVyomln. Land for Settler. twin n;tr itrrii jri r?i iuuons into 11117- FIG11T IX HOUSE OVER INSURANCE Dispute aa to Which Committee Shall Consider Subject. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -Debate on the recommendation in the president's annual message regarding insurance regulation oc cupied the house today, without conclu sion. The pending resolution refers the question to the ways and means commit tee and In its defenso Mr. Payne, chair man, made the argument that the only way woa i fur RhsenLees nn cmier .Irian mui. ivl,n u--. The first public meeting v.us held this j In his room, told me th-u this "plebe" had afternoon, when the subject of civil service : nearly fainted and that he was trying to reform In the west whs treated In mion ! ttK ,,,m un- 1 didn't know why he had refoim in the west was treats In papei s ; ,a)l,t(d ar. ol,)n-t thnl t gel1oul,t HO x u oumuei x,. c7uiiiiih hi. i-jijriiiniii, i ri bilc-a-bruc and other art treasures. These suffered from the flames and today the unfilar estimated his loss on th,.M u r ings and one -plebo"- told. I came on d-ity Representative Monaell or t.yoiiilng today j,. otner tenants who sustained losses last night on his floor and when inspected introduced two bills. One provides "that j Prudential and John Haneo, l the publio land laws be extended to embrace j Ufe ins)Urnnee companies, the American lunos wiuiiii ine ten nines square ccueu ia Hnrn.s. pnmn,,llv n,i tho In.ln.i Murnm. 11am B. Moulton of Illinois. A. (). Harri son of Kansas City, and othsrs. The convention was ' late In getting started. President Charles R. VanHlse of the University of Wisconsin welcomed tho gathering. Richard Henry Dana of Boston replied to the words of welcome, after which he Introduced Samuel E. Sparling. th Ineldent Involving the German I P'1 """' " " isconsin civji senice didn't report it. the Cnited . States by 4he Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians by agreement ratified by uct of congress of Juno 7, 18SV." This tract of land lies adjacent or surrounding Ther mopolls hot springs. He also introduced a Xaval Officer Tells of ttalt Made to j bill that the general provisions of the home ADMIRAL CHESTER REPORTS Observatories of Euro pean Xalions. stead laws be extended, to and over the sur- A constant stream of reports is coming j Commerclo today says the official inquiry in to the effect that the military, princl- . into pally the sapper and engineers battalions cruiser Panther confirms the original story, and the fortress artillery, are formulating 1 Among the witnesses is a German, natural demands for better food and clothing and ised a Brazilian, who said th..t he recog- more humane treatment at the hands of njjed the commander of the Panther clvl crvlce commission of Illinois, read a their officers. I among the party which seized the alleged paper on me same suoject slow Progress Against Strikes. I German deserter Stelnhoff while ashore at ST. PETERSBURG, Wednesday. Dec. ! Itajahy. moming.i via r.yuiaunnen, jasi Irusia, Dec. 14. The government Is mak- lng little headway In crushing the tele- j graph strike. Tho wires of the few lines ' ovir whloh service has been temporarily : restored, sre constantly cut, and not a single irc Is working out of St. Peters- veyed land In townships 4! and 00, ranges PS and 100. within the Yellowstone forest . ; reserve. Tlvre are quite a number of set- WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. Roar Admiral 1 tiers In this portion of this reserve and the commission, who spoke ton the question. ! C' M' Cn,8W-" commander-in-chief ot the bill is designed to give them the opportunity "Civil Service Reform in the West " sptclal service squadron, before leaving to obtain title to their holdings. These burg this morning. At the present rate weeks will elapse before the service can In really restored. The news front the Baltic provinces today Is to the effect thut many of the German landlords who have not fled are establish ing a network ot small forts and are .landing a regular siege. There has been much killing and burning. Inhabitants nf the Baltic provinces who Irish Officials in Ofllee. DUBLIN. Dec. 14. After an Interval of I twenty years the earl of Aberdeen was to ; day worn in as lord lieutenant of Ire. - land for the second time. James Bryce was I also sworn in as chief secretsry for Ire land. GOVERNMENT OWNS FLAGH0USE Plare Where First Stars and Stripes Was Deslaned is Federal Property, William B. , Moulton, . president of the i CHANGE IN CHURCH METHODS Temporal Affairs of Catholic Par. Ishes to Be Maaaa-ed by Board of Urnts, Lisbon for the Azores, prepared a prelimi- j "squatters," so termed, are occupying some nary report of the visits he has nis.de to 11CO) acres, all under cultivation, and It is, European observatories during his cruise, ' as said, the purpose of the Mondel bill to which has Just been received at the Navy , give them the opportunity to perfect their department. Upon completing lhe observations of the solar eclipse on August 30 last In Spain, Admiral Chester, with bis squadron, sailed ! title to the lands upon which they have settled und created homes, CHICAGO. Pec. 14. Changes of a far. reaching nature in the administration of the teinpoiiil affairs of the Roman Catholic church were made by the sy nod of the , MatnematlcB w. a Eychelberg-r. U. S. N n nuimew vi iu -hi iii-iu iit-i tuua.v. , The purely temporal matters of every South Dakota Bills. from there to Genoa. Italy. In order to! epreseniawve i,...r..n .uuay m.roaucea secure the best technical results for the ! tm 'uowl,,K b,ll": To '"-"ease the limit records of the naval observatory, as well of co, of ,h ra-woo- Pu,'c building as make a study of comparative methods from -'C0'"0') to 0"0; to 8el Part certain of observations. Professor of Mathematics laml" ,n 8ouHl r)ako,: a" a Pub"c park, to r. B. Little, U. 8. N was assigned as bc known BaU,a Mountain Sanitarium side to Admiral Chester, and Profor of P-""k; o establish mining experiment sta tion to aid in ine aeveiopment or tne min- .i.n rmmnanlMl him. with iiimi.,! 1 erai resources or ine Lnttea ntaies. I Chester they visited all the observatories company. Th fire was under control shortly after daylight. 1 I -1- -111 1.. r. .1 Ihl.ln I . 7 , " - " " 77 . ' except where In one or two cases the time lirtnrit nr trustees, romnosed of ftei. nvmnn 1 ' . . . ... I and the priest of the parish, who shall be PHILADKI J-HIA. Dec. 14.-The little two-storv brick structure at 2n Arch street. are now residing in 8t. Petersburg were known the "old flog house,", where Immensely gratified at the publication yes- ntrv R designed the American flag, lerday of the Imperial ukase promising ,, heVN rrchas.-d for the government, local self-government, which, they ssy, j 1N,ym.nt upon the property was means the abandonment of the Russlflrstion ! mttOI, todar. on October ZZ. m. a meet poliey; beginning In 167. to destroy the ,ng wa, h,M )n lhp " 0id fla, house," under unity of the old provinces ot Llthuanls. th8 diction nf John Qulncy Adsms and The uksse practically insures the restora- , Cnarlp8 welsgarber and the American Flag tlon of the status quo snte. creating a de- ; Hous, ud Bo,v Ro Memorial association libers live assembly for the solution of the ' waa formed and later incorporated. The hurnlng questions of reform of the peasant ; obJct wa in purfhll. the historic dwell- ; was limited and the psrt; wa dlvldnd in ordnr not to leave out any establishment ' Xehrnska Bnlldlnir Bills. Senator Mlllnrd today Introduced the fol lowing bills carrying appropriations for the he chairman of the board. Under thN . th. .. " . : nurt nw " u"""1 nuD agreement th church give, official recog-! " " " tnrv , buildings: Kearney . ?i-.ni; Uayne a. inltkm to the lay members and does away ! lr " ,!". i,llnil West Point WWW coiumous. itO.ooo; with the only policy which placed the n-' , ' rnlversltv observitory at , frtr building at l.rant Island on the site Hr. buixien of tempora, end spiri.ua, ad- j fh a'nd those TtvJnnTZZZ i'Tv'u mm" " mlnlstratlon upon the priests of the parish, j i procuring a , , -rn.lt to visit Oer- u North ."" H The enactment extending more power to ! ' . ' ... . .. ... On motion of Representative Kennedy lav members Is a part or Archbishop Quig- j tnp,e rfItabishments was entirely unofn ley's agressie policy and follows closely; ,Ph ,., lw Inspected ih. eouln- condltions, the institution of the local self- ; ing and save It to the nation. This waa .ovrrninrni .nq . .nvrrnor general as me .ocompuhed through the issuance of mem ..fflce existed before 1U7K. Papers generally mp CPrtiflcates at the uniform price of the rocommendstlons made by the third plensry council of Baltimore. regarded the uksse as opening the door to deeentralli . 10 rents and the co-oneratlon of the nennln tlon and aa the end of the --.i,., ,.oiintr- There n.ini- policy under which the bureaucracy ah- ,tocknoidwr, f IP property, living In ... ,-owrr s'm ....eW- i.ie amui- yery tlM ln ,he ,,, ...ins ... i.ir uororr people. Some Want foerslon. The cries for a Mrong policy to end the tyranny of the revolutionary organs are openly taken up by such men as Charles von Schwanebach, a former minister of agriculture. In an Interview he denounces Premier Wltte's policy as fatal, declares that the strike law will be as useless as the press law, and H)'i the only method Is COLORADO MAN ON TARIFF Major novo Says Inlted States Shoald Sot Redace Rate on Philip, pine Sugar, NONUNION LABOR ARMY Chicago Plmployere Take Steps to Form Permanent Organisation of Strikebreakers. i ctat. ment of the Royal observatory at lirussels. the observatory at Lcyden. Holland, the i Astro-Physical observ Rcpresentstlve . Hlnshaw and Victor H. Duras of Wllber, Neb., were admitted today to practice before the United States su preme court ' ' " ' Representative Martin of South Dakota, icrvatory of 8lr Norman ' . . . . . . . . . ,. . today had an Interview with Director Wo - , the Greenwich obaerva-i . . . . . ,,,. cott of tho Geological survey relative to i ths estsbltshment of sn agricultural ex- CHICAGO, Dec. H.-The Chicago Em-1 ma(1(. and sed In his discovery of the ployers1 association st a meeting today for- i Mtrllites of Jupiter. mulated plans for the establishment of at Th. Minneapolis sailed from Ponta del standing army of laborers, both skilled and ; 0ada for Hampton Roads today. Upon Its unssiiiea ana rriirr-wnung every nrancn or trade, to be prepared to go to any city ln the United States to till the places of strik ers when necessary. The scope of the asso- Lockyer ln London tory and the observatories at Paris, Nice, Rome, Naples, Genoa and Florence. Ad miral Chester says thst among tne r, '""TT": .r; n.r.rr'z. .1 . 00 .urvey the ProP,.i reiK-a "v ! tlon to open up to settlement a large tract t lorriiew, through the taxing power.. To this many objectlons wero made. Members Said con- ' grcES could not afford to takn the position that the only way K could control insur ance was through taking It, that it should resolutely pursue other methods of control until some way was found that would bo effective. Liberal rules of debate allowed lengthy speeches, which went off on other subjects more or less, intended for home consumption and applicable to particular localities. The contest between the ways and mean) committee and the Interstate and foreign commerce committee for the control of in surance legislation was continued In the bouse today. Mr, Payne took the floor to show thut the power ot tn.x was the only way In which congress could get control over insurance und the ways and means committee, had jurisdiction over the taxing power. A review ot judicial opinions was made . by Mr. Payne to substantiate his position that Insurance was not Interstate com merce. He contended that ln tho face of the unanimous opinion of the supremo court the only legislation touching Insur-' ance thut would be held to be good would be to tax It. Mr. Mann (III.) said ho saw great ditll cully In regulating insurance through the taxing power, but he did believe regula tion might be Insured under the commerce clause of the constitution. As a precedent for the future Mi. Hep burn said he saw great importance in the manner ln which the question should be dt elded. The supreme court view, ho said, was not the view of himself or a cunsid- JURY IN BEEF TRUST CASE Three Men Had Been Accepted by Both Hides When Coort Ad journed Thursday. CHICAGO. Dec. 14. Three Jurors, two of whom are carpenters and one a real estate dealer from the Interior of the state, have been accepted by both the government and the defendant packers' lawyers in the "Beef trust" case now at bar before Judge Hum phreys. Considerable difficulty In securing competent men Is being met with and dur ing the day's oxamlnatlon of veniremen clashes were frequent. When court had ad journed each aide had exhausted three of Its seventeen peremptory challenges.. It developed today thst Commissioner of Corporations James A. Garfield and his chief assistant, Dr. E. A. Durand, have practically become witnesses for the de fense. Inasmuch as Mr. Garfield has been served with a subpoena duces tecum, Iss'ied at the instance of the defense to produce every book, paper record or report he has now or did have and be ready to testify concerning It. By this It is claimed the de fense will endeavor to show that Mr. Gar field has sworn statements In his possession i erable number of members of the house, which were made by the packers during The exact recommendation of the Bar as Commls.iloner Garfield's investigation of the : soclatlon, the "enactment by congress of business methods of the Beef trust and by this fact the packers have gained Im munity from criminal prosecution. SPAUGH SENTENCED TO HANG Slayer of Iron Connty, Missouri, Sheriff Will Be F.irrated February 16V CENTERVILLE. Mo., Dec. 14.-Judge YAltlia mi rt t Visa ! f rtt-- IaHb t.. periment farm on the Belle Fourche Irrlga- I .... . . ... th8,tlon project He also took up wrlth the om- tencf)1 wmjam Bpaufn( fr n be on February 1& His mother, Mrs. Mary especially the lenses that he elation will he extended so as to luclud WASHINGTON. Dee. 14 -MaJor Aaron ' every city in the United States with a pop- Gove, formerly superintendent of schools ulatlon of tO.COO or more. Employment to answer by force threats of the or-' at Denver. Colo., was the chief speaker at bureaus will he maintained In all cities of the hearing today before tho wsys and this class. means committee on the Philippine tariff, register. here nonuniim workmen can Sanlzatlor.s which are calling on the peo ple to risk armed resistance." The cabinet has derided to prosecute In He said he regarded the sugar an4 tobacco I court all violations of the new press law. I production of the Islands to be u great ' RANQIIPT FOR JAMES J HILL Ths first prosecution will be thst of the menace to the sugar and tobacco Interests : ' m-- edltor of the Kasha Shisn for printing the lu the United States and expressed the ! at. Paal Admirers of Railway Maa resolution of the post and telegraph env ployvs of Bt. Petersburg of December 11 ' The new committee of the postal-telegraph union has decided to continue the strike until the strikers' demands ars com pletely satisfied. Ths Official Messenger today announced thst the new electoral law which has been drafted will Immediately be laid before the emperor. M. Tattischef. formerly Russian financial agent Id London, has been appointed chief editor of the Official Messenger. Bad Xewa from Baltic. The government's advices today from the Baltic provinces, forwarded part of the way belief thst it is absolutely Impossible to estimate the output of the rich ' islands under modern methods.. (Continued on Becom r.a DONOVAN GOES TO BROOKLYN to Have Charge of Lssg Islanders.. NEW YORK. Dec. 14Late tonight the Brooklyn club closed negotiations with aato Give Elaborate Feast la Hie Honor. ST. PAUL, Minn.. Dee, 14. Three hun dred of St. Paul's business and profes sional men. besides a number of visitors from other states, sat down to a banquet at the Ryan hotel tonight In honor of James J. Hilt, president of the Great North ern railway. In recognition of bis efforts arrival It will he placed out of commission. MONTANA SHIPPERS MEET Convention of Merchants and Stork men is Seeking Lower Freight ' Rrtee. v. HELENA. Mont.. Dec. 14.-Better freight rates for Montsna Is the object sought to be attained by a convention here of business men, cattlemen and other shippers from various parts of the state. The convention began In the Unitarian church today, the visitors being welcomed to Helena by W. Hedges, speaker of the lower house of the legislature. Mayor Purcell and Governor Toole, About l'O delegates were present from outside points. Governor Toole In ad dressing the gathering said he hoped It would achieve Its object. But if It were proposed to have a special session of the legislature to enact a railway commission bill he said he would consider such action on behaJf of the northwest. Tov every place Inexpedient in view of the differences of occupied tltfl was paid. The banquet was ' opinion between the legislature and the Patsy I.inovsn to manage the team next i given under the auspices of the Bt. Paul . executive upon the question of appointing suaa.ui. D.-.r.ovan Is w.-!l icwwn In the Lr. Commercial club and was the moet clab- ! members of the cosismlsslon. referring to fcla ball world, his lust experience in the big ' urate and artistic affair ever produced ln I action during the lost session in vetoing leagues having been with the Washington the northwest, judged from tue standpoint j such a measure because it deprived bia of club, which he managed, in lftvi. j ut floral decoraUoua alone, lib appoint. " I In the Rapid City 8. D.) land district. 1 which lias been temporarily withdrawn j under the national Irrigation law. This tract, It Is claimed, .has been found not I available as contemplated In the irrigation projects and therefore shpuld be restored to the public domain. Won Id "Lease Lead to Settlers. Representative Larey of Iowa today In troduced a bill permitting grazing prlv. lieges on public lands to homestead set tlers and holders of small farms in semi arid and arid regions. The bill provides for the leasing of land at prices ranging from 1 to rents an acre annually and Axes the amount of land to be leased at ten times the number of acres owned by ths lessee. Postal Matters. Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska Hartington, route I, Charles Plumlelgh car rier, Chsrles H. Plumlelgh substitute; Stan ton, route 4, Roy N. Hopper carrier, John J. Hopper substitute. Iowa Cherokee, route I. Frank T. Stiles carrier, Philip Stiles sub stitute; Newton, . route T. Arthur Firman carrier, Frank Baker substitute; route . John B. Davis carrier. Robert Hannon sub stitute; Ocheyeden, route I, Chester D. Nutting carrier. Bert W. Wilson substitute Oto, route 1, Clifford Francis Tsylor substltut Hem is. route 1, Dan Ryan carrier, William Moon substitute; 8a' am. route 2, Charles A, , .Russell carrier, Orioda, Russell guuetltuta, Spaugh, convicted at the same time as her son. was given a new trial. Spaugli was found guilty of first degree murder and Mrs. Spaugh of manslaughter In connection with the death of Sheriff Polk of Iron county. legislation for the regulation of Insuranee" was placed In the record by Mr. Lurtlett (C.a.) Conditions regarding commerce wire In finitely different than' when the decisions in question were rendered. llv adopting the resolution .-egardlng I . r tHlrmi with the statement of Payne, that the taxing power was the only jurisdiction over insurance, Mr. Hepburn said the house would promptly be pro claiming its lack of Jurisdiction. Particu larly was this so when, as he said, be had been Informed the majority of he ways and means committee nominated its chair man. The debate took a general character, Mr. Iiccy (la ), Liltlefleld (Me.i, Crumpacker find.), Stevens (Minn.) anJ Fuller till.) taking part. Without reaching a conclusion on tho committee reference of thn Insurance ques tion the house adjourned at 2:& o'clock en til tomorrow. notSK CAVCtS STATEHOOD KANSAS GRAIN RATES REDUCED State Railroad Commission Orders Redaction of Five Per Cent oa All Classes. TOPEKA. Kan.. Dec-. 14 The State Hoard or nauroao mmiwmfii tooay oecuie.1 to ! ., lv ,...! in favor of sdmlt- order a reduction of t per cent in t'i ' . ,.JI.. T,n,.n. unj nu.hnm. nn. state, and by a vote of I.'jS to 63 declared Bill Coaplee Arlsona with Oklahoma and Indian Territory. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 Tho republican members of the house. In caucus today. freight rates on all classes of grains. The order affects every railroad In the state. The formal order will probably be Issued tomnr-row. Movements of Oeeaa Vessels Dec. 14. At New York Arrived : Prlna Adalbert, from Genoa. Sailed: La flavole. for Havre. At Oueenstown Arrived: Cedrlc, from New York. Soiled: Merlon and Oceanic, tor ivew ror. ln favor of admitting Arizona and New Mexico as one state. Roth statehood ques tions are to be contained in one bill. The conference which resulted in this action took place st thot-oucliislon of the session of the house and occupied an hour and a half. The only etipjMisitinn to the program waa directed again Arizona and New Mex. Ico. Mr. Adams of Wisconsin and Mr, At Llverpo.il Arrived: Sicilian, from St John; Sagamore, from Boston: Cedrlc, from Tawney of Minnesota were the only speak New York; Saxonia. from Boston. Sailed: ,r. im this side Parisian, for Halifax. At Gibraltar Arrived from w York. At Cherbourg Bailed: Princess Irene, Kaiser Wllhelm E. Taylor carrier i d'r Groese, for New York. 1 of South TJ.ZiJl-l"'d: M"nt("n' -.Ok At Genoa Balled New Orleans Oklabomaas See President. WASHINGTON. Dec. 14.-A delegation 2M IsMiiuers for single statehood for klaluuiiii unil the "Indian Territory Called Citta dl Palermo, for on the president today; to pay their re spects. They ere Jeul4 hf Ot Ki. ew Orleans ! Then Mere At Antwsro-SaUed; JUarouetta. for Phil. P'-1"' . V adelvuia, -. 4Joaes, toe mm rinses.