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The Omaha Daily Bee Whtn Ads Count THE OMAHA BEE Best An. West No Filthy Sensations THE OMAHA DEE Best A", West OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOKXIXO, DECEMBER 20, 1903-TEN PACES. SINGLE COPY T1IKEK CENTS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. i LINE UP FOR BATTLE ScpmiiTt Mots of Tut Answered bj Call for General Strike. SUSPENSION BEGINS THURSDAY AT NOON Kot Endorsed by Union of Unions and General Bailway Union. COMMUNICATION MAY BE CUT OFF leaden 8ay They Can Stop llfery Railroad and TelefTiph Line. DURNOVO tRDERS ARREST OF MOSCOW MEN Telegraph Oprratnni at St. Peter.hurii lefuao to Transmit the MfHitfi I.f(i of Leagues an Manifesto. BT. PETERSBURG. Dee. 91.-2: a. m.-A all for a general political strike through out Russia, to begin Thursday nt noon, w Issued tonight. The roll U approved by the T'ntnn of Unions, the Union of Peasants, the General Railway union anil the councils of work man of St. Pet 'rsbiirg and Moscow. A response received from the railroad men of Moscow Ik unanimous for a strike. The leaders have declared their ability to stop every railroad and telegraph line In Russia. The strike order ronders every member of . the unions slrnlng It liable to arrest an ! punlnhment under the new atrlke law and Minister of the Interior Durmivo attempted to telegraph orders to Moarow to arrest members of the railway unions and of th" workmen's council, but the dispatches were held up by the railroad telegraphers. Moscow Workmen Hesitate. The members of the St. Petersburg coun cil of workmen have been notified by the General Railway union and the Moscow . Council of Workmen that In principle they were ready for a strike, but hesitated on FATAL WRECKJJN SANTA FE Train Leave. Track Sear needing. Kansas, and Express Mes senger Is Killed. KANSAS CITY. He.-, if. A special to the star frotn Rending. Kan., says that Santa Fe train No. IT was wrecked at Itai erk bridge, about five miles west of b, at 3 o'clock this morning. The ton z ft the track, derailing all the. bn 5. and expires cars and the first twi les. One express car turned over ant ht lire. In which one of tho mes set 5 -as killed. His remains were re co' . The engineer and two other mes sei were seriously Injured, the latter fat ' No passengers were Injured, ad: DEERICK. Kansas City, express in. cr. ) ,Y DAVIS, Topck, engineer, died of ijuries. Deerick's body was badly burned before It could be recovered, Davis died shortly after being removed from the wreck. Two passengers In the smoker were In jured slightly. It Is believed the train was PANIC IN DRACO FACTORY Six-Story 8ign Plant of Fchonk v ompauj on Park Street l-.s.rojsd. SEVERAL LIVES ARE PROBABLY LOST Fireman Killed by FnllinK Wall and Two Employes Are Heportcd Mlaalna; I.OSM About CIIICAQO, Dec. 19. One flreman m killed and several employes may have lost their lives In a fire which destroyed tho enamel sign factory of the Charles M. Bchonk company. 7 to 15 Park street, to night. Until the ruins of the building have been searched It will not be positively known whether any of the employes were killed either In the explosion which started the fire or by the falling of the walls and floors which followed soon after. While the flre was at Its height one of the wa'.N suddenly collapsed and a numlvr of fire ditched by wreckers. The spikes securing I nicn WPrff precipitated In the debris. With one rail and ti c fish plates had been re moved. TOPRKA. Kan.. Dec. 19 J. E. Hurley, general manager of the Santa Fe railroad, today offered a reward of $n,"0p for the arrest and Conviction of tho men who wrecked the passenger train near Reading, Kan. Mr. Hurley said: "We have positive In formation that the bolt.", angle bars, rail Joint fastenings and spikes were removed by someone with malicious Intent. My con clusions are that the work was done by someone who was sent from a distance to do It. No. 17 Is the same train that was wrecked near Emporia on May 4. 19ur. At the time a reward of JS.tX'o was offered for the arrest of tho wreckers. EMPORIA. Kan.. Dee. 19. There Is no doubt here that the ditching of the Santa Fe passenger train at Lang this morning. In which Engineer Harry Davis and Ex press Messenger Elmer Derrick were killed, was the work of train wreckers. It was discovered this morning that the tool house near Emporia Junction had" been broken Into and a clawbar and wrench stolen. This afternoon the wrench and clawbar were WASHINGTON LIFE AFFAIRS President Tntlnrk Testifies Before the Sew York Committee on Com pany's Methods. NEW YORK. Dee. ir. An Inquiry Into th affairs of the Vashlngtnn I.lfe Insur ance company was begun by the legislative Insurance Investigating committee, when John O. Tatloet;. president of the company, was called to the witness nnd. Mr. Tit lock was elected In December. 19M. after an examination . of the company by the state Insurance department which resulted In a reorganization Of the management of the company. Mr. Tntlock receives a sal ary of $10e0. He detailed a number of reforms that hsd been Instituted since this reorganisation, among them tho abolishing of a cash sur render value In policies and the elimina tion of the loan tenturo. He expressed somewhat of a different sentiment from other life Insurance officials. In that his experience had been that only about 6 per' WARNER NAMED AS MARSHAL Chairman of Bepnblican State Committee to Fill Vaeancy in Nebraska. PLACE WAS TENDERED HIM YESTERDAY At the Last Report the Dakota City Man Was ttltlng Matter of Ac ceptanee Serlun. Con idrrat Ion, tFrom a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19,-lSpccial Tele gram. ) The president today nominated William P. Warner of Dakota Clly to by United States marshal, to succeed T. L. Mathews. Warner was unanimously en doised by tho senators and the Ncbrnski delegation in the house. Senator W. P. Warner had a telegram last night from Senators Millard and Bur- prnctleaj grounds. The Bt. Petersburg lead- j founil ,n a mra(l nt.aT th, BronP f tne era believed their prestige would suffer un- wrfl(,k. A cinwr,ar and wrench were stolen less they should answer the government s from tle .,,. too, housr wh(.n a ganta Fe determined offensive operations with a I .ne.r train was ditched near here last the exception of Lieutenant Henry Bassett of truck company No. 74, who wan crushed to death, all of the firemen escaped with a severe shaking up. A number of the em ployea were Injured In the panic that fol lowfd after the fire broke out, and for a time there were all sorts of rumors as to the number of persons killed. Two Persona Missing;. There were forty girls and thirteen men and boys employed In the factory, and, ac cording to the officials of the company, a'l but two persons have been accounted for. The police and firemen, however, declare that several of the employes were unable to make their escape and were In the build ing at the time the floors and walls col lapsed, and that until the debris Is cleared away the number of casualties will not be positively known. The employes who arc said to bo missing by the officials of the company arc Margaret. Becker and Henry Saute. Tho employes were distributed In all parts of the building, which was six stories high. The majority of the girls and bojs were employed on the upper floors and conslder- . - . , .. i -n oi ,nr n err ever paid up . Ml asking him If he would accept tho that a loan was but r. deferred surrender r,uc, n(ftdo vacanl by T L Mathews" re of a policy. He viewed life Insurance as I mova Mr Walntr m.,ri,d ,u reJlly Rskln( such and not as an Investment. unt tmJay , giyv n dPnnltl, ttll(wer. I-tlst According to the wlt.iesa wi.000 In d- i ltrhl ... .Varnr h ,,, nn. vancea to agents had been placed on the books of the company thus far this year. These, he explained, were a legacy from the former management. No contributing for political purposes had iver been made by the Washington Life as fir as the wit ness had been able to lesrn, and the only thing in. the nature of legislative work was a retainer to W. S. Walker, who. the wit ness thought, was q ChlcagT newspaper man. This retainer was paid from 1W1 until Mr. Tatlock took the presidency, when It was cut off. Walker wrote special stories upon Insurance and on Insurance measures that would be pending In western legisla tures. Immediately after the first of the present year at the recommendation of the finance committee, a great deal of the com- nltely state If he would take the place, as he wanted to consult some of his friends before making his reply. He admitted the propobition was a rather tempting one. Wnrner Accepts Place. SIOVX CITY, la., Dec. J!).-Vllliain P. Warner of Dakota City, Neb., who was today named ior 1 nlted Plates marshal for the district of Nebraska, tonight an nounced his acceptance of the otllcc. He had not expected the appointment and was in Sioux City on a Chrlstm.is shopping tour when noilned that t!ie president had Sent his name to the senate. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Pair Weilnrilny and folder In North west Portion- Thursday Fair. Tcmneratnre at Omaha Yesterday I llonr. A a. m . A a. m . T a. an. a. m . t n. m . to a. m. II a. m. 13 m.. . . Ura. . . '22 . . 21 . . 2t . . 21 . . 22 . . 2l . . :t . . ;ti llonr. ni . Ilea. JtT :! in 31 T nil nt William r. Warner wus born at Rich land, la., April 2, 18ft!. When he was 2 year old his parents -removed to Dakota his tiflflv'l lmMlne-s In bonds And rmirtffnM on real' e.t,t. rlosod out ...d tho funds ! county. Nebraska, where he received Invested in negotiable securities. - Tn a 'nientary education and has since lived, great mnnv of these transactions the se- attended business college In Sioux City eurltles were purchased through A. A. Ryan Bn1 reading law In the office of a r..o who nr son. nf Th,.mH F Tivan. J"Jse McLain. now of the Iowa supreme About Jt.Wo.flOii has been Invested in serurl ties since January last. The company had never gone Into a syndicate until this year. able difficulty was experienced In rescuing i Since January 1 It. has been In six. trlke, while many men who were com roltted to full revolution secretly dreaded that the ground would be swept from under their feet should the government promul gate a law granting universal suffrage. It Is expected that there would be difficulty In enforcing a general walkout on the eve of the Christmas holidays, when Russian , . workmen, especially the railway employes, are looking forward to the customary pre- aents, which sometimes amount to as much a one or two months' wages. "', . Will Be Heady In January. : " Envoy, returning from the Interior report that many of the proletariat In several of the provlpces will not be ready for a strug & rle before January. ' The committee of the League of League. May. DYNAMITE KILLS WORKMEN six Dead and Many Injured a Result of Carelessness In DrilllnK. NEW YORK. Dec 19. Three men were blown to pieces, seven other were more or less seriously hurt nnd the occupants of fashionable hotels and residences in the vicinity of Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth street were startled today by an explosion of dynamite In an excavation for the new Altnmn building. Fragments of the bodies of the dead were scattered over an area ( of hundreds of feet and it was hours be - wuu., ,nrn fh. t ombar victim. wrf. tha .l . TV"; ,UV., y a workman unlnien- nornlnc waa present at the meeting o tho ; ch coancll or workmen, as were several lead- wh,ch had d d , ng4lght. of the i revolutldn who are work- , a ,ed of rock Bvol.Rl d ag0 and nr de.pera .ly to co-ordinate all element. , wh,ch deflfd attcmpts to pIouo lt at thltt l 'tTU" the B?rrT,ment; , time. Today the workmen started to re- The printers of Moscow will strike today. J drl ho,0 w, h no t ht f h deadl but . tho.c of St Petersburg have decided , cha whch ,t conC)!aIe(j. There were JS" " 1 tl "- e"-'hty men In the excavation at the time. The police yesterday afternoon visited but otl)y a few of them wfro nM. fne the printing office in which the workmen s loadod nole when the Btee, dr1, plun8e1 paper were published Monday, but the rev- ,nto 8tlckg of (,ynamlte. Thwrc wa, a t..ul.o.,.ry primers naa noi icrt tne sngl.l- terrlflc rottr lh(J alr waa m,ed wn . est evidence of their work. , j rl,,8 0 Bton()i fraen,ent9 of numan esh Manifesto by Usxnr of Leawaea. ; pieces of timber, dirt and smoke. Scarcely The Iaguo of League, in expressing Its u trnc wan found In the excavation of approval of an imminent and general strike, : three men who had stood almost directly bus issued a munlfesto accusing the gov- , over the hole and when the smoke cleared eminent of the perpetratilon of fresh crimes : away seven other who had been within lu in resting member of the euunts' cop- j range of the concussion were sti elched out sjress, of the postal und telegraph unltl j on the ground, their l'.ues and bodies torn and of the council of workmen's delegates, and seared. The sound of the explosion lu suspending progressive newspaper, in . brought guests hurrying from the Waldorf-proinulKuting- laws destroying the basis of Astoria hotel, almost directly across the civil liberty, and In menacing the rights street from the scene of the disaster and of the people which were obtained ufter a ! from muny similar places In the vicinity, long struggle and which have been affirmed ' Portions Of the body of an Italian were by the emperor's manifesto. Tho leugue do- ! found In East Thirty-fourth street nearly clare that a continuance of the power of ! Wly feet from the point where the the present government Is a danger to the ! dynamite exploded and another body wa country". Its manifesto says that the gov- 1 foubd on top of a toolhouse more than lou eminent Is provoking a conflict which Is j feet away. Fragments of the third body forcing the revolutionary movement hero I were found far from the excavation, along the fatal path, concluding with a dec- Jacob Metxger, superintendent for Post larallon of the solidarity of the workmen I McCord, contractors, and Frank Ander wlth the uims of tho league and a call to ! B0,' superintendent for tins O Rouike Con Hll the union to mobilize htelr force so as ! atructlon company, were arrested soon after to be In readiness for a political strike. I the accident on u charge of criminal negli- them, as the fire spread very rapidly on ac- I count of bte combustible material used In ! tho factory. When the firemen arrived the j younger of the employes were panic stricken and were vainly endeavoring to reach the street down the fire-escapes. A number became Jammed together and were unable to make any progress. With the help of tha firemen and police, however, order was soon restored and the majority of the employes were soon assisted to the street. I Several Hmploye. II'-. Several employes Injured were hurt In the Jam on the fire-escapes, but the condition of none of them Is serious. Lieutenant Dassett was killed while running away from the building In an effort to escape from a falling wall. The outer edgo of the wall, however. ( caught Bassett and he was crushed to death. The body wa recovered a few minute Inter. t .The loss on the building, which was de stroyed, an& the contents le eNtlmavtcd' at Trevlous to calling Mr. Tatlock. Presi dent H. P. Townsley of the Life Associa tion of America was called to complete his testimony, which was Interrupted by ad BOMB THR0WNJNT0 OFFICE Headquarters of 'rw York Iron Asso ciation Kmployrr. Partially Vi rri keil. NEW YORK. Per. 1! -A bomb wa. hinlel tonight through one of the front windows of the Allied Iron nssocintlon office at 7 Eist Fourteenth street. lt landed In a room used for telephone pirpoae and exploding wrecked the place. Several employes wer in an adjoining room, hut "were nnlv stunned hv the explosion. Only fragment si of the mlslle could be picked up in the wrecked room and no one conld be found i who saw the person who had thrown It. The Allied lion association was formed recently when the structural Iron workers declared a strike ngnlust the rostraetlng Arm o? Post McCord. Its offices have been used as a bureau for the employment of nonunion men to take the places of the strikers. About ten days ago notice was served on all union structural iron workers in the city that on and after that date no iron workers would he employed by the con tracting firms of New York except throup.li the assnelotloii agency in East Fourte-nth street. Post & McCord are the contractors for the Altnmn building at Thirty-fourth street and Fifth avenue, where un explosion of dynamite today killed three men and In jured a number of others. BAXTER STEPS OUT Reiignation of Diatrict Attorney for Ne braska t. ailed for by President. ACTION WAS TAKEN SEVERAL DAYS AGO Senatnra Only Learn of it When Tbey Call to Eecommend I'aihewi' Sucoeitor. SECRETARY HITCHCOCK IS INSISTENT1 Bnrkc'.t aid Millara Surprised and Hardly Enow What to Do. HAD HOPES SHAKING UP WAS AT AN END I'dmnrd nnsewater Kerommended t Hepresent I nltrd States In In ternational Postal Conare.a W lilelt Meet In Rome. RAILROADS WILL BE GOOD OlWcer. of Western Mne Promise Knell Other to Obey Interstate Commerce and FlUlns lw, court, then chancellor of the law school of tho University of Iowa. Warner was admitted to the bar In 1S91. For four years be served as county Judge of Dakota county and for five years as ' CHICAGO. Dec. lit Executive officers of county attorney. He has been an active all western railroads at a meeting here to worker In the political field, thoroughly re publican, and his election In 1902 to the . a. . . it.. 4 114 Journment yesterday. He receives a sal- 1 senate was oy a majority ary of I12.0W a vear. He said that rAOCO n a dlstrlct-the Eighth-that In ISM gave voted to him and Eugene Van Schalck for!3'10 tuslon majority. Senator Warner was organizing the company had come under the flrKt republican senator sent from his the observation of the insurance depart- j district in eight years. Senator Warner ment and that- tl attorney general had j a married February IB, 1S03. to Miss notified them that It would have to be paid j Alice M. Graham of Sioux City. la. They back. Mr. Townsley detailed how the as- i are the parents of three children, two sons soclatlon controls the Rankers' Life In- one daughter. Their home Is at Dakota surance company which Is under a vot- City. Ing trust. Tho Knickerbocker Investment In legislative session of 1903 Senator compinv owns a majority of the trust Warner was chairman of tho apporllon voting certificates of the Rankers' Life. ' ment. claims and, standing committees of PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE Accident la Sen York City Reaulta In Death of One Man and Injury of Forty Person.. NEW Y'ORIC. Dec. 19. In one of the most which are pledged to the Manhattan Ronding and Underwriting company, which Townsley and Van Schalck organized and of which, they- tire director. ' When the committee; adjourned Presi dent Tatlock of tke Washington Life was an -, tfci. tjd. . '.TbV4i&&iona . js-III - be sumed tomorrow. ...... day entered into nn agreement with a view to compelling a strict adherence to trfie pro visions of the Interstate commerce and Elk- tl'roui a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19-(8peclal Tele- gram, i Irving F. liaxter, Lulled States district attorney. Is to leave the service of the United htates government. His resig nation was H.skid for several days ago. When S' nators Millard and Uurkett went to the White Houso this morning to recom mend the appointment of William P. War ner (vf Dakota City for United States mar shal to fill the vacancy caused by the re moval of Tj. L. Mathews they thought for a (line at least Nebraska would be per mitted to rest in peace. Hut hardly had they announced Mr. Mathews' successor to the president when they wcro informed that Irving F. Unxter'S resignation had been demanded. This action waa wholly unex p cted. Tho senators had quietly conferred upon a successor to Mathews, but they had tot contemplated the removal of Bax ter. They had h en Informed that tho attorney general would not permit any In terferenco with his department, notwith standing Secretary Hitchcock had been out spoken nt cabinet meetings, protesting against the inadequate sentence inflicted on Richards and Comslock, which has brought Nehratka In the lima light, along side of Ori son and Kansas, Secretary Hitchcock, not satisfied with tho sentence which was passed on Richards and Comslock, made it a personal matter Ins laws. Every road bound itself to In- j aml look tie caN9 un to tho president. All NORMAL - CONDITIONS . RETURN Depositor. After Their Money In Sna peoded Bank., lint There I. I.lttle Kxclteiueut. the senate and on the committee on rules and other committees. He was a leading member, en effective dehnter and good committee worker. The fact of his having had three chairmanships was significant of his promlnonee In that body, Senator. Wjtxner's - most recent political station was that or clfafritian" of- tho tste republican committee, from which he has not vet resigned. HI leadership In the I last campaign was marked b;- conservative judgment and deliberate action. form the Interstate Commerce commission of any Illegal acts on the part of any road. In order to keep in close touch with the situation It waa agreed that the roads should s.ppolnt a committee to represent tho various western freight associations and to canvas the situation from time to lime and to report violations of the law. It was the duty of this committee to furnish evi dence in tho event of nn Investigation. It wa the general opinion at the meet ing that since the law had abrogated the penitentiary clause nnd substituted a fino against railroads violating the law, railroad men should no longer feel a delicacy In giv ing Information regarding Infraction of the taw. Through today's action lt la ex- this now conies out tn the. dismissal of Mr. liaxter Several days ago, It Is understood, Bax ter's resignation was asked for, although the senators were not cognisant of this fact when they saw the president today and recommended the appointment of Mr. Warner as successor to Mr. Mathews, United Statfa marshal removed. With this new situation confronting the senators they will now take a day or two to discuss the matter. Both are In a quan dary as to what to do. The reslgnotlon of Baxter has put them in a hole, so to peak, and they want to know where they land before they move. Nebraska has not had ucli conditio in yeari it ever.-a-nd pected to stop the payments of rebates and 'tll(J(Mtl)tt resize that Jhy must jnqvo. ... afi device, for' giving preferences, HUtp jy, btb.nrUo Vbtitf . Wwitt4atol.,Vj I will b of UtUe avaJX ' ' y " " ' , i DE PI TIES ACCEPT IEYITADI,K CHICAOO, Dec. 19. Practically normal conditions were restored in local banking extraordinary accidents known to American circles today and there was not the slight- railroading, two heavily loaded passenger trains came together on the elevated tracks of the New York Central & Hudson River railroad near One Hundred and Tenth street in Harlem. One man, J. W. Knapp of New Rochelle. was killed and forty per sons wete more or less seriously injured. Both ft the colliding trains were east bound and had left the Grand Central station at Forty-second street within a few minutes of each other. One wa a Stamford local on the New Y'ork, New t est surface Indication of the disturbance , caused yesterday by the suspension of the ! Walsh banks. J The runs on the Chicago National and Home Savings banks continued. bJt there was no excitement whatever around the National bank and very little In the offices j of the Home Savings bank, j A large crowd of depositors gathered be j fore tho savings lmnk about an hour bc ; fore the hour of opening today and ap parently desired to withdraw their money. Mot hew. Force Prepares to Clean Out of Office. The lntellience from Washington rela tive to the declination of the president to reinstate T. I.. Mathews as United States marshal for the Nebraska district was not wholly unexpected at the office of the mar shal in the federal building. Tho deputies have reconciled themselves to the Inevitable and are closing up their affairs as rapidly us possible to turn over the office to their successors None of them has any thought of being retained In office, as tho new mar shal probably will prefer to name his own deputies. LAND GRABBERS CONVICTED W. T. Hor.nell nud Royal n of St. Paul, Minn., Given Jail Sentence, nnd Fine.. Wehraaka Delearatlon Social. Members of the house from Nebraska had . 1,. 1 t..,.1rrli a t h Tliv.f hnl.l Stearns ."-" ---w Tno meeting wasosiensioiy cauea ior me purpose of exchanging yiow on statehood. Philippine tariff and raljroad rate legisla tion. While no definite agreement was ST itm rioe in The lorv In ti, I reaenca as io conceriea acuon mennwr. ui United States court which bus ts-en trvln the delegation agreed to stand together on V T Hnrunell and Itnval H Stearns of St "U matters uffectlng Nebraska. Judge Nor- Paui for fraudB in connection with South ' Dakota lands, late this afternoon brought In u verdict of guilty against loth men. Shortly after the jury returned Its verdict i both defendants were sentenced by Judge Amnion. The two aged defendants wept ris was elected clialrinun of the delegation and Mr. Hlnshaw secretary. Member of the delegation were accompanied by their wives and spent a pleasant evening In social enjoyment. Pure Food Petition. Senator Ileyburn today laid before tha nenuto u Joint resolution adopted by the i state legislature of South Dakota memor- ializlng the senate to speedily enact leglsla- Iluvvn & Hartford railroad, which com- j One policeman was on duty and he was pany uses the New York Central tracks. hopelessly overmatched. He sent in a call The other train was the Pougkeepsio ex- ' for aid and In a short time Lieutenant pits of the Central. Rushing along on j Hartford with a Ueiail of officer arrived parallel tracks, the two trains suddenly i and formed the depositors in a long Una. came together. The local was switched The pushing und shoving to be first through from the third track on to the fourth and j the doors having been stopped by the offl in un instant the engine of tho express had 1 cere, quirt was at once restored. About crashed into the day couch following the 5uu were in line when the bank opened and smoking cur of the local. the work of paying them off went on rap- The tracks at the point of the collision I idly. It is believed by tomorrow night the are about thirty feet in the uir. This I greater part of the deposit In both the ,uely to Uet Appointment n. Deputy mauo me won; or rescue uimcuit and lent ! Chicago National anu Home savings Panks 'Mnr.bal. bitterly when sentences were pronounced. , The sentences were preceded by motions 1 for new trials and arrest of Judgment, me present uepui.es are. rjau amews. s,(ar8 sentenced to one vear audition prohibiting Interstate commerce lu , ' ' ' ... - , ! six months In the Minnesota stute prison at James Allan. Henry A. I Ionian of Omaha .,, . . ..,.,., . . . , , ' , , , m : Stillwater and to pay a fine of tl.iiflo. Hors- and John A. Sides of Dakota City. ' llill naa CT-iiiiriieeu lu niA illinium III 11!? Notice of Mr. Warner's appointment had not lieen ofTlclitlly received, but as it was announced to the deputies by Tho Bee it caused no surprise. The exclusive predic tion by The Bee Tuesday morning broko the Ice. TRAWFUHII KKWEDv" MAY I.AM) Ramsey county Jail and to puy a tine of S.W. Itonds In the sum of J5,u) for Stearns and K.oOTi for Horsnell were fixed. The men were given into the custody of the United States marshal. A writ of error will be applied for tomorrow. mlubranded foods, dl ugs and insteud of the expected promulgation of the election law and of a manifesto donat ing the crown appanage to the peasant, th emperor's r.Hiue day was eignullxed by the declaration of martial law . In th province of 8uwalki. on the Herman frontier of Poland, and by the gazetting of decora tion and promotions, mostly in the army, blch cover forty-seven columns in the Official Messenger. An order for the improvement of the con dition of the army and navy which pre YANKEE MARINES ON HAND Force from Crnl.rr Baltimore Help to Preserve Order la Shanghai . SHANGHAI. Dec. 19. Armed guards and patrols are maintained here to cope with a possible renewal of the disturbances. The streots are filled with rowdies. The shops are open, but looting Is greatly feared. - - j i r uvii, wi,ii9 10 , measure ior Tne L nlted States cruiser Baltimore will .uc improvement ci u.e siatus of private. , ,and . force today and the British cruiser ui me eiupe.oi gooa win Diadem i. sending 501) men asl.nr. mi, warships are expected and It is reported as a tiwuid the army," provide for an In crease of the pitiful pay from 11.16 per year to 3 lu the ouse of ordinary private and of from H tn M In the case of private of that Oermun troops aro coming here from Klaocbau. The Chinese newspaper say th rowdies the guard. At the same time the pay of propcd to take advantage of the mixed the non-commissioned officer i increased materially to the terror of the pastngers, most of whom were residents of nearby point in Connecticut and New' York state who had come to the city on holiday shop ping tours. Fire apparatus from severul stations was summoned and many persons were rescued by mean of ladders placed against the structure. Serious injuries be fell most of those in the car demolished by the Poughkeepsln express. John D. Horn, engineer of the express train, was arrested tonight on the charge of manslaughter and was later releuoed on ball. No one on the Poughkcepale train, so fat as can be learned, was hurt. court dispute to attack and loot the foreign i .-!...".... ... .... vi me nignesi j settlement. The German gunboat Tiger has of the sergeants major amounting to tie. I arrived here. , uldler. Badly deeded. j WASHINGTON. Dec. 1-The State de- Desplte tho statement that two army corps purtment was informed by cable from arc being sent to the Baltic provinces, it is ' Shanghai today that there had been some learned taut no such number of troops is available. The government has sent two regiment from St. Petersburg in reply to the frantic appepU for reinforcements, but It it considered too dangerous to depict the garrison of the capital any further dur ing II, e present crisis and the government en 'nly uwait the arrival of the Cossacks and other troops, which are being hurried forward by General Linevltch from Man ihurla. In the meantime the government fear is that the sebellion. which is extend ing southward to the Polish frontier, may arouse the Poles to an armed uprising. Reliable details regarding the establi.h. ment of the so-culld republic of Kharkoff have at last arrived. The workmen's so cialistic element, jolncdby 300 troops, took part of the city, and with the aid of militia armed with pikes, revolvers and axes, es tablished a government, or "federated coun cil," as the executive committee was called. This council issued decrees which the au thorities were perfectly power le to rit. The council turned off th. electricity from th house on the ground that it only benefit, d tho rich, while allowing It to burn in the streets, where it benefited th people, and declared war on the thieve who hav. (CenUuutd ou Second iug ) further disturbances there today and a few casualties! The naval force which were lauded from the warships and the volun teer guard of various nationalities are also endeavoring to suppress the disturbances CONFESSION OF BOY MURDERER Jante Sherman of Lewl.towa, Mont., Saya He Killed Pawnbroker and Committed Other Crimea. LEWISTOWN. Mont, Dec. 19.-James Sherman, the 19-year-old boy accused of the murder of Sam Studlnski, a pawn broker, on the night of August 23, has con fessed, etating that the murder waa com mitted by himself alone, a well as the dosen or more mysterious burglaries in Lewislown during the past year and also the attempted poisoning of the county at torney and his family December 1. Ru will be withdrawn. United States District Attorney Morrison and States Attorney Healy both stated this morning that nothing in connection with tho operation of the bank had been called to their attention. Comptroller Rldgely appeared at the Chi cago National bank at noon and spent some time In looking over the work of pay ing off the depositors. The appointment of Mr. Warner prob ably will iiieun the appointment of Craw ford Kennedy as a deputy marshal. Mr. Kennedy Is at present In charge of the republican state headquarters at Lincoln and was of material assistance to Mr. Warner during the campaign. Until the election of Senator Burkett Kennedy had SPECIAL TRAIN AT SALT LAKE I.o. tiia-ele. I.I in lied Heachru (lie Mormon Metropolis Promptly on Time. SALT LAKE CITY. Dec. 19 -On time to the minute, the first of the eight trains r.hlch will comprlso the Chicago-Los An- : held a government position in Washington, j geles Limited service on the Union Pacific , but upon the election of Burkett he was I and the San Pedro. Los Angeles & Salt "Everything U going on nicely and there dropped from the pay roll. He then came Lake railroads pulled into Salt Luke City Is nothing more that I can do. My work back to Nebraska and wa the outside I at 4:u5 this afternoon. Ten minutes later, is finished and I shall return to Washington , financial agent for Chairman Warner. As I on schedule time, the train departed for tonight," be said. the two are close personal friends as well jM Angeles over the Salt Lake route. At Mr. Rldgely declined to say whether any I as political friends, his selection as a dep- Green Rlverr Wyo.. the new train was met further action would be taken by the gov- ' uty. should there be any changes, Is very ' kv . r,rtT of oneratlne and executive of ficials of the Oregon Short Line, Including ernmcnt, declaring that a statement in con- probable. nection might disclose the evidence in the ' possession of the government. ' fjQ POWER TO DISMISS CADETS BEDFORD, lnd.. Dec. IsWlien the Bed- ! ford National bank, of which John R. j Attorney General Moody Say Alleged Walsh of Chicago is president and principal ' Haer Are Entitled to Trial by BtocKnoiaer, opened ior nusiness today the ; room eoon became filled with small d- ; posltors, who were paid as fast as possible, j i There was a little excitement, but the run jn.Ji.ui ...1,1,1111,14. i I lin U4llln have offered assistance, but it has been declined as unnecessary. l adulterated, medicines. Hlackbnrn In Wa.htnnrtou. T. W. Blackburn of Omaha I In Wash ington In relation to matter connected with tho Posiofnce department. llreckenrldge Ask Hearing. Senator Millard today asked the inter slate commerce committee to hear Ralph Breckcnridgc in relation to federal control of insurance companh s. Itosewotcr I. Recommended, Edward Hosewater wus today recom mended by Senators Millard and Burkett us delegalu to the universal postal congress to be held at Homo tho coming spring. Pierce Want. Rest. . Lymun 1 I'lerco, for the past five years general secretary of the Young Men's Christian association, has resigned, his resignation to take effect December 31, on account of Impaired health. Mr. Pierce has been identified with slmllur work in Den ver. Ornalitt. Cedar Rapids, Trenton, N. J. ; and lu Ohio. H was secretary of the Em ployed Officers' association of the North American Young Men Christian associa tion lasl year. Departmental Routine. I The First National bank of Armour, Conrt Martial. and at the hour of this report the city wa sell Hartop, David Atkinson and Walter t)ll"- I Ooosch have been released from custody m.ii. - . . . - ""f . . , iu uv re leased soon. The four men wers Implicated In the mur der by young Sherman In bis first story following his arrest. GOV. LAFOLLETTE RESIGNS Legislature I. Told He Will Quit Of fice on First Monday In January. MADISON, Wis., Dec. 1. Governor Follette today sent to the legislature OLIN BANKER PLEADS GUILTY bis i V.. V.. Snder Will He Sentenced Tues. resignation as governor, tn lake effect on i the first Monday tn January. He resigns to accept the Untied States j senatorshtp. His message reads: To the. Honorable, the Legislature cf Wl- day for Receiving Deposit. After Bank Became Insolvent. AN'AMOSA. la, Dec. 19-Th trial of E. cousin: I hereby res gn the office of gov- E. Snyder, th Olln banker, came to a ning" the1" nr:.,,M?md.y0n,hJarary:,T:1.c,"8e " 'hen th such resignation io take effect the first I changed his plea to guilty. He was Monday in January, 190b, at 12 o'clock i charged with fraudulent banking and noon oi Him o.i) . ROBERT M. LA FOLI.ETTE, Governor. The special session nf the legislature after having received deposiu when he knew that he was insolvent- Th state has dis missed all the other cases against him. HUMMEL MAKES NO DEFENSE WASHINGTON. Dec. 19-Secretary Bon- aoarte has found that he has no Dower to I Defendant lu Conspiracy Case Offer. dismiss Midshipmen Coffin and Vandeveer, j No Testimony nnd Counsel I charged witn nazmg ana complicity in lias- Proceed, with Argument. Ing Midshipman Kimbrough. This lnfor- . HONORS 1 raat,on today by At- NfJW YORK r.et-Zr cag of A,am . " e, u. us . uninMli the Iawy.r charB,.(, with oon. "Black Rock- of Ame. Champion Secretary Bonaparte subm tied to toe at- i gllbornIl,ion of I(.rJllry , con. Steer of International IJve I m n,cUon w, tie Dodge-Morse divorce pro- IOWA CARRIES OFF D. E. Burley. general pasaenijcr agent, and ' v ha8 authorised to begin business E. Buckingham, general superintendent. ! ,.,, .oi)OU t.lilUui. Wth S. II. Smith, presl These offielals csme on to Silt Iike City. dftl (luJ w w. wedding, casnler. w here the train was turned over to the ; y,, a lors n, ,ji,ted . Nebraska-Halsey. operating official of the San Pedro road. T.0,liaa county. Emmu J. Clouse vice J. W. Clouse. rentrr.ed. Iowa Mount Humlll, Lee county. Clan nee N. Diets vice Edwiu Hough, resigned. Rural free delivery carriers appointed: Iowa Grinnell, route 2. Char km Evans cai ibr. Mis. Charles Evans sulajultute; Kill duff, route 1, Irving Irish carrier. Wil liam C Korft fcubstnute. South Dakota Woonsocket, route 3. William A. Bhauluy carrier, Patrick Slianley substitute. Stock Show. . . V. . V. m.iu. I.a l.i.J I-.,. . . , .... ."..., ,, i ceedlngs, will be given to a Jury tomorrow i martini ns . condition nrecedeiit In hiH ills. ' UAXTF.K M IKES CHICAGO, Dee. 19 Black Rock, su An gus steer owned by the Agricultural col lege of Iowa, was today designated as the grand champion ieer of the International Live Stock exposition. Iowa college was also awarded honor for the second cham pion prize ateer, in "General Manager," a Hereford. ' Graham brother of Toronto, Canada, took premier honor In the breeding Clydesdale class. Highest honor In the Percheron class were awarded to Dunham sc Fletcher of Wayne, III. Judging In the horse ring waa confined to these two class ea. In the fat sheep class, R. II. Hsrding of Thorndale. Ontario, took three firsts lu the doraet class. G. W. Parkall, Wingate. ! morning. Hummel, who has been on trial for neatly a week, elecled today to have his case go to a Jury without offering a defense, his attorney arguing that no case had been made out by the prosecution. When court adjourned tonight both side had summed up HTATEMKVr Aetlon at name the two midshipmen above referred 1 to. but he did state that a case had re- i cently arisen at the academy wherein two ! midshipmen had hazed another. Today the attorney general told the secretary that II, n t-UIll IURU Ml . u . . ,v ' I ' I Villi . j i , , , I , - . . ., , . the Jury will be made, right of the secretary to dismiss a mid- 1 ! .11- n-..,,l..,4 Ia ... ....... - I Slllll!lM. HI .1" v.,..,.-. .v vu,,ij an opinion tn full legal form within a short time. It is now the duty of Admiral Sands, superintendent of the academy, to order Coffin and Vandeveer before a court-martial under the terms of an act of 1ST! and if , they are convicted of hazing they must be At Loss to Account for Washiuittou. District Attorney Baxter last night dictated ibis htatenieat to The Kee: "As et I have received no official noti fieailon Hint loy resignation a United Tomorrow the charge to i Stat atluiney will be requested. I have no knowledge In the mailer oilier than tin: press reports. "I am certainly at a loss to understand a by cither the prcMdctit or Hie attorney York. At Naples Arrived I . . . K . . ... V .i.L dismissed from the academy. He will be A, Shanghai Arrived: instructed o this effect as soon as the New York. Movement, of Orrau t r.sei. nee. III. At New York Arrived: Kaiser Wtlhclm Cjer ..rouse, i roiit itieuieii; ASloria. Iioul ' . , ,i , i .i . Glasgow: Hbui her. fn.m Hambiira: V. .'- , general should deem such aellon necessary men. from Bremen. i in my ia.-. Ilu liards and Comslock At Hamburg illed New York. Arrived: Am Herniontlils. f()? j pimij.-d gulity. as they liad a right to do. enka, from N. j Tlipy dlJ w() ulj,Sl)luu.iv muioui any pre- recelvlng the governor messuge adjourned ! Judge I Yes ion will sentence him the day . age, breed, grade or rrosa was woo by . leais'.ation wou sine die. i after Christmas. I the Ohio Agricultural college. 'feet the two n Neapolitan Prince, vioua urrantfenu-itt or uuUcrsi.atidlng Willi I ...a uttrl i fur us I know, with thn court. Montrose, from j T,t. d.h'OMi,lu of ,h,s tMC Uy a plea of attorney general s formal opinion Is re- At Liverpool-Arrived: Mrginian. from guilty ami in.- seni. n e oi uiecoun neie lnd . won all the honor, in the fa, Cheviot : celved at the N.vy department. Secretary j " I "TT TIT "rZ rirsi pi. so iut iot grann cuampion ttonaparte is seeatng legislative autnortty I for Boston; 1-ake ManlloPa. lor St. Johns. ' " ' " r f barrows, including hogs of any to make dismissals In aucb cases, but such At Bremen Arrived : Kamcr Wllin liu If, I trH.k their han.es in the matter. I haw. id not be retroactive or .f. i ,r"nl "r"- . , . never been insirucled oy tne lpariment in no. o rriroacuve or ar- , . ',.,,.,. Irriverl- I'r r.cess rnn Fo.ist . .. midshipman. !m.,,,...k sad itallan. Iroiu Ntw York. 1 ut Ju",-t ,u u'ou lu ""''" class pen I t