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The Omaha Daily Bee Your Monty's Worth THE OMAHA DEE Best & West A Paper for tho Homo THE OMAHA DEE Best ihn. West OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1M5-TYVELVE FAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. STREET CARS STOP fiuiptnsion of Perries Marks Beginning of Btrika in Bt. Patenb-rg. PROCLAIMED DAY AHEAD OF TIME Partial 8tat of Siege Proclaimed by Gen eral Doubaeoff in Hoioow. ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANTS ARE CLOSED Troopi Occupy Btilwaja and Are Attempt ing to Step Lines Open. GOVERNMENT CRIPPLED IN THE STRUGGLE Vepnrts Reach Capital of Mutiny of Soldiers at Khar-on and Selteetopol, with Rlotinv I Many Places. BlLLFTl. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec, IX-Tlie slrlr.e promises to be on a far more extensive scale than any previous movement of tli3 b:,i i. w. . ln.H tn..l-bt that unv , , , ',, .,.!, ,. ,u r,..ii,n. and Nobel concerns, will ceuie operations tomorrow. Almost all the papers suspended )y the censorship are appearing under new names and are meeting with huge sales. The rullwoy union at Moscow has re solved to run troop trains from Manchuria and to convey grain to the famlnc-strlckcn districts. 8T. PETERSBURG. Pec. M.-On account of some confusion, the general strike was proclaimed at noon today Instead of to morrow. It was begun with a complete suspension of the street railway service. The government enters upon Its new struggle greatly crippled. The situatlou in the Baltic provinces is growing steadily worse, and In the Caucasus the renewal of the outbreak of the Tartars and Armen ians has produced another reign of terror. The Inhabitants of TlfliH and other cities are begging the authorities to furnish them with arms to organize a militia for self protection. At Seuastopol new mutinies have occurred and 1.600 soldiers have been disarmed and are under guard. Tho troops at Kharkoff have revolted and the Inhabi tants are still administering the city. The weather has become very cold. Deep rsnow covers the country as far south as Kleff. It Is believed that a few days' hunger and starvation will easily drive the people to desperation and provoke upris ings and attacks on strikers and perhaps general pillage. Government la Confident. 1:20 p. m. The proclamation of a general . strike for tomorrow at noon has created .' the most intense excitement. If a strike ' oaa bo successfully begun and maintained the revolutionaries aro confident that It 'wJII break the government's back. In gov ernment circles, however, confidence Is ex- pressed that the proletariat organisations ' ' lUtnM ff- . complete, tleup-end that tne smite muni oe 01 snort aureuon. mis 'Vifipe seems based on the theory that the extreme, program of the Reds has alien ated the sympathy of a large proportion of the real workmen, and also upon what they claim to be absolute knowledge that the organisations are without funds. The ' government calculations, however, proved deplorably at variance with the true situa tion In the past and the strike leaders declare the government Is again hope lessly ignorant of the magnitude of tho struggle confronting It. Their plans are exceedingly ambitious. From the Datura of the appeals of the leaders to the troops, it is evident that tbey expect to precipitate a crisis in the army. Railroads to Be Involved. The central committee of the railroad men of Moscow, which determined the is sue last night by voting In favor of a strike, has telegraphed over the railroad lines that the employes of twenty-two roads are ready to stop all traffic. The de cision is to close everything in the empire railroads, manufactories, wholesale and re tail stores and all government works, ex cept the water works. The bakeries In the cities, however, will not be closed so long as they do not raise their prices. If they raise the price of bread even the bakeries will be closed. It was proposed In Moscow to exempt the electric light plants, but this was defeated. Although the blow is timed for tomorrow noon, on account of the difficulty of communication the strike leaders do not hope to bring the life of the empire to a standstill by n single stroke, but they will labor for a gradual extension of the strike movement. The nature of the manifesto of the work men's council of Moscow to the army is so inflammatory that even the radical pa pers are afraid to print It. During the strike It Is proposed to stop all papers and te print and distribute only the organ of the workmen's council. Police Bnnt Leaders. The police are hunting down and arrest ing the strike leaders as rapidly as they ran be found in the comparatively few raptures that have been made, as the lead ers keep In hiding, avoiding their resi dences snd meeting In secret, each time at a different locality. The helplessness of the government In this crisis is demonstrated by the Inability of Interior Minister Durnovo last night to get through Instructions to arrest the mem bers of the workmen's council of Moscow. He stlemntsd to use the railroad wires, but the operators obeyed the dictum of the council end refused to send the message. The government la even unable to forward Instructions to General Llnevltch, com mander of the Minchurlan army, rive operators In succession on the railroad lines declined to send a cipher dispatch signed by the emperor. Workmen Paalsh Crime. MB p. m. The consul of a continental pewer who arrived here today from Riga to begin a strike on Friday. Advices from on a train heavily guarded by troops, says Blelostok. Russian Poland, say the recruits that throughout the district the land has there are planing an anti-Jewish outbreak. been laid waste, all the buildings belonging , ' to the landlords have been burned to the Fejervary Cabinet Resigns, ground. The situation in Courland. the I VIENNA. Dee. 20-Premler Fejervary consul says, is even worse. At Riga the hal an audience of Emperor Francis Jo garrison Is too small to attempt to wrest seph today and tendered the resignation the power from the bands of the workmen. ' the entire Hungarian cabinet. It is who have organised a polloe force and understood that Baron Fejervary desires are administering the affairs of the city, to obtain an expression of confidence from The workmen have sent a deputation to ' the emperor. In which case his resignation Governor Rewlnsk notifying him that he probably will be withdrawn, seed been deposed. The city Is terror 1 stricken, but comparatively quiet. Killing Dissolved, took place In the streets dally, but the TOKIO. Dec. SO.-The combined fleet of workmen's militia Is successfully prevent- Maran has been dissolved and Admiral Ing pillage, showing no merov to rowdies, j To brn PP"lntd president of the several of whom, have been shot or hanged, i nav' comnw'd Th Manchurian army The Molva tn an editorial today says ! headquarter has slso bee., dissolved, and the only possibility of saving the situation n,l1 Marshal Oyame will resume his - I former position as president of the general (Continued on 6cond Pact ) t oflUe, TROCPS PRESERVING ORDER Slate Department Receives Word of Arrival of American Fore at Shanghai. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20-Th Bint de partment ha.s received a cablegram from Shanghai announcing the arrival there last evening of the men from the Biltlinore. The State department advice of this morning Hre to the effect that the British are p g for a large demonstration by bo' and navy. German, Japanese and i z n cruisers were on their way to Sh ? , Quiet prevailed yet, but only on ac i t the army controlling the city. The m court was still closed. The. Chin thoritles were trying to effect a co C Ise. hut demanded a removal of the I assessor, which demand al reft ."here wus no report of trouble at posts, but the missionaries were, bee ilarmed and many were arriving In at. As unuerstood here the trouble arose from the action of the British assessor la levying a tax upon a Chinese resident of the foreign settlement. The court Is a curi ous body, made up of a Chinese magistrate who holds sittings every v.-eck day. On two days of eah week an American official from the consulate general sits with him in the rapacity of assessor, on the two other days a similar German official sits and on the remaining two week days a r-ruisn representative, l nis wuri jm- lsilhtlon over all the licenses and taxes payable by the Chinese in the foreign set tlement of Shanghai. The Chinese munici pal authorities have always been jealous of this court and there havs been many clashes In the past owing to the efforts of the Chinese to collect these taxes them selves. The court also possesses the power to punish culprits and frequently causes the cat-o'-nlne-talls to be. laid on, while tho Chinese whip culprits with bamboos. For a long time post the Chinese have been trying to rerture the authority of the mixed court, and It is inferred here that the pres ent trouble has arisen from the assertion of Jurisdiction by the British officials over some of the Chinese merchants. SHANGHAI, Dec. 10. All Is quiet In the town today. Bus.lne.ss hnS been re sumed, but the sailors landed by the war ships in port remain on duty as a pre caution against a renewal of the rioting. The United States gunboat Villa Lobos has ariived to reinforce the Baltimore and the British cruiser Andromeda is ex pected to reinforce the Diadem. The deadlock growing out of the mixed court dispute continues. The t natal ad heres to his demand for the dismlsd.il of tiie British assessor and police inspectors, while the British consul refuses to yield. CHE FOO, Dec. 20. 10 p. m. A prominent European official who is visiting Chee Foo, crystaiizlng the opinions of persons thor oughtly acquainted in China and with the present disorders, states that the Shanghai troubles were the direct result of the American boycott lie thinks the American offlcUte at Washington should have opposed the Chinese demands for a revision of the exclusion laws and insisted upon the Im- j mediate suppression of the boycott. He characterised the boycott movement as an excuse for an exhibition of anti-foreign feeling resulting from an inflammatory propaganda carted on In China through the , v..u.a-:u ........ .... . - -.... While the boycott In Itself 'is harm- ( less." continue, the official Quoted. ''It ha. neen usea ny me revolution anu-iore.gn faction of the Chinese to precipitate a repetition of the Uoxer troubles, though It VIUUWl I IIV I U 1 1 1 1 I Ul II1TJ .tl VUIlDlllBtui. and caused premature demonstrations. "Unless the Washington authorities take immediate and strong measures to sup press the agitation in Shanghai," concluded the official quoted, "troubles which are now merely local will spread." j X 11V wmi 1110 wyeufcfc UKimiiuii annears in Che Foo to be due undoubtedly appears in Che f oo to te aue. undoubtedly. The failure of the boycott agitation iears in Che Foo to be due, undoubtedly. to the stern demand of American Consul a crarn nstmann rtr a m oira n lAniii Fowler that the Chinese refrain from hold in. mcU..B- - "" " ,,m""' ,m- cards, resulting in the inability of the dan- gerous Chinese element to successfully prosecute their agitation. PLAN FOR COREA IS ADOPTED Marquis Ho Will Be First Resident fieneral of Japan en Continent. TOKIO. Dec. 20.-3:30 p. m. The order publishing the newly organised system of resident aeneralshlna to hold office in Corea nossed the orlvv council todav and It will be published tomorrow. According to its provisions the resident general will be un der the direct command of the emperor and not of the government. Simultaneously with tho publication of the order the Marquis Ito will he appointed resident general at Seoul, principally in compliance with the wish expressed by the emperor of Corea. His tenure of office will, it Is believed, be short, as there is every indication that, the Marquis RaionJI, president nf Ihn constitutional party of Japan, is forming a new cabinet. BELGIUM AND TURKEY COLLIDE Porte Refuses to Surrender Belgian Citlsen for Trial, Accord. Ina; to Treaty. CONSTANTINOPLE, Tec. The Bel gtan legation has demanded that Edward Jorls be handed over to the Belgian con sular authorities for trial in accordance with the treaty of 1S.1S. The Porte objects to this and trouble is anticipated. Jorls Is a Belgian subject, who with three others Is charged with participation in the attempt to assassinate the sultan last July and who were sentenced to death December IS by a native court. rnloa Leader Arrested. ALnXANDROV. Russian Poland. Dec CO. A message received here from Warsaw today says the ' president of the Warsaw railroad union has Men arrested and that the union consequently has decided to I order the employes of the Vistula railroads SalOnS' SAME IS HELD UP Senate Confirms Noiatioi of Panama Chairman, but Beaalli It. NOT CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE Mr. Morgan Charges That Head of Commission Is SttM Acting as President of Clover Leaf Railroad. WASHINGTON. Dec. W.-Confirnialione by the senate of the nominations of mem bers rf the Isthmian Canal commission were reconsidered today In executive session and a Motion was adopted calling upon the president for the return of the notification of the senate's previous action. When this has been done the nominations again will be referred to the Interoceanic canal rcm mlttee for consideration. Before the decision was reached to re consider the vote charges of "railroading" nominations were made by several minority sen&'ors and counter-chtrges that the pro testants were proceeding In a manner not prescribed by the rules of the senate wore made by republican senators. The decision developed the fact that there h:id been no poll of the rar.il committee on the nomlnn tions In question, and as a result obire tlon to reronMcleraMon was withdrawn. It Is generally understood that the purpose i.f minority senators In asking to havo the nominations returned Is to penult a pro test against Chairman Theodore r. Shonts holding a position on the commission and the presidency of the Clover Leaf railroad at the same time. The controversy In the senate resulted from a motion to tnko up the nomination of J. B. Bishop as a member of the commis sion, which was only sent to the senate today. If It Is true that an attempt will be mode to hold up the confirmation of Mr. Shonfs on the ground that he is holding duul posi tions tho chairmanship of the commission and the presidency of the Clover Leaf rond action cannot be had before the holidays. An effort will be made, however, to have a poll of the committee taken' tomorrow and the nominations again confirmed. Payne Bill la Reported. The favorable report of the ways and means committoe on the Payne Philippine tariff bill. Whlrh teilM nrn.nnt tnH.v br0Urnt t0 ,ight new fa(n, wh,ch Were no' presented to the committee at the last session. The most important testimony, the report slates, was that which showed a higher ct in the production of Philip pine bugar than was shown lust year. At present the cost of raw sugar delivered at Hollo or Manila! Is at least Hi cents n pound, not considering the depreciation or sugnr machinery nor the Interest on money invested. The Insurance and freight are dlle, . cost nf fe cost up t(J 3 g.,0 cntB a York for TeRned 8ufar . Th report 8tat)f, tnat tne UKr , Colonio nnd 4 Mn a d , uhlllfin and Uiat therefur, tl, CMt f pw, BU,ar ot , ,owef a 0 araariiT ndiim .ir, .t.-x t,,nli , . - ... ...J. ... by ..relt. to the reduction on tobacco 8no th nport ..B h t Philippine tobacco men ore not enthusiastic ; over the reduction because ' they feci it workers. The report also says American cigar wrappers seem likely to find a good market In the islands, as the Philippine wrappers are far inferior to the American product. Because of the diseased condition of the animals and inferiority of machinery nnd i r t . , 1 f . . u ,1 ... . . afr,culturaI "thods no great Increase in . the prortucton of an( tobacco , , . . . ethods no errant lnr.a a In . possible, the report says, and Americans - t .w . r from the passage of have nothing to fear the bill, which will be of great assistance , .v.. ,., , The bill ndmits all Philippine products Into the United States free excepting sugar and tobacco, which are to pay 25 per cent of the Wngley 'rntea until lac, when they also are to go on the free list. Conrt-Martlnl for Middles. In accordance with' the ruling by Attorney General Moody that the secretary of the navy or the superintendent of the naval academy had no authority summarily to dismiss a midshipman guilty of the offense i cf halna-. a court-martial will be convened ! tor ,ne trlal of the accused midshipmen. ! Trenmoor Comn w- Vandeventer, in connection with the hazing of Midship man Klmbrough. Wonld Repeal Cuba a Treaty. Represent ttlve Needham of California in troduced a bill today providing for the j repeal of the Cuban reciprocity treaty and authorizing the president to proclaim the repeal ten days sfter the passage of the measure. Mr. Needham attempted to have this repeal incorporated in the Tayne Phil ippine tariff bill reported favorably by the house ways and means committee. In ex planation of the measure he said the Cuban treaty had resulted In serious loss of reve nue to the l'nlted States, ss Cuba makes extensive purchases In Europe and does not give American merchants an opportunity to get snythlng In return for the reductions in tariff on Cuban products admitted to the Vnlted States. Chana-e la Inauguration Day. Representative Jenkins of Wisconsin In troduced today a resolution fixing the lust i Thursday in April as the date for presl dential inaugurations. Senator Clark of Wyoming introduced a similar resolution in th senate. The date proposed was decided upon by a committee composed of governors of the states and citizens of the District of Columbia, which met here some time ago for the purpose of starting th movement for a new In augural date. Qeestlon by Williams. Representative Williams today Introduced a resolution asking the attorney general to Inform the house whether any criminal proceedings have beeu instituted against the individuals or corporations recently ad judged guilty ot unlawful restraint of trade in ths Northern Securities case. dominations by President. WASHINGTON, Dec, ).-The president today sent the following nominations to the senate: Consul to Coburn, Germany Frank Dil lingham of California. Collectors of Customs Charles H. Web ster. Montana, district of Montana and Idaho; Alfred L. Sharps, district of paso Del Norte, Te. United 8 la Its Marshal Leo S. Bennett, western district of Indian territory. Attorney ainuel Plstt, district at Ne vada. Receiver of Public Moneys Arthur H Swain, st Vtsaila, Cel. Postmasters WiliUm R. Jewell, Danville, III.; Charles W. Warner, 'cioopeston. ill William F. Stahl, Lisbon. U . Jllfin h Wegerslev. Ail. Ia. ; John M Worinley. King-Icy. Is.; Bess L. Bailey, Snyder, okl.; Alfred H Stiles. Sioux halls. S. Uvui W, Uuoivrt, -LhuluiiLujg, Tex. ABE HUMMEL j IS CONVICTED Ifw York Lawyer Ad)wdged Guilty of Subornation of Perjury In Irlveree Case. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Ahraham H. Hum mel, the lawyer, today was convicted of conspiracy In cornection with the Dnlg Morse divorce case. He was sentenced, within a fw minutes after the Jury's verdict had been pronounced, to one year's Imprisonment and a line of $500, which is the maximum penalty for the misdemeanor of which he was adjudged gulliy. A mo tlon of his lawyera for an arrest of Judg ment for twenty-four hours was denied and Hummel was taken to the Tombs preparatory to going to the penitentiary. He prepared to spend the night at the Tombs, but said that tomorrow he will bring some action to save himself. Depending upon the result of this case are actions In other Indlotments against,, " , . ' m n . . . , . , for the present, nt least, he will retain all prominent persons which nave grown out . . of the Dodge-Morse divorce case. When the foreman sail "guilty" Hummel flushed slightly, and turning to one of the court officers he said: "See 'that no one gets away with my coat, will you?" Mr. StanrhYleld then proposed that sen tence be passed Immediately and District Attorney Jerome was hurriedly summoned to the court room. He consented saying as he made the motion that Hummel had been a mennco to th community and to public decency for the! last twenty years. An Indictment for subornation of perjury Is still pending agalnsij Hummel In connec tion which he Is uwlfcr bond in the sum of U.500. Hummel we!s released from the Tombs at 10 o'clock tontpht under 110,000 ball on a writ of reasonable doubt secured from Judge Woodward of the supreme court In Brooklyn. In his charge to the Jury Justloe Ropers referred to the papers in the original action brought by Mrs. Dodge for divorce from Charles F. Dodge. "The Judgment roll, while not artist Icslly mude up," he said, "contains all the papers that go to make a valid decree of divorce and the niarrlnge was duly dissolved, and under the record Mrs. Dodge was entitled to remarry strain. She did so, and as the wife of Cliarlos W. Morse lived happily with her husband unti August, 1!03, when CupUtln James T. Morse of Boston, for rea sons best known to himself, conceived the . , . , , ... ,, ' . ... . . idea of breaking up the marriage that had taken place between his nephew and Mrs. I lVdge. Captain Morse had no right to In- I terfere, but he went about the breaking up of the marriage and in doing so engaged Hummel and spent Itigo sums rf money five years after the divorce. The crucial point in this case is whether there was an agreement, a conspiracy by this defendant and others, to falsely maintain an action or special proceeding or to prevent the due ad ministration of law and Justice. "Both Mr. and Mrs. Morse have eon ducted themselves with the utmost pro- priety during the whole of this trying time, j If the evidence is to be believed In this case a great wrong was perpetrated on them." TATL0CK FAVORSiSPECULATION President of Washttorton 4 lit : Be. lleves Insurance ' Cemtpanfe - fiboalA Tren ii emrlt le..' , NEW YORK. Dec, . The Washington Life Insurance company, the Oermanla Life Insurance company and the Germnnla In surance company divided the attention of the Investigating committee today. John Tatlock. nresldent of the Washington Life. finished his testimony, which was begun yesterday. Mr. Tatlock declared that per sonally he favored a distribution of earn ings every five years. The witness took occasion to sny that Thomas F. Ryan never sold the Washington Life any securities and that he never Influenced or suiteeste.d .. . . - . a llnann. twin rrt what aftirfHa ti-i .. . , , . to the finance board what securities to bu M, Xatlopk Bal(1 ne thought Insur- ance companies should be run by men In i . . - . j touch with Wall street, because of their I knowledge of the security market. He also favored the Idea of Insurance companies speculating In securities. Cornelius Poremus, president of the Ger manla Life, said that about one-third of his company's business was dona in Eu- ,ty st Pauli san Francisco and Los rope, principally In Of rainy, and that this ' Angeles, and occasionally from other business In many respects is better than i points. In many instances they are in , , . , TT . , . .. . : speeted and shipped direct from the fac any done In America. He declared It to lory. be more stable, there being fewer lapses, J To' have a single letting for the same and that the cost Is a great deal less than articles would save valuable time and avoid . . . ,, . . ,. . . the making of some contracts. It would In America. He characterized the Ameri l can ways of doing business as "wild meth ods. . , . ,. . , , , , The only contributions of a legislative character paid by this company was IfiOl) to a fund having for its object the defeat i. .-a ecu '" " " " l" ""- iner me passage oi ine loan diii in Al bany in 19o4. No campaign contributions had ever been made. E. L. Baylies, who collected the fund to defeat the mortgage tax law. said on the sland today that he secured a fund of SC3.000 for this purpose. The examination of the Bankers Life will he resumed to morrow. COWBOY MINER MURDERED Mole an Wblrb Walter Scott Left Death Valley Comes Into Ca tp with Bloody Saddle. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. ia The belief grows stronger that Walter 8cott. the cowboy miner, has been murdered in Death valley for his money. On December 1 he left his mine In Deuth valley, riding a mule and earning with him I1,S00 and two re peating rifles. According to a letter re ceived from Scott's brother William at l Rennet s Wslls, the miner's mule galloped riderless into ramp there on December T, the saddle pierced with a bullet and the blanket and saddle covered with blood. To day Scott's manager telegraphed 11.000 re ward to Barstow and Bullfrog for the recovery of Scott's body. Ha is ;tlsfled that Scott has been murdered In the desert. Already a thorough search for the miner has been instituted in Death valley and throughout the Funeral mountains. Scott's brother, accompanied by Shand Merricks, a well known desert scout, went bark on the trail of the miner's mule for fifty miles sfter it csme into rsrnp, but s terrific sandstorm finally wiped out all trace, and, their water supply having become ex hausted, the men were compelled to return to camp. Iiter they started out again and the search is being continued. NEBRASKA BONDS ARE STOLEN Advertisement Inserted by Boston Police for Their Retarn. BOSTON. Dec. . (Special Telegram.) A block of valuable bond and stork coupons hus been lost here by unidentified parti's an: idvertlsed by the police, the list In i I'tdlng a bank of Dixon county, Nebraska, real estate bond No. ISfci due In Vi'.n, vuu.i Cf J-iuuaiy L Vfi WARNER IS COMING TODAY New United Sta'.ea Marshal Will Take Charp of the Office. MANY MEN WOULD SERVE UNDER HIM Announces that for the Present at l.enst He Will Retain Mr. Mathews' Force of Depntles. IOt'X CITT. Dee. 2n (Special Telegram ) William P. Warner of Dakota. City, the new United States marshal for Nebraska, will go to Omaha tomorrow morning to as sume the duties of the office. He has been flooded with applications for the office of deputy, but announces that of Mathew s deputies. 1 Mathews Prond of tate. Former l'nlted States Marshal T. L. Mathews returned from Washington Wednesday morning and was at the federal building greeting his old friends and asso ciates. He said: "There is nothing more to say than ha already appeared in the papers. I might add, however, that I still Intend to remain a resident of Nebraska. It is a good enough state for me and the loss of an office cuts very little figure with the grand privilege of knowing that a man is a resi dent and citizen of Nebraska." LEUPP DEFENDS HIS PLAN iiays ludne Apprehension Exists Re gardlnw Slnuxle Place for I.ct-Ina- of Contracts- WASHINGTON, Dec. tv.-Mr. Leupp, commissioner of Indian affairs, thinks that undue concern is being felt and shown by I different cities wherein are located Indian warehouses because of a-suggestion In his annual report relative to having but one place In the central part of the country for the opening of bids for Indian supplies. He has been deluged with communications from business organizations of these cities, including quite a number from St. Louis. In each Instance he is asked to select the city of which his correspondent is a resl- ,' , ' "-" - BH. TV, I i 1 .. V. k.lJ houses. but it did not. Mr. Leupp desires to direct attention to the wording of his report, which if read carefully ought to dispel any misapprehension, t'nder the heading, "Method of Purchasing Supplies," Mr. Ieupp says: The present system, with few exceptions, has prevailed for years and on the whole has served its purpose well. Changes for the better have been made from time to time, however. a.s special exigencies have pon nea tne way. until recently, lor ex ample, subsistence and goods of the first eight classes for the Pacific coast agencies and schools were not Included in the east ern lettings, but were bought separately. Buch articles as beef, flour and grain were allowed to be contracted for by 'he dif ferent agencies and' schools, while the other articles of subsistence and the closai f ed goods described were bought at a spe cial letting for the purpose in San Fran Cisco, in 1908 the beef, flour, etc., for tne agencies theretoore expected were in cluded in Ua.,jgAimr.! call. and. this year ttie saUMtiirc rtioles " httf-vufote bourbt in San Francisco . were also Included, so that bids fur all subsistence were opened at one time and in one place. It is believed that this idea can be car ried further with advantage. The ideii plan would be to have one lading at one time and in one nlace for every thing. The chief difficulty in the way Is the need of submitting samples, some of which, like agricultural implements, wagons, stoves, harness, furniture and other woodenwaie, are so bulky that it would be a hardship to compel bidders to send them from one extreme of tne country to another with , ?"'m,,.l.'n . mP. some of which tholr bids. Still, a greAt majority of the samples are small, and It would be. com 1 Paratlvely Inexpensive to send them sny- where. AS It is now, excluding was 11 ' . . - . ji-... Wilfrid. tm ll in iiiw, . ai ton, blds are opened at Places on four different da irut- four different dates. These might un " vantage ne reouc 10 iwo-one in i the eastern or central part of the coun- try for mot of lhe artioles, and the iHurr . .. . . . in the extreme west for a few classes of , goods, tne samples or wnu n it woum oe rmnractlcable to send far. The method of receiving and shipping goods need not be greatly changed. Goods now are re ceived and shiiuied from New York. Chl- 1 . a. I 11.1.1 Clntt. I-Iv Van. bring all bidder, to the earn level and hrlnv nil samnles Into lust comDarisnn. It would insure uniformity In the selection of goods, and It would undoubtedly encour- ! " ,.0moetltlon. Under this plan. of course, bidders would have the same : prlvtlene of homing and the same option of delivery at one or all of these points as they have now, CONFERENCE ON INSURANCE Call Issoed For Meetlasr of Officials to Be Held In Chicago. MADISON. Wis., Dec. tn Inwirsnpe Com missioner Zeno M. Host announced today that a call had been Issued for a confer ence In Chicago February 1 next of all governors, attorney generals and Insurance commissioners In the country to discuss the regulation of life Insurance companies and to attempt to secure uniformity In legislation to that end. Bills win be pre pared for Introduction Into state legisla tures embodying three propositions first, a short period of aceonsitlrg by companies second, to limit the expense of new busl- ness; third, to bring poMcy holders in closer touch with the eompanies. Action In calling such a einferenre is due to a con ferenee In New Tork by Insurance commis sioners of nine states, who also conferred with the New Tork legislative committee and had an audience with President Roose velt. The president, it Is understood, arreed fully as to the desirability of the enactment of the propositions and will sug gest that the District of Columbia lead In the work. It was unsnlmously agreed thit the proxies shouM be done away with and policy holders vote either In person or l mail and that a nominating committee of two trustees and two tellers be selected. SASH AND DOOR COMBINE Mlssoarl and Iowa Plants Merced Into Corporation with Million Dollars Capital. ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Dec. V). F. J. Moss of this city todsy announced the organiza tion of the American Sash snd Door com pany, with . a capital of H,Q0O,O0. The Roach ac Ktenqle Manufacturing company of Kansas City and the Huttlg Moss Manu facturing company of St. Joseph have been merged into the new corporation. Five other large concerns In different parts of the United States have given the new com pany options on their plants. H. W. and William Huttlg and W. L. Roach of Muscatine, la., large saw mill -wner( are Interested la the new company. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Felr In West, noir In Kast ronton Thnradan Friday. Fair. Temperature at Omnha Yesterdeyi Honor. Oca. . ar . ir . 27 . 27 . 2.1 . S3 . .11 llonr. 1 p. 1 a p. 1 .1 p. 1 4 p. 1 p. 1 1 p. 1 7 p. 1 M p. 1 O p. 1 Dnt. . . . . :t4 . . . . .1t .11 . . . . .11 . . . . . .1-J , . . . . !1 , . . . . no , . . . . 2I , . . . . ft a. m . A . n, T a. ra . R su m. A a. m. lO a. nt. It a. nt. 13 m . . . NEW YORK LEGISLATIVE FIGHT Antl-Hlaritlna Members of Hoase Call Conference of All Republican Members for Friday. NEW YORK, Dec. IP.-An important move in the contest for the speakership of the New York state assembly was mid" today, when, nfte.r a conference, which in cluded some of those opposed to the candi dacy of J. W. Wadsworth. Jr., a decision was reached to csll ft conference of all re publican members of the assembly, to be held In this city on Friday. Though Mr. Wadsworth was not consulted, friends of E. A. Merritt, jr.. also a candidate for tho speakership, said tonight that the coll world Include the adherents of both camps sr.d that it was Intended to get the members to gether for an exmesslon of their views on the sction of Governor Illggliis In support- Ing Sir. Wudsworth and as to the other """'""ng upon a Hearing. Today tne mem rAiididntes I hers telegraphed that a hearing was out of Another Interesting feature toriiiy was a statement that Assemblyman James T. Ttoeers. the malorltv leader of the assem ble Is considering whether again to an- ' nminc himself as a candidate for snenker. Mr. Rogers withdrew from his candidacy for speaker when CJovernor Higglns came out In favor of Mr. Wadsworth. Mr. Merritt made public a statement to night. In which he criticised Oovtrner Hitr glns' action, declaring that "the governor has undertaken to dictate and make ths choice of speaker, not an act of the lettislu tive body, but a tnitter of appointment. No disclaimer on his part of an intention to set himself up as a political boss counts any thing against the positive course he has taken." MURDER IN DENVER HOTEL William Wilson, n Cattleman, I n Ptantly Killed by J. It. Hender son, Who Commits Snlvlde. DKNVEK. Dec. 2T. William Wilson, a cattleman, was shot and Instantly killed by J. D. Henderson, a former partner, In the lobby of the Lewlston hotel today. Hender son then turned his pistol upon himself. fired a bullet through his breast and ex pired In the arms of a policeman who had seized him. Wilson a.nd Henderson were partners In the cattle business many years ago. The partnership was dissolved and Henderson, it Is stated, had ever since continued to charge Wilson with defrauding him In their final settlement. Two years ago Hender son made an attempt upon the life of hla former partner. The two men met today directly In front of tWTwlstCytvhl-aod, Hewlereoiv with out a." tnoriieht'i wimlng, pulled V revolver from his pocket. Wilson ran Into the lobby and was about to seek shelter behind a pillar, when his pursuer opened fire. Two bullets pierced Wilson's body and he rolled over upon the floor. By this time officers were advancing upon Henderson, but be fore thoy had fairly seized him he had ended his own life by his own hand. LIVE STOCK SHOW AWARDS K. T. On vis of Inwi Wins First llon . ore In the Aberdeen-Ann-ns Class. CHICAGO, Dec. SO. Henry L. Wardell and E. P. Swanson. two prominent New York stock brokers, carried oil' champion- Shis honors st the live stock show here today. Mr. Wardell won first honors in the Shropshire breeding sheep classes, while Mr. Swanson took the blue ribbon for the champion csrload of sheep be sides taking first prize in three other classes. In the horse ring. Refiner, the Scottish j Clydesdale champion, imported this sea- son by an Ontsrln firm, took the blue rib- hon In this class. In the Clydesdale class for yearling mares, Forbes & Co. of Sheri- dan, Wyo., won the first and third awards. The exhibition of Shorthorn cattle which began today promises to eclipse the ex- hlbltlon of last year. In tho Aber- deen-Angus class, Augusta's Pet, owned by E. T. Davis of Iowa, secured first honors. In the Hereford class, the herd of Cargtll & MrMillen of La Crosse raptured both senior and junior herd prizes snd slso every first prize for fe males. STORM STRIKES JACKSONVILLE Florida Metropolis Oat of C omniani catlon with Rest of World Several Honrs. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. JO. A storm swept over Jacksonville and the surround ing country this afternoon for hours, cut ting this place completely off from tele- I graphic communication with the outside orld. Not a wire was working until nearly 10 o'clock. In Jacksonville no darn- age was done beyond the blowing down of a few signs and injury to a few roofs. The local weather office reported wind velocity of fifty miles an hour. BANKERS ESCAPE PROSECUTION Men Who Famished Evidence Aa-ainet Imnodrn and Hill of Denver Will Co Free. DENVER. Dec. 2". In consideration of their evidence for the state in the cas against Leonard B- Imbodcn and James A. Hill, convicted of conspiracy to wreck the Denver Savings brink. W. T. Camp of Fort Worth, Tex., C. C. Roberts of Drummond. Okl., and A. B. Davis of Vlnlla, I. T.. will escape prosecution. Movements of Ocenn Vessels Dec. ). At New York Arrived : Sicilian Prince, from Naples; Kotilg Albert, from Gen,a; Oceanic, from Uvcriiool. Sailed: Majestic, for Liverpool; Roittrdam, for Rotterdam; Vlctorlsn, for Liverpool. At A vuninouth Sailed : Manxman, for Portland. At London Arrived: Montexuma, from St. John; M'nnehuha. from New York. At Liverpool Arrived : Ike Charnplaln and Altheuinr. from Bt. John, N- U- Sailed: Celtic, for New York. At Queenstown Arrived: Baltic, from New York; liaverff.rd, from Philadelphia. Sailed: Saxonla, for New York. At Dover Arrived: Kroonland. front New York, for Antwerp, and proceeded. At Leghorn Arrived: PenKia, jro New 1'wia, vi JNaplrs d AlJs;Ue ' ' BAXTER CASE ENDED listriot Attorney Wires Nebraska Delega tion 10 Seoure Him a Bearing. ANSWER RETURNED IT IS IMPOSSIBLE Applicant for the Vacant Flaoe Are Wiring te the Sen a '.or. NO SIGN WHO WILL BE RECOMMENDED Nominations of Warner, Hoitetter and Michael Art Cotfirmed. KITTREDGE PULLS OFF TWO VICTORIES ehraske Delegation Aarees on Ree omntrndntloa for Vacant Post 'Hons In the Valentine ltnd Office. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Dec. SO.-(Speclal Tele gram.) Late last night Mr. Paxter, having read In tho afternoon paper that his resig nation had been demanded by the attorney jRerer.il, wired members of the delegation the qui ti n, the president and attorney general having decided that a change mut be had In the l'nlted States district attor. neyshtp. Senators Millard and Burkeft were told In so many words by the presl- ,le,,t wnpn ihe "w hlm " relation to the appointment of Mr. Warner as United States marshal that Mr. Baxter's resigna tion must le forthcoming; that he did not like the manner In which Mr. Baxter ha.l conducted tin case against Richards and Comwtock, and he believed a change In tho attorneyship weuld bo beneficial. Mr. Baxter's resignation has not had time to reuch the Department of Justice, but when It comes Senators Millard and Bur kett will get together and name his suc cessor In short order. I'p to this time they hnve given no consideration to Baxter's successor, although applications for the vacancy are beginning to arrive by tele graph. So far as could bo learned two names ore already before the senators II. H. Bnldrldge and F. S. Howell of Omnha. Of course there will be others, hut until the resl-natlon of Mr. Baxter Is re ceived the senators absolutely refuse tn discuss the question. Michael and Ilostetter Confirmed. The confirmation of Louis Hostetter to be consul at Hermoetllo. Mex., and Colonel W. H. Michael to be consul general at Cal cutta, were confirmed today by the senate, when the State department announced tn Senators Millard and Burkrtt that these appointments would not be Charged to Ne braska. The Nebraska senators, and more particularly Senator Burkett, have Insisted that they should have been consulted In the mitter of these appointments and been advised of the reasons of their being made, and until an understanding was reached a stop order was put upon the nominations In., .the foreJga . re.lajlans 'committee, and . untUUigrdcr waf Tetriovea; .bjr, the een ators It wss Impossible to "bring about a confirmation. The State department hav ing stated that the appointments would not be charged up to Nebraska, the nomina tions were today confirmed with lightning rapidity. Marshal Warner Confirmed. The nomination of William P. Warner for l'nlted States marshal for Nebraska was also confirmed during the executive session of the senate. Valentine Positions Filled. Shortly sfter the adjournment of the sen. ate today Senators Millard and Burkett got together and with Congressman 'Kinkald decided to recommend Dr. A. B, Julian of ' Long Pine as register and Judge iSlof Olsen ( of )asR(.(t as receiver for the land office st Valentine. Both these gentlemen were strongly recommended Dr. Julian being particularly well urged. Dr. Julian is a presiding elder In the Methodist church and is looked upon as one of the leading citizens of that section. Mr. Cornell, Judge Klnkald's chairman, was looked upon with great favor on the part of the senators until he diKidcd to retire from the raco, having Interests, as he stated, that the office might possibly Interfere with their j development had he decided to remain a j candidate. It is generally thought here that the selections for the Valentine office are most admirable and will go far towsrd ' bringing about harmony In that particular I land district. Klttredarr Claims Two Victories. Both South Dakota crowds, that Is to say Senator Gamble on one side and Sena tor Klttredge and Congressmen Martin and Burke on the other, saw the president to day At the close of the conference tha Kittredge crowd stated positively that J. E. Elliott, United States district attorney for Pouth I ak jta would not be reappointed, the Klttredge element being against him. while Senator Gamble is enthusiastic in his favor. It Is expected Judge A. C. Blernntzkl of Salem, Mc.Cook county, will be named as his successor. The Klttredge contingent, however, would not go to the extent of naming Elliott's successor, belne; satisfied with the general and positive statement that Elliott would not be re. appointed. Congressman Mondell today Introduced a ,) to provide for dry farming In the arid neit and carries an appropriation of IIS.OK) for experimental purposes. In appointing Edward H. Stltes ss post master at Eloux Falls, 8. D., President Roosevelt has again fractured his recent rule and yielded to the wishes of a United States sena'or. Senator Klttredge has, it is asserted, for some time desired to dis place George Schlosser, who has served, ss postmaster at Sioux Falls for four years. but as Schlosser'S record was excellent It took a good deal of persuasion to Induce the president and postmaster general to yield to the pressure of Senator Klttredge to .rcxjrt) the nomination of Stltes. Post master Schlofser's term of four years ex pired today. Bill for rinttsmonth Building. Senator Burkett today Introduced a bill providing an appropriation of I75.0n0, for the purchase of a site and the erection ft a public building at I'la tlsmouth. Neb. Canal Contracts I.el. The secretary of the Interior today executed the following contracts In connee. tlon with the Interstate canal, the Nortli Platte project In Nebraska and Wyoming: James O'Connor of Mitchell, Neb., for com pleting section six, second contact, at hi bid of 177,26'). The contract calls for grad ing 100 2GO cubic ya.-M with an overhaul of lOu.OOO cubic yards. Burke Construc tion company of St. Louis, Mo., for the conbtructlon and completion of section seven, second contract. The contract calls J (or trad Q3A cubie nw4i e4 aa
