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WAVING RED FLAGS
Eossian Strike Leaden ire Discouraged
by Prospect of Fiilnrt.
ATTEMPTING TO FORCE A CONFLICT
Effort to Frefent Collapse of sforssnent by
Arousing h Popilace.
ST. PETNRSIURG IS IN DARKNESS
Candles and Kerosene Take Place af
Eleotrioity in Russian Capital.
SOLDIERS STAND BY THE PRESENT ORDER
Cache of Arms and Bombs is Found
and (ioiurki Disperse Crowds
with Swords and
Whips.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. tl-:13 p. m.
Some of the strike leaders, already discour
aged by the prospect of failure, do not hes
itate to Bay tli.it the decision to accept the
challenge of the government while the or
ganizations were unprepared wan a blunder
and that It c.in only bo redeemed by fur
ulna a conflict which will arouse the popu
lace. Several attempts at "red flag" demons
stratlons In the Vasslllostrov and other Iti-
dnstri.il dUtrlots today were d'apersod by
Cossacks. A number of attacks were made
n strikers by nonunion workmen, who
fear that tlv strike will Jeopardize the
vrntulties usually received by them duriiiK
the Russian Christmas.
The Clrcum-Balkal railroad has been de
stroyed for a considerable distance by fall
ing rocks.'
It Is suspected that this destruction Is
the work of the revolutionaries, who ar?
Interested In stopping- the return of troops
from the far east at this Mine.
Discounting; Failure of Strike.
The Russ. evidently discounting the fail
ure of the strike, todsy declares thai In any
vent " every defeat ti a revolutionist vic
tory and every victory of the government
approaches Its final surrender." It Is re
ported here that the disorders at Ptkoff, 'lull
miles southwest of St. Petersburg, have as
sumed great dimensions and at Vllonk on
the Warsaw line, a squadron cf dragoons
1:'ik been besieged for three days. The news
from the Baltic ' provinces continues bad.
J'rtderlckstad has been taken by the In
. aui'Kenta and Krsutjcburg Is surrounded ami
tending a alege.
The Novoe Vremya toduy prints a rather
provocative article against the Jews, point
ing out that the first time yesterday a
revolutionary manifesto was signed by a
Jewish organization. The paper says that
although the socialist and revolutionary
organisations have always contained many
Jews, never before have they dared to put
their names to a document. The Novoe
Vremya also declares that the rich Jews
are taking advantage of the situation they
Lave' helped to create and are buying up
abandoned estates.
' t. JFtereh.ursj,il, -narkaena. .-
The workmen of two of the three electric
. light plants struck yesterday evening and
consequently the streets in the major por
tion of the city were in darkness through
out the night, the inhabitants being cum;
lulled to fall back on candles and kerosene.
The searchlight mounted on the spire of the
admiralty building again vividly illuminated
the Ncvsky Prospect, as It did during the
October strike, cavalry and infantry patrols
guarded every block and machine guns were
stationed at several points.
I 'tiring a tour of the city a correspondent
saw dozens of workmen between soldiers
with fixed bayonets being marched off to
prison.
A cache of arms and handbombs was
seized on the Schlusselburg avenue yester
day and a crowd of a thousand strikers of
the Nevsky works was charged and dis
persed by Cossacks, who used the flat of
their swords and whips, but no one was
seriously Injured.
During the night the authorities suc
ceeded In getting a sufficient number of
sailors from C'ronstadt to enable the opera
tion of all the lighting plants, which was
also galling to the strikers, as the darken
ing of tho city and the stopping of the
railroads were the most effective means of
making the strike generally felt.
In the InduHtrlal districts many of the
strikers seemed to have only the vaguest
ideas of what they were striking for, re
plying: "Because we are ordered to do
kO," not knowing by whom or why.
Te shake the workmen's faith In their
leaders the government has distributed
thousand of copies of a circular, signed
by the union of Russian workmen, ex
pttlating on the arrest of the committee
men of the Moscow telegraphers while
arousing ut a icrtauranf as an example of
how the workmen's money Is spent.
Mysterious Handbill.
Outside of the Industrial regions there
Is little evidence of a strike. The city
pharmacies generally remain open. The
drug clerks, who have Just emerged from
a protracted struggle, disregarded the sum
mons of their union to strike. The stores
ore open as usual iind the street cars are
running. The boldest ,if all the bold pro
nunciamcnios OI me revolutionists Is a
mysterious handhill with which Tsarskoe
Helo was flooded today. Professing to al
ludn to a terrorist plot against the em
peror, the handbill says:
'There will be a little puff of smoke
Pay no heed to it, as the result will he the
best thing possible for everybody."
The police have been baffled in their
efforts to find the printers and dissem
inators of these bills.
Decides Aaalast I nlirrul "Jrasf.
ST. PETERSBURG. Iieo. 3-Thc emperor
and his cabinet Ute last ntght reached a
final decision regarding the electoral law,
deciding against universal and eual suf
frage and In favor of the extension of the
law promulgated August IS last to include
in addition to the small laud owners In the
country the workmen and the educated
classes, the small rent payers In the elites.
The details cf this law were covered at the
time In these dispatches. The douma will
bo convoked la March.
In high government circles the greatest
confidence Is expressed that the general
strike m HI fail. So far as St. Petersburg
Is concerned the battle certainly is going
against the revolutionaries.
I'nless better results are obtained else
where or the fight" enters on a dlatl: e ly new
phaee, the leaders will be compelhd to
beat a general retreat In order to save their
prestige. ,
In spite of the herculean efforts of the
local chiefs to cheer on their followers, the
last forty-eight hours have not produced
any extension of the strike.
KOBTRUMA. European Russia. Dec. 22.
The railroad employes here struck today.
All traffic has ceased.
PREMIER AFFECTS THE MARKET
Derision to flop Importation of
Coolies Is lenonneed by (he
Conservatives.
LONDON. Dec. 22. The announcement of
Premier Campbcll-Pannerman in his speech
In Albert hall last night at the opening of
the electoral campaign, that the govern
ment has given Instructions for the stop
page of Importations of Chinese coolies to
South Africa, caused the Kaffir market to
opep weak today. leading shares fell
8-1W
Tie conservative papers refer to
. being "the most serious taken
r onsible government since the at-s-
Impose the stamp duty on the
J colonies." The possibility of
borne, the high commissioner in
rlca. resigning Is discussed,
j smler's reference to Indian affairs,
i he said: "We shall make our
party to no step Involving an In
f the sacred principle of the sub
3n of the military to civil author
taken by many military men to
ither the call for the resignation of
the
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General I.ord Kitchener, the commander-in-chief
In India, who successfully ap
pealed to the late government In his dls
pute with thhe late viceroy, Ixnd Curzon
of Kedleston.
While the premier hod little to say on
the Irish question, the conservative will
take hia announcement that "those domes
tic alTalrs which concern the Irish people
alone, and not us. should be in their
hands." as a reiteration of the policy of
home rulo and this will be the battle cry
of the unionists In the Impending cam
paign. CHURCH MERGER IN CANADA
Plan Adopted for Initlntc Methodists,
CongrecutlonalUta and Pres.
l trrlnns.
TORONTO, Dec. 22. The central com
mittee, composed of representatives from
the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congrega
tional churches throughout the Dominion,
have agreed on a code of doctrines that
will unify tho three denominations into one
great church, which it Is propused should
be known as' "The I'nited Church of
Canadu." The revised confession of faith
of the American Presbyterian church will
be used. The new church Is to be gov
erned by the "general conference," utter
the Methodist form, with a president ns
the chief ofllcer. Below is to be a council,
uUer the Congregational idea, with a
chulrmtin ut the head. The n'.'Xt body Is
to be a presbytery governed by a moder
ator. The plnn will be submitted to the
several denominations throughout Canada
for approval, which it is expected to re
ceive favorably.
W. J. BRYANjS IN MANILA
Distinguished braskau Derides Not
to Visit Australia on Hia
Present Trip.
MANILA. Dec. 22.-W. J. Bryan arrived
here at noon toduy and was given an en
thusiastic reception by committees repre
senting the citizens and the Elks. He de
clined to discuss politics and ha would x
prexs no opinion upon the state of Ne
braska going republican at the last election.
ho said mat he enjoyed hugely hix visit
to Japan. Mr. Bryan has given up his
id-.'ji of a trip to Australia. Ho will remain
In Manila for about two weeks and then
sail for India.
MUCH DISTRESS IN JAPAN
Famine in Northeastern Provinces
Calls for Speedy Relief from
Other Sections.
TOKIO, Dec. 12. 11:S0 a. m.-An eye wit
ness of the extent of the famine In the
northeast province who has Just returned
reports the condition of the' people to be
really deplorable.
.The advent of winter has found thou
sands on the verge of starvation and speedy
relief alone will save them. Measures of
relief will be vigorously taken up here and
assistance from sympathizers abroad will
be welcome.
GLOOMY CHRISTMAS IN PANAMA
Americana on Isthtnaa Mast Pass
Holiday Season with Salaries
1'npald.
PANAMA. Dec. r.-The local hankera
have not yet received the monthly applica
tion from the canal officials for the pay
ment In gqld of the employes aa heretofore.
It Is said this is due to the canal com
mission's lack of funds. The Americans
on the isthmus will therefore pass Christ
mas and New Tear's day with their salaries
unpaid.
Cores n l.rgallnn tinea to Japan.
LONDON. Dee. 23. William Prit.-hard
Morgan, the consul' general of Corea and
charge d'affaires of the Coresn legation
since the suicide of the acting minister
eight months ago, handed over the legation
to the Japanese embassy and the consulate
to the Japanese consul general today under
the arrangement transferring Covean for
eign affairs to the control of Japan..
I blno-Japaneae Treaty Mgnrd.
PEKING. Dec. S. The Chlno-Japanese
treaty was signed today by Paron Koinur-v
and M. I'chlda in behalf of Japan and
Prince Citing and Viceroy Yuan Bhl Kal
In behalf of China. The Chinese commis
sioners say the treaty relates solely to
Manrhurlxn affair and that the reports of
a Chino-Japancse alliance arc false.
German Slap at Poland.
UERL1N. Dec. 22.-A royal decree was
published today changing the names of
ninety-seven places In Prussian Poland to
German names as a further step toward
the Ocrtnanizatinn of the province.
NEWSPAPER MEN IN STORM
j Karats of Railway Paasenaer taenia
I Have Narrow Escape trnxu
I uhlpsrerk.
SAN PEDRO. Cal., Dec. 22-For twelve
hours today the eastern newspaper repre
sentatives, who are guests of the I'nlon
Pacific railroad, and touring southern Cali
fornia, were in danger of going to the
bottom of the Pacific ocean.
Their special steamboat, the Warrior,
; in which they essayed to make a trip to
Santa Catalina Island, was buffeted by the
highest waves which have raged over tht
channel for many months, and In the end
the visitors were glad' to be taken from
' the boat without being able to land on the
i Island at all The boat was unable to lane1
at Avalon because of the high sea and had
difficulty in landing at San Pedro on the
i retura.
At o'clock the bedraggled voyagers cam.
ashore after almost every man In the party
had been laid out with seaalckueas.
MDAL'S BOOKS FALSIFIED
Profi i an Stock Transactions Used to Cot
ceil Losses in Real Estate.
VANDERPOEL KNEW OF MANIPULATION
Ilepnty Insaranee Inspector Says He
Approved Report of Company
Knowing; It to Be
False.
NEW TORK, Dec. 22.-Addltlonal testl
niony as to the management of the Mutual
Life Insurance company was adduced today
by witnesses before the legislative com
mittee, tending to show that the company
used profits from the sale of securities to
conceal the reduction of book values of
real estate, or losses, as Charles E. Hughes,
counsel to the committee, called them.
Francis Hendricks, superintendent of the
state Insurance department, when on tho
witness stand yesterday said he had never
heard of such a thing and that It had never
been culled to his attention. Today after
auditors of the Mutual Life had testified
to this fact. Isaac Vanderpoel, chief ex
o miner of the department, declared that i
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he had not discovered the matter In his
ex iminatlon of the company lust year,
when in his report he gave the company
what was practically a "certificate of good
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character. He said these nu.nipu latlons ,
of the figures were not apparent
in the
books.
These transfers of profits lo the debit
side of the profit and loss account were
made by the auditors on instruction of
President McCurdy and Vice President
Grunnls. and tho written instructions were
produced. They named the figures that ad-Jus-ted
the accounts und last year, while
there was really a profit of nearly n.SCO.'W,
when these transfers were mude no profit
whatever' was shown.
Cert I ties False Report.
Mr. Vanderpoel said he had examined the
report of 1W4. which showed no profits from
the sales of securities. Although he knew
this was untrue he said he did not report
it because he did not think It necessary. I
Tl.e same situation existed In the New j lcn' lnoJ to escape by killing a constable.
York Life, according to Mr. Vanderpoel. Incidentally twenty-five ri'ssengera in th
although the practice was not general, and : r"r wole k'I't busy dodtfing bullcU for sev
wlien ask"d what he did In the matter he ! t,aI minutes, tho train meanwhile running
said "nothing." i at high speed.
Mr. Vanderpoel said he had examined the ' When tho smoke hod cleared away Con
Hanover bank account of the New York ' "'able James Kingston and Isaac Marshall,
Life In and did not find tho $"in.iiO0 that "ue ot prisoners, were dead and 1M
whs pnld to Andrew Hamilton. 1 w,,r,l Marshall, (he other prisoner, was
Mr. Vanderpoel never knew of the year- Probably fatally wounded. A hullet pns.vd
end loans ot the Metropolitan Lire to Ver- trough ti'o cap of a brakemnn, but no otic
mllye & Co., and never knew how the com- itii,e waN harmed.
pany bundled its collateral luans. He said j The Marshall brothers were arrested yes
he never In an examination of a company , tenia y nt Slmnis. III., on a charge of stenl
went back of its ledgers. j ,n chicken, They were taken to Wayne
The allotment of blocks of stock of the C!t" hl" morning for a preliminary hearing
Lawyers Title Insurance company and the ard re held for trial. Constable Kingston
lawyers1 Mortgage Insurance company was I started for Fairfield with the. prisoners,
taken up with K. W. Coggeshall. a former , Shortly after the train pulled out one of the
president, of the Lawyers' Title Insurance
company.
Second Deputy Eiaraiseil.
Henry D. Appleton. second deputy in the ! l,ria" anv " 'ere red by the
insurance department, was on tho stand a,.1'"""1 P""-" and hy the Marshall
large part of the afternoon. Ho testified as'! pothers. When both the prisoners had
to his duties and detailed legislation that Vs tne floor tne flht ed. Edward
had been advised by the department to I ,ar"'jV WR tak"n to J r'H ed
control assessment com ponies. 1m " P11" etrwig ft-.'.vr tn .prrretia
Mr. Appleton said, thut no more attention lyrohing. The coroner of Wayne
Is paid to the statement of a New York ' countJr nas onp Fairfield to hold an In
company than Is paid to the statement of j ,Jllt',t-
a company Incorpornted In any other state. ... ... ..e .
He said no actual Inspection Is made of HULcS AGAINST MRS. TAGGART
a report unless an examination Is made.
' T,1P rornn,i,t'v' adjourned over Christmas !
and will resume Its Investigation next
Wednesdny. Sessions then will be held up
to and Including Saturday, which will he
the last day of the committee's Investiga
tion. Mlaaonrl Case la Postponed.
ST. IM-TP. Dec. 22.-Hearing of argil-
men's in connection with the temporary in- ; mad(t the nwUon tooh oxrr ,
junction secured by the New York Life In-, vulinll,, wltn th announcert ,ntPntion of
nirnneo company to prevent the state ,- C(irry1K tho CHSO to tn clrcu,t ,,(jurt
perlntendent of Insurance from enforcing , Tnn court took foup to ve t,
his ouster order, set for December 27. wnalcWon. He paid particular attention to the
today postponed until the second week n ; affidavits aKint himself, some of which
Adams also transferred the case to Jtic!;"
Phillips of Kansas City, but th" henriruT
will be held In St. Ixiuts. The postpone
ment was grantei on request of counsel for
the New York Life
IOWA COLLEGE WINS PRIZE
Ames Institution Given First Honors
In neet Carcass Cuntrat at
Chicago.
CHICAGO. Dee. 22, -The Judging of cattle
was concluded nt the International Live
Slock exposition today and tomorrow the
show will end. First prize for the senior
sweepstakes bull went to Whitehall Mar
shall, owned by F. W. Harding of Wauke
sha, Wis. In the contest for the high honor
of grand che.mplon Shorthorn matron of the
show Queen Ideal, the Canadian champion,
was awarded first honors. In the Gallo
way exhibit the Indiana hull Standard
Favorite, from the Brookside farm, was
easily first. '
Iowa State college of Ames won the
sweepstakes In the beef carcass contest.
The feat was performed wfth College Lod
a pure bred Angus steer, which dressed
S7.36 per cent of live weight.
At the annual meeting of the directory of
the exposition tonight 3. A. Spoor was
elected president and W. E. Skinner gen
eral manager and secretary.
BIG ELECTRIC POWER SCHEME
F.aatera Men Behind Plan to Fatah.
Hah a Central Power Houae for
Counties la California.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22-An enter
prise for supplying electric power through
out the counties of central Callfornii has
been Just set on foot by the Issuance of
bonds In Boston and New York. The pro
ject, which was proposed by local men,
has been taken up by eastern capitalists!
and the construction of a power house Is
already under way.
The company Is known as the Stanislaus
Electric Power company and a New York
trust company Is trustee of the bond Issue,
which amounts to I10.ii0ion.
STRIKE BREAKER BEATEN
Frank Curry Attacked and Robbed by
Three Men la Raaesaeat of
t. Louis Saloon.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. M-Frank Curry, who
':aa gained considerable fame aa a atrike-
reaker and who was the active head of the
pposltlon to the strike of the wagon
drivers In Chicago several months ago, re.
orted to the police tonight that ha had
ieen robbed and severely beaten In the
asement of a saloon In the heart of the
luslneaa district shortly after p. ni. Curry
declares that he did not reoognlse auv t
l-.is three aaaallanta.
INSANE MAN SHOOTS SHERIFF
Official Killed In Conrt Room at
tklah. Cnl-, by Man Under
Rxamlaatloa for Inaaatty.
t'KlAH, Col., Dec. 21-Frnnk Wlllard. an
Insane ir.an. shot and killed Sheriff Henry
Smith In Judge White's chambers today.
He then fired once at Judge White, but
missed him. Willnrd then rushed down
the stairs leading to the Judge's chambers
and out of the court house, shooting at
every man who attempted to stop him. Aa
Assessor Thomoa. who heard tho noise,
rushed to the door Wlllard thrust his re
volver Into the officer's face, but did not
shoot. Wlllard ran through town headed
for the Vichy Springs canyon. An armed
posse started In pursuit Immediately and
came upon him Just as he was entering
the canyon.
When the members of the posse caught
up with him Wlllard emptied his pistol at
them and shots were exchanged. No one
was hurt. When hit pistol was emptied
Wlllard threw it away and begged the of
ficers not to shoot him. The murderer was
bound, rlaeed In a wagon and the posse
started for town. When they arrived at
the depot a crowd 8 zed the horses and
atiempted to take the prisoner. A hun-
1 dred men nlimtte 11i,lw t,imo 9 i
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"ad nt' rom for the presence of m nd of
.
the guards the murderer would never have
reached tho Jail.
1 :i r 1 1 -aa hrnuvlit im T I 1
V(,t.Hn,. , . ' ' ' '"'""""
yesterday to be examined for his sanity,
TodaJp
be eximlned Wlllard started for the flnnr
Sheriff Smith called to him and started
after him, when Willnrd wheeled around
and tired. Wlllard is a half Boanlard and
has been In the asylum before.
PRISONERS FIRE ON OFFICER
Fight on Railway Train In Sonthern
Illinois In WkleH Two Men Are
Killed and One Wounded.
MOl'NT CARMEL. 111.. Dec. 22. Two men
were killed, a third probably fatally In
jured and every window was shot nut of a
Passenger couch on the Southern railway
tr'da'' 'h" '' 'icn In custody for lar-
Marshall brothers drew a revolver and shot
Constable Kingston dead. Several men In
the ear drew revolvers and attacked the
ueelden that She Is ot
Untitled to fcew Trial nnil Fines
Her Attorneys for Contempt.
WOOBTER. O.. Dec. 1'2-Thc motion for
a new trial In the Taggart divorce care
was overruled by Judge Esson here this
! afternoon. Mm. 'Trr. 'tmm.v. -i
-w- ... e.'i.ta
the decree of divorce to Major Taggart.
He pronounced these affidavits unfair, un
just and unusual for lawyers to make and
that ill other affidavits were a mass of
trash.
The attorneys who swore lo the affidavits
of prejudice, he said, were, clearly In con
tempt and he imposed a fine of $15 each
upon Judge Lyman Critclifield. Captain
J.ituett B. Taylor and Judge M. L. Sniyser.
He suspended collection of the fine until
the circuit court cuild pas on his decision
In the case. The attorneys protest against
such a decision, and insisted that he place
his charges against them in writing.
FUTURE PLANS OF J. R. WALSH
Former Rank President will Devote
Ilia Time to Hia Railroad
Intereata.
CHICAGO. Dec. H. Since the suspension
of the Chicago National bank John R.
Walsh has refused to make any statement
regarding his future business plans, de
claring that he had not yet been able to
formulate them. Today Charles II Bos
worth, national bank examiner and acting
president of tho Chicago National lank,
made an official statement regarding the
plans of Mr. Walsh. He said:
Mr. Walsh will tomorrow move his office
from the Chicago National bank building
to tho Grand Central station. Ho txects
in a short time to connect tho Chicago
Southern railway with the Chicago Ter
D. ina I railway which will Insure him 'tn en
trance into this city. At the liank M-entv-flve
clerks will he dismissed and the affairs
of the institution will he closed up as rap
Idly aa possible. A statement is being pre
pared for the benefit of prosp-otlvc bidders
for the bank building, containing data and
taxes, insurance, and similar matters. My
report has been sent to Washington. There
Is in It no suggestion of cli iinal charges.
If anything in that direction is projected
It must be taken up by the authorities in
Washington.
M'DOUGAL LOOKS FOR PLANTS
Kew York Man Accepts Appointment
aa Director of Botanical
Research.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 32-Mr. Daniel
Trembly McDougal of New York has ac
cepted the appointment as director of the
newly created department of botanic re
search established by the Carnegie Insti
tute of this city. Dr. McDougal resigns aa
assistant director of the New York Bo
tanical gardens to accept the position.
Godfrey Sickes, a civil engineer and sur
veyor of Flagstaff, Arix, has been made
superintendent of the desert reservation
attached to the Institution.
Dr. McDougal will go naxt week to the
desert laboratory, where be will remain
four months. The new members of the
staff will assemble there, and with them
be will arrange plana for eatenalve scien
tific investigations to astaod over several
sra,
THOMPSON GOES TO MEXICO
Farmai Announcement af Transfer Vade at
State Department.
Culmination of a lively contest
President Informs grantor Gamble
that He l,osea la the Flajht Over
the Sooth Dakota District
Attorneyship.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.-(Ppecial Tele,
nam.) David B. Thompson goes to Mexico
as ambassador. The Sta'e department an
nounced his selection today as successor
to E. H. Conger of Iowa.
The ups and downs which Mr. Thompson
has had so far ss his diplomatic career Is
concerned are most Interesting. Mr.
Thompson was never nt any time a candi
date for the Mexlct.n mission. His friends
made him a candidate and he stood by the
wishes of these friends, but personally he
never turned a hand to bring about his
appointment as ambassador to Mexico.
Charges were made ngalnst Mr. Thompson
while ambassador to Brazil which called
for a personal investigation on the part of
the State department. JudKe Penfleld, so
licitor for that department, made nn ex
haustive Investigation of the charges at
flist hand and he verbally reported to the j
president anJ Secretary Hoot the result of
his Investigation. Nothing In the way of
a wilttcn report, so far ns can bo learned,
was ever placed on file. Mr. Thompson and
Judge Penfleld returned to the United
States from Brazil on the same steamship.
Judge Penfleld came to Washington Imme
diately after the berthing of the ihlp. Mr.
Thompson took his time before coming to
Washington, but his presence In Washing
ton, so far a:; can be ascertained, was not
known to the president
Thompson at Waslilnsrton.
Mr. Thompson called at the Stato depart
ment otic morning and saw Assistant Sec
retary Bacon, Secretary Boot being out of
the city. Then In a oulet way Mr. Thomp
son gathered the Nebraska delnpatiou to
gether at a luncheon one day and diplo
matically went on his way to Nebraska.
At this point, knockers began to get In
their work. Thompson was to be fired,
they said. The charges jignlnst him had
been sustained and .tudgo Penfleld hid told
a harrowing story of the differences be
tween the ambassador and the consul gen
eral al Rio Janeiro. The republic of Brazil
was aflame over the rumor that Mr.
Thompson would go buck to Brazil after
his vacation. All those and more were re
pented by custom newspapers under big
headlines.
But Mr. Thompson never said a word.
Ho was walling, evidently for the other
fellow to show his hand, and the hand be
ing shown the president saw no reason
why tho original agreement made between
one or two of Mr. Thompson's friends up
ward of a year ago should not be carried
out.
Herbert H. D. Pelrce, third asslt tant sec
retary of state, has been selected by the
president aa tho first American minister to
Norway. Charles Denby, chief clerk of the
department, has been determined upon ns
avrceesor . SKfV Tenure h-p MTV State de
partment. This announcement was made
officially at tho department today.
Gnmlilo lca First Round.
Senator Gamble has lost out in the first
stages of his tight against Senator Kitt
redgo and Representatives Martin and
Burke over the nomination of a United
States attorney In South Dakota. The pres
ident has told him that he will not give
another term to James D. Elliott, present
United States attorney of South Dakota.
The president, however, has not decided
that he will name n United States attorney
the man bncked by Senator Kittredgo and
i Messrs. Martin and Burke, and In this re-
spect the anti-Gamble combination has not
yet won Its fight. When the question came
up about the expiration of tho term of DIs-
I trlct Attorney Elliott, the first test of
! strength of the two factions was made at
. the White House. Senator Gamhle, single
handed and alone, hacked Elliott for
j nnother term, allrglng that Elliott's record
, was a good one and that he had held office
long enough to be of value to the govern
j ment. , The Kittredgo. Martin combination
! presented the nnme of A. C. Rlernatski of
Salem for United Slates attorney, urging
his qualifications. The president has hid
the mutter under consideration, but tins gone
no further tlinn to say that he will not
nominate Elliott for another term. Elliott
Is said to lie one of Gamble's campaign
managers, which makes the blow doubly
hard. It Is probable the president will in
sist on some man whose name has not
been presented to him so far.
Flahta for Cattle Men.
Scnntor Warren of Wyoming talked to
the president today about the recent order
of the Interior department relating to the
rental of forest reserves for grailng. This
question is causing much discussion In the
west, and various suggestions have been
offered. There is opposition on the part of
a number of western people to any charge
for grazing In the forest reserves, and other
interesting questions deal with the method
of giving permits, especially as to prefer
ence among applicants.
Postal Matters.
Representative McCarthy today called at
i no i-osiomce nepartmrnt ana made a re
quest for additional clerks at Bancroft and i Justice and Mrs. Harlan, Speaker Cannon
Flat River. snd Miss Cannon, Senator and Mrs. Lodge,
Onstave H. Welper has been spnolnted Senator and Mrs. Martin, former Senator
regular, and Henry Wumeck, substitute I Henry G. Davis, West Virginia; Kepre
rural carrier for Route 2, at Albln, la. . j sentatlve and Mrs. John Sharp Williams.
Postmasters appointed: South Dakota 1 Melville E. Stone, New York; James Whlt
Crow Lake, Jerauld county, Harry F. Bo- comb Riley, former Attorney General and
gardus, vice J. T. McGlashan. dead. Wy. Mrs. Wayne MacVeagh, Assistant Secretary
omlng Granger, Sweetwater county, Benja
min H. Snialley, vlc Emily Schooumaker,
resigned.
BEEF TRUST JURY "COMPLETE
Court Adjourns I'ntll January n, Wlten
Trial of the Caaea Will
Begin.
CHICAGO, Dec. K. Tho twenty-one per
sons and corpora:lons indicted on' charges
of conspiracy In restraint of trade In the
meat business will go tn trial January i
on their ten special pleas -for immunity.
The Jury, which was finally accepted to.
day, after eighty-two veniremen had been
questioned, consists of five farmers, three
real estate dealers, two carpenters, one
stock raiser and one printer. After a long
charge by the court the twelve men were
allowed to go to their homes until the
date of the trial. The verdict of thla Jury
will decide only whether the packers are
to be tried later on the main charge In
the ease or go free altogether, hecaue
under the law they are entitled to Immunity
from prosecution, if, aa they assert, they
furnished evidence against themselves dur-
ing the Garfield Investigation, and which
evidence it la declared by the defendants
was used against Lhaui to bring tUa In-
(Ltftinenta,
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair Satnrrtty and Colder in F.nstern
Portion. Snnrtnr Fair.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday!
Hoar. Den. Hour. Deor.
a. m 2:1 1 p. m M
m jt:t up. ni nt
7 n. m si ,t p. tn 37
n. in lit t p. m :t
tn sit n p. nt .17
10 a. m Sttl p. tu .tn
11 m SIT T p. m .It
13 m .to H p. m :ii
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MORMON PARTY IN VERMONT
Monnment to Founder of the Church
will Re Dedicated at Sooth
Royalton Today.
SOUTH ROYALTON. Vt.. Dec. 22 -A
party of fifty Mormons arrived here today
from Utah. Ohio and New York to be pres
ent tonorrow at the dedication of a monu
ment erected to the memory of Prophet
Joseph 8mlth, founder of the Mormon filth,
on the site of a f.irmhouse In Sharon, where
he was born lflu years ego.
President Joseph F. Smith and his aeconl
counselor Anthony Lund, accompanied by
apostles, bishops and representatives of the
many branches of the Smith family, came
la special cars from Salt Lake City, and
another party of twenty Mormons came
from New York. The party visited the
birth olnce of a r.latlvo nf T,a r.t-.ir.li n.
Tunbrtdge, and this evening a social meet-
It.g was held. The services w ill lie held In a
memorial cottage, which was built over the
site of the Smith birthplace.
Tho exercises will be informal. President
Smith will -.ntike the dedicatory prayer and
mcmtiers of the Mormon choir will sins".
Other services will be held here Saturday
night and Sunday.
ZIMMERMAN TALKS OF DEAL
Says Transfer of Railroad Property
to Morsan Was Square and
Above Hoard.
CINCINNATI. Doc. 22.-In an interview
published here today Eugene Zimmerman,
former president of the Cincinnati, Hamil
ton & Dayton railroad, said:
If the plans of the Cincinnati. Hamilton
Dayton directors arc carried out ns out
lined In New York dispatches it will menu
that the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton
will be clear of th I'eie Mt niucttc and
the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville. There
Is positively and absolutely no truth in any
of the statements made to the effect that
there was a stormy conference between
J. P. Morgan and myself. The facts
are that I did not have any conference
with Mr. Morgan before the purchase of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton A. Dayton by
him, nor after It was turned back to him
aitain by the Erie. I have received nil mv
money for the Cincinnati, H.i.nillon it
Dayton securities I held, so that I have,
no Interest in the properties.
I can only say that the transaction, from
beginning to end. was square und above
board snd the full records of the various
properties were gone over.
XMAS PRESENTS DESTROYED
Bulldlngr Containing Delivery Depart
ment of Adauia Express Company
In nrooklyn Barns.
KEW. .YOP.V.. Doc.-. 2FVo' early this
morning destroyed the building extending
from No. 40 to M. Nassau street. In Brook
lyn, and occupied by the New York Trans
fer compnny aa a stable and store rooms
for trunks and parcels In transit. The New
York Transfer company includes Dodd s
express and the delivery department of
Adams Express company. Thousands of
packages of Christmus goods were de
stroyed. Tin re wore. 113 horses In the stable sec
tion of the building when the fire was din
covered, but all wero gotten out safely.
The burned buildings extended tl. rough
from Naj.sau street to 1SS and HO Adams
street. The loss will exceed hO,0n).
QUARANTINES AMERICAN HOGS
Canadian Council Adopts Sti'lnarent
Reanlntlona to Exclude
Diseased Swine.
OTTAWA, Ontario, Dec. :.'. An otder-in-councll
has been parsed providing that all
swine Imported must hn accompanied by
n certificate signed by veterinarians of the
j United States bureau of animal Industry,
BiHiiiiK inui neiiuer swine plague nor hog
cholera hnr. existed within a radius of five
miles of the premises in which tiiey have
been kept for a period of six months Im
mediately preceding the date of shipment,
but such swine, shall nevertheless bo In
spected and shall be subjected to a quaran
tine of thirty days before being allowed
to come In contact with Canadian animals.
Swine found to be suffering from con
tagious disease will be subject to slaughter
without compensation.
DINNER AT FAIRBANKS HOME
Vice President and Wife fcntertaln In
Honor of President and
Mrs. Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON. Dec, 22. The vice presi
dent and Mrs. Fairbanks opened the series
of dinner parties in honor of the president
and Mrs. Roosevelt. The guests were:
or blate ana Mrs. Bacon, Mr. and Mrs.
Crosby 8. Noyes, Mrs. Garret A. Ilobart,
Mrs. Daniel Manning, Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Glover, Miss Kean and Miss McMillan.
FATAL WRECKJN MISSISSIPPI
Woman Killed and Another Passenger
Mar Die aa Reault of
Accident.
MEMPHIS. Tenn., Dec. 21 One passen
ger was killod and six weie Injured In a
wreck on the Illinois Central railroad six
miles north of Holly Springs, Miss., this
morning.
The dead:
MRS. JAMES WADE of Sidon. Miss.
Two coaches of a northbound pa-iscnger
train between Canton, Miss., and C;Jro
were derailed and turned over a twerty.
five-foot embankment. Mrs. Wade was
crushed to death. One of those Injured will
probably die.
Movements of 41cm a Yeanela Dee. 23.
' At Liverpool-Arrived: 6ylvanla. from
Boston.
! NeVvork ,1,an-Arrlvt'd: H"Io1av. from
At Moville Sailed: Sicilian, for Halifax
rrlvd: Furneala, from New York.
j At Glitsgyw-Axrlvea; iljnUHOiwi. ttoia
ODELL MEETS DEFEAT
New York Leader Full to Control the
Conntj Organisation.
CONTEST LASTS FAR INTO THE NIGHT
He.berl Parsoni Finally Eleo'.ed Chairman
j Acclamation.
WADSWOHTH WILL BE ELECTED SPEAKER
i
Long Island Man Has Over Thrse.-Feu.rthi
cf Votes Fledged.
CONFERENCE HELD IN HOTEL CADILLAC
Mertlna Called hy Merrltt'a Sup
porters Dlacuaaea Situation and
Decides to Leave Matter to
the Assembly.
NEW YORK. Dec. . lurlng a congest
which continued from 9 o'clock last night
until near 4 o'clock this morning, marked
at times by bitter recriminations, but con
cluding with mutual pledges of support,
the control of the New York county repub
lican committee was wrested from the ad
herents of former Governor B. B. Odell
by the faction headed by Herbert Par
sons. In reorganizing for the coming year
tho committee elected Herbert Parsons to
the presidency, in succession to William
Halpln, and chose other officers named by
Parsons' friends. The officers elected are:
Chairman, Herbert Parsons: first vie
president. Senator Alfred R. Page; second
vice president, Julius O. Kramer of the
Fourth arembly district, secretary'.
Thomas H. Whittle of the Thirty-fifth dis
trict; treasurer. George Blagden; ser-geanl-at-arms,
Edmund Bodlne.
The election of Mr. Parsons was secured
it i:5 o'clock this morning. It was made
by acclamation und was received with
wild enthusiasm. Mr. Halpln Immediately
congratulated Mr. Parsons, and in a brief
speech promised hia hearty support. Mr.
Pa-sons replied, thanking the committee
for his election. Mr. Page was chosen
first vice president after a lively fight, in
which he defeated Samuel Strnsborger by
a vote of :i'W to 40. Mr. Strasborger voted
to mo'ie the election unanimous and thl
was done. The other officers were chosen
unanimously hy acclamation.
O.lell Plays for Delay.
Tactics of delay were adopted by . the
Odell faction ns soon as the committee
met and these continued for several hours.
It Is sulci the motive for delay was to
swalt the result of tho speakership flgh'..
Mr. Parsons and his friends did not pro
pose to wait and announced their Inten
tion of organizing a committee If It took
all night. The first test vote came Just
before midnight on a motion to adjourn
the election of a president nrUl January
1. The Parsons men won by a vote of it
to 13. A motion, made by Mr. Par
sons, to adjourn for thirty minutes to
hear tho contested election case In thtf
Thirteenth district, was carried. .Toa con
testant, Michael H. 1'lakc, was an Odl!
man, cud his fvlonds In tho committee
moved to postpone consideration of the
contest, but were defeated. Shortly after
1 o'clock the committee reconvened and
received a majority and minority report of
the committee on contested seats. The
Parsons men Immediately moved that thu
report be tabled. Voting on the motion
lasted for an hour and resulted In a victory
for the l'arsims fart inn, tho vote standing
3 to 2;i. This matter disposed of, nomi
nations weie In order and promptly fol- .
lowed.
Conference at Hotel Cadlllne.
The conference adjourned Just before 1
o'clock this afternoon without any definite
action having been taken. Assemblymau
rhllllps, who called the conferepce, sslii
that none of the candidates for tho speaker
ship was endorsed and that no compromise
candidate was suggested. The entire ses
sion was devoted to a discussion of the
matter In a general way and tho consensus
of opinion as expressed was that the mem
bers of the assembly themselves should bo
permitted tolselect a speaker. He said an
other conference rosy be held beforo the re
publican caucus meets.
Mr. Phillips said that no test voto had
been taken at the conference nnd thnt there
; hid been no discussion of candidates. The
. meeting adjourned subject to further call
I by Mr. Phillips. Thero were thirty-seven
assemblymen present, he said, and that was
, a largei number than he had expected after
Mr. Wadsworth had sent nut his statement
to the effect that tho meeting would be of
no consequence.
E. A. Merritt. Jr., the candidate for the
speakership who has the support of for
mer Governor Odell, was present at the con
ference. Afterward he said there had been
a pretty frank exchange of opinion snd
thnt the prevailing sentiment, was one of
dissatisfaction wirh the situation that ha4
developed.
Assemblj-man Hooker, who Is supporting;
Wadsworth, was at the Cadillac, today, but
refused to Join the conference. He ssld:
"More than half the men tn the confer
ence are for Wadsworth snd they came
I here merely to see what Is going on. Wads
: worth has eighty-six of the 111 republics n
j assemblymen.
I Governor Odell declined to make gny
: comment on the conference nt the Cadlllne.
j Governor lllvalns Plraard.
j ALBANY. N. Y.. Dec. 21. -Governor Hlg
1 gins hft Albany tonight to spend Christ
mas with his family at Oleiin. He did not
attempt to concesl the fact that the out
come of the last week's political conflict
was satisfactory to hlni.
"I regard the contest as practically
over." said the governor, "providing al
ways, of course, that the assembly must
first act for themselves. But In view of
I the positive pledges which have been given
J for the support of Mr. Wadsworth I regard
that matter as settled."
The governor admitted that he had per
sonal advices as to the outcome of the con
ferenco of the assemblymen held today In
New York "lty. I had adjourned, he said,
after a free discussion, but without action
There might or might not be another such
conference before the final caucus which
would make the republican nomination for
speaker of the assembly. He said he hoped
for unanimous nctlon In the republican
caucus of assemblymen.
The governor said that former f.tentenint
Governor Timothy I Woodruff called upon
him this aftr rnoon, with William Haines.
J'-., republican state committeeman from
Albany, and that Mr. Woodruff had re-
Inewed Ms expressions of good will and
approval of Mr. Wadsworth'a candidacy,
Wrrcl.a In Storm.
NORFOLK. Va , Dec. 22.-The govern
! ment sea coast wires today were restored
I and reports came In to the effect that ti
wrecks had occurred as the result al yew
1 terdy urn .