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he Omaha Daily Bee. You Mutt Bvjr The Bee ir YOU WAT TO Reft.d the Bryan Letters You Muat Buy The Be if lor TAXT TO Rend the Bryan Letters ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871. OMA1IA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1906. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. OUTLOOK IS GLOOMY Radical Press of Rania 8ees Ho Heps with . the Hew Tear. SPIRIT OF REACTION IN ASCENDANT Members ef that FM.ion Deoerated in Hew Tear Diatribu'.ien of Honors. NOTED WRITER PREDICTS BANKRUPT ' Affray in Restaurant la Which Student Xillad Ua.ees Talk. ' CASTS A GLOOM OVtR SOCIAL FEATURLS Rmperor and Empress Held Recep tion at Which Only Diplomatic Corps aad Few Nobles Are la Attendance. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 14.-The not truck by the radical press In reviewing the past year and commenting on the out look for tha new year la an extremely pessimistic one. These newspapers goner ally use no prospect of internal teace, but they unite In expressing the hope that 1!V will not end as did 1906. with the Kplrlt of reaction strongly In the ascend ant. The Novoe Vremya and the Blovo, on the contrary, look to the douraa to put a seal on the people's liberties and to restore tranquillity. M. Amfrttof, one of the most brilliant of Russian Journalists, who served a term of exile tor famous political feullleton In which he arraigned the members of the Imperial family aa public bandits and who recently has been living In Rome. In an article on Russia's future predicts that the coming year will witness the political and financial bankruptcy of the government. The list of the New Yesr honors Is nota ble for the number of decorations on the officials associated with the policy of re pression. M. Durnovo, who so far as the proletariat organisations are concerned, is the best hated man in public life, has been promoted, from acting minister of the In terior to minister, thus increasing the in fluence of the bureaucratic hierarchy. It is significant that in the annual re newal of appointments Count Solsky. presi dent of the council of the empire, and the heads of departments In the council have been appointed "until the reorganization of that body." r-mriir amd Empress Receive. The emperor and empress held a New Year's reception In the palace at Tsarskoe Selo today, to which the members of the diplomatic corps traveled In a special train from Bt. Petersburg. The reception was a formal affair, to which only the court functionaries, diplomats and a few nobles were invited. It passed without notable incident. The absence of Count Wttte created eome comment, hut It was officially exnlalned that the reception waa a special one for the representatives of the foreign .r . The onlv minister invited was rvmnt laniudorfT. minister of foreign af : fairs. The Finperor "looked well and spoke pleasantly to ull his visitors, specially singling out Mr. Meyer, the American am bassador, and Herr von Schoen. tne uer man ambassador. This being the first time his majesty had met Mr. Meyer since his return from the United Btates. he took occasion to renew his expressions of gratl tude for the part played by President Roosevelt and the United States In bring ing about peace with Japan. Mr. Meyer presented Robert Woods Bliss, second secretary of the embassy; Major William Gibson, the new military attache: Roy Oampbtll Smith, the navul attache at Pavls and Bt. Petersburg, and Basil Mies of Philadelphia, the now diplomatic aeeriUry, Trapedy Talk of the Day. The sanguinary tragedy in the famous rt'iitaurutit. "The Bear." at an early hour this morning, in which the student. Da vldoff. wuh shot and killed by Count gherometleft and the count wus budly but tered by friends o." the dead mun, has cast a shadow over, the New Year fes llvlth s. The custom of making New Year vails obtains In Russia to a larger extent than In any other country of the world and at every reception today the affair ut "The Bear" waa a subject for conversa tion, It lifting universally accepted by su perstitious Russians as an augury that blood, passion and violence will reign in the empire In 1904. Htrangely enough the Zerltnl (Spectator) this morning printed a picture representing the spectre of death Interrupting and spreading consternation at a New Veur feast. - lieneral Injured by Bomb. C1IEHIGOFK. Russia. Jan. 14. Two ).oinba were hurled today at General Khovoatoff. governor of this province, as he Was driving home from the cathedral. The governor was seriously and his wife slightly injured. FRiEND OF LIVINGSTONE DEAD In Work IMee la Sooth Africa. CAPETOWN. Jan. 14 (Specisl Cable gram to The Bee.l Dr. JameV Stewart, the friend and companion of David Livingstone, the explorer, whom he Joined on his second Journey to Lake Nyasea. Is dead. Dr. Stewart, who was born In Edinburgh seventy-five years ago. spent much of his youth traveling through large tracts of the then prsetleally unknown ground of British Central Africa. He founded the Blythe- wood Mlswlon Institute in the Trankel and the Klbwosl mission between Uganda and Mombasa. The last thirty-five years of his rife were spent on the work of bringing the Lovrdale Missionary Institute to its present high stage of development During the South African war Dr. Stewart suc ceeded In making himself very unpopular with the Boers because of his outspoken criticism of their methods. PRAISE FOR AMERICAN BISHOP Pope Compliments Rt. Rev. William O'Connell. Whom Ho Sent to Japan. . ROM B. Jan. I4.-Rlht Rev. William H. OConnelL bishop of Portland. Me., tha special envoy of the pope to the emperor of Japan, who arrived here yesterday, wss received In private audience by bis nolt eaa today. The audience lasted for an hour, during which the bishop made a verbal report of tho results of his mis sion. The pope expressed his great satis faction and said If all American envoys did their work so well they would become the first diplomats of the world. Tha alshop speaks confidently of the fu ture pr agrees) el Calbillmsm la Japan. MARQUIS ITO'S great power Japanese Statesman Is How Most In fluential Mas la Politics In Asia. TOKIO. Japan. Jan. 14. (Special Cable gram to The Bee The Marquis Ito, the "Bismarck of Japan." who has accepted the governor generalship of Corea, becomes by this stroke one of the most powerful men In Asia. His powers will exceed those of the viceroy of India and he will be the 'virtual ruler of the Hermit Kingdom. The narquls Is a sn mural of the great Hlsen ' clan. He has been In Europe a number of times and is given credit for being the originator of the Anglo-Japanese agree ment.. Under the agreement signed with Japan. Corenn foreign relations will be ad ministered by the direction of the new gov ernor general and his staff. The emperor will be a mere figurehead a spectator of the administration, which will develop Cores along western lines. Interviewed upon the subject of Cores the Marquis Ito said: The future of Corea is very hopeful. The full realisation of the advantages to be ob tained depends alone upon the diligence of the Japnnepc nation. It Is my sincere de sire to maintain the dignity of the Im perial household of Corea and to promote the happiness of Its people. There are many things which I can hardly bear to enumerate with regard to the actual state of affairs In Corea. lamentable usages and defects have been handed down from time Immemorial, we cannot suddenly in stitute great reforms; we must wait pa tiently for the national progress and de velopment. The Chinese students in Toklo are still giving the authorities no end of trouble. Numbering lO.Ono, they are still out on what they call a "strike." The Japanese authori ties have addressed to them a document explaining that the new regulations planned by the government are inspired solely by a desire to promote the welfare of the stu dents themselves and that they In nowise unduly curtail their personal liberty. The objects In view are to help the students to distinguish suitable schools, and also to save them from falling Into the hands of designing Inkeepers. One fact which, to the mind of the westerner accustomed to theo ries regarding the women of China, will appear almost in the light of a Joke, Is that the female students, numbering only sixty, have also Joined In the strike. Pub lic opinion here In Japan really supports the authorities and It is declared that the lives of some of the Chinese students have even constituted a demoralizing influence upon the Japanese schools themselves. China Is showing great reluctance in mak ing any further concessions to Japan in the matter of international treaties and ar rangements. According to all accounts here, In consequence of the exclusion of Chinese from the United States, the antl Amerlcan feeling is growing and, unfortu nately, owing to the inability of the Chi nese to make any fine discrimination. It Is aid to be reacting against all foreigners. One thing that has made the Chinese very angry has been the Individual cases of the savage Ill-treatment of people of their race In America. Perhaps the case which has attracted the most attention was that of the suicide of the Chinese military attache, Tom Kim Young, after his shocking abuse at the handH of the San Francisco police, for which outrage nobody was punished. The thousands of Chinese who followed him to the grave regarded themselves as personally outraged by the wrongs done him and titelr letters to their countrymen at home gave the most indignant account of the manner In which Chinamen in Amer ica are treated. JEWS IN JERUSALEM MOURN Sound of Kama Horn Calls Gallon to Krpentenee (or It ass Ian Oatrao-es. CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 14. (Special Cablegram to Tho Bee.)-It is said that thtt news of the wholesale killing of the Jews in Russia has made a profound Impression upon the Jews now residing in Jerusalem. Thousands of them have gone to Palestine during the last quarter of a century In order to find under the rule of the Moslem that immunity from persecution, which was denied them in Russia. Here, indeed, they had to suffer hardships on account of the poverty of the country and the depres sion of industry, but at any rate, they knew that their lives were safe. Many of them had in their days of early manhood served loyally to the Russian armies and looked deuth In the face for their country and tho csar. When their term of mili tary service was completed they found that their loyalty had been wasted and that they had no civil rights, and might at any time be exposed, without chance of re dress, or even the right to protect them selves against the violence of fanatic mobs or t"he arrogant officials. So they went to Jerusalem to earn a precarious livelihood as lest they could. Their hearts, however, still yearnea Tor the country they hod left and where many of their kinsfolk still remained. It was therefore with, no little rejoicing that the Ashkenazihi Jews have been receiving news of the manifesto, of the emperor of Russia, granting a constitution and freedom to all of his subjects without distinction of creed or rare. Many of them openly declared their Intention to return to their homes and relatives, when like a bolt from the blue was received the news of the latest and most bloody massacre of the Jews at Odessa. Kelff, etc. In consequence of these appalling events the rejoicing of Israel was literally turned Into mourning, and the synagogues have night and day been crowded with mourners ; assembled to bewail their slaughtered breth- j ren and to offer Interce sxory prayers on i behalf of the wretched survivors and them- selves. Everywhere in the Intramural Jewish quarter, as well Is In the Jewish settlements or colonies on the outskirts of Jerusalem, the sound might be heard of the ' ram's horn, blown as a sign of dire cal- amity in order, according to the Talmud "call a nation to repentance." LAST SPIKE ON DOUBLE TRACK I alon Pacific Completes l.lnk on Its Cat-Off In Kansa . Oi ONAtiA, Kan.. Jan. 14 -The last rail was . received and referred was S1.690, of which laid here today on the Topeka & North- 13135 wer ct1 uPn adversely. The num wehtern double-track railway, which ia ' br ot routes In operation on the date forty miles long and which is part of the i nam,,l wa J4.677. T'lilnn PurlH,. .MitnflT lu.t... t' fu... snd Cheyenne. The line will be extended to Marysvllle, Marshall county, Kan., where it will Join the Union Pacific. When the cutoff is completed fast train, between the Pacific coast and Kansas City will not run via Denver, but by way of the cutoff. Rescued Hollars Reach Home. NEW YORK. Jan. 14. The American line EL PASO. Tex.. Jan. 14 The unusually steamer. St. Paul, which arrived tonight heavy snowfall on the mountains and foot from Southampton and Cherbourg, brought hills, which form the watershed of the Rio Captain Sheppard and crew of nine men of Grande, Is causing, considerable uneasiness the American bark. Kdward I Maybarry, for the time when the snow begins tn melt, which wss abandoned at eea December li. The snow is from six to elaht fret dean n wur ji. . inn wmf ui miff iijuwrmi. 1 oe men o the M berry's crew were rescued by the Amen. n bark, biatta, and were landed st Havre. According to Captain hi 1 1 ,1 IU1 r ,i HI& rr. m. u a f . , r.i.ir it.t. I . temkclKoi mutiny. FREE TRADERS JUBILANT Minister Ch archill Beys Prestation ia Dead In Great Britain. UNIONISTS TAKE A DIFFERENT VIEW aammnaaaaano Mxty-Elcht Districts Elect Today and In Them Several Members of Present and Late Cabinet Are Candidates. LONDON, Jan. 18. "We have killed pro tection. This year is the beginning of such a political upheaval as has not been seen in England since the days of the great reform bill. Manchester has saved herself by her exertions; she will save England by her example." Thus spoke Winston Churchill Saturday night, and his opinion that free trade has gained a victory is the opinion of the more responsible of the unionist newspapers, though many of them attempt to explain the result of the elections of Saturday as due more to questions like the Chinese labor In South Africa, war taxation, etc. Nowhere, however, is there any hint st minimising h hurricane that has over taken the unionist party or a suggestion of doing anything but to beat an orderly retreat and save what Is possible from the rout The question now uppermost In ail minds Is what fate will befall Joseph Chamber lain at Birmingham The Morning Post editorially points out that the temporary prosperity of the cotton Industry may have made Manchester slow to accept even the Balfour measure of tariff reform. It says that should Blrmlng ham follow the example of Manchester the meaning of the country's voice would no longer be a matter for the slightest doubt Kot Prepared (or Revolution. The unionist Graphic, In a temperate article, says: "It cannot be doubted that the country was not prepared for such a revolution In Its fiscal policy and declined to grasp the subtle distinction between free trade and protection as illustrated by Mr. Balfour's half-way house." The Standard. In an editorial, thinks that the fear of American reprisals on its staple Industry In the event of the adoption of fiscal reform largely Influenced the action of the Manchester voters. The Dally Telegraph says: "The com bined forces of radicalism, separatism, so cialism and secularism wrought a black day for the unionists." The paper admits that the main cause is that "the country will not sanction any modification of the free trade system." The liberal organs naturally are Jubilant. The Dally Chronicle says: "It is a result without parallel In the history of English electioneering and will fill every free trader with deep thankful ness." The Dally News heralds Winston Churchill as "the rising hope of the liberal party, a man whose career has now be come one of the most Interesting In the empire." Mr. Balfour, though evidently deeply dis appointed at the Ions of his seat In Man chester, displayed great calmness of de meanor on Saturday night. when.Jia de livered an admirably, dispassionate and impressive speech. Already .the former premier has had safe seats offered him, but as yet he has reached no decision; Chamberlain 1 Silent. Joseph Chamberlain has thus far de clined to comment on the result of Satur day's pollings. Pollings are fixed for today In twenty one London districts and forty-seven provincial boroughs. The London dis tricts were previously represented by sev enteen unionists and four liberals. To day's result:), therefore, will afford a good test of whether London Is to follow the read of Manchester. The moat interest ing contest will be at Greenwich, where there will be a three-cornered fight, owing to the fact that Mr. Chamberlain insisted on putting up a candidate against Lord Hugh Cecil, the leader of the conservative free traders. Two avowed Chamberlalnltes are also contesting the Hoxton and Hag gerston divisions of Shoredltch. Among the provincial contests today will be that at I.eeds, Where Gerald Balfour, former pres ident of the Board of Trade, Is almost certain to be defeated, he having been badly hectored during the campaign. Another former cabinet officer. Walter Hume Long (who was president of the local government board and later chief secretary for Ireland in the Balfour cabinet) will run the gauntlet today In the effort to retain his seat for Bristol. Among today's candi dates also will be four members of the Pu ZiTo:" Gladstone, secretary for home affairs; Sir Henry Hartley Fowler, chancellor of the dutch)' of Lancaster, and James Bryce, chief secretary for Ireland. The great success which the labor party Is experiencing Is likely to have a marked Influence on the future relations of the Liberal-Irish parties. The present prospect is that Sir Henry Campbell-Bonnerman may obtain a majority large enough to make hlra Indepedent of the nationalists.- In that case should there be a large labor party In the new Parliament the possibility of an alliance between the nationalists and the laborites would become an Interesting prob lem. James Kelr Hardle. one of the most prominent of the labor leaders, already has made overtures for such an alliance, while It Is known that John Burns, the president of the local government board. Is a strong advocate of home rule for Ireland. COST OF RURAL MAIL SERVICE One and a Half Cents for Each Pleeo of Mall Handled by ' Them. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-A statement prepared by P. V. Degraw, fourth assistant postmaster general, regarding the opera tions of the rural free delivery service since its establishment up to January 1, 13B I shows that the total number of petitions 1 More than l.OVO.COO.OOO DieceB Of mall war' I , by rural carrier, during the fll y'r ,6, ach Pirc "Ong a little less th"n cnl- 1 Th PProximale net coat of the ItOU rrirs In the service for the flrscal year I ' w" tl.s7l,7Js. I Fear Pineda on Rio Grande. lite mouniojai, m much greater amnunt than burdened the hills at the beginning of the melting period last year when thou - sanda of dollars of damage resulted from th. . ... r H nu. nt ih. Mfru.n- k. i . U .. . i iU Urasda. COMPROMISE MISE TALK IN Cannon sad Ml THE AIR Speaker la Friends Kot Inclined to tain It. F.nter- WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 Rumors of a compromise between the republican leaders and the republican opponents of the Phil ippine tariff bill were discussed today by members of congress, but nothing like a definite proposition has been made and con sequently no understanding has been reached. One of the beet sugar men has suggested to Chairman Payne and Mr. Dnl sell that a compromise might be offered which would prohibit the Importation of more than a certain amount of sugar and tobacco from the Philippines. This was not seriously considered by them members of the ways and means committee, as they re confident of sufficient votes to pass the bill without material amendment. There was Just enough In the suggestion, how ever, to cause discussion among members of the house who are very much Interested In present conditions. . It is understood that no proposition for a. compromise will b considered by the house members un less the statehood bill Is also made a part of the bill. A combination has been formed by the opponents of the Philippine bill and the' opponents of the Joint statehood bill, and the compromise affecting one Includes the other, which means that the leaders will not agree to a modification of "he Philippine bill in the sugar and tobacco In terests unless those who seek such a com promise abandon the light against the state hood bill. Speaker Cannon and his sup porters feel that they are sure of the Phil ippine bill and that it would be useless to compromise on that unless some advantage could be gained with tha other measure, about which there Is so much doubt, but which they believe they will eventually be able to pass without amendment. The suggestion for a compromise on the Philippine bill was made on the ground that the republicans would be able to puss a modified measure with republican votes, as It Is believed the democrats would oppose any amendment looking to any restriction on the Importation of any products of the Islands, but the house leaders do not agree that the Philippine bill will need democratic votes In its present form. They think there are enough republicans for the bill to se cure a majority, Nor do they believe that the Insurgents on the statehood bill have votes enough to defeat the rule, which Is proposed to prevent amendments to that measure. They contend also that the in surgents will grow weaker instead of stronger. There have been some conferences among the statehood Insurgents today and one of their leaders insisted that there was no sign of weakening among them and ex pressed confidence of success. One sugges tion of a compromise on this bill has been made to provide for the referendum, which would allow the voters of Arizona and New Mexico to decide whether or not there will be Joint statehood. This was rejected by the house leaders as untenable and a radi cal departure from the position of the house in the last congress and the desire of a majority of the republican majority in the present house. The desire for a compromise, as stated by a prominent republican mem ber who has not been active on either side, either on the Philippine bill or the state hood bill, was because of tlie strained rela tion between tho repubVcftpa and the feel ing which is becoming mors bitter as the fight goes on. At the same time lie did not see much hope of any compromise at the present time. SEVERF STORM IN NEW YORK Two Deaths - from Electric Wire Which Was Broken Off by Sleet. NEW YORK. Jan. 14. Two peruous met death In the storm which swept over New York and New Jersey early today. Both were electrocuted from contact with fallen electric light wires. ' Sleet,' snow and rain which froze as it fell created a condition I urces oi me mercnaiu marine. me - In the streets which threatened to tie up I official list." it points out. "of merchant i requst is presented by the dek gates from traffic. Many electric lighting, telephone I vessel, for 1904 shows fifty-seven sea-going d stteto 1. . and fc composing the anthra and telephone wires, heavily coated with hlP ros toM- nd "Pwards, with c Ht region. It will have the utmost con- Ice, gave way under the strain and coming In contact with the more heavily charged of these one man was killed in Long Island City. At almost the same time another man met a similar fate In New ark, N. J. Tho tugboat Eugene F. Moran reported the loss of two lives. The Moran was towing two scows out to sea yesterday, when the hawser parted. One of the scows capsized and one of its crew was drowned. A few moments later, when the Moran at- tempted to pass a lino to the other scow, a heavy sea swept a man from the deck of the craft. He also was drowned. TRAQE WITH FRANCE More Is Ileeelved from that Country Than United States Sells to It. WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.-The total com merce between the United Slates and France, as shown by figures compiled by the bureau of statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, amounted in the fiscal year 1905 to about Jieb.OGO.OOO, of which S76.ono,one was the amount of tho exports to France and S90,000,0no was the value of the imports from that country. Frsnce gets most of Its provisions and bresdstuffs from Its colonies and exports mainly high grade manufactures and wine. The United States exported to France nearly all the copper and the cotton used by that country, the total amount of these two articles being about lig.OflO.OM. Agri cultural Implements exported from the United Btates tills year were approximately S3.noo.000. against SoOO.OOO a decade ago. Im ports from France formed SOB per cent of the total Importations In the United States, and exports formed 5.01 per cent of the total exports from the United States. REFORM IN . PENNSYLVANIA I.earlslatnro Meets la Special slon to Enact Seeded Uwi. See HARRISBURG. Pa Jan. 14-The Penn sylvanla legislature will convene In extra session tomorrow for the enactment of re form legislation proposed by Governor I f'nnyp.okr. Among the reforms specified by the governor in his calls are: To consolidate the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny into a greater Pittsburg. -To reapportion the state into senatorial and legli.lailve districts. - To rep.! the Philadelphia "ripper" passed by the legislature limiting the authority of the mayor e ver the deiatrtments of public safety nd public works. To piovide for a uniform primary election I. law. St. Paul Broker Falls. ST. PAUL. Jsn. 14 James A. Doran. do lor husinee. as a broAer under th firm I name nf Jtmai A. Doran Or Co.. ennnunrejt I his suspeuslon tonight. Mr. Doran says his I liabilities will exceed CO. 000. but declined ! to make a detailed statement. The failure . - . . i . . . -u A..'- I - . .1 ... . l Uhe wrong side ot the stock market. fRANSPORTS BADLY NEEDEL General Buff Preeenta Argiment Iaoreate in herchant Marine. for LACK OF SHIPS LEAVES NATION HELPLESS Kot Enough to Transport Troops for the Protection of Island Depend' euclee In Case of War with Flrst-Rate Power. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-A remarkable exposition of the fatal .weakness of the army transport resources In case of war Is contained In a paper prepared by the general staff, transmitted by Secietary Taft to Senator Galllnger, chairman of the mer chant marine commission. In charge of the "shipping bill now pending before the senate. Ia the course of its work in pre paring in time of peace for war, the gen eral staff has discovered that even the present limited military force could not be transoorted over the sea In rase of a war with a foreign country, or to defend our Insular possessions until there should be an Immediate and great Increase In the number of American steamships suitable for transport service. It ia pointed out that foreign shipping could not be drawn upon In .ime of war, because of neutrality laws, so that under present conditions "the quick first blow, so very and Increasingly Important, cannot be struck at all." In cidentally the staff criticises with the greatest freedom the conditions under which the first little American army was transported to Santiago to begin the Spanish-American war., The reply of the War department has been prepared by a special committee of the general staff and Is transmitted to Secretary Taft by Lieutenant General Chaffee, chief of staff. This report stated that two sizes of merchant steamships are desirable for transport services ships of 6,600 tons and of (,500 tons gross register, vessels of medium dimensions. The speed which both the Navy and the War depart ments have determined upon as desirable for troop transports is a sustained sea rate of twelve knots. "To make this speed with certainty and with economical coal consumption." says the present report, "the ships should be designed for a trial speed slightly In ex cess of twelve knots." Slso of Ships Needed. Steamships of 6,500 or 5,500 tons are pre ferred because "It is conceded to be indl spenslble to the best results that each ship shall carry a tactical unit of troops with j Its complete equipment and supplies." This tactical unit is the Infantry regiment or a battalion of engineers, battalion of In fantry, a squadron of cavalry, etc To embark a division would require ten (,600 ton ships and nine 5,500 ton ships.. With the present strength of the regular army two such divisions could be made ready to embark In fifteen days, hence twenty of the largest and eighteen of the smaller hips available in fifteen days would be sufficient for such an expedition. As such an expedition may be necessary from either the Atlantic or Pacific coasts, the report urges that there should be on each i vention of the Mine Workers of America, side a number of suitable ships afloat, but ' which begins in Tomllnson hall Tuesduy Lf eugiLCe-1 ituforeiga trado-U la not prob- morning, jarho. hod arrived in Indianapolis, able that one-third of those on either ocean tonight, not one word regarding the prob could be obtained and made. ready in fit- I able action of the convention in regard to teen days. "Assuming this ratio," soys the wage scale or support of the miners the report Of the general staff, "It follows in the anthracite region In their struggle that to provide suitable ships for a rapid for the recognition of the union by the movement of two divisions from either i operators and the granting of the eight coast, there should be not less than sixty J hour day could be luul. Only when pres of the larger and fifty-four of the smaller j sure In brought to hear is there a tacit size afloat In the Atlantic and the same in acknowledgment that an Increase In wages Pacific waters, or 130 of the larger or 18 . will be asked, but no Intimation of how of the smaller size In all, an aggregate of much can be elicited. And again, when CO vessels." ' ! the question of support for the anthracite Ships ow Available. j miners is approached the nearest to a dch- The report declares that no such fleet as iHe answer that Is given is that no appeal would be needed for an overseas expedition trom the anthracite workers hau ever been could be furnished out of the present re- refused by the men of the bituminous fields. an aggregate lonmiBe ui w,vw. mis in- eludes the very fast Atlantic liners, which would doubtless be required for the navy for scouts, and ulso some very large ships which would not be generally serviceable. Of these ships, eight are substantially of the smaller and nine of the larger; so described. The others vary in size and proportion to such an extent as to make It unsafe to adopt factors entailer than four 1 gross tons per man and ten per animal In gauging their capacity. With these fac tors the division would require 116,000 gross tons of transport and two divisions the force previously discussed as a first expedl- tn h. Hlarin tilin nt nn. will mhiiI. a i 232.00, gross tons selected from this list of ships. In short, to strike the quick blow of a force corresponding to our permanent military establlsnmcnt would require prac- tlcally alt the American shipping of suitable character in Atlantic waters and more than the entire tonnage In Pacific waters. There needs no argument to show that this transport service could not be procurud in fifteen days. It is doubtful whether It can be procured at all. except by Impress ment and in a period of six months or more." Reviews Santlagro Incident. The report frankly criticises the Santiago expedition of lR'.ti. Every American Vessel that could be obtained in the Atlantic ports during the twenty days following the decla- ration of war was chartered a fleet of thirty-six vessels averaging 2,600 tons, only two of them over 4.000 tons. "The official records afford smple evidence thst the arrival was due to the good fortune of continued fine weather," it says. "A sever, storm encountered would have scattered th. fleet, probably with greet loss of life, and would have defeated the object of th. expedition. There la nothing except the successful arrival to Justify Its departure, No cooking could be done on board ship, except to mane coffee. Sanitary arrange ments were crude snd Insufficient. Of ventilstion there was practically none. These statements apply In full force only to the ships fitted out for the Cuban ex pedition. This fleet of ships could not have embarked under reasonable oversea trans port conditions, a force of more than ,000 or 10,000 men and when so embarked the expedition could have been dlspstclied on a long voyage only at great Jeopardy of the welfare of the men and of the success of the enterprise. It has already been shown that this fleet was practically all that could be secured in Atlantic wate-s except by Impressment of American or purchases of foreign ships." Looking to the future, the report de clares; "This condition cannot Improve until the American steam seagoing marine has In creased in tonnage to approximately two and one-half times its present volume by the addition of ships adapted In slse and design to quick conversion Into suitable transports and built under conditions which make their voluntary surrender to the .Continued on Second Page NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Snow aad Colder Monday. Tuesrta Fair. Tempera tore at Omaha Yesterday! Hoar. Pea. Hoar. Den-. In. m 1 1 p. m S3 a. m ...... 2 p. m "' Ta. m Hi it p. m n. m .11 4 p. m an ft a. m nt n p. m ...... an to a. m :n A p. m ft.. 11 a. m aa T p. m ia m au ft p. m n n p. m n.t PRESIDENT HARPER'S FUNERAL Hall Too Small to Accommodate the Kb tire Student Body of University, CHICAGO, Jan. 14-The body of Dr. William Ralney Harper, late president of the University of Chicago, was laid ti rest today In a vault In Oakwood ceme tery. The finl resting place of the body of the distinguished educator, however, will be on the university campus, where it Is planned to build a memorial chapel and crypt. The body lay in stale in Haskell hall from 8 o'clock until noon In the room where Dr. Harper had led the faculty meetings In administering the educational affairs of the university. This was accord ing to his wish snd the funeral plans which he himself had drawn up and signed on the day before his death. At noon the casket was taken to Mandrt hall, where tho funeral services were held. Owing to the small seating caparlty of the hall, admission was by card and only a portion of the students was able to at tend the exercises. Addresses were delivered by President H. P. Faunre of Brown university. Chan cellor E. Benjamin Andrews of the Uni versity of Nebraska. Penn Harry Pratt Judson of the University of Chicago and Dr. Lyman Abbott of New Tork. The floral tributes were numerous and In cluded wreaths from President Roosevelt, Emperor William of Germany and many other distinguished persons. The funeral cortege from Mandel hall to the cemetery consisted only of the fam ily, a few personal friends and the trustees of the university. NEW YORK. Jan. 14.-Two services In memory of the late William R. Harper of the University of Chicago were held in this city today, the more Important being at Columbia university, over which Rev. Charles Cuthbert Hall, president of Union Theological seminary, presided, and nt which addresses were delivered by Presi dent Woodrow Wilson of Princeton and jrwiaeni JMcnoias Murray uutier or Co- t iumha. . The second service was In the ! Fifth Avenue Baptist church, where Pres- weni narper nao orten spoKen and was ' also a member of the young men's Bible class. MINERS' DELEGATES ARE MUM Refuse to Tnlk on Waire il Aid to Anthracite Miners. Scale INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 14. From the 400 i delegates to the seventeenth annual con- ; ttv.vn UJ wkvcuhui. MARSHALL FIELD IS WORSE ) I Loses j I Ground During- the Day and Outlook is I.e.. Favorable. NEW YORK. Jan. 14. -The condition of Marshall Field of Chicago, who has been ill for several days at a hotel In this city, is worse tonight. The pneumonia is not yielding to treatment and the patient is greatly exhausted. The following bulletin was issued at 11 p. m.: , anTtlfo'Zlook rfflt"1'' Among those who called today to Inquire I to Mr. Field s condition were J. p. Morgan. Paul Morton and H. H. Rogers. The most critical stage of Mr. Field's ill ness probably will coma tomorrow, the pneumonia having developed about four days sgo. Mrs. Field, wife of the Chicsgo merchant, snd Stanley Field, his nephew, remain hopeful. What was regarded as a significant inci dent today waa the arrival from Chicago of William G. Bcol. Mr. Field's personal counsel and law partner of Robert T. Lin coln. Mr. Beal hastened to the hotet and was conducted to the sick chamber. Drs. J James, Jsneway and Billings sll remained with Mr. Field tonight, j MILLION AND HALF DPFIPIT ,V,,l,-IU,, "MUr UtNW I Denlson, Prior Co. Hit Those Who Trusted THcm a Hard Blow. OLKVKLAND. Jan. 11-Regardlng the total liabilities and assets of the firm of j Denlson. Prior & Co., and the chances for ' distribution for the creditors, a member of the bankers' committee this evening made the following statement, based on the information gleaned from the books up to the close of the examination Satur day: The Indicated liabilities of the firm, aside from t tie forged bonds known to lie out standing, will amount to between ISflo.oai and f"i"'. The Indicated assets are between $4O,000 and VMi- There will bo a loss to the creditors of about StVni.ojjO, according to the outlook and the informa tion In the hands of Iho committee. In ad dition to this there are bond frauds amounting to S700.O0O already known, so that the combined dentil will be from ll.SftO.OOO to ll.5u0.urA The private aafe of Mr. Prior has not been opened, notwithstanding that efforts have been made to do so for the Hast three days by bank experts and machinists. Movements of Ocean Vessels Jan. 14. At New York Arrived: !. Savoie, from Havre: St. Paul, from Southampton; Han over, from Bremen. At I Jverpool Arrived: Wlnlfredlan, from Boston. Sailed: Bohemian, for Boston. At Southampton Arrived: St. Iui. from New York. At Rotterdam Sailed: Rotterdam, for New York. At Jueenstown Sailed: Umbria, for New i.rlc 4; At lMver-aile4; Moltke, for New York. PUBLICITY A REMEDY Senator Drjdea Depends Upon it Largely for Control of Insurance. BILL READY FOR SUBMISSION IN SENATE Endorsed by President aad Best Coastitu" tienal Lawyers ia Land. EXAMINATIONS LIKE NATIONAL BANKS Feaalty of One Hundred Dollars Per Day for Failure :o Make Keperta, WIDE SCCPE IN POWER OF DIRECTION Bill Follows ftenrral Lines of One Framed l.nst Year, hot Has Been, Materially Broadened and Strengthened. WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.-8enator Dryden has revised his bill contemplating govern ment control of Insurance and will reintro duce It In the senate tomorrow. He has followed very clocy the Investigation being conducted by the New York legislative committee aid this has aided him in per fecting his measure until now ho ex presses the belief that It will correct the evils exposed by the New York Inquiry. Publicity is th keynote of the bill, and coupled with this are safeguards for the detection of wrongdoing snd the punish ment of those so offending. It defines poli cies, or Insurance contracts, ns instrumen talities of commerce and provides for the regulation of the business through tho medium of a comptroller of Insurance and along lines similar to the control exercised over national banks. The author says he believes this will go far toward meeting the objections of those wtto have ques tioned the legislative possibilities of federal regulation of Insurance. The senator says the bill has the endorsement of the presi dent, administration officials, eminent con stitutional lawyers In ami out t.f congress, nnd others who are familiar with Its gen eral features as coming nearer to meeting the demands of the situation than any of the other numerous pending measures. Senator Dryden tins long been a champion of federal regulation. Discussing, the principal features of the bill Srritor Dryden today said: "The new . ... nMvMintr fnr th rmilatlnn and con- trol Interstate Insurance by congress follows In broad outlines my bill of tha ... . wlth vrv imnortant modl- mil iiiiinr ficatlons and additions, which, I believe, meet all reasonable demands for an ef fective and uniform method of govern ment control of Insurance Interests. The bill contains some fifty separate provisions, of which the first thirteen rclnta to the or ganization of the proposed bureau of In surance In the Department of Commerce and Labor. Tho bureau Is to be In charge of a commissioner of Insurance who is re quired to furnish a bond of Slon.OOO. Provisions of Bill. . "In nearly nil essentials the bill as far as possible" cohTortiis to tbe-nrgnmc nets. - "The comptroller Is required to establish rules and fees and regulations for tho conducting of the Insurance business. In cluding onnual and other reports to be made. The penalty for failure to make or transmit any report or etatemetit of fact required Is Jioo for each day of delay. The comptroller Is also required to have a con servatlve valuation made of the business I of life companies or ww-imu . i surance reserve of other companlee upon approved methods and tables and by such I a standard of Interest ns may In his Judg ment and discretion best serve the purpose I to determine and establish tho true finan- I . . ... llalilllf Ins nt clnl conditions ana aii. im..... - - companies. Authority and power to inquire Into the details and facts of management of all corporations engaged ! Interstate Insurance Is given the comptroller nnd ho may have the companies examined by special examin ers whenever necessary or exdlent. To .. ... i, invoke the aid of any ln,H "',.., olof. , - the i court oi me u . -- B,ten)mnce and testimony of witnesses and thP production of books, papers and docu- ments. Failure to obey such order of tho court may be punished as ft contempt thereof. It Is also provided that compnnles may be Investigated by the comptroller upon the complaint of any state commis sioner of Insurance. Kxnmlnatlons of Companies. "The actual and reasonable expense of every examination or special Investigation of the affaivs of nn Insurance corporation engac-l in Interstate Insurance must be paid by the corporation so examined. All charge's and fee for making such ex aminations, however, must bo presented in' the form of nn Itemize.! bill, approved by the eoinrtroll'-r of insurance and the amount thereof must he paid Into the treas ury ot the United- Statos. Corporations transacting Interstate or foreign Insurance are sperlflcnlly exempted from making fcny other or separate statements or reports or held to be subject to any vlsitorlal powers of examination of Its business and ac counts, other than by tho comptroller of Insurance or by tho proper authorities of . the state of Incorporation or origin. "Corporations engaged in tho business of Insurance In more than one st3te must file a copy of their charter or other documents of local authority and annually publish a list of their stockholders or trustees. They nre required to nuke a deposit of 1'.'W either with the c'imiiiis.siiiner oi insurance or with the proper oniciai ot me state ui Incorporation or origin. After these re quirements have been met to the satisfac tion of the comptroller a certificate of authority and power to transact Interstate Insurance shall be issued, whereby such corporations are authorized to transact business In any state, territory or district of the United States without further super vision or regulation than by the comptroller of Insurance or the duly authorized official of the state of Incorporation or origin. Provision Is made for conditions und.r which the certificate of authority can be revoked nnd for proceedings in case of rerr Worship. Nino provisions relate to crimes and penalties. Unauthorized Insur ance is defined and a proper penalty for such Insurance Is provided for. "By this bill the business of Insurance Is made a national Interest and national laws are hereafter to govern Insurance con tracts and the conduct or management of insurance corpora tluns. In addition thereto the companies will be subject to super vision and regulation by the government of the rlate, territory or district of In corporation or origin. The needless, ex pensive and dangerous method of over supervision, over-legislntlnn and over-taxation by some fifty state or territorial gov ernments will come to aa end. The comp troller of Insurance will be a responsible officer, appointed by th. president, peoido