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IYib Omaha Sunday Bee NEWS SECTION. Pages 1 (o 10. Attvawtla l THE OMAHA DEC Best i". West VOL. XXXVI-XO. 24. OMA1IA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, lMG-FOUIl .SECTIONS-TIIIRTY-EHIHT TAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. PIRATES ARE ACTIVE Ti'cuble with Lawiei v-hineseFandj Grow ing in Vicinity of Hone. Hons;. PARTY ATTACKS FOU3 B3ATS ONE NIGHT Fits Thonund Doll an Taken by Bandit from t asieieen and Crews. LEGATIONS AT PEKiNG ARE FORTRESSES rreien lowers trttent Eepetition of Ixperience in I oxer Uprising. DANGER OF DlSOKOcR HAS NOT PASSED Person Familiar with Affairs Bar Return of Famine or Drat a of twri Woalil laclt People to Violence. PEKING, Dec. 1. (Special ) According to udv.ee received nere fio.n Hong Kong und vicinity the troubles with pirates are only Just beginning. One story lius It that a series of raid commenced when ten men, who app'ared to be harmless laborers, boarded the Brlllili -.earn launch FUnam, Just beljw Wucnow. They had been on board only a little time Wi.en they suddenly pio.uced revolvers and covered thj passeng ra and the crew. Two of tho p-raiej systemat ically searched and bound the pjsengeiS while their eight comrade held tl .n teiro. with thel weapons. Next tie ere was overpowered, robot d and plnLned and tha pirates took cnarge of the vessel. Their captain took the rudder and de liberately collided, while going at high spe.d, with a Cnlne.e launcn, the Chan fook. The robbers were flung on deck by the force of the colli. I jn, but innantly sprang up and boarded tn Ohanfook. Agan tire crew and the passengers were ca.efully searched, tobbed end lound. This done, they were thrown heiril n, oa thj captives lying on the bottom of the Fleman. The pirate leader then riturtnd on board the latter and quickly wrecked the ma chinery. The Fienam, helpl.es and with its helpless cargo was soon cut adrift. These exploits, however, wer? thrown completely In the shade by the audacity of the next step. Steaming up in the dark with no lights showing, the pirate lau.uh attacked a commissioner's arrmd launch, on board of which was a guarJ of eight soldiers watching a valuable cargo. Pirates Catch a Tartar. There was a sudden noise as tne Chan fook with Us engines stopped, gl.ded up to the other v.ssel and rasped along Its side. A sharp fuslhade and an attempt to rush the guards followed. But the lat ter were on the alert and belter armed. They find hastily ut,.he looming Cures and met the rusu or the p.raies stout. y. They fought hand tj hand In the dar for a few m.nuiej. 'i hen the p ra.e leader calltd h.e men back to the Cnantouk, the engine throbbed anj the vessel was quickly loat m the darknes.f. 8-Vtral hid been wounded on bjth side In the duk ness, the lesult of the liberal use of knives and revolvers. mill unsated the tliate 1 aler cru s?d ab.ut searching for lit victims. At 4 o'clock in the morning he found the launch Eaiyik. Ti.e sme plan of campaign w. adopted, and met with the customa.y sue- t es. The Chanfook waa steered right into j the unsuspecting vessel, ihe pirates went j on board and the crew and the pakenge.s were rstibed. This time the roboers dl 1 , not tr.insi.er their captives, the ChanlOJk apparently being the b tter vessel. When dawn came the pirates ran their vessel on the beach, near Fongchalen. and made off unharmed. Their night s work liad brought them at least 3,0o. B.rae of them were wounded and this makca f trua and id ntlftcatlon possible. Two if the pirates' launches are badly damaged. The Chinese here predict more outrages of thin kind before the advent of the Chin os new year. Legations BelngJ Trssilorme. The legation quarters lt Peking are be 'ing transformed. The Boxer uprising left scare everywhere. On the outer wall on sees whole atrlps of the parapets swept away The stones were commandeered by the soldiers of one of the powers durltig their occupation to build their legation. Tha famous astronomical Instruments on the wail disappeared when the foreign troops came, and several of them now add to the ornamentation of the museum of Berlin. Some, however, which we.e taken away by the French have been restored by the Fronch government and are now being put in their places again. The splendid white marble palaces around the Altar of Heaven where the emperor goes to worship are today stripped, tor whit sol diers live In them. Even the famous Lama temple la now open. After th great siege of Peking the pow ers determined not to be caught napping again. A large part of the Indemnity money obtained from Chin has been apent on erecting the moat elaborate legations and barracks for troop. Germany has a real fortress with moated aldea and slop ing walls and abundant artillery. Italy rivals France, and countries line nounna have raised palacea America can boast th ugliest and th most unsuitable lega tion, while England has the moat artistic and beat. England la content, and wiaely. with th beautiful Chinese palace which has ao long eerved that country aa lega tion headquarters. Missionaries Ball Heases. Even som of the missionaries have caught the fever of display. Th great Catholic cathedral, erected aa reparation) by the Chinese, la a grief to every loyal Maachu. On American missionary society has even butlded for Itself a hospital and homes which rival the legation. Th Marconi mast abowlng above th Italian legation, th many soldiers of niuny nations In th streets, the heavily guarded gateways of th ministerial quar ters, all tell their tale of uncertain out look. The west is In Peklner by sufferance sgd evidently knows It even at this late Care. A v,ry l'ttla ahort spell of fa aaiae. the rls of a real leader toe the ostat Jianchu party, tha uncertainty follow sac tha death of a personality Ilk th Vwager npreos, or something aa yet unexpected, may again bring to the front th anti-foreign movement. And then would com Into play the Marconi powers and an appeal to th nation foe more troop. The achoola that on sees In th main streets, th movements of the newsmen, the publication of th reform Journals, and even the rls of European trained officials Into favor evil those things would b wept away In th twinkling of an ey la such an ouiDursx snouia come. IConUaMted on tteouod. Pag ) FRENCH AMBASSADOR DISLIK n M. Rnmpird Will Sot See R Affairs Thrnoah Kyes of t' Bnrranrrney. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. Tl.e:e Is nut much duub' the ei.ergetls protests of the Russian priss, tha., the Russian minister of t'o, . At .Airs, tried on the occasion of his rec. . visit to Paris to obiuln the recall of M.' B'im pird, the French ambassador to tha Rus sian court. M. iiompard's offense Is that he will not look at Russia's affairs from the same angle as the ixar's goven.ra nt and his reports In consequence d.i not paint the reports in the color that M. Stolypln would like. France Is said to be ll.e chief hope of Russia for ths much talked of leans, for America, after a, I, Is regarded as tco far away, and Ge many and England have never been too friendly, and besides they have large-s i d enter prises of their own which must bi looked after. But It is also said that the people here do not want the credit of the country damaged any more since things have reached a point where they are Just about as bad as they can be. If, thoiefore. th! French ambassador can be Induced to take an optimistic view of the situation It la argued the chime's 'if gaining the air of ti.e F.enoh people will b greatly Increased. It Is too early to say Just what the final resultant of all of the Intrigues now going on will be, but M. Bompard's position Is stronger than most people here in 8t. Petersburg think. He Is a d ploma tlst by profession and not a rich man who has been given the post without any pralim.nary training. He his woiked his way up from the p isltlon of unpa d at tache to the ambassid.ir and has put In several years of the hardest kind of hnrd ! work in the Frenh Fonign omce l a-ir. He, therefore, has the influence of tae French diplomatic service, clannish in the extreme, beh.nd him, end this has cer tainly no intention of allowing lh ten.ir" of foreign posts to depend upon the good will of the government to which the diplomatist may be acrred ted. Of course In the first Instance the foreign govern ment Is always consulted, no minister or ambassador belnpr appointed until the sov ereign or ruler to whom he is sccredlted haa declared that he is person g ate. It la of course very rare that the nominee In ever rejected, but there have b?en In stances of that nature. One of the m it famous caoes of this kind on the rco di was the refusal of the Austilan emperjr to accept Mr. Btraus ai the I'nit d t te ambassador to the Vienna court. Mr. Etratis was a born Austrian wtw had been naturalised in America, and who In addi tion waa a Jew. The Amerlcin presld' nt finally withdrew the nomination and Mr. Btrauss waa sent to Constantinople In stead. AMERICAN WEDS MATADOR Bull Fluhter Captures Heart and Hand of Woman from United States. MADRID, Dec. t (Special. ) The matador "Machaqulto," who- niairiage to Mlsav. Angela Cletnentson, tha. daughter of a wealthy American, took place 'at Cartag' na the other day, has dlstr.but d $100 among the poor of thit city. He has also announced that h will found two asylums for the aged p:or, one at Carta gena and the other at Cordova, hla native town. "Michaqulto," who Is considered the flnet-t matador In Span, arra 50)0 0 a year, which is twfnty-llve times the calory cf the premier. Three rooms in the Clementson ma-slon at Carteglna. are filled with sl ver, pat-, Jewels, old Ibco and porcelain present d to the bride and groom by their many f r enda. The private chapel In wn cn me mir4e took place was transformed into a bjwer of roses and carnations. "Machaqulto" Is doscrib d by the local press as being "the most gallant man In Europe," and his romantic courtship of Miss Clementson has already furnl hed the Inspiration for at lenst two novels. .M,.hniilto" first saw Miss Clementson at Lorca three years ago. A year later he proposed to her at Tt muoia. wnere n . reported to have given 5f0 to a local charity in exchange for a single kiss. The consent of her parents to the match waa obtained a few months ago at Founter rabla, where "Mat haqulto" had a narrow escape from being gored to death by a wounded bull. EMPEROR SAVES MAN'S LIFE Cries at Sentence of Death and R' fnses to "larn Official Warrant. - VIENNA. Dec. I. (Special.) A touching story of the Emperor Francis Joseph la being told here. The death sentence on a criminal was recently placed before the emperor to sign. He read It carefully through twice and took up a pen, but be fore he had written more than two letters of his name he stopped. Two tears rolled down his cheeks onto the paper and blotted out what he had written. His malesty turned to his secretary and said: "Teara remove every fault. I ein- .i.n Rea for yourself. My signature Is blotted out. I give the man his life.- RUSSIA MAY LEVY TOLLS The Netherlands Fear Trntae em Rain May Be Placed Inner Tax. THE) ITAOVE. Dec. l.(Bpec1al Re peated rumors about Prussia's Intention of levying tolls on Rhine traffic have caused considerable uneasiness, which have found vent in the second chamber. The Nleuwe Courant, commenting on th question, expresses a fear that Prussia, when it has converted ad.'acent states to Its own views, may demand a conference for revising the Rhin navigation treaty, which prohibits tolls. In such a conference Holland would be outvoted, to the great detriment of Us shipping interests. SCHOOL FOR CHANCELLORS German Emserv Said to Have De elded to Test anilities of Aspirants. BERLIN. Dec. 1.- (Special.) It Is re ported that th kaiser contemplates estab lishing what will practically become a "school for chancellors." Ia other words, h will practically put Ms minister through a debating contest during th ap proaching session of th Reichstag. All will be given a chance to defend the government from the Reichstag tribune. The one who does It the most skilfully is likely to be the emperor's favorite candi dal W uccvl Priuo voo Buelow- NEW DOME RULE BILL juforence at Dublin Between Qorerament , AeenU and Irish Parliamentary Party. MACDONNEIL SUBMITS DRAFT OF MEASURE Leelslatir Union to Eamain Untouched Under Plan How in Eridenca. IRISH COUNCIL IS TO BE CREATED Present Beard Will Ee Consolidated Under Fonr New Boards. CONSTITUTIONAL MOVtMENT A REALITY Freeman's Jonrnal, Commentlnat on American Kemaae Convention, Say Extremists Have Kow Joined with Moderates. DI'BUN, Dec. 1. (Special.) It Is an nounced here, on what Is considered to be relluble authority, that a conference re cently took place In Dublin between Mr. Bryce and Sir Anthony MacDonnell and Mr. John Redmond and Mr. John Dillon, representing the government and the Irieh party, respectively, in reference to the form of next year's home rule measure. -Sir Anthony MacDonnell is said to have submitted a draft of the measure, and It Is now stated that the essential features of the bill have been completely settled, as follows: The legislative union is to remain un touched. An Irish council Is to be created, with a proportion of between two-thirds and three, fourths of Ita members elected on the existing parliamentary franchise, the re mainder to be elected on a restricted fran chise or nominated. Ireland is to retain Its present represents, tlon In the Imperial Parliament. C'lerRymen of all denominations shall be eligible for membership in the council. All the forty-odd boards by which at Present the work of administration Is pr ormed are to be replaced by four new boards. First, the central or cn-stle board; second, a department of education: third, a department for agriculture: fourth, a de partment for lnnd trnnsfers. The police are to remain under Imperial control, but are to bo reduced In numbers. The position of the Judiciary also Is to remain unaffected. As to the financial arrangements, It Is computed that after certain deductions from Irish tax revenue are made for Imperial and other purposes a balance of between 20,000,CX) and $25.tOO,C0 will remain at the disposal of the Irish council. American Meeting; Pleases. The Freeman's Journal has a Jubilant leading article on the recent convention of the United Irish League of America. It declares that the convention has repudiated with emphasis the schism of Mr. William O'Brien and It reproduces from the Irish World of New York the speeches of "Colonel" Blake, who fought against the British forces in South Africa, of O'Dono van Rosea and of John Flnerty. Blako la reported to have said that while it did not require much of an army to whip the Eng lish, he was not ajt advocate of physical force. " The peopl" of Ireland were without arms and ammunition, were not allowed to have tnera, and could not amuggle them In. Commenting on these various observations, the Freenian'a Journal soya: ."Th ex tremists who were extremists when It waa practical politics to be extreme are con stitutionalists today because they believe the constitutional movement to be a reality and recognise the work that it has accom plished. Probably it would be found If new conditions arose, and the constitutional movement were unfortunately 'oiled, the constitutionalists of today would render more hostages to the new methods than their critics of the hour.' Report la Attacked. In a letter of four and one-half columns In the Freeman's Journal Mr. Dillon, M. P., makes a tierce attack on th report of the Dunraven-O'Brien conference with reference to the reinstatement of evicted tenants. He says that the report will ef fect nothlue, and that the real object of the conference la to dethrone the national ist party and to put Lord Dunraven und his friends in control of Irish politics. Mr. Dillon cannot understsnd how Mr. Harrington-and T. W. Russell could have felt themselves free to take part In such an enterprise, and he declares that one of the chief Incitements to the lords to main tain their present obstinate attitude haa been th hope that through th exertions of Lord Dunraven and his colleagues fur ther plunder would be forthcoming. The nationalist organ heartily Indorses Mr. Dillon's attack and aaya It would be a mis fortune if the evicted tenants or their friends were deluded Into the notion that any good could come from the wholly In- I effective report of the Dunraven confer ! ertce. It remains to be seen whether the j nationalist leaders will now take such I action against Mr. Harrington as would send him definitely Into Mr. O'Brien's camp. The commltte which haa been Inquiring Into the working of th Agricultural and Technical Institute has the evidence before It of the Rev. Father O Rellley, P. P., of Kilcormack. He declared that the depart ment was an un-Irlsh department and that it was largely staffed from abroad. Hot hot for Plonkett. He referred also to Sir Horace Plunkett'a notorious book, which he declared was one of the factors that militated against th department and very nearly destroyed the department's work In the king's country. Father O'Rellley staled very frankly that "gentlemen who praised everything for eign and discounted everything home grown wer doing a great deal of harm to the country." The establishment of the Lelnster Teaching oollge now makes the proper educational equipment of Gaelic-loving Dublin a mere matter of time. The col lege will teach Irish. Even the national board has admitted that th introduction of Irish haa awakened a new interest In the achoola. msd them more attractive and led to better results In other studies as well. There Is evidence, too. that the teaching of other modern languages Is be ing reformed In view of the new methods and the happy results of th Irish classes. The lrliih college appears to start out uu der good auspice, well offlcertal and strongly supported. Birthday wen ilsiasara. LONDON. Dec, 1. Th birthday of Quean Alexandra, who waa born in 144. was cele brated at Bandrlngham today by an un- I usually large gathering of the royal fam- lly. Ureetlnga front all parts of th world arrived all day long; the usual salutes were fired and ther were brilliant displays of bunting at th naval and military centers. King Edward'e gift to her majesty was a coetly whit motor car. which waa awarded honor at th recent exhibition at th Giympi In Uila our. "KAISER LEAGUE" A FABLE Anstrln Pnts Jio Confidence In the Reported Alliance of Three Emperors. VIENNA. Dec. 1. (Special.) The much dlsrussed project for the formation of "The Threc-Kalser. league."' between Aus tria, Germany and Russlit, Is now desig nated as a mere fable also In official quarters here. There is no doubt that tho report owed Its otlgln to the resigna tion of Count Goluchowskl and the ap pointment of Baron Aehrenthal as Austro Hungarlan foreign minister. The conclu sions drawn from this nomination by no means correspond with the actual facts In the case. It is announced upon Informa tion derived from well Informed quarters that the choice of Baron Aehrenthal not only produced disapixilntment In Berlin, but actual disapproval. A certain symp tom of this feeling Is the fact that the knlser has not appeared anxious to meet the baron. Kaiser Wllhelm, all reporta to the contrary notwithstanding, might have arranged his movements so that a meeting would have taken place with the baron far earlier. It must not be forgotten that the direc tion of the foreign policy of the monarchy has never been given by the foreign min ister, but by Emperor Francis Joseph. It is notorious, as has been proved in many cases, that the emperor who so often yields on questions of domestic policy Insists upon the strict observance of his directions In matters of International policy. No grounds exist for supposing that the mon arch on the present occasion will depart from his usual habit. It is true, never theless, that in the last few years situations have arisen when the attitude of certain statesmen and the Italian press have caused an impression in authoritative quartera here that the triple alliance for Austria at least scarcely answered any longer to Its original Intention; for In stance, when one of the allies assumed a threatening attitude. Quite recently, how ever, an improvement has taken place in the relations with Italy, this being chiefly manifested by the abandonment of th liugo credits for armaments planned by Italy and exclusively Intended for the fortifica tions on the Halo-Austrian frontier. Nev ertheless, the existence of a certain uneasy feeling cannot be denied, especially re garding the open and secret difficulties pre pared by single Balkan states for Austria. If, now, the appointment of Baron Aehren thal has certainly in the first place the effect as well as the Intention of producing still more cordial relations with Russia, as many reasons can probably be given for It aa there are persons Interested In telling the story. JAPAN NOT NEEDING MONEY Government Has Over Two Hundred Million Dollars on Deposit In London. TOKIO, Dec. 1. (Special.)-In spite of the pessimistic fielings on the subject cf Japan's financial ciidltlons whlcn prevail In certain quaite.a by reason of Mr. Take hash, s m a. Ion to Lon. o.i, It U stated on the best of authority that . Japan Is not ut present pressed for funis. or, la. great need of money, Japan lias a deposit In London of Jl, OO.UXO, and It la confidently expected thu the balance of trade at the nd of th ' year will be a favorable one. Next years budget will be framed so as tj rr.e-t the expenditures in excess of tac -Ipts, with the surplus of the war tax. amo ntlng, It j Is believed, to t"0,0),00 sterling, and w th , the surplus in the general account of $ 0, 1000,000. Administration exp nes wl 1 ulo b cu tailed. Fina ly the eum for pri o ' ; rip tinea due from Russia will amo int to at least $17,6O0,0(K). There will be necessity for a fresh loan or for Increased taxation. FRENCHMAN POSES AS CONSUL When Officer Is Transferred He Acts as Successor and Gets Cash. MADRID, Dec. 1. (Special.) A French prototype of Captain Koepenick has car ried out a successful coup at Tarragona, In Spain, not far from here. Ha became acquainted with the French vie consul there, and learnln? that the vice consul had been promoted to Cad'.a, forthwith presented himself at the con sulate as the new vice consul, declaring that he waa the nephew of M. Clemenceau, the premier.. The unsuspecting officials welcomed him and be carried out the work of the con sulate very well Indeed for several days. Then he disappeared, taking with him a number of official papers, some clothee which the genuine new vice consul hud sent on ahead, a hat which the previous vice consul hnd left behind and about $!rin In money. The police have no clue to the Identity of the man, being unable to ascer tain even his real name. JEALOUS DOCTOR'S CRIME Wife of French Army Officer Killed by Snrsteon of Africa Chasseurs. ALGERIA, Dec. L (Special.) Mm Chldo, wife of an officer of the commis sariat, waa shot dead at Hilda. Algeria, the other day by Dr. Marcel Thlvot, as sistant surgeon of the First African Chas svura, who afterward shot himself through the head, i Thivot. who recently returned to Bllda after an absence of several months, went to pay a call to Mine. Chldo, who was a fine musician. He asked her to play a Beethoven sonata, and it was while she was seated at the piano that lie shot her Alarmed by the noise, a maid servant rushed Into the room. Mme. Chi d wai already dead and Thlvot waa bleeding In the temple. The doctor admitted that he killed Mme. Chide In a fit of Jealousy. He Is not ex pected to recover. ARISTOCRATS TO RAISE HOGS Germans Decide to Stop the Meat Famine by Produelaar Mar wine. BERLIN. Dec. l.-(8pecful .) Berlin's aristocratic suburb of Cliarlottenburg, which contains more millionaires thin any city In Germany, has decided to go into the hog raising business on its own ac count, in order to overcome the hardships of the meat famine. The munlclpij council proposes to assemble a herd of many thou sands of swine to fatten them at tha ex pense of the municipality In one of the council's huge vucant areas and to feed tliBtn on the household garbage gathered by the city and hitherto used for fertilis ing purposes. It I expected that Ohaj-lot-Unburg'a txample will I 'widely followed. BRIBE FOR LEADERS Albert Tonne Pari Teamsters' Officials Were Paid for "allia: ttriie. GARMENT MAKERS' UNION RAISES $1,500 Monej is Divided Amonc 8bea, Youne, Ban kcGee and koCarthj. ROBERT NOREN DISTRIBUTES THE CASH lach f the Men Fayi Garment Workers' Agent $20 for His Trouble. WARD & CO.'S DRIVlRj THEN CALLED OUT Witness Snys That tho Order Was Not In Accordance With the Rales of Teamsters' Inlon. CHICAOO, Dec. 1. ""nsatlonal evidence was given today In the trial cf Cornelius P. Shea, president of the . International Brotherhood of Teamsters, for alleged con spiracy In the teamsters' strike of 19(. The first witness called by the state waa Albert Young, the president of the United Teamsters of America, who yesterday en tered a plea of guilty to the charge of conspiracy made against him in connec tion with the strike of 1905 and offered to turn state's evidence. According to the statements of Toung on the stand Robert Noren, business agent of the Garment Workers' union, provided a fund of 11,500, which was divided between Shea and other labor leaders to Induce them to call a strike of the teamsters for the purpose of aiding the Garment Work ers of Montgomery, Ward & Co., who had been on a strike for several months. At the time of the payment of the money i to Shea and others Noren was, according to Young, treasurer of the Chicago Fed eration of Labor. Meeting; nt Chlcnsro. Young testified that he was residing in Joliet, III., early In 1906. but In the latter part of March of that year he was sum moned to Chicago to confer with a number of labor leaders whom he mot In Brick layers' hall. "Who was present at that meeting?" asked Assistant State's Attorney Miller. "Cornelius P. Shea. William Ely, busi ness agent of the Coal Teamsters' union; Hugh McGee. president of the Truck Driv ers' union; James Barry, business agent of the Express Wagon Drivers' union, and Jeremiah McCarthy, business agent of the Truck Drivers' union." When asked If any others were present Young said: "Yes, Stephen Sumner, business agent of the Milk Wagon Drivers' union; Charles Dold, president of the) Chicago Federation of Iibor; Edward Nockles, a member of the Chandelier Workers' union, and a man named Hoppe of the Cigar Makers' union." Shea to Provide Men. The wltnesa declared that Shea addressed the gathering, 'sjajing that if the Chicago Federation of Labor would raise the coin he would furnish the men to aid the strike of the garment workers. He also declared tbat Noren addressed the meeting saying that If th teamsters would engage in a sympathetic strike the garment workers would win their fight. Young declared that In the following month he attended a meeting In the Stock exchange building at which were present Barry, Shea, McGe. McCarthy, Noren and himself. "What took place at this meeting?" aakod Mr. Miller. "Noren had fl.&OO, which waa accepted by us. Shea aald that we each should pay Noren 130 for hla trouble. I understood that the money had been appropriated by the garment workers to call a strike of tha teamsters." "Did you see trie money paid by Noren?" "Yes, I did." "What did you do with the money?" "I kept 1300 for in? personal use, except 9130 which I gave to Noren." "Did you see th others hand Noren tZOT" "Yes." "Was there any discussion while Noren was there aa to what the money was to be used for?" The wltnesa did not answer this question directly, but said: "After Noren left we went to Shea's hotel and to Ills room. There I heard Shea say to Jeremiah McCarthy, "We will have to make good In the morning.' " "What happened then?" "The teamiters of Montgomery, Ward & Co. were called out." The witness de clared that he had said to Bhea at that time that the strike had not been called In accordance with the rules of the teamsters' union, and that he believed a mistake had been made In calling the strike at all. Young then described a number of meet ings ottended by labor leaders, at which he had been present. At one of these meet ings, he aald, Instructions were given by Bh?a that no union driver would be per mitted to haul any goods In or out of the Store of Montgomery, Ward & Co. WILHELM V0IGT SENTENCED Man Who Robbed Town With Help of Soldiers Given Fonr Years. BERLIN. Dec. 1. The trial of Wllhelm Volgt. rendered famous In Germany as "Captain von Coepenlck," owing , to his bold robbery of the treasury of Coepenlck and the arrest of the burgomaster of that town October 1. with the assistance of a number of soldiers who had Imposed upon Volgt, began today before a large udlence. Application for tickets to the court had been received from all over Germany and even from foreign coun tries. Much amusement was caused when nine grenadiers, in strict military order, marched Into the room as wit nesses against the prisoner. Volgt answered the Judge's queries un reservedly, narrating the history of his life without dramatic embellishment and old a straightforward storv of the Coepenlck affair In an unassuming man ner. An Interesting fact brought out was that Volgt, years ago, made use of an expres sion which ld to his capture, having re marked to a fellow prisoner while In the penitentiary where he was unuer sen tence: "With a few soldiers one could do a fine Job." This prisoner, after hearing of the Coepenlck affair. Informed the polK' of Volgt's remark, which fastened suspicion upon the latter. Volgt was sentenced to four years' Im prisonment and costs. The Indictment included four counts namely, aggravated forgery, publicly de priving another of liberty, fraud, and wearing a military uniform without authority. BEE BULLETIN. Koreenat for Nrlirnnkn-Knlr end somevrhnt Warmer Hanilari Monday. Kwlr. Pa are. 1 Chinese Pirate re Active. evr Home Rule KIM leenhntlna. associates Tell nt hes nlncs. Omaha as n Great Mlltlna; City. 3 o Mutiny on Board Tennessee. !l ns from All Parts of Nebraska. 4 Andrews on Agricultural Kilnrl- tlnn. Openlnsr Chlcnato l.lve Stock Show. B Soldiers Tell of Land Flllnas. Hard Coal lllalirr In Omaha. 0 Hollalay Trnde Opens Monday. Affairs nt Sooth Omaha. Woman In Club and Charity. T Founders of the Blar Cnttle Trails. Woman left ( are of Children. H Xnxy Bents Army at Foot Ball. Year's Gold nnd Silver Production. Gillette Case nmaalnsr Alonst. O Connrll Bluffs nnd Iowa News. EDITORIAL SKCT10 Twelve Paves. 3 Past Week In Omaha Society. 5 Woman In Club nnd Charity. Ilnppenlnas In Omaha Suburbs. News from the Army Posts. 4 Editorial. 5 President Roosevelt on Isthmus. Denth Lurks In Powder Mill. O Timely Real Kstate Topics. Bnlldlnar Still Goes On In City. LIvluKstona Keep Ont of Poultry. Kearney Military Academy. T Want Ads. H Want Ads. , 0 Wnnt Ads. 1 Want Ads. Condition of Omn tin's Trnde. 11 Commercial nnd Financial Sews. HAI K-TOSK SKCTIO Twelve Pnaen. 1 Life Sketch of John A. Crelichton. Munlcipapl Ownership Edaratlon. a In the Field of Electricity. Gonslp About otetl People. Hueer Cnpern Cut by Cnpld. 3 Kotea on I'lnvs nnd Players. Music and Musical Matters. 4 Wldrnlnar Sense of Honor. Uualnt Fentnres of Real I.lfe. 6 Tunnels for Iew York's Traffic Better Defenses for Seaconst, e nehlnd the Scenes In the Kitchen. Sldellahta on Modern Rome. T Imniisrasli I nele Snm Adopts. Million-Dollar Home for Art. H Woman Her Ways nnd Her World 0 Work of Kew York Pnblle schools. Tersely Told anil Timely Tales. 10 Honor Comes Late for Wilson. Little Stories for Little People. 11 Sportlnsr Gossip of the Week. Tempcrntnre nt Oinnha Yeaterdeyt Honr. lira. Hour. Dea. A a. m :u 1 p. m KM a. m ao 3 p. m aa T n, in 'M S p. m R.1 N n. m XS 4 p. in Sfl n. m 34 B p. m n JO n. ni..... . 34 Op. in 84 11 a. in 3l 7 p. m Ill 13 m 37 ITALY ADMITS AMERICAN PORK Restriction Requlrinsr Mleroscoplo Examination Removed at Request of Secretary Wilson. WASHINGTON, Dec L Restrictions on the entrance Into Italy of American pork oduc.ta have been removed by the Italian government. Heretofore Italy, In common with some other European governments, has insisted upon making its own micros copical examination of American pork products. The expenses of the examination had to be paid by the American Importers. Sec retary Wilson took up the question with the State department with u view to in ducing the Italian government to accept tho certificate of inspection placed on meats by the Agricultural department. The American charge d'affaires at Rome tele graphed as follows: Foreign ofllce Informs me thnt this gov ernment will accept White certificates and withdraws requirement for certificate at testing microscopic Inspection of pork products. This decision has been tele graphed to the Italian ambassador ut Washington, with instructions to advise nil Italian consular officers In the United ft a leu accordingly. CHARGES AGAINST RAILROADS Seven Kansas Line Accused of Dis criminating Against State In the Distribution of Cars. I TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 1. The seven larg est railroads In the state are charged with discriminating against Kansas in favor of other states In the matter of furnishing freight cars, in a complaint filed here this afternoon with the state board of railroad commissioners by Oarr Taylor, attorney of the board. Tho board Is requested to com. pel the roads to furnish the proper propor tion of cars to Kansas and to Increase their equipment so It will meet tho demands of shipper. Tho St. Louis & San Francisco railroad haa sent out an order that no, cars are to be billed to points off tbat line, thus shut ting off the coal supply of many towns in northwestern Kansas, and some of the othr roads hav trade ulu.llar orders, wh oi ate said to work greater hardships on th shippers. BRITONS BUY COTTON LANDS Spinners' Association Will Attempt to Raise Fiber In Louisiana and Mississippi, NEW ORLEANS, Dec. l.-It waa an nounced today by Colonel F. M. Welch, in charge of the Gould system Immigra tion system in this city, that the repre sentatives of the La maul lire and Mar Chester Cotton Hplnners' association, who have Just completed a tour of the cotton j tx'lt. practically have decided to purchase a 5.0fO-acre tract of cotton land, each In LoulHlana and Mississippi, with a view to raiding and shipping cotton to their own mills In Lancashire. By the shipping of cotton direct from the firms to the spinners, the Englishmen believe they can eliminate the "middlemen." The party left last night for St. loula. PLUMES OF GAME BIRDS SOLD Kansas City Millinery Firm Accused of Violation Missouri Game L w, KAN8AB CITY, Dec. 1. Representatives of three large retail dry goods and mlllnery firms In this city were arrested today on a complai.it sworn out by the deputy game warden, charging them with violating lti' state game law, passed by the last legis lature, by selling, or offering for sale, the llumage of certain birds native to Mb svurt. Tli defendants, when arraigned, pl-nded not guilty. They were released on tr( itr own recognisance for hearing next Wldiicda.y. OMAHA MILL CITY Nebraeka Metropolis May Tet Be Great Tlonr liannfacturine Center. STATE RAISES AMPLE WHEAT, AND BEST Sailroad Rates No Lonier Conititnte Ear ner to the Industry. ALL CONDITIONS FAVOR THE ENTERPRISE Grain Exchange, With Efficient Eletator Ejstem, li Fromotinc It asnsxennnn RESOURCES ATTRACT OUTSIDE ATTENTION Capitalist and Mill Men Are Mnklno; nilla-ent Inquiry and Investlaa Hons Which Promise Ma terlnl Developments. "Omaha es a milling center" ! an ex pression which may ' not mean much t some people Just at present,' sine th city has but one flour mill of 400 barrels' capacity, and that not running, but It may mean much In the future, not far distant. Men of business experience who have watched tho growth of Omaha as a grain market since the establishment of the Grain exchange, three years ago. say Omaha hag now the opportunity to secure for Itself a great milling trade. A few years ago freight rates and other conditions were against th establish ment of mills In the city; now many of the discriminating rates, have, boen re moved and o'.her conditions have ad justed themselves. What rate discrimina tions remain It is expected the Interstate) Commerce commission will remedy soon. The market Is here; the railroad facilities are here; the wheat is In the state; It only remains for capital to Invest. Nebraska raised 45,000,000 bushels ef wheat In 1906; In 1905 the state raised 38.000,000 bushels. It is not all milled In Nebraska by any means. Mill In the State. There are 230 mills In the state, with a capacity of 17,725 barrels dally. As- . Burning that they run twenty-four hours' a day nnd 300 days in the year, which they have not done this year, they would turn out in the course of twelve month 4.249,500 barrels of flour. As It is esti mated that four and one-half bushels of wheat are required to make one barrel of flour, thla possible output would take care of 19,132.760 bushels of wheat, or about half the crop of a comparatively poor year. What does the state do with thla 50 or 76 per cent of its crop each year? Why, it ships it to Minneapolis, St. Louis, southern cities, England and Belgium, where It la ground into flour. Why not grind It in Omaha? Well, that la a problem now before the business men of Omaha, and It haa become th self-imposed duty of th Grain exchange to see that capital shall become Inter ested in the milling business in the city, now that conditions are favorable to the auccess of mills. Outside Men Art Inqulrtnar. Within the lust few months eastern and northern men have begun to Inquire Into the local situation and some of them are now making Investigations which may lead to Investment. Fred Fear of New York la In the city for the purpose of looking over the ground, and, though he expecta to start an oatmeal and cornmeal mill, his Interest Is encouraging to those who want to see Omaha a flour market. Large Minneapolis and Chicago interests which Investigated Omaha a few years ago and decided not to locate on account of the unfavorable rate situation may now be Induced to consider the city again. Prior to 1904 the railroads did not recog nire Omaha aa on the map of the grain world. They took grain from the Interior of the state .to Chicago, Minneapolis. Kan sas City and other, places at a rate which forbade Its stopping In Omaha. In 19u4 the Great Western, having obtained large terminals In Omaha and becoming Inter ested In making the city a shipping point, started a tight which resulted In fixing a rate from Nebraska towna to eastern points equal to the sum of the locals from those towns to Omaha, plus th rate from Omaha to the eastern points. Nebraska then was given aa great inducement to sell its grain at Omaha aa at other mar kets, provided, of course, other market did not enjoy lower outbound ratea. Flarht Aaalnst Discriminations. Discriminations against Omaha have ex isted and It has been th chief aim of th Grain exchange to have them abolished. In many respect the exchange haa suc ceeded and it is the hope of the officer that as soon as the new railroad rates gets Into good working order all unfair rates will be don away with. Omaha boasts an elevator system with a capacity of over 6,000,000 bushels, most of It built up since the opening of th Oraln exchange. It has found a new market for wheat In the way of export trad via the gulf, and In order to compete with the gulf roads the eastern roads have reduced their rates, making It easier for Omaha to dispose of wheat at the Atlantic sea board. From 18,000,000 bushels in 1904, Omaha's total grain receipts ran up to 30.000,000 bushels In 1906, and 1906 probably will end with a showing of between 40,000,009 and 46.Ui0.000 bushels. Since flour takes th same rate as wheat, there would have been no more trouble In disposing of the flour than there was In getting rid of the wheat which cam to Omaha this year. Nebraska Wheat First Class. At present Omaha ships much wheat to Minneapolis to tie milled; on some week as high as (rnO.OOO bushels Is sent. Th Minneapolis people are fond of saying that Omaha can't have mills because Nebraska wheat Is not fit for flour, but the knockers themselves uue It right along, yesr after year, mixing it with their spring wheat, and this emphatically disproves their charge. As a matter of fact, experlencad Nebraska millers say the wheat of the slate affords the finest flour )hat can be made. If some finicky person wants to mis prlng wheal with his winter wheat, the state lso raises some good spring wheat; If he must hav northern spring wheat, he ought to know that rates from South Da kota to Omaha have been recently adjusted, so that If he started a mill In Omaha ha could get spring wheat from Dakota If be desired. The uninitiated are at a loss to know why there should be XT mills la Nebraska and only one In Omaha. To begin with, thu large majority of these mills are only Urge enough to furnish flour for local con sumption, of the 17, '-'6 barrels dally ca pacity, 4.600 barrels la in (0-barrel mills. t,'j&0 barrels Is In 76-barrel mills, 2.400 barrels in 1"0-barrel mills. 10 barrel In 25, 30, 44 and tW bajrsl mills; then there at
