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TIIE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DKCKMHKK 2 mrx Council Bluffs Minor Mention Tha Oonnotl Bluff Offlo of ta Omaha B 1 at IS Boon street. Both Thoive 43. Davis, drugs. Diamonds. Ivefferf Dhmond playing th bmt vaudeville. OORRIOANS, undertakers. 'Phone 18 For rent, modern house. T2C th avenue. Smokrs' sets. I.effert's. MG11T SCHOOL at t'uryear'e college. A. Hospe store open evenings until Xmas. Majestla ranges. V. C. DeVol Hdw. Co. Woodrlns Undertaking company. Tel. W Lewis Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone 27. FAUST BEER AT ROQER3- BUFFET. B. '.lrd & lioland. undertakers. 'Phone 112. Expert piano tuning, Hospe. 'Phone MA. Leflerl's Jewelry stj'e, new locution. Ml Bioadway. ' When you want reliable want ad adver tising, use The Bee. Store opens evenings until Xmas. 11. Bor Wkk. 211 So. Main 8U Kpeolal piano prices for this weJs,-275 piano for tVM. A Hospe Co.. 2a Pearl St. Up-to-date Ar' Department and Plcturt Kianilng, Boiwlck. 211 South Main street. The place to get your Xmas picture frnmed Is Winter Nlcholalsen Co., 14 so. Main St. Evtrybody Is talking about "TheGtrl That's Ail tna Canuy." Sior theater, Xmaa and Sunday matinee and night. A marriage license was Issued yesterday to ( surge a. Harrington, aged 30 of Omaha and Sarah Andrews, aged 35 of Houston, 'lex. They were married by Justice Uard Iner. ' Mr. H. A. Lubbers of Boyden, la., re ported to the police yesterday morning the theft of her suit cane from the North western passenger depot, tlhe left the case In the waiting room. PYHOUIlAlill' MSW8: Big shlpmonti of wood and outfit Just received. trieveD styles of outfits on hand. Free lessor, with eich set. More novelties for burning thun ever before, open evenings. Alexan der's, 3:J Uroadway. Judge Wheeler In the district court yes terday began the hearing on the applica tion for injunction against the two sa loons in Missouri Valley. Owing to the lai'Kn i.i.ii.ur of wltntssea summoned by b.jui ... ..1 the hearing, it Is expected will I:.,- the greater part of today. Ti e . i ..i:Nial case against August Carl son l.i.i dismissed yesterday In the district court uv Judge Wheeler on motion of County Attorney Hess, following the re versal by the supreme court. Carlson, served sixteen months of nn indeterminate sentence and was paroled last July. The dismissal of the cuse nuw disposes of the charge against 111 m. M. M. Melntyre, the mining promotsr charged with cheating by false pretenses In connection with the sale of stock In a California mine, was arraigned berore Justice Cooper esterday afternoon and In default of ball placed at 1SO0, remanded to the county Jull. Melntyre entered a plea of not guilty and the date of his prelimin ary hearing will be set later. Slippers, good, easy, warm, snug, nice, oft slippers that embrace the foot in the most flexibly caressing fejihlon. Slipper that take fireside toasting In good part. H'iipnrs that make you hurry home. Sllp perH that are all comfort and help to hid cull care begone. Slippers that ars pieseut ably pretty. Slipper that are daintily neat. Hipper that are splendidly comfortahls. Slippers that make a real Xinas prettnt. Duncan Shoo Co., 23 S. Main St. JnmeH Beibo, aged 8a years, died yes terday morning at his home, 1U08 South Ninth street. Besides his wife, he leave three sons and two daughters, Albert Beebe of Denver, Frank Beebe of this city, Fred Beebe of Tellurlde, Colo.; Mr. Sarah Hendershot of Spokane, Wash., and Mr. Emma Schntck of Waterloo, la. The fu neral will bo held Sunday atfernoon at 2:3' o'clock from the residence of the son, Frank Beebe, Mt Seventeenth avenue. Rev. John Kroononieyer, pastor of Bethany Presbyterian church will conduct the ser vice. HOLIDAY HOI HS SATURDAY PoatmRxtcr Announce When Mail May Be Secured. Postmaster A. S. Hazslton announces the following hours for the postofflee on Christmas day: Stamp window, general delivery window and money order and registry department will be open from S until 11 a. m. Curriers will mr.ke but one delivery, leaving the posloff'.i e ol 8 a. m. There will bo a busln.ss coll -ction In the after noon, carrier saving the postofflee at 1 p. m., and a collection In the evening, carrier leuvi.it.' the pcitcfflce at 7 p. m. Rural free do. very' carriers will make their usual ikll''cry. Dentil of baremo Merkel. Lorenzo Merkel, a resident of Council Bluffs since lbW. died yesterday morning at his home, 13) West Washington avenue, aged "9 years. Death was due to Infirmities Incident to old age. He Is survived by five daughters, Mrs. N. O. Wood, Mrs. F. W. Hall, Mrs. W. W. Sherman. Mr. F. H. Evans and Mrs. H. P. Barrett. With the exception of Mrs. Evans, who lives at' Oar den City, Kan., the daughters are resi dents of this city. Mr. Merkel' wife died April 8 of this year. The funeral will be held thl afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the family home rnd burial will bo In Falrvlew cemetery. Rev. I. H. Engel, pastor of the German Evan gelical church, of which the deceased was K member, will conduct the service. F YOU ARB CURABLE WE CAN CURE YOU AVERAGE TIME TO CURE RrrrCR One Vii HtdbocslC One Visit VRicocLOne Visit Cataract. lOhay Cancer r, Catarrh ' OLIIT. S.TC I'ajs (Ioiter w nilice Hour! 9 to 9 Daihj Write ly to GERMAN DOCTORS Mnln Brodnj STAR THEATER CHRISTMAS AXD SUNDAY Matinee and Night "THE GIRL THAT'S ALL THE CANDY" 18 Musical Number . Special Scenery Elaborate Costumes r rices: Mat. 25c and SOc Night, 25c, 35c, 00c, 75c TIDINGS, GENTLEMEN At My Xtw Looatloa, 10H aoata Mala. 1 am now prepared to do first class Uuor ing, give you the bt goods, beat sty la, loot material, beat workmanship and tn best alur. Let me make you a suit of clothea If it doe not prove satisfactory, lis my suit. Lukegord, The Tailor THE FASHION Has the reputation for doing first elaa L1tes' Tailoring and Fitting. Too eaa al ways tail our garment by their line and tyi. When you them if they ar niade to order or ready to wear, we guar antee, ir you try u. to give you the beat (it. up-to-date tylta, t very reasonable price. We do all kind of alteration alas ,n Open Evenings Till 9 P. M. n SCfif 11 11 .t Council Bluffs CITY M PARTY LIABLE Infringement of Bridge Patenti Hit the Contractor. OPINION BY CITY SOLICITOR Indianapolis Firm Claim DtnatN Because at Type of Stroetore Put t'p Over Indian Creek. City Solicitor Klmbal-., to whom wm re ferred the claim of the National Bridge company of Indianapolis, Ind., for alleged lnfrlngment of It patent In the con struction of the bridge over Indian creek at Bryant street and Benton street, gave hi opinion yesterday that the city wa not liable and that the contractor, If anybody, were responsible. "The city cannot be held liable for any Infringement that may have been made on the patent of any firm In the construe tlon of bridge. The contractors assume a!', liability In thl matter when they take the contract, and they give the city a bond to Insure the fulfillment of the con tract and safeguard the city against claim for damage," sold Mr. Kimball. The National Bridge company claim that In the construction of the two bridge some fifty of their patents have been infringed and In a communication to the city coun ell wanted to know when H could look for a ettlement from Contractor Wlckham and Saguln. The National Bridge company says It want Its roya:tles for use of it patents. If the Indianapolis firm has any valid claim It will have to look to Wlckham and Saguln. a the olty solicitor will advise the council that the city 1 not liable. SUIT FORFEITED BOND Comity Attorney File to Recover on Ball Given by Charles White. County Attorney Hess yesterday brought suit In the name of the state of Iowa and Pottawattamie county against Charles White, Elmer L. Fehr, Wa!lace Benjamin and John Doyle to recover on a bond for $n00, which the defendant furnished for Charles White, who was Indicted last May on a charge of larceny from the person. White waa accused of stealing $4 from Joe Sonrlch, a railroad section hand, while Sonrlch was asleep In the Rock Island de pot at Underwood, la. The money wa found under a sidewalk near the depot where White told the officers he had hid It. John Doyle, one of the defendants wa a resident of Nebraska and an uncle of White. Since signing the bond he ha died. Fehr and Benjamin are professional bonds men of this city. Mrs. Bessie I. Simmons filed suit for di vorce from Guy R. Simmons, to whom she was married In Cumberland, la., July 1, 1907. She alleges that her husband scolded and threatened her so continuously as to make It Impossible for them to live In har mony. She also charges him with falling to support her and compelling her to earn her own living. Mrs. Nora Ne'.thorp seeks a divorce from Frank' W. Nelthorp, to whom he was mar ried In the state of Michigan on October 5, 11)01. She allege her husband deserted her within one year of their marriage. Tl.e Droge Elevator company of this city has brought suit against the Chicago, Bur lington & Qulncy Railway company asking 11.000 damages for alleged delay In ship ments of grain. J. D. Harris has filed the petition In his suit against the Citizens' Gas and Electric company nnd the Independent Telephone company In which he ask damages placed at $1,900 for Injuries alleged to have been received January 13 last, when gas which had accumulated In the conduits of the Telophone company on Broadway exploded. Harris was driving along Broadway when the explosion occurred and the front of his wagon was directly over a manhole. He was thrown out of his wagon and stunned and the vehicle was more or less damaged the petition alleges. The Commercial National bank of this city has brought suit against Attorney A. T. Fllckinger for $3,600 alleged to be due on two promissory notes. DAMAGE SI IT OVER SHOOTIXG Accident to Katie Hull Baal of Action In Her Behalf. In a suit yesterday Jn the district court by her father, Stephen Hulls, as her next friend, Katie Hulls, aged 16 years, seeks to recover 15,000 damages from Joseph Rhyan and Patrick Rhyan, Joseph's father by adoption. The young woman claims she was seriously Injured by being shot In the right limb near the knee through the carelessness of Joseph Rhyan. She asks S4.000 for the injuries to herself and H.000 on assignment from her father of his claim for damages by reason of the loss of her services. The accident Is said to have occurred on January 18 of this year. Patrick Rhyan so the plaintiff alleges, had given the gun to hi stepaon, knowing him to be Inex perienced In the handling of firearms, and on the day of the accident had consented that Joseph should go rabbit hunting. Joseph, who Is about 18 years old, despite the fact, according to the plaintiff, that be was not experienced In the use of firearms, succeeded In killing one rabbit, with which he proudly returned home, carrying his gun over hi shoulder. Toung Joseph and Miss Hulls met-at the garden gate to the Rhyan place, and Miss Hulls opened the gate for the young man. In some manner not explained In the petition Joseph dropped the gun. Thl must have nettled the young man, as the petition alleges he kicked the weapon, with the result that It was discharged and about thirty grains of shot struck Katie In the right limb close to the knee. The parties to the suit ar resident cf Neola, la. conscience: BECOMES ACTIVE John W. Camp Receives Money (or Article Stolen. John W. Camp, the well known Broad--way druggist, received yesterday the fol lowing letter dated "Omaha, Deo. 23, 1909" In which IS cent In silver wa enclosed: Dear Kir: I have enclosed 16 cents for an article which I took from your tor some time ago. I have since become a Christian and am trying to make all wrongs right, and when I am called from this world I will have no fear and will be prepared to meet my Riviur itci 10 race. From one who ha found th Savior. I haven't th (lightest Idea who th writer is," said Mr. Camp, "and, of course I am equally in the dark as to th artlole which he says he appropriated. Klepto maniac and 'souvenir hunter' find drug stores, a a rule, pretty easy picking, es pecially when the man behind the counter ia busy making up a prescription. It Is good, however, to find some on who conscience haa pricked him." New Dwtle tmw Llsa-utt. Frank B. Liggett, on of th proprietor of the Council Bluff Box and Basket com pany, whoa factory ia located at first avenue and Twenty-first street, liXt Ut evening for Metropolis, UK whara h will aaaum th management of the J. X. Hob- ,ert Manufacturing oompaay' plant. M Council Bluffs Liggett recently acquired an Interest in the plant at Metropolis, but will retain his Interest In the factory here, which will be under the management of C. W. Putnam. Mr. Liggett, although a young .-nan, has been prominent for some time In local lusl- ness and social circles, and two vr go ws exalted ruler of the Council Bluffs lodge of Elks. He goes to his new home with the well wishes of a large circle of friends here. Real Estate Transfer. These trnfcrs weie reported to The Bee December 2S by the Pottawattamie County Abstract company of Council Bluffs: Henry Q. Schmadecke and wife to Aihart sniiw. irtt h. in dik a. in un derwood, w d $ 900 Gusnle A. Barkhuff and husband to Stella L. Turner, und half or lots 43 and 44, In blk 6. Wright add to Council Bluffs, w d J. F. Snyder, unmarried, to F. K. Fllnn. lots 17 and 18, In blk 11. Evans' sec. bridge add to Council Bluff, .w. d E. H. Lougee and wife to A. A. Clark, lot 6, Nelson a eubd In Coun ell Bluffs, w. d , 1.200 Total, four transfer (3,103 Oldest Knlsat of Pythla. ACKLET. Ia., Dec. 23 (Special. )-5. F. Brelthaupt, a we'.l known hotel manager of thl city, claims the distinction of being the oldest Knight of Pythla alive. He became a member of Golden Gate lodge No, In San Francisco, In 1869, and he ha kept up his membership ever since. Mr. Brelthaupt i one of the few sur vivors of the steamship Ooldei Oats, which unk with a great deal of. treasure on board in 1862, while on Its way around the horn. Brelthaupt lost 310,000 In gold dust, which went down with the ship, and which wa the small fortune he had gath ered together during the California gold erase. He ha been advised that a Boston company ha succeeded in raising a part of the Golden Gate's cargo, Including pro perty belonging to the Wells Fargo Express company which haa been sunk In the water for fifty-seven year. Six Hundred and Seventy-Five Ballots Taken Sixth Missouri Democrats Nominate State Senator C. G. Dickinson for Congress. BUTLER. Mo.. Dec. 24. Former State Senator C. C. Dickinson of Henry county received the democratic nomination for congress In the Sixth district at 12:30 o'clock this morning. The convention took 676 ballots. Dickinson received foity-two votos ai d J. W. Suddath thirty-two on the last ballot. The vacancy In the Sixth district was caused by the death of Congressman DeArmond. LIVELY DEBATE ON SIZE OF HARRIMAN ESTATE New York Time Sny It Will Net Widow Bat Little Over Fifty Million. NEW YORK, Dec. 24. Whether Mary Averill Harriman, widow of; the late E. II. Harrlman, ia the richest widow In the world with more than $200,000,000, or only a woman of comparatively moderate wealth,' la a matter tonight of the liveliest debate. On apparently trustworthy author ity. It was said today that an appraisal made by the state comptroller's office, upon which the Inheritance tax will be de termined, fixed the estate at $140,000,000, nnd that shortly before hi death Mr. Harrlman transferred to his wife and his eldest son, W. Averill Harrlman, securities valued at over $50,000,000. On the, other hand, the New York Times will state positively tomorrow that Mr. Harrlman left less than $75,000,000, that he made no gifts of millions to his family be fore his death and that when all accounts are settled th"? net amount to be turned over to Mrs. Harrlman may be nearer $50,- 000.000 than $75,000,000. Mr. Harrlman' business associate de nied tonight that he made any transfer of securities before his death. The supposed appraisal on which an estimate of $149,- 000,000 was based is now under way and certainly has not been filed with the state comptroller. No other appraisal ha been made. WORLD'S PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVER Ontpnt of Yellow Metnl for Year 1008 Over Four Hundred and Forty Million. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24-The world's production of gold and silver for the cal endar year 1908 Is estimated by the bureau of the mint, based upon official and un official Information, to have been: Gold 21.37S.480 fine ounces of the value of $441, 932,200; silver, 203,186,370 fine ounces of tha commercial value of $108,6X4,400. Compared with 1907, there was an In crease In the gold product of $31,276,900 and In silver an Increase of $18,992,300 fine ounces. The greatest Increase In the product of gold In any country of the world was In Africa, which Increased from $151,699,600 In 1907 to $166,520,500 in 1908. The Increase in the United States wa $4,124.- 300. Mexico' Increase wa $3,690,100. The largest Increase In the production of sliver was In Mexico and amounted to 12.- 675,000 fine ounces, Canada followed with an increase of 9,326,400 fine ounces. There wa a decrease in the silver production of the United Stale as compared with 1907 of 4,074.000 fine ounces. TRUST CASE CARRIED UP Government Will Seek to ' Overturn Decision Barring- Prosecu tion. WABttimnuiN, uec. Z4. Tne appeal o the government from the decision of Judge Holt of the southern district of New York In the sugar trust cases waa docketed In the supreme court of the United States today. The government will seek an early opportunity to advance the case for hear ing. Judge Holt' decision In effect held tha the statute of limitations operated as bar to the prosecution of certain official of the trust against whom proceedings were begun under the Sherman anti-trus law. NEW ORGAN FOR SUFFRAGISTS Dally Paper Named "The Wireless" Will Be Started la New York. NEW YORK, Dec. I4.-The Wireless to b th name of a new woman suffragist paper. The suffragists are planning to bring out the first issue early In th new year. Th astabllshment of a daily ha been under consideration for om time by the national board, which will conolude Its three-day' elon here tomorrow. Th present organ of the causa will be brought to this city from Warren. O., and con verted from the staid and oonservatlve monthly to an up-to-date ueuropoUtaa dally. BIGGEST BATTLESHIP AFLOAT Fighting Machine Named for State of Utah Launched at Camden. TEN GUNS IN FIVE TURRETS Monster I Eqnlpped with Ten Tnrblne Engines that Will De velop XJ,000 Horsepower Ml Spry Christen It. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dee. 24. Declared to have no equal afloat a a flrat-class fighting machine, the battleship Utah, the greatest warship ever built In the United States, waa launched at 11 o'clock Thursday from the yard of the New York Ship Build ing company at Camden, N. J., in the pres ence of reveral thousand person who crowded the docks and every vantage point In the vicinity of the yard. A the big ull started to leave the thickly greased ays, Miss Mary Alice Spry of Salt Lake City, daughter of th governor of Utah, raised her arm and broke a gayly berlb- boned bottle of champrgn against the rail of the great hip as she spoke the words that gave the vessel it name. Among those on the platform were repre sentative of the Navy department, Gov ernor Spry and member of hi family, a congressional delegation. Including the member from Utah, representative of the Utah legislature and nearly all the officers of the ship building company. The Utah is the fifth of the all-big gun type of battleships for the United States navy to be launched. When completed It will be more powerful than the Delaware nd North Dakota of the Dreadnaught class. The Utah ha a length on the load water- line of 510 feet, or 521 H feet over all, and a beam of 88 feet and two Inches. Its trial raft will be twenty-eight and one-half feet, displacement 21, $26 tons, or t,000 tons greater than the Delaware and North Da kota, and Its speed Is expected to develop twenty and three-quarters knot or more an hour. Ten Twelve-Inch Gnns. There will be ten twelve-Inch breech load ing guns In It main armament, mountel In five turrets on the central line of the ship. Two of the turrets will be forward, one amldshlp and two aft. Each turret will be protected by armor eight and twelve inches thick and will be supplied with ammunition by electrical hoist from the magaxtnea and shell rooms Immediately below. The entire handling of the gun will be done by electric motor. Sixteen five-inch gun protected by armor of medium thickness will be provided for defense against torpedo boat attacks. Close subdivision and strong bulkheads will form additlonnl protection against mine and torpedo explosions. The Utah will also be fitted with two submerged torpedo tubes and will have ten small gun for boat service and saluting purposes. The main armor belt of the great ship will be about, eight feet wide with an aver ago thickness of ten inches. Above this will be another belt of an average thick ness of nine Inches and stllfX higher will be the casement armor protecting tho secondary battery and funnel base. .acn barbette win be made of armor vaiylng from four to ten inches in thick ness and will protect the entire ammuni tion handling machinery for the twelve-inch gun in tha turrets above. Ten, 'Tnrblne Engine. Ten t,urblnea, tlx ahead and four aatorn, capable of developing 28,000-horse power, will be installed. Steam will be supplied by twelve water tube boilers and coal or oil may be used for fuel. The two smoke stacks on' the ship will extend seventy feet above the. water line. The Utah will be fitted for a flagship and it complement as such will consist of a crew of 1,000, of whom sixty will be officers While the Utah will have no equal when completed, it will not hold that position long, as the naval program following tho one which called for two ship of the Utah class provides for vessels that will be considerably heavier. These latter ships will mount two more twelve-Inch guns than the Utah and will have a heavier secondary battery. Men Needed lor Navy. WASHINGTON. Dec. 24. To man the entire American fleet In time of war would require 3,890 officers and 72,281 men, and in time of peace 3,652 officers and 60,902 men, according to Captain N. R. Usher, as sistant to the bureau of navigation, In a statement j made public today. These fig urea do not include officers and men at shore stations. Four new battleships are to be commis sioned as well as fifteen new large torpedo boat destroyers and seven submarines. It Is anticipated that the Ohio, Wisconsin and Missouri will go temporarily out of commission and that the Denver and three others of Its class will be replaced by the New Orleans, Cincinnati and Raleigh, which are practically of the same class. Replying to a suggestion that the navy will put Into commission vessel that will require 6,000 blue jackets and do away with those that require only 3,500 men, Captain Usher says: "The number required is to keep the fleet In its present strength of sixteen bat tleships and not to diminish immediately the force employed on the Pacific coast, which consists of eight armored cruisers with crews practically the same or a llitle larger than the battleships. Th vessels put In reserve are required to have one- fourth of the regular crews." ICES GORGES IN OHIO RIVER Navla-atlon 1 Suspended Between Louisville and Cairo Several Boats Damaged. EVANS VILLE, Ind., Dec. 24. Heavy Ice has closed the Ohio river at Cannelton, Ind., and Hawesville, Ky., and people are crossing on the ice. A gorge la reported to be forming aeveral mile on thl side of Owensboro, Ky., and another Is forming near Henderson, Ky., ten miles below here. If the present w tamer prevail a few days longer the gorges promise to be come several miles In length. No boats are running on the Ohio river between Louisville and Cairo, 111. Several of the smaller craft along the lower river were badly damaged today when they ventured out. MOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT LIT Animal Sent by Some Vlllalaon Man to Women Held I'p la Chicago Postofflee, CHICAGO, Deo. M It wa two night before Christmas and aT. through th Chi cago postofflee everybody wa stirring ex cept a poor mouse. Th poor mouse wa deal In a little ca on the desk of Post master Campbell and had been Intended a a Christmas present sent to two young wo men by some villainous man. A mall e'erk discovered through air hole punched in th packag that It had oon talned a live mouse. The Inoldent prompted the statement from th poatmaater that tha only live thing that can be sent through tha United State mall la a queen be. The superintendent of mat: directed th dead mouse be sent to th dead letter office. THE Cosmopolitan MAGAZINE McClure's MAGAZINE Woman's Home Companion Review OF Reviews i J-...4'jr--'M-' -- Japanese Problem Thing of Past ftew Ambassador Says Coast Has Only Friendly Feeling for Orientals. WASHINGTON. Dec. tt.-Baron Tauya Uchlda, th newly appointed ambassador of the Japanese government to this coun try, succeeding the recently recalled Baron Takahira, arrived In Washington today. The baron spoUe today of the pleasure which It .afforded him to come back as ambassador to the country where he had done hi flrat diplomatic work. 'There I no pressing diplomatic question for me to deal with In the United States Just now," he said, "and I know of noth ing of importance that will come up In the Immediate future. The relations be tween the United States and my country are growing constantly better. The friendly feeling between the two nations I becom ing tronger every day, I think." . What about the question of Immigra tion between the two countries?',' the baron was asked. That is satisfactorily adjusted," he re plied. "We are keeping at home the labor er and poorer emigrant classes of our country and only tudent and member of the mercantile and other privileged classes are coming here. There will be no prob lem to deal with In that connection In this country. The existing agreement with the United States on this subject ha no fixed data of expiration. "I wa Impressed with the welcome given me In California, where I met Governor Gir.et, Mayor Taylor of San Francisco and th prominent men of the coat and wa entertained by them. Ther wa nothing but cordiality and good feeling. There I no 'Japanese question' oh the Pacific coast now." Ths baron declined to discuss th Inter est of Japan In Chinese Manchuria or tha relation of th United State with tho countries. CHIEF WAS VICTIM OF SPY Mi. Peterabarar Official Killed by Bevol4lonlt la Kmploy of GTrmsaeBt. HT. PETERSBURG. 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Qualifying In severs' particulars his affidavit whloh played such a conspicuous part in the fa mous attack in the senate on the adminis tration's course In regard to the Browns ville affair, former Sheriff E. C. Arnold of Monroe, Ga., today appeared as a wit ness before the military court of inquiry Investigating the affair. His affidavit was offered by Senator Foraker in rebuttal to the affidavits of H. K. Brown and William Lawaon that Boyd Conyers, one of the soldiers discharged as a result of the "shooting up" of Browns ville, had confessed his connection with the affair. In that document Arnold said It would have been impossible for Lawson and Con yers to have taken a drink under a cer- Brother of Poet Again Says He is Insane NEW YORK, Dec. ti. Robinson Watson, In a statement telegraphed to New Tork from Montreal today, reiterates that his brother, William Watson, the English poet, now In Havana, Is Insane, although th poet' wife, who I with htm, Is unaware of her husband' mental condition. Mr. Watson cabled from Havana yes terday that "Robinson Watson' message to the world 1 a wicked attempt to ruin my husband." The brother replied today: "It 1 not uipriuing that Mrs. William Watson hss called an angry message. There probably will be worse to come, and still worse, until she fully apprehei.da the whole truth. A rad feature of tha situation I that she 1 been Ignorant of the event of hat. "When th long ttatemant about Ut Offer $6.00 1.50 1.50 3.00 Our Price ONLY $8.90 Onr Price ONLY $6.90 year. . .$12.00 J $4.00 1.50 1.50 3.00 year. . . $10.00 J $6.00' 3.00 year. .$9.00 , Our Price ONLY $7.10 $4.00 1 nnr Pi!a 1.50 . 0NLY year. .$5.50. $460 $4.00 j Qjjj. pf f g ONLY $4.50 Our Pricq ONLY 'J year. .$5.50 $4.00 1 3.00 year. . $7.00 J $520 $6.00") Qp PrffP 1.50 I nwx year. .$7.30 J $6.40 LI .... . .. Jr. lain as,,h In th heart nf MOnrOA. a i,aW- son cmimea 10 nave uuho v.. " j Conyers talked to hlra about th Browns ville Incident. Today Arnold said that while there win an ordinance and a state law again- drinking In public In Monroe, It would hnve hAAn n..lhl. n hnvp ta U n A lirlnK H the street without being arreetl. The former sheriff admitted t' 'he court that he once said to Conyers tliere was a great deal of money In the cane and that ' If Conyers would confess to Mm, h would "take care" of him. He s irown wa not responsible for this stamment, which I h acknowledged might be Interpreted nal an offer of money, but not o intended. Captain C. It. Howland, record, r of the f' court objected to Arnold' affidavit being presented in testimony, asserting me court should keep clear of political Issue." It was not Introduced. I Heavy Suit for Damaa. NORA SrillNQS, la., Dec. 24.-SpeclaI.) C W Crutnm of tills place ha brought ...tt .LrxJnst Floyd county. In the district! court at Charles City, for l,000 damn for alleged jwisonol injuries received wlu'iif . .nnntv highway brldga went down wit him and the horse he was driving, precli tatlng tbem Into the creek bed. He all'' that he was seriously and permanently ' Jured, and charge that the county kn the bridge was unsafe and waa negllKi' In not keeping It reptilred. Watson Aaqulth compelled m to recognise clear! what other were beginning to perceive Immediately went to New York and flndln my worst fears confirmed endeavored drl Irg four consecutive days to get an oppnij lunlty of speaking alone with Mrs. Wutmi but no such opportunity could be obtain'"! and I left without having given her tl slightest Intimation." HAVANA. Deo. 24. William Watson. H English poet, and his wife, aro slaying at a hotel In the suburbs of Havana. I" an Interview today Mr. Watson said he rami to Cuba to sesrch for recreation and li (ended to study thu people anJ resource" of the Inland. The poet' health apparent I good and he uld he waa enjoying visit and on quit undetermined how 'A b.- l. ..!. . X n h. VAtlld 0 n l II doollntd to make any further itaum