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
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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.
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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. Dec. 14 Th offi
cial Investigation ha determined that Colo
nel Karpoff. chief of th secret police, who
wa Maalnatd yesterday, wa tha vio-
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SHERIFF TAKES STAND
IN BROWNSVILLE CASE
Officer Qualifies Statement He Had
Previously Made In an
Affidavit.
WASHINGTON, Dec ti. 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
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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
