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CUnFIRM WHITE I
r.i.. ..i.-.h vvrv
a. W ii AS 1V JLX Uli 1V1J
ieaat; Approve! s. omia&tion tsj heii--cat
aui til Louisiana Judg, tor
tftief justice.
EIEEDY ACTIOA CN HIS KAKE
Eu,i;.tii Ilc.r jptcd to Go la to Eze
cutiva Session.
eiHEB APPOINIluXNTS AI
Lnctutire Send list of Elij.
to Congress.
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SAULS VATOEVANTE- A2.D LA
1
V fnailnt ad l.r,r1
Jadaee .
mlnitr far Associate Jastlees
rrrunarl of fw Caart
f Commerce.
V'ASHINTOV. Iep. 11 The aenate today
co-ifirnvcl the appointment of Fdward
DouplBss White of Louis ana as chief Jus- i
!
tire of th I nltnd Statf supreme coart. i
'
i resioeni i an a appointment oi ju?uit
liile waa recr.ved by the senate shjrt'.v i
alir it convened. It interrupted bus;pee J
in fc into cutlve session to make the
KTex'uiry ci'tiflrantsn. as the rule rc
gulrtng refercrli-e of nomir jitions to com-nilif-es
drn-a not apply In cases whore the
appointee have served as member of the
-tinte. Chlrf Justloe Wiilta'a eomm anion
will i Issuh1 before the next wess on.
Acromianring Juetioe White' name on
...e oi nonmuum i..e :
Will!. Yanfl, vaster of Wyoming, now . j
ImiKe for the Eghth iudlcial clrc.i t. and
Joseph R-vker Uniir of Georgia, formerly
of the supreme court of that state, to be
associate Justice of the nupreme court of
tie I'nlted Slates.
No action was taken In their casea. at
though there la no apparent opposition,
nor waa any attempt made to confirm the
Jud- named for the new court of com-n-rce.
All were" referred to the aenata
Jud clary committee.
nmlaatiosa for t'ammcrcc C'aart.
The nomination for the comm"erce court
w ere :
Martin A. Kiwipp. now chairman of the
Imerstate Commerea commission for a
term of fv year.
lu.lwit W. Areabald, now t'nlted Ptates
dixiKt Jiiilaa fu- the m'd.lle diatrict of
t'-n'lvini, teim of tour year.
William H. Hunt, now a Judge of the
court uT customs apyia,s. formerly T'nlted
iiatca dintrlrt lurtire of the lUatrict of
Mi7tar.a. term of three yeavr.
John fcmmett Car.and of Bouth ra,kota,
to be jutice fit the new court of commeri-e
for a term of t. o years. Thi i a change
from the orlsinal lale. Arthur C. Denlaon,
V tilted ilst dltrict judge for the wee tern
rilt-trlrt of Mirhiaan, having first been
Bol-fted tor this place.
Julian W. Mack, now Judge In tho ap
pellate rlrruit court, of th flrat lllinota
diftrlct. term of cn year.
The aenate committee on intoratate com
merce wll! meet tomorrow to conalder the.
nom nations of C. C MKThord of Kentucky
anij IV H- .irW"ioajiaia'ioc meanaaa
olnp on the interstate Commerce oomiwla
aion. It Is eeJd there w'll ho no aerlou
opposition to the confirmation of either,
but. as the senate has no tlrat hand krowt
eipe that Chairman "Knapp, named aa tho
presiding Judpe of the court of commerce.
Intends to retire from the comm so on, the
nomination will bo over to another moet-
Inc The chanoea are no action will Vie
t:ik'-n until after Judge Knapp has been
confirmed for the position to which ho
taa appointed today.
Oalck Act low tr trtli.
The senate surprised itself" by It apeedy
a-tUn upon (he nomination of Chief Jus
tice White. In leas than an hour after tho
us me hud been received froia tho White
llouw. the aenate had disposed of tbe nom
ination. Immediately after tho disposal of the rou
tine business of the morning Senator Hale
moved that the aenate go into executive
eesiiion. 8o anxiou were several aenatora
who liad other busineaa they considered
preening, they rushed to tho aide of the
Main member to protest.
"I am going to hav Whit confirmed."
he said.
"Nonsense." several of hem responded
in ufibvm. "Too can't possibly do ft."
"Wait and see." h replied, and continued
to InHist upon hi motion.
When at last the doora were closed the
nomination of Mr. Whits waa laid before
th senate. Mr, Hale did not wait for the
reading of th other nominations, but Im
mediately moved confirmation of the chief
Justice.
A few voices were raised In protest, tot
Mr. Hale took- the floor. He spoke for
about fifteen minute, dealing with Mr.
White's demonstrated fitness for the place
and dwelling on the fact that he had been
a member of tho senate.
Work of Commerce tesrt.
Ths commerce court I a court created
in th amendment in th tiitarstat eon
mere act passed in June last by this con
gress. The law provide tor th appoint
ment of five additional circuit Judges fry
th president, who are to constitute th
court, and no two of whom shall bs ap
IKilnted from the i-m Judicial circuit- The
Judges so appointed ax to asrv on th
commerce court and after being relieved
from that service are to be assigned to
v ark on the circuits as circuit Judges.
Tle law tequires the president to desig
nate in th first appointments the term of
vtars during ahlch the Judge appointed
i hall serve oa the oommeree oourt and the
Judge design :ed to -lt for SJve years on
this court Is to act as th presiding Judge.
Thereafter the court Is to be composed of
f:' J u "(, to b deaignated by ths su
ps em court from th circuit Judge of th
I'm ted Hatea.
Thl court 1 thus oon(csed of tb pres
ent cliairmaa vt the Interstate Commerce
-omnutsion, tw United States district
Judjina. one Juries of the 1'mted Slates
court of customs a,iHJ. who was for
nmrlr a United Slate district Judge, and
on Judge from th appellate court of 1111-noia.
ls tb official nominations sent lo the j teenth and Faroam streets, stepped across
eetiat loJay tli members of th nec com- ! th. trlt hone -.annul to speak lo Charles
tiKTi court' ai desi.nau-d aa additional j Bloomberg. Inspector of underground con
.iieuit Judges. In canying this cit. Mr. .trucikm. when be was confronted by a
Knapp . named as a jutigs of Ui-Second
j.uriAj circcn; Mr. Arcbbald fo rth
Third Jud.cial circuit, Mr. Hunt for ih
N:mh JuJi'iai circuit. Mr. Carls nd for th
l"ht! Jjduiai circuit, and Mr. Mack for
tie reienlh jud-cia I circuit.
Jadare arlaad I a Demaerat.
Judfre CarUrd of South Dakota, nansed
i- on of th new Judges of th court of
toifimeice. Is a democrat, having been ap
puiMsd t( lie fcrnrh by President Cleve
land 11: a;pni.tment makea th com
plrxiun of th como-erc court three repub
li.sn at.d two democrats.
1 rth cVnt Tuft hesitated beiaeen th ap-
, tCvuunurd on beound t'ags
Brazilian Rebels
on Cobra Island
Give Up the Fight
Few Kot Killed or Captured While
Trying to Escape Formally
Surrender.
RIO JANEIRO. Frsirll. Dee 1J Th re
volting marine on Cobra Island formally
surrendered today and freah Jnvwnmcnt
troops occup ed the barracks
Upon order f the govern merit, the cruiser
,DE; Barroso and tbe scouting ship Rio Grande
! I'o Pul quitted th hnrbor todsy for a
" dest nation not announced. It I surt, how-t-
irvr. that the scout ship proceeded for
2. ' Santos.
The Rio Grande Do Pul the only
versel which took fart in the mutlnv, which
-ran Friday nicht and continued until the
- hcls were dislodred from the barrack
Cohra .aland.
hen the government troop ocrupled the
d they njet with no resistance, the
. 'mutinous marines remaining there
, promptly surrendering. The larger number
had been kuied or wounded or placed undr
rrMt witl tlmiillnv fn m- m In th
. , . . . ' . .
mam land The rebels save up the fight
. ., ... , ; ,
when their ammunition waa exliauated
and thf.r appeals to the battleships Minas
Gcraea and Sao Paulo for aupport met
with no response.
Tho eaact number of rafiualtlas ha not
been made known. It ia thouaht. how
ever, that 2U0 rebels were killed and that
twenty cit!-ns were Injured fatally during
the acout shlp'a bombardment of the city.
The material dajnaxe to the city waa r.ot
great, thouarh the rwlice. maritime, tde
KTauh mun cltial Ihenter and mlnUt.i.v .f
public work building suffered somewhat
Th. fortr, Cubrn ,.,and w u;
de.trov.d b .hpll. ,rom ,h. mt
batterlea and the loyal ships. The govern
ment acted energetically from the moment
of the outbreak, and when on Saturday
tbe routineers pleaded for amnesty this was
refused ar.d they were told that their un
c.ond.tional surrender would be Insisted
upon.
Evidence Completed
in Trial of Hattie Le
Blanc for Murder
Counsel for Girl Denounces Widow in
Scathing Terms, and Recites Kip
ling's Poem.
CAMBRIDGE. Mu.. Dec 12 The evi
dence upon which a Jury will acquit or
convict Hattie Le Blanc for the murder of
Clarence F. Glover was completed today
shortly after th beginning of the after
noon eomrton of the trial. The remaining
two hoars were occupied by Melvtn M.
Johnson., the leading counsel for tbe g:irl,
in tb opening of his plea for her life.
The lawyer said at the outset that the
little gtrl was- brought from the provinces
oolrlj- or .tli-:.Mt stave" traDe vd
ILcn timing to Mr: ' IXlllan M. Glover,
who Induced her to leave ber home, Mr.
Johnson. denounces. the widow as a ram
plre and recited Kipling's poem to em
phasise his point. He will finish his argu
ment tomorrow.
District. Attorney John J. Hlgglns today
made a last effort to Introduce Glover's
alleged dying rtstement that HatUe le
Blanc shot him. but when he said that
Mr. -Johnson hi meal f said that Hattie had
admitted the shooting, there was a burst
of passionate protest by the defense. Again
Judge Bond ruled the evidence out of the
Mrs. Glover was on the. stand,
the district attorney became Involved in a
heated argument with. Judge Bond upon
the admissibility of some uf Tier evidence
and the colloquy became so bitter that the
district attorney -was threatened with ex
pulsion. 1 ....
Two more witnesses were introduoed who
said they saw Mrs. Glover near the laun
dry on the evening of the shooting,
whereas the widow denied she waa out of
her house on that night
It was expected tonight that Mr. John
son would close before noon tomorrow and
that the remainder of the day would be
taken up by tbe district attorney.
WAGE ULTIMATUM DELIVERED
Bla- Majerltr ef tMwsstWe Esglseen
Fever Strike If Tfcelr Desaaada
A re Set Granted.
CHICAGO, Dec. 11. The Brotherhood of
Ixieomotlve Engineers' ultimatum of
higher wages or a strike waa delivered
today to th Railroad Managers associa
tion by Prewldeut Warren S. Stone of th
brotherhood. He advised the employers
that the recent vote had . been K7.5 per
cent in favor of a strike If the demands
were not granted.
Late today President Ptone of the engi
neers announced that no action would be
taken befor tomorrow.
SHOT FOR REFUSING TRIBUTE
DylasT Mas Gives the Steasa fee
His Brie Seet aad Mertally
Woaaded..
NEW YORK. Dec. 12. Kslvatore Tolli
aesseanu. mortally wounded by three re
volver bullets on November SO. last today
told tli Hoboken police he had been shot
for declining to pay tribute to the black
hand. Shortly after making his statement
tbe man died. '
Faithful Dog Works for
'Phone Company Without Pay
U" R U'tl-nn traffic offirer at Sil
I bruiting collie dog. Th dog stood over th
manhole and mad the officer keep his
distance until the attention of th workman
below could be gained.
"?hep." as the dog Is known, was not
even reproached for his seeming rudeness. (
The dog was just attending to business In
the line of his official duty as ths servant
of the telephone romiaay. "Shep" is
guardian ot open manholes, asiutant t
his master, Mr. Bloomberg. It Is up to th
dox to keep pedestrians away from the
openings la the streel while cables ar
be ng testvd in ths tunnel
"1 pat tbe dog on the Job about six eJ
as'o." sold Mr. B.uon.b-r.-. "and he has
j been with vr aiBca.
COUNTY FATHERS
GATHERIX OMAHA
Commissioner, Supervisors and Clerks
Open Three Days Convention at
Rome Today.
MAYOR WILL WELCOME VISITORS
President P. A. Kennedy of McCool
Junction Will Respond.
GOVERNOR BACK AGAIN TO SPEAK
C. H. Aldrich Speaker 61 Honor at
Banquet Thursday.
MANY COMING TO THE MEETING
Pled ares of Atteadancc Heerlrea from
I .a rare amber, nf
Arc Alrradr Here tiaod Rada
Talk. fro art-am.
The Nebraska Commissioners. Supervisors
and County Clerks' association will begla j
a three days' convention at the Borne hotel i
this afternoon. Mayor Dahlman will wel- I
come the delcRatee and fhe president of the j
association. P. A. Kennedy of McCool
Junction, will acknowledpe tne greetings
nd then deliver the regular presidential
address.
The commissioner and clerks will be
here In force for the convention and prob
ably about ft) of them will hear Oovemor
elect C H. Aldrich sixak at the dinner
Thursday night, at which the visitors will
be guests of the Board cf County Commis
sioners of Douglas county.
The governor made a Tying visit to
Omaha yesterday. He spoke at the Com
mercial club at noon and to the Woman's
club In the afternoon, leaving for Iavld
City at 4 p. m He regretted inability to
stay through the Intervening time and ad
dress the Real Kstste exchange Wednes
day, but promised the president of that
body. C. C. George, to speak to. the ex
change at an early date.
' Mmt m ill Be Here.
These county commissioners, county
clerks snd Mate officers, who have so far
promised to attend are named in the; ap
pended list. Douglas and Lancaster coun
ties among other will be represented by
more men, formally and Informally, than
appear in the list of pledges, which is as
follows:
E. J. Rohlnson. C. O. Falrchlld. H. E.
Wells. Lancaster; A. E. iJobendorfer. Paw
nee: f. L. Hedelund. J. A. Hanson. Phelps;
P. J. Kennedy. J. M. Tucker. H. C. Chaptn.
A. Prohaska. C. H. Beiltnt. York: E. Bark
hurst, Scott A. Bowers, Wheeler; G. Ohm
sled. E. TV. Ross. Webster; G. S..Farran.
Wayne; Otto Muschel, Valley; ' William
Vogt. W. H. Merry. Thurston; G. H. Ben
ton. H. Woodford. Thayer; Alfred Loo mis.
Ed gainiell, C. J. Fuhrman. Stanton; W. C.
Dietrich. J. H. Welty. PhertnahT' H.r T.
Wasmand, Bher'dan; E. W. Nye, C. D.
Fhrefer, Oscar CraJg. Chris Klem. John
Suppiger. Be ward; W. K. . Baker. Scot's
Blntf; Pkrrcn Wlhjr.- auwemr Chris Thles
sen. E. U Ireland. 3. G. Pflus,' 3acot Sasa.
Sarpy; R. ' A, Coupe. Henry Siemering.
R'chardsorr F. 8. Lofton, C. B. Gray. W.
N. Rogers. Red Willow; Adam Hermann.
F. J. Ha,hn, F. M. Uebee. C. B. Kncrr,
Polk: J. B. McDonald, N. M.
Nelson, Charles Tecllow. Pierce; Henry i
Schaeoher, Platte: G. E. Edwrds, j
Perkina; John M. Clark, Nemaha
E. R. Catour. D. W. Preble. E. F. Van
cleve. F. M. Jones. O. L. Hill, Nance; J.
A. White, Otoe; E. E. Hedgecocke. D. M.
Yohl. P. J. Cronen. C. H. Maisburg. E.
M. Wright, Nuckolls; 8. R. McFarland.
Madison: D. W. Cheestnan, Loup; A. F.
Strelt. C. H. Walter. C. Q. Johnson, Lin
coln; J antes Chambers, F. W. Houston.
Jefferson; G. G. Hartman, W. C. Krise
man. Keith; A. W. Lundeen. Kearney;
Henry Schwartx. James, Baker, F. H.
LcugeV, J. G. Weber. Knox; George Has
klns, Uriah Bush, Henry Bergrgren. Hamil
ton; J..J. Katama, Howard; R. S. Otis,
Hitchcock; Gustav LI wen, Conrad Lassen.
W. H. McDowell. 8. Y. Bryson. Hall; T. D.
Sleverti, M. P. Hulllvan, J. M. Hunter, S.
F. McNichola. Holt; J. C. Penrod, F. M.
Layton, J. R. Sail ng. Gage; James Grant, j
James Hansen. V. H. Bienhoff. J. K. Kelso, I
William Cowin. Franklin; F. B. Kerr, Pron-,
tier; R. A. Matteson, John O'Brien. Fill
more; J. A. Ionahue, Jamea Lareen, Jo -
seph Roberts. Dodge; O J. Retard, D '
Hsverly lKugla.; C H. BUping. M J.
Weber. Charles Naylor. G. A. Hamilton,
derson, Custer; F. T. Cumbow. Cherry; R
H. Stafford, F. Larstlck. Cum ng; William
Schnink. John Myler, Clay; C. F. Furley.
Cedar; R. L. Barlow, Cheyenne; H. P.
Peterson. Christ Anderson, L W. Long.
Boyd; W. C. Mounts. Box Butte; Jacob
Sltr, J. H. Iesn, Buffalo; Michael Carey,
G. K. " Plttlnger. Boone; J. L. Svoloda,
Christ Meysenburg. F. C. Judevine, Butler;
Frank Leasing. H. O. Wilson. Brown; D.
W. Hill. Banner; Jens Jensen, Burt; J. W.
Lamson. Antelope; F. Q. WhiUng. C. E.
Ne;ll, G. E. Mlxen, Adams.
Lisrk at t'ammerelal Clah.
At the Commercial club luncheon, David
Cole, chairman of the executive committee,
presided, and the guests were nearly all
members of the committee. The lut in
cludes W. H. Buchola. F. L Haller, C. 11
Pickens, J. X'. Sunderland. Colonel D. E.
McCarthy, C. S Haj ward. T. A. Fry, C. C.
Rosewater. A. C. Smith, J. B. Rahm. E. A.
Benson, Ben S. Baker, and J. M. Guild,
l.l-rarlaas la Meet at Pasadraa.
CHICAGO, riec II The executive board
of the American Library association today
decided uKin 1'ar-dtna, Cal., as ttie p,ace
of the 1111 conference of the association.
The session will open May 19.
" 'Smart ?' Why, say. rhat dog knows
the underground telephone nKirn at aell
as I do. When I happen to go an ay from
home before he gets through win his
breakfast he starts in at Thirtieth s.reet
and Ames avenue, at the beginning of the
j conduit s- stc r.. and keep following it
Ihrouxh the town unlU he finds me f.ira' ...-... iru - r..u x,.
If 1 am down at the other -r.d on U street
tn South Omaha. He know th east and
i west !lr fion Sixth to Forty-ninth Just
. as well, loo." .
The doc i made comfortable on his lone
watches at the manholes by a sn ail mat-
tress node fcr th puriie. Monday morn-
Ing w hen he arrived a trifle late on the lob
th mattress was not there. Like the wise
I pet that he is hep" went to the tool
I house of the telephone company and came
back with the nialutas to lake up his
wau b.
;
I'rom tbe Cleveland Plain Dealer.
I
LIGHT ON QUADRUPLE MURDER
John Fiegler, Who Lived Near Bern
hard Farm, Under Arrest.
ADMITS QUARREL WITH DEAD MAN
l" Oae of Them Was HmallnST
Hie l.aad .aed He Weal te Bern
' hard Heme ts Make a
' Protest
KANSAS CITY. Iec. U.-A bloody pair
of overalls and ehlrt were found by Chief
of Police Zimmer, Kansas City, Kan., to
day in the home of John Feagle, under
arrest in connection with th murder on the
Rem hard farm In Johnson county, Kan
sas. Th bloody garments were' concealed
In a closet oa the second floor of KeacTe's
! house.'
Mrs. Feagle oouid sot explain th pres
ence of the bloody clothes In her home.
Fhe said she did not know to whom they
belonged, and she" was unable to state
what kind of clothing her husband wore
last Wednesday, - .
It developed that Isgle had quaireled
srltn I Tteruan v shout lb bennJft in
line between. their Barms and that this
difference was more serious than a quar
rel he admitted having' with them about
hunting.
The officers declare' that Feagle is o
little deaf, which discredits his statemen.
that he heard cries of distress at the
Bernhardt home Wednesday night when
he was at his house a half mile
John Feagle, a hunter and trapper, whose
home Is a half mile west of tbe Bernhardt
farm In Johnson county, Kansas, where
Mrs. Emily Bernhardt, George Bernhardt,
her .son; T. H. Morgan and James Graves
were murdered, was arrested In connection
with the crime early today and. placed in
the Kansas City I tan.) Jail. He waa ques
tioned for three hours by H. T. Zimmer,
chief of police of Kansa City, Kan., enj
:t la said be told conflicting stor.es regard
ing his relations with the Bernhardt family.
I Feagle was arrested after the officers
had learned that be and George Bernhardt
had quarreled several times recently, be-
cause Feagle objected to Bernhardt and
Morgan hunting on his farm.
In his statements to Chief Zimmer, Fea
gle attempted to cast suspicion on another
man. This man. it Is aid, w .11 be arrested
today.
Feagle admitted that he quarreled with
tli Bernhardt a at their home last Wednes-
rt,.
He raid he went there to notify
j George Bernhardt that he and his f,
. , ,top farm Q
friends
rtamM hl, statraenl,, FeM;le d
a quarrel followed. Feagle said that Mrs.
Bernhardt came out of the house and en
tered lnt th controversy.
Feagle Insisted that he was Innocent,
but Chief Zimmer was not eatlt-fled with
his statements. After he had questioned
Feagle ths chief went to Feagle'B farm
Intending to make a, careful search of the
premises.
The authorities believe the murders, were
committed either Wednesday night or early
Thursday morning of last week, as Wednes
day night was the last time lights were
seen In ths Bernhardt bom.
Coraaer'a Jars- at Wark.
A coroner's Jury was empanelled at
Olathe, Kan., this morning and an inquest
will be held on Wednesday morning.
The funeral of the four victims will b
held at the Bernhardt farm tomorrow. Th
hod.es of Mrs. Bernhardt, Georpe Bern-
' hardt and Thomaa H. klorpon will I
j hrought to this city for burial. No relatives
of James Graves have been located and
prohahly he will be burled by the county.
Feagki told Chief Zimmer that he found
Mot ton hunting on his place last Wednes
day. "I aked him what he meant by killing
my game." said Feagle. "and he told me
that Mrs. Bernhardt' son gave him per
mission to hunt there. I told him the place
belonged lo me and that no one ele had
the rieht to grant such permisfeion. After
1 had ordered Morgan off my farm I went
over to Bernhardt' place and asked George
Bernhardt why he had given Morgan p-i-mlaKion
to bunt on my place. He denied
that he had given Morgan any such per
mission." Ke&tie said that he and Bernhardt made
counter accusations against each other ar.d
I when tbe quarrel grtw warm Mra. Bern-
! hardt appeared on the scene.
"When the old lady heard me say that
I 'ieoii had told Morgan he might hunt on
, ,ie 'd U'th Ml"' l"r,'l"lr-t "1
! llm" -jU"1- M h Mt
i Hears I r lew.
I Feagl sold he went horn after he bad
ouarreied with th r-.ert.harots and re-
! mained there. He raid h heard cries of
distress that seemed to come from the
I FUiwhurdt home Wednesday nicht. Th
I cries soon ceased and be oij not invest!-
gate them.
Chief Zimmer sold the prisoner told con-
fio-tinr stori a as lo the unit he hr-d
i Uiese t-r
Getting Father's Advice.
ft f-PbJ&
r La."
Conspiracy Under
Anti-Trust Law is
Continuing Offense
i Important Decision of Supreme Court
in Connection with Sugar
Fraud Cases.
WASHINGTON, IWe. 12. Announcing
that conspiracy under the Sherman anti
trust law Is a continuing offense the su
preme court of the United States held good
the lisdlctment In New York In ISO? of Ous
tave E. Kifssel and Thomas B. Harned un
der this law, as far as the statute of limi
tations was concerned. The two men were
Identified with the sugar fraud cases.
An Indictment was returned in the federal
court of New York In 1H0S charging the
American gjgar Refining company, its di
rectors. Guslave E. Kiasel of New York
and Thomas B. Harned of Philadelphia,
with conspiracy to restrain Interstate com
merce in violation of the Sherman anti
trust law.
It was alleged that th object of the
too high out of
wa. to prevent the -J 1WJV.M- ,v 'sh.
neflriinjr company fronT doing y
hi result, it was alleged, was : .
conspiracy w
yania !?ugur
business. This result, it was alleged
accomplished through Russell a.ng
secretly as the agent for th American
sugar Refining company, loaning to
Adolph Segul, who controlled a majority
of the stock of the Pennsylvania Sugar
Refining company, the sum of J1.2SO.000 and
taking as security the control of Segal
stock in the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining
company. All this time It was alleged
Ihe name of the lender was kept a secret
by KlBsel.
Following the loan it was charged a new
board f directors for the Pennsylvania
Sugar Refining company was elected and
this board, acting In the interest of the
American Sugar Refining company, closed
up the refinery of the Pennsylvania com-
U'u-iiy.
Held for Contempt
for Wrecking Plant
United States Supreme Court Holds
Prominent Men of Clay Center
Kansas.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12-The upreme
court of the United States cited Mayor
George W. Hanna. O. L Blade. W. D.
Vincent, S. D. Tripp and George P. Ran
dall of Clay Center, Kan., to show cause
January t why they should not be ad
Judged In contempt of court.
In a petition filed December S In court
the Merrimack River Savings bank urged
that these men partly destroyed an elec
tric light plant In Cu-y Center on which
the bank held a mortgage.
This discusKion was alleged to have taken
place after the supreme court announced
a deciKlon that It had n) Jurisdiction over
a controversy touching the plant, but be
fore the mandate of ttff court had been
issued or the court had passed on an ap
plication for re-hearlng.
KILLED BY FMJL ON THE ICE
Man W he Ciave A way Free Drlaks
W hea His To a ! Dry
Is Dead.
ST. IjOUI.S. Deo. 12 John Morrison
Fulhr, foriierly a hanker in Glasgow, Mo.,
died here today from a fractured skull,
which he received by falliflg on ice last
week. He took his wife's name when he
married. When his home town voted favor
able for local option Morrison-Fuller opened
up a free drinking place and in one year
gave away ST.oUO in drinks to his friends.
Wigwam of Tammany Hall
is Partly Destroyed by Fire
NEW YC'KK, lec. U. Tammany hall.
"The w:gwam" home of the famous poli
tical org a n nation known oa the Tammany
society, was partly detroed by fire to
day. There was a fear of the bias coni-
. muni, .acing .o nraroy . ouiiumgs.
lncludlnf
the Old academy of music, the Olympl-
V.'u,c hall and the Central hotel. The
i.ame. I owever. weie connnea to ins in-
terlor of Tammany hall. Itself. Torrents
! of water poured Into the big structure and
! the greater part of the damage was caused
I by the deluge. The fire chiefly exerted
its efforts upon the gallery, where it started
and a poition of the floor below. It took
jtao hours work to lei the b'.sse under con-
j trol and this task was not accomplished
I until the fue had tatrn Its wsy down f root
LUe galieiy te LU luber floor, where It
OLYMM'S PASSENGERS SAFE
All Persona Aboa. i Wrecked Alaska
Liner R escue j by Launches.
VESSEL WELL BE TOTAL LOSS
Aid I Rammoaed r Wireless Opera
tor, Bat Water Im Pals Oat
Fire aad Makes Issarats
I I awerkafcle.
VALDEZ. Alsska, Dec. 11 All th pas
sengers on the Alaska Steamship com
pany's steamship Olympla, which went on
the rocks at Bllgh island. Prince William
sound. Ptaturday night, were taken off
the ship at 4 o'clock yeaterday afternoon,
together with the snails and baggajre, and
were conveyed to Valdet and Ellemar.
Most of the paasengw is are here. Those
at Ellemar ar well cared for In the little
village.
The, Olympla left Cordova Saturday
evening nfler unloading a large quantity
of coal In Its afterhold .and soon ran
Into a fierce (ale. The empty stern stood
too high out ot th water and In the
eiecata anmanasfe sbU
bout by the wind. About
midnight It .went hard and fast on th
BHgh Island reef.
Wire loss Operator Hayes sent out the
distress call, whlrh was picked up at
Cordova and Vadldex. and also gave as
much information of th wreck as he
could, for th .water soon put out the
fires and mad the wireless unworkable.
Ths government launch Donaldson from
F'ort liscum and the steamer June left at
once lor . Bllgh island and took orf 'the
passenger without mishap to any of them.
Th crrw also was saved.
It Is hoped to save the freight on the
Olympla, but It Is feared that tbe vessel
will , be a Jotal loss. There Is a rock
through it No, 1 hold.
Mrs. Christopher
and Her Attorney
- . Are Sent to Jail
Woman 'Who -lade Charges Against
Federal Official Must Produce
Papers Wanted by Court.
CHICAGO. Dec 11. Mr. Alleen Chris
topher, th government's witness against
Ut alleged brick trust, today was ordered
committed to th Cook county Jail with her
attorney, John A. Brown, until they pro
duced certain papers and documents be
fore the federal grand Jury. At the same
time Judge Landls of th federal district
oourt declared the accusations of Mrs.
Christopher and her counsel in his court
Saturday that Charles F. DeWoody. head
of the Department of Justice s secret ser
vice here had "tipped" off grand Jury se
crets, were without cause, reason or Justi
fication. Mra. Christopher told the oourt Saturday
she had withheld document purport.;. to
b corroboratlv of her chargeti of a brick
trust, bs cause DeWoody Improperly gave
the grand Jury Information to interested
parties. She was given until today to pro
duce tbe dqs-umants.
STANDARD fUST PAY BIG FINE
OH Cant pear's Appeal I Taraed Oa
by the Vailed states apreme
I'nurt
WASHINGTON. Dec. lt-Tre Standard
Oil company of New York rr jit pay the
130 000 fine Imp.wed upon It by the cnMrK"t
court of the western district of New York
for the acceptance of rebates In the trans
portation of pen-oleum as th result of
refusal today of the supreme court of the
United States to review the case.
was checked and great volumes of water
had" been poured through the windows of
the upper floor, flooding the large ball
room and the rooms underneath.
Tammany Hall stands on East Four
teenth street, in the heart of the old-tloie
theater district and now thickly dotted with
ancient buildings, many ot them of an ln
fUramabl character. For tUi rciaon a
Urge quantity of fir apparatus waa called
out-
A done waa given last night by a social
club in th ball room of the hall and it is
supposed that a lighted cigar or cigarette
left in one of th boxea In tlss gallery
started th fir. It Is estimated that th
damage by fir and water lo the interior
of the building can be repaired fur approx
imately tT..vu,
STRONG PROTEST
AGAINST TAYLOR
Editor of Bee Files Written Objec
tions to Appointment of Ex-Banker
to Federal Office.
TALKS WITH TAFX AND MACVEAGH
Best AppointmeLts Should Not Go to
Financial DerelecL
NEW NEBRASKA POSTMASTERS
Senators Unite in Endorsement of L.
F. Etter for South Omaha.
W. B. REYNOLDS FOR FREMONT
t eleerl r.d laer and W. B. ( enk, tA k
lame le Wasklnalom la Interest
ef Inrtisbriti. Tlads liM
atiere IVecldrdly Chilly.
(From a Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. D C . Iec. 1! -(Special
Telegram. -B fore rtartlng west, Vic
tor Rosewater, editor of The Bee, filed
with the secretary ot the tir-ssury writ
ten protest against the application of Cadet
Tator for appotnirnent as surveyor of
customs at Omaha in the evtnt of his pos
sible reoomtrieriilstlnn hv the senators.
"1 am decidedly epposcd. as 1 believe
ih. nk and file of Nehrsfka republicans
j must le. to th appointment to such an
office of a notorious bank-wrecker, swind
ler and crook like Cadet Taylor." said Mr.
Rosewater. "and 1 m disappointed to find ,
Senator Brown fsvcrlng Taylor In spite
of his sppalllag record. Just because he has
been Industrious In collecting autographs
of people who write letters to get rid of
him.
"I am not ready to believe, however, that
Secretary MacVcagh or the president will
conrent to award the second best federal
office In Nebraska, Itn office that has been
paying the Incumbent S&.WO a year, lo a
political and financial derelict pleading the
i statute of limitations against the victims
he has defrauded. At any rate standards
of political preferment Will not be so de
based in my home city except over my
remonstrance."
Mr. Rosewater had an audience today
with both senators, and also, with Post
master General Hitchcock. He wished a
"Merry Christmas" to the president and
Secretary MacVcagh, He left for Baltimore
tonlfht, and tomorrow, will leave for
Omaha, accompanied by Mrs. Sackerman.
who Is a sister of Mrs. Rosewater.
Ikew Nebraska Postmasters.
Late this afternoon, after an extended
audlenoe. Senators Burkett and Brown at
tached their signatures to the following
recommendations for postmasters: South
Omaha. L. F. Etter: Fremont. B. W. Rey
nolds; Columbus, TV. A. McAllister. AU
of these are new appointments. Colonel
Ed Slser and Wesley Cook, who came lo
Washington In the Interest of th present
Incumbents In the above office, left for
IJtiOMn.and Flair. rsnecil yesterday
afternoon, having found "Void nasi sans"
actually la evidence hereabouts,
Iowa, according to Representative Walter
I. Smith, will in all probability lose on
member under th new basis of apportion
ment which congTes will adopt at this
or th beginning of th next session. Should
the legislature of Iowa fail to agree on
apportionment it would result In the elec
tion of the entire delegation at large and
these representatives might come entirely
from one wing or other of the republican
party In that state. Where apportionment
Is Increased and th legislature faTTs to
agree elections are held In all old districts
and new members of th house, of repre
sentatives are elected at large, but whr
a state suffers reduction, as ts now cer
tain to ocour In Iowa,' atod the legislature
deadlocks on apportionment, custom has
been to elect members of the lower house
of congress at large. "This might happen
In Nebraska as well as in Iowa.
Hltrhrork AgSlNsI Parrels Paal.
Evidence is multiplying that retail mer
chants of- Nebraska wr against Senator
Burkett because ot Jill ktand for parcels
post, but it was not suspected by farmers
that will-be-Senator Hitchcock was against
parcels post, and clrcularlsatlon of th
slate against Burkett by retail merchants
Just put one over on th farmers, that's all.
Congressman Hitchcock said to Th Be
correspondent today that he was against
parcels post as th bill was originally
drafted, but could not sty now where h
stood on the recommendation of th presi
dent for rural delivery parcels post. It 1
said that a petition of 60.000 retail mer
chants throughout th country Is la process
of Incubation protesting against passage of
any kind of prcl poet .bill whatsoever.
Jadare VaaD venter' Appoialmeat.
Appointment of Judg Wflllls Vanls.
var.ter of Wyoming to th supreme oourt
bench gives most general satisfaction hero-
shouts. When in Wasblhgtcn and connected
j with lU Department ot the Interior Judg
VanDovaniur made a splendid record for
j himself and !i;. he has been on the bench
of th Elgtith ci.-..,3lt ha has strengthened
his position itnniaa.nina.itlr.
As Indies Una; the a-'yttidf. of Judge Van
Tvanter toward tb huerelate commerce
law, the following Mi,-,:.tlon Is made from
a'"1 - ' l"1-'" '..urt ii fie southwestern
t'Ul". p'f' C!lf Vou' 4,r o. Th
I . L , - .
iu.i,,,c ...uOTfiivr. r H IliniBBIOn llSd
j luW tttst Commt." t
ordered ra't-i teduc-d end the railroads
tiiuuiciit lo enjoin il. v der.
Jn a deiiKion ur.i't -et ioJ to have been
written by Justice 'ajltvariter the follow
ing latiguave is jcl. ..
"Upon the n submitted we find
that It ten.ls It. no Inconsiderable degree to
sustain ty'itib of Ih coBtei.tions of railway
companies u;b subordinate questions of
fact and that It tends fn a lesser detre to
sustain other csritehtlom, but that it la
clearly wsnilns, :h thst certtlsty of fullness
and persuasive foroe whlh outht to be
and is essential to overooaie the fore of
the commission findings or determination
upon which the order Is based."
it has ben generally the attitude of Jus
tice Vanlievamer that th eouru In re
viewing ciders jf the cerr. mission should
lajiiflne theni'cives probably to K.nsUlu
tioiial quenions and should rot inquire Into
Mie facts determined by the commissioner.
READY TO M0VETHE CAPITAL
lilsra af Oklahoma f lly Mara Uoads
as tiaaraatee af Goad
Faith.
OKI-AHOMA CITY. Dec -At a hiass
meeting here today tweunt) -fie cltlxen of
this city slrned bonds of SS(k each as a
guarantee of good faith te give Oklahoma
a free capital her Th senate capttol
committee la preparing a bill providing for
th immediate removal tf the capital to
Oklahoma City and locating the capital
building on th northeast city UiniuS.