Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 6, 1906, Page 4

% BITTER AT ROOSEVELT! CALIFORNIANS RESENT HIS DE NUNCIATION OF THEIR ANTI- JAPANESE ATTITUDE. DECLARE THEY WILL NOT WEAKEN KANSAS LAND FRAUDS. Charges Filed Against Ranchmen and Speculators. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 6.—Speculators and ranchmen have committed fraud- ulent practices in entering school lands In Western Kansas, according to records filed here with the land com- missioner. The alleged fraud has, it is sald, been in the exorbitant ap- praisement of lessees’ improvements. It appears that speculators and ranch- ers have leased lands, built small shanties or dugouts on them and then fenced the property, When it came time to sell the land appraisers rec- IF FORCED TO YIELD WHITES WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS. San Francisco, Dec. 6.—President Roosevelt’s denunclation of Califor- nia's anti-Japanese attitude has aroused bitter resentment here. The president is excoriated for his threat to use troops and he openly is charged with deliberately misstating the positlon taken by the authorities of this city and the state. Should force be used the Califor- nlans declare they will not weaken and while they may have to bow for ommended by the lessee would then bid and get the land. No outside bid- der would try to make an offer since he would have to pay for the im- provements which were not on the land. It has been found that the fences around a 10,000-acre tract of ranch land was charged as improve- ments on one forty-acre tract of school land which had been leased. g Fate of Her Crew Unknown. Vineyard Haven, Mass.,, Dec. 6.— The barkentine which for over twenty- four hours fiew signals of distress off the Nantucket shoals finally struck on Great Round shoals and has broken in two, Later it was learned that the vessel was the Bonny Doon, bound from St. John, N. B, to Vineyard the time being to federal dictation they will withdraw all the white chil- dren from the public schools and leave them in sole possession of the Japa- nese. Open threats are made that Califor- nia will be turned to the Democratic column in the next election, the cam- paign slogan to be, “The Democratic party 1s a white man’s party.” There also has arisen another fea- ture—bitter, open resentment against Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California. In Pres- ident Roosevelt’s message Californians declare they recognize the words and sentiments of the head of the state university and against him, rather than against either Roosevelt or the federal government, is directed the greater part of the wrath of San Fran- cisco. Angry men declared Wheeler had taken upon himself to dictate the pol- icy of California and from his stand- point to tell the rest of the nation how California stands. Threats are open- 1y made to cut the appropriation of the university one-half in the next legis- lature to teach its head he cannot run California. TEST S8UIT ORDERED BEGUN. Federal Officials Will Have Courts Pass on California Statute. San Francisco, Dec. 6.—Under direct orders from Washington the represen- tatives of the department of justice in California have been instructed to be- gin an actlon in the courts to test the legality of the state statute which provides that children of Mongolian descent shall attend a separate school. President Allman of the board of education has received a communica- tion from United States Attorney Dev- lin requesting a conference that ar- rangements might be made to insti- tute a suit. ‘When the attention of President All- man was called to that portion of the president’s message referring to sep- arate schools he said that the utter- ance of the president on the Japanese question would have no effect on the action of the board. “We have simply put into effect a law passed by the lawmaking body of this state,” he said. “Individually and collectively each and every mem- ber of the board believes that it is a good law. We will not recede from the position which we have taken and believe that our action will be sus- tained by public sentiment throughout the state even if the courts should de- clare it to be unconstitutional or a violation of treaty rights.” BRITONS HAVE RACE TROUBLES. Especially Interested in That Portion of Roosevelt’s Message. London, Dec. 6.—President Roose- velt’s declaration in his message to congress on the treatment accorded to Japanese in the San Francisco schools specially appeals to the British at the present time because both in South Africa and Australia a similar anti- Asiatic feeling has created embarrass- ment for the imperial authorities. Dur- Ing the present week the home gov- ernment vetoed a Transvaal ordinance further restricting the privileges of British Indlans, even those long resi- dent in the country, while quite re- cently the government refused to ac- cept an Australian proffer of a prefer- ential tariff “provided the goods were shipped in vessels not employing yel- low seamen,” The newspapers here point out that the Western states of America have no monopoly in this anti-Asiaticism, saying that the president’s remarks ‘‘convey a lesson which might well be laid to heart in other quarters than that to which it is directly addressed.” OBJECTED TO NEGRO'S Two Texas Cowboys Attempt Lynch- ing on Train. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 6.—Two Texas cowboys tried to hang John E. Lewls, & negro of Wichita, on a westbound Santa Fe passenger train between Lawrence and Topeka. Three times they placed a rope around his neck, but each time he got loose and after the third attempt he jumped from the train and escaped. The Texans pre- vented the other passengers from in- terfering by flourishing revolvers. Lewis wore a Knights of Pythias pin and the cowboys said they did not like to see a negro “putting on airs.” There ‘Were no arrests. “AIRS.” Haven. The crew escaped from the vessel, but whether they reached shore is not known here. SEEKS INCREASE OF POWER PRESIDENT WOULD DISMISS ANY OFFICER WHOM HE THINKS IS UNWORTHY. ‘Washington, Dec. 6.—The president has sent a special message to congress urging legislation giving the executive authority upon his own initiative and responsibility to dismiss any officer whom he thinks unworthy to remain in the service. The law at present provides that in time of peace no off- cer shall be dismissed except in pur- suance of a courtmartial or in mitiga- tion thereof. This provision the pres- ident wants repealed. Illustrating the necessity for the legislation desired the president cites the case of a naval officer whose name is not given, but who was accused of “indecent and disgusting behavior.” He was convicted, but the court, to his surprise, the president says, did not sentence him to dismissal. FINALLY KILLED BY OFFICER. Drink-Crazed Finn Runs Amuck at Ashtabula, 0. Ashtabula, O;, Dec. 6.—John H. Ke- jampaa, a Finn, while drunk, ran amuck armed with a revolver and a knife, attacking nearly every one he met, with the result that five men were more or less seriously injured and Kejampaa lies dead at the morgue. Kejampaa was a laborer on the docks at Ashtabula harbor. He first entered a confectionery store on Oak street and shot John Herlery in the neck. A few minutes later he shot Otto Mackey in the neck, causing a serious wound. The drunken man rushed out of the store and shot twice at Emil Tupper, who was driving by in a delivery wagon. Entering Alexander Roeman'’s saloon he slashed right and left with a knife and stabbed Matt Hakulinen in the shoulder and Oscar Koshing in the arm. Policeman John Hummen took a hand in the affray at this time and he and Kejampaa had a hand to hand fight. The drunken man was getting the better of the officer when the po- liceman drew his revolver and ended the encounter by sending a bullet through his antagonist's heart. WOMAN DRIVEN TO SUICIDE. Rumors Circulated Regarding Numer ous Deaths in Her Family. Chicago, Dec. 6.—Mrs. Rose Vzral of 1536 West Fifteenth street has committed suicide because, it is be- lieved, of rumors circulated regarding the numerous deaths in her immediate family within the last ten months. Her husband, Martin Varal, dled first and then, within nine months, her four children died, the cause of each death being given by the attending physician as “stomach trouble.” An anonymous telephone message was sent to the police department say- ing that it was advisable that an in- vestigation be made, as all the mem- bers of the family were insured a short time before death. An investi- gation was commenced, but it had de- veloped nothing definite. It is be- lieved by-the police that either de- spondency over the deaths of her family or dread of the investigation caused Mrs. Vzral to take her life. WANTED IN THAW CASE. Witness Sald to Be in South Africa Now in New York. New York, Dec. 6.—Ida V. Simonton, the writer, whom District Attorney Jerome wanted as a witness in the ease against Harry K. Thaw, is not in South Africa studying the language of tnonkeys, as reported several days ago, but is in New York. She is sald to have made a statement to Assistant District Attorney Garvan concerning the Thaw case. It is said that Miss Simonton went to.Paris at the request of Stanford White to see Evelyn Nes- bit and her mother before Thaw and Miss Nesbit were married. She has lately been living in Pittsburg with. lIaer brother. - FOR TARIFF REVISION CONGRESSMAN AMES (MASS.) IN- AUGURATES MOVEMENT IN THAT DIRECTION. URBES GENERAL REPUBLICAN CAUCUS WOULD GIVE NOTICE TO COUN- TRY THAT EARLY ACTION IS DESIRABLE. ‘Washington, Dec. 6.—Congressman Butler Ames of Massachusetts has be- gun a propaganda for an immediate movement in the interest of tariff re- vision. He says he is not undertak- ing to secure action at the present session of congress, but is urging upon Republican members the advisability of a general caucus to “give concrete expression of their determination to immediately revise the inequalities present in our tariff laws so that all possible notice to the country at large may be given as to the time of re- vision.” He thinks that the subject should be taken up immediately after March 4 and would have the caucus determine the best method of proce- dure and whether the whole tariff laws should be revised or only particular schedules amended. WITH DISCIIMER ATTACHED. Senate Committee Will Favorably Re- port Algeciras Treaty. Washington, Dec. 6 —Whether Dem- ocratic senators shall support the Al- geciras treaty in relation to Morocean affairs, when it is voted upon in the senate on Dec. 12, will depend upon the fate of a resolution to be present- ed disclaiming the responsibility of the United States for the convention and declaring that the participation of this government is only in furtherance of its general policy of promoting peace and in the interest of its commercial relations with Morocco. The senate committee on foreign re- lations considered the treaty and or- dered that it be favorably reported to the senate. This action was taken, however, after a committee consisting of Senators Spooner, Lodge and Bacon had been named to prepare a resolu- tion which would declare that the United States had no intention of in- terfering in the regulation of Euro- pean internal affairs. The contest in the senate over the treaty will be close in the event that a disclaimer of the character outlined is not adopted. The United States is exempted from the responsibility of enforcing the treaty through a reser- vation made by Ambassador White, the American delegate, in signing the act, s BILLS, PETITIONS, Large Number Make Their Appear- ance in Senate. ‘Washington, Dec. 6.—Morning busi- ness was heavy in the senate. It was practically the first opportunity sen- ators have had to introduce petitions, memorials, bills and resolutions and many such were presented. Preceding this order the vice president laid be- fore the senate a number of communi- cations from the executive depart- ments, which were ordered printed as documents. ETC. No Action on Resolutions. ‘Washington, Dec. 6.—After debate the senate postponed for a day the consideration of the resolutions call- Ing for information relative to the dis- charge of the negro troops of the Twenty-fifth infantry, formerly sta- tioned at Brownsville, Tex. The delay was caused by the absence of Senator Penrose. House Passes Banking Bill. Washington, Dec. 6.—The bill per- mitting national banking associations to make loans on real estate as secur- ity and limiting the amount of such loans passed the house during the day by a vete of 111 to 51. KARL HAU AGAIN REMANDED. English Court Awaiting Further Evi- dence in Case. London, Dec. 6.—Karl Hau, the ‘Washington professor who has been under arrest here since Nov. 7 charged with the murder of Frau Mo- littor, his mother-in-law, at Baden- Baden, again appeared on remand in the Bow street police court. The prisoner, who has fully recovered his health, was remanded for another week in order to enable the German representatives to obtain further evi- dence. The magistrate said the evi- dence already here was sufficient to ‘warrant Hau's extradition, but to make the caxe complete it was necessary to have proof of the cause of the death of Frau Molittor, which the German euthorities had omitted to obtain. Hau, although laboring under a great mental strain, which has entirely changed his appearance, was quite calm during the brief proceedings and 8t the close, when asked by his coun- sel whether he understood what had occurred, he replied afirmatively. Two Men Killed in Duel. Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 6.—J. F: Cul- pepper, former chief of police and widely known throughout the South- ‘west, was shot and killed in a pistol duel with a negro named Brocke. After receiving mortal wounds Culpep- per fired-at the negro, sending a bullet through his heart. < KILLED PROMINENT PHYSICIAN. Mississipyl Young Woman Placed on ¥ Trial for Murder. Hazlehurst, Miss., Dec. 6.—The trial on a charge of murder of Mrs. Angie Birdsong, a young member of one of the most prominent families in Mis- sissippi, began during the day. Mrs. Birdsong shot and killed Dr. T. H. Butler, also a member of a prom- inent family and nephew of former Governor Longino of Mississippi, on Nov. 25, 1905. The shooting occurred in Dr, Miss,, where Mrs. Birdsong resided. The young woman went to the office, waited until a patient had completed his interview with the physician and then, entering Dr. Butler's presence, fired flve shots. Going to the street she remarked to a gathering crowd that they would find the result of her work up stairs in the doctor's office. She then surrendered herself to the sheriff. Although admitting the shoot- ing she has not let her line of defense become public. A few days before the shooting Mrs. Birdsong attempted to commit sutcide. At her preliminary hearing her brother-in-law testified that the pris- oner had experienced extreme mental troubles over rumors concerning her character. The prominence of both families in the case and intense feeling in Monti cello caused a change of venue to be granted. Mrs. Birdsong is about twenty-two years of age. DEATH IN ELECTRIC CHAIR JURY DECLARES CHESTER GIL LETTE GUILTY OF MURDER- ING GRACE BROWN. Herkimer, N. Y., Dec. 6.—The jury has pronounced Chester E. Gillette guilty of murder in the first degree in killing Grace Brown, his sweetheart. The twelve men deliberated three minutes less than five hours before they reached their verdict. Five bal- lots were taken. Four resulted in eleven for conviction and one for ac- quittal. : Two hours elapsed between the fourth and fifth ballots and during that time the men who felt sure of Gil- lette’s guilt argued and worked upon the one man standing against them, When the verdict was announced Gillette was the most unconcerned man in the room. He sat motionless as one after another the twelve jurors arose to their feét and declared that they were united in their decision. ‘When the twelfth man had responded the stolid indifference or studied com- posure of the boy was exhibited as never before. Leaning over a nearby table he wrote this message to his father in Denver: “Father: ~ 1 am convicted.” The verdict means death in the elec- tric chalr. MISSING FOR SEVEN YEARS. Prisoner in New York Asylum Said to; 4 Be Kansas Defaulter. ‘White Plains, N. Y., Dec. 6.—A pris- oner in the state asylum for insane at Matteawan, who is now trying to ob- tain freedom on the ground that he is no longer insane, is said to have been identified by bank officers of Kansas City as George A. Kimmel, formerly cashier of the Arkansas bank of Kan- sas City, who is said to have default- ed and disappeared seven years ago. Under the name of Andrew J. White the man was convicted of larceny in Cattaraugus county, this state, and was sent to the asylum as insane. He is said to now have admitted that his name is George A. Kimmel and habeas corpus proceedings have been begun on his behalf to secure his release. Kimmel's identity was discovered as a result of a contest made by the New York Life Insurance company, which refused to pay an insurance policy of $25,000 on his life which was claimed by Mrs. Edna K. Bonalett of Chicago, Kimmel’s sister. Mrs. Bona- lett’s claim was based on the allega- tion that a man missing for seven years was legally dead. BLAMED FOR BIALYSTOK AFFAIR. Russian Police Official Assassinated at St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, Dec. 6.—Police In- spector Shermetieff, who, after the anti-Jewish outbreak at Bialystok in June last, for which he was said to be responsible, was transferred to St. Pe- tersburg, was shot and mortally wounded by a workman during the morning near the Fontanka canal. The inspector’s assallant then shot and killed himself. ‘While the inspector was passing a house which had just been searched on the suspicion that terrorists were harbored there a man who was lurking in the courtyard entrance fired point blank at him with a revolver. Though wounded ' in the head Sheremetieft drew his revolver and joined in the ' district attorney’s office that the nl-' pursuit of the terrorist, who fired ; again, fatally wounding Sheremetleft. | The house was surrounded and the assallant of Sheremetieft, seeing that capture was inevitable, committed puicide. 4 | The assassin has been identifled as a Jew of Bialystok. i Alleged to Be $9,000 Short. Kansas . Gity, Dec. 6—Willlam C. Anderson, collection teller of the First National bank of this city, is missing and R. F. Swinney, the president, ad- mitted that Afderson was short $9,000 in his accotffits.. The ‘bank officials have sworn out a’ warrant for his ar- rest-and cldim ‘to know where he. THREE SCORE PERISH HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE A8 RE SULT OF GREAT FLOOD AT CLIFTON, ARIZ. PROPERTY DAMAGE ALSO- IMMENSE Butler’s office in Monticello, |- TORRENT SWEEPS DOWN CANON AND DESTROYS MANY BUSI- NESS HOUSES. Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 6.—Private rail- road dispatches received here say that sixty lives were lost at Clifton in the great flood that swept through the camp, destroying many business build- ings, wrecking the smelting plant of the Arizona Copper company and tear- ing out miles of track of the Arizona and Mexico railroad. . Clifton, which has about 3,500 peo ple; lies in a narrow valley near the eastern line of Arizona. The less prosperous of the inhab itants live in Chase Creek canon, a peculiarly dangerous situation in times of high water. Two years ago twelve lives were lost in the canon and im- mense damage was done by the rise of the San Francisco river. ARIZONA TOWN CUT OFF. Shortage of Fuel and Provisions Is Feared. Globe, Ariz., Dec. 6.—All railroad communication with this city is cut off for a week at least by the carrying away of the bridge over the Gila river near San Carlos. Passengers and mail may be transferred in a few days, but it may be much longer before freight can arrive here. The Old Dominion company has a three weeks’ supply of fuel, but other companies operating here may have to close on account of the shortage of oil. It is believed that there is enough of fuel and provisions in the city tc prevent any famine. Property Damage Very Large. Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 6.—The flood in the region of Clifton was one of the worst in the history of Eastern Ari zona. A large number Of persons are reported drowned, but on account of the destruction of telegraph and tele phone wires no accurate estimate ot loss of life can be given. The prop erty damage is very large. " YOUNG WOMEN IN PANIC. Number Injured in Factory Fire a Indlanapolis. . Indianapolis, Dec. 6.—In a fire that started from an explosion of thou sands of paper matches at the factory of F. A. Rathbun & Co,; West Indian apolis, ~éight young women wer¢ burned, four of them seriously. The others were painfully burned and in Jured in their frantic efforts to escape from the building. Ten girls were on the second floor of the factory when an explosion in a fireproof storage vault forced the door and hurled a sheet of flame across the workroom. There was a run for the stairway, which became choked with the struggling girls, screaming and fighting, with blazing hair and cloth- ing. Three of the girls, penned in by the flames and unable to reach the stairway, jumped through the windows to the ground. At the stalrway sev- eral of the girls fell and were tram- pled upon. The forewoman of the factory reached the telephone and while she was calling the fire department oth- ers smothered the fire in her burning clothing. MISSING HUNTERS LOCATED. Chicago Men Lost in Northern Minne. sota Woods. Chicago, Dec. 6.—News has reached Chicago concerning the fate of J. S, Lincoln and D. R. Caldwell, lost while moose hunting above Lake Superior not far from Grand Marais, Minn. j They are alive and have been res- cued. Mr. Lincoln i8 vice president of the Abbott Machine company, this city. Mr. Caldwell is a traveling salesman for the same company. When it was learned that they were lost and thought to be dead F. H. Smith, treas- urer of the company, went to Duluth and from there started a search last Thursday. 4 He has telegraphed from Port Ar- thur, Ont., that the missing men had been found in good health, but weak. PROBE NEW YORK LIFE. Grand Jury to Investigate Company’s Affairs. i New York, Dec. 6.—It is said at the fairs of the New York Life Insurance company will be investigated as soon as the case of George Burnham, Jr., counsel for the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company, -is finished. As- sistent District Attorney Kresel will conduct the case, which may be passed upon by the present grand jury. - An- drew Hamilton, it was stated, will be one of the witnesses. New Head. of 'Southern Raliway: New York, Dec. 6—W. W. Finley has been elected president of the Southern Rallway compan: ing the ley h Late News of the World By Wik Domestic--Foreign--Financial--Social--Political and Commercial 8tolen Goods Valued at $3,000 Found 7 in Their Homes, Chicagu, Dec. 6,—The mystery of a score or more of flat burglaries on the North Side has been solved by the arrest of Mrs. Elsle Klein and Mrs. Margaret Nagel, two married women with chiidren. Stolen goods to the value of $3,000 were recovered, but the value of the property taken by the two women during the last two years is estimated at over $10,000. y Mrs. Klein is the mother of four children, the youngest of which is fourteen months old and the eldest nine years. Mrs. Nagel has one child, a boy two years old. Frequent complaints had been made during many months of burglaries in neighborhoods inhabited by well-to- do working people. In every instance the robbery was committed in the afternoon while the family was away from home and no trace of ingress or exit could be found. Wednesday De tective Phil Weinrich noticed Mrs. Klein approach several small flat buildings, knock loudly at the door, listen intently and then walk away. In each instance some one came to the deor in response to the knock. At one place no one answered the knock at the door and then Mrs. Klein was seen to take a key from her pocketbook and open the door. She remained inside for an hour. When she came out she had a bundle under her arm. The detective quickly cap tured her. Then he examined the bun- dle and found miscellaneous stolen property. He also found an elaborate set of skeleton keys in her pocket. Mrs. Klein made a full confession, im- plicating Mrs. Nagel, who was arrest- ed half an hour later, Judge Harlan Not in Politics. Washington, Dec. 6.—When asked for an expression apropos of the dis- cussion of his possible candidacy next year for the governorship of Kentucky Justice Harlan of the supreme court of the United States promptly an- swered that he “had no such thought, nor any purpose to in any form engage in political contests at any time or in any way.” Eighteen Persons Injured. Chicago, Dec. 6.—Train No. 36 on the Monon road, which is the fast lim- ited of that line between Cincinnat! and Chicago, was derailed two miles north of Frankfort, Ind., by a broken rail. Eighteen passengers out of a total of 175 on the train were injured, but nobody was killed and it is not believed that any of the injured will die. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The secretary of the treasury has given notice that on Dec. 15 he will anticipate interest without rebate amounting to $12,000,000. Henry Murphy, sixty-nine years old, an inmate of the Minnesota Soldiers home, was struck by a train near Min- nehaha falls and instantly killed. A silver half dollar bearing the date of 1904 was found in the left shoulder of a mule that was operated on by a veterinary surgeon at Cumberland Md. The National Drainage congress is in session at Oklahoma City, Okla Many irrigation and drainage experts from various. parts of the country are present. Allen G. Thurman, grandson of Allen G. Thurman, late United States sen- ator from Ohlo, suffered a stroke 0. paralysis and is lying in a dying con- dition at the home of his parents at Columbus, O. 3 Members of the Chicago Christias Endeavor union, representing 3806 church societies of all denominations, have gone on record in favor of com: pelling Mayor Dunne to close the sa loons on Sunday. Ambassador Whitelaw Reld and Mrs. Reld were passengers on the North German . Lloyd steamer Prinz ‘Wilhelm, which salled from South- ampton Wednesday for New York, Where they will spend Christmas. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat, Minneapolis, Dec. 5.—Wheat—Dec., 76%c; May, 79%c; July, 80% @80%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 80%c; No. 1 Northern, 79%c; No. 2 Northern, 77%ec; No. 3 Northern, T4@75c. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Dec. 5—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common to good, $3.25@4.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.50; veals, $4.00@ 5.25. Hogs—$6.00@6.15. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.50@5.15; good to prime spring lambs, $6.50@7.25. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Dec. 5.—Wheat—On track and to arrive—No. 1 hard, 79%¢c; No. 1 Northern, 78%c; No. 2 Northern, 77%c; Dec., 773%c; May, 80%c; July, 80%c. In store—No. 1 Northern, 80%c. Flax—To arrive, on track and in store, $1.21%; Dec, $1.20%; Jan, $1.21; May, $1.24%. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Dec. 5. — Wheat—Dec., 74%c; May, 78%c. Corn—Dec., 42% @42%c; May, 43%c. Oats—Dec., 33% @33%c; May, 35%@36%c. Pork— Jan,, $15.00; May, $15.30. Butter— Creameries, 22@30¢; dairies, 20@26c. Eggs—24@28¢. Poultry—Turkeys, 10c; chickens and springs, 8%c. Chicago Union Stock Yards, . Chicago, Dec. 5.—Cattle—Beeves, i $400@7.40; cows and helfers, $1.60@ {5:26; stockers -and. feeders, $2.40Q 1 4.50; Texans, $3.80@4.60; Westerns, $3.90@6.00; calves, $5.50@7.50. Hogs —Mixed and butchers, $6.05@6.45; ucceed: “/;. 200d. heavy, $6.30@! WOMEN Accusi oF BUHGLARY-; fl'nIGULEs THE REPm“ ! JAPANESE AMBASSADOR LAUGHS AT TALK OF WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES. STORY ABSURD AND [MPOSSIBLE AMERICANS CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST FRIENDS OF THE -ISLAND EMPIRE. ‘Washington, Dec. 5.—Viscount Siuzo Aoki, ambassador of Japan, was asked for an expression of his views con- cerning the sensational dispatches and articles that are now being printed about the probability of war between Japan and the United States. His excellency, the ambassador, laughed heartily at the idea of war and said that it was absolute non- Isense. “We have perfect confidence in the president ‘and in Secretary Root; in their friendly disposition, in their sense of justice and in their wisdom,” he declared. “We have perfect confi- 'dence in the goodness, the sense of Justice and in the wisdom of the peo- ple of the United States. We know confidently that they are our friends and that they know that we are their friends. Japan has no enemies in the United States outside of San Fran- cisco. It gives me pleasure to tell you lalso that the United States has no enemies in Japan. We regard your people as our best friends. You have always been our best friends and we are confident that you will continue to be so. That the Japanese can make war upon their best friends is absurd and impossible. “The other night at a dinner party a lady sald to me, ‘You must be very angry with us.’ “‘Why so0? I asked. “ ‘Because of the way the people are acting in San Francisco,” she replied. “‘Not at all I said. ‘That is only a local incident, a matter which your government will take care of and therefore it does not give us any con- cern. We understand it and our peo- ple will not be misled by the sensa- tional articles that are being pub- lished in your newspapers and in Eu- rope.” IGNORE PRESIDENT’S - ORDER. California Determined to Keep Japs in Their Own Schools. - San Francisco, Dec. 5.—California is rebellious, if not in a state of rebel- Hon. Standing on its new problem, or rather on the new phase of an old problem, the Golden State has raised ‘the banner of state rights and has de- |clared more strongly on the color question than ever the South declared since the recent unpleasantness. “The school board of San Francisco never will change its attitude on the school question,” declared the super- intendent of schools as he came from the board meeting which had been discussing the question. “President Roosevelt’s requests or orders will be ignored by us. The Japanese must stay in their own school. We are acting under a state law passed in 1872, before there ever wag3 any idea of this situation. If Pres- ident Roosevelt or the federal con- gress has any requests to make they must make them of the California leg- islature. The legislature can change the laws in a moment, but we cannot. It the legislature of California refuses to.change the law we want and hope for final decision of the case in the supreme court of the United States.” “If California is to remain one of the Unlted States,” declared the commis- sioner of labor for California, “then it must stop this invasion and settle the question. If we do not settle the Japa- nese question soon our children will settle it, or try to settle it, from the other side of the Sierras. The Japa- nese are swarming into California at the rate of over 1,000 a month—more arrogant, more chesty than any other people. They do not demand equality. They demand an acknowledgment of thelr superiority.” SUCCESSFULLY EVADES LAW. Pool Seller May Register Bets in An- other State. Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 5.—The su- preme court has decided that the Mis- souri anti-pool selling law does not prohibit persons from selling pools on races to be run in this state when bets are registered by telephone in another state. The case tried was {that of Charles Oldham of Kansas City, who was convicted of keeping booths for selling pools on races at Elm Ridge racetrack, where bids were registered in Kansas City, Kan. Judge Gantt wrote the opinion, re- versing the case and discharging the defendant. - All the judges concurred. WAP ACTIVITY IN MANGCHURIA. Russians Say Fresh Troops Are Being Sent Into Country. , London, Dec. 5.—It is announced in a special dispatch from St. Petersburg that intense activity prevalls among he Japanese in Manchuria and that, according to information received at the Russian war ministry, fresh Japa- nese regiments are being drafted into {Manchuria by way of Korea. Local Russlan reports, it is added, say that the '~ openly. ssians