Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 12, 1906, Page 4

% FAVURS HIS Expl".sle INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OUT. | CHAIRMAN BURROWS CALLS UP RESOLUTION TO UNSEAT SEN- ATOR SMOOT OF UTAH. SEVERELY ARRAIGNS MORMON CHURCH FOSTERS CRIME, DEGRADES WO- MANHCOD AND IS HOSTILE TO OUR GOVERNMENT. Washington, Dec. 12.—At the con- clusion of the morning business in the senate Senator Burrows, chairman of ' the senate committee on privileges and elections, called up the resolution from that committee declaring that Reed Smoot is not entitled to a seat as senator of the United States from Utah and addressed the senate on that subject. Senator Burrows said there had been no proof submitted to sustain the al- legation that Mr. Smoot is a polyg- amist, adding that the recommenda- tion of the committee on privileges and elections in favor of declaring vacant the seat of the Utah senator is not based on such charge. Mr. Burrows' arraignment was based entirely upon the connection of Mr. Smoot with the governing body of the Mormon church, consisting of the presidency and the twelve apostles. He referred to this body as a “hier- archy” and said that it dominates the state of Utah, holding practically every oflicial position in the state gov- ernment. He cited many instances of political interference, not only in Utah but ad- Joining states, and quoted at length the church manifesto of 1896 requir- ing members to obtain the consent of the hierarchy before becoming candi- dates for office. Smoot was nom- inated by the hierarchy, said Mr. Bur- rows, and the selection ratified by the legislature. He went on: “No more cunniugly devised scheme could pos- sibly be concocted to put the church in politice and make it potential there- in than this.” Member of Governing Body. He said that Mr. Smoot’s member- ship In the church governing body, which inculcates a belief in polygamy, is conceded. “The evidence is so complete and overwhelming,” he said, “as to leave no doubt as to the truth of the allega- tion that members of the hierarchy practice polygamy and are today open- ly and confessedly defying the laws of the land prohibiting such crimes. The record s so shocking as to challenge credulity.” He went on: “Plural marriages are performed in secret in darkened rooms and on the highways remote from habitation.” Coming to the connection of Senator Smoot with the hierarchy Mr. Burrows said: “The vital question, therefore, is: Can one become a member of and identify himself with a band of law breakers and yet escape all responsi- bility for their unlawful acts? Such a contention will not stand the test of either law or reason.” Senator Bur- rows concluded as follows: “An organization that fosters and encourages crime; desecrates the home; degrades womanhood; de- bauches public morals; registers an oath of hostility to the American na- tion—I submit that such an organiza- tion is not entitled to have its repre- sentative in the senate of the United States.” “CREATED” MR. Storers Claim to Have Secured His First Federal Position. Cincinnati, Dec. 12—“My husband and I created President Roosevelt,” ROOSEVELT. Federation of Lahor Will Fill Places of Strikers. Schenectady, N. Y. Dec. 12—The 2,500 members of the Industrial Work- ers of the World employed at the Gen- eral Electric works, who ceased work Monday because the company refused to reinstate several discharged em- ployes, went back to the works during the morning, but at 9 o’clock walked out in a body. They made no demon- stration. The company employs 15,000 work- ers, the majority of whom are affill- ated with the American Federation of Labor, which is not concerned in the present trouble. There has been bad feeling between the Industrial Work- ers of the World and the American Federation of Labor for some time and it is understood that the federa- tion has volunteered to the company | to fill the places of the striking Indus- trial Workers of the World on short notice. MANAHAN FILES CHARGES. Makes Complaint Against Minnesota Railroad Commission. St. Paul, Dec. 12.—James Manahan, attorney for the Minnesota Receivers and Shippers' association, has filed charges with the governor against the members of the railroad and ware- house commission. The commission- ers are charged with failing to exer- cise a general supervision over the rallroads of the state, with allowing them to charge excessive freight rates and with trying to protect the rail- roads. The commissioners also are accused of acting as railroad and warehouse commissioners “without warraat of law.” The filing of charges is the result of. the action of the commission in refusing to allow Mr. Manahan to con- tinue to conduct the investigation in the commodity rate hearing before the commission a short time ago. SHOWS REMARKABLE VITALITY. Ex-Senator Brown Likely to Recover From Wound. Washington, Dec. 12.—The remark- able fortitude and vitality shown by former Senator Brown of Utah, who was shot by Mrs. Anna H. Bradley last Saturday, lead the physicians at the Emergency hospital to believe that his chances for rgcovery are good should no complications set in. His condition continues to improve. Favorable reports from the bedside of the wounded man have had the effect of raising the spirits of Mrs, Bradley. She {s much more cheerful. Government Powder Factory. Washington, Dec. 12—The war de- partment has selected Dover, N. J., as the site for the government powder factory for which congress appropri- ated $165,000 the last session. The plant will be one of the flnest of its kind in existence. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The steam trawler Forsoget has been sunk in a storm off Christian- sand, Norway. All of her crew, num- bering twelve men, were drowned. Seventeen thousand members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters in New York citv will demand an in- crease in wages from $4.80 to $5 a day. Professor W. W..Borden, a million- aire and widely known, is fatally ill as the result of a stroke of paralysis at his home in Borden, Ind. His age is eighty-four. San_Francisco proposes to have a world’s fair in 1913 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific ocean by Balboa and the completion of the Panama canal. Harry H. Allen has been arrested at by. three members of the finance com- mittee of Ararat Temple of the An- cient Order of Nobles of the Mystio Shrine of that city charging him with the embezzlement of $7,614 as re- corder. Chicago Grain and Pro hicago, 3 — —Dec., sald Mrs. Bellamy Storer to a repre- 74%;“&3}, D?,;@,,;,léc W(I)x:ral:_gz:. sentative of the Commercial-Tribune.| 451/ Gazsic: May, 43% @4dc. Oats— “President Roosevelt owes much to- day to Mr. Storer and myself,” she contitiued. “It was through my influ- ence that Mr. Roosevelt was made assistant secretary of the navy and it came about in this way: ““Mr. Storer and I went to Canton to pay President and Mrs. McKinley a visit. I told the president that I was not there to ask for anything for my- gelf, but that it would be a great per- sonal favor if he would make Mr. Roosevelt assistant secretary of the ravy. He at first opposed it by saying that Mr. Roosevelt was too much of a fighter, but eventually granted my re- quest.” - Dec., 34c; May, 36c. Pork—Jan., $16.+ 80; May, $16.05. Butter—Creameries, 22@31c; dairies, 20@27c. Eggs—26@ 30c. Poultry — Turkeys, 10@11c; chickens, 9c; springs, 9c. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Dec. 11.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.10@7.80; cows and heifers, $1.65@ 5.20; stockers .and feeders, $2.40@ Texans, $2.76@4.60; Westerns, $2.90@6.00; calves, $5.75@7.50. Hogs —Mixed ‘and butchers, - $6.00@6.35; good heavy, $6.20@6.35; rough heavy, $5.85@6.05; . light, $5.95@ s plgs, $5.40@6.15. Sheep, $2.90@5.75; lambs, $4.50@17.55. Diaries Kansas City on information sworn out| NOW have in stock a large assort- ment of 1907 -diaries. The line is suitable for business and professmna.l .men.’ Prices compare favorably with eastern houses and the cheap as well as the very. best book can be had here. STATIONERY DEPARTMENT OF Bemidji Pioneer. HIS CONDITION SERIOUS. Bishop McCabe Stricken With Apo- plexy on the Street. New York, Dec. 12.—Bishop McCabe of Philadelphia, of the Methodist Epis- copal church, was stricken with apo- plexy at Twenty-third street and Thir- teenth avenue. He was taken to New York hospital. At the hospital it was said that the bishop’s condition was serious. Bishop McCabe was walking along Twenty-third street on the way to the Pennsylvania railway ferry when he was stricken. He turned to a group of men standing on the corner and asked them to assist him just as he fell. The men carried him to a near- by hotel and when it was seen that his condition was serious a call was sent for an ambulance. Bishop Mc- Cabe did not lose consciousness at any time and while waiting for the am- bulance he drew from his pocket a paper bearing his name and address. SUCCEEDED IN FIRST ATTEMPT. Captured Bank Robber Confesses to Previous Holdup. Great Bend, Kan., Dec. 12.—Joseph S. Kearns, the former Chicago dry goods clerk and newspaper man who was captured here last Saturday after robbing a Great Bend bank in broad daylight, has confessed to having robbed the Midland National bank at Newton, Kan., on the afternoon of Nov. 13, when he locked the clerks and customers, six in all, in the bank vault and escaped with $1,800. Kearns confessed that he sent part of the money secured in the Newton robbery to his mother and sisters at Ann Arbor, Mich. He spent some of it in living at fashionable hotels in Chicago and New York and lost sev- eral hundred dollars in a Chicago gam- blinghouse. He probably will be sur- rendered to the Newton officials for prosecution. SHIPWRECKED IN MIDLAKE FORTY PERSONS SPEND THREE DAYS ON ROCK WITHOUT FOOD OR SHELTER. Fort William, Ont., Dec. 12.—After spending three days and nights on a rock in the middle of lLake Superior without food and shelter from the zero weather forty-one persons, the survivors of the steamer Monarch, reached Port Arthur on the tug Wha- len. One man, James Jakes of Point || Edward, a watchman, was drowned. Most of the survivors are more or less seriously frozen about the hands and feet, but none of them are in a dan- gerous condition. The wreck occurred at 9 o'clock last Thursday night. The compass was frozen and a heavy sea was run- ning, with the night very dark, when the Monarch struck the rock. One hour later theestern was completely under water. Charles H, Elton, a deckhand, was lowered on a line to the rock. He made the vessel fast to a tree and the crew came ashore on the line hand over hand. The passen- gers followed the crew. On the rock no shelter could be found except a wind break, made up of brush. The survivors were without food until Sunday, when a bag of flour was washed ashore from the wreck. The lighthouse keeper made an unsuccessful attempt to reach the rock. Jakes was drowned while at- tempting to enter the yawl from the steamer. Fifteen feet of the steam- er's bow is mow out of water and Captain Robertson fears that the cargo of 1,400 tons of flour and wheat may be a total loss. It is doubtful if the ship itself can be saved. GAS ASPI‘-{VXIATION THE CAUSE. Ex-Governor Moses of South Carolina Found Dead in Bed. ‘Winthrop, Mass., Dec. 12.—Former Governor Franklin J. Moses of South Carolina was found dead in bed at his lodginghouse at Winthrop Beach, death being caused by asphyxiation. ‘When his room was broken into gas was found escaping from a small stove . which was used to heat the place. Ex-Governor Moses was sixty years of age. He had resided in Winthrop for several years and occasionally had acted as moderator at its town meetings. Moses had a varied career and although he once was wealthy it is understood that he died in compara- tive poverty. He was governor of South Carolina in 1870. EVIDENCE KEPT SECRET. Mystery in Gilman Murder Case at Dayton, O. Dayton, O., Dec. 12—Collins and Fayne Gilman were arraigned in Mag- istrate Wagner’s court during the day and pleaded not guilty to the charge "of alding and abetting the murder of their sister Dona. They will be given a preliminary hearing Friday. Collins was returned to jail, while his sister Fayne was freed on her own recogniz- ance by agreement of attorneys and the court. Nothing developed at the arraign- ment -which would indicate what evi- dence the detectives have against the accused. ; " 8ues to Recover Half Million. Chicago, Dec. 12.—City Comptroller McGann has commenced an action to recover $500,000 from former County Treasurer John Hanberg, who, the ‘comptroller alleges, withheld from the city Interest to that amount on' the fimds of the city while held by Han- berg. 7 DEEE PORTO RICAN MESSAGE ISLAND'S AFFAIRS SUBJECT OF A SPECIAL COMMUNICATION FROM PRESIDENT. ) COUNTRY IN PROSPEROUS CONDITION FAVORS FULL CITIZENSHIP FOR PEOPLE BUT NOT COMPLETE SELF-GOVERNMENT. ‘Washington, Dec. 12.—President Roosevelt has gent a special message to congress treating = exclusively of Porto Rican affairs. In opening he ;Speaks highly of the beauty and fertil- ity of the island, as noted in his recent visit, and tells of the great progress made under its present admirable government. In the matter of educa- tion, he declares, the work of the in- sular government is particularly note- worthy. After praising the excellent character of the insular police and of the Porto Rican regiment, all of whom |are natives, he continues: !" “In traversing the island even the most cursory survey leaves the be- holder struck with the evident rapid growth in the culture both of the sugar cane and tobacco. The fruit industry is also growing. Last year was the has ever known before or since the American occupation. The total ot exports and imports of the island was 1$45,000,000 as against $18,000,000 in 1901. This is the largest in the isl- and’s history. Prior to the American occupation the greatest trade for any one year was that of 1896, when it reached nearly $23,000,000. Last year, therefore, there was double the trade that there was in the most prosperous year under the Spanish regime. There were 210,273 tons of sugar exported last year, of the value of $14,186,319; $3,555,163 of tobacco and 28,290,322 pounds of coffee of the value of $3, 1481,102. Unfortunately, what used to \be Porto Rico’s prime crop—coffee— ‘lms not shared this prosperity. It has Inever recovered from the disaster ot the hurricane and, moreover, the ben- efit of throwing open our market to it has not compensated for the loss in- flicted by the closing of the markets |to it ‘abroad. I call your attention to the accompanying memorial on this isubject by San Juan board of trade. “There is a matter to which I wish to call your especial attention and that is the desirability of conferring |full American citizenship upon - the !people of Porto Rico. I most earnestly {hope that this will be done. I can not 'see how any harm can possibly result from it and it seems to me a matter ot right and justice to the people of Porto Rico. They are loyal, they are glad to be under our flag, they are making rapid progress along the path of orderly liberty. Surely we should show our appreciation of them, our ‘pride in what they have done and our Ipleasure in extending recognition for ,what has thus been done by granting |them full American citizenship. Opposes Complete Home Rule. i “Under the wise administration ot the present governor and council marked progress has been made in the ‘dlfllnul! matter of granting to the peo- \ple of the island the largest measure ‘of self-government that can with |safety be given at the present time. It ywould have been a very serious mis- itake to have gone any faster than we |have already gone in this direction. |The Porto Ricans have complete and {absolute.autonomy in all their munic- |ipal governments, the only power over them possessed by the insular govern. ment being that of removing corrupt or incompetent municipal officials. It is not a power with which it would be safe, for the sake of the island itself, to dispense at present. The lower house is absolutely elective, while the upper house is appointive. scheme is working well; no injustice of any kiud results from it and great ‘heneflt to the island and it should cer-! tainly not be changed at this time. The machinery of the elections is ad- ministered entirely by the Porto Rican people - themselves, the governor and council keeping only such aupervision a8 is necessary in order to insure an' ‘orderly election. Any protest as to, lelectoral frauds is settled in the| courts. Here again it would not be !safe to make any change in the pres- ient system. The elections this year were absolutely orderly, unaccom- panied by any disturbance; and no protest has been made against the management of the elections, although three contests are threatened where the majorities were very smail and errer was claimed; the contests, of course, to be settled in the courts. In short, the governor and council are co-operating with all of the most en- |people of Porto Rico in educating the most prosperous year that the island This lightened and .most patriotic of the, citizens of the island in the principles' HAS AN INCOME OF $60,000,000. Rockefeller's Wealth Increases $164, 000 Every Day of the Ve New York, Dec. 12—From an au- thority that should be absolute John D. Rockefeller’s annual income has been told for the first time authen- tically. It will be $60,000,000 when the year 1906 closes. Henry H. Rogers and John D. Arch- bold were talking with a prominent financier when the subject came up of how fast the oil king's millions were piling on one another. Said Mr. Rogers: “I know for a fact Mr. Rockefeller’s income this year will be $60,000,000.” Mr. Archbold assented, These two men are closer to John D. Rockefel- ler’s finances than any other two men in the world. Mr. Rockefeller’'s income every day of the year, therefore, is $164,383.52. Every hour of the twenty-four, waking or sleeping, playing golf or skating, sitting in church or superintending his new house at Pocantico John D. Rockefeller is sure that $6,840.98 is accumulating for him. This is at the rate of $114 a minute. His fortune accumulates at the rate of $1.90 every time the clock ticks. OPPOSED TO HURRIED ACTION. Senate Committee Not Likely to Re- port Currency Bill. ‘Washington, Dec. 12.—Currency legislation at the present session of congress is unlikely if a discussion held in the senate committee on finance may be taken as an indication. The committee spent considerable time in talking of the necessity of cur- rency legislation, but did not have before it any of the several hills which have been advocated for pas- sage at this session. The sentiment, it is said, is opposed to the hurried 1 passage of a bill such as might result | if a measure were pressed at a short session of congress. TWO NOMINATIONS HELD uP SENATE INSISTS ON LEARNING WHEN SHAW AND HITCHCOCK INTEND TO RETIRE. ‘Washington, Dec. 12.—Before the senate confirms the nominations of George B. Cortelyou to be secretary of the treasury and James R. Garfield to be secretary of the interior the sen- ate commitiee on finance will insist upon learning from President Roose- velt when Secretaries Shaw and Hitch- cock intend to retire, The committee has declined to make favorable re- ports on these nominations until word shall be received from the president. Failure to act on the nominations does not indicate hostility to Messrs. Cortelyou and Garfield. The opinion was held by all members of the com- mittee present that a dangerous prece- dent would be established if these | nominations were confirmed without a definite understanding as to when the men are to assume office and when they are to vacate the places they now hold in the government service. Politicai questions, it is declared, did not enter into the discussion in any manner. BODY ALIVE WITH REPTILES. Actress Dead as Result of Swallowing Chameleon. Omaha, Dec. 12.—As the result of swallowing a live chameleon as an advertisement Louise Douglas, former- 1y a well known comic opera actress, is dead here. An hour before her death two live chameleons crawled from the woman’s mouth and physi- clans say her body is alive with the little reptiles. Two years ago Louise - Douglas, whose real name was Mrs. Harry F. Lee, swallowed a chameleon and re- ceived much advertising therefrom. But soon afterward she began failing and left the stage. She has been in a hospital in Omaha for more than a year. The nurse at the hospital in which the woman died is authority for the story that two of the reptiles crawled from the dying woman’s mouth. | ADMITS FORGERY CHARGE. Son of Former Pension Commissioner Raum Under Arrest. | Peorla, M, ‘Dec. 12 Daniel F. Raum, a prominent lawyer of this city and a son of Green B. Raum, ex-com- missioner. of pensions of the United States, stands accused of being a forger in ‘the sum of $10,000. It is charged he executed false mortgages on Knox county land and F. O. Cun- ningham, a money broker, is the com- plainant. the state’s attorney, admitting his guilt. He was immediately placed in the county jail. Son Fatally Shoots Father, New York, Dec. 12.—Because his Raum has surrendered to.|! I\VVE DANCE 'of orderly liberty. They are provid: father had kept him in the grammar ing a government based upon each Schools while the boy was older and ' respect of all citizens; that is, based Whipped him when he falled in his lupon a rigid observance of the prin: ' lessons William Weedon, aged sixteen ,ciples of justice and honesty. It has years, shot and probably fatally wound- nnt been easy. to instill into the minds" ed his father, John Weedon, at their ' 'of people unaccustomed to the exer- home in Glendale, L. . The boy was 'cise of freedom: the two 'basic prin- arrested. ciples of our American system; the; principle that the majority must rule 'and the principle that the minority Shah's Condition Hopeless. Constantinople, Dec. 12.—An official /has rights which must not be disre-| dispatch from Teheran, Persia, dated { xurded or. trampled upon. Yet realIDec. 10, says that the German spe- progress hns been made In hnvln; clalist whn 18 tending the shah of these principles accepted as elemen- ! Persia has pronounced the ‘latter’s tary, as the'foundations of successful | tondition to be hopeless, adding that self-government.” | he cannot survive many weeks. lcitizen’s self-respect and the mutual larger than others in that grade and | MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Dec. 11.—Wheat—Dec., 78%c; May, 81%@81%c; July, 82c. On track—No. 1 hard, 82c; No. 1 Northern, 81c; No. 2 Northern, 78% @ 79¢; No. 3 spring, 75@176c. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Dec. 11.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common to good, $3.25@4.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.560@4.50; veals, $4.00@ 5.50. Hogs—$5.90@6.00. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.50@5.25; good to prime spring lambs, $6.50@7.25. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Dec. 11.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, 80%c; No. 1 Northern, 79%c; No. 2 Northern, 78%c; Dec., 78%@79c; May, 81% @ 813;c; July, 82%c. Flax—To arrive, on track and in store, $1.21; Dec., $1.- 205 Jan., §1.21; May, $1.24%. CANNOT SELL HIS TOBACCO. Grower Who Pooled His Crop With Society of Equity. Owensboro, Ky., Dec. 12—In a de- cision just handed down Judge Birk- head holds that a tobacco grower who pools his crop with the American So- ciety of Equity has no right to sell his tobacco except with the consent of the society. He granted the injunc- tion asked to restrain the sale in question. Support Elastic Currency Bill. Washington, Dec. 12.—The currency commission of the American Bankers’ association appeared before the bank- ing and currency committee of the house during the day in support of the elastic currency bill supported by the association. James B. Forgan of the First National bank of Chicago and A."B. Hepburn of the Chase National bank of New York were the principal speakers. Six Fingered Monkeys. In several places in Cape Colony and the Orange Free State of South Africa caves - have been discovered which ylelded hundreds of mummified re- malins of a queer specles of six fingered monkeys. All of the full grown spec- imens of this remarkable race bave the tail situated high up on the back— from three to five inches farther up than on the modern monkey—and other distinguishing marks, such as two sets of canine teeth, beards on the males, ete. Municipal Newspaper. Dresden is one of the few cities pos- sessing a municipal newspaper, and this was bequeathed to the city by the late Dr. Gunt. The bequest Is a very valuable property and consists of a dally newspaper, which In consequence of its extensive circulation is the prin- clpal advertising medium in the neigh- borhood. The profits are applied to the beautifying and improvement of the city and to charity. The. German I and You. It is surprising when any one takes the trouble to notice how many letters begin with the pronoun “L” To Ger- mans this is egotistical, and their eti- quette in letter writing forbids it. It is probably on the same prineiple that they write I (ich) always with a small letter and you (Sie) with a capital, re- versing the English custom. Character. The first thing that a human being should recognize about himself is that his character !s his distinguishing fea- ture. It is not the amount of money, the amount of power, the amount of brains, that a man has, but his char- acter. A Chinese Duel. 2 A Chinaman was killed recently in Bangkok in a duel with another of his race. The Chinese method of dueling is interesting, bui does not seem dead- ly. These two Bangkok Chinamen fought with the two forefingers of each hand, stabbing each other with these In the region of the spleen and at the same level on the other side of the body. The men who go in for this kind of contest practice every morn- Ing, stabbing bags of rice or paddy ‘with these fingers till they can use them like a plece of iron. Death by Boiling. _ In old England; before the law was passed which prohibited “cruel and un- usual forms of punishment,” murder: ers were often condemned to death by boiling. - In such cases the vietimg were chained in large kettles of cold water, which was gradually heated until it caused the flesh to drop from the bones. The last English victim of the “bolling death” was one Rouse, 3 cook, who, it was alleged, had killed seventeen persons. Talked Shop. “I spent a pleasant half hour in a barber’s chair yesterday.” “How was that?” “Listening to the barber’s story of | how his brother went suddenly insane and slashed -a customer. The barber I explained between strokes that insanity jran In his family.”—Columbus Press- ; Post, i Anonymous. 3 Schoolmaster—“Anonymous’. means without a name. Give me a sentence showing you understand how to use the word. Small Boy—Our ‘new baby {18 anonymous.—Chums. * Propitions. An English dally had the following adyertisement: “Wanted—A gentleman 15:1 undertake the sale of a patent med-( ne. | ‘will be profitable to Christian Late News of the World By Wire Domestxc--Forexgn- Fmancxal--Socnal Political and Commercial i The .advertiser _mrnheu 1t \ BHSESSSEG O % ESCORTED TO FRONTIER 25 FRENCH OFFICIALS CAUSE AR- REST AND EXPULSION OF PA- PAL REPRESENTATIVE. WILL ENFORCE NEW CHURCH LAW ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS AND PRIESTS ORDERED TO EVAC- UATE RESIDENCES. Paris, Dec. 12.—After a meeting of the cabinet ministers it was an- nounced that on Dec. 14 Premier Clem- | enceau will ask parlinment 4o surmres the pensions of the ¥ the public property | st distribute the presb; s ete. War Minister Pie: 1o i { the recruiting office et clesiastical students to present their certificates at once. Those who fail to do so by Dec. 20 will be ordered to join the colors Jan. 7. The order affects 5,500 students. H Mgr. Montagnini, secretary of the papal nunciature here since the recall - of the nuncio, was arrested during the afternoon upon an order expelling him from France and will be conduct- ed to the frontier at once. The residence of Mgr. Montagnini was searched by the police. lmmense < quantities of documents found at the “ nunciature were seized and taken to police headquarters. A courier from the papal secretary of state, Cardinal Merry del Val, bear- ing dispatches from Rome, was turned back at the frontier during the day. Among the other measures the cab- inet proposes to introduce in parlia- ment Dec. 14 is a bill authorizing the government to expel ecclesiastics whose presence is considered danger- ous to the public peace. Formal notice was served during 1 the day on Cardinal Richard, arch- bishop of Paris, and the bishops and parish priests of this department, that they must evacuate their residences at once. Similar notices were served on the clergy in the other departments noti- fying them to leave their residences on Thursday or Friday. IN FRANCE. HISTORIC DAY Church and State Separated After Un- - ion of Many Centuries. Paris, Dec. 12.—This is an historic day for France. The struggle which began in 1880 with the banishment of the Jesuits has ended with the legal -rupture of the bond which for prac- tically 1,000 uninterrupted years had united church and state. By refusing to make the required declaration un- der the public meeting law of 1881 public Catholic worship, except by schismatic organizations, becomes il- legal at midnight. But, on the eve of the struggle, it is becoming more apparent that both the government officials and higher ec- clesiasts are resisting the advice of the intemperate. Minister of Publie Worship Briand announces that the government “cannct be driven into the trap of closing the churches” and Cardinal Richard, archbishop of Paris, = has strongly censured the placarding B - of appeals to the clericals to make violent resistance to the officers of the law. “No violence,” he says, *but passive resistance to the unjust law, after exhausting all protests at every step.” Cardinal Richard and many of the bishops already have begun the re- moval of their private effects from the episcopal mansions and the clergy are preparing to leave their rectories and move into hired lodgings. It is amn- nounced that the parish priests have received very many offers of places in which to hold religious services, but 2 there is not the slightest indication that they intended to take advantage of the sole remaining chance to retain their churches, namely, by making the declarations called for by the law. The government continues to pre- sent a calm front, although the minis- ters realize that additional legislative power will be necessary if serious trouble occurs. Receivers have been appointed . everywhere to assume charge of the sequestered property and three policemen will be stationed at the doors of each of the churches to report violations of the law. ITALY CONGRATULATES FRANCE. Resolution Adopted by the Chamber of Deputies. Rome, Dec. 12.—Signor Mirabelli, Republican, at the opening of the day’s session of the chamber of depu- ties, introduced a resolution, which was adopted, to the effect that the chamber sends its warm congratula- tions to France on the anti-clerical policy which it is following “as tend- ing to secularize the state and render the human conscience independent.” BIRDSONG " JURY DEADLOCKED. Asks Court to Be Discharged, but Re- quest Is Denied. Harzelhurst, Miss.,, Dec. 12.—The { fury in the Mrs. Birdsong trial, after having been out twenty-four hours, asked the judge to discharge them, as they could not agres, but they were sent back for further consideration. Just how the jury stands was not defi- nitely. lemed, 8 statement that it