Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1901, Page 1

omboers of Upper Heuss of Cengress Ha at Work on Propesed Laws. DRASTIC MEASURES ON AVARCHISM e/ Sevensl Bills Are Introduod 2%, for the Death Penmalty. HALE WANTS STATEHOOD FOR OKLAHOMA Rei ment of the Geary Ex Act Urged by Ledge. HANSBROUGH" In & Measnre Projosed Lodge Plan (s Devised Providing Revenuea for the Philip. pine Inlands by Seu WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Practically the entire time of the senate today was devoted to the introductlon of bills and resolutions. Two of these measures, relating to the sup- presston of anarchy and the dealing with anarchists, were allowed to lie on the table that their authors, Mr. McComas of Maryland and Mr. Vest of Missourl, may bring them to the early attention of the wenate. The Isthmian canal report 'was transmitted to the senate by the president and several bills providing for the construc- tion of the waterway, one of them by Morgan of Alabama, who has led the move- ment for the canal in the past, were pre- sente To Punish Anarchists. Senator Hoar today introduced a bill for the protection of the president, which pro- vides as tollows: That any perso who shall within the Jimits of ‘the United Statew or any place wibject to the jurixdiction thereof, willfully kill or cause the death of the president of the United States, or any officer thereof, or shall kill or cause the death of th, ruler or chlef magistrate of uny foreign ntry, shall fshed with death That any person who shall. within the i he United States or any place the Jurisdiction thereof, make an attempt on the life of the president of the United States or any officer thereof, or who shall make an attempt on the life of the ruler or chief muglstrate of any llnlr‘i.un coantry, shall be punished with death Treat with Ae plices. That any person who shall within the States. or any plice NUmits of the United Aubject to the jurisdiction thereof, advise the Killing of the president of the United officer thereof, or shall con- States or any Apire to accomplish the same; or who shall Iing of the ruler advise or counsel the kil or chief magistrate of any forelgn coun- accomplish the conspire to be punished by imprisonment ' cding twenty years. That any person who has conspired as aforewald may be indicted and ®eparately, aithough the parties, to the or_convicted person wno shall willfully and knowingly ald in the escape from puni ment of Wiy person guilty of efther of the ncts mentioned in the foregolng sections shall be deemed an accomplice after the nd #hall be punished as a principal, h the other party, or parties, to #ald_offense xhall not bo indicted or con- victed Hansbrough's Irrigation Bl Senator Hansbrough reintroduced his {rri- ation bill of last sewslon with various amendments. 1t provides for the setting side of the money derived from the sale of public lands in the arld and wemi-arid reglons of the United States and the col- lection of thesc moneys in a fund to bo used for the reclamation of the arid lands. The secretary of the interior s given charge of this fund and of all the details of its collection and expenditure. He is authorized to make surveys and construct reservoirs where necessary and to condemn the lands necessary to do so. Water is to be distributed and persons whose lands are benefited are to pay for the eame, the funds thus collected to go futo the reclamation fund. Senator Hans- brough has borrowed one section from the Newlands bill, providing that nothing in the proposed law sball be allowed to confilet with state laws beariog on the subject of irrigation. The secretary of the interior fs authorized to iImmediately designate what are arld and sewi-arld lands. Statehood for Oklahoma, Senator Hale refntroduced the Pacific able bill as it passed at the last session of congress. It provides for the construc- tlon by the government of a cable from the western coast of the United States to Ha- wail. Senator Fairbanks today introduced a bill for the admission of Oklahoma s a stato and providing that the capital shall be lo- cated at a town to be called McKinley, in honor of the late president. Nevenue for Philippines. Senator Lodge Introduced a bill to provide revenues for the Philippine islands. It pro- vides that the tariff passed by the Philip- Ppine commission September 1, 1901, and ap- proved by the secretary of war shall re- main in full force and effect. This covers goods golng into the islands. Section 2 of the bill provides for levy- ing the same duty and tariff on goods coming Into the United States from the Philippine islands (hat are now collected from forelgn countries. Sectlon 3 provides ordared, statutory that, until otherwise laws of the United States shall not be in force in the Phil- ippines, except as ordered by tppine commission Section 4 provides lected In paid into the Philippine Enforce Geary Aet, Senator Lodge today introduced a bill providing for the removal of the ten years' limitation on the Chin exclusion act thus leaving the provisions of the Geary act in force. That act, which was ap- proved May 5, 1882, excluded the Chinesn indefnitely, but the Scott act of November 3, 1848, limited the exclusion to ten years Tn case there is no legislation in the mean- time the ten years' lmit would expive next May. Senator Lodge's bill is briet and is as follows That so much of section 1 of the act of CONEress approve N 186, “To prevent the ming persons ite the United States,' HUmits t ox- eluslon of sald Chinese' persors (o ten vedrs from the passage of sald act of May 6. 1642, 15 hereby repealed In addition to Senator Lodge's bill for the continued exclusion of Chinese, similar bills were presented by Senators Mitchell, Fulrbanks, Stewart, Quay and Penrose Senator Mitchell's bill also applies to tho exclusion of Japanese and Filipinos and their descondants, as well as to the de- ecendants of Chinese. that all duties col- (reasury Deport Anarchists, nator Burrows today introduced a bill $Continued on Second Page.) U8 BILL FOR IRRIGATION | Mr. | the Phil- | the Philippine (siands stall be | LABORI Light Thr tween FINALLY wn oon Alleged Breach Bee Dreyfus and His At PARIS, Dec. 4 of interest in the several The recen Dreyfus case has created which, while they do not affect the question of the innocence of Dreyfus, throws interesting light on the subsequent relations of Drayfus, Rein ‘ach aborl, ‘Plequart and others ‘nach’s withdrawal of his brief Maitre Labori in the suit o former by Mme. Henry was the bat drew attention to the rup- b a them. Labori about the sam published an article in the Grande which he edited, on the political in which he pointed ant that the Dreyfus affair was closed by the fact that Dreyfus had accepted a pardon acquiescing to this settlement and in a cepting settlement Labori concluded that Dreyfus' friends had removed the question from a high moral plane personalities and that the Dreyfus question had ceased to be human and universal These declarations Indicated a rupture be tween Labori and Dreyfus Labori today breaks silence in an | publis by the Journal, the first of | serfes which he announced, entitled “My Explanation.”” What he says today is not of the first importance is evidently a prelude to interesting revelations regard ing his relations with Dreyfus and Refnach | He says that he ceased to be counsel for | Dreytus a vear ago, at the request of the | Dreyfus family, and that in view of di vergence of opinion as to the conduct of the Dreyfus trial and the subsequent amnesty question he asked Reinach in October, 1899 to allow him to relinquish his briefs in the Henry and other cases, but Reinach ap- pealed L. his devotion, pointing out (he grave cffects of a public separation between them Laborl concludes with saying thut he has endured the calumnies of his adversaries for years past, but to allew himselt to be caluminated by clients or friends of clients, as o the Echo de Paris article, which he knows came through an authorized in- formant, is too much to expect from his ab- negation. He will reply thercto in the next article, GOVERNMENT HOLDS COLON Inhabitants Guily Celehrate the Re- apture of the Caplital iy, recrudescence cldents | ture time Revue, situation into one of pure article COLON, Dec. 4—The British oruiser Tribune, which sailed from here Sunday with the British consul on board, has re- turned to Colon from Bocas del bringing news that the latter town is in the hands of the government and that inbabitants are gaily celebrating the re capture of Colon, Captain Galloway of Tribune and Mr. Hudson, the British consul, have gone to Panama on a special train to make a com- plaint to the government of the alleged {ll-treatment of Tribune's boatswain by Colomblan soldiers at Bocas del They claim that no punishment was iu- flicted on the offenders. Tribune had a boatload of armed men ready to land in case of necessity. i Bocas del Toro is a banana town, where American, British and other foreign inter- ests are supreme, especially the first men- tioned. The peace commission, composed of a representative of prominent liberals of Panama, a representative of the Colombian government and General de la Rosa, retary ot General Dimingo, who started for the Interfor to interview Generals Diaz and Lugo and induce them to glve up the struggle and return to Panama, re- turned to that city today. The commis- sioners saw General Diaz, who agrees lay down his arms and come to Panama under the same conditions which were agreed upon at the time of the surrender of Colon. General de la Rosa, who surrendered Colon to the government forces, will, it is reported, be appointed a commissioner to &0 to Tumaco for the purpose of arranging an exchange of prisoners. DENIED RUMOR PROVES TRUE Re, ed Duel Between Major Van ots und Prince Henry Sub- atantiated, AMSTERDAM, Dec. 4.—In apite of offi- clal denials investigations show there is substantinl foundation for the story of a duel having been 'fought between Prince Henry of The Netherlands, husband of Queen Wilhelmina, and Major Van Tots, the queen's aide-de-camp. It appears that dinner at Het Loo her majesty was hurt by some Inattention on the part of the prince and spoke to him sharply. Prince Henry retorted offensively, whereupon Ma- jor Van Tots made a remark regarding the impropriety of the prince consort's conduct. A quarrel followed between the aide-de-camp and the prince, who had been drinking freely, and a duel with swords was fought after dinmer. Van Tots was wounded. He has. since been removed to Utrecht to be operated upon. The same incident gave rise to another duel between Prince Henry and a gentleman of court. The latter was slightly wounded. GOLD BASIS IS INEVITABLE Gradua fu Stiver in MEXICO CITY, Dec. 4.—The rapid rise in exchange, as shown by the gold premium, is the theme of discussion in financial and | business circles. Some baukers regard the depression in silver as temporary and hope | for a speedy reaction. Others less sanguine | polnt to the fact that for elghteen years there has been on the whole a constant downward tendency and the expression of | the bellef that eventually Mexico will have to come to a kold basis is common New York exchange stands at 132 pre- mium and this seriously affects importers. Several heavy orders about to be sent to | the United States have been held back pend- | lug @ more settled state of exchange. On | the other hand. the low price for silver is very favorable to American capitalists buy- ing property here. MISS STONE IS SNOWBOUND Invesuigntion Proves that She Has een in Ellldreth CONSTANTINOPLE, Deo. 4—The recent sllence of Miss Ellen M. Stone, the cap- tive Amierican missionary, is largely attrib- luted to the unusually heavy snows. A | minute investigation of the Ellidreth val- ley, where the captives are reported to have been buried, has nearly been completed, but fails to show that Miss Stone and her companion, Mme. Tsilka, were ever iu (hat district, brought | In | Toro, | its | Tora. | to | the | OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING Manning is | | l EXPLAINS | DROPS ON PRESIDENT RICKEY Western League Deposes Him and Eleots James Whitfiel TEBEAU ALSO HEARS SOMETHING FALL en Kansas City Fran- chine and Denver's to he Awnrded=Frost Strik non of st Leme nul. ST. JOSEPH, Dec. 4.—(Special Tela- gram.)—~The Western base ball league Is still in business and will be conducted dur- ing the coming season practically as it was last, according to the statements of a ma jority of the league members, who held « warm wession in one of the parlors of the Hotel Metropole this afternoon. Pre T. J. Hickey was practically deposed fames Whitfleld of Kansas City elected his nccessor Up to this afternoon President Thomas J. Hickey of the Western league and George Tebeau, who were the prime movers in the organization of the American assoclation in Chicago a few daye ago, were confident that tho Western league was & thing of the past. The league lives and President Hickey and Mr. Tebeau e today per- mitted to resign President George elub, Lennon of the St who has been closely Mr. Tebeau and Mr. Hickey, was dropped from (he league. The Paul franchise Will be retained by the league President Hickey called the meeting to a little after 3 o'clock. Those present were: George Tebeau of Kaneas City, A B. Beall of Minneapolis, William Rourke of Omaha, Frank Flynn of Des Moines, Thomas Burns of Colorado Springs and W. T. Van Brunt of Joseah. Mr. Tebeau assume He endeavored t Paul identified with st to represent Denver recall his resignation from Kansas City and sought to have the transfer of the Denver franchise from Packard to himself ratified, but failed in both instances. Ho represented by Judge Charles Strop of this clty was the recognition of his alleged rights in the Denver club, The members told Mr. Tebeau own and control Nicho! of the meeting promptiy that other man would the Denver franchise. Captains Charles Nichols, pitcher of the Boston team, appeared before the meeting and asked to be recognized as an applicant for the Kansas City franchise, acting, as he did, in the name of James Manning. His request was granted and Mr. Nichole will be the manager and captain of the Kansas City team. The transfer of the Colorado Springs franchise from Thomas Hulen to Thomas F. Burns was ratified The report of President Thomas J. Hickey showed in the treasury and inquiry on the part of one of the magnates devel- oped the fact that Mr. Hickey had just drawn his last month's salary, the point be- ing that he was drawing pay from the Western league all the time that he was or- ganizing the American association. James Whitfleld, the newly electell presi- dent, took his seat and Mr. Hickey retired from the room. Mr. Whitfleld ealled a meeting of the league for 8 o'clock tonight, when the work for the coming season was entered upon. Mr. Rourke, owner of the Omaha franchise and who had purchased a franchise in the American association, fs 1o be the center of the fire from the Amer- fean people. He served notice upon Mr. Hickey today that he would not accept the franchise, glving as his reasons that Hickey and Mr. Tebeau had already en deavored to make a deal with at least two other cities to adtept the Omaha franchise later on, leaving Mr. Rourke entirely out in the cold Two Teams in Omaha, Thomas J. Hickey, late president of the Western league, gave out the followlng statement. tonight: “We closed last year's business and I tendered my resignation, as 1 had intended to do, and it was accepted Mr. Rourke of Omaha has withdrawn from the American association, but the impres- slon that Minneapolis would withdraw was erroneous. Minneapolis will stay in the American association. We will put a club in Omaha and the circuit will stand as originally arranged. My headquarters will be at Chicago, and all plans made two months ago will be carried into effect. [ will leave St. Joseph as soon as I can get my business affairs cleared up.” This Indicates that Omaha will have two teams, Rourke's in the Western league, Hickey's in the American association. Protection of Na Kansas City, 4200 1 Demanded, The league officials at the night session were at work until midnight, going over detail matters. It was decided to main- tain clubs at Minneapolis, St. Paul, Omaha | and Kansas City, regardloss of the actions of the American assoclation. President P. T. Powera of the National association was notifled by wire tonight that the Western league claimed all the territory it held dur- Ing the last year and that the territory would continue to be clalmad under tbe five-year contract. The board of directors was increased from three to five with the president as chair- man. The members are: James H. Man- ning, Kansas City; W. A. Rourke, Omaha; Thomas F. Burns, Colorado Springs, and W. T. Van Brunt, St. Joseph The president's salary was Increased trom $1,500 10 $2,000 a year. President (. B. Powers of the Western assoclation was nogified that all the rules of the Natlonal would be enforced. The meeting adjourned to the second Tuesday of Januar SCORES SENATOR HEITFELD Idaho Po Again Chatrman Protests ROISE. Idaho, Dec. 4.—Chairman D Andrews of the populist state commitie night gave (o the press a copy of tter written to Senator to the latter's suggestion that the state committee be summoned to meet and take steps to disband the organization, The chairman flatly refuses to covsider such a proposal and declares he has the support of the populists of the state in the stand he has taken ADVANCE IN PRICE OF LUMBER rmous Demand Sends Bullding Matert Top Notch, H to- a very Seale Up to ot MI APOLIS, Dec, 4.—~The price list committee of the Mississippi Valley Lum- bermen’s assoclation today agreed ad- vance the price of lumber from 30 cents $3 a thousand ording to grade. A similar advance made July . The committer says the immense demand is re- sponsible for the actiom to and eays | | he will go into court to endeavor to compel Mr. | Heitfeld in | IURY CONVICTS SALISBURY Clty Atorney of Grand Rapids, Mich, Found Guilty on the Bribers Chi GRAND RAPIDE, Mich,, Dec. 4-—The su- perior jury in the bribery case againat Cliy Attorney Lant K. Salisbury réiurned a ver- dict of gulity today after deliberating all night Salisbury was indicted by che grand jury last summer on the charge of accepting a bribe of $75,000 for his assistanee in pushing through a deal by which the eity of Grand Rapids was to award to eastern capitalists a $4,000,000 contract for furnishing the eity with water from Lake Michigan One of the trial's sensational features wa | the charge of prosecution that State Senator George Nichols, one of Sallsburs's attor- had attempted to bribe the people’s principal witness, Indicted with Salishury were Henry A Taylor, a young New York millionaire, At torney Thomas McGarry and 8tilson V. M | Leod Tudge Newham of the Superior court today denied (he motion to quash the con tempt proceedings agalnst State Senator George Nichols, charged with trying to bribe the people’s chief witness while acting for Lant K. Salisbury, who was convicted today of bribery. He ordered the contempt proceadings stayed and directed the proxe- cuting attorney to proceed against Mr. Nichols on the charge of subornation of perfury | neys was fndicted in Chi- larceny on & charge pre- him by Guy €. Barton of discussing the conviction of lisbury, L. F. Crofoot, attorney for Guy Barto stated that Salishury's convie- | tion in Michigun will probably prevent him from being tried on the charga upon which | be was indicted in Chicago. | "“Although the charges are entirely dif- [ ferent, I do not see bow the man can be brought to trial In Chicago after the turn his case has taken in the Michigan courts. It Lant K. Salisbury cago for grand ferred again: Omaha. In ) ed in Michigan, for he has the most | marvelous political pull of any man 1 ever | knew He ix at the head of a political ring which is most Invincible,” sald Mr. Cro- toot — SOLDIERS DIE COMING HOME Vessels Land at San Frawelsco with oops from Phil- ippines, SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 4.—The transport | Hancock arrived today from Mantla. In ad- | dition to the passengers and soldiers taken on at Manila Hancock brought those trans- ferred from Warren, which In turn had taken them from Sheridan at Nagasaki | Both Sheridan and Warren met with acci- dents, and when Hancock started from Kobe 1t ran on a sandbar, but escaped with slight Injury. Among Hancock's passen- gers were Congressmen Weeks and Dar- mond. Hancock brought 900 soldiers, iueluding casuals, sick and discharged. There were two deaths on Hancock, and | g the twenty-seven bodies on hourd #te those of weveral soldiers who passed sn¥s 6n Sheri- dan and Warren. Willis G. Ha#fman of Company K. Third infantry, died of dysen- tery November 25, and on the same day Mary C. Solon, a colored servant, suc- cumbed Lo tuberculosis. X The men who died on Sheridan were Cor- poral E. E. Manning of Company L, Bighth lintantry: Daniel M. Martin, Company Sixteenth infantry; J. E. Watkins, Company L, Fifth infantry. The deaths which oc- curred on Warren were those of Andrew N, Denton, warine corps; William . Willis, Thirty-first coast artillery; Willlam Good, Twentleth {nfantr James A. Wilbourne, Forty-fifth Infantry, U. 8. V., and Fred Jones, Sixth cavalry. Lieutenant Freeman of the Twenty-first infantry roturned on Hancock with the re- matns of his wife, who died from typhoid fever. The bodies of Lieutenant A. T. Crockett, Twenty-firet infantry, and Licutenant James C. Willlams of the Twenty-first in- fantry were also brought home. MUST STAND BY PLATFORM Norman K, Mack of New York Depre- | es Perfodical Changes by ! Demo: | | LAKEWOOD, J., Dec. 4.—National Democratic Committeeman Norman E. Mack of New York sald today, with reter- ence to the McClellan and Fitzgerald res- olution, that the democratic national plat- form of 1600 would stand until a new one was made and nothing but harm and dis ruption to the party could come from any | attempt to change it until it is done by the | representatives of all states in the con- vention of 1904, for unless the democrats of the eastern states stand by the last declaration of the party, dominated by the southern and western states, there would be no good reason why the south and west should abide by the national platform dom= inated by the eastern states in 1904, if they should succeed in controlltng and dominat ing the convention “The fact of the matter fs," he said, “that the democratic party cannot afford to change their national platform eve minute. If they do not stand by the pres- ent one for four years what assurance will the people have that they will stand by the next one for four years? I don't mean by this that the 1904 campaign should not he conducted on entirely different {ssues than that of 1500." ALL TRACTION LINES MERGE tie ittnh | Corporation Formed in & Becomes Effective First of Year. PITTSBURG, Dec. 4.—The stockholders of the Philadelphia company met here to- day and concluded one of the largest deals in the history of Pittsburg, whereby all but one traction line in Allegheny county, the West End company, will come under the coutrol of the Philadelphia company The stockholders voted to increase the capital stock of the company from $21,000, 000 to $36,000,000 and the authorized bond issue from $6,500,000 to $22,000,000. The consolidation will be effected January 1, IMPLEMENT MEN FIGHT TRUSTS Strong Resolutl Introdu Meeting of the Association Held at Wichit | | WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 4.—At a meeting of the Implement Dealers’ association of the northwest today, D. W. Blaine of Pratt introduced a resolution calling on the mem | bers of the association and other mercantile concerns to organize non-partisan anti-trust leagues and to turn down aps congres man who will not pledge himself to anti jtrust legislation. Resolution was adopted. | was a surprise to me that he was con- | M, | SETTLE NEBRASKA OFFICES Senater Millard Plans to Ead Several Coy tests for Postmaster. STANTON IS AMONG THE WAITING ONES | Kearney May Go to Kersey 0. Holme: | Constn of Mark Western Toples In W ington, anna=Various he (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec, 4.—(Special Tele- graw.)—“It ‘is my intention to settle some postoffices in the next few days,” suid Sen ator Millard tonight, “but the Stanton office | is not one of the offices to be ached im- mediately.” Senator Millard still hesitates over a decision between the two contend ing forces, hoping th one or the other will capltulate and that an agreement will | be reached upon a man who Wil be mu- {tually satisfactory It is reported among Nebraskans here that Senator Millard | notified Chairman Robinson of the Buffalo | county republican central committes that he has declded to appoint Kersey 0. Holm postmaster at Kearney, to take effect Jan uary 14, when the term of the present in- cumbent expires. Mr. Holmes Is first cousin of Senator Marcus A. Hanna. He has been one In a field of sev ecandidates Shat Out, a n Bar Assoclation “I made application for the use of the upper poriion of the new postoffice building at Omaha for th Bar sald Mr. Millard, “but was told that it was against public policy W. E. Annin, superintendent of the wes ern division of rural free de in Washington today, accompanied Charles E. Llewellyn, inspector for Ne- braska. Annin has been called east on matters affecting his division and Mr Lieweilyn comes to meet his brother, Major Llewellyn, a former Nebraskan, now of Mexico. Captain Charles W. State livery, arrived by Taylor of the Ninth cavalry, now stationed at the Soldiers’ home In this city, will be given his ma- jority in all probability in the next list of army appointments tho Captain Tuylor was quartermaster at Fort Robinson, Neb, when that post was buil and he is hoping that good fortune way strike him again and send bim back to Nebraska Instead of the Philippines. He still suffers from wounds received at San Juan hill, Cuba, but says he is ready for any service. Leasing of in Ira Hatch, Indian agent at reservation, South Dakota, at the | Indian office, where he was presented to Commssioner Jones by Representative Burke. Mr. Hatch i here in regard to the leasing of lands on the reservations com- prising the Cheyenne River age He says the Indians are willing to lease their lands for cattle grazing at the rate of $1 | & head. They do not favor the permit sys- | tem, which involves leases for & term of { years. The plan of allowing cattle to graze at §1 a head is in forco in mauy of the Sloux rexervatious amdl will be puc inte { effect at Cheyenne River. Senator Gamble of South Dakota intro- duced bills today for the erection of a pub- lic building at Deadwood, for the estab- lshment of a national soldiers’ home at Hot Springs and for tho restoration of an- nuties of the Medawaukaton and Wahpi- koota Indians, who live in South Dakota, declared forfeited by the act of congress of February 16, 1863 Senator Warren of Wyomlug introduced { many bills which failed to pass at the last | session, vspecially those to erect a monu | ment to mark the site of the Phil Kearney | massacre, providing for the erection of | public building at Laramie, for the rent- ing of lands to aid normal schools and for the holding of terms of court of the Eighth circuit in elther Denver or Cheyenne, N | Additional rural fres delivery has been ordered established February 1 at Russell, Lucas county, la. The routs embraces thirty-three square miles, contalning a pop- ulation of John H. Willet was ap- pointed carrier. The postofiic at Olmitz will be supplied by rural carrier and Ola will be discontinued. Postmasters appointed: Nebraska—Eugene B. Austin, Stevens, Frontler county, vice 8. Cole, resigned; C. | W. Morrow, Wilcox, Kearney county, vice D. C. Shetler, removed. Charles M. Corlew was today appointed assistant janitor in the public bulding at Sloux Falls, 8. D. The postofiice at McCaftrey, Holt county, | Neb., will be discontinued after December | 14 and mail sent to O'Neill. The First Natlonal bank of Lincoln, Neb., has been approved as a reserve agent for the Nebraska Clty National ENFORCES DECISION AT ONCE Secretary of Treasury Issnes Orders to. Philippine Collector of Customs, went o wenate. inn Landns. the Cheye was | i Department | WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—The secretary of cular of instructions to collectors of cus- toms regarding the refund of duties col- lected trom imports from the Philippine islands Referring to the recent decision supreme court of the United States rela- tive to importations from the Philippine islands, [ have to canfirm department's telegram of the 8d Inst. as follows “Discontinue, require ‘entry and tion of duty or merchandise shown by manifest of vessel to be such as shipped from Phillppines. Allow =~ fr dellvery goods In bond. Detain cl nd clgar- ettes until international nue stamps are aMxed under clreulara 81 and 5 cur- rent year. Refunds will be made by tifled " statement where protests are duly fled " With regard to the matier of refunds, 1 have to state that in addition to forward- ing certified statements as above directed, you will forward certified statements i cawes where no protests have been filed when so requested by the parties in | terest, with a view to submitting estimat for appropriation to congress should it Le found that no existing appropriation is avallable RUFFIN GIVES | | ribes Detall Proces | rovering Blood Stains on Mrs, Bonine's Cloth, of the | WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—The testimony introduced by the defense in the Boniuo trial today was for the purpose of com- batting the statement of Dr. Shaeffer, the government expert who had examined the garments worn by Mrs. Bonine oo the night | of the tragedy and who testified that he found no blood spots or traces of blood on them. Dr. Sterling RuMn described in de tall the tests by which he had discovered | & number of blaod statns on Mrs. Boni wrapper and siippers. Dr. James Car aud Dr. J. W. Dovee also testified. by ol has | association,” | wl ne | the treasury today issued the following cir- | TESTIMONY | ONDITION OF THE WEATHER for Nebrask Falr and Thursday: Friday Fair; ln Eastern Portion: Southeasterly Becoming hwesterly Temperature at Omah Deg. 25 48 25 25 8 2 24 20 C Forecast Winds, N Yesterdny: Py 20 " " ». ». » 0 28 as a8 Kansns is W x Stage of the Winter, “It this snow s falling at home," satd ¥ E. White of Concordia, Kan the Del lone last night, “it means thousands of dol lars for the farmers of tha county, as it will be the salvation of the wheat crop People down there were heginning to be alarmed at the lack of snow. The ground was dry, which was a slight advantage, but | they bave feared that the ground would treezo hard bofore snow fell. Such a con- dition would injure much winter wheat, as often when the ground thus freeses the | &raln s killed. There is a larger acreage of than usual fn northern Kansas | this season, as the faflure of the corn crop following the large wheat harveat of last year has attracted many farmers to the smaller grain. A bad winter would mean | much damage. and increased labor, as the | flelds would have to be planted to corn or {oats again in the spring.” [NEBRASKA'S WHITE BLANKET | we | wheat me Snow Comes (o Various Sec- the State. Hernlding Winter, o [ BEATRICE, Neh., Doc. 4.~(Special Telo gram.)—~The first snow of the be- gan here abont & o'clock this evening. The is falling fast and a high northeast wind provalls ST. EDWARD, Neb | Telegram.)—A heavy snow has | hera all the afternoon son. | PIERCE, Neb. Dec. 4.-(Special Teln | gram.)—A 1ight snow has been falling hero all the afternoon HUMPHREY, Neb., Dec. 4.—(Special Tel cgram.)—The first enowstorm of tho seca- son strick this place about 2 o'clock with a fall of about an inch. Indications are it will snow all night season | snow Dec. 4-~(Bpectal been falling JKANSI\S UNDER ;HEAVY SNOW Precipitntion Continues and Result in Dry Se ns Will Be Valuabie, | | | | TOPEKA, Dec. 4K sas is receiving 1a heavy suowstorm tonight, which covers | the entire eastern half of the state. Tn | Topeka hegan falling at 5 o'clock his afternoon. Lawrence, Owage City, | Reading, ®mporia and Strong C#¢ arc in- cluded in the storm district, which ex- tends as far west as Hutchinson. 1f the | snow proves as heavy expected 1t will | be of great benofit, giving a much-needed supply of moisture KANSAS CITY, Dec. 4.-Light snow bhe- | gan falling early tonight and promises to { continue all night., The alr is warm and the snow is partly melting |SOUTH DAKOTA BOATS TIE UP | iy snow 5 |1 M RE. n Dec gram.)— A heavy snowfall prevail; I day, following & slecistorm this | The river is full of siush ice and hoats have all been compelled to tie up. TYNDALL, 8. D., Dec. 4.—(Special Tale- | gram.)—1t has been snowing hard noon. A strong southeast wind is blowing Tt is the first real winter day HURON, §. I, Dec. 4.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A snowstorm has prevailed here and over the greater part of the state since noon. A stiff wind from the south drifts the snow. The temperature is mild BURGLAR THIRTEEN YEARS clal Tele here to M. Weber Makes Confession nnd KANSAS CITY, Dec. 4—F. H. Weber, a burglar, who operated extensively in St Paul, Minneapolis and Kansas City, and w arrested in Denver and sent here for trial, was today sentenced to fifteen years in th penitentiary. Weber, who is a tatlor, years old, pleaded gullty. He eald that he began housebreaking In Minneapolis thirteen years ago and since then had been both taflor and burglar. His intention was, he sald, to get money enough to start in the tailor business for himselt When arrested fn Denver Weber said he | was iIn the act of réformiug and he was about to start for California to be mar- rled. He had committed no burglaries in Denver. FOOT RACE MEN ARRESTED A Jury Indicts Boasters Big W Ings. | Kedernl | FORT SCOTT, Kan, Dec. 4.—Deputy United States Marshal Platt of southwest | Missouri today arrested Robert Boatright, Bud Gillette and E. E. Ellfs of the Webb City Foot Racing club, which bonsts of having won $200,000 during the last eighteen months. They were arrested on indiet ments returned by the federal grand jury. All were taken to Carthage and put under | bond. Boatright's bond is $2,000, while the others were put under $3,000 each. Dee, 4. trom Liver) 1 Southampton; herbourg; Majestic “Thira, from Port Hatled’ (Nov, 29). Hong Kong, for for for Antwerp, via (' Liverpool AL Y [ 1ana, for Empress Vancouver At Liver Arrlved Kong \a, from ohuma Ho, ot \—Arrived--Dominion, from Portland Ontario. trom Montreal At Cherbourg—Arrived—Patricia, from New York, via Plymouth, for Hamburg Al Rotterdam—Arrived--Statendam, {rom New York At Queenstown New York, for Liverpool from Liverpool, for Boston At Hong Kong-—Safled—-Duke Ticoma AL Southampte der Grosse, from Hremen via Cherbotirg | At Brow Fead -1 | New York, for Que Arrived—Celtic Salled from Ultonla of ¥ fe. for Salled Wilhelm York, ssod-—Germanic, from town and Liverpool. the first of the wea- | morning. | o | {he meople of the cltion of e metrapr 'POLICE BOARD CASE | Supreme Cours Nends Redell Fack te Be Tried by Commissien. te Tnvestigate Employas. UNDERTAKES TO OVERTURN HOME RULE Opinion Expressed that Legislatare H Power Over Metrepolitan Oiti | | | CHIEF JUSTICE NORVAL FILES DISSENT Cannot Agree with Decision Renched In Regard (0 a Matter that Wa Not Presented mination for Detere by Court, The Tast on BUpreme court, sitting at Lincoln vening huuded down an opinfon in the of Redell against Moores' which un¢ takes to overrule its decision in th the State against M a legislative which erno and p Omah | miving overnor was the principal the commissioner Tho decision of th and the ings Alberts ¢ the KoY fira and revive to th a honrd of ity Apt tion the right licw The conveys o appoint commissioners o of ity constitutions this ques in th lower h ing considered Redoll Htigation conrt powe » 18 reversed case remanded for further proceed written by Comn [ Sullivan and Holeomb and | Commissioners Ames and Duffe coneurring Chiel Justice Norval dissented. adhering to bis opinfon in the case of the State agafnit Moore In two decisions the supreme conrt | held that the legislature fs withont to convey to the goy the tto ap | point local officers for unity or mu vicipality, and both of them are overruled by night. The first Moores, in which Norval concurred and Aissented, and econ was in State against Kennedy, In which Tudge Sullivan gave an opinfon aMrming the former declsion, but on the grounds of res Judicata and not ou the reasoning con- ained theren. Judge Norval coneurred and Judge Holcomb ook part i the ner udge has powe nor vigl \ com the decision given Inst was in against Judges Harrison and Judge Sullivan Sylnh The syllabus in th Mooros is as follows: Whero portlons constitutional connected with capable of sep « case of Redell against the Case. a statute are held un If_the remainder is not so hoportion as to be s ation and the vemainder L A complete act, and not dependant upon the part hed invalid, the latter o will not be disregarded and the remainder up held, except 10 cases whore ft i apparel that' the rejected part wax an ndic 19 the adontlon of the rwmainder, conktruction of # wlatuie lelal notice Known wind matiers of com within' the limits of thefe Jurisdicti The D create in the wer to ere body a el legls! 1 corpora- Lo Impose. LAY SR by power af fire f the M Rttt I confer ppoin pall board f eitles aguinst overrulod ixstoner Alhert's Opini Albert the district John Redell the elty ® and v Fire and In the opinfon Commissioner ny < brought in county by department of Frank 15 Moo constituting the Hoard lice: Commissfoners of that clty, to T frain the defondants from hearing and determining certain char s led with e | hourd against the pi and_ from re { moving “aad suspending him from siid office.The tefal conrt foind for the plan UIT and entered w decrec accordimgly; the detendants bring the case to the suprems € on appeal | ""The ‘sole question prexented by | peal ix, wWhether the Board of Fire and Po fice Commi: T huve authority to hear 0 determine the charges Nled against the plaintift_and to remove or suspend him Ftrom office in case its findings on sadd charges should be adverse to him The determination of that que volves the constitutionality of se chupter xila of the compiled statutes, That cetfon ax @ part of the uct pagsed by the leghslatire in 157, The section reforred (o provides that in each city of the metropoli- tan class there shall be a board of fire and police commixsloners. (o consist of tha ayor and fou clors of the city, who shall be appointed by the ernor. In the case of the State ex rel agalnst Moores, 5 Nebraska, 480, this court held, Sullivan, J., dissentiig, that so far as the {act in auestlon assumes to confer authority Wpon_ the governor to appoint members of | the poaza”of ‘Fire and Police Commissiol- ers, it is unconstitutional on the grow halt 1t s an unlawful attempt to deprive tan aetion of I RNt tlon in ton 16 | class of the right of local self governn Question of Invalidity, After citing several Nebraska cases Judge Albert continues In view of the doctrine announced in the wamen Just cited we are not oalled u the effeet of . decison Btute agalnst Moo on the o it follows irrestatibly thit d tnvalld drags dow her parts as are in vith, depend L upon, or inoom. it, th n inducen o tire act, the sectl only connected plete without Which it serv bt to con ¥ o uppoin and Pollec urged i support rtoof the legislative other feature of nor of those attracted 5o much att much discussion s power of appoint governor the pow of Fire reasons are i p state consideration Bupersode or - invited which places the the hands of the was claimed at the s and th. £ such measure history of the the act under It was inten nt i removing, an 1t time, the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners from the in fence of Jocnl politics: It 18 & matter of common knowledge thal this feature of the aet, 8o far as the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners is concerned, was the « Inducement to Itn passage. Withont feature 4ts promoters would have [1¢ ‘much ax they would huve regarded the play of “Hamlet” with Hamlet loft ou Rlothing to our minds shows more. clenrly [ That t alld portion wak an inducement to"(he pansige of the other parts of s 1 than the fact that with such sort must bo had ot thie remainder clearly an lntentiol 0ot leglslature to Mmit e ane e mayor to such offi has not been d for by the act; members ¥ d Police Commi otherwiun provided for hy 1l provides for their appoln tmor. o hold, that 1t would Bo carrylng out the intentior leglelature to per mit the mayor t t th embers of Kch board would Commion- wense, which, after all, is the final arbiter n mutters of doctrinal construction Try Redell i regavded tion 72 sl part of the pointing powe cors whose othe of t slone act, b ment by efreumst 10 carr are avse it the go Power to The oplulon closes with the following con cluding paragraph uld follow ' diereby elothed with rull’ authorlty” 1 the etk gought to be restrained he | and the deféhdants being at least de facto mbers thereof, the decree of (he district court should be ereed and the cause res Roard of having enactmens then