Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 24, 1901, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED WORLD-WIDE POWER JUNE 19, EARLY ACTION IS EXPECTED Movement bv Germany Looked *fo In the Veneruelan United Btates Imperiant Faotor in Univers: Sttuntion, Theught and Aetion, | senuin | while it plar Dec. 23.--Th s reticent as to Ge with regard of their execution slon that hing ader It anything forelgn office many's spectfic and the gives the impres smething will be 1t the uprising in Venezuela un- hip of General Luclano Men should of “his revolutionary movement Germany will and action In the matter until it shall been with which party the de- s government re The Berlin newspapers lish everything The Berliner T p in the fol wo ADBRESSES AT NEW FNGLAND DINNER to Venezuela / Justios Brewer Talks of . ""n,, d Tnflesros. Ttrength Iy “n serious come STANDS ON LAW OF TRUTH AND JUSTIuL. continue to pub- on this subject geblatt sums up Germany's Venezuelan matter in the Beeretary David J. Hill Responds to Tonst of Patristism sitton wing Thix new OFFERS NO® APOLOGIES FOR THE PAST rebellion 18 of the utmost con equence to our relations with that n- l'try. Our position toward the government of Venezuela would n irally be influenced if everything there goes topsy turvy NEW YORK, Dec A dispateh to the Herald from Rerlin quotes the Vossische Zeltung as follows upon the question of the Venezaelan claims “The matter can cer- tainly be arranged without coming into conflict with the United States. We have only to recall to memory the words of the re presidential message in which Mr. Roosevelt used these expressions We do not guarantee any state against punishme 1f 1t misconducts ftself, provided that punishment does not take the form acquisition of territory by non-Ameri- can power. 1t will be before that sentatives in Mintater Wu Tingfang Says China o United n Tt 8 States and 3 e of Justice. I LiLADELPHIA firet annual banquet of the New England soclety of Pennsylvania was held tonight in Hortlcultural hall, covers being Iald for mearly 400 members and gueste were present from New York, Baltimore, Washington, Boston and other cities. As- slstant United States Attorney Generul Beck, president of the soclety, opened the speech-making with brief address In coming down the line of the illustrious New Englanders Beck mentioned the name of George Dewey. This was the an outburst of applause, h repeated during the r r of the even- ing. The chairman then introduced oclate Justice David J. Brewer of th United Btates supreme court, who responded to the toast, “The United Stat World | Powor.” Justico Brewer's was | frequently punctuated with He | CRIMES CHARGED Tb LIBERALS Bald Dee. 23-Tha twenty ent any remembered message the German repre- Washington had delivered a very precise message from Emperor Wil Tam the effect that Germany had no | intention of acquiring land efther in South | America or In the West Indies Therefore, the relations betwéen many and el to ass ruela.” that two w wignal for to not nd Ger- As: rest possible, and it cannot 4 t the demands of Germany in Vene address applause. The twentleth century brings us face to face with new conditions a con- fclous that the United 8 rica ave becomo 4 more {mportant factor in the world's thought. Some fancy that the Spanish war wrought the great change. This {8 hardly o, It may have cleared the air and brought us fuce to face with the consclousness of the change, but silent forces of commerce and religlon have b &t work o 8 bringing ubout that r sult Again_and again it s United States have now power, So they Nave, but what i by the term a world-power and how ure we to Jjustity our right to that titie? Not by ‘the manifestation of milltary or naval strength War 1 While wars will be as wars have been and there is within the resources of our ry un undisplayed military and naval th that makes her the most dan- gerous on jand and sea, yet the dawn of the twentieth century ‘envalls a greater national glory than can be won on any fleld of sirife While the events of the last two or three years have compelled an_increase in our military an¢ naval force, while the amount of money which Is called for by the secre- taries of w navy seem (o many large. and while the roll of the drum the blare of the bugle more often heard, yet the sous. of the pilgrime will never’ wurn 0ir country over to the man on horsebick, nor will our dearest laurels be crimsoned with the blood of the dying woldier. We shall deserve in Accusation. COLON, Colombia, Dec. During | absence of the government soldiers th erals returned to Nombre de Dios looted the commissary of the Manga Mining company, an American o They al#o threatened the life of the dian of the stores, who was forced to sur render his keys. The company s present- ing a clalm to the government for the loss sustained by it On the arrival of the United States gun- boat Marfetta at Nombre de Dios, and sub- sequently when the gunboat General Pinzon reached the same place with fifty soldiers on board, the liberals again disappeared. After landing the troops at Nombre de Dios the Pinzon proceeded to Savanilla General Alban has received a cable dis- | pateh announcing the evacuatlon of Tu- maco. Some of the revolutionists left there on board the Salvadorian steamer Ibls and others left by land, intending to attack Duena Ventura A stroug government force has left Buena Ventura to meet the revolu- tlonlsts General Alban says that if the Monroe doctrine could be made to provide compul- sory arbitration to settle all disputes be- tween South American republics and Eu- ropean nations it would be accepted with enthuslasm by all those republics. 1ib. and nese rn custo- stated that become the ne world- meant Not Al to be called a world- ower hecause our relations with all na tons will be carried upon the highest prin- ciples of truth and Justice, We stand the council of natlons sirong enoug t0 foar no attempt to Wrong us; o stron that we cannot afford to wrong any, even ho weakest nation; strons enough 'to be rmly just to the most powerful of na- tonx and so Atrong that we must be indly just with the weakest. We must ba runk as well as honest. Henceforth dip- lomatic language must be something to reveal and not something to conceal, thought and purpose. The honesty wo musi practice 15 not the honesty of Shylock, measured only by that which fs enume ated in the bond, but that of the Golden &ule, an_honesty ‘'which compels us to s o other party to the transaction. Actual Civil Service Reform, The justice in noting some of the signs and needs of the times touched on cfvil sorvice reform. In regard to this he said Into all the aveniues of our officiul lite entering civil service reform. Fromo- fon by merit has ceased to be the joke of the politician and s coming to bo the controlling rule of all offcial life, not nerely In the army and navy, and we ave some very positive assurancus | Feepect to them), but in all the depart- | ments of officlal 'life, natlonal, state and municipal. Whatever may be the the machinery DISASTER OCCURS IN' TUNNEL ncked with by E Overhend Train, ple, Set Afire plost LIVERPOOL, Dec. 23.—An explosion in a fuse box set fire to a train on the over- head rallway at Dingle station today. Sev- eral of the rallway employes were terri- bly burned and seven were killed. It appears that the burning train en- tered a tunnel stored with stacks of creosoted railroad sleepers; these were also set ‘on fire and the tunoel became a roar- ing furnace. The corpses of two men killed were carried from the tunnel Fortunately the Dingle station 1s the terminus of a rallway runniog along the dock: otherwise a more serious disaster would have occurred The accident occurred at 6 p. m. The traln was packed, but the majority of the passengers had alighted at the previous station. Owing to the dense volumes of smoke hissing from the tunnel it was some hours before an entrance to the could be effected. Many passengers jumped The patriotism of place from the burning train ana rushed out of glorlous part n the history | the tunnel, while others were dragged out nd has nerved herole men to rise to herole | by their fellow travelers in a half suffo- doeds on many flelds of honor. American | 'yeq condition atriotism, he said, 18 not born of posses. | Cated ¢ fon, but of aspiration: not of influence of lace, but the Inspiration of principles, ontinuing he snid A great movement was when th or focal wovereignty surrender enslons and recognized the reality pation and solidity of the unlon. Another great movement wus when this eat republic strotched forth its hand of acification over the island of vith Insurrection and vast nd sword, and consecrated the sover f a powerful natlon to the work 1 make no argument here | ts In o the the de he bright the thought turng present de employed to sect dosired result and very liKely fects are many, it 18 ssurances of the futu 1 purpose of the in this direction and thwarted. The next speaker was David J. Hill, who took for his theme, “Two Types of Pa- triotism.” He sald hag played of the world one QUEEN'S CONDITION SERIOUS for Christmas Festivities British Royal Castle Are Abandoned. » struggle fire tgnty £ peice. LONDON, Dec. 23.—~The Assoclated Press learns that the cond!tion of Queen Ale JUSHEY | gra fs more serious than had been given he recent course of events, but [ belleve the Raxn of Washington. Lintoln and Ste | out and that it causes some anxlety. Doc- Kinloy orfous days in the histoiy of | tors in constant attendance upon her our country They m the triumph of | yajeary triotism of principle over the patriotism ¢ Dlaco. of othica Gver GoORFADHY, AN of A bulletin issued at noon today ARGy Gver Tooality: the queen is progressing favorably worthy of love wid ‘bonfiamir¥ seemed 80 | that the extensive arrangements made er before has It exhibited greater jus- | Christmas festivities at Sandringham e or magnanimity. - From the humblest | cluding large shooting parties, have O rld e e I 40 & PO° | been upset and that their majesties on of world-wide influence and 1t mav e trusted (0 wield a more temporal power | spend Christmas at Marlborough house, o @ truly ‘republican spirlt so long as It ontinues to treasiire in its heart the memo des of the Pllgrim and the Puritan EARA * g A g CONSTANTINOPLE, protest of Qaffaires here, Spouce notification lasued by t Noyrout, Syria, to the efiect ralized American citlzens must renounce their naturalization within ~Afteen under penglty of belng expellod from soemed o for all will Promises (o Investignte, Dec. 22.—Replying United States charge 2ddy, ugainst the authorities of that natus to the the Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister, re sponded to the toast, “A Greeting from (he Orlent.” Minister Wu spoke briefly, saying that It was eminently proper that the New Eng- land soclety should each year hold cele- bration memoraliziug the land of the fath- urkish foreign minister, Tewfl ers, as It was but the celebration of th ed all knowledge of the matter Qay of the New Englanders' “political aud | fsed to fnquire into it and give religlous Iiberty a definite reply on Monday. He alluded briely the Chinese cwpire, sayiug that foreiy were treated the same as natives, saying there was no high tariffs in Chiva as the other countries hud, as. the Chincse had ur vanged the tariff for China. The oldest na- tion in the eagt, he said, was grateful to Awmerica for all she had done for China America, he sald, would not oppress the Weak, but would sec that justice was done “This country,” sald Mr. Wu, “will not | only become a world power, but the world power Iu commerce and peace.’” | 3 Bourke Cockran responded to the toast, | Mar Buy Nap PAmerica in the Twentieth Century." | LONDON, Dec. 24.—A He was followed by Simon Ford of New | Daily Chronicle from ork, Rev. Rockwell H. Potter of Hart —_— aisl ACoatiuued on Second Page.) to the open door of 7 Mare JOHNS, N pment 1w » Dee, 2 today i the between Marconi and the Angl Cable company Marconi sent the follow- lng iclegram to Thomas A. Kdison today | “Thuuks for your very kind Jetter to the press. I hope soon to show you wireless working between the United Eurcpe. 1 wish you a happy re was no livation legraphy States and Chrisimas on's Home, dispatch to the Rome says that Queen Alexandra s negotlating the pur- chase of the Villa San Martino at Elba, for- merly occupled by Napoleom. America upon that point are the | be diffcult | the | tunnel | an- | says | bat | Aweriean | OMAHA, TUESDAY ENCLAND IS NORE ANXIOUS Eritish Govnnmu—V;tchu Olesely Prog- ress of Argentine-Uhilii Dispute. SHO WILLINGNESS TO ARBITRATE T Fava t Dectaive Action 18 Lacking. Sentime Apparently tion, b WASHINGTON, has recefved a cablegram 8 Minister Wilson at Chili, confirming the report that the re sources of diplomacy had been exhausted in the effort to settle the dispute between Chill and Argentina and that diplomatic relations had been broken off through the withdrawal from Chill of the Argentine | minister. Touching the proposition eman- |ating from the Argentine side to refer the | dispute to Great Britain arbitrator | the Chillan representatives claim that this was their original proposition. This being | case, it is belleved there 1s a way |open for a peaceful adjustment of the | trouble. | Re Dec Secretary Hay from Unlted Santlago de ates | the ta of Prot ! VALPARAISO (Via Galveston, Tex.), Dec It {8 reported here that the Govern ments of Argentina and Chill have signed by which they agree to submit the questions pending between them to the | arbitration of Great Britain BUENOS AYRES o conference between President Roca and W A C. Barrington the president of Argen- tina explained to the British minister the clircumstances which have led to the pres difculty between Argentina and Chilt | President Roca lald especial stress on the efforts by Argentina to an uicable settlement of the trouble as well as upon the craftiness which he asserted Chili had employed in order to avoid ar- riving at such a settlement. The British | minister will send a detailed report of these circumetances to his home government. M. protocol Dec During the made secure Aswurances of Amity. The newspapers here assure their readers that powers stand ready to offer their good offices to mediate the difficulty, but that Argentina does not consider that the moment has yet arrived | for elther accepting or refusing such offers. Ace fing to the Tribuna Senor | Concha Subercaseaux, the Chillan minister, will leave here. | " The chamber of deputies this voted to accept the proposal to prohibit the exportation of horses and mules. To- morrow the chamb will discuss an inter- pellation asking that Senor Alcorta ex- plain the present status of the Chillan matter. Diario publishes a dispatch from San- tlago de Chili saying that it Is rumored there that negotiations will be re-estab- lished with Senor Subercaseaux at Buenos Ayres. publiehed several afternoon Say Arbitration is The patriotic demonstrations out of the possibility of war with Chili were renewed here today. The Chillan minister here, Senor Concha Subercaseux, has not received any fustructions in re to the course he is to pursue now that the Argentine minister has been recalled from Santlago, An editorial article the intesruption of the relations between the two countries must necessarily be of short duration, as they are mobilizing thelr reserves and could not afford to support them under arms were a long period to elapse before diplomatic relations are re- sumed. Therefore this state of, affalrs | cannot be prolonged, otherwise both countries would be sly ruined, in which case the arbitration of a friendly nation will be unable to remedy the evil | done and would only be able to find a pal- | | tiative for 1t It was possible some time ago to submit the whole matter to arbitration, but such a | ourse is mow impossible. The decision of the arbitrator could not be given before | two more years havo elapsed and the coun- tries could not remain all that time on a | war footing. Therefore a radical solution | of the question is necessary. The paper ad- | vis:s the Argentine government to invita Chili to occept a direct and immediate ar- rangement or be prepared for war. Imponsible. growing in the Passu says as Oficials in Conterence The British mioister here, Sir W. A. C. Barrington, bad a long conference last evening with President Roca. The Argen- tine fleet, divided into four divisons, will take part in extensive maneuvers next month. The two principal divisions are | ready to put to sea at the frst signal. | Colonel Pablo Riccheri, the minister of has informed President Roca that he has available 600 locomotives and 4,000 cars, and that on forty-efght hours' notice he can transport 80,000 men to the frontier. It is estimated that the maintenance of the army which will be mobilized by Feb- ruary M, will involve an annual expendi- ture of 65,000,000 piasters. About 8,000 men have already signed the rolls of the Uru- guayan volunteer leglon A dispatch from Santicgo says President | Riesco has declared that the recall of the Argentine minister, Dr. Alcorta, from the capital cannot have any serlous conse- quences, adding that the minister In re- turning to Argentina Is taking advantage of {a leave of ubsence which has been granted | him by bis gofernment President Rlesco | continues confident that the negotiations | in progress will shortly result in a pacific solutlon of the problem now engrossing the | attention of the statesmen of the iwo coun- tries war, Hritish LONDON Lyes Are Dec. 23.—The British govern- | ment is watching the progress of the dis- | pute botween the Chillan and the Argen- | tine republics with considerable anxiety. A | | representative of the Assoclated Press wos informed today that nel T slde has as yet pproached the British foreign office. 1t both Chili and Argentina request reat Britain to arbitrate the matters in dlspute | between them, Lord Lansdowne, the foreign seeretary, will promptly acquiesce. But the statement of Dr. Alcorta, the | entine minister of foreign affairs, that Argentina has referred the matter to the | arbitration of the British government un- lor the agreement of 1898, appears to be inaccurate, for the forcign office says the present contention is quite beyond the powers of that commission Not Merely | As the foreign office understands the case, { 1t is not one relative to the boundary be- | tween the two countries, but as to wherg | Chili has the right to bulld neutral roads | in the disputed territory. This commission of which Lord Macnaghten is president, | has been sitting in London for mearly two yeurs and is now almost rea persoally inspect the dispute Strained, Boundary Line. boundaries MORNIN | proposition to resuscitate | tter |R. @ | D, | Towa. | Ing hard in Miss Stone's | tuformed at the Amertean legation that no | | agreement | of December 6, a copy of a notice received | | the tourth | in South Africa; that the object of his jour- | roam |SCHLEY GETS PRIZE MONEY | y to go and | For various reasons, however, the de- (Continued on Second Pagey, G, DECEMBER REVIVE SISSETON AGENCY Senntor lllm‘!l._...—l‘_ to Have n 10 Restore Control to South Daketan, (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A movement {8 on foot which prom- fses to bring again into prominence the affairs of the Sieseton Indlan agency In South Dakota. Early in the spriog the sec- retary of the interior placed the affairs of the ssetons in the hands of a bonded school superintendent, thus dispensing with the services of Agent Johnsen Now the South Dakota delegation s advancing the the agency and urglog a prominent South Dakotan for the appointment. Indian Commissioner is opposed to placing the affa setons on any agenoy basis and belleves the of these Indiaps should continue to administered by & school euperin- tendent. 1t Is understood that Senator Gamble will offer an smendment to the Indian bill, making available the salary and | providing for the appoinfment of an agent at Sisseton. Jones < of the Sis- business Department . No These Nebraska rural free delivery routes have been ordered established February 1 Burchard, Pawnee county; nrea, seventy squaro miles: population, 3 000; J. 8. Har rod, C. E. Milks, carriers, Coresco, Saun ' county; forty square miles; popula- tion ). Willlam T. Mareh, carrier. Pale myra, Otoe county; thirty-two square miles; population, 500; Lmclus B. Miller, carrler, Raymond, Lanecastor county, thirty-eight squaro miles; population, 600 John €. Migh, rrier. S'romsburg, Polk county; seventy-nine square miles, popule tion, 1,200; C. B. Barber, 8. J. Harless carrlers Nebraska postmasters appointed fam McBride, Ough, Dundy county, Willlam Ough, resigned. Lora Phillips, Hamilton county, vice rison, resigned. F. county, viea e Will- vice Ferguson, W. A. Har- F. Garlick, Quick, Fron- W. W. Quick, resigned Williams, Sawyer, Fillmore couaty, A. J. Porter, resigned. The postoffice at Trent, Moody county, 8 becomes a domestic money order office January 2. Otto Aston of Nebraska City, Neb., and Leo Percival of Winterset, In, are ad mitted to practice before the Interior de- partment These postoffices have been ordered dls- continued: Nebraska—Mahlon, Polk county Big Spring, Wayne county; Eureka, Adams county, Forest Home, Poweshelk county; Green Castle, Jasper county PLANS TO RELEASE MISS STONE | Progress In Negotintions Ix Slow and No ¥ fate Terms Are Expected, viee WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-8pencer Eddy, United States charge at Constantinople, has adopted a new and ingenlous plan for ee- curing the release of Miss Stone. Naturally the offictals do not care to make public any detalls of this project, lest publicity cause its failure. Mr Dickinson, consul gen- eral at Constantinople, whoghas been work- If, has again complained bitterly to the gt department of the evil effect upon BIS eaterprive v the free newspaper publications In this case. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. A corre- epondent here of the Assocfated Press was had been arrived at with the | brigands who hold Miss Stone captive concerning the missionary'e release, and that it was unlikely that anytbing would | be settled in this connection for another | ten days. Advices received here from Sofia are the effect that M. Teilka has heard Mme. Tsilka, his wite, is doing well, but cannot be moved for another week. 'Bie same advices say Miss Stone s also well. PERMITS TO SOUTH AFRICA Granted to | that Only to Persons Giving Satisfactory Financial Qual- fientic WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The State de- partment has recelved from Mr. White, secretary of embassy at London, under date by him from the British Foreign office in re- gard to permits for persons desiring to pro- ceed to South Africa. Lord Lansdowne, in | forwarding the notice, calls attention to | paragraph, which states that| subjects of forelgn powers who may wish to procoed to South Africa from ports in the United Kingdom can obtain a permit on production of satisfactory evidence from their respective embassies or delegations in London Each application for a permit must pro- duce a certificate to show that he Is in possession of at least £100 ($4486) or s in a position to maintain himself’ on errival ney is bona fide and that he has not been deported or sent out of his country as an indigent. MAKES CALL ON PRESIDENT Booker T. Washington Thought to Be Conferring on Southern Appointment WASHINGTON, Dec, Washington, president of the Normal Institute at Tuskegee, with the president for considerable time today. He was received in the cabinet While he was talking to the presi- dent Secretary Hitcheock arrived and Mr. Washington left in company with the sec- retary of the interior. Mr. Washington de- clined to make any statoment as to his business with the president, but it is be. lleved that they discussed southern ap- pointments. 23.—Booker T. Tuskegee Ala, was Admi, antingo Services WASHINGTON, Dec The Treasury department today drew a warrant in favor of Rear Admiral Schiey for §3,324, his share of the prize money due bim for the destruc- tion of the Spanish fleet at Santiago July 3, 1895 SPENDS HOLIDAYS IN CAPITAL President Seeks Respite from OMolal Duties and Will Attend Crgent Business Only. to WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—President | Roosevelt's present intention is to remain in Washington during the holiday week but he desires (o obtain & respite from off- cial duties and will see only such visitors 2 2 | MAKES APPLICATION FOR A N[ARIN(‘.| as have urgent and tmportant public busi- ness 10 present, '.' 1901 ;l'l'?\-' PAGE MACLAY ASES FORMAL TRIAL utes President’s Right te Dis Kim Without Investigation. Dis, Secretary Long Intimates that Macliny Will Be Summarily Removed it He Refuses to Obey Pres. fdent's Order. NEW Macla case 1 YORK, Dec Edgar Stanton whose connection with the Schley 1 President Roosevelt to request his resignation as speclal laborer to the pavy, made formal demand today for trial by usual naval procedure. Ho averred that his case came unde: the civil service law that he could not be diemissed witho tormal char trial and conviction. The request for his resignation was sent to him by Rear Admiral Barker, commander of the navy yard at Brooklyn, and he replied once by letter formally ettlng forth position Discussing The prestdent cannot the law, as | soc he can fore. me out Apy Civil service, T am protected by the civil enacted by congress, whose enactments the president fe bornd to execate 1 de not know positively, but 1 believe that my position civil servi fshes me a complete protection so to no rules of the not done, and that 1 lettee t the comm e to the request for my resignation ald no that tho president 18 as the czar of Russia. 1 have done nothing more thun write the commandant and ask that charges be preferred ngainst me, and 1 will do nothing more Jusi now I have not been suspended, and am work ing here today as 1 have been doing for fifteen months. | have tried to do duty here and have broken no rules, and | shall simply stand by my rights more f the principie of the matter than anything else, fo: my position here pays me very little, and is chiefly valuable because of the experience and informution it affords me as materfal for my book Rear Admiral Barker forwarde letter to Washing President's Order Wi Prevail, WASHINGTON, Dec. sald tonight that he reply of Mr. Maclay resignation. Pending its receipt the se retary said he did not wish to enter into a discussion of the matter for publication In his informal discussion of the matter today Secretary Long made it perfectly plain that the president’s intel is in re gard to Maclay would be fed out re gardless of the latter's declaration that b 18 protected by civil service rules. It is expected it he does not resign he will be removed summarily. DENMARK WILL TAKE A VOTE Declde and at his the Maclay sald have me it 1 case dfemissed | 0 not see how service law have wdant Maclay's Secretary Long | had ndt recelved the to the request for his by as to Cesston WASHINGTON, Dec. The negotia- tlons between the governments of the United States and Denmark Jooking to the cessions of the Danish West Indies are dragging. No substantial yrogress has been made since last week. The latest sug- gestion from the Danieh side s that the people of the ixlands shall by a plebis decide whether or not they shall be ceded to the United States. The outcome of such a test cannot be foretold, for the strong focling of attachment for the mother coun- try on the one hand might be offset by the great trade advantages expected to follow the cession of the fslands to the United States. ASKS WITHDRAWAL OF NAME| Recelves wident Telegra Wenneker o Re- t of Char| Recently App the r. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Charles F. Wen- neker, who was nominated for the position of collector of Internal revenue for the St Louis district just before the holiday recess of congress, but whose nomination was not confirmed, has telegraphed the president to withdraw his name. Wenneker was not an avowed candidate for this position, hut was selected by the president as a compromise between the op- posing factions in Missouri ALGER CONTINUES TO GAIN of War in Favor- tion and Slight Suftering. DETROIT, Dec. 23.—At 11 p. m. the fol- lowing bulletin was given out by the sur- geons attending General Alger General Alger's condition I8 favorable pulse, 78; temperature wpirits good, nd he 1s suffering less pain than at any time since the operation was performed. H. W, LONGYEAR, M. D. C. G. JENNINGS, M. D. n 5 General W, H, Seam WASHINGTON, Dee. 23.— Wil lam H. Seamans, adjutant gen of tho state of California, is dangerously i1l here the result of an attack of inflammatory rheumatism, which has left his heart in a very weakened state He came to Washington nearly two weeks ago on business connected with the Cali- | fornta National guard and naval militia and | was prostrated the day after his arrival Mrs. Seamans, who accompanied him east but who went to New Yark on a visit, was summoned shortly after the attack and has been at his bedslde ever since eneral Scamans Is 67 years of age and the gray tears are entertained as to the outcome his illness The attending sultation of se al hours, o'clock this morning that man's case s not hopeless sort to oxygen treatment Senator Sewell Gain CAMDEN, N. J., Dec. 28.—United States Senator Sewell, who is serlously Il at his home here, passed another comfortable day. His physiclans say he has gained some strength during the last forty-eight hours and there is no apprehension on their part of serlous change in the patient's condition at this time st physicians, after a con- announced at 1 neral Sea- They will re tomorrow Strength n Cook Some Better. SHINGTON, Dec ~At the tes Naval hospital it was stated today that Captain Francis A. Cook's condition | was a little better, although ho is confined to his bed and kept very quiet. His sons are now with him. United | Governor itoge EATTLE, Wash The Times Governor Kogers was resting easier t fght. He has a mild form of pneumonia and thero {3 no cause for alarm over hiy condition. ox In Betior, | Dec. 25—-A special | I | no regular line of trafc | MAKE | of the men wanted, | Club ¢ | homa CONDlTiON OF THE WEATHER Forecast Colder. Tuesday west Winds Nebraska Wed or Snow and North- ay Falr e at Omahn Yesterdny " e 4 Asks for Trinl New JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, Dec ell . Rathbun, who was tried o charge of murdering Charles Goodman iving him found gullty manslaughter and bis punishment waes fixed at two to twenty-one imprisonment As Rathbun is vioder 28 years of age he will be ted in the reformatory at Jefter eonville It he has to serve a sentence. The jury, which had been consider- ing the case since Saturday afternoon, re ported at 10 o'clock tonight. Rathbuns attorneys asked for a new trial and the motion will be argued later. Charles Goodman, Rathbun's alleged vie tim found dead last month In a hotel in this city after he had epent some time with Rathbun. His body was shipped to Little Rock. Ark., where Rathbun's wife lives, as that of Rathbun, on whose yife insurance policy for $4,000 had been la sued o dlecovery that the body in came Rathbun's are rest where he had enlisted under in the States army wis later fdentified as that Goodman, a wanderer who came Loutsville from Evansville, Ind., ud met Rathbun in front of the Salvation army headquarters K PREDICTS WAR WITH CUBA Visttor t the by polson, was yoars wa Following t Rathb Louisville another The cory of Charles to ot was not at re namo INGTO see insurrection on the fore a year Young, wio ret his who has roce ot the Havana Dr. Young Cubans 4 “You will fsland ot Cuba be- passed,” sald Dr. F. O. ned tonight from a visit vrother, Lieutenant Luclen Young, tly been relieved as captain port that a ha says the class annexation and it submitted to a 1t would carry. As matters stand he predicts that the Cubans will incapable of self-government and that their unrestrained prejudices and the ignorance and discon- tent of rtain class will soon result In uprisings He that a number of of- ficers to whom he talked shared this view, that annexation was the hope of the island. TO PROMOTE RECIPROCITY Wester: ¥ Relat| thinking that vote of the e question was prove says Hetter Tra s with Mexico, Kan., Dec. 2 the inte today TOPEKA, tatives of commercial lon her ey Te —Fifty represen- agricultural, livestock and of the west are in at the call of Governo organize an assoclation to pro- procity with Mexico and other Latin-American countries with special ref- erence to the of the A permanent organization will be formed ul a convention held later, In which all the business nterests of the west and th governors of the western states will be fn vited to participate. The matter of urging gress to include in the ship subsidy bill such provis will shipping on the Gulf of Mexico hetween ports where now exists will be Sta t mote products west ons as increase discussed. RESISTANCE her W, Two FATAL One Man Killed and An Fight wit OMeers ed n DALHART, Tex., Dec Ono man was killed and another mortally wounded durin a fight here today, in which Deputy Sheriff John allivan and J. V. Cammack at- tempted to arrest Thomas Meyers and A. L. Timmerman on a charge of murder. When Sullivan ordered Meyers and Timmerman to surrender, it {8 clalmed, one of them at- tempted to d'aw a revolver, when the shoot- ing began Gus Bock, a bystander, was killed and Paul Hininger, another non-participant, was mortally wounded, while Meyers, one was shot in the chin Sullivan was ex- At the coroner’s inqy onorated from all blame. TO FORM CHAIN OF PLANTS on tends Line of Unlon Lead and Company Ind Ex- Wentward, NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—It was announced today that the Union Lead and Ol company has comploted plans to extend its operat ing facilities and that for this purpose it has acquired cptions on property in Chicago, St. Louls and several western points. It is the purpose of the company (o establish a chain of plants in the leading citles from w York to the Pacific BRYAN ACCEPTS INVITATION Ne const Wil Attend nwealth €1 Meet b s ot Hoston. BOSTON, Dec. 23.—At the meeting of the executive committce of the Commonwenlth Massachusetts this evening a let ter from Hon. Willlam J. Bryan was read, accepting invitation from the club become its guest at a banquet to be given Thursday evening, January Cattle Do Not Sufr FORT WORTH, Tex. De recefved here from the Panhandle of Texas and western Oklahoma indicate that the recent cold snap had no material damaging effects on the cattle interosts in those se tions. This statement s corroborated by prominent railroad and lvestock who have just completed a tour of OKl “nd Texas. an to Reports tx of Ocenn Vessels, Dec, 23, York—Arrived: Prinzessen, from Kron Prinz Wilhelm, from Bre Mo At New Hamburg men. At Gibralter—Arrived from Now York, for Genoa and 3 Sailed Trave, from Genoa and r New Tk AL Gen I York 5 At land Lahn, from Now Murcran sk Salled: Palatinia, for Port yw—-Salled: Mongolian, for New n, for Boston onha-—-Passed: Cycle, via Coronel, tor Lons At 'Fernando 3 trom Ban Francisco, don. SINGLE COry FIVE CEN | here tonight that Governor | and TS, SHAW FOR CABINET Towa Governer is Suggested av Buccesser to Becretary @age LEAVES DES MOINES FOR WASHINGTON Hurrios on Becret Trip After Telogram fro the President. BELIEF EXPRESSED THAT HE WILL ACCEPT White Heuss Reports Treasury Pertfelie Positively Placed. HERRICK PROPOSED AS SECOND CHOICE Crane Finds to o Cannot Accept, Owing Domestic and Husiness Com- plications=Talt is Proposed for m Place. (From a Staff ¢ WASHINGTON, Dy gram.)—It s announced rrespondent.) 2 n Tele- clrcles Shaw of sec Secrotary waiting to ut the matter (8pectal official Loslio M been tendered the office retary of the treasury Gage. President Roosevelt | hear from Governor Shaw ab and in the event of his refusal it is said Myron T. Herrick of wiil be of fered the treasury porifolio. Senators A lison and Dolliver have been using their influence with the pregident In Mr. Shaw's betialf and in addition numt of othor senators have been importuned in favor of Towa's should accept the tender, this would give Towa two representatives in the cabinet, w tary of agriculture that state At the Washington office of the Assoclated Pross tonight it was said with authority that a tender of the office of sccretary treasury to succeed Secrotary Gage been made to Governor Shaw, but it understood there that up to a late hour to night no response had been received from Governor Shaw to the inquiries sent him At the White House no information wa obtainable pending a definite authorization of the fact that a successor to Secretar Gage had b btained of 1o Clovelan executive Governor Shaw as James halls from the had was of Shaw & DES MOINES, Dec. 23.—(Speclal gram.)—Governor L. M. Shaw started for Washington tonight in response to a tele gram from President Roosevelt requesting a confe The governor's departure was made very quietly, after an attempt to keep the fact from the press. He declined to make public the text of the president’s message. Pressed earlier In the evening for a state- ment regarding the report from Washington that he was to be Invited into President Roosevelt's cabinet as secretary of tha treasury, Governor Shaw denied that he bad been offered the position and said: “All 1 know about the matter is rumor. Rumor has reached me that I am to be offered tho place 1 know that prominent New York bankers have urged the president to appoint me. jovernor Shaw de he would aceepl a ¢ s, he stated, no pl him. His close political lieve he will accept. Previous to Governor Shaw's departure nothing definite could be learned as to the truth of the rumor that he had been offered the treasury portfolio. Governor Shaw was in the city all day, but ;was busy with h's biennial message and kept eloseted to finish It up. Previous rumors of this kind had not attracted much attention here, beeause it was belleved that lIowa could not b fered two places in the cabinet, and 1t was believed that Secretary Wilson did not con- tomplate retiring. rx for the East, Tele- ‘e her Inasmuch been offered nds here be- place h fri Crane D WASHINGTON, Dec 23 Crane of Massachusetts has declined (he treasury portfolio tendered to hm b President Roosevelt last Friday, 1t wos officially announced at the White Hou today that- be had declined for busines domestic ons The announcement the Pasi Governor m of Governor Crane's declination followed a confarence between the president and Senator Lodge after the latter had talked with Governor Crane over the long distance telephone. One of the names guggested at the White House today after it was known that Governor Crane would rot accept was that of Colonel Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland. Colonel Herrick Is at the head of one of the largest wa» ings institutions in the country and has had a wida experfence in financlal affairs. He was a warm persopal friend of the late President McKinley and it 1s understood was promised a foreign mission BOSTON, Dec, 23.—Governor Crane gave out the following statement here this after- felt obliged ta decline the appoint- iy of the ry tendered me by resident on account of illness in my family and inability to arrange my busliiess affairs at such short noti That was all the governor would say. te understood In his family mother s an he does not ca Herriek Talks CLEVELAND, Dec Herrick returned York Clty tonght It that his reference to fliness is based on the fact that his invalid and on that account to leave his Dalton home. f Comminsion for Taft, Colonel Myron T to Cleveland from Now Regarding the mention of his namo as successor to Secretary of the Treasury Gage he said he had no offer for the position and all that ho knew about his going into the cabinet was what ap pears in the press dispatches. Colonel Her rick sald that Judge Taft of the Philippine commission is on way the Unite States and that on his arrival Judge Ti might be given a cabinet position, and tha if such proved to berthe case no other Ohic id expect a portfolio. his to man cabinet Leslio Mortimer Shaw was born in Morris town, Vt, November 2, 18i8; ated from Cornell college, Mt. Vernon, 11l 1874, and from lowa College of Law In 1876, He recelved the degree of L.L. D from Simpson college. He was married De cember 6, 1877, to Alice, daughter of Jamey Cranshaw of Clinton county, lowa. He engaged In law practice since 1876 at ison, la, and president of the Bank of Denison and also the Bank of Manila He occasionally took part in political cam palgns as a republican speaker, and galned prominence as a McKinley advocate in the campalgn of 18 He was twice eleoted governor of Towa, his terms beginning i1 1898 and extending until 1902 He has fou represented the Des Molnes confer in the quadrennial c of the Methodist Episcopal church, Though his of. ficlal residence is iu Des Moines he hat malntalued his bome in Denison. He has been mentioned of late by ardent friend( prominent in the republican party as ( presidential possibility, was gradu- was Den was times ence iference