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PODGE OX fflE GRILL
iah'ters kept from him.
Taken to Headquarter* and Closeted
zi-ith District Attorney's Men.
Char>" F. I>o<!g<\ at last in the clutches of
Mgrtct Attorr.ey Jerome, last Bight for five
jjfturs Baoed )n Commissioner McAdoo's private
c-jce at Police Headquarters assistants of the
pjjtrsct Attorney, part <-f the time Mr. Jerome
r ,»ml*''- — 3 federal offlcials. while lawyers who
jaid they ttpt— wntfd his interests in vain
g t(r rr*& the door for admission.
mule Mr. Jerome his assistants and the
j,, r 5 — the room s Ith I>odpc- refused to say
■»**: hai taken place, then was little doubt
s^gi the man trbo caused the l^gai tangle of the
j)ofiF c "M^" i e dfvoroe cas^ was being put through
.», f third fit_f<e— »" with the abject of ascertain
ing f*" n "-: htm. if poasfbte, the persoti or persons
„>■ :t y.Bf- been declared, furnished the money
M__fa has *'T* '"'""ise In Texas
__aaet from the beginning of the Dodge
%'■:'■■ tge It was) asserted that some person
sr pen - v- .a<s an interest in keeping Dodge
jj^— t. .«: ■•■■ .; f ta the case and later on in keeji
ir.jt him f' r " ting Into the hands of the
r. : v- ■ .'.-• " - to be tried for perjury. It
fcaa been asserte ! that ■•■""' ' chief object
pi rrosecut!:'!? I>'»dge here was to find out
jntether ther re snch ■•••-'■ i and, if so their
10 : ; fury charge being a secondary
• : . T!:at Dodge, a comparatively
pocr Tr:tr.. has been able to put up a legal fight
: _■ . - !•■ ar.u have it taken
• ' Of the United states, has
added tn the strength of th<^ opinion held by
some thai Ihe personages dealt with by rumor
were not mythi
Whether or not Dodge made a confession in
|^s fve hours be passed on the •■grid" in Com
jaifsioner McAdixi's office could not be learned,
%ol there sras .» beii : around Headqaarters
thfi- •- had told a • thing that ai least partly
flrJCf-T the Distri : Attorney's suspicions.
Docle'"-. oi lis arrival on the steamer Lam
jaaasi f- -■« . . vestoi . Tea was driven at once
te E*c - . . Liters
o_tted States Marshal Hwmwn. of Texas, who
had charge of the prisoner ot: the voyage;
I>f!;t.> Marshals Warinack and Vann, of Texas;
two ot;:f ■:• special deputies. Detective Jesse, rep
rwer.r;: i.- District Attorney Jerome, and De
pjetrm Beigemnl H«rlihy. all of whom had a ■■-
Buiiliiiiied the prisoner or. the voyage, went
Bn_ ■ Head luarters, the party usii:g four
ctrriap? A }{ Kaffenburg. of Howe & Hum
xael w: -;•-•: nth* : Ttxas In trying to
»re Dodge from Jerome met the steamer, with
■bOwj ■: Cohen, of the same law firm. The
ißwyen talked with Dodge, bul di.J not go to
BtedQuarters witfi !..
s— rtow B. Weeks, Abraham Hummel and
A^rahar- Kaffenbnrg were at Police Headquar
t~y when Dodge was brought in. f-o quietly
"85 -. - ; . ; ■ ..-, though he wa? taken
(fcrocjrl the r^-.ir •ioo» and the lawyers were In
u> Detective Bureau, they dli not k:-'>-a- of his
«rr!- i until af:--- he hai; been taken to Com
> ner MrAdoo's private office. I»etectiv*»
Ef- :-; . wtio arrived a; Heaoauartfrs before
Imig*. did not know that Dodge had Eut there.
Ht " ( r.t t'j the Cornjnis_a»ri«--r's '■oorn. and
Ifcouieh at fln »t adrsn.-iio:. ->. as refused to him he
Afterward v. :.t la. The greatest air of mystery
parraOßded the proceedings, and wher. the law
yers irrived at the Ooaxa _ssioner*s room they
four.; oors closed.
In tr.-: ronin with L«jl^c uere rJexlihy, Marshal
Haas'-. _asistant Dlstri I Attorneys Ran d, (Jar
•-:. - | >":ark. the Commissioner F-^-:etary,
■r. E we Ar: - • :^r>' Btetler and the
c*r-' naarahals wh< i ponied Dodge.
M- "v*--ks Bern ,-ord thai understood that.
L» I lent t- as i;: th« .-. i aemanded ad
r....: •■.. To thU r< uesi Mr. Garvan sent
;r—- ; v Btetler '■..■: h- 'extended th^- compll
■exta I the seasoi •• Mr. Weeks. The lawyer
<J*t. -jr. .-- Btetl^r's name, and : i was given.
R_ I -. Stetlei r K- ■ '. "Have you any l^ga':
pr Krve o ■ .-''-ndani or the persons
• iiarjrt-""
Mr. Weeks replied that be did not. and .van
la] ■ prisoner was in the charge of the
Ci ■ BtsJ - government.
>>•-• ..:. • . later two men were taker. Into
•■ raom by :•: • ■■ secret stairway. The lawyers.
r.' ■ -.- £ of this, seni note ::.. asking if United
c-at-"^ Oouiuumktner Alexander had arrived.
and saying thai if he bad they would like to
' . ■ ■ nt. Steiier came out and
*■ _ - ' sen bad arrive—,
Therv I ■ and the Mr. •- Kp
act ta s ■ W. }i. Elanson, the marshal.
■questini I v •. be flowed to see their
dtent
.-a polite word, "Your note
b_i been i | ad duly filed."
«tiers • • ers d their heels, and.
tt'.rr :. og i ...• Detect!— s H_rUhy came
•.'r.-oug- • • room Mr. Weeks barred his way
"fhn I■ •• :-.e fcergpant Herlihy. you were
jm~__d with a bench warrant [Ung for the
&?T»e: of - ...ries F. Do*]ge"
Her::.-;, broke ::. "1 have r.ot the -'.arrant."
Ton | atlnued Weeks. "I call on you
to tak' that man Dodge Into custody on that
■* rarr *' If you deiay iri the « Kecutlon of that
WMis— t I *ha:i bold you responsible and will
MR . a . • tor jour failure to serve it.
Bfyoa negl< ( to do so you d<> it at your r>erii."
He- I • i reply was that he would report the
■rtter • the * ■ort.rj.issiorier.
■" lock Mr Garvan went out with
•*' - 1 ai • • lete ■ „- ana entered a cab.
■ • - . ■ - • [is ..-'- the case.
, '•■' ■ ■ v ■ •)-.■ • ■ :.f»-r<-nce -vas stll! '.if on.
lir.r. ; Attorney Jerome arrived about 10:43
•'dock -i Inspector <*ortrighL, the senior in-
retched Elesulatxarters about the same
'•x* T . ued more wild '.onjecturea about
_■ r a «».
V.' . .• ■ c an< j jiii<r'*<*ti-.r C'ortright w»nt Into
th» raom near I'oi!'-'- fonsmlssion^r McAdoo's
J^"*- - ' .- tne United States marshals.
JJ r — Rand. Mr. arvan and Mr.
"WtlL Detective Sergeant HerMhy was also
. Rside were f«tJil Bar!'>-. B. Weeks, Abraham
«'«?:-►: and Mr. K^fT^nfiurg. waiting-.
It WSJ gald That John I-:. Sta neb field will filHO
•« for ' i^»
H&lf <=r. b or after midnight Mr. Jerome and
*■" O»Jva_ i-ft Oomi— laaioner ■ -.loop office,
■** having 1 »f: - : :i,<<re ihan five hour*
*■!*- " HnauneJ and Mr. VTeekes were waiting
_WMe for the District Attorney, anrl asked
*n«r. they oonld ec> Dodge Mr Jerom<* said.
.-*t U»ey could not ice him a? all. The two
ss>ers gre~ excited and ■ -■-.ant.
»J *'*'" '"■''■ '" ( "^' ITiV " lent." shouted "Ab»"
"?~" "•*'■■ - ■-'.''ing up and down.
T|o^ • f.. (- him: h«- Is not In my c_ptod}*."
l? V2rr ''- - ■ r»iBTri'~t Attorney, lighting a ciga
ssj
»»?* *'' *"** wa!l arre«te<i on a bench — -ar
jrjp I demand to <L -" him '" Fhnut»d Mr. Hum
-f'tj[h.- ».:c 'j^?:.-,! : f* th:^ tl/ne beine reinforced
rr J <li- associate. Mr. \Veekrb.
. it. Jerome did r,or ar^pwer. Tie tnrnad back
JJJtbe rniimil—jinmi's ofn.p. Presently he rs
•iT s*'5 *' "'O—Btlams—.*' be said. "Mr. r>odge nays
s^ r has nsnner ssen either of you. an*}, al
2*jKll he hag h*-ar<j Mr. Ilurr.niel's t.ame men
.J**J. h* has employed neither of you an coun-
Mr. Wv<.i{es helped Mr. Hummel on with his
S*_"et Mr. Smnme) Id the same for Mr.
'I shall b«l!-ve That when I hear that from
«r. D«yjge'#, own Hpa," aaid Mr. Humrri"! to Mr.
, t *»-kts "That raif-F a Soobi in my mind a* to
'!• Baniti He has been sweated by those p*o
2* *h*r<r for five hour*, and can't be in very
"T^ftCgf. ssunnifl to Tr.f- tn b* 1 In a esJtn frame of
I vtHlr.urtt on m-'ind purr
OEWEY'B WiNES FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS.
H «?l»iial 4asortod Otsss ti 00. t'.m. 16.75.
tA^ L>tWf: i _ Sons Co. 13* Fulton fit.. N. T.-
" Bwm^^g aajasu --... kew-york, Saturday. December 24. 11M>4.- sixteen PAGES.-w^.'saftja— .
TROOPS KILLED IN SAMAR.
THIRTY -EIGHT MEX DEAD.
Officer Slain in Ambush— Town of
Dolores Threatened.
Manila, Dec 23.— The Pulajane? have am
bushed and killed nt Dolores, on the island of
Samar. a lieutenant and thirty-seven enlisted
men of the 38th Company of native scouts.
Two thousand Pulajanes, It is reported,
threaten the town of Dolores, and the situation
is said to be critical! Lieutenant Abbott, in
command of the scouts, has requested that aid
be sent him.
Washington, Dec. 23.— Up to the time of th"
closing of the War Department to-day nothing
had been received from General Corbin. com
manding: the Philippine Division, regarding th?
affair at Dolores. It is expected, however, that
an official report from General Corbin will be
received at the department to-morrow morning.
Secretary Taft this afternoon ma public a
mail report ju«: received from Governor Wright
In regard to the condition of affairs In Samar
and other islands of the Philippine group. It is
ia part as follows:
The great bulk of the civilized Filipinos live
on or not remote from th. coast line, but there
are scattered communities living in the moun
tains who are little removed from savagery. It
frequently happens that some enterprising man
among them will obtain a considerable follow
ing^ and will perpetrate all sorts of outrages
upon peaceful and inoffensive inhabitants. This
cannot he changed at once, it therefore may
be Inferred that for several years to come there
will be eruptions from this source, and that they
will make raids upon the civilized Filipinos liv
ing In the lowlands, as heretofore. The commis
sion, so far as Us finances permit. Is .-r.gaged in
building roads to open up these remote Lions
of the Interior and to make them accessible.
A striking Instance of th tendencies of these
mountaineers i.« furnished by recent occurrences
In the island of Samar. which is the third In
noint of size in the archipelago. Two months
ago several hundred of these hill men, under
the leadership of on<- of their number, ho
Styles himself Papa (Pope) Sulan. a:. ; who, as If
usually the can", ciairr»» to be divinely spired.
suddenly descended upon the native towns along
The foast line, plundered and burned the out
lying harriop and bejran killing men. women
and children Indiscriminately. The constabu
lary promptly took the field agrainst tliem, and
they were soon broken up Into small bands, and
are b^lng pursued and killed or captured.
Captured members of the band Btate that the
Immediate cause of the outbreak was that cer
tain of their countrymen who were promt in
the Insurrection, and who have been employed
by mercantile houses -if agents for the purchase
of hemp, had : eased them by paying them
only a nominal price for their hemp, thereafter
turning It In to their principals at a much
Is rger price.
The Spaniards Impressed themselves lest per
haps upon the people of Samar than upon the
inhabitants of the other islands, and. except
Mindanao, the home of the Moros, th°re If.
therefore, more combustible material there than
:r. the other islands. Doubtless man}- of the in
habitants of these mountain regions never have
seen a white man. Th*- civilized Filipinos are
In great terror of them and eagerly co-operate,
SO far as tL«!r fears will permit, with the con
stabulary and scouts in th»lr elimination.
First Lieutenant George F. Abbott, who com
mand?! the r?«th Company of Philippine scouts,
wpa a corporal In the 9th Infantry in th^ fight
at Tien-Tsln at the time of th«^ Boxer troubles.
Officers in Washington familiar with his record
say that he distinguished himself in that en
gagement by seizing the colors when the color
bearer- fell und holding them in the line
CANNON'S MZRRY CHRISTMAS
The Speaker Tells His Friends How to En
joy the Holiday.
MOM THE TRIBUNE BfRF.Af]
Washington. Dec. 23 — Speaker Cans to-day
rave his friends and the newspaper m«>n who gath
ered aboat him a Christmas recipe
■•; wish you all a merry Christmas," he said,
• aiid I will give you a recipe for the right kind of
a t'hristmas. You may take or..* drink, but only
one Do not drink any more. Don'l take any of
those fanoy tiling? they mix up. I* you must have
a drink, take plain, straight, good whiskey. Have
a nice turkey and other things you fancy. Bring
on the plum pudding with blazing brandy. After
you have bad y.jur turkey and all tho good things
that go with it. Just get a gocxi gar or a good old
pipe. Tak«> a seat In an «-a.fc_v chair, tilt back so
that your fe*-t are op on the doorcaslng, or -ls far
up a* they will reach, shut your eye«, and dream
Of nothing but f/ieasant things. May then be no
g-h;)»"ts of i °hr:st.:-:iii"-s gone of < Thrtstmases present
or <*hrjj«tir»asf-s to be to haunt you; no phopt of
Marl-y to disturb your digestion. Hr- sn contented
you even forget, to 'cuss' the scoundrel who wrote
lies about you. Let there i"" pea c within and
without you, and may you ha\r many, many more
pleasant anniversaries of th* same sort."
DOCTOR CHARGED WITH FORGERY
Bank Officers Say He Raised Deposit Slip
from $10 to $500.
[BT TELHCRAPH Ir > THT? TRIBUNE 1
Newport News. Va.. Dec 3.— Dr 3 Iwianc«-y
Hick*. sp*«"laHflt hi "ye, »ar and throat disease*,
lttssrat*ur an^ ftpostls of icsthetieisin, i« in Jill
n .» r »>. chHrg«*l with forgery. Th« arrfst »as ma(i«
on a warrant oworn out by T>ete<tlv< Reynolds, of
this city, on information tarnished by th» Traders'
National Bank, of Washington, wher- the doctor
has office, and the City Bank of Newport News.
The doctor 1* all«p«"l to have raised a <;«>posit
slip for *l(ll (l to $500 this oonstltntlng forgery under
the. law. He ■was a:ton;ptlng to rats* money on
paper when arrested HtickS at one time had mi
office in New-York, and later practised in Phila
delphia, nicftinond and Norfolk. He la the author
of Dumervus p»s«ns and a man of culture and re
finement.
In spite of the denial of the bank officials. Hicks
iniiUta he ImssltriT Kt*\. instead of $!(). lie _ wa a
unable to furnish ball to-day, and was held for^ths
grand jury. ________
QUICKEST LINE TO CLEVELAND.
L«sve New Tork ''"■'- p. 5 nrriv» '': \^ :;in d " '■■'•
i'% morning Cincinnati 1 :30 p. m . Indinnr;H.it.« 3:f>o
p ti St. I>ouiß »46 p. m.. by N«-w York Central.
Fin* Service. No tice__ f_rc.~ Advt.
THE NEW GRAND CENTRAL STATION
NO MENACE TO THE SOU H.
Arbitration Treaties Would Not
Affect Repudiated Bonds.
\VVS-- THE TRIBT'NE BfREAf.I
Washinston. Dec. 23.— The objection of Senator
Foster, of L'.iui.-iana. to the arbitration treaties
which Secretary Hay has negotiated is not takeN
seriously by h'.s colleagues. Senator Fosl \
thought he saw in the- treaties a menace to the
South, his argument being that foreign holders
of bonds Issued by Southern States in recon
struction days would use the provisions of the
treaties to compel the United States to arbitrate
their rights before tho Hague Tribunal. Few.
!f any, of Senator Foster's colleagues fear such
a result from the ratification of th« treaties.
Senator Cullom, chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations, said to-night:
No one wants to enforce the payment of those
Infernal bonds. Whenever we are about to do
anything; some Democrat bobs up with an ob
jection, but this objection from the South does
not apply xo these arbitration treaties. How
can we b» forced to arbitrate something that
our courts have decided we have no law to
enforce? The treaties only provide that arbl
tration may be resorted to in certain cases, but
our objection to arbitration would be sufficient
to prevent such a course. There is nothing In
the objection raised The decision of the Su
preme Court in the North Caroline, case does
not apply.
. - . ■
. :on an
r ("ullorn with n-Kard to the possibility
of enforcing payment o* Southern l>ondp under
the ai pat I They point >>ur thai
the North '' ■ made a I •
- ■
tor 1 c Court or
. payment I ide on or before the
yin January, 1905. Most of the rc
pudia - f th< ithei States constl
j h lien, however, so t!;a: this <■,(■)•■• -
tion -nouifi not iie in other lnstai
» .—. —
NO MO HE VAX ISM.
"Cincinnati Enquirer" Cuts Loose
from "Repudiation and Heresy."
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE Tr.IHIVE]
Cincinnati, Dec. Democrats and othe- cit
izens hereabouts have been electrified In some <'„■
gree by reading an editorial in "The Cincinnati
Enquirer," the Democratic urpar. In this region
for many, many rears, denouncing Democracy, or
especially Bryanism. "The Enquirer,'.' as i^- well
know ? . is edited and owned by John R. McLean,
Democratic National Committeeman in !.. ia.«t
campaign, and cai didato for Governor a few ■ >■.-.:
ago. The editorial in question, after referring to
a remark c,i Senaicr Newlands, of Nevada, in
which !:<■ spqke of Bryan as "the acknowledged
leader of the Democratic party." say?:
It Is, of cotirse, not possible to say how many peo
ple in this country the distinguished Senator from
Nevada represents In ..:- sweeping assertion of lead
ership; i)ut iher» is certainly one journal which
cannot be delivered to such a following. Under
Buch leadership as Mr. Newlands declares t<> be ex
istent to-day, or under conditions which it helped
tn create this year, the Democratic party lias gone
• disaster in three Presidential elections, and the
wreckage has been more complete and awful In
each successive rear
There ia no dispute of the right if Mr Bryan
and those politically i:^so'-:a:'-..i with him to per
sist in their do< .:■- There need b-- no dis
p«rai;emen! of th^lr «-minent ability and sincerity.
There it- no occasion for regret or apo] ■ for a
court"' thm once p-emed to be the r.^ht one.
But why should there be an obstinate standing
out against three popular verdicts— the lust one
almost the strongest in t!.» hlstorv of our Cnloi '
Why undertake, while the streams on tli*- last
Q( Ida it:« red, to nominat-: for leadership
ttxain the generals who have thrice led their sol
diers • . humiliating defeat 1
The time has cone for ... general Bh >wl t of
hands. "The Enquirer" is ready with its pro
: v ■■:■■•• It will not. under an; circumstances,
fall In with a leadership that has been three time-.
rebuked by the people, but has still insisted <>:>
governing the party councils. It will not yield
obedience to mt-n who have jußt been enormously
repudiated by iheir own party. It will not be
coaxed, wheedled or dragooned into a suicidal
course by suggestions of party fidelity, it is for
America and for the American people. It bows
to their will as to v. hat la necessary for th> splen
did advancement and development of the country.
It is for prosperity arid not fur calamity for the
Rake of triumph. It la in the proud company of
Democrats numbering in the millions who refused
at the Last election to be ■-!;■.-. ■■- L It touches
. ibowa Hi either side with legions who did not
find In Bryan or Parker t:.t_- exemplification of true
Dei ratic faith.
lvi k to Mr Bryan and his friends in their
pen mal affair?! No recriminations and no hard
feelings. But no more Bryan leadership, no more
dilution of Democracy with Populism, repudiation
an.i heresy; no ni"!.- restraint ■■.. the flight of tha
•■ • ■ jn eafrl*-. nnd no more tugging at the holding
back strap for, yours truly,
THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
LEASES MORTOX HOI SE.
Well Known Hostler// To Be Named
Hotel Churchill.
John H. Fif» has loasoij the Morton House, at the
«n';th«»ast corner of Fourteenth-St. and Broadway.
for the Courtlandl estate to Churchill Brothel pro
prietors of the 81 George Hotel, in East Twelfth
st . for a term of nine years nnd four months at an
itKBT'-gate rental of nearly (150,000. Th» hotel it now
being overhauled and decorated. Among the. lm
proventents will be new etectrlc elevators, steam
heat ■'•"•! hot and cold water In every room and an
office, dining room and kitchen on the first floor.
■■-•■■ will elaborately furnish the
hotel and change the name from it^ Morton House
to the Hotel Churchill. It will be ready for occu
pancy on March 1.
BURGLAR ROES MISS CLARA MORRIS.
Forces Way to Dining Room of Her Yon ken
Home and Steals Silver.
A burglar forced an entrance into The Pines, ,
the horn- of F. C. Harriott, nt No 837 Rivrrdale
aVt ,_ Tonkers, early yesterday morning and stoic I
a lot of silverware. Mrs. Harriott is Miss Clara
Itorria. the well known actress. The sUverwars
•raa taken from the dining room table.
CHRISTMAS WEEK WASHINGTON TOUR
via Pennsyh in , rm ,m., m. 1 o«c«»her 27tb, H2.Wand
«fw '-.;•< i'.f, -: ,-•' l! r '; "h .U-ted AI! expenses far
%£ . ;b ■■£?. A.. WFliUi Avenue.
.New-York.— Ativ -..
BREAKS FORTY WINDOWS.
Excitement in Fourth-ace, from
Explosion.
An explosion of gas in an electric onduit man.
hole a t 1 rtieth-st. and Fourth-aye., last night,
broke nearly forty windows, disarranged th«
stuck of a number of stores in the neighborhood
and broke nearly all the v indows In one side of
a passing car. The report sounded like an ex-
I -i of dynamite. It caused inu'h excite
.■-■■ L
Three workmen, employed by the Edison Eler-
Light Company, had been n.. iking repahs
i:; the ronduit and had left It to go to th
walk for more tools, when the explosi' •
curred. A sheet of flame shot high in tl
Th<- force of the expolslon was lessened by the
iibH*-:.<-e of the manhole cover.
The stores a: XO3. 4^, 441 and 44."> East
Thlrtieth-st. suffered.
In No. 4:i!» Mis«i Letta Levy, a < lerk. was
thrown dowi; by the shock. She falntfd. but
was soon revived. She was hysi r some
time after w ard
The upper floors of the three East Thir
et. buildings are occupied as flats. The tenants
poured from these in great alarm.
Fas.«lni? the corner at th^ moment of tl
plosion was Madison- N 1,576,
li<»und. It was filled with passengers, many of
them women, who hid een shopping. Though
so many window - .vn out, nobody in the
car was
The onlj • n given for ihe t-x:
was tha' a c-ossed wlr° had emitted pj);irks,
which - tine or sewer gas
ar hour all the lei r lights within several
''';. '■ ks were us"':-ts
MILLERS HEAR THEY WIN.
Mr. Mood, if Said to Have Decided in
Favor of Flour Drawback.
itti ■ -Raph TO thi: TtnBTSTB.I
Minneapolis, Dec. 28.- Henry L. Little, man
npvr of the Pillsbury- Washburn Company, was
advised to-day that Attorney General Moody
had decided that the grinding of a mixture of
foreign and domestic wheat comes within the
law governing drawback regulations. This de
• Ision la regarded here as a great victory for the
millers, and especially foi Mr. Little. v ho has
led the tight f^r the drawback.
The ruling means* that on the importation of
a giver, quantity of wheat f? i which duty has
been paid, the miller will receive a drawback
hen the flour u:ad>- from this wheat ia <-.'x
ported. Exactly what the Treasury De!..art
ment'a regulations will be is not yet known.
but they will probably be something like this:
If a miller is using 50 per reni of imported
wheat and the department allou ': ■ - cent of
the uut\ as drawback, the miller would be en
titled to ,V> per cent of the S>.'! per cent draw
back. Drawback is allowed only on the product
!::t<> which the imported material actually en
ters. In discussing the effect <>? the decision, an
official of the Pillsbury Company said:
In view of Lhe unjust i rltlcisms that have b-?en
made to the effect that Secretary Shaw was try
ing to stretch the drawback laws to favor th^
millers, that official's determination to refer the
matter to the legal officer of the government
v^ aa !:)•'*: ti :3 ■
itrong-
I by the fan
• !.-:. K'-;-- • have
declared thai 11 v ould I of the
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by ma!.' i
made, w .11 have serious ; .
i oni —
Washington. L'-c 23 [1 .v-.- ■ .. -.
.. ..i! flour raadi . .
dian wheat, the I public
..•: • : , [ueBtion • • Ito 3
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partment ol ,
WILD BEAR SCARED SHOPPERS
Three Mer. Bitten Before Colored Wrestler
Captured It.
nctnnat Dec. S3 Three men. were bitten nnd
several thousand Bhoppen «rere ; rown Into a
panic t'>-dav when a recently captured bear.
brought here for Bale, t'-^.k* away from Its captors
and '■;■:'■ amuck In the h->:ir f of th.- !»hn;ipin[r dis
let. Tl beast was caught three tirrif«. h,it broke
away and resumed Its ;!•:• escape, finally
b»irg overcome bj wiclit of numbers and
leil away with v sack over its head
Two bears were .. t recent ,:t Morgantown,
Perm.. aivl brcughi hern for f '• One was sold.
and when the purchasers vi ■:" i t<"ik to remove i»
from Ita '-net-. th«> !>•■•• ■ - | cad from the
noose, lumped from tho wagon and «tart*.! toward
n. Mg department stor^. when I'hr -:tr::as «':vipper>»
vrere eollectwJ M«»n and women scattered ::i every
direction. T^ animal finalli - > isrht refuge i;; ; ; ii
alley, after a run <>ftf t loi ... tfie
b^ar waa caught by «. tsbtored ■ •■■'-r. who ihrc»
n b;»g over Us h»-h(l and tevera i; ;; ; >■■ •■ ■ -
liowred the animal.
PITCAIRN ISLAND CUTTER LOST.
Three Men Swim Eight Miles in Rough
Sea — One Drowned
Pa:'* Tan;-:. Iw. !0 vlh s ., n prannsco Dec.
23 —Tli'- Pltcalrn Island cruising cutter has been
wrecked Mr Coflln, one of tii'- pa— iraqi was
drowned. Three young m.-i, n naged to make their
escape b) swimming eight mllea !:i a :mur!i sea.
THE SHORT LINE TO CLEVELAND.
. tea -.ii I
Railrci
■
To-morrow Is '"Hospital Sunday" lUimmtwr tae
sick jpoor in jour Church Offering. -Advt
BIG FIRE IN SIOUX (lI V.
LOSS MORE THAX $1,000,000.
One Life Lost and Many Business
Houses Destroyed.
Sioux City. lowa, Dec. 23.— A i":re which start
ed a little before '.» o'clock to-night in the Pell<»
tier department store had up to 11 o'clock de
stroyed property valued at more than fI.OOO^OOOt
The entire territory between Jackson and Pierce
and Third and Fourth st«. has heen destroyed,
and the fire is stili spreading.
Assistance was sought from outside cities, and
<t-. and other equipment were started
from Omaha at 10 o'clock. The burned build-
Ings Include three banks, the Western Union
Telegraph office, several large mercantile con
cerns, the Grand Theatre and other building?
The wires of both telegraph companies were all
lost before 10 o'clock, temporarily catting off
• .!;ication with the outside world. Later
telephone wire? were -: a ed over a circuitous
rout-.
The fire started In th« P»B«tlsT department
store, located In the Toy Building, a six story
stone block at Fourth and Jackson sts.. occupied
also by th-- First National Bank. The entire
building, together with Its contents, was de
stroyed, but before the firemen could secure
control of the flames they had spread to th»
Massachusetts Block, on the west, another large
;x; x story building. The firemen were unable to
pet ear enough to do any material good in
stopping the flames, which rapidly spread to the
westward, assisted by a brisk wind.
In the course of thf-ir flight the names were
'•ommuuicated to a score of other business places
(heated In the building- to the we*t of a, Toy
Block. Among these were the following which
were entirely destroyed: The Massachusetts
Building, occupied by seven ! irg>' stores; the
Pullman Hotel, Johnson ■■■ " son, clothing and
furnishings; Orkin Brothers, women's furnish
ings; i >rge Conway, wholesale tobacco and
cigars, and the America:; Express Company.
Several families lived in the rear of the build
ing, but so far as known all the occupant? •---
cured.
The next building destroyed was th- Commer
• ial Block. In this structure were located the
City National Bank, J. J. Prugh. queensware;
the Warfield-Pratt-Howsll Company, whoiesal**
srrocers; Peavy & Nash, furniture; Dow Clothing
Company. Harsted _ Halsuth. shoes; th» Theo
dore Becker Tailoring Company; the WaWe
Hardware Company and th^ ■■«:•• Union
Telegraph Company.
Leaping across the alley, tlie flre next -
. igs facmg Fourtk-84 Th»-««»
\ rthwestem National Bank. Selser
Broth ■ liquors, ar I Magner &
The wires of both the Postal and Western
Union Telegraph companies were in the path
if th" flumes, and in addition to burning the
Western Union office th" fire also destroyed
nearly a block of cables connecting Its system
of wires with the main office-. The Po«tal com
pany'B offic- «as not in the burned district, but
its wires were destroyed.
utt-.tr buildings burned include the Leader
Hot-!, the West Hotel, a large new structure;
Higman & Skinner, wholes bo.ts and shoes.
and a large number n* small establishing
The {'.re w^is got under control about 11 3D,
after practically two enUre blocks had been
burned over. One fireman was killed.
6 x Cttj '..- th- county seat of Woodbury «'oi;nty.
lowa, It is en the Missouri River, 136 sailed north
«*•-■ of I'^s Motnes. It Is an important .-ailroa,]
among the tinea filtering it ball | the Chi
cago and Northwestern, ..!>e Chicago, Mi'.waukr-,
and Si iv .. ':• • '!;:■:.£:■. St. Paul. Minneapolis
and '>na_*. the Illinois Central, the Great Nortta
• n • I ihe Union Pacific. n >a-» k>rg>- manufactur
ing Interests ci n prising flow mills, elevators, foun
dries, ma hi - - s,nd m*« M packing pl-ims It
i^ the •:' ' an extensive corn *t o^ir.g an,i
stock rala • - region Th»> population at lh« tim»>
' ■• '.-si ■•::-■'!- In MM was 33.-«»-
CASTRO'S ARBITRARY ACT
Depose* Entire Personnel of Yen-
i elan Superior Court.
Washington, Dc- I': 1 . It has l>*en reportsd to
the State Department that President Castro of
Venezuela baa deposed the entire per<»oiin»i <>f
ihe Superior Court of Veneruela on the alleged
ground that the court had • quitted a prisoner
accused of mur<w whom '- Presideni elteved
should have been convicted.
TRAP GUN KILLS CHICKEN THIEF
Wf»r Veteran Who Set His Hnskei to Guard
Coop Is Held for the Coroner.
Camden, \\ l . Dec 23.— Robert Dorsey, »
negro, was shot .md killed to-day by a me
chanical contrivance whilt- attempting to rob
the chicken coop of Howard Brown, In South
i 'arndi • Brown, who contrived the affair to
catch chicken thieves who had been robbing his
hennery, was held without »>aii to await th"
nctlon of the coroner, Brown, who Is a war
veteran, placed his nl 1 army musket in a corner
•>r the eo«>p. nnd ittach»d a v«!r» to the iriggeT
and to the door of the chicken house in such .i
ir.anm-r that when the door was op*Ti*d ths
pun would be discharged.
HOLIDAY TOUR TO WASHINGTON.
Royal Bhl Lme. I | 'crnib»r 71. Only I" from
New York, ail expenses, tnt-ltidlnc rail aid hotel
for thr»-e days Additional tours Jim I] and V
Feb. 11. Mar. 16 and 30, April IS and 27, Mar li. X»*
la<iuixe B. * O. Ticket «jmc«a.-Advc
PRICE THKIir :;EMB.
GRAND CENTRAL PLANS.
THE 11 1 GE ( ()X( Ol RSES.
Great Facilities in Xcv, Station for
Going and Coming Passengers,
• sjpi
Ir.id befor- the Board cf :.- : !,. by-
Ira A. Place, general counsel of th»- New-York
Central ar.d Hudson River It. • anpany.
and Creole H. Daniels, gei • : % r .'.g«>nt
of the company. The \ '.-.:.< and "..tr*:;*— rs*
drawings wt-re submitted
The plans" for the n»Mi • -. - th»
use "f an a ... Mocks.
between Forty-s» »nd i Fit - • .:i sts..
Madison and Lexingi
T:^e stat;.- . together ■:•-. the p©«t
office ar.d -■. "i?«". will cover the
blocks her.'.- ■ . Lexington avw.,
from ;' ■ Forty-third st, inclusive.
and the .< on Forty-second-sC, be
• . ; l rpew Place.
Th^ buildings will ■■ ' k froni Fortf
l-st, s dtstan< - ••: about forty feet, and
back from Vahderblli-ave -i Bsi oce of about
s<-. »--:;.• :•■-:. - : ■ . - ••
proach to th^- sts I give th- effect of Ml
f^^r open space on the Fort secor l-st front
i.pe and 13'> feet • • . the Vanderbflt
■ c frontage
Th- front. w- of the* will be e '*
feet In Vai • . • •. ■ " •• ' ty-ttfth
st.. 4SO fe^t In Lexlngton-ave., _~ '
Forty-fourth-su :.■; - feet I • Place and
200 feet in Fon se l-st.
In addition to the i ibU ■treets, there ■■ *
connections by amiiie private roadways and
walks to Madlson-av. on the weal and L-xir.j
ton-ave. on the east, thus giving the travelling
public facilities for entering the atatloi
only from Forty- second-st. on the south, Va -
derbilt-ave. and Dep*»w Place, bm frotn M.:
soji-ave. on the ■■ • n . :.- gt n-avs « tIM
east.
SUBURBAN TRAINS ON LOWER I.RVF.L
The suburban trains will be on ;i lower sn si
than the e\r>r»*ss trains, thus separating the
commuter from the express i»uim>in.»i and af
fording better facilities for botn The sti
.-onoour.se will provide for nine tracks i'h*
express concourse will be - .-• :--: m.
below the street level, and will provide for
twenty-two passenger train track?, two baj
g^ge tracka, two mail tracks a- i elghi -'xr>r^<« : «
tracks. Th- platforms will be - • ted by
subway and elevators that bae^age, mall and
express may be quickly transl -■• : wtthoot
crossing the tracks.
The trsain entrance to the station ■
Forty-second-st. it - ■*-
•ive arches, each arch ■ f°*t wide
; and *K» feet high Beyond these i
! be in entrance to ri large i k.ei
300 f— t. .>n the level .\::h the street, i
1 right «>f rh's lobby and praci > . ■ : ■ ■ tit
! will be the outgoing ■ - I fter pur-
I chasing his ticket and ■ necking his haggaga lbs
i prt?s"ngor will proceed to *h* ej - rah by
; enterii _ i gallerj overlook! the c •■- o^-
I course, and theme tn this •« : h win
|be on tre l»ve! <_.f the eipr- SI BJ Vrv« ~i
! UUUse will be approach***! bj four grand «*a!r
<-a.'f«, eacfi • vnty-tlvp feet in width, 11 — add
that this concourse will be the largest to ?ta-»
world, being 160 by 4T«> Peel and I-"" 1 * f*wl huh.
Adjoining will be the- us-: waiting loorot re
tiring rooms, r-ifr-j., t-M- j j>hur.<' I I ■_• • r li fa
■ il'ri^s -••• Th» waiting rooma ontatQ
twice the area of th<» waiting roou s be I
Centn 51 as if Is at pre
SEPARATION OF PASSENGERS.
Through thi«= concourse i • irtinej
and arriving passengers ■ c ■--
singers will be absolutely - : i rated from th*
departing passengers, thus avol I the
confusion in a railroa . i I by t--,*
meeting of incoming and outgoing passengers.
From the concourse - | rs ■ go
trains In tr.e tr;i::; room. Tb< platf rms u\:
arerage from fifteen to eighteen fe< I ■ :■
whereas the widest platform of the present rta«
tion is only twelve feel wkle. The .vaburl'an
train room will have an excellent featur
quickly emptying the trains and avoiding crowd-
Ing on platforms on tn eh sides of the I
These platforms will i • ler than th» *x
pn-ss platforms, r_:;s:r.s; from '~ :■ 28 - I X •
concourse end of all express tforn 111 have
the additional advantage ■ ■•■' . I g free from the
handling of baggax .
The exit from the station win iie along Vai
derbilt-av,-.. approached by ample stall
To the north and along Vanderbllt-are. ■•
the Incoming baggage* conveniently placed f«e
arriving passengen The • *cpanj - .-. stand
will bi on the level of the *rac . - ■
press tracks. In the lion for this rah
stand the railroad company •-.... ■ , . than
■ .p. attowing more si . ■ tha
contained b Ptfth-ave.. between Thirty-thhtl
and Thirty-fourth sts.. If the avenu twice;
as « I!- 1 .!■-• '• !.-■ si • '..-..- ; tint.
Besides th< i .'■ strait e» and exits there - i II
if additional entrances a-.. • exits foi the fab
urban pa - --- ■•■ h • • t:, K >
'•■' ■ ' • : the street t the i rom tha
train to the street by an easy I
ail staircases. There iT. be pr
press level a connect
"ill also be a fro <
tion by «ay of an li . . . -
It the snbws there » ..
subordln .-■ ■•■ . - ■ ■ ■ .->.,•
rettrtasj rooma At t • • <
loop for quickly dt! | .■ g the train*
There has 1 ■ „. „ ..,
Forty-second-st Vai •■■ • ■ m ,i i
Place ' ' ' ' '
THE LARIiE BAOCAOE R
: . ■• at i.- room adj • • |
Forty-flfth-st. and Vanderl • • l SMI
' ■ ■ ■ ' _ t7 .• „ . - ■ „». „••
floor si
I • ••• ■ • •< -a ■ .■ ■* • tssocV
at*"<l v ith I.— 'J it Si : . • :■ ■ : • •
plished th< ■
Tn—. • . • . • ■ - • . . ' , ■ ..,
for getting 1 • ■
tin>. The outgo .
ttekei •'■•- ■ f '•-•;.••
renleni to tb< a '.". ■ : . : •.. ampi-»
viai'lnc; robins an 1 a grand •■••' -»• stxffl
targe i • ■ • . -■ ■ \ •-. ■
sioti or h<>i ;
To :'•-,»■ nor h at th .
the •-•■• • (I -.....,■.,.
dred and flfty thoasai ea, rm
rlualve of corrW tors. rtc. Th»-«* nffi.-*^
«nj be bvili around aco - - - ;)^n*
lor ea.-h ofßce and r r - . • ira] iTgh'. in
Uk hlghei peu • of the tn
A i. if proa ■ • Irs of the N • *•-
Tork t'ertral «ia!<l yesterday :
Thr ■-• ■•• ■ - • ' k tmntnals (»i
th# electrification of th* name : ihould -i- «
bs etw««i « ■ ■ . .. ■
.- tnpl ■ ■ r ■ .... - -» i. j
000 of unlsa -
iNo :>• •• »■' ••• • ■ -- ' ■ •• . \**r , r .
d«beatnrea. < ■ r \i -. . \ . ,„■
1 •' •■• - ' - • • ..;' n :
U*u»4 to thr »»al
PLAIT $15,000,000 BUFFALO STATION.
Bvflslo. Dec S Ai r m»et:-tj «p th» raton Bta>
tion Dsnunlasion last night an sfler wa* soscßlttej
by t;i»- :h!rt-»«-n ralnreadj enterlag the city t.. bcJU -\
union station at .' ••-^ < «t of CU.Coa.au . - : ■
FLORIDA AND WEST INDIAN LIMIT2D
••FINEST SERVICE SOUTH."
— Lea Tea New Tork IS A. at, daQy via p*n«i a
Atlantic Coast Un«, USX Broadway, N. T liiHL