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VOL LXXIIL KG 109 I 4 iNFAV YORK MONDAY DECEMBER 18 1905Colur noi ti n SIM PTMI nj FIMMA Aml HM
BALTIC REBELS USE TORCH
rom s or THE iiATii > rssrivtnLES
tnLES inSTinn ipeuirul IWIAnd
WIAnd Mmlc for nrcogtillton of Ilir llttiiianlau
iianlau nriuhll > ffprnian SubjectSinniiR
SinniiR Hostage Taken Leaders nruorl
uorl > nicns Union Tlirin Into Prisonpidal
I pidal Cablf Dtsptilthn la TIIK SUNbT
bT PiinHHWito Dec 16 via Eydtkulmen
kulmen DPO 111 Is announced fromsouthern
southern Livonia that the whole country isin
rebellion Estate managers urnl
in open rhlion Elito mnagerl urluI
l ins fired on by subordinates Countryutt I
utt an lying In ruinsThi
Tit fstatc of Juergonphurg is boieged byfonif
fonif fl1 rebels Tho castle nt Letnborg wasfcct
nI witurated with > etriiIPUIII
fcct nn flic nfter being fltlrah1 wih 1 >
IPUIII A t Allascb I dwelling house and IUflry
linfillry wero rednced to nnhes FromMiwu
Miwu to Seg wold properties IMVO beenlurn
burn I tJ the groundOf
Of 10 dragoons callnd out 1 al iiiirffrg
frg Thf rpt declare thai for 1 distanceK
r c gP y nil1 they have HIMI prupirtiesliuriMiim
liuriMiimI
I nit THK IIIIUVMAN lIKIttlLlURin
Rin Dec 1M leln fITho muniiipalfiffi
rrcN to < lay after notifying the noblern
nfr 1 inti nogotiatious with the rebelsThi
Thi hftrr dvmand from lbi < nobles II nnirii
UI Inr the surrender of IOlnIM1 hot
flg influding four German subjects thntIh
Iho Lihuanlnn rppiiblic shull be lecognlwd
Impendence of Ilussin l > ead
nnJ i iMiti14e 1pnrncn nuil
I Ifght
n
Fig ut mr j proceeding al Milan ImcJr IIb
theSo
the 1 ipl rhii nf hall armed by
So ialiip An iittnik on tho cnstln Ims
tn t > attn ID The rebols have forcedi I
i > io Swedish CutiMil to withdraw his jierim
inLlCfl forGcrmnnRiiianslo useSwcdihM
13nOII llIer I
M PtTtnsurno Dw I > via Kydtkuhntn
lien Priisfii Dec liA merchant herntms I
tms riioivpd a letter from Hlgn by mesKng
I ngt Th latter travelled on n locomotive
motive which was tired on nt many placecTh
Irlr
that incendiary placardsPIP
Th < IcrUr states
PIP ported everywhere in the town inriuti4
riuti4 tlie pporle to exturminnto the nohliy
hliy and capitalist H The more respectableinfnibors
infnibors of tin1 community have organIzedtbeniIve ItheOCs
tbemsolves into armed bald for defenceTVy Ie
They are partly guarding the principn
IliiMings Inking watch in turnTw I
Tw letin adds that reliance can boplaced
placed cm the trcow hut according toth
Ihl rtporti current hero the soldiery nrcoutnuit
outnuit hered and would l > e unable to holdihnir
ihnir own against the revolutionists Praet
t ally all the landowners have fed fromtheir
their estatesOKRMtN
OKRMtN WvnBltirs KXIKCfKPUlga
Riga is full of refugees Sufficient vtsnLs
nLs to carry them out of tho country arnot
not available German warships arc expected
pected Sever Englishmen have left forJtlga
Jtlga by way of Heval Nothing lias yetVven
Vven heard of themEverything
I J Everything ID being doiio hero to sustainRussian
Russian rentes I is understood that liedCroa
Croa funds are being invested in rentesThe
The revolutionists maintain that they arereceiving
receiving code telegrams from variouHparts
parts of tlio empire They allege thatM
Ut toldiors bold I meeting nt Irkutsk andreached
themselves with thnret
reached to associato thrm te
ret ol to HI lan people to obtain thoiiboliiiiii
iiboliiiiii of capital 3UfllhiflCflt and martiallaw
law pnd n ° cure the convening of 1 conititii
ititii a emby The trool even theo
otiii > m Irkutsk me everywlieiv nolaini
laini > i by the inhtibitantnnlhMKS
nlhMKS COUXCII IN TIUSOVsi
si Pi riiisufici Del 17The anestii
ii < lii of 1he entire touucil of tho Workin
urun Delegate nutulieriiit ISO meint rshi
hi lruirnof newipnptw which printed
111 wirkiiins i evolutionary proclamationRP1
rId HIP invst of their editors and ahoy
I 1 th virtually dictatorial powet confonoi
fonoi I th provincial governors proveMmf
that Mi fl uemment has resolved to atfini
I fini II uppress the revolution with an
I iI 1 nl
1 I nr ii will uccrfod in regnimiiK theentirely
J I V defII entirely upon the troops
II a iu1cunt V of them remain loyal nn emf
f ingMiuary coercion will now Ijeginhi
hut nidgmi from the latest now fromMriiw Ind
Mriiw nd other centric it is not unlikelythii
thii reactionary revival will be cut shortl
l 11 mitbivnk I c i VicVLrthe iitnuy
itnuy the editors of the lusd Sotmlfij Iand
tmlfij and Ynrorf were arrested Tho editor
if tin Htim wat relented on Riving IOCOJritr
niHr iiijl The police lire sparchinK forProf
Prof Mllukoff who is connected with thoYrcp Inro
nro hut he has hitherto evaded nrreslAll
All the stafln of tho extreme papers areto
rxpctjri to lo nrrelod nt any rnomiiittaking
p1
Fby Ir taking every precaution chnnRr
Inr tl I lodcinus every iiiRhlof
of thel
tn of the arrested memlxrs
ninril of Workmens Delegates wcro detained
lain < nt Mm ICcouomlo Institute until ar
oflorK flii mornIng when they werodriven
driven < f the Yiborp tide of the city in vansnnd
earl IdrJ in pnson Several of themarri
arri rnlver which they broke inpiece
I rco before t Ito troop ascertained toVtiMi
VtiMi ihe weapons belongedvmMIT
vmMIT 1 TltAlK AVIIKCKINGOwiny
Owing tr the removal of tug rail 1 foreigntram
tram IcaMrig hero at noon yihterday wanrieraiKl
rieraiKl I verot outside the city It wascoiiig
coiiig nt slow speed and ito ilamage wisfloQo
floQo ji Carried II large quantity of golden
fti diiMrnmen accountn
On hniidnMl mvi h > Viity doctors cmplmoi
plmoi 1 rho MOCOW municipal servicemci
mci v trrin and passed rpsolu ions offor1
tJr1 vtMiutbv with tlui jw tnl andHp
Hp > r > h iiipldyeei l hey a 10 demandedh
Ihe itKiruMiiin ripatriation of llu Manfhiir11 I
fhiir11 nnnv nud the nliolitlon of iapilalTmrnhnintit
TmrnhnintitV I
V trke of IluiniMs i imminenttti i
11 tti t Petersburg newspapers conlam
lam ng I ti < nuinifpto ismd by the IPVOIliniiHrv I
lltL tot iv enrnmitteo weio contlcatod onIh
Hr armHi illlINIt MocownMs
SIS IS tiANtililtLOM
LOM IIS I Ipt IK Th St IetorslurgnrrprKmdmi
nrrprKmdmi of Iho Daily Mnil uuty4 tnaving
av ng bmiki are nlrrady without rnn
ourN 11 their own and Hint thin Imperialt
rank I t utiplym him it It I tOt I gh its ownaut
aut flro rapidly becoming depleted
The tho finvmnvnt
npinnn is clnencnlng that
mnvnt cannot meet thn dnmands upontho
I > t tho pnnio continues It has lookedjw
out unit tho Comptroller of the jm crinlhou
hou hold carried abroad a vast sum inHyiintiph
Hyiintiph and pprcie
EpieI
I n foared that the revolutionists willrrewpitate
rrewpitate a umvennl strike relying uponIbe
tbe army not to thin on the pcopl Thograrlan
grarlan disorders are ripening into ornnirr
hEnCt5 nnirr CTVEE CIIAMPAGNEAn
An Amertcn Wine for Americansf
H Etwtr Sons C In Pultoa St New Yolk
Kunled robollion flirt situation In thoHnlllo
Hnlllo provinces is despnratuMOSCOW
IICO MCTINCKIIb flUIWCI
MoHfOW let h7ihc Hostoff llpghiipnthas
has hurrfniliTPil Ten of Iho ringleadersof
of Iho iiiiillny Including Hlinbaroff hut vchPII
bel arrlrec
Thn liss important demnmU of tho soldiprs
diets including the privacy of I heir lettersliuivnsed
liuivnsed rat Ian and regular paymentsof
1 of their wages have been Irntll
fIIIIOnm tMrlinllrd 1 IIItIImlrel Ia
JlI lied lo Mt IaulK Tlipy Knlcrand lnlln I
and Disturb t1 Sers Il II
flirrlol Ciihlr lirsititch la TIIK i XLONDON
LONDON Iw tiThlre was I strangoseme I
seme at Ht Pauls Cntliedrul this afternoonwhen
when Miino thousand of the unemployed 1
marched then in procession Accommodation
dation hud IXMII reserved for them Theyarrived
arrived lain and entered the buildiiiK > singing
tog songs and waving flags while the servicewas
VII proivtding They then Si t t lcd downbut
but tot for lot
Thy found tin1 servicp tedious objf telltn
I to the Icsons hymns and anthems and byth
th tlmi n spiciiil prayer for thn iinrinploycd
I ploycd wis said twothirdn thorn hadleft
left the cathedral Thfisi remaining listineil
ineil to the HTMIOII nddriTcd to tlll attentively
t tttt I ely loudly IpplaultJ the passagesthev
I thev cHptclally appiovidAftir
Aftir t lit > tervlee It nttompt at a demonstration
t rat Ion on tlio cathedral 111 waschpeked
chpekedron
ton ArioiitM AMITYHlB
HlB MertliiR at llrrlln Called to PromoteImproved
Improved nrlatln
rIhflI
f pftttl nWe liejilf1 to Tit SISHKKIIN
HKKIIN Dee 17A meeting was held ntthe
the Bourse hero this morning that had beenconvened
convened by tho merchants union nndVOOOO
VOOOO loading busines scientific and pofosional
fosional HHII The speakers confined tneirrcmnrks Irelorks
remarks hOlY to tho promotion of improved
proved AngloGerman relationsKeferencps
honor werecheered
Keferencps to Englands weoehpred
cheered The remark evoking the mostiipplauso
of wonderthat
applause was an expression I
that the two peoples who stood within themagic
magic circle of Shakespeare and Goethecould
could ever seriously quarrel Chief Burgomaster
master KirschtUT was presentoirrfs
oirrfs 1 orr Tin rirKTV Irted
Ordered Home as Sultan IUAerocd <
UarhlP orttrtIII llal lu
Aerocd lo TernisI I
I ul CJIile nritintth in Till M sONSTVSTINPPU >
ONSTVSTINPPU Dec 11The international
national warships that took part in thedemonstration
nalnnll
I demonstration to enforce the demands ofthe
the Tower in regard to the Macedonianreforms
reforms have been ordered to return to theirrespective
rform
respective stations the Porto having agreedto
to the demandsMOHOCCA
MOHOCCA coriiiiciof 111
I t I IJI of IrrtlnPIitve lo Madrid > UllPMilt >
llPMilt In Iilluremjl
> mjl Cable Dtspatcliti 10 Tm hCNMADtiin
MADtiin Pee 17The nnwn of the transfer
fer of the Moroccan conference to Iadridfrom
Algeciros wa received hero withdisapproval
from Aigecrl 1 l
disapproval El Liberal declares it is ashame
shame for Spam not to have preparedaccommodation
accommodation at Alpcciran for the delegates
gates I considers it po lble that thoSpanish
Spanish Government itt playing Francesgame
I game in order to effect a definite imstponpment
ment of the conferrnceLONDON
i LONDON Dec itIhe Tntigier correspondent
IO
spondent of the Timi ays that tlioSpanishMinister
Minister ticting on instruction from hisGovernment
IItel
I Fezannouncing
Government has ent a courier to
announcing that all the Powers are inaccord
i accord in holding the Moroccan conferencont
at Madrid instead of AlROcirasThe
The Twiri Madrid correspondent saysthe
the Spunih Minitry in making the changeacted
acted upon indications from a majorityof
aced Ipon
of the foreign Diplomatic Corps who considred
I sidred that Madrid offered greater facilities
ties for thir perlorminR their ordinaryduties
duties while ttendin tho sittinRs of theconference
I
conferenceThe
I The French yellow bonk on the Moroccan
question nnd the clm attitude of the TrunchParliament IPlrlament
Parliament have mndo a lavorabio itnpnssion I
ion in Madrid Tim effect is thoughtlikely
likely to strengthen the position of Francetit Ift
tit he conference in which most SpaniardsIxMicve
ft conll clcnt lea I wit IttIlOu4O IIhoe
iniprots are identical wlh
lId ieVn their
those of France and EnglandThe I
that the successof
imprefMon prevails
The irprp pleI lat
i1011e1110
to ivaufer tinconference
h proposal
Spanish tl
of the Spani
conference to Madrid now depends nxcluivly iInjnlr
cluivly upon the assent of MoroccoThe iTho
Ipon the Sultan will take severaldays
The answer eI Ihl llln il
Some fear prevails < slMorocco
days to arrive 011 feal
Morocco and some of the Powers stttmtltt
tho change > I pretest t for an indefinitepostponement
postponement of tho conferenceIisron
Iisron lit YIJS IESIbralI vsTalk Ilit
I
lit iii t iill In thfflirll as n nl11
nf IorllliR ARltnst HtmTho
Tho Rev Charles T Hnyli pastor of thoHulivtick
I Churchat
Bu hick Avrmu Congregational Chlchat
at Rushwlrk avenuo Inc Cornelia streetBrooklyn
hits reignation
Brooklyn formally tendered rlpnation
tion last night as pat ir In anticipation
1i
church wan crowded Manyfriends
of this the chlrch WI
friends of Mr Baylis who nero noton handnt
frend meeting whenhU
nt Friday nights prayer
hU opponents voted to accept his resignation
t bit although it had never been tenderedby
nlhl
Mr Iluyllslast
by Mr Hnylls were present IIIII
last evening read his resignationIn
II
In it ho rid among other thingsOn
On my rnninic to thru rliiroh I found aniinno
iinno fomil which I was extremely tliffiiiilt
work vlth rnsc tluitioiiillMon
ppirltmil Iflrk IhltalINIRtllA
iiilt to do 8pirliul lh IH Itill
CI predprpssorslnno
ioiiillMon even antflntlnR my
I nnd not n litlU of w hirli riins to rnnminn
till nld 101 l
n n pnrt of the rhurrlis imturnl mill Itpocins
nbldlnv Fplrituiil ilrpresslon niakliicMIL
pocins ahldil Fllrllll
tI In bo always dlrtlmltni
MIL woik ci tie pastor 11 nlwlYs Ilmclond
Ruth success almost itnpo siblr I io rrcHllwifh
wifh holy joy lluil iltirlnp uiv pnctoratn hereI
I hive been ii + d I doil In a conversionnf
of people In tin rokiilnrMtk
nf ninny crnrrs If
ni uric of tin itil rob and hundreds In IIII
II fo < l hits hl s mlMM
wlil T sit lit liter wurk whleli rut IliM
wlIr wonilirlully for two snminersDunns
111111I
in 80 wOIrlllr
MM
I I 11 Iii l iniiiitr > lnre t have linn tliriLlit II
ni
lurin r lluw hli to ito leo I him 3ft1CM
riLlit liii nut of felUI8hlj 10
rilt nuinhrr in rnmn on ooufelonif
hal Aroat nurhrr 11 01
CM I rlll
thaI
I 01 their tHitli I hil II < 11 to 1 stroin otlurNOM
rehutsOh
I dl1I call turnynn
that It win in tin1
NOM will remit wlq il Ial
I ynn cave me hut hirer tile ft Its be iven hyilthT
I 01 11 tiiininate tlio tmsInroie
ilthT pall V wlhini to nilt li
I lhll tilnro in your Imnilsniv
I Inroie iiil I till nol II hl111I
10 ihuroh Inlnke
< of this dllrlh
I niv 1III ri1 ns pastor fr
lute I wnntvon
montlis fmm
lnke eflpit thrri 10nth fror
von tn nnllo vltli mo In 11111 n iiiutnnlioinell
01 111t lh lliopxnitMlonor
Ixforp I III
mel
r tho ihurcliis
ioinell 01 I hI lhlrcl
olwl todtbHilvoihipustornlrulntlonsin
todtsIulr lnrl
or I butt tilule Ihb I
il hit 11 with CiinKiviratioiuil use uitt
of thollov
frinudH
services
of t lift
tho dor hl 11 frOlcH
At
thO
crowded around him andnxpres
llov Mr Baylis croweed
ed their regret nt his resignationIt
01prcl tlir action of Mr Uaylisnpponents
saId that the Idlon 11 UlvlOpplltl
I wan lld would nsult in a split In thofliurch
npponents 01 1 Fplt nightthere
fliurch At the meeting on nday htthcr
dmrh oftlie
members
501
of tho
A
only 511 membrs
there went
thcr e11 It wan said that thomajority
church presont al
the pntnl I
majority of the members in tho church
majarty RIde of Mr Baylle
arc on tho r Bayls
SURROGATES MANS GAMETELLS
IW TELLS nH YOVH rxciK nsinrD
inrD iiMa rot uovrrAnd
And Collocu a FOP in MUniier Mm Namenil
ami lids IItPfllIIIlit l on Pat InlilorIMir
IMir ArrcHted and teetlqCd liy lotirWomen
Women of ItrljiR IMP leaao HtMnillrrIsidor
Isidor Appel who pays lint hn I t R manufacturer
facturer living at 313 Font l6tli streetwas
at thoAlhnmbra
was arrested on Saturday night
Alhnmbra Theatre in Seventh avenue on acharRo
charge of dwindling If ho in tho man fourwomen
women say hp is lie IH the HurroRatesman
I swindler introduced
lan That iw how the Iwinrllr
I duced himself to his victimsAppel
Appel was Identified nl the Tombs policecourt
court yesterday by In Illanoho btover ofM2 I
I who said that believing
M2 West 1I4th street hII
having him to bo from tin Surrogatesoffice
I loinp she nnd hm daughter gave himt30rx
t30rx in order to got n legacy of 110000which
which ho Mid was waiting thel Thatwns
was August 10 last and Mr Stover didnt
wo him agaIn until yestoidayAccording
According to the detectives who havebeen
been after the Surrogate1 mun in allparts
parts of the city hw game hal always beentho
tho same except thnt his charges variedHn
Hn took nil he could get and in ono casewhere
where hn couldnt got any money ho tookn
n gold watch Them are sixty complaintsIn
In The Bronx alone against the Surrogates
There am many more inthis
gates man Ther 101t
this borough and others from NewarkJersey
Jersey City and Hrooklyn The policolieliove
lieliove tho ale has been worked all over
the countryAll
1 of the complainants that the policehave
have tl with have had the same storyto
to tell iw Mrs Stover The man has always
ways picked out people of moderate meansliving
living in nllt and mndo his cal generally
nt tho panic hour about II oclock in thoforenoon
forenoonIve
Ive got some good news for youmadam
madam he would pay with a countenance
all smiles when the door opened and hocaw
11 Fmi
man Attho
caw it was a woman and not a
the same time according to the policehe
he showed a budgeIm
Im from the Surrogates office madamYour
Your tncle Soaml8o who died lecentlyout
out West It seem has left you a nice littlenest
know about
net egg Guess you didnt
It eh Well tho matter has just gonethrough
through the Surrogate office hre and Ivebeen
been sent to inform you of it Im I notarypublic
I public and you are to pay the fee to meThe
I The Surrogate nato would then producea
document
legal
a paper which looked like a
ment and fix the cost nt whatever hlvictim > I 1
victim could fork out In Mi Stovercne
case it was 39W In the cato of n negrowoman
woman who appeared in court againstAppel
Appel yeiterdny it wo only 1250 In alot
Ipel
lot of cases the amount seem to have been I
1030 The victims often went out to borrow
row tho money while the Surrogates manwaited
waited at the door When he got I he gave
a receipt and stamped it SurrogatesCourt
Court City of N ew York with a rubberstnmpnliich
stnmpnliich ha had in his pocket Underthis
this stamp he signed his name The namehe
he uwsd in most caneo was J H HammellJUKI
JUKI how the man got the names of relatives
tives of bin victim the police haventfathomed
fathomed yet In Mr Stovers case therelative
Short wholived
relative was an uncle named
lived in Lancaster Pa Mrs Stover saidthat
that she hadnt heard anything about himin
in years > and dot know how in the worldthe
the swindler could have learned about thorelationship
relationshipIn
In a number of cases where tlie Surrogate
gate man has called on widows his storywas
was that thc legacy which had beon left tothe
the husband could be transferred to thowidow
widow for 1 consideration The plo Baythat
that in such cases he culled his victimsfrom
deaths Hoalways
from tho list of advertised dC8tbl
always promised to bring tho legacy aroundin
in the afternoonAccording
According to the police the Surrogatesman
lan was frt heard of three or four yearsngo
I ago The complaints have come in morefrequently
frequently in the last two years Many
women have called at tho Surrogates oftlclooking
looking for lepacics that had not come tohand
hand The people in the Surrogates oflkhave
have been cooperating with the police int
trying to run down the swindler but aboinil
nil they had to work on was a personadescription iIeeriptiul
description About a year ngo he cnlloon I
on a drcsmaker in Eat Twentysceonstreet
street He hal a legacy of tzooou wait infUI
for her alI wanted S 19litTnlro
Tnlro it out of the 2U000saidnlH > anflgio
give me the change She en light him hythe
the coat und threatened him with her i1sII
sors but he broke loop and got nwnjShe
She will be asked to tuke a look at AppelAppel
Appel would not have ben caught onaturda
Saturday if he hadnt been pier in theIIRlir
Alhambra Theatre by Mrs Annie Probstnegres 1ler
negres from whom lie got tKM some dayiigo
ago She grabbed him iust IQ be was lenving
110 and Detectives Graham and Ilresnaiarrested
arrested himAppel
Appel infills that IH isnt I hr Surrogate1man
man at all Ho told rapt Thompson ofthe
the West 125th street station that hn Wiloncc
once a deputy sheriff in San Francisco andthut
that ho is now a manufacturer of shopolish
polish
In court Mrs Stover Mrs Prolxt andMrs af
Mrs IIal > crdoni and another woman identifled
fled him as tho man who had filch on thcrwith
with the same story Appol paid that itWil
WH n case of mistaken identity MngiIrate <
Irate Whitman held him for further cxatnlnation
nation < m Wednesday when lhl polioexpect
expect to have I host of women complainant
anlS
1 ijusII rv HAXGEHAll
1 SnMMl hy HIP lnlrl Work of Pnllcrmallounrd I
llounrd PreliQuirk
lonrl
Quirk work by Poliremnn Howard Ieclnf
nf the Alexander uvenuu hint Ion SHVHIthirteen
thirteen lives ltt night nt n ppjall flru atIm
Nicola Demato keopi
ti3 Brook avenue kpfII
II junk chop hart His wifo and t hreuhlldren
hildnn III nbnvo th shop anti back ofi
tlildmn eight men who nro employed hynmlln
Dcmnto Thl whole front of thru buildlniivni
ivni on fro when Peek xaw I
Ho Htuashed in f rear door and ran to thoroom
room whero Demnto and his family weritloep
itloep Peck aroused the family anti theiruobfd
rushed Imok through the Miiokn with twif
rlllHt children Uomalo and his wife followod
I lowod < arryinK the other child They tollIerk i
Ierk of thin men belowHP
I Irk ran t thc rear of the burning buildIng
log and let him elf down from 1 windownto
nil tho yard Wreaking open tho door hIfOlnd
found the eight men asleep on the floorHo
Ho ot them nil out without trouble OCt
who wuu unconsciouswasnt
Polls IietriM50 1 Inconfloulltr
ltr cJ wasnt miwH until tho others gotIock
utsldo Iock went back and got his manI
I trlsco was taken to the Lebanon IToppltalLeavo
Leave New York 630 P II arrive Cleveland 7
11Larve
iczt monitor A euntrb train by y CW York CmTl
a LtneLAd
COImm O ftI t rrinsIt II
It Win llPlilt Ihr Uliltc Home huh Ilielilrdon IIOi
on Some ChniiKCN In Mmi RiiicniWAHIIINHTOV
WAHIIINHTOV Dec 17At an importantconference
conference at tho White HOIIMJ tonightIt
It was decided that there nhould ho somechnngeH
chnngeH in thl near future in tho management
ment of thn Ihthmlan Canal a d i uiimitt rat loutAn
An niithoritativn nimotincniiicnl on t hosubject
subject will Ix made nhortlyTlie
Tlie conference was the outgrowth of thetestimony
testimony given before the Senate Committeo
mitteo on Appropriations la t week bySecretary
Secretary of War Tuft Theodore 1 Shoutschairman
chairman anti J I Ilinhop secretary ofthe
the Isthmian Canal Commission In addition
tim to President Hoosinnli those presentnt
tnn
nt the conferino wen Senator Allisonchairman
chairman of tho Committee on Appropriations
tions Senator Halo i member of that committee
mittee Chairman Shouts and NjiTetaryIlLshop
IlLshopTlio
f1IOp main purpose of the confertiico it irfunderstood
understood was to discuss thin matter ofsalnriPH
salaries paid to the commissions officersand
and partifiilarly the Matus and salary ofeeltury
Secretary m hop who had testified that horeceived
received 10000 I year and that his dot lositCh
uoro mainly thoe of a pre s agent to furnili
nili information about the canal and tocornvt
cornvt falfo or misleading stHtementsregnrcling
regnrcling i
Senator Halo was tho leading Republicanniemlxjr
niemlxjr of the Senate to critic o tOo workof
of Mr Bishop Yesterday ho announcedon
on the floor of the Senate that tho prIh1111
bureau conducted by Mr I3Uhop had l > eendiscontinued
discontinued In the debate in the Senateyestrrday
yestrrday Mr Dacon of Georgia twicechallenged
challenged any Senator to say that ho lvItuved
Ituved Mr BMiops SlOooij Hilary was nottoo
too large Nobody accepted the challengeMr
Mr Bifhops predecetMir Dominick IMurphy
Murphy now Consul nt Bordeaux Ieoied
5000 f jear
When Mr 1 Bishop left the White Housein
Shoots hewas
in the company of Chairman Sholts
was asked if ho had resigned as ecretnryof
of the anal Commission Xo I havenot
not he nnnered To this ChnirmnrShonts
Shonts added I havent seen nnythinfof
of Mr Bishops resignationfs
JfEJs inin TOA IWIIWTnOrn
A Drion < ucsls IneludinK llrlasco nutCtinrUd
CtinrUd Heel Herluiiies
luiiies Hncn Hyde gave 1 dinner lntnight Inight
night lit his home 9 Knot Fortieth > trcetto Ito
to Sarah Iternhardt Mr Hyde extendettho
the invitation to Mme Bernhardt soorafter
after her arrival here I was an informaland
and privite affairAbout
About four wagon loads of palm fernsmilai
milai ali cut flowers were used in thedecorations
decorations and nn orchestra of twentylive
live pieces furnished mu = ic during thedinner
dinner Mm Bernhardt Mit at Mr HydoVright
right Other guests were Samuel tntormycr
mel Edmund Baylies Heimich ConricdDavid
David Belaco Kyrle Hallow Perry Ielmont
mont Krncht Kahn and DI HolbrooLCurtis
Curtis The table was laid for twelveThere
There were no speeches but by all aocounts
counts the divine Sarah herself was ijt heimoatvvlnclous
moatvvlnclous and delightful moodMme
Mme Beraliardt aiTivcd in an open rarrloge
rloge accompanied by her personal rcprphentative
hentative M Maycrand Mme Savior whralso
also called for her She wore a robe of organdie
die trimmed with Irish late and n lonficloak
cloak of seal trimmed with Russian MibleA
A lace miintilla was thrown over her headand
and on her feet were gilded > lipx > rsAs
As fhe went up tho stairs il said iiiM
1 layer Be careful dont itep on mydress
dressWhen When she came out about 11 oclockshe
she paused on the steps and with a trulyBernhardtosuo
Bernhardtosuo gesture htrotclic l out heiarms
arms nnd inhaled deen breaths of freshair
air Then shw went down the steps oneby
by one passed between two tiles of reporters
porters with lifted lint s nnd wa holpcd intolier
her cnrriageninn
ninn siiKi LOOT nimniutsUiirnlru
I liar hima Get IOU of nnNcKollauliIapcr
Iapcr Front Coimcellcut SaliiKS HankSrrrivtu
I Srrrivtu Conn Den 17 Masked men
this morning blew open tim snfe of thiSulT
SulT eld SnvliiRS Balk alter hnvinf boiimthe
the night watchman at the railroad btatiornnd
nnd bis soil who wan at the station wltlhim
him nnii stole JCOnon worth of M > curitieand
and bank rlmres Dr Matthew 1 Xewtonprnsldent
of the bnk suv I hue
prnsldent hlk says thf jiajmritoen
itoen are not negotiableAt
At about 230 oclock William It Jonetlvo =
tie station watcliman was confronted hri
six men with revolvers Oonrs and hifourteenyearold
fourteenyearold on Gd flit It woie hOlnd Itl
to chairs and one of the burglars wis lefguarding
guarding thorn The otlmrs went to theblnll
bunk pried open the front dool and begniwork
work on lie iafeThn
I Thn door which is i foot thick hut ofI
I ancient 1Hlrlltiol win blown off Iwoi
i disuses of nilroglyceriuo itt ii g ui > dOnly
Only ono of the tlecplnc inhabitants oftho
I the vIllage was awnkencdMit SnphroniiItissell IsHH
Itissell who was too frightened to give al II
alarmAfter
I After tie burglars had rifled the safithey
they returned to the railroad station amtold
told lone they were going aWl
Tin Jones boy got looo soon alter thiburglar
burglar left and freed his father Thethen
then gave an nlarm but no trace of tinburglars
burglars OIIhdIe foundsf
ntiHiitt KIIIK rnt MornTIIPII
TIIPII Shoots tIelsl1IIntli Werennd RIIInnl
nnd Sorlilly IroiilliirnttliiCAdo
tliiCAdo Dec I Another wnmnnfrntrnneo
Ito affairs of Lucille Melcodin
I rntrnneo Into I nlif Luclo
in years old and William Nixmann ilr 1I
yeniT old is bellovod to have prompteithe
the young womim to shoot lhi < man amherself
herself nl thn Kmpirn Hotel this morning
1 < McTxod ju the daughter of P I
Melend provident of the Mclx od IronPipo
Pip Company Niomann was the sou olWilliam
William Xiomann Sr pn id iit of thoNiemami
Niemami Tnblo onipniy Al cancer nctlH
Or wpilthy and prominent oem ilvhnoitledge
Knowledge thl1 Xicmnnn wan oon tcmarry
marry another woman hi > brother wildtoday
today was the only apparent motive foitho
tho shootingTlio
Tlio two had l ocn a ncquaititcd for a yearbut
hull holt time ago they quarrelled Xiemaim
maim avoided tl1 youim woman who pereisiently
eisiently sought a meeting Saturday night
nhe iueioededHiey
They went to the Eniptie Hotel wliercNlcmann
Nlcmann registered as William dlloand
and wife At 1 oclock this morning thrhotel
hotel people found Nirmnnn shot in thebnck
back of the bond Hn died three hourtafter
after without regaining ronsciotiMiOSMiss
Miss MeLeod was t < hot In the left tIde thebullet
bullet lodging near her spine leI dentrin
i > expected soon She spoko of bavinbeen
been married to Niemann 11 Milwnukea
a yenr ago but rofused further informstioa
don
JIW4SPALDING HURT IN FRANCETllltOW
Ill liD I1V FltOM MTO t M IIIOS1HTIO
AVn ltlTItLas
OS1HTIO nTUMWa
Ills Vtt Froth Park to Ills IVInlriHome
> Vn on tlA > Irol 11
Home Ml Womire Hsn Into nall ajllsrrlcrMr
llsrrlcrMr and Irs I W pplrlOl
ton Ullli Him tint Not So Iltdly HurtCable
Spehui Cubit linptildi la THH HUNPAIUH
PAR Dec 17A serious automobileHirumh
Hirumh XCUrred today at 1 level railwaycrossing
crossing nt Avignon A car ownod byI
I W SpaldiilK R Now York merchant whcresides
lid In Florence dashed into the barrierand
and wan badly damagedMr
Wf blcly
Mr Spalding and a friend were seriouslyinjured
The formerin
injured nbout their heads
in in a critical conditionA
andthe
A woman who was ono of tho party antl
tl chauffeur received contusionsJ
J Walter Kpalding of tho firm of A 0Spnldlng
of sporting
Spalding t Bro manufacturers
lag goods loft Paris several days agein
goo with n pnrty of friends tomake
in a touring car wih p
make the trip to Florence where Mr SpaldIng
Ing has his winter home According torelative
relative In this city Mr Spaldlng had nihis
his guests Mr and Mrs Robert WllmartliApploton
Appleton of Brooklyn It was his intention
tion to reach Florence with his party intime
Ion to spend tho Christmas holidaysMrs
tmc pene
Mrs William T Brown of Orange N Ja
a sister of Mr Spaldlng heard from herbrother
letter nnd hetold
brother a few days ago by leter
told her of tho rip ho wits nbout to makeTho
Tho plan was for Mrs Spalding and heryounger
younger son who is with her to go aheadof
of the pnrty by rail and arrange for thoreception
reception of the guests at her house InFlorence
Florence Neither Mrs Brown A GSpalding
Spalding nor Mr Appletons people hadheard
heard of tin accident until notified by THE
nrrcpnt
SUN last night K I Horsmnn of 223 Berkeley I
Icy place Brooklyn Mrs Appletons fathercabled
cabled to Avignon last night Inquiring nato
to tho condition of the injured A GSpalding
Spalding also cabledJ
J Walter Spalding lives at MonmouthBeach
Beach when in this country hut spends binwinters
winters nt Florence where he hn n veryfine
fine home His elder son Is n student atYnlo
YnloAUKHKlt
AUKHKlt flltlFTKHSOne IIll1IWOnr
One a Kansas State Senator Was StandardOils
Oils Hitter KnemyTOPEKA
TOPEKA Kan Dec liState SenatorF
F Dumont Smith Roscoe Williams hislaw
law partner and T E Ilyan former specialagent
agent in the law department of the Government
ernment head the list of thn indictmentsreturned
returned last night by the Federal GrandJury
JurySmith
Smith and Williams are charged withconspiracy
conspiracy to violate tho law which provided
vided I penalty for influencing for a consideration
sideration any official of tho GovernmentHynn
Ryan is charged with receiving moneyfor
for allowing his opinion to bo influencedSenator
Senator Smith was the leader In thofight
fight against Standard Oil last winterHo
Ho championed every bill aimed at thatcompany
company One of these to make pipelinos
I hues common carriers ho declared to ixjunconstitutional
unconstitutional attor the Legislature hadadjourned
adjourned and on then eve of his departurefor
for a tour of Furonof
InmJ f ir > vwirf ninsHN
HN llrlilc niin Is touner Has a FortuneIn
In Her Own IllKhtUrewer
Urewer George W Wiedemnayer ofNewark
Newark was married on Saturday eveningat
at Mansfield Ohio to Miss Madelle Irenelones
lones daughter of the late Dr J A Jonesof
of that place Mr Wiedenmayer lost hiswife
wife two years ago He made the acquaintance
anon of Miss Jones on a steamer when hemade
made the trip to Europe with tho Clarkeparty
party She is 35 years old and has a fortune
Unit in her own right He is between 30and
and 6 yen IT old and is a millionaire withthree
three grown up sells and a marrieddaughter
daughterOno
Ono of the SOUP Gustav accompaniedhis
his father to Ohio on Wcdneeday last and
with 1 Buckingham of Baltimore was agrumS111
groomsman while Miss Height of Cleveland
land was mnld of honor and Miss Heilmanrof
Theretdtt
of Philadelphia was bridesmaid roWN
lss than fifty present at the ceremony
wero tlHI ffty fn lt
monyTho
Tho couple will sail on the Adalbert froirthis
this city tomorrow and will return in Morel
to mall their homo in NewarkMr
Mr Wiedeiimayer is ho chief stockholder
holder in the Stephens A Condit Transportation
portation Company which runs a line olfreight
freight bets between Newark and thiscity
city and of excursion boats to Coney Islandand
I I and his son George C Wiedenmayer inpifsident
pifsident of tho company George WWiwlenmaynr
Wiwlenmaynr is prrsident of tho GermanSavings
Savings Bank Potentate of Salaam TempleNobles
Nobles of flue Mystic Shrine a prominentKlk
Elk and Odd Fellow and is connected withmany
many charitable and fraternal organizations
tions ill Newark Ho was an Aldermannnd
and president of the Common Oquncll in thnsn
SOs and bus been n prominent member oftho
flu Board of Trade for yearsMrs
Mrs Wiedenmayor had paid a visit toth
the Wiedenmayer homo in Newark nndfhe
she is well liked by the sons and daughterThe
The latter is Mrs Louis C KleinlinusFtRK i
FrIll IflnU tOtt AMllltAXCRnd
iuo Snmxrllan MUlook Hie Itnv for aHospital
Hospital CallJohn
John Confry of 1011 First avenue hadbeen
been celebrating yesterday At about noclock
I oclock in tho evening ho found himself
on Ihn stoop of W East Fortyeighth streetwith
I with blood running down his face Saidn
n good Samaritan to him You am prettybadly
badly cut old fellow Ill ring for nn nmbuItinre
I Itinre
ItinreSh all right answered Confry faintlyTh I
Th Snnmritnn went to thn corner openeda
I a box nnd pulled Then ho hung around tolook
look after thin unhappy wayfarer on thoMoop
stOOl
In less than five minutes there was a tcrlifie
lifie clangor I1nll up dashed Battalion ChiefGmy
Gmy three engines two trucks and n firepatrol
patrol Tlio helmeted men began to scourtho
the district in quest of the flrn It was ntthis
this point that the Samaritan disappearedA
A policeman sent on fry to Flower HospitalTOO
TOO Mini ronArnr Mnsnror
IlIstla1 or lUpn ieftitiii the IllrUrjg IlrPassed
Passed the Hat for TliomCity
City Marshal Georgo Donnelly who wassent
sent to die possess John Hickoy his wife andean
hnven children from rooms at 1010 Brookavenue
avenue The Bronx found that nil of thefamily
family old enough to walk wero workingexcept
except the father who was sick In bedTho
Tho Marshal threw up his job for tho timennd
I and instead of enforcing his writ starteda
a fiiibccriptlon paper and collected enough
to pay two or three months rent Neighbore
bore busied themselves in the game direction
I tion and it In believed that today whenthe
the returns are all in the nBcessltleB ofthe
the family ill bo provided for
I
SIOXDAT DECBMTIEr 18 1005Partly
Partly cloudy today rain or snow anacolder
colder tomorrowPRICE SJR1CE
PRICE TWO CENTS
10V It MTlffy MS ISKVMOMAPrmldrnt
Prmldrnt or the New York Life Very IIIat
at lilti HomePresident
I
President John A McCnll of the NewYork
York Life Insurnnco Company Is very 111nt
nt his home 54 West Seventysecond streetMr
Mr McCnll it was learned was tnkftn downwith
with grip on Monday last and contrary totho
tho advice of his physlolnn Dr John Vanderpoel
derpoel he attended on Wednesday n meetIng
Ing of the dlrectorH of the Now YorkLife
Life Insurance Company Mince then MrMcCnll
McCnll has been down with pneumoniaA
ItItIt Ill A Mcvnnr UKTTKKIlr
Ilr l rm Vcntertiay to Ills Son HomeIn
In Morris PlainsMonniBTovN
MOn lflTOS N J Dec 17Ho muchimproved
improved wn Hiehard A MoCurdy todaythnt
that with tho consent of his physicianho
ho was bundled Into furs and being assisted
sisted Into a closed carriage he went tohis
his sons homo in Morris Plains this afternoon
noon Mrs McCurdy accompanied himHe
He is very weak and seems to bo making
lag a strenuous effort to regain his healthThe
The attacks of weakness vihlch hu haslately
lately become subject to are still n cause ofgreat
great anxiety to the members of his fnmilyninnE
ninnE SAYS UK irovy APPKARAgainst
Against Irluc Arrested on a liargr oflllaekmaliliiR
lllaekmaliliiR HimTUB
TUB SUN has received this statementdated
dated December 16 from Jnmes A Burden
den JrThis
This mornings papers have publlFhedl1lory
story to tho effect that I had appeared nita
n complainant against and caused the arrest
rest of Robert A Irving on a charge ofattempted
attempted blackmailI
I wish to state that I told my story attho
the District Attorneys office at the request
of Mr Hobert J Collier without the slightest
intention of becoming a complainant andin
in the belief that tho matter would not bomade
made publicMr
Mr Burden was nt his country place inWestbury
Westbury yesterday Over the phone hosaid
saidI
I certainly shall not appear as a complainant
plainant against Irving I never intendedto
to convey the impression to the AssistantDistrict
District Attorney or any ono elso that Iwould
would have anything more to add to thestatement
etaternentflGGfxI1ta1
016111111 GIVES S y70000Copper
Copper Mans Conditional OITfr to Sydfnham
ham HospitalIsaac
Isaac Guggenheim has announced to theboard
board of directors of the Sydenham Hospitnl
pitnl in West 116th street that he wouldgive
give 250000 provided that the board raiseda
a like amount and stipulating that thomoney
money should go for the erection of a newbuilding
building This offer clime after Mr Guggenheim
genheim had made II present of S l0000 totho
the hospital to bn u ed in paying runningexpenses
expenses Lost ycnr he gave the hospital
10000MIHSGOVLUSSJOOOHrOR
MIHSGOVLUSSJOOOHrOR YMI tSlIr
Slir Promlnts Tint Amount to Dallas Texir
If Town Italoes SicmoooDALLAS
I DALLAS Tex Dec 17 Miss Helen MillerGould
Gould of New York wired Mrs J W Everman
man of Dallas last night that she would give
I 10000 for the new building for the DallasY
V M C A on condition that 100OCO inraised
raised In DallasThe
The canvassers have wied HOOO andsay
say they expect to inisn 100000 by Christmas
mas
IHYIGChariced 11IWKtll wmsllwhrtl
Chariced With SpirillnR Ills Auto anti ihIng
Ing a Iollirman K Lone ClimeIrving
Irving Broknw of 0 East Seventyninthstreet
street was arrrtcd for automobile speedingin
in Pelham Bay Park yesterday According
ing to Bicycle Policeman Dillon who madethe
the arreht Mr Broknw refused to stopwhen
when signalled and gave him a lone chnothrough
through the park until forced to slow upnt
at a sharp turn into the Old Shore roadMr
Mr Brokaw wits accompanied by hiscousin
cousin Clifford Broltnw of Oriuntn Pointnnd
and two women The men protestedagainst
against the arrest Clifford Brokaw putup
up a house and lot at Oriontn Point ussecurity
security for his cousins appearance in tlioWest
West Chester polico court this morning
ORT ii co isr LIMITrn Ito linEtliketi
Mankeil Men Iliow rprr Safes and CrAuay
Auay With ContentsSroKAXK
SroKAXK Wash Dec l1h NorthCoast
Coast Limited Express on the NorthernPacific
Pacific was held up and robbed near NortlYakiinn
Yakiinn Wash last nightTwo
Two masked men compelled the engineer
gineer to stop the train and run the locomotive
motive mall and express cars half a milnwny
away from the remainder of the trainThere
There they dynamited tho express carshattered
shattered tiuc through nod local safes anddeeamjieil
deeamjieil with the contentsTho
Tho amount of plunder obtained is unknown
known Tho Sheriffs of Yakima nnd Kittitn
titus counties hue posses in pursuit of thtbandits
banditsPassengers
Passengers were not molested and no onewas
rtHIll
was InjuredOlltl
Olltl TKAIHKll KIllS 1 EG11OAccosted
Accosted Threateningly the IllhuaShe >
She Shoots Him Through the HeadLOGAN
LOGAN W Va Dec 17 Herman Nolano
o negro was shot nnd killed yesterday byMiss
Miss Daisy Wilkinson a school tOllcherZo
20 years oldMiss
Miss Wilkinson was walking to her rchoolnnd
nnd was nocosted by tho neiro Ho madnthreatening
threatening advances and Miss Wllkinondrew
drew a pistol and sent a bullet through hisbrain
brain She then walked to a farmhouseand
and told her storyThe
The negros body after lying in the roadseveral
several hours was thrown into GuynndottnlUvcr
lUvcr
11 ns 1rVCKTOV ACQl ITTKIThe
The Jury Ilntl That Wie Shot Her IliulmnilIn
In SelfOffenppBAUATON
BAUATON N Y Dec nTho jury inthe
the unite of Mr HaW Munckton chargedwith
with the murder of her husband returnedat
at 1 oclock this morning after being outton
ton hours with n verdict of not guiltyShe
She was diBchnreed and went to the homoof
of a relative in Schenectady There camononr
near being a mistrial ns Juror Thomaswas
was taken 111 at midnight but afterward
Mrs Munckton was acquitted on tho ground
of juntitlnble homicide tho jury findingthat
that she shot her husband In selfoefenceMOII
MOII FOSTER FIRES mi inisnMm
Mm MPPtlng Protest Agalnnt OrTendlncllcture
JeturThlatr Closed to CompanyBtTTE
BUTTE Mon Dec 111ho Irish ofButte
Butte are Indignant over a burlesque showposter
poster rnpresenting a baboon with anIrishmans
Irishmans face led with a chain by a negroA
A mats meeting of Irish wa held this afternoon
noon and some fiery speeches were mndoIt
It was decided that the Dreamland BurleequerB
leequerB could not show In Butte Manager
ager Button of the Grand Opera Hbiitoagreed
agreed to keep bEe houw dark for a week
fl
PAUL MORTON EXONERATED
OIfA nuf fttoM rmsiniTTTonEYarEnAi
4X0 TTonEYarEnAi
Tllr Anrrp That There Wan No nnrranbfor
for HIP Ironrrutlnn of Mr Morton InConnrellon
Connrellon With the filvlm of ItcbateH
hates li the Santa Fe nallroad NjntftiiSpecial
Special Coiuuel Had DlfTrrrnt OpinionWASHINGTON
WASHINGTON Dec 111ho Administration
tlon made public today some IntortwUnRcorrospondenco
i corrospondenco giving a detailed explanation
lion of tho reasons for the failure of thnGovernment
Government to prosecute officers of thnAtchlson
Atchison Topekn and Santa r S nallrondsystem
system Including Paul Morton formerlySecretary
Secretary of the Navy In Mr RoorOveltHCabinet
Cabinet and now head of tho EquitableLif IlAin
Ufo Assurance Society on ohnrgen growingout
out of alleged violations of the Klklns antirebate
Iof
rebate law Tho correspondence consistsof
of two letters ono from AttorneyGeneral
Moody to President Iloosovelt and the othertho
tho President response In which ho approves
proves Mr Moodys decision that there wano
no warrant for prosecution of Mr MortonA
A resolution won introduced In tho Senatnyesterday
yesterday hy Senator Tlllmnn of SouthCarolina
Carolina and was adopted calling for nstatement
statement of tho Administrations notion Intho
tho Atchison antirebate case hut there Isno
no connection between this resolution nndtho
tho Presidents direction to tho AttorneyGenernl
Genernl to give tho history of the cage forMr
Mr Moodys statement in response lo thnPresidents
Presidents direction hears date of December
her 13 und was acknowledged by tho President
dent on December lfThe
The AttorneyGenerals letter to thoPresident
President follows jW 4WttjltaGroe
WttjltaGroe D c Dec 13Hlii
Sit You dlrtcf mo to furnish you withA
A concise history of tho caso against theAtcliison
Atchison Topeli and Knnta Fl HallwayCompany
Company lii hirlh that company was chargedwith
with unlawful rates and practices In lbstransportnllonW
transportation coil for the Colorado Fuelund
of tinbearing
and a statement
and Iron Company
bearing of the recent decision of JudRePhillips iPhillips
Phillips ol the Circuit Court of the VnltertStates
States for the Western District of Missouriupon
and especially upon the actionwhich
upon the case
which you have heretofore taken respectIng ItIn
In compliance with your direction 1 hav i
ihe honor to submit the following1The qThe
The Interstate Commerce Commission Invpstlgntpd
vpstlgntpd tlio subjoct mitt on February11I0 JItiO
ItiO delivered ft report and opinion to thinDepartment
Department in substance finding that tliorailway
l02 toDecember
from August
railway company j
December 1904 had unlawfully transportedroal
coal for the fuel company at less than thnpublished
published rates The report of the commission
sion suggested that this practice was inviolation
violation of a restraining order issued agatntthe
the railway company In March IflOZ upon Hbill
bill in equity brought by the United StateAfter
After careful investigation of the easeIiitortiued CInformed
Informed you that In my opinion proceedings
under the restraining order could not bamaintained
maintained for two rcaionsFirst
First because the restraining order referred
formed to for the reason that it had beenissued
issued before the passage of the Elklns netwhich
which for the first time savn authority to thecourts
courts to issue such nn order was ToldSecond
Second tHcaiiso If the court had authority
thority to issue a restraining order In n caseof
of this kind the order actually leaned wnsbroader
broader than warranted by the bill uponwhich
which it was founded and to that extentunauthorized
unauthorizedThe
The bill In this rasp had alleged the civine
ine of rebates In tho transportation of paoUimj
imj lionsn products drpsspd meats nnd grainand
oilier or the princIpal commodities
and on many
modities LoiiMltutini tile bulk of rallroailtrniTlo
trniTlo between the States antI comprising thuordinary
ordinary neeonltlc of lifeIn
In accordance with the prayer of t he billn
n rpHtmlnlnR order lad been issued not onliprohtbbitbng
prohibiting n departure from tim rates mtho
the transportation of packing house products
ucts dtLsicd meats and craln but ns welln
n departure from nbc rates in the trnnijportution
thin ot any nthir commodities in InterstntucoinmiTfO
coinmiTfO It tint S this Kiiiernl restrictionbeyond
beyond ihn npooitlc complaint set forth intlii
tlii bill thnt in my opinion was unauthorized
ized As a departure front the published
rates in the transportation of coat was nocset
set forth In the bill it was prohibited bythe
the fioniral terms of the restraining ordernnd
nnd 1 lonrbiddl that such a dopartuio troiuthe
the published rates could not be successfullyinodo
inodo the snbuoi of a ooinplaini for contempt
tempt of t hit nil ttllct iontuudvr
Voiler ordinary cotidlllons tlir advice whichI
I cave you piobably would have been ifuariicd
uariicd hy you us conclusive against tIntitdnrtttt
undcriaklnt of any notion based upon tlm
ro tralnin order JIti I Ito dirtltltstancr4nero
nero extraordinary and very great publluinlerosi
inlerosi in tlie ens ciisted nroni > d by t litfact
fact that Mr Morton n member of yourCnbiiipf
Cnbiiipf had been vlieiircslcient of the railway
way iompaii chnrKfd with the tnanaKcmentul1
ul1 Iho I ta hit duiini u pait of I In time inwhich
which tin practices complained of continued
1 tliereforo FUBKested thn cntploynient ofspecial
special counsel of cinlneiiuc and you directedtheir
their Oil ph oytrietitin
In the letter of instructions dated Februarv
H IfiOj Riven to them tie two fiiietlomupon
upon which I had gi via you my opinion wernbrought
brought to their attention in the followingwords
wordsI
I will siinil you in a few days a copy oftlio
I lie plcinhiiKS and injunction of th < 1iiitertSlates
Slates Circuit Court for tin1 Western District ofMissouri
Missouri in tho case of thin lmlfd Stalevs
vs hit Atfhlson Topcka and Snnta Fo Hallway
way Company referred to In the last parauraph
urn ph In tite ttIiilutiS lou s report and opinionYou
You will observe that this fneo net liiMtitutcilIn
In tins name of the till It act States a nd priorto
to tho pasMRe of the Klkins act giving cpress
press stiitulory autliurity for such proccKliiikM
I ui ill Tliiiefoie in what manner If anyIho
I lie in litnuct iou In this case was affected hytlm
tutu decision of the Supreme Court in lhBoniPwhut
tiOliPV hat similar rnso of thin Missouri PucifluJlailwny
Jlailwny tonipony vs the InitPrt KtalpnI9S
IrIs r S < i Is a < iie tioi > hlli will presentItself
Itself in ionsidcriic whether the hunta I < >
companv has violated thn InjunctionIt
It will also lie noticed hurt coal is not onnof
of the articles which tin Smln 1v cnnipiinywas
was specially enjoined tram tnin tiorilnir ntless
less than its publisher rule If ihir forpcoal
coal is within the scopn ol the injunction ntnil
nil it niUPt be by rrnsnn of ihc ccninil clausnIn
In thin decree rnjoinlnt the Simla Ie fromtransporting
transporting any other interstate trafllent
nt less than its published rates arid whetherthis
this genera I Into 111 CIt to ole r tli l a w hasnny
nny force or vi rt lit In it in vli ° w of tmrt s ofthn jthe
the ricent deciion of tho Hupntiio Court Inlh
I hit beef trun its P a innrkeil copy of whliltI
I nuclosel li iiflot liar quest lou to bo eolvpdThe
The special ttu mist I omerialned an opinionupon
upon lliew two questions din reni irotiithat
that 1 bud ixprrsfid to you nnd that opinionby
by your dlreiMlon was ncciiiles pdln for il ipurpose
purpose of furtbir iicilon Ixitcr howover
as iippoars by t blnteuiciii of correcpoudcncnmade
made public by you on June S3 I Mi a difference
ference artist between counsel and mo utI sto
to whether nn information for cool Iii rutof
of the Injunction should lie tiled nKninmDIP P
DIP innniiKUii olltieis of tu > corpurntlouJn
Jn thir lou ter to me ot 1 pril ll itwj tlivysaid
said
Up are r early of tho opinion list the icjiort
jiort of I hit iominlN < oii Itli I fit vorlfledcopv
copy of Iho lenliuony holore Hie cinimissilonvould
vould bn a sufflclint hnsls for an nttnehinenin
in fontenipi mialnst t his iorporHilon ntvlmanaging
managing uftUurhThey
They eiprecmd the lurtheripoulnveitlcatloDonhucharKo Itruteupeu
upeu nvetlgation of t he charge ofr
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