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PRICE TWO CENTS. BIG CYCLOHM? O F TWIN, CITIES It Will Take Place of Relief Map at the St. Louis Exposition, Next Year. Jt Will Show a Birdseye View of the Twins from a Point NearTort Plans for the Twin City Exhibit Are Now Ready for Actual Work. Most elaborate and beautiful are the plans for the twin city display at . . the St. Louis world's fair, on which strange gurgling in his throat made a score earnest and talented persons , the physicians step back and horrified .- r.w Tinttino- thf. th" buiiSinhp-*t J nL v bl pre ! repeated , t still the r 1 urea, by Ftory W jSnes be" com-} *orecT cardiac action an a two more *V ,'.... r w in T r P k ^ ture of the exhibit, a ^ yard systems of the twin cities.^ ! I'liENT YOIr, Visitors nt World's Fair AY ill Ample Accommodations. The world's fair management has *iad some difficulty in convincing the public that St. Louis will afford ample hotel accommodations for the crowd that will visit the city next year. General Passenger and Ticket Agent A. B. Cutts, of the Minneapolis & St. LOUI S road has received from Presi- ,,., .^ . , been made t the provincial govern- ment D. R. Francis of the exposition HOLDOP IN A HOSTELRY BTJ1AXGER AT LA CROSSE MADE THE CLERK GIVE HI M THE CONTENTS O F THE SAFE. Mpecial to The Journal.''. I^a Crosse, Wis., Dec. 29.There was a bold crime at Hotel Law early this niorning when Night Clerk. Arthur Lange was held up at the point of a revolver by a stranger who entered the hotel'when no one was around. Lange was sitting near the door when the stranger arrived.- A few minutes later he was commanded to open the safe, which he consented to do. He took out ? 50, which he handed to the stranger, who then went out and ran up the street. The clerk ran after him arid fired several shots, but the m an disappeared. The police are working on the case, but it is thought that the bandit got away on an early xnorning train. Luther G. White of Stoddard, Wis., made a desperate attempt to escape from a police officer to-day, after hav ing been arrested on a Charge of stealing a watch from his brother at Stoddard. When within a block from the police station White started to run thru an alley, but was captured by Chief Byrne, who saw the affair 1 and headed him off. H e will he taken Ito Stoddard. 5l i Jf^lT .Xi^-:Wf^V. ^'v^^^^r^jgt^ NEGB O DIES I N ELECTRI C CHAI R -- _: Six Currents of 1,740 Volts Each Administered Before Man Was 1 Pronounced Dead. Sight Proves Too Much for Physician, Who SwoonsThe Man's * Snelling. Auburn, X. Y Dec. 29.Frank^ White, a negro, was put to death in the electric chair at the state prison here to-day for "the murder of George Clare, a farmer of Scriba, Oswego county, by shooting. Six contacts, each of 1,740 volts, 7% amperes, were applied before White was pronounced dead. After the fourth contact a pfforts& S anS for Th e P spectators.buThe contacstethoscope t was y y ..,_ -\y pleted within a few weeks the actual 0rk ou ! contacts were given. During sec- const,.nu latter part of tractor will give bonds to complete it within sixty day?. The various ex hibits can be installedS in. about a months. The plans on which Mr. tinn will nodi* the on d Inarv Vnd tte con- brilliantly and there was an odor of Janu*r -nd me con contact the head.electrodethe flashed hurning g - Ca l . f0r hai r Th t ? Smici ? - sOxlOO feet in area, wtih a *emitn cuiar naamon *t one *?-*" ' 7 n part will be ^stalled the cWe ! fea:- le "^ rama of the twin cities, prepared in ebout the same manner as the Battle . of Gettysburg and other famous war paintings which were so much in votrue twenty- years ago. The cyclorama will show Fort gnelling, Minnehaha arid Minneapolis and St. Paul with their prominent buildings, parks and institutions. The plan of making a relief map of the twin cities has been abandoned on ac count of the expense and the large space required. The main part of the building will "be divided into a large hall with sev eral smaller rooms ^along the sides. Of these, each of the twins will have \vo rooms for special exhibits. In these four rooms there will be repro ductions in miniature of the princi pal institutions of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The latter will show the state capitol and the public baths and the former will show the milling district and the state university campus with all the buildings. These groups will be exact reproductions and will prove Interesting. The estimated cost of each group is $800 or *3,20o for the four. The commissioners would have liked to have at least two more groups lor each city, but the expense was prohibitive. - In this building, which will be Known in the model city as the mu - nicipal industrial museum, will be dis played the immense map of the twin cities, and the interurban district now being prepared at great expense by the Twin City Rapid Transit company. The map will be immense as to size and will not only show the street rail wa svstem, but the-park and boule- r c f', exeeBt cl ? : turned on he suddenly pitched forward OFFERSHDIO -- . SUPERIOR CO, HOTELS at* Ua^e The Provincial Government of Onta rio, It Is Said, Will Advance $1,500,000. New York Sun Special Service. Philadelphia, Dee. 29.An offer has me NO FDRTHER MASSACRES UNITED STATES CONSULAR AGENT AT ODESSA SAYS THE SITUATION IS SAFE AT KISH- INEF. land passengers at the fair gates. Passengers on other lines from the twin cities will have to enter the union station and take the car lines to the grounds. The M. & St. L. vril bid for popu larity by running daily to St. Louis the World's Fair special, "in addition to the regular St. Louis train. The special Mill have a fine equipment and will prove a greair accommodation to the public, as it will run thru the fcight. consular officers, Avith a view to as certain the exact situation as affect ing these people. The United States consular agent at Odessa already has been heard from, and lie 'cabled the state department to-day that there has been no fresh outbreak at'Kishinef, as * ier it was the spongee berifeatho-n the elec trodea,^ lie adjusted it mor tightly be fore the next shock. Among those who made a test with Jones^ la m wnic u ir . -""- ! the stethoscope was -Dr. IT. B. Stein of B ff. and h reportede that the &n d fe H t TUESDAY EVENI^a .DECEMBER . 29, 1903. CRUISE R FO R v GREA T LAKES Canada Is Building One and Cana dian Officials Declare There Is No Treaty to Prevent. State Department Has No Informa tion Regarding the Building Awful Crime. of Any "Warships. The United States, However, Would Willingly Abrogate Restrictive Feature of Treaty . OttaWa, Ont., Dec. 29.The building of a Canadian armed, cruiser for the Great Lakes has caused comment on the treaty supposed to restrict such a movement. Under Secretary of State- Pope points out that no treaty exists be tween Great Britain and the United States limiting the number and arma ment of vessels to be maintained by quickley- said- no{ . ceaS( T dt o , bat . e had resumed his seat ien the front rQ W anf l tft e fifm contae t ha d Whe n been th e J n a awopi K H s ick eQd u p bfl6or y thre e keepers carrie d fro m th e de anedt ath chamber bu soon revived. State Electrician. Davis, in charge of the execution, explained the gurgling in White's throat by saying that he held his breath for a few moments be fore the first contact and it was simply* the air escaping from his lungs. He declared that White was practically dead after the first contact* The Negro's Crime. White, who was about 25 years of age, was employed by Clare.on the lat ter's farm. On Sept. 15, 190.1. White enticed the farmer into a cornfield on a pretext that the cows were in the corn, and while Clare.'s back Avas turned the negro deliberately fired several bullets into his body until he fell to the ground dead. Robbery was the motive for the crime. White kept his watchers in great suspense during his last days, in the corridor for the condemned, by his violent attempts to sham insanity. He ran amuck in the narrow confines of his cell or. the day before Christmas, smashing everything breakable, and was only subdued after the prison hose had been turned on him for a quarter of an hour. White cared nothing for religion aiicl neither friend nor rela tives inquired for him at any time dur ing his two' years' confinement. : n t of Ontario, Can., to pay the $1,- . ,_ *v* 500,000 required for the reorganization of the Lak -ompanv, a statement showing that the acccommodations will be sufficient. In addition to the hotels, which will tare for 100,000 at one time, 85,000 visitors will be able to get good rooms In houses adjoining the park in whicb the fair buildings are going up. An agreement has been made by the man agement with the hotel keepers that rates shall not be increased during the fair period. ' A great many temporary hotels are being built on land conceded by the fair company, over which the com mission will have absolute control as to rates. The Inside Inn, which is being erected within the enclosure, will have . a capacity of 5.500 guests. This is Toeing built under contract with the exposition, and the rates, European plan, will range from $1 to $2 a day without bath or $2.50 a day with bath. These rates include admission to the grounds. Mr. Cutts reports that the work is much further along at this time than nt a similar time in the case of either the Chicago, Omaha or Buffalo expo sitions. H e says also that notwith standing the popular impression that the fair wll lclose Nov. 1, the closjng date will be Dec. .1, making the open time seven months. The St. Louis road and its St. Louis connection, the Wabash, are the only lines which wrill company.Consolidated- The governmente haSuperior s prom - ised to take the money from its ex chequer if Attorney P. F . Rothermel, who is now in Canada, can satisfy the officials that that sum will place the company's affairs on a good financial The action of the provincial govern ment was taken at a meeting held oil last Thursday. Many Canadians are stockholders of the Consolidated com pany, and the collapse of the corpora tion meant the loss of many millions of Canadian dollars. The provincial officials who were at the meeting were C. W. Ross, premier and treasurer Attorney General Gib son, Minister of Education Harcourt, Commissioner of Public Works Latch ford, Commissioner of Crown Lands Davis, Minister of Agriculture Dryden and Secretary Stratton. The only barrier to the success of the reorganization project is the pos sible antagonism of Speyer & Co. ,,,. , . ., ^ - .. /- ... . from the- great lake section and the Washington, Dec. 2 9.At the m - stance of President Roosevelt,, who f has interested himself in the reports j from abroad of massacres and con- | templated massacres of Jews in.Kish-'j t inef, the state department is making : inge built and examined their construc- active inquiry thru its diplomatic and | tion, a fact that gave rise to some .reportedr. - ,., New York, one of of relief. They did not present a pet i tion an"d will not. do so,, unless later information proves the situation :to be 'statementbelievesthte that Canadian governa - as serious as reported? SECOND EFFORT TO LYNCH COUNCIL BLUFFS SHERIFF AD- VISED THAT ANOTHER MOB WILL STORM THE JAIL. Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 29.. Sheriff Cousins, in- anticipation of further trouble with' wduld-be lynch ers, has asked for and secured the aid of the local militia company to guard the county jail to-night against any attempt to take Zimmerman and Burke, the negro, prisoners charged with assault, from the jail. The sheriff to-day received informa tion that another attempt' would be made to-night to lynch the negroes. : W^a Mr.WesternerGuess I Kin Leave These Side Whiskers Grow Now.-I'm a Money Loaner Instead of a Borrower. the United States pr Canada on the Great Lakes. :. There is an agreement to' cease plac ing them there after six months' notice by either .country, but Mr. Eojje^ouhts if it is binding.- .,,./^^^sfr GOVERNMENT IGNORANT Washington Hasn't Heard of Canada's -.", Criil^p Building Project. Washington, Dec 29.The state de partment has not been informed up to this moment that the Canadian gov ernment contemplates placing an armed cruiser on the lakes in addition to the few small and insignificant na tional vessels now maintained there. Recently the Canadian government laid down a couple of revenue cutters for lake service and altho these were, being of modern type, better vessels than those heretofore employed for this work, their construction was not regarded here as violating the treaty. Attention Was called to the matter, however, by some of. the congressmen st&le department made a quiat tout ef ec tive inquiry into- the character of th e Canadian cutters. It appears that a united States naval officer visited n place Where the vessels were be- feeling on the part of the Canadians when they learned of the visit. To Repeal Provision. ' As soon as congress reconvenes after the recess there will without doubt be a arenewal of the attempt which has been made annually for the last ten i4 . 4.w T3. years'"to secure a repeal or modifica- Simon Wolf, representing the B nai ! ^ B'rith, and Adolphuse o n o f tha t sc S. Solomons of f th trustees of the Britainn that limit the use of naval Baron de Hirsch fund, held .a confer ence with Acting Secretary Loomis to-day, during which the subject, of takena a particularly advanced posi- the Jews in Russia was discussed. Mr. tion in this matter and his activity has, Loomis showed them the. Odessa dis-| it is said, excited a corresponding patch, which gave them some feeling i movement in Canada. " ----- .... He- has heard from some quarter ^IIIL " .''-.. -./... *\ ../...- :."^ H ' 1 MINNESOT A [ . -V *}*t#1 jfrj( | - ' r fr- T^ - - ^-::#QP| ^ W , , ,, str. UNI0B1I1W i mtM sMoo f The Mormon Church Opposes Organ ized Labor in Utah Goal Miners' Strike. \ And the Unions Propose to Get Even by Fighting*, the Mormon Salt Lake, Utah, Dec. 29.In reply to the utterances 'of Angust M. Can non, a prominent official of! the Mor mon church who, in th course of an address in the Tabernacle Sunday, stated that the Utah - Fuel company wanted to hire several hundred men to take the place of striking miners and advised young Mormons who had previous experienced in mining to ac c'ept these plates, eohn Kelllher, na tional organizer of 'the United Mine Workers of America, has issued an address to organized labbr in TJtah_in which he characterizes the Mormon church as an enemy to organized labor. Kelliher has also'-sent a telegram to GETTING TO BE A * TAT BOY" NOW. * John Mitchell, president of the United I The attempt to reform her politics and'tion probable. * Mine' Workers, in which he states that put honest men into office, instead of the The present brandy monopoly yieias the Mormon church has opetnly de- strange aggregation that represents her upwards of $300,000,000 yearly, about clared war on organized* - labor in- municipal affairs goes on ntfullyi.and the one-fourth of the revenues of the em- Utah arid suggests that in self defense : wayor is placed ih a peculiar position of united labor should ^do all in . its appearing to want .reform *fid doing his g power to prevent the seating of Sena- jbest to see that it shall not come about, tor Smoot "as a rebuke for its inter- It is not so niuch the presence of alder- terence in this indvistrm disputcV- men,' amblera and loud women, in th community, howc-ver, as the active parti cipation: in other people's affairs and be longings by burglara, - sneaks, pickpockets, walking delegates and highwaymen that is agitating the city just at present. : The police are politicalized and there Tor,e lii'efEicient 6r,-wcSrse. "When a rohhery has been conimilted, nobody, it^ows Whether a'policeman did it or some* out sider. Too many people are knocked oh the head in the smoky streets. Too many assaults are made on men who-work by men who strike. ME N O F OMIHAllI , SEEWTlPS THvET'D LEARN HOW T O TRADE IN GRAIN. A party of prominent Omaha busi ness men, members of the .newly or - ganized Omaha Grain Exchange, came in on 'cnangetni^ morning, hav ing run up to Minneapolis .to get- a few ideas as to how to conduct a niar^ ket for grain futures. It is the in tention of the organizers to open the new Omaha Exchange in .about two weeks. Omaha grain futures will then be quoted in the speculative mar kets of the world along with- Minne- apolis, Chicago, New York, Liverpool and the other leading grain trade cen ters. The party consists of George W-. Wattles, president of the exchange. ' A.. B. Merchant, secretary As S. MC Whorter, vice president , F . P JSSi kendall, Arthur C. Smith, A. B* Ja - quette, N. B. Merriam, W. B. Updike and A. L. Reed. The Omaha men are in the city, as guests of the Chicago, Great Western, road and of the Chamber of Com merce. They were meta t the morning-: train by L. C. Rains,, general agent of the Great Western, and after breakfast at the West hotel, were taken to the Chamber. President Wattles" .was taken in tow by Former President John Washburn, and later the pa-riy lunched at the Minneapolis club-as guests of President James Marshatli" of the Minneapolis Chamber of Com- tion the Rushd treatyt rbetwee thee UnitesdofStates an Grea vesge i s on the lakes. Representative W jui m Alden Smith of Michigan has that he o be reliable, ment is about to enter a formal pro test again the location of the proposed United States naval training station on the great lakes, according to-the plans of the Taylor hoard, to which congress is expected, to. give effect during- the present session. . Anticipating such protest, Mr. smith already has prepared himself to re - new with force the attack upon the Rush treaty, -holding as he does that it has- had -&. paralyzing and disastrous effect upon the important shipbuild ing industries .of the Great- Lakes, as they would otherwise toe in position, not only to-supply, themselves such naval vessels as might be heeded for training purposes oh the lakes but could also enter into competition with-' the deep sea^ shipbuilding companies for larger naval construction At the St. Louis world's-fair there, will betwelve an outdoor 1 erin s acresmining , 7" ~~" ~ V , ...., ' i - '" .'"V.,. r'.*J^ At 3 o'clock the party, inofpased by several grain men, were taken in: a new special car offered by the Twin City Rapid Transit company over the University avenue line to St. Paul where they paid their respects to Pres ident A. -B."-Stickn^y. of the Great Western, who has done so niuch for Omaha aOB a prl'rharjp grraiii mariteWn the way bt friBigM-rates. -. ,, The party was returned at 4:45'over the Como-Harriet line and will be, en tertained at dinner at the Commercial club by General Agent L. C. Rains. To-night six of the party will leave for Omaha over t*e t^iew limited train of the Great Western road. The oth er members of the party will go else- exhibit\ cov- Winer*- ^f i.- - CHICAG O NAME D 3 A "ROWD Y TOWS" \4 - v J t~~ff3- The Brooklyn Eagle Calls Attention '. to Civic Conditions in the Illi s nois Metropolis. -, Too Many Assaults on Men Who Work by Men Who , -- Senator. _: ' _,. New York Sun Special Service. New York, Dec. 29.The Brooklyn Eagle gives" T^e.w York readers a re - pliant picture of political and moral conditions in Chicago. The occasion for it is a reference editorially to the organization tti'ere which Is going:, to try to check some of the evils which the municipal authorities permit to run wild.is It says Chicag o becoming alarmed, not merely for her personal safety, but for the effect , of her conduct on' her reputation and her Peace and good will have not come with the season's greetings from ' J^ credit. She is a rowdy town that people Russia to Japan but instead there is a confident truculence still further pro- ^ i are beginning to avoid. Sue is the? conclusio^n that she! ought to be other wise. 55 J^!^:^'*^ Father : Sherma n s a active member of the : citizens' vigilanc^ committee in Chicago. "You may say that the crisis has come that the limit of endurance has been reached. ...The outrageous stop ping of minerals is. the last straw and the respectable citizens of Chicago are going to fight it but to the bitter end. It is no spasnlodic protest PAIRT.q-in0HT AND WEDNEftpftY, WflTTIiffrV TffllHfBMt Jfjv WAR IN THE ORIENT * ? HAJTG S O N ^ THJtEAB \ , ' -- The Situation, Long Tense, Is Becoming Worse /: Daily, Owing to the Machinations of the Russian Authorities. t Strike. Bennett Burleigh, Whose Reputation Proclaims Him No Alarmist, De- , Clares That War Is Almost Inevitable and That Hussia Seeks to Provoke a ConflictAdds That Japan Is the Better Prepared for the , Struggle. New York Sun Special Service. . , -.'': London, Dec. 29.Bennett Burleigh, wiring the Daily Telegraph from rriftK|."n' 9V(1 , XO1 ?n ays ' . w . noisy^, dirty vocative to war direct from . Petersburg.n confess my inability to see m .* 18 ^ 0 ^ ^ h * Pnt attitude any otheStmeaning r tha tIo precipitate a conflict . -"H ~ . To be precise, my Manchurian tour showed me that Russia is not fully *? ' ready, and cannot for at least three months, be able to maintain her position ^ if determinedly attacked. Time, tnerefore, is essential to her, unless she ^ Utterly despises the prowess of Japan. It is true Count Lamsdorff long ago ' J openly declared that Russia considers Manchurian occupation to be a mat- ter only concerning herself and China. Instead of temporizing she has em- *" ," ' ployed the same language to Japan. More than a fortnight ago Russia again emphasized-the same response' at Tokio.' The Japanese statesmen have since 4- . " asked her to reconsider her refusal, to exclude discussion on Manchuria, and ~ * . have pressed for a reply thereto within a reasonably brief time. - - . 'r' CX}j- WAR I N THE BALANCE. "" * | Such is the situation. War trembles in the balance, if it has not already . tilted the scale, for report affirms that Russia^on Saturday answered, declining /'^ Japan's request. Diplomacy is terrified as to what will happen in China if there? is ..war , be.tween Russia and Japan. .-''- -'.'- "r0 ' It is agreed, and Peking dispatches shdV - it, that the Chinese imperial" authorities are on the alert and will attack ^Russia. . Their. best generals are -\\ eager to engage the enemy in Manchuria, but the real key to. the seriousness | of .the situation:'is'in.-the question: Will there , be further terrible outbreaks ff] against foreigners hi China, or in the equally dangerous problem, what steps Will Germany and France take if disturbances break out? Probably some ji"? understanding exists. Great Britain and'America should be prepared also'to'-V' ' see that if Japan wages a successful warfare she is not prevented::tW?$M^:~ fr6m reap- *~*''~ ing the fruits of victory. " " J_ - * * BURLEIGH NOT. AN ALARMIST, i .'fcjHVrlSJii*' .' *.* , The Daily Telegraph in an editorial adds:,^"Bennett Burleigh :has^ hadrS** ej^perience of war and rumors of war beyond any other member of "the pro - '"it , fession. H e is no alarmist, but an acute observer of events. When, there-^' fore, he states that war trembles in the balance, and that the respohs'ihlHtysy'- for the tilting of the scale resbt-with St. Petersburg, wg are in a position to"%r judge of the gravity of the crisis." The Daily Chronicle says that Japan is purchasing the Argentine war- ships. The Russians were in treaty for them, but the Japanese outbid them. RUSSIA ARMS ARTILLERY Twelve Batteries Equipped forSjer^ice \ - in the Far East Moscow, Dec. 29.Twelve batteries of the Fourth Granadier Brigades of field artillery stationed in and-arbund Moc&w^hVB-been pfpected for servlcs m^'^^r Euts wMchr the4tRafctuamUef# ~. !^ H **^ :j $^ ^,: wi^.are_^peiw^tt the^Fretftfh v Jmrtras pieces. Th e arly departure of three of these, batteries is expected, wl*ie will place 108 field guns, with the lat est equipment, at the disposal of Vice roy Alexieff. ' . _ItJs said here that all the volun teersriiving: at their homes who , as graduates of high schools, are privi leged to serve only a year with the colors, have been ordered into bar - raoks: , """N o extensive movements of troops eastward""have been reported here up to the present. . Raising Taxes, Too. " The government is considering mak ing the sale of tea and sugar a state monopoly as proposed by M. Witte, while finance minister. There is much opposition to the proposal on the part of the tea trade and the grocers, but the growing needs of the treasury and the exhaustion of other resources, as pointed out in M. White's last budget, are believed in well-informed circles to make the adoption of the proposi- - VA DETERMINED STAND Father Sherman Says Good Citizens i Will FiRht Union Outlawry.' New York Sun Special Service. Cincinnati, D&c. 29.-Rev. Thomas Ewing Sherman, S. J., of Chicago, was in Cincinnati to-day. "How is the sit uation in p Chicagio ?"n i r e , and the monopdly of tea and U gar is expected to be even more profitable as th expenses of its opera tion will be small. PROVIDE FOR EMERGENCIES Japanese Government Given Unlim ited Credit for Raising Funds. Tokip, Dec. 29.An emergency or dinance promulgated last night in vests the government with practically unlimited credit for the purpose of military defense. . Three other ordinances were issued relating first to the Seoul-Fusan rail way, which is brought closer under of ficial control second, to the revision of the organization of the imperial military headquarters in -war time third, to the creation of. a war coun cil in war time. These ordinances, it is considered, completely provide for all emergencies* The completion of the Seoul-Fusan railway with all possible speed is essential to meet the contingency of war on the Korean frontier. The extra budget money will be used in defraying the extraordinary expenses inevitable if Russia refuses to recede from its present position. Japs Are Incensed. The characteristic cynicism with which the Muscovites, while profess ing peace, are preparing for war, has. incensed the whole Japanese people and greatly strengthened the influence, of the war party in the counsels of the empire. Reports from China that the three oentral provinces have 9000 foreign trained troops in readiness for emer gencies are regarded here with incred uaiity. While some Japanese drill sergeants have been employed by China to instruct troops, their number has been small and the number of men under their charge insignificant. - Japan is not anxious to bring China into war or to do anything that would bring into play the Franco-Russian and Anglo-Japanese treaties. The military authorities are confident of the ability of Xhe Japanese forces to do more than hold, their own, without foreign aid, in the" event of hostilities. ! :. he was asked. 1 this time. . It is a determined stand.'We are going to. test therights of the unions to the last ditch.. W e are goftig to m'ake.a fight for'free labor, and are going-,'to see whether there are some rights in this .country, for .law-abiding ' and peacefui-.ciUzens.'*-''-','-:v.-i' ::l:' -" WEST TIRGIN IA SENATOR BB- i^LINES^TO/'ACCEPT' CH^URMAN- fJffSHIP : ^QF, - THE REPUBLICAN ^COMMITTEE.'.' ' - '^.^ k...*-. HfCW'Xork San Special Serrl^v:-r-^ - i' '&?}.:' - Wheeling, W^. Vaj, Tec &9i-^Seha.tor "H: B. Scott ofWest-Virginia, has been tendered the Republican. National Committee' chairmariship, to.be va cated by Senator Hanha and has given his refusal to President RooBevelt be cause he wants to conduct his own campaign for re-ele.cflbn in. this state next year./ " Senator. Scott says Chicago will lose the- national convention if the hotel men do not .with'draw- their exorbitant charges. He. is chairman of the- ar- rangements , committee, Which will meet in January/ If the hotel keepers are obstinate the national committee will reassemble and relocate the con- ^.-' %%?&*>- "" ~*3& '', *-s*t ?& *-= 1 -v-entlon, b declares. SWeftiti. * " ' IK!?'- 'imimm \ 14 PAGESFIVE OOLOOK. : ^ -/-- ^vilf^^- rifles and 2,000,000 rounds of ammuni- . -fn tiopi -whleli were purchased-J&st 'AXL- ~ :^W'm gust to Replace the obsolete "weapons 'i.j used by Tuan'Shih Kai's Vpefsonal "S army, have hot yet been delivered. 0 Yuan Shih Kai probably Will report to "t Austrian m : and German maXeiisi.uiiless. ttie" Japanese tipft^^^^Ttiln'l^^-'In^iE^ed7,jp-4he--pros-t petmve ivar tnft^w wbuld prefer thai-" Russia ,r.eipainiri cpntrol of Manchu ria^ As ^'alternative the foreign of fice has indicated to .the ministers that a. settlement satisfactory to China would be that Russia and Japan should retain their respectiveT treaty rights in Korea and Manchuria if they agree not to atteirtpt to.obtain further ad vantages ^ the country." '..., , CHINESE WILL FIGHT "" Tartars Have Been Ordered by Russia to Disann. London, Dec. 29.The Daily Mail's Peking correspondent sends'an uncon firmed-report that in the event of Svar China will Join forces with Japan and that Japan will send an army corps to Peking. According to a dispatch from Peking Lien Fang, first secretary to the Chi nese board of foreign affairs,'yester day visited Russian Minister Lessar and requested information concerning the intentions of the Russian govern ment regarding the evacuation of Manchuria. Minister Lessar said that nothing could be done at present with a view to evacuation, for two reasons. In the first place, the minister pointed out "that the cold weather made it impossi ble to' remove the troops from their present positions, and there were no accommodations to be had elsewhere, and in the second place, it would en danger Russia's interests to undertake evacuation during the progress of the negotiations between Russia and Japan, for the reason that Japan might sleze the opportunity to invade Manchuria. The Russian commander impera tively'requested the Tartar general to disband his militia men and to disarm them. The Tartar general issued an order in accordance with this request, but it is understood-that the men are concealing their arms, supposedly with the Tartar general's connivance. MORE PROVISIONS ORDERED Both Russia, and Japan Buying Beef in Chicago. New York Sua SpeoUl Service. Chicago, Dec. 29.Russia and Japan are placing orders with local packers for large quantities of beef, but much secrecy is observed as to the size of the purchases and their ulti mate destination. The Ciidahy Packing company has received a large order from supposed agents of the Japanese government and it is rumored that it calls for an immediate shipment of from 500,000 to 750,000 pounds of beef. Armour & Co. recently shipped to southern ports in China 10,000 barrels of beef for the?use of- the Russian sol ders campaigning in the vicinity of Port Arthur. Japan Arms Merchantmen. . Honolulu, Dec. 29.Advices by the ~ s steamer Coptic to-day say that Japan j ^ is recruiting heavily for the army and , "3 navy an a that the government is con- :*& verting r ambers of merchant steamers * ^ into transports. .. .- - /& MORE SNOW IN COPPERDOM " '."- CHINA WANTS ARMS'.' Willing to Allow Russia and Japan to Maintain Present Status. Peking, Dec. 29.-r-Yuan^Shih Kai,. viceroy of Chili and the head of the Chinese army, has entered upon hur ried negotiations with, the Japanese authorities to obtain a million tales' worth of" arms and ammunition. The Japanese, altho they are desir ous of furnishing the weapons and am - munition, are unable to do so unless China agrees to take part of the sup ply in models which are now obsolete i In the Japanw.arm y. Ten thousand. \, \ . S'. ~ V-"\ * ..- - * JJ^fiA? "- Fourteen inches In Tvrentx-''*"' Hour: \"f ."-' - Another Bl'izzard. P'S^fi? tSpecia.1 to The Journal. ,, Calumet, Mich., Dec. 29.An extremely severe blizzard, is raging in the copper country.. The railroads and street car ser vice, is impaired.- Fourteen inches of snow have fallen in the last twenty-four hours THOMAS CONNELLY IS DEAD MiTlionalre CarrTa'ge Manufa'ctUVer of DuT buque, iowa. Dubuque, Iowa. Dec. 29.Thomas Con nelly, the millionaire carriage manufac turer, died here to-day of apoplexy. Hf was 67^ * \ , J : .f- r - r - ^ ~: 'y ?-",. ' : " - ' \ "^S lT?? .gbvernment"'perny'^^x^^t^f\T*-r.eries^.own ports- from-' her *- $F&% C#me4&i' $Pfe^iment ,.-l s^ *- - -. ialargied ajt the proapeet.ot. the situa- a r - w s ^ 5 * JB 'fp