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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
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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
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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.
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NEGB O DIES I N
ELECTRI C CHAI R
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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
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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
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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
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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*-
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CHICAG O NAME D 3
A "ROWD Y TOWS" \4
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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#
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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.
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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'
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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-
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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
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: 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. .. .- - /&
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'."- 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.
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\"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^
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