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page two THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE. TjypAY morxixo, decemrkr n, 19 J - - mT.j Ing whlrh iho commltteo evinces n dis position to grant. , Senator Bard of Cnllf. rnlft. n mnrnbor of the iimtnli:ce, torinv announced his oppo sition to consolidation, expressing tjv oi.lnlon that Statehood ehould not bo forced on the people of Arizona In oppoal f. ' 'it tion to their wlabcs, and Baying that the taituro "f tho bin is preferable to its ia3fu.K in it" present .h.iir As the committee now stands, It con iSta of elx Rcjniblloiin and Tour Demo i ratlc members, uim! If th four Democrats ii..i.!' Ih- tiio.ii. i ', Is M" ' I' d I h'-y will tho s-ote of tho committee Will bo ft tic. This result can bp averted by illlln tho Republican vacancy on tho committee , auaed bv the death f Senator Quay, and It la expected that this action will i-j taken Tho bill probably will not bo re ported until after th" holiday recess. RELIEF FOR MILLERS. Regulations by Which They May Se ouro Drawback on Exported Flour. WASHINGTON". Deo. 10 Sccrotnry Shaw and Assistant Secretary Armstrong are preparing reputations under a Bectlon of the present tariff law whlob will nllow millers to draw back on exported! flour male of Imported wh at mixed with do mestic wheat. Up t." this time millers hao been able to Operand only under tho provision of tho law which permits the exportation of Hour made: from Imported wheat brought into this country In bonded cars, ground In bonded mills and taken ouf of the country. constantly under customs supervision and at tho expense of the mills Th- law also i that thf by-pro ducts, such as bran, middlings, etc.. anal bo exported, jn consequence of jh- Fact that theae by-products bring a better price. In the United States than In Canada', the millers have frequently suffered loss by the transaction The Secretary finds no difficulty in af fording the mlilers tho same relief that Is enjoyed by the smelters In the matter of Imported ores, except in determining the exact amount of Hour produced from a Rlvti quantity of lmrorted wheat by each individual mill as it is well known that 80m mllla produce appreciably more than others. Another factor Is tho dr termination of tho quantity of by-products produced by each mill, such Information being Indis pensable in calculating the amount of drawback to be allowed on tho exported Hour alone. The new regulations will bo ready for promulgation earlv In the coming week WINTER WHEAT AREA LESS. Department of Agriculture Issues TJBUiil Ctop Bulletin. WASHINGTON. D C. Dec. 10. Tho crop bulletin Issued today by the Dopart ment of Agriculture, says: Returns to tho chief of the bureau of statistic of tho Department of Agricul ture Indicates that the newly seeded area of winter wheat is about 31.156.000 acres, a decrease of 1.6 per cent from the area sown In tho fall of as finally esti mated. The condition of winter wheat on December 1 was S'lS, us com ar-.l with 56.6 In 1903. K S In 1S"C. and a ten-years average of 92-1. The acreage as compared with last year Is 98.4 per cent. Tho newly eeeded area of winter rye Is provisionally estimated at 9C.7 per cent, of the area sown In the fnll of 19 G. Tho condition of winter rye on December 1 was 90 C. as compared with 92.7 on De cember 1. 1903; 9S.1 at tho corrspondlng date In lfC, and 96.2, the mean of tho December averages of the last ten years. Tho percentage of acrr.-.ge sown In win ter rye this year, as compared with that fnwn last tear Is M?7; the average condi tion December 1. 1904, was li.5. Corre sponding averago for 19"3 and 1902 were 92.7 and 9S.1 respectively, and tho mean of the December averages for the last tea years 9C.2. The final estimates of the total arrage, production and farm valeus of the prin cipal crops for 1904 will be Issued on De cember 8 at 4 o'clock p. m. WOULD STOP THE WAR. United States A9ked to Intervene in Russo-Japanese Conflict. WASHINGTON, D C. Dee 10-Aa president of the Inter-Parliamentary union. Representative Bartholdt of Mis souri today brought to the attention of Secretary Hay the resolution adopted at St. Louis September 18 urging tho powers which signed The Hague treaty of ar bitration to Interveno for the stopping of the war between Russia and Japan Mr Bartholdt auggested tho propriety of the United States taking the lniJ.latlvo In urging a cessation of hostilities, and he pointed out that the trfnu, whl. h was signed by Russia anil originally suggested by that power, contnlni-d a provision that Intervention by a third power should not be considered an unfriendly act. Ho con trnfWd that In resenting tho proposal for mediation Russia had violated not only the spirit, but the letter of this comiaa Secretary Hay promised to bring tho ac tion of the union to the attention of the president at an early date PRESIDENT FAVORS IT. Extension of the Powers of the Inter state Commerce Commission. WASHINGTON, Dec 10 Enlargement of the powers of tho Interstate Commerce commission Is one of tho questions which win be pressed vigorously at the present session of Congress. It Is said that In tho mind of President Roosevelt no problem la more Important than this to all tb pi Opli In conference with mem bars of the Sen ate and House of Representatives, the President has emphasized tho ews he ad vanced In fcls message in fuvor of the cx tetialon of the powers of tho Interstate Commerce commission. "VVlth several members ho discussed the subject today. Until 1897 tho Interstate Commerce com mission had the power to regulate freight rutes. but the Supremo court then decided that under the law the commission had no auch authority Western members of Congresa especially have urged that the power recommended by tho President bo conferred by law upen the commission. FOR INCREASED SALARIES. Secretary Hay Makes Recommenda tion for the Consular Service. WASHINGTON, Dee. 10. In the esti mates for the diplomatic and consular service forwarded to Congress by Secro tgrj Hay, recommendations are made for Increases In the salaries of u largo num ber of offici rs in the isrvlce. it is recom mended that the balary of the Minister to . Argentina be Increased $2000; that of Min Ift. r Resident to Liberia JH-W. and that provision be made for a Minister to Rou tuania and Bervla and ono for Greece and Montenegro, and for a Consular Agent In Bulgaria Increased aalariaa ore recommended for tho Mcretarlea of legation to Turkey and Switzerland. A third secretary la proposed for the legations to Italy and Austria rind a naW consulate at eacfl Of the following places, at the salaries named: Alexandria, J3S00; Belgrade. $3000; Bu charest. J300; Carlsbad. J20O0; British North Borneo, &000. Price Fixed for Philippine Drafts. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. The bureau of insular affairs of the War department re ceived a cablegram from the civil gov ernment of lh Philippines authorizing the International I tanking Corporation of Washington and the Guaranty Trust Company of Washington, di pi lltprlea. of the Philippine funds In the United States, to sell drafts on the Philippine, treasury at five-eighths of one per cent, sight, and three-fourths of one par cant for tel egraphic transfers In sums of not less than there rates being In modifica tion of those previously authorized, which were three-fourths and one-eighth per cent respectively. SPRY AND BOOTH CAUMOOT Conference ns lo lew Appointments, Advance Guard for Sena torial Inquiry Arrives From Utah. Fourteen Subpoenas for Witnesses Out of Original Forty Have Been Served. By A. F. Philips. Special to Thu Tribune. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 10 Repub lican Stato Chairman William Spry and II. E Booth nrc hero trying to break Into the service of Undo Sam. They have been hero three days, but It was not until this morning that a venture down town was ma. to, when Chairman Spry wended his way to the commltteo room of tho apostolic Senntor, where a prolonged con ference waa held The Tribune containing dispatches an noundng that neither Mar8hal Heywood nor United States District Attorney Llpp man would be removed arrived this morn ing, and tho announcement was discussed at length by the apostle and his friends. Both Chairman Spry and Mr. Booth aro quartered In an apartment houso In tho northwest part of tho city. Both will like ly be prcaent at tho Smoot Inquiry next week. Messrs Richards and Van Cott. the for mer a legal counselor for tho church proper and the latter for Senator Smoot, arrived this evening. They aro tho ad vanco guard for the Utah contingent who will attend the Smoot hearing. Advlurs received tonight are that fourteen wit nesses of the original forty have been served v. 1th subpoenas. Four additional to the original number have been summoned and service should have been had today Joseph 8mlth, president of the Reor ganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of Lamonn, la., and Apos tle Sheehy of Boston, arrived today to uld In the prosecution of Reed Smoot. t Irvlr.g E. Garrett. ;ui employee of the General Land office, left for his homo in Boise, Ida., today. There are threo persons seeking the ap pointment as forest supervisor at the Priest River, Idaho, reserve, made va cant bv the resignation of Supervisor Brogagnan. They ore Joseph Horn of Caldwell E. H. Whitney of Rathbun and T. A. Murray of Sand Point, all highly Indorsed citizens of their respectlvo lo calities Neither Is likely to be ap pointed, as some one In the eorvlce will probably be promoted. Only able-bodied men aro eligible to this service. Alice C Slee of Wulloce. Ida., has the distinction of heading the eligible list for stenographer and typewriter for tho Civil Service commission. She will be certified for appointment, Senator Heyburn secured & pension of SI 2 per month, together with accrued pen sion, duo her late husband, for Mrs. Jauiea Baxter of Boise Ida. William E. Lee of Moscow, Ida., has been appointed stenographer for Senator Btcon of Georgia. To Expedite Fraud Cases. WASHINGTON. D C. Dec. 10 The Solicitor-General will next Monday present to the Supremo court of the United States a motion for the advancement of the hearing of tho cases of J A. Benson. F. A. Hyde and H. P. Dlmond, now pend ing in that court on proceedings by these men. In un effort to avoid the removal of their cases icr the courts of tho District of Columbia for trial. They were Indict ed In the Supreme court of the District for conspiracy to defraud the Government In connection with the entry of public lands on the Pacific coast Awaits Answer From Warner. WASHINGTON. D. C-. Dec. 10. Presi dent Roosevelt informed several members Of Congress today that ho would not con sider the appointment of any other man to the office of Commissioner of Pensions until he had received a llnal answer from Major William Warner of Missouri, to whom a proffer of the position had been made. For a Virginia Exposition. WABHINOTON,, Doc 10. den Fitxhugh bee, president of tho Jamestown Exposi tion company, had a talk with President Roosevelt today about the exposition. He thanked the President for his Interest In tho project as expressed In his message. Tho Virginia members of CongTess will mako a contest for the appropriation. No Extra Session. WASHINGTON, Deo. 10 -No extraordi nary session of Congress will be held next spring f or. a revision of tho tariff That lias been decided dcflnltoly. Tho question of an extraordinary seeslon next fall Is In abeyance. President Roosevelt announced thla de cision to seoral of his callers today.' Heavy Fire Loss at Norfolk. NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 11. Fire that broke out at 1 30 this morning In the lum ber . ard of Robinson & Co.. Portsmouth, did heavy damago to the district bound-.-.I l. I Ilk''... jiK-cr, i )-. mi. it ami Pino streets, the property destroyed or Injured Including a largo lumber ynrd and plan ing mill, a lumber mill and a sash and door factory. Steamship Burned- OGDENSBURG. N. Y . Dec. 10. The Steamship James of tho Rutland Transit lino, which piled between Ogdensburg and Chicago, was burned here tonight. All tho boats aro frozen In and cannot be movod. Tho crews were ashore. Tho Rutland boats cost 190.00 each. The Itch Fiend That Is Salt Rheum or Eczema, one of the outward manifestations of scrofula. It comes In Itching burning, oozlug, dry ing, and scaling putcbes, on the face, head, hands, lcg6 or body. It cannot be cured by outward applica tions, the blood mubt be rid of the Im purity to which It Is due, Hood'sSarsaparilla Has enred tho most persistent and difficult cases. Accept no substitute lor HuOd'a; no substitute actd like it. FOUR MORE SENT TO JAIL Found Guilty of Fraud in Connection With Denver Election. DENVER, Colo.. Dec 10. Four olectlon ofllclals of Precinct 6. Ward 6, wore sen t' need to jail by tho Supreme court to duv for contempt, having been found guilty of permitting fraudulent practices at the recent election In disregard of the court's ordera Jnmes P Mulllns was sen tenced to nine months" Imprisonment and thu) tlno and costs; William llergmun and J P. Kltson olx months' Imprisonment and ICOO flno and costs each, and Patrick Reld threo months' imprlsonm'-nt without fine. Experts reported thai about eighty bullots found In the box from this precinct bad been caat by repeaters. The court today granted attorneys for the defendant! In all the contempt cases until February 1 to file a bill of excep tions for tho purposo of carrying tho cases to tho United States Supremo court and contest tho power of tho State Su premo court to assumo original Jurisdic tion and lako chargo of tho election In this . Itj The ballot box for Precinct 10, Ward 7 was opened today by order of tho court anil the ballol were turned over to two expert In handwriting for examination. The court adjourned further hearing of tho eases against the election ofllcers un til Monday morning, when the experts will make their report. From the testi mony of the Supremo court watchers, It Is expected that tho experts will tlnd that more than 200 Democratic ballot! wer written by threo or four persona, each man preparing fifty eir more ballots Tho ofllcers of election nro not only al leged to have permitted men to eoto who gave addresses that designated vacant lots and also permitted repeaters to cast fraudulent ballots, but they ar" nee isod of stufllng the box with handfuls Of bal lots. The Supremo court has el read sent six teen persons to Jail for contempt of Its order prior to tho election and more than twenty others aro still awaiting trial. I SCHOOL OF SOCIALISM. Doctrines of Debs to Be Taught in the Regular Way. NEW YORK. Dec. 10 Inspired by tho National vote of GOO.000 for Debs at tho last election the Now York section of tho Socialist party Issued a statement to day to the effect that It has laid plans for establishing a school of socialism. A bc'irl of Instructors has been appointed, consisting of Morris Hllqulst. Algernon Lee, Henry I. Blobodln and John Spargo. Tho school term la to extend from tho first week In January to tho. last week In May and there will be ono enson earh week or twenty-One lessons In all. There will bo five courses, beginning wdth a course on the history of socialism and ending with "the future state." FOUR MEN INJURED. Street Car Jumps Track at Tacoma, With Painful Results. TACOM-V Wash , Dec. 10 As a result of a street car Jumping tho track last night. Commissioner of Public Works Welsh was Injured to such an extent that he had to bo removed to St. Joseph's hos pital, whero ho Is now rccoivlng medical treatment. Peter Debroe, superintendent -of city water mains was thrown from the car and sustained a scalp wound James I.re. a well-known street contractor, received a bad cut In the head, and hurley Douns, a resident of South Tacoma. was bruised about the face and body Royal Guests for France, PARIS. Dec. 10 Tho King of Portugal will arrive hero tonight and the Queen will arrive tomorrow, for a week's cx chanRo of Franco-Portugucao amenities, ending in a hunt at Ramboulllta. They will be the guests of President Loubet. JUDGE REMOVED BY PRESIDENT Laws Not Vigorously Enforced. Occupant of Pench Not Strict Enough for Place. No Charge of Corruption, but Affairs in New Mexico Required Moro Austerity. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 Judge Ben jamin S. Baker of New Mexico has been removed by tho President as the result of a series of complaints filed with the President regarding affairs In Bernalil lo couhty. The President decided that a moro Igormis and Btrlct Judge was needed to renr-dy the evils complained of. The following official statement of the case was ghen at the Department of Justice today. "Tho President htl removed from of fice Judge Benjamin S. Baker of New Mexico. Numerous complaints were presented and a thorough investigation was made by a representative of tho Department of Justl. e "It was found that in Bernalillo coun ty, in whi h Alliviiueriie 1 , Mltu.it.-. I, political ami official affairs generally aro In bad condition, that Improper Jury" commissioners were appointed, that the election of Jurors was tam pered with, the Sunday law wu not enforced agnlnt gambling and raloonv, and that Judge Baker wos not doing tvhat a Judgo Fhould do to remedy the evils. "It was considered that a moro vlg omus and strict Judge was Imperative ly needed in his place. "It was for these reasons that a change In the Judgeship was decided up. on and not because Judge Baker WUfl deemed dishonest or corrupt. Judge Baker was fully examined and his statements laken down for the Informa tion of the President, but so far as the reasons for his removal are concerned his explanations were not deemed suf ficient to prevent a change of Judges'" Delegate Rndey of New Mexico, called at the White house today to urge the President to give Judge Baker a hair ing, but learned that Bakr already h.i l been removed and that the case could not be considered further. Judge Removed by President. ALHt'QI'ERQUE N. M. Doc. 10. Judge Baker, so his close friends say. Is thunderstruck by tho order, as, while he knew that cnargM Were pending against him In tho department, he did not know them to be of a serious nature. Judge Rnker declined to sc.. newspaper men. announcing that he will leave today for Wnshlncon I Paul S. Ourfalian's I MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL RUGS - To Be Sold at I AUCTION At 245 S. Rtate Rt., near tho Knutsford hotel, on Monday, I Tuesday and Wednesday, December 12, 13, 14, at 2:30 p. m. The greatest chance for lovers of Oriental Art to secure H high grade Turkish and Persian Rugs at nominal prices,' Par ties looking for appropriate Christmas presents should not fall to attend this sale. Everything to be sold to the highest bidder. Paul S. Ourfalian I 245 S. STATE Store open In the evenings. Near the Knutsford. n i 50-BEAUTIFUL PIANOS-50 ! JUST ARRIVED, AT Fergus Co alter z Music Company NEXT DOOR Z C. M. I., And during December we will make special prices on every instru ment in the house. Call and see our stock. FERGUS COALTER, 39 MAIN ST. CHARITY HOSPITALS JND NURSf RELY prp nil fkji TO COUGHS, COLrjJ ON rL-fVU-nA CURE GRIP, CJATARRJ Slates and Canada JW. HHI ol'B are Curing Their Pa- PM1I 11 AM wNP VV1 "Some years ago a friend of our institution recommended to M1; Ui'l. e?J c& JK S Dr. H.-irtrnort's Peruna as an excellent remedy for the influeimH VP ) whic, v:o then had several cases which threatened to be of a HdH I character. r A Letter from Detroit. ) "We began to use It ntvl experienced such v-criderful resultjtfcl Dr. S B. Hartman rolumbuH, Ohio: S since then Peruna has become our favorite medicine for iufluaJ Dear Slr:-"The young tfrl who used j catarrh, coMd, cough and bronchitis ."Sister Superior. the Peruna was suffering from laryngl- i- ' -V lis and loss of voire The result of the cnunlry of the civilized make known to tho public the fH treatment was most satisfactory Sh vor), the Sisters of Charity are CJf of your remedy." found great relief, and after further known. Another lett. 1 fr0fs , ,, , , . , , . , . , u ."rime lnstltut.on rr-ads as folloeH use of the medicine we hope to be able Not only do lh.-y minister to the ..Tnr . ,. '?LK? m s:.y she Is entirely cured. "-Sister of spiritual and IntelK- tual tv H ".f those sflll. f.-t..ry we m m,l PeruH !tv. V?1,n? 'Cl.rnls' -mm 1 It highly for eoldsH This youni girl was under the rare of they minister to their bodlv neettB. cutarrh nturnla WSj .,; ,,:, . .,. n ..-.! Peruna They are as skill. -d trained nurses ..j ,,iV,. U9t It 'n.ysr-lf as I for catarrh of the throat, with Rood re- In their treatment of diseases ana are u7h th.. ,,?t results, tak.-n aj dliK Milts in thf a- testifies. W-k l ' rs or gou r,aif a faspoonful .. ..f hoeB Cheer by ountb-ss patient -sufferers. Pe-ru-na of Great Service. from Canadju upf,n th,; ongested mv nU8 ither recommend from a Catholic r. : -in : i "-ml 'tate, eBJ Ir.Mtitution In one of the Central States Anothor prominent Canadian ln6tltu- lUn-eiucntly cure all the3 dlatiHj lion writes: Pe-ru-nn Conlrdns No NarcotiB "A number of years ago our atten- "We are happy to tell you .hat Pru- kWWk ti.Ti wa.s railed to Dr. ' I'e- n.i has given us satisfaction. by Peruna haa lH" riuiii, :id sln.e then we have used it "Three patients have tried It. -one rarma . ; v heaiHS h A.mdr I'ul r?sults for grip, coughs, v.t -.Ipht years old, Renoul Iupul. ih.-t h r.arrotlca (B i .tarrh'il afflirt.-.l v, it it rat. urn 's rnuh r.llrved. kind. Pen:' lly hannhiHP "For Rrip and winter catarrh eipo- ''"""e than he has been for a number of ran be used any length of Hrr ciallv it hi s been of STeat service to years. acquiring a dn:. V cinuy it nas Deen or greai servico 10 fifteen years old. had not . -..irv rosulU. M. the inmates of this institution. - an 't,,, , VoU,-h. whlrh half a bottle permanent In It, rtocL I Sister Superior. 0f r- .. d ;.. di .r-P'-ar. Ii ha.; iv- d-''-n thtqHtt The?. unplos of letters received Av to myfdf. two bottles have con- and cradvally fHminatea ratorrhJB i Hartman from the various or- vlri ed me that Peruna Is magnificent moving the rrr-- of catarrh. iM oirs of '"'alhoh throughout the as a tonic. Before the treatment I are a multitude of homes wbeH United States and Canada. could not walk i".r a quarter of an hour runa ha;; b. en ud off and on frH Vh- nam -s an 1 nddr-.-sses hav. bn v.itbont experiencing much fatigue fy yen.'. h a '.hlng (O-M BK withheld from respect to the Sisters. Now I can walk a mil easily m but will be furnished upon request. "Through these cases we desire to of a narcotic nature. Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanac or9H I I IF YOU NEED AN OVERCOAT c Mfc You Can Save From $5.00 top i ''''f' to $12:00 in Cold Cash M p.' t :.)-" Buying One al the t Conso:!;i;2!i)n Sale ' OF THE TWO STORXS ' , ; 1 J. Wili Gray & Bro. x I o and Gray Bros. & Co.ff j ' f. $15.00 Overcoats at flB . U $20.00 Overcoats at $15(WMfc 22.50 Overcoats at V ' $25,00 Overcoats at s4!'lWKf Q - $30.00 Overcoats at $2.100J (J $35.00 Overcoats at ?-7.00jK n i 140.00 Overcoats at .5j O :.yp" " $15.00 Overcoats at (f P $50.00 Overcoats at ' '"''k I WILL GRAY & BRO., GRAY BROS0 & CO.! 1 53 Main Street, . 1 54 Main Street p JH aS, Watch McCona- t7, c . , Zjr hay window for I Christmas Bargain JflVQLER In Jewelry Souk- -"-- thing new evi;iy 21Lrlrav day McConahay'a. I Utah's Best Flour A Trial Order 8ollcltd- VOfiELEi SEED 4 fRODUCE JC0. Distributer. ' ) NOTHING NICER I If you really want to make an impression send her a nle jfHi '( ) cure Set. They are made of the finest Heickk's Steel. ZLM Cnamois and Silk lined; leather boxes. Sometliing fastidious. UAHI ins IWshes, Five O'clock Teas and Nickel Tei Pot.. You c.m't King Hardware and Stove Colt Fono 748 168 Main Street. fi I