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LIBERAL ALLED UPON TO
ORGANIZE A NEW CABINET
[By Associated Press]
Loidon, Dec. 4.-The political crisis
In the united kingdom reached a cli
max today, when Arthur J. Balfour, the
premier, formally tendered the resig
nation of himself and the members of
his cabinet to King Edward, who ac
cepted them. His majesty has invited
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman to an
interview tomorrow morning, when he
will offer him the mission of forming
a new cabinet. Sir Henry will accept
the task and within a few days, even
within a few hours, a new government
will be formed.
A brief official announcement was
made tonight that the cabinet had
resigned, that the king had accepted
the resignation of his ministers and
that Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
had been sent for.
It would now appear that the entire
"LITTLE BOB" IS SILENT
LaFollette Keeps Friends and Enemies
In Ignorance as to His Decision Con
cerning Acceptance of Seat.
Madison, Wis., Dec. 4.-The legisla
ture, which has been called together
for a special session by Governor La
Follette met here at 3 o'clock this af
Follette, met here at 3 o'clock this af
ing was accomplished. The anxiously
awaited message of the governor was
not ready and an adjournment was
taken until 9:30 o'clock tomorrow,
w'hen it is expected the message will
be received and read.
Up to tonight the governor had not
made any move showing what plans
he has for the future. There are those
who believe he will resign the govern
orship and go to the United States sen
ate, while there are as many more who
igure he will notify the legislature
that he does not care to go to Wash
ington and in the seatorial election
that will then follow will try to obtain
the election of Isaac Stephenson of
Marinette.
IS GIVEN SETBACK.
-Chicago City Council Rejects Mayor
Dunne's Pet Policies.
Chicago, Dec. 4.-A double reverse
was administered to Mayor Dunn.e at
tonight's session of the city council,
for the aldermen rejected his policy as
regards gas rates and his traction plan.
The defeats came after some of the
livliest discussions ever witnessed in
the council chambers, the session last
ing so far into the night that Mayor
Dunne, who had been invited to at
tend a conference of the Ohio mayors
at Cleveland tomorrow, had to abandon
his trip.
TURNED OUT TO STARVE.
Large Number of Reserves Suddenly
Discharged at Odessa.
Vienna, Dec. 4.-The Tageblatt, pub
lished a communication from Odessa
which was conveyed by boat to Pod.
woloczyska, Galacia, and thence tele
graphed, saying a thousand reserves
have suddenly been released from ser
vice and are hungry and homeless.
They are parading the streets asking
for food. Governor General Kaulbars
refuses to help them. and they are
threatening to steal and plunder.
KILLED BY FANCIED PAIN.
Woman Physician Dies of Mental and
Physical Torture.
New York, Dec. 4.-Doctor Kate L.
S. Sterling, one of New York's ablest
women physicians, widely known and
beloved, died last night at the New
York hospital after a month's fight
against the keenest mental and phy
sical torture.
Suffering from affection of the
nerves of the left arm, long endured
in silence, the doctor finally decided
to go to the hospital for treatment.
There, on the advice of surgeons, she
consented to amputation. The opera
tion was performed successfully and
the patient seemed to rally.
But the severed arm came back to
..haunt the victim. The throbbing
ierves, lost in substance, still were
present in spirit. The former agony,
augmented tenfold, returned to rack
the unfortunate woman. She felt the
arm contract until the muscles seem
sd strained to the bursting point. She
screamed with pain, although no ac
tual torment had been able to wring
a murmur from her lips.
Her physical suffering was so great
that the doctors kept her under the
tinfluence of opiates. Two weeks ago
it was seen that her general health
we failing. Nothing remained real
to her, but the throb of her lost arm.
She Urdually wasted away until the
aod eame.
programme had been cut and dried for
some time and it is even probable that
the liberal leader has already complet
ed his cabinet, though this, like every
thing else in connection with British
officialdom, must be left to surmise.
It may be stated as certain that Lord
Rosebery will be entirely ignored in
the make-up of the new cabinet and
that John Morley will be one of the
chief advisors of Sir Henry in drawing
up the list of his official family to be
presented to his majesty.
Mr. Moreley himself is considered
likely to go to the Indian office and it
is probable that Herbert Henry As
quith will be chancellor of the exche
quer. The foreign agairs portfolio
will go either to Lord Elgin or Sir
Edward Grey, though the latter is con
sidered likely to be made secretary for
the colonies.
AN AGED CONSTABLE.
Iowa Claims Oldest Peace Officer in
United States.
Eldora, Iowa, Dec. 4.-A cousin of
the late President McKinley is the
oldest peace officer in the United
States and he lives in this city. His
name is Jonathan Edgington. He
was born in Richland county, Ohio,
in 1824, and is now 81 years of age.
He has always been a stanch republi
can.
"The worst criminal has no terrors
for me," says the old veteran. "I
will willingly and unhesitatingly ar
rest any man for whom I have a war
rant. I tell them that it is a matter
of duty with me and that is all there
ib about it"
Edgington is seldom armed. He de
lights to relate interesting stories and
his recollections of the pioneer days,
but the thrilling accounts of some of
his later experiences are fully as in
teresting. At the November term of
the Hardin county district court, he
drove many miles over rough roads in
sunshine and storm, dark nights and
rainy days, but judge, sheriff and mag
istrate always knew that Jonathan
might be depended upon to bring in
the man he went after.
Edgington came to Eldora in 1852
and since that time has occupied the
same home. He has been an Odd Fel
low since the organization of the local
lodge in 1855, and a Mason since 1860.
His brother, 85 years of age, still lives
here. His wife is a sister of the late
Bishop Harris of the Methodist
church.
PREPARING TO FLEE
Friendly German Squadron in Baltic
Sea at Disposal of Czar and Family
if Needed.
St. Petersburg, via Eydtkuhnen,
East Prussia, Dec. 4.-It is reported
from Cronstadt that a German squad
ron has been sighted in the Baltic
sea near the Russian coast. Rumors
attribute the appearance of the squad
ron as preparatory to the flight of the
Russian imperial family.
Agrarian and anti-Jewish outbreaks
are reported to have occurred in the
governments of Chernigoff, Terek,
Kursk and Kasan.
AN UNUSUAL MEETING.
Two Brothers Will Meet First Time
at Family Reunion.
Manistique, Mich., .Dec. 4.-Oliver
Hart is in receipt of news that two of
his brothers, Frank and Henry Hart,
are living at Atlantic, Houghton coun
ty. He had not heard of the former
in 33 years, and Henry ne never saw.
The latter was born while Oliver
Hart was following the vocation of a
sailor, and shortly afterward, death
intervening, the family became di
vided.
A reunion of the children has been
arranged for New Year's day at At
lantic. Those who will attend, nearly
all of whom have not seen each other
for many years, will be Louis Hart,
Ishpeming; Amos and Joseph Hart,
Bark River; Oliver Hart, Manistique;
Mrs. Moran, Atlantic, and Frank and
Henry Hart. A son of the latter,
Frank Hart of Chicago, will also be
in attendance. It was largely through
his efforts that the various children
were found.
AIMED AT "CODE."
Washington, Dec. 4.-The Annapolis
"code" which has figured so promi
nently in the court martial trial of
Midshipman Minor Meriwether was
attacked today in a bill introduced in
the house by Representative Bueller
of Pennsylvania. It stipulates that
peremptory dismissal shall be the
punishment for any midshipman im
plicated in hazing. .
VENTURED OVER
TILE STATE LINE
A. BORNSTEIN WAS ARRESTED
AT FORSYTH SATURDAY.
WANTED IN COLUMBUS
The Charge of Embezzlement )~as
Preferred Against Him by Officer
of Columbus Bank Several Months
Ago-Once Arrested in Wy.nifng,
But Refused to Come Back.
A. Bornstein, a traveling hide and
pelt buyer, is an inmate of the county
jail at the present writing, having
been brought here from Forsyth by
Sheriff Adams, Sunday.
Early last October a warrant fWas
issued for the arrest of Bornstein on
the complaint of P. H. Hawkins, cash
ier of the Columbus bank, charging
him with embezzlement. A short
time thereafter Sheriff Adams located
the man at Sheridan, Wyo., and cus
ed his arrest by the officers of that
place. When the sheriff went after
Bornstein he refused to come to Bill
ings without requisition papers. Sher
iff Adams returned here and attempt
ed to secure a requisition from the
governor, but his application was de
nied for some reason. He told Born
stein at the time that it would not
be long until he would venture over
into Montana, and the sheriff's pre
diction proved true. Last Saturday
evening Sheriff Adams received a tel
egram from Sheriff Northway at For
syth stating that Bornstein had drivel
across the country and was in that
city. Instructions were wired for his
arrest and on Sunday the local officer
went after his man.
Bornstein informed the sheriff that
he expected to come to Billings any
way, and the latter told him that he
failed to write anything concerning
his intentions, hence his arrest at
Forsyth. Sheriff Adams is not fully
acquainted with the facts of Born
stein's alleged offense. He states,
however, that the man secured about
$200 from the Columbus bank in an
alleged crooked manner of some sort, i
and that the bank officers will prose
cute him.
LENGTHY ANSWER 18 FILED.
t In Case of White and Cardwell
Against Pred. W. Barling.
T. S. Hogan, attorney for the de
fendant, filed a lengthy answer for
his client, yesteday, in the case of
William D. White and Alfred V. Card
well against Fred. W. Barling.
The suit was instituted several
months ago by Mr. Goddard, attorney
for the plaintiffs, and is quite a tan
gled up matter to the ordinary indi
vidual. In substance the petition al
leges that Barling absorbed all of the
waters of Blue. creek on which the
ranches of all the parties to the suit
are located, and this after the plain
tiffs had filed on 1,500 inches of the
waters of the creek at least ten years
before defendant settled in the val
ley.
The answer states that the defend-;
ant has not used any water that the
plaintiffs were entitled to, inasmuch
as Blue creek is not a continuous
stream between their respective
ranches, except in time of freshets.I
The answer asks the court to grant a
permanent injunction against the
plaintiffs from interfering in any man
ner with the dam or headgates of the
defendant.
FINNS ARE ARMING.
Great Quantities of Arms And Amu
nition Are Being Imported.
Stockholm, Dec. 4.-Great quantities
of arms and ammunition are being im
ported into Finland. Every steamer
departing for Finland from Sweden
carries 100 pounds of ammunition, the
limit allowed under the Swedish law
for passenger steamers. Ever; avail
able revolver has been shipped. as well
as large quantities of discarded army
guns.
WILL RESIST EXPULSION.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 4.-In addition to
Miss Mae Hamilton, Bishop Scannell's
edict of excommunication against
those Catholics who attended the Ken
nedy-Pritchett wedding applies to Mrs.
Emma Cotton Nash, daughter-in-law of
the late president of the American
smelting and refining company. Mrs.
Nash, it was learned this evening, was
one of those who attended the wed
ding ceremony. She will return to the
Episcopal church, to which she be
longed prior to her marriage to Mr.
Nash.
Friends of Miss Mae Hamilton con- I
tinue to express themselves almost I
angrily in reference to the action of (
the bishop, which, they declare, is
nothing less than persecution. They
asserted it is not within the laws of
the church that a Catholic can not at
tend the wedding of a divorcee, and
that Bishop Scannel went beyond his
authority when he issued his pastoral.
It is the general impression that this
pastoral was directly ainwed at Miss
Hamilton, who was one of the brides
maids. According to her friends, Miss
Hamilton will at once take an appeal
to the archbishop from the order of
Bishop Scannell. Miss Hamilton on
the one side and the bishop on the
other positively decline to make any
statement regarding the matter today,
the bishop simply" declaring the inci
dent closed.
It has been learned that, besides
Miss Mae Hamilton and her sister,
Miss Stella Hamilton, and Mrs. Cuda
hy, already mentioned, Miss Mary Mc
Shane, a niece of Count Creighton,
was also present at the reception
which followed the ceremony. The
order of excommunication did not
apply to those who attended the recep
tion.
PEASANTS IN REVOLT.
Organized Bands at Libau Slay and
Pillage Without Dist'nction.
Koenigsburg, East Prussia, Dec. 4.-r
The Ostpreussische Zeitung prints re
ports received from Libau saying that
several of the nobility, officers and
other residents of Livonia and Cour
land have been attacked by peasants,
killed and terribly mutilated. Baron
Cappenhausen was severely wounded.
Bands of several hundred peasants are
roving about, robbing and killing. A
general insurrection of the peasants
and laborers is expected.
A NEW PARK ROUTE
Oregon Short Line to Build From
Idaho Point to Western G4e of
"Wonderland."
Chicago, December 4.-Among the
new lines to be built by the Harriman
system this year, according to the
Record-Herald, will be extension of the
Oregon Short line from St. Anthony,
Idaho, to the Yellowstone National
park by way of Maryeville, a distance
of 74 miles. The St. Anthony route
was abandoned years ago for the Mont
da route into the park, necessitating a
long stage ride before the park is
reached and on this account the Ore
gon Short line has never been able to
compete with the Northern Pacific for
park trafflq. With the completion of
the St. Anthony route on the western
side, the Oregon Short line will reach
the very gates of the park, enabling
the road to abandon its stage service
entirely.
PRODUCE AND MONEY MARKETS.
St. Paul Livestock.
St. Paul, Dec. 4.-Cattle-Recelpts
300. Strong at 15 cents higher. G(rass
fed steers, $2.75@4.25; cows and heif
ers, $2.35@3.25; grain fed steers, $3.75
@5.50; cows and heifers, $2.75@4.25;
calves, $2@5.50.
Hogs-Receipts, 2,800. Five cents
lower. Light, $4.50@4.70; mixed,
$4.50@4.70; heavy, $4.40@4.70; pigs,
$1.25@4.25.
Sheep-Receipts 300. Ten to 25
cents higher. Wethers, $5@5.75; ewes,
$4.25@5.25; lambs, $4.50@6.
Omaha Livestock.
Omaha, Dec. 4.- Cattle- Receipts
Q,000. Market 5 to 10 cents lower.
Native steers, $3.50@5.50; cows and
heifers, $2.75@4.50; Texans and west
ern steers, $2.65@4.40; cows and heif
ers, $2@3.50; calves, $3@6.
Hogs-Receipts 6,500. Market 5 to
10 cents lower.' Bulk of sales, $4.77%
i@4.82%.
S,$heep- Receipts 6,000. Market
steady to strong. Sheep, $5@6.40;
lambs, $6.50@7.50.
Chicago Livestock.
'Chicago, Dec. 4.-Cattle-Receipts
34,000. Steady. Common to prime
steers, $2.90@6.75; cows $2.80@4.30;
helfers, $2@5; bulls, $2@4.15; stock
ers and feeders, $2.15@4.25; calves, $2
@7.50.
Hogs-Receipts 52,000. Ten cents
lower. Prime shippers, $4.90@4.95;
strong weight butchers, $4.90@4.95;
pigs, $4.50@4.90; bulk of sales, $4.85@
4.90; packing, $4.80@4.90.
Sheep-Receipts 30,000. Steady at
10 cents lower. Sheep, $4@6; year
lings, $6@6.80; lambs, $7@7.75.
Wheat.
Duluth, Dec. 4.-Closed to arrive:
'4d. 1 northern, 83; No. 2 northern,
80%. On track; No. 1 northern, 83;
No. 2 northern, 80%; December, 81%;
May, 86~%@%.
Chicago, Dec. 4.-December, 84 a ;
Mdy, 88%@%.
Minneapolis, Dec. 4.-Closed: Dec
uiber, 81%; May, 86%; No. 1 hard,
84%; No. 1 northern, 841/; No. 2
northern, 82%.
New York Money.
New York, Dec. 4.-Money on call
strong at 8 to 10 per cent. Closing bid
9; offered at 10. Time money firm;
60 days and 90 days and six months,
6 per cent.
SELKS QBSEIWE
MEMORIAL DAY
(Continued from First Page.)
What is Death?
if In the lodge of sorrow we are
brought naturally to a contemplation
e of the profound problems of human
, existence; life, death and immortality.
Is death the end of all, or is it but
the opening door to a higher and hap
pier state? Is the grave an impass
9 able wall, or is it but the "Slough of
Despond" through which we must
pass before we may reach the summit
of the "Mount of Joy?" Is the last
gaze into the fast glazing eyes, the
1 last pressure of the hand, the last
s kiss snatched from the beloved lips
t before they are sealed in the icy
stillness of death-are these to be the
last we shall see and know of those
near and dear ones who are taken
from us, or shall we meet agkin?
These are the questions which sor
I rowing humanity has been asking
through all the ages ever since the
- dread presence of the Grim Destroyer
first brought to a human heart that
t inexpressible anguish which the death
I of a dearly loved one alone can bring
to us.
Every hour witnesses death's vic
L tories. Every rising and setting of
the sun records another household
draped in the sad emblems of mourn
ing, another vacant chair. Ever and
always there are eyes that are weep
ing, lips that are sobbing, hearts
wrung with unspeakable sadness. Ev
ery day there are new made graves
surrounded with stricken mourners
from whose aching hearts there rises
in tremulous appeal to heaven. that
pathetic, sorrow-laden hymn, "Nearer
My God to Thee."
"Oh, why should the spirit of mortal
be proud?
Like a fast flitting meteor, a fast
flying cloud,
A flash of the lightning, a break of
the wave,
He passes from life to his rest in
the grate."
Where Death Is Comprehended.
It is in the house of mourning alone
that the full weight and meaning of
death comes home to the heart and
soul and conscience of those who are
left to mourn. It is only when we
stand by the casket and gaze for the
last time upon the dear familiar face
of one who has been all in all to us
in life, about whom our deepest affec
tions have entwined, and we know
that the grave is about to hide from
our sight all that is mortal of them
forever, that we realize, in the utter
loneliness of our grief, how weak and
insignificant we are amid the mighty
and mysterious forces which surround
us. Then it is, when crushed with a
sorrow few can share with us, that we
bow in submission at the altar of
our chastening; that our eyes turn
inward and our hearts are bared to the
inspection of our conscience. Then it
is that we turn self accuser and ev
ery unkind word and look come
thronging back to memory to embitter
our tears. And then it is, when life
is bereft of much of its light and
sweetness, When our cup of sorrow
is full to overflowing, that we turn
for consolation, with spirit chastened 1
and refined by suffering, to the Great
ExaltedrRuler over all, who alone can 1
solve the mystery of life and death
and give surcease for our sorrow.
And it is in this moment of crushing
sorrow when "the night of death is
all about us," that "hope sees a star
and listening love hears the rustle of
a wing," and through the mist of blind
ing tears we see rising above the tomb
a glorious bow of promise, and gaz
ing through its beautiful arch our
vision beholds a future where death
and sorrow and parting shall be no
more.
It has been beautifully written that
"the love which survives the tomb
is one of the noblest attributes of
the human soul."
But sad as is the thought of death
and the parting from those we love
and cherish, there is comfort and
solace in the thought of eternity.
There is joy in the hope of immor
tality; in the belief that beyond the
grave we shall meet those rho have
gone before.
"Life is not a bubble cast up by
the ocean of eternity, to float a mo
ment on its surface and then sink*
into nothingness and darkness forever.
"Alike the snowfall in the river,
A moment white, then gone forever."
Not in Neglected Grave.
The same divine power which i
touches with its magic spell the
"pulseless heart of (he buried acorn"
and transforms it into the mighty
monarch of the forest, and which gives
to the withered blossoms of the rose, r
the violet and the lily the sweet as- .
surance that, wheni the frosts and o
snows of the winter have once more a
gone they shall be restored in.all their e
beauty and fragrance, will surely not 1
Ieave negilected in the grave the soul o
of man who is made in the image of
his Creator.
Goethe said, "I ail INt' diaemzing,J
I am not deluded. Nearer to the
grave new light streams upon me. We
shall continue to exist. We shall
see each other again."
Victor Hugo said: "I am arising I
know towards the sky. The sunshine
is on my head."
"'Tis not all of life to live nor all
of death to die." We who are here
today must in due time pay the last
debt of nature.
Great in -Humble Works.
The dead brothers whose memory
we today honor and revere were not
great in the usual acceptance of that
term. They were not great as wealth
makes man great. They were not
great because of lordly possessions
and pompous display. But let us be
lieve they were great in a higher and
nobler sense; that they were great
as God loves that men shall be great;
great in the majesty of honesty; great
in the conscientious discharge of the
duties of every day life; great in
their obedience to law and respect
for the. rights of *their fellowmen;
great in their loyalty to liome and
country and in their love of truth and
honor and virtue-a greatness which
blesses all and injures none and which
leaves behind a perfume of happy
memories and consoling reflection's.
"Only the actions of the just"
"Smell sweet and blossom in the
dust."
It is these who protect and preserve
the best that is in human nature;
they constitute the mighty forces of
human progress, and it was in the
ranks of the mighty army that our
brothers were laboring when the
summons came to them to rest, and
in which they had richly earned the
gracious benediction, "Well done
thou good and faithful servant."
They have passed beyond the bur
nished splendors and glittering rays
of the setting sun, not to the "tongue
less silence of the dreamless dust,"
but rather, let us hope and believe, to
light and life eternal.
Enduring Example of Good Life.
The effect of good deeds and noble
thoughts are never lost. They never
die, and the far-reaching and benefl
cent influence of a good man's life
cannot be measured. Its example con
tinues to live and to speak to the gen
erations that come after him. All
that was good in the lives of these
absent brothers of ours is still with
us to guide, to influence and direct us,
for the most eloquent and impressive
of all the voices which speak to us
are those which speak to us from the
grave.
Remember the Living.
But while we today pay our tribute
to the dead let us not forget the liv
ing. The tender eulogies we utter
here are born of our regard and af
fection; they are eminently fitting,
and in speaking kindly words and
sentiments of the dead we elevate
ourselves. But while we discharge
this loving duty to those who are
gone, let us remember that there is
a duty we owe to those who are with
us. Let us not wait for our brothers
and friends, and those who are dear
to us, to die before giving to them
the flowers of our sympathy and love.
There is much that we can do. to
sweeten each others pathway and to
cheer each other on life's rugged jour
ney. Then let us be kind, to each
other-let us be kind. And then let
us endeavor to so live that when our
turn shall come to cross the dark,
unfathomable river, those of our
friends and brothers who are left
shall find in them something worthy
of emulation and remembranice, and'
so that when the Recording Angel
opens the book of life and asks "What
hast thou done?" we may be able to
answer with Abou Ben Adhem, "I
have loved my fellowmen," and with
him be bidden to enter into the joys
of paradise.
Into the Clearer Day.
To our absent brothers, friends and
companions of many happy hours, we
once again say farewell. Hail and
farewell! until we meet agaii in the
Palace of Immortality. You have
gone from among us; the places that
knew you know you no more, and do,
we gently fold the drapery of memory
about you and lay you away with the
faith and hope that through the night
of death yi have passed into the
clear day " eternity.
SAILORS AND SOLDIERS MUTINY.
London, Dec. 4.-;The corespondent
at St. Petersburg of the Times says:
. "Three regiments at Riga have re
fused to perform police duties. The
emperor has received in audience
Father John of Cronstadt. The sail
ors of the imperial guard have mutin
led."
CROWDING THE PORTE.
London, Dec. 4.-The Vienna cor
respondent of. the Daily Telegraph
says: "The international fleet has
occupied the island of Lemnos, in
European Turkey. The Austrian for
,eign office expects that the porte will
immediately acquiesce in the demands
of the powers."