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RICHMOND, VA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1903.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
?WABBUNOTON Dec. lO.-Fbrocnst:
vr-nnla-Falr Friday: Buturdny increas
hi* cloudiness, with snow or min in artor
iioon or mgnti frcBh west wlrtds bcconi
'"Aorth ? car'otlna-Falr, Friday. -fre?li
?west winds; -Saturday cloudy, with rain
in Interior, except snow in mountain ale
irlcta. ,:
Though the temperature ' wan not' low
yesterday, there, won a keen, search nB
Wnd. which chilled pedestrians to the
marrotv. The clouds, which wore thh-K
during a portion of the day. purl aUy
cleared away last night, find tho dniitfci
of snow seemed to vanish,
STATE OF THE "THERMOMETER.
_> A. Mi. J?.-.
13 M. II
11 P. M. 1?
? P. M.'.......... <l
DP.31. SS
VI Midnight.?.- - - i-i,
Average .?'.<?.? M ?*2
Highest tompcralurc yesterday. <g
Lowest tomperature yesterday.%
xtlean temperature ycstciday. <
-Teclpltalon during pust 2t hours. 0
MINIATURE AbMANAC.
December II, 1003.
Run rl?s;.....7:l? I .;HK?H riDl\?v.
Sun aett..4:50 I Morning.Mm
Moon rlson....12:00 I Evening.10:38
Richmond.
Lirafltlc pure election measure Is paie-ed
Vy tho Senate: b-11 amended by committee;
bu as to require-social clubs to give bond
to keep the law-Appropriation for a
State building at tho HL Louis Exposition
lavorahly reported-Normat school pill
not approved by committee.?DIstJllerlGB
to bo allowed to sell liquor In two-gallon
lots-Fight on the Southern Railway
trided-Chamber of Commerco takes up
tho coal rate question-?Vli-glnla-Carotlnii
Chemical Company declares two per cent,
dividend on preferred stock payable Jin
nary 15th-Dove Dodge lo hold anniver?
sary service to-night-No charges
brought against chief of police-Deep
Pun Hunt Clue" to hold meet to-morrov,
?Stranger ordert* many things hero, '.ot
tails to show up' to claim them?Not
half tlio capitation taxes assessed In Rich?
mond paid as yet?-Case against w. II.
Jhau-'r twines tip to-morrow; Todd not tn
lo tried In Richmond-Charters grante-J
jfcRlerduy-Justlco John forages on tho
preserves of uio United States sovernment
? Lexington (Ivy.) papers compllmor/.
Dr, B. N. Callsch very highly-?Church
Mill Medical Association elects officers
Two 8**rcs of old Fair oround property
?transferred to tho Stephen Putney Sho-.
Company and a great factory will probo
t.Iy he erocted before, very long?-A rcpro
cuctlon of oysters In wax to send to the
SI. Louis Exposition-Officer* elected, by
the Retail Clerks' Association?St. An
ar-w-n Episcopal Church to be consecrat?
ed'January 1st-Lady weeps on a .ilroot
ror because of pity for a man under ar?
rest-A man overcome by Illuminating
us..,-Philip J. Wright dead. MAN
CHESTER-Superintendent Allen 'throws
open ills now home to his guests-Sec?
ond social sesflon of Joseph E. Johnston
".'amp?^-Council to meet to-night-?Pub?
lic assembly at Odd Fellow's Rail-A
marriage laat night-Comfm. dance ot
tho Drewrv mansion-Miss Moody gives
a reception-Concert at Balnbridge
?Street BapCst Church-Silver ten io
r.lght at Meade Memorial Church?Oys?
ter supper at the Masonic TemplO(
Virginia.
Virginia '.Varsity foot-hall team to play
in Madison Square, New York?r-Young
??error, ,who was:Injured? by fall in hold
of .hip at Newport- XQWsyard, Is slowly
recovering, but fcun recollect nothing .pre?
vious to hh_- fall-"Va'den ? case to bogln
:r. ClM~-r.ci-ftc.ld Court .Wednesday. JuJgo
'--oola anting?--Acting Commonwealth's
ntti-moy of Spotsylvania county, who "was
nnc-d "for. iiontem.it. resigns??Telegraph
operator at' Doswell elopes With . v.-eil
Known young lady-Dane! grabboro ro
?.usod a deed to the Ben Butler-lands, hi
Huchanau county:?Rockbridgo county
ward organizes and electa -officers
Voung man flushes raised check In Lex?
ington-WHhd.awnl i of iitc-amer Tourist
n-om the Rappahannock causes, urettt
surprise-Diphtheria scare at Carter
v-.llo-The training squadron sails from
Utunplon Roads to New Orleans to take
part In the Louisiana Pure!,: .0 exi Mtlon
-Surprise marriage ac \> ytlieville.?
Knife oroke off in man's head when
blabbed, at frialJeaboro, Va,-William S.
Monro arrested In Wythevlllo for bigamy:
married a'young girl, and his wife and
children In Tennessee-Rye Valley Katl
ixad nullt through mountains at great
expenditure of money and toll will leach
lis terminal Saturday-Mother Borgia,
of tho villa Maria convent, Wytheville,
nearly ninety, celebrates her diamond Ju
ijUoo? Feeling- strong.- among negroes at
i. harlottesvllle against young negro who
shot and Wiled his Hweetifeart-Child
milqcd to deuth at Roanoke sitting ii- "i
cnulr-A rattlesnake found colled up In
a shoo store, in Hampton-Ch.estordi.ld
Courthouse collected with 'phono service
via. Potoi-b'.rg,'
North Carolina.
Pros id en t of Fur-nan University reporiB
to Baptist Convention, at Charlotte, a
munificent .gift fiom John D. Rockefeller
?Schooner ashore on North Curoluia
coutft bottom up; captain, crew and pas
sohgers drowned?A. gasoline lamp ex?
plode*, setting .fire to an audience. In
Urt-en*?boro,,and In t.hn mad rush, several
are badly hu:l. as well as burned?Coii
f-rossm.ln G-udgc,- reports a ruvoraplo
show-for the Appalachian Park bill
Tho Cltv Council of Winston-Salem turns
down Mr. Carnegie s> offer of a library
caso- ot Neediiiim. .s,icing Norfolk arid
Western, for-WJOO .for'a broken linger,
moved to Federal Court, at Winston. v
? General.
t'ieneial McArfhur t*u6t'o'd' by Colonel
Jones, of the llaivalon militia, tis picllct
nig an <;arlv vi'or beiween tho United
.Mates and Germany; denial by General
.McArthur that ho has been correctly
quoted-?-Queem Alexandra, has narrow
escape from burning in fire nl S.nndrlng.
liutn and iIoch In 'night, robes as Hour ol
for apart menus goes down-Division In
the Independent Tobacco Manufacturing
Association over tlie use. of coupons or
tags--Resolution passed by tho Hnujie
directing an invest..gallon of charge
iipalnsi Judgo Swayne: of Florida, and
impe-ui-mneiii proceedings m'ny follow?
Wflorttj to bo mude to unseat Senator
Smoot, of Utah, because of his connooijon
with the Mormon Church?Important
ir.eelltfg of iIn. V; M, I. alumni to be he-Id
in AVasliineton lo-nlglit-Senator Dan?
iel discusses the" negro question at annual
n.'inquet. of Morchants' Association, and
in Interview speaks of Olney, Gorman
and Parkor as Presidentlal possibilities
?Tho Commercial nqfl Formers' Bank,
of 'Baltimore. ehibarraAsi-d hut Clean;.J,'
Bouse Association will furnish mouoy to
tide over-Fact develops that klll.HR of
Angol by Starke was otiigrowlh of troulilo
over a jovo letter-?Grc/at number .of in
d'ctmtiits In Omaha for po?t otllco britioi.v
nnd Illegal fencing of government lands;
foreman threatened by a fraternal or hu
?Lively riot iji Chicago, growing out t-r
lel'usiil of passengers to pay faros to non
uonon -coiuiuotii.,?.Stock market nftr,r
another struggle against the tenduhey
lo reae-.llrni Kiiceiumbs and yields to lower
ir.-vel-Death In Washington of. Miiyor
Norbouino T. N.. I.oblnson, well known In
Virginia-An extension asked by nyrnll
entn that underwroio tho Atluntlo Coast
Line for the LouuTvItlo'und Nashville elmil
-T-X)ea(li 'if Rear Admiral Glioiardl,
shOvoul'Oot sign to
hasten settling estate
(By Assoelatod Press.l
NEW HAVEN,' CONN., Deo. W.-Pro
bn.te Jiidgo Cleaveland wns informed by
Attorney Shlptmui, of Ilnrtfofd, to-duy
that Mre. Plant bus declined to sign
with tho other liolrs tlio petition lo the
court that tho late.Henry Bradley plant
be declared to have boon a resident' of
New York,- In order to expedite tho set
tlepicnt of tho $17,01)0,000 estuto which hua
long been in llt|gattoti. The attorney
cotud give no r*uson, for her refusal to
s'sn. ' , i-.
T|ie. court ordered a hearing on the1 peti?
tion delayed until, the '18th Inatcnit ,ln,
order that proper service may bo had on
all parties Interested. '
VICTORY
IS WON BY
DEMOCRATS
Forced Investigation of
a Republican Judge.
THERE MAY BE
AN IMPEACHMENT
Doubt in the Minds of Statesmen
as to the Mode of Pro?
cedure.
TO PROTECT THE FLAG
FROM BEING DESECRATED
Many Bills Offered With That
End in View?A Blow at Bet?
ting on the Races?V. M.' I.
Alumni to Meet?Efforts
to Unseat . Senator
Smoot, of Utah.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 10.-Tho
Democrats won a lively fight In tho House
to-day when they succeeded In having
adopted a resolution directing the Com?
mittee on Judiciary to Investigate charges
against Judgo Swayne, ' ot tho United
States District Court, of! Florida. There
was manifest a disposition on teh part of
many Hepuhllcans who addressed the
Chair to have the resolution and the
whole matter of charges against the
Judge hushed up and dropped, but tho
cleverness, and tho eloquence ot several
of the Democrats carried tho day, and on
the vote on tho resolution many Republi?
cans voted with the Democrats, and It
was adopted by a good majority. Repre?
sentative Lamar,.of Florida, had charge
of the resolution, and be handled it in a
manner which would have .been creditable
to many of tho veterans of-the House.
He has Just. begun. hla Vflrst term. Mr.
Lamar waa at ono time Attorney General
, of 'Florida, and Is a nephew ot the liito
L. Cj. 0. Lqmar, a member of Cleveland's
-Cabinet, and associate Justice of. the Su
\preme Court of the United' States. Repr'a
.sentatfve Lamar demonstrated' to-day that
ho Is a very pronounced chip of the old
block. * '?
As to Impeachment.
The resolution colling for the Investi?
gation ot the case Of Judge Swayrio was
based on a resolution adopted by the
Legislature of Florida, charging Jtlm with
high crimes and misdemeanors, and cull?
ing upon the Congress to investigate his
conduct. One of tho specific charges made
against Hie Judgo Is that he has not for
the period of ten years resided In thp
district over which, he-presides. Various
charges affecting his personal and offl-.
clal character aro made. The Florida
'members of Congress are confident of
bolng able to have him removed by Im?
peachment. The committee will not report
for some days. The articles of impeach?
ment. If impeachment he decided upon by
the House after tho commltteo has re?
ported, will bo drawn in tho House, but
tho trial will be had In the Sennte. There
have been very few Instances In the his?
tory of tho government of the Impeach?
ment of Judicial omcers, nnd thero was
some, doubt In tho minds of the Demo?
crats and. Republicans of tho Houso to?
day as to the mnnner of procedure. But
there was none in tho minds of Mr; La?
mar and' Mr. Gayton, of Alabama, and
tho method first proposed -was adopted.
Flag Desecration.
After pensions, and the increase of tho
salaries of rural delivery carriers, the
desecration of the flag lias been tha sub?
ject of more proposed legislation than any
other. Perhaps as many as two dozen
bills have been Introduced prohibiting the
use of tho national emblem for adver?
tising purposes. . All the bills provide a
penalty of fine or Imprisonment, or both.
It Is believed that all of tnom provide that
(Continued on Third Pago.)
-MeTettergause
of angel's death
A Missive to His Wife Said to
Have Led to tlie Trouble in
Which- Brother Was Shot.
(By Associated Press.)
JACKSONVILLE, FLA-, December. 10.
The sensational features in the third
day's trial --f J. R, Starke, charged with
the murder of John F, Angel, was the
fight over too jcnii'sslon of a love letter
from T. C. Ilorciuii to Mrs. SUirl'e, tlie
wife of the licensed and ulster of the ninn
who wos killed. Starke's attorneys plead
temporary insanity, caused by seeing this
letter. After a stubborn right tho letter
wna admittol and roiid.
Mrs. Blame look the stand; and when
asked If she fiuo received the letter re?
fused to amivir, on tlie ground that she
could not be ..cinpolled to criminate her?
self. Angel was defendini. his sister,
whom Starke war. attempting to kill, when
lie killed An Tl. The case Will consume
several dayu n.oic.
MEXICO NOW FREE
FROM YELLOW FEVER
(fiy Associated Press.) .
MONTlSltHY, MWX-. I.Jq>', lO.-Cold
weather having prevailed bote for mora
than a week, and no now' puaiM of yel?
low fever having appeared In that time,
tho State Hoard of Health bos officially
declared the city froe from the -ovoiv
UNCLE SAM: "Keep Outiof the Circle, Little Man."
WILL HAV&NO
F
IN CHICAGO
Non-Union Car Men,. Said to be
Strike Breakers, Are Quite
Roughly Handled. ?
WOULD NOT PAY FARES
Men and Women 'Refused .to
Pay, ? Not Seeing Union But?
ton?Excitement Followed.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, ILL., December 10.?In a
riot-to-day growing out of the recont
strike on the Chlcago-Clty Electric Rail?
way, . a. .car. wua wrecked by a mob of
union symrnrh/zers, who furiously at?
tacked tho non-union conductor and mo
tot-man. badly Injuring both. Tho crew
of the cur escaped into a nearby building,
where they were guarded by police. The
riot occurred on the Haistcd Street line,
near Archer Avenue.
HUNDREDS TAKE PART.
Tho riot was participated In by hun?
dreds of men and boys. Forced to fieo
from the enr, the two' non-union men
ivere knocked tfl their feet and severely
pummelled. Struggling up again, the
victims Hod In Different directions, pur?
sued by tlio mob. The mob, falling to re?
capture tho f -gmves, returned to the car,
?which had beep abandoned at Halstod
Street and Archer Avontio, and wreakod
vengeance udoii tho conveyance, destroy?
ing tlie woodw'-rk and rendering tho coach
unfit for use. A patrol wagon load of
polico moantl-no rescued the two non
unionists,
The trouble, occurred owing to the - re?
fusal of passengers, among thorn several
womeni to P-iy fare to tho conductor,
who woro no union button. When tha
nickels were refused him ho announced
that tho ear wouid stop unless tho money
wns pnld,
HAD TO RUN CAR.
At this several of thn passengers In
the car seized, him. while others pro?
ceeded to the front platform and or?
dered the motorman to start the car.
At first tho.motormnn refused, hut when
ono of tho passengers exhibited a re
volver, cones.iled in tho folds of his over?
t-oaf, ho stavted the car, and did not stop
until Archer Avenue was reached, Then
ho leaped ir-un tho conveyance and ran.
pursued by u crowd of men. Tho con?
ductor was then attacked, Rotli of the
victims, It Is said, were employed tia
strlke-breake-s during the recent strike,
-_?..
AN EXTENSION ASKED
IN COAST LINE MATTER
(By Associated Press,)
NJ9W YORK, Deo. 10.-Members of tho
syndicate which underwrote 5:13,000,000 of
four per cenl. bonds and $o,00n,00O stocl:
of the Atlantic Const Una Railroad, at
the time- that company acquired control
of I lie, Uiulsvlllo and Nashville re.ud,
havo asked for a fourteen months' e?
tonslon of the syndicate agreement, to
February 2&th. 1005. J. l\ Morgan and
Company, syndicate managers, will ugreo
lo tho extrusion, providing a majority
of tho parlies to tho syndicate agreement
assent. R is understood that the request
for an extension Is, due to tho adverso
jnaviwt conditions.
Robert" G. <3gd7&.' Declines to
Join- in Fight- to Sccure;--E.ther
Through Congress or .the
Courts,, the Right of
Franchise to Negroes
in the South.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
NEW. YORK, Dec. 10.?In speaking of
tho contemplated action of tho Union
League Club, passing resolutions calling
upon Congress to see to It that the fran?
chises of negroes in Southern States bo
protected, Robert C, Ogden.said to-day
ho would take no part In tho club's! ac?
tion.
Many members of the club have urged
Mr. . Ogden, president of tho Southern
Educational Board, to attend the meet?
ing and present his views on tho question
but ho says to-day he will bo'- unablo to
attend the meotlng.
"I believe," said Mr. Ogdon, "that tho
serious naturo of the Issue presented by
tho negro question cannot bo exaggerated.
Intelligent consideration demands wide
nnd first hand Information not accessible
to many, nnd contains so many detailed
elements that only careful study can lead
to right conclusions.
"Any request lo tho government In the
naturo of an appeal to tho courts will,
It seems to me?
First?Injure the material, political and
educational interests' of Iho negro in the
southern States.
Second?Discourage tlio growth of aca ?
domic freedom, In the South. Tho recent
action of tho board of trustees of ono nt
tho most important of Southern cnlle-gn*
was a notajblo victory for Intellectual 'u
dopondence. The movement toward itca
aemlc freedom will mo hindered Just in
proportion to Northern use of tho negrp
in party politics.
Third?.A prominent representative of
tlio opposition party is seeking thu Demo?
cratic nomlnntlon for tho Presidency up?
on tlr enegro Issue. If iho proposed no?
tion is taken, It will contribute! powerfully
toward securing that nomination.
Fpurth?Tho Northern introduction of
tho color quostlon into Republican politics
will make doubly sum tlio continuity of
tho Democratic solidity of tlie South, and
supply tho very weapons that Democracy
needs in tho fight against Republicanism,
Thus adding, to the dlfllculty of electing
our national candidato.
Kinh?It will retard and hinder tho fur?
ther progress of the solier public opinion
of tho best South In the effort to uoeuro
justice'for the-negro. Tlio Issue nood"
ncadomle. not partisan, discussion; r,n
tlonal not sectional, consideration; proc
tical, not abstract, action; oortstruutlyp,
rot destructive, treatment. The Southern
(States should lio put upon their- honor
to enforce honestly th'.!_- own franchise
laws. Tlmei for I his has not lapsed. If.
after fair deliberate opportunity, the li-lul
results In failure then consider the ronie.
dy affordnil by tho fourteenth and fit
leontli nnuMidnionts to tho Constitution,
with both of which I cordially agree."
-r i ,, , .
Union League Club Meeting.
(Hy Au.HocluU'il Press.)
NEW YORK, IJ'-'c. 10.?Suppression of
negro votes and the penalty thetofor were
thu subject of resolutions adopted by tlio
Union League Club, of this city, to-night.
In the first of tho series, of resolutions,
which wero offered by Former United
States Senator Warner Miller, the gov?
ernment of tho United Stales was asked
to instruct District Attorneys to prose?
cute thoso responsible for suppressing the
votes of person* enfranchised by tlio four?
teenth and fifteenth arnondment of (Jio
Constitution: and, In subsequent resolu?
tions Congress was called upon lo reduce
the apportionment to tho House to rodue-o
lesontatlves of St.tos In which tfhore was
?uch suppression of legal votes.
NEGROISSUE
In Boston Speech He asks What
is to be Done With' Corpse
of Slavery.
OLNEY, GORMAN OR PARKER
Virginia Senator Thinks Demo?
cratic Nomination Lies Be?
tween These Three.
(By Associated Pres3.)
BOSTON, MASS., December lO.-The
opinions of men' of national reputation
upon fmportant questions of the day woro
laid before tho business men of Boston
to-night at tho annual banquet of the
Merchants' Association. Senator John W.
Daniel, of Viginla, spoke on tho negro
question; Sen-tor.Joseph V. Quarles, of
Wisconsin,' on "Clmmborlatn's Revolu?
tion," whllo the speech ot Governor A. B.
Cummins, of Iowa, on "Reciprocity "With
Canada," was read by Hon. Charles S.
Hamlin, as the Governor was obliged to
return hpmo 6w.ug"lo the sickness of his
aged mother.
Congressman Samuel W, McCnll, of
Massachuseas. echoed , tlio. sentiments of
Governor Cummins on reciprocity.
Daniel on the Negro.
Tho banqu?t was hold at Hotol Somer
sot, mMet was largely attended. Senator
Daniel, taking for his subject "Tho Uni?
ties of tlio Union," dwelt In a general
way on tho harmonious conditions exist?
ing between the Northern nnd Southern
States, referr'ng also to tho negro ques?
tion. With respect to the unity of the
country, bo salii that. "If a cloud did
pass In front of tho sun at one tlmo, that
cloud has now passed away, it seems
that the wluio country might bo moulded
to bo the per-ctuol home of ono people."
Passing to the negro question, Senator
Daniel pointed out. that although tho
North and South wero In unity, then)
was ono subject on which thoy were di?
vided?tho coior question. Ho said;
"You have nevor seen slavery from
Iho ..tnudpoiiTt ot some of us. Having
destroyed slivery and abolished It, what
are you going to do with tho corpse?
Yet tho American people have' never had
a. problem to oral with for which their
courage and skill woro Insufficient."
Charles S. Hamlin was then called upon
to read the address of Governor Cum?
mins.
Olney, Gorman or Parker.
This is Senator Danleld's first visit lo
Boston since ho came hero years ago with
Ids wlfo on their wedding tour. H" will be
here a day or two before returning to his
homo In Lynchburg.
In nn liitt*rvlow, Mujor Daniel said
Richard Olney's name Is frequently dis?
cussed In Virginia, and the people (hero
think protty well of him us a man who
would make an excellent President.
"Thoro Isn't mucli question," ho said,
"but that tho nomination on -our side
will coma protty close to one of three
men-Olnoy, Gorman, or Pnrkor. Wo art}
Inclined to ho conservative In Virginia,
"Yes, I read tho President's message
through to the. end, but It did not appear
so romarkublo as to call for on opinion
now.
There's plenty of room for northern
capital In our State, and wo want some of
It. It did seem at one tlmo though, as we'd
never get you northerners reconstruct?
ed."
THE QUEEN
ESCAPES IN
NIGHTJOBE
Nearly Burned at Sand
ringham. .
HER MAJESTY NOT
A MOMENT TOO SOON
Her Room Collapses and the Bed
in Which She Slept Goes
Down With It.
AWAKENED BY HER
FAITHFUL SECRETARY
Queen Alexandra and Miss Knol
lys, Only in Their Dressing
Gowns, Leave the Burning
Rooms?Fire Did no Great
Damage and Caused
by Faulty Insulation.
(By Associated Press.) ,
LONDON. .December 10.?A flro occurred
to-day at 8andTlngham, and Queen Al?
exandra and hor secretary, Miss Ktiollys,
had narrow escapes. It broke out at 5
o'clock' this morning in Miss Knolly's
bed-room, in tho chimney flue, whero a
bea-n is supt-v>_ud to have been' smolder?
ing for some days, and spreai to the bed?
room of tho Queen, who was asleep at
the tlmo. iihe .was awakonod by Miss
Knollys, "who also raised'an alarm. .The.
outbreak caused a great deal of exclto
raont at Sdndrlnghani, whore a number of
guests aro, staying at present.
The roilce'i'ico customary at Saridrlng
hain was obaorved In connection with the
fire. .?.-.'?;. - ;
Queen's Narrow Escape.
From later, information, however, It
appears that Queen Alexandra had a. liar- ;
rower escape than the-first accounts of
the flro, Indicated. ,M1sb Charlotteo Knol?
lys was .flniliv awakened by the, smoke
In' her' bed-room', which' Is' ImmedVately
below. - the. chamber, btcupied -by Her
Majesty.;- ?> -???.??' ? ... ,_'??.-.
'" Miss Knollys rushed upstairs to ? the
Queen's, apai .'ment,and aroused Her Ma
josty. Both tno Queen, and he,r, secretary,
who were clad.only, lii dressing: gowns,
oscaped from the burning room not a mo?
ment too soon, at'the floor'of tlio Queen's
apartment' collapsed almost Immediately,
carrying with It Her Mitjesty's bed.
Damage Small.
Only a few hundred pounds' tlumago
wai done by tlio flro. which wns confined
to tho two bed.rooms. It la now stated
that the bla,:e was caused by an Imper?
fectly Tnsulat.d electric, light wire, which
set flro to a.-beam between the colling
of Miss ...nollys'. bed-room nnd tho floor
of Her-Malehty's apartment.
King Edward, who wna'huntlng In Suf?
folk, was Immediately notified of tho oc?
currence, arid: later In. the day a special
messenger was sent with a reassuring
message from Queen Alexandra.
MANY INDICTMENTS;
FOREMAN THREATENED
(By Associated Press.)
OMAHA, -NEB,, Doc. 10.?The United
States grand Jury, which has been in ses?
sion for ? some time Inxestlgatlng
postofflco bribery wises, and the al?
leged illegal fencing of government lands
In Western Nebraska, to-da-y made a par?
tial report.to the court, returning twenty
two indlctmentB. One Is against former
State Senator Elliott Lowe, charging
bribery In connection with the appoint
ment'Of a postmaster at Alma, Nob.; ten
aro against ranchmen for Illegal foncing,
and the others wore Indian cases, mostly
of a minor character.
Mrs. H. W. Bonner, of Kalrbury, Nob.,
to-day called on Francis E. White, fore?
man of the grand Jury and Informed him
that mombers of a fraternal order were
planning to tako his life. Mrs. Bonner was
takon to tho ofileo of United Stnt.es Mar?
shal Mathews and closely questioned, hut
did not relate tho source of her informa?
tion;
WILL NOT SEND TO
NEGRO TEACHERS
Race War Breaks Out in Massa?
chusetts as Result of Negro
Teacher Being Appointed.
(Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch,)
WINSTED, CONN,, Dec. 10,-Becauso
tho School Cornmlttoo, S. M. Foj., secre?
tary, In the Plain District, in Sheffield, a
small village across the State lino In
Massachusetts, has engaged Cora
Fowler, colored, to teach that school Just
opened to rellovo the congested condition
of the village primary school and or?
dered "all children of school age and be?
low tho fifth grade residing on tho plain
and In New Guinea, to attend the Plain
school," a race war has broken out
thero.
White people refuse to send their
children to the new school, tho member?
ship of which Is composed cntirel}- of
colored children, basing their refusal on
tho ground not of their being colored
children there, but on tin" fact that thero
is a colored teacher over tho children.
? ?
Election Contest.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. lO.-The House
Committee on Elections, No. 1, to-day
flxod Monday next to tuko up the con.
test of A- D. Du.tiUler against A- V.
Lnvvr. representing the Seventh Cougres
?ftlifual .DUUlct Of finuU,, 'fw-yllni.
EXPECTS
WAR WITH
GERMANY
The Startling Statement
of Gen. MacArthur.
PAN-GERMANIC
DOCTRINE GROWING
German People Multiplying. Fasl
and Emigrating in Large
I -XT 1
Numbers.
THE IMPORTANCE OF ,'.
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS'
? -'.' :?/;.?/
Nation Warding.With the United
States Would Attempt First <-.'
to Capture Them?Strain'
Upon the Monroe Doc?
trine Will Result .in a .
r."';;i Great Struggle.
. (By Associated Press.) ,.
i. HONOLULU,;. Dec. ? 10.?Much Interest
has been aroused' hero by a'report'ofl
.Colonel'Jones, of the Hawaiian militia*
to Governor Carter, of tho territory of
tea wall, in which Colonel Jones, ln";'cj>nv-':'.
menting in the strategic', Importance .off
the Hawaiian Islands and the need of
etrong defense, quoted ; Major-Geheral
.MacArthur, United States army, as pr*?
dieting a- war In. tho Immediate,'. future*
between- the United States and .Germany,
and that tho principal scone of tho flght
ing would be in the Pacific Ocean with
tho Hawaiian Islands as an objective,;
point. General MacArthur, who Is still
in Honolulu, haying 'been hero the,past;,
two weeks, studying the military, sltua-'
tlon of tlio- territory, stated ,to a report?
er ot the.United States to-tlay that .tho;
report of Colonel Jones ,does npt correct?
ly represent his views In .ajiy particular'
?and :.utteriy ml^r.epros^nts.In. some.
Colonel Jones..said/nlB report to Gov.
ernor Carter was -based solely upon so?
cial conversation'., he' h'?d';iWith~ 'Gen'-,'..
eral MacArthur.."and that .lib '.only1: r.<,.-, .
portea his expr/esslpiis in subsuihco with
a vtow of Impressing oGvernor Carter
with tho need of strengthening the, Iso-.
iated islands from a military stand-.'
point. . ? . ' , .
Colonel Jones said ho took no notes
at his conversation' with General Mac.'-'.,
Arthur and that his report was mado
from his memory. The conversation, oc?
curred during a social, call which .-he; and
Colonel Roper, of the' National Guard,
made on General' MacArthur. Colonel
Jones was very mticlv'surprised that''his
leport to Governor Carter was made
public.
Pan-Germanic Doctrine Spread.
Colonel Jones' .report quotes General ?
MacArthur as saying that tho Pah-Ger?
manic doctrlno which Is ? being spread
?throughout tho world Is being fostered
and propagated toy the Imperial govern?
ment in every possible way. It is strong?
est and getting stronger wherever Ger'-'
man people settle, oven among Germans'
who have beon citizens of tho United
.States for years.
In connection therewith, one.fact..can?j
not be overlooked, to-wlt:- there wero fo? i
Germans In tho American army dUfltW
tin war with Spain, so. Indeed, that the
presence of a German was noted.as be-'
ing a rare occurrence. -?
Tho theatre of operations is changln?j
gradually Into tho Pacific. , Tho .German;,
people nro multiplying very rapidly "and i
..migrating in large numbers, tho-tide of:
emigration being directed by the l-rer-'
man government toward South America, (
The manufactured products of the'Go'r-,
man empire overbalance tholr consump?
tion, so that a market has to be .'ordered
for tho surplus. Tho known policy of.
tlio Emperor is to acqulro colonies which,;
will provide - markets for such .overpro-,
due tlon nnd places to which the. tide, of
emigration shall be directed for strength?
ening tho fatherland.
Germans Are Advancing.
Throughout all South American coituf
tries the Germans aro advancing In,
commercial power and prestige. The con?
clusion seems Inevitable that the interests
of Germany In South America, whore to.
day lni-go colonies, numbering hundreds
of thousands, presage another testing apti
straining of the Monroe doctrine, and In
all probability a contest of arms between
that powor and the United Stntos In .the
near future, in which event none can
now forecast tho attitude of England and
other European power?. Therefore, ,it
Is the duty of the .Federal government
to make Itself as strong ns posslhle, so
iih to bo able to rare for itself In any
emergency. No nation or number of on- -
lions will lie In a. position to make on
attack on Ihe Pacific coast without first
capturing iheso Islands,
General .MacArthur, snys the report,
does not correctly reprpMiit Ills views (n
any particular, and utterly misrepresent
them In some. Otherwise he has nothing
to say.
Colonel Jones is surprised at the publi?
cation.' and says that General MueAr
tbui's expressions wero made during n
social conversation, and wero Intended _h
emphasize the need of strength in the
Isolated Islands.
HBl-OIlT NOT AUTHORIZED.
Governor George It. Carter, of Hawaii,
said to-day;
"The publication of Colonel Jones' re?
port wns not authorised by me, but It oc
cured through a misunderstanding. At my
request Colonel Jones had written out a
memorandum of his conversation with
General Mat-Arthur two days after It took:
placo for the purpose of preserving Gen?
eral MucArthur't views regarding ..;?
National Guard. I had an Interview with
General MacArthur yesterday In which l.?
referred to tho strategic Importance of the
Hawaiian Islands In the event of waj,
but he did not specifically mention any
nation. He gave gratifying support to our
*?'?.# to Improve thu H-w~U_* ?4UU_.