THE MORNIXG OREGOyiAfry TP ESP AY, JAKA&Y 1T? 19051
NEW CHARGE MADE
Niedringhaus Now Accused-of
Money. ;
TO GET VOTE FOR SENATOR
Missouri Legislator Says Offer Came
I nd I rectly, b ut N iedri ng haus Says
It's False Committee Exon
erates on One Charge.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16.-A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Jefferson Clly, Mo.,
says: Representative Cook, of Howell
County, testified at the executive session
of the Senate investigating committee to
day that he had been promised "a good
piece of money If he -would vote foe Thom
as K. TCicdringhaus for Senator."
The proposition, witness declared, was
made to him January 4, or the day pre
ceding the Republican Senatorial caucus.
"3L E. Morrow, a personal friend of
mine. In "West Plains, Mo., represented
the party who made the offer." said Mr.
Cook.
Representative Cook was urged to give
the name of the man who had spoken
to Morrow. He hesitated a moment, and
then mentioned the name of a prominent
Postmaster in Southeast Missouri.
"I was also informed." declared Cook,
"that if j switched from Kerens to Nied
ringhaus I could have a Federal job pay
ing $5 a day, which is now held by k man
named Grant Gillespie."
Cook was before the committee about "20
minutes. When asked by the PosWDIs
patch relative to the testimony he was
reported to have given, he saltt:
"It is- true that an attempt was made to
influence my vote. The proposition did
not come directly, but through a second
party. '
A subpena will be issued for Postmaster
Hollenbeck- arid Silorxow. of West Plains,
and also for men named Smith and
Lllack..
tt is said; th.ai . in amn'llf yinghlB story
before the- Senate committee, Cook-'fcald
that Holjenbeck -had-ndt only told him in
Wst Plains- that he would be "taken
care of'-but, ihat the day of the" Re
publican caucus. Hollenbeck met him In
the Madison House -here, and in the" pres
ence of Smith and Black, declared, "there
would be a .nice little sum. of money"
in It for him If ho would vole for Nied
rlnghau;. Major John L. Blttlnger. when asked
today If he attended a conference Sun
day night at tho home, of Colonel R. 9.
Kerens relative to the Senatorshlp con
test, ald:
"There was no Mich conference held In
St. Lduts. If a dinner party was given
at Kerens' house to tho legislators I
"know nothing of It"
The story that a combination had been
effected among the friends of Mr. Kerens
for the purpose of defeating the caucus
nominee, he said, was -absolutely -untrue.
NOT GUILTY ON ONE CHARGE
Niedringhaus Partly Exonerated, but
Committees Still Investigate.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. Jan. 16. The
Senate committee that has been Investi
gating the charges that a contribution of
WI.OOO to the Republican state fund, ac
credited to Chairman. T. K. Niedring
haus. of the Republican State Commit
tee, was contributed by SU Louis brew
ers to Influence legislation, made a par
tial report .today, signed by all the mem
bers, and asked further time to pursue its
investigation.
The report finds that Niedringhaus ,dld
not contribute tho 521,000 credited to him.
and that no direct evidence has been
offered to show that the contributions to
the Republican state campaign fund by
Adolphus Busch. the Anheuser-Busch
Brewing Association, or Otto Stifel, were
for the purpose of Influence or affecting
legislation in the Missouri General As
sembly. The committee reports that, touching
the question of Federal patronage and
its use and influence in the recent Sena
torial content, it is not ready to report
for lack of time.
The Republican members of the House
investigating committee completed a ma
jority report as to the probing of the
fund contributions, and it will be submits
trd to the House, of- Representatives to
morrow. It is said the report exonerates
Niedringhaus. A majority report will be
made by the Democratic, .members of .the
committee,' who agreed on it In caucus.
Niedringhaus arrived Jicre .from St.
Ixnjis this afternpo'n. In regard, to the
testimony of ' Representative Cook, he
said he knew nothing of any proposition
emanating from the postmaster at "VVcst
Plains.
"The postmaster In question had noth
ing, to do with my campaign, directly or
Indirectly, and certainly he had no au
thority to make any representations on
mj; "behalf, or in behalf of any one act
ing for me." said Mr. Niedringhaus. "I
made no promises nor pledges of any kind
to anybody cither before or after the
Senatorial caucus. If any Republican
can 'afford to bolt the action of .the cau
ruJthcn I can afford to lose tho Sen
atorshlp." WIS LAST COUNCIL OF WAR.
Dramatic Scene at Which Stoessel
Decided on Surrender.
LONDON. Jan. 17. The latest news as
to the condition of Port Arthur when It
was surrendered to the Japanese occa
sions much discussion as to General
Stocsscrs reason for capitulating. Criti
cism, however. Is generally lenient, there
being a tendency to regard General Nogi's
tributes to General Stoessel's courageous
defense as much in his favor and the in
clination is to credit General Stoessel
with the knowledge that the morale of
his garrison was shattered.
The Dally Times correspondent gives a
somewhat theatrical account of the final
meeting between the Generals at Port
Arthur prior to the surrender, which ac
count was obtained from Russian Gener
als, at Nagasaki. According to this ac
count twelve Generals assembled at Gen
eral StoesscYs house. Asked the reason
for two additional vacant chairs. General
Stoessel. bursting into tears, explained
that they formerly belonged to beloved
departed; and. having paid a tribute lo
the gallant dead. General Stoessel abrupt
ly exclaimed: "Well, gentlemen. I pre
sume we will fight till the end."
The discussion .which ensued showed
that the only alternatives were prompt
surrender or speedy annihilation. Then
champagne glasses were filled and the
Emperor's heelth. was solemnly .honored.
Meanwhile the artillery thundered out
side, and as several shells burst In the
vicinity. General Stoessel ordered the re
moval of the Emperor's photograph, the
sole adornment of the bare walls re
marking: "It is not right that His Maj
esty should witness such proceedings."
The decision to. capitulate blng un&pl
mously reached, each General signed the
record, many sobbing aloud. Finally Gen
eral Stoessel stood at attention, silentlv
offering a prayer, brought his sword to
a juUute. shouted, "Long live the Em
peror." which others repeated in chorus,
and .the council ended.' ;
It is said that Mme. Stoessel -scjsracd
stunne4-and cried aloud when she heard
the. decision, . . -
it la added that acute estrangement cx-
lets between General StocsseJ and- his
men, owing to the arrangement o favor
able terms for the- officers but not ior the
"men.
NO EXCUSE FOR SURRENDER.
i -
Port Arthur People Call It Disgrace
ful Close of Glorious Defense.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD
JAPANESE ARMY," Jan. 14, via.. Tien
Tsin, Jan- 16. The -victorious Japanese
army yesterday formally entered Port Ar
thur. General Nogl with his staff entered
first through the old town and took his
stand In the public square of the new
town. The army was represented by one
regiment from each brigade. The proces
sion, which was five miles long, was three
hours passing the saluting base, after
which the troops passed out of the city
through the new town.
The correspondents then visited the cap
tured city for the first time. The old
town buildings -were badly"sTmashed by
shels, but In the new town tho damage
was alight All-the shipping in tee Har
bor was badly damaged by shell Are, the
warships being practically useless, owing
to the injuries they had -sustained by the
shells.
The. scenes following: the surrender
of the Russians -were disgraceful.
Drunken soldiers filled the streets and
refused to dbev their officers. Many
of them destroyed the guns upon the
positions theyVhad defended, and came
Into ; the city without permission. -The
infantry loudly protested that the
fortress had been civen away. They
threw their rifles and ammunition into
the "harbor and proceeded to break
into warehouses and loot and drink
vodka until in a helpless condition.
It was evident that the surrender
was not necessary, as there were 31.-
000 effective men In the fortress. The
supply of ammunition was short, but
It was not exhausted. Food was
scarce, but private stores were not
requisitioned by the military. There
is no difficulty in getting good meals
in the city even now. from the stores
in private possession. A portion of
the fortress wjis capable of defense
ior montns longer, it -was the opinion
of the non-combatants at Port Arthur
that the surrender was unnecessary.
as the troops were willing and able to
fight to the bitter end.
General Stoessel was much blamed
for what was characterized as a dis
graceful conclusion of a splendid de
fense, which ended at the death of
Major General Krondratenko, who was
loved by the soldiers and was the llfo
of the defense.
Memorial services-' were held today
in honor of the spirits of tho Japan-'
ese dead, upon the. plain north of the
village of Shuishl, a short distance
from '. Port Arthur. Regiments rep
resenting the entire Japanese army
were present- A shrine was erected on
the crest of a small hill and there tho
troops formed a circle around It. Gen
eral Nogl and his staff were present.
Lunch -was scr-cd afterward in the
open to all the officers present.
JAPANESE GETTING BUSY.
They Attack VIHages Between Lines
and Teach Bandits to Fight.
RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS. Tliwn.
shan, Manchuria, Jan. 15. The activity
or tno Japanese Is increasing along the
whole front They are attacking villages
between the lines, and are opening" artil
lery Arc at night.
From an observation tower at Gaod
yanzi. Russian officers watched the Jap
anese Instructing Chinese bandits, who
have been formed Into regular companies
to storm the heights.
The -first Japanese reinforcements from
the army which was besieging Port
Arthur began arriving at Liao Tanc.
January U.
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
Naval Officers Captured by Both Na
tions to Be Released.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 1C Japan's
consent to an exchange of prisoners, ac
cording to class and rank, has just been
received here. Consequently, in the near
future, three Russian officers captured
on the Russian volunteer fleet cruiser
Ekaterlnoslav by the Japanese will be
traded for three Japanese prisoners cap
tured on the transports Klnshlu. sunk by
the Russians in the Sea of Japan, and
Sado. driven ashore by tho Russians in
the Sea of Japan. The question of an
exchange of prisoners on this basis was
raised by Russians last Summer.
LONDON OWNERS TO DECIDE
Offer Made .for Stock by the Bank
of California.
LONDON; Jan. 16. The shareholders of
the London & San Francisco Bank
.have been notified that they will be called
together in February to approve or dis
approve the provisional agreement of the
directors to transfer the business of the
bank to the Bank of California. Under
the agreement the sellers receive about
$75 for each '$30 share.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 16. A provi
sional agreement has beon signed by the
representatives of the Bank of California
and the London & San Francisco Bank.
Ltd.. providing for the sale of all the
business of the latter bank to the Bank
of California. This agreement will re
quire ratification of the stockholders of
the London & San Francisco Bank.
A. L. Black, cashier of the London &
San Francisco Bank, stated today that
tho agreement is to buy the stock for 575
a share. The business In London also
will pass to the Bank of California. The
branches In the Northwest will be con-
ducted as separate corporations subsidi
ary to the Bank of California.
-The Bant of California will provide for
the staff of the retiring institution In its
offices.
SHUTS UP THE GAMBLERS.
Dowling Law in New York Proves an
Efective Institution. 1
1
NEW YORK, Jan. 16. Following the
surrender to District Attorney Jerome to
day of the gambling outfit belonging to
Frank Farrell, Dave Johnson and Frank
McDougall. it was declared by counsel for
the gamblers that Jerome had closed
every gambling-house In New York City
and that they would remain closed. The
instrument which made such effectual ac
tion possible was the Dowling law. en
acted at the request of Jerome when he
.was trying- to Induce Jesse Lcwlsohn to
testify against RIcliard Canfleld. That
law automatically releases from punish
ment any gambler who gives cviden e
himself to the District Attorney, but
compels him to give such evidence.
BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Levi Rouss. a Jew. who died yesterday
at "Passaic. N. J.. In his 115th year, was
thought to be mortally 111 on the East
Sice, of New York. 12 years ago. Some
Jews were opening a cemetery near Pas
saic and wanted an old marr to be the
first to lie in It. Expecting Rouss to die
soon, they undertook to provide for him
on condition that he be burled there. Sev
eral of them died before him.
The entire population of the Visayan
village at the St- Louis World's Fair left
there yesterday on two special trains for
Seattle. Wash., whence they will sail for
the Philippines on the steamer Minnesota.
j "Now, my hoy. uU the man to the -n-'
ifriser Tx-v.yvJon't be an hour tains a. few
;Mock with thl mtrnic-" "BuV rrpJIM fce
no-, (rum jh jub pocket ior jus cime novi.
jxm jmiat rrintmbtr. hors. flfre's at
limit In dU town!" TonVcra Eutimn.
TO SHUT OUT THE WEST
PURPOSE OF UNITING NEW MEX
ICO AND ARIZONA.
Heyburn and Simmons Plead With
Senate Against Joint Statehood
for Two Vast Territories. '
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. By a vote of
30 to 42. the Senate today decided to con
sider the cross-town street-railway bill
for Washington, but the measure soon
gave place to the statehood bill. That
measure was discussed for three hours
by Simmons and Heyburn. both of whom
favored the elimination of Arizona from
the bill.
A bill was passed permitting narrow
gauge railroads in certain cases to use
qther than driving-wheel brakes, now re
quired by law. Other bills were passed
as follows:
For the relief of the Western Alaska
Construction Company's railroads by
granting an extension of time for com
pletion of the first section of at least 20
mllee: to fix the compensation of criers
and bailiffs In the United States Courts
at $3 a day.
The statehood bill was then taken up.
Simmons (N. C.) speaking against the
measure in its present form. He made a
plea against the proposed State of Ari
zona on the ground of area, saying that
the average distance from the counties
Included in the present Territory of Ari
zona to Santa Fe, the proposed new capi
tal, was- 500 miles. He contended that, as
shown In the case of the division of Da
kota Into two states, the tendency was
toward smaller Instead of larger states,
and added that Arizona and New Mexico
were twice as large as both the Dakotaa
together.
Heyburn also spoke against the union
of New Mexico and Arizona, expressing
the opinion that the population west of
the Mississippi River would be three times
as large as that east of the river. Ha
contended that the people of Arizona
were in every way capable of making a
state for themselves, and he pointed out
the marked, differences in race, religion
and training of the people of that terri
tory compared with those of New Mexico,
which should, he said, entitle them to sep
arate statehood.
Heyburn said that he would, if neces
sary, agree to the consolidation of Okla
homa and Indian territory,- but he ex
pressed doubt of the wisdom of even that
part of the bill, because of his conviction
that the population of Indian Territory
would become a "political plaything, an
element to be traded, to do business
with." As for the effort to unite the other
two territories, he could ee-J no reason for
It except for a shortsighted desire to shut
the door of the Senate against the West.
NEW STEAMBOAT REGULATIONS
Maritime Interests Clamor for a
Change Before They Are Adopted.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Representa
tives of the maritime interests from all
parte of the country are assembled In
Washington to confer with Secretary Mct
calf.'of the Department of Commerce and
Labor and the officials of the steamboat
Inspection service regarding the proposed
regulations of the service, the adoption
of which was recommended recently by
the Board of Supervising Inspectors
Some of the shipping interests came
here to protest against the adoption of a
part of tho regulations, while others,
really representative of the larger Inter
ests, do not protest at all, but merely
have suggested modifications of the pro
posed regulations In some respects.
THE HOMELESS ON MANHATTAN
Hundreds In Public Lodging-Houses
and in Public Parks.
'"I counted over 200 men in the
Municipal Lodging-Houso one night,"
says Theodore Waters, reporting in Ev
erybody's Magazine for December part
of the Investigation of the beggar
question undertaken by him specially
for that magazine. "I learned after
ward from records given me by Mr.
William C Yorke, the superintendent,
that the dally average for the year is
about 150. the number dropping below
the 100 mark during the Summer and
often running up to 500 during the
Winter. Supposing that every one
of these men made use of his preroga
tive to use the M. L. H. at least three
times a month the year around, then
the records of this one institution
would show that 4000 homeless men
had applied for shelter during the
year. But of course few men do use
the institution to the limit of their
privileges, so that the real number is
probably far above 5000. Such figures
give a faint conception of the number
of the homeless on Manhattan Island;
and yet it is but an infinitesimal por
tion of the evidence of the city's mis
ery. Nights after I have seen over 300
men shut up in the house on First
avenue I have gone over to Madison
Square and found tho benches crowded
-with a hundred or more wretches,
asleep for the most part, and certainly
exhibiting all the earmarks of home
lessness. A tour of Bryant Park. Union
Square, Washington and Tompkins
Squares. City Hall and Battery Parks
discovered similar conditions."
Greatest Pastoral Country in World.
Burrls Gahan In the December Book
lovers Magazine.
Australia is the foremost pastoral
country in the world. In normal seasons
it arrows -one-third as much wool as all
the rest of the world taken together: and
It Is practically the sole producer of the
fine merino quality. And now that the
long drouth has reduced by half the
flocks of ten or 12 years ago. Australians
are about to experiment with cotton
growing, so that they may clothe
Southern China tomorrow as today they
clothe Northe-jt Europe and America.
During the seven years' drouth which
broke up last year tho fheep died by
millions for the want of food and water
yet the pastorallsts hesitate about
building irrigation works until they try
first to make the government build them
instead. And this is trifling with the
greatest national industry. Of the grand
total of not less than 0.O00.000 sheep In
the world Australasia owned, ten years
ago. practically 125.000.0W. As these were
nearly all merinos this country has a
practical -monopoly in the production of
the finer qualities of -vcool. For two or
three years past you have been wearing
the fashionable coarse weaves of suitings
and dress fabric: but perhaps you have
not asked yourselves why they were
fashionable. The explanation is found,
not in the ricklc fancy of Parisian dan
dies and dressmakers, but in the terrible
reality of the great Australian drouth.
That drouth, by lessening the supply of
merino wool, would have multiplied the
price of all fine fabrics had the "fashion"'
remained steadfast. But In self-protection
the woolen mills promptly switched
the fashion to rougher -cloths. It will ' be
some years yet before the sheep-stations
here are fully restocked and the supply
of merino wools restored. At present
there are In Australia proper only a
little over 50.CO0.C00 sheep, in comparison
with over 100.000.0CO a decade ago.
Massage Your Mind.
Orison Swett Marten In Success Magazine.
"Don't let go of love, or love of ro
mance; they are amulets against
wrinkles." If the mind Is constantly
bathed in. love, and filled with helpful,
charitable sentiments toward all. the body
will keep fresh and vigorous many years
longer than It will If the heart Is dried uo
and emptied of human sympathy by a
selfish, greedy life- The heart that Is
kept warm by love Is never frbzen by age
or chilled by prejudice, fear, cr anxious
thought. A French beauty used to have
herself -"massaged with mutton tallow
every night In order; to keep her muscles,
elastic and her "body supple. A better
way of preserving youthful elasticity is1
coming into vogue massaging the mind
with love thoughts, beauty thoughts,
cheerful thoughts, and young ideals.
If you db not want the -yesrs to count,
look' forward Instead of backward, and
put .as much variety and as many Inter
ests into your life as possible. Monotony
and lack of mental occupation are great
age-producers. Women who "live In cities.
In the midst of "many Interests and great
variety preserve their youth and good
looks, as a rule, much longer than women
who .live in remote country places, who
geto variety Into their lives, and who
ha.ve no Interests outside their narrow
dally round of monotonous "duties, which
require no exercise of the mind. Insanity
Is anjalarminglx, increasing result of the
monotony of women's, lives on the farm.
Ellen Terry and Sarah Bernhardt, "who
seem to have the ageless -brightness ot
the stars," attribute their youthfulness to
action, change, of thought and scene, and
mental - occupation. It Is worth noting,
too, that farmers who live so much out
doors, and In an environment much more
healthful than the average brain-worker,
do not live so long as the latter.
CTJEIOTJS PENSION STATISTICS
Uncle Sam Still Supports Three. Rela
tives of -Revolutionary War Heroes.
Succesi.
Some of ouc pcoIorik statistics are cu
rious. For .example, we learn that there
arc still pn the rolls three pensioners of
the Revolutionary War. which was
brought to an end over-120 years ago. Of
pensioners accredited to the War of 1S12
thcro still remain 919, whllo of the Mexi
can War no fewer than 13,055 survive. Of
those accredited to the Revolutionary
War, one Is" a widow and two are daugh
ters. The report shows that pension pay
ments are made' to eeSitvrjsJtrlng- in
every state and territory In the tinion,
and. In almost every known country qfi
the globe. Among the states, Ohio leads
in the amount of pension money paid an
nually to its citizens, with Pennsylvania
second. New York third and Illinois and
Indiana following closely. At the date of
the report there were -4310 pensioners re
siding outside of the United States, and
they drew $721440.63 in the last fiscal year.
Nearly half of this amount went to per
sons In Canada. -Quarterly pension vouch
ers were sent besides to persons in Mex
ico, South America, every country In Eu
rope, the Azores, the Barbados, China, the
Comoro Isles. East and South Africa, Sa
moa, the Seychelles Islands. Siam nnd St.
Martin. It shows that the Pension Bureau
was a busy office last month. Mere than
265,000 cases were passed upon, and 153.000
certificates were Issued. No fewer than
10S.111 applications were rejected, of which
3,000 were thrown out on medical and
24,000 on legal grounds.
E0ECED CLEANLINESS.
System of Giving Baths in New York
Municipal Lodging-House.
In "Six Weeks- in Beggardom" Ev
erybody's "Magazine for December, The
odore Waters begins an account of his
investigation of the beggar problem for
that magazine. The following is a par
tial description of his experiences, dis
guised as a destituto workingman. in
a Municipal Lodging-Housc of New
York:
"After the medical examination we
filed through the outer office, where we
gave over our pedigrees and the envel
opes, in which we had been obliged to
put our trinkets, to tho bookkeeper;
and after that we went down a flight
of steps to the basement where hun
dreds of dirty mon had been made clean
Every man was instructed to- remove
bis clothing and place it In a bag net
given him for the purpose. The gar
ments, were the hung In a great oven
and subjected to a temperature of 230
degrees F. The men meantime were
compelled to take a' handful of green
soap and rub it upon their heads and
then to stand under a very Niagara of
water which descended from taps in
the ceiling. There was no escaping
this drenching process. A big attend
ant armed with a mop handle inspected
each man as he w-cnt under the water,
and never failed to object vigorously
when any attempted to escape while
the slightest particle of p-imc remained
upon him. I saw what I felt sure must
bo the dirtiest man in New York give
up his clothes and go under the shower
grudgingly, and after determined urg
ing on the part of the attendant, come
out clean. There were many such in
the City Lodging-Housc that night, but
the majority of them welcomed the
bath, the spotless nightgown, the com
fortable slippers, and finally the repose
of the cleanesUof beds."
The Greatest All-Round Americans.
Alfred Henry Lewis in Success Magazine.
Or Americans. Washington. Franklin,
Jackson and Lincoln were greatest In an
All-round way. They were great In war
and great In peace. Washington even
achieved greatness In that most difficult
of roles, the role of a private citizen.
Franklin was great as a thinker and dis
covered, great in warcraft and statecraft,
and great in big and little things. He
produces a fire department, a police de
partment, and a postal department; ho
crosses the Atlantic and discovers the
Gulf Stream; he files a kite and tames the
lightning; he writes proverbs, poetry, and
prose; he docs more for freedom, and for
liberty, than any of those who were with
him. or preceded him. or followed him.
Jackson was great "with the word; he
was greater with the pen when he vetoed
a robber bank, and when he struck seces
sion dumb and motionless with a toast
Also, he wa great In his defiance and de
feat of red tape that modem Minotaur.
Lincoln was doubly great as one who not
only matched his hour, but also made it.
Speaking of Lincoln's speeches against
Douglas. Colonel Morrison, himself a
Douglas man. said to me:
"I've heard thousands of political
speeches and made hundreds. Those
speeches of Lincoln against Douglas were
the only ones I ever heard that hurt."
War Correspondent of the Future.
Frederick W. Unger. in the December
Booklovers Magazine.
In devLing a system of war correspond
ence it is necessary to keep lu mind two
essential: first, the right of .he public to
know how a war is conducted: and second,
the right of the military authorities to
conceal certain preparations, movements
and at times even results. To reconcile
these apparently conflicting necessities
may be difficult, but it is essential to try
to do so. The first step is to provide for
j the registration of correspondents. In
! times of peace Ihe War Department should
receive applications for correspondent.-'
i licenses, and after fully fatlsfying them-
All goes well when the bab
is well. Keep the baby well by
giving- him Mellin's Food, it will
nourish him, make him grow strong"
and keep htm happy. We are sure
of it; try it. Ask the mothers of
Mellin's Food children. Send for our
1 free hook aboat Mcllins Food.
t KILLING TOOD CO., BOSTON, HAM.
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i trffairiTfc. r
JNFANTSjINVAUDS J
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selves regarding; the applicants! qualifica
tions, the examining officials should place
the" names of those found worthy upon an.
approved list. When occasion arises cor
respondents can then be selected from a
body of men of proved ability and assured
character.
The men thus chosen-should be given
the full privileges of the front and al
lowed to write as they choose. Their
material should be sealed and committed
to the military authorities, to be dis
patched when these officials see fit- The
matter could thus be held until the official
in charge was satisfied that no harm
could come to campaign operations from
publication, but when published the let
ters should bo given to the world precise
ly as the correspondents wrote them.
After all, it Is not Important that the
public should know Immediately of every
movement Jn the flpld. but It Is of the
highest importance that, the military au
thorities should always act with the
knowledge that all the essential facta of
their operations will reach the public
sooner or later. Civilization needs a wit
nessan unprejudiced witness at m the
very front In warfare, to guard against
the grave dangers of a militarism which
feels itself exempt from criticism.
WRECKS STREW COASTS.
Gale Caused Great Loss of Life in
British Isles.
LONDON. Jan. 16. A flcrco gale last
night caused much havoc along the
coasts of the United Kingdom. There
were a number xf wrecks of small
craft, resulting in lo? of life. A
French ketch was Jrlven ashore on the
Isle of Wight and her crew of Ave
men were drowned. The harbors nre
filled with vessels- seeking shelter. No
less than 50 steamers have sought
shelter at Holyhead. This morning the
bitter cold is accompanied by a gale,
and the first skating of the Winter
commenced in Lincolnshire.
Nearly the whole of the fishing fleet
of Ullapool on Lochbroom. Scotland,
was driven ashore. Three of the boats
were sunk and many wece badly
-reclCed. Two coasting steamers have,
also run, ashore at Ullapool. A fishing
smack has been wrecked off the Ork
ney Islands, and her crew was .drowned.
TO AVENGE HIS BROTHER.
Motive of Students's Attempt to Kiil
General Trepoff.
MOSCOW. Jan. 15. The name of the
would-be assassin of General Trepoff Is
Foltavatsky. His age Is 19 years, and he
was a student at the commercial school
of Morozoff. The motive for the attack
was revenge for the expulsion of Polta
vatsky's brother for participation In the
Moscow Unlvcn-Ity riots.
TO SUCCEED STEWART.
Nevada Republicans Nominate Nixon
of Winnemucca for Senator.
CARSON. Nev., Jan. 16. At a caucus
of the Republicans of the Nevada Gen
eral Assembly, George S. Nixon was the
unanimous choice for United States Sen
ator to succeed William M. Stewart
Mr. Nixon Is a Winnemucca banker,
and is heavily interested at Tonopah.
Mr. Barnum Knew Them.
Success Magazine.
The late P. T. Barnum was a keen stu
dent of human nature, as well as a nat
ural humorist, and nothing which set
forth human traits that were odd or amus
ing escaped his attention. He was very
fond of telling stories of Incidents that
brought out features In human character
one of which, that, delighted him im
mensely, was connected with the Siamese
Twins.
when he was exhibiting those Oriental
freaks, the press of the country made
them widely known, and they became Very
soon onebf his best drawing cards.
One day there came to see them a back-
country rustic, who was perfectly ab
sorbed In them, and Inquisitive enough In
regard to them to require almost a bureau
ot information to answer his innumer
able questions. Mr. Barnum happened to
be the one questioned, and he was. asked
their ago, occupation, original home,
whether they were single or married, their
weight and stature, and their religious
belief. Nothing, at any rate, was too
trivial or irrelevant, which the rustic
though of, all of which interested the
showman intensely.
Finally, the bucolic visitor started slow
ly, but reluctantly, to leave: but, after
walking away a few steps, he returned
and said, with the most solemn simplicity:
"They are brothers. I presume?"
Election Officers Go to Jail.
DENVER, Jan. 16. The Supreme Court
announced its Judgment today In the
cases of six Denver election officials
tried on charges of contempt. Guy W.
Wheeler and Charles B. Reuve. election
judges, were sentenced to Jail for six
and three months, respectively. George
W. Hubbard, special constable, was sen
tenced to Jail for one month; James Row
an and Charles Munford. judges, were
fined $25 each; Eugene Cummings, police
man, was discharged.
Made Protest to Argentine.
PHII.ADELPHIA. Jan. 16. Prince Mat
njlvio Shuaski. of Japan, arrived here to
day from Jamaica and left for Seattle,
whence he will sail for his native country.
He Is returning from the Argentine Re
public, where he was sent by the Jap
anese government to protest against the
sale by Argentina of warships to any
government with which Japan was at
war.
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