07 SCEIIE
BATTLE 7 BAG 113 IN
:T3 or STnicnmN city.
Ti:qor3 rniE into, pbocxssion.
Y7or5nnea Throw Up Barricades arid
llake Determined Stand Against
:- ' Big odds: . . ' '
Student MUi:i Defend School WIta
Ecn!)l Sn5 Tlrftl-veT' Ktit ir VrrrfmA
M . Eurrenlcr Witi Heavy Loss
, Governor Shells Flans.
. ST. PCTKRfOSUnO, Dee. 2i-The
situation at Moscow f exceedingly crit
ical. 'A "regular battle is raging' in the
street of the city and areign of ter-,
ror exists, a leiep&ooe message just
received sny that the roaring of ma
chine guns, volleys of the infantry and
the booming of . cannon are beard at
intervals. The military seems to hare
the upper band,- although there are
rumor to the. effect that the gendarmes
and Cossack $ revolted and refused to
fire on the people.
. ' According to the message, which was
very eon fused, the -revolutionary lead
era cave the signal for the armed ris
ing-of the proletariat -at 6 o'clock this
. covered the plana and quickly massed
2.5,OOtt troop nader the walla of Krem
lin, mounted gone on the ofd wall, post
ed the artillery aad placed detachments
of cavalry and bght artillery at; stra-
, tegie point,. . . : :;
The first seen of the butchery c
curred at 2 o'clock this morning, when
the troops and; cannon, loaded with
.grape, fired into a procession of work
men carrying red flags and singing revo
lutionary' songs. 83 nee then it has been
.Almost continual lighting. The work
men threw. ap barricades, but all ( were
earned by the troops.; -
The defenders of the barricade at the
triumphal arch, armed only with re
vol vers, made a stand of some duration
in the face of the machine guns. One
hundred and twenty student militia
made, a heroic stand at Fiddler's school,
def cadiotr the t place wita bombs and
revolvers. They killed twof officers and
eight soldiers before they, surrendered,
with a loss of, five killed and thirteen
wounded.
The outlying, districts are reported
to be in the complete, possession of
the workmen, who are disarming the
- officers and policemen. The chief of
police states that to estimate tne casual
ties would be mere guesswork, though
they would probably run into the nun
dreds. j r:'.'V ; ?" ' '
Situation -Orowtag: Worse, v
Moscow, Dee.'"24. The situation is
hourly growing worse. The insurgents
hold several pprhra in the ity and the
. fighting "continues desperately, Two
large arms stores" were pillaged and the
contents distributed among - the, sev'olu-
tionaries. In a square in tne heart of
the city the insurgents are using a ma
chin gun against, the battery which is
cannonading them. There are many re
voltingf details. At the Fiddler school
when the students displayed the white
flag and came out, they were charged,
ridden Jown add sabered by the cav
alry, i -: ' 1 ' I ' i i . ;
Barricades sprang up all- over 'the
city, and as soon as one was destroyed
another went up as if by magic at some
distant place. The crowds fought the
tfoops with an "intense stubbornesB.
It is impossible to estimate the number I
of dead, and .wounded but they will
probably run into the thousands. Many
bodies were blown to pieces by sehrap
net.'i f ' ' . "
Girl students are conspicuous behind
the bajrrtcades and are either carrying
away; the wounde t or taking their
place in the ranks and cheering their
comrades: '. " ' 1 ' ' t .
.Strikers Throw Bombs.
Moscow, Dec, 21. -Two bombs were
thrown' at the prefecture of the police
this morning, partially destroying the
building. Two policemen were killed
and a soldier wounded. Serious fight
ing' is How proceeding between the arm
ed crowd-and a force of dragoons. One
hundred twenty ' revolutionaries were
arrested today. Resistance was offered
and five were killed and twenty wound
ed. Two officers were also killed. The
police seized eighteen rifles, fifteen re
volvers and thirteen bombs. A number
of officers and policemen were disarmed
in the, streets and several' policemen
killed. i --'.!
: The troops now occupy all the barri
cades. The revolutionaries, armed with
bombs and revolvers are new besieging
the residence of the prefect.
Berolt May Beach Poland.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 23 There are
fcar9 that the revolt in Lithuania will
extend to Poland. It has become so
acute that Governor General Skallan,
at W arsaw, has declared that a state or
siege exists in the Polish provinces. It
is understood that the strikers in des
peration have declined to resort to vio
lent, tactics and blow up bridges and
right of way railroads running out of
St. Petersburg. The nrst attempt to
use bombs Was made this morning. The
revolutionists were about to throw a
bomb at the patrol escorting non-union
men when it exploded, blowing off the
maa 8 rn. He was taken into custody.
. ; .;TEXf QSAPII BRD2FS. ' H
i T 'Wj Ei, Dee, 23. Martial
St. retersburg Dec. 23-Trains con
tinue to tnn on all li out of St. Pet
ersburg, tUy. Meeting, 0f everV de.
scnptios, even' of the L .4
league, are being prevented. ,
nish railroad employe, decided acait
ioinine the railroad strike . fc
St. Petersburg, Dee, 3,n
lieved that a state of setg will be de
clared at St. Petersburg tomorrow.'
i , News Has Bad Elect. ,
&t." ePtersbnrg, Dec. 24. The news
r- g-i
.v. : W
of the terrible bloodshed at Uoscow has
created a. sensation to passions' of the
proletariat whose leaders are using it
for all it is worth. They claim the
troop were deliberately ordered to re
on peaceful demonstrations in order to
provoke a general conflict and the only
recourse was to fight baek. They also
claim that' there is a. confirmation of
the reports of 1 disaffection among some
of the troops. ' . ' ,- .
A WHAT POLITICAL TU&N.
How a- Democratic County In Texas in
1888 Was Carried for Har-,
rison. T
My stay in Missouri was short,"
said rapt. Dan Webster to a Statesman
representative yesterday, 'aS the field
diil not promise well, and a proposition
to move to Denison,-,Texias, then a town
of less than a year old-and containing
fully 30O6 inhabitants, promised mucn
better. This was in' 1873, aad the move
was but fairly made when the financial
panic of that year knocked the bottom
out of everything. I struggled along
for a time when, throngh the rascality
of a partner, J closed shop and took,
cases on a small daily in the town.
HeBce,5 my editorial experience in the
Lone Star State was comparatively
brief and uneventful."
'But the whirligig of time found me
ia 1888 in editorial charge of a small
evening paper in the small town - of
San Buenaventura, : California. That
was the ye&r of the first Harrison and
Cleveland -campaign. The Democrats
were io have a grand rally to be ad
dressed by a maa named Grady, a sil-i
ver-tongued Tammany orator from New
York, who had made himself famous by
opposing the first nomination of Grover
Cleveland, at the Chicago convention.
The speech' abounded-in reasons why.
he was an unfi person for the nomina
tion or for the presidency; and by
Dennis Kearny, the great labor agitator
of Sao Francisco. Politics Were run
ning high and the county was pretty
close, and it occurred to me that if that
old Chicago speech of Grady's could be
reproduced it might lessen his influence
among the vacillating voters.
"1 immediately began a search for
taat speech, but could find no one in
town that had it or could put me on
track of it. As a last resort, I wrote
to M. iL DeYoung, editor of the San
Francisco Chronicle, to - know n he
could and would furnish me a copy. The
return marl 'brought one and I had it
set in small pica leaded and double col
umn, with a big seare head, and run
it' on first page. I brought the paper
out that evening some two hours earlier
than usual and run off an extra large
edition. The carriers were instructed
to leave a paper at every residence and
place of business in town. The result,
was that everybody who cared to do,
so had read the .speech and were dis
cussing it on the streets, in the hotels
and saloons. ' I
AYhen Mr. Grady arose to address
the 'unterrified ' he did so with a copy
of the Ventura Free Press in his hand
containing that famous Chicago speech,
lie began by abusing the editor who
had resorted to such methods, and end
ed by explaining how he came to make
that speech and how ne had seen the
error of his ways and was now atoning
therefor. By the time he had done
this his time was nearly up, so he gave
but a few minutes to a discussion of the
issues of the day. Dennis Kearney,
too, had to take a 'clip' at the Free
Press for words published therein re
ferring to some of his past acts. He,
too, spent the major part of his time in
discussing the Free Press and its edi
tor, s . ..
"My object had been accomplished.
The attention of the speakers had been
diyerteil from the question of the hour
and devoted to matters having ho bear
ing whatever upon the issues of the
campaign. The county gave Harrison
some 500 majority.' .i
AFTEB GUILTY PARTIES.
Mexican Authorities Trying to Unravel
Mystery Connected With Bnth
! erford Murders.
Eli PASO. Tex..- Dec. 23. It w
learnrd today that the Mexican au
thorities detained all persons in any
way connected with the Kutherford
murders. Mrs. Rutherford ia! umnnrr
the number, it being understood the
auinorities are endeavoring to learn
from her the feeling which existed be
tween hpr hushand ami Kiimtpail whn
WAS ; nrrfstpl vpjif r1av Tn! CI
Goughener, also wounded in the attack
1 rti
is uuier surveillance. '
STEAMEB PORTLAND ASHOBE. '
Boat Strikes Bock Near Spire Island
I and May Be Total Loss.
SEATTLE, Dec. 23. The steamer
Portland is ashore on Spire island, nine
miles from Ketchikan. It is leaking
badly, and will be, perhaps a total loss.
The paters are now above her boilers;
The ; passengers were taken to Ketchi
kan in small boats. It is thought the
ship struck during a dense fog. It was
en, route from Valdez to Seward.
i ; M
i BOYAL VISIT TO SOUTH APBICA.
LOXDONVDec. 23. The Duke of
Connaught, accompanied by the Dutch
ess of Connaught and Princess Victoria
Patricia, sailed' from Southampton to
day for South Africa, The duke will
be in South Africa about eight weeks,
daring which time he will inspect .the
troops in Cape Colony, the Orange river
eohtr, the .Transvaal and Natal, and
will vVit the principal battle fields and
traces or interest, inciuaing jvimocr
ey anddaf eking. j i f ,
; i ' - "
JOSEPH SMITH CENTENNIAL. -SOUTH
BOYALTOX, Vt., Dec 23.
One hundred years ago to Jay Joseph
Smith, the founder of Mormonisni, first
saw the light of day 1 in the village of
Sharon, this eoonty. In ' commemora
tion of the event a nandsome granite
monument has u just been erect ed' at
Sharon. Though the members of the
Mormon church are nob very numerous
hereabouts the place has long been a
Meccn for ; pilgrims from Utah, New
York, and other sections of the country.
Joseph Smith died at Carthage, ILL,
June 27, ,1844. ;" ' ' , ,
J r CBTJSTrT!T uv rvra i ii
4m mm 44f Ave
GUNNISON, Dec 23 The engineer
and fireman .were crushed to death un
tll .rei8ht engine today at Cebolta,
11 wuthwest of here. A wheel
Ih wVr hT,3 H to top,
f.IDST PAY IAI
cciLPOZATioirs j cAinroT dodge
Licnriss 1x1:3 mr lying :
. DOH2IANT TTSlPOTlABTLY.
Attorney General Says the Period of
Payment Begins jWiti riling Arti
cles of Incorporation and Delinquen
cies Znst Ba Paid for Any Interim.
Attorney general Crowford yester
day -'furnished an official opinion to
State' Treasurer Moore regarding ' the
obligation of corporations1 to pay : the
state license under certain circumstan
ces, as detailed therein.; He said: , ;
''"Beplying to yours of reeent Jate
relative as to whether ; a corporation
which has) simply filed, its corporation
papers and paid the organization .fee
and license tor balance, of the year an J
then jdoes. nothing further., or a year
or two, and then subscribes stock, elects
directors and proceeds to Jo business,
is entitled to receive a (certificate un
der the act of 1903 without paying up
the license fees: due prior to the elec
tion at :Jireetor4 permit me to say that
the question is in doubt, as I am usable
to find any- precedents or law bearing
upon the case except the statute of 1903
imposing the tax, but I find from the
first section thereof that every corpora
tion organized and formed -for profit
shall pay to the reeretary of state, up
on presentation of its article's of incor
poration for filing, an organization fee
and shall, at the same time,' pay the
annual license fee for 'the succeeding
fraction pf a fiscal year. The words
' organization' and incorporation' are
used almost identically. In- other
words, : the articles of incorporation,
when piesented to . the secretary of
state, must be accompanied by the or
ganization fee and the annual license
fee, for tne balanee ox the year. ,
"Therefore, it seems- to me that it
is the intention of the law that the cor
poration shall pay its annual ' license
fee from the time it files its articles of
incorporation with the Secretary Of
state,": and: this view seems to be
strengthened from the reading of sec
tion 9, which provides for the placing
upon a delinquent list any corporation
which has failed to pay the last an
nual license fee, and then provides that
it may be taken from the list by the
payment of all annual taxes or license
fees with Interest thereon at -the rate
of 6 per eent per annum, and then fur
ther provides that while "such delin
quency shall continue, the right of such
delinquent corporation to transact busi
ness shall be deemed to be in abeyance.
To. hold that the corporation could
be relieve! from the payment of the an
nual license tee simple by neglect to
subscribe the stock or elect directors,
woull be permitting the corporation to
take advantage of its own neglect, and
while it might not be! fully authorized
to transact business until it would duly
organize under the code, stiU.J jdo not
think - the Jfaet that it fails to do so
will Telieve it from paying the annual
license fees from the date that it files
its articles of incorporation." , a
HENBY CLEWS' LETTEB.
Owl of Wall Street Beports Conditions
Existing inr General Business"
World.
NEW YORK. Dee. 23. f Special.
Our stock market has shown a fresh
outburst of feverish activity. The spec
ulative spirit is rising irristibly. and
this in spite of restraints imposed by
conservative . banking interests and
wthout any regard to conditions in the
money market. 'The reason for all this
is, of course, unbounded . confidence in
the general situVition " and belief that
the monetary situation will improve af
ter the middle of January, if not earlier.
The extraordinary outburst in the cop
per stocks and their rapid advance, due
chiefly , to the i unprecedented Remand
and the very . high price for -copper,
have greatly stimulated speculative op
erations in other directions. It has
also attracted particular attention to
the industrials many of which are en
joying a period of prosperity beyond
all expectations. The activity in. the
steel and all kindred industries con
tinues unabated; the, knowledge that
these corporations are. making unusual
profits being the basis of much of the
present speculation, to - say nothing of
the effect of various larger deals which
are in process ; of negotiation. Better
class railroad issues have been compar
atively neglected; 'but these too arc
now receiving increased attention from
the new class: of ; operators who are
evidently'coming, into the market. " The
excitement in copper and other indus
trials is undoubtedly acting as a very
powerful stimulus to general Specula
tion, and there are signs of the publie
coming - into the market more freely
than at any time for
months past.; Al
most every stock of
consequence now
has One or more pools devoting them
selves entirely to the; upward manipula
tion of their particular stocks. In con
sequence an active market is probable
for some time to come, and this in spite
of the adverse circumstances which at
the close of the year usually tend to
restrict operations,', ; The 'upward tide
at present seems almost irresistible, and
there are large numbers who think it
better to go with the tide than to op
pose" it. . Experienced operators, how
ever, cannot shut their, eyes to the in
creasing risks of the speculative situa
tion. Stocks are steadily passing from
strong into Weaker bands,' and insid
ers are likely to , increase their sales
in proportion as the! market advances.
There is more or less pyramiding of
accounts and the reinvestment -of paper
profits than usual. . These are elements
of danger, especially in the absence of
any short Interest of importance." The
market is also boney-combed with stop
orders ia stocks which have made ex
traordinary advances.'" Of course, if
nothing happens; if we have to squeeze
in money; if there should be no trouble
in Europe arising from the depreciation
of Russian bonds; or if no other un
favorable contingency arises, the bull
ish enthusiasts will have things largely
their own way. Nevertheless, the mar
ket is exposed to sudden and severe set
backs, which would quickly wipe ,out
slender margins. The greatest itnaie-
diate dangers are temporary stringency
in the money market incidental to
heavy January disbursements, and the
risk of collapse in Eussian credit. The
latter is more serious than is generally
realized. The Eussian empire seems
threatened with - some form of disinte
gration the teffect of which might be
disastrous tosher national credit.- . Rus
sia's gold. . Supply ;has.. been mueh ex
hausted by. the war, and is now being
further drawn upon, to meet, interest
obligations, which Russia has ; always
hitherto faithfully. satisfied; Condi
tions in Russia, however, are so"ehaotic
that it is impossibe to yet form any
opinion as to the outcome and. a close
watch should be "kept npbn the market
price of Eussian bonds- wfefcaica
hitherto had strong support and showed
remarkable . resisting"' owers. .
Our railroad situation continues high
ly satisfactory." Earnings of forty-one
roads for the " month - of - November
showed an increase, of "Over 8 per cent
for;. that inontJL over-the large returns
of a year ago. Many, of the roads are
etill seriously overtaxed with trafSe,
and there is no question but that much
of the new building . proposed i up td
date is absolutely necessary in order
to keep pace with the. .growth of trade
and population ; in the - west. , Unless
something happens to interfere with the
present progressive movement we are
likely to see epnsiderable new mileage
constructed in tb$ west during the next
two years., Nothing has occurred thus
far at Washington to create very ser
ious apprehension regarding railroad
legislation. . A number of bills have in
troduced the purpose of which are so
conflicting that a long and possibly
fruitless discussion seems in prospect
Some idea of the activity of busi
ness can be had by the fact" that for
the eleven months' ending November 30
the clearings in the United! States ag
gregated almost one hvndred and tlirtj
billions, or 30 per cent ahead ; of the
same time , last year. ', This is ; an ex
traorJinary vincrease , and "is well, dis
tributed oyer the entire country; : al
though the gain ia, heaviest both in vol
ume and. percentage, in the city of New
York," where the r speculative "operations
for the whole country , largely centers
Such activ;t of course explains in part
the' stringency in money. High inter
est rates are-"certainly more the result
of 'business activity than speculation.
The latter is ' merely a sequence, and
not a cause. , The supply of currency
in the last two years has been increased
by over $213,000,000, and in spite of
this fact call loans 'have been averag
ing' as-high as 8 to 10 per cent. Nc
better- argument could "be, found for
the "need of an elastic currency system
than the preseat stringency in th
money market,' which might easily bf
severe enough to interfere - with th
continuance of prosperity. Sudih?n re
actions in -the market may be expected
especially as -the -disposition to -realizf
is growing,, and r those -who have goot'
profits, are, display jpg 'too, much willing
ness to, give the .newcomers whatevei
chances may remain.
- Henry Clews.
CHANCE TOB LIEU LANDS.
The Creation of Forest Beserves Open?
Opportunity for Securing Some
Government Land.
The following circular letter recentiv
prepared , and ' sen-HEutTy State Lant
Aeent West -ia alf-exnlanatory:
Owing1 to the creation of the severa1
forest reserves infth,e northeastern pari
of the stateVvthe, fctata. now lias avail
able a limited amount of valid base foi
indemnity or, )ie.u selections. Any one
knowing of a desirable tract of vacant
government land - can secure title, tc
the aante tbpoMali41e state by having
it selected as lieu land. The board ha?
fixed the price of lieu lands at $6 jwi
acre,nntil further' notice. ,h.ach appli
eation. te.-purehase,llieu lands mrtst" giv
a, descriplion of the lands desired, and
must be accompanied by a nonminera
affidavit, a check for one-fifth of th
purchase' price, or $1.20 per acre, pay
able to G. Brown, clerk of the state
land 'board, and a separate check pay
able to -the1 receiver of the land office
for $2 for each 160 acres or fraction
thereof, to cover the '.United States lane
office filing fee. Certificates of sale o
deeds will not.be issued until the lano.
have. been finally patented to the state
by the government. No more than 32C
acres , will be . sold to any one person.
The necessary blanks can be bad upoii
application. , . . 1
, ;
DEPENDS ON AQNEW.
NrjW YORK, Dec. 23. The Repubii
raa assemblvmen from New York coun
ty ati'a conference tonight 'formally
adopted a -. resolution enlorsing James
W. Wadsworth Jr. for speaker of the
assembly with -. the reservation that if
Assemblyman Agnew will stand for the
speakership they will support him. Ag
new declined to Commit himself tonight,
simply stating that he would reserve his
decision until ;he had ascertained the
trend of publie sentiment. c
J f OBJECTS TO CBOSS BO AD.
PORTLAND, Dee. 23. The report
reached here today that the ; Columbia
Valley, railroad, said to be a subsidary
of the Harrimaif system, commenced a
suit in Skamania county, .Washington,
to restrain . Hill's Portland & Seattle
company .from building across the Co
lumbia .Valley 's right of way at Cape
Horn,.., .: j'. ,(;
KTT.T.ED BY rALTJNcToBE.
IBONVVOpD, Mich,, . Dec. 23. Eight
men were killed by the fall of 1000 tons
of : ore from the" slip in the Newport
mine. ! On account of the great danger
from'drifting ore and broken timbers,
it will be several 'days before all of the
bodies can be' recovered. - x
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CABOUSAL BESULTS FATALLY.'
VALDPOST. Ga Dec. 23. Durim? a
Christmas carousal among tLe negroes
at Ewing, a turpentine camp between
r arg and St. ueorgei today, a general
fussilade occorred awd probably fiftv
shots 'were Jfired. Two ' negroes were
killed outright, three were -mortally
wounded and died later, while eight
others-received wounds. '
' TUCEEB VS. . MUBPHY.
; NEW YORK, Dec 23. "Chick"
Tucker and Tom' Murphy, two of the
best fighters for their weight in the
conn try, are to furnish the three-round
attraction at the Hudson River Ath
letie club tonight. Both are in " first
class shape and the contest is expected
to be & lively affair, j ' i
STATESMAN CLASSIFIED AD3.
BEING QUICK BESULTS.
VILL BENEFIT
THE RANCHER
PRESIDENT BOOSE VELT COM
MENDS POLICY OP WILSON.' '
TOWABD GEAZTNG PUBLIC LANDS
Says Amount Charged for Privilege Is
. Small Part of the Beal
w"
President Addresses Communication to
Secretary as Besnlt of Protest Be
ceived From : Cattlemen of Western
States Forest Eeserres Help Country
WASHINGTON Dec. 23. President
Roosevelt, in a letter addressed to Sec
retary Wilson, the department of
agriculture, on tlie subject of of fees
for grazing horses and cattle in the
national forest , reserves, upholds the
secretary in the regulations, formulated
by him and which will become effective
January: 1, 1906, whereby certain rule
are laid down" for the granting jot
grazing permits. The communication is
the result of a protest sent to the presi
dent by cattlemen from one of the west
ern states and is based on a report by
Secretary Wilson, to whom the protest
was referred. 4 The letter of the presi
dent follows: . - .
' President Boosevclt's Letter.. .
"The White House, Washington, D. C.
' '. V "December 21, 1905.
"jrfy Dear Mr. Secretary:
"I have receivel your '. letter of
December -20. I cordially approve of
the policy you , are carrying' on. Our
effort is to keep the gracing lands in
the forest reserves for tho use of the
stockmen, and especially the small stock
men who actually live in the neighbor-f
hood of the reserves. To prevent tho
waste and -destruction of the reserves
and to keep-them so that they can. bo
permanently used by the stockmen.no
less, than by the public, you have to
spend a certain amount of money. Part
of this money is to be obtained by
charging a small fee for each head of
stock pastured on the reserve.'. -
"Less than a' third of the actual Val
ue of the grazing is at present charged,
"ind.it is, of course, perfectly obvious
that the man who pastures his stock
ihould pay something for the preserva?
tion of that pasture. He gets all the
benefit, of the pasture, and he pays for
its use but a small fraction of the value
that it is to him, and this money is in
reality returned to him because it is
used in keeping the forest reserve per
manently available for use. I.
"You this year ma&e a special reduc
tion by which the ranchmen pay but
half rates. This is in accordance with
the steady policy of your department
as regards the western lauds, which is
to favor in every way the actual set
tler, the actual home-maker, the man
who himself tills ' the soil or himself
rears and cares for his small lierd " of
?attle. In granting grazing permits you
sjive preference first. 1 1 the Small, near
by owners; after that to all regular oc--upants
of the reserve range, and final
ity to the owners of transient stock.
"This is exactly as it snouiu ie. me
small, near-by owners arc the home
steaders, the men who are making
homes for themselves by the labor of
their hands, the men who have entered
to possess the land and to bring iip their
childrf n thereon. The other regular occu
oants rf the reserve range, that is, the
'arger ranch owners, are only entitled
'o cone after the smaller men! " If, af
ter thse have been admitted, there still
remaii s an ample pasturage," then the
jwner i of transient stock, the men'who
Irive' the tramp herds or tramp- floks
hither and thither, should be admitted.
These men have no permanent abode,
do Wit littleflo build up the land and
ire 'not. to be favored at thoexpense
rf the. regular occupants, large or. small.
This system prevents the grass -from
being eaten out by other herds or fl"ks
f nonresidents, for only enough cattle
md sheep are admitted upon the re
serves. to fatten upon the pasturage
without damaging it. '
" In other words, under the policy yon
have adopted; the forest reserves fljre to
be used as among the most pot eft in
3uences in favor of the actual homo
maker, of the man with a few dozen
r few score head of cattle which he
has gathered by his own industry and
is himself caring for. This is the kind
of man upon whom the foundation of
our citizenship rests, and it is eminent-1
ly proper to favor him in every way.
Sincerely yours, ! ,, y
' Theodore Boosevelt.
i "Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of
Agriculture." '
. LONDON'S LATEST THEATERS
LONDON, Dec. 23. Tonight two new
playhouses are to be added to London 's
already long list. They are the Prince's
theater, of which Mr. Clarence Sonne
is to be 4he proprietor, and the new
Aldwych. theater, built by' Seymour
Hicks for Charles Frohman. -Both the
houses are large anl magnificently fit
ted and ; decorated. The opening at
traction at the Prince's is: the panto
mime, Beauty and the Beast, while the
Aldwych opens with an entirely new
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LAST SIGN OP REVOLUTION.
BOGOTA, Ic 23. Regarding the
recent conspiracy President Kej'es "said
the senseless conspiracy was tho last
sign of revolutionary life in Colombia.
ne says he, endeavored to suppress it
by appealing to the patriotism of the
conspirators, but this being unsuccess
ful he crushed it after obtaining ample
proofs with which to court martial its
authors. .; - ''-
STEEET CAE3 COLLIDE.'
LOS ANGELES. Dec 23. Ten per
sons were more loir less seriously injured
ia a broadside ' collision of two street
cars this evening. A ear on the Long
Branch line crashed into an Ascot park
car at Twenty-second street.
KIPSIC FOB PRISON SHIP, J
fc'EATTLE, Wash- Dec. 23. The old
frigate Jfipsic the only American war
ship to escape the typnoon at Apia,
Samoa, in JS89, was placed in commis
sion at Pueet sound navy yard today as.
a prison shun , . ) ., j j;
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