Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1904 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FF I DAT, JANUARY 8, 1904.

the abandonment of negotiations, believing them to be useless, and urges a resort to arms.

COX TEXTS OF RUSSIAN REPLY KEPT SECRET LON1 hN, Jan. 7 A dispatch f r jm Tokio to Reuters Telegram Company says that the rontent of th: Russian reply are kept secret, but that In b'st iuf urni'd ir les the Impression Is that it is unsatisfactory. Baron De Rotrn, th- Kus.-iian minister to Japan, and Baron Koruma. Japan foreign minister, conferred yesterday aft-rnoon at the Russian leKnn. when- li.iron I Je Rosen is still indisposed. An important taoncU was held to-day. at which were present the pr mi r. the foreign minister and the ministers of war and marine, together with the chiefs and assistant chiefs of the staffs of the army and navy. The elder aUktenmen of Japan Hill probably hold a conference to-morrow. Stocks, which reaOTr.d S4imowh.it yesterday. Ml again today Th.- K-n-ral t lin here is one of unRUSSIA HAS MADE NEW DEMANDS ON JAPAN LONDON. Jan, 8 The Daily Mail's Tokio Correspondent learns that Russia has made new demands, which It will be Impossible for Japan to entertain. The correspondent says that afl the powers are landing troops In Korea, and that the British blue Jackets landed at t'ht-mulpo ar- expected to go to tieoul immediately. Constant tdegtams are passing between M Pavloff, the Russian minister to Korea, Baron De Rosen, the Russian minister to Japan, and Viceroy Alexieff. RUSSIA H ANTS TO USE THE DARDANELLES PARIS. Jan. 7. A dispatch to the Patrie from Constantinople says Russia Is negotiating with Turkey to permit h.-r Black sea fleet, said to consist of seventy-six bips. to pass through the Straits of the Dardanelles. The Russian cruiser Almnz. of 1MB tons, leaves Brest to-morrow for the far East. War Risks Advanced. BAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7 A leading Insurance broker stated to-day that prominent Insurance companies have received cablegrams statu. g that war In inevitable, and, in consequent 'e, the aar riW n immediate sailings nave been advanced to 4 per cent., and on sailings during the latter part of this month to lo per cent FAIR WEATHER AND BRISK WEST WINDS WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. Forecast for Friday and Saturday: Indiana Fair on Friday and Saturday; brisk west to northwent winds. Illinois Fair on Friday. Saturday lneruasing cloudiness; rain in extreme south portion; brisk went to northwest winds. Ohio Fair on Friday, except snow along the lake. Saturday fair; brisk south winds becoming westerly. Kentucky Fair and wanner on Friday. Saturday fair. Lower Michigan Snow on Friday. Satnrdsy fair, except snow In northeast portion; fresh to brisk northwest winds. Wisconsin Fair and colder on Friday. Saturday fair; frtsh to brisk northwest winds. Minnesota Fair and colder on Friday. Saturday fair and warmer; fresh northwest winds, beeomi North Dakota Fair and warmer on Friday. Saturday fair South Dakota and Nebraska Fair on Friday and Saturday. Iowa Fair and colder on Friday. Saturday fair Kansas Fahr on Friday and Saturday, except rats Saturday in south portion. western Texas Fair on Friday. Saturday, fair and colder. I.oool Observations on Wednesday. Bar. Ther. RH Win. Weather. Pro. 7 a. m...ft02 12 92 N.W. Foggy. .00 7 p. in . 29.70 3 71 South. Clear .00 Maximum temperature, &; minimum temperature. Comparative statement of mean temperature and total precipitation on Jan. 7: Tern. Pre. Normal 27 .09 Mean 24 .00 Departure tot 3 .09 Departure since Jan. 1 72 .28 W. T. BLYTHK. Section Director. Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. Abilene. Tex ... Amarlllo. Tex.. Atlanta. Oa Bismarck, N. D a.m. 24 18 34 ) 24 30 32 24 Mux. 60 54 42 36 30 42 4$ 40 4 3 38 32 M 58 44 54 58 40 36 48 60 m 22 48 38 46 50 42 56 42 36 42 32 H 36 ... SO p.m. 54 46 is 2 30 38 36 3S M 34 32 34 44 40 40 42 30 32 46 Buffalo. N. Y Cairo. Ill Calgary, Alberta Chattanooga, Tenn. Cheyenne, Wyo Chicago. Ill Cincinnati. O Cleveland, O Columbus. O Concordia. Kan Davenport, la Denver, Col. podge City, Kal Dubutjue, la puluth. Minn El Paso. Tex Galveston. Tx Grand Junction. Col Grand Rapids. Mich Havre, Ifoat 11 ron, S. D H --Sena. Miit Jacksonville. Fla Cansas City. Mo.... Lander. Wyo iJttle Rock. Ark L..UtSVille. KMarquette, Mich ... Memphis. Tenn .... Ifodena, Utah 30 16 21 20 :: 18 14 J4 I 14 24 3V 2 3X 44 .V 34 32 44 32 40 48 24 50 3S 36 40 22 46 32 54 30 30 44 52 46 50 32 32 44 24 46 4". 38 2 34 54 42 40 32 i 32 2 M 34 Montgomery. Ala Nashville. Tenn Nw rljan. L,a .. New York. N Y ... Norfolk. V , North Platte. N.b .. Oklahoma, O. T s3? J2 30 Omaha. 54 56 Palestine. Tu Pnrk.rsburg. W, V ... Philadelphia Pa Pittsburg. Pa Fueblo. Col Qu Appelle. N. W. T Rapid City S I) 8t Louts. Mo St Psul. Minn alt Lake city. 1'tah .. Ban Antr.nl", Tex Ssnts F N M 8hre . -port, Ii Springfield. Ill SiAingtl.-ld. M Valentine. Neb Washington. D. C Wichita. Kas. ....... 24 26 12 21 54 52 :n X X 40 56 U 42 12 ) 14 42 M 24 :m :; Carnegie's S I,:.h.hm Accepted. Pill I. Al'KI.I'H IA. Jim. 7. An ordinance accepting th.- gift of 11 aJO.QOG fr.,m An Irew CartMcfe for establishment of thirt I :.-h libraries throughout the ttv i.t. l the Select Council to-day. Tie- ordinance has already beeil passed by Common Council and It now k - (o the mayor for his approval. The libraries are to Lm- pi rpetoally maintained by the city at an expense of 1150,000 annually.

RUSSIANS WEHT AFOOT TO THEMU CAPITAL Marines Simply "Hiked" to Seoul When Refused Passage by the Railway.

HER I XT E RESTS ARE MA XV WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. I'nited States Minister Allen, at Seoul. Korea, has cabled the Stute Department under date of Jan. 7 that the Russian marines, who were landed at -'hmuIpo and who were refused transportation to Seoul over the Japar M railway, have reached the capital, marching overland. The railroad between Chemulpo and Seoul is a single line steam roud and owing to its meager equipment it is believed at the State Department that the Japanese officers declined to transport the Russian msrines over it only because of lack of rolling stock. It is understood th.it the purpose In sending American marines in such haste to the Korean capital ahad of all European marines was beeaut- of a desire to protect not only the American legation st the Korean capital, but also the property of the 'hmulpo electric railway and the electric light works. In both of whiel American are interested largely Messrs. Colbrand and Bos t wick, the former a naturalized American citlsen, built thin railway and also the railway connecting Seoul, which latter property was ultimately purchased by the Japanese. Tien- are other large American Interests In Korea, in fact, it Is said at the State Department that they are perhaps more Important than those of any other nation. The death of the Empress dowager is likely seriously to complicate the situation at Seoul. Following the very rigid etiquette of the Korean court, the Emperor must now go Into an extended period of mourning, which certainly will last thirty days, and has been known to rover a period of two years. During this time of mourning the Emperor absolutely refuses to touch any public business, so that it la feared that Mr. Allen, our minister, will pa. precluded entirely from urging his request for the opening of Wlju as a tradeport. CURB PUT ON TICKET BROKERSOPERATIONS Ohio Supreme Court Declares They Have Xo Right to Trade in Excursion Tickets. LOWER COURT SUSTAINED COLUMBUS. O., Jan. 7. Th, right of ticket brokers to deal in the return portions of contract excursion tickets is denied in an opinion of the Superior Court handed down to-day in the case of John M. Kinnan et al. vs. The Lake 8hore & Michigan Southern Railway Company, error to the Circuit Court of Cuyahoga county. Suit was brought to enjoin ticket brokers at Cleveland from trading in excursion tickets, and the Supreme Court affirms the decision of the lower court allowing an injunction. The opinion, in which all the members of the Supreme Court concur, says: "A railroad company having sold tickets with return coupons to a large number of persons who desired to attend a convention, the tickets, by their terms, being nontransferable and the purchasers being required on returning to show their identity as the original purchasers, the contract resting upon a substantial reduction In the price of carriage, is entitled to an Injunction against persons acquiring the return portions of such tickets from the original purchasers and selling them to ethers to be used by them in violation of the terms of such contract; and a denial of that relief Is not justified because the plaintiff bad agreed with other carriers with respect to the reduction of rates and the conditions of tickets for such occasions.' RIOTING IN MEMPHIS MUNICIPAL ELECTION Repeated Clashes of Democratic Factions Ballot Box Is Burned in One Ward. MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Jan. 7. One of the most exciting and tumultuous elections ever held In this city was held to-day for members of the City Council. Two factions were represented, one being the local administration ticket and the other a so-called Independent Democratic ticket. In the Fifth ward the judges and two citizens engaged In a rough-and-tumble liht. .the Judges were placed under arrest. To-night In the Ninth ward, ne of the most populous in the city, a mob of thirty or forty people attacked the polling booth. Pistol were tirvd into the air, lights were put out and the ballot box was secured and burned. The vote is very close, but at a late hour returns indicate the election of the administration ticket by a small majority. TROLLEY CAR STRUCK HARD BY LOCOMOTIVE Twenty or More Persons Injured, but Only Eleven Severely Rails Were Slippery. GSKAOO, Jan. 7. A street car on the Center-avenue electric line was struck this evening by a train on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Fifty-ninth street. The car was tilled with people and few of th rn . scaped Injuries, although none was fatally hurt. Eleven people were taken to their homes by the police ambulances and about as many more, who were slightly cut by flying glass. : ; tried before their nnmes could be ascertained. The engine struck the car squarely in the c nt. r, hurling it to one side, wrecking a switch shanty and breaking off a telegraph pole. Fire started from the overturning of a stove In the wreckage and some of the passengers who were pinned beneath the debris were for a time in danger of burning. Slippery rails are given as the cause of the accident. LIQUOR DEALERS UNITE. Amalgamation of Three Associations Is Recommended. CINCINNATI. Jan 7 Representatives of the National Retail Liquor Iealers' Association, the Knights of Fidelity nnd the Knights of the Royal Arch, the three national organisations of liquor dealers, met at the I'al.u e Hot. 1 lu re to-day and adopted a resolution recommending amalgamation of thre? organizations under the name of the Natiotnl Liquor le ague of the United States. This action will te reported by the representatives to their respective organizations at their next annual conventions, when, it oxpet-tod. the recommendation for amalgamation will be ratified and the 11 w organization formed The three oru mizations compri. i membership of over The label plan of the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association was also adopted, by which o -r $!'. b- rais. 1 at.t.ually to iilit the anti-saloon element. John Agnew, of Indianapolis, represented the Knights of Fidelity. Cterlesaness ( oat SN.2r0.04M. OE8 M'INi:s. la.. Jan. 7.-H. Fraree. an electrical worker, is found responsible for the juarter of a million dollar tire at the Statt C'apttol. Prazee is found to have liopped a lighted candle near where the blaze was first discovered. He will not be prosecuted. TO CIKE A Ol. I) IN ONE DAT Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggist refund the money if it falls to curs. E. V. Grove's tdgualuie is uu each box. 25c.

YICKKOY ALKXIEFK: MARyt'IS ITO. General Alexieff. Vieeroy of Manchuria, la In command of the Russian forces in the far East. Marquis Ito Is known as the "grand old man" of Japan.

UNCLE SAM WILL KEEP OUT OF FARJAST TANGLE National Policy Discussed by the President, Secretary Root and Mr. Be ve ridge. WILL BE NO MEDDLING SjHH-!ai to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Th- situation in thv far East was discussed in a conference held at th' White House to-day. President Roosevelt. Mr. Root, Secretary of War, and Senator Beverldg, w r- parties to the conference. It Is understood that while no definite conclusion was reached, the opinion was freely expressed that this country should ke?p its hands off if war breaks out betwwn Russia, and Japan. The I'nited States will iook out for its own interest, and further than this its policy will be one of non-intervention. IROQUOIS THEATER FIRE INQUESTJSMDER WAY Comedian Eddie Foy and Representatives of Asbestos Curtain Makers Testify. COLISEUM OPEN AGAIN CHICAGO, Jan. 7. One dozen people appeared as witiesses in the coroner's inquest over the victims of the Iroquois Theater Are which opened to-day in the City Council chamber in the c!ty hall. No per5on was admitted to the Council chamber without an order or subpoena from the coroner. Even members of the City Council who applied for admission were turned away. The chief .witnesses of the day were Eddie Foy, the comedian of the "Mr. Bluebeard" company, and Oeorße W. Stetson, a representative of the company which manufactured the asbestos curtain. The evidence of Mr. Foy did not differ greatly from the statements which have been published concerning his action the day of the fire. Mr. Stetson and the coroner became involved in a lengthy discussion as to the merits of asbestos curtains, during which Mr. Stetson admitted asbestos curtains, if subjected to extremely high heat, would lose their "life" and crumble. When shown a portion of the curtain brought from the theater he declared that it evidently had been subjected to a very high temperature, but that he could not say as to whether it hail endured a sufficiently great heat to cause it to crumble. He declared that in hin opinion the greater portion of the asbestos curtain in the Iroquois Theater was still in good condition and expressed himself as anxious to make experiments to. prove the truth of his assertion. It is believed the bodies of those killed in the Iroquois Theater fire now remaining in the county morgue will not be identified and in a short time they will be burled by the city of Chicago. The bodies are four in number, two being women and two boys. The police have received numerous reports of missing people but none of the c.escriptions tally with those of the bodies Dow in the morgue. The investigation into the safety of places of public assembly still continues and but few of them are able to meet the requirement of the law. Building Commissioner Williams to-day issued orders closing fifteen additional halls. The Coliseum, in which the Republican national convention will be held, was to-day declared safe and entirely fireproof and was allowed to open. PART OF THE CAPITOL WAS DARK LAST NICHT Fire in the Electric Duct at Washington Burned Insulation Off Wires. WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. A fire In the electric duct on the Senate side of the Capitol building at 6 o'clock to-night burned the insulation off the wires and left that portion of the structure in darkness. Because of the inconveui. DC atli ndiug working in contracted quarters, the firemen were busy about an hour before the Mames were ot un dCT control. The remainder of the building was not in any danger at any time. The rtre probably was the result of crossed electric light wires. The amount of damage is not known. TWO RECEIVERS NAMED. International Fire Engine Co., a $9,000,000 Concern, in Straits. TRENTON. N. J.. Jan. T.-It was announced here to-day that Vice Chancellor Emory has apNinted James K. Clarke, of New York, and Charles E. Kimball, of Summit. N. J., receivers for the International Fire Engine Company, a 19,000.000 corporation with plants in New York. Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland. 8t. Paul and Klmira, N. Y.. and other places. The liabilities are $347. -T4. and assets $15,250. I ndertukers Affected t a strike. ALJtANY. N. Y., Jan. 7. Hack drivers here have gone on a strike and euch inconvenience, especially to undertakers, has ensued. The burial of the dead has been accomplished, however, by summoning hearses and carriages from Troy, seven miles distant.

PERRY S. HEATH ACCEPTS

SUMMONS A WITNESS Hurrying from Salt Lake to Washington to Testify in the Machen Case. HIS ACTION VOLUNTARY SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 7. A summons In the case of the government against former Superintendent of Rural Delivery Machen was served on former Assistant Postmaster General Perry S. Heath to-day by United States Marshal Heywood. Mr. Heath arrived at his home from Denver last night. He was told immediately of the reports that subpoenaes had been issued for bim and this morning presented hims-elf at the marshal ? office and asked that the papers be served. Mr. Heath left for Washington this evening to give testimony in the case. COLOMBIANS GRATEFUL 10 SENATOiU P, GORMAN Congratulate the Political Capital Making Democrat for His Speech. ROOSEVELT DENOUNCED BOGOTA. Sunday, Jan. 3. Senators Caro, Vclez. Quintero, Marroquln and fifteen other senators have addressed the following dispatch to United States Senator Gorman: "The undersigned Colombian senators heartily congratulate you and those who support you in defending the ideas of Justice and the respect for rights proclaimed by General Washington and sustained by all your great statesmen. "The Colombian Senate disapproved the H;iy-Herran canal treaty because it impaired our national jurisdiction and was contrary to our laws. "The secession of Panama did not take place as the 1 sult of a generous impulse, but through the treacherous plan of bribing the public forces, and it simply subsists by the intervention of President Roosevelt, who, occupying the adjacent seas with a powerful navy, impedes Colombia's access to an integral part of its territory. "If this deed were to be consummated Colombia would lose materially, but the United States would lose her moral greatness. We still confide in the dignity of that hoiMMt school which cherishes and conserves the spirit of the founders of liberty in the new world against the false rinht of conquest which is to-day veiled under the name of imperialism." DATE OF THE NAVAL MANEUVERS ADVANCED An Attack on Pensacola and Other Elaborate Exercises by the Combined Squadrons. PENSACOLA, Ma., Jan. 7. From a reliable source it is learned that the early departure of the Atlantic training squadron from gulf water was caused by an advance in the date of the maneuvers at Culebra, which are now scheduled to begin in a few We'ks. From the same source it is learned that the plans now formulated contemplate the departure of the coast squadron, under Admiral Sands, for Pensacola. ten days in advance of the North Atlantic fleet. The i.ittr will attack the port, the squadron and the forts and navy yards engaging in the defense. After this mimic warfare the squadrons will be combined, the Ileet comprising about forty vessels, and will remain here and at other gulf ports for about two months, during which extensive land and water drills and target practice will be indulged in. (.en. Ylfqtiain Dead. LIKCOUr, Neb.. Jan. 7. Gen. Victor Vifquain. a pioneer of Nebraska, died here this evening after a year's illness. He served thiouxhinit the war of the rebellion, enlisting with an Illinois regiment and was breveted brisradier general, being one of the few men whom Congress by vote commended for bravery. He was I'nited States consul at Barrauqullla and Colon respectively durlnn the first and second administrations of CJ rover Cleveland. Oeneral Vifquain. during the war with Spain, was lieuIt nant eulonel in W. J. Hryan's Third Nebraska regiment, nucrffding Mr. Bryan as colonel when the latter resigned his comlaion. G neral Vifquain was born in France sixty-seven years ago. Crop in Luzon (iood. MANILA. Jan 7 This Is the first year since the in.-urrection in 1V.; that the crops of rice and other cereals in Buiucan. Pamang i and Tarlac provinces of Luzon have tMM-n large and of good quality. This is attributed to the extermination of the lawless elem. nt and to the fact that thf farmers are now protected from the raids of the insurgent tax collectors. Shorthorn Hull Sold for s:. . WAI UKSHA, Wi . Jan. 7 -Frauk Jlarcin has sold his two-year-old Shorthorn bull, raised on Anoka Farm, to Frank O. Lowden, of Chicago, for the t- . rd price ot $.".'"'. The animal's name la Ceremonious Archer. No. 171479, and he has takeu more Miie ribbons than auy animal of hla ige lu America.

10 iiaooiuo IVIDIH to iviHooma TROOPS AT CARTAGENA Warlike Feeling Said to Prevail in the Country, with Constant Military Movements. BEAU PRE IS OPTIMISTIC Minister at Bogota Tells Secretary Hay There Will Be No War ' Situation at the Isthmus. COLON, Fanama, Jan. 7. The royal steamer Atrato. which arrived here to-day from Savanilla and Cartagena, reports that there is great military activity in both these towns, and that large numbers of troops are being concentrated in Cartagena. Many of these troops arrived from the interior during the past fortnight. It is learned by the Associated Press correspondent from a reliable source that the Colombian troops at Cartagena now number at least 2,000. The Colombian cruiser General Pinzon and the steam tug Nellie Ku are used to convey troops to Titumati as they come from the interior. The last detachment, which consisted of 300 men from the department of Antioquia, were brought to Cartagena by train from Calamar. Mot of these are volunteers, without uniforms, though they doubtless have seen active service in the late revolution. The cruiser Cartagena is now laid up at Cartagena undergoing repairs, her tubes and boilers being defective. It is reported that she will soon be ready to resume the ttansportation of troops. Gen. Manuel M. Castro, commander-in-chief, accompanied by Gens. J. O. Emmlrey, Luis Gomez, Francisco Maria and Secretary Joaquin Alban, embarked on the Atrato at Savanilla and disembarked at Cartagena. It is said that all these forces are destined for Titumati. The war talk is unabated in Cartagena, and in certain quarters discontent is openly expressed with the diplomatic policy of Gen. Rafael Reyes, which up to the present time has resulted in inaction. Maior Cole's division of 300 marines from the United States cruiser Dixie disembarked this morning, and went by train to Empire station, on the Panama Railroad. The auxiliary cruiser Prairie and the cruiser Olympia returned to Colon to-day. Admiral Cognlan has transferred his flag to the Olympia. MINISTER BEAU PRE EXPECTS NO TROUBLE WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-Arthur Beaupre, I'nited tSates minister to Bogota, arrived in Washington to-day and had a long conierence with Acting Secretary of State Loomis. Mr. Beaupre is reserved in his expressions touching the matters, feeling that his duty first is to talk over this subject with his superiors. Technically he is on leave of absence from his post, but it Is likely that this will be extended beyond the usual sixty days, which may lead to one of two inferences; either that the distance of Bogota from Washington is so great as to make an extension proper and that the political situation is much as to make it expedient t' leave the United States ministry at Bogota without a head for an indefinite period. Later Mr. Beaupre called on Secretary Bay. He told the secretary that the reports about the safety of the American legation in Bogota had been gteatly exaggerated. Mr. Beaupre also said that in his opinion, judging from the quiet conditions prevailing at the Colombian capital when he left that place, there was little danger of war on the isthmus. The minister, being aceredited to the Colombian government, was not inclined to comment on conditions there but it was gratifying to the administration to learn from him of the courtesy with which he had been treated and the honor shown him at his departure. The minister does not attempt to minmize the high feeling prevailing in Columbia regarding isthmian affairs, but he believes that the people of the republic are beginning to realize the situation and what war would mean, aud in his opinion war is altogether improbable. APPEAL OF COLOMBIA TO FRENCH COURTS WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Notice of au important step taken by an agent of the Colombian government in Paris was received at the Colombian legation here to-day in a dispatch to Dr. Herran, the charge d'affaires. It was to the effect that a French tribunal had bem appealed to with a vi- v to Prevent the transfer of the Panama Canal Company's rights on the isthmus to the American government without the consent of Colombia. Counsel for the Colombian government, according to the dispatch, assured the agent he thought there were good grounds tor believing the effort to prev. nt the transfer would be successful. The step taken, It is understood, is with the full cognizance of the Colombian authorities, and was instituted by an agent of the government, who left this country after consultations with General Reyes and Dr. Herran. file end sought to be attained is to frustrate the sale of the concessions, franchises and property of the canal company U) th United Stat, preparations for which already are under way. the amount to be paid by this government being $),00n,000. Colombia asserts that the company cannot lawfully dispose of its rights without her explicit consent. Such consent was expressly given in the Hay-Herran treaty, which failed of ratification by the Colombian Congress. GEN. REYES RECEIVES THE AMERICAN REPLY WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-Gen. Rafael Reyes, the Colombian special envoy, has received the answer of the Washington gov-t-mment to his note charging the I'nited States with open violation of the treaty of 1846. The answer, which was prepared by Secretary Hay, though couched in the most diplomatic terms, aud expressing the wish of this government to deal justly with Colombia, is an emphatic refusal to reopen the Panama question. Prior to the receipt of the reply General Reyes wrote to the State Department, requesting that the correspondence be transmitted to the Senate for its consideration. The note, it was learned to-ulght. consists of thirty-seven typewritten pages, and about the same length as the communication transmitted by the Colombian minister to the State Department, setting out Colombia's grievances. It takes up la detail the several Issues raised by Geio ral Reyes and treats them fully from the American standpoint. So far as could be learned to-night. Gen. Reyes haa not yet made any arrangements to depart from Washington. IN HONOR OF DIPLOMATS Reception at the White House Formal Social Event. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. -The reception in honor of the diplomatic corps, the first formal evening social event of the season at the White House, was given to-night by President and Mrs. Roosevelt. It was very largely attended, fully 2.5U0 persons crowding into the house during the two hours of the reception. Invited to meet the diplomatic corps were the members of the Cabinet, the Supreme Court, the entire representation in both houses nt Congress, officers of the army and navy and others. There was no attempt at floral decoration in the public rooms of the White House, the only exceptions being the setting of large beds of crotons In the grand vestibule, with jardinieres of ferns and Bride roses In the east room. The Marine Band played during the evening. Mrs. West Roosevelt. Miss Gwendolen Burden. Mr. Guy Murehie and Mr. Eliot Gregory are guests at the White House to-

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u. m ounnno i to i into AND DENIES ALL CHARGES Explains His Relations with Mr. Nixon and the Bethlehem Company. WAS IN CONTROL OF ALL Directors of the Shipbuilding Concern W ere of His Own Choosing. NEW YORK, Jan. 7 -Charles M. Schwab, ex-president of the United State Steel Corporation, took the stand to-day in the hearing to make permanent the receivership over the United States Shipbuilding Company, to tell of his connection with the sale of the Bethlehem Steel Company to the shipyards concern. Mr. Schwab arranged the sale of the Bethlehem plant from J. P. Morgan & Co., to whom he had transferred it as syndicate managers, to the United States Shipbuilding Company, the arrangement being such. Re ceiver Smith alleges, that the shipbuilding company has been unable to control the Bethlehem company or gain possession of its earnings to keep the shipbuilding company from insolvency. Counsel Untermyer, for the complainant bondholders Protective Association, Immediately began the examination of the witness. Mr. Schwab gave his age as fortyone and said he had at present no occupation, haiug ceased to be president of the United States Steel Corporation. He had no connection, executive or advisory, with the Bethlehem Steel Company at this time, he said, though he had had an enormous pecuniary interest in that company. He severed his interest In the management of the company on account of his going abroad in 1H02. His whole life, he said, had been connected with the steel Industry. Mr. Schwab was questioned at great length and denied the charges heretofore made public. He reviewed his connection with the shipbuilding company. ARMOR PLATE CONTRACTS. Mr. UntTmyer took up the competition between the Carnegie and the Bethlehem companies for government armor plate contracts and the understanding between the two and the government for a division of the business at the maximum price. "Did you not know that the government, when it asked the Carnegie Company to build an armor plant, expect the two to compete for contracts in good faith?" Mr. Schwab was asked. "No, the government did not," Mr. Schwab answered, stating that the understanding with the government was that the two companies were to share the work and that the price at which the contract was to be awarded was always understood by the government before the bids were submitted. Mr. Schwab admitted that he had a controlling Interest in the United States Shipbuilding Company and through it of the the Bethlehem Steel Company, saying in reply to an inquiry If he considered himself the controlling factor in Bethlehem policy: "If you mean that I own the controlling stock of Bethlehem and the Shipbuilding company. 1 do and I take the credit of giving advice to the management of those properties." "Has the receiver of the United States Shipbuilding Company anything to do with the management of Bethlehem?" "I don't know." "Your interest in the Bethlehem company is through the Shipbuilding company?" "It is." "His anybody any interest in the profits of the Bethlehem compuny?" "I made an arrangement with the managers of the Bethlehem company when I bought the property, but I do not know whether legally or illegally that arrangement is continued still." BETHLEHEM COMPANY CONTROL. Mr. Schwab said that he had controlled the Bethlehem company through its directorate frcm the time he purchased it m 1901, when he and representatives of J. P. Morgan & Co. reorganized the directors until it was sold to the shipbuilding company in August, 1902. Of the present directorate six of the seven members were suggested to him, Lewis Nixon being the only one who was not "one of "my own people." Nixon had "been very friendly. ' Mr. Nixon is the only member of the board who now has any pecuniary interest in the Shipbuilding Company, Mr. Schu. b having taken off the hands of Joseph Schwab, his brother, and Charles Baker, the bonds they formerly owned. Mr. Untermyer then asked a long series of questions about the directorate of the Shipbuilding Company and the ext nt of Mr. Schwab's control thereof. Mr. Schwab admitted that either he or his amployss, for hint, owned the controlling interest of the company, and that the directorate was composed of his friends. He controlled, he said, the United States Shipbuilding Cvmpany through his stock, but when he went abroad he left no one, he declared, to represent himself in the company. He admitt.. however, that Mr. Pam was on the board of directors at his suggestion, and that other members of the board were nominated by Messrs. Nixon, Dreier and Pam. "If they, did not seleet members who represent ed my interest they made a great mistake," he added, evoking a general laugh. Mr. Schwab then being asked If his brother James Schwab hud not ben placed on the board to represent Mr Schwab's in terest, replied emphatically that he considered it an insult to a director placed on a directorate to represent a company to say that he represented an Individual stock holder. Later under question as to indi vidual directors Mr. Schwab admitted that merely every director on the board was there representing his interest. "Now that we have read over the list you will say that the entire board was controlled by you?" asked Mr. Untermyer. MR. SCHWAB LAUGHED "Well, I have not said so," answered Mr Schwab, laughing and laying emphusis on the "said." "Why did not you go Into the board your self?" "I was too ill." "In the Shipbuilding Company you had the say, did not you?" "No." "Who did?" "The stockholders." "Who do you mean. Mr. Oliver Wren and your employes? "Yes." "You had control of the Shipbuilding com pany r "I did not." "You held $30.000.000 of its stock?" "I did not; I held $15.000,000 of It." "And you had no idea of what Morgan ft Co. were doing with their stock?" "I had a very good idea what Morgan A Co. were doing with their stock," answered Mr. Schwab, with a smile. "You had the control of S.OOO.OUO of Stork "1 did." "Where was the rest of it?" "I don't know." "You considered yourself and Morgan as controlling Bethlehem, did you not?" "Yes." "You considered you were entitled to con trol it even after you sold it?" "I did. I was not going to leave a valuable property to go to wreck and ruin." Adjournment was taken until next Tues day. NEGROES PERIL UVES. Stop a Fan While Twenty Miners Are at Work. FAIRMONT. V. Va , Jan. 7 -Six negroes late last night drove the engineer at one of the Fairmont Coal Company's shaft from his post of duty, locked him in a small of ii- .nid th-n tx k -hur.- ..f the m.i. fun. rv They stopped the fan. while twenty men were at work 800 fet underground The men heard the fun atop and telephoned au official to come to the shaft immedlatel On the official' arrival, the men in the shaft had made thlr way through the gas to the moutn or the aiiaft, almost exhausted.

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