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No Let Up on Venezuela Until an Arbitration Agreement Is Reached. 0A8TE0 HELD TO HEED PEODDETG All of Which Accounts for Recent Seizure of Venezuelan Craft by the Germans. Berlin, Jan. 6. The allied governments' determination In the case of the Venezuelan blockade appears to be that pending the signature of the arbitration protocol the blockade within the limits agreed upon shall be sharply applied. Hence, unless the preliminaries for arbitration are arranged Immediately, action similar to that adopted at Porto Cabello will naturally be taken at other ports. By making the blockade felt, it Is claimed. President Castro's decisions will probably be hastened. There is also an impression that President Castro ought to hare a taste of the allies power while making up his mind, as a completely eventless blockade would make the allies rather ridiculous In the eyes cf the Venezuelan people and of the rest of the world. Acts of War Should Be Frequent. . . . It Is pointed out by naval officers that a state cf war exists, and that, therefore, acts of war ought to follow as rapidly as the' circumstances warrant until the peace preliminaries are signed. All this is pertinent to the fact that Commodore Scheder telegraphs, that Saturday the Germans seized a large number of Venezuelan sailing vessels at Porto Cabello. The prizes were towed to Los Roques, where they remain under guard. Otherwise there have been no developments at Forto Cabello. Commodore Scheder, in his dispatch, made no mention of the seizure of the custom house at Tot; Cabello. Condemned by an Editor. . The captured vessels being private property Tho.,Vossicbe Zeitung . condemns the action of the commodore as barbarous, ."although legal under International maritime practice, says It supposes the German government disapproves of the seizures, and quotes Chancellor von Bp'w'B statements made in his Bpeectt.J-the relchstag, Jan. 19, 1900, when he said: "The German empire would not refuse its consent and support If a prospect presented itself fo a more precise definition through - international agree- ; tnent of the. controverted . points . of. maritime law khan has hitherto; preTailed. I Washington I Getting' Bestir. Washington, Jan. 6. The responses cf the allied powers to Castro's last proposition to submit Venezuela's case to the arbitration of The Hague tribunal have not been received, but It Is believed that the answers will not be delayed much longer, as a continuation of the present state of affairs on the Venezuelan coast is not viewed with satisfaction here. The blockade Is understood to be working injury to United Statesan interests, therefore the desire is strong to see the protocol, which will Include a provision for the termination cf the blockade, agreed upon quickly. REVOLUTIONISTS ARE ACTIVE Castro's Aetlrity and Energy Surprises the Foreign Residents. Caracas, Jan. 6. Fourteen hundred revolutionists under Generals Ramos and Penalosa attacked S00 government troops under the command of General Acosta Sunday morning at a point near Guatire. After four hours flgbt'.ng the revolutionists abandoned the field and the town of Guatire. They had fiftyseven men killed and many wounded. One of their guns was captured. A prisoner captured by the government forces Is authority for the statement that the revolutionists still lack ammunition. About 1,500 revolutionists are reported to be marching on Ca racas. The activity and energy displayed by President Castro continue to surprise the foreign residents of this city. It Is reported Lere that the leaders of the Matos movement are treating with the government The answers from the powers to President Castro's counter-proposition in the matter of referring the Venezuelan issues to The Hague tribunal have not yet been re ceived here. Flnaaeial Panle Arrested. Caracas, Jan. 6. The financial panic here has been momentarily arrested by an agreement between the leading traders of Caracas, La Guayra, Va lencla and Puerto Cabello, and the bank of Venezuela. The traders have agreed to accept the bank's notes In payment of all accounts. The run on the bank has ceased. Brothers Fight Ends in Death Prairie du Chien, Wis.. Jan. 6. A fight between three brothers last Fridav night has resulted In the death ftf Charles Laraviene, a pearl fisher whose home is on an island opposite th villa ere of Lynxville. The three hflri visited the village and on their way home had a quarrel Charles, the youngest of the brothers, started home alone and becoming exhausted from loss of blood, died. Yzzz-r tzr TLta Cw"--C3. Chicago, Jan. fx Benny Yanger, cf ChiC23. wen a decision over Tin Czl LttX2. cf Philadelphia, In a six-round C"t"i here l-t nicht Yarccr tzl ll a rrz :3 LHiia tha tetter cl tt3

GHEAT SPAHIABD IS DEAD -' i Eagasta, Who Was Premier During the ' Spanish-American War, lias 'Passed Away. Madrid, Jan. 6. -Ex-Premier Sagasta died at 11:00 o'clock last evening. Senor Sagasta's death was due

SZ90B SAQASTA. to bronchitis and gastric trouble. His family was at the deathbed, and former Liberal members of the cabinet were near their old leader. A bishop administered the last sacrament yesterday afternoon. The nevs of the former premier's death created a painful impression throughout Madrid. King Alfonso expressed profound regret. . HO DANGER OF VIOLENCE At Indlanola, rhey Say, Which Is Probably Correct Another Story of the Trouble There. Louisville, Jan. 6. A special to The Courier-Journal from Indlanola, Miss., says: Mrs. MiciJe Cox, the colored postmistress of this place, on account of whose resignation the , government ordered the postoffice here closed, left Indlanola last night for Birmingham, Ala., accompanied by her mulatto assistant It is now thought there Is little danger of further . trouble, although the Centimen t of the people is against the action of the government In closing the office, on account of the consequent partial paralysis of busi ness. Before she left Mrs. Cox made a statement. In which she denied that she had been subjected to any indignities, and stated that no violence had been threatened her. Her husband, who Is employed In the United States rail way mail service, also made a state ment, in which he said that his wife had not been threatened, but that he understood the race problem in the south and had advised her to give up the place. LIVED T7ITH A UEG Autopsy Showed a Clean Tractu re -Talked Rationally, but Didn't Know Dow It Happened. New York, Jan. 6. Thomas P. Hannlgan Is dead as a result of a frac ture of the vertebrae. Hannlgan lived two days after sustaining the Injury, and during that time was able to converse rationally, although he could give no account of how he had been hurt. His death occurred on Sunday, and an autopsy yesterday disclosed the fact that there had been a clean fracture between the fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae. The autopsy, however, did not show any evidence of violence. Two Drowned la Washington Floods, Seattle, Wash., Jan. C. Two men were drowned during the flood of Sun day, near the town of O'Erien, Martin Cumnilngs, a pioneer ranchman, and Edward Shaunessey met death While trying to rescue stock from the raging torrents. They were in a small boat when a log in the swift current struck the boat, throwing the men into the water. Their bodies have not been re covered. . Illinois Girl Mysteriously Dead. Mishawaka, Ind., Jan. 6. Miss Net tie Paul, 20 years of age, handsome and fashionably attired, was found dead with a bullet wound in her breast in luxurious parlors over the city bank here last night. Two feet from her lay a revolver. The authorities are endeavoring to solve the mystery. The girl came here from Savannah, His. sch wab Applies for the Maximum. New York, Jan. 6. President Schwab, of the United States Steel Corporation, has cabled "from Europe to the officers of the corporation ask ing that siXiy shares of preferred stock be allotted him under the offer recent ly made to all employes. Sixty shares is the maximum amount Schwab could apply for. Badgers Going to Settle In Mexico. Laredo, Tex., Jan 6. A Monterey special says: Local officers of the Mexican Central have been notified that a party of 250 residents of Wis consin will go to Escondon the early part of next month to establish a col ony. Selbr Says lis Is Innocent BastroD. Tex.. Jan. 6. John Selby. wanted at Vincennes, Ind., on charges of forgery, declares that he Is inno cent of the charge, and that he is will ing to return without any formalities. Consul Baambach Decorated. Berlin. Jan. C The Reichs Anzeiger yesterday announces the conferring of decorations unon members of the Germ man diplomatic and consular corps. Among those favored is uonsui jaambach, at Milwaukee, who gets the dec oration of the Crown Order of the fourth ctecs. ret Cat Cites Tocrj Ccrcti. Hct C;rin3, AriL, Jn. C Yczzz Ccrbcti rrza crrcrcly bitten cn. tha

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And New York Practically Loses a Wad That Amounts to About 012,000,000. BO THE APPELLAIE OOUBT i)E0IDES State Is Alo Oat of Pocket Some $4,000,000 Annually by the Verdict of the Justices. Albany, N. Y Jan. 6. It is said here that the third appellate division of the supreme court will very soo:i hand down a decision declaring the franchise tax law passed by the legislature of 1S09 unconstitutional so far as it relates to the state constitution. The decision is one of the most important, both to the state and corpora tions, ever given in this state. So far j $12,000,000 in taxes is involved, the state by the decision practically los-1 lng that amount of money, and the corporations gaining it, while at laast $4,000,000 a year, in "future revenues also is involved. Points on Which It Was Attacked. The constitutionality of the franchise tax law was attacked by the inter ested corporations which operate for-1 ty-seven of the largest franchises in Greater New York on two propositions, namely: First, that it violated the home rule provisions of the state con stitution. In that it gave to the state board of tax commissioners the power to assess real estate for the pur poses of local taxation, a.power- which is reposed in local boards of assessors. Second, that it violated the provisions of the national constitution, which holds inviola to contracts made between individuals, corporations or other corporate bodies. Inrlolabillty of Contracts Involved. It was also alleged that it violated the national constitution because a cor poration, when granted the privilege to use the streets and highways for the purpose of Its corporate existence, en tered into a .contract with the power vested by statute to grant them' the franchise, which constituted a contract beyond the power of the legislature or any public body to modify or to break. POISON IN TSE WHISKY latest Case of Mnrdor Done Through the Sending of a Gift to the Intended Victim. Colorado Springs, Colo, Jan. 0. Mrs. J. E. Bailey, wife of a coach man of George N. Kllbome, was de clared to be out of danger from strych nine poisoning taken into her system Sunday, night by drinking from a whisky bottle from which her husband had drunk. He died in agony, at midnight The case promises to de velop one cf the greatest murder mys-1 teries in the history of the Pike's Peak region. Mrs. Bailey, since her recovery, tells a story that Indicates that some one deliberately poisoned her hus band by means of a bottle of whisky given him as a New Year's present The coroner and police are Investigat ing and state that it is a case of strychnine poisoning. Trying to Settle Union Disputes. Pittsburg, j Jan. 6. Representatives of tweny-four metal trades ,organiza tlons affiliated ; with the Federation of Labor are In session at the headquar ters of the Amalgamated Assocaltion in this city to, arrange differences which threaten to become serious un less the cause of the trouble is prompt ly adjusted. The differences are with each other, not with employers. ' Death of Historian Headley. Lexington, Mass., Jan. ft Rev. P. C. Headley, well known as a clergyman and historical writer, died at his home here yesterday, aged 82. Headley had three , brothers J. T. Headley, ex-sec retary of New York state; J. B. Headley, a banker of Peoria, Ills., wno mar ried Senator T. C. Piatt's sister, and Dr.' William T. Headley, of New ox ra Kicked by a Ripsaw. Owosso, Mich., Jan. 6. Clinton Whitehearse, employed by the Coronna Furniture company, was struck a violent blow in the stomach by a block of wood kicking back from a ripsaw, and was so badly injured that perito nitis has set in and may cause his death. Case of the Packers' Combine. St Joseph, Mo., Jan. 6. An effort will be made by the packers of this city allegeu to be In a combine' main tain prices to get their cases into the federal court, If the state authorities make an attack on the charters of the corporations. - Something New in Ills Throat , Kansas City, Jan. 6. John.Fulcher, a negro prisoner In Jail at Kansas City, Kan., awoke at midnight Sunday from his long sleep, which had lasted 159 hours. Fulcher was awakened by cold water which was being forced down his throat Secretary Broderick SXarries London, Jan. 6. W. St John Brodrick, the war secretary, and Madeleine Stanley, daughter of Lady Jeune, were married at St George's church, Han over square, yesterday afternoon. Premier Balfour was the beet man. .' VzZl &9 Tint CawoiU la Vttrzz, Omaha, Neb., Jan. 6. Charlca Childs, a p'.caccr resident cf Nehraslia, died in thiJ city Csndsy, a -cd 7 years. He came her fcrty-esvea jcztz CO t-J czzzizl tl2 Cr:: czxiziLl k tha etitex ,

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the Senate and by Attorney v General Knox. C0AE SAYs A' WORD EOS HIS BILL Vest Tackles the Dlngley Tariff Law and Knox Makes Administration Suggestions. Washington,- Jan. 7. Yesterday in the senate was eventful because cf a notable speech by Hoar on-his bill regulating trusts, and x.n attack by Vest on protected industries. Hoar's utter ances were listened to with marked attention. lie said that nearly , all thoughtful men In this country are agreed that some legislation, 6tate or national, ought to be had for the regulation and control of what are called "trusts," and of large masses of cap ital accumulated by corporations or artificial persons, holding property and conducting business without individual liability. There -nas, he said, -a gen eral feeling of insecurity ana alarm about the matter. ) Advocates Ills Own DHL He argued tha If his bill should become law and prove effective no cor poration engaging in the commerce which is within the jurisdiction of congress can keep its condition a secret The bill he said depends for its valldity,on the constitutional power of congress to regulate international and Interstate commerce. Should the bill not prove effectual he contended that Ir wnnlrt h oiiky tn ptpnd Its onpratlon by imposing 'personal liability on every stockholder,;' Senator Test loasts the Tarift Vest used as atext for remarks his resolution introduced Monday instruct ing the committee on finance to prepare and report ta bill removing the duty on coal. Feeble in the extreme, and supporting hfmself by his desk, he called attention to the distress which has arisen as a result of the shortage In the coal supply. He charged the Republican senaters with being silent and dumb to thestate of affairs, hav-. lng only in mindrthe party cry "Stand pat He characterized the Dlngley tariff act as a "sacred elephant with which nothing wts to be done. Aldrich took exception to some of Vest s statementl and t Ids request the resolution wait over. CHIEF BY OF TRUSTS As They Ars En ur? -rated by Hoar Tiew of the Aalstratloa. Washington, Jan.7. ' While Hoar was making hlf speech on the trust question yesterday he pointed out what he . conceived to be their chief evils, as follows: Destruction of competition; management of local industries by absentees in the interest of absentee capital: destruction of local public spirit; fraudulent capitalization; secrecy; management for the private benefit of th officials; power to corrupt elections, and in some cases to corrupt the courts; want of personal responsibility to public sentiment; ab sence of personal liability for contracts or wrong doing; holding of vast prop erties in mortmain. Attorney General Knox yesterday sent identical letters to Hoar and Littlefield, chairmen respectively of the senate judiciary committee and the house judiciary sub-committee, giving his views on the trust problem. An abstract of these views was given out at the White House last night It represents the general attitude of the administration on this subject, and was . authorized . by the president Among the propositions laid down therein are the following: "The people do not desire the busi ness of the country to be interfered with beyond the regulation necessary to control combinations where they act Improperly and to correct any tendency toward monopoly, It recommends "that all discrimina tory practices affecting , interstate trade be made offenses to be enjoined and punished. Such legislation to be directed alike against those who give and those who receive illegal advantages, and to cover discrimination in prices as against competitors in par ticular localities resorted to for the purpose of destroying competition. e ' 'There should be a comprehensive plan to enable the government to get at all the facts bearing upon the organization and practices of concerns engaged in interstate commerce, not with a view to hampering any legiy lmate business of such concerns, but in order to be in position to take ac tion If. necessary." The plan sug gested is by a commission or special bureau In the proposed department of commerce. These recommendations are based on the central thought that the first step should be taken by a law aimed at what are certainly known to be un reasonable Eactlces directly restrictive of freedom of commerce, and by a law securing some governmental super vision." Tortured b J XZasked Robbers. Collinsville, Ta., Jan. 7. Levi Elch er. aged S5 yeas. and his wife, rea.ding in Springfield township, have been tortured by masked thieves until they told where their money was hidden. The rowber8 held a lighted lamp to Mrs, Etcher's feet and burned them until the fiesh fell c-2 bsfcre t-2 vrculi consent to show them the streng box where in bllla was tidicn. TLzn Uicy bound their victims to their fcsd3 with rcrci 8Du lri thc2, tatirs a tew end cids.frcn tia tin. Elclicr, it b Ciid, rcc-lr:i cna cf.tla ttlcvca

IS Strike Commission Again at Work Hearing About the Anthra- -cite Troubles. 1IIT0HELL AS A OE0S3-EIAHINEB Sheriff Schadt Tells of a Reign of Ter ror Witnesses Said To Be Afraid to Testify. Philadelphia, Jan. 7. Twenty-two men, all but one of whom were employed in and about the coal mines, appeared before the anthracite coal strike commission at its first sessions in this city yesterday, and recited tales of persecution they and others underwent during the late coal strike because they chose to work rather than Join the strikers. The single exception was Charles H. Schadt of Scrantoa, the sheriff of Lackawanna county, and his presence on the stand unr the cross-examination of John Mitchell was a feature of the day's proceedings., Non-Union Hen's Witnesses. When the commission began Its sessions In the United States circuit court room In . the federal building here at 11 a. m. yesterday Attorneys Joseph O'Brien, of Scranton, and John T. Lena ha n, of Wilkesbarre,-representing the non-union men, resumed the calling of their witnesses. Sheriff ScLndt was the second witness called. The sheriff, in direct examination, said among other things that he Issued a proclamation shortly after the strike was inaugurated calling upon all persons in the county to keep the peace; that it was difficult to get men to act as deputy sheriffs; that in most cases where there was trouble it was usualy over when he or his men arrived. and that the disturbances became so numerous and serious that he had to call on the governor for troops. He had appealed to Mitchell to assist in keeping the peace, and the miners' president promised to do so and in sev eral instances was of material help to the sheriff. Mitchell as an Examiner. Sheriff Schadt was then turned over to the miners for cross-examination. To the surprise of most persons Mitchell took up the examlnntion. It Is not known whether he decided to do it be cause his principal attorney, C. S. Darrow, of Chicago, had not arrived from the west or because Mitchell was per sonally well acquaiL-ed with the sher iff. It was the first time that Mitchell bad attempted cross-examination to any extent ' ' . ' MITCHELL'S CROSS-EXAMINATION TThat It Brought Out Judge Gray Criti ' clses Pennsylvania Law. In answer to questions of the mine workers' leader the Lackawanna county sheriff said he had employed about forty or fifty deputy sheriffs and that they were paid by the coal com panies. He said he could not say that a general state of lawlessness existed In the county, there was a reign of terror in existence in some localities. Among other things he said that as a rule crowds dispersed when he or dered them o to do, and that strik lng mine workers whom he knew obeyed his orders the same as other persons. He also said that the second contingent of troops sent into his county was ordered there without his request This appeared to "satisfy Mitchell, and General Wilson took the witness In band and asked him why the county did not pay the deputy sheriffs. The sheriff replied that the companies had made the request for protection, and counsel for the witness explained that it was the law in Pennsylvania that the company asking for protection was compelled to pay for it This explanation rather surprised Chairman Gray, who said: "I am not familiar with such an un-American law. When the county or the state relinquishes the duty of maintaining and protecting life and property and keeping the peace, then they are open to criticism." Lyman Croop, of Plymouth, near Wilkesbarre, a 09-year-old mine worker, was an "interesting witness. He told of having been beaten on several occasions while on his way to work, and of having complained to Justice of the Peace Thilip Walters, of Plymouth, for protection, but without success. .The 'squire, he said, would do nothing for him, and he could not tell why. Counsel for the miners, In cross-examination, tried to show that. the justice of the peace could not act because the witness did not give him sufficient evidence. Chairman Gray did not place much weight on thij, und said: "The Justice of the peacedeserves all the advertising he got here, pilloried as a 'justice of the peace who failed to do his duty." The entire day was taken up in hearing the stories told of intimidation, boycotting, and personal violence. The attorn-iys for the non-union men say they find it difllcult to bring witnesses before, the commission, because they fear bodily harm. As the commission cannot compel the presence of any person counsel asked the commission to Invite the desired persons to come here and testify and the request was granted. Post for Prince Pal on of Fekln-w Washington, Jan. 7.- Minister Center has informed the ctate department by cable that Prince Pclcn of Peking, C-c tenia Cc nun-wiener Carl, cf Chef co, and Hczns Kai Chla, cf Chanhsi, have fceen cr-c'.nted ccmnlrrlsncra t3 tia 1 Lcu'j crpeeitlen. .

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Oat of Twenty on Board the Ill-Fated Prince Arthur but Two Cou Ashore Alive. Port Townseud, Wash., Jan. 7. News of the wreck of the Norwegian bark Prince Arthur, and the death by drowning of eighteen of the crew, was recieved yesterday. The Prince Arthur was bound from Valparaiso for British Columbia, to load lumber. On the night of Jan. 2 the vessel ran into breakers, and was soon hard and fast on the rocky shore. The scene of the disaster is about two miles south of Ozette, on theWashIngton coast fifteen miles from Cape Flattery. Of the twenty members of the Prince Arthur's crew only two were saved, and they were nearly exhausted when they were washed ashore. The bodies of eighteen drowned seamen are being burled by ranchers and Indians living near the scene of the disaster as they come ashore. REPLIES OF THE ALLIES To the Latest from Castro Do Not Put Any thing in the Way of Ar . bitratlon. Washington, Jan. 7. The Joint reply of the powers to Castro's qualified acceptance of arbitration was handed to the United States ambassadors at Berlin and London yesterday and received by the state department here later. It does not put anything additional in the way of arbitration and does not abandon any- of the original reservations. Separate responses to Castro's last proposal came from both Germany and Great Britain. In many respects they were similar and named certain conditions regarding the matters under consideration on which an understand ing will have to be reached before the case is submitted to arbitration. Both replies have been sent to Castro through the intermediary of United States Minister Bowen at Caracas. PBOBABL? WAS , "INFURIATED" Boy of JEleren Seriously Stabs In the Back a Schoolmate of Similar Age. Sioux City, la., Jan. 7. Because he was angry at his 11-year-old school mate Victor Ross, an 11-year-old boy, drew a knife on Frank Paul in the presence of pupils and teacher and stabbed his victim seriously in the back. He then attacked the Paul boy, and only the Interference of Mln nie Paul, a 14-year-old sister of Frank Paul, averted probably fatal conse quences. Young Paul walked half a mile to his home, and reached it in a fainting condition. The-- fight occurred in a country school ten miles east of here. A warrant has been sworn out for the youthful assailant and he will be brought before a Justice of the peace. La bor in the New Department. Washingtong, Jan. 7. Representa tive Mann, of Illinois, has reported for the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce a substitute for the senate bill to establish a new depart ment of commerce and labor. Mann's bill provides that the department of labor be placed under the Jurisdiction and made part of the department of commerce, but does not interfere with existing provisions of law affecting the appointment of the commissioner of la bor or the duties Imposed upon his of fice by law. . . Tarte Has Tart Views. Worcester, Mass., Jan. 7. Hon. J. Israel Tarte, until recently minister of public works of Canada, was the guest of honor last night at a ban quet When he spoke he advocated a policy of Canada for the Canadians. So long as the United States continued to be so refractory to any proposition for mutual trade relations, Canada, he said, ought to raise a wall against United States products so high as to bar them out Twelve Burt In a Street Car Collision. St. Louis, Jan. 7. Twelve persons were Injured last night in a street car collision at Grand avenue and Palm street one being hurt Internallly. An emergency switch Was opened some how and let two cars going in oppo site directions to the same track. W. L. Armstrong, motorman, had his leg broken and was internally hurt The others Injured were cut, bruised and sprained. Lewis Probably Re-Elected. Indianapolis, Jan, 7. rt is probable that Thomas L. Lewis has been re elected vice president of the union mine workers for the coming year In the referendum vote that - has . been taken on the question of new officers by members of the organization all over the country. Packers File exceptions. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 7. Attor neys for the packers filed exceptions in the supreme court yesterday to the report of Special Commissioner Kin ley, who found them guilty of viola tion of the anti-trust laws In combln lng and fixing prices for dressed meats sold in Missouri. Forty Tears a Mail Carrier. Richmond, Ills., Jan. 7. After having served Uncle Sam faithfully for over forty years as mail-carrier be tween Richmond station and postoffice, Felix Hug has tendered his resignation. Hzzi was born in Loraine, France, rci.' 7, 1S23. C" T -i T7ant a Pardon. f.t Put!, Jm. 7. Cole Younger apto C-2 cl-t3 beard cf pardons yc3t::? :.: a f-U pardon. He has been o '--1 tha ctito prison fcr a

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Preparations for the Meeting of the Men Who Are to Make State Laws. OOUBT SOANDAL AT EVAffSVEXE Judge Rasch Challenges Half a Com mittee Appointed to Look into His Case. Indlanpolls, Jan. 7. Arrangements are being completed for the opening of the Sixty-third regular session of the general assembly of Indiana. Fewer than half the members are here now, but it is expected that all will be present for the caucuses tonight Lieutenant Governor Gilbert, who is president of the senate, opened his office in the state house yesterday. He an nounced that the caucus of senate Republicans will be held at 8 o'clock to night in room S3, second floor, state house. The caucus of the house Repub licans will be held at the same hour, In the house chamber. The Democrats will caucus at the Grand hotel, unless arrangements are made for rooms at the state house. Statesmen Conrene Tomorrow. ' Both legislative bodies will convene at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert said that Judge John V. Hadley, present chief justice of the supreme court of the state, will be asked to administer the oath of office to the new members. Rev. J. Cumming Smith, of' the Tabernacle church, Indianapolis, will be invited to make the opening prayer In the senate. The house will be called to order by Union B. Hunt secretary of state. He has Invited Rev. II. J. Norris, of the Winchester (Ind.) Methodist church, to make theopening prayer. One of the judges of the appellate court will administer the oath. Men Who Will Get Posts. After the house and senate are organized the latter will adjourn and meet with the house to listen to reading of the governor's message. At the conclusion of the reading, the senate will convene again, and the committees will oe announced. The friends of Senator W. A. Kittlnger, of Anderson, are making a canvass for him for senate caucus chairman, but it is generally believed that Senator Dausman will get the place. Harmon Hütson will be elected principal secretary of the senate. D. B. J. Shaffer, of South Bend, is here .asking for .the place, but Hutson easily has the best of it Clemer Pelzer, of Boonvijle, will be principal uoorkeeper of the' senate. Reagan for Chief Clerk. There Is no opposition to W. E. Reagan, of Indianapolis, for chief clerk of the house. The First district has asked for the appointment of George D. Heilman, of Evansville, for assistant clerk, and the Eleventh district members will be allowed to name Geo. F. Ogden, of Wabash, for principal doorkeeper. EVANSVILLE'S COURT SCANDAL Judge Rasch Challenges Fire of the Bar Committee Appointed to Investigate Ills Case. Evansville, Ind., Jan. 7. The committee of ten appointed by the local barv association to investigate the charges that Judge Louis O. Rasch, of the circuit " court, had attempted to collect $750 from A. C. Hawkins, probate commissioner, and $200 from John A. Sanders, bailiff, both of whom are appointees of Judge Rasch, came to a sudden close at noon Monday. It was charged that a portion of the committee was unfair to the Judge, and that official had the opportunity to oppear and offer objection. He challenged five of the committeemen Judge Maier, Judge Richardson, William Blakey, R. C. Richardson and Frank B. Posey, and they will retire in favor of others, to be chosen at another meeting of the bar association. The Rasch scandal continues to be the sensation of the hour, and much feeling Is springing up between citizens who are for and against the Judge. Slueh Smallpox at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Jan. 7. Dr. Eugene Buehler, city sanitarian, says that If the smallpox situation grows more serious the health board will be compelled to order general vaccination In the schools, and bar unvaccinated pupils therefrom. Four more . deaths . from smallpox have occurred and twentyfour new cases of the disease have been discovered by the health board authorities. Inevitable Occurs Once More. Rochester, Ind., Jan. 7. While hunting in the fields near Green Oak, the 14-year-old son of Thomas DuBois was creeping through a wire fence, pulling his shotgun after him. The hammer caught on the wire, the load was discharged, and both of the hunter's hands were hot and mangled so he will be a cripple for life. - Ghoul Case Postponed. Indianapolis, Jan. 7. The . trial of Dr. C. J. Alexander, who is indicted with about twenty other men on the charge of wholesale grave robbing, has been postponed until February (for the third time), on account of the illness jf Dr. Alexander. Coal Prices at the State Capital. Indianapolis, Jan. 7. Anthracite coal, what little there Is, was offered at $12 a ton In this city yesterday. All other coals were advanced from 25 to 50 cents a ton at the meeting cf the coal exchange.