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a0RTENSEH SAYS he
Htf CLEAR AFFAIR up

For anurs yesterday morning Jailer
Thomas at the county iail sat With
8foFsensen IN his steel lined cell. pour
iag into his eaf thu horrible story OF
5aples 2 Bays ~ rder. in an effort
los pierce tlis nris sner's shield Of iron
nerve. and x'ring confession from
hin. bGt II his cmorts only brought
The statenEaf rom the prisoner that
e. was beginning fo thiak he ouCht 10
clear the matter up
The 5ailer believes that Mortensen
Nas ca the verge Of making g confess
sien but after q long silence the DTis-
oaer remarked that he would say no
more now, and the efforts Of the jailer
70 get further statements from him
were futile
after q night behind the iron bars in
his secluded cell the prisoner. seemed
more broken in sfF1t yesterday mcrn-
ing than he has since his arrest ana
the iailer conceived the plan Of reiat-
ing to him the details OF the murder
and discovery Of the body 9f Hay. The
stafy seemed to affect the prisoner con-
si6ers5iy and the jailer states that at
several points Ia the story the prisoner
seemed Oh the very ergo OF telling
something. In describing the condition
aa Dooy after i aad been found
1ae1as said.
we found signs on his side that
zaade is think decomposition had set
IS. but We found on closer examination
that it was where YOU had jumped on
la body with your feet to cramp IT
nta t7e grave that was too small for
ne b9dy
.as the jader SAID the words he
licked steadily at the prisoner and en-
uiasized The word you"
- THE prisoner started violently,
y t-.4I q G~- 80 he
sentence. bat caught himself and, drop
ping his head on his chest. sat in 81
ienee avoiding my eyes. He had SAT
that way Tor few moments when he
raised his head and said, as if ne were
elghlag each sFord as he pronounced
7 think 81 is best that I should clear
fhis matter up
The jailer vas startled by che state
ment and sat expecting the prisoner to
Afreak down and adnfit that his hand
had taken the life of Mr. Hay. but as
If suddenly remembering what con-
1assi0n would mean. me prisoner braceo
himself up anC sat silently gazing al
fbe cenleat floor. The jailer pressed
SHIN for a further statement but he only
replied. II VIII say no more. Fur
Their Efforts on the part OF the lailer 70
get some sta cement from the prisoner
indicating lis guilt or innocence, were
useless.
The jauer then told the accused MAJ
shat his wife had abandoned him and
made statements that established his
suAI beyond a doubt in the minds OF
the officers. The prisoner remarked;
Il VII shave TO hear her make those
atatements myself, then relapsed into
- usual state of silence
6.atS in the morning Chief of Police
Hton visited M0ytensen in his cell
- for lous tlme sat with him alone
ing blm of the evidences against
an5b attempting to draw from him
tentnE ABOUT the tragedy, bul
30 swain
were fhe1 given to a. ; nc
SEES prisoner without the
the sheriff and during
eF lf the daV no efforts
SaaaE the authorities to draw d
an ffepc the seSilsed mat.
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TO TAKE CIVIL ACTION
AGAINST M0RTENSEN

To protect himself against the COM
plete loss of the $500 which Mortensen
owed the Pacific Lumber company.
Manager G. Il. Romney is now taking
steps to take liens on the contracts
which Mortersen had under way at the
time of the murder of Hay The pa
Sers. 1t is said, have already been pre-
pared and viii probably be executed
in a short time. Mr.. Romney. when
seen YESTERDAY afternoon and a.
h was going to fOreclose the mortgage
on Mostensen's place, replied:
Il am preparing liens upon his con-
tracts TO pTetect myself and the pa
pers are here now. do not expect to
secure myself against all loss. but I
think the liens and mortgage viii give
us security against the loss OF all. with
the exception of probably $1,000 The
liens have not been filed yet, because
I do not want to be teo precipitous
about it. 7 have been waiting for a
confession from Mortensen.
Il believe that 8Iortensen had the
s. $50, or the greater part of it at least.
ana if that is not found to be the case.
IL win be almost as much of q surprise
to me as the murder itself was"
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BELIEVE THAT HAYS HAT
HAS BEEN BURNED

While he would neither affirm nor
deny the Implication, Chief Hilton gave
out the impression last night that Hays
bat which has been searched for so as
siduously since the discovery of his
murder, was burned and that the officers
had evidence Of that fact The impli-
cation that such was the case was
made by the chief in a conversation
about the search for the hat. lie was
asked Il the officers were still looking
for the hat and II they had any clue as
to where it might be.
TIE mystery Of the hat is solved so
far as we are concerned" said the chief.
lit hasn't been found has it:' was
asked
NO" replied che chief
Then YOU nave discovered that it
was burned.
Well replied the chief. L have
nothing more to say about thai"
The chief would not answer any fur
Their questions about the matter.
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this measure were TO be put into effect
il would ruin Venezuela, which would
not know where 10 place cocoa The
Caracas chamber of commerce, realizing
the danger, has written to the chambers
of commerce ar Havre, Bordeaux and
Marseilles to the effect that 1t is endeaV-
oring to induce the government of Vene-
Zuela to listen to reason in order that an
arrangement may be arrived at.
Senior CeciliO Castro who has been al
ready charged with diplomatic and finan-
cial missions in France, which were far
from successful, will leave Caracas Dec
% in order TO submit the memorandum
revised by President Castro.
The correspondent learns on good au-
thority that the French government is
determined not to be lenient, having five
years ago, accepted protocol. signed by
General Peitrf, the authorized representa-
tive of Venezuela, which was afterward
refused by the government of Venezuela.
It is considered at the French foreign
Office that Senior Castro's voyage viii be
useless unless he takes with him a doeu-
ment, signed by President Castro. which
would become a protocol and would have
to be accepted by the Venezuelan con-
gress before the French government rati-
fed.
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TRYING TO CREATE LIFE.
Chicago Doctor Thinks He Can Solve
Problem Of Creation.
Chicago Chronicle.)

(ChicagO Chronicie.)
Living animals from chemicals and life
from substances Is the hope of Or. a. D.
Houghton. who was deposed from the
faculty of Hahnemann Medical college
He says he was depOSed because OF his
advanced ideas. The registrar Of the col
lege gives another reason
Dr. HOughtOn yesterday refused to dis
cuss the tilt with the school. but talked
willingly of his work IN attempting to
produce life.
Il started in this work by studying the
formation of crystals. 1 found that by
retarding the capitalization of a solution
1 could form almost anything. 1 sue
Ceeded in this way in forming a shell Of
microscopic size. Then / thought /
might be able to place life in this she'll
Along in the early part of last century
Cuvier thought he had demonstrated
that life was spontaneous, but later Tyn-
dali exploded this idea and said that from
I am not working along the same lines
heretofore followed in the attempts to
produce life from dead material.
u assumed that if the essential comPo-
nents of protoplasm were worked upon
by some force they would form a cell
containing life. In this l have Drove5
myself to be correct, but have not bees
able to make these cells reproductive
When ] do that. and 1 will. I viii have
solved the problem of creation.
% 8 q
ITO make my method simple, suppose I
took a portion Of DrOtoDlasm from the
human body and allowed it to rot so that
none Of the protOplasmIC form remained,
but still all the disintegrated chemical
compounds were present. 1 nave then
simply the chemical compouents Of pro-
tOplasm as though I had poured so many
chemicals from so many bottles. 81
placing then in this solution Of distinte-
grated protoblasm motive agent sucn
as an engine, which is not a living agent
like Yeast, but of the nature of pepSin
cause the chemicals which formerly
made UP the protoplasm again to seek
their prOtOplasmlc form and thus create
a living cell OF protODlzsm. This / have
done repeatedly.
Il nave not as yet been able to make
these cells reproduce their kind, but Dr.
Loeb has succeeded in imDreguating un-
formulated cells by chemical action. and
if this scheme is once applied to my
chemically produced cells 1 viii be able
to make animals to order.
But it is considerable in advance when
one can create living cells that viii dis
play all the functions Of organic life for
two weeks or more. This I have done Z
, have had cells in my laboratory that
l have created from chemicals poured from
4 bottles and these cells have lived and
acted for weeks in my presence. These
! created cells are the same and as good
I as any cells in your body. but they lack
/ the power of reproduction.
! Almost every member of the sophomore
/ class in Hahnemann Medical college
J called on Dr. HOUghtOn at his Office 29
J Cottage Grove avenue, yesterday and 2s
sured him that they wosld demand hi,
reinstatement ia the faculty Of tn.
/ Hahnemann school.
@ . 8
Dr. Houghton says that ne will not takt
any action to compel the faculty to rein
state him or even to pay him for his se-
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DENVER MINING STOCK EXCHANGE
CLOSED BY AN ORDER OF THE COURT

Denver, Colo, Dec. 24.-Judge John
son of the district court today notified
the propFietors of pool rooms and
bucket shops operating in Denver and
the Denver Mining Stock exchange,
through the sheriff, that they must dis
continue business at once The pool
room operators, who have been pro-
tected against the city authorities by
an Injunction issued some months ago
by Judge Palmer of the same court
say they will obey Judge Johnson's or
der. as Judge Palmer's inJunctlon does
not apply to the county authorizes.
The others affected, however, declare
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slowly from his seat, and walk down the
aisle. His face was pale and his eyes
were shaded by the famous blue goggles.
As he proceeded with his speech he grew
vehement. and his breat heaved convul-
Sively. There was no sound IN the
crowded chamber save for the thunderous
tone of his voice. You drove Up to
this" he said, shaking a trembling finger
at Sumner and then at Seward, and so
on, until he had included in his denUncia-
ton all the more prominent northern sen
ators, who, without exception, twisted
Uneasily in their seats. When he had
finished the entire body of the senate sat
like great inanimate mass. It was not
until Sumner arose that the painful ten
sion was relieved.
Clay, I think. vas the most beloved
man in the senate. Little Stephen a.
Douglas seemed to fairly worship him,
personally, while they differed political
". 1 remember seeing Clay on the floor
during a debate one arm about the neck
Of Douglas and the other thrown affec-
tionately about the shoulders of DAVIS
Webster was not well liked, but he was
greatly feared and respected. Clay won
many Of his victories because his col
leagues loved him. Webster brow-beat
his way to triumph.
Only once do I recall Webster over
reaching himself. It was at the close Of
the thirteenth congress and a bill had
been introduced to appropriate 500 TO
each page. Webster and Andrew Johnson
were opposed to the measure, claiming
we had been paid all to which we were
entitled. BY ruse we got johnson out
OF the senate, but Webster was there TO
oppose US in our little grab. He was in a
quick temper. I'll vote not one cent 10
the little rascals." he cried, "I have
missed many a gold pen and other arti-
cles from my desk. They are a pack of
thieves
4" Clay was on his feet in an instant.
" For shame, sir, for shame, he
shouted, to brand these worthy little
fellows as thieves. The state of Massa-
chusetts should blush for its senior SEN
atOr. I move a vote and so SAYING he
sat down and the bill went through with
a rush. Had Webster kept silent We
would have been beaten to a certainty.
-" I was present in the old National
hotel Washington when Clay died. Il
was a solemn scene. A committee from
the senate and the house stood quietly
in an ante-r0on as the great soul passed
away. The members from the north were
as deeply affected as their brothers from
the south. There was no meridian OF
latitude at that moment. for all loved
Henry Clay-the man. the orator, the
statesman, the friend
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vices to the institution, but that he viii
be glad TO be replaced on the faculty
simply to demonstrate that he is not at
swords points with anyone theories.
Another member OF the faculty OF
Hahnemann was 0usted some time ago. it
IS said. in a similar manner, and be re-
gained his chair because forty students
stood by him and threatened TO leave tne
school unless he was taken back.
The registrar of Hahnemann college.
Henry W. Wilson, maintains that DIT.
HoUghton was dismissed because he
failed TO use proper language to DR..
Howard Chrisler. professor OF surgery.
Dr. HOughton is an Englishman- He
came to America eleven years ago. He
has no degree, but has passed such salts
factory examinations that he has not
only a license 10 practice, but has had an
invitation to join the faculty of the Uni
Versity of Illinois Medical school He
entered Hahnemann college at the re-
quest of the faculty.
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eermanY.s FOREIGN Trade.

Berlin. Dec. 24-The official statistics OF
Germany's foreign trade for the month OF
November show a decline in exports for
the first time during the present year,
amounting to 60130 tons. During the
same month Germany's imports declined
4f5. 535 tons. The totals for the month OF
November were: Imports, 3642,042 tons.
pvpOrts. 2.e09SJ5 tons The imports Of
wheat for the eleven months ending with
November were 1890 400 tons, as against
f.20sOa5 tons for the same eleven months
of 1860 During the first eleven months
of this year the wheat imported from the
United states amounted to IL ,115 tons.
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DR.. Houghton says that he will not take
any action to compel the faculty to rein
state him or even to pay him for his se--
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SETTLEDWITH BROTHER
Edna Wallace Hopper viii Pay
Him 500 a Month
For Life.

Chicago, Dec. 24.-Thomas Wallace,
the only brother of Edna Wallace Hop
per, the actress, and a joint heir with
her TO a fortune of over 500, 600, today
relinquished his claim to the estate for
$500 cash and a promise of 500 a
month during as life. The negotiations
were carried on secretly at the Audi
forum Annex, and as soon as the
agreement was signed, Miss Hopper,
with her attorney, returned to New
York just tWenty-fOur hours after they
arrived in Chicago
Thomas Wallace has lived in Chicago
for years and is engaged in the saloon
business. Mrs. Wallace, the mother.
after being a widow for many years,
married A. L. Dunsmuir, a wealthy
Californian, the marriage taking place
after Edna Wallace was divorced from
De Wolf Hopper A few weeks after
the marriage Mr.. Dunsmuir died leav-
ing his widow the entire estate.
Soon after Edna Wallace Hopper an
nounced that she would never marry
again as long as her mother was liv-
ing, and while she was preparing for
a visit with her, she received word OF
her mothers death. When the viii was
probated it was found that Mrs. Duns-
muir had left the bulk of her fortune
to her daughter, and $4,000 to her son,
to be paid to him when ne reached the
age of 45 years. Since the death Of his
mother Thomas Wallace has frequent
" appealed to his sister for assistance.
Feeling that some kind of agreement
should be made with her brother, Miss
Hopper came to Chicago, accompanied
by her attorney, a member Of the legal
firm of Howe & Hummel, and her maid.
The party arrived at the Auditorium
Annex last night. Thomas Wallace
met them at the hotel, and at the end
Of a long conference a stenOgrapher
was called and an agreement dictated
by which he relinquished his interest
to his sister for the consideration
named
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CUMMINGS NEW BILL.
VIII Amend the Encouragement of
Industries Act.

Washington. Dec. 24-Representatiye
Cummings of. New York has prepared
a bill to amend paragraph 265 Of section
1 Of the act TO provide revenues for
the encouragement Of industries Of the
United States approved July "A, 1897.
The amendments are:
''265-Grapes in barrels or other
packages C20), Is cents per cubic foot
Of the capacity Of the barrels or pack
ages:
Sec. 2-That paragraph 266 or sec
ton l OF said act is hereby amended
so as to read as follows.
''266-Oranges, two-thirds Of 1 cent
per pound, lemons, IS cents per cubic
foot Of capacity of boxes or packages;
lines. grape fruit, shaddOclIs OF pOme-
los. 1 cent per pound.
Sec 3-That paragraph 26S Of sec
ton / Of said act is hereby amended
so as to read as follows;
"26S-Pineapples, in barrels and 9TH
er packages (seven) 4 cents per cubic
foot of the capacity of barrels or pack
ages; in bulk (seven), 81 per 1000.
Sec. 4-This act shall take effect on
the first day OF July, 1907"
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under Water Nine Hourg.

Chicago, Dec. 24-Captain Louis Sar-
cho tonight broke the worlds record
for remaining under water in a diving
suit In a big tank at the Coliseum
he lay immersed under ten feet of
water for nine hours. The best pre-
vious achievement of the kind was
eight hours and thirty minutes. Sarcho
is the diver whose exploits in exploring
the wreck of the battleship Maine at
tracted attention in the har Dor of Ha-
VQuq
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Southern Livestock Exhibit.

Charleston. s. c., Dec. 24.-The live
stock exhibits of the exposition here
win open Jan. s, continuing until Jan.
90 In the exposition many of the most
famous herds in the United States will
be represented, entries so far having
been made from seventeen states.
Money premiums now on deposit in
bank viii be paid to the successful con-
testants Georee F. Weston of Van
derbilt's Biltmore stock farm is In
charge of the livestock department.
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CHINESE COURT HAS DECIDED TO
ENGAGE AN AMERICAN ADVISER


feeling of natives to foreigners is most
marked. Where the Chinese were crying
the loudest for the death of foreigners
they now receive them with great re-
spect.
Plague is increasing at New Chang
There has been sixty cases, one Rus
sian, since Oct. 30. and fifty-seven deaths
The Russian who died was bandmaster
Of a military band In searching his resi-
dence eight dead rats we're found beneath
the floor.
The Russian government has forbidden
boring for Kerosene or minerals at any
point within 100 leagues from the coast
from Russian possessions. beginning at
Korea and extending TO Saghalien-
News was received at Shanghai of the
wreck of Messrs. Weebin & Co.'S steamer
Amherst, los tons, on the bar at kuala
Pahang on the 18th inst. Thirteen lives
were lost, owing to the capsizIng OF one
of the steamers boats in the heavy surf.
The victims were eleven Chinese coolies
and two Chinese passengers.
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parrett Home Again.

ST Louis, Dec. 24.-John Barrett
reached ST. louis today from the Pan
American congress in session at the
civ of Mexico, to which he is dele
gate. Il have left my work with the
conference in such shape that my col
leagues can complete it, - said Mr.. Bar
rett Il have been excused from FUR
tber participation III the conference by
sneci9I arrangement with President
Roosevelt and Secretary Hay. Mr..
Barrett will go from st. Louis to
washington to confer with the state
department officials and representatives
of foreign countries in Washington He
viii probably depart for Asia by the
middle Of January as Commissioners OF
the worlds fair.
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Victoria. B. c, Dec. 24-The steamer
Braemer, which arrived tonight from the
Orient. brings news that the Chinese
court has decided to engage an Ameri-
can adviser. The name OF the official
is not given by the Oriental papers, but
the Chinese press states that the salary
is to be $1,000 a. year. The Japan Mail
commenting on this says it is a wise step
for China to take. for, although her
statesmen need no counsel in their DO
nestle policy. they are unlearned in re-
gard TO dealings with foreign countries.
The agent of the trans-Siberian railway
at SHANGHAI has announced that by May
next the big railway will have se7i-
weekly service between Paris and Pc n
and passengers will be able TO get from
Shanghai to London in three weeks.
correspondent of the North China
Daily News. who has returned from
trip through kuang Tung, says the kindly
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VIII be buried at Arlington.

Marion, Ind, Dec. 24.-Copgressman
Steele arrived today from San Fran
cisco, accompanied by his children, Mrs.
Belknap, widow Of the late Major
Hugh r. Belknap. who died over
month ago in the Philippines, and Ca
det George W, Steele, jr., Of the Asiatic
SQUADRON. They brought the body OF
Major Belknap home. They were met
at the station by Mrs. Steele and rela-
tives and friends, and squad from
the National Soldiers Home. The fu
neral viii take place in Washington,
and burial will follow in Arlington
cemetery
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Fxnnlsion was valid.

Chicago, Dec. 24.-The expulsion Of
arthur Jones and Michael ]. Ryan,
president and secretary, respectively,
of A. r. Jones & Co, brokers on the
board of trade, was pronounced ef-
fectiye and valid by Judge Hanecy to-
day. when he dissolved the temporary
injunction obtained before Judge Tu-
ley Dec. 20, to restrain the board from
enforcing the act of expulsion and de-
priving the traders Of their privileges
in the grairf pit The expelled members
viii appeal their case.
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Frsncbmen Have a Free For All.

Paris, Dec. 24.-During the debate in
the chamber today, Deputies Attemane
and Bernard exchanged acrimonious
words which were followed after the
adjournment Of the chamber by a per
sonaI encounter in the lobby. An usher
who ATTEMPTED to Intervene between
the deputies was knocked down by Nh.
Bernard. The combatants clinched ana
rolled over each other on the groun1
until friends succeeded in separating
them. II. AlIemaine was taken to
docfor 70 have his bruises dressed
while NJ. Bernard departed. threatening
dire vengeance.
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Search Mortengen,s Hong.

Four Of the police officers are still
assisting the sheriff and his men in
tbeir work Of ferreting out the mys-
teries Of Hays murder. but the direc-
tion of the work is now entirely IN TIE
hands OF the sheriff, since the prisoner
has been turned over to that official.
Chief Hilton detailed four Of his men
to work with the sherin1s men, and
yesterday two of them spent q good
portion of the day looking over the
often searched premises Of s-ortensen' s
home for any additional evidence that
might have been overlooked. The Of