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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
MINISTRY DOOMED
Public Opinion Practically Unanimous
That Witte's Cabinet Will Fall
Government Decides Against Uni
versaI Suffrage Work-Ahead for
Trepoff and Ignatieff.
[By Associated Press1

st. Petersburg, Dec. lit is learn
ed on high authority that the govern
ment has finally decided against uni
versal suffrage and practically in favor
of the old project of 81 workmen rep
resentatives and the extension of the
ballot to the small rent payers, mer-
chants and the educated classes. How
ever, the law must still pass the coun-
Gil of the empire and receive imperial
approval. If the decision is upheld it
is likely to end all question of the
support of the zemstvoists.
Situation is Grave.
The situation is exceedingly Omin-
Gus. Public opinion practically is
unanimous that the government has
entered upon the fatal path of reaction
and that Witte's ministry must fall.
Reaction and revolution confront each
other in a death struggle.
Both General Trepoff and Count Ig-
natieff, according to the popular inn
preston, are being held in reserve to
execute the programme of repression.
| It is again said that the entire Cossack
strength of 100000 will be mobilized
in a supreme effort to crush the rev
olutionary forces.
General Parsensoff said:
81 think we are coming to rivers OF
blood, in which the revolutionary party
will lose their game and Russia her
liberty"
The telegraph lines with Moscow,
Reval, Kieff, Kazan, Novgorod, Arch
angel and Narva are working today.
Many of the employees have resumed
work and it is believed that the strike
is collapsing. The mails have not ar
rived from the south, owing to the rail
way strike.
Intelligence from the provinces is
impatiently awaited, especially details
of the mutinies. The government ap-
parently has resolved to have resort to
general coercion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
THEY ALLOW REBATES
Federal District Attorney at PhiIadeI-
phia Anxious to Institute Proceed
inas-Has Dozen Witnesses Pre-
pared to Testify That They Have Re-
ceived Illegal Favors.
[By Associated Press1

Philadelphia, Dec. 11.-United States
District Attorney Thompson today
asked permission of Judge Holland in
the United States district court to pre-
sent to the federal grand jury bills of
indictments against railroad COM
panies with headquarters in this juris-
diction. The charge is allowing re-
bates.
In his petition the district attorney
states that he has IL witnesses who
are prepared to testify that they have
been favored by railroad companies.
It is understood to be Mr. 'Thomp-
sons intention to secure the indict-
ment of railroad agents and to conduct
through the grand jury a sweeping in,
vestigation of the charges of discrim-
ination by the railroads.
The proceeding today was taken
under the act of congress of February
10, 1908, which fixes the minimum pen
atty of $1,000 fine and the maximum
penalty at $4,000 fine for each offense
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
wlTTE ON THE SITUATION.
Premier Sees Only Revolution or Vio-
lent Coercion Ahead.
by Associated Pressl

London, Dec. 1.-THE corresponds
ent of the Daily Telegraph at ST.
Petersburg in dispatch dated Decem-|
ber 10, by way of Eydtkuhnen, sends
an interview with Count Witte, inl
which the premier indicates that Rus
sia is confronted with the alternative
of revolution or violent coercion.I
Though the count has not abandoned
hope, he is not sanguine, and if forci1
BILE repression should become neces1
sary he will, according to the corres1
pondent, resign his task to other
hands.
Questioned by the correspondent asl
to the genesis of the revolutionary
movement, Premier Witte attributed
it's rapid development to the granting
of autonomy to the universities and the
highschools, where the revolutionary
forces, hitherto doomed to secrecy
found an asylum and sanctuary and
absolute freedom for discussion. Furl
ther, when this freedom became 1icI
ense, society still looked on with stolid
indifference.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
WILL ANSWER
THE QUESTION
Ryan May Be Recalled by Com
mittee Today.
AND STILL ANOTHER ONE
Saving Life Assurance Society Of New
Being Probed.
[By Associated Pressl

up for the stock of the insurance COM
pany. Mr. Scott testified that Mr..
Hadley never repaid those loans and
that the insurance company realized
only 100000 on the sale of the collator-
al The companies in which Hadley
was interested failed and he commit
ted suicide.
"It cost the insurance company just
$4,000 for Mr.. Hadley to get control
of it" said Mr.. Hughes.
Besides the 100000, Hadley had
borrowed 100000 to pay for the as
surance company's stock and had put
up that stock as collateral. Mr.. Scott
testified that he bought that stock af-
ter Hadley's death and borrowed the
money to do it with from the New
York Security and Trust company,
John A. Mccall, president of the New
York Life Insurance company, Scott
said, "stood back of him in the negO-
tiations of the loan.
Other witnesses have testified that
the New York Life Insurance COM
pany controlled the New York
Security and Trust company.
After he got control of the company
Mr.. Scott said, John A. Horan, brother
in-law of John A. Mccall, was made
comptroller of the Provident Savings
Life Insurance company at $4,000 q
year.
Mr.. Scott testified also that his foul
sons and nephew are employed by
the company of which he is president
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
HIS NAME NOT MENTIONED.
Senate Adiourns Without Reference
to Late Senator Mitchell.
IBy Associated Press1

Washington, Dec. 11.-With spirit
ed debates on the subjects of railroad
rate legislation, arising through the
introduction of bill by Mr. .Tillman
to authorize the interstate commerce
commission to fix maximum rate,
and the Panama canal, due to a con-
troversy over the reference of the
emergency appropriation to a commit
tee, today's session of the senate prov
ed continuously interesting for more
than four hours.
An adjournment was taken without
a mention of the late Senator Mitchell
of Oregon and SO for the first time
the death of senator was permitted
to pass unnoticed by the senate. The
erasure of Mitchells name from the
rolls follows.
Chaplain Hale called the situation
to mind in his prayer by referring
pointedly to corruption and death and
by praying that members of the SEN
ate be given strength to bear each
others burdens.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
SEEKING FEDERAL CONTROL
Representative Lands of Indiana Has
Method For Placing Insurance Under
Government Supervision.
[By Associated Pressl

Washington, Dec. ia novel
method of seeking federal control over
insurance is proposed in bill intro
duced today by Representative Fred
Lands of Indiana.
The bill recites that congress has ex-
elusive jurisdiction over the District Of
Columbia, the territories and the in
sular possession of the United States,
in consequence of which authority is
given the department Of commerce and
labor to require full statements from
all insurance companies doing business
within such jurisdiction. He states
that publicity is the one thing re-
quired and that no insurance company
can afford to quit business in any OF
the territory named to avoid govern.
ment supervision, therefore all COM
panies will be included.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12

Associated Press understands that an
urgent cable to this effect was sent to
the Mutual officials in New York today.
It was decided that the largest policy
holders in England would insist that
the man who directed the affairs of
the Mutual should be sufficiently prom
inent and we'll known on both sides of
the water to insure complete conf
dence.
The alternative has not been an
nounced, but the Associated Press is
given to understand that unless as
surance to this effect are forthcom-
ing within a stated number of days a
decided step will be taken, and that
the whole matter is in the hands of
some of the most influential men in
London.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
ENGLISH POLICY HOLDERS Dip
into MUTUAL. LIFE AFFAIRS
by Associated Pressl

London, Dec. 11.-English policy
holders in American life insurance
companies are determined to take
active measures for the protection of
their interests.
Hitherto, while the question was
much discussed, evidence of combined
action has been lacking. The Assoc
lated Press was informed today that
the policy holders of the Mutual Life
Insurance company of New York have
decided to urge upon the officials of
that company that the successor to
Richard A. McCurdy must be an in
surance man having the confidence of
the British policy holders, and that
those policy holders must be represent
ed on the board of directors. The
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
CAUSE OF UNEASINESS
Much Apprehension Felt Concerning
Safety of Nantucket shoaI Light
ship and Gunboat Wasp.
[By Associated Press1

Newport, r. l., Dec. 1.-THE sus-
pense attending the outcome of the
leak in the Nantucket South Shoal
lightship and the absence of any news
regarding the gunboat Wasp, which
left here a few hours before the storm
of Sunday morning to succor the dis
abled brig Harry Smith, only rs miles
away, has made the day at the naval
training and torpedo stations one of
much anxiety.
It was expected that the lightship
would be heard flom during the day,
either by the return of one of the
vessels which went to her aid, or by
wireless from some passing ocean
liner. The only word, however, was
a faint message at 2 a. m. from the
lightship herself which read:
Nantucket Shoal lightship in dis.
tress. Send help from anywhere"
The message then broke off into a
long series of unintelligible dots and
dashes. It is thought that the wire
less operator on the ligh ,7hip was un
able to use storage batteries after the
extinguishing of the fires had render
ed the dynamos useless.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12

New York, Dec. 1.-THE legislative
life insurance investigating committee,
headed by Senator VIM. A. Armstrong,
appeared tonight to have succeeded in
it's attempt to make Thomas E. Ryan
divulge what E. H. Hartman threaten
ed to do to influence him to divide his
control of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance society.
District Attorney VIM. T. Jerome,
who has been asked by the committee
to take steps to punish Mr.. Ryan for
refusing to answer the questions about
Mr.. Hartman, reported to the COM
mittee today that he had informed Mr..
Ryan's counsel that Mr.. Ryan ought to
answer. Mr.. Jerome also wrote to the
committee that he believed Mr. Ryan
would answer if brought before the
committee again.
Mr.. Hughes declined to say when
Mr.. Ryan will be recalled, but it is
presumed he will take the witness
stand tomorrow or the following day.
The committee was engaged for part
of the time today in inquiring into the
affairs of the provident Savings Life
Assurance society of New York.
Charles e. Hughes, counsel for the
committee, had brought out by ques
tioning Edward w. Scott, the presi
dent of that company, that when Frank
F. Hadley of New Bedford, Mass.
secured control of the company ir
1895, he borrowed $162,0Oo from the
company on his collateral notes to pay
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
HOLDS DOWN DID
Declining to Permit Washing of Dem
ocratic Soiled Linen in Public for
Amusement of Majority, He Objects
to Reading of Newspaper Clipping
offered by Lamar.
[By Associated Press]

Washington, Dec. 11-Mr. Williams,
the minority leader of the house,
stepped on the lid" today just in
time to prevent revelations in the
nature of open criticism of the COM
mittee assignments of certain of his
colleagues, for which he is response
BILE.
Mr.. Payne, the republican leader,
naively suggested way by which the
revelations might be made, but Mr..
Williams assumed all responsibility
and declined to allow the washing of
democratic linen for the amusement
of republicans"
The incident followed the announce
ment of committees. Mr.. Lamar of
Florida submitted and had read a
newspaper clipping purporting to
quote Mr.. Williams to the effect that
Mr.. Lamar and Mr.. Shackleford (Mis-
souri) had been left off the interstate
and foreign commerce committee be-
cause they had failed to follow the
democratic caucus action of last ses-
sion on the railroad rate bill.
Speaker Cannon suggested that the
statement read did not constitute a
question of personal privilege, which
entitled Mr. Lamar to the floor.
"The gentleman might proceed by
unanimous consent" suggested Mr..
Payne. "How much time does he
want, an hour?"
Williams Is Recognized.
1t was here that Mr.. Williams
strobe forward from his seat in the
rear. He hailed the speaker with
word and gesture and when he got
his eye, he reserved his right to OBJ
ject only long enough to make the
statement that in the interest Of
democratic harmony, effectiveness
and general good will, which will moi
be promoted in washing the demo
cratic linen for the amusement of the
republicans of the house, object"
Immediately the situation became
decidedly interesting. Mr.. LANAI
faced Mr.. Williams, who stood close
to him, and charged him with taking
the matter into the newspapers.
Mr.. Shackleford was on his fee
vainly demanding to ask a question
and many democrats applauded th'
stand taken by Mr.. Williams. MI
Lamar demanded that Mr.. William
call democratic caucus tomorrow o
allow him to proceed.
Speaker Cannon welded his gave
vigorously and declared everybod
out of order and in the midst of th,
confusion recognized Mr.. Payne for
motion to adjourn, which was declal
ed carried and the session was owe
until Wednesday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
HIS APPEAL DISMISSED.
United States Supreme Court Take
in Mitchell Case.
[By Associated Press]

Washington, Dec. 11.-On motion q
former Senator Thurston, Chief Justicl
Fuller, on behalf of the supreme courl
of the United States, today directel
the issuance of an order dismissin3
the appeal of the late Senator Mitchell
in the case against him. The proceed
ings were brief. Senator Thurston az
nounced the death of the Oregon ser
ator and moved the dismissal of tn
case.
In directing the order. the chief ju
tice merely remarked that this cours
was usual in criminal cases.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12

Ways and means, Payne, New York;
judiciary, Jenkins, Wisconsin; Inter-
state and foreign commerce, Hepburn,
Iowa; foreign affairs, Hit, Illinois;
military affairs, Hull, Iowa; naval af-
fairs, Foss, Illinois; postoffice and
postroads, Overstreet, Indiana; insular
affairs, Cooper, Wisconsin.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
GREW is SAVED.
[By Associated Pressl

New Bedford, Mass, Dec. 12,-The
lighthouse tender Azlar, arrived here
at 2:15 o'clock this morning with the
crew of the Nantucket South Shoal
lightship. The lightship foundered at
a. m. yesterday, 1S miles west of her
station while in tow of her tender.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
IS NAMED
Tawney Gets Much Coveted Chairman
ship of House Appropriations Com
mittee-other chairmen.
[By Associated Pressl

Washington, Dec. 11.-Speaker Can
non announced the house committees
of the Fifty-ninth congress today. The
following are the chairmen of, the i'm
portant committees:
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
PosrMAsTERs APPOINTED.
[By Associated Pressl

LBy AssOclated FFessI
Washington, Dec. 11.-Postmasters
were appointed today as follows:
North Dakota-Henry T. Nelson,
Courtenay; Clarence G. Banks, Lans-
ford; VIM. H. Bush, Oakes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
CUT OFF AGAIN.
7eIeeraphic Communication With St
Petersburg Temporarily Interrupted

[By Associated Pressl
New York, Dec. 1.-THE CONNER
cial Gable company is advised that
communication with st. Petersburg is
again temporarily interrupted. Traffic
will be forwarded by post from Nystad
in the morning, if connection by that
time is not restored.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-12
SULTAN HAS YIELDED.
Accepts Powers Plan for Financial
Control of Macedonia.
[By Associated Press1

London, Dec. 11.-A correspondent
of the Daily News at Constantinople
says:
"The sultan has yielded. He has ac-
cepted the scheme for the financial
control of Macedonia as embodied in
the last collective note of the powers. >
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-07-21
GREAT APPIAN WAY.
ROMAN ROAD WHICH A6OUNDS
IN ROMANCE.
Soldiers and Slaves, Mourners and
Pieasure-Seekers, ldlers, Busy Trad
ers and Lovers, All These Have
Travelled Its Paved Surface.

Some things remain unchanged
throughout the ages while others are
merely transitory despite an appear
ance Of the greatest durability. Love
and hate, joy and sorrow, are the same
to-day as they were when man first
discovered he was a creature with
powerful emotions. Like the brook in
the poem, they go on forever, regard
less of mans coming and going. The
things man has built with his hands,
on the contrary, no matter how great,
have almost invariably crumbled to
dust with the passing of time, leaving
scarcely a trace of their existence.
On the plains of Asia Minor, along
the valley Of the Nile in Egypt, and
in other of the older inhabited parts
of the earth, there have at different
periods in the remote past sprung into
existence through one cause or an
other great cities, each filled with its
bustling throngs of people intent on
doing the many things that go to make
up urban life. To-day, there scarce re-
mains of these one stone upon another
to mark the place of their being. All
have persisted. Wood and stone, brick
and mortar, have fallen into decay;
and of the many homes that ono shell
tered happy families, Of the imposing
piles that housed the multifarious
branches of trade, and of the magnif-
cent structures erected to crafty
mans desire for suitable places in
which to worship, nothing remains in
most instances except a few half
buried fragments. In place Of these
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-07-21

able for the substantial manner Of its
construction and the paved surface,
which was made of large and we'll
lifting blocks of black basaltic lava.
Quite naturally, since it was the
most picturesque of all the approach
es to Rome, it soon became a favorite
place for those of leisure to walk or
drive. This resulted in such a great
liking for it that many Of the wealthy
Romans, at death, made provision for
their remains to be placed near this
favored spot, and in time numerous
magnificent s%epulchres were reared
along the road near the city, the most
noted of which are those Of C~alatinus,
the Scipios, and Caecilia Metella.
After the fall of the Roman empire
the Appian way was allowed to care
for itself for centuries, and it became
unfit for use in many places. Until
about fifty years ago, the greater part
Of the road beyond the tomb Of Gaze
ella Metella, or between the Sd and
18th milestones, was hardly distin-
SuiohopiC llOul lut SuTTOululuS COuu-
try, excepting by the ruins of the sep
ulchres; but excavations in 1S50-'53,
extending over the Appian way from
its beginning as far as the ancient site
of Bovillae, reopened to travel its most
interesting part. This work was ear
ried out under the auspices of the pa
pal government. The part Of the an
cient road that was restored is called
the Via Appia Nova. or in plain En-
glish, the new Appian road. Oddly
enough, too, the modern railway from
Rome to Naples crosses this old road
near the place where the workmen
ceased their operations.
The meeting Of st. Peter and the
Master on the Appian way, not far
from the city, is the most important
incident Of the many which legend
says took place along this road. The
story is that st. Peter. becoming dis
couraged by the martyrdom Of hun
dreds of Christians in Rome, started
out to leave the country. He had
gone but a little way in his fight when
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-07-21

dead cities Of the past there are other
and fairer ones thickly dotting the sur
face Of the earth, but they are all the
result Of those never-dying emotions
constantly squirting man to activity.
This consistency of the human emo
tons is a key that unlocks the treas
ure house of all romances of the
past. Because of it the lover of to-day
can fully appreciate the hopes and
fears that troubled the hearts of 9th
err lovers in the far distant past. He
knows that despite a difference In
dress and language and environment
they were moved by feelings similar
to those that send him a-wooing, and
he understands. The soldier, too,
when he goes to war to-day, Is actu-
ated by the same motives that domi-
mated the minds of those who fought
so fiercely of old. Patriotism, hero
ism, hatred Of an enemy to the father
land-all these sentiments are I'M
changed. 1t is only the outward n
material expression of things that
proves unstable as time advances.
1t Is because Of this ability to fully
comprehend the motives prompting hui
nan activities in the long ago that
people of the present age are so
strongly impressed when contemplate
ing the ruins Of those ancient PLACES.
There is the Appian way, for in
stance. Who can travel along this an
cient Roman t~horoughfare without a
sense of strong heart interest? One
really cares little about who built 1t.
so long as the story of what has taken
place on its surface remains untold,
and yet any reference to the subject
would be incomplete without a brief
mention, at least, of the facts regard
Ing the road itself.
The Ancient ThorouShfare.
This celebrated road, which with Its
branches connected Rome with all
parts of southern Italy, was begun at
the Capena gate in the old Roman
wall by Appius Claudius Caecus, In
312, b. c., and was completed as far
as Capua, a distance Of 10 miles, In
307, B. c.. 1t was subsequently con-
tinued to Brundusium, in the south
eastern part of Italy, and was the
main channel of communication be-
tween the Eternal City and the princi-
pal port whence sailed the vessels for
! Greece and the east. 1t 10 remark
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-07-21

he met our Savior, who rebuked him.
The little church Of Domino Quo Va
dis-the words used by st. Peter in
addressing the Savior on that m
Die occasion-is supposed to stand on
the spot where the meeting took place.
In the center Of the church Is a mar
bic slab showing a facsimile of the
footprints of Jesus, the original of
which, a block Of black basaltic lava.
said to be the one on which He stood
when talking with st. Peter, is highly
treasured in the Basilica of st. Sebas-
tan.
What a trysting place for lovers this
favorite Roman road must have been
In the days of its greatest glory! What
sweet nothings or burning words Of
passion were here murmured into will
ing ears! What clandestine meetings
may have taken place in the shadow
Of these magnificent housings Of the
dead by those whose love was op-
posed! The marble-walled ~mausoleums
along its way must have echoed the
shouts of those haying a friendly trial
of speed between the gayly trapped
steeds drawing their chariots: words
of fiattery, too, from those campbell
lows of the great in society, in poll
ties, or in war. Jealousies. heart