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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-22
ETIQUETTE AMONG PEERS.
Rules Laid Down to Prescrve tho
Dignity OF Their Chamber.

Besides insisting upon all due respect
to themselves the peers suffer 10 dis
respect Ia tie stately Eildcd chamber
III which they arc accustomed to assem-
bic. Even when parliament is not in
session none but mcmhers are allowed
10 he covered there. Eot even The eldest
son OF any peer may wear Ills hat ia
The room. Neither Is any person tc
stay there. nor any attendant on any
nobleman bat while he brings In his
lord, and then lie is TO retire himself"
In 1903 Official notice was taken OF
the fact that OF lnte the doorkcepcrs
have frequently presumed TO come
within the doors when the house Is sit
ting, and it was therefore ordered that
for the future this liberty hc forbid
hcn. Another point 81 which the peers
are scrupnlnus to preserve their dig
nifty is revealed In the standing order
with reference to conferences between
tie two houses.
1t sets forth that the place OF our
meeting with the lower house upon
conference is usually the painted cham.
Der, where they are commonly before
we come and expect our leisure. Nvo
are 10 come thitliCr IN Il whole body
and hot some lords scattering before
tho rest. whit, both fakes from The
gravity of tho lords ana besides may
hinder the lords from taking their
proper places. We are To- sit there
md BE covered. huI they are not 81;
any CoIu,nijtcc or conference either 10
lie covered or SIT down in our presence
unless II be SOiuc ;nlirm person and
That by coiinlvance in Il corner out OF
sight. 10 sit. but not 10 he covered"
Although never rrscinded, this rcgu-
laLlon Is now practically obsolete
Chambers Journal
AT intcrrcGnuni.
When President Hadley succeeded
Tie learned and witty Timothy Dwight
as president Of Yale university lie ex.
ercises attendant upon the transfer OF
authority were married by heavy fall
OF ram. II came down suddenly lust
as column OF people. President
Dwight and Professor IIadlcy at tbc
mead. were crossing The campns. Some
one handed The couple an umbrella,
anu Professor Hadlcy was about to
open il when the older man took it fyor,
MN. saying as lie unfoldcd it:
Let me carry il. professor. You
reign VIII began tomorrow"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-22

LACE COLLARS-LadicS fancy
Lace Collars. all styles, 12l &C, isc, psf
to $500 each.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-22
Baltimore Produce Market.

BALTIMORE, MD, Dec. 2l.-Flour
Firm, unchanged.
Wheat-Firm but dull: spot con.
tract. 81 5-SM3"i: No. red western,
sea- Ii: southern by sample. 70MS3.
Corn-Stcady: spot now. 80 5SI3.4
southern white corn new, ~ La
40 Ii.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-22

Sc; good feeding barley. 81 1.2@3s:
fair to choice mailing, 410i9; No. |
lax seed, l03: No. / Northwestern
los L.; prime timothy seed, 335 mess
pork. per Dbl. 1275GDl2SO: lard, per
100 lbs, 742 1-2M745: short ribs,
lloosc). G90p705; short clear sides
tboXed), 727m125; whlskcy. basis oil
high wines, 100: clover. contract grade
1900
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-22
CHICAGO Grain Market

CHICAGO, Dec. 2l.-OmciaI cunfr-
nation of Il large yield of wheat in the
United States caused the weakness in
the wheat market here today At the
close wheat for May delivery was
down IL cent. Corn was up Ia cent.
Oats were unchanged. Provisions
were ~ to Z 1-2 cents higher.
The leading futures ranged as fol-
lows:
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-22
WATT CONVICTED.
Englishman is Found Guilty Of Murder
ing His Wife.

b""|tI ''"I'I'W0oN .N3II
London, Dec. 21.-Thc trial oil Illus. i
Watt. Il former member OF pari;inent
charged With netting hired agents u
murder his divorced wife. Julia Watt.
ana Sir Itc"iuald licauch&mp. ended
today with Il verdict of guilty. Watt
was sentence, to five years penal SCI.
vituic
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-22
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each.
Ladies Pure Linen Hcmstitchcd, sc,
10c. 12l.c, zoe and 25c each.
Gents Pure Linen iiandllcrchicfs
12,2 &c, ice. CSC and soc each.
Wits or black Silk liandliorchicls
25c, SOC, 75c and $l.oo each.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-22
Cash quotations were as follows:

Flour. easy: No. spring wheat. 81
uSG L.: No. ;, S2@S6; No. red.
81 lass: No. . corn, so 1.i@l-2;
No. . yellow, so 1-i1l-2; No. oats.
so 5-S; No. white. SO 10: No. g
white, 30 1901 10; No. 2 rye. G5m
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
win Irrlqate Bio Utah Tract.

Salt Lake City.-The Herald says;
A plan to make productive a tract OF
from 10000 to 10000 acres OF remark.
ably rich farming land near Green
River, Utah. is under consideration by
a number OF well known Utah men
who have already gone so far as 10
take preliminary steps for the organi'
zatlon OF company. and to file on val.
liable water rights along Green river.
Joseph H. Young, now Of Denver; Col.
w. A. Wall, and Duncan Macvichie OF
Salt Lake, are among the men inter-
asted In the project
The land in view lies largely to the
south OF Green River station, and Is
crossed by the main line of the Rio
Grande Western. It Is believed that
large numbers who may be dlsap
pointed in getting what they want In
he reservation will settle here.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
DUG UP CORPSE AND SAVED A LIFE

The case is one Of the most sensa-
tional that has ever occurred in Mon.
tona, and only the daring Of Howell's
attorney, w. e. Cort now OF Los An.
geles, saved him from the scaffold. At
the trial the state showed by a mum.
Der OF witnesses that Rolling was
shot from behind, and It was wholly
upon this showing that the verdict Of
first degree murder was returned.
Howell was sentenced in 1900 to be
hanged. and later Attorney Cort went
alone to the place where Rozling's
body was inferred, dug 1t up. took the
head to Helena and showed the gov
ernor that the deceased was not shot
from behind. Upon this the executive
committed the sentence to life i'm
prisonment and the effort to obtain
further clemency has been making
ever since The petition is one Of the
largest ever secured in Montana In a
case OF this kind.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
ARE STILL FIGHTING.
Japs and Russians Keep Up the War
Despite Peace Proposals.

Japs and Russians Keep Up the War
Despite Peace Proposals.
Cody. Observation-Disclosures re-
ceived from Korea report that the
Japanese have begun a simultaneous
advance from Kuanchodary against
the Musariet and Piatsabang passes,
but that the north columns were
checked under pressure Of the Rus
sian advance detachment. The Rus
sian losses, the dispatches say, were
Insignificant. Japanese warships are
reported to be cruising off the mouth
of Peter the Great bay. on which
Vladivostok is situated, their lights
often being visible from the Russian
island.
Chinese arriving from the south say
that the japanese are most active in
establishing trade relations In south
ern Manchura that over a score of
large business houses have been es-
tablished at Yinkow, and that 5000
Japanese settlers and larger traders
follow closely on the heels of the
army,
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
yellow scOuree In New York.

New York.-One man died of yellow
fever at New York detention hospital
at Quarantine Sunday, making the
first case of yellow fever discovered
on ships entering New York this sum
mer and the second death.
This is the first time in five years."
said Health oficer Doty, that New
York has been threatened by more
than one yellow fever case in a sum
mer William b. Smith, n pantryman,
taken from the steamer Advance from
Colon last Thursday with nine other
suspects, died Sunday with an acute
case OF yellow fever. Seven other
members Of this party are still under
inspection"
Not one of these fever cases" DR..
Doty said, has come from the fever
districts in the United States. Pan
anna has supplied them all"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
RUSSIANS AND JAPS CLASP HANDS

as comrades rather than as enemies.
During the luncheon President
Roosevelt proposed notable toast. in
which he expressed the earliest hope
and prayer in The interest not only OF
these two great powers, but Of all civ
illzed mankind, that just and lasting
peace may speedily be concluded be.
tween them"
The occasion was impressive. It
was attended not only by pomp and
ceremony, but by n simplicity and
frankness characteristic of the presi.
dent and people of America.
Due honor was paid the distin-
guished guests of the president and
of the country, and they received all
dignity to which their exalted rank
entitled them.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
GREAT STRIDE TOWARD LIBERTY
National Assembly to Be Summoned
by Russian Ruler.

National Assembly to Be Summoned
by Russian Ruler.
St. Petersburg. Russian ma
tional assembly, the first gathering to-
gether of representatives of the Mus
covite people since Emperor Alexis
Michaelovitch, the second of the
Romanoffs. summoned the last zemsky
sober in the seventeenth century, will
be proclaimed on Saturday next. The
final session of the special commits
sion which has been considering the
project as drafted by Minister of the
Interior Bouligan and elaborated by
the council of ministers, was held at
Peterhof Tuesday. It's verdict upon
the project as a whole was favorable
and at the conclusion of the session,
before the assembled grand dukes,
ministers. senators and other Nom
bers of the commission, Emperor
Nicholas set the seal of his approval
thereto.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
Negroes Hanged to Bridge.

Hattiesburg. Miss. G. Smith, city
convict guard, was assassinated here
Friday morning by two negroes of his
gang, William Horn and KID
George. Horn made his escape but
George was captured, together with a
negro named Ed Lewis, alias Brock
who had struck the shackles from the
murderers. They were placed in the
city jail after Brock had been severely
whipped to force him TO tell where
Horn had gone, but he refused. AZ
night a mob gathered and quietly took
the two negroes from the Jail and
hanged them TO a bridge in the glare
OF the electric light
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
JAPS PAY COMPLIMENT
TO RUSSIAN CAPTAIN
Russian Commander Refused to Leave
His Sinking Vessel and Narrowly
Escaped Death BY Drowning.

Russian Commander Refused to Leave
His Sinking Vessel and Narrowly
Escaped Death by Drowning.
Tokio-An officer of the naval star
has made a statement in which he
pays high tribute TO some of the Rus.
sian officers participating in the battle
OF the Sea of Japan. His statement
follows:
"There were several Russian Of
flcers whose conduct in the recent bat
tie deserves to be held high as u
model and example for all naval Of.
ficers. Among them the most note
worthy was the conduct OF Captain
Rodionoff. commander of the Nakhi.
mon. His gallantry is as praise
worthy as that of Commander Hirose.
During the first day Of the battle the
Nakhimoff was exposed to the fire of
our main squadron and sustained seri-
Gus damage. During the night she
was made the object Of severe torpedo
attacks and finally completely dis
Gbled, drlfted close to the Tsushlma.
"The vessel was sinking and Cap.
tain Rodlonoff sent seventy OF the
crew to land at Tsushima, remaining
aboard himself with his chief navi-
gator When the Japanese approached
the sinking vessel they asked the cap.
tain TO leave the vessel. but he re.
fused. The Japanese boarded the yes
sci and endeavored TO drag him into a
boat, but he resisted. The ship was
listing badly and threatened momen-
tarily to plunge into the sea. The
Japanese were forced to draw OF and
the captain went below, TO there meet
his death. Suddenly the ship went
down and our men thought the gal.
liant officer was drowned But provi-
dence willed otherwise. We found the
captain and navigator in the water
locked in each others arms. They had
embraced at what they thought was
the moment of death and were partly
unconscious when we rescued them"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
stOokmen Injured In colIIsIon.

Emporia, KAMA way car attached
to the Atohison, Topeka & Santa Re
stock train, standing on the tracks
here, early Tuesday, was damaged in
collision and ten persons injured
A. ~ Sanders, Blodget Mo,
stockman, received probable fatal in.
luries. The stock train was too heay-
NY laden and stop had been made TO
take out six cars. A switch engine
whose crew was making up the train
crashed into the way car wrecking it
badly.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12

Oyster Bay.-Saturday was a great
day in Oyster Bay. Russians and Jap
anese clasped hands and greeted one
another with all outward evidences of
cordially and for the first time since
nations began to have relations one
with another, an executive of a great
power received the ENJOYS Of two bel
ligerent countries on a mission of
peace.
President Roosevelt, on behalf OF
the United States and its people, ex-
tended formal greetings to the repre-
sentatives of Russia and Japan. intro
duced the plenipotentiaries to one an
other and entertained them at an elab-
crate luncheon, at which Russians and
Japanese fraternized with one another
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12

San Francisco.-John A. Logan Bell,
aged 2S years, on Sunday shot and
killed his stepfather. Joseph Bartlett,
aged 65 years. Bartlett was a fruit
peddler and Bell worked for him. The
men were continually quarreling. on
Sunday another quarrel arose. Bell is
under-sied, while Bartlett was large
and powerful. They came to blows
and Bell secured an axe, but Bartlett
wrested It from the younger man and
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
BUILDING COLLAPSED,
MANY PEOPLE KILLED

Big department store IN RlDdny, W.
", Come Crashing Down and a
Hundred People Are Caught
in the Ruins.
Albany, n. Y.-The middle section
OF the big department store of the
John G. Myers company in North
Pearl street collapsed early Tuesday
carrying down with 1t over 100 per-
sons.
Caught in a chaos of brick, plaster
and wooden beams, between twenty
and thirty men, women and children
met death. Twelve hours frantic
work on the part OF an army of res
cuers disentangle1 fifty people, six OF
them dead and many of the rest badly
injured.
The collapse came shortly after the
opening hour, when barely a score OF
shoppers were in the store. A clock
found in the debris had stopped at II
minutes before 9 o'clock showing
when the crash came.
The best accounts of the event that
probably caused the ruin is given by
the head of the crockery, glass and
drug department, which occupies the
basement.
"The workmen were saving at a
wooden floor BEAM" said he. (which
runs under the northern end of the
pillars in the middle of the store. Ex-
cavation for the cellar was going on
about the base of this pillar. and I be-
lieve that Earring of the beam beneath
It displaced the foundation of the
pillar"
The pillar which gave way support
ed the ends OF two giant Orders and
when 1t fell, the main support of the
central part of the building was gone.
With a noise that could be heard
blocks away and which shook the
adjoining buildings, nearly half the
great structure from cellar to roof and
extending from one sidewalk to the
other came grinding down. When the
FIRE department arrived they had
plenty to do in rescuing those who
were pinned under the top wreckage.
In short time the city's entire hos
pital and ambulance force was on the
scene. aided by half hundred doc.
tors from all parts of the city.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
YOUNG MAN KILLS HIS sTEPFATHER

cut him with II. During the fight Mrs.
Bartlett, mother OF Bell, tried to act
as peacemaker and was accidentally
struck with the axe. She tainted and
Bell ran into the house TO get a small
rifle. II is claimed that Bartlett then
started to attack Bell with the axe
and was warned away, but did not
stop. Bell then shot him in the
breast and death soon followed.
Mother and son were taken into GUS
tody.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
May Call out Militia at New Orleans

New Orleans.-lf the present cha.
otto condition of quarantine matters
in Louisiana is not speedily termi-
mated, in obedience to a proclamation
issued Tuesday, the state board OF
health has announced its intention OF
Immediately invoking the civil pow
ers, and that failing, of asking Gov.
ernor Blanchard to call out the mi
litia and restore and maintain order
The proclamation resulted from the
letters sent Tuesday by the governor
to President Souchon. The procla'
nation prohibits any town, parish or
village from refusing admission to a
person from a non-infected locality
holding a health certificate not over
twenty-four hours old, or to a person
from an infected locality who has
spent six days in a detention camp
and been discharged with a marine
hospital certificate.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
Salvation LassIe In Prison.

Chicago .-Inga Hanson, the former
Salvation Army girl, convicted of per-
Jury in connection with a personal in
Jury suit brought by her against the
Chicago City railway, was taken 10 the
penitentlary at Joliet Monday, TO be
gin an indeterminnte sentence. Since
her trial several months ago Miss
Hanson has been confined In the Cook
county jail hospital, claiming to be
suffering from the effects OF para
lytic stroke resulting from her injury.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
Shielded Because She Couldn't Go
70 a Picnic.

Missoula, Mont.--One young life
went out in Mlssoula river on Mon.
day, Just because the mother exer.
cised authority. Miss Georgia White
aged II. wanted TO go to a picnic, but
her mother said she could not Miss
Georgia was determined and also de,
spondent, Leaving her home near
Missoula, she went TO the river bank,
threw herself into the stream and died
by drowning, A little brother had
followed. but he failed to see the act.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
The Latest Agricultural Department,
Scandal. ..

Washington Secretary OF Agricul
ture Wilson on Saturday admitted that
rigid Investigation Is being made
into the condition Of affairs In the bu.
reau OF animal industry as the result
OF the admission Of DR.. Il. F. Salmon.
chief OF the bureau. that for six years
prior TO 1902, he was a silent partner
Of George u. Howard, now vice presi-
dent Of the George Il. Howard Print
ing company which has had contracts
for printing meat inspection labels.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
Montana Man Who Had Been Con-
vieted Of Murder May Now Get
Full Pardon.
ALL DUE TO ATTORNEYS DARING
Dlslnterred Body and Took Head to
Governor to Prove That Man Had
Not Been Shot From Behind.

Lewistown, Mont.-A petition to
Governor Toole asking him to grant
a full pardon to Milton o. Howell, who
is serving life sentence for the muir
der of Thomas Rolling. has been for
warded to Helena. It is signed by
about 500 residents of Fergus county
and several residents OF Meagher, Vel
lowstone and Deer Lodge counties,
and in addition bore the signatures
Of 400 residents of the section of
Texas where Howell was reared.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
A BLOODY BATTLE IN CHINATOWN

as the most favorable scene for oper-
atoms. The theatre holds about 400
people and on Sunday night when the
quarter is crowded with visiting celes.
tials from all over the metropolitan
district it is always packed. When
the battle began not seat was TO be
had and many were standing. Among
the later in the back of the theatre
were several Of the Hip Sing Tong
members with big "A caliber revolvers
concealed beneath their flowing gar
ments. They suddenly began firing,
causing a panic in the audience. The
fire was returned by their opponents
with the above result.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12

New York.-As a result Of a battle
between members of the big Chinese
societies in the Chinese theatre in
Doyer street Sunday night three
Cinnamon were killed, two others
probably fatally wounded and many
others injured. When the police sue
ceeded in breaking up the riot they
had arrested more than enough inhab-
itants OF the Chinese district to fill the
Elizabeth street and other police sta
tons in the vicinity. According to a
report made by the police, the Hip
Sing Tong started the trouble and de-
liberately selected the Chinese theatre,
which is seldom visited by the police,
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
ARMINo FILIPINO BANDITS.

ReVolutionlsts Being Supplied With
Guns From Hong Kong.
Victoria, b. C.-News has been re.
ceived by the Kanagawa Maru from
Hong Kong of a sensational attempt
to run guns and ammunition in guam
titles to revolutionary bands in Samar
and other unsettled districts of the
Philippines. The syndicate was amply
provided with funds. They intended
to run the guns and ammunition Ia
unfrequented parts of the Philippine
coast and turn the munitions over "a
the guerrilla bands which continue 10
harass the Americans
Ten thousand rifles and million
rounds of ammunition were known 70
have been purchased. Since the dis
covery of the scheme those projecting
1t are in hiding.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
Errlns Wife Tainted on Husbands
Coffin.

San ranclsco.-Chilllon Bowen, OF
Washoe, New. who on Sunday last
hot and killed W. w. Stephenson,
vas arraigned Monday before Police
Judge Fritz. Hearing OF the case was
continued until Friday. Mrs. stephen.
son Inferred the remains OF her hus-
band Monday and, prosiratlng herself
over the coffin, exclaimed: For Gods
sake VIII, forgive mo, I'm alone"
and fell I'm a faint.
The coroner's inquest will not be
held until next week
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
DRIVEN INSANE BY ACCIDENT.
Gather Of Girl Killed at Grade Cross
lna Goes Mad.

Cleveland, O.-Reports from varl-
Gus hospitals to which the victims OF
Sunday nights grade crossing accl
dent were taken show that only one
death had occurred, but six OF the
badly injured will probably die. At
least score OF other passengers on
the street car received more or less
serious wounds.
James Martin, whose young daugn-
ter was killed while his wife and two
other children were badly injured, is
reported to be insane as result OF
the accident Mrs. Martin is not ex.
pected TO live. Martin went to the
hospital where the physicians were
about to operate upon his daughter
and struck one of the physicians.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
DecAPlTATED BY TRAIN.
Tragic Death Of Man Accused OF Libel
ing Alice Roosevelt.

New York-Robert Criswell the
Town Topics man who was sued by
Congressman Rhlnock Of Kentucky for
llbeling Miss Alice Roosevelt, was de
capitated by a subway train at mid
night Friday. Criswel printed q
story 70 the effect that Rhinock intro
duced bookmakers and other shady
characters 20 Miss Roosevelt during
her recent visit in Cincinnati.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
JURY FAILED TO AGREE.
Second Trial Of Congressman William.
son Proved Abortive.

son Proved AbortiVe.
Portland Ore.-For a second time,
after celebrating for over forty hours
jury in the United States district
court on Friday reported to Judge De
Haven that they were unable to reach
an agreement in the case Of the Unit
ed States against Congressman J. N.
Williamson, DR.. Van Gessner and For
mer United States Commissioner
Marion o. Biggs charged with con.
spiracy to suborn perjury in connec-
ton with the securing Illegally of part
Of the public domain, and was dis.
charged.
Al the previous trial the jury was
discharged after deliberations which
lasted almost two days.