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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-06
SENATOR FRoM MISso URI.
Niedringhnus, of st. Louis, Chosen on
 Fifth Ballot.

Jefferson City, Mo, Jan. 5.-Thonaas K. Nfederinghaus, of St. Louis, chair man of the republican state central committee, was tonight nominated for United States senator to succeed Sem ator Cockrell. The senatorial caucus was held in open session in the hall were Thomas K. Niedringhaus, R. c. Kerens, former national republican committeeman; Congressman Richard Bartholdt, United States District At torney D. F. Dyer and Nathan Frank. all of St. Louis; United States District Attorney William Warner of Kansas City and l.. F. Parker of Rolla, Mo.
 The nomination, which was made on the fifth ballot, insures the election of MT. Niedringhaus.
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TO MAKE TERRI SIX TEAKs.
Resolution Submitted to Senate Re-
 garding Ohice of President.

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 Washington, Jan. 5.-Senator Bailey submitted to the senate to-day a pro- posed amendment to the constitution fixing the term of the president at six years and making him ineligible for re- election. The text of the amendment follows:
 The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States, who shall hold his office during a term of six years, and, together with the vice. president, chosen for the same term, be elected as provided in Article 12 of the amendments to the constitutions. The president shall forever be ineligible to reelection. nor shall any person be eligible to an election to the presidency who has served as president under any succession provided for in the constitu- .tion or the laws made in pursuance thereof.
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RUSSIAN NON-CoMB 4TANTs.
Thousands Going to Chefoo--Refusa1 to Allow ships to Enter Port Arthur.

E ID
 Chefoo, Jan. 5--Night.-Japanese Con- sul Mizoune tonight notified Russian Consul Tiedmailn that the first portion of the one thousand resident non-com- batants at Port Arthur who are to come to Chefoo will arrive Friday. It will be some time before the entire thousand reach here, owing to shortage of transportation facilities.
 Most of these -combatants are in good health, although some, of them are merely sufficiently convalescent to reach here.
 The authorities at Tokio having re- fused that proposition made by the Russian minister at Pekin, Paul Les sar to send a ship loaded with medical supplies and foods for the invalids, it has been suggested that this ship be diverted to Chefoo for the benefit of the expected non-combatants.
 X The local Russians are busy tonight endeavoring to find quarters for to- norrow's arrivals.
 Consul Mizoune says that the refusal of the Japanese to allow either the An dromeda or the ship ordered by Minis ter Lessar to visit Port Arthur is in pursuance of a strict policy not to al- low any foreign ship to approach the farbor.
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ATTACKS OFFICIAL FIGURES.
REPRESENTATIVE Az
 TER AGRICULTURAL DEPT.
Declares in the House That the Innccu- racy of Its Figures Has Caused a Panic in the Cotton Market-Press of the south Ready to Demand the Abo- Iition of the Statistical Bureau.

\ Washington. Jan. 5.-The govern ment's statistics as prepared by the az ricultura1 department and census bu- reau formed the subject of an extended discussion in the house to-day. Repre- sentative Livingstone, of Georgia, at tackled the reliability or the govern ment's estimates and charged that the inaccuracy of the figures had created a panic in the cotton market. He called attention to the dissatisfaction which he said existed in the south over the government cotton statistics, and said that the press of that section was ready to demand the abolition of the statisti- cal bureau of the agricultural depart ment. The question came up on mo- ton by Mir. Wadsworth, chairman of the committee on agriculture. to lay on the table the resolution, presented by. MT. Livingstone several weeks ago, calling on the secretary or agriculture for information regarding the method of collecting cotton statistics. The mo- tion to lay on the table prevailed after Messrs. Burlin, of Texas. Wadsworth, of New York, Lowering. of Massachu- sets, and Sims, of Tennessee, had viz orously defended the governments esti- mates.
 The bill to improve currency condi- tions was further discussed, MT. Hill, of Connecticut. being the principal speak CT. For nearly an hour, with the aid of an immense chart, MT. Hill explain ed certain figures bearing on rates of interest on bonds in different parts of the country, He expressed himself as opposed to investing the government with banking powers to loan govern ment money at various rates of interest to different parties, and said that the time would come when the people would regret that the secretary of the treas ury had been given power to take the. money of the public and loan it at his own discretion anywhere, under all cir. cumstances and with no responsibility.
 MT. Williams, of Mississippi, ridiculed the figures of Mir. Hill as the suprenl- est sort of fallacy." and said that Mr.. Hill has so wrapped me up in figures that T don't know what will become of my nervous system" He then entered Unto ali extensive discussion of the sub- jeet of rates of interest paid on depos- its in different sections or the country. After MT. Prince, of Illinois. had spok- en the bill was laid aside and the house at 4:35 p. m. adjourned until to-morrow.
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LEWIS PLAN DISCUSSED.
DIRECTION TO ALTERING DATE
 OF TAX C0LLE0TIoN

MT. Morse, of Connecticut Savings
 Bank, Says 1t Would be n Hardship
 to Many Taxpayers - Ex-Governor
 Norris Son Also opposed--others X Favorable to the Proposifion--Failure
 N. to Collect Military Tax criticIzed--
 Doing Away With some City omcinls
 Mentioned.
 The first of the public hearings be fore the board of finance, on the re. vised plan of George W. Lewis plan proposing changes in the collection of the city taxes was held last evening in the the chamber of the boa.d Of aldermen The revised plan differs from the orig inal plan in the elimination of the dis counts on advanced payments of taxes which was contained in the original proposition, but which was deemed in advisable. Mayor Studley presided at lass evenings hearing.
 The session was opened by the read ing of the plan by City Clerk Norris. The first person to speak upon the sub ject was Henry Donovan. He favored Mir. Lewis plan. He scored the collect- or of taxes for his failure to collect the military and poll taxes, declaring that several hundred thousands of dol lars were lost to the city by not col lecting these taxes. He said that in his estimation the collector failed in his duty In not making these collections. as he thought 1t was his duty to collect them. He did not question the honesty of the present collector at all, he said.
 MT. Donovan then spoke of instances in which he believed the city lost taxes by the concealment of personal property which was subject to taxation. To obviate this concealment he proposed that the corporatloh counsel be instruct ed to draft a bill to require persons to pay taxes due on their personal prop- erty under penalty of having said prop erty confiscated. A large amount of personal property, he said, escaped tax ation aud this was especially hard on the poor people.
 Proceeding, he suggested saving by the reduction of the expenses of admin istration.. He advocated such a step as the abolition of the office as assistant city clerk, asserting that Doth city clerk ard an assistant were unneces- sary. Elliott H. Morse of the Connecticut Savings bank dwelt especially upon the inadvisability of changing the time for the payment of taxes. He declared that 1t would be a real hardship to large number of taxpayers who had to figure out how to pay their taxes when due,
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THE SUBSIDIZED LoBBr.
Nebraska's Governor Says It's the Bane
 of Every Legislative Body.

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 Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 9.-One of the sig nificant passages in Governor Mickeyis' inaugural address to-day was that in reference to the lobby. in which he says in part:
 The bane of every legislative body is the subsidized lobby. Vicious legis- lation is not the result of ignorance. but is rather the result of prejudicial influences which ought not to exist and which certainly ought not to be. toler- ated within the halls, cloak rooms or offices of any deliberative body which has power over the destinies of 6 peo- pie. Nebraska is not different from other states in that it has suffered in years past from the attacks of a con- scienceless horde of paid retainers Whose sole mission was to debauch the membership of the legislature in the interest of questionable enactments.
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sIvIF1 ss CO.'S ANNUALMEETIsG.
H. L. swift Declares .Beef Trust" Re- % ports Without Foundation.

Chicago. Jan. 5.-The annual meeting of the stockholders of Swift & Co. was held here to-day and was attended by a number of eastern capitalists. Among those present were E. c. Swift, of Bos- ton, and John Redfield, of New Hanp- shire. Tn an address tc the stockhold- CTS H L. Swift said. Tt is needless for me to say that the reports in circtila-i tion about the beef trust are without, foundation. There is absolutely no con- spiracy or combination to control prices of live stock, the sale of meats or pack ing house products. On the other hand
 the packing industries are subjected to the severest kind of competition, both in buying and selling. and the percent age of profit of sales in the packing house industry Is less than in other lines of business"
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2,OO0 Pounds of Dynamite Explode.

Lancaster, Pa, Jan. 5.-Nearly ev- cry window in the borough of Christi ana wao broken to-day by the explo- sion of 1000 pounds of dynamite. Forty boxes of the explosive had been packed around steam pipes to be stored out for use on railroad work. The walls of the Christiana Machine company's building were blown in and every residence and store throughout the town were more or less damaged. No one was injured
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George H. Brooke, Former Star, to ,~E,~$ TEke Hold.

Philadelphia, Jan. 5.--George H. Brooke, one of the former stars of the University of Pennsylvania football team, was to-day elected head coach fo rthe coming season by the football committee of the University of Penn sylvania Athletic association. Dr. Carl williams, last years coach, had been offered the place, but declined.
 The system of coaching will remain the same as last year, when the head coach had the assistance of a half doz- en former players on the Pennsylvania team. Brooke has been coach of the Swarthmore college team for seven years
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Shipping News.

New York, Jan 5.---Arrived: Steamers Graf Waldersee, Mesaba, London; Cas- sell Bremen. E. New York, Jan 5.-Sailed: Steamers La Champagne, Havre; Numidian, Glas- gow.
 London, Jan. 5.-Arrived: Steamer Menominee, New York.
 Havre, Jan. 5.-4Arriyed: Steamer Savoie, New York. 5 Queenstown, Jan. 5.--Sailed; Stearr Majestic (fron Liverpooll, New Yorl Cherhourg, Jan, Snsallen; 1f,s,il q Ssea Southampton, New York. 5 New York, Jan. 5.--Arrived; Ste Prinz Adelbert. Genoa Palermo and Gibraltar
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LOOKING FOR NEW DESIGNER
LTPTON STILL HOPES TO LIFT
 AMERICA,S CUP.

Sir Thomas Dewar, NJ. F., Arrives in
 This Country and Announces That
 Lipton is Searching for Man to Re-
 place the Deceased watson-Tribute
 to the Hospitality of Americans.
 New York, Jan. 5.-Bringing the news that Sir Thomas Lipton is looking for new designer to build another Sham rock to compete for the America's cup, Sir Thomas Dewar, M. F., arrived to- day on the Graf Waldersee.
 Sir Thomas comes to attend the Flor ida automobile races, of which he has been appointed honorary referee
 He said: T dined with Sir Thomas Lipton shortly before I sailed, and ask ed him what about that America's cup. He said he was looking for new de- signer, now that Watson was dead, and that he had not given up hopes of bring ing the cup back across the Atlantic"
 Sir Thomas then showed the telegram which he received from Sir Thomas Lip ton shortly after the Graf Waldersee sailed. It reads as follows:
 Best wishes for a. pleasant voyage across the Atlantic and good time in the States. Remember me kindly to the many American friends of mine, whom I am sure you will meet if you re ceive tenth part of the hospitality experienced at their hands.
 You may be killed with kindness. No country in the world can equal America in warmth of welcome and open handed hospitality"
 Sir Thomas Dewar, who is we'll known as an automobile enthusiast, has come to this country after an absence of five years, simply because of his love Of at- tomobiling.
 He will return to England in Febru- ary. Speaking of political conditions in England he said that the protective tariff idea was rapidly gaining ground, and expected that the principle would eventually be adopted.
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LITE BoAI,s FERROUS TRIP.
Completing Voyage Across Atlantic
 Ten Miles Of Cape Cod.

Boston. Jan. 5.A Norwegian life boat, probably the UIiadd, although re- ported as the Tourist, was sighted to- day ten miles off Cape Cod by the steamer Baker with the loss of her rud- der and desirious of tug to tow her to Boston. The crew of four men declined assistance from the Baker and reported all we'll on board. As the little vessel is directly in the track of inbound tugs she is likely to be taken in tow soon,
 The Uuriadd has practically conlplet- ed the passage of the North Atlantic in midwinter, being bound from Aasle- sund, Norway, to New York. She was reported last week 300 miles of the
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Countess Refused gan Audience.

Berlin, Jan. 5.-Countess Montignoso former Crown Princess Louise of Sax ony and divorced wife of the present King of Saxony) since her return to Florence from Dresden after an unsuc- cessful attempt to see her children De- cenber P, went to Rome to seek the pope's influence with King Frederick Augustus to obtain for her the privi- lege of seeing her children. The pope, however, refused to grant the countess an audience, s..s -.,g
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Senator pIatt introduces RiIl.

Washington, Jan. 5.-Senator Platt, of Connecticut, to-day introduced a bill to amend the revised statutes by fixing penalty of not more than five years Imprisonment and a fine of not more than $500 for resisting service of any process of a court of the United States or assaulting any officer in the employ of the United States to prevent the ex- ercise of any of his functions.
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AGAIN THE PENSION BUILDING.
House Committee Now Fayors It for Inaugural Ball. .53

Washington, Jan. 5.The house corl- mittee on the District Of Columbia, which previously recommended that the senate resolution providing for the holding of the inaugural ball be amend ed by substituting the con gressional li- brary for the pension building, to-day formally reconsidered that action, and house that the senate resolution author- izing the use of the pension building be adopted. It is expected the resolution will be called up next Monday.
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To Honor Thomas.

Chicago, Jan. 5.--As 8 memorial to the late master leader" Theodore Thomas, a movement was irlaugurated to-day to change the name of the mag nificent new permanent home of the Chicago orchestra to Thomas hall. Many notables among the supporters of the famous musician endorsed the project.
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sEIzED JEWELS SOLD CHEAT.
Sale in New York of the Dodge Pearl IL. Necklace,

New York, Jan, 5.-Under the high sounding title of writ of alias vendi- toni exponas, which means, approxi- mately another writ of sale, the jewels once belonging to Mrs. Phyllis Dodge and seized by the government July 27, 1899, because Mrs. Dodge would not pay duty on them when they brought them into this country, were sold to-day at public auction in the Uniteed States circuit room in the Federal building, for s25,5S3. The celebrated "one-pearl necklace" against which the govern ment institutd it's suit, which had a for eign valuation of s35.Oe0. and a home valuation of s56,09s, sold for s21,0OO. This necklace, which was a rope of for ty-three very large pearls, was purchas- ed by Max D. Stever. -
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HARRIMAN TO FIGHT ON.
Northern secr1,lle. Case .o be rakel

Northern Secrriiies Case 70 be Taken
 @ U. s. Supreme Court. F
 New York, Jan. 5.-That the North ern Securities case will be taken to the United States supreme court on a writ of corteri by E. H. Hartman and the interests allied with him was an- nounced by W. D. Guthrie of counsel for the Hartman faction to-day, who after reading copy of the decision of the United States court of appeals, said the application for the writ would be made to the supreme court as soon as the court converes.
 It is expected that a writ of certico- raj from the United States supreme court will act as stay and prevent, temporarily, the distribution of the Northern Pacific stock held by the Great Northern company.
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SOMERSVILLE
 MURDERED IN HEX n.
TTT0 CHILDREN IN ROOM TIT
 BoDY EHEN FOUND.
Discovered by Husband on Bis Retr From syork-Kept Boarding sSlse. Police Now Looking for sIissis s: Boarder--Robbery the Motive ,vonl- ans Head Battered in and Thseas Cut from Fer to Ear.
Cut from Ear to Ear.

Cut from Ear to Ear.
 Somersville, Jan. 5-Her head bat
 tered. her throat cut from ear to ear. and her body partially covered with
 cheesecloth bags, Mrs. Lugicious Rules.
 a Polish woman, was found murdered
 late this afternoon in the kitchen of
 her home near the center of the tewn.
 As the result of an investigation Anaden 500 natter the discovery of the b0sf
 Sheriff Hubbard sent out general alarm over the state for the arrest of
 Frank Sheerel, former boarder at
 Mrs. Kules' house, but who left his
 work at the Somerville Manufacturing company about week ago. Sheerel is
 alleged to have been seen taking a troll ley car for Thompsonville at 4 o'cln
 but whether he went north or &<
 from that point the authori
 unable to state. He is descs
 being twenty-five years old,
 inches tall and weighing abot
 pounds He has brown hair al short brown moustache, wore
 clothes and is said to hEVaz in his session a bank book on the l2Sle s Savings of Hartford, beloYi ! = Steven Polish.
 The murdered woman was twenty five years old and was the mother Of three children, two Of whom were found in the room with the body when it was found. It is stated that Mrs.
 Rules had in her house a fairly largo sum of money, paid to her by board CTS and that this is missing. That rol
 bery was the motive which prcnaEt the murder there seems to be no doubt, as the entire house had been ransacked, carpets being upturred and bureau drawers pulled out and search ed. Just how much money the murder CT got is not known, the wonnan's hus band being unable to give the amount of his wife's savings.
 The husband of the woman was ena- ployed in the Somersville Manufactur- | ing company, and it was he who dis covered the body and gave the alarm. Although the news of the murder has@
 been sent throughout this state and
 Massachusetts no trace of the man ha z 1 been reported up to q ate 1a112r fd night. s''llly
 The murder has created more excite
 ment here than anyshing which has happened here for several years. and d large proportion of the towns popuz lation has offered to organize as a poss ito hunt for Sheerel.
 The murdered woman was favorablN known here and has kept a. boardirgS house Tor several years, her house bA-s 1 ing patronized by the worknien at mills.
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JAPAN's SUBMARINES.
Said to Have Thirty Alreads--cargo Of
 Them Delivered.

Victoria, B. C., Jan. 5.--The steamer Kanagawa, which arrived to-day from Japan, took a cargo of submarine boats shipped in sections on her last trip from Seattle. It is understood that the Japanese government has now about thirty submarine vessels.
 Captain Orlan Cullen, an American, arrived on the steamer. He left Tri- este early in November by the Austrian Lloyd steamer Gisela with a number of heavy guns for Japan manifested as agricultural implements, ome of these guns arrived at the front in time to do service from 203-Metre hill.
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.sPEEDING OF UT0s.
Boston Park Commissioners Have Pow .s CT to Limit It.

E Boston, Jan. 5.-Paik commissioners and boards of the commonwealth have the power to limit the speed of vehicles within the territory of their several parks and boulevards under decision to-day by the full bench of the su- preme court of Massachusetts. This right is held to exist even though con trary to the statute which regulates the speed of automobiles throughout the state. S 4
 The decision was in the case of the commonwealth against Francis B. Crowninshield, who was convicted of driving an automobile in this city at a speed exceeding the park boards rule of eight miles an hour.
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NAN PATTERSON,s CASE.
Decision To-day on Question of .-Ad-
 hitting Her to Bail.

New York, Jan. 5.-Justice Green baum in the supreme court to-day an nounced that he would probably hand down his decision on the question of admitting Nan Patterson to bail some time to-nlorrow.
 Argument on the petition for Miss Patterson's release was heard yester- day, and Justice Greenbaum then re- served decision until to-day and re- quested the attorneys to submit briefs. District Attorney Jerome did not give in a brief, and his return to the petition was not made until this afternoon.
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ATTEMPT TO ROB STATION.
LitchfieId Railroad Agent Returns Just
 fin Time. r

Litchfield, Jan. 5.-A bold attempt was made tonight to enter the ticket office at the local railroad station but the appearance of Agent Jaeoby fright lened the men away. The attempt to rob the placetwas made during the SUD- per hour of the agent, and it was found that the iron grating of the window in the ticket office had been bent and twisted by heavy metal bar. Had the men been allowed more time an entrance doubtless would have been ef- fected.
 Deputy Sheriffs Williams and Beck with later arrested two men on suspi- cion and they were held awaiting a hearing tomorrow. a.
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BAKERS TOR THE ARMY.
Training School to be Established at
 Fort Riley, Kan.

Washington, Jan. 5.The secretary of, war has directed the establishment of a training school for bakers at Fort Riley, Kansas, at which, successive classes will be instructed for periods of four months. Each of these classes will be composed of eighteen recruits. four from the cavalry, four from the artillery and ten from the infantry. On completing the prescribed course of in- struction the men will be assigned to various regiments. This action was taken at the instance of General Wes- ton, comrnissary- general of subsistence.
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Successor to ". H. Rnldwin, Jr.

New York, Jan. 5.--It was reported in New York tonight that the presidency of the Long Island railroad, made va cant by the death of William H. Bald win, jr will be offered to Samuel Req, now fourth vice-president of the Penh- sylvania railroad. MT. Rea, who is in Philadelphia, declined to discuss the re- port,