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REFUSED A BRIBE
And Was Promptly Fired By
Colorado Legislature,
A SENATOR’S HARD LUCK
Ex-Govcrrtor Pesbody Files Notice of
Contest Against Adams and Spec,
ifies Charges to Sustain Hi*
Contention.
The Colorado senate Thursday, by a
party vole, seated James B. Dick in
place of Senator Robert M. Born. Dick
was unseated by the democratic ma
jority during the contest over elec
tion of United States senator two
years ago.
'Senator Born refused to give up
his seat and was forcibly ejected by
the sergeant at arms.
Senator Daniel Healy, who vtAs
seated two years ago in place of Jesse
F. McDonald, now lieutenant gover
nor, was also expelled by a vote of
18 to 15, the same as Born’s case.
Senator Horace T. De 1/mg, republi
can, protested against I he action as
unconstitutional. The democrats al
lege that a two-thirds vote is neces
sary lo expel members, and may ap
ply to the supreme court for redress.
In a statement on the floor of the
senate Healy declared that an at
tempt had seen made to bribe him.
He saiTT that on Saturday during the
joint session he was called into a
private room SfliT "was told that if he
would vote for me confirmation of
Judge GocTdard he need have no fear
of being unseate<i.
The senate membership is now twen
ty republicans and thirteen demo
crats, with three vacancies.
Contest rTied by Peabody.
Notice of former Governor Pea
body’s contest against Governor Alva
Adams for the office of governor was
filed before the legislature during the
day. The complaint sets forth the al
legation that ihe ballots for Adams
on the face'of ihe returns as finally
canvassed -was obtained by means of
a conspiracy in Denver and several
counties.
The legislature is petitioned to open
the ballot boxes from a number of
precincts. It is .v'oged the frauds in
some precincts were so extensive and
varied it that would be impossible to
segregate the true from the false bal
lots.
It is charged that 10.000 names
were used in Denver on elections, and
that the registration books contained
at least 15,000 false, fraudulent and
mythical names. It is further set
forth that 10,000 votes were cast by
repeaters in the city.
f barges ol ballot box stuffing, sub
stitution of prepared ballots for those
< as? Ly voters and miscounting by
election judges are also included In
Hie specifications of fraud Another
charge is that, in order to defeat Gov
erno >' Pe abody. ballots already mark
ed with a cross for Adams were hand
ed bv the election officers to voters
who were 1 mown to be republicans,
Peabody asks to have ninety-five Den
ver precincts thrown out and claims
that the vote of the county should
show 6.300 plurality fo r him instead
of 4.903 for Adams as canvassed.
The accusation is made that in
PupoIo 1.200 aliens were voted for
■ • ’ms m nine precincts, and that 300
republican voters were prevented
from casting }h ei r ballots through the
acts of watchers appointed by the
trict. judges. dis
WHIPPING POST RECOM MENDED.
CH.ef Executive of Oregon Makes the
Recommendation in Message
The Oregon legislature, in session
at Salem. Thursday, listened to the
reading of Governor Chamberlain's
message. The message carried
recommendation a
that a law be passed
establishing whipping-posts for wife
beaters. A great demonstration lol
owed the reading of this clause in
e message, the applause lasting for
several minutes.
'DAVIS CALLS ON ROOSEVELT.
President and Erstwhile Cand.date for
Vice President Hav e * Chat.
Hon. Henry G. Davis of West Vir
.
ginia, recently the democratic candi
date for vice President, called
President on
Roosevelt Wednesday to
pay ms respects. The president greet
ed Mr - Davis cordially, saying:
“I ( am glad to see you, Mr. Davis,
Walk right into my office, You
entitled are
f o precedence
ers. over ali o>h
The president and Mr. Davis had
, a
Pleasant chat abou r matters of mutual
personal interest..
french to raise cotton.
Wish to Supply Home Market from
Foreign Coloni es.
The french colonial association
1 arm is of
carrying an extensi ve propo
gauda for the purpose of dispensing
with the importation i of America
ton by the development n cot
growing of cot ton
in the French colonies of
Madagase ar, the Soudan and Daho
prey.
A RUSSIAN BLUFF.
Is British View of Charges Brought
Against China Alleging Violation
of Neutrality,
A London dispatch says; The Rus
sian government's note regarding Chi
■ nese neutrality, has not yet reached
the British foreign office.
In diplomatic quarters the circular
is regarded as a move to forestall
complaints of Russian transgression
of Chinese territory coming from Ja
imn, but not as indicating any imme
diate or serious action on Russia's
part in the near future. The very
fact that there has been no haste in
presenting the circular to Great Brit
ain might indicate that this is the cor
rect view.
Baron Hayaahi, the Japanese minis
ter. who iias not yet received official
notification of the circular, visited
Foreign Secretary Lansdowne Satur
day afternoon, and the Associated
Press understands that they discuss
ed the fetfefilaf informally.
Minister llayashi prior to his visit
to Lord Lansdowne said to the Asso
ciated Press:
“The Japanese have not replied to
the innumerable allegations of
breaches of neutrality and of inter
national law charged by Russia since
the war. but the .Japanese government
probably will reply to this formal
charge.”
Baron Hayashi thought, however,
that it was in line with other charges
and similar to “the yellow peril"
scare. He said Great Britain, the
United States and Germany all had as
great Interests in China as Russia had
and. being w’ell represented there,
knew from their own agents whether
it was necessary to interfere.
New breed of anarchist.
Rosseau Dubbed by Officers as “Amer.
ican Patriotic Fanatic.”
“Gessler Rosseau.” who was arrest
ed in Philadelphia several days ago
with an unloaded infernal machine in
his possession, has admitted to the
police that he is the man who at
tempted to destroy the statue of Fred
erick the Great in Washingtou, and
also that, it was he who sent the trunk
containing the infernal machine lo
the British steamship Umbria at New
York in May, 1903.
The prisoner gives no reasons for
the attempted outrages except that
“ihere are too many foreign affairs in
this country. After having Rosseau
under fire all afternoon the police
classed him as an “American patri
otic fanatic.”
PANAMANS AGAIN ANGERED.
Adoption of Barrett's Suggestion
Would Be a n Insult, They Say.
Representatives of all political par
ties in Panama have asked American
Minister Barrett to withdraw the sug
gestion he made to the Washington
government that the functions of gov
ernor of the canal zone and minister
to Panama be combined in the person
of the governor of the canal zone.
H is argued by the memorialists
that the dignity of Panama as an in
dependent nation required a separate
legat ion.
TALbOT INQUIRY COLLAPSED.
Investigating Board Finally Declares
Itself Without Power to Act.
I here will be no investigation for
the present at least of the charges
preferred by Re v . Irvine against Bish
op Talbot of the Central Pennsylva
nia diocese of the Protestant Episco
pal church, says a dispatch from Read
ing. Pa.
“A lack of canonical authority” is
the conclusion of the eleven members
who attended Saturday’s meeting of
the board of inquiry. The full mem
bership consists of sixteen.
money voted for fast MAIL.
Usual Fight Made Against Appropria
tion Was of No Avail.
The usual fight against, the special
appropriation for fast mail service to
the south was made in the house com
mittee o n posloffic-es and post roads
but the committee by a vote of eleven
out of sixteen put the item in the post
office appropriation bill.
FAMILY PERISH IN FLAMES.
Man, Wife, Two Child ren and Servant
Me e t Tragic Fate.
William T. Miason, a lawyer, and
... his family, .
children, consisting of wife and two
Ellen, four years old. and
Marion, six months old. with a serv
ant, Annie Wells, lost their lives in a
fire which partially dest royed Ihe
dwelling occupied by then* in New
1 ork early Sunday morning.
Although neighbors say they heard
cries of “murder” and “burglars,” the
police found nothing to indicate (hat
the fire was not accidental. The whole
family appears to have been suffo
cated.
FAITH IN KUROPATKIN wanes.
Report That Russian Situation Around
Mukden is a Serjous One.
Information which has reached cer
tain reliable quarters in Tokio state
that the Russian generals in Manchu
ria are losing con fide use in General
Kuropatkin, and that tine Russian sit
uation around Mukden is a serioiif
one,
CRITIGISiD
For Harboring Ships of the
Russian Squadron.
STOESSEL AT NAGASAKI
Vanquiahed Hero of Port Arthur Ar
rives on Japanese Soil — Closing
Act 0 f a Great War
Drama.
The Japanese transport Kamakaru
from Port Dalny, January II, with
General Stoessel and others aboard,
arrived at Nagasaki, Japan, Saturday. }
Preceded by a few' police officers, and j
followed by his retinue, General Stoes
sel slowly wended his way up the 1
hill to a prettily situated bungalow on j
Inasa hill, where he will be quar- j
tered.
Half way there some dozens of Rus
sian officers, finding that their late I
chief was arriving, ranged up from all
directions and saluted in respectful
silence. The party then entered the
house.
The closing act of the great drama
caused a feeling of sadness which was
not dispelled by the glorious weather,
beautiful surroundings and kind re
ceptions accorded to the Russians by
the Japanese,
French Are Criticized.
A Tokio special says: The French
are sharp’y criticized for permitting
the ships of the second Pacific squad
ron of the Russian navy to make a
prolonged stay at Madagascar. There
fore, (he Japanese people and press, !
realizing the peculiar position in
which France was placed, were not
disposed to judge her actions too se- j
verely. but The Asahi recently said: ;
“It is no longer possible to overlook
the French non-neutrality nor her dls
regard for the obligations of a neutral
nation. Coaling the ships of the sec- j
ond Pacific squadron in French ports
has culminated in allowing Rear Ad
tuiral Rojestvensky to remain for 12
days, awaiting reinforcements, and
ih the use of Madagascar as a base !
of operations against the Japanese j
fleet, now reported in the Indian
ocean. !
hnatpl^n hostile, and H ^ France nodling ,s sincere * PKS in . Tban her !
of f the the. seclni second S Pacific squadron a th ® ought T
8Ve 8W3y ° r
disarmed.
“Further temporizing for the pur
pose of rendering assistance to Rus
sian vessels must he considered a se- |
rious breach of neutrality. j
ONLY THREE ;
DAYS COURTSHIP.
Wife of Brodie L. Duke Explains Cir- |
cumstances of Her Marriage.
Mrs. Brodie L. Duke, whose mar
riage to Brodie L. Duke, a half brother j
of the president of the American To
bacco Company, was followed by her j
husband’s commitment to a sanita
rium and proceedings to inquire into
his sanity, made a statement at New
York Saturday of the circumstan res
under which she met and married Mr.
Duke.
Mrs. Duke declared that she want
ed to be set right before the public.
She told how she met Mr. Duke as
the result of an effort to secure a
loan on tobacco lands in Texas, said
she was dumbfounded when Duke pro
posed marriage to her. that Duke had
promised to give her stock and bonds i
but had never given them.
FOUR BILLS PER MINUTE.
House Breaks All Records i in Putting
Through Pension Legislation.
Pension legislation at the rate of 459
bills in one hundred and eight min
utes was indulged in by the house Sat
urady, the result being the t“"e
of all previous record,
as to legislative nimbleness
Unanimous consent held sway for
nearly a n hour and not a measure pre j
Rented under this head came under ^
the ban of an objection.
■ 1
ask for intervention.
American Company Has Grievance
Against Costa Ric an Government.
The American Banana Comoanv
through ^ - ’
Mr. H. L. McConnell of Mo
bile, Ala,, and aesociate members,
have asked the state department to
intervene in their behalf on account of
the Costa Rican government having in
terfered with their planting, railroad
building and other operations in
the .. „ territory ,
ama, but now belonging to Pan
at one time under the juris
diction of Costa Rica, antt have asked
for damages in the sum of $2,210,000.
WRECKED ON FIRST TRIP.
Spreading Rails C a use Accident to
Special Tourist Train to Florida.
Spreading rails Tuesday morning
caused the wreck of three cars of
the N®w York and Florida special of
the Atlantic Coast Line, thirty-four
miles north of Savannah, on its first
trip south, A number of persons
were injured, and one, Flagman J.
W. Mosely of gaiters, S. C., may Ui«.
chinaallyofjapan.
So Ceclares Russian Government jn
Note to Powers—Charge that
Neutrality is Violated*
A Paris special says: The Asso
ciated Press learns authoritatively
that Russia’* note addressed to the
powers relative to China's breaking
neutrality gives what Russia claims to
be absolute proof of Chinese breach
es. The three main complaints are:
First—That the islands of Miaotao,
In the straits of Pe-Chi-Li, opposite
Port Arthur, have been constantly
used by the Japanese without Chi
nese interference as a strategic base
and a harbor for Japanese torpedo
boats.
Second—That the Chinese army on
the border has accepted the command
of Japanese officers,
Third—That Chinese firms have.
been constantly working in behalf of
the Japanese, supplying them with
provisions, military accoutrement and
general war stores.
The note lengthily sets forth the de
tails and complains that China *Ls
noy given satisfactory explanation of
breaches of neutrality, and that there
fore Russia notifies the powers that
she intends to use complete liberty
of action in regard to the future abuse
of neutrality,
A Washington dispatch says: Count
Cassini, the Russian ambassador, call
ed at the state department Friday to
talk with Secretary Hay, respecting
the formal and general protest made
by Russia against alleged violations
of neutrality by China during the
present war. The ambassador had
been informed by liis government by
cable that the full text of the Rus
sian circular note or protest was now
on the way to him and he was in
structed to submit it to Secretary
Hay on receipt.
Upon the first announcement of
Russian intention to file this protest,
it was apprehended here that it might
be the forerunner of some positive
action on the part of Russia, which
would vitiate the agreement entered
into by the belligerents at the out
break of the war to restrict hostilities
to a certain well-defined area, which
undertaking was affected through the
United States government with the
hearty co-operation of the powers and
Now, however, the belief obtains
3Cti ° n ° f RuSSia in dispatch '
ing this note to the, powers is intend-
6,1 DOt t0 indieate immediate action
toward obliging China to remedy the
matter complained of at present, but
rather to have on file a record or a
grievance against the Chinese govern
ment which can be brought up for
consideration at the conclusion of hos
tilities and during the negotiations
which will effect a permanent settle
ment of the eastern embroglio.
DECLARE POLYGAMY DYING OUT.
One Wife All-Sufficient for Mormons
of Younger Generation.
Three witnesses . for the defense in
t ie Smoot case at Washington Fri
day testified that polygamy is dying
out m Utah so rapidly that there is
no need of prosecutions. It was de
dared that the younger Mormons are
all opposed to polygamy, and that if
hey thought it wa s being taught
tnere would be &. revolution in the
church
If was admitted that Senator Smoot
had to get the consent of the church
to become a candidate for senator.
TO PRESERVE STATE'S INTEREST
Important Resolution Introduced in
North Carolina Legislature.
An important resolution was intro
duced in the North Carolina legisla
ture Friday providing that a special
committee of (hat body shall advise
and confer with counsel employed by
‘" e S ° l “ h Dak<>l “
action Carinas * ^ recommend P ^ ser 7f North svvch
interest raknvJ. b ° n ' a iS
which JJ South h t Judgment was
obtain States
su ‘
P e COUrt '
WIDOW MARCUM WINs SUIT.
Jury Award s Her $3,000 for the As
sass;nation of Her Husband.
At Winchester> Ky the j llry the
-
case of Mrs Amelia Marcum, who
sued Judge .Tames Hargis, ex-state
senator A'.e x Hargis, Sheriff Ed Cal
tahan, of Breathitt county, and Attor
ney Fulton French, for $100,000, for
alleged conspiracy with Curtis Jett, and
Thomas White to slay her husband,
James B. Marcum, returned a verdict
for $8,000 against James Hargis and
Sheriff Callahan and found for the de
fendants in the case of French anc
Alex Hargis.
RAILROAD to gold fields.
Seattle Business Men Will Undertake
Construction of Line to Yukon.
Seattle business men and capitalists
are to undertake the construction of
.. railroad from Valdez. Wash.,
through the Copper River valleys to
a point on the American Yukon.
Within a few days articles of in
corporation will be filed at Olympia
The company will have a capita,'iza
tion of $3,000,000.
SWA\NE CHARCES
As Drafted by Select Com
mittee on Impeachment.
MANY CRIMES ARE LAID
Is Styled as Unjust Judge, Aocueed
of Obtaining Monoy Under False
Pretenses and Passing
Malicious Sentences.
A, Washington special says: The se
lect committee of the house appoint
ed to draft articles of impeachment
against Federal Judge Swayne com
pleted its work Tuesday by the prep
aration of twelve articles of impeach
ment.
They embrace obtaining money by
false pretenses; using the property of
i bankrupt corporation in the hands
of a receiver appointed by himself and
without making compensation to the
company; for disobeying the law re
quiring him to live in his district; for
“unlawfully and maliciously” fining
and imprisoning E. T. Davis and Sim
eon Belden, attorneys at law; for al
legcd contempt of the circuit court of
t}le United States; for “unlawfully
committing to prison" W. C. O’Neal,
on the charge that he had committed
contempt of the district court of the
united States,
The first article, as formulated by
majority, declares that Judge
Swayne, on April 20, 1902, at Waco,
Texas, presented a false claim against
the government for $230, knowing It
to be false. The copy of the certificate
made by Swayne is given in which he
says that for sixty-three days “my
reasonable expenses were $230. On
this account he is charged noth a high
crime and misdemeanor.
Article 2 relates to charges of $10
a (lay w hj] e a t Tyler, Texas when his
expenses were monev’from less and alleges that
he obtained the govern
mpnt by fa]se pre tense.
Article 3 contains similar charges,
but cites another occasion.
Article 4 charges Judge Swayne
with appropriating to his own use,
without compensation to the owner, a
car belonging to the Jacksonville,Tam
pa and Key West Railroad Company
i i to transport himself,family and friends
from Gtayencourt. Dela „ to Jackson
ville, Fla., the railroad at that time
being in the hands of a receiver, ap
pointed by Swayne and that as judg*
he allowed the credit claimed by th*
receiver on account of necessary nft-cpsQnrv ex- ht
pense in operating the road. Judge
Swayne is also charged with an abuse
of official power and high misdemean
or.
Article 5 charges that be approprlat
to his own use the same car for a
trip to California and a like allega
tion to article 4 against him is made.
Article 6 charges that Judge Swayne
di^ not acquire a residence In the
northern district of Florida, as provid
& d by the statutes, saying “he totally
disregarded hi s duty,” and wilfully
and knowingly violated the law and
i s guilty of a high misdemeanor
Article 7 alleges non-residence and
carries the period of non-residence
from July 23, 1894, to January 1 1903
a period of about nine vears. and al
leges a violation of law and misde
mean or.
Article 8 charges that, “on the 12th
day of November, 1901. at the city
of Pensacola, in the county of Escam
bia, in the state of Florida, he did
maliciously and unlawfully adjudge
guilty of contempt of court anV im
pose a fine of $100 upon and commit
to prison for a period of ten days E.
T. Davis, an attorney and counsellor
at law, for an alleged contempt of the
circuit court of the United States,” and
in said matter “is guilty of an abuse
of judicial power and of a high misde
meanor in office.”
T fe >“<- articles allege an abase of
judicial ,
power in that he committed
W. C. O’Neal to prison for sixty days
f ° r Sn alieged contempt of the district
I coun at Pensacola. December
- 9, 2
which the committee holds to com
tnte a high misdemeanor in office.
SHIPWRECKED CREW ARRIVES.
Seven Survivors of ll|-F a ted Marpesl*
Are Landed at New York.
Seven survivors of the ill-fated Nor
wegian ship Marpesia ’ which was
wrecked at sea on Christmas day by
! an explosion of naptha, resulting in
j the death of eleven members of *|> r
i crew - arrived in New York Tuesday,
! on the steamer Trinidad from\Bermu
I da ' f' he y had been rescued by the
j Danish steamer Gallia, which happen
! ed b >' iuat at the moment when the
-
! Marpesia was blown into a shapeless
j mass.
WILL TALK THREE DAYS.
Program 0 f New Orleans Cotton Con
vention Issued by President Jordan.
President Harvie Jordan of the
Southern Cotton Growers* Protective
Association, has just announced the
official program of the Southern In
terstate Cotton convention, which is
to be held at New Orleans, La., Jan
uary 24-26. Very important features
are down for consideration.
POKER FOR GENTILES^
Defense in Smoot lnv est j qatinn
Up Versatile witness, Who Put
of Morale Tail,
of Mormons
Testimony intended to prov e that
the Mormon morale i ls of the high?
type and to refute the w °rd of
nesses who have declared the
trary to be true, was offeree con
by eottn
sel for Senator Reed Smoot a Wash
ington Wednesday. \v. j
dell, formerly a United States senator
from Idaho, and twice governor of
his state, and Representative B i
French, a member of the present con
gress, and re-elected for anrghtr term,
were the day’s witnesses.
It was the opening sasssiun of the
defense in the Smoot investigation.
Senator Knox, a new member of the
committee, attended for the first time
The committee room was crowded..
There is a sentiment in the comm”
tee in favor of pressing the invests
tion to a conclusion, and with that
end in view it was announced that
beginning Thursday longer sessions of
the committee will he held.
Both witnesses examined denied!
many statements directed against tk
Mormon church and Its alleged j n t er
.
ferences In political affairs.
Mr. McConnel described his occu
pation as former merchant, rolitfeian
and lawyer for his friends. He was a
senator of the fifty-first congress am?
was governor of Idaho from 189,1 to
1896 inclusive, serving two succes
sive terms. He is a member of the
Presbyterian church.
The witness was asked to describe
the political conditions any] look up,
early days when he said he had lob
bied before the legislature vlien the
first effort was made to disfranchise
the Mormons. He declared Chat he
was prejudiced against Mormons. l>t
that he found that most of the gen
tiles wore practicing “the science,
which in our country is called poker."
He said he had never known Mormons
to gamble and 'drink. He followed
this testimony with a review of bis;
acquaintance with Mormons during
the agitation against the religion in
Idaho. He assisted in bringing about
the repeal of the test oath of citi
zenship and afterwards went among
the Mormons on a lecture tour. He
had observed, the people, he said, aird
their morals was of a high, praise
worthy character.
Senator Knox asked counsel to in
form him as tor what part of the case
the examination of Mr. McConnell
was relevant. Mr. Worthington said
he was unable to answer that conun
drum, but that, a great mass of ir
relevant testimony was admitted for
the protestants to which objection
had been made and overruled. He
said the testimony of Mr. McConnell
was in reply to this and practically
to that of Charles H. Jackson, chair
man of the Idaho democratic com
mittee. who testified that no candidate
for office, democratic or republican,
could stand against the Mormon
church.
TEXANS WILL BURN COTTON.
Agreement Reached to Destroy Sur
plus of One Bale Weekly.
An agreement to burn their share
of surplus cotton was reel lied at a
mass meeting of the farmers of He
Brazos, Texas, region. A committee
of three took a bale of cotton and ap
plied a match, and as the flames raged
the following resolution was passt'.!:
“Resolved, That we burn a bale of
cotton every Saturday until we burn
at least fifteen bales of cotton, our
part of the two million bales request
ed to be burned by the people in the
cotton belt of the United States."
MISSOURI SENATOR ON RACK.
Niedringhaus Must Exp ain as to
Whether H e Bought His Seat
In the Missouri house of represen
tatives Wednesday a resolution was
unanimously adopted providing for the
appointment of a committee to inves
tigate the charge that contributions
had been made to the campaign fond
for the purpose of securing the elec
tion of Thomas K. Niedringhaus of St.
Louis, as United States senator to
succeed Senator Cockrell.
SORE TROUBLES OF DUKE.
Old Man’s Family Insists on Keeping
Him in Insane Asylum.
The effort to gain the freedom of
Brodie L. Duke by means of habeas
corpus proceedings was defeated tem
porarily at New York Friday by the
legal representatives of the Dukes
family, and struggling in the hands
of half a dozen attendants and mak
ing vain efforts to call for his coun
sel, Mr. Duke was dragged out of the
court at the conclusion of the l* 1 ' 0 '
ceedings, and hurried away, in a car
riage, to a private insane asylum tn
Amltyville, L. I.
A QUEEN OF SMUGGLERS.
Mrs. Chadwick Dealt in Precious
Stones to Almost Fabulous Extent.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer in M° n ‘
day’s issue says: Investigation into
the charge that Mrs. Cassie L. Chad
wick smuggled large quantities of
diamonds, gems and other precious
stones into this country, has develop -
ed the fact that the woman deaii in
precious stones to an almost fal>uk>n»
extent,