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Show ' T" 1Z L Ertmiwan has more to four rural 111 da- - Utah Weather Forecast all other pa para . Ttha Eaaminar aa a papar 5JI.T l0T,rt th... It far i" "h' rj dreulai.oa and in eh praclnct. JJJ I V0L. B. NO. (RECEIVES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES) 341 OGDEN CITY. UTAH. WEDNESDAY consuluxiton with Mr. Clardy," said Mr. Eldredge, "aud notified na that he could not iMue the lioeaae." Witnwe then eot to Jefferaon City and saw Ur. O'Rear, who tuld him he had referred tho caae to the attorney geueraL The wIumm then went to see tha aunortu- general. MI had been beating back and forth from the attorney general s u the insurance department until I concluded that there wea ao intenuoe of dealing with tbe eubject," said Mr. Eldradga, "and 1 finally made up my mind to leave Jefferson City. An employe of tbe department there told me that In the person of Mr. O lardy wt were em ploying a man who was bitterly bom lie Before to to attorney general and tbe orient of Insurance and suggested the asm of a man who, If removed, would be able to secure licence. I declined u employ the man and came back to New York, bvt after considering tha attorney waa employed and mismanagement and should be remov- wa procured our license la about three days." ed T" asked Mr. Hughes. Mr. Eldredge prase need tho bill of "There was a threat of a receiver," this attorney, which called for the pay said Mr. Eldredge. New Toils. Dec. I. Mark Twain tonicur of 83.600 for legal aervlcee to "Against your management also?" waa the guest of honor at. a night W. H. Fheipa. Tbe oompany paid the dinner at Delmonieo's, "1 presume so. given by George bill. Mr. Eldredge aald the chargee were sev"We have now made a clean breast Harvey, in honor of the humoriat't directed especially against President entieth birthday. Burnham, on account of the large ad- of evorythiug we ear held up,1 Mid The gucaia were confined closely to vance! to Fulton F. Morse, the man- Mr. Qdredge. writers of imagiaal literature and The witness no stated that again ager of agents. Mr. Eldredge said about 170 authors were prenent, near the Mutual Reserve paid 816.000 to money had been paid by hla company, ly half of them women. During the or to the insurance directly indirectly, McDonald to sal tie the agitation. dinner a congratulatory cable nieiteage Mr. Eldredge aald that at the end department of New York stale. He waa received from England, signed by Board-man had to Mid it 813,000 paid Tracy of 1897 the Mutual Reserve Ufa Inwriters and Platt, attorneys, for legal forty of tbe must distinguished surance company held Mr.Morse liable there, including Thomas Hardy, services in with exconnection the for 8160,000 advanced by the company Meredith, Alfred Austin, Arto the of George directly to the agents, and that the planation thur Balfour, Rudyard Kipling, Ancompany tn 1900. company waa reimbursed lo full for theThe Hope, Sir Gilbert Parker, Sir thony committee adjonrned until that by making over to the company Mrs. Conan Doyle, Ian MacLaren, In 1898 the commissions due to him Humphrey Ward and Israel Zangwill on business he had done in 1897. Mr. The principal souvenir which each Morse received for himself over comVANDIVER TO INVESTIGATE. gueat received was a bust of Mark missions tn 1997 the sum of 897,000, Twain, half life sis. Mr. Eldredge said. Prealdent Roosevelt and J. C. Hand6. SuperJefferson Dec. Mo., Pity, 1898 tlie company concluded this lo ler Harris rent letters, and - among intendent of Insurance will Vandiver contract and made a new one with those who ciioke or porms pend next week In New York Investi- were W. D. Howells. presented Morse by which it paid him am overRichard Watson comMntual the Insurance IJfe gating riding commission of tea per cent Glider, Dr. Henry Vandyke, Brandoer the Mutual Reserve IJfp. above the commissions he had to pay pany and now Kaia Matthews, Dr. Weir Mitchell. It become has known the that to bis ageuta and reastral commission Mutual IJfo officials Jolm Kendrick Douglas Wiggins, were notified as before. Bangs. Amelia Barr, Hamilton W. one of Its repreqenutlvet Mftblo, Caroline Well, Irving Ranehe) John A. Hyland, bookkeeper of the through more than a month ago that practicalMutual Reserve Ufa Insurance com- ly the Mine demands would be made rier, Andrew Carnegie, G. W. Gable, pany, was put ou the wand and testi- upon them that were made upon (he dlopklnson Smith and Agnea Rrppllw Mr. Roosevelt wrote: "1 wish it were fied that at the end of 1998 Mr. New York Lite Insurance company by In my power to be at the dinner held Morse owed the company 868.000 and the Missouri department of inaunnee waa then credited with 896.800. Mr. nod also that, in pursuance of this to celebrate tbe seventieth birthday Hughes asked many questions to as- notice, Superintendent Vandivar ou of Mark Twain. It i difficult to write certain where the 893300 came from November 14U, made formal demand of him by his real name instnd of and witness Mid it was cash due on upon the company for certain informa- that name which has become a house-bolword wherever tbe English lancommissions, but waa In the nature of tion elating in hla letter that It was an estimate. Mr. Hughes and Mr. preliminary to other Inquiries that guage ia spoken. Ha la one of tbe Hyland went over the company's ao would be made loklng to actios that citixens whom all Anierlrans abouid connta with Morse In much detail. was to be taken by the Missouri depar- delight to honor, for he hat rendered a great and peculiar service to AmeriWitness aald that in the spring of tment 1899 charges were made to tho New This preltminnrjr information ban ca and hi writings though such ns no York Insurance department based ou vot yet been furnished end Mr. Van- one but an American could have writcontracts with Mr. Moss and the action diver today sent a communication to ten, yet emphatically come - within of J. 8. lloffscker, the auditor who re- the company notifying Hi officers that that mail list which row written for no aigned. he would be In New York on Saturday particular country, but for all countries Examiner Vanderpool, for the Insur- aoeompanlrd by an actuary, an expert and which are nut merely written for ance department, examined the com- accountant and an attorney for tha the lime, but have an abiding and pre pany on the charges. purpose of either nernring answers to manent value. May be live long and Did yon procure sny changes In his question from tbe officers of the year by year my he add to the sum the chief examiner's report?" company or entering nppa a detailed of admirable work that be has done "There were certain changes made examination of its affaire as provided Sincerely your. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." In the report, but not before the ex- by law. When Mark Twain arose to apeak aminer made hie report to the Insurbe could not proceed for several minance superintendent," replied the wife- ute on account of the cheers that were given in greeting. He aald: After a hearing, Mr. Eldredge aald, The seventieth birthday, it Is the the superintendent of inauranee, Louis time of life when yon arrive at a new F. Payne, eliminated from Examiner andawful dignity; when you may throw Vanderpool'a report a statement that aside Ihe decent reserves which hare the surplus of the Mutual Reserve oppressed you for a generation and company did not Include a lease of Its aland unafraid and nnnbaahed upon in this city hut hulldiags home office, a summit and look 8. President Dee. your The Washington, 8460300. about , valued at and teach, unrebuked. Yen can effort before the insurance su- Roseveli's me sag waa read to the down how house today. Its reading wna listened tell the world you got there. It perintendent he added, were devoted all da Yon shall never t having that Maieiaent Wreck out lo with marked a Men lion and at its ia what they get tired of tolling by what delicate Mr. Eldredge aald that Bttmtoer conclusion (he document was applauded. were taken to- arts and deep moralities you climbed Vanderpool'a, report alao did not com ward nwItmiMry atepaneeded up to that great place,. Yon will exemergenappointing (be among the aaaets of tke funds for the Panama canal and plain tbe prooraa and dwell on tha pang 8300.008 lihad oa deposit with cy will be the buslncM for particulars with senile rapture. I hava the superintendent ef insurance. To this matter Rhould inaalmon conMct been aaxioun to explain my own ay make aneh a deposit waa a euatom of tomorrow. for Its eonsideratfoa a speo-ia-l tern this long time and now at last tha assessment company tn part for be refuard rale from the committee on rule I have the righL Ns sdvertiiiBg effect, the witup said. "I have achieved my aeroniy year will 'be available which wifi put the for it. sot was ne requires legal There bHf-eHe passage after g'Kmlfed per in the nnual way by aUrking at ride Mr. Hughs asked Mr. Eldredge If iod for discussion. ly to e scheme of my Ilf which would by hi company any monies were paid connected kill received and ioase Tb4 anybody else. It sounds like an ordered ire with one tn 1899 to any bet that la really 1h one the erred to f of election exaggeration, regular insurance departthe New York stale ruin for attaining old age. common committees from a the Fifth which protest or 630 ment except toe 8M6 district of Iliinola slat We have no permanent babitt until we waa the cost of toe examination then cengraMloeel Michalak, who was are forty. Then they begin to harden, that Anthony log - sworn In a made. a member of presently they petrify, then buainmt The witness said there waa no other yesterdaytho houae from that district, h not a begins Since forty 1 have born regthat hut a the to payment of the United State Tbe pro- ular about going to bed and getting formerly vice preat- - dtisen jauee that is one of the main things. .D. Wells . MntMi knot Insurance teat was presented by Mr. Rainey of up and made It a rule to go lo bed I have in testified had company rioa of tbe matter by a special com- when there was not anybody left to that toe company of investigation one ait np with and I have made if. a rule mittee. This point was tho President Frederick A. Burnham of the con lotted, it being suggested only Mr. to gat up when I had to. Thin lm by to had 80r ba said company, had Mann that it waa a matter for the resulted in an unswerving regularity York State New 000 to.psy to the proper elections committee to consider or Irregularity. department. Wltnes amd he end hla amendment to this effect waa "In the matter of diet which is anin that no was troth was certain there on ote. and other main thing I have been perei nay yen adopted evwaa statement and that no money On motion of Mr. Goldfogel of New lntly strict in stinking to the things r; er paid by the company for that York, a resolution wea read expressing which did not agree with me until one that noihing tbe sympathy of the American people or the other or aa got tbe heat of it. of the department in 1998 that ihe for tbe distressed Ruanisn Jewx. Ihe Until lately 1 got the best of It my company would hava paid for, nordld resolution waa ordered printed In the w.!f. Bnt lari spring I mopped frolickha know of any emission from It Pre record and referred to the committee ing with mince pie after midnight; up ne on 1 dent Burnham, witness said, had to then I bad always believed It waa foreign affaire. er told him that he had been held Mr. Hepburn (Iowa) waa recognised not loaded. For thirty yMrs I hava deInsurance York New nak unanimous consent for tho In- token coffee and bread in the mornup" by the ench to troduction of n bill tomorrow making ing and no hiie or sup till 7:30 in ih partment or paid any money la a --fashion. an appropriation of 816,600,000 for evening. Where we have been held up by the work on the Panama cinaL Upon the "1 bare made it a rule never ta we have paid r rtatament of Mr. Williams, (Mina..) smoke more than Insurance departments at a lima. Mr. raid Eldredge. that he would object today, but might I have no other restriction to make the money directly," ReMutffal Mr. Eldredge said the not tomorrow, it was agreed that the aa regards smoking. should be made tomorrow. On serve Life Insurance company was "As for drinking, I have no rula report den question of privilege, Mr. Rainey, about that. When tbe others drink 1 'held up by the Iowa Insurance partment in 1890. when Mas Beehler. Illinois, presented a protest from nine- like to help; otherwise I remain dry, an examiner for that department, caste ty ettisen of tbe Fifth congressional by habit and preference. This dryness son to make an Illinois district to New York with hisMutual against being repre- does not hurt me, but it could easily Sierra examination of the sented in the house by Anthony hurt you because you are different. exa member from that district, on You let It. alone. company. After he made aw ret "fiinew I waa T years old I have selamination, witness aald BortiUr put in tbe ground that be ia an alien. ReTbe quest was made by Mr. Rainey for aa dom taken a dew of medicine and a bill to the company for I4S9. hill nad company refused to pay the In the Investigation of the matter by a spec- have nill more setdqm needed one. ial committee of five members of the But- ap to 7 I lived excliiatvely on withdrew from Iowa. Later medicine not .that I needMine year, when the company wantel house. After some debate (he resoluto do business ia low, the company tion was adoptAd but sent to a regular ed them for 1 don't think I did. It aaoiher hut eoromitteo on election when appointwaa for economy. My father took a not only paid the bill, bill of 8346 by the same examiner for ed. drag store for a debt, and it nude cod liver old cheaper than tbe other breakannthcr examination. Mr. Eldredge aald there waa an fast foods. 1 was the first standard oil EACH WANTS BLOCK SYSTEM. Missouri In cf asimilar nature treat. By tbe time the drug atorq. J. H. Childer and H. J. exhausted rnyhedtih was estate In 1998. 6Representative llshed and (here baa never been much Washington, Dec. O'Rear, examiners for Missouri, first examined the Mutual Reserve company Each, of Wlaronsin, introduced a bill (he matter with me since. I have never token any exerclae in 1S98 and then the Miseonrt super-ln;ndi- today requiring the InamDetioa of the of insurance, Edward T. block system on ail passenger rail- except sleeping and resting and I nev1911. bill er iwend to take any. Exercise Ir O'Rear, raised the question whether way lines by July let, do requires the installation of the system loathsome. And it cannot be of any the company had nny right toMissouri on oeetourTh of the lines within two be.ncf-- t when you are tired; I wax aliu that ere under the wewt year sad iha gradual increase of the asseasmen! law. Mr. Eldredge ways tired. ao equipped up to 1911. Other "I hare lived a severely nmal life to Vioesri and engaged a attorney10 lines were bills a tor by railroad, Representacounsel But k. would be a mi make for whet Mr Clrdj to com- tive Foiher. of Indiana, to prevent em- people to trjr It or for me to recombring mandamus proceeding license to tbe ployes under the government civil see mend It. Very few would succeed. Yon a of issuance the pel vice from bolding office in corpora-lion- s hvr to hare a coli.rsal no:;k company. or Block companies. In nf DieniiB, and j w cannot get them Jlr. O'Rear beard that we were IRK President Eldredge Says State Authorities Had to Be Pecuniarly Placated Company Could Do Business, la Pro. 5. luatanet Lila Imsur-jrtiefc k Mutual Reeerve Toric. St k, company paid aa aggregate of in what Vico President jgat 120.000 D. Eldredge of that company (JeW allii hold up" were related to tha commiUea jt tnurance InvestigatingIn ons caae, nr. Eldredge today. i 1801, Mr. Eldredge testified, the McDon-apany paid 116.000 to John 4 Philadelphia lawyer who had policy-aUcad aetlTa In organising tha Inaur-deof the Mutual Reserve company Into a movement which dried President Frederick' A. Burn . of that company with mlunan-god demanded his removal. Ttt charge also reflected upon Mr. Sdradge management as vlca preai-,1,and threat was made to aak for the in ippoialment of a receiver forcom-mh (Moiatment of a receiver for the Engaged In this movement of policyholder also wna J. 8. Hotter, former auditor of tha oom-.jVho had bam diamisked or who Mt iwigned. Before leaving the tommy HoBeober Informed Prealdent becanae Hinham that ha reaigned d Mir idm aa to common honrnty ao much and because he knew w many questionable tranaaetlona 1 which PreaidMit Burnham had Mr. Eldredge declared that Holwker waa not dismissed until he in hla aal-jr- y ad demanded an Increaa from 3( to 8100 n week and pro corn-na- y wally mid It wna safer for the to keep him than to let him go In itv of what he knew about tha com- A ri c 4 m dlf-iria- i H&J. Acother Instance of a 'hold up.1 " Eldredge raid, was In 1890. when a aooalled . examiner in Beehler, Inauranee 4 the Iowa department, tine to New York with hla era as an e ucirtant, examined tha Mutual Insurance company and presented to It a bill for $489 for tha exam-natkVr Re-wv- Rather than pay tha bill the company withdrew Its builnen from Iowa, but a little later paid that .bill another of $346 to Max Beehler a verification of hla previous ex-iInal km, In order to get permission again to do hnsliieaa in Iowa Mr. Eldredge told also how he tried to iccure a license for hi company to to business tn Missouri In 1898 and found that It would' have to employ V. H. Phelps aa attorney before it ootid do aa Mr. Phelps got the, license for the company In three day, and tu paid 83,600 es Ulrgul fees," Mr. and for aid. EMradge Mr, Eldredge (wtlfiad aim that he vu etriain there waa no truth In the utamant made to a Canadian Invwati-(sg company by James D. Wells, tear vice president of the Mutial he ova that RnUrnt Burnham of fetenpaay had told Welle be had t nte 840,000 to pay to tha New fat tourenoa department lu 1899 tm Louis F. Payne waa superintea-ho- t cf lumas. had previously stated of a report made by hne Yanderpool, as examiner of tha few York iBsuraneo department after u examination In 1899 was eliminated Bite hearing before ihe Inauranee hpsrtaeot and bafore It was placed on fit Ihe part stricken out recommend M teat tbe company he not allowed to no Ha Vase of its home office an m sad Include It in Its surplus. Mr. lifted Se declared that the Mutual Re n company no money to tho 3h York state paid Insurance department J 18N except for the examination. George D. Eldrldge, vice president Ihe Mutual Reanrve Ufa Insurance "npuy. nid that Fulton B. Morse w general manager of the agency de- of the Mutual Reserve Ufa Kinent company in 1897. The total toumkaion paid to Mr. Morse la 1897 Wattled 14 60.000 and la the Mins itof the advances to him were 8238.-M- r. Eldredge Mid the company vouchers for all Mono's advances igreu. In reply to question by f. Hughes, Mr. Eldredge sgld that 8 Hoffekcr. an auditor of the Mutual "eri'e company, reaigned from that ")puy in 18J8 after having refuted an audit of n Baltimore jtot'a account, at witness had order-aito make it. Mr. Hughes read from Mr. Hofteker, to President Burnham. In which Mr. Hoffekcr that, he would not audit aa "that our ideas of common m much," and that he JJtvof differ o ninny queationable (rant-JTf- ? PProved by Mr. Burnham I he could no longer stay with the Mr. Hughes asked if Hoff-PJtooMny. wa, then dismissed. Mr. Eld-rJ- P e 14 Hoffekcr was dismissed demanded an Increase In ,0 3300 a week and prae-fr-- J d that he knew so much it rwid be tafn-- for the company to P him. Mr. Eldredge said a broth-Ir.r,I- n of Hoffekcr in Delaware 7aiied the policyholders end that Jw McDonald- .- Jn Philadelphia, and iu New York were active we movement of policyholder threatened to move against the DfrTmrr--t 01 Mutual Reserve insurance company and to !r :i, frnotntment of a reiver for Tki witheea Oat a porttno 'kc re-'e- al-h- m 7 coir.pjny. In M- -, . 1 y , be nature Eldredge. rf extortion." "but wc had to expanse and ihe Interests We .choso the the two evils.' 1he charges in effect that 'i M'ltr.lmni hvd been guiby of .he "r ofpolicyholder. a margin; hoi e X wasn't nivst-u"Tkrve score l . mu-ie- ers poor. ami ten lt ia the scriptural siaiutw of tetion. Afur that limi- EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR THE CANAL seven-terrace- cem-pany- d la-du- n TELEGRAPHERS IS UNCHANGED pur-pes- one-ciga- k, SL Petersburg. Dec. 4., via Kydlkuh-nen- . East Prussia, Dec. A Tha em- peror ihla morning reviewed tbe regiment at Tsarskotdslo. Blra-nova- Grand Duke Vladimir and Grand Duke Nirhoiaa Nicbuluviich were present. Tbe emperor drank to the health 'of tha regiment, ilia majesty appeared to be in good health. Today 1 e holiday in St. Petersburg and all tbe factories end mills are c loot'd. The workingmen took advent age of the holiday to hold numerous meetings. Tha principal meeting wna held in a large bail known na Balt City" aud waa attended by over a thousand parsons. Father Capon waa ia the audience-, but ha waa not recognised. When hi name was mentioned by tha speakers It waa received with great cheering. Among the speaker a at Ute meeting were several Social Democrats who urged upon the workman that their Mlvation depended upon realisation of the political program ouu lined by the Socialists. Tha workmen refused to llsian to thaa appeal which were received with shouts of "Euough, enough." Tbe Social Democrats were thoroughly discomfited. After their departure tbo metUng proceeded to diacuM the organisation of monster union which, ft waa decided, will be formed In accordance with plana oui lined by Father Capon at a previous meeting. Several of the apMkera clamored for amnesty for Father Gapon and a deputation waa appointed to wait on Count Wilts to prewnt a request to that m fau-odace- end. 1 HAS NOT DIED OUT CANAL IS IN NEED OF CASH Washington, Dec. S. of Swrrelary the Treasury Fhaw sent to Speaker Cannon today estimates aggregating 816,609,009 for continui&getba work on the Panama canal from Denember 1, 190u, to June 30th. 1906. Ferret ry Hhaw seat with tlie estimates a letter front Robert Shaw Oliver, acting secretary of war. in which be urged immediate action In tha following words: The truth Is, part f thi money should be appropriated not later than the 15th of December, in order that tha payrolls and outstanding bills whlrii have been contracted and which ought to he paid should) be nude. It is quite possible that before 4ha whole appropriation Is made congress will desire to have a discussion and bearing before the committees but the Immediate necessity for the paying of ths payrolls In order that the force of 13,000 men now employed on ths Isthmus may he continued and not broken up hardly needs emphasis. Boston, DM. 6. Mnniripa-electionwore held today In fourteen Massachusetts cities, not Including Boston. Of throe cities nil except Fail Rlvaa chose s mayor, the (arm of office la that city being two yearn The question of R censing (he sale of liquor wa (ha prominent feature at several point a s e e UTAH'S TORY. TO INCREASE " mg TERRI- - 'Washington, Dec. 5. Hegresen(alive Howell, of Utah, today intraduced a bill to annex to Utah that part of Arisons lying north and west of tho Colorado river. a PEOPLE IN STATE Of ro-pr- BOYCOTT tly -- Washing! on, Dec. 6. Seda tor Elkins. chairman of tho committee of internal commerce, after residing tha president's suroaag today made the folio wing atasement regarding rata leglulatkm: "Aa 1 understand it the president does not desire to vest ia lbs ootumittos arbitrary and ancon-dolle- d power to fix rates. H has redly stated that tha action of tha commla1on tn fixing a rate should ba subject to rovlaw by tha courts and that tha railroad ooutpantea should ba furnished legal protection against any injustice. That being ths case, a law giving to tha oointulasioa power to fix retea should not. bo drawn in such manner aa to give to tho com m lemon purely taglslaiiva discretion In fixing retea. U should give to the commission power to change any rata only if tha existing rate ba unreasonable or otherwise ta violation of tha Internist act. and It should give to the commission power ta change a rate that la unreasonable or otherwise unlawful only to tbe ex lout that such change may ba necessary in order to remove the uurroaonablnir.ae or oilier illegality of the rate. In other words. It should only gtve to the oommloeloa power to reduce n rate to the maximum that would ba reasonable and lawful if originally imposed by the A statute caa ba railway company. drawn to effaet this rasulL If tboa who advocate Testing in tha inter slate no m mere commission ihe pow. er to fix rates are In good faith Becking to carry out ths policy of tb prea-idsthey abouid ba willing to accept a atetat giving to tha oomiuiustos power to fix raise substantially ia tlie following terms: "Whenever any rate, fora or chant fixed by sny common carrier for auy amice shall ba unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or otherwise ta violation of any provision of tbe act approved February 4 th, 1887. entitled "an act to regulate commerce," or any set amendatory thereof, ilia interstate commerce commission shall hava power, after Investigating the foets affected to and hearing tbe parti maka aa order modifying such rate, fora or charge ao for aa may ba necasrory In order to remove the unreasonableness. unjust dimriniination or other Illegality thereof; and such order shall taka effect at ihe expiration of such time a Ihe commission hail prescribe not leas than days after publication thereof. Any party affected by such order shall ba entitled .to Inailtma a pro- -, eroding to review aurh order In the circuit court of the United Rials for any district through which tha Una of carrier may ran, sad If .tlie rourt In such procrodnig almB find that the rale fixed by such carrier was not unjustly discriminatory or otherwise unlawfol, it shall eater a dench ordure: but cree catting said If lbs court shall find that such op dare modified ths raw, fare er charge fixed by life carrier either more or leas than waa necsMay to remove tha unreasonableness, the nnjust dlacrlm-Inatlo- n or other illrgsUty of such nte, fan or charge, then tbs court by its decree may modify and correct such order accordingly. Banstor Elkins said be would favor such a measure aa he had outlined, and bellsved It meant n solution of tbe problem that had been agitating the country for a long lima. This is tha first indication that baa bean given by Senator Elkin aa to tha railroad rata regulation be would support. Tha strike of liie post and telegraph employ approve to be no nearer solution. The streets are still occupied bv troops. Tbe atrikihg telegraph operator attempted to hold a meeting today In the building of the Imperial That praaldeul of Koottotnlp society. lb society waa Informed that, the meeting could not ba held without the authority of ihe prefect of.pobet and he drove to lb prefecture to obtain tho desired permission. Meanwhile Cossacks entered and demanded that tbs meeting disperse. Tlie etrikera refused to obey the demand, whereupon a commissary of police ordered tbe Coasarkn and police to disperse the meeting, which they did. besting all who remained with the fiafjs of their sword and with their whip. This affair apparently baa atrengthened tlie tilkara to stand linn nmil their demand are granted. Tho Novne Vretnya ascribe the strike of the telegraphers chiefly la the abuse of provisional regulations for tho application of tha emperors manifesto pending the meeting of the slat douma. The piper demands that the government hasten the elaboration of these regulation, aa the delay is hegio-nlito exhaust the patience of tha na lion. Tha council of ministers Is now the question of making tbe inf Bisters of war and marina rropoiwi-b- l 8xa Francisco, Calif., Dec. 5. Capto tbe premier, which waa one of Baker, of the cruiser Hub tha demands of tha Zenwtvo con- tain A.whoC. has been detached for sevigtt, gress. The coancil is ala engaged in eral months ro study commercial and drafting a new preM law. political condition in China, wa i passenger on tha Manchuria, arriving today from tbo Orient on his way lo Washington to lay before the president and hla adviser the rreult of hla -- tu LEGISLATION OF RATES com-uter- rhs f ELKINS ON - J you owe no active! duties; for yon tlie strenuous lire' la over. You era a tint orxbr expired tuan to use Kipling military phrase. Yon have served your term, well or less well, and yon are mustered out. ton are becuiue an honorary mciu. her of ihe republic: you are etuaulo-patethere is not fur yon say bagle call, but 'lights out.' You pay the limn worn duty bills if yon choose or decline if you prefer eud without prejudice for they are not Gives His Rules For Attaining Ripe ATTITUDE OF Old, Age. d Fair today and Thursday. PRICE FIVE CENTS 1905. 6. yon bar to have lb ihiug. and pm tiuui in your box. Morals are au auquireiui-ut-likmusic, like a foreiga big, like piety, poker, no mas horn with them. partly! w TWAIN 18 SEVENTY DECEMBER on - HELD UP BY EXAMINERS Vice MORNING. Utah It Is nomw-UNr,- " said Captain Baker, to talk of tba boycott as dying out. Tbs eommsreial situation iu the south of Chins m absolutely at tha me.rcy of the guild. There are seventy one of these, and they control trade with an iron hand, and tbey hAe given orders not to handle Amurican good. U ia almost impossible to got at them. Of course, the we have treaties guaranteeing free circulation of our goods, but tbe coolies on tbe docks, tbe and everybody carriers on connected with Ilia handling of goods refuse to touch them, what are you to do? American warehouses la Can-tiore foil to tbo roof with flour and they can't budge it. Jn the meantime Australian merchants are chartering everything (hey can ge( their bands on to rush their inferior flour Into Uta market to take advantage of our difficulty. Tba Cbineea merchant admit that the flour la not aa good a a ours, but they are committed to this war on American products and are prepr-e40 make sacritleee to carry it out. When a Chinese merchant is ready to make sacrifices for a principle he lias beta mightily stirred up over the Issue. The boycott ia just reaching the interior, for method of eonimuttinaUoa are slow sod if the eirikw were rolled off today it would take a year for the news to reach the provinces np tbe river. Not only tbe Australian, but the Japanese are Using advantage of the boycott lo get our business. Cotton mill are being established In China by Japanese hunsee and with cheap labor and no transportation charges, they are in a position to drive ns from tha field. They will also develop the steel ora of Korea, and probably olL In this way our vast karomne and steel baatneM there w 111 be taken over by tha Jap. "The only thing that, could raise the boycott would be to rewind Chinese exclusion law and this, of rouree. will not ba done. It looks aa though our business in the south of China waa doomed. The boycott is getting worse there." lhs-atreei- n d Financial Gisis May Be Caused by Strike of Russians. fit Petersburg, Dec. 4. Monday evening, via Edykuhnen. East Prussia, Dec. 6. Although there appear lo b no foundation for the prevalent fear tbut an out break i Imminent, 1st u the pop loti continue is a stale of anxious cuapt-nse- . Tbe garrison ba bran reinforced by 43 battalions of 13 squadron iff cavarly and 13 machln gun batteries. The city is divided into four districts under Generals Osaroff, Duken-ak- i. fiiorma and Lodeaky respectively. The government it ia rumored narrowly frustrated a plot whereby a band of armed men had planned to raid tha Mala treasury, Una of tha conspirators, ft is aald. betrayed bis fallows, whereupon the leaders knowing ihat their attack would b repulsed by the troop with great slaughter abandoned k. Tbe existence of till conspiracy led to a report (hat martial law would b. proclaimed tomorrow (Tuesday) but tba report ia authoritatively dealed. The extension of tba strike ef 11, a telegraphers to the postal system ia coupiate, sad the paraiyaia cf business u inrreasiag tb danger of a financial crista. Tb. strike of the Moscow telephone operator who cut ilia wires and Una np the poles has severed tba last tuba us of com muni ration with tha undent capital. Tba govarum ant is undoubtedly encouraging tha organising of foreex. Tha "Law and Order Party" took the lead, which ia now being followed by ihe "fioclety ef Rtrlka Ureakere, but the mutt, important movement has been started under tba leadership ef Father Gapoa, tha former Mol of the workmen who sine hla residence abroad has. become convinced that Russia la ot prepared for a republic end ia appealing to hi old comrades to cut loose from the revolutionary agitator. Tli latter already charge that Fattier Capon baa bean bought and that, he is traitor to tbe cum ef the people. Father Gapon. however, ie t inner and hla lafliienne undoubtedly la greet. This being a holiday, Father Gapon all ended meetings of eleven of tha organisations which he controlled before January 83, "Red Sunday, at which hla words were cheered to tha echo. At three meetings lire Roeialfvt orators ware bowled down and in xnma eaare forcibly ejected. If Uiie movement should grow and an effective split among the workmen thereby be created It will prove of Immeasurable service iu tbe government in tiding things over until the ' meeting of the douma. M. Fertunkevltch aud M. Kukushkin, members of tlie deHtailon from Mi a the Zemstvo eongrea, itifornn-Associated Preu today that they were ready to accept nniverrol suffrage, direct in the cllie and indirect Jn tb conn try districts. d DEPOT ROOF FALLS IN ON TRAVELERS. 5. Itendon, Ninety feet ef the roof of the Houtireriiniotii end of the Charing Ootre Railroad siailon without earning thin a f terms mi carrjing with H some forty worknicu who were engaged in repairs on tha: a mci Ion of the roof. The casualty list of this extrordinary accident lncludui who are known to have two been killed, two persons lulsKing and probably buried benraih tons of deb:T?, injured and twenty eight slight ly Injured. TIim foiling walls of tbe lallnnrnislied the roof of 'ha Avenue Theater adjoining ihe etathni, injuring several im-- alio were at work D--- a then. Four tralna Mood in the station toady and faundreda cf pormine w era gathered on tlie platforms awaiting ilia departure of suburban lialns and tha arrival of lha Continental Express, which was due in a f,w minutes, when the wall supporting ihe great iron apana fell outward. With ibis supa port removed, the spans fell with lermcndouit crash, crushing the for-rocars which, happily, were nut occupied, but the falling roof csrrb-with it the workmen who bsu been swormtng among the glrd tis. Ail the casualties were confined to ihe workmen in the station and nn the roof of the theater, and to a few station bands. Not a single passenger was hurt. For Mine time ihe acne of confusion was indescribable. Charing Crocs la the most central as well na railon of tba bn lieu of road station and had a larger portion of the roof given way tha lose of Ufa would have been great. A a the station will result of the accld-. be clotted for come ost ut da-w- FREIGHT REDUCTIONS. Springfield, 111., IVt ,. Late tbia afternoon tbe State Board of Railroad and Warehouse commis&ionera, after a conference with Coreruar Dineen. lasting three hours, announced a reduction of 2 peireid. from existing freight rate now In effect In Illinois. The re- duction is horizontal and a;, plies u all ten classes of freight and i uniform all ovir lire state. The reduction Is made on application of tha Shipping' w Decaftir and awwnciiitions Spring field |