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Show THE WEEKLY SENTINEL EXPRESSES PRESIDENT VIEWS TO CONGRESS. MRS. W. N. OUNDRY. Editor. TAB STOCKTON. NEWS SUMMARY. Captain Frederick Pabst, president of the Pabst Brewing company, Is dead, at the age of 67. To date twenty-twpeople are dead of the Pere as the result Marquette. Mich., railway wreck. A committee has been appointed to Investigate the management of the National Red Cross society. Three persons were killed and four injured in a lire which destroyed the louvre hotel in Chicago on the 1st. The reported sinking of the Colombian gunboat Ceneral Pinzon by an American warship has not been con. firmed. Chinese cruisers at Shanghai are preparing for active service. They are taking on board ammunition and supplies. Japan has completed the purchase of two warships building at Genoa, Italy, for which Russia has been neo gotiating. Beorge B. McClellan became mayot of New York City on the 1st. The ceremonies were not elaborate, and the speeches were brief. In Barcelona a general strike of all persons employed by the shipping Interests has been declared, and trade and commerce are paralyzed. At Manila the Supreme court has confirmed the sentence of death imposed upon four natives, who butchered three marines In September. 1902. One thousand employes of the American Car and Foundry company at , against a struck Va., have per cent reduction In W. Huntington, 10 wages. The National rolling mill of the United States Sted corporation, at McKeesport, Pa., has resumed open atlons, furnishing employment tq 9,000 men. t THE CANAL QUESTION ' A, cablegram received from revolu-- ' tkmuy sources at Puerto. Plata states, that General Caceras, the provisional Ice president of San Domingo, has been killed. Chief Musham of the Chicago lire department will compel union labor members of the department to withdraw from unions or retire from the city service. At a secret session of the Peruvian congress Saturday night, the treaty of arbitration for a settlement of the boundary dispute between Peru and Bolivia was approved. Near Bad Axe, Mich., three boys, aged about 10 years, the sons of fishermen, were frozen to death during Saturday night's terrific storm, being lost In the blinding storm. In view of the complications in the far .east, the Italian ministers of marine and foreign affairs have ordered another warship to be kept In readiness to join the Italian squadron there. The shooting of Lewis Choisser and son by detectives at Los Angeles Is to be thoroughly Investigated by the relatives of the victims, who have counsel and are backed by the em-ploy- Masons. Fears are entertained for the safety of the British barkentlne Grenada, duo In Boston nearly two weeks ago. The Grenada sailed from Turk's Island December 2nd and has not been re-- ported since. Horace G. Burt, president of the Union Pacific railroad, has handed bis resignation to the directors. It is understood that it will be acted on at the next meeting of the board, which will be held In the near future. During the month of December 4.559 Immigrants left Naples, of whom 3,883 went to New York. The Imml-- . grants arriving at Naples from New York during the month numbered 19.749, while 2,593 came from Boston. At a special meeting of the grand masters of the various Jewish fraternal orders In New' York a petition was drawn up urging the administration to protest against the reported proposed massacre of Russian Jews on January 7th. General James I,ongstreet, soldier, statesman nnd diplomat and the last lieutenant general of the Confederate army, with the exception of General Gordan. died in Gnlnsvillc, Ga., Saturday, from an attack of acute HIS Hr nr Colombia and of SMOOT MAKES this govern- REPLY TWO MEN MURDERED BY A LONE ment. Rev. Edward Everett lisle, the newly elected chaplain of the senate, clad in flowing black silk clerical robes, occupied the chair of the pre- Makes Specific Denial That This siding officer just preceding the sesGovernment Planned the Revolusion, and on the body being called to tion on the Isthmus. order offered a stirring Invocation. At the opening of the house the The senate's first session following chaplain prayed for peace between the holiday recess, held on Monday, Japan and Russia. The resignation of Mr. McClellan of was devoted entirely to Panama. President Roosevelt sent a message on the New York was announced. No quorum could be obtained upon subject which was received with great continued a vote on a resolution to Investigate Discussion interest. throughout the day, speeches being certain charges made by the fourth made both In defense of and against assistant postmaster general, and the policy which had been pursued. the house adjourned. Mr. McComas defended the presiPorto Ricans Are Not Aliens. dent and asserted that his action an opinion by Chief Justice FulIn would Btand If tested in court the Mr. Stewart of Nevada severely ler, supreme court of the United for decided that citizens of States has criticised the Bogota government are not aliens of the UnitIn Rico Porto of action selfishness its preventing ed States, and that they are entitled construction of the canal. Mr. Morgan of Alabama stated his to enter this country without obis true--, DENIES ALLlCHARGES MADE BY PROTESTANTS. From Utah Declares He Is Not a Polygamist and That Polygamy is Not Practiced by the Mormon Church. Senator Senator Smoot's reply to the made charges by his opponents in an cmdeavui to oust him from his seat in the United States senate has not been made public, it is generally understood that the document has been handed to Chairman Burrows of the elections committee. In his auHwei4 Senator Smoot denies absolutely the charge that he is or has been polygamist. He also denies absolutely that he has taken"ah oath as s member of the Mormon church; or an officer of Buch church in conflict in any manner with the oath he has takeu as senator of the United States. He Insists that all other charges m&uii by citizens of Utah represented by the committee of nineteen are not germane to the question of his right to hold' his seat as Ben He lnsis.8 that they are all irrelevant and have no bearing whatever on his .title to a seat In the senate. But while not admitting that the charges have any bearing on his case he proceeds to answer' them, reserving the point, however, that they are not material. Following this .procedure, he denies tost the Mormon priesthood or first presidency Is vested with supreme authority over the Mormon people, either In things temporal or spiritual. He denies that polygamy Is pracor ticed, recognized, encouraged countenanced by authority of the Mormon church or by the Mormon people, and denies generally and specifically all of the other charges set forth in the protest of the committee of nineteen. He admits that parts of specific statements and quotations In tbe protests are correct, but states that they are in the main garbled, and when considered in relation to the contest pro'CilOltM ceedings, of which they form a part, would convey an entirely different meaning from that sought to be conFurther veyed by the protestants. From the Chicago Daily Tribune. questions on the issue involved would of Pro' tion. The opinion was delivered In entirely neutralize the effect anthe case of a Porto Rican woman, testants Bhowlng. In closing his states that he Senator Smoot Gonzales, who. In 1902, was refused swer, not as was a representative of elected, admission to the port of New York on the ground that she was likely to the Mormon church, but as the reprebecome a public charge. The decision sentative of the Republican party of Utah. was based entirely on the immigration act of 1891, and took the ground THERES SOMETHING DOING. that the Porto Ricans swear allegiance to the United States, and to Five Big Troop Carrying Vessels Beno other government ing Got Ready for Service. Orders have been received at San Gravelle, the Blackmailer, Sentenced to prepare 'the transports Francisco In Prison.. to Ten Years Meade for sea. This will and Warren Isaac Gravelle, convicted of send-- j make five big troop carrying 'vessels ing threatening letters to the North- that are being got ready for service. ern 'Pacific company, was sentenced are capable of carrying close to at Helena, Mont., oh Monday last to They 8.000 soldiers with their equipments ten years in the penitentiary and to for service in the field. The Sherman pay a fine of 85,000. This is the maxGraand .Buford are now ready to sail on crime. imum penalty of the velle will be tried for burglary next t hours notice, and tbe There are four informations remain- Crook will be ready to put to sea withing against him and basis exists for in a week. actions. If convicted of twenty-fivIn addition to these five vessels the burglary the dynamiter may be sentenced for life. transport Dix Is coming to San FranIt is officially announced in view of cisco from the Philippines, and she within the reports current abroad of renewed at-- ! should be In tbe harbor now being are next ten Plans days. Kisheneff that racks on the Jews at the city never was quieter than at prepared to lit her for carrying horses. . WTilo . SEASON OF PEACE ON EARTH a-t- - proference for the Nicaragua route and maintained that the present was course of the administration breaking down the established policy of the United States regarding neutrality. President Roosevelts message to congress was in regard to the part taken by this country in recent events on the Isthmus of Panama. After reviewing the entire matter, and Justifying the course this country has taken In the premises, making a specific denial that this government planned the revolution on the Isthmus, the president says: In conclusion let me repeat that the question actually before this government Is not that of the recognition of Panama, as an Independent republic. That Is already an accomplished fact The question, and the only question. Is whether we shall or shall not build an Isthmian canal." President Roosevelt transmits with his message copies of the latest notes from the minister of the republic of Panama to tbls government and of certain notes which have passed between the special envoy of the reputa present forty-eigh- e NEAR THE DANGER LINE AWFUL WRECK IN KANSAS. Passenger Train Collides With Freight With Disastrous Result. Rock Island passenger train No. 3 collided with a freight train two miles west of Topeka, Kana., about 1 o'clock Wednesday morning. Both engineers and both firemen were killed, while over a dozen passengers were fatally hurt All the passenger coaches except the last two Pullmans were plied up in a heap. The two trains met collision. Many squarely in a head-oof the passengers are Injured. : n Landing of Troops .Means War. The Che-Focorrespondent of the Paris edition of the New York Herald cables as follows: "Eight thou sand Japanese troops are ready to land at Masanipho, and their landing will probably mean war. A regiment of Cossacks is expected at Port Arthur. Reserves are being removed from Biagovodcherisk (the capital of the Amur province in eastern Siberia) to Tsitschiar (in Manchuria). The position of the troops in Manchuria is being rearraneed, but their location Is o -- From the Philadelphia Inquirer.. kept a secret i HOLD-UP- . Attempted Robbery of Street Car Crew Results in Terrible Tragedy. A lone masked man attempted to hold up Motorman Amasa Gleason and Conductor in Thomas Brighton the outskirts of Salt Lake City at about mldblght, Wednesday, as the taen were seated In their car waiting for time to start on their return trip to the city, and in a battle with the car men, tbe robber murdered Gleason fend left Brighton for dead. Brighton is In the hospital and no hope Is entertained of his recovery. The robber made bis escape and there is no clew to his identity. Conductor Brighton has made e statement regarding the desperate encounter, but could give no description of his assailant, except that be was young and tall and wore a handkerchief for a mask. The men were sitting in tbe car when the hold-uentered with a leveled gun. He first gave his attention to Brighton, the conductor, but before he had succeeded In getting anything from him a deadly fight ensued. Three shots were fired by the highwayman, one of which took effect In Gleasons another struck body, Brighton, tbe third missing the victims. The hold-uthen ran from the car, leaving his hat, and ran south, according to Brighton. A Smith ft Wesson revolver found In the car undischarged would lead to the conclusion that the gun belonged to Gleason and that he had pulled it to defend himself and that it wouldnt work. The two men, one dead and the other wounded, lay In the car for fifteen minutes after the Bhooting until the next and last car for the night arrived. p p CARELES8NE88 THE CAUSE. Twenty People Killed and Many In- jured in Kansas Wreck. InTwenty dead and thirty-sevea of Rock the result Island lg jured passenger wreck at Willard, Kansas. Most of the injured are in hospitals In Topeka. The single word "carelessness" will sum up the reasons lor the tragedy. Instructed to meet a special freight train at Willard, the engineer and conductor of the passenger, noting that a freight train stood on the side track at Willard, rushed through, thinking that the cars they had seen were the ones which they tiad been instructed to pass. n d ANTI-SEMITI- RIOT. C Demonstration in Kishlneff Against . Jews Suppressed by Police. A threatening anti-Semiti- c demon- stration has occurred at Kishlneff. The police suppressed the disturbance. Tbe riot is reported to have occurred on Tuesday. It began with assaults on Jews In the principal streets. A mob quickly formed and surged toward the Ghetto, where Jews were knocked down and trampled upon In tbe street. Missiles were thrown through windows of houses and many persons were clubbed, but so far as the dispatches indicate no person was seriously hurt Discuss Postoffice Troubles. Alleged irregularities in the postof-fledepartment constituted tbe only theme in the senate Wednesday. The question came up on a motion first made by Mr. Lodge and afterward by Mr. Penrose to refer the Carmack resolution to a senatorial Investigation of the postofflre department to the committee on postofflees and postroads. The Democratic senators resisted the motion and contended that the country would not be satisfied with an investigation of a department made by the department itself. The debate continued for almost two and a half hours and was extremely spirited from start to finish. e Nine Lives Lost in Storm on the At- lantic. The barges New Jersey and Liberty, which left Newport News, Va., in tow of the tug Navigator, were lost In the storm. Both barges are supposed to have gone down with all on board. During the storm their hawsers parted and both were carried out to sea. All day Sunday and Monday the Navigator has patrolled tbe coast near Hog island in a vain effort to locate tbe missing vessels. On board the Liberty were Captain Peler Schipp and four men, and on the New Jersey Captain Elmer Hamel and a crew of three. |
