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UNFAIRLY TREATED
, Reyes Blames Us for Colcmbia's
Loss of Panama.
. < INTERFERENCE ILLEGAL
Strenuous Correspondence Between
> 3 Colombian Envoy and Secretary
Hay Sent to Senate cy President
Roosevelt.
1 President Roosevelt transmitted to
:be senate Monday additional correspondence
between the United States
and Colombia respecting Panama, covering
the period irom December 23,
190a, to January 6 lasc.
A statement ot grievances on the
part of Colombia was presented to
the state department by General
Reyes on Decernoer 23. General Reyes
* says that the course of tho United
States has worked deep injury to Colombia.
He maintained tnat in reject
ing the canal treaty Colomoia was exercising
a perfect right, and said hti
? believed a treaty would be accepted.
but for the threacs of General Beauidt
that his government would reject
any amendments.
And he cited the treaty of 1846 as
k showing that the independence and
sovereignty of Colombia was to be
* maintained intact between the tw<2
governments.
General Reyes said, with reference
to the Hay-Herran treaty, that iJie
same course was followed m Bogota
4 as was pursued in Washington. If the
ueaty, he said, had been rejected in
Washington, the disapproval would
involved no grievance tor Colombia
and that the Colombian congress in
^ its disapproval of the treaty simply
exercised a vested right This action,
he maintained, did not disqualify the
Colombian government for the conclu
sion of another treaty.
After citing the instructions to Min
i3ter Beaupre, made public by the
state department heretofore in this
connection, General Reyes concluded:
i4No one will wonder that under the
pressure of threats so serious and irri
* tating, and in presence of a formal
notification from the party which had
the authority to serve it, that uc
amendment would be accepted, pref
erence was given to disapproval."
As to the recognition or the repub
' lie of Panama, General Reyes says thai
itis.a matter ot puDiic knowledge thai
t- :he mother country commands suffi
* dent forces to subdue a revolution
"The attitude of the United States,'
tie says, "constitutes, according to
the most ancient and modern authority
on international law, not only a
^jreat offense, but also a tormal attack
upon her wealth."
After declaring that Panama formed
"the most important part of the national
wealth of Colombia, General
Reyes continue?:
Before the news was divulged that
a revolution was about to break out
on the isthmus, General Reyes says, a
I United States military officer stopped
the railway from carrying to Panama
as it was under obligation to do, a bat
tallon of troops from Bogota, which
had just arrived at polon, "at the
y. very time when its arrival in that citj
would have impeded or suppressed
any revolutionary attempt."
General Reyes said that in leading
the Colombian army to restore order
on the isthmus he (Reyes) had the
j 1 honor to address a note on the subject
to Rear Admira* . Coghlan, to
which he receied a reply without, de
lay as follows:
"His (Coghlan's) present orders are
to prevent the landing cf soldiers with
^ hostile intent, within the boundary ol
the state of Panama."
At this time the Colomoian army
consisted of 10,000 men, which General
Reyes declared to be more than
< sufficient to suppress the Panama revolution,
"if your excellency's government
had not prevented the landing ol
the troops under my command that
were to embark at Puerto Colombia.'
In this connection G meral Reyes
o&us aneuLiua iue iaui tuai (.utrm
t in no overland way to reach Panama
. from Colombia,
AT BRYAN "DOLLAR DINNER."
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Nebraska n ReaffTrms Kansas City
Platform With Old Time Vigor.
A formal reception to William J
Bryan on his return from Europe, tak
I ing the form of a "dollar dinner," was
held in Lincoln, Nebr., Monday night
and it was attended by nearly 7CC
democrats. The dinner was intended
f a? a testimonial of regard and symp.i
try with Mr. Bryan's political policies
and to mark his entry into active par
tfcipation in the pre-convention cam
nnforn \fr Rrvan sDoke to "The Mor'1
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t l9eue." He reaffirmed the Kansas Citj
planks in their entirety
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^ GEORGIA STATE FINANCES.
Status of Treasury Shown by Figurei
Compiled by Assistant Furlow.
The Georgia state treasury state
; ment for the year 1903 was complete:
Monday by Assistant Treasurer C. T
Furlow. The figures show that th<
balance in the treasury on Decembe:
31, 1903, of more than a million dol
* ters, was a,r>out $8,000 less than th<
balance of 'Jocember 31. 1902.
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1 CALL TO DEMOCRATS! [j
Notice Issued by Chairman jones for
Meeting of National Convention
in St4 Louis July 6th.
The ^following official call t:&s issued
Monday for the assembling of the democratic
national convention at St.
T /Milc Itiltr I* rnvt
UVUiC, U Ui J V, iiv .ii . ,
"Washington. January IS.?The I
democratic national committee having j
1 me: in the city of Washington on the '
ISth of January, 1904, has appointed
Wednesday, the 6th day of July, 1904,
as the time and chosen St. Louis', Mo.,
as -the place for holding the democratic
national convention.
> "Eact state is entitled o represen
tation therein equal to double the num- 1
t ber of its senators and representatives <
, in congress of the United States, and (
each territory, Alaska, Indian Terr!- 1
tory and the District of Columbia.
t shall have six delegates. ]
( "All democratic citizens of the Uni- ?
I ted States who can unite with us in i
the effort for a pure, economical and
j constitutional government are cordially
invited to join us in sending delegates
to the convention. ^
"JAMES K. JONES, Chairman." <
| "C. A. WALSH, Secretary."
Hon. James K. Jones, chairman of ?
the democratic national committee, ,
kas announced the personnel of the {
committee on arrangements for the
^ democratic national committee, and j
? has called a meeting of that committee j
for February 2, next, at 10 o'clock, and 1
at the Southern hotel, St Ixmis, Mo.,
* as follows: James K. Jones, chairman *
' ex-officio; William J. Stone, vice chair- 5
1 man ex-offlcio; J. M. Gufy, Penns}!- 3
* vania; D. J. Camphu, Michigan; N. ifi. '
1 Mack, New York; J. G. Johnson, Kan- 1
^ sas; John R. McLean, Ohio: J. M. 1
> Head, Tennessee; J. E. Osborne, Wyo- :
1 ming. 1
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"CITIZEN" TRRAIN IS DEAD. ]
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Most Eccentric and Noted Character 1
Closes Phenomenal Career. '
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i George Francis Train died Mondaj i,
i night from heart disease, at Mills ho- tel
No. 1, in New York city, where he '
' has lived for some years. . 1
George Francis Train was bom in
1 Boston, March 24, 1S29. He was or'
phaned in 1833, his father, motner and j
* three sisters dying at New Orleans of j
' yellow fever. He organized the firm 1
! of Train ck Co., shipping- agents, j
with offices- in New York ar.d in Aus-1 j
- tralia, and started the first chipper i
* ships to California in 1849. He pro-1
moted several railroads and made an j ]
independent race for president m ]
1872. He was noted as a prolific "writ- 1
' er and for his eccentricities. \
Train went to Omaha, Nchr., in the '
1 early sixties and at once became prom- i
' inent in business affairs, it was ne 1
who conceived the idea of construct- j
1 ing the Union Pacific railroad. He <
" laid out a number of additions to the <
! city and at the same time organized )
the Credit Fonsier and Credit Mobil- 1
ier, for the purpose of raising money i
to finance the Union Pacific. ]
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1 RECORD OF KING COTTON. 3
1
Banner Year in Value of E):ports for
Calendar Year 1903. 1
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A Washington special says: King
I Cotton made his greatest record in the
export figures of the calendar year ,
j 1903. (
From 18S3 to 1903, cotton experts ]
t averaged a little more than three- ,
. | fourths of a million dollars i. day. In ,
f 1S03, however, they averaged more ,
i 4l_^^ ^ .... j it i
. . lllclil UUC Uii .lx .'iJ uuiib: a iii taiuo I
' day; in the last three months of 1903
i they averaged mora than fwo million
dollars per day. I
; Exports of cotton in December show
| a greater value than in any preceding
' month in the history of cotton exporta.
tion, the t-tal being over $72,000,000.
, ! The total cotton exports for the year i
. ' was $37S,00U,000. (
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; j Host of Italian Immigrants. ,
; 1 a dispatch from Rome says: The (
United States continues to be the chief
i objective point of Italian immigration, ,
? the number of emigrants going there .
, in 1903 roaching a total oi nearly 250,- ,
,000 1
ROME POSTOFFICE MUDDLE.
r Charges and Counter Charges to Be
! Probed by Inspectors of Georgia.
A Washington dispatch says: Rep.
resentative Ma'udox, of Georgia, has
. been notified of further trouble in the
Rome postoffice. Postmaster Helm
j hac preferred cnarges against Deliv
2m _
i cry v^ierK nruwu ui meiuciency, neglect
of duty and drunkenness. Brown, ,
in a spirit of retaliation, charges the
postmaster with drunkenness and using
profane language in the postoffice.
I Representative Maddox says the J
r postoffice inspectors are now at work
on the matter.
I CANAL TREATY IS REPORTED.
. Matter Finally Comes Before the Senate
in Executive Sessicn.
While the Panama canal question
has been before the senate on general
1 principles during the greater part of
. the present session, the Panama ca>
r.al treaty was not reported until Monr
day. It had no sooner been reported
. favorably to the senate in executive
3 session than it became the si.bject of
heated discussion.
T ' ' V ' .
MANY TALK PEACE
But Russian and Jap Prepare
for War, Nevertheless.
NO MEDIATION EXPECTED
All High Diplomats in European Countries
Believe a Conflict Inevitable?Washington
Officials
are of Same Opinion.
A Washington spoial says: Despite
Lhc mediation talk sent out from some
d 1 the European capitals, the officials
3f the state department are convinced
:hat the only possibility of pet.ee lies
n the acceptance by Russia of the Japanese
proposals, which were outlined
n a Tokio dispatch dated January 6.
A copy of the Japanese proposals
svas formally presented to Secretary
Ray for his information by the Japanese
minister, Mr. Takahira, Thursday.
This was found to be almost verbatim
is they had been given out from high
Japanese sources a week ago, for the
evident purpose of having the world
ilearly understand not only the. moderation
and justice of Japan's position,
jut also how vitally these demands
Interested all nations having or hoping
;o have commerce in Manchuria,
A statement of the Russian reply,
;hough not a verbatim copy of it, was
lis? given Secretary Hay. This state
Kent tailies with that heretofore printed.
It shows that there is no apparent
possibility of agreement upon Manchuria,
and that upon many essential
points the two powers are far apart
regarding Korea. While it is stated in
latest cables from Tokia that the last
aote from Japan is not in the nature
3f an ultimatum and the negotiations
may accordingly be carried on for
some days, the belief is strong among
officials in Washington thai; the crisis
will come within probably two weeks,
which is assumed to be the time necessary
to get the two new cruisers now
in the Suez canal into Japanese waters.
Preparing for War.
In the meantime war preparations
ire being pushed rapidly forward. It
is the opinion of military authorities
thai Japanese troops are being landed
in southern Korea, though as the Japanese
are closely censoring all cables,
this cannot be definitely known.
Japan has rejected the Russian proposals,
making counter demands with
regard to Manchuria which Russia, in
the light of her oft-repeated declarations,
cannot be expected to accept.
The way is clear, uowever, for some
iiplomatic parleying. Once rea.ay on
land and sea, Japan will become aggressive,
for she feels that under no
circumstances would she fail to get
as much a9 Russia is now offering, and
she feels confident of demonstrating
her right to more and taking it. As
a very high official has put it: "Japan.
feeling she could not bev worse
eff than she would be by accepting the
Russian offer, is bound to have a run
for her money."
One reason which leads Washington
authorities to believe there will be
comparatively little delay is that Japan
has reached the limit of her resources
so far as preparation goes,
that she can gain nothing bv further
delay, while Russia on the other hand
mav cain nerrentiblv. In the light of
thes>e conditions, the Washington and
London governments regard war as
the only outcome.
LIVE STOCK MEN MEET.
Plans Set on Foot to Establish Independent
Packing Houses.
The proposition to incorporate a
company of live stock men for the purpose
of establishing independent packing
buses' in the s>tocfc centers of the
country to compete with the packers'
combine and restore prices on live
stock was an all-absorbing topic of discussion
in the National Live Stoc c convention
ait Portland. Oreson. By unanimous
vote the convention indorsed
a resolution favoring the incorporation
nf cn/?h a romnanv and the establish
merit of the independent houses.
"NOT IN IT," SAYS MARK.
Hanna Emphatically Denies that He is
a Presidential Candidate.
Senator M. A. Hanna, in an interview
at Pittsburg, Pa., Friday aight,
said:
"I have sent out 2,000 personal letters
denying that I am a candidate for
the presidency; and I do not want to
be considered as such. I consider all
Buch talk a 'closed incident.'
"The alleged opposition to the nomination
of President Roosevelt . hasbeen
overestimated ' and magnified
greatly by democratic papers and others
with democratic proclivities."
RIVALRY CAUSES BLOODSHED.
Citizen* of Two Towns in Oklahoma
Engage in Pitchel Battle.
Five citizens of Mountain Park and
several residents of Snyder, Oklahoma,
were dangerously wounded during a
battle between the citizens of the two
towns Friday. A number of others
received slight injuries. The rivalry
between the towns has been keen for
a long time.
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MORE CO 11 UN Nttutu.
"King" Sully Dclsres Tweive-M ill ionBale
Crop Will Hereafter Command
Faying Price.
At New Orleans, Friday night, under
the auspices of the Progressive Union,
a representative meeting of business
people, in which the cotton element
; largely predominated, listened to an
illuminating discussion 01 the cotton
problem with President A. Brittin, of
the cottoii exchange, and Dan J. Sully,
of New York, and Frank B. Hayne,
leaders of the bull campaign, as the
speakers. W. P. Brown was unabie
to fill an engagement to participate.
Mr. Brittin contended tnat buli campaigns
were not responsible for prevailing
prices.
"No cotton king ever added a cent
a pound to thd price of cotton," said
Mr. Brittin. "The inexorable law of
supply and demand is alone responsible
for its fluctuations. Cotton is high
because the supply is short. Production
has not kept pace with consumption."
The boll weevil, Mr. Brittin said,
alone stood in the way of an adequate
supply. Ultimately, too, the south
would raise all the cotton required by
the world's needs.
Mr. Sully's reception was unusually
cordial.
Talk of Sully.
"T /Itcniqim irrViot onmd h9VP Hpslff
1 ACfclJ-LJ. ?VMHb UW4A4V v. v.wM.Q
I uted a.s the honor of world-wide fame,
through such manipulations of the cottan
market as results in fortunes to
nyself and misfortune to others," he
said. ""Whatever good fortune may
lave come to me, and such others as
j lave been in accord with my views,
Li not the result of manipulation, but
the legitimate product of recognizing
existing, as well as natural conditions.
"The progress of the nineteenth centiry
is being extended with a constantly
accelerated movement and
give? promise of gathering in its folds
all humanity," he said, "it is within
t'lis sphere of development that lies
most wonderful and marvelous opportunities
for the future. The world's
demands for supplies give promise of
a steady and continuous increase.
"We have already reached a stage
where it is in need of a J.2,000,000-bale
i c;*op of American cotton."
I Mr. Sully thought the south had not
j received such value for its cotton as
. the existing labor conditions justify.
Mr. Hayne spoke of the effect the
enhanced value ot cotton had had on
the prosperity of the south. From
the laborer to the capitalist, from the
j b arkeeper to the clergyman, no one liv:
iig in the south had failed to derive
| some benefit. When cofton was at 6
j cents the small farmer was no better
| o:lf than his labor. His children' were
! in rags and his wife and daughters
; gathered the crop. His lands went for
! taxes. He sunk more and more into
debt High-priced cotton had filled
the banks with money, had wiped out
mortgages, had fattened the farmer's
| purse and made the south more pros|
porous than at any time in its history,
j Mr. Hayne said he would hate to feel
; that this prosr^rity was at the ex
ptsnse of the mils. Their misfortune !
i was only temporary As the yearsi roll i
| by the south will consume more and I
j more of its cotton, and his^-priced
I goods will bring more prosperity to the
I mills than low-priced cotton. Mr.
'Hayne said he expected to^ee the
| scuth raise 15,000,000 bales of cotton
! a year.
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PROVIDES FOR NEW COURT.
\ Senator Bate, of Tennessee, Introducse j
Interesting Bill in Upper House.
. A Washington special says: A new i
federal judicial circuit, to consist of j
Georgia, Florida and Tennessee, is
provided for in a bill which has been
j introduced in the senate by Gen'eral
j Bate, of Tennessee.
The bill provides that two additional
i circuit judges shall be appointed for i
| this new judicial circuit who shall
have the same qualifications and the
same powers and jurisdiction thai
ofher circuit judges now have, and that
these, with the circuit judge now residing
at Nashville, shall constitute the
| three circuit judges for the circuit,
j these to make up a circuit court of ap!
peals for the tenth district.
lifcN. MMttKY IP* M I lhiii i m,
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Commander of Gulf Department For.
maliy Assumes His Duties.
General T. H. Barry, commander of
the department of the gulf. United
j States army, arrived in Atlanta, Ga.,
j Thursday afternoon and has assumed
formal command.of the department.
General Barry is at the Hotel Majesti
tic, where a number of the staff officers
of the department are also stopping.
Besides the commander of the 1
department. Colonel E. F. Gardiner, J
chief surgeon and, captain F. H. Law- i
ton. acting cnim 01 cuiamissary, ai lived
In the city.
DOMINICAN CITY TAKEN.
Government Forces Enter Porto Plata
and Take Full Charge.
A dispatch from Cape Haiticn saysSunday
morning government troops
entered Porto Plata, causing the flight
of General Des Champs who rock ret
uge in the United States consulate.
The British cruiser Pallas has landed
marines to protect Ce consulate.
The United States cruiser Hartford
has arrived
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BANDITSINFLORIDA
Hold Up Seabord Train in'
Most Primitive Fashion,
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WERE FORCED TO DECAMP
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Fcur Railroad Men Bring Guns to Bear
and Four Would-Be Robbers
Make a Hasty Retreat?Sheriff's
Posse is Eluded.
Passenger train No. 76, eastbound,
on the Seaboard Air Line was held up
one mile east of Sanderson, Fla., at
7:45 Saturday night by four white
men. The door of the baggage car
was blown open with dynamite, the
robbers mistaking this car for the express
car.
The engine was stopped by a volley
of shots fired into the cab. The fireman
arid engineer were taken off the
engine and escorted to the secondclass
coach and the robbers ran the
train ahead about half a mile, when
they blew open the baggage car. The
train conductor went forward, but was
fixed on and driven back to the
coaches.
Conductor L. S. Peck, who was deadheading
over the line, called for firearms
and volunteers. N. H. Harris,
claim agent of the road; B. B. McCaa,
traveling auditor and J. C. Williams,
traveling freight agent, responded, and
the four went forward opened fire and
drove teh robbers off. Conductor
Peck took the throttle and ran the
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The robbers secured no booty and
' made no attempt to rob the passengers,
but there was great excitement
In the passenger coaches while the 1
firing was going on. The sheriffs of
Duval and Baker counties started at
once on the trail of the robbers.
Sheriff's Posse Eluded. t
All day Sunday the posse searched
for the train robbers, but no traces of
them were found. j
The posse is at a disadvantage in i
not having bloodhounds.
The fact that the wrong car was dy- :
mited leads to the belief that the work
was not done by professionals.
GENERAL GORDON'S WILL.
Faithful and Loving Wife Is First and
Principal beneficiary.
The wirl of the late General John B. ,
Gordon, offered for probate in the De- j
Kalb county, Ga., court, provides that j
his wife be abundantly provided for !
from the income of the estate and that j
the remainder of the income be divided
among his four children, Hugh H.
Gordon, Frank Gordon, Mrs. Burton
Smith and Mrs. Orton Brown, share i
snd share alike, until at the end of
twenty-one years the whole estate may
be wound up.
This will was made last August, and
the executors and executrixes are pro-,
vided for as follows:
"My wife, Fannie H. Gordon, and my
son. Hireh H. Gordon, and my son.
Frank Gordon, and my two daughters,
Fannie and Carrie Lewis, and my
friend, A. H, Cox. They shall not be
required to give bond, and shall act as
my executors during their lives or until
my estate is finally wound up and
distributed."
No mention is made in the will of
the general's much-loved borne, "Sutherland,"
which i9 siraplv included in
the property left to his wife. Neither
is any mention made of the general's
personal effects such as hie sword and
I other mementoes of the war, but the
ownership of these have been settled
I among the members of the family.
TRAIN ROBBERS IN FLORIDA.
Attempt to Wreck L. and N. Passenger ;
Near Pensacola, Frustrated.
Robbers attempted to wreck passeni
gen train No. 3 on the Louisville and
Nashville railroad at Muiat, Fla., Sunday
at 9-: 30 o'clock.
Crosses and other obstructions
were piled on the track, but the attempt
was discovered by a section
hand before the arrival of the train.
Mnlat is about 30 miles from Pensacola.
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SITUATION ON THE ISTHMUS.
I War Ships are Watchihg Panama ;
Coast and Vigilance is Maintained. !
A dispatch from Colon says: All the
United States war ships are crusing
off the coast except the flag ship Olympia,
the Dixie and the Topeka, and (
the torpedo boat destroyer Stewart, i
The six San Bias Indian commission- j
ers, including Chief Joe Howten, on
the invitation of the naval authorities
visited the Olympia Saturday, previous
to returning to San Bias. ;
The Olympia's largest guns were a
source of great astonishment to them.
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MRS..HALL GETS $60,000.
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Gilman's Executors Authorized to j
Settle With Her.
Under a decision handed down by j
Surrogate Thomas, at New York, Fridav.
the executors of the estate of the
late millionaire tea merchant, George j
F. Gilman, are granted permission to
settle Mrs. Helen Potts Hall's claim
against the estate for $60,000.
SMO0T CASE IS ARGUED* 1
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Status of Mormon Senator Bright Up ^
for InvestigavTon Before Rrivi- .
leges and Elections gommitxce
A Washington special says: Thesenate
committee on privileges and
elections met Saturday to hear the at- *
tomeys on both sides of the case invoiving
the right of Senator Smoot tooccupy
his seat. Former Representa- - JsM
tive Tayler, of Ohio, was heard for
some Protestants, and E P. Stevenson ~.m
for those who are representing the * s
National Rerom Association. A- S.s
Worthington and Walderman VanCott ojjj
were present on behalf of Senator /x<||.:
Smoot, who also was in attendance.
The first presentation was made by' . /J8
Mr. Tayler, who said the Protestants \j|ji
expected to prove the following - M
charges:
1. The Mormon priesthood, accord- <gj|
ing to the doctrine of the church and |
oenei, practices auu iu> uciuw??uy 1 .-mi
is vested with, and assumes to exer* . ~-*MH
cise supreme authority in all things,
temporal and spiritual civil and politi-, v|n *|
cal. The head of the church claims tp
receive divine revelations and these;
Reed Smooth, by his covenants and.^^Kg
obligations, is bound to accept and> ^l^ ^
2. The first presidency and twelve .; ^
apostles, of whom Reed Smoot is one,
is supreme in exercising the adthority ' %
of the church and in the transmiesion ^l M
of'the authority to their successors.
Each of them is called prophet, seer w i
and revelator. 1 . |l
S. As 3hown by their teaching and by
their own lives, this body of men has.v|i^H
not abandoned belief in polygamy and M
polygamous cohabitation. On the con- M B
(a) As the ruling authorities of the:^^'J|
church they promulgate in the most;*'!
solemn manner the doctrine of poly-Jg
gamy without reservation. ?|l
(b) The president of the Monnonflfl"-j
church and a majority-of the twelve^ 'M
apostles now practice polygamy and v"j|
polygamous cohabitation, and some of - ^ M
them have taken polygamous ivo^^ M
since the manifesto of 1890. Tbeaew^
things have been done with the knowK j^a ^j
edge and countenance of Reed Smoot. ? M
Plural marriage ceremonies have beea^ ^
performed by the apostles since th?^JB,:Jj
manifesto of 1890 and mary bishops
and other high officials of the churchy^a :~|a
have taken plural wives since that % 'M
time. All of the first presidency aa?||H:'||
twelve apostles encourage, coimt?->|fi*J^
nance, conceal and connive a? polygt-'^ ^
my and polygamous cohabitation and
honor and reward by high office and
distinguished preferment those
most persistently and defiantly violate*!- ^3
the law of the land. ||
. 4. Though pledged by the cempngK^
of statehood and bound by the law
of the commonwealth, this supreme::^|?|||
body, whose voice is law to its neonte|| -;tM
and whose members were lnrilTidqalfy|^M *J|
directly responsible for good falch to||w j|i
the American people, permitted, witfej^ ^
out protest or objection, their
tors to pass a law.nullifying the
ute against polygamous cohabitation, - .
For all these things Reed Smoot is
responsible in law and in conscience ^
to this body and "to the American peopie.
In connection with the third
cificatiqn Mr. Tayier gave a list of
documents recognized by th'e Mormon-^ $1
church as inspired. * (3$|
In reply, Mr. Worthington said the *. ':|
statements made' oy Mr. Tayier <riiT5^;|j
ed very materially from the chargtiri^|H^
made in the formal statements, and he
asked time in which to make a rep!
which was granted. i;?M
DEATH CLAIMS BLAIR.
la Now Barred from Trial Anent the |
St Louis Scandal Affair. %|i|l
James L. Blair, of St. Louis,
died at Eustis, Fla., Saturday morn1s^||9 551
He visited Florida in search of health t|R?|
and it was thought that he was
proving when his condition changed?^ >|
alarmingly for the worst ^
Mr. Blair held the position of gen-dl
eral counsel for the St Lonis exposl-/%
tion and Mrs. Blair that of president
of the board of lady managers, which^ ~'M
position was resigned owing to certali '3 J
charges of official misconduct of deceased,
of which the St. Louis
pers were full at the time. Js
Sunday night the body was taken
St Lonis, accompanied by Mrs. Blair ^
and her son, Percy Elair. :
TO MEET AT INDIANAPOLIS. p
Prohibition Party Will Hold National I
Conventior in that Pitv
At a committee meeting in Chicago,
Friday, Indianapolis was chosen by
the prohibition party for its national'-'tfjmi*
convention, which will be held on
Philippine Bond Issue Sold. J&m
The war department has adopted
proposal of Harvey Fiske & Sons, ot'
New York, representing MsKe & Rob-v I
inson and the National City bank, of \
New York, for the entire $7,000,000 llM. '31
bond issue of the Philippine govern-. ? J
PIRATE HERMAN AT LARGE. .J
American Who Turned Robber In
' ippines Escapes from Jail.A
Manila dispatch saya: George ujSpB
A 4> ina?AA#MI .;
nviuiau, at tiic uiuc tiunjt ivio|iwvva
of constabulary, who, in company with i ^jgj |
C. J. Johnson, constabulary officer,
robbed the government and then start*
ed upon a piratical crui3? on the tes- ':-M ^
sel they stole, has escaped from con- I
finement at Cebn and is stiU at large.;
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