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The
Daily Bee.
ESTAHLISIIED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMA11A, MONDAY MORNING, JAN U Alt Y 25, 1904.
SIMILE COPY TII1IEE CENTS.
Omaha
TOWN IS IN ASHES
Tire in Aaliund Deitrcji Itry Building
but tha Hospital
immmm
ELEVEN THOUSAND ARE WITHOUT HOMES
Fanio of Feople liakte EffWrts at Discipline
Out of Qaeation.
FIRST TRY TO SAVE THEIR VALUABLES
i
Spread of riamei 8o Rapid That Inhabit
ante Barely Bar TheirLiTea.
VESSELS ESCAPE FLAMES BY BEINGSUNK
Thousands of Fcrion Upend Twenty
Foar noari F.kpoeed to Bitter
' Cold Wlad and a Drlvlag
Rata Storm.
AALSUND, Norway. Jan. 24. The fire
which swept over this towfi yesterdiy
morning destroyed every building 'In It
with the exception of the hospital. The
11,000 tn AaJsund were compelled to camp
In the open, as only a few damaged and
Uninhabitable houses were left standing.
The children of the town had to be housed
temporarily In the church at Borgund. The
panic among the people wan so greit after
the outbreak of the flame that all attemp s
at leadership or discipline became out of
the question. No excesses, however, were
committed.
The people first endeavored to save some
of their property, but they soon found they
had qtlte enough to do to save their own
Uvea. ' The destruction of the town waa
complete within a couple of hours from the
time the fire atarted. Over twenty steam
fishing boats and many sailing smacks
wera sunk In order to save them from the
flames but three steamers and many
smacks were burned.
It Is believed now that only three per
sons lost their lives, Succor has arrived
from Molde, Bergen and other places and
provisions are being distributed! Relief
committees have Invited public subscrip
tions. The king and' queen of Sweden and
Norway have contributed a large sum to a
relief fund and the other members of the
royal family have also subscribed. i
A majority of the Inhabitants of the
town lost everything they possessed and
only 'n a very few cases are the damages
mall. Thousands of persons had to spend
twenty-four hours la the open, where they
were without food and exposed to a bitterly
cold wind and a driving rainstorm.
SERVIANS PLOT MISCHIEF
Vara Portrait , of Csar saa Emperor
sad Ceasplre Against tho Life
f Kin Peter.
VIENNA, Jan. 14. A telegram from Bel
grade reports that Servians and Monte
negrins have been engaged In a vigorous
agitation akalnst the Karageorgevltch dyn
asty and have even planned a conspiracy
against King Peter. Pamphlets have been
distributed In one o( the Balkan states de
acriblng King Peter's aoUva-arUatlon, while
Prince Peter, against King Alexander and
making serious charges against him.
While the Servian government declines to
- consider this movement seriously. Instruc
tions have been Issued to keep a sharp
watch over Servian and Montenegrin eml
grants. It Is conjectured that this con
spiracy la the work either of Montenegrins
or of the sisters of the late Queen Draga.
.. A dispatch to the Noues Weiner Journal
from Bamlln, which is six miles from Bel
grade, says that a number of drunken
. army officers belonging to the murder party
recently mada a demonstration In a res.
tauraat at Belgrade against the powers,
during which portraits of Emperor Francis
Joseph and the ccar were burned. The
offending officers were courtmartlaled, but
upon a special order from King Peter the
proceedings were stopped. I , . .
CANNOT SELECT HIS OWN WIFE
Vienna Stirred I'p Over Ranaors Re
gard la a Archduke's Eagagemeat
ta a Girl Without a Title.
VIENNA. Jan. H Reports are being per-
latently published that Archduke Ferdi
nand Charles, nephew of Emperor Francis
Joseph and brother of the heir presumptive
to the throne, Archduke Francis Ferdinand,
Is determined to marry Bertha Csuber,
daughter of a professor of mathematics in
Vienna university and it is even asserted
that the wedding has been fixed for Febru
ary It at Dresden. '
An official paper, the Magyar Nemset,
however, declares that these reports should
be received with the utmost reserve. It
Say also that Emperor Joseph, without
whose oensent It is inconceivable that the
archduke will contract auch a union, has
never been approached on the subject, and
that It Is impossible to foretell what hi
decision will be In case the proposition
reached him.
, Acoordlng to reports the nearest rela
tives of the archduke are doing their ut
most to persuade the archduke to abandon
the project, but as to the result of their
efforts the reports are conflicting.
IIMINET DEFEAT , COMPLETE
Partisans of Revolutionary Leader
Find fans Hopeless ud Seek
Hefage ea Americas Cralaer.
BAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Jan. 14. News
received here from an authority in Santom
aaya the entire force under General Jlmlnei
the revolutionary leader. Is being steadll
driven from Dominican territory towards
the Haytlan border.
CAPB HAITIAN, Jan. S4.-Captaln Dea
champs and other parties of General Jl
Incs who took refuge la the American con
sulate at Puerto Plata have gone on boai
the United States cruiser Hartford and w
be taken to Cuba. General Jlmlnes
at Monte Crist I. and his cause is hooelAM
as tha government troops have won further
victories at Lav Vega and Moca.
STEAMER ARRjVES AT JAMAICA
Vessel Experiences Baagh Weather
a toast Versa, hat tha Paa
aeagwra Are Eajeylaa; Trip.
K1NQSTON. Jamaica. Jan. I! -The Hare
i-urg-Amerlcen line steamship Prlnesttln
Victoria lAilse, Captain Ruaer. whirl; silled
from rw iori January a, wttn 1M Amerl
csa toutisia aboard, arrived here this
doming from Cuiacao. The steamship ex
pcted rough weather while crowing the
I'srlbbrun sea, but all of her passengers
re weH and are enjoying the trip. The
vessel will aall tomorrow for Santiago de
. Cub
AROLE TESTIMONY NOT GOOD
Preach Judges Will Nat Take Actress'
Word that Coatamo Is
ladereat.
(Copy, v4 jjy press Publishing Co.)
FARI.V . 24 Naw York World Ca
blegram Telegram.) Mme. Corlfcrr
kaa -. a. ft a w A
aimia JUKI TV - H?" HJ 1 119 fl.VW UHIIia0
suit Manage.
brought agalnat her
.v.. iciunuiK . fa f i lit
Revue des Fleu'" Tian," at the Ma,
tsrius theater. 'se waa that she
Jn the role as
signed to her, but th.. Annamlte cos
tume she was ordered o wear waa posi
tively Indecent, leaving parts of the body
nude.
When the case was first called and the
Judges had heard her testimony they di
rected her to bring the costume to court
and put it on that they might see for them
selves If her defense waa valid. Then they
continued the case. Mme. Corller obeyed
the Judges' order when the case was called
up again this week.
After a Judicial Inspection the court held
that Mme. Corller was right. In rendering
the decision of the bench Judge George
I-efebvre-Devaux said: "It must be ad
mitted that In appearing in certain roles
an indecent costume tends to cause a de
preciation of the actress' talent In the pub
lic's eyes. Hence a loss of money making
capacity. Moreover, a manager has no
right to assail an actress' ideas of mod
esty." The tribunal of the third chamber had a
queer and amusing case, Involving the dis
play of lingerie In open court. The ques
tion at Issue was the fit of corsets, the
lawyers for both .sides bringing with them
lay figures to demonstrate their vlewa on
the subject.
The Judge found that corsets fitted on
mannlkens .were unsatisfactory and asked
why a live model was not procured. He
then asked If any woman In the court
room was willing to try on the corsets In
dispute. A well-dressed, pretty young
woman promptly ' presented herself, re
moved her waist and corset and tried on
the models furnished. The Judge found for
the plaintiff. .
A man named Chalot lias Just lost a
novel action against Manager Qlntsy of the
Odeon. Chalot subscribed for fifteen
tickets at reduced rates and demanded his
money- back because fifteen new plays
were promised him, while only seven were
produced. Glnlsy denied that he promised
fifteen original plays, although he actually
did give twenty new curtain raisers, where
fore he Insisted that Chalot saw. more than
fifteen different pieces. Including works of
Mollere, Regnard, Racine and Marlvaux,
which was sll Chalot was entitled to.
Apropos of Monday's duel between Count
Montesqulou Fecensao and ' Jean Stern,
which grew out of an'Artlcle In the Crl de
Paris written ,by Montesqulou, an odd In
cident la related. Montesqulou was away
at his father's chateau In Touralne when
he received a telegram asking him to ap
point seconds. An explanatory letter fol
lowed the next day, but until Its receipt
he did not know with whom he was to
fight The' duel was one of the best ever
fought In Paris, both men showing courage
and skill.
A snail eating contest took place Sunday
In a Paris restaurant between two boule-
var SJers In good society. . . Only rpeclal
Burgundlan snails fed on pine leaves were
used. An excited crowd watched the com
petition and enthusiastically applauded the
victor, who swallowed 148 snails.
Lieutenant Felletler of the Ninety-fifth
Infantry has rendered the public a service
by defending a suit brought by the customs
officials, who accused him of refusing to
open and unpack a trunk at the Ostrol
gate. The court decides that under the
new law the officials must not only do the
unpacking themselves, but also put the
goods back as they found them,
The Touring Club of Frsnce is now com
fortably Installed In the; Humbert house, on
the Avenue de Langrande Armee. Presi
dent Bailiff has his office tn the room where
the Baurlgnac brothers formerly playe
billiards. The club now has a membership
of M.&04.
Physicians are making a crusade against
the time-honored custom in France of
throwing candles promiscuously to crowds
of children at French baptisms, alleging
that the candles beoome soiled with dust
and mud and thus become active agents in
spreading disease, particularly oonsump
tlon.
The new president succeeding Bauguerenu
of the Boeleto dea Artistes Francatne In
Tony Robert Fleury. The grand palace
In the Champs Elysees, where the election
was held, presented a scene of great ani
mation. The other candidates were
Fremlet, a sculptor Cormon, painter, and
Menot, an architect. The society preferred
to have a painter succeed a painter. His
principal works are "Le Dernier Our de
Corlnthe," "Lea Donaldea" and "Vauban
a Bel tort."
FOOLS P0LICE OFFICIALS
Absconding; Bank Clerk Has a Onod
Tins with Officials Look
las for Him.
(Copyright. 104, by Press Publishing Co.)
BORDEAUX. France, Jan. 24. (New Tork
World Cablegram Special Telegram.) A
trusted Paris bank clerk named Amand
collected one afternoon IS.OOO, and. thinking
to provide a dower for his daughter, went
to the -races at Maisen La Fltte. But in
atead of winning he loat 11.000. He tried
on a subsequont day to recover, but was
unsuccessful, and fled with the balance of
the money to Bordeaux. Here he made
the acquaintance of the chief of police at a
cafe. They became friends and played
cards every nlgtt. although the police chief
had received a photograph of Amand and
notification of his flight.
A special inspector from Paris searching
for the runuway came to Bordeaux and
Joined in the card game at the same cafe
wtlhout recognising Amend, who had
shaved and wore his hair in a new style.
Amand enjoyed the situation until one day
a customer of the bank In Paris passing
through Bordeaux recognised him by cer
tain mannerisms.
The notod polios chief regretfully caused
the arrest of his pleasant companion and
the Inspector took him back to Paris.
POPE SENDS HIS BLESSING
Eatrasts New A pes telle Delegate ta
Express iatlsfaetloa with tha
Action of President Diaa,
ROME. Jan. M. Monslgnor Seraflno, the
new apostolic delegate In Mexico, has been
received in farewell audience by the pope
and was entrusted by his holiness to ex
prues to President Dial and the Mexican
government his satisfaction with the meas
ure of liberty granted under President
Dlaa to Catholicism In Mexico, which re
sulted la the prosperity of the church
CE WALLS IN THE RIVER
Gorga Forty Ttt Hijh Chokai Up The
8niqiehanna.
TOWNS SUBMERGED TO SECOND STORY
Narrow Escapes Orcar and Farmers
Lose All Their Live (Merit and
Hoasea and Bridges Move
from Foundations.
WILKE8BARRE, Pa., Jan. 24.-Telephone
advices received here tonight by the Asso
ciated Press reports that an Ice gorge has
formed is the Susquehanna river and for a
distance of thirty miles the river Is entirely
blocked. Nearly the whole town of Rupert
Is submerged, and on Water street the
water comes up to the second story. The
Pennsylvania railroad depot is surrounded
by water and several houses have been
moved from their foundations and the great
majority o( farms axe under water.
At Bloomsburg the Ice Is Jammed up
forty feet high and the large bridge over
the Susquehanna at that place has been
moved five feet and Is expected to collapse
at any momont. One-third of the town of
Bloomsburg Is submerged by the waters
of the Susquehanna and Fishing creek.
The village of Espoy, two miles -north
of Bloomsburg, Is partially submerged.
Many families have been driven from their
home by the rush of waters and many
had narrow escapes. Farmers In many
Instances had all their horses, cows and
other live stock, drowned.
The river here tohlght registered 17. S. a
fall of four feet from Its highest Stage,
and there Is every Indication that the flood
danger has passed at this point for the
time being, the river being clear of ice.
OWEN8RORO, Ky Jan. 24,-The Ohio
river at this point continues to rise at the
rate of two Inches an hour. It rose six
feet last night. The entire river Is cov
ered with swiftly moving Ice. The river
men and farmers In lowlands are very ap
prehensive of damages'.
Wreckage, Riot and Fire.
PITTSBURG. Jan. J4.-The flood of yes
terday has In a great measure passed this
point, but portions of the two cities are
still submerged. In -Allegheny the gas
supply was affected and the distribution of
coal by the. officials In the poor neigh
borhoods brought about a riotous condi
tion. When the fuel was dumped In the
streets, men, women and children fought
for possession, requiring a strong guard
of police to restore order.
Wreckage and huge cakes of Ice strew
the streets. A thick settlement of slimy
mud, mingled with Ice, makes many dis
tricts unfit to walk through. Huge timbers,
portions of doors, stairways, barrels, boxes.
cans and other debris , washed upon the
streets by the flood, have rested where the
water left them.
Tfce big coal companies have been busy
all day preparing their fleets for coal
shipments to the south. There are thirty
tow boats In the harbor ready to start,
and It Is estimated that' fully 10,000,000
bushels of coal will have started by to
morrow noon.
Much excitement was caused by a fire
today, which completely destroyed the
packet Elizabeth, the tow boat Olivette and
two boat houses. The Eltsatfoth was set
adrift ' ; , . " ' .. "
Too Hlah ta Freese.
, CINCINNATI, Jan. 24. With the arrival
here 'of the steamer Courier last night
navigation was opened In part of the Ohio
river after a complete suspension of almost
two months. During that time seven large
packets and a doaen smaller ones and hun
dreds of coal barges have been anchored
here. Two small packets were wrecked by
the breaking of Ice gorges and the number
of barges lost will never be known. The
total 'loss Is placed at 1200,000. The Indirect
loss Is much greater.
It is stated that the loss of one of the
large packets' by being laid up Is $1,000 per
day.' The river is open for navigation now
only between lAulsvllle and Maysville,
Ky., so that none of the packets tip the
river for Pittsburg or down the river for
Mississippi points are yet able to run on
account of the Ice. While frees! ng weather
again prevails through the Ohio valley the
river is now too high to be again closed.
Wheeling la Bad Way.
WHEELING. W. Va,, Jan. M. The crest
of the flood swell was reached at 4 o'clock
this afternoon, when the stage was forty-
four feet two Inches. Fully one-third of the
homes In the city were wholly or partially
Inundated and the sharp fall in the tem
perature has caused a great deal of suffer
ing.! On the Island very few streets are
out of water and many second stories are
Invaded, but the residents are accustomed
to floods and have made arrangements ac
cordingly. The weather remains cold snd many halls
and churches have been thrown open for
the accommodation of those who are suf
fering. Word reached here last evening that Joe
Cutler and Charles Reynolds, who cut loose
in a light barge from the steamer LIszle
Towusend when that boat burned Satur
day night, were picked up about Mata-
nioraa. The towboat Sam Brown sighted
the craft at Slstervllle and heard the cries
of the men for help. The steamer gave
chase for five miles and finally overhauled
the barge snd took the two men off more
dead than alive.
In Benwood there is not a Single block
that Is high and dry, and the 6,000 people
there are living In second stories or on the
hillsides, while the suffering Is Intense.
In Bcllalre, Bridgeport and Martin's Ferry,
on the Ohio side, the situation Is not so
bad, as the ground Is higher.
Delaware Is Falling.
TRENTON, N. J.. Jan. 4.-The water In
the' Delaware river here has fallen about
five feet, since laat night and all danger
is now averted. ' ,
BEAVER FALLS, Pa., Jan. 24. The
Beaver river at this point has fallen sev
eral feet since morning.
LANCASTER, Pa., Jan. , 24. The Ice In
the Susquehanna river at Columbia broke
about noon today and is moving off quietly.
HARRI8BURG, Pa., Jan. 24. The Ice In
the Susquehanna river In this city started
to move at o'clock this morning and Is
passing off without causing any damage.
EVAN8VILLE. Ind.. Jan. 21 The Ohio
river continues to rise here and today
stood at twenty feet. Green river and its
tributaries are still rising. The Wabash
is rising and there Is nearly SOO.000 bushels
of corn along the liver that may be loat
Ice has been passing here today and it
became heavy tonight.
CRUSEHD BYJJIS ELEPHANTS
bears Lackhart, tkeTlrena Praprl.
' etar aad Wild Animal Trainer,
Meets Death ia England.
LONDON. Jan. 24. George Lockhart, the
well known elephant trainer and circus pro
prietor, was accidentally crushed to death
today by an slephant while he was at
tending to the unloading of the circus ani
mala at tha Hoe street railway1 station at
Walt-hams La wa.
CREATES NEW SEE IN ALASKA
Made Necessary by the Rapid
(rowth of the Rnsalaa
Chnrrh.
NEW YORK. Jan. 24 Right Rev. Tlk
hon, Russian orthodox bishop of North
America, Is among the passengers on the
Auguste Victoria, which was reported off
Nantucket this morning and will reach Its
dock early tomorrow. The bishop returns
from an extended visit In Russia, where he
went In the Interests of the Russian church
Jn America.- Simultaneously with his ar
rival tne announcement la made that the
synod has decided to create a new Episco
pal See in Alaska, with a bishop co-ndjutor.
and that Right Rev. innocent has been
oppolnted to the position.
The creation of the new see was de
manded by the growth of the Russian
church in this country. During thevpast
five years the number of Its parishes and
Its congregations have been doubled and
the enormous territory which the Ameri
can mission covers made It Impossible .for
Ulshop Tikhon to care for It alone. H's
diocese Includes all North 'America and the
Aleutian islands, and the necessity for a
bbthop co-adjutor has been made more
pressing by the general movement oh tha
part of Austrian and Hungarian Slavs of
the Roman Uniate confession, who have
been immigrating to America in large num
bers, to return to the eastern orthodox
confession, from which they were sepa
rated In the reventeenth and eighteenth
century.
This religious movement had Its origin
largely in the eastern part of Bishop Tlk
hon's vaat diocese, aad ss it demanded his
personal attention and care he represented
to the holy synod the necessity of a co
adjutor In Alaska. His representations
were successful and Bishop Innocent will
have his residence in Sitka, which until 1872
was the cathedral town of the Rurslan
orthodox mission. '
The see of the governing bishop will re
main for the present In San Frsnclsco, but
It Is proposed In the near future to transfer
It to New York, which possesses In the
cathedral of St. Nicholas, in .East Ninety-
seventh street, the finest Russian church in
America. Bishop Innocent Is a. young man,
being now In his thirty-sixth yeas.
WANTS A JURY SYSTEM
Philippines Wants Constitutional
Amendments and Relief from
Objectionable Spanish I,avs.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24.-L. R. Wlls-
ley. Attorney General of the .Philippines,
has arrived here enroute to Washington
to argue several cases before the supreme
court Involving constitutional questions
now pending on appeal from the supreme
court of tho Philippines. The right of trial
by Jury In the Islands will bo determined
by one of them. , The act of congress giv
ing civil fovernment to the Philippines
does not contain the clause of the consti
tution which guarantees the right of trlnl
by Jury.
The position of the government of the
Philippines, which ia to be lepresented by
Attorney General Wllsley, In that the Jury
system can only be extended to the archi
pelago by an act of congress. While the
principle jof the question has been passed
upon In the question In the Insular cases
this point has neveOuefore been before
the courts.
Another case involves the Philippine gov
ernment act providing that no person shall
be twice placed In Jeopardy of punishment
for the same offense. The Spanish law,
which was In existence at the time that
this act was passed, gives the government
the right of appeal from Judgments of ac
quittal In criminal cases. The supreme
court of the Philippines has held, by unan
imous decision, that the act of congress
does not repeal the old Spanish law.
DENOUNCE THE GOVERNOR
Strikers at St. Louis Adopt Resola-
tlons Agralast Officials for Action
Taken la Wage Troubles.
ST TSITTTSI Inn 91 kt a m . iv..
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Of the Central .trades and Labor uni.m
embracing all the labor unions In St. Louis,
resolutions were adopted endorsing the
strike recently declared' by the drivers for
liverymen ami undertakers, and denoun
cing the course of Governor Dockerv ami
Chlff of Police Klely In taking such rigid
cognizance of the strike and permitting
nonunion a rivers to be sworn In as private
watchmen empowered to carry arms.'' '
The resolutions declare that the action
of these two officials has causedthe public
to misunderstand the strike and to believe
that It is attended with danger to lle and
property Instead of being simply an en
forcement of demands for higher wages
and a limited number of working hours.
All union men are urged to secure satis
faction at the polls when election comes.
The me rubers of the Llverymens" and Un
dertakers' association are also declared to
be unratr, and union men are called upon
to refrain from hiring carriages or patron-
lamg the association in any way. Other'
wise the strike situation remains un
changed. No more drivers have returned
to work since sixteen employes of the
Hardy Livery company resumed work Fri
day. Many undertakers drove their own
carriages during funerals today. No In
terference was attempted by any of the
strikers. , ' .
ROBBER CAUGHT AT THE SAFE
Was Preparing a Charae of Dynamite
When Ticket Agent Came
Upon the Srene.
LEXINGTON. Ky., Jan. 21. Sam, Baugh
nian, colored, waa detected In blowing open
the safe in the ticket office of the Iuuls
vllle & Noshville railroad today. He had
demollshc'd debks and scattered tickets and
papers over ;he floor, .and was placing
blasting powder In the safe when detected
by J. W. West, ticket agent. Baughmun
Jumped through a window. Vrst firing at
him. The policy caught Baughman. The
machinist who opened the safe aaid the
entire building and other buildings would
have been demolished had the fuse betjn
ignited.
WIND BREAKS LONG RECORD
laterrnpta Wireless Telegraph at
Porto Rico aad Does Mark '
Damage to Sugar Cast,
BAN JUAN. P. R.. Jan. 24.-For the past
Ave days a high easterly gale has bten
blowing over Forte Rico, and the record
of thirteen years for a continued blow has
been broken. The wind has done much
damage to the young cane. The schooner
t'rovldencla Is sshure at Luqulllo and
probably will prove a total loss. The crew
of the schooner and part of Its cargo
were saved. The high wind has Interrupted
cowmutilcaUoa by. wlrelata ttUgrajih,
MERCURY IN LOWER RANGES
Local Tfcarnome'era Call 'Eub-Basementa
Into Uia for Third Tima This Winter.
asnawawaaawa
COLD WAVE EMBRACES NORTHWEST
Omaha Gets a Still Dose of Wlater
Weather, bat Escapes Llahtly
ia ' Comparison With
Other Points.
According to the weather man, the mean
temperature in Omaha yesterday was 10
below. Most people will agree that this
Is mean enough. The coal man and the
ice man spent the day shaking hands and
congratulating each other wearing "the
smllo that won't come off." Some other
persons were wearing the same smile, but
It was not due to prospective prosperity.
for their feature were frozen that way.
Pedestrians found It convenient to cut the
corners on account of tho slight wind which
waa blowing and which seemod to find
the corners and stick there, or' rather pass
by at a pace which It did not seem to as
sume In other localities.
If you arose at 6 a. m. you pushed your
noso out "Into a temperature of I below,
and if you got up two hours later you
were worso off than the early riser, for
the temperature had dropped 2 degrees In
the Interval, while at 8 o'clock two more
degrees had been subtracted, making the
mercury stand at 12 below. Along toward
evening the spirit In the tube had assumed
the backward tratk and stood at ? below,
but It waa not for long, for at 7 o'clock In
the evening the record was 9 below and
at S o'clock 11, with not much prospect cf
becoming warmer, but with every prospect
of a still further drop.
Kept People at Home.
The temperature had Its effect upon out
door travel and church attendance. Those
few people who did travel by street car
did not stand out on the rear platform and
puff cigars to the great detriment of their
fellow travelers, but got as close to the
fire Inside as possible, while the conductor
pat In mote coal and "shook her down a
bit." While the attendance at churches
was not cut down to any great extent, the
effect of the weather was noticeable, as
the crowds who usually 'attend were not
there. Quite a number had the hardihood
to face the cold and attend the services.
The weather man says no hope for Mon
day or Tuesday, but continued cold; after
that everything is left to fate and Boreas.
The weather bureau refuses to make a
guess. At 9:30 last night the streets were
deserted except for an occasional way
farer who had been lured from his warm
corner. If he had one, by some engage
ment of extreme Importance.
This Is the first real touch of winter to,
which residents of this city have been
treated this season, the other so-called
cold snaps being only Jokes compared with
It. The thermometer did steal down to
t below once during December, but it was
only a temporary chill.
Omaha people may consider themselves
fortunate as compared with residents of
some other cities. Extreme cold weather
Is reported from all places In the western
district with very few exceptions. One of
the exc, p'Jona Jn-JsJentlne, Neb.,. whereJ
It was only down to aero at 7 last nlgfct.
Snow vaa falling there at that time, and
also at Helena, Mont. At St. Paul the In
habitants were breaking their way through
frosen atmosphere at a temperature of 22
degrees below, and this was the maximum
for the day, with every prospect for a goo!
healthy fall during th night. Chicago
waa enjoying about the same 'style of
weather that was being handed out here.
At Bismarck. N. D things were not warm
ing up much at last reports, for the spirit
was gradually crawling Into Its shell, am'
had got as far down the tube as 28 below
at 7 o'clock. .
In Snnny, ' Smlllnig Texas.
It's a far cry from Bismarck to Gal
veston, but In the latter place. If the popu
lace were so Inclined yestecday, they might
have been taking a tumble In the surf.
At least the. weather was warmer then
than when local urchins test the exhilara
ting qualities of the water In the spring, 6(
above aero is not so bad.
Over the state almost all towns reported
cold weather, ranging from aero at som
points In the northern part to 20 below In
the southern.
On the same day last year It was mucb
warmer In this city, the thermometer regis
terlng 24 degrees above aero, while In 19i.
It stood 8 above at the low point, and li
1U01 It was 18 above.
No fatalities were reported to the pollct
up to a late hour laat night on accour,'
of the cold. One drunken man was picket
up who was quite chilly, but the steau
heated atmosphere of the city Juil wus su'
flclent to remove the chill In ehoi t onl?
and he will be ready to receive the uunl
$1 and costs from the lips of Judge Berks
this morning, along with some good ad
vice about choosing a proper and fitting
time and place to get drunk again.'
FREMONT, Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.) The
cold wave struck this vicinity last night,
the mercury dropping to 18 below
i At noon it stood at 10 below. It has been
cloudy and a light northwest wind blew,
changing about noon to the east. '
j PAPILLION, Neb., Jan. 24. (Special Tel
egram.) Last night was the coldest of the
season, ' the thermometer registering 10 de-
grees below aero at 6 o'clock this morning.
BIOUX CITY. Ia., Jan. 24.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) This has been the coldest day of
the year. The thermometer was 21 degrees
below xt-ro. '
SIOUX FALLS. 8. D , Jan. 24.-Bpe.l
Telegram. )-Last night waa one of the cold
est of the winter. The thermometer regtu
tered 24 below xero and about' the h!ghet
point reached by it was 15 below.
PIERRE. 8. D.. Jan. 21-(Spetlal "Solr..
gram.) Intense cold prevails over this sec
tlon of the state. The government tccor
this morning wus 18 below xero. The pre
diction is for moderating temperature.
GOES AGROUND IN THE F0'
Steamer Meeta with Accident, ha
Passengers Hemaln Calm, Thoagh
Prepared for Emergencies.
NEWPORT, R. I., Jan. 24. The steamer
Larchmont of the Guy line, bound frqn
New York to Providence. R. I., with n
passengers, went ashore during a thick fog
near Newport early today. After severs
hours' work tugs succeeded In floating 1
The Larchmont proceeded to Provldenc e
apparently not. damaged.
There waa no sign of panlo when th
boat grounded, although; under the actio,
of the tide. It pitched and tixaed a gres
deal. -All the passengers remained Oil deck
prepared fo any r(nergancy, however, th.
danger being augmented by the dense fo
and the great quantity of Ice In the chan
nel, - .
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
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COLD MAKES A NEW RECORD
St. Paul gaffers from the . ovrrat Tem
perature Rxperlenced la Years '
and Wind Adda Discomfort.
ST. PAT!,, ,'jan. 24. According to tlc
weather observer the mean temperature
prevailing n St. Paul today established a
new record, being twenty-seven degrees
below scro. The maximum for the day was
twenty-two degrees and the minimum n
the official thermometer waa thirty-three
oeiow. Other thermometers registered as
low as forty below during the early morn
ing hours. v
A high wind prevailed early In the day,
greatly Intensifying the suffering of those
compelled to be out cf doors.
HOITGHTON, Mich., Jan. 24.-A severe
bllssnrd has been raging here all day. The
mercury has been below sero. The
thermometer registered 12 below at ( p. m.
CHICAGO, Jan. '.'4. Extreme cold weather
Is recorded In various sections of he north
and west today. The cold wave, extends
over a wide area, embracing the tipper
Mississippi and Missouri valley and the
western lake region. Particularly severe
weather lo reported In the Dakotaa, east
cm Montana and northern Nebraska,
northern - Iowa, northern Illinois and In
diana and portions of Wisconsin and Mich
igan. The thermometer today In this city
registered 11 degrees below xero. There Is
much suffering among the. poor.
DETROIT, Jan. 24. -Tills Is the coldest
night of the winter In Detroit and south
ern Michigan. At nine o'clock the thermo
meter In the ITnlted States weather office
registered 6 below tero and the prospects
were that It would fall to 10 below before
morning.
Dt'LUTH, Minn,. Jan. 24-Wlth one ex
ception today was thex coldest day since
18M. The government thermometer regis
tered 87 degrees below sero today and at
8 o'clock tonight, stands at 24 below. Forty
seven degrees below xero were reported at
Ely, on the Vermilion range this morning,
while towns on tho Mesaba range reported
from 85 to 46 below.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 24-The coldest
weather of the winter Is being experienced
tonight lp Kansas and western Missouri.
At 7 o'clock tonight the temperature in
Kansas City was 8 above aero and falling
and tho weather office says that It will go
below sero. Kansas points report xero
weather. The ground here Is bare of snow.
A sharp north wind Is blowing.
MAY EXPOSE GRAND JURY
tllenxed That There Is Disinclination
la St. I.onls to Indict Some ,
of the Roodlers.
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KANSAS CITY. Mo... Jan. M Tf th.
JlC2illl-Jury ' thBt v has . been investigating
. imi- or Donate maae against, member
of the Board of Education and the city
officials of Kansas Clty. Kas., falls to re
turn indictments the Jurors themselves may
be exposed and another grand. Jury called.
Although it was announced last week that
seventeen Indictments were to be voted,
it was later declared that some members
of the grand Jury were disinclined to re
turn true bills.
Attorney General Coleman, who was ap
pointed by Governor Bailey as a speclnl
officer to aid In the grand Jury's Investiga
tions, stated significantly after the Jury
decided to postpone Its action, that aside
from boodllng Itself no greater crime could
be committed against the city government
ihan that of Influencing Juries or the Courts.
In addition to thja the reform committee
of citizens that Is responsible for the con
vening of the present Jury has made the
oubllc statement that If the Jiyy falls to
return Indictments, sufficient busts for
which, it sjtsorts, has been presented, not
inly will another grand Jury bo demanded
but the stand of the Individual members
if the present Jury will X made public.
The Jury will meet agufn Monday.
3R0THER BEHEADS SISTER
Waseri by Religion Farmer Offers
Sister as a Sacrifice add Sar
rehders ta . the Police.
DUNKIRK, N. Y Jan. 24.-Mlss Hannah
'lull, SO years of age,' was murdered today
t her home in Van Hume by her brother,
snac Hall,' who gave himself up to the
wlloe. Hall, who Is 3S years old, declared
hat he obeyed a divine request when he
tilled his sister. He attacked her while
he was asleep, first shooting her. ,Then,
1 rugging the wounded Woman through the
ouwe, he cut her throat and finally placed
lcr neck across a chopping block and com
lietely severed the head from the body.
Hull and hia sister lived alone, both par
rts being dead. Until this time Hull waa
'onxldered a model farmer and his sister
was a great favorite. Hall was religiously
ncllned and there la no doubt that he sud
leuly became Insane.
30DY WILL LIE IN STATE
lemul.ns of Ulshop Dadley Taken In
Charge by the Maanas and Es
corted to Family' Home.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 24. -The body of
"Mshop Thomas U.' Dudley of the Episcopal
'loceeo of Kentucky arrived from New
Vork tonight and In charge of an escort
f Masons was taken to the Dudley home.
I'he body will He In state a portion of one
lay at Christ church cathedral, the funeral
rvl.es being held un Wednesday. Bishop
I'ultle of Mlxsoiirl will preside at the cere
lonles and among those who will assist
lrn are Bishops Galler of Tennessee, Fran
Is of Indiana, Heterkln of West Vlrglna,
luiton of Kentucky and Randolph of Vlr
Inla. N MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS
triors in New York City Attend the
' Speelnl Services Held In the
Princess Theater.
NEW YORK. Jan. 24 Memorial services
under the direction of the Actors' Church
Alliance of America, In memory of some
it the sufferers and bereuved of the Iro
luols theater fire in Chicago, were held at
la Princess theater today. The Rev. F.
'ourtney, D. D.. former bishop of Nova
icolla, presided, and among those who
uok part in the services were the Rev.
Vhoruas R. Sllcer, president of the New
York chapte.r. Rabbi Moses, Archdeacon
Kelson and the Key. G. T. C1ay Moras.
REPORTS GIVE ALARM
Situation in the Far Eait Hai a Leai Kopa-
ful Outlook.
JAPANESE LANDING AN ARMY IN C0REA
Rusiia Daei Nat Regard Situation 8eiioni
Inoogh for Hostile Action. '
ADMITS RIGHT OF 1 .PAN TO LAND TROOPS
Chin ate Army in Ma.charla ii Besanted bj
tie Frets.
MAY INVOLVE CHINA INSTEAD OF JAPAN
Destination of the Vnlted Slates Asla
tie Squadron la Far Kastrra
Waters Coatlnnes to Fielte
IHaglrtnas la Orient.
ST. lETERSRL'RG, Jan. 24.-Rports of
an alarming nature of the situation there
continue to pour out of the far east. Thene
Include the statements that the Japanese
are landing an army at Ma-Sam-Fho,
Corea. and that ,000 Russian troops are
crossing the Yalu tiver. The reported dis
patch of Chinese army of soldiers trained
by European ofllcers beyond the great wall
to preserve order In Manchuria oannot be
confirmed Acre and the ro,orta of the
Japanese at Ma-Snm-Fho' and the Rus
sians nt the Yalu are discredited at the
foreign offices .here and by M. Kurlno, the
Tap: nese minister to Russia.
M. Hartwlg, a departmental chief of the
Russian- foreign ofllce. yevterduy spoke
feelingly to M. Kurlno regarding the harm
being done by often utterly baseless re
ports. While the Rurtslan government un
derstands the situation In Cores to be dis
turbed and possibly threatening, It has no
information of a situation grave enough to
warrant the landing of a large Japanese
army there.
Russia freely admits Japan's right, un
der existing conditions, to land In Corea a
reasonable number of soldiers to preserve
order, but the landing of an army at this
stage of the negotiations could not be
viewed with equanimity. M. Kurlno Is In
no way anxious because of the delay In
Russia's response to the latest Japanese
note and says that Japan Is not pressing
for an Immediate reply.
"Russia will be given all the time she
needs," tho minister Is cuoted as saying.
The statement published by the Novo
Vremya that treatise Russia ditrired peace
she cannot surrender nil, coincides with the
distinct impression gathered by the corre
spondent of the Associated Press at the
foreign office that Rusala will continue to
maintain that the question of sovereignty
of Manchuria Is solely a matter between
Russia and China.
The Svjet and the St. Peterrburg Us toe I
have raised an outcry over the reported
sending of Chinese troops to Manchuria,
and the latter newspaper declares tbat If
it Is true that these troops go -with the
purpose of threatening the railroads be
tween Port Arthur and -Vladivostok, t
means war with China anil not with Japan.
In an Interview, Son Wol-Teh, (he Chinese
minister to Russia, la quoted ft a saying: .,
-The .talk of China going to war with
snyone is absurd. 'We have no Intention
of lighting. If Chinese troops are being
rent north it Is solely for the purpose of
Inspiring confidence In our people, who ere
alarmed and who wnuhl become panic-.,
stricken In the event of hostilities between
KuhhIu and Japan. Personally, I have no
knowledge of this reported movement, but -.
the fact of It would not necessarily be
communicated to me.
The Runs has attacked the Novoe Vremya
for what It terms Its colleague's stupid
mistake about the destination of the Amer
ican Asiatic Squadron, the Novoe Vremya
having sulci tho American warships were
going to Yogampho, when actually their
destination was Olongapo, In the Philip
pines, and for presaging American' Inter
vention In the far east.
The Russ declares that the Interests of .
America are commercial and , that the
American government requires friendly re
latlons with Russia,
COREANS DESTROY A CAR
American Property In , tho Orient
Kills Kntlve and Mob Vaats
Fnry on the Coach.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24,-The State de
partment today received information of an'
attack today by a mob' of native Coreans
on an electric car at Corea, the line being
owned by Americana, because of the fact
that It had killed a Corean. The news came
In the following cablegram received under
today's date from Minister Allen, at Seoul:
This morning on the e'ctrle rsllroad, '
which Is the property of Anv rlcsn cttlsens,
a Corean was accidentally and unavoidably
killed. Thereupon a mob of natives at- '
tscked and partlMly destroyed the car.
The operators of the car would have been
injured hud it not been for the presence of
mind and action of our guard, und serious .
riot would have occurred.
Although there have been previous re
ports of disturbances In Corea, this Is the
first mob attack made-thus far n prop
erty of Americana. The railroad la owned
and operated by Americans, H. R. Bost
wlck of San Francisco and H. Colbran
being lis principal officers. It runs through
the heart of Seoul, the Corean capital.
The guard which made the rescue came
from the American legation. It consists
of 100 marines who were sent there some
time ago to be on hand for the protection
of Americans and their property. Rein
forcement of this guard has been urged and
could be made In a week's time by details
of marines from the Philippines but nothing
has been decided pn this point. Conditions
In Coren are recognlied to be critical, and
the Stale department Is keeping In close
touch with this situation.
'No .resh Instructions have been sent as
yet ss a result of today's mob attack. The
Corean legation has ircelved no advices
concernliig the matter. It has notified Its
legation here that it has tesucd a formal
declaration of neutrality as between Russia
and Japan in the event of war, and Min
ister Mln-Hul-Cho has formally advised the
'State department of this action.
ISLAND TRADE IS INCREASING
Philippine Statistics Shaw Vast In.
provvment in the Amman! af
Exports and Imparls,
WASHINGTON. Jan". 24.Tha Philippine
trade statistics of the Insular bureau of
the War department show that tha imports
of those Islands during the eight months
ended August, 1M3, aggregate t-t,966,Ul and
exports tu,av7,8i3. These figures are exclu
sive of coin and government supplies. The
aggregate of exports and Imports Is an
Incrvaoe ot almost W.(i00,uuo, over four-ltfthe
of which may lie credited to shipment
from the archlpt-lugo. the hemp' and copra,
output being etpeclally large.