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    The Omaha Daily
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E8TAHLI8UEI) JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MOIINIKO, JANUARY 2G, 1904 TON TAGES.
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ARREST ALLEGED ;G
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Ioterprtttr Tor Banian Diplomat Aocnaao.
of Furniibing Ya'cabi Information.
CONVICTION MEANS DEATH PENALTY
Scouring Oh'ntst Prorincai for Moontt for
the Ooiiacks,
RAILROAD BLOCKED BY WAR MATERIAL
German AdMeei, HowtTtr, ire That Bm
tia Doi lot Wmt War.
LESS HOPEFUL FEELING IN PARIS
Mutual Distrust of Japanese and lias,
slans the Wtrtl Stumbling
Block I the War of
. . Peace.'
TOKIO, Jan. 25. Taaashlma, the Japan
ese Interpreter for tha Russian attache,
waa arrested on Saturday lnat on the sus
picion of acting; as a spy In the Yokosuka
fortified tone, lie line been taken to Toko-
name, for trial. It Is alleged that con
elusive evidence has been obtained regard
Ing other suspects, causing a very strong
foellng against such treachery, which Is a
capital offense In Japan.
Secure Mounts foe ' Cossacks.
PORT ARTHUR, Jan. 26.-The highest
officials here repudiate the published ac
cusations of Russian hostility to the United
States because of Its Manchurlan policy
and the appointment of American consuls
under the new treaty with China.
It Is officially asserted that no large rein
forcement of the eastern forces Is expected
at present. The military authorities, how
ever, add that otherwise arrangements
are making for a large supply of ponies
from the province of Chi IA for tha Cos-
acks and mounted Infantry.
he demoralisation of the passenger and
freight trafflo on the Manchurlan railway
continues In consequence of the military
activity and there la a great block of
freight at Port Dalny.
Tells of Conditions la Corea.
NEW YORK. Jan. 85. Rev. George Heber
Jones, who has been a missionary of the
Methodist Episcopal church In Corea since
1S8S, Is here on a furlough. lie says tne
mission are dominated by the best spirit
of friendliness and co-operation, with sec
tarian strife virtually banished. Ha be-
lleves the church property and missionaries
will be respected by both sides In the
vent of war.
"There Is much potty persecution among
the natives," said Dr. Jones, "because the
conversion of a Corean often results In a
serious dislocation of tha elan, aa well as I
social and religious relationships of the
community, -but it la rarely that one Is
foced to apostaais onoe he has taken the
atep of destroying bis household gods and
fetlrhes, and this all converts do before
they are recognised." I
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MANILA, Jan. 25. Tha Japanese) mer-
ehanta In this city have received advice I
rrom nne nume government tnat in case oil
the outbreak of hostlllUea they had better
transfer ineir ousines over to tne Amer
icans. '
Russians Will Case! Muck.
i BERLIN, Jan. 26. Aa the German gov
ernment understands the present situation,
the feeling la such at Toklo that Japan
will declare war unless Russia answers
Its demands favorably, Russia recognises
this and accordingly Intends to accept
enough of Japan's points to make the
Toklo cabinet foel that a sufficient case for
war no longer exists, and while the forth
coming note will not fully satisfy Japan, It
will prevent the serious possibility of
declaration o war.
. Tension In Paris.
PARIS, Jan. 25. Considerable tension Is
again observable in g-overnmental quarters
concerning the Russo-Japanese situation,
This Is due nrlndnjLllv tn tha fact tlist
the efforts toward a paclflo adjustment
nave not made tha progress which the ofn
clals hoped and expected. The general
view of those highest In authority la
ummea up in vie statement that the ne
gotiations have reached a point where
practically no progress Is occurring In snv
action. Whether this means that
Russia's latest answer does not make oon-
cessions which are likely to brlna- about
a settlement It Is Impossible to say, as
tha delicate staare of tha negotiations leads
the officials to withhold precise details. The
onl definite statement Is that the negotla-
tiona are virtually at a standstill.
It appears that, one of tha most difficult
features Is the mutual distrust and hatred
which have grown un between the nartles.
It Is said that every stage of the present
exchanges develops Japan's suspicion of
Russia's good faith and Russia's antipathy
to Japan. Owing to this bitterness dlplo-
inatlc efforts to secure a middle ground
are proving unusually difficult.
It la understood that Russia la now seek
Ing to secure (he neutralisation of ths
trait of Corea. The Russian view,' aa
made known here. Is that Japan's fortlfl
cation of Masampho and Fusan constitutes
a menace to the world's commerce, since
It give Japan control over the
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...... -'"I"- ' rusan. so mat
i... oi tne laner points will
con.uiu.e anoiner uiorsitar. The strait of
is naimea io ue a viiai outlet for
the commerce of northwest China, and It
Is therefore asserted that It would be In
me interest or r.urope and America to se-
iivuirausauon or tne strait.
A report that the French consul at Che
Foo, China, has transmitted to the retre
.entatlv.. of the powera, Core.', deciara-
.I.... k. uiieuiHin to remain neutral Is
not confirmed at tha foreign office, which Is
no, aware or any action of this character
being taken or contemplated. The attitude
of Corea In the event of war between
Russia and Japan hus been the subject of
mucn comment smong the diplomates here.
as it Is believed Corea s glvln aid to Jsrmn
might constitute two powers attarkln
Russia, thus bringing In France under
the terms of the Franco-Russian agree
ment. One of the ambassadors, therefore
asked Foreign MtnUter Delcaase what the
result would be If Cprea Joined Japan and
the mlaister answered that Corea Is not
considered to be thst kind of a sovereign.
Independent power, whose assistance of
Japan against Russia would bring about
FrsBu-r. VTv '
rranoo-Russlan .grraent. Although the
W.M.T".?a ? 0" " " Und"-
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1 n,n Junmg Japan would
, xwiuiuit iwo powers attacking Russia.
REVERSE
o Relievo
Town Invested by South
. African Natives.
"V. Jan. 25. An official dispatch
'hoek, German Southwest Africa,
fr.
sa i trmani lost heavily In unsuc-
ceasfv ata to rrlirve Okahandla. that
Ave aa .4 and their entire families have
been murdered and that the Herreroa are
threatening Windhoek.
A Gorman patrol which engaged the na
tives near Hope farm lost a reserve officer.
Von Boysen, one noncommissioned o.flcer
and six men killed. . The garrison of
Windhoek numbers 2!0 men, part of the
force being horsemen, with two machine
guns'.
Light has been thrown by the Frankfort
Zcitung on some of the contributory causes
of the Herreros rising In German Bouth
west Africa, as the result of statements
made to that paper of a traveler who lias
Just returned from Windhoek and Okn-
handja. The merchants, and the .traders
allied with then, art charged with pur
posely Involving the natives In debt. Ac
cording to this traveler, the traders are
mostly discharged soldiers, whom the mer
chants equip with wagons and from six
teen to twenty oxen and goods valued at
thousands of marks. The traders sell at
first entirely on credit, not requiring any
cash until they make later trips. The
Improvident natives buy largely and re
peatedly on these easy terms and the mer
chants favor the system by extending and
renewing the credits of the traders, some-
time to 15,000 marks. The traders finally
begin collecting portions of the debts, tnk
Ing cattle In payment, and at the same time
selling more goods on credit. The natives
are often Indebted to several traders at
once.
The Frankfort Zeitung's Informant ndds
that he found the merchants took an aver
age of 70 per cent profit on the transac
tions of the traders and the latter added
100 per cent, and usually made 30 per cent
more on the cattle, which they took In
payment. The traders further aroused the
anger of the natives by seizing the letter's
cattle arbitrarily, without waiting for legal
procedure. It Is true that the authorities
forbid this, but the natives usually do not
complain, merely nursing their grievances,
and If they do complain the police have
difficulty in discovering the offending trad
ers.
ATTACKS THE PROSECUTION
Attorney for Defense In London
Fraud Case Hays Undisguised Vln
dtotlveueas Marks Prosecution.
LONDON. Jan. 2S.-On the resumption
today of the trial of Whltaker Wright,
the company promoter, on charge of fraud,
Laweon Walton addressed the Jury for the
defense. . He complained that the prosecu-
tlon had been conducted with the same
"undisguised vlndlctlvenese that had
marked the proceeding of persons who
Inspired this prosecution."
"HadLord DufTerln and Lord Loch been
alive." counsel continued, "Wright could
not have been prosecuted except In con-
junction with them and the prosecution
would not have dared to charge the noble-
men with falsehood and fraud as they had
charged Wright. Why had not Lord Hel
,, .,,. directors and audi
tQrs .pIaroo by Xh B)da f wrlghW
TK' ..iiv rMnomnhie - with the
defendant Counsel contended that while
the director may have made mistakes,
It could not be believed that they were
guilty of these charges."
He pointed out, also, that the attor
ney general had declined to sanction tha
prosecution at the house expense and In
timated that Wright had been selected to
bfT the whole blame because he had
Iew inenas.
"He Is almost an American citizen.
" Mr"- Walton. "He spent his early
life in the .United States, where he ob
tained such credit as can be obtained only
by honesty and Integrity. His only friends
In London are such as have gathered
around him In the course of his Industri
ous life"
The presiding Judge said he would sum
I up the evidence, and the trial was then
I adjourned.
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WORST FISHING IN HISTORY
I Oneratloa of the Newfoundland Bait
Aet g-ld 1 Be, Largely Reapon.
slble for Shortage.
ST. JOHN B, N. r.. Jan. n.- igures
showing tha total export of Codfish from
Bt- Pierre and Mlquelon for the year 1908,
Prova that the last fishery was the worst
n the history or tne colony, Being oniy
.l0.000 pounds, as against 66,600,000 pounds
1oT th previous year, or a decline of ol-
mo"' one-third; The season of 1902, was
not particularly auocessful one. The
operation In 1903, of tha New Foundland
balt ald to hv" en largely re-
Pu"M r the poor season at St. Pierre
nd Mlquelon. It Is also estimated that
tne "rench fishing fleet on the Grand
h""' during the coming season, will be
I ml anon or me regular niuniwr.
FLAKE TREACHEROUSLY SHOT
American Force Captures Mors Town
After Lieutenant Is Killed
Darius; Parley. '
MANILA, Jan. 25.-1 1 has just been
ld he "that Lieutenant Campbell W
Flake of the Twenty-second Infantry was
killed while trying to enter Moro Cotta,
n Mindanao, for the purpose of examining
the locality. He was accompanied by Prl-
vale Foy of tha same regiment.
Lieutenant Flake was shot treacherously,
the Moros firing on the party while Major
Bullard was parleying with them. Moro
Cotta was at once taken by aaaault. with
I no further loss to the expeditionary for-a.
The estimated loan among the Moros la
twenty killed.
DANCED INTO POPULARITY
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California Girl Delights German Arts
tneraey with Her firnee and
Makes a Speech.
BERLIN, Jan. 25. Isadora Duncan, the
California dancer, began her season
I ,ne Thalia theater here tonight, appealing
b'fore n aristocratic aurlence, who ap-
plaude) her with extraordinary vigor. She
was recalled seven limes. At the close of
the performance, Miss Duncan made a
"h0rt ,pwh' ,n nlrn related her
experience during her stay of five nvonths
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in vjit-wt, mrritu o ner ruiure proj
ects for the development of art In dancing,
Bernman Iron Prnduetldn.
BE. Jbn. 25-Oermany'a pig Iron
production for ISO was W.OW.et tons, an
,ncre" f l-674 n- "" outstripping
Oreat Britain for the first time In hlsrorv
Tis riul nrufiuf i.in r,f n.rm.nw iaia
was ll,4.r tuns, an Increase of .21,m
I ton
s-r r
,k 1 "ceessful Attempt I
COLDEST D1Y OF IDE YEAR
Temperatures in JTabraa Banes from
Eight to Twenty-Four Below Zero,
MAN FROZEN TO DEATH IN CHICAGO
Cold Wave Extends Over West and
Northwest Generally, with Prom
ise of Lower Tempera
ture In Places.
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 25. Practically all
of Nebraska Is experiencing the coldest
weather of the winter and there Is no
prospect of a change. Beginning with
14 degrees below zero In Lincoln at day
light this morning, the highest registered
during the day was 6 below and tonight
the mercury Is slipping down again, with
chances favoring a new low record by
tomorrow. Snow fell steadily, but lightly
throughout the day, accompanied by a keen
north wind that added to the suffering.
From all sections of the tate come re
ports of the lowest temperature for years'
and much suffering by man and beast.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 25. The railroad man
agers say that seldom has truffle been ho
completely handicapped by the cold as
in the past two days. Although the pas
senger trains are In better condition than
freights, about thirty of the former were
marked from one to Ave hours late at
the Union station today. Instructions
have now been sent out' by the general
managers of the various roads here that
only such freight trains as were abso
lutely necessary should be run. Perishable
freight la kept under cover. Provision
trains carrying nonperlshable goods are
ran, but all others are at a standstill.
8UTTONK Neb.. Jan. 25. (Special.) The
temperature dropped this morning to 15 be
low zero, accompanied 'by high wind, snow
and a damp atmosphere.
Man Freeses to Death.
CHICAGO, Jan. 26. Piercing cold made
the whole northwest suffer today. The
thormometer reached 16 below In Chicago.
The record here Is 23 below and there Is
some expectation that a new low point will
be touched before the cold spell Is ended.
One man frozen stiff was found by pedes
trians on an outlying part of Thirty-second
street. Ho had apparently struggled along
until, exhausted by the cold, he had dropped
unconscious and literally was frozen to
death In his tracks tn the snow. The uni
dentified corpse was taken to the morgue.
There were countless Instances of frozen
ears and hands. Trafflo was greatly ham
pered. The bitter cold experienced today at 15
degrees below Is the most Intense so far
this winter In Chicago. Thermometers
show a swiftly descending scale, the mini
mum In the United States being at Bis
marck snd Willlston. In North Dakota,
where the official figures are 34 below zero.
The crest of the wave Is, however, beyond
the national boundary line, Mlnnedosa, N.
W. T., reporting S3 below. There are no
telegraph stations northward from Mlnne
dosa. PEORIA, 111., Jan. 25. A snow storm has
been raging since a late hour lat night.
Several Inches of snow has fallen and
street car traffic has been Interfered with.
The thermometer Is 5 below zero, and It Is
still snowing fiercely. Train are bJbo oon-
slderably delayed.
BLOOMINGTON. 111., Jan. 25. The tem
perature In central Illinois early today
registered 12 below zero, the coldest of the
season. Snow, which commenced falling
Sunday evening, !s still continuing, greatly
affecting the street railway.
.KANSAS CITY. Jan. 25. Northwestern
Missouri and northern and western Kansas
are experiencing the coldest weather of
the season today, with a still further fall
In temperature predicted by tonight. 3n
the northwestern portion of Missouri the
temperature at 8 o'clock this morning aver.
eged 10 degrees below zero; at Kansas City,
5 telow; at Concordia, Kan., near the Ne
braska line, S telow; at Dodge City, In the
central western portion of Kansas, zero.
while at Wichita, central Kansas, It was 4
degrees above zero. At Springfield, in
routhern Missouri, It la SO degrees above
zero. 8now flurries are reported from all
this part of the southwest
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Jan. 26. This locality
has been In the grip of a bliszard since
Sunday morning and last night was the
coldest of the season, the mercury register
ing 10 below aero. Ice cutting on the lakes
and rivers In this vicinity has bean re
sumed. Iowa and South Dakota.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Jan. 25. (Special
Telegram.) The cold wave which was pre
dicted for the Dakota and Wisconsin
reached much farther south than the
weather man said It would, for Cedar
Rapids woke up this morning shivering
with a temperature of minus 15, according
to the government thermometer, while some
of the Instruments showed much lower
figures. The Intense cold froze up some
of the railroad locomotives. Engine No.
1351 of the Milwaukee, which Is being used
on the Interurban road, froze so that It
could not be used Monday. Work on the
interurban has been progrenslng steadily
and about seven miles of rails have been
laid despite the bad weather. It Is also
reported that a Rock Island engine froze
up as It was being taken out of the shops,
The Intense cold weather made it very
difficult to keep up a full head of steam
and many of tha trains were considerably
late.
SIOUX CITT, la., Jan. 21 (Special Tele
gram.) This has been tha coldest day of
the year. The thermometer was 21 degrees
below zero.
KEOKUK, la., Jan. 25. Both th Miaila
slppl and the Dea Mc-lnea rivers are closed,
frozen almost solid. The thermometer is
I below and falling. There Is no further
danger from high water until the next
thaw. Farms In the bottoms are sur
rounded by frozen lake. Ail livers and
creek are bank full and frozen solid. Much
danger I expected when the Ice breaks In
the spring.
Flood condition are expected to be more
serious than last summer.
DE3 MOINES. Jan. 25. The bliszard
which broke over this city and vlclulty
Sunday morning, sending the mercury to
18 below zero, the coldest of the winter. Is
still raging- There has been considerable
suffering among the poorer classes here.
charitable organisations being kept busy
yesterday and today distributing food,
clothing and fuel to the destitute. From all
parts of the state come stories of extreme
cold, some places reporting from 11 to
degrees below.
SIOUX I'ALU 8. D . Jan. 26. (Special
Telegram.) Last night was the coldest of
th winter, the thermometer standing at 82
degrees below zero.
PIERRE. 8. D.. Jan. 24 (Special Tele
gram.) Intenss cold prevails over this sec
tion of the state. The government record
this morning was ll below zero. The pre
diction la for moderating temperature.
ABERDEEN. 8. D., Jan.. 26. (Special
Telegram.) Extremely cold weather ha
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POLICE NOW HAVE THEORY
Think School Teadher Was Killed by
Lover "Whose Edranera Were
Rcpklaed.
BEDFORD, Ind., Jtui. 25. -Detectives at
work on the mystery rf the murder of Miss
Sarah Schafer, teacher of Latin In the
Bedford schools, believe that they have
established a motive for the crime.
The Idea of the police Is that the mur
derer, brooding over his pasalon for the
girl, had made up his mind to kill If she
again resented his advances, and watched
for her as she left the Johnson boarding
house. He kept on the opposite side of the
stteet until Captain Alexander had entered
the Wlnstandley house and then overtook
her at Fourteenth and L streets.
LOUISVILLK, Ky Jan. 26. Chief of Po
lice Russell and Sheriff Smith of Bedford,
Ind., in company with former Chief Jacob
Haager of the Louisville police had a con
ference hero today with a woman who noti
fied the Bedford po'.ice that she could prob
ably throw some light on the Sarah Schafer
murder. The Interview took place at the
Louisville police station. The parties to the
conference refused to make public the name
of the woman Interviewed. Upon leaving
for Bedford, Chief Russell said the woman
had given him much Information about
Mlse, Schafer and her friends and acquaint
ances. He said the Information was very
valuable, but that he could not divulge it
until he had further conference with the
authorities at Bedford.
Officials here are anxiously awaiting de
velopments In the mystery surrounding the
death of Miss Sarah J'chafer, subsequent
to the return of Joseph Heitger from
Bioomlngton and Chief of Police Russell,
and Sheriff Smith of Bedford, who are re
ported to have left iJnulsvllle this after
noon for this city. 1
In response to a telegram from H. Hahn
of Louisville, who declared he could con
duct officers to a woman who might be
able to throw light upon the mystery. Cap
tain Russelt and Sheriff Smith went to
Louisville to secure an Interview with the
woman. The officers Interviewed her and
claim to have secured valuable Information.
Before disclosing any Information It Is
said the woman exacted a pledge from the
officers that her name should be withheld
from publicity In connection with the In
vestigation. Because Detectives Ilalpln and Haager
are not working In harmony, a meeting of
the city council has been called by Mayor
Smith, at which "ttme means will be de
vised for raising funds to continue the in
vestlgatlon and they will decide which of
the detectives will be retained by the city
to prosecute the efforts toward a solution
of the mystery.
Mr. Frank Gross of Chicago, who Is
at Elkhart to attend the funeral of her als
ter, declares that Heitger is the man to
whom she referred In her letter when she
said she was sorry that "he" had made
a "crack" at Miss Schafer and that the
latter had not the strength to throw him
down. She and the tiurCered girl s par
ents ere of- the opinion that Heitger is In
no way connected with the dti'-th of Miss
Schafer. The feeling here continues as
Intense as the morning the body was
found.
NASHUA TRUST COMPANY QUITS
Treasurer of . Concern Is Charged
wlfk "EmbesslUia Large -
Sunt of Money
NASHUA, N. II., Jan.' 25.-John P.
Goggin, treasurer of the Nashua Trust
company, was arrested today charged with
embezzling a sum of money from the bank.
The (.mount ! placed at between $80,000
and 1100.000. '
The Nashua Trust company did not open
Its doors today and the Institution is In
charge of the state bank commissioners
pending a further examination.
Goggin was held In $10,000 bonds for the
grnnd Jury. lie made no statement, but it
was aa'.d that his downfall was not'due to
speculation, but to his having glven assist
ance from time to time to a friend. Goggin
is one of the most prominent bank official
In New Hampshire and Is well known In
banking circles in Boston, Lowell and other
Massachusetts cities. He came here from
the west about ten years ago and In a short
time he was made treasurer of the trust
company. He 1 about 40 years of age and
has a family.
In banking circles here the hope waa held
out today that the defalcation would not
result In the permanent closing of th
bank. The NaBhua TruBt company has a
capital of $150,000 nd usually carries de
posits running In amount from $000,000 to
$650,000 In the savings department. The
bank also had a check deposit department,
the deposit in which will swell the 'total
carried by the bank to about $1,000,000. .
Attorney Doyle, counsel for Goggin, de
clared that his client was the victim of a
former bank official of this city who was
Instrumental In securing a position for
Goggin at the Nashua Trust company.
Goggin believed this man to be reliable,
Mr. Doyle said, and he had Intended to
make the shortage good.
The exact shortage had not been sfeer
talned today. Bank Commissioner Baker
said that the stockholders will lose money
but he doe not think that the depositors
will suffer. He says that the bank was
closed chiefly to prevent a run. The last
statement of th Trust company shows
assets of $1,119,000; stocks and bonds, $CS7,
676; loans, $400,225; mortgages. $187,000. The
capital stock la 1150,000; surplus and undi
vided profits, $ti0,000; deposits, $985,000.
THREATEN TO BLOW UP HOMES
Dynamiter" Wants the Moulders'
Strike In Mollne Settled or Trouble
He, Says Will Follow,
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MOLINE. 111.. Jan. 25. Harry Alnsworth,
secretary of Williams, White & Co., re
ceived an anonymous letter, threatening to
blow up the homes of all Mollne foundry
owners unless a moulders' strike which Is
now on is settled. The letter was written
awkwardly on a typewriter, postmarked
Davenport, la., and signed "Dynamiter."
A postscript read; "If you care to answer
this letter address M, H456 Sixty-first street,
Chicago." While the manufacturers threat
ened are Inclined to regard the letter as a
hoax, the police have been advised of Its
receipt.
CUT IN PASSENGER RATES
Soo Reduces Far front St. Paul to
Chicago to Eight Dollars, to
Continue Indednltely.
ST. PAUL, Jan. Si The goo Lin today
announced a reduction in its passenger
rate to the east to an $8 fare to Chi
cago. It is understood General Passenger
Agent Callaway 1 in the fight to stay this
time. The Impression prevails that the
Boo has found enough In the testing of
th Minneapolis-Chicago eastern market to
justify th maintenance of th low rat
Indefinitely.
COLD WAVE HOLDS THE WEST
Conditions Favorable to Prolongation of
Freient Frijiditj.
SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT NOTED TO EAST
Omaha and Vicinity In Rang of
"Stationary Temperature" for
at Least One More Day
of Frreslng.
Some little Improvement had taken place
In the state of the weather at nightfall
yesterday, "but you couldn't hardly notice
it at all." Tha government thermometer
caught the evidence of a slight rise In the
temperature, but It wasn't sufficient to
cause any enthusiastic predictions of
warmer weather. All over Nebraska the
change wiCh for Just a trifle warmer, but
in the mountains to the went of us, the goo.l
old Fahrenheit mercury was slowly but
surely chasing Itself down Into the bulh..
Through the "banana belt" of Montana
and the Dakotas a very decided Improve
ment had taken place, and Willlston came
to the front with only S below, while Bis
marck registered 10 and Huron-on-the-Jltn
got off with 8 under the 0 mark. St. Paul
began to show up with a "hot" wave, the
mercury cllniMng to a point but 16 below.
Across Iowa Hnd Into Illinois an Improve
ment of about 20 degrees was registered.
East and south of Omaha the snowfall
was fairly heavy. St. Ixiuls got the worst
of the precipitation, about five Inches hav
ing been registered there during the day.
With what waa ulrcndy on the ground St.
Louis now has nbout right inches of snow
to care for, an unusual condition down
there. The snowfal throughout the west
and northwest Is general, but light.
Nothing was shown by the reports for
the evening observation at the various sta
tions reporting to Omaha which warrants
any promise of relief soon. Some slight
change for warmer may take placo, today,
hut not enough to make any marked change
in the appreciable temperature.
Coldest Day for Years,
The second full day of severely cold
weather this winter, the coldest January
In ten years, and the coldest day for four
years In Omaha, was yesterday. Tho maxi
mum temperature was 17 degrees below
zero, being recorded at 7 and 8 o'clock In
the morning, and the mean (or the day,
beginning at 5 a. m, and running until
6 p. m., was 14 below.
At 8 o'clock last night the weather burenu
gave out the statement that the mercury
was 2 degrees "higher In the tube than at
the coTenpondlng hour tho day before,
which meant that It was 8 below. But this
did not signify anything a to conditions
today, the forecaster said. Mr. Welsh hnd
reason' to believe that today would be quite
a cold, if not colder than yesterday, but
ventured the prediction that the weather
might moderate tomorrow, to what extent
he did not say.
The coldest Omaha had felt It up to Sun
day was 8 degrees below, one day In De
cember, but this continued only a few
hours. It probably Is true that the present
cold snap is all the more keenly felt because
of the mild weather preceding. t
January holds the record for frigidity in
Omaha, January 8, 1884, the mercury went
dewn to J -below. But (yesterday mado ihla
the oddest January In ten years and was
the coldest day since February, 1859. '
Nebraska throughout, at present would
have a hard time qualifying for an orange
belt contest The coldest corner Is the
northeast, where such figures as 20 and 21
below were yesterday counted on the mer
curial tube. In some parts of the west end
zero ha not been reached.
Statement by Welsh.
Weather " Forecaster Welsh yeiterday
said: '"The cold snap has been slow In
approaching, and there is a prospect of
continued cold for tonight and tomorrow,
with possibly a moderation In temperature
about Wednesday. The east will get 'the
benefit of the cold snap tonight or tomor
row. The temperature la '68 above zero at
Galveston,, making a range of 94 degrees
between the Saskatchewan country and
Galveston, which shows the vast extent
of varied temperature In the central regions
of the continent."
The Missouri river Is frozen over for the
first time this season in this locality,
though open at various point below and
above Omaha. The Ice harvest question
seems to be settled for good.
While It take cold weather to make good
Ice harvests, yesterday was a little too
good, and Ice cutting had to be abandoned
on Cut-Off lake, where 200 men were at
work, and the Ice Is a foot thick. Tho cold
froze the water which splashed up on the
tools and the clothing of the workmen and
made their work dangerou as well aa very
low and hard.
Cold- waves, like nearly everything else,
have their good point. The best point of
the present cold wave Is that it la un
accompanied by wind. It 1 the more bear
able for that reason. It also Is a fact, In
Omaha at least, that little or no serious
accidents or suffering has been reported
as yet a directly due to the weather.
Twenty Below at Greeley Ceater.
The Burlington weather report shows
very cold weather prevailing at almost all
stations along the system yesterday.
On the northern division Greeley
Center was the coldett. with 20 below, and
Ravenna, was the warmest, with 8 below.
Hill City, on the Alliance division, was
not suffering greatly, as the temperature
was only I below, while at Alliance, on
the same division, it was 14 below. On th
Sheridan division the rango waa from
below to 18 below, and on the southern
division Atchison was the warmest, at 4
below, and Syracuse was cpldesl, with 1$
below. On the western division, which Is
usually coldest, Denver only reported 14
above, and Red Cloud, the coldest point
on the division, reported 12 below. Crow
Agency, which 1 usually the coldest place
on the map, reported only 2 below.
All Trains Are Delayed.
Almost every train Into Omaha yesterdsy
was late, soma of them aa much as five or
six hours. The delay was due to the very
cold weather of the past . twenty-four
hours. It is not believed there will be any
Improvement during the next day or two
unless the weather moderates. The fust
trains were generally later than the lo
cals, some of the latter only being a few
minute behind time. Travel was light
during the last week, and this, too, la be
lieved to be on account of the weather.
Out la the State.
NEBRASKA CITY. Neb., Jan. 25 Spe.
clal ) A severe cold wave reached this
placs last night. A high wind accompanied
by snow made travel almost Impossible.
The mercury dropped to 16 degrees below
zero st 7 o'clock this morning. All traffic
is delayed and trains are arriving from
one to two hour late.
Russian HIshoBt Arrives.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25 Bishop Tlkhon of
the Russian Orthodox church of North
America, srrlved today on the steamship
August Victoria, fruia Hamburg.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fn I r and Wan
day Fair.
icr Tneadsyi Wednes-
Teniprrature at Onmlin Yesterdn i
Hour. Dear. Ilnnr. Dea.
IV a. ni...... 111 I p. m It
O a. m 1 7 V p. in to
T a. m ...... 1 7 :i p. I. ..... IO
H n. n HI 4 p. nt It
n. m 1 It n p. m H
1 a. m 1(1 p. m ...... T
11 a. ru 14 7 p. H
13 m 1 a M p. m H
U p. m e
Relow Zero.
JUDGE CHARLES0GDEN DEAD
Kmlnent Omnha Attorney, Jurist and
Politician Succumbs to Para
lytic Stroke.
Judge Charles Ogden died at his home,
Thirty-ninth and 1ouk1s streets, last night,
from the effects of a stroke of paralysis,
suffered during the day. About a year ago
Judge Ogden sustained a paralytic stroke,
but mado apparently good recovery of It.
Yesterday morning ho was In attendance at
a meeting of the Omaha Whist club in Its
rooms in The Bee building, when he was
again attacked, lio was removed tn his
hnnie, and attended by Or. W. O. Bridges,
but sank during the day and died at 8:15
last night. '
Judge Ogden was about 45 year of age
and a native of louiniana. He -came to
Omaha a little more than twenty year
ago Hnd began here tho practice of law.
In which he waa very successful. He took
some active part In democratic politics,
and In ISXti was chairman of the demo
cratic congressional committee for the
First Nebraska district and conducted tho
campaign which resulted in the elcctlm of
John A. McShane to congress. In 1MO he
was chairman of the democratic state com
mittee and managed the campaign that re
sulted in the election of James E. Boyd,
the only democrat who ever sat In the
governor's chair In Nebraska. In the legal
fight for the possession of the office, and
which established Governor Boyd's citi
zenship by a decision of the United States
supremo court. Judge Ogden was asso
ciated with General John C. Cowln and
other eminent counsel for Governor Boyd.
In 1892 Governor Boyd appointed Mr. Og
den to a vacancy on the bench of the dis
trict court of Douglas county snd he
served out the unexpired term, retiring to
tho practice of law. Since that time he
had devoted himself strictly to his profes
sion, taking little if any part in politics.
Personally Judge Ogden was of a re- j
tiring disposition, slow to mnke acquaint
ances or friendships, but steadfast and
loyal when once he had given his Interest.
He was a very studious mnn, of genial
-nanners and a most pleasant, companion
among those with whom he associated.
He was married In the early SO's and is
survived by his wife. They had no' chil
dren! A sister. Miss Antoinette Ogden,
who resided with her brother In Omaha
for many years. Is now In Spain. A cousin,
who lives in New Orleans, another who
lives In Conneotlcut, and Mrs. Carter Har
rison of Chicago, a cousin of Mrs. Og
den, were notified by wire of the donth
of the Judge Inst night. No arrangements
have been made for the funeral yet.
DIETRICH STATES HIS PLANS
Will Demand Senatorial Investlga
tlon and Will Oppose Sum.
ner to the Bud.
Senator Charles II. Dietrich arrived In
the city from Hastings yesterday afternoon.
leaving for Chicago In the evening ,by way
of the Burlington.
"I am on my way to Washington," said
the senator, "where I expect to remain dur
ing the remainder of the session."
"Do you proposo to tnke any action with
regard to the charges that were brought
against you In the federal court?" was
asked.
'Yes. It Is my Intention to submit a
detailed statement to the senate, giving
the full history of the case and to submit
documentary proof In support of my state
ments," replied the senator.
"I shall ask the senate to make a search
ing and impartial inquiry. It was my de
sire, as announced from Washington Im
mediately after the Indictment had been
brought by the federal grand Jury, to
challenge a most thorough Inquisition into
my conduct, but legal complications rose
that made It impossible for my attorneys
to proceed with the trial 'without taking
the risk of shutting off all the testimony
they were ready to produce In my defense.
This was a keen disappointment to me."
"What eourse do you propose to pursue
with regard to Summers T Is It really true,
aa published In the Lincoln State Journal,
that you have concluded not to oppose his
reappointment by the president?"
"No. The article appearing In the Lin
coln Journal was a piece of satire, too
absurd to be considered seriously by anyone
who knows the circumstances under which
Bummers procured the indictments against
me. My position In regard to Summers has
not changed. I atend where I have stood
for the past two years and shall continue
to stand for Harry Lindsay as against
Summers In the future, as In the past."
SMALL FIRE SCARES PEOPLE
Blase la Garrlck Theater Causes
Nervousness on Part of Those
In Block.
CHICAGO, Jan. 25 A small Are In th
Garrlck theater, which Is on the first floor
of the Schiller building, a skyscraper,
caused considerable excitement among the
tenant today. No one was In the theater
and the nervousness of the people in the
building owing to the Iroquals disaster and
the panic In the Matontc temple was quickly
allayed.
RETURNS FOURJNDICTMENTS
brand Jury of Grcea Bay Charges
City Ofllrluls with Bribery
nad Arrests Follow,
GREEN BAY. Wis., Jan. 26.-Aldermen
A. T. Gray and George Schwarta City At
torney Fontaine and City Assessor Par-
mentier were arrested today on warrants
based upon indictments returned by the
grand Jury, charging them with bribery.
All were admitted to bail.
WILL VISIT iN NEBRASKA
Minister to Brasll Hearhea New York
and After Short Stay In Washing;,
toa Starts for' Lincoln.
NEW YORK. Jan. 25.-Davd E. Thomp
son, minister to Brazil, arrived tonight on
the steamer Tennyson from Rio Janeiro.
He will go to Washington tomorrow and
thence to Ms home In IJiu-oln, Neb., for a
few weeks, after which h will return to
Bras!'
PR
Almoit Two Enndrtd Van Caught in Mlna
by ths Expiation.
ACCIDENT OCCURS WHEN WORK STARTS
No Oania New Known for F; plodon Whloh
Impriions Entire Grow.
MEN WORK ALL DAY TO INTER HINE
Ytlnn to Fo:cj Triei to Batons Entombed
Ken nhoit Snooets,
TWO MEN ABOVE GROUND ARE KILLED
I'xplnslon Throws Mule Two Hundred
Feet from Mouth of Mine and
Demolishes jhe House, In
juring All Occt pants.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 25. From all
that can be gathered at this hour between
1X0 and 190 men are lying dead In the head
ings and passageway of tho llarwlck
mine of the Allegheny Coal company at
Cheswlck, the result of a territlo explosion
today. Cage after cage has gone down Into
the mine and come up again, but only one
miner of all those that went down to work
this morning has been brought to tha sur
face. The rescued man is Adolph Gunla
and he Is still In a semi-conscious condi
tion at tho temporary hospital at the ruda
schonlhnuse on the hillside above the mine.
In addition to the miner who were at
work when the explosion occurred it is
now believed by practically nil of th men '
of the rescun party who have come up the
220-foot vertical shaft for a warming and
a breathing spell that Selwyn M. Taylor,
the Pittsburg mining engineer, who waa
the first tn reach the bottom after the ex
plosion happened, Is also now among the
list of dead. Of those In the mine all are
possibly dead.
The explosion occurred at 8:20 o'clock
this morning and the first warning was the
sudden rumble underground and then a
sheet of flame followed up the deep shaft.
Both mine cages were hurled through the
tipple, twenty feet above the landing
stage and the three men on It were '
hurled to the ground. A mule was thrown
high above the shsft and fell dead on the
ground. The injured, rren were brought, at
once to tills city, where two of them have
since died.
People Flock to Pit Mouth.
As soon as the rumble of the explosion
and the crash at the pit mouth startled
the little village, the wives and children,
of the men below, rushed to the scene -of
the disaster, but to gain no encouragement.
There waa no way to get Into the deep
workings. The cage that let the men Into
the mines, and brought them out again
when the day's work was done, war both,
demolished.
All day long there was a Jam of watting
women and children about tha mouth of
the pit. There were calls tor assistance
and for surgical aid from th men In
chargo of the mine, but It waa not until
4 o'clock that the f rat attempt at rescue
was made. This was after the two men
who. volunteered wer driven back by tho
foul air. Shortly after 6, Selwyn M. Tay-'
lor, and one of his assistants, signalled for
the engineer to lower them Into the shaft.
Taylor Is still down there. Three time
efforts have been made to reach him but
so far without avail.
At 12:15 o'clock this morning Robert
North and Michael Cain of the rescue pafty
came .to the surface and reported that
Selwyn Taylor had been found alive, and
that seventy-five of the miners had been
located, the majority of them, It la be
lieved, alive.
Whether the explosion occurred at th far
extremity of the mines and killed the men
by the concussion, or whether It occurred
nearer the shaft and Imprisoned tha men
Is not known. There have been no means
of finding the exact nature of the disaster
and the number of men that were killed.
If the mine entrance cannot be cleaned out
so the men can get fresh air all will be
perished In the course of a few hour.
With .the knowledge that scores of Uvea
depended on the prompt action of laborer
at the mouth of the mine an excited gang
of men was working with might and main.
Help was summoned from all aourcea avail
able and aa many men are assisting In th
work of rescue a can conveniently work
there.
Half a dozen men working near tha
mouth of the pit on th tipple were caught
In th wreckage and a number wer seri
ously Injured, One man It 1 thought can
not recover. ' '
Soma May Be Saved.
Tho other men employed on the tipple
were working further away front th shaft
and eacaped uninjured.
Superintendent Georgo Sheet aa soon aa
he beard of the accident telephoned to
Cheswlck' and Springdal for fcsat-'srtcs.
Gangs of workmen wer sent In rtnpons
and physicians hurried to ths.avena t tak
care of the Injured.
The mine Is about one mil from Chaawick
and was opened about two years ago, Th
company Is allied with the Allegheny Coal
company, and It I said waa operated by
Cleveland capitalists. The tnine, It Is tated,
ha always teen a gaseous one, but that-
has never been any serious trouble there
before today.
Superintendent Sheet telegraphed J. Tt.
Morris, manager of th Fvttaburg Tool and
Drop Forge company st Cheswlck, for as
Pittance, and the vorks there wer closed
and the entire force of men, numbering
teventy-flve, ware sent to the scene of th
explosion.
Superintendent Sheets stated that he
feared the worst, but then waa a possi
bility that some of th miners might have
sought refuge In on of th mine chamber
away from the fire and tn this way escaped
death. The scene about the mouth of the
It was Indeed pitiful. Hundreds of wive
and children surround the mouths of ths
shaft crazed with grief and anxiously
awaiting any news from the entombed men.
As quickly aa possible a rescuing party
was organised, but no on ha a yet been
able to descend Into tha mine.
' Passengers coming In on the West Penn
sylvania railroad say that It waa rumored
In Cheswlck that from forty to fifty are
dead.
Three of the Injured were brought to
thia city, one, Henry Mahew, dying on ar
rival. Tha two others, George Waltman
and V. N. Gillespie, were removed to the
Allegheny general hospital. Waltman will
die.
Up to 1:30 o'clock thla afternoon mo oa
had entered the mine and nothing i known
of the entombed men.
Th officials of the company are awaiting
the arrival of the mine Inspector, who Is
cow on lils way to the mine. Cheswlck Is
a small town about-fifteen miles north f
thla dty on tb West Pennaylvsai. raft-