The Omaha Daily Tim RUSSIAN ARMY. Article by a Russian ex Officer. Illustrated by Photos. In NEXT SUNDAY'S BEE. Most Compfets ': omnste The Triple N. A . Herald N. V. Wrrlil and .Vsso-I.iteil 1'rcM cable serv- War News. n o with the menger showing of Mhcr Nebraska papers. KSTAIILISIIKD .Il'NE OMAHA. TIiritSDAY MOIIXIXO, MAliCH 3. 1!04 TEN l'AC.ES. stNin.K copy r 1 1 1:1:1: CKNTS. Bee. r SHOOT HEARING OS Eenate Committee Begins Inreitigatien of Charges Against Him. PROMINENT MORMONS FOR WITNESSES Former Reprfsenta.ive Taylor, Who Un dated Roberts, Attorney for Geo tiles. HEAD OF MORMON CHURCH ON THE STAND President 8mith, When Questioned, Admits He Still Btlleves iu Po'.ygamy. SAYS HE 15 A PROPHET AND REVELATOR ICzneeteil the Hearing M ill ( oollnnr rvrml Wrrka and that Kxam lunllnn of President Smith Will Take Tna Days. vVABHINOTON. March 2.-Th investlga tlnii which In to decide whether Reed Bmoot of Utah la to retain his wt In the United Stales eenate and Incidentally define the political status of the Mormon church, was formally begun today before the senate committee on privilege' and elrctlona. It la conceded the hearings will extend over aeveral weeks. Interest Increased with the announcement that Joseph F. Sin if h. president of tho Mormon church, will ho the prlncliml wltneaa, and In all prohahllity will occupy the attention of the committee for two or three daya. The at torney for the defense, A. 8. Worthlngton of thla city und Waldeniur Van Uott of Salt Lake, arrived early and engaged In conferc.ee with their client. J. CI. Carlisle, former aecretary of the treaaury, and II W. Taylor, former representative In con gress and the attorney who proaeeuted the Content against Hrlgham Roberta' retaining hia scat In congress on the ground of his having violated the anti-polygamy law. are the counsel for the protestants. Half a do, en wltneaaea, nearly all of them of the Mormon church, occupied aeata In the rear of the large committee rooms. Quite a number of wemen were In attendance and wntched the proceeding with Intcreat I. It of Witnesses. Chairman narrow, after ascertaining by roll r-ll that a quorum waa preaent, di rected Mr. Taylor to proceed with the caso. Mr. Taylor Inquired the number of wit bosses preaent and Mr. Burrows read the following Hat of those on whom aummona had been aerved: Mabel Parker Kennedy, Amoa Charles Matthewa, Ogden llllea. An drew Jenaen, John Smith. Hiram M. Smith. Thomaa II. Morrill, Charlea K. Merrill, Almc Merrill, Lor In Harmon, Mooes Thatcher. M. W. Merrill, Joaeph R. Smith nd Francis M. Lyman. Mr. Taylor announced hla readiness to proceed and naked that President Joaeph F. Smith be aworn. After that had been done Franklin 8. Richards, a Salt take City attorney, stated that he waa preaent aa an adviser of the wltneaaea In the event ny Improper quextlona were aaked. I Chairman Burrows, after ascertaining Mr. Smith a president ,9 the cuurcti and born In Missouri In 18 and went to Utah In WX and always hue been In the church. Mr. Taylor asked Mr. Smith If he waa a prophet, aeer and ravelator. T1i witness nald he waa "ao euatalned." Further uuestlnnn along the aame line brought out the statement that he re ceived his powers by reason of the position be holda In the church. He Bald the apos tles of the church were "sustained" In the earn powera aa prophets, seers anil reve lutrtrs. He was asked to name hla predecessor aa president of the church, and gave them III order back to the first president, Joaeph Smith, Jr. The witness Falil he sustains tho same powers aa hla predecessors. Smith's Hastnesa Affairs. Questions directed to ascertain the busi ness occupations of Mr. Smith In addition to the presidency of the church brought out the following list of concerna of which he la prealdent: Zlon Co-operative Mercantile Institute, with a capital stock of more than tl.OuO.ono; State Hank of Utah, I'tah Sugar npany. Consolidated Wagon and Ma chine company, Utuh IJght and Hallway company. Suit Uike A Los Angeles Rail way company, Salt.ilr Beach company and Fait Lake Knitting company. He said he was president of a number of other small concerns, the names of which he could not recall, and that he Is a director of the t nlon Tactile Hallway company, editor of the Improvemcnter and Juvenile Instructor and director or official of a number of min ing companies. A llbt of the first preHdonoy or twelve apostles governing the church was read by Mr. Taylor and Identified by Mr. Smith. This lint included the name of Heed Smo it. Mr. Smith explained that the first presi dency Is the prealdent of the church and that the twelve apostles are next In au thority. The presidents are elected by tha i.iuiull and the apostles, he said, but lie believed, and It Is taught, that the presi dent arc really chescn by tilvlne revela tion, and they are endowed with the au thority of the holy priesthood by authority direct from God. Ho said the apiwtles might elect to thdr lumber In the event of a vacancy, bu, that they would not go contrary to the wish of the first presi dency. Object to sui lib's Language. Throughout the testimony Mr. Smith used n.i h expressions aa "I think," "I presume" und " I boievc." These expressions proved unsatisfactory to members of the commit tee and Senator Hour said he wanted to un derstand whether Mr. Smith's form of speech Implied doubt or whether It was .n'ply an unfortunate mode of speech. -r Bmlth said hV used express!..:! which s-r.-ere not positive when he referred to mat tna from memory, but that In ull matters of church and of the. revelations and the powers of the church he waa certain and Old not want to be misunderstood. Hevelollons aad Senators. Ill relation to revelations, the witness aid the church holds that any elder may receive a revelation for his own guidance. "Then Mr. Smool may receive such revelations direct from God?" said Mr. Taylor. For his own guidance, yes" was the aniwtr. In response to direct questioning Mr. Smith said only those revelations to the president which had been presented to the church and accepted by the members were binding UMn them Mr. Overman wanted to know what hap pened to those who did Dot believe In the f spired revelations. "Ar they unchurched?" he asked. "They unchurch themselves." was the re sponse After more direct qui situnlng concerning the rights of the church members to reject (Continued on. Second Page.) PAY LAST DIVIDENDS Accounts V Colombian World's Pair t the officers V - CHICAGO. M ...ft 2 The accounts of the World's Columbian exposition of K3 were closed today with the payment of a final dividend of 4.1,5 per cent to all of the 2 .') stockholders. This payment, with a divi dend of 10 per cent, which was puid in 134. makes a total of if per cent In dll dends paid on the capital stock. Many of the stockholders have expressed their satisfaction at the closing of the business in this way, as It was at first thought that less than 10 per cent divi dend would be paid. Several suits against the company are still pending. For this renson a small sum of money has bi'ii retained by the officers of the company to meet any possible claim against It on these suits This amount Is so small, however, that no further divi dends will be declared should this amount nut be paid out in claims against the com pany. VERDICT FOR INSURANCE MEN Illinois Coirt Kinds that Alleged Combine of Companies Is ot In Restraint of Trnd e. 81'RINOFIKLD, III.. March Judge Hur roughs In I he St. Clair county circuit court has rendered a decision In favor of certain Insurance companies in a case brought ugalnst the companies by Attorney Oeneral Hamlin, charging them with forming a combine In St. flair and Madison counties to keep up rates, fine hundred and twelve companies hud employed wliat they called a "compact manager " Attorney General Hamlin asked that an injunction be iswued to restrain the com panies from combining to fix ratca. Tho demurrer of the defendants, which held that the agreement Was legal and that per sons Insured were benefitted by It. also de nied that they were acting In restraint of trade, and alleging that the compact man ager simply reduced expenses and enabled them to write Insurance at lower raes than otherwise, waa sustained by the court. CFFER OFFICEJTO JASTROW "resident of Semitic I.anaraaarea at I'rnnsylvnnlu I nlverslty May Have Chair at St. I,onla Fair. PHILAOKLPHIA. March 2-All.lno W. Small. L.I D., vice president of the Con gress of Arts and Science of the I'nlversal exposition at St. Louis In 1MVI, has notltled Morris Jastrow, Jr., Ph. I)., president of Semitic languages at the University of Pennsylvania, that an official Invitation Is extended to him to act aa chairman of De partment 8, history of religion. Tills de partment Includes lluddhism and Uraham anls.n, Mohammedanism, Old Testament, New Testament and history of the Chris tian church. Among tli eminent Kuropean scholars who have accepted Invitations to deliver addresses In this department are Profs. Oldenrurg of Kiel, Ooldhlser of Ruda Peat, Smith of Glasgow, Rudde of Marburg and Hamack of Berlin. Dr. Jaa trow has been prominent. In authorship along the lines Indicated aa the Work of thla department. PAY FOR TITLE TO CANAL t nlted states Ready to Take Final fttepa to Acquire Prop erty. WA8H1NGTOV, March 2. -A conclusion of the negotiations for the title to the Panama canal nioperty Is in sight. At torney General Knox, who had a confer ence today with the president, authorized the following statement: "I have advised the president that he Is authorized to pay at once to the Republic of Panama the Sln.tlOt,om stipulated for by the treaty, tho ratidculons of which have Just been exchanged. Also that he Is author ised to pay to the new Pannma canal com pany the S40.ono,rtiin which under the agree ment between the United Stntea and that company we are to pay Tor Its property and have notified the canal company we are ready to close the transaction. The details In connection with the transfer of the canal company's property should not require more than thirty days." MRS. M'CANN ON THE STAND Wife of slnrdered Horseman Clvea Testimony Against Har rington. ST. LOUIS. March S Mrs Jessie Mc- Cann, widow of the murdered horseman, James P. Mi'l'ann, was the central figure today at the trial of Frederick Harrington, charged with the crime. She last saw Mc Cnnn 11 live mi the night of May IS, when he and Harrington went out ostensibly to meet some wealthy Knglifh frlenda of the latter who were to loan him (Harrington) some money. McCann not appealing t')0 next day. his wife cf-keil BiMrlugtni: i.r-out him. Har rington then told of his going away In a en rlage with a woman afier the sllegel fight at Suburban Garden. Harrington, witness said, brought her an al'egeil me sage from her huhbund to the effect that he had got into trouble and was ashamed to return home. LINE COST TWELVE MILLIONS Santa IVi link from Man Fraurlsco orth Will lie Kspenalvo Fnterprlse. SAN FRANCISCO. March 2 -The Santa Fe railroad has finished all of Its prelim inary surveys for a new line to Eureka, Humboldt county, and ita engineer are now figuring on the cost ao as to de cide upon a final location. It Is known the company has made three general sur veys at a considerable outlay of time and money In an effort to get a good modern line through the mountainous country of Mendocino and Humlsildt counties. It will oost the Santa Fe In the neighborhood of I12.000.0ott to com plete Its connection between Eureka and Sun Francisco bay. rMniAM IMnisLIC nvilial uannuinn II1UIMIW U I IP4U Hroarae oi Smallpox aad lack of Food Occasion Great ST. PAUL. Minn., March 2 A special to the Dispatch from Winnipeg, Manitoba, says: "Traders coming from the north report terrible suffering among the Indians from lack of fool and a scourge of small pox. At Isle I Cross sixiy deaths are reported Commissioner Laird of the Indian depart ment has sent aa expeditioa foe Ui relief of the Indiana." NEGROES RESENT OUTRAGES Uprising in German West Africa Cue to Acts of Oommipsioner. INSANE MAN UNDERTAKES REPRISALS Letters Received In Berlin Cilve lira sons for the t prising that la Making All the Trouble In the Kamerun Country. BERLIN, March 2. The rising of native troops in the Crows and Nsossunang river region of German Kamerun, West Africa, resulting In several factories of the North west Kamerun company being burned down and four Germans killed, uh an nounced Monday, was caused by the eccentric conduct of Count Von I'ue kler, and was directly due to the theft of a lantern from the Northwest Kamerun company. Von Pueckler, who waa 1 tho government district commissioner, was reputed to be a quiet and sensible admlnl tratior, having sound knowledge of native ways and character. Ho formerly was uu employe of the Northwest Kamerun com pany, but recently had ben employed by the government. Herr Sehoeller, president of the company, received In December lust a long letter from Count von Puwkler re garding tha stolen lantern, concluding with the assertion that he Intended to make the property of white men respected by burning five villages. Herr Sehoeller Inferred from the violence of the language of Von Pue-kler that iiie latter was derajiged, and wrote both to the count and to the agents of the company commanding that nothing be done over so trivial a matter, saying that the company for the first time was about to pay a dividend, and adding that the good will of tho natives must be cultivated. Herr Schooller's letters arrived too late. Count von Pueckler with twentytlve men, tried to arrest the head men of one of the villages, but tho count was killed and hla escort with difficulty escaped. During the next few d.ya the company'a factories on the Cross river were burned down and four agents were killed. A punitive expedition has now arrived In the hostile district. Count von Pueckler, aa npepars from In formation subsequently received by Herr fiohoeller, had recently given way to fits of fury against the negroes, attributable to the state of his health as a result of his long residence In the hot climate of equatorial West Africa. RMBKHS OF HF.nELLIOK SnoiLDRR, lel Pilar, One of Irreroncllahles, Joins the Ontlawi. MANILA, March 2. Del Pilar, tho load ing aplrlt of the Caribao Insurrection against Spain and the United States, who was exiled to Guam, but who returned and accepted the oath of aJloglance, lias Joined the outlaws who are defying the authority of the government. WASHINGTON. March 2-Ttiat the em bers of revolution still smoulder In tho Philippines is suggested In a recant report to the War department by General Wood, In which he aaya a rebel styling himself Prym has lasued a commission to R'.carte as lieutenant general of northern Luzon. Little Is known of Prym and it Is hoped that It la no more than a brigand demon stration, ft I carte is an lrrenconcilable. He waa transported to Guam and when the other Philippine captives returned to Ma nila under parole he refused to take the oath and went to Hong Kong. Pcently he returned to the Philippines, still l'alllng to take the oath, and managing to smuggle himself through the lines. His wherea bouts are unknown and the Philippine con stabulary Is looking for him. toted Men Abroad. COLON. March I Lieutenant Colonel William P. Hlddle. U. 8. M. C, and h'B aide-de-camp, Captain APexandor 8. Wil liams, nre passengers on the steamer City of Washington, which sailed from here yesterdf.y for New York. Edward W. Ames, tne secretary of the United States legation at Buenos Ayres, la also on board the City of Washington. OPINION FORMALLY UPHELD Derision Throwing Open Union Pa cific Ilrldge to All Roads Finally AlHrmed. ST. LOUIS, March 2. -Tlie United State court of appeals today sustained the dis trict court In Its decision that any railroad has the right to use the Union Pacific bridge between Council Bluffs and Omaha nod the stations and switch yard facilities of that road In the two cities. The decision was reached 111 the contest of the Mason. City & Fort Dodge, road, owned and controlled by the Chicago Great Western. It applied for tho use of the bridge rnd was refused. The district court decided In Its favor and the Union I'aclfio company appealed the case. This Is a formal affirmation and an nouncement of Judge Hanhorn's opinion an nounced from St. Paul Monday. LOOKS LIKE LONG LITIGATION Judge Thayer gnatulna Bennett De murrer In Contest of William J. Ilryan to Secure K.MMWKI. NEW HAVEN,' Conn., March -Judge Tliaxer. In tho aupeiior court, today sus t iail a demurrer by the ounse f,,e Mrs. I'hilu S. Bennett, to the suit of William J Prv.m for the cin: tru. tl. n of the will f Mr. Bennett, in the action broujht In bf nalf of Air. Bryan an effort w; s made to have a sealed letter left by Mr. B.-nnett and i;lvlng $"0 000 to Mr. Bryan crifon-'d as a .iocluratlun of trust. In sustaining the demurrer the court decldts that the ques tion of the status of the sealed letter can not be determined In the present action, but must be reserved for decision In other aulta. CANAL COMMJSSION IS GOOD Srnata Committee on Interoeeoutc Canals Agrees to Report Favorably, U'lCIIIV'i.'VAk, II....L m . ......... senate committee on inleroceanic canals today agreed to report tne nominations of the Panama canal commission with a fjvoruhle recommendation. Adancluu license Case. PIERRE. 8 D . March 2 (Spt-cl il Tele gram. The Hand county saloon 11c use case was before the supreme court today on an order to show causi why it shoull not go on the calendar for Immediate heir Ing. and an order was granted, return il le the 16th for argument on the order to s. o cauie. This Is the ia--e whue the tom misxloners of the county refused to grant a llcens after tha town board hrd graated Ja permit. HARRISON STILL IN CONTROL Mayor of t hlcanro by. Meter Knae, Reaalns Paddle In Conk Connty Democracy, SPRINGFIELD, 111.. March .-By a sensational bit of strategy today, the con trol of ihe political uuxilinrj orriuiuntlon, known as the Cook County Democracy, was obtained by the adherents of Mayor Carter II. Harrison. The victory waa achieved by a legal 1 use. Eagerly watching for a cluince, the fol lowers of the mayor caught tlie opponents napping. With a demand lor incorporation as 'he Cook County Democracy. John Powers and other liietids of the mayor suddenly appeared today brfote Secretary of State Rose, It was shown to the satis faction of Secretary Rose that the charter held by opponents of the mayor had become invalid for noncompliance with the law requiring nn annual report to the secretary of state. A llcenHD was thereupon Issued to Powers who thus regained control from which he had recently been ousted by a court decision upholding the anti-Harrison faction led by Mayor Harrison's former chief lieutenant, Robert E. Burke. The decision had enjoined officers of tho Har rison faction from appearing at the meet ing or otherwise interfering with the Cook County Democracy. Subsequently It appears from the proceed ings today, the Harrison faction discovered the organization from which it had beeh shut out had failed to make annual reports to the secretary of statu under the law of l'.'Ol. and at midnight last night was the latest time that such a report could bo made. Accordingly a number of Harrison's adherents, formed a new orgwnlaatlon. which was granted It license today. An amendment to the law passed by the legislature of 19U3 exempted corporations not for profit from making annual reports to the secretary of state. The amendment however, applied only to corporations organized after tho amendment beeamo a law and thus did not apply to the antl Harrlson Cook County Democracy, the charter of which was cancelled by the sec retary of state. NOTED EDUCATORS IN SESSION Four Thousand Writers. Teachers. Preachers and fpislki-r ni. cuss llellginna Kilarntton. PHILADELPHIA. March 2. - Distin guished prelates and edecators, prominent writers and speakers on religious and edu cational subjects, and a delegation of re ligious workers numbering nearly 4.000 are In attendance nt the annual convention of the Religious Education association. Nearly two score teachers will be present during the two days of the convention. The asso ciation ehas seventeen departments and In all of them endeavors to fulfill Its pur poee In which "to promote religious and moral education." The general theme of the convention "The Bible In Practicable Life." "Ita Par ticular Phases." "The Bible in Religious Experience," 'The Bible. In Education. ' and "The Bible In Social and Civic Life" will be discussed In three mass meetings. The general officers of the association are: President, Frank Knight Sanders, Yalet first vice president. Nicholas Mur ray Butler, Columbia, general secretary. Ira Landreth. Chicago; treasurer, James Herron Eckles, Chicago; chairman execu tive board. William Ralney Harper, pres ident of the University of Chicago. "What Would Constitute a Scientific Basis for Religious and Moral Education and to What Extent Does Such a Basla Already Exist." was the first subject pro pounded for discussion at today's session. It was considered, first, from the stand point of psychology, by President O. Stan ley Hall, D. D., Clark university, Wor cester, Mass ; second, from the stand point of ethlca, by lYederlck Tracy. Ph. D., University of Toronto, Canada; third, from the standpoint of theology, by Prof. 6haller Matthews, D. D., University of Chicago; fourth, from the standpoint of educational practices, by Luther Halsey Gulick. M. P., New York. STICKNEY MAKES NEW CUT Slices drain Hate Down to the Quick and Heault la Anxiously Watched. CHICAGO, IU March 2 The Chicago Great Western has announced a further cut of three cents a hj mired pounds In the rate on grain from Missouri river points to Chicago. The new rati-s, which will be four cents on wheat and three cents on corn, will go In effect next Friday. The last announcement of a cut In the grain rates by the Great Western was received with surprise in Omaha by rail road men. The geniral Impression seemed to te abroad that Mr. Stlckney would not continue the light by cutting gruln rates further. At Northwestern headquarters nothing could be learned regarding the future pol icy of that line In the grain rate war, as J. A. Kuhn, asallint general 1 assenner and ticket agent. Is In Chicago where he Is conferring with official of his ei mpany re garding tho situation. If the Northwestern continue the rate war by making another cut In tho Chicago rut eg it will necessitate the cutting of the local grain rates Into this city, and that Is said to be Just what Is desired by Pres ident Stlckney. Another reduction In the through rates of the Northwestern from Nebraska points to Chicago will put at least half of the through rate from Ne braska stations below the local rates Into this city, und that will necessitate a lin ing up of Use locals from all parts of the state. The Burlington, In case It should meet another Noriwestein r. ductlon, also would have to :eul.iust Its Nebraska h cals and this woiiM caqc another read justment all along the' line. CLOSE VENEZUELAN EMBASSY president Castro's trllnns In sjlinttlnw Off Salaries i liroivs l.cga- loners Out of VorL. NEW YORK. March 2. -It is staled here that the Venezuelan legation in Washing ton will be closed because President Castro has stopped the salary of Minister Hernan dez, who, howevir, has not i.een rec-tlitd. This In said to have been bronchi ab in through a letter to th fiscal agents lie e of the Venezuelan government Instrm ting them not to pay the general's salary, as hcretufcre, on the 1st of aeh nioittn. Augusto F. Pulldo. who has been secre tary of the legation for several years, suf fers only hulf as much as his chief, for he Is to continue in his pnscut offii e at S.30 a month, instead of 14. o. Nichols I leri andez, a son of the general wl.o Is un ur.der secretary, already has sec 11 ml other employment in PhKadelph a. Up to lust sitmiuer V nt-y.uela had been witnout a trlnlsier t Washington during four jears Pulldo represented the Inter sals of the republic as secretary, with head quar'ers in a Washington bosrdlng house. CANNOT. HOLD PORT ARTHUR Jfpmf-se Bepresentatite Says it is in No Condition to Stand Siege. PLACES COUNTRY'S CASE BEFORE WORID Rnmor Is Current In Business Circles In St. Petersburg; that Hnaalans Will Abandon Port Arthur. (Copyright, by New York Herald Co.. V 4.) ST. PETERSBURG. March 3.-Ncw York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee. ) Ominous rumors ran through the city today In the huainesx circles that Port Arthur Is to be abandoned to the en emy, after sinking the ships, as was done In the Crimean war. This Is pnrfiably ex aggerated, but the story Is lortltlod by a telegram from Port Arthur published In the Gazette to the effect that the com mander has called upon the people to shed the last diop t their blood in case the enemy takes the town, the some dispatch telling of several Chinese being caught on the heights at iho back of the town signalling to tin; Japanese. Today the list of tho iwenty-nlne killed aboard the Variag and also a few of tho casualties, aboard the Askold, the Novlk and the Pallada, is published. Tho latter does not Include yesterday's damages, if any. Mates Jupait'a Case, (Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 19"4.) NEW YORK, March J. -(New York Her ald Service Special Telegram to The Bee.) "Port Arthur will fall into our hands by Its own weight. It has Inadequate pro vision to stand a siege," said Baron Sulte matsu, former mlnlsetr of communication und minister of tlie Interior of Japan, son-in-law of Marquis lto and for many years high in the council of tho Japanese em pire, when seen at the Waldorf-Astoria today immediately on his arrival from Yokohama, ufter an eastward Journey. "Understand," continued the baron, "1 am on no official mlssiou, but fur me to leave my country at this tlmo has some meaning. You can draw your own con clusions. 1 am now 011 my way to Eng land, Intending to sail from heie next Saturday 011 tho Cunard line, and 1 do not expect to be Idle. I want tho grout civi lized nations to understand the position and purpose of Japan. 1 want to tell It and 1 want to tell It to you. We do not want to alienate moral sympathy, and tliat we may not I want It to be understood that we realize the Importance of caxrj Ing on this war according to the rules of international law and the rplrlt of tho highest modorn civilization, us Judged by other nations. It may be necessary to explain some matters to the civilized nations, and I am ready to do It. 1 left Yokohama on February 10 for this purpose, landed at Victoria, then went to Seattle and have come across the con tinent, and have heard much sympathy for our cause, for all of which I am truly thankful. "ljet me Impress upon you atid upon all the people of the great United States that we are not carrying on this war for any selfish purpose unless a battle for exist ence Is selfishness. We have been compelled to take the step that we have' taken, yea compelled, for we have tried to avoid trouble with Russia and have found It Im possible. "Please understand me that It Is not th bcipilsltion of new territory that Japan wants, but we demand the Integrity of the Chinese empire und alao the integrity of Corea. excepting thnt we must have some sort of preponderance of influence In Corea. Russians Mot Conciliatory. "RuKsla has not shown the least con ciliatory attitude toward us. The bear had hla paw on the Pacific and he has been nut only determined to hold It there but to advance It. We had to say 'no.' Small us we are us a nation we found a limit to patience and forbearance. Vou know the atory of diplomatic corresiaindence. The Russian government Insisted from tho be ginning to end to say not a single word about Manchuria to us, the life of tho en tire question, while all of the time It was trying to tie our hands In regard to Corea. "We were exaserated. We endured the conditions as long aa possible and the end came. We warned the Russian gov ernment that If It protracted the nego tiations solely for Its own advantage a heavy responsibility was Incurred by it. That, of course, meant that If Russia failed to show any spirit of conciliation war would be Inevitable and could but be con sidered provoked by Russia. "Still we kept 011 aiih our negotiations until about January 20, when we sent a notice to the Russian government that pructically amounted to an ultimatum, leaving Russia to say yes or no. It was then the understanding that a definite answer was to be given to us about Feb ruary 2X. We said emphatically and pos itively to the Russian minister that If tha answer was postponed later than that date wo would be free to take Independent action. The reason for France taking an active part Is that It is said the secret treaty bu tween France anil Russia provides that if two powers combine against either the other will go to the rescue. It Is said that aa Con-a has become our ally Russia can demand that Prum-e help her. In our eyes Corea is not worth cor. aid, ring. We respect tlie Sovereignty of Corea, but wuut is Corea after all'.' We do not rely 011 her troops to fight for us. Her resources Hro not givat. Corea is important for us for other reasons, not as an ally. "(inn thing more. 1 um of thu council of the Red Cross ill Japan. The day be fore my departure u council was h M, and I have leen rciueted to thank the Amer icans for their kindly offers to render us aru-istancM lii many ways, tl la with re gret that many offers have, to be refused, on account of tlie i-iaffx being full and in ability to care for and feed thotte who Would willingly help us in the Red Crosi work. If this same kindness Is shown by the offer of liie ever needed money we lll be delighted to receive It. Defends Attack ou Xblus. "Time went on and no answer, until some days after that date. You know what hapened. We notltled the Russian govern ment and the Russian minister in Japan that we must consider diplomatic rela tions between the two countilcs at aa end. Continued on Second Page. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Thursday and Krlilnj 1 Wanner Friday. Temperature at Omaha iratenlat "our. ii,.,,. Hour. lr A n. m I.t 1 p. ni . . . o a. 1.1 4-1 8 n. 111 . . . 7 n. m :t i. 111. . . a. ni 4.1 4 l. nt . . . 1n.ni 40 It 11. ni,,, IO n. ni . , . . 1 . r.o 11 p. in . . . 1 I a. in r7 T 11. ni . . . 12 ni let H p. m . . . 0 p. in . . . MARCH MAKES FIERCE RUSH Mercnry Falls l'lft-sl Itearees In Six Honrs and Wind Travels Fifty Miles. Wind traveling fifty-six miles an hour nnd mercury falling Tnj degrees In six houis was the taste of real March weather will, h Omaha fell yesterday. As meek and mild 11s any lamb that ever was, March slipped Into existence Tues day snd everybody had begun to call the groundhog by alsiut two weeks, when sud denly and fiercely something happened. It was a little after 1 o'clock In the after noon when the thermometer wis T4 above and people were basking In the sunlight's glow, with overcoats In many enrep thrown aside or light topcoats on and wearing oth.T apparel suggestive of spring. The wind r.rosii with remarkable vltor nnd blew dust In all directions. It continued Into the night and made things nbout 11s disagree able as one could Imaglno tinder the cir cumstances. The wind attained a velocity of fifty miles an hour, traveling forty-six miles for a perold of five minutes more than once during the afternoon. The maximum wns reached at about 4:15 From 71 nt 1 o'clock the mercury dropped to t4 at 2 o'clock nnd 4:t nt S and 1S nt T o'clock, continuing on the toboggan as night progressed "It's the most radical dec'lne nnd worst wind w have sci n for manv n day," said one of the weather bureau officials. Signboards, windows nnd other portable objects suffered, or nt least were truris ferred from their moorings by tho fierce wind and some of the downtown sticcts resembled foot bull gridirons, .vlth people running hither nnd thither for their hats and caps. MANSFIELD WINS NEW HONOR Ills "Ivan the Terrible" Hailed In tv York aa the Triumph of Ills Career. NEW YORK. March 2 (Special Tele gram. - Richard Mansfield In Alexis Tol stoi's mediaeval Russian tragedy, "Iran The Terrible," created a sensation nt tho New Amsterdam theater last night. It was the first time the play haa been given In English and It was apparent from the first view nf the singular, sinister old czar that Mr. Mansfield has found one of the most remarkable characters ever given an actor. The grim humor of tho dlasipnted old tyrant Is fascinating and his defiance to the Polish ambassador (Act II) aroused a storm of applause, which wns repeated frequently thereafter. Ills alternating rrlnglng penitence ami frenzies of rage In Act IV and the superb choleric death In Act V left an Impression created by no other character In many years. It Is freely commented on as Mansfield's mnsterpleoe, to him what Louis XI la to Irving or Oth ello to Palvlnl. The gorgeous production vividly por trayed the splendor of the mediaeval Ruh Isnn court. Overworked with long study and re hearsals and exhausted by the demands of the new role. Mr. Mansfield wss over whelmed by the demonstrations of the au dience and was on the point of collapse after Act IV. He finished the play after a long wait with preat effort. ANOTHER WARRANT FOR HAM Second Charge la for Kmbessllna; :l I. OOO from the Funds of Si. Luke's Hume. BOSTON. March 2. A warrant charging Wallace) II. Ham with the embezzlement of int.OOO from the funds of St. Luke's Home waa Issued today on complaint of tho Right Rev. William Lawrence, president of the corporation; Francis C. Foster, secretary, and George II. Richards, counsel for the Institution. Ham was arrested last week, charged with the embezzlement of 1104,000 from the American Surety company, of which he was Boston manager. He waa also treas urer of St. Lukn's Home. The new war rant was served on Ham at the Charles Street Jail, where he Is In custody on the previous charge. He will lie given a hear ing on today's warrant tomorrow morning. DEWEY STILL 0N THE STAND Millionaire Ranchman Continues His Testimony In Hnrrhard llerry Murder Trial. NORTON. Kan., Murch 2. Oiuunocy Dewey, the millionaire runohnian, 011 trial with Ids two cowboys, William Md'ride and Clyde Wilson, for tho murder of Rurehard Berry, resumed the stund when court opened today and his cross-examination was taken up by the state. Before adjournment yesterday Inwey had cor roborated the testimony of Mi Itildo to the effect that the Berrys had persecuted them; that the Herrys had opened lire on the day of the fatal light and that Dewey and McBride hud shot In self-defense. WARD RESIGNS COMMISSION Mlssourlan Sucrredrd on the Forestry Ill vision of World's Fair by T. I. Huaaell, m Lumberman. ST. LOUIS. March 2-Al th mec'lng ,.f I the Missouri World's Fair comiuissinn to- day the resignation of E. C. Ward of Cape i Glianloau. Mo., as superintendent of the j division of forestry of the Woilds r Or. I was tendered and accepted Mr. Ward j slated that l e was so occupied in other 1 business that he deemed It best to relgi: I tho siipcrlntctidcncy. T. P. Russell a lui.-i-! hernial! of Cape Girardeau, Was appoint, d , to fill tlie vueinoy. NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED Relleicd that :ilU- Onlv Will Break the Deadlock at In IIiiihiioIIm. INDIANA POI. IS. March .' .-Tr.f i. int scalo committee of tha competitive 1100 is In this district met today and adtoi ri.. d tonight without effecting an igi. euieiit. V.'. D Ryan, chairman of the toint i!e ctanmb lee, said P night, lifter me adjourn ment f the meeting'. 'r-m the way things look I can see no way ot:l of t"i" " 1 ' - BLOCKADE OF HULKS Ent:aro9 to Channel at Port Arthur Part y Closed. NAVAL ENGINEERS ARRIVE AT SASEBO Eaj Sunken Shfps Were Succesufnllj Ex ploded from Torpedo Boitfc LAND ENGAGEMENT IMMINENT IN COREA Japs Land Troopi and Occupy Positions to Guiuniand Vladivostok. CONCENTRATING ARMY NEAR PING YANG t.enrral Movement o( Mikado's l.aad Forces Reported front Hasslaa "onrres. Indicating Pros pective Engagement. NAGASAKI. March 2 The Japanese hospital steamer, Kobe Maru, which ar rived at Saaebo on Monday with seventy one invalids. Including six naval engineers who were employed on board the vessels which were sunk at Fort Arthur, brings continuation of the reHrt that the at tempt to obstruct tho entrance to that har bor was partially successful. It Is re ported that the hulks of tho Hokoku Mnni and Bushlu Maru now block part of the channel. The explosions on board the steamers wore, caused by electric wires operated from the torpedo boat destroyers. hlch i.ftrrward saved the crews. Smperor Summons Dirt. TOKIO, March 2 The emperor late today Issued a rescript, countersigned by the minister of state, rummonlng the Diet to meet In cclal session on March lit It la not believed that tho session will last over ten days. Vladivostok In-vested. ST. PETERSBURG, March 2.-A dispatch from Vladivostok, dated today, says that ac cording to private reports from Vladivostok throe Japanese detachments of 800 men each recently landed nt Cblung Chan, Co rea, uboat Un miles north of Won San, with the supposed object of reaching the valley of the Tumcn river and threatening Hun Chun, Manchuria, nine miles north of the Col-can boundary und about eight miles west of Vladivostok. A fleet of ten Japanese warships was recently sighted tfep horizon nea'r Vlad ivostok. They were believed to bo reserve vessels, not powerful enough to blockade Vladivostok or endanger the Russian flret rlasH cruUcrs whoso base Is that port. Japanese Concentrate Troops. PARIS, March 2. Information reaching hero from oith-lal sources shows tho Jap anese concentration of troops Is going on extensively In the neighborhood of Ping Yung, Corea. Large forces nro debarking from transports at nearby ports, front which It Is assumed that an extensive land engagement la Imminent in northern Cores, Sappers and Miners pall. KOLPINO, Russia, March 1-The cora panlos of pontoon miners and sappers' were embarked here on trains today, bound for tho front. SUEZ, Maxell 2. The Russian armored cruiser Dlmitrl Donskol, which applied for permission to remain hero for repairs, has been alowed fivo days In which to complete the neoesary work. LONDON, March 2. A rumor was cir culated In the lobby of the House of Com mons today that Port Arthur had fallen. Tho origin of the rumor oouid not be traced and no confirmation whatever waa ob tainable. Troops W ell t lothed. ST. 1 ETERSBURG. March 2.Oeneral Soukotine, who Is ou hla way to the far cast, telegraphs to War Minister Sakharoff from Tomsk, Siberia, as follows: During my long Journey I saw sevetai divisions of troops. Their transport waa precluding In perfect order. The men were, I rovldeo with warm clothing. At Chelln btnsk everything la under, the close con trol of the military chief o? the district, who sees personally that the troops are supplied with warm garments. tlnlms Friendship of World. ST. PETERSBURG. March 1-The Kovoa Vremya today prints an editorial on thu Anglo-Saxon rejoicing In England and America at the reports of Japanese vic tories, In which It says "The whole world with those exceptions realizes that tho Russian occupation of Manchuria would benefit civilization." Russlnn Cruiser Released. PORT SAID, Egypt, March 2.-Tbe Rus sian cruiser Aurora, recently In the Red sea, left today for Candluk, island of Crete. One of tho five Russian torpedo boat de stroyers, which left here yesterday fot Algiers, has returned. 1.0 tor three more Russian torpedo boat destroy eirs returned here. Jtl'tM'.H: 1CPF.CTIG A ATTACK. Open Fire on Persuing Cossacks from Toners of Plna Vans. ST. PETERSBURG, March 2 -In a dis patch to the czar. Viceroy Alexleff suys: Admiral Stark, telegraphing from Port Arthur today, March 2. says tlie enemy did not appear off Port Arthur on either February 1, a" or March 1. Hecotinnlsances made by cruisers and torpedo boats over a radius of sixty miles from Port Arthur also fulled to discover the enemy's vessels. . Major General Pfiug. Viceroy Alexlcffs chief of staff, rrnda the following telegrum, dated March 2: According to additional Information, which haa readied me. our pilro;s having pi.ssed the night twelve vorsts (eight mllesi irom ping Vunp,. niaooatlicd that town on the morning of l-ibiuary .. They wer.t closely preislng a Japanese pitrol of seven o'lli crs. lieutenant Lot chn koff attacknl this i.trol with three 'Yssacks. fori ing It to retreat at u gallop toward tile gates Of Ihe town. iii presence of oar pniro's near Ping Yang caused jiieat alarm und soon th'. cueo.v . si arj'sh. et, rs manned tbi wall met tmyejs at d opi-nid lire, expecting an a'tacl.. A 1 curding to the report our pttro'a ai'irnaihed wltHn To paces of ihe town. iv 1 o h 1 hey Ion 10 1 lo lie sut rounded by both o-j i.ld !..'' I -!l)l rM. '.'hese. bow. v -r. v re l ot vet occupied bv 'lie eneriy and it Is ioK'd that tic Japanese hare lot more ih.'ii l.im 'in 11 In Ping Vji.g Tom: ni' 11is.1t vi i) 1 : fhikmim . Tetter I nderst a 11. II on I'uluts liver VAiileli I)' Tore nci's i'Alsled. r. i iJTKUSiil i '!. Ma.et. . The R. sla 11 ."..i: 11 .-,.1 . 1 . 11 1 .1- .r. j- t lie eo;t- I 1 ' V 1 lo. 1 '.: l e i,., .ft f 1. l.iUr.jn Ite- lU'.n the l .dttil rttilis :id 'he implre. The opil-.loll lu )Xiised lute that the t 0 i. iitilr.-s are i.ow on lit. eve of a hott I '.itiic'stunding of ih.- (ioin coi.cernlTig witch din", roiicci, I.b,,- , xieted. 'Ihe runi I .. 1 iir of rei ri;rln.itto:i. union Is progress--h ; hi u portl' n of the leys of both couu trie? is t .prec.ited and l: e t.o.errnn'iit hi r, h. .-ideally dls .vius rep visibility for the ;M"r:i nt is tf soni.- liin.l.i. p.iit.-:' IlKal'lst the I I I if , ule e,( 1 tint huc inflamed a poi th,n of :'.. A...ei '.. an pr-s against Russia. ' ".'al lo he n if. e I