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HAVOC BY THE FLOODS
Ohio Train i S ilV. ailO Pvvsnger Lot
Track of Ent . ly.
SEVERAL RIVERS ARE KIGH'.ST EVER KNOWN
Paji Before Wuhei On; Tr.'cke Will Ba
a'e for Travel.
TOWNS IN INDIANA ARE UND1R WATER
People Etcn:d from Toe.r Hexes by Fire
'' De.af.mett.
BUSINESS SJSPcK0:Q IN MANY PLACES
Coalition OronU Hoarly Mora Aa
STravatrd. Losses lane..!.., Thoa
ttadi Homeless 4 Crops
Bad Properly Drulrornl, m
TOUNOSTOWN, O.. Apttl l A pe lal to
the Telegram from Alliance, O., says: The
Cleveland & Pittsburg tr;tcks of the Penn
sylvania company are under wnter fur ten
miles south, while nil trams are lost here
abouts. The New York Limited, castbound,
Is stalled at Wooi.lei whll" another peen
ger train (tarlwl around to Pittsburg via
Cleveland hfls been lout trsirk of. The Ma
honing river at this point Is the highest
ever known und still nun. Washouts
Cl(Hf to Canton .have put tlir trucks In such
Diane, railroad men siiy It will be days he
fore trains can run. The big Pennsylvania
brtrtaje here, on which men have been work
ing for a year, went (lon Into twenty feet
of water Into the Mahoning river.
. . PfiJUA. O.. April 1. The hydraulic rannl,
which supplies this city with water, has
overflowed Its hanks ah a result of a ter
rific rainfall, and JOO residences In the west
ern and southern purtlons of the city are
surrounded by water today. A number of
manufacturing plantH hnvr been compelled
to close down as a result of the flood.
LIMA, O., April J.-The Ottawa river Is
higher than ever known and Is rising; six
Inches an hour. One-fourth of the city
Is under water. Communication between
North and Sjuih Lima Is cut off. Heavy
daman will result.
MARION, O., April 1. All streams In
Marlon county are higher today than since
the great flood ten years ago. Interurban
traffic has been stopped and houses are sub
merged here ax well as at Larue, Caledonia,
Waldo. Orei-ii Camp and Prospect.
Notify People lo Vacate Homes.
CELINA, O., April 1. The apprehension
' that has been felt today regarding the
banks of the Grand reservoir has Increased
tonight. The water continues rising.
A very large force of men Is at work to
night on the dam on the Cellna-slde of the
' reservoir. The- exodus of people from the
reservoir district tonight la very large.
These people know that If there is a break
at any point a great calamity will follow.
' The superintendent of the canal notified
the people occupying houses on the south
aide, of the Luke Erie & Wheeling railroad
to vacate1 at puto...Xbe railroad have-alao
large forcos of men bracing their culverts
against the dashing wab-ra. Besides the
" gangs of workmen, hundreds ore engaged
as watchmen and patrolmen, ready to give
, warning la case of a break-. .
OOSHEN, Ind.. April l.-Wuter In the
, Elkhart river tonight reached the high
water mark of 1931 ' People living on tlio
west side of the town have abandoned their
homes. Thousands of acrea of farm land
are Inundated.
Tows Coder 'Water.
TROT, O., April 1 -The Miami river to
day reached a higher stage than ever
known before. About noon the levee above
the state dam broke under, the heavy strain
and the water came rushing down upon the
city without a moment's warning. That
section of Troy known as Nineveh was soon
Inunduted and the water tonight stands
from fOur to six feet deep In the streets
The residents - were rescued -in boats and
many had narrow escapes from drowning.
I .Conditions 1st India aa.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April l.-The flood
conditions throughout southern Indiana and
southeastern Illinois are still serious.
The heavy rains of last night throughout
northern and central Indiana have added to
the danger. At Portland today the flood Is
worse than a week ago, when three lives
. were lost and 175,000 worth of property was
destroyed. Only three or four business
1 , houses are above water. The Wabash liver
Is higher than ever before, and in aome
places Is two miles from bank to bank. At
Peru there is another serious situation to-
day. The river Is rising rapidly.
Alexandria has the worst flood In Its his
tory. People were rescued from their homes
today by the Are department. The suburbs
are under water.
The Blue liver has risen three Inches an
, liour today at Moriistown and last week's
water record Is broken. All trains are an
nulled. -
Rockvllle la Isolated. At Marlon, Muncie
and New Castle the situation is almost as
bad as last week.
The crest Of the flood In the southwestern
purt of the state haa moved almost to the
Ohio liver and It Is believed that the rivers
will now carry oft the waters, which cover
several hundred thousand acres of valuable
farm land, without further damage. Hun
dreds of refugees from the Inundated dis
tricts were brought to Evans vl lie today on
ft special train sent out by the Southern
railroad.
Drowning ta Ohla.
CANTON. O., April l.-Traln service Into
this city has practically been suspended all
day. There are washout on all aides of
the city. Ralph Edelman, 13 years old, was
drowned In East creek this afternoon and
his body had not been recovered up to this
'evening.
OTTAWA, O., April 1. The flood situation
here la serious, the Blanrhurd liver being
out of its banks. The people In the lowe
sections Of the town have left their homes.
A. C McAdow. a liveryman of Ottawa, and
trunk Waruecke of Ottavllle were drowned
at Kalla, nine miles south of here, tbl
evening while trying to drive across a fill
to a bridge. The bodies have not been re
covered.
Fear for Artlnrlal Lake.
CELINA, O . April l.-.Mu.h apprehension
is felt around the Grand reeervoir. In which
the water has been riving rspldly during
the night. Most apprehension Is at the
other end. near St. Mary's. This Is the
largest artificial body of water In the
world, being ten ml lee long and from tw
.to four miles In width, and covering about
3ii.nO acres, lis banks are from ten to
twenty. five feet high, and it was con
utiucted en the summit between the Ohio
rlvvr and the lakes, so as to feed the
caual bo'h ways. Having outlets into
tho lisumee and .Wahah,' rivers, its waters
Cui.toutd on second Page.;
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TE v't OF HAGUE JRIBUNAL
Head of Board,
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8T. P, Vi-?BLP.'J. April 1-8:18 p. m
M. Mun ' minister of Justice, snd re
cently pi pf The llHgue arbitration
tribunal .rf' derided the Vcnesuelan
treaty. In his report to the emperor on
the arbitration proceedings, which occupy
several columns of the official messenger
today, exhaustively reviews the whole
controversy, devoting two whol? columns
to the squabble over the question as to
what language, English or French, thould
be used In the proceedings. The minister
expresses admiration for the speech of
Wayne MacVeagh. senior counsel for the
nited States, as an oratlral effort, but
says it contained a great deal of Irrcl--
vant matter of a political character, unlit
o be presented to such a tribunal, and de-
lares that the whole Issue was not dlffl-
ult nor complicated In Itself, but was ren
dered so by the political element In fusel
herein.
M. Muravieff concludes with expressing
he conviction that The Hague coutt, duo
to
the. Russian emieror'a Initiative, will
render invaluable servlrrs in the cause of
International ,are and saying he has
hopes the powers will make frequent use;
hereof.
riRR DRmnti havana kxphks.
nalarer Planars lata Oeean of
Kin me and Wreeks Train.
SANTIAGO. April l.-The Havana ex-
press on the Cuba railroad, due nt Santiago
t lt o'clock last night, ran into the flumes
mm one of the conipnnj's woodpiles which
was burning alongside the track at East
L Tunas. A sleeper, two coaches and an
observation car were burned. The mail.
bgcage and express consignments were
saved. No Passengers were inlured.
The rnnlneer of the train discovered the
Are on passing n curve and when It was
mpnsslble to stop the train he attempted
to speed through the flamea from the hurn-
ng ties, hut they had caused the rails to
spread and consequently the train, which
waa crowded with passengers, was derailed
i the rr.ldst of the flames.
Among the passengers was Toraaslne, the
Italian opera singer. All on board the
train escaped by the side of the cars which
were not Immediately exposed to the flines.
PRESIDENT DIAZ OPE.VS COMiRESS.
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Devotes Morn Attention to SanKnrr
Conditions In Mexico.
MEXICO CITY, April l.-Presldent Dlaa
opened cor (cress this evening, Lelng es
corted to the hall by the pre?ldcnt.al
guards. His message covered a perlcd era
bracing the past half year. Among other
things he referred to the circumspection of
the government In its international rela
tions and to the good accomplished by the
sanitation works at the federal capital.
The president devoted much attention to
sanitary matters and f hows that at Vera
Crua the authorities expect to stamp out
the yellow fever. The message says the
mining industry shows steady' progress;
that the railroads in Mexico have In the
past half year been augmented by 303 kilo
meters and that the postal and federal tele
graph sea Jkow.: . continual. Increase.
The- financial Condition ..of .the nation ?0a
satisfactory. Botk statnp taxes and custom
collections show an increase.
PIBLISHE9 POOR APRIL FOOL JOKE,
Paper In Rome Prlats raaard X At
tempt on Pope'a Life.
ROME, April l.An apocryphal plot
against the life of the pope, which was
reported In a London newspaper a few days
ago and promptly ridiculed 'by the. Vatican
authorities, had a sequel in an ill-timed
April fool" story, published by an In
significant newspaper here. '
This story was to the effect that two
anarchists, who Intended to make an at
tempt on the pope's life, had been arrested
at a door of the Vatican with bombs In
their possession. The Osservatore Romano,
the Vatican organ, most indignantly con
tradicts, the atory and points out the bad
taste of such a joke.
GETS
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REGICIDES.
Marderers of Predecessor . No Laaaer
' la Entoarane of Servian Klaar.
BELGRADE. Bervia, April 1. The "regi
cides question'1 is considered here to have
been finally settled, ail those concerned
in the palace murders having been' removed
from the klng'a entourage. A decree pub
lished today removed the last two, both
favorites of King Peter, namely, the no
torious Colonel Popovitch. -the king's first
aide-de-camp, who has been appointed com
mandant of the garrison at Belgrade, and
Colonel Bolarovtca, who becomes director
of the Military academy. The foreign
diplomatic representatives are expected
shortly.
DRUGS THIRTY THOl'IASD SEALS,
Grand Lake Ratarns from lea Fields
with Urie Catrh.
BT. JOHNS. N. F., April 1 The steamer
Grand Lake, which returned from the Ice
fields today with 80,000 seals, reports the
following catch:
The Virginia Lake, 21000; the Vanguard
and the Erie, 10,000 each; the Newfound
land, 15.000;' the Ranger and the Panther,
10,000 each; the Bloodhound, ,000; the Diana
and the Iceland, 8.000 each; the Southern
Cross, the Labrador and the Algerlne, 8.000
each; the Eagle and the Leopard, 1,000 each.
The seals raptured up to the present
time number 360.000, which probably will
be increased to 800.000 during April.
Arrival at British Exploration Boats.
LTTTLETON. New Zealand. April l.-
The British Antarctic steamer Discovery
and the relief steamers Morning and Terra
Nova arrived here today.
WINDING UP PACKING CONCERN
latlmated that Stroaa; latcreeta Will
Tako lateraatloaal Contpaay's
Chicago Holdtaa-s.
CHICAGO. April 1 A motion for with
drawal of a bill charging that over 81.000..
000 of the assets of tha International Pack
ing company had been "gambled away" by
the company's directors was granted today
by Judge Edward F. Dunne.
John C. McPheivon, receiver of the com
pany, was dlbihaiged and William H
Henkle. secretary of the Illinois Trust and
Savings bank, wss made receiver under
foreclosure proceedings started by the bank
to get possession of the International com
pany's properties in the stock yards.
It was estimated by Judge Dunne that a
deal will soon be completed whereby all
the company's assets, amounting to 8a.e00.
Quo, wilt be sold to a powerful stock yards
interest.
The closing of the deal. It, Is said, will
wind up the twelve years' operation of the
lutsi uattl.al Parking compaby, with a Jo
of ever KM.000.
KILL EXPRESS MESSENGER
Mai'fad Km Bob Oreron Express oil th;
Eoalhm Pacific
COMPEL ENGINEER TO CARRY THEM AWAY
Three Robbers Blow Car Open Ttltb
Dfaamlte and After Killing
Messenger Take oa
tents of Car.
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. April 1. - Three
masked men have held tip the Oregon ex
press, south hound, on the Southern Pb
clflc railroad at Copley, near Keswick,
killed W. J. O'Neill, the express messenger,
and carried oft the contents of the ex
press box. The train Is known as No. 15,
and stopped nt Copley, a small station,
for water. As the train came to a stand
still three men jumped on snd cut Ihe
train In two, taking thi engine and ex
press car down the trhek n short distance.
They stopped the engine and demanded
that Messenger O'Neill open the express
car. He refused, whereupon they nlw up
the express car wjth dynamite, and de
liberately killed O'Neill by shooting him
through the head. . The bnnjllts ihen
robbed the car of Its content, but t Is
not known how much they obtained.
After robhlnn the express, rtir the men
cut the car loose and. getting on the en
gine, -ompelled EnRlneer ."oelnk to ro
ahead When near Keswick, the men
f rnpped oft the enelne and disappeared in
the night with their plunder.
Men Were Sdvlcrs, I
REDDING, Cal., April 1 -It is evident
that the three r.rmed men who held up the
Oregon exprers and attempted to roh It at
Copely were novices. They took human
life without provocation and the method'
thesr employed to open the safes were ao
crude that they gained hut little plunder.
The particularii of the robbery were ob
tained when the train, minus the express
car, reached Redding. When 'he . train
pulled Into Copely the highwaymen
emerged from the brush. They first en
countered a trimp, who was attempting to
steal a ride. He was Jabbed in the libs
with a rifle muizle and made to. enter the
smoker. Meanwhile one of the robbers
knocked on the Joor of the express car.
W. J. p'Nelll, the Wells-Fargo messenger,
asked him some question. The reply waa
evidently satisfactory, because O'Nell slid
the door back about eighteen Inches, when
a rifle bullet was sent through his body.
It pnseed near hie heart and the nvseenger
fell back dead. O'Neill was not nt ned. He
evidently believed from what he waa told
that the knock came from a member of the
train crew.
1 Messengrer's Gnn Defeetlve.
Then whllo bne robber remained on the
lookout, the other two marched the engine
crew to tht express car. The robbers all
the time used vile language and discharged
occasional shots from their rifles. This ap
prised the passengers of what was going on,
but they remained in the cars and were not
molested. - - - v
When the express car was reached Col
ford, helper to Messenger O'Neill, awaited
their return with, a shotgun. He raised- the
.weapon -tind pulled the trlggef. The .car
tridge failed, to vxplode, when the -plucky
young fellow started to' put another shell
Into the gun. Then the robbers oovered
him with their rifles and commanded him
to lay down his gun or be killed Engineer
Blssell r.Iso urged Colford not to make a
fight, arguing that It he did they might all
be killed. The robbers now compelled the
two firemen and the brakeman to climb into
the smoker. Because, Brakeman Stone was
not quick enough one of the robbers hit
him over the head with a rifle. Inflicting a
severe scalp wound.
When the bandits found that Colford
could not open the safe they used dynamite.
first removing the body of O'Neill, which
lay near the safo.
There were two safes in the car, a heavy
thiough safe and a smaller local safe. The
locnlafe waa blown to atoms and the top
of the through safe was blown oft. Tiny
pieces of greenbacks and twisted coins cov
ered the floor. It is certain that the rob
bers did not get a great amount-of plunder.
although their blundering work may have
destroyed thousands of dollars.
BAN FRANCISCO. April I.-8. D. J9r
stow, superintendent of the western division
of the Wells-Fargo Express company, said
today that there waa not mjch p.oney in
the express aafes blown up by the rcbberi
at Copely. There were no valuables from
the east In the car.
Frank Rockwell, express guard, who was
'.dead-heading" through on the car that
was attacked, also attempted to shoot the
masked men after they had killed O'Neill
Rockwell says the rioney Is still In the big
safe, which remains unopened.
Money Scattered br Exploaloa
SACRAMENTO, Cal., April !.Conductor
De Pangher of the Oregon express, said
todiy:
When the robbers reached the engines
they ordered all of the men on the loco
motives to get down on the ground and
line up. and the men did so. The robbers
inarched back to the baggage car and made
all of us get In, with the exception of two
engineers whom they took back toward the
express car. They ordered Engineer Brls
mi 10 Knoca on ,me door or the express
cur, ana as ne aid so one or tne men said
Open the car. ' Mesaenatir O'Neill, avl.
dently thinking that we were having a
row with aome tramps, opened the door
to look out and waa shot dead, tie had
no chance for his life at all.
The fact that the robbers obtained noth
ing for their work waa because they put
too much of the explosive on the safe.
When the dynamite went off it tore away
the top and sides of the car and In con
sequence tho money in the safe waa
scattered rar ana wide.
Arthur Gendras, a resident of Santa Bar
bara, was riding in the
day coach
Just
behind the express car,
He said:
I was sitting In my chair reading, when
suddenly I heard three shots tired In aulck
succession. Soon more shots were fired
sna tnen a lerrinc explosion took place.
The door of our car was shattered and
window glass fell around us. A piece of
stevi webchlng about four Dounds buried
Itself in my seat a few Inches from my
head. The car was tilled with flying paper
and chunks of melted and twiated money
fell in all direction. One man whu was
sitting in the seat opposite me wss hit In
the head by a piece of dying steel snd
a deep gash was cut In hi seaiu. After the
explosion I picked up a handful of torn
plrcfs of greenbacks to Keep as souvenirs.
Every one in tne oar oio me same thing.
LABOR TROUBLES STOP WORK
New Gsflsad Rabbar Mills Shat Dowa
aad Carpeatera . la Iowa
Walk Oat.
BOSTON, April I. On account of not be-
Ing able to adjust wage scales. 1,000 men In
the building trades stopped work today In
New England. Seven thousand operatives
of th Boston rubber mills in Maiden were
thrown out of work by the closing of the
mills for repairs. ,
DUBUQUE. la., April 1. Owing to a re
fusal of the koasos for the demand of an
eight-hour work day Instead of nine hours,
and SO cents per hour, 80 carpenters went
on strike. Veiny. Cilldiiij muus are
at a standstill. ' '
southern Pacific changes
Clrralara Seat Oart Aaaoearlac that
the Sew ofllclala f the Ltae
Arc la Charge.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aprtf l.-Tho recently
announced changes In tho-South-rn Pacific
wen! into ctreer today. JuMus Kruttschultt
assumed Ids new position as director of
maintenance and operations, with head
quarters In Chicago. . He Is still In this
clly. but circulars Isiued by him today are
dated Chlcegn. One of these appoints G.
E. Markhsm-general manager of the lines
of the company west of El Paso. Tex., and
Wadsworth. Nev.. and south of Ashland,
Ore., with headquarters at San Francisco.
Similar circulars- frr-re telegraphed to
Omaln'. Fait Ijk. Portland and Houston.
One notified Ihoae It may concern that the
Slt l ake dlvMnn has been put under the
mngement of - W. H. Bancroft, another
tells of Mohler's appointment as general
manajrer of the. Cnlon Pacific lines east
of Green River." -another announces that
E. E. Calvin I gen-Tal manager of the
Southern Pacific lines In Oregon and still
another to Hnston confirms the appoint
ment of T. Fnyns general manager south
and. east of Kl Paso, with headquarters at
Ilrueton. '
General Manager Ttlerkhnm is at Hous
ton and will remain until relieved by Fay.
Ho will then come here to relieve Krutt
sehnltt. t
SALT LAKE CITY. April l.-That part
of the Centr.il Pacific rilrotd running
from Reno. Nev.. to Sacramento. Cal.; -will J
.I"". ,hP Are-""- nranogemcnt ,
W. H. r"nncmf as part of th
part ni iw "W"
n"UM ".u '"""' "'-
main ltn iUm I'lilnn Pirifli. from Grren I
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River, Wyo.. tf Cormne. Utah, and the
Central Pr.cif'c from Corlnne. as soon as
the legal obstacles can l.e removed, says
the Deserct Newj.
While ofTiclsl announcement is still lack
ing in Omaha.- report from Salt Lake
City came yeslejulay that the appointment
of E. E. Bucklna-hnm as genernl superin
tendent of the Oregon Short Line, pub
lished some days ago,, actually had been
ro:tde and that Mr. Buckingham had en
tered upon his ilflw duties. Mr. Bucking
ham's appointment was regarded as a
matter of considerable o'leatloii for several
days, owing chiefly to the direct and em
phatic statement of General Manager Ban
croft, who upon Ma departure from Omaha
for Salt Lake, declared there was nothing
In the report that Buckingham would leave
the Union Pacific; or go to Salt take City.
Tho position driven to Mr. Bucklngtiam. In
these reports 1 directly in association with
that of Mr. Bancroft as general manager
of the Short Line.
TWO PEOPLR KILLED BY TRAINS.
Brakeniaa Crashed at Klsnhall
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Woman at Chappell.
SIDNEY, Neb,. April 1. (Special Tele
gram.) J. W. Abrahams, aged 38 years, a
brakeman for James Sullivan on the Union
Pacific railroad, was Instantly killed this
afternoon at Kimball, Neb. He was on a
fast freight coming east,- when the train
broke (n two. Her endeavored to shut oft
the air from one" of the cars, reaching his
left hand on the alrcock. when the roar slack
of the train caught hlm. oompletely crush
ing his abdomen and braising- his left arlda.
Hla body was brou)r'(1,-eTia abn)med
by Undertaker Estriff, .and was xwutn th hla
home In CheyennevtonlgtU. Ho leaves a
wife and four children. Abrahams waa also
un extra conductor.
Overland limited train No. I on the Union
Pacific this morning ran over and killed
Mrs. laniera woman 70 years, old, near
Chappell, Neb. - She was standing on tha
track and evidently did not see the train
approaching. Her body was badly mangled.
Baptist Yessg People's Conveatloa.
HUMBOLDT, Neb.. April 1. (Speclal.)-
Delcgates from Pawnee. Nemaha. Johnson
and Richardson counties are in the city at
tending a two days' rally at the Baptist
Young People's union, which began' with
a song and praise service at 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon and ended at o'clock
this evening. The delegates were welcomed
in a neat address by Rev. J. T. Bennett,
pastor-of, tha local church, and response
was made by Rev. Ballard of -Pawnee City
The various subjects , of interest to the
workers along this Una are being taken up
and discussed and choice selections of
music is interspersed throughout the pro
gram.
Organise Farmers' Elevator.
YORK. Neb.. April l.i-(Special.) Farmers
and business men. of Lushton, this county,
became dissatisfied with the prices paid by
the company grain elevators at Lushton
and a mass meeting last week organised.
a Farmers Elevator association. The capi
tal stock is 810.000. divided In shares of IS
each. The secretary of the Farmers' Ele
vator company of York reports that at Its
last meeting It paid the stockholders a divi
dend of 8 per cent and act aside a nice sum
to the aurplus account
Tw Sentenced to Pen.
YORK, Neb., April l.-(Spedal.)-Judge
Good In dlstrlot court yesterday sentenoed
William L. Ashton to one year In the peni
tentiary and Louis Woodruff drew four
years. William Ashton- Is a young man
who some time ago worked for Harvey
Plckrell, a farmer living east of Tork, and
was convloted , of selling mortgaged prop
erty. Louis Woodruff waa charged with
statutory assault by Mabel Kerwood. At
Woodruff's first trial the Jury disagreed.
nee Railroad far Hay.
COLUMBUS. Neb.. April 1. (Special,)
Patrick Murray has brought suit In the
district xurt here sgalnat the Union Pa
cific and aaks Judgment In the sum of 14 0o,
which amount of damage he says he sus
tained last October by reason of a fire
which destroyed all the hsy on his land.
He also sues William Fox and Daniel
Hlnes, conductor and engineer of the train
which he says started the fire. Murray la
one of the wealthiest farmers In this part
of the state.
Mea Entertala Fair Sex.
TOBIAB. Neb.. April l.-(8peclaI.)-The
swellest social event of the season In
Tobias occurred last evening when nine
young business men of the town entertained
the Bachelor Girls' club with a hay rack
rids, followed by a banquet at the hotel.
Chareh AsTalra at Geneva.
GENEVA. Neb.. April 1 iSpeoial.)-The
revival at the Methodist Episcopal church
still continues and a mission Is being held
In St. Joseph's Catholle ehurcli. Good Fri
day services were held tonight In Trinity
Episcopal church. ,
Bajrlac Stack for Xarsery.
GENEVA. Neb., April L (Special, V-W.
T. Harris of Black Foot. Ida-, formerly
bookkeeper for Youngera 4k Co., fa In tha
city selecting a stock for bis nursery in
Idaho
- Aaa raatr Farm la Sold.
BEATRICE. Neb.. April l.-8pecial.)
Tho farm af George Wilkinson, located six
wines nnrtneaac of 'this city, waa sold yes
terday to Meary Ftsrichs for 7t per acre.
SUMMING IP DIETRICH CASE
Ommittta Ao irt'-y at Wen Preparing It
. Beptrt 'o tin Senate
FORT OMAHA MAY AGAIN BE UTILIZED
Baxter's Momlnatloa Expeeted to Bo
Speedily Coatrmed aad Dvelre of
All la that He Eater I pen
Ills Datles at One.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, April l.-(Bpeetal Tele
gram.) For two hours today tha Dietrich
Investigation cemmittee held a meeting In
the room of Its chairman. Senator Hoar.
The records sent to the committee by the
Department of Justice and the Postofflce
depurtment and which hnve not been made
a part of the printed testimony taken In
the case were reviewed by the committee.
Senators Piatt of Connecticut and Pettua,
who were appointed a subcommittee to sift
out the evidence having a -bearing upon
the Dietrich ease. InTormed their colleagues
they 1-ope to be reAdy to report their flid-
i Inas In the next few days, when the find
ings will he printed and attached to the
record already printed. The delay In this
n-.atter ha been due to the absence of
Senator Pettua. who wss called to Ala
bama ty the death of Representative
Thompson.
In ..JlnK . at.. 1 A It... a eta a
tlrDnrtmt, , oommunlestlona bearing on the
u,,, niMH-h hullrtlna and th. ra.
,mrt of the postofflce Inspectors, the entire
. - ' ...
testimony taken during the hearing of.wit
ncsses was gone over and It was generally
agreed that much of the testimony of wit
nesses was of such a character that It
ought to be eliminated as not being com
petent. The committee decided that this
Incompetent evidence should be sifted out.
bo that when the committee could get to
gether to report their conclusions they
might have before them tha complete
record
Senator Dietrich's Illness has also had
somewhat lo do with tha committer's delay.
but Juet aa aoon aa he Is able to see the
committee, which will not be later than
Monday next, the committee hope to be
In a position to make a report within a
fortnight at leaat.
Chairman Hoar stated tonight that the
committee was just as anxious to reach a
conclusion as the people of Nebraska were
to have the conclusion published. He hoped
'that condition would be such that some
thing definite would eventuate next week.
Fort Omaha Redevlrns.
The house of representatives agreed today
to an Increase of the signal corps, adding
too men to Its present complement. These
amendments as reported will make the
signal corps stand as follows: 132 first
class aergeants, 144 sergeants, 154 corporals,
662 first class privates, ICS privates, 24 cooks
and 38 master signal electricians. For the
next fiscal year for the .maintenance of
this corps, 8347,568 la appropriated, the num
ber of men and tha amount being asked
for by General Greely. With the passage
of thla amendment the hope of rehabilita
tion of FoM Omaha seems to b realised.
Tomorrow morning Senator Millard, who
has been most active In UTginw mpon tha
department the Importance of the govern
ment utilising: one of, the mwt Beautiful
garrisons In the country, will again aee
General Chaffee, chief of staff, and General
Greely, chief signal officer, and endeavor
to clinch the location of the school of In;
struct Ions for the signal corps at Fort
Omaha. In thla connection It may be said
that the secretary of war, chief of staff, and
General Greely have looked with favor
upon the rehabilitation of Fort Omaha,
It remains now, however, for the Nebraska
delegation to move In the matter of getting
the War department to maka definite ar
rangementa for the location of a permanent
school of instructions for the signal' corps
at Fort Omaha. ,
More Carriers for Omaha.
Captain H. E. Palmer, with Senator Mil
lard, had a long conference today with
postofflce officials regarding the needa of
tha Omaha postofflce. As a result of
their visit. Captain Palmer succeeded in
getting an order for five additional carriers
and eight additional mall clerks; carriers
to go on April 15, the date for the malt
clerks to begin work not being determined
upon, although Captain Palmer hopes to
hava them report for duty the same time
the carriers do.
Captain Palmer presented to the depart
ment figures that were exceedingly in
structive. He ahowed that the present
force of carriers, eighty-seven In number,
wee covering twenty-four and one-half
square miles In the city proper, and three
end a half square miles In Dundee and
East Omaha, making a total of twenty-
eight square miles, the Urgent number of
square miles to the number of carriers In
any city In the United States of compara
tive alxe. He then showed that Omaha had
the lowest ratio of extent In carrier service
of any city of Its slse. Postmaster Palmer
waa also fortlrled In his demand for ad
dltlonal carrier and clerkship ervlce by
showing the rate of Increase In building
permits in three months of 1902. 1903 and
i 1904,
For the first three months of 1902
building permits to the amount of 810.000
were taken out; for the same period of
1908 8188,000 were Issued; for two months
and twenty-four days in 1904. 8330,000, were
Issued.
With this showing and other reaaona
above referred to. the Poetofllee depart
ment realized that Omaha waa entitled
to the Increase authorised.
Chesses la Work Room. f
In addition to securing an Increase In
carriers and clerks. Captain Palmer and
Se.iator Millard called upon Supervising
Architect Taylor with a view of having
tho slate roof over the working room of
the potu office changed to glass. At the
time the old portion of the building wss
constructed sufficient light wss obtained
In the working room, but with the con
struction of tho new wing much of the
light ha been cut off. The arguments
advanced by Senator Millard and Captain
Palmer were conclusive to Mr. Taylor and
he stated that he believed he would have
money enmtgh out of the appropriation
for the completion of the building to make
the change suggested, which It is thought
will eoet In the neighborhood of 84.000.
Mr. Taylor will call upon the custodian of
the building for estimates to bring about
the change desired.
Protest oa Civil Service Bale.
In conjunction with his visit to Washing,
ton on matter connected with the Post
office department. Captain Palmer will
tske up with the civil service commission
the recent order made by the commission
making two districts at 8. Louis and
Chicago and two subdlstrtcts at St. Paul
and Kansas City. This action on the part
of the civil service commission, it Is as
serted, will work great hardships on tha
part of Omaha and ought not to be per
artttted to stand. Tnder the contemplated
chsngo all certifications will come from
either St louls or Chicago, whereas under
the present conditions eiljible register
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SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS
ladleatloas Japanese Lasses la Care
Were Greater Tha a Re
ported. (Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 1804.)
NEW TORK. April l.-(New York Herald
Service Special Telegram to The Bee.)
Tuklo sent out a report yesterday to the
effect that Vice Admiral Togo had madn
another attack on Port Arthur on the
night of March 30-31. But aa St. Petersburg
had not heard of the report and aa Viceroy
Alexleff waa at Port Arthur yesterday and
reviewed the squadron, the Toklo atory
I robably hnd no foundation In fnct.
That Japan'a losses In killed and wounded
In the Cliong Ju engagement were more
serious than reported in the original dis
patches seems to be proved by supple
mentary messages from Corea to Bt. Peters
burg. The Japanese wounded were con
veyed from the field by hundreds of Corea n
bearers and so distracted was the Japanese
force that on one occasion Red Cross flngn
were hoisted In fcskeh of surrender.
Russian cavalry, bne dispatch ststed. In
rnther had condition, was seen falling back
on the Yalu, where It is believed a stand
will be made nnd an Issue forced. f
New Chwang continued to discuss Its
martial law and the impression prevailing
among the local merchants wan that Russia
was well within Its rights, the only wonder
being that the martial law order had not
been Issued earlier.
From St. Petersburg and Berlin came an
additional report in regard to the purchase
of Hamburg-American liners by Russia, ths
dispatches saying that in addition to th
Fuerat Bismarck, mentioned yesterday, the
sale of the Great Deutschland and tha
Columbia had been effected.
THIXKS THR RUSSIANS MODERATE.
America Merchant Sarprlsed Martial
Law Xot Enforced Earlier.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 104.)
NEW CHWANG, April 1. (New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The
Bee.e-There la aome local exoltement about
the proclamation of martial law in New
Chwnng. The American and British consuls
asked the Russian administrator if he
claimed the right of arrest of British and
American subjects. The administrator aald
"Tea.".
A prominent British official here charac
terised the agitation for the retention of a
gunboat as "silly and undignified."
- A. Russian official told me tft ' consular
jurisdiction stilt remains effective except
in caaea of offenses coming within the scope
of martial law, which was declared In order
to give tho Russians greater power In
carrying out the desirable measures for
the protection of foreign residents.
.. A leading American merchant saya he Is
surprised that the Russians did not declare
martial law earlier. The Russians hitherto
have been extremely moderate and the
declaration Is absolutely Justified by the
circumstances. - '
New Chwang la splendidly policed, owing
to the efforts of tha Russian civil admlnls
trator.
RC9SIAKS SAY IT WAS A VICTORY
Claim that Japanese Saffered Heavy
Lose la Latest Fight.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 1. The fol
lowing semi-official dispatch has been re
oelved from Liao Yang:
Tn the first encounter -with the Japs-
nese in northern corea. wnicn wss
crowned with victory tor the Russian
arms, the enemy's losses were ten times
those of the Russia ns. According to Co
rean reports the Japanese burled fifty men,
while 120 wounded were removed with the
help of 500 Corea ns to the headquarters
of the Japanese main force. The confu
sion of the Japanese was so great that
they raised two Red Cross flags In token
of surrender. Throughout their war with
China the Jspanese never showed them
selves so distracted. The people here are
in high spirits over the news of the first
wiiiiam ngnt in corea.
Russia haa received satisfactory asaur
anoea from tha government of Egypt re
garding the passage of private ships
through the flues canal. The Inquiries on
the subject were prompted by report that
the Egyptian government contemplated
adopting measures, coutrary to th Inter
national canal regulations, which might
embarrass Russia in sending collier and
euppiy Mps to the fai east when th
Ball'0 fleet aalls for the Pacific at ths end
of June.
The Russians think the prusptct of the
maintenance of Chinese peqtrallty are
more reassuring, as tha Chinese warahlpa
are not going to New Chwang and.no more
Chinese troops are being concentrated near
the sons of operations. The best guaranty
of Chinese neutrality. It la added. I In the
fact that all the powers are Interested In
Its observance.
The emperor haa ordered Ihe Xorleta,
Varlag, Stereguschtchl and Yenlay to be
stricken from the navy list.
ACdliEKEI It Rl'IIIVI ACTION,
Report at "lew Chwaaa- that lotted
ftales Is Wlllla.
NEW CHWANG. April 1 -United State
Consul Miller today Informed tha cltlsena
of hla nationality of the United States ac
quiescence In the proclamation of martial
law by the Russian authoritlaa here.
The United States gunboat Helena leaves
Nt w Chwang tomorrow. ''The British gun
boat Eaplegle is awaiting additional In true
tlons. ,
Russian authority has been established
here without friction. There Is no apparent
alarm, although movable property Is being
partly removed. It la understood that Im
mediately after the eleven ships now here
are loaded the port and river will be closed,
as tbe work of providing for a- systematic
defense of New Chwang I progressing.
MANY JAPANESE REPORTED KIM JED
Mack SklrmUklaar Between Plas
Ts( aad Wl Ja.
LONDON, April 1. Ths correspondent of
tbe Daily Telegraph at Seoul reports that
there Is continuous skirmishing between
Ping Tang and Wl Ju and that many Japa
nese have been killed. The correspondent
adda that a Corean spy at Ping Yang has
been shot by the Japanese.
AlealeaT at Part Arlkar. '
PORT ARTHUR. April I Viceroy Ale
leff arrived her yesterday and waa re
ceived t by Vloa Admiral Makaroff and
other officials. He Inspected the ships In
the harbor end went on board the tor
pedo boat destroyer Silnl. which distin
guished itself ia tha latest attack by . the
.Japaoesa
WALRY FALLS BACH
Bavtra Defeat idmlnittered by Jipi Cental
B assign Troops Much Diitrm
CUT DOWN TELEGRAPH POLES FOR FULL
After Being Dhkdzed it Cbeog Ju A.
tacked at Tosf CI no.
ARE FORCED TO RETREATTOWARD UN SAN
Rosian Hortae Die on the Way for
Lack of rood
NEW ATTACK ON THE HARBOR REPORTED
Alleged that Admiral Togo Made aa
Attempt ta Close l tha Harbor
Darla tha Nlat at
March MX
SEOUL, April L-It has been learned
here that the Russian cavalry, In much dis
tress. Is retiring toward Wlju. They are
cutting down telegraph poles to ure aa fuel.
and their horses aro dying for lack Of
proper food. .
TOKIO, April 1. p. m. Information haa
been received her from a private source
thst the Japanese troops, after dislodging
the Russians at Cbeng-Ju (about fifty miles
northwest of Ping-Yang) on March I.
rested for one day and then advanced to
Yong Chun (about forty-five miles west of
Cheng Ju.) After a brief engagement there
they drove the enemy . further, north, tha
Russians retreating toward Un San, a town
eighty ml lea r.ortheeat of Yong Chun.
Report New Attack aa Port.
LONDON, April 1. 8:34 p. m.-A' dlspatc.lt
to the Central New from Toklo says Vice
Admiral Togo made another attaok on Port
Arthur during the night of March' 3n8t.
The dispatch adds that it la understood the
attack waa for the purpose of taking sound-
Ipg and ascertaining the effects ef the last
attempt to bottle up the Russian fleet.
No details of the attack are obtainable.
Brigadier General Allen, United Btatcs
military observer In the Japanese army.
returned here from Ping lYang. He says
the roads In northern Corea are In very
hard condition and that the Russians have
lost excellent opportunities to take advan
tage of the obstacle offered by the coun
try to oppose the Japanese advance.
General Allen believed It to be evident
that the Russians intend to make a stand
at tho Yalu.
Hyun . Yongg Un, who was at one time
Inspector for the Cores n railroad board and
who has resided in Japan for a long time
past, haa been appointed Corean minister
at Toklo.
ALEXIEFP HANDS OCT DECORATIONS.
Admiral at Vladivostok Bays Ha
BT. PETERSBURG, April 1.' Vloeroy
Alexleff la at Port Arthur on a tour of
inspection. He arrived there yesterday and.
hla stay will be brief, returning immedi
ately to headquarters. With dmlral Maka
roff"snd General Stoessel, respectively1,
commanding the ' Russian naval and, mili
tary forcee at Port Arthur, and General
fimyrnoff, he visited ihe battleships Petro- -pavlovak,
Retvlaan and Ciarevitch, tha pro-
tected cruiser Pallada and other ahlps In
the harbor, and tater conferred gold swords
of honor, with Bt. Oeorge ribbon. Inscribed
"for gallantry," upon ihe captain of tha
cruisers Bayan, Novlk snd Askold.
Lieutenant Newton A. McCully, assigned
as United States naval attache at the Rus
sian navy at Port Arthur, and Captain Wil
liam V. Judson of the United State engi
neer corps, who la to be attached to Qnerut
Kouropatkin'a headquarters, left her thla
evening, accompanied by Colonel Pnpdao(T,
the Bulgarian military attache, and two
Swiss attaches. They wli go direct to
Vice Admiral Alexleff headquarters at
Mukden, where their future movement
will be determined. Both the American
officers apeak in the highest praise of tha
treatment accorded them here.
Baron de Rosen, former minister to Japan,
arrived hers today.
There is a growing conviction In naval
and military circles that Vic Admlrnt
Togo'a desperate endeavora to bottle up of .
cripple the Port Arthur squadron ar tot
the purpoee of definitely immoblniinr it
while the Japanese effect a landing at New
Chwang or some other point.
Vice Admiral MakarofTa capture of a
Japanese steamer near an Island between
the extremity of tha Liao Tung peninsula,
and the Sban Tung peninsula prove that
he I watching the entrance of the gulf of .
Pa Chi LI. It i not believed the Japanese
will attempt to debark on the ahorea of tho
Liao Tung gulf while Makaroff'a fleet ia un
crippled. The Novo Krai of -Port Arthur, dated
March 8, haa just arrived her. It contains
a telegram from Captain Reltsensteln,
commanding tho Russian aquadron at Vlad
ivostok, referring to tbe Japanese attack
on Vladivostok, from which It appears that
his squadron waa not only In port when
the enemy waa alghted, but that It got up
steam, went out and engaged tbe Japaneae,
who turned tall, Captain Reltiensteln, aq
cording to his telegram to the commander-in-chief,
pursuing the Japaneee till I p. m..
when be returned to Vladivostok. He gives
the composition of the Japanese aquadron
aa follows: The battleship Fuji, tha armored
cruisers ldrumo. Yakumo aad Iwat and
the Togalno.
CORRESPONDENTS GO TO THE FROST
.
Japaaese Gaverameat Permits Re
porters to Aeeempaay tha Army.
TOKIO. April 1 Th flrt party of for
eign correspondents left Toklo for tha
front today. It conltd ot elxteen news
paper men, mostly British and Amerioan.
From here the party goes to Mojl. leaving
there April 8 on a Japaneae transport for
their destination, which 1 kept secret.
The order of the Japanese authorities
unleashing th correspondents wl joy
ously received. It ended a long alege on
tbe part of the correspondents In Toklo.
They appreciated the necessity for th
government maintaining secrecy In regard
to the movements of the troops and tbelr
disposition for the campaign, but the news
paper men chafed under their extended
Idleness.
'A crowd gathered at tha Shlnbaahi sta
tion, where the correspondents want on
board a train, and cheered the departing
writers. ,
The Marquis Ito returned hero today
from hla special minion to tha emperor
of Corea. He waa received at the rail
road station by the ministers and waa
granted an audience by tbe emperor f
Japan.
While It la denied that political signif
icance is attached to the mission. It doubt
less will cement the cordiality between
the Corean and Japan rcxirt r4 will
inspire the Corean emperor with ad
deuce In tU Intentions ef J,
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