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CHAMBERLAIN IS ILL
Diafdetinff Reports of Physloal Condition
cf Unionist Leader Come from Naples.
PICTURE SHOWS HIM TO BE OLD MAN
So? Tint Time in En Life tha British
Statesman Shows Age.
CANNOT STAND THE CLIMATE OF EGYPT
Compelled to Oo to Italy to AtoU Heat
of African Sun.
WINSTON CHURCHILL MAY BE LIBERAL
Parliamentary Circles Are Concerned
Is Prebeblo Artloa nf Mm
Wk Waa Insulted by
th Premier.
(Copyright. 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON. April 1 (New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) The disquiet
ing rumors again In circulation concerning
Joseph Chamberlain' physical state are
corroborated to a pertain extent by a pho
tograph of him and hla children taken In
Naples and reproduced In the Tattler hero.
Thla portrait makes Mr. Chamberlain aeem
very III. "peaked" and aged. In fact, for
tha flrat time ho look a like an old man.
The picture have cauaed much comment.
A special dlapatch waa received by a
London newspaper laat week which repre
sented that the reaaon why Mr. Chamber
lain left Egypt waa because the sun waa
proving too strong for him and gave him a
touch of fever. Thla dlapatch waa ahown
te Austen Chamberlain, who waa asked If
he had any Information to confirm or refute
It. Austen did not reply, one way or the
other. It la expected that Joseph Cham
berlain will be back from Egypt by April
17, when his aon, the chancellor of the ex
chequer, will Introduce In the House of
Commons hla first budget.
Churchill Mar Join Liberals.
Winston Churchill's treatment by hla fel
low unionists the other evening, when,
following ITemler Balfour's example, they
left the House of Commons when Churchill
rose to speak, has causd a heated contro
versy In parliamentary circles. Some
contend that It was a perfectly Justifiable
demonstration agalnat a politician opposing
AI own party. Others maintain that It
waa an unworthy manifestation of partlaan
Intolerance.
Churchill Is leas concerned about It than
tha disputants on their side.
Tha Intention clearly was to drive him
from the unionist party, but he says his
hand will not be forced by any auch tactics.
He will resign his seat and offer himself
for re-election as an Independent frea
trader. The liberals in the Oldham con
stituency will support him on the ground
that he advocates free trade. Without
pledging himself on any other point of tha
liberal . policy. It ta believed that he cer
tainly will go over to the liberals in tha
next Parliament, despite the strong family
Influences pulling him back, and that ha
"wtll undoubtedly have a great career be
fore him on the liberal aide.
VOWS ARE TO BE TEMPORARY
Pop lasas Decree Making; It
. Easier for Religion
Lave Order.
(Copyright 1904. by Press Publishing Co.)
ROME. April 1 New York World Cable
gramSpecial Telegram.) The pope haa de
cided that greater care must be taken be
fore admitting the members of the religious
orders of the church, males and females,
to tha profession of solemn vows. This
reform Is due to the many petitions that
have reached Rome from all parts of the
world asking for dispensation from solemn
vows taken without due reflection and soon
repented of.
A decree la to be Issued that nuns shall
be admitted to their profesalon only after
a period of probation lasting several years;
that after their novitiate Is ended, they
shall be bound only by simple vows, which
can be easily dispensed by every bishop, la
order that, should circumstances render
necessary their return to the world, they
may not find themselves bound 'by their
vows for life.
Tha same will be ordered in the case
of male religious associations, who will not
be allowed to take th solemn vows except
when promoted to th priesthood. The
simple vows allowed by the papal decree
ar not to b perpetual, but binding only
for a shorter or longer period of years,
COLOMBIAN TALKS OF WAR
aalal Agent la France Says
Caaal Cm ta hot
Ended.
PARIS. April t -Judge Holguln, financial
agent of Colombia, who waa on of th
parties Instigating tha recent suit against
th Panama Canal company, said today:
W Intend to appeal and If that falle we
1 1 I B 1 L 1 1 1 tl . 1 . A.. . . I ...
jiaJW, U all the French courts refuse ua
1 .i ' , . i,u""" a manifesto
to the world, explaining that It la the
Vict tin of odious spoliation which compels
It to resort to arms. When the American
squadron at Colon and Panama are with
drawn Colon bian foroea will invade the
rebel Republic of Panama and make war.
Holguln'a remarks ar In marked con
trast with th pacific Intentions which
Ueneral Reyes declared In an Interview
March X, previous to his return to Co
lombia. tValks Hlghteea Miles la Her Sleep.
Copyright by New York Herald Co., 19M.)
LONDON. April t New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.V-,
An extraordinary case of sleep walking Is
reported In that of a young servant girl.
She went to bed tbs other night In her
employer s house at Poughton, Suffolk, and
when she woka up eh found herself on
Mousehold Heath. Norwich, eighteen miles
away. On a former occasion she took an
other night walk In her sleep, waking up
to find herself fully divssed. In Cromer,
several miles away from where she had
gone to.aleep.
Sir Thomas Urtos la th Riviera.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904 )
NICK, April : -(New York Herald Cable
gram Special Telegram to The Bee.) Sir
Thomas Upton. In his yacht Krln, rounded
th Island of Cannea thla afternoon and
Cropped a boat party, which disappeared
tn tha twilight. The party Included Elisa
beth. P.tnccas Ie t roy, Mra. and Miss
..wonn, suss vua, suss Henderson
nd Mrs. Henry Blgel. The Krln Is now
, anchored at Ville Franc he. Sir Thomaa
,- . lion's other guests are Mrs. George Kep
tV, Lady How and Lord All&gton.
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RHINOCEROUS ATTACKS TRAIN
Oeta the Worst of the Encounter,
bat la Denaat t th
Last.
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LONDON. April 2. -(New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Advices from
Zanzibar, East Africa, say a "collision''
has occured on the Wyanda railway. Hrlt-
Ish Eaet Africa, that would be possible
nowhere else on earth. A huge bull
rhinoceros rushed from the bush and
charged at full speed at the so-called
"up mixed" train, which was slowing
down, February II, as It approached th
station Sultan Hamond, 21S miles from
Mombasa, on the coast, where the rosd
starts. It waa still dark, Just before day
light. The train was traveling eight or
ten miles an hour when th Infuriated
pachyderm attacked It on th flank.
Perhaps the great brute had been aroused
from sleep by the greater monster, whose
one big shining eye nearly blinded him.
Hut the rhinoceros, lord of the region,
caring nothing for the huge bulk of the
unknown Intruder, hurled himself upon It.
The engineer felt a series of shocks, of
which th first was so violent as to throw
tws passengers from their sleeping berths
to the floor. The train was stopped and
the passongers turned nut. most of them
in their "robes of night" end stjgie of
them badly scared. The "rhino" was
discovered about MO yards down the trark.
Th Impact with the train had felled him,
but had not cooled hla rage. Slowly he
raised himself and stood defiantly shaking
his head.
Some of th more "sporting" passengers
got thejr rifles and opened fire on the
rhlnoeeroe. but th light was uncertain,
and probably.th mighty beast waa not hit.
Slowly he returned to the jungle and waa
lost to eight. He did not escape un
harmed from the strange encounter, for
pieces of his thick skin were found adher
ing to the train. But the fierceness of
his assault smashed the engine step and
splintered the Inch and a half thick foot
board of th first carsld.
Life on the Wyanda railway, which pene
trates the wildest" of Africa, Is always suffl-
clenly exciting. When the road wtoa build
Ing In 1899 man-eating lions pusued the
native laborers With much appetite. The
laborers refused to work until a stockade
was built around them. Nevertheless, the
hungry Hons carried off several men. In
cluding a European railway official.
DIG. UP ANCIENT ARTILLERY
Weapon of the Day a of Roma la
earthed la the Vlctxfty
of Mets.
(Copyright, 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
METZ, German Lorraine, April 2. (New
York World Cablegram Special Telegram.)
Several catapults, ancient engines of war
such as were used at the sleg of Troy and
in the campaigns of Julius Caesar, have
been dug up here from ground where Ro
man legions, Oerman warriors, Gaelic
tribes, vandal hordes and Invading Huns
In turn fought great battles. Though much
has been written about catapults, few have
ever been found to give an accurate notion
of that primitive artillery. These, exam
ples are rude and ridiculous In - modern
eyes, though they were formidable Indeed
In their day.
They consist of wooden frames or scaf
folds In th fashion of a monster crossbow,
with a sort of trigger to bold th leather
"string" until the proper moment to let It
loos to drive at th enemy an arrow, a
spear or a piece of rock. - The catapults
are a striking object lesson on the progress
made In th art of war, especially In ord
nance. Projectiles used In th experiments
mad by the Lorraine society of Mets
were hurled W0 feet. On of these pieces
of artillery of th great Caesar's pride
would cut an Insignificant figure beside th
130-ton gun on Bandy Hook, which throws a
2,400-pound aixteen-lnch projectile twenty
one miles more than 100 times as fast aa
the catapult sends a bit of wood or stone.
EXGLAKD DEPLORES SLAUGHTER.
Extremists Regard Yooughuaband'a
Mission aa a Jameson Raid.
LONDON. April 2.-Th slaughter of
Tibetans kills such waning Interest as still
exists In London In the Japanese and Rus
sian struggles. The news of the wholesale
bloodshed excites, aa a general rule, a feel
ing of depression, because the average
Englishman scarcely sues that It was neces
sary and because there Is general appre
hension that it may lead to complications
with Russia.
Th extreme liberal, papers seized on the
slaughter at Gurus as on of th worst
blots on th history of England. The News
declares that no more "wanton or dis
creditable business has been brewed by our
pro-consuls In India since th tlnr, of Lord
Lytton."
Other papers of the same political views
describe Colonel ITounghusbund's mission
aa another Jameson raid. The government
organs, while expressing the regret felt In
official circles that such an event occurred
at thla moment, reiterate Foreign Secretary
Lansdowne's assurances to Russia that
Oreat Britain hue no Intention of annexing
Tibet.
The Russian minister at Peking Is not ex
pected to let the Incident puss without
drawing some comparisons that will
scarcely be favorable to British policy to
wards the Chinese government. Colonel
Younghusband has seventy-live miles more
to travel. It is thought that he may not
be permitted to proceed even to Uyangt.te,
which la 10 miles from Lhassa. But in
any case It can be taken for grunted thitl
the government will do everything in its
power to prevent a repetition of the bloody
scene at Guru.
Younghusband's escort, however. Is pre
pared for all eventualities, and If the step
Is considered advisable, the force Is prob
ably strong enough to reach Lhassa and
there establish such control of affair as
might be thought necessary.
KMC WILL PROLOSG HIS VISIT.
Believe Edward Desires te lagaeac
Russia for Peace.
COPENHAGEN, April 2. King Edward
will prolong hia visit until April 18. The
extension of his stay, it Is thought. Is due
to a desire, to Influence the Russian govern
ment from Copenhagen in the direction
ef peace. On the morning of April 4.
King Edward will receive the members of
th diplomatic corps. Today he hsd a
long audience with the premier.
Princess Demidoff., wife of theaecretary
of the Russian legation, la suffering from
appendicitis. King Kdward has sent for
Sir Francis Henry Laklng, physician In
ordinary to the king, to atteud the prin
cess. Queen of Hollaad Goea Sootb.
TUB HAGl'E, April 1 -Queen Wllhel
mlna and her husband. Prime Henry, will
atar April 4 for Italy, where they will
apend a snonth for th benefit of tb
uvea's health.
JAP STORY OF FIGHT
Lieutenant Telle of the Initial Engagement
of the rieeti at Port Arthur.
NONE OF THE TORPEDO BOATS DAM'
Merchant Ship Later Iir
Buooets p'
ADMIRAL
DECIW. jse
iOMBARDMENT
Follow Taotios of Dwey in Hie Engage
ment at Manila.
SEVERAL OF THE, SHIPS ARE STRUCK
Russian Shells Appeared to I .sick Ex.
plosive Power and No Serious
Damage Waa Done A ay
of the Teasels.
(Copyright, 1904, by Press Publishing Co l
VANCOUVER. B. C, April 2-New York
World Service Special Telegram.) (By
Steamer from Nagasaki, March 16.) Graphic
accounts of the fighting at Port Arthur, In
which the Japanese surprised the Russian
fleet and torpedoed four warships, and of
the engagement of the following morn
ing, arc furnished me by a participant and
two eyewitnesses, says Edwin F. Merson,
Jr. Lieutenant Matxumura, staff officer
of the Japanese squadron under Admiral
Togo, waa himself wounded in the first
five minutes of the general attack. The
scenes In Port Arthur when the attack
began are narrated by an American and
an eyewitness.
Lieutenant Matsumura's account follows:
"All preparations for action had already
been made, the men-of-war were painted
gray and all officers had tried their pre
paratory Instructions when our squadron
at Sasebo on the night of February 6th re
ceived orders to proceed to Port Arthur
and Chemulpo to find and attack the Rus
sian squadron. Vice Admiral Togo, commander-in-chief
of our squadron, that night
summoned the divisional commanders of
the squadron to his flagship, Makaaa and
held a council until dawn of February 6.
Thereupon the flrat, second, third and
fourth fleet, with 1orpelo boats and tor
pedo boat destroyers, left Sasebo. Next
morning when the squadron reached Nine
Pin Rock ,we discerned th smoke of two
steamers. The Tatsuta waa dispatched
after the nearest on and presently came
back with the captured Russian man-of-
v$ar Russia. At this I her was great en
thuslasm on our ships and with much
laughter and Joyful exclamation our men
remarked, 'Russia has fallen.'
Fleet Is Divided.
"Our warship assembled off Mokphl in
Cores. The scout ship, Asa hi, reported
that five Russian warships were assembled
Just outside the harbor of Port Arthur.
At 4 In tha afternoon Admiral Togo dis
patched the fourth fleet under Rear Ad
mlral Uryu to Chemulpo with Instructions
to protect the lending of our troops there.
They were expected to engage any Russian
.warships they might encounter. . . As they
steamed away amid the martial strains of
the marine bands playing the Japanese na
tional air -oiv the-deck of th Mlkaaa and
tdsumo, Admiral Togo hoisted the signal:
. "'W wish you success.'. . .
"Rear Admiral Urlus flagship replied:
Thanks, for your kind wishes.'
"Our main force steamed for Port Ar
thur. Th night waa spent In reconnolter
tng, every vessel being on guard with the
crews at , their quarters. The seas ran
high; It waa bitter cold . and the men
of th torpedo flotilla suffered terribly,
"The morning of February 8 dawned very
clear. Our squadron did not steam straight
for Shan Tung promontory leat we should
be observed by the Russians, but made
for Uuntao, the third fleet reconnoltering.
Th first snd second fleets, flanked by de
stroyers, followed.
"At 6 In th evening It was decided that
the destroyers should mak th flrat at
tack on the enemy. The commander-in-chief
signaled:
"Blow up the enemy's ships, I wish suc
cess to all.'
"Some wig-wagged back. "Shall strike
them, though they sink us.'
"On, their departure tha crews of all
our warships lined th decks, standing at
salute.
"The first, second and third detachments
of the torpedo flotilla made for Port Ar
thur, while th fourth went to Dalny. Th
main squadron steamed In th direction
of Ch Foo.
"Tha torpedo detachment that went to
Palny taught tip with our squadron pres
ently and reported that there were no
Russian warships there.
"Those that went to Port Arthur found
the enemy In the middle of the night, lying
Just outside th harbor entrance. The
light house showed Its light, but there
were no fleet lights. They discharged
a number of torpedoes at cloae range.
"They wer fired upon by th Ruaalana
without sustaining serious damage.
Nob of Ships Hit.
"On their return they reported that they
had aucceeded In torpedoing four big war
ships and that two had shown signs of
sinking. Our squadron, supporting the at
tack of our torpedo flotilla In the dark,
came under a heavy, long range bombard
ment of the Russian shore batteries on the
high hills at either side of the entrance,
but none nf our ships were hit.
"Throucliout ' the night our squadron
maintained ts position end original line of
the formation, with no lights showing. A
sharp lookout was kept for our returning
torpfdo boats and for a posslhle Russlun
counter attack. The enemy contented him
self with firing wild from his land bat
teries. "Admiral Togo at once determined upon
a genersl attsck. The whole squad-on was
concentrated and steamed toward Port Ar
thur. While advancing our cruiser Ta
kasagn captured the Russian merchant
steamer Manchuria.
"The command to atttck waa signaled at
11 !n the forencon cf February Luncheon
waa being served. Admiral Togo, sitting
at mess with the officers of the flagship,
wsp Just clinking glasses with his officers
when the lookout reported the enemy's
ships In sight. We sll arose and pledged
the health of his majesty, the emperor.
The next moment we were on the bridge
and saw the enemy at a distance of ten
meters (about fourteen miles.) Golden Hill
was observed at noon. Thick amoke was
arising from the funnels nf half a dosendn-k
warships. Through my glasses I could dis
cern the colors of many fluttering Russian
standards. As these ships came hull tin
we could see behind them, lying under the
protection of the first, two stationary bat
tleahlpa stsndlng on uneven keel.
Steamed la Form of Ellipse.
"Our flagship, the Ulkasa, steaming firm
in line ahead cf the formation at 4 apeed
of alx knnta, fired the first shot Our line
of battle swerving to port at slackened '
tCoo tin tied oa Fifth Page.)
STRIKERS DELAY PANAMA WORK
Railroad Laborer Have Snaoeaded
Operation t'ntll t nlted States
rommlssloners Arrive,
PANAMA. April 2 A meeting of the
railroad laborers on a strike was held last
night, at which the result of the Interview
of the four delegates with President Am
ador yesterday was explained, the sub
tsnce being that It was agreed to await
the arrival of the cnnnl commissioners
here before taking any further steps.
Three steamers at LnBoca pier and one
in the bay are waiting to unload, and a
similar state of affairs exists at Colon.
Only alxty men went to work today, the
West Indian element refusing to await the
arrival of the cars. Some marines were
landed this morning at LnBoca.
Rear Admiral Glass, In command of the
United States Pacific squadron, which ar
rived here yesterdny, and Superintendent
Shaler of the railroad conferred with Presi
dent Amador at 10 a. m., and the admiral
agreed to withdraw the marines, who were
replaced by Isthmian regulars. The, gov
ernment has sufficient numbers of troops
and policemen to meet the situation and
afford protection to the railroad. No serious
disturbance la expected.
DO PATY DK CLAM I TROt RLE.
Told He Maat Surrender State Papers
on Be Prosecnted.
PARIS, April 2. An exciting scene oo
curred today before the criminal chamber
which la Investigating the Dreyfus case.
Colonel Du Paty de Clam in testifying said
he had an analytical summary of the secret
documents submitted to the court-martial
which condemned Ireyfus. Attorney Gen
eral Baudouln thereupon demanded the
submission of the summary to the criminal
chamber and the colonel asked for time
to consider the matter. The attorney gen
eral then announced that If the document
was not submitted he would prosecute
Colonel Du Faty de Clam for Illegal deten
tion of stats papers. The witness asked
for time to consult with General Mercler,
the former war minister, to which the at
torney general replied that General Mercler
would also be prosecuted on the as me
cl.arge If the document waa not submitted.
The analysis Anally was turned over to
the chamber.
ARRESTS NEW YORK MA" I PARIS,
It la Alleged that He Embessled Funds
from Shirt Company.
PARIS. April 2 A. L. Drummond, for
mer chief of the United States secret serv
ice, today arrested isaao Nebenzahl of New
York on a requisition from the State de
partment at Wnshlngton on the charge of
embezzlement. Nebenzahl, who formerly was
manager of the Excelsior Hhlrt company of
New York, disappeared laat May. It was
claimed that his accounts were $32,000 short.
Nebenzahl offered to return to the United
States. He said he had lost 2100,000 specu
lating In Wall street
NEW YORK. April 2. Neither the local
police officials nor the United States dis
trict attorney's cfflc know of any of the
details of the charge of embezzlement
against Nebenzahl, and the matter was
placed In the hands of private detectives.
Within the laat few months th shirt com
pany haa gone out nf business.
LAY HEART BY NAPOLEON'S TOMB.
French Warrior D'Aavergrne Honored
Centnrys After His Death.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
PARIS. April 2 (New York Herald Cable
gram Special Telegram to The Bee.) Th
heart of the celebrated French warrior,
Captain Male de la Tour d'Auvergne, a
hero of the first empire, who was killed on
the field of battle at Oberhausen on June
27, 1800, and who Is called the "First Grena
dier of France," beoauae he refused to
betray the cause of the republic and follow
his superior officers who Joined the enemy
with the emigres, waa laid this week beside
the tomb of Napoleon I, in th Invalldes,
with great pomp.
The entire garrison of Paris and the
president of the republic were present and
a stirring speech was delivered by General
Andre.
BRITISH , OTTOX TRADE SIFTERS.
Wag Loss Doe to Crop Shortage Is
Nearly Seven Millions.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
LONDON, April 2. (New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.)
The dlaastrous effects of th shortage in
the American cotton crop on the spinning
Industry in Lancashire have come to auch a
pass that, on th suggestion of the duke
of Marlborough, monthly meetings are to
be held In th colonial office to discuss
measures for the promotion of cotton grow
ing in the-British colonies. A report pre
pared by C. W. Macnra, president of the
Federation of Manchester Cotton Spinners,
demonstrates the seriousness of the situa
tion. He estimates that since "short time"
in the cotton mills started In January last
the wage earners of Lancashire .have lost
l,376,OUO (16,875,000).
SCIENTISTS ARE MICH INTERESTED.
Await with Impatience the Report of
Exploration In the South.
LONDON. April 2. Th success of Cap
tain 8cott of the British untarcttc ateamer
Discovery, now at Lyttelton, New Zealand,
In getting within 500 miles of the aouth pole
and bringing out his expedition in safety
after an absence of two and a half years,
with the loss of only a single life, calls
out much congratulatory comment In the
newspapers. The captain's Interesting nar
rative to tli Dally Mail, the substance of
which waa cabled to the Associated Presa
tills morning, and ther details published,
huve whetted the appetite of the scientists,
who are eagerly awaiting fuller informa
tion In regard to the results obtained, it u
hardly anticipated, however, that much
more will be given out until Captain Scott
reports to the Royal Geographical society.
SEVERE KlUHTIMi 1 II MATRA,
Over Five Hundred Arhlaes Killed
la Battle tlth Dutch.
AMSTERDAM. April I.-A dispatch to
the Telegram from Kota Raja, Island of
8 u ma tra. today announced that a column
of Dutih troopa operating in Achln,
northern Sumatra, engaged a atrong, en
trenched body of Achines In the GaJoclo
cas district, with t lie result that M Achl
nei were killed. The Dutch Iot three men
killed and twenty-five men wounded.
JI!HIEZ STARTS FOB SEW YORK,
Leader
of the Inanraeat la mm m
Serrrt Mission.
ST. THOMAS, 1). W. I.. April 2 -General
Jlmlnei, Dominican revolutionary leader
atarted tonight for Porto Rico, whence he
will proceed for New York on a secret mis
sion. Reward for Haadits
SAN FRANCISCO. April 'As s reward
for the rapture of the Reining train ban
dits, the Houthern Pacific nfftr -J6' Wells
Fsrgo Express touiauy and lb slat
MAY MAKE FREE PORT
Plant of the Baniani Beganling Vladi
Toetok After Wit wi.h Japan.
RUSSIANS ARE ENTRENCHED AT Wl JU
Camp Haa Two Thousand Treopi, Wading
Corneal and Infaatr.
ALLEN WILL LEAVE C0REA FOR MANILA
General Allen Beoen j Stopped by Japi at
Ping Yang.
CHALLENGE IN LORD CURZON'S WORDS
Speech of the Viceroy of India la
Slaalacant and Attracts Much
Attention at St. Peters
bora;.
VLADIVOSTOK, April 2.-Twelve of the
customs officers at Vladivostok have been
withdrawn and sent to Irkutsk. This Is the
first step In the direction of closing the
customs house here because of the poor
trade prospects In consequence of the war.
It Is expected here thut Vludlvostok will
be declared a free port after the conclusion
of the war.
Russia Sera British Challenge.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 2.-A Toklo
dispatch received here reporting the mem
bers of the United States legation there us
making enthusiastic speeches on the oc
casion of the Terry banquet given at Toklo
March 31, arouses much comment here in
favor of President Roosevelt'a proclamation
enjoining the strictest neutrality of word
and speech on the part of all government
officials.
The speech of the viceroy of India, Lord
Curzon of.Kedleston. March 30, at Cal
cutta, when he reviewed the last five years
of Indian administration and referred to
the governments watchful policy, attracts
more attention than Colonel MacDonald's
victory at Thibet. It wus considered to
have be.en especially Inopportune Just at a
time when English baiting In Russia Is
decreasing, as it tends to revive animosi
ties, but, coming from Lord Curzon, the
words carry less weight, perhaps, than
they would from other quartera, as he ta
looked upon as having hi own policy for
India, as Cecil Rhodes had for South
Africa.
The Bourse Gazette in an editorial en
titled, "A Voice from India," says: "All
of Lord Curzon's speeches have the funda
mental Idea of the shadow of Russia on
the Indian frontier. Lord Curzon says:
" 'We do not want Thibet, but no other
country shall have it.'
"Lord Dufferln said the same thing about
Nepaul, Burmah and Kashmid. b..tlsh
arma have already carried death Into
Thibet, which is part of the Chinese em
pire. The purpose is to take Thibet and
run a railroad; through China, so to be
able to plac troopa ther quickly. We
wonder how France, In favor of th pro.
Jected Anglo-French entente, will take Lord
Curzon's avowal of th designs character
ised on southern Persia and 81am."
The editorial concludes: "Th power hav
ing interests In China will do well to
meditate upon these things."
The Bvet, while acquitting 'Great Britain
of responsibility and declaring that th
British government Is correctly observing
neutrality, expresses astonishment at the
speech of Lord Curzon, "Whose words ring
like a challenge."
Official circles view Lord Curzon's speech
with equanimity, where It Is said It will
occasion no concessions by Russia,
For the present no action is even contem
plated, and if any protests are made now
they will come from China, not from
Ruasia.
ALLEX LEAVES COREA FOR MANILA
American Officer Who Waa to Stay
with Japanese Army Quits.
SEOUL, April 2. Brigadier General H. T.
Allen, United States military observer with
the Japanese forces, Is about to start for
Allen was recently stopped by
th Japanese authorities at Ping Tang
with the request that he go no nearer the
Japanese outposts, and the correspondent
of the Daily Mail at Seoul reported two
days ago that th Japanese had requested
General Allen to return from Ping Yang
to Seoul until such time as they could pro
vide fitting accommodations at the front
for the military attache. General Allen
Is chief of the Philippine constabulary, i
' A pack train carrying specie to the Amor,
lean gold mines at Unaan, which had been
held by the authorities south of Anju, haa
been released and permitted to proceed.
The mining company does not anticipate
any further difficulty in Its transportation
operations.
Kim Ka Jin has been appointed COrean
minister of foreign affairs, following Pak
Che Sun in this office. Pak Che Sun was
until recently Corean minister to China.
Before the office of foreign minister wus
given to Kim Ka Jin It was declined by
Pak Che Sun, who said he did not wish to
officiate.
According to statements made by the
Corean s they are utilizing trained doga to
act as messengers and order bearers.
The circulation here of counterfeit S-yen
notes Is causing Brest annoyance.
Kim Ka Jin is a very prominent man In
Corea and haa In the past been head of
aeverat ministerial departments. H waa a
member of the progressive party In 1881.
He waa until very recently chief of the
privy council, but he has not enjoyed high
favor because of his progressive principles.
JAPAlf KNOWS N At GUT OF A FIGHT
Doe Not Think Fleet Mad Fourth
Attack on Port Arthar.
TOKIO. April !. Tli Navy department
has no Information concerning th reported
Japanese attack on Port Arthur, March
30-31. and the officials doubt that a gen
eral attack occurred. It waa added that
It waa possible that a few Japanese cruisers
are in the vicinity of Port Arthur and that
there may hava been an exchange of shots
with the Ruaslans, but It la certain that
the main Japaneae fleet was not engaged
at the time referred to.
Society Will Aid OtBeers.
MOSCOW, April t Th economic mili
tary society has made arrangements to
establish branch stores wherever detach
ments of Russian troops operate In the
far east, which will sell articles of per
sonal need to officers at coat prlc.
Quiet at Port Arthur.
PORT ARTHUR, April 2.-A1I Is quiet
here and there Is no change In th situation.
The weather la warmer and the alck and
wounded are making good progress toward
recovery. Th Japanese who wtr killsd
THE BEE BULLETIN.
r oreeasi foe Nebraska Fair Sunday I
Warmer In ortl and East Porllonai
Monday Fair.
Paa-e.
1 Joseph rhaniherlatn I III.
Japanese Tell Story nf the Flaht.
Vladivostok May He Free Port.
Mikado's Second Army Moves.
8 from Iowa's Capital.
Murdered Man ot Identified.
S Paroled Prisoner Wives Himself I'p.
Republican County Conventions.
4 Tibetans sarsrlae British Troops.
Kountse (burrh Pu Xevr Site.
5 Assessor Reed on Hond Issue.
Taxpayers Are (iettlutf Good.
O Last Week In Omaha's Society.
Work of Woman's Club.
T Ohio River Flood Damage.
Committee Sera Payne In" Bed.
8 Council Blurts Local Matters
Tonnsr Corbett Gets Decision.
19 Amusements and Music.
IS Omahn Wins Opening Game.
Some Rapid Fire Legislation.
14 Editorial and Comment.
15 Teat of Rosewater.Pearse Debate.
Id Atmosphere of "Parsifal."
Condition of Omaha's Trade.
IT Markets and Market News,
is) Steady Growth of Russia.
1 Bennllfjlng Publle Schools.
Sennte lllahest American Court.
Snpt. Davidson Accepts Place.
20 Easter Muaio at Omaha Churches,
ai W hen a Plunger Tumbles.
Sff How a Yankee Gove Japs n Navy.
26 Police Get After Registrars.
27 to 43 The Illustrated Bee.
Yesterday!
Hour. Peg. Hour. Org.
n n. m 34 .1 p. m..... 4A
n. n s:i a p. as 4T
T a. m 82 a p. m 4N
a. ni aft 4 p. m 41)
i a. m 2N 5 p. an 44
10 n. m 8 A p. m 47
1 1 a. m 41 T p. a )
12 m 43
In the last attack upon this place were
burled todny in the Chinese cemetery out
side the town with military honors. It la
hoped It will be possible to raise the Japa
nese Are ships which were runk In the at.
tempt to block the harbor.
8;iTS DIRECTOR OF COMMl'SICATIO.
Russian Officer Pleased with Trans
portation of Men. nnd Material.
ST. - PETERSBURG, April 2. General
1evasko'fT, director of military communica
tions of the generul staff. In an interview
gives interesting fucts about the Russian
line of communication. He says:
The transport of troops over the Siberian
and Manchurian railroads worked without
a hitch, except for a six-hour stoppage
caused by a collision. Men, guns, ammu
nition, equipment and provisions have gone
forward with clock-work regulnrity. The
sketches of scenes along the route appearing
in English newspsrra are ludicroua. The
pictures of encounters with Chinese ban
dlta along the line, with broken rails, tan
gles of telegraph wires, prostrate poles, and
COHsacks galloping with what look like
miniature searchlights, all belong to the
realm of fancy. I do not know of a aingle
interruption due to Chinese bandits. The
protection of the line. la assured by more
Practical though perhapa less poetic means
nan depleted In the Illustrated papers.
For example, take the case of armored
trains. We discussed the subject and de
cided agalnat them. The conditions did not
call for them. The Jlno runs throur.h ter
ritory beld by our troops. Thrre may b
a few robber bandits, but ' ther ar no
Japanese, at least at present. The only
things of the kind Introduced are armored
cabs for the engine drivers to protect them
from stray bullets. Ther will be no dif
ficulty over the Impending stoppage of the
Ice railroad acmes Baikal. . Tr.e la We
generally la free from Ice about the middle
of May, but long before that time th Ice
breakers will have opened a channel and
the ferries will be running regularly.
Now that the ice railroad has accom
plished Its mission I will tell you the secret
of its origin.
It was never Intended to convey men,
but only rolling stock, engines and rails
for the Manchurian line. This It success
fully accomplished.
EMPEROR ATTENDS BAND CONCERT.
Russians Give Repeated Oration to
Ruler Wtia He Appenrs.
ST. PETERSBURG, Ajrll X The em
peror and all th members of the Imperial
family last night attended a concert given
by the massed bands of St. Peteisburg.
This- waa the first time the emperor had
been Inside a theater since th declaration
of war. His entry created Immense en
thusiasm. Three times the national en
them was sung by the audience, standing,
and It was tepeated nine times during the
evening.
The emperor gav watches to four solo
Ists.
The Grand Duke Snrglus today witnessed
a very successful trial of quick-firing guns.
Gilchrist, the S'otch engineer who re
paired the Russian warships at Port Ar
thur, haa arrived here. He left Port Ar
thur under a solemn pledge not to reveal
anything about his experiences snd 'heri
tor declines to talk.
A letter received from Vladivostok con
tains some harrowing details of the bom
bardment. A ahell entered a laborer's
house and literally tor a woman in
halves.
Finance Minister Kokovosoff has decided
to purchase for th account of th govern
ment K.W0.000 worth of preference shares
of the Enzell-Teheratt railroad and $!.000,000
worth of shares of the Discount snd Loan
bank of Persia.
DB ROSEN IS TO BE GIVEN A REST.
Former Rossi an Minister to Jnpnn
Not Assigned to Dnty.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 2. Lieutenant
Commander Roy C. Smith, the United
States naval attache, having accomplished
all he could here, haa returned to Paris
to resume his duties there, h also being
naval attach at Parts.
Baron de Rosen, the former Russian min
ister to Japan, had a long Interview with
Foreign Mlnlater Lamsdorff today. The
reports that the authorities are dissatis
fied with the baron's course at Toklo, on
the ground that he was not fully alive to
the state of the Japanese war preparations,
are declared to be unfounded. He will not
be assigned to a new post at present.
Cossacks Get Horses Cheap.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 2.-The army
organ's correspondent, on his way to the
front, dwells on th great advantage to
Russia of Cossack cavalry having their
horses on th spot, thereby not necessi
tating using transport. The East Siberian
Cossacks procure sll the mounts desired
for 136 to IM a head.
. Prince Jaime de Bourbon, son of Don
Carlos, th pretender to the throne of
Spain, lias gone to th far eaat.
Vlekaburg Leaves t heniulpo.
WASHINGTON. April S-Th Navy de
partment waa advised tixluy cf the de
parture of th Vlcksburg from Chemulpo
for Shanghai. The ltalelgh and collier
Pompey remain at Chemulpo.
Russlana South of Wlju.
SEOUL. April 5. Tt Is reported here that
! pne Russlsn tropps. Including Cossacka and
Infantryman, are entrenched about the
gat on tha ssutb eld vt Wlju.
SECOND ARMY MOVES
Japan Gets Another Col nun Under Way
Across Oorean Pen it in' a.
MOBILIZATION RAPID AND EFFECTIVE
Fob'ic'i Onlj Kotioe h in Interrupted
Railwa Schedules.
PROBABLE PLAN OF JAPANESE OPERATIONS
Naval Successes Lead to Changes in the
Army's ntovementi.
ORIGINAL PROBLEM GREATLY SIMPLIFIED
Port Arthur, Mukden and Vladivostok
to Be the Objeetlrs Point of
Three Principal Column
of Japanese.
(Copyright by New Tork Herald Co., 1904.)
TOKIO, March IT.-lVIa San Francisco,
April S.) (New Tork Herald Cablegram
Special Telegram to The Bee.K-Testerdny
began the movement from Toklo of th
second division of tha army. Th ueual
notification was given to th public that
something "waa doing" In the military way
by knocking to pieces the train schedule,
which had not yet recovered Its old equi
librium after the wrench It got when th
first corps was sent away last month. Not
a word of what Is going on appears In sny
of the local newspapers, and no on In any
authority svlll 'discuss It with even hla
friends. The outsider Is left to put two
nnd two together In th best way he can.
If tho result Is four, well and good; If It ts
not, the trouble Is that It la likely to b '
something elae than his mathematics. But
this curtailing of public service on the
railways menns that the second army If
moving out to the port of embarkation.
It should bo made clear at the outset
that the Japanese army Is not orgsntsed
In corps. It consists of twelve divisions
each composed of two brigades, and th
Imperial guards. In all thirteen divisions.
In peace these regiments number only half,
the men called to the fighting Una In wer.
The extra men uaed to fill up th line to .
Us fighting strength are takan .from th
first reserve. Consequently,. when th first
order of mobilisation was sent out on tb
evening of February ( It was get a alinpl
call for all the men liable to rallltary sorv. -Ice,
but only to such ns wer needed to fill
up the regiments then under orders or
about to rocotve them for the front,
wherever that mythlonl plaoe nsay be.
Composition of First Corns.
The troops selected for first gwrvice hav
received no official designation as a whole,
but for the sake of convenlne they may
be called the First corps. Thgy wer th
guards of Ih5 Second and tli Twelfth di
visions. F'. h brigade consists of two regi
ments of infantry and for each division
there is a regiment each of aavalry and, .
artillery, with a battalion of antrtnears and
a train or troop battalion. Th guards aru
all stationed In Ttkio In ptao times, al
though their Infantry la recruited from all
over the empire, The cavalry and artillery
ar recruited frcm th Toklo district., The
brigades and , regiments of tha,, Japaiiea
army are numbered Individually, without
rtfereno to .tb dlvlaions snd brigades to)
which they are attached, thus th Second
division is composed of the Third brigade1
from Sendal and th Fifteenth brigade '
from Shlbata. The Third brigade Is 0om-
posed of th Fourth and Twsnly-nlnth in
fniitry regiments, both from Sendal, and
the Fifteenth brigade rf the Sixteenth in
fantry from Shlbata and th Thirtieth from
Muramatsu. The headquarters of division
Is at Sendal. The Twelfth dlvlufon haa its
headquarters at Kokura. It la corr. pcaed of
the Twelfth brigade, headquarters at Ko
kura, and the Twenty-fourth, headquarters
f t Kurame. The Twelfth brlande consists
of the Fourteenth and Forty-rtventh ln
fantry from Kokura, and th Twanty,
fourth brlgada of Twenty-fourth Infantry -from
Fukunka and the Forty-eighth infan
try from Kurame. . IJeutenant General.
Haaegawa commands the gvards, Lleuten- -ant
General Nlahl the Beoond dlvlrlon and
Lieutenant General lnoue the Twelfth dl'
vision. Major Generals Asadl snd Wa4
tanabe command the First and . Second .
brigades of the guards, respectively, and ,
Major Generals Akyama and Uohlynma th
guard cavalry and artillery. Major Genera)
Mstaunaga cpmmands the Third brlgsdiv
Second division, and Major General Oka,
raka the Fifteenth brigade. Major Gincr
als Otaril and Sasaki command respectively,
the Twenty-fourth and Twelfth brigades.
Twelfth division
Pro am in Was elaborate.
The order was Issued calling th reserves
out of these three divisions to the colors,,
th plan of the Japanese contemplated so
much severer work than the events proved,
was necessary. Before t.h war bgan
there was much laik that the first opera
tions would Involve the se'Uure of Ma.
sampho, on the southern coast of Cores,'
with ita splendid harbor aa a great base,
from which the main advance would liegtu.
That Involved marching practically th
entire Japanese army the whole length of
the rugged Corean peninsula before even
a start waa r.iade at cjectlt-.g the Russians
from Manchuria. Hut at mat Urn the
Japanese apparently had figured on having
to tight for Seoul nr.d Corea. The first
naval operations, however, lesuUed so suc
cessfully for them that they were telkvel
of that hard necessity and were able lo seii
Seoul and mcke stir of Corea with h:irdly
a atruggle. Thereupon the plans were
changed. The main body of the F rst .
army, or First corps, was landed iit Che
mulpo, and, as events continued to tvnr
them, several thousand of these men wer
tnken some seventy miles further by sea.'
and landed at Kalju.
The first objective now was I'lng Yang,
where the Japanese bad a sharp e.igagv
nient with the Chinese In their war nine
years ago. To this point troops wero
sent at once, and at this writing tha
Japanese occupy In force and hav ent :
their advance considerably further north,
to Anjou, where they have had aever.il
little brushes with Russian scouts. ut '
still no serious engagement Is In sight (ir
th near futttro.
Vavy Channel All Plans. "
The naval successes hav produced
curiously miied up change In the Japanese
pluns. They have undoubtedly advaiued
the campaign as a whole by a consider
able time, possibly a month t.r more At
the same time they have delayed the de
parture, of trrops from Jipun. Tie llnu
It would have taken to msich up frr,;:i
Mnsampho, or wherever they m'gtit hs
landed on tho south roast of Corel, hes
been saved and It hss not been lioc-ssar
ti emit the troops away from home. As
a matter of fact, If It were not for the un
favorable weather conditions, which maka
Unding still further up the oonst not very
dlfflrult but productive of uiine esa.ii'V
hardship upon the men, tb Becot,d Cory