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The Omaha Daily Bee.
jj PAGES I TO 8. j
3 PART L
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MOKXINO, AVIUL 10. 11KU SIXTEEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY T1I1JEE CENTS.
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REWARD FOR HEROES
Cam-gig Create Tind of $5,000,000 for
Bereared of Th-t Whi 8ite Lirei
ENDOWMENT TO BE KNOWN AS HlROfUND
Trut Hat Been Placed in the Hands of a
Corx.rs.isa on of Prcmid-nt Men.
SUM CONSISTS OF FIVE PER CENT BONDS
Idea ia Sagfi'ted to Mr. Carnegie After
Harw.t: Yin Disaster
PROJECT IS THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED
All Details of the Project Ar ot
Vet Made I'nMIe, ant Dependents
f lleroea Will He Mad
Beneflrlarlrs.
PITTSBURG. April lS.-Tt was mart
known here today that Andrew Carnegie
has crested a fund of ..'( 0 for the bene
flt of the "dependent of those lo-ing their
lives In heroic effort to save their fellow
men or for the victim themselves If In
jured totally. Provision Is made for me.1als
to be given la commemoiatlon of heroic
art. The endowment Is to be known as
The Hero Fund,-1 and consists of 5.'."n)
of first collateral B per cent bonds of the
United States Btee corporation.
The trust is placed in the hands of a com
mission composed of the following gentle
men: W. L. Abbott, Edwin If. Andrews,
W. W. Blackburn, Edward M. Rig Mow,
Joseph Buniingtoii. W. K. Kroln, J B.
Jackson, ThaOias Lynch, "hsrles, C. Mel
lor, N. Miller, . Thomas Morrison, Fred
erick C. Perktus, Robert 1 Itcalrn, li. Kirk
Porter, James F. Reed, W. L. Scalfe. Wil
liam Scott, W. li. Stevenson, B. M. WU
mot. secrt'lary.
The commission held Its first meeting
here toduy and made known the project.
It is learned (hot the scheme waa con
cleved by Mr. Carm-gl immediately after
the Harwick mine diraster, when he
summoned to New York Mr. Taylor,
chairman, and Mr. Wllmot, manager, to
discuss with them plans for the relief of
the sufferers from this catastrophe.
Commission la Maraed.
On this occasion Mr. Carnegie announced
to Messrs. Taylor and Wllmot his inten
tion to endow a fund for heroes, outlining
his plana and asked that they consider j
the project and write him regarding it,
making such suggestions and giving such
Ideas as might occur to them. This they
did. and on March 12, Juot before his de
parture for Europe, Mr. Carnegie for
warded a letter to Mr. Taylor announcing
the plan and stating that the certificate
for the bonds had been placed in his hands.
Mr. Carnegie warns the commission
against the danger of interference or con
flict with the pension funds for municipal
employee that exist In ninny cities and
urges it to act in harmony with such funds.
This, as ia the case with all the details
of the fund's administration. Is left to the
commission.
The claims upon the fund for some years
cannot exhaust it." After some years pen
sioners will become numerous. Should the
commission find, allowing liberally for this,
that a surplus will remain it has power
to make grants In case of accidents (prefer
ably where a hero has appeared) to those
injured.
nnada Embraced ia Field.
Foreseeing the proliablltty that cities and
employers on this continent will ultimately
be placed under similar conditions to those
of Groat Britain. Germany and other Eu
ropean states and required to provide
against accidents to employes, the commls
fclon Is empowered to, by .a' two-thirds
vote, devote any surplus that may accrue
to the relief of those in want caused by
no fault of their own.
The field embraced by the fund Is the
V lilted States and Canada and the waters
thereof.
"The sea' ia the scene of many heroic
acts," says Mr. Carnegie's letter, "and no
action ia mora heroic than that of doctors
and nurses volunteering their services in
the cuss of epidemics. Railroad employes
are remarkable for heroism. All these and
similar oases are embraced. Whenever
heroism U displayed by man or woman In
saving human life the fund applies."
The usual provision for report and ac
countings Is made and it Is directed that a
roll of the heroes and heroines shall be
kept displayed in the office at Pittsburg.
The commission has full power to sell, In
vest or reinvest all funds. .
The commission which will have charge
of the fund met here today and organised
by electing Charles L. Taylor president and
F. M. Wllmot secretary.
After the organisation; of the commission
today committees to formulate rules and
regulations for the operation of the fund
and a letter accepting the trust was framed
and will be forwarded to Mr. Carnegie. The
wish of the commission Is to put the bene
ficial results of the fund into operation at
the earliest possible moment
In a letter to the president of the fund
uommitfeloa Mr. Carnegie outlined the gen
eral scheme, which, In his own words. Is
"to plaoa those following peaceful voca
tion who have beeu Injured in heroic ef
forts to save human life in somewhat bet
ter positions pecuniarily than before sind
until able to again begin work. In case of
death the widuw and children or other do-
pendents to be provided for, the widow
until she la remarried and the children
until they reach a self-supporting age. For
children exceptional grants may he made.
Grants may be made for exceptional
education. Grant of sums of money
may also be made to heroes or heroines, as
the committee thinks advisable, each case
to be Judged on its merit."
It ia provided that no grunt la to be con
tinued unless it be sotxrly and properly
used and the rtclplents remain respectable,
well-d-fervlng members of the community,
A medal shall be given to the hero or
widow or next-of-kin, which shall recite
th heroic dels In commemoration. The
medal shall be given for the heroic act
even if the doer be uninjured, and also a
sum of money, should the commission deem
such gift desirable.
SHERIFF BALKS THE LYNCHERS
Threatening to Make Hard
right.
CENTRAL CITY, Colo.. Vprll 15--Sines
the mob dispersed last night an further at
tempt to lynch Aael D. Galbralth, the" self,
confessed murderer of ids wife and eon, has
been made.
A lynching waa prevented solely by the
bravery of Sheriff Cody, who declared to
the niob: "I will die fighting to keep you
v of ibis LUL
PALACE OF COREAN KING BURNS
So Details of Affair, bit Believed
to Be Caused by
Rebels.
PARIS, April 15.-1:10 p. m. A cable re
port received at the Foreign office here
says that the Imperial palace at Seoul,
Corea, was completely destroyed by lire
last night. The fire began In the evening
and lasted through the night. Only the
mins of the palace remain. The emperor
and his suite escaped lo a nearby refuge.
The report does not mention any loss of
life nor does it give the cause of the fire.
j but the recent political unrest In the
Corean capital leads to fears that the de
struction of the palace was the work of
the rebellious element.
CAPTAIS DAVID WHF.F.I.KR KILLED.
Officer of Twenty-Second Infantry At
tacked by Moroi,
MANILA, April 16. Ceptaln David P.
Wherlr and Corporal, Percy Heyvelt of
the Twenty-second Infantry, while recon
nolterlng the Moro works along the Tarnca
river. In the Lake I-anao district of the
island of Mindanao. April 11, were stubhcl
In the abdomen. Captain Wheeler died at
Murahul April 13. Corporal Heyvelt Is fa-tall.-
wounded.
WASHINGTON, April lu.-Cnptain David
P. Wheeler of the Twenty-second Infantry,
who died at Marahul, Mindanao, yesterday
from a stab wound In the abdomen, ln
fllc'.ed by Moros at Tarsca on the 11th
Inst., was born In Ohio July 18, 187, and
attained his captaincy at the age of 17
years. His father. Benjamin Wheeler, re
sides In Zanesvllle. O. Captain Wheeler
had a splendid fighting record, gained dur
ing his service hi the fall of Manila In
18!W, and In the Filipino Insurrection which
occurred In February, 1Si. He fought at
Tondo and Bulncan In 18SO, and In the en
gagements of San Pablo, Santo Tonus and
Pacol In lflno. He entered the academy at
West Point in 1S34 from Ohio and was com
missioned captain In 1901
Captain David P. Wheeler of the Twenty
eecond Unhed States Infantry, who was
assassinated yesterday by a native of Min
danao while on scouting duty, was well
known in Omaha during the time that Ills
regiment was stationed at Fort Crook.
Captain Wheeler graduated from the
United State Military academy at West
Point In 1898.' having been appointed from
Ohio. He was made a second lieutenant
of the Twenty-third infantry the year of
his graduation and was promoted to first
lieutenant the year following and was as
signed to tne Twenty-second Infantry. He
was commissioned ea plain January 27, 1903,
and was assigned to the command of Com
pany F of that regiment. He departed
with his regiment for the Philippines in
October laat.
WAKTS TREATY WITH AMERICA
Speaker la Reichstag: Thinks There
Shoald Be Reciprocity.
BERLIN. April 15.-In the Reichstag to
day Count von Kanlta, the agrarian leader,
referring to the report of Foreign Secre
tary von Rlchthofen on the progress of the
commercial treaty negotiations, asked how
mattera stand with the United States. The
latter, he added, has a heavy, active bal
ance of trade, which substantially le to
the detriment of Gejjmanjr. Qreat wealth
is accumulated In thilj United States at the
cost of the entire world, ir new commer
cial trestles must be made, then let It be
with the United States, above all. This
agreed. Count von Kaniti claimed, with
what Chancellor von Buelow formerly tald.
Nevertheless, nothing whatever had been
heard indicating that treaty negotiations
with the United State had been com
menced. Von Kanlta expressed special
pleasure at the fact that the commercial
classes were beginning to see that the
present status of trade relations with the
United States cannot be continued, lie
cited the yearly report of the Hamburg
Chamber of Commerce proposing that If
the United States doe not conclude a
tariff treaty with Germany. American
goods must be tariffed differentially. Con
tinuing, Count von Kanlta said:
"We- must at least try to conclude a
reciprocity arrangement, mutually advan
tageous with the United States. America
reckless provocatory tariff policy must be
radically changed."
GERMA FO.RCE9 LOSE SIX ME
Killed In a Battle with Herreros la
Africa.
BERLIN, April 15-Accordlng to a dis
patch received from Windhoek, German
Southwest Africa, a tuptuin. a first lieu
tenant and six men were killed and a lieu
tenant and seven men severely and five
men slightly wounded in a battle with the
Herreros on April 13 at Okatumba, five
mile southwest of Katjapia. No other de
tails have been received.
The enemy's right flank retired to Oku
tumba after the battle of Onganjira,
April a
Rotables Coming; to Fair.
BERLIN, April IS -Prince and, Princess
Hohenlohe-Schlllingfuerst. the former the
son of the late Imperial chancellor of that
flume; the hereditary prince, Victor von
Ratlbor; hi daughter, the Princess Elisa
beth, and his brother, Prince Kami, gov
ernor of Aurich, Prussia, have sailed for
New York on the steamer Bluecher of the
Hamburg-American line on their way to
attend the opening of the St. Louie ex
position. Deale. Japan I.e. S.hm.rla...
PARIS. April 15. The Ja Danes less I Ion
! ,By K,"ar Admiral I'riu's report shows that
Japanese torpedoes sunk the Petropavlovsk
and damaged the Pobleda, and declares that
the reports that a submarine boat did the
damage Is Incorrect, as the Japanese fleet
had no submarine boats. The Japanese le
gutlou pa)s a high tribute to the late Vice
Admit al Mukaroff.
SHERIDAN BRINGS SOLDIERS
Part of Eleventh Cavalry Will
Be
ftatlotW at Xew Dea
Molae Kort.
SAN FRANCISCO, April lfi.-The United
State army transport Sheridan arrived to
day from Manila via Nagasaki and Hono
lulu. It brought 3u0 members of the native
constabulary and police of the Philippine
islands and their band enroute to the St.
I ,o,u Is exposition.
The Eleventh cavalry regiment also cam
onthe Sheridan. Of th se troops seven
teen officer and 101 men are enroute to
Da Moines. Ave officers and ninety ineu
are on their way to Fort 8herldan and live
onVers and ninety men are going to Jef
ferson barracks, MUsourt
Ohio Maa Commits Saleldo.
GALION. O.. April IS. H. T. Wilson,
chairman of the Board of Public Bafnty
and a prominent attorney of this city, com
muted suicide today by shooting. Mr.
Wilson wus a stockholder in (he Akron
Savings bank, which recently faiUd. and
l is supposed that financial troubles caused
bloi U lake bis lit.
HITCH IN THE SETTLEMENT
Go. f Linn Object to Rednet' ' n the St
Linn Grain I
.A
BURUNGJ0v
A PROTEST
Holds vVllon Is Made to orth-
west. a Which Is Withheld from
It I nder Ksartly Similar
Circa mat a ares.
CHICAGO, April 13.-i8pecial Telegrnm.i
Complications have arisen which make
It doubtful whether the agreement be
tween the general traffic orllclals of the
North western, Chicago Great Western and
Missouri Pacific for the settlement of the
western grain rsle war will be ratified by
the executive officers at th ir annual meet
ing next Tuenday.
The Missouri, Kansas ck Texas and other
gulf roads aer not Inclined to accept the
proposition to reduce the differential on
grain from' the west to and through Ft.
Louts as against Chicago lo 3 cents. These
roads feel that the reduction will divert
Missouri river grain frn-.n the gulf roads
to the Atlantic count lines and they are
not Inclined to give up the advantage they
have enjoyed so long.
Serious objection Is also made by the
Burlington and other coinpctftcr of the
Northwestern to the proposition that on
grain from Nebraska points whl.'h nrc
naturally ti Unitary to Omaha the thrjugh
rate Is to be equal to the sum of the local
went to Omaha and ea-t from that city
to Chicago or the Twin Cities, and that
on gialn tributary to Missouri liver Kale
ways north of Omaha the through line
may make a lower through rate than the
sum of the locals. Thl concession la
claimed to be In the interest of the
Northwestern, which has bridge over the
Missouri river at Blair, Neb., and at fcluux
City, as ugainst the Burlington, which
has bridge at several points south of
Omaha.
HANGS MURDERER OF WOMAN
Chicago Exeratea One of Klaht Men
Now laser Sentence of
Death.
CHICAGO, April IS. Lewi Perant. one
of eight murderer who are In Jail here
tinder sentence of death, waa hanged today.
Next Friday la the day that has been set
for the hanging of Neldermeler, Van Dine
and Marx, the ' car barn bandits, and
shortly :ollowlng four more men will meet
a rimllar fate on the same scaffold.
Peasant's crime was the murder of Mrs.
Mary Spllka during a robbery. He entered
the woman's home while she war. alone and
struck her on the head with a club. Then
he carried her Into the garret, where he
kicked and pounded her to death and se
cured the money he knew she had con
cealed In the house.
WINTER IN THE NORTHWEST
Worst Storm of the Seaaoa ia Wis
consin and Drifting; Saow
. Cripples Railroads.
MILWAUKEE, April lS.-Wleconsin and
upper Michigan had quite a heavy snow
storm for April after midnight. The great
est fall, according to the weather bureau
reports, was Ave Inches at Green Bay. A
dispatch from Appleton, Wis., say the
snow there Is over a foot deep and steam
and electric trains are delayed by drifts.
Similar conditions exist throughout the Fox
river valley. Bland Junction and Black
River Falls report eight Inches of snow,
with the storm still In force. Menominee.
Mich., reports a terrific blizzard and traffic
at a standstill.
GREEN BAY, Wis.. April 15,-The worst
storm of the season is raging today. A
heavy fall of snow is drifting badly. Street
car and railway service I crippled badly.
ALLEGED FORGER BREAKS JAIL
Assanlts Jailer with Clnb, Fracturing;
Shall, and Get Away from
Prisoa.
VENICE, 111., April 15. Judd B. Haynes,
a book agent, arrested on a charge of
forgery, escaped from the Jail here today
after knocking aged Jailer Albert Selbert
unconscious with a hammer. Selbert le
believed to be mortally injured. Haynea
took the keys from the unconscious jailer
and unlocked the cello of two negroes, tell
ing them to escape. They refused to go
Thereupon Haynes locked up the Jail and
fled. The cries of the negroes brought as-
slstance. and Selbert, lying on the floor
In a pool of blood, v.as given speedy med
ical attention, ills skull la .fractured In
two place and the physician say he
will die. A corpe of offloere la searching
the vicinity for Haynea
HIGH WATERS BLOCK TRAINS
Eastera Oregon, Blae Moaatalaa sal
Soatbera Paelne tsfer from
Effect of Heavy Rata.
PORTLAND, Ore. April 15.-H!gh watere
in the rivers of eaaten Oregon and the Blue
mountains have so seriously affected rail
road traffic on the Huntington branch of
the Oregon Railway A Navigation line that
no tralne can be run over that division of
the road for several days. Bridge have
been washed out In several localities and
trucks built on soft earth have been so
undermined and threatened a to render
their use for railroad purpose dangerous.
Almost parallel conditions exist on the
Southern Pacific system south of Ashland,
Ore., where landslides have covered the
tracks. It Is expected that the blockade
here will be broken tonight.
ARGUMENTS NBURNS CASE
Expected that Attorneya Will Finish
Sammiaa; Up la Boodle Trial
by Taeaday.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April li. The
bribery cuse ugainst Senator David E.
Burns will go to the Jury next Tuesday,
An adjournment was taken today until
Monday afternoon. Prosecutor Ward will
put on two witnesses lu rebuttal. Argu
ments will close souie time Tuesday. Most
of the time today was consumed by argu
ments on the admission of evidence.
Charrh Gets Mialaat Claim.
CHICAGO. April IS-By the decision of
the board of arbitrators In the matter of
me uue or " piacci nnuaiig Claim No. ,
shove on Anvil cre. k. Oiipe Nome, .tlaskx
N O. Hultberg. assignee for the Swedish
avangeucai suasion covenant of America,
recovers from the White Star Mliilnv
puny of Illinois, Dr. Charles W. Johiisoa
and Peter H. Anderson, the mining claim
h" ttxmite and proceeds lu the aroouct of
a.
VERESTCHAGIN ALSO DROWNED
Celebrated Russian Painter of War
rears l.oae Life la Explosion,
ST. PETERSBURG. Apt II 15-:38 p m -Thls
evrr.l.ig Pllnce Gall, line repeated
his assurance to the Associated Press that
the Grand Duke Cyril w is better and that
he was wllh his broiher Boris at the head
quarters at Llao Yang. His fever has
almost cllrappearcd.
The admiralty has received c.fftclat in
formetlon that Verestc hagln, the celebra
ted painter of battle scenes, was among
these lost by the sinking of the Petro
pavlovsk. The fnte of Nicholas T. Kra vtchenko,
the well known Russian literary man, who
was nrting us ccrrespond'nt of the Asso
ciated Pre at Port Arthur. Is still un
known. It is possible tlint he left Port
Arthur prior to the disaster of Wednesday.
Vusslli Vrrestchagln wps the Invited
guest of the Rus-dun naval commander.
"War Is n sport. It Is the sport of kill
ing men. I have killed men myself; and It
is as easy as shooting partridges."
This was a favorite saying of Verestclm
gln when asked why he had chosen lo de
vote his temaikable talent of startling
realism to the picturing of growsnme battle
scenes rather than to the life and beauty
of the world of peace.
Verestchfgln was a wariior as well as
painter. He terved In two wars ;fnd always
was on t lie alert for graphic scene to re
produce upon his magi.; cancas. His umti
lion was so to picture the huirola of war
as io make It repulsive to modern civllixa
".lon. An nrOtit champion of the czar after
the issuance of Ills famous re".cc resciipt.
Lis great regret since the war with Japan
was that hi sovereign rhoul 1 have been
the first to engage In war when peace
seemed easy of accomplishment.
Lovers of art In the United States have
l-een among the most ardent udmlrer. of
Vi restchaglu. His pictures commanded the
highest ptlces In that country, and an ex-
llbltlou of Vercstchagln pictures was al
ways a talisman of success. This admira
tion was reciprocated by the talented
painter, who was wont to tell American
tourists he was appreciated more in their
country than in his own. This was bo
cause his realistic pictures from the New
Testament, which he ranked as the best
of his production, found high fsvor In the
United States, while his delineations of
the work of sword and cannon were put to
the foreground in war loving Russia.
Verestchagln, who was a pupil of the
famous Gerome, was the son of a landed
proprietor and from hi youth devoted him
self to painting, much to the disgust cf his
family. He was also a litterateur and a
zealous traveler, ever on the alert during
hi Journeys for fresh subjects worthy of
his canvas. HI skill in depleting all tha
horror and brutality of battle won for him
the undisputed title of the greatest mili
tary painter of modern times. By many.
Indeed, he was ranked without a peer in
any time.
Verestchagln who was In his Cd year.
wa a man of more than normal height.
HI feature impressed on from the first.
He had a striking aquiline nose, a loftv
forehead and cheekbones which, without
being prominent, gave the impression of a
broad and musalve countenance. Hi
mouth waa covered with a flowing beard.
ana a ne apoke his eyes ' took on the
flalm, melancholy- look of tu4 Slav. "He
emphasised his ward with repeated action,
ana in nis attempts to bring home to
questioner the nature of war Ue always
went through all the various motions of a
soldier who loads, alma and Urea
aVor," said he, ."my first desire is to
paint the truth-to paint things as they
strike me. And I want to show von ti..t
1 am picturing the truth."
XEW NAVAL COM.MAXDER A FIGHTER
Admiral skrydloff Kaowa as the B
II.
dog of the Sea.
(Copyright, by New Yoik Herald Co.. 1901.)
8T. PETERSBURG, April 15.-(New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to
The Bee.) If there was one man In Russia
eminently fitted to succeed Makaroff he
was Admiral Skrydloff, known as "tbs
Bull Dog" of the Russian navy. He started
last night from Sebaatopol for St. Peters
burg, and will leave with the smallest
possible delay for Port Arthur. Skrydloff'
appointment, which was gazetted today.
mean fighting.
When the new commander of the Port
Arthur fleet wa to be chosen two months
ago the question arose as to whether
Skrydloff of Makaroff should be selected.
The former, to his great disappointment,
was not chosen and In an lnterlew pub
lished n the Herald he said he envied
Makaroff his luck, as he was one of those
who would go out to fight the enemy.
Bkyrydloff 1 himself fearless, and al
though a thorough man Is Just the kind
sailor Ilk to fight under.
After the etunned feeling, yesterday's dis
aster have aroused a vivid Interest In the
war. This I shown by the way in which
the men selling special were mobbed this
forenoon, people pushing and scrambling
to get hold of there. In big black letter
wa published telegrams from the Grand
Duke Boris, telling how his brother, Cyril,
was shot off the brl.ige and almost
drowned, but managed to get on the keel
of a steam cutter and remain there until
rescued by the torpedo boat Beasududnl.
An order of 1.000 00 ruble has been given
to the Cruzot factory for light artillery.
CATASTROPHE REGARDED MYSTERY
Ko Deaalte Information Relativo to
Aeeldeat to Petropavlovsk.
NEW C1IWANO, April 15. -The sinking
of the Russian battleship Petropavlovsk
and the attendant great loss of 11 f at
Port Arthur la regarded as the most pro
found conflict of the present war. The
news has apparently made a most pro
nounced Impression on all foreigners in
the war zona
The date of the catastrophe and official
Information are not obtainable here and
there is much speculation a to how it
happened. There are In circulation uncer
tain rumor of a Japanese attack on Port
Arthur last Sunday, but the rumors are
without confirmation and axe denied by
eome of the Russian official. Communica
tion with Port Arthur ae well a other cen
ters 1 substantially closed.
About a score of press correspondent
now In New Chwang were Infromed today
of the willingness of Viceroy Alexleff to
admit them to the Russian line under
regulations which apparently will govern
all branches of their conduct.
Parlsiea Services fo Makaroff.
PARIS. April 15. An Impressivs funeral
service In memory of Vice Admit si Maka
roff and the other victims of the Petropav
lovsk d'saster was celebrated at the Rus
sian church today. The Russian ambassa
dor, M. Nelldoff, and the entire staff of th
embassy were present, as were officials of
the Foreign office. M. Bompard. the French
ambassador to Russia; representatives of
the French army and navy and the minis
ter ut bervia and Bulgaria.
CHANCE FOR K1NKA1D BILL
Speaker Like y 'o Gia Opco-tUiity le
Call Up the Measure.
COMMITTEE MAKES FAVORABLE REPORT
Measure as It ow Stands Increases
lse of Homesteads la Western
Nebraska to n Fnll Section
of I. end.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. April IS. (Special Tele
gram.) Representative Kinkald,, ith Mr.
Burkett, had a conference with the speaker
today reKarding Kinkald a bill amending
the homestead laws as to certain unappro
priated and unreserved land In Nebraska.
A favorable report on this bill was made
by Congressman Mondell from the com
mittee on public lands on Wednesday,
changing, however, the number of ncres
provided in Kinkald bill to the extent of
permitting Intending settlers to taka up a
section of land Instead of two sections, as
originally contemplated by the representa
tive from the Sixth district. The verbi
age of the bill was also changed, the bill
as reported providing that sixty days after
iipproval of the act 6W acres may be en
tered upon in as nearly compact a form as
possible and lu no event over two miles
In extremo length. The bill further pro
vided the secretary of the interior may
exclude from settlement such lands as he
may deem reasonably practicable lo Irri
gation by means of water conducted from
natural meatus by gravity. It provided
that those living upon homesteads within
tlio territory covered by the operations of
the nicusurc (western Nebraska may en
ter other lands contiguous to their home
stead entry In an amount not to exceed
6K) ucres and that residence on un original
homestead shall be accepted as equivalent
to residence upon the additional land.
The report which was made by Mr. Mon
dell contends that the bill 1h in uo respect
a departure from the true homestead idea.
The Increase . In area of the homestead
ubore that provided by the original home
stead law Is inado witli, a view of compen
sating the homesteader in a meusure In
quantity of land for what the land lacks
in quality and productiveness. It is stated
that as a matter of fact, eighty acre of
laud entered under the homestead law In
the Mississippi valley has a much greater
productivo capacity than 610 itvrca of the
land remaining In western Nebraska which
will be entered under the provisions of tlio
bill.
Judge Kinkald was fortined today in ask
ing unanimous consent from the speaker
to put the bill cm its passage by a vast
number of letters and telegrams from the
section to be opened under the provisions
of the bill, and so forcible was his presen
tation that It is confidently believed
Speaker Cannon will give Kinkald an op
portunity to call the bill up and put :t on
its passage.
Kebraskaaa a I nit.
Back of Judge Kinkald stands tne soli
Nebraska delegation. Including Representa
tive Hitchcock of the minority, wno appre
ciates the possibilities of this bill In the
settlement of the northwest section of Ne
braska. Jt. la-believed 4h bill, should" It
become a law, will add thousand' of fami
lies lo the section . Which is now grazed
over and virtually unoccupied,' and that
these families will, with 610 acre of land
at their disposal, enter upon the business
of dairying and cattle growing to such an
extent that It will not only benefit the im
mediate section opened, but will be of vast
benefit to the state at large and partic
ularly to the state' wholesale center.
The fact that these lands have been per
sistently rejected by homesteaders, pre
emptors, timber culture locators and taker
and purchasers with scrip ever since opened
to settlement, Is, according to the report of
the committee, taken as conclusive evidence
that they are radically different in the
qualities which go to make public land at
tractive from the land In other localities
opened to settlement more recently than
these particular lands, title to which ha
long since been acquired under various
acts making up the land law of th United
States.
It Is contended that the lands contem
plated In the bill cannot be reclaimed by
Irrigation, except possibly a very small por
tion, by reason of the lack of water and on
account cf their great elevation. It Is
thought, however, that In view of these
conditions an Intending settler who desires
to mske a section of land responsible for
the support of a family Irl the seml-arld
belt should be permitted to do so. With
this end In view Judge Kinkald Introduced
hi bill and it can with truth be said that
he has labored earnestly to put his mens
ure on the statute book.
Mlaor Matter at Capital.
Congressman Hlnshaw has been Invited
to make a memorial address at Blue
Spring and Crete, but In view of the un
certainty regarding public business he has
not determined whether to accept the In
yltatlnn.
Congressman Burkett today recommended
the reappointment of J. H. Overman aa
postmaster at Stella and Jesse W. Phillips
at Table Rock.
Should the sundry civil bin be completed
tomorrow afternoon It 1s thought Senator
Gamble will endeavpr to pas the Rosebud
bill, th South Dakota delegation having
decided that further delay is out of the
question.
Representative Smith ha recommended
the appointment of Fred Berry of Logan,
Ta.. as principal for the naval aenrtemv.
He hss not decided upon Ms alternates.
Wl'llam P. Dernier of Elmwood. Neb., I
In Wsshlngion on business connected with
the Interior depsrtment.
Judge S. M. Chapman of Plattamouth 1
In the city.
HIGH SCHOOL MAY BE CLOSED
V i
Race Feeling at Kansas City Growing;
Out of Killing of Roy Martla
ia Very Bitter.
KANSAS C1TT. April 15. The mixed
high school at Kansas City, Kan., msy be
closed permanently a a result of the race
feeling that ha grown out of the killing
of Roy Martin, a white pupil, by a negro.
Although there was bu little outward show
of excitement today, the situation is still
considered grave. Many citizens. both
white and black, discussed calmly the bes
means of preventing further trouble. In
asmuch as separate schools can not be pro
vlded without an act of the legislature, the
general sentiment ws In favor of closing
t)t school for the remainder of the term
st least.
Wreck Caused by Landslide.
ST. PAUL. April If. General Superlnten
dent Slade of the Great Northern informed
the Associated, press today that the re
ported wreck on the Great Northern last
night wss th result of a cloudburst which
had caused a slide of an embankments The
engine and express cars were derailed uuar
Wrvueue, Idaho. No one waa hurt.
THE BEEBULLETIN.
Forecast for ebrnakn Fair In East,
Snow or Itain In West Portion Snt
arda Sunday Hnln and Unrmrr.
Paae.
1 Provides Innil to llewnrtl' Heroes.
Hitch In Grain lisle Settlement.
Chance for KlnkaM's Measure.
Latest e from the Sent of War.
a Miivwell Is a Aery Thrifty Man.
Stirs Is Hepnbllesn Congressmen.
Seek t'nase of Hatt!eshl Accident.
3 vs from All Parts of ehrnskn.
Oxford Ylallrd by a Serious Fire.
- 4 I'roaress of the A acallon Contest.
A Affairs nt South Omnlm.
Woman la Clnb' and Charity.
0 Council ninffs aad Iowa News.
T River and Mercury Hoth Go Down.
Stolen Treasures Are Located.
Bay State Republican Convention.
Helle Fonrehe Has Bin; Ditch Plans.
Condolences Are Kxclianurd.
10 Rranlts of the Rail Games.
Commercial Review of the Week.
11 Opening; of the Door to Japan.
IJ Editorial.
18 Grain Men Like Hate Settlement.
W'. X. Mnaon Passes Awa.
IB Financial and Commercial.
Temperature at Omaha lesterdayt
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P. m M
PORT ARTHUR IS NOW BLOCKED
Iteoeat Disasters to Husslan nvv
Destroy it as Effective Fight,
lug Foree.
'Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 110.)
PARIS, April :tt.-(.New York Herald Ca
blegramSpecial Toierani to 'I be Bee.)
'i'h a Heralds iurupean edition pub.lslies
the following from its military expert;
iTom the news, very painful to Russia
Htid lta friends, which cunie successively
wo day ago, it is uniHi&sible to avoid Hie
-onclusion that In uailty the obkit rur-
feucd by the Japanese of "bottling ' up Port
Arthur Is today attained. The destruction
of the Petropavlovsk, the putting hors de
oinbat of Hie Pobleda and the losj of tlm
Bezstrasluai lias so lessened the effective
ness of that licet that It ia now Incapable
of matching Itself with that of Admiral
Togo. Further, the terrible uncertainly in
which the Russian commander finds himself
on the subject of the position of the ra.nes
laid dov. a fur the defence of Uie roadstead,
and those mines whlc lithe Japanese astert
have been sown there, will cause a very
natural circumspection upon the part of
the captain of the different ship and
which will be henceforth Induced to move
rom their anchorages only in case of Im
perious necessity.
"Port Arthur is then today practically
blocked, without the Japanese having had
to employ any of their ship. They can
henceforth utilize the full number of their
war vessel for co-operation In disembark
ation or supporting their amy acting In
the proximity, of the sea without-fearing
any Interruption from the bottled up squad
ron. "Thus, when It pleases them lo pass the
Yalu in force toward Its mouth, they will
be able to give all help at their pleasure,
not only by their gunboats ascending the
river, but with the great guns of their
armored ships, if they have to destroy
any work on land hindering them from
taking the offensive up till now.
"Elsewhere everything Is limited In the
direction of Wlju to some skirmishes of no
Importance. Some cutposts have encoun
tered each other In the islands which are
found between the two banks or on board
the Junk. Some prisoners have been taken
on the one side and the other and some
men of the two parties have been killed or
ounded, cjnong whom are one or two
officers, but no serious operation seems
likely to be attempted In this region before
some considerable time. If, on the con
trary, the Jupanese are waiting for the
end of the thaw, the Yalu will become eas
ily passable at a little distance from Its
mouth, this river being at low tide only
a series of rather shallow" channels, which
are easily passed, although, In any case,
It is scurcely likely that they will decide
to Invade Manchuria at this point before
they have succeeded In dividing the forces
of their enemies by bold and formidable ut
tempts at landing, which have become to
duy less hazardous at, any point whatever
ili the gulf of Llao Tung.
C03CEKTHAT1XG AS ARMY AT WIJU
At Least Two Divisions How Located
Thar.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1901.)
SEOUL, via Shanghai, April 15. (New
York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram
to The Bee.) The Japanese landing opera,
tlon have been transferred from Chln
ampo to Chu Lian, the latter place being
only forty miles from Wlju, where the
Japanese army of the north is concentrat
ing. Definite information conoernlng the
number of troops landed there Is unobtain
able, but from transport arriving there
must be at least two divisions.
The Chemulpo and Chlnampo landing
scenes are here reported and on a scale
which makes It evident the Japanese In
tend concentrating a large force at Wiju
before attempting to cross the Yalu.
Advices from Fusan state that the army
is actively engaged in the construction
of eight forts for the protection of the
southern terminus of their rapidly devel
oping Corean railway system, which Is
forming an important portion of the Jupa
nese Military scheme.
It Is also reported that Masampo Is tiie
scene of great military activity, the Japa
nese constructing strong fortifications end
protecting the excellent harbor there open
ing into the Coreun straits. The import
ance of this cannot be overstlmatod. as the
traits form the connecting naval link In
the sea communication between Port Ar
thur and Vladivostok.
RFSI LTED FROll A RA VAL' B ATTLB
Loss of Makaroff aad Vessel At
tributed to Fight with Japa.
PARIS, April U. 1.1 p. m. Information
received In government quarters now es
tablishes the fact that a naval battle oc
curred between the Japanese fleet, con
sisting of fourteen warships, and the force
under the late Vice Admiral Makaroff.
From this the officials cling to the conclu
sion that the destruction of the Russian
ship and the loss of th admiral resulted
from a naval engagement. However, the
only definite official Information I that a
battle occurred and It Is bellaved the
Japanese submarine bouts took part In the
engagement and raufctd the destruction of
the IMs-lwn ship.
SHELL PORT ARTHUR
Vicrr y Admiral A'exiefl Eat the Honor to
Reo:t Another Bombardment
PETROPAVLOVSK DESTROYED BY TORPEDO
Terrifio Explosion Occurs Beneath Simian
Shin, Which Bii ki In Two Minu'.es.
JAPS STAY IN VICINITY OF CATASTROPHE
Euas'ani Havs No Information that Any
thing But atme Destroyed Ship.
FIGHT IS SAID TO HAVE LASTED AN HOUR
Tweaty Japanese Ships Had Draws
I p la Line of Rattlo When K. -plosloa
Occurred W hich
Destroyed Ship.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 16. -A telegram
from Admiral Alcxieff from Port Arthur to
the emperor says that from 9:15 o'clock
this morning until midday the Japanese
fleet In two divisions bombarded the for
tress and the town alternately from the
Llao Tishan promontory, firing 186 projoc
tbes Tl.o Russian squadron, including the tat
tleshlp Pobleda, replied from tne anchorage
jy a plurglng fire. The batteries also par
ticipated. The losses on laud ware seven Chinese
killed and five soldier and three Chines
wounded. The Russian warships sustained
no damage and there was no loss of life
ou them.
Russia Denies Having; Fight.
I.'io naval staff has no lnfornrallon con
flic dug last night's tumor that the Japa
nese have sjcwvded In blocking the on
Uini'0 of Uie narbor at Port Arthur.
Grand i'uke Cyril Is being brought back
lo XuVsia Dy coi'.mand of the emperor.
At the Vladimir palace the correspondent
of the Aiitociated Press waa informed this
morning of ihe receipt of a reassuring
tt legram from Llao Yang, where the
grand duke ha arrived with hi brother
Boris.
The admiralty authorizes the Associated
liesa to deny Vice Admiral Togo's claim
that the Japanese sank th Petropavlovsk
in a :lght off Port Arthur. The officials
declare positively that there was no naval
engagement, excepting the torpedo boat
destroyer light, either preceding or fol
lowing the loss of tho flagship.
Russia has formally acceded to Japan's
request, made through the United States,
to allow 600' Japanese refugees and tho
Japanese consul staff of the inland of Sak
halin to return to Japan. They will be
taken off In a neutial ship, which will bo
arranged for by the Washington authori
ties. k.
FIsM Laat aa Hoar.
The fighting between the opposing flo
tilla of torpedo boat destroyer lasted
about nn hour. The Bezstraahnt wag
surrounded by three Japanese torpedo boat
destroyers and sunk.
" The Japanese boatsT'then -withdrew and
the J&panese squadron appeared on the
horizon, v hereupon the Russlau squadron
left the rnadstead, steering in the direction
of the enemy's ships, which retired. Soon,
however, the Japanese reappeared with a
formidable force of about a score of war
ships. The Russian squadron returned to
the roadstead and' took up a position la
line of battle, ready to receive the enemy.
The sudden explosion which destroyed
the Petropavlovsk ocourred almost Immo-
dlately thereafter and the battleship went
to the bottom. . .
The Grand Duke Cyril, Cup tain Jakovleff,
the commander of the Petropavlovsk, four
officer and some fifty men were saved.
The battleship Pobleda was damaged
amidships and went Into the Inner harbor,
where it anchored.
The enemy'e vessels, which were formed
In two divisions, disappeared in th course
of the afternoon.
The fresh breee which wae blowing dur.
Ing Wednesday developed into a gala at
night.
It le asserted here that the delay in the
movements of the Japanese army In Core
Is that over 11 per cent of the troops
are suffering from a malignant sickness,
described as being a species of berl-bert.
Fight Japanese All Slight.
Later, 1:40 p. m. The division of Russian
torpedo boats which put to sea Tuesday
night, kept up a running fight with tb
enemy until early Wednesday morning,
when the cruiser Bayan steamed out to
aid the torpedo boat destroyer Bezstraahnl,
which was crippled and unable to shake oft
the Japanese attack. The Bayan drove
the enemy off, but the Bezstraahnl sunk at
T a. m.
Th Japanese torpedo boats withdrew,
but almost immediately sis Japanese war
thlps appeared on ths horizon. Admiral
Makaroff ordered the squadron out to moot
them, and the Japanese letlred, but soon
almost Immediately I i'?rec, reinforced
until the fleet consisted of sixteen or sev
enteen wsrshlps. The Btreslans put bsck
to th roadstead and fo-med a battle
line, when at y eclaely 10 o'clock, without
warning, the Petropavlovsk blew up and
eank. The Pobleda received a breach
amidships and retired to the Inner harbor,
where on examination it proved that Ha
Injtirlea were not very awious. Besides
Grand Duke Cyril, Captain Jakvoleff and
Lieutenant Yakovsky. Midshipmen Bylltte,
Jenlsh and YakomlefT were rescued. Re
ports as to the number of seamen saved
are conflicting, one placing the number at
thirty-two and another at fifty-one. They
were rescued by the torpedo gunboat Gay
damak. The cause of the destruction of
the Petropavlovsk has not yet been as
certained. A dispatch from Llao Yang eaye that th
Russian entrenchment on ths Yalu river
have been completed. The center of the
line of fortified position Is Antung. Tho
right flank rest on Tatung Kau and th
left flank on Klulen Cheng, on the west
bank of the Yalu.
Rl'Sl!9 SIFTING TBB STORIES
Facte Are Seenred,
8T. PETERSBURG, April l.-5: p. m.
Out of the mas of conflicting reports re
garding the sequence of event leading
up to th destruction of the Petropavlovsk,
It Is now established that Vice Admiral
Makaroff, early Wednesday morning, took
out his squadron to engags a weak division
of six Japanese cruiser which appeared
on the horizon iter the Japanese torpedo
boats, which sank ths Bezstraahnl, had
been driven off by the Bayan. Particulars
of ths torpedo bost fight sra atlll lacking.
The Russian commander-in-chief pursued
the Jspanese cruiser division until It was
rt-luficcd by elesn battleships, when he
retired Into the outer roadstesd. whare he
was drawing up In line of tattle when the