The Omaha Sunday Bee.
NEWS SECTION.
PAGES I TO 8.
ESTARLIRIIED JUNE 19. 1871.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUSING, JANUARY 22, 1903 THIRTY-FOUK IWOES.
SINOLi: COPY FIVK CEXTfc5.
REVISES THE BIBLE
Ifsw Version of New Testament is Issued
bj British Editor.
MAKES MANY CHANGES IN THE TEXT
Claim Made that "King's English" is Used
for First Time.
TRANSLATION ALLEGED TO BE CLOSE
Several Familiar Quotations Are Pound to
Be Departures from Pact.
SOME POPULAR IDEAS ARE OVERTHROWN
Editor Discover Ihnl Aarlppa Was
Hot "Almost PrnnailFd" and that
Fells DM Not Tremble
Durlno- Dlseourec.
LONDON, Jan. 21. (Specl.i: Cablegram to
The Bee.) The demand for new versions
of the scriptures appears to be almost In
satiable. At a time when one new ver
sion alnne, "The Twentieth Century," Is
stated to have attained the enormous sale
of 200,000 copies, yet another entirely new
version has been completed, nnd prepara
tions are In progress for Its early publlea
tion on both side of the Atlantic.
The title of this new work, "The Cor
rected English New Testament," does not
envey the rull extent of the task which
Its editors have set themselves. Thev
claim that the scriptures now appear In
the "King's English" for the first time.
Bearing- In mind that the New Testa
ment writings have to religious renders a
documentary as well as a literary aspect,
their aim has been to give throughout a
close translation. But they claim also to
have taken greater pains than their prede
t cesaors, working on similar lines, to pro
duce a work that shall be essentially Eng
lish, and not only everywhere Intelligible
and unequivocal In meaning, but also In
Its literary form as attractive as possible
to the mass of renders.
The work Is put forward In all reverence
for the spirit of the authorized version, of
which It Is a revision, but regard for the
latter ha nowhere deterred the trans
lators from correcting the many admitted
defects of that version as a true repre
sentation of the Greek original. A New
Testament, so prepared and made as plain
and devoid of ambiguity in every sentence
as care can make It, has appeared to them
to be a Berlous need among the general
mass of Bible readers.
Work Meets with Approval.
The promoter and general editor of the
work Is Mr. Bumuel Lloyd, a life governor
of the British and Foreign Bible society,
and he is bringing out his version as an
illustration of what he considers should be
dona by the society to this end. '.
Mr. Lloyd's association with the promo
tion or Bible knowledge has been lifelong.
Mora than fifty years ago ha emulated
George Borrows In smuggling Bibles Into
, BpaJjv.a feat , which, he accomplished by
' enclosing a large number of copies In the
" hollow balance weights of some machinery
his firm was consigning there.
The work haa already. won the approval
of so high an authority as the bishop of
Durham, who has written a preface to It,
In which he says that It appears to remedy
in countless instances the serious lack of
. English felicity of the revised version.
A tentative edition of the present work
was prepared some time ago by Canon
Glrdleston and circulated: among scholars,
aome twenty or thirty of whom have vol
untarily contributed suggestions. In the
final revision Mr. Lloyd has had the as
sistance of Rev. E. E. Cunningham and
Mr. V. B. Gurbutt, the latter of whom
gave out the following statement this
week:
"We have not striven after any purely
literary graces," he explained, "and any
literary merit will, of course, have to be
credited first to the original. But we have
certainly studied eupltuny, and while hav
ing always In, mind the plain man and
woman; wo have endeavored never to be
undignified. We hope we have produced a
testament which may be read In church
without shocking the most devout wor
shipers and without sending any one to
sleep one which may be mystic without
any unnecessary mystification. .
"It Is a curious fact that a great many
of the texts expressing popular pious feel
ing are Instances of the Inaccuracy of the
authorized version. It has pained us to
alter them, but truth is greater than sen
timent. Everybody knows Agrippa did not
say he was 'almost persuaded' and thut
Felix did not 'tremble,' at all events phys
ically. ,
Some Important Changes.
"Again, It has not been pleasant to show
people that In talking of 'falling asleep In
Jesus' they are not quoting the actual
words of the New Testament. Again, how
many thousands of persons have been
misled by the time-honored expression 'the
order of Melchlsedlc?' But scholars are
now- agreed that there was no 'order of
priests In the modern sense.
"To give some Idea of the revision, the
word 'publican,' which Is misleading to
the popular mind, becomes 'collector.'
'Lawyer' Is changed Into 'teacher of the
law,' and 'penny' becomes 'shilling,' as
being nearer the real value. A further
Idea may be gained from the sentence In
the authorised version, 'The effectual fer
vent prayer of a righteous man avalleth
much.' The revised version makes tills,
'The supplication of a righteous man avall
eth much In Its working.' In the corrected
English version we say, 'Mighty in its
working is the prayer of a righteous man.'
"A noticeable feature of the book will
be the almost complete sbsence of Italics,
with their temptation of undesirable em
phasis. This has been effected largely by
the mere transposition of the words. After
all, why should the reader of the Bible be
compelled to resort to a commentary con
tinually, when In most cases all that is
wanted is that the translator should give
the right word and put it In the right
place?"
A Few Comparison,
AUTHORIZED
VERSION.
O. generation of vi
pers, who hsth
warned you to ties
(ruin the wrath to
come? Matt. Hi, 1.
CORRECTED
VERSION.
Brood of vipers,
who warned you to
dee from the wrath
to come?
Whosoever s
ha
Whosoever shall
say, morch, he will
be In danger of the
hell of tire.
If thy right eve
say, thou fool, shall
be In danger of hell
tire. Mutt. V, 23.
If thy right eye
offend thee, pluck It
out. Malt, v, 2.
The foxes have
holes, and the birds
of the sir have nei.
-Matt, vtli, 20.
Occupy till I come.
-Luke xlx. U.
Why beholdest thou
the mole that la in
ensnare thee, pluck
:i uui.
The foxes have
holes, and the birds
f the air have
roosts.
Trade ye till J coma.
Why beholdest thou
a splinter which is
Continued on Socond rtl
TALK OF EUROPEAN NOTABLES
Beerho-hm Tree Plana Sovelty for Bf
viral of One Shakespearean
(omtdr.
LONDON, Jan. -'1. (Spccl'
The Bee) Beerbohm
Vlval of
"Much Ado About N ..Res place at
His Majesty's theatc .. the evening of
Tupfday, January 24." With a view of
bringing Shakespeare's comedy within the
compass of three acts Mr. Tree has ar
ranged that the masked ball, during the
course of which Benedict and Beatrice have
their famous pass.iKe-at-ai ms, shall take
place, rot in the hall of Laonato's house,
but in an orange grove adjoining it, the
latter scenes, wherein both lovers are ca
joled by their companions, being played
there also. To mark the passive of the
night an intermexxo, especially composed
by Mr. Raymond Roze, will be played by
the orchestra, and, so far as possible, the
incidents between midnight and daybreak,
such as the Twukenlng of the birds, the
crowing of chantleler and the gradual move
ment typical of the beginning of the work
ing day, are to be reproduced. An Inno
vation will further be effected in the ca
thedial scene, an Ingenious change being
made from the interior to the exterior of
the building, wheie the concluding passages
of the act will be enacted.
The queen this week paid a visit to Hon.
John Ward, who Is gradually recovering
from his recent operation at Miss Mc
Caul's Nursing home. The queen re
mained an hour, chatting with the invalid.
The king has twice visited his equerry
since his illness and has been kept daily
informed of his progress. When the queen
was at Culford hall recently she was taken
by the Countess Cadogan to see an old
woman, aged W, in the village. The queen
evinced the liveliest Interest In the old
woman's personal history. As her ma
jesty arose to go the beldame leaned for
ward and kissed the royal hand fervently.
Turning to Lady Cadogan, she suld: "I
shali die happy now, for I have kissed the
hand of the Lord's annolnted.'' When
the queen left the cottage a guinea re
mained behlned to buy comforts for the
old woman.
The rush of well known people to Egypt
is exceptionally heavy. Many plans have
been disarranged owing to the difficulty of
securing berths on the steamers. The
earl and countess of Dalhousle. who are
gol'ig up the Nile, accompanied by Hon.
Margaret Fraser, have had to postpone
their departure for this reason. Prince
Leopold of Battenberg has already arrived
at Cairo, prince George of Cumberland Is
at Assouan, wnere he will probably make
a long stay. There will be a battle of
flowers In Cairo, In the grounds of Chezirea
Casino, on February 5, and a grand "Corso"
or carnival procession through the streets
on March 7.
Mrs. Frank Mackay, who was thrown
from her horse while hunting recently with
the Quorn hounds and suffered concussion
of the brain, is progressing very favorably.
Mrs. Mackay, who is one of the most popu
lar Americans In society, and entertained
largely last season at 46 Upper Gresvenor
street, the home she rented from Prince
Alexis Dolgorouski, is devoted to hunting
and spends the, winter over here solely for
this reason. I
. The countess of Warwick distributed this
week at Stratford town hall prises to- stu
dents of the Carpenter's Company's Tech
nical Institute, and in an Interesting address
said the utility of such establishments in
crowded localities like West Ham could not
be overestimated. Unfortunately, In Eng
land public instruction was largely ef
fected by party politics, but the City com
panies had succeeded In keeping the at
mosphere of their governing bodies free
from the strife of tongues and had thus
succeeded notably in equipping the rising
generation with educational facilities to
enable them to fight the battle of life.
King Alfonso of Spain Is giving his ad
visers great anxiety owing to his youthful
Intrepidity. His latest wish Is to try bal
looning. He is not to be dissuaded and
has already decided to make an ascent In a
balloon which Senor Leopoldo de Maza has
bought in Paris for 8o0 or in one of the
military balloons with which experiments
are now being made.
The king has received word from India
that his troops .returning from Thibet
brought two living specimens of the kyang,
or wild ass, of Central Asia. It Is In
tended to present them to the king. The
kyung were captured at a spot called the
Meadow of Wild Asses. They became so
tame that they would enter the camp and
feed with the mules, and on the return
Journey they marched with the mules of
the Seventh Mountain battery as if they
had been accustomed to It all their lives.
Prince Edward has received a curious
present, but one, withal, in which the
prince is greatly Interested. The present
consists of n glass box filled with living
ants at work on sand heaps. The little
prince spends hours dally watching the In
sects. The duke of Portland has also
bought an ant house for his 11-year-old son,
the marquis of Tlchfteld, and his little
brother, Lord Norben Ca vendlsh-Bentnlck.
Admirers of Shakespeare In Rome have
formed a committee to raise subscriptions
for the erection of a monument of the poet
In the former Villa Borghese, now the Villa
Umberto.
The German emperor recently received a
handsomely bound volume entitled "For
est," by "F. Hugin." This is really a
pseudonym for the kalserin's youngest sis
ter, Princess Feadora of Schleswlg-Hol-steln,
whose literary proclivities are well
known. "Forest" contains four beautiful
novels, which are full of poetry of na
ture. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt has reappeared at
her theater In Paris In "La Sorclere." She
has had a long and most successful tour
of Europe, her net receipts having ex
ceeded 1100,000. Mme. Bernhardt Is now a
very wealthy woman.
Lady Curxon of Kedleston has, since her
removal from Walmcr to Ilighcliffe castle,
undergone a marked improvement In health
and her progress toward convalescence haa
been uninterrupted.
LORD MILNER MAY RETIRE
Johannesburg- Paper Thinks He Cau
Leave Now with Greater
Ease Than Later. .
JOHANNESBURG. Jan. 21.-(Speclal Ca
blegram to The BeeJ The Star deala au-
J thorltatively with the recently published
j articles on Lord Milner's retirement. The
yuyrr iciuivi Beuei tin y me suggestions
made, but apparently indicating Lord Mil
ner's Immediate retirement, says:
It Is better, on the ground of the public
interest, that he should relinquish his post
at a time when there is nothing in the
circumstances In South Africa to cause
exceptional anxiety than that he should
be compelled to resign at a moment when
his withdrawal might give a shock to the
economic or political stability of the south
ern part of the continent.
Dealing with the possibility of the liberal
party succeeding the conservatives in Great
Britain, the Blur states that It Is easier for
a liberal ministry to make Its Inevitable
volte fare on the Chinese labor question
on the strength of a new high commis
sioner's advice thou on Lettl MUaer's.
ACTION OF COLONIES
:sh Colonial Secretary Issues Paper on
A"
cuuA4 ? tia Pnlinv
jkuj-ovv vi v ivioi vilifies., iiaug wuvji
CANADA PASSES MANY RESOLUTIONS
American Colony Heads List of Dependen
cies Which Desire Closer Relations.
SOUTH AFRICA HAS A LAW IN FORCE
Present Customs Act Gives Preference to
Goods from United Kingdom.
LIMEKICK CALLS rR A TARIFF LAW
Chamber of Commerce of Irish City
Would Have Five Per Cent Duty
oa Goods of Foreign
Mannfartare.
LONDON, Jan. 21. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee. j An Important white-paper has
been Issued containing the replies from
colonial governments to- a request from
Mr. Alfred Littleton, the colonial secre
tary, that he might be furnished with in
formation regarding resolutions passed by
colonial legislatures In favor of preferential
trade relations between the colonies and
the United Kingdom.
The result of the inquiry may be sum
marized as follows:
Canada Resolutions In favor of prefer
ence passed by the Canadian Parliament
on April 5, 1W2, June 8, 1W8, and June 22,
MOO. Resolution passed by the legislature
of Manitoba on February 6, 1904, by the
legislature of New Brunswick, April 7,
19o4, and by the legislative assembly of the
province of Prince Edward island, April 19,
1904.
Australia Legislative council of Victoria
passed a resolution in favor of a colonial
conlerence on November 25, 1890.
New Zealand No resolution, but prefer
ential and reciprocal trade act was Intro
duced into the New Zealand Parliament
In 1903.
South African Colonies No resolutions,
but customs amendment and tariff act
Cassed in 1903, forming a customs union
etween the colonies, gives preference to
the goods from the United Kingdom.
Bermuda No resolution, but a committee
was appointed on July S, 19)4, to consider
the tariff changes necessary for a preferen
tial rate to the manufacturers of the
United Kingdom.
Barbadoes Resolution passed by legisla
tive council on July 7, 1903, supporting Mr.
Chamberlain's policy.
Dominica Resolution passed by legisla
tive council cordially endorsing Mr. Cham
berlain's policy.
Straits Settlements No resolution, as no
customs duties are levied In the colonies.
The Limerick Chamber of Commerce this
week passed a resolution In favor of a 6
per cent duty on all goods Imported from
foreign countries. .
CONSIDER ARMY , SCANDALS
German Emperor Issues Rescript
Dealing with Cruelty of Officers
and Promotions..
BERLIN, Jan. a. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) At. the .kaiser's request an Important-
reaorlpl.' has been sent to the
commanders of German army corps, In
which the question as to the best methods
of dealing with the maltreatment of com
mon soldiers by their superiors Is con
sidered. In this rescript the commanding
generals are Instructed to see that no boI
dlers, who, before they enter the army,
have been guilty of cruelty, shall be ad
vanced to any position of authority, and,
further, that those sergeants and others
convicted of Ill-treating their soldiers shall
not be permitted to remain In the army
after their current time of service has ex
Tired. Although this rescript Is regarded
as an Inadequate attempt at dealing with
a gross abuse, it Is evidence that the kaiser
Is anxious to bring about a better state of
affairs. ,
Naval Cadet Huessener Is again promi
nently before the public. This Is a young
man who, In October, 1903, killed a soldier
In Essen with his dagger because the lat
ter neglected to salute him and ran away
when Huessener began to reprimand him.
Huessener at the time was sentenced to
six years Imprisonment and degradation,
then on appeal to four years, and, finally!
on a second appeal, to two years' confine
ment In a fortress without degradation.
The fortress he selected was Ehren Breslt
steln, on the Rhine. Shortly after his ar
rival In Ehren Bresltstein It was rumored
that various privileges were permitted to
Huessener, with the object of mitigating
the severity of his confinement, but, ex
cept in the socialist papers, little notice
was taken of the matter. The Lelpzlger
Volks Zeltung now publishes a flashlight
photograph, taken at 12:30 at night, of a
room In the fortress of Ehren Bresltstein,
comfortably, even luxuriously furnished, In
which three men, one of them Huessener,
are seen sitting with filled glasses of wine
at a table on which are numerous empty
bottles. According to this Journal, Hues
sener is permitted to leave the fortress
frequently to amuse himself in the neigh
boring villages and occasionally to visit
Coblenz. This revelation has created a
very bad Impression. Huessener's punish
ment for killing his man In Essen Is con
trasted with the fate of those unfortunate
soldiers In Besau who were sentenced each
to five years' penal servitude for striking
the drunken sergeant who had Insulted
their girl . friends; also with the six
months' sentence imprisonment meted out
to the Oldenburg editor who published an
article accusing the minister of religion and
education of the grand duchy, Dr. Ruh
strat, of playing games of hazard when
he onjy played poker.
DESTROYING "JU-JU" HOUSES
British Troops la South Africa Make
Raid oa Two Pa ran
Temples.
LIVERPOOL. Jan. a. (Special Cable
gram to The Bee.) News has been re
ceived her from West Africa of the de
structlon by the British in southern
Nigeria of the Ju-Ju houses belonging to
the Aden! tribe. In which ghastly atroci
ties were reported to have taken place.
The first of these Pagan temples was
found to be a veritable Golgotha, over f,00o
skulls being counted, neatly arranged and
fixed to the walls and posts of the house.
After an Inspection the place was set ok
fire. Some days later a chief, a Ju-ju
priest and a principal man of the town oi
Owere, who were found to be connected
with a "bush Ju-ju," were arrested. This
second shrine was reached after a canoe
Journey up a tortuous creek. Finally, the
British party arrived at a small hut, com
pletely closed In with vegetation, the In
terior being so dark that it was necessary
to tear down the walls before It was possi
ble to see what the place contained.
Among the objects found there was a
metal ball. Inscribed "Otto Bakker, Rotter
damac, 1TM." used at the Ju-Ju festivals to
call the inhabitants of the neighboring
towns together and also bring sacrifice.
ROBERTS ON BRITISH ARMY
Officer Refers to Past Conditions anil
Has a Word of Advice
to Offer.
TyONDON, Jan. II. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Ixird Roberts, In a statement
published this week, draws a remarkable
picture of thex British army of fifty years
ago. In these days, after forty years of
peace, the army had been allowed to de
generate Into a state of Inefficiency which
Lord Roberts describes as almost Incon
ceivable. The object of all training in those days
was apparently to deprive the soldier of
any Individuality he might have originally
possessed and make him, under rigid bar
rack square discipline, a mere section of a
big machine.
Neither officers nor men were expected
to think for themsel-es. No thought seems
to have been given to the necessity for sci
entific preparation to meet the stern task
of war.
"Once an officer Joined the army, his pro
motion was insured by purchase if he
could afford the money, however Incompe
tent he might be, or by seniority If he
lived long enough, however senile he might
have become."
As for their weapons. Colonel Charles
Hay, reporting on the musket in use In
ISofi, said the best shot at by the school of
musketry would not at BOO yards hit an
eighteen-foot square target once In twenty
times.
As to the army of today. Lord Roberts
Is no believer in the theory that smokeless
powder and rifles of precision have sealed
the death of mounted troops.
He declares, on the contrary, that In fu
ture warfare duties even more Important
than heretofore will devolve on the cavalry
of an army, and a far larger proportion
of mounted troops will be considered neces
sary. Then he adds:
"The traditions of the British army show
what magnificent fighting material we have
at our command. All that the men require
Is to be taught and led hy good officers,
and all that the officers require Is to be
properly and scientifically trained.
"The mere fact of putting on a red, blue
or green uniform and carrying a rifle or
a sword will not make a man a successful
fighting soldier."
"A terrible lesson," Lord Roberts Impres
sively declares, "awaits a nation whose
soldiers find themselves opposed to equally
brave but better trained opponents cn the
field of battle.
"No amount of money, no national sac
rifices, will then avail, for modern warfare
moves fast, and time lost In peace can
never be made up again during the stress
of a campaign.
"'I hold this view very strongly and would
urge my fellow countrymen with all the
force at my command to look plain facts
In the face."
TO EXCELL AMERICAN SHIPS
British Admiralty Looks to United
States When Contemplating
Neve Vessels ot War.
LONDON, Jan. 21. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) The attempt-which have been
made to Induce the admiralty to build
only small battleships for the navy have
proven unsuccessful, and designs are at
present being prepared for a new type of
ship which will, in American parlance, lit
erally "lick creation," though whether
the vessels laid down in 1905 will be of this
type is a little uncertain.
The Lord Nelsons designed by Mr.
Watts were without question the finest and
most powerful of the world's warships
planned up to 1904, displacing as they did
1,B00 tons and carrying four 12-inch and
ten 9.2 Inch guns, all of the longest and
most powerful pattern.
Since their design, however, the United
States has decided to build a number of
battleships armed with four 12-lnch and
ten 10-inch guns, which will be slightly
more powerful. The British admiralty's
reply in this friendly competition with
Great Britain's possible ally will be a
ship carrying .en 12-inch guns and dis
placing 17,000 to 18,000 tons. v
It will be able to destroy any battleship
now afloat or as yet designed with con
summate ease, firing as it will a broad
side of seven 850-pound shells, capable of
perforating two feet of the best existing
armor.
SUBMARINE IS' A SUCCESS
French Boat Remains Under Water
Fourteen Honrs and Moves
with Ease.
PARIS, Jan. 21. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) A record has Just been estab
lished vby the French submarine boat Kor
rigan, stationed at BlEerta. It succeeded
In remaining in the water several fathoms
deep for a continuous period of fourteen
hours.
The Korrigan, which was built In 1902, and
haa a displacement of 1S5 tons, went out to
sea at S o'clock In the morning and an
hour later plunged for the purpose of test
ing Its capacity for remaining submerged.
The day passed, and no trace was seen
of the vessel. As the evening approached
considerable anxiety was felt us to the
fate of the submarine, but at ten minutes
past 8 o'clock Its electric projector rose
out of the sea, to the intense relief of the
watchers. The boat then quickly ran In to
port, having been submerged Just over
fourteen hours. '
Lieutenant Thomazi, who commands the
Korrigan, stated that while at an average
depth of three fathoms, the submarine ran
at a speed of seven knots an hour and
navigated about sixty nautical miles.
By means of the periscope he was able
to pass In and out of the harbor, avoiding
the dummy mines which had been set
for It.
FIND ENGLISH WOMAN A SPY
Attache ot Russian Imperial House
hold Dismissed for Tampering;
wlth Caar's Papers.
6T. PETERSBURG, Jan. 21. (Special Ca
blegram to The Bee.) An English lady at
tached to the imperial household haa been
dismissed and escorted to the Russian fron
tier on a charge of tampering with the
private papers of the czar and making
copies of various Important documents.
Two years ago a negro servant of the
household was dismissed on a similar
charge. At this time the negro accused
the nurse of the crime, but as the empress
espoused the cause of the English woman
the matter was passed over. The other
day a servant noticed the nurse entering
the czar's cabinet and tieglnnlng to rum
mage among the papers on his majesty's
table. He at once closed the door and
gave the alarm, when compromising docu
ments were found In her possession. The
afCalr has caused much excitement at
the court. It Is believed that the English
woman was La the pay of Interested partita
FEAR RIOTS TODAY
Great Uneasiness Pervades Entirt Popula
tion of Et. Petersburg.
STRIKERS PLAN BIG DEMONSTRATION
They Will March from Three Parts of City
t Winter Palace.
CZAR TO GIVE THEM HEARING
Father iopon Writes a Letter to Emperor
Informing Him of Msre.
COUNTRY ON VERGE OF REVOLUTION
Strikers Confident that Troops Will
Not Fire Vpoa Them Street Rail
way Service Is Suspended
More Factories Close.
BT. PETERSBURG. Jan. 22.-1:05 a. m.
Despite official assurances at midnight that
the situation was well In hand and that
ample steps had been taken to protect the
vast Industrial section of St. Petersburg
and insure the safety of the city, the
greatest uneasiness for today pervade the
entire, population.
Picked troops are stationed at various
points In the city and each house contains
a miniature garrison with gendarmes in
the courtyards and machine guns ready
for the first emergency. The winter palace
Is strongly picketed, with Grand Duke
Vladimir In command. Final Instructions
were issued tonight.
The plan of the government Is to prevent
the workmen from coming to the center
of the city today by guarding gates and
bridges. A collision therefore is believed
to be more likely to occur In the outskirts
of St. Petersburg.
Meantime the strikers are carrying out
their original program. The few mills and
factories remaining active In the city were
closed during the day, one of the first of
them being the government powder mill.
Traffic was stopped on the street car lines,
the men having Joined the strikers.
Bis; Demonstration This Afternoon.
Preparations for a big demonstration at
the winter palace square at 2 o'clock today
have not been suspended, although the
leaders have been warned that it cannot
take place and that the emperor will not
be there. The workmen all are convinced
that his majesty will appear and listen to
the grievances set forth In the petition.
The deputation whlcb on Friday took the
invitation to Emperor Nicholas to attena
the meeting having failed to gain access to
his majesty, Father Gopon sent It today by
his secretary to Interior Minister Svlato-polk-Mirsky.
1
During the day Antonlus, metropolitan of
St. Petersburg, formally excommunicated
Father Gopon on the ground that he was
causing the people to rise against the em'
peror, the head of the church.
Rumors that the troops have plainly In
dicated their sympathy with the strikers
and that If it comes to a collision they
will refuse to fire on them, are everywhere
rife and the workmen themselves are thor
oughly convinced that such Is the case.
But the authorities maintain that the loy.
alty of the troops is beyond question, point
ing out that the only time that Russian
regiments showed treachery was In the De.
cembrlst revolution of 1821, when the guard
regiments participated, but they say that
the troops there were practically soldiers of
fortune, returning to Russia after the Na
poleonic wars. Imbued with the revolution
ary ideas of France. It Is more fully rea
lized, however, that If the troops , mutiny
or actually Join the workmen that the gov
ernment will be faced, not with riot, but
with revolution.
Father Gopon Stands Pat.
Father Gopon, at the request of Minister
of Justice Muravleff, went to the ministry
of Justice today and had a long Interview
with M. Muravleff, at wb.lchthe minister
tried to dissuade him from his program for
Sunday. 'Father Gopon, however, could not
be budged and at the end of the interview,
left saying:
"We must each do our duty according to
the light given us."
The plan of the workmen Is to assemble
at three points, the Putlloff and Oubokoff
works and the Island of Vassill Ostrov, and
march to the parade square. They are
fully convinced that the emperor will be
there to receive their petition.
The representative of the Associated
Press went among many groups of the
workmen, but found no one who expressed
doubt as to the emperor meeting them. All
spoke of him most reverentially and they
insisted that he Is kept In Ignorance of
the truth and that once he has heard of
their grievances they will receive Justice.
They said that what was wanted were
shorter hours and more pay, and also po
litical liberty; but the Ideas of most of
the men on the latter subject are rudimen
tary and they could not eractly explain
them, the only concrete exception being
that they wanted a condition such as ex
ists In Germany.
If not that, they did not want' any em
peror at all. They declared their peaceful
Intentions and said they did not want to
fight. They seemed to entertain little fear
of being shot down.
"The soldiers are on our side," said one
of the leaders. "They may fire on the pal
ace, but not on us."
Workmen Criticise Royalty.
Not one of the workmen raised a voice
against the emperor, though they did not
spare some of the Imperial family, espe
cially Grand Duke Alexis, who, with otherB,
they charged with being responsible for
Russia's defeat in the war In the far east,
saying that they kept the emperor In ignor
ance of the true situation. Some of them
repeated current gossip about Grand Duke
Alexis and the Russian fleet. "We know
what happened in a theater some time ago
when his mistress came on the stage cov
ered with Jewels," said one of the men.
"The galleries hissed her and the people
cried out: 'Take them off; they are not
diamonds, but drops of Russian blood.' "
Rumors of Other Strikes.
Late tonight It was reported that a
strike had been declared In the paper mills
In Finland and rumors are that If blood Is
spilled here today there will be many
serious risings throughout the land. The
rumors, however, probably belong to the
crop of sensational stories with which the
city Is filled.
Private letters from Helslngfors were re
ceived by the Associated Press tonight
not giving the slightest intimation of the
Imminence of a movement among the Finns.
Metropolitan Antonlus has pronounced an
anthema o.i Father Uopon for Inciting the
people In a time of trouble.
Father Gepoa Writes to Tsar.
Father Gopon sent a letter to Minister
of the Interior Prlnoe Bvlatopolk-Mlrsky
today begging that Emperor Nicholas ap-
(Continued oa Second Puge.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Partly Cloudy Sunday and Monday.
SEWI SKCTION
1 New Revision of the Bible Out.
Colonies and Reciprocal Trnde.
Turmoil at the Russian Capital.
Proceeding of the l.estlslntnre.
3 Snioot Testifies on Potjnnmy.
Five Mrn Killed by Indians.
3 News from All Parle of Nebraska.
Railroad Men to lie Given Hearing,
Governor Kllea Ills Answer.
4 Missionary Conference Closes.
Special Services at the Churches.
5 Omaha Club Holds an Election.
Affairs at South Omaha.
6 Past Week In Omaha Society.
Woman In Club and Charity.
T Council DlnfTs and Iowa cws.
Hepburn Offers Railroad Still.
8 Sportlna Events of the Day.
Hourke Announces Mmrl of Team
Houvlrr to Form .New Cabinet.
EDITORIAL SECTION
Attorneys Defy Board of Review.
Girl a Victim of .Malpractice.
10 Editorial.
11 Mahoney's Record as Prosecutor.
14 Bryan Malt the White House.
.tews from the Military Post.
Condition of Omaha's Trade,
in Financial and Commercial,
ltt Taaea on the Street Railway.
HALF-TONE SECTION
1 Stories About Prominent People.
Passing of Ex-l.overnor Unrbcr.
Ilia -Auction Sale of Heal Estate.
3 Plays, Players and 1'layhounes.
Musical New and Comment.
3 Schemes Devised by Swindlers.
4 Harvesting; of Omaha's Ice Crop.
5 Animals Which Produce Good Meat
U In the Domain of Woman.
7 Sportlna Review of the Week.
8 Developments la Electrical Field.
COLOR SECTION
1 Buster Brown Quits Enaland.
a Secret of Jap Cilrl Fascination.
Uueer Thluiis from Near and Far.
3 Dual Lovers Fatal to Bosnian Girl.
4 Story of a Matrimonial Tanale.
Womnn Paints Pictures of Cats.
5 Ghosts No Longer Fashionable.
Dual Life of Three-Venr-Old Boy.
6 Children Mny Enter I'nlverslty.
7 Some Fnnny Thlnx by Nesblt.
8 f holly Cashculler as a Detective.
Woes of a Smoker Illustrated.
O Story of Monte Carlo.
Romance of a Bachelor.
lO Beauties Who Appear on the Stae.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterdayi
Hour. Dear. Hour. Dear.
S a. m H 1 p. m JO
H a. m H 2 p. m li
7 a. m t 3 p. m 1U
W a. m 8 4 p. in 17
l a. m I S p. m IS
10 a. m lO p. ni 17
11 a. m 12 7 p. ni 17
la ni 13
FIGHT FOR JGRAIN TRAFFIC
Eaatbound Lines to Meet Any Rate
Made for Shipment to i
Gulf Porta.
CHICAGO, Jan. 21. In the contest be
tween cities on the Atlantic coast and those
on the Gulf of Mexico for the traffic in the
grain crops of Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa,
the 'Chicago Gateway" and the Atlantic
coast secured a victory today when traffic
officials of the eastern and western lines
reached an agreement to meet any compe
tition of the railroads leading from Omaha
and Kansas City tojhe gulf.
The western roads were given full author
ity by the lines from Chicago to New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore to make rates
on export grain which would bring the trar
flc this way, In other words the rate mak
ing power on western grain for export was
passed over to the western roads by the
trunk lines eastward.
The eastern railways have only to ac
cept the rates made by their western con
nections and haul the freight turned ovei
to them. The agreement Is without time
limit and may continue so long as the com
petition of the gulf remains an nctlce fao
tor In the traffic. The rate from Omaha to
New Orleans by the new tariffs of the Mis
souri Pacific is 13 cents per 100 pounds.
MASKED MEN ROB TRAIN
Bandits Hold I'p Spokane Flyer Near
Portland, but Lose Nerve Before
Job is Finished.
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 21. Passengers on
the Oregon Railway & Navigation com
pany's train No. 4, known as the Spokane
Flyer, were robbed Just after the train
left the east Portland station, shortly after
6 o'clock, by four masked men who boarded
the rear platform of the last car, known
as the Walla Walla sleeper, at the east
side station. The track enters Sullivan
gulch, a dark ravine, a few hundred feet
south of the station.
As the train turned into the gulch the
four men entered the smoking compart
ment and commanded the occupants to
throw up their hands. The thieves pro
ceeded to go through their victims, from
whom they secured about $100 and one
gold watch'.
When these few had been robbed the ban
dits nerve seamed to have failed them, for
they stopped the train and Jumpd off, dis
appearing In the heavy underbrush along
the sides of the gulch. Officers are In pur
suit. M'GREEVY RELEASED ON BAIL
Presldrnt of O'Neill Bank Finds
Three Sureties and Gains
His Liberty.
ONEILL, Neb.. Jan. 21. (Special. )-After
lying In Jail for three weeks, Bernard Mc
Greevy, president of the defunct Elkhorn
Valley bank, was released tonight on bond
for 2,000, furnished by his father, John Mc.
Greevy and W. R. and Mary Butler. Mc
Greevy still stoutly maintains his Innocence
of all wrong-doing In connection with the
failure.
Movements of Ocean Vessels Jan. 21.
At New York Arrived: Campania, from
Liverpool; IiSavoie, from Havre; Pennsyl
vania, from Hamburg. Sailed: Umbria,
for Liverpool; New York, for Southampton;
Finland, for Antwerp; Konlg Albert for
Naples.
At Boulogne Arrived: Staatendam, from
New York.
At Glasgow Balled: Samaritan, for Bos
ton. At Liverpool Sailed: Btevanla. for Bos
ton; Etruria, for New York. Arrived: Lu
canla, from New York.
At Havre Sailed: La Champagne, for
New York.
At Antwerp Balled: Kroonland, for New
York.
At Cherbourg Sailed: Philadelphia, for
New York.
At Naples Arrived: Citti Dl Tornado,
from New York.
At St. Michaels Arrived: Republic, from
New York.
At Rotterdam Arrived: Htantenrlm
from New York.
At H"burg-Arrlvedl Pretoria, row
Ke-w York, via Dover,
VOTE FOR SENATORS
Bill Which Proposes to Make Legislators
Clerk to Record Verdict.
NOMINATED SAME AS OTHER CANDIDATES
Lawyers Insist the Bill Would Be Knocked
Out by Courts.
STRINGENT GARNISHEE BILL APPEARS
All But Nins Dollars Per Week of Wages
Subject to Exeoution.
NO CLASS OF EMPLOYES EXEMPT
Another Rill Which Comes frasa
Same Source Is Intended to
Kaock Out Trading
Stamps.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Jan. 21. (Special Telegram.)
Divesting the legislature of Its constitu
ency rights of electing United States
senators and limiting th power ot the
lawmaking body to the mere act of declar
ing elected the senatorial candidate chosen
by a popular vote at the general election
immediately preceding the session of the
legislature at which a senator Is to be
elected, a bill was Introduced In the house
toduy by Anderson ot Hamilton.
The bill provides that each political rarty,
beginning with the fall election of 1906,
shall place on the official ballot at the
general election the name of a candidate
for United States senator, and that the
man receiving the highest number of votes
at that election shall be considered the
choice and preference of the people of the
state for senator. Of course, all that Is
left for the legislature to do is merely to
complete by formal routine what the people
have done. The bill,, of course, provides
that this procedure shall take place at the
election immediately preceding the time
sot by law for the regular election by the
legislature of a senator.
Under this meusure the candidates for
senator must be chosen by their respectlve
parties through a primary election, or, at'
the option of the party, at the state con
vention which nominates the state officers.
Such formalities as filing the names of the
candidates with the secretary of state and
canvassing of the vote the same as Is now
done with all state officers are enumerated
In the bill.
While admitting that, in a measure, this
bill leans toward the popular election of
senators, men who favor that mode of
election, but who are' not In favor of this
bill, take the position that It would be folly
for the legislature to presume to enaot
such a law so long as the constitution of
the United States vests the election of
senators In the legislature, that such a law
would at once be declared unconstitutional.
In tha light of this view these critics con
tend that the authors of this measure are
not friends of the popular election theory,
Tradlnur Stampa and Exemptions. '
Backed-by. ldtLk:4sanltiiftU.. no. jixorap-'. .
tion bill and a bill to abolish the trading'
stamp business were introduced in the
house this morning. The latter measure,
though submitted by Hogrefe of Richard
son, was drawn in Omaha, and the former,
if not drawn by Omaha men, has the en
dorsement of powerful Influences there the
same Influences, In fact, which supported
a similar measure two years ago.
The fight to secure the passage of an ex
emption law two years ago Is fctill fresh
In the public mind, since It was extended
Into the recent state campaign end made
an Issue In the gubernatorial contest. Gov
ernor Mickey, who vetoed the exemption
bill of 1903 after It had passed both houses,
was made the special target of certain of
the creditor class, while drawing strength
from the laboring element because of his
action on this matter.
The bill of two years ago exempted SSS
of a debtor's wages in the hands ot an
employer at any one time, and allowed
garnishee of all wages In excess of 20 per
cent of the ?35. The present bill exempts
19 a week and the present law exempts
the wages of sixty days. The new bill la
considered the most drastic of the three
propositions for the reason, among others,
that it permits a creditor to take all but
$9 a week of the debtor's wages as fast as
they fall due him.
Text of Exemption Bill.
The bill introduced today is H. R. 124, and
was submitted by Ullem of Red WUWsT. it
rtads us follows:
Sec. 621. All persons wl.o are heads of
families una who luve neither lands, town
lorn or huusi s subject to exemption as a
homestead under the laws of this state,
btiail have exempt I loin loiced sale or ex
ecution personal property of the value of
I Sec. BJ0, No property hereinafter mentioned
i shall be liable tor aitacliiuunt, execution or
sale on any iinai process itisued from any
. court la t liia state against any person be
j lug a resident of this state and head of a
family. First, the family Bible; second,
luini, pictures, school books and library
! lor the use of the lamlly: third, a seat or
pew in any house or place of public wor
ship; fourth, a lot in any burial ground;
II fin. ull necessary wearing apparel of the
ueluor and his family, all beds, bedsteads
and bedding necessary for the use of the
debtor and his family not to exceed four;
ail cooking- uteiiHlm and ail other household
furnltjre not herein enumerated, to be se
lected by the debtor not exceeding in valua
1 $100; sixth, one cow, one hog and if the
debtor he at the time actually engaged In
the business of agriculture. In addltirm ta
. the above, one yoae of oxen, or a pair of
norsee in neu inerooi not exceeaing In value
the sum of JJ00; one wagon, cart or dray,
two plows, one dng and till necessary gear,
lug for the teams herein exempted, also for
the necessary food tor the stock mentioned
in this section for the peilod of three
months; seventh, the tools and Instruments
of any mechanic, miner or other person
used and kept for the purpose of carrying
on his trade or business; the library and
implements of any professional man. All of
which articles hereinbefore Intended to be
exempt shall be chosen by the debtor his
agent, clerk or legal rcprufcuntatlve, as tha
case may be.
Sec. Ml. Nothing In this chapter shall be
so construed aa to except any property In
tills state from execution or attachment for
clerks, laborers or mechanics' wages for
money due and owing by any attorney. at
law for money or other valuable consid
eration received by said attorney for
any person or persons; nor shall any
thing In this chapter be construed to ex
tmpt from execution or attachment prop
erty of the value of more than IAjo for any
dob: contracted by any person In the pur
chase of the actual necessaries of life for
himself or family or for any person or per
sons who were t the time of contracting
huch debt dependent upon such person pur- '
chasing the same for support; provided,
that where the debt contracted therefor
shall be deenud the debt of both husband
and wife; and, provided further, that noth
ing herein contained shall he construed to
exemit in the aggregate more than $.1uu
worth of personal property to both husbajid
and wife.
Hmo. 63ia. The wages of 4 11 persons who
are the heads of families. In the hands of
those, by w hom n.ij-h persons are employed
thall be exempt from the operation of at
tachment, execution and garnish" process
to lh extent of 9 per week of said wages;
provided, Hint nothing In this art shall be
so construed in to protect ihe w.iKes of
persons who have or are abojt to abscond
or leave the state from the provisions of
Hie law now 111 force Uon th it subject.
At piesent certain rlusnea of employes are
exempt from the operations of a gar
nishee law, but this bill proposes to wipe
out any such statute and bring under tha
pale ot this measure all tnea uiifurtuiit