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?:,lM.f The Omaha Daily THE BEE IS THE PREFERRED ADVER. TISING MEDIUM IN ITS TERRITORY FOR A CHARACTERISTICALLY WEST ERN NEWSPAPER READ THE BEE ESTAIUISIIED JUNK 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MOUSING. JANUAHY 30, 1905. SINGLE COPY THKKE CENTS. Bee. i -v. The CI V na JAPS WIN BA1TLE Beported Defeat bj Bassians FroTet to Be Victory. OYAMA'S TROOPS OCCUPY LUITIKI Koanpatkin'i Hen Make Two Oointer Chargss, Both of Which Are Repulsed. FIERCE FIGHT NEAR HEIKOUTIA Oiari Foroei Estreat to the Bight Bank of the Han Birr r. BATTLE BEGINS WEDNESDAY MORNINS Rneslan Report "ays Flrat Three Days the Flikt Are With, at Declslva Kf Dlli. LONDON. Jan. !.- p. m.-Te!egraphlc advices received here today from the Japa nese Manchurlan headquarters Bay: Our de tachment occupied IJutiko yfsterday (Saturday) and wera twice counter-attacked by a superior force of the enemy last night. We entirely repulsed the enemy. Our other detachment at dawn today (Sunday) attacked the enemy In the neigh borhood of Feltssajhotiu about two miles north of Helkoutal and occupied the pcsl- tlon. The enemy fiercely counter-attacked our force which assailed Helkoutal last night, but was repulsed entirely. Today our fore occupied the neighborhood of Helkou tal. The enemy In the direction of Llutlko and Helkoutal has entirely retreated to the right bank of the Hun river. Our force Is now pursuing them. In the direction of Chenchlchpao and Llkajentan the enemy made several attack last night, but were repulsed. The enemy attacking; these points belonged to the Eighth and Tenth corps. In the direction of Helkoutal the enemy Is composed of the first and mixed corps of Infantry, together with a cavalry dlvl . slon under General Mlstchenko. We cap tured 600 officers and men. The casualties on both sides are under Investigation. Flajbt Along; I -eft and Center. 1:80 p. m. The Russians are massing about 66,000 troopsi on the Japanese left and bombarding the left flank and center. Small forces of Russians are attacking all along the line. Manchurlan headquarters of the Japa nese army report that on Saturday the Russians occasionally bombarded the right and conter armies, following up the bom bardment with attacks, which the Japanese Immediately repulsed. In the direction of the left wing a Japanese detachment was victorious at Chenchlehpao and occupied Lultlko and Ltohlawopeng on Saturday, the Russians retreating north and west. The Japanese occupied with Infantry posi tions southeast of Helkoutal on Saturday and are now assaulting the main position. Another detachment dislodged a regiment of Infantry, a brigade of cavalry and twelve guAs, occupying Haeshpao, Ave miles south of Helkoutal. The Russian strength opposing the Japa nese left flank Is roughly estimated at eight corps, consisting of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Infantry divisions, the Second and Fifth brigades of European Rifles, the Ninth Infantry division of the Tenth corps, part of the Sixty-first Infantry, part of the First Siberian and the First and Fourth brigades of Rifles. Fighting on Okn'i Front. GENERAL OKUB HEADQUARTERS, Jan. 28. I p. m., via Fusan (Delayed.) The Russian bombardment, beginning at dawn this morning on the extreme left, rapidly spread along the whole front of Oku's army. It was kept up fiercely all day and it was the strongest fire since the battle of Shakhe. Salvos are fired continually, also there Is considerable musketry fire. The Japanese are seldom replying and are saving their Are, awaiting an attack. There la a possibility that the entire line will be engaged soon. The Russian force on General Oku's ex treme left, numbering more than two di visions, centered at Pekowatal, yesterday afternoon. One division attacked In the vi cinity of Shantanpu a few miles east of Pekowatal. The Japanese advance guard drove them bark. Inflicting serious damage. A rifle and artillery fire and a general bom bardment along the whole front continued all day yesterday and was resumed at day light this morning. BATTI.B BEGINS WEDNESDAY I , nsalana Report Captare f Tero ? e. ( Villages. tectlon S55EFANGTAI, Co Ve-sts Southwest we meiaf Mukden, Jan. 28 Via Peking, Jan. 18 A battle commenced ut daylight Janu j"Yry 26. The right flank reinforced by to tnef -oops from the east began a movement .'i against the Japanese left. One corps, leaving Biefangtal at midnight January I marched seven miles southwest and at tyllght attacked. The Infantry backed not t dD by artillery drove the Jauanese from f t' ' two vllluges at midday after a sharp fight and continued to make progress, the rest of the right flank becoming engaged. The Russian artillery fire was heavy but the Japanese remained almost silent. The captured villages presented a warlike pic ture with Japanese and Russian dead lying side by Side In the streets. The Russian Infantry kept under the caver of the walls and houses to protect themselves from the Japanese Are from adjoining villages. The country Is flat and thickly populated and the villages are large and rich in foodstuffs. t It Is snowing and bitterly cold and the troops eagerly seek the protection of the villages which In this district have es caped destruction. On January M there was a heavy fire alone the right flank front and an ad vance was made. The wind at the Rus sian's barks drove the snow into the faces of the Japanese and It was very difficult to see any distance. One Siberian rifle regiment suffered somewhat heavy losses. January 17 the fighting continued on the right flank, but It does not seem to be developing along the center or eastern flank. Probably the cold weather prevents a further continuance of the battle. There Is more artillery on both sides than In any former bsttle of history. LUMBER TEAMSTERS TO STRIKE Demand Fifty Cents Per Day la. f ereaae Over Present Wages, CHICAGO, Jan. . Nine hundred lumber teamsters employed by the big lumber yards of Chicago decided tonight to go on strike tomorrow because the employers re fused to grant a demand for an increase In Wages of W cents a day. Over 100 fli spstnbers of the Lumberman's assoclatli pmSI ! affected by tie strike. RUSSIANS F0RH? T0 RETREAT Official Report of Alleged Victory Oter Japanese aje It la a Defeat. ST. FETERSBt'RO, Jan. .-12:S a. m Instead of confirmation of Saturday night's report that General Kouropatkln had broken through the Japanese left, there came Lieutenant General Sakh.iroff's offi cial admission today that the Russians had been compelled to retire from Sandcpas on account of thi'lr Inability to carry a re doubt. It Is also significant that dispatches from Russian correspondents at the front have again suddenly ceased, which Is re garded as an Indication of the fnllure of l.e operation and strengthens tho first Im pression thnt It was a demonstration undir taken to distract the people at home from the present situation. Nemlrovleh Danchenko, the war corre- spondent, who has Just arrived from the front, snld to the Associated Press today: I do not reenrd the present offensive movement as likely to be prolonged. I he- lieve (ieneral Kouroratkln does not con. terrmlnte n dnrifilve mnvAmpnl hufnm a couple of months. The weather conditions till then will be unfavorable. General ( toum. Prince Gurielly, an officer of the come when he was Introduced. "Chris w.TaTwhVr.en.n1; fiLX hV.vZ I Police, was assassinated. tlanlty" was hi. theme, and among other recently arrived. on Interview with Prince Hilkoff. the minis- ter of communications. In which he states thnt the double-tracking of the Siberian railway Is Impossible for the purposes of the present war, but that minor improve ments, especially the construction of sid ings, will bring up the carrying capacity of the road to the equivalent of twenty-two trains each way dally. At present there are only eighteen trains dally each way. Prince Hlikoff says he does not expect that the strike In the railroad shops will continue, but should It do so he may have to order cars and trucks from foreign manufac turers. A telegram from Huan mountain states that General Mlstchenko has been wounded In the leg. Lieutenant Genernl Sakharoff has tele graphed the following report to the gen eral staff under date of January 2S: extreme left column engaged near Snmapu and Paotsls. Details have not been re ceived. On January 28 the enemy began to con centrate In considerable force near San depas, intending to lake the offensive. On January 27 our column on the extreme left took the offensive against the villages of Sumapu anj Paotsla, south of Samlepaa. which were occupied by the enemy. During the whole of January 27 an obstinate fight was going on here and after midnight we took Sumapu On Junuary 26 another column advancing upon Sandcpns occupied In the evening a. great part of that fortified village, but coming upon a strong redoubt with a triple row of artificial obstacles which had been scarcely damaged by our fire, and which was armed with field artillery and quick iiir-rn aim areuig me impossiniuiy or carry ing the redoubt without a preliminary bom bardment, our troops left Samlepaa, which has been set on lire, it being Impossible to remain there without risking defeat. On January 27 and "8 Sandepaa end Its re doubt were heavily bombarded, while our extreme column engaged near Samnpu and Paotsls. Details have not been received. On January 2ti-27. our ravalrv, operating six miles south of Sundepas, attracted and defeated a Japanese company and took 100 prisoners. Altogether the Japanese must have suf fered considerable loss. RIOTING 151 STREETS OF ROME Masa Meettnjr of Rnaalnn - Sympa thisers Disperses by Cavalry; ROME, Jan 29. Many meetings were held today In the principal towns of Italy to protest against the alleged Russian cruelties. The more notable of these meet- ! Ings were at Naples, Pisa, Ancona, Mes- i slna, Genoa and Brindlsl. At the last ' named place an attempt was made to pull down the Russian arms from the door of , the consulate. In Rome, notwithstanding a prohibition by the government and a display of troops, 8,000 of which bad been brought In from the provinces to reinforce the ordinary garrison, about 3,000 people assembled and tried to break through the by sympathetic Finns. At present he Is j Bineton and Philadelphia and Reading cordon of troops and reach the capital. ' supposed to be In Stockholm. A story j branches of the Young Men's Christian as There were cries of "Long live the Russian has been started, and which is attributed sociatlon. Mr. Garfield spoke of the re revolutlon," and "down with the autocracy to the police, that Gopon is a Jew. sponslblllty of wealth and Christianity and the Cossacks." The troops, which In- I The zemstvos of Saratoff NlJInl Novgorod jn assSting In maintaining good govern cluded carbineers. Infantry, cavalry and and Vladimir have adjourned because the ment. He praised the work done by the artillery, charged the crowds several times. St. Petersburg zemstvos are practically In , young Men's Christian association In ap Belng unable to force their way to the control of the governmental machinery of , peaing to the religious side of the young capital the mob went to the royal palace, the provinces, and some of the liberals are man &n(1 at the same time making him but waa again dispersed, re-gathertng in trying to induce others to close, with the x,ener aDie to take his place in the battle lesser numbers at the Russian embassy, wnere it was finally scattered by mora ment and compelling u to yiem m mc uc energetlo cavalry charges. Several persons mand for the convocation of constituent as were wounded and many arrests were , scmbly. made. a. marshal of the nobility from one of the "--------------- 1 central provinces has expressed the opinion WEEK'S WORK IN CONGRF ' t0 the Associated Press that the govern mir o yjnr im UUIMUntia , wnt cnnnot extricate Itself from the pres. mil u ... lent situation without substantial conces- to Consideration of State. hood Dill. WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-Earlv In the week Senator Ueveridne. in rhinra nt the ' statehood bill, will make another effort to secure nn agreement to vote on that bill, and the present prospect Is that the appeal will not be made In vain. The opponents , of the bill generally express willingness to allow the measure to be disposed of, and they go so far as to say that If there Is ob jection to naming the time it will come from some of the supporters of the bill. The day for the vote Is not yet absolutely de cided on, but probably will be some duy the week after the present legislative week. . unJr it o role is nomea discussion 'congress, they were told that the gauntlet of the bill in the senate will be confined ! wou)d a(raln be thrown down to the arls largely to consideration of amendments, j tocracy, but that this time the sovereign, Th. liquor prohibition amendment will re- I wno was specifically declared to be exempt oelve special attention. The opponents of I frmn danger during the recent activity, as the bill will endeavor to secure the most '. nnwn In the trial of Sasoneff. the assassin liberal changes possible. They will strive nt Minister von Plehve. would be Included to get four new states, but ln the end. If I necessary, will be satisfied to have Arizona e.lmlnated from the measure. On Friday Judge Swayne will make an swer to the charges against him. The agricultural appropriation bill will be reported during the week and may ba considered In the senate before the clou of I me weeg. Four appropriation bills await the ac tion of the house this week, the pension, the postofflce, the naval and diplomatic and consular. Outside of this routine work and the passage of minor legisla tion by unanimous consent, nothing of in terest Is looked for. The program on rail road rate legislation Is not complete nor la the ways and means coramltte through with the Philippine tariff bill. Neither of these subjects will figure in the house proceedings this week. Assistant Secretary of the Treas ury, and Mrs. Armstrong left Wash ington today for Palm Beach, Flor ida, where they will spend a few weeka stopping at Charleston. Sav annah. Jacksonville Hnd other points. On their return about March 1. Mr. Armstrong will close up some pending matters In the divisions of the Treasury department un der his charge and on March f will enter business llfe In New York City as presl dent of an accident Insurance company Morder la Chicago Saloon, CHICAGO. Jan. 29 -Because he refused to pay for a beer glass which he had acci dentally broken In a saloon in Armour avenue today, John Manning was shot and killed v J4a Vvo, porter U the saloon RIOT AND PILLAGE AT WARSAW British Consular Officers Are Attacked by Hussar and Injired. REACTIONARIES ARE IN CONTROL Csar la Completely Dominated by Grand Duke Seraliis Storm Prevent Trouble at Moscow. sociation; Harry A. Garfield, son of the ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 30. Rioting and I martyred president, who occupied the chair pillage are in progress In Warsaw, In spite j of American politics at Princeton univer of the presence of a large number of troops, sity, spoke at a large meeting in the north The consular officers there are reported to i eastern section of the city, and prominent i have been aswaulted by Hussats and the matter, It Is stated, has as been called to the attention of the St. Petersburg government by the British ambassador. A severe storm at Moscow aided the authorities there in averting disorder, which was thought to be impending. There were i no disturbances In St. Petersburg. In Ba- I The Influence of Grand Duke Serglus, the JIVIIIU31 iri nip I enc i luuni It s, in tiiitf.i ti. 1 have governed Emperor Nicholas ever , I since the strike troubles begun, and that member of the Imperial family Is repre- sented to be determined on drastic meas ures for the suppression of all agitation for economic or political reforms. Reports continue rife that the terrorists are prepared to resume their activities. Father Gopon, the leader of the St. Pet ersburg workmen, Is reported to have es caped to Stockholm. The holy synod has denounced him as a "criminal priest," a be trayer of his sacred office. Heart lonarlea In Control. Evidence Is accumulating that Emperor ... , . ., . .-!- .. - Duke Serglus. who Is the most reastlonary member of the Imperial family, the head oi wnai is aeiioiniimieu inc vi yai ij, mm whom the liberals stigmatize as Russia's evil genius. With the first appearance of Father Gopon In the movement, Ser glus unred tho necessity of putting down the demonstrations In the most energetic manner. 'Ince Sunday last his hand Is consldcri to have been visible In the ap polntmer. of General Trepoff to the gov ernor generalship of St. Petersburg with tho exceptional powers conferred upon him. Grand Duke Serglus Is known to be responsible for the chunks placarded by . . . , ,- x, Deputy Chief of Police Roudeneff of Mos- cow, which Is causing roreign Minister Lamsdorff embariassmcnt, and now It is believed he Is about to prevail In the mat ter of naming Prince Svlatopolk-Mlrsky's successor In the ministry of the interior, 1 ' " , . , M. Boullgan. formerly governor general of Moscow, who, like his patron, Is an extreme reactionary. The Associated Press is Informed from a high source that Grand Duke Serglus, i men, as well as civilized nations, evading more than M. Wltte, Is responsible for : the moral considerations Involved in a con- more u mi m. . troversy and taking counsel of passion and the elimination from the Imperial manifesto gree(j. of Minister Svlatopolk-Mlrsky's rlan for an ; It is rot worth while to blink at the elected zemstvolsts council of the empire, j fact that without going far from home. " ' , . . .,,,. we can gain a hint that nations called clv- Agalnst Serglus Influence the ministers at 11ZP(, and even cristlan are liable undor present are apparently powerless. Serglus strong temptation to i backslide to bar relgns In the little ring In the little palace baric standards which) permit war and reigns in mo v.ii.. I slaughter to count for peoples greatness inside the strong ramparts of the Kremlin an(, reckons ruthless comiuent among glo- fortress In Moscow, from wnence ne ais- patches dally a courier to Tsarskoe-Seloe. I constant preventative against such dan paivu uanj eer and that Is the sincere accentance Arrests continue. Among tnose seizeo. last night and conveyed to St. Peter and Br Paul fortress Were TakonbOViCh, tho poet, who served a term of exile In for connection with tho revolutionaries; Mme. Plmenoff, nn aged writer, and her daughter. Father Gopon Escapee. Father Gopon, It has now been definitely established, escaped through Finland and : was conveyed across the gulf to Sweden , object of further embarrassing the govern- , ! .inns. He believed that within three months, in the face of thickening troubles, It would be obliged to create a zeinskyza bor. The situation 1n Poland Is Increasingly threatening. especially In Warsaw and Lodz. In li,,Pr Place, it Is reported, . I." men nre oui on sirine. i nere are prospects of extension of the strikes in Odessa and other manufacturing cities of southern Russia, where the workmen are More Trouble Espeeted. Meanwhile practically all classes antici pate new terrorism. It Is snld that when the leaders notified the social democrats that a truce had been proclaimed Imme- aatPly after the close of the zemstvoslst's , the challenge. Attempts especially are expected upon the officers who a week ago ordered the soldiers to shoot. The resumption of work here Is expected to become general today. The newspapers very gingerly discuss the t'Bgedy of January 22 and are only able to hint strongly that It might have been avoided If proper measures had been taken In advance. It Is extremely significant, however, that all the papers severely criti cise the Information about England's re sponsibility for the strikes. As ths editors had all been apprised of Grand Duke 8er rlus' responslbllltv their comments are In directly aimed at him. Wholesale Pillage at Waraavr. WARSAW, Jan. 29 -The strike disorders are becoming more serious. The ordinary life of the city is quite suspended. On Sat urday the strikers stopped the street rail way service, but remained otherwise or derly. Today, however, they began whole- 1 sale pillage. The majority of the shops in Marshal Kovskl street and the state vodjta shops were looted. All the factories, shops, schools and theaters are closed, and the street lumps are extinguished. There have been several collisions between the police and strikers, and many arrests have been made. Inhabitants are terror stricken. LONDON, Jan. SO. The correspondent at Wareiw of Ihe Dally Mall teh graphs as fol lows: A group of Hussars ran down British Vice Consul Muoukaln 8aturda night ln Marshal Kuvski street. Two Hua saia rushed at him with their swords, in Moling severe cuts aerou his face and (Continued on Secoud Page.) SPEECH BY GR0VER CLEVELAND Former mer President Addrraaee Y Men's Christian Aaaoctatloi nana- Anniversary Meeting;. PHILADELPHIA. an. . Former Presi dent Grover Cleveland was the principal speaker at today's ekenises In connection with the celebration it tho fiftieth anniver sary of the Pn.ladeiphl.i Yuu.ig Men' Chris. tian association. Three general mee.iiigs were held this afternoon in different sec tions of the city. Mr. Cleveland addressed a large gathering at the Pennsylvania de partment of the Young Men's Christian as local clergymen were the speakers at the Garrlck theater, where the central branch of the Young Men's Christian association observed the day. W. A. Patton, assistant to President Cas- satt of the Pennsylvania railroad, presided j at the meeting addressed by Mr. Cleveland. i The ex-presldent was given a cordial wel j things he said: I nrrunlnn la full rf ln.nl.aH.,n ... I those who delight in the HuccesM and growth of a good cause. The contemplation of the moral, Intellectual und educational j results which the Young Men's Christian association has wrought within Its life of nuy years is a cure lor pessimism and serves to reinstate our lieiief that the value people place on the things to be de- ii vii i noi mioKeiner nicaaurea ny im- mediate returns In money. As we view the unprecedented American rush for wealih Hnd trade advantages, we are apt to give entrance to the fear that patriotism and good rltlienship nre left behind In the race. We do not always see through the dust and turmoil that the Instrumentality of civic righteousness Is still holding Ub own. We hear the din and shouting of money getting and we are not always certain that in the midst of It all the steady voice of con science Is pleading for better things. It is i well, therefore, that occasions like thsi In w men we today take part should be up- po i fully know that moral achievements should j ftoy Pof XTotoTviuab.e'poL .sessions Mr. Cleveland took up the meaning of Christianity and spoke of the part Chris tianity has played In the history of the country, and continuing he said: As a serious-minded people, conscious of the Immense responsibility resting upon us in the rolutlnn of the problem of popular rule, we should be a reverent people not merely by Up service, but ruggedly, strongly reverent. This Is not to say we should be a sad and gloomy people. On the contrary, with free Institutions and witn equality or rights and opportunities whl;h no other country oflers we should ' be the most cheerful and light-hearted ppnpe n ,n. worj. In the complex relationship of American life not one of us can live and live duti fully to himself alone,. Clashing Interests chanse conditions und often wrnnir Ina... ment or prejudice brings us all at times , face to face with disputes and controver- ' sles. It Is absolutely certain that In every , B(Jch case ,nere . wmavhl,. more or ' easy of discovery a faotor of morality and of Justice and fair dealing, which when found should solve the trouble. It is In i every way disappointing to see civilized rlous needs. There Is one effective und ger and that Is the sincere acceptance s f?nM:inre to national behavior of ths i Bg gi,j;ince to national behuvlor of the , honor, the love of pe ice, the devotion to . justice aim irum me loiucarance ana lllBtlf ; inviolable good faith which grow out of genuine civilization anu Lnristian spirit. No stream runs higher than Its source, and a government by the people will be no better than the people make It. If these qualities sre to be recognized as guides of national conduct under our plan of rule, the people must command their public servants. The meeting addressed by Mr. Garfield wag un(jer the Joint auspices of the Ken- of llfe HUNT FORWARDS SECURITIES Says They Will ne More Than Suffi cient to Enable Bank to Pay Ont. CHICAGO. Jan. '.'9. Securities which President William H. Hunt of the Pan American Banking company declares will cover whatever discrepancy exist3 between the hank's liabilities and visible assets are ln th0 New York mull for Chicago. Such wa8 tlie message received by Attorney Julius n. nelitimin, representing itece.ver Kdwln C. Day, In the course, of a long distance telephone conversation tonight with the head of the concern which closed its doors Wednesday. The securities will, It Is said, reach Chi cago tomorrow and further action will be delayed until it Is learned whnt they are worth. Hunt said he would not fight ex tradition, but would accompany the detec tive who had been sent for him. "As nearly as we could make out to day," said States Attorney Healy, "the se curities which we have found In the bank are worth between $7,0u0 and $8,000. The de velopments of a day seem to give more evidence of the unsoundness of the bank and of peculiar business transactions." Cashier Rector Is still missing from his home at 405 Lake avenue and the search for him continues. Mr. Healy said today that a note of doubtful value for $50,000, given by fne Brace Howard company, an eastern con cern, has been found among the Pan American Banking company's assets. A further investigation of this note and other securities will be started tomorrow. WRECK ON JHE SANTA FE One Trainman Killed and Several In. Jnred In Head-on Collision Hear Ardmore. ARDMORE, I. T., Jan. 29. A northbound passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway and an extra freight collided head on at a point twenty miles north of Ardmore early today. One person was killed and several others were In jured. The dead: GUY GOSSETT. fireman of the freight. Injured: Daniel O'Brien, Shawnee, O. T., passenger conductor, badly bruised. Engineer McKenzle, Cleburne, Texas, leg broken. Engineer Stone, of freight train, head cut. W. T. Strang, of Ardmore, traveling man, arm crushed. J. A. Fitzgerald, Topeka, expressman, head cut and bruised. . Several members of the train crew were Injured slightly. All will recover. The cause of the wreck Is unknosj PROTECTING DOOR TO CANAL Uncle Cam Steps Into San Domiago to Keep Other Power Ont REVOLUTIONS IN IbLAND MUST STOP Important Change la Patent Uni Which Prevents Discrimination Agalnat the People of lulled States. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-tSpeclaJ.)-The I'njted States has taken the first step to wards the establishment of a protectorate i over the alleged "Republic of San Do-designa i mlngo. This is not the ofllcial tion of the recent action of the State de partment, but nevertheless that Is Just what Secretary Hay's course means. Something more than a year ago the an nouncement was made that such a step was In contemplation. The reasons were given In detail at that time and It was shown conclusively that only by such a course was It possible for the I'nlted States to prevent foreign governments from sell ing the customs houses of the Island In order to enforce payment of the claim of Its Citizens. Following Its usual "diplo matic" course In such cases the State de partment rromptly and emphatically de nied that any such action was In content- . .... .. i.- i "" wniiiu "" sistant secretary oi state ixiomis ana au mlral Dewey visited the principal ports of the Island for tho purpose of acquiring definite Information as to existing condl- i tlons. The findings of these gentlemen I were never made public In detnll. Hut for I upward of a year negotiations have been penning which have finally resulted In the publication of a program which is to all I intents and purposes identical with tha'. published In this correspondence more than twelve months ago. It la the purpose of the president to do exactly what President McKlnley did ln Cuba following the evacuation of that island by the Soanlards ln 1S9S. The condi tions ate very similar, except that In San Domingo they are, if anything, worse than they ever were In the Queen of the An tilles. Almost ever since the day of the formation of the first republic chaos and anarchy have reigned. No sooner was a president installed than a revolution started, and it has been impossible for tho past fifty years to secure anything like a stable government. No longer ago than 1902 there were no fewer than five revolu tions pending at one time. Any man with a grievance against the party ln power had no difficulty in raising an army of a few hundred men and a few thousand dollars In specie with which to Inaugurate a revolt. The natural result has been that the pledges of the de facto government were of no value whatever. Investors tome to Island. Capital has been poured Into the Island from the United States, Germany, France and from Great Britain whenever there was a lull in hostilities, in the hope that the Inauguration of public improvements and the construction of means of trans portation would result in a stable gov ernment and to mutual advantage of the people of the Island and the Investors themselves. But ln every Instance these hopes have been dashed and no results have ever been secured. It made no dif ference whether Jlmlnez, or Hureaux was "on top" the outcome waa the same ln every Instance. Obligations were Ignored, investments were seized and the foreigner wns compelled to suffer. It became apparent to President Roose velt early in his administration that owing to the geographical situation of San Domingo it would soon become necessary to secure the safety of the Panama canal by preventing the possibility of foreign acquisition of the revolt-ridden Island at the mouth of the Carrlbean sea. It was also important that In order to prevent tho seizure of the eastern end of the is land by the Just creditors of the Irre sponsible inhabitants the United States must take steps to see that the foreign creditors' Just demands were paid. Hence an amicable arrangement was perfected whereby the United States will do Just what was done ln Cuba. The customs will be honestly collected and the proceeds honestly expended. To enforce the policy which has become Imperative there is gathered in the Carrlbean sea today a fleet of United States war vessels far more formidable than that with which Admirals Samson and Schley annihilated Cervera's ships Just outside the Bay of Santiago. This display of force Is simply an Inll tnalion to the bands of revolutionists that the United States means business. No Attempt at Sovereignty. There will be no attempt, and there Is no desire on the part of the administration to assume sovereignty over the republic. Jljt the administration does Intend to have peace riven by revolutions for so many gtneta There Is no more fruitful spot on the face I of the earth than the Island upon which are situated the republics of Haytl and S:in Domingo. Its agricultural possibilities are practically limitless. But Its people, and especially those of San Domingo, have been driven by revolutions for so many genera tions that the task of enforcing peace is a herculean one. Still Cuba was In almost s bad condition in 1(198 and today, through American Intervention, it promises to -soon become one of the Important nations of ! tne American hemisphere. Change la Patent Law. One of the most Important acts ever passed by the house of representatives so fur as the patent laws are concerned ' was one aimed at the patent medicine, or proprietary medicine interests which re ceived the sanction of the house on the 14th day of December last. For years there have been numberless complaints over the anomalies of tho Ameri can patent law which afford protection to manufacturers of drugs In foreign countries which the laws of their own country do not afford to these same manufacturers. There are three distinct propositions em braced In the bill: Fiist The proposition of reciprocity with foreign countries in the granting of patents by pr. Aiding that no patent shil, bo grant d to a citizen of any foreign country whim does not grant a corresponding patent to a citizen of the United States. l"11"1 lo Second That a patent shall bi-granted only for the process of making a drug or medicine and not upon the urticle itself, by prov.d Ing that no patent shall be gi anted upi.n any drug, medicine, or medicinal chemical except Insofar as the same relate m a i definite process for the preparation of said I drug, medicine, or medicinal chemical. Third The requirement that any patent relating to tne manufacture of drug! or medicines shall be actually worked In the United Slates within two years by provid ing that In case any drug, medicine or medicinal chemical on which a patent has been granted is not manufactured In the United States within lc years of the granting of faid patent, said patentee shall have no right under the patent laws of the U.ilted Slates as against any citizen of the United States who may Import such drug, medicine or medicinal chemical Into the United States. The report on the bill says: "A single Instance will show the Injustice done to our citizens by the operation of our pres ent patent laws. The common medical Continued on Second Pag NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair In F.ast ml Know In Weit Por- tlon Illal Monilny. Tuesday Fair, with na Tempera) are. Teni peratare at Omaha Yesterilnyi llnnr It a. l a. 7 a. H a. a. to a. II a. III m Den. llnnr. Ilea. I I p. in 10 it . in 11 H p. m Hi 4 p. m 11 1 (1 p. m 11 O p. in lO T p. m . . . . . . M M p. m n II p. m II n II l T H 11 HON. J. N. H. PATRICK DEAD!keOS 0F THE1RM Pioneer of Senrnska Hirrimbi to an Attark of Heart Fallnre. J. N. II. Patrick died at his home last night at 11 o'clock of heart failure at his residence. Happy Hollow, ln West Omaha precinct. Mr. Patrick had been sick for about a week, but up to that time he had been ln his usual health. 8lnce his first attack his family and friends had thought such a termination possible owing to his ad vanced years. Mr. Patrick was one of the pioneers of Nebraska and Omaha and a prominent figure In the early history of the state. He was prominently Identified with the raising of the First Nebraska regiment during the civil war. In later years ho was one of the government airectors oi i the Union Pacific railroad before the re organization following the receivership. J. N. JI. Patrick was born in Kentucky and In 185fi, a young man, he removed to Omaha. In 1S57, President Buchanan ap pointed him to the position of receiver of the United States land office, then located at Dakota City. Here he served until tho election of President Lincoln. Early In the 60's he entered the United States army, serving for two years as quartermaster. He was a member of the first state senate, going from Douglas county. This was the only political ofllce which hu ever held. For years Mr. Patrick has resided upon his magnificent farm, Just west of the city limits. He has been connected with many of the enterprises looking to the upbuild ing of the city. RESEARCHES OF ONE YEAR Official Announcement of Work Ac complished by Cnrnegle Institution. WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-Offlclal an nouncement of researches along various scientific lines Is made ln the year book for 1904 Just lasued by the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Considerable attention Is devoted In this report to the necessity of methods and or ganization for promoting research In the exact sciences and Prof. Simon Newcom suggests that while the nineteenth century has been Industriously piling up a vast amount Of astronomical, meteorological, magnetlcal and sociological observations and data, at great expense, the world over, the working out of results from thesis ob servations is defective aid lacks system. To correct this he urges the organisation of an Institute or bureau of "exact nclence In general," the head of which should be aided by a council of experts picked from various countries to advise as to the various de partments at work, with a view to reaching results at small expense which, without such organization, never would be reached, i attraction for thousands of people yesler In this connection the approval of such men day. From the time the fire broke out until as Karl Pearson of the University college of London, England; Lord Raylelgh of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, O. H. Darwin of Cambridge and others have been secured. Mr. Pearson adds that at least 50 per cent of the scientific observations made and the data collected -are worthless and no wise man could deduce any result from them at all. "I doubt," he says, "whether even a small proportion or tne Diomeirlc data being accumulated In Europe and America could be made to provide valuable results." The project, as presented to the Instltu- tlon, contemplates the charter of a wood built non-magnetic sailing vessel of ap- proximately fiOO tons displacement to pursue a "clockwise spiral course embracing the entire north Faclflc ocean," about 70,000 knots being marked out. The confident ex pectation Is expressed that in the neighbor hood of Islands and coasts, distortions and Irregularities In the distributions of the earth's magnetism, will be revealed by this work and opportunity given for Investiga ting the effect of the configuration of land and water on the distribution of the mag netic forces. Reports have frequently been received from mariners regarding unusual behavior of the compnsses, particularly in thf. rpclnn nt thn &l,ntlnn lul'intn Data obtained as the result of circular le.ter. sunt hv th ,t nnrt - survey to conservatories over the entire , globe and turned over to the Carnegie In- stltution regarding the Mount Price, Mar- tlnlmiA rimllnli In 1W ehnn, tVict v,n I , .v. i. , . .. ,. of the beginning of thnt magnetic dls- I turhance was practically the same around the whole earth, and, second, that any elec tric current system capable of producing tho observed phenomena would have Its seat chiefly outsldo the earth. Geological researches have been carried on In eastern Asia. A project which has been recommended and which may be ap proved by the Institution next year Is the Investigation In the Lithonla district In Georgia of subterranean temperatures, to correct the present lack of any trust worthy Index of the normal downward In crease of temperature In the earth. For this purpose an estimate has been sub mitted and recommendation amed for Its adoption of boring In granite to the depth of 6.000 feet at a cost of 1110.000. The cost of boring 10,000 feet, It Is added, would be prohibitive. The report makes extended observations on the subject of solar researches on which preliminary work already has begun at Mount Wilson, California. The object for a solar observatory there already has been approed, the conclusion being ex pressed that Mount Wilson meets In a very remarkable degree the requirements of a, site for a solar observatory. The work at higher altitudes than that, If needed t all, It is explained, could lie completed In two or three summers by expeditions equipped with a portable outfit erected at an altitude of from 12.000 to 15.000 feet. The report says that Dr. 8. P. Langley, who has been making solar observations, "has offered reasons to believe that an actual change In the amount of heat emitted by the sun occurred In March. 1903. and that If such a change is actually established by carrying on these observa tions at a higher altitude the result would have an Important bearing on many que. tlona relating to the earth and would be of vital Interest In Its relationship to the solar constitution." HuitmeaU of Ocean Vrasrla Jan. 211. At New York Arrived: La Champagne, from Havre; Minneapolis, from Iindon; Krandenburg from Bremen; Etrurla, from Liverpool. Bulled: Menominee, for London. At Queeruilown Sailed: Ixicariia, for Mew fork. LOSS HALF A MILLION Best Information Obtainable Ehowi Figures Will Reach Full- tbat Sum. INSURANCE IS PUT AT $429,350 Definite Figures in Kirkendall Lou Cannot Be 8ecurtd. Sightseers Throng to the Scene o I Omaha's Great Conflagration. BURNED OUT FIRMS GETTING LOCATED About All of Them Have geenred Temporary Quartera and Will Be) Doing llnalneaa Today Al most aa Usual. Exact Information aa to losses and Insur ance were hard to obtain yesterday, due largely to the fact that It was Sunday and also to the absence from the city of some of the principal property owners concerned. On the Kirkendall loss nothing definite couia De learnea, uenerai manager j. jt. kind. F. I'. Kirkendall. head of the firm. Is In the east and will not return until Wednesday. The damage to this building, which Is owned by the Millard estate, has only been roughly guessed at. Mlngham & Son have secured a temporary location at 12o3 Howard street and will be prepared to take care of all business today. Telephones Put In. The telephone company had men work ing all day to get telephones Installed In the quarters to be used by the burned-out Arms for the present. As the company did this on its own Initiative, all of the firms concerned feel quite grateful to the tele phone manager and his men. The firms whose buildings and stocks have been de stroyed or damaged can be called on the telephone today as usual Insurance men and the business men who sustained losses tried In some cases to fig ure out where they stood, but not many authorized statements were made. The closest estimates place the probable losses and Insurance us given below, about $85,000 of the first reports of an aggregate loss of JU06.000 being accounted for by reducing the estimated worth of the Mercer building J 100,000. or to a figure where most judges think it should be put. Approxl Estlmated mate . Loss. Insurance. B. D. Mercer, building Stne.ono S 75,onf jvi. nmun Be uo., stock... J. R. Snyder, stock 2o,ono Voegele & Dinning, stock... 30,000 Porter-Ryerson-HooblerCo., stock M.OOO Ezra Millard estate, build ing ss.nno F. P. Kirkendall Co., stock. 150,000 Rlngham Sons, stock 2,5"0 C. H. Mullln & Co.. stock... z.MO Marsh & Marsh, stock 1,600 Tremalne, Moore eV Co., . stock 1,500 lOO.ono 10,000 27,000 81,800 SA.RoO 13S,0ef l.m 1..-.00 1.000 .. J.np Totals , 1320,260 Crowds Visit Scene, The scene of Saturday evening's fire, the first large fire of the year and the largest Omaha has had for many years, ,was ths ; after sundown Sunday evening throngs I surged against the ropes and viewed with awe the destruction wrought. The sunlight that broke through the clouds about noon glistened on the east ! side of the Kirkendall building, which loomed up like a huge relic of the glacial age with Us thick coating of Ice. The ragged walls of the Mercer building on the south presented a striking companion plc- , tUI-e. the general effect being Intensified by i heavy mantle of Ice on Eleventh, Howard I BrKj Harney streets. ' The fire proved a money-getter for the 1 street rnllwnv enmnnnv Hnturilotf hlvtil'a service was extended until 3 o'clock Sunday morning and travel waa brisk all day yes terday. The Harney street line, which had been closed on account of the Ice on Harney Street In fron,t of the Kirkendall building, was resumed yesterday afternoon. General Superintendent Fred A. Tucker of the street railway company was an early arrival trt the fire and remained until morning. Klrkendnll Company In Ramge Block. Some of those affected by the fire have already secured new locations. The Kirken dall company has secured for office pur poses the rooms recently vacated by the I Melkle-Dodson company In the first floor of ' t,,e HamK b'?'k' Th" c"mnany' I and records will be moved there this morn- Ing and business conducted from the new location. Regarding a temporary location for a warehouse and salesrooms until the burned building shall have been repaired, I General Manager J. H. Taylor said yester- day he had been looking at several locs tlons. but they were already being nego tiated for by other parties. F. P. Kirken dall wired he has started for Omaha and will be here on Tuesday. The Kirkendall factory at Tenth and Harney streets will be worked overtime to fill Immediate orders. The loss to the Kirkendall building, which Is owned by the heirs of the Millard estate. Is not as great as at first believed. Bulld- i lng Inspector Wlthnell says It will be neces sary to tear down only the two upper floors. The building originally was constructed at a cost of ffflnoo, and appears to have been damaged about half that amount. The heavy stock carried by the Klrkendalt com pany Is practically all destroyed or ren dered unxitlable. Sin I lb Company Fortunate. The M. E. Smith company in more for tunate than the other firms affected by the fire In thnt only their warehouse stock, which was kept In the upper floors of the Mercer building, was destroyed. Their large open stock rooms and salesrooms across the street on Howard street Wera In no way affected, and the company has besides the factory at Eleventh and Doug las streets. Members of the firm announce they will seek another warehouse looatlon as soon as possible. Ward Burgess esti mated the loss to the stock Saturday night at 1100,000, all covered by Insurance.- - J. R enyder 4 Co., In whose place of bus iness the fire la snld to hm. , . .cu, iia9 secured a location at 1?11 ii,h . . ... .. u . puni, next door to Klrachbraun A Sons, and will open for buslnena as muui ii.i. , mug iihib;. t; The Martln-Cott Hat company estabUsh mem. rr( aoor 10 tne Kirkendall place sustained a loss or about 110.000 by watf snd smoke. This company's stock on (out Tiiiimia ai iiou.ron, was f awhile In Jeopardy, but was saved by It timely action of William Cott and a squid of firemen. Mr. Cott arrived at his place oi ouHinesa aoon arter tne nru started mnn un.ocKeu me rront none lout - tsny of firemen weru hiiniri,.v . oi nuae ana looKing for un entrance t. reach the too of that blocU Mr rv.i the way to the top floor and to th. in in me roor. a t that t. k- , - - - - - wHyvai