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TURMOIL IN POLAND
8enei sf Blot, Bloodshed and Pillage at
Warsaw.
FACTORIES AT OTHER POINTS CLOSED
Hordei of Hungry Unemployed Men Throng
the Cities.
BIG
CASUALTY LIST AT WARSAW
ti
Oman,
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tivo Estimate Plaoei List of Dead
mm also ad injured at One Hundred,
mlttee In
Alr0RES ARE PILLAGED BY MOBS
An agree
the Btates ol
regard to the bt t Men Lon Idle and
son county, Mils May Take Part In
Noirka- Yca,bllpe fo, PoUt-
attorney genori
cl RrMoni.
the. supreme cC
be entered co
also asked SBrRG jan. 81.-(2:46 p. m.)
appolnted 'reporU trom Warsaw depict the
slT??d. ."""throughout Poland as Increas
' ingly "serious. Minor collisions between the
troops and police and the populace con
tinue to ewell the number of dead. Trade
' indulrles are completely at a standstill and
thousands rt workmen, who have been out
for month!, are starving and desperate,
add a factor or the greatest danger which
la not present to the same extent in St.
Petersburg, whore the government orders
for war purposes have kept the factories
busy.
The' American vice consul at Warsaw,
Wltold Fouehoa, telegraphs that many
tores, chiefly Russian, have been pillaged
by mobs and that the shopa and factories
without exception are closed. A general
strike Is In effect. Those who are not
willing to walk out are compelled to Join
the strike by threats.
Mr. Fourchaa saw no Improvement in the
situation up to last night, and reported the
receipt of bad news from Lodz and Radom.
It Is estimated the number of killed or
wounded at Warsaw Is about 100. which is
a conservative estimate.
May Be Political Movement.
The rioting in Poland will largely effect
the economic situation. The factories at
Warsaw, Lodz, Petrokoff and other indus
trial centers in Poland have been compelled
to gradually reduce their output and de
crease their working forces since the out
break of the war, which has almost en
tirely closed the Siberian and Manchurian
markets. The result has been that thou
sands of wokmen have been thrown out of
employment for many months, furnishing a
horde of hungry, dissatisfied, desperate
men, among whom the newa from St.
Petersburg produced an outburst of riotous
and Incendiary spirit. It Is feared that a
large proportion of these thousands may be
utilised by the revolutionary organisations
In Poland, which Is the hotbed of socialism,
and the movement may develop a purely
political character, though there Is no In
dication of any oo-operatlon on the part of
the Intelligent da-Ms of the Polish popula
tion, which are ay -sa to a revolutionary
'movement.
The Nashashlrn, a liberal newspaper of
St. Petersburg, which haa received a seoond
warning from Governor General Trepoff.
In a moderate tone raises the legal point
in connection with the firing of January 22
that the law requires the police to exhaust
all means to preserve order before calling
In the troops, and the Nashaihlsn claims
this was not done before the military be
gan firing.
This evening the police aurprU'ed a meet
ing of strikers In a tavern and fired, killing
a girl and wounding four other persons.
Tho official report of the disturbances at
Warsaw shows that they were ohlefly of
the character of bread riots and not the
evidence of a political movement. The riot
era pillaged shops right and left to get food
and drink, and then erected barricades and
' fired upon the soldiers. The disturbances
are now quelled.
An official statement Issued today gives
the casualties In the collision between
strikers and troops on January 22 as ninety
nix killed and 833 wounded. Of the latter
thirty-two have died.
People Killed at Wmtn.
WARSAW, Jan. 81. Several persons were
killed and many were Injured In encounters
with the troops and police In various parts
of this city yesterday,
The first aid society has suspended opera
tions, telephonio communication Is inter
rupted and the conditions throughout War
saw are such that It has been Impossible
thus far to ascertain the number of vic
tims. By order of he chief of police the doors
of houses are kept closed and are only
opened to admit people living on the prem
ise Two additional regiments of Infantry and
two regiments of dragoons have arrived
here.
Situation Is Improving.
LONDON, Feb. 1. The Daily Mall's War
saw correspondent reports a restoration of
comparative peace, though the city Is still
In a condition of dangerous torment. The
majority of the troops have been with
drawn from the center of the city and
th ni of the strike Is In slgt. There is
son. I fighting still In the outer suburbs and
cases of treacherous stabbing of soldiers
are growing more frequent. Vehicular
traffic has been resumed and supplies of
food are arriving. Hundreds of domiciliary
visits and arrests have been made. All
suspected persona are stopped, searched
and arrested If found to be carrying
weapons. Careful Investigation shows the
dead to number 300. - The rumors of dyna
mite outrages at Lodz and that 25,000 Lodi
workmen are marching on Warsaw are un
founded. The Lods men have struck, but
remain quiet.
Russian Situation I'nfa vorable.
' PARIS, Jan. SI. Semi-official reports
which have reached here concerning the
general conditions in Russia outside of St.
Petersburg are very unfavorable.
Met Destroys osto're.
GRODNO. Russia, Jan. 31. There were
disturbances here on January 30 hi conse
quence of which troops were called out. A
mub of SO.On) strikers destroyed the post
office and telegraph line and touted the wine
sho. a.
MOSCOW, Jan. 31. The strike here Is
completely over."
WINDAC. Couiiand. Russia, Jan. 31.
The strikers here have resumed work. The
manufacturers conceded a number of de
mands of the workmen. There have been
no disturbances.
EKAKINOSLAV, Jan. Il.-The printers
here have struck and no newspapers are
being Issued. Strikes have also been de
clared In u number of Iron works and
mines. There have been no disturbances.
Another Men at Paris.
PARIS, Feb. 1. Another bomb was dis
covered st 1 o'clock this morning In front
of the hotel Deux Moudrs, In the Avenue
da I'Opvra. There was no explosion.
The authorities' refuse any InlornuvUoa.
GERMANS CONSIDER TREATIES
Bundesrath Accepts Commercial
Agreements and They Will
Will G6 to Reichstag.
BERLIN, Jan. 31. The Bundesrath ac
cepted all the commercial treaties today.
This is merely a formal act preparatory to
submitting them to the Reichstag tomor
row. They have been considered for some
days In the Bundesrath In relation not only
to the treaty nations, but with reference
also to Germany's trade with other coun
tries. The prevfilllng view as the Associated
Tress learns Is that the most favored prac
tie In application with other countries
should continue as heretofore. Prussia's
perpetual treaty with France Is perpetual
In the ense that there Is no time limit In
which it would have to lie abrogated. Were
Germany to decide to exclude the t'nlted
Btates and other states from the most fa
vored nntlnn provision In the thirty-nine
treaties which Prussia or the German em
pire has with other states, including the
United States, Prussia would be in the
highest degree unwilling to abrogate the
treaty with France. In discussing trade re
lations with the T'nlted Ptutes the con
trolling opinion In the Bundesrath was that
although there was a measure of Injustice
In the United Btates claiming, as It cer
tainly would, all the privileges Germany ob
tained by commercial treaty with other
stats through tariff concessions yet Ger
many could 111 afford to engage in a tariff
war with the T'nlted States because It
must have American raw materials' such as
cotton, while the t'nlted States would strike
hard by practically excluding $.so.O,0n0 of
manufacturers' collateral. The effect of a
tariff war. It was added, would be greatly
to Injure the German steamship lines and
destroy the present pleasant relations be
tween the two countries. The decisive fact,
however, Is that all the most favored na
tion discussion In the Rundesrath was on
the existing treaty with France.
SAT fiDHKY I 15 NO D.tAGRR
Friends In At. I'eiemlinrg Nay Author
Will Re Released.
BT. PETERSBURG. Jan. 31. The report
that Maxim Gorky may be hanged for high
treason Is without the slightest foundation
Even his friends declare tho rumor absurd.
The expectation Is that he will be released
In a few weeks. He was a member of the
deputation of editors and literary men who
cnlled on M. Wltte, president of the com
mittee of ministers, January 21, all of whom
were arrested, but several of whom have
already been released. The only other
charge against Gorky is that he was a
member of the committee of three which
was appointed to collect funds for the
strikers.
The Associated Press is Informed on ex
ceedingly high authority that the chances
of the government meeting the present sit
uation by granting a sort of zemskyzabor
(old Russian land parliament) is growing
hourly blighter. In the opinion of many
liberals the creation of such a body, made
up of representatives of all clas-s, which
could, like the old state's neral of
France, voice the needs and grievances of
the people without Intermediaries directly
with the sovereign, would rally to the
government's support all the conservative
and liberal elements.
RESILT OP REVOLUTIONARY PLOT
Grape Shot Fired at Tsar Placed In
Gun by Former Student.
ST. PBTERSHURG, Feb. 1. 3 a. m. A
sensational but unconfirmed report was
current- last night that the commission
Investigating the incident of January 19,
when during the annual ceremony of the
blessing of the waters of the Neva the
Imperial family narrowly escaped death,
has discovered that it was a deliberate
attempt at terrorism and that the re
sponsibility for the Insertion of grape In
front of a saluting charge has been fixed
upon Bogdanoff, a private of the Seven
teenth battery of the First Horse artillery
of the guards, who was serving the gun.
Bogdanoff, It is said, Is a former student
and a member of a revolutionary associa
tion. ADDER IS SENT TO AN ACTRESS
Sensational Attempt to Kill Artist In
Munich Theater.
MUNICH, Bavaria, . Jan. SL Frauleln
Reubke of the Court theater, who la play
ing the juvenile lead in Hauptmann's
"Bergschmlede," found on her dressing
table last evening a beautiful bonbon bos
with a note requesting her to open the
box before going on the stage. The ac
tress was too much occupied to do so until
before the last act and when she did open
It an adder darted out and fastened Its
fangs on her dress. Frauleln Reubke
scrtamed and fell In a faint, and the at
tendants killed the adder. After some delay
the actress was able to finish the perform
ance. PRINCESS I'NDRR
THE
KNIFE
Operation for Appendicitis on Daogh.
of Kins; Edward.
LONDON. Jan. 31 The Princess Victoria,
daughter of King Edward, underwent an
operation for appendicitis at Buckingham
palace this morning. The operation was
performed by Bir Frederick Treves, sur-geon-in-ordinary
to the king. A bulletin
subsequently Issued says:
"The circumstances of the operation were
favorable. The princess bore it very well
and is progressing very satisfactory."
The princess, who has been ill for some
time, came to London Januury 37 to prepare
for the operation. She waa born in 1863.
GERMAN PRINCE IS VERT WEAK
.
Loses Some Sleep llarlng Night Re
cause of Difficult Pain.
POTSDAM, Jan. 31. The physicians in at
tendance upon Prince Eitel Friedrlch Issued
the following bulletin this morning:
During the first half of the night the
prince w-s restless on account of the pain
and difficulty in breathing. He slept live
hours after midnight. Temperature, lul:
pulse, 10. The lnnummation of the right
lung is diminishing; the left lung is un
changed. Coughing and Irritation normal,
but the patient is weak alter the coughing
spells.
Poems by Princess Lonlsa.
BERLIN, Jan. 31. A Lelpslo publisher
announces a volume of poems by Countess
Montlgnoso. It will contain numbers of
occasional poems written during the, period
when the countess was the crown princess
of Baxony, and also some of her later com
positions, all in facsimile and wltb auto
graph signature.
TWO HUNDRED ARE AT WORK
gome Employes Uava Signed Agree
ments with the Teamsters'
talon la Chicago.
CHICAGO, Jan. n. Two hundred of the
$00 lumber wagon drivers on strike returned
to work today In factories where agree
ments had been signed with the union.
Picketing waa actively conducted at sev
enty large lumber yards Wbvre the sulks is
still on.
JAPANESE SPREAB THE NEWS
Bntsian Eoldien Informed by Emmy of
Disorder in European Russia,
BRITISH SHIP IS TAKEN BY ISLANDERS
Vessel Which Sailed from San Fran
cisco for Neutral Port Is Found
tarrying Contraband for
Vladivostok.
MUKDEN, Jan. 30 (Delayed In Trans
mission. )-Contant streams of wounded
men are arriving here from the right flank.
Including Lieutenant General Mlstthenko,
who is In excellent spirits and Is receiving
visitors. According to the official army or
gan the wounded number 3.500. The cold
Is Intense and the condition of the wounded
cause the greatest anxiety because the ex
posure of their wounds to the frost induces
gangrene. Preventive precautions have
been taken, but the wounded are suffering
the greatest pain.
. The Japanese are taking good care to see
that the Russian rank and file are not left
uninformed regarding the disturbances In
Russia. They are carrying on a regular
campaign to spread sedition and discour
agement among the troops. Letters are
daily thrown within the Russian lines de
claring that all RusKla Is alia me with riot
and revolt, atguing that the soldiers are
shedding their blood In vita and calling on
them to surrender or desert. The soldiers
eagerly read and discuss these communica
tions, especially accounts of the events st
St. Petersburg January 22. The sincere
hope Is expressed on all sides that the Rus
sian nation will forego Internal differences
and not play Into ,the hands of the Japa
nese. This morning the Japanese advanced on
the Russian loft, drove in the cavalry
screen and bombarded the outlying hills.
The Russians moved up reinforcements, re
pulsed the Japanese and drove them out of
a village they had occupied.
Lull in the Fight.
There la another lull in the fighting, but
it is impossible to tell how long It will last.
The Russiun losses the last few days were
about 10,000. Many of the bodies of the
killed have not yet been gathered. Lieu
tenant General Stackelberg's corps was the
heavier loser. The Japanese losses, ac
cording to Chinese reports, were also heavy.
The Russians took about 600 prisoners. The
Javanese forces on the Russian right were
originally about 10,000, who were routed and
panic-stricken, but afterward they were
strongly reinforced from the Japanese
right.
General Mistchenko's wound Is serious, a
bullet having fractured his knee Joint.
General Kondratovltch was shot through
the lungs and the bullet lodged at his spine,
from whence It has been extracted. His
chief of staff, Colonel Andrlf, was severely
wounded In the head.
May Change Russlaa Front.
TOKIO, Jan. 31. (11 a. m.) It Is be
lieved that the loss of Helkoutal weakens
the Russian position and probably will
compel a material change In the Russian
front at that vicinity. Heikoutal will be
strongly defended by the Japanese, who
are now occupying the Russian works. As
the ground U frosen it la practically im
possible to construct new works.
Manchurinn headquarters, telegraphing
yesterday, reports that in the fighting
which has occurred since January 25 at
Llkajentan Chenchlepao and Helkoutal,
the Russians left over 1,200 dead on the
field.
The Russians yesterday shelled the
Japanese center, using field guns and mor
tars. Simultaneously they shelled a por
tion of the Japanese left, using twelve
heavy field guns.
There has been a series of small Infantry
encounters In front of the Japanese center
and left.
British Ship is Captured.
The Japanese yesterday captured off Hok
kaido Island, northern Japan, the British
steamer Wyetield, loaded with contraband
for Vladivostok.
The steamer Wyefleld, Captain Watson,
sailed from San Francisco December 30 for
Gomox. It arrived there January Jt and
left that port January i for Mojl. The
Wyoflqld la owned by J. H. Lawson (R. P.
Rithet & Co., Ltd.) of Victoria, B. C.
Estimate of Russian Loss.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. Sl.-A telegram
from Schlatun, dated January 29, states
that the Russian losses from January 25
to 28 were 10,000, but that the percentage
of dead was small. The Japanese losses
were very heavy. Over 300 were made
prisoners.
The Associated Press telegrams from
Manchuria do not indicate developments of
Importance since General Grippenberg's
order to abandon- the advance. The Japa
nese yesterday made a demonstration In
the eastern district, but apparently It was
not serious. The operations on the Rus
sian right will probably not occasion further
heavy lighting at present, unless the Japa
nese determine, to follow up their counter
offensive movement, which is not likely In
view of dispatches" from Mukden saying
the cold Is more intense, thus rendering the
movements of large bodies on either side
I well nigh impossible. One result of the
bitter-cold has been to greatly Increase the
mortality among the wounded.
Military circles do not express approval
of General Kouropatkln's offensive, the
Novoe Vrenjya declurlng It was a failure,
and the Russ saying it waa neither a
I reconnaissance in force nor a demonstra
tion, hence It could only have been under
taken to capture a strategical point, and
this object waa not Justified by events.
General Kouropatkin in dispatches dated
January 29 and 30 reports that the Japan
ese losses In the recent fighting were
very heavy, many being bayonetted and
subred. The total number of Japanese
prisoners has not been ascertaled, but they
already exceed, 100. The Russian losses
January 28 among the advance posts were
five officers and fifty men.
Japs Are Repulsed.
General Kouropatkin says the Japanese
offensive was Indecisive and that the Rus
sians, who are in excellent spirits, con
tinue to occupy he villages on their
right flank captured during the recent
Aihtlng.
The Russians continue to successfully
bombard Bandepas, where many Japanese
have been frozen to death.
Although the Russians have abandoned
their advance, the latest official dispatches
received here Indicate that the fighting
is not over. The Russians continue to
hold the captured villages.
The Japanese resumed the offensive
January 29 and desperately assaulted the
Russians, but were everywhere repulsed.
Russia Movement Incomplete.
BERLIN, Jan. 31. The Russian offensive
movement, according to the reports re.
celved by the German general staff from
Muktlen, has not been completed, but con
tinues to develop, and the result cannot
be forecasted. These reports, which deal
largely with technical information without
generalisations or dlocrtptions, affirm that
(Continued od Second Page.)
MITCHELL S REINDICTED
Oregon Senator Charged with Con
spiracy and Fraud in Oregon
Land Cases.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 31. After many
days of silence the federal grand Jury
today returned three Indictments In con
nection with the Investigation Into the
land frauds which It Is alleged have been
perpetrated upon the United Btates gov
ernment. The first Indictment is against United
Btates Senator John II. Mitchell, Con
gressman Ringer Hermann, B. A. D. Puter,
Horace O. McKinley, Emma L. Watson,
Daniel W. Tarpley, Elbert K. Brown, Nellie
Brown, his wife; Henry A. Young, Frank
H. Walgamot, Clarke E. Loomls and Sal
mon B. Ormsby.
They are charged with having conspired
on February 1, l"rj. to defraud the T'nlted
Btates government of public lands located
In township 11 south and range 7 caul, by
preparing and signing affidavits as to the
occupation Hnd settlement of these lands.
Senator Mitchell Is specifically charged
with having, at Washington, D. C, on
March 3, 19o2, unlawfully prepared an affi
davit for Emma L. Watson to sign in which
Mrs. Watson untruthfully swore that she
waa a bona fide settler on a portion of
these lands. It also charges that Senator
Mitchell prepared unlawfully an affidavit
for 8. A. D. Puter to algn. in which Puter
is alleged to have sworn that ne knew
that the contents of the Watson affidavit
were true. The Indictment charges that
Mitchell received as compensation for his
alleged services the sum of $J,U00, paid to
him by Puter. The Indictment goes on
to state that In pursuance of the conspiracy
Senator Mitchell Introduced Puter to Wil
liam A. Richards, assistant commissioner
of the general land office at Washington,
stating that Puter was one of the most
honorable citizens In the state.
The second Indictment is against Henry
W. Miller, Frank E. Klncart, Martin O.
Hoge and Charles Nlckrll, late of Med
ford. Ore. It charges that these persons
on August 31, 19U4, unlawfully conspired to
procure 100 other persons to 'commit per
jury by making false oaths that certain
lands In the Medford land district known
as timber and stone lands were being
bought .In good faith and not for the pur
poses of speculation. These persons false
ly swore that they had not contracted to
sell these lands, when In fact they were
buying them on speculation.
The third Indictment charges Mayor Wil
liam Davis of Albany, Ore., with having
uttered a false affidavit. This Is the sec
ond Indictment against Mayor Davis.
Elbert K. Brown and Nellie B. Brown
are new persons In the land fraud cases.
They are, the government asserts, the mys
terious Alexander Brown and Nellie Backus
who figured conspicuously In the first land
trial. Then It was thought the names
were wholly imaginary.
No specific charge is made against Mr.
Hermann, as Is done In the case of Mr.
Mitchell. The Indictment today haa the
two-fold object of connecting Brown and
his wife with the case and removing any
Illegality that might have occurred when
Messrs. Mitchell and HeVmann were first
Indicted. At that time Mr. Heney waa as
sistant United States district attorney and
for fear thhe he mrA not be trested with
ample authority to, of his own volition
cause a legal indictment, U waa thought
best to reindict under the same charges.
The first indictment it is believed will be
quashed. Kencart and Mlfler, named in the
second Indictment, are said to be agents
of a lumber company In Michigan.
IRVINE DR0PS LITIGATION
Deposed Episcopal Minister Says He
Forgives Bishop Who Did
Him Injury.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 31. Rev. Dr. I.
N. W. Irvine, who was deposed by Bishop
Ethelbert Talbot of the diocese of central
Pennsylvania and whose efforts recently
against the bishop failed, today Issued a
signed statement announcing his intention
to drop all proceedings against Bishop
Talbot, both ecclesiastical and legal. He
states that he Is actuated by a desire to
prevent further scandal to the Episcopal
church.
Dr. Irvine reviews the controversy with
the bishop at length and enumerates a
number of facts not heretofore given pub
licity. He charges that money and in
fluence were used by Bishop Talbot to
block his efforts to bring the oase before
an ecclesiastical court.
In deciding to proceed no further he says:
I do not know what else can be done
with Bishop Talbot, who lias brought such
a scandal upon the church and such a
scandal upon others, but ta forgive him
and I herewith freely and without reserva
tion offer him full and free pardon, as If
we were standing on the last great day
before the Judgment throne of Jesus Christ,
our eternal God.
Dr. Irvine declares he was not charged
with either "crime'' or "Immorality" in
the presentment which ' Bishop Taylor
signed against him, and he asserts that
neither word was uttered by Bishop Tal
bot's lawyers during the ecclesiastical trial
of the deposed priest. He says he was
charged with "conduct unbecoming a min
ister of this church," which has since
ceased to be an offense in the disciplinary
canon. One of the specifications under this
offense was that Dr. Irvine had circulated
false reports regarding Mrs. Emma D. El
liott, but the specification was withdrawn
and Dr. Irvine claims he was deposed be
cause he had offended Mrs. Elliott and had
not taken the blame of her excommunica
tion upon his own shoulders.
Dr. Irvine devotes considerable space to
the famous Upjohn letter, which resulted
in his attempt to present Bishop Talbot.
Concerning the civil suit entered against
Bishop Talbot, Dr. Irvine says:
Bishop Talbot has twice evaded the serv
ice of a summons In this city. If he was
not guilty he never would have run away,
but would have courted an investigation.
Never have there been any more sincere
and heroic efforts made on the part of any
man to show the church and the world that
he had been falsely accused and unjustly
treated than by the writer of this article.
Never have there been more deliberate
lying, Improper influence, intrigue, as well
as the vile use of money and power, than
have been called upon to shield wrongdo
ing ana to niae tne ngnt irom the pub
lic. END OF JEFFERSON GUARDS
Last Company Mustered Out of ierv.
ice of St. Louis Espesl.
tlon Company.
BT. LOUIS, Jan. 81. The last company of
the Jefferson Guards, comprising 188 men
and four United Btates army officers, as
signed to duty with the World's fair guard,
was formally mustered out of the exposi
tion company's service today. The officers,
Lieutenant W. O. Reed, Sixth cavalry;
Lieutenant A. A. Parker. Twenty-fourth In
fantry; Lieutenant C. B. Clark, Fifth In
fantry, and Lieutenant W. G. Cpples, corps
of engineers, will rejoin their respective
commands at once. The World's fair
grounds will be in charge of olvllluA watchmen.
I1ARRIMAN IS IN CONTROL
Vtnderbilt System Passet Into Hands of
Rvckefeller-Harriman Syndicate.
THROUGH LINE FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN
Important Changes Made In Operat
ing Officials of the System East
of Chicago. Also In Manag
ing Policy.
CHICAGO. Jan. 31. (Special Telegram. )
The Rockefeller-Harrlman syndicate now
has control of the "Vanderbllt group" of
railroads.
This, the culmination of one of the big
gest deals In the history of the railroad
worid, was announced today, together with
the publication of specific changes In the
management of the Vanderbllt system. The
Harrlman people are now masters of a
transcontinental line of communication be
tween the most Important cities on the At
lantic and Pacific coasts. They have ob
tained possession, it is learned, of 61 rer
cent of the securities of the New York Cen
tral lines, giving them direct communica
tion between New York and Chicago. This,
with the control of the Northwestern lines
and the T'nlon Pacific system, obtained
some time ngo, gives them a direct line of
transportation between New York and San
Francisco.
Following the resignations of the two
Vanderbllt presidents, the elections were
announced of William H. Newman to be
president of all Vanderbllt lines east of
Chicago, of Wllllnm C. Brown to be vice
president and general manager of nil these
lines and of G. J. Grammer as vice presi
dent In charge of traffic on all the same
properties.
The resignations announced today were
those of Henry Ledyard as president of the
Michigan Central and M. E. Ingalls as
president of the Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chi
cago A St. Louis, or Big Four. Each were
elected chairman of the board of directors
for the road for which he had served as
president.
Today's changes place the new officials In
charge of these properties, among the most
Important railways In the world: New York
Central Hudson River, Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern. Michigan Central, Big
Four. New York, Chicago ft St. Louis, Lake
Erie & Western, Illinois, Indiana Iowa.
With the election of Mr. Brown and Cap
tain Grammer a radical departure will he
miide In the managing of the affairs of the
system. They will handle the operating and
traffic departments from their offices In
Chicago, making this city practically the
pulse of the vast system.
EXTENDS GRAIN WAR INTO IOWA
Rock Island Cuts the Rate) to the At.
lantlo Seaboard.
CHICAGO. Jan. 31. (Special Telegram.)
The war for the grain traffic of the corn
belt appeared today in Iowa, when the
Rock Island announced to Its Iowa dealers
that, beginning February 4, rates on corn
for export via Chicago and the Atlantic
seaboard would be reduced from 1 to 4
cents per 100 pounds. This action came In
answer to the efforts of the Illinois Central
and otSer gulf roads Jo attract business to
New Orleans.
The Missouri Pacific and Illinois Central
railroads, on account of their posltiveness
In demanding all the grain from a big sec
tion of the country to go on to the gulf,
have apparently started a demoralization.
The Missouri Pacific hauls from Omaha
grain to the gulf for 13V4 cents, which,
after paying the elevator expenses at the
gulf, leaves it with an extremely small
amount of money, considering the distance
the grain is hauled.
After talking over the war now prevailing
between ports on the gulf and those on the
Atlantic seaboards for the traffic of the
corn belt, the representatives of the war
ring interests gave up trying to make a
treaty of peace. The gulf companies de
manded a differential of 4H cents, while
the Chicago lines were willing to give them
l but cents, as compared with Baltimore.
The present difference in the open tariffs
is 34 cents and the gulf roads seemed to
be losing their grip on the business. If
this continues a cut to 13 cents per 100
pounds from Omaha to New Orleans Is ex
pected. At a Joint meeting of the western and
gulf lines held here today for the purpose
of considering grain rates and differentials,
it was found impossible to reach an ami
cable adjustment and at the conclusion of
the meeting It was announced by the offi
cials of the Oulf railroad that they would
not allow the western lines to maintain a
8-cent differential over them. It Is con
sidered probable that the gulf roads will
set on file reduced tariffs in order to in
crease the present differential between the
gulf and Atlantic ports.
CROSBY
TO
Sl'CCEED
MILLER
D. O. Ives Goes from Omaha, as As
sistant Traffic Manager,
CHICAGO, Jan. 31. George H. Crosby
was today appointed freight traffic man
ager of the Burlington system vice Thomas
Miller, deceased. Mr. Crosby was formerly
assistant traffic manager and will be suc
ceeded In that position by D. O. Ives, now
general 'freight agent of the lines west of
the Missouri river.
DODGE-MORSE CASES ON TRIAL
Indictments Are Transferred to the
Criminal Bench of the Su
preme Court.
NEW YORK. Jan. 31. The Dodge-Morse
cose Indictments for conspiracy and sub
ordination of perjury were this afteftoon
transferred to the criminal branch 4 1 the
supreme court from the court of feneral
sessions.
Justice Kennefick of Buffalo will open
this court next Monday and before him
must come the arguments on the motion
of the defendants for permission to inspect
the minutes of. the grand jury, which were
today submitted to Judge MoMahon Just
before the case waa transferred.
Those who asked permission were former
Justice Edgar L. Fursman of the supreme
court, Attorneys A. H. Hummel and Ben
jamin Bteinhardt
District Attorney Jerome argued for a
delay, but counsel for the defendants in
sisted on an Immediate decision. Judge
McMahon said he would adjourn the mat.
ter, giving his decision later as to whether
they should see the minutes of the grand
Jury.
Btelnhardt pleaded not guilty and was
jiveo ten days in which to file supplemental
motions.
Mrs. Pat Campbell Leaves Hospital.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 31 -Mrs Patrick
Campbell, the English actress, who has
beeu a patient at the T'lilvemity hoxp.tal
ktnee the night of Januury i, when she In
jured her knee cap by slipping on the step
of her carriage, left the hospital late today.
rh is now at the home of Mrs. Spencer
P.rviu. a close personal friend, where khe
will remain Umuorarily. The wound in her
knee is said to Lava uearly heaied.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair and Colder Wednesday! Thurs
day Fair and Not so Cold.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday!
Hour. Deg. Hour. Deg.
6 a. m O . 1 p. m It
4 a. m l 8 p. m 1
T a. m a ! p. m 11
a. m 3 4 p. m. ...... IS
9 a. m 4 B p. m 1
10 a. m 4 e p. m. ...... 11
11 a. m fl T p. m lO
13m Hp. m
O p. m S
SUMMARY 0FTHE SITUATION
Disorder la Practically Suppressed at
Warsaw Strike In Russia
Practically Ended.
There has been a partial suppression of
dlsftrder In Warsaw and traflile has been
restored so far as to permit of the arrival
of some supplies of food. Murderous at
tacks on Individual soldiers, however, are
reported to be more frequent. In other
Industrial centers. Including Moscow and
St. Petersburg, the strike Is practically at
an end.
Grand Duke Vladimir, In the course of
an Interview with the Associated Press,
Intimated that the people of Russia would
soon be given a measure of representative
government, although he declared that
anything like general suffrage was not
to be considered. The committee of min
isters which discussed the proposed re
forms has published a report with the pur
pose of showing the people that the plans
outlined In the Imperial decree of Decem
ber 2C are being carefully considered.
An unconfirmed report Is In circulation
that It has been officially ascertained that
the discharge of grape from a saluting
gun during the ceremony of the blessing
of the waters on January 19, and which
Imperilled the lives of the emperor and
members of his family, was a deliberate act
of the terrorists, their tool being a private
Boldler of the saluting battery.
WINTYRE PLEADS GUILTY
Forger Wanted in South Omaha Ac
knowledges Cashing Fraudu
lent Paper.
NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Philip Melntyre of
Nashville, Tenn., today pleaded guilty to a
charge of passing a fraudulent check on the
Citizens' National bank of Norfolk, Va.,
when arraigned at the Tombs police court.
Mclntyre was arrested here several days
ago upon the arrival of a steamer from
Vera Cruz, charged with passing a worth
less draft at a bank In the City of Mexico.
The original charge against Mclntyre was
dismissed after a hearing before T'nlted
States Commissioner Shields, but In the
meantime a private detective bureau en
tered a complaint against the man, charg
ing that the police had been searching for
the prisoner for months and that he was
wanted in more than twenty cities on a
charge of fraudulenly ohtalnlng money from
banks. ' The charge to which he pleaded
guilty today was one of these.
Later Mclntyr made a plea for the dis
missal of the case, but It was of no avail,
when Deputy Assistant District Attorney
Johnstone shored the magistrate fifteen
telegrams from as many different cities
saying that the prisoner was wanted In
each to answer charges of forgery. A rep.
resentatlve of the American Bankers' na
soclatlon presented an additional charge.
The magistrate therefore adjourned the ex
amlnatlon to Thursday and Increased the
bail from 32.500 to $4,000.
Mclntyre said he would be able to furnish
cosh ball.
RUTTE, Mont.. Jan. Sl.-Phlllp Mclntyre,
arrested last Saturday In New York on tho
arrival of a steamer from Vera Cruz upon
the charge of passing a worthless draft for
SSOO on a bank In the City of Mexico, Is
wanted In Butte and Kallspell on a similar
chnrge worthless drafts purporting to be
drawn by the Lafollette bank of Lefollette,
Tenn., upon the First National bank of
Chicago for $250, pased here and In Kall
spell. Mclntyre obtained the drafts from
an Omaha lithographing company, having
them made, It was alleged, through false
representations.
BRYAN MAKES A DONATION
Debt of Illinois College Wiped Out
at Meeting- of the
Trustees.
SPRINGFIELD. III., Jan. 81. William J.
Bryan spent today In Jacksonville in the
Interests of Illinois college, of which he Is
an alumnus and one of the trustees. At
a meeting of the board of trustees Mr.
Bryan started a subscription to raise a
sum of money to wipe out the debt by
subscribing $2,500 to head the list and $20,000
was raised, which will extinguish the debt.
In the afternoon a mass meeting of stu
dents was held on the campus and a resolu
tion thanking Mr. Bryan was adopted. To
night Mr. Bryan addressed a mass meeting
of citizens at the opera house In behalf of
the college.
FRENZIED FINANCE AT CHICAGO
Assets of Defunct Pan-American
Bank Less Than Fifteen
Thousand Dollars.
CHICAGO, Jan. 81 The hopes of the de
positors of the defunct Pan-American bank
were badly shattered today by the evidence
of the expert accountants given before a
master in chancery. The total liabilities of
the bank were stated to be $141,078 and the
actual value of the assets no more than
tlS.000. The amount of deposits In the bank
at the time of Its failure was $58,575. It was
also stated by the paying teller of the In
stitution that the amount of rash In the
bank was never more than $5,000 and was
sometimes as low as $100.
Movements of Ocean Vessels Jan. 81.
At New York Steamer Deutschland,
from Naples, was in communication by
wireless telegraph with the station at Blus
consett, Main., at 4:10 p. m., when the ves
sel was forty miles east of Naji tucket
! lightship. Arrived: Hlavonla, from Naples.
tj I. . i . u . ..M w mm. , ,wi ,1 ir SHU
Genoa.
At Glasgow Arrived: Pomeranian, from
New York.
At Greenock Balled: Sheridan, for St.
Johns, N. F., and Philadelphia.
At Liverpool Arrived: Montcalm, from
St. Johns, N. B. Sailed: Baxonia, tor Bos
ton. At Rotterdam Arrived: Amsterdam,
from New York.
At Movillo Arrived: Parisian, from Bt.
Johns, N. li.
At Naples Bailed: Carpathla, from New
York.
At Genoa Bailed: Sicilian Prince, for
V V . r L.
I At Hvdnev. K. 8. W. Arrived: Annnil
from Vancouver.
At Auckland Arrived: Sierra, from Bun
Frsr.clsco.
At Antwerp Arrived: Finland, from New
i York; Vadvrlaud, (row Philadelphia,
CHANCES l CHARTER
Committee sf Citiieos and Douglas Deleg
tion Hare s Conference.
AMENDMENTS TO THE ANDERSEN BILL
Eleotieni in Spring and Officials te Hold
for Three Tears.
PROVIDES FOR TWELVE COUNCILMEN
Scavenger Sale Money and All Balance! Go
Into Sinking Fnnd.
DODGE WATER BILL GOES OVER FOR DAY
Horrell and Its Other Sponsors Make
Effort to Tut Measure on Pas.
sage, but Adjournment
Cuts Them Off.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Jan. 31. 4 Special Telegram.)
The Omsha rncmbers of the Douglas coun
ty legislative delegation, with W. T. Nel
son. J. T. Rreen and Edward Rosewater
of Omaha, held a conference at the Lincoln
hotel tonight on the subjtct of charter
revision, considering the Andersen bill In
connection with certain amendments pro
posed by the committee In Omaha repre
sented by Nelson and Breen.
The legislators adopted these proposl-,
tlons, deflnitclx:
That the city elections shall be held In
the spring and the term of office be three
years for all officials, as opposed to the
two-year fall election proposed by the An
dersen bill. ,
To unite the city and county assessing
and taxing departments.
To nominate the councllmen In waMS
and el"ct them at large and to have twelve
councllnien for the city. ,.'
To direct the council to redlstrlct the
city Into twelve wards ns nearly eo,ual
In population as possible. .
To fix the salary of each councilman at
$lv a month. .... .
That the sinking fund shall amount to
$20o.nno derived from general taxes and in
addition consist of all receipts from the,
scavenger sales and all balances In all
other funds at the end of the year. .
The conference continued late Into tha
night. It was the Intention to go over tha
entire bill If possible.
The majority of these propositions wera
decided on by the delegation unanimously
and on none was there what might be con
sidered a factional difference. The pre-
...lllnrf nrtH Intention Wll tO ' get tha
best general rtsults for their city without
respect to faction. Representative Ander
sen Is agreeable to the cnanges so rar
made In his bill and It Is the plan to simply I
attach them as amendments and then push
the Andersen bill through.
Hovrrll Is Disappointed.
R. Beecher Howell baa not secured that
$10,000-a-year Job yet, for the house ad
journed at 3:60 this afternoon without tak
ing up for passage his Omaha water board
bill. Introduced in the house by Dodge of
Douglas.
Howell, Tom Blackburn, all the members
it the water board save former aovernor
Boyd, and Dodge, AndersenT, CIaraft-Trri"
Saunders, had been strenuously lobbying all
day for this bill and doing their utmost to
huve It placed upon Its passage. Early In
the afternoon It came back from the en
rolling and engrossing room, ready for ex
ecution. The house had been in committee
of the whole all day. Howell had lined up
every member in the house, he thought,
who could be pulled over for his bill. Ha
pranced around the floor of the house With
a long roll call sheet In his hands. On It
he had marked opposite the name of each
member Just how he was going to vote. Tha
$600-a-year water commissioners stood or sat
around, waiting developments. Ever and
anon Dodge or Clarke would bob up to
move that tho committee of the whole arise
and report. But no. Manifestly the old
"nigger" In the woodpile had been pretty
well smoked out, and outside members
were beginning to ask themselves the ques
tion, "Why should we pull the chestnuts
out of the fire for the Fontanelle cluD in
f.eral and R. B. Howell in particular T
: Bo whenyPerry of Furnas moved to adjourn,
even though Speaker Rouse did remind tha
! house that it had "lots of work to do", and
j pointed to those voting against the motion
' as "the ones who wanted to work," the mo
tion carried 45 to 11 and Howell a faca
lengthened at least one-third.
"We have opened our eyes to the tut
that this is nothing in the world but class
legislation," asserted a prominent member
of the house after adjournment. I voted
the other day to recommend this bill for
passage, but today 1 voted for adjourn
ment because I knew that if tha bill want,
to a vote today it would have stood a
better chance of p&esage than later, when
ail the members could get their eyes open
and see Just what a mean piece of work
they are called on to perform. I now am '
heartily opposed to this bill and many
other members who voted as I did the other
day, are with me. We cannot, afford to
pass a bill of this character over the heads
of the majority of the Douglas county
delegation."
It Is presumed the bill will come up for
passage tomorrow.
Kural Members Suspicious.
"Look here," iuqulred a rural member
of an Omaha member in the house today,
"how much do these water commissioners
of yours draw now?" .,
"Six hundred dollars a year," was tha
reply
"What, do you mean to tell ma that,
men will come down here and lobby for
days, pay hotel bills and other expenses
for such a Job as that?"
"That's what they get."
"Well, I'll tell you, it looks mighty bad
in these men to exercise such selfish mo
tives. Now, you know and so do I that
If this bill paaneB there'll be a good deal
more In it somehow fur these men Uuvn .
the bill shows on Its face."
Despite the fact that the water hoard ,
bill directly conflicts with vital provision!
of the Omaha city charter revision bill
pending before the legislature, Howell and
his Fontanelle tribesmen have decided not
to hazard the possibility of defeat by
amending their water board bill at this lata
date, even to make it conform with the
charter revision bill, a measure much mora
generally endorsed by Omaha people than
the measure designed to land Howell in
an easy and lucrative Job.
John P. Breen takes no stock In Poster's
action in Introducing the terminal taxation
bill two years ago, saying ha acted without
the authority of the Omaha Real Eststa
exchange, and that if this bill were to pass
It would conflict with tha charter revision
bill. He suld the Real Estate exchange
had set Timothy J. Mahoney to work draw
ing up a terminal taxation bill, but ex
hibited little hopes of such a bill passing.
HOITIMJ PROCEKI)fG OF SK.1ATB
hort Session Held and Little Bus!
aess Transacted.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Jan. 81. (Spoclal.)-Ths asn
at was called to order by Lieutenant Gov-