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NEW AND STYLISH
WALKING SKIRTS
Oar business in ready-to-wear, clothing for women is in
. creasing to an astonishing extent. It is really wonderful the
number of garments we sell..
. Ludies are realizing more -and more every day that it is much
more satisfactory to buy; really good and well made garments
.from a perfectly reliable store.
All pur garments have a distinguished air'and are so differ
rut from those shown in other places.
We- baro . Thrived about 100 new and very beautiful skirts--ln all the
Ttfy newest effects price for really good skirts from $7.00 to f 1S.CW.
New -styh In Rnln Coat from 15.O0 to 10.00.
New creations In Suits from $2.1.00 to d0.oo.
Handsome rich dentin In Silk Iemi Costumes from $.13.00 to $y).00.
' Nert- Nhlrt Waists every one new wlthlD the last few days prices from
$1.00 to I7.WH -- i
New" House Wrappers, extra full and well made, at $1.00, $l.no and f 1.75.
EXTRAORDINARY VALt E IN BLACK DKESS GOODS SATURDAY.
Ilnndsoma Hlark French Voile. Just a hint of this remarkable value for
Satnrdny will be all-that Is necessary. - -
RtXiULAU 85C QUALITY BLACK FRENCH VOILE, SATURDAY, SKC A
YARD. '
A most charmlnir fabric for the new spring (town. In the new chiffon finish,
oft clinging stuff.. Remember, there Is not a large quantity In the lot. Early
buying will be to your advantage.,
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Y U. C A. Bulldimc. Comet Sixtetntk ani DougU. Street.
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was foregone conclusion until this morn- ress by the committee of the whole, the
Ing when the Sheldon motion went over Idea being to have It considered with other
tha transom. New there Is a aulet feel nr ! bills of the same character. It was on
the bill will pais despite the efforts made
gainst it. It carries all told 1195,000 In
appropriations. The next question Is, will
it pasa the governor?'' Governor Mickey al
ready .has expressed, .the hops the legis
lature would not pass, the bill because of
Its heavy appropriation.
Now the question, has arisen. What
brought about this rejuvenation of power
In ths Ernst bill? And In this connection
.some Interesting comment Is being made.
One story has it that former Senator W.
It. Harrison, who Is steadily Increasing
he facilities and extent of his broom
manufactory, Is actively promoting the
Ernst blir. " If the broom factory at the
penitentiary were abolished It might help
Senator Harrison's business, the theory Is.
Ths influence of Senator Harrison In the
senate was potent two years ago and he
till has many strong friends there. But
the senator denies this story; In fact he
simply smiled when It was broached to
him.
HOI SB HAS A BI SIMESS SESSION
Cleans I'p General File and Then
Fills It Up Again.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. K.-CSpeclal -Thls was
one of the busiest days the home has seen
this session. It didn't do an thing but
work. One Item of business was to hear
and act Oh committee reports on forty bills.
Tha general file, containing forty-three
bills, was entirely cleaned up. All -the bills
which sifted through the' strainer of the
committees go directly to the general file,
therefore making another big one.
Casebeer of, Oage won ills fight to compel
members to sign applications for supplies
before receiving any at the first of each ses
sion. He had a hard fight, but developed
too much strength for hla-opponents, chief
of whom waa Burns, of Lancaster. Burns
' had a lot to say about curtailing privileges.
He Insisted the blir would enable one leg
islature to dictate . to and tie the hands of
' the succeeding legislature. The bill pro.
vides that at the end of each session the
State Board of Fubllo Lands and Buildings
shall Invoice legislative property left over
and hold H for the next session, and that
no member shall be supplied until he shall
have made written application on regular
blanks furnished for that purpose.
"I know where hundreds of dollars'
worth of property has been taken and
disposed of, .pot only by employes of this
house, but by. members,' exclaimed Case
beer, "and -1 propose that this shameful
sort of thing shall stop. If I can't stop it
by the means I have undertaken I will by
some other way."
Loud applause from the members greeted
this utterance. The bill, II. R. 237, was
recommended for passage In committee of
the whole.
H. R, Ill, by Copsey of Custer, providing
for the distribution of the temporary
school fund on the basis of the number of
. school districts Instead of population, was
Indefinitely postponed. Jackson of Antelope
made a strong plea for the bill, urging that
It wae needed In the western part of the
state, where the sparsely settled commu
nities did not get their just share of this
fund.
"The trouble with the west end of the
state said Jones of Polk, "Is that it is
long on property and short on children."
"Would It be right," retorted Jackson, "If
the gentleman from Folk had more children
than I to make me pay lor his children's
education simply because they happened to
live in a populous part of the state?"
"If I had no more children than the law
allowed," responded Jones, "I would still
want them, to get what was coming to
them."
Jones said that although the bill would
Increase the school money to his county
he thought it an unjust measure.
Had this bill passed Douglas county would
have lof about $18,000 and Lancaster about
112,000 from their portions of this fund.
The bill had been recommended . for prog-
motion of Foster of Douglas that the com
mittee report was. not concurred In.
MeClays bill, appropriating $10,000 to re
imburse T. P. Kennard. was recommended
for passage. The bill says Mr. Kennard,
as secretary of state under Governor Fur
nas, expended out of his own pocket $10,000
in the prosecution of claims on the sale
of Indian lands. lie wss to receive BO-
per cent of the money thus collected.
At 4:10 the house adjourned until 10 ojclock
tomorrow morning.
HOI TIK PROCEEDING!) OF SENATE
Body Reverses Itself on the Binding
Twine Bill.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 17. (Special. )-The
bill for the establishment, or a binding twine
plant at the state penitentiary has been
resurrected from the temporary grave to
which It was consigned by Senator Sheldon
yesterday. Cady of Howard this morning
moved that the action of the senate of yes
terday In voting not to consider this bill
until It had considered and 'passed on all
the appropriation bills, be reconsidered and
that the records be cleared of all reference
to such proceedings. Sheldon was absent
and except Shreck of York no member of
the senate came to the defense of his mo
tion, though all voted for It yesterday. In
his defense of his motion to reconsider,
Cady said the proceeding of yesterday was
a dangerous method of disposing of meas
ures and a radical departure from the reg
ular legislative procedure. He stated that
he knew Sheldon had made h:s motion, not
as an Indication of a desire on his part to
kill the bill, but that the senate could keep
track of the appropriations to provide first
for the greatest needs of the state. He ob
jected, however, to such a radical departure
from the established rules of the legisla
ture. Wall also spoke for the reconsider
ation of the action of yesterday, as did
Jones of Otoe, Good of Nemaha and Haller
of Washington.
The Cady motion carried without a dis
senting vote and the bill will be considered
In its proper place and time. v
Good of Nemaha turned a neat trick this
morning In that .after having a bill killed
he secured a reconsideration of the action
of the senate and the bill will come up
at the next session for passage. The meas
ure in question was S. F. 112, prpvldlng for
a reduction In the salary of state bank
examiners. It was lost when the vote was
taken because there were only fifteen votes
in the affirmative, though this was a ma
jority of the votes cast, it requiring seven
teen votes for passage. Just before, ad
journment Good made his motion for a re
consideration and it was carried.
The South Omaha sewer bill, introduced
by Gibson of Douglas and known as 8. F.
44, came up for discussion In committee of
the whole, and upon motion of Harsh was
put over until Tuesday morning. ,In his
statement explaining the bill Gibson said
ho would be glad to accept any amend
ment the senators would suggest that would
Improve the bill and he courted a discus
sion of it so that all could understand It
and vote Intelligently.
"When any legislation provides for the
expenditure of public money without a vote
of the people the matter Is open for ex
planation. We have had an open sewer,
starting at Q street and flowing to the
southern terminus of the city, polluted by
the stock yards and city sewers. A suit
was Instituted by residents In the southern
part of tho city In conjunction with resi
dents living outside of the city limits to the
south, to prevent the pollution of the
stream. It has been agreed that If relief
is not granted by legislation Judgment will
be confessed by the, city. It is to prevent
this and to prevent the city from going into
the hands of a receiver that I drew this bill,
I believe It has the endorsement of , the city
attorney of South Omaha. There Is some
opposition to the bill and some parties
have been before the committee and argued
agninst it. They have dug up an old con
tract between the city and the stock yards
allowing the use of the settee,' but this has
no bearing on the question." '
Olbsnn then told the senators he was In
such a bad condition physically that . he
could not make en extended talk, but would
be glad to answer any questions that were
asked him, or he would consent to any kind
of amendment. lthe in J.(ie senate or the
house, that the members thought necessary.
Harsh then moved that the bill go over
until Tuesday and Gibson agreed to this.
B. F. CO, Incresslng the salary of the game
warden and fish commissioner, was passed.
Standing committees reported as follows,
for the general file:
8. F. 181, allowing a township, rond dis
trict or precinct to vote a tax of 26 mills
for the improvement of public roads.
S. F. 61, making stste warrsnls draw 4
rer cent interest; school district warrants,
per bent; warrants of townships or sub
divisions les than a county to draw 7 per
cent Interest.
8. K 60, 61. 52 and 63, bills to amend the
present decedent law.
H. R. 62, legalizing the use of voting mn
ohlnes. H. H. 29. to nav to former Attorney Gen
eral Prout $240 which he pa:d for A bond.
H. R. W, to provide Jury, trials in Justice
courts.
H. K. 97. to crovlde for a change of venue
where cases are to be tried in Justice
courts.
H. R. 100. to provide for payments of cot
In changes of venue from one Justice court
to another.
H. R. 9-J. to nx fees for Jurors In cases
tried in Justice courts.
The senate resolved Itself into a commit
tee of the whole with Mockett in the chair.
These bills wore acted upon: ;
8. F. 21: tnr the control of engines on the
public highways wss recommended ror en
sruaament. '. . . .
S. F. 134. providing 'for it reduction In the
siilsiiea of state bank examiners was In
definitely postponed..
b. jr. 70. allowing- cities unner o.ijw nonuin
tion to Issue electric llifht bonds by a vote
or tnree-nrtns or tne voters was oruerea engrossed..
l. u. 14. allowing cities. or tne nrot ciaw
under 6.0W DoDUiution to own purss w
recommended, for engrossment.
8. F. Ti. providing, a lien on mius ana
milling . property was Indetlnltely post
noned. ' ' "
. r . , me sewer Din oi oumon wan pui
over until Monday. - j. t
These bills .were Introduced and read a
first time: i -
8. F. 202. bv -Epperson of Cln v. establish
ing a standard for state printing.
8. F. 203, by Epperson of Clay, to lnbel
penitentiary, made goods and to regulate
the sale thereor.
S. F. 204. bv LaverrV. a Judicial appor
tionment bill. rctreatly printed In The Bee.
S. F. 206, by Jennings of Thayer, to make
Justices of the peace outside of towns
overseers for the poor and to compel county
hoards to emnlov physicians for country
districts, to be paid not more than J2n0
yearly.
S. F. 20B, by Dlmery, to authorize the
leasing of the home for the friendless when
vn rn t nil
8. F. 201. by Good of Nemaha, to fix the
salaries of deputies to state officers at
$1,800. The present law provides that the
deputy socretary of state and deputy state
superintendent shall each receive $1,600 a
year. ttach is now getting xt.iuu.
The renate adjourned until 2:30 Monday
afternoon.
DO I US OF THE
LEGISLATURE
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WE LEAVE NOTHING
on the shelves What's
made for this peasou must
be sold thitt season. Theae
specials are for
Saturday Only
'Kbmpw.
Girls' Costs, ages to 14, In red, brown
and blue, also fancy mixtures, ex
cellent ktyllnh warm garments,
.worth from 110 0 to $16.00. g.QQ
Children's Coals, ages $ to $ years, In
velvets, keraeys and slbellnes,
well-made little wraps of neat
ornamentation, worth up 4 fl
to $7 60; chulcs l.VJVJ
- May Mantos Patterns, 10c lien.
Boys1 Knee PanU, 60o
value. ,
Knee Pants, 7o and II
values ,
Boy1 11.50 Koee Pants
at ,.
29c
59c
89c
Boys' Reefers snd Overcoats, In bav
ers and meltons, extra values st
$5.00 and M.Ou; taks one home 4 (cz
. Saturday- VO
Bovs' touaes, Bhlrts and Shirt
Valsts, 6o and 76a values
Underwear Shirts, pants or
drawers Wo and
10c
19c
Boys' Caps, of Astrakhan, tweed and
cheviot; caps worth 60o, caps worth
76c, caps worm ai.uo . 1llr
at.
BENSON S-THORNE3
B - . Tetephon 170 1.
1 '!.'iJi..JLlL!'JiLllLa,l'H8MBBeMaBg
OMAI!A,NEEC
loki Douglas Street
Feeble Minded Asylum Wants Money
for a New Dormitory.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. 17. (8peclal.) Another
appropriation bill has found Its way in the
house. McMullen Introduced it and It pro
vides for $26,000 to build a new dormitory
at the feeble-minded institute at Beatrice..
The delegation held no meeting on the
charter matter tonight. One has been set
for Monday, but it is thought will be can
celled. Many of the members could not at
tend tonight and some will be absent Mon
day. It Is the opinion of Representative
Andersen that no further discussion by the
delegation In conference with Omaha joltl
sens will be had, but, that the matter will
now be turned over to the revision commit
tee and let It draft a final measure to be In
troduced, using such provisions from, the
Nelson and Andersen bills as seem fit.
A number of senators are anxious thnt a
bill be introduced In the 'house to appro
priate at least $15,000 to be used in paying
the expense of boring a well In the hope
of striking a flow of artesian water to be
used for Irrigation purposes, coal, oil or
some other valuable asset. Senators Cady,
Fries and Glffln today expressed themselves
In favor of such a measure and expressed
the belief that a sufficient flow of water
would be discovered to materially aid in ir
rigation. ' '
It Is the idea of these senators to have a
bill drawn giving authority to the expert
mental station, under the direction of the
university, 'to conduct the investigation.
They would have the well bored on the
ground at the substation at North Platte,
In Lincoln county. They expressed the be
lief that plenty of water could be found at
a depth of 3,000 or 4,000 feet to Irrigate much
of the western part of the state, even If no
coal or oil was found.
Senator Glffln, who Is anxious that the bill
be introduced and passed, is especially de
sirous that water be struck. He said:
"I feel sure that such an investigation
would reveal plenty of artesian water to Ir
rigate much of the western part of the
state. The government's report on the gen
eral geology of the state shows that Ne
braska is underlaid by Dakota sandstone.
At North Platte this Is found at a depth of
about $.000 feet. According to the report this
formation carries with it the great artesian
water supplies which are so extensively de
veloped by wells and cisterns In eastern
South Dakota- and on the lowlands In Cedar,
Knox and Boyd counties. Lincoln county Is
also on the great oil line between Casper,
Wyo., and the oil fields of Kansas. I be
lieve It would be a great thing for the state
if such an appropriation were made."
The bill probably will be drawn by Repre
sentative Burns of Lancaster, who favors
It.
Adlson Walt, chief clerk In the office of
the State Banking board, has recommended
to the banking board a proposition for the
protection of depositors which he considers
will supply a long felt want. "Mr. Walt
would have the legislature enact a law al
lowing banks to secure their depositors by
taking out guaranty bonds. He believes
before this can be done legislation legal li
. Ing such a procedure Is necessary. The
j banking board Is said to look with favor
on the plan and a number of members of
the legislature have expressed their ap
proval. It Is not unlikely that a bill will
be prepared in the next few days and In
troduced.
A petition was received this morning from
Crete signed by seventy-flvepersons urging
the senate to kill the McMullen bill and
another one was presented to Senator Fries
signed by several hundred persons asking
that the senate pass the Shreck county
option bills. Both were read and made a
part of the record of the day's proceed
ings. ,
The senate finance committee has dis
covered a section in the statutes which fixes
the salary of the deputy secretary of state,
at $1,600 a year. In order to place the depu:
ties on the same salary and at the same
time to conform to the statute Senator
Good Introduced his bill this morning to
increase the salary of the deputy secretary
of state to $1,800. This office now pays $1,
700, that sum having been given In the gen
eral salary bill heretofore regardless of ths
existing statute. Inasmuch as Good Is
chairman of the finance committee, it la
supposed his measure lias the approval of
ths committee.
One of the unique possibilities incident to
this session of the legislature la a publlo
war between the recognised agents of big
corporations who on ma to every legislature
In the Interest of their concerns and the
Clique Of fellows suspected of being "hold
up" lobbyists. Already a strong feeling
of hostility exists between these men and
the breach is widening. Within the last
twenty-tour hours two well known corpora
tion lobbyists have expressed their feelings
on this subject to a correspondent of The
Bee.
. "We think those fellows ought to be run
out of the city," said one of those Identified
lobbyist. '"We are tne sufferers of their
work. When sufficient data Is in hand we
may see what can be flone toward getting
rid of them." "
The humorous aspect, as Well as the seri
ous side of this situation has not been over
looked by members of, the legislature and
others.
"While If what la said of these holdup
fellows be trueand I never saw a legis
lature without them they should be run
out of town. The Idea of their expulsion
being brought About thla way Is certainly
rich In contemplation," said a legislator.
"Just Imaflne all those veteran railroad
and other corporation representatives or
ganising, with paoslbry one of their num
ber as captain of the host, and pouncing
upon this crowd of 'fellows who make It
a business to have bills Introduced simply
thut they may hold up somebody."
A telegram was received from Senator
Sheldon today Ujat his father hsd died dur
ing the night at his home In Nehawka.
The funeral will be held Sunday. The elder
Sheldon was known to many members of
the senate, all of whom recognized In him
a powerful factor In the portion of the
state in which, he-lived. A number of
them will attend the funeral.
Another anti-pass bill has been Intro
duced in the house. It Is II. R. 300. by
Jones of Polk, fuslonist. The bill differs
materially from the Berge-Harmon bill in
one respect at least It Is very brief, simply
prohibiting the giving or accepting of free
transportation In the fewest possible words.
It omits several provisions contained in
the other bill. Jones' bill makes Its vio
lation a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine
of from $UK to $500. Like the Berge-Harmon
bill, It allows the use of passes only
by employes of railroad companies.
GRIPPENBERG'S BITTER TLRla
Accuse Oeceral Kenropatkin of Tailing to
Appreciate Chaace of Victory.
REFUSED TO SEND AID TO WINNING ARMY
Subordinate Officer Feared ta (
mnnlrate Orders to Troops, Who
Had Seccessfnlly Attacked
Twice Their N amber.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 17.-'ihe Arrival
In St. Petersburg of General Grlppenberg,
former commander of the second Man-"
churlan army, who reached here at mid
night, has caused a good deal of sensation
In military circles. The general frankly
avows that he relinquished Ms command
after the recent attempt of the Russians
to flank Field Marshal Oyama, because, he
claims, General Kouropatktn refused to
Isters of the interior. It Is regarded as
direct challenge from the terrorists to
the autocracy, and a revival of the famous
duel between the nihilists and the govern
ment of twenty-five years ago.
Opinion differs as to the political effect
of the tragedy, some Inclining to the view
that the killing of a member of the Im
perlal party may cause Nicholas II to
revive a period of reaction, but this opinion
Is not generally shared.
The murder of Grand Duke Berglus Just
at the time when ths rorces of liberalism
were again In the supremacy and when the
summoning of the xemsky sabor was at
lured meets with universal reprobation,
even by extreme social democrats,' who
denounce the crime as strongly as do
the liberals and conservatives.
According to a high authority, the d
clslon had already been taken officially to
proclaim the semsky tabor on February
22. M. Souvorln, editor of the Novoe
Vremya, said to the Associated Press laat
night
I do not believe this crime can now In
terfere with the carrying out of reform to
winch tne government Is too far commit
send him help when victory was In Gen- I I am certain the semsky subor will
ava t .-.!. . , . - , . . . , biivii n I ! I ' I 11 M I . I tllll, UI'IIIUllU .1 nil"".
ui iip"nuerg nanus, anu uiaieau vi
dered the latter to withdraw. Grlppenbcrg
The house revenue committee reported
for Indefinite postponement the fusion
caucus revenue bill and the report was
confirmed by the house. The bill was
rather voluminous and made sweeping
changes In the present revenue law. The
fuslonists made a persistent fight to hav
the committee favorably report the meas
ure.
The claims committee Is nearlng the en
of Its prolonged labors. Its bill probabl
will be ready for Introduction Wednes
day. No estimates as to the totals hav
been made, but the statement is given ou
that the claims will aggregate more than
two years ago, while the deficiencies will
be less. The committee decided to cut ou
the claim of State Architect Tyler for
salaries for his stenographer and additional
draughtsman, amounting to between $2,000
and $3,000. but It Is probable Tyler may
get a rehearing after all. There Is a feel
lng that possibly the draughtsman's pay
mar be aj lowed.
will personally report on the situation to
Lmperor Nicholas. It Is too early to say
what the result will be, although It Is evi
dent that Kouropntkln's enemies are push
ing their campaign aghlnst him. It Is
only fair to Kouropotkin to say that his
friends claim that Kouropatkln's side of
the story Is that he only Intended to
make a demonstration in force and that
Grlppenberg pressed the attack too far
and became too much involved.
In an Interview General Grlppenberg
said:
Bronchial troubles are often permanently
curea Dy fiso's Cure for Consumption.
WATSON CASE GOES TO JURY
Sensational . Scenes Attend Finn
. Argument n Wife Murder Case
at Sew Isondon, Mo.
NEW LONDON, Mo., Feb. 17.-The case
of Dr. Jones T.. Watson of Denver. Colo.
charged with the murder of his wife, went
to the Jury tonight after the most sensa
tionai an day and . night session In the
history of Balls county court. In which
women tought for seats and were scored
as scandal mongers by Watson's attorneys.
More than l.OM m'eri,' Women and girls were
jammed Irttty the tourfroom, while hurt'
areas .nuea- 't lie- CTfrrtdors clamoHna- for
admlsnton. Sleighs'. mjgBies and farm
wagons .filled the streets in front of the
court house. . Excursion trains broua-ht in
hundreds from surrounding' towns. Manv
oi -tnose wno secured seats enme early
bringing lunches with them. They did not
leave tne court -until the last argument
JJurmg the closing arguments of the Tros-
ecutlnn many women were moved to tears
ana soDDea audibly. 1
Al tne night session J. O. Allison snok
ior me aeiense, roilowed by H. Clay
Heather, former-etate senator, who made
ne closing argument for the state.
.To Car a. fmld ta n.
. oramo wuiuine laoists. 4ji
druggists rsfund the monsj.lf it falla to
cure. m. . uroves' signature is oa each
pox, .jac.
FIRE RECORD.
" Blase at Arbor. Lodge.
-NEBRASKA CITY. Feb.. 17.-SDeelal
Telegram.)-Flre thla morning damaged
Aroor Liodge to. the amount of about $1,000.
The fire originated In the furnace room
Ifi the basement and when discovered had
eaten Its way up, to the partition dlvldln
the old house from the new one. Nebraska
City firemen responded to the alarm and
the fire, was extinguished by the chem
ical engine. Mrs. Joy Morton was the only
member or the family at home.
Twelve Bnlldlaajs at Bryant, S. D,
BRYANT. S. D.. Feb. 17.-Twelve build
ings here were destroyed by fire today,
emailing a loss of $G0,O00.
MANY SAY
Jnst Can't Do It.
"Go away and don t bother me. Maybe
coffee Is causing all my ails, but I Just
don't see how I can give it up."
That is the pitiful wall of a despairing
coffee slave, and yet there Is an easy and
sure way out of the slavery.
a Knew uw waa uie cause or ail my
trouble," confesses an Indianapolis woman,
"but I Just couldn't give It up. I used to
try, but every time went back to coffee,
until finally my nervous system was In
such condition that a single cup of coffee
was sufficient to throw me into a state
bordering on hysterics. I had generally
two terrific sick headaches every week
and was simply a wreck of nerves.
"Finally I was Induced to try Postum,
but at the first trial It was so thin and
weak I knew something must be the mat
ter, so I read the directions over again
and found It Is not made like coffee, but
must have IS minutes at least for steady
boiling. So. I tried again, and the result
was a deep, rich-colored, perfectly, dell
clous drink that weaned me from my
coffee without any regrets.
"The Postum took coffee's place so com
pletely that before we realised It we had
forgotten coffee ever existed, and all the
time I wai Improving rapidly, from the
very time I began the Postum. .
"To put it briefly, the improvement con
tinued until I am again a well woman.
"Although I drank the. Postum and got
so well, my husband couldn't be Induced
to' drink It for he thought I was one of
the people coffee hurt and he wasn't.
But about six 'weeks ago he had an at
tack of kidney trouble, and first thing the
doctor told him was to quit coffee. Then
for the first time he tasted the Postum,
snd he wss surprised and delighted. He
has drank It ever since and his attack of
kidney trouble Is gone, and this morning
he made me feel r-oud by saying the
Postum was the bosi cuffes he ever drank.
Now all of our children drink It, too.
"I make .our morning Postum on ths
after-supper, fire the night before and a
light boiling in the morning brings it to
perfection, and ' In this way It takes no
longer to make' In the morning than coffee
did. It doosn't taste stale like coffee does
the flavor is really Improved." Name
glvsn by Postum Co, lis lUe Creek, Mich.
I am glad to give an account of the bat
tle of my army, the telegrams I have seen
being far from the truth. Kouropatkln, of
course, authorized the advance, but he Im
posed the condition that it should not go
beyond Heikoutal and Sandepus. My plan
was to capture HelKoutal and thence out
flunk Snndepas. From the Flr.it army
corps before Heikoutal I detached a bri
gade, which occupied Heikoutal January
i!6. The Japanese cut In from the south
it n J the brigade came under a cross fire,
but held on until I got up another brigade
to cover Its retreat. The Japanese were
now concentrating on their left. During
the evening of January 26 I and my army
were ordered under no circumstances to
rail back from our positions. The next
morning my whole front was engaged, the
troops being disposed as follows:
On the extreme right the First corrs.
Then the First Rifle corps and the Attn
division of the Second corps, which huu
Just arrived from Russia..
Altogether I had sixty-two battalions.
The tnemy had twice as many.
Itnaslans Stand Firm.
The battle of January 10 was continued
until the evening. We did not surrender
an inch of ground. My left flank, which
was clearing the road to Snndepas, being
weart, I asked the coinmander-in-chler,
who had sixty battalions available, for
reinforcements. He declined to send any,
apparently taking the Japanese demons! ra
tion at the center as being a general ad
vance. Nevertheless 1 decided to storm
Heikoutal the next day. All the sur
rounding villages were already In our
hands.
Early on January 27 the fiercest fighting
occurred. We aguln held our own. The
road to Sandepas, the Japanese point of
concentration, was quite clear of the
enemy. I therefore aguln appealed to the
commander-in-chief for reinforcements. If
he had listened to my entreaties we would
have driven the iron ring of 100,000 of the
enemy. The Japanese, being menaced by
a strong force of Russian cavalry from
the south and southwest, evidently realized
the danger of tackling us. In desperation
January 28 they four times desperately as
saulted our outer positions and were beaten
off each time In such brilliant fashion that
it does my heart good to remember the
gallantry of my brave comrades. I might
easily have followed up these repulses by
a headlong offensive, but I was tied down
by the commander-in-chief's restrictions
ana his refusal to send me reinforcements.
How anxiously I awaited a reply on both
subjects. Thus think of what victory
meant. Complete victory Was In our grasp.
The loss cf thousands of lives was not
dreadful before such a result.
The reply of General Kouropatkln ar
rived at 6 In the evening In the Shape of
an order to leave a small force In our posi
tions and move up to his support in view
of the expected Japanese advance on the
center. How was it possible for - the
Japanese to attack the center when all
their available forces were diverted west?
It is impossible to describe the impression
rroduced upon me by the order. At first
was afraid to communicate it to my
victorious army, but there was nothing else
to do. We retreated during the night of
January 29 with tears In our eyes and
bitterness In our hearts. It was then that
I decided that my presence at the theater
of war was no longer possible snd the
next day I handed In a report to tne commander-in-chief
demanding my relief.
Bandits Act with Japanese.
A dispatch from Saetung, Manchuria says
that 11,000 Japanese troops and Chinese
bandits are reported to be In southeast
Manchuria, in the neighborhood of Chal
baschon, forty-five miles northwest of
Gunshu pass, whence they Intend to oper
ate against the railroad. A detachment of
Russian frontier guards with two guns en
countered the Japanese February 14 and
defeated them. The detachment, however,
while advancing, was surrounded by two
regiments of Japanese cavalry, four com
panies of Infantry and a large band of
Chinese bandits about fifteen miles north
west of Gunshu pass and lost heavily. One
gun was lost and nearly all the gun horses
and a number of gunners were killed.
Russians Retreat.
TOKIO, Feb. 17.-The following official
announcement was made here today:
On Thursday the enemy's artillery bom
barded our positions In front of Shaiepao,
Hanchenpao, Mengtapuo and their vicini
ties. Today at 6 o'clock In the morning
the officer In command of our scouts en
countered and repulsed a detachment of
the enemy's Infantry, ubcut 100 strong, near
Pinniulupao. The enemy, who huu come
southward since Wednesday, retreated
north to Llukanfang, ten miles northwest
of Chltaltsej
BOMB FOR GRANDDUKE
(Continued from First Page.)
awaltlna- the trmlnfitlfn of the war.
Prince Shlrlnsky Schahmatoff, who had
audience with Emperor Nicholas at the
Ts.trskoe Selo yesterday, was frankly told
by the emperor that the xemsky sabor
would bo elected under a c:ans franchise by
the nobles, clergy, merchants and peasants
but that all the deputies would sit together;
and the committee of ministers, the Asso
elated Press Is informed, was yesterday
charged by tho omperor with the appoint
ment of a committee to work up the de
tails of the electoral machinery.
he had been wounded by fragments of the
bomb, attracted the attention of a ser
geant of police, who seined him before he
could draw a revolver.
The man did not deny his orime, but, on
the contrary, gloried In its success. He
expressed his satisfaction that he had been
able to kill the grand duke without In
volving the duchess. He avowed his mem
bership In the social revolutionary organ
ization, but refused to give his name and
at the Jail his papers were found to be
forged.
The revolver with which the assassin
was armed was an automatic magazine
pistol of the same type as the weapon
employed by Hohenthat, the assassin of
Bolnlnen, procurator general of Finland
The assassin's Injuries are not serious.
The grand duke's coachman, who was
severely Injured, was removed to a hos
pital. I-ate last night he was still living,
The news of the tragedy spread rapidly
to every quarter of Moscow, aided by extra
editions of all the newspapers, which ap
peared with deep blaok borders.
Crowd Gather at Kremlin.
Theatrical performances and all forms
of social observances i were Immediately
abandoned and theaters ordered to remain
closed until further notice. Immense
crowds gathered near the Kremlin, where
some factions began an attack on students
and other representatives of the liberal
movement, while others eagerly grasped
and read a revolutionary proclamation,
which had appeared as If by magic. So
threatening became the attitude of the
crowd that the authorities felt obliged to
order the Kremlin cleared and the gates
locked.
rolltlral Effect Of Tragedy.
BT. PETERSBURG, Feb. J. I a. m.
The asaasslnation of Grand Duke Berglus
undoubtedly was the work of the fighting
organisation of the socialistic revolutionary
party, which condemned and executed
Count Bobrlkoff, gnxernor general of Fin
land, and Slplagulne and vun Irlevbe. min-
1
Tsar Hears Kens,
The news of the tragic death of his uncle
fn brought to the emperor while he was
giving an audience to General Grlppenberg,
end gavo him a great shock. By the em
peror's direction the members of the Im
perial family who were nt the Tsarpkoe Selo
In connection with tho ;slt of Prince
Frederick Leopold of Prussia, were Imme
diately summoned to the chapel, where a
requiem was held. A state req'ilem, nt
which members of the diplomatic corps will
be present. Is announced for today.
The funeral arrangements have not yet
been made, but In accordance with tradition
tho funeral probably will be on an Imposing
scale.
Minister of tho Interior Boullgan, to
gether with the officers of the Prebra
Jensky regiment, the Life Guards and the
Cuirassiers, of which Grand Duke Ser
gtus was an honorary officer, have gone to
Moscow.
The body will probably lie In state sev
eral days In tbe Church of the Ascension,
In the Kremlin, where Emperor Nicholas
was crowned. Thenc6 !t will be brought
to St. Petersburg and placed In the Rom
anoff museum In' the great Cathedral of
SS. Peter and Paul, Inside the fortress.
The tragedy was the sole topic of conver
sation at the clubs and hotels last night,
newspaper extras early In the evening hav
ing spread the news throughout St.
Petersburg. "
Late Convert to Liberalism.
The story Is going the rounds that Grand
Duke Sergius himself, at the last moment,
finding the tide against him, was won over
to the plan of summoning the zemsky
labor and that he sent a! messenger to
Emperor Nicholas, outlining his views
as to the composition of the body. It is
added that the messenger arrived at al
most the same time the sorab was thrown
In Moscow. According to Berglus' plan It
was proposed that each province should
have six representatives in the conven
tion, two each of nobles, merchants and
peasants.
All the theaters were closed last night.
The period of court mourning will put an
end to ths little gaiety which has so far
marked the season at the Russian capital.
Role Harsh and Rlgorons,
As governor general of Moscow he was
Intensely unpopular. His advent as gov
ernor general of Moscow was followed by
expulsion of the Jews from the central
provinces, and throughout his administra
tion his rigorous and harsh measures
aroused the greatest hostility, especially
among the students. Two years ago, after
the student riots. In which many were
killed or wounded, several hundred expul
sions to Siberia followed, under the orders
of Grand Duke Sergius and General Tre
poff, now governor general of St. Peters
burg, but who was then chief of police of
Moscow. As there were many threats made
against his life, the grand duke was obliged
to flee to his Bummer residence, twenty
miles from the city. During the recent
strike disturbances the grand duke left the
Dlskoutohny palace, on the outskirts of the
city, where he had been living, and took
refuge Inside the ramparts of the Kremlin,
where he had since lived In what Is known
as the Little Palace, opposite the famous
statue of Alexander III. The trip to the
Kremlin on that occasion was made at
night between solid lines of troops.
Grand Duke Sergius was the wealthiest
member of the imperial family. He was
tall, handsome and cordial in manner in
spite of tha ruthless fashion In which he
exercised his authority as governor gen
eral. He was childless, but had adopted
two children of his brother Paul, who was
banished on account of a morganatic al
llance.
Sergius' record as a soldier was not bril
liant. He suffered a disastrous defeat at
the hands of General Kouropatkln during
the famous Koursk maneuvers.
The Grand Duke Berglos, uncle of the
Russian emperor and formerly governor
general of Moscow, la understood to have
been condemned to death by the revolu
tlonary party In December lost. The gov
ernor generalship of Mosoow was abolished
early in the year and the grand duke, ac
cording to dispatches from Moscow January
4. kept closely to the well-guarded Nlchou
skl palace on the outskirts of Moscow, re
taining his position of commander-in-chief
of the military district. Later in January,
however, it was announced that the grand
duke had sought refuge In one of the pal
aces of the Kremlin. He has been classed
as the most reactionary member of the im
perial family, as the head of which It Is
referred to as the war party and has been
stigmatized by the liberals as Russia's evil
genius.
Grand Duke Sergius was born In 1857 and
was married In 18H4 .to Princess Elizabeth
of Hesse-Darmstadt. They have no chil
dren. Governors Ordered to Posts. j
Minister of Interior Bouglin has ordered
all governors of provlnoes not to leave their
posts at present.
The managers of the Poutlloff Iron works
announce that as the men have not re
turned to work they will not be further sup
plied with provisions on credit from the
company's stores until work is, resumed.
This means that over 10,XK persons will
henceforth be deprived of the means of ob
taining food. The decision has caused In
tense bitterness among the strikers.
The Associated Press is in position to an
nounce positively that after the long con
sultation which he hold yesterday at Tsar
koe Belo with the committee of ministers,
headed by Its president, M. Witts, on the
advisability of summoning a zemsky sabor,
the emperor arrived at no definite decision.
M. Wltte, president of the committee of
ministers, replying today to a q lestlon
to the reports circulated yesterday to the
effect that he had resigned, said to the As
sociated Press that he had not resigned,
though he was not anxious to remain ""fly
office.
Proclamation of Death,
. . . rink
rne sentence oi Drum mi -.
Sergius waa contained in a proclamation , ti
. . . ... , , i ... i i.,. rn ''
ineuca Dy me social rvvuiuuirinfm v
cow after the dcmonatratlon on December
11 of last year t Su Petersburg wa put
down. It read:
If our demonstration st Moscow (Decem
ber 18 and Ifi) Is crushed in ss bloody a
manner ns thnt of our brother of St.
Petersburg, then be the guilt therefor upon
the henri nf l'3t!r, ri,V fiorirlll and Gerv-
eral Trepoff, an j we, the committee, in thafX
event nave rnrenroninen tneir oeata.
Emperor Nicholas ha Issued a manifesto
stating thnt a heavy sorrow has fallen on.
the Imperial house In the lamented desfn
of his uncle, Grand Duke Sergius, In the
4sth year of his age. The manifesto says:
He was stricken down bv the ruthles
hand of an assassin, who aimed at his lif.
so dear to us. Mourning in him sn unci"
and friend whose whole fife of activity and
care was always devoted to the service of
our house snd fatherland, we have firm
confidence that all our subjects will slinre
and sympathize In our sorrow and m-lll unlio
In heartfelt prayers with our own for tho
repose of the soul of the departed.
Given In our palace at Tnarxkoe Prlo.
NICHOLAS
Sensation In I'nrla.
PARIS, Feb. 17. The assassination i t
Grand Duke Sergius caused a sensatiun
here and is everywhere discussed as mi
other of the long series of Russian horrors.
The officials referred to the tragedy ns
being part of a singular line of fatalities.
The Temps sys: "It is easy to see why
Grand Duke Sergius was marked out its
a victim of the revolutionists, as among
the uncles of the emperor Sergius had the
greatest Influence upon him. It was known
that tha emperor's various liberal effons
were checked through Sergius, who In pi
tlcular recently opposed the appeal of tht
provincial delegates. The grand duke whs
unpopular In Moscow owing to his haughty
demeanor and his hard reactionary spirit,
although the Grand Duchess Elisabeth was
popularly adored. Recently she was warned
not to appear with her husband, which
meant that his assassination had been de
cided upon. It Is significant that the as
sassins pursued the same plans as on the
occasion of the assassination of the late
Interior minister, Von Plehve.
Kens at Berlin.
BERLIN, Fob. 17.-The news of the as
sassination of Grand Duke Sergius reached
the Russian embassy here first through a
newspaper correspondent. Travelers froi
St. Petersburg who have arrived
city say It was common talk there that
terrorists had marked four persons
execution, the emperor, Grand Duke
Berglus, Governor General Trepoff of 3t.
Petersburg and Interior Minister Boullgan.
Confesses Attempt to Czar,
LONDON. Feb. 18. The Dally Mall
publishes a story to the effect that
slan noncommissioned officer has confessed
that he was bribed, to put a loaded si
a saluting gun on the Occasion of the
Ing of the waters of the Neva.
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BEATRICE, Neb., Feb. 17. (Special.)
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west of the city, occurred the marriage of
Mr. John Claassen and Miss Christina
Enne, Rev. J. K. "Penner officiating.
Guests to the number of 126 witnessed the
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