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OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1905 TEN FAGES.
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JAP WINGS IN T0UCIl!SUMMARSITUATION
Eeport from Sew fjhwang that Bnisians
Are 8nrronndeL
ENVELOPING MOVEMENT IS SUCCESSFUL
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Stronghold of the BUtb May Prore Another
8edin.
K0UR0PATKIN TAKES THE NSIVE
Bumor from St. Petersburg that vranter
Attack is in Progress. J
EXPECT GREATEST BATTLE OF WAR
Orms'i Mae U Said to Be ' keaea
by ! Eitrtut L
and Raitliti Mar
Wis. ' - .
NEW CHWANtt, Marco -" I
ported her that the scouts of General
Nogl and General Kuroki's army are
already in touch behind Tie pass.
There U every Indication that the great
Japanese movement for the envelopment
of Mukden has so far met with over
whelming success and that that stronghold
of the Russians will prove another Sedan.
In the past few days little has been
heard from the fighting along the strongly
fortified central positions, and It Is be
lieved the Japanese center Is only required
to hold Its ground while the wings stretch
far to the northward for the purpose of
enclrcUug the Russian flanks or threaten
ing the railway.
General Nogl's Third army, from Port
Arthur, has advanced far on the left wing
and swept all before it. Nogl's men are
revelling in the field work, which they con
sider child's play after the siege of Port
Arthur.
Fight He sir Imperial Tombs,
8AKHBTUN, March . 1:46 p. m. Ac
cording to reports Just received the Japa
nese have advanced to attack along the
whole Una. Fighting has been In progress
on the right flank of the Russian army
near the Imperial tombs since morning, but
at this hour It appears to be lessening
and th roar . of artillery indicates that
the fighting is gradually sweeping further
and further from Mukden.
Several regiments stationed near Putlloft
and Novgorod hills Sunday night attacked
and captured Japanese trenches, approach
ing under cover of darkness.
The fighting was sharp and the Japanese
used hand grenades, but finally were ex
pelled at dawn.
The weather today is superb.
Desperate Fla-htlng Continues.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 7.-:15 a. m.
According to correspondents with the Rui
slan army the tide of battle yesterday was
rolling back from the Immediate vicinity
of Mukden, operations up to noon having
resulted In the capture of several villages
west and southwest of Mukden, but late in
the afternoon the Japanese Inaugurated a
series of desperate attacks, the outcome
of which Is still not chronicled. General
ic&ulHsm whrv t muddered tzi'.be ah best
f General' tCcWrOpatkln's subordinates, has
" taken personal charge of the operations In
this field. The commander-in-chief also Is
devoting his attention to the fighting In
the same locality.
i At latest reports the Japanese had also
launched an attack against Putlloft hill and
other points on the Russian front, with the
Intention of . regaining positions from
which the Russians had ousted them dur
ing the night and also to prevent General
. Kouropatkln from dispatching further re
inforcements against General Nogl's hard
pressed veterans. The latter, however, have
gotten up heavy field artillery to their sup
port, . making a much more even fight
against the Russian cannon.
Comparative Inactivity Is the rule on the
extreme left.
Russians Claim Minor Successes.
The Russians claim minor successes
agalnct General Kurokl, who, presumably
having shot his bolt and effected at least
one of his objects, that of drawing Rus
sian reinforcements, may have forwarded
a part of his army to reinforce the center
and west flank.,
The War office estimates the number of
wounded in the battle of Mukden at 12,000,
Including 234 officers, but makes no state
ment regarding the number of dead. This
undoubtedly Is a conservative statement.
Th Japanese losses, according to tlte same
source of Information, are estimated at
80,000. The optimistic tone of the war cor
respondents Is reflected In military circles
here. It Is considered that even if General
Kouropatkln has not suoeeded in delivering
a crushing blow at the Japanese, he has
at least Insured the possibility of withdraw
ing, which was greatly Jeopardized by the
operations of Oenerals Nogl and Kurokl.
The result of General Kouropatkln's re
ported counter attack west of the rail
road, which If successful would drive a
wedg between the western army and the
Japanese forces on the Bhakhe river
Is awaited with keen 'anxiety. It Is
felt that this Is the opportunity which he
missed at Liao Yang and which deprived
the Russians of victory when It had al
most been won.
Coaster Attack by Hessians.
ST, PETERSBURG, March 6 (2:67 p. m.)
The Associated Press has Just learned thut
General Kouropatkln has lauched a blow
at Field Marshal Uyuni'i left center JuHt
east of the railroad. The fighting Is des
perate along almost th entire line.
Kouropatkln's losses in killed and
wounded, up to last night are placed at
23.60U. Oysma Is believed to have nlready
lust fully 40.000 men.
The Japanese army, according to the
prisoners. Is greatly exhausted. lhey re
peat the statement that some of General
Nogl's men have not had any food for two
days.
Violates Chinese Neutrality.
In order to succeed Oyama threw the
neutrality of China to the winds. General
Nogl, with his Port Arthur veterans, moved
up the right bank of the Hun and fell 1 ke
an avalanche upon the weakened Russian
right, doubling it back In confusion, the
Japanese advance being co-ordinate with
the advance straight from the west of a
Japanese celumn of 40,000 men, which cir
cled around through Chinese neutral terri
loiy. Although rumors of tie presence of
tho latter column westward of Mukden
were circulated as long sgo as Tuesday,
Kouropatkln evidently was taken by sur
pi Us, possibly refusing to believe that tha
Japaness would thus openly fling Chinese
neutrality to th winds. At any rate It
was nl until Saturday night that he was
able to shift sufficient reinforcements meat
to stem the tide when the Japumne were
with n sight of Mukden. Rut the latest
advices are to the effect that the Jupa
i.ese, exhausted b their tremendous ef
forts, havu everywhere stopped, and now,
if ever, Kouropatkln hour has cunie.
The Japanese lines are extended over
Hope at St. Petersburg Kouropatkla
Has Saeceeded la Preserving;
His Line of Retreat.
There was no cessation of the fighting
between the Russian end Japanese ar
mies In Manchuria yesterday. Russian
reports say that at a distance the tide
of battle In the immediate vicinity of
Mukden seemed to be ebbing. The most
that the war crltlrs at St. Petersburg seem
to hope for at present Is that General
Kouropatkln has succeeded In re-establishing
his line of retreat In the direction of
Harbin.
TVord has reached New Chwang. which,
however, has no confirmation from other
sources, that the Japanese are already
north of Mukden with a large force and
that the Russians are facing a disastrous
defest. There appears to be a possibility
that Oeneral Kurokl has drawn oft a por
tion of his army from the center and sent
it to reinforce the divisions engaged In
Tanking movements. General Kaulbars,
the most trusted of General Kouropat
kln's officers, Is personally In command
of the Russian forces In the triangle be
tween the railway and the Hun river,
which vital position the Japanese have
been assailing for several days.
Russian reports admit that 13,000 men
have been wounded, but make no mention
of the number killed and at the same time
assert that the Japanese have lost 30,000
In killed or wounded. ,
NO BAIL FOR THE FtGITIVES
Greene and Gayaor Case Contlnaed
on Question of Jarlsdlction.
MONTREAL, March 6. Messrs. Gaynor
and Greene, who are wanted by the United
States government on charges of fraud In
connection with the Savannah river Im
provements, were before Magistrate La
fontalne, the extradition commissioner, to
day. Mrs. Taschereau, counsel for the accused
men, filed an objection to the Jurisdiction
of the magistrate. The latter thereupon
agreed to a postponement of the case until
March 14 to give an opportunity to get wit
nesses here.
After hearing arguments on the question
of ball. Commissioner Lafontalne an
nounced that In his opinion the Dominion
statutes did not grant him power to ac
cept ball for the prisoners.
SECRETARY WINDHAM WILL UIT
Premier Announces Resignation of
Chief Secretary for Ireland.
LONDON, March 8. Premier Balfour an
nounced in the House of Commons today
that Mr. Wyndham, the chief secretary for
Ireland, had resigned.
PRESIDENT HAS BUSY DAY
First Work Day of New Term Finds
Many Visitors at White
House.
WASHINGTON, March 6.-Thl was the
first business day of the new national ad
ministration, and President Roosevelt .dis
posed of an Immense amount of accumu
lated work.
Hundreds of visitors called at the White
Huuiu. and rianltn tha nreasure of execu
tive business the president found 'TfTttie to
receive and extend a cordial greeting to
most of them. At one time the crowd
was so large that it filled the reception
hall of the executive office and extended in
a long line toward the Pennsylvania avenue
gate to the grounds.
Jamea A. Garfield, commissioner of cor
poratlons, had a brief talk with the presl
dent about some matters relating to his
bureau.- He was followed by Attorney Gen
eral Moody, who discussed with the presi
dent appointments In his department.
At the conclusion of the conference Mr.
Moody said It had bten decided to appoint
Robert T. Devlin of San Francisco United
States district attorney for the northern
district of California to succeed Marshal B,
Woodworth. ThiB decision terminates a
spirited contest. Senator Bard urged the
retention of Woodworth, but Senator Per
kins and his new colleague. Senator Flint,
endorsed and worked for Devlin.
It was decided also to send to the senate
again the appointment of ex-Senator Jo
seph V. Quarlee to be Unite States dls
trlct Judge for the eastern district of Wis
consin in succession to Judge Seamen, pro
moted. The announcement of the appoint
ment of ex-Senator Quarles aroused a good
deal of opposition among the followers of
his successor, Senator Lu Follette, but it is
regarded as unlikely that they could make
serious trouble for the appointee even If
they ahould desire to do ao. The president
and Attorney General Moody also agreed
upon the reappointment of Judge James
Wlckersham of the Third district of
Alaska-
It was decided early by the president to
send to the senate today not only the
nominations of th members of his cabinet
but, in addition, many other appointments
about which an agreement had been
reached. It is not unprecedented for the
president to send other nominations than
those of his cabinet officers to the senate
on the first day of the session, but it has
been customary for presidents to nominate
only the members of their cabinets on that
day. The list of nominations Included,
therefore, appointments of ambassadors,
Ministers, consul generals and consuls so
far as have been decided upon. There were
few surprised in the list, as most of the
appointments made to the principal poata
heretofore have been announced, at least
In a semi-official way.
UPHOLDS HILTS CONTENTION
tutted States Supreme Court Affirms
DrelaJoa in Northern Securi
ties Distribution Case.
WAbMijsuTUK, aiarcn s. Tne supreme
court of the United States today affirmed
the decision of the circuit court of ap
peals for the Third circuit in the case of
Harrlman against th Northern Securities
company, Involving the distribution of the
shares In the Northern Securities company,
Ths decision Is favorable to the company.
The decision of the court waa announced
by Chief Justice Fuller.
II delivered no written opinion, but said
that on would be filed later. Ther was
no dissenting opinion.
SHAW
IS
TO QI'IT CABINET
(Continued on Second Pag.)
Secretary et Treasury to Resign After
Serving Term of Four Year.
WASHINGTON, March .-Th renomina
tlon of Secretary Shsw aa secretary of ths
treasury recalls the fact that when h waa
first nominated it was with the under
atandlng that he would not remain longer
than th 4th of March Just passed. Dur
Ing the last campaign President Roosevelt
silked him. In case of his election, to re
main at the heud of thu Treasury depart
nu nt. and he then consented, with the un
der. landing that he retire In February, la 6,
when he will have served a full four years1
term. Becrvtary ehaw has no Intention o
remaining lunger tha 4 th date fixed upon.
easy With the cattlemen
Department Inclined to Make Inspection
Bales at Lenient as Possible.
LLEWELLEN WOULD BE DIVISION CHIEF
Cowboy Who Are Visiting Wash-
lntoa Are Having the Time of
Their Lives Give Exhibition
on th Ball Grenada.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, March 6.-8peclal Tele
gram.) Senatora and representative who
have Interviewed Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson regarding the national quarantine
law, which had the support of the depart
ment snd president, are convinced thst no
drastic measures will be taken to deprive
cattle owners of their rights or holdings.
It Is a fact that Dr. Salmon of the Bureiu
of Animal Industry pledged the department
to an honest and impartial enforcement of
the law and that all possible concessions
will be made to meet local condition's, but
the whole power Of the government was In
voked to place on the statute books a law
that would put a stop to cattle being used
for feeders without first going through an
Inspection.
Judge Klnkaid, who Is closing up his
business in the departments preparatory to
leaving for home, made another call at
the Agricultural department today in the
Interest of the stockmen In the Sixth dis
trict, who desire some modification of the
rule of the department regarding cattle in
spection. The Judge was assured that
everything would be don within reason to
meet the wants of the cattlemen, In view
of the lack of sufficient Inspectors to per
form th work at the point of embarka
Senator Warren, who Is a large sheep
owner, said he had received assurances
from Dr. Salmon that the department did
not desire to be tyrannical with the cattle
men, but It did desire to have federal law
on the statute books that would act as a
deterring force to owners of cattle who
rushed diseased cattle Into market without
proper dipping.
Llewellea After Promotion.
Among the first things which the new
postmaster general will take up will be the
selection of a superintendent for the west
ern division of the rural free delivery Just
re-establlBhed at Omaha. C. E. Llewellyn.
who has been long connected with the
rural free delivery service, having laid out
many of the routes In Nebraska, Iowa and
South Dakota, is an active candidate for
the place. He has the endorsement of
nearly th whole of the Nebraska delega
tion, with the exception of Senator Millard.
He Is backed by Senators Allison and Dol
llver and the congressmen from the north
ern part of the Hawkeye state. Mr. Rose-
water has also seen Mr. Cortelyou in be
half of Mr. Llewellyn, and from present in
dications it looks as if the Omaha man
would land th Job.
Cowboys Having a Time,
The cowboys from Nebraska, South Da
kota, Wyoming and Montana, under tho
command of Beth Bullock, have been hav
ing th time of their lives since they came
to Washington. The chuck wagon has
given way to the daintily appointed hotel
and club tables, about which have gath
ered senators and representatives in their
honor, and the White House ranch has
thrown wide open its doors to these rep
resentatives of the plains. Yesterday
breakfasts and dinners were given in their
honor. Senator Kittredge of South Dakota
and Congressman Klnkaid being among
the host Today Senator Warren gave a
luncheon in the senate restaurant in honor
of the Wyoming cowpunchers, among those
present being Senator Clark, Representative
Mondcll, Joe Lyttle, Sundance; H. S. Oli
ver and Joseph Young, Buffalo; C. E. Huf-
fleld, Glen Rock; Mr. and Mrs. Phelps,
Meeteetsee; Mr. and Mrs. Ora Halley, Lara
mie; A. M. Nichols, Joe Johnson, Ed Leppla
and William Dullng, Newcastle.
The cowboys will give an exhibition of
riding, roping and tying tomorrow on the
baseball grounds. They will endeavor to
sell their ponies and then will descend
upon New York for their final round-up
in the east.
Want Specifications Changed.
8. T. Napper of Norfolk, Neb., who is
the lowest bidder for live cattle for the
Rosebud agency. Is In Washington with a
view of explaining to the commissioner of
Indian affairs how Impossible it is to carry
out some of the specifications at this time.
One of the specifications provides that
heifers, 6,000 in number, must be Inspected
Immediately. Mr. Napper contends that It
is a physical Impossibility to get 6,000 heif
ers together at once possessing the other
points desired. He Is also endeavoring to
have the specification regarding the weight
of the cattle changed, as range cattle com
ing through the winter are exceedingly
light In weight, although they meet every
requirement as to slxe and frame.
Speaks Too Late.
Senator Burkett presented Don C. Des-
paln of Lincoln to the president today.
Mr. Despaln wants to be secretary to the
governor of Arizona, but It Is understood
the Job has been promised to another
man.
Congressman Klnkaid introduced J. G.
Milllgun of O'Neill, Neb., and Messrs.
Walte and Hatch, live stock commission
men, to the president today.
Members Leave for Home.
Ex-Senator Dietrich and Representatives
Norris. McCarthy and Hitchcock left for
their Nebraska homes yesterday.
Senator lilttredge left for South Dakota
today.
Don C. DeBpaln, J. C. Dahlmann and
John G. Maher left for New York today.
Ex-Governor and Mrs. Herried of South
Dakota have gone home.
Checking t'p Sarveys.
Officials of the general land office In
formed Judge Klnkaid today that the sur
vey of the Nebraska extension to the Pins
Rldg reservation, which lies In Sheridan
county, Nebraska, has been changed. This
survey was made under direction of the
surveyor general of South Dakota. Th
survey will be taken In hand by the gen
eral land office In two or three days and
checked up. The Alliance, Neb., land
office will be notified as to the results and
will be Instructed to accept filings thirty
days from receipt of notice as to result of
surveys.
Mr. Rose water left for New York last
night, but will return to Washington
Wednesday or Thursday to take up soma
matters he has pending In tha depart
ment Laad Withdrawn from Settlement.
The. commissioner of th land office, on
account of th Shoshone Irrigation project,
has ordered withdrawn from all forms of
disposal th following described lands In
th Lander, Wyo., land districts: Sections
S. 4. S. . , 16, 17, SO, 21. 22, 27 23, 34. town
ship M north, W went; sections I. 2, 11, 12.
14. 22. S. 24. 26, 27, S3 34, 35, township 67
north, S8 west; section 8, township 67 north,
17 west; sections 14, 25, 26, township 66
north, W west; sections 19, SO, II, townehlp
M north, 91 west.
MRS. CHADWICK ON TRIAL
Jnry Is Quickly "reared aad Both
Sides Make Opening State
meats. CLEVELAND, March 6. A complete ner
vous collapse by Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwlck
brought the first day of her trial to an ab
rupt close at 3:45 this sfternoon.
F. H. Haller of Oberlln. the second wit
ness called by the state, waa on the stand
and had answered but two questions when
Mrs. Chadwlck, who was very pale, whis
pered to her sttorneys that she would be
compelled to leave the room. She passed
out quickly and upon reaching the ante
room sank Into a chair In a faint. Two
trained nurses who were In the court room
were hastily summoned and In a few mo
ments Mrs. Chadwlck was revived. She
was In no condition to return to the court
room, however, and Judge Tayler ad
journed the trial until tomorrow morning.
When court met In the afternoon District
Attorney Sullivan commenced his prelim
inary address to the Jury. It waa brief,
the speaker requiring but thirty-five min
utes for Its delivery. He stated that In
dlctmenta had been returned against Mrs.
Chadwlck charging her with conspiracy to
commit an offense against the United
States and explained to the Jury at con
siderable length that if such conspiracy Is
formed and one or more of the conspirators
take any action toward carrying Into effect
the purpose of the conspiracy, all of the
conspirators are guilty before the law.
"The evidence to be submitted In the
case," said Attorney Bulllvan, "will show
that Mrs. Chadwlck was associated with
Spear and Beckwlth, the officials of the
Citizens Natolnal hank of Oberlln, O., in
business. They had many transactions to
gether. In the course of which eight differ
ent checks, amounting In all to $67,000, were
certified by Spear apd Beckwlth. The evi
dence will show that when these checks
were certified no money was in the bunk In
the name of Mrs. Chadwlck and no entries
to her credit were on the books of the
bank." The attorney declared that the evi
dence of the directors of the Citizens Na
tional bank would be to the effect that
none of them knew anything about the
deals between Spear, Beckwlth and Mrs.
Chadwlck until the day before the suspen
sion of the bank.
J. P. Dawley, leading counsel for Mrs.
Chadwlck, In his statement said: "We ex
pect that the evidence will fall to show
that there was any conspiracy between
Spear, Beckwlth and the defendant. What
Beckwlth did, he did as president of the
bank and without any fraudulent conniv
ance with Mrs. Chadwlck. What Speat
did was under the direction of Beckwlth
and was done by him In good faith. He
believed that Mrs. Chadwlck was wealthy,
waa worthy of credit to the amount of
the certified checks, and believing this and
acting In good faith as he did, he could not
have been guilty of conspiracy, which by
Its very nature implies criminal intent.
Beckwlth and Spear did not conspire be
cause they acted In good faith; as they
did not conspire it was not possible for
Mrs. Chadwlck to conspire with them."
MONSTER ELEVATOR IN ASHES
Three Hundred and lift Thousand Bushels
of Grain Burn with It.
OIL COMPANY MAKES ANSWER
Says It Paid More for Kansas Oil
Thnn it Wins Worth Threatened
.by Kansae Legislature.
NEW YORK, March 0.-M. E. Elliott, at
torney for the Prairie OH- and Gas com
pany of Kansas, has presented to Commis
sioner of Corporations James R. Garfield,
at Washington, the first answer of that
company at Washington in regard to the
Kansas-Indian Territory oil fields. Tha
company asks of Commissioner Garfield the
most full and prompt investigation at hla
hands, feeling entirely sure, as Mr. Elliott
says, "that when their relations to the oil
producers of Kansas are fully laid bare
It will be seen that the latter have been
treated with the utmost fairness." The
statement adds that "the recent action
of the company with reference to Its oper
ations in Kansas has been with good rea
son. The legislature of Kansas was
threatening to pass, and has, indeed, passed
laws compliance with which la an utter
impossibility. If they are to be enforced
the company certainly does not desire to
increase Its Investment In Kansas." Mr.
Elliott states further that "on Investigation
the many sensational charge b recently
made aa to relations of the company with
railroads, etc., will be entirely dlsproven;
that the agitation has not been upon the
legitimate oil producers, but principally by
over-capitalized fake stock companies, who
have sold their stock to the public and are
seeking a scapegoat.
"On January 1, i9"5," continued tho state
ment, "the company had Invested In the
business over 39.500,000, about equally dl
vided as to cost between general equip
ment and crude oil In tanks. It had paid
tho producers for the crude oil over $1,0(0,
000 more than Its value, on January 1, The
Increase In i-toelt.-f of crinl" oil during the
year 1S04 waa nearly 4,500,000 barrels, all of
which the company had to buy from the
producers and erect tankage for. The
tankage cost an average of 22 cents per
barrel.
In the month of January, 1905, the dally
production of crude oil had reached the
enormous average of over 26,600 barrels,
tne aany conaumptlon about 10,000 barrels.
so that there was an excess of production
to be provided of over 15,000 barrels dally.
In order to provide a further market for
this enormous and Increasing production
the company had under way a line of pipe
to wniting, ma., at which place a
large oil refinery Is located. This line of
pipe, together with Its necessary equipment
will cast over $3,500,000. Altogether, the
amount alreudy Invested and contracted
for by the Prairie OH & Gas company In
cluded with the Kansas-Indian Territory
neia amounts to nearly $14,000,000 and much
more will be required. The present ac
cumulation or udouc 5,000,000 barrels of
crude oil Is as much aa can be used and
marketed In the next two yeara with pres
ent facilities. Notwithstanding the enor
moua overproduction In the Kansas-In
dian Territory field, the decline In price
nas teen relatively no greater, considering
tne quality or the oil they have produced.
than th decline haa been In other pro-
aucing sections or the country.
The entire statement of which the above
covers but few points is a lengthy docu
ment.
MINNESOTA GETS THE PLACE
Amoag Other Nominations by th
President Sueeessor to
Laager is Named.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. March S.-(8peclal Tele
gramsJoseph J. Langer ef Nebraska, con
sul at Sollngen, Germany, who recently re.
signed, will be succeeded by William D
Ktes of Minnesota, his nomination having
been sent to the senate today.
George L. Dobson of Des Moines. Ia.,
nominated today for consul at Nottingham,
England, was secretary of stats of Iowa
during Shaw's administration. Ii cam
paigned in Nebraska last (all aad la wall
known tber.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair Taesdnyi Colder In West Por
tion. Wednesday Fair.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday I
OWNED BY UNION ELEVATOR COMPANY
Operated by Traasmlsslsslppl Grain
Company, Which Owned the
Grain In the Bnrned
Structure.
The old Union elevator near the Union
Pacific Transfer in Council Bluffs was en
tirely consumed by fire last night. The
elevator at the time contained about 350.
000 bushels of grain, largely corn, accord
ing to the manager of the compnny which
has it under lease. The elevator and con
tents are a total loss, the firemen being
unable to make even an effort to save
the property, the heat being so Intense
when they arrived it was impossible to
get nearer than 600 or 600 feet of the structure.
Fire Starts on First Floor.
The fire started shortly before midnight
on the ground floor In the southeast cor
ner, supposedly from an overheated fur
nace. The watchman, J. C. Decker, at
once got the hose In the building Into
action and thought he had it out, but the
flames got Into a shsft through which
grain is elevated and then spread so rap
Idly Decker with difficulty , made his exit
from the building.
The tracks surrounding the elevator were
all full of cars loaded with grain, but by
prompt work of the Union Pacific switch
ing crews all but five of these were hauled
to places of safety.
Grain Covered by Insurnnce,
The elevator was owned by the Union
Elevator company and was under lease to
the Transmlsslsslppl Grain company of
Omaha, which owned the grain stored In
It. According to Mr. Cowglll, the manager
of the company, this was fully covered
by Insurance. Aa near as he could tell
at present there were In the neighborhood
of 350,000 oushela In the building, among
this being thirty cars of oata received
yesterday. Mr. Cowglll was unable to state
whether there was any Insurance on the
building.
The elevator waa an old one, being built
years ago by the various railroads and
operated for years principally for cleaning
and transferring grain. It .had a capacity
of from 750,000 to 1,000,000 bushels and was
valued at about $75,000.
The wind being from the south blew the
flames away from the big Omaha elevator
not far distant and this structure was In
little danger at any time. The Union Pacific
roundhouse, which at one time was In
danger, was some damaged.
Moat gpeetaaular Fire.
The nre was one of the most spectacular
ever seen in the two cities. The building
was of Immense dimensions, very tall, con
structed largely of wood and standing out
by Itself and the ames were pla'nly visi
ble for many miles. , In spite of the lateness
of the hour and the distance from any
thickly settled aection it attracted a large
crowd to tho scene and thousands of others
watched It from a distance. The visitors
could do nothing less than the firemen
stand off at a distance beyond the fierce
heat caused by the burning timber and
grain and watch the magnificent but costly
spectacle.
The great strucure soon collapsed, but
the immense piles of grain continued to
burn and give out an Intense heat and It
will be hours before the fires will have died
down, aa' grain, especially corn, holda fire
for a long time.
Story of the Night Watchman.
Mr. Decker, the night watchman, aald
that when he was making hla rounds at 11
o'clock, he noticed what seemed the smell
of burning wood. He looked the building
over carefully, but could not locate the nre.
About half an hour later he saw a small
blaze near the elevator and at once turned
the hose upon it, but was unable to stay
the progress of the blaze, and In a short
time was driven from the building. Within
fifteen minutes the entire structure was a
mass of flames and the heat was so in
tense that the Council Bluffs fire depart
ment was unable to get close enough to
throw water on the fire.
Mr. Decker also stated that the machin
ery was not running and this seems to dis
pose of the theory that the fire originated
from an overheated Journal.
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CHANDLER TO BURY HIS WIFE
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Lieutenant Comes on from Fort Nio
brara to Escort the Itody to
Raltlmore.
Lieutenant Louis B. Chandler arrived In
Omaha Inst evening at 5:15 on the North
western train from Fort Niobrara. He was
met at the station by Lieutenant Allen
and other army friends, hurried info a
carriage nnd rapidly whirled away to a
private home.
He refused absolutely to bo Interviewed.
Lieutenant Allen, who has been his acting
representative since the suicide, stated that
Chandler's nerves were unstrung by rea
son of the happenings of the last few
dnys and he needed as much quiet as it
was possible to give him. He stated that
Chandler would not talk for publication at
all, and deplored the fact that so much
had already been said by the papers to
give publicity to the affair.
"He will not stay at the hotel," said
Lieutenant Allen, "but we will not say
where he will stop, as he does not wish to
see anyone."
Lieutenant Chandler Is a fine looking man,
broad shouldered, tall and straight aa an
arrow. He has mild blue eyes, a smooth
face and brown hair, which Is Just be
ginning to show a little gray. His stop
waa springy as he stepped from the train,
but his face seemed worn and haggard.
The statement was given out by Lieuten
ant Allen that Lieutenant Chandler would
take charge of the body of hla wife and
accompany It to Baltimore, starting some
time this afternoon. He was then unable
to say whether Mrs. Chandler's little son,
Reese, would go east at the same time or
not, but thought that he would. The boy
is staying at the home of Captain Erwln
at Fort Crook and has not yet been toid
of the death of his mother. Friends say
It Is possible that Lieutenant Chandler will
take his ntepson Into his own keeping.
As to Lieutenant Chandler's delay of two
days after hearing of hla wlfe'a suicide be
fore coming to Omaha, his friends Intimate
that Illness was the cause. Although in
his telegrams to Omaha from Fort Nlo
brara he said nothing about Illness, It Is
not strange, they say, considering the men
tal strain he was under. Mrs. Chandler
shot herself about 9:80 Friday evening and
her husband was notified about two hours
later. He learned of her death Saturday
morning.
The body of the dead woman lies on a
Blab in the undertaking rooms of H. B.
Davis on South Fifteenth street. She has
heavy auburn hair and regular features
snd evidently was a very beautiful woman.
She Is above the average weight and height.
Sunday and yeaterday many people went
to see the body, but were refused admit
tance. I
Lieutenant Allen went to the undertaker's
after a consultation with Lieutenant Chand
ler to arrange for transporting the body.
REWARD FOR SAFE BLOWERS
East St. Louis Police Will Pay 1()
to Business Mao Who Kills a
Cracksman.
EAST ST. LOUIS, March 6. "I will give
$100 to any buslnesa man who kills a Baf
blower In the act of blowing a safe In his
place of business."
This announcement wus officially made
today by Chief of Police George O. Purdy
to the members of the police department
and they were Instructed to notify busi
ness men that such a reward was ready
for any one who would kill a safe blower
caught In the act on his premises. Mayor
Cook atated today that he had discussed
the situation with Chief Purdy and ap
proved of the announcement made by the
chief.
Assistant States Attorney T. E. Demp
sey said he did not wish to express opin
ion regarding the matter, but that the law
waa plain on tha point that If a buslnesa
man caught a robber at his safe and the
robber showed fight th business man had
a rlht to shoot.
Chief Purdy stated that th offer of
$100 is not made in any official capacity,
but personally, and does not apply except
in cases of buslnesa men killing safe rob
bers on their own premises. A number
of safe robberies have occurred lately.
DEATH DUET0 POISONING
Two Physicians Testify at Inquest
.Being Held Over Death of
Mrs. Stnnford.
HONOLULU, March 6. The inquest into
the cause of the death of Mrs. Jane La
throp Stanford was begun this afternoon
at the Moana hotel, where Mrs. Stanford
died.
The first witness examined was Miss Ber
ner, who had been Mrs. Stanford's sec
retary for the past twenty years. She
testified to the Incidents attending tho
death of Mrs. Stanford.
Dr. C. W. Wood, one of the physicians
who conducted the autopsy, testified that
the symptoms found by him and by other
physicians were Indicative of strychnine
poisoning, which waa the cause of death,
The body had the appearance of that of
a woman of 65 years of age, who enjoyed
good health. No other cause of death
except that Indicated, could be discovered
by the physicians.
Dr. Wood said that the postmortem ap
pearance as far as postmortem signs go
Indicated strychnine poisoning.
Dr. F. R. Day, another of the physicians
who conducted the autopsy, agreed with
Dr. Wood that strychnine poisoning was
the only caUBe of death Indicated.
The inquest was adjourned at 7:30 p. m
It Is expected that the chemists will give
their testimony tomorrow.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 6 -Mls Grace
Gllmore, a ward of the late Mrs. Stanford,
said today that she believed a murder
had been committed and the murderer
waa now In this city. She refused to
name who m.Rhe suspected or designate
the grounds of her suspicion.
SUBWAY MEN VOTE TO GO OUT
All Elevated and I'nderground Trac
tion Lines In New York
" Tied I' p.
NEW YORK, March 6. The long threat
ened strike of the employes of the Inter
borough company, operating the aubway
and the elevated railroads of Manhattan,
was determined on at a meeting of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and
the Amalgamated Association of Street and
Electric Hallway Employes held In Harlem
tonight. The strike Is ordered for 3 a. m.,
to be put Into full operation at 4 a, m.
About 6,000 employes of the subway and
elevated systems are affected by the strike
which will tie up all traffic except on the
surface trolley lines.
It Is estimated that between 1.260,000 and
1.500,000 passengers will be affected by the
strike.
At midnight the company officials were
prepared, they said, to operate trains
without the union men and with assurance
that the passengers would be safeguarded.
Th entire work of arranging the details
for the company waa under the supervision
of General Manager Medley.
JOHN H. REAGAN IS DEAD
Last Member of Davis' Cabinet Pass
Away at Hi Tesa
Horn.
HOUSTON, Tex., March (.Judge John
H. Reagan, sole surviving member of th
confederate psblnet, died today at Pule
tine, Tex., of pneumonia. v
Judge Reagan, who waa H years vf age,
haa been In failing health for a year or
mor
Movement of Ocean Vessel March A.
At New York Arrived: Zeeland, from
Antwerp; Oscar Ii, from Copenhagen.
At Rotterdam Arrived; Amsterdam,
from New York.
At Naples Sailed : Llguria, from New
York.
At Boulogne Salted: Nordam, for New
York; Patricia, for New York.
At Liverpool Arrived: Ueorglc, from
New York.
At Gibraltar Arrived: Punnonla, from
New York.
At Cherbourg Arrived: Barbarous,
from New York.
At St. MU hails Arrived: Yinrcnco,
from Genoa.
At l'onia del Gad a Arrived : Cretle, from
Genoa.
At Yokohama Arrived: Pclus, from Ta-oorna.
TALK OYER TAXATION
Omaha Real Estate Exchange Makes Show
ing Befoie Legislative Committee.
REASONS FOR PAYING. TAX IN CITIES
Not Only Omaha But Every City snd Town
in State Interested.
SOME PERTINENT FIGURES FOR OMAHA
Tax on Other Property Has Increase
While that on Eailroe.de Decrease.
RAILROAD REPRESENTATIVES REPLY
Do a Lot on Uenerallalnat. bat Maka
So Attempt to Refute FUrnre Pre
sented by Real Estate Ex
change Representatives.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. March ft. (8peclal Telegram.)
Hard and undisputed facts and figure
were hurled tonight by T. J. Mahoney of
Omaha' at the house revenue and taxation
committee on the subject of terminal, or aa
Mr. Mahoney put It. municipal taxation aa
provided In II. R. 296 by Clark of Douglas.
For the railroads there were present J.
Greene. J. E. Kelby, J. II. Ager, Lee Sprat-
len and E. M. Pollard of the Burlington;
Bob Clancey of the Union Faclflo and Bob
McGlnnls of the Northwestern. F. D. Wead
and C. F. Harrison of the Omaha Real
Estate exchange, which Mr. Mahoney rep
resented, were present, but did not speak,
nor did several of the rallroada' represent
atives. Mr. Clnnrey's part was actively ex
ecuted In continually prodding Mr. Ma
honey with questions while the latter was
speaking. The committee, of which Rep
resentative Dougloa of Rock Is chairman,
took no sctlon on the bill tonight.
Mr. Greene was the first railroad attor
ney to speak, following Immediately Mr.
Mahoney and there was a remarkable con
trast In the character of the two speeches.
Mr. Mahoney had dealt with the actual
existence of things In Nebraska, cited facta
and figures from official records, many of
which were complied from statistics given
by the rallroada themselves, such aa In
the maximum rate litigation. Mr. Greene,
upon the other hand, spoke most eloquently
In general terms of the subjects of prop
erty, of values and of the principle of tax
ation, all as economical and abstract
propositions, but after all It was notice
able that the stubborn array of figures
which Omaha has time and time again been
offering as evidence why railroad termlnala
should be taxed for local purposes, with
stood all the eloquence and fervor of th
oratorical effeorts exerted against them.
Holdings of Railroads.
Mr. Mahoney first showed that the rail
roads of Nebraska own It per cent of the
property In the state at large and that they
pay approximately 16 per cent of all tha
taxes for statu and county purposes. H
showed, too, tfjat th railroads last year
only paid a llttln over per cent' of tha
taxes for local purpose in the cities and
villages of the -state. t
"It the railroads own 16 per cent of ths
property in the state," said Mr. Mahoney,
"It is right they should pay 16 per cent
of the taxes. If they only own 3 per
cent of the property in the cities and vil
lages it is right they should pay only S
per cent of the taxes; but what are th
facts?" ..i
After showing from the railroads' own
statements that they own 15 per cent of
all the property in all the Incorporated
cities and villages of the atate, Mr. Ma
honey showed that In 1903 thcr waa col
lected In taxes In Nebraska for city and
village purposes $1,873,914, and of this sum
the railroad and telegraph companlea to
gether paid the Insignificant sum of (62,960,
leaving the balance to be paid by other
taxpayers. On this basis of owning IS
per cent, approximately, of all the prop
erty Mr. Mahoney showed whst the rall
rotda should have paid was 1286,136; that la,
other taxpayers paid for the railroads
$223,186.
How Tax Would Work,
In answer to that persistent argument
advanced by country members and
prompted by the railroads that if a ter
minal tax for local purposes Is provided
It will deprive the rural districts of their
share of the tax receipta, Mr. Mahoney
showed that the addition of the terminal
tax could have no effect whatever upon th
taxes already In force, that It would sim
ply be a fourth tax for those places where
railroad terminals are located and es
caping this taxation. For Instance, he
anid, here Is a city with termlnala; It is
taxed under this law and here Is -a stretch
of territory without terminals; naturally
enough It Is not taxed under this law
nor is the state, county or school dis
trict tax of this county affected because
the terminal tax happens to be levied on
the city. Indeed, he showed that Instead
of diverting money from the country dis
tricts or the smaller towns and giving
the bulk of the tax derived under tho
proposed law to Omaha. Omaha would
get far less than the outside districts.
For 19U4 he i showed that for city purpose
the railroads pay a total tax of $84,066.76,
$26,067.69 of which Is all that Omaha gets,
while tho other $36,000 and more I paid
In the country or smaller cities. Tha
speaker made a special point of thlsi
That It waa not Omaha alone that would
be benefited by a terminal taxation law,
but every Incorporated city and vlllag In
the state. He showed that though th
railroads had erected costly depots and
extended their terminal In every way In
Omaha, they are paying less local taxes
today than they were fifteen years ago.
This, too, despite the fact that every other
class of property In Omaha was paying
more.
"Every other class of property , in
Omaha," he said, "has been more than
doubled In taxation, whll the railroads
have been more than cut In two. Ia that
right? If so, why and who can de
fend it?"
In proof of this assertion h cited that
In 18S1 the southwest corner of Nineteenth
and Farnam streets In Omaha paid M
for city purposes and that th same year
the I'nlon Pacific paid Into the coffer ef
Omaha for city purposes $11,826.66. Thn
h showed that In 10o4 th Farnam street
lot paid for the same purpose $301, nearly
four tlmea aa much as mi, whll tha
Union Pacific with Its $&00,(m depot and
other vastly Incressed facilities only paid
$4,971.71, or less thsn half ss much s
lKJil. Mr. Mahoney made comparisons Just
as striking between' railroad and Olher
parcel of real estate.
Greene's Plea for Railroads.
Mr. Greene began his renin ks by citing
the revenue law enucted two years sgo
as th principle of anion In this stat
and that It did not provide for terminal
taxation. He said It had been recognised
as a Just law. II then read several opla-