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OMAHA, THURSDAY MOKNING, MAKCII 9, 1905 TEN TAGES.
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MUKDEN'S SURRENDER IS NOW IMMINENT
Grater of Banian Position U Threatened by
Bapid Japanese Advance.
JAPS REPORTED IN REAR OF THE CITY
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Probability that the Betr - to Tie Paw
May Be Cut ts '
T0KI0 CLAIMS GREATEST VIC VOF WAR
0,'i Army Within Hllea of
the . Railroad at Pola(' hree
' Miles Horth la '
Tonihe.
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SUMMARY OF WAR SITUATION
Hm Ready to Abaadea Mikity
Feasibility that Retreat
la Cat On.
General Kourbpatkin la giving ground be
fore the armlea of Japan and yesterday ha
abandoned positions aouth and southwest
of Mukden, burning auch of his auppllea aa
be could not carry with him. The Japa
nese artillery la thundering- at the very
galea of Mukden, which position the Rus
alana atlll hold, but which they are ad
mittedly prepared to evacuate, changing
their baae to Tie raw, which la forty
mllea north of Mukden. Bo far as the re
treat haa progressed it has been orderly.
What the Japanese may have In store for
the defeated army on Ita retirement north
ward remains to be disclosed. There are
reports that General' Rennenkampff, the
foremost 'cavalry general of the Russian
army. In Manchuria, baa been cut off on the
east from the main force, and Japaneae
troops 1 it considerable numbers are aald to
be already in the vicinity of Tie Pass.
'The retirement unquestionably cost the
Russians dear in the matter of supplies and
heavy guns. Neither commanders nor cor
respondents' have yet ventured to estimate
the number killed or wounded In the eleven
days of fighting. .The Russian casualties
in the fighting Tuesday on the left flank
are said to have been fully 7,000.
GENERAL KUROKIB HEADQUAR
TERS IN THE FIELD, Via Fuaan, March
1. (MornlngH The RuasUna ' lset night,
under coyer of the darkness, evacuated the
whole line along the Shakhe river and are
now in full retreat northward. The Japa
nese Infantry is pressing them closely.
Before retreating the Russians set Are to
great heaps of supplies, which burned
throughout the night. '
The fall of Mukden appears Imminent.
The Japanese are pushing the Russians
hard on the east-. , ' ' ...
V Haste of, Makdea.
MUKDEN. March .---4:30 p. m. The Jap
anese last night attacked the Russian posi
tions north of Mukden and orced the Rus
sians to fall back a little.
' The Japaneae are "concentrating on the
west front. ...
This may be the last dispatch out of
Mukden, as the telegraph line Is in danger
of being destroyed. '
The battle Is m full progress.
11 a. m. The Russians are retiring from
the lines 'of the Shakhe river and the left
flank to the line of fortifications on the
Hun Tlver. Japanese are north of Mukden
and . advancing against' the railroad, at
ITnguntun. - A fight la raging two miles
west of the railroad and projectiles reach
the railroad. ' i -t,
Bloodiest Battle of War.
TOKIO,- March I. Advices received here
Indicate that General Kouropatkln Is badly
beaten' in ,the. bloodiest battle of the pres
ent lwar. '-;. "
It is -officially announced the Russians
began retreating yesterday morning. The
Japanese armies are pursuing, them.
Jape Wla Great Victory.
"WASHINGTON," March 8. The State de
. j. portment Is pfficla)ly 'Informed, from,;reklo
,Uiat. tIie-.Jii havi achieved a great
victory before Mukden and .that the .Rua
.Slan army la in full retreat. The casual
ties are numerous on both sides. . .
'Hanslaas Still Hold Makden.
MUKDEN, March 8.-11 a. m.-Mukden
la still In the hands of the Russians, but
withdrawal from ' the Una . of the Shakhe
river Is' In full progress. ,.
?he,Japancse are making a strong attack
' north of Mukden. ' where they occupy a
right-angled position, one side parallel with
the railroad and three and a half miles
distant, and the rear facing northward
three miles north of the imperial tombs.
The Russians have, retired aomewhat from
the ' positions they ' occupied yesterday In
the region of Tatcheklao, but are making
alpAnir mtanA vuin.t I hi frrtt h-rift Thft
X. Russians also are holding the village, of
Unshuntun, which, at nightfall was partly
In the hands of the Russians and partly In
those of the Japanese. .At o'clock this
morning the Russians succeeded In talcing
complete possession of the village, . which .
ts of great strategical Importance for suc
cessful accomrJIshnrent of withdrawal. No
"fll i- - i i.i . r J . . . . . m
the railroad, has begun at this hour. The
JflDanese hold the heights five miles west
" of . Hushatat, though Russian cavalry In
this region yesterday arove in ouuying par
ties. . It .Is also reported that, there la a
Japanese detachment east of the railroad
In the same region.
Telsgraphlo communication with Harbin
was destroyed by the Japanese early this
morningbut has since been restored.
The burning of commlsariat warehouses
and the destruction of supplies south of
Mukden, which haa been In progress sev
eral days. Is said by Russian officers to be
complete. Everything that could not be
carried away was destroyed.
nasalaaa Retreat la Order.
MUKDEN, March .- a. m. The Rus
slan army is leaving positions south and
southeast of Mukden. .
The sky Is lighted with the brilliant
glare of warehouses where tons of com
missary supplies have been given to the
flames. The retlroment Is being effected
In perfect order, the Russians beating off
attacks of pursuing Japanese. The with
drawal was necessitated bya heavy conv
centratlon of Japaneae weecand northwest
of Mukden, whither they have transferred
a large share of the forcea from the south
ern front to reinforce the original striking
force of General Nogl.
Russians Are Defeated.
ST. PETERSBURG. March 8.-I a." m.
The battle of Mukden haa resulted In a
Russian defeat.
,Fyld Marshal . Oyama haa once,, more
proved himself one of the greatest masters
of' offensive strategy .since' Napoleon,
while General Kurcpotkln la now. engaged
In endeavoring to defend his title as a mas.
wr of successful retreats and bring off his
army, with Ita Immense train, safely to
Tie pass, . where a position waa, long ago
prepared with this contingency in view.
The problem before the Russian commander-in-chief
i much more difficult
than the on he met successfully at Llao
Yinr alaca now he Is threatened on hth
fl.i.l.1 Mm 1m ft wins tvAlnv cntinld In -
mountainous region far from the railroad.
Nevertheless, Russian , military men here
express a fair degree of confidence In Gen
eral Kouropatkln s ability-once more to
extricate his army a ad avoid a Russian
Sedan. Besides his skill In rear guard ac
tion, they base their hopes on the physical
condition of the Japanese soldiers, who,
though they are conceded to be the great
. est marchers In the world, are well nigh
exhausted by their strenuous endeavors uf
ths last fortnight. ,
, a'ewra Waa Kaaected.
Only lo the Initiated Is the news of the
reverse positively known st this time. Era-
RUSSIAN FLEET G.0ES BACK
Parla Hears that Ships Have All
Started from Madagascar
to Jahatll.
PARIS. March 8. A dispatch to the
Temps from Tananarlvo, capital of the
Island of Madagascar, says the entire Rus
sian . fleet has left the waters of Mada
gascar ' on Its return to Jubutll, French
Somallland.
LONDON, March 9. No confirmation has
reached London ' that . Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky's squadron is returning from
Madagascar to Jubutll, nor are there any
dispatches printed in the morning news
papers throwing further light on the posi
tion of affairs In Manchuria. Should the
report concerning Vice Admiral Rojeat
vensky be confirmed It will be regarded
here as a strong indication of Russia's, de
sire to arrange terms of peace with
Japan. '
Continued ou Second I'ae.
MAKING POLITICAL MEDICINE
Demoerat and Repnbllcaa Talk of
. ' Appropriations by Con.
. areas.
WASHINGTON, March 8.-8tatements
were - issued today for publication In the
Congressional Record by Mt. Hemenway,
late chairman of the house committee on
appropriations, and by Mr. Livingston, ths
ranking members of the minority on the
same committee, relating to the appropria
tions by the session of congress just closed.
The statements as to the total appropria
tions for the session agree, being $818,478,914
for the fiscal year ending June 90, 1908, as
against 8781,172,375 for . the previous year.
Mr. Livingston makes a comparison of the
four years of, the last Cleveland adminis
tration and the four years of the adminis
tration JustjcJoaed, showjng that in 1898-9S.
the appropriations 'were,- 'Xro8.34,7&8 and
during the year 190B-QS' they were 13,153134,
?t .- : - i i- - . ; ...
I In addition to ihe statement made by Mr.
Hemenway in the house on Saturday he
submits additional figures and 'comments on
governmental expenditures. ' He says:
i Under' the operation of the latter statute
and the provisions of the sinking; fund law
the public debt has been reduced since
August 31, 1866, at which time it reached ita
highest point, 13,756,431,671 to 81,20, 266,987 at
the close of February, 1906, or more than
8416,000,(1(10 In excess of the liberal require
ments of the sinking fund law.
During the four fiscal years (1893-96) ' of
President Cleveland's last administration
there waa annlled ta the alnklnor fund nnlv
$13,400,047, or an average of little more than
$3,000,000 per annum.
During the eight fiscal years (1897-1904) of
ths administrations of Presidents McKlnley
and Roosevelt, the aggregate amount ap
plied to the sinking fund was $237,616,669, or
an average of nearly $30,000,000 per annum.
Anotner permanent annual appropriation.
r'hleh does not affect the ordinary receipts
nd expenditures of the government, ia for
the redemption of circulating notes or na
tional banks that are retiring or reducing
circulation. Theso redemptions are made
out of deposits of national banks required
by law for that purpose, and the esti
mated amount that will be paid out of
these deposits for these redemptions during
the fiscal year 1H06 is $30,000,000.
Speaking of the appropriations Mr.
Hemenway says: ,
I am advised by those most competent' to
Judge that the deficiency In the revenues of
the government for the current fiscal year
win noi exceea is.uw,uuu. Tnis aenciency
is brought about by unforeseen expendi
tures in two directions namely, $13,000,000
on account of new ships for the navy and
also In the probable excesa of. $6,000,000 or
$6,000,000 expenditures for the postal service
over the postal receipts for 1906.
Mr. Livingston, after giving various ex.
penditures, says:
' Contrasting Mr. Cleveland's second ad
ministration aa to appropriations with that
of Mr. Roosevelt, we And that a strenuous
government, dominated by the policy of a
' big stick," costs under Mr. Roosevelt $?20,
4129 more for the army, $J68,1H4,167 more
for the navy, $19,477,66$ more for fortifica
tions, and for the three combined military
purposes $4S8.O74,060 more than did the same
objects under Mr, Cleveland's last four
years of office, a sum large enough to erect
a public building In every city and town In
the country, with -enough to apare to Im
prove every harbor and waterway, neces
sary for the promotion of mir commerce;
or It -would nave been aufllclent to con
struct 2u0.0u0 miles of perfect roadways
throughout the whole land.
EDITORS MEET AT ' WASHINGTON
Prcaldeat Reeelvea the Delegates la
tha Afteraooa. .
WASHINGTON, March 8. The National
Republican Editorial association held Ita
sixth annual convention In this city today.
Its features were the annual address by
the president, John A. Sleclher of Leslie's
Weekly, read In his absence by Secretary
A. O. Bunnell; remarks by Vice President
Fairbanks, papers by Dr. A.' E. Wlnshlp,
president of the Massachusetts Editorial
association; W. 8. Capeller of Mansfield,
O., and ' H)n. Late Young ' of the Dea
Moines (Ia.) Capitol; the election of officer
and a reception at the home of Vice
President Fairbanks tonight.
. Officers were elected aa follows: Pres.
Ident, William 8. Capeller, Mansfield. O.;
first vice president, Oeorge . C. Rankin,
Monmouth, 111.; second vice president,
Joseph M. Caople, Boston, Maaa.; third
vice president, Lewis McKlnsley, Fredonla,
N. Y.; fourth vice president, Stuart F.
Reed, Clarksburg, W. Va fifth vice prea
tdent, B. F. Morris, Mockvllle, N. C; sec
retary. A. O. Bunnell, Danville, Ky. .
i Resolutions were adopted congratulating
the people of the country on the auspicious
Inauguration of ' President Rooaeveltj ac
knowledging his successful effort at . the
leadership of the republican party; pledging
support to him In the future and endorsing
hla efforts to secure legislation for '. the
control of railroad rates.
The business meeting closed at 1 o'clock.
At 2:30 the members of the association
were received by the president and in the
evening by Vice President and Mrs. Fair
banks. . '
SUBWAY TRAINS ARE RUNNING
Almost Normal Conditions Prevail on New
. York Underground Lines.
ELEVATED IMS AKE STILL CRIPPLED
Officials Say that Threat mt Strikers
to Call Oat Power Host Em
ployes Will Mavo No
EnTeet.
NEW YORK, March 8. A very decided
Improvement In the conditions of traffic on
the subway and elevated railroads marked
the second day of the strike of the em
ployes of the Interborough company. This
was especially so on the subway, on which
by the time the evening rush hours came.
express service had been established and
affairs had almost resumed their normal
aspect. On the elevated lines service was
more Irregular but continued to Improve,
especially on the Sixth avenue line. There
was practically no disorder, and only a
few minor accidents occurred during the
day.
The officials of the Interborough company
expressed confidence that Jhey had the
situation well In hand and that a few
daya would see a full resumption of ser
vice on all lines.. Tonight the officials an
nounced that they had received assurances
of the Intention of 60 per cent of the
strikers to resume work as individuals and
that forty of the old motormen had already
been taken back. This was positively de
nied by President Pepper, of tho Amalga
mated association of Street and Electric
Railway employes, who declared that he
could account . tor every one of the men
who had gone on strike and that there
had seen no sign of disaffection.
At the down town recruiting office of
the Interborough company about 250 ad
ditional men were accepted for aervlce on
the elevated roads and were aent to the
yards at One Hundred and Forty-seventh
street.
May Call Oat Engineers. ,
Rumors were afloat tonight that the
strikers expected to execute a grand coup
by Inducing the employes In all the power
houses to join them In a systematic
strike.
Officials of the company were disposed to
ridicule the possibility of the -powerhouse
men striking, but said that even should
they do so the places of all could be filled
wUhln four hours. : '
Tho "strike breakers" seemed today to
have complete control of the trains and had
no difficulty in carrying those who wished
to ride. All the stations and tralna seemed
to be equipped with a full quota of men. -
The accident of yesterday had a notice
able effect on the subway , traffic today. As
the trains rolled Into the various stations
t was observed that the first and last cars
were of the new steel pattern, constructed
with a view' to minimizing 'casualties in
collisions. In yesterday's accident It waa a
ateel car that received the slightest Injury.
Greater attention was. paid by the man
agement to the local' tralna. These were
run almost as frequently as under normal
conditions ' and almost schedule time waa
made "between terminal points. The express
service, while not aS ' frequent as under
tniual conditions mads almost aa good-tlmet
In many -instance the train t)elng but' one
minute bahtnd the schedule time allowed
between expreaa stations. The delays were
caused principally at the terminal points
by the switching, where the trains were
run carefully to prevent any accident.- All
trains throughout the day carried three
policemen, one guarding the motorman, an
other In the center of the train, while tha
third stood on the rear platform.
i In the meantime the elevated did hot fare
so well. At the various . uptown stations
during the afternoon groups of would-be
patrons waited on the platforms, but. many
became tired and either resorted, to the sub
way or the surface cars to get up or down
town. '
Car Is Overtarned.
A green motorman's nervousness was re
sponsible for an accident which, interrupted
traffic on the Third avenue elevated road
tor a short time In the afternoon and nar
rowly escaped being attended by fatal re
sults. A southbound train in Westchester
branch had Just swung Into tha main track
at One Hundred and Forty-ninth street at a
rate of speed that almost derailed It at the
switch. When the motorman caught sight
of the rear of a train ahead he clapped on
the emergency brakes and began to back
almost aa rapidly as he had gone ahead.
The- shock of the sudden stoppage hurled
all the passengers forward In heaps and a
minute - later they were all jerked , in the
opposite direction when the train brought
up against the awltch, which had been
reset, after Its passage. The rear car was
derailed and thrown on its side across the
track and a panic ensued among the pas
sengers, all of whom, however, escaped on
hurt and walked along the tracks to the
nearest stations.
Rear Ead Colllsloa.
In a rear-end collision at the terminal of
the West Farms elevated branch of - the
subway tonight fifty polloeinen, sitting eat
ing In two cars used as a waiting room,
narrowly escaped being precipitated to tha
roadway fifty feet below. ' All of the glaaa
In .the cars waa smaahed to piecea and
slx policemen were Injured.
Only twelve passengers were on the train
which ran Into the waiting car, , and . all
escaped Injury. The motorman said ha waa
unable to stop, the train owing. either to
the failure of. the brakes to work or to the
slippery track. ...
Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor,, arrived from
Washington tonight, but aald his errand
had nothing to do with the strike on. the
Interborough. He leaves for Washington
tomorrow.
John Hurley, deputy grand chief of the
locomotive engineers, who Is In town, aald
tonight that he waa simply looking on.
Warren E. Stone, grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, ar
rived In thla city late tonight. He aaw
none of the strike leaders tonight.
City May Take tho Sab way.
Belsure of the aubway by the city will bo
the remedy which President Alexander E.
Orr declares ths rapid transit commission
ers will apply If the strike tie-up should
continue long.
The leaae by which the Interborough com
pany operates the subway provides that
"reaaonable time" anal! be given to the
company to comply with tho terms of Its
contract with the city.
The Interborough company la bonded to
the city In $1,000,000 to furnlah an adequate
aervloe. The contract provides the schedules
which shall bs maintained, with the head
way of trains. This of course, could hardly
be lived up to In case of a strike.
According to the American an under-,
atandlng haa been reached between Oeorge
K. Pepper, chief of the local trainmen, and
W. D. Mahon, as a reault of which the
National association - will give Its support
to the men and aaalat them financially it
the strike contluues. The National as
sociation la aald to have a large 'fund at
ihan .......
CHADWICK DEFENSE BEGINS
Goreraaacat
Tolats
or '
Krideweo.
StroBK
CloslaaT
i
. CLEVELAND. Marcfe 8,-The case of the
government agalnft Mrs. Cbadwlck Waa
completed this afternoon. One witness for
the defense, an expert accountant, waa
swirn, but an - adjournment waa taken
until tomorrow morning before he had
given any testimony.
The entire afternoon session of the
court Was taken ujt by the introduction
aa evidence of checks, deposit slips, books
of the bank and two letters written by
Mrs. Chad wick to Beck with and Bpear.
Tho most Important point made by the
state In Its entire taee was gained this
morning . when Dfatrlct Attorney Sullivan,
after a hard fight with the attorneys for
the defense, secured the admission as ev
idence of two drafts ' aggregating 880,009
Issued by the . Oberlln-' bank In favor of
Mr. Chadwlck August 24, 1903. On thla
same date Mrs. Chadwlck obtained from
the bank a certified chock for $12,600, and
Receiver Lyon testified that there was
nothing on the books, of the bsnk to ahow
that at the , time of receiving the drafts
and the check MrsT-Chadwlck had a cent
of money In the bank or was In any way
entitled to ' credit. The drafta were en
tered on the hooka of the bank one month
and five daya after being issued. During
this time the books of the Oberlln bank
showed that the money waa held ' to its
credit at the Importers and Traders' Na
tional bank In New York, while It waa in
reality In the possession of Mrs. Chad
wlck. The defense objected to the Introduction
of the drafts on the ground that they were
not mentioned In tUn Indictment, but the
decision of Judge Tfcyler was In favor, of
the government and the drafts were ad
mitted i It Is believed that only a part of the
next session of tha court will be required
for the witnesses for the defense, and that
the attorneys will commence- their argu
ments by tomorrow afternoon at the
latest.
Two letters written by Mrs., Chadwlck to
Beck with and .Spear were read during
the afternoon session and afforded consid
erable amusement to the court. The letter
first read waa written Jointly to Beckwlth
and Spear and related to a loan which
Mrs Chadwlck had secured from . W. L.
Fay o.f Elyria. Ohlo It declared that the
writer had given- a check to Fay and when
he came 'tS see them about it all they
had to do wa to aay that they had agreed
to extend her paper. -It would .not be
neceasary for them to say anything . be
yond that. The letter concluded:
He said that you would be 'surprised to
see the check In his hands, so you better
be surprised. If you don't say It, yeu can
look It.
i The second letter was written to Spear
alone. In It Mrs. ' Chadwlck - asked him
to ' certify a check to be given by her
to Hent y Wurst of Elyria, saying that she
Would get the funds In the. east to meet
the check.' "fo draw check for 815,000,"
the letter sal- .'"and I will sign it and pay
you Well for It I am about to do some
thing of great Interest to us all.". .
' District Attorney; Sullivan' laid great
stress In presenting the letters to the jury,
to the apparent fact that Mrs.. Chad wick
A.lrin fn. (k. :f Ulf!i H nt .ftiAnlf
not only when she hao.no runda .4n u
bank, but even before shevhad signed It.
COMMITTEE AMENDS TREATY
Saato Doanlaloaa Protocol Chaaged
So aa Not . to Create a
j
Precedent.
WASHINGTON, March 8. The Santo Do
mingo treaty was practically perfected to
day by the ' senate committee on foreign
relation ao far as phraseology is con
cerned, but without regard to tha principles-involved
in the procedure proposed
by the Dominican convention. The 'com
mittee progressed so far that It waa agreed
to take a vote on the treaty at 11:30 a. m,
tomorrow to determine whether the report
will be In favor of ratification or rejection.
What the report -will be cannot be deter
mined positively, although It is believed It
will be favorable.. The democrats on the
committee have expressed themselves as
against the treaty fundamentally, although
they took an active part In the presenta
tion and adoption of amendments. Jt is ex
pected most of the republican-. senators
will vote to report the treaty as amen led.
All of the amendments adopted by . the
committee are with a general aim of mak
ing : the question covered stand alone and
of removing all chance of it being used
aa a precedent for like procedure in other
countries under guise of being required
by the Monroe doctrine. ' For Instance, one
of the first amendments strikes out that
portion of the second paragraph of the
preamble which has been construed as a
definition and application of the Monroe
doctrine to the Santo Domingo case.
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Sherlock Holmes Mystery
The adventure of the Priory
School with Its strange ending.
PABLO DOMENECH, a Story
By CARMEN 8YLVA, tie bril
liant Queen of Roumanla.
WHY DOES BABY CRY?
'The answer also tells how to atop
the needless crying.
Strangest Battle In History
Fight at Karo La, on road to
Lhassa, lD.ttuo feet above sea.
Divorces Among Actresses
Where three and four times di
vorced Is not uncommon.
BUSTER BROWN AND TIGE
Picture story of the precocloua
youugHter and his pet.
PLAN TO SEAT ALVA ADAMS
Twenty-Two Eepublicans Combine with
Democrats to End Oonttsb
WILL REJECT "ALL COMMITTEE REPORTS
This Aetlea Will Leave Oorenar ta
OBlea Wltkaat Repaallcaaa
Vatlaar Directly (or
Him.
DENVER, March . A plan for disposing
of the contest over the governorship and
retaining Adams In the chslr waa an
nounced tonight by the Adama supporters.
It la to be brought about by the aid of
certain republicans, though they will not
be required to vote directly to aeat Adams.
According to the clalma of the Adama peo
ple they have secured the. signatures of
twenty-two republican members of the
legislature to an agreement to vote down
all three reports In the contest committee.
With the thirty-one members who It la re
ported will act with the republicans above
mentioned the result will be' a majority of
four. . By defeating all three reports ths ef
fect will be to allow Adams to retain hla
seat. On the other hand, the Peabody re
publicans claim that they have forty-six
pledged to stand together for Peabody
and that this pledge waa made at tonight's
caucus. A ateerlng committee waa named
and Instructed to use every effort to keep
before the joint assembly the Alexander re
port In favor of seating Lieutenant Gov
ernor McDonald and Ignoring the claims of
both Adams and Peabody. They hope In
this way to eventually win away enough of
the McDonald men to give a majority for
Peabody.
Parllaaaaatary Tangle Begrias.
Immediately after the Joint convention
assembled today a motion was made for tha
adoption of the majority report of the
contest committee In favor of seat
ing Peabody as governor. The demo
crats were silent and a Peabody
republican member moved as an amend
ment .the. adoption of the democratic re
port of Adams. Another Peabody repub
lican moved the adoption of Senator Mor
ton Alexander's report, declaring the gov
ernorship vacant and awarding the ' office
to Lieutenant Governor McDonald. Speaker
W. H. Dickson made a point of order that
the Alexander report could not be accepted
as there were only two parties to the con-
tent Peabody and Adams. Chairman McDon
ald (the lieutenant governor) sustained the
point of order. This plunged the joint con
vention Into a parliamentary tangle that
lasted for an hour. An appeal waa made
from the ruling of the chair and after
every possible parliamentary move had
been made by the . Peabody republicans
to prevent a vote being taken on the ap
peal, including, motions to adjourn and to
take a recesa, a roll call was ordered. The
annembly refused to sustain the chair by a
vote of 63 to 42. Thla places the Alexander
report before the Joint convention. Before
a motion could be made on the minority
republican report in favor of Governor
Adams a motion to take a recess until to
morrow was carried overwhelmingly.
. , Btragal. or Preoaateaee.
The- struggle ' today ,' was In regard to
fMaedette'4e the -ote oa ifMUfferteus ts
ports.'!.- Tha anU-Peabodx - people . and - the
democrats are confident they can defeat the
republican, report,, if they. can. get a. vote
on It first.. On the other hand,. If. the other
reports are submitted to a vote ahead of
the Peabody report they probably will be
defeated and the Peabody report may be
then adopted, aa there are, many antl
Peabody men who would refuse to vote for
Adama, .......
LITTLE BOY KILLED ON STREET
Baa Over by Loaded Waaroai and
Crashed So that He
Boon Died,
A boy, apparently between 8 and 9 years
old, was run over and killed by a loaded
lumber wagon at Thirty-third and Fowler
streets at about 4:20 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. It Is supposed that the boy's
name was Clausen, but thla Is not definitely
known, as the doctor who attended him
has not reported the death to the coroner,
nor were the authorities at Immanuel hos
pital, where he was taken Immediately
after the accident, able to state the boy's
first name nor his address.
Clausen along with a boy companion la
supposed to have been ' on his way home
from school. ' The boys got on a wagon
loaded with' lumber that was passing along
and in some ' manner the Clausen boy
slipped snd fell In such a manner that, one
of the wheels of the heavily loaded wagon
passed across his chest. The driver noticed
the accident and stopped the wagon at once
and picking the boy up ran with him to
Immanuel hospital, which la close by. The
boy died a few minutes after being taken
to the hospital.
MUDGE TO SUCCEED MILLER
General Maaagrer of Santa Fe to ' Be
eoano General Mangrer of
Rock Island.
i.
' TOPEKA, Kan., March . It la stated
In railroad circles here that the Board of
Directors of ths Rock Island railroad have
decided upon General Manager H. V.
Mudge of the Santa Fe to be general man
ager of the Rock Island to fill the office
which baa been vaoant since the resigna
tion of H. I. Miller.
It is not stated that Mr. Mudge has
signified his intention of leaving the Santa
Fe to becoma affiliated with the Rock
Island. The report simply announces that
ths Board of Directors of the Rock Island
have simply decided on Mr. Mudge aa tha
man to be given the position. Mr. Mudge
la In California, where he went with his
family a few days ago. He will return
to Topeka the first of next week.
NO CHANGE IN MISSOURI
Repablleaa Casesi A areas to Make
Flaal AdJoaraaaeat oa
Marea t.
JEFFERSON CITT, Mo., March S -The
joint ballot in the legislature today on tha
election of a United State senator waa
without decisive reault. Tha vote stood:
Cockrell, 7(; Nledringhaua, M; Kerens, 1;
McKlnley, 8; Pyet, 1; Bartholdt, (; War
ner. I; Robert D. Stiver, 1.
At a cauous of the republican members
of the house today It was decided to As
the date of ths sine die adjournment of the
legislature for Tuesday, March 21. During
the session of ths house today ths dem
ocrats attempted to fix tha date for March
It, but the resolution waa tabled by the
republicans. It la believed that the definite
announcement of the date for the ad
journment will have the efteot of breaking
the sanatoria! deadluta,
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WORK ON SUICIDE THEORY
Officials at Hoaolala Naw Hint that
Mrs. ' Btaaford Killed
Herself.
HONOLULU. March .-Tn testimony
bf the chemlsta In the Inquest on Mrs.
Stanford's death practically completes the
case for the Jury and the eight witnesses
will sign the transcripts of their testimony
in the presence of the Jury.
Attorney General Andrews Is said to have
been directing his questions with the Idea
of bringing out the probability of the
suicide of Mrs. Stanford, ualng aa the baale
of such theory the fact that Mrs. Stan
ford in Ban Francisco became acquainted
with the extreme bitterness of the taste
of strychnine, yet made no remark on the
night of her death that ahe had expe
rienced the same taste in the medicine
which Is said to have caused the end of
her life.
High -Sheriff Henry says the Inquest
probably will be completed tomorrow. The
high sheriff says he has traced the history
of the bottle containing the bicarbonate of
soda since It was packed In San Francisco
and he Is positive poison was not put Into
the bottle here. The opinion of the high
sheriff Is against the suicide theory.
. SAN FRANCISCO, March . The police
authorities have deemed It necessary to
deny the persistent rumors afloat that
they found strychnine in Mrs. Stanford's
residence here. Acting Chief of Police
Splllane and Captain of Detectives Burnett
have given out the following statement:
OFFICH CHIEF OF POLICE, SAN
FRANCISCO, March 8. I hereby certify
that to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the Investigation In this city of
the death of Mrs. Stanford has failed to
reault la the finding of any strychnine
whatever, either at the residence of Mrs.
Stanford or elsewhere.
JOHN SPILLANE,
Captain and Acting Chief of Police.
J. f. BURNETT,
Captain of Detectives.
The private detectives engaged In the
case also deny that they found any poison
on the premises.
'While the police of this city have not
yet actually dropped their investigation of
the circumstances surrounding the death
of Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford, they ad
mit that none of the former members of
ths households here or at Palo Alto will
be further watched or questioned.
MORMON CHURCH IS BLOWN UP
Explosion ' of Gas Destroys Meettaa;
House at Granger One Ysug
Woman Killed.
SALT LAKE CITT, March 8. An explo
sion of Illuminating gas In the cellar of ths
Mormon meeting hou at Granger, four
teen -miles southwest ' f Salt Lake City,
caused the death of oL young woman and
serfOturif 'Injured twenty-six other persons,
mostly young women and children. The
meeting, house waa . wrecked. While the
Granger Mutual Improvement association
was In session ths lights went out. A boy
went Into tha cellar with a lamp to see
what waa wrong and the explosion followed.
Mlsa Nellie Mackay, the church organist,
who waa standing . directly over the gas
tank, received the full force of the explo
sion and was killed. A panic enaued among
the audience, and In their efforts to escape
many who had not been Injured by the
explosion were trampled upon. Among the
Injured are the following:
Eunice McRae, daughter of Bishop
McRae, seriously.
Mabel Mackay, leg broken.
Roy Peterson, arm broker).
XV. J. Hern, preitident Young Men'a Men
tal Improvement ansoclatlon, seriously.
Annie Home, daughter of W. J. Home,
seriously.
Annie Solomon, seriously.
Vivian Wallace, seriously.
FORMER TEACHER IS KILLED
Woman la Foond Dead la California
and Foal Play ia Sne
peoied. ST: LOUIS, March i, Advices have been
received from Los Angeles, Cal., to the
effect that the dead body of a woman, be4
lleved to have been, murdered, has been
found In the sea at Ocean park and Identi
fied at Mrs. Nancy Jane MUburn, formerly
of 8t. Louis. The records of the St. Louis
school board show that In 1878 Mrs. Mil
burn waa a teacher in the St. Louis schools.
The Loa Angelea dispatches state that
when the body waa found It was at first
believed that the woman had been acci
dentally drowned, but the autopsy showed
that her neck had been broken and there
were indications that ahe had been
strangled. The condition of the stomach In
dicated that death had reaulted before the
body was thrown Into the sea. The identi
fication was made by ' her daughter, Mrs.
Nancy Jane O'Brien.
Mrs. MUburn went from St. Louis to Los
Angeles many years ago and engaged In
the real estate bUalness. A few weeks ago
she visited St. Louts on business. .The dis
patches state that California detective are
working on the case.
JULY WHEAT SHARPLY BREAKS
Decline of Three Cents Occurs . oa
Chicago Board) Becanae of
Good Weather.
CHICAGO, March I A break of an even
I cents In the price of wheat for July de
livery occurred here today. Other options
suffered almost as 'sharply. Excellent
growing .weather throughout ths winter
wheat section of the United States wss the
cause of general selling that resulted In
the severe setback to prices. Tha close
for July was at the lowest point of ths day,
S3T4 cents.
Movements vt Ocean Vessels March 8,
At New York Sailed: Teutonic, for
Liverpool; Rotterdam, for Rotterdam.
At vliaagow Arrived: Furnetiaitf, from
New York; Pomeranian, from Uoaton.
At Alexandria Arrived: Arabic, from
New York, on cruise.
At Canoplo Sailed: Naples, for Boa
ton. .
At Dover Arrived: Vaderland, from New
York: Graf WeldM-eee, from New York.
At Bremen Sailed: Oldenburg, for New
Yiirlc
At Yokohama Arrived: Empreaa of
China, from Vancouver.
At Liverpool Arrived: Lake Champlaln,
from St. John, N. B ; Parisian, from St.
John, N. H. and Halifax; Dominion, from
Portland. Sailed: Cedrlc, for New York,
via Queens town; Merlon, for Philadelphia,
via l'ieiniiUwn.
At Queenstown Arrived: Ivernla, from
Boston;
At Naples Arrived: Pannonlo, from New
York, i
At Hon Kong Sailed: Empress of Ja
pan, fir Vancouver.
At Boumuin-uoil nauru; lirua rnoi
I WllheUn. for New York, ,
TERMINAL TAX DEAD
House Committee Ifaket Unfavorable Be
port on the Clark Bill
FRIENDS MAY MAKE FIGHT IN HOUSt
General Opinion, However, ii that Aotioi
Would Be Useless,
COUNTRY MEMBERS ARE OPPOSED TO 11
Anti-Pass Bill to Be Reported to the Eoum
for Action. . .
SENATE PASSES COMMISSION , Bill
Ko . Opposition to Measare la that
Body, Which Seada It Over to tha
Hoaae with Its I'naalmoaa
Approval.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, March l8p;clal.)-The legls-'
lature will enact no terminal taxation law.
The house committee on revenue and tax
ation vrted unanalmously at a meeting
late thla afternoon to Indefinitely poat
pone the only bill before tha legislature
providing for such a law. That la H. R.
2B5, by Clarke of Douglas, the till Which T.
J. Mahoney, aa attorney for the Omaha
Real Estate exchange,' drew and defended
the other night before this committee. .
The revenue and ' taxation committee Is
compoaed of these members: Douglas of
Rock, chairman; Caldwell of Clay, Deles
Dernier of Cass, Roberts of Dodge, Rich
ardson of Madison, Hermanson of Howard,
Luce of Harlan, Client ' of Red Willow,
Warner of Lancaster, Kyd of Qege, Fen
Ion of Butler.
The committee's artfnB)'w!ll not rauna
surprise In the legislature; that la, Us kill
ing the bill will not. The fact that every
member voted that way doubtless may
cause some surprise, if surprise can be de
veloped from accentuated disappointment, '
for It had been hoped that certain mem
bers of the committee whose location and
surroundlngb and Interests demanded vuch
a law, would vote. for thla bill.
Whether the Douglas county members
will attempt to make a fight on the floor
of the house against the committee's re
port Is not certain now, but It Is pretty
certain that such a fight, commendable aa
It would be, would come to naught. Many
members have admitted that the weight of
argument lies on the side of this bill, but
there Is too strong a prejudice among the
country districts against it. t
Anti-Pass Hills Coming;.
In all probability the house at least. In
committee of the whole, Is going to have
the opportunity of voting on an anti-pass
bill. It was thought neither of the anti
pa as measures would ever get beyond the
committee, but now things -look different.
Certain knowing ones say the members of
the house railroad committee does hot cars
to assume full responsibility of disposing
of these bills and rather Inclines to -the
idea of throwing one of them, probably ,th.
Berge bill. Into, the fortvat','of the house
member live or die by the. result.- Chair-;
man Roberts of the committee declines to
commit himself" a to the policy the com
mittee will pursue.
. The committee has been criticised - for '
withholding action on these bills as well as
other measures affecting railroad Interests.
Certain members ' think time has - been
squandered and that the bills should have
come before the house for - aotlon soma
time ago. Mr. Roberts explained this after
noon that there la mors -or less cause for
the delay. He had Intended' calling ' the
committee together today, but could not
as he 'had meetings of three committees of.
which he is a member to attend and it waa
utterly impossible for him to call the rail
road committee. Ha 1 will have a meeting
of that committee tomorrow, however, and
then action of some sort will be taken on
the antl-pasa bills.
The Caldwell maximum freight rate bill
Is not likely to come before the house until
action haa been taken on .the commodity
rate , bill. This measure Is Still resting
calmly on general file, where It went from
the railroad committee without recommen
dation. The general file Is a long pna and .
an effort today by Dodge of Douglas to
Jump some bill over the rest proved the
futility of trying to crowd one measure
ahead of another. Ths only thing, there
fore, for the commodity rate bill to do Is
to wait ita chance. Yesterday soms ninety
bills preceded It and today not less than
sixty are ahead of It. There Can be ne
doubt, of coilrse, that the railroads' play is
to delay action on these bills as long as
possible. But fourteen days of the session
remain for the house and not a great deal
of -railroad legislation Is anticipated mm
that length of time..
McCIay's Railroad Jloke. ',
The house was treated to the novel and
humorous altuation thla morning or a Lan
caster county politician condemning lob
byists. McClay perpetrated the Joke, al
though It waa far from hla Intentions to
be other than intensely serious. i
. A 1 certain weekly newspaper containing
an article on H. R. 25S, ths committee
bridge bill, was circulated In the - house.
The article criticised soms provisions
of ths bill. McClay,. who with, hla
colleagues from Lancaster, is. for this blUV
took exceptions to this psper's appearanos
Arising to ths full measure of -his dignity
and expressing In every lineament of bli
countenance the Innate horror and contempt
of a Lancaster county man tor a lobbyist,
the outraged statesman from Lincoln ex
claimed: , !'
"Here, gentlemen, here Is the wefk of
this bridge lobby that has been haunting
this capital since this session begun."
Within speaking distance of the venerable
Lancaster county legislator wers several
representatives of ths great railroad cor
porations of the atate and representatives
of other large ooiparat.ot S, the rail.oed si
being even mors familiar around Ihe legls
latlve halls than many of the members,
but for some unaccountable reason : their
preaence did not offend. 1
Lancaster county members have been lnv
portuned, begged and almost implored to
lend their co-operation to the , promotion
of the terminal taxation Mil, the commod
ity and other freight rate bills;' two years
ago they were earnestly requested by
Omaha members for help on the terminal
taAtlon bill, but their attitude on these
matters Is a thing of record. '
There Is a bridge lobby In Lincoln. Two
or three men are here ss representatives
of one bridge building concern. Up te last
week two flrma wers represented. But In
this legislature, aa In the one two years
ago and In many others In Nebraska, the
most vital Issues are those affecting or
In some way touching railroad Interest! no
less than twelve Important meatures of
thla character have teen Introduced and
In response to emphatic demand of the
people certain leglalutors are earnestly en
deavoring to promote this ItgUUUoa au4
