TITE OMAHA DANA KEF.: MONDAY. MAHCII 13. 1005.
total Russian casualties at lVi,nv) and tho
ot th Japanese at SO.Oof). It I reported
that Tie Psss la practically undefended and
another great action in regarded as Im
probable. A Japanese officer haa snld: "We
must push the advantage home and give no
respite until a crushing- defeat has been
administered."
Later estimates place the Russian dead
left on the field at about O00. Over eighty
guns and 66,000 rifle were captured.
Evening. Owing to the unforeseen dlffl
eultlea the Chinese railway administration
announces a suspension of train service
from Monday from Koupants, Hlnkow and
Blnmlntln. The suspension, according to
Information, In owing to the Japanese mili
tary authorities Insisting upon the railway
carrying military stores.
Koaropatkla Reports.
8T. PETERSBURG, ' March 12.-A dis
patch received here from General Kouro
pstkin, dated Saturday, says:
"The night of March 10 (Friday) passed
without fighting on the front of the second
army, which I am accompanying.
"The rear guard of thla army under
General Guerschelman. la holding the posi
tion In th neighborhood of Chuchutal sta
tion. "Up to t o'clock this morning no reports
had been received from the third army.
"The position! of the first army were
from' twenty-flv to thirty verata (about
venteen to twenty miles) south southwest
of Tie Pass."
General Kouropatkln ha telegraphed to
Emperor Nicholas aa follows, under data of
March 11, 1:40 p. m.:
"Today th enemy's attack was confined
to the rear guard Of the three Siberian
corps.
"The first army.'echeloed In front of the
other armies, continues to retreat toward
positions indicated for all the other armies.
"According to a report from the com
mander of the third Siberian corps received
today Ms rear guard had a position on the
Mandarin road sixteen and a half miles
from Tie Pass. Only a small detachment
of th Japanese, mainly cavalry, confronted
thla rear guard.
"From February 2 to March 11, inclusive,
1,190 officers and 46,391 men are. missing from
roll call." .
- Trophies of (he flattie.
WASHINGTON, Msrch 12.-The Japanese
legation has received the following tele
gram from the Foreign office at Toklo,
dated today:
"Th armies of the Shakhe quarter re
ported up to Sunday morning the following
approximate figures, which are still in
creasing: "Prisoners, over 40,000, including Major
General Naklmoff. Russian corpses on
the field, M.600. Other Russian casualties,
(0,000. Trophies, 2 ensigns, 60 guns, 60.000
rlflea, 150 ammunition wagons, 1,000 army
wagons, 200,000 shells, 36,000,000 shots for
rifles, 74,000 bushels of grain, materials for
light railroad foj 46 miles, too wagons for
light road. 2,000 horses, 23 Chinese carts
full of maps, 1,000 Chinese carts full of
clothing, 1,000,000 pounds of bread, 1,000,
000 pounds of fuel, 110,000 bushels of horse,
allowance and 150,000 pounds of hay. The
report from tha 8lngklng quarter has not
yet been received."
Delayed Reports.
This morning prior to receipt of the fore
going cablegram the Japanese legation re
ceived the following cablegram from Toklo,
report received" Maroh 11:
"Our various detachments "are pursuing
the enemy from all directions and Inflict
ing considerable damage upon him every
where. We occupied, on the afternoon of
March 10, the line extending thirteen miles
to the north of Hunho, and are continu
ing the pursuit on March 11.
"Our detachment which proceeded north-!
wards on the morning of March 11 from the
neighborhood of Puho met a large column
of the enemy rotreatlng northwards, and
after hand to hand fighting we enveloped
the, column, which finally surrendered.
"Near Mukden 'we are now engaged in
clearing remnants of the touted enemy,
some of whom still continue resistance,
while others come to . surrender.
"Heaps of Russian oorpses are found
everywhere. . '
"According to the report received on
March 11 for March 9 the number of Rus
sian prisoners was estimated up to March
10 at 20,000, and since then is continuously
increasing.
"Our total casualties since February 26
to the morning of March 12 were 41,222."
TIB PASS. March 11 Noon. The Jap
anese, it is believed, have ceased their pur
suit, at least temporarily. Some of the
Japanese are twenty-flve miles below Tie
Pass. A resumption of their advance la
expected. Rumore are In circulation that
the Japanese are attempting another wide
turning movement to drive the Russians
from Tie Pass.
Th Russian troops here have been ar
riving with hopelessly mixed units because
of the Chang of front. The units are be
ing sorted out and organisations reformed
and assigned to places to defend the new
positions, but -whether Tie Pass will be
held or abandoned probably will not be
decided for several days. It Is still too
early t6 tell the extent, of the Russian de
feat, because not all the parts of the army
bave been assembled and th losses dur
ing the retreat are no small portion of the
casualties. Up to the time of the beginning
of the retreat it Is probable the Japanese
losses were heavier than those of the Rus
sians and at the time the Japanese broke
through Fu Pass the Russians appeared to
be holding their own and even gaining a
little. Preparations were then being made
to launch a counter stroke.
The Japanese success was largely aided
by the weather conditions, which enabled
them to approach unobserved, but It was
chiefly due to the failure of some of the
organisations on the left flank in the re
tirement from the Shakhe to occupy the
positions marked out for them. The Japan
ese quickly discovered th intervals, scout
ing columns havllng followed the retreat
closely-. A heavy column which had been
held in reserv for this event was quickly
directed into the breach and burst asunder
th Russian line, rendering retreat impera
tive. The wonder Is that the retreat did
not degenerate Into a panicky flight.
Army 1st a Mlaon.
In consequence of the rapid change ot
front necessitated by the western attack,
th units of th army had become Inextri
cably oonfused. Battalions were not In
their proper regiments, regiments were not
In their own divisions and divisions were
not in th corps to which they properly
belonged. It is easily to be comprehended
that the forced retirement became disor
dered to an extent by the sudden and un
expected fire of a small detachment of Jap
anese, probably not more than two squad
rons, with a mountain battery, which had
slipped far Inside the Rusalan lines and
opened on the retreating transports, caus
ing a temporary panic, which was chiefly
confined, however, to the drivers and some
srtlllery men, whose nerve had been
weakened by the strain of the twelve days'
battle, who cut the traces and sbandoned
their wagons and guns. Further detach
ments of the- army, however, came up and
a portion of the wagons and guns were
saved.
In the retreat of the flrst army. General
Rrnnenkampff. upon whose corps fell the
brunt of the fighting In the Tsklnhetchfn
operations. Is reported to have displayed
brilliant generalship, causing considerable
lops to the pursuing Japanese.
Th last day's battle presented a strange
spectacle, affording material for a new
Verestchagln, A hurricane ranged, driving
the dust in the faces of the soldiers and
closing their eyes and blotting out objects
so that at a distance of twenty paces men
snd horses were mere gray silhouette, now
and then disappearing In thicker clouds of
dust. Long fllee of compact Infantry
marched rapidly along the railway or ad
vanced across fields beyond which they
were swallowed up and mingled in the
clouds of dust and bullets. No enemy
could be seen; not even, the bursting shrap
nel was visible ss the living stream of gray
clad Infantrymen moved forward against
the destroying, unseen fire, leaving tha
plowed fields behind them thickly covered
with wounded or dead.
STORY OF PRELIMINARY' BATTLE
Japanese Advance Inter Uenvy Shell
Fir.
GENERAL. OKU'B HEADQUARTERS,
Monday, March 6. (Evening.) Via Tien
Tsln, March 12.) Kankyachien was cap
tured this afternoon. From a small hill
two miles west the, advance and attack
were plainly visible. Kankyachien la a
small village in an Angle two miles north
and then four miles west of the railway.
The Japanese on March h occupied villages
half a mile west and north of Kankyachien
after a hard fight and this morning began
the attack on Kankyachien, heavily bom
barding It wtth field guns and howltsers
from an abandoned railway embankment
a mle southwest. Russian guns east of
the village replied, obliging the Japanese
to bring up more guns to look after the
Russian batteries. Until afternoon th
artillery duel continued, thousands of shells
being exchanged, the Japanese pouring their
Are Into the village and the Russian artil
lery positions, and the Russians attempting
to find the Japanese batteries, searching
the plain west of Kankyachien, where hun
dreds of shrapnel and percussion shells
from field guns and six-Inch howltsers fell
uselessly, the only Japanese on the whale
plain being occasional mounted orderlies.
The Russians also heavily bombarded the
Japanese in the villages east and north'
of Kankyachien, which they had taken on
March 5, and set Are to both villages. At
2 o'clock in the afternoon the Japanese
bombardment was redoubled, hundreds of
percussion shells and shrapnel being rained
on the village and setting Are to the roofs
of the houses of the Chinese.
At 3 o'clock General Oku left his shelter
tent at the foot of the hill and mounted
on his horse took his place on the summit
of the hill with his big field glasses. A
few minutes later the infantry attack be
gan. The task had been given to a famous
division, from northern Japan. The attack
began with th advance of a dozen men
from Hankyach, the village to the north,
who rushed several hundred yards acrots
the place and dropped out of sight. They
were followed by a small section and then
by another. When about a company had
been assembled the advance was continued
in the samo manner. The Russians threw
hundreds of shells at the advancing men,
cutting them up badly, but not stopping
the' advance. Scores ot men dropped and
remained where they fell, while the others
advanced, after which some painfully re
turned to the starting point, braving the
Russian shells again. One party of five
started to return, but only one of them
arrived at the shelter. . At the same time
an advance began from the western Vil
lage, men going forward in the same man
ner. From an old railway embankment a
long column straggled forward at wide
intervals to reinforce the western village.
The Russians shelled all the advancing
men unmercifully, killing or wounding
sccres. A rifle Are from th village cut
wide gaps in the advance, but still the
Japanese did not halt. The last third of
the distance the men could advance only
In short rushes. Finally, after the last
rush came, the men disappeared Into the
village and the rifle Are was transferred
to the other side of the village, while the
Japanese artillery reopened fire. A few
moments later the telephone operator on
the hill reported that the village had been
captured.
The attack on the next village was then
begun. The Russians heavUy bombarded
Kankyachien and a rattling Are was de
livered on several places, but without suc
ceeding In dislodging the Japanese, who
continued the attack on other villages.
At nightfall Mukden seems to be as good
as captured. The Russians evidently are
making a desperate stand near th railway
to give th mala army time to retreat and
carry away the baggage and supplies. The
ground has not yet thawed and the roads
are in perfect condition for transporting
baggage and guns.
LITTLE DOSE IN A WEEK
(Continued from First Page.)
Natural Food Wins
Golden
Health.
POSTUM
FOOD COFFEE
for reason.
ciuantltles of the Ash in the lakes along the
1'lutte and Elkhorn rivers. Many of these
lakes are shallow and froce to the bottom.
Their shores at present are lined with dead
fish and when the-weather gets warm they
will make a bad stench. Ducks are coming
in, but not many geese are passing north.
CENTRAL CITY CLIO BAXtU'ETS
Commercial Interests Talk Business
Over th Table.
CENTRAL CITY, Neb., March 12 (Spe
cial.) One of the most successful public
affairs ever held in this city occurred on
Thursday evening upon the occasion of
the Arst annual banquet of the Central
City Commercial club. The banquet was
held In Cuddington's hall and the women
ot the Woman's club did the entertaining.
Plates were laid for over a hundred and
tha guests comprised the leading business
and professional . men of the city. The
women who were responsible for the cater
ing deserve great credit. No public dinner
was ever held In Central City at which
the arrangements were so complete, the
service so perfeot or the menu so daintily
prepared. On of the visitors, who is a
traveler In many states, remarked at the
close that he had never attended a similar
function that was so nicely handled. Presi
dent Oray of the Commercial club presided
and won his share of honors by the grace
ful tact which he evarcised a toastmaster.
The dlsoussions were particularly prac
tical and instructive.. Mr. Bushnell's ad
vocacy of freight rate legislation and kin
dred advanced reforms waa heartily In
dorsed and the speeches of Messrs. Bell,
Hansen, Hostetler and Garrett were well
received and warmly commended. The vari
ous speakers were In thorough sympathy
with th progressiva Ideas which a com
mercial club stands for and th discus
sions wr so valuable that their affect ha
already been felt In the impetus that has
been - given to municipal Improvements.
Central City Is entering on a season of
commercial activity and the Commercial
club, aa a result of this bauquet. promises
to be a prime factor In the prospect""
developments.
-
Harper Golasr to Uktfreod.
LAKEWOOD. N. J., March Il-Prsldnt
Harper of th University of Chicago Is
voiding her to lecuperate. John D. Rocke
feller will meet him on arrival and ha ar-
ranged for bis stay. .
DENVER MAN ON WARPATH
Kills Kan and Wife Oat of Revenge for
Defeat in Law Suit.
SETS FIRE TO HOME AND BURNS CHILD
When Police Appear He Opens Fire
on Them and Injures Surgeon nnd
Two Oflleers Before Being
Shot Down.
DENVER, March 12.-Wlld with rage be
cause of his deieat In a lawsuit in which
K. Fill, the man whom he pronounced his
bitterest enemy, had been victorious, and
swearing vengeance against him and his
family, George Schlstier, a teamster, armed
himself with a rifle today and started out
to do murder. When the smoke of battl
had cleared away three'persons were dead.
one was missing and three others lay
wounded, two at ltast dangerously."
The deed.
K. FILL.
MRS. K. FILL.
GEORGE 8CHI8TLER.
The missing:
A child Of the Fills.
' Wounded:
Dr. Frank Purlin, bollce surseon.
Captain William Bohanna, acting chief of
ponce.
Mike Kelly.
Tha wife cf George Schlstier Is prostrated
over the affair and may die from the shock
Schlstier had brooded over his troubles
with the Fill family, who were Immediate
neighbors, and announced today that he
would even up matters. Taking a rifle of
Improved pattern and buckling on a belt of
cartridges he started for the Fill home.
Fill saw Schlstier approaching and heard
his muffled threats. He tried to avoid him
by entering the houses but Schlstier sent
a bullet Into his brain and Fill fell dead.
Mra. Fill rushed .to her husband's sldd
and received a bullet from Schlatter's rifle,
fired with unerring aim. She, too, fell
dead alongside the lifeless body of her hus
band. Child Supposed to B Burned.
Not content with the fullness of his ven
geance, Schlstier then set fire to the Fill
home, which was destroyed. A son of the
Fills Is missing and Is believed to have
perished in the flames.
Satisfying himself that the flames would
perform their mission, Schlstier returned
to his own home and barricaded himself
Inside. In the meantime neighbors ap
peared on the scene, but quickly retreated
when bullets from Schistler's rifle began
falling near them. A telephone message
was sent to police headquarters and an
ambulance with Police Surgeon Durlln,
Captain Bohanna and three officers hurried
to the scene. Upon the arrival of the
officers and before they bould leave the
ambulance a rain of bullets fell about
them. Durlln and Bohanna fell to the
floor of the ambulunce wounded. The driver
reined in his horses, when another shot
from Schlstier dropped one ot the animals
to the ground.
With the assistance of spectators the
wounded men were removed from the
scene.
Durlln wae shot three times, once In each
arm and another time In the left thigh.
His condition Is critical. Bohanna re
ceived a bullet In the leg, but Is not dan
gerously hurt.
Call for Reinforcements.
A call for reinforcements brought all
the available men from police headquarters
and the sheriffs office, and a consultation
was held to formulate a plan to capture
Schlstier. Firing squads were stationed
in nearby bouses and a large force was
placed In a, portable fort mucte of baled
hay piled up1 on a hay wagon. During the
preliminary arrangements Schlstier kept up
a continuous fire In all directions. This
was returned by the officers and hundreds
of shots were exchanged. Kelly was slightly
wounded. Finally Schlstier ceased tiring
and the wagon fort was moved cautiously
toward the house. When the attacking
force reached the front gate without a
shot being fired one of the officers stepped
out into view, thinking to draw the fire
of Schlstier If he were still alive. None
came and with a rush the officers charged
the house and battered down the door.
They found Schlstier lying upon a bed
bleeding from several wounds. He died
soon afterward. It- Is not know whether
he was hit by bullets from the weapons
of the pursuing party or committed suicide.
Mrs. Schlstier was away from home at
the time and when she learned of the
affair fell prostrate. It Is thought she will
Vtio from the shock. Hundreds of persons
were attracted to the scene, which was in
an outlying suburb. Mayor Speer and
Police Commissioner Hewitt aided In di
recting the work of the police.
CZAR DETERMINED TO FIGHT
(Continued from First Page.)
forcibly possess themselves of .land and
that they are burning and otherwise de
stroying property by wholesale.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the
Times says: General Kouropatkln has
asked the emperor's gracious permission to
hand over his command, alleging that he Is
In urgent need of physical and mental
rest
"I learn on the best authority that Japan
has twice approached Russia through in
formal channels on the subject of peace.
But that In each case the proposal failed
because Japan demanded an indemnity and
a pledge that Russia would not keep war
ships In the Pacific for twenty-flve years.
The Japanese Insistence on indemnity con
vinces the Russian government that her
pecuniary resources are exhausted and that
by continuing the war only a few months
longer, Russia will get better terms.
"Vben Kouropatkln heard of the, cap
ture of Klousan on March 10 and realised
that he had delayed retreat too long, one
desperate chance remained. It was to sac
rifice his artillery by massing the batteries
so as to paralyse the enemy's Are. The
Russian gunners did their duty and saved
what Is left of Kouropatkln's armies."
th charges against him I am willing to
reinstate him."
Plttshnrer Team One Sooth.
PITTSBURG. March 12.-The members of
the Pittsburg Rase Hall club, headed hy
President Dreyfus, left tonight for their
spring practice at Hot Springs. Wagner
tm the only mcmher not with the party.
His father's Illness prevented his going to
night, but he experts to Join his team In a
few days.
WORK FOR MANKIND
(Continued from First Page.)
Logical Reasoning;.
The law impoulng a tax on baohelors had
gone Into effect.
One morning a little, baldheaded man
appeared before the tax commissioner.
"I've Just married my fourth wife," he
said. "I'm entitled to a bounty, ain't If"
Chlcr Tribune.
Kearney Girl Too Swift.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., March 11 (Spe
cial.) The Kearney High school girls'
basket ball team matched up before the
similar team of the North Platte High
school in the opera house Friday night.
A lurge number of spectators were present
and the game waa brisk throughout. Both
teams showed good training and splendid
plays were made, but the Kearney girls
were a little too much for the North Platte
team and consequently carried off the
gam with a scor of 19 to 10.
Krkersalt After Reinstatement.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. March 1!.-Walter
Eckersall, th famous sprinter snd quarter
back, is to be given another opportunity
to disprove the charges of professionalism
which eaueeM his suspension by the Ama
teur Athletic union "Eekersall ha mds
two applications for reinstatement." said
president Lidlnger of the Amateur Ath-
iuWtJi4 . KiuWyi-. w t Fuji tarn
Bcxfttive promo 0mnina
Cum CoM InOnaDty. QrVta 2 Day
aejvtrjp
to. 23e
tlons either to use Tr wrongfully or what Is
necessarily as bad, not to use It right for
negation may be almost as harmful as posi
tive wrong-doing he Is entitled to the
honor due to whoever employs great powers
for the common good. If the man who ac
cumulates that great fortune uses It ill or
decs not use It well, then so far from being
an object of envy, still less an object of ad
miration, he should take his place among
those whom we condemn snd pity for
usually If we have the root of the matter
in us we will pity those we condemn. If
he uses It right then he is entitled to our
admiration, our respect, exactly as every
man is entitled to It If he has special
talents and uses those special talents for
the welfare cf the people as a whole, for
the uplifting of mankind. .
Wonderful changes have come In the last
half-century. It may well be, as Mr. Jus
tice Brewer has said, that we tremble on
the verge of still greater changes In the
future. The railway, the telegraph, the
telephone, steam, electricity, all the mar
velous mechanical Inventions, have changed
much in the superficial aspect of the world
and have, therefore, produced certain great
chunges in the world Itself. But after all.
In glorying over and wondering at this ex
traordinary development, I think that we
sometimes forget that compared to the
deeper things. It Is, Indeed, only superficial
in Its effect. The qualities that count most
in man and in woman now are the qualities
that counted most 2,000 yeurs ugo, and as a
nation we shnll achieve success or merit
failure accordingly as we do or do not dis
play those qualities.
PRECEDENT FOR PRESENT ACTS
Blaln Took Aetlon Similar to that In
Santo Domingo.
WASHINGTON, March 12,-To strengthen
the hands of the republican senators who
are seeking the ratification of the pending
Dominican treaty by showing that there Is
precedent for the proposed collection of
Dominican revenues by agents of the
United States, among the papers submitted
to the senate Is .one containing the follow
ing account of the part played by Mr.
Blaine when secretary of state In the effort
to settle a dispute between France and
Venezuela:
In 1880 a difficulty arose between France
and Venezuela with regard to the failure
of the latter government promptly to pay
the Installments due to France on the set
tlement of the claims against Venezuela
made In 1864. The Venezuelan government
represented to the United States that there
was danger that the French government
would Institute a blockade and take posses
sion of custom houses for the purpose of
collecting the money. Under these circum
stances Venezuela proposed to deliver cer
tain monthly sums to the government of
the Unletd States, which should distribute
the money anions- the foreign creditors. In
a note to tne V enezuelan minister at wasn-
lngton, February at, 18M, MJ. Evarts, who
was at that time secretary of state, indi
cated that this proposal would receive
favorable consideration In case It should
be found to be acceptable to all tne creai
tor governments. . Consideration of the sub
ject was continued by the government of
tne unitea mates aries me cnHiige ui u
minlstratlon. when. Mr. Blaine succeeded
Mr. Kvarts as secretary of state. The
chief difficulty In dealing with the matter
arose out of the fact that France claimed a
priority for its debt. Wltn rererence to
thin nitnAtlon Mr. Blaine, in an Instruction
to Mr. Noyes, American minister at Paris,
of Julv 23, 1881, said:
"Without attempting to prescribe or dic
tate, the president suggests that the United
States will place an agent in Caracas, au
thorized to receive such amount each
month from the Venezuelan government as
may be agreed to be paid, not less than
the aggregate now paid, and distribute said
amount pro rata to the several creditor
nations. . j'
Shnnlil the Venezuelan government de
fault for more than three months In tne
regular installments, then the agent placed
there by the United States and acting as
trustee for the creditor nations shall be au
thorized to take charge of tne customs
houses at La Guaynra and Puerto Cubello
and reserve from the monthly receipts a
sum sufficient .to pay the stipulated
amount, with 10 per cent additional, hand
ing over to the authorized agent of the
v,icTiiainn mvemment all the remainder
contained. It Is the Judgment of the presi
dent that an arrangement of this kind
would give reasonable security to each of
the creditor nations and would be an ef
fectual bar against any one obtaining an
equitable advantage over the others.
(Foreign Relations 1881, p. 1217.)
This proposal laneu. win ,
ment declining to yiem us ciaim oiynoiij
and arranging a settlement directly with
Venezuela.
JARVI9 O.VITS HEVEJIVB SERVICE
Private Business More Profitable
Than Orrlce.
WASHINGTON, March 12. Lieutenant D.
H. Jarvls of the revenue culler service, anu
by special act of congress collector of cus
toms for the district OI Aiuaa, lias ten
dered to the president his resignation as
collector, to take effect at once. He will
resign from the revenue cutter service
Aiirinir thai coming summer. The
iiCi,tonnnt was arjrjolnted to organize th
customs service of Alaska and, having com
pleted his task to' the entire satisfaction
of all concernea, ne n uv-iucu w
an advantageous business offer at Seattle,
w.h He has always had the confidence
ot the president and Secretary Shaw, who
btrongly protested against his leaving the
government service.
The president especially commended the
lieutenant for the exceptional bravery and
ability with which he conducted the gov
cjnment expedition In the winter of 1897
and 1898. tor the relief of the six Ice-lm-prlsoned
whaling vessels In the Arottc
ocean off Point Barrow. At that time the
lieutenant was in command of the revenue
cutter Bear and after sailing as far north
as the Ice would permit he, with a few
companions, drove a herd of reindeer atkmt
800 miles through an entirely unknown
country and In the middle of the Arctic
winter to bring succor to the suffering
whalers. For this feat 'congress voted Lieu
tenant Jarvls a large gold medal, bearing
his own profile In relief.
The twentieth century way. Take DI
NER'S DIGESTERS before meals. An
ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of
cur In indlgestlbn. At Myers-Dillon Drug
Co.
SCAVENGER LAW BRINGS COIN
Some Interesting Facta on City Finances
j'rom Treasurer's Esport.
GENERAL FUND GREW BEYOND LEGAL LIMIT
Mr. Hennlnars Makes Plea for th
Establishment ot n Bond Redemp
tion Knnd as Means of Re
ducing; Interest Rate.
DEATH RECORD.
Colonel Caleb Hose.
HIGHLAND FALLS. N. Y., March 12.
Colonel Caleb Huse, 75 years of age, died
suddenly at his home here today, following
a surgical operation. Colonel Huse grad
uated from the United States Military
academy In 1851 and was for many years
an Instructor at West Point. He resigned
from, the union army in 1861 and subse
quently was 'commissioned by Jefferson
Davis as colonel and sent to Europe as
purchasing agent for the confederate army.
For a year prior to the war of the rebellion
he was superintendent and commandant
of the cadets In the University of Alabama.
Colonel Huse was born at Newburyport,
Mass. He leaves a "wife, three sons and
five daughters. The son are Reginald M.,
principal of Cedarcroft school at Plain
field, N. J.; Harry P., professor of mathe
matics at the naval academy, and Robin 8.,
a lawyer in New York City.
Patrick Keller.
TECUMSEH. Neb.March 12.-8peclal.)-Patrlck
Keller, for many years In the hotel
business In this olty, but who, for the
last twenty years, had: resided at Garden
City, Kan , died at his home in that city
Wednesday. He was 78 years of age and
leaves a wife and seven children. Mrs.
Elmef Nelson of this city Is a daughter.
The body was brought to this city and In
terment was made today. The funeral was
held at St. Andrew's Catholic church at
JO o'clock this morning.
The annual report of City Treasurer Hen
nlngs, which has Just been lusued, rhr.ws
that there were $1,446,648.17 In regular real
and personal taxes collected In 1904. Of
this amount $.10,418.40 was due to sales of
property for delinquent tsxes under the
scavenger law. The amount to have been
raised by the tax levy of 14 mills In 1904
was but $1,416,680.72. and the collections
therefore exceeded the levy by $.'9,907.16.
Of the current taxes for the year a total
of $1,231,463.06, Including Interest, was col
lected, the bulk of the remainder being for
delinquent taxes back to 1S93. The back
years brought In, with Interest, Just $199,
369.99, which la taken to show In Itself the
power of the scavenger law to force the
payment of taxes without resorting to the
mode of procedure prescribed through the
courts.
Speclnl tax collections aggregated $143,
451.01. Collections other than taxes, accru
Ing to tho general fund, amounted to $42,
319.33, the largest item being $11,046.55 In In
terest paid by he banks at the rate of 2
per cent on the city money on deposit dur
Ing the year. The Judgment fund was bet-
tered by $2,722.24. paid In by Hugh Mur
phy, the contractor, in a case In which he
was defeated by the city; tho fire fund by
$6,124.11, due to the sale of horses and old
hose; the park fund by the sale of lots,
hay. etc., $2,290.10; the lighting fund by $21,-
630.58 royalties from the gas and electric
light companies; the rood or park fund by
$39,845.22 from the county.
General Fnnd Is UTrrgrewa,
A striking fart Is presented In the stat
ment showing that a total of ;333,i,29.07 lound
Its way Into tho general fund last year, the
legal limit , being $268,000 for the current
year's taxation. Of this sum $30,438.76 re
mained not paid out on December 31. The
general fund, as well as all other funds
were swelled by the enormous payment of
back taxes on account pf the impending
operation of the scavenger law and the
sales thereunder. For Instance, the cur
rent taxes and Interest collected for the
general fund amounted only to $219,904.26,
whereas delinquent taxes brought In $70,
375.78.
The school district had $853,484.51 placed In
Its treasury during the year, of which
$307,170.18 was attributable to collection of
80.7 per cent of the current year's taxes.
From licenses $448,986.50 was derived; from
the state apportionment $45,616.85; from in
terest on bank balances, $957.48; from po
lice court fines, $5,611.60; from non-resident
tuition, $1,356.65; from rentals, $1,238.25; from
high school supplies sold, $1,090, and from
miscellaneous sales, $364.53. This report Is
for the calendar year, while the school dis
trict runs Its accounts by the fiscal year
ending June 30
Features of City Debt.
The debt statement of the report shows
the bonded debt of the city to be $4,848,000,
with special dlstilct Improvement bonds
outstanding to the amount of $865,400. Five
per cent bonds to the amount of $150,000 ma
ture In 1905, and the treasurer expresses
the opinion that 4 per cent renewals can be
floated on a 3.75 per cent basis as twenty
year straights, and a 3.6 per cent basis on
thirty-year straights.
.Mr.,, Jlennlngs says". "I again recommend
the levying of a U mill annually for a bond
redemption fund, tho proceeds to be In
vested In city warrants or bonda Pur
chasers of our bonds are a unit on the ad
vantage of having a bond redemption fund,
for the reason that bonds of cities having
such a fund can be placed In eastern mar
kets which are otherwise barred. Again,
It would result in placing our city In what
is known aa the 34 per cent class. Our
interest rate is altogether too high, every
thing considered, and I firmly believe that
such a move should be had at the earliest
possible, opportunity."
A comparative statement, which appears
to show that a great Improvement has been
made In the assessing and collecting of
personal taxes, gives the personal tax col
lections as far buck as 1896. In 1904, $378,-
398.43 was garnered, against $155,395.52 In
1900, five years before. The percentage of
the total possible to collect is 92.78, against
83.95.
Frank MeShane's wounds were dressed at
the station by Police Surgeon Kennedy.
PERSONAL CHAT OF NOTABLES
London Hear Moeh that Is laterest
t last of Prominent Men
nd Women.
LONDON, March 12. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) The king and the prince of
Wales were present this week at the third
smoking concert of the season given by
the Royal Amateur Orchestral society at
the Queen's hall. His majesty dined with
the prince of Wales earlier In the evening
at Marlborough house, a large number of
guests being present, find afterward ac
companying his majesty and the prince to
the concert.
Formality was entirely done away with,
and both the king and prince of Wales
moved about freely, talking with friends.
It is officially announced by the lord
chamberlain that the king will hold a
levee at St. James' palace on March 16, at
12 o'clock noon. For this and all future
levees cards of admission will be required,
as the number at these ceremonies will
be limited. The names, both for attend
ance and presentation, must be received
at the various offices not later than eight
days prior to the date of each levee.
Writing In the new French magazine
Jo Sals Tout ("I know everything"), M.
Santcs-Dumont, the famoua French aero
naut, prophecies that before many years
have passed a complete revolution will
have taken place In modern methods of
traveling. Transcontinental aerial ex
presses will "fly between St. Petersburg
and Paris." Men of this generation will
take their seals In them as naturally as
their grandfathers did Jn the flrst railway
carriages.
In connection with the attachment be
tween Prince Victor Napoleon and Princess
Clementine, youngest daughter of the king
of the Belgians, a Brussels correspondent
writes that the woman to whom the prince
Is morganatically married Is quite willing
to efface herself. The ex-Empress Eugenie,
who is supporting Prince Victor in his suit,
and who is expected to leave him a large
fortune, Is pressing him to break off the
attachment. The "Modern Joseahlne" Is
an Italian woman of good family, who
quite understood the risks of her position
when she accepted the pretender. She is
an ardent Bonapartlst and la willing to
give one more proof of her devotion by
sacrificing herself for the dynasty. Sh
is now at Florence with her three chil
dren, the eldest of whom Is about 20 years
of age. Tho Belgian people, with whom
Princess Clementine Is a great favorite
on account of her sweetness and face,
are taking a great Interest in the love
story of the pair, and hope that, despite
King Leopold's opposition, it will have th
proverbial happy ending.
nnr candidates, though It Is generally be
lieved tnat (Kivernnr J. i- eraaier nnn ""-4,
mer Governor Benton McMillln and R. .Lr
Taylor will be In the flaht. Governor Mc
Mlllln was a candidate altalnst General
Kate In the last campaign, while Governor
Taylor made the rnoe against him six year
ago. Friend of the governor any that hi
name will be the only one to go before thn
caucus, as he hns considerably more than
a majority of the democratic members
pledged to support him.
TWO OPENJ.ETTERS
IMPORTANT TO MARRIED WOMEN 9
Mrs. Mary Dlmmlck of Washington tell
How Lydla K. Pinlcham'a Veg-otabl
Compound Made Hr Wall.
It Is with (rreat plcaaura w publish
the following letters, as they eonTino
in (fly prove the claim we have so many
times made in our columns that Mrs.
Jtrj.Mary Dimmick )
EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN
Mothers Cong-res Listen to Discus
sion of the Religions
Feature.
WASHINGTON, March 12. A discussion
of the "Religious Education of the Child
In the Home" was tho feature of the Na
tional Congress of Mothers at the Metro
politan Methodist Episcopal church today.
Bishop Satterlee of Washington, Rabbi
Krauskopf of Philadelphia, Mrs. Charles
N. Thorpe of Philadelphia and Miss Mary
E. Hutcheson of Columbus, O., were the
speakers. Mrs. Frederic Scoff, president
of the congress, presided.
Snow In Northeastern Nebraska.
WEST POINT, Neb., March 12. (Special.)
Following two weeks of fine, balmy and
springlike weather a heavy blanket of
snow has fallen over northeastern Ne-
ItrARlrn tr tha 1 V. n V.ha t V. . XT' I
work was Well started, farmers having
plowed large ' areas of ground, and every
preparation had been made for seeding.
The weather Is mild and the snow lies per
fectly level.
Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., is fully quallv
fiedtocrive helpful advice to sick womenf
Bead Mrs. Dimmick. letters.
tier Brst letter:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham :
" 1 bave been a sufferer for the past eight
years h a trouble which first originated
from pa.nful menstruation the pains wen
excruciating, with inflammation and ulcera
tion of the womb. The doctor says I must
bave an operation or I cannot live. I do not
want to submit to an operation if I can pond.
bly avoid it. Please help tne," Mrs. Mary
Dimmick, Washington, I). C
II er second letter;
Dear Mrs. Pinkham :
" Yon will remember mr condition when I
last wrote you, and that the doctor said I
must have an operation or i cotua not uva.
I received your Kind letter and followed your
advice very carefully and am now entirely
well. As my case was so serious it seems a
miracle that I am cured. I know that I owe
not onjy my health but my life to Lydia E.
Piukham's Vegetable Compound and to your
advice. I can walk miles without an ache or
a pain, and I wish every suffering woman
would read this letter and realize what you
can do for them." Mrs. Mary Dimmick, aUtb x
and East Capitol Streets, Washington, D. C.
How easy it was for Mrs. Dimmick to t. '
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn. Mass.. v
and how little It cost her a two-oeni
stamp. Vet how valuable was the reply I
As Mrs. Dimmick says itsaved her life.
Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands
of just such letters as the above, and
offers ailing' women helpful advice.
A Sign.
Civic Improvement Leagne Meet I nor.
. On Tuesday at noon there will be a meet
ing of the executive committee of the Civic
Improvement league at the Commercial
club. All persons interested in civic im
provement and the beautlficatlon of th
city are invited to attend.
Harry U. Davis, undertake.. 11. 11:6.
Object to Can Rsshlng.
Joe McShnne, E. P. Platter and Frank
McShane, who tlve at the old Peabody
hotel, 1411 Jones street, were arrested last
evening, charged with disturbing the peace
by fighting. Platter and Fraiik McShane
hud been drinking during the day and
when they got home wanted to rush the
can, but this Joe McShane would not allow,
and In trying to enforce the order that
there be no can rushing got Into a fight
with the other two men and struck Tils
brother Frank over the head twice with
a hammer, inflicting two scalp wounds.
How Is Baby Today?
Better, thank you. In fact, quite well.
Fat, round and full of life and mischief.
Pink and white flesh, dotted with dim
ples. No cough, no indigestion.
All on account of
mm
administered by a mother whose love
was tempered with common 6ense.
.She knows that OZOMULSION is
a fountain of energy for grown-ups,
too. It stops waste of flesh. It makes
plenty of rich blood. For pale, feeble
folk it is the chief nourisher at life's
feast. It cures Consumption when
taken in time. All druggists sell it
50 cents and $i.oo the bottle. Let us
send you
Free Sample Bottle by Mall
Write letter or postal to
OZOMULSION CO.
98 Pine Street, New York.
Hoadachoo
fiSrtR Stormed
The most sever head
aches will yield ia a low
minutes to Kroiuo-Lax
(contains no Quinine).
Don't suffer anv longer.
(iet s bos today ask your druggist lor
the Orange Colored Bos
pimor.io-LATr
LUJ CONTAIN NO QUININE A
Ail druKitlsts, 25c- or by mail.
Sherman McCnnnell Drug Co., Cor.' 16th
and Liadg tiireets, OouUia.
News of Nebraska.
HL'MBOLiDT. March li! Mrs. M. Avrea.
a pioneer widow, living several mile south
east of here, auiTured u stroke ot paralysis
a lew days ago, but has rallied tc such
un extent that her family expects her to
soon be in her usual health.
TECL MSfc.H. March 12. At the close of
the present session of the state legislature
iepreseniative wtiilam Urnst and wire
will make their home In this city. Mr.
Krnst's homo fcr a ureal many yenri has
ueeu un u. siock tarm in tne urui neignDor
liood. HUMBOLDT. March 12. In a fit of de
spondency, Mrs. Charles Ooell of Rulo. in
tne east end of the county, attempted to
take her lite by administering polaon, but
reports indicate that the drug tailed to do
Its work and she has about recovered Irom
the experience.
PAPiL,L.10N, March 12. The stockholders
of the Farmers b'levator company met in
Uretna yesterday to change the corpora
tion. The new corporation, called the
Uretna Klevator company, was organised
and new stock Issued. The capital stock
will be S1&.UU0, composed of 120 shares.
HUMBOLDT. March li!. The mortgage
record for, February In Richardson county
Is as follows: Farm mortgages tiled thirty
three, S78.446.13; released twenty-five, SM,
4U2.1U; city mortgages filed ten, S3,!fo.76:
released three, $7u; chattel mortgages filed
tlny-nlne,- .'7,72iba; released twenty, SIS,
44i.l3. PAPILLION, March 11. Several gangs ot
graders passed through Gretna yesterday
and are at present camped: on the Platte
river bottoms, where tney will Immedi
ately commence work on the grading of
the Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrice electric
line. It is asserted a five-foot fill will be
necessary along the entire bottom.
PAPILLION. . March 12. A cose of diph
theria has developed in the Case family,
near Uretna, and a young member ot the
family Is in a dangerous condition. A
right quarantine hu been established and
It is thought the disease will be checked
with no further Spread. Anti-toxin has
been administered with good effect.
TABLE) H.OCK, March U.Q. T. Bastelo
of Omaha, supreme deputy of the Bankers
union, who has been nera for some time,
concluded his labors by organising a lodge
Thursday evening, with tne following of
ficers: William ank.on. president; f. V.
juackenboa, vice president; isam Bain,
banker; J. H. Talbot, secretary: Nicholas
Mulii-r. chaplain; Mrs. M. K. Talbot, over
seer; Peter Muller, guardian.
BTELLA, March U. While Dan Kroh
and his son Ld were driving a young colt
this morning the team attempted to run
away and tne bit broke while they were
going at a high rate of speed. The driver
ran them Into a tree in front of Kepresent
auve Hogrefes' residence on Main street.
Mr. Kroh was thrown out with such force
tiiat he had to be carried home on a
stretcher, it Is fesred he has suffered
Internal Injury, the extent of which the
doctor will not be able to tell for twenty
four hours.
TABLE ROCK, March 12. Although the
municipal election is but a llttlu over three
weeks away everything is very quiet. Fri
day night a caucus was held by the license
men and O. H. Lane anl C. H. Carmlchael
were placed in nomination to succeed L. C,
Buhurr and O. W. drifting, the anti-license
members of the council. The Issue this
year, as heretofore, will be anti-license and
license. Last year the license men won
by a small majority, the three hold-over
members, C. li. Mitchell, J. M. Lane and
W. H. Bmith, being elected on that ticket.
The antl-Hcense caucus haa not yet !een
culled, but will probably be held Friday.
Colds Cans Sor Throat.
Laxative Bromo Quinine, the world wide
Cold and Orlp temedy, removes the oaus.
Call for th full nam and look for signa
ture of E. W. Orov. 2Sc.
Antke Will Ulra I s Ofllee.
Deputy State Auditor Anthes, who will
retire from his position with the state
April 1, will come home to Omaha and
enter business as an expert accountant.
Later he hopes Jor an appointment in the
forolgn consular service for which he has
made application. His place aa deputy
state auditor will be filled by Harvey Cook
of 61. Paul. Auditor Bearle, on taking the
office the first of the year, reappointed
Mr. Anthes and asked him to stay at least
until th work connected with the legisla
ture was disposed of.
Talk of Bate's Successor.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 12 It
has definitely been decided that th demo,
cratlc caucus of the Tennessee leglalature
will meet on Wednesday night for the pur
pose of nominating a successor to the late
United States Senator William B. Bate.
""rre have yet been no announcements of
of poor blood circulation Is shortness of
breath after walking, going up . stairs,
sweeping, singing, excitement, anger,
fright, etc. Poor ulood circulation means
a sick heart, and a sick heart is a result
of weak and impoverished nerves.
Kvery one Knows tne results or poor
blood circulation, but evervbodv does not
know that the quickest and safest treat
ment is ur. Miles New Heart Cure.
If you find these symptoms present, you
should not neglect them, but at once pro
cure a bottle of ' i
Dr. Mile.
New Heart Cure
It will cure, and at a very little expense,
compared with doctors' bills. We are so
sure of it, that if first bottle doea not
benefit, your druggist will return your
money. It will do for you what It has
done for thousands In like condition.
"For two months I walked on the edge
of the tomb from weak heart, poor blood
circulation and nervous prostration. Dr.
Miles' New Heart Cure, and Nervine gav
me back my health."
REV. W. A. ROBINS. Port Elgin, Ont.
AMUSEMENTS.
"Ilr ' """
TONIGHT AT 8:1&-
PERLEY OPERA CO.
Greatest Singing Organization Present
ing xignt upera in America, in tne
Unparalleled Triumph
The Girl and the Bandit
The same big company that played
seven record-breaking weeks at th
Studebaker theater, Chicago. Enticing
ensemble of 100. Greatly augmented
orchestra.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY,
Parsifal Matinee Wednesday 11 o'clock,
Evenings at 6:30 o'clock.
BAYREUTH BROUGHT TO OMAHA.
Henry W. Savage's Production of
Richard Wagner's Music-Drama
PARSIFAL
(IN ENGLISH.)
SOO People. Orchestra ot 60.
Fr!ces-3, $2.60. -12. 11.60, $1, 75o, 60c.
GOOD SEATS AVAILABLE
Thurs., Friday, Saturday
Matinee
. Saturday
GRACE VAN STUDDIfORD
In DpKoven, Klein
COOK s Jomio upera
ind
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NEXT MONDAY For One Week
Mats. Wed. and Saturday Seat Hale
Thursday Klaw & Lrlangor's Mighty
Beauty Spectacle -
MOTHlGOdSE
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I'HONB 404.
MODERN VAUDEVILLE
Mm. Blapoffsky, Winona Shannon tt Co.,
The Society Belles, Lavender sc Tomson,
Newell St Nlblo, Apoolo, Count DeButi and
the Kinodrome.
Prices IHc, SISe, JUc,
j
KRUG THEATER
Prices. 16c. 2'ic, one, ?tc. .
TONIGHT .15
THE MUSICAL COMEDV SUCCESS .
HAPPY H00UGAN
PRETTY OIRL8 . ASK ANYBODY.
New Scenes, New Dances, Everything New
1'hur.. Harney GUiuur. Ui "Kldiuiped la
New York."