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FOR A CHARACTERISTICALLY WEST. ERH NEWSPAPER READ THE BEE The Omaha Daily Bee. THE BEE IS THE PREFERRED ADVER TISING MEDIUM IN ITS TERRITORY ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOUSING, MARCH 22, 1905 TEN PAGES. SINGIE COPY THREE CENTS. RACE FOR HARBIN Issue in Manchuria Apparently Depends oi Marching Ability of Annie LINEVITCH ESTABLISHES HEADQUARTERS Hew Oommander Direct Betreat from . Point on Tnngari Eifer. RENNENKAMPFF MAY BE CUT OFF Eumor at London That Fi DiriBion is in Bands of Jap. JAPANESE ARE TO OCCU; -INMIMTUN Voagollaa Tuwa Where " aa Sup plies Were Fan ad M rc after . Be Conald So ae of War. ST. PETERSBURG, March , j view of the Increasing number of "doctors re quired at the front an official order was published today permitting- during the war the appointment of students to medical posts and allowing foreigners to Join the service. 1:16 p. m. General Llnevitch's headquar ters ha been established for the present at Chenchluwatsu. situated at the cross ing of the Sungarl river, whence he Is directing the retreat of the three armies and disposing of the fresh troops of the Fourth corps, Jurt arriving from European Russia. The protection of the Sungarl bridge la vital to the salvation of the army, aa the river Is not fordable below Klrln, and once the line of the river Is passed and the bridge blown up the Japa nese pursuit wIl be effectually checked. At the same time the second army is falling back on the line of the railroad, while the first and third, with the transport, are .retreating along the Mandarin road to Klrln, both destroying bridges and roads and denuding the country behind them and making It impossible for the Japanese to live in the Immediate wake of the re treat without their own commissariat. The 'Japanese are advancing over the Grand Trade route, twenty miles west of the railroad. However, they could probably ' live en the country, the road, just before the opening of the navigation of the Lloo rlvar, being crowded - with Chinese pro visions on the way to market, southward. Race Between Armies. Apparently it is a question as to which army will outmarch the other, although the general stall seriously doubts the abil ity of Field Marshal Oyama's fatigued sol diers, with the difficulties of getting guns, ammunition and provisions over the ruined roads, to continue the pursuit energetically. No information is available regarding the strength of the Japanese column advanc ing along the Grand Trade route, but the "War office says it is hardly large enough to constitute a menace with the disposi tions General Llnevltch is able to make of such troops. Nevertheless, St. Peters burg Is In the dark as to the exact situa tion, and,' considering the resourcefulness ot Jibe., Japanese.. -4hre la constant fear . that ' they- may Manage to get astride of the railroad and bar the Hussions' . re frsaU 1 The Trade World, In an article review ing the suspension of industry In Russia, directly or indirectly produced by the war, the Immense losses suffered as a result ot the 350.000 tons of grain left rotting in the Volga district owing to lack of trans portation, and the hardships imposed on the peasants by the sending of many young and abli bodied men to the front, makes an earnest appeal for peace, saying: "Do you still think, gentlemen, chauvin ists, of doubtful victories? Conclude peace and allow agriculture and Industry to re vive and set to work and regenerate the people. That is the victory Russia needs. Glory be to him who leads." A couple of brief telegrams from General Llnevltch dated March 20 were given out today. They merely say that the troops continued to retreat northward March 19, and allowed the men to rest March 20, and they had Inspected more new arrivals from' Russia and had found the troops In excel lent spirits. , Koaropatkln to Aid Llnevltch. ST.. PETERSBURG, March 22.-2:20 a. m. The Russian army in Manchuria Is still to have the services of General Kouropat kin, . who is considered by many, in spite of his series of reverses, the best general and foremost strategist of the Russian army. Sinking all feeling of personal bit terness because of Ms supercession and all the old time enmity between himself and General Llnevltch In a patrlotlo desire to be of service to the fatherland, the former commander-in-chief volunteered to remain in any capacity with the army which he had so long commanded. The tender has been accepted by Emperor Nicholas and gratefully reoelved by the new leader of the grand army. The change exactly reverses the old order of affairs, when Kouropalkin was the su preme leader and Llnevltch directed the flrst army. Authoritative news of this remarkable step was known In Manchuria much ear lier than In Bt. Petersburg. General Kou ropalkin, having paused on his homeward journey at Harbin, started southward the afternoon of the 20th, amidst a roost re markable farewell from residents of Har bin and soldiers who are on the way to fill out the ranks of the depleted army. The send-off was a mere foretaste of what awaits General Kouropatkln at the front; and bis self-sacrificing determination and the equally patriotic course ' of General Llnevltch in accepting the services ten dered, are bound to do wonders for the re-lnsplratlon of the emperor's legions, and give promise of union and harmony at the council table which that army has hith erto lacked. The retreat is apparently progressing uneventfully. No dispatches of moment ware received yesterday. Doubt HeanenVaiupa Story. Little weight is placed here on the deduction-drawn at certain European capi tal from the dispatch announcing that cannonading had been heard south of Tie Pass, that General fteiuicnkampff's corps. endeavoring to rejoin the main army bad been intercepted south of Tie Pass, As stated yesterday morning, the dispatch in question undoubtedly was erroneous, and It may be pointed out that several corres pondents at the front bsve mentioned the orderly retreat of General Llnevltch's army. Llnevltch' army asserted that It ef fected concentration at Tie Pass with scarcely a straggler missing, but made no mention of the absenoe of so well known a fighter as Rennenkampft. In addition, the Associated Press correspondent, M. Tol sukoff, who was with Rannenkampff's com mand during the battle, has arrived at general headquarters slightly wounded. Preparations are now making for the HJonUaued. va Second Pag.) DEBATE NEW CHURCH BILL Preach Chamber Takes Ip Religious Measure for Consideration aad Discussion. PARIS, March 2L The Chamber of Depu ties today began the debate on the gov ernment's bill providing for the separation of church and state. A large crowd wait present anu Intense interest whs shown In the proceedings. The discussion Is con sidered of momentous Importance, as both the ministry and Parliament are now fa vorable to a separation, so the question which has been pending for years will probably be settled as a result of the de bate, which is expected to last three weeks. Sixty-three orators, including M. Discanel. former president of the chamber, and MM. J a vexes, Rlbot, Miller and other conspicu ous leaders have announced their Intention of addressing the chamber on the subject. The supporters of the bill are confident of success. . The debate began with the motion of Georges Berry (conservative) deferring the subject until after the general elections of 1906, and the motion of Abbe Gayraud (Catholic and republican) to refer the ques tion to a Parliamentary commission. Both motions probably will be defeaetd, and the opposition later will move to take a refer endum vote of the municipal councils of France. These motions will present the main tests of strength. Canvasses show that about C5 per cent of the vote of the chamber Is favorable to the general princi ples of the bill and opposed to the various proposed measures for a referendum. By a vote of 386 to 162 the Chamber de cided not to accept Abbe Gayraud's motion favoring the appointment of a commission comprising clergy of different denomina tions to arrange an amicable settlement of the question of separation. Abbe Oay taud contended that the suppression of the budget of public worship amounted to robbery. It was, he said, a breach of the 1789 engagement. The courts could compel Catholics to submit to the law, but they would never recognize Its Jus tice. If the gauntlet were thrown down to the church It would be picked up. MORE DISORDERS OCCIR I RISSIA Ix Soldiers and Two Policemen In Jnred by Bomb In Warsaw. WARSAW. March 22.-1 a. m.-A hnmh thrown fron the window of a house in Volsk street at o'clock In the evening exploded In the midst of a passing patrol composed of police and Infantry. Six sol diers and two policemen were dangerously wounded. They were removed to the mili tary hospital. The assailant escaped. iajuz, March Zl. The workmen In a num ber of factories again struck today. A police official was shot and severely wounded. His assailants escaped. MITAU, Russia, March 21. Agltatora have succeeded In stopping all work on seven teen estates In the Grablnsky and Haxen poth districts. Troops have been dispatched to tne disturbed localities. ST. PETERSBURG, March 23.-2:20 a. m. Recurrences and extensions of agrarian troubles are noted and near Llbau work men and peasants are maklnir common cause. The Caucasus Is already thn arena of armed resistance to the forces of civil authority and in the region around Kleff. where the peasants are Increasingly bold, there have been man v cases of vinimM The' labor leaders of the social revolu- tlonlstlq persuasion in ilia great Industrial centers are plainly planning to synchron ise a general renewal of the strife with the climax of the peasant disorders and with the action of troops In mind have been serving notice by anonymous letters and other warnings on guard officers here and officials in other cities that If another "red Sunday" 'comes ' and they order the troops to fire they will be held responsible therefor and their lives made the forfeit. The Moscow assembly of xemstvos Is forcing the hand of Interior Minister Bou Ugan In the matter of the reform nki of March 8 and has taken the bold step or requesting and practically demanding that the minister accept the -services of semstvo delegates throughout the empire In drawing up the plan ot the new govern mental organism to be created under the rescript. A strong hint Is given that the present Is no time for delay. Minister Boullgan Is even told the number of dele gates he should summon from various urban centers. The action of the Musco vites, which will be commounicated to other xemstvos. Indicates a strong deter mination not to permit the movement to slumber or come to naught. GUARD WITNESSES CLOSELY Federal Officials Take Extreme Met. arcs to Guard Testimony In Beef Trust Investigation. CHICAGO, March 21 Fifteen secret serv Ice men have been brought to Chicago to guard the witnesses who will appear and testify before tha special grand jury which will tomorrow .begin the Investigation of the transactions of the so-called "beef trust." So great Is the desire of the federal officers to maintain a strict secret In the matter every witness who testifies will be closely guarded by one ot the secret serv ice men to prevent his being approached by newspaper men or agents ot the pack ers. C. B. Morrison, who today was ap pointed district attorney to succeed 8. II. Bethea, recently appointed district Judge, declared tonight that any person detected speaking to or Inquiring the name of any of the witnesses will be liable to contempt of court. Twenty men have qualified as grand juror and the federal officials hope to be able to complete the list of jurymen tomorrow. GRAND LODGE B'NAI B'RITH Committee Reports Against Attempt Ins; to Organise College students. . NEW ORLEANS, March 2l.-The third day's session of the constitutional grand lodge, B'NbI B'RIth, was ushered in by the presentation of a magnificent gold and sliver memorial tablet scroll to Leo. N. I-evI by the District Grand lodge No. 7. A cablegram was received announuing the formation of a lodge at Basle, Swltzer land. The committee on propaganda re ported against attempting formation of lodges among college students and the re port was sustained, It being the desire not to Introduce religion Into publlo education even Indirectly. Shrlners Go to Winnipeg. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D.. March 21-(Spe-clal.) Preparations have been completed for the departure tomorrow morning of a number of South Dakota Shrlners to at tend the great Shrlners' meeting at Win nipeg. The party, which will Include Shrlners from Sioux falls. Salem, Ha warden, Ellsworth, Delmont, Beresford, White Lake, Fort Pierre, Yankton, Rock Rapids, Irene, Castlewond, Planklnton, Madison, Colton and Humboldt, will leave Sioux Falls in a special car en the Great Northern. FAILS TO PROVE CHARGES Committee Will Beoommeid Expulsion of Bicbard Mergan from Colorado Senate. MEN HE ACCUSED OF BRIBERY EXONERATED Report la Adopted by Vote of 73 to 8 Morgan Says He Will Pnsh Case In the Courts. DENVER, March 21. The Colorado gen eral assembly In Joint convention today exonerated James M. Herbert, vice presi dent and general manager of the Colorado & Southern railroad, and Daniel M. Sulli van, postmaster of Crlppre Creek, who had been charged with bribery In the guber natorial contest. ' " On Maro(i 6, when the Joint convention was hearing arguments In the Feabody Adams contest, Senator Richard W. Mor gan, a republican, presented a signed dec laration that Messrs. Herbert and Sullivan had offered him $1,600 to vote for Alva Adams and that one-half of this sum had already been given him. This mony, he said, he had placed in the hands of Dis trict Attorney George Stldger. A com mittee was appointed to Investigate this matter and all other reports of bribery affecting members of the legislature. This committee presented a report today to the effect that Senator Morgan was a con fessed bribetaker and "unworthy of belief." The report was adopted by a vote of 73 to 2. Morgan Defends Himself. Senator Morgan spoke In his own defense snd declared that he would push the prose cution of Herbert and Sullivan In the crim inal court. The committee asked leave to make rec ommendations as to action In the case of Senator Morgan, which was granted. It is said his expulsion will be recommended by the committee. Investigation of other charges of bribery In the gubernatorial con test, published In the newspapers will soon be made by the committee. The committee met again this afternoon snd Issued subpoenas for managing editors of three local newspapers and the editor of a local weekly magazine to appear to morrow morning and tell what Information they had on which to base charges of cor ruption which were printed In their re spective newspapers. Trial of Alleged Deporters. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., March 21. The cases of Nelson Frankln, and about fifty other prominent citizens charged with de porting sympathizers with the Western Federation of Miners last year were called in the . district court here today. Objection was" made to having Jurors summoned by Sheriff Edward Bell, as he Is one of the defendants. It was finally agreed that subpoenas should be served by a deputy acceptable to both sides. HIGH WATER AT, PITTSBURf Rapidly Hlslns Rivers Put Oat Fires In Many Mill Fulnaces. ' PITTSBURG, M rch H. Pittsburg Is ROBBERS CAUSED THE WRECK Spikes Were Drawn from Ralls on Rock Island Rond Near Homestead, Iowa. DEg MOINES, March 21. Rock Island officials . here say that the wreck of the Rocky Mountain Limited near Homestead, la., at 12:15 this morning was the work of robbers, who succeeding in escaping. Six persons were injured, none of them fatally. An examination of the track developed the fact that the spikes for nearly the length of a rail had been removed. The wreck occurred on a high embank ment, the road being soft from the thaws and rains. The two Denver and Colorado sleepers landed in the ditch on end, the embankment at that point being about thirty-five feet high. The engine, mall car and composite car also went down the em bankment. The wreck was caused by an unknown party removing spikes, bars and angle bars and misplacing the rail. Spikes were re moved from two rails on the south side of the track. The engine and first four cars were thrown down a forty-five-foot em bankment. The engine was completely stripped, the mall car destroyed, the buffet car on Its side and two sleepers badly dam aged. The Injured are: A. C. Hotchklll, engineer of Rock Island; hands and feet Bcalded. William Smith, Rock Island fireman; head and shoulders bruised. W. H. Vallcock, Chicago, porter; head cut. C. J. Pomeroy, mall clerk, Newton; head out. L. A. Webber, mall clerk. Council Bluffs; head cut. Mrs. L Cross White, Sargent, Colo.j arm cut and bruised. CHICAGO, March 21. At the general of fices of the Rock Island In Chicago offi cials of the road expressed a doubt that the wreck was caused by robbers. The officials, however, said that the wrecking of the train was done maliciously and with premeditation. It was found that the rails at the point where the wreck occurred had not only been removed, but after being taken out of line with the rest of the track, had been spiked down again. The officials here are at a loss to know why anyone should have desired to wreck the train. Tha theory that the wreck was the work of rob bers is offset by the fact that no attempt was made at robbery after the train had been wrecked. ROCKEFELLER MEETS DEFEAT Oil Magnate Unable to Elect His Can didate for President of Home Village. . TARRTTOWN, N. Y.. March 21.-John Wirth, the citizens' candidate for president of North Tarrytown village was elected to day. Wirth received 515 votes and beat Warren J. Stoddard by 148. After his election tonight Wirth said that he was pleased over having beatenShe so called Rockefeller ticket, but that he bore the Rockefeller's no 111 will and fully ap preciated the benefits that had been showered upon the village, especially by John D. Rockefeller. It was understood that Mr. Rockefeller supported the ticket headed by Warren J. Stoddard, the peoples' party candidate. , TIES UP STREET CAR SERVICE Mayor of Sheboygan, Wis., Stops Traflle Decease Company Falls to Obey Fender Law, MILWAUKEE, March 21.-A Sentinel from Sheboygan, Wis., says: Mayor Born today stopped every street car in the city and the entire system Is tied up. The aldermen wanted to know why the city order to have all cars equipped1 with fenders was not compiled with, and in structed the msyor to see ir.at the street car company compiled with the law and to have arrested anyone who attempted to run cars not equipped, with a ftmdos threatened with o4e ot the worst floods In years. At 11 o'clock tonight Forecaster Frank Rldgway predicts over thirty feet. He does not expect over thirty-five feet. If that much. During the early hours to day thn water began to recede from the rise in the Allegheny, but a fresh .Impetus was given to the rushing torrents by a rainfall of nearly two inches over the en tire watershed of the" Monongahela river. Tonight, about fifty miles above Pittsburg, the Monongahela is rising eight Inches an hour, and at the harbor here the gauge shows a rise of nearly three inches an hour. , , Already a number of Wills have shut down as a result of the water putting out the fires. From three to five fee more of water Is expected op . the valley, and a total of 20,000 men are likely 'to be Idle to morrow. i "i Hundreds of house In Allegheny on the south side and In HcKeeaport and other suburbs are surrounded by from two to eight feet of water,- the occupants living In the second stories. In some places the water has entered the upper rooms and homes are being abandoned for the time being. No fatalities have been reported. WHEELING. W. Va March 21.-The flood which Wheeling and th surrounding towns are experiencing today . causes less damago than usual, owing . to . the . ample warning of the expected itage and the preparations made by Industrial erabllsh ments, householders snd merchants. This morning the top notch Is all bu', reached and the maximum height will bj between thirty-eight and thirty-nine feft. Por tions of the Island southeast f Wheel ing and Benwood are inundated and prob ably 600 families have had to move their effects to upper stoiiea. The river Is ex pected to begin receding tenlght. MEADVILLE. Pa., March 21. The flood situation during the ; night has grown worse. Many houses, are Inundated and the occupants are living In the upper stories of their homes, while others are housed with friends. 'A heavy rain began falling early today and the liver Is rising. OBJECT TO GULF GRAIN RATE Philadelphia Commercial Exchange Says Atlantic Seaboard is Being Discriminated Agnlnst. , PHILADELPHIA, March a. The trans portation committee of the Commercial ex change today adopted the following resolution: Whereas. The basis of rates on mm In from Kansas City and Omaha to rulf norts and to the Atlantic seaboard ports adopted oy ine western rRiiroaas on Maron 4, 1906, effective April 1. 1. Is not essentially different from that In force during the past winter and which had the effect of diverting to the gulf a large percentage of export grain traffic which under nor mal conditions would have naturally sought an outlet via Atlantic ports, there fore. Resolved. That the Commercial Exchange of Philadelphia emphatically protests against the establishment by the railroads of differentials In favor of the gulf as agalnat the ports of the Atlantic seaboard so large as prevent the latter from obtain ing their legttlmate-ahAre.vck,thei, export grain traffic of thefCOuntry. - The action of the Commercial Exchange committee will be communicated to the officials of the trunk lines entering Phila delphia aa well as to the Chicago Board of Trade and the New York, Boston and Baltimore exchanges. The contention of the Atlantic coast grain merchants Is that the differentials against the seaboard should be at least 1 cent less. NEW RAILROADS PROJECTED Seven Thousand Five Hundred Miles Under Contrnet for Construc tion This Year. CHICAGO, March 21.-The Railway Age tomorrow will say that 1905 Is to witness great activity In railroad building. A tab ulated statement shows 7,500 miles under contract of construction and 9,332 miles of projected road which may reasonably be expected to materialize. The following are some of the companies which have Important extensions under construction: Missouri Paclflo, 250 miles In Arkansas and Missouri: St. Louis, Browns ville & Mexico, 143 miles In Texas; Atchi son, Topeka & Santa Fe, 135 miles In Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arizona and California; Illinois Central. 124 miles In In diana, Illinois and Mississippi; Midland Valley, 110 miles in Indian Territory: Chi cago, Rock Island & Pacific, 107 miles In Arkansas. In Canada, also, the year will witness wonderful activity In railway construction, Including the Inauguration at several points of work on another transcontinental line, which Is to add 350 miles to the system operated by the Grand Trunk. KICK ON ROCKEFELLER GIFT Congregational Ministers Desire American Board of Foreign Mis sions to Refuse Donation. BOSTON, March 21. Congregational min isters representing Boston and various sec tlons cf New England have forwarded to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions a protest against the ac ceptance by the board of a gift of 1100.000 from John D. Rockefeller. The petition, which was prepared by a committee chosen at a meeting of the clergymen, protests agalnat the acceptance of the gift on the ground that the fltandnrd Oil company, of which Mr. Rockefeller is the head, stands before the public under repeated and re cent formidable Indictments In specific terms for methods which are morally Iniquitous and socially destructive, and that "the acceptance of such a gift In volves the constituents of the board In a relation Implying honor toward the donor, and subjects the board to the charge of Ignoring the moral Issues Involved." CAR OF DYNAMJJE EXPLODES Accident Kear New Orleans Results In Deatb of Two Men Nearby Houses Demolished. NEW ORLEANS, March 21.-A car loaded with dynamite In an Illinois Central freight train exploded near Kenner, twelve miles north of New Orleans, today. Two men are missing; one dead man has been fou.id, but he Is an unrecognisable mass. Considerable damage was done In Kenner, wtnre buildings were wrecked and glass and kitchen wsre smashed. Houses nearby were entirely demolished. BCRT'S PROSPECTS BRIGHT President Looks for Man with Bailrtad Experience to Build Canal L0REE AND SH0NTZ ARE SUGGESTED Personnel of Commission Said ta Have Been Practically Settled Ex cept for Selection ot the Engineer. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 21. (8peclal Tel egram.) It begins to look as if Horace G. Burt, former president of the Union Pa cific railway, would be made chairman of the canal commission. The president has had under consideration Horace O. Burt, L. F. Loree, formerly chairman of the ex ecutive committee of the Baltimore & Ohio and lately president of the Rock Island system, and Shonts of the "Clover Leaf.'' Shonts Is out of running because of his present position, which Is congenial to him. Burt and Loree, , however, are unat tached at present and therefore come with in the president's horizon. It Is learned from authoritative sources that letters were addressed .to Harriman, Cassat, Gould, Spencer and other railway magnates asking for suggestions as to a competent person who would build the Panama canal, and the names above men tinned were among those suggested. It was not a question as to whether they had or had not present connection. Their standing as heads ot big enterprises gave warrant for their consideration. In this connection an article recently appeared In one of the magazines upon the subject of the Siberian railway In which it was asserted that an American railway manager, while on a . visit to Russia, was urged to accept the post of general manager of that road at a salary of 1100,000 a year and that he declined the offer. It was learned today that the American referred to was Horace G. Burt. Former Interstate Commissioner James D. Yeomans, of Iowa, himself a contractor of wide experience. In speaking of the projected appointment of Mr. Burt said this afternoon: "There Is positively no man In this coun try better qualified for that post than Mr. Burt. He is without question the man above all others for the place." With the chairmanship disposed of. It seems now safe to predict the commission will upon Its reorganization stand as fol lows: Horace G. Burt, chairman; Major General George W. Davis, John F. Wallace, Benjamin M. Harrod, C. Ewald Grunsky and Charles E. Magoon, who will be made governor and minister of the canal zone. The seventh man, who is to be a civil engi neer, Is still undecided upon. 1 Cabinet la Considering;, Questions relating to the Isthmian canal and the reorganization of the Canal com mission occupied much of the attention of the cabinet at today's meeting. No def inite announcement was made at the con clusion of the meeting regarding the canal questions except that a statement on the general subject of the decisions reached will be made prior to the president's de parture on his southwestern trip. It ta stated that the name of Horace G. Burt, former president of the Union Pacific, Is under consideration for the position of the executive head of the commission, but It has not been decided whether he will accept the place. His appointment would Interfere In no respect with the retention at the head of the engineering work of the present chief engineer, Wallace, who. assisted by probably two other engineers, will have control of the practical engi neering operations of the canal construc tion. It Is the desire of the president and of Secretary Taft to make Mr. Burt the busi ness head of the canal organization and build up around him such an organization as he would require to accomplish the great work he would undertake as the head of the commission. His salary, it Is Intimated, will not exceed $25,000 a year. Some details of the reorganiza tion of the commission remain yet to be worked out. It has not been determined definitely whether the president has authority to reduce the number of commissioners, but If It should be decided that he has the number will be reduced. It Is said to be not unlikely that William Barclay Parsons and William H. Burr, two of the engineers now members of the commis sion, will be retained as assistants to Engineer Wallace. In other respects the commission's personnel will be changed entirely. Postal Matters. Postmaster appointed: Iowa, Llda, War ren county, Thomas J. Bowers, vice John H. Laffey, resigned. South Dakota, Leb anon, Potter county, John J. Seymour, vice Lewis C. Johnson, resigned. South Dakota rural routes ordered estab lished April 15: Mount Vernon, Davison county, route 2; population, 525; houses, 105. Wlnfred, Lake county, route Z; population, 430; houses, SC. Adopt "Mutual" Flan. NEW YORK. March 21.-The directors of the Kquttable Life Assurance society today adopted the mutualliHtion plan set forth by the committee of seven. This plan provide that of the thirteen directors to be elected eai'h year the policyholders hall select seven and the Uc1iholdei'S U - APPOINTMENTS TO WEST POINT president Nominates Sona of Army Officers for Class of ItMMI. WASHINGTON, March 21. The president has designated the following principals and alternates for examination for admission to the United States Military acautmy In the class entering In 1906: Prmclpals: Joseph P. Aleshlre, son of Major J. B. Aleshlre, quartermaster's de- Sartment; John I. Clem, Jr., son of Colonel . I. Clem, quartermaster's department; Thomas J. Jackson Christian, grandson of General (Stonewall) Jackson; Creswell (Jur Ungton, son of Colonel A. E. Garlington, In spector general's department; Burton Young Rend, sun of Captain G. W. Read, Ninth caveliy, and grundson of Lieutenant Owneral S. B. M. Young; Stanley Maddux Rumbough, son of Captain D. J. Rum bough, artillery cortw; Charles Walter Howell, sou of Cuptaln S. Howell, Second Infantry, killed in action July 10, 1U8, at Santlugu, and grandson of the lute Major lienerul Frank Wheaton; Frederick . S. Strong, son of Major F. 8. Strong, artillery corps; Daniel H. Torrey, sou of Major G. W. Torrey, Twenty-fourth Infantry, and grandson of the lute Colonel Daniel Huston, Fifth infantry; Frank L. Van Horn, son of the late Colonel J. Van Horn, Eighth In fantry; John J. Waterman, sou of Captain J. C. Waterman, Seventh cavelry; Ivens Jones, son of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel R, Jones, quartermaster's department. Alternates: Donald Connelly, son of the late Captain Thomas Connelly, First In fantry: Herald E. Cronin, son of Cornelius Cronln, late gunner U. 8. N. ; Alfred H. L. Erlck, son of Sergeant Philip F. Erlck, hospital corps: Walter Moore, son of David Moore, enllated man of the navy who lost his life on the Passaic; James I. Mulr, son of Captain James H. Mulr, general staff; StimmTfli-ld F, Norwood, son of the lute Captain Randolph Norwood. Second cav alry; Kenneth Pulhemus. son of Major A. 8. polhemus, retired; Willnrd K. Richards, son of LleJtcnant M. C. Richards, retired; William Trent Husxel. Jr., son of W. H. Rusael, corps of engineers; Miles Blandish glocum, sou of Major 11 J. Slocum. Second cavalry; Rolrt B. Steele,, son of First Lieutenant T. B. Steele, artillery corpaj George B. Ward, son of Lieutenant F. K. Ward, tavjilry, lujeclur general's depart ment, - - NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Partly Cloudy Wednesday) Colder In West Portion, nnd at Nlaht In East Portion Tbursduy, Fair. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hour. Dec. Hour. Dei. Urn. m .IT 1 p. n...... n:l a. m JIT a p. m A4 T a. m 8H 8 p. m ...... Mil N a. m ...... SH 4 p. m ...... 6.1 9 a. m 4t K p. m 6)1 10 u. m 44 s) p. m 64 11 n. m 4H T p. m 62 13 m 40 H p. m 60 p. nt 4U MRS. STANFORD'S BODY HOME Funeral Will Be Held at Palo Alto Friday Dr. Jordan Scouts Poison Theory. SAN FRANCISCO. March 21.-The body of Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford arrived here today on the steamer Alameda from Hono lulu. It was In charge of David Starr Jor dan, president of Stanford university, and Timothy Hopkins, a trustee of the uni versity. Accompanying them were Miss Bertha Perner and Miss May Hunt, the private secretary and maid, respectively, of Mrs. Stanford, and Detectives Reynolds and Callandan. The funeral services will be hetd on Friday In the Memorial chapel at the uni versity. The remains will be placed in the Stanford mausoleum on the university grounds. President Jordan today reiterated his previous statement that he was firmly of the opinion that Mrs. Stanford's death was due to natural causes and not to the ef fects of poison. He said that two or three hours before Mrs. Stanford took the bicar bonate of soda on the night of her death. Miss Berner had taken a dose from the same bottle and that no harm had resulted. This fact was not brought out nt the In quest, presumably because Miss Berner had not been closely questioned. He was ro strongly convinced that Mrs. Stanford was not poisoned that the opinions of a dozen doctors would not shake his belief. Timothy Hopkins stated that he fully agreed with the views of President Jordan. Miss Berner absolutely declined to dis cuss the case, and the maid, Miss Hunt, was equally reticent. Detective Reynolds reported Immediately to Captain of Detectives Martin and Act ing Chief of Police Splllane, who refused to state the nature of his revelation. Attorney Mountford Wilson would ex press no opinion regarding the case, say ing that he flrst must read and consider all the reports made. FUNERAL OF GENERAL HAWLEY Joint Memorial Services Held by Leg islature, with Eulogy by Senator Piatt. HARTFORD. Conn.. March 21. The fu neral of General Joseph R. Hawley, former United States senator, held here today brought together the most notable gathering of men prominent In public and business life that has been seen here for more than a generation. Although the weather was dreary there were thousands of people on the sidewalks along the line of march of the funeral cortege. - For three It'ours tha body lay In state in the rotunda of the state Capitol. The general assembly met and adjourned as a mark of respect to the memory of General Hawley and Immediately after wards a Joint memorial service was held In the house chamber. Senator O. H. Piatt delivered a brief but touching eulogy of his former col league. ' The Joint convention of the gen eral assembly was then adjourned and the body was removed to the Asylum Hill Congregational church, escorted by the First regiment, Connecticut National Guard, and veterans of the Grand Army. Rev. Joseph Twltchell, D. D., pastor of the church, conducted the service. The eulogy was by President Stryker of Ham ilton college,, from which General Hawley was graduated. SENSATIONAL JCENTUCKY CASE Grand Jury at Lexington Is Probing Into Charges Against the Harglaes. LEXINGTON. Ky.. Mafch 21,-The In quiry Into the case of the Hargises and Callahan, charged with complicity In the murder of CockrlUi for the purpose of de ciding the question of admittting them to bail was resumed today. A sensational story was told by A. O. Bowman, foreman Of the Breathitt county grand jury. He testified that when the grand Jury was Investigating the case against Will Brltton for killing . Cockrlll, for ' which he afterward got a life term sentence, Riley Coldlron had Just given sen sational testimony against Brltton when Alex Hargla rushed Into the grand jury room and by threats and angry attitude compelled the grand Jury to adjourn. After vain efforts on the part of Brltton's friends to get the Jury to Investigate a charge of perJUry brought by Brltton's friends against Coldlron, Bowman said the case was dropped and neVer resumed by them through fear. COTTON MEN GET TOGETHER National and Southern Associations Have Combined for Work In the South. ATLANTA, Ga., March 21.-A telegram received In Atlanta from Hon, Harvle Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton association, dated at Fort Worth, Tex., announces the conl olldatlon of the South ern Cotton association and the National Cotton association, the latter being ab sorbed by the former. The National Cotton association had been doing work in Texas on lines similar to those of the Southern Cotton association. Realizing that It was best to work under one head and for the same Interests, the officials of the' National Cotton associa tion agreed to merge with the Southern Cotton association, nnd from now on work will be carried on by the latter. President Jordan's telegram announces that the pspers regarding the merger have been officially signed by the officers of both associations. Movements of Ocean Vessels March SI At Queenstown Arrived: Oceanic, from New York. At London Arrived: Minneapolis, from New York. At Antwerp Sailed: Zeeland. for K York. At Palermo Balled;-' Sicilian, for New York. At Ponta del Gada Arrived: Canoplc, from Boston. At Movlllc Arrived: Bavarian, from Halifax. At Liverpool Hailed: Lake Champlaln, for Halifax: Sylviinla, for Boston. At Karatzti Sailed: Adato, for Ban Francisco; Furerlc, for Seattle. At Sydney, N. 8. W. Arrived: Ventura, from Han Francisco. At New York Arrived: Ia Gascogne, from" Havre. Sailed: Kronprlns Wllhelin, fur ilieuien; 1'rlux Oskur, fur Naples. DISCUSS RATE BILL Home Fnta in Entire Afternoon Debating the Commodity Measure, NOT DISPOSED OF M" ADJOURNMENT TIME Only One Amendment Adopted and That Increase! Its Scope. SENATE PASSES COMMISSION MEASURE Only Four Votes Keoorded in Upper Hons in Opposition to It, ANTI-CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BILL PASSES These Measures, with the Flshbaeht Telephone Bill, Furnish Toplca for Vnusual Amount of Oratory, (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 21.-lSpeclal Tele gramsThe passage of the Cady railroad commission bill, the recommendation for passage of the McMullcn antl-Chrlstlsn science bill in the senate, and a half day's debate cn the commodity freight rate bill In the house, were tho features of todsy'g legislative proceedings which gave them a cast of unusual Interest. After consuming nearly the entire afternoon In discussion on the commodity bill, the house ad journed at t o'clock under a motion to report progress and resume consideration of the bill tomorrow. This was a day for oratorical and for ensic demonstration and the senate and house took advantage of their opportuni ties. The galleries in both branches were . well filled throughout the afternoon and part of the morning. With the commodity rate ' bill under discussion In the house and the Christian science bill in the sen ate, the proceedings from a spectacular standpoint were particularly noteworthy. It was the flrst real alignment In the house this session on the railroad Issue. True, bills affecting railroad Interests have been up before in fact ths Warner elevator bill only today was raised for passage but these were measures ot less vital effect. The lines were drawn on the commodity rate bill. This bill was intro duced by a committee consisting of Rep resentative Foster of Douglas, Junkln of Gosper and Davis of Buffalo, appointed by the speaker under a rosoiuilon Introduced by Foster. The bill selected twenty-seven staple articles of commerce In Nebraska, and levied a flat reduction of 10 per cent, It is house roll 236, hnd has been before the house In one way or the other for a Ions time. Fate Is I'nccrtaln. ' Just what, the fate of this bill will be. is difficult to determine even now upon the eve of its final discussion, but Its friends, and events today developed the fact that it has many of them, believe It will pass. The railroads very naturally, have fought the bill with all their might, and they will continue to fight it to the last. But the sentiment tha the state in in need of legislation of this character, that the re publican party . promissd If put In power,", to enact such legislation f" that the loplcla-',' ture, not the, republican party, tan afford to stultify itself with the people, mani festly is crystallzlng. For the bill Junkln was tho chief spokes man. Hia closing argument was a power ful effort. He hurled fact after fact add figure after figure at his opponents, show ing conclusively the Justice of: his claims that Nebraska shippers are paying higher rates than those of adjoining states. Da vis and Foster, Caldwell x of Clay and Jones of Polk (fuslonlst) took part In the debate for the bill. Caldwell, the author ot the" maximum freight rate bill,' expressed his belief that If any rate legislation was secured at this session it must come through the com modity rate bill, and therefore he wag willing to support that measure, since his was away down on the general file and probably had little show ot passage. Opponents ot the Bill. Windham of Cass opposed th bill, but he explained that his reason was that he did not believe It afforded A means of so lution of the question. That, he thought, was only possible through an amendment to the constitution providing for a railroad commission such as the Dodge bill con templated. He expressly declared he was opposed to the Cady commission bill, to which he referred as a "temporary make shift." Windham made a forcible plea and, while he opposed the rate bill, he repeated time and again the great necessity for rail road regulation In Nebraska and urged the legislature to pass the Dodge commission bill. He, too, called attention to the pledges made the people, but said that above party success should be placed the Interest of tha people. Jackson of Antelope opposed the bill un conditionally, making several vehement speechs against It. He questioned the right of the legislature or Its ability to regu late or fix rates and denied that existing rates were exhorbltant. On this Milllgan of Dixon took Issue with him. Douglas of Rock and Burns of Lancaster were against the bill, but Douglas urged that If the bill must pass he wanted It to Include all the articles which were originally named In It. 'After half a dozen vain attempts at amending the bill, many of those amend ments being attempts at Its defeat, the house In committee of the whole on a mo tion of Dodge decided It waa too Im portant a matter to settle hastily and re ported progress. ' The Christian Science bill in the senate provoked a series of earnest speeches, some of which became acrimonious at times. The Christian Scientluts, who have given the bill their utmost attention and been con stant In their attendance at the capltol In their plan to defeat It, were largely In evi dence. The measure was recommended for passage by a vote of 17 to 11. SKXATB GETS IJOWX TO Bl SIS KIM Acts on All but One of Bills on THIrd Reading. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 21. (Special.) The Cady railroad commission bill, a copy of the act ot 1887, repealed by the legislature of 1901, passed the senate this afternoon with only four votes against It; Gibson, Jennings, Sheldon and Wllsey. Gibson and Wllsey each explained his vols as fol lows: Gibson said: I find thai practically the same law as It Is proposed to enact bv 8. F. 2Wi was enacted In 1NS7, and that the republican legislature of Itcil repealed the same on account of Its having been de clared unconstitutional, Instead of rsui rectlng or correcting It. 1 take It that the law must have been unsatisfactory and did nut grant relief. I therefore vote. no. Wllsey said: I voted for a law similar to this In 1M7 and have bi'en sorry for that vote many times. I do not think I cun vote for this ulll. I vote no. Jones, who voted for the bill, offend (he following excuse for his action: This bill .will, the tuaaliuuta freight rale I