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OYAMA IS SATISFIED
Commander-in-Chief of Japanese Tor-r.,
Grres Out First Interview.
ARMY HAS MET ALL EXPECTATIONS
Comparea Preient Force with the Old
Bolctien of the Empire.
PAYS A HIGH COMPLIMENT TO RUSSIANS
Two' Port Arthur Campaigns Show Quality
of Soldiers.
LITTLE NEWS COMES FROM THE FRONT
Japan Planning to Have a JlonMfr
Celebration of the Victory
of Ita Army at
Mukden,
VINKOW, Wednesday, March 22.-2 p. m.
-Via Tien Tsln, March 2.-Fiold Marshal
Mariajla Oyama today gnva his first Inter
view since coming Into the field. He re
fused to discuss the probability of peace.
"I am only a soldier," he said, "not a
politician. The Japnnese government will
arrange terms of pence when the time
cornea. We were forced to fight this war
tn the Interests Of International peace and
for the safety of our country. Personally
I have a high regard for the Russians.
They are soldiers. The officers and man
are brave and able, and have fought well.
During the war between China and Japan
I wai the commander of the army which
captured Tort Arthur. With a division and
a half of troopa we took the city In five
hours. The result this time shows the won
derful difference between the Russians and
the Chinese, with whom we had previous
experience. But our army, both soldiers
and officers, performed their duty as Japan
knew they would. I was minister of war
for Japan for sixteen years, during which
time no conscription laws were passed. I
have closely watched the making of the
Japanese army, which has proved what I
say, that the officers and men have ful
filled every hope, as I believed they would.
In tho older days the Japanese army was
composed of the Samurai, professional
fighting men. The modern army waa
drafted from all classes, yet all our hopes
have been fully realised by the work this
army has done In actual war."
Field Marshal Oyama declined to discuss
the future movement or plans of the Jap
anese army. He Intimated that he was
ready to continue the war aa long as neces
sary. Despite the reports to the contrary. Field
Marshal Oyama's health is excellent. With
his staff he Is comfortably quartered In
fine Chinese houses placed at his disposal
by the Chines viceroy.
News from Front.
TOKIO, March 28. Oeneral satisfaction
Is expressed at the success ,ln placing the
foreign loan. The domestic loan waa over
subscribed several times, and It Is probable
a portion of It will be allotted to foreign
subscribers, . The , foreign applications
amount to several million dollars. The suc
cess of the foreign and domestic loans
. strengthens the feeling of confidence that
Japan will be able to finance the war with
out difficulty or embarrassment.
The following, official dispatch has been
received here:
"Our Blngklng force reports that the
enemy retreated from Slngklng toward
Haulungchou, ninety miles northeast. An
other report Is that one squadron of the
enemy's cavalry halted at Mlenhuachteh
on the Klrln road tn the district between
Plyuanpomen and Changtu and In the vi
cinity of Talselyel At Kankorshl a few of
the enemy's troops are appearing.
"Natives report 200 of the enemy's cav
alry posted at Alshenkou, nine miles north
of Wanmasal, and 600 Infantry and cavalry
at Taolu, fifteen miles east of Wanmasal.
"Changtu reports a few troopers In the
district twenty miles northward of Chln
chlatun, two miles northeast of Fakoman.
"Reports Co not trace the enemy from
Kangptng, thirteen miles northeast of Fa
koman, but some troops from Liao Tang
and Wopeng are twenty-five miles north
of Kangplng."
Release Koseombatssti,
At their own request 421 noncombatants,
captured at Mukden, have been released
beyond the Japanese outposts and 344 have
been sent south to Che Foo and Shang
hai and released.
The first of the Mukden prisoners ar
rived at Toklo today enroute to the Nara
shlmo barracks. They were transferred at
the Omort station, avoiding the city. There
were no crowds and consequently there
were no demonstrations. The prisoners are
poorly clad.
The Business Men's association la arran
ging for a monster celebration of the cap
ture of Mukden for April I, the anniversary
of the accession of Emperor Jlmmu Ten no,
) B. C, It Is planned to have a parade
of 100,000 from Hlblya park to Uyeno park,
stopping at the palace to cheer the em
peror. The exercises will be held In Uyeno
park.
On the eve of Ms departure for Berlin
to attend the wedding of Crown Prince
Frederick Wllllem and the Duchess Ce
celia of Meoklenburg-Bchwerln, Count Arco
Valley, the German minister to Japan, waa
dined and given a reception tonight by
Prince and Princess Arlsuwaga. Members
of tb cabinet and diplomatic corps and
other notable personages attended.
The railway between Mukden and Kal
yuan has been restored and traffic resumed.
The railway bridge serosa tho Hun river
baa not yet been thoroughly repaired and
trafflo Is still Interrupted there.
Ko Chans at the Front.
ST. PETERSBURG, March al. -General
IJnevltch, In a dispatch dated March 25,
reports no change In the position of the
armies.
An Imperial order relieves General Grip
penberg from the command of the Second
Manchurlan army, but permits him to re
main as aide de camp to the emperor.
Machine Cans for Service.
The military council has decided to place
on a war footing the machine gun com
panies Of the Third, Ninth and Twenty-second.
Thirty-first. Thirty-fifth" and Thirty
seventh Infantry divisions of the First, Sec
ond, Third, Fourth and Fifth rifle brigades.
Qalet Alone; the Front.
GUN8HU PASS, March .-Everywhere
along the front there la complete and omin
ous quiet. No collisions have been reported
to4tiy.
A curse arriving from Mukden today
state that the reports of Chlta-oe of 111
treatment of Russian sick and wounded
after the evacuation of Mukden are entirely
unfounded. The Japanese treated all who
fell into their handa In the must kindly
manner and gave the nurses permission
(Continued on Heoond Page.)
RUSSIA PAYS DISTURBERS
Hcpnrt ays Men Who faaaed Riot
Darin l.nnor Tronblea Were
Government Agents.
ST. PETERPBt:RO. March 2.-(Sprcl;,l
Cablegram to The pee.) Russian officials
.'.re not pulling well together. M. Shlbloff-'
skv, president of the Imperial commission
of Inquiry Into workman's grievances, has
frequently requested General Trepoff to re
base a number of Imprisoned operatives In
the s of pi'ace, but tho governor
gene
tlnateiy refuses. lie believes
In m Z. 'wholesome examples." In the
jneai j the real struggle between the
gove ind the governed has been
trnn, f to a lover plane, where spies,
detei nd secret ngents flourish. The
man red upon General Trepoff some
time s been Induced to turn Informer
and -. of his former comrades have
been ed; but the trump card of the
polk 1 seem to be the playing off of
natli against nationality, class
agal " s and religion against religion.
If tl ntlon be seriously harbored the
results may bo calamitous. Reasons for
!elievlng that It Is entertained are numer
ous. Here are a few:
After the massacre of unarmed people In
St. Petersburg the police paid 40 kopecs
each to hooligans for breaking shopkeepers'
windows In order to engender hatred of the
stiidunls and workmen among the trading
classes. Secondly, the fact that the fright
ful bloodshed In the Cnue:iusiis was caused
by agents provocature-t, paid by the au
thorities to Incite the Tnrtnrs against the
Armenians. Thirdly, proclamations are now
being spread bronilcast In Riga and other
places exhorting nil and sundry to follow
the noble example set by Klsherlff and
Hornet, and exterminate the Jews. Theao
proclamations are actually stuffed Into the
pockets of pedestrians. Fourthly, several
police agents, disguised aa students, were
discovered recently among the worklngmen
during a meeting before the election of
delegates, their object being to discredit the
students and to provoke strife between
them and tho operatives. The workmen,
having severely maltreated them, turned
them out.
MERCHANTS EXTEHIXG POLITICS
Prominent ' Factor Joins Russian
Liberals.
ST. PETERSBURG, MarcTi 27. A sig
nificant and Important feature In connec
tion with the political situation Is the fact
that the disaster and ruin with which trade
and industry are threatened Is forcing the
merchant and commercial classes of the big
cities Into politics. Heretofore, as a matter
of business, they have carefully refrained
from meddling in the liberal movement,
but the situation is now so serious that
they feel compelled to define their attitude,
and everywhere they are pronouncing in
favor of the liberal demands for the
cessation of the war and for a constitu
tion. Morosoff, tho Moscow millionaire, who Is
known as "the Russian cotton king,"
realising the power of united action, has
called a private meeting of leading men in
the Industrial life of Russia to make rep
resentations to the government. Consid
ering the Important part played by the
bourgeois In revolutions In other countries,
the "Intellectuals" regard the active sup
port of the merchant class as the greatest
victory they can achieve In the struggle
they ere waging. ..,.. . -
The present movement In south and
west Russia continues to spread. There
has been a renewal of the burning and de
struction of property in the Chernlgoff gov
ernment, the peasants attacking especially
the property of M. Teresch Tenko, a rich
sugar refiner, who has 400,000 acres planted
to beets. Several landlords have been mur
dered. The peasants in other sections are
taking armed possession of forest lands,
on which they had the right of cutting
wood before emancipation, and are offer
ing resistance to the police.
TIFLIS, March 28. As a climax of a fort
night's peasant rioting In villages of the
Schorapan district a band of 800 armed men
presented the authorities a formidable list
of demands for local reforms, declared
themselves In complete solidity with the
revolutionary party and fixed March 27 as
the time limit for the satisfaction of their
demands, after which they would accord
themselves freedom of action. A battalion
of troops has been sent to restore order.
Disorders have broken out at Yalta, in
the Crimea, where shops along the quay
and In the city have been pillaged.
BOTH SHIPS ARB BADLY DAMAGED
Law Suits Already la Sight Over the
Accident.
HALIFAX, N. S., March 26.-The two
ocean steamers, the Parisian and the Al
bano, whose 1,800 passengers were saved
from possible death at sea after the collis
ion between the two vessels off the harbor's
mouth yesterday, by a thrilling fifteen-mile
race for shallow water, showed plainly to
day how serious was the accident, the
Parisian resting on bottom at Its dock
and the Albano's foro peuk being full of
water. The Parisian, ' which came up the
harbor at 6 o'clock last night with a big
hole in Its starboard side from the Alba
no's sharp bow, filled gradually during the
night and at dawn Its engine room had
been flooded and Its fires extinguished, the
lower deck was awash nnd Its keel
rested on the mud. A large part of the
cargo had been damaged by water, but the
bulk of its mull, consisting of 400 sacks,
waa recovered in a dry condition.
The statements of the two commanders
of the vessels as to the .probable cause of
the collision are conflicting and the courts
will be Invoked to place the responsibility.
Proceedings have been. begun in the admir
alty court against the Hamburg-American
compaiy, ownor of the Albuno, and today
that steamer was libeled for $130,000 dam
ages In behalf of J. & A. Allan, owners of
the Parisian. Later It was announced that
a counter suit would be brought by the
German company.
Develops a III Scandal.
MOSCOW, March 27. A libel ult brought
by the chief of the military hospltul here'
against a lawyer has disclosed a big scun
dnl. The lawyer charged that medical
men during the mobilization, accepted
bribes from reservists who desired to es
cape service, and the chief of the military
hospital sued for slander. The lawyer
pleaded the truth of the charges. The
trial hua not been finished.
Porter Stays I ntll May.
PARIS. March M . Official exchangee be.
tween Washington and Puris have brought
about an understanding whereby the trans
fer of Ambassadors Porter and McCormick
will occur at the end of April, aa originally
planned. Meunwhlle Ambassador McCor
mick will come here, but ho will not as
sume official functions until the data announced.
Electrle Car strikes Anto.
IOS ANGELES, March M.-ln an anto
mobile accident at llolywood, a suburb,
today Mr, Hlierman l'tje was liiMUully
killed and Sheniiun Pease, her husb.imi
seriously Injured. The other occuianis
of the car, Mr. and Mrs. I K. Welcome
sustained sltKht lnJuiiH. The automobile
was struck by an electric car at the cross
ing whilo runuiog at full spd.
TALK OF PEACE EVERYWHERE
Visit of King Edward to Denmark May
Fosfliblj Lead to Understanding.
ALL CAPITALS LOOK FOR MOVE SOON
Intimation Japan Does Mot Want
1'eacc Except on Terme Which
Will Render the I'crmn
nency Assured.
LONDON, March -0. According to ar
rangements which are still liable to re
vision, King Edward will leave London
on April 6. He will Join yucen Alexandra
at Cologne, and from thence their ma
jesties will go to Copenhagen for the cele
bration of the birthday of King Christian,
April 8.
The Associated Press correspondent at
Copenhagen telegraphs tonight that so far
as known King Edward's visit has no con
nection with Russo-Jaixinesc peace pour
parlers, but that King Christian strongly
favors peace and should the dowager em
press of Russia also come to her father's
birthday celebration It will be regarded as
the signal of a peace conference at Copen
hagen. It Is reported that M. D'Iswolsky, the
Russian minister to Denmark, left St.
Petersburg on Saturday for Copenhagen.
A St. Petersburg dispatch to the Reuter
Telegram company states that the major
ity of the council of ministers is agreed
on the prlnclplo of the opportuneness of
Initiating steps In the direction of peace,
and correspondents in the prlnrlpal Euro
pean capitals all report that peace Is In
the air.
According to the Dally Telegraph's cor
respondent at Kobe, who reports having
interviewed the American officers and for
eign correspondents captured at Mukden
and who have Just arrived at UJIn, they
wee all surprised that no armistice or
peaoe proposal had been made. They con
firm previous statements that nobody had
the least idea that retreat was imminent
till General Kouropatkln's order was re
ceived late on March 9.
Japan Wanta Permanent Peace.''
PARIS, March 26 It was stated In dip
lomatic quarters here today that among
the conditions of peace which Japan might
ask would be that Russia give a pledge to
build no more warships for a term of
years. A diplomatic official said that such
a condition would be the most effective
meant of assuring Japan against Russia's
carrying out Its cherished project Of naval
rearmament for the renewal of hostilities
under better conditions than those at pres
ent existing. It is well known that Russia
contemplated a huge plan of naval rehabili
tation. Admiral Dubassof, Captain Clado
and othere Russian naval authorities re
cently have taken the position that peace
was desirable until a naval reconstruction
could be completed. This appears to have
stimulated Japan's diplomats to consider
means of avoiding a peace that would be
equivalent to no more than a truco, dur
ing which Russia would have time to forge
an effective weapon and therefore the In
timation is now given that a limitation, of
Russian naval armament may figure as a
means of ensuring a prolonged peace in the
orient. , : ' :
Concerning the recent preliminary ap
proaches toward peace it Is now accepted
In the highest diplomatic quarters that
these preliminary negotiations did not oc
cur here, although Paris may have been
the channel through which the results
were transmitted to St. Petersburg and
Toklo. However, It is noticeable that
there has not been the slightest reference
in French newspapers to the peace move
ment having taken tangible form here, or
elsewhere, except In continued academic
discussion of the peace propaganda and a
few vague St. Petersburg dispatches show
ing that peace Is In the air.
MOSCOW, March 26. With the exception
of the Moscow Gazette practically all the
nowspapers of this city are for peace on
condition that there be neither cession of
territory nor payment of Indemnity.
At a banquet a prominent merchant de
clared that the "happiest end of the war
would be Immediate peace, but if the gov
ernment consents to Indemnity we wilt
throw the bomb. Enough Russian gold has
been spent In Manchuria."
Rl'SSiA HAS BIG SUPPLY OF GOLD
Correspondent Given a Look at the
Reserve Fund.
LONDON, March 27. The correspondent
nt St, Petersburg of the Daily Mail reports
that he accepted the invitation of Finance
Minister Kokovosoff to Inspect the reserves
of gold In the state bank and describes hla
visit to that Institution. He says:
"The bank officials made much ceremony
of unlocking the gates of the strong rooms,
but the actual view of $325,0U0,0u0 of gold
was found a supremely uninteresting,
tedious and depressing spectacle. Over 12,
000 sacks of gold coin, stacked In rows on
the floor of the long vault, looked no more
Impressive than sacks of merchandise In an
ordinary warehouse, whilst 15,913 gold in
gots, closely packed on shelves like a
library, less suggested their value than the
shelves of an ironmonger's store. The offi
cials invited tho correspondent to count and
verify the contents of the sacks and
shelves. That naturally was impossible,
but he had not the slightest doubt that the
amount represented In the reserve figures
was there."
SPIRIT OF HKVOLITIO RAMPAST
Literature Belnjt Circulated All Over
Poland.
WARSAW, March 26.-A revolutionary
movement of considerable proportions Is
making itself manifest In connection with
the industrial disturbances In the region
around Sledlco, Blelsk, Vlodoslavsk, Rodin
and l.ukow, south' and southeast of War
saw. The country has been flooded with
proclamations of foreign and local origin
calling for a rising In Poland and with
revolutionary songs and addresses, the lat
ter demanding the use of the Polish lan
guage In all the schools, administrative
offices and courts. The population Is said
to be saturated with these tendencies, es
pecially those of the I'niat sect. Children
are being kept out of school. Troops have
been dispatched to the vicinity of Kotzk,
southeast of Warsaw.
THINKS WAR IS KARIG A! E.D
Lord Charles Rrreaford Sees Close of
Coateat In Far East.
ST. LOUIS, March 26 After spending
several hours Inspecting St. Louis, part
of the program being a walk through the
business section, Lord Charles Beresford.
vlco admiral of the British channel squad
ron, departed tonight for Texas und Old
Mexico. Lord Beresford. accompanied by
Ikmike Cockran and Mr. and Mrs. H. 8.
Guinness if New York, urrlved in St.
Louis ti ls morning. While here Ixrd
Beresford gave Interviews to severul news
paper men. commenting on the Russian
Japanese war, which, he believes, will end
before very long.
MISSING BOY RETURNS HOME
Frank Roarers Says Ills tout Is Not
Knllty of Kidnaping;
Him.
CHICAGO, March 26. Frank Rogers, who
disappeared from his home In Evanston
four years ago with his aunt, Miss Flor
ency Ely. returned today. Young Rogers
stated tonight that slr.ee leaving Chicago
he has been working In Buffalo and New
York City. The police nnd others for a
long time worked on the case as a kld
nnplng mystery. The boy now denies that
lie has been with his aunt.
When he disappeared from Ms home In
July. 1901. his aunt, Miss Ely, who had
lived at the house of young Rogers' par
ents, also disappeared, since when no trace
of either had been found until he suddenly
appeared In Evanston today.
The boy had been the pet of his aunt ever
since he was a baby. So close was this
friendship that Miss Eiy could scarcely
allow the boy to be out of her sight. Her
affection was returned by young Rogers
and In order to break up the attachment
between the two Mrs. Rogers decided to
send her son away to school and notified
Miss Ely of the plan. On July 13, 1!XU, the
boy and his aunt left the Rogers home, pre
sumably for a walk. They did not return
and what has become of Miss Ely Is still a
mystery. When the boy returned to Evans
ton today In search of his parents he found
strangers living in his former home. He
then went to tho home of an uncle in the
vicinity and his parents were notified of the
boy's return.
After being with his son for some time
the father refused to make any statement
concerning the strange disappearance. Mr.
Rogers said that a statement would be
made by him tomorrow, which would clear
up the mystery.
Tho boy was very reticent concerning his
whereabouts since his disappearance. He
denied that he left Evanston In company
with his aunt and snld that he did not
know of her disappearance until he read It
in the papers. The boy declares that he has
been In New York and Buffalo ever since
leaving Chicago. He has been working In
restaurants, according to his story, and
has never heard from Mls9 Ely since he left
Evanston.
BREEZY CHAT OF NOTABLES
Kins; and Queen Are Taking: Great
Intereat In Improvement of
Buckingham.
LONDON, March 26. (Special Cablegram
to Tho Bee.) Tho king and queen are tak
ing a great deal of Interest at the present
time In the Improvement of the gardens
at Buckingham palace and Windsor. Lord
Reddesdnle, who is perhaps the finest land
scape gardener In Britain, has frequently
been consulted by their majesties. At
Buckingham palace there has been too
much overgrowth. Trees are being cut
down nnd lopped and the gardens, when
finished, will be the most beautiful In Eng
land. The duke and duchess of Westminster
propose going out again to South Africa
in October to visit thevjarge estates which
the duke has acquired over there. A house
Is being built upon this property. It la
hoped that It will he, Snlshed In time for
the arrival of"the' ddM and duchessT '
Princess Christian and Princess Victoria
of Sehleswlg-Hoteteln, who visited Rhodesia
In September last, were the first members
of the royal family to view the famous
falls on the Zambesi- river named by Dr.
Livingstone after the late queen. In order
to commemorate this visit the administra
tor of northwest Rhodesia has, by desire
of the British South Africa company, offi
cially designed two of the Islands above
the Victorian falls as Princess Christian
and Princess Victoria Island, respectively.
In his annual report, which has Just been
issued, the medical officer of health for
Tottenham, Dr. Butler-Hogan, refers to boy
and girl marriages, which, he says, are so
common in the district. He states that
these contribute largely to the infantile
death rate as well as to the poverty of
certain quarters of Tottenham. '
REFORM IN GERMAN SCHOOLS
Introduction of Greek Later Than
Latin Proves to Be Partial
Succeaa,
BERLIN, March 28. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) In the course of debate on
the estimates for the ministry of education
In the Prussian chamber this week, an
official of, that ministry, GoheJmrath Reln
hardt, gave some very interesting In
formation with regard to the success of the
so-called "Reform schools In which the
study of the classics is begun at the age
of 12, and Greek not till the age of 14. One
great advantage of this system is thnt the
decision to assign a pupil to the modern
or to the classical school can be post
poned to a stage when his abilities and
tastes can be better estimated.
Gehelmrath Relnhardt stated that tho
system of tho above "Reform" school had
hitherto been adopted at three classical
gymnasia and the result was that of 123
pupils In the highest form who presented
themselves for tho, leaving examination
only four failed to pass, and of these four
three succeeded six months later. Experi
ence had shown that as a result of be
ginning Latin and Greek at a later age
than was customery the interests of the
pupils In their work was rendered keener
and their diligence was certainly In no
wise inferior to that of the pupils of the
ordinary gymnasia. Caution, must, how
ever, be exercised in the extension of the
system, since It did not follow that the
same results would in ajJ cases be achieved.
Since Easter, 19i4, the system had been
Introduced ut two more schools at Breslau
and at Hanover.
GAS COMPANY FILES ANSWER
Says State Had So Legal Right to
Refuae to Grant It a
Charter.
TOPEKA, Kan.. March 28-The Kansas
Natural Gas company, through Its at
torneys, has filed In the supreme court an
amendment to Its answer to the suit
brought to compel It to show cause why It
Is operating In Kansas. The petition asks
that the suit be dismissed at the cost of the
state. The suit was brought against the
company last fall by the attorney general.
It was alleged that the company had no
authority to transact business In the state.
The petition alleges that the charter board
in refusing to grunt a license to do busi
ness In the state to the company, after it
had been lawfully transacting business
here, violated the constitution.
utbliiKriliy of Mrs. t'hadnli-L.
CLEVELAND. March X.ln an Interview
today Mrs. Cassle L. Chatlwlck announced
that her autobiography whs in preimiatioii
and would soon be given to the public. Mrs.
Cbadwlek said that she hud received a
handsome otter from u well-known oub
lljer and that the work would be nriniart
vln the original style without alteration.
ROASTS FOR ROCKEFELLER
Est. Dr. Washington Gladden Preaches a
Bentational Sermon.
DEFENDS REJECTION OF OIL MAN'S GIFT
Relieves Church nnd Missions Will
Be Stronger Without the Money
Than If It Waa Accepted.
COH'MBl'S. O. March 26-Rov. Dr.
Washington Gladden, pastor of the First
Congregational church nnd moderator of
the general council of the Congregational
churches of the United States, in a sermon
delivered today, discussed the gift of
IHX',000 made by a prominent capitalist to
the American Board of Missions. Ho
said:
Tho money proffered to our board of
missions comes out of a collossal entate,
whose foundations were laid In the most
relentless rapacity known to modern com
mercial history. The success of this busi
ness from the beginning until now has
been lurgely due to unlawful and out
rageous manipulations of railway rates.
The t'nited Slates government Is now en
gaged in a strenuous attempt to ferret out
nnd punish this Injustice. And the people
of the I'nlted States have u tremendous
battle on their hands with the corporate
greed which has Intrenched Itself In this
stronghold and has learned to use t ho
railways for the oppression and spoliation
of the people. And now, on the eve of
this battle, they are asked to accept a
great gift of money from the man who
more completely than any other represents
the system they are summoned to tlaht.
I hope they are not mean enough to
take bis money and then turn around and
fight him. 1 hope they are not so faith
less to their obligations as to take his
money nnd shut their mouths or become
bis apologists. We do not want this man's
money. To accept it will be to work the
contempt of millions of honest men; to re
ject It will strengthen our chances In the
affection and respect of millions who are
Inclined to doubt whether the churches lovo
God more than Mammon.
Our missions will be richer and stronger
without It than with It; and we shnll lose
nothing by our loyalty to the things un
seen and eternal.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Showers Monday and older In West
Portion Tuesday, Fair la West,
Rain and older In East Portion.
Tcnipcratnre at Omaha Yeaterdayi
Hour. Ilea. Hour. Ilea.
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a. n 4 a p. m H
7 a. m 41 .1 p. ni (10
Ha. m A'l 4 p. m TO
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10 a. m na O p. m l
11 a. m M 7 p. m KI
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PALLBEARERS FOR MINISTER
Rotables Who Will Re selected to Do
Honor to Representative
of Mexico.
AMERICAN ACADEMY PROSPERS
Large Donations to Art School for
American Stndenta at
Rome.
NEW YORK, March 28. A private dinner
was given In this city on Saturday evening
to celebrate a notablA achievement for the
development of American art. It was given
by the trustees of tho American academy
in Rome to the incorporators in congratu
lation over three recent Important events
in the academy's history; first, the passage
of a Mil by congress incorporating the
academy; second, the purchase of a villa
In Rome as the academy's permanent
home, and, third, the assurance of an
endowment fund of $1,000,000 for Its future
maintenance.
Charles P. McKIm, president of the
academy, presided. Among the seventy
persons present were former Secretary of
War Ellhu Root, Senators Wetmore of
Rhode Island, Clark of Montana, Major
II. L. Iligglnson of Boston, President
Woodrow Wilson of Princeton university.
Prof. Woodward of the Carnegie insti
tute, ex-Mayor Beth Low, Wayne Mac
Veagh,.W. H. McMillan and Charles Moore
of Detroit, Edmund Clarence Stedman, D.
H. Burnham of Chicago, Cass G. Gilbert,
Thomas Hastings, Augustus Saint Gaudens,
P. D. Millet and H. Seddena Mowbray.
Mr. McKfm announced that In addition
to the four persons who had each con
tributed $100,000 to the endowment fund,
J. Pierpont Morgan, Henry Walters, Wil
liam K. Vanderbtlt and II. L. Hlgglnson, In
behalf of Harvard university, ho had re
ceived a fifth contribution of the same
amount from James R. Stlllman of New
York, and had satisfactory assurance that
a sixth contribution of like amount would
be made In the name of Columbia uni
versity. Thus $600,000 of the fund has been
secured entirely In the eaBt. The west Is
looked to for the remaining $400,000.
The American Academy of Fine Arts In
Rome was founded In 1R94 and was Incor
porated by act of congress In February,
1905. It provides a post graduate course of
Instruction for architects, sculptors, paint
ers and musicians.
The beneficiaries of the academy are se
lected annually by competition from ad
vanced students In the different branches
of the fine arts In the United States. The
course of study during the prescribed term
of thre years Includes In addition to resi
dence In Rome travel In Italy, Sicily,
Greece and other countries.
The academy occupies at the present time j
the Villa del Aurora on the Pincian hill, I
but has recently acquired and will shortly ,
occupy for Its permanent home the Villa t
Mlraflor, one of the notable properties of
Rome.
WASHINGTON, March 26-The honorary
pallbearers at the funeral next Tuesday of
the late Senor Don Manuel d'Asplroi,
Mexican ambassador to the I'nlted States,
were announced today as follows: Secre
tary of the Treasury Shaw, Acting Secre
tary of State Adee, Count Casstnl, Russian
ambassador; Baron Edmondo Mayor des
Planches, Italian ambassador; Mr. A. Grip,
minister from Sweden nnd Norway; Senor
Calvo, minister from Costa Rica; Chief
Justice Fuller of the I'nlted States supreme
court; Senator Shelby M. Cullom, Repre
sentative R. R. Hltt and John W. Foster,
former secretary of state.
Early today Senor Gamlmn, the charge
d'affaires, called on Acting Secretary Adee
and expressed to him the appreciation of
the Mexican government for the regret of
this government, conveyed through Ambas
sador Clayton nt the Mexican capital. Pres
ident Dial also personally replied to Presi
dent Roosevelt's message of sympathy.
Senor Oamboa is still without final In
structions from his government regarding
the removal of the remains of the late am
bassador to his native country, but It is
expectfd these will be received .tomorrow
and that they will contain the specific ad
vices on the subject of conveying the body
by rail or by a government ship.
SO DECISION OX SANTO DOMINGO
Situation llaa Been Discussed, bnt
Not Settled.
WASHINGTON, March 26,-State depart
ment officials definitely announced tonight
that as yet no final determination had been
reached regarding th,e proposition of the
representatives of the powers at Santo
Domingo that the I'nlted States appoint
one of its citizens to act as Interior com
missioner for the collection of customs, who
shall allot 45 per cent to the Dominican
government and retain the balance In his
custody pending the disposition of the
treaty by the United States senate. "Noth
ing is settled as yet," was the authori
tative statement of one of the officials.
"There has been a good deal of talk about
it, but no decision has been reached yet."
BEATS IMMIGRATION RECORD
Kills Island Taxed to Care fr the
Strangert Coming; to Our
Shores.
NEW YORJC-March M.Wlth a total for
tho last week of 21,000 aliens and with the
prospects of at least 2J.00O more to come
in on one of the steamships arriving this
week. It Is probahle that all Immigration
figures wilt bo broken before tho spring
Is ended. From all parts of Europe aliens
are booked to arrive and the resources
of the station at Ellis island will be taxed
to the utmost.
Robert Watchorn, commissioner of Im
migration at Ellis Island, Is adopting every
moans possible to facilitate the dispatch
of the aliens through the examination lines
or the station. Watchorn, after a confer- '
ence with F. P. Sargent, commission,,,, !
general of Immigration, announced that at
the next session of congress Mr. Sargent
will ask for an appropriation for tho es
tablishment on Ellis island of a hall for
the display of the resources of the various
states especially of the west, for the edi
fication of the immigrant.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL CHANGES
Carbondale Man to Be Superintend
ent of the Omaha Division.
DEFENSE INJ(IRKMAN CASE
Prosecution Rests After Submit
ting; Sensational Testi
mony. VALENTINE, Neb., March 26. (Special.)
When the court-martial, which Is trying
Captain George W. Klrkman, meets again
on Tuesday afternoon witnesses for the
defense will be called. The prosecution
rested Its case on Saturday evening, sensa
tional evidence bearing on the relations
between the tccused and Mrs. Chandler
having been given by a targe number of
witnesses. While the proceedings are con
ducted tn absolute secrecy and nothing Is
permitted to leak out as to the detail
of the evidence. It is known that a very
strong case has been made against Klrk
man. The captain, however. Insists that
he Is able to make a complete answer to
all the charges. He will conduct his own
defense.
Members of Company I are not permit
ted to leave the fort while the trial Is In
progress, orders having been given that
every soldier shall hold himself ready in
the event that he should be called upon
as a witness.
ELEVATOR CUTS QUEER ANTICS
One Peraon Killed and Another One
Serlonaly Hurt aa a
Result.
EAST ST. LOl'IS, 111., March 2.-)ne
person was killed, one seriously Injured and
four escaped unhurt In an elevator accident
In the Lnvlngton building tonight.
The elevator became unmanageable while
descending und dropped from the first floor
to the basement. It as suddenly rose again
to the fifth floor and then plunged toward
the bottom. The Jerk broke one of the
heavy counterweights, which crashed
through the top of the car, atriklng Her
man Engler and crushing him so seriously
that he died an hour later.
E. F. Cnlbert. the Janitor, who was act
ing as the elevator conductor, who was
standing beside Engler, escaped Injury,
while Jim llutler. standing on the other side
of Engler, was seriously Injured. Thomas
Wood, Adele Wood and Etta llanley, the
other pasengers In the car, were unhurt.
CARBONDALE. 111., March 26.-Fred M.
Jones of this city has been appointed
superintendent of the Omaha division of
the Illinois Centrni railroad with head
quarters at Fort Dodge, la.
FORT DODGE la., March 26.-Fred 8.
James, for the past two years superinten
dent of the Omaha division of the Illinois
Central, has been appointed unpen tendent
of the Louisiana division of thnt toad, with
headquarters at New Orleans, relieving O.
M. Dunn. Tho change takes effect
April 1.
Mr. James began his railroad work on the
Illinois Central road at n small town on
the Sioux City division. His rise has been
rapid, and his appointment to the Lou
isiana division Is a distinct promotion.
His division runs from Cunton, Miss., to
New Orleans, a double track line. He
also will have under his Jurisdiction a line
of seventy miles from Jackson, Miss., to
Gwynn.
ABANDON THE STANFORD CASE
Detectives Admit They Have NoC'lue
aa to W ho Poisoned
the Water.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.-The pollco
detectives working on the case of Mrs.
Iceland Stanford havo all turned their at
tention to other matters and while nomi
nally men are detailed on the case, really
the department haB entirely dropped It.
It was announced at police headquarters
today that every known clue In the case
had been run to earth without result.
Barring a confession or "something turn
ing up," the police udmlt that they will
never solve the mystery. In this city, as
to whether strychnine poison was placed
in the mineral water used by Mrs. Stan
ford. That portion of tho mystery con
nected with her tragic death at Honolulu,
the police say, has been solved on tho
theory that Mrs. Stanford died by natural
causes.
Movements of Ocean Vessels March 2(1.
At New York Arrived: Etrurla. from
Liverpool and Qneenstown; I .a Hretagne
from Havre; Pretoria, from Hamburg'
Dover and Boulogne; Armenia, from llum
burg. Sailed: La Gascogne, for Havre
At Liverpool Arrived: Lake Erie, from
St. John. N. B.
At Flume Arrived: Carpathla, from New
York, via Naples and Trieste,
At Southampton Arrived : New York
from New Vork, via Plymouth and Cher
luiur'g. -
At Bremen Sailed: Grosser Kurfurst, for
New York, via Cherbourg, and passed
Pmwle Point on the 2lth.
At Qii'-enstnan Arrived : I'mhrla, from
New Vork, for IJv.-rpool, and proceeded
Sailed: Campunla, from Liverpool, for New
York.
At Iover Sslled : Zecland, from Ant
werp, for New York; Bluecher, from Ham
burg, via Boulogna
MUCH WORK IN SIGHT
Doubt Whether Legislature Can Finish Up
on Day Set for Adjournment.
SESSION LIKELY TO LAST TO SATURDAY
Big Appropriation Bills Are Still to Be
Acted On by Senate,
HOUSE HAS A LONG LIST OF MEASURES
Commission Bill Onlj Railroad Measure
Not Killed Off.
CONSIDERABLE DOUBT ABOUT PASSAGE
Binder Twin BUI la In Conference
and Belief Expressed Two Houses
Will Get Together on the
Measure,
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. March 5fl.-(rfpeclnl Telegram.)
While Thursday noon hai been fixed ae
the time for final adjournment of the twenty-ninth
session of the Nebraska legisla
ture, conditions Indicate and members be
lieve the end will not come before Satur
day. This Is because of the large Volumi
of work yet to be done. However,
aside from the various appropria
tion bills, few pending measures are of
more than passing moment and as has
been said on several occasions the stats
would not suffer if the bulk of these re
maining bills, were allowed to perish for
want of action.
Having blighted all hopes thus far for
anti-railroad legislation by killing off every
bill of that character which has corns
up for action the lawmakers are not. In
spiring any great expectations for the pal
sago of any of the railroad commission
bills, one of which properly drawn, the pub
lic had longed to have enacted Into law.
Cady's principal bill has passed the senate,
that is true, but as Its way through the
house is more devious and complex It
manifestly Is fraught with greater uncer
tainty. Senator Cady la doing hla utmost,
with the aid of a few other members, how
ever, to secure the final passage of this
measure, and has hopes of success. If
he' does win, that will be the only law
enacted by this legislature even bordering
on freight rate legislation.
Deluge of Bills.
As the final week of the session ap
proaches, the senate and house find them
selves deluged with bills In various stages
of immaturity. The senate has had a sift
ing committee at work for several days
and the house has a resolution or two
before It contemplating the appointment of
such a committee. The plan Is to fores
the appointment tomorrow, desplto the
aversion of the speaker. If this Is dons
progress can be facilitated. If It Is not
done no telling where Thursday noon will
find the house nnd Ita volume' of bills.
All the appropriation bills sre either
awaiting action In the senate, awaiting the
governor's signature or approved by 'ths
chief executive, ' so that these " measures,
which In reality are the only ones remain
ing of any special Importance, have alt
gone by the house. Appropriations aggrs
gating I.'82,5U0 have been approved by the
governor. The senate therefore has Its
most formidable task to perform In action
upon these measures.
Another matter which will occupy soma
tlttlo time is the Ernst binder twine plant
bill, which passed the house, was amended
und passed the senate and In which amend
ments the house failing to concur, a Joint
conferencee committee being appointed.
This commltteo has yet to act. The ma
jority of this committee was for the bill
originally and It Is believed will see that
It Is put in such shape as finally to pass.
That compendium of information on mod
ern municipal government known as II. R.
SSI, or, In other words, the Omaha' charter
bill, must find Its way through the senate
before this week Is over if It Is to become
a law. The bridge and telephone bills are
to bo acted on also by the senate.
Printing- Bill Held la.
A little matter which may attract soma
attention In the house early this week la
the printing bill of the State Journal. At
the beginning of the session the housx
adopted a rulo that the printer, the Journal,
should have all bills buck In the legislature
within three days or forfeit a fine In
each case of $25. The total bill for print
ing submitted by the Journal Is 2,600. Tho
committee on accounts and expendtturca
O. K'd. the bill and Speaker Rouse coun
tersigned It, but the state auditor declined
to Issue, a warrant for the payment of the
bill because he had been Informed that an
amount greater than the bill was held In
the name of the legislature against the
Journal for tines under this rule. It was
charged that Just 107 times hud the Journal
fulled to get bills back within the pre
scribed three-day limit and on this basis
the bill Is held up, pending action In the
house through the commltteo In whose
charge this bill was given. The matter is
expected to come up without delay.
Olllcera Are Elected.
LEIGH, Neb., March 26. (Special.) At
the regular meeting of Leigh chapter, No,
167, Order of Eastern Star, the following
officers were elected for the coming yeari
Mrs. R. II. Goodge, worthy matron; Mrs.
W, W. Graves, assistant worthy matron;
C. E. Beaty, worthy patron; C. H. Stock
dale, secretary; Mrs. J. H. Lowery, treas
urer; Mrs. H. P. Buchanan, conductress;
Miss Maud Klhler, assistant conductress.
Four applications for membership were
read.
BROKEN BOW, Neb., Murch 2.-(8pe-cial.)
Tho M. B. A., one of the largest
secret organizations In the country, held
an important meeting last night which was
well attended. The Initiation ceremonies
were conferred upon three brothers, while
nine new . members were elected to go
through the same ordeal later on. The
work was done by proficient drill teams
and waa decidedly Interesting. After the
"festive goat" had been led to his quar-,
ters every one present aat down to a gor
gcutia banquet, which lasted far Into ths
night. Tue lodge has about -fO members.
Declamatory Contest.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., March 26. (Spe
clal.) In the high school declamatory con
test, held at the Ancient Order of United
Workmen hall. Miss Cora Honeywell wa
awarded the first honors, delivering a hu
morous selection with decided effect. Other
contestants were Misses Maude Hextcr,
Anna Heyde, Elizabeth Thompson, Minerva
Travis. The Judges announced on the
evening of the contest that according to
their markings Miss Honeywell won first,
the marklngH being so clone that a second
could not be agreed upon. Quite a Utile
criticism has therefore been occasioned
by a second meeting of the Judgea at
which they designated Mlsa Elizabeth
Thompson as the winner of the second
prize und giving honorable mention to
Travis.
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