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PRELATE TAKES HAXD
Archbishop of Algiers Issues Letter Deal
log with Religion in France.
ASKS CATHOLICS TO SUPPORT REPUBLIC
Aiti-Eepublican Church Members Acensed
of Being Respoisible for Trouble.
PRUDENT SUFFER FOR THE RECKLESS
Prelate Advises Frenchmen to Be Guided
by Christian Charity.
DELANESSAN DISCUSSES THE QUESTION
DUDLEY TLKS0F t"0DBLE IS BAIKASS
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Lord Meatman Tell. What
Think. Necessary for Pros
perity of Island.
Mr
Bays that Catholic (horrh Will Be
Stronger If More WI.ely Dl
reeled After Separation
la Accomplished.
ARI8, April 1. (Special Cablegram to
The Ic ) The archbishop of Algiers, Mgr,
Oury, publishes In the local Bemalne Re
llgleuse a. pastoral letter on the present
situation of the Catholic church In France.
From thin letter It appears that the arch
bishop, however concerned he may be as
to the futrre of religion In this country,
Is chiefly preoccupied by his righteous
wrath at those militant and antl-repulillcan
Catholics who, having diverted upon the
church the anger of the powers that be,
are the persons largely responsible for
the present crisis.
This crisis, he said, is by no means ac
cidental Certain recent Incidents may
have brought It to a head, but what, In
Archbishop Oury's opinion, is certain, is
that the "blind and fratricidal struggle"
In the French dioceses themselves, of which
((the real faithful had been the victims, Is
Vne of the great causes of the present
state of things.
"Let us discuss," he says textually,
"those who heedlessly adopt a religious
standard In. order to rush Into sorry politi
cal strife, for the politician Is the born
enemy of religion. Those of us who are
prudent and self-controlled are made re
sponsible for the outrageous and virulent
prose of certain sycophants without In
telligence, without talent, or authority
other than that which in their vanity
they arrogate to themselves. Among these
spokesmen of Catholicism there are some
violent people who are as harsh to their
brothers In arms as to their enemies."
Church'. Future Stataa.
Mgr. Oury urges Catholics to "disarm
suHplcion and hatred by their pacifla de
votion to social order." He says ex
pressly that to bring back from Rome "the
wish to see you (the French Catholics)
gentle, courageous and humble,'" a state
ment whleh mnv h reflmrfled as n faith
ful expression of the personal thought and
policy of the pope, and as such has Its
significance. The archbishop gives a test
case of what he means by Christian char
ity In the following striking passage: "Far
be it from us to accuse those who have
hitherto been entrusted with the destinies
of our country of propagating such errors
as materialism one of the statesmen who
had the greatest Influence upon democracy,
glorifying not so long ago In being a
spiritualist philosopher."
It Is pertinent to quote In this connec
tion the following passage from a recent
article M. de Lanessan In Steele: "The
Catholic church," he says, "will shortly
be separated from the state, as will the
other churches. By the loss of Its official
Character, Its preponderant situation, and
the prestige accruing to It from Its public
relations with the government,! it will cease
to be what It has always been namely,
a redoubtable and dreaded power. It will
henceforth be merely the representatlre or
ganism of a respected religion, which,
however, confined within the limits of Its
public worship, will have only such moral
authority as It will secure by Its con
duct. Upon this conduct will depend not
merely its prestige as a church, but also
Its very existence as a religion."
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ULtrilUALd WAN I LAnuC AnMT
Party In German Reich, tag Offers
Slight Amendment to the
Government's Bill.
BERLIN, April 1. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) The clerical party In the Reich
, sing has given notice of a motion In amend
ment of the new army bill with rraurd to
fc.w . ... ....
I me I "l"ecij luiirum; ill iiict BlirilBHI UI me
cavalry which was rejected at the first
reading of the, bill In committee. The cler
ical amendment proposes that the number
of squadrons may be Increased from COO to
610, provided that the Increase be effected
during the period from April 1, 1910, to the
end of the financial year 1912, Instead of
during the course of the next five financial
years beginning from April 1, 1906, as con
templated by the bill. The clerical party Is
willing to agree to the proposed Increase In
the other arms of the service by the end of
the financial year 190D. '
Doubtless under the Influence of the ap
prehensions recently expressed by the sec
retary of state for the Imperial treasury to
the effect that the year 1H would Inevitably
Inaugurate a period of economio depression,
the clericals have, moreover, decided to In
corporate a declaration to the effect that It
will not be possible to gauge the financial
consequences of the new army bill until the
estimates for the financial year 1907 have
been drawn up.
DUBLIN, April l.-(SpeC .ram to
The Bee) The preslden . rtoyal Col
lege of Physicians In In . entertained a
large company at dinner In the principal
hall of the college this week. The guests
Included the lord lieutenant end the lord
chancellor. The president. Dr. W. J.
Bmyly, proposed the toast of "His Excel
lency, the Lord Lieutenant." He referred
to the personal popularity In Ireland of
Lord and Lady Dudley and said that the
people of Ireland were deeply grateful to
his excellency for having twice at least
entertained royalty amongst them. He
was perfectly certain that the king went
from Ireland with a greater appreciation
of his Irlah subjects, and he also was per
fectly certain that they In Ireland, from
knowing more of the king, had become
more devoted to him.
The lord lieutenant, in acknowledging the
toast, said that he did not propose to dwell
on the personal aspect of It. It would be
Impossible for him at the present time to
speak of his position In Ireland without re
ferring to matters which had been made the
subject of much discussion within the last
few weeks. No doubt the time would come,
cither sooner or later, when he would have
an opportunity of speaking at length on
these matters. He assured them that he
looked forward to that time with no trepi
dation whatever, but that time was not yet.
He would pass, therefore, to the question
of the prosperity of Ireland. So far as
the material prosperity of the country gen
erlly was concerned, he believed that they
had no great cause for uneasiness. During
the last year crops had been generally
plentiful and the harvests good. Unfor
tunately, however, those parts of the west
of Ireland where the potato crops had
largely failed were far trom being In a
satisfactory condition. Although they
might feel assured that In the present in
stance, as In the past, relief In some form
or another would be found for these dis
tricts, yet ' with every recurrence of ex
periences of this kind the truth was
brought home more forcibly to their minds
that the conditions of life In certain areas
of Ireland were rudically wrong and that
unless some great change took place the
population of these areas would be always
liable to hunger and want. They had In
many districts a great number of people
living on farms of very small extent and
composed principally of very bad land. In
good years, aided by certain subsidiary
sources of Income, like fishing nnd weav
ing and the proceeds of migratory labor.
It was Just possible for the western peasant
to maintain himself and his family and to
pay the fixed charges on land. But the
struggle was always a severe one, and the
result was that the standard of riving was
necessarily very low lower, indeed, than
with any similar body of householders In
western Europe. When a bad year came
these people had no reserve to fall back
upon, and were driven at once Into a posi
tion of helplessness and dependence. It
was obvious that such a state of things
could not be allowed to go on, and no gov
ernment worthy of the name could shirk
Its responsibility In this matter. Tem
porary relief was not sufficient; something
mure drastic, was required. If the condition
of the western peasant was to be per
manently benefited. The suggestion that
wholesale emigration was the only cure
need not be considered seriously. Fishing
and cottage Industry were valuable as
auxiliaries, but he did not believe that they
could ever be made the central means of
subsistence for any more than a mere
handful of the population. The great
majority of the people, in his opinion, must
always live upon the land and by the
lands. Their whole tendency and leanings
were toward agricultural life. The land
to these people was a fetish almost Incom
prehensible to many, and the- would never.
In his opinion, succeed In directing a popu
lation animated by these feelings from tha
object of their affections. Any remedy,
therefore, which was to be permanent and
effective must have agriculture as Its base,
and this Involved inevitably a redistribu
tion of the existing holdings. In other
words, they must seek to cure the chronic
poverty of the west by enlarging the hold
ings In the congested districts to an extent
which would return a profit In good years
over and above the ordinary necessities of
existence. They 'must obtain the 'space
necessary for the operation by migrating
numbers of families from the existing hold
ings In these districts to lands which wers
at present untenanted. He was quite
aware that this plan Involved considerable
difficulties, not only of a legislative and
administrative kind, but concerned also the
Idiosyncrasies of the people themselves.
Tact, patience and determination were great
weapons with which to overcome difficulties
In Ireland, and If these qualities were con
stantly applied to a solution of this most
Important problem, he saw no reason why
in a few years those responsible for the
government of Ireland should not be able
to effect a very marked Improvement. Sue-
cess would depend largely on the extent to
which all parties concerned In the question
were prepared to co-operate.
nt;lish Speaker Talks of Conditions in
Realm of the Saltan.
TURKISH OFFICIALS ARE TO BLAME
Lack Both Will and Fower to Carry 0u
jYany .Reforms.
BULGARIANS SAID 10 BE UP IN ARMS
Practical Civil Var Eaid to Ixist in
the Mountains,
GREEKS ACCUSED OF BEING AGGRESSORS
Macedonian Committee Stands In Way
of Any Permanent Suppression of
Hostile Demonstiattona by
Turkish Government.
LONDON, April 1. -(Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) H. N. Brailsford, who Is a
personal friend of Lord Lansdowne, said
this week:
Lord Percy wss right In ascribing the
slow progress of the Muiaaieg reform
scheme to the action of tne Macedonian
committee, i spent the winter of 1K03-4 in
Macedonia, but my experience suggested
another conclusion. Tne reform scheme
has failed partly because It gave tne
European ohicials no executive authority,
partly because the Turumn bureaucracy
lacks both the will and the ability o gov
ern In accordance with civilized lduaK
and partly because some of tne powers
or thtir agents are lukewarm. L'p until
November, lor example, and possibly later,
the Italian gendarmerie officer at uchrlda
had not even engaged an interpreter,
wn.ch means that he has not begun his
work.
No doubt the Bulgarians by conducting
a. sort ot civil war with the Greeks are
partly to blame tor the present anarchy.
Hut Bulgarians and Greens are after all
Turkish subjects, and if the Turks are
unable to keep the peace between them,
they are incupuble 01 tne hrst duty of a
government, in point of fact their policy
is to prevent such leuda by sucn provoca
tive uevlses as the handing over ot Bul
garian churches to the Greek party. This
teud, no douot, dates from the middle
ages, but the particularly violent reoru
ueocence of It uurlng last year has been
peculiarly the work of the Greens.
They cliose the very moment ot the ar
rival of the European gendarmerie onlcers
to enlist tor the nrst time a number of
guerilla bands, whose wiiule duty It was
10 harry the Bulgarians.
Plan of (snipuliia.
I happened to meet the organizer of this
campuign and he explalnea his progress
thus: Where the Bulgarians nave mur
oered one Greek in tne pant, we will Kill
ten Bulgarians now."
The iiUigariana nave no choice but to
detend tlieinselves against this Greek com
mittee. As to the lerrcrism of tne Bul
garian committee, one has to remember
mat It Is a democratic organization, gov
erned by an elected congress and elected
leaders. Tne Macedonian peasants, as a
whole, are willing to pay a price for
their further treeuom. Liie is cneap and
liberty noneximunt in European Turkey,
ana little additional violence Is readily
endured tor tne sane of so great an issue.
1 was surprised, alter an insurrection that
nad fallen, to hear In tne devastated Bul
garian villages so little recrimination,
against their leader. the men in Oy
ngnting line, wno numbered haroly move
loan ,u00, were volunuers. It Is true th.it
the mass of the peasants were compelled
by the committee to auanuou ineir villages
when tne rising broke out. It was tne
In tne circumstances a wise decision, tor
It prevented wholesale massacres. There
vrlll be no peace until tne committee cease.
to exist. But the Turke are quite incapable
of Hupprejklng It. v nen a genuine Euro
pean control 18 esiannsneu, mere win
be no need to suppress it. It will dis
bandfor the real European control is
precisely the thing In demand.- ;
Position Taken by Turkey.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 1. tSpeclal
Cablegram to The Bee.) The scheme for
the reform of the nances of the three
vlllayets which the Turks had brought for
ward as the alternative to the Austro
Russlan proposals has now no longer any
chance of being adopted. The Idea was
to Increase the customs duties and earmark
the money thus provided for the regular
payment ot official salaries and other ad
ministrative expense,. Most of the pow
ers have already consented to tne principle
of an increase In the duties, but on
conditions which the Porte Is not likely
to accept, and It Is now known that the
British government demand as the price
of their consent, among other things, a
thorough reform of the customs admin
istration. In order to put an end to the
abuses which now prevail. Sooner than
consent to this condition and other condi
tions made by the powers the Turks, It
Is believed, will let their plan drop.
Then Is, however, no likelihood that they
will accept the Austro-Russlan scheme in
its present shade, which Is distasteful to
several other governments as well as to
the porte. It is stated on excellent au
thority that at least one of the great
powers, while willing to admit European
control, strongly objects to Austro-Rus-sian
control of the finances of the three
vlllayets as a violation of the Btatus quo,
which the two powers pledged themselves
not to disturb.
FURTHER PLANS OF LIBERALS
Mr. Aekwltb. Charges Conservatives
with a Lack of Political
Straight forwardness.
LONDON, April 1. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee) Outlining some points of the
liberal program this week, Mr. Asqulth
said:
It la the greatest delusion to Imagine that
the liberal policy consists only of negation
and defense. We are not satisfied with a
policy of folded arms. We want to dual
wl'h live question, as they arrive.
Tha education act of li2 cannot he re
garded as a settlement. in ere can be no
final settlement of this question which does
nut give the people absolute, undisputed
Slid unequivocal control of every school
which Is maintained at the public expense
and which des not purge our educational
system of any form of religious or de
nominational test for .teachers.
The licensing set must In- revised. There
must be a time limit. Liberals must ex
ert themselves to .xcure from th. trude an
adequate contribution to the state In re
turn for the privilege which the state has
conferred upon It. Then, too, the relation
of land to taxation, the housing of the
working clause, and the proper way of
doling with locomotion must all lw con
sidered. The dominant vice of the present govern
ment I. its lack of political straightfor
ward n... l nii their sttltud on the
fiscal qut.tlon. The only safe position for
an elector at the general election I. to re
member that ever vote recorded for a sup
porter of the proent govtunui.nl Is a vols
tfaluM ( trade.
WORKING ON AN ARMY BILL
Anticipating Return to Power Brltl.h
Liberal. Are Maklug Plana
for Change.
IX5NDON, April 1. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) A scheme for the reorganisation
of the army la being devised by a section
of the front opposition bench. The activity
Is due to the supposed approach of a liberal
administration.
There is no doubt that the opposition lead
ers have given much attention to military
affair, and various processes have been re
viewed for replacing Mr. Arnold-Forster's
scheme by one of their own. It Is felt to be
the obvious duty of those who have criti
cised the failure of the War office and the
Salisbury-Balfour regiments to be ready
with a sheaf of reforms when they come
Into office.
After a careful consideration of various
plans a decision has been arrived' at In
favor of a return to the Cardwell scheme.
The two main principles or this scheme. It
will be remembered, are short service and
linked battalions. But more remains and
the proposal la to draw up a plan which
will meet modern requirements, as well as
deal with the prejudices against the Brcd-rlck-Forster
reforms.
Of the occupants of the front opposition
bench Sir Henry is the only one possessing
front rank knowledge of the War office.
He Is the only ex-secretary of state for war
left to the liberal party, and there Is a
strong desire to secure his ro-operatlon In
the scheme for the return of Cardwelllsm.
U may be assumed, therefore, that he has
been consulted by his colleagues with re
gard to army reform under a liberal ad
ministration An Interesting feature of the proposals
Is the private support with which they have
met from members of the army eounoll.
Tha ad heat on of on of its member. In
particular, if his name mere asad public,
would exeats a sensation.
BRITISH TRADE IS IN DANGER
Australian Newspaper Bays Other
European Powers Are Dis
tancing the Mother Country.
SYDNEY, April L (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) The Herald says: It Is con
stantly a matter of wonder to Australians
that England falls to realise the extent to
which European powers are aggrandizing
themselves In the south Pacific. This is not
only bad for British trade, but means that
when the Panama canal Is opened these
powers, notably France and Germany, will
have control of a great trade route, and
will also possess naval bases in the mag
nificent harbors of the Islands.
Australian shipping men declare that
through the Norddeutscher Lloyd line Ger
many Is systematically strengthening Its
position in the Northern Pacific In the
neighborhood of Hong Kong and Singapore
in the same manner as in the southern
islands. The result is that much misgiving
is felt In Australia, and this feeling is by
no means diminished by tha apparent
apathy ot th imperial government.
.Member of Parliament Assigns Rea
son for Removal of Troops
from Canada,
LONDON, April 1. (Special CablegTnm to
The Bee.) Mr. John C. R. Colomb. M. P..
in an Interview this week said: "Judge
Bole, writing to a London paper from Brit
ish Columbia, calls attention to the result
to be apprehended from the action of the
imperial authorities In closing and practi
cally abandoning the forts of Esqulmault
and Halifax, coupled with the withdrawal
of the royal navy from Canadian waters.
These results he shortly describes as 'an
other bucket of cold water soused upon
Canadian loyalty.'
"The distribution of our sea and land
forces and our expenditure upon them must
be determined by the strategical necessities
of our rmpire as a whole and the taxable
capacity of that portion of It, the Mother
country, on which the whole burden now
falls, and to which the Canadian people,
and all other colonial peoples, are so pas
sionately attached. As Judge Bole opens
his case with a declaration that with the
'strategical aspect of the matter' he Is not
seriously concerned," he seems to me to put
himself out of that court to which, through
his letter, he appeals, namely, common
sense.
"By the same post which brought Judge
Bole's letter from Canada I received a
newspaper from Tasmania the Examiner,
and In It the leading article deals with the
proceedings at the deputation to the prl-5
minister under the auspices of the imperial
federation defense committee. The article
Is headed The Colonies and the Navy,' andj
strongly supports the views of the deputa
tion; after observing that 'the British navy
Is as essential to Australia, to South Africa
and to Canada as It is to the United King
dom,' it concludes Its review of the Situa
tion and the colonies in relation to the de
fense of the empire In these words:
We are content meanly content to let
our kinsmen pay the cost of defending our
commerce. The situation Is humiliating. It
Is destructive of that manly spirit which
has beijt a characteristic of the race, and
the weak, selfish manner In which we lean
on the good offices of our kinsmen Is neither
creditable nor honorable.
"Tasmania does contribute to the cost of
the royal navy, while Canada does not give
a brass farthing."
IRISH USE DILATORY TACTICS
Try to Make Dublin Postmaster Sorry
He Will Not Recognise
Gallic Language.
DUBLIN, April 1. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Since the Dublin general post
office refused to accept a large number of
parcels addressed In the Irish language,
the Gaelic league has retaliated with a
vigorous policy of obstruction. On Wednes
day evening this week, during the last
hour before the departure of the mails for
England, about 800 persons presented par
cels addressed In Irish. The parcels were
accepted as fast as they could be handled
by a special translator, but as a receipt
had to ba given In every case, thers was
great delay and confusion. The general
public suffered severely and parcer.s from
the. commercial houses, in flu clt1 were
completely blocked. Thursday night the
postolflce refused to accept the Gaelic par
cels at the parcel office, and directed that
they could only be accepted if posted as
letters. This did not improve matters, as
every one of the 200 or 300 persons went
through the form of tendering a parcel.
When these were declined the propagan
dists flocked to the stamp counter, demand
ing penny stamps In the Irish language,
and sometimes tendering sovereigns in pay
ment. Meanwhile the ordinary business
of both offices was seriously retarded. The
Gaelic league declares that the fight will
go on "until the authorities come to a
sense of their duty." In the Interest of
public business some sort of modus vlvendl
Is highly desirable. Previous skirmishes
of the same kind at country postoffices
usually have ended in the unconditional
surrender of the authorities.
MAY CEDE SAKHALIN
IRISH PRESS ON ROSEBERY
Says Ills Repudiation of Horn Rale
Comes at the Rlgbt
Time.
DUBLIN, April l.-(8peclal Cablegram to
Th Bee.) The nationalist press declares
Itself pleased at th clearness of Lord Rose
bery's repudiation of home rule. It says
that Lord Ro.ebery was never a genuine
horn ruler, and that an open enemy la bat
ter than a false friend. "Mr. Chamberlain
himself," says the Dublin Telegraph, "has
not been guilty of a more shameless be
trayal than has th man to whom It was
at ona time thought tha Gladstoulan heri
tage of Justice for Ireland bad been worth
ily transmitted."
NEW LAW FOR DUTCH SCHOOLS
Private lnlver.lt le. Are Granted
Privilege. Now Enjoyed Only
by State Institution.
BRUSSELS, April 1. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) The Dutch Second Chamber
has voted the bill extending to private uni
versities the same privileges as those ac
corded o state institutions. It will be re
membered that the liberals In the First
Chamber opposed the measure on the
ground that it fostered sectarian teaching
In higher grade schools, and Dr. Kuyper
met this resistance by dissolving the up
per house, Where he now commands a
majority. The bill will, therefore, become
law.
Baron von Lynden's resignation of the
portfolio of foreign affairs was due partly
to motives of health, but chiefly to differ
ences with his colleague, M. von Weckher,
formerly Dutch minister at Constantinople,
who was recently charged with the direc
tion of Dutch policy in the far east. It is
probable that the minister of marine will
continue to administer th foreign de
partment till the June elections, which
must decide whether the present ministry
will remain In power.
Latest Peaoe Report Indicates that Russia
May Recede from First Position.
TALK OF OTHER CONCESSIONS
Csar Willing to Abandon Claims Upon
Manohuria and Corea.
RAILROAD IN LIEU OF INDEMNITY
Japan to Be Offered Eastern Chinese Line
or lis Cah Equivalent.
REPORT FROM JAPAMtSE HEADQUARTERS
Skirmishing Reported at Points
Thirty to Forty Miles Abet Tie
Pass Bandits Aid th .
Russians.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 1. (3:J5 p. m.)
According to the peace reports circulated on
th bourse today Russia will cede the south
ern portion of the island of Sakhalin, In the
north Pacific, off the east coast of Asia,
used as a Russian convict settlement, to
Japan and agree that Manchuria and Corea
are permanently outside a Russian sphere
of Influence and the Eastern Chinese rail
road will be turned over to Japan for ces
sion to China or to an internal syndicate
upon a consideration of $126,0uO,0OO. which
Japan will accept In lieu of Indemnity.
Stock Market Improve.
1:30 p. m. Prices on the Bourse today
developed great strength on peace reports,
all stocks showing an Improvement. Im
perial Russian 4s opened a point and a
half higher and closed at 85, the highest
quotation of the day. The new Internal
loan, subscriptions for which were posted
today, sold at a premium of to H point.
Russian Shlpa Sighted
ISLAND OF PERIM. Straits of Bab-El-Mandeb.
April 1. The British steamer
Promethls, which arrived here today from
the north, reports having passed March 80
a Russian squadron of five warships, four
transports and a hospital ship.
The Russian hospital ship Kostroma,
bound for Jlbutll, French Somaliland, ar
rived here today and Is taking on coal and
wa tr.
Th vessels sighted by the Promethls were
probably a division of the second Pacific
squadron, commanded by Admiral Nebog
atoff. From Japanese Headquarters.
TOKIO, April 1. The following report
has been received from the headquarters of
the Japanese armies In the field:
Our force In the direction of Slngklng
(about eighty miles east of Mukden) re
ports thut, according to information re
ceived from natives, a force of Russians
and mounted bandits under Colonel Mado
II toff, which has been assembling at Hal
lung, has retreated to the north. Accord
ing to other natives Kirln seems to be the
place selected by the enemy for assembling.
Our force at Welhuanpomen (thirty-five
miles northeast of Tie Pass) reports thHt
there ha been no changd In the enemy's
positions In the vicinity of Menhtiaehloh.
There are some Russian infantry and cav
alry about thirty-two miles northeast of
Kalyuun (twenty-five miles from Tie Pass).
Our force at Changtu (forty miles above
Tie Pass) reports that the enemy's cav
alry outposts retreated' twenty-five miles
north of Changtu after burning the railroad
station at Souzaotzu.
Our force at Fakoman (thirty miles
north of Tie Pass) reports that cavalry
outposts of the enemy have been observed
thirty miles northeast of that place and
that mixed forces of the enemy occupy
Fenghau (flfty-flv miles northeast of
Fakoman), Pamiencheng (about fifteen
miles west of Fenghau) and their vicini
ties. Japanese Cavalry Aetlve.
OUNSHU PASS, April 1. All Is quiet.
A heavy curtain of Japanese cavalry ef
fectually conceals the Japanese move
ments and strength from the Russian posi
tions. Contradictory reports are being re
ceived from Chinese fugitives, most f
which Indicate that there is a constant
movement of the Japanese northeast as
though with the intention of effecting a
turning movement at Kirln to cover the
beginning of an attack on Vladivostok.
Chinese report that the construction of
a railroad from Slnmintin to Mukden has
begun.
Snow has fallen and the roads are soft
ening Into mud and are in wretched con
dition. Fear Turning Movement.
HARBIN, April 1, Business is paralyzed
and a general lack of confidence Is shown.
A majority of the female population Is
leaving Harbin.
It Is believed that the Japanese are pre
paring a bold turning movement, prob
ably to the eastward, and the Russla.i
cavalry Is operating widely In order to
avoid a repetition of the surprise at Mukden.
MAIL SERVICE IS NOW POOR
Merchants of Sydney De.lre Inrreaae
In Pay Offered by th
Government.
SYDNEY. April l.-(Speclal Cablegram to
The Bee) Great Inconvenience has been
caused through the curtailment of th
English mails. A representative deputa
tion of the mercantile community ot this
city interviewed Mr. Reld, the federal pre
mier, this week and urged that the weekly
service should be restored at any price.
They declared that apart from the loss of
Australian prestige, the position was caus
ing Incalculable loss financially. Mr. Reld
suggested that In that case it would pay
the mercantile community to make up tho
difference between 100,000, the maximum
the government was willing to pay for the
conveyance of tho malls, and 4140,000, th
urn asked by the Orient line.
The premier sdded that even If the gov
ernment wer inclined to pay th Orient
company's price. Parliament would refus
to ratify th agreement.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for Nebraska Showers Sua
dnvi Colder lu F.a.t Portion. Mon
day Fair In West, Shower In Ka.t
Portion.
N K W a SECTION
1 Prelnte Takes Hand In alra.
Tronhle Brewing In Bnlknns.
Russia Milling to Give Territory,
t.eatslatlve Session Is Ended.
3 Sheep In.pertora May Be Retained.
3 Newa from All Tsirt. of Nebraska.
Man Shoot. Wife While In Church.
4 View, of Biennial Election Bill.
Affair, at South Omnhn.
ft tfter the Sleeping Car Companies.
Gladden Mnken neply to Rogers.
8 Eehoe. of the Ante-Room.
Woman In Club rnil Charity.
T Affairs at Snnth Omaha. '
After the Sleeping Car Companies.
8 Affairs of the F.iml table Alrexl.
Bryan Talks to Iowa Democrats,
ft White Sox Wallop the Ronrkes.
Bomb Injures Russian Officials.
10 Pa.t Week In Omaha Society.
11 Council Bluffa and Iowa Newa.
EDITORIAL SECTION
13 Down Town Bent. In Omnba.
Implement, of Tiger to Be Burned.
Coplea of New Charter Received.
14 Editorial.
15 Newa from the Army Posta.
19 Financial and Commercial.
SO Soft Coal Ratea for the Summer.
HALF-TONE SECTION
1 Portrait of Missouri's Senator.
Progress In the Electrical Field.
Stories Abont Prominent People.
. New Assistant Federal Attorney.
Discussion of Rare Sulelde.
3 Plays, Players and Playhou.e..
Mn.le and the Musicians.
3 "Return of Sherlork Holme.."
4 Specimens of Omaha's Fire Horses.
Stories for the little People.
B Carpenter on the Panama Canal.
Plans for Irrigation In Nebraska.
6 In the Domain of Woman.
7 Sporting Gossip of the Week.
COLOR SECTION
1 Bn.ter Brown at the Zoo.
3 Hans Christian Andersen.'
From Near and Far.
8 Only Trn.t that la Not Afraid.
4 Wives aa Good Investments.
Dahomey Amasons Play Base Ball.
B Widows Have the Best of It.
Prlneess Weds for Love Alone.
O Married Actre.se. Shun Stage.
7 Top o' the Mornln'.
8 I.ney and Sophie Say Good-Bye.
Maklnbrnke. In Trouble Again.
8 Ilnrraelaugh. A Crockett Story.
Hlnta for Bn.y Housekeeper..
lO Bevy of Stage Beauty.
Temperature at Omaha Yeaterdayi
Hour. Deg. Hour. . Deg.
B a. m 47 1 p. in 75
a. m 44 2 p. in 70
7 a. in BO 3 p. m 78
8 a. m r:i 4 p. m 78
ft m B3 B p. m 78
1 m Ofl l p. m 77
It a. m tilt 7 p. m .72
12 ni 73
RAIN AND SNOW IN COLORADO
Telegraph and Telephone Wire. Art
Down and Tralna Ar
Delayed.
DENVER, April l.-A severe rain and
snowstorm prevailed throughout Colorado
today and tonight. No serious washouts
nre reported by the railroads, but all
trains are behind time. The telegraph and
telephone wires suffered most and com
munication by wire is completely cut off
with many towns tonight
In Denver there was a steady rainfall
all day and tonight snow, mixed with
sleet, is falling.
In the mountains the snowfall Is heavy.
At Cripple Creek electric cars were Inter
fered with and surface mining practically
fctopped.
At Castle Rock, forty miles south of
Denver, sixteen inches of snow has fallen
and It is feared cattle on the range will
suffer.
At Sllverton and Telluride snow slides
are reported with $10,000 damage; no lives
were lost.
Canon City reports a fall of two feet
of snow in the mountains and many other
places report nearly as much.
On the plains east of Denver a steady
rainfall is reported, Insuring plenty of
water for late Irrigation.
PURAY, Colo., April ,1.-Three persons
were burled by a snowsllde which carried
away the boardlntr house nnri hnnv hnu.
j of the Banker s National mine tonight. It
j Is supposed they have perished.
CHINESE! HONOR MINISTER CONGER
Emperor Confers on Him tho Order
of the Double Dragon.
PEKING, April 1. Edwin Conger, Amer
ican minister to China, who has been ap
pointed ambassador to Mexico, and will be
succeeded by W. W. Rockhlll, chief of the
bureau of American republics, was re
ceived In farewell audience today by the
emperor and the dowager empress and was
decorated with the flr.t grade of the third
class of the Order of the Double Dragon
and was the recipient of Imperial gifts.
As Mr. Conger has for some time been
the desa of the diplomatic corps and owing
to the fact that h went through the siege
of the legations here by the Boxers in
1900, his departure Is invested with peculiar
interest.
At a private dinner given at the German
legation tonight there was a most cordial
I exchange of expressions of personal esteem
by Mr. Conger and Baron Mumm von
Schwarcensteln, th German minister.
CHICAGO CAMPAIGN CLOSES
Supporters of Both Harlan and Dunne
Confident of Victory at
the Polls.
SESSION SOW ENDED
Last Hours of the Nebraska Legislature
Are Feasefnl Ones.
NIGHT BEFORE NOT SO COMMONPLACE
Several Members Take Opportunity to Gi
Fress Roast.
MAJORITY OF MEMBERS NOT OF THAT MIND
Total of Appropriations Greater Than tha
Estimated Revenue.
PASS ONLY FEW MEASURES OF IMPORTANCE
Cady Commission, Junkln Antl-Trn.
and 1 Mill Tax I .err for Stata
Debt the Most NotabI
' Measures.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. April 1. (Special.) -The twenty-ninth
session of the Nebraska legisla
ture adjourned sine die today the sixty
fifth for the house and sixty-fourth for th
senate. Merely a handful of members wer
present in each house to witness th finish.
The house did Its last actual work during
the forenoon, concurring In senate amend
ments to the claims and deficiency bills,
and the senate completed 1U deliberations
about the same time by the passage of Its
last bill, 11. R. 101, appropriating $11.0(0
for Nebraska's participation In the Port
land Lewis and Clark exposition. Each
house was compelled to delay Anal ad
journment until all the bills were en
rolled. The end came without ceremony or os
tentation, as comes the close of a natural
day when the sun winks out its sleepy ex
istence and hides for the night behind tha
horizon. The night previous the house ob
served the customary period of felicity and
fun, adding this time, however, a highly
delectable feature in the form of a pre
meditated castigatlon of ths press of th
state which at times had dared comment
unfavorably upon the deliberations ot th
session. This program, however, did not
please or represent the sentiments of th
sanest and most conservative members.
Representatives Perry, McMullen and
Windham of whom took occasion to place
themselves on record as opposed to such
strictures.
All. the speakers at this festive season
voiced their assurances that "this has been
the best session In my memory." They all
felt that when viewed from the retrospec
tive the record of this session would loom
up with great credit upon the members
and the state and serve as a denial of th
criticisms that had been mode against It.
Totnl of Appropriations.
The aggregate appropriations, general and
special fund, and the $200,000 authorised in
bonds for the binding twin plant which
this legislature mad, com to $3,887,841.
This does not Include th temporary school
fund distribution. The estimated receipts
for this fund for the ensuing blennlura are
$1,234,173.24. Of this total $3,463,341 la ap
propriated against the general fund. This,
of course, does not Include the bond prop
osition. The total appropriations in 1903
wore $3,740,280.70, of which $2,866,348.70 was
against the general fund. The special ap
propriations are $170,000 for the Morrill
agricultural, educational and university
fund and $4,500 for the State Normal school
library.
Deducting the aggregate of temporary
university and other special funds th lia
bility for the blenntum may be obtained on
an estimated basis and that less the esti
mated gei.eral fund receipts, $2,819,244.71,
I will give a net Increase In the state debt.
whicn is now $2,2&o,ooo.
Following are the nineteen general fund
appropriation bills, some of which are not
yet signed by the governor, but non of
which. It Is thought, save possibly, tha
anti-trust enforcement bill, he will fail to
approve:
No. 250 Salary bill $1,138,760.00
No. 347 General appropriation. .. 1,816,547 00
No. 9 Substation and Farmers
Institute 82,000.00
No. 20 Rebuilding west wing of
Norfolk asylum 35.000 00
No. 63 Salary of members 80,000.00
No, 65 Legislative expenses 20,000.00
No. 62 state fair building lnoonm
No. 101 Portland exposition 12.000.00
No. 102 State fisheries 3,000 00
No. 110 Enforcing of anti-trust
bill mnmm
no. lw irrigation woric
No. l3o Library building at Peru.
No. 2X9 Addition building for In
stitute for Feeble Minded
No. 3fi2 Deficiency bill
No. 881 Claims bill
No. 413 Sliver service, battleship
Nebraska
No. 2S6 Hospital for crippled chil
dren 10.000.00
No. 197 State treasurer's bond....i 6,000.00
PILGRIMS TO HONOR EVANS
American Consul General , to Be
Guest of Society at a
Dinner.
LONDON. April 1 (Special Cablegram to
The Bee The Pilgrims itje to give a fare
well dinner to Hon. H. Clay Evans, Ameri
can consul g.neral, before he leaves lx)n
don. Th dinner will be held at the Savoy
April 14.
Mr. Evans, who has don everything to
promote cordiality btwen th two na
tions, has mad a host of friends over her.
Japan Prlnc Goes to Germany.
TOKIO, April 1. The Prince and Princess
Arisugawa and suit departed for Ger
many today, and the prlnc expresses the
hop that their visit will increase ths
growing feeling of confidence and respect
betw.n tha two countries.
American Attaches Change.
TOKIO, April 1. Lieutenant Frank Mar
ble, formerly secretary of the general
board of th navy at Washington, has
relieved Lieutenant Glllla ss American at
tach at th American legation In this
city.
Russia to Make Iaternal Loan.
LONDON, April 1. A dispatch to a news
sgency from St. Petersburg says that an
other Interns! loan of $100,000,000 will shortly
be lssv.ud.
President of Ecuador Married.
GUAYAQUIL, April 1. President PUsa
was married today to Miss Avrllna Lasso,
daughter of the Siqlsh consul at Quito.
lee Breaks In Neva.
BT. PETERSBURG, April l.-Th lc is
breaking up In th Neva.
CHICAGO, April l.-Chicago's biennial
mayorality and aldermanlc campaign closed
tonight with many meetings in all wards
of the city and a large democratic mass
meeting In the Auditorium theater. John
Maynard Harlan, son of Justice Harlan of
the supreme court, republican candidate,
and Judge Edward F. Dunne of the Cook
county circuit court, democratic nominee,
will receive most of the 300,000 or more
votes to be cast on Tuesday for Mayor of
Chicago, although It Is thought that social
ists and prohibitionists will cast several
thousand votes. Managers of the demo
cratlc party assert that Judge Dunne will
have from fjO.OoO to 75.0OO Dluralltv whii.
publican leaders maintain that Harlan will
be elected mayor by a margin of 20,000.
SHERMAN M. BELL GOES OUT
Captain Bulkeley Wells Appointed
Adjutant General of Colorado
by Governor McDonald.
DENVER, Colo., April 1 Governor Mc
Donald today appointed Captain Bulkeley
Wells adjutant general of the Colorado
National Guard to succeed General Sher
man M. Bell. Captain Wells was military
oommander In Telluride while martial law
was In force under Governor Peabody's
administration-
Movements of Ocean Vessels April 1.
At New York Arrived: Prlniesaln Vic
torla Lulse, from Havana: Sicilian Prince,
from Naples; St. Paul, from Southampton,
Ballad: flttl Dl Rlggo, for Naples: Phlla
delpMa, for Southampton; Krnoniand, fcr
Antwerp; Etrurla, for Liverpool; Glulla,
for Naples; Pretoria, for Hamburg; Wei
mar, for Genoa.
At Naples Arrived: Nord America, from
New York; Neapolitan Prince, from New
York
At Uverpool Arrived: Cedrlc, from New
York; 1. omnia, from New York.
At Southampton Arrived: St. Louis, from
New York.
At Rotterdam Arrived: Noordam, from
New York, via Boulogne. Sailed: Put.
dam, for New York
At f'herbourg-Sttlled; New York, ful
New York.
At Dover Sailed: Finland, for New
York.
At Breinen-B.-illed: Rheln, for New York.
At (ilasgow Sailed : Astoria, for New
York.
AA Londuu-Sailed; Qeorglan, for Boston.
6.000.00
82,000.00
25,000.00
fl7.982.03
37,051.99
1,000.00
No. 849 Discovery of oil 26.0u0.00
Total $3,468,841.00
Number and Kind of Bills.
Just 804 bills were Introduced within th
forty days fcr the introduction of bills
In house and senate. The governor sent
up a couple in each house afterwards.
Two years ago the total, exclusive of
two or three sent up by the governor,
was 893. In 1903 177 bills wer passed and
signed by the novernor. Th number, It
appears, will be quit that largs this
year.
Aside from the appropriation bills, th
Cady railroad commlnton and th Junkln
anti-trust bill and the Sheldon bill, provid
ing for a 1-mlli tax levy for the liquida
tion of the state debt, none of ths bills
are of special state-wide Importance. No
regular railroad rate legislation was ef
fected outside of the Cady commission bill;
no material changes we made In th
revenue law the bulk of bills were of
local character. Omaha cam in for it
share. It got Its charter and companion
bills, the voting machine bill and several
correcting certain alleged defect.s In th
present law governing Justice courts and
a few others. It failed', aa It always has,
to secure th passage or oven favorabl
consideration of a law to tax railroad
terminals for local purposes.
MEMBERS TURN LOOSE ON PRESS
Last Night of Session Given Over to
th Roasters.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April 1. (Special.) On of
tha most notable events of this legislature
one that should stand out In bold relief
against th background of Its record wa
the fusillade directed against th newspa
pers of the stat Friday night In th houa.
Business having been completed, the house,
pursuing the common custom, gav Itself
up to levity, and levity It was. Indeed, in
the striote.t sense of that term. A ham
mer and anvil chorus poured forth Its
spleen upon the "venomous pre-" of th
state, which in the fall of 190 ' will bs
compelled to go to the rescue and try to
defend and champion the. men and th
record they havo left In Lincoln. True,
ther wer tho.. present who falld to pr
olv th Justice of the onslaughts, but
