THE ALLIANCE HERALD T. J. O'Kecfe, Publisher. ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA. News in Brief John Mitchell will not tnko charge f tho strike In Colorado. Martin 15. Wood, who for thirty-five rears was loenl manager of tho Wol rn Union Telegraph company at Kan ms City, Mo., died of paralysis, aged lu years. Another rnlnlHterlnl crisis Ib Immi nent In Chile, nnd the present coall ton of partlos In tho cnhlnot wlllprob ibly give way to a new party, formed jf tho liberal element. Reports havo been received at To tlo from Plug Yang to tho efTcct that nhen tho JapnncBO scouts entered Wlju on Sunday last they found the town deserted by tho Russlnns. At Schenectady, N. Y., olght bun ked employes of the General Electric .'ompany struck because tho company refused to discharge a union man who had been fined for violation of a union rule. Major John I,. Rlttlnger, former con ml general to Montreal, Is seriously ill at a hospital In St. Joseph, Mo. Ho underwent a surgical operation a fow inva ni?iv which has left him in a greatly oxhausted condition. The secretary of war has directed hat permission bo granted to tho irmy Young Men's Christian associa tion to establish its work at tho vari ous posts of "the army in tho United States nnd In the Phlllpplno islands. JIurton II. Matloon, formerly stato icnator and ex-treasurer of tho Water. ;on Savings bank, pleaded guilty in Iho supremo court nt Wlnstod, Conn., to four charges of making false en tries in tho boohs of tho savings bank. Tho supreme court of Ohio hasr af firmed tho verdicts of tho Lucas coun ty court In tho cases of Albert and Hen Wade, brothers, who nro under sentence of death for tho murder of Knto Sullivan at Toledo several years ago. Already Alton H. Parker has 233 delegates to tho Now York stato con vention to select delegates to the na tional democratic convention. This Is a majority of tho stnt.o convention, which will be composed of 450 dele gates. In tho courso of the budget discus sion ' in Calcutta tho viceroy. Lord Cur.on of KcdlcBton, In nn effective speech, reviewed the last flvo years of Indian administration nnd declared It was his expross lntontlon to return to India. "Dr." Doyle's Zlon City Is profiting by tho strllco now going on in the big printing and publishing houses of Chi cago. The employers are sending tljelr bookbinding work to outside towns, and n groat quantity is going to 'Ann. Tho result of the voto In the vari ous Michigan locals of tho United Mint- Workers of America show that tho proposition of tho operators won out by a largo majority. Tho result Insures harmony In tho Michigan dis trict for two years. Senator Simons introduced a bill to creato a permanent commission to In vestigate tho sovcrnl executive dopart mentB of tho government. It provides for a commission of flvo persons, not more than thrco to bo membors of tho samo political party. Among tho many generous responses which aro coming to the Countess Cas slnl for tho fair to Do hold In Wash ington on May C, for tho benefit of tho Russian Hod Cross, were two checks which enmo from New York ono for $1,000 nnd tho other for $500 President Roosevelt nnd Representa tive Hull, chairman of tho military nf fairs committee of tho house, discuss ed a bill which provides a higher rank for army chaplains, In which tho pros Ident is interested. It is urged that sufficient provision is not mado in the present law for rewarding any army chaplains for meritorious services. A letter was received by Mayor Wells of St. Louis from Commander John Hubbard of tho gunboat Nash ville, now nt Pensacola; Fla saying that ho had been authorized to an nounco to tho authorities of St. Louis that tho navy department had decided to send a torppdo boat destroyer to St Louis under" escort of tho Nash ville. Tho warships will reach St. Louis nbout April 23. The president has pardoned .Leonard Alverson, Waltor Hoffman and Will iam Waderman, convicted In New Mex lco of postofilco'robbory, and sentenc ed to ton years' imprisonment, of which they havo served all lm nlno months. These pardons aro granted on the earnest recommendation of tho governor of New Moxlco, tho warden of the ponltcntlary and the district at torney and trial judge, because of tho unusually good conduct of tho prison ers. At San Francisco, George Darton surrendered himself to tho pollco. say ing that he was wantod in Lucas coun ty, Ohio, on a charge or onibozzlcinont of ?1,100 of tho county's funds. He was formorly county clerk and says he left Toledo on October 27, coming di rect to Snn Francisco. John P. White, president of tho Iowa Mlno Workers, and Charlos II. Morris, president of tho Iowa Operators' asso elation, havo called a second confer ence. The conference was asked for by tho minors and Is takan to moan that the strikers will submit and the strike bo settled soon. FIFTY YEARS OLD AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF NEBRASKA. THE STATE'SjScENTENNIAL The Committee In Charge Issues a Public Statement A Propel Ob servance of the Signing of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill In 1854. Tho committee ot citizens charged with tho work of arranging for tiio soml-centennlnl of Nebraska, May 31, havo issued tho following: To tho Peoplo of tho Stato of Ne braska: On May 30, 1851, tho presi dent of tho United StnteB approved yvhnt is known nB tho Kansas-Nebraska bill, tho most important legislative and executive action In tho history of tho country west of tho Missouri river ulnco tho Louisiana purchase was mado under tho direction of Thomas Jefferson. Tho fifty years that havo ulnco elapsed havo been prolific in groat events, but none arc more wor thy of noto than tho development that has como during tho half century to tho Trans-Missouri section of tho re public, nnd especially to tho states of Kansas and Nebraska. Tho undersigned, a committee of citizens, have been charged with tho duty of arranging for a seml-ccnten-ninl celebration of this event. Dy both fcdornl and Btate law tho 30th day of May of each year Is do voted to memorial observances of the gallant spirits who In their lives serv ed their country during tho great war of 18C1-C5. That day being thus de voted to holy purpose, it has been thought best to hold tho exercises properly incident to the seml-ccnten-nlnl on Tuesday, tho 3lBt day of May. Thus will como a proper recognition ot Memorial day, and jilso pf tho Im portant fact that tho stato of Nebras ka received aftor the great war a larger proportion of ex-soldiers than any other state in tho west, nnd these soldier-citizens havo added greatly to its development. Japanese Qoldlero Ready Tho Grand Army of tho Republic, which hns had direction of tho me morial observances, has boon In tho habit fqr years of detailing members of tho organization to address tho .scholars of all schools throughout tho state on the lnst school day prior to tho 30th day of May, and It haB re quested that on tho Sunday preceding that date, In nil tho churches of tno otato, tho clergy should make fitting roforonce to tho incidents of note proper to the day and Inculcate pat riotism and fitting sacrifice for tho republic. Tho eommltteo suggests to the Grand Army and to tho clergy that it would bo most fitting, In tho schools and in tho churches, to call attention to the fifty years of growth and pros perity that havo come, not only to tho United States, but especially to tho part of It in which our lot has been cast, and on Memorial day it certainly will bo appropriate that all who address tho peoplo, while- giving fitting tribute- to those who served the country and havo passed away, should mako like reference to tho progress that has been mado during the half cntury that will closo upon that day. On tho 31st day of May, in tho city of Omaha, there will bo proper ob servance of tho signing of tho Kansas-Nebraska bill by the president of tho United States. Tho detail of tho exercises will shortly bo published and tho city of Omaha invites all citi zens of tho stato to Join In this cele bration by local ceremonial If they wish, but proferably within tho limits ot the metropolis of the state. Tho committee takes pleasure in an nouncing that a son of Nebraska, who has achieved great distinction and prominence by reason of his ability and coquence Hon. Henry D. Estn brook, now of Now York will deliver tho oration of tho day befitting tho occasion. It is expected that other speakers of worth and prominenco will recount tho Interesting events of the fifty year3 that havo passed since the birthday of tho state of Nobraska. Military and civil parades will nlso be nu incident, and tho latchstring of Omaha will be out in hoarty welcom ing to all who wish to glorify the ovent of May 30, 1854. Guarantee Railroad Investments. WASHINGTON Sonator Louge re ported favorably from the senate com mittee onftio Philippines tho Lodge Cooper lilUtb amend tho Philippines civil government act by allowing the issuance" riT bonds for municipal Im provements and guaranteeing a 5 per cent Income- on tho cost of railroads. Senate Confirms Baxter. WASHINGTON The senate on Tuosday eonflrmod the nomination of Irving F. Baxter as United Statds at torney for the district of Nebraska. a X8t. I ( DIE IN A WRECK. Rosebud Sioux Killed In a Railroad Accident. CHICAGO Two passenger trnlns on tho Chicago & Northwestern railway collided between molroso park nnd May wood Thursday. According to reports received nt tho general superintendent's office In Chi cago tho wreck wan calmed by tho fog. Trains Nob. C and 10 woro in tho wreck. Tho trains which collided woro tho Oregon express nnd the fast mall on tho Chlcngo & Northwestorn railway. The express train was run Into by tho mall train. Doth trains were east bound. Physicians wore promptly hurried to the scono. As soon an possible tho Injured woro taken to Maywood and Chicago. All the victims of tho wreck wero Indians. ' Tho dead aro: Killed Head, skull crushed; Philip Irontatl, Jr., body crushed; Thomas Como Lnst bodv crushed. Tho Injured are: Ulg Chief Whltehorse, body crushed and legs broken, will die; Luther Standing Dear, crushed nbout body and head, will tile Annio Goosefacc, crush ed anout bodv will die; Mrs. Thomas Como Last, wife of one of tho killed, cut nbout head and shoulders; Tom mlo Como Iast, G years old, son of tho dead, head bumped and believed to have been made temporarily lnsano from fright; Sammy Lone Dear, head cut and body bruised; Abraham Good crow cut about head; Dlind Eagle, cut about head by flying glass; Llttlo Elk, head cut and bruised; Charge tho Enemy, head cut and body bruised.; Head Chief High Dear, at tho head ot the delegation of Sioux, severely crushed nbout the body; William Sit ting Dull, son of Chief Sitting Dull, 27 years old, seriously Injured. Tho -joach eontalmngi the Indlnnr was n light day car. It was com pletely wrecked. The rear end of tho coach ahead was also damaged. After the collision tiio passengers In tho other conches of the two trains hur- to Start for the Front rled to. the repcue, and after a hard ctrugglo pulled them from beneath tho wreckage. Chief Whltehorse, in chnrgo of tho Indians on tho train, was fatally in jured. Tho bodies of the Indians who had been killed outright woro laid on tho pralrlo besldo tho track( Chief Whltehorso boing carried with them. Ho said ho knew that death was near, and requested that ho be placed near his dead companions. Tho chief was propped up and sat stoically whilo physicians worked over his Injuries. He smoked a pipe qulotly and showed no signs of tho pain he must havo been suffering. Ono by one the other Injured Indians were slowly taken from tho splintered car an,l placed on tho ground near their dying chief and dead comrades. The physicians hurried from ono to another of tho Injured, administering to the wants of all, while arangements were, being mado to tako them to tho nearest hospital. Tho Indians wero from tho reserva tion near Rushvlllc, Neb., and their Journey east was primarily for show purposes In Europe. Persons who were on the train said that tho collision unquestionably was tho result of thy dense fog which stretched from Lake Michigan many miles westward. Egypt's Word Pleases Russia. ST. PETERSBURG Russia has re ceived satisfactory assurances from tho government of Egypt regarding tho passage of ships through tho Suez canal. The inquiries on tho subject woro prompted by reports that tho Egyptian government contemplated adopting measures, contrary to tho In ternational canal regulations, which might embarrass Russia In sending colliers and supply ships to tho far east, when tho naltic fleet sails for tho Pacific at the ond of Juio. More B?et-. Than Ever. GRAND ISLAND The factory of tho American Beet Sugar company has begun tho work of extracting jgar from the remaining syrups through tho Osmose process.' About forty men will bo employed for thirty days at this process. Annual Mormon Conference. SALT LAKE CITY Thanksgiving for tho prosperity and growth of tho church marked the socond day of tho annual conforonco of tho Mormon church In this city. "It must bo dis couraging to tho eaomlos of this peo ple," declared Apostlo A. O. Wood ruff, 'whore they look over tho past and see that all thoy havo done to crush this church has only tended to strengthen tho church and increase tho faith of tho saints. Tho clouds on tho horizon do not shake tho faith of tho saints." AS TO CONGRESS MAY BE READY TO ADJOURN BY THE 28TH OF APRIL. THE PROGRAM FROM NOW OH Work on Appropriation Bills Well in Hand Four Days' Discussion Look ed for on the Postoffice Appropria tion Measure. WASHINGTON April 28 has been discussed in committee rooms und nmoug senators and representatives as not at nil an Improbable date for tho termination of tho present session of congress. Tho pension appropriation bill has been received from the houso nnd reported from tho'seijnte eommlt teo with an amendment. Discussion of servico pension legislation, It Is be lieved, will bo exhausted before the bill Is placed on its pnssage, and tills measure, therefore, Is not considered n barrier to early adjournment. The army appropriation Is agreed upon except as to four amendments, which are In conference, and It is thought thero amendments will not re suit In much further discussion in either body of congress. Tho confer ence report of tho agricultural bill has been agreed to in the senate, but no action has been taken by the house. A second conference has been ordered on the fortification bill on tho senate amendments for tho purchase of a sub marine boat for instruction in coast defense nnd making nn appropriation for the completion for a certain typo of disappearing gun carlage. Roth the nnal and tho district appropriation bills aro in conference. Tho confer ence report on tho Indian appropria tion bill has been mado and is likely to cause debate for ono or two days. Four days' additional discussion is looked for on the postofllcc- appropria tion bill. The amendments that havo been adopted aro not of a character that will tie the bill up In conference for more than two or three days. It It expected that tho sundry civil bill will bo roported from tho senate com mittee on appropriations on Tuesday nnd tho mllltnry academy bill will bo ready by the timo tho sundry civil bill is passed. It is expected that the gen oral deficiency bill vlll bo reported to the house not later than Tuesday. No call has yet been Issued, but re publicans leaders of tho senate antici pate holding a meeting of the steering committee early next week to agree on a general program for tho remaining day of tho session. PROGRESS IN IRRIGATION. Unexpected Difficulties Tncountered in aome Localities. WASHINGTON The progress made In the Irrigation work of tho government is rovlewcd in a publica tion issued by the geological survey, which points out tho necessity of great caution and conservatism in the extension of tho reclamation work. It says that of tho irrigation pro jects favorabl; reported in 1903, which incluaei those on the Truckco river in Nevada, on the Salt river in Arizona, on tho "Milk river in Mon tana, on tho Sweetwater river in Wy oming nnd on tho Gunnison river In Colorado, the Nevada and Arizona projects havo been found feasiblo and construction of the engineering works along tho Truckco and Salt rivers lias progressed to a reasonable ex tent. Tho Montana project, however, has presented unexpected engineering dif ficulties ns well as complications re garding water rights so that prog ress Is slow. It has been found nec essary to modify the first plans In or der to achlovo early results. The Wyoming project, as at first outlined, has been found impractica ble. A better reservoir site than that on tho Sweetwater river, however, has been discovered on tho North Platte, so that a larger scheme of de velopment may be worked out thero In the future. Very great engineering difficulties are encountered in the accomplish ment of tho Colorado project. Tho amount of arid land thereby reclaim able Is less, too, than was antici pated. . Won't Open Sunday Again. ST. LOUIS, Mo. Sunday was tho last Sunday, at the World's fair grounds, as on April 15 the grounds will bo closed to all visitors until tho fair opens formally and there after will bo closed on Sunday. More than 25,000 persons took advantago of the fair weather and visited tho grounds Sunday. The private car of E. II. Harrlmnn of the Southern Pa r flc road was switched into tho fair grounds and remained all night, being occupied by President Harrlmnn and jus party. Woman Enrolled as a Cossack. ST. PETERSBURG. Tho war min istry has granted the potltlon of Mme. Pousch, daughter of Colonel Maxiow condorow, who desired to be enrolled in a Cossack roglment. The minis try has ordered her enrollment. Beet Sugar Made in 1903. NEW YORK Tho annual meeting of tho stockholders of tho American Beet Sugar company was hold Tues day in Jersey City. The old directors were elected with the exception that H. Rleman Duval was choson to suc ceed J. Archibald Murray. Tho re port of Prosldont Henry to Oxuard showed that during tho soaEon of 1903-04 tho company produced 81,053, 100 pounds of refinod sugar. The company owns factories In California, Colorado and Nobraska, and is capi talized at ?20,000,000. ALL IN WATERY GRAVES. Three Men Drowned While Returning from a Hunting Trip. ( OMAHA. J. W. Pctinell, W. M. Haskins and Smiley Baxter, all of Council Dluffs( were drowned in Lake Manawa Friday evening by the over turning of tho row boat In which they had spent the nftornoon hunt'ng. Thoy wore returning to the pnvlllon when their boat was caught in tho trough of the high waves, raised by tho terrific wind that swept across the lake. Tho drowning occurred a short dis tance ofT tho point of land opposlto tho pavilion. Robert Drown, who lives at Mannwa park and who saw the men In tho water, put off with n boat to their rescue. Ho found Pin noil nnd Daxter clinging to their over turned boat. Hnsktns had been swept away by tho waves. Drown found It Impossible to get either into tho boat without danger of swamping and be gan towing Pinnell to shore, Plnnoll clinging to tho stern of Brown's boat. About forty feet from the landing Pinnell, chilled by the icy waters, slipped from the boat and sank. He did not rise, and arter a short search Drown rowed back after Daxter. He, too, had disappeared. ON ACCOUNT OF COAL STRIKE. Iowa Railroads Are Laying Off Train men. DES MOINES, la. On account of the coal strike tho railways announc ed Tuesday that at least 500 men will bo laid off at once. Seventeen switch ing crews and nineteen full train crews running out of Dcs Moines and Valley Junction quit work Tuesday. Similar action by railways centering at Boone, Beele Plaine, Oskaloosa, Ot tumwa and Albia will mean the loss of work to about 1,000 men. Churches here are closed on account of the strike and the schools havo been closed for a week until coal can bo secured. Only one school room in tho city is open. -A call reconvening tho Joint confer ence at Des Moines in r fow days, at which n settlement is looked for, .will bo issued. LEADER OF YAQUIS IS KILLED. Captured and Promptly Executed When Identity is Discovered. IIERMOSILLO, Mex. Manuel Gua vc8l, who hns been lor five years at tho hoad o tho Yaqui rebels in So nora, and who in that time has in stigated many uprisings, first in ono section nnd then in another, is dead. Guavesi was discovered among the prisoners taken by Captain Darron In an engagement with a band of sav ages near Datamote nnd was immedi ately taken out and shot as Captain Darron was not prepared to tako any chances. His prisoners numbered al most ns manv men as those of his command. Guavesi met death bravely. Ho had expected to be executed when his identity was discovered. It was Gua vesi who was in command of tho Ya qui force which ambushed and almost annihilated a whole company of the Twemloth battalion near Zamroata in the rebellion of two years vjo. Both Captain Co so Gomez and Lieutenant Joso VallcJo were killed In tho am bush. Ind)ct3 Pueblo City Officials. PUEDLO, COLO. Eighteen Indict ments were returned by the grand Jury. Charles Walkder, alderman, is charged with bribery in one count, John L. Kirkland, street commissioner, Is Indicted on four counts, and ex City Clerk W. L. Smith has thirteen charges preferred against him. In tho charges against Klrtland larceny and false pretenses are alleged, and against Smith are charges of uttering false instruments. All three men were arested and furnished bond. Panama Wants Recognition. PANAMA. It hns been decreed by the government that all tho consular representatives of nations who havo not formally recognized tho republic of Panama will bo unable to continue official relations with the government until such recognition has taken place. Tibetans Attack English. LONDON. A dispatch received at tho Indian oilico says that General MacDonnld's infantry, whilo recon noltoring near Kalapango, encounter ed 300 Tibetans, who opened fire. Thero we-o no casualties. Appoints a Circassian General. ST. PETERSBURG. The army or gan announces the appointment of Major General , Prince Oroellnnl, a prominent Circassian nobleman, to the command of the Caucasian cav alry brigade. Scth Bullock Sees President. WASHINGTON. Captain Scth Bul lock, superintendent of tho Dlack Hills forest reserve, called on tho prosldont and later took luncheon with him at tho White house. John C. S. Harrison Dead. INDIANAPOLIS, hid. John Cloves Short Harrison, for many years a well known citizen of Indianapolis, strick en with paralysis Monday, April 4, died at Los Angelos, Cal. He was born at Vlncennos, Ind., May 7, 1829, the only child of Benjamin and Louisa Smith (Bonnor) Harrison and grand son of President William Henry Har rison. He was mado a government director of the Union Pacific railroad seven years under President Grant and ono year under President Hayes. A FIGHT AT SEA RUMORED ENGAGEMENT OF THE RESPECTIVE SQUADRONS. NOTHING OFFICIAL IS KNOWN Believed Japanese Fleet is Covering Arrangements for a New Landing British and American Newspaper Correspondents Held Up. PARIS Tho St. Petersburg corre spondent of The Echo de Paris says. that Admiral Makaroff went out from Port Arthur Saturday morning, a Jap anese squadron having been signalled as in tho oiling. It is rumored, tho eorrespondent says, that a sea light took place, but nothing concorning it is officially known. Looking for New Landing. LONDON A correspondent of the Times at Wei Hal Wei, cabling under Friday's date, says that the result of a week's crulso leads him to believe? that tho Japanese fleet Is engaged in covering nrrangoments for a new land ing of the troops recently mobilized. A close blockado of Port Arthur 1b not maintained, presumably because of Information regarding the state of tho channel. Certainly up to the pres ent no Japanese transports havo en tered the gulf of Pe Chi Li. Correspondents Held Up. SEOUL The steamer Sumino-o-Mnru called in nt Chemulpo to take on board 300 men belonging to tho First division. The newspaper corre spondents on board tho Suminoyo Maru wero not permitted to land and a correspondent who was fiero waiting to go forward with the Japanese troops was refused permission to embark on tho steamer. A dispatch from Toklo, dated April 1, said the first party of correspond ents, consisting of sixteen men, most ly British nnd Americans, had left Toklo that day for tho front, and that, they would sail from Mojl, Japan, ore April C for an unknown destination. While the departure of these news paper men from Mojl has not been re ported, possibly because of the Japan ese censorship, it is possible that the correspondents referred to in tho above dispatch aro those who wero to have left Mojl last Wednesday. Chemulpo is about a two days' run from Mojl. It has been sad also that corre spondents who attempted to go for ward contrary to tho wishes of the Japancso authorities would not be af forded tho facilities given to writers who waited until the authorities were ready to have them move. PROMISE JAPS WARM RECEPTION" Preparations to Circumvent Attempt to Bottle Up Port Arthur. PORT ARTHUR.. Preparations have been mado to glvo the Japanese a warm reception In case thoy again attempt to block tho harbor. Vice Admlral Togo was right in surmising: that Vice Admiral Makaroff Is respon sible for tho change in Russian tac tics and tho inspiration of Russian, seamen. A Signalman - named Aronkonso,. who, during tho bombardment of Vlad ivostok, remained nt a smnli signal station on Askold Island near the ene my's ships and wired Information of the movements of the enemy to tho fortress has been decorated with th6 cross of St. George. BANDIT'S SWEETHEART DEAD. Girl Who Refused the Hand of James Younger Expires in Oklahoma. ST. PAUL Word has been receiv ed in this city of the death in Okla homa of Miss Alice .1. Muller, a well' known newspaper writer and author Miss Muller was 29 years of age and' had suffered from consumption for some time. At the timo of the suicide of James Younger, tho former bandit, it was stated that one of the casuses leading to the act was his Inability to marry Miss Muller. She at one time con ducted a weekly paper In Los Ange les and was later on tho staff of a Salt Lake City newspaper. She was the author of several books. President Fires Hawaiian Judge. WASHINGTON John W. Kulua, United States judge of tho Second cir cuit of Honolulu, on Thursday was removed from ofilce by President Roosevelt. Recently an. Intimation was conveyed to Judge Kalua that on tho expiration of his term on July next he would not be reappointed. A few; days ago the judge practically sus pended tho work of his court by au journlng all pending criminal cases 1111111 Juno 6, tho day after the ex piration of his term of office. Hanna Memorial In Ohio. COLUMBUS, O. The joint logisla- tivo committee on the Hanna Memo rial day oxorcisos has announced April 20 as tho date for holding the exer cises. Senator Dick will dojiver tha momoriai oration. Discussing Negro Education. BALTIMORE. Md. Tho association of presidents of land grant colloges and principals of normal and indus trial schools met in this city on Tues day "and will continue In session for three dnys. This association is com posod of tho presidents and principals of various colored oducatlonal Insti tutions throughout tho country. Tues day's proceedings wore opened with addrossos by Prof. J. N. H. Waring and several others. President R. R. Wright of Georgia delivered his an- nual address. 1 , 1 '4 J