PUTS CITY IN PERIL i mr'i-i'v rYtwt
BIG SLA BATTLE
NEBRASKA NOTES
5HED8 FURTHER LIGHT ON THE
WHITE MOB APPLIE8 TORCH TO
MORMONS DISCIPLINED
WHq
Judge Paul Jcsson oponod tbo-
SENSATIONAL REPORT IN CIRCU
LATION AT LONDON.
MORMON HIERARCHY.
THE NEGRO QUARTER.
DISOBEY ITS WILL.
March term of court at PlattsmonthJ
TheOxnard ilotol at Norfolk has
WIFE of a polygamisi CHURCH ABOYfc ALL
SHIPS FIGHT IN THE OPEN
RUSSIA'S VLADIVOSTOK 80UAD
RON ENGAGED.
No fticiil Kcporl Ureal vpd tit. Toklu,
Hut Attnck AdmllMil to Unvc
Ru TluoU ,Ttijinn
LONDON. Tho dally telegraph
llils morning publishes a dispatch
from Toklo, dated March 7, and say
ing :
"It is repotted that the Japanese
fleet engaged the Rns!an Vladi
vostok squadron at sea yesterday.
The result of the engagement Js not
annoonccd, but it is believ that
the Russian ships were destr ;jod 01
c lpturcd.
TOKIO, Tuesday, The rcpor
or the naval attack upon Via
divostOE. is nut confirmed oflicially,
although the naval department ad
mits that an attack was planned. A
report is expected from the tleet com
mander before long.
VLADIVOSTOK. Despite the ap.
pearance of the Japanese fleet of,
the harbor yesterday, and the bom
bardmcnt of Suniay, the inhabitants
or Vladivostok arc in good spirits.
Crowds promenade the streets as
usual, including many woman. A
performance at the theater is pro
nounccd for tonight.
Many suspected Japanese have bepn
arrested, but when examined they
were proved to bo Chinamen or Kor
cans.
Commanders of merchant vessels
and pilots who have a thorough
knowledge of the coast and of navi
gation have been enrolled as ensigns
in the navy.
Snow has been falling for the last
two days.
president Joocnh Smith Admit
log Father of Forty-two Chil
dren, and Declares lie Xi
J'rourt of Krery One
RECALL THATCHER CASE
FORMER FEDERAL
TESTIFIES FROM
ATTORNEY
MEMORY.
A San Domingo Battle.
SAK JUAN, Porto Rico. A semi
official letter received here from San
Pedro do Marcoris, Santo Domingo,
dated February 21), gives details of
the bombardment of San Pedro do
Marcoris February 27 by tho Domin
ican warships Presidcntc and Ee
trella. The captain of the presidents,
a Spaniard, and sixty men on board
her wero killed, only six of the crew
escaping without injuries. In all
seventy-four men were killed and
tweuty-iivc wore wounded on the two
ships. The insurgents lost thirty-six
men killed or woundod. The Presi
dent was driven away at daybreak
February 23, the insurgents having
biougbt npafleld piece during the
night and unexpectedly opened fire
on her.
Several defeats of tho trojps of
President Morales, with heavy losses
have been reported lately.
General Joso Amador, who captur
ed at San Antonio'de Guerra quanti
ties of provisions and clothing and
92,002 in wish, is now a prisoner at
San Pedro de Macorls.
Lynch Ohio Negro.
SPRINGFIELD, O., - Richard
1lxun, a negro desperado, who shoe
and fatally wounded Policeman
Charles Collis Sunday monring, paid
an awful penalty for his crime
tonight. A mob battered in the
: (loots of the Jail at a lato hour, drag
ged the neg ro to tho yard, where ho
,was shot to death, then carriod the
body to one of the principal streots
;of the city, hoisted it to the cross
arm ul a telephone polo and for half
an hour fired revolver bullets into
;lt. At b:30 Sboiiir Floyd Routzahan
appeared on the jail steps and
pleaded with the mob to dlsporsc,
'but he could be hoard with difficulty.
Ills appeal was ineffectual and he
was competed to go within.
WASHINGTON. After bavin
Josrph F. Smith, president of tho
Mormon church, on tho stand for
nearly live hours today before tins
Vcnate committee on privileges an-1
Elections, which Is investigating the
right of Reed Smoot to sit as a seni
or, both the prosecution and the
defense announced that they were
through with him and anothor wit
hess was called. This was Mrs. Clara
Mabel Kennedy, who told some
secrets of tho Mormon church,
which, If not broken down will
provo as Important us the statements
pf President Smith that ho and other
officials have boon persistently co-
habltatlng with plural wives in vlo
jatlnn of the law. Mrs. Kennedy
Slid Bho was married by Br'gham
iYounc. an anoslle of tbc church, to
Games Francis Johnson, a polyga
mist, since tho manifesto of 1080,
and that sho has had two children by
that husband. The marriage wai
nreformed in Mexico, according to
,
tho witnesses, at tho homo of a hiRh
olllcial of the church.
With President Joseph F. Smith of
tho Mormon church, again on tho
stind for the defense tho becona
weok of the investigation of tho
Smoot cbbo opened today before the
Benato commlttco on privileges and
elections.
Senator Dubois put into the record
the census figures for Utah, taken In
1800, to show that instead of only
8 or 4 per cent in polygamy, as Mr.
Smith had said, in reality thero weio
about 23M per cent or tho Mormon
population of an ao enabling them
to be polygaraistB who wore in tuat
state in 1890 Senator Dubois gavo
it aB his opinion that thero baa been
.no material reduction In the number
of polyagmlsts sinco 1800.
I Mr. Worthington conducted an ex
amination of Mr. Smith to ascertain
the process undergone In cases of ex
communication.
The witness explained tho manner
In which the church Is divided into.
wards and stakes, and the machinery
of tho organization through which
charges against any person have to be,
brought and passed upon. lie said
tho apostles have nothing to do with
the Judicial aifairs of the church.
They preach the gospel and send
missionaries to other fields. Tho
president, the apostles and high
counsellors, formine what is known
as "tho fifteen'1 meet once a week
for prayer and consultation on
matters generally relating to tho,
church.
The rutile elTort by President Brig
ham Young in 1875 to have Bishop
Jacob W. Weylor removed from tho
leadership of a ward was related by
Mr. Smith to show that the pres
idency noes not oxerciBO po or over
tho wishes of the people, and that
the members of tho church bv tho
freedom of their vote in reality form
tho power of tho government. Sev
eral other like advances wero related
for the samo general purpose.
Mr. Worthington read tho revela
tion by Joseph Smith Jr., January1
10, 1841. nominating Brighara Young
as president, and all the members of
the high oouncil and the apostles.
In this revelation was a command to
'accept them In general conference.
Mr. hmltb doclired that even in
tho original revelation naming u suc
cessor to the first president it was
in the power of tbc members to
accept or reject.
Witnruft TJd In ElTort to Frovi
That Senator Keed Smoot In
lipid In Same Hound
by Apoxtle.
Snctlntiii Partly UuriietL
Mm a ThreHtt'ii Vengnnoo
Oovurnor lU-npontl to
Appeal for Troop.
bqJ
WASHINGTON . Ono of tho mos.
interesting aud important featuro d
the investigation of the Smoot cas
before the senato commlttco on priv
lieges and olectious was brought ou
today in tho testimony of 15. U
Critchlow, forraorly an asslBtan
Uulted States attorney in Utah, win
told tho story of the Moses Thatcho.
cplsod. Accord'ng to his vcrslur
which was borne out by olllcial ro
cords. Apostle Thatcher poisistcc
in continuing as a candidate for thi
United States senate against th.
wishes of a quorum of the apostle.
and on that account w is held to b:
'not in harmony with his quorum.'
Tho history of the campaign hcmatli
agalust tho wishes of his fellow Mur
mons, of his defeat and his subso
quent trial before the committee o
church officials was given in dotal
and then Thatcher's submission ti
the will of the ':hnich was read ano
put in tho record of the Smoot in
vestigation.
Wl.tr. vnrtanf nflnn climunrl f. M n
Thatchor, totally brokon in spirit nn
bowing in absolutely to the mandate,
of the church in that tho consent o
an officer's quorum must bo obtaiucr
in order that ho may continue it
good standing. Tho purpose of tin
testimony was to show that it wai
necessary, according to the rules o!
church, for Reed Smoot to have ob
talncd tho consent of the chuich be
fore he could have become a candl
date for the senate.
In addition to the Thatcher eplsod
Mr. Critchlow gavo the history of tin
prosecutions in Utah on charges o;
polygamous cohabitation since thl
passage of tho Edmuds law and tin
legislation in tho territory and stati
which effects Mormonism or polyg
amy. His story was concise and in.
terestlng and he was interrupted
but little.
Andrew Jensen, tho assistant hist
torlan of the church, gavo tes'imonj
showing the supremacy of the presi
dent of the church. He related thl
methods of the church, its control bj
presidents of stakes and blsbopsi
The president of the church, salt
the witness, appointed the presidtn
of the stakes, some lifty-threc ir
number and these latter appointee
the bishops, several hundred in num
ber. The bishops could not act un
til their appilntruent was approvet
by the president of tbc church.
Fire At Mate Normal.
P'EllU, Neb.Firc discovered in
the third story of the normal school
building here caused damage to the
iamount of 81000, before it was got
(under control. Tho flames were
discovered at n o'coick this morn
ing. Tho west hall of Philo hall
land the attic wero burning. The
tire department from the city aided
Uhe normal tire lighters and after an
ihour's hard work tho fire was under
(control. The cause of the lire is
.'unknown. It Is thought the dam
Wreck At Hullen.
MULLEN, Neb.Thc Burlington!
tastbound flyer was wrecked here at
1:40 this morning, and Brakeman
Uharles Shaw killed. The only pas
lengcr hurt wus James Mclntyre, a
traveling man from Denver, who
had his left thigh bruised, all the1
other passengers and the crew escap'
Ing, miraculously, without injury,
leceiving heavy jolts.
The train was passing through
here at a rapid rate when the light'
tender flew tho track, breaking loose
from both the engine ahead and tho
baggage car behind, and shooting oil
into the sand to the right a distance'
of a hundred yards.
The engine ran ahead over two.
hundred yards before It could be,
stopped. The baggage, the mail and
the express cars, together with the
Bmoker, two chair cars, the diner
and the tourist sleeper were derailed
'and knocked from their trucks. The
first three oars crashed Into the
1 platform and trie front of the depot,
jail, telegraph
and Fountain
was strung uj
Troops Quell "lob.
SPRINGFIELD, 0.- Riotous con
ditions this ovening were regardec
by the pollco as more threatening
than any time since the negro Dlxni,
was lynched Monday night. Ttq
companies of the Omaha National
Guard are on picket duty and sever
more companies aro expected. All
saloons havo been closed all after
noon and many other lines of buslncsi
havo almost ceased. Fully 25,OOQ
persons thronged the streots to-day,
visiting the county
pole at Main street
Avenue, whore Dixon
and tho burned out districts of tin
lovee. At noon Mayor Howlus order
led posted and printed In the rmwst
'papers a proclamation requesting
everybody to remain off tho streetj
jafter midnight, except in cases o
urgent business, and to refrain from
congregating in the streets In publM
places. Any one found loitering ii
public places In violation of this ro
.quest will hi promptly prosecuted
(The rnoh has at no time shown an'
disposition to burn property othe
than that ou the levee.
War Developments.
London has advlces.of land ongagc
ments in nortnern Korea in whicl
the Japanese were victorious.
Grand Duchess Olga. a sister of th'
tezar, is going to Manchuria to act a
superintendent of the Red Gross.
Japaneso forces have unexpectedly
appeared near Antung.in Manchuria
Of tho thirteen warships In Por
Arthur harbor all but five are re
inorted disabled
SPRINGFIELD, O. intense ex
cltoment prevails hero at nn early
hour this morning which not ovon
tho presence of seven companies of.
tho national guard can allay. Tho
excitement Is shared by all tho Busi
ness men and property ownoiu of tho
city, who fear that somo of the
'negroes will attempt to avongo tho
burning of tho lovco district, begun
bv whites tonleht. by firing tho
down town business Iioubcs or thi ir
hiracsin tlo resldonco district. Nota
fourth of tho business district of tho
city Is under patrol by either militia
nr nonce, anu ic iookb us u uivau
r
ir'ard would havo to bo kept to pre
vent further Incendiarism. It Is
tbouuht. howovcr, that tho troops
now on band will bo able to save tho
western levee district In West Wash
)ngton strcot, which tho lcade-re
openly declared they would sot fire
to as soon as tholr work In tho
eastern half of tho street was com
pleted. Ihcro is llttlo or no dla
order, tho mob of 2,000 men standing
quietly watching tho sproad of tho
flames in tho neighborhood i.f Spring
and Gallagher streets, and appar
ently ready to help If it should Khow
signs of sprcadlug beyond tho con
fines they originally set for It.
When tho leaders of the mob
passed dowu East nigh strcot early
last, ovening to begin the work of
hurnine the levoo resorts, Father
John (Jogan, assistant pastor of St.
Raphael's church, got down on his
knees on the sidewalk and Implored
them to desist in tholr work as they
might start a flio that they would
never bo ablo to control. Tho incen
diaries paused only a moment, a few
nf thHin nursed him and then went
quickly on to begin tholr task.
Threats throughout tho day and
eveniug to burn the leveo, the negro
district of the city, confirmed Mayor,
HnwliiR in his belief that more
trouble might he oxpected toulght
In consequence ho asked Governor
Herrick for troops and five companies
havo hecu ordered hero to rolnforcc
the two local companies.
Early In tho evening small groups
of whites wero noticed gathered In
tho vicinity of the levee district and
nil diiv tho nolico wore called out to
rf M
aucment the night force.
Appaicntly the negroes all over the
cltv aro becoming intimidated, and
their boasts mado in tho earlier part
ot the evening aro no longer heurd
rPhn rnninnnv of militia from
Xenla, arrived at 1 :30 this (Wednes
davl morning and wero immediately
sent towards the levee by a clr-
nif.min rnntn. The companies of
local militia arc guarding the armory
whera ammunition Is stored. They
are commanded by Major Kirk
natrlnk. The feellnc of unrest Js
a oontuated by tho uncertainty of
Vhat the mob Is going to do or
here the trouhlo may next begin
uqbI night thore was one mob and
Ihelr purpose was to lynch the negro.
iL'onliiht thero arc reported to bo
mobs, undercover, ono of whites
one of blacks and there Is a feel-
hig that race war of sorious propor
ions is Imminent.
'I
d
two
Wi
Many Wink At Law
WASIIINGTON.-Scvcral olik-ou
jr the Mormon church today testified
in the Senator Reed Smoot case
lefore the senate committee on
rivileges and elections that they
ad 'jural wives and had continued
hi practice polygamous cohabitation
ince tho manifesto of 1800. Just
ji-foro the adjournment for the day
die committee held an cxecutlivo
Ksslon to have read tho unprintable
l.'Stiraony in tbo Teasdale divorce
.lisc. The prosecution said it had
10 more witnesses ready to put on
lie stand on account uf the failure
f several summoned officers of the
orman church lo appear.
Lorln Ilarmer formerly a bishop of
he Mnrmon church today gavo the
rst tfsitmonv in favor of the defense
hat has beon offered thus far in the
Ight days of tho hearings, lie said
le was convicted of the crime of
Idultery and that ho believed Reed
moot was responsible for his arrest,
the charge agairiBt Harmor was
Inlawful cohabitation that was not
Ills wife and not a prosecution on
recount of conhabltaticn with bis
flural wives.
be n sold to IJ. F. Shod bjC A. Bar
tliol mow. !
The Dole B'lorol eompABjr has been
ncoioporated afc Bcatkfce with
capital of $26,000.
M r J.iinos Slander ot iMf toUc M
a delegate to WorWa Rmdiy Softool
convention nt Jerusalem.
For stealing a meerschaum dijh at'
Boatrleu, Olaudo Ourpcnior Dai been
sent to jail for thrrlj duys.
J. II. Sparks of St. Joaop.ljaa boen
awarded tho contract m bHlWlnf
tho bridges In Gage wanly.
Walker Smith haa beoa apfolatct!
postmaster at El wood, Gospcurwantj
vlcu Alfred M. White veslgwdi.
W. F. Ellis, n UnomM lor krt Ne
braska Telephone conpftvy, badH
ly injured by a fall at Jforlott Wed
nesday. ,
John Clark of Stowc City t toeiug
held In Jail at Norfolk n niaiutorji
charge, brought by Fsfc I Rifb-j
ardson.
J. F. Swrrrt2, lor iwto
rcsldont of Deatrico dW , l nw
homo of pnoumoula. He Ttjeam
of ago.
Sovorolen Leetnaer O. g. BWc of
the Woodman of tbp WAM lefiurod
nb nn nncn meet I so last nJCHi as
Ponder.
T (3. Rullis. charecd with banl
robbery at Lyons, was ycstoitlay takoa
to that placo from Lincoln foi a pie-i
llmlnary hoarlug.
Bessie Webb, of Piuttsmoufth, toeW
her suit against thcChicngo, lmlinH
ton & Otiincy railroad for $61)0 dama-'
ges lor tho death of hor husband. J
D. L. Schcnfeldt of Petersburg has
sold his largo stock of narawajro to
John Brpoldlng. Mr. Blienfcldt will
locate in ono of tho southern states..
Gray Yates of Omaha ploadeAflulltyj
in the district court at Plnttsraoutbj
to petit, larcouy and was scntenood to
ton days In the county Jail by JmW
Jcssun.
David Quackonbush dUid at bii
homo near Bcatrico. Ho came to,
Ucitrlcc in 1800 and was 00 years of
age. He leaves a wife and six chil
dren, j
A rural route will be established at
Columbus April 1, with ono carrier,,
embracing an arou of thUfcy-twft
square miles and containing a popu
lation of 4000.
One of the largo refrlgoraipr ice
houses of the Burlington at McCook
was destroyed by fire last night. Loss
$.-) 500. Moro than 2,000 tons of loe
wero in the building.
The Rev. C. R. Hamlin, pasior o(
tho Plymouth Congregational rhuroa
of Lincoln, has resigned, fco take ef-i
feet .1 uno 12. He has not determined
on his plans for tho future.
Richard Danlols was yeateiday dis
charged from dlstilct court at Dlalr,,
alter pleading guilty to aaflaalt an
battery. Wbilo awatlriK tifal ho w,v
strickcu with paralysis.
Real estate la active Hero
spring, aod Js bringing god prices.
The Hotel Riley block at FlaltemouU
was transferred by like & Meyers of
NownorttoJ. May Dolg of Hansas
City for the sum of WS.OOO.
While ongaged In a Qjuanol at Wa
terloo, William McCUntock drew a
revolver and attempted to shoot
David Slboit. Tho'.bullet went wild.
McCUntock was sent to Omaha for
arralgnmeut.
Miss Kathorino M. Shepherd of
Lincoln has brought suit against tho
Lincoln Traction company for 820,000
p.-isonal damages, alleged to have
ueen received by being thrown from
a street oar over a year ago.
A sheep shearing plant Is in opera
tion at Fremont. The powor is fur
nlsned by a gasoline engine. Opera
tors who can handle the machine got
$s a day and can shear a sheep in
three mlnutos.
At a leap year party, at Norkolk,
sixteen mulds escorted sixteen young
mnu to the scone of festivities and
took them home again. The prize
was a cake with tho names or tht-
slxtceu young women mm
marriage license.
The famous Miles' case from Falls
City baB again reached tho supreme
court, on an appoal by Samuel Miles
one of the beira-at-lav?, who was de
feated In the district court. The ap
hasod oa the refusal of tha
hower court W d pit as wly dlkotsn
age will not exceed ftLQQQ,
fcowplejkJr dnjspUlbJLnj it
