EXPECT A SIEGE
Vladivostok cannot hops
for continued quiet
PREDICTS EARLY ATTACK
TONQ HAKS OF KOREA BOTHER
ING THE JAPANESE.
llriiftU wttli Kiir-Iiiii Ainu Omun In
OiitiiiiHlK N-nr Atiju Killot
ItNU(t 0icnlnj; Yoiipuru.
ilni to KorolRiicrs.
ST. PF.TIORSBURG. As no fur
ther dispatches. oftMal or otherwise,
have nrrlv J from Port Arthur, tho
fnveru merit has concluded that tho
b"inlii id moot by the Japaneso fleet
un March 22 failed to cause any dam
age worthy to no reported to tho
czar. In consequence, satisfaction
at the cmitl- ued fruitlcssncss of
Japanese assaults on Port Arthur
prevails In high circles
VL A DI VOSTOK. While the situ
rttion at Vladivostok roinains quiet.
It Is not expected that Vladivostok
will continue to bo much longer freo
from the vigorous operations of tho
Japanese. In anticipation of the ap
pearance of the enemy and of a
possible siege, n woman's circle has
been formed. It sits six hours daily
lit the ministry of marine, preparing
bandages of linen for wounded sol
dlers and sailors. Most of the women
in Vladlvostoek belong to this circle,
including tho representatives of the
aristocracy who havo determined
to share the discomforts of the
operations with their husbands.
In NikolsK, forty miles north of
Vladivostok on tho railroad, a com
mlttee has been formed under the
auspices of the vice governor to
collect donations towards the in
crease of the ileot.
SEOUL. The Tong Il.iks are giv
ing trouble in the northeastern part
of Korea and are making overtures
to the Russians. A detachment of
Japanese from Oensan engaged a
body of Tonic Hales near Sa ruling
with the result that twenty were
killed or wounded and thirty-live
were captured.
A brush between Japanese and
Russians has occurred at the out
posts north of Anju. One .la panose
will killed. An imperial edict has
been issued opening Yongampbo to
foreign trade.
United States Minister Allen today
cave a luncheon to Marquis Ito,
which was attended by several for
sign dlplomars.
Mill and Horgari Buy the U. P.
NEW YO UK-Following a day o
groat excitement in the stock mar
ket and numerous conferences among
the leading financial Interests, tho
new plan of Northern Securities com
pany was made public this evening.
In substance it provides for a stock
dividend of 90 per cent, this Is to bo
effected by a reduction cr that
amount in the capital stock of tho
Securities company.
'For every share of Northern Secur
ities surrendered tho company wil
deliver $39.27 of stocu of the North
ern Pacific Railway company arid
$:K).17 of the Great Northern Rail
way company The shares of tho
Northern Pacific company, which
wore taken over by Northern Securl
ties at 115, and those of G re it North
ern at 180, will be distributed on ibis
basis.
The other assets of the securities
company, consisting chiefly of its
Chicago, Turlington & Quincy hold
ings and Northern Paul Ho coal Yuuh
will remain in the treasury of t! o
company until some plan for their
listributjon has been evolved
Mold Company Responsible.
DUBUQUE, la A coroner's jury
inquiring into ihe deaths or Thomas
Rhyno, G'iiiold and Cavanaugh. who
were killed in a elusion of two s"e
tions of a stock t ra 1 . at Dvcrville on
February 2o, today returned a ver
diet Holding the Chi.'agu Great West
era railroad and Or nduetor Mahony
responsiul. . unci chaining both with
gross negligence. The evidence
showed that there were no signals
placed, and that the speed of the sec
ond section was suen as to maice
collislou inevitable.
So-Called President Killed.
Manila CaDtnin DeWitt, with i
detachment of constabulary and Lieu
tenant Pitney, with a detachment o
scouts havo just encountered Macario
Sakay, the so-called president of the
J'liipino repuoiio oaKoy wun nr
teen of his followers were killed and
.the remainder of the bund was cap
,tured. There were no casualties on
the part or. the Americans.
PHELPS COUNTY HARD HI I
CHANGE OF WIND ON THURSDAY
STARTS NEW BLAZE.
Dnutaga nn IlcMilt ot Two DnjV Flri
Difficult to Kutlnintp ut Ona
Mmi Known to Have
I, out 1,1 fc.
IIOLDREGE, Neb.-lt is sti
rard to learn definitely who tho los
ers are In tho raging tiro. Not at
many dwelling houses wero burned
as the repjrt would indicate Sever-
ul of the homes that were reporter!
dcsttojol were saved by hard fighting
and letting all the outbuildings go,
A great number ot barns and othci
outbuildings aie destroyed, us weli
as much feed and stock.
li e wind got around In tho north
west and the fire wus started toward
Loom Is and caused much apprehen
slon as It ran three or four miles and
got wlthiu one mile of Lto.nls. The
men all went oil to fight tire nor
the women and children wv," hurried
Into the region that had been swept
by the lire the day before.
So much excitement and apprehen.
slo" existed that, It is hard o get th
details and names ot losers. The
property loss is exceedingly great,
although pro tably less than was a
lirst thought. No 'ives were lost ex
cept that of Mr. oisou.
There were many narrow escape
from burning to death, among them
Mir. Andrew Lohn and her daughtet
who made their way to an opeq
plowed field, and two or three sicli,
persons wno were removed frorrj
their homes with oltllcultv
August Olson, the man killed, lost
his life vhile trying to release his
stock from an enclosure. When
found Ills body was burned to a crisp.
The lire swept everything in ltj
i; it h !"ul was carried over the dri
stubble and meadows at a teirltit
lute by the southwest gale. Thrct
tires are said to have staited in dlf.
ferent places supposedly by sparM
from engines
BASSET, Neb. A disastrous prait
rle tiro has been raging in Hock conn
ty since early morning. The lire o;
liginatcd in Loup county and, driven
by a high wind, burnej a strip frorq
live to ten miles wide from the Stiutij
lino of the county to the railroad
near Newport, a distance of fortj
miles. Thousands of tons of hay,
'many residences, outbuildings anr
stock have been destroyed. Ili
fire is still burning and an army oi
men and teams are lighting it.
Atrain Under Martini Law.
DENVER, Colo. After ten dayi
of civil control, San Miguel is again
under martial law. According tq
news fri-in Telluride, the principal
town of the San .luan mining iegb p,
a proclamation lsued by Cover nm,
Peabody w a s read there, d e
claring San Miguel country to be in 3
state of insurreotiuu and rebcllloq
arid ordering Captain Wells of th(
local militia to assume control uf af
fairs. In the governor's proclamation 11
Is said that certain armed bar.dj
within and without. San Mtgu
county are preparing to join forces t(
resist law and destroy property. A ti
dier reason givtn f..r placing
militia in coiilrol is that crimes ha
been committed and Uncus hu
been made by alleged disorderly per
sons. Sunk lu I hit Ivor.
LONDON -The Daily Telegraph
publishes, a dispatch from its Tok.(
correspondent, which says:
"On the 'night of March 22 the
Japanese Meet lenewed the attempt t
bottle up Port Arthur. Sixteen war
ships escorted seven merchant steam
ers to the mouth of the harbor and
under cover of the bombardment tin
steamers ran in and were .sunk 1e
desired positions. Three hunduQ
Japanese ollicers and blue jacket
volunteered for this duty. An oillclaj
report is expected this afternoon.
Finds Records Hutilated.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo , Ir
division No 2 of tho supremo co-irl
today Assistant Attorney Goner 1
JeHeries presented allldavits of At
torney General 10. C Crow, MiM
Lydla Lee, tho attorney general'
stenographer, and Judge U. D. Cruin,
of IJoonevllle, in support of the at
torney general's motion filed wlttj
the supremo court some time ago,
asking that the submission of thj
caso of the state versus Howaitj
Sharp of Moiimq county, be sot asld(
because of mutilation of the record
in the case. Sharp was convicted ol
Uvrdeu.iu tilu Ka'ftnd drarree.
TORN UP BY HEAVY WIND
TORNADO AND HAILSTORM HIT8
TOWNS IN MISSOURI.
tlnll n Foot IrM Within five Mta
wten of the Visitation YTlrrn
I)iTn mill Full Kr.tent
Not Vet Known.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. A special
to the Times from lllgglnsvlllc, Mo.f
Bays tlfty buildings are partly wrecker
one man Is mortally wrnudcri and
several others hurt, tho town is lij
darkness and the streets strewn with
debris' as the result of a tornado and
hailstorm which struck this place
at 4:45 o'clock this afternoon. Tin
luiil on the streets was a foot doeg
within five minute alter tho storm
came. Diverts of " cod In tho town
lid sevcial h rtjc.i Were killed on tho
5.1 reet.
The storm tin without warning.
The wind and hail rune lirst and was
followed with a terrllicdownpour of
t un, which ilooded nearly every
f har In town. The storm came
Ir m the west, travel lag eastward.
It kept wlthiu a narrow path, at
leist, the tornado portion only
about two blocks of the business
i it Ion of tho placo belog damaged.,
It is estimated that 2,000 windows.
were broken by tho roroo or the
s or m. More than fifty houses have
been unroofed. Owing to the fact
that the electric light wires are all
down and tho electric plant damaged
tho town will bo in darkness all to
n ght and probably tomorrow night.
Littlo progress can be made in tho
dirkness and the damage may bo
R' eater than lirst supposed.
The most careful estimate of tho
financial loss Is $-10,000.
Shell The City.
LONDON. A dispatch to Renter's
Telegram company rrom St. Peters
burg says:
"Japanese torpedo boats appoared
DlT Port Arthur at midnight of the
night of March 21-22, and the shoro
batteries and guarriships shelled
them for twenty minutes. Tho Jap
anese retreated but reappeared four
hours later when they met with tho
same reception when they retired
ugain.
"At (1 a. m. a Japanese squadron
of two divisions, composed of four
and eleven ships, and accompanied
by eight torpedo boats appeared and
the Russian squadron sailed outj
from the outer roudstcd to meet
them.
"No further details regarding tho
action are obtainable.
"At 9 a.m. the Japanese battlp
shlps, having lired several shots at
Llaotlshln and sheltered behind tno
promontory commenced a bombard
'jient of l'ort Arthur."
No One Has Sinned.
WASIIING'LON.-Thc special sen
ito committee to investigate chargis
jgaicst Senator Charles FL Diifrlch
.net at 2 o'clor- today and heard
hriclly the testimony of an unwilling
witness, U. S. Poliror, of Ila-tiogs,
who swore that William Dutton had
never said in Ills pres-nce iiai
Assistant Tostmastrr ITanrui con I I
be appointed deputy postiealer if
he and his friends had five hundni)
dollais to put up. Witness, however,
lold of a cert ill) conversation ho
had with Dutton, wherein the latter
called witness aside and i'sked hlrij
certain questions which witness had
never divulged for the reason that it
was understood the conversation
would be considered strictly c m
lidential. Witness therefore askerl
Senator Hoar if lie would be required
to divulge tile conversation. After
deliberating on the point the corn,
mittee decided that the witneH
would not, and ho was thereupon
discharged.
Th"re is no dobut that the lindlr;;
will bo favorable to Senator Dietih h,
and it is equally true that tho horl
ing will not involve Attorney Sum
tners, as Washington newspaper
havo predicted, and as Senator Die
trich's friends predict. The latter,
howover, havo not hesitated to tel)
tho president that Summers, In hi'
prosecution of Dietrich, was actuated
by motives of personal revenge anr)
their representations may havo haij
some effect at tho white house, yel
it Is not fair to say that the presi
dent's determination to displace
Summers baa anything to dp witli
the Dietrich caso.
STORM AREA WIDb'
ENTIRE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VAL
LEY SUFFER8 FROM EFFECTS-
CHICAGO ALSO AFFECTFD
BT. LOUIS AND TERRITORY AD J A
CENT AMONG SUFFERERS-
TrurU WiimIhmI Awity null Telegraph
himI Trl-thnn I, turn l'roa-
rut otl in Krnrjr Illroc
ttou, EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.-Tbo wind
and rain storm that swopt over hera
caused a largo amount property dam
ige, injured many persons and ser
iously crippled tho local and intcrur
ban street oar trairlc, but no fatal!
tics have been reported.
An old laud mark, known as the
lustom mills, occupied as a boarding
house by a dozen minors, was blown
down. The occupants escaped with
bruises.
The home of Philip Rlpllngcr was
overturned and Ripllngcr and his six
chlldron were rescued from tho de
l)i is. All were bruised.
At the aluminum works of tho
l'lttsburg Reduction company, 0110
building, containing machinery, was
demolished and the electric light
plant was badly damaged.
The entire west wall and part of
the loof of the Suburban railway sub
B.itlon were demolished. Plank side
walks were blown away, telegraph
and telophono poles broken 01T, and
all over tho city homos were dam
aged. CHICAGO. Further details of tho
damage caused by tho storm
In tho suburbs of Chicago were ob
tained. At Washington Heights
Several persons were injured and
houses were blown down or unroofed.
In Morgan Park and Kern wood tho
Storm reached the proportions of a
tornado. Five houses wore unroofed,
another blown from its foundation
and miles of telephone arid telegraph
poles wero blown' down. Twisted
telegraph wiros blocked the Rock
Island and Pan Handle railway
tracks. Sidewalks were wrenched
I roin their place and thousands of
yards of fences scattered through tho
street.
Seven Miles of Raines.
NORFOLK, Neb.-A special to
the News says that the prairie Hro
in Holt county still raged at mid
night. It probably was checked
going south at Cedar creek. Arrella
was saved by a lire line three miles
from town. Tho lirst started In
Wheeler county from tho spark In
the feed pen of a ranch and ran
twenty miles north In a path seven
miles wide over tho Dry creek valley.
It came with a mile of Chambers.
Ranchman Madneson lost all but his
house and Mr. Dickson loht all out
buildings. Thousands of tons of
hay wero destroyed. Details are
meager and an estimate of the loss
Is impossible, but it will reach many
thousands ot dolhirs.
ClIAMHURS, Nob. The little
town of Amelia, which vas theatened
by prairio the. was saved. Tho
lire came to within three miles
of the town, but the wind shifted
and carried the flames an ther way.
Tho tiro burned to within throo
quarters of a mllo of Chambei.s,
sweeping a strip of seven miles wide.
RICI) CLOUD, Neb. Tlie Minor
ranch, a littlo distance southwest of
town, was nearly devastated by a
dlsasterous liro Wednesday evening
which started from a spark from an
engine. Several buildings wore con
sumed including one large burn in
which was a number of head of
stock which wero saved by the work
men. A largo grove was also parti
ally destroyed. The buildings on
the ranch wore Insured.
R1VI0RTON Nob.-In a prairio
fire Wednesday August Jlundt lost
all his buildings on his farm six
miles north or bore, except his house.
ah 111s grain, machinery, etc., was
destroyed, also fourteen head uf
calvc3 perished. '1 lie wind, which
blow a galo, rendered all efforts to
subdue tho flames futile.
GJ DIJON. Neb. Prairie firos from
the northwest came over the hills
fanned by a torrlflc wind accompanied
by dust that filled tho air and nrido
It irnposslblo to see shortly after
noon today. Beobe Brothers' ranch
was directly in line of the lire and
they lost their barn, hog shods,
granacy, hon house, farming tools.
i NEBRASKA NOTES j
-M- -M-mI
Tho Albion National bank wilt
orcot a now building for its business.
A Sunday School instltuto will b
hold at Cook, Johnson county, on
'Thursday, March 31.
. David Whlstlor, formerly of Tccum
Boh, Is dead of neuralgia of tho
heart at Vancouver, Wash.
I Mrs. Margarot Anderson died at
Seward after a brief Illness. Sho was
71 years of ago and leaves live child
ren. Teinporanco mcctlims, which havo
been In progress at Teoumsch werq
poorly attended. ,
The Columbus Journal lias been
sold to V. H. Abbot of Promont ant!
Stuart Kennedy of St. Edwards.
Miss Anna Craig of Beatrlco hat)
been promoted to chief state opera
tor of the Nebraska Telephone com
pany. Tho Farmers' Grain and Live
Stock association has bought Clial
burg Druthers' elevator at S ironvlllo.
The price was $2,100.
C. L. Fonikcr. a vnuni' mini who
has ben working for some tlmo at.
Beatrice has been left $5,000 by his
father and lias gone home,
Deputy Postmaster Potcr Peterson
of Hqldrrgo died suddenly of ap
polexy He was one of the ploneors
of the state.
Sixty ni 'ti w.ho were working on
the asy Ilium building at Norfolk
i truck for higher pa v. They wore
getting 75 cents a. thousand for clean
ing brick,
Tho fanners around Plnttsmouth
are talking or tho now "million
dollar rain" which fell lu tho past
few days.
Z. O. Dean of Hiimoldt hils gone
to San Francisco, where ho will sail
I'or the Philippines to spend three
years leaching the native Fill ipinos.-
'I bore may be a shifting of asses
sors at Humboldt in order that each'
precinct may be assessed by an un
prr djud'eed niaii under the new'
revenue la'. j
Two Omaha boys who ran away
from home have been arrested at
Nebraski City and will be sent back
I ome. They are Chris Rubold arid
William Sudenburg.
At P'aMsmoulh a motion for a
new trial in the caso of Charles Hol
mes convicted of perjury, was over
ruled. He was sentenced to live
years In the penitentiary.
Guy Uplor; Fink died at ills homo
at Marquette of cancer of tho ton
gue, Ho was formerly employed In
the butter dapartrnont of Bennett's
store at Omaha.
The state. Ush car started out to
distribute lish in the streams of
Holt, Brown, Cherry, Sheridan and
Dawes counties. The car. contains
200,000 rainbow and lake tiout fry.
The Rev. Brocket! of Council
Blulfs has often oalMd to the pastor
ate of the f.ott'igc (J rove church near
Humboldt to succeed the. Rev. B.
A. Shlvely, who has removed, to
Shell on.
Tbi- wheat crop has he.-'ri greatly
hriiMiitnd by the rain which f-11
Sunday through-nit the stale. Tho.
soil in tho soil' hwes'cin part of the
star.e Is in good condition for spring
pla- ting.
. Mri. Ferdinand Zfl.ssin, a pioneer
icidnr of M idlson. has disappeared
and a trit'u of her can. be found.
Friend and relatives are greatly
alarmed and have Instituted a vigor
ous search.
SherllT Clark of Albion has re
turned from Keya Paha county with
John Wiisnn, said to bo wanted for
hois- stealing. A rnaro belonging
to F. M. Tuliy of Cedar Rapids was
found in his possession.
Mrs. Fred Marshall, wife of County
Superintendent Marshall of Knox
county, died suddenlyy at Plalnvlew
while visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ilosklns. She was a bride of
but three weeks. Ilcr doath was
caused by appendicitis.
The Rev. W. B. Ma.c for several
years pastor or the Evangelical
church at Humboldt, has resigned
and will malcj a pilgrimage to tho
llr-ly Lind, where he will pursuo'hls
studies. The ttov. Dillon of Fuller
ton will take his place at Humboldt,
D. K Thompson United States
minister to Brazil, left to resume
his duties in the South American
country. Ho will sail from New
York April 15. Mr Thompson ha3
appointed W D. Pittman, formerly
with the Western Union company
at Lincoln, secretary to tho Amerl
0U1 legation. ' .