Nebraska Newspapers

    A n:w record likely.
Indications Are That the Million Mark
for Immigration *?y Be Passed
in 1905.
New York. Marc h 25—The spring rusl.
■of immigration has almost swamped
the government officials at Ellis Island.
In the three days lti.000 immigrants
have reached this port. Reports re
ceived from abroad indicate the rush
will continue to Increase in April and
May.
Since March 1 18.000 Italians, 7.000
Russians and Hebrews have arrived at
Ellis Island The percentage of Hun
garian Immigration shows a remark
able Increase.
Indications are that 1905 will break
rail records and perhaps reach the mil
lion mark of immigration. The high
point heretofore was 1903, when 857,000
came. In 1904 it fell to 812.000; no pre
. ceding year was as high as either of
these, 1882 having been the record prior
to 1903, with an immigration of 788.000.
In 1904 Italy, including Sicily and
Sardinia, sent most immigrants, 193,000;
Austria-Hungary was second with 177.
000, and Russia and Finland came third
with 145.000.
This year there Is every reason to ex
pect a great increase of the immigra
tion from both Russia and Hungary, be
cause of domestic upheavals in both
countries which are already driving the
people out iff an Increasing stream.
With all the effort and expense to
which the government goes In immigra
tion restriction, only 7,994 immigrants
were turned back at American ports
last year.
WE MUST PAY.
United States Cannot Hold Back the
Money Due Panama Until Colum
bian Matter Is Settled.
Loudon, March 25.—The council of
foreign bondholders gave out the cor
respondence exchanged between Secre
tary Hay and Lord Avebury regarding
Panama. Mr. Hay In a letter to Lord
Avebury dated February 10 says the
• United States cannot withhold further
payments to Panama until the settle
ment of Panama's share in the Colom
bian debt is arranged. Mr. Hay's rea
son was that the council of foreign
bondholders is not composed of citi
zens of the United States, and cannot
claim the assistance of the American
government.
Lord Avebury says he regrets that
the American government Is unable to
comply with the council's request.
Referring to President Roosevelt's
recent message saying that the special
reason for American intervention in
Santo Domingo was that foreign gov
ernments were pressing their claims
against the Dominican government.
Lord Avebury says he had hoped that
President Roosevelt would be ready to
assist the holders of Colombian bonds,
“whose claims are at least as good as
those of the Santo Domingo bondhold
ers, and who have a right to special
consideration in view of the prejudice
from which they suffered on account of
tie secession of Panama from Co
’ombia."
WOMAN NOT TO BLAME
She Can’t Be Expected to Prevent Oth
er Women's Husbands Falling
in Love with Her.
Chicago, March 25.—Should a woman
with a pretty face be blamed because
a man, unable to resist its power, falls
in love with the owner and leaves his
wife for her?
A new standard was set on the
beauty of women and a new decree
placed on her personal charm yester
day by Judge Smith, of the branch of
the appellate court, and Hymen smiled
when the court decided that a widow
is not to be blamed for being pretty,
nor responsible when another's hus
band falls in love with her.
Mrs. Annie Graff sued Mrs. Paula
Graff for $50,000 for ulienating her hus
band's affections. A decision was ren-(
dered against her in Judge Haney’s
court recently and she carried the case
to the appellate court. Judge Smith
fornd that Mrs. Paula Graff, who was
M*s. Gatter, of Dvanston, had called
C -aff to her home to see about laying
a sidewalk, and it was not shown that
f .ie asked him to come on other visits.
"If on a"-ount of her beauty or
iroperty attractions, Graff fell in love
vith her, as he thought,” declared
fudge Smith, "it does not appear in the
evidence that she did anything to
change his affections for his wife. A
recovery in the case cannot be based
on the fact that she Is naturally an at
tractive woman, and that in addition to
that she had property.”
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SCHEME TO SELL POOLS
Gamblers in New York Use Steamer
and Wireless Outside the Three
Mile Limit.
New York, March 25.—If the persons
who have charge of the steamer Mt.
Deseret elect to use her as a floating
gambling resort outside the state's jur
isdiction. as has been reported, they
will meet no opposition from the fed
eral authorities. This statement was
made today by Captain Seeley of the
federal steamboat inspection service.
He said the Ml. Deseret has fulfilled
the requirements of law and that It Is
not an affair of Ills office as to what
purpose she is used under the circum
stances. According to reports circu
lated for several days, it is the Inten
tion of those who chartered the Mt.
Deseret to take on board persons who
wager their money on horse races, run
outsid* the three-mile limit to w’hlch
the court's jurisdiction extends, and
sell pools on the races at the Washing
tonton, New Orleans and other tracks.
The results from the tracks will be
communicated to the steamer by wire
less telegraphy. Tickets for today's
cruise of the vessel were put on sale at
•he battery during the forenoon.
A PUBLIC FUNERAL
Services Held for More Than Sevent,
of the Victims of Brockton’s
Disaster.
Brockton, Mass.. March 25.—-Public
funeral services were held today for
more than forty of the persons who lost
their lives last Monday in the explosion
and fire. Business, so far as possible,
was suspended.
GETS AllEARING.
Governor Cummins Wifi Appear Before
Secretary Taft in the Shiloh
Affair.
Washington, March 25.—Secretary
Taft has arranged to give a hearing in
April to Governor Cummins of Iowa in
support of the desire of that state to
have the inscription on the Iowa mon
uments in Shiloh Battlefield park
amended so they shall show the time
the various Iowa regiments appeared
nn the scene of battle.
' MOTORMAN MOBBED. '
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, His Car Killed a Child and Crowd of
2,000 Attacked Him.
New York, March 27.—A squad of ex- I
Ira police was summoned in Brooklyn
to rescue a policeman and the motor- j
mail of a surlaoe car from 2,1)00 angry
persons who were trying to punish the
motorman for the death of a little boy,
Frederick von Gilder, 4 years of age. |
I The child ran in front of the car as it j
was passing through Park avenue and
was instantly killed. Several women |
fainted. The motorman, James Me- j
Cauley, left the platform of the car .
and several men seized him with cries
of ‘‘Lynch him!” threw him and jumped
on him. The conductor took refuge in j
the car and locked both doors. Me- |
Cauley struggled back to the car and 1
reached a switch iron, with which he
knocked down several assailants. A
policeman caine to his rescue, but the
mob attacked him also, and the two
men fought side by side. When more
policemen arrived they had to beat their
way through I lie crowd to reach the
car. The body of the boy was then
removed from under the car.
When the mother saw tlie boy she
fainted, suffering injuries from which it
is feared she may not recover.
ACTRESS BADLY BURNET
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Screams Nearly Create Panic in Syra
cuse Theater.
Syracuse. N. Y., March 27.—Miss |
Ethel Tillson, prlma donna of a light
opera company, was severely burned
lri a dressing room at the Bastile the
ater. She was removed to a hospital.
Miss Tillson was making a change of j
costume when a flimsy picture hat :
which she wore caught lire from a gas '
jet. In attempting to tear the blazing
hat from her head her dress also
caught fire and the upper part of her .
body was enveloped in flames.
Screaming with pain and fright she j
rushed from the dressing room and ,
down a flight of stairs onto the stage,
which was being set for the second act.
Manager Huntig rushed to her as
sistance, pulled oft his coat and wrap
ping it about her, put the fire out.
Although the curtain was lowered
at the time the audience heard the
woman's shrieks and it became un- j
easy. The orchestra struck up and the .
ushers soon quieted the people, so :
that none left the house, although two
women fainted.
Miss Tillson will recover.
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MUST BE K.CKED OUT.
Old Panama Canal Board Will Taka
No Hints, Not Even from the
President Himself.
Washington, March 2".—The members
>( the isthmian canal commission who
are stated for removal have agreed
that they will not resign, but will re
main in office until they practically are
kicked out. They will continue to dis
regard to all hints and suggestions, no
matter how broad, and will not send
in their resignations unless they are
called for by the president himself.
The commissioners take the position
as there has been no intimation to
them, either from the president or Sec
retary Taft, that radical changes are
to be made in the board, they are not
called on to tender their resignations.
Until the letters of the president and
Mr. Taft outlining the reorganization
of the commission, were made public,
the commissioners actually believed
they were not to be interfered with.
They thought the reports of the coming
changes were "ail newspaper talk," as
they expressed it. When they were
shown the letters they were greatly
surprised, but refused to comment on
them.
The publication of these letters was
intended as a final hint to the commis
sioners to send in their resignations, i
but it failed to attain that end. Each
one of the commissioners, except Ad
miral Walker, cherishes the hopes that
he is one of the two who are to be re
tained, thought it is well understood on
the outside that William B. Parsons
and W. H. Burr are the ones who will
be kept.
The personnel of the new commission
and the rules to govern it have been
decided on by the president and Sec
retary Taft. The changes will be an
nounced this week.
STANFORD FUNERAL
Remains of the California Woman Fin
ally Committed to the Fam
ily Mausoleum.
Stn' "rrd University, Cal., March 27.
—The body of the late Mrs. Jane Stan
ford, who recently died at Honolulu,
now rests in the Stanford mausoleum
between the bodies of her husband and
her son, near Stanford university. Be
fore the final commitment of Mrs.
Stanford's body services were held in
the great memorial church erected by
her in loving memory of her husband.
The church was filled with thousands
of people from ill over the state, who
came to pay their tribute of respect. j
Promptly at 1:30 p. m. the grand or
gan in the memorial church began the
solemn tones of the Chopin funeral
march, and at the same moment the 1
bronze doors at the main entrance I
swung open to admit the small cortege
of pallbearers and relatives escorting
the coffin
Eight of Stanford's most stalwart
athletes bore the body down the cen
tral aisle and placed It in front of the
altar. In conformity with the often j
expressed wish of Mrs. Stanford, no ’
wealth of flowers adorned the chancel
or altar; only a few modest clusters
of white lilies and roses were used in :
the church. Between 4,000 and 5,000
people followed the body from the
church to the mausoleum, and all but
200 or 300 of these represented a close
interest in Mrs. Stanford and the uni
versity.
Fifteen hundred undergraduate stu
dents formed the main body of the
column. At the mausoleum, which
was covered with flowers, the last
rites were performed. These were
brief and simple.
HE WAS HANGED TWICE
°ennsylvania Murderer Execution 1*. 1
Attended with a touch of Un
usual Horror.
Pittsburg, March 25.—Two men were
hanged here today. Jteno Durdaia went
to the scaffold first and his neck was
broken. William J. Byers followed him.
When the trap was sprung the loop
of the noose was pulled away, precipi
tating him to the ground. For a min
ute he staggered around under the scaf
fold, then the sheriff caught him and
carried him into the pail. He was not
badly hurt. The rope was again ad
justed and Byers, pule and trembling,
was again placed on the scaffold and
the trap sprung death resulting from
strangulation.
Van Valkenburgh 'eta Place.
Washington, D. C„ March 24.—Tn.
president today appointed A. S. Van
Valkenburgh to be district attornej
fos western Missouri, to succeed rfea
ator-elect Warner.
COURT REFSUS'SI
TO GRANT DIVORCE
The Suit of Col. William F.
Cody for Legal Separation
a Failure.
IN FAVOR OF THE WIFE
Court Says It Believes She Is Faithfu'
and Was Overindulgent as Moth
er and Wife in Making
Home Life Happy.
Sheridan, Wyo„ March 25.—The dis
trict court here yesterday refused the
petition of Colonel William P. Cody
(Buffalo Bill) for a divorce.
A decision in the case was not ex
pected before today at the earliest, but
the court room was filled with residents
of Sheridan and the surrounding coun
try when it was glvrn.
After the reading of the depositions
was finished the lawyers for both sides
announced that they would submit the
case without arguments. After a short
recess Judge R. P. Scott asked the at
torneys for the defendant, Wilcox and
Halltgan of North Platte, Neb,, to
amend their answer in the case by
striking out those sections which dealt
with charges against Cody's conduct in
Chicago and ills early excesses at Port
McPtierson. When this was done the
court found entirely In favor of the de
fendant, Mrs. I.ouisa Cody.
Judge Scott's Decision.
Judge Scott delivered an opinion of
considerable length, reviewing the al
legations and the evidence and giving
his conclusions, in which lie said:
“The law of the slate docs not make
Incompatibility a ground for divoroe,
but it does read that extreme cruelty,
rendering the condition of either party
to the marvlage contract intolerable,
is sufficient ground to allow the grant
ing of a divorce," said Judge Scott.
"The first cause of action in this case
Is the charge of poisoning on Decem
ber 26, 1900, or some time previous
thereto. The evidence wholly failed
to support this issue, but shows the
defendant was trying to rescue the
plaintiff from a state of intoxication,
and administered not poison but reme
dies which she deemed beneficial to
him. His inability to speak on this
occasion did not tome from these rent
edies, but came fiom his excessive use
of intoxicating liquors at the banquet
board, and was as humiliating lo the
defendant as to the plaintiff.
ntuwns w t ridiruni.
“The unhappiness caused by the ac
tions of the plaintiff is shown by the
letter of their daughter, Arta Thorpe,
whose beautiful character shone out
from her unhappy home, and the words
of her letter written before her death:
“'Oh, papa, why did he do it! My
heart is just broken over it. Oh! Why
did he do it?"
Judge Scott also found that the
charge of unbecoming actions on the
part of the defendant toward the col
onel's guests was not proven; that there
was no evidence that she had even
threatened her husband's life, and that
when attending the funeral of her
daughter Arta at Rochester, N. Y., in
February, 1904, she proffered a per
manent reconciliation and no answer
ever came to this.
“She was an overindulgent mother
and wife, who always took pride in his
success and looked forward to his home
coming and made great preparations to
receive him,” said Judge Scqtt. “She
entertained his guests with cordiality.
“She did not use profane language.
The poisoning of his pet dogs was ac
cidental. She never spoke disrespect
fully of him to his friends or guests.
Was Always Faithful.
"She always accompanied him to tin
depot on Iris departure, and was there
to receive him on his return.
“In her home she has a large statute
of him in the hall; in her bedroom she
has his portrait done by a famous
painter on her stand, and she has his
photograph, and the dishes she used
were souvenir ones stamped and etched
with his portrait.
"Such, in brief, is the character and
conduct of Mrs. Cody extending over a
long period of her married life.
“On the return for this wifely devo
tion the plaintiff has been cruel to her
and heaped indignities upon her. Even
if it were true that the defendant had
at times been impatient with him, and
such Impatience has been considered
as indignities, it is also true that she
has had much to contend with. There
are some allegations in the answer that
are not sutained by the evidence.
“From the evidence it does not ap
pear that the plaintiff was so addicted
to gambling as to impair his business
abHties or trustworthiness. He did
not use intoxicating liquors in such
quantities as to interfere with tho
transaction of his business.”
An exception to the ruling of the
court was noted by Judge P. S. Ridge
ley. attorney for Colonel Cody, and his
request for sixty days for filing a pe
tition for a rehearing was granted.
The motion for a new trial will be
argued at the next term of court, and
In case this is denied Cody’s attorneys
will take the matter to the supreme
court of Wyoming.
WRECK IN NEBRASKA.
Thirty-Four Passengers in a Derailed
Car on the Burlington Injured,
but None Fatally.
Lincoln, Neb.. March 25.—The Grand
Island train on the Burlington was
wrecked three miles out of Lincoln at
10:30 o’clock this morning. While driv
ing along at forty miles an hour a
switch split, detaching the smoking car
and coach and hurling them with ter
rific Impact upon the ties. Everyone
of the thirty-four passengers were in
jured, eight of them severely. No one,
however, was killed. The injured were
brought to this city by a passenger
train on the Union Pacific.
C. E. Sterburg of Washington, D. C.,
and Charles S. Gaskill of Alma, Neb.,
were perhaps fatally injured.
RICHES IN HER BUSTLE.
Cincinnati Woman Had Over $4,000 on
Her Person When She Fell
Dead.
Cincinnati, O., March 25.—While
working over a washtub Mrs. Anne
Allsworth Werner, wife of a contractor,
dropped dead from heart trouble, and
in preparing the body for burial $3,900
in bonds and $151 cash was found in
the bustle she w'ore at the time of her
death.
AMERICA TAKES HALF.
$15u,C00,0O0 of Japanese Bonds Are Di<
vided Between New York
and London.
London. March 27. The final details
of the Japanese loan were concluded
here today with the exception of the
exact date of Issue. The loan is $150.
000,000, and will be issued simultane
ously lit New York and London, each
of these cities taking half.
Koretiyo Takahashi, the special Jap
anese financial commissioner, informed
the Associated Press today that the
$150,000,000 would suffice for Japan's
requirements tor a year or a year and
a half, at the expiration of which time,
in his opinion, the war would be over.
Takahashi confirmed the statement
that the German banks had been given
no shate in the loan, and he was of the
opinion that, despite the hitch in the
negotiations. Russia would very short
ly obtain another loan in France.
Russia Will Get Loan.
Paris. March 24. -The negotiations
for the new Russian loan have beer
resumed and are proceeding satisfac
torily.
JULES V£nN£ IS DEAD.
Famous Frenchman, Whose Remark
able Books Were Read All
Over the World.
Amiens, France, March 27.—Jules
Verne died this afternoon. His family
was at Ins bedside.
Jules Verne was born at Nantes,
France, February 8, 1820, and was ed
ucated at Nantes and later studied law
in Paris. He ultimately turned his
attention to literature, and after turn
ing out a number of• moderately suc
cessful plays he struck a new vein in
his scientific romances which gained a
w ot Id w ide popularity. Thev Include
"Five Weeks in a Balloon." "A Jour
ney to the Center of the Earth,” "A
Trip to the Moon," "Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea,” "The Mys
terious Island," "Atound the World in
Eighty Days," “Michael Strogoff," and
several others.
Originally accepted and read as won
derfully vivid and imaginative novels,
in which the writer had with especial
skill woven together the elements of
scientific interest and romantic attrac
tiveness, the passing of the years
brpught the actual accomplishment of
so' many of the things which this ro
mancer pictured, that he came to be
regarded as little less than a prophet.
Submarine navigation was foreshad
owed by him: so was aerial navigation.
“Around the World in Eighty Days”
has been beaten by almost thirty in
actual achievement, but when It was
vrltten It was mere romance.
ARBITRATE? “AIT.”
President Castro, uf Venezuela, Tells
United States He Can't Ac
commodate It.
■Willemstad, March 27.—It Is an
nounced from Caracas, Venezuela, that
President Castro today replied to Min
ister Bowen's llnal proposal for arbitra
tion denying that Venezuela has ques
tions pending with the United States,
and saying the case of the New York
and Bermudez Asphalt company must
remain in the courts.
Washington, March 14.—Miinster
Bowen cables the state department to
day that President Castro flatly refuses
to arbitrate the pending Issues between
Venezuela and the United States.
The administration will take no ac
tion in regard to the reply which Cas
tro has made to Bowen. The matter
was full discussed at the cabinet
meeting today, and it was determined
to allow the matter to await develop
ments. The situation is considered
such as not necessary to interfere with
the departure of the president on his
southeastern trip.
GERMANY IS SATISFIED.
Will Let United States Attend to He.
Dominican Interests.
Berlin, March 27.—The foreign office,
replying to an inquiry from the Asso
ciated Pi ess as to whether the report
that Great Britain and Germany were
pressing Santo Domingo for a settle
ment of their claims was correct, said
Germany was satisfied to leave Santo
Domingo and her obligations to for
eigners entirely in the hands of th»
United States.
The cabinet today discussed the sit
uation in Santo Domingo, and it wa.t
the general opinion that nothing there
warrants any change in the present
method of procedure. An agent of the
United States government will make an
Investigation for the purpose of ob
alning the Information asked for by
:he senate.
Holland Means Business.
The Hague, March 24.—The govern
ment of the Netherlands intends, either
alone or in conjunction with other pow
ers having differences with Venezuela,
to take vigorous measures to secure the
release of live Dutch sailors illegally
imprisoned for seven months in that
country.
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Venezuela's Deal with Bondholders.
London. March 24.—The signature oi
the agreement between Venezuela and
the Anglo-American bondholders, ad
justing and consolidating the exterior
debt, was completed today.
MARS IS INHABITED.
Rutgers College Professor Declares Ho
Has Discovered Indubitable Evi
dence of It,
New York, March 27.—"Mars Is in
habited.” The fact Is proved, accord
ing to Professor Robert W. Prentlse of
Rutgers college, by the straight lines
on the surface of the planet, which he
says are fertilized areas of land in
stead of huge canals as heretofore be
lieved by astronomers. He said that
nearly the entire surface of the planet
Mars was desert land and that through
the wastes were mrny straight lines
which be believed were strips of land,
cultivated by telligent people.
attorney’was wrong.
Standard Oil Company Has a License
in Kansas.
Topeka, Kan., March 27.—It devel
oped today that the Stanadrd Oil com
pany, against which the attorney gen
eral has started a suit to oust it from
the state on the ground that it has no
license to business here, has had such
a license since 1833. The license
was granted by the state charter
board in the regular way to the Stan
dard Oil company, of Indiana.
The other allegation made by the
state is that the company is violating
the anti-trust law, and that it should
be driven from the state on that ac
county. Attorney General Coleman
said today that the case would be vig
orously prosecuted, but that the alle
gation that the company has no au
thority to transact business would be
withdrawn.
WOMEN HYPNOTIZED
•ACH THE OTHER
After Sleeping for Two Weeks,
the Younger Has Died
of Starvation.
NO MEANSTO WAKEN THEM
Elder Woman, Mother to Younger, l»
Now Showing Signs of Death—
Neither Could Give the Oth
er the Suggestion.
New York. March 27.—One of the
most remarkable eases In the experi
ence of I lie doctors In the Presbyterian
hospital In this city ended today in the
death of Miss Loiella Huestls of Mt.
Vernon, who. with her mother, Mrs.
James H. Huestls, had been In a
trance for fifteen days prior to her
death.
More than two Weeks ago the women
were found unconscious at the home of
Henry W. Heifer, a lawyer of this city,
and were supposed to have been
asphyxiated by gas. Neither has since
recovered consciousness, and physicians
and hypnotists are puzzled by their un
accountable coma.
Couldn't Got Nourishment.
Miss Huestls was an attractive young
woman, aged 22, and lack of nourish
ment was the principal cause _ of her
death, as It bad been Impossible to
give her food except In liquid form and
through a tube. Stimulants and oxy
gen were administered without effect.
The singular fact Is that the young
woman's mother, who lay In an ad
joining room, began to show signs of
the approach of death soon after the
death of her daughter. Like her daugh
ter, the mother also Is greatly emaci
ated. and the physicians at the hospital
say her low vitality Is due practically
to starvation. One specialist In hypno
tism and psychology who investigated
the case tins made public Ills conclu
sion that the two women had uncon
sciously hypnotized each other, and
I that gas asphyxiation had nothing to
do with the case.
The Hypnotism Theory.
The theory of mutual hypnotism has
been accepted by the greater number
of those who have made a study of tne
case. The two women having gone to
sleep, each under control of the other,
neither can waken until the sugges
tion Is received from the other. In this
condition, there was no way of bring
ing an outside Influence on the mind of
either that would break the spell. As
their long sleep progressed, the mind
of each acting and reacting on that of
the other, the tendency was for the
■deep to become deeper and deeper.
SURE OF ACQUITTAL
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Nan Patterson Bases Confidence on th«.
Fact That Much New Evidenoe
for Her Is Ready.
New York, March 27.—Nan Patter
son. who has been In the Tombs since
last June, charged with the murder of
"Caesar" Young, the California book
maker, declared that If she is ever put
on trial again she will surely be ac
quitted. She said this after a confer
ence with her lawyer. Daniel O'Reilly,
who has told her of the new evidence
discovered, which In his opinion tends
to show that Young committed sui
cide.
According to O'Reilly the defense will
be able to prove these facts, not brought
out at the first trial:
-. That Caesar Young was the owner
of a 32-caliber revolver.
2. That he had such a revolver In
his possession on June 3, while at the
Sheepshead Bay race track. The al
leged murder occurred June 4.
3. That Caesar Young on the after
noon of June 3 took a pistol away from
his wife.
4. That Mrs. Young owned a 32-cali
ber revolver.
6. That in “Caesar" Young's trunk,
sent to England the morning of the
shooting, and afterward returned to
this country, were found a large num
ber of 32-caliber revolver cartridges.
Besides this, Mr. O'Reilly says that
new witnesses have been found who
will swear that J. Morgan Smith. Nan
Patterson and her slter left the Sheeps
head Bay race track in the very last
train, and after Young, his wife and
his racing partner had left the track.
CHRISTEN WITH OIL
Kansas Will Not Use Champagne or
Water in Naming Her
Battleship.
Topeka, Kan., March 27.—The bat
tleship Kansas will be christened by
breaking a bottle of Kansas crude oil
over its prow In the place of a bottle
of champagne, as Is the usual custom.
This is the Idea of Governor Hoch as
expressed by him today.
The statement was made In a con
versation with A. D. Eddy, general
counsel of the Standard Oil company,
who is here from Chicago.
"The last time I saw you, governor,"
remarked Mr. Eddy, “you expected to
make a trip east this spring to attend
the launching of your battleship."
“That has been postponed until
July," said Governor Hoch.
"I would like to attend that launch
ing and see you break the bottle of
champagne over the Kansas," re
marked E. J. Evans, attorney for the
Standard OH company In Kansas, who
was present.
“The Kansas will not be christened
with champagne," quickly responded
the governor. "It will be christened
with a bottle of oil—not Standard oil
or independent oil, but just Kansas oil
—Kansas crude oil.”
JOCKEY MEETS DEATH.
Distressing Accident on Fair Grouna*
at New Orleans.
New Orleans. March 27.—One of the
worst accidents that has marred the
history of local racing occurred in the
second race at the fair grounds yester
day. The race was at six furlongs for
3-year-oids. The field of eleven was
about to swing into the stretch when
Swedish Lad, running sixth, was
Jumped on by one of the horses behind
him and had his left hind leg broken.
Court Crier, which followed, fell over
Swedish Lad and Jockey McCafferty
was thrown directly in the path of the
oncoming horses. Hopeless added to
the confusion by falling over Swedish
Lad and Court Crier. There was a
rush of stable hands to the spot and
McCafferty, the only one of the boys
hurt, was carried to a stable and
thence sent to a hospital. It was found
that his skull was crushed, both ,front
and back, that both arms were broken,
and that there were other injuries. He
died a few hours later. The lad was a
son of A. C. McCafferty. and a nephew
of J. J. McCafferty. Swedish Lad woe
destroyed.
BACK DOOR ROUTE.
Russia Will Attempt to Outflank Jap.
by Extending Trans-Siberian
Road Through China.
Chicago, M; ch 28.—Walter Wei 1 -
man, in a Wasntngton sV‘*oiai to the
Record-Herald, says;
Russia will soon make pe.'W-* with
Japan and will immediately proceed to
outflank the victor commercially by
tapping the back door of China with a
new extension of the Trans-Siberian
railway.
This prediction was made today by a
man who is thoroughly familiar with
the situation In the far east, and with
much that is going on behind the
scenes at St. Petersburg. The sugges
tion which he makes is both interesting
and important.
Peace Prospects Bright.
In the opinion of well informed diplo
mats here the prospect of bringing the
war to an end was never so bright as
now. All realize that there are dif
ficulties In the way, and that peace can
not be considered assured till the pa
pers are signed; but there is general,
recognition of the important elements,
of the problem which I have already
pointed out, towlt: Japan desires*
peace and will make favorable terms:
there is no desire to humiliate Russia;
no territory now under the sovereignty
of the czar need be ceded. In lieu of
indemnity the Chinese Eastern railway
may be taken over by Japan and In ad
dition Russia is willing to pay a large
sum for the maintenance of her prison
ers held by Japan.
Peace Term* Are Not Far Apart.
Actually, the two schemes of settle
ment. the one outlined by Japan to the
kaiser and to President Roosevelt a
few weeks ago. and the one which now
comes from St. Petersburg as repre
senting the opinions of the faction
which favors peace and which at this
moment appears to have the upper
hand with the czar, are not far apart.
Once the czar indicates a willingness
to have negotiations undertaken It
should r.ot be a difficult matter to
reach an accommodation as to the
minor differences.
At this juncture comes the sugges
tion that Russia, instead of wrecking
the empire in a vain endeavor to hold
Manchuria, turn her energies to an
other means of accomplishing her prin
cipal object in the far east. It seams
written In the book of fate that Russia
must lose such rights as she has hith
erto possessed In Manchuria. With
surrender of these rights goes the
railway from Harbin to Dalny, Port Ar
thur and Nluchuang. It would seem
on the surface as if Russia's ambition
to secure a commercial outlet in the
warmer waters of the Pacific had been,
forever thwarted.
Back Door Koute.
"But such is not the case." says my
Informant. "I have reason to believo
the Russian government, under the
leadership of Prince Hllkoff, a man
well known to me personally, and a
most brilliant and capable administra
tor he is. already has in hand a project
for outflanking the Japanese and for.
reaching the Pacific by a new route.
Prince Hllkoff is the manager of the
Trans-Siberian railway. Once secure
peace and give him the necessary au
thority and money and it will not bei
long till Russia has a railway to the
Pacific better located and shorter than
the line which now must be lost
through the gam t of war.
"From Rake Pir the new line would
run southwest of the Khingan moun
tains. across the plains of Mongolia,
perhaps following the great caravan
route, and, crossing the Alashan moun
tains into China proper not far from
the great w'all, would arrive at Peking.
It would be about 800 miles Bhorter
than the Harbin route. So far as the
location of the railway is concerned
the flanking movement would be al
most ideal. It would carry the Russian
railway system to the back door of
China «nd thence to the very heart of
*he country. ’
NEW ARRANGEMENT.^
Minister Dawson Temporarily Adjust*
Financial Affairs of the Domin
ican Government.
Washington, March 28.—Renewed Ir.
terest in Santo Domingo affairs was,
manifested in official circles today upon,
the receipt by the state department of!
a cablegram from Minister Dawson,
Indicating that he had effected with
the Dominican government a tentative
agreement which, temporarily at least,1
would adjust satisfactorily the fiscal
conditions of the Island government.
No explicit Information concerning
the contents of the cablegram wa*
available, but it Is understood the
agreement contemplates placing the
fiscal affairs of the Island government,
so far as the collection of revenues Is
1 concerned, In the hands of a commis
sioner to be designated by Roosevelt,
with the consent of the Dominican gov-1
eminent.
Agreement Not Yet Authorized. r
The revenues of the island would be,
collected by this commissioner, a suffi
cient percentage of them being placed
to the credit of the Dominican govern
ment to pay current expenses, and the
remainder deposited as a fund to pay
the foreign claims of the Island gov
ernment ut such time as a distribution
of the fund may be agreed upon by the
creditor governments.
It Is intimated strongly that the pres
ident would receive such a proposition
with favor if it should be known to be.
satisfactory to the Santo Domingo gov
ernment, although in entering Into the.
arrangement, If It actually has been
made, Minister Dawson has acted with
out specific instructions from this gov
ernment and entirely upon his own In
•tlative.
CASTRO WAS REAL NASTY.
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Not Only Refused to Arbitrate, but
Wouldn’t Even Be Polite.
Paris, March 28.—An official dispatch
from Caracas says President Castro,
who was absent from the capital during,
the recent supposed amelioration of the
situation, has returned and has mani
fested strong hostility against the
American and French interests. His at
titude is particularly menacing against
the French Cable company. It is pre
mature to say what steps France will
take, but there seems to be a growing
Impression in official quarters that the:
.presence of a warship in Venezuelan
waters might exercise a salutary in
fluence.
An official dispatch adds that Castro’s,
declination to arbitrate the American,
demands was accompanied by a refusali
to hold any conversation on the sub-|
ject.
Mormon Activities in Illinois.
Hloomlngton, 111., March 25.—The.
Mormons have decided to come back to.
Illinois. At a meeting of the Illinois,
conference of the Mormon church which,
has just closed in Warren county. It
was decided to invade the land of their
fathers, and three churches will b»
built, one at Monmouth, another at
Oquawka and a third at Warsaw. It
was at Monmouth that the trial of Jo
seph Smith on the charge Of murder
took place in 1841.