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GRAIN RATES GUT BURLINGTON GOES BELOW THE EQUALIZING BASIS. MEETS RATES TO THE SOUTH The Evident Intention Appears to Be to Make the Fight So Warm That It Will Speedily Be Brought to Final Determination. CHICAGO—Charges for carry'ng corn from Omaha to the Atlantic sea hoard reached the Invest figure in the history of the rate war. Late in the afternoon the Burlington announced the following tariff for export: Cents. Omaha to N°w York, per 100 lbs..14% Omaha to PiwJadel; hiu.14 Omaha to BaiUmoie.13 Omaha to New Orleans.11 Omaha to Chicago. S Omaha to St. Louis. 5 The Rock island announced through rates IV2 cents higher than these. When the warfare between the lines leading to the Gulf of Mexico and those leading to the Atlantic sea board by way of Chicago started the Burlington tariff was 11 cents to Chi cago. The through rate was 2;>% cents to New York. After the east ern trunk lines had given authority '.0 their western connections to make figures to get the business, the Mil waukee & St. Paul, Groat Western, Burlington and Rock Island issued tariffs of 18% cents to New York from Omaha and 17 cents to Ealti niore. The last sias.i is a full 4 cents and shows the desperate char acter of the struggle in progress for * the traffic of the corn belt. The cut is just twice as deep as had been ex pected. . On Wednesday the Missouri Pacific reduced its rates from Omaha to New Orleans from 13*4 to 11 cents. It was expected that the Chicago lines would cut their figures to the Atlantic seaboard to correspond, but the Bur lington not only meets the figure, but goes 1*4 cents better. At the cdices of the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul it was said that the cut of the Missouri Pacific had not been met. Considerable surprise was expressed when the freight offi cials were informed of the action of the Burlington. From the outset the fre'ght officials of the Burlington have been opposed to demoralizing rates on account of the attitude of the Mis souri Pacific. They believed the trouble would blow over after a few days, but when the other lines made a rate of 18*4 cents in connection with the seaboard roads the Burling ton followed. The ’ast cut of the Mis souri Pacific caused numerous con ferences and the reductions an nounced late in the day showed that the Burlington people wrere bent on bringing the contest to a close by making it so extremely hot that every one would be willing :o drop. Committee Considers Legislation. WASHINGTON — The republican memuers of the house committee on interstate and fare’gn commerce held a meeting to consider railroad legis lation. HAS HOTT FOR BILL. Judge Norris Wants Terms of Office Changed. WASHINGTON—Members of the Nebraska legislature no doubt will read with interest the full text or Congressman Norris’ joint resolution to extend the presidential term to eight years, as well as that of sena tors; to elect senators by direct vote of the people, and to extend the con gressional term to four years. This bill is approved by the members of the house committee on elections, by the president and by other congress men. The measure follows: “Section 1. President and Vice President—The president and vice president shall be elected for a term of eight years. No person who has held the office of president at any time within one year prior to the se lection of electors for president and vice president shall be eligible to that office for the succeeding term. “Sec. 2. Senators—Senators shall be elected by the people or the sev eral states for a term of eight years. Qualifications to vote for senators shall be same as for members of the house of representatives. One sena tor from each state shall be elected at a general election held at the same time electors for president and vice president are chosen, and one sena tor from each state shall be elected at a general election held on the first Tuesday after the firs: Monday in November four years thereafter; Pro vided, That this aemndment shah not he construed as vacating the office of any senator elected prior to its adop tion. “Sec. H. Members of the House of Representatives—The term of office of members of the house or represen tatives shall he four years, and they shad be elected at the same general election at which senators aie elected." The Case of Tom Dennison. WASHINGTON. D. C—The su preme court of the United States af firmed the decision of the supreme court of Nebraska in the extradition proceeding against Thomas Dennison, who is charged with having received stolen goods in Iow'a. H. C. Brome, attorney for the Jew elers’ Protective association, and W. J. Connell, attorney for Tom Denni son, w'ere in Washington last week and presented the briefs of the differ ent sides of the extradition case be fore the supreme court. Yaqui Indians on Rampage. NOGALES, Ariz.—William O’Daly, a prominent mining man, reports the situation in the Yaqui country as grave. He says that eighteen persons have been killed hv the Indians dur ing the past week, all Mexicans, ex cept the four Americans murdered last Thursday near Cobachi. Robert C. Broom of Washington. D. C., part ner of Former Senator Thurston, and William Sauntry of Stillwater, Minn left Minas Prietas wilh a large escort for the mines of the Yaqui Copper company, $ ADDRESS BY CZAR. Talks to a Large Delegation of Work ingmen. ST. PETERSBURG—Personal as surances of his intention to amelio j rate the conditions and remove the causes insular as they are economic which led to the recent strike were ! delivered by Emperor Nicholas to workingmen representing all the leading factories of St. Petersburg, ; who, at his invitaaion, journeyed to i Tsarkoe Seine ami were received in audience in the hail of the Alexander palace, where he has his winter residence. This interview, face to face with their “little father,” in whom their faith has not been shaken by the i events of the bloody Sunday of Janu ary 22, ha-? had a far greater and : more assuring effect than any num I her of proclamations by ministers j and governor generals and the work men of St. Petersburg are now gen ; orally inebned to accept the prom I ises of Governor General Trepoff and ; Finance Minister KekovsovoH at their ! face value. The gift of the imperial family of $25,000 to aid the families and vic tims of the conflict of Januuary 22 also lias had an excellent effect and as the news slowly permeates the la boring classes of Russia it is expect ed that it will make them content to wait for ihe promised reforms. Like a wave caused by the falling of a stone the strike movement, how ever. is spreading over the great sea of Russian industrial life, and while c» * .. ..i ^ • ...i. __ i a v leioinii unit *uuei.u» , w uriu the troubles began, are now placid, the workmen of Poland and other provinces are not yet calm and the ripple has reached to faroff Irkutsk and other Siberian towns. Following is the czar’s address to the delegation who represented the employes of factories and workshops at St. Petersburg: ‘‘I have summoned you in order | that you may near my words from i myself and communicate them to | your companions. The recent lament able events with such sad. but inev itable results have occurred because you allowed yourselves to be led astray by traitors and enemies to our country. When they induced you to address a petition to me on your needs they desired to see you revolt against me and my government. They forced you to leave your honest work at a period when all Russian work men should be laboring unceasingly in order that we might vanquish our obstinate enemy. Strikes and dis graceful demonstrations led the crowds to disorders which obliged, and always will oblige, the authori ties to call out troops. As a result j innocent people were victims. I know that the lot of the workman is not j easy. Many things require improve- ‘ ment, but have patience. You will j understand that it is necessary to be just toward your employers and to consider the conditions of our indus tries. But to come to me as a re bellious mob In order to declare yo'ir wants is a crime. In my solicitude 1 for the working classes I will take j measures which will assure that ev- j erything possible will be done to im prove their lot and secure an investi gation of their demands through legal channels. I am convinced of the honesty of the workmen and their devotion to myself, and I pardon their transgression. Return to your work with your comrades and carry out the tasks alloted to you. May God assist you.” No Talk of Peace. WASHINGTON—The German em- : bassy, upon receipt of a cablegram from the home government, authoriz- [ ed the statement that there had not ; j been even so much as an exchange of j ideas between the Berlin and London governments regarding the ending of the war in the far east. General Matsumara Dies. LONDON—General Matsumara, ac cording to the Tokio correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, has died at the front from congestion of the brain. He commanded the operation at Two Hundred and Three-Meter hill and was decorated and promoted for hero ism. May Replace the Drawback. WASHINGTON — Senator Hans brough introduced in the form of an amendment to the sundry civil bill a measure which if adopted would have the effect of repealing the drawback provision of tne Dingley act, m so iar as it applies to wheat. A War For Independence. ROME—Prince G. Hica of Rou mania, who lias been elected by tlie Albanian committee as “supreme bead for Albianan independence,” was inter viewed regarding his plans and the purposes of the committee. The prince said his election meant the beginning of a general revolution in Albania and a bitter struggle to achieve the liberty of that country. He said he would in person assume command of the Al banian forces, which be asserted, would be reinforced by 12,000 Euro pean volunteers. Postal Conspirators Lost. WASHINGTON — The supreme court of the TTnittd States today de . nied tlie application of Machen, Lo renz and Groff for a writ of certiorari in the case against them charging conspiracy to defraud the govern ment in connection with the Post office department irregularities. The effect is to leave standing the deci sion of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia finding them guilty as charged. Machen, Lorenz and the Groffs were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Establish New World's Records. RED WING, Minn.—New world rec ords were established in a ski turna ment. In the long jump, stand or fall, George Thompson of Red Wing, cover ed 118 feet and in the long jump stand ing, Gustaf Bye of Ishpeming, Mich.,* went 10G, both being ahead of all previous records. DALLAS, Tex.—Half an inch of snow has fallen over North Texas and the temperature stands 4 degrees be low the freezing point. Wheat has been greatly benefited in this section. WORK THIS WEEK ELECTORAL VOTE WILL BE CAN VASSED WEDNESDAY. VOTE ON THE STATEHOOD BILL All Amendments and Measure Itself to Be Disposed of at Once—Rail road Rate Legislation Has the Right of Way in House. WASHINGTON—The senate has laid out an extended program for it self this week. According to this plan Monday and Tuesday will be given over almost entirely to the statehood bill. Wednesday the sen ate will proceed to the hall of repre sentatives and assist in canvassing the electoral vote. On Monday the statehood bills will be displaced tem porarily to permit the managers of the Swayne impeachment trial to present the replication of the bouse of representatives to Judge Swayne’s answer in the proceedings against him, but it is not expected that they will consume much time. Appropria tion bills will occupy the balance ot the time during the week. The republican steering committee has decided that the pure food bill shall become the unfinished business after the disposal of the statehood bill, but it is not believed that much if any time will be found this week for its consideration. The agricultural appropriation is now under consideration and will con tinue to be discussed as opportunity offers and it is expected that by the time it is out of the way the District of Columbia and the Indian bills will be ready for consideration. With the statehood bill out of the way, the pol icy will be to press the supply bills persistently and nothing but the Swayne trial will be permitted to bland in their way. lu accordance v»ith the unanimous agreement reached the statehood bill and ail amendments offered to it will be voted on before adjournment on Tuesday. The contest over some of the amendments to the bill will be sharp and may continue the session into the night. Railroad rate legislation is to have the right of way in the house of rep resentatives during Monday and Tues day and Wednesday. The rule mak ing the bill giving the Interstate Com merce commission power to fix rates a special order during sessions which are to begin an ..our earlier than usual on Tuesday and Wednesday will be the subject of lively debate on Monday. Opposition to the bill which has been agreed on by the republi cans on the committee of interstate commerce will be voiced in the de bate on this rule. This opposition may come from the minority devel oped in the republican conference Friday, as well as from the democrats of the house. If the two should unite to defeat the rule those who have counted noses say this could be ac complished. Should the rule be adopted, as is the belief of the ma jority leaders, there will be no oppor tunity to amend the bill. The demo crats will be given an opportunity to show their strength on the Davy bill to be offered as a substitute for the Esch-Townsend bill, when the time comes to vote on that measure at 4 o'clock Wednesday. The discus sion will be interrupted on Wednes day to permit the two houses of con gress to assemble in the ball of the house and count, tlie electoral vote for president and vice president. NEBRASKA MINISTER DIES. Rev. C. E. Bentley Passes Away ai Los Angeles. I.OS ANGELES. Cal.—Immediately after enting a room in a cheap lodg ing house with a young woman heav ily veiled, Rev. C. E. Bentley of Lin coln. Neb., dropped dead in this city Sunday night. His companion at tempted to restore him. but, seeing he was dying, tied. Detectives have been unable to find her. An autopsy re vealed symptoms of heart trouble. Rev. Bentley and his wife had been here four days. He was candidate for president on the silver prohibition ticket in I89G, and has been promi nent in temperance work in Iowa and Nebraska. The woman with whom he entered the lodging house and asked for a room was about 30 years old and hand some. Bentley’s widow says her hus band was innocent of wrong. She says he has been afflicted with heart disease for months. An inquest will he held and the widow will take the body to Lincoln for burial. The po lice do not suspect murder, but are scouring the city for trace of the woman. "WASHINGTON—The house commit tee on the judiciary, by a vote of 8 to 5. ordered a favorable report, on the Clayton bill repealing the bankruptcy law's. A minority report will be made to the house by Mr. Powers (Mass.) Repeal of Bankruptcy Laws. Will Try to Adjust Rates. CHICAGO—Traffic officials of the gulf Toads will meet in St. Louis to decide how much lower the export rates on corn from Omaha to the gulf shall be than those to Atlantic ports. At a meeting of executive officers the eastern roads urged their western con nections to reduce rates to prevent the gulf lines from having a differen tial or lower rate by more than three cents. It was decided that no further cuts should he made to the Atlantic ports until after the meeting at St. Louis. Must Watch the North Sea. LONDON—A speech delivered in the Hampshire village of Eastleigh Thursday evening by Arthur Hamilton Lee, civil lord of the admiralty, has created excitement. In dealing with the recent redistribution of Great Brit ain’s naval forces, Mr. Lee frankly declared that Great Britain had not so much to keep her eyes on France and the Mediterranean, but had to look with anxiety, though not with fear, towards the North sea and the fleets had been so distributed as to enable them to do this. THAT EEEF TRUST. No Evasion of Decision Relative Thereto. WASHINGTON—It can be said by authority that unless the corporations constituting the alleged "beef trust” shall heed the injunction made per manent by the decision of the su preme court of the United States, the government will institute proceedings against the individual members of the corporations to enforce the decision of the court. The proceedings will be under the criminal law, if such can be instituted. The minds of the president and mem bers of bis cabinet are made up fully on the question. They have deter mined that the “beef trust” shall obey the law. and now that the highest court in the land lias upheld the hands of the administration, it is said they will permit no further "dilly-dallying” with the subject. At Tuesday’s cabinet meeting the president and Attorney General Moody shared in the congratulations of the members of the cabinet on the result of the "beef trust” cases be fore the supreme court. The president, who made no at tempt to conceal his satisfaction at the decision of the court, united with the members of the cabinet in con gratulating tlie attorney general. The subject was considered briefly at the meeting, but no definite conclusion was reached as to what action, if any, the government would take in the future, except the general deter mination to enforce the law as it lias been construed by the courts. The president and the members of the cab inet regard the decision of the su preme court as a signal triumph of lawr as they have viewed it and are prepared to carry it into effect abso lutely. Ail the members of the cabinet were present at. the meeting except Secretaries Hay and Wilson, the for mer still being confined to his home by a severe cold. Again, the president emphasized his interest in the arbitration treaties pending before the senate. He holds that the opponents of the treaties are proceeding on wrong premises in maintaining that they may be used by foreign countries as a basis for ac tion against certain of the southern states in tie* collection of old claims. Some departmental matters were considered at the meeting, the most important of which was tlie action of Postmaster Gent ral Wynne in notify ing John G. Capers, republican na tional committeeman of South Caro lina, that postmasters in that staa? will be dismissed from the service if, in the future, they pay the expenses of delegates to political conventions. The action of the postmaster general was approved by the president and the cabinet. In principle the declara tion of Mr. Wynne will apply to all other states where such methods are practiced. FAILS TO FIT CASE. House Eill on Railroad Rates Thought To Bz Faulty. W A SHI NG TON—Con gressma n Hi n shaw called at the white house to con fer with President Roosevelt on mat ters pertaining to the Fourth Nebras ka district and also to measures pend ing before the house relating to sub jects of legislation of paramount pub lic interest. Incidentally, the talk turn ed ui>on the bill which Mr. Townsend introduced in the house January 31, providing for additional powers to be vested in the interstate commerce commission. Mr. Hinshaw expressed the opinion that while the Towrnsend bill would meet the public demand for a better regulation of railroads rates, it does not go far enough, and since that bill will be considered by the house within a few days, Mr. Hinshaw desired to learn whether its provisions would be satisfactory to the adminis tration. The president, however, did not express approval or disapproval of the Townsend bill, but Mr. Hinshaw left, the white house with the impres sion that the president would like to the present session enact a law' em powering the interstate commerce commission to fix rates, to prevent discrimination between shippers, to abolish private ear lines, and to give the commission authority to enforce its decrees. Mr. Hinshaw is of opinion that, nothing short of such legislation would satisfy his constituents, but he is not. at. all sanguine that the* senate would pass such a bill while it is not yet settled that the house will do so. Fire in Old Women’s Home. BUFFALO, N. Y.—Fire Friday night destroyed a part of the Ingle side Home for Women. In a panic among the fifty inmates Mrs. Mary Kyttile was killed and four women were severely hurt. The injured: Mrs. Betsy Caldwell. 84 years old, overcome by smoke; Mrs. Margaret Creishaber, fell from ladder, intern ally injured; Miss Nort Englehart, GO years old, jumped from the third story window, leg broken and intern ally injured; Mrs. Marion Orton, asphyxiated, may die. _ I Nobility with the People. MOSCOW—At a private meeting of the provincial nobility after a discus, sion of reform proposals, it was de cided to vote for a modified form of an address t the government to the effect that the members of the no bility are eagerly awaiting a word from the emperor which would show that the bonds uniting the throne and the people are still unbroken and that the emperor would, when he deemed it advisable, summon representatives of the people to participate in the government. Forty Thourand Men Strike. SOSNOVICE—About 40,000 men are now out on strike. At a meeting of strikers today the men forcibly dragg ed officers belonging to the manage ment of various concerns to the place of meeting. All the speakers insisted on the preservation of public order. The men’s demands include a nrni mum wage of 7o cents a day. eight hours to constitute a day’s work, vari ous reforms in factory management and old-age pensions. After the meet ing 12,000 strikers marched to the Dombrova quarter. JAPS AGAIN WIN THE RUSSIANS FAIL TO TURN OKU’S LEFT FLANK. ASSAILANTS AT DISADVANTAGE Moving Over a White Surface and Frozen Ground With Cold Weather They are Targets for Fire of Men in Trenches. GENERAL OKU’S HEADQUAR TERS—Tlu> Russian attempt to turn General Oku’s left flank has proved a complete failure. Following on the failure of the recent cavalry raid down the railway this, it is thought by the Japanese, will probably induce the Russians to await in the future Japanese attacks. The attempt, even with the bombardment of other por tions ol' the line or a cavalry move ment around the flank, was doomed to failure from the start The Ja panese were at lleikoutal, but with drew its small force from there and allowed the Russians to occupy the positions until they could move over enough men to make its recapture certain. The reoccupation of this position was easiiy accomplished, although the loss was heavy. The casualties have not yet been reported, but it is believed that they will amount to fully 3.000. The Russians had five divisions en j gaged at Heikoutai and in that direc tion. They were driven back by less than two Japanese divisions. Over 100,000 men were engaged in the Russian demonstration against the Japanese positions immediately east of Heikoutai, a force strong enough to have been successful, as but one Japanese division was sent against them. The Russian loss is estimated at over 4.000, although prisoners say that one regiment was practically annihilated. The Japan ese loss is placed at only 200, due to the fact that they remained in their ■ trenches while the Russians were forced to cross open ground, solidly frozen, where the construction of shelter trenches was impossible. The ground being covered with snow, was naturally a great disadvantage to the attacking force, as it was plainly visible against the white back ground for a long distance. The Ja panese suffered the same disadvan tages in the recapture of Heikoutai. The weather was very cold during the lighting, the minimum being 0 degrees below zero, and the maxi mum It degrees above zero. The Russians did not retreat north, but retired, well out of range, with no sign of further activity. ST. PETERSBURG—The emperor has received the following dispatch from General Kuropatkin: The Japanese during the night of January 31 attacked Djantanchenan, on the left bank of the Hun river, op posite Changtan. They captured the village, but subsequently were driven out with great loss. The Russian casualties were 100. MEANS MUCH FOR OMAHA. Proposition to Make It General Dis tributing Point for Supplies. WASHINGTON—There is pending in the war office a proposition to raise Omaha to the importance of a general distributing point for quartermaster’s supplies. It is now the distributing, station for army supplies destined to military posts within the department of the Missouri. The recent comple tion of the new addition to the quar termaster's supply depot warehouse in Omaha has provided ample space for the landling of a much larger ton nage. It is understood that there are hut three general supply depots in (he United States, viz.. New York. San Francisco and Jeffersonville, Ind., the latter station having been established during the civil war and maintained largely because of tradition. The de velopment of the west in the matter of transportation facilities has given rise to a demand for a general supply station in the mid-west. Omaha's claims to this new distinction have been advocated by Senator Millard, who recently took the matter up with General C. F. Humphrey, quartermas ter general of the army. General Humphrey was for a long time sta tioned at Omaha as chief quartermas ter of the department of the Platte and is personally conversant with the situation, as he is. of course, with the needs of the service in every part of the United States. Senator Millard feels confident that he will have the gooil will of General Humphrey in the effort to enhance the importance ol Omaha as a supply station. Success in this matter would, of course, en able the wholesale merchants and manufacturers of Nebraska to bid on a variety of army supplies for use throughout the United States and the Philippines, and no doubt they would receive large contracts. It is possible that an act of congress may be neces sary to bring this about, but Senator Millard is in hopes that it can be done by order of the secretary of war. Decide on Railroad Bill. WASHINGTON—The house com mittee on interstate and foreign com merce by a party vote authorized a favorable report to the house on a bill extending authority to the inter state commerce commission to fix rates, increasing the size of the com mission from five to seven members and creating a “court of transporta tion.” And the bill is a combination of the Eseh-Townsend measures, with amendments taken from the Hepburn bill. This action was reached after long sessions. Grows Serious at Warsaw. WARSAW—The strike disorders are becoming more serious. The or dinary life of the city is quite sus pended. Oq Saturday the strikers stopped the street railway srvice, but remained otherwise orderly. Sunday, however, they began wholesale pill age. The majority of the shops in Marshal Kovski street and the state vodkA shops wen., looted. Ali the fac tories, shops, schools and theaters are closed, and the street lamps extin guishe’d. There were several collisions 1 betweeJi the police and strikers. \ MAY ez TROUBLE. The Attack on British Official at Warsaw. ST. PETERSBURG—New compli cations between Grear Britain and Russia are feared on account of the attack on the British consul and vice consul at Warsaw Saturday night. Coming on the heels of the placards posted by Assistant Police Chief Roudeneff at Moscow charging Great Britain with inciting the revolution in Russia, the Warsaw Incident is likely to arouse an outburst in Great Britain which may again strain rela tions between the two countries. Be yond the fact of the attack at War saw resulting in the wounding of the British vice consul, who is now in a hospital, the British embassy here has no details of the affair, but Sir Charles Hardinge the British am bassador has already directed a note to Foreign Minister Lamsdorff ask ing for an immediate investigation and explanation, reserving any claims which may be hereafter made and at the same time asking for the protection of British corsuls through out the empire. By the first train he also dispatched Major Nanier, the British military attache, to Warsaw to secure a full report on the cir cumstances. Count Lamsdorff hastened to reply to Ambassador Hardings note, ex pressing regret if th'> British consul general ami vice consul at Warsaw were injured and informing him that an immediate inquiry would be made to establsih the facts. The consuls are understood to have been wounded by Cossacks while the latter were clearing the streets. Count Lamsdorff replied to Ambas sador Hardinge’s second note on the subject of the Moscow placards by saying that instructions had been sent to remove all traces of the placards from the streets. It Is now learned, however, that similar no tices had been posted at Libau and Reval, which led to a renewal of rep resentations on this score. In tlii3 connection the appearance of the proclamation of the holy synod, m structing the orthodox priests to m fornt their parishoners that the strike and revolutionary movements -were promoted by the external enemies as well as the internal enemies of Rus sia, with the object of emnarrassmg the military and naval plans, has cre ated something of a flurry among foreigners here, especially the Brit ish. who believe that the object is to incite hostility. No further action, however, has been taken by either Ambassador Hardings or the other loreign representatives. Private advices from Warsaw say the authorities there have already taken over charge of the water vvorus. electric light and gas plants and that serious trouble is anticipated. OBJECTS TO LAWYERS’ FEES. Choctaw Indian Enjoins Members of the Cabinet. WASHINGTON— Summons were served on Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, Secretary of the Interior Hitch cock and United States Tre surer Roberts in proceedings instituted against them by Richard McLish, a Choctaw Indian, to enjoin them from drawing and paying warrants to satis fy the award of a fee of $750,000 to th law firm of McMurray, Mansfield & Cornish of South 11c A luster, I. T.t fo’’ services in "purifying” the citizenship rolls of the Choctaw Indians. The award was made under authority of an act of congress. McLish charged that the firm se cured this fee by fraudulently conceal ing and withholding the fact that the firm already had been paid salaries ag gregating $15,000 a year for their ser vices. and sums aggregating approxi mately $200,000 for their expenses, etc. He alleged that the citiz°nship cases, on account of which the fee has ben allowed, are not yet finale deter mined and that the rights of enroll men,, etc., of the Choctaw and Cutcka sha Irdian funds are not yet finally settled. JAPANESE LOSE IN ATTACK. Latest Report Indicates Wounding of General Dombowski. ST. PETERSBURG—According to General Kuropatkin's latest reports, which indicate the wounding of a third Russian general—Dombowski— the operations at Sandiapu and the fighting at Sahke have been momen tarly suspended. The Russians suc cessfully repulsed the latest attack of the Japanese eastward with heavy loss. The cold is still intense, there be ing twenty-four degrees of frost. There are indications that the Japanese are preparing to break the inactivity on their own account as soon as the weather moderates. The war office is closed and no fur ther facts regard:ng the reports that General Kuropatkin is about to give up his command can be obtained. The rumor, however, is generally discredited. Identified By One Wife. NEW YORK—Johann Hock, who Is being hehld by the authorities in this city as a fugitive froon justice, await ing extradition papers from Chicago, and who is suspected of having had a great number of wives, the deaths of some of whom are regarded as sus picious. was identified by Mrs. Mary Hendricks of Chicago today as the man who married her on January 2, 1904, in Hammond. Ind. Mrs. Hend ricks said that Hoch married her un der the name of Jacob Schmidt, who deserted her in three weeks. Mr. Bryan Makes Donation. SPRINGFIELD, 111.—William J. Bryan spent Tuesday in Jacksonville in the interests of Illinois college, of wh;ch he is an alumnus and one o< the trustees. At a meeting of the hoard of trustees Mr. Bryan started a subscription to raise a sum of money to wipe out the debt by sub scribing $2,500 to head the list and $20,000 was raised, which will extin guish the debt. In the afternoon a mass meeting of students was held on the campus and a resolution thanking Mr. Bryan was adopted. _- — THE HOME OF VALENTINES. Cupid'3 Headquarters for United1 States at Worcester, Mass. ’ Daniel L. Cupid. Esq.. Worcester. Mass., is the address of one of the most hustling business men in the United States. He is sometimes called Dan Cupid by flippant song writers and. by the wholly irreverent, plain Cupid. Count less thousands of his pictures have been scattered over the world, yet few people know that his home is in Wor cester and that he is the head of a | mighty concern. In spite of his great business in i terests, he is the same innocent-look | ing, cherubic-faced little rascal as in ! the flays when his mother. Mrs. Venus, used to lay him across her pink j apron for embroiling the fashionable ' Olympus set in marital difficulties. : But the twentieth century Cupid is | a captain of industry. He is the J -u'lent partner of the George C. W’hit ; ney company, manufacturers of valen j tines. He has developed from a love | sick boy to a financier of parts. More over, he has regained his eyesight and he is no longer content to amuse ’ himself solely w ith his little bow and i arrows. He has autos aud yachts : amt even airships, as all his latest | pictures w ill bear witness. From his great factory in Worees j ter trillions and quadrillions of love i waves are radiating during these days just preceding St. Valentine's. These waves are more subtle than the j Marconi vibrations and are equally ; as penetrating. Every year v.hen the little Roman god and the Christian I saint join hands, the whole world i gets a thrill. Just why these two were ever brought together no one seems to know, but here they are again, arm in arm. and it behooves all letter carriers to limber up for the big | Jay’s work on the fifteenth. One never realizes how much a I silly sentiment may mean in a busi i ness wav until he walks through this j great valentine factory, with its pon ! derons machinery, its pretty girl-em i ployes and its favorite feverish activ | tty. The sentiment, indeed, is the busi ! ness. Were it not for the “Oh, Be Mine” plaints, there would he a va cant lot where now stands one of the most flourishing concerns in the city of Worcester. Because love-lorn j maids and bashful young men will persist in employing love’s mess^n ger. a company of very hard-headed men are making lots of money and giving employment to over 500 per sons. This is the largest valentine factory ia the world, so far as is known. Ror.sard to Hi3 Mistress. Some winter night, shut snugl> in B* side the fagot in the hall, 1 think I see you sit and snin. Surrounded by your maiden- all. OKI tales are told, old songs are ung. Old days come back to memory ; You say. “When I was fair and young A poet sang of me!'’ a There's not a maiden in your hall. Though lirtnl and sleepy evet so. But wakes as you my name nr:,;;. And kings the history to know And as the piteous tale is said. Of lady cold and lover true. Each, musing, carries it In bed. And sighs and envies you! “Our lady's old and feeble now “ They'll say; “she once was fresh and fa ir. And yet she spurned her lover's vow. Aral heartless left him to despair, The lover lies in silent earth. No kindly mate the lady cheers; She sits beside a lonely hearth. With threescore and ten years!” Ah! dreary thoughts and dreams are those: But wherefore yield me to despair. While yet the poet s bosom glows. While yet the dame is peerless far ! Sweet lady mine: while vet (is time. Requite my passion and mv truth And gather in their blushing prime The roses of your youth! —Thackeray. Mr. Devery on Charity. While it is always wise to be char itable it is only vouchsafed to a few to be wittily charitable. Mr. William Devery, of police and political fame, is one of the few. He was about to assist financially a man iu straitened circumstances when he was reminded that the would-be recipient of hi> bounty had on more than one ocea sion maligned and libeled him. “Oh. cut it out." replied Mr. Devery. "Y. hat s the use? I've known that fellow's slanders by heart so long that they have clean gone out cf my head.' It was Mr. Devery also who said that alms was in the plural because one single act of charity never count ed— that one must give more than once to “get in the game."—New York Herald. Senator a Philosopher. Senator Clapp of Minnesota has more than once shown himself a kepn philosopher. Recently one of the numerous persons haunting the corri doi s in behalf of some pet measure of alleged philanthropy held him up as he proceeding from the house to the senate. He listened intently for four or five minutes, gave a courteous reply, and passed on. “I never dodge any of those people,” said he when surprise was expressed at his pa tience. ‘‘It is a waste of time. That one now has told me his storv and will not interrupt me again for a year. And. then, they all fit in somewhere in the great universe,” he added. "There is some good in nearly everv one of them.” The Quality of Ambiguity. Neither comic opera jokes nor fa bles in slang form any part of George Ades ordinary conversation. He i however, rather given to indulging in a quality of humor that is uninten tionally sarcastic. In a discussion oi the fine meaning of words the other day he said: “Ambiguity is a word I always liked. Its real meaning is a qualitv that is deemed essentially neressary to thp clear understanding of diplo matic writings. Japanese war renorts acts of Congress and law prxlceed Constable Aged but Efficient Constable W. D. Currence of Valiev Head, near Elkins, W. Va„ was 2 vears and 8 months old last we,- ' when he went to Elkins to take the aath of office as constable of Min - , nstnct for the fourth term. h S years. “Uncle 3h y. as he is familiarly known still ;ets over the mountains of his district spry as ever and brings the ,7 ££* * >*" ‘0 toUceD‘,Vh:h"'t