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.
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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
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