THE BIG PACKERS
THEY MUST STOP TAMPERING
WITH WITNESSES.
WHAT DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS
More Attempts to Influence Testi
mony Manifested—Fifteen Wit
nesses Examined During the Day,
Among Them an Omaha Man.
CH'ICAGO—Conspiracy indictments
are threatened against heads of the
big meat packing concerns unless al
leged tampering with witnesses wrho
have been summoned to testify before
the federal grand jury is discontinued
at once. With two witnesses on the
stand yesterday who, it is asserted,
admitted that they had been ap
proached with a suggestion that their
testimony be mild, the jury, it is de
clared, is getting ready to take dras
tic measures. “We will shut off inter
ference with witnesses,” said Assist
ant Attorney General Pagin, “even if
wre have to resort to proceedings un
der the conspiracy statute to do so.”
Belief was general that Mr. Pagin
has already laid out plans for new
indictments.
Fifteen witnesses were heard, three
women being among those who testi
fied. The women were said to be sten
ographers employed by the National
Packing company.
One of the witnesses before the
jury was Charles E. Meade of Bos
ton, formerly connected with Swift &
Company’s car lines. Mr. Meade said
that he had not been in that business
for three years. The witness said
that since his retirement Swift and
Company had disposed of their inter
ests in the car line business.
L. S. Curtis of T. E. Baker & Co.
oi Boston, and Frank Dimpon of
Omaha were other witnesses before
the jury. Mr. Dimpon explained the
meat business from the viewpoint of
the medium through which the custo
mer obtains meat.
The fifteen secret service men who
• have been frequenting the corridors
in the building where the grand jury
is in session were not to be seen yes
terday. District Attorney Morrison
was said to have ordered that waiting
witnesses instead of spending their
time in the vicinity of the jury room
are to be concealed in down town
hotels until called before the jury. In
this way the witnesses will be more
readily prevented from learning the
identity of the secret service men
watching for Dossible irregularity.
Ten men arrived in the jury room
in the afternoon and reported to the
government officials. It is said that
the ten are employed by railroads in
Michigan.
TO CRUSH LOAN SHARKS.
Illinois Legislature Is Taking Some
Drastic Measures.
SPRINGFIELD, 111.—By unanimous
vote, a sweeping anti-loan shark bill
was ordered to third reading by the
upper house of the Illinois legislature.
The bill provides that there can be no
legal assignment of wages unless
both husband and wife join in the
transaction, and three days’ notice is
given the employer.
Attorney General Stead, a number
of eminent lawyers and the Mer
chants’ club of Chicago are backing
the bill. Senator Dickson, who intro
duced the measure, said in address
ing the senate: “Hemes are wrecked
and men who on™ get into the
•dutches of loan sharks are driven to
suicide. There is a crying need for
this measure.”
CATTLE GROWERS WILL HELP
Assist the Government in Breaking Up
Beef Trust.
EL PASO. Tex.—The following
statement with reference to thp reso
lution of Texas cattle men to give al!
po'K'ible evidence in the campaign
against the "beef trust” was issue I by
President W. W. Turney of the Inter
State Tattle Growers’ association:
“Ninety-nine per cent of the cattle
growers of the country believe there
is an illegal combination having for its
end the stifling of competition and the
controlling of 98 per cent of the cattl°
shipped to the six great slaughtering
marketr—Chicago. Kansas City. St.
! ouis. Fort Worth. Omaha and I 03
Angeles—and they are ready to help
the government and will help if all
they ran to break up this monster. Tt
ran be done and the cattle men will
help.”
Will Try to Ore t're Rivers.
FT. PETERSBURG —During his
forthcoming inspection of the Siberian
railroad. Minister of Railroads Hil
koff propose- to make an exhaustive
inquiry into the possibility of organ
izing a big system of tianspert along
the rivers.
Dowrer Pucbess of Aberccrn Dead
LONDON—The dowager duchess cf
A hr room, who was I ouisa Jane Rus
sMl. daughter of the sixth duke of
Ped'ord. died of gastritis at Coates’
castle. Sussex.
Gets $20,000 Judgment.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D.—Judge Car
land of the United States court in
this city has granted to Isaac L. Ell
wood of Defcalb. 111., a judgment for
the sum of $20,000 agiinst the city of
Huron. S. D. Ellwool recently insti
tuted a suit for the recovers of nrin
cipal and interest on bonis which
were issued in 1890. for the osterrih.le
purpose of refunding the outstanding
bonds of the city, but which were, in
reality, issued for the purpose of
carrying on the fight for the state
capital of South Dakota.
Proctor’s Daughter Dead.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark.—Senator Red
field Proctor cf Vermont has Ieft for
Boston, called there by the death of
his daughter. It is reported he has
purchased a winter home in Hot
Springs.
Lord Kelvin Seriously III.
LONDON—The condition of Lord
Kelvin, the distinguished scientist who
is in a critical condition as the result
of an operation for internal trouble,
was reported as being less satisfac
tory.
JAPS NEW PLANS,
Will Likely Turn Their Attention to
Vladivostok.
ST. PETERSBURG—The impres
sion prevails in some circles that the
Japanese, having removed the possi
bilty of the main army in Manchuria
assuming the initiative, will now turn
their attention to the next objective
of the war—Vladivostok—is strength
ened by the Associated Press dis
patch from Gunshu pass announcing
the withdrawal of the Japanese from
the immediate front of the Russian
army for a distance of thirty-five
miles south. It is realized of course
that this may be merely a bluff to
cover flanking operations, but it is
not improbable that the Japanese
having cleared southern Manchuria
of Russian troops and secured a po
sition from w'hence expulsion would
be a long and difficult process, may
be satisfied to hold the Tie Pass line
without further extension of commu
nications.
While the voice of the emperor’s
advisers is for peace if honorable
terms are obtainable, the government,
as is the part of wisdom, is going
forward with all provisions for the
continuance of the war. Prepara
tions are reported to be making for
the mobilization of five corps. It has
been understood that the guards
would be retained at St. Petersburg,
but some of the officers of this crack
organization believe their servces
have been requisitioned and are mak
ing preparations to that end.
There has been a recrudescence of
reports of a change in the attitude
of the war office. It was stated Mon
day night in a usually well informed
source that Lieutenant General Sak
haroff will leave ver shortly and will
be succeeded by General Ridiger, now
chief of the chancellery of the war
office. It is also reported that Gen
eral Polivanoff will be appointed chief
of the general staff. Both Polivanoff
and Ridiger are of the younger school
of generals, and have high repute as
theoreticians and administrators. Gen
eral Ridiger is the author of a num
ber of text books on tactics.
The government is advised that
Chinese bandits are appearing in
great numbers along the Siberian
railroad and causing interference with
the train service.
The Japanese have apparently with
drawn from the region to the south
of the Russian front. Cossack pa
trols who have been making extensive
reconnaissance southward found no
Japanese within thirty-five miles. Gen
eral Linevitch is dispatching scouting
parties east and west to guard
against a possible turning movement.
PRIZE LANDED FOR OMAHA
Formal Order Issued Making it Rural
Mail Division Headquarters.
WASHINGTON—The order estab
lishing division headquarters of the
rural mail delivery service at Omaha
and re-moving to that point the rural
delivery district headquarters at Kan
sas City was issued at the postoffice
department Tuesday. With this order
was an announcement that Postmaster
General Cortelyou had appointed
Charles E. Llewellyn of Nebraska a
division superintendent and assigned
him to take charge of the new head
: quarters. The change will take place
April 17, when the three clerks who
have composed the force under the
supervision of Postoffice Inspector J.
R. Harrison will be transferred to the
force that will be appointed for the
work under Superintendent Llewellyn.
The district of which Omaha will
be the headquarters will remain as
at present, consisting of the states
of Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma
and the Indian Territories.
GOOD NEWS FOR POSTMASTERS.
All in Fourth Class in Nebraska Can
Retain Their Jobs.
WASHINGTON—All fourth class
postmasters of Nebraska may rest
fully assured that their services will
he regained for another term of four
years, providirg they are proficient
and do not violate the president’s or
der respecting office holding. Perni
cious political activity will not bo
j countenanced by the administration.
Postemaster General Cortelvou
| stated that the same rule should op
i crate toward all presidential post
masters in the state. This new policy
is likely to create a great deal of
dissatisfaction among the Nebraska
| congressmen, since the naming of
postmasters is about all the federal
patronage they have to dispense.
Monument to Cervantes.
HAVANA—The provincial council
ha t voted in favor of the erection of a
t monument to Cervantes, author of
“Don Quixote.”
Dr. Hewett Dies Suddenly.
RI OOMINGTON, 111—Dr. E. C. He
; wett. for fifteen years president of
the Illinois State Normal school, died
I suddenly Friday. He was 77 years old.
Whiteman Released on Bail.
BUFFALO, N. Y.—Alonzo J. White
man was released from jail on $10,000
Armour Man is Indicted.
CHICAGO—The federal grand jury
returned an indictment against Thom
as .1. Connors, general superintendent
of Armour & Co., on the charge of in
terfering with a witness summoned to
appear before the jury now investigat
Ing the so-called beef trust. Mr. Con
nor, who is J. Ogden Armour’s most
confidential employe and the active
head of one of the largest packing
; companies in the world, was arrested
on a bench warrant by a United States
deputy marshal and brought to the
grand jury room.
Germany Wants No Butting In.
BERI IN—The suggestion that an
international congress might be call
ed to arrange the Russian-Japanese
terms of peace finds no favor at the
foreign office in Berlin. Where a full
settlement between the belligerents
without the interference of other pow
ers is much preferred. An internation
al congress would mean a derange
ment of the present equilibrum of in
terests, because those undertaking to
settle, peace would seek advantages
for themselves as a proper brokerage
on the transaction.
RIOT AT WARSAW
FOUR PERSONS. KILLED AND
FORTY WOUNDED.
SEVERAL OF LATTER WILL DIE
Crowd Carrying Red Flags Attack Pa
trol of Troops and Police.—Proclam
ation Distributed Warning People
..Away from Public Buildings.
WARSAW—A serious conflict oc
curred at 7:30 o’clock Sunday evening
In Dzika street, where a Jewish so
cialist society known as the Bund had
organized a demonstration. Troops
W'hich came to disperse the gathering
fired into the crowd, killing four per
sons and wounding forty others.
Other disturbnaees are reported to
have occurred. The street had been pa
trolled throughout the day. Conditions
here are causing much easiness and
nervousness. Hand printed proclama
tions have been found in the streets,
warning the public against walking
near public buildings and other places,
as bombs would be thrown in these
quarters. Several parents whose chil
dren are attending school in defiance
of the school strike have been warn
ed by letter to withdraw their chil
dren, as the school buildings will be
blown up. Representatives of the party
of violence (it is not quite clear
whether they are revolutionaries or so
cialists) are visiting private persons
and levying contributions for “ammu
nition.” They produce lists of names
with the amounts to be collected from
each and request the contributor to
sign his name opposite these assess
ments, which range from $2.50 to $3.50.
When Governor Maximovitch arrived
here ten days ago to assume his duties
he ordered that the Cossack detach
ment awaiting him at the station be
retired, saying he did not want an es
cort. Driving through the city today,
however, the governor general's car
riage was surrounded by twrenty Cos
sacks.
The editors of the Polish newspa
pers were summoned to the castle yes
terday. Governor General Maximovitch
received each of them separately in
the most friendly manner, and talked
with them on various subjects, espec
ially on the question of the censor
ship. He invited them to come to him
in case of any difficulty.
The trouble in Dzika street began
when, under the pretext of holding a
memorial meeting for a late Jewish
socialist leader, a crowd of more than
1,000, mostly Jews, carrying red flags,
marched into Dzika street and was
met by a mixed police and military
patrol of twenty men. The police de
clare the socialists fired revolvers at
them, the leaders inciting the mob to
attack the patrol, which thereupon
fired several volleys into the crowd.
Four men were killed and forty were
wounded.
TO STUDY DEEP WATERWAYS
President Appoints Commissioners to
Meet the Canadians.
WASHINGTON—The president has
selected the American members of
the joint international commission to
study the effect on the navigation of
the Great lakes of the changes of level
expected to result from the execution
of the deep waterway project. They
are George Clinton, a lawyer, of New
York; General O. H. Ernst, corps of
engineers. United States, and Frof.
Gardner S. William, professor of hy
draulic engineering at Cornell. The
Canadian commissioners are: J. P.
Maybe of Toronto: W. King. Dominion
astronomer of Ottawa, and Louis
Acoste, civil engineer of Ottawa, with
Thomas Cole as secretary.
The American commissioners have
been instructed to arrange a meeting
among themselves for organization
and then to correspond with the
Canadians to select a time and place
—probably Toronto—for the joint
meeting to begin the work.
NEWSPAPERS ARE NOW QUIET
Believed They Have Been Given a
Tip by Government.
ST. PETERSBURG—The newspa
pers are so significantly silent about
the peace reports from abroad that
it leads to the inference that they
have been warned by the government
of the inadvisability of airing their
views at this time.
These papers which have been fa
voring peace say nothing, while the
small section of the press which has
been insisting on a continuation of
the war contents itself with the repro
duction of articles from foreign news
papers, showing that peace now
means the abandonment forever of
Russia's position on the Pacific.
No Community of Interests.
HAMBURG—At a general meeting
of the Hamburg-American Steam
Packet company, Herr Ballin, director
general of the company, said no plans
existed for the establishment of a
community of interests between the
Hamburg-American and North Ger
man Lloyd lines.
Girl Goes to Penitent'ary.
CHICAGO—Inga Hanson, former
Salvation Array girl, convicted of per
jury, was denied a new' trial and will
go to the penitentiary on an indeter
minate sentence. The perjury was
committed in a remarkable attempt by
the prisoner to obtain $50,000 damages
from the Chicago City railway for al
’eged injuries in a street car accident
by which Miss Hanson claimed to
have been rendered deaf. dumb, blind
and unable to walk. She claimed to
have been suddenly cured by prayer
as the result of a revival.
Morton at Havana.
WASHINGTON—The Dolphin, wMth
Secretary Morton's party, arrived at
Havana from Guantanamo Tuesday.
Captain Gibbons, commanding the ves
sel. in reporting his arrival at the
Cuban capital, informed the depart
ment that Captain William A. Swift,
who is accompanying the secretary, is
ill with typhoid fever and is in a hos
pital at Havana. Captain Swift has
been designated for assignment for as
sistant chief of the Bureau of Naviga
tion, to succeed Captain Pillsbury,
who goes to North Atlantic station.
MAGOON TO BE GOVERNOR.
Lincoln Man Selected a» Canal Zone
Executive.
WASHINGTON—Judge Charles E.
Magoon of Lincoln, Neb., who is the
law officer of the bureau of insular
affair, war department, will be the new
governor and minister of the Panama
canal zone, as was announced several
days ago. He will have the combined
executive and diplomatic duties as a
result of the reorganization of the is
thmian canal commission, now being
made by the president and Secretary
Taft.
Judge Magoon has done important
work for the government in connection
with the legal administration in the
Philippines. He is qualified in every
way to undertake the organization of
the canal zone government.
Plans for the reorganization of the
commission are rapidly being perfect
ed by the president and Secretary
Taft. Announcement of the retirement
of the present members of the com
mission and the appointment of their
successors is expected to be made
within the next day or two.
Although the president has been ad
vised that under the law there must
be seven commissioners, it is possible
that he may not name all of them at
once.
Judge Charles E. Morgan will be
designated to act as the governor of
the canal zone, in place of General
Davis. He will also assume the duties
as United States minister plenipoten
tiary to Panama, now being performed
by Hon. John Barrett.
WILL OF MRS. JANE STANFORD
After Bequests of $4,125,000, Balance
Goes to University.
SAN JOSE, Cal.—The will and co
dicil of Mrs. Jane Stanford were
proven and admitted to probate Fri
day, and letters of administration
were issued to Charles G. I^at'nrop,
Timothy Hopkins, Joseph D. Grant,
Whitelaw Reid and Thomas B. Croth
ers, as executors, without bonds. The
estate was represented by Attorneys
S. F. Lieb and Mountford Wilson. All
of the above mentioned, and also
Charles K. Lovell, Robert G. Hooker
and T. F. Draper, were examined by
the court. They testified that at the
date of the will Mrs. Stanford was in
full possession of her mental powers
and physically strong.
The will was executed July 28. 1903.
and signed in the presence of Lovell,
Wilson and Draper, in the library of
Mrs. Stanford’s San Francisco home.
The codicil was written by Mrs. Stan
ford herself in August, 1904, under the
direction of S. F. Lieb.
By the terms of the will $2,000,000
are left in trust to Ariel Lathrop and
descendants of D. S. lathrop. her
Brother; $1,000,000 in trust to her
nieces, Jennie L. Lawton and Amy L.
Hanson, and the children of Christine
L. Gunning; $1,000,000 to Charles G.
Lathrop ; $125,000 to ^various charit
able institutions.
PRESIDENT’S WESTERN TRIP.
Chief Executive to Spend Two Months
Hunting in Texas and Colorado.
WASHINGTON — President Roose
velt will leave Washington Monday
on a trip to the west and southwest.
He will be absent nearly two months.
One of the chief objects of the trip,
which the president has long had in
mind, is the reunion of his Rough
Rider regiment of the Spanish-Amer
ican war, which is to take place at
San Antonio. Texas, Friday, April 7th.
and for which an elaborate program
of exercises has been arranged. There
will be a number of brief stops en
route, where the president wll make
addresses. Leaving San Antonio,
there will he a brief stop and ad
dress at Fort Worth, which will ter
minate the public part of the trip,
following which the president is to go
hunting in the Panhandle of Texas
and later in Colorado. All arrange
ments have been made whereby the
president will keep in touch with pub
lic affairs, both during his railroad
ride and while hunting, so that he will
be enabled to pass on all matters re
quiring his attention. The president
is looking forward with keen pleasure
to his long vacation.
TEN YEARS IN PRISON.
That is the Sentence Imposed Upon
Mrs. Chadwick.
CLEVELAND, O.—Unless the high
er court interferes, Mrs. Cassie L.
Chadwick will spend the greater parr
of the next ten years in the Ohio
state penitentiary.
A sentence of ten years was im
posed on her by Judge Robert Taylor
in the United States district court
here. The sentence came at the
close of a busy day for the court in
hearing arguments on a motion for a
new tr:al, which lasted all day. The
motion was overruled.
Mrs. Chadwick was convicted on
seven counts and sentenced upon six
counts. For four of these counts a
sentence of two years was imposed.
Upon two counts a sentence of one
year each was imposed, making a to
tal sentence of ten years.
Austria Asks For Inquiry.
SALT LAKE CITY—The Austrian
rovernment, through its consul at San
Francisco, has demanded of the Uath
authorities a rigid investigation of the
killing of Jacob Oman, a citizen of
Austria, by a special policeman at
^astlegate, Utah, on January 27th
last. Oman, with several other Aus
trians was quarantined for smallpox
in a pcsthouse. guarded by Officer R.
A. I ewis. Oman tried to break quar
antine when I.ewin shot him in the
bead, killing him lmuaiitiy. He says
the shooting was accidental.
Barred From the Country.
NEW YORK—Although he had lived
in the United States five years, owned
the house in which he lived in this
city and had taken out his first citi
zenship papers, Joseph Witous ha3
been debarred froqj the country by the
immigration authorities on returning
from a fix months’ visit to Europe.
The medical officers who examined
Witous bn his arrival at Ellis island
pronounced him insane and, as a re
sult, the doors of the country were
closed against him. Witous is said to
be highly educated and well to do.
ADVANCE BEGINS
JAPANESE MAIN ARMY MOVING
FORWARD.
SEARCH FOR THE RUSSIANS
Activity of Oyama’s Troops on the
West Near the Mongolian Frontier.
—Large Scouting Parties Thrown
Out for Investigation.
ST. PETERSBURG—The news
from the front indicates that Field
Marshal Oyama has begun a genuine
advance of his main army with wings
far extended. Heavy reconnaissances
are being made against the Russian
center, with the object of developing
the Russian position.
It is officially announced that Gen
eral Karkevitch hag been appointed
General Linevitch’s chief of staff in
place of General SakharofE, who has
been transferred to the Alexander
committee for the care of the wound
ed. General Stakelberg has also been
appointed a member of the same com
mittee.
A dispatch from General Linevitch,
dated March 30, says:
“There is no change in the situa
tion. The enemy is displaying activ
ity east of the railroad.
“Heavy snow fell during the night.”
A telegram from Gunshu Pass says
General Linevitch has forbidden the
inhabitants of Harbin, with the ex
ception of the women and children,
to leave that place without special
permits, fearing that the town may be
denuded of workmen.
GUNSHU PASS—Reconnaissances
disclose especial activity on the part
of the Japanese on the wrest near the
Mongolian frontier. It is reported
that an anti-foreign propaganda is
conducted among the Chinese, who
are stirred up to a renewal of the
Boxer disturbances. The Hun Yuan
min societies of Mukden and Kirin
and the Tsai Li society, which is
strong in Tsitsihari and northern
Manchuria, are said to be working to
spread this agitation among the Man
churian population and Japanese suc
cess is doing much to augment the
movement. Many Chinese bandit
chieftians are leaders in numerous
secret societies extending throughout
China and their influence may have
a powerful effect on the attitude of
the Chinese government and popula
tion.
ADMIRAL BARKER RETIRES.
Admiral Evans Now Commands the
North Atlantic Fleet.
WASHINGTON—After long and dis
tinguished service, Ifc>ar Admiral A.
S. Barker, commander-in-chief of the
North Atlantic fleet, hauled down his
flag on the Kearsarge, and was placed
on the retired list of the navy.
In the war with Spain Admiral
Barker was one of the most prominent
members of the strategy board. He
was later in command of the navy
yard. New York, and from there, in
April, 1903, was appointed to the su
preme command of the North Atlan
tic fleet. Admiral Barker will make
his home in Washington. He is a na
tive of Massachusetts, whence he was
appointed to the naval academy.
Rear Admiral Evans succeeds Ad
miral Barker in command of the fleet,
and has selected the Maine for his
flagship.
MRS. MAYBRICK’S POSITION.
England to Be Asked to Rehabilitate
Her in Eye of Law.
WASHINGTON — Mrs. Florence
Maybrick, accompanied by her coun
sel. had a long conference with Act
ing Secretary of State Adee. In the
legal proceedings now in progress, to
which Mrs. Maybrick is a party, in
volving considerable property inter
ests. some obstacle has been encoun
tered in availing of Mrs. Maybrick’s
testimony because of her peculiar
legal status, and she is seeking the
good offices of the state department
to procure from the British govern
ment the papers neeesary to rehabili
tate her in the eye of the law. The
state department will probably take
up the matter with the American em
bassy in London.
HAS NO PROOF OF MARRIAGE
Suit Brought in Paris by American
Actress Dismisosd.
PARIS—The civil tribunal of the
Sine fornr ally announced its decision
in the case of Carrie Swain, the
American actress, against Frank Gard
ner. the American sportsman, in which
the actress claimed to be Mr. Gard
ners -wife. The decision was on a line
with the recent announcement of the
conclusions made by the attorney gen
eral. The court rejects the plaintiff’s
claims and says the correspondence
between the parties shows that no
marriage existed. The defendant’s ob
ligation therefore was only moral.
The decision also rejects the defend
ant’s counter claim fpr damages on
the ground that he had not establish
ed the plaintiff's bad faith.
Gilbert Gets Judgment.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.—A judgment wTas
rendered on Friday in the United
States circuit court for $6,450 against
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
company in favor of Cass Gilbert, a
New York architect. Mr. Gilbert sued
for $31,000. alleging that the sum was
due him for drawing plans for cer
tain world's fair buildings. William
H. Thompson, treasurer of the ex
position company, and other high
world’s fair officials, stated that the
verdict will not be appealed.
Moscow Papers for Peace.
MOSCOW—'With the exception of
the Moscow Gazette, practically all
the newspapers of this city are for
peace on condition that there be
neither cession of territory nor pay
ment of indemnity. At a banquet
held a few days ago a prominent mer
chant declared that the “happiest end
of the war would be immediate peace,
but if the government consents to in
demnity he will throw the bomb.
Enough Russian gold has been spent
in Manchuria.”
A CLASH OF ARMS,
Another Duel Between the Armies
Looked For.
ST. PETERSBURG—Another duel
between the opposing armies in Man
churia may be on the program for the
coming week. The Russians, according
to the Associated Press’ Harbin cor
respondent, are now strongly fortify
ing their positions at Sipinghai against
which Japanese are reported to be
gathering in force. The story of the
Russian retirement from Sipinghai to
Chaoumiaodzi was incorrect, due to a
telegraphic error in the confusion of
similar Chinese names Chaoumiaodzi
with Shuamuyaotszi, south of Siping
hai, whence the Russian advance force
retired to the fortified line at Siping
hai. The Japanese followed to some
extent, but a border of twenty miles
of debatable ground still remains be
tween the two armies, over which the
Japanese probably will not advance
until they are ready to attack.
Equally important news is that a
column of Japanese is moving against
Kirin, perhaps with the intention of
turning the position eastward and
striking at the Vladivostok line of
communication with the double pur
pose of isolating the fortress and sep
iarating General Linevitch’s army
from a valuable base of supplies, the
Ussuri district.
Negotiations have been in progress
between Paris and St. Petersburg.
Even diplomats of the highest rank
have failed to obtain from M. Del
casse, the French foreign minister,
the results of these negotiations, but
it can be announced on the same au
thority that Count Lamsdorff, the
Russian minister of foreign affairs,
has within a week admitted that he
had a general way outlined to M. Del
casse the general terms along which
Russia might consent to consider
peace.
Advices from Europe tell of the fear
prevalent there in certain quarters
that the activities of Lamsdorff and
Delcasse are directed toward an in
ternational conference, to be held in
some neutral European capital, such
as Stockholm, where peace negotia
tions might be conducted. It is said
that this move has been in a measure
blocked by the refusal of Japan to
give any indication as to the peace
terms she would accept until positive
ly assured in the name of the czar him
self that Russia is prepared to nego
tiate in good faith for peace. Not only
does Japan insist upon this assur
ance, but she prefers to negotiate di
rectly with St. Petersburg.
With the United States, Germany
and Japan opposed to an internation
al conference to end the war. the be
lief is strong in Washington that suc
cessful peace negotiations will date
from the day St. Petersburg communi
cates with Tokio direct. The Wash
ington government is alertly watching
for the opportunity to assist Russia
and Japan in getting into diplomatic
communication.
WANT NEGOTIATIONS DIRECT.
Washington Opposed to an Interna
tional Conference.
WASHINGTON—Neither Russia or
Japan have asked President Roose
velt to assist them in ending the war.
So far as the Washington government
is aware, Emperor Nicholas has not
weakened in his announced decision,
“to prosecute the war to the bitter
end.”
The genuine wish of this govern
ment. for peace in the far east is not
based upon selfish interests. American
financiers have.not overloaded them
selves with bonds of either of the belli
gerent nations. Washington believes
that it is to the advantage of both
belligerents that the far eastern war
come to a speedy end, and anything
that this government can do to bring
that about will be done gladly. From
the outset of the war the president
has taken the position, as has been
repeatedlv announced by Secretary
Hay. that he will do anything in his
power to assist Russia and Japan to
a peace basis which his services shall
he acceptable to the belligerents. But
it is authoritatively stated that no offi
cial of the Washington government is
ambitious to pose as the mediator be
fween the czar and mikado.
It is the feeling here that Russia
and Japan should negotiate directly
and avoid an international conference.
This opinion also prevails in Berlin.'
IGNITES A MASS OF POWDER
Explosion in Omaha Saloon Kills and
Injures.
OMAHA—While taking a flashlight
photograph in a saloon Albert Butlei
was instantly killed and William Cof
fee. W. J. Murray and M. Levy were
seriously injured by an explosion of
oowder used by the photographer. But
ler had set his grip containing a large
supply of power near the tripod apd
when he touched off the powder in the
flash p&n the lieht in some manner
spread to the grip and the explosion
followed. The force of the explosion
‘-few Butler and his companions
against a. wall, the former’s breast be
ing .torn away. The injured men will
recover.
Deny Charges of Castro.
WASHINGTON—Solicitor Penfield
of the state department said Sunday
night concerning the charges made in
Venezuela against General Francis V.
Greene and the asphalt company of
which he was the head, to the effect
that he and the asphalt people had
aided the Matos revolution, that some
months ago General Greene had sub
mitted to the state department a
sworn denial of the truth of these re
ports and had backed his denial by
affidavits from responsible officers of
the asphalt compan}'.
Francio McCord Is Dead.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.—Francis Mc
Cord, son of the late James McCord,
died in Asheville. N. C., Friday. While
he had been suffering wdth tuberculo
sis for some time, his death was un
expected.
Cotton Statistics.
WASHINGTON—The census bureau
has issued a special cotton ginning
report on the total crop, showing
total crop, including lint^rs. counting
round bales as half bale';, to be 13,
597,783, equivalent to 13,584,457.
Nebraska News
Qretna. saloons will be taxed $550
this year—a reduction of $50.
Both of the Table Rock brick plants
have started operations for 1905.
The Central Nebraska Telephone
company at Broken Bow may change
hands.
Miss Grimes of Beatrice fell back
wards from a porch and broke her
collar bone.
Robert. Moore, colored, was serious
ly injured by being thrown under cars
at Falls City.
Graves of veterans at Osceola have
been marked by tombstones furnished
by the government.
Sheriff Birdsall of Dawes county
was injured by a runaway team, which,
threw him from a buggy.
A new church has been dedicated
seven miles from Cox ad. The structure
cost $2,COO and is paid for.
At Nebraska City of late a number
of cars on the Missouri Pacific have
been broken open and goods taken.
The board of supervisors of Gage
county will probably put in force the
scavenger act for collection of taxes.
A stranger, supposed to be a veter
inary surgeon from Winside, named
Lock, fell dead on the street at Blue
Hill.
The United Brethren church at
Table Rock which has been rebuilt
and remodeled, will Se dedicated on
April 1G„
A letter addressed to Mrs. A. B.
Tynell, Elwood, Neb., indicates that
her son committed suicide at Minne
apolis, Minn.
Dr. F. M. Sisson, presiding elder
of the Norfolk district of the Method
ist Episcopal church, will hereafter
reside at Stanton.
While duck hunting near Crete
David Iligbeen accidentally shot Louis
Wisner in the knee, making a \ery
painful wound.
Col. Ilarding, vice president of the
National Bank of Humboldt, with his
wife and son, were thrown from a
buggy and all more or less hurt.
Emma. Dixon has brought suit
against the Omaha Street Railway
company for $2,500 for damages which
she claims by reason of an accident.
In district court at Pattsmouth. Eu
gene A. Levi of Nebraska City received
a judgment against the Rock Island
Railroad company for a little more
tha» $700 for damages to two thor
ough-bred horses caused by delay in
shipment.
Mrs. Lon Younkin, a widow, was
probably fatally burned at Beatrice.
She was burning rubbish in th# yard
when her skirts caught fire and her
clothing was almost entirely burned
from her body before the flames were
extinguished.
G. O. Russell was drowned at his
home tv.fo miles west of Odell. He was
in the field at work and left for the
house to do the chores. In crossing
a creek on some logs he slipped and
fell into shallow water below. The
fall seems to have rendered him un
conscious and Le was drowned before
help reached him.
The granite for the foundation for
the memorial to be erected to the
memory of the late J. Sterling Morton
at Nebraska City, has arrived and is
being put in position. The statue,
which was modeled and cast in Paris
will be here in time to be unveiled on
Arbor Day. An elaborate program will
be prepared for that day.
The people of Cortland have organ
ized an independent telephone com
pany by the consolidation of several
farmer lines and they now have a
system of 200 telephones with an ex
change at Cortland. The towns of
Clatonia. Hallam, Princeton and Firth
have been placed on the line, which
will be connected with Beatrice soon.
The members of the Methodist
church will celebrate the fiftieth anni
versary of the organization of the
church in Nebraska City some time
next month. The Methodist church in
that city is the first church of any de
nomination founded in this state. Com
mittees have been appointed to make
all the necessary arrangements for
the celebration, which will last for one
week.
At Ravenna Yardmaster I^ea,
Switchman Black and Helper Lewis of
the Burlington were sitting in the
st/itchman's house when sparks from
i passing engine set fire to the place.
Some oil is kept there and in an in
stant the inside of the building was
ablaze. Lea escaped with a slightly
burned face. Black had his hair badly
singed. An engine was run alongside
the building and the flames quickly
extinguished. ^
The Rhodes scholarship committee
of Nebraska selected Arthur H. Marsh
of Blair, Neb., a student of the State
university, to receive the benefit of
the Cecil Rhodes scholarship offer.
Marsh did not take the examination
given last January, but he was one of
the four who pas#sed the test a year
ago, when Raymond H. Coon of Grand
Island college was chosen as Ne
braska’s first scholar to Oxford uni
versity. England.
Edward Farley, .ir., of Bancroft, was
seriously if not fatally injured by be
ing thrown from a horse while riding
along the street. The horse shied
throwing the rider against a wagon.
Quite a crowd of Humboldt people
assembled at the station to bid a for
mal farewell to Senator Tucker, who
with his wife, left for Phoenix, A. T.
to make their future home. Mr
Tucker expects to take the oath a*
associate justice of the United States
federa! court some time within thr
week and will open his first session ai
Yuma, April 4.
The home of S. Tanner, east of Nor
folk limits, was completely destroyer
by fire, a table and a stove bein?
saved from the flames. The property
was partially insured. Too hot ar
oven Ifor the baking of biscuits wa»
the cause of the fire.
Patsy Caton, who is charged *witfc
horse stealing. wras bound over to the
district court at Plattsmouth by Ju3
tice Archer. Catcn is the young man
who was arrested at Jxmisville while
trying to get away with a team be*
lonving to a farmer named John
Busi.