A BURLINGTON TRAIN WRECKED NEAR THERE TODAY. 'NONE FROM NORFOLK IN WRECK A Passenger Train Between Grand Island and Lincoln Went Off a -Switch Today and Many Persons are Inured List is Not Complied. Lincoln , March 23. Special to The ' News : A Hurllngton from Grand Island ran off a switch near hero to day. Many people were hurt , though none from Norfolk nor northern Ne braska have as yet been reported. The engine and tender ran off the switch and the Jolt that followed tossed the passengers into n heap. The accident occurred In the stock yards here. The train wrecked was Burlington No. 40. Thirty-one passengers were more or less Injured , but none seri ously. FAMOUS ABIBAI'VECKER DEAD 51 Heroine of Song and fy Who Saved Crew From i " Langton , Ontario , Ma " % M. Abi gail Becker , famed In son ; "o 1 story throughout Canada Is ileal jVal j - slngham Center. Unaided , she saved the crcw'jf the schooner "Conductor , " wrecked at Long Point on Lalco Erie In Novem ber , 1853. For her bravery the gov ernment gave her a farm , the Buffalo ship owners ? 1,000 and the Now York Life Saving association a gold medal. AMERICAN AMBASSADOR ILL. Man From Mexico Is Suffering From La Grippe in Washington. Washington , March 23. Don Man uel do Asplraz , American ambassador , is seriously 111 here with a severe at tack of la grippe , and other compli cations. Pipe Line to Kansas City. Chanute , Kan. , March 23. It Is an nounced here that n contract for eight Inch pipe for a line from th Chanute oil Held to Kansas City where It Is purposed to erect nn inde pendent refinery , has been let by J B. Levy , formerly of Ohio , represent Ing eastern capital , to a company at Kansas City for $211,000. work on the line to commence within forty days WRECK IS FOLLOWED BY SCENES OF WILD DISORDER. PASSENGERS BREAK UP CARS When Officials of the Company An nounced That no Fares Would be Returned Today , the Angry Men and Women Battered Out the Windows , . New York , March 23. A motormni " ( , seriously injured , several persons Be rlously hurt and traffic In the subwa ) blocked for a half hour today was the i result of , a rear-end collision. The accident resulted from a misunder standing of the signal. A riotous scene on the platform o the station followed the smaHhup. The platform was crowded with passen gers of the wrecked trains. Subwa } employes ordered everyone to leave the platform and it was stated thane no fares would be returned. Confu aion resulted nnd.the angry patron began smashing car windows. The police reserve was summonei and the angry men and women , some of them Injured , were ejected. LISBON WELCOMES ROYALTY Queen Alexandra t Reception a Great Flora ) Demonstiation Lisbon , Man Ii 11 4u eu Alex ndra of Gi < ut Uniiiln WM * KIVCU a hearty welronit ) 'I lie narbor wa < crowded with gaily Ue uratod strain r * and yailit * and Hi ? Hrillsn ioai yacht mcHiidfd tu r i'i amiit a deaf- ulna volley < if s * Ji . I o great ( utdn galleys , puH A k eighty hoai- * nn to tueiiieTMl custiiipvs of scarlit and gold , took out Klug rharles , his ult * and minister * to meet th * royal guist * A pavilion had liecn erected on tha quay for tbe reception formal- itie * . After lht > queen dowager of Portugal had met Queen Alexandra at th * sltips of the quay , a procession of tata carriages and offidals took th * guest and her suite to the palace amid hers from the populace. Along the route of the procession a feature of the decorations was many thousands of camellas and other flowers , which had been distributed to residents to ba thrown to Queen Alexandra as the procession passed , whilst hundreds of pigeons , with ribbons of the British colors tied to their necks , were lib- rated and mingled In the shower of towers. The scheme of decorations made tha reception a great floral dem onitratlon. FILES CHARGEJIF POLYGAMY Will Force Mormon Church to De clare It * Position. Salt I.ako , March 23. Charles A. Siiriithwalte , who Is In process of communication from Ike Muunun hurch for criticising the acts of 'resident Joseph Smith , as charged y big teacher. H. H. ( lodilanl , tiled barges with the bishop In O den Kalnst tioddard , charging the latter wllh living with Iwo wives nnd hay- nc children by them , contrary to the evelatfon known ns "the manifesto" nd contrary to the laws of the Bttite. 1'hls Is the first tlmo a direct cbargo of violation of ecclesiastical and tate laws in polygamy has ever boon preferred by n member of the church and thi * Incident Is regarded as slKnlllw.nt , as the case , If.brought to trial In the bishop's court , will 'orce ' the church to declare Its posi tion on the question of polygamy. Ames Team Carrie * Off Honors. Sioux City. March 23. The crack Ames team carried off tha honors In the Iowa state bowline tournament. Des Molnos was chosen at the place for the next tournament ACCIDENT IN A COAL MINE NEAR PRINCETON , IND. TWO OTHERS FATALLY HURT Rescuers Save Injured at Risk of Per Ishing Greater Part of the Miners Had Ascended Before the Blast Occurred. Princeton , Ind. , March 23. Sir mln era dead and four Injured , two prob Ably fatally , Is the result of an explo Bleu in the mine of the Princeton Coal and Mining company. The dead are. Hudson Woatherly Edmund Gelscr , Albert Gclser , Harry Taggart , William Biggs , George Dill The Injured are : John Dill , &erl ously burned and will probably die ; William Jones , seriously burned and will probably die ; Joseph Ward , will recover ; Gene Cole , will recover. Of the dead , all but Dill were dead when found In the mine. Their bodies were rescued two hours after the ex plosion , the delay being caused by the Inability of the rescuers to combat the afterdamp. The five Injured , including George Dill , who later died , were brought to tu surface thirty minutes after the explosion. The cause of the disaster In not known , save that it resultoc from a powder explosion. The miners ware making their blasts previous to leaving the mina and the greater part of the miners had ascended Within a short time fifty women , relatives of the miners surrounded the month of the shafi and anxiously awaited each ascension of the case. The miners worked hero Ically and a number of them were overcome by the foul air which flllei the mine. The explosion wrecked a portion of the mine. WHEELING MENAOED BY FLOOD Towboat Goes to Bottom of the Ohio River With All on Board. Wheeling , W. Va. , March 23. An unknown towboat , with all on board went to the bottom In the flooded river at Bellalre , O. , four miles below Wheellne , this morning. The disaster was caused by striking a channel pier of the Baltimore and Ohio rallroui bridge. The number of lost Is un known. The river reached Its maximum height here , with forty feet , seven Inches on the guage , and is receding an Inch tan hour. The city'Is all bu entirely Isolated , only the Baltimore and Ohio being able to run trains cast and west on the main line. Most o the large Industrial establishment * are Idle for four days or longer , throw Ing 20,000 men out of employment In the Wheeling district and causing a wage loss of 1150,000 to $250.000. This loss from the suspension of th * Job blng and retail trade will amount to fully as much. , Plan * for McKlnley Monument. Canton , O. , March 23. Archltec Magealgla reports to Secretary Hart ( II of tke McKlnley National Uemo rial association that ho ha * compUtei th * revised plans for th * McKlnle monument. These will b * nubmltUi to seven contractors , who ar * to b ready to report about Aprlt 1. A rat Ing of the trimtms of th * ilcKlaU memorial association Is to b held In New York. May 1 , at which tlmo th contract for the raoBiinxiBt Is to h let. Secretary Hartzell aays work will be commenced on th moauman by June 1. Blaze In Nine-Story Building. New York , March 23. Many live were endangered and damage to th txtent of $50,000 was done by a fir In the nine-story Empire State bulk Ing , at Broadway and Bleockcr streei Ecores of girls , employed In the up per portion of the building , wr thrown Into a panic when flame wept up from the seventh floor where the Are started , and It was enl by the greatest good fortune that a escaped. As It was , many were mor or less bruised In the crush which fo lowed the rusk down tb taiiways. ACTUAL STEPS IMMINENT IF NOT ALREADY BEGUN. PEACE PARTY CARRIES TODAY The Supporters of the Crown Who Ad vocate the Submission of a Pacific Proposal to Japan , Think They Have Won and Steps are Taken. St. Petersburg , March 23 , G p. in. Ministers and supporters of the court vlio advocate the subnilsHlon of a pa- clllc proposal to Jupnn , as previously set forth In thcso dispatches , so as to ascertain whether n basis for peace Is msHlblo , bollevo they have carried the lay and the Associated Press hears from high authority that net mil stops ire Imminent If not already taken. ENGLAND MAY INTERVENE. Cabinet Met Today and For the Pur pose of Talking It Over. London , March 2l. ! The cabinet met Uils afternoon lit the foreign of fice. According to n news agoue/ , the ministers assembled to consider a proposal for Intervention of the powers In the Hubso-.lnpanose war. No confirmation of the report Is tl.us far obtainable. Later It was milhorltlvely slated that the cabinet meeting today had no connection whatever with interven tion In the far custom war. Met Russian Boats. Port Louis , Island of Mauritius , March 23. A steamer from Ceylon which arrived hero today reports that during the night of March 1C she met H Russian torpedo boat which was fol lowed by a squadron of warships some distance behind. The steamer was unable to make out the number of character of the JAPS OPERATE TURNING MOVE. Pursuing Russians 100 Miles North of Tie Pass. Gunshu Pass , Manchuria , March 23. A hundred miles north of Tie pnss the Japanese are following the Itus- slan rear guard , moving north from Santoupu at the rate of eight and a half miles per day. On both flanks the Japanese are operating a wide turning movement , but the strength of the flanking forces has not b en definitely ascertained. TEN KILLED AND FIFTY INJURED IN A DISTURBANCE. RIOT INSTEAD OF A STRIKE Peasants Try to Induce Farm Labor ers to Strike and Rioting Follows. Then Troops are Called Out to Quell the Trouble. Kutno , Russian Poland , March 23. Ten peasants were killed nnd fifty wounded at Laneuta March 21 as a result of a shooting of Infantry to quell a disturbance. The peasants tried to Induce the farm laborers to strike and rioting occurred. Troops were called out and fired two volleys at the peasants. JAPS STILL PURSUE. Reports of Conflicts on March 21. Llnevitch Has no News. Tokio , March 23. Noon. An off ! clal report from the army headquar ters says : "Our department Is pursuing the en emy toward Changtu. On March 21 at 2:30 : p. m. a large body of the er. emy In disorder were retreating to ward the northeast along the railway A part of the enemy's cavalry has halted at a point within two mi'ea ' ol Changtu. " St. Petersburg , March 23. Line vltch has telegraphed under date of March 23 that he hud no news of en counters with the Japanese Mar ; h 21. STANDARD OIL MAN IN KANSAS Explains to Governor Why He Can't Buy the Whole Supply. Topeka. March 23. Alfred Eddy of Chicago , general .counsel for the Standard Oil company , Is In Topeka today to consult Hoch and Coleman regarding the Kansas oil situation Eddy says that the Standard's post tlon Is governed by the law of supply and demand andns the Kansas dally production lias exceeded 20,000 bar rels a1 day and the Standard can re fill only 8,000 from Kansas fields , the Standard can not take all of the ol offered. He further says that the building of a refinery by the state will not help matters but when oil in Indiana am Ohio has been exhausted , more ol will be taken front Kansas. Agrees With Venezuela , London , March 211.-v At the ofl1c of the council of foreign lioinllioldors thn Associated Press was Informed that an agreement hot ween the Vononuelan government and the British nnd Oar- man bondholders adjusting nnd ran * solldallng the exterior debt , $28fiOO , 000 , will hn signed today , thn detail * having IMMHI concluded to the satis faction of both parties. It was addml that the guarantees comprise conoid * erably more than GO pur cent of the customs duties of all ports , ovcopt l.aduayra and I'ucito Cahello New Negro Army Officer Washington March ill The preil- ent I.us Appointed Sergeant Oeorgo S Thompson of the Twonlv fifth in- antrv tc he n SIM nnd lieutenant In he Philippine scouts thus luldltiK ono more tm&ro to the command of the army BTRONG PRESSURE IS DROUGHT TO BEAR ON CZAR. EMPEROR URGED TO END WAR Ministers Who Support This Proposl tion Are Seconded by France and Germany Pacific Proposal to J * pan May Be Just Ahead. St. Petorsbuii ; , Match 2S The party within tliu Kovuniineiil which la urging the empsror to Indicate to Ja pan Uushla's vMlllnKiicsu In uiid the wai If a reasonable liiidls can bo reached has liven KIcully uncouiaied tbo laht few days , and an actual pa cific piopnsnl may be just ahead. With the exception of the ministers of war and marine , the empeior's mlnlhtcrs , biuKod by M Wltle. solidly favor thU course cud the convlnclnc arguments they offer nru telling. French Influence In the sumo direc tion Is now beliiR supported by Gor man opinion. The rumor noted by the Associated PrchH last week thai ICm- pcror William had teiidciod bis good orllcoB now seems to bo contirmna. The Associated Press is In a position to assert , however , that If Kmpeior N'icholas decides to approach Japan , it will be through Kianco. The Russian government now feels certain that Japnn will not make the /list move nor disclose her position until overtuies are made authorita tively In the Russian emperor's name , on the ground that he iilonc Is capa ble of binding RiiKHla It Is quite possible that Japan's attitude In this regard has hem exposed through tin- official attempts to asceituin teima. ' AGRARIAN TROUBLES INCREASE Troops Sent to Quell Peasant Revolts In Many Districts. Si Petei'hbuig , Manh 211.In con- neiilon with ( lie peasant iuvoll ilium have Imun JDO aneslh In thu Dvinsk dlslilct , wheiu , besides sacking anil buinlng propeity and compelling the owners to week lefugu In the towns the rioteig are klllitiK catllu and feil ing tiees. In Hie Kieff disltict It la reported that forged documents have reached the local aiithoiitles ordeilng Ihe sale of stale lands to peasants at absurd ly low prices. These document * are believed to have been circulated by revolutionists In order to promote a revolt of peasants. The employes on thirty estates In the Libau district have gone on strike. Count Kllenmlchern estates in Gomel have been devastated am ! pliindeied. Troops have been vent there to suppress the outbieak. Notices have been pohted In the Bailie fillip yard and the slate car tridge factories inviting strikers to re time work and appealing to the men's good hense of the necessity for exe cutlng orders for the army and navy At Dvliibky an attempt was made to assassinate Assistant Commissioner ol Police DeRtereff. His assailant , who escaped , fired several shots at Deg tereff and wounded him In tha head Russian * Get a Temporary Respite Gunsliu I'a b , Mauh 23. The Japa neke appear to have given the HUH lans a temporary lespite from pur suit , probably for tbe purpose of if foimliiK their forces , as they did after tbe pursuit of the Russians aorlh from Liao Yang. Th * Ruiiblan front runs outheutit by northwest , with the Rus Ian right much nearer the rallroac than the lafl , while th * Japan * * * posl tloa follows a line Intersecting Taly yuan. The-lm r 4sloii her * Is that the Japanese eastern army I * marchiBg n Klrlu , wall * the western army I * contlauluy north between the Won gollan border and the railway , with the main line from Harbin wentwart Its objective , but a period of Inactlv Ity is the likeliest outcome after the great exertions of the Japanese on the Shakhe , at Mukden and at Tie pass Rumors of a probability that Grand Duke Nicholas NIcholalevltch will as ume command of the .armies , lately current at Mukden , havd been rerlvec here the past two days and are con tinning In spite of the nomination of General Llnevitch. There Is little or not bine known here of the happenings In the outside 'world , since the army Is now cut ot from all communication by way 01 China , but all are Intensely Interestec in the rumored peace discussions. NEBRASKA SENATE PASSES THE HOUSE BILL. OSTEOPATHS CAN PRACTICE A Majority Vote of the State Senate Passed the House Bill Against Heal ers , Amending It for Osteopaths. House Will Concur In That , Lincoln , March 23. Ily a hare con stitutional tnajoilty--17 voles In Its aver the senate passed the house illl outlawing the practice of Chi Is- Ian Science. A single amendment ly the senate permits osteopaths to continue practice , nnd this , house managers announce , will lu < concurred n. The bill then goes to thn governor. The bill requlies a cerllllcale fiom the state boaid of health before any one can practice medicine or healing. If IIIIHH the required medical ( hern Is nothing to prevent - vent them contlnultiR as pn tltlonors COLORADO BRIBERY INQUIRY Managing Edltois and Reporters of Denver Newspaper * Examined. Denver , Match 23. Managing ed itors and repuileis of newspapers In which Htoiles hinting at bribery of membeis ol' the prouent legislature have appeared fiom time to tlmo were examined by the legislative bribery Investigation committee. Tha former stated tliut they hud not personal knowledge of the details of thu ar ticles written by their assembly re porters , but they believed their stories to bo acciiiate. The reporters themselves stated Hut It was n mat ter of Kcneial knowledge that a largo lobby was maintained al thu stale house iliirliiK Ihe Kuhcrnnlotlal con- teat , and while they had the best au- thoilty for the printed statements that money was spent as bribes , they declined to tjtalu the source of tholr Information , because Ihoy were pledged not to do so. Day of Funerals at Brockton. DiocKton , Mass. , Manh 23 'I ho fu nerals of tin' victims ( if the disaster of Monday weio h"ld today. Practic ally all lisness ! ! thinnghout the city wan Htiopoii'led. No moio bodies wern found In II.e ruins The number of bodies recnveied Is Ilfty live City Marshal Ilovden Issued a statement to the effeit ihut forty-four persons who were employed In the factory were sllll in DEAD VICTIMS OF BROCKTON DISASTER ARE MOURNED. MOST BUSINESS IS SUSPENDED Flag * at Half Mast Everywhere am the Decorating of Buildings With Long , Black Streamers Tell of the Sad Fate of the Half Hundred. 4 Hrockton , Mass. March 23. Public services wore held hero today fo more than two score of the persons who lost thulr lives last Monday In an explosion. Huslness , as far as possible , was suspended. Kverywhere lluus wore at half mast and buildings were decorat cd with long , black streamers attuchoi solemnity to the mourning for the vie tlms of that great bereavement. Anti-Trust Law In Arkansas. Little Rock , Mann 23. Tbe new trust law nf Aikausas went Into ef feet today , and It Is announced tha practically all tbo non-resident old line fire Insurance companies , abou evenly In number , ceased doing business l this stale because of the clause in the new law assessing heavy penalties upon inch companies re malning bere if they are member * o rating hurt-aim anywhera , either In or out of Arkuiihas Attorney Genera R. L Roger * refused to agree to a uspenslon of penalties and contlnu a nee of business on tbe part of th * on-resident old Una companies end lag a test of ( h * new law la tan courts. Campanles willing to mak * affidavit that they are lot In rating bureaus here or elsewhere will con tlnue doing buslnesi upon Itnr'tuch IdavlU. Gift for Northwestern University. Chicago. March 2. ! -It wax an uouncud that a gift of I25U.OUO has keen made to Northwestern unlver lty by Milton H. WlUon. n resident c Evauston and one of the trustees o the Institution. It Is said that this Is the first of a series of g.fts to the university to be announced soon which aggregate. t1,0' > 0OOU. B'nai Brith Elects Officers. New Orleans , March 23. The con ctltutlonal grand loJge , Independent Order H'nal Hrlth , In executive aes R'.OD ' , decided In favor of the retention of the secret work. Oftlcers were elected as follows : President , Adolph Kraus , Chicago ; vice presidents , J. D Klein , Rridgeport , Conn. , and Lucius L. Solomons , California. THE CONOITIOHF THE WEATHER Temperature ( or Twenty-four Hour * . Forecast for Nebraska. Chicago , Muroh 2.1. Tim bulletin Is- nod by the Chicago ntntlon of tha Unltocl StutoH weather liuroau thli nornlng , jtlvoo the forecast for No * bniflkn nn follows : Fair tonight and Friday. ooler eunl portion tonight. Olrl Die * From Outlet Wound , Kansas City , March 23. Itnth 7amphell , aged HIIron ! years , tbw daughter of A Kuntmn Ulty attornny. s dead horn , the result nf a bullet wound received In August last , when Wajter KulHtoti , her school hey wuijIhcHfl lit Hlutrldan , I * . , la al- ORed to have ) Hlint hiir nn thn result if jealousy. At the tlino thn elrl ap- Mrinitly reeoveied Mid the case against Ralslon was dropped. TroopB Fire on Peasant * , Warsaw , March 23. Serious * gri- : lun disturbances occurred at Kittno. I IK repotted lliut ( hn military tired ill pennant rlrilerM and Hint several of ho latter were klllod or wounded , i'here were Rlmllur rlota at Outrov , ii tlui name dlutrlct. PHESIDENT MORALES FEARS FOR EIGN COMPLICATIONS. BELGIUM CLAMORS FOR CASH Wanti Customs Receipts of a Port t * th * Extent o ! $25,000 a Month. Internal Uprising Seems to Be Im minent In Island Republic. Sin Domingo , March 23. The news of the postponement by the Untied Stales Hcnato of action on the treaty with Santo Domingo makes the situa tion hwra ncutu and nil Internal uprln Ing BCUIIIH to be lininlnciit , h.iBod on the cry that President. Morales nan been dlflcrcdltod In the Unllud Statea. PrcHldcnt Morales Hiatus that he Is prepared to put down any revolution , hut that it more HIM Ions matter In his mind Is foreign compllcntloiiB growing ; out of Belgium's demand pruHonted on March 21. HolKium wants the cus- toniB receipts of a port of Sunto Do mingo , to the oxtenl of $25,283 a month , bused on a former agreement , to bo paid for three years. This d < v mand IB coiifltnied as a direct result of tin1 failure of thti treaty between tli United States and Sunto Domingo President Moiules anticipates Hlmllar demands by other foreign powers , which he will bo helpless to resist. He says ) < IL.-WP 'S to pay all tha re public H . .debts , "but sees the ruin of the country with every port In thn hands of u different foreign power and no revenue for the government While he sees no light ahead , be ban blind faith that "right will tiluuiph. " In the course of an Interview with th * Associated Press , President Morales said"It Is entirely pusslbla that the United States may bare to tend an ultimatum here on account of the Dominican gorornment being un able , though not unwilling , to moet lt obligations. It Is utterly Impossible for the government to pay tha iutui due foreign nations unless tb * United States can procure from foreign pow ers a postponement of their demand * . Otherwise these demands will be pressed. I have no physical or moral force to resist them. With the cus tom bonnes In the control of the Unit ed States , the resources of the Isl and will develop speedily and all de mands will he paid , with the result that the country will be educated to peace nnd permanent prosperity" With two Dominican ports now In the hands of the United Slates and th * failure of the treaty , Dominicans bellevo that a crab game by foreign powers will begin at once. With the seizure of the Dominican ports by foreign powers , It Is argued hern that the Monroe doctrine will bo nullified as regards this republic. With Ihr United States In possession of two ports It would not be logical , It I * argued , to oppose the secure of other ports bv foreign powers. At Ik * same time the only hope of Presi dent Morales Is that In some way the- United States can semre a postpone ment of seizure by Kuropean power * No steps to Ibis end have bean Initi ated here President Morales ban about 1,809 aen under amis , ready to crush th * first Internal uprising , but should th custom * hous * he seized he speedily would he without funds with which to ay hU army , whjch would IwmnJUte- ly desert. Mr * . Myer * Granted Change of Venue. Kansas C.ty. Manh JJ. Mra Ags-'a Myers , charged with the murder of her huabnuu , Clarence Myara , wj grant- a change of venue to Clay county Much evidence was Intro duced to prove 'hat Mrs. Myers could not K ? I u fair and Impartial trial In Jackson county She will bt tried IB June Murderer Schwartz Hanged. Cuero. Tex. March 23. Conra- * Schwartz. aged twenty , was banned here for the murder of William E. Karle. a telegraph operator. Schwarti had 'robbed the railroad station where Eirle was at work at Yorktown tad on the refusal of the operator to open the safe Schwartz shot kloa twlc * .