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1 The Omaha Daily Bee. X ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 187L -OMAHA, THURSDAY MOUSING, FEBKUAItY. 4, 1904 TWELVE PAdES. SINULE COPY TIUJEE CENTS. i II01IE RULE THE COAL John Redmond Declare! the Irish Party Haa Ho Alternative Program. DETAILS GRIEVANCES OF IRELAND Eerref Kotioe on Llberali They Should lot Delude Themselves. SAYS IRISH QUESTION IS NOT SHELVED Concessions of Last Tear Do Hot Weaken ' Home Rule Demand. BITTERLY ATTACKS THE GOVERNMENT Attttada em Edaeatloa la the IiIm Ckuutnlud aa Harmtil ta tae Tm( and Grossly LONDON. Feb. 8 "For tho Irlnh party there la no such thing as an alternative colicr to homo rule." declared John Red mond, tho leader of the Irish party In tho Houm of Commotio, today a ho resumed debate on tho address In reply to tho speech from tho throne. Mr. Redmond proceeded to detail tho 'Various grievances of Ireland. Incidentally Informing tho liberal that It wao a delu sion to suppose they oould oount on Irish support by promising an altematlvo policy to homo rule. Because tho Irleh obtained a valuable act last year remedying- tome of tho evila of paat government rome per on seem to think that tho Irleh ques tion waa shelved, but no concession could weaken the demand for self-government. On the contrary, every concession they have V obtained or mlaht obtain would be used for tho f urtheranco of tho contest . for home rule. 1 Th Irish would rather govern themselves badly than bo governed well by another nation. Mr. Redmond bitterly attacked tho gov- ern merit's attitude on education in Ireland, describing It as a grossly absurd and lrre parably harmful to the youth of Ireland, Tho .government's courso on tho Irish un. veraity question, ho added, waa a dis honest evasion of an admitted duty and a grievance which poisoned the life of Ire land and condemned It to failure In the struggle of the nation. Must' Amen Land Uw, Referring to) tho land qoeatlon, Mr. Red mond said tha act must bo amended forth with, alike In tho Interests of tho tenants and landlords. , . Mr. Redmond concluded with a few scath ing remarks concerning "that Irritating anachronism known as Dublin castle,'' de claring the present government of Iraland waa "too rotten to bo mended and must therefore be ended." .William J. Duffy, " nationalist member of Parliament for South Qelway, has placed his resignation In the hands of tha Irish parliamentary party. Another vacancy will to caused at Devonport by the bankruptcy f John Lockle, conservative, against whom A receiving order was made today. ' . William J. Duffy la honorary secretary of the Land league. National league, National federation. United Irish league and County Qalway Gaelic Athmtio association, Redmond. Oets at Ovation. .' Mr. Redmond, who waa supported by full representation on tho Irish benches, re ceived an ovation from his followers at the clow of his forceful, outspoken criti cism. ( Mr. Wyndham. chief secretary for Ire land, In reply announced tho government's Intention to lntroduoa an act amending the Irish land act and clearing all the doubtful points. ' In regard to the university, Mr. Wyndham said tho government has no In tention of . legislating at presents The question ought to be settled, but It was use less td attempt anything until a more sub stantial agreement had been arrived at between all the parties In Ireland. With reference to Mr. Redmond's de mand for home rule, Mr. Wyndham said Mr, Redmond's object seemed to be to prove that he Was the real head of the party In the House of Commons and that it demanded a legislation for Ireland. He led that ho had approved Irish legis- at Ion with the view of giving home rule to Ireland, or as a concession, for the pur pose of changing his views of tha nation alists. He also denied that he had any un derstanding with the Irish party for any purpose. He had been oareful not to de lude tfla Irish by ambiguous periods, but he would Insist that Ireland derive a fair share of the financial resources of the em pire. . ' x Mr.. Wyndham did not believe tho Irish question would be settled for at least fifty years. The debate continued until tho sit ting waa suspended at 7:30 p. m., a number of Irish members participating. Thomas W. Russell, liberal unionist of South Ty rone, said the tenants In Ulster were un able to participate In the benefits of the land act owing to the attitude of the land lords. He added that the tenants of the porth of Ireland were not easily roused, but when the were aroused they will fore settlement. -CHINESE LAB0R IS NEEDED Depressed Baalaese Owlmg Lark of Hela la Transvaal May Lea. to Bxodaa of Whites, ' LONDON, Feb. 1. A blue book oa South Africa, Issuod today, ontalna a peaslmlstto dispatch from Lord Mllner, British high commissioner in South Africa to the Colo nial oraoe, dated January 1, In which, re ferring to the Transvaal legislature ap . proval of the introduction of Chinese labor. Lord Mllner said ho realised the gravity of tha situation, but there is not a shadow Of doubt aa to Its wisdom. The depression In business Is Increasing, revenues 'are falling off, many people are out of work and unless tho situation soon ' changes a great exodus pf whites la Inevitable, Pub llo opinion, be adds, ta decisively in favor of Imported labor. Eaarllsh Priest Celebrates Jubilee. ROME. Feb. 8. Rev. . William Whltmer. rector of the English Cathollo church here. better known In America as general of tho Pallottlnl order, celebrated tho Jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood today, reoelving many pronto. Including tho autograph of tho pop on a photograph, a gutd dessert set .from dowager queen Marguerite and checka from England and America amounting to C too. ervlea Cable! Resigns. K1.GRADB. Servla, Feb. (.The cabinet resigned today. King Peter probably will Instruct M. Pastes, mlultr of finance, pr M. Pretitoh. tho minlstag of tho Interior, t (wra hi (aJtuats VIENNA POPULACE INCENSED Batcher s Censumero of Hesi In- eHaraauat at Oererasiraf a Aett Regard la a; Arg-eatlae Beef. , VIENNA, rob. 8. The decision of tho government to prohibit tho Importation of Argentine meat Is aauslng Intense Indig nation among the butchers and the poorer classes of meat consumers. Tho socialists have taken up the matter and angrily ac cuse tho ministry of sacrificing the In terests of, the publlo In order to benefit the agrarians. Tho question of tho ultimate fate of the consignment of meat duo to arrive hers tomorrow seems to bo In doubt; It may possibly bo confiscated, but It Is mors probable that It will be ordered returned to London. Disappointed In their efforts to obtain jmeat from Argon tlife, tha butchers are seek ing other means of outwitting the gov ernment.' They propone to Import live cat tle and beef, aa well as pork from the United States, arguing that under tho existing treaties between Austria and the United States the former cannot prohibit the Import of cattle and meats under .the veterinary and sanitary meat regulations In the United States. The director of the Butchers' associa tion says he will go to tha United States for the purpose of organising the export of cattle and meat to Austria. The Vienna chamber of commerce today petitioned the ministry of commerce that the Austrian embassy and the Austrian consulate In the United States should be Instructed to procure better treatment for Austrian Importers at the hands of tho American customs appraisers, following the lines of Germany's action In this respect. LIBERAL UNIONISTS ACTIVE Deelde to Maintain Organisation De spite Differences of Opinion Re Bard lug Fiscal Question. LONDON. Feb. (.The liberal unionists, at a meeting of their executive council held here today, decided to maintain their organisation. The meeting was called to discuss tho situation arising from the publication, January 11, of the corres pondence between Joseph Chamberlain and tho Duko of Devonshire, formerly -lord president of the council. Mr.Chamberlaln president and made a speech setting forth the necessity of the existence of the associ ation. He said nothing had happened to In any way Interfere with its future use fulness and added that the danger which the association waa formed to combat could only disappear by a declaration of tho Irish party that they had abandoned all hope of their Intention of covering Great Britain to homo rule. Only two members voted against the resolution providing for the maintenance of the association. Another resolution Instructed the council to assist the liberal unionist candidates without regard to their opinions on the fiscal - question, the only qualification necessary being their readiness to support Premier Balfour. CUBA HOPES TO FLOAT LOAN Vice Presldeat of Natloaal City Bask - Reaches Havana. au4 Coalers with President Palna. HAVANA. Feb. 8. Frank A. Vanderllp, vice president of the National City bank of New Tork, arrived here today and with Senor Capote, ons of the members of the loon commission, paid a visit to President Palma. When questioned about the pros pect of floating tho Cuban $30,000,000 loan Mr. Vanderllp was non-committal, but In quiries In government circles developed a decidedly Increased hopefulness that tho money would be forthcoming, although there are no expectations that the flotation mill be accomplished until the war rumors In the far east are quieted. The Associated Press Is authoritatively Informed that tha loan law as amended Is satisfactory to the syndicate with which the government Is negotiating, but various minor questions are unsettled. MAKES PHOTOGRAPHS LIFELIKE Bertlllloa Baa Devised Plan to firing Aepareatxilfe to Face of Corpses, PARIS, Feb. 8. A. Bertlllon has devised a new method for the better better identi fication of una en tilled bodies taken to tho morgue. The fact that photographs of dead persons do not always well portray that person aa he appeared when alive created dif ficulties. These M. Bertlllon overcomes by tho Injection of glycerine Into the eyes of tho body, whereupon tho lids open, tho eyes become lifelike, the Hps redden' snd the whole face seems to revive, making It possible to take a photograph resembling the person before death. ' VIENNA ARTISTS PROVOKED Will Met Bxhlblt at it. Loals Owing to Criticism of, tho Ministry Of Bdncatloa. VIENNA. Feb. 1 The secesslontt? "art Ifts definitely decided tonight not to ex hibit at tho St Louis exposition. They desired to include In their exhibit two Im mense allegorical paintings which were executed for the Vienna university and tha first exhibition of which called forth a storm of criticism on account of their extreme mysticism. The ministry of edu cation objected to tha exhibit proposed by the aecesslontsts, alleging that it was too small. The artists' society answered that tha measure of the value of Its exhibit wss not quantity but quality and an nounced that It would not exhibit at all. UNITES TWO CONGREGATIONS Pee Brines Together Two Boards of Cardlaals Dealing with 81ml lar AfCalra. ROME. Feb. 8. The pope today issued an order by which the congregation of Indul gencee and sacred relics Is united with the congregation of rites. Cardinal Crstonl. the prefect of tho latter congregation, will be prefect of ths united congregations, but aa he Is seriously 111 Cardinal Tripepl, now prefect of the con gregatlon of indulgences and sacred relics. has been appointed pro-prefect of tho united congregations. Lena laeea Bread? Fatal. BUDAPEST, Hungary, . Feb. 8 An epidemic of lead poisoning has broken oat In tha villages of Obressa, Merge and Qlunboka In Kreseo-Bsoreny county, as the result of drinking brandy mads In lead-lined stills. Over a hundred persons were poisoned and a number of them are dead. The distillers claim that lead-lined stills give a higher degree of alcohol than Utsr kind. f sty, CHANCE DATE OFOMAUA MEET V - Farmers' National Co-operation Association to Be Held in March. gBBBBBBSSBl S MEMBERS TOO BUSY TO ATTEND IN JUN Meeting; Is Betas; Held the Pur oee of Coasollda 'ere a( the Arner' . v' aen'1 e-rests ' ' CHIO -SC0'- 8. The meeting of the Farm,- V onal Co-operative association, which to have been held In Omaha, June 14, will be held March 1 and all per sons Interested In co-operation are being Invited to attend the meeting. , Tho change In the date Is because June Is such a busy month with the farmers that many of them would be. unable to attend tho meeting on tho original date. Tho meeting In Omaha is being held for the purpose of consolidating the various co operative movements and organizing the American Farmers' exchange and to In augurate measures deemed necessary to secure better prices for farm products. COTTON AND COFFEE TUMBLE Near Options on Former Commodity Show Declines of Nearly One Ceat. - NEW YORK, Feb. 8. The cotton market opened forty steady today, but later the active months dropped about 50 to SO points (from H to of a cent a pound) lower than last night. The market at the start was deluged with selling, orders, partly on talk that at last the bull campaign had come to an end. and prices declined. It seemed apparent that there was no organised support to prices snd the trading ring was surrounded by a pushing throng of wildly excited brokers selling until March had broke from 16.25c at the opening to 15.88c, May from 16.65c to 16c and July from 16.65c to 16c. Then came a partial rally of 20 to 25 points, but there waa no aggressive demand and soon prices were again working downward In an Irregular fashion. The excitement In the coffee market, which began yesterday on reports that a bull pool had sold out, was continued today. The opening was very active, with heavy selling supposed to be for the account of speculators who had .recently been er gaged In putting up prices of both cotton and coffee. Soon- after the opening the decline reached from 15 to 150 points, the larger decline being equal to a little more than lHo per pound. The market on the call, when about 97,000 bags were traded In, was more active than over before, In the history of the market. i Early 'prices showed the great est loss over night for months paat, and following the call trading continued very active. Tho decline was precipitated by a break of from 8 to 2 francs at Havre. DEMOCRATS ARE WORKING nbeoasmtttee of Natloaal Committee Will Arrange for Rt. Loals v ., .Convention. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 8. The subcommittee oh arrangements of the democratic national committee reconvened today to complete ths arrangements for the national convention. Committeemen Campau of . Michigan, Mack of New Tork, Johnson of Kansas and Secretary Walsh of the national committee will act as a subcommittee of the commit tee on arrangements and will serve in con junction with the local committee of the Buslnes Men's league, visiting St. Louis frequently. Before adjournment the members of the committee expressed themselves as per fectly satisfied with tho arrangements made by the local committee. They declared the Colineum adequate for the purposes of the convention and that In every way meets their expectations. s A large number of applications for seats at the convention were received by the committee today and all have been placed on file. It was announced by members of the committee that no action In regard to the distribution of seats would be taken until a special committee of the subcom mittee had thoroughly examined Into the seating arrangement at the Coliseum and reported to. the full national committee. The committee consists of J. D. Campau of Michigan, chairman; J. M. Head of Tennes see, C. A. Walsh of Iowa and N. E. Mack of New Tork. , ' JUDGE REFUSES HIS APPROVAL Will Hot Release Mlaers oa Boat Offeree at Cripple Creek. the t CRIPPLE CREEK. Cola, Feb. 8. Judge Lewis In the district court today declined to approve tho bonds offered for the release of Charles Kennlson, W. Fr Davis and Thomas Foster, Miners' union leaders, who are charged with having caused the Vindi cator mine explosion and having attempted to wreck a train on tho Florence & Cripple Creek railroad. Tho cases of conspiracy to wreck a train and of the attempt to do so alleged to have been made on November 15 last were set for trial February IS and ths similar cases con cerning acta of November 17 were set for trial February IT. , BELL COMPANY LOSES SUIT Westera Intoa Bueeessfal Plaintiff la Damage Salt Involving Millions of DoUara la Royalties. BOSTON, Feb. 8. The American Bell Telephone company Is ordered by Judge Colt of tho United States circuit court to give an accounting to the Western Union Telegraph company, the successful plaintiff in a damage suit involving millions of dol lars. Judge Colt akto appointed Everett W. Burdett special master to take chares of tho company and secure all evidence that may be presented. The suit was brought to recover royalties In tha American Bell company on certain inventions and tho nrea- ent action Is concerning tha amount of money to be paid over. HAZARD IS IMPATIENT Waatee Immediate Sentence, bat Has Walt Two Mlaates for tho Coart. ST. LOtnS, Feb. 1 In the United States district court today Harry Hasard, charged with rubbing the Card well. Mo., postofllce, pleaded gul'ty and Immediately asked Judge Adams to pass sentence. "I guess .you can wait two minutes," remarked the court, and then Hasard was sentenced to five yeare at hard' labor In the peuitontUry. TRAINS ARE SNOWBOUND Drifts la Horth Central Part of Cona try taterfere Greatly with Traffic. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 8. Passenger trains on the Michigan division of the Big Four due last night have not arrived, but are fastened In drifts In northern Indiana. Heavy snow has fallen and the drifts are reported fifteen and twenty feet high. Trains on the Lake Erie A Western and the Pennsylvania roads are also many hours late. Traction lines are suffering severely. CORRT, Pa., Feb. 8. Last night was one of tho worst in railroad history. The fine snow was drifted Into the cuts by the high wind and all trafflo Is Interfered with. The Pennsylvania between here and Brockton has great trouble. Tho Pittsburg express which left Buffalo at 11 o'clock last night has not yet arrived, while the Buffalo ex press lies In tho yards here with three loco motives awaiting Its departure and then It will battle with the drifts. A freight train stalled in a drift between Concord and Union City Is blocking ths Erie railroad, whoso trains aro hours late. Tho New Tork and Chicago limited was still lying here this morning. v GOSHEN, Ind. Feb. S.-The Michigan division of the Big Four Is snowbound. Two trains are drifted In north of Nlles, Mich., for which point a snowplow has been started. Trains to and from Indian apolis go no farther north than Elkhart. The drifts are as high as the coaches. The same conditions obtain on the Michigan division of the Lake Shore road. All rural routes have ceased delivery. DETROIT, Feb. 8.-In tho "Thumb" dis trict of Michigan that part of the state north of Port Huron to Saginaw bay, up ward of 100,000 people are stormbound In tho villages and hamlets. Yesterday's bill iard appears to have completely , undone the public In Its attempt to open the Thumb to Improve transportation. All the towns north of Port Huron and harbor except Bad Axe, a junction point, report alarm ing shortages of coal, with little or no wood supply available'. HELENA, Mont.. Feb. 8.-A billiard which has raged for the last thirty-six hours' In eastern Montana and western North Dakota has about spent Its force. Two more fatalities on account of the storm have been discovered. Near Kurts, N. D., three section men were struck by a train. Two were killed and tha thjrd was picked up by the pilot of the engine and carried twenty miles before the engineer knew about the accident. The operator at one of the stations passed by .the train, saw the man lying on the pilot and telegraphed ahead to flag ths train. The man was badly bruised and half dead from cold. He said that Ole Tornmorson and Nets Skavlng were with htm when the train struck them and that they did not see tha train because of ths storm. FATAL WRECK IN CANADA Bevea Persons Raid to Be Dea4 as Resnlt of Collisloa of Trains, HALIFAX, N. 8., Feo. I. Seven prisons are reported to have been killed in a arrack on the' Intercolonial 'railroad near Itcllfax. The wrecked train Is tho Canadian Pacific express, which left this city this morning for Montreal and Boston. The Canadian Pacific has running rights over the Inter colonial. Telegraph communication is in terrupted on account of the wreck and details are meager. ' Tho accident occurred forty miles from here and was caused by a broken rail. Several cars were thrown down an em bankment. Conductor Donkl was among the killed. The other six reported dead were all passengers. Several persona were Injured. A later report says that three persons are known to be dead, .with ten or twelve Injured. The only passenger positively known to be dead Is Mrs. John Glassey, wife of tho head of the firm of Kelly tc Glassey of Halifax, one of the largest wholesale liquor houses In the maritime province. Among the known Injured are O. W. Marsh of St John, N. B., who Is connected with the Canadian-Jamaica steamship service, and J. Hudd, a well known Cana dian Paclflo railroad official. Word was sent by telephone to Halifax and Tjruro and a staff of doctors was soon on the way to tha wreck. Of the fifty passengers all were Injured to a greater or leas degree. Mrs. A. E. Pyche, bound to Victoria B. C, to join her husband, waa seriously In jured. MONTREAL, Feb. 1 An official report of the accident at Mllford aays three per sons were killed and fifteen Injured. Con ductor Robert Duncan was badly hurt. The official report says the train went over an embankment because the rails had spread. TOWER ENTERTAINS ROYALTY Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia Aro , Carets of Ambassador aae Mrs. Tower. BERLIN, Feb. 8 Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia, dined with Ambassador Tower and Mrs. Tower tonight The guests besides the personal entourage of Prince and Princess Henry were Americans and Germans married to Americana. The staff of the United States embassy waa repre sented by First Secretary Dodge and Mrs. Dodge, Secretary Hltt and Mrs. Hltt, Naval Attaches Potts and Mrs. Potts, Military Attaches Blddell and Mrs. Blddell, Third Secretary Richardson. ARRESTS FOLLOW THE INSULT CHeafaegrea, It is 'Alleged, Geaerally Regrets tha Mad Throwing at the America a Escutcheon. HAVANA, Feb. 8-Captaln Hanna, mili tary attaches at the American legation here has returned from Clenfuegoa and re ports that three arrests have been made thus far In connection with the recent throwing of mud at the escutcheon over the door of the American consulate there. The cttlsens of Clenfuegoa 'appear univers ally to regret this occurrence and the offi cial investigation Is being pushed. MINISTER GUILTY OF CRUELTY Head of Holy Ghost and Is Society Makes Little ' Child Fast Seventy-Two Hours. AUBURN, Me., Feb.-1 Rev. F. W. San- ford, head of the Holy Ghost and Us so. clety, the headquarters of which are at Shlloh, was found guilty of cruelty to his -year-old eon la tha supremo court to day. Sentence was , deferred. The stale charged that Sanford In fulfilment of his religious teachings 'compelled his son to fast for aoventy-two hours. Vh defense offered ao evidence. PREPARE TO INVESTIGATE Dietrioh Committee Getting the lfaohiner . , in Order to Hots. BURKETT RETURNS HOME FOR BANQUET Fort Roblaaon to Have a New Gym nasium to Cost f 10.000 Former Seaator. Mandersoa at Capital. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Feb. S.-l8peclat Tele-gram.-The committee appointed to in vestigate Senator Dietrich's connection with tha appointment of Jacob Fisher as post master at Hastings and the leasing of the present poatofflce building, It Is expected, will meet within a day -or two. Yesterday four of the five members of the committee had a consultation about the matter of procedure, but nothing definite wae agreed upon. Senator Hoar Introduced a resolu tion providing for the payment of a stenog rapher and witnesses will be eummoned to appear before the committee. This reso lution was referred to the committee on contingent expenses, which, It Is expected, will report favorably tomorrow, when the machinery for the Investigation will be complete. Senator Dietrich said he had no knowledge of tho purpose of the com mittee nor had he Inquired, knowing that the members of the committee would In good time proceed to do the will of the senate as to the Investigation. Hurkett Comes to Baaqaet. Representative Burkett will go to Lincoln on the occasion of Lincoln's birthday anni versary and participate with the Lincoln club in Its celebration of the event. Repre sentative Prince of Illinois, an able speaker, will accompany Mr. Burkett and be one of tho principal speakers at the banquet. Gymnasium for Fort Roblasoa. Fort Robinson, Neb., Is to have a new gymnasium, to cost 810,000. Some time ago a recommendation was made for a gym nasium at Fort Robinson to cost 816,000. Later an effort waa made to divert this amount to other forts In greater need of Improvements. Quartermaster General Humphrey, however, was firm In his' de termination that Fort Robinson should have a gymnasium commensurate with Its Importance as a cavalry post, and today it was decided to build a "gym" to cost 840,000 Instead of 816,000, as originally planned. Mandersoa la Washington. General C, F. Manderson, general coun sel of the Burlington railroad, arrived In Washington today and Is at the Arlington. Ex-senator Manderson was most cordially received iby his old friends In the senate and it seemed like old times to see the senator on the floor. General Manderson stated that his trip east was for tho pur pose of rest and recreation. He had been working hard and needed a change. Mrs; Manderson, he said, was In New York and he would go over there in a few days. Later, It Is posslblo. General and Mrs. Manderson will go to Florida. Dakota Wants More Mooey. ' - AdJuUnt Genera! Conklln of South Da kota, is In Washington for the purpose of taking up with the War department the amount set apart for the militia ,of that state under the Dick bill. General Conklln believes the otate has not . been, fairly treated and together With Governor Her reld will call upon. Secretary Taft tomor row with a view of getting an Increase if possible. Iowans la Demand. Members of the Iowa delegation are In great demand for Lincoln anniversary speeches. Senator Dolliver goes to Grand Rapids, Mich., for the 12th while Colonel Hepburn goes to Indianapolis, Congress man Cousins orates at Chicago as does Secretary Shaw and Walter I. Smith goes to Baltimore. Minor Matters at Capital. An amendment giving 110,000 additional to the Iowa City public building was In serted In the urgency deficiency bill today on the recommendation of Secretary Shaw. George D. Perkins and wife of Sioux City, arrived in Washington tonight and are guests of Senator and Mre. Dolliver, .old time friends. Plans for the Deadwood (8. D.) public building are completed. The plans show an exceedingly handsome building, classic In architecture and worthy of the growing Black Hills city. Senator Millard has secured dally tele graphic weather service for Newman Grove, Madison county, with a set of flags, etc, which will be established at postofllce, the postmaster furnishing the weather conditions there 'to the weather bureau. A favorable report was made today in the senate on Senator Clark's bill providing an appropriation of 825,000 for the, purchase of a alts and tha erection of buildings for a permanent fish- culture station at a point on Black's Ford or Green River, Wyo. Representative Hlnshaw was today not! fled that a pension of 88 per month- had been allowed Mary A. Allen of Steele City, Neb. Postal Matters! Postmasters appointed: Nebraska Frold, Deuel county, Frank W. Berggwist vice A. Benien, resigned; Pullman, Cherry county, Thomaa P. Asplnwall, vice John, Porter, resigned. South Dakota Joubert, Douglas county. Kloos Bles, vloe Peter DeJong, resigned. Rural routes ordered established March 1: 'Nebraska Hallam, Lancaster county. one additional; area covered, twenty-six square miles; population, 510. Iowa Llne vllle, Wayne county, one additional; area. sixteen square miles; population, 440., ' Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes: Auburn, regular, William W. Jones; sub stltute, Roy F. Jones; Palo, regular, John R. Corporan; substitute, John Llvermore; West Bend, regular, Jacob Shellmeyer; substitute, Emma Shellmeyer. .' Interior Department Gets Moaatala, The War department has, by executive order, surrendered to the Department of the Interior Mount Whitney military reserve tlon in California, and the tract will be at tached to tho Sequoia national park as a publlo reservation. Coaslder Cuba a Treaty. The senate committee on foreign relations today considered at length the treaty be tween the United States and Cuba carry ing into effect the Piatt amendment but finally it waa agreed to postpone further consideration until the return to Washing ton of Secretary Hay. Senator Henna's Condition. Senator Hanna Is reported better today, though ha passed a poor night His tern perature reached lot at one time during the night but fell to about 100 and his oondl Uun Unproved as the morning advanced. No callers are allowed to see him and mem bers of his family, who have been per sonally attending him, oa account of their fatigue have glyua place ta trained nuraea. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair and Warmer Tharadayl Friday Pnrtly Cloudy, Probably Snow In North Portion. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hoar. lies, . Hoar. lc. ft a. m ...... v:! I n, m T Ha. at 1 1 a p. m , , . . , . H T a. m...... 14 3 p. m M N a. m lO 4 p. m ! V a. m H ftp. m...... lO 10 a. m tt p. m . . . . . . I 11 I. m 4 T p. m H 111 m ft M p. ni T U p. aa..'. ... T MINERS REACHN0 AGREEMENT Joint Conference Adjourns to Permit Employers and Employes to Confer oa Plaa. INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 8-The Joint con ference between the operators and the mine workers haa adjourned without an agreement. A subcommittee of one miner and one operator from each state haa been appointed to fix a date for a future con ference. When the joint conference was called to order President Mitchell made an address on behalf of tho miners and H. L. Rob- bins of Pittsburg replied. Each announced that no agreement had been reached and none seemed to be in sight. There was great excitement In the hall when the mo tion to appoint a Joint conftnlttee of eight and to adjourn was carried. The action of the scale committee was read. The miners had agreed to the pres ent scale and the operators Insisted upon the scale of 1!HI2, which Is equivalent to a II per cent reduction. Mr. Robblns moved an adjournment, which President Mitchell seconded, with the hope that an agreement would be reached Inter. The miners then went Into executive session. EMBEZZLER GETS TEN, YEARS Cleveland Bank Cashier Receives tho Longest Seateace Possible I'nder the Law. ' CLEVELAND, Feb. 8. George A. Rose, late cashier of the Produce Exchange bank, who recently confessed to embeiil'ng 8187,000 of the bank's funds, was today sen tenced to serve ten years In the peniten tiary. The sentence was the extreme limit of punishment that could be inflicted under the Ohio laws for the offense. With good behavior Rose can reducs his Imprison ment to six years and four months. When brought Into court today Rose was pale and greatly emaciated. Asked if he had anything to say before sentence was pronounced, the prisoner re plied: "I am truly sorry for what' I have done and am willing to take my punish ment." Aa a result of Rose's peculations the Produce Exchange bank, of which he waa caghlor. was thrown Into the hands of a receiver and the doors closed. Rose con fessed that he had been UKlng the bank'a money for eight years In speculation. RAILROAD MUST PAY' DAMAGES Mre. Balff Rod oK ftealpee'a Ticket When lajared, but This Fart Does Not gave Company. . , MILWAUKEE, Feb. 8. Mre. Edward J. Ralff of Denver,' who sued the Northern Pacltlo Railroad company for 850,000. dam ages for Injuries sustained In two collisions September 19 and 21; 1902, while enroute from Seattle to Denver, waa given a ver dlct of 85,000 damages by a Jury In the United States district court this evening. Mrs. Ralff will carry the case to the United States court of appeals. At the time of the ecldent the plaintiff was traveling with one of her daughters, ono of the tickets being obtained from a scalper. The railroad company contended that Mrs. Ralff was riding on a scalper's ticket and was not entitled to damages. Judge Sea man In hU charge to the jury said that if the company accepted passengers on scalp er's tickets without question It waa re sponsible for the safety of such passenger while In transit ELEVEN PERSONS ARE HURT Eire trie Trala Collides with Dummy While Climbing; Hill oa Slippery Tracks at St. Paul. ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 8. Eleven persons were hurt, six of them seriously, In a collision tonight between an electtio train and a" Belby Hill dummy. The electxlo train consisted of a motor and a trailer and was ascending the grade which leads to the Belby avenue hill. A counter weight safety device Is used to csrry tho cars to the top of the hill and the dummy was following close to the train, In order to push.lt up the Incline. The motor car brakes did not hold and It started back down ths grade, colliding with . and telescoping the dummy. The motorman of the dummy aaw the accident In time to aave himself by jumping. The passengers Injured were all In the trailer, which waa badly smashed. The accident Is said to be due to the slippery condition of the rails. WANT ABUSES' STOPPED Michigan Lumber Dealers Bay Coast Wholesalers Ship Shingles that Aro Ragged oa the Edges. DETROIT, Feb. 8. The Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers' association at Ita annual meeting here today adopted a resolution endorsing the bill presented in congress to compel railroads to furnish ears within .a specified time. The resolution refers to the bill being aimed to correct "one of the most oppressive abuses which affects the inland freightage of the nation." Another resolution adopted pledge the association to gupport Michigan dealers In a fight against Pacific coast wholesalers, who, it la alleged, ship to Michigan shingles that are ragged on tha edges and warped, GERMAN GOVERNOR IS SAFE Word Received from Officer Who la hat Ives. BERLIN, Feb. I Colonel Leutweln, gov. ern or of German Southwest Africa, and his forces are safe In the southern part of the German Southwest colony, according to an official dispatch sent over the British lines from Cape Colony. , He seemingly mads no effort to fight his way northward through tho Herreros, but after receiving tha submission of ths Bondelawarts, left his troops and la now on his way io Capetown, where, February a, ha will take a steamer for owaaopotu&d. German Southwest Africa, SITUATION IS CRAVE Japanese Minister to Great Britain Say Emthing Depend! on Bepty. RUSSIA WILL' NOT STRIKE FIRST BLOW Hajassi Describes Conditions in Far East as Very Threatening. RUSSIA HAS REACHED LIMIT OF DIGNITY asmamawaaaa In Iu Bote to Japan it Has Made All Con- , cessions it Can. ' JAPANESE SEIZE C0KEAN RAILROAD Activity la Moving; War Material Causes Railroad and Telegraph Lines to Refuse Commer cial Business. LONDON, Feb. 8. Baron HayasM. Japan ese minister to Ureal Britain, described the situation In the far east tonight as "cer tainly very threatening," but said that everything depended upon Russia's reply. "It is highly improbable," the minister con tinued, "that Russia will make any move before tha Japanese government has. re ceived and considered the Russian reply. What Rusxla wishes to do Is to throw the' responsibility of taking the Initiative upon Japan." Tho foregoing utterances were provoked on his being shown the threaten ing press dispatches from St. Petersburg. Russia Goes' to the Limit. PARIS, Feb. 3. The Revue Roane says it has Just received authoritative Information showing that Russia Is resolutely maintain ing a paclflo policy and that In tho note about to be transmitted to Japan It haa made all the concessions compatible with dignity. Russia will declare therein, the paper continues, that her Interests In con nection with tho railroad and too great for her not to resist on occupying a posi tion which will enable her to protect this costly enterprise, but she recognises alto the right of Japan to develop, extend and create outlets In Manchuria as well, as in Corea. . The contents of the Russian note, tho Revue RusKe says, are known In Toklo, where they have created a favorable Im presnlon. The paper concludes: "Russia has decided not to engage Japan unless she Is directly attacked." A dispatch from Port Arthur to the Paris edition of the New York Herald aaye an American Arm haa secured a contract for the extension of ' extensive barracks at various points In Manchuria far distant from the railroad. , Power la Viceroy's Heads. LONDON, Feb. 8. A dispatch to Reuter'a Telegram company from St. Petersburg, ' dated yesterday and forwarded by way of the frontier, aaya the Russian general staff haa given Viceroy Alexleff authority to de clare war and open hostilities on hie own responsibility if circumstance render It ' necessary.' " , The dispatch adds that an Imperial man ifesto declaring war is expected If ' the Japanese government docs not accept the conditions proposed ' in ' Russia's response. which. It Is asserted, will be Russia's last word. - ladlcate Climax la Reached. TOKIO, Feb. I.-Events today Indicate that the prolonged tension has reached a climax. The Marquis I to. president of tho privy council, was summoned from, the cquntry during the night and today the emperor ' received him, and a council of the elder statesmen was held with the war minister and three admirals. The highest officials make no pretense of concealment of i their exasperation at the tardiness of the Russian reply. An unofficial dispatch yesterday said the Russian decision means war. The specially aummoned conference of the cabinet, elder atateamen and military and naval chiefs held today at . the resi dence of Prem'er Katsura la believed to have been ot much Importance, though no details of the discussion have been made - - public. Possibly It foreshadows energetlo action on account of the Russian proeraa- ' tlnatlon. Although the government ofTlciala con tinue reticent, it Is manifest that the situa tion Is of the gravest and a crisis Is near at hand. The time In which the Russian -reply will continue to be a factor la the situation Is narrowing. The patience of tha government to be coming exhausted snd If the expected an swer la delayed many daya longer the Issu ance of an ultimatum by Japan will be- come Inevitable. The Japanese feel that the existing con ditions have entitled them ' to a more prompt reply and are bound to Infer that the St. Petersburg government la deter- mined not to yield, but Is utilising tha time' to advance Ita preparations for war, Replies Hot Before Friday. ST. I PETERSBl'RG. Feb. 8 -The state ment printed abroad that the Ruslean reply Is being held back, while M. Kurlno, the Japanese minister, communicates Its sub stance to his government Is untrue The Associated Press is semi-ofncially as sured that the Russian response will not be sent before February 6 at tho earliest., . Tha tension unquestionably lsa Incresslns; and the bourse shows an advene feeling, but beyond tho decided Russian military .activity there It little definite news. IS. Kurlno denies that tne foreign nfTice has given him an intimation of tho nature of tho reply. The Japanese legation) la without advices Indicating Important do- . velopments In Japan, but It Is admitted that the long delay In the response, coupled with ths reports of Russian military activity, are doubtless Increasing the ten sion and gravity of the situation In Japan. The strain here Is manifested by the con tinuous aeml-panlcky condition of tho ' bourse. The papers still hops for' peace but they show a, mora skeptical tone. The P.usa, declaring that In spite of alarming rumora it does not think there will bo war, on tha ground that there Is nothing in tha negotiations to warrant war, wel comes the warnings to Japan In the French press, which the Russ says, haa lost pa tleuoe with the malicious campaign which prevents a peaceful settlement, and regrets that hitherto, the continental press has done nothing to check the agitation In the HrltUa newspapere. The paper says that if tha newspaper exaggerations had been eliminated there waa t)0 reason why the negotiations should not already have reached a peaceful settlement. , , The' situation, the Ruas adds, , Is now aoute but may not result la war. Finds Things alet. The Novoe Vremya'a correspondent, who has Just arrived at Port Arthur, telegraphs an Interesting descripjlon of his journey and the awful winter conditions In Man churia, Including 4ft degrees, anow and whirlwlnda sweep teg cteuda of dust acre