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The. Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNINO, FEBRUARY 8, 1904. SINGLE COPY THREE CKN'iK r4 WAR IS INSi&XOW Japan tod Bnuia Break Off matio -Negotiation, 'olo- FOREIGN LEGATIONS ARE CALLED J j an Would Dot Wa.t for Rtinia'i Long De ayed Note, IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT SENDS MESSA6ES Telegraphs Miniiteii an Offio al Notice of Japan'i Dtcitiou. CZAR RECALLS ENTIRE FOREIGN STAFF Action of Japan la Practically a. Dec laration of War and tha Flrlna May Connnti at Any Hoar. BT. PETERSBURG. Feb. 7 Count Umi dorff, tha Russian foreign minister, boa of ficially Informed tha Russian roprcaenta tlvei abroad that Japan haa decided to break off all negotiations with Russia and to withdraw the mlnlater and whole Japa nese legation staff from St. Peteraburg. Tha Russian foreign mlnlater has thereupon ordered the Iluislun mlnlater. Baron da Rosen and his start to leave Toklo. The Official Messenger publishes the fol lowing circular telegram dated February 6. It haa been sent out by the Russian foreign minister to tha representatives of the Rus sian government abroad: Acting under Instructions from his gov ernment the Japanese mlnlater at the Im-iK-rtHI court has presented a note which In forms the imperial government of the de cision of jHpun to break oft further nego tiations ana reran ner minister ana the en tire staff at the Japanese legation. in consequence of this his Imperial maj esty haa been pleased to order that the KtianiHit minister at tokio, with the entire taff of the Imperial mission, shall leave the capital of Japan without delav. Buch n attitude on the part of tha Toklo gov. rrnment, which has not even awaited the answer of the Imperial government, which was sent off during the Inst few days, throws the whole responsibility for the con Sequences i which mar arise from a runture of diplomatic negotiations between two em pires on japan. First Step Toward War. TOKIO, Feb. 7.-The severance of diplo matic relations between Russia and Japan appears to be only a step toward war, al though when tha ministers of Russia and Japan withdrew from their respective posts quick and decisive action Is expected. When the minister for foreign affairs, Komura, on Baturday not Hied Baron de Rosen, the Rus sian minister, of Japan's determination to sever diplomatic relations he Is reported to have declared to him that Japan la tired of Russia s delays, evasions and Insincerity and haa decided to take Independent action for the conservation of Japan's oriental In ternals. During tha final negotiations Japan' re peated requests for answers were treated In a most unsatisfactory manner. Japan waited until convinced that It was useless to wait i3.ter and haa now ended the dis cussion. The Indications are th4 there will h no" formal .iWlanMlon ef war. Japan will Dtihllrlv define Its tmsttton and mir- potee and the forelgV'onlc has prepared a new statement which will probably be an nounced to-"int. On Monday Japan will unquestionably seise Cores, snd although Russia has previously Intimated that It would not Interfere, In view of that coun try s present atutuae, developments are eagerly awaited. t Not Certain About War. , BERLIN. Feb. T. The Russian embassy hsr has been Informed by Count Umi- florff, f the Russian foreign minister, that the Russian government does not know whether the breaking off of diplomatic ne gotiations Is preliminary to war or not. Anxiety prevails at the embassy. Atartltna; Action of Japan. ST. PETERSBURG, Fab. 7. Although th fear waa general here yea terday that the presentation o'f the Rus- slan note to Japan might be followed by an act oh tha part of the Japanese gov ernment which would plunge tha two countries Into war, the startling action of Japan 1-. levering diplomatic relations with 'Russia before the actual delivery of the Russian note, came like a holt from a ear sky. It. was believed that the receipt of the note might have unmasked an ultimatum, but that Japan should sever diplomatic relations, a step little short of a declara tion of war, was almost like a blow In th face under the present circumstances. and It 1 rosented here accordingly. Tha , authorltlee believe this action place Ja , pan distinctly In the wrong before the world, and, moreovert after such a "piece of Impudence" as It Is denominated here. snakes easy an appeal to the patriotism ' of the Russian people. The news that at any moment Japan kail Ai-awm tha awnrd anil th clash had occurred would not be .urprlslng. Tha vents leading to Japan's abrupt action Jive marched with great rapidity. The Auaslan note was already In the hands of Baron de Rosen, . Russian minister at . Toklo, for delivery to Raron Komura. the Japaneaa foreign minister, when at 4 O'clock yesterday afternoon U. Kurlno, ' the Japanese minister here, presented hlm lelf at the foreign office and Informed foreign MlnlHter Lamsdorff that hta gov ' rrnment, ln view of the delays ln con- section with the Russian answer and the futility hitherto of the negotiations, con sidered It useless to continue diplomatic relations and would take such steps ss It ' teemed proper for the protection of Japan'a Interests. In obedience to Instructions. therefore he saked for hla passport. Exactly what else p.-iared at this Inter- lew Is not ' known, except that Count , Lamsdorff expressed surprise and regret at this hasty resolve of th Mikado's govern ment. M. Kurlno received hi passports, and aftor consulting with Sir C. 8. Scott, , the British ambassador here, he returned to his legatlun, where the preparations for his departure had already commenced. Russia Acts Promptly. ' Another vercton of the situation at th tlm M. Kurlno notified Count Ljunsdorff of the course his government had elected to pursue. Is that the Russian reply was not In tha possession of Raron de Kosen, but In the office here awaiting transla tion and that It was withdrawn bfur being dispatched. ' I'pon the disclosure of Japan's position. the Russian authorities met the situation - art.h great promptness. Instructions rer jailing Baron de Rcwen were forthwith tele graphed, and he waa directed to Irav Tuktv immediately. Count ItmsdorfT of- Bclat circular to the Russian representa tives abroad. Instructing them to Inform j?e governments of the countries to which lliey were accredited of Japeu s action, was then preparea. 1 tus circular waa JCvnUaucd, aa fieoo&d Pag4 , ministry in a bad plight Illness of Premier nalfoar Partlca larly I'nfortnnate at This Janrtnre. (Copyright, 1!M. by Press Publishing Co.! LONDON, Feb. 7. (New Tork World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) The British Parliament opened most inauspicious for the government. Prime Minister Balfour's Illness, which Is said to be due largely to wjrry. wns moat unfortunate, as It re moved from the treasury bench In the House of Commons its one distinguished occupant, leaving only a few ministerial pin heads, whose helpless Incapacity excites contemptuous amusement. Austen Chamberlain got the chance of his life on Tuesday when he was put for ward to .act as the leader of the house. His speech was a ridiculous fiasco, an un relieved failure, pitiable In Its humiliation. especially for his father, who watched the performance with pained anxiety. It was the first time Austen had entered upon an Important debate without having the as sistance of permanent ' officials In com piling his material. He has now been shown In his true colors and his reputa tion and career are both Irremedlally dam aged. The whole proceedings In Parliament now are unreal. The only topic of discussion now Is when dissolution will come. It may be staved off until Easter. Joseph Chamberlain thinks so, and la taking a two months' holiday at Nice, his first In nine years. It la also convenient and expedient for evading perpetual Interrogation and crit icism In the house on his Inchoate schemes. The Irish party, which Is sickened by Irish Secretary Wyndham's glowing prom ises and disaDODlnttna- performances. Is steadily tending toward regular hostility to the government, and on the first critical occasion probably will give the ministers their dismissal. PROVING RICH MAN INSANE Title to Large Estate Depends Ability to Substantiate Charges. (Copyright, 1904, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Feb. 7. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) That Francis E. Ruben Bryan, an American million aire, who committed suicide In 1003 In Paris, where he was In mortal dread of being poisoned, was Insane haa been brought out by the suit of relatives who are Interested In his will. He lived here many year and on dying left $10,000 to a historical society of Penn sylvania and the residue of bis great estate to the South Kensington museum In Lon- don, together with a lurge collection of valuable curios and works of art. At the hearing M. de la Oronse, the consul gen era of France at Moscow, testified that Mr. Bryan believed that Cardinal Rich ard, the archbishop of Paris and the pre fect of police were conspiring to murder htm and had bribed all the laundresses to poison hta socks. Consequently he never wore any. Whenever he received a new suit of clothes from the tailor he soaked It In a bath for forty-eight hours before wearing it. H would drink only at a public street fountain and refused to pass the front window of the Jockey club, "believing that the members would kill Mm. He always carried a complete list of anti dotes to poison and gave copies to friends. HEADSMAN HAVING HARD TIME Mo Qnarter of nria WHIlnar to Permit the Erection of Hla Ome aome Machine. (Copyright, 1904, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Feb. 7. (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) Delbler, the Paris headsman, la passing sleepless nights trying to arrange for the coming "Prome nade de la Veuve (Widow)," a the Par isian facetlpusly apeak of putting the guillotine In operation. Franool Spino ha Just been sentenced to death, but the question Is: Where can the guillotine be erected? The last be heading was that of Peumenes at La Roquette, but slno that prison ha been torn down the residents of that quarter have made such vigorous protest against the riotous scene attending an execution of th death sentence that the, four fa mous stone on which the guillotine used to be put up have been removed. Capital punishment In France 1 public. and crowds pas the night before holding point of vantage. Sometime thay dance and alng madly about the scaffold during tha execution. Every quarter of Paris la equally op posed to having the guillotine and Delbler would hardly dare erect It In the Place de la Concorde. He hopes President Loubet will commute the condemned man' sen tence, as he ha allowed no one to be put to death since he became president MEMORIAL CHURCH AT MAGENTA tmetaro Coating Half of a Million n Sit nt atrnaal (or Uherty. (Copyright. 1904. by Press Publishing COJ ROME, Feb. 7. (New Tork World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) On the battle- field of Magenta. In northern Italy, where one of the earlier struggles for Italian In dependence waa fought In 1859 between Italian and French allies against the Aus trlans, a beautiful memorial church has just been completed at the cost of S500.000. The work was started ln IK through the energy of .the parish priest, Don Cesare Tragella, who has since been knighted by th government tn recognition of hla services. The work of collecting the necessary funds was helped oy large contributions given by the ex-Empress Eugenie In mem ory of her husband. Napoleon III, by the heir of Marshal MacMahon, who com manded the French contingent at the bat tle, and by member of th Italian royal family and all th Bonaparte. The walls are decorated with frescoes. the work of living artist, who gave their services free. Just a many of the local population set aside so many day each month to give free work for the building of the new church. ROME SECURES CHEAP PAVING theon with Wood from that Conntry. (Copyright. 1904. by Press Publishing Co.) ROM K. Feb. T.-(Nw Tork World Ca- blegram Special Telegram ) The city of I'uenoe Ay Tea haa offered to the city of Rome to pave at Its expense the square of th Pantheon with block of Argentine wood and the Reynan authorities have ao- i cefted. Ike offer with Uka&ka. LOOKS BLACK FOR BARKER Strong Case. of Oironmi'antial Evidence Against tha Accused Kan. LOVE AFFAIR AT THE BOTTOM OK CRIME Killed Brother and Ills Wife to En able Him to Decsre rands to Wed the Girl with Whom he Was Enamored. HASTINOS, Neb., Feb. 7.-8peclal Tele gramsThe preliminary hearing of Frank Barker, who la being held at Red Cloud for' the murder of hie brother Dan and wife, came to a close at 12 o'clock last night and the defendant was bound over to the April term of district court. His 16-year-old brother Ouy, who haa also been placed under arrest, will have his hearing next Friday. It was given out that the boy was being held aa an accomplice, but this Is erroneous, as Prosecuting Attorney Overman Informed The Bee correspondent that the only object In holding the lad Is for the purpose of securing more light on the murder. All of the evidence given by the seven witnesses for the state went to show that the dual murder was a most coldblooded, premeditated affair, concocted and executed by Frank Barker, brother of Dan Barker, the victim. Every witness who testified for the state told the tame etory. which was to the effect that Frank Barker had said that his brother Dan and wife were going to Denver to reside until spring, aa Dan had secured employment there. Andrew Arnold, who. Is the owner of the farm which the deceased was renting, testi fied that he had met deceased on the road Sunday afternoon and their conversation was about the farm and Its crops, and Barker did not say anything about con templating going to Denver or any other place. Arnold also testified that he met the accused Tuesday morning and the lat ter Informed him that hla brother and wife had gone to Denver Monday, but would return In time for tha spring work- Arthur Wolcott was with the accused Monday cutting Ice on the river and the accused had volunteered the Information about the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Barker and seemed anxious to make the statement Impressive. Last Keen of Victims. Further testimony proved that the last time Mr. and Mrs. Dan Barker were seen alive was at church Sunday evening. Guy Barker, the 16-year-old brother of the ac cused, said his brother Frank came home Sunday night about 1 o'clock and after ohanglng his clothes he departed for his brother' place. Mr. Barker, father of the defendant, also corroborated this state- ,, . , . ... . . . . ment. The crime la supposed to have been committed early Monday morning. The de- I fondaht had previously stated that he had - . . , .... ... stayed at his father' home that night. Circumstantial evidence Is very V strong) against the accused. .In fact ha, mM so many eon dinting stories that he has practically convicted himself, while his father haa ' expressed doubts aa to the veracity of his son's statement. The only witness called to tha stand to testify for the defendant waa Mr. William Rlenkel, a farmer who resides in the vicin ity of. the Barkers. He said the accused called at his home Sunday night to sea Mr. Rlenkle's daughter, Llszle, and that he had remained there until 12 o'clock, when he departed for home. He also testified that the accused visited his daughter on last Tuesday night and when he questioned him In regard to the sudden departure of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Barker the defendant passed It off with the remark that they had gone to Red Cloud to buy tickets for Denver. The accused did not take the witness stand nor did he have a word to say dur ing the entire hearing. He sat calm and fearless and Was not In the least disturbed by the proceeding. His nerve Is moat re markable, for he not only sleeps soundly. but discusses the crime without the slight est change of facial expression and a freely as though It had been a mere Inci dent rather than the murder of Ms own brother and wife.. , Love Affair at Bottom of It. The true cause which prompted Frank Barker to deliberately plan and execute the murder of hi own brother and wife haa come to light It waa a love affair. Mis Llszle Rlenkel haa been the dream of Frank Barker life durtna- the nut tht month, during which time he was a con- stant wooer. About two weeks am ha proposed to Mis Rlenkel and waa accented nil t Flea Tara m van i rutaeata v ik.t w marrlace could not tk jl.c until he had tistab'tshed a home for himself and bride. Thl he promised to do within a short period. - Last Sunday night, whan he called upon hla fiancee, he Informed her that It would he only a few daya until he would have everything adjusted satisfactorily to herself and her father and then he would ask for her parent' consent to a speedy marriage. The supposition 1 that ImmsdU ately after departing from the home of hi sweetheart he went to hi father' house. donned hla working garments, armed him. elf with a M-caJlbre revolver and went to the home of hla brother, resolved upon putting hla brother and wife out of the way that he might gain possession of the home which he had promised to establish for his bride-to-be. Killed In Their Bed. Entering the house, he found husband and wife asleep. Apparently, he shot hla brother when within a few feet of the bed and then thrust the revolver against the left cheek of Mrs. Barker and fired. The victim's faee was badly burned with powder and presented a horrible appearance. In order to conceal the crime and carry out the details aa h had planned, be carried the bodies to a cowshed, where a rude grave was dug. four feet tons, four feat deep and two foet wide. Into thia bole the bodies were Jammed and carefully cov ered with dirt and manure. All the bed clothes, carpets and garments about the house were then secreted In tha haymow. William Rlenkel la quoted as aaylng that it Is his opinion young Barker called at hla home Tuesday evening to secure hi consent for a speedy marriage with his daughter, and had he refused, which was his Intention. Barker would have revenged himself. In his opinion, the only reason Barker did not put th question was be cause h had qulssed him about the sudden disappearance of Mr. and Mr. Dan Barker. While It la true that the feeling of mob violence ha somewhat subsided, there Is no telling what may happen before long. The funeral of the murdered victims has been postponed until 1:30 tomorrow after noon. Tha remains bear only th scar of th bullet wound and ar not mutilated, a waa praviuuai rpo.va, . GUARDS FIREJ0N MINERS. Traajedy In Teasmes Results la Foir Deaths hnd the Wonndlnar of Three Persona. KNOXVILLK. Tenn., Feb. 7. A bloody tragedy was enacted today In the little mining town of Coal Creek, Tenn., forty miles northwest of Knoxvllle, as the result of which four lives-were snuffed out and three persons wounded, one perhaps fatally. The clash was the culmination of the trou ble between union and nonunion labor. Three of the dead men were killed by guards employed, by the Coal Creek com pany, while the fourth victim, a deputy sheriff, was killed by a guard he had gone to arrest. The dead: MONROE BLACK, a miner, aged 24, married: leaves a widow. ' W. W. TAYLOR, a miner, aged 81: leaves widow and four children. JACOB SHARP, a section hand, a by stander, aged 36; leaves a widow and six children. ROBERT 8. HARMON, deputy sheriff, killed by Col Burton, a guard at the Brloe- vllle mine. The wounded: A. R. Watts, merchant nt Coal Creek, an Innocent by stander, shot through both cheeks. Mote Cox. miner, shot through left arm. Jeff Hoskins,' engineer on the Southern railway, slightly wounded. Jud Reeder, a former lieutenant of police. and twelve guards came from the mines to meet a few nonunion men who were to arrive on the morning train. When the nonunion men got oft the train a number of email boyc began yelling "scab." Reeder and another guard drew their pistols and began snooting. About 12 o'clock a dispute arose between Deputy Sheriff Bob Harmon and Ouard Cal Burton. Burton shot Harmon twice, killing him Instantly. SPACES AWAIT EXHIBITORS Palaces of the Louisiana Llsposltton Are Row All Practically Completed and Ready for Occupancy. BT. LOUIS. Feb. 7. The following pointed suggestions are put In the shape of a letter by Mr. F. J. V. Skiff, director of the divis ion of. exhibits, to the exhibitors of the Louisiana Purchase exposition: The exhibit palaces of the Louisiana Pur chase exposition are now all praotlcally completed. r.xruDiiors can now ooiain pos reeslon of their spaces. Should there be any incompleteness on May i, wnen tne ex roaltlon opens. It will be due to the delay of exhibitors. No exhibitor ever regretted Laving Installed his exhibit too soon. The man v.ho :s many is always envied py those who are waiting for their exhibits to arrive. At the present time tne -auway compa nies are -ble to handle shipments with rea sonable, promptness. As the d.cte for open ing approaches experience shows that there will be congestion at freight terminals. This congestion, la not enly very annoying nut It is very expensive to tne exninttor. To have a representative or a force of men at the exposition waiting day after day and week alter wee tor exmnits to arrive costs a treat deal of money. Every con alteration, therefore, the Interest of the -.nosltlon fairness to the mibllo and the economy of expenditure on the part of the "THL, SI f ipm. hi m . and getting them on the exhibition epsce , as poaalhleAVt Is evident that the unflrnlshed eondltloil at the opening. " It occur, will be propevl blamed neither to the exposition conineA, Tjn to- the railway compenres, but to ina exiumtor nimseir. . (Signed) r . J. V. oalr F, Director of the revision of Exhibit. CONVICT IS AN IMPOSTER Poses as Gcorae W. Mnrphy, Grand ' Army Veteran. Until Frand la Discovered KANSAS CITY, Feb. 7. A remarkable Imposture haa been revealed by the recent discovery at Floyd, la., of George W, Murphy of Company B. Eighth Wisconsin volunteer. For eight year George Phillips, now serving a life sentence In the Kansas state penitentiary for murder, represented himself to be the Wlsconcln veteran Mur phy. In 1896 Phillips confided to the au thorities of the Leavenworth (Kan.) Sol diers' Home that he waa entitled to ad mission to the home and he waa enrolled as George W. Murphy, One year later- a veteran named Cu tu rnings was murdered near the home and Phillips, alias Murphy, was tried, for the crime, convicted and sentenced to prison for life. He managed to get Grand Army men Interested In his case and Governor Bailey and the Kansas Board of Pardons were expected to release him Sympathy for the convict spread beyond the Kansas border, and various Grand Army post espoused his cause. This pub licity was disastrous, for It resulted In the discovery of the true George W. Murphy. PhmiP" haa made a confession that be Is I et siv11 WBr veteran, but served thirteen J". ln regular army. PRISONER WANTED IN OMAHA Dakota Authorities Have Man Ia- fllrted for Land Frand ln Kebraaka. BIOUX FALLS. S. D.. Feb. 7.-f8peclal.)- Jerry Carlton of this city, chief deputy United States marshal for South Dakota, baa returned from an official trio to the Black Hills, where he arrested a Nebraska man, named & A. Reha, whom he brought with him to Sioux Fall. Th prisoner was indicted by a United State, grand jury at Omaha on the charge of perjury, alleged to have been committed In making nnal proor upon government land In western Nebraska, this being but one of the numerous case growing out of the alleged fraudulent transfer to large cattle companies of great area of the public domain In that state. Reha will be kept In Sioux Falls until th return to the city of Judge Carland of the United State court, when an order will be applied for authorising the trans fer of the prisoner to the United State authorities In Nebraska. He will be taken to Omaha, where he will furnish bond for hi appearance at the next term of the federal court. I JAMES B. COLEGATE DEAD Feander ( Hamilton Cnlveralty Had Been III at HI Home far gov. ml Months. TONKER8. N. Y., Feb. 7-James B. Colgate died at hi home here today after an Illness of several months. Mr. -Colgate was bora In New York In 1818. Mr. Col gate wa th first to organize during th civil war th New York Gold exchange, of which he wa for many year the presi dent. Colgate university, at Hamilton, N. Y., waa enlarged with fine building and liberally endowed by Mr. Colgate, during the past thirty year over fl.OOO.Oflo hav ing been contributed to this Institution He gave about 1100, M0 to the Colly acad my at New London, N. H., and also gave liberal sume to Rochester university, Col umbian colleae at Washington. I f I Rocheater Theological seminary and lbs I (took aoadeoay at JIavaaa. N- T. f LAMES SWEEP THE CITY OE BALTIMORE HOPELESS EIGIIl One of the grontost. If not the Rroatost llr In tlu history of Anier Icnn cities la now raRlnjr In trip city of Iljiltlinore. It Blurted at alxiut 11 o'clock yewtcrdny forenoon In one of 11m liirjre dry goods stores lu the heart of the city nntl ut tli present writing; It l n far from iK'Ing under control as at nny time since Its Inception. Aid iuis been sent by the fire deportments of Washington, rhilndelphln nntl Wil mington, but the combined efforts of the firemen nre making no Im pression on the flames. Dynamite is being used to stop Its spread, buildings in its path beliiR blown up in the hope of destroying the food for the flumes. These are being driven, however, by a fierce gale and burning brands are being scattered all over the city and constantly starting llr's In new places. There appear" little hope of stopping the progress of the fire until it haa swept everything ln its path. Over 400 streams from fire engines have leeii playing on the flames, but for all the apparent good they have done the heroic work of the firemen tntght Just us well not have been done. Owing to the nature of the buildings Involved the Are ha not spread with the rupldlty of some conflagrations and coiwetpientl.T so far a known no' lives have been lost. The immense warehouses, stores and office buildings, however, have been reduced to ruins. The estimates of the losses vary widely, and, in fact, it is an impossibility at this time to make an intelligent estimate. The es timates given, however, range all the way from 40,moo,ooO to JfUoo, 000,000. This latter figure is $10,000,000 in excess of the loss from the greut Chicago lire of October 0, 1871. PERKINS TALKS OF HARMONY 8iyi President Desiret Personal Difference ta Be Shelved S KEEPING OUT OF ALL CONTROVERSIES Wonld Be Pleased, According; to Per. Una, to Bee Senators Allison and Uolltrer on the Dele iratloau (From a Btaff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. (Special Tele gram.) Speaking of the coming convention to select delegate to the national repub lican convention. Editor Ierklns urges' harmony. Ue says: "I have made It my business since I have been In Washington to examine with such oare aa I could and with such Intelligence a X could command the general situation a related to the Iowa view and desire. The president la conservative and broad minded. His views extend over the whols field. Ills ambition Is to serve the whole people and this ambition he hope may have recognition. He I a great republican and be want hla party to be great. To thl end he earnestly desires that minor differ enoe and .local f'Rtlon . may have sub ordination, lie' would like' to see hi party ln all slates lined up on the ground of large advantage, generous tn.lt relation ship and considerate In its purposes. It will be understood then when I say that he Is for harmony ln all great households of his friends, on personal line he desires to be Impartial and to, the extent possible he wilt avoid entanglement with personal conflict wherever such conflicts appear. "While the president would much dislike to be understood aa Interfering In the pre- convention work of any state, I am fully satisfied he would feel that his friends In Iowa had testified their loyalty to him by placing Senators Allison and Dolllver on our state delegation. Our senators are not seeking thl service, but knowing the thought of the president and the disposi tion of the Iowa republicans toward him, they will not refuse the service if the state Is lu mind to second the suggestion. So far as Iowa itself Is concerned. It does not greatly matter who of our good men are delegates. As to the main Issue In Chicago, the republican of Iowa are of one mind. They are sure to desire to do .what may beat conform to the wishes of the presi dent and his earnest and trusted advisors. The president feels that Senators Allison and Polllver are In a position to be of great service In a national sense, and knowing this beyond' all shadow of doubt, I feel there Is the strongest ground for confidence that hi Judgment will be cheerfully ac quiesced ln by our people and that In sup port of the president and In aid of his campaign w shall have an extension of good relations at home." NEW FIGHTING WEIGHTS National Boalna; Association Adopts Neve Classifications for Fist and Glove Flhts. DETROIT. Feb. 7. The National Box ing association, - Intended : to regulate box Ing and promote It Interests throughout the country, was organised at the Hotel Oriental here today. A new classification of the weights of fighters Is one of the most Important reforms which the associa tion Is intended to accomplish. The fol lowing classification was drawn up today to stand until the next meeting In the fall, when the most prominent men In terested In the boxing game In the coun try will be Invited to Join In It revision, If any I deemed necessary: Special class, 106 pounds; light bantam, 110; bantam, 116; featherweight, 122, heavy featherweight, 127; light weight, 133; light waiter weight, 140; welter weight, 148; mid dle weight. 158; light heavy weight, 176; heavy weight, all men over 176 pounds. FALSE PRETENSES CHARGED K ana as City Man Under Arrest (or Money Alleged tn Be Wrongfully Obtained. ST. LOUIS. Feb. T. Fred B. Haven, a Kansas City Insurance man. Is under ar rest here on the charge of having ob tained SS62.90 from H. L. Bright of Carth age. Mo., on false pretenses. Bright si lege that Haven obtained the money from htm aa payment of the first policy of Insurance secured for him by Havens and then, he claims, he learned that Havens was not an agent for the company in ques tion. Havens denies the cbarge and d olarea he will be able to satisfactorily explain th matter. ti mm Play la Tennessee. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 7.-In a light at the Coal Creek, Tenn., depot today three miners were killed and thr by stander were wounded by two guards em ployed by the Coal Creek Coal company. A deputy sheriff who Went to arrest guard waa killed. - d d 4 4 d - -- n AGAINST f LAMES NEBRASKA WFATHER FORECAST I rtCDnHOrvH WCMmcn "inCUHOI " Fair and Con; Cold Monday and Tnesday. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hoar. Drg. lionr. Dfg. fl a. m . . , . . , 3 1 p. m N U a. m J 8 p. m lO T a. in a S p. m 11 H a. m 9 4 p. m 12 O a. ra...... ft B i, at It to a. m S O p. in I 11 a. m... ... T p. tn T M H 8p. m fl it p. m ..... . U TRAINS BATTLE WITH DRIFTS Trrrlfle BHaaard Still Raalaar In the Northwest Fatal Collision Caused by Storm. CRAND FORKS. N. D., Feb. 7.-Yester-day's storm has played havoo with the trains and today they have come straggling In with engines covered with snow and Ice, as a result of their battle with the drifts. All train are hours' behind time. The Northern Pacific's lino from here to the boundary of Manitoba haa been abandoned on account of drifts and. because of a wreck near Grafton. Trains ere telng nt by way of Crookston and Bt. Vincent to Win nipeg. i , One Death In - the Storm. ' ASHLAND, Wla.,'Feto. l-One death ha becti. rcnorted as a- result of ther -terrifle billiard now raging hero' and there la little doubt that others have occurred. Street car trafflo has been suspended. All logging operation have been upended. Reports from logging camps for over 100 miles along the south shore of Lake Superior show that Immense drifts hsve practically brought operations to a standstill. Michael Whalen, an ore trimmer, was found froxen stiff wlthtn a few feet of his residence. He had started to eome In from the camp, but evidently became bewildered by the storm and wandered about until be numbed, when he sunk Into a snow drift and perished. Telegraph Poles Down. NEW RICHMOND. Wis., Fsb. 7.-8now and sleet otorms have greatly Sr.terfered with the operation of telephone i.nd tele graph line In this vicinity. On the line of the Chicago, Minneapolis & Omaha 100 tele graph poles are down between Hundson, Wi.. and St. Paul. North of Wisconsin Junction several mile of pole and wire are prostrated. Collision In the Storm. GRAND FORKS. N. D.. Feb. 7.-M. 8. Mongoven, a conductor on the Northern Pacific, wa killed and H. J. Mongoven, 'his brother, and a brakeman on his train was severely Injured during a collision In a torm near Grafton. Mongoven's train wa stuck In a snow bank and two engine had been ent to It relief. The snow waa so thick that the engineer of the forward en gine failed to aee the signal light of the blockaded train and crashed Into the ca boose with the result Indicated. Oale (weepa St. Loo Is. ' ST. LOHIS, Feb. T. A heavy gale awept over St. Louis before dawn and did consid erable damage to , property. For fifteen minutes the wind maintained a velocity of rlxty milee an hour. Signa were blown from buildings, a number of smokestacks end telegraph poles were blown down and a row of flat on Twentieth street wa un roofed. Cold Wave Exhansted. ST. PAUL, Feb. 7. The weather obaerver predicts that a cold wave will follow In the wake of the Mlxsard which has been raging throughout tha northwest for the past two days. The official statement of temperature issued tonight rhows only one northwestern office reporting above sero weather. At Helena, Mont., the mercury Ftood at 4 above aero. In the Canadian northwest the minimum report waa 24 be low xero, shown at three stations. Bis mark, N. D., reported 20 and Moorehead, Minn., IX below. At St. Paul It was only 2 below, but the observer prophesied that at least 16 below would be r ached before morning. Famous Bridge Destroyed. LEXINGTON. Ky.. Feb. 7 Last night's storm did much damage In the blue srasa riiHtrlct. Interurban traffic between here and Parts was Interrupted by the lots of the famous old bridge over Elkhorn creek near J. H. Harrlns' Elmendorf farm. Thla bridge was built In 1831. snd partly burned In 1K3, when Captain Peter Everett, the famoua confederate scrut. attempted thus to capture General Burbrtdge. DEMOLISH OLD CAMPANILE Strnetnre Over Thousand Yeara Xew a Meaaee to II fe and Property, Old (Copyright. 104, by Press Publishing Co.) ROME, Feb T.-New York World Cable gram Special Telegram.) Another famous campanile of Italy la to be demolished. It la that of the church ef Ban Biro In Genoa. which is more than 1,000 years old. It l a j coaatant pern to aurrotinairg property tuiu life. Th church of San Biro wa the first cathedral of Genoa and wa built tn th evautb century. City Tire Department Absolutely Fowerleia to Check Progress of Flames. HELP SENT FROM SURROUNDING CITIES Oomtineil Depattmeats No Mora EfFeotiY Than Local Fire Fighters. DYNAMITE BEING USED AS LAST RESORT.. At Last Beports Eton This Remedy Fail to Produce Remits. FIERCE GALE ' SCATTERS FIREBRANDS: Appareatly No Ecpa Until Fire Has Takea Everything In Its Path. ESTIMATED LOSS TWO HUNDRED MILLION From nils Flararr, which la Greated Than the Chicago Fire, the BatU mates Ranate pewa te Forty Million. BAITIMORK. Feb. T.-A Are whlclv broke out at a few minute before U o'clock this morning In the wholesale dry goods house of John E. Hurst gt Co. had raged with unrestrained fury continuously! ever since, nnd at midnight it 1 still un cneoked but ,8 eadlly eating Its way eastward on naltlmore street, after hav- . Ing destroyed almost all of ' the large) stores and warehouses In the wholesale) district around Hopkins Place and all tha buildings on both side of Baltimore street from Howard to Holllday street, from Charles and Baltl'nnre to Charles and Lexington and on Fayette street from) Charles to Holllday, Including a total oC about twenty blocks of the most modern nnd substantial building In Baltimore, In volving a loss which cannot now be estle mated, but which has certainly already1 reached M,OHO,000 or 140,000,000. Ever since about o'clock when dark neKs came the fire department, although) aided by enginee from Washington. Phila delphia. Wilmington and the surrounding) suburbs, has been utterly powerless ta make any effective resistance, though for hours as many as 400 ft reams of watep were thrown into the flame. Indeed, sty terrific has been the heat ever since tha fire started and so dense and suffocating? the volume of filing sparks and burning; cinders that It -ss difficult for the fire men to stnnd long within fighting dls tance of the llamns, while early tn the) afternoon si-veral trucks and engthe wer hopelessly disabled by the tlmbara. Firemen Are Powerleea. At 7 o'clock th situation waa so dea perate that Chief Hortnn decided that tha . only thing left to - do was to dynamite buildings at threatened points nnd thus - prevent, as. far as possible.,, a further spread of the Ifl.-rmea. ' In pursuance of thlo plan, a number of buildings on ' Soutl ... Charles street, between German and Lorn bard, were blown up. Subsequently tlie splendid structure of J. W. Putbac, notion dealer at Charles and Fayette steels, wa dynamited, and th"n the Dally Record building and others. But this heroic rem edy merely delayed and not seriously lm peded the onward march of the conflagra tion, and for two hours or more tha fire department haa stopped, practically help less and resourceless. In the face of the rotrlng furnaces whlori sent sheets of flame 300 feet Into the air and Ailed the heaven with a pall of black funeral smoke and then with a livid shower . of sparks and lurid cinders. Following tha rapid destruction of the palatial Commer cial buildings In the wholesale district, th cyclone of flame burst Into Baltimore street, destroying tha seven-story Mulllna hotel and rapidly sweeping eastward and westward, cutting down wholesale and re tall houses, manufacturers, shops. Jewelry stores, furniture , emporiums and restau rants. At Charles street It wiped out the eleven-story Union Trust building and started east on Fayette street. By I o'clock i occupants cf th Dally Herald building at Fayetto and St. Paul streets and of tha Record building opposite were forced to leave, t were the occupant of the Calvert and Equitable structures, two of the moat massive office buildings In Baltimore. Down Baltimore street a parallel wivt of Came swept, speedily reaching the Even ing New building, from which th em ploye had to flea, though not until valuable record had been removed. Shortly after wards the Continental Trust company' fourteen-story building took Are. A block below the American Newspaper building was enveloped in. clouds of aparka and burning splinters that employe were or- . dcred out. , At this hour (12 o'clock) it Is certain thai ' tlie Herald and American will not get oof. issues tomorrow. Meanwhile th Sun haa ! been ranging to print It tomorrow' ; issue In Us Job rfBoe, which Is situated at a distant point from the path of the fire. The financial district. Including the chief banking i.nd brokerage Arms on South and Ccrman streets, seems to be now doomed and scores of the clty'a leading financiers a mt business men ore placing valuable In conveyances. During all these hours alt the pyrotechnic display has been magnific ent and inputting. The fire Is one vast prismatlo ocean of sparks. Multitudes of people Hue the streets, awestruck at tha sight. At 10:10 o'clock the roof of the building occupied by the Asvocliited Pres took Are and the employes were compelled to va cate, though they had time to take away with them their telegraph ' Instruments, typewriters and other valuable equipment. They found refuge In a brunch oPlce of the Western Union cutnpauy rn Gay street. I The prospect 1m that this offW will huv I to b" vacated lit a few minutes. At thla hour the "re ,s OHolutc'.y beyond tcntrol j a1 occupants of building In the center of the city are rapidly removing their valuables. Remove Hospital Patients. TI.e city hOKpitat. corner of Calvsrt and Pleasant streets Is reiuo'lng to other hoe pittUa ax rapidly as poseiblo the twenty four patients ln that Institution. Seventeen Injured were brouKht to this hospital, most of them ftremen. They nere nurturing from burns, bcald.i and laceration. Nearly ev ery phyUcian In the city Is In the Are dUtrict. Bo far aa known no on haa been killed. Detachments of th Fourth and Fifth regiment have been culled out and era patrolling the streets In th vicinity of the tire, guarding property and keeping order. Itealdeaeea Arr Threatened. Kortunately thus f,ir the ounfl.igraUon has not reached the residence portion of th city, but Are ar breaking out la Sadt