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19, 1871.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOKNINO, 1
EHUITAKY 17, UHU TWELVE PAHES.
KIMSLH rolY TIIKEE CENTS.
Fhe Omaha Daily
Bee.
TO REST IN OLD life
Benator Hanna to 6a Bnried in Cleveland, & v
the Seen of Hit Life Work.
MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNERAL
-
Services in the Senate Chamber to Be
Simple ia Character.
BODY TO llE IN STATE IN MARBLE ROOM
Funeral Train Btarta in Evening for Last
Journey tJ Old Home.
TROOP OF STATE MILITIA AS ESCORT
"Thousands of Telegrams of Condo
lence Pourlngr la aad Noted Men
Par Tribute to Worth of
Dead Senator.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. -All that la mor
tal of Senator Marcus Alonxo Ilanna Ilea
today In the room at the Arlington hotel,
where, after the long brave struggle, he
yielded to death. The remains are being
prepared for burial. Thus far only a Xew
of the most i.rtlmate friends of the lianna
family have been permitted to enter the
death chp.mber to view the body. In ap
pearance the features of the dead statesman
re very !lfe-llke. They Indicate little
emaciation, and, on account of the oxygen
used In the last days of the senator's slck
riias, there Is an absence of the ashen pallor
often peculiar to the dead.
An atmosphere of profound sorrow per
vaded the hotel throughout the day. Men
ctnversed In subdued tones and the name
of the distinguished dead was on every Up.
At a council of the members of the lianna
family and some intimate friends of the
senator held today arrangements were made
for the funeral. Besides the senator's son,
or
Dai
Daniel R. Hanna. and his brother, II. M.
una, there were present Governor Her-
rick and General Charles Dick of Ohio and
Elmer Dover, the senator s secretary.
During the conference H. M. Ilanua vis
ited President Roosevelt.. He was accom
panied by Postmaster General Payne.
After a conference with the president and
members of the cabinet, Mr. , Hanna an
nounced that the president woukl not at
tend the funeral services In Cleveland
much as he would like to pay thai last
tribute to his dead friend; but that he
would attend the state funeral to be held
tomorrow in the senate chamber. It was
agreed by ail that it would be lnudv
for the president to go to Cleveland.
Secretaries Taft. Cortelyou and Wilson,
however, will go to Cleveland to attend the
services there. Postmaster General Payne
desires also to go, but his physician has
advised him not to make the trip. That ad
Vice he has concluded to follow.
Services at tho Capitol.
The remains of Senator Ilanua will be
conveyed from the hotel to the capltol at 11
o'clock tomorrow morning. The cortege
will be simple and there will be no dem
onstration or display. Preceding the hear
and the carriages contulnlng the members
of the family and Invited friends, will be a
detail of mounted polio- The aaaket bear
ers will bo oflloers eetailed from the cap
Itol police force.
After tho funeral service in ' the senate
chamber,' which will be conducted by the
chaplain ' of the senate, assisted . by the
chaplain ' of the bouse, the body will lie
In state In the marble room of the senate.
It will then be conveyed at 6 o'clock to the
Pennsylvania station. At 7 o'clock a special
train bearing the body and the members
of the family and their Invited guests will
leave for Cleveland.
Governor Herrick. together with General
Charles Dick, Dr. Carter and Secretary
Dover, will accompany the remains from
Washington.
Arriving at Cleveland, about 11 o'clock,
the train will be met at the station by the
citizen's committee and by Troop A of the
Ohio National Guard, which has bee or
dered by Governor Herrick to act as a
special guard of honor. No military dem
onstration will be a feature of the vera
monies In Cleveland, either on Thursday
or on Friday.
During the afternoon and night of Thurs
day the remains of Senator Hanna will lie
1 m
"who
do
In state In the Chamber of Commerce. At
time opportunity will be afforded all
who may desire to view the remains to
do so.
Thousands of telegrams and letters from
persona In all parts of the country have
teen received already today by members
of the Ilanna family and by Secretary
Dover, all expressing the profound sorrow
of the senders at the death of Senator
Hanna. Those from whom massages have
been received Include J. Plerpont Morgan.
. The executive committee of the Civio fed
eration. President Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers and other labor leaders ten
dered their condolences and expressing their
intention io aiiena. ir possible, tne services
In the senate chamber tomorrow.
, The Ohio legislature adjourned today for
a, week as a mark of respect to the dead
Statesman.
Mrs. Hanna Prostrated.
airs. lianna la feeling the effects of the
severs strain on her strength Incident to
her ceaseless vlg11ai,oe at the bedside of
the lata senator during his Illness of two
ekl Today for a time she was very
much prostrated. She rallied again, how
ever, and during the latter portion of the
day saw friends who called to express their
condolence. She expects to attend Uie
funeral ceremonies In the senate tomor
row and to accompany the remains of the
late aenator to Cleveland tomorrow night.
ARRANGEMENTS AT HANNA'8 HOME.
Body 14es In State Twenty-Fonr
CLEVELAND, O.. Feb. 18.-Numero,us
conferences by long distance telephone
were held today between friends of the
JIaun family here and In Washington,
relative to funeral arrangements in this
city. It was announced by Samuel Mather,
chairman of the local committee on ar
rangements today, that the funeral train
will leave Washington at ( p. m., Wednes
day, via the Pennsylvania line. The train
is expected to enter Ohio shortly after
daylight and will run through all towns
along the road at a alow rate of speed, as
It la believed many will gather at the sta-
tlon. along th. line to pay their final re-
Specis lu uw -mrvrx. tin I Ulirift (rain
will arrive In Cleveland at 11 a. m., Thurs
day. The body will be taken directly
thence to the auditorium of the Cham
ber of Commerce. where It will
lie In state until Friday. Ths funeral ser
vices will be held at Bt. Paul's Episcopal
church Friday at 1 p. m. Bishop Leonard
of ths Ohio dloceae will officiate, aaaUled
Dean Williams of this city.
Ths pall bearers here have been selected
(Continued, os srmbi fage)
E DISCJ FR0ZEN up
;mnre AnlTrra from Cold Wave,
JL. Business la netting Down
to a formal Bssla.
HE, Feb. It;. Today was one
est of the winter. The tern
was an low as 1 degrees above
of
peraf.
zero, and all day long a gale biew through
tn.e rulna In the fire district, at a forty
mile rait, making the conditions dangerous
for all within the linen. The extremely
rold weather has also hud the effect of
freezing up the whole devastated area, and
moft of the streets are now covered to the
depth of two or three Inches with Ice.
This wh8 the second day of the resump
tion of elesrlngs between the Baltimore
banks. The results Indicated that business
has nettled down closer to a normal basis.
tty'" 1"" J "ere 2 000 0o " he
before was bctwocn $2,000,000 and $3,000,000
dally.
The general committee of the Insurance
companies today decided to make no state-
ment of the amount of losses paid In de
ference to requests of merchants concerned
wh object to publicity of private accounts.
The Raltlmore A Ohio Railroad company
la making determined efforts to enlarge Its
terminal facilities and has Issued orders
to give all shipments of building material
billed to Raltlmore preference over all
other classes of nonperishable freight
WARRANTS ARE SWORN OUT
Grand Jury Finds Indictments Against
Member of Missouri Legislature
for Alleged Pool Welling.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 16. -It 1s reported the
Madison county, Illinois, grand Jury, which
has been In session at Kdwardsvllle, 111.,
late today, swore out warrants against
Senator David Nelson, & member of the
Missouri legislature, and Victor Schiller.
Nelson Is charged with being a pool seUer.
Bchuler Is charged with being the custo
dian of funds used In furtherance of a pool
room enterprise.
The action Is the culmination of a long
warfare against the operation of a pool
room In Madlcon, across the river from Bt.
Louis. The matter was taken up by the
Madison county grand Jury for Investiga
tion. The two members of the, grand Jury
who procured the warrants personally vis
ited the pool room to gather evidence.
It was r Urged that handbooks were op
erated In St. Ixiuls and that large sums of
money were thus diverted from clerks and
other business employes Into the pool room
at Madison. A crusade against the pool
room started, resulting In the grand Jury
investigation and the Indictments today.
OMAHA WOMAN IS INJURED
Mill Mary E. Dacy Slightly Hart In
Wreck on Road In
Georgia.
ATLANTA, Go.. Feb. 18. The Florida
limited on the Western & Atlantic railroad.
southbound, was wrecked eight miles from
this city today, resulting from the breaking
of an axle. Twelve persona were Injured,
two of whom, it Is said, will die.
Mr. Foster Thralkald of Tolsu, Ky., face
and head cut, serious.
Mrs. M. C. Keating of Bt Paul. Minn,
serious Internal Injuries.
Others hurt were Miss Mary E. Dacy of
Omaha, face cut. - '
Mrs. J. H. Gregg of Potomac, 111., bruised,
Miss Mary E. Dacy is ;he proprietor of
the millinery store at SIB South Fifteenth
street. Her associates at the store and
other friends were much exercised when In
formed of the accident and decided to make
further inquiries In' the effort to ascertain
more details of her Injuries. Miss Dacy
had left Omahu Friday for Florida, where
she expected to spend some time for pleas
ure.
TWENTY MILES OF TUNNEL
Chicago's New Inderground Itoad.
ways for the Quick Handling; of
Freight Are Inspected.
CHICAGO, Feb. 18. Twenty miles of tun
nel un.-kr the business district of Chicago
was today inspected by Assistant Post
master General Wynne and other federal
officials with a view to quick, teamless
handling of the malls in and out of the
paiaual new pnstomce. The tunnels are
forty feet below the street level, and are
the beginning of a system of underground
conduits eighty miles in extent, the prop
erty of the Illinois Tunnel company.
The Inspecting party made a tour of the
conduits, proceeding on foot through the
Jackson boulevard and Adams street tun
nels to the government building, where
the losslbillty of using the tunnels as
means of transporting the mails Into the
big structure was discussed by the com
mission. '
MUST RENEW CAPITAL STOCK
Superintendent of Insurance Makes
Requisition on tho Ham
ilton Company.
ALBANY". N. T., Feb. 16-Superlntendent
of Insurance Francis Hendrlx today Issued
a requisition on the Hamilton Fire Insur
ance company of New Tork calling on Its
officers to require the stockholders to make
good an impairment of Ita capital stock
of llW.OtiO, amounting to 179.549. This order
followed a statement filed with the Insu
rance department by the 'company In re
sponse to Inquiries as to the amount of
loss the company sustained through the
Baltimore fire.
HAD MADE THREATS TO KILL
Testimony of Witness In Dewey Case
Against McBrlde, One of the
tow hoys.
NORTON. Kan.. Feb. 16. The cross-ex
amlnatlon of Mrs. Viola Berry was con
tlnued today In the trial of Chauncey
Dewey, William J. McBrlde and Clyde
Wilson for the murder of Hurchard Berry
James B. Breyhlll testified that In January,
1WS. William McBrlde had aald after leav
Ing a store in which he had met Beach
and Burchard Berry:
There are a counle of men I'm coiner to
am as soon as i get a cnauce.
BOSTON MAN GETS THE PLACE
W. Cameron Forbes Will Take Place
of Wright on Philippine Com.
mission.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. -It was an
I nounced after the cab' net meeting tods
that W. Cameron Forbes of Boston had
accepted the office of Philippine commis
sioner vacated by the resignation of Gov
ernor Taft and the promotion to the gov
roorablp of UaneraJ Luke. WrUhU
REBELS VIOLATE CONSULATE
Can Domingo Insurgents Take Befngeet
from United Btate Office.
ADMIRAL WILL DEMAND REPARATION
nellef Expressed that Government
Will Have to Intervene to Re
store Order In the Island
Republic.
WASHINGTON. Feb. IB. The rebels in
San Domingo have committed another
breach of International law, which, added
to those preceding, are making up a form
idable case that may Justify the I'nlted
States government In intervening to restore
order and protect the property In the dis
tracted Island. Today Minister Powell re-
I ported to the State department that he had
received belated advices from Jean Villain,
he vice - consul agent at Samana, dated
ebruary 9, to this effect:
insurgents entered our consulate at Sa
maria with armed force and took the refu
ses out.
The State department promptly communi
cated this Information to the Navy depart
ment, with a request that proper action be
taken by th. naval authorities to protect
the I'nlted States consulate.
This was promptly transmitted to Ad
miral Wise, and it is the belief that he will
not only protect the consulate but will de
mand the punishment of the perpetrators
of the outrago, and it the irovlslonal gov
ernment Is not able to do this he will em
ploy the United States naval force to chas
tise, the Insurgents.
ATE WAR EAST AND WEST
General Mls-l'p Predicted as result
of Squabble started, by Great
Western.
CHICAGO, Feb. la. The Tribune today
says: i
The great rata war In which the vestern
roads are engaged threatens to Involve all
he lines between the Missouri river and
the Atlantic seaboard. The Burlington and
Chicago & Alton have Just given notice that
they wil! put In effect a rate from Missouri
river points to EaHlmore, Newport News
nd Norfolk of 5 cents for 100 pounds. This
is only 3 cents higher than the rate from
Kansas City to the gulf ports. The action
was not taken on account of the reduction
made by the Great V.'ertern and North
western roads, but Is in conformity with
the position they have taken during more
than a year that the difference in the grain
rate between the gulf and south Atlantic1
port should not be more than 3 cents for
I0O pounds. The rate announced by the
Burlington and Alton from Missouri river
points to south Atlantic ports Is 1 cent less
than the regular tariff rate of the eastern
lines from St. Louis' to the seaboard. This
cuts the rate between the Missouri and the
Mississippi river. It is believed by the Bur
lington officials that with their arrange
ment with eastern roads their system gets
an arbitrary of 5 cents for 100 pounds. This
leaves only 6 cents to the eastern lines, cr
t cents less than the regular tariff rata
MASKERS AT' NEW ORLEANS
"Realm of Imagination" the Theme
of Rex's Parade This
Vear.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 18. New Orleans
continued today Its campaign of carnival
of j 904. The trains brought large accessions
to the throngs of strangers gathered to
witness the parades and participate in the
social festivities. The weather was
pleasant. Promiscuous maskers furnished
abundant amusement to visitor and native
ulllje and the streets were filled with ani
mated crowds. Kex rode through tnestreets
at the head or a magnincent pageant, cnor
Ing for his subject "In the Realm of
Imagination."
"Inquiry at the sanitarium today disclosed
the fact of a slight Improvement In the
condition of Hewitt Chapman, one of .the
mnwkers who fell from the knighthood
flout In last night's parade and was per
haps fatally Injured. Mr. Chapman Is
native or uowiing ureen, Ky., and one
of the most prominent sugar planters and
club men In the state.
AT SEA OVER A SUCCESSOR
Ohio Believes Governor Herrick Is
Not Available, bnt Has Other
Candidates for Hanna's Place.
COLUMBUS. O.. Feb., 18.-The general
assemhly met today and adjourned until
next Monday, out of respect to Senator
Hanna. At that time the two houses will
be formally notified by Governor Herrick
of the death of the senator and two weeks
later, on March 14, a ballot will be taken
for a successor in the United States senate.
The political situation Is very unsettled at
the present time snd who the republicans
will agree upon Is beyond conjecture.
Governor Herrick Is spoken of, but po
litical alliances make it Impossible for him
to accept the honor. Congressman Dick,
chairman of the stats executive commit
tee, is also mentioned as a candidate.
Judge Taft, who recently returned from the
Philippines to become secretary of war,
Is considered by many as being In the race,
and other names are mentioned.
FIGHTING FOR HIS LIBERTY
i
Charles nodsre, Wanted la New York
to Answer Charge of Perjsry,
Still In Texas.
HOUSTON, Tex,' Feb. lB.-Charles F.
Dodge, who was yesterday arrested by
Texas rangers at All-e upon a telegram
from Governor Lanham In 'a second effort
to extradite him to New York on a charge
of perjury, sued out a writ of habeas
corpus today before Judge Wilson at Bee
vllle. The date for this hearing has not
been fixed. lVdge waa recently granted
ball by the federal court for the southern
district of Texas, and was also given his
liberty by Judge Ktttrtll of the district
court. Oovernor Odell of New York has
wired Governor Lanham that requisition
papers have been forwarded.
MISS BOIES RETURNS TO JAIL
Serves One Sentence for Smashing
Windows, bnt Resames Operations
I pan Being; Released.
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 18 Blanche Boies
was today sentenced to serve thirty daya
in jail and pay a fine of SMO for her second
offense in smashing the windows of build
Ings In which Joints were operating
year ago. Mlsa Holes smashed the win
dows of five buildings. She has been serv
ing a thirty-day sentence for smashing the
first windows of the aeries of five. That
sentence expliwi on Sunday,
BURTON MUST STAND TRIAL
Federal Jaitee Adam Overrates De-
mnrrer Filed by Senator from
Kansas.,
ST. LOU18. Feb. Judge Adams, In
the United States district court .today over
ruled the demurrer of I'nlted States Sena
tor Joseph R. Burtoti of Kansas to the In
dictment charging him with" accrptlng
money for using his Influence In preventing
the issuance of a fraud order ngainst the
RUlto Grain and Securities company.
The trial of the senator wus set for
March 22. A panel of sixty Jurors has
been ordered for that dut.
In reading his decision Judg? Adams
consumed twenty-five ml:iutes. giving each
point raised by the defendant -.-areful an
alysis. Both Senator Burton and Major
Hugh C. Dennis, president of the Rialto
Grain and Securities company, were In
court.
The indictment grew out of the troubles
of the Rialto Grain and Securities com
pany, when that concern ran foul of the
United States Postofflte department and
further use of the malls was denied it.
It Is charged that for $500 per month Sen
ator Burton was to Use his Influence to
have the embargo removed.
In filing the demurrer to the Indictment
the defendant contended that the post
master did not have I he authority to for
bid the Rialto comp; ny the use of the
malls or to issue a fr lud order, also that
there was no substan lal charge of fraud
at tho time. Both of hese questions were
dismissed by Judge Miriams, with ths re
mark that ho was not itnpressed with them.
Tho question as to Vbether the United
States was Interested In the case called for
a more extended opinion, but Judge Adams
hold that it was interested. He then or
dered the case to be tried March 23.
Judge Adams' decision was. In part, as
follows :
In my opinion, the government of the
United States Is Interested In matters of
nqulry and Investigation pending before
its executive departments, looking toward
the enforcement of Its law In a higher
measure of legal obligation, as an ordinary
agent is bound by a contract between him
self and his principal, to perform his duties.
No one would question for a moment that
such an agent would be Interested, even in
a pecuniary sense. In the performance or
his duty. On failure to do It, legal
liability might accrue against him.
GRAIN MEN SEE WHOLE SHOW
Given a Free Hand While Visiting;
the Kew Orleans Mardl
Gras.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 18. (Special Tele
gram.) The Nebraska grain men and the
members of their families who mads up
the party which arived at New Orleans by
special train last Sunday saw the two
carnival parades today and had the privi
lege of attending two carnival balls tonight.
These, together with the two parades of
yesterday and the ball of tonight make
up practically all the carnival and every
bit of it has been seen by the Nebraska
visitors and enjoyed toi the fullest extent.
Throughout today and! tonight the mem
bers of the party were illowed to go where
they pleased. This arrangement was made
at the request of the (visitors themselves
who feared that with tlje program mapped
out by the reception .committee of the
Board of Trade they would not be able
to see all of the carnival features. In
consequence, the proposed, trip on a special
train to iha levators" ej Mte Illinois Cen
tral railroad was called off.
In the morning the visitors witnessed
the Rex, or principal parade f the car
nival. , Tonight they saw the Comus pa
rade, which Is usually the most artistic of
all the parades. The Board of Trade com
mittee had provided tickets for the party
to-carnlval balls tonight, and many of the
visitors went to the French opera house
to see the appearance of Comus, while
others went to the Washington artillery
hall to see Rex crown his queen.
Tho special will leave tomorrow aflout
noon over the Texas & Pacific, encount
ering, probably, George J. Gould, president
of the Texas & Pacific, who Is on his way
to New Orleans.
EVOLUTION OFTHE FIELD GUN
General Chaffee Says Sis Modern tinns
Kqosl lftO of Those Used at
Gettysburg.
ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 16. Lleuteru.nt
General A. D. Chaffee tonight addressed a
large gathering in the assembly chamber
on "Military Progress Since 1861."
General Chaffee showed how the Spanish
war and the resulting military conditions
have aroused again the military enthusiasm
which waned after tho civil war, and dwelt
upon the importance in time of peace of
adequate preparation for war. Speaking
of the new field gun, Chaffee said:
The new field gun that has been adopted
nd will soon lie Issued is astonishing when
compared with, the field gun of 1HU. It
nres a snot weigning nnoen pounds, with
piuxsln velocity of l.Tim feist per second, at
the rate of twenty shots a minute, equal
to gun energy of 6. 7' 0-foot tons per minute,
as against about K'5-foot tons for the old
l-'-imunder. It Is stated that a battery of
six of our new Held guns represents more
execution than the ISO union guns at Gettys
burg.
RATE WAR ON TRUNK LINES
Wiping Ont Philadelphia Differential
May Precipitate Trouble on
Eastern Roads.
NEW YORK. Feb. 18. Harmony of
rates In trunk line territory is threatened,
the Buffalo-New York lines opposed to the
Buffalo-Phlladelphla-New York lines having
service that the freight rate on lake grain
for export will be reduced Wednesday to
I cents for 100 pounds between Buffalo and
New York.
vrhls reduction means an abolition of the
differential inltated by the Pennyslvanla
and the Lehigh valley In favor of Phlladel
phla last summer and Is designed to give
the port of New York the same privilege
heretofore enjoyed by Philadelphia,
An effort Is being made to confine the war
to the comparatively insignificant lake
grain rate, but it may spread to other
classes of relght snd upset the hitherto
harmonious conditions In trunk line ter
ritory.
LUMBER IS JBADLY NEEDED
Government rders Steamer' to Load
at Portland, Ore., to Relieve
Situation In Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16.-The steamer
Bufford, one of the fleet of government
vessels that was recently prepared for sea
at this port, has received orders to pro
ceed to Portland to load lumber there for
Manila. The vessel will sail for the north
on Thursday. The urgent demand for lum
ber In the Philippines for the use of the
Army department there comes as a sur
prise, but It Is thought it Is Intended for
the constructing of barracks for the ac
commodation of a a troops that it might
be necessary to so. o the Orient.
POOR EXCUSE FOR RAILROAD
EnglishmRi Sayi Trarreiberian Route ia
Not of Gr at Value.
ROADBED CANNOT STAND HEAVY TRAFFIC
Ralls Are Light nnd Ties Too Far
Apart to Be afe, Rendering Small
Trains and Low Upeed
Imperative.
(Copyright, 1904, by James Gordon P.ennelt.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 18. tSpeclal Tele
gram.) "Japan could seriously Injure the
Transslbejian railway In a very few hours,"
said Charles Kliene, an Englishman twenty
years in the Chinese customs service, who
arrived today on the lvernla of the Cu
nard line. "From Port Arthur to Ike
Baikal, somewhere In the neighborhood of
4,000 mllea," continued Mr. KUene, "the
road ia believed to be mined In various
places. At a given signal, or what Is
easier, ac a specified time, the road could
be damaged and connection between Rus
sia and the far east practically cut off."
Mr. Kller.e recently traveled over the
Transslberian route on his way to Eng
land. He Is now on his way back to his
post at Shanghai, and will sail In a few
days from Vancouver.
"Japan began to prepare for war long
ago," continued Mr. Kliene. "For months
spies have swarmed over Manchuria and
eastern Siberia getting Information and
making preparations. Everything that
could be learned they have learned and
they are In a position to act. In -very
section gang of Chinese coolies along the
railway there have been Japanese, who
had no difficulty In disguising themselves,
and they have'quietly employed their spare
time In distributing explosives along the
track ready to be set off at the proper time.
Many of them had worked upon the line
when It was building. Others were skillid
engineers, who used their eyes and ears as
well as their hands. The blowing up of
the railroad bridge the other day Is evi
dence of the truth of my advices.
Road Poorly Constructed.
"Official corruption was responsible for
the road being Improperly constructed at
the start. Instead of being a well built,
safe and serviceable track from 8t, Peters
burg to tfle far east, the greater part of
the Transslberian railway la a cheap and
dangerous makeshift. The rails are light,
nnd tho ties too far apart to bear heavy
traffic. The former are twenty feet long
and usually rest on three ties, one In the
middle and one at each end. In laying the
ties the workmen simply cut down trees
as they went along, splitting the logs and
laying the round side uppermost. The
rails are Insecurely fastened to the ties
and to each other, not half the requisite
number of spikes being used at the ends.
"To attempt to convey a large body of
troops over the railway In a hurry would
be attempting an impossibility. In the
first place, the trains cannot consist of
more than four jot five cars, because of the
character of the track. Then, partly for
the same reason, a speed of much more
than twenty miles an hour ia not attain
able. Likewise the transportation of heavy
guns would be attended with vexatious
delays. '
"The Chinese all along the road are In.
thorough sympathy with, the Japanese. All
111 feeling engendered by the Chtno-Japan-ese
war has died out. and Japanese spies
will not lack support fr.om the people
among whom they work."
There were three of the Ivernla's passen
gers In whom the news of the wnr aroused
feelings of the keenest delight. They were
H. Shimomura of the Department of Com
munications, T. Osakl of the Department
of Education at Toklo, and S. Tachi. pro
fessor In the Toklo university. All hnve
been on special duty In Europe, Mr. Shlmo-
mura studying the postal and telegraph
systems of England, France and Germany,
while the others have been studying edu
cational methods and are hurrying home
ward In response .to orders and expect to
sull from Sun Francisco in a few days.
SAILORS NOT TO HIS l HH EVDERF.D.
Crews of Russian Ships at Chemulpo
to Re Taken to Ventral Ports.
(Copyright, 1904. by James Gordon Bennett.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.-(New York Her
ald-Omaha Bee Special Telegram.) Accord
ing to a cablegram received from United
States Minister Allen at Seoul, Corea, the'
officers and men of the Ruaslun cruiser
Variag and gunboat Korietz, which wera
blown up by their own captains at Che
mulpo, will not be turned over to the Japa
nese. Most of them were taken aboard
English and Flench ships In the harbor
at the time. Although demanded as pris
oners of war by the Japanese admiral.
Uriu, they were not given up. This pro
voked a question whether the law of na
tions protected them from capture In a
neutral land when their ships were de
stroyed by their own hand and not by the
fire of the enemy.
The plan determined upon according to
Minister Allen's message. Is for those on
the French ships to be taken to Saigon, In
southern China, and those on the British
ship to be taken to Hong Kong and held
there under parole not to depart until the
end of the war. This Is not altogether
clear to officials here. Further details from
Mr. Allen are anxiously awaited.
Despite Uie emperor's declaration of neu
trality, it is realized Cores Is as natural
a battle-ground as Manchuria. Nothing
has been heard at the Navy department
from Commander Marshal of the Vlokn-
burg, who Is reported to have protested
with the commanders of other warships
against the threat of Admiral Uriu to
bombard Chemulpo barbor.
JAPANESE CAPT1 HK C'.ANKF.D GOODS
i
California Shippers Will How Send
Consignments to Xeutral Port.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 Cable ad
vices have been received by the California
Fruit Canners" association that their ship
ment of canned goods, shipped on the
steamer Coptic a month ago and consigned
to Port Arthur, had been seized by the
Japanese government at Nagasaki. As
shipments consigned to neutral ports are
not subject to seizure, local merchants hope
In that way to reach their consignees. A
large shipment of mess beef for the Rus
sian government, aggregating l.OtXUiw
pounds, la now here to be shipped on the
China, which sails next week. The ship
ment wl)l probably be consigned to Bhang
hal and reshlpped there for Port Arthur.
Rl'SSIAK TROOPS AT NEW CHWANG
Entrance Causes a Paale Among the
native Population.
(Copyright, 1904, by James Oordon Bennett.)
TIEN TS1N, Feb. lfi.-New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Ruusia haa
seized New Chwang., Fifteen hundred in
fatitry entered the native city today with
banda playing and banners flying. Panic
and confusion prevails among the native
population.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Know Weilnesiln?
l;atern I'nrtloni
and Warmer
'Ihnrsdny Fair,
(n
Temperature at Ohio tin Yesterlnt
llonr. Ilea-. llnnr. Dec.
n s. m ..... . 4 I p. ni II
II n. m I p, m '
7 n. m n ft p. m 1?l
St. m 4 p. in 1"
O a. m U n p. m . . . . . IT
III n. hi ft II p. in Id
1 1 a. m 7 7 p. in 1 n
I J m n N p. ni II
O p. m II
RUSSIAN FORCES ARE ACTIVE
Fleet Kald to Be Moving Toviard Cores
nnd Troops Are lnlng Alnns
the Yalii.
(Copyright, 1904, l,y Jai-vs Gordon Bennett )
CUB FOO. Feb. :5. (New York Herald
Cablegrsm-Speclal Telegram.) The British
staiimer Wenchow, detained nt Port Ar
thur since the opening of hostilities, ar
rived here today full of Japanese refugees
and reports the Russian fleet moving In
the direction of Corea. A trifling engage
ment took place In the gulf of Pechlll, be
tween rival torpedo boats, but no dnmago
was done. It being merely an exchange of
shots.
Russian reinforcements are moving rap
Idly to the Yalu, where a great land fight
Is expected soon.
The Russian forces stationed near New
Chwang nre buying all available provi
sions for the garrison at Tort Arthur. Gov
ernment officials at Port Arthur are very
strict against merchants ralxlng food prices
and It Is reported that they have entirely
demolished a large bakery v hlch was mak
ing an attempt to corner Hour.
The Japanese nre hasienlng their prepar
ations on Elliot Island with transports nnd
cominisslarat. from which they will make
a big cttuek n Port Arthur. In Man
churia tho railway guard have been con
siderably strcngtheied for fear of Inter
ruption by ;he Chi lese. At Hnrbln tho
flour mills nre now under government ?on
trol. .
EXTR A Gl AllllS AT THE tRSEVM.S.
Russian Authorities at Port Arthur
Take t'misual Precautions.
'.Copyright, lif'4. by James Gordon Bennett.)
PORT ARTHUR. Feb. .5.-1 New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram.') The
authorities have taken evesy precaution to
protect: the arsenal. The usual guard of
600 men has now been Increased to 2,ii00 nt
Klnchow, Tallenwnn and Bldzlvo the forts
and garrisons hnve been replenished three
fold. A circular has been Issued that any
Chinese caught '.ootlng will be shot Im
mediately. At Newsky, the destroyer works at Port
Arthur, there Is a great rush Hf Activity
as they are doing nelr utmost to launch
the six partly finished vessels now build
ing. Labor Is scarce, tut high wages en
tice Chinese smiths to work'. The tiavnl
gymnasium Is also preparing new recruits
for sea duty.
The bodyguard of the viceroy, usually
only eight Cossacks, now comprises thirty
six chosen men.
A high mass, which lasted four hours
was held at the Russian church on Sunday,
at which were present the viceroy and all
other high officials. The presiding pope
blessed the regimental banners.
CORKAtf EMPEROR CHARGES FRONT.
Sends Liberal Presents to Japanese
Troops at Seoul and Elsewhere.
(Copyright, 1S04, by James Cordon Bennett)
SEOl'L. Feb. 12. (New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram.) The Corean
emperor sent liberal presents today to the
Japanese troops at Seoul and other points
on the peninsula. This marks a decided
change of policy within the last week.
The Japanese minister here has Informed
the emperor of Corea that the Japanese
government will appoint a member of the
Japanese Imperial house as viceroy and
that he will come to Seoul merely as an
advisor to the Cnrean government. The
emperor has been assured that there la no
cause for alarm nnd that the appointment
Is only temporary.
The Japanese have seized Russia's coal
depot at Chemulpo, whPre considerable
coal Is stored. The Japanese authorities
have now returned the Corean telegraph
offices to the Corean officials.
The Japanese have chartered the only
Corean commercial steamers, five In num
ber," for use ss colliers and likewise the
only existing Corean warship, the Yang
Mu, for the same purpose.
TOOK WATER BEFORE THE RATTLE.
Captain of the Varies Wanted Help of
Foreign Warships.
LONDON. Feb. IT. The Seoul correspond
ent of the Dally Mall, In the course of a
descriptive narrative of the Chemulpo bat
tle, says that before the fight the captain
of the Russian cruiser Variag held a coni
ference with the British. French and Ital
ian captains aboard the Biitlsh cruiser
Talbot. In which ha asked for the protec
tion of a foreign warship In leaving the
harbor. The request was refused.
The British launch delivered a protest to
the Japanese admiral Immediately before
the action. The Americans present re
frained from attending the naval confer-
epce, although some or tne missians
wounded were received on board the I nltcd
States gunboat Vlcksburg.
While the Varlng waa being sunk its
captain, fearing that the Japanese would
reach the vessel before It settled down, re
quested the captain of the Talhot to fire
at Its water line. This request also was
refused.
KILLED BY HIS OWN CONTRIVANCE.
Captain Stepanof Invented system
for Laying Submarine Mines.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. K.-Captaln
Stepanof. who was blown up with the tor
pedo gunlioat Yenisei and who himself In
vented the system for laying submarine
mines which is considered resjionslble for
the catastrophe, had caused (the Yenisei
to be fitted with his device for the rapid
laying of mines, whereby a trolley line ex
tended beyond the vessel's stern, along
which the mines slid out and dropped into
their appointed places.' This plan did away
with the cumbersome work of laying the
mines from small boats. The accident was
due to the excessive strain on the Yenisei's
anchor cables while the mines were sus
pended landing the immersion. The two
cables snapped and one mine collided with
another.
New Cruisers Arrive.
YOKOHAMA, Feb. 16. The cruiser
Nlssbln arrived safely at Hokosuka st 9
o'clock this morning and the cruiser
Kasuga at 11 o'clock. These, two veissels,
recently purchased from the Argentina Re
public, will Increase materially Uie prepon
derance of the Japanese naval atrength.
Russia 4alts lb Fair.
BT. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1C. Commls-
sloner Genersl A lexandrovsky today cffii I
daily announced the abandonment of the i
proposed participation of Russia tn the 8'.
Louis exposition.
RUSSIAN MINES WORK
Second One of Thsir Own Ship Sunk by
Contact with Them. ,
GOES TO BOTTOM WITH ALL ON BOARD
Tbia Time it ia One of the rigut'ng Ehipi
Which h Lot
DEATH LIST FOOTS UP TWO HUNDRED
Vessel Destroyed Waa Crufcer of Extreme
High SjKted,
NO DETAILS OF DISASTER GIVEN OUT
Orders issued at St. Petersburg; Stop
Russian Ships TVhlch Have Been
Proceeding East Through
Sues.
(Copyright. 1004, by James Gordon Bennett.
NEW YORK. Feb. 16. tSpeclal Tele
gram.) Tho Hern Id this morning publishes
the folllowliig summary of the war news:
Now It is gravely asserted that the Japa
nese strategists intend to land 100,000 men
on tl.o coast of Lino Tung, between the
Y'alu and Port Arthur.
There are. further intimations from Port
Arthur that the Russian fleet Is ready for
an offensive movement. A skirmish be
tween torpedo boats In the gulf of Pechill
Is reported.
The Japanese fleet Is sold to have estab
lished a base on Elliott island, near Port
Arthur.
Tho Russians have heavily reinforced
Kin Chow .and New Chwang. v
Port Arthur is said to have been panic
strickeu during the bombardment, but Is
again tranquil.
There are 400 torpedoes on the Varlng,
two-thirds of Russia's entire stock in those
waters.
Six hundred Russian holillers are said to
have perished In crossing Lake Baikal.
The two' cruisers purchased by Japan
from Italy hove leached Yokohama.-
The Boyarin, a Russian cruiser, was re
ported destroyed through Lcctdantally
striklng a mine, 197 officers and men. all
on board, perishing.
Russia's minister to Corea has left ths
country by order of the Japanese. The
latter are In full control of the peninsula.
' t
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. Id. The Rus
slnn second-class cruiser Boyarin waa
blown up by a mine TVbruary 13, In ths
same manner as was the Russian transport
Yenisei, it had on board 197 officers and
men, nil of whom It Is understood were lost.
Xo details of the disaster have been aTtven
out, but .he report ia confirmed from a
private source. " .
The Boyarin was 43s feet long, forty-one
feet beam and tixteen feet draught. It
was of 3,2'K) tons displacement and its trial
speed was twenty-five knots. Its srma- .
ment consisted of elx 4.-lnch guns, eight
1.8-inch guns, two 1 4-Inch guns and throe
machine guna. It was also fitted with six
torpedo tubes. The Boyarin was last re
ported as hating taken part In the engage
ment of February 9 at Port Arthur.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. ' 18-Admlm.i
Wlrenius haa been instructed to hold he
Russian squadron, consisting of the battle
ship Oslabya, the cruisers Aurora ' and
Dmitri Donskot and a number of torpedo
boat destroyers, at JlbutlL French Somali
land, until further orders.
Cossacks Would Meet Enemy,
PORT ARTHUR, Mouday Feb. TS.-The
firing on the German cruisor Hanta by
Japanese warships occurred while It whs
procexlir.g to Port Arthur to take away
the German residents and not while the
latter were on board. The Hanta was not
damaged. On Its arlval at Port Arthur
it took on board a number of wlvea of
Russian sailors and left the port without
further incident
The work of repairing the damaged Rus
sian battleships Is progressing rapidly. The
Chinese workmen were panic-stricken by
the bombardment, but they are now work
ing well; regardlens of tho approach of the
Chinese Near Y'ear.
Investigation shows that the city and
fortress were wholly undamaged by the
Japanese attack. The people, naturally
are anxious, and business Is at a cnmplote
standstill, but the utmost tranquility
prevails.
A'ter the religious services Sunday, there
was a military review before the viceroy,
Admiral Alexlcff, Who denounced ths action
of .he Japanese as barbarous find expressrd
confidence that the Russian soldiers would
fully avenge Ihemsclvea
Refioris from .tho Interior Indicate that
tho Cossacks aro mobilizing with great
enthusiasm. In the Amur district they
are riding In squads from village to villsge,
waving Russian flags and demanding an
early chalice to meet the enemy.
PARIS. Feb. 10. -It la reported here thnt
the loss of the Russlnn torpedo gunboat
Yenisei will entail serious consequences.
The captain of the vessel had placed tor
pedoes at various places snd (he, maps and
plans indicating these tpots went down
with the ship. It is belles that the gen.
eral staff possesses duplicates of these pa
pers but there Is a probability that those
lost rontalned certain corrections and modi
fications which the others do not.
TORPEDO BOATS FROZEN IN ICE
Part of Russian Fleet at Vlodlvoatok
Cannot Ro I'red.
TOKIO, Feb. !8.-The flag of the Rus
sian cruiser Variag, recently sunk off the
harbor of Cr.emulpo, which will be pre
sented to the emperor as the first trophy
of the war, reached Base bo yesterday on
the cruiser Chyoda, together with the an
chor, a gun and o'her souvenirs of '.lie de
stroyed warship. The captain of the cruiser
Chyoda hus been summoned to Tokio to
personally recount to the emperor the
action and experience of himself snd crew.
He will bring tiie captured flag with him
and personally present It to the emperor.
The German steamer Itutavia has Just
reached Mojl, with 1 f"0 Japanese refugees
on bourd. Including n commercial agent
of Japan at Vladivostok. The latter re
ports that ten Russian torpedo boats aro
frozen iip at that port, unable to move.
The commander of the garrison and the
local authorities at Vladivostok railed on
the departing agent and complained that
the .Milanese hud opened hostilities without
having declared war. When news of the
opening of the war reached Vladivostok the
squadron there was hastily replnteij und
cleared for action, leaving port on thi
afternoon of February t. He believed that
It returned to Vladivostok after sinking
the Naknnoura Maru. There are no tor
pedoes nor mines sunk at Vladivostok and
the place is totally unprepared to reilit
sttack.
Massing of troops on the north bang of
the Yalu rontlnuea, the Russians evidently
J believing that tha Japanese intend to
