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The Omaha Daily Bee When The Bee Issues An "Extra," Oct One Compare The Bee War Reports. ls Head lines But Reliable Reports of All That Happens. 5omethln lias Happened. KKTAItMKlIEI) .TUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FIJI DAY MOKNINO. KKIUllTAKY 19, 1004 TKX i'AUKS. KIXOLK COPY TI1KKE CKXTrt. CITY IN MOURNING Eeua'ns of Senator Banna Lie in State at Clereland. PEST UPON CATAFALQUE IN AU0IT0RIUM Eunoundd by Garden of Cat F owert and rioral Pieces. DETAIL OF SOLDIERS STANDS GUARD Thirty Thailand People Take Last Look at Dead BtaUimtn. LONG LINES OF HUMANITY BRAVE STORM People Stand with Bared Heada While f orlr(r Passes from the Depot to the Chamber of Commerce. CLEVELAND, Feb. 18,-Thls rlly has truly been one of mourning today. The mortal remains of Senator Marcus A. Hanna, now lla In statu upon a shrouded Catalfalque In the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce, where they were taken Immediately upon the arrival here from Washington today. Surrounded by a. veritable garden of flowers and guarded by a detail of soldiers from the state mtlltla, the city of Cleve land now claims Its own distinguished dead. During this afternoon, from 1:30 to :. o'clock tonight, fully 90,000 people passed the flower-covered casket and took last look upon tha features of the dead BtH teaman. With snow blowing Into their faces fiercely and a cold wind chilling them through, thousands upon thousands of peo ple stood for hours In a double line, stretching for more than five squares, waif- lug for an opportunity to pass Into the building, where lay the remains. Although the crowd was passing Into the auditorium at the rato of more thsn sixty a minute. tho line grew rapidly and when at 9:30 o'clock, the doors were closed for the night, there were still several thousand arsons who had waited patiently but were com pelled to return home disappointed. Train Arrives In a Storm. The funeral train bearing tha body of the dead senator and the membera. of his family arrived In Cleveland during a driv ing storm. A large crowd had assembled about the Pennsylvania Euclid avenue sta tion, notwithstanding the fact that the train arrived more than a half hour earlier than had been expected. For a square In all directions from the corner of Euclid and Wilson avenues, when the station Is located, there was a mass of humanity. The people stood pa tiently and complained not of tha cold, and gave the police little trouble. 'The depot grounds were surrounded by a triple cordo'h of police an1 none but those entitled to be there was allowed to enter either the grounds or the depot. At Salem, members of Governor Herrlck's star? Joined the funeral party, of which tha governor hud been a member from Washington. When tha members of hta tail hud Joined him at Salem, near tha stale .line. Governor Her rick, m tha name of tha commonwealth extended to the be reared family the condolences of all Ohio. The place where this sad rite wan per- It was at Lisbon, 4n Columbia county, near Salem, that the senator was born There he tegan his career. When the train came to a stop the first to leave It was Oovernor Herrlck, lol lowed by his staff. The chamber of com onerce committee. Boon alighted, followed by tho members of' the funeral party. .The family and Immediate friends who occupied tha private car were the lust to leave the train. The casket, completely covered with flowers, was taken from the car to tha depot and deposited In the funeral car. Cavalry Acta as Escort. Troop A, which will act as escort at the funeral tomorrow, waa at the depot when tha train arrived. . Whon the casket had been placed In Live funeral car and the member! of the committee and friends had been assigned carrlagoa, the cortege, headed by a platoon of police and followed by troop A on black horses, moved for tha Ch n Chamber of Commerce building, where tha body will lla In state until Friday noon. All along tha line of march tha refer ence, respect and love felt for the dead senator waa shown. Men stood with bared heads In an almost blinding snowstorm, while J he cortege passed, and many eyes were filled with tears. A bugle announced the arrival of the cortege at the entrance of tha chamber, and the battalion of en gineers, which lined the entrance and exits to the chamber, waa drawn up to "atten tion." The casket was borne through the ranks of soldiers and placed upon the bier, la tha entrance to the hall the pallbearers with their burden were followed by the members of Oovernor Herrlck's staff, and taking up the rear the cltlsens' committee of the chamber and the exchange. The top of the caaket waa removed and the face of the dead senator exposed to the gaxe of friends. MrKlaley's Bier for tlanna. The chamber auditorium, where the body now Ilea In state. Is must appropriately set for the occasion. From the four large shsndellers there Is a huge canopy of black. From a black and white rowatte In the cen ter tour while streamers extend to the corners of the canopy around the entire hall. Near the celling Is hung a wide bluck harder. From this, at frequent Intervals. Starting with a black and white rosette, ire hung black and white streamers, reach ing to the floor, lteneath the canopy Hands the catafalque, upon which rested the remains of President McKinley at Can ton. As life long friends and companions. It was thought tilting that the same bier thould be used for Senator Hanna that lid service for lresldeiit McKinley. The floral tributes were the most elabo rate since the funeral of the lute President McKinley. A whole carload of offerlnga rrom Washington officials and frlenda ac companied the train. They Include a beau tiful wreath from President Roosevelt. Hera already were tributes In rich pro fusion from societies snd friends In Sena tor llonna'a own city. A great wreath, fully five feet In diameter, tresented by the oitlce employes of the M. t. Hanna company. Is also an Imposing lece, while a large letter, likewise con itructed of flowers, addressed to "M A. lanna," and bearing the postmark, "Wash ington. D. C, February li, 1VM." occupies l prominent place on the platform hack tf the bier. This was the postal clerks f Cleveland. A gigantic Grand Army Midge, built principally of carnations, was lent by Memorial post. No. 141. MMallrtsi Floral IMeeea. 1 the entire collection the most strik es. I y beautiful ass a broken flower col- ICouliuutd uu Second Page.) SON OF EMPEROR WILLIAM ILL German Court Greatly Disturbed Over Health of the e.4 Prlnee. BERLIN, U. The Imperial house hold is muci"fc -rned regarding the Ill ness of little Ci't Henry, the third son of Admiral , . " Henry of Prussia, brother of Km' "llllam. Several week ago the childr'4 Prince Henry were playing "rallrnai V, the nursery. They had arranged a IK- hairs to ropre.t'-nt a bridge and the ' V. prince, who Is 4 years old, Jumped ne nf them. The chair fell over and child's head whs brought In violent contact with the sharp edge of a piece of furniture. The reports of the child's condition up to two days ago, were reassuring hut the bulletins is sued today said the prince was unconscious part of the time. LABORERS AND CONtlCTS Ml'TISY. Are Jw on War to Capital of Eqaador n ne Eiernled, OCA YAQL'IL. Ecuador. Feb. lS.-About 2f0 laborers' and convicts at Chatham, (Jala pos Islands, belonging to Ecuador, re cently mutinied and killed lxonardo Relna. the governor of the Islands, and several others. The mutineers also committed rob beries and destroyed valuable property. The assassins fled In a schooner to Tumaco, on the Pacific coast of Colombia, where they were captured and handed over to the Ecuadorian authorities. The pris oners will arrive here tomorrow and prob ably will be shot. A German named Han sen was the leader of the mutiny. AMERICAS U AIHO OFF M BA. Kear Admiral Slgsbee Arrives to Roe reed Rear Admiral Lnmbrrton, QUANTA NAMO, Cuba, Feb. IS. The I'nltPd States South Atlantic squadron Is assembled In Ouantanamo bay. Rear Ad miral Barker, In command of the North Atlantic fleet, arrived today with the Mas sachusetts, Alabama, Illinois and Scorpion. Tha other arrivals were the Topeka from Colon and the Missouri and Maine. The latter Is quarantined, as It has a number of cases of measles on board. The Minne apolis and the Yankee sailed for Puerto Plata, San Domingo, yesterday. Rear Admiral Slgsbee arrived here today from Santiago with the Detroit and New ark. Admiral Slgsbee succeeds Rear Ad miral Lamberton In the command of the South Atlantic squadron. REFISES TO STATE ITS REASONS. Government Will Say Rothlng Re. ntardlna" Mrs. M brick's Itelease. LONDON. Feb. 18-In the House of Com mons today Home Secretary Akers-Doug-las, replying to a question of Mr. Xearley, liberal, who asked whether Mrs. Florence Maybrlck VIII be released under any gen eral rule applicable to all female convicts and whether the secretary will announce the grounds for her release, said: There can be no general rule applicable to all female convicts and It would Vie con trary to practice to state the grounds on which the prerogative of mercy is exer cised In any case. Further, there Is no female convict now In custody who has been confined for a longer period than Mrs. Maybrlck. ALBANIA REBELS ARE DEFEATED. Repulsed by Turkish Troops After Severe Loss. SALONICA, Macedonia. Feb. 18. The Al banians who were besieging Shetnsl Pasha, who, with i.tPO Turkish troops and three guns, was yesterday reported to be besieged by 20,000 Albanians at Babajhosl, have been routed, losing 800 men killed and wounded. The Turkish losses are said to be heavy. Five additional battalions of troops have been ordered to Verlsovlch. DR. JAMESON TO BE THE PREMIER. Man of Raider Fame the Successor of Sir Gordon Sprlggs. CAPETOWN. Feb. 18.-Slr John Gordon 8prlggs, the premier of Cape Colony, who was defeated In the parliamentary election recently held In Eatt Linden, which he had represented for nearly thirty years, has resigned the premiership. Dr. Jameson of raid fame, the leader of the progressives who defeated the Afrikander bund party In the elections, has been summoned to form a new cabinet. WITHHOLD ITS FORMAL ASSENT. England Desires to Be More Fully In. formed Ren-ardlas; Hay Note, LONDON, Feb 18. The Associated Press learne that Great Britain's formal assent to Secretary Hay's note on China has not yet been given, as various details, notably the status of New Chwang, require further elaboration. At the same time the Foreign office says the answer already given Is tantamount to an acceptance of tha broad p.'.iclplci of the t.cte. Will Teat Export Tax Law. VANCOVVER. B. C, Feb. lS.-Merrlll, a millionaire America n lumberman, who owns 60,000 acres of timber land In British Co lumbia, and James Dunsmulr, a Millionaire coal miner of Nanilmn, n. C, who has miles of timber muds granted from the government of the province, will Join Issues In testing the constitutionality of the new timber act taxing all timber exported to the states from 110 to 13 a thousand. These lands were secured from the government before 1WW, or before nny royalty or tax was put on timber In the province. Commander Elltrldae Is III. HONOLl'LU. Feh. 18. -Command r Wil liam Elhrldge. 1". S. N., governor of the Island of Guam, has arrived hern on a naval rupply ship. He Is returning to his home in the I'lilted States on account of ' Illness caused by the tropical climate. Ills condition Is so serious that he may be j uouseij iu ueiay me continuance of his trip to San Francisco. Field Marshal Roberts Retires. LONDON. Feb. 18 A special army order was issued this evening, in which King Edward tukes leave of Iird Roberts as commander-in-chief of the army. The or der is dated Buckingham palace snd in It his majesty pays a high compliment to the retiring commander. Grants Concessions to Great Brltala. GEORGETOWN. British Guiana. Feb. IS. At the opening of the British legislature yesterday Governor 8ir James Alexander Swettenham announced that a preference of 10 per cent In duties would be given to Imports from the t'nlted Kingdom and Canada. No Grain Tux Now. IONDON. Feb, in-Replying In the House of Commons today, the chancellor of the exchequer, Austen Chamberlain, said ths government had no Intention at present of relmpoelng the tax on grain which was abolished last year. Pleake Relieved as Minister. 8T. rETF.RSBl'RU. Feb. 18.-M. Plesks has been relieved from his temporary post of minister of finance and transferred to tha council at lbs aaiplra. NO TRUCE IN GRAIN FIGHT PenoijiTenia Po;ts Notices of Hew Bate Which Beinu Today. NEW YORK ROAOS WILL MEET EVERY CUT Object of the FlaM at This Time Is for Obvious Reasons Regarded Something of a Mys tery. NEW TORK, Feb. 18.-That there Is to be no truce In the grain rate fight that has been started In tho eastern territory by tho Pennsylvania railroad was shown today by the posting, as required by law, of a new rate by the Pennsylvania, to be effec tive tomorrow, of 2.4 cents a bushel from Buffalo to Philadelphia, and by the Im mediate response from the New York rail roads, led by the New York Central, which will make the same rate to New York, effective also tomorrow. Tho representatives of the New York roads declare they will meet every cut by the Pennsylvania road, and Pennsylvania officials declare they will make) their rate to Philadelphia from Buffalo 4 mills on the bushel less than tho New Y'ork rate. Although the Produce, exchange here Is trying to take some advantage of the situation, there Is little to be gained by the present state of affairs. The fight Is all over rates from Buffalo to the ports, and the lakes being Ice-bound the traffic at this time Is Insignificant. This makes the purpose of the fight something of a mystery. The only plausible explanation la that the Pennsylvania wishes to establish the principle It is contending for that It shall have the 4-mlll differential to Philadelphia and Baltimore from Buffalo and wants to get a settlement during light traffic, times, so that there shall not be a war on when rata cutting would cut Into revenues. Reductions from Iowa. CHICAGO, Feb. 18. Notice was given by the Northwestern railroad today that ef fective Monday further reductions would be made In the grain rates from Iowa points to Chicago. The reductions vary from 1 to 2 cents and are explained to be necessary by tho reason of former reduc tions In the rates from Nebraska points. The Central Traffic association lines met today and decided the reductions In the rates made by the Alton and the Burlington from south Missouri river points to the south Atlantic ports through St. Louis would not be met through Peoria or Chi cago, MURDER. ENDS A DISPUTE Brooklyn Business Man Shot la His Office by Prominent Elgin Cltlsen During Controversy. NEW YORK, Feb, 18. George B. Jen nings, president of tho Jennings Adjust able Shade, company, was shot and killed today In his office In Brooklyn by Frank McNamara, superintendent of one of the departments of the Elgin Watch com pany's factory at Elgin, 111. According to two of Jennings' clerks, who were In the office, .Jennings and McNamara were en gaged In a heated dispute, the subject of which Is unknown, when MoNamara thrust a revolver against Jennings and fired, the bul'et passing through his heart and death 'ensued instantly. McNamara threw away his revolver and ran out Into the street, pursued by the two clerks, who captured him and turned him over to the police. McNamara refused to say why he shot Jennings. He came here a week ago from Elgin, where. It is said, he has a wife and eight children. Jen nings nerved as a captain In the Four teenth Brooklyn regiment In the, Spanish war. He leaves a widow and three chil dren. McNamara was formerly employed In a watch factory at Sag Harbor, L. I. It la said that about a year ago he declared that he saw Jennings coming out of his house at that place late at night. From this It Is surmised that jealousy was the cause of the murder. Jennings la sold to have exclaimed, "Frank, you're wrong," a moment before the fatal shot was fired. COUNTERFEIT IS PERFECT Experts Inable to Tell New Bogus Bank Note Excepting by the Feel." NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-The experts at the t'nlted States sub-treasury In this city, have discovered that Brooklyn Is being flooded with an extraordinary good counterfeit of the "Buffalo" ten-dollar bill. About fifteen of these bills have teen turned In by the banks In the last fort night and nearly every bill came out of Brooklyn. The counterfeit hills are declared by the experts at the sub-treasury to be the best ever seen there. The engraving of the bills Is so good as to enable them to defy de tection, even with a glass, and the counter feiters have discovered a way to Imitate the government paper to perfection. It Is only by the "feel" of the bills that 'the specimens have been discovered. The notes are so like the real ones that the tellers at the banks have hien completely de ceived by them. EXPECT TO EXPOSE FRAUD Wholesale Naturalisation Frauds Sus pected In New York and Arrests Follow Anionic Italian. NEW YORK, Feb. IS. Important arrets, which It Is thought will uneirtli whole il? naturalization frauds In this city, were made today, fourteen Italians being taken Into cuBtoly for having fraudulent nutur-ullxatlon- papers. Warrants have been Is sued for thirty other Italians. Many of th men accused are employed In the city street cleaning department, and it I be lieved at the t'nlted States riixtrh t at torney's ofoe that a large proportion will be found to have toured their po.-ltlcms through fraudulent papers. PEAB0DY QUITS THE FIGHT Advises Mine Owners to Make Terms with Miners at Cripple Creek. DENVER. Feb. 18. Governor Peabody has strongly advised the mine owners in the Crlrple Creek district to make terms with the union miners who have been on strike since last August. He said: I think I have done my duty In bringing about law and order In the district, and now I will take the burden from my shoul ders and place It on yours. In doing thU I would surge! fhat the olive branch, the hand nf friendship, should be tendered the striking miner, and that harmony be tween the employer and ths smyloj should be brought about- FIRE LOSSES AT BALTIMORE Fall Below First Estimate of Insur ance Men Merhanlrs Flocking to the Ruined City. ' BALTIMORE, Feb. :8.-The currents of financial and general commercial business today flowed more smoothly in Baltimore than on any dify since the grest conflagra tion. In banking and trade circles there was evidence of an Increased determination to hold on to all that lelongs to this city In the way of business. Clearings of the Baltimore banks were I2.7fi9.fti:. Insurance exports were In an optimistic frame of mind today over the prospect that the aggregate Insurance loss will be considerably smaller than was at flr.-t expected. They now are confident that the loss caused by the conflagration will not exceed HO.vou.kiO Hnd that It will not be under 32.0H0,OuO. The first definite esti mate they were able to make on totals was through the Associated Press dispatch from Albany, printed today, giving the losses of companies doing business In New Y'ork, reported officially by them to the Insurance commissioner of New Y'ork. This list Included sixty-eight of the largest American and foreign companies and the "total of losses reported; by them is a little over 8.5nn,nrin. Taking these figures as a basis and adding the approxi mated figures of the companies authorised to do business In Maryland, but not In New Y'ork, Insurance men say they can not see where the total Insurance loss will exceed ISR.OaO.fJon. The authorities here report ' that unem ployed persons, particularly mechntilos, are flocking from other points to this city by tho hundreds, and Indications are that the volume will steadily Increase from day to day. Those who have arrived say they came because they were Informed that there Is a demand for workmen here, and finding nothing to do, being without money, many of them have already ap plied for transportation back to their homes. Marshal of Police Faran, has Issued a warning to citizens to look closely after their houses. "The city Is full of thieves," he said. GOULD PUSHES TO ATLANTIC Will Make No Agreement Mopping Him from Getting- Ronte to Seaboard. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. All negotiations for a settlement of the differences between the Pennsylvania railroad and the Gould Interests have been broken off, says the Times. Friends of President Cassatt of the first named road and of George J. Gould have, the paper continues, aban doned definitely all attempts to obtain a rapprochement. The Immediate causa Is understood to have been the absolute refusal of the Gould luterests to ebandon Its project of reach ing the Atlantic by an outlet of its own. The proposition of a settlement was based on the 'Idea that the Western Maryland, the road over which the Wabash was to get Into Baltimore, could be placed under Ihe control of some other road. In which both the Pennsylvania and the Wabash could have an equal Interest. For this purpose the Norfolk c . Western was se lected as the most likely. From the very beginning of tha negotiations the Gould Interests balked at IH-r proposition, but it waa believed that their Objections coald be overcome. Failure to do so I now ad mitted, says the Times, by persons di rectly interested, and work on the Gould extension Is progressing r.pidly. Bankers having close relations with the Pennsylvania railroad and the Goulds said today that the differences between these Interests are still very marked. The bank ers are authority fur the statement that these differences were In a fair way to ward settlement some two weeks ago, when the Pennsylvania company announced Its frj0.000.000 loan. Soon thereafter, however, the Pennsylvania rallrohd sought to Im pose certain conditions upon Mr. Gould and J the negotiations, which contemplated the taking over of the Western Maryland rail road by the Pennsylvania road, were abruptly terminated. LAWYERS NOW HAVE PROPERTY French Heirs Sue to Recover Estate la Kansas Given to Odd Fel lows for Home. 'V, KANSAS CITY. Feb. 18.-Attorneys for Caroline Agatha Lartech and Albert Pas quet de Lauriere of France began suit In the federal court at Kansas City, Kan., today to recover S.150 acres of valuable land In Franklin county, Kansas, which origin ally belonged to Ernest Valeton de Bos elere. In 1892 De Boissiere, a bachelor, gave the land to the Odd Fellows for a site for an orphans home and returned to Bordeaux, where he died two years later. The prop erty finally cam Into the hands of James A. Troutman and Robert Stone, attorneys, of Topeka, Kan. The petitioners aver that Troutman went to France In 1S97 and Induced Mme. Mar tlnelll, an heir of De Bnlsxlere, then 90 years old, to give him a deed and bill of sale to the property for fcO.fluO francs. The petition ers bringing suit today allege fraud and ak an accounting from Troutman and Stone and that the land he turned over to them 'as legal heirs. ACQUITS COUNTY ATTORNEY Missouri Jury Decides Officer Did Not Neglect Ills Official . Duties. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., Feb. 18. In tlw circuit court today the. Jury, after consid ering the case against Prosecuting Attorney It. P. Stone, charged with neglecting his ofiiclal dutli i, returned a verdict of not guilty. The case against Prosecuting Attorney R. P. Stone, charging him with having used a railroad pass, was set by Judge Davis late tuda for hearing tomorrow morning In the circuit court. The state endeavored to secure a continuance of the case. Judge Davis, however, ald that the state had not used diligence in preparing for the trial and that the cae must lie tried tomorrow or dismissed. The ease in which Stone Is charged with accepting a bribe not to prosecute a case was continued to the March term of the circuit court. CONDUCTOR KILLS HIS WIFE Completes Crime by Committing Sui cide After Failure to Secure Reconciliation. DENVER. Feb. 18. Frank G. Senter, a rjl'road conductor aged 62 years, today killed his wife, aged 40, and committed sui cide at the woman's home In this city. The couple, who had four children, had been separated for a year and the wife re cently sued for a divorce. Senter called on her to plead for a reconciliation and when ths refused hs shot hef. HOLDS UP THE MARSHALSHIP President Waiting Until the Diatriot Attor neyship ia Settled. MILLARD AND SCHNEIDER SEE PRESIDENT Ex-Collector Crnsen Calls on Secre tary Shaw and Sas He Has Had Enough of Office Holding to Suit Hint. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Feb. li. (Special Tele gram.) Senator Millard and Natb nal Com mitteeman R. B. Schneider of Fremont had rather an extended talk with tnc prc-lch nt today. Nebraska politics was largely tho subject of the discussion and Incident thereto the question of the marshalslilp was taken up. Neither the senator nor Mr. Schneider would say what the result of their talk wan so far as the marshalslilp Is concerned, the president having held up th reappointment of Mr. Matthews pend ing a settlement of the district attorney ship matter. Mr. Schneider left tonight with the con groFslonal party to attend the funeral serv ices of the late Senator Hanna at Cleve land, and will go from there to New Y'ork. I'pon the question of his successor ns national. committeeman Mr. Schneider said: "I am not a candidate for re-election. I do not desire any political oiflce. 1 do not believe It right for me to stand In the way of some one who desires to be national committeeman from Nebraska. I have had all the honors of the position and I think therefore it should go around and be given to those who desire It. 1 have heard of but one man spoken of thus far, Mr. Mor row, whom I understand would like the place. The death of Senator Hanna Is a great shock to us all and had my train been on time I would have arrived here In ample time to have attended the funeral services In the capital." Crusen Has Enough. A. R. Cruzen, late collector of customs In Porto Rico, was In tho city this morning and with Senator Mlllaxd called on Secre tary Shaw previous to his return to Ne braska. Mr. Curxen took leave of the secre tary and said that he had no excuses to offer as to the occurrences which brouxr.t about his resignation. Secretary Shaw ex pressed the best wishes for Mr. Cruzen's future. Mr. Cruzen stated that he had had ail the office holding he ever wanted, but that this would not deter him from going back to Nebraska and helping those who wanted office. The late collector of Purto Rico came from New Y'ork this morning and after a short Interview with Senator Millard and Secretary Shaw returned to Brooklyn, where his wife and family are stopping. Mr. Crusen stated that it was his intention to go back to Nebraska and engage In business In that state, althoj&h he hod Urge land holdings in Idaho, which at one t.'mo he thought would be his fu'.jrt home. That ' matter has, however, been given up for the present. Mr. Cruzen' a announcement that he was through with holding office would indicate that the rumor that he waa going to Nebraska to be a candidate to succeed Senator Millard Is not well leunded. .-Igat on Hosekud Bill. - Senator Gamble of South Dakota, who has charge of the Rosebud reservation bill, said to-lay that he felt confident of Its passage, although the hostility of the Indian Rights association to the bill might bring about a closer tight than he had anticipated. The Indl&n Rights association has tiled a memorial tgalnst the proposed sals of 418,000 acres cf land In Gregory county on the ground that the price fixed In the bill for the land Is wholly Inadequate and that the Indians will suffer greut Injustice If the bill be passed. The memorial, which waa presented to congress by Senator Cock roll, contains a number of letters rom dealers In real estate adjacent to the lands to be opened. These letters, the South Dakota delegation state, ore wholly mis leading. It Is jnderstood that George Ken non, the well known Russian writer, who tukes an Interest In Indian rights. Is also fighting the bill because of the Inadequate price. Those who are acquainted with the situation In the senate, notwithstanding- the opposition which has been shown against the Rosebud bill, believe the house bill, or so-called Burke bill, will be passed i.ext week, ths death of Senator Hanna having stopped all legislation for the time. (anal Committee Talk. The death of Senator Hanna makes a va canry In the chairmanship of Interoceanle CBnals eonffnlttee. It was thought today that Senator Klttrldge of South Dakota, who was Senator lluiina's right-hand man on the committee, would In all probability succeed to the chairmanship, although he waa fourth from the ranking member, Thomas C. Piatt of New York. It Is now understood that' Mr. Tlatt will retain his present committee, that of printing, In which event Senator Mitchell of Oregon, who Is chairman of the coast defenses com mittee, will Insist upon his right to suc ceed as chairman of the Interoceanle canals committee. There la some objection to Senator Mitchell, who was an active leader in the debate In the senate In favor of the Nicaragua canal when the discussion of the relative deslrablKl' of the two routes waa before the senate. While he has shown no Inclination to delay action since the Pan ama route has been adopted adherents of the Panama route fee! that a senator should be selected for the chairmanship of that committee who Is on record iji favoring its adoption. Should this view be taken of It l.y the senate then Senator Millard would have to be considered, for he stated to The Bee correspondent today that should Sen ators Mitchell and Piatt both relinquish their rights of succession then he would Insist upon his right. It therefore appears that Senator Klttridge's chances are not of the brightest to succeed Senator Hanna. The Iowa delegation to select a successor to Judge Shiran of the northern district of that state postponed Its meeting today until tomorrow at 4 o'clock. Senator Gamble has appointed Charles F. Ilaokett of Parker, S. D-, principal, and losey J. Williams of Brookings and Charles W. older as alternates to West Point. The ung men will take their examinations May 3 at Fort Snelllng., Ml.in. Postal Matters. Rural routes ordered established April 1: Nebraska Staaiford, Harlan county, one loute; area covered, 44 square miles; popu lation, 560. Iowa Oi heyedan, Osceola county; two routes; area covered, &8 square miles; population. 1.0S). West Meld. Plymouth county, one route; area covered, 42 square miles; population, 675. Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska Memphlx, regular, Samuel J. Walker; sub stitute, Jiweph Eyer. Iowa Ira, regular, I'rank'Jn C. Logsdon; substitute, Arthur W. Jeffries. H reel l r Uucbanaa'a Realujnat Ion. Tks State department has received and has accepted the resignation of W. I. Huchnnan, the American minister to Pan ama. No successor bos been appointed. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Frldev and Saturday! Warmer In East Portion. Temperature at Ontnlut Yrstrrdaj t Hour. Dec, llonr. Ilea, n n. m...... T 1 p. m...... 1'J II a. m H it p. m II 7 a. in 2 ,i p. in 11 8 a, m 2 4 p. in IT II n. m 4 r p. m 17 10 a. m (I (I p. in HI 1 1 a. m H 7 p. in ...... IS 12 m....V... in M p. m Ct O p. m 12 NAVAL SHIPS 0NTHE MARKET t nnamed Foreign Government Offers Jol Lot of Fle to MnMsla. iCnryrluhte by New Yc rk llcr ild Co.. ine 1 ST. PETERSBCIIG. Feb. 18. (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram. I An ag-nt of r.ne of the foreign powers of fers to supply Russia with a small battle ship constructed In ISM, two cruisers and two torpedo en tcberp. Much mystery Is observed about the offer and till I can be sure of Is that correspondence on the sub ject Is taking place In German. A curious part of It is that Ibis country hesitates on necount of the ships being out of date. Whether with the authority ef his gov ernment or not, the agent backs his offer by saying that If It Is not accepted the ships will be sold to the Japanese. Two hundred and fifty picked shipwrights have been taken from the Baltic works here to go to Port Arthur to do all that Is possible to repair tho ships there. The great difficulty, however, Is that unlike Vladivostok, Port Arthur has no drydock capable of holding big ships of war. How ever, Russian Ingenuity will pull through. The loss of the transport Manchuria will be keenly felt, for the vessel hnd on board, I am assured, V)0 qulck-flring guns, as well as large supplies of dynamite and ammunition. The publication of the British blue book upon the ear east' has paused a very dis agreeable Impression In Russia, for ac cording to the Russian opinion. It Is clearly shown that England, America and Japan have, during the past three years, been doing everything possible fo counteract Russia's Chinese policy. The. Blrzhevlya Vlcdotnostl says that if England (nd the I'nlted States had only insisted on the maintenance of the neu trality of Corea there would have been no blood spilling at Chemulpo or Port Arthur. "However, the war has now begun and Russia," It Is ndded, "will not leave off, as It did In 1878, v-iicn all that was gained by the sword was destroyed by the pen." JAPAN ACCEPTS HAY'S PROPOSAL. Formal Answer from nnssla Expected Ia a Few Days. (Copyrighted by New York H.srold Co.. 1904.) TOKIO. Feb. 18. (New York Herald Ca Megram Speclnl Telegram.) Japan today gave notice of Its acceptance of the United Stales proposal for confining the area cf hostilities. WASHINGTON. Feb. 18-rThe State de partment has had an Intimation that the Russian reply to Secretary Hay's note relative to the neutralization of China, will be forthcoming within a day or two. A condition, howevsr, will be attached, safe fuardlng the !mporta.-it Interests '.hat Rus sia has acquired In Manchuria In connec tion -with tiie Slbsiiiin railroad and Its branches. The news of Russia's Intentions camo from Mr. McCormlck, the American am bassador at St. Petersburg, who cabled tho State department that the Russian gov ernment waa favorably disposed toward the proposition of the United States that the combatant powers respect tho nnu t:allty of China. Tho proposition has been submitted to the Russian emperor for his consideration. PORT ARTIIIR INDKHGOINO SIEGE. Cnt Off from Onlslde World by Land and Water Forres. PARIS. Feb. 18. An eminent military au thority connected with one of the embassies said today that Port Arthur waa practic ally besieged, and It was1 a serious ques tion whether this would not compel either the abandonment or surrender of the for tress, with Its men and material. Admiral Togo's ships, on the watch at the entrance of the port, prevent Ingress or egress, thus establishing a virtual blockade and cutting off the chances of relief from seaward. The Japanese troops near New Chwang and other points cn the Llao Tung peninsula are able to Interrupt the railroad forming the line of "nmmtinicatlon and supplies between Port Arthur and Harbin. The result Is the gradual Investiture of Port Arthur within the Japanese, naval and military lines. It will require a bold ac tion on the part of the Russian forces to prevent the final accomplishment of tho In vestiture and slow reduction of Port Arthur. RELEASES RVSSl'N PASSENGERS Steamer Supposed to Have Been Cnp tnred Arrives at Port, NAGASAKI. Feb. 18. Five Russian pas sengers detained on hoard the steamer Argun and one on the steamer Ekater enoslav were released at Saseho today and allowed to proceed to their destination. TIEN TSIN. Feb. 18. The Rrltlsh steamer Hsl Ting, from Chin Wang Tso for Shang- j hal. which was believed to have been cap tured by the Russians, arrived today at Shanghai. 1 REVOI.ITIONHTS Bl SM.Y AT WORK Paademoulnm Brians at Roatoff Where Party Is Active. NFTIT TORK. Fb. 18. Paniemonlum has reigned for several days at Rostoff, accord ing to a Times dlspnteh from Moscow. The revolutionary party Is vigorously at work. The state of affairs In the Caucasus Is also unsatisfactory and the goverrment Is apprehensive of an extension of the dis orders. The governors of the provinces have secured special Instructions on the subject. ' JAPANESE LOAN FHOMFTLY TAKEN. Amount Reqnlrrd More Than Twice (Iter Offered In One Dai, (Copyrighted by New York Herald Co., IVil i TOKIO, Feb. IK. (New York Herald Ca bl -gram Special Telegram. ) Extraordin ary success Is attending the lsme of Ihe wer loan. The example nf the em;sror hai filled the people with enthusiasm fi'.d the sum. which It whs arranged should be raleed by March i, has been subscribed twice over today. KPECItl. PAPER MONEY FOR CORE A. Currency for Mllltnry I if to Re Hr. deemalile In Gold. (Copyrighted by Ne' York Herald Co.. 1!M t SKOI'L. Feb. Is. (New Y"rk Herald Ca blegramSpecial Telegram I The Jr.pauese goverr.uier.t has decided toN Issue speeUi paper money for military use throughout Coreii, redeemable ia gold coinage. TAKE STAND OJi YALU Eisiian Army Take Up Stronc Positicni at Ping Tang and Wyu. EXPECT NO IMMEDIATE ATTACK ON SEOUL General Kurcpatkin Oora to Front to Com mand Russian Land Force . JAPAN STRENGTHENS FORCE IN COREA Indications that the Beat Clash Will Coine in 3f rmit Kingdom. LITTLE ACTUAL NEWS OF MOVEMENTS Latest Information Shows Attack on Port Arthur Precede th Sever auec of Diplomatic Relations. (Copyrighted by New Y'ork Herald Co., 1NM.) NEW YORK. Feb. 18 (Special Tele gram. ) From Toklo come reports that tho advance guard of the Russian unity had taken up a strung position nt Ping YaJig. on Its march toward Seoul, but. It was added, that an Immediate attack on the Corenn capital was considered unlikely. Reports that tho Russians have occupied WIJu were confirmed, and It was' believed that tho first actual land battle was more than likoly to take place near that town. St. Petersburg reported that General Ku ropatkln would go to the front and take command of all the land forces, tho dis patches milling that, by a careful time calculation. It had been discovered that tho torpedo attack at Port Arthur took place one hour before M. Kurlno called nt tho Foreign ofllce to announce the severance of fiiplomutlo relations. viceroy lexlcff'a official report of the first attack at Port Arthur Is In St. Peters burg. It described tho defense and added that docoratlons had been awarded to thne who hnd displayed gallantry In the battle. Dispatches from St. Petersburg sold that In a mysterious manner some foreign power Is attempting to sell to the government ob solete warships, with the proviso that If Russia declines the bargain they will be offered to Japan. The correspondence, tha dispatch states, Is being conducted In Ger man. The new Japanese war loan was sub scribed twice over. Japan will Issuo paper currency, redeem nhl' In gold, for the use of the troops In Corea. This Is raid to he. In effect, a forced loan. Japan aceepW M-. Hay's plan to limit rhe area of ioetii:tes, end It was expected that Russia's accep'.ance would bo acknowl edged In a few days. Mr. Hay's rote, according to a Tiorlln organ, did not exclusively deal with the Chinese neutrality, hut proposed to limit Russia's action In the event of Japan being defeated., Kuropatkln Goes to'Froiat. (Copyr'ghted by New York Herald Co., 1904.) ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 'jR.-fNelr York . Herald Cablegram SpecUU, Tslegratn.) Tho only war news today Is Hhat General Kuro pt.tkln la go) nay to tuafcj . to - tftk a, com mand of the land forces 7"' A significant fact, that It Js much de sired should be known to all foreign na tions, Is that according td careful calcula tions, allowing for the difference In time, the torpedo attacks upon the ships at Port Arthur took place one hour before M. Kurlno called at the Foreign office and stated that dlplomatlo relations had been broken off. The Grand Duke Boris and the Grand Duke Cyril will shortly leave for the seat of war. The Grand Duke Andrew will not go. (Copyrighted by New York Herald Co.i 1904.) CHE FOO, Feb. IB-New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram.) The cable from Port Arthur has been Interrupted and Is reported to have been cut by the Japa nese. At the Newsky works were launched on Tuesday two new destroyers. Amid great cheering, the viceroy made an Impressive speech to the new orews, after which they Joined the fleet stationed at Port Arthur. Neutral steamers carrying government coal, which arrived at Port Arthur after tha hostilities, are being dlschargad by roldlers. no other labor lielng obtainable. Twenty-four ItiO-ton Oamers and bargee have been requisitioned by the navy to convey coal to the fleet, Instead of the same calling at Port Arthur. (Copyrighted hy New Tork Herald Co., 1904.) .TOKIO, Feb. IS (New Tork Herald Ca blegramSpecial Txiegram.) Reports re ceived here from Corea tonight state that Russian troops are advancing toward Peoul nnd' that a strong position at Ping Yang hai be.n occupied by them, Their present movements, however, do not Indicate any Immediate Intention of attaoking the Corean capital. The Japanese garrison at Seoul has been strengthened during tha lust few days. jokcm Miuiy at Chemulpo. BERLIN. Ftb. 18. A dispatch from Chemulpo to tho Cologne Qazbtte reasserts that seventeen officers and 4.39 men of the Russian wsrships Vartag and Korieta were cither killed or drowned when those Vessels were destroyed. Emperor William has notified the czar and the mikado that the Oerman hospitals at Klao Chau and Yokoiiama are available for the care of men wounded, during tha wur. Ilusalaus Occupy WIJu. EKOl'L. Feb. 18. The roport that I.UjO Itunelu.n troops had arrived at Chin Tien, Cheng, opposite WIJu. on the Yalu river, is rontirmed, as Is the report that the Russians have occupied WIJu ltsolf. They have I.WjO troops at WIJu, and the first Col lision lb expected somewhere In that vicin ity TOKIO, Feb. ). The reports that have be -n sent to ibci effect that Russian troops have (Tossed the Yalu river and are mov ing Mouth with the object of seizing Ping Yang are declared to be unfounded. A reliable r.-port from WIJu states that ths Russians are assembling In force on the north ride ef the Y'alu, but they have bot at tempted to crops tho river or move fur-trc-r south. TIEN TKIN. Feb. H.-The depurture of the ( 'film se imperial troops from Pao Tlr.g Fu to Kin i hau to guard the frontier has be -n po-'-'ied until February 21. The r i s :i foi'tSr posip. noiio nt are not known. Ilusftla Aeet'i.lh Yolnnter r. ST. I'Ki 'EP.SBCRG. Fh. !. TI.e genM.iU staff a n noli need txluy tl.al the War cffli s Is wl!il:ig to accept vduntci-n for service In the far east. They must be under 10 eurs of ug- and have and military traln'tij. The volunteers will be enrolled In the re serve battalions under Viceroy Alexleff. No official announcement of the disaster off Chemulpo, Cores, has yet been tnsdo here, although the papers are prln'lng sto ries of ths loss of the VarUg and Korlett The Si. Petersburg U.,xitte tyl "What V t. ft R li . 11 li 3 1 li; pi ii I:
