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The Omaha Bee. 9 PART I. f UNDAY PAGES I TO 10. i;STAJJLI8HEI .JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA. SUNDAY -MOUSING, FEHHUAKY I'l, 1!U4 Til HIT Y SIX 1WU1.H. KINO LI. COl'Y FIVE CENTS. r 6" jr wsi FINANCES IN BAD WAY Britifh Chtncellor of Exchequer it Com pelled to laoa a Heaty Defioit TWENTY-FIVE MILLION SHORT OF BALANCE Wont Feature ii that Expenditures Are Oontinnallf Piling Up. TRANSVAAL IS PROVING TO BE A BURDEN Defioit in Local Hereon Mitt Be Hade Up from Impe'rial Treasury. RAND IS NOT PAYING UP THE WAR DEBT Army and Juvy Culling; for the Spending- of Tut Iim Money, the Eitlmat for Iho Foraw Being Sl 000,000. (Copyright. 1904. by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON. Fb. 30. (New Tork World Ca blegramSpecial Telsg-rajn.) Ore sit Brit ain's finances are (retting Into an alarming condition. Chancellor of the Exchequer Austen Chamberlain ha to face a heavy deficit at least UJ.OOO.OOO In preparing- his first budget. Great Britain is "paving through the none" for Its debauch of Jingo ' imperialism. South Africa cost for the year $30,000,000 more than the estimate, and la costing $400,000 a week for army service alone, wullo the deficit of $3,500,000 In the budget of the Transvaal and Orange River colony hac to be made by the Imperial exchequer. The raising of the first $50,000,000 Install ment of the $150,000,000 contribution from tho Rand toward Great Britain's war out lay of $1,360,000,000 has bo en abandoned and It, la believed will never be recoverable. The SomsJJland-Mad Mullah expedition. which was to have cost only $1,000,000, al ready totals $3,000,000, and Is only the be ginning. The army outlay has risen to $190,000,000 and is still growing, while heavy Increased liabilities have been Incurred for the navy. The liberal party Is looking with con sternation at the prospect of succeeding to Iho enormous liabilities and dangerous re sponsibilities which will be their only legacy from Jingoism. DESCRIBES UFE IN SIBERIA M Wild Hewed HI stern Years There Writes of Ills Bx perlenee. (Copyright 1S04, by Press Publishing Co.) STOCKHOLM, . Feb. SO. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Aftor sixteen years of exile In Siberia Leo Doutsch, the famous Russian revolutionist, has Just published a . book describing his Incarceration. It Is full of horrible and timely revelations. He was arrested at Kiev more than twenty years ago because of gn assault upon a Russian government hip, but succeeded in escaping to Switzer land. He settled at Frlburg, Where he engaged in printing revolutionary papers for distribution In Russian territory. Us was arrested again at the Instance of the Russian government, extradited and taken to St Petersburg, chained, in a cattle car. He was locked for several months in the subterranean prl.-.on fortrnss of Salr.ts Peter and Paul, where nil the arts of persecution wore employed In vain to obtnln from him the names of his Russian accomplices. After conviction he was transferred from one prison to another until locked up for a whole winter in the most horrible. of thorn all. that of Moscow, where he found many prisoners condemned for political crimes. In the book he describes the means used by the prisoners to communicate with each other by knocking on the damp walls of their underground cells. In the St Peters burg prison was also the beautiful Vera Flu nor, an aristocratic Nlhllst, who was condemned to death In 1883 for disseminat ing anarchism among the Russian nobil ity, and whose sentence wss afterward commuted to Imprisonment, for life. She Is still In the subterranean vaults, much e a person burled alive. ftor fifteen months of this life Peutsch wss sent to Siberia. He gives a vivid description of the long Journey of 12,000 versts to Kara, where he met many social ist convJota, with whom he spent the most pleasant period of bis Incarnemtlon. He tells of 'a young woman' named 8!glda who died there under the knout, and of three of her companions, who committed suicide father than stand the same punishment. fTe relates all the mala prisoners de termined to do the some with morphine, but only two succeeded In taking a sulB clent quantity of the poison. In lwt Deutsch succeeded In escaping to Vladivostok and Japan, thence through the United States to Sweden, where his book has Just been published. NEW YORK SETTING THE PACE Furls is Conylng the American Style f Dreaslnaj Women's Bnlr. (Copyright. 1804, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS. Fvb. a (New Tork World Ca blegram 9reoleJ Telegram.) The "Pun" a la Americans" Is the present rage In Parts hair dressing. At this late day, that be wildering arrangement of woman's crown lng glory which rises in mountainous pro. fusion elove the forehead to descend In a cascade over the left eye, hus crossed the seas and arrived here. Like the cake walk, translated Into French It Just misses the charming raklsh nsss with which the New York girl Imbues It. Perhaps the Paris 'rat" may be a stlffer-ntM-ked generation than Its Yankee cousin. The dntalls of the coiffure are car ried out. however, with strict adherence to the original. The hair Is gathered away from the face at the sides and Is piled high on the head. The long turquoise shell vil comb holds It severely In plate and the laavttable black bow la a finishing touch. FLEECES BOY AT BACCARAT Relatives Refuse tat pay Money te Winner, bet Contribute the nt Charity, Cip right. 1904. by Press Publishing Co.) VIENNA. Feb. J0.-(New York World Ca ble grain Special Tulsgram.) A U-year-old Hungarian nobleman named thingersxky kst SHO.ao at baccarat to Deputy George i Ilary. Dungcrsxky's family refused to pay the money on the ground that the elderly deputy should not have played for money with a boy who la deficient In in tellect, but paid the whole amount to charitable institution - CASTLE HAS UNCANNY SECRET strange Story Which Concerns the Seat of the Karl of trathmere. (Copyright, 1504, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON. Feb. 30.-1 New York World Ca blegram Special Tel. grart.) The earl of Strathmnre, who baa Just died at Rordigh Icra, was strangely connected with one of the wlerdeat stories of castle ghosts snd secret rhamhers known In Scottish his tory. Within the walls of Olamla castle, his Forfarshire seat, lies sn unsolved mys tery. The castle has a secret chamber, the whereabouts of which Is known only to the ruling esrl and two other persona In this chamber, aorordlng to the country folk, an uncanny Individual Is hidden, a creature which Is neither man nor beast On coming of age of the heir apparent the Olamls castle secret Is communicated to him In a peculiar manner. For the flrst time he Is Introduced Into the hidden chamber and there told what no one has yet divulged. The figure of a white lady Is also supposed to haunt the avenues and Is said to be the ghost of the only woman who over knew the secret and whose tongue was out out and her feet and hands cut off in order that she should never reveal It. To on lady who Implored him to tell her the seoret, the late Lord Strathmor replied: "If you could guess even the nature of this seoret you would go down on your knees and thank Qod that you are Ignorant of It" That some mystery always surrounded the castle Is undoubted. Many times strange things happened In the castle when guests have been staying there. The Inhabitants of the district who know the place wall lock their doors before going to bed. hop ing thereby to keep the ghosts, if ghosts there be, from disturbing their slumber. One wet afternoon a merry party was playing in the hall when the ghost sud denly appeared among them and said: "I want to ask you all to po to your rooms at once and remain there until the bell rings." All hurried anxiously away. In twenty minutes tho bell rang and the guests re turned, but no one made any remark about the singular request The dead earl was an officer of the Twenty-second Life Guards before he suo ooeded his brother. The present earl, his son nnd successor, served In the same regi ment, and the letter's youngest brother Is a distinguished officer in it now. NEW WAY TO COLLECT DEBT Frenchman Hits on a Plan Which Would Do Credit to u ( Taakta. (Copyright, 1904, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Feb. 20. (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) If Max Groult had not got an appetite Paris courts would not had to decide a particularly knotty point of law this week. Groult was a frequenter of the Madrid restaurant, In the Bols de Boulogne. The proprietor gave credit, until he found Groult had run a staggering bill. Groult, when dunned, frankly confessed his Inability to pay. The dismayed restau rant man, staling blankly at the other man, was suddenly struck with an idea, A life devoted to pleasure's table was DeglnfiTnff to toll on Groult "I'll tell you what to do," said the credi tor. "Insure you life in my favor for $10,000. Then come here and eat all you want No one will ask you for money." Possibly the testaurant man had heard the American story of the gamester who Just lost $1,000 at a faro table. As he was leaving the place a servant offered him some ham from a lunch table. "All right, but I can't eat $1,000 worth of ham," said the loser. - Groult as was expected of him, ate him self to death and there was a good profit for the restaurant in th bargain. tin Is:!!", the proprietor died. too. The kins men of Groult sued to enjoin payment of the Insurance on the ground that by en couraging htm to eat extravagantly the restaurant man was responsible for - his doath. The court, however, decided that the Insurance must be paid to the proprie tor's widow. OBJECTS TO jJIBLE TEACHING German Professor Points te Some Things Which II Dee-lares te He Myths. (Copyright, 1S04, by Press Publishing Co.) RERUN, Feb. 10. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) Prof. Delltsch of "Babel-and-Rtble" fame, has again come to the front with elaborate objections to the present methods of imparting religious Instruction In the school. He says: "The finding of recent excavations in Mesopotamia should be put before the schools of boys and girls. They should not be brought up Ignorant of the results of lata Investigations into th history of re ligion. "The children should be taught that In Genesis there are two divergent accounts of the creation, atid that both are ths out come of Babylonian myths. About ths flood, they should be taught that the biblical narrative Is also a vestige aocouot of Babylonian folklore. , "These ancient aagaa should be dug out of the scrlptur book and given to th scholars at school or explained. If they are not. a day will come when the grown up man will throw them all over, and roofs besides, which h should retain. "I oppose having school boys and girl taught that the narrative about th world bring niad In seven days Is true, or that there Is any veracity In the statements that man Is made of clay, that life was breathed Into the noee, and that woman was made of a man's ribi I object to ths tales about the ten patriarch, about th summits of th highest mountain being covered deep with the deluge waters and about the ark of Noalu Only the truth and the whole truth can make one free." RAIN CANNOT SJ0P PLEASURE Visitors at Mont Colo Bujoy Them, selves In Spit of (he Handicap. (Copyright. 1904. by Press Publishing Co.) MONTE CARLO. Feb. 30.-(New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Wet weather tailed to dampen the enjoy ment of th Americans hers. The Hotel Paris has anany guests. Including Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Prexet, Mrs. Bell, ths mar quis of Douche). Count Herve d'Hunloatlne. Dining with Mr. and Mrs. Clinch Smith as hosts ons night this week were Mr. and Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont. Mrs. Charles Carroll, Mrs. Bell. Eugene Hlgglns snd Count ds Lonterie. The other visitors in cluded Count and Countess Jean de Castel lans and the Baroness Umh Wartsgg, nes Minnie llauk. MAY LEAVE VATICAN Rumor that Pope Will Abandon Po'.ic of Bemain'n? Practical Prisoner. LONDON PAPER MAKES THE STATEMENT Mentions Apartments ,'k itpared for Uie o'y .if. HEALTH DEr aJ CHANGE BE MADE Doctor . He Cannot Stand the Sum cur's Heat at Boms. B0NI DE CASTELLANE RAISES A STORM Displeases Vatican Authorities oy Published Letter In Reference to the Wife of President Loabet. (Copyright, 1904, by Press Publishing Co.) HOME, Feb. 20. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) The Roman correnpondcnt of the London Dally Mali recently telegraphed that he had been In formed by a high authority at the Vatican that the pope would spend a part of the summer at the pontifical villa of Castle Gandolfo, as tho torrid heat of July and August would be absolutely unbearable for Pius X. The revival of the rumor seems to have foundation, for the papal property of Alban Hills has been repaired at con siderable expense and a snug apartment, Just adaped to the personal tastes of Plus X has been completely furnished under the supervision of one of the pope's rel atives. Also It is certain that Dr. Lap poni, his medical adviser, has declared It absolutely necessary for Plus X to have a change of climate. Count Bon! Castellane, who married Miss Gould, has sucooeded In raising a storm at the Vatican by an article published in the Oaulols, in which he urges It Is Inadvisable for Madame Loubet to ac oompany her husband on the coming visit to Rome. He asserts that the wife of the president Is not an official person and ridicules the Idea of using Madame Loubet so an Intermediary between the Vatican and the French government. At the Vati can much displeasure Is felt over the pub lication of. the article on the part of a Catholic because of nnger for the upsetting of agreements recently concluded with the French government Bishop Beaven of Springfield, Mass., was received In private audience by the pope this week. He Is busy with tho propa ganda Justifying his action In excommuni cating the whole French Canadian congre gation of Father Berger last year. Father Itargor appealed to Rome from the bishop's sentence, asserting his appointment to the parish wss In the Interest of the Cana dians, who desired a priest of their own tongue, and the bishop's action was abso lutely unjustifiable. It Is said that the propaganda will uphold the action of the bishop, because Berger had not askcfl a regular appointment before taking charge of the parish, but many cardinals are Ukaly to censure th extremity of the pun ishment imposed by "the Wshop. ' Discover Rare Art Work. When the celling In the church which elolstered the nun's of St. Claire in the city of Camertno, fell on the carved wooden stalls of the choir, an Inscription was found which proved that the stalls were tho work of the famous Dominic Severlnate, who made them In the year 1(89. The work in tho choirs of Asslssi and San Severlno, which are the most celebrated wood carvings In existence, are also Ma handiwork. The Italian authori ties are taking steps to repair the damage and preserve In the musoum a work of art whose exlstenoe was not known because of the strict enclosure of the convent. Cardinal Svampa, archbishop of Bologna, hus begun criminal proceedings against' several newspapers of this olty, whjch, ac cording to the complaint, has spoken dis respectfully of th 1st pope. . At a late meeting In the pope's presence of cardinals composing the comnlteslonln. charge of the festivities to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the definition of the "Immaculate Conception" It decided to bold a special International exposition in the Lateran palace from November next until May, 19o6. Circular have been sent to every Catholic bishop In the world in viting exhibits from every ilocese. The exposition will Include articles which have any connection with the adoration of the virgin, such as paintings, statuary, church ornaments and vestments and works on scored muslo. The composer, Psroel,' will produce a new oratorio on the Immaculate Conoeptlon. It has been noticed that the pope's three sisters, who are received in private audi ence two or three times a week, always leave the pope's room In tears. Plus X finds great consolation In confiding his troubles to his sisters, who deeply sym pathise with the difficulties of his ex alted position and frequently remain with him to dinner and breakfast in order to cheer hi, solitude, the apartments of the late Monslgnor Volplhi being fitted up for the permanent dwelling of the pope's sis ters. It Is the custom of the sisters of Pius X to attend mass at 6 o'clock every morning In the church of St Peter and then go to market for what they need fur dinner. BEATS THE FREE LUNCH ROUTE Paris nn Ideal City In Which the Impeeonlon Can Carry the- Banner." (Copyright. 1S04. by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Feb. 20. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) A man or woman without home or work can live on 8 cents a day In Parts, while a tramp who knows the ropes can do better than that. A vagabond who earns trifle opening car riage doors, carry I ng wrc d or selling trinkets on the boulevards, has a right to twenty days' shelter a year at municipal refuge or at the Work of Hospitality. There are two of the f. rt cUss and four of th last. Thus, If he Is olever or lucky he can get free lodging for about a third of the year. PARIS MARDI GRAS A FIZZLE Confetti Vender Lose Money aad tho Opern Ball Is A ban. dear. (Copyright. 1S04, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Feb. SO. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) The Mardl Gras' celebration, with Its time-honored carnival. Is apparently dying out. This year 4t was a terrible fiasco. The confetti venders lost money, tha opera ball was abandoned and everyone left th boule vard early, thoroughly bored. DEATH OF PRESIDENT MAKERS Washington Comments on Short Time Between Deaths of Whitney nnd Henna. Copj righted by New York Herald Co.. 1M4.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-New York Her-aid-Lima)! Bee Special Telegram.) Not a little comment has been caused here by the fact that the ileath of Mar cus A. llanna followed so closely on that of William C. Whitney. Politicians who have watched the affairs of the White House for forty years say that In a way with these men ended an unusual order of things. They were both president makers of a kind that the country has known little about, and the fact that thuy should die within a few weeks of each other Is to many an Incident of considerable Interest. It was Senator Hanna's ability, his great personal friendship his devotion to an Idet and his wealth that helped McKlnley to the White House. Whitney played much tho same part for Cleveland and although perhaps the two democrats were not as close friends ns the two republicans they were ss Intimate politically. Both llanna and Whitney had great genius for money making. Both were men of magnetism and attracted ardent friends. One point of difference there was which distinguished these characters. Up to com paratively late in life llanna paid little attention to politics, devoting all his time making money. When he did become a publlo man it was mainly out of his friendship for McKlnley. Whitney, on the other hand, had been a publlo man for years, had attracted early In life the attention of Tllden, nnd after establishing himself as a powerful political factor stepped out of the political limelight and devoted himself to Increas ing what was already a large fortune and developing the various Interests with which he was connected. PROBLEMS 0FPANAMA CANAL Push Work nnd Much Can He Done, Though Preliminaries Tnke Time. (Copyrighted by New Tork Herald Co., 1904.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.-(New York Herald Omaha Bee Special Telegram.) No time will be lost In nushlne- the construction of the Panama cnnal. It may take considerably more than year to com plete the preliminaries to the general con tract But tho tasks over which no ones- tlon of plan is involved can be pushed at ones. The continuation of the French work. which Is necessary to keep the existing canal rrom Carnage, will be maintained. A harbor at Colon Is another necessity. The Culehra cut Is a definite work which ran. not by any method be avoided, and so the commission win prooably save time by asking the contractors to undertake con struction after this obstacle has ben con siderably reduced. The sanitary nlan Is. nerhans tha mnt Important part of the nreltmlnarv work anl must be extensive and thorough. The new commission will employ one of the most distinguished sanitary engineer in the United States to look after it. An out break of Asiatic cholera on the Isthmus at any stage of the work would delnv com. pletion' a year." "With aTf the shins nlvimr - . - , r -1 m between those ports and our own coast cities during the construction the danger of transmitting tropical disease would be very great. Consequently the most radical meas ures of sanitation will be adopted and en forced. COLE YOUNGER AS' LOBBYIST Assisted Senator Klklns of West Vir ginia, Whose Life He Snved. (Copyrighted by New York Herald Co., 1004.) WASHINGTON. Feh. 5n (: v-i. Herald Omaha Bee Special Telegram.) Cole Younger, a former bandit. ' who was paroled from a Ufa sentence in the Minnesota state prison, 1 here as a worker for statehood for Oklahoma. He proposes to unite Oklahoma and Indian Territory In one state, and he haa been rather success ful as a lobbyist. Bhephen B. Elklns Is doing all he can to old Younger. It was Elklns, more than anybody else, who was responsible for the parcle of Younger and his brother, and the reason was that In his boyhood days In Mlbiourl he owed his life to the two brothers. They were serving at the be ginning of the civil war with a band of guerrillas which picked young Elklns np, and It was owing to their pleading that the boy was spared. He has never forgotten the sen-Ice and says he never will. PHYSICIAN MAY REAP BENEFIT Youiik Dortor of Cleveland Thrown Into Pnblto Kotlce by Hanna's Death. (Copyrighted by New York Herald Co., 1304.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. (New York Herald Omaha Hee Special Telegram.) Dr. Carter, who hos been for a year or two Mr. Hanna's family physician In Cleveland, will, perhaps, reap somo profit by the senator's Illness and death. He is a young fellow, with his professional reputation still to make, and It will be a feathor In his cap to have It known in Cleveland that Mark llanna. though sur rounded by noted physicians from various cities, would have blm. Dr. Carter la only a few year out of the mdlcal school. He Is a smooth-faced young man, tall and thin, attractive and unassuming In hjs manner. NEW YORKER T0HELP LONDON Chief Kaalnerr or Ran Id Trnaslt Com. mission Will Advise Royal Commission. (Copyrighted by New York Herald Co., 1904.) NEW YORK, Feb. SO. (Special Telegram.) William Barclay raraons, chief engineer to the Rapid Transit commission In this city, has been chosen In London, with Sir John Wolfe Barry and Sir Benjamin Baker, to act as technical advisers to the Royal commission on London traffic.' Early In 1908 a Royal commission was appointed to Investigate ways and means for Improving and Increasing the facilities for mechanical locomotion and regulating vehicular traffic In London. Last September the members of the Royal commission, excepting Sir Francis Hop. word, cam to this country to study th American street railway systems. They visited .New York, Baltimore, Philadolphla, Montreal and several other cities. In New York Mr. Parsons took them over th whole subway system and explained the plan to them. In October th commission returned to England with a inasa of tsch llcal Information te formulate plana for London reyet. . , . RUMORS STIR PARIS Eouraa Thrown h Wild Tanio by Con traciotory War 8:orie$. REPORTED MOBILIZATION OF ARMIES Fear of Possible World Complications Re , suits in Frersied Exoitement. MARKET IN A SENSITIVE CONDITION Foreign Securities Begii to Tumble Almost from the Opening. RUSSIA'S REPLY TO HAY NOTE REASSURES Ansner Though Brief is Practically the game as-that of the Other Powers nnd Recognises Neutrality. PARIS, Feb. 20.-Wlld excitement pre vailed on the bourse today as tho result of startling, contradictory reports con cerning possible world complications grow ing from the war. These rumors Included the prospective mobilization of tho German and French armies. The evening papers also said that serious results may follow the representation of difficulties between tho United States and Russia In conse quence of the refusal of Russia to grant an exequatur to Mr. Morgan as. United States consul at Dalny. Financiers asxerted the market was In such a sensitive condition that the wildest rumors were taken up and might lead to serious complications. The financial authorities claimed that not since 18S3 has a scene occurred on the bourse like that of today. Almost from the opening the leading securities began to fall. French rentes were particularly af fected. Russian Imperials also dropped, as did other foreign bonds. During the early hours heavy depreciations occurred on all sides, leading up to brutal sacrldce of values. Spanish rentes were especially affected by the great confusion which prevailed over the fears of international complica tions. This state was aggravated during the cloning hour and the excitement, which amounted to a panic, was redoubled. French. Spanish and Turkish rentes were offered amid a great uproar. At the close the market was very agitated. Russian im perial 4s closed at 90.26. Rio tlntos lost 2D francs. The private rate of discount waa 2 7-16 per cent. Some of the most notable losses during the day were as follows: French 3 per cents, 1 franc 43 centime; Spanish 4s, 6 francs G5 centimes) Turkish 4b, 2 francs 60 centimes; Turkish Consoli dated, 20 francs; Ottoman Bank, 26 francs; Sues, active, 74. francs. Some stock of ths most Important French bsnks declined 60 to 70 franc. No Important failures had been reported up to about 6 o'clock this evening as a re sult of the panic In spite of the unloading. The Impression seemed generally apparent that the market would drop and so far a possible the brokers were prepared to meet the situation. From Lyons cameanuricoi firmed report of the failure of one? small broker. It Is said that several prominent financiers will assemble tomorrow for the purpose of taking measures to prevent a continuance of the panic of today. Their efforts will be assisted by the authorities, who are publicly denying tha alarming rumors; It Is learned that the Russian foreign minister, Count Lamsdorff, today received from the Washington government a com munication announcing that Russia's re ply was considered responsive to the Amer ican note on China nnd would be trans mitted to the governments of China and Japan. This response from tho United States to Russia Is highly gratifying to the officials here, as It counteracts the mischievous reports to the effect that the Russian answer was equivalent, to a re jection. As a matter of fact, Russia's re ply Is practically the same as these of the other powers, recognlrlng the neutrality of China with the exception of Manchuria. Tho terms of the Russian reply are sub stantially ps follows: Russia Will be glad to Join with the other powers In the recognition of Chinese neu trality on three conditions: First That China shall maintain neu trality. Hecond That Japan hall loyally support this neutrality. Third That Manchuria being the fiold of military operations, shall not be In cluded. Tho reply Is quite brief, not containing any language beyond the foregoing three conditions and the Introductory sentence. The Foreign office denied the report cir culated on tho bourse today of the mobi lisation of the French army and no In formation has been received that such step has been taW. by Germany. All that has been done has beci ot a precautionary chiracter, not of any fear on account of trouble, but to be prepared tor possible eventualities. The Foreign office officials also declared that the bourse panic was utterly without reason. OFFICKR OOING TO OBSERVE WAH. Leave Che Foe for Hceae of Activity la Cores, (Copyrighted by New York Herald Co.lSOl) CHE FOe. Feb. 20.-(New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram.) A Brttlah steamer has left Wei Hal Wei for Corea, carrying many officers who are going to witness thi military operations. It is reported that all Is quint In the Kwan Tung peninsula, except for the arrival of large numbers of troop. and convicts, who before the hostilities, began at Port Arthur were released so that they might Join the fight ing force. Neutral warships are arriving at Che Foo dally to watch the outcome of the hostilities. Th Yenisei had laid 39 mines in the harbor uf Dalny and was blown up by the SSOth. All the mines have been blown out to sea by storms. The Boyarln, which ran ashore at Dalny, Is a total wreck. . GERMANY F1KMG EFFECT OF WAR Importation ef Grain from Ruasln Stops and Uiports Decrease, NEW YOR1C, Feb. SO The effects of the war, says a Berlin dispatch to the Times, already ere notleeabla on U.rman com merce. It Is reported from Koenltburg that the Importation of groin from Russia into Germany has come to a standstill, grain merchants are unable to obtain ths execution of their urdura, Russia having diverted all the rolling stock on stste rail ways to government use. The German ex port trade is also alTectert, The Alaailuu textile industry record an appreciable fall ing oft tn export to Runsia and large Rus sian firms have uot sent their uuU orders. THE BEE BULLETIN. Fnrernst for Neliraakn Fair nnd Much Colder "endayi Monday Fair. Page. 1 British Finances In n Hail Way. Pope wny l.rnve the Vatican. War Humors Stir I n the Pnrlslnna. first I .end Plant Mny Com Noon. 'A Itnasln Tells Story of War's start. 3 News from All Paris of Nebraska. Women's (labs Meet nt Tecnmsrh. 4 President Selects Commission. Twenty-Five Killed In n Wreck. 5 Dietrich Inqnlry Walts on Treaty. House Debntcs the naval Bill. 7 Services nt the Omnhn Chnrches. H Cnnnril Blnff and lown New. . O Kntrles nt Hawthorne Knmeroas. Perry S. Heath Units Cktmmlttee. 10 Omnhn View Improver Active. Affairs nt Month Omnhn. Dors Sot I.Ike Aro Light Supports. 1 1 Chloagro to Have High Preeanre. l ittle Italian Prlneesa Is Popnlar. Nebraska at St. Loots Exposition. Ill Amusements nnd Music. 1.1 Sporting; Review of the Week. 14 Kdltorlal. ISV Stories Told Abont llanna. Trllnw Peril 1 nder the White, 18 Condition of Omaha's Trade, to Financial and Commercial. XI to .10 The Illustrated Bee. .T.rmperatare at Omaha Yeaterdayi Hour. Dear. Honr. Den. A a. m. . . . . . 10 1 p. m...... 84 O a. ni m a p. m ST 7 a. m Id s p. nt 2 a. m .11 4 p. an 2H n n. m .17 S Px m 87 10 n. m so p. m 26 11 n. m.....'. 8.3 7 p. n 30 ia m an GIVES LONDON THE SHIVERS Naval Authority Insists the Great City Is Not Snfe from Attack. , (Copyrighted by Now York Herald Co., 1904.) LONDON, Feb. 20.-(New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram.) London at the morcy of German gunboats, th coast of the metropolis shelled from the lower Thames, it shipping destroyed, its publlo buildings reduced to ruins and th British empire thus struck that "terrible blow over the heart," ngalnst which tho late Lord Salisbury warned his countrymen In one of his last speeches. Such in t..e pic ture which has been painted in lurid colors as the outcome of a lecture tho other night at the United Service institution. Admiral Close, who took part In the discussion fol lowing the locturn, which was entitled "Coast Defense- from the Imperial Stand point," sold he waa astonished at the want of proper defenses In the Thames. "If Germany declared war on Monday," he said, "they could have a couple of gun boats up the river to tho middle of London the next night" London, he added, would never be af until they had a couple of such craft sta tioned In the river. A gunboat could get past Speemess and there would be noth ing to stop It except a few police boats. Invading vessels could inflict any amount of damage. They would destroy the houses of Parliament, tho Tower and play .havoc with shipping. The danger wo not real ised by the public. Bald the admiral, and until It waa London would never be safe. Severn! alarmist articles wore founded upon these premises and may be presumed to have set multitude of cnokneys trem bling In their shoes at the thought of the dread possibilities before them. It waa pointed out that such a catastrophe might happen if the British fleet were defeated at sea. RUSSIA IS LOOKING FOlt FIUKXD9. Finds Reason for Both Hope nnd Fear in Attitude of Germany. (Copyrighted by New York Herald Co., 1904.) ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. S0.-(New Tork Herald Cablegram Special Telegram.) Above all the matter engrossing political Interest here at this moment Russia is koenly looking around for friends. It is the attitude of Germany which is causing mingled sentiments of hope and anxiety. The former is based upon Emperor Wil liam's well known sentiment regarding th "yellow peril," and th latter Is based upon ths grav fears that Germany wlU surely Intervene In its own behalf and for the protection of Turkey in case of war with Bulgaria, which is now considered almost Inevitable. General ZhlUnsky, tha newly appointed chief in the far east. Is a strong partisan of th purely defensive tactic of Admiral Makaroff, who probably replaces Admiral Stark. England's mobilisation of Its fleet and also of Its reserves and the additional vote for a special naval expenditure are here closely watched. Russia's reply Is unequlvocably reflected In an article which states the Russian military authorities In central Asia have received orders to make preparations for a forward movement on India Ik esse England should take any openly active part In the present hostil ities or threaten Russia's Interests In Thibet or Persia. The lateet news from the far east, which Is notable for Its scarcity, tells that a decisive battlo ou th Yalu la anticipated. AH telegraph line between Core and Japan are entirely in the hand of the letter's military authorities. PEARS FOR AMERICAN IKTRRBSTS. Two Mining Concessions Located in War T.oae in Corea. (Copyrighted by New York Herald Co., 104.) WASHINGTON, Feb. S0.-(New York Har-ald-Omaha Be Special Telegram.) Fear that during the disturbed stata of affairs In Corea Injury might be don to the per sons and property of Americans Interested In extensive gold mines there have caused the State department to cable the Ameri can minister at Seoul Instructing him to take the neceesary steps to guard the mtnes. Former State Senator J. Sloat Fawcett of New York was in town today for consultation with th government au thorities and. with H. C. Perkins of this city, prekldent of the Orlontal Consolidated Mining company, which hss large interests to the Yalu rivor region, callod at the Wlille House and Slate Uiipartment to con fer In retrard to the protection of the prop, erty. Employes of this oumpany In Core have become fearful lest they shall be mo lested and the mines selaod during th perturbed state of th country, -While the property Is remote from th scene of Im portant operations of the war It Is feared that It might be visited by marauding banda of both armies. According U the latest dispatches the Cossacks have slready advanced with their cuuts to Anju and are possibly already near the dim r let where th American min ing properties ra located. Leigh Hunt, who Is now in Cairo, Egypt, obtained th concessions for ths mining operations and may go to Coma should th aalualUil) be oom nior dangcroua, FIRST LAND FIGHT Ramon of Attack Male by Cossacks in Uorean Territory. JAPANESE TAKEN WITH IMPORTANT MAPS Osar Issues Order Permitting Btspeots to Join the Army. NORTH C0REANS FRIENDLY TO RUSSIA alanchur'an Eailroad Conveying Trecps to Points of Concentration, THREE HUNDRED RUSSIAN SCOUTS IN WIJU Viceroy AleslcR Asks Chinese Troop to Aid In Guarding Railroad, hut Recrlvea Pointed nnd is. favoraMe Reply, ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 20.-A dispatch from Tort Arthur today says the first lsnd encounter occurred yesterday. A picket of Cossacks attacked a small detachment of troops on Corean territory. The Cossacks captured some Japanese prisoners, on whom they found maps and papers. The colllKion was presumably between re connolterlng parties. A general engagement Is not anticipated ' Immediately. A special Tort Arthur dl patch says the Japanese fleet was observed February 18 cruising oft that port. Reports from northern Corea ssy th Coreans are showing decidedly frlondly at titude to the Russians. The Mashurtsn railroad Is convoying troops without dif ficulty to tho arlous points of concentration. Native reports say that the Chinese pirates since the outbreak of hostilities have teen displaying such activity In eastern Aslatlo waters as almost to paralyse the coasting trade. . A later dispatch from Port Arthur an nounces that by order of Viceroy Alexleff an irregular volunteer corps Is being raised to defend that fortress. Th men will be provided by the state with arms, rations and tho necessary clothing. It Is thought, the dispatch adds, that Japan regards foodstuff consigned to Port Arthur as absolutely contraband of war and that It will undertake to compel the capitulation of Port Arthur by a siege. Tells of the Capture. Major General Pflug, the chief of staff of Viceroy Alexleff, telegraphed from Port Ar thur today as fol.'ows: The ltuatlon at Port Arthur "la un changed. A sotnla of Cossacks, marching . from WliU. CSDtured n .1 n nn nAi. mnlur Tatsaru, with five soldier snd two civilians. i ne reports regarding the enemy are gen erally contradictory and scarce. It is confirmed that troops of Yuan Shsl Kai, commander In chief of Chinese army, are being dispatched to Tsln Chou and Ku pantao. All is quiet in Manchuria. According to the terms of an Imperial order just issued, political suspects Under police surveillance are permitted to enter th army tn the field as privates, after which the minister of the interior and th minister of Justice can order the with drawal of police supervision over such per eon. ' Another decree appoints a-special com mission undet the presidency ot hereditary Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovltch, brother of the eiar, to arrange for the moat speedy construction of submarine boats, ' cruisers and other vessels, to meet th ex pense of which a public subscription hag been started by the press. Wreck Kills Soldiers. With reference to the sensational storlo of a disaster to Russian troops at Lake Balte, saying that three regiment were drowned while attempting to cross th loo-covered lake, it Is explained that -the Transbolkan line was blocked at th Bal kan station during the night of Feoruary J8 by an avalanche of mow, which fell from a neighboring mountain. A train having troops on board dashed into the obstruction, the locomotive was dorallod, and In the succeeding five car on soldier waa killed, five were severely Injured and fourteen were slightly hurt. Traffic was expected to be resumed the following day. Further advices from Port Arthur today say that all the women and children and 1 most of the male civilians have left that place and that practically only the garri son remains. The wave of patriotism sweeping over the empire seems to be swamping racial feeling, even the wild tribes of the Caucaus, ths .discontented Finns and sullen Poles forget ting their grievanoes and coming forward to volunteer iholr services to the common fatherland. An instance of devotion among the oar's Hebrew subjects Is afforded by the act ot forty-five Jewish doctors In throwing up their practices to go to the front. Before leaving Uiey attended a service held In a synagogue her. Rabbi Drabkln made a fervent address to a large congregation, which included Baron Glnseburg and other Jewish notable. He said: "Our fatherland is passing through a difficult epoch. Th moment has ooms when you, my brother, must show the whole world that you ar not unworthy son Of your country, and that although standing apart before th altar of religion you are united with other citizen before the altar of patriotism and ar ready with all the czai"a faithful subjects to sacrifice your selves for the fatherland. Remember that Russia is strong,' not only In arms, but In God's blessing." After th service the congregation sang th national hymn and cheered. Csnrinn Is Active. The osarlna, who continues to take great personal Interest in the work of providing for (he slok and wounded of th war, pre sided today at a special meeting ot th Ladle' 1'atrlotlo society, ' which was at tended by several grand duchosso and oth ers of tho highest women In the land, and preoldod at a service hold at the war palace at which th girls of Imperial schools act el as oholrislera. During a dlacusslon In re gard to utilising the services unsparingly offered by th girlhood and womanhood of Rusuta fur the relief of th wounded, the rxarlna proposed temporarily to suai-nd th studies In tha girls' aidioojt that the girls might he able to dovole the school hours to sewing. The suggimtiikn waa applauded, but no definite action was takau. Her majesty, who la an expert tinedi woman, has done much lo euoouruge sowing among Russian society women. Now that he girt-eriune-nt hus officially rfccogiilied the public subscription to pro vide war veaarls to replace those destroyed by th enemy the newspapers are dlscussli.g th best tp of vexat'l, opinion varying from submarine boat torpedo beat de stroyer, A tervlce irgan pclnts out that cruisers would take too long to build, adds that It prefer powerful torpedo boats and suggaats that they be built where th Jap aneae gut t hairs, Financial circle approve tha action of th Imperial bank In sej'lng Loudon, Paris and Berlin bills cheaper than itefur th war, believing this measure, will
