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FIGURE ON CHANCES
Bntiia Hai i 8n n3oui Taik in Oocduct
, ing th Pre ent War.
JAPAN'S FORCES NOW OUTNUMBER CZAR'S
KmtlU Large' j Depend on tha Capacity of
Tra!iibiria- Eailiray.
ESTIMATES CF ITS CAPACITY VARY
Eauia Cla'mi to Ba Forward tg Four
Thomand Men Daily.
CONDITIONS DO NOT WARRANT STORY
lilt Will Do Well If It Cua Supply
Wuti la Present Effective Force
and Keep It S-ippUed "
with 21 rlea.
Copy right, 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, March 11 tNew York World
Cablegram Special Telegrsm.) The Jap
anese fleet having cleared the aea for the
transport of, the Japanese army, and an
Immense force having been landed In
Cores, the problem of Japan's success on
land depends on these questions: Can
Russia move Its entire army overland to
the far east and can it keep It supplied
when It has been concentrated on the far
astern frontier?
The Rumian force now In the far east
la know fairly accurately. It mustered In
mid-January 160,0(0 men and 'M guns, but
It had to accomplish the following tusks:
' 1. To guard the railway for the whole
distance Inside the 'Chinese ' frontier, 1,200
miles.
1 To garrison the fortresses of Port Ar
thur and Vladivostok and the works on
the Llao Tuns; peninsula, which must be
kept strongly msnnrd in view of the ac
tivity of the Japanese fleet.
I. To provide the field army, now being
massed on the Yalu.
Reinforcements have peon sent sinre mid
January to the extent, at the very out
side, of 60,000 men. That would gfv Rus
sia an available Held force of less-than
120,000 men.
Unless this army ran be further and
heavily reinforced It has little chance of
success egafhst the Japanese, whose fleld
army alone numbers 2B2.O0O men, so that
the ' Japanese could, without difficulty,
place forces eruial to the Russian army
on the Talu oif either side of that army
and attack It simultaneously from Corea
and New Chwang.
Everything tben depends on the rein
forcements that can be sent from Russia
In Europe. According to Russian state
ments, troops can be forwarded over the
Siberian railway at the rate of 4,000 men
a day, or 130,000 men a month, the Journey
being accomplished In about a fortnight
This, however. Is an absurd calculation.
because It take no account of the sup
plies and store which must be forwarded
day after day to keep the army already
tn the'faf east lit fighting trim,
. V Capacity of Railway.
'. There la soma dispute as to tha capacity
af tha Siberian railway, but the usual est!
mate ef fourteen trains a day might be
near the truth In the summer, and then
there are hindrance to traffic. If, then,
4,000 men are daily proceeding east, that
would leave only four trains for the work
of carrying coal for the ship to the fur
ther end of the Mine, keeping the loco
motives supplied, and maintaining the
tore and supplies of a force which was
lowly rising day after day. from UO.floo
to 260.000 men. '
For this four train would be utterly In
adequate. It Is doubtful If one or more
troop train dally. If so many, could be
Intercalated between the supply and con I
trains going east. Much depends, of
upon the amount of supplies coi
fed by the Russians on the spot before
th war, but In view of the discoveries
made In Port Arthur a month before hos
tilities began that the proper quantities
of food, forage and provision were not
forthcoming. It la not probably that present
supplies will last long.
8n far U ha been assumed that the
train were moving under the beat condl
tlons, and that there is no Ice, no broken
bridge, no interruptions of any kind to
the traffic. There are, however, formidable
obstacle to be faced by the Russians, so
formidable that the movement of troop
peem to be almost out of the question,
and the problem to bo faced by the Ru'
Isn general staff I a far graver one-
how are the troops already In the far east
to be kept supplied with food and am
munition?
The great obstacle to the rapid move'
ment of trains la Lake Baikal, over which
a few trains have already passed. A
tsf well known, the lake freese - to the
depth ef thirty feet and the Ice does not
melt before April. When the frost begin
a passage la plowed through the Ice by
powerful Ice breaker on which the train
I bodily embarked. Rut after a time the
Ice breaker fall to cut through the Ice
and there 1 no meana of moving train
acros the lake.
Perils tho Lake.
Communication between Russia and the
far east I thus broken at Lake Baikal
during the winter, troop, stores and guns
hav to be detrained, taken across the
Ice m sledge and re-entrained on the fur
ther shore,
The sledge journey I not without perils
aa Assures open In the Ice, and the lake
Is subjected to earthquake shock which
break the Ice In a moment In all direc
tions. It Is also slow. Involving a great
waste of time. As It Is vital for the
Russians to open quicker and easier com
munication with the far east, they are
now building a railway across the Ice,
over which stores and guns will be con
veyed, though troops will detrain and
march, as the risk of the railway Journey
la considered too great for them.
Much depend on the success of the rail
way, but Its failure Is quite probable,
though one cannot but admire the Russian
engineers for their daring In attempting
such an experiment.
Once across the lake. Manchuria is
speedily entered. Here there will be dan
ger at every bridge and culvert from
Chinese bandits and, Japanese emissaries
There hrive already been reports that
mines have been found under bridges and
that the I'ne has been destroyed In places.
These reports are Intrinsically probable,
though of what Is happening In the Interior
we shall not be permitted to hear anything
from Russian sources, so these talea can
rest on nothing but guessim-ork. But ar
rangements ar known to have been made
for breaking tha bridge.
Calealatlaas of Japanese.
Allowing for Lake Baikal, but not for the
breaking of bridge, the calculation of the
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UOiNGS IN THE SOCIAL WORLD i
Former American lotting the lual
Wide Anil h In l.ondoa
Affaire.
(Copyright. 1904, by Tress Publishing Co.)
LONDON, March li' (New York-World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Princess
llatifeldt and Countess Fabbrlcottl are
back again In London. Although the prin
cess will not take a house In London this
season she will entertain lavishly with
Coleridge's for headquarters. Bhc had a
dinner party Wednesday night with a very
elaborate menu and extravagant floral dec
orations In the restaurant. There were
ten guests, among them being Prince and
Princess Rndzlwlll, Craig Wadsworth.
Count Radenl, M. Sevastopol of the Rus
sian embassy (who Is credited with being
the best bridge player in town and Is
often Included In royal parties by the ex
press wish of the king), Mrs. Morton Frey
wln and her husband. Countess Fabbrl
cottl, in gray, and brilliantly witty, sat
next to Craig Wadsworth. Princess Hat-
feldt wore a French dress, black, with
heavy jet bands, and on her head a high
white aigrette, rifling from n diamond
cluster. After supper she drove her guests
to the Apollo theater In a motor brougham
to see "Madame Sherry." After the play
she took them to the Carleton, where a
special supper wss served.
The princess means to give a scries of
these theater dinners while In town. She
had a party lent night at Hotel Cecil.
The Karl and Countess of Craven are vis
iting Mrs. llradley Martin at Chesterfield
gardens. They will go to Paris later on
to remain until the Tendon season Is In
full swing. Mrs. Rradley Martin, will not
do muc.h entertaining this season on ac
count of being in mourning for her mother.
Mrs. Frank Mackey Is bark In Icndon
from Melton Mowbray. 8he has now le
clded to cultivate her voice with the best
masters. She Is passionately fond of music
and plays well. She will take lessons from
now until the beginning of June, as she
means to rive a series of musical parties
at a splendid house on Great Cumberland
Place, which she has rented from Princess
Alexis Po'roroukl for the season. She will
he heard frequently a a singer.
SURGEONS WORK ON LEOPARD
Animal Prove
Ha a die
a l'p-lr Customer
a the Operating;
Table.
to
(Copyright. 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, March 12 (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Tblegram.) An operation
was performed the other day on Cora, the
leopard which was injured In defending
her mistress, Mile. Mornlll, "The Queen of
Jaguars." from a savage attack made by
Prince, the most vicious and ugly-tempered
brute In Paris. Tho unique operation took
place at Rostock' hippodrome. After
Cora had been' lassoed and thrown on her
side she was drawn toward the door of tier
cage and her fore and hind paws secured
by ropes held outside. M. Prnmard, the
veterinary surgeon, and his assistant then
entered the cage, and while two of the
latter held Cora's head .the. e.irgeon tried
to administer ether. The task, however,
was no easy one, for the excited animal
would Jerk her head up and snap at tl
surgoon, . .
Finally a rope was passed around Cora.'
mouth, and the operation, which consisted
of the removal of an abscess, was pro
ceeded with. At each Incision of the
scalpel the suffering brute made desperate
effort to rcgnln her freedom, but the sur
geon' assistants held her down. After
more than an hour's hard work the opera
tion was declared at an end. The wound
wan sewed up, the rope slackened and the
half dased animal bounded Joyfully to Its
feet. ' It Is expected that the wound will
ba completely healed In three weeks.
AMEER IMPRISONS BROTHER
Trouble Caused by the Brother Cut
ting Off the Head of the
Stable Boss.
(Copyright, 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
. LONDON. March 12. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Advice re
ceived here from Cabul state that the
Ameer of Afghanistan 1 holding hi
brother, Mohammed Umax Khan, a state
prisoner. ITmar Khan was cast into Jail
for beheading the superintendent of the
royal stable, who had refused him the loan
of a aiorse. The ameer. Hearing or Ms
brother's act, ordered him to pay $150 te
the de J man heirs.
The ameer ha also had a disagreement
with his mother. She had a uomplete rai
ment, studded with Jewels, which belonged
to the late ameer. Several times the ameer
asked her for It. but she denied It very
existence. An Inquiry Into the matter
bowed that the ameer's mother bad or
dered two goldsmiths to remove all tho
gold from the dress and that she had aft
erward concealed the Jewels somewhere.
The goldsmiths were summoned before the
ameer and confessed everything. The
ameer then sent six member of the palace
guard to hi mother' house and they took
away with them every Jewel they could
find.
RUSSIA HAS HOME TROUBLES
Provincial Governors Protest aa
Further Withdrawal of
Troopa.
(Copyright, 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
MOSCOW, March 12. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. It Is I
ported from Kleff that two university stu
dents. In whose apartments incriminating
papers were found by the police, and who
were temporarily held under domestlo ar.
rest, have committed suicide rather than
stand trial.
iie unrest In southwestern Russia
alarming the local authorities, and It Is
stated that a number of provincial gov
ernors have petitioned the minister of the
Interior to use his Influence with the War
office to prevent a further depletion of the
garrison In the southwestern territories.
CANONIZING A FRENCH SAINT
Pop Iho-rlac that He Has Kindliest
Peeling Toward People at
that Country.
(Copyright, 1904. by Press Publishing Co.)
ROME, March lL-(New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Another
French saint la to be canonised soon a a
proof of the pop' benevolence toward
Frano. At a meeting of the Congregation
of Rites last week -" case of the venerable
John Baptists Vlanney, parish priest of
Are, waa discussed and, as bta process of
cannonlaatlon Is further advanced thsn
that of Joan de'Aec It Is probable that hi
enrollment In th g"fdtt salata will
avua Uk plat
. ' i
TURKISH ARMY READY
Preparation Making la Anticipat on of a
War w.th Bulgaria.
AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA MAY "
V' A "
a l
ul 'an is Laying
He
HOPES TO HOLD THEM BOTH IN CHECK
I
Expect Other Power Ultima'cl to Take
Band and S'.o? War.
FIFTEEN ARMY CORPS BEING EQUIPPED
Count on Their Ancient Enemy. Has.
sla. llnvlns; Internal Troubles
Which will Make It
Ready to Quit Early.
(Copyright. 1934. by r.ess Publishing Co.)
VIENNA, March 12 (New York World
Cnblegrnm-'-Speclul Telegram.) Trustwor
thy Information hits reached here th:it
Turkey is not only preparing for war with
Bulgaria, but for the eventuality of Russia
and Austria making on advance into Its
Balkan domains.
Private advices from Constantinople give
a detailed program of military operations
said to be under consideration by the Turk
ish War office. This is K'tned on tho sup
position that Turkey will be attacked. bith
on the western (Austro-Servlari) and on
the eastern (RusRo-Bulgurlan) borders. On
the former side It Is recommended that
Turkey shall remain on the defensive, hav
ing first strongly fortified I'skub and the
defile of Kutschatilk, north of that town,
these two towns being the pillar of defense.
On the Russo-Bulgarlnn side It Is recom
mended that tho offensive shall be taken
with the objeot of preventing the Russians
from getting a foothold In the Balkans
and of seising the Black seaport of Burgas.
These objects, It Is expected, would be at
tained after one decisive combat, and then
advance should cease temporarily, so as
not to entail Buropean Intervention. Russia
Is expected to come to the aid of the de
feated Bulgarians, but the Turkish nrmy
officials believe that after a few severe re
verses It will be compelled by International
troubles to rr.uke peace.
The plan under consideration provide for
the Immediate equipment of fifteen army
cbrps and several bands of Irregulars, such
as Bushl-Baxouks. Concentration camps, It
Is advised, should be established In the
rear of the main armies, and the Inhabi
tants compelled to work on the Intrench
ments. BISHOP DENOUNCED AS MASON
Matter Considered Delicate Ono la
Ylew of Present Rltaatloa
fa V-raare. '
t 1
(Copyright, 1904, by Pre Publishing Co.)
ROME, March 12.New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Mgr. Lenor-
uea, bishop f DUon. France, lias been de
pounced a a Free Mason. .The matter I
delicate one to handle, because It 1 felt
at the Vatican that If auch should really
be the case the bishop will have the beck
Ing of tha French government In any effort
trie Vatican might make to ha him re
sign. The clergy of the DIJon cathedral
and all the student of the diocese an semi
nary are In open rebellon against the
bishop. Fifty-eight students left the col
lege rather than be ordained at hi hand
and were promptly, by order of Premier
Combes, enrolled for military service a
privates, because their exemption as eccle-
slasltcal student wa considered at an end.
Mgr. Lenordea has been ordered to Rome
to explain hla position and to clear himself
oi inti serums cnarsc. . i
M . , , . 1
Information received at the Vatican In-I
dlcate that since the condemnation of the I
worKS or l ne adob ioiay many ok
French clergy have taken ldes with
the
him
against the Roman congregation and the
fear Is renewed of a French schism against
the church authorities.
The Romn authorities have withdrawn
from 8eghattl Institute, the college kept by
the nuns In Verona, permission to teach.
because an antl-semltlc comedy had been
given by student of the college.
POOR TEACHER MAKES A HIT
From Obscurity She Becomes Italy's
Leading Poet r ess aad
Amasses Fort one.
(Copyright, 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
MILAN. March 12 (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) A country
school teacher, Ada Negri, paid the miser
able salary of $12 a month, has succeeded
by constant work and developing her hid'
den genius In becoming the foremost
Italian poetess of the day. The little
school In the village of Mottl Visoontl, near
Milan, was the seen of her early labor.
Educated by the hard work of her
widowed mother, she succeeded In qualify
ing a a teacher In the Italian government
school at the age of 17, and her first two
volumes of verses were all written during
her leisure hours after the day' hard work
In the class room had ended.
vow, M years oio, she has amassed an
Independent fortune In the sale of her
books, which have been Immensely popular.
She fc&s Just published another volume of
beautiful poems, to which she ha given
the title of "Maternity," aa they apeak
chiefly of a mother's love and trials.
Twenty thousand copies of these work
have found a ready sale In a week' time
aad her promise to soon publish another
ana more elaborate poetical work has
caused great rejoicing among her numerous
admirers.
CURZON CwMING HOME TO STAY
Viceroys Halo la India Haa Not
Proven Brllllaat
gaeceaa.
(Copyright, 1904. by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, March 12. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Viceroy
Curson will return to England In May and
It la greatly doubted If he will go back to
India again. With extraordinary Ingenuity
he haa made himself intensely unpopular
with both official and natives In India.
Originally he gained the hatred of the offi
cial claasea by his liberal attitude toward
the native grievance. Now he has es
tranged the native by Introducing legisla
tion beiore the supreme council, seriously
affecting their liberty. Ills Intentions were
excellent, but hla rule has been a failure
and he feels It keenly.
Lady Curson make no secret of her wish
that he sheuld resign, because, she says,
he I worrying himself lata prematura old
g to no purpose.' .
PREPARE FOR JERUSALEM TRIP
EIkM Hundred Sunday School Work
ers Will Leave fcew York Tues
day for Tarkey.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co , 1904)
NEW YORK, March 12. (New York Her--;rAt
VI Service Special to Tho liee.) Eight
" ntirea Sunday school workers are gath-
erlng In New York, preparing to take the
special steamer Grosser Kurfurst on Tues
day next for the Holy l,and, where the
fourth World's Sunday school convention
is to be held In Jerusalem In April. Those
who are to go from this country Include
most of the Sunday school leaders of all
the slates and fume from Canada and Mex
ico will accompany them.
The party will be lend by E. K. Warren,
W. H. Hartshorn, of Huston; Marlon Law
rence, general secretary of the Interna
tional Sunday School association, and W.
J. Hemelroth cf St. Louis. Another soon
start from London, bearing the delegate
from Great Britain to the number of
about 300.
The Jerusalem convention, to be held
in u tent Just outside of the Damascus
Rate, is but a small part of the plans. A
tuur of the Holy Land and visits to muny
of the historic places In southern Europe
ami the east will be made. Meeting w 11 lie
held at Mars Hill, the Temple ut Epherus,
the Mount of Olives, (lethsetnanc, Bethany,
Bethlelirm hills, overlooking the wheat
fleld of Bouz, ond Calvary. On the re
turn trip there will be n public meeting In
Cairo, when th" Kiif.llsh and American
delegates will be Joined by Egyptian mis
sionaries and residents Hnd a convention
will Ik? held in Home in the Wfek of M:iy
2. At tho convention In Jerusalem it is
expected that nearly twenty countries of
the world will be represented.
A number of local Lutheran pastors, dis
couraged that grtater progress la not be
ing mr.de In the attempt for organic union
of American Lutherans, have begun u
movement to determine if Lutherans in
the great cities may not tret into quicker
and surer federation. Twenty-five clergy
men of New York and Brooklyn, represent
ing the fourteen denominations of Luth
erans working In the Greater eliy, have
Issued an Invitation to other Lutheran
pastors of the city, asking their co-oiera-tlon
In the matter. Meetings are to lie held
regularly and, If It be found feasible an
organization wilt be formed.
SPEECHES FOR CONSTITUENTS
Soniethlna- of the Way lu Which Cam
paign Documenta Are Being;
Prepared.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
WASHINGTON, March 11. (New York
Herald Service Special to The Bee.)
Debate on the Indian appropriation bill In
the house of representatives this session
has been the vehicle for a mass of csm-
palgn oratory, which could not have been
placed before the country under any other
condition so effectively. The form had to
be preserved of discussing each Item of
the bill In committee of the whole house;
and member who had speeches to get off
about political topics wholly unconnected
with Indian or tb Indian establishment
would obtain time from the leader of their
party, on the floor, make the speeches and
reserve them fof,'lrrection." Bf"that
mean tho speeches were kept out of the
next n,ornlne" . Congressional Record,
where they woutd have appeared amid
incongruous surroundings and exposed the
real purpose of their delivery; on a later
date they are printed In the Congressional
Record separately, and In an Improved and
often expanded form, under special title
Of their own. They are then republished
pamphlets, by arrangement with the
public printer, and ent out to the orator'
constituents In franked envelopes as "part
of the Congressional Record."
Uncle Sam's malls distribute them free:
the constituents are pleased not only bv
the rhetoric In the speeches thmaiv.
but by the fact that their representative
nave had them In mind while away off
in Washington; and nobody Is hurt ex
. 1. 1 .
nt a-nci &i taxpayer, who has tn
foot the bills for all this gratuitous Doatjtl
business. Neither political party raises any
commotion over auoh use of the mails, be
cause both parties have an eaual luinri
in u
NEW STORY OF FRAU STRAUSS
Philadelphia Audience Thinks
She
May Be a Trilby la Real
Life.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1304 )
NEW YORK, March 12.-(New York Her.
aia service Special to Tho Bee.)-Has an
nlhfir "T, Ihu" Ann... . II . . . .
iiuiiiq m uglier xnis is a
question asked by Phlladelphlana who at
tended the closing concert of the Phlla..
detphla orchestra.
Frau Strauss and her husband. Dr. Rich
ard Strausa, were the leading flgurea In
the little stage drama.
Frau Strausa finished her lust song UDon
the program "Wlegenlled" and had been
enthusiastically encored. In response she
tartea to repeat It, but suddenly etopped
stood rigid and pressed one hand to hor
forehead. Her husband silenced the or
chestra with a wave of his hand and went
to her side. One of the violinist had mean
while guided her to a chair. .
Dr. Strausa bent over his wife with l
mile and seemed to whisper to her. In
tantly she rose and the two stood looking
Into each other's eye for a moment. Dr.
Btrauss ngnt nana gripping hi wife'
arm.
Accounts uiner as 10 wnetner the com
poser passed his other hand before hi
wife' eyes, but after a moment, with hla
eyes still fixed upon her and ahe looking
steadfastly at him. Dr. Strausa backed to
the conductor's stand, signalled to the or
chestra, and the singer finished her nunv
ber without the slightest faltering; but with
her eye constantly upon those of her
husband
OFFICERS WITHOUT TITLE
Washington at Loss to Kaow What
Call Mai Dlstlagalahed
People,
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
WASHINGTON, March 12.-New York
Herald Service Special to The Bee.) For
a long time there ha been much dispute
In regard to titles by which heads of the
various stsff corps In the navy, heads of
other departmental bureaus, the Judge ad
vocate general, the secretary to the ad
miral and captain retired a rear ad
miral should be addressed. The chief of
tie bureaus of medicine and surgery, con
struction and repair and supplies and ac
counts hfve sometimes been addressed
as 'rear admirals," pecause they receive
the pay of rear admirals. Surgeon General
Rlxey ruoeutly suggested he be known as
"Surgeon Admiral" Rlxey.
Mr. Moody hopes the Department of
Justice would eltl ail these vexations
question.
WITNESSES DISAGREE
Wida Divergence in Storie3 Toll IVoro til
Dietrici IoTeatipatinj Gomuuttjo.
PROSECUTION HAS ABOUT CLOSED UP
Semal Cited by Diatriot Attorney
Strergthen '.hi Fenatcr'a Case.
DUTT0N AND SLAKER PARTICULARLY SO
Fo;.mas'er Fiihir A,.ain on Staid and
Ojtnpio.ei Testimcny.
DENIES HE GAVE UITRICH ANY NOTE
Deputy Prance and tostottlee lu
s pert or t'orrabnrate the State
ment Made lj Poat
uinster Kisher.
I From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Maich 12. (Special Tele
gram.) To a disinterested observer at
tho cunciiislnn of the second day's healing
In the Dietrich case, It appears there has
been a onsidtr.ililo amount of tall lying
done by those connected with the Investiga
tion. Gradually Senator Dletrleh la eltml
nutlng much extraneous matter In relation
to the appointment of Jacob Fisher as post
master at Iliistjngs and the lease of the
Dietrich building for postofflce purposes.
Tlf witnesses for the prosecution have
nearly all been heard ond Attorney Butty,
for Senator Dletrleh, announced that on
Monday afternoon, when the committee will
meet, that witnesses summoned by Senator
Dietrich will appear.
The testimony Introduced today was a re
hnsh of that known to the. people of Ne
braska who have been following this case
rith care oiul Interest.
Senator Hoar stated that every effort
would be made to hasten the Investigation,
but that he was requested by the attorney
general and the district attorney to sum
mon several witnesses and that he has ar
ranged for their appearance next Wednes
day. II. C. Lindsay sent an affidavit of his phy-
Iclnn as to his illness nd also transmitted
affidavits stating what be knew about the
Dietrich matter. Mr. Hour stated that tho
afflduvit would be held until It was ascer
tained definitely whether Mr. Lindsay could
e present.
The feature of this morning's testimony
in the Dietrich case was corroborative evi
dence given by Inspector Gregory regarding
statements he had got from Fisher and
Francis relative to the lease of the rear
room In tha postofflce building at Hasting.
Kisher Gave No Note.
Jacob Fisher, the present postmaster at
Hastings, resumed his statement today be
fore the special senate committee appointed
to Investigate the charges against Senator
Dietrich. Senator Spooner attended today'
meeting, . but Senator Cockrell waa absent.
Mr, Fisher said that at the time he wa
appointed postmaster bis relations with
Hahn had been raiher unfriendly; that pre-
vlou to that time Hahn mad daft);, visits
to hi (Fisher') place of business, bxVhat
these visits stopped when he received news
of hla appointment. He did . not recall hy
visit by Hahn on April 23, ond he was sure
that ' under the circumstances he would
not have asked Hahn what he thought of
his (Fisher's) appointment as his (Halm s)
successor, as Hahn has testified. "That
statement I absolutely deny," said the wit
ness. He alao said that be had not askod
Hahn what the office paid and flatly con
tradlcted Hahn's statement that he had
asked Hahn to consult a lawyer for him to
ascertain whether he would have to pay" a
note he might give to Dietrich to secure
the appointment. "I never asked him," he
said, "and no noto was given "
Kranrts Telia ot Deal.
Ldward E. Francis, tieputy postmaster
at Hastings under Fisher, was the next
witness. Replying to questions by Mr.
Piatt, he said that he had agreed to pay
half the rental of the back room of the
Dietrich building and had done so for five
months, the total being HI. The arrango
ment waa that he wa to have half of any
proceed derived from the room. They had
made an effort to rent the room to the
Western Cnlon Telegraph company, but
had failed. He said the payment on ac
count of the room had had nothing to (do
with his salary. He contradicted the state
ment. of Mr. Haminan that he had assented
to a statement that he (Francis) hud had to
pay 1100 to Mr. Dietrich, or that he had
told Humman that Fisher hud paid 2U0 to
Dietrich.
Mr. Francis testified that lie fuiil hud a
conversation with District Attorney Sum
mers relative to testifying beforo the grand
Jury In tho case against Dietrich. Mr.
Batty then asked for the particulars of that
conversation, but before he could reply
Mr. Hoar Interposed with an Inquiry aa to
the purpose of tho examination.
"W want," Mr. Batty replied, "to show
the pressure that the district attorney put
upon witnesses in these cases; thut he told
the witness that If he did not testify he
waa himself liable to prosecution and Im
prisonment"
Mr. Hoar suggested that such a Hue of
Inquiry would broaden the Inquiry, and,
after a conversation with Senator Dietrich,
temporarily withdrew the question.
Mr. Gregory, the postofflce inspector, tes
tified to conversation be said he had last
September with Fisher and Francis relative
to money paid to Dietrich on account of
the back room partitioned off from the
postofflce. ,
Congrats Fisher's statement.
Fisher's statement, he said, was that the
orlainal lease wa to be knocked In the
head because of the reduction of rent from
U.H00 to $1,600; that Dietrich had aald that
he (Fisher) and the citizens of the place
should take the fixtures of the Grand Army
of the Republic post off his hands, but that
Fisher had said that he would not oak the
people, but would do It himself. After this
Dietrich had told Fisher that when be weut
to Washington he would reoomroend Fish
er s appointment as postmaster, although
It waa understood that the appointment
waa In no way dependent upon the pay
ment for the furniture. The witness also
said that Fisher and Francis told him
about the rental of the back room, but
their statements aa related by Gregory did
not differ materially from their statement
to the commlttxe. He said that Francis
had told him that Fisher in returning the
rent money for the room had said that
Dietrich had refunded the money, saying
there had been some comment about the
transaction and that ba did not want to
continue the arrangement. These conver
satlona, Gregory said, had occurred
Omaha at the time of the grand Jury In
vee ligation into the Dietrich case wa tn
progress.
Senator Dietrich elicited the facts from
(CoaUaued ea Becoud Fugs.)
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Portrait for
end Colder
day Fair.
Nebraska Fair Sunday
la West Portion Mon
Pag.
1 Figure on Chances of t'onibatnnts.
Turkish Army Prenurlns; for War.
Progress In the Dietrich Hearing.
Japa Prove Themselves tiood Shots,
a Ralfonr Ministry la gore Straits.
8 Sews from All Parts of Nebraska,
4 Curious Incidents of a nig Fire.
Rights of the Women In Japan.
5 Dr. omera Rmplnyed at Hospital,
Affairs at Sooth Omaha.
H Past Week In Omaha Society.
T Cleveland la gtrona la the South. -Sentiment
Is A.nlust Heed Smoot.
Find Car Barn Bandlta Guilty.
H t'onarll Bluffs and Iowa News.
It Japan Denies Beloa Ambitions.
Cuba Objects to Pa? In War Claim
lu Proceedlnaa of Semite nnd llonse.
Postal Probing Begin Monday.
11 Young Man Killed In a Wreck.
Jadge Orders I lly to Pay BUI.
Mormons I'ny t Ull to Floreuee.
i:i Phases ol tioln to War.
1 I Amusements nnd Music.
IS Weekly Review of sporting Events
Hi Tralnlnu School (or Bankera.
Paul Jones llrliel the llnsalaaa.
IN Ktllturlal.
It) How to Orleritilne I. ami Values.
t iiiKlKlou of Onutun's Trade.
il Financial nuil Commercial.
HA L) eiii Mna Held to tirand Jury.
i. to -IO The Illustrated Bee.
Temperature at Omafia leaterrinyi
Hoar. De. Hour. Deo;.
5 a. m it. 1 p. in 80
u . n K if p. m IIS
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CIM'ISNATI GOES rOK AMERICANS
Will Bring Women nnd Children from
. Mines at lusaa.
SKOCL, Friday, March U.-Tho United
States cruiser Cincinnati will leave Che
mulpo for Chlnnampo to bring away the
women and children from the American
company's mines Ht t'nsan. The families
of American missionaries south of tho
alu are not considered to be in any dnn-
er, but every precaution is being taken
for their safety.
A messenger from the mines at I'nsan,
who left Chlnnampo on Wednesday last.
says that everything Is quiet In that vl-
Inlty. Only a few reconnoltering parties
of Cossacks are seen north of that point
nd there are probably Only a few hun
dred Russians In all south of the Yalu.
There Is little prospect for any serious
conflict in this quarter within theiext six
weeks. Thus far there ha been no trouble
at the mines and there Is little likelihood
they will be Interfered with, both sides
having given every assurance In that re
spect. The only possible danger is from
straggling parties of pillagers, but from
these the miners ore In a position to pro
tect themselves, having oi band three Colt
guns and an ample supply of rifle.
Detachments of Corcan soldiers, march-
ng up nnd down the muln street la th
neighborhood, of tho puluoe nt ull hours of
the day and evening, give an air of martial
activity to this city. But' few Japanese
soldiers remain hero. ' All have gone north
and the foreign legations continue to be
guarded by marine. Tho American lega
tion has thirty-live men on duty In th
grounds and others are quartered at Amer
ican business houses for the sake of better
accommodations. Foreigners, however, feel
perfectly safe, although' there la mora real
business activity at Chemulpo.
The Japanese authorities treat foreigner
very courteously ana nave just given
American Minister .Mien permission to go
to tho front with a passage on a transport
to Chlnnampo, where he Is expetced to ar
rive today.
War preparations continue hero Method
ically, while about 10,W Coreans juru
their normal, cvery-day Ufa freo from ex-
cltment. The funeral ot the lato empress
dowager will tnht plmy on Monday next
An .engagement took place on tnc (in
Instant between Russian and Japanese cav
alry scouts near Kasau, fifty-seven miles
north of Piling Yang. One Japanese
traonrr was killed during tho fight. The
Ruse' ins eventually retired.
N ' , V YORK, March 13. The engagement
referred to In the above dispatch Is pos
slbly tho same gs the one reported from
Toklo under date of March 10, which, how
ever, made no mention of oasualtle.
ItlSSlAX FORCES NOW IS COREA
Not Credited with Having Many Men
Beyond the Yalu.
(Coovrlaht by Now York Huraid Co,, 1901.)
BrJOUL. March li-(New York weraiu
Cablegrum Special Telegram to The Bee.)
The total Russian force In the wesum
portion of Corea, between the Yalu river
and Ping Yung, does pot exceed ,U00 men,
In the eastern section, between the Tuman
river und Wonson. are 2,&o men, mosiiy
scuttered scouting parties.
Probably the Russian plan Is to meoaoe
both coasts, dividing tho Japanes oroe
Into two column. The Russian would
then retire across the frontier, tha Japan
ese following, and thereby being compelled
to maintain a long line of communication
with their bases at Ping Yang and Wonaon,
The United States cruiser Cincinnati hag
left Chemulpo aud will bring refugee from
the Ping Yang district.
There have been several small brushes
between Japanese and Russian scouts north
of Anju, but no real engagement yet.
The threatening attitude ot the Peddlers'
gUlIU OI DOOUI IS no loiiser vaubiiib miau-iy
the steps taken by the Japanese autborl
tie huvlng prevented an outbreuk.
attack;
RlSgO-CHINESE
BAKK
OMelala Wounded by Bandits and
Clerks Leap from Windows.
8T. PETKRBBl'RG, March 11 A tele
gram received here from New Bokhara
g station on the Transcaspian railroad
ssys that seven robbers, wearing Caucasian
dress and armed with rifle and daggers,
attacked the local branch of the Russo
Chinese bank this afternoon and wounded
two bank official and another person
The bank clerks Jumped from the second
story to th street and were severely In
Jured. The thlevej were compelled
mak off without securing any booty.
Japanese ubserlptloa Lara.
WASHINGTON, March li.-The Japanese
minister today received from ills govern
ment a cablegram stating that the sul
sertptlonx to the loan of 100,000,000 yen ex
chequer amount now to 4J4.0O0.0O0 yen. Th
dispatch further states that It I said tha
the subscriptions will exceed (00.000,000 yen
The small subscriptions, averaging be.
tween H and 2O0 yen, will, the cablegram
late, aloaa amount to 71,000,000 yen,
LOSS HAS BEEN HEAVY
Ere-V7i'neisM Say Japan. Gnonary at
Fort Arthur, Waa Magnifioent
CONSIDERABLE LOSS OF LIFE ' OCCURS
Betvliui Severe' y Founded, Although it ,
Wai Inside tha Harbor.
GOLDEN HILLS FORTS BADLY DAMAGED
Japan Fira Cornea from the Direction
of Pigeon Bay.
RUSSIANS ARE SUPPRESSING THE NEWS
Persons Suspocted of Being Corre
spondents Ordered ont at I.lnea
and Circulation af Porriak
newspapers Forbidden.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
TIEN THIN. March ll-(Now York Her
ald Cablegram fpeclal Telegram to Tho
Bee.) The Japanese fleet attacked Port
Arthur on Wednesday at midnight nnd
continued (he bombardment almost Inces
santly tint 11 2:30 p. m. Thursday. Some
ssota bombarded from Pigeon bay, land
It nary shells In the new town, with the
s'.ilt that several leading Russian resl-
ents were kllli-d.
All British subjects and American titl-
tens save two have now fled. The Russian
eet was ordered lo leave Port .Arthur
5 o'clock on Friday morning and en
gage the Japanese fleet. Admiral Makaroff
favoring nn aggressive poflcy. '
The Retvlxan, which haa been towed In- ,
da the harbor at Port Arthur, was fur
ther damaged during Thursday' bombard
ment, having been struck by two shells.
Almost all the foreign women hare left
Ne
ew Chwung. Japanese cruiser are fre-
untly seen outside the bar.
Xovlk Struck Twice.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1901.)
CHE FOO, March 12,-(New York Her-
Id Cublegram Special Telegram to The
Bee.) From Captain Hale ofhe British
steamer Foxtou Hall, which has arrived
here from Port Arthur, I have learned that,
the Japanese have attacked Port Arthur
t midnight on Tuesday. Tbo attack lasted
ono hour. The attacking fleet came from
the direction of Tallen Wan. Owing to the
distance of the attacking vessel, , their
flrlpj did no damage.
A signal was Immediately given by the
forts to prepare foi an attack. Th Novik
weighed anchor and proceeded outside th
harbor, but after It had beon struck twice
in th stem It retired and returned to tha
naval anchorage.
The other Russlm vessels took i.o part .
In th combat, but alloweu the fort to do
th work. After a quarter of an hour only
on fort remained active, th others main
taining a complete, silence It I reported
that In thi fort two guns were disabled.
One shell atruck a mud-dredger, which
nk, but the others fell Into the harbor,
oauslng no damage.
General Volkoffs house wuu completely
demolished and two guards were killed by
bursting shell. The Japanese losses ar
unknown.
The Russian are constructing new fort
at the land entrance vo l'crt Arthur. Sev
eral thousand Chliie.0 laborers ato vvrkliig
on these forts. .
Itcpalrla lour Nhlpa.
A refugee from Port Arthur reporta taut
tho RetviEttU, the Cxarevltch, tho 1'aJlude
and tliu Boydu i'-ru under reutiira :u Dm
naval dock, and tui rtbt of liio Meet I
anchored west of tliu iuuboi. Th NeWTty
torpedo work ai'o woi'snig day und ulgtit
putting lognther nuw tolpedu bo.tb.
No olvlliuu are ailowoJ In the street
after dusk and no light are allowed In
the house. The plicr.s tf toodtufxs ar
nominal.
Tho Foxtou Hull, vtiiluo was UeUilned at
Port Arthur at lb wuimnenceineut of hos
tilities, has arrived here lu cjargo of a
Danish pilot who louv has bfrn r. ruldeut
of Port Arthur, Tho orew ooMiated ot
several Uuluese sailors and two Norwegian
seumen. The vessel was not damaged, but
all loose articles, such aa food, stores,
ropue, laddurs, glaases and machine part,
hud been stolen, and door, window and
port holo had boon smashed, whluh show.
rough handling by the Russian sailor. Tha
original captain was unable to rocoguic-
lils vessel when It came steaming Into port.
A survey is being made, with a view to a
claim for damages against the Russian
government,
Four neutral vessels ar still In Port
Arthur,
Jap Gunners Aecnratc.
TIEN T8IN, Maxoh II The first credit
able reports of the effect of the bombard
ment of Port Arthur from midnight on
Wednesday to past noon on Thursday last
which has been received, arrived today.
Eye witnesses say that th Japanese lire,
which was Indifferent In previous attacks,
showed marvelous scuracy.
Tho flr tme from the direction of
Pigeon bay, where the Russians rirt
having sighted double the previous number
of Japanese vessels and It Is supposed that
transports of various kinds uccompany tho
Tfr la r.r..rl ,.,1 that tliA KnlvtftMfl.
which, It is understood, was then inbide the
entrance of the hsrbor, was struck v-
eral times and that there were fatalitle
among the crew. It 1 also said tUat the
Golden Hills forts were badly damaged
and that there were many casualties among
th remaining noiicoiubaluul in tn
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