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Daily DON'T BELIEVE IT TILL YOU SEE IT IN THE BEE If The Bee Say It Happened It Did. Rumors Are Labeled If Printed. :staiu,ishi;i JUN 1871. OMAHA, SAT UI5 DAY MOKNIXU, MAKCII 11KU TWELVK TACJKS. SINCLK COPY THKKti CENTS. T: Bee. BALKS ON LINDSAY Eeca or M l arl 8ays H Wi'.I Tight Go;. firmi ion o Pawnee Man. NEW ATTORNEY MUST BE FROM OMAHA Willing to 0 im roraie oa Gnrley, 'but Dietrich it Unwill nj;. PRESIDENT MAY 'TAKE BITS IN TEETH Likely to Appoin. foneo-e Regarsleu of Eeca.or ai Endorsement- X WEBSTER BOOM 13 GIVEN NEW IMPETUS Withdrawal of Fairbanks from Vice Presidential llnce Turn Atten tion, to ne Xcbraska Mu. (From a Stuff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Mrtrch 18.-3perlal Tele irram. A sicp order was put in today by Senator Vlllurd on the removal of Sum mers and tho nomination of H. C. Lindsay for I'nited States district attorney. The puollcallon lust night of the visit of Sen ator Dietrich and Mr. Rosewater to tho pr-sld -nt yc'crduy In regard to the re moval of Summers, brought Senator Mil lard to tho White House bright and tarly thla morning nd he ir.artc no boms about telling the president that tho con templated action of Mr. Roosevelt In turn marlly removing Summers hud nominat ing Lindsay for the place did not meet with his approval.. He told the prealdent that Omaha deserved the place and he would fight up to tho last ditch to secure It for Omaha. He gave the prealdent to under stand that If Llndssy's nomination wna sent to the aenale ho yould right his connrma tlon on tho floor, The senator frankly ad mitted that 6ummers had to go, but he would not stand for Lindsay's appointment. The fact la tho gap between Dietrich and Millard over the district attorneyship la growing wider every day. Dietrich Instat ing upon Lindsay mid MUUrd aa Insistent against Lindsay. Senator Millard Would be. glad to compromise on Mr. Gurley, but that seems to be wholly out of the ques tlon. There are several other candidates for the place, but the. spirit of compromise la not tn the air and aa outlined In tfceat dispatches heretofore, (uo president Is very likely to send !n the nnme of someone of hla own choice, as Summers has now served a year over hla time. Impetus to Webster Boom. The announcement that Senator Fair banks la not a candidate for the vice pres idency gave considerable of an Impetus to the candidacy of John L. Webster to day. This morning Senator Millard and Mr. Webster had a peasant chat with the president and later Mr. Webster re peated hla handshaking of the day be fore In the' senate marble room. He also called upon members of the Nebraska dele gation and was most eardlslly received. Me. ''Webster, .will .dall vex the annual ad dress before-the Minnesota Bar associa tion a Minneapolis on April 8. his subject WarThe lawyers of the Constlullonal Convention of 1787." On April 11. wltU Secretary Tafl. he will speak at the Klek apoo olub. Peoria, 111. Mr. Webster leaves for Omaha tomorrow afternoon. Klnkald Bark la Washing an. Judge Klnkald, Instead of going to his home, aa he had contemplated, to attend the Sixth district convention at Alliance. turned back, arriving In Washington last night. Judge Klnkald burned hla hand rather severely and, being afraid of blood poisoning, decided to take the advice of his physicians and return to Waahington. Hlnshuw Labors for Carriers. '. Representative Hlnsha.v in a warm sup porter of the proposition to Increase the salaries of rural letter carriers. The com mittee on pontoflkes and postroads haa Inserted a paragraph. In the general post office appropriation bill which provides a flat salary of I7H0 per annum for rural letter carriers. This proposition will un doubtedly be stricken from the bill on point of order, It being new legislation. . Mr. Hlnshaw thla morning called upon the president to ascertain executive feeling on the matter of raising the salaries of the rural carriers. Mr. Roosevelt expressed himself as heartily In favor of tho pro poned legislation, and added that he would aid It so far aa lay within hie power. Mr. Hlnshaw gave u copy of his bill to Mr. Roosevelt, who promised to look' It over. Representative Hlnshaw's bill provides that all rural free delivery carriers shall be paid during the first year of their employment 1720 per annum, sec ond year $840 per annum, and the third and each successive year 1900 per annum. Senator Millard thla afternoon left for Jamestown, Va., to attend the triennial celebration of the SVst settlement of Jamas town. Postal Matters. Samuel Sullivan haa been appointed post master at Dolllver, Emmet county, la., vice Roy Werta, 'resigned. Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes: Farnhamvllle, regular, James W. Smith; substitute, Martha Smith. Spirit Lake, regulur, .Ray Wortblngton; substitute, Minnie Worthlngton. Tripoli. regular, Charles F. Msrsbach; substitute, William Lamps. Additional rural free delivery service has been ordered established April 15, at Coin, Page county, la,, with one carrier; route embraces an urea of eighteen square miles, containing a population of 625. SHAW AN INNOCENT VICTIM Cattleman Writes Cheek aa Iceri. Be Worthless. 8T. I .oris, March It-Secretary of the Treasury Shaw figured Indirectly In a de cision rendrreJ by the United States court of uppeals today In the rase of Schrlver Bros, of BrltL.Ia.. against the Western I nion Telegraph Company. The case dealt with a check for I8.J7S, which L. F. Barnes, a rattle buyer of Denlson, Ia. paid to Srhrtver Flros. for eight carloads cf cattle. It was 6Velopj In the testimony that Barnea sent a telegram from Denlson to Bchrtver Broa. at Brltt to the effect that he had that amount of money on tlepoalt at the Bank of Denlson and slgced the link's name. Secretary Shaw Is vice president of the Bank if Denlson. Subsequently It was learned, so the testimony developed, that T.arnee hi! fio account ot thli bank. Sohrtver Bre. Instituted suit against the telfgrdj.h mioiwpy and secured a verdltt. The ri was tppealbd and the rn'wl'nte court ifrd-, a de. il..n tod-y nrlrlor a rv lrl.,1 i (..-. K round that the Ulgraph c-v r : - '.h g to do with the deal la 'AL MACHINE AT LIEGE Ok Vd and Poltcemnn !erlonly hy Explosion Whlcfc v-' Wrecks Property. LIEGE, Petglum. March IS -An Inrernal machine exploded today outride the resi dence or Commissioner of Police Laurent, wrecking the house, fatally Injuring an artillery officer. Major Papln. and seri ously wounding half a doxen other perrons. When the machine was discovered Major I'upln was summoned and was examining the trackage In which the machine wus corceiiled when the explosion occurred. I'apin's logs were blown off and he shortly afterwards succumbed. A polloeman, who abo lost his l"gs hy the explosion. Is In a prpon. Ions condition. Thousands or win dows were shattered. There Is no clue to the perpetrators of the outrage. ST ATI B OK JF.llTS IK tiERMAXY. Question Rxcltea Keen Interest AmnnK l.avers and Legislator. HKRL1N, March 18. In the lower house of the Prussian Diet today Chancellor von liuelow r.-pll'd to the criticisms cf those objecting to the repeal of the antl-Jesult law and to the charges that his action was taken In t.rrtcr to secure the support of the center party. The chunrellor warmly re pudiated the assertion that his policy hnd been Influenced by the center party. He believed he had plenty of fuppotters, but even If he stood clone he would not allow himself to be turned away from a eourso which he considered correct. The past votes of the Reichstag on this subject bel ter reflected the opinion of the Herman people than the present attitude of the na tlonul liberals. There was no question of dependence upon the center party, but why not be accommodating to their Catholic fellow citizens when It was possible to do so without Injury to tho Interests of the state or the 1'rotestant church? He had no Intention of exceeding that limit. The n peal of the antl-Jesult law has been a widely discussed question ever since It was voted In the Hundesrath March J. Doubts nppnrently prevailed In the Bundea rath Itself as to whether that body was competent to act, slrice the delegates of four states refrained from voting. Today Prof. Karl Blmllnr. professor of Interna tional law at Lei- university, discussed the 'matter, nrgulr 'int where the Reichs tag passes a bill on Its own Initiative tho Bundearath can only act thereupon during the existence of that Reichstag and not after a new house Is elected. The nro'es snr cites confirmatory opinions trom ether professors of constitutional law. r.amely. Profs, von Bocnne, Hermanne Schaltxeanfl I-ahanrt. Their argument Is that the Reichs tag and the Bundesrath together constitute the law-making )ower. but It must be the existing Reichstag. The recent abolition cf the antl-Jesult law was voted by the old Reichstag In IS. GERMAN ARMOR AI.KO COMKS HIGH. Relehntna; Takes I'D btirmwlos of Krapn Plates for Warships. ' BERLIN, March 18.-In the Reichstag today Herr Hue (socialist) reiterated an assertion which has been much discussed In the press for several years, namely that Germany pays the Krupp company foo high for armor plate, compared with what the I'ulted States pajra. . - , . ; ' y Herr Benmer, for the admbsalry, repIlH that the German prices vary, according to the else and quality of the plates, but, ha added, the prices . of the plates for the new battleships are lower than the Amer ican. Moreover, the American makers were ready to lower their prices upon orders for s7,O0O tons or more, whereas Germany only placed rmall orders and only after the passage of the new fleet law was the Krupp company In a position to de liver large quantities. Herr Beumer further explained that plates are differently mad. The Amer ican plates are Bimpler and heavier, whereas the German plates are compli cated, It la more difficult to make joinings and they require more costly work. The American plates average 23 per rent thicker than the Krupp plates, which, upon the basis of the American price, makes a difference of 1103.75 per ton In favor of the German plates. LORD MILNEK DEIEI THE REPORT. British Hlgrh Commissioner Says Stead's Permit la Not Cancelled. JOHANNESBURG, March 18. The report that Ixrd Mllner, British high commissioner In South Africa, had cancelled the permit issued to William T. Stead to travel tn South Africa, owing- to tlx? character of the speeches recently delivered by Mr. Stead, la officially denied. HVERVOSK OX BOARD IB DROWSED. British Babmarlae Boat Ran Down . br aa Or en a Liner. PORTSMOUTH. March 18. The Brltlah submarine boat No. A 1 was run down by a liner at S o'clock this afternoon. All handa were drowned. Kmperor William at Gibraltar. GIBRALTAR. March 18. The North German Lloyd steamer Koenlg Albert, with Emperor William on board, and under con voy of the armored cruiser Prlna Fried rich Karl, arrived here today. All on board are well. The British squadron stationed here saluted the German ship and General Sir George Stewart White, the governor of Gibraltar, boarded the Koenlg Albert and welcomed the emperor. Emperor William subsequently landed and lunched with Sir George White. The street traversed by the emperor were lined with troops and bluejackets. He was acoorded a most hearty reception. HAS TO SUE FOR INSURANCE Mrs. Blair of St. Loals Brings Aetloa Against T I.lfa Insaraar Com panies at Hew York. ST. LOUIS, March 18-Mrs. Appolllne M. Hlalr. widow of Jamea L. Blair, former general counsel for the World'a fair, through her attorneys today entered suit in the circuit court against two insurance companies in New York to secure 35,0n0 insurance. The suit against one company Is for S10.O0O, named as the first Install ment of a life Insurance policy of tJ00M0. The other suit Is for fcS.CuO fur an unpaid life Insurance policy. AVALANCHE UNCOVERS COAL Ileeent Sturm Ovens I n Ona af tbe Lamest Veins In the Cas cade! Mountains. SEATTLE. March 18. An avaUnch In the Cascade mountains In the recent storm rptned one of the Inrgest veins of bituminous coal ever found in Washing t n. The big uow'lde oc?utrci in a l.iaciy part of the mountains. It covered A i iounmin road (or a. quarter of a mile to a great depth and llmbtir cruisers siy that it carried down t.OOU.OOO feet of Umber from the luoualala slda, SILLY CUES TO THE WALL Co tan MarVet Speculator Etupendi Bu-in-j-i After Trjing to Bin Comer. EFFECT IS FELT ALL OVER THE EAST Prom Mew Orleans to Textile Mills uf ew Rnaland Failure of the Ball Lender Produtes Shack. NEW YORK, March 18. Daniel J. Sully, mho has for fifteen months been the largest figure In the cotton markets of the world, and who has "bulled ' cotton from 7 cent a pound to more than 17 cents, today an nounced his Inability to make good h! en gagements on the New York Cotton ex change. Within a few moments cotton fell nearly J13 u bale from tl C highest figures of the day. Many crashes have bevn re forded, bilt probably none have been ac companied by su'.h fnnxy und confusion. Vlille there liud been no premonition of the Impending crush, no morning of the season hn.l witnessed u more demoralised crash,' no morning of the s ttfon had wit nessed a more demoralised mnvkct. In less than ten minutes after the opening half a cent had been taken off the price of cotton. Trices went up and down 10, 2 and 3a points within two mid three minutes. Shortly after the afternoon session there was a lull In the pit, und shortly ufter 2 o'clock the announcement of the suspen sion was mudc by Sup. rhitendent KltiK, who read from the rostrum this notice: We regret t'uit we ore unable to meet our engagements and will therefore have to suspend. DANIEL J. SI LLY & CO. Loss Reaches One Million. For a few seconds there was quiet over the floor. Then with one Impulse h mighty shout went 'up from the bears, they who had been fighting Sully ond the bull clique for months. Hats were thrown into the nlr, -to bo trampled upon In the stampede for the pit. Coiits were torn by frantic brokers and chairs and camp stools were dashed Into the pit. Messengers soon were rushing In and out of the building with orders to soil or to buy. Telephone booths were besieged and telegraph ofhVeM were flooded with dlnpntchca. It was estimated tlmt something like 750,000 bales of cotton were traded In during the twenty minutes of panic thut followed the announcement und that on this upward of 6O0.000 bales represented "forced liquida tion," or tho selling out of men whose margins have been nearly or quite wiped out. As the market slumped 250 points during this period, the loss fulling on this element amounted to something more than 11.000,000. 'The market steadied after about twenty minutes and there was a sudden upward hoot of about 100 points. This sharp up ward rise was brought about by the buying of brokers and speculators who saw that the market had slumped ton far and would reaot. A part of the excitement on the floor of the exchange was caused by the scramble of brokers who wanted Just such bargains and had to fight to get In the ring to get them. The buying rush was almost eaHtrng and jwst aa nnisy as, the selling panic. : ' Overwhelmed) by Bears. - 1 . Mr. Sully shut himself In his office and refused to publish a statement. Shortly after 8 o'clock SulVy went Into conference with his counsel and later Edwin Hartley, jr., of Providence, R. I., a member of the firm, sent out this message: "No statement of any kind or descrip tion, Mr. Sully desires me to say, will be given out from this office today. Possibly a statement will be ready early Saturday morning." Mr. Hadley Inter was quoted as saying that the firm would pay Ita debts In fu'l. and the suspension was dun to the Impos sibility of meeting demands for large sums of money due the Sully firm from European sources. Mr. Sully left his office at 4 o'clock. The following table shows the opening high, low end closing prices of the prin cipal cotton options today, as compared with yesterday, he low prices having been made In the last hour this afternoon show ing the extent of the break r Yester day's Open. High. low. . C'osft.' Close Mv ....... .ISfS KM . ' 1S.8T M. Jute ISP 1 ss J' w is7 V "Mi August U& 1437 1! H,M 14.80 The losses by Sully s failure, In case he cannot settle, It was said, will be divided among nearly all the brokers on the ex change. One estimate was that Sully's owlngs after a settlement under the rule of the exchange would not exceed SSOO.GOO. What Sully haa personally lost or what his backers have lost In market operations Is not Included in this figure. ' Daniel J. Sully became a fuxtor In the cotton market In January, 1903, when he took up the bull movement that Theodore H. Price had dropped. He was thought to Jiave done a great thing when he bulled May cotton of 19ut to 10 cents. Sully had been a cotton buyer for New England firms. He had made a study of crop conditions and foresaw the short crop of that 'year as well as the short crop of this season. It was said that a clique of New England mill owners backed him In his first venture. Ills May campaign was a success and It was estimated that he personally cleared more than JL 000, 000. He established a cotton house of his own last year, under the name of Daniel J. Sully & Co., but when Tils operations In cotton became so successful, . the ootton market having been pushed up above 17 cents a pound early thla year, ha widened the scope of hla firm's business, flensatloa at Naw Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, March 18 The an nouncement of the failure of Broker Sully created a tremendous sensation on the floor of the Cotton exchange, sending the whole ring Into ai panic. There was In stantly a tremendous drop In cotton and at the moment It seemed Impossible to say where the slump .would terminate. Shortly after the sensational bulletin came In over the wires the market was reported to be down about 810 a bale. The failure caused May cotton to drop from 15 04 oenta to 13.20 cents. July foil from 16 4) cents to 13.50 cents. The scenes around the ring war ex citing In the extreme. On the reoalpt of 'the first bulletin and In a remarkably short space of time there waa a drop of about a cent and a half. Later the effect of the supenion had been tested and the market begin slowly to turn upward, recovering some 30 points. No locil firms were seriously Involved, ar.d so far aa could be ascertained, Sully's Interests In the local market did not ex ceed 10,ono bales. This amount was quickly liquidated. Sully's holdings were chiefly Muy and July.' At the lowest level of the brck, Mxy thbwcd a net loaj for the day of 11 point or about 89 a bule. July showed a ret loss of 197 points, or about 110 a bale. Ths decline on the (Continued on Second Page.) GENERAL GRANT IS PROVOKED Does Sot .lka Inf ernrerntloa Placed aa Ilia Remarks at a Banc.net. CHICAGO. March IS. "Presidi ncy and president are distinct terms," said Uenernl Fred D. Grant today when askfd If be had been correctly understood when It w,ia reported of him that ho declined to toast the president of the United States at the Si Patrick's day banquet of the Irish Fellowship club. The penernl mail? the following signed statement to the Dally News: 'I am extremely, disgurted and annoyed St the statement made with reference to my remarks at the 1aniuet last night. s I had been Invtted io attend and speuk at the Irish Fellowship club In relebrst'on of fit. Patrick's day. and had accepted the Invltntlon, but requested that I would not he called upon for a epepch. I had tinder stood that I would he asked to respond to any stated toast nnd bad therefore gone to the Iwnquet without any preparation to lalk on any subject. 4 "After arriving tlwre I found that they had asFipned me to respond to tho toast 'The Prerldnt of the United Hlntrs." nnd when I arose I attempted to give nn ex cuse for not talking on the subject. My escuss were that I was" not permitted hy the regulations to discuss the president or other civil officers end reminded them of the dlsastt r that hnd befallen some officers who had come from the Philippines. An other ws that I did not know anything about the presidency, mennlng thereby that I had not studied tip th usual plati tudes Riven to- the office; end third, that I was no orator. "I am particularly chagrined at the vay the report Is put In he paper, which would draw the inference that I referred to the president, for whom I have the warmest udmtration and with whom I have had a mot f green ble personal acquaintance. His kind and thoughtful consideration upon the occasion nf the death and burial of my mother has given me a rersonal attach ment ror Mm which will never grow lees, and anything' that was said to Indicate that I am not his warmest and most de voted admlref would to a wrong to my personal feelings for the present chief magistrate of the UnMed States. HANGS A MONTANA MURDERER Former Resident of Iowa Who Killed Wife Para Penalty oa Scaffold. M ISSOPLA. Mont.. March 18. Louis Mott, the wife murderer, was hnnged here today. Mott walked unassisted to the gallows. In a brief speech he said he believed his conviction had been brouglrt about through dishonest methods and concluded by saying that he was willing to give up his life for life. The prime for which he was hanged wis the shooting of Ids wife on Sunday, Janu ary 4. 10UJ. For months previous to the murder he hnd been addicted to the use of liquor and drugs, causing a depressed mental condition. ...While ut pn a business trip his wife said his 'laundry business hi Missoula. He became greatly enraged on his return, brooding -constantly over his wife's net. . On tbe .day of the murder he heeame tnvolrrrt h -V-lengthy quarrel with his wife, which was" followed by his shoot ing her- four times with a revolver. His wlfo lingered for nine hours before death. Mott went to the supreme court, in an ef fort to secure a new trial and made two fruitless r.ppeals to the governor for clem ency. In the latter efforts he had the in-' tluence and financial aid of his uncle, Le rholno ' Mott. a wealthy miller of Dea Moines', la., who came to Montana and mode a personal appeal to the governor. All of the appeals were based on the fact that he wished to escape the stuln upon his name for tho sake of his children solely. CHARGE BRIDE WITH MURDER Mlnsonrl Pi t gg-lst and Woman Ac cused by Jory of Causing ' Miller's Death. SYKE8TON, Uo., March 11 The cor oner's jury today completed Its investiga tion Into the recent death of Harry Miller, the' bridegroom who several days ago sud denly died under circumstances that led to the suspicion that he had been poisoned, and held Dr. Warren Smith guilty ot hav ing administered morphine to Miller, and Mrs. Lydla, the bride, aa accessory. The motive Is unknown to the Jury, concluded the verdict. As soon as Miller was found dead tn bed by his bride Dr. Smith waa arrested on suspicion on a warrant sworn out by his cousin, David Smith. He haa since been held In the jail at Benton. Mrs. Miller signified her Intention of prosecuting who ever might have caused her . husband's death to. the full extent of the law,, and her .:rest on the coroner's verdict caused a sensation. ' Both Dr. Smith and Mrs. Miller were held to the grand Jury, Dr. Smith In the sum of 110,000 bond, which he furnished, and Mrs. Miller under I5.0C0 bond, which was given. Mrs. Miller waived preliminary hearing when arrested. C0-0PERATIVEC0NCERN PAYS ravrmers' Shipping .Association De clares a Dividend of Eight Per Ceat. KANSAS CITY, March 13. -(Special Te'a jiam. '-'lht h arc ot I'ircctora of the Far uteri' "o-opeiiitlve Shipping aM. clutVn, representing nearly 4,000 farmers In Mis souri, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma, adjourned Its semi-annual meeting after having declared a dividend of I per oent. About twenty-five of the stockholders at tended the meeting and Joined the directors at an Informal banquet. The association la Incorporated under the laws of Kansas. Its authorised capital Is tluO.000. Its objects are to buy, sell and handle grain and otaisr farm products on consignment only and for thi benefit of the stockholders, thus wiping out the profits of the middlemen. It now owns nineteen ele vators and buys grain directly from far mers at forty-seven statlona In Missouri, Kaiutas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. FORAKER FACTION RETIRES (lit Oeears la the Fourth Coagras sloaal District of tho Reaablleaa Convention la Ohio. CELINA. O., March 18. The republican convention of the Fourth congressional dis trict split today, the Foraker faction re tiring. Ths Hanna faction nominated R. D. Kahle of Allen county for congressman and tho Foraker adherents named Frank Conklln of Darke county. Ths Hanna faction elected W. L. Russell of Lima and Senator O. E. Harrison of Darks county for delegates to the national convention, while Foraker's frlenda chose W. L. Ruasell and Judge H. M. Coles of Darke as delegates. AU delegates were In structed to vols for Roosevelt for president MS. DYE MAY BE INNOCENT Indicatio n that Miss Keaa Nel on of Piorre C;miu'ttrd Sn'cide. HAS APPEARANCE OF DEEP LAID PLOT Dead tilrl Disappointed In Love nnd Attempts to tiet Kven with the Umunn Who Stood In Her Wa. PlFRHE. S. D., March lS.- (Speclal Tele gram.) A thorough Investigation of the if ralrs cr the poisoning of Miss Rena Nel son, through a box of candy, has led to a strongly fixed belief on the part of the of ficers hero thnt It wns :i ni of suicide. planned to draw Into seiious trouble the' womnn who stood In the way of her possible i martli'.ge with Sherman I've. This ex clusion has b"tn retched ufter gathering up shreds and fragments of evidence and placing them In their logical sequence and has been rein foi 'Oil by Investigations which have been eomrlcted by Pierre officers at Boone. la. While Misa Nelson, In u state ment made before her death, accused Mrs. Dye as the guilty pers m and the coroner's Inquest did not develop anything to the contrary there were several peculiar cir cumstances connected with the case from tho beginning and n chance remark heard on the street arter the coroner's Jury had completed Its work stnrted Investigation In another direction, which brcught out the peculiarities In the ease to give it a strong appearance of self-destruction. One- of the first points to cause comment was tho fact that while the girl claimed to have taken the- poison Saturday afternoon. It did not take effect until about the middle of Sun day night, while corrosive sublimate Is supposed to work within a few hours after taking. This fact pursled the attending physician and through questioning he at tempted to learn If the girl bad been In any place or eaten anything else while she was in this city on tho day she claimed to have received and eaten the randy. Rho positively denied having been In any other place of business except tho postofflee and one store while here. Remark Stops Inquiry, The chance remark which started further Investigation was that or a confectioner. that on the day in auestlon Miss wimn came Into his store and wanted an empty candy box. lie had none which mmlil suit her and she left the place. A further Investigation allowed that she went to ii ii- otuer confectionery and (here bought a box Identical with th one she Is alleged to have received and hnl It i::ii tin candles Identical with those left In the box. Another thing uirvoverod ias thut iuat November Miss Nelson received a letter from Sherman Dve. In which ho t.a.i h..r that he was tired of her und desired to stop the correspondence. She showed this letter to several girl frlenda in th Hiv and was much depressed In regard to h!s statements. Another feature, which was puisllng from the start, was that th ,i. dress on the box was on the face of an nvHope, torn out and pasted on the wrapper. This was postmarked at Boone, la., January iS. and had been run th,,.i. a cancelling machine wlih wave linos, H tmnar not likely with a bo and tho- bo was not received here until February 47 Tho stamp, which was cancelled In Janu ary, was yet attached td the envelope and nnarever omer stamps which had been placed on the box had be.n torn ntr. with the exception of a fragment of a t-cent stamp, which had been puitly placed on the postmarked envelope, and. aa one Ami of this fragment wts loose, under it could ne seen me wave lines of the Boono car. oellatlonv While the. wrapper wus torn in such a manner as to do this, It was not damaged In any other way. Cannot Trace Tablets. flu far as the poison tablets which contained In the box are concerned, It has noi Deen possible to trace them In any way, but, as MIhs Nelson has nclnrt . nurse In several cases In ihla city where such tablets had been ued for antiseptic purposes, she could easily have had there In her possession. While the postofflce employes are certain that Miss Nelson received aome kind of a box in the mnll here, they have at all times been doubtful that the box showed the address of the one presented, nnd a thor ough search of tho home has failed to show the exlsterce of any box other than tho one she Is known to have purchased. She clulmed the address was In a handwriting the same aa that of a letter she received from Mrs. Dye In January, and Mrs. Dye admits writing her In January, nnd as the address pasted Qrt the box was postmarked in January It undoubtedly wns the same one. ' After a thorough Investlcation hem ih. officers from here went to Boone and In vestigated, falling to find any boxes In stock or having been kent I city like the one she bought here and wnicn sne claimed to have received, neither could tny find similar candles, the ones here having made at Mankato, Minn., and found no wrapping paper uacd by the confectioners in that town like that used here and which was on the box. They ln- estimated all the sources posslhlo while in the Iowa city, and have finally reached ths conclusion that It was a case of .ir- structlon, with an attempt to drag In, Mrs. uye as a cause or it. MISSING FOR SECOND TIME Pennsylvania Methodist Preacher Bound for Conference Mysteriously Disappears on I ho Itoad. PHILADELPHIA, March lg.-The ab sence of Rev. Joseph A Bennett of Cone stoga, Lancaster county, from the Phila delphia Methodist Episcopal conference has resulted In a search being made for the missing member. Mr. Bennett's charge Is in Presiding Elder A. O. Kynetts dis trict. Rev. Mr. Kynett says Mr. Bennett left his home for this city hmt Friday, but has not appeared In the conference. Elder Kynett further states that the missing clergyman's conference collections are safe with Mr. Bennett's family. Failure to lo cate Mr. Bennett will result In an execu tive session of th conferenoe, at which hla disappearance will be discussed. In 19u! Rev. Bennett waa stationed at Lansford. Ua mysteriously disappeared on his way to the conference at Columbia. In 180J. The conference learned that he had been 111, so no action was taker,. FATAI HOTEL FIRP Tn HUGO Three Barnes to Death suit Boy H e eelves Injuries Which May End In Denlb. KANSAS CITT. March U.-A special to ths Times from Purls. Texas, says: The Eagle hotel at Hugo, I. T., waa burned last night. John Scott, an employe of the hotel, Minerva Scott, hla wife, and his sister-lu-law, name not learned, were burned to death. Houston Scott, the 12-year-old son of the couple who perlnhed, was fatally burned. Financial loss, $3,000. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Shatters and Colder ntnrdni Sun de I-nlr. Ti-iuperntnre at Omaha lentcrtlapi Hour. A a. m U a. in T . in N a. in ! a. in to u. in 11 a. in lit m.. . Dea;. Hour, Dew. . . an l ii. in . . :t:t x p. ii rui . . :tJ a i. m . . :t:t 4 p. n i1 . . :tr. r, i. m it . . 37 II p. n . . -iii t p. m tin ..41 si p. u p. in . . . . . . n WILL MIT KIUHT COHKAN TROOPS Russians Instructed to Arrest t'oreann llattllua for Julian. 'ST. PKTKHSIU'RO. .March IS. A publi cation from the Foreign office Is published here cAnllrmjng tho statement made to the corroFpomlcnt of tho Associated Press that Russia does not regard Corea as bel-!l::etr-nt ami. will not do so until there Is evidence that Corea Is actively making coiun.uti cause with Japan. The communi cation, after reiterating the assertion that Rursla consider It Implicitly a neutral state, ectinjr under pressure by Japan, and tii privet of the power of free action, and that Russia, therefore, cannot regard as valid any treAy to the benefit cf Japan nor the Abrogation of Rurslan corft esslons, proceeds: Should the Russian troops encounter Co renn forces operating egainst the Russians under the Influence of Japanese olllcers who are forcing them to u t aealnst tho wishes of the Corean government, the Russians are Instructed not to llpht them Ss though thoy were troops of a belliger ent stnio. but to confine themselves to placing them under arrest. Admiral Steckellierg. who, on account of lllniss. turned over the command of the Vladivostok squadron to f'npitiln Reltxen steln, has arrived In St. Petersburg, lie gives an entirely different version of some of the reports, emannttng from Japanese sources, regarding the events before he left. The cruise of hla iiquntlrnn February 9 to 15 In Japanese waters was mndn by order of Admiral Stark, for Its effect upon tho population of northern Japan. Admiral Steckelberg denies that he fired upon Jap anese merchantmen In Hangerstate. He says the ships were captured and that while attempting 1 convoy them to port a lerrlflc blizzard sprang up and. not wishing to endanger the Russian cruisers rfter taking off the crews and passengers from the merchantmen, ono of the latter, leaded with contraband rice, wns mink. The other, which was a worthless trump steamer, was released to carry to the Jap snese the r.rosonee of the Russian warships In those waters, for moral effect. There never was any bombardment of Hakodate which Is heavily fortified. Tho admiral adds that he cannot under stand how such'a stupid story was cred ited. Ho expressed the opinion that the war will be of long duration. Judging from the extensive Japanese preparations, which were thoroughly understood at Vladivo stok, where wur was expected even earlier than It came. The war experts here are questioning tha truth of the Japanese official reports, ask ing, for Instance, how tho toroedo boats of Vice Admiral Togo, the oommnnder-ln-chlef of the landing squndron, couid lay mines, weighing 400 pounds, In Jhe heavy sea which Admiral Togo admits was running even If the boats had room for them aboard; how fire could break out on the Rusflan torpedo boats, which 'carry mtV Ipg Inrtamnble; . and how a Japanese tor pedo boat preserve its full fighting capa city If a steam pipe on board hurst, end the Russian boa's got away. The ministry of marine has directed the institution of prlzo courts 'at Sebastnpol, Llbau, Port Arthur end Vladivostok. - ITO KKCKIVEO BY t llilKtS Rl LF.II. Japnnese Statesman Has Formal Audi once with the Emperor. SEOFL, March IS. Mamuls Ito had a formal audience with the emperor this afternoon In the council hall. The cere monies were conducted In the presence of tho court. The emperor was In 'his most affable mood. Tsutsuko, secretary of the Japanese privy council, who accompanied Marquis Ito to Core, told the Associated Press corre spondent that tho visit of the marquis was made purely In behalf of the Japanese emperor to express .sympathy with Corea In the present troublous times, and con trary to the general Impression that It had no political object. Marquis Ito had not como to discuss tho political or war situations, although his visit may have consequences which will develop later. Tsutaukl admitted that Japan expected a prolonged war, but Japan hnd to meet Russian aggression and It was better to do It now than later, Marquis Ito will have several audiences with the emperor. THREATKX TO MARCH OX PEKING. Russian Minister Is Waiting; for China to Give F.seuse. 'LONDON, Match 19. Again there Is no news from the far east, with the exception of vague rumors of unsuccessful attempts of the Port Arthur and Vladivostok fleeta to Join forces. The Standard's Tien Tsln correspondent says thnt Paul I-essar. Russian minister to China, has renewed his protest against the dispatch of Chlncao forces outside the great wall, and has Intimated that unless they are withdrawn Russia may be compelled to act on the assumption that China la abandoning Its neutrality in-favor or Japan. The mlnliit. r Is also reiiorted to have re newed his threat that on the slightest move, nient on China's part, Russian troops will march on Peking. It is suid that in reply to this China rcfuited to recall its troops. COX DEM NED PRISONERS KSCAI'E. Thirty of Them Make a Break and Get Past the Guards. (Copyright. 1904. by New York Herald Co.) SEOl'L, March 18. New York Herald Cablegram Special 1-legram to The Bee.) The night lfore last while' exemitlons were taking plae In the local Corean prison, thirty condemned prisoners, em boldened by seeing three of their number put to death, attacked the guard, foiiKDt their way through the gates and esctpod half naked. The three criminals executed lu.d been Imprisoned for three years, charged with assisting Corean political refugees who eRcaped to Japan In 1S00. Fearing trouble, the Japanese military guards buve been distributed throughout the city, although so far everything Is oulet. CORK AX OFFICIALS 1SIT CHI.VA. Supposed to He the Bearers of Im . nortsut Disoutrhea. (Copyright, 1304. by New York Herald Co.) CHfJ FOO. March 11. (New York Herald Cablegram SpecUl Telegram to The Bee.) Two Corean oflicers, Captain Sangklen and General Yet. arrived yesterday from Seoul and left abruptly today for Shang hai. ' ' The reason Is entirely secret. It Is sus pected that they are carrying Important dispatches regarding RusHlan afid Corean affairs to Count Hcclnuff. I SOLDIERS TO FRONT Troopi Under Picked Officers Being Scnl by Russia to tho Yalu. ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN IN COREA Confident of Bucous in tbs Fljhtfnj Which Ss to Come oa Land. MORE GUNS BEING MOUNTED AT YIN KOW Manchurian Psssants Show Friendly At'i tuda Toward Russia. LITTLE DAMAGE DONE TO PORT ARTHUR One Report Has It that Russians liars Withdraw All Artillery to the Xorth Bank of tho Yalu HlTr. i (Copyright, WW, by New York Herald Co.) CHhJ FOO March 18. (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) -The launch Nigger arrived here today from Port Arthur. Its captain reports that with Vpeclal permission he left Port Ar thur on the morning of March 18. Owing to the heavy weather he took shelter near Ismal island, midway between Che Foj nnd Port Arthur. There he met two Jap anese torpedo boats. The Japanese searched the launch thoroughly, and all his papers and letters were closely scrut inized, Finding nothing to confiscate they allowed the launch to proceed. I Interviewed ono of the launch's pas sengers and learned that during his jour ney from Harbin to Port Arthur ho no ticed great activity at the stations of Muk den. Lnn Yang and Hal Chen. Russian were sending relnforccmonts under picked officers to the Yalu. r He overheard In the train that the Rus sian forces In Corea are eatlmaied at 9!,00l men. No further movements are planned beforo General Kouroptakln's arrival. Tho Russians are entirely confident of success oa ln1- The Manchurian vil lagers are very friendly, and bring dally a big supply of fresh provisions to the moving regiments, receiving cash pay ments In Chinese currency. All the avail able mules have been bought by the com missary, and transports of enormous herd, of cattle are visible, driven from the Inte rior. Fortifying. Yin Kow. (Copyright, 1904, by New Tork Herald Co. YIN KOW, (via Tien Tsln, Mrch M.) (New York Herald CableTS.m-peclaI Tel egram to The Ree.) Several hundred eol- 'diers arrive here dally. Ten lght field guns are now at the Russian railway sta tion and nineteen mora have been added ' to the batteries of tha forts i.: 1 river mouth. There are 1,600 soldiers now hero and 1.000 are expected to arrive today. The Chinese say that the Russian poet of Chin Chnu. near Port Arthur, was at tacked by 500 Chunghouses on March 11 thirty Russians being killed. The Chunff houses were finally driven oft, having loot four killed. I Interviewed Colonel Munthe of Viceroy Yuan Shin Hal's army, who came to New Chwang recently on an official mission and proceeded to Port Arthur to remove the women nnd children there. He says ths Russians refused permission, but prom ised to send away all the Chinese who desired to leave. Fifteen hundred were sent to Che Foo by one. steamer and 1.000 more by the steamer Pleiades. Many ' women and children were sent to various) points in Manchuria by railway. The Russians say no more Chinese desaO to leave. Colonel Munthe was satlsfloa with this arrangement. 'Little Damage hy Shells. ST. PETERSBURG, March 18. A corre spondent of the Associated Press, who has Just visited Port Arthur, telegraphs from Mukden today as follows: "Despite tha various bombardments at Port Arthur, the external aspect of the city remains unohnnged, although the enemy fired an enormous number of pro jectiles. The battleships and cruisers bear marks of fighting. The black clouds of smoke from their stacks overhang the town. The cruiser Pallada stands almost repaired In the dry dock. "Near the entrance of the harbor can be seen ths charred wrecks of ths Japanese fire ships. Aboard one of the farthest out was found the body of a Japanese officer who had shot himself. Beside him lay a chart showing the course of the fire ships and the spot where they sank. 'Six hours of firing by the heaviest guns during the last bombardment did not de molish a single building, but cost a few lives. The bunbaad and child of Baroness Franck, who was decapitated by fragments of a shell flying In through the window, were unharmed. The enemy, in endeavor ing to stand as far as possible outside the runge of the Russian butteries, rendered their own lire Ineffective. The people are becoming used to the bombardments and the Japanese squadron cruising in the off ing causes little alarm. "Occupations are resuming their wonted course and many stores have reopened. Not a few women here practically refus to leave Port Arthur, despite the traglo death of Baroness Franck. During tho height of the cannonading one womser, . with dressings for wounds, wandered the streets ready to afford Hid to the wounded. "A branch of the Russo-Chlnese bank Is doing business and many wives of officers and soldiers are returning as sisters of mercy. "The defenses are strengthened every day and the troops are eager to fight. The gaiety nnd good spirits of tho troops Is surprising. During the engagement be tween the Russian and the Japanese tor pedo boat destroyers they came within a few fathom lengths of eueh other. A tor pedo from the Russian destroyer Vlustlnl tore off the stern f one of the' enemy's destroyes. Its captain standing on the bridge as it sank amid wild cries. "The Japuneae squadron is now reckoned to consist of the battleships Shlklahlma, Hatsuse, Yachoniu. Mlkasa, Akuhasla aKd Fuji. "Port Arthur Is exceedingly gloomy at night, all lights are out. Pickets stop all pedestrians. "Three Chinese bandits a few days ago attacked a house In the center of the town