Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily
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i:STAHLISlIi:i) JUNK 19, 1871.
OMAHA, HATTHDAY !I.MN.. MAIICH IV,, l!ni SIXTHKN PAUKS.
STORM AREA IS WIDE
Entire Upper Misvlisippl Vallej Suffers
from Iti Effect-.
CHICAGO ALSO SERIOUSLY AFFECTED
St. Louis and Territory Adjacent Amon
tbe Wont EufFcreri
MANY ARE INJURED IN WRECK OF HOMES
Property Damage Great 0er a Wide Area
of Territory.
RAILROADS AMONG WORST SUFFERERS
Xrarkt Washed Ant) and Telegra
and Trlrihniii Lines Pros
trated In Etfrr Direction.
.CAST ST. LOUIS. HI., March 25.-The
wind and ram storm that swept over here
last right caused a large amount of prop
crty damage. Injured many persons and
seriously crlpided the local and lnterurban
Street rar traffic, hut no fatalities have
been reported. Among the Injured are:
Thomas Dorris, hurt under debris of
home.
Mrs. Thomas DnrrK hip and arm broken
anl Injured Internally
Frank Dorris, eon. left foot crushed off.
Louis Kaiser, struck by brick.
I'hlllp Rlpllnger.
Six Rlpllnger children, all hurt In over
turned house.
J mies Wood, hurt by flying debris.
Johrt Llnten, bruised.
An old land mark, known as the Custom
mills, occupied aa a boarding house by a
dozen miners, was blown down. The oc-
upants escaped with bruises.
The home of Philip Rlpllnger was over
turned and Rlpllnger and his six children
were rescued from the debris. All were
bruised.
At the aluminum works of the Pittsburg
Reduct on company, one rulidlng, contain
ing machinery, was demolished and the
electric llsht plant was badly damaged
DISBANDS THE ARMY AND NAVY
Republic of I'aaama Tnraa Ha Atten
tion to Aiding Sufferers
from Fire.
PANAMA, March 15 By recent decree
the Second battalion of Panama troops
on the Isthmus Is disbanded. If aving' only
one battalion under the colors, and the
vessels forming the Panama navy are
offered for sale.
Owing to the fire at Bocas del Toro.
March . four government secretnrlea have
beer. Bent there by President Amador to
study the means to be taken to repair
the damages sustained by the town, the
loss being about 16O0.0O0. They sailed from
Colon last night upon the United Fruit
company's steamer Preston, taking with
them some relief supplies for the Inhab
itants, who Buffered from the conflagration.
President Amador yesterday gave a ban
quet to Second Vice President and former
Governor ObaJdla. William W. Russell.
the retiring secretary of the United States
legation, recently appointed minister to
Colombia; Colonel J. R. Shaler. superin
tendent of the Panama Railroad company;
Senor Arango, and other prominent per
sons were present. The legislative as
sembly adjourned yesterday afternoon.
HOLD UP FORI OMAHA ITEM
EiUbliibmct of Bigaal Corpi Echoed e
pentli on Confereacs Ao;
.r;0UGH
GOOD CHANCE OFF"1
to Have He-
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Sioux Ini -,Art
reived . . Than (iotf rnmt nt
Promised Them In Any of
the Treaties.
BO!MI DE CA STELLA MS MAKES IKSK.
HIGH WATERSJN MICHIGAN
Battle Creek, Lansing; and Krnnd
Rnplds Are Flabllng Heavy
Floods.
Creates Trouble by Opposing Lonbffn
Visit to Rome.
PARIS, March 26 Count Honl de Caatel
lane (republican) created a scene in the
Chamber of Deputies today. When Foreign
Minister Delcasse asked for a credit of
$!K),00U to defray the expenses of President
Louhet's visit to Rome, the count Bald it
was understood that the president would
not visit the popo and yet would visit the
representative of the dynasty who had
despollrd the papacy. M. Brlsson, presi
dent of the house, Interrupted th speaker,
declaring that his words were an Insult to
the French nation. Amid great disorder
tho count continued speaking. lie asserted
that M. Loubet's visit was to be made to
a king who owed his throne to Free Ma
sonry. In seeking the friendship of Italy,
the speaker added, France was sacrificing
the friendship of the Vatican. Several
deputies replied to the count.
M. Delcasse. In supporting the credit,
made a significant allusion to the Franco
Russian alliance which brought out much
enthusiasm. lie said M. Loubet's trip to
The entire west wall and part of the Rome was another evidence of the rap-
roof .f the Suhurbon railway substation proachement between nations which began
was demolished. Plank sidewalks were with the alliance with Russia and the
blown away, telegraph and telephone polos fnithful, continual maintenance of that al-
broken off, and all over the city homes liance. This waa the first' allusion to the
were damaged.
Much Damage at Chicago.
CHICAGO. March 25. Further details of
the damage caused by last night's storm
In the suburbs of Chicago were obtained
today. At Washington Heights several
Russian alliance since the beginning of the
war in the far east, and In view of the ef
forts in some quarters to weaken the al
liance the statement of the minister for
foreign affairs waa considered Important
The foreign minister did not reply to the
persons were Injured, and houses were criticism or count Bonl, out credit was
blown down or unroofed. In Morgan Park voted by an overwhelming majority
and Fernwood the storm reached the pro
portions of a tornado. Five houses were
unroofed, another blown from Its founda
tion and mllea of telephone and telegraph
poles were blown down. Twisted tele
graph wires blocked the Rock Island and
Pan Handle railway tracks. Sidewalks
were wrenrhed from their place and thou
TIRKEY AGREES TO THE PLAX
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, March .-(Special Tele
gram.) The house conferees on the mili
tary appropriation bill have disagreed to
the Item regarding the Signal corps, on the
ground that as It is new legislation and
the house should have an opportunity to
pas. on It. This Item, which was Inserted
by the senate, provldees for an Increase of
the Signal corps to 1.J32 men, nenrly double
the present complement. I'pon the pnssag
of this Item depends whether Fort Omaha
shall be rehablllated and made a permanent
school tnd garrison for the Signal corps
The house conferees stated that personally
they had no objection to Increasing the 81k
nal corps, and they belleed t when the
house was brought face to face with the
proposition that It would direct the con
ferees to recede from the disagreement,
recognizing the necessity for such Increape.
Major Hull, chairman of the military af
fairs committee and chairman of the house
conferees, openly favors the Increase, and
has pledged himself to do what he can to
bring the house to his way of thinking, but
as the tenate has Inserted so much new
legislation in the army bill. It was thought
but right that the house should have a
chance of saying whether It was In accord
with Its confereea or whether the senate's
amendment should be adopted. The failure
of the house confereea to accept an amend
ment Increasing the Signal corps has made
it necessary for the senators and repre
sentatives from Nebraska to labor for the
success of the measure, which will prob
ably be brought to the attention of the
house on Monday.
Senator Millard waa actively at work on
the ,.oor house the house nearly all day,
as were other friends of the Item, and to
night It Is stated that there Is a good
chance of the Increase being voted by the
lower branch of congress. Senator Quarles.
member of the senate conference commit
tee, stated today that there were eight
Items of disagreement which the conferees
of the house would submit to that body,
many of these Items being wholly new
legislation. He believed, however, that the
amendment Increasing the Signal corps
would be adopted.
No new legislation Is necessary to locate
a school of Instruction for the Signal corps
at Fort Omaha, as the secretary of war
and chief of staff are empowered to do all
things looking to the betterment of mlll-
DF.THOIT. March IS. From nil over
lower Michigan today i omcs- reports of
floods after last night's severe rainstorm,
that caused losses that will reach Into
hundreds of thousands of dollars. Rivers
everywhere ore greatly swollen and the
creeks ate taking on the proportion of
livers. Severe damage in reported from all
along the Grand river, the Kalamazoo and
St. Joseph livers ure out of Ahelr banks,
the Flint liver is flooding the cities a'.ong
its bunks Hrid u serious flood Is threatened
by the Saginaw river, liams and bridges
have gone out along all of the streams,
(treat damage has tieen dona nt Grand
Rapids, Kalamazoo. Rattle Creek and lous
ing. At Nlles the resldeneo section near
Front and North Second streets Is flooded.
The railroads are badly Interrupted by the
floods nnd washouts.
GRAND RATIDS. Mich.. March 26-The
flood situation Is very serious here today.
Owing to the rapid rise of Grand river,
which Is now three Inches above the high
water mark of three years ago, at least
forty of the largest faetorlea In the city
have been obliged to close, and thousands
of men pre out of work. Basements of all
the large buildings In the wholesale dis
trict are flooded and the damage la already
very heavy. The entire southwest section
of the residence district Is under water
and people are using rafts to go about.
Three Uvea have been saved at Wealthy
avenue. A man who came floating down
the river on a timber was hauled ajthore
and two boy were taken from a drifting
cake of Ice.
Towns further up Grand river report
unprecedented floods. At I O well one-third
SEVEN MILES OF FLAMES the beejulletin.
Fi e Sweep Southern Holt County for
Course of Twenty liilra.
STARTS AT WHEELER COUNTY RANCH
Towns of Amelia and Chambers ia
the Dry Creek Valley Are
Sated by Fire
Lines.
O'NEILL., Neb., March "5 (Special Tele
gram.) No lives havo been lost on account
of the pralrla llres In Holt county, but a
large amount of property has been de
stroyed, consisting mostly of hay, cattle
sheda and winter pasture and a few school
houses. The damage will run Into many
thousands of dollars, and tn some localities
has completely destroyed all the feed In the
neighborhood. The bitter cold north wind
will cause further loss of rattle on account
of shedo and feed being destrojed.
The John McCafferty ranch, near Slocum
rostofflce. had practically everything
burned but his cattle, and five of them were
lost in the fire. In that locality Ab Wilcox
lost practically everything. Including his
house. Ranchmen Fuller, Johnson. Hard
ing, Eanst and others Buffered heavy losses;
Raymer, Smith -and Fullerton lost all but
their houses. Thousands of tons of hay
was burned on Holt creek, south of Atkin
son. Hoppe Bros.' fine ranch on Cache
creek was a heavy loser.
The Pre north of Page, In the northeast
part of the county, did considerable dam
age.
Near Amelia, In the south part of the
county, the fire spread over a distance Ave
miles In width, taking an Irregular course
of the town Is under water. The Grand j '"ne ten miles In length, destroying nearly
Forecast for ebrnskn Fair Satnrday
nnd Sunriavi Marnier Sunday In
Fast Portion.
Page.
1 Severe gtorma Sweep Wide ren.
Slgnul Corps School at Ft. Omaha.
Prairie Fires Do tireet Dnniaar.
Latest Vai from Scene of Mar.
a Review of Situation In Far Hl.
Miners tn Make Test of the l.nn.
Decides to Impeach .Indge Sw oyne.
Reyes Starts Hack to Colombia.
3 Sews from All Parts of Nebraska.
Harrison Polls Ont nt the Race,
4 Woman and Child's Xarrow Escape
Man Dlea Jnat One Day Too Ite.
A Rig Church Fvent Comes to Omaha
Many Are Ont for I'tt'a Plnce.
myth Firm for Brian and Silver.
l Connrll Dlnffs and Iowa Jitni.
T Dlfllenlt Feata of Measurement.
N America Pays Statesmen Little.
Summary of Troubles of Dreyfns.
Ravages Committed by nig Fires.
lO Senators gee Chance for Corruption
Burton Testifies in Ilia Own Hehalf.
It Brltt 'lus a. Hard Rattle.
Financial Review of the Week,
ia Fdltorlal.
in Start In Sew Vacation Contest.
1,1 Financial and Commercial.
Temperature at Omaha Testerdayi
Hour. Drg. Hoar. Irg.
A n. m 24 1 p. m H
a. m itt a p. m
7 n. m a.1 :t p. m :tt
H a. in 22 4 p. m its
t a. m 2,-t r. p. m. . . . . . !M
10 a. m 34 O p. m nt
11 a. m an 7 p. in ::i
12 tn 27 n p. m S!H
O p. m 27
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and Flat rivers, which Join there, are so
swoolen that they meet In Main street,
one mile from their regular confluence.
Portland reports the west side of the town
Is under water and many people have been
rescued by boats. At Lyons the water Is
three feet deep In the village streets.
Grand liver la raging fifteen feet above
mean low water, having risen nearly a
i'oot in fot:r hours. There Is every pros
pert that the rise will continue, as re
ports from up-stream Indicate the break
ing up of the Ice and Increasing volumes
of water. Nearly nil the manufacturing
Industries of the city are situated along
the banks of the river and the continued
rise, which now seems certain, will mean
almost entire suspension of manufacturing
Viere.
BATTLE CREEK. Mich., March 25.
Flood conditions here ns a result of the un
precedented rise -of the Kalamazoo river
and Battle creek are the most serious la
the history of the city. All street ears are
stopped by the high water, the barns being
flooded; the tnree depots, the Grand Trunk,
Michigan Central and Detroit, Toledo &
Muskegon, are surrounded several inches
tary conditions within the scope of the ap- J d(ep with water and one of three bridges
propriatlons. Assurance has been given connecting the business and residence see
that should the Signal corps be Increased.
as has been recommended by the secretary
of war and general staff, that Fort Omaha
will be made the permanent home for the
corps.
Indiana Get More Than Doe.'
T o kick seems to be proverbial with In
dian character. Their association with
white men ha taught them lots of things
which they probably would never have
known had they been permitted to remain
in the forest primevial. Tha Ogallala Sioux
delegation which has been In Washington
Reaches Cnderstandlng wi'h Austria
as to Police Force;
LONDON. March J6. According to the
dispatches received today from Constanti
nople, the porte and the Austro-Russian
sands of yards of fences scattered through embassies have reached an agreement In
the streets. I regard to the organization of the Maceo-
Amona- the Injured at Washington I nlan gendarmerie under European officers,
Heights were Mrs. Scharpler, who was I o it Is believed It will not be long before
badly cut by ftylng glass. The ;amllte I the reform scheme for Macedonia, agreed
of Peter Mellen and Mrs. R. Ray bad 1 upon by the emperors of Russia and Aub-
n arrow escrpes. Mrs. Mellen and her trla at their meeting at Muersteg, Syria,
daughters were In -bed when the storm 1 last year. In Bipport of which Austria has
struck. In an Instant the roof was car- been alleged to be mo bilising troops, will tor a week and which will accompany
rled away and the terrified women were be in full operation. Agent Brennan to Pine Ridge tomorrow
drenched by the rain. I In an Interview at Sofia. March 14. Boris exemplifies to a degree the reauons for
Tbe Rav rottaae was Mo feet awav. I Sarsfoff. the Macedonian leader. shM his meir trip to W ashlngton. They came here
Mrs. Ray and several friends were In the party Inter.drd to await tha result of an to make a protest about a lot of fhlnga
parlor when the Toof of the Mellen houas Introduction of the reforms before launch- nd Incidentally demand what to them
crashed upon their dwelling, wrecking the lng a fresh Insurrection. I ,wmwl tl,e1' J"t rights. They came to
upper Btory. A number of other houses Washington to protest against the price the
an l stores were badly damaged. GOES BACK 0 HIS OWS OFFER, I trine received for the Black Hills cession.
Traffic on the Calumet Electric Street I to Present to the president their petition
railway and the Chicago Electric Traction Chicago Man Gives l'p Proposition to that they be given an increase. In view of
company, operating between Blue Island Raise the Maine. 'he failure to properly execute the treaty
and Auburn Park, was tied up for hours. HAVANA, March 25 The Cuban govern- ot ls74- Bnd X1 when the treaties were re-
Almost ever'- house In Burnslde was dam- ment has discarded the offer of George vleweo- bv Congressman Burke and the
iged by the storm. Ch!n-.neys were blown Rlchardaon of Chlcaa-o for the raisin of Indian office the Indians were shown to
down, roofs torn away, ard there was the Cnlted States battleship Maine, because "ave reoeved advantages not contemplated
scarcely an unbroken window left In the he has neither furnished a guarantee or ln Wly of the treaties, that In fact it was
suburb. No one was Injured, so far as .tKnA . contract for the execution of the th fenoroslty of the government which has
the police were able to learn. The water work. given them such large holdings and a large
covering this portion of the city role trust fund. It s true that the treaty of
bout six inches In the storm. Newark at Colon. 1ST ceedlng the Black Hills waa not siznei
South Chicago Feels Storm. COLON March 25. The Newark, flaaahln b' three-fourths of the male adults, but
In South Chicago the storm continued of Rear Admiral Blgsbee: Montgomery and on b' th chiefs and head men. the first
through the night, sweeping down tele- I Detroit, of the Cnlted States South Atlan- treaty made with the Sioux ln 18t having
graph poles and flooding a part of the tic squadron, arrived here yesterday. The stipulated as ono of Its provisions that any
town. Fred Brunk of South Chicago and Olympla. flagship of Rear Admiral Coghlan, subsequent treaty made betaeentthe gov
Mt wife, Rebecca, were severely Injured Castlne and Newport, of the United States eminent and the Indians should be signed
whsn the roof of their dwelling was blown Caribbean squadron, and two torpedo boat by three-fourths of the mala adults. Un-
off. Both were struck by bricks. . destroyers, left Colon yesterday homeward known, seemingly, to the Indians them
At seventy-fifth street and Railroad ave- I bound. I selves, tbe treaty of ceding the land
rue the wind blew the roof from a build- I I between the White and Cheyenne rivers,
lng occupied oy nrown a t o . coal deal- I -"- - - - ---"- i cured the treaty of 1876.
ere. and, hurled It against a csr on the w.-wn '.. wiarcn -u ir.eBPi, 10- As to the protest that the so-called Black
g-rs
track. None of
Jured seriously.
F.m press Does Sot Favor Alliance.
IjONDON, March 25. The Telegraph to
Calumet Electric line, filled with passen- day prints a dispatch from Its Shanghai ,, treal y nmJe , ls7(ii d;J ()t p;iy lh(,
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me passengers was in- aowager nas negauvea a proposal maue oy croDabiy true. Tll. ,rcatv of
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acres of land are pnder several feet of BERLIN. March 35.-A cable dispatch '" a-vernmem oy omer
water already and sidewalks In the south ., received today from Colonel Leutweln, treue- the Black Hllla treaty is.
end of the town are submerged. Last the governor of German Southwest Africa, -cording to authority In Washington, the
right's storm added materially to the .nnouncln that a fight occurred at Omat- DeBl reiy over niaae wun the In
tions of the city has gone out. Owners of
uptown stores are moving their stocks out
of basements and lower floors, while many
of the downtown stores are already flooded
and their owners are getting out In the
district wltt boatf. It Is feared that the
Kalamazoo river at d Battle creek will con
tinue overflowing their banks until the two
streams meet. Several bridges over the
creek went out during the night
Four hundred houses are surrounded by
water and It Is believed that the financial
losses from the flood will reach at least
$10x1,000.
LANSING, Mich.. March 23.-Tbe Grand
river has reached the highest point In its
history here, and the flood has caused
heavy dainace. The Lako Shore railroad
viaduct Is under three foet of rushing water
and all trains are delayed. The Kalamazoo
street bridge went out during the night
Gasoline floating down on the flood from a
leaking tank ran Into the boiler fires at tho
Gates & Edmonds Gas Engino company
plant, resulting ln a fire that gutted the
plant. The loss Is $20,000. Two other fires
along the river were caused by slaking lime.
At nil three the firemen fuucht the flames
ln water waist deep.
KALAMAZOO, Mich., March 25 As
result of last night's torrential rain the
Kalamazoo river rose thirteen inches, and
today an area half a mile square ln the
section known as the liver bottoms Is
flooded from one to six feet. Several fac
tories were compilled to close by the high
water and about 8 0 men aro out of em
ployment. In the flooded district the real
dents are getting about ln boats, many of
the houses being submerged to their second
stories
SAGINAW, Mich., March 25. etreets in
the lower parts ot this city are covered
with water as a result of last night'
heavy rain.
OWOSSO. Mich., March
Ml the hay and feed ln its path
At this time It Is reported here that all
the fires are out and no further trouble Is
expected.
CHAMBERS. Neb., March B5.-The little
tewn of Amelln, which waa threatened by
prairie fire yesterday, was saved. The fire
came to within three miles of the town, but
he wind shifted and carried the flames
another way. The fire burned to within
three-quarters of a mile of Chambers,
sweeping a strip seven miles wide.
Fires at Other Places.
RED CLOUD, Neb., March K (Special.)
The Miner ranch, a little distance south
west of town, waa nearly devastated by a
disastrous fire Wednesday evening which
started from a spark from an engine. Sev
eral buildings were consumed Including one
large barn ln which was a number of head
of stock, which were saved by the work
men. A large grove was also partially
destroyed. The buildings on the ranch
were insured.
RIVERTON, Neb.. March 25. (Special.)
In a prairie fire Wednesday August Hundt
lost all his buildings on his farm, six miles
north of here, except his house. All his
grain, machinery, etc., waa destroyed, also
fourteen head of calves perished. The
wind, which blew a gale, rendered all f
forts to subdue the flau.-es futile.
GIBBON, Neb.. March 7R.-(Speclal.)-
Pralrle fires from the northwest oame over
the hills, fanned by a terrific vrtr.3. accom-;-anled
by dust that filled the air ;:id made
It almost Impossible to see shortly after
noon today. Beebe Brothers' ranch was di
rectly In line of the fire and they lost their
barn, hog sheds, granary, hen house, farm
ing tools, harness, hay and about twenty
hogs and a lot of chickens besides miles of
fences. The house and part of the build
ings were saved by hard work. Although
It Is five miles from town directly against
the wind over fifty men went from town on
receipt of a telephone call for help. TT.e fre
was carried half a mile to Overturr s cor
rals, but guards there promptly put It out.
The fire split north of Joe Morrow's and
the east half took In Ben Griffin's farm.
AH the buildings were saved except one
cuttle shed. Hnd the fire got by Overturf's
it would have burned Gibbon and most of
the surrounding country.
BLUM MUST SHOW HIS HAND
Plaintiff la Suit Against Distilling
Company May lie Examined
by Court.
NEW TURK, March M.-fpon allegations
that an action brought by Edwin Blum of
this city Is similar to the Peter Power
litigation against the Northern Securities
company, several well known capitalists
Int-rested In the Distilling Company of
America, known as the "Whisky trust,"
have secured a favorable ruling by Su
preme Court Judge Glldersleeye.
In his suit Blum charges that tha
promoters of the distilling company, which
Is caplta'.ized at $135.nna.3on, made large
profits out of the promotion at the ex
pense of the company. The defendants
set up the plea that Blum la merely a
figurehead, being a broker'e clerk, 21 years
old, and moved that he should be examined
before the trial to ascertain the real
promoters of the suit In order that the
defendants might properly answer.
In the affidavits on which the order for
Blum's examination was asked, the de
fendants allege that Nathan injur has
more than an Indirect Interest In the litiga
tion. Mr. BIJur made application to have
the parts of these affidavits referring to
him stricken frOm the record on the
ground that they were scandalous.
Judge Gllderslecve refused this appllca
tlon and now has denied Blum's motion
to vacate the order. No doto was set fo;
Blum's examination.
Those named In the suit are the lata Wil
liam C. Whitney, Thomas F. Ryan, Henry
D. MacDona, P. A. B. Widener, William .
Eikins, Thomas Dolan, Frederick P. Olcott,
Anthony N. Brady, Hugh J. Grant, Fred
erick 8. Flower, John I. Waterbury, Samuel
M. Rice. Edson Bradley, George L. Shel
don, llowaid J. M. Cardeza and P. Leads
Anderson.
THANKS FOR TOGO
Japanese Honse of Bepretentitim Ex
presses Appreciation of Berrioes.
MINISTER OF MARINE MAKES ADDRESS
Caji Japanese Narr Has Been Kept Con
stantly Ready for Action.
MINISTER REGRETS NECESSITY FOR WAR
Intimates that P. epa rations of Russia
Tores , tha Iisne.
GREAT BRITAIN'S SYMPATHY WITH JAPS
Issue Bulletins in Lugllsh, Japanese
and Chinese Languages Rejoic
ing at Victories of the
Drown Men,
TOKIO. March 26. The House of Repre
sentatives today listened to a tlnnliiciia
spveoh by M. l'aiuumotu, the minister oi
marine, and passed with enthusiasm ai.,1
without a tlisiMintJng voice a voto ot thaiiKx
to Vice Admiral Togo and his btlicers tor
their service to tlm country. V hen u
vole was Utksu thu members of the huus.i
aiuso ahd chtxired thenuvy.
ln tlm course of bis remarks the minister
of marine said It was no i.ew thing to
be prepared for emergency In tlnio cf
pe.lue, out that sinee lust October tha
Japaneso navy had been under Uie neces
sity of Increasing Its sita.gth and had
been constantly ready for action on ac
count uf the actions of Russia. This thu
minister regretted.
Continuing, he said It bad been manifest
to every observer that Russia had con
stantly Increased Ita strength ln the far
east and that had Japan not purchased
the cruisers Nlshln and Kasaga from Ar
gentine, its naval strength would have
been below that of Russia.
Referring to the result of the work ot
the vice admiral anil his fleet, M. Varna
moto told the House of Representative
that to block a port successfully the
blockaders should be at least twice as
strong as the defenders of tha port. He
said that the latent reports showed that
the Russians bad four battleships, five
crjlMcrs and ten torpedo boat destroyers
afloat at this time, from which It must be
concluded that the work of repairing at
Port Arthur was being carried forward
efficiently. The latest attack on Port
Arthur had enabled the Japanese to ob
aerve the actual stiength of the enemy.
Continuing, the minister of marine said
that while he hoped fur a speedy termina
tion of tho war, he must warn the members
of the house not to be oversangulne. The
united efforts of Japan's soldiers and of
civilians of high degree, he concluded.
Would aurely carry the war ro a glorious
and successful termination, ,
WHIPS ALLEGED HIGHWAYMAN
Mlssonrl Mob Wreaks Summary Ven
geance I'pon Prisoner at St.
Clair.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RUMORS
General Manager Kruttschnltt Says
There Are No Changes Other
Than Those Announced.
ST. CLAIR, Mo., March 25. Forty masked
men, many of them carrying shotguns,
broke into the jail here early today and,
securing Winn Davis, arrested on tho
charge of highway robbery, took him from
the jail, whipped him nearly to death and
then turned him loose.
Deputy Sheriff a P. Weatherford at
tempted to stop the mob from entering the
Jail, but the shotguns were leveled at blm
and he was told that unless ha stepped
anlde he would be riddled. He stepped
One hundred ! aside. The door of the Jail was smashed
dians.
Millions for the Sioux.
Since the Black Hills treaty was ratified
more than $34,000,000 have been paid to tha
Sioux and since 1S6S more than $o6.ono.(Vio
fallen trolley and arc light poles and tan- MANY PATIENTS ARE EXPOSED ,iave bn pa,d th'm- w"cn these facts
were snown to uie aeiegatlon Amerlcnn
Fire la a Michigan Hospital Beads I none, a menioer or ine delegation and
Sick People lalo Deep bo'" one of the lnatorles to the treaty
oi mere was a iook or disgust on the
faces of the head men of the Osalallas.
25. A Ure They hsd no Idea that the government kept
gravity 'of the situation. The total dam- I sko mountain March 1, which resulted In
age there la put at $15. ON). tne Herreros being repulsed, with the loss
The wind put an end to the Rogers Park I 0f ten men killed. The German loss wss
street car service In North Clark street, two men killed and two wounded
Between Devon and Greenleaf avenues
fallen trolley and arc light poles and tan
gled and broken wires stopped all traffic
during the nlt;ht and caused the calling
cf policemen and firemen to prevent fatall
ties. Throughout Lake View considerable
damage wss done by wind and rain.
Houses Blown Down.
families have been driven from their homes
In this city by high water.
PEORIA, 111., March 2T..-The Illinois
river toduy reached tho highest point ever
recorded. 21.7 feet above low water mark,
and Is still rising. Much damage has oc
curred. The dike of La Marsh drainage
district, opposite Pekln, went out today,
washing away the tracks of the Peoria
end Pekln Terminal railway and causing
a suspension of traffic. East Peoria is
flooded and many residents were compelled
to flee to homes of neighbors on higher
ground. The wagon bridge at Lafon Is
two feet under water, and expected to go
out at any moment. A few inches more
rise will plunge Chllllcothe in darkness
and cause suspension of the water works
plant. All along the low lands much suf
fering Is reported, but no deaths so far.
Much stock, however, has been destroyed.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 25 General
Manager Kruttschnltt. J. C. Stubbs, E. O.
McCormick snd William Sproule of the
Southern Pacific company are now in this
city, the latter three having arrived today
from Los Angeles. Regarding reported
changes among the officials of the road
Manager Stubbs said:
"They have all been announced officially.
Mr. McCormick Is going east with me and
Mr. Fee la coming here. Mr. Sproule will
remain in this city. Rumors of other
changes are without foundation.
"Mr. McCormick will leave here about
April 1, to undertake his new duties ln Chi
cago. His appointment dates from that
time and Mr. Fee will take charge of the
passenger traffic at the same time In this
city."
oeneral Manager Kruttschnltt would
neither deny nor confirm the reported
cnangps to made by him as to trans
portation directors. It Is reported that
TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR.
Russia Will Render1 Regulations as
Humane aa Possible.
ST. PETERSBI'HQ, March 26. A special
commlsHlon of the Foreign office, under
the presidency of Prof. De Martens, pro
fessor of International law at the Unlveraity
of St. Petersburg, ia drawing up regula
tions for the treatment of prisoners of war.
The commission is doing Its utmost to
render tho regulations as humane as possi
ble. They will be based substantially on
those ln force at the time of the Russo
Turklsh war. They cover four main points,
as follows:
1. The conditions under which prisoners
will be held within the zone oi o.ierauoiis.
Th. riutVm1u nf the transfer of prison
ers to points of concentration and for dis
patch to European ltussin-
3. Provisions for quartering prisoners.
4. The feeding of priaouers.
They will receive the same rations as
Russian troops. Officers givsn their paroln
will be allowed to live in private quarters.
Valuables found on prisoners will be regis
tered nnd kept for them.
A list of prisoners captured will be posted
by the general staff and the names of the
dead will bo communicated to the Foreign
office for tho Information of relatives. The
nanus of foreigners captured while serving
with the Japanese will also be communi
cated to the Foreign office. ,
In and Davis was dragged out. pleadinir
for mercy. The leader of the mob re- I there Is to ! no removals or transfers
Baovr.
W.CANABA. Mich.. March
JOLIET. 111., March StL A score of houses which broke out In the Delta county hospt- I io close tab with the several idlan tribes.
here were unroofed by the storm. Many tal caused a panic among the sixty patients. Then when tho president told them that
barns and small buildings collapsed. Win- many of whom were forced to leave the the old men would be taken care of but
dows, chimneys, sidewalks snd fences all I building by means of bidders and fire that the young men would have to work u
.ver the city suffered. escapes, clad In night robes. Borne whom 1 capped the climax of their visit, nnd It u
WHITEHEATH, 111.. March 2S.-The I'nl- were thought to be at the point of death believed that they are rot rut back home
versallst church, Murray's elevator and I were compelled to stsnd outside In deep wjth a much more comprehensive Idea of
rianagan'e hotel have been blwn down snow for half an hour before shelter could What the government s policy is towards
in a storm, i ne aietnontst rnurcn was un- be found for them In neighboring homes. I the Indians than they ever had before
rooira aim several nouses urtea OT tneir The fire was under control within an
hour, but It is feared that many of the
patients .who are suffering from typhofd
fever will never recover from the effects
of the ezpoaure.
foundations. Many telephone and telegraph
wires are down.
MRS. BOTKIN'S CHOCOLATES
Witness Teatlgea that Candy Could
Kot Have Been Palaoaed by
Copper Kettles.
SAN TOANCIHCO. March 23 -In the Bot
kln murder case today former Lieutenant
of Polloe Colby testified that the, various
exhibits In the cuae were carefully guarded
by blm during the time they were In the
posneulon ot Chief Lees.
Prof. Price, the chemist who examined
the chocolates received at Dover, said that
there Is no arsenic In erdlgrls from candy
makers' co;i;m r kettles, which Attorney
Kuisht luUiualeJ ndgiit have poisoned tha
candy.
Former Postoffice Inspector I ruin testi
fied that a package mailed here OB. August
aUould reach. Doxar. Vl 0 eV-"l V
THUNDER DETHRONES REASON
Tanktona Hava a Kick.
Close upon the hools of tbe OgaJallos
there comes a delegation of the Yankton
8131.x. composed ot the very eld men of
the tribe. Big Tobacco being one of the
leaders, with David SVepher as Interpreter.
They come here for the purpose of com
placing against the regulations put out by
the Indian ottlce. They don't want their
children forced to attend the reservation
schools; they want their children to go to
BLIZZARD IN NORTH DAKOTA
Trains
Are
I .OSS
Delayed and
at Stock Is
Feared.
Heavy
During Heavy R torus naittit'i
Nerves Are t'aatrung and He
. Tries ta Kill Wife.
ST. IjOCIS. March t6.Durtng the heavy I the district schools, which Is Interpreted by
storm that swe;it over St. I-culs a terrific I the Indian office to mean no school. Then,
peal of thunder shattered the nerves of again, they complain that the lease money
Julius Hamm ard he smldm'.y sprang to I for their lands is not paid with the alacrity
his fet, seized a lighted amp and hurled I which they desire, falling, of course, to
It st his wife's h"wd. l' secured a rope I reoogelse that after a lease Is made It must
and tried to onj-t It about her, cowboy he sfnt to the secretary of the Interior for
fashion, when lightning flashes Illuminated his approval. They also complain that there
the rovin. tilling her he was going to kill are not enough Indians mployed at the
ST. PAVL. March 26. The Northern Pa
cific, Great Northern and Boo lines had a
hard time of it In North Dakota and Mon
tana today. A fierce storm has been raging
ln those states for more than thirty hours.
The railroad wires are down and the trains
more or lens blokaded. A party of execu
tive nnd traffic officials which left St. Paul i
Wednesday Is blockaded somewhere - tn
North Dakota.
The north const limited, which left St.
Paul yesterday, ia tied up at Dickeraon.
Ti I KM ARC K, N. D.. March 26. As a re
sult of a severe blizzard which began last
nltrht there are drifts from three to six
feet deep. It Is feared there will be heavy
loeses cf stock, many cattle having gone
Into the storm weak from tbe severe winter.
Trains sre delayed.
GRAND FORKS, N. D March J8. A blis
sard has been raging here today. All trains
art behind time and stock will suffer.
marked loudly:
"Wa are not here to make trouble, but
we do not Intend to have caaes from this
county pending ln the supreme court."
The prisoner was taken a short distance
from the Jail and flogged until he was
scarcely able to stand. He was then told
to go snd to regard his punishment as a
warning.
Apparently the mob assisted Davis In his
escape, for the authorities were not able
to find trace of him afterward.
St. Clair Is a small village eight miles
from Union, where the Rndolph trial Is In
progress.
HOPE SULLY WILL SETTLE
Affairs of Creditors of Cotton Specu
lator Placed la Hands of
Committee.
NEW TORK, March 25.-So far aa could
be learned in Wall street today, Daniel J.
Sully has not fixed upon any definite new
offer for his creditors. It seems to be the
disposition on the part cf the creditors to
permit the committee of five named yes
terday to represent them and negotiate
with Bully through the receivers.
Samuel Vntermeyer mid today that he
had been consulted by a ous Interests in
the event of a content, but from present In-
save those occasioned by the sjceesslon of
C. If. Markham to Kruttschnli t's position.
COLLINS MAY NOT HANG
Shackled and Guarded Prisoner Testi
fies la Court and Motion for
New Trial Is Made.
UN TON, Mo., March 25. With shackled
hands and guarded by armed men, Ooorgo
Collins, convicted of participation In the
murder of Detective Charlea J. Schumacher
and aentenced to be Lunged her? tomor
row, testified today In the trial of William
Rudolph, who Is charged with participa
tion In the same murder.
Collins detailed the story of the fight
with the posae headed by Schumacher,
when Uie attempt was made to arrest
Rudolph and blm. He said that after the
right Schumacher lay on He ground dead,
but ho made no attempt lo explain who
had shot the detective.
A motion waa fliud in the supreme court
today for an order on Divlor., No. 2
lo transfer the case of George Collins to
the court In banc for rehearing. The su
preme court in banc has adjourned to
mis may compel Governor
Dockery to grant a respite to Collins
staying his execution set for tomorrow'
WILL, MOVE 1 1TF.D STATES SHIP,
Admiral Cooper Thinks JfewChwang
No Place for the Helena.
WASHINGTON, March 25. To Admiral
Cooiier, in command of tbe naval forces
on the Asiatic station, has been left the
decision of the question whether or not
the Helena or some other United Statu
naval vesnel Is to be kept ut New Chwang
as lequrxtoil by American Interests there
The Navy department has been Informed
by Admiral Cooper that he lias decided
that the conditions are not such as to
warrant blm in detaining the Helena at
New Chwang. If the town Is attacked
by the Japanese navy the Helena would
be in the line of fire, and no neutral ship
has a right there If it can get away.
Tbe Navy department has cabled blm to
withdraw the ship, and It probably will
leave New Chwang for Shanghai and start
for Manila within the present week If the
lee continues to soften as rapidly as ex
pected. ,
idlcatlons It seems as though a fair offer ,rnt aau
of settlement would be made which would ' MinCri- MM I DC UKUWNED
obviate any necessity for litigation.
her. Hamm was overpowered by officers
snd arrested and taken to the city hospital.
The couyle have been, married lor thirty
) tara-
agenry, the clauae of their treaty being
that Indian labor at the agency should be
.Continued, on Second Pag
Parking House Men Quit.
CHICAOO. March Several bundled
beef burgers and pork butchers at the
Union Stork yards have gone on s'rWe.
The luaears demand that ore . the'- re
charged comrades be reinstated, and the
pork butchers demand overtime lt v- V- it.
UU7 say. pa Jrea u
HIGH WIND BLOWS IN ARKANSAS
Several Persons Reported ta Bo Ia
jured and Much Property Is
Deet rayed.
FORT SMITH. Ark., March . Psesen-
on a belated train on the Arkansas
Central railroad report a destructive tor
nado In a strip of country near Spring Hill,
Ark. Several persons are reported Injured,
but so far as can bo learned tie one wss
killed.
L. W. 6esmans of Kansas City, a passen
ger, ss.vs that as far as the eye rould
reach the destruction appeared complete.
Not a tree waa left standi nf and houses
were rased.
Rreaklug of Data Lets Water lato
Mine with Thirty
Mea.
LITTLE D tMif.H TO PORT ARTHl H.
Eiigllalimaii Sas llomliartlmeat Ha
lice ii Ineffective.
SHANGHAI, March 25. (New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to
Tbi Hi e.) -An Englishman who was a resi
dent fur mine years ut Port Arthur and has
lately arrived at bhaughal, gives a rosat
account of the situation there. Lie says
that the houses are too scattered for tho
Japanese to do much damage, and a large
number of the projectiles, bring armor
plerclng, have failed to explode.
The Itetvizan is the only ship seriously
Injured and the remainder ate being rap
Idly repaired.
Supplies are ample and the railway Is
running freely. He considers the capture
of 1'ort Arthur by Lssault as 1 upusi'iMe.
and that to sturvfle It would be very dim
cult. EMPRK.sS OPPOSES A A I.I.I IM I'..
for a Tie vp
Megatlves Proposition
with Japaa.
(f'opyrlght. by New York Herald Co., VM.t
SHANGHAI. March . (New York
BRAZIL. Ind.. March 25-The breaking
of a dam at the Excelsior clay works at
noon today flooded tha mine and lninrls- Herald Cablegram Spnclal Telegram t
oned thirty miners. The mine Is filled wllh Thi Hue.) The empress dowager has neg.
water and It Is believed that the men have ! n'lved a proposal made by thn viceroy. Vim
all perished. , Shi Kl. and General Ma to conclude an
i - I open alhaiica with Jspan. In view of Rum-
Tradlag la Merger Storks. i Mn's repeated viulatinnH nf Chinese terri
tory west of the Llan river, her majesty
counsels patience and a firm altitude.
NEW YORK, March 3T Trading In tie'
merger stovks on the curb was liiit.t ami
Irrexnlur at the opening. Northern Se
curities broke IS points to l .t soon
recovered half Us lofs. Great Northern
preferred sold at 1D and Northern PeriMc
orr-ned a' en aalee cf a few hundred
shares. Th market iiaxdeaea soou tior
til opening
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co., ltd I.)
Russians Regulnte Shipping.
NEW CHWANG, March 25. The I.lao
liver tecams navigable toda god aUppl (