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! I 1 Na Fhe Omaha Daily TPIPUB WAR-NEWS SERVICR, FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS RHPORTS, EXCLUSIH N. Y. HERALD CABLES. COMPLfcTB N. Y. WORLD DISPATCHES. If You Want to Know About the War and Know That You Know Read The Boe. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOHNING, MARCH 30, 1004 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. Bee. WATERS ARE RISING """" --' Iaoiana Hirer Doing Imm mags to Property Alonj BS-J FORCES MANUFACTURERS TO UP All Bridget Over White RWer for D V oi xir.j uuet cepi Awaj. LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED IN M'.CHIGAt lire Million Dollars Ei'.lmats of Damage to Property. TUG BOATS RESCUE PEOPLE AT SAGINAW At Oraad Rapid Conditions Arc lnriTU( and Train Service Haa rracllcaJlr Been Restored. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. March 29.-A11 rlvrro tributary to the Wabwh and Ohio are overflowing and great damage has bceii done to farms and buildings throughout outhern Indiana. At VInceiinrs the dan ger Hrmn greatest. Every precaution la being taken to jrevent the possible break ing of the levees. All sanitary sewers have been (topped with Band bags. Nearly II of the large manufacturing plants have been forced to close, and it la thought that the nity gas plant will be closed to night The electric light and power plant In also In danger. The Evansville A Terre Haute railroad haa euapended operations. In the White river bottoms 10.000 acres of wheat are Inundated. ' At Pittsburg the river haa backed Into several mines, for cing them to cloee. llaaleton Is completely Isolated. The gauge at Evansville rKls tert 16 feet f inches, which la almost a foot above the danger line. Today the east span of the big steel bridge at Bloomfleld, the only remaining bridge across the White river for a dis tance of fifty miles, waa swept away. Five Lives Ieat In Michigan. DETROIT, March . Five lives have been lost and upwards of 15,000,000 worth of damage to property haa been done by the Hood which haa devaatated many parta of Michigan during the past five days. To night the Indications are that the end la In eight, although condition are very bad at Grand Raptds and also along the course f the Saginaw river. la the Water Since Friday. SAGINAW, Mich., March 29,-Flood con ditions In this city and vicinity tonight are not Improved. The water in the river baa risen about five Inches In the paat twenty-four hour and the filling and back ing up of the sewers has Increased the area of the flooded district. All Industrial plants on the river shut down and 5,000 men or more are out of work. A tug went down the Saginaw river twice today, brli glng up twenty people early In the morning and thirty-four to night. ' One couple, Mr. and Mrs. Bockaw, who had been In the water alnc Friday, mm die, .,..,.(-' Hundred ot cattle, horses and hogs are either dead or dying with no relief In eight. The financial loss In the county will probably reach 1780.000. BAY CITT. Mich., March I9.-The flood situation her tonight remains practically unchanged, but there are Indications of an early improvement. The Saginaw river Is still rising slowly, but It is practically free of Ice aa far as the bay, there being only one small gorge on which dynamite is being used. Mall Service la Swamped. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 29-The water In Grand river has fallen more than two feet In the past twenty-four hours, nd tonight nearly a third of the flooded district can be reached without the aid of boats. Train service Is practically re stored and relief for the flood victims la ample. The an ail service Is swamped wltb tons of mail matter, accumulations of sev eral days having reached the local poet office today. DOES NOT SENTENCE BURTON Judges Falls to Pass on Case of Con. Tleted United States Seuaaor. ST. LOTJIB. March . Sentence was not passed today upon United States Senator Burton of Kansas, who was yesterday found guilty In the United Stales district court of having Illegally accepted payment from the Rialto Grain and BecuritUa com pany of St. Louis fur the use of his In fluence with the postal department In be half of the company's Interests. Counsel for Senator Burton today tiled a motion In arrest of judgment and there Is now also before the court a motion for a new trial, tiled Immediately after the ver dict was rendered. Judge Adams will first have to dispose of these motions before sentence can be passed. The defense Is busily at work preparing a bill of exceptions and making a complete record of the evidence Introduced. It may be two or three days before this Is com pleted and the bill of exceptions ready for fill tig, on which to base an appeal to the United States court of appeals, which is the court of highest jurisdiction in this case. If sentence is finally passed upon Senator Burton and his case Is appealed he will be released on bond pending the hearing .of the case by the court ot appeals at St. 1'aul In May. CHILD'S TESTIMONY IS FALSE la Chlcaaro Case Javealle Witness says She Was Coached by Wosaaa. CHICAOO. March J8.-A child's testi mony, reversed, saved five men todsy from the gallows. The result was a striking parallel to the case in which a fortnight sso Millionaire Peter Van VUaalngen practically demonstrated that under police pressure a boy named Wlltrax had given false testimony leading to the conviction of the boy'a father far murder. , Today's instance of youthful unreliability tinder oath waa Id the case of William McCarthy and four young men for mur der,' the witness being- a little girl. Appo lona Starbata. who first gave direct, straightforward. eye-witneas testimony, apparently establishing beyond question the guilt of the men, and then repudiated her swots evidence. In explanation of the remarkable change 1 v of front, the child declared that she had . been Instructed how to testify by the I , widow of the murdered man. Charge f against the prisoners were withdrawn on I the spot by the state's attorney, tha Ave ssea Immediately walking: cut Of ths ds-.'k tro by oiAer f Ute oourt. LIBERALS CRITICIZE P0ILCY leader la Parliament falls an Bal four to Resign Ml nfflre. LONDON, March 29 The usual motion providing for the adjournment of the House of Commons over the Easter holidays gave the liberal leader, Sir Henry Campboll-Ban-nerman, an opportunity to make a spirited attack on the government. He caustloully Tttleised In detail the whole policy of the -Jnlstry, which, he declared, except In the tter of Chines- labor, was marked by .Indecision," confusion and vacillation, a tortuous course and a misty atmosphere. Sir Henry added that he did not think that It was In accordance with the spirit of the constitution that Premier Balfour should retain power when the country had shown at every opportunity afforded that he no longer enjoyed Its favor. Mr. Balfour, replying, said he noted the anxiety of the liberal leader that he should resign, but he wae quite unable to see why the government should take the unprece dented course of resigning office while It retained the confidence of the house. He agreed with Lord Roecberry that the coun try should not be rushed. In regard to the fiscal question, and pointed out that the government majority even now was larger than the majority with which Sir Henry Campbell-flannei-man assumed office In or der to carry home rule. There was no reason why the courage of the unionists should be less than that o( the liberals, nor why the unionists should relinquish their task becauae falnt-heartedness had been shown In some directions. Sir Henry could settle the question of the government's resignation or not by a vote of censure. Mr. Balfour concluded with declaring that the government's fiscal policy was that of real, progressive free trade. When Winston Spencer Churchill (con servative) rose and pressed Mr. Balfour for a further explanation of the govern ment's fiscal policy, saying the vacillation of the government had caused him to be come one of Its opponents Instead of one of Its supporters, the premier and all the unionists, except ten, trooped out of the house. The Incident led to protests on the part of the other members against the dis courtesy shown to Mr. Churchill. 4UEEX LUNCHES WITH EMPEROR, Mara-herlta of Italy Meets Kaiser William at Sea. ROME, March 29. The meeting between the Dowager Queen Margherlta and Em peror William took place today. She left Rome at an early hour by special train for Terraclna, where an automobile was In waiting. Going swiftly to Gaeta, Queen Margherlta boarded the Italian battleship Re Umber to, named after her dead hus band, and went to meet Emperor William, who was on his way from Naples to Gaeta on board the Hoheniollern. The two ships thus met out at sea. The scene was picturesque, as many flags flut tered gayly, the crews cheered and the bands played the national anthems of Italy and Germany. Emperor William Immediately boarded Re Umberto, and after half an hour's chat the queen accompanied him on board the Hoheniollern, where they had luncheon. FILIPINOS COME TO COSVETIO!IS. Islanders "Will led Uelcgate to Both National (iathertt as. MANILA, March 29. The republicans and democrats here ars organising to elect dele gates to the national conventions. They will urge the adoption of legislation favora ble to the Philippine Islands. WASHINGTON, March 2.-No provision has been made by either the republican or democratic national conventions to seat delegates from the Philippine Islands. In the calls for conventions Issued by Chair man Hantia and Jones neither the Philip pines or Porto Rico are Included among the states and territories entitled to rep resentation. However, should delegates from these Islands present themselves to the conventions It Is within the province of the committee on credentials to seat them WILL Pl'T A LIMIT OX IMMIGRATION British Government Proposes Bill to Bar Certain Aliens. LONDON. March 29. The ailen Immlgra tlon bill was Introduced In the House of Commons todsy and passed Its first read lug without a division. The bill follows the recommendations of the report of the royl commission on alien Immigration, Is sued August 11 last, that the immigration of certain classes of aliens Into the United Kingdom be subjected to state control. Home Secretary Akers Douglas, in Intro during the measure, referred to the In crease of crime dus to the admission of a class of aliens In this country who Would be refused admission Into the United States. IE5Y THE PRH9EWCE OF A GUARD, Vatican Authorities iJtuarh at tho Story of Plot Asralnst Pope. ROME. March . The report published by the Daily Chronicle of London, and cabled to the United States, that the Vat ican haa for daya been guarded by a large force of Italian soldiers and police, owing to the discovery of a plot against the life cf the pope, la ridiculed by the Vatican authorities, who say that the number of carbineers snd policemen on duty at the papal palace Is no larger than ususl. Bubonte Placae la India. BOMBAY. March . The latest avail able bubonic plague returns for the whole of India for tha week ending March 19 show the apalllng mortality of 40.627, an Increase of 7.000 over those of the pre ceding week. Italian Marders Gorman Vice Consul. BUENOS AT RES. Argentine, March . Herr Dufay, the Gerrran vice consul at Salts, haa been murdered by an Italian beggar, who was arrested. The motive of the murder Is said to have been revenge. NEW YORK PENSIONS VETERAN gar-river of War of Iftl! Will Draw Allowance front tho State. ALBANY, N. T . March Both houses of the legislature have pasaed a bill author ising the payment by the state of New York of a pension of f72 per month to Hiram Cronks. a survivor of ths war of 1811 Both republicans and democrats sup ported the bill for a pension snd the sum of 171 was agreed to after a state sen ator had declared that Cronks was In want Chemist Finds Arid la Corpse. SAN FRANCISCO. Uarvh as.-Murlatle acid was found In the stomach of John H Cite by the city cheiuUt. wl.e has reported the fact to the rorviinr. Ooe was found diJ at tl.e foul of a Slant of stairs, down which be was suppoerd to have fallen However, as no fractures were found by the autopsy surgeon, the stomach and con tents were eent to the chemist. It 1 be- i uevea inmi ti'tis si a'tv MOHLER IS COMING TO OMAHA Succeeds Bancroft at ftneral Manager of the Union Paoifict LATTER RETURNS TO THE SHORT LINE Sew Executive Expected to Take t'n Hla Duties In Omaha Aboat the First ot the Coming" Month Calvin Steps I p. SAN FRAXCI8CO. March 29-The ap pointment of President A. L, Mohler of the Oregon Railway and Navigation company to succeed W. IL Bancroft as general manager of the Union Pacific railroad was announced today In the offices of the I'n lon Paciflo In this city. Mr. Mohler will make his headquarters In Omaha and w:ll probably asaume his new duties about April 1. E. E. Calvin, at present assistant gen eral manager of the Short line at Salt Lake City, will go to Portland to take charge of the Oregon Railway and Naviga tion Hues. He will have the title of gen eral manager and will have control of all the Southern Pacific lines In Oregon north of Ashland. Before their departure for the east Di rectors Stubbs and Kruttschnltt will pay visit to Portland to consult with Presi dent Mohler. Mr. Bancroft returns to his old position as vice president and general manager of the Short L,lne, which position he has con tinued to hold in addition to his duties on tha Union Pacific. UNION PACIFIC STOCK STRONG Reported that St. Paal and Union Pad Be Interests Are Getting; Together. NEW TORK, March 2.-There was an other sustained upward movement today In the price of Union Pacific stock, accom panied by a rise In St. Paul. There was no official news of any kind to explain the strength cf these stocks, but the rise was undoubtedly helped by reports that Inter ests in control of St. Paul were buying Union Pacific and that the Union Pacific so purchased was to be turned over to the St. Paul. The strength of the Union Pacific shares ever since the announcement of the North ern Securities 99 per cent dividend plan hss bsen very marked and has continued In spite of free deliveries of stock made openly by the controlling interest in the property. Union Pacific closed at 8tt74c, an advance of to as compared with yesterday, and St. Paul closed today at 144. which was 2 above yesterday. Trading waa heavy In Union Pacific, total sales for the day being 170,685 shares. St. Paul was not so active. II. 000 shares changing hands during the day. The upward movement In these shares did not attract much support to other shares on the list, as there waa a feeling that the Union Paciflo buying was con nected In some manner, not very well de fined, with the difficulties which have de veloped over the distribution of the North ern Paciflo shares held by the Northern Securities company. The stook list committee of tha New York stock exchange today had under con sideration the application to plaoe North ern Securities shares In the unlisted de partment. The petition. It was reported, came from the company Itself, or, at any rate, from Influential interests identified with the company. From the fact that these securities have been dealt In for two and a half years - on the curb, and that the supreme court had upheld the ruling of the lower court declaring the merger Illegal and requiting Its dissolution, the request to place Northern Securities on the exchange waa regarded with a great deal of Interest. The Evening Post quotes "an Interest Identified with the Northern Securities company, who Is In a position to speak with authority," to the effect that the dis tribution of Northern Securities assets will be carried out without any friction between the Morgan-Hill and Harrlman interests. HENRY T. BOGARDUS IS DEAD Old-Time Telegraph Operator Known Over tho United , States Dlea In Chlcaaro. CHICAGO,, March O. Henry T. Bogar dus, perhaps the most widely known tele graph operator In America, Is dead here In a sanitarium. Bogardus had a unique bls- tnrv 11m mtu tinrn In Rochester. 7. V. about sixty years ago. and on the death of' his wife became an Inveterate traveler. "Old Bogy," as he haa been familiarly known for a quarter of a century, had worked In every telegraph office of Impor tance in the United States, Canada and Mexico. He Is said to have crossed the continent from coast to coast and from Mexico City to Manitoba more than a hun dred times. Henry T. Pogardus waa known to every" person connected with the telegrsph busi ness in Omaha. He has been employed in every commercial and railroad office In the elty, as well as In a number of outside offices In Nebraska. Ha was known as an "old-timer." and In former years, before the telegraph became modernized, was an expert at the business. His last employ ment in Omsha was about a year ago, when he was with the Postal Telegraph com pany. Bogardus travels nave made him fa mous. Acquainted, as he waa, with every man connected with the profeasion. It was easy for him to secure railroad transporta tion and enough to eat and drink. He had a penchant for "borrowing" and for secur ing the lsst named commodity. He once said that his record up to the time he quit keeping a diary a few years ago showed hla trsvels to have covered over TOfl.ftTO mllea of railroad. In addition to thla he claimed to have walked about 6.000 miles. his greatest pedestrian adventure having been from Omaha to Denver. CANAL COMMISSION STARTS Members Will Inspect Proposed Course of Waterway Across Isthmos. NEW YORK, March 9 The members of the Panama Canal commission sailed to day on the steamship Alliance for Colon. They will Inspect the entire route of the canal and will look over some of the doc uments of ths canal company, preparatory to the delivery of the property to the United States government. They 'proba bly will remain at the Isthmus about two montha Crude Oils Aro Lower. PITTSBURO. March -The Standard Oil comuanv today reduced its auotatiuna on all crude oils. The rut In the Pennsyl vania product amounted to I cents, making the quotstion tint. Other credit luUnura. tndudins both hinh and low aradea were cut lu proportion. This 1 Ui XvuUt Cut ( cc&ia sums Jaarva a, JUDGE BREWER IN CHICAGO Delivers aa Address laser Auspices of the Municipal Lecture Association. CHICAGO, March "Waste no time or strength over trivial d. (Terences concerning modes and methods. Enllt under the sin gle banner of civic purity, righteousness and obedience to law. Enlist not for one campaign only, but forever." This was the remedy for the purification of vice offered by Justine Brewer of the United States su prrme court In an address here tonight under the auspices of the Municipal lec ture association. Hla address was listened to with marked Interest by an audience that filled the Auditorium theater. The subject of Judge Brewer's address was "Obedience to Law the First Civic Duty." He said In part: It Is a truism that all should obey the law. Eepeclallv Is this true wherever the law Is not made for the cltlien, but where the citizen makes the law. If a number of men unite In a partnership on equal terms undoubtedly the majority sliouM control and the minority submit to thrlr Judgment or quit the partnership. Ours Is a arovernment of the people, nv :he peoplo and for the people. The underlying prin ciple of republlt-an Institutions Is equality. Ench man Is entitled to one vote and no more. one man's vote is as rood and no better than another's. Never, howver, look upon It as property, something for barter and sale. This rule of eoualltv Is the basic principle of our political llfn, however short we may come of realising It. The Declaration ot Independence Is still a living and glowing truth and not a mere enromo of dead, though guttering, gener alities. According to this, the majority determine and make the law and the minority must obey or go elsewhere. In our thought there Is no place for resist ance to law or for revolution to over throw the decisions of the ballot. The strict enforcement of municipal reg ulations means much, not merely for the physical safety and oomrort. but also tor the moral health of the community. Vice centers in a city and all the attractions which vice is able to present llnd there the fullust manifestations. INo one can do blind to Its luxurious and costly establish ments. Go Into one of your first-class saloons and vou will find everything; which money can procure to Induce the habit of drinking. The furniture is noi inreiy comfortable, but luxurious: the walls are hung with pictures, while skillful manipu lators place before you the most tempting and delightful concoctions, the most ap- fietlzlng drinks, all of which are more or ess saturated with alcohol. So pleasant Is one experience that It is apt to be fol lowed by many, until the habit becomes settled. Waste no time or strength over trivial differences concerning modes and methods. Enlist tinder the single banner of civic purity, righteousness and obedience to law. Enlist not for one campaign only, but for ever. Immediately after the address by Justice Brewer a reception was tendered In the Auditorium, In which the general public participated. Tomorrow Judge Brewer will be the guest of the Chicago Bar associa tion. HEARING BENNETT WILL CASE Jnda-e Stoddard In Hla Argument Maintains Sealed Latter Cannot Bo Pari of tho -Will. NEW HAVEN. Conn.. March 29. Phllo 8. Bennett's will was admitted as a com petent document for probating by Judge Edwin B. Gager of the superior court, as the result of the first day's hearing In the appeal of William Jennings Bryan from , tho decision of tha probate court Which disallowed tho - tw.l"rt tottr" -found with the will giving Jtn Bryan 140,000. The chief contention., the admlsslbllltjr of the "sealed letter" as evidence, was being ar gued by counsel at the time the court adjourned for the day. Former Judge Stoddard, who appears aa senior counsel for Mra Bennett and the other heirs, fought every Inch of ground over which the appellants moved In their efforts to Introduce evidence and at times he directed bitter Invectives and sarcasm against the opposing side. Practically the whole day was taken up In an unsuccessful effort of Henry G. Newton, counsel for Mr. Bryan, to have admitted as evidence the will, the "sealed letter" snd a type written copy of the "sealed letter." Judge Stoddard said In hla argument that the main question was whether the testa mentary letter or paper conveying any part of the estate and claiming; to be a part of the will can be a part of the will when not In compliance with the statutes and which la not signed by three wit nesses according to law. He eald no paper or codicil can be any part of the will unless signed by three persons in the pres ence of the testator. He said : "There Is absolutely no authority that a paper executed as this Is and coming into existence as this does was ever admitted to probate as a part of a wtll." He said that the paper must be as com- pIeta ,n 'very 'eU" " a w,n ltt- ni haa the same jurisdiction In the statutes as any regularly drawn testament. Court at this point adjourned, and Mr. Newton will make a reply to Mr. Stoddard at the opening of court tomorrow SWINDLES THE RAILROADS Anea-ed Preacher Works Them for Thousands of Dollars Worth of Transportation. CinCAOO, March !. (Special Telegram.) W. H. Demlng, who claims to be pastor of the Third Baptist church of Omaha and graduated from the Divinity school of the University of Chlesg-o In 1901. and now a missionary of the "Christian Theraupetlo association, waa arrested today on charge of obtaining railway transportation under false pretenses. He la accused of defrauding nearly all the western railways terminating In Chicago. Secretary Mandel of the Western Passen ger association says Demlng haa obtained thousands of dollars worth of half-rate tickets from railways since January 1 and sold them to scalpers. Plans made to cap ture him were successfully carried out today at the city ticket office of the Wis consin Central railway. Demlng applied for a half-rate ticket to Minneapolis and return. There Is no Third Baptist church In Omaha and no person by the name of W H. Demlng In the directory. So far as could be learned there never was preacher In Omaha by the name given. MINISTERS ISSUE AN APPEAL Call Upon Cltlsens of Missouri to Take Reins of Government During; the Klertlons. ST. LOUIS, March 2.-Korty-five minis ters, nearly all of whom are pastors of St. Louts churches, have Issued a signed appeal to the citizens of Missouri in behalf of law and order during elections. The doc ument is declared to be nonpartisan, the slgnurs stating that they "are solely tereated in re-estabttshlii avood govern nient in the city and commonwealth." The appeal declares that the people of th state "must look to their suffrage, us It iui already ceawd to count." In concluding, tha ministers call on every man to attein bis respective party primaries "and so re tain lb reiua ot govvriumuit,' JAPANESE ARE FORTIFYING Preparing a Btronj Lin to Pall Fac cn la Oat of defeat MANCHURIANS FRIENDLY TO RUSSIANS ge Somber ol farm neporiea io Be Ready and Willing to Assist that C-onntry Against the Japanese. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., lfsM.) PING YANG, March It (Via Shanghai. March 29.) (New York Herald Cablegram Special IV log ram to The Bee,) The Chong Chou river at present Is the line dividing Uie Japanese and Russian forces. Anju Is held la force by l,5n) Japunese, who aro being continuously reinforced from Ping Yang, and latterly also from Chliuuiipo. The latter city Is being strengthened ns part of the Japanese scheme to offer a ter rible resistance In tho event of a forced retreat- Similarly all tho strategetical points have lecn fortified as the advance progresses. The Ping Yang walls and gates have been armed. On the hills over looking the city the Japanese have mounted guns. The work has been In progress for the last five years, disguised army officers and other spies having been busy, so that now the Japanese advance with a knowl edge of every necessary point In the strate ge'ichl scheme, and these are being quietly and effectively occupied. The territory north of the Chon Chou river Is still Russian. The main routes are filled with cavalry. Each party is accom panied by an Intelligence officer, busy sketching and surveying. The present military delay, while valuable to Japan, Is Infinitely useful to the Russians, enabling them to push forward their first line of resistance southward over the country con sidered friendly to Japan and thus weaken the Japanese army before the real con test Is begun, where Russia Is supreme. Natives Friendly to Russia. A party of American miners conveying bullion were entertained yesterday at the Herald headquarters here. They have had many opportunities of judging the feeling of Manchurlans and Chinese and express strong opinion that all are In favor of Rus sia, which a large number are prepared to assist actively. They tell also how Russia Is enormously strengthening a large num ber of fortified poets along the Yalu, heavy reinforcements having arrived during the last three weeks. The miners, who crossed the Chong Chou river in boata, feel certain that the Japan ese will be unable to throw a pontoon bridge across that stream before early In April, owing to the severity of the past winter. Huge quantities of heavy Ice .are In the mouth of the Anju, still unbroken. Foreigners, long resident here, agree that the first Japanese reverao will be followed by an uprising of tha Tongkaks, a secret Corean society, whlo hannounces it Is an ally of RusHla. Wherever ths Japanese have military work Corean coolies are pressed Into their service. A number of Jananeae horses died on the northward march, hence the Japanese have requisitioned all horsea within a ra dius of several miles from Ping Yang. The Coreans remaining here become dally fewer. The Japanese flag nies on me houses of rich and poor a Ilka The atreets are cleaned and filled with hurrying sol diers and small tradesmen, a cloud of whom bos descended on Corea. General Sasaki, commanding the first im portant Japanese advance to the north. expected to leave yesterday, but the orders wre changed. Moreover, his senior, uen- eral Inouye, has arrived here. He was re ceived In great state and assumed local direction. He will be followed shortly by two Imperial princes, who will join the Imperial guard. Must Walt for News. It may be some time before definite news can be given of heavy land fighting. The great forward movement of the Japanese may be again put back, for, In my opinion. the Japanese were not prepared to follow up Immediately the mastery of the sea, coming as It did, long before It was ex pected. Moreover all te correspondents were forced to return to Seoul. However the great Japanese machine works every where smoothly. The spirit Is a splendid one of confidence and quiet determination. Both officers and men realize the great privations and enormous difficulty ahead. but unflinchingly resolve to attain the great objective, Harbin. In conversation an official expressed the opinion that if Harbin be taken Japan alll turn to America and England, say ing: "We 'have fought your battle. Help us by diplomatic pressure to keep Man churia open, whose key In Harbin we possess." TREAT JAPANESE PRISONERS WELL Mow and Women from Port Arthur Bring; Good Reports. (Copyright by New York Herald On., 1904.) PEKING, March 29 (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) I have Interviewed a Japanese merchant who waa a prisoner at Fort Arthur from February S to March 11; also five Japanese women who were detained at prisoners. All speak In the highest terms of their generous treatment by the Russians while In prison and on the railway. Every courtesy was shown to the women and good food was provided. No money or other prop erty was taken from them, and stories to the contrary are unfounded. The above statement Is confirmed by an American who was allowed to return to Port Arthur for twelve hours on March 22. Only three Russian men-of-war were seri ously damaged. One of these was beached In a good position for service as a land battery. No serious damage haa been effected on the land defenses apparently. and there are sufficient supplies for one year. Tho railway to Port Arthur was working well, carrying men and supplies. There are about S5.0u0 troops In Port Arthur. RUSSIA'S EMPLOYE IS ROW CONSUL Represents Kraai-e at Now Chwang and riles Trl-Oolor. TIKN TSIN, March . A Frenchman named Kreautlar, an employe of the Russo Chinese bank, has been appointed French conaular agtit at New Chwang. He haa hoisted the French flag over the bank buildlr-tf. It Is considered probable that this is a forerunner of a movement to fly the trl -color over all the Russian govern ment buUdlosa ai Kew Cbwaug. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Rain Wednesda) I Thursday Fair and t older. Temperatnre at Omaha Yesterday I Hon r. Pear. . 44 . 4.1 . 44 . 4ft . 4.1 . 4 . 4 . 61 llonr. Ilrs. S n. m a. m T n. m H a. in O a. m 10 a, m . . . . , 11 a. m Ill m 1 P Ml rw 7 R.t 64 61 47 47 it p. n a p. m 4 p. m 5 p. in U p. na T p. m H p. m 9 p. m SUMMARY OFJTHE WAR NEWS General Koaropat kin's First Report la One of a Defent to Russian Arms. (Copyright by New Tork Herald Co.. 1904) NEW YORK. March 29.-(New York Her ald Service Special Telegram to The Bee.) General Kouropatkln, Russia's commander-in-chief In the far east, made his first report yesterday to the czar. In which he forwarded General Mlshtchenko's ac count of a battle between Cossacks snd Japsnese cavalry at Chong Ju. The en gagement waa sharp, and although the Russians were obliged to retreat, the Jap anese were unable, because of their losses, to hold the position vacated by the Cos sacks. From Ting Yang to tho Herald came special dispatches, one reporting ths ar rival there of a prince of the Imperial Jap anese house and relating the enthusiasm of the soldiers over the fact that a royal warrior had decided to share their hard ships and victories and defeats. Japan's advance was reported from Ping Yang as bring one of thoroughness. Stra tegical points along tho lino were said to be heavily fortified and every possible pre caution taken for offensive and defensive warfare. From Chtnampo a special dispatch to the Herald described the arrival of the lm KrlHl guard, the cream of the Japanese army. America, France and Knglnnd discussed the martial law order for New Chwang, but no p.ctlon was taken, the decision being to await developments lather than to be hasty In a matter wherein It Is admitted Russia probably Is well within Its rights. HUSHIXG TROOPS TO PINO YANO. Japanese 5ow Using; Chluampo aa a Landing Place. Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.) CHINAMPO, March 18 (Via Seoul Mnrch 20 nnd Shanghai March 29.) (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telgram.) Nine teen transports are now here discharging troops and half a dozen more transports arrive, discharge nnd leave dally. They are landing continuously, day and night. the troops Immediately going to Ping Yang or in open boats to a more northerly port, probably the mouth of the Chong Chon river. Prince Kanln, who waa educated in a Rus sian cavalry school, was landed toduy and went to Ping Yang to take charge of the Imperial Guard cavalry. They are well mounted, good horsemen and far superior to the other Japanese cavalry. The troops landed thus far consist of the First, Second and Fourth provincial dlvl slons, also tha Imperial bodyguard. Cruising immediately outside the harbor and for ten miles along the coast are twenty warships, mostly small boat guarding against a rear attack. . I am Informed that the original plan was to land an army at Masampo, In southern Cores, but the destruction of the Russlon ships at Chemulpo permitted the first landing there. Japan's later navul successes now permit landing at Chemulpo, and possibly even further north. There are no Russians now south of the Anju river and It Is estimated that there are not more than (,000 Russians between the Chong Chon and the Yalu rivers. Gen eral Sasaka hopes to land a sufficient force at the mouth of the Yalu to cut off the retreat of these troops. Then the Japanese objective point will be the Manchurinn city of Pong Wang Sang, sixty miles north of the Yalu, which Is an Important strategic point. The transpacfic liner Hong Kong Maru, having a maximum speed of nineteen knots, Is how lying at Chemulpo fitted as an auxllllary cruiser, mounting five-Inch guns at bow and stern. Its sides bristle with rapid fire guns and one-pounders, making it a formidable commerce destroyer. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 19M.) CHINAMPO, March 13.-(Vla Shanghai, March 29.) (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) The Ice has broken In the harbor, permitting the entry of a large fleet of Japanese transports, chiefly loaded with supplies. Immediately five boat bridges were thrown over the shallow water from the harbor's edge and the landing of the Second division, othor wise the Imperial lluard, the cream of the Japanese army, commenced. Hitherto comparatively few troops have reached here, but preparations point to nn early landing of a great lorce. Some of the Imperial Guard have set out for Anju and others for Ping Yang, where the troops are massing. All houses at Ctiln ampo have been commandered and It was only by the courtesy of Colonel Matsulshl that I established a Herald headquarters here. The telegraphs, previously In the nominal control of tho Coreans, have now been taken by the Japanese, whose strict censorship results In the mutilation and delay and the refusal of messages. I was warned not to proceed north, where the cavalry has been ordered to stop all cor respondents. I have been frequently stopped In the street with a curt question as to my business. My answer, Herald newspaper, always finds a smiling greeting and an evident desire to fraternize. CONTEST APPROAOHHU OS YALU. Croaelns; of Hlver hot Expected to Be m Serlons Mutter. (Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 1901) PING YANG, March 2ti. via Seoul. March 28. (New York Herald Cahlegrum Special Telegram to The Bee.)- For the last two weeks the Herald hss been the only news paper having a correspondent north of Seoul. There are many Indications of an approaching contest on the Yaiu, the cross ing of which U not so serious a matter as hitherto anticipated. A Japanese Imperial prince has arrived and assumed a staff position. The soldiers are enthusiastic that a member of the Im perial house should come to share their hardships. COUJPI.AI5I Or AtTIOS OK CHIWA, Russia Insists Japanese Ships Get Supplies There. (Copyright by New Tork Herald Co., 1904.) ST. PETERSBURG. March 29 (New York Herald Cablegram Special Tele gram to Tha Bee.) Attention Is being par ticularly drawn to the constant breaches whereby Japanese ships ars being con stantly revictualed and coaled In Chinese harbors. If persisted In this will result ultimately In a demand for compensation Irom this country JAPS WIN VICTORY Important Land Engagement Has Taken Place Hear Towa of Chong Ju. KOUROPATKIN SENDS REPORT OF BATTLE 6a j Eumiani Were Defeated, but at Eaarj Lost to Japansis. CAVALRY AND INFANTRY ARC ENGAGED Snsiiani Oooapr Commanding' Position, bat Upable to Hold It JAPANESE PUT UP A GALLANT EIGHT Brown Hew Aro Weakened by lessee and Aro Unable to Occupy Cay tured Position After It Is Takes. ST. PETERSBURG, March 2.-Tho em peror has received a dispatch from General Kouropatkln giving a longthy report froin General Mishtohrntko, oated at 10 p. in. March 2D, which cays an important engage ment took place near ths town of Chong Ju, In which the Russians were defeated, retiring In perfect order. The Japanese suffered Ixavlly, but tha Iluaalan losses are not stated. Cavalry and Infantry on both sides were engaged. The Russians occupied a oom- niaiuliiig position. The Japanese fought gallantly, but owing to their heavy losses were unable to occupy the position aban doned by the Rkfeslar.a. Geneial Kouropatkln s report Is as fol lows: 1 have the honor to respectfully com municate to your majesty the report ot General Mlshlchentku, aiaich X8, lv P. m., wnicn says: Mir tnree consecutive days our small outposts alieniDled to draw tha JaDanese cavalry Into 4.11I011, put their patrols, after coniuci was eHtatuiiiivii, reureu Deyond chong Ju (about tifty miles northwest of 1'lrig fang). Having learned that four njuadrons of the entmy were pooled five verrts beyond Cliong Ju on March 27, (ix companies marched toward Kuran and on j4arcb , reached (.'hong Ju st 10 o a, m. As soon as our scouta approached tha town tho e.'iorny opened fire from behind the wail. i wo squadrons promptly dismounted and occupied the heights VM yards distant. An engagement eumiud. in the town a oomDanv of Infantry and a squadron of cavalry were lying In am Lush. Our men were reinforced by three companies and attacked the Japanese with a cross tire. Notwithstanding Oils and our commanding position, the Japanese gal lantly held their ground and It waa ouly after a tierce tight of half an hour's dura tion that tha Japanese eeased Mrs and sought refuge In the houses. The Japanese nuinieu wie nfa i rose nug at two points. oon afterwards three sauadrons of the enemy were sn advancing along the lvasan toad at full uallon toward tha town. which two of the squadrons succeeded in entering while the third fell back In die order under repeated volleys from our troops. A number of men and horses were seen to rail. For an hour afterward our companlea continued to fire on the Jap anese in the town, preventing them from leaving tne streets ana houses. An hour and a half after the headnnlns- of the . engagement four companies were, i seen on the Jvesan road naatsnlng to at tack. I save the order to mount and tha entire force, with a covering squadron, ad vanced In perfect order and formed In !! neiitna ti:e mil. 1 n wounded were placed In front and the retirement was carried out alth the deliberation of a parade. The Japanese aquadron which was thrown Into disorder was evidently unable In oa cupy the hill which we had just evacuated and their Infantry arrived too late. The detachment irotectlng our rear guard sr rived culotly at Ksfun. where we hnltrd for two hours In crder to give attention to our wounded. At 9 p. m. our force reached Nno S.n. It Is supposed the Jnpanese had heavy losses In men and horses. On cur ride, un fortunately, three officers were severely wounded, Stepanoff snd Andrnoko In te chest, and Vaselevltch In the stnmarli, Schllnlkoff was less seriously wounded' In the arm, but did not leave the field. Thre Cossacks were killed and twelve were wounded. Including five seriously. General Mishtchentk o bore witness to M excellent conduct and ffallsntrv of the offi cers snd Cossacks. a"d especially pra's-s the Third comnsnv of the Arjrunslc tegl ment, commanded by Krasnostsnoff. General Kouropatkln. In his first report to the emperor from the scene of war an nounced that offensive land operations had taken place against the Japanese upon the alxth anniversary of the occupation ut Porth Arthur by the Russians. Thise operations took the form of a cavalry at- , tack yesterday by tlx companies of Cos sacks, led personally by General Miahl chenko against four squadrons of Japanese cavalry which the general believed to be beyond Chong Ju, but he found In occu pation of that town. Uesplte a cross fire which General Mlaht chenko cleverly directed against the enemy he pays a tribute to their tenacity and bravery, the Japanese only ceasing to firs after a combat which lasted for half an hour. Before the Russians could follow up their advantage three Japanese squadrons galloped toward the town, In which two of them succeeded In entering, while the third was driven back in disorder, men and hoisrs falling. The lira maintained from the town was so destructive that tho Japaness were un able to make an effective return. Further Japanese reinforcements arrived an htfSur later and in view of the superiority of the enemy General Mlshtchenko decided to re tire, although he carried with him three killed and sixteen wounded. General Mlsht chenko s Cossacks have been endeavoring for some days to come In contact with ths Japanese patrols, but the latter refused to combat. The skirmish of today will have the ef fect of encouraging the Russians to retard as much as posaible the advance of the Japanese army. Omtral Kouropatkin's dispatches report ing General Mlshtchenko's operations, as published, does not give the place of Its origin, but It Is presumed that the commander-in-chief is either at Llao Yang or enroute to New Chwang. One Hundred Cossncks Killed. SEOl'I March IS. A report haa reached here that fifty Japanese and 100 Cosaacka were killed und wounded In a skirmish that occurred between Anju and Tlngju. Marquis Ito, upon taking his departure yesterday, submitted to the government some suggestions for Corean reforms The emperor has appointed Yl Chi Ylng, a former minister of foreign affairs, as a special ambassador to bear presents to the Japanese emperor and return Ihe compli ment of Marquis Ito'a visit to Corea. JAP LAWMAKER APPLAUD TIX.O. Hear Account of Slsth Attack of Fleet I'poa Port Arthur, TOKIO. March -4 p. m Admiral Baron Yamamotn. minister of marine, read Vice Admiral Togo's account Of the alxth Japanese attack on Port Arthur In the lower house of the Japanese 1'let this afternoon. The report was received wltb tremendous applause. Admiral Yamamoto referred feelingly to the heroic death ol an officer -who was killed in the engage ment and dwelt upon the great difficulty of bottling up Port Arthur effectively. Hi said that this proJoU was still far La 1 i' ' -V 4 isjiuiy tsv auwaajrn, n. a.
