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T The Omaha Daily Bee. jj PAGES I TO 8. j 3 PART L ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MOKXINO, AVIUL 10. 11KU SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY T1I1JEE CENTS. J REWARD FOR HEROES Cam-gig Create Tind of $5,000,000 for Bereared of Th-t Whi 8ite Lirei ENDOWMENT TO BE KNOWN AS HlROfUND Trut Hat Been Placed in the Hands of a Corx.rs.isa on of Prcmid-nt Men. SUM CONSISTS OF FIVE PER CENT BONDS Idea ia Sagfi'ted to Mr. Carnegie After Harw.t: Yin Disaster PROJECT IS THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED All Details of the Project Ar ot Vet Made I'nMIe, ant Dependents f lleroea Will He Mad Beneflrlarlrs. PITTSBURG. April lS.-Tt was mart known here today that Andrew Carnegie has crested a fund of ..'( 0 for the bene flt of the "dependent of those lo-ing their lives In heroic effort to save their fellow men or for the victim themselves If In jured totally. Provision Is made for me.1als to be given la commemoiatlon of heroic art. The endowment Is to be known as The Hero Fund,-1 and consists of 5.'."n) of first collateral B per cent bonds of the United States Btee corporation. The trust is placed in the hands of a com mission composed of the following gentle men: W. L. Abbott, Edwin If. Andrews, W. W. Blackburn, Edward M. Rig Mow, Joseph Buniingtoii. W. K. Kroln, J B. Jackson, ThaOias Lynch, "hsrles, C. Mel lor, N. Miller, . Thomas Morrison, Fred erick C. Perktus, Robert 1 Itcalrn, li. Kirk Porter, James F. Reed, W. L. Scalfe. Wil liam Scott, W. li. Stevenson, B. M. WU mot. secrt'lary. The commission held Its first meeting here toduy and made known the project. It is learned (hot the scheme waa con cleved by Mr. Carm-gl immediately after the Harwick mine diraster, when he summoned to New York Mr. Taylor, chairman, and Mr. Wllmot, manager, to discuss with them plans for the relief of the sufferers from this catastrophe. Commission la Maraed. On this occasion Mr. Carnegie announced to Messrs. Taylor and Wllmot his inten tion to endow a fund for heroes, outlining his plana and asked that they consider j the project and write him regarding it, making such suggestions and giving such Ideas as might occur to them. This they did. and on March 12, Juot before his de parture for Europe, Mr. Carnegie for warded a letter to Mr. Taylor announcing the plan and stating that the certificate for the bonds had been placed in his hands. Mr. Carnegie warns the commission against the danger of interference or con flict with the pension funds for municipal employee that exist In ninny cities and urges it to act in harmony with such funds. This, as ia the case with all the details of the fund's administration. Is left to the commission. The claims upon the fund for some years cannot exhaust it." After some years pen sioners will become numerous. Should the commission find, allowing liberally for this, that a surplus will remain it has power to make grants In case of accidents (prefer ably where a hero has appeared) to those injured. nnada Embraced ia Field. Foreseeing the proliablltty that cities and employers on this continent will ultimately be placed under similar conditions to those of Groat Britain. Germany and other Eu ropean states and required to provide against accidents to employes, the commls fclon Is empowered to, by .a' two-thirds vote, devote any surplus that may accrue to the relief of those in want caused by no fault of their own. The field embraced by the fund Is the V lilted States and Canada and the waters thereof. "The sea' ia the scene of many heroic acts," says Mr. Carnegie's letter, "and no action ia mora heroic than that of doctors and nurses volunteering their services in the cuss of epidemics. Railroad employes are remarkable for heroism. All these and similar oases are embraced. Whenever heroism U displayed by man or woman In saving human life the fund applies." The usual provision for report and ac countings Is made and it Is directed that a roll of the heroes and heroines shall be kept displayed in the office at Pittsburg. The commission has full power to sell, In vest or reinvest all funds. . The commission which will have charge of the fund met here today and organised by electing Charles L. Taylor president and F. M. Wllmot secretary. After the organisation; of the commission today committees to formulate rules and regulations for the operation of the fund and a letter accepting the trust was framed and will be forwarded to Mr. Carnegie. The wish of the commission Is to put the bene ficial results of the fund into operation at the earliest possible moment In a letter to the president of the fund uommitfeloa Mr. Carnegie outlined the gen eral scheme, which, In his own words. Is "to plaoa those following peaceful voca tion who have beeu Injured in heroic ef forts to save human life in somewhat bet ter positions pecuniarily than before sind until able to again begin work. In case of death the widuw and children or other do- pendents to be provided for, the widow until she la remarried and the children until they reach a self-supporting age. For children exceptional grants may he made. Grants may be made for exceptional education. Grant of sums of money may also be made to heroes or heroines, as the committee thinks advisable, each case to be Judged on its merit." It ia provided that no grunt la to be con tinued unless it be sotxrly and properly used and the rtclplents remain respectable, well-d-fervlng members of the community, A medal shall be given to the hero or widow or next-of-kin, which shall recite th heroic dels In commemoration. The medal shall be given for the heroic act even if the doer be uninjured, and also a sum of money, should the commission deem such gift desirable. SHERIFF BALKS THE LYNCHERS Threatening to Make Hard right. CENTRAL CITY, Colo.. Vprll 15--Sines the mob dispersed last night an further at tempt to lynch Aael D. Galbralth, the" self, confessed murderer of ids wife and eon, has been made. A lynching waa prevented solely by the bravery of Sheriff Cody, who declared to the niob: "I will die fighting to keep you v of ibis LUL PALACE OF COREAN KING BURNS So Details of Affair, bit Believed to Be Caused by Rebels. PARIS, April 15.-1:10 p. m. A cable re port received at the Foreign office here says that the Imperial palace at Seoul, Corea, was completely destroyed by lire last night. The fire began In the evening and lasted through the night. Only the mins of the palace remain. The emperor and his suite escaped lo a nearby refuge. The report does not mention any loss of life nor does it give the cause of the fire. j but the recent political unrest In the Corean capital leads to fears that the de struction of the palace was the work of the rebellious element. CAPTAIS DAVID WHF.F.I.KR KILLED. Officer of Twenty-Second Infantry At tacked by Moroi, MANILA, April 16. Ceptaln David P. Wherlr and Corporal, Percy Heyvelt of the Twenty-second Infantry, while recon nolterlng the Moro works along the Tarnca river. In the Lake I-anao district of the island of Mindanao. April 11, were stubhcl In the abdomen. Captain Wheeler died at Murahul April 13. Corporal Heyvelt Is fa-tall.- wounded. WASHINGTON, April lu.-Cnptain David P. Wheeler of the Twenty-second Infantry, who died at Marahul, Mindanao, yesterday from a stab wound In the abdomen, ln fllc'.ed by Moros at Tarsca on the 11th Inst., was born In Ohio July 18, 187, and attained his captaincy at the age of 17 years. His father. Benjamin Wheeler, re sides In Zanesvllle. O. Captain Wheeler had a splendid fighting record, gained dur ing his service hi the fall of Manila In 18!W, and In the Filipino Insurrection which occurred In February, 1Si. He fought at Tondo and Bulncan In 18SO, and In the en gagements of San Pablo, Santo Tonus and Pacol In lflno. He entered the academy at West Point in 1S34 from Ohio and was com missioned captain In 1901 Captain David P. Wheeler of the Twenty eecond Unhed States Infantry, who was assassinated yesterday by a native of Min danao while on scouting duty, was well known in Omaha during the time that Ills regiment was stationed at Fort Crook. Captain Wheeler graduated from the United State Military academy at West Point In 1898.' having been appointed from Ohio. He was made a second lieutenant of the Twenty-third infantry the year of his graduation and was promoted to first lieutenant the year following and was as signed to tne Twenty-second Infantry. He was commissioned ea plain January 27, 1903, and was assigned to the command of Com pany F of that regiment. He departed with his regiment for the Philippines in October laat. WAKTS TREATY WITH AMERICA Speaker la Reichstag: Thinks There Shoald Be Reciprocity. BERLIN. April 15.-In the Reichstag to day Count von Kanlta, the agrarian leader, referring to the report of Foreign Secre tary von Rlchthofen on the progress of the commercial treaty negotiations, asked how mattera stand with the United States. The latter, he added, has a heavy, active bal ance of trade, which substantially le to the detriment of Gejjmanjr. Qreat wealth is accumulated In thilj United States at the cost of the entire world, ir new commer cial trestles must be made, then let It be with the United States, above all. This agreed. Count von Kaniti claimed, with what Chancellor von Buelow formerly tald. Nevertheless, nothing whatever had been heard indicating that treaty negotiations with the United State had been com menced. Von Kanlta expressed special pleasure at the fact that the commercial classes were beginning to see that the present status of trade relations with the United States cannot be continued, lie cited the yearly report of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce proposing that If the United States doe not conclude a tariff treaty with Germany. American goods must be tariffed differentially. Con tinuing, Count von Kanlta said: "We- must at least try to conclude a reciprocity arrangement, mutually advan tageous with the United States. America reckless provocatory tariff policy must be radically changed." GERMA FO.RCE9 LOSE SIX ME Killed In a Battle with Herreros la Africa. BERLIN, April 15-Accordlng to a dis patch received from Windhoek, German Southwest Africa, a tuptuin. a first lieu tenant and six men were killed and a lieu tenant and seven men severely and five men slightly wounded in a battle with the Herreros on April 13 at Okatumba, five mile southwest of Katjapia. No other de tails have been received. The enemy's right flank retired to Oku tumba after the battle of Onganjira, April a Rotables Coming; to Fair. BERLIN, April IS -Prince and, Princess Hohenlohe-Schlllingfuerst. the former the son of the late Imperial chancellor of that flume; the hereditary prince, Victor von Ratlbor; hi daughter, the Princess Elisa beth, and his brother, Prince Kami, gov ernor of Aurich, Prussia, have sailed for New York on the steamer Bluecher of the Hamburg-American line on their way to attend the opening of the St. Louie ex position. Deale. Japan I.e. S.hm.rla... PARIS. April 15. The Ja Danes less I Ion ! ,By K,"ar Admiral I'riu's report shows that Japanese torpedoes sunk the Petropavlovsk and damaged the Pobleda, and declares that the reports that a submarine boat did the damage Is Incorrect, as the Japanese fleet had no submarine boats. The Japanese le gutlou pa)s a high tribute to the late Vice Admit al Mukaroff. SHERIDAN BRINGS SOLDIERS Part of Eleventh Cavalry Will Be ftatlotW at Xew Dea Molae Kort. SAN FRANCISCO, April lfi.-The United State army transport Sheridan arrived to day from Manila via Nagasaki and Hono lulu. It brought 3u0 members of the native constabulary and police of the Philippine islands and their band enroute to the St. I ,o,u Is exposition. The Eleventh cavalry regiment also cam onthe Sheridan. Of th se troops seven teen officer and 101 men are enroute to Da Moines. Ave officers and ninety ineu are on their way to Fort 8herldan and live onVers and ninety men are going to Jef ferson barracks, MUsourt Ohio Maa Commits Saleldo. GALION. O.. April IS. H. T. Wilson, chairman of the Board of Public Bafnty and a prominent attorney of this city, com muted suicide today by shooting. Mr. Wilson wus a stockholder in (he Akron Savings bank, which recently faiUd. and l is supposed that financial troubles caused bloi U lake bis lit. HITCH IN THE SETTLEMENT Go. f Linn Object to Rednet' ' n the St Linn Grain I .A BURUNGJ0v A PROTEST Holds vVllon Is Made to orth- west. a Which Is Withheld from It I nder Ksartly Similar Circa mat a ares. CHICAGO, April 13.-i8pecial Telegrnm.i Complications have arisen which make It doubtful whether the agreement be tween the general traffic orllclals of the North western, Chicago Great Western and Missouri Pacific for the settlement of the western grain rsle war will be ratified by the executive officers at th ir annual meet ing next Tuenday. The Missouri, Kansas ck Texas and other gulf roads aer not Inclined to accept the proposition to reduce the differential on grain from' the west to and through Ft. Louts as against Chicago lo 3 cents. These roads feel that the reduction will divert Missouri river grain frn-.n the gulf roads to the Atlantic count lines and they are not Inclined to give up the advantage they have enjoyed so long. Serious objection Is also made by the Burlington and other coinpctftcr of the Northwestern to the proposition that on grain from Nebraska points whl.'h nrc naturally ti Unitary to Omaha the thrjugh rate Is to be equal to the sum of the local went to Omaha and ea-t from that city to Chicago or the Twin Cities, and that on gialn tributary to Missouri liver Kale ways north of Omaha the through line may make a lower through rate than the sum of the locals. Thl concession la claimed to be In the interest of the Northwestern, which has bridge over the Missouri river at Blair, Neb., and at fcluux City, as ugainst the Burlington, which has bridge at several points south of Omaha. HANGS MURDERER OF WOMAN Chicago Exeratea One of Klaht Men Now laser Sentence of Death. CHICAGO, April IS. Lewi Perant. one of eight murderer who are In Jail here tinder sentence of death, waa hanged today. Next Friday la the day that has been set for the hanging of Neldermeler, Van Dine and Marx, the ' car barn bandits, and shortly :ollowlng four more men will meet a rimllar fate on the same scaffold. Peasant's crime was the murder of Mrs. Mary Spllka during a robbery. He entered the woman's home while she war. alone and struck her on the head with a club. Then he carried her Into the garret, where he kicked and pounded her to death and se cured the money he knew she had con cealed In the house. WINTER IN THE NORTHWEST Worst Storm of the Seaaoa ia Wis consin and Drifting; Saow . Cripples Railroads. MILWAUKEE, April lS.-Wleconsin and upper Michigan had quite a heavy snow storm for April after midnight. The great est fall, according to the weather bureau reports, was Ave Inches at Green Bay. A dispatch from Appleton, Wis., say the snow there Is over a foot deep and steam and electric trains are delayed by drifts. Similar conditions exist throughout the Fox river valley. Bland Junction and Black River Falls report eight Inches of snow, with the storm still In force. Menominee. Mich., reports a terrific blizzard and traffic at a standstill. GREEN BAY, Wis.. April 15,-The worst storm of the season is raging today. A heavy fall of snow is drifting badly. Street car and railway service I crippled badly. ALLEGED FORGER BREAKS JAIL Assanlts Jailer with Clnb, Fracturing; Shall, and Get Away from Prisoa. VENICE, 111., April 15. Judd B. Haynes, a book agent, arrested on a charge of forgery, escaped from the Jail here today after knocking aged Jailer Albert Selbert unconscious with a hammer. Selbert le believed to be mortally injured. Haynea took the keys from the unconscious jailer and unlocked the cello of two negroes, tell ing them to escape. They refused to go Thereupon Haynes locked up the Jail and fled. The cries of the negroes brought as- slstance. and Selbert, lying on the floor In a pool of blood, v.as given speedy med ical attention, ills skull la .fractured In two place and the physician say he will die. A corpe of offloere la searching the vicinity for Haynea HIGH WATERS BLOCK TRAINS Eastera Oregon, Blae Moaatalaa sal Soatbera Paelne tsfer from Effect of Heavy Rata. PORTLAND, Ore. April 15.-H!gh watere in the rivers of eaaten Oregon and the Blue mountains have so seriously affected rail road traffic on the Huntington branch of the Oregon Railway A Navigation line that no tralne can be run over that division of the road for several days. Bridge have been washed out In several localities and trucks built on soft earth have been so undermined and threatened a to render their use for railroad purpose dangerous. Almost parallel conditions exist on the Southern Pacific system south of Ashland, Ore., where landslides have covered the tracks. It Is expected that the blockade here will be broken tonight. ARGUMENTS NBURNS CASE Expected that Attorneya Will Finish Sammiaa; Up la Boodle Trial by Taeaday. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April li. The bribery cuse ugainst Senator David E. Burns will go to the Jury next Tuesday, An adjournment was taken today until Monday afternoon. Prosecutor Ward will put on two witnesses lu rebuttal. Argu ments will close souie time Tuesday. Most of the time today was consumed by argu ments on the admission of evidence. Charrh Gets Mialaat Claim. CHICAGO. April IS-By the decision of the board of arbitrators In the matter of me uue or " piacci nnuaiig Claim No. , shove on Anvil cre. k. Oiipe Nome, .tlaskx N O. Hultberg. assignee for the Swedish avangeucai suasion covenant of America, recovers from the White Star Mliilnv puny of Illinois, Dr. Charles W. Johiisoa and Peter H. Anderson, the mining claim h" ttxmite and proceeds lu the aroouct of a. VERESTCHAGIN ALSO DROWNED Celebrated Russian Painter of War rears l.oae Life la Explosion, ST. PETERSBURG. Apt II 15-:38 p m -Thls evrr.l.ig Pllnce Gall, line repeated his assurance to the Associated Press that the Grand Duke Cyril w is better and that he was wllh his broiher Boris at the head quarters at Llao Yang. His fever has almost cllrappearcd. The admiralty has received c.fftclat in formetlon that Verestc hagln, the celebra ted painter of battle scenes, was among these lost by the sinking of the Petro pavlovsk. The fnte of Nicholas T. Kra vtchenko, the well known Russian literary man, who was nrting us ccrrespond'nt of the Asso ciated Pre at Port Arthur. Is still un known. It is possible tlint he left Port Arthur prior to the disaster of Wednesday. Vusslli Vrrestchagln wps the Invited guest of the Rus-dun naval commander. "War Is n sport. It Is the sport of kill ing men. I have killed men myself; and It is as easy as shooting partridges." This was a favorite saying of Verestclm gln when asked why he had chosen lo de vote his temaikable talent of startling realism to the picturing of growsnme battle scenes rather than to the life and beauty of the world of peace. Verestchfgln was a wariior as well as painter. He terved In two wars ;fnd always was on t lie alert for graphic scene to re produce upon his magi.; cancas. His umti lion was so to picture the huirola of war as io make It repulsive to modern civllixa ".lon. An nrOtit champion of the czar after the issuance of Ills famous re".cc resciipt. Lis great regret since the war with Japan was that hi sovereign rhoul 1 have been the first to engage In war when peace seemed easy of accomplishment. Lovers of art In the United States have l-een among the most ardent udmlrer. of Vi restchaglu. His pictures commanded the highest ptlces In that country, and an ex- llbltlou of Vercstchagln pictures was al ways a talisman of success. This admira tion was reciprocated by the talented painter, who was wont to tell American tourists he was appreciated more in their country than in his own. This was bo cause his realistic pictures from the New Testament, which he ranked as the best of his production, found high fsvor In the United States, while his delineations of the work of sword and cannon were put to the foreground in war loving Russia. Verestchagln, who was a pupil of the famous Gerome, was the son of a landed proprietor and from hi youth devoted him self to painting, much to the disgust cf his family. He was also a litterateur and a zealous traveler, ever on the alert during hi Journeys for fresh subjects worthy of his canvas. HI skill in depleting all tha horror and brutality of battle won for him the undisputed title of the greatest mili tary painter of modern times. By many. Indeed, he was ranked without a peer in any time. Verestchagln who was In his Cd year. wa a man of more than normal height. HI feature impressed on from the first. He had a striking aquiline nose, a loftv forehead and cheekbones which, without being prominent, gave the impression of a broad and musalve countenance. Hi mouth waa covered with a flowing beard. ana a ne apoke his eyes ' took on the flalm, melancholy- look of tu4 Slav. "He emphasised his ward with repeated action, ana in nis attempts to bring home to questioner the nature of war Ue always went through all the various motions of a soldier who loads, alma and Urea aVor," said he, ."my first desire is to paint the truth-to paint things as they strike me. And I want to show von ti..t 1 am picturing the truth." XEW NAVAL COM.MAXDER A FIGHTER Admiral skrydloff Kaowa as the B II. dog of the Sea. (Copyright, by New Yoik Herald Co.. 1901.) 8T. PETERSBURG, April 15.-(New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) If there was one man In Russia eminently fitted to succeed Makaroff he was Admiral Skrydloff, known as "tbs Bull Dog" of the Russian navy. He started last night from Sebaatopol for St. Peters burg, and will leave with the smallest possible delay for Port Arthur. Skrydloff' appointment, which was gazetted today. mean fighting. When the new commander of the Port Arthur fleet wa to be chosen two months ago the question arose as to whether Skrydloff of Makaroff should be selected. The former, to his great disappointment, was not chosen and In an lnterlew pub lished n the Herald he said he envied Makaroff his luck, as he was one of those who would go out to fight the enemy. Bkyrydloff 1 himself fearless, and al though a thorough man Is Just the kind sailor Ilk to fight under. After the etunned feeling, yesterday's dis aster have aroused a vivid Interest In the war. This I shown by the way in which the men selling special were mobbed this forenoon, people pushing and scrambling to get hold of there. In big black letter wa published telegrams from the Grand Duke Boris, telling how his brother, Cyril, was shot off the brl.ige and almost drowned, but managed to get on the keel of a steam cutter and remain there until rescued by the torpedo boat Beasududnl. An order of 1.000 00 ruble has been given to the Cruzot factory for light artillery. CATASTROPHE REGARDED MYSTERY Ko Deaalte Information Relativo to Aeeldeat to Petropavlovsk. NEW C1IWANO, April 15. -The sinking of the Russian battleship Petropavlovsk and the attendant great loss of 11 f at Port Arthur la regarded as the most pro found conflict of the present war. The news has apparently made a most pro nounced Impression on all foreigners in the war zona The date of the catastrophe and official Information are not obtainable here and there is much speculation a to how it happened. There are In circulation uncer tain rumor of a Japanese attack on Port Arthur last Sunday, but the rumors are without confirmation and axe denied by eome of the Russian official. Communica tion with Port Arthur ae well a other cen ters 1 substantially closed. About a score of press correspondent now In New Chwang were Infromed today of the willingness of Viceroy Alexleff to admit them to the Russian line under regulations which apparently will govern all branches of their conduct. Parlsiea Services fo Makaroff. PARIS. April 15. An Impressivs funeral service In memory of Vice Admit si Maka roff and the other victims of the Petropav lovsk d'saster was celebrated at the Rus sian church today. The Russian ambassa dor, M. Nelldoff, and the entire staff of th embassy were present, as were officials of the Foreign office. M. Bompard. the French ambassador to Russia; representatives of the French army and navy and the minis ter ut bervia and Bulgaria. CHANCE FOR K1NKA1D BILL Speaker Like y 'o Gia Opco-tUiity le Call Up the Measure. COMMITTEE MAKES FAVORABLE REPORT Measure as It ow Stands Increases lse of Homesteads la Western Nebraska to n Fnll Section of I. end. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. April IS. (Special Tele gram.) Representative Kinkald,, ith Mr. Burkett, had a conference with the speaker today reKarding Kinkald a bill amending the homestead laws as to certain unappro priated and unreserved land In Nebraska. A favorable report on this bill was made by Congressman Mondell from the com mittee on public lands on Wednesday, changing, however, the number of ncres provided in Kinkald bill to the extent of permitting Intending settlers to taka up a section of land Instead of two sections, as originally contemplated by the representa tive from the Sixth district. The verbi age of the bill was also changed, the bill as reported providing that sixty days after iipproval of the act 6W acres may be en tered upon in as nearly compact a form as possible and lu no event over two miles In extremo length. The bill further pro vided the secretary of the interior may exclude from settlement such lands as he may deem reasonably practicable lo Irri gation by means of water conducted from natural meatus by gravity. It provided that those living upon homesteads within tlio territory covered by the operations of the nicusurc (western Nebraska may en ter other lands contiguous to their home stead entry In an amount not to exceed 6K) ucres and that residence on un original homestead shall be accepted as equivalent to residence upon the additional land. The report which was made by Mr. Mon dell contends that the bill 1h in uo respect a departure from the true homestead idea. The Increase . In area of the homestead ubore that provided by the original home stead law Is inado witli, a view of compen sating the homesteader in a meusure In quantity of land for what the land lacks in quality and productiveness. It is stated that as a matter of fact, eighty acre of laud entered under the homestead law In the Mississippi valley has a much greater productivo capacity than 610 itvrca of the land remaining In western Nebraska which will be entered under the provisions of tlio bill. Judge Kinkald was fortined today in ask ing unanimous consent from the speaker to put the bill cm its passage by a vast number of letters and telegrams from the section to be opened under the provisions of the bill, and so forcible was his presen tation that It is confidently believed Speaker Cannon will give Kinkald an op portunity to call the bill up and put :t on its passage. Kebraskaaa a I nit. Back of Judge Kinkald stands tne soli Nebraska delegation. Including Representa tive Hitchcock of the minority, wno appre ciates the possibilities of this bill In the settlement of the northwest section of Ne braska. Jt. la-believed 4h bill, should" It become a law, will add thousand' of fami lies lo the section . Which is now grazed over and virtually unoccupied,' and that these families will, with 610 acre of land at their disposal, enter upon the business of dairying and cattle growing to such an extent that It will not only benefit the im mediate section opened, but will be of vast benefit to the state at large and partic ularly to the state' wholesale center. The fact that these lands have been per sistently rejected by homesteaders, pre emptors, timber culture locators and taker and purchasers with scrip ever since opened to settlement, Is, according to the report of the committee, taken as conclusive evidence that they are radically different in the qualities which go to make public land at tractive from the land In other localities opened to settlement more recently than these particular lands, title to which ha long since been acquired under various acts making up the land law of th United States. It Is contended that the lands contem plated In the bill cannot be reclaimed by Irrigation, except possibly a very small por tion, by reason of the lack of water and on account cf their great elevation. It Is thought, however, that In view of these conditions an Intending settler who desires to mske a section of land responsible for the support of a family Irl the seml-arld belt should be permitted to do so. With this end In view Judge Kinkald Introduced hi bill and it can with truth be said that he has labored earnestly to put his mens ure on the statute book. Mlaor Matter at Capital. Congressman Hlnshaw has been Invited to make a memorial address at Blue Spring and Crete, but In view of the un certainty regarding public business he has not determined whether to accept the In yltatlnn. Congressman Burkett today recommended the reappointment of J. H. Overman aa postmaster at Stella and Jesse W. Phillips at Table Rock. Should the sundry civil bin be completed tomorrow afternoon It 1s thought Senator Gamble will endeavpr to pas the Rosebud bill, th South Dakota delegation having decided that further delay is out of the question. Representative Smith ha recommended the appointment of Fred Berry of Logan, Ta.. as principal for the naval aenrtemv. He hss not decided upon Ms alternates. Wl'llam P. Dernier of Elmwood. Neb., I In Wsshlngion on business connected with the Interior depsrtment. Judge S. M. Chapman of Plattamouth 1 In the city. HIGH SCHOOL MAY BE CLOSED V i Race Feeling at Kansas City Growing; Out of Killing of Roy Martla ia Very Bitter. KANSAS C1TT. April 15. The mixed high school at Kansas City, Kan., msy be closed permanently a a result of the race feeling that ha grown out of the killing of Roy Martin, a white pupil, by a negro. Although there was bu little outward show of excitement today, the situation is still considered grave. Many citizens. both white and black, discussed calmly the bes means of preventing further trouble. In asmuch as separate schools can not be pro vlded without an act of the legislature, the general sentiment ws In favor of closing t)t school for the remainder of the term st least. Wreck Caused by Landslide. ST. PAUL. April If. General Superlnten dent Slade of the Great Northern informed the Associated, press today that the re ported wreck on the Great Northern last night wss th result of a cloudburst which had caused a slide of an embankments The engine and express cars were derailed uuar Wrvueue, Idaho. No one waa hurt. THE BEEBULLETIN. Forecast for ebrnakn Fair In East, Snow or Itain In West Portion Snt arda Sunday Hnln and Unrmrr. Paae. 1 Provides Innil to llewnrtl' Heroes. Hitch In Grain lisle Settlement. Chance for KlnkaM's Measure. Latest e from the Sent of War. a Miivwell Is a Aery Thrifty Man. Stirs Is Hepnbllesn Congressmen. Seek t'nase of Hatt!eshl Accident. 3 vs from All Parts of ehrnskn. Oxford Ylallrd by a Serious Fire. - 4 I'roaress of the A acallon Contest. A Affairs nt South Omnlm. Woman la Clnb' and Charity. 0 Council ninffs aad Iowa News. T River and Mercury Hoth Go Down. Stolen Treasures Are Located. Bay State Republican Convention. Helle Fonrehe Has Bin; Ditch Plans. Condolences Are Kxclianurd. 10 Rranlts of the Rail Games. Commercial Review of the Week. 11 Opening; of the Door to Japan. IJ Editorial. 18 Grain Men Like Hate Settlement. W'. X. Mnaon Passes Awa. IB Financial and Commercial. Temperature at Omaha lesterdayt Hour. Dea. Hour. Dear. a. m 41 1 p. in a " SMI It p. ni mi T a. m T 3 p. in :v - S" 4 p. in :tT a. ni 3l 5 p. ni nil IO a. a.... ... aa p. n :tt 1 . . T p. m at vt m. ....... . au Hp, iu P. m M PORT ARTHUR IS NOW BLOCKED Iteoeat Disasters to Husslan nvv Destroy it as Effective Fight, lug Foree. 'Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 110.) PARIS, April :tt.-(.New York Herald Ca blegramSpecial Toierani to 'I be Bee.) 'i'h a Heralds iurupean edition pub.lslies the following from its military expert; iTom the news, very painful to Russia Htid lta friends, which cunie successively wo day ago, it is uniHi&sible to avoid Hie -onclusion that In uailty the obkit rur- feucd by the Japanese of "bottling ' up Port Arthur Is today attained. The destruction of the Petropavlovsk, the putting hors de oinbat of Hie Pobleda and the losj of tlm Bezstrasluai lias so lessened the effective ness of that licet that It ia now Incapable of matching Itself with that of Admiral Togo. Further, the terrible uncertainly in which the Russian commander finds himself on the subject of the position of the ra.nes laid dov. a fur the defence of Uie roadstead, and those mines whlc lithe Japanese astert have been sown there, will cause a very natural circumspection upon the part of the captain of the different ship and which will be henceforth Induced to move rom their anchorages only in case of Im perious necessity. "Port Arthur is then today practically blocked, without the Japanese having had to employ any of their ship. They can henceforth utilize the full number of their war vessel for co-operation In disembark ation or supporting their amy acting In the proximity, of the sea without-fearing any Interruption from the bottled up squad ron. "Thus, when It pleases them lo pass the Yalu in force toward Its mouth, they will be able to give all help at their pleasure, not only by their gunboats ascending the river, but with the great guns of their armored ships, if they have to destroy any work on land hindering them from taking the offensive up till now. "Elsewhere everything Is limited In the direction of Wlju to some skirmishes of no Importance. Some cutposts have encoun tered each other In the islands which are found between the two banks or on board the Junk. Some prisoners have been taken on the one side and the other and some men of the two parties have been killed or ounded, cjnong whom are one or two officers, but no serious operation seems likely to be attempted In this region before some considerable time. If, on the con trary, the Jupanese are waiting for the end of the thaw, the Yalu will become eas ily passable at a little distance from Its mouth, this river being at low tide only a series of rather shallow" channels, which are easily passed, although, In any case, It is scurcely likely that they will decide to Invade Manchuria at this point before they have succeeded In dividing the forces of their enemies by bold and formidable ut tempts at landing, which have become to duy less hazardous at, any point whatever ili the gulf of Llao Tung. C03CEKTHAT1XG AS ARMY AT WIJU At Least Two Divisions How Located Thar. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1901.) SEOUL, via Shanghai, April 15. (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) The Japanese landing opera, tlon have been transferred from Chln ampo to Chu Lian, the latter place being only forty miles from Wlju, where the Japanese army of the north is concentrat ing. Definite information conoernlng the number of troops landed there Is unobtain able, but from transport arriving there must be at least two divisions. The Chemulpo and Chlnampo landing scenes are here reported and on a scale which makes It evident the Japanese In tend concentrating a large force at Wiju before attempting to cross the Yalu. Advices from Fusan state that the army is actively engaged in the construction of eight forts for the protection of the southern terminus of their rapidly devel oping Corean railway system, which Is forming an important portion of the Jupa nese Military scheme. It Is also reported that Masampo Is tiie scene of great military activity, the Japa nese constructing strong fortifications end protecting the excellent harbor there open ing into the Coreun straits. The import ance of this cannot be overstlmatod. as the traits form the connecting naval link In the sea communication between Port Ar thur and Vladivostok. RFSI LTED FROll A RA VAL' B ATTLB Loss of Makaroff aad Vessel At tributed to Fight with Japa. PARIS, April U. 1.1 p. m. Information received In government quarters now es tablishes the fact that a naval battle oc curred between the Japanese fleet, con sisting of fourteen warships, and the force under the late Vice Admiral Makaroff. From this the officials cling to the conclu sion that the destruction of the Russian ship and the loss of th admiral resulted from a naval engagement. However, the only definite official Information I that a battle occurred and It Is bellaved the Japanese submarine bouts took part In the engagement and raufctd the destruction of the IMs-lwn ship. SHELL PORT ARTHUR Vicrr y Admiral A'exiefl Eat the Honor to Reo:t Another Bombardment PETROPAVLOVSK DESTROYED BY TORPEDO Terrifio Explosion Occurs Beneath Simian Shin, Which Bii ki In Two Minu'.es. JAPS STAY IN VICINITY OF CATASTROPHE Euas'ani Havs No Information that Any thing But atme Destroyed Ship. FIGHT IS SAID TO HAVE LASTED AN HOUR Tweaty Japanese Ships Had Draws I p la Line of Rattlo When K. -plosloa Occurred W hich Destroyed Ship. ST. PETERSBURG, April 16. -A telegram from Admiral Alcxieff from Port Arthur to the emperor says that from 9:15 o'clock this morning until midday the Japanese fleet In two divisions bombarded the for tress and the town alternately from the Llao Tishan promontory, firing 186 projoc tbes Tl.o Russian squadron, including the tat tleshlp Pobleda, replied from tne anchorage jy a plurglng fire. The batteries also par ticipated. The losses on laud ware seven Chinese killed and five soldier and three Chines wounded. The Russian warships sustained no damage and there was no loss of life ou them. Russia Denies Having; Fight. I.'io naval staff has no lnfornrallon con flic dug last night's tumor that the Japa nese have sjcwvded In blocking the on Uini'0 of Uie narbor at Port Arthur. Grand i'uke Cyril Is being brought back lo XuVsia Dy coi'.mand of the emperor. At the Vladimir palace the correspondent of the Aiitociated Press waa informed this morning of ihe receipt of a reassuring tt legram from Llao Yang, where the grand duke ha arrived with hi brother Boris. The admiralty authorizes the Associated liesa to deny Vice Admiral Togo's claim that the Japanese sank th Petropavlovsk in a :lght off Port Arthur. The officials declare positively that there was no naval engagement, excepting the torpedo boat destroyer light, either preceding or fol lowing the loss of tho flagship. Russia has formally acceded to Japan's request, made through the United States, to allow 600' Japanese refugees and tho Japanese consul staff of the inland of Sak halin to return to Japan. They will be taken off In a neutial ship, which will bo arranged for by the Washington authori ties. k. FIsM Laat aa Hoar. The fighting between the opposing flo tilla of torpedo boat destroyer lasted about nn hour. The Bezstraahnt wag surrounded by three Japanese torpedo boat destroyers and sunk. " The Japanese boatsT'then -withdrew and the J&panese squadron appeared on the horizon, v hereupon the Russlau squadron left the rnadstead, steering in the direction of the enemy's ships, which retired. Soon, however, the Japanese reappeared with a formidable force of about a score of war ships. The Russian squadron returned to the roadstead and' took up a position la line of battle, ready to receive the enemy. The sudden explosion which destroyed the Petropavlovsk ocourred almost Immo- dlately thereafter and the battleship went to the bottom. . . The Grand Duke Cyril, Cup tain Jakovleff, the commander of the Petropavlovsk, four officer and some fifty men were saved. The battleship Pobleda was damaged amidships and went Into the Inner harbor, where it anchored. The enemy'e vessels, which were formed In two divisions, disappeared in th course of the afternoon. The fresh breee which wae blowing dur. Ing Wednesday developed into a gala at night. It le asserted here that the delay in the movements of the Japanese army In Core Is that over 11 per cent of the troops are suffering from a malignant sickness, described as being a species of berl-bert. Fight Japanese All Slight. Later, 1:40 p. m. The division of Russian torpedo boats which put to sea Tuesday night, kept up a running fight with tb enemy until early Wednesday morning, when the cruiser Bayan steamed out to aid the torpedo boat destroyer Bezstraahnl, which was crippled and unable to shake oft the Japanese attack. The Bayan drove the enemy off, but the Bezstraahnl sunk at T a. m. Th Japanese torpedo boats withdrew, but almost immediately sis Japanese war thlps appeared on ths horizon. Admiral Makaroff ordered the squadron out to moot them, and the Japanese letlred, but soon almost Immediately I i'?rec, reinforced until the fleet consisted of sixteen or sev enteen wsrshlps. The Btreslans put bsck to th roadstead and fo-med a battle line, when at y eclaely 10 o'clock, without warning, the Petropavlovsk blew up and eank. The Pobleda received a breach amidships and retired to the Inner harbor, where on examination it proved that Ha Injtirlea were not very awious. Besides Grand Duke Cyril, Captain Jakvoleff and Lieutenant Yakovsky. Midshipmen Bylltte, Jenlsh and YakomlefT were rescued. Re ports as to the number of seamen saved are conflicting, one placing the number at thirty-two and another at fifty-one. They were rescued by the torpedo gunboat Gay damak. The cause of the destruction of the Petropavlovsk has not yet been as certained. A dispatch from Llao Yang eaye that th Russian entrenchment on ths Yalu river have been completed. The center of the line of fortified position Is Antung. Tho right flank rest on Tatung Kau and th left flank on Klulen Cheng, on the west bank of the Yalu. Rl'Sl!9 SIFTING TBB STORIES Facte Are Seenred, 8T. PETERSBURG, April l.-5: p. m. Out of the mas of conflicting reports re garding the sequence of event leading up to th destruction of the Petropavlovsk, It Is now established that Vice Admiral Makaroff, early Wednesday morning, took out his squadron to engags a weak division of six Japanese cruiser which appeared on the horizon iter the Japanese torpedo boats, which sank ths Bezstraahnl, had been driven off by the Bayan. Particulars of ths torpedo bost fight sra atlll lacking. The Russian commander-in-chief pursued the Jspanese cruiser division until It was rt-luficcd by elesn battleships, when he retired Into the outer roadstesd. whare he was drawing up In line of tattle when the