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The Omaha Daily Bee. DON'T BELIEVE IT TILL YOU SEE IT IN THE BEE Compare The Bee War Report. Less Head lines But Reliable Reports ol All That Happens. V ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MOHNINO, AHUL 25, 1904. SIXr.LK COPY THURK CENTS. LOU BET VISITS ROME i Frsiidont of French Bepnblio Met it the B'.iti n by Imooiing Gor'.ege. YELC0ME0 BY KING VICTOR EMMANUEL Tta'ian Monarch A'.ended by Court tijni tariet and Hiih Cfflceri o. Sia'.e. KING AND THE P.USIDZNT EM3RACE Oratiaa To'lowi ihi Arrltal o" ths Prona tion at he Pa'.&oj. HOME IS MAGNIFICENTLY ILLUMINATED Pae of the Features of the Reception la a Torchlight Procession In Which lfV.tl Persona Take Part. ROME. April 24. President Loubet, ac compunled by Foreign' Minister Delcasse and a distinguished party of French of ficials, arrived In Rome today to repay the Visit of King Victor Emmanuel to rarts In October lust. They were met nt the tatlon by the king, who went In Mate, accompanied by the duke of Oenoa, the count of Turin and other court dignitaries. At the station also were the members of the Italian cabinet, representatives of the Senate und Chamber of Deputies and all the feign officers of state. As the president stepped from the train the prince of Colonn.i, mayor of Home, formally welcomed him on behalf of the city. The king and the president em braced each other while the "Marseillaise" wus played by several bands. The drive to the qulrlnal was then taken tip and had the appearance of a triumphal march, culminating In an ovation at the alure, where President Loubet, King Vic tor Kmmanuel and queen and the princes wire obliged to uppear on the balcony three times. Ambassador Tower, United 8tates am basstador to Germany, and Andrew D. White, the former ambassador to Germany, witnessed tho passage of the procession from the garden of the American church, In which a tribune had been erected. On this tribune were many members of the diploma tlo corps und several Americans, Including Bishop Leonard of Ohio and G. H. Thomas of Philadelphia. Along the rotito were massed more than 601,000 per sons, Including many from the provinces and abroad. Home Is Illuminated. Immediately after she had received Presi dent Loubet Queen Helena sent a cordial telegram to Mme. Loubet saying "the re joicing of today only lacks the presence of her of whose amiability I had many proofs In Paris and the memory of which Is un alterable." All Rome Is magnificently Illuminated to night. A torchlight procession in which 15,000 persons participated produced a fan tastic effect. The procession crossed the town to the qulrlnal, where It made an Imposing demonstration and was witnessed by 100.000 persons, massed In the vicinity of the qulrlnal. President Loubet, the king and queen and the princes saw the torchlight' procession from the balcony 6f the qulrlnal on which they remained for twenty minutes, being constantly acclaimed. The clericals desired to organize a dem onstration of protest against the visit of the president to Rome, their purpose being first to meet at Bt. Peter's for prayer the moment of the president's arrival, but this plan i not carried out. It having been learned that the pope disapproved of such a demonstration. Loral to the Triple Alliance Prom an official source It I. learned that Ttaly desired to prove that while loyal to the triple alllanro. It Is quite free to en tertain friendly relations with other powers, having for Its object the maintenance of peace. This object was brought about by the complete Anglo-France-Itallan accord, with regard to affairs In the Balkans, which has been working In perfect harmony since last November. Any other Interpretation which, It Is said, may be given to President JLoubet's presence In Italy Is unfounded. Emperor Will Not Meet Loubet. ROME, April 14 Emperor William, ow ing to the bad' weather, remained In the south longer than he had expected and Instead of returning home via Genoa, sailed today from Barl for Venice on the Hohen aollern. From Venice his majesty will con tinue hla Journey by rail to Karlsruhe. This puts an end to all rumors of tho meeting between the emperor and Presi dent Loubet FEARED HB WOI'LD SOT RETURN JY.III Veresehaa-la, the Painter, Read at Moscow, MOSCOW, April 14. The will of Vaaslll' ftereschagln, the Russian painter who vent down on the Petropavlovsk at Port Arthur, has been read. It leaves the en tire estate to the widow. The will was made Just before the painter started for the far east and In it he expressed the con viction that he would not return. General Kouropatkln has telegraphed to Madame Vereschagin ah expression of the sympathy he faels with her In her affliction and his regret at the loss of an old comrade, . ELBVK1 B TRIED MEN RESURRECTED Reseaed from the Debrla Whleb En tombs Tbem at Madrid. MADRID, April 14. Eleven of the four teen men who were buried under falling earth In the Cerro Plata quarter of the city yesterday have been rescued. Three Of them are seriously Injured. Eighteen conspirators hanq Tlrtlms Are Reported to Have Flg ared la Revolutionary Plot. WARSAW, April 24. It Is reported that eighteen conspirators have been hanged after their trial in connection with a Polish revolutionary plot. Russia Gets Three Warships. LONDON. April 24. -The Dally Tele graph's Brussels correspondent says that agents of the Russian government have signed an agreement to purchase three large men-of-war constructed at Oenoa for tha Argentine republic at a price of xn.jdo.wiu. one of the ships, the Garibaldi U a vessel of 12,000 tons. Bars of Sliver for China. ST. PETERSBURG, April 24.-The finance ministry has derided to provide the Man churian administration with bars of silver for the purpose of redeeming bank notes In order to prevent tha lowering of th Brio ol Um rouble, . SERIOUS FLOODS IN KANSAS People Kndana-ered by Hla-h Waters Reamed from Their Marooned Homes In Boats. FORT SCOTT, Km., April 24.-Fort Sec' experiencing the most serious floo lta history. Mnrmaton river and Mill t Ck, which runs Into the former strea -p-e, have risen ton feet In the past t a-four hours, the result of heavy rains. al hundred persons have been rescued. oioats. As far as known to night, r. ijs have been lost. The esti mated lo. ?'lve stock drowned and prop erty diunt $l0O,fXiO. Tho two v ,ams began to rise at 10 o'clock tor. and today the city was divided Into sections and almost com pletely Isolated. Normally, Mill creek runs Into the Marmaton river northeast of the city, but because of the rapid rise they formed a new channel that cut across one end of the city. Tonight the entire northern part of the city Is cut off, and part of the city Is Inundated. Ten feet of water is rushing through the streets In that part of the city and several hundred persons In what Is known as Relltown hnve been forced to leave their homes. Many were taken away In boats. There were several narrow escapes from drowning. Ite today an aged couple named Lemore, living a mile north of the city, near the river, were rescued In boats. They were comilotely hemmed In. Rescuers were out all toimy under the direction of Fire Chief Ausman, Mayor Congdon and Chief of Police Mendenhnll, and they succeeded In saving thousands of dollars' worth of prop erty, as well as the hundreds of Inhabi tants of that district. Many who refused to leave Uelltown will have to be taken away in boats, as all avenues of escape huve now been cut off. The gas works Is three feet under water and has closed down. The engine and pumps at the water station are twenty feet under water. Tho Southwestern Whole salo Grocery company's warehouse Is flooded and the water has reached the office. The wholesale district is completely sur rounded and the water in East Wall street Is within an inch or two of the busi ness houses. Merchants are removing their stocks to higher places. The Missouri Pa cine shops are from three to six feet under water; the Missouri, Kansas & Texas sta tion is surrounded and the water is within a few Inches of the Missouri Paclflo depot, All tho railroads are tied up. Bridges on both these roads over the Marmaton are threatened, as Is the street bridge that di vides the no;-th and south portions of the town vashouts are reported In all directions from Fort Scott. Much damage has been done to larm property and there will be heavy loss by drowning of stock In the lowlands near the city, which are from five to ten feet under water. It Is est! mated that 300 persons are homeless. The storm Is unprecedented In this part of the state. The rain began falling at 9 i o'clock last night and has fallen lnces- ' santly. It Is still raining tonight, with no j prospects of cessation. It la estimated that ! eight Inches of water have fallen. TEAMSTERS VOTE TO STRIKE Sympathetic Action aa Result of the Carriage Drivers' Troubles nt St. ' t.ola. . ST. LOUIS, April 24-At a meeting of the Central Trades and Labor council to day It was announced that sixteen of the eighteen St. Louis councils of the team sters' union have voted to go on strike on May 1 In sympathy with the striking car riage drivers. It was stated that arrangements are In progress for a mass meeting of the locals during the coming week at which Samuel J' Oomper. and other labor leader, will be present, and that the final action of the association would not be announced until after that meeting. It is estimated that there are about 10,000 members of the Inter national Brotherhood of Teamsters In Bt. Iouls who would respond to the call to strike. PRESIDENT LITTLE IS DEAD Was Well Known Political leader of New Jersey and Prominent aa a Railroad Magnate. TRENTON. N. J.. April U Ex-State Senator Henry Stafford Little died today of pneumonia. He was In bis Slat year, served three terms In the .state senate and for almost a generation was one of the leaders of the democratlo party. Mr. Little was receiver for the Central railroad of New Jersey, and for several years afterward, when reorganisation was effected, was the company's president. He built and was president of the New York & Long Branch railroad until that road became a part of the Reading system. DEATH RECORD. H. H. Fonts. SCHUTLER. Neb., April Ji. (Special) H. II. Pouts, an old resident of Colfax county and a veteran of the civil war, died at the Hartman aanltarium, Colum bus, O., where he had gone for treatment April 20. The remains arrived yesterday and the funeral occurred this afternoon. Mr. Pouts was a native of Ohio. He came to Nebraska soon after the close of the war, taking a homestead In this county. He taught school nesr his homestead and In the vicinity of Columbus, and was a licensed exhorter In the Methodist church, really doing efficient ministerial service during many years. Himself and wife they had no children came to Schuyler in 1889. where they have resided since, Mr. Fouts was 67 years of age. Hon. Joseph Powell. TOWANDA. Pa.. April 24.-Hon. Joseph Powell, representative In congress from the Fifteenth district from 1874 to 1S7 and ex special deputy collector of the port of Philadelphia under President Cleveland's first administration, died here today, aged 71 John Sanders. John Bandera, a farmer living at Harlan, la,, died at St. Joseph's hospital Saturday night. The deceased came to Omaha nine days ago to be treated for heart failure. He was 30 years of age. The remains will be sent to Iowa today. Movements of Ooeaa Veaaels April 84, At New York Arrived : Columbia, Glas gow and Idoville; Arable from Liverpool and Qaeeruitown: Bluecher from Hamburg, Southampton and Cherbourg- Etruria from IJverpaol and (Jueenstown; Columbia from Glasgow At Liverpool Arrived: Oltlo from New York, via Queenatown; Umbrla from New York, via Queenstown. Sailed: Bohemian for Boston. At (Southampton Arrived: St Paul from New Yrrk. At wueenstown flailed: LucanU from Liverpool for New York. At Bremen Balled: Prinzesa Alice for Now York, U Cherbourg. ARBITRATION FOR A TOPIC Annual International Coofirenoe to Ba Held . at Laks Mohonk EXPECT LARGEST CONGRESS EVER HELD Among; Thoae Expected at the Confer' ence Are Rev. Edward Everett Hale, Wayne MacVeaah, Mr. Broaaaard and Others. LAKE MOHONK, N. Y., April 24.-Judge George Gray will preside over the tenth annual conference on International arbi tration, which will be here from June 1 to June 13. Acceptances received from in vited delegates indicate that the confer ence will have the largest attendance cf any yet held. Among the speakers announced are Com missioner MacFarland of the District of Columbia, whose topic will bo the pro posed arbitration with England; Charles M. Pepper, special commission of the Pan American railroad, who spoke of the re lation of this enterprise to the cause of peace; Robert Lange, who will address the conference on the Alaskan boundary settle ment: Representative Bartholdt of Mis souri, who recently organized a group of his fellow representatives at Washington Into an American branch of the American Parliamentary Peace union; and W. L. Field, who will speak on the Venezuelan decision. It la arranged that one session of the congress shall be given to the consideration of the proposed arbitration treaty with Great Britain, and another to Interna tional arbitration from a business point of vi?w. Among those who have signified their Intention of being present at the con ference are Rev. Edward Everett Hale, Wayno MaeVeagh, Representative Brous sard of Louisiana, President Daniel C. Gilman of the Carnegie institute. Prof. John Bassett Moore of Columbia univer sity, General Stewart Woodford, Charles B. Elliott of Minneapolis, Judge Potter of the Pennsylvania supreme court, Japanese Consul General I'chlda of New York and General O. O. Howard. Chambers of commerce and, hoards of trade In New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans. Milwaukee, and other cities will send official delegates to the conference. SIX RESIDENCES DESTROYED Tornado Sweeps Through MrPheraon and Property and Uvea Are En dangered by High Wind. M-PHERSON. Kan., April 24 A severe tornado struck McPherson this afternoon, demolishing six residences and causing more or less other damage to property. Three persons were Injured, one seriously. Much damage was done In the country north of here. A funnel-shaped cloud approached the town from the south, following the course of a ravine. The residence of S. W. Rleff was first struck and the house, bam, wind mill and outbuildings destroyed. All the members of the family escaped except a young man, who was bruised and scratched. The residence of Mrs. S. P. Fisher was next struck. The building was picked up end carried a considerable distance and demolished. The family had seen the ap proach of the storm and escaped. The large Fisher apple orchard was rained. The large residence of Archie Brown, next In the path of the storm, was wrecked and two of Brown's daughters were in jured. One, struck by the cookstove falling upon her, was seriously hurt. The resi dence of Peter Sell berg was next wrecked. After wrecking the slaughter house of B. O. Grants, the storm lifted and passed south, traveling In the direction of I.lnds- borg. Beyond McPherson the tornado fol lowed the ground, taking the path of an old water course. The tornado passed four miles east of Sallna, wrecking telephone and telegraph poles and farm property. Efforts were made to follow tho course ! of the storm by telephone, but all the wires are down. It Is a miracle that great damage was not done at McPherson said many persons killed, as the tornado barely missed the thickly settled residence district. THOUSANDS OF TALKS BURN Phonoa-raphle. Manufacturing Concern at Camden Is Wiped Oat by Fire at a Great Loss, CAMDEN. N. J.. April 24. The interior of the large four-story building of the Victor Talking Machine company of this city was destroyed by fire this afternoon, causing a loss estimated by an official of the company at nearly $000,000. The oon cern carried $250,000 Insurance. Upwards of 600,000 phonographlo disc records and 26.000 talking machines In various stages of completion were destroyed. Thousands of original records which cannot be re placed were alao ruined. A fire boat and four fire companies from Philadelphia as sisted the Cfamden fire department In pre venting the flames from spreading. FREIGHT TRAIN IS DITCHED Tracks Undermined by Heavy Rains and Cars Go Over Embankment with Fatal Results. KANSAS CITY, April 24 An eastbound freight train on the Atchison, Topeka Sl Santa Pe was ditched at Floyd, Mo., near here today. Two members of the crew were killed and one fatally hurt. Three hundred feet of trackage bad been washed out by a heavy rain that prevailed in this part of the state today and twenty cars went over an embankment. Prank Nelson, fireman, and William Orr, Draneman. were killed, and George Skin ner, conductor, was fatally scalded. All were from Marcellne, Mo. Nelson's body Is still buried beneath the wreckage. SERIOUS RIOTING IN BIDAPEST Reaalt of Colllsloa Between Socialists and Independents. BUDAPEST, April 24.-A serious riot Is reported to have taken place at Elesde, resulting from a collision between meetings of the socialist and Independent parties. While order was being restored by the gendarmerie a socialist fired a re volver, killing a gendarme. The gendarmes then fired a volley, killing twenty-three rioters and severely wounding forty. The military were summoned from Gross War del a, ( Correspondents Are Warned. BT. PETERSBURG, April 24. Viceroy Alexleff has laaued a notification to the effect that newspaper correspondents using wireless telegraphy will be treated as splea. The notification Is the same aa that served on the Stats department at Washington. FIERCE STORM IN MISSOURI One Drowning Reported at Odessa, Property Destroyed and Streams Are Rapidly Rials a:. KANSAS CITY, April 24.Unusually heavy rain and wind storms, causing more or less damsge, prevailed in western Mis souri and eastern and central Kansas to day, with a bllzsard In Western Kansas. Small streams In Kansas are over their banks and many telephone and telegraph poles have been blown down. One drown ing Is reported. Many trains are late on account of washouts, At Odessa, Mo., James Pollard, a young farmer, was drowned while trying to ford a usually small rivulet, which had been changed to a swift torrent by the heavy rain. In eastern Kansas nearly three Inches of rain fell at Ottawa, Concordia, Klsmere and other points, causing the Marmaton. the felg Creek and Mara Is De Cyges to overflow. Crops were submerged Bnd much other damage done. At Lawrence the pre cipitation amounted to 1.82 Inches. The Kaw Is rising at that point and the ravines are running full, but no serious damage Is feared. i At Ellis, Kan., a cold, driving rainstorm prevailed, followed by a strong wind and a heavy fall of snow. In the vicinity of Qakley and Winona. Kan., over 2u0 tele graph poles were blown down. S EDA LI A, Mo., April 24. An almost steady rain of thirty-six hours was fol lowed this evening by a two hours' down pour that Is Bald to be the heaviest precipi tation in the city's history. Many of the residence Btreets were flooded to a depth of two feet and piles of building material was swept along the thoroughfares. Every stream in the county Is out of Its banks and several bridges have been washed ou'. Street car traffic was suspended, all trains are late and numerous washouts are re ported. J EXPECT RUSSIANS TO WIN Steamship Ofllcers , Relieve Russians Will Recover from Defeata and Tnrn Table on Jnpa. ASTORIA, Ore., April 24 Officers of the steamship Indrasamha who have arrived from far eastern points do not share In the belief that Japan will defeat Russia In the war row In progress. They say that Russia will soon recover from the first de feats administered by the Japanese on water nnd will turn the tables on the Mikado's subjects. The vessel brings two Japanese mil lionaires, enrouto to the St. Louis fair. These men are sanguine as to the outcomo of the war and through an Inter preter expressed their conviction that Japan will soon annihilate the Russians on land and sea. The Indrasamha brings a oargo of Japanese exhibits for the Bt. Louis and Portland fairs. SKIRMISH AN IMPORTANT ONE Japanese Barjre Sunk by Fire of Rus sian Battery. ST. PETERSBURG. April 24. Official dis patches regarding the fighting south of the river Pomakua, reported last Friday, In which a Russian detachment had three men killed and two officers and thirteen men wounded, say a Japanese troop-laden barge and other boats emerged from the mouth of the Pomalc'i and attempted to cat off the Russian "VetxeaV" The 'bat1 re was sunk by the Russian guns. Captain Smeizin, who commanded the detachment, has died, of his wounds. Lieutenant Push kin was the other officer wounded. Further details concerning the skirmish say that In following up the general plan to harass and Impede the Japanese In cross ing the Yalu the Russian outposts on the river tent a detachment of volunteers in boats on the night of April 21, for tho pur pose of setting fire to the Japanese pon toons and other bridge material. The boats grounded on a sand bank near the Corean sido and drew the fire of the Japanese rutposts. There was a sharp fusillade nt close range. The position of the boats was highly critical, owing to the appearance of a number of light barges filled with Japanese, coming out from a small tributary stream called the Pomakua, which Is unmarked even on the maps of the Russian general staff. The Intention of the barges was to cut off the retreat of the Russians. This was noticed from the other bank, two relies distant, and a couple of field guns opened fire. A lucky shot sank one of the barges and the others withdrew. The Japanese casualties are not known. YOl'NQ LORD WIIX GO TO FRONT Heir of the Earl of Warwick Becomes Newspaper Correspondent. LONDON. April 24. To a number cf fa mous and Interesting personalities now figuring at the theater of war will shortly be added young Lord Brooke, heir of the earl of Warwick, who leaves London for Harbin, Manchuria, April 27, as war corre spondent for Reuter's TelegTam oompany. Though only 21 years old and the son of the once famous court beauty, the countess of Warwick, Lord Brooke already has been In two wars. He refused to stay home when Great Britain was fighting the Boers and ran off to the Transvaal wlththe yeo manry. There he became aide-de-camp to Lord Milner, the British high commissioner. Last year young Brooke, weary of peaceful England, went to the Balkans, where he acted aa war correspondent during the out break there. Now he will follow the for tunes of General Kouropatkln. NO LONGER NEEDED AT SEOUL American Marines In Corea Ordered to Manila. BEOUL, Corea, Saturday, April 23.-4 p. m Lieutenant Douglass C. McDonald, United States marine corps and seventy marines formerly on duty at the American legation here, will sail for Manila on the United States naval collier Popey Instead of the United States cruiiur Raleigh as previously announced. A previous dispatch from Seoul stated that owing to the Impossibility of finding suitable quarters for the marines, the tran quility prevailing at Seoul at present, and the presence of a Japanese garrison suf ficient to preserve order, It had been de cided to reduce the United States lega tion guard. RUSSIAN FORCES CROSSING TUMEN Karopatfcla Awaits Rein forcemeats Before Operating- A gainst Japs. PARIS. April 24. According to the Bt. Petersburg correspondent of Petit Parislen, It Is stated that fresh Russian forces are crossing the Tumen river to attack the Japanese flank. General Kouropatkln is de sirous of delaying operations, thus giving Russian reinforcements time to arrive. The correspondent adds that he learns from a reliable source that the Baltic sea fleet will not leave Libau before August 15, or perhaps September 1, thus being due to arrive lu Uta l at tha end at Oc tehee. CORRECTS CENSUS OF OMAHA Department of Commeros Eevisei Falsa Figurei of 1890. POPULATION IS MORE THAN DOUBLED Bulletin Just Issued Kit t mates K am ber of People in City Fourteen Years Ago at Sixty-Six Thou sand Ftve Hundred. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, April 24.-(Bpecial.)-The people of Omaha and Lincoln, through the bulletin Just Issued by the Department of Commerce and Labor, for the first time know what the population of the two cities was In 1X90. The padded population of those two cities In that year has been a serious drawback to Investors and locators. On the face of the returns Omaha stood among the very first cities of the country in the decennial census of 1890 In Its advancement, but the cold-blooded census enumerator In litno found such a discrepancy between the figures of 1890 and the figures of 19u0 that the population apparently showed a dis tressingly large falling off. The census bureau now, with far-sighted Judgment and in order to correct what are admitted to be rtoss manipulations in the taking of the census of 1890, has given to Omaha and Lincoln a census estimated as the mean between lfSO and 1900. In the bulletin Just Issued from the census Department of Commerce and Labor Omaha Is given as having a census In 1890 of 6Cu36. while Lin coln Is accredited with a population in that year of 26,58ii. Whether these figures will be able to correct the false Impressions that have gone abroad In regard to Omaha and Lincoln is a question. There- is no gainsaying the fact that the decrease shown by these census figures between 1S9 and 1900 has seriously handicapped the two towns. The east seeking for Investment li averse to placing money In cities where de creases are shown and both the capital city of Nebraska and Its chief metropolis has suffered accordingly. With the correc tions now suggested by the census bureau as to the approximate population of Lin coln and Omaha in 1890 the Increase In their population Is strongly defined. Dolllver on Yoonf Man's Chances. Senator Dolllver Is an optimist. He can't help it. It is tred In the bone. He is an optimist lnragard to the future of the republioan party but he Is more par ticularly an optimist regarding the chances young men have In the country today. In his recent speech on the trusts wherein Senator Dolllver showed more research and a more careful preparation than Is usually abscrlbed to the Junior senator from Iowa, he Interjected a thought which has been the talk of the older men about the capltol. Does a young man have the same chance for success that his father had7 Mr. Dolllver, answering "that ques tion, said that In his visitation to places throughout the country ho has found hun dreds of thousands of young men grown Indolent and heartless In the battle of life because they have been told that the doors of opportunity are shut (.gainst them. And then with that condition facing him, he said In his speech on the trust question, which will undoubtedly teoc-me a campaign document for tho republican party, "I In sist that modern Industrial methods have multiplied tha opportunities of life In a thousand ' different "directions." " Then the senator who has known what toll Is him- self and who has come up from the com mon people stated that every railroad magnate of today and of a o&rtaln age would be In his grave In twenty years. He said that every trust manager In the United States would either be on the re tired list or In a sanitarium somewhere for nervous diseases brought on by drawing his salary, and that by reason thereof panlo stricken. boards of directors would be scour ing the cocintry looking for men of train ing and energy and Into'lect to lake the places of those who bad dropped out. Sen ator Dolllver was not content with stopping at that thought, but he proclaimed that he wanttvd to get the ear of the young men of the United gtates to tell them that thi-re was never a minute in the his tory of the tuman race when a man, taken by himself, stood for as much and when a Cellar, taken by Itself, stood tor as little as It does today. The enunciation of the roan and the dollar can easily be forcasted. It will be the-subject of stronaous debates next winter when the presidential eloctlnn Is over and when social conditions assume their ntrmal poise. Prwell Is a Little Previous. According to sxml-omclal statements em anating from the Depar;ment of State Min ister Powell at San Domingo has exposed the hand of the administration sooner than was Intended. Minister Powell was advised during the lecent visit of Assist ant Secretary Loomla of the republlo that the United States was preparing to tako tho Initial step toward restoring order In tho islands, which has been in a constant state of turmoil for upwards of a hundred years. But the minister was given to understand that such Interference would not bo em barked upon until the autonomy of the re public was threatened by some foreign power. Italy, Prance. and Germany have notified the United States on several oc casions that they have claims against the republic, the collection of which they In tend to enforce. Within the past few weeks diplomatic correspondence has passed between the FAiropean monarchies and this republic In which attention has been called in somewhat rigorous langaage to the disinclination of the defacto rovern nient of Ban Domingo to take any steps whatever toward a settlement of these claims. Morales, the ostensible president, Is as dilatory as the Sultan of Turkey In carrying out his promises and in conse quence the United States bas been noti fied by the creditor nations that the limit of patience has been reached ' and that something definite must be done. It Is assumed and the assumption Is baaed upon good authority that Mr. Powell has, In the course of diplomatic, corres pondence, learned of Uie Intention of Italy, France and Germany to take steps to en force the collection of their olalma. This Is believed to be the basis of his action which, while not absolutely discredited by the department. Is not admitted to have been taken upon authority. However, now that tha first move has been made, the United States will undoubtedly carry out the program decided upon some months ago to whlob attention was called In these dispatches, and the hoped for result la that In the no distant future San Domingo will become a republic. In act and an or derly, well conducted nation. Fig area Cost of Pensions. Some of the government employes whose chief duties pertain to watching a door or some similar light duty freqaently turn their attention to odd things to while away the time. One old messenger in the Treas ury department Is an expert with the pen knife and has carved with a small pocket (Continued oa Third Peg) NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Monday, Except Rain In East Portion. Tuesday, Fair and Warmer. Temperature at Omaha yeeterdey. Hoar. Deer. Hour. Dea. A a. m 4M 1 p. m tVI 6 a. m a-' a p. m M T a. m 4H 3 p. m R'J Ha. m 4-S 4 p. m R: l a. m 4T tl p. m B1 lOi. 4H p. m r 11 a. m 4H 7 p. m 4l lii m 81 H p. m 4(1 O p. m 45 NAPOLEONIC PI. A N ABANDONED Japanese Arranwements Mill Permit Communication with the Sen. ST. PETERSBURG, April 24.-Apparently reliable Information In the possession of the general staff leads to the belief that the objective of the Japanese campaign does not involve the ambitious Invasion of the Interior of Manchuria with the pur pose of reaching and overwhelming the main Russian army. If trie Japanese ever entertained the hope of accomplishing a task similar to that which Napoleon set himself, the present advices Indicate that they have abandoned It and have adopted a much more cautious and less hazardous program. , If this Information Is correct there will be no advance upon the army concentrated at Llao Yang and Mukden with its at tendant constant lengthening and weaken ing of tho Japanese line of communica tions. Instead there seems to be a de termination to stick as close as possible to the sea, where lies Japan's natural base of communications, she having es tablished herself In Corea. The general staff reports say that the Japanese will have three other objectives In the throwing of a line across the Llao Tung peninsula for the purpose of cutting off Port Arthur, tho isolation of Vladivos tok and the establishment of a Junction between the army of Corea and the force at the bead of the Lino Tung peninsula. The last mentioned movement might be accomplished by a landing near the mouth of Ta Yang river, which by threatening the flank of the Russian josltlon at Feng lluan Cheng might render it untenable and make the advance of a column from Corea comparatively easy. General Kouropatkln, however, Is In pos restdon of the latest advices received by the general staff and It Is safe to assume that If the Japanese campaign develops along the lines Indicated he will be ready to make such disposition ot his forces as will meet said checkmate it. RVSSIAN SHIPS WERE SHUT CUT Admiral Wlreneus' Squadron Unable to Reinforce Port Arthur Fleet. ST. PETERSBURG, April 4.-Rear Ad m'rat Wlreneus has Just returned frcm his unsuccessful attempt, to reinforce t!i Port Arthur fleet, with his squadron, ccnslsting of the battleship Osllabia, the cruisers Aurora and Dlmltri Donskoi, seven tcredo boats and two transports. In an Interview the admiral complained of the stringency of the neutrality at Buez and Port Said. The British authorities would not allow them to. remain more than twenty-four hours and permitted them to take on only a meager allowance of coal. The admiral said : We met the cruisers Xasuga and Nlssin (the warships purchased by Japan from Argentina aJid r.ow with Vice Admiral Togo's fleeO at Fort Said, but we had not the slightest, desire to stop them. They hild all the 'appearance of merchantmen oveP ;he ot th. vessels. Mv shins have returned safely after u voyage longer than that to Port Arthur. , The tcrpedo boats are now at Llbau, where their engines are being overhauled. GRAND DUKE CYRIL BADLY USED UP Lower I.lmbs Paralysed and Suffers Nervous Shook. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.) ST. PETERSBURG, April 24. (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to Tho Bee.) According to Information Just received, it appears that the Grand Duke Cyril, after bdng rescued, was found. In addition to the wounds and burns about his- head, to be In an apparent torpor In his lower limbs and to be suffering from severe nervous shock. His dootor requested that he be at once removed from all surroundings connected In his rr.lnd with the terrible catastrophe from which he almost miraculously es caped In such 5x condition. He was ac companied to Harbin by his brother Boris and thence will come on In charge of a doctor. Grand Duchess Vladimir, his mother, who naturally is very much troubled and has suffered much nervous distress over her son, has gone to Moscow to meet him. RUSSIA IS STILL GETTING READY Orders Miners, Telegraphers and Other Kattallona to the Froat. ST. PETERSBURG, April 24. By Imper ial order there have been ordyed at Port Arthur one battalion of miners, one battal ion of military telegraphers, four battal ions of sappers, each to Include two pon toon and one telegraph detachment and one pontoon battalion for the construction of a 100-fathom bridge. The emperor has accepted the offer off the senior class of the electro-technZoal school at Odessa to serve au volunteer tele graphers In Manchuria. These volunteers wlM have charge of the wlrts along the Manchurian line. The war effloe has or dered that sappers, pontoonlstr and mili tary engineers be armed with carbines In stead of revolvers and swords. The mobilization of the naval reaervta will be completed In eight days. After a short period of drill the men will be de tailed to Jhe various d- pots. MUCH MONEY KINKS WITH WARSHIP Rumor Plaees the Amount as High as Twelve Million. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.) ST. PETERSBURG. April 24 -(New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) I am told that among the losses on the Petropavlovsk was a large sum of money specially large. Owing to ths gov ernment's foreseeing the probability of Port Arthur being cut off it was thought neces sary to have a rig fund there, whtoh was In the hands of the naval commander, and the Petropavlovsk happened to be the treasure ship. I have heard the sum placed aa high as $12,000,000. Anyhow, It was Im portant. DOUBT STORY OF JAP REVERSE Russlavm General Staff Kaow Nothing Aboat It. PARIS, April 24. According to the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Echo de Paris, Colonel Vannovsky.of the Russian general staff declares that the report of a Japanese reverse on the Yalu has not been confirmed. The colonel does not believe that as yet there has been any serious fighting on the Yalu, neither side having finished the concentration of troops. Ha estimates tho Jape.es strength la Corea to to is, 0Q n.an. Paris Eiperts Aaalju tha Situation cf Japan Along the YaluEiver. LIKELY TO STRIKE RUSSIAN IN FLANK Problem of Landing from Chips Not an Euy One to fioWe. WATER SHALLOW, SHIPS DEEP DRAUGHT Cordoi of Troops for Thirty Milee Along the Tain. BOTH BANKS OF STREAM ARE FORTIFIED Huaslana Do the Work oa the North Bank and the Japanese on the South Both Sides Busy Preparing, (Copyright by New Tork Herald Co., 190t. PARIS, April 25. (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) According to the Advices which appear most likely, the Japanese count on directly supporting their frontal attack on the Yalu by a demonstration made against the right flnnk of the' Russians on some point of the coast between Ta Tung Kow and Asku Shan. It is reasonable to admit, as has been announced from Seoul nnd later from St. Petersburg, that the latter have raised earthworks on the whole of the bank they occupy and have placed mines and tor pedoes at the mouth of the river to keep oft the battleships or gunboats of the Jap anese. , It is past question that the demonstra tion of tho Japanese will take place within a certain distance ot this point and prefer ably on the rear ot the Russian forces, which line the western bunk, but the great draught of water of the Japanese warships will necessitate their keeping at a great distance from the shore, which will render It very dangerous for them to carry out any landing attempted In t.-.is vicinity under fire from tha neni). On tha Yalu Itself the contusion caused by thawing weather haa hindered, up to the present, all active operations, but the Japanese appear to have fortified very strongly their bank below Wiju to prevent any offensive movement of the Russians on that side. It appears to be .believed that It is north of this town that they will try to cross the river. The Yalu Is, In foot, Jordable tho greater part of the year above Sou Kou, a village situated about ten miles above WIJu. Below this, point It cannot bs passed at this season except by boat. The a.paneso therefore have taken with tlr.m an equipment ot bridges. The estuary of the Yalu Is very large end raaohes the width cf citht miles. - t Is full of sand banks and islands, the chief of which, Slamallndau, Is vjry Ions; and separates the liver into two ohanneis. The cast, which passes the town of WIJu, Is not very deep, but the western on has from eighteen to twenty-one feet of water. In order to cross this branch boats and launches will be needed. To sum up one may Infer from what pre cedes that the Japanese doubtless will seek to pass the river at two points at lsest, while thoy are making demonstration OS) the flank or rr-ar ot the Russians, irhloh gives a certain likelihood to the rumor that they have actually attempted to Cross the Yalu In three columns. Prudence Causes relay. - LONDON. April 5. The far eastern dta- - patches this morning are chiefly concerned about reperts of Japanese landings. The Dally Telegraph's 3Vklo correspondent says the present delay Is more apparent than real, regarding both field and naval opera tions. The Japanese are acting prudently and will not be hurried. They realise that certain movements must precede, the next ooup by land and sea, and they are await- ' Ing both favorable weather Mid oocaslon. and from Port Arthur to Vladlvoatr.k are on tha alert. Announcing the notification that mili tary ataches will be permitted take the field, the correspondent temarks that the Japanese, In matters cf equipment, etc., are treating the foreign attaohas and cor respondents like prlnoes. The Morning Post's Shanghai correspond ent says that spies have Informed the Rus sians at Kin Chau that Japanese warships oonvoylng transports with 3,000 troops are steaming northward. According to ths Dally Wall's New Chwang correspondent the aa ouncemeut that Vloeroy Aloxleff bad resigned caused the most Intense publlo feeling. The cor resjt'edont says It Is generally thought In naval and military circles that there 14 a possibility of arranging a peaceful Battle ment of the far eastern troubles. The Mall's Che Foe correspondent say be hears that Japan has again protested to the F siting governmeet against Russian troops being permitted to occupy placet west of the Llao river. The Daily Telegraph's Shanghai corre spondent telegraphs that a second Japanese squadron will sail soon and will land jf the island of Diawato, near Yocgunpo, Lines Thirty Miles Ueg, SEOITU April 14. Advices received here state that the Japaaes Una uw extend thirty miles along the Yalu river, reaching j from Torgnmpo to tan mttes aJova WIJu. The Russians are etroogest at Antuhg. Tiger Bill la, a It wrs la the China Japanese war, the key to the situation. Three islands, one above and two below WIJu, will facilitate attack, so they offer a base for artillery to covr rb crossing of the Yalu. NEW CHWANG, April M. The Russians are preparing to resist a Japanese advance by the further cocstruction of lntrench laents and other fortifications on H atari eburUn side of the river, especially oppcette the points vheia the Jspanese have con centrated their forces within the last few days, and all reports of a decisive engage ment on the Yalu are premature. There Is no official Information that any decisive fighting has taken place oa the Yalu river, neither have anyy reliable re ports been received here that the Japa nese have yet attempted to cross, although ths opposing lines. It Is understood, now skirt the two banks of tho river. i t
