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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOHNINO, AHUL 25, 1904.
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LOU BET VISITS ROME
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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
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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.
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